Sep 23, 2025 City Council

[Call to Order, Pledges, and Invocation]

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FOLLOWED BY HAVING EVERYBODY STAND AND THE HONOR GUARD WILL

LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE. >> IF YOU WOULD BOW WITH ME.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER AND DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, I PRAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, MORE BROADLY FOR OUR STATE, OUR NATION, AS WE ENCOUNTERED SOME TUMULTUOUS TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IF THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE GRAPPLING WITH MANY EMOTIONS AND SPIRITUAL THINGS , I PRAY THAT GOD , YOUR LOVE, YOUR GRACE, YOUR SACRIFICE WOULD BE FRONT AND CENTER TO THOSE FOLKS. PRAY YOU WOULD BRING UNITY AND DIALOGUE TO THIS PROCESS, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING. AND THROUGH US,

LORD. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. >> PLEASE STAND AS THE HONOR GUARD LEADS US IN THE PLEDGE AND PRESENT OUR COLORS.

>>> MARCH! LEFT, FACE! PRESENT COLORS!

>> 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, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

>> ORDER, ARMS. RIGHT FACE! FORWARD MARCH!

>> YOU CAN BE SEATED. >> SPECIAL TO MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND ISD, COLOR GUARD, FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS ,

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>> I WILL BRAG ON THE MAYOR, MR. ALLEN MOORMAN, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YOUNG MEN WHO DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WHAT A PROUD MOMENT FOR MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. SHOWING THE GRATITUDE TO MR. KIRK AND ALL HE HAS DONE TO INSPIRE SO MANY IN OUR GREAT NATION, I HAD NEVER DREAMED THAT MANY FOLKS WOULD COME OUT. IT SURE MAKES ME PROUD. WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY FOR THAT EVENT, PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE, ESPECIALLY THOSE ORGANIZED. WE TALKED ABOUT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN ORGANIZING THOSE -- THAT

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OUTSTANDING EVENING, VENDORS, STUFF FOR THE KIDS TO DO, CARE FLIGHT HELICOPTER WAS THERE , ANOTHER GREAT EVENING. WE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THE SAME WEEKEND.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN STUFF GOING ON AND WE WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR PROVIDING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO ALL WE DO , AND OUR BUSINESSES WHO PAY TAXES , OUR HOSPITALS, ALL THOSE THAT ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE DO. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT COUPLE OF

WEEKS. >> ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS

LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING? >> DITTO, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TO OUR ATTENTION, A., NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROCLAMATION . IF YOU WANT TO BRING CLARITY TO WHAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS,

BY ALL MEANS. >> SO, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, HIS UNIT DOES THAT, SCOTT HUGHES AND CHRIS DOUGLAS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB EVERY YEAR, WE WERE SECOND IN THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL COMPETITION. THIS YEAR , WE ARE GOING FOR THE NUMBER ONE SPOT, WELL OVER THE NUMBER, AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT OF KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE ASK FOR SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY HAVE A GREAT TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.

>> YES, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS OCTOBER 7TH, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE WE GOING TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOODS HOST AN EVENT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD . WE CREATE A COMPETITION WITH OUR UNIT TO GET THE WORD OUT AT COMPETITION ALWAYS BRINGS BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. WE ARE TRYING TO -- WE WERE SECOND THIS YEAR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR OUR POPULATION AND ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN PLACE FIRST THIS YEAR, THAT IS OUR GOAL. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE EVENT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE A LIST ON OUR WEBSITE, IT IS UP TO 26 PARTICIPANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE EXPECT THAT TO GROW IN THESE TWO WEEKS , OCTOBER 7TH, TUESDAY IN THE EVENING, 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WILL LOVE YOU TO START ONE. THE IDEA IS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET INVOLVED AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. AN OFFICER WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE PART OF THE EVENT . YOU WILL GET TO KNOW THE OFFICERS AND THE IDEA IS TO UNITE AGAINST CRIME BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SUPPORT. >> IT IS FRONT-LINE DEFENSE , FRONT-LINE PUBLIC SAFETY , NEIGHBORS SPEAKING WITH NEIGHBOR , TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER. IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL READ THIS PROCLAMATION, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH IS SPONSORING THE NATIONWIDE CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM ON OCTOBER 7TH ENTITLED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TO JOIN FORCES WITH THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITIES , COOPERATIVE POLICE COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS ESSENTIAL FOR THE CITIZENS OF MIDLOTHIAN TO BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT YOUR PARTICIPATION CAN HAVE REDUCING CRIME IN THE CITY. CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION AWARENESS SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL ANTICRIME EFFORTS STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND SENDING A MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS THAT NEIGHBORS ARE ORGANIZED AND FIGHTING BACK, THAT IS THE THEME OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHEREAS PARTICIPATION MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS TURNING ON THE FRONT PORCH LIGHT, NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY, FOR OCTOBER 7TH, 2025 AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROCLAIM OCTOBER 7TH , 25 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT . I HEREBY CALL UPON THE CITIZENS TO JOIN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH IS ABORTING THE EVENT .

PLEASE , PLEASE ATTEND THIS EVENT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN TALK TO THE COMMANDER.

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>> 2025-309, THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A PARTICIPATION FORM AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY , SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS , DID

ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK? >> YES, BRENT MORRIS.

>> NOT PRESENT. >> LONDON KNIGHT AND AUSTIN

KYLE. >> BEFORE YOU START, STATE BOTH OF YOUR NAMES FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

>> MONDAY NIGHT, 3511 MAPLE. >> AUSTIN KYLE.

>> MIC IS YOURS. >> WE ARE ORGANIZERS AND SPEAKERS OF A VIGIL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IN CITY HALL. AN ESTIMATED 2000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND WE JOIN TOGETHER AND WORSHIP AND PRAYER. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR EVENT AND SUPPORTED AS AND WE THANK MAYOR COFFMAN AND ALLEN MOORMAN, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCILMEN AND COUNCILWOMEN WHO ATTENDED AND THE MIDLOTHIAN LUIS ROBERT. -- MIDLOTHIAN POLICE

DEPARTMENT. >> THANK YOU .

>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. RODGERS SAID, VERY THOROUGH IN YOUR PREPARATION. ANYBODY ELSE SIGN UP TO SPEAK?

>> DEBORAH. >> STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE WITHIN THE CITY.

>> DEBORAH, 1241 EAST WHITE ROAD IN THE CITY LIMITS. WHEN -- IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF SOUTH WYATT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF IT ARE STEEL, THEY REDID THE BLACKTOP, THE CITY, IT STOPPED AT THE CORNER AND LEFT ONE SECTION OF DUST.

TWICE, THEY SAID THAT THIS IS NOT THE CITY, WHEN YOU APPROVE THE PERMIT FOR THE SOLAR PILE PLAN, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, THEY DID NOT DO IT BECAUSE THE EXPLANATION WAS THEY HAD SURMISED BRINGING AND STUFF -- SEMIS BRINGING AND STUFF AND NOW EVERYTHING IS DONE AND SEMIS ARE GOING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, NOTHING BUT DUST, BLACKTOP, A SECTION OF DUST, SO, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT AND WHEN WILL IT GET BLACKTOP , THAT ONE SECTION? MAYBE THREE BLOCKS? IT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR THE SOLAR PILE FACILITY. THEY ARE OPERATING AND THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONCRETE ROADS , YOU HAVE TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE , HOW COME THERE ARE CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN THE CITY THAT CAN GET AWAY WITH NOT HAVING THINGS ? YOU ALLOW THEM TO HAVE ASPHALT AS THEIR STORAGE AREA, BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC ROAD . IF THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, GO AHEAD. LIKE ALL FT. WORTH HIGHWAY , THE DEVELOPMENT, MAKING THE DEVELOPERS PUT IN THE CONCRETE ROADS, INDUSTRIAL PARKS , THEY HAVE TO PUT A CONCRETE ROADS, THEY CANNOT BLACKTOP A THREE BLOCK AREA. I EMAILED ON SEPTEMBER NIGHT REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. THAT IS WHY I AM ADDRESSING THE

COUNCIL TO MAKE. >> THANK YOU, DO YOU MIND GIVING THAT TO CLYDE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ?

>> I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ADAM. WE WILL

[CONSENT AGENDA]

FOLLOW UP. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .

CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM 2025-310, ALL MATTERS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE

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AND NORTH OF MCALPIN ROAD. >> THEY REDUCING THE LOT SIZE AND INCREASE THE WIDTH, THEY ARE PROVIDING ELEVATIONS INSTEAD OF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIATIONS FOR THE ELEVATIONS . THEY ARE REVISING THE REPETITION NUMBERS LANGUAGE. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOWS THIS IS MEDIUM DENSITY AND CONSISTENT WITH THAT STILL.

BECAUSE THIS IS AN AMENDMENT, IT IS STILL CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES. WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE , THEY ARE REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER FRONT FACING GARAGES FROM 50 TO 65%, ELIMINATING THE SWINGS IN FRONT OF THE MAIN FACADE , I LOOKED AT SOME FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS RECENTLY, ONE HAD 86% , PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ONCE .

AFTER THE STATE HAD 35% FOR ENTRY THERE WERE LARGE LOTS, 22 ACRE, THOMAS TRAILED WAS CONSISTENT WITH THIS LOT SIZE , 65% FRONT ENTRY AND THE HIGHLANDS WAS CONSISTENT , 65% FRONT ENTRY. THE LOT STANDARDS, SIDE ENTRY GARAGE MUST BE FLUSH WITH THE FACADE AND A MINIMUM OF 450 SQUARE FEET FOR THE FLOOR AREA FOR THE GARAGE. IN SECTION 2 OF THE ORDINANCE, LISTING THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS , ADDING FOUR ADDITIONAL CRITERIA. WHICH PLATE A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF EIGHT FOOT , EIGHT FOOT FRONT DOOR, ENHANCED HEADERS AND GARAGE DOOR SPLIT BY A 12 INCH COLUMN.

SIMPLIFYING THE PROVISIONS, IT IS THE SAME CRITERIA , FOUR LOTS ON THE SAME SIDE, AND THEY PROVIDED ELEVATIONS TO ENSURE FRIDAY . THE LANDSCAPE REMAINS THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE FACADES , THERE WERE 31 POSTCARDS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONDENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED.

>> THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WANT TO SPEAK? SINCE NONE, A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM PASSES, 6-0. IF THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CASE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO, YOU CAN JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS.

DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING HERE SIX MONTHS AFTER WE GOT DISAPPROVED FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE CAME BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY AND DID NOT HAVE THE BUILDER, NOW, WE DO HAVE A BUILDER IN TOW

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WHICH ALLOWS JOHN HOUSTON TO PUT INSIDE INTO PRODUCT. WE DID, WE TOOK OUT ANY LANGUAGE THAT WILL ALLOW US -- WE DO NOT WANT , THE BUILDER DOES NOT WANT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE FRONT FACADE IS DOMINATING THE ENTIRE STREET. I THINK THAT IS A CONCERN , BASED UPON HEARING PREVIOUS ITEMS. THE QUALITY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THESE ARE JOHN HOUSTON ELEVATIONS, THESE ARE NOT STOCK PHOTOS. JUST LOOKING FOR THE MOST FLEXIBILITY POSSIBLE FOR THE BUILDER . I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY MORE FOR STAFF. IN READING THROUGH THIS AND LOOKING FOR CHART STYLE SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES. WE HAVE A NARRATIVE THAT DESCRIBES IT.

IN THE PAST , WHEN WE DO THIS, IT SAYS, IN THIS COLUMN , WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THIS COLUMN. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MINIMUM SIZE OF THE GARAGE IS GOING DOWN. THE REQUIREMENT FOR 20 FOOT OFFSET, IF THERE IS A THIRD DAY ON THE SIDE ENTRY PRODUCT -- INDISCERNIBLE ] WE DID NOT ENUMERATE , 37 MIX -- IT IS ON THE SITE PLAN BUT WE DID NOT AMEND SECTION B1 OF THE ORIGINAL

ORDINANCE . >> WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE . IN THE STAFF REPORT, IT LISTS , AFTER THE TABLE, SHOWING THAT SECTION OF 2C OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, LIST OUT THE CHANGES.

50%, HOLD ON, IT IS HERE. >> I SEE THE PROPOSED CHANGES.

>> AT THE PARAGRAPH AT THEN END, AFTER THAT.

>> THAT IS WHERE I WAS TRYING --

>> YOU WOULD RATHER SEE IT IN TABLE FORMAT?

>> 100%. KIND OF A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE, I WANT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES. ARE WE SHRINKING THE SIZE OF THE

GARAGE? >> YES.

>> IN TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE WIDTH?

>> WIDTH IS 19 FEET, SAME ON BOTH.

>> OVERALL DEPTH IS CHANGING? >> RIGHT.

>> THIRD BAY, SIDE ENTRY PRODUCT, JOHN HOUSTON BUILT A HOUSE THAT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE THAT AND SETBACK. SOMETIMES THEY'RE PUTTING IT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THERE IS MORE THAT IS MOVING, RATHER THAN THE STORY THEY ARE TELLING. MAYBE RUN THROUGH THE CHANGES AGAIN REAL QUICK.

>> THE MAJOR CHANGES ARE , LOOKING AT THE TABLE IN THE STAFF REPORT, LOOKING AT THE TABLE AND THE STAFF REPORT, PRETTY MUCH THE SOUTHERN PART OF IT , GARAGE ORIENTATION AND

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HOW THEY WOULD BE DIFFERENT . >> I AM MORE CONCERNED WITH THE ACTUAL TABLE BEING THE LOT DWELLING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. INCREASING THE NUMBER FRONT IS -- REDUCING THE SIZE OF ALL GARAGES, AND , IF THEY HAVE -- CAN THEY STILL HAVE A THIRD CAR GARAGE. ?

>> RIGHT , BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SETBACK. IT CANNOT BE IN FRONT OF THE FRONT FACADE, IT WOULD BE SETBACK.

>> THAT WAS LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THERE.

>> BUT THE MINIMUM WIDTH OF A SIDE ENTRY GARAGE IS 19 FEET, SETBACK AT LEAST 19 FEET FOR THE THIRD, WITH THE THIRD ONE FACING

THE STREET. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE FULL CONVERSATION. I HAD THOUGHT, ON THE FRONTAGE, ON THE PRIMARY SIDE, SOME FORM OF AN OFFSET

SLIGHT SETBACK, -- >> YOU ARE RIGHT, LANGUAGE STATES THAT , EVEN IF YOU HAVE A GARAGE THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE FRONT FACADE, IT IS STILL SETBACK FIVE FEET FROM THE FRONT FACADE, THEY WANT TO POSE IT BEING FLUSH, SHOWN HERE, ONE OF THESE IS FLUSH, BOTTOM RIGHT IS FLUSH. YOU KNOW, THEY CAN DESIGN IT IN A WAY WHERE IT BLENDS IN WITH THE ELEVATION.

>> IF THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE FLUSH, IT COULD GO BACK TO ALL

STANDARD ? >> CORRECT. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE, IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO

MAINTAIN. >> BRINGING STAFF'S COMMENTS ,

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. >> RIGHT.

>> YOU SEE NO ISSUE WITH THE DIRECTIONS WE MOVED ON? ON SIZE? SO, I GO OFF THE SIZES, WHAT IS THE WIDTH OF THE GARAGE?

>> 19 FEET IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. 19

FEET MINIMUM WIDTH. >> THAT INCLUDES CENTER COLUMN .

>> IF THERE IS A CENTER COLUMN .

>> TRYING TO MAKE SURE, WE WERE IN A SITUATION SIX YEARS AGO TO WHERE, I AM THE TRUCK GUY, PULL IN YOUR CREW CAB TRUCK, YOU CAN GET OUT THE DOOR WITHOUT SCRAPING OR BELT BUCKLE AGAINST

THE WALL. ONLY QUESTION I HAD. >> I WILL ECHO WAS ROSS WAS SAYING, I LOVE CHARTS, WHEN I WAS PREPPING THIS , I WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE CHARTS. I'M NOT SURE -- AFTER, THE APPLICANTS DESCRIPTION OF , HAVE MORE ROOM , FOR OUR DESIRED SETUP, YET, YOU DID LESS -- YOU WENT THE OTHER WAY THAT I

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AVAILABLE. >> STRICTLY PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY . I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO GUESS WHAT I THINK THE SUBDIVISION WILL BUILD OUT, BUT FLEXIBILITY THEY REQUESTED FLEXIBILITY FROM THE CITY BUT PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY TO THEMSELVES TO BUILD MORE THAN 50% .

>> I HAVE TO ASSUME THEY WILL DO ALL FRONTAGE FOR THE PERCENTAGE

YOU'RE ASKING FOR. RIGHT? >> I WOULD NOT AGREE WITH THAT.

>> THEY CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW ?

>> THEY CAN'T TELL FRONT ENTRY AND SIDE ENTRY, IT WILL BE DICTATED BY THE BUYERS. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FLEXIBILITY AND OF THAT PERCENTAGE GIVES YOU HEARTBURN , WHICH I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. IF REDUCING IT SOMEWHAT , IT MAKES YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. BUT, I DON'T WANT TO PUT A FLY ENROLLMENT BUT HOPEFULLY I

ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION. >> ONE POINT OF CLARITY FROM MARY, 80 FOOT LOT SIZE IS REMAINING THE SAME?

>> 83. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> TAKE A MOTION. >> TO CLARIFY, MINIMUM ON THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE REMAINS AT 80. MAJORITY OF THE LOTS ARE NOW AT 83. SO, WE HAVE TO A 25 FOOT FRONT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. THE SIDEWALK , IS IT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OR ON THE

PROPERTY SIDE ? >> SIDEWALK IS IN THE

RIGHT-OF-WAY . >> IT WOULD BE 25 FEET OF PAVEMENT FOR THE DRIVEWAY BEFORE WE HAD A GARAGE DOOR?

>> CORRECT. >> 10 X 25, 12 X 25 PARKING STALLS, SO YOU CAN PULL A FULL-SIZE TRUCK OUT WITH THE DEEPER FRONT YARD SETBACK. BIG ISSUES WHEN THEY ARE ON A 15 OR 20 FOOT SETBACK. TWO TO 25 LONG TRUCK NOW IS OVER THE SIDEWALK.

I AM ALSO, I LOVE WE ARE GETTING RID OF THE SWINGS.

NOBODY TO NAVIGATE THE SHARP CURVE. WE ARE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF FRONTAGE. AT THE SAME TIME. WHERE IS THE BALANCE?

>> WHAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION? >>

>> MIKE, COMMENTS? >> MY THOUGHT ON WHAT WE HAD MOVED FROM, I SOLD THE LESS THAN 25 FOOT SETBACKS, MORE VALUE, IF YOU WANT TO SAY LOWER VALUE, PRODUCT -- NICE TO HAVE A LARGER GARAGE, LESS DRIVEWAY AND ON STREET PARKING. DESIRE TO PARK IN THE ROOM -- IT WOULD KEEP --

TO 25 FEET, 12 25 TO PARK. >> TAKE A MOTION.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE VOTE. 4-2 IN FAVOR, ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU, MARY.

