Jan 14, 2025 City Council

[Call to Order, Pledges, and Invocation]

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14TH, 2025 POINT I HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL PRESENT SO I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER POINT WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER POINT WE ARE GOING TO START THIS EVENING WITH OUR PLEDGES SO PLEASE STAND WITH ME AS WE

RECITE OUR PLEDGES. >> 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 AND INDIVISIBLE.

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>> MAKE THE LONG WALK DOWN HERE TO THE FLOOR FOR THE NEXT PART.

WE ARE GOING TO BE ISSUING A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS BEFORE WE DO TONIGHT'S INVOCATION. PASTORS TYPICALLY DON'T FORGET TO PRAY, SO WE WILL, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS BEFORE WE DO THAT. THE FIRST ONE, WE ARE GOING TO HONOR TWO EUROS TO MAKE .1 IS A NATIONAL HERO AND ONE IS A LOCAL HERO. WE'LL GO WITH THE NATIONAL HERO FIRST POINT I WANT TO ASK DEMETRIUS MCLENDON AND ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN TO JOIN US AS WE HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE, THEN I'LL READ A PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF DR. KING AND ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY POINT PASTOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TAKE THE MICROPHONE UNTIL THE COMMUNITY

WHAT'S GOING ON. >> GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY THAT WE SET ASIDE THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE YEAR -- OF JANUARY, RATHER, TO CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THE NAME BUT EVERYONE MAY NOT KNOW THAT WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED HE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE MOST WANTED LIST AS A COMMUNIST. IT'S AMAZING THAT YEARS LATER PEOPLE ARE LOVING HIM FOR WHAT HE STOOD FOR. SO WE ARE GOING TO GATHER, COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. WE HAVE A FOUR-DAY WEEKEND OF EVENTS PLANNED SO IF YOU DON'T MIND LOOKING AT DOWN, PUTTING IT ON YOUR SCHEDULES ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING A WONDERFUL MOVIE, REMEMBER THE TITANS. EVERYBODY REMEMBERS DENZEL WASHINGTON AND HOW TWO SIDES OF THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER, BLACK SIDE AND A WHITE SIDE. THEY WON CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR A COUPLE YEARS AFTER THAT. ON SATURDAY WE'LL HAVE A DAY OF SERVICE AS WELL AS THE COMBINATION OF AN ESSAY CONTEST WHERE WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE, WITH ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WRITING AND THEY TURNED ESSAYS IN ON THIS TEST READY. ON SATURDAY THE TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS WILL BE GATHERING TO READ THE ESSAYS AND NOMINATE WHICH ONE WILL BE THE WINNER, BECAUSE THE WINNERS OF EACH GRADE LEVEL, THAT MONDAY EVENING. THE FINAL CELEBRATION, THEY WILL READ THEIR ESSAYS FOR THE PUBLIC SO ALSO ON SUNDAY EVENING WE ARE HAVING A GOSPEL CONCERT. SO IF YOU LOVE GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC, COME ON OUT. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO SING, OR MAYBE I WILL. COME ON, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CHOIR COMING OUT OF DALLAS, A FRIEND OF MINE, LEONA FRANKLIN AND HARMONY KIRKLEY WILL BE PROVIDING MUSIC AT 6:30. EVER EVENING GATHERING IS AT 6:30 ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY. SUNDAY THE GOSPEL CONCERT, THAT WILL BE AT ONE CHURCH AND MONDAY EVENING, THE FINAL CELEBRATION OF DR. KING WILL BE AT MT. PLEASANT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS THE OLDEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN MIDLOTHIAN. WE CELEBRATE IN THERE WITH PAST ORIGINAL REYNOLDS, WHO IS THE PASTOR. IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU. INFECTED DON'T MEET ME THERE, BEATS ME THERE AT 6:30 FROM FRIDAY,

SUNDAY AND THEN ON MONDAY. >> PASTOR, I DO APPRECIATE THE FOLKS AT ONE CHURCH AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT PUT TOGETHER ALL THE WORK THAT GOES ON TO KEEP DR. KING'S MEMORY ALIVE AND WELL IN OUR COMMUNITY POINT MAY WE BE A COMMUNITY LIKE THE COMMUNITY AND REMEMBER THE TITANS, TOGETHER IN UNITY AND ALSO WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS. LET ME READ THIS INTO PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S DREAM OF EQUALITY AND ACHIEVING SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH NONVIOLENCE THAT HELPED SHAPE OUR NATION, AND WHEREAS NEXT WEEK WE SOME BREAK DR. KING'S BIRTHDAY AND REMEMBER HIS LEGACY AS AN AMERICAN HERO, TIRELESS SOCIAL ACTIVIST WHO CALLED UPON OUR NATION TO ENSURE EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW, UPHOLDING OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES, WHICH RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF LIFE,

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THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE HE TAUGHT THE VALUES OF COURAGE, TRUTH, JUSTICE, COMPASSION, DIGNITY, HUMILITY, SERVICE, BROTHERHOOD, AND MANY OTHERS. AND WHEREAS IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, TEXANS WILL JOIN MILLIONS OF CITIZENS ACROSS THE NATION WHO WILL HONOR DR. KING'S LIFE, TEACHINGS, AND RECOGNIZING THE NEED OF SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES. NOW THEREFORE I, JUSTIN KAUFMAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 20, 2025, HAS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TODAY, A SERVICE DAY, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF MIDLOTHIAN TO ACT FOR THE FUTURE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> PASSIONATE ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY IS WELCOME TO JOIN US

APPEAR FOR A PHOTO. >> THAT MEANS EVERYBODY CAN GET

UP. >>

>> LITERALLY, COME ON. LET'S GET SOME PEOPLE UP THERE.

TALKING TO ME? >>

>> THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. >>

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU. COME ON OVER, KIDS.

>> THANK YOU ALL. PASTOR MACK, IF YOU WOULD STAY CLOSE FOR ME, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THE SECOND HERO I'D LIKE TO HONOR IS, IF YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE NEWS, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AN OFFICER, A POLICE OFFICER WITH TERRELL WAS TRAGICALLY MURDERED AND VERY UNFORTUNATE EVENT FOR ALL OF THE POLICING COMMUNITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY OF TERRELL, BUT ALSO HAD LOCAL TIES HERE.

GREW UP IN OUR WONDERFUL CITY. GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FROM OUR WONDERFUL CITY. SO WE ARE GOING TO HONOR OFFICER JACOB CANDANOZA THIS EVENING AND ISSUE A PROCLAMATION FOR HIM.

ACTUALLY THE MAYOR PRO TEM CLARK WYCLIFFE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH JACOB AND IS GOING TO DO THE HONOR OF READING IT INTO RECORD, AND THEN WE WILL STAND WITH HIS FAMILY AND TAKE A PHOTO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PASTOR MACK IF YOU WOULD, AFTER WE DO THE PHOTO, TO PRAY OVER THE FAMILY, IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT, AND ALSO PRAY OVER OUR MEETING THIS EVENING AS WE GET TO BUSINESS. CLARK, CAN I TURN IT OVER TO YOU?

>> THE FAMILY WANTS TO STAND UP HERE WHILE I READ INTO THE RECORD YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME.

>> WHEREAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, WE WISH TO SEND OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF JACOB ANDREW CANDANOZA, AND WHEREAS OFFICER CANNON DOES A'S DEATH LEAVES OUR COMMUNITY WITH A DEEP FEELING OF SORROW FOR THE LOSS OF SUCH AN HONOR AND RESPECT THE PERSON WHO SERVED WITH GREAT DIGNITY. AND WHEREAS HE WAS A 2014 GRADUATE OF MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL, AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, JOINED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, WHERE HE SERVED FOR 5 YEARS AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 2019, ACHIEVING THE RANK OF SERGEANT. AND WHEREAS JACOB PROUDLY SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF TERRELL, GIVING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND PASSING AWAY IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2024 POINT AND WHEREAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, WE WISH TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER, AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY. NOW THEREFORE, I, CLARK WYCLIFFE, MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND THE MIDLOTHIAN CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, DO HEREBY PRESENT THIS SPECIAL TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF TERRELL POLICE OFFICER JACOB ANDREW CANDANOZA WITH SINCERE ATTITUDE FOR HIS LACK -- LIFE

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>> WOULD YOU BOW AND PRATE WITH ME? FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOLY FAITHFULNESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOLY KINDNESS.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOURSELF KNOWN TO US AS OUR GOD. FATHER, IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WE NEED YOU. WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR A WONDERFUL OLD QUOTE FROM SOME SMART PERSON. WE AREN'T LOOKING FOR A PARAGRAPH OR A BOOK TO READ. FATHER, WE NEED YOU. SO FATHER, WITH OUR HANDS AND HEARTS OPEN TO THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY, WE THANK YOU FOR MOM AND DAD, WIFE AND DAUGHTER, BROTHERS AND REST OF THE FAMILY, FATHER, WHO AFTER THIS DAY IS OVER, WILL STILL BE MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. BUT FATHER, THIS TIME, THE MOMENT NOW, WE THANK YOU THAT AS A CITY WE ARE WISE ENOUGH, MOURNFUL ENOUGH, TO TAKE A MOMENT AWAY FROM OUR BUSY SCHEDULES, TO THANK YOU FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED. WE THANK YOU FOR THESE PARENTS WHO RAISED A YOUNG MAN, WHO WOULD WANT TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO PROTECT OUR NATION AND PROTECT OUR CITIES. WE THANK YOU FOR THEM, FATHER.

AND I PRAY FOR THIS MOM, THIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER, FATHER AND BROTHERS. IF YOU WOULD JUST WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THEM AND COVERED THEM IN THIS MOMENT, AND FOR THE MOMENTS TO COME, BUT FOR THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW, FATHER, I PRAY THAT THEY FEEL LOVED AND ENCOURAGED BY THEIR COMMUNITY. SO FATHER, KEEP YOUR ARMS AROUND THEM. WE THANK YOU FOR THE CELEBRATION OF DR.

KING. IT'S BECAUSE OF DR. KING AND OFFICERS LIKE OFFICER MR. CANNON DONE SO THAT WOULD LEAVE THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO SPEAK UP AND TO SHOW UP FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED. SO WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNICATION TONIGHT, WITH OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE. THEY WILL COMMUNICATE THANKFULLY VERBALLY AND TO BE CLEAR ON THE DECISIONS THEY ARE MAKING, NOT FOR THEMSELVES, BUT FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, FATHER. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOVE YOU AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND AS I CLOSE THIS PRAYER, FATHER, I BLESS THIS FAMILY. BLESS THEM AND KEEP THEM. MAKE YOUR FACE SHINE UPON THEM AND BE GRACIOUS TO THEM. IF YOU COUNTENANCE UPON THE FAMILY, FATHER, AND GIVE THEM YOUR PIECING THE POWERFUL NAME OF OUR RESURRECTED SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, AMEN.

>> THANK YOU EVERYONE, TO THE FAMILY OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES.

WE ARE PROUD OF THAT YOUNG MAN FROM MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE CITY, AT THIS POINT, AND IT IS OPPORTUNITY 2025 001, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMUNITY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO REPORT ON? I WILL START IT OFF.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST THING IS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THE K9 OFFICER VETO WHO RECENTLY LOST HIS BATTLE WITH SICKNESS AND HE'S A GERMAN SHEPHERD. WAS WITH THE MIDLOTHIAN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 5 YEARS AND WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL OUR GRATITUDE FOR OUR K9 OFFICER AND OUR ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE MOURN HIS LOSS. AND REALLY, REALLY IS SORT OF A SAID SITUATION ALL AROUND. SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS I'D LIKE TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR CITY STAFF, PARTICULARLY THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WHO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ROAD MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, WORK AROUND THE CLOCK FOR THE FORECASTED ICE STORM THAT SORT OF NEVER REALLY TOOK FULL

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ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK? >> MR. KELLER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD. AND THEN ONCE YOU GET UP HERE TO THE MICROPHONE, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. AND THEN

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNIZING THINGS THAT ARE MUCH LARGER AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. WITH THAT SAID, MY NAME IS JULIE KELLER. OUR MIDLOTHIAN RESIDENCES 2401 AMESBURY DRIVE, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065. MY PERMANENT ADDRESS IS GLENROSE, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK THAT OUT FURTHER. BUT BECAUSE OF FAMILY ILLNESS, WE BUILT A HOME IN MIDLOTHIAN, TO BE CLOSER, TO BE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS THAT NEEDED TO BE HELPED. SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS MORNING -- I HAVE SERVED IN A CAPACITY SIMILAR TO YOURS IN AN ADJOURNING JURISDICTION. MY NORMAL PROTOCOL WOULD'VE BEEN TO CALL EACH OF YOU, MY INSTINCT STARTED AT 11:00 THIS MORNING AND ENDED AT 2:00. I GOT ONLINE TO GET YOUR INFORMATION, TO REACH OUT, AND FOUND YOU HAD A MEETING TONIGHT, SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO COMMUNICATE. MY DOORBELL RANG AT 11:00 TODAY. IT WAS A YOUNG MAN THAT HAD ALREADY DUG UP A PORTION OF MY FRONT YARD, AND TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD BE DIGGING FROM THE SIDEWALK INTO MY FLOWER BED, LOOKING FOR THE GAS AND SEWER LINES. I SAID, IS THERE A PROBLEM, AND HE SAID NO, I'M WITH SPECTRUM. WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SPECTRUM. WE HAD NO NOTICE. I SAID WHAT ARE YOU WITH SPECTRUM FOR AND HE SAID, WE ARE LAYING FIBER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, THAT STARTED MY CLOCK OF WHAT'S GOING ON , SO I CALLED THE CITY. THE CITY SAID THAT SPECTRUM HAD BEEN PERMITTED FOR OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SUMMER CREST, SO THERE ARE SEVERAL DIVISIONS OF SUMMER CREST AND WE ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE VILLAS, WHICH IS A 55 FOOT WIDE -- NOT 55 AND OVER, A 55 FOOT WIDE. SO IMAGINE, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL LOT. THE CITY CAME. INDEED THE PERMIT HAD BEEN RENDERED BY THE CITY TO SPECTRUM. STILL HAD NO ONE FROM SPECTRUM THERE. HAD NO ONE, WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS DIGGING, TO EVEN BE ABLE TO GIVE ME A BUSINESS CARD, TO SAY WHO THEY WERE. HE CALLED HIS BOSS. HIS BOSS CAME. HE DIDN'T HAVE A BUSINESS CARD, EITHER. THEY HAD TO CALL THE CONTRACTOR THAT SPECTRUM HAD HIRED ABOUT 40 MINUTES LATER, AND IN THIS TIME, THE CITY CAME. WE HAD NO NOTICE, AND ON A 55 FOOT LOT, IF YOU'VE GOT FIVE FOOT RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND YOUR HOUSE, THEY'RE DIGGING IT UP. AND INDEED THEY ARE DIGGING IT UP.'S OF THE SUBCONTRACTOR FOR SPECTRUM STOOD ON MY SIDEWALK AND SAID, HERE'S YOUR NOTICE. WE'LL BE BACK THURSDAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN DO BETTER. WE SHOULD OF BEEN GIVEN NOTICE. I CALLED THE HOA, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD INVITED SPECTRUM TO COME IN, PREDEVELOPMENT, TO PUT ALL OF THEIR FIBER OPTIC AND, BEFORE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE HOUSES WERE BUILT, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS, AND RETAINING WALLS. BECAUSE THE SPIDER IS GOING TO GO UNDER OUR SIDEWALK, UNDER OUR RETAINING WALL, AND UNDER OUR DRIVEWAY. 30 INCHES DOWN WITH A PIPE. IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE THE ABILITY FOR OUR CONCRETE TO HOLD UP? I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WE COULD'VE DONE BETTER. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE TOLD US THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING. SO THIS AFTERNOON, SPECTRUM FINALLY CAME. THIS AFTERNOON THEY PUT THIS WIRE ON OUR DOOR AND IT SAYS, WE'VE BEEN MAKING REPAIRS TO OUR NETWORK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOU MAY SEE OUR TRUCKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE REPLACE OR UPGRADE OUR CABLE. DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT DIGGING UP YOUR YARD, RUINING YOUR GRASS, OR RIGHT WHEN THE BAD WEATHER IS COMING, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR LANDSCAPING? I JUST THINK IT'S A POINT THE CITY COULD DO BETTER, AND WE SHOULD'VE KNOWN. AND I STILL

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HELP US OUT ON THIS. >> YES MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO

SPEAK? >>

>> MR. CLAYTON, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME AND THE MICROPHONE FOR THE RECORD AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF

MIDLOTHIAN. >> YES SIR, MY NAME IS RON CLAYTON. I LIVE AT 1310 RIDGE DRIVE IN MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY EMPLOYEES, FOR YOUR TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. DECEMBER 15TH 2024, I EXPERIENCED WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS CALLED A BACKFLOW. RAW SEWAGE ERUPTED FROM MY SHOWER DRAIN, SUBSEQUENTLY FLOODED THREE ROOMS IN MY HOUSE, WHICH IS OVER HALF OF MY HOUSE. THE HALLWAY, THREE CLOSETS, TWO BATHROOMS AND A PORTION OF THE LIVING ROOM. I CONTACTED A PLUMBER. HE IMMEDIATELY, OF COURSE, CAME OUT AND DETERMINED THERE WAS GRAVEL IN THE LINE.

AND THIS ORIGINATED FROM THE CITY MAIN LINE. SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE FOLLOWED ALL PROTOCOLS, DONE EVERYTHING THAT IS ASKED OF ME. MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, IF YOU WILL. AND AS OF TODAY, 30 DAYS INTO IT, I'M STILL IN THE SAME SITUATION I WAS DECEMBER 15TH. I'M ASKING FOR THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TO PLEASE CORRECT THIS, ASKING THEM. I'LL BE AVAILABLE BY PHONE, OF COURSE. 214-534-7469. AGAIN 214-534-7469. RON CLAYTON. FOR COMMENTS, AND I AM WORKING ON ESTIMATES. KIND OF GOES WITHOUT SAYING, THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO MY HOUSE AND THE EFFECT THAT IT HAD ON MY FAMILY AND I. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. CLAYTON. DO WE HAVE ANY

OTHER SPEAKERS THIS EVENING? >> PRESTON GATES.

>> MR. GATES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD INTO THE MICROPHONE, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE A CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN RESIDENT. YOU HAVE THREE

MINUTES. >> YES. MY NAME IS PRESTON GATES. I AM A CITIZEN OF MIDLOTHIAN. ON 2/18/2023, MY SON WAS FOLLOWED BY A GROWN MAN ATTEMPTING TO INTIMIDATE MY 10-YEAR-OLD SON. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE MAN. HE APPEARED TO BE IRRATIONAL, THIS AND THAT. I WENT BACK INTO MY HOUSE AND I CALLED THE POLICE. I CALLED THE NONEMERGENCY LINE. I ASKED FOR A POLICE OFFICER TO PLEASE COME OUT AND TALK TO US. NO ONE EVER SHOWED UP. WE WAITED AROUND. FINALLY WE GET A PHONE CALL .

PHONE RINGS. THEY SAY HEY, YEAH, NO WE CAN'T COME OUT, WE WILL DO THIS OVER THE PHONE, AND I WAS IRRITATED. A GUY FOLLOWING MY SON, HE CALLS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHANGES HIS STORY TWO TIMES. IT'S ALL IN THE LEASE, YOU KNOW IN THE DEALS, HE'S GOING TO SHOOT ME. IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THIS POLICE REPORT. YOUR OFFICERS WERE PRESTON COMES OUT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT HIM. I TALKED TO THIS GUY, WHEN SOMEBODY'S FOLLOWING MY 10-YEAR-OLD SON HOME, I LIVE IN A CUL-DE-SAC. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS GUY. IT WAS A TOTAL LACK OF INTIMIDATION. APRIL 6, 2024. THAT HAPPENED IN '23. APRIL 6, 2024, THE SAME INDIVIDUAL THAT FOLLOWED MY SON HOME RAN INTO ME AND MY WIFE AT 7/11. AGAIN SCREENING RACIAL SLURS. HAS MY WIFE TOTALLY SCARED. I STEPPED OUT. I TAKE A VIDEO OF THIS. CALL THE POLICE AGAIN. POLICE COME OUT. THEY MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO TALK WITH ME. WE TALK. THEY TALK WITH THE LADIES UPFRONT. LOOK AT THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. I SEEN THE VIDEO THAT I MADE TO THE OFFICER. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO PASS THIS ON TO THE MANAGER. NOTHING EVER CAME ABOUT IT. SO I CALLED. I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I SPOKE WITH A LADY, I DON'T HAVE HER NAME, A SECOND, I DO, I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET IT, AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CASE. TOLD ME THAT UNLESS THE HARASSMENT WAS IN FRONT OF THE OFFICER, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. I WENT AS FAR AS TO ASK THE LADY IF I COULD COME DOWN AND VISIT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT FIVE OR SIX POLICE REPORTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE'VE GOT SIX OR SEVEN ALTOGETHER, AND NOBODY WANTS TO TALK. SO AT THIS POINT I START THINKING, MAN, I'VE GOT SOMEBODY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT IS INTERFERING WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, KEEPING ME FROM GETTING THE JUSTICE THAT WE DESERVE. I REACHED OUT TO

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YOU KNOW? HE GOT ME IN TOUCH WITH -- SAID OFFICER KIRK WAS GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO ME. HE NEVER DID SO THEY SENT A COMMANDER OUT, UNDER THE COMMANDER DID COME OUT TO THE HOUSE. AT THE END OF THIS CONVERSATION WITH THIS COMMANDER, I CAME THIS CLOSE TO THROWING HIM OUT OF MY HOUSE.

HE ASKED ME IF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT FOLLOWED MY 10-YEAR-OLD SON HOME, IF I THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE FELT THREATENED . OKAY? NOW I COULD CARE LESS IF A GROWN MAN DRIVING A CAR, CHASING A 10-YEAR-OLD, FELT THREATENED WHEN I WENT UP AND TALKED TO HIM. I DIDN'T THREATEN HIM. YOU KNOW, WE FINALLY DECIDED THAT HEY, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK WITH THIS COMMANDER. SO WE WENT AND WE TALKED TO THE DETECTIVES. THE DETECTIVES, THEY TELL US, DID YOU EVER COME IN AND TALK TO US? I TRIED. YOU KNOW? I CAN'T SEEM TO GET THROUGH TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY? SO FINALLY THEY COME UP WITH THIS DEAL, WE'RE GOING TO DO A CLASS C, YOU PRESS CHARGES ON THIS GUY, MISDEMEANOR. SO WE GET TOLD BY THE DETECTIVES, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM. YOU CAN FILE THIS. NOTHING EVER. SO NOW I GET A LETTER BACK FROM THE PROSECUTOR, OR FROM THE CITY COURTS, SAYING THEY DON'T INVESTIGATE CRIMES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PROSECUTE THIS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT IT. IT'S THE POLICE THE DA. THE DA SAYS THAT WE CAN GO FULL AHEAD AS LONG AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TALKS TO THE DA, THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. BUT THE LADY AT THE COURTS, SHE'S TOLD US THAT MAYBE THIS IS THE WRONG COURT. SHE SAID THEY DO TRAFFIC COURTS IN THIS CLASS C DEAL. I'M JUST A CITIZEN. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.

I'M JUST A GUY LOOKING FOR HELP TO KEEP MY FAMILY FROM BEING HARASSED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. WE ARE

BEING HARASSED. >> MR. GATES, I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

>> UNDERSTOOD >> IS THERE ANY ACTUAL POINTS YOU ARE REQUESTING OF COUNCIL? ANY ACTIONABLE POINTS YOU ARE

REQUESTING? >> YES, I'D LIKE AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHY A POLICE OFFICER HAS NOT CAME OUT AND WHY I'M BEING ASKED TO

>> WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND GET ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE,

[CONSENT AGENDA]

>> YES OR. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

>> COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANKS.

>> ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THIS EVENING? WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ITEM 2025-003. ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION WITHOUT SEPARATE DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. COUNCIL, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT THIS EVENING?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM L .

>> OKAY, REMOVING ITEM L POINT ANY OTHER ITEMS,

COUNCILMEMBERS? >> D.

>> REMOVING D. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A

MOTION -- >> C.

>> OKAY, WE ARE PULLING C. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE

-- >> WE ALREADY PULLED D?

>> YES, C, D AND L AT THIS POINT.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO TRY TO GET TO YOU BEFORE --

>> YOU. FOR SOME REASON I DON'T HAVE THE VOTE BUTTON

OVER HERE. JUST FYI. >> SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM C, ITEM D AND ITEM L.

>> SO MOVED. >> MOTIONED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMOND, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD. PLEASE VOTE.

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WAS THAT YOU, ROSS? GO AHEAD. >> MY ONLY QUESTION -- AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YOU DIRECT THIS TO BUT, I SEE WE ARE JUST RATIFYING A DECISION THAT APPEARS THE BOARD HAS ALREADY MADE. BUT THERE'S NOT A DOLLAR FIGURE IN THEIR. IS JUST LIKE A GENERIC STATEMENT, HEY, TRUST US, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY. AND I JUST FOUND THAT A LITTLE WEIRD THAT

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WHAT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED. >> IDIDN'T REALIZE KATHY RODRIGUEZ IS HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND GIVE ANSWERS TO ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS OR SPEAK TO ANYTHING THAT COUNCILMAN WEAVER HAS TO ASK?

>> ABSOLUTELY, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. THIS IS ACTUALLY A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE SIMPLY PUTTING THREE WALLS BETWEEN -- WE HAVE ARB RINGS THAT WERE BUILT VERY LARGE FOR WHEN WE WERE ALL MEETING AS A GROUP.

THEY ARE BREAKING INTO PANELS NOW OF THREE ARB MEMBERS WHERE WE ARE PLANNING ON SIMPLY DIVIDING THREE OF THE LARGE ROOMS INTO SMALLER ROOMS. AND AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE EXPLORING, TOO, IS PUTTING UP SOME HARDENING OF THE COUNTER, OUR FRONT COUNTER. WE ACTUALLY HIRED POLICE TO COME IN, SECURITY TO COME IN DURING ARB HEARINGS BUT WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE STAFF AND WANTS TO MAKE SURE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUGH TIME SOMETIMES BECAUSE PEOPLE COME IN VERY ANGRY, NOT UNDERSTANDING PARTS OF WHICH ARE TAXES ARE MADE UP OF. SO WE WANT TO SERVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS VERY WELL AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS TAKEN CARE OF. IN TERMS OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE THAT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMING UP THIS NEXT THURSDAY. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE IT EXCEEDING $50,000. SHOULD BE UNDER THAT. BUT WE WILL BE CONSIDERED -- WE WILL BE TABLING THAT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THE REASON I HAVE TO TELL THE BOARD THAT EACH OF THE TAXING UNITS THAT VOTES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S ELECTION, AT LEAST THREE FOURTHS OF THE TAXING UNITS HAVE TO AGREE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH RENOVATION. AND SO, PUTTING A LOT OF WORK INTO IT WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER WE'VE GOT THAT AGREEMENT IS WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME ON DOING SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE BOARD, LIKE I SAID, NEXT THURSDAY. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE -- WE HOPE IT WILL BE MUCH LESS

THAN 50,000. >> OKAY. BUT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY TONIGHT APPROVING A BLANK CHECK, IF IT WAS $500,000, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIMITATIONS IN THIS DOCUMENT.

THIS RESOLUTION WE ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE. PLUS, I'M CONFUSED WHY THE RESOLUTION IS NOT SIGNED BY ALL THE BOARD

MEMBERS. >> THE NIGHT THAT WE HAD -- THAT MORNING THAT WE HAD THAT MEETING, NOT ALL BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENT. SO THAT'S WHY NOT ALL OF THEM -- WHY IT WAS NOT SIGNED BY ALL MEMBERS. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE VERY GOOD STEWARDS AND ARE NOT GOING TO LET SPEND MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE SHOULD ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS . REPRESENTATIVES, YOU FOLKS HAVE DAVID HURST, IS ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD. I ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS VERY WELL AWARE, AS I AM, THAT WE ARE SPENDING DOING. SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO THAT AS COST-EFFECTIVELY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

>> I 100% RESPECT THAT, BUT AS YOU SAID, WE ARE SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS HERE. NOT JUST OURS, BUT THOSE OF OURS FRIENDS THROUGH ELLIS COUNTY AND FOR ME I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM APPROVING SOMETHING THAT HAS NO MAXIMUM THRESHOLD IN IT. IT IS LIMITED BY LANGUAGE OF MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WITHOUT SUBJECTIVE TERMINOLOGY, SO I HAVE A PROBLEM RATIFYING AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS NO SPECIFICITY AS FAR AS NOT TO EXCEED $75,000 OR NOT TO EXCEED $60,000. I FEEL LIKE I'M WRITING A BLANK CHECK WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY.

>> DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH JUST ADDING A MAXIMUM AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, ONTO THAT RESOLUTION FOR THE APPROVAL?

>> THAT'S FINE. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE APPROVING IF WHAT'S GOING ON NOW IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FOR THE ELLIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOUR RENOVATION WOULD HAVE AN ACTIVE BONDING THERE. THE ACTIVE BOND IS THE PROBLEM.

WERE IN A RESOLUTION RIGHT NOW

COST. >> YOU ARE GIVING THEM THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND UNDER THAT CONTRACT IT'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS. YOU ARE GIVING THEM THAT AUTHORITY.

>> IF YOU WANT TO PUT A CAP ON THAT AUTHORITY, YOU CAN DO

THAT. >> THAT WAS MY POINT, WAS JUST

A REASONABLE THRESHOLD. >> IT'S A SMALL PROJECT AND

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ISSUE. >> SHORT.

>> YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH A MAXIMUM AS LONG AS THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE DOESN'T EXCEED $75,000.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH A CAP OF $75,000. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER WEAVER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS. PLEASE VOTE.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>> WE CAN MAKE THAT AMENDMENT ON OUR SIDE AND SEND IT BACK.

>> OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM D , WHICH WAS PULLED BY MAYOR PRO TEM, TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,000 TO BE AWARDED BY BUILDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TO THE MIDLOTHIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO PROVIDE PROMOTIONAL FUNDS FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE 2025

MIDLOFEST EVENT. MELISSA? >> I DON'T KNOW WHICH MELISSA

I'M GOING TO BE TALKING TO. >> DO YOU WANT ME?

>> IT MIGHT HELP IF YOU COME DOWN BUT I GUESS A COUPLE QUESTIONS, FIRST. I KNOW IN THIS GRANT APPLICATION THE REQUEST WAS FOR $45,000. WAS THIS THE FIRST GRANT APPLICATION THEY SUBMITTED FOR THIS FAST?

>> KNOW. I BELIEVE THEY HAD SUBMITTED ONE WE WENT TO AN ONLINE APPLICATION. SO WE JUST ASKED THEM TO DIFFER AND PUT

THAT APPLICATION ONLINE. >> APPLICATIONS FOR 45,000?

>> TO MY -- THE BEST OF MY RECALL, YES.

>> I SEE IN THIS PACKET THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DOWNTOWN. I'M ASSUMING THE CONTINGENCY FOR THE FUNDS IS TO KEEP IT DOWNTOWN FOR THIS GO AROUND, LIKE THEY TRIED TO MOVE IT, THEY WOULD NOT BE RECEIVING THE $45,000.

>> IF IT MOVES FROM THAT APPLICATION.

>> DOWNTOWN, PHYSICAL LOCATION .

>> LET ME MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION.

WILL THEY RECEIVE THIS $45,000 IF THEY MOVE IT FROM THIS

LOCATION THIS YEAR? >> DIRECT.

>> I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO THAT WITH THE BOARD, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE APPLICATION.

>> SO TECHNICALLY, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, THEY ARE GETTING A $45,000 CHECK TO HOLD THE EVENT, NO MATTER WHERE IT'S HELD, AS LONG AS IT'S HELD SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF MIDLOTHIAN?

>> AND WE HAVE NOT GONE INTO DETAIL ON THAT ASPECT OF IT BUT OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT WOULD BE DOWNTOWN.

>> NO, IT'S IN THE APPLICATION TO BE DOWNTOWN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS TIED TO KEEPING IT DOWNTOWN.

>> IF IT WAS MOVED WE WOULD DEFINITELY ASK THE CHAMBER TO COME BACK AND SPEAK TO OUR BOARD ABOUT THAT.

>> OKAY. BUT AT THAT POINT ISN'T THE MONEY ALREADY HAVING

AGREED TO GIVE THE MONEY? >> I THINK WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE AGREEMENT AND LOOK AT THAT, AS WELL POINT THIS IS TOTALLY OFF MY RADAR. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT WAS A

CONSIDERATION. >> THE DOWNTOWN PIECE?

>> MY THOUGHTS WERE, OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS IT IS

DOWNTOWN. >> OURS IS, TOO BUT I WANT TO

MAKE SURE IT STAYS DOWNTOWN. >> OKAY. THOSE QUESTIONS MAY BE FOR MICHELLE TO BUT AS FAR AS US, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S DOWNTOWN AND THAT'S WHAT WE FUNDED IT FOR.

>> IS THE INTENT TO KEEP IT DOWNTOWN THIS YEAR?

>>

>> NOT IN THE CONTRACT STATING THAT IF THE FUNDS ARE GIVEN TO US THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT

TOO. NO IDEA. DOWNTOWN. >> FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

INAUDIBLE ]. >> WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADD THAT

TO THE AGREEMENT? >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S

>> WE CAN. >> THAT IS A STIPULATION?

>> ONLY OTHER QUESTION I ASK IS HAVE YOU ALWAYS ASKED FOR THE

$45,000? >> WE'VE GONE, WE'VE ASKED FOR $60,000, $30,000, AND $25,000 BUT THIS YEAR WE ASKED

FOR $45,000. >> AFTER GOOD, THE ONLY QUESTIONS I'VE GOT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? CAN I MAKE A MOTION, THEN?

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BUT SUBJECT TO THE EVENT STAYS IN DOWNTOWN FOR THE FUNDING.

>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE, SECONDED BY

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ITEM PASSES 7-0. >> AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE

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YOU ARE UP. >> GOOD EVENING.

>> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR COMING UP. I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. A COUPLE OF RANDOM QUESTIONS. THE TIMING OF WHEN THIS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. AND DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE BEFORE THEY START THE SEASON ?

>> THAT IS THE GOAL, WHETHER DEPENDENT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH G A WN THEY FELT LIKE THEY CAN MAKE THIS MOVE.

>> OKAY, PERFECT. AND IF FOR SOME REASON THEY GO INTO THE SEASON, WHICH IS LIKE 13TH OF FEBRUARY, WILL THEY BE MOVING

PRACTICES? >> NO, WE WILL NOT CLOSE THE PARK. THE SUCKER WILL STILL CONTINUE ON AND WE'LL USE ANY AVAILABLE SPACE WE CAN TO PARK PEOPLE.

>> OKAY. AND THE OTHER THING IS -- AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS TALKS -- I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS,

ABOUT FENCING. >> YES. WE ARE WORKING ON THE FENCING. IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE WE ARE USING DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS IN THE FENCING UNDER $50,000 BUT WE HAVE -- ACTUALLY IT WAS IN OUR OTHER BIT THAT WE HAD APPROVED FOR THE FENCING AT JC PARK. WE INCLUDED IT IN THAT SAME BID TO DO HAWKINS AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE UNDERWAY THERE. THEY ARE OUT IDENTIFYING UTILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE RIGHT NOW. SO WE WILL BE FENCING OFF AT THE BOTTOM, CLOSEST TO THE CREEK, AND WE WILL BE FENCING TWO SECTIONS ON THE UPPER AREA TO KEEP THE BALL FROM ROLLING DOWN INTO THE PARKING LOT.

>> OKAY, PERFECT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. THE LETTER L PORTION OF THE TREES DOWN BY THE BOTTOM OF THAT FIELD AND THEN ALSO UP IN THE TOP BETWEEN THE TOP PARKING LOT IN THE FIELD, PERFECT. OKAY. AND THAN ANY OTHER TALK ABOUT A SECOND

ENTRANCE? >> NOT AT THIS POINT UNLESS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE LOOKING AT PURCHASING PROPERTY . SO WE WOULD HAVE SOMEWHERE TO ACTUALLY CREATE ANOTHER ENTRANCE OR EXIT. WE DO NOT HAVE SPACE WHERE THE CURRENT ENTRANCE IS, BECAUSE WE'RE TOO CLOSE TO THE CURB AND WE ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION TO BE ALLOWED TO ADD ANOTHER DRIVE. SO OUR OPTION WOULD BE GOING MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY, WHICH WE WERE LOOKING AT, IF YOU WENT TO THE SOUTH, DOWN BELOW THIS, WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE PAST IF WE HAD PROPERTY HERE, WE COULD BUILD ANOTHER PARKING LOT HERE AND PUNCH OUT ONTO MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY, AND CREATE AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT THEIR, TO EASE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE, BUT WE DO NOT OWN ANY OF THIS PROPERTY, AND SO THAT'S A DECISION OF COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN

LOOKING TO PURCHASE IT. >> WHEN DOES THIS HAVE TO

HAPPEN? >> THE PARKING LOT?

>> LIKE THE REASON I'M ASKING, IF WE CAN DO THIS UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE ALSO HAD BEEN IN ON SOME CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

>> THE PARKING LOT COULD HAPPEN REGARDLESS. THAT'S THE TIME

SENSITIVE ONE. >> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ALL WAS GOING TO BE INVOLVED THERE BUT I THINK IF WE WANT TO TRY TO TIE THAT IN, WE COULD MAYBE TRY TO GET THAT CONVERSATION GOING.

WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO THAT? >> CAN Y'ALL DO THAT SEPARATELY IN THAT PART OF THE LOT?

>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE IT.

>> THE INGRESS/EGRESS AT HAWKINS IS GOING TO BE THE ISSUE, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, AND MY FEAR, PART OF MY FEAR IS THEY START SEEING THERE IS MORE CONCRETE OVER THERE AND THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT SOLUTIONS, AND REALLY THERE IS NO INGRESS/EGRESS SOLUTION. I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH A PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDATION ON THAT, AND THEN FOR A FUTURE DATE SO LET'S STICK TO THE PARKING LOT

AND SIDEWALK. >> THE ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS I JUST KNOW EVEN WITH THE PRACTICES, THEY FILL ALL THREE. THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE

HOPEFULLY IT WILL HAPPEN. >> WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT AT LEAST THOSE WHO HAVE TO PARK IN THE PARKING LOT DO NOT

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SLOW THAT DOWN. >> OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

>> ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING

>> I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY THROW AWAY BUT IT IS CHEAPER TO HAVE THEM COME POUR CONCRETE ONCE VERSUS HAVE THEM COME BACK OUT AND POUR CONCRETE TWICE, AND I DO THINK THE CONNECTION IS AN ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST A PARKING ISSUE. MY KIDS ARE IN SOCCER. IT'S TRYING TO EVEN NAVIGATE THAT PARKING LOT. SO I WOULD BE MORE OPEN TO IF WE COULD TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION QUICKLY TO THE CONNECTOR AND JUST DO ONE CONCRETE INSTEAD OF HAVE THEM COME TO WORK AND THEN LITERALLY TAPE OFF THE PARKING LOT WE JUST POURED TO COME RECONNECT THE ROAD THAT WE MAY

POSSIBLY BE DOING. >> HOW MUCH IS YOUR BID GOOD

FOR? >> WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO KEEP A BID FOR 30 DAYS BEFORE WE REBID IT.

>> WHERE ARE WE AT ON THAT? >> I THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE MAYBE THREE WEEKS, 2 1/2 WEEKS LEFT.

>> BASALT QUIT GENERATE 31ST. BUT AGAIN THEY ARE TRYING TO GET IT BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS, THIRD WEEK OF FEBRUARY.

>> I GET THAT BUT WHAT'S ONE MORE SEASON? I ALREADY DRIVE ON IT NOW. I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO BE DIFFICULT. IF IT'S BETTER TO JUST DO IT, I GET IT, BUT I DO KNOW BRINGING CONCRETE TRUCKS OUT ONCE IS MORE COST-EFFECTIVE AND TWICE. AND SO IF THERE IS A WAY, AND I KNOW THIS IS A WHOLE OTHER DISCUSSION, WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PROPERTY THERE, WE WOULD LOSE A FIELD OR TWO IF WE DO IT. JUST

SOME IDEAS. >> I'LL JUST THROW OUT THERE THAT I'VE DEALT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND NOTHING WITH THIS PROPERTY OWNER GOES QUICK.

>> I KNOW THAT, BUT WE OWN SOME OF THAT PROPERTY AND IS IT BETTER TO JUST BUILD IT ON OUR PROPERTY AND LOSE A FIELD OR TWO, AND AT LEAST HAVE CONNECTION?

>> I THINK IF YOU LOSE A FIELD YOU ARE GOING -- PEOPLE WILL

LOSE THEIR MIND. >> I THINK IF WE DISCUSSED PRIVATELY WE'LL TIE INTO THAT BUT AS Y'ALL LOOK AT THIS SATELLITE IMAGE, THE DISTANCE TO THE PARKING LOT WE PROPOSED IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT AND I DON'T PERSONALLY FIND THAT IF IT WAS A SHORT POOR IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. IF THAT'S A BIG ENOUGH FOR TO GET BACK DOWN THERE, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH DOING THE SECOND. YOU ARE TALKING EVERY BIT OF

INAUDIBLE ] >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE PARKING LOT FIXED BEFORE OUR SEASON STARTS. IT KEEPS MUD AND RUTS AND EVERYTHING OF OUR STREET, THE OTHER PARKING LOTS. OTHER CONCERNS, IT'S WHERE JUNK IN OUR STORM SEWER THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THEIR PER SO I THINK IT'S GETTING THAT PAID AND GETTING PEOPLE PARKING ON MUD IS PROBABLY PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. THAT CIRCULATION HAS BEEN TERRIBLE SINCE I PLAYED SOCCER OUT THERE WHEN I WAS A KID. SO IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE BEING BAD AND EVEN ONCE WE GOT THE EXTRA EXIT POINT, IT'S GOING TO PUNCH INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY. WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT A MEDIAN CROSSING THERE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE LIKE PLAYING FROG SO YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING BACK OUT ONTO 38 SEVEN BECAUSE IT IS THE ABILITY TO GO BOTH DIRECTIONS. AT LEAST UNTIL THAT SEGMENT IS DIVIDED AND WE CAN PUT A MEDIAN IN THEIR WE CAN'T GO BOTH DIRECTIONS. SO I THINK IT WILL HELP BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE SUNSHINE, CLOUDS PARTING, AND UNICORNS FROLICKING. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE, THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER PER SO I SAY NO PARKING LOT. WE ADDRESS THE OTHER INVENTORY.

>> ROSS, YOU'RE REALLY GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PARK SIDE, WITH ALL THE DESCRIPTIONS. I LOVE IT.

>> I LOVE IN MY OPINION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE SORT OF THE IDEA, STAFF HAS GOTTEN THE HINT THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT POTENTIAL INGRESS AND EGRESS SOLUTIONS.

>> WE WOULD LOVE TO -- >> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I'M READY FOR A MOTION.

>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE IT. >> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOORMAN. PLEASE NOTE.

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>> IT PASSES 7-0 POINT >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND

COUNCIL. >> MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, IS ITEM NUMBER 2025 004. THIS IS TO CONTINUE A PUBLIC HEARING FROM DECEMBER 10TH, '24, AND CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE USE OF NUMBER 761 LOCATED COMMUNITY RETAIL AREA, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 146 FOR A GASOLINE STATION, RETAIL SALES, PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN U.S.

HIGHWAY 287 AND OLD FT. WORTH ROAD. MARY?

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>> MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> I CAN.

>> THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC EASE PERMIT FOR 7/11 AT WESTSIDE PRESERVE AT PD-146, HAS A COMMUNITY RETAIL TRACK AND ITS 9 1/2 ACRES. THIS WILL BE ABOUT 1 1/2 ACRES OUT OF THAT. IS A REGIONAL MODULE, WHICH SUPPORTS THIS USE.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STRATEGIES ALSO SUPPORT THE HORIZONTAL MIX IN THIS AREA. TO THE NORTH YOU HAVE THE 564 PD. TO THE WEST YOU HAVE A VACANT PROPERTY, UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY, AND MORE OF THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL TRACT. TO THE EAST YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH SURROUNDED BY THE WESTSIDE PRESERVE PD, RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTE TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH. THEY PROVIDED CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS TO THE SIDES OF THE OTHER PART OF THE TRACT.

THEY'VE ALSO PROVIDED PEDESTRIAN CONDUCTIVITY WITH SIDEWALK ALONG -- GOING FROM THE BUILDING TO THE ] TO THE SIDEWALKS. THE ONLY VARIANCES ARE FOR SIGNAGE. THEY WORKED WITH STAFF TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE TO 156, WHICH IS JUST ABOVE WHAT'S ALLOWED, AND THEY HAVE TWO SIGNS WITH ONE PRIMARY USE AND THE CABINET SIGN. ALL THE OTHER THINGS THEY ASKED FOR ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TWO OTHER 7/11S THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITHIN THE CITY. THEY ALSO WORKED WITH STAFF ON THE ELEVATIONS TO PROVIDE MORE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARTICULATION AND MORE VARIATION OF MATERIALS. WHAT WE WORK WITH THEM ON WAS TRYING TO REDUCE EASEMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THE MEDIAN THAT'S INTO 87 AT THE CURRENT TIME, TO RESTRICT THE LEFT TURN TRAFFIC ONTO EXCEEDS REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE MAKING THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE MATCH THE DESIGN AND COLOR OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. THEY ARE ASKING FOR 25% OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PARKING. THIS ALSO INCLUDES FOUR EV CHARGING STATIONS ALONG THE ROAD. 16 LETTERS WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, VOTED 7-0 AT THE NOVEMBER 19TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, MARY. ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PIECE? THERE IS NO PUBLIC INPUT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE

PUBLIC HEARING. >> MOTION TO CLOSE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE. PLEASE VOTE . THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PASSES 7-0. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS OF MARY OR IF THE APPLICANTS HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE OR YOU CAN STAND FOR QUESTION IF QUESTIONS ARISE. IT'S UP TO YOU. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS FOR MARY?

>> IS THE ENCLOSURE OF THE 287 RIGHT-OF-WAY?

>> THE MEDIAN ENCLOSURE IS INCLUDED IN THE SITE PLAN SO THEY WILL BE DOING IT. THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED.

>> THAT'S TIED IN TO JUST CLOSE IT TO WEAR NORTHBOUND 287 TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO MILLER AND FROM MILLER YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO NORTHBOUND 287?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> IT BECOMES A RIGHT IN, RIGHT

OUT OF MILLER ROAD ONTO 287? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> THAT'S ENOUGH TO GET MY SUPPORT.

>> UNDER SECTION TWO A OF THE SITE PLAN IT SUBSTANTIALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH

>> OKAY. I TRY TO LOOK AT THAT EXHIBIT B AND IT WAS SO FUZZY, AND WHEN I TRIED TO EXPAND IT, I SAW THE SQUIGGLY LINES ON 287 BUT I CAN'T ACTUALLY READ THE NOTES, YOU KNOW, AS TO WHAT

THAT SQUIGGLY LINE IS. >> I CAN CLEAN UP MY VERSION

AND SEND IT TO YOU. >> THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN IS I WANTED IT TO BE NEVER QUESTIONED THAT THE WHOLE REASON FOR THIS SU P IS THAT NIGHTMARE OF AN INTERSECTION WHERE I'M WORRIED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FATALITIES, IT IS GOING TO GET CLEANED UP.

>> CLARK, MIKE, YOU GOT SOMETHING ON THAT?

>>

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>> PERFECT. THAT'S THE MAIN THING I WANT TO BE SURE, THAT WE ARE NOT FACILITATING CROSSING TWO LANES, 70 MILES

PER HOUR. >> THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION WAS, WAS HOW CAN YOU TRY TO MAKE THIS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE WHEN YOU ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN THERE? IT WAS THE LEFT TURN MOVEMENT AND YOU WILL DEFINITELY INCREASE THE SAFETY, FOR SURE. ULTIMATELY TXDOT ULTIMATELY GOING TO HAVE THE CALL ON HOW THE DESIGN LOOKS AND EVERYTHING, BUT AGAIN THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD WITH TXDOT.

>> MARK 2 >> YOU'VE ANSWERED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE HAD BUT MY QUESTION I GUESS IS STILL WITH TXDOT. SORRY, YOU WALKED ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. THE ONLY REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS I WAS AT THE SAME MEETING WITH YOU, JUSTIN, OTHERS WHERE THEY ARE BASICALLY POINTING THE FINGER AT A SAYING IT'S OUR FAULT THAT THE SERVICE ROADS IN THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE ARE DOING DURING THE PLATTING PROCESS ISN'T ADEQUATE ENOUGH FOR THOSE SERVICE ROADS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AT THAT TIME THEY WERE SAYING THAT THIS CURRENT ROAD DID NOT MEET THE STANDARD IN WHICH THEY WANTED, OR THE SERVICE ROAD, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE SETBACKS THAT ARE BEING APPLIED NOW , IS BASED OFF THE STANDARD THAT THEY ARE OKAY WITH.

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND TAKE ANOTHER 10 FEET,

THEN IT'S A PROBLEM. >> ACTUALLY TXDOT HAS GOTTEN BACK WITH US AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO UTILIZE AS MUCH OF THAT FRONTAGE ROAD THAT WAS BUILT AS PART OF WESTSIDE AS THEY CAN. THERE IS A PRETTY BIG CURVE BECAUSE IT'S GOING AROUND SOME OVERHEAD LINES SO THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOME REBUILDING BUT THE MOTION I THINK IS GOING TO BE MORE ON TXDOT SIDE VERSUS GETTING BACK ON THE DEVELOPMENT. WE DID GET SOME GOOD NEWS ON THAT PART OF IT. THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO UTILIZE AS MUCH OF THAT ROAD AS POSSIBLE.

>> OKAY. ON THE EXHIBITS I SEE LINES BUT I CAN'T SEE WHAT THEY ARE SO I WASN'T SURE. SO THANK YOU.

>> THE SIGNAGE, WE ARE SLIGHTLY OVER ON THE SIGNAGE?

>> SLIGHTLY, LIKE SIX FEET. >> THE OTHER 27/11S THAT WE

HAVEN'T. >> YES. THAT IS CORRECT

>> CAN YOU COME BACK TO THE SITE PLAN THAT HAS THEIR HOUSES ON IT? I'M HAVING TROUBLE PLACING IT WHERE IT'S AT IN RELATION TO THE HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> THAT ONE -- >> I SEE THE SLIVER.

>> I CAN'T -- CAN I POINT AT THAT ONE? IT'S A PORTION OF THAT. SO IF YOU WERE JUST TO TAKE THE HARD CORNER, THAT'S NINE ACRES, SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THE HARD CORNER OF THE FUTURE FRONTAGE ROAD AND THE OTHER ROAD, THAT'S THE

HALF-ACRE. >> IS NOT ON THE SIDE WHERE IT'S BACKING UP TO THOSE OF HER THREE HOUSES?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN RODGERS. PLEASE VOTE. THE ITEM PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU, MARY. ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER

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WELCOME BACK. >> THIS WAS PLANNED AS PART OF THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE ALWAYS PLANNED TO GET THE COMP PLAN COMPLETED, AND THEN TO COME BACK AND CLEAN UP OUR ORDINANCES TO REFLECT SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION AND I GUESS IT'S REGARDING TIMING SINCE THE STATE LEGISLATURE KICKED OFF TODAY. IS IT WISE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE NEW LAWS THAT MIGHT --

>> I THINK WE'LL BE MONITORING THEM THROUGH AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SCOPE, PHASE ONE IS DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION. PHASE TWO IS MODULE DRAFTING AND PHASE THREE IS ADOPTION OF

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>> YOU FEEL LIKE WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE SORT OF RULES

THEY PUT ON US? >> I WOULD SAY 80% OF THE TIME THOSE RULES REALLY AFFECT SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE RATHER THAN

OUT A LITTLE BIT, AS WELL. >> I MEAN MAYBE I'M PLAYING DEVILS ADVOCATE HERE BUT I THINK THE GOAL IS TO WRITE THESE ORDINANCES IN THE MANNER IN WHICH WE WANT TO SEE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY CONSTRUCT DID. IF THE STATE LEGISLATURE EFFECTIVELY NEUTERS SOME OF OUR AUTHORITY IN THAT REGARD, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO RUSH TO CHANGE OUR LAWS BECAUSE THE NEXT LEGISLATURE COULD GIVE IT RIGHT BACK AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT WHAT WE ORDINANCE IS INVALIDATED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INVALIDATE THE REMAINDER OF THE ORDINANCE.

IT ONLY INVALIDATES THAT PORTION WHICH NOW IS NOT IN

COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. >> AS LONG AS -- UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE WRITE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REMOVE.

>> AND WE USED TO DOING THIS EVERY TWO YEARS.

>> THAT FOR ME IS -- I DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT AUSTIN IS DOING AT THIS POINT. THIS IS A LOCAL GOVERNANCE ISSUE. IT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE, IS A LOCAL GOVERNANCE ISSUE. IF OUR STATE WANTS TO USURP LOCAL AUTHORITY AND THINGS PEOPLE IN AUSTIN HAVE A BETTER RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO ADDRESS WITH OUR LEGISLATURES AT THE STATE LEVEL. BUT FOR MY PURPOSES, THE BID HERE, THE ASK HERE IS TO WRITE OUR ORDINANCES THE WAY THE COMMUNITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, THE LEADERSHIP OF MIDLOTHIAN WANT TO SEE MIDLOTHIAN GROW AND THRIVE IN THE FUTURE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY FULL SPEED AHEAD WITH

THAT. >> CLERK?

>> AS THE $277,000 YOU ARE SAYING FOR THE REWRITES, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THIS

>> WE DID RFQ FOR THIS AND IT IS, AND WE GOT BIDS FROM BUDGETARY PURPOSES THAT CAME IN PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT, SO YES.

>> AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR, THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO REWRITE THE ORDINANCES BASED OFF THE BACK FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> COMP PLAN IS REALLY DRIVING THAT. THAT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT THAT Y'ALL APPROVED. WE WILL HAVE SOME WORKSHOPS AND DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

>> HOW OFTEN IS

>> THEY SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT A LOT MORE OFTEN.

>> SOMETHING OF A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WILL KIND OF WORK LOOSELY ON THIS AND THEN YOU KNOW WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF SHOTS WITH COUNCIL AND TEAMS, WE PUBLISHED EVERYTHING WE CAN ON THE WEBSITE TO KEEP THE GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMED OF WHAT -- AND WE CAN DO CHECK INS WITH COUNCIL LIKE THIS. THAT'S HELPFUL AS WELL.

>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I REROUTED?

>> COMPREHENSIVELY, PROBABLY 2013.

>> OKAY. >> I HAVE A FEELING IT WAS

BEFORE THAT. >> WILL EVERYONE SAYS 1989 BUT

THERE WAS A LOT THEN. >> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. WE'LL WRITE THIS ONE. WE'LL DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND AND START

INAUDIBLE ]. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF REFORMATTING IN '13. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH REWRITING THERE WAS. I REMEMBER THERE BEING A LOT MORE OF CODIFICATION WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THEM REALLY GOING IN AND MODERNIZING TO MATCH THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY COMPREHENSIVE

PLAN. >> FURTHER QUESTIONS, ALAN?

>> I'VE JUST GOT ONE QUESTION ON THE PROCESS OF GETTING THIS WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS AND IT'S MORE GENERAL BUT SPECIFIC TO THIS. I KNOW WE DO A LOT WITH THEM, LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WE'VE GOT SOMETHING WE ARE DOING WITH THEM FOR GO IS GENERALLY IS IT JUST THAT THEY ARE THE PLAYER IN THIS SPACE AND THEY'RE REALLY THE ONLY ONE, OR IS IT WE HAVE A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THEY KNOW OUR SPECIFICS HERE IN OUR MUNICIPALITY? OR WHAT CREATES THAT WHERE IT'S ALWAYS THEM?

>> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. WE GOT TWO SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RFQ. THERE WAS ANOTHER COMPANY THAN THE FAMILIARITY THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE JUST FINISHED THE COMP PLAN. THEIR STAFF KNOWS Y'ALL. THEY'VE WORKED WITH Y'ALL. THEY'VE WORKED WITH US. SO IT KIND OF SEGUES IN NICELY, SO THEY'VE ENLISTED Y'ALL FOR 18 MONTHS AS FAR AS Y'ALL'S PHILOSOPHY ON DEVELOPMENT AND PARLAY THAT INTO A SUBDIVISION AND A ZONING ORDINANCE, IT HELPS AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL STREAMLINE

THINGS. >> GENERALLY SPECIFIC TO THIS ITEM, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, IS WHENEVER WE GO WITH THEM OVER ANOTHER COMPETITOR, IS THAT DELTA BETWEEN THE TWO TYPICALLY PRETTY MINOR AS FAR AS THE COST OR IS IT PRETTY COMPARABLE, OR ARE WE SPENDING MORE WITH THEM

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>> GO AHEAD. >> THE BIDS WERE CLOSED.

>> THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. SO THAT'S THROUGH RFQ/RFP PROCESS, WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE MORE OF WHAT WOULD BRING THE BEST PRODUCT TO US AND THE OTHER COMPANY THAT DID ON IT HAVE NOT DONE ANY REWRITES. I THINK THEY DID ONE IN TEXAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. FREESE AND NICHOLS HAS DONE COUNTLESS REWRITES AND RIGHT ORDINANCES.

>> THIS IS WITH OTHER CITIES AND THIS IS 250, 300,000 IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. SCOPE.

>> I WAS JUST ASKING MAINLY IF AN EXTRA $100,000 OR SO SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DIFFERENT TO WORK WITH HIM IN THESE TYPICAL SITUATIONS THAN THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE A SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WICKLIFFE, PLEASE VOTE .

[2025-006]

>> ITEM PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU, MARY. 2025-06, CONSIDER AND DISCUSS AUTHORIZING BACK PORCH THEATER TO UTILIZE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS FOR A PORTION OF RENTAL FEES FOR THE MIDLOTHIAN CONFERENCE CENTER AND DIRECT STAFF AS NECESSARY.

CHRIS OR ALAN? >> SO YES, I BROUGHT THIS PROPOSAL LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AS YOU GUYS WILL RECALL, AND THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AT THE TOP WAS TO EXPLORE THE USE OF HRT FUNDUS RATHER THAN A SYSTEMATIC CHANGE IN POLICY, YOU COULD SAY, TO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT PREVIOUSLY PER GO AND SO, CHRIS DUG INTO THAT AND I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS BUT WE WORKED WITH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, OR I GUESS PAST MONTH, WE WORKED WITH THE BACK PORCH THEATER, THE CONFERENCE CENTER, AND CHRIS ALL COLLABORATED TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'LL

JUST TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS. >> THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO TALK AS QUICK AS I CAN, AS LONG AS MY VOICE HOLDS OUT. SO EXCUSE ME. WHAT I'VE JUST PASSED OUT TO YOU IS JUST AN ESTIMATE OF ONE EVENT, SO I DID HAVE THAT OUR CONFERENCE CENTER TALKED TO HER AND THAT'S HOW THEY CREATED THIS. BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY NEED IN THIS FACILITY. SO THEY HAVE SOME SET UP AND TAKE DOWN TIME BUT THEN THEY ALSO WERE LOOKING AT USING THE ENTIRE BUILDING BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAD SOME NEED FOR -- I'M PROBABLY GOING TO SAY IT WRONG, DRESSING ROOMS, ET CETERA. SO IT'S THE ENTIRE BUILDING. SO WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS OUR NORMAL COST OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IF SOMEBODY WAS JUST COMING IN THE FACILITY. SO A LITTLE OVER $13,000 BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MY RECOLLECTION WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT AT PRESS TIME WAS DOING A 75/25 SPLIT.

USING THE HOTEL/MOTEL FUNDS, WHICH I DO THINK IS -- THIS WILL PASS THAT. THERE'S A TWO PART TEST AND THE HEARTS AND PUTTING HEADS IN BEDS IS KIND OF A TWO PART TEST. BUT I THINK THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH THIS PERFORMANCE. SO WITH THAT, WE THINK IT DOES QUALIFY FOR HOTEL/MOTEL . I DID PUT IN THE AGENDA ITEM, CURRENTLY THE HOTEL/MOTEL FUND HAS ABOUT $174,000 IN IT. THE -- THAT SHOULD INCREASING THE UPCOMING YEAR BECAUSE THE REBATE BACK TO THE HOTEL IS ENDED. SO WE SHOULD SEE A BETTER DOLLAR AMOUNT ANNUALLY THAT ACTUALLY STAYS IN THE HOTEL/MOTEL FUND. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

>> WHAT'S OUR CURRENT ANNUAL RECEIPT ON THE HOT TAX?

>> SO THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE PART THAT WE KEPT THAT WAS NOT REBATED BACK WAS A LITTLE OVER $63,000 IN 2023, AND A LITTLE OVER $66,000 IN '24. BUT WE REBATED BACK IN 23, WE REBATED

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REBATE THAT BACK. >> 250.

>> YEAH. >> AND HOW MUCH DO WE TYPICALLY SPEND OUT OF THE H.O.T. TAX ON A REGULAR BASIS NOW? SOME OF THAT GOES TO THE CHAMBER'S ARTS FESTIVAL OR MIDLOFEST.

I'M GOING TO CALL IT MIDLOTHIAN FEST AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS ON THAT NAME CHANGE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN STAYING, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE $60,000 TO SPEND. IT CAN FLUCTUATE BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT IS ADVERTISING FOR SOME OF THE CHAMBER EVENTS , IS TYPICAL OF WHAT WE SPENT. BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND THE MONEY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER DOES COME FROM THE AND CDC, SO IT WASN'T FOR THIS BUT WE TYPICALLY DO THE ADVERTISING. WE ALSO DO SPEND ABOUT ROUGHLY $25,000 FOR ADVERTISING. THAT QUALIFIES AS

WELL. >> 40,000 HERE IS KIND OF THE

ANNUAL APPROXIMATION. >> IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT YEAH, THAT'S CLOSE. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER.

>> AND SO, ARE WE BEING ASKED TONIGHT TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS OR TO APPROVE THE EXPLANATION OF

EXPEDITER OF FUNDS? >> TO APPROVE THE FUNDS

THEMSELVES. >> IT WOULD BE -- YOU WOULD BASICALLY SAY, AGAIN, GOING ON A 75/25 SPLIT, IF THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL COME UP WITH OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU'D BE AUTHORIZING US TO USE HOTEL MOTEL TAX TO OFFSET THAT.

>> AND HOW MANY PLANNED EVENTS ARE THERE FOR THE YEAR? IS IT JUST THIS ONE EVENT IN AUGUST?

>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S JUST THE ONE, CORRECT? THEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT DATES IN 2026 THAT WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED YET.

SO JUST ONE '25 POINT >> SO ESSENTIALLY $10,000,

ROUGHLY. >> CORRECT.

>> CLARK? >> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GIVING 75% OF THE

$13,000? >> YEAH.

>> OKAY. THERE WASN'T LIKE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR APPROVAL ON THE AGENDA SO THAT'S WHY WAS A LITTLE BIT OF FUSED CONFUSED

>> AND I'M SORRY BECAUSE WE JUST GOT THIS DONE ON FRIDAY

AFTER THE PACKET WENT OUT. >> THEY DID FILL OUT THIS

APPLICATION. >> THAT'S A NEW THING THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. THEY HAVE NOT FILLED THAT OUT BUT THAT WAS -- WE WERE SHOWING THAT AS WE WOULD LIKE TO START UTILIZING THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO REQUEST HOTEL/MOTEL TAX.

>> SO TO CLARIFY A THIRD TIME, THE ASK IS TO USE H.O.T. TAX FOR $10,017, WHICH IS 75% OF THE $13,000 FOR THIS ONE EVENT THIS YEAR. THAT'S THE ASK , RIGHT?

>> THAT'S JUST WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT.

>> I MEAN IF WE GO WITH WHAT WE WERE -- IF WE CONTINUE WHAT WE

WERE TALKING ABOUT. >> THAT PUTS MONEY INTO THE CONFERENCE CENTER. I THINK THE OFFICIAL PURPOSE -- THE INITIAL PURPOSE OF EXPLORING THIS WAS TO GET THEM A MORE SUITABLE HOME FOR UP TO FOUR EVENTS A YEAR, AND SOME KIND OF TIMELINE THAT WE COULD LIMIT. INITIALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT APPROVING THIS THROUGH THE END OF '26, TO GIVE SOME AMOUNT OF TRACK RECORD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE -- YOU KNOW, THE WINDOWS, OR LACK THEREOF, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, ON THE BACKEND OF HAVING THIS PROGRAM, PUTTING PERFORMANCES AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, AND HAVING A HOME TO DEVELOP IN. SO I THINK APPROVING IT IS A ONE OFF EVENT, REALLY TAKES AWAY FROM THE INITIAL PURPOSE OF WHAT WAS BEING EXPLORED WITH THE ORGANIZATION SPECIFICALLY. BECAUSE IT REALLY JUST PUTS THEM IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE A HOME FOR ONE EVENT BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER MUCH OF THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

>> IT DOES GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR FUTURE EVENTS, RIGHT? IT ESTABLISHES A PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN PURSUE

FUTURE SHOWS. >> THAT'S CORRECT. THEY WILL NEED TO GET THESE RESERVATIONS IN A VERY, VERY LONG AMOUNT OF TIME UPFRONT. IT'S THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE AUGUST DATES HERE, WHICH I'M ASSUMING WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE EARLIEST AVAILABILITIES. SO I THINK GIVING THEM SOME KIND OF TIMEFRAME FURTHER OUT GIVES THEM A LITTLE FLUIDITY TO BE ABLE TO BOOK THESE PERFORMANCES AND HAVE SOME KIND OF PLAN

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>> IS THERE ONLY ONE EVENT? BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY THAT MUCH AVAILABILITY THIS YEAR, CORRECT? SO LIKE YOU'RE SAYING , THEY NEED TO GET IT ON THE CALENDAR FOR '26.

>> I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, JUST TO BE REAL CLEAR, THE ONLY FINANCIAL COST IS THE COST OF OPPORTUNITY, THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY OF SOMEBODY POTENTIALLY BOOKING THE CONFERENCE CENTER FOR THOSE DATES. SO WE ARE LITERALLY TAKING MONEY FROM ONE BUCKET AND PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE OTHER BUCKET. THERE IS NO REAL EXPENSE OTHER THAN OPPORTUNITY,

MISSED OPPORTUNITY. >> THERE'S ALSO THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY OF OTHER INVESTMENTS OF THE H.O.T. TAX.

AND FROM MY STANDPOINT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SEEING, TEST CHASING THIS AND SEEING HOW IT GOES BUT IT GETS A LOT LIKE WE PREDICATE THE FUNDS THAT WE APPROVE OUT OF MC DC AND H.O.T.

TAX TOWARDS THE NEWLY PRINTED MIDLOTHIAN FEST THAT USED TO BE CALLED THE WINE AND ARTS FESTIVAL, IS -- WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY BRING TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE H.O.T. TAX. A, ART, BUT B, BEDS AND HEADS. IF WE HELP WITH THIS ONE AND IT BRINGS PACKED HOUSE EVERY NIGHT OR A SIGNIFICANT REINVESTMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITY THEN YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CONTINUE LOOKING AT, OR GIVING THEM , OR PERPETUAL APPROVAL OR AN ANNUAL TYPE APPROVAL. BUT IT'S UNTESTED RIGHT NOW SO TO ME IT'S A TRIAL. THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT PERSONALLY, IS YOU, BEFORE YOU LOCATE $40,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY IN THE FOLLOWING BUDGET CYCLE THAT MAY BE COULD BE INVESTED IN SOMETHING WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT, THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY COST THAT WE ARE LOSING. AND CHRIS, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID THE REBATE ENDS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OR THE END OF NEXT YEAR?

>> IT'S ALREADY -- >> IT'S ALREADY DONE, OKAY. SO WE SHOULD EXPECT THE H.O.T. TAX TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE IN

2025. >> WE HAVE LOOSELY PITCHED OTHER IDEAS FOR THE H.O.T. TAX. SO I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU WANT TO MAYBE SPEND IT OVER HERE, AND MAYBE WE LOOK UP IN SIX MONTHS AND SAY, HEY, WE WERE WRONG, WE SHOULD OF DISTRIBUTED IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. I, FOR ONE, AM HAPPY HOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND TWO, BEING CREATIVE ON MOVING THE MONEY AROUND BECAUSE THERE WAS A COST WHERE YOU PAY EMPLOYEES TO BE VERY CLEAN AND WE'RE RECOUPING THAT COST JUST LIKE IF ANYBODY ELSE BOOKED IT FROM A BUCKET THAT WE CAN'T NORMALLY DO THAT FROM. SO I LIKE IT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REALLY ANY OF IT. I GUESS I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO APPROVE IT FOR THIS ONE YOU SENT YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT TO THE END OF '26?

>> CORRECT . I'VE NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT APPROVING A ONE TIME EVENT UNTIL THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.

>> I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS A ONE-TIME EVENT BECAUSE I ONLY

SAW AUGUST. >> THIS WAS A POINT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD COST.

>> THE EXPECTATION IS ONE EVENT IN '25 AND THEN FOUR EVENTS IN

'26. >> UP TO FOUR POINT BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, THE INITIAL MEETINGS WITH THE ORGANIZATION WERE AROUND WE NEED A CONSISTENT HOME SPECIFIC TO SOME OF THESE LARGER PERFORMANCES. AND SO, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT LED TO THIS CONVERSATION. AND THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION DID NOT HAVE TO DO WITH FUNDS. THAT WAS A REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL TO EXPLORE, WHICH WE DID, SO YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT OF TESTING WHETHER THE H.O.T. FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS, AN APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, FOR ME, IS A NON-ISSUE BECAUSE WE INITIALLY ARE LOOKING FOR A MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTION. THIS IS JUST WILL WAS ASKED TO BE EXPLORED SO I'M NOT INTERESTED IN APPROVING ONE PERFORMANCE SITUATION FOR THEM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT SOLVES A

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>> TAKING OFF WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE A TRACK RECORD. THIS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THE WATER. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT IF AT ONE TIME IT WAS A GOOD TEST. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WEATHER IS GOING TO DO. ONE OF THE THINGS IF WE CAN APPROVE OR AT LEAST NEXT YEAR, AND SAY WE'VE GOT AT LEAST A BETTER TRACK RECORD TO KNOW WHETHER WE CAN ALWAYS ADJUST FOR NEXT YEAR IF WE HAD TO BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE GET A GOOD TRIAL ON ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IF WE CAN DO IT FOR ONE, THEN WE EVALUATE, OR WE DON'T HAVE A CROWD BECAUSE OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN'T PREDICT BUT WE COULD STRETCH IT OUT AND SAY WE'VE GOT THREE OR FOUR THAT WE COULD AT LEAST HAVE A TRACK RECORD TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE OR WE MAKE DIFFERENT DECISION, TAKING IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR '27 OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.

>> THAT WAS OUR THOUGHT EXACTLY. IT WAS REASSESS AT THE END OF '26, HAVE SEVERAL PERFORMANCES THAT THEY COULD REPORT ON WITHOUT ACTUAL QUANTITATIVE NUMBERS AND WE CAN HOPEFULLY, SOME OF US CAN ACTUALLY ATTEND SOME OF THAT, IN THE MEANTIME, TO SEE HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING UTILIZED AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY AND THAT PURPOSE, AND THEN REASSESS EITHER EXTENDING THAT, CHANGING THE STRUCTURE, OR NOT, IF IT DOESN'T LEAD TO EXPECTATIONS, SO --

>> THE ONLY REASON I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE EVENT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, AND THAT'S FINE, I JUST WANT TO TALK ACTUAL DOLLARS AND CENTS. HOW MANY EVENTS IN 2026? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT $10,017 FOR ONE EVENT. SO HOW MANY EVENTS IN

2026? >> UP TO FOUR POINT

>> UP TO FOUR? OKAY. SO BUT THAT WOULD BE 40,000 IN THE YEAR 2026, $40,000 IN 2025, $50,000 TOTAL.

>> OKAY -- >>

>> IN MY MIND AT LEAST IT WOULD GIVE US A BETTER TRACK RECORD TO EVALUATE AND ADJUSTMENTS WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE TO ADD.

ANYWAY . >> I'LL JUST SPIT THIS OUT.

$10,000, $40,000 NEXT YEAR, $174,000 BALANCE, WE'RE GOING TO GET $15,000 TO THE CHAMBER, $150,000, THAT LEAVES US WITH $120,000

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. >> AND WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE SO WE STILL HAVE A $120,000 BALANCE FOR IT.

>>

HERE. >> I'VE JUST GOT ONE QUESTION BECAUSE FOR THE ORGANIZATION, JUST BECAUSE I'M JUST SEEING THESE NUMBERS, TOO, LIKE YOU GUYS, COULD YOU COME UP REAL QUICK JUST FOR ONE QUICK QUESTION? BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SOLVING A PROBLEM AND NOT DERAILING IT. I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE YOU WORKED WITH DIANE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER ON THIS,

CORRECT? >> YES THAT IS CORRECT.

>> OKAY. IS THIS AT 75%, IS THIS FEASIBLE TO OPERATE OR TO RUN A FOUR DAY PERFORMANCE ON?

>> YES IT IS. >> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE JUMP THE GUN ON SOMETHING. THANK YOU.

>> YES, THANK YOU. >> AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE

GET INVITED. >> I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW THE DATES AND MAYBE EVEN GETTING A REPORT BACK, LIKE HOW THINGS GO AFTER THE FIRST AT LEAST TWO OR THREE. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW , YOU KNOW, HOW THIS IS WORKING.

>> I THINK I GOT A MOTION IF EVERYONE -- MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS CLEAR.

EVERYBODY GOOD TO MOVE ON? >> I MOVED TO APPROVE THE OR AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF $50,085 FROM THE H.O.T. FUND TO THE BACK PORCH THEATER FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING. JOE, YOUR HANDWRITING HERE, AND RENTAL FEES, A PORTION OF THE RENTAL FEES FOR THE MIDLOTHIAN CONFERENCE CENTER FOR THE EVENTS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 AND CONTINGENT UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE APPLICATION.

>> AND I JUST ASKED FOR A CLARIFICATION? I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE WAY THAT READ, UNDERSTOOD IT TO SAY WE WERE FUNDING TO BACK WHICH THEATER.

>> FUNDING TO BACK PORCH THEATER. AUTHORIZING AN EXPENDITURE OF $50,085 FROM THE H.O.T. FUND TO BACK PORCH THEATER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PORTION OF RENTAL FEES, TO THE

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>> IS THAT THE PROPER FLOW? >> IT SHOULDN'T BE GOING TO THE THEATER. IT'S GOING TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER.

>> OKAY. >> WHEN THOSE EVENTS HAPPEN.

>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT GOES TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER AND IT BE CAPPED AT 75% OF THE ACTUAL COST INCURRED FOR

LEASING THE FACILITY. >> INCREASE NEXT YEAR.

>> THEY COULD DO THREE. >> TOTAL AMOUNT IS THE $50,000.85 BUT THE EXPENDITURE FUNDS SHOULD BE KEPT AT THE

INVOICE FROM THE CONFERENCE. >> THOSE RENTAL FEES COULD

CHANGE IN '26. >> RIGHT. OR IF THEY HAVE LESS THAN FIVE EVENTS, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> WHY DON'T WE DO ONE? WHY DON'T WE LOSE THE CAP AT 75%?

>> JUST AUTHORIZE AN EXPENDITURE OF UP TO 75%.

>>

INAUDIBLE ] >> ONE IN '2025 AND FOUR IN

2026. >> OKAY.

>> I'M GOING TO RESEND MY PREVIOUS MOTION AND HAVE A NEW MOTION TO AUTHORIZE -- TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF UP TO 75% UTILIZATION OF THE -- FROM THE H.O.T. TAX TO THE MIDLOTHIAN CONFERENCE CENTER FOR THE BACK PORCH THEATER TO UTILIZE FOR A PORTION OF RENTAL FEES FOR EVENTS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026, AND CONTINGENT UPON THE COMPLETION

OF THE APPLICATION. >> AND ARE WE CAPPING IT AT ONE IN 2025 AND FOUR IN 2026? I WOULD MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT

TO DO THAT. >> I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. ANY OTHER FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS? DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? OKAY.

MOTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONS. PLEASE VOTE . ITEM PASSES 7-0. OKAY.

THANK YOU, ALAN, FOR TAKING LEAD ON THAT ISSUE AND FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR US. AND STAFF FOR BACKING THEM UP. OKAY.

[2025-007]

>> MOVING ON, ITEM 2025-007, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON MOTOROLA SERVICE AGREEMENT INVOICE FOR ALL DISPATCH CONSOLE MAINTENANCE AND ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR AS BUDGETED IN THE 24-25

BUDGET. MIKE? >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS COST IS ESSENTIALLY A PASS-THROUGH FOR THE RADIO SYSTEM. WE REQUIRE ALL THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE DISPATCH TO MAINTAIN A WARRANTY, A HARDWARE WARRANTY ON ALL THEIR DISPATCH CONSOLES. THAT'S IN ELLIS COUNTY AND MIDLOTHIAN RADIO SYSTEM AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND WE INVOICE THE THREE AGENCIES TO RECOUP THAT COST FROM THEM SO MIDLOTHIAN DOES PAY A PORTION OF IT THROUGH THE CENTER TO MAINTAIN THAT EQUIPMENT THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT COMES FROM ELLIS COUNTY. THIS SHOULD JUST BE A AUTHORIZATION FOR US TO PAY THE INITIAL INVOICE AND WILL TURN AROUND AND INVOICE THE AGENCY.

>> YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS ,

ROSS? >> IF IT'S BUDGETED, WHY ARE

WE APPROVING IT AGAIN? >>

>> IS IT JUST THE DOLLAR FIGURE?

>> IT'S BUDGETED IN OUR BUDGETS AT LIKE $35,000, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL MIDLOTHIAN ACTUALLY PAYS.

>>

>>

>> THERE IS OTHER THINGS CONTRACT. EVEN THOUGH IT'S BUDGETED YOU'VE STILL GOT TO

APPROVE AGREEMENTS. >> I AGREE BUT THE SITUATION WAS JUST INVOICE UNDER A PRIOR EXISTING AGREEMENT SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE MY CONFUSION IS. WE ARE PAYING IT ALL AND THEN

WE GET REIMBURSED. >> CORRECT. SO IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE BUDGET AS A TOTAL AMOUNT. WE ARE PAYING OUT. IT

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[2025-008]

>> THANK YOU. >> MOTION?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED?

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN MOORMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RODGERS. PLEASE PASSES 7-0. THA OPENING ITEM 2025-008, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A FIRST AMENDMENT TO AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH BGE FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING RELATED TO SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EAST LIFT STATION SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM EXPANSION IN THE AMOUNT OF $43,812. MIKE?

>> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS PART OF OUR STATION DESIGNED THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS THAT WE WERE DOING THIS ONE PROJECT SO WE HAD THE ACTUAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LIST STATION ITSELF AND BASICALLY THE REBUILD ALONG WITH THE FORCE MAIN AND PIPELINE. AS WE STARTED GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN, BASED ON LEAD TIMES FOR A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT LEFT OPEN FOR THE LIFT STATION BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ACQUIRING SOME EASEMENTS POSSIBLY TO GET TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG THE WAY. WE WENT AHEAD AND BROKE THAT INTO TWO DIFFERENT PHASES SO IT WAS PART OF THE FIRST PHASE. IT WAS THE LIFT STATION THAT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WOULD BID ON, WHICH THEY DID. IT'S UNDER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW AND THE INTENT WOULD BE, WITH THIS, ON THIS AMENDMENT, IS TO COME IN SINCE WE ARE NOW BREAKING INTO TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO PAY IT OUT TWICE. WE'LL HAVE CONTRACTS TO DO, TWO SEPARATE DOCUMENTS AND THINGS. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSE BUT THE INTENT, WE TRIED TO REALIZE SAVINGS BY HAVING A UTILITY CONTRACTOR THAT'S GOING TO BID ON THE PIPELINE VERSUS A GC THAT'S GOING TO BID ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT, THEN MARKUP THE PIPELINE GOING THROUGH A UTILITY CONTRACTOR. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW BEFORE US AGAIN. THIS DESIGN IS FOR BREAKING THESE INTO TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THE LIST STATION IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE DESIGN AND FINISHING UP THE DESIGN FOR THE PIPELINE. THAN I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS? CLERK?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONS. PLEASE VOTE.

[2025-009]

>> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BACK IN THE MID-80S THE CITY, THE WATER DISTRICT INSTALLED A 24 INCH STEEL CYLINDER PIPE WHICH IS THE JOE POOL LAKE TO THE CAYMAN WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THAT PIPELINE HAS BASICALLY BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE THE MID-'80S, BACK IN, WHICH IS HARD TO IMAGINE BUT BACK IN 2015, A FEW YEARS AGO BACK IN 2015 WE ACTUALLY DID A CONDITION ASSESSMENT ON THAT PIPELINE AFTER 30 YEARS AND WE DID A SMART WALL INSPECTION WHICH THE SMART BALL INSPECTION IS DONE FOR DETECTING LEAKS ALONG THAT PIPELINE, AND THEN THE PIPE DIVERGE IS BASICALLY TESTING, CHECKING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE PIPELINES. BUT WE KNOW WHAT THE LIFE OF THAT PIPELINE IS, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT ARE BROKEN AND THE CONDITION OF THE PIPELINE. SO AT THAT TIME BACK IN 2015, LATE 2015, WE FOUND ONE LEAK THAT SMART WALL HAD PICKED UP AND IT WAS WITHIN SEVERAL FEET OF WHERE THE WALLET INDICATED. IT WAS REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY, WHICH THAT ALLOWS US TO AVOID ANY KIND OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT HAPPENING WITH THE LEAK STARTING OFF SMALL. AND THEN WE ALSO, ON THE PIPE DUBBERT, SO ON THE ACTUAL BARS THEMSELVES, AT THAT TIME WE HAD NO BARS THAT WERE BROKEN ON THAT PIPELINE SO FOR A 30-YEAR-OLD PIPELINE THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION, ALONG THE MAJOR ROAD IN CEDAR HILL WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. SO THE INTENT IS EVERY NINE AND 10 YEARS WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE INSPECTION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION ON WHEN WE NEED TO START PLANNING TO EITHER RELINE OR REPLACE THAT PIPELINE AND AT THAT TIME WE'LL INCUR THAT COST AND WE CAN PLAN FOR THAT COST. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DOING. THIS IS ACTUALLY DOING ANOTHER INSPECTION ON THAT PIPELINE. IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE OVER NINE YEARS LATER AFTER THE LAST INSPECTED THAT WE DID. THAT'S PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. ACTUALLY HAD THIS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR AND THAT THIS YEAR WE WERE GOING TO DO THE TREATED WATER PIPELINE BUT WE ARE REQUESTING TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF SWITCH THOSE TWO BECAUSE THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CRITICAL. WE DO HAVE SOME LINES COMING OFF OF OUR TREATED WATER PIPE LINE THAT RAKE INTO TOWN, TO WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A SINGLE LINE LIKE THIS RAW WATER PIPELINE IS. THIS IS JUST A FIVE MILE LINE THAT GOES FROM JOE POOL ALL THE WAY TO THE PLANT. SO AGAIN, WE'LL BE COMING BACK AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO DO THE INSPECTION ON OUR TREATED WATER PLANT LINE, WHICH IS THE SAME MATERIAL AND IS DEVELOPED BY THE SAME INAUDIBLE ] SO WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT IS BUDGETED AS PART OF THE

ON THIS? >> JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE VOLUME OF WATER TURNED INTO THE PIPELINE, IS IT BASICALLY

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>> IN THE PAST IT WAS. NOW WITH THE SECOND PLANT WE ARE NOT HAVING TO RUN THE TAYMAN PLANT AS HIGH A VOLUME AS WE HAD TO IN THE PAST, SO WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF RAMP BACK ON IT, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE PIPELINE, AS WELL. WE DO HAVE DAYS WHEN WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, MAYBE MAXING IT OUT BUT TYPICALLY WERE ABLE TO BACK OFF THAT AND HAVE THE AUTO PLANT TAKE UP MORE OF THAT VOLUME SO THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING TO PUSH THAT PIPELINE.

>> SO AS WE LOOK AT THE INCOMING DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN VISITING ON, ALL THE WAY LITERALLY FROM MANSFIELD LINE, ALL THE WAY DOWN PAST MADERA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 287, EXCUSE ME, 67. IS THAT GOING -- I WOULD ASSUME THAT ADDED VOLUME OF DEVELOPMENT WILL PUT A LARGER STRAIN ON THE TAYMAN

PLANT? >> OVER TIME WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS YEAR WE ARE COMING TO COUNCILS AND WITH SOME DESIGNED TO DO SOME EXPANSIONS. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT IN PHASES BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO BASICALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND VOLUMES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THEN BETWEEN OUR AUDITOR PLANT AND OUR TAYMAN PLANT, IT MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE PUSHING LIMITS ON BOTH PLANTS AT TIMES.

>> WHAT DO WE DECIDE TO -- I BELIEVE THERE IS ENOUGH EASEMENT ROOM THERE FOR A PARALLEL LINE, WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WHAT DO WE START TALKING ABOUT MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION SO THAT WHILE WE DON'T EVEN REALLY NEED TO GET, WE KNOW WE WILL NEED IT, THAT WE ARE CHANGING WATERFLOW OVER TO THE NEW LINE TO MAKE MORE SERIOUS REPAIRS ON THE OLD LINE THAT WE KNOW WE CAN REPAIR TO A POINT WHERE IT WOULD NEED TO

REPAIRS. >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN RODGERS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING WHICH IS COMING TO YOU REAL SOON AS THERE IS A DEVELOPING HAPPENING IN CEDAR HILL WHICH IS GOING TO BE WITHIN OUR PIPELINE EASEMENT THAT HAS A DEVELOPER JUST NORTH OF THE PLANT. WE ARE BRINGING HOPEFULLY NEXT MEETING WE'LL BE BRINGING IN A CONTRACT FOR DESIGN SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START PARALLEL ON THE PIPELINE. AT LEAST IN THAT SEGMENT, WE DID A STUDY I WOULD SAY MAYBE SIX OR EIGHT YEARS AGO TO LOOK AND SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT EXISTING 24 INCH LINE BUT ALSO WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE OUT OF JOE POOL BECAUSE OF OUR REUSE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE ARE SET ON A CERTAIN AMOUNT RIGHT NOW WITH TRA AND IT GOES BACK TO JOE POOL. SO I GUESS THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND LOOKING TO SEE WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO START TO DO SOME OF THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T HAVE TO PARALLEL THE ENTIRETY OF THAT PIPELINE, BASED ON THE CLASS OF THE PIPE.

THE MIDSECTION WE CAN LEAVE AT 24 AND DO IT FROM MANSFIELD HIGHWAY TO THE PUMP STATION, AND THEN BASICALLY FROM MANSFIELD HIGHWAY TO THE PLANT. WE SHOULD TRY TO GET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 24 MILLION THROUGH THAT PIPELINE.

>> WHAT IS THE CURRENT VOLUME, MAX VOLUME LOAD OF THE

PIPELINE? >> RIGHT NOW IT'S ROUGHLY

ABOUT 12 MILLION. >> AND READING THE WRITE UP IT SAID THE MAXIMUM TYPICAL DESIGN LIFE FOR THIS TYPE OF PIPE IS 50 YEARS. SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE -- ASSUMING THAT THIS TEST COMES OUT WELL, WE'VE GOT 10 YEARS LEFT ON IT, IF MY MATH IS CORRECT. WE WOULD EXPECT SIGNIFICANT REMEDIATION OF THE LINE OR IS IT -- WOULD IT BE A REPLACEMENT OF THE LINE?

>> THERE IS TWO THINGS WOULD BE LOOKING AT ON THAT. ONE WOULD WE DO WE COME IN WITH A NEW LINER AND RELINE THAT PIPELINE OR ALSO COMPONENTS OF PARALLELING IT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION, RELINING PARTS OF IT AND THEN ALSO PARALLEL OTHER PARTS OF IT, AS WELL. THE INTENT WOULD BE WITH THIS ONE, WE ARE ROUGHLY AT 40 YEARS. IF IT COMES BACK AND WE STILL HAVE NO BROKEN BARS, THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THAT PIPELINE IS STILL WELL SO IT MIGHT BE A 60 YEAR PIPE, IT MIGHT BE A 70 YEAR PIPE. WHICH WE TYPICALLY DESIGN FOR BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE PREPARED THAT WE SEE DEGRADATION, WE REALIZE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND AND IT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PIPELINE IN

PLACE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NO OTHER

QUESTIONS? TAKE A MOTION. >> MOVED TO APPROVE AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> TO CLERK ON THE APPROVAL. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MOORMAN.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 7-0. >> THANK YOU, MIKE. FINAL ITEM

[2025-010]

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>> MAYOR, COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A PHASE TWO OF A PROJECT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF SEWER LINES AND SEWER TRANSPORT OF SEWER IN THAT AREA. BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, A GRAVITY MANE RIGHT NOW. WE ELIMINATED A LIFT STATION TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTRA FLOW. WE ARE HAVING TO UPSIZE THE SEWER PUMPS, THE SUBMERSIBLE SEWER PUMPS UP THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADES . KIND OF PUT IT DOWN, BASICALLY WE ARE INCREASING THE PUMPS TO AROUND A 300% INCREASE IN THAT AREA. JUST BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE FLOWS IN THAT AREA SO WE CONSIDER THAT OUR REGIONAL STATION. SO A LOT OF WORK IS BEING DONE IN THAT AREA TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WASTEWATER BUT THIS IS A BUDGET PROJECT AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

>> ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK 2 COUNCIL QUESTIONS?

>> I KNOW THIS CAME OUT OF THE WASTEWATER OPERATIONS BUDGET.

IS THAT ESSENTIALLY THE IMPACT FEES FOR THE SEWER?

>> KNOW. WELL NOT ON THIS ONE. SOME PROJECTS THEY DO, BUT NOT THIS ONE, SIR. THIS BASICALLY IS A UTILITY FUND ITSELF.

>> OKAY. I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN UPGRADED IS DUE TO THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENTS GOING IN ON THAT END OF TOWN. I GUESS IMPACT FEE FUND DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER IT? OR DOESN'T JUSTIFY AN IMPACT FEE PROJECT?

>> NATALIE HAD THAT IDENTIFIED SO COMING BACK ON THE PIPELINE AND REFUNDED IMPROVEMENTS BUT ALSO THE PIPELINE. IT IS IDENTIFIED AS AN IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE SO IF COUNCIL WANTED TO UTILIZE IMPACT FEES BUT I THINK, LAST TIME WE LOOKED, THAT IS A PRETTY HEALTHY BALANCE THAT ALLOWS THE STATION

TO BECOME A PROJECT. >> THIS IS MORE OF A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION BUT I GUESS WHY NOT USE IMPACT FEE IS COLLECTED FOR THE IMPACT OF THAT SEWER FACILITY FROM THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT END OF TOWN VERSUS BUILDING ALL

UTILITY USERS, ESSENTIALLY. >> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE? WE ACTUALLY DID THE LIFT STATION WITH IMPACT FEES.

>> THE PREVIOUS LIFT STATION. >> UTILIZING WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES SO

>> MIKE IS VERY EARNEST ON THIS BECAUSE HE DOES MANAGE THE

IMPACT FEE FUND. >> OF THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? WE'LL TAKE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN HAMMONS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SHUFFIELD. PLEASE VOTE .

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

>> ITEM PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU, ADAM. EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION BUT ANY AND ALL ACTION WILL BE TAKING A REGULAR OPEN SESSION.

TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS 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. WE'LL ALSO BE DISCUSSING NUMBER THREE, SECTION 551.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT. AND I DON'T HAVE A CLOCK. 7:43. WE ARE IN

>> COLE WRIGHT. WE ARE -- WHAT TIME IS IT? 9:03 P.M. WE ARE BACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS REAL ESTATE DELIBERATION.

COUNCILMAN WEAVER HAS THE MOTION.

>> AND I MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FRANK BAMBERG FAMILY TRUST TO PURCHASE A 0.364 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR PUBLIC STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY AND GENERAL UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN JOHN H JONES SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 586.

CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, IN CONSIDERATION OF A PURCHASE PRICE OF $51,600 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MCALLEN ROADWAY PROJECT PLUS PAYMENT OF ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS. THE CITY MANAGER IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ON HALF OF THE CITY SUCH ADDITIONAL CLOSING DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY SUCH AGREEMENT AND TITLE COMPANY AS NECESSARY TO CLOSE THIS TRANSACTION.

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>> WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE. PLEASE VOTE . ITEM

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