Oct 22, 2024 City Council

[Call to Order, Pledges, and Invocation]

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PLEASE STAND BY FOR REALTIME CAPTIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:00 P.M.. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR OCTOBER 22ND. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

WELCOME HERE THIS EVENING. COUNCILMAN ROGERS IS RUNNING A BIT BEHIND. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS WIFE WAS DEALING WITH A FLAT TIRE. BEST WISHES TO HIM, THAT HE CAN GET HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL START THIS MORNING WITH AN INVOCATION OF PLEDGES TONIGHT. COUNCILMAN CHEF FIELD WILL LEAD US IN OUR

PRAYER. >> LET'S PRAY. GRACE OF GOD, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE WE HAVE TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, THINKING YOU, MIDLOTHIAN, FOR EARLY CITIZENS, THE PEOPLE, THE FAMILIES, ALL OF THE LEADERSHIP. WE JUST COME UP TO YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING AGAIN TONIGHT IN DISCUSSING IMPORTANT MATTERS. WE PRAY FOR THE GUIDANCE AND WISDOM FOR YOU, THE SOURCE OF ALL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. WE SEEK YOUR DIRECTION. LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU SAVE US FROM THE CONCEIT WHICH REFUSES TO BELIEVE THAT GOD KNOWS MORE ABOUT OUR NEEDS THEN WE DO. DELIVER US FROM THE STUBBORNNESS. WE SEEK YOUR HELP AS WE LEAN ON YOU. WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS CHRIST, IN HIS NAME, AMEN.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE

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AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU, DR. CHEF FIELD. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH ITEM NUMBER 2024 -4-10. THIS IS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS. THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AS WE ARE ALL VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING THAT MAY BE COMING UP OR RECOGNIZE ANY STAFF MEMBERS YOU HAVE SEEN GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. ANY COUNCILMEMBERS WANT

TO SPEAK? ROSS? >> SUNDAY NIGHT, COMING UP, IS THE HOME OPENER OF THE MIDLOTHIAN MARSHALS BASKETBALL TEAM. IS THAT RIGHT? TICKETS ARE ON SALE. IT WILL BE AT THE OLD GYM. I WILL GO, CHECK IT OUT, SEE WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

>> I WILL TAKE ONTO THAT. THERE IS A HALF-TIME GAME BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WILL HAVE AN ANNUAL EVENT. SO IT SHOULD BE A GOOD COMMUNITY EVENT THIS SUNDAY NIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT ONE UP. I DO WANT TO MENTION ALSO THAT SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2ND, 8:00 A.M. TO NOON, THERE IS THE ANNUAL CLEANUP. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISPOSE OF BULK ITEMS. FURNITURE, ET CETERA. RIGHT

THERE DOWN BY OUR SERVICE STATION. >> WE HAD THEM COME SPEAK LAST TIME, BUT I WANT A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHT FROM THE BACK PORCH THEATER, OUR THEATER GROUP. VINTAGE HEDGEHOG PRODUCTIONS. HITCHCOCK? YES. THERE WE GO.

VINTAGE HITCHCOCK , A LIVE PLAY PRODUCTION. IT OPENS NEXT FRIDAY AT 7:30. AND THEY HAVE A

SATURDAY SHOWING AS WELL. >> ONE MORE ITEM, A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. EARLY VOTING BEGAN YESTERDAY FOR THE NATIONAL AND STATE, AND COUNTY ELECTIONS. PLEASE MAKE SURE, THERE IS ALSO A SCHOOL POSITION ON THE BALLOT. DO NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE EARLY.

>> IS FANTASTIC. LET'S KEEP THAT GOING. AT THIS POINT, I WILL ISSUE A PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF ARBOR DAY, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. HEATHER, IF YOU WANT TO MEET ME UP FRONT QUIT HEATHER, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS REGARDING ARBOR DAY?

>> COME OUT AND SEE US ON NOVEMBER 2ND FROM 5:00 TO 7:00. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING ARBOR

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BY THE EARTH TO KEEP IT GREEN, KIDS. >> OKAY. YES, THAT CONCERT, THERE IS A FIREWORKS SHOW AFTERWARD. IT WILL BE A GREAT AFTERNOON. SO, WHEREAS THE HOLIDAY CALLED ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN 1872 WITH PLANTING MORE THAN 1 MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA, AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS CELEBRATED NATIONWIDE AND AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHEREAS TREES CAN REDUCE EROSION OF PRECIOUS TOPSOIL BY WIND, WATER, AND LOWER HEATING AND COOLING COSTS, MODERATE THE TEMPERATURES, CLEAN THE AIR AND WATER, PRODUCE OXYGEN AND PROVIDE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE, WHEREAS TREES SYMBOLIZE ENDURING STRENGTH, BRINGING PEACE TO THOSE WHO REST UNDER THEM, MAKE A HOUSE FEEL LIKE A HOME, AND GROW A LEGACY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. DO YOU HAVE THIS MEMORIZED? AND WHEREAS TREES IN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, THEY ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY, PUBLIC AREAS AND BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY IN A VERY REAL WAY. I, JUSTIN COFFMAN, HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2ND AS TEXAS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO ENCOURAGE THE CELEBRATION AND PROTECT TREES AND WOODLANDS BY PROTECTING THE WOODLAND FOREST AND PLANTING TREES TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF THIS FOR ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS. FIND A MISTAKE ON THE 22ND DAY OF

OCTOBER, 2024. >> WILL YOU RESERVE FOR US A 100 GALLON TREE? THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO 2024-411. CITIZENS ARE TO BE HEARD. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD FILL OUT A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM AND PRESENTED TO THE SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING OPEN TO DISCUSSION. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTE,

[CONSENT AGENDA]

IT WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION WITHOUT SEPARATE DISCUSSION. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.

WOULD WE LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I

WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> A MOTION TO UP PROVE I COUNCILMAN WYCLIFFE. SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE. IT IS APPROVED

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OFF QUITE >> THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NEXT IS AGENDA ITEM 2024-419. THIS IS IN RELATION TO CASE M10-2024-111. AN INCIDENTAL USE TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE U-HAUL LOCATED AT THE SHELL GAS STATION ON EAST MAIN STREET.

THE TOTAL SITE IS JUST OVER AN ACRE AND A HALF AT 1.635 ACRES. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMERCIAL. THIS IS A LARGER IMAGE OF THE LOCATION. SO, AS WE GO INTO THE RIGHT HERE, THE MIDLOTHIAN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER ON EAST MAIN STREET. SO, THE NEXT SLIDE -- LOW VOLUME ] INCIDENTAL USE TO THE PROPERTY. A SHELL GAS STATION. I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE. A MAXIMUM OF THREE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTALS TO THE LEFT OF THE TREE HERE. THIS NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES A REAR VIEW OF THAT PROPERTY. HERE IS THE TREE THAT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS

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EAST MAIN STREET. HERE IS KIND OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT. THE VEHICLE IS PARKED IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE THREE THERE. JUMPING AHEAD, WE DID RECOMMEND, I KNOW YOU INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]GUYS SAW THE STAFF REPORT . BUT A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLAY. I KNOW THIS IS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT, BUT FOR PRESENTATION PURPOSES, I WILL READ THROUGH IT. STARTING WITH NUMBER ONE, THE USE OF PROPERTY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, PURPOSES SHALL ONLY BE AN ACCESSORY USE AND NOT A PRIMARY USE. NUMBER TWO, NO MORE THAN THREE VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY SHALL BE PARKED ON THE PROPERTY AT ANY ONE TIME. SO WE DO HAVE SOME NOTE. IT DOES NOT APPLY WHERE THE VEHICLE IS RETURNED AFTER A CUSTOMER PER RENTAL. IF MORE THAN THREE VEHICLES ARE TEMPORARILY PARKED DUE TO A CONCERN, WE NEED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER BACK TO THREE WITHIN EITHER ONE HOUR OF THE VEHICLES RETURNED BETWEEN 7:00 A.M. AND 9:00 P.M., OR BY 8:00 A.M. THE NEXT MORNING THAT THE VEHICLE IS RETURNED AFTER 10:00 P.M.. GOING OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE, NUMBER THREE, VEHICLES LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR RENT SHALL ONLY BE PARKED IN THOSE THREE SPACES TO THE LEFT OF THE TREE. NUMBER FOUR, MOTOR VEHICLES PARKED ON THE PROPERTY AND AVAILABLE FOR RENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO PICKUP TRUCKS, CARGO VANS, AND BOX TRUCKS. THERE IS THE IMAGE OF THE U-HAUL TRUCK THAT WE SAW IN THE EXAMPLE . GOING DOWN TO NUMBER FIVE, NO SIGNS ADVERTISING OR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING THE RENTAL OF VEHICLES SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY OR OTHERWISE PLACED ON A BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A SIGN INDICATING WHERE A KEY DROP-OFF AND PICKUP BOX IS. NEXT SLIDE, NUMBER SIX. NO VEHICLE REPAIRS ARE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY.

PLACED AND APPROVED THIS EVENING. SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET, TODAY, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. AT THE OCTOBER 15TH PLANNING ZONING MEETING -- FOR THE PROPOSED USE. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO REGULATIONS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. WE BELIEVE THIS WILL HELP OMIT THE USE AS A SECONDARY USE AND NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? WE CAN GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, IF

THERE IS NO ONE. >> A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> I SECOND THAT. >> YOU GUYS ARE QUICK ON THE DRAW.

