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[Call to Order, Pledges, and Invocation]
IT'S TUESDAY, MAY THE 12TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M..WE HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL PRESENT.
SO I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THIS EVENING BY BEING LED IN INVOCATION PLEDGES BY COUNCILMAN MORMON. Y'ALL BOW WITH ME.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND TO TO DO OUR BEST TO BE GUIDED BY YOU AND DO YOUR WILL. GOD, WE PRAY THAT TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THIS TIME OF TRANSITION, LORD, YOUR BLESSING WOULD BE ON THIS BODY, THIS BLESSING, YOUR BLESSING WOULD BE ON THIS COMMUNITY.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE WOULD BE WITH BOTH CASEY AND RICHARD AS THEY TAKE THEIR PLACE HERE.
AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IN THIS CITY, ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING.
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.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. MORMON. WELL, TONIGHT'S A SPECIAL NIGHT. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE TO JOIN US, NOT ONLY AS
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WE DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, BUT WE HAVE SOME RECOGNITIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT BUSINESS.ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT SERVING ON CITY COUNCIL IN THIS EXECUTIVE BODY IS THAT THE BODY CHANGES PERIODICALLY.
AND AND THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE THING ABOUT BEING AN EXECUTIVE TEAM IS THE CONSTANT TURNOVER. BUT EVEN THOUGH THE CHANGE HAPPENS REGULARLY, ONE THING THAT I'VE OBSERVED IN MY NEARLY TEN YEARS OF SERVICE IS THAT THE HEART AND THE INTENT AND THE PASSION NEVER, NEVER CHANGES.
SO AS WE RECOGNIZE TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE LEAVING US, LEAVING THIS TEAM TONIGHT AND WELCOME THE TWO OTHERS ON, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THE HEART IS ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE INTENT AND THE GOAL IS ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AND THAT'S TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF MIDLOTHIAN WELL AND TO REPRESENT THEM AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE.
ON BEHALF OF THE 45,000 PLUS CITIZENS OF OUR CITY.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCILMAN MOORMAN TO SAY A FEW WORDS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO. AS YOU AS WE'RE BEFORE WE SWEAR IN RICHARD.
YEAH. I'LL SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO I GUESS A FEW FOLKS I WANT TO THANK AND JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF, I PROMISE.
JUSTIN. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT IN HERE THREE YEARS AGO AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SERVE YOU KNOW, YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, ELECTION PROCESS, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S SO BUSY AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF DON'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE JOB THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING WHEN YOU GET IN THERE.
AND THEN YOU COME TO YOUR FIRST MEETING AND YOU REALIZE PRETTY QUICKLY THE JOB'S KIND OF JUST BEGUN. YOU FEEL LIKE AFTER ELECTION SEASON, IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMING TO A CONCLUSION, BUT YOU'RE REALLY AT THE BEGINNING. BUT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR.
AND IT TRULY IS FROM DAY ONE, WHEN YOU COME IN HERE, THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY AND A WEIGHTINESS TO MAKING DECISIONS.
WHEN YOU DESIRE TO TRULY TRY AND REPRESENT A CITY OF 40,000 AND OR 40,000 PLUS NOW.
SO I'VE REALLY DONE EVERYTHING I CAN TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY.
AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND BLESSING TO JUST SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
A COUPLE OF FOLKS I WANT TO THANK JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO THE STAFF CITY STAFF AS A WHOLE.
I KNOW I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC STAFF HERE IN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER THREE YEARS AGO COMING IN, THERE'S A LOT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU GET IN AND AND THEY'RE JUST FANTASTIC ABOUT HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND NOT NECESSARILY TELLING YOU THE RIGHT PATH, BUT GIVING YOU ALL THE INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE DIRECTION WE COULD GO WITH THIS OR THE DIRECTION HERE. A BIG THANK YOU TO CHRIS SPECIFIC IN THAT SAME AREA.
WHEN I CAME IN, WE WERE JUST JOKING EARLIER.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN HIS OFFICE AT THE OLD CITY HALL ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS, TELLING THEM A LOT OF CRAZY IDEAS.
AND AND HE NEVER TOLD ME THEY WERE CRAZY, BUT HE'D SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE COULD DO THAT.
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BUT LET ME TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT MIGHT GO.AND HE WOULD ALWAYS GIVE ME ALL THE INFORMATION.
BUT IT'S JUST BEEN A BLESSING SERVING WITH YOU, CHRIS AND I ALSO MISS OUR NIGHTS OVER AT TML. A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS THIS TEAM HERE THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO SERVE WITH THE LAST YEAR MOST RECENTLY IT'S REALLY BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS TEAM WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. JUST YOUR PASTORAL HEART FOR PEOPLE.
AND GETTING TO SEE THAT FIRSTHAND, SERVING ALONGSIDE YOU AND, AND, AND YOUR OUTLOOK, YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND, AND CONVERSATION. ROSS.
ALWAYS HAVING SOMEBODY THAT CAN SHOOT REAL STRAIGHT WITH, WITH ME AND ALWAYS FUN TO DEBATE WITH THAT'S BEEN A JOY AND A PLEASURE WHETHER WE WERE ON THE SAME SIDE OR OPPOSITE SIDES.
YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SERVE WITH CLARK AND CALLING HIM ESPECIALLY EARLY ON AND HAVING HIM WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE ZONING CASES AND IT LOOKS LIKE CHINESE, YOU KNOW, HAVING HIM BE ABLE TO BREAK IT DOWN AND AND KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
JUSTIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS MAYOR DURING MY TERM AND LEADING MEETINGS WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO BE HEARD AND AND TRULY HAVE A VOICE.
IT'S BEEN AWESOME. AND THANKS FOR ALWAYS CARING ABOUT PEOPLE.
NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, BUT ALSO THE STAFF THAT WORK HERE.
AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A JOY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE PEOPLE CENTRIC WITH YOU. AND MIKE, THANKS FOR ALWAYS HELPING ME WITH LEARNING THE ROPES.
WHEN I STARTED, MIKE WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE BY ME.
THAT WAS MANY A TIME I WOULD WHISPER OVER WHEN WE HAD SOME SOMETHING COME UP THAT I HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND HE WOULD KINDLY KIND OF TELL ME WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE MEETING AND WHAT WE WERE DOING. SO THAT WAS ALWAYS A BLESSING.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, ONE LAST THING, BIG THANK YOU TO MY WIFE, MALLORY, WHO'S HERE FOR ALLOWING ME THE LAST THREE YEARS TO TAKE TIME AWAY FROM THINGS WE HAD GOING ON, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR FAMILY AND ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO LISTEN TO ME WHEN I HAD TO CITY TALK COMING UP.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF MIDLOTHIAN FOR SUPPORTING ME AND HOPEFULLY ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU FEEL LIKE, TO SUPPORT YOU IN THE LAST THREE YEARS? IT'S BEEN A BLESSING AND HONOR.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING ALAN AND HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY? I PROMISED HIM I WAS GOING TO TELL THE STORY.
ALLEN HAS BEEN ON THE COUNCIL ONE YEAR AND HAD NOT OFFICIALLY MET HIM.
WHEN I DECIDED TO THROW MY HAT IN THE RING AND RUN FOR COUNCILMAN.
AND WE'RE OUT AT THE PARK AT ONE OF THE PARK EVENTS, AND I'M JUST GOING AROUND GREETING FOLKS AND ASK THEM TO VOTE FOR ME AND DO THE THINGS THAT, THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING ME.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN YOU RUN FOR COUNCILMAN. AND I WALKED UP, WALKED UP TO ALLEN AND HIS WIFE AND JUST STARTED TALKING TO HIM LIKE THEY WERE STRANGE. I MEAN, IF I'D HAVE JUST LOOKED AT A FEW PICTURES OF COUNCILMAN ALLEN'S NOT THE ONE THAT KIND OF BLENDS IN WITH THE CROWD, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN AT LEAST WHAT COUNCILMAN LOOKED LIKE WHEN I'M GOING OUT THERE MEETING PEOPLE. I GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF IT, BUT I FELT VERY APOLOGETIC ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.
I JUST I HAD TO TELL THAT STORY.
I'LL THAT I COULD DEFINITELY ECHO THAT WE HAVE SO MANY ALLEN STORIES, ALL OF. I WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT EVERYTHING FROM.
POPPING OPEN A SPORTS CHAIR IN HIS FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHERE WE ALL KIND OF WERE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IMPRESSED OR, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BETTER CHAIR THAN WE DO RIGHT NOW TO JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE IN CONFLICT OVER LIKE HOW WE DEAL WITH THE SITUATION.
HE'D BE LIKE, LET'S JUST TAKE HIM OUT FOR A MEAL OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, JUST A REAL COOL AND CALM AND COLLECTED APPROACH TO EVERYTHING.
AND THAT WAS, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY GOOD BALANCE TO OUR TEAM.
AND YOUR HEART FOR THE PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY AND IN PARTICULAR OUR STAFF, LIKE, IT'S JUST IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOUR TOP PRIORITY TO ME AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH, I TOOK MY CHAIR STORY, BUT I WILL ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID AND WHAT ALAN SAID. IT IS INTERESTING WHEN YOU COME INTO A TEAM DYNAMIC, EVERYONE UP HERE THINKS THEY'RE RIGHT IN THEIR OWN WAY.
AND YOU CAN BE RIGHT IN THEORY, OR YOU CAN BE RIGHT IN PRACTICE.
AND ONE THING I LEARNED ABOUT ALLEN, AND SOMETHING THAT ALLEN TAUGHT ME IS I COULD THINK I WAS RIGHT IN THEORY ALL DAY, BUT HE WAS RIGHT IN PRACTICE.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS I WON'T EVER FORGET WE WERE SITTING THERE ARGUING IN A BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR HOURS OVER NUMBERS, AND ALLEN LOOKS AT ME AND PULLS ME ASIDE AND HE GOES, CLARK, THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE END OF THOSE NUMBERS AND THAT KIND OF JUST DRUG A
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KNIFE RIGHT THROUGH MY HEART. I WAS LIKE, OH MAN, I WAS RIGHT IN THEORY, BUT HE'S RIGHT IN PRACTICE.AND IF THERE WAS ONE COMPLIMENT I COULD ALWAYS GIVE ALLEN IS HE KIND OF KEPT THE GROUP GROUNDED. AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S PEOPLE AT THE END OF EVERY DECISION WE'RE MAKING AND THAT WE'RE ALL JUST NEIGHBORS, HE DIDN'T COME UP TO US IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL WAY IN A SUIT AND TIE.
HE WAS JUST LIKE, WE'RE NEIGHBORS. WE'RE ALL UP HERE BEING NEIGHBORS, AND WE'RE ALL UP HERE DOING THINGS TOGETHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT SERVING WITH ALLEN IS HE KIND OF KEPT US ALL GROUNDED AND REMINDED US WE WERE ALL JUST NEIGHBORS.
YEAH, NO, I WOULD ECHO WHAT CLARK SAID.
HE STOLE ABOUT HALF OF MINE THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ALAN'S DEFINITELY BEEN ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT SAYS SOMETHING AND THEN DOES THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO PUTTING ON OF AIRS. THERE'S NO BEATING AROUND THE BUSH. IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, HEY, MAN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
I'VE GOT MINE. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND A MIDDLE GROUND.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, THROUGH CONFLICT IN THOSE SETTINGS, A LOT OF TIMES A BETTER SOLUTION ARISES.
SO DEFINITELY YOUR HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOUR PASSION FOR SERVICE YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE CONVERSATION AND THE DYNAMIC, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE DISAGREED.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FUN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. ALAN, THE ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT ALAN IS JUST AS I SPENT MANY HOURS CONTEMPLATING SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS OR ZONING PROCESS OR A CHANGE THAT WAS COMING TO THE CITY. ALLEN'S ALWAYS FOCUSED ON PEOPLE.
HE'S ALWAYS ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON CHILDREN AND HOW TO MAKE THOSE CHILDREN'S LIVES BETTER, HOW TO APPLY FOR OUR GET OUR PARK SYSTEMS APPLIED BETTER TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES. ALLEN, OF COURSE, HAS RELENTLESSLY PROVIDED AROUND THE CLOCK TIME AND TO PROVIDING FOR KIDS WITHIN BASKETBALL AND EXPANDED THAT FURTHER INTO OTHER SERVICES FOR KIDS, ALL KINDS OF LEAGUES TO PLAY.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY THAT LOVES KIDS AND FAMILIES, IT'S DEFINITELY ALLEN.
AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. AND I'LL, I WILL ALSO MISS THOSE CALLS THAT I WOULD GET FROM TIME TO TIME SAYING, HEY, BUDDY, YOU WANT TO GO GET A BITE? AND THAT WAS USUALLY WHERE WE WERE JUST GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE COMBO ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON OR WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AGENDA ITEM? I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES I WOULD SING THE SAME.
BACK TO ALLEN AND MUCH OF WHAT CLARK SAID IN THE PRACTICALITY OF WHERE I WAS ALWAYS TYPICALLY WANTING TO OVERANALYZE.
ALAN HAD A GOOD, CLEAN, CLEAR, CONCISE VIEW THAT WAS JUST PATENTLY HONEST AND SINCERE IN HOW HE APPROACHED EVERYTHING AND THE FEELINGS OF FOLKS.
I'D LIKE TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST SAID. I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH IT ALL, BUT I WILL JUST SAY THIS REAL BRIEFLY.
WHEN ALAN WAS RUNNING FOR THIS POSITION, HE SAID WE MAY DISAGREE ON A LOT OF ISSUES, BUT ONE THING WE WILL ALWAYS AGREE ON AND THAT IS HONORING ONE ANOTHER. AND SO, ALAN, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS YOU'VE LIVED UP TO THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. I WANT TO INVITE YOUR FAMILY TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR WHEN WE TAKE ON THESE ROLES. SO BRING THE FAMILY UP.
TO ANNA'S POINT, WHEN ALAN WAS FIRST CAME TO THE VERY FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A BUDGET WORKSHOP, FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT.
IT'S PRETTY BORING. IT'S IT'S 8 TO 10 HOURS OF SITTING ON YOUR REAR END AND SOME UNCOMFORTABLE CHAIRS. SO ALLEN BROUGHT A SPORTS CHAIR TO HIS FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
SO WE GOT YOU A CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN PARKS AND REC SPORTS CHAIR.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL CITIZENS OF MIDLOTHIAN, THANKING ALAN FOR HIS SERVICE AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. PROCLAMATION HONORING THE SERVICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER ALAN MORMAN.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN HAS HAD THE HONOR AND BENEFIT OF SIX YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE FROM ALAN MORMAN, SERVING AS BOTH A MEMBER OF THE MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FROM JULY 2020 TO MAY 2023, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL FROM JUNE 23RD TO MAY, JUNE OF 23 TO MAY OF 26.
WHEREAS, ALAN BECAME INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY ALMOST AS SOON AS HE CALLED MIDLOTHIAN HOME BY ATTENDING MEETINGS AND EVENTS AND SPORTING YOUTH SPORTS EVENTS, CO-FOUNDING MIDLOTHIAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND BRINGING THE VERY FIRST PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FRANCHISE TO OUR CITY IN MIDLOTHIAN MARSHALS.
AND. WHEREAS ALAN MOORMANN BROUGHT AN ARRAY OF TALENTS TO HIS PERFORMANCE OF THE JOB AND HAS REPRESENTED THE CITY WITH ENTHUSIASM AND CREATIVITY AND HAS SHOWN AN UNRIVALED COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF EVERYONE IN OUR CITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JUSTIN KAUFMAN, MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALAN MOORMAN FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
HIS ENTHUSIASM AND VISION ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
PROCLAIM THIS DAY THE 12TH DAY OF MAY 2026.
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THANKS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ON STREET SIGNS.WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE A JUDGE OF THE 504TH COUNTY COURT HERE IN ELLIS COUNTY, JUDGE GREG WILHELM. HE'S HERE.
HE'S GOING TO ADMINISTER OATHS OF OFFICE. WE'RE GOING TO FILL A SEAT, ONE WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN GIVEN UP BY COUNCILMAN MOORMAN WITH COUNSEL, FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBER RICHARD RIJINO, FORMER MAYOR.
IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND JOIN US UP HERE AND HAVE MISS TAMMY JOIN YOU AS WELL, IF SHE'D LIKE TO, AND JUDGE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT FROM HERE.
JUST BRIEFLY. I CANNOT REMEMBER FOR HOW LONG THAT I HAVE KNOWN RICHARD AND TAMMY, BUT FROM DAY ONE, AS THEY'VE CONTINUED THROUGH TODAY, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND WHATEVER I DID AND ALWAYS TOOK TIME TO SAY HELLO, WHEREVER WE ARE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I INSPIRE IN MY WHOLE LIFE IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A HANDSHAKE LIKE RICHARD'S BECAUSE IT SENDS A MESSAGE OF CONFIDENCE AND OF YOU WANTING TO CONNECT WITH SOMEONE. AND I KNOW THAT AS YOU STEP BACK ON THIS COUNCIL, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IT AS YOU DID BEFORE, BUT PROBABLY WITH EVEN GREATER INSIGHT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT MIDLOTHIAN AND HOW THEY WILL BENEFIT OVER THE COMING YEARS WITH YOUR SERVICE THERE. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WILL PLACE YOUR HAND ON THE BIBLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HOLD IT HERE? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, RICHARD RIJINO I, RICHARD RIJINO, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. OF MIDLOTHIAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE. ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.
PLACE ONE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
STATE OF TEXAS, AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT, DEFEND, DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY AND THIS STATE AND THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY AND THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD.
ALL RIGHT. YEP. TAKE YOUR SEAT.
RICHARD, WELCOME TO THE TEAM. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. MIKE.
YOU'RE UP. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE? YES.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE EXCITED TO SEE US LEAVE OR EXCITED TO SEE WHO'S COMING IN, BUT WE'VE DRAWN A PRETTY GOOD CROWD.
AND I WANT TO EXPRESS WHAT A JOY AND PRIVILEGE IT'S BEEN TO SERVE THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN FOR SO MANY YEARS.
MOVING HERE YEARS AGO, THERE WERE 2850 PEOPLE.
IT WAS A DAIRY QUEEN. THERE WAS NO BROOKSHIRES.
ACROSS FROM THE DAIRY QUEEN WAS A HOTEL WITH GRAVEL.
ALL OF THE EXTERIOR ROADS OUTSIDE OF TOWN WERE ALL GRAVEL, SO WE COULDN'T DRIVE OVER ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THERE WERE ABOUT THREE POLICEMEN HERE, AND THEY ALL KNEW WHO WE WERE.
AND IF WE DID WHAT WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, THEY WOULD JUST FOLLOW US HOME. MY FAMILY MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL CONNECTION THAT MIDLOTHIAN PROVIDED, WHICH DEFINITELY CONTRIBUTED ITSELF TO A FAMILY, A HOME LIFE, A HOMETOWN NOT A.
PLACE TO SLEEP. I GUESS WHEN I'VE TRIED BEEN MARRIED IN ABOUT 1993, 95, I DON'T REMEMBER. MIGHT HAVE BEEN LATER.
I THINK JIMMY MITCHELL CAME TO THE EVENT EARLIER,
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BUT I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE GONE HOME.BUT JIMMY MITCHELL, I HAD MENTIONED TO HIM THAT I'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN ABOUT 1999, AND I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT.
AND I WAS IN MY MID 30S AND JIMMY APPROACHED ME AT THE FOOD STORE.
WE ALL MET FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY. HE SAID, HEY, YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED? HE SAID, THERE'S AN OPENING ON THE MIDLOTHIAN WATER DISTRICT BOARD.
AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
AND SO I GOT I WAS ABLE TO SERVE ON THE MIDLOTHIAN WATER DISTRICT BOARD THAT LATER WHEN THE CITY BOUGHT OUT THAT WATER THE WATER DISTRICT CAME INTO THE UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD WHERE I SERVED FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THE BUILDING OF THE NEWEST WATER PLANT AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THAT.
AS FAR AS THE ENGINEERING, I GOT TO SIT ON MANY, MANY HOURS OF MIKE ADAMS EXPLAINING ENGINEERING OF WATER PLANTS.
EVEN THOUGH I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT, I ACTED LIKE I KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. I WAS BLESSED TO SERVE.
THEN STARTING IN 2007 ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BACK THEN WE WERE COMMISSIONERS AND I WAS SELECTED OR ASKED BY A COUNCILMAN TO SERVE, AND WE WERE SERVED AS COMMISSIONERS.
AND IT WAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM, WHERE A LOT OF THE CASES THAT WE HEARD ON PLANNING AND ZONING DID NOT MAKE IT TO COUNCIL IF IT WAS VOTED ON IN A CERTAIN WAY.
I THEN WAS BLESSED TO SERVE ON COUNCIL FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE TERMS FROM 2011 THROUGH 2020, INCLUDING THE EXTENDED TERM THROUGH COVID.
I THOUGHT I WAS RETIRING AND DONE THEN, BUT WAS BLESSED TO BE INVOLVED ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AGAIN, AND THEN WAS ASKED TO RUN AGAIN IN 2023 FOR COUNCIL AGAIN. I WILL SAY THAT THIS TIME AROUND SERVING ON COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY BLESSED FOR ME. THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
I'VE CERTAINLY ENJOYED SERVING WITH WAYNE.
WAYNE AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE HE SERVED ON COUNCIL.
WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO SERVE WITHIN CHURCH SERVICE TOGETHER.
AND WAYNE IS AN OUTSTANDING GENTLEMAN.
I HAD KNOWN ROSS SINCE HE WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH RYAN PLAYING ON THE FAMILY FARM WHEN GENE ROGERS WOULD HAVE THE CATTLE SELL OUT THERE.
AND I JUST KNEW HIM AS THE LITTLE KID.
BUT HE'S A GROWN VERY SMART MAN NOW, AND I RELIED HEAVILY UPON ROSS FOR SOMETIMES A WAY TO CONVERSE WITH EACH OTHER THAT WHO'S GOING TO WIN THIS ARGUMENT? BUT ROSS USUALLY WON, BY THE WAY.
HE'S A VERY INTELLIGENT MAN AND THE CITY IS BLESSED TO HAVE HIM SERVING CLERK WHOM I'VE KNOWN PRETTY WELL SINCE WE STARTED SERVING TOGETHER, I GUESS IN WHAT, 16 OR 18? 1919. THERE WE GO. OF COURSE, KNOWING THE WICKLIFFE FAMILY, SO MANY YEARS THAT ARE SO HEAVILY VESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND CLARK MIRRORS THAT LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND.
AND ALWAYS. CLARK IS SUCH A WELL CALCULATED INTERPRETER OF EACH CASE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES HE MAKES DECISIONS WHICH I THOUGHT I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE WOULD, BUT HE WOULD HAVE VOTED THAT WAY OR HE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT OR THOUGHT THAT.
BUT AS I REFLECT ON IT, UPON LEAVING MANY TIMES, I SEE THAT IT WAS VERY WISE IN HIS DECISION PROCESS.
JOE, YOU'VE BEEN AN EXCELLENT BOUNCING BOARD OF A LOT OF CRAZY IDEAS AT TIMES, RIGHT. BUT WE'VE CERTAINLY APPRECIATED HAVING YOU HELPING THIS COUNCIL.
CHRIS. WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS.
AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU.
YOU'VE ALWAYS SERVED AS A SERVANT FOR THE COUNCIL.
I'VE NEVER ONCE FOUND YOU TO TRY TO DIRECT STAFF OR MOVE IN A FASHION THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK THIS COUNCIL WOULD MOVE THIS CITY IN A THE DIRECTION THE CITY THE COUNCIL WOULD MOVE. I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
YOU'RE JUST AN OUTSTANDING MAN, ANNA.
I LOVE YOUR LOVE FOR PEOPLE AND YOUR LOVE FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
AND I'VE ALWAYS I'VE LOOKED UP TO YOU AND YOUR YOUR STRIVE TO BE GOOD AND TO BE THE BEST. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS LOOK UPON YOUR DECISIONS IN THE CITY AS, AS GREATNESS WITHIN THAT, AS YOU ALL ALREADY KNOW I THINK VERY HIGHLY OF ALLEN WHOM I JUST DESCRIBED EARLIER.
AND OF COURSE, RICHARD, I HAD SERVED WITH WHEN RICHARD WAS MAYOR AND ALWAYS WAS BLESSED WITH RICHARD.
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HE IS A VERY, VERY DEEP THINKER.SOMETIMES I MOVE A LOT FASTER THAN HE DOES, BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN NICE TO ME WHEN I WAS MOVING TOO FAST. I WILL SAY TO THE STAFF, YOU GUYS ARE OUTSTANDING.
I CANNOT EXPRESS TO YOU WHAT A BLESSING IT'S BEEN TO SERVE WITH YOU.
I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BAD TO SAY OR UNJUST TO SAY ABOUT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
YOU ALL PUT YOUR HEART IN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S BEEN A BLESSING SERVING WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
YOU'RE GREAT PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO RETIRE, BUT YOU'RE THINKING MAYBE A LOT LATER THAN YOU THOUGHT, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP YOU HERE LONGER. CASEY, YOU WILL DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
MIDLOTHIAN IS GETTING A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STIR OF COMMUNITY AND A MAN THAT APPRECIATES ALL PEOPLE.
WAYNE AND ROSS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR HOURS ARE GOING UP ON COUNCIL BECAUSE CASEY NEVER STOPS. BUT AND I WILL SAY IN CLOSING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT THIS COUNCIL ACTED ON RECENTLY, WHICH WE HAVE OVER THE DOOR.
AS YOU LEAVE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE IN GOD WE TRUST OVER THE BACK DOOR.
AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD THAT EVERY PERSON THAT ROLLS IN AND OUT OF THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS ROLLS IN AND OUT OF IN GOD WE TRUST.
BECAUSE I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS COUNCIL IS STRONG IN THE BELIEF OF THE LORD.
AND FINAL CLOSING, I WILL SAY THAT WITH THIS BODY AS, AS YOU FOLKS SERVE AND LEAD, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, I CAN CARRY ON FOR VERY LONG LENGTHS OF TIME ON CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS THAT I BELIEVE IN VERY HEAVILY, BUT IT'S BECAUSE I LOVE MIDLOTHIAN AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T CARRY ON THAT LONG, BUT I THE ONE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'VE STAYED INVOLVED FOR SO LONG IS AS I DRIVE FROM DALLAS, YOU DRIVE FROM CITY TO CITY, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'VE LEFT THE LAST CITY. YOU JUST ARE DRIVING PAST CITY LIMITS SIGNS.
IT'S ALL THE SAME DEVELOPMENTS.
IT'S THE SAME FAST FOOD, IT'S THE SAME RETAIL.
AND THAT'S STARTING TO SHOW HERE.
I HAVE ASKED AND EXPECTED DEVELOPERS TO DO WAY, WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S EXPECTED BECAUSE I WANTED, I WANT MIDLOTHIAN TO END UP IN THE LONG RUN TO BE A PLACE TO LIVE.
WHEN I GO TO THE SMALLEST LITTLE TOWN IN ARKANSAS 20 YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEONE WHO'S PASSED THROUGH MIDLOTHIAN, AND I TELL THEM I'M FROM MIDLOTHIAN, THEY WILL SAY, I REMEMBER THAT PLACE.
IT'S DIFFERENT. AND FOR THIS REASON, AND I WANT THIS TO BE A PLACE CALLED HOME, JUST AS IT WAS WHEN WE MOVED HERE, WHEN THERE WERE 2850 PEOPLE.
ME. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO MIKE ROGERS FOR THREE YEARS, AND THAT I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT, ALAN TALKED ABOUT WHISPERING TO HIM, YOU DO NOT WHISPER TO HIM DURING MEETINGS BECAUSE HE CANNOT HEAR WORTH ANYTHING.
SO I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES THE FUN OUT OF, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ON THE SIDE.
BUT I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE THAT IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT CERTAIN AREAS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN HOT TOPICS, MUDS, CERTAIN TOPICS THAT YOU BRING UP IN THE WHOLE COUNCILS LIKE, OH, HERE WE GO, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT WE NEED THOSE PASSIONS AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THOSE.
WE ALSO LIKE ALAN, WE HAVE MANY MIKE STORIES.
ONE OF THE BEST ONES I REMEMBER, AND I DON'T THINK TO THIS DATE I'VE EVER SEEN CHRIS LAUGH MORE THAN FOR WHATEVER REASON, MIKE BROUGHT UP WHOPPER WEDNESDAY IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS THINGS LIGHT.
IT'S I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING LIKE YOUR PESKY LITTLE SISTER, I THINK, FOR A WHILE. AND IT'S, IT'S LIKE ALL OF US, YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE VERY DIRECT CONVERSATIONS.
WE COULD AGREE TO DISAGREE OR COMPLETELY BE ON OPPOSITE SIDES, BUT THERE'S STILL RESPECT THERE, WHICH I HAVE APPRECIATED.
SO YOU WILL BE MISSED NEXT TO ME AND YOUR LOVE OF SNACKS.
YOU SHOULD SEE THIS GUY BACK HERE.
SO YEAH, WE APPRECIATE YOU THOUGH.
THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY ENJOYED A LOT OF SPIRITED DEBATES WITH MY FRIEND MIKE.
BUT MY, MY FAVORITE THING SERVING WITH MIKE IS THE TEXT YOU GET THAT SAYS, HEY, DO YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR A QUICK PHONE CALL? AND YOU RESPOND, YOU BET.
GIVE ME A CALL IN. AN HOUR LATER, WE START TALKING ABOUT THE REASON HE CALLED,
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BUT DURING THAT FIRST HOUR, WE SOLVE 99% OF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS. AND THEN GOT INTO THE DETAILS OF THE 1% THERE FOR THE, FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONVERSATION.SO, BUT I'VE NEVER MET VERY FEW PEOPLE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT MIDLOTHIAN THAN MIKE ROGERS.
AND, AND I THINK THAT SHOWS THROUGH HIS SERVICE, HIS COMMITMENT, EVERYTHING HE'S DONE.
AND I'M SURE THAT THIS WILL BE A, NOT A, NOT A GOODBYE, BUT I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
AND WE'LL SEE MIKE AGAIN IN, IN SOME LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK HE CAN STOP.
SO BUT DEFINITELY JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SIR. YEAH, I COULD GO ON FOR A WHILE.
I'M NOT GOING TO, BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY START CALLING ME MIKE ROGERS.
BUT I LOVE MIKE. HE'S A DEAR FRIEND.
I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. WE DID SERVE TOGETHER AS LEADERS IN CHURCH AND WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. HE'S GOT AN OPINION ABOUT EVERYTHING, WHETHER HE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR NOT.
HE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AND HE'LL HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT IT.
AND AND THEN THE THINGS THAT HE DOES KNOW IS JUST TO ME, I WAS ASTOUNDED MANY TIMES THINGS, THE DEPTH OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAS GLEANED THROUGH HIS PUBLIC SERVICE, THROUGH HIS THROUGH HIS LIFE OF BUSINESS AND AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE DOES HAVE A DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, OUT OF OUT OF AN HOUR CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, THERE'D BE 3 OR 4 STATEMENTS LIKE, MAN, I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF ANY OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, HE HE, HE'S GOT A MIND THAT'S WORKING ALL THE TIME.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN GET CALLS AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE FIVE MINUTE CALLS OR 11:00 AT NIGHT FOR THOSE FIVE MINUTE CALLS.
BUT BUT HE'S, HE'S CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
HE LOVES MIDLOTHIAN. THE ONLY THE ONLY DOWNSIDE WITH MIKE FOR ME IS WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING, I WAS, YOU KNOW, GO TO MIKE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH.
WELL, WHAT KIND OF TIME IS HE GOING TO DO? WELL, IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY TIME AT ALL. JUST, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF HOURS ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING A YOUTH GROUP TO GO TOILET PAPER.
HIS HOUSE, YOU KNOW? BUT I'M AFRAID I'M AFRAID I MAY GET THE FINE OR SOMETHING, BUT. NO, BUT I LOVE MIKE AND THE DEAR, DEAR FRIEND AND CONSIDER HIM A BROTHER.
AND APPRECIATE ALL THE OPPORTUNITY I'VE HAD FOR THESE LAST TWO YEARS TO SERVE IN THIS SETTING WITH HIM. WELL, MIKE'S BEEN MY GRANDFATHER'S BACK FENCE NEIGHBOR MY ENTIRE LIFE, SO I'M JUST HAPPY HE DIDN'T TELL ANY STORIES ON ME EARLIER, BUT I, I HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR MIKE.
WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD, I DECIDED I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, AND I WALKED INTO A MEETING TO SERVE ON A UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM COULD HAVE LOOKED AT ME AS SOME KID THAT JUST NEEDED TO GO HOME. AND HE ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY, ALONG WITH MR. JOE FRIZZELL.
SO I'VE ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR HIM AND HIM AND JOE FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE THAT LATER LED TO ME GETTING TO BE HERE.
BUT TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, AND TO BE SHORT, I. MIKE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PASSIONATE PEOPLE ABOUT MIDLOTHIAN.
WE HAVE BEEN ON THE SAME FIGHTING SIDE AND A LOT OF FIGHTS, AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF EVERY FIGHTS.
BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT NEVER DOUBTED IN MY MIND WAS HIS PASSION FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS RIGHT OR WRONG FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND AND I WILL SAY, GOING BACK TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICALITY EARLIER, MIKE IS 100% OUR THEORY MAN.
AND CHRIS IS THE GUY THAT'S GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT MIKE'S GOT A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND VERY PASSIONATE FOR THE CITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, MIKE. WELL SAID.
WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED MIKE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GREET ME AT THE DOOR AS I CAME IN ON THE EVENING OF MY SWEARING AND HE SAID, HEY, COME HERE, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING BACK AND HE WAS GOING TO TELL ME SOME TOP WHERE THE WHERE THE, THE, THE COATS, THE ATOMIC BOMBS AND MIDLOTHIAN ARE HELD OR SOMETHING.
BUT HE TOOK ME BACK AND HE SHOWED ME THE SNACK CLOSET.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO MIKE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY WELCOMING, VERY, VERY KIND BEEN A MENTOR OF MINE THROUGHOUT ALL THESE YEARS.
VERY, VERY WELCOMING THROUGHOUT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU. AND I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID BEFORE ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY TO COME UP IF THEY WOULD.
AS I SAID BEFORE, IT IS A FAMILY EVENT.
WHEN SOMEBODY SIGNS UP TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
IT TAKES ITS TOLL SOMETIMES, DOESN'T IT? YEAH. BUT I WANT TO READ WE GAVE A STREET SIGN FOR MIKE AS WELL,
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AND THE JOKE WAS MADE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE SAID COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS WAY.THERE YOU GO. THAT'S RIGHT. I LIKE THAT.
WE'LL GO WITH TRAIL. AND I WANT TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO HONOR MIKE ROGERS AND HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE. WHEREAS THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN HAS HAD THE HONOR AND BENEFIT OF 22 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE FROM MIKE ROGERS, WHO HAS SERVED AS THE CITY AS A MEMBER OF THE WATER DISTRICT, BOARD UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FROM 2004 TO 2026.
AND WHEREAS, MIKE IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE HISTORY AND ENSURING THE SUCCESSFUL FUTURE OF HIS HOMETOWN AND HAS SERVED ON THE MIDLOTHIAN CEMETERY BOARD, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE AND DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS HIS CHURCH AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, AND PROBABLY A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO LIST HERE. WHEREAS MIKE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MIDLOTHIAN AND HAS REPRESENTED THE CITY WITH GREAT PRIDE AND INTEGRITY AND HAS WON THE HAS WON THE HIGHEST REGARD OF HIS ASSOCIATES AND THE ADMIRATION OF CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JUSTIN KAUFMANN, MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIKE ROGERS FOR HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
HIS GUIDANCE AND DETERMINATION TO ENSURE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR MIDLOTHIAN IS GREATLY APPRECIATED NOW AND FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
PROCLAIM THIS DAY THE 12TH DAY OF MAY 2026.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE JUDGE TO COME BACK UP AND INVITE CASEY CHESHER, NEW COUNCIL MEMBER IN PLACE TWO AND YOUR FAMILY AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY STORIES TO TELL ON CASEY OTHER THAN IF I WANT TO FIND HIM.
JUST GO ON 14TH STREET IN THE MORNINGS AND YOU'LL SEE HIM RUNNING BACK AND FORTH, AS I DID THIS MORNING AS I WAS HEADED TO COURT.
I FIRST MET YOU AT A GROUP OF GUYS WERE GETTING TOGETHER A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH AT JIM AND KIM AND JENNY'S AND HAD BREAKFAST.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST ALWAYS ENCOURAGED AND INSPIRED ME IS THAT JUST YOUR, YOUR LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, THE LOVE FOR YOUR WORK AND THE LOVE FOR YOUR CITY. AND IT'S JUST ADMIRABLE AND EXCITING TO HAVE YOU HERE SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND BEING AN EXAMPLE NOT ONLY TO THE CITIZENS, BUT TO YOUR CHILDREN WHO CAN FOLLOW THAT GREATLY. SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SWEAR YOU IN AS COUNCIL MEMBER.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. HI, CASEY.
CHESHIRE. HI, CASEY. CHESHIRE.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY OF THE OFFICE OF CITY OF LOTHIAN. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PLACE TWO OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND OF THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD.
AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I'M GOING TO TAKE MY OATH AS WELL.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE PAST THREE YEARS AS MAYOR. ENTERING INTO MY SECOND TERM AS MAYOR. IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVILEGES OF MY LIFE TO GET TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
I REFLECT ON THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS AS BEING SOME GOOD AND SUCCESSFUL YEARS, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD THING GOING, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF IT. AGAIN, THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR AND I'VE GOT MY WHOLE FAMILY MINUS ONE DAUGHTER WHO'S STILL IN COLLEGE STATION, BUT SHE'S ON HER WAY BACK SOON.
SHE'LL BE JOINING US ACTUALLY COMING UP HERE THIS WEEKEND, BUT I WANT TO INVITE THE REST OF MY FAMILY, INCLUDING MY PARENTS, TO COME UP AND STAND BEHIND ME AS THEY HAVE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS OR SO, AS ALL OF Y'ALLS FAMILY STAND BEHIND YOU ALL AS YOU SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
AS I AM HONORED TO TAKE THE OATH FROM OUR VERY LOVELY JUDGE, WILHELM. WELL, NOW I DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL A COUPLE OF STORIES.
YOUR CHILDREN MAY NOT KNOW THAT I HAVE KNOWN YOU AND YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER AND YOUR SISTER AND YOUR WIFE FOR 36 YEARS.
AND IT HAS JUST BEEN AN HONOR.
I'VE KNOWN YOU FROM A TIME THAT I COULD GRAB YOU BY YOUR LEG AND HANG YOU UPSIDE DOWN.
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I COULD TAKE YOU AT ANY MOMENT.AND NOW YOU JUST BETTER THINK ABOUT IT IF YOU TRY IT AGAINST ME.
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. YOU HELPED ME ON MY CAMPAIGN FOR JUDGE IN 2010, AND WE'RE RIGHT THERE ALONGSIDE ME AND PUTTING UP SIGNS AND SPREADING THE WORD, AND I SO APPRECIATE IT.
YOUR PARENTS WERE INVALUABLE MENTORS TO MY WIFE AND I, ESPECIALLY IN OUR FIRST FEW YEARS OF MARRIAGE WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO WRANGLE ME IN.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL. I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO CALL YOUR FATHER, MY FRIEND, AND YOUR MOM MY FRIEND.
AND I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SWEAR YOU IN AGAIN AS MAYOR OF MIDLOTHIAN.
REPEAT AFTER ME, I. JUSTIN KAUFMAN.
JUSTIN. KAUFMAN. SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.
I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN.
THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, THE STATE OF TEXAS, STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS GREAT STATE, TEXAS, THIS GREAT STATE.
ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE. THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO DO AND TO DO THEM RIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS A BIG MOMENT, AND IT IS QUITE A COMMITMENT TO SERVE IN THESE VARIOUS CAPACITIES. I WANT TO THANK ONCE AGAIN, JUDGE WILHELM FOR BEING HERE AND ADMINISTERING THE OATHS OF OFFICE AND ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED US. MY FAMILY. YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE IF YOU WANT TO.
DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO STAY, BUT YOU CAN.
[2026-140 Elect Mayor pro tem]
TO ITEM 2026 140, WHICH IS TO ELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM.SO CITY COUNCIL, I WILL OPEN THAT ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS.
AND I WILL START IT WITH A COMMENT MYSELF.
AND THAT CLERK WICKLIFFE HAS BEEN MY PRO TEM SINCE I WAS ELECTED MAYOR, AND HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB, AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING THAT TREND UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS AN ALTERNATIVE POSITION AND NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I THOUGHT THAT I CAN MAKE A MOTION.
I DON'T WANT TO SHUT DOWN CONVERSATION. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION FOR CLERK TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE TO CONTINUE IN THE ROLE.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMOND, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD.
ON TO 2026 141. THIS IS INFORMATIONAL ONLY COUNCIL AS THERE WILL BE NO VOTE NEEDED,
[2026-141 Appoint City Council Board Liaisons]
BUT IT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL BOARD LIAISONS.AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND MY DOCUMENT HERE.
THE LIAISON APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO BE ON THE PARKS BOARD.
CASEY CHESHIRE MC D WILL CONTINUE TO BE ANNA HAMMONDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE WAYNE SHEFFIELD AIRPORT BOARD REPRESENTATION WILL BE ROSS WEAVER ON UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE MYSELF AS THE CHAIR MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SHEFFIELD AS UAB HISTORIC ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE MYSELF.
LIBRARY BOARD WILL BE RICHARD RIJINO AND THEN PLANNING AND ZONING WILL BE A MAYOR PRO TEM WYCLIFF. ANY QUESTIONS ON BOARD ASSIGNMENTS? EVERYBODY GOOD? OKAY. MOVING ON TO 2026 142 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
[2026-142 Citizens to be heard]
CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC THAT'S NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. THEY SHOULD HAVE FILLED OUT A FORM AND PRESENT IT TO THE[00:45:02]
CITY SECRETARY. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY. NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS 2026 143.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND ENACTED BY ONE MOTION WITHOUT SEPARATE DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM CAN BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM E, ITEM E. ANY OTHER ITEMS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEM E MOVE.
I'LL MOVE THAT. WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ADAMY.
MOTION MADE TO APPROVE MINUS ITEM E BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD TO SECOND WAS FROM FROM COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS. PLEASE VOTE.
SO WE WILL OPEN UP ITEM E, WHICH IS.
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN'S FISCAL YEAR 2526
[E. Consider and act upon an ordinance amending the City of Midlothian’s Fiscal Year 2025- 2026 General Fund Budget Appropriations in an amount not to exceed $2,507,423.14 from the Unreserved Fund Balance to fund the contract with Dean Electric, Inc. (dba Dean Construction), Cedar Hill, Texas, Construction Manager at Risk (the CMAR) for alternative #1 portion of the Heritage Park Food Truck Park project in an amount not to exceed $2,507,423.14.]
GENERAL FUND BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,505,423 AND $0.14 FOR THE. FROM THE UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE TO FUND THE.THE CONTRACT WITH DEAN ELECTRIC, INC.
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE PORTION.
NUMBER ONE OF HERITAGE FOOD TRUCK PARK IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THAT AMOUNT 2,000,507 42314. ROSS, YOUR QUESTIONS OF.
AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL APPROVED WITHOUT FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR IT.
SO THE EASIEST AND FASTEST PLACE IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION TO STAFF WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND THIS IN OTHER VEHICLES? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT BE? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO SPEND 2.5 MILLION.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHERE TO GET IT FROM.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS DONE OUT OF ORDER. WELL, I'LL LET CHRIS ANSWER THAT.
I MEAN, EITHER ONE OF US, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS TO FUND IT.
IT'S BEEN APPROVED. SO I MEAN, THIS IS THE, THE OPTION.
I THINK AS FAR AS THE IMPACTS, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO REDUCE THE UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE.
I THINK WE CALCULATED LAST TIME ABOUT 14 DAYS, IF I REMEMBER THE CALCULATION THAT WE DID OFFHAND, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SOURCE IDENTIFIED.
OKAY. AND SO BY ALLOCATING THIS FUND, IT WOULD PREVENT US FROM USING THE SAME MONEY ON THINGS LIKE FURTHER REPAIR OF STREETS, FURTHER REPAIR OF SIDEWALKS OR OTHER CORE INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS WITHIN THE CITY.
INSTEAD, WE'RE USING IT TO BUILD A FOOD TRUCK PAVILION.
YES. I MEAN, ONCE THESE FUNDS ARE SPENT, THEY CAN'T BE SPENT TWICE.
OKAY. FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? TAKE A MOTION ON IT.
SECOND. MOTION MADE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR.
PRO TEM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD.
ITEM PASSES 6 TO 1. THANK YOU.
ANN. MOVING ON TO. IT'S ON THE BACK OF THE PAGE.
[2026-144 Conduct a public hearing and consider an Ordinance for a Specific Use Permit for Group Home Use in Planned Development District No. 77 (PD-77) relating to the use and development of Lot 7, Block C, Four Trees Addition, located at 4261 Morninglory Parkway. (SUP02-2026-019). REQUESTING TO WITHDRAW]
ITEM 2026 144 HAS WITHDRAWN THE REQUEST.ITEM 2026 145 IS REQUESTING CONTINUANCE.
[2026-145 Conduct a public hearing and consider and act upon an ordinance amending the development and use regulations of a 7.632+ acre portion of Planned Development District No. 179 (PD-179) by adopting a Detailed Site Plan. The property is generally located northwest of US Highway 287/US Highway 67 Loop and northeast of US Highway 287. (Case No. Z08-2026-014). REQUESTING CONTINUANCE TO THE JULY 14, 2026, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.]
HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? DO YOU WANT US TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS, OR ARE WE GOING TO RE-ADVERTISE? I'M ASSUMING WE'RE RE-ADVERTISE SINCE IT'S IN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN JULY.JULY 14TH. SO NO ACTION TONIGHT? YES. MARIAN SPENCER, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR.
WE'RE GOING TO RE-ADVERTISE THIS ONE.
SO WE WILL NOT BE HERE IN CASE 144 OR 145 THIS EVENING.
BUT WE WILL HEAR CASE 146 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE
[2026-146 Conduct a public hearing and consider and act upon an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a Group Home Use in a Residential Three (R3) District relating to the use and development of a 2.52+ acre portion of the Robert Horton Survey, Abstract No. 508, located at 611 N. 4th Street. (Case No. SUP03-2026-020).]
GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A GROUP HOME USE AND RESIDENTIAL THREE DISTRICT RELATING TO THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF 2.52 ACRES LOCATED AT 611 NORTH FOURTH STREET.DANIEL. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
DANIEL HUMBERT, SENIOR PLANNER. TO PRESENT.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO ALLOW A GROUP HOME USE IN THE R-3 ZONING ON A 2.52 ACRE LOT DESIGNATED AS NEW TOWN MODULE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE NEWTOWN MODULE AS IS OR AS ITS NONRESIDENTIAL USES INCLUDE COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW WITH THE ADJACENT ZONING, LAND USES AND FUTURE LAND USES IN THE BOTTOM LEFT TABLE.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUESTS INCOMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.
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THE GROUP HOME WILL ACCOMMODATE 16 RESIDENTS, THREE SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL AND 24 HOUR CARE FOR THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED.THE FACILITY WILL BE 9437FT² WITH TEN PARKING SPACES.
A USE DEFINITION VARIANCE IS NEEDED TO TAILOR THE DEFINITION TO ALLOW 16 RESIDENTS, WHICH IS A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF A TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
THIS SITE PLAN IN THE PACKET REFLECTS.
PARKING MEETING. THE CODE REQUIREMENT FOR ASSISTED LIVING, WHICH IS ONE SPACE FOR EACH 400FT² OF FLOOR AREA.
BUT TEXAS LAW STATES THAT THE REQUIREMENT IS ONE SPACE FOR EACH FOUR RESIDENCES.
DUE TO THIS UNDERSTANDING, THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE REDUCED TO TEN SPACES AND CREATED MORE OPEN SPACE.
NEAR THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR THIS FACILITY, WHICH REQUIRE NO VARIANCES, THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH STAFF TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING.
THIS INCLUDES A LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND A FULL, OPAQUE SCREENING ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY AND EIGHT ADDITIONAL TREES ALONG THE FRONTAGE.
THE PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED IN 1930 AND INITIALLY ZONED R-3 IN 1989.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUESTS PARTIALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES.
IT IS PARTIALLY CONSISTENT WITH MN TWO BECAUSE IT WOULD PROVIDE A RESIDENTIAL CARE OPTION FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS AND SUPPORT THE OBJECT OR OBJECTIVE OF AGING IN PLACE, BUT DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE BROADER NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
REFERENCE IN THE POLICY, SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE, WALKABILITY OR ENHANCED ACCESS.
THERE IS PARTIAL CONSISTENCY WITH LU TWO BECAUSE ADDITIONAL BUFFERING AND SCREENING HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO IMPROVE TRANSITION AND REDUCE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BUT IS NOT FULLY ACHIEVED.
THE LEVEL OF COMPATIBILITY AND TRANSITION AND WITH LU THREE BECAUSE A LOCAL CARE SERVICE AND EMPLOYMENT WOULD BE CREATED, BUT THERE WOULD NOT BE A BROADER CONTRIBUTION TO LAND USE BALANCE OR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL EXPANSION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE CITY. PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPERTY, AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION.
A SIGN WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS NOTICE OF THE COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING BEING PUBLISHED IN THE CITY NEWSPAPER FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS LAW.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE REQUEST DUE TO FUTURE LAND USE, INCONSISTENCY SURROUNDING LAND USE AND COMPATIBILITY, AND PARTIAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONSISTENCY, BUT DOES WANT TO KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND TRADITIONAL LOT DESIGN FOR ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES.
THANK YOU. I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. DANIEL TAM, ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE'S NO PUBLIC INPUT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER.
SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE.
PLEASE VOTE. THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSES 6 TO 1.
IF THE APPLICANTS HERE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, YOU CAN. OR YOU CAN STAND FOR QUESTION IF YOU'D RATHER OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
WOULD YOU COME FORWARD? IF YOU DON'T MIND. IF YOU DON'T MIND, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. AND THEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE MAKE YOUR CASE OR JUST BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS EITHER WAY. YEAH.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINE DAO AND I HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP FOR MANY YEARS ASSISTED LIVING AND NURSING HOMES WHO ARE FAILING.
AND AFTER A WHILE I WANTED TO BUILD MY OWN.
AND WHEN I FOUND MIDLOTHIAN, FROM EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SAID HERE IT'S WONDERFUL.
AND I DO APPRECIATE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT.
I, I CAN WORK WITH ANY ELDERLY, BUT THIS PARTICULAR HOME IS MADE FOR ELDERLY VETERANS AND THAT IS THEY'RE MY PEOPLE.
AND THIS WILL BE A HOME MORE THAN IT WILL BE A BUSINESS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY BUSINESS LOOK TO IT.
IT'S GOING TO BLEND IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE TREES, THE SIGN WILL BE VERY, VERY SMALL.
THE PEOPLE LIVE THERE. THERE'S A DOORBELL.
IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE A BUSINESS.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR STAFF? CASEY. YEAH, I'LL KIND OF START JUST WITH A BASIC QUESTION. YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, JUST KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH SAFETY MEASURES AND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE TO ENSURE REALLY THE WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS THERE, BUT THEN ALSO YOUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AS WELL. FOR THE LIKE DANIEL SAID,
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ON THE WEST SIDE IS THE CLOSEST WHERE IT WOULD BE TO OTHER HOUSES.THERE'S A DUPLEXES ALONG THAT SIDE AND SOME RENTALS, AND THERE'S ALREADY A SIX FOOT FENCE COVERING THREE QUARTERS OF IT, AND THEN WE'LL FINISH IT.
AND THEN ALSO THE TEN FOOT LANDSCAPING BUFFER THAT THEY REQUESTED WE PUT THAT IN THERE.
THE HOUSE ITSELF IS BUILT FOR ANYBODY WHO MAY HAVE MEMORY CARE ISSUES OR HAVE PERHAPS IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO WANDERS THE SAFETY OF IT IS THE HOUSE IS BUILT FOR THAT.
SPECIFICALLY, THE STAFF CAN SEE ALL THE ROOMS, THERE'S NO LONG HALLWAYS AND THERE'S A DECK THAT'S ENCLOSED.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN GO OUTSIDE AND GET FRESH AIR AND WATCH THE SUN COME UP AND NOT WORRY ABOUT GETTING OUT INTO THE STREET AND FLOW BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE ROOMS AND THE LIVING AREA. AND OUTSIDE ON THE DECK FACES EAST, WHICH IS NICE. IT'S A LOVELY PIECE OF PROPERTY AND A VERY QUIET, NICE NEIGHBORHOOD. RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SIT AND WATCH PEOPLE WALK BY, WALK THEIR DOGS, SEE KIDS TRICK OR TREATING.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITH IT.
AND THEN SECOND QUESTION ON MIND. THIS ONE MORE MIGHT BE DIRECTED TO STAFF. SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF GROUP HOMES.
THERE'S ONE WITHDRAWN ONE HERE TONIGHT AND THEN ONE IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. ARE WE LACKING OR IS THERE CLEAR KIND OF DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE FOR LOCATION, PARTICULAR GROUP HOMES OR THAT KIND OF STUFF.
JUST KIND OF GIVE ME SOME BACK END ON THAT. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? JUST I MEAN, IS THERE ANY KIND OF DIRECTION AS FAR AS LIKE LOCATIONS FOR GROUP HOMES OR IS IT MORE OR LESS JUST CURIOUS ON THAT? AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE USES WHERE THEY FIT, BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THANK YOU. ANNA, JUST QUICK CLARIFICATION.
SO THE HOME THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY IS IS IT NOT? NO THERE ISN'T. THE HOME THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN DOWN.
NO, IT'S A IT'S AN EMPTY LOT WITH SERVICES RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR STAFF.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MOVE TO DENY THE MOTION MADE TO DENY SECOND.
AND THERE IS A SECOND MOTION MADE TO NOT TO NOT TO DENY BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CHESHIRE.
CARRIES 6 TO 1. IS THERE A CORRECTION? NEEDS TO BE MADE. I VOTED TO DENY.
OKAY, SO LET THE RECORD SHOW 7 TO 0.
NO WORRIES. 2026 147 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING,
[2026-147 Conduct a public hearing and consider and act upon a resolution adopting the 2026 City of Midlothian Tax Abatement Policy establishing guidelines and criteria for a tax abatement program.]
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2026 CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TAX ABATEMENT POLICIES ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM.WE ARE HERE AS PART OF A PROCESS TO EVALUATE AND LOOK AT ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS THAT IS USED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A TOOL THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S GENERAL FUND THAT CAN BE USED. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS KNOWN AS THE TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM, A VERY COMMON TOOL THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT IS GOVERNED UNDER SECTION 312 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A POLICY AND GUIDELINES IN PLACE.
STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THESE ARE REVIEWED EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND THEN WE ADOPTED AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HAVE TAKEN THIS TO MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THEIR REVIEW AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY DID HAVE ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD. AND THAT IS CHANGING ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MINIMUM TAXABLE VALUES FROM $50 MILLION TO $100 MILLION.
AND IN PART, THAT CHANGE HAD TO DO WITH THE PRACTICE OF THIS TOOL.
TAX ABATEMENT IS ONE THAT WE ARE USING LESS AND LESS, AND IT IS BEING USED FOR LARGER PROJECTS THAT ALIGN WITH THAT LARGER TAXABLE VALUE.
WE STILL HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS AND FOR SMALLER PROJECTS. AND WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU KYLE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SINCE THERE'S NO PUBLIC INPUT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND. MOTION MADE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD.
PLEASE VOTE. AND ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0.
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DID I GET IT WRONG? OKAY.IT'S HARD TO TELL WHO WHO DOES THE SECOND. ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT. QUESTIONS? COUNCIL OF STAFF.
YEAH, JUST REAL BASIC ONE FOR ME. I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF BEING MORE STRATEGIC WITH OUR INCENTIVES IN THE PROTECTING THE TAX BASE. DO WE HAVE ANY PROJECTS IN THE SHORT TERM PIPELINE THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS, THIS SHIFT? WE DON'T WE HAVE THE ABILITY OF, OF TAKING ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE THING TO NOTE IS THAT WE DO HAVE OTHER TOOLS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE FOR OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL.
ROSS SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE SETTING THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE BOX IN WHICH A TAX ABATEMENT COULD BE.
IMPLEMENTED IN THE FUTURE, BUT NOT ACTUALLY APPROVING ANY SPECIFIC OR TAX ABATEMENT TONIGHT. CORRECT.
OKAY. THE ONLY THING I HAD IS AND I LOOKED FOR IT AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT ON THE INCREASED ABOVE COUNTY AVERAGE WAGES, IS IT JUST 1% ABOVE 2%.
IS IT JUST IT HAS TO BE ABOVE ANYTHING.
MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE, WE APPROVE.
SECOND. MOTION MADE TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER.
PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0.
ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, 2026 148.
[2026-148 Consider and act upon a recommendation from Midlothian Economic Development to approve the MED Local Primary Job Expansion Program. ]
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON A RECOMMENDATION FROM MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO APPROVE THE MED LOCAL PRIMARY JOB EXPANSION PROGRAM.THANK YOU. AS MENTIONED IN THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TOOLS TO HELP SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT FOR, FOR MANY YEARS. THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS, IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR, FOR A WHILE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THERE WERE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED AND WE TOLD COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD COME BACK AND BRING FORWARD A PROGRAM.
AND SO THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT ALIGNS WITH SOME FUNDS THAT WERE APPROVED AS PART OF OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. AND SO BEFORE KIND OF JUMPING INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS ALL THE WAY BACK FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS STARTED AT OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHEN WHEN RICHARD WAS STILL ON OUR BOARD.
AND THEN ALSO ANNABEL, WHO HELPS ADMINISTER A LOT OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS PROGRAMING. WHO'S HERE? THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT AS OUR, AS OUR COMMUNITY AND AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS WORKED TO HELP ALL BUSINESSES, NOT ONLY LARGER BUSINESSES, BUT SMALLER BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE A PROGRAM THAT IS ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY IS COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PROGRAM.
AND THE ASSOCIATED EXPENDITURES WOULD BE APPROVED EACH YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
THAT WOULD BE THE ROLE OF OF COUNCIL.
AS PROJECTS WOULD THEN COME FORWARD, EACH PROJECT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH EACH OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THIS PROGRAM.
BUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. SO IT HAS THE ABILITY TO MOVE MUCH QUICKER, WHICH IS OF HELP FOR OUR SMALLER BUSINESSES.
AND SO I WANTED TO DIVE IN AND TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS FAR AS HOW THIS PROGRAM WOULD WORK AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT SOME OF THOSE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND WHAT SOME OF THOSE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE.
SO UNDER THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, ITEM NUMBER ONE, THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO COMPANY TO COMPANIES WHO EXPORT A PRODUCT OR SERVICE.
AND SO THIS STILL COMPLIES WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO THIS IS A COMPANY WHO IS HERE IN MIDLOTHIAN, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY ARE.
THEY ARE SENDING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OUTSIDE OF OUR REGION.
THE SECOND ONE IS THAT THEY MUST MAKE A MINIMUM INVESTMENT OF AT LEAST $10,000.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THEY MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE ZONING DISTRICT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS IS THIS WOULD EXCLUDE HOME BASED BUSINESSES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THERE TO TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES WHO HAVE MADE THAT EXTRA STEP TO MOVE INTO APPROPRIATELY ZONED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FROM THAT POINT ON. THEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD WOULD GO THROUGH AND THEY WOULD EVALUATE THE COMMUNITY IMPACT OF THE PROJECT.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WANTING TO SEE THAT THESE ARE PROJECTS, MUCH LIKE THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT STILL BENEFIT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN IN VERY
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SPECIFIC WAYS. THEY WILL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, RETURN ON INVESTMENT AS THEY PARTICIPATE WITH FUNDS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS BY THE STATE IS THAT THERE WILL BE A JOB AND A CAPITAL INVESTMENT REQUIREMENT. AND THEN AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF THESE PROJECTS.
THE LAST PIECE THAT I WANT TO SHARE IS THE GRANT AMOUNT.
AND WHAT THIS PROGRAM HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IN HELPING SMALLER PRIMARY JOB BUSINESSES.
SO THESE GRANTS WILL BE AVAILABLE UP TO $50,000 FOR THE LIFETIME OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO A BUSINESS HAS THE ABILITY TO COME BACK MULTIPLE YEARS.
BUT THE MOST THEY COULD EVER EARN UNDER THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE $50,000.
THIS PROGRAM WOULD ONLY PAY FOR ACTUAL EXPENSES OF THE PROJECT THAT THEY ARE TAKING ON. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THIS IS THE CUMULATIVE VALUE OF ALL CITY TAXES PAID.
SO THAT'S REAL PROPERTY OR PROPERTY TAX.
BUT THEN ALSO THE SALES TAX THAT IS RECEIVED BY THE CITY.
MED AND MCD AND SO IT WOULD BE THE MINIMUM OF EACH OF THOSE.
ULTIMATELY THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING AS A AS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES QUICKLY, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT WE HAVE IMMEDIATE AND MEASURABLE VALUE TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WAYNE. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS IN TERMS OF THE EXPORT CAPACITY OF THAT BUSINESS IS WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF EXPORTING OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CITY LIMITS OR FIVE MILES BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS OR THE STATE OF TEXAS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT ON THE RECORD. YOU BET. SO THE DEFINITION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE JUST SAYS THAT THEY EXPORT A MAJORITY OF THEIR PRODUCT OR SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE REGION. REGION IS NOT DEFINED.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK TOWARDS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF MAKING THAT LEGISLATIVE FINDING FOR EACH PROJECT.
AND THAT'S THE REASON I BROUGHT IT UP, BECAUSE SOMEWHAT SOMEWHAT SUBJECTIVE, BUT YET I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT CITIZENS UNDERSTOOD THAT IN THIS REGARD.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
IS BEING LIAISON ON THE BOARD JUST GOING THROUGH AND LISTENING, WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, KNOWING THAT IT ALREADY HAD THE BUDGET APPROVED.
BUT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, I WAS VERY PLEASED AND VERY PROUD OF THE DIALOG THAT TOOK PLACE AND THE INPUT, BECAUSE IT WENT BACK AND FORTH QUITE A FEW TIMES. THIS DOCUMENT WAS A LIVING DOCUMENT FOR A WHILE, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND ALSO TO THE BOARD FOR THE DEPTH OF LOOKING INTO THIS. THERE WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THANK YOU. ROSS. SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PREREQUISITES TO APPLICATION FOR THIS, I WAS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE APPLICATION ITSELF AND ON ITS PAGE NINE OF 12, WHAT'S IN OUR PACKET? IT SAYS SUB ITEM TWO INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SECTORS OF THE NAICS.
SO IS THIS PROGRAM LIMITED TO JUST BUSINESSES THAT FALL WITHIN THOSE SECTORS, OR IS THAT PART OF A EITHER OR CRITERIA? CORRECT. SO THAT THAT SECTION THERE OF OF THE APPLICATION COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO THEY MUST BE ONE OF ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT SAID THE LAST ITEM ON THE LIST IS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SMALLER LOCAL BUSINESSES, I'M LIKE, THERE'S SOME NAICS CODES HERE THAT DON'T SEEM TO ALIGN WITH THAT.
OKAY. EVERYTHING ALLOWED BY STATE LAW IS IN THAT LIST, CORRECT? PERFECT. RICHARD.
KYLE, WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF A SMALL BUSINESS AND HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IN MIDLOTHIAN? SO MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT SPECIFICALLY DEFINED SMALL BUSINESS. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF THOSE.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM THOUGH, IS WE'VE LIMITED THE, THE VALUE OF THIS GRANT, RIGHT.
AND SO THE BUSINESS WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, QUALIFY FOR OR THE MAXIMUM THAT THEY COULD BE COULD RECEIVE IS OUTLINED ACCORDING TO THIS.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS IN COMPARISON TO OUR OUR OTHER PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR LARGER BUSINESSES WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER THIS. BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT WOULD RECEIVE EACH OF THOSE APPLICATIONS,
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AND THEY WOULD REVIEW EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.AND THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE DISCRETION TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE.
THEY MAY FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT SIZE OF A SMALL BUSINESS THAN WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
DO YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION TO SAY NO? THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD DOES.
HANNAH. THE ONLY THING I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS I SEE THAT IT ASKS FOR A PROPOSED COMPLETION DATE, BUT I DON'T IT MAY NOT BE IN HERE, BUT DO THEY NEED TO HAVE A TIMELINE? SO THIS JUST DOESN'T FLOAT FOR YEARS.
SO EACH OF THOSE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE OUTLINED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. AND SO YOU KNOW THIS IS THE DOCUMENT TO LAY OUT THE PROGRAM THE SPECIFICS OF THE TIMELINE AND HOW THEY RECEIVE THE MONEY WOULD BE OUTLINED IN THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE AS AS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLICY, THOUGH, IS THAT WE'RE ONLY PAYING FOR ACTUAL EXPENSES, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPORT BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS AND SHOW, HERE'S WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY RECEIVED FOR THESE FUNDS.
RICHARD, HAVE YOU ALREADY USED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS? NO, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE DID ONE.
NO. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? TAKE A MOTION ON IT. MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. MOTION MADE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CHESHIRE.
PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
THANK YOU. KYLE. 2026 149 CONSIDER AN ACT UPON A DETAILED SITE PLAN BUILDING
[2026-149 Consider and act upon a detailed site plan, building elevations and landscape plan, for 12.26+ acre portion of Planned Development District No. 171 (PD-171); being a portion of property known as Main Street Towne Crossing Phase II. The property is located on the north side of State Spur 73, and east of the intersection of US Highway 67 with US Highway 287. (SP02-2026-011).]
ELEVATIONS. LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR 12.26 ACRE PORTION OF PD 171 PROPERTY IS KNOWN AS MAIN STREET TOWN CROSSING. PHASE TWO PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE SPUR 73, EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 67, U.S.HIGHWAY 287, CLYDE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING, OF COURSE, FOR APPROXIMATELY 140,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL STORE ON THE CORNER OF NICOLLET CREEK ROAD AND SPUR 73.
171 MAIN STREET, TOWN CROSSING.
THIS WAS APPROVED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THIS THIS RETAIL LOCATION BACK IN 2024.
THEY HAVE BROUGHT SOME AMENDMENTS THROUGH. AND THIS IS A RESULT OF ONE OF THOSE AMENDMENTS. SO THE TOTAL SITE HERE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS 12.2 ACRES.
CURRENTLY IT'S UNDEVELOPED AND IT'S THE REGIONAL MODULE IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THIS IS AN THE OUTLINE OF THE SITE.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT A PORTION TO THE EAST OF NICOLLET CREEK ROAD.
THE PORTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND FOCUSING ON IS EVERYTHING WEST OF NICOLLET CREEK ROAD. