Aug 26, 2025 City Council

[Call to Order, Pledges, and Invocation]

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ALL RIGHT. AT 6 P.M., WE HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SO I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

I WILL SAY IT'S GOOD TO SEE SO MANY FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE ROOM.

THERE'S PLENTY OF SEATING UP HERE, BUT, CHIEF MCCASKILL.

STAY WHERE YOU ARE. I'M JOKING. GENUINELY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE AND GALS, AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH INVOCATION AND PLEDGES LED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S PRAY. FATHER GOD, WE LOVE YOU.

AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU BY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, LORD.

AND WITH ALL THESE FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE ROOM, I JUST PRAY BLESSINGS OVER THEM.

LORD, HELP THEM TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THEM.

KEEP THEM SAFE AS THEY PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, LORD, AND JUST HELP EVERYONE THAT THEY RUN INTO.

JUST RESPOND TO THEM AND IN GOOD WAYS. LORD, WE LOVE YOU AND WE PRAY ALL OF THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S NAME.

AMEN. 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 THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN.

WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH 2025 270. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[2025-270 Announcements/Presentations]

ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

I WILL MAKE MENTION OF. SINCE I SEE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE, THAT THERE'S A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON TOMORROW, UNLESS YOU PLAN TO SPEAK ON THAT IN A MOMENT. ALL ARE INVITED. YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN AT THE MIDLOTHIAN CONFERENCE CENTER TO HEAR FROM SOME OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATION.

GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET PLUGGED IN. ROSS, YOU HAVE OTHER ITEMS? I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SHARE SOME PRAISE FOR OUR MIDLOTHIAN ISD.

THEY'VE GONE BACK TO SCHOOL. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S RUNNING PRETTY SMOOTH ALL OVER TOWN.

I HAVEN'T HEARD TOO MUCH ABOUT ANY MAJOR CONCERNS OR PROBLEMS. TRAFFIC IS STARTING TO CALM DOWN, BUT STILL ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO EXERCISE PATIENCE, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH BRAND NEW KINDERGARTEN PARENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE LOST THAN THEIR KIDDOS ARE. SO GIVE AN EXTRA MEASURE OF GRACE FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO, AND THEN YOU CAN START LAYING ON THAT HORN AS NEEDED OR NOT.

ALL RIGHT. NO OTHERS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 2025. 271 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

[2025-271 Citizens to be heard]

SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? MELISSA SHOOK. ALL RIGHT.

DID I STEAL YOUR THUNDER, MELISSA? COME ON UP.

STATE YOUR NAME INTO THE MIC FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD AFTERNOON MELISSA. I AM REPRESENTING THE MIDLOTHIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

ADVOCACY FOR OUR BUSINESSES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLES THAT ANY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE MIDLOTHIAN CHAMBER HAS BEEN IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF SETTING UP THE RIGHT PROCESS TO VIEW ISSUES, REVIEW ISSUES AND RESPOND IN A CONSISTENT, TRANSPARENT WAY.

THESE STEPS HELP ENSURE WHEN BUSINESSES FACE CHALLENGES, WHETHER IT'S WITH ZONING, PERMITTING, LOCAL POLICY, STATE OR COUNTY, OR EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT MATTERS.

THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO HOW TO SEEK SUPPORT AND THAT THEIR VOICES WILL BE HEARD WITH A FAIR PROCESS.

AS PRESIDENT OF THE MIDLOTHIAN CHAMBER, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.

WE'VE DEVELOPED A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT PATH FOR ADVOCACY REQUESTS SO THAT EVERY CONCERN IS ADDRESSED THOROUGHLY.

WHEN A BUSINESS REQUESTS CHAMBER SUPPORT ON AN ISSUE, THEY BEGIN BY FILLING OUT A LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT REQUEST AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER COMMUNITY INFO LEGISLATIVE AND ADVOCACY. THIS FORM OUTLINES THE DETAILS OF THE ISSUE, ITS IMPACT ON THEIR BUSINESS FROM A BROADER COMMUNITY, AND THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING FROM THERE.

OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, MADE UP OF BUSINESS LEADERS AND CHAMBER REPRESENTATIVES, REVIEW THE REQUEST CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THE MISSION AND THE BROADER GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY, AND THEN MOVES TO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

THIS EXTRA STEP ENSURES THAT EACH REQUEST IS FULLY VETTED, VETTED, AND CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE ADVOCATE FOR AN ORGANIZATION.

AFTER THIS DOUBLE CHECK PROCESS, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACTION. WHETHER THAT MEANS A WRITING OF LETTER OF REQUEST, MAKING PUBLIC REMARKS, OR ENGAGING DIRECTLY WITH LOCAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES.

WE'VE CHOSEN TO DO IT THIS WAY FOR A SIMPLE REASON IT GUARANTEES THAT ADVOCACY IS THOUGHTFUL, TRANSPARENT, AND FAIR. AND WHEN THE CHAMBER DOES SPEAK, OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE SPEAKING WITH THE UNITED VOICE ON BEHALF OF THE MIDLOTHIAN BUSINESSES AT THE END OF THE DAY. OUR ROLE IS TO FOSTER A HEALTHY COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT WHERE LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN GROW RESPONSIBLY,

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WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL PLUG IN OR ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR CHAMBER LUNCHEON TOMORROW WITH COMMISSIONER SID MILLER, SO EVERYBODY IS WELCOME. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TURNOUT.

LUNCH IS CATERED BY PEN TO PAPER. AND THEN SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY FIRST RESPONDERS HERE TODAY, WE ARE DOING CHANGING UP OUR FIRST RESPONDER LUNCHEON TO A KICKBALL GAME.

SO WE ARE HAVING FIRE VERSUS POLICE SATURDAY OR IT'LL BE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH.

THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR TEAMS TOGETHER. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT COMPETITION. AND I HEAR THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR NEXT YEAR CITY VERSUS MISD.

SO JUST PUTTING THAT INTO YOUR AURA THERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MELISSA. WE WANT TO TAKE ON THE FIREFIGHTERS.

I'M JOKING. WE DON'T. OKAY. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, TAMMY? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA 2025 272.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM CAN BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.

WOULD ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON CONSENT. MOVE TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE MAYOR.

PRO TEM WICKLIFFE, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS.

PLEASE VOTE. THE ITEM PASSES 6 TO 0. PUBLIC HEARINGS

[2025-273 Conduct a public hearing and consider and act upon an ordinance amending the regulations relating to the use and development of 10.284+ acres out of the William Hawkins Survey, Abstract No. 465 by changing the zoning from Planned Development District No. 2 to Planned Development District No. 170 (PD-170) for a mixed-use development. The property is generally located on the south side of East Ridge Drive and north of Main Street. (Z17-2025-032) CONTINUANCE REQUESTED BY APPLICANT]

DISTRICT NUMBER TWO TWO. PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE SEVEN FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST RIDGE DRIVE AND NORTH OF MAIN STREET.

THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED CONTINUANCE ON THIS CASE TO THE DATE OF SEPTEMBER THE 23RD.

AND SO, SINCE WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING IT THIS EVENING, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER THE 23RD.

IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING? OKAY. AND A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER TO CONTINUE.

SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS. PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM PASSES 6 TO 0 UNDER THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 2025 274.

[2025-274 Announce and schedule the public hearing regarding the proposed FY 2025-2026 Annual Operating Budgets and FY 2025-2026 Tax Rate Increase for the City of Midlothian.]

THE OVERALL TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS STILL THE 0.65 PER 100 VALUATION.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS WITH VALUATIONS ON PROPERTY, WITH THAT TAX RATE APPLIED, THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WILL BE RAISED WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

WE HAVE POSTED THE PUBLIC HEARING. HEARING THAT WAS POSTED IN THE MIDLOTHIAN MIRROR ON AUGUST 16TH AND AUGUST 30TH, AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS REQUIRED.

AND THEN A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX INCREASE IS WAS ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE 23RD AND WILL BE POSTED AGAIN ON AUGUST 30TH. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

OKAY. ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE IT'S POSTED AS A TAX RATE INCREASE BECAUSE THAT'S THE REQUIRED VERBIAGE BY THE STATE.

BUT THERE IS NO TAX RATE INCREASE. RIGHT. AS FAR AS YEAH THE RATE ITSELF IS NOT INCREASED.

PERFECT SENSE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANN OR FOR ANN CHRIS.

NO, I JUST WANT TO STATE WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND STATE THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 AT 6 P.M. HERE AT CITY HALL.

OKAY, RUSS, I MEAN, I ALWAYS THINK IT'S FAIR IN THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WHILE THE TAX RATE DOESN'T CHANGE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE TAX BILLS WON'T CHANGE.

AND THAT'S THEY'RE OFTEN TWO CONFLATED ITEMS.

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SO THAT WOULD BE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HOUSES, BUILDINGS RENOVATED, EXPANDED.

YOU ADDED A POOL, A PERGOLA, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

THERE WAS ADDED PROPERTY IN THERE. SO THAT DOES MEAN THAT THERE WILL BE ABOUT 2.8 MILLION COLLECTIVELY THAT IS ASSESSED ACROSS ALL OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY THAT EXISTED LAST YEAR. SO THERE THERE WILL BE HIGHER TAX BILLS FOR SOME, AND THERE WILL BE NEW TAX BILLS FOR OTHERS THAT JUST PURCHASED A NEW HOME THAT'S NOW COMING ONTO THE ROLLS. SO WHILE THE RATE STAYS THE SAME, THE VALUATION PIECE, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL AND HANDLED BY THE ELLIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WILL INCREASE SOME OF THE ACTUAL TAX BILLS THAT THAT RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE AND BUSINESSES RECEIVE.

BUT IT'S 2.8 MILLION ACROSS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE HIGHER VALUE COMMERCIAL SECTOR.

I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I DON'T I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, BUT KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN IF WE IF WE COULD DO THAT OF HOW MUCH OF THAT, YOU KNOW, 2.8 ON EXISTING PROPERTY IS FROM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD PROPERTY VERSUS ALL OTHER PROPERTY IN THE CITY.

SO WHAT IS THE TRUE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THE TAXES, TAX BILLS FOR OUR RESIDENT IS INCREASING INACCURATE.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN THE CONVERSATION.

AND THAT'S MY ONLY KIND OF FOOTNOTE. SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY APPROVING THE RATE TONIGHT.

WE ARE APPROVING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE RATE WILL BE APPROVED SEPTEMBER THE 9TH.

CORRECT. PERFECT. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

IT'S MAINLY JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANNE.

RIGHT? YEAH. THERE IS NO ACTION. OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON.

THANK YOU. AN OPENING ITEM 2025 TO 75. CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE SALE OF THE CITY OF

[2025-275 Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "City of Midlothian, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025", in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $19,000,000 including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such Bonds and approving all other matters related thereto.]

YEAH, AND YES, I DO HAVE MARK MCKINNEY AND JACK MCKINNEY HERE FROM SAM COE, AND THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE RESULTS OF THE BOND SALE TODAY. OKAY. WELCOME, MARK. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. MY NAME IS MARK MCLAIN. I'M WITH SAM COE, CAPITAL MARKETS.

JACK MCLEAN, ALSO WITH SAM COE. CAPITAL MARKETS, HANDING OUT HANDOUTS.

BEEN A BUSY COUPLE, COUPLE MONTHS, REALLY? SINCE YOU AUTHORIZED US TO PROCEED WITH THE GEO BONDS? I KNOW THERE'S KOS AND TAX NOTES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IN A LITTLE BIT.

ONCE WE GOT AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED, WE WENT AND GOT THE BOND RATING.

THE S&P RATING AGENCY CAME BACK AND AFFIRMED OUR A+, WHICH, JUST AS A REMINDER, IS THE SECOND HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING THAT YOU CAN HAVE. AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CARRIES A DOUBLE A+.

THEY USED TO CARRY A TRIPLE A, THEY CAN PRINT MONEY AND WE CANNOT PRINT MONEY.

WE HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER OUR BUDGET. THEY DON'T HAVE TO OPERATE IT UNDER A ZERO SUM BUDGET.

SO IT REALLY IS SOMETHING WHEN YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU'RE RATED AS HIGH AND AS GOOD AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO THAT BEING SAID, IT MAKES YOUR BONDS A GREAT DEMAND.

AND WE WENT OUT AND SOLD THESE TODAY AND WE SET UP A TARGET.

WE SET UP A TARGET FOR YOUR TAX RATE BETWEEN THE G.O.

BONDS, THE CEOS AND THE PROPOSED TAX NOTES. WE WENT OUT OFFERING THEM TO BE ABLE TO SELL $19 MILLION.

AND IF YOU SEE ON THE FIRST PAGE, THERE'S THE SOURCES AND USES AND THERE'S C, THE PAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO AUTHORIZE IS $18,310,000. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING A PREMIUM ON THOSE BONDS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE USES RIGHT UNDER THE LINE, YOU'RE PUTTING INTO YOUR PROJECT FUND $19 MILLION.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE VOTERS AUTHORIZED FOR YOU TO DO THIS.

WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND COVER ALL THE COST OF ISSUANCE OUT OF THE PREMIUM.

NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE TWO AND I'M GOING TO GO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WILL POINT OUT.

THERE'S A THIRD COLUMN FROM THE LEFT. ALL THE BONDS WERE SOLD.

ALMOST ALL OF THE BONDS WERE SOLD AT A 5% COUPON.

WHENEVER THE YIELD WITH THE INVESTOR GETS IS LOWER THAN THAT COUPON, THEY'RE PAYING THAT PREMIUM THAT I TALKED ABOUT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN, ALL THOSE PREMIUMS ADD UP TO THAT $938,000.

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WHAT DOES THAT DO? I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE YOU TO THE LAST PAGE, SECOND PARAGRAPH.

AND IT'S THE SECOND LINE. WHAT IS OUR BORROWING COST ON THIS? THE TRUE INTEREST COST. AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR BORROWING COST IS 4.33%.

SO YOUR BONDS CARRY. MANY OF THEM CARRY A 5% COUPON.

BUT BECAUSE INVESTORS ARE PAYING A PREMIUM, IT DRIVES DOWN THE COST TO YOU.

AND THAT'S A 4.33%. WE RAN THESE NUMBERS STARTING ABOUT, WELL, REALLY THREE MONTHS AGO.

AND THEN BACK WHEN WE HAD THE ELECTION IN 2021 AT 5%.

NOW, OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING WHEN IT WAS 5%.

INFLATION LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING HIGHER. RATES HAVE COME DOWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND, AND THIS WEEK, THE TEN YEAR TREASURY BONDS, ROUGHLY 427 OR 428.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FROM OUR PROJECTION? IT'S ABOUT $1,204,000 LESS THAN OUR PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT WAS SHARED BACK WHEN WE HAD TO HAVE WE HAD TO TELL THE ELECTORATE WHEN YOU WERE VOTING WHAT, A 5% ARE WHAT WE THOUGHT INTEREST RATES WOULD BE.

SO IT'S ABOUT A MILLION TO LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE TELLING THE VOTERS IN 2021.

AND IT'S ABOUT 700,000 LESS THAN WHEN WE STARTED THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

RATES HAVE CONTINUED TO COME DOWN, BUT A LOT OF IT'S DRIVEN BY WHAT YOUR CREDIT RATING IS, WHAT YOUR FINANCES HAVE DONE. EVERY YEAR YOU ADD TO THE FUND BALANCE.

WE'VE HAD LONG INTERVIEWS WITH CHRIS CLYDE AND, AND WITH THE RATING AGENCIES WHERE THEY ASK VERY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY. AND YOU ALL JUST REMAIN REMARKABLY STRONG IN THEIR EYES AND IN THE INVESTING WORLD.

SO WITH THAT SAID, FOR THE BONDS, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD THE BOND SALE.

THE PURCHASER WOULD BE OKAY F SYNDICATE LED BY THEM.

OKAY. AND HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MARKET OR HOW THESE BONDS WERE PRICED OR ANYTHING ELSE.

OKAY. STAY CLOSE. ANYBODY HAS ANYBODY'S TIME TO SPEAK ON THIS.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS FOR THE REC CENTER THAT WAS VOTER APPROVED IN 2021.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF MARK OR ANN OR CHRIS? ALLEN? NO, NO. I SAW YOU REACHING FOR YOUR MIC. SORRY.

TAKE A MOTION ON IT. I MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND 2025 AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO OR THERETO.

SECOND. GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6 TO 0. AND, MAYOR, IF YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND, BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE JEFF GULBIS. HE'S WITH MCCALL PARKER'S.

HE'S YOUR BOND ATTORNEY THAT PUT ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER.

HE CAME DOWN FOR THE MEETING JUST IN CASE THEY WERE NEEDED.

OR IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE, AND HE'S HERE TO ADDRESS THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OPENING ITEM.

[2025-276 Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "City of Midlothian, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025", in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,500,000, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such obligations and establishing procedures and delegating authority for the sale and delivery of such obligations.]

THESE CEO'S WERE NOT VOTER APPROVED. HOWEVER, THEY ARE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE THESE.

THEY WILL. THE WHAT WE WILL DO IS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

THESE PARTICULAR BONDS, INSTEAD OF BEING SOLD AHEAD OF TIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DELEGATE WHO WILL AUTHORIZE THE SALE TOMORROW. AND SO THAT IS HOW THIS ONE'S GOING TO WORK.

THERE'LL BE 20 YEAR OBLIGATIONS. THEY ARE TO BE FUNDED BY AD VALOREM TAX, JUST LIKE YOUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

THE CITY CAN FUND THESE WITHOUT THE REPAYMENT OF THESE, WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAX RATE.

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AGAIN, AS COUNCILMAN WEAVER SAID, THAT DOESN'T MEAN A PERSON'S TAX BILL MAY NOT GO UP, BUT THEIR TAX RATE WILL NOT GO UP.

SO THAT IS THE BASICALLY THE SITUATION WITH THESE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO I WANTED TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF THE SALE TODAY THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING.

SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

ANNE TAM, ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? YES, SIR. MICHAEL HAPPEL. MR. HAPPEL, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME TO THE MICROPHONE FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL HAPPEL. I LIVE AT 5202 COMPASSION COURT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. EACH OF YOU CHOSE TO STEP FORWARD AND RUN FOR OFFICE, AND YOU WERE ENTRUSTED BY THE VOTERS WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING HARD DECISIONS THAT SHAPE THE FUTURE OF MIDLOTHIAN.

THE RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT EASY, BUT IT IS VITAL.

YOU CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ENSURE THE CITY CONTINUES TO BE A PLACE THAT CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS ARE PROUD TO CALL HOME.

YOU ALSO CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN THEIR CAREER.

PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY WITH DEDICATION FOR THEIR CRAFT AND AT TIMES, THE SACRIFICE OF THEIR OWN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

ABOVE ALL, YOU CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS SAFE, TO ENSURE TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL SECURE WALKING THROUGH OUR CITY, AND TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY CALL FOR HELP. AID WILL ARRIVE QUICKLY, EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

I SAY ALL THIS IN REGARDS TO THE FUNDING OF STATION.

FOR A DECISION TO VOTE AGAINST IS NOT A NEUTRAL DECISION.

IT IS. IT WOULD CAUSE AN UNNECESSARY DELAY THAT PLACES BOTH THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY AT RISK.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN IS GROWING RAPIDLY.

WITH THAT GROWTH COMES THE NEED TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL SUSTAIN AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

STATION FOUR IS NOT OPTIONAL. IT IS ESSENTIAL NOW.

COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU WERE ELECTED TO LEAD, TO MAKE DIFFICULT BUT NECESSARY DECISIONS.

TONIGHT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WILL PROVIDE LASTING PROTECTION AND SECURITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE KNOWING THIS IS THE RIGHT STEP FOR MIDLOTHIAN OF TODAY AND TOMORROW.

I TOOK SOME TIME TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO CONNECT MY FAITH WITH THIS.

AND I DID SOME READING. AND THIS IS OUT OF FIRST PETER SHEPHERD THE FLOCK OF GOD THAT IS, SHEPHERD THE FLOCK OF GOD THAT IS AMONG YOU, EXERCISING OVERSIGHT NOT UNDER COMPULSION, BUT WILLINGLY, AS GOD WOULD HAVE YOU, NOT FOR SHAMEFUL GAIN, BUT EAGERLY NOT DOMINEERING OVER THOSE IN YOUR CHARGE, BUT BEING AN EXAMPLE FOR THE FLOCK.

SIR. THANK YOU SIR. SIR. OTHER SPEAKERS. NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

THERE WAS AN ONLINE SUBMITTAL IN SUPPORT OF FROM MISS JACKIE MACDONALD THAT I'LL MAKE MENTION OF THAT I RECEIVED TAMMY.

WERE THERE OTHER ONLINE SUBMITTALS AS WELL? OKAY.

SO JUST THE ONE OKAY. WITH NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL BRING ANNE BACK UP OR OUR CHIEF, IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO ENGAGE AS WELL. COUNSEL, HAVE QUESTIONS OF CHIEF MCCASKILL OR AN ON THIS CASE.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF.

SO, CHIEF, I'VE SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

SPEAKING. AND THIS THIS IS GOING TO BE DIRECTED TO OUR FIRM AND ALSO SPENT SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON SPEAKING TO SEVERAL FIREMEN AND FIREMEN FAMILIES THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS. I'VE KIND OF BEEN LEFT WITH THE THOUGHT OF QUESTIONING. DO WE DO WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SHIFTS AND ALL OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS FULLY STAFFED? SO WE HAVE ONE VACANCY CURRENTLY THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING.

THAT PERSON HAS CLEARED THE FIRST HIRING PROCESS.

BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THAT'S THE ONLY POSITION I HAVE ONLY ONE VACANCY.

WE HAVE ONE VACANCY. YES. OKAY. WHAT DO WE HAVE? LIKE SO. SO IN CONVERSATION TODAY, I HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT STATION FIVE AND STATION SIX.

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SO DO WE HAVE A COMP PLAN IN PLACE FOR OUR FUTURE FIRE STATIONS, SO THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH LAID OUT? SO IN MY OWN MIND, WE CAN APPROACH THIS IN A MORE SUBTLE, LOGICAL MANNER.

SURE. TO GET STATIONS FIVE AND SIX IN PLACE AND TIME AND AND GET THIS IN A GEO FORMAT VERSUS A CO FORMAT.

DO WE HAVE A COMP PLAN IN PLACE? AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE NEVER DONE A STUDY ON OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY EXACTLY HOW OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES RELATE TO THE GROWTH INTO THE FUTURE.

IT'S IRONIC THAT YOU BRING IT UP. LAST CONFERENCE I WAS AT.

THERE WAS A COMPANY CALLED BLACK HORSE THAT I SPOKE WITH AT LENGTH ABOUT THEIR THEIR PRODUCT THAT THEY DELIVER.

IT'S A SOFTWARE BASED PRODUCT. THEY COME IN AND THEY DO AN ANALYSIS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT VERSUS YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.

WORK WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON WHAT TYPE OF ZONING AND COMMERCIAL AREAS, INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

AND THEY WORK WITH THE CITY TO BUILD OUT THAT, THAT, THAT PROGRAM TO GIVE US MORE OF A VISION OF HOW THAT MIGHT LOOK.

AS FAR AS STATION FOUR GOES, I THINK THE, THE URGENCY TONIGHT IS THAT IT TAKES SO LONG TO GET THIS DONE.

AS FAR AS 14 TO 18 MONTHS FOR THAT BUILDING TO BE OPEN.

WE'RE MANAGING OUR RESOURCES TODAY. NOBODY GOES UNANSWERED.

WE ARE DEPENDING MORE AND MORE ON MUTUAL AID ON A ON A WEEKLY BASIS FROM OUR MUTUAL AID CITIES.

BUT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING QUICKLY, WE WILL BE IN THAT POSITION 18 MONTHS FROM NOW, WHERE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT BUILDING ON THE GROUND, I'M GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE WE'RE PROVIDING TODAY.

SO AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S NO WE HAVE NOT CURRENTLY DONE A STUDY.

I HAVE INFORMATION WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT CAN DO THAT KIND OF PRODUCE THAT KIND OF A PRODUCT.

IT JUST COMES WITH A DOLLAR FIGURE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AND BRING TO YOU TO HAVE AUTHORIZED.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR SINCE ABOUT 2018, WHICH IS AN EXTERNAL AUDIT OF NOT ONLY FIRE BUT POLICE IS UNDERSTANDING.

I DON'T KNOW THE DEPTH OF IT. I STILL NEED TO GET WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'VE DONE AN EXTERNAL AUDIT AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SO I FELT LIKE THAT I STAYED AT THE FOREFRONT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

I ALSO FEEL AS THOUGH WERE THERE ARE TIMES, POSSIBLY NOT POSSIBLY MORE THAN LIKELY, WHERE YOU'VE ASKED FOR ASSETS OR ABILITIES OR NEEDS THAT KIND OF GET SHIFTED, LET'S JUST SAY AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S IN A BAD DECISION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH AN AUDITORY PROCESS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS, OTHER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD BELIEVE WE WOULD NEED, BUT WOULD AN EXTERNAL SOURCE WOULD BELIEVE WHAT WE'D NEED SO I CAN STAY AHEAD OF PUSHING ON THE BUDGET TO SAY, NO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE GOT FIRE STATION NUMBER FIVE WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.

SO I'M ASKING YOU FOR YOUR HELP. YES. I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK THE MAYOR TONIGHT IF HE WOULD SUPPORT POSSIBLY IF NEEDED, WITHIN THIS WHOLE SCHEME OF IDEA OF SUPPORTING A SOME FORM OF A COMMITTEE THAT IS COUNCIL BASED, MAYBE COUNCIL A B BOARD, I DON'T KNOW. THAT COULD WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHIEF TO SEE THIS THROUGH THAT WE GET THIS THIS STUDY DONE AND IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR SYSTEM.

YEAH, I THINK THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE OFFLINE.

THIS WE I DO THINK WE NEED TO REDIRECT BACK TO THE, THE ISSUANCE OF THIS, THIS CEO ON THIS FOR THIS VERY DISCUSSION IN THIS MOMENT.

BUT IF YOU DO, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ANNE REGARDING THE FINANCIAL PIECE OR FOR CHIEF MACASKILL REGARDING THE FINANCIAL PIECE ON THIS.

I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM, FOR FINANCIAL, BUT I'M ONLY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUTURE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT. COUNCILMAN RODGERS, I APOLOGIZE. MY WIFE SAYS I DON'T LISTEN.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN TELLING ME SINCE 2018 THAT I SHOULD BE DOING AN AUDIT, I MISS THAT, SO I APOLOGIZE.

THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT. I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO COUNCIL SINCE 2018.

SO. AND NOT BEATING THE HARD DRUM? SURE. BUT THIS HAS BEEN.

BUT I DEFINITELY WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A BETTER ROADMAP.

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WELL, I CAN SEE WHERE WITH THE GROWTH THAT I KNOW THAT'S COMING.

WE NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR STATION NUMBER FIVE.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE GOING LOOKING FOR LAND RIGHT NOW.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT IN A GEO FORMAT VERSUS ABSOLUTELY FUTURE.

THAT'S THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

WELL THANK YOU ANNA. ROSA IS ON. I'M READY FOR A MOTION.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, WOULD SAY, COUNCILMAN ROGERS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TO SERVE WITH YOU ON SOMETHING THAT'S FORWARD LOOKING AT.

I THINK WE'RE AT A POSITION RIGHT NOW WHERE IT IS MISSION CRITICAL THAT WE GET THIS DONE.

IT IS IT IS NO LONGER A WANT. IT IS A NEED. WE'RE NOT REMODELING SOMETHING.

WE'RE EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK IN ONE OF THE CORE CAPACITIES.

IF YOU'RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, SEVEN MINUTES AND TEN MINUTES.

IS LIFE CHANGING? AND AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY EXPECT TO HEAR STORIES OF THOSE FOLKS WHO MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVE A FULL BLOCKAGE BECAUSE THEY GOT THERE AND GOT THE CARE THEY NEEDED AND ON THE WAY VERY QUICKLY.

AND NOT THE CONVERSE OF THAT. SO FOR THAT BEING SAID, I'M, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, IN THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE CURRENT NEED OF ISSUING THIS DEBT TONIGHT.

GETTING THIS THING UNDERWAY AND GETTING OUR, OUR OUR GUYS AND LADIES THE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AT THE LEVEL OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT TO BE PROTECTED. SO I WON'T STEAL COUNCILWOMAN HAMMOND'S THUNDER FOR THE MOTION, BUT GO AHEAD. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF ANN BEFORE WE GO TO THE MOTION? WE DO HAVE A DELIVERABLE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO DELIVER A GMP THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY.

GREAT. WE HAD OUR SECOND DESIGN DOCUMENT MEETING TODAY.

WORKED WITH MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING.

AND WE WOULD WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TURN THE CMA LOOSE WITH BIDS NOVEMBER THE 20TH AND HAVE THOSE BACK IN ON THE 18TH OF DECEMBER.

AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BRING A GMP TO YOU ON THE FIRST PART OF JANUARY, WHICH WILL ALLOW US THEN TO PROCEED TO CONSTRUCTION.

YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS TO EVEN GET TO THIS POINT. NOW WE'VE HAD WORKSHOPS ABOUT IT.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH AND NOW WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION.

UNLESS. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, CLERK? OH, JUST MORE FOR A STATEMENT FOR ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME.

JUST. YOU'VE ALREADY ORDERED THE EQUIPMENT FOR STATION THREE. THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE IS ORDERED.

YES. AND THE PEOPLE? WE'VE ALREADY HIRED PEOPLE.

WE'VE ALREADY BOUGHT LAND. WE'VE HIRED AN ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTED A CMA.

IT'S BEEN IN THE PLANS. YEAH. THANKS, GINA. QUESTION OR MOTION? READY? OKAY. I MOVED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE. CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION RELEGATION SERIES 2025 AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS.

THE SECOND BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE, WITH A WITH A WITH THE THIRD BY MR. MOORMAN. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 6 TO 0.

ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN STANDING BEHIND ME AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I KNOW THAT THEY VALUE SUPPORT.

AND THEY THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO YOU WILL DEFINITELY ENABLE THE MISSION TO CONTINUE ON AND SERVE GREATLY FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MOVING ON TO 2025 TO 77. CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE SALE OF CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN,

[2025-277 Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "City of Midlothian, Texas, Tax Notes, Series 2025", in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $7,600,000, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such obligations and establishing procedures and delegating authority for the sale and delivery of such tax notes.]

AND AGAIN. THIS IS OUR THIRD LEG OF OUR DEBT ISSUE TONIGHT.

THIS IS A SERIES OF TAX NOTES IN THE AMOUNT OF 7,600,000.

THIS WILL ALSO BE SOLD TOMORROW. AND WE DO HAVE PRICING CERTIFICATE PARAMETERS FOR THE DELEGATE TO FOLLOW.

THE BONDS WILL NOT EXCEED THE 7,600,000. NONE OF THE CERTIFICATES WILL MATURE AFTER AUGUST 15TH, 2029. WE HAVE A SHORT WINDOW ON THESE, AND THE TRUE COST OF THE CERTIFICATE SHALL NOT EXCEED 4.25%. MARK DESCRIBED WHAT THE TRUE COST ACTUALLY IS, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THESE WERE. MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WE FELT LIKE WE COULD FUND THIS WAY.

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YES, THEY WERE DEFINITELY OUTLINED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS. SO IN THIS CASE. TAKE A MOTION ON IT.

I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TEXAS TECH TAX NOTE SERIES 2025 AND APPROVING ALL OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO, AND A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6 TO 0 UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU ANN.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. 2025 278. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

[2025-278 Consider and act upon an Economic Development Grant Agreement (Agreement) between Midlothian Community Development Corporation (MCDC) and the City of Midlothian (City) conveying personal property from the purchase of 3080 Shady Grove, Midlothian, Texas and authorize the City Manager to execute said Agreement.]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, AS IT STATES HERE, THE CDC IS BUYING THIS PROPERTY WITH THE REAL PROPERTY CAME CERTAIN VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, ETCETERA. SOME OF THOSE WOULD BE OF USE FOR OUR CITY PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND ALSO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THOSE ITEMS WERE LISTED OUT IN HERE. SO THIS AGREEMENT IS BASICALLY ALLOWING THE CDC TO PROVIDE THOSE ITEMS TO THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN FOR OUR USE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE.

ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. ROSS MOTION TO APPROVE WITH WITH THE SHOUT OUT OF GRATITUDE TO NCDC FOR LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE AND CONVEYING.

THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 6 TO 0. OUR FINAL

[2025-279 Consider and act upon an agreement with G.A.W. Construction Services, LLC for the construction of the redesigned 7th Street parking at a cost not to exceed $490,960 and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.]

CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN AGREEMENT WITH J.W. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REDESIGN OF SEVENTH STREET PARKING AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 490,960, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THIS IS THE DISCUSSION ITEM THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT SEVENTH STREET PARKING LOTS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTED THE THE SEVENTH STREET PARKING THAT YOU SEE DOWN THERE. NOW, THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL WAS TO PUSH THE COUNCIL THE PARKING TO THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE OF SEVENTH STREET. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THOSE SERVICES.

THE BASE BID IS FOR $365,435. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVE FOR 125 $525,000.

AND IF YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE, I GUESS I DID IT UPSIDE DOWN.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PATCHWORK CONCRETE IN HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THIS AREA DOWN HERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ONCE WE DO THIS PROJECT, THERE WILL BE MORE PATCHWORK QUILT LIKE PATTERN ON THIS.

THAT 125,000 IS REALLY FOR ESTHETICS IS TO MAKE IT UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE SEVENTH STREET.

BUT THAT THAT IS WHAT THAT ADDED ALTERNATIVE IS.

AND WITH THAT I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS THE DESIGN THAT WE'VE HAD.

KIMLEY-HORN WORKED ON THIS DESIGN. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS COMPOSED OF COUNCILMAN WEAVER, COUNCILMAN ROGERS, AND COUNCILMAN MOORMAN ON THIS.

YOU DO SEE THE THE ANGLED PARKING IS PUSHED TO THE WEST AND THE EAST SIDE.

THERE'S SOME VALET SPOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE THE LOS IN DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS PRIMOS OR THE FUTURE PRIMOS.

AND THE DRIVE AREA IS IN THE MIDDLE. YOU SEE THESE? THAT'S WHAT WILL BE TAKEN OUT. THE CENTER ISLANDS THAT ARE THERE CURRENTLY THAT ARE FILLED WITH RIVER ROCK, AND THAT WILL BE THE DRIVE LANE. AND WE WILL IMPLEMENT THESE WHAT I CALL BULB OUTS AT BOTH THE INTERSECTIONS OF MAIN AND AVENUE F WITH SEVENTH STREET.

IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT JUST A MORE COMPLETE STREET IT WILL BE WE WILL MAKE AN ADA ACCESSIBLE PATHWAY ON BOTH MAIN AND SEVENTH AND F FOR THIS INTERSECTION, THESE INTERSECTIONS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE. TAMMY, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS MAKING IT ONE WAY.

OH YES. YES. THANK YOU. THIS IS ONE WAY NORTH.

SO HERE'S MAIN STREET HERE, AVENUE F HERE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THE PARKING IS ANGLED TO WHERE IT WOULD BE A NORTHBOUND COMING OFF OF MAIN STREET NORTH TO SEVENTH STREET. CAN ANYBODY SPEAK ON THE NEWS? OKAY. NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. THERE IS AN EXPANSION OF THE SIDEWALK.

YES. YES. OVER HERE ON THE WEST SIDE. IT'S ALREADY EIGHT FEET ON THE EAST SIDE.

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AND THEN ALSO YOUR WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON THE ESTHETIC EDITION FOR 125,000 ISH? MIKE. FIRST OF ALL, AND I BELIEVE I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY.

THESE ARE TEN FOOT SPACES. YES, SIR. YES YOU CAN.

THERE'S DIMENSION RIGHT THERE. 20. 2010 BY 20 FOOT? YES. AND WHAT IS THE DISTANCE? FOR THE CENTER DRIVE.

WHAT'S THAT? 23FT? YEAH. 23. OKAY. THE CHOKE POINTS WILL BE AT BOTH INTERSECTIONS.

THAT'S 23 RIGHT THERE AND 23 RIGHT HERE AS WELL.

AND PLEASE GO INTO DETAIL ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR IT ALL REAL WELL.

THE 125 IS FOR WHAT? OH. I'M SORRY. JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT.

YEAH. SO IF YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS ISN'T A GREAT PICTURE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PATCHWORK, THE COLOR OF CONCRETE. IT WAS WHEN IT WAS POURED AT DIFFERENT POINTS.

THIS IS THIS IS NEW CONCRETE. THIS IS NEW DOWN HERE.

THESE ARE PROBABLY JUST PATCHES THAT WERE PUT IN.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE THAT BEHIND THE SHADOW OF THE BUILDING THERE.

PATCHES PUT IN FOR UTILITY REPAIRS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

ONCE WE COME IN. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PATCH HERE.

SOME CONSTRUCTION HERE. THERE WILL BE A NEW PATCH HERE.

SO IT'LL JUST BE KIND OF JUST ALMOST LIKE A QUILT PATCHWORK THROUGHOUT THAT THAT $125,000 IS TO COMPLETE AND MAKE A NEW THE ENTIRE SEVENTH STREET ONE ONE POUR BASICALLY. SO WE WOULD ELIMINATE THAT PATCHWORK LOOK OF SEVENTH STREET.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S WHAT I HOPED YOU WERE SAYING, BECAUSE I'VE HAD PATCHWORK DONE BEFORE, AND IT DOESN'T WORK OUT WELL OVER TIME, SO. GOOD.

CLERK I JUST I KNOW PRIMOS IS STILL FIGURING THINGS OUT, AND I KNOW THERE'S UTILITIES GOING DOWN SEVENTH, THE ALLEYWAY AND THE ALLEYWAY THAT RUNS EAST TO WEST.

BUT ARE WE SURE IF WE DO GO THE ROUTE TO REPORT THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO NEED TO CUT? WE WILL WE WILL CONFIRM WITH THEM. OKAY. I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO POUR AND LOOK AT THAT. AND I THINK WE HAVE MIKE, HAVE WE LOOKED AT WE LOOKED AT THEIR CIVIL PLANS.

PRIMOS. YEAH. SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CUTS, BUT WE WILL SECOND LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.

I JUST HATE TO PUT IT. SIX MONTHS LATER, THEY'RE CUTTING IT.

YES. YEAH. NO, THAT WAS THE SAME THOUGHT I HAD.

IS IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE TIME TO FIX THIS CORRECTLY IS WHILE WE'VE GOT IT OPEN.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. PUBLIC WORKS WISE OR FOR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WE KNOW IS IMMINENT THERE.

LET'S TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE PUTTING IN SLEEVES FOR IRRIGATION AS WELL AS SOME POTENTIAL STREET LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO IF NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL HAVE THE CONDUIT THERE THAT WE CAN PULL THE WIRE AND, OR IRRIGATION THROUGH.

BUT AS FAR AS THE WATER, SEWER, THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA, EVERYTHING IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AND. YES, SIR. OKAY. YEAH, BUT WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT, MAKE SURE IT IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ASSUME IS THE MAIN UTILITY BASE OUT THERE.

WATER AND SEWER ONLY. YEAH. I MEAN, NEXT TO, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE ELECTRICITY, BUT YOU HAVE WATER AND SEWER DOWN THE MIDDLE OF SEVENTH STREET. BUT BUT JUST TO KIND OF JUMP BACK ON THAT, IT'S PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THOSE UTILITIES LATER IF NEEDED, FOR THOSE UTILITIES TO BE MOVED INTO THE ALLEYWAY.

OR IS THAT JUST A NOTHING BURGER? AND LET'S GET OFF THAT SUBJECT.

I DO KNOW ON THE OTHER SIDE ON THE WHAT WOULD BE THE WEST SIDE OF THE CURRENT LOSS OF DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS A SEWER. IS THERE A WATER BACK THERE AS WELL, MIKE? I DON'T I KNOW THERE'S SEWER BACK THERE, SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY NEED TO GET TO THE SEWER ON SEVENTH STREET.

THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS DEALING WITH THAT BEFORE MYSELF.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WHATEVER COULD BE INTERRUPTED OUT THERE COULD BE GOTTEN RID OF SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DIGGING THE PARKING LOT UP AGAIN IN THE FUTURE IF WE HAD A ESPECIALLY WATER MAIN WATERLINE PROBLEM.

I DO KNOW WE HAVE A EIGHT INCH DOWN SEVENTH STREET.

6 OR 8 INCH. I'M SORRY. OH, THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

ANNA. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? SO CONFIRMING. CURRENTLY THERE'S LIKE 58, 58 PARKING SPOTS AND WE'RE GOING DOWN TO 2626. THE MATH IS JUST NOT MATH IN MY HEAD.

LIKE, I KNOW WE HAVE THE ALLEY THAT GOES OVER THE ROAD THAT GOES LIKE BEHIND PEN TO PAPER.

WE'RE TAKING OUT LOOKS LIKE 5 OR 6 SPOTS FOR VALET.

LIKE, YEAH, 3 OR 4, I WOULD THINK. YEAH. SO THIS IS THE AREA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PARK IN.

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I THINK THESE ARE PROBABLY NINE FOOT SPOTS. SO YOU MIGHT BE SQUEEZING A 1 OR 2 OUT OF THERE.

YEAH. IS THERE A REASON WE'RE NOT DOING NINE NINE SPOTS OTHER THAN WHAT MIKE'S GOING TO SAY? I KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY, BUT IS THERE A REASON WE'RE DOING TEN FOOT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THROUGH THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS.

THAT'S BEEN THE REQUEST OF COUNSEL. BUT IT'S NINE NOW.

I'M THINKING IT IS. YES. YES, MA'AM. I, I JUST LIKE AT SOME POINT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO EMBRACE THIS DOWNTOWN EFFORT.

EVEN OUR DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN SAYS THAT WE ACCOMMODATE FOR SMALLER PARKING SPOTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T DO THE MATH ON THE SPOT, BUT IT WOULD BUY A COUPLE MORE FIXING I HAVE.

AND THEN WE TOOK AWAY. YOU GET TWO MORE, PROBABLY EASILY IF NOT FOR I CAN'T PARK MY TRUCK THERE.

YEAH, YOU WOULD PARK ACROSS THE STREET. I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I'D HAVE TO JAYWALK.

I THINK ANY OF US THAT DRIVE THE BIG GIRL CARS, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PARK IN THESE SPOTS, YOU KNOW. AND SO I DON'T KNOW. RIGHT. IT WAS IT WAS ENGINEERED THIS WAY BASED ON COUNCIL FEEDBACK THROUGH THE WORKSHOP PROCESS.

THE CHALLENGE THAT IS TRYING TO BE SOLVED FOR IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BARK BIG VEHICLES IN SMALL SPOTS, AND WHICH HAS MADE THE MOBILITY IN, IN THAT THAT CROSS SECTION CHALLENGING, CUMBERSOME AND, YOU KNOW, UNSAFE FROM A PEDESTRIAN STANDPOINT.

I MEAN, THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMEBODY STEPPING OUT FROM BEHIND THE VEHICLE IS IS GOING TO BE IN SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, DANGER BECAUSE OF HOW TIGHT THE TOLERANCES ARE THERE.

PLUS YOU'VE GOT YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF IT THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST A CURB AWAY FROM GRADE. WHILE THEY'RE MUCH HIGHER ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF IT.

YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE PEOPLE VERSUS CARS AS, AS THE OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE.

SO, YEAH, WE ARE LOSING SOME SPOTS. THE, THE ONE WAY FLOW TO THE NORTH IS DESIGNED INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE IT WOULD DUMP ALL THE TRAFFIC.

IF YOU CAN'T FIND A SPOT, YOU'RE GOING TO EXIT DIRECTLY INTO THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW.

TODAY I THINK WE DO HAVE A GREATER PARKING, YOU KNOW, CONUNDRUM IN OUR DOWNTOWN.

I THINK THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO HELP, YOU KNOW, SOLVE THAT.

THE THE OTHER THING WITH THE VALET SPOTS IS, IS I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR THE NOTE ON THE DIAGRAM TO SAY THESE ARE INTENDED FOR VALET PARKING AND DELIVERIES. BECAUSE DURING THE OFF PEAK HOURS, WHEN THE GIANT SYSCO TRUCK COMES IN, WHICH I HAVE PICTURES OF THEM, YOU KNOW, GOING SOUTHBOUND ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF WEST SEVENTH STREET, JUST PARKED AND UNLOADING WITH A DOLLY TO GET IN.

SO, I MEAN, TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE BUSINESSES CAN GET THEIR DELIVERIES SEAMLESSLY, WHERE THE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC OCCURS SEAMLESSLY, WHERE BALLET EXISTS AS A POSSIBILITY FOR, FOR ALL OF THE BUSINESSES, NOT JUST ONE BUSINESS.

IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO ALIGN THAT WAY, I THINK REALLY MAKES THIS A MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE SPACE, RATHER THAN JUST HAVING TO PARK AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE FACILITY IN WHICH YOU'RE WANTING TO TO PATRON.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT FURTHER DOWNTOWN AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE MORE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES.

IF EVERY BUSINESS CURRENTLY ON EIGHTH STREET WAS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL AND OR REPLACED WITH RETAIL OR RESTAURANT USE INSTEAD OF AN OFFICE USE, THERE IS CONCEIVABLY NO POSSIBLE WAY TO PARK ALL OF THOSE THINGS ON THAT STREET DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE PLACE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO.

SO WE HAVE TO START INTENTIONALLY DESIGNING NOW FOR PARKING THAT IS AREA SPECIFIC, NOT BUSINESS SPECIFIC, AND MAKE A WAY FOR THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY TO GET THERE THAT THE WIDER SIDEWALKS DOES THAT THE ONE WAY STREET DOES THAT.

WELL, ONE OTHER THING THOUGH, THAT I'VE THOUGHT OF ROSS A MOMENT AGO WHERE I'VE BEEN BLESSED BY BEING A LITTLE BIT OLDER.

I DON'T HAVE LITTLE KIDS ANYMORE, BUT WHEN WE WHEN WE HAD SIX YEAR OLDS AND UNDER, OF COURSE, WE HAD AN EXPEDITION. MOST YOUNG FAMILIES HAVE A TAHOE OR A MINIVAN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET THAT IN A NINE FOOT SPOT.

GETTING KIDS OUT AND GETTING STROLLERS OUT. I GUESS YOU DO IT BEHIND WHERE THE ROADWAY AND EVERYBODY'S DRIVING THROUGH.

BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER REASON WHY TEN FOOT SPOTS ARE IMPORTANT TO ME.

IT'S THE ONLY PLACE I FEEL LIKE I'M. I'M NOT SCRATCHING MY BELT BUCKLE ON THE CAR WHEN I'M TRYING TO GET OUT.

SO YEAH, SO I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE WHOLE SAFETY OF IT.

NOW, TO ME NOW IT'S MORE THE LENGTH THAT, YOU KNOW, IS CAUSING THE TROUBLE WITH THE BIG CARS HANGING OUT INTO WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING WE'RE STILL TRYING TO HAVE A DOWNTOWN, BUT HOLD ON, WE'RE NOT CONVERTING TO A DOWNTOWN MIXTURE,

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SO IF WE ALREADY TOOK AWAY THE PARKING SPOTS BEHIND WHERE PRIMOS IS GOING TO HAVE THE CONDOS.

WHAT? I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE VALET. LIKE, CAN WE LESSEN THAT DOWN TO ONE OR SO AND THEY CAN EITHER RAP INTO OR THE TRUCKS CAN GO ACROSS THAT AREA WHERE THAT ROW IS LIKE TO ME, ANY.

IF WE CAN ADD TWO, THREE, FOUR. ALL OF IT HELPS.

I'M JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THIS CUT IN HALF.

AND I THINK WITH THE HOTEL ROOMS, WITH THE CONDOS AND LAWSON WITH THE CONDOS AND PRIMOS LIKE, IT'S I FEEL LIKE IT'S A ROUGH DEAL. SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ADJUST IT, I JUST, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US GET AS MANY IN THERE AS POSSIBLE.

HOW MANY MORE WOULD YOU LIKE? MY. LIKE. I'M JUST LOOKING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE PUT A NUMBER ON THAT, BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AND I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, IF WE JUST MADE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS, WE COULD MAYBE GET 2 OR 3 MORE SPOTS.

WELL, AGAIN, THE I MEAN, IF YOU WENT DOWN TO NINE OR IF YOU DID THE THREE, THE VALET LIKE DOING ONE SPOT, I MEAN, THEY CAN TURN INTO BEHIND PEN TO PAPER, THEY CAN GO OUT THE ALLEY, TRUCKS CAN GO RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE STREET BY PEN TO PAPER OR I MEAN, LIKE, NOT TURN IN THERE, BUT GO.

YES. THANK YOU. WHAT IF WE DID THIS? SO BECAUSE I, I, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

MY CONCERN. AND I WAS A PART OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, BUT MY CONCERN WAS BONE SUPPORTED PRODUCT HERE.

IS THAT THE VALET? I KNOW THAT THERE'S A TIMELINE ON WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BEGIN.

YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THAT'S GOING TO CATCH ON AND START BEING A THING, PROBABLY FOR SURE, WHEN THE RESTAURANT OPENS, BUT POTENTIALLY SOONER. BUT IS THERE NOT A WAY WE COULD JUST STRIKE THAT? AND AS SOON AS THE RESTAURANT OPENS, PULL THE STRIPING OR EVEN DURING THE DAY IT'S OPEN PARKING AND THEN AT NIGHT THEY VALET.

I MEAN, WE COULD DEFINITELY STRIKE THAT AND DO SOME KIND OF LICENSE AGREEMENT IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT CAN BE BASED ON HOURS OR WHATEVER ELSE WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BLOCK IT OFF. AND REALLY, IN REALITY, I MEAN, YOU COULD.

AND IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF AN INCONVENIENCE. YOU COULD HAVE THE BALLET RIGHT HERE WHERE THE ALLEY IS, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF INGRESS EGRESS OVER AND OVER AND OVER. SO.

AND VALETS THERE SHOULD THE CAR SHOULD BE DROPPED OFF 15 SECONDS LATER, IT'S GONE AND VICE VERSA.

WELL, AND I MEAN, I AM IN SUPPORT OF WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HAMMOND IS RECOMMENDING.

THERE IS LET'S GO AHEAD AND STRIPE THAT AREA AS IT EXISTS TODAY IN THE USES IN THE WORLD.

AND THEN WHEN THE USE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, IF IT DOES FOR A BALLET SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE WHOLE AUSTIN DISTRICT PUTS TOGETHER SIMILAR TO HOW SUNDANCE SQUARE USED TO BE WHERE YOU NEVER GOT TO PARK AT THE PLACE YOU WERE GOING TO YOU PARK SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY AND WALK TO THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, WHICH IS VERY MUCH A TRUE DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW, THE THE CONCEPT SHOULD BE WHAT DOES IT NEED TO BE FOR TODAY? AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO LICENSE THAT THROUGH SEPARATE AGREEMENT FOR VALID PURPOSES DURING CERTAIN HOURS.

THEN WE CAN LOOK AT ACCOMMODATING THAT AND APPROVE IT OR DISAPPROVE IT AS COUNCIL DOES THAT.

I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I THINK SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS THERE.

I MEAN, JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE. THE IF YOU ELIMINATE OR YOU MADE ALL THESE NINE FOOT, YOU'D GET ONE ADDITIONAL SPOT.

SO JUST THOSE, I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE TO PARK IN THAT ONE SPOT THOUGH, JUST FOR THAT'S GONNA BE A SPOT JUST FOR ME.

OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST AN IDEA. I'VE THROWN THIS OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

IT GOT SHOT DOWN REAL QUICK. BUT WHY NOT ONE MORE TIME? WE COULD CLOSE THE ALLEY DOWN, AND WE COULD PICK UP THE PARKING SPACES THAT WOULD CROSS.

AND WHEN I SAY ALLEY, I MEAN THE ONE BEHIND PRIMOS.

YOU COULD STRIPE ALL THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE AND MAKE IT GREEN.

WHERE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? OH. I SEE, I THINK WE WE GAVE A RIGHT OF WAY ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT, I, WHICH. I ASSUME WE COULD UNDO AND LOOK AT YOU.

BUT FOR THOSE GARAGES, THERE'S PARKING AREAS THAT ARE.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SO THERE'S BASICALLY A CURB THERE THAT GIVES US MORE PARKING RIGHT THERE. AND BUT THE GARAGE PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE CONDOS AND PRIMOS WOULD GO OUT THE ALLEY IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THE OTHER WAY? YEAH. LIKE THAT. I MEAN, TOWARDS EIGHT.

YEAH. AND I THINK YOU'RE CAUSING A BURDEN ON PEN TO PAPER ON HEAVEN'S ATTIC.

AND IT'S ALSO PEN TO PAPER. I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT WHEN I'VE TALKED TO HIM IN THE PAST, THEY SAID, MAN, IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF YOU ALL PUT SOME GREEN SPACE IN THIS ALLEY AND I COULD EXTEND HAVE SOME, LIKE, BEAN BAG DEALS OUT HERE. THE LONGEST TENURED TENANT THERE IN THAT BUILDING IS HEAVEN'S ATTIC, WHICH THEY RUN BOX TRUCKS BACK THERE TO FILL THEIR STORES.

THEY CAN STILL GO DOWN THE OTHER ALLEY, WHICH LITERALLY ABUTS THE BUILDING THEY'RE IN, BUT IT WOULDN'T THE THE CONDOS ALONE WOULD KEEP US FROM.

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I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CONDOS. I DIDN'T WANT TO APPROVE THEM TO BEGIN WITH. SO IF WE CAN UNDO THE RIGHT AWAY AGREEMENT, I'M DOWN TO DO THAT. SO. SO, A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE VALET.

IS THE VALET ONLY GOING TO COME WHEN EL PRIMO COMES? YOU KNOW, IF THE LAWSON DISTRICT BLOWS UP AND ALL THESE RESTAURANTS BLOW UP, I WOULD ASSUME SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GO IN THERE.

AND. AND THE REASON I'M CRYING IS BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THAT GROUP.

THEY EXPRESSED THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT SERVICE WOULD NOT ONLY BE FOR THEM, BUT THE SERVICE WOULD BE THERE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

YES, SIR. AND SO OUR CONVERSATION IS KIND OF ROUTED AROUND WHEN EL PRIMO COMES OR THE BUT I'M KIND OF WONDERING, IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH THAT NEEDS TO ALMOST START HAPPENING NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY I'M VIEWING IT.

I'M DRIVING BY THERE NOW, AND THERE'S NIGHTS AND THERE'S THERE'S NOT A PARKING SPOT ANYWAY.

SO TO SAY THAT WE'VE ADDED 2 OR 3 SPOTS AND IT CHANGES THE WORLD DIDN'T CHANGE NOTHING.

SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS THAT THE VALET IS THE ANSWER, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE WITH THE ABILITY TO PARK TO AN OUTSIDE PARKING AND THE ABILITY TO COME AND GO.

I MEAN, AND TO COUNCILMAN WEAVER'S POINT, IF AT ANY POINT SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND WE STRIPE THIS FOR PARKING AREA, IF THEY WANT TO COME IN AND DO A LICENSE AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN DO IT AT THAT POINT AS WELL.

I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT THE PATRON OR NOT THE PATRONS, BUT THE THE OWNERS OF THESE BUSINESSES, WHEN THEY GET BUSY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOPPING ON THAT VALET IDEA.

SO I GUESS WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IS IF IF WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT NINE FEET TO GAIN TWO SPOTS, WHEN THE REAL ANSWER IS IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE BIG PICTURE.

NO, I MEAN, I'LL GIVE UP THE NINE FEET AND I DON'T I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY, I HAVE NOT BEEN DOWN THERE ONE TIME.

AND Y'ALL TELL ME IF YOU HAVE TO WEAR ALL OF THE PARKING ON SEVENTH AND CITY HALL WAS ALL FILLED.

I'M JUST. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, I DON'T THINK.

YES, SEVENTH FOR SURE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE MAXED OUT NOW.

HOW FAST WE'LL GET THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION. YOU KNOW, A NEW VENDOR COMING IN, IT'S GOING TO GO NUTS.

I THINK, THOUGH, VALET IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LUXURY RIGHT NOW TO TAKE IT.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE SPOTS THERE SHOOT. THEY COULD HAVE HIM SOME, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

IT CAN BE VALET OPENS UP THAT WHOLE OTHER PARKING LOT THAT WE JUST INVESTIGATE.

EXACTLY. BUT THAT'S THE VALET THAT IT LOSES VALUE.

SO WHAT IF WE DO THIS THROW IDEA DOWN THE MIDDLE HERE? WHAT IF WE CLOSE THE ALLEY, WE KEEP THE VALET AND WE ADD PARKING IN FRONT OF THAT ALLEY.

WE GET THE BEST OF. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT, RIGHT? BUT I'M SAYING DON'T STRIKE WELL. AND JUST. I HATE TO BE THE BUZZKILL GUY, BUT, I MEAN, THAT IS WAY NOT THE POSTER AGENDA ITEM FOR TONIGHT.

AND IF WE WANT TO DIRECT STAFF AS A COUNCIL, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING, TO LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY WITH CURRENT EXISTING APPROVALS AND LICENSE AGREEMENTS IN THAT ALLEYWAY OF OF WHAT CLOSING OPTIONS WOULD BE.

I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE THAT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING OR THE NEXT WORKSHOP OR AT THE.

BUT WE CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT. AND BUT I THINK WE'VE GIVEN STAFF ENOUGH CLEAR GUIDANCE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT I WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SAY TONIGHT WE APPROVE IT BASED ON THE WORLD AS IT SITS, WHICH IS WITH STRIPES INSTEAD OF A RESERVED AREA FOR VALET, BECAUSE NO VALET EXISTS TODAY. THAT GIVES US THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH SEPARATE ACTION AND AGREEMENT TO DO A LICENSE AGREEMENT, JUST LIKE WE WOULD DO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PARK IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND BE ABLE TO PUT HOURS ON WHICH IT'S RESERVED FOR A BUSINESS.

SO THIS AREA YOU'D LIKE TO STRIPE AS WELL? CORRECT.

OKAY. AND AT LEAST THREE. I THINK THAT GIVES US THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS FOR TONIGHT.

RIGHT. IT MAXIMIZES THE AMOUNT OF SPOTS THAT ARE THERE IN THE EXISTING WORLD TODAY.

AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT DO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AS FAR AS THAT ALLEYWAY GOES PRIOR TO THIS THING ACTUALLY BEING COMPLETED.

AND WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. I AGREE WITH ROSS.

JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION. ALTHOUGH I HEAR US SAYING WE CAN COME BACK AND GIVE THE APPROVAL FOR THEM TO LIKE, STRIPE IT OR ROPE IT OFF OR VALET IN THE FUTURE AS LONG AS IT'S STRIPED.

BUT CAN THEY? IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE CITY WISE OR LEGAL WISE THAT KEEPS THEM? LIKE, COULD WE NOT HAVE VALET GO WHERE YOU TURN EAST BEHIND PEN TO PAPER.

COULD THEY NOT? I JUST THINK THE WHOLE POINT OF.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, VALET, BUT I THINK THE, THE WHOLE POINT OF IT IS KIND OF THE RAPIDITY AND HOW QUICK YOU CAN GET IN AND OUT.

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I JUST DON'T KNOW. AND VICINITY TO THE FRONT DOOR.

YOU VALET, YOU HAVE THE EXPECTATION. YOU'RE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE FRONT DOOR. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE WE'RE TALKING.

THAT MAY BE A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE WHEN WE DISCUSS THE LICENSING OF CITY PROPERTY FOR USE AT CERTAIN HOURS AS OF LA, WHEN SOMEBODY IS READY TO ENGAGE ONE. BUT NOBODY TONIGHT IS READY TO DO SO.

SO, I MEAN, TO ME, I WOULD SAY STRIPE IT ALL LIKE IT'S PARKING, AND THEN WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE AND DESIGN THE PERFECT FLOW OF TRAFFIC AT A FUTURE DATE WHEN THAT TOPIC IS BEING ADDRESSED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION I THINK YOU PUT OUT THERE AT THE BEGINNING JUST TO GIVE MY $0.02.

I HATE HOW IT'S LAID OUT NOW. I DON'T LOVE SPENDING $365,000 TO FIX IT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY VIABLE, CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVE.

BUT AS FAR AS THE ESTHETICS PIECE, THE 125,000, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN INCREASING THAT PROJECT TO TO THAT LEVEL FOR ADDITIONAL ESTHETICS. SO IS IT JUST ESTHETICS OR DOES THAT MAKE IT INTO A MONOLITHIC POUR INSTEAD OF A STUBBORN PORT? WELL, I MEAN IT WOULD MAKE IT INTO A MONOLITHIC POUR.

SO I MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO IT'S WITH ONE PORE.

SO OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO ALL THESE DIFFERENT PARCELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO MAINLY MAINLY WAS BEING REPLACED AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING IS BOTH ENDS AND THEN THE ON THE INSIDE, YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE REPLACING THAT CENTER POINT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO CATCHING IT IN THE MIDDLE.

THE MIDDLE. YEAH. THE MIDDLE WHICH IS THE DECOMPOSED GRANITE.

NOW AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE POURING THESE ENDS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT THOSE ISLANDS.

WE'LL BE TAKING OUT THESE ISLANDS. SEE HOW I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE HERE.

THEY HAD TO DEMO ALL OF THIS TO POUR THIS CURB BACK AND EVERYTHING.

AND BASICALLY THEY DIALED IN AND YOU JUST LITERALLY DOWEL WITH REBAR INTO THE EXISTING CONCRETE.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE A MONOLITHIC POUR A LITTLE STRONGER AND THEY'RE GOING TO SALT CUT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SALT CUT CURB TO CURB IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THE ADDITIONAL I SAW CUT SIDEWALK CURB CURB. YES.

YEAH. YEAH. ALL ONE MONOLITHIC POUR WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.

TRUST ME OKAY. I APPRECIATE ALAN GIVING US YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW YOU GO.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY ON HOW THEY HOW THEY WOULD LEAN ON THAT TOPIC OF THE ADDED THE ADDED 125 TO BRING IT UP TO FOUR FOR 90 ISH. I GOT TO DO. MONOLITHIC. YOU'RE FOR DOING THE WHOLE DEAL, ANNA.

I'M NOT PASSIONATE ABOUT THE 120. WHATEVER. NO STRONG OPINION.

CLERK. I DO, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT WOULD AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU TELL ME TO STOP, I'LL STOP.

BUT IF WE DID RUN THE SIDEWALK ACROSS THAT ALLEYWAY AND STRIPE IT, WOULD WE NOT BE IN BREACH OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT? BECAUSE THEY CAN STILL ACCESS OFF THE OTHER ALLEY.

THAT WOULD PICK UP SIX MORE PARKING SPOTS. WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT HERE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LICENSE AGREEMENT LOOKS LIKE.

THAT'S ALSO A PD. I THINK THIS IS WITHIN THAT PD, AND I BELIEVE WE APPROVED THAT SITE PLAN FOR THAT PARKING.

SO IT'S ALSO THE SITE PLAN THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY.

SO I JUST CAN'T OKAY. THAT'S FINE. I'LL JUST.

WE CAN VISIT THE ALLEYWAY DISCUSSION AT A FUTURE DATE.

OKAY. I DON'T CARE EITHER WAY. ON THE ON THE BOARD.

ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A PASSIONATE OPINION? FROM THE ESTHETIC STANDPOINT, I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT IT, BUT FROM THE LONGEVITY AND VIABILITY OF THAT STREET SECTION AND MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, AS FURTHER AS OUT AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE TO EFFECTUATE REPAIRS ON THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT FOR REAL AND DO THE WHOLE THING AT ONE TIME.

SO WE'RE NOT PATCHING IN AND DRILLING IN. I MEAN, EVERY TIME YOU DRILL INTO POURED CONCRETE, I FEEL LIKE IT AFFECTS THE STRUCTURAL. AND EVEN THE GUYS THAT KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, YOU'RE STILL TAKING POURED AND SET CONCRETE AND YOU'RE EXPOSING IT TO VIBRATION, HEAT, YOU KNOW, STRESSES THAT IT WASN'T POURED NECESSARILY TO ENDURE.

AND I THINK THAT HURTS. THE VIABILITY CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO CRACK OR TO MAKE POTHOLES OR, YOU KNOW, THE NECESSITY TO COME BACK AND REPORT SECTIONS OF IT IN THE FUTURE.

THERE WILL BE NO CHEAPER TIME THAN TODAY AND DOING IT ALL AT ONCE TO GET THAT ECONOMY OF SCALE.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF FIXING IT COMPLETELY AND NOT HAVING TO TALK ABOUT THIS SECTION OF STREET FOR A LONG,

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AND THIS THE MONOLITHIC POOR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ESTHETIC.

IT'S STRUCTURAL. OKAY. I MEAN, IF HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN THROUGH A PARKING LOT THAT GOES BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, AND BECAUSE ALL THESE SLABS ARE OUT OF WHACK, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

AND IF IF YOU WANT YOUR BUSINESS INTERRUPTED WHEN WE'RE IN THERE TEARING IT ALL UP, REPAIRING PATCHES IN EVERY FIVE YEARS, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET BY NOT DOING A MONOLITHIC POUR.

SO IT'S THIS IS STRUCTURAL. IT'S NOT ESTHETIC AT ALL.

IT WILL LOOK NICE. I'LL CHANGE. I'LL GO TO A MONOLITHIC POOL.

OKAY. AND I'LL BE THE FOURTH. WE'RE GOOD. LET'S MOVE ON. GREAT.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS CASE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS PRESENTED WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO REPORT THE ENTIRE STREET SECTION, AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE SITE DESIGN PRESENTED TO ELIMINATE THE VALET SPACE AND REPLACE IT WITH STRIPING FOR PARKING.

OKAY. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROGERS.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 4 TO 2. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. CLAUDE. EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. NUMBER TWO ON YOUR LIST ON YOUR AGENDA.

SECTION 551.072 REAL ESTATE DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.

ALSO NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS 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.

PROJECT 2505 AT 707. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S 730 ON THE DOT. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM ITEM NUMBER THREE THIS EVENING, BUT THERE IS ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM ITEM NUMBER TWO WITH COUNCILMAN WEAVER.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH DARYL LYNN HIGHTOWER AND BRANDI DE HIGHTOWER TO PURCHASE A 0.158 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR PUBLIC STREET RIGHT OF WAY IN GENERAL UTILITY EASEMENT, AND A 0.014 ACRE PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND A 0.100 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT.

EASEMENT. ALL THREE ACQUISITIONS BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE JOHN H.

JONES SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 586. CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND CONSIDERATION OF A PURCHASE PRICE OF $40,600 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MCALPIN ROAD ROADWAY PROJECT, PLUS PAYMENT OF ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS.

THE CITY MANAGER IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

SUCH ADDITIONAL CLOSING DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY SUCH AGREEMENT, AND THE TITLE COMPANY AS NECESSARY TO CLOSE THIS TRANSACTION.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. COUNCILMAN WEAVER, I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS.

PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 6 TO 0. WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 732.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.