] PLEASE VOTE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED 7-0. IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU SPEAK, OR YOU CAN SEND FOR QUESTIONS IF QUESTIONS ARISE.

IT IS UP TO YOU. NO PRESSURE TOO IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT

AVAILABLE TO YOU. >> DOES HAVE THE APPLICANT SITTING, BUT THEY DID BRING A U-HAUL REPRESENTATIVE.

COMMENTARY. >> GOOD EVENING.

RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE COMMITTEE. THOSE ARE PRETTY MODEST.

>> YOU SAID YOUR NAME WAS BRANDON? >> COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS FOR MR. BRANDON? >> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT SOME OF THE VEHICLES ARE

VERY LARGE. >> ALL THE VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE USED THROUGH THE SERVICES INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] BASED ON THE HANGOVER , SUPPORT TO KEEP ALL VEHICLES IN THAT AREA, I THINK THEY ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR 5. IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY, THOSE TRUCKS WILL FIT

IN THAT AREA. >> SO THEY WOULD OWN FIVE VEHICLES. IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST

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SAID? OR YOU CAN, THEY ASKED FOR FIVE IN THE FLEET? >> I BELIEVE THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR 5. BUT THREE IS NOT A PROBLEM. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A 15 COME IN OR A 10. THEY JUST CONTROL WHAT COMES IN AND WHAT COMES OUT AS FAR AS KEEPING INSIDE THE LIMITS OF

WHAT IS REQUIRED. >> AND YOU'LL HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT CAN DO JUST THAT WITHIN AN HOUR, THEY HYPOTHETICALLY SOMEBODY REBECCA RENTED VEHICLE AND NOW WE HAVE

FOUR OR FIVE VEHICLES ON SITE? >> TYPICALLY WHAT I DO, I SET THE PARAMETERS. WHATEVER THE MAX IS, WE DO NOT GO TOO FAR BELOW IT. SOMETIMES A CUSTOMER MAY DROP OFF, THEY MAY DROP OFF AT A THE PATIENT, OR THEY SEE ANOTHER PLACE, THEY TURN IN AND GO THERE. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. WE KEEP THEM INSIDE THE PARAMETERS.

>> OKAY. SO YOU COVER THE WHOLE U-HAUL AREA? >> YES. FROM CEDAR HILL ALL THE

WAY DOWN TO CORSICANA. >> ARE THERE TO OTHER U-HAUL LOCATIONS IN MIDLOTHIAN?

>> YES. THREE OTHERS. >> THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH ONE?

>> YES, OKAY. >> I GUESS THE NEED FOR THIS ONE IS BECAUSE THE OTHERS ARE

MAXED OUT? >> YES. WHEN I PULLED THE NUMBERS, BACK WHEN I TALKED TO THE DEALER, 45% OF OUR CUSTOMERS WHO LIVE INSIDE MIDLOTHIAN TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE CITY FOR SERVICE OF U-HAUL'S. SO THEY GO TO DE SOTO, THEY GO TO WAXAHACHIE, RED OAKS. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FLEET IN THE CITY. THEY CANNOT HOUSE EVERYBODY, THE CITY IS GROWING. SO I THINK THAT WE WANT TO KEEP, WE WANT TO CONTAIN THE SERVICES INSIDE THE

CITY. >> IS IT FAIR TO ASK AND IDENTIFY WHERE THE OTHER

LOCATIONS ARE? JUST SO WE CAN NO PROXIMITY -WISE? >> YES, SURE.

>> I KNOW THERE IS ONE ON 67. >> IT LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE ON 67. THEY ARE RIGHT DOWN MAINE.

THERE IS ONE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD? >> THERE IS ONE OF THE NINTH STREET EXIT. THAT ONE IS A STORAGE PLACE. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, SORRY.

>> YOU ARE ALL RIGHT. THE STORAGE PLACE, EXCESS SELF STORAGE ARE LOCATIONS ON THE

HIGHWAY. >> TWO AT 67. YEAH. AND THEN THERE IS ONE DOWN, OH, OKAY. SO IS THIS ALREADY OPERATING AS A U-HAUL DEALER? RIGHT. THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING. THIS ONE AT

THE GAS STATION, IS IT ALREADY OPERATING AS A U-HAUL? >> YES. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO --

>> OH, TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS? >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST HAVE A SEAT AND STAY CLOSE.

>> OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. IN THIS TYPE OF SU P PROCESS, TYPICALLY WHAT I AM USED TO, FIRST OF ALL, I AM ASSUMING THIS WILL STAY WITH THE PROPERTY?

>> CORRECT. >> SECONDLY, IS THERE A REVIEW PROCESS WHERE IT IS REVIEWED YEARLY, EVERY FIVE YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS FITTING WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY AGREED? THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A UNIQUE SITUATION.

>> RIGHT. SO THERE IS NO CERTAIN TIMETABLE WE HAVE OR TERMINATION DATE WE HAVE FOR THIS SUV. THIS WILL STAY IN PLACE AS LONG AS THE PRIMARY USE IS STILL INTACT. CURRENTLY THE PRIMARY USE IS, AGAIN, THE SHELL GAS STATION IN THE STEAK AND SHAKE. SO IF THOSE WERE TO GO AWAY, THIS WOULD NOT GO AWAY. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE, LIKE, THIS NEEDS TO BE RENEWED WITHIN

ONE YEAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> THE REFERENCE ON MY PART, AND I'M THINKING WE DO THIS WITH STORAGE CONTAINERS, WE DO HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO HAVE YEARLY RENEWAL OF THE SEP

PROCESSES. >> YES, THANK YOU. >> I AM LOOKING FOR RED LIGHTS,

GUYS. >> SO, I GUESS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS ON THE ENFORCEABILITY SIDE OF IT. HOW IS STAFF GOING TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE IS DROPPED OFF AT 7:00 A.M. OR 8:00 A.M., OR MIDNIGHT, OR 11? SO, YOU KNOW, THE ENFORCEABILITY PART,

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>> YES. WE HAVE A ZONING INSPECT HER. SO, YOU KNOW, NO, WE WILL NOT BE OUT AT 6:59 MAKING SURE SOMEONE IS DROPPING OFF WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS OF THAT TIME. HOWEVER, HOW WE WILL MONITOR IT, OUR ZONING INSPECTOR GOES OUT, HE HAS HIS DAILY CHECKS OF SITE VISITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND HE HAS CERTAIN PROPERTIES THAT HE WILL DOUBLE CHECK. THIS WOULD BE A PROPERTY OF NOTE. SO IF WE SEE AT ANY POINT DURING THE DAY THAT THERE IS MORE THAN THREE VEHICLES, IF YOU CAN PROVE IT AS IT CURRENTLY IS MORE THAN THREE VEHICLES AT THE PROPERTY, THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ADDRESS WITH THE APPLICANT. AND THEN FROM THERE, CONTINUE TO, IF IT CONTINUES TO BE AN OCCURRENCE, IT WILL GO FROM A VERBAL CONVERSATION TO A WRITTEN, TO POSSIBLE FINES. OBVIOUSLY, WE DO NOT WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT.

>> IS THAT THE $2000 A DAY FINE? >> UP TO.

>> UP TO. OKAY. I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION THEN IS, I FEEL LIKE I MAYBE KNOW THE ANSWER.

BUT BASICALLY WE ARE MIXING A GAS STATION, A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, AND NOW U-HAUL TRUCKING STORAGE? YOU KNOW, TRUCK RENTAL, IS THERE ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE HAVE THOSE TYPES

OF USES MIXED? >> NOT THAT I CAN RECALL. >> IN A PLACE THAT TYPICALLY REQUIRES TRUCKS TO BE HOUSED OVERNIGHT, WE TYPICALLY PUT IT IN OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR

MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL ZONES. >> MORE THAN LIKELY, YES. >> I GUESS THAT IS FLEET

VEHICLES, I GUESS. >> THOSE OTHER SERVICES THAT COUNCILMEMBER HAMMONS -- INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THIS ONE IS ALSO COMMERCIAL. BUT IT MORE THAN LIKELY WILL BE IN AN

INDUSTRIAL-TYPE SPACE. >> WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE PNC DENIAL? I KNOW THAT IS FAIRLY UNUSUAL FOR THOSE NOT TO ALIGN A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY.

SO, WERE THE PARAMETERS THAT YOU GUYS PLACED, DID THEY HAPPEN AFTER THE P IN THE

MEETING? >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO PNZ. WHAT ULTIMATELY ENDED UP HAPPENING AS WE MENTIONED, IT ENDED UP 5-1. HOWEVER, BEFORE THAT 5-1 VOTE, WE HAD SOMEONE ABSENT. IT WAS A 3-3 VOTE OF THESE SAME REGULATIONS. WE THOUGHT WE HAD GOT, AT ONE POINT, THEY GOT TO INCREASE IT. WE MENTIONED ONE HOUR HERE AT THE BOTTOM, THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS TOO SHORT. THEY INCREASED IT TO 3 HOURS TO INCREASE THE THREE MOTOR VEHICLES, THE FIVE VEHICLES. AND THEY SUGGESTED ADDING ANOTHER SIGN INDICATING WHERE THOSE THREE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PARKED ON THE PROPERTY. SO THAT WAS THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION.

AND WE AGREED TO A MEETING GETTING THE CARS OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THOSE THREE HOURS. THAT IS ULTIMATELY HOW WE GOT TO THE 5-1. BUT THOSE TWO STEP PROCESSES, DEFINITELY.

>> HOW LONG HAS THE U-HAUL SIDE BEEN IN OPERATION CURRENTLY? >> AT THIS SITE, I CAN LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK A LITTLE MORE TO IT. I AM PRETTY SURE THEY STARTED AROUND AUGUST. WE EITHER CUT THEM OR BECAME AWARE OF IT IN LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER. AND THAT IS WHEN WE

TOLD THEM WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. >> GOT YOU. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS. BUT WHEN YOU GUYS NOTIFIED THEM THAT THE PROCESS WAS WARRANTED OR THAT IT NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE, WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE OF THEIR RESPONSE TO GET TO

THIS POINT? >> THEY APPLIED RIGHT AWAY. SO THEY APPLIED WITH THAT

SEPTEMBER CYCLE, IT GOT THEM TO OCTOBER PNZ. >> AND HOW FREQUENTLY DO WE RUN INTO SITUATIONS WHERE A BUSINESS IS AN OPERATION OR A PORTION OF A BUSINESS IS IN OPERATION FOR A PARTICULAR USE? AND, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF BECOME AWARE OF IT AS A CITY AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS ON THE BACK END? HAS IT HAPPENED BEFORE? DOES IT HAPPEN

EVERY NOW AND THEN? A LOT? >> LET ME REPEAT THIS BACK TO YOU. HOW OFTEN DO WE BECOME

AWARE OF SOMEONE OPERATING PRIOR? >> YES. PRIOR TO MAYBE HAVING

THIS SPECIFIC USE? >> PROBABLY MORE THAN WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT.

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>> IT IS NOT TERRIBLY UNCOMMON? >> I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A U-HAUL OR A U-HAUL LOCATION IN THIS AREA. AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF OUR LONG-TERM PLANS FOR BUSINESS MAINE.

>> I AM ASSUMING THAT THESE PARKING SPOT ARE 20 FEET DEEP? AND THE U-HAUL AVAILABILITY, WOULD IT BE HERE FOR ALL OF YOUR TRUCK SIZES? I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT IN THE ORIGINAL

PRESENTATION. UP TO THE 20 FEET? >> YES. WE ARE MAXING IT AT THE

20 FEET. >> THE 20 FOOT OR, IF THEY DO NOT GET IN THERE CORRECTLY, IT

WILL BE IN THE FIRE ZONE? >> YES. BUT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK. THAT IS WHY

WE KEPT IT AT THAT POINT. >> I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. >> THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING THAT A CUSTOMER DOES NOT REALIZE WHEN THEY PULL THE 26 FOOT OR IN A PARK AND DROP THE KEYS. I MEAN, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO PREVENT THAT? I MEAN, YOU WOULD HOPE THAT WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO, IT IS MOVED. I JUST DO NOT WANT ANYBODY THINKING, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS A 26

FOOT TRUCK AND SOMEBODY COULD DROP IT OFF. >> YES. I GUESS FROM THAT EXAMPLE, WE CANNOT TECHNICALLY STOP ANYONE FROM DROPPING IT OFF. I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE WOULD RELY ON THE APPLICANT KNOWING WHAT IS APPROVED FOR THE SITE THROUGH THE SUP, AND THEY ARE RELIANT TO GET OFF OF THE PROPERTY BY A CERTAIN TIME.

>> SO, HOW DID STEPH BECOME AWARE OF THIS? A COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT OR CITIZEN? OR DID STAFF NOTICED THE GOT A COMPLAINT. I TAKE THAT BACK. WITH A COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT. I THINK SOMEONE ELSE WE TOLD YOU THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS AND THAT IS HOW IT CAME ABOUT.

>> IT WAS NOT A NEIGHBORING BUSINESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> NO, NO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> YES. I WANT TO THANKED STAFF. I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS DID WITH THESE PROPOSED REGULATIONS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY THERE, THE CURRENT USE, I DO NOT KNOW, IF I WAS THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD PUT A U-HAUL THING IN IT. BUT IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WISH TO DO OR ARE CURRENTLY DOING AND TRYING TO REMAIN DOING, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING SOME PARAMETERS AROUND IT, MAKING IT FAIR AND VERY REASONABLE. SO, I AM SUPPORTIVE

OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> SORRY, RUSS, GO AHEAD. >> I WILL GO OFF OF WHAT WAS SAID THERE. IF WE HAVE PARKING SPACES BY A DANCER NEXT TO A TREE AND IT IS NEXT TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY BUSINESS, I DO NOT REALLY HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN THERE. IF THEY ARE TEMPORARILY PARKING THE SMALLER U-HAUL VEHICLES. I WOULD NOT THINK THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO HAVE A FULL SCALE DEALER WHERE THEY HAVE 20 OR 25 TRUCKS OUT THERE.

IT IS A LOT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SMALL CAR LOT THAT IS NEXT TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PARKWAY RETAIL OUT THERE OFF OF 287, RIGHT, YOU HAVE CARS PARKED THERE OVERNIGHT, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. AND IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO A COMMERCIAL ZONE. AND THEY SEEM TO COHABITATE COMPATIBLY. SO I

DO NOT HAVE ANY MAJOR HEARTBURN ON THIS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO , I UNDERSTAND OTHER AREAS, BUT OTHER AREAS ARE NOT ON THE MAIN. I AM NOT SURE THIS IS THE

BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY. >> DITTO FROM ME, MIKE. >> YES. I JUST FIGURED WE WOULD DO A MOTION. I WOULD ECHO THE SAME THING. I HAVE ISSUES WITH ROUNDING THE CORNER THERE AND TRYING TO COME UP THROUGH THE PROPER LANE. EVERYTHING LOOKS REALLY TIGHT FOR ME. I DO NOT KNOW HOW WELL THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS, DROPPING OFF CERTAIN VEHICLES. I DO EXPECT THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE, BUT MYSELF DEALING WITH TRUCKS, TRUCK PEOPLE DO THINGS VERY

UNEXPECTEDLY AT ALL HOURS. >> LET'S TAKE IT TO A VOTE. I BELIEVE ANNA SAID SHE HAD A

MOTION. >> MOVED TO DENY. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION TO DENY FROM COUNCILMEMBER HAMMONDS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODGERS. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION IS DENIED 4-2. SORRY, 5-2. COUNTING IS HARD. 5 2.

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>> COUNSEL? THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR AN ALTERNATIVE PAVING MATERIAL FOR THE OIL. THE LOCATION IS KEPT ROAD CROSSING AND THE RAILPORT BUSINESS DISTRICT. AND WHAT THEY ARE WANTING TO DO, THEY WANT TO DO IN ALL WEATHER AGGREGATE WITH A TWO INCH TOPCOAT. THE REASON THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO DO THIS IS THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO HAVE A TEMPORARY CONDITION WHERE WHEN AND THEY EXPAND THE PROPERTY, THEY CAN RECONFIGURE IT, AND THEY WILL COMPLY AT THAT TIME. SO, THIS WAS JUST A WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE WHERE IT WAS A TEMPORARY CONDITION THAT WE COULD RE-EVALUATE IN FIVE YEARS. IT IS, AT THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY , IT WILL BE GATED. IT WILL NOT BE A PUBLIC DRIVEWAY. YEAH . DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WANT TO KEEP THAT ONE SHORT.

>> ANYONE ELSE? >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. THE POINT AT WHICH IT CONNECTS TO KEMP ROAD, THAT WILL BE GATED THERE?

>> THE GATE IS ACTUALLY SET BACK. GAIT IS, WELL, I AM SORRY.

>> I CANNOT SEE THAT. >> DO YOU SEE THAT BLOCK RIGHT THERE?

>> OKAY. SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE GATE BEING HOWEVER MANY FEET --

>> PROBABLY SO A TRUCK CAN GET OFF OF THE ROAD AND GET BEHIND IT.

>> BUT IF IT IS FOR INTERNAL USE, WHY WOULD A TRUCK NEED TO GET OFF OF A PUBLIC ROAD?

>> I WILL LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IS THAT FAIR?

>> COME UP, PLEASE. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU, SIR? >> YES. WE MAY HAVE SOME TRUCKS COME IN AT A LATER TIME. THEY GET THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THIS GETS THEM OFF OF THE ROAD. THEY CAN TURN IN THERE, GO UP TO THE GATE.

NOT FORESEE THAT NOW. THIS IS BUILT FOR MAYBE THE FUTURE, THE NEXT FEW YEARS. DIRECTLY TO THE CUSTOMERS -- ROAD. IT IS NOT LIKE IT IS COVERED OR IT HAS TO BE LIKE THAT, IT JUST GETS THEM OFF THE ROAD IF IT GETS DARK. WE HAVE A TRUCK COMING IN THEY CAN TAKE A LOAD SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE SCALES AND GOING THROUGH THE TURN AROUND

>> YOU DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE TRUCKS THAT ARE DOING THAT? >> WE HAVE FIRE TRUCKS. BUT

THEY DO NOT HAVE THIS FACILITY. >> RIGHT. AND COMING OUT THROUGH THE PAVEMENT. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE MOBILITY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WOULD REACH HIGHER -- REQUIRE EIGHT TRUCK TO COME OFF OF KEMP ROAD DOES NOT EXIST.

>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING IT. AND IN THIS IS WHERE WE COME IN. THERE MAY BE

15 CARS AVAILABLE. >> I RESPECT ALL OF THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. ARE THERE CURRENTLY THIRD-PARTY TRUCKS THAT NEED TO GET ONTO YOUR SITE?

>> OKAY, PERFECT. >> I AM SORRY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE

RECORD. >> DAVID MOORE. 19 900 KEMP LANE CROSSING.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE

APPLICANT? ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? AND/OR A MOTION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I WOULD SAY SPENDING ABOUT 30 YEARS IN THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY, I FIND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO BE QUITE NORMAL. ACTUALLY, WE TAKE A PLEA RECOMMEND AN INBOUND DATE TO GET THE TRUCKS TO COMPLETELY GET OFF THE ROAD.

MYSELF . I ALSO WILL MENTION THAT I DID VISIT THE SITE. I KNOW THAT BUCKLEY HAS THE BEST

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>> YES. I DO NOT DISPUTE ANY OF THAT, MIKE. THE MAIN THING FOR ME WAS THE STAFF REPORT IS TALKING ABOUT HOW IT IS FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION. BUT THEN IT CONNECTS TO A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH AN OFFSET GAIT. THAT CLEARLY INDICATES THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS SOLELY DESIGNED FOR. WHAT I TRIED TO RECONCILE HERE IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON VERSUS WHAT IS PRESENTED. I AM FINE WITH THE CONCEPT. IT JUST DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY. IT IS NOW FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE. SO, WHAT HAPPENS IN FIVE YEARS IF THEY DO NOT BUILD IT YET AND WE DECIDE NOT TO RENEW IT? DO THEY HAVE TO TEAR ALL OF THIS OUT?

>> WE CAN REVIEW IT AT THAT TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE NOT MENTIONED IS THAT, SO, WE HAD A SIMILAR REQUEST. AND SO WE DID APPROVE AN ALL WEATHER SURFACE. BUT THEN WE HAD TO ASK THEM TO DO CONCRETE IN PLACES WHERE THERE WAS A WATER LINE. SO THAT IS THE CASE WHERE WE COULD TAKE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO HAVE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE OVER THE WATER LINE. SO THAT IS WHY WE WOULD REVISIT IN FIVE YEARS IF THEY WERE TO EXPAND THE FACILITY, TO SEE WHERE THE FIRE LANES WOULD BE AND WHETHER THERE WOULD BE WATERLINES, AND

EVALUATE THEN. >> SO, THE QUESTION THOUGH, IN FIVE YEARS, WHOEVER DOES THE CITY COUNCIL, IF IT COMES TO THAT AND THEY DO NOT APPROVE IT, THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT

AND THEY HAVE TO PUT CONCRETE IN? >> YES. THAT WOULD BE THE

NATURE OF IT. >> FIRST THING TO ADD HERE IS THAT THERE IS A STIPULATION ON CONSTRICTIONS LIPSITZ RESTRICTIONS THAT IT ALL BE CONCRETE. THIS FIVE-YEAR WAIVER

FROM THAT AS WELL. >> CHRIS BEAT ME TO IT. I FORGOT TO MENTION THEY ARE UNDER EIGHTH DOUBLE THRESHOLD. SO THEY HAVE A BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT HAS REQUIREMENT THIS, WE ALSO HAD OLSON COME IN WITH THE SAME THING. IT WAS A WAY MORE POPULATED STREET. I AM

COMPLETELY FINE WITH THIS, ESPECIALLY THE LOCATION. >> YES. LAST CHANCE. DOES

ANYONE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF WITH THE AMENDMENT TO DRAFT ORDINANCE UNDER A 1. INSTEAD OF THE ANNIVERSARY, IT BE TERMINATED ON THE EARLIER OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE WATER LINE UNDERNEATH THE PAVEMENT. AND / OR THE ISSUANCE OF THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AS IT READS NOW. SO, REMOVE THE FIVE-YEAR REQUIREMENT, LET IT RUN IN PERPETUITY UNLESS WE DECIDE TO PUT UTILITIES UNDER IT.

>> OKAY. SO YOU ARE JUST TAKING OUT THE TIME. >> YES. I WILL SECOND.

>> EMOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. THE ITEM PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU, GUYS.

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>> THANK YOU, SIR. OPENING ITEM, 2024-420. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXEMPTION TO ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 4.5602, OFFSTREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS, TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES OVER THE MAXIMUM NUMBER PERMITTED, FOR A NEW MEDICAL OFFICE FACILITY. THAT IS LOCATED AT 2251 FREEMAN LANE AND IS ZONED COMMERCIAL.

>> OUR NEXT CASE THIS EVENING IS 2024-420, IN RELATION TO CASE NUMBER M08-2024-99.

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THIS IS LOCATED AT 2251 FREEMAN LANE. THE TOTAL SITE IS 2.748 ACRES. THE LAND IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED FOR THE PROPERTY'S COMMERCIAL. THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES A LARGER IMAGE OF THAT LOCATION. SO IT RUNS ALONG THE FRONT WITH THE -- AT THE TOP LEFT HERE. IN THE MEDICAL FACILITY IS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE PROPERTY. SO THIS OVERALL SITE LAYOUT BEING PROPOSED, YOU SEE THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN IS THE PROPOSED BUILDING IN THE CENTER WITH PARKING AROUND IT, THE ENTIRE BUILDING, IF YOU WILL. THIS PROVIDES MORE DETAILS. THE PROPOSED MEDICAL FACILITY FOR THE CATARACT CENTER. 975 SQUARE FEET. THIS WILL MAKE UP 12 EXAM ROOMS, OFFICE SPACE AND CONFERENCE ROOMS WITH OPERATIONAL HOURS BEING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.. THERE MAY BE TIMES WHERE 7:00 A.M. OPENING IS NEEDED DUE TO A SURGERY. HOWEVER, THIS NEXT SLIDE TOUCHES ON THE PARKING , WHICH IS THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION THAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR. THIS INCLUDES A PARKING TABLE AT THE TOP RIGHT HERE. THIS IS ALSO CONCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. HOWEVER, TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN PROVIDES A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF WHAT THIS CHARGE IS SAYING.

STARTING AT THE TOP, A MEDICAL FACILITY FOR OUR ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES ONE SPACE PER 400 FEET. YOU TAKE THE TOTAL OF THE BUILDING AND DIVIDED BY 400, YOU GET YOUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS 65 SPACES. THE ZONING ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 25% INCREASE FOR PARKING SPACES. THAT WILL BRING IT FROM 65 TO 82. GOING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM BULLET POINT, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 124 SPACES, WHICH IS 42 SPACES OVER THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED, 82 SPACES MAXIMUM ALLOWED. ALTHOUGH THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR THOSE 40 SPACES EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE, THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON OR AN ORDINARY REQUEST FOR MEDICAL FACILITY USE. THIS IS DUE TO SOME OF THE REGIONS -- REASONS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE. LONGER POINTING TIMES, LONGER STAFFING NEEDS, EMERGENCY AND SPECIAL VEHICLE PARKING. THESE ARE ALL REASONS THAT PLAY A ROLE INTO WHY ADDITIONAL PARKING IS NEEDED FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES. WE ALSO WANT TO TOUCH, BASED ON, OR MAKE NOTE OF, WITHIN THE CITY, A HOSPITAL WENT 100 SPACES OVER AND BAYLOR, WHICH IS JUST NEXT DOOR, WENT 70 SPACES OVER. DO TO SIMILAR REASONS. SO, DUE TO THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. WE ALSO NOTED AT THE TWO -- THE ACTUAL 15TH MEETING, STAFF WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICANT IS

HERE AS WELL. >> DID ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? ARE YOU THE APPLICANT, SIR? OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE, YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION, SHARE

YOUR THOUGHTS, >> HELLO. MY NAME IS WILL HARMON. I AM REPRESENTING POKING HORN GROUP ARCHITECTS. IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, TEC MIDLOTHIAN SURGERY CENTER. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE BRINGING STATE-OF-THE-ART HEALTHCARE TO MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY, IT IS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH PARKING WE ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING.

PAIRING OUR EXISTING FACILITY TO THE PROPOSED FACILITY SIZE. OUR NEIGHBOR, BAYLOR SCOTT AND

WHITE. >> THIS FACILITY HAS GOT 7500 SQUARE FEET. AND A NEW FACILITY WILL HAVE AROUND 2400 SQUARE FEET USABLE, WHICH IS JUST OVER THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF SPACE. THE EXISTING FACILITY HAS ABOUT 15 PARKING SPACES. WE ARE ASKING FOR 124 SPACES, WHICH IS JUST OVER TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES AS AT OUR EXISTING FACILITY. WE ALSO COMPARE OURSELVES TO BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, WHO HAVE GOT ABOUT 163% OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED PARKING ON THEIR SITE. AND WE ARE ASKING FOR JUST OVER 150% ON OURS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT MAJORITY OF THESE SPACES. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS.

>> I THINK YOU JUST ANSWERED MY BROTHERS QUESTION. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?

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>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COUNCILMEMBER MOORMAN HAS A MOTION.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE IS PRESENTED. >> SECONDED.

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>> EMOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 2024- 421. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,000 BY THE MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO LEASING IMPRESSIONS FOR DESIGN FEES AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIDLOTHIAN

CONFERENCE CENTER RENOVATION. >> GOOD EVENING. THE CORPORATION DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ASSISTING WITH THE REFRESHING OF THE MIDLOTHIAN CONFERENCE CENTERS.

THIS HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE IT HAD SOME UPDATE. SO THEY DID PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR BID ON THE RENOVATION OR REFRESHER. WE RECEIVED ONE BID. WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT AT OUR MEETING, CLYDE WAS THERE AND KEVIN WAS THERE. WE DECIDED TO GO WITH JUST A DESIGN FEE AND START FROM THAT ASPECT OF JUST GOING THROUGH, SEEING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, GETTING EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE APPROVAL OF $35,000 EXPENDITURES TO

LEASING IMPRESSIONS FOR THAT DESIGN FEE. >> COUNSEL, QUESTIONS FOR

MELISSA? >> MY QUESTION, BECAUSE I LIKE THE CONCEPT. AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PROPOSAL AND EVERYTHING ON IT. IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, PROJECT. BUT WHAT ALL IS INCLUDED IN A $35,000 DESIGN FEE ? WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LANDSCAPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS, LIKE , KIND OF --

>> THE DESIGN WE WERE ASKING FOR, THE REFRESH WE ARE ASKING FOR IS TOTALLY COSMETIC. BUT IT INCLUDES THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BANQUET ROOMS. OUTSIDE IN THE FRONT AND IN THE BACK. SO, DISCUSSION HAS BEEN HAD ABOUT SIGNAGE TABLES, ART, MAY BE DOING SOME LANDSCAPING ON THE OUTSIDE WITH ASTROTURF SO THAT

IT IS EASIER TO MANAGE. IT JUST SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT. >> SO, WITHIN THAT DESIGN FEE, WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THAT? SO, I GET THE WHOLE PROJECT AND WHAT IT ULTIMATELY WILL BECOME.

SO, IS THAT FOR HIM TO WALK THROUGH THE BUILDING AND SAY WE WILL PUT THIS HERE AND IT IS

HERE? AND THAT IS THE 35,000? >> I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SO THAT IF SOMEBODY SEES THAT AND IS WATCHING, THEY ARE, LIKE, HEY, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE CONFERENCE CENTER FOR THE 35,000? JUST SO THAT IT IS CLEAR. I AM SURE YOU HAVE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS, JUST FOR

CLARITY. >> YES, YES. YOU KNOW? >> SO , THE PAPER HE IS PASSING AROUND IS THE INITIAL PART OF THE PROPOSAL THAT LEASING IMPRESSIONS GAVE US. AND IT OUTLINES SOME OF THE PROJECTS THEY WANT TO DO. THEY WILL INCLUDE, LIKE, PAINTING CERTAIN AREAS, HOW MUCH FURNITURE GOES IN CERTAIN AREAS, WALLPAPER, OUTSIDE LANDSCAPING AND DESIGN.

AND SO THIS DESIGN FEE WILL BE APPLIED , BECAUSE JUSTIN CREATED THE SUBCOMMITTEE. OR WE ALL CREATED THE SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER. WE HAVE THREE FROM COUNSEL AND THREE FROM OUR BOARD. HEATHER AND STEPHEN IS ON IT, AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN DETAIL AND OUTLINE EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO. AND THEN HE WILL DESIGN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND WE

WILL SEND THE NEEDS FOR THAT DESIGN OUT FOR BID. >> SO THAT $35,000 WILL INCLUDE HIM GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE BUILDING --

>> JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING HE SAID, STEPHEN IS ON THE COMMITTEE AND HE IS A

CONTRACTOR? OH, OKAY. >> WE WILL DO A RUN THROUGH WITH HIM.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT, HE IS NOT AT THE COMMITTEE, BUT HE WILL BE AT THE INITIAL WALK-THROUGH.

>> THE PROCESS WITH MCDC WAS TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DESIGNER.

AND THEN THEY GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED ME TO PLACE THREE COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL. SO THERE ARE THREE COUNCILMEMBERS, THREE MCDC MEMBERS THAT WILL WALK-THROUGH THE DESIGN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE DESIRE IS AND WHAT THE DESIRE OF THE DESIGN IS. THEY WILL BRING IT BACK PROBABLY WITH SOME BIDS. IN THE PROCESS IS TO GO OUT FOR ACTUAL

CONSTRUCTING OF THE DESIGN. >> I AM GOOD WITH ALL OF THAT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, THAT

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>> JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT MY WORLD. SO , I GET THE CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE RECEIVING. BUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL WORK PRODUCT THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING? IS IT A SET OF SCHEMATICS? WE NEED THIS MANY OF THIS OR THIS MANY OF THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE

GETTING BACK? >> HE WOULD WALK IN AND HE WOULD SAY, HEY, THIS PART, THE ONE WITH THE FIREPLACE HE WOULD WALK IN THERE AND SAY, WE NEED WALLPAPER HERE, WE NEED THREE CHAIRS HERE, WE NEED TO PUT ART OVER HERE, AND HE WOULD CREATE THAT OUTLINE AND THAT SCHEMATIC. AND THEN THAT IS

WHAT WE WOULD TAKE TO BID. >> SO, PART OF THE DESIGN WOULD INCLUDE FURNISHINGS, NOT JUST

STRUCTURE. >> YES. THAT IS NOT WHAT HE IS BRINGING. HE IS JUST RINGING

OVERALL DESIGN OF THAT. >> YOU SAID IT WAS NOT INCLUDING THE BALLROOM? IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WOULD NOT JUST KNOCK IT ALL OUT WHILE HE IS THERE?

>> TO START THE COSMETICS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THEM IN THAT ROOM. IT IS NOT LIKE WE WILL ADD FURNITURE, WALL ART, OR ANYTHING TO THAT. WE WILL HAVE SIGNAGE OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS. BUT AS FAR AS THE BANQUET ROOMS, THOSE ARE REALLY IN NEED OF MAYBE SOME CARPET REFRESH AND LIGHTING REFRESH. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT -- YOU MAKE IT SOUND SYSTEM?

>> YES. MY HOPE IS THAT AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS, WE CAN DEVELOP A PLAN OVER THE YEARS OF WHO DOES WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT THAT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR WHEELHOUSE.

>> OKAY. AND THEN ON THE OUTSIDE, THIS IS THE LANDSCAPING. YOU KNOW, I DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. BASICALLY, IF YOU COME OUT OF THE BALLROOMS, THERE IS THE BACK PATIO, AND THEN THERE IS THE CONCRETE COURTYARD, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, OUTSIDE

OF THE SENIOR CENTER. SO IT IS INCLUDING THAT WHOLE AREA? >> CORRECT.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE BETWEEN THE CENTER AND THE PATIO?

>> WE WILL HAVE TO PULL HEATHER IN ON THAT. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE WILL ONLY TALK ABOUT THE CONCRETE AREA. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INTENTION OF GOING BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE

CONFERENCE AREA. >> THAT WHOLE AREA HAS ALWAYS CONFUSED ME. IS THE GREEN SPACE

PART OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER OR THE COMMUNITY CENTER? >> I BELIEVE IT IS PART OF THE

SENIOR CENTER, IF IT IS BACK PAST THE CONCRETE. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

WORKSPACE WHERE THEY PUT THE PLAY EQUIPMENT? >> YEAH. THAT WHOLE AREA GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS INCLUDING ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING FULLY

AROUND THE BUILDING. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT IS ALL THE CITY'S.

>> YEAH, WELL, THAT IS TO MY NEXT POINT, WHICH IS, IT IS NOT THAT MUCH FURTHER OUT TO INCLUDE THAT SPACE. SO WE CAN TIE IN THAT WHOLE COMPLEX TOGETHER. BUT THAT IS JUST MY

PREFERENCE. >> I'D DO NOT KNOW THAT WE NEED STEPHEN OR ANYTHING TO DO A DESIGN OVER THERE. I THINK WITH HEATHER'S EXPERTISE, WE CAN GET OVER THERE AND IMPROVE

THAT AREA AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. >> JUST WITH ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE SCOPE OF WORK OUTLINED IN THE RFP, THAT IS WHAT HE IS PROVIDING ? I MEAN, Y'ALL LAID OUT THE AREAS, THE LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT. THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HIS PROPOSALS ARE? JUST THE DESIGN FEE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT, CORRECT. >> OKAY. >> ALLEN, A MOTION?

>> A MOTION TO APPROVE IS PRESENTED BY COUNSELOR MOORMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN

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2023-2024. >> THANK YOU. WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT MIDLOTHIAN'S MCDC'S FIRST EVER YEAR-END REPORT. WHILE THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT

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WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME, SOME HAVE OLDER CHILDREN, YOUNGER CHILDREN. WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE BASEBALL FAMILIES, AND SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE SUCKER FAMILIES. THIS ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL THE CITIZENS. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS THE STRONG DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CORPORATE ORGANIZATION. THE BOARD HAS RECOGNIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A STRUCTURE AND DECISIVE STRAPS -- STEPS TO STRENGTHEN OUR ORGANIZATION.

ACTUALLY, GOING BACK FOR A HALF TO 5 YEARS AGO, THE BOARD SAID, HEY, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF MONEY, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF APPLICATIONS, AND WE REALLY NEED AN EMPLOYEE TO FOLLOW THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND WATCH THE OVERSIGHT. SO ONE OF THE FIRST INITIAL THINGS THEY DID FOR THAT CORPORATE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS TO HIRE ME. THEY HAVE ALSO, IN THE LAST YEAR, THEY HAVE COMPLETED 15 HOURS OF TEAM BUILDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TEACH YOURSELF. BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW. THEY REVISED CORPORATE BYLAWS TO ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S, DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED A COMPREHENSIVE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, WHICH IS SERVED AS A ROAD MAP FOR DECISIONS TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON IN A MEETING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, HEY, IS THIS PROJECT ALIGNING WITH OUR FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN? AND THE THING I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS WITH THE HELP OF LORI BLUMBERG, OUR GRANT APPLICATION IS NOW ONLINE. YOU CAN JUST GO ONLINE TO FILL IT OUT. THAT WEBPAGE ALSO HAS THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR FUNDING, SO IT IS VERY TRANSPARENT AND EVERYBODY CAN GET THE SAME INFORMATION. SO, LORI, IT TOOK HER ABOUT TWO DAYS TO GET ONLINE. WHEN I SAW HER ON THE THIRD DAY, SHE WAS STILL VERY NICE TO ME, SHE WAS STILL FRIENDS. SO I DO NEED TO SAY AT THIS POINT THAT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF STAFF. CITY STAFF IS FANTASTIC, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELPFUL. SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT RELATIONSHIP. AND THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO JUST DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MCDC ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE IT IS , LIKE, YOU HAVE A CHECKLIST. ALL RIGHT, THAT IS DONE, LET'S MOVE ON. WHAT IS NEXT? BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO STOP AND REFLECT ON WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED. PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT IS COMMUNITY-BASED OR ECONOMIC BASED, IT TAKES TIME. IT CAN TAKE A DECADE. YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE THING WITHOUT THE OTHER. AND WITHOUT THE OTHER, IT IS MUCH LIKE A CHICKEN AND EGG CONVERSATION. SO, IN REFLECTING ON WHAT THIS BOARD HAS ACHIEVED SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, I DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY DESIGNED, BUILT , AND RAN THE CONFERENCE CENTER. THAT IS A $3.6 MILLION PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED IN, THE CONFERENCE CENTER. AND IT IS A VITAL HUB FOR BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AND IT HAS DONE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THEY HAVE INVESTED IN THE HOTEL. THEY PURCHASED, THEY HAVE EIGHT ACRES OF LAND NEXT TO THE HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER THAT THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT THAT CAN SUPPORT THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN THE HOTEL. OVER $12 MILLION INTO THE PARKS SYSTEM. WHEN I DO A WINDSHIELD TOUR FOR SOMEBODY, I ALWAYS TAKE THEM TO THE COMMUNITY PARK AND THEY LOVE IT. IT IS THE THING THEY ARE MOST IMPRESSED WITH AND THE CITY. OVER $2 MILLION IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND IMPROVE LOCAL HEALTHCARE . THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE OLD GYM PROJECT. THEY BELIEVE IN HISTORY AND PRESERVING IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND OVER $3 MILLION INVESTED IN THE SENIOR

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>> DO YOU MIND HITTING HIGH-LEVEL BRIEFLY? SOME OF THE REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE PLANS? I KNOW YOU ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME ALLOCATING FUTURE FUNDING IN CERTAIN BUCKETS FOR FUTURE PROJECT. DO YOU MIND, HIGH-LEVEL? I DO NOT KNOW THE PAGES THESE ARE ON. BUT THE

TRAJECTORY OF WHERE MCDC IS HEADED? >> LET ME JUST GO THROUGH HERE.

ONGOING BOARD MEMBER TRAINING, WE DEFINITELY WILL STAY FOCUSED ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CORPORATION SO THAT IF I LEAVE, AND AS THE BOARD ROTATES THROUGH THERE, ANYBODY WHO COMES THROUGH THERE CAN PICK RIGHT UP AND NEVER MISS A BEAT. WE DEFINITELY WILL CONTINUE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR, THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON WHAT THOSE APPLICATIONS LOOK LIKE. HOW DO YOU ENABLE EVERYONE THAT COMES THROUGH THE DOOR ASKING FOR PROJECT MONEY OR PROMOTIONAL MONEY, TO ALL HAVE THE SAME PATHWAY TO FUNDING?

>> THEY ARE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF PARKS. THEY RECOGNIZE THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN BUCKET THAT THEY NEED TO WORK OUT OF. HERITAGE PARK, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT FUNDING, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY, WHEN WE ARE DISCUSSING FUNDING, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT FUNDING WE CAN PROVIDE TO PARKS LATER? THE RENOVATION OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER, THE MARKETING PLAN. WE ARE DOUBLING DOWN ON MARKETING TO HELP -- LOOK LIKE FOR MCDC, BUT ALSO MARKETING FUNDING FOR DOWNTOWN. AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. WE RECOGNIZE WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT SPACE. SO WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE. WHETHER THAT IS FOR FACADE GRANTS, MARKETING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS UP DATE FROM MCDC? >> IS THIS POSTED ON THE

WEBSITE GET ANYWHERE? >> NOT YET. >> IS IT GOING TO BE?

>> WHENEVER LORI TALKS TO ME AGAIN. WHENEVER SHE RECOUPS. >> LORI, DID YOU FORMAT THIS? OKAY. NO MATTER WHO DID IT, THIS IS FANTASTIC. I LOVE THIS. I LOVE THE RECAP OF IT. I THINK

IT IS AN AMAZING JOB. WELL DONE. >> OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE

QUESTIONS? >> THINK YOU, MELISSA. APPRECIATE YOU. AND SHADOW TO

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>> 25 YEARS. 25 YEARS OF ECONOMIC OF ELEMENT IN MIDLOTHIAN. AND IT HAS CHANGED A LOT. I REMEMBER DRIVING IN MIDLOTHIAN, 1994, 5100 AND PEOPLE, NOW WE ARE 42,000 AND THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. WE HAVE PARKS , WE HAVE A BYPASS, HOSPITALS, INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, WE HAVE A LOT AND WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT HAS BEEN ON MY HONOR TO SERVE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, SORRY, COMMISSION. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE A BIT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THOSE YEARS. AND WE WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAD WITH MCDC, MDA, AND

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>> BILL, THANK YOU. SAME SENTIMENTS WITH JAN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THE

COMMUNITY. >> IN PART, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE PRESENT TO COUNSEL, BUT IT BECOMES PART OF OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, IT REALLY IS THE COLLECT DIV WE. THERE ARE A LOT OF ECONOMIC PARTNERS THAT COME TOGETHER FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE WE HAVE AND WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE, WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOW, REALLY, THE DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE CITY, WHICH IS THE TAXABLE VALUE THAT COMES FROM ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE ARE ABLE TO SHOW WHAT EACH OF THE COMPANIES COMMITTED TO AND WHAT WAS OUTLINED IN THAT AGREEMENT. YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMPANY HAD TO DO IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ANYTHING. THIS YEAR, AS COMPANIES CERTIFIED THEIR TAX VALUES, THEIR JOBS, EVERYBODY EXCEEDED THOSE EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE LAID OUT. YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TO HAVE GREAT CORPORATE PARTNERS WHO ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, DOING GOOD PROJECTS AND MOVING FORWARD. BEFORE I MOVE ON TO WHAT IS IN STORE FOR NEXT YEAR, ANY

QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS IN THE REPORT? >> SO I REALLY DO LIKE THE REPORT. THERE IS SOME HIGH LEVEL AND THEN THERE IS SOME REGULARITY THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE. WHEN WE GO INTO THE SECTION ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, YOU HAVE A NUMBER THERE THAT SAYS THE TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED BY MIDLOTHIAN ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS WHERE WE HAD SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT, SO THAT WAS FUNDS THAT -- INTO THE CITY REVENUE.

>> WITH ONE ASTERISK, I LOOKED AT CHRIS, PART OF THE CHALLENGES, AND THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE SAY WE AS THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE USE THAT DOES NOT GET INTO THE MATH, SO THERE ARE SOME ENTITIES THAT ARE LOCATED INSIDE OF RAILPORT . SO WE HAVE SEPARATED OUT THE MONEY THAT STAYS WITHIN TERS, BECAUSE IT STILL BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. WE JUST ALLOCATED THAT PORTION THAT WOULD COME TO THE CITY. EVEN REALIZING SOME OF THAT MONEY IS STILL SAYING WITHIN THE TERS FOR

INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY. >> IT IS A GREAT TOOL TO SHOW, WE GET QUESTIONS, A LOT OF TIMES, WHY DOES -- HAVE TO PAY TAXES? YOU KNOW, TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE STILL PAYING, IT JUST IS AT A REDUCED RATE IN OFFSET FOR CREATION OF JOBS. YOU KNOW, THE CREATION OF THINGS THAT PROVIDE RESIDUAL BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. I REALLY

APPRECIATE THAT LITTLE DETAIL. >> THAT IS A CREDIT TO COUNSEL, THE BOARD, THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE WANT COMPANY PARTNERS THAT ARE WILLING TO COMMIT TO THOSE THINGS. TEXT VALUES ARE PUBLIC NUMBERS THAT , YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN SHOW. HERE IS A DIRECT BENEFIT THAT COMES FROM ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

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>> DO YOU HAVE MORE? >> MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE CONCLUDED OUR WORKPLAN. ONE REASON WE WANT TO BRING THIS BEFORE COUNSEL, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ALIGNMENT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR FIVE-YEAR FOCUS ON PROJECTS, STRATEGIC PLANS, WE ALMOST ARE, YOU KNOW, IT IS ALMOST A HALF YEAR. BUT WE ARE IN YEAR FOUR OF THAT. YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE LAID OUT DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL OR ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENTS. WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY PROACTIVE IN OUR RECRUITMENT, HAVE SOME WORKFORCE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE DOING, AND THEN SOME NEW THINGS AS, YOU KNOW, THOSE REVENUES INCREASE, IT ALLOWS US TO USE PROMOTIONAL DOLLARS IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT STILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT. YOU KNOW, BRING THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY HERE FROM --

VOLUME ] >> IS A GOOD PLAN. I APPRECIATE THE REPORTING. I APPRECIATE SOME GRANULARITY YOU WENT TO ON SOME OF IT. I WILL MAKE THE STATEMENT OF ONE OF MY GREATEST DESIRES AS MAYOR. IS TO SEE TRUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WITH THE CITY FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT. THAT IS THE GOAL. RIGHT? WHICH THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOME COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT BOTH A, B, AND THE CITY AND PARKS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA ALL PROBLEMS SPECIFIC CAN GET HOLD OF. AROUND JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, THAT TIMEFRAME, I AM LOOKING TO ASSEMBLY COUNSEL AND TO DISCUSS SOME PROJECT INITIATIVES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE PLACE AND TO SEE WHAT BUCKET THAT MIGHT FALL INTO AND HOW WE COLLABORATE ON ALL OF THESE IDEAS FLOATING AROUND SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET SOME SYNERGY AROUND SOME IDEAS TO ENCOMPASS THEM. I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT WHILE I THINK YOUR REPORT IS FANTASTIC AND I WOULD NOT CHANGE ANYTHING PERSONALLY, CONSUMERS MAY COME IN AND SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY. BUT PROJECT-SPECIFIC HIGH-LEVEL FUTURE CASTING MIGHT TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. BE

FLEXIBLE IS WHAT I AM ASKING. >> I AM VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE AS A LIAISON ON THE BOARD. I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. THE WISDOM APPLIED IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. THERE IS NEVER A JUMP TO CONCLUSION OR A JUMP IN HEADFIRST. IT IS A VERY SLOW-MOVING PROCESS FROM THE BOARD, WHICH I'M ACTUALLY VERY APPRECIATIVE OF. I THINK THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I DEFINITELY HAVE A MUCH DIFFERENT OPINION AND MIND-SET NOW THAT I HAVE PAST. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF KYLE AND HIS STAFF. KYLE SURPRISES MEET WITH VERY LIMITED STAFF FOR WHAT HE ACTUALLY GETS DONE. I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH KYLE'S DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES. AND ALSO, DEFINITELY THE WAY HE APPROACHES VERY LARGE DEALS IN THE QUESTION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE TO MAKE A DEAL. I HAVE LEARNED QUITE A BIT. AND I WAS BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO JUST SIT YESTERDAY, LISTEN TO SOME PLANNING. THESE GUYS DO NOT HESITATE TO HAVE A TWO HOUR MEETING DOWN. AND THEY SURPASS THEIR TIME.

>> WE GET PRETTY GOOD AT THAT TOO. >> I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. I AM A BIG BELIEVER THAT WHEN YOU SIGN UP, DO THE TIME. IT IS NOT A 15 MINUTE GIG. I WILL ALSO SAY THIS. THAT I LOOK BACK, I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE NOW. I LOOK BACK AND I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE A AND D GOT ABOUT $1 MILLION YEARLY. AND IN BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THEY GET ABOUT $10 MILLION. AND BEFORE OUR EYES, IT WILL BE A $10 MILLION-$20 MILLION REACH IN SOME TIME. I AM ECHOING WITH THE MAYOR HAS MENTIONED. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN HOW WE GET THESE BOARDS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER SO THAT WE ARE WORKING AS A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT . AND IN SOME WAYS, AS WE GROW, WE SEEM TO STEP ON EACH OTHER'S TOES A LITTLE BIT. BUT WHEN WE ARE GOING COLLABORATIVELY AND WORKING

TOGETHER, THAT WILL HAPPEN ALSO. >> YES. I WILL SAY THE SAME

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>> ON THE PRIORITIES, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NUMBER TWO?

>> WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON? >> PAGE 18. >> IT IDENTIFIES THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE , AND WE WORK WITH THE BOARD TO PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE COMMUNITY. NUMBER TWO IS REALLY AROUND THE CAREER CENTER. -- FOR MANY YEARS TO BRING AROUND THEIR FACILITY IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH TSTC TO BRING TO CAMPUS -- A CONTRACT LOVE -- WITH MIDLOTHIAN, IT CAN GO TOWARDS PAYING FOR THIS CAREER CENTER AND BRING TECHNICAL TRAINING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY MISSING IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO BRING IT TO THIS AREA.

>> THIS IS YAWLS PARTY BASED ON THE BOARD AND COUNSEL? >> CORRECT. IN PART, EACH OF

THESE ALIGN WITH AUTHORIZED PROJECT THAT WE ARE IN. >> KNOW, THE LAST THING I WILL SAY, WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN THINKING, PRIORITIES, WE NEED TO STICK TO THEM BUT BE FLEXIBLE. IT IS A'S MONEY AND B'S MONEY, THE CITY'S MONEY, THE PEOPLE'S MONEY.

INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

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>> I APPRECIATE YOU. MOVING ON TO 2024, MOVING BACK TO 2024 FOR 2023, CONSIDER AND ACT ON THE PURCHASE OF A 2026 ENFORCER, A PUMPER, AT A VEHICLE PRICE OF $1,090,000

$309 FROM THE BY BOARD CONTRACT. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. I AM ASKING FOR YOUR PERMISSION TONIGHT TO ORDER AN ENGINE THAT WOULD BE PLACED, IT WOULD ADD TO OUR CURRENT FLEET. ANTICIPATING THE COMPLETION OF THAT BUILDING, SOMEWHERE STARTING IN JANUARY OF 2027. THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THIS APPARATUS IS 1,090,000, $309.

THIS IS THE PRICE FOR THE ACTUAL ENGINE ITSELF, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL HALF TO EQUIP THIS ENGINE. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO OUR FLEET. IN THE PAST, WHEN WE HAVE REPLACED AN ENGINE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE EQUIPMENT OFF OF THAT ENGINE AND PUT ON THE NEW ONE.

THIS ONE WILL BE ADDING. SO WE WILL COME BACK AT A LATER DATE, IF THIS IS APPROVED, AND BE GOING THROUGH AN EQUIPMENT LIST OF ITEMS TO PROPERLY OUTFIT THE UNIT. THIS IS A STOCK UNIT. YOU

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THIS IS NOT, THIS ENGINE, THE WAY WE ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT NOW POST-COVID SEEMS TO BE MORE DIFFICULT . WE HAVE TO ORDER THIS SO FAR OUT IN ADVANCE. I CAN ACTUALLY ALMOST BUILD A FIRE STATION FASTER THAN I CAN TO GET A FIRE ENGINE. SO, THIS UNIT IS THE ONE THAT LINES UP MOST REASONABLY WITH THE TIMEFRAME THAT I HAVE PROPOSED. SO, AS FAR AS FUNDING RESOURCES GO, THIS IS NOT A BUDGETED ITEM. I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH THE ISSUE IN THE TAX NOTE. OBVIOUSLY, YAWLS DECISION AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY, WE COULD TRY TO SAVE UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO BUDGET CYCLES. AND THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR MO ABOUT $5000 OVER THE NEXT TWO DOZEN CYCLES. OR WE COULD ADD THE UNIT TO THE ACTUAL BOND, AS IT PLAYS OUT . WHETHER THAT IS A GO BOND PROPOSAL OR A CO BOND PROPOSAL.

I WILL STOP TALKING AND ANSWER QUESTIONS NOW. >> ONE QUESTION. WE WOULD NOT

HAVE TO PAY FOR IT UNTIL IT WAS RECEIVED? >> THAT IS CORRECT. NO PAYMENT IS DUE UNTIL DELIVERY. WE ARE JUST SECURING THE ACTUAL VEHICLE.

>> SORRY, I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2020. WE HAVE ORDERED THREE TRUCKS BY NOW? I FEEL

LIKE WE HAVE ORDERED AT LEAST TWO. >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE A LADDER TRUCK ON ORDER, IT IS SET TO BE DELIVERED IN THE SPRING OF 2026. THEN WE ORDERED, WELL, AT LEAST TWO YEARS NOW, WE ALSO HAD THE REPLACEMENT FOR ENGINE THREE. THAT WILL ARRIVE IN THE LATTER PART OF 2026. WE HAVE TWO UNITS CURRENTLY ON ORDER. THIS WOULD BE A THIRD IF IT IS

APPROVED TONIGHT. >> MY RETIREMENT TODAY I THINK IS JULY 21ST, 2027. SO,

HOPEFULLY BEFORE THEN. >> SO, YOU REFERENCE A STOCK UNIT THAT YOU THEN WOULD HAVE TO UPGRADE AND OUTFIT TO MATCH CURRENT FUNCTIONALITY. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> NOT NECESSARILY. THE STOCK UNIT ITSELF IS A MOST IDENTICAL IN THE WAY THAT IT FUNCTIONS AND OPERATES, SAME MOTOR, SAME CHASSIS, SAME COMPARTMENTALIZAT ION. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ABOUT DISCHARGE LOCATION. BECAUSE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO THE QUEUE AND LOCKED IN AT A CERTAIN PRICE RANGE , THERE IS NOT AS MANY THINGS I CAN DO TO CHANGE IT. IT WILL BE PAINTED THE SAME, CUSTOMIZED GRAPHICS THE SAME. WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO WHEN WE GET IT IS PUT THE EQUIPMENT ON IT. THE HOSE, THE AIR PACKS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THINGS WE WOULD NEED TO OPERATE THE UNIT. BECAUSE THIS IS AN

ADDITIONAL UNIT TO THE FLEET, EXPANDING OUR SERVICE DELIVERY. >> WHAT DO YOU ESTIMATE COST OF

ALL OF THE OUTFITTING? >> ABOUT $200,000. >> I'M TRYING TO GET AN

ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL COST. >> THAT WOULD INCLUDES ALL OF YOUR HOSE, YOUR EQUIPMENT, AIR PACKS. AIR PACKS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BIGGEST COST OF THAT. WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ABOUT FOUR

OF THOSE. THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT OR $9000 A PIECE. >> IF FOR SOME REASON, FIRE

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>> SO, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NOW IS ONE RESERVE UNIT ON THE BACKUP FOR FRONTLINE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE THREE ENGINES IN ONE LADDER TRUCK THAT OPERATES ON A DAILY BASIS.

ALMOST EVERY DAY, I HAVE A UNIT AT THE SHOP. IT IS KIND OF, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SHELL GAME, TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN SERVICE. THIS UNIT, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE STATION IS NOT READY, IT COULD SERVE AS A RESERVE CAPACITY SO THAT WE DO NOT GO WITHOUT A UNIT WELL

SOMETHING IS BEING REPAIRED. >> WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESTORE THIS?

>> WE WILL AT THE COMPLETION OF THE AUXILIARY BUILDING BEHIND STATION 2, WHICH WE CURRENTLY

ARE WORKING ON, GETTING QUOTE. >> SO WE ARE JUST DECIDING TODAY TO ORDER IT, AND WE WILL PAY FOR IT , WE ARE NOT DECIDING HOW TO PAY FOR IT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. TODAY, I JUST NEED PERMISSION TO TELL THEM THAT WE WANT THAT UNIT.

AND WHEN IT COMES DELIVERY DATE TIME, WE WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE THE CHECK. THAT IS THE WAY WE HAVE DONE THE LAST COUPLE OF UNITS. WE USED IT TO PAY UP FRONT BECAUSE OF THE SAVE UP PLAN. AND WE WOULD GET A DISCOUNT. BUT BECAUSE THE LEADTIMES HAVE STRETCHED OUT SO FAR, WE HAVE MADE AN INTERNAL DECISION THAT MAYBE WE WILL MAKE MORE MONEY ON THE INTEREST THEN THE DISCOUNT BY HOLDING OUR OWN FUND FOR 2 TO 3 YEARS TO OFFSET THAT DISCOUNT.

>> SOUNDS GOOD. A MOTION? >> I DID THINK IN THE PRESENTATION WE HAVE IN OUR PAMPHLETS, THAT YOU HAVE UNITS THAT WILL STAY HERE UNTIL THIS DELIVERY?

>> YES. >> EVEN IF IT IS A YEAR LATE? OKAY.

>> IT IS ALSO A BLESSING HERE THAT WE ARE PART OF AN INDUSTRY THAT DOES NOT HAVE IMPORTED FIRE TRUCKS. THAT IS WHAT CAUSES THE BACKLOG. SO, GOING BACK INTO SOME HISTORY, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD A SAVINGS PLAN BACK IN ABOUT 2010 OR 2011. AND WE GOT RID OF THAT. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN TALK OVER THE YEARS OF REINITIATING OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES STOCK SAVINGS PLAN. I, FOR SOME REASON, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE

>> IT CAME BACK IN 2013. >> SO THIS IS A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

>> FOR A REGULAR ROLLOUT. >> ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS TO ADD IT INTO THE SAVINGS PLAN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THAT IS AN OPTION THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE END.

>> WE SAVE UP FOR EVERY FRONTLINE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TODAY. THAT WENT AWAY DURING THE RECESSION. AND THEN REINSTATED AROUND 2013. BUT, TODAY, IF WE ARE REPLACING A UNIT, WE ARE SAVING THE CASH UP FOR THAT IN PREPARATION OF THAT RETIREMENT DATE.

>> I BELIEVE WHAT YOU MENTIONED, ROSS, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS ANOTHER $200,000 TO

OUTFIT THIS TRUCK? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> I AM THINKING THE TIME WHEN WE BOUGHT THREE TRUCKS, THEY WERE ABOUT HALF $1 MILLION-$600,000.

OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> ALL OF MY ARTERIES ARE CLOGGED NOW. AND TO THAT POINT, IF WE DO NOT TAKE THIS ONE AND WE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS DEAL, WE WILL WAIT, THIS PRICE WILL CHANGE. IT WILL ADD ANOTHER $20,000.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU. >> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE LEFT, YOU GUYS ANSWERED MOST OF THEM. TONIGHT, WE ARE DECIDING JUST TO ORDER IT. WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND WHEN CAN WE DECIDE

THE PAYMENT FOR THE PLAN? >> THAT IS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO, IF IT IS DECIDED TO PUT IT IN THE SAVE UP PLAN, WE WILL NEED TO PUT THAT MONEY IN THE SAVE UP PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. IF IT IS DECIDED WE WILL FUND IT IN SOME KIND OF BONDING CAPACITY, PROBABLY NOT NEXT BUDGET, BUT THE BUDGET AFTER FOR THE BOND PROPOSAL.

>> I DID WANT TO GO UP TO COUNCILMAN WEAVER, I HAVE AN OLD BRAIN IN THE LIGHT JUST WENT ON. IF WE MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT PATH OF HIRING PERSONNEL UP TO THAT DATE, IF THAT ENGINE ARRIVES IN THE STATION IS NOT DEALT, I WILL HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL ON STAFF

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RESPONDING FROM UNTIL THE FIFTH FACILITY IS UP. >> HOW MUCH IS IT'S ON THE TARGET TO ORDER IT? THE WAY WE NORMALLY WOULD ORDER THE TRUCKS? THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD

PUT THEM ON. >> SO THE UNIT, THE LAST ENGINE WE BOUGHT WAS A $300,000

DIFFERENCE IN PRICE THAN THIS ONE. >> YES. BUT THE ONE THAT YOU SAID WE COULD, IF WE DID NOT WANT THE STOCK ONE, WE COULD ORDER ONE HOW WE NORMALLY DO.

IS IT UNDER THE $1.34 MILLION WE WILL SPEND FOR THIS ONE? >> SO, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ORDERED IN THE PAST, IF I JUST PUT AN ORDER IN, I AM ONLY ORDERING THE ENGINE. I AM EITHER BUYING THIS ONE THAT IS A STOCK UNIT, OR I AM ORDERING A UNIT THAT DOES NOT HAVE EQUIPMENT ON IT EITHER. I AM JUST BUYING THE APPARATUS. IF I DO NOT BUY THIS ONE, THE COST

OF THIS GOES UP 120%. >> SO YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE $200,000 TO OUTFIT IT?

>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSLATION. >> YES. OKAY.

>> A MOTION TO APPROVE IS PRESENTED. >> A MOTION TO APPROVE BY

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COUNCILMAN MOORMAN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HAMMONS. >> THANK YOU.

>> OPENING ITEM 2024-2025, CONSIDER AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THAT WOULD PAY FOR WELFARE FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY BY ADDING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE RENOVATION OF A TRAINING

FACILITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $196,003 -- $196,300. >> GOOD EVENING. WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS SMALL BUILDING THAT IS KIND OF AN APPENDAGE OF THE CURRENT PD. WE ARE LOOKING AT BRINGING THAT INTO MODERN DAY CODE. MODERN DAY A.D.A. COMPLIANCE, ET CETERA. IT IS A CURRENT TRAINING FACILITY, A TWO-STORY TRAINING FACILITY. AND WALKER WOULD BE GOING IN FOR AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1.9 MILLION. THEY WOULD BE DESIGNING THAT FOR $196,000.

WITHIN THAT, WE WILL BE GETTING THE FACILITY, MAKING ALL OF THE CURRENT TRADING ROOMS MORE EFFICIENT, EXPANDING A LOT OF THE WORKOUT AREAS, ET CETERA. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, MAKING IT A.D.A. COMPLIANT, ADDING AN ELEVATOR IN THERE AS WELL. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS. WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, THIS ALSO ADDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. SO THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION AT THE COURSE BUILDING, ABOUT MARCH, APRIL-ISH, THIS WILL EXTEND THE ON THAT. AND WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO IS THAT ONCE WE ARE COMING OFF OF THAT , WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE TRAINING FACILITY TO COMPLETE THAT AS WELL.

>> IS A PART OF THE BOND? >> IT IS PART OF THE BOND. AND WE ARE PAYING FOR THAT OUT OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT BOND, AS WELL AS INTEREST ACCRUED. THAT IS ROUGHLY $9 MILLION. HAVE A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION WITH INTEREST ACCRUED. SO THIS WAS

PART OF THE EXPECT IT COST? >> YES, YES. >> AT THE TIME WHEN ALL OF THE COST WAS ROLLING UP, WE WANTED TO BE PATIENT WITH THAT AND SEE WHAT EVERYTHING HOPE FOR US.

>> YES. ROSS? >> IS 195 IN ADDITION TO THE 1.95? OR IS IT INCLUDED?

>> IT IS IN ADDITION TO IT . YES. >> THAT IS THE DESIGN, THE 195 IS THE DESIGN FOR THE 1.9 WOULD BE THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION. IN THE 1.9 IS THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION AT THIS POINT. IN THAT WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK.

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>> FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER HAMMONS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODGERS. THANK YOU. IT PASSES 7-0. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE CONCESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AND ALL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN REGULAR OPEN SESSION. NUMBER TWO, SECTION 551.072. REAL ESTATE DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, TO DELIBERATELY PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE , OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. SECTION 3 IS 551.087. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT AND/OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROJECT. PROJECTS

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