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>> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER

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US HIGHWAY 287. MARY? >> THIS IS METHODIST HOSPITAL EXPANSION AND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS APPROVED , A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN DETAILED -- IT DID NOT MAKE A LOT OF LEEWAY FOR AMENDMENTS ADMINISTRATIVELY. WE ARE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU AND PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL. OUR -- THEY ARE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL 36 PARKING SPACES AND THE COMP PLAN SHOWS THIS AS -- INAUDIBLE ] WHICH SUPPORTS COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

SURROUNDING LAND USES AND ZONING ARE CONSISTENT. AREAS IN THE CENTER ARE WHERE THE EXPANSION , WORKING ARE PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED. THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING A LOT OF LANDSCAPE BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE HELIPAD SITE. IT WILL BE THREE ORNAMENTAL CRÊPE MYRTLE TREES. THE EXPANSION WILL BE CONSISTENT, ELEVATIONS FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDING. 12 POSTCARDS ARE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND TODAY STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT . THEREFORE, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT FOR THE 8740 SQUARE FOOT EMERGENCY ROOM EXPANSION

WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING. >> ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER SHUFFIELD AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WEAVER . THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, 6-0. IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU CAN . SPEND --

>> 2728 NORTH HARWOOD STREET DALLAS TEXAS, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WANT TO THANK MS. ELLIOTT FOR THIS PROCESS, SHE HAS GIVEN US GUIDANCE . I HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOSPITAL AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT AND READY TO GET STARTED. MORE THAN HAPPY TO

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, VERY DETAILED AND THOROUGH PRESENTATION. ALREADY ANSWERED WITH THE QUESTIONS BY READING THE PACKET. COUNCIL , DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 6-0.

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NORTH OF MAIN STREET. MARY? >> THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT PD170 FOR MIXED USES AND THIS IS A COMMERCIAL TRACKED , THREE SUBDISTRICTS , VERTICAL MIXED-USE SUBDISTRICT, TOWNHOMES AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT, NEW RETAIL SUBDISTRICT, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOP LAND IN THE COMP PLAN SHOWS THE MODULE WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED OR MIXED-USE AND COMMERCIAL USES. THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SUBDISTRICTS .

THE SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES TO THE NORTH, THE TOWNHOMES WHICH ARE 12 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, MAGNOLIA , MULTIFAMILY, 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE MAX. TO THE NORTH, PROPERTY ZONED FOR MULTI FAMILY TOWNHOMES, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT, PD 36 TO THE SOUTH, COMMUNITY RETAIL USES AND COMMERCIAL USES. WITH EARTH TONES. AT OTHER COMMERCIAL USES. TO THE EAST, PD 2 FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES, CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED. TO THE WEST, FOR MULTI FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL USES. THIS DOES MEET SEVERAL OF THE COMP PLAN GOALS AND STRATEGIES, SUPPORT MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT BY ESTABLISHING A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL USES. STRATEGY LU3, LIVE NEAR WORK, MIXED-USE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, SO, THEN, FINALLY, CH2, ENCOURAGED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT , RESIDENTIAL AND CREATING ATTRACTIVE STREETSCAPES . THE HOUSING POLICY TOOL WE DEVELOPED DURING THE COMP PLAN PROCESS, THE GOAL WAS TO TRY TO KEEP A CONSISTENT RATIO, DIFFERENT USES, SO, THE VERTICAL MIXED-USE , ADDING THE SPACES DOES NOT KEEP -- PUT IT OFF BALANCE. THE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DOES INCREASE THAT CATEGORY AND CHANGE THAT PROPORTION , IT IS PARTIALLY CONSISTENT WITH HOUSING POLICY TOOL. THERE WERE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT HAVING THE TOWNHOMES FACED THE MAJOR ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION, THEY PROVIDED SIDEWALKS THAT CONNECT WITH ALL PARTS OF THE PROPERTY. IT WAS CONTINUED FROM THE AUGUST MEETING UNTIL SEPTEMBER. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION COMMENTED ON, DECREASING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY . ONE OF THE THINGS -- ANOTHER THING THEY CHANGED, THEY CLOSED THIS SECTION . THERE IS SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TOWNHOMES AND THE COMMERCIAL. THE TOWNHOMES CAN GET THERE ACCESS FROM EAST RIDGE DRIVE . THEY ALSO ASKED FOR CARPORTS.

THE APPLICANT PROVIDED CARPORTS WHEN YOU SEE AN X, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CARPORTS AND UNDER GARAGES THAT ARE PART OF THE MIXED-USE BUILDING SHOWN HERE. FOR THE VERTICAL AND MIXED-USE DISTRICT, ON THE GROUND FLOOR, THE RETAIL AND SERVICE USES, THE NONRESIDENTIAL PART WAS ONE SPACE FOR 300 SQUARE FEET AND MULTI FAMILY , TWO SPACES PER UNIT FOR THE FIRST 50 SPACES AND 1.75 THEREAFTER. THEY DO PROVIDE SPACES OF 66 ARE A.D.A. AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 50 FEET. THIS IS UNIQUE TO VERTICAL MIXED-USE WITH THE FIRST FLOOR, MINIMUM OF 11 FEET TO ALLOW FOR RETAIL. THE

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ANOTHER COMMENT FROM PNC , THEY WERE WORD THAT THE PLAYGROUND WOULD ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THEY BROUGHT THE PLAYGROUND INTO THE TOWNHOME AREA AND A CENTRAL AREA AND MADE SURE IT WAS CONNECTED WITH SIDEWALKS. THIS IS JUST A DIAGRAM SHOWING THEY WOULD ENSURE EVERYTHING THE PEDESTRIAN COULD GET ANYWHERE AND MAINTAIN SIDEWALK . IN ADDITION TO THE AMENITIES, THE PROPOSING FIVE SEATING AREAS, 50 SQUARE FEET OF SHADE STRUCTURE, THE PLAYGROUND WOULD MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS, ATHLETIC AREAS , DOG PARK. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES FROM AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER FROM PNZ , INCREASING THE PARKING SPACES FROM 210 TO 339 AND PROVIDED DIAGRAMS , SIDEWALKS WERE CONNECTED , THEY ELIMINATED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL . 27 POSTCARDS WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE AND THERE WAS ONE LETTER OF SUPPORT WITHIN 200 FEET. CONDITIONAL ON BURYING UTILITIES , THAT IS IN THE ORDINANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE MIXED-USE PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING LAND USE, CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS OF THE COMP PLAN.

>> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING , DID ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK?

>> LISA. >> COME FORWARD, YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE ON THE CITY LIMITS. YOU WILL HAVE THREE

MINUTES. >> LISA, I LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND NOT AGAINST THIS AT ALL . I JUST ASK THAT SOME LANGUAGE BE ADDED TO REFLECT THAT THEY ARE OWNER-OCCUPIED.

DWELLINGS, AND NON-RENTALS. YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

IT IS NOT AGAINST ANY LAW IN TEXAS. TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE. WE

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THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN CALIFORNIA.

BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE AS MUCH RENTAL AVAILABILITY AS WE HAVE IN TEXAS, SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT ADDING TO OUR RENTALS, WITH TOO MY -- MANY RENTALS, WE COULD HAVE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING REQUIRED BY LAW IF THEY ARE NOT FILLED. SO,

THAT IS MY REQUEST TONIGHT. >> YOU ARE REFERRING TO JUST THE

TOWNHOME PORTION OR MIXED-USE ? >> MIXED-USE AS WELL, THEY ARE CONDOMINIUMS AND NOT APARTMENTS. I KNOW THE CONDO ASSOCIATION AND THE POA DOCUMENTS HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

HOPEFULLY , WE CAN INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE IN THOSE DOCUMENTS BECAUSE, MY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ALLOWS FOR RENTALS, I WISH IT DID NOT, IT OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CORPORATIONS TO BUY LARGE SWATHS OF THE UNITS AND THEY CAN MAKE THEM RENTALS.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, NONE, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ENTERTAIN BY RODGERS , SECONDED BY WEAVER. VOTE. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, 6-0, YOU CAN MAKE A PRESENTATION OR STAND FOR QUESTIONS, OR BOTH.

>> GOOD EVENING, AUDRA, ENNIS, TEXAS REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER. THE ARCHITECT AND THE CIVIL ENGINEER HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THEY DID A THOROUGH JOB AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU. DOING THIS FOR 2.5 YEARS. LONG ENOUGH THAT STAFF

HAS TURNED OVER. IS THERE -- >> IS THERE A PRESENTATION?

>> ONLY IF WE NEED IT. WE HAVE SOME SLIDES IF WE NEED TO DO A

SHOW AND TELL. >> WHO WANTS TO KICK US OFF? I WILL PRESENT THE QUESTION ASKED BY THE RESIDENT, ARE THESE GOING

TO BE FOR RENT? >> TOWNHOMES WILL BE CONDOS, APARTMENTS WERE GOING TO BE EXACTLY THAT, APARTMENTS.

INAUDIBLE ] >>

>> IT WOULD BE UNDER A CONDO ASSOCIATION, WE WOULD PREFER THEM TO BE APARTMENTS, BUT IF THAT IS WHAT THE WISH OF THE COUNCIL , THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO.

>> MY QUESTION IS LEGAL TESTING, THIS WHOLE RENTAL CONVERSATION GOES BACK TO 2014. COUNCIL HAVING MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGAL. I WOULD LOVE TO DO THIS, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CANNOT LEGALLY BOUND RENTALS AS OWNERSHIP EITHER IN HOMES OR TOWNHOMES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. IF THAT IS WRONG, I AM REALLY EXCITED TO GET INTO A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT THAT.

PROVISION. WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION?

>> THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, TO BAN RENTALS. THAT IS NOT

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SOMETHING I WOULD SUGGEST DOING. >> OTHER CITIES DOING THAT ?

>> THEY PROBABLY ARE BUT I WOULD NOT SUGGEST IT. I THINK THE RESIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN, THAT CONDO SECTION, CAN BE APARTMENTS , AS HE USE TO BE APARTMENTS OR DUPLEXES, OR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLINGS , THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO FOR THE CONDO PORTION, FOR MIXED-USE, THE USE FOR APARTMENTS. NOTHING FOR TOWNHOMES. THAT IS NOT WHAT

STAFF BROUGHT. >> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

VERTICAL MIXED-USE. TALKING THE TOWNHOME PROPORTION. THE ABILITY TO BE BROUGHT INTO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. EVEN IF THEY ARE PRIVATELY OWNED, PRIVATE OWNERSHIP CAN BE BOUGHT OUT OVER TIME. WHICH HAS HAPPENED AND CAN HAPPEN. I WILL LEAVE ALONE.

>> IF YOU FORBID SOMEONE FROM USING THE PROPERTY , I DO NOT

SEE HOW WE COULD DO THAT. >> I AGREE WITH, FROM MRS. HEALY, SHE IS CITING CORPORATE MASS OWNERSHIP AND THERE WAS A SIDE ARGUMENT, CORPORATE CAN TAKE BETTER CARE, OVER TIME, OF ALL THE FACILITIES UNDER ONE HEADING. I GUESS THAT IS THE OTHER CONCERT AND WILL LET THE REST OF THE COUNCIL SPEAK.

>> THE TOWNHOME PORTIONS WILL BE IN THE CONDO ASSOCIATION? JUST FOR MY OWN PURPOSES, DO YOU MIND CLARIFYING ON THE MAP, THIS

PICTURE, IN THE GRAY? >> YOUR TOWNHOMES ARE EVERYTHING

NOT IN THE PINK. >> PINK IS THE VERTICAL

MIXED-USE ? >> CORRECT.

>> QUESTIONS? >> MY CONCERN IS THE DENSITY ON THE RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A 10.48 ACRE TRACT, THAT IS PROPOSED DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OF 12, I WAS HOPING TO SEE SOMETHING MORE AROUND TEN, ON A PROJECT BLENDING TOWNHOMES AND RENTAL UNITS, THAT WOULD DROP IT DOWN TO 103 UNITS. TO ME, A LOT MORE PALATABLE, LOCATION, AS WE STEP INTO THIS WORLD. TWELVE GETS INTO THE OVERALL DENSITY OF A SMALL APARTMENT COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON THE ROUGH ACREAGE, 20 UNITS, VERTICAL MIXED-USE PERSON, YOU HAVE THAT TEN ACROSS THE WHOLE PROJECT. IT HAS -- IT IS A GREAT LAYOUT, TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE UNITS, PROBABLY TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. BUT, I THINK IT IS A LITTLE TOO DENSE FOR ME. EVEN WITH THE TOWNHOME SIDE OF THINGS, WE HAVE TOWNHOMES YOU CONTROL ROCKET FROM HERE, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE OWNED BY INDIVIDUAL OWNERS, I AM NOT CONVINCED WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGULATE THAT AND WIN IN COURT THAT YOU CANNOT LONG-TERM RENT A SINGLE-FAMILY PRODUCT. I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WILL BE A PRUDENT EXPENDITURE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.

THAT IS A COUNCIL DECISION. >> TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS ?

>> 21. >> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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ANNA? >> YOU SAID YOU WORKED ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME, COME TALK TO US, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT THIS IN TWO YEARS. I HAVE BEEN EXCITED TO SEE MORE VERTICAL MIXED-USE IN THIS TOWN. I AM NOT A FAN OF THE REST, SPECIFICALLY IN THIS AREA BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING USES AND SO MUCH CONGESTION. I DO LIKE THE VERTICAL MIXED-USE.

HOWEVER THIS HAPPENS , I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO US.

>> MAY I RESPOND ? BEING FROM A MILITARY FAMILY I HAVE DONE THINGS TO CHAIN OF COMMAND, WE START WITH STAFF , SEND A NOTIFICATION, I WRONGLY ASSUMED CONTINUING AT PNZ , THE COUNCIL WOULD ALSO SHIFT. THAT PUT A DAMPER WITH VISITING WITH YOU ONE ON ONE THROUGH EVERYTHING. I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU GOT MY EMAIL FROM THURSDAY BUT I WAS IN A PANIC. WE WERE INVOLVED AS FAR AS WATCHING AND COMMENTING. WE ATTENDED SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS.

WATCHED SOME OF THE WORK SESSIONS. JUST WAITING FOR OUR

TURN. >> YOU ARE AWARED OF THE PERCENTAGES WE LOOK AT FOR MIXED-USE AND MULTI FAMILY? SPEAK RIGHT. THIS SITE HAS SO MUCH ENGINEERING WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. SO MANY EASEMENTS AND THINGS RUNNING ACROSS THIS , UNTIL WE GET OUT AND CLEARING , WE WILL NOT KNOW WHAT IS IN THE GROUND. WE HAVE GONE 10 FEET AND FOUND TOILETS. I DON'T KNOW WHY. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO FIND UNTIL YOU START DEVELOPING. THIS WILL BE AN INTENSE, COSTLY ENDEAVOR.

>> THE MIXED-USE, BEING RETAIL ON THE FRONT, THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM MAIN ACROSS THE BUILDINGS AND SIGNAGE WILL BE ON MAIN.

>> YES. >> THANK YOU.

>> IS THERE A PHASING PLAN, OR ONE?

>> ON THE TOWNHOUSE PORTION, WE WILL START ON EAST RIDGE, THE TREES, BUFFERING DONE, AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL START ON THE LARGER BUILDING. THE PINK ONE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER. WE DON'T HAVE THE SITE PLAN YET FOR THE COMMUNITY RETAIL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE ALONG THE STREETS DONE.

>> THE REASON WE START ON THE SMALLER BUILDING, HALF OF THE BUILDING WILL BE OUR LEASING, HALF WILL BE FOR US AND HAVE RETAIL, LARGER BUILDING WITH RETAIL AND PARKING GARAGES ON THE BACKSIDE, I WANTED TO TOUCH QUICKLY ON COUNCILMAN'S WEAVER'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE DENSITY, WORKING ON SITE PLANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS TOWNHOME DENSITY OF 12 IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AVERAGE . I HAVE DONE DENSITIES FROM 10 TO 15 . THREE-STORY MIXED-USE LIKE THIS TENDS TO BE 25+ ON THE DENSITY. FROM A TOUR DENSITY STANDPOINT, PERSONALLY, WE ARE ON THE LOW END ON BOTH PRODUCT TYPES.

>> QUESTION FOR MARY. GO AHEAD. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WAY OUR COMP PLAN USED TO READ AND THE WAY OUR NEW CHART READS, IN THE OLD PROGRAM, A 10% ON THE INNER LOOP, THOSE THAT PERCENTILE STILL EXIST IN THE NEW COMP PLAN, PERCENTILE PLAN

OF THRESHOLD? >> WE TOOK OUT THE 10% WITHIN

THE LOOP. >> WE HAD RA DECIDED , WITHIN THE LOOP, PUSHING AROUND 18%+, RIGHT? CITYWIDE, ABOVE 10%, 14%?

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>> WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, DISCUSSED AREAS WHERE DENSITY MAKES SENSE. I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW MODULE HAVING THE VERTICAL MIXED-USE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE AREAS WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY IN

PLACE . >> I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH VERTICAL MIXED-USE. LOWER PERCENTILE OF VOLUME AREA IS THE PROJECT. SO, I AM ASSUMING, SINCE THIS IS A RE-ZONE, THIS WILL -- WE WOULD BE RE-ZONING OF AND AND ABOVE, THIS WAS ONCE AGAIN -- COMP PLANS MAKING ROOM AND ABILITY FOR IT, SURCHARGING, HOW WE GOT FROM 10% TO 14% , 18% IN THE INNER LOOP, WE CONTINUED TO KEEP ADDING THAT. HAS ANYBODY DONE THE CALCULATION ON WHAT THIS WILL DO TO ADD ON TO THE 18% IN THE INNER LOOP?

>> WE ARE NOT U -- USING THE OLD COMP PLAN.

>> THAT OLD CALCULATION , THROUGHOUT THESE TABLES AND FORMATS, SPREADSHEETS, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IT WOULD MAKE SINCE,

IN TWO YEARS -- >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM , I WILL DO SOME CALCULATIONS ON IT. I DO NOT WANT TO GUESS AT WHAT THE PERCENTAGES WOULD BE.

>> I DID NOT KNOW IF STAFF DID A PERCENTAGE TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD

ADD TO THE 18%. >> I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A

BRIEF EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> NO, STAFF WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT, BECAUSE THE NEW CARPETS OF PLAN, ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY -- COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TO SINGLE-FAMILY -- CLASSIFICATIONS. WHICH IS WHAT COUNCIL DIRECTED THEM TO DO. I WELCOME YOUR QUESTION AND SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO ASK IT, BUT A VALID REASON WHY STAFF WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT IN

ANTICIPATION OF THIS MEETING. >> CONCERN, AND HYPER FOCUS ON SUCH A PRESENT TO DOUBLE PRESENT THE KNOWING FRISCO, STARTED OUT AS 23%, 24%, CAME BACK AND SAID , WE NEED TO PUT A HOLD ON THIS.

WE ARE SEEING 18% ON THE INNER LOOP, NOT A FAR STRETCH, FRISO IN THE INNER LOOP, I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT IS WHAT OUR CITIZENS

WANT US TO TURN INTO. >> I DO NOT THINK IT IS TRYING TO TURN INTO FRISCO OR PLANO, THERE IS A LOT OF AVAILABLE LAND IN THE INNER LOOP, I THINK, AS IT RELATES TO THE ENTIRE 64 SQUARE MILES, THE ROADWAY, SEWER AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRIC LINE CAPACITY, THAT IS WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE MORE INFILL DEVELOPMENT TO PROTECT THE OUTER AREAS. OUT OF WITH MUCH LESS DENSITY -- INAUDIBLE ] TO PROTECT THE RURAL CROSS-SECTIONS, THE FURTHER YOU GO, --

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>> WE WILL PAUSE AND PICK UP AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET SOME LEGAL CLARIFICATION . THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AND THIS WILL BE ITEM 1 ON THE AGENDA, 551.071 (2) CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.

>> 7:23 P.M. AND COUNCIL IS BACK IN SESSION, COUNCIL RESUMES CONVERSATION , YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON?

>> MY CONCERNS GO BACK TO THE DENSITY. I RESPECT WHAT THE APPLICANT SAID, THIS IS IN THE MIDPOINT OF THE RANGE, BUT TO COUNCILMAN ROGER'S POINT , MAKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT MAY OR MAY NOT LOOK LIKE. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE TAKING LAND THAT LOOSELY IS OWNED WITH A SITE DIAGRAM. LOCAL USE COMMERCIAL , POSSIBLY A SMIDGE OF HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, IS DEFINED KIND OF. INDUSTRIAL. AND REPLACING IT WITH ALL RESIDENTIAL AND SOME RETAIL. I LOVE THE VERTICAL MIXED-USE CONCEPT. I AM EXCITED TO SEE THE GENESIS IN MIDLOTHIAN . I FEEL LIKE THE TOWNHOME PORTION IS TOO DENSE, TOWNHOMES CAN OR CANNOT BE CONDOIZED, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE SINGLE LOT, AN OWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT HELPS . THE LAND IS OWNED, A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FEEL. SO, FOR ME, IT CHECKS SOME BOXES, BUT LEAVES ME WANTING IN SOME AREAS AS WELL.

>> THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD DROP THE TOWNHOME DENSITY TO TEN

UNITS. >> THAT IS WHERE IT WAS.

>> IT WAS MORE. >> SHOWING, 64267 ACRES OF

TOWNHOME -- 10.2 , TWO-TENTHS. >> I HAVE MY ENGINEER LOOKING.

IT DOES INCLUDE THE COMMON AREA.

>> THE ACRE AND A HALF OF COMMON AREA. IF WE DO THE MATH, 10 DUA.

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64 UNITS ON 6.2 ACRES. >> WE COULD DROP IT TO EIGHT?

>> I WAS LOOKING AT THE OVERALL. GET THAT KIND OF BLEND, GIVE LATER DENSITY INTO THE VERTICAL MIXED-USE. THE TOWNHOME MAY BE MORE OPEN SPACE. MAYBE MORE USABLE. THAT IS MY FEELING ON IT. THERE ARE SOME TOWNHOMES THAT ARE NEARBY. I DO NOT THINK ANYBODY IS TOTALLY SATISFIED. THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE RESERVATION. MAYBE WE WANT TO LEARN SOME LESSONS FROM PAST.

>> WE WERE ASKED TO DO SOME THINGS BY PNZ, IF WE ARE ASKED FOR THINGS TO DO BY COUNCIL, WE CAN ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE .

>> I WOULD WANT TO SEE TOWNHOMES VERSUS MULTI FAMILY, LIKE TO SEE MIXED USE, WOULD NOT MATTER IF THAT WAS A LONG EAST RIDGE DRIVE, I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO UTILIZE THE ELEVATION INAUDIBLE ] IF THERE IS A WAY FOR VISIBILITY FROM MAIN STREET TO DRAW FOLKS FOR MORE VERTICAL MIXED-USE, COMING ACROSS TO THE EAST , ON THE SOUTH SIDE , TO WHERE HE COULD BE SEEN. I FELT THE MOVEMENT WITHIN OUR COMP PLAN, THE CHARTS AND SPREADSHEETS, ALL THESE NUMBERS, WERE PROMOTING THE VERTICAL MIXED-USE WHICH WOULD GREAT DESTINATION POINT TRAFFIC. WHILE ALLOWING -- IT IS A FORM OF MULTIFAMILY ON TOP OF THE VERTICAL MIXED-USE. THAT IS WHERE I AM HEADING. AS WE PROMOTED EARLIER IN THE CONVERSATION, LESS HEIGHT AND MORE DESTINATION TRAFFIC PRESENTATION AND GENEROUS TO

THOSE OTHER NEEDS. >> ON THE EAST SIDE , WE DO HAVE ISSUES , SOME FLOODPLAIN, THE BLUE IS WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN IS, WE HAVE TO PUT IT BEHIND THEIR BUT IT HAS TO BE TALLER BECAUSE

THERE IS QUITE A DROP FROM MAIN. >> I GUESS, IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED EARLIER , I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS WISE TO WORK THROUGH THIS. I SEE THIS AS WORKABLE , BUT NOT THE PLAN PRESENTED. NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING TAXATION CHANGES QUICKLY

TONIGHT. >> I UNDERSTAND, WITH IT BEING SO CLOSE TO PNZ ,

>> WE ARE CLOSE, ANYBODY WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN TO YOUR FEEDBACK SO THEY HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. TO GET POTENTIAL TO BRING THIS BACK BEFORE US. I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN WEAVER. I WOULD APPRECIATE THE IDEA, POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE MIXED-USE , AND MINIMIZE TOWNHOMES. THAT IS MY FEEDBACK.

OTHER THAN THAT , I THINK IT IS FAIRLY CLOSE.

>> I AM THE SAME WAY. YOU KNOW, THE DESTINATION ASPECT, WHAT PEOPLE COME HERE FOR, AND PROVIDE, I DO HAVE A CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE DENSITY OF WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE THE LOOP. I DO THINK WE CAN WORK SOMETHING. MOTION?

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE. TO TABLE OR

CONTINUE TO A LATER DATE? >> CONTINUE TO A LATER DATE.

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>> A MONTH, TWO WEEKS? >> MY ARCHITECT SAYS ONE MONTH.

>> OCTOBER 14TH? 21ST? THE MOTION WOULD NEED TO REFLECT

OCTOBER 21ST. >> I MOTION WE DO THAT.

>> 28TH. I AM SORRY. >> I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE

THE 28TH, MY TEAM. >> WE CAN DO THE 14TH. THEY WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON FEEDBACK.

>> WHAT IS THE DATE ? >> ONLY ONE MEETING IN NOVEMBER.

>> 11TH. >> MY DAUGHTER IS HAVING SURGERY

AT THE END OF OCTOBER . >> TABLING?

>> CONTINUING UNTIL NOVEMBER 11TH.

>> MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS CASE UNTIL NOVEMBER 11TH. SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE. IT PASSES, 6-0, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING, WE WILL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE.

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>> THANK YOU . >> 2025-3015, -- 2025-315, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN ZONING ORDINANCE BY ADDING SECTION 4, SUBSECTION 5.214 "CRITERIA FOR RETAIL STORES FOR TOBACCO, E-CIGARETTES, VAPING, AND CBD OIL OR HEMP-BASED PRODUCTS," AMENDING SECTION 2.04 "USE TABLE" TO REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SUCH USES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS AND AMENDING SECTION 100.100 "GENERAL DEFINITIONS" TO

ADD RELATED DEFINITIONS. MARY? >> WE CURRENTLY PUT TOBACCO AND VAPING AND CBD SHOPS UNDER SPECIALTY SHOPS IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT STORES IN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN . WE WANTED TO OFFER OPTIONS TO REGULATE THESE TYPES OF USES USING PROXIMITY CRITERIA. WE BENCHMARKED OTHER CITIES AND REVIEWED REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DISCUSSED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND STATEWIDE THROUGH GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER. MOST LARGE CITIES TREAT THESE TYPES OF STORES THE SAME AS ANY RETAIL STORE. CITIES THAT ARE MITIGATING , A NUMBER OF THE STORES, CLEBURNE, SACHSE, THEY LIMIT THESE USES TO COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS. SPECIFICALLY , MANSFIELD, THEY HAVE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS TO SCHOOLS AND YOU CAN LIMIT THE AREA DEDICATED TO SALES, MANSFIELD AND CLEBURNE A 1000 FEET FROM CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, DAY CARE, WHEN LOOKING AT THE COURT ORDERS, WE LOOKED AT WHERE THE PARKS ARE CLUSTERED AND WHERE OTHER TYPES OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES ARE LOCATED. SO, THE ORDINANCE CHANGES BEING PROPOSED , RATHER THAN ALLOWING THEM AND MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, SPECIALTY SHOPS, MORE CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE TREAT PACKAGE STORES FOR ALCOHOL SALES. IT WOULD REQUIRE AN SEP FOR TOBACCO STORES, CRC, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, IF IT IS A CBD STORE, SUP, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, A COMBINATION, TOBACCO , CBD , INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS. THERE ARE ALLOWANCES FOR PHARMACIES WHERE IT IS PRESCRIBED. AND , FOR SOME OF THE OTHER TYPES OF STORES THAT PRIMARILY SO VAPING PRODUCTS AS A SUBCATEGORY CONSISTENT WITH

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>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK ?

>> LISA HEALY. >> I AND WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE. I THINK IT IS GREAT. I THINK COUNCILMAN RODGERS FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF STAFF AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF DOING THE RESEARCH AND TURNING THIS AROUND SO QUICKLY. AND BEING SO THOROUGH ON IT. I APPRECIATE PNZ APPROVING IT , THE 1000 FEET A MINUTE. I THINK THIS WILL BE PROTECTING THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF MIDLOTHIAN . IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE BY CHANGING THE ORDINANCE. THANK

YOU . >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .

I HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE 1000 FEET. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST. NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER. PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 6-0. REGARDING THE 1000 FOOT RESTRICTION, DOES THAT INCLUDE 1000 FEET FROM ANOTHER

STORE? >> YES.

>> CHILDREN'S GATHERING SPACES AND OTHER STORES?

>> MY QUESTION IS WITH LOGISTICS REGARDING THE 1000 FEET. WE HAVE A STREET HERE AND THE SHOPPING CENTER HERE, YOU DO IT FROM FRONT DOOR TO FRONT OR BACK DOOR OVER? IF IT IS 1013 FEET, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A CHURCH .

>> ALCOHOL, YOU ARE REFERENCING THE CONVOLUTED MEASURING CRITERIA , FOR ALCOHOL. THIS IS THE PROPERTY LINE. THE MEASUREMENT CRITERIA IS -- THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS I PASTOR A CHURCH IN NORTH DALLAS. ALCOHOL ISSUE , THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES IT FROM FRONT DOOR TO FRONT DOOR.

>> ANNA? >> I KNOW IN HERE IS THE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES , IS THAT THING CHANGED?

>> NO, MY ONLY REFERENCE IT BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT DEFINITIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE CONSISTENT. TO CREATE ENFORCEMENT -- NOT CREATE PROBLEMS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT

OFFICERS. >> YOU SAID PROPERTY LINE TO

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WILL MEASURE THAT. >> IN THE ORDINANCE, UNDER SECTION 2B, AND THE NEAREST PORT ON THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE LATTER PARCEL IS LOCATED TO THE NEAREST POINT OF THE PROPERTY LINE WHERE A NEW USE IS COVERED BY THE SECTION, THEY HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION PRIMARILY FOR TXDOT RIGHT-OF-WAY , IT IS THE FIRST ONE. THEN, THREE, -- SPIRIT ANYTHING ZONED --

>> THAT PERTAINS TO ZONING. FOUR PERTAINS TO PARKS. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE MEASUREMENT CRITERIA THAT WOULD BE USED.

>> SO, WHAT THIS WILL DO, CREATE IT, UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE BACK OF EAST GATE, THERE IS NOT A TANGIBLE SPOT TO OPEN ?

>> IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE IT LESS RESTRICTIVE, WE CAN DO THAT, IF THAT POINT IN THE FUTURE, THE LAW IS CHANGED AND YOU WANT TO MAKE IT LESS RESTRICTIVE OR MORE RESTRICTIVE, WE COULD REVISIT IT.

>> THE READING -- THIS WOULD RULE OUT ALMOST 100% OF EAST GATE. OKAY.

>> RIGHT, IF I AM ONE OF THE EIGHT, I AM ADVOCATING FOR THIS.

IT WILL ELIMINATE ANY COMPETITION.

>> I WANT TO CONFIRM WITHIN THE CRITERIA, I WOULD ASSUME FOR AN SUP, THESE STORES, WILL THEY BE ALLOWED IN MEDIUM OR HEAVY

INDUSTRIAL AREAS ? >> WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT,

YES, SIR. >> USAGES OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS , TATTOO STORES, SOME OF THOSE WERE GRANDFATHERED IN, SOME WERE DISASTROUS , WHEN YOU HAVE TRUCKS COMING AND GOING, 15, 20 TRUCKLOADS OF WOOD PER WEEK, AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES , IT IS NOT A GOOD MIX, IT BAFFLES ME THAT WE DON'T ALLOW THIS MIX ANYWHERE IN OUR CITY, BUT USAGES THAT POPULATION MIX, THROW IT OUT AT A MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL PARK. WE ARE THROWING RETAIL TRAFFIC IN THAT DOES NOT THINK WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH BIG, HEAVY TRUCKS, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I INVITE THE COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT BALANCE THIS AS A PROPERTY OWNER. I REALIZE WE CAN DO THAT SUP.

>> WE HAVE THE LEGAL ABILITY TO CALL OUT CERTAIN ZONING

DISTRICTS? >> OKAY, I DO NOT KNOW, WE HAVE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I GUESS YOU COULD TAKE THE SUP OFF

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN EXECUTIVE SESSION .

>> WE WILL GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM LEGAL. CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO -- -- . MARY, WOULD YOU JOIN US HERE, PLEASE?

>> 7:54 , COUNCIL IS BACK , CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS .

>> MOTION. >> DISCUSSION?

>> AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 6-0. 1000 FEET, IS THAT YOUR MOTION. THANK

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CORPORATION. >> THEY HAVE TURNED THEIR EYE INTO THAT DIRECTION AND WANTED TO REFRESH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE , I CANNOT FIND ANY BIG REFRESHES GOING ON. WE SENT OUT A REQUEST, WE HAD THREE RESPONDENTS, OUR AUGUST 28 MEETING, WANT TO WORK THAT IN THE AMOUNT OF $469,000. I BELIEVE WE HAVE -- AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE WILL TAKE THAT OUTSIDE BACK PATIO, AND DO SOME LANDSCAPING, RIVER ROCKS, DIFFERENT AREAS WILL GET INDUSTRIALIZED FURNITURE, IT WILL TAKE MORE WEAR AND TEAR.

THAT IS OUR UPSTAIRS GALLERY. WAY MORE SEATING AREAS. WILL GO INTO THE UPSTAIRS , STAIRS GOING UP, LARGER ARTWORK, UPDATE IT AND MAKE IT NICER, NEW SIGNAGE, THIS IS ALL OUTSIDE. SIGNAGE FROM THE OUTSIDE FRONT ENTRYWAY, PHOTO FOR REFERENCE OF WHAT THE OUTDOOR IS LIKE, GREAT FOR SMALL FAMILY EVENTS, SMALL WEDDINGS.

CARPET, I AM SORRY, WALLPAPER AND PAINT. ALSO ON THE SECOND FLOOR. HERE ARE THE COLOR PALLETS. CARPET. FOR THE STAIRS,

THAT IS JUST FOR REFERENCE. >> THANK YOU, MELISSA .

QUESTIONS FOR MELISSA OR STAFF? >> LOOKING THROUGH THE SUMMARY

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CARPET. >>

CARPET? >> NO, --

>> IT IS STAIRS. YOUR MOST IMPORTANT AREA FOR CARPET.

>> THINK THEY COULD DO IT FOR THAT PRICE.

>> DO WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION ? TAKING THE MIDPOINT, IT IS SO WIDELY THE EMERGENT. -- DIVERGENT.

>> I THINK WHAT WAS PRESENTED IS THIS DOES HAVE A LONGER LIFE.

SEATS, HOW MANY SEATS? THIS IS LONGER LIFE. IT IS THE STAIRWELL, CANNOT JUST GET THE PANELS. IT HAS TO BE -- YEAH.

>> THAT JUMPED OUT MOST, WHY THE VARIANCE , OTHER THAN THE ARTWORK? VERSUS 40 OR 10. WE ARE FANCY, BUT I DO NOT KNOW IF $185,000 WORTH OR ARTWORK. THAT WAS MY MAIN QUESTIONS .

>> IF APPROVED, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE?

>> NOVEMBER 5TH, WE HAVE A WALK-THROUGH ON OCTOBER 1ST, IF APPROVED , TO DEVELOP THE CONTRACT.

>> ONE OF THE QUESTION I FORGOT TO ASK WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE

REFRESH? >> THE GOAL OF THE REFRESH IS TO REMODEL THE BUILDING AND GET IT MORE UP-TO-DATE. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CONTINUING THIS AND DOING OTHER ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE INTO 2025 AS OPPOSED TO 2002, BENCHMARKS, HAVE NOT BROUGHT ANY. LOOKING AT MORE RENTABLE SPACE, PRIMROSE ROOM WILL BE A BETTER AREA FROM OUTSIDE AREA WILL BE RENTABLE SPACE, BENCHMARKS THAT WE CAN TRACK. CUSTOMER SERVICE, WE CAN DO SOME SURVEYS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT.

>> THIS IS A USABLE FEATURE. TO PROVIDE AN AFFORDABLE -- INAUDIBLE ] HISTORICALLY, I HAVE NOT SEEN A LETTER FROM CONFERENCES. AND FORUMS, SO, THAT WAS MY HOPE, WE ARE INVESTING HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER FUNDS WHETHER INCREASING RENTABLE SPACE, BUSINESS TYPE EVENTS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US INVEST IN THIS RESOURCE. WHAT IS THE ROI? NOT FROM A DOLLARS AND CENTS STANDPOINT BUT HOW DOES THIS MOVE THE NEEDLE?

>> I UNDERSTAND . >> CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG , RECENT NEW OWNERSHIP OF THE HOTEL AND BUYOUT, CONVERSATIONS

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HOTEL OWNERSHIP. >> THAT IS CORRECT, WE HAVE %-Ú AND THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED. THEY WANT TO INCREASE INAUDIBLE ] WE WANT MORE USES OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER. YES , THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS FACILITY.

>> THEY ARE MAKING SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN THEIR OWN

FACILITY. >> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, TO -- IT WILL NOT INVOLVE THE BALLROOMS?

>> WITHIN THE GALLEYS, ENTRYWAYS . WE WILL NOT BE GOING TO ANY OF

THE >>ROOMS THEMSELVES. I DO NOT

KNOW IF IT NEEDS ANY -- >> YES.

>> WE PUT IT IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL TO PAINT THE ENTIRE INTERIOR OF

THE BUILDING. >> THE OTHER QUESTION, OBVIOUSLY, MR. WEAVER SAID THE WORD AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, DO WE HAVE PLANS OR STRATEGIES TO KNOW THEY CAN COME HERE, THIS IS A GOOD CONFERENCE CENTER AREA THAT WE NEED MORE HOTELS, IS

THAT IN THE STRATEGY? >> THERE IS ALREADY, DIANA DOES MARKETING AND SHE HAS BEEN UPDATING MARKETING, SINCE WE MET WITH THE HOTEL, TWO WEEKS AGO, DIANE HAS HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER AND WE ARE GETTING SOME SYNERGY, GETTING NOTICES OUT. MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER TO COMBINE PACKAGES. TO DO RATE CODES, FOR TOURNAMENTS, WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM AND NOT GONE ANYWHERE.

SHORT CONVERSATIONS, I CAN MAKE THIS, WE DO IT ALL THE TIME, WE ARE ALREADY MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR EACH ENTITY WHERE WE CAN BRING PEOPLE IN AND JOIN THAT TO WHERE WE CAN GET MULTI-DAY CONFERENCES AND WE LOOK AT A MARKETING STUDY TO FIND OUT WHERE WE SHOULD BE, HOW TO BEST PROMOTE THE CONFERENCE CENTER. WE ARE LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF PROMOTIONS. TO REALLY DRAW SOME ATTENTION TO USE THAT SPACE IN THE BACK THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WASTED SPACE TO PROGRAM THAT IT TURN AROUND AND DO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.

TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> ONE MORE COMMENT, WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING ABOUT HOW FOLKS WILL FIND OUT ABOUT THIS, THE ADDITIONS AND THE HOTEL, THIS ROLLS RIGHT INTO THE CVB, AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND HOW IT PROMOTES ACTIVITIES , WHY I AM EXCITED, THE SOONER WE GET THIS GOING, IT WILL HELP PROMOTE THIS.

>> OUR COMMUNICATIONS , THEY ARE VIDEOING AND PHOTOGRAPHING THE CONFERENCE AND TO TRY TO GET THAT OUT AND SHARE THAT WITH THE CITY. SOME GRAND OPENING FOR THE CITIZENS THEMSELVES.

>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK THIS WILL BE REALLY GREAT.

TO ECHO WHAT SOMEBODY SHARED ABOUT THIS FACILITY BEING FOR THE RESIDENTS, I THINK, AS WE DO THIS REFRESH, AS WE MAKE THE

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DOLLARS TO BUILD? >> THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION OF A RATE INCREASE. THEY'LL LESS EXPENSIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THEN ON THE WEEKEND AND IN PRIME TIME. IF DIANA IS LOOKING WE HAVE COST INCREASES, THAT IS WHERE THAT COMES IN. AS WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ON THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, REVENUES AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LOOKING AT THAT, ONE OF OUR BIG INCREASES IS THAT HAS GONE UP A GREAT DEAL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT HAS BEEN A BIG COST. WHEN WE DO THIS, IT ALL GOES THROUGH THOSE RATE INCREASES AND THROUGH FINANCE , AND BACK TO YOU. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE.

AT THIS POINT, THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION OF ANY KIND OF RATE

INCREASE. >> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE, AS WE INVEST MORE AND MORE HEAVILY INTO MAKING THIS A PRIME SPOT AND TO RENT OUT, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN APPROACH, AS THOSE CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE, LIKE WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR PARKS FACILITIES, WHERE WE FIND WAYS TO ALLOW USE IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT. FOR RESIDENTS OR FOR ORGANIZATION USE, AND WE TRY TO BALANCE THAT OUT OUTSIDE TRAFFIC IN THE SAME APPROACH WE HAVE TAKEN WHERE RESIDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY , MAYBE NOT AT SUCH A HIGH PREMIUM. AS YOU GET TO THE

CHALLENGES, THAT IS SOMETHING. >> ANYBODY MAKE A MOTION ?

>> MOTION MADE BY MYSELF AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN

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>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS AN ACTION THAT STARTED IN 2023 WHEN THE COUNCIL THAT ENABLED NECESSARY TO THIS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THESE BONDS,

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>> I WILL MAKE NOTE, IF YOU DESIRE TO MAKE A MOTION , THERE IS A DESIRED MOTION IN THE PACKET. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WILL MAKE A MOTION. AND MOVE TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 2 OF UNLIMITED TAX ROAD BONDS, SERIES

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RETENTION OF PRIMARY JOBS. >> THIS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WAS PRESENTED, RETENTION UPON COUNCIL APPROVAL, THE PROGRAM, ASSOCIATED EXPENDITURES . IT IS FOR A NEW FACILITY THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE LOGISTICS PARK, A SITE ZONED FOR THEIR INTENDED USE OF THE FACILITY, THIS WOULD BE A FACILITY THAT WOULD HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PROSPECTIVE SIZE IT HAS. NEGATIVE IMPACT WHEN WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC THAT IS GENERATED FROM THIS FACILITY. OUTLINED IN THE AGREEMENT, 196 FULL-TIME JOBS AND WILL CARRY A MINIMUM TAX VALUE, IT GROWS TO $132 MILLION , SIGNIFICANT FOR A FACILITY OF THIS SIZE. THE AGREEMENT LAYS OUT SPECIFIC MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO QUALIFY FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT GRANTS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND THIS AGREEMENT ALSO , IN ADDITION TO OUR STANDARD, PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE , SPECIFIC WAYS OF PARTICIPATING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AT A WAY TO PARTNER AND ADD ADDITIONAL BENEFIT. IF THEY ARE COMPLIANT, THEY WILL QUALIFYING FOR A SERIES OF GRANTS , THE FIRST ONE BEING AN OPERATIONAL GRANT. THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE IF THEY CONTINUED TO MEET THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. ULTIMATELY, THIS FACILITY IS ONE TO BE CONSTRUCTED, TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS , THAT I MAY BE ABLE

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TO ANSWER. >> SO, ARTICLE 2 , SECTION 24, YOU HAVE A CHART THAT SAYS, MINIMUM ANNUAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA, NOT EITHER OR? THEY HAVE TO MEET EVERY BENCHMARK?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> YOU WOULD PRESUME THAT THAT

IS ABLE TO BE TAXED. >> THE TAXABLE VALUE IS INCLUSIVE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND INVENTORY.

>> WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES , ESPECIALLY IN PRODUCTS , IF THEY WERE TO CHANGE THE LAW, IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE VALUE AND PRECLUDE THEM FROM MEETING THE

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS? >> THAT IS RIGHT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. MAKE A MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. PLEASE, VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 6-0. 2025-319, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON

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FOR A DESIGN OVERLAY FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

>> THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU STEMMING FROM THE BUDGET PROCESS, THIS IS CONTINUING THE CONTRACT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WITH THE ZONING, REDO, THIS IS PARLAYING THE DOWNTOWN DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND PROCEEDING ON AND WE WILL EXPAND THE SCOPE AND THE TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, BECAUSE , I DO NOT KNOW IF WE WOULD PUT A HIATUS, BUT WHY WE TACKLE THIS

DOWNTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT. >> MY DESIRE IS TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS DOES NOT ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE DETAILS. TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT ON IT. THIS WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION ON HOW COMMUNITY SUBCOMMITTEES WILL EMPOWER THE CITIZENS TO HAVE A VOICE. THAT PICKUP, THAT LACK OF INFORMATION

>> BRENT MORRIS. >> COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME, WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY.

>> BRENT MORRIS, I DO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF MIDLOTHIAN .

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOCUS GROUPS , THAT THERE IS A MECHANISM FOR ORDERS TO BE ADDED TO EMAILS, NOTIFYING US OF DATES OF WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN. THAT IS MY MAIN THING. A LITTLE PREMATURE, WHEN A STAKEHOLDER OF ADJACENT PROPERTY IS AFFECTED BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BEING TAKEN OVER, THERE IS SOME WAY THAT PARKING IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE HOUSE TO APPLY FOR A RESIDENT ONLY PARKING, WE ARE NOT AFFECTED BY OVERFLOW PARKING FROM A BUSINESS THAT OPENS UP NEXT DOOR WERE DOWN THE STREET.

>> THANK YOU, I AM SURE THOSE OF THE DETAILS WE WILL DIVE INTO.

TAMMY, OTHER SPEAKERS? WE MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS FROM THE

COUNCIL. >> AT WHAT POINT IN TIME, I SEE THIS AS AN ATTACHMENT TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN DOWNTOWN. AT WHAT TIME DO WE ATTACH THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY WITH THE DISCUSSION ? WHICH I VIEW -- IT WILL BE AN EXTENSION AND INCLUSION OF RULES AND APPLICATIONS WITHIN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE PROCESSES , OLD TOWN OVERLAY WILL ATTACH .

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>> I BELIEVE THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY .

>> THIS IS THE PORTION THAT ROSS AND CLARK WORKED ON FOR SO LONG, RULES AND ORDINANCES. I GUESS, THE REASON I MENTION THAT, IT TALKS ABOUT THE ENTER INTO A DESIGN OVERLAY FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. I VIEW THE OLD TOWN AS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE MECHANISM FROM THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND I DO NOT WANT TO CONFUSE THAT THE OLD TOWN IS A PROPORTIONALITY OF OLD TOWN, OLDTOWN IS A

PROPORTIONALITY OF DOWNTOWN. >> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ROSS, DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE

ON THE BOUNDARIES ? >> AS MUCH AS I WANT STATE DOWNTOWN AND OLDTOWN, RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT , WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT REGIONS INSIDE OF DOWNTOWN EXPANSION OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS -- 67 ALONG THE 8TH AND 9TH STREET CORRIDOR AND MAIN STREET CORRIDOR, RESIDENTIAL WITH HIS SOUTH OF MAIN STREET, SCOUT CABIN, THAT IS -- IF YOU GO TO THE OLDTOWN MAP OF MIDLOTHIAN , THE BEST WAYS TO DEFINE IT, THE WHOLE REGION, THAT WAS THE OLD TOWN WHEN THE TOWN WAS INCORPORATED. SO, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, DOES NOT MEAN THERE A SPECIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SUBAREAS WITHIN THAT. WE DO NOT DEFINE THE BOX BY KIMBALL PARK -- DESIGN THE REST OF IT DIFFERENTLY, OTHERWISE, CREATE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. NOW , WE ARE TAKING THESE DISPARATE PLANS AND PUTTING THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE UNIFORM DOWNTOWN DISTRICT THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL COEFFICIENT. ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS AN ECONOMIC TOURISM, AND STAKED OUT HOW TO MAKE THOSE EXIST WHERE AS MANY INTERESTS AS POSSIBLE CANCER OF THE COMMUNITY. -- CAN SERVE THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS BEING A PART OF THE TOWNSHIP AREAS, WITH DIFFERENT RULES SET .

QUESTION? >> I SEE THE THOUGHT AND AGREE WITH A LOT OF IT BUT A LOT OF THE OLDTOWNERS FEW FIFTH STREET AS A STOPPING POINT, THEY VIEWED DOWNTOWN AS A MERCANTILE AREA, WHEN YOU CROSS A LINE IN THE SAND, ENTERING INTO RESIDENTIAL AREA, I UNDERSTAND THE EXISTENCE OF MAIN STREET. AND THE COMMERCIAL OF SOME OF THOSE MAIN STREET AREAS, 1ST THROUGH 5TH, WITHIN OUR CONVERSATIONS, I ASKED SENSITIVITY TO WHERE SOME OF THE OLDTOWNERS ARE CONCERNED THE DISCUSSION OF DOWNTOWN IS A ONE UNIT CONCEPT COULD IMPLY THE INFUSION OF MERCANTILE INTO

RESIDENTIAL AREAS. >> I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL YOU SAID. BUT, TO UNDERSTAND , WHEN THE BIG GROUP OF HOURS PROVIDES SENSITIVITY TO THE CONVERSATION.

>> WE DON'T ENGAGE THE CONSULTANCY TONIGHT, WE WILL

NEVER HAVE A CONVERSATION. >> I AM NOT STATING, AS WE ENTER

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SENSITIVITY -- >>

>> I AM READY FOR A MOTION. >> MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> I TAKE COUNCILMAN RODGERS' SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. IT PASSES, 6-0. LORI, WOULD YOU GET WITH THE MAN TO MAKE SURE HE CAN SIGN UP FOR THE ALERTS? THANK YOU.

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>> TRYING TO APPLY FOR A GRANT, DO A HIGH LEVEL, HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, AMOUNT TO 10 ACCREDITED LIBRARIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE WILL BE APPLIED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COUPLE HUNDRED OTHER LIBRARIES.

THEY WILL BE REIMBURSING RELATING TO EXPENSES FOR US TO GET THE DESIGNATION, IT IS A MATTER OF GOING TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS. ALL FUNDS WILL BE UTILIZED, 31ST. HANDLED OUT OF THE 550 GRAND FUNDS FROM THE SEPTEMBER 18TH LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. IT WAS 6-0 IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

JULIE IS OUR LIBRARIAN WHO WILL BE OVERSEEING THE FAMILY PROJECT ITSELF. I TRY TO EMPHASIZE THIS , FOCUSED ON CAREGIVERS, INAUDIBLE ] SINCE THAT IS HER DEPARTMENT, SHE WILL BE OVERSEEING THE PRIMARY PARTS OF THE DEPARTMENT PROGRAM. I AM

READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> NO SPEAKERS. COUNCIL,

QUESTIONS FOR LIBRARY STAFF? >> MOVE WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED

. >> SECOND.

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>> ITEM PASSES, 6-0. THANK Y'ALL FOR STAYING LATE. OPEN ITEM 2025-321, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTING THE VETERANS MEMORIAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PARK BOARD.

HEATHER? >> WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE VETERANS MEMORIAL NAMING SEVERAL TIMES, AND , THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR, THE PARK BOARD HAVE THE COME UP WITH THE PROCESS AND WHAT WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO FOR NAMING OUR BEAUTIFUL VETERANS MEMORIAL AT MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY PARK .

THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PARK BOARD , THEY CAME UP WITH SEVERAL ITEMS TO DECIDE WHO WOULD BE ON THE MEMORIAL AND HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT THAT. THE DISCUSSIONS WOULD CREATE A LARGE PILLAR , SUCH AS FINDING SIGNS , TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE BASEBALL IS, SIMILAR TO THE STONES THAT CREATE THE SIGN IN FRONT OF THE PARK. ON THAT, WE WOULD TAKE A QR CODE THAT PUT A QR CODE FOR EACH MILITARY BRANCH. WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE CALLED SEE MY LEGACY, WITH THAT SYSTEM, A QR CODE FOR OUR

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WANT TO GO. >> THANK YOU.

>> IN 2016, I WAS ON THE MCDC BOARD . IT WAS REGARDING THE VETERANS MEMORIAL. TO FIND A WAY TO HONOR VETERANS BY NAME FOR THEIR SERVICE. AGAIN, APPOINTED TO ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE, WHERE WE DEBATED THESE THINGS. FIND COMMON GROUND. I DID GIVE HEATHER THE THOUGHT OF LET'S JUST DO SOMETHING. THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. FOR THESE VETERANS AND IF FUTURE ITERATIONS OF THE COUNCIL WANT TO TAKE IT FURTHER , BUT THIS IS A POSITIVE STEP AND WE ARE ROLLING DOWN THE HILL IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ALL THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS EVERY DECISION IS RECOMMENDED , DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD COME ABOUT. I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU TO THE PARKS BOARD WERE PUTTING IN THE RECOMMENDATION. FINALLY ABLE TO GET THIS BALL ROLLING.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR HEATHER? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY MYSELF. COUNCILMAN WEAVER SECONDED. I GAVE HIM THE LAST ONE. 6-0, PASSES.

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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL. ARE YOU HOT? IS THERE

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CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION OF CANDIDATE NOMINATIONS FOR THE ELLIS APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF

DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR 2026. >> THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS, THIS IS NOMINATIONS AT A LATER DATE, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SIGN THE MIDLOTHIAN ALLOCATED CANDIDATES BUT TONIGHT IS THE NOMINATIONS PROCESS, THE INCUMBENT, WHAT IS WALTER IRWIN, INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO SERVE BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF TWO NAMES. -- YOU CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF RECOMMENDING TWO NAMES.

>> TWO, MR. IRWIN AND ALSO NATHAN POTTER. SO WE ARE AWARE OF WHICH DIRECTION THEY WENT. AND FOR US TO JOIN FORCES.

NEITHER DO WE, CORRECT. ANOTHER NAME YOU WOULD LIKE TO THROW IN THE MIX? I WILL MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THIS COUNCIL PUSH FORWARD . MOTION MADE BY MYSELF. FURTHER DISCUSSION ? HEARING

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OF THE CIVIC CENTER FIELDS. >> FOR YEARS , WE HAD A LEASE TO UTILIZE THE CIVIC CENTER FIELDS, PRIMARILY SOCCER AND FOOTBALL , IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UPGRADING THE LIGHTING SYSTEM, BECAUSE I GOT APPROVED, CAN WE GET A LONGER-TERM AGREEMENT TO ENSURE OUR INVESTMENT IS PROTECTED? WE DID ASK THE CIVIC CENTER FOR A 10 YEAR LEASE WHICH THEY AGREED TO . A COUPLE OF CAVEATS, IF FOR SOME REASON WE DO NOT MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, YEAR THREE, IF WE DO MAKE THE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, IF THEY CANCEL THE AGREEMENT FOR ANY REASON, WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME, WE GET TO RECOUP OUR INVESTMENT. THEY WILL REIMBURSE US FOR THAT. THEY DID ASK THAT , AT YOUR FIVE, THE RENT INCREASED FROM $8400 , SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE, INCREASED BY 10% TO $9244 YEAR SIX THROUGH TEN, THIS IS A

FACILITY I THINK WE NEED. >> ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK?

>> I THINK THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CIVIC CENTER FOR THE LAND IS THE BEST PARTNERSHIP, YOU COULD EVER ASK FOR MAC. NOT HAVING A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 15 YEARS, MORE ON INFRASTRUCTURE, TENURE LEASE, -- TEN YEAR LEASE, THEY ARE BEING VERY GENEROUS EVEN

WITH THIS NOMINAL INCREASE. >> PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN MY OPINION SAVE THE CITY MONEY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

MOTION AS PRESENTED . >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 6-0. ITEM 2 , REAL ESTATE?

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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>> IT IS 9:47 P.M. , BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. TONIGHT , ACTION ON TWO ITEMS, TWO AND THREE WITH NO ACTION ON -- I DID TWO, REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF

MIDLOTHIAN , TEXAS . >> THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH RICHARD GOODMAN TO PURCHASE A 0.155 ACRE TRACT IN GENERAL UTILITY EASEMENT AND A 0.241 ACRE CONTRACT FOR A ONE LINE EASEMENT AND A 0.325 ACRE TRACT FOR A PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT , ABSTRACT 10-96 IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF MOCKINGBIRD LANE ROADWAY FOR PURCHASE PRICE OF $56,885 , INCLUDING THE COST OF REPLACEMENT FENCING, AND PAYMENT OF ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS, THE CITY MANAGER IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY SUCH AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY TO CLOSE THIS TRANSACTION.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILPERSON HAMMONDS. ITEM PASSES, 6-0. THREE, 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, OR DUTIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE ¿ IT SCADA ADMINISTRATOR PERSONNEL.

>> TO PAY ABOVE THE MIDPOINT FOR THE IT SCADA ADMINISTRATOR

POSITION. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> ITEM PASSES, 6-0. WITH NO OTHER ACTION, I WILL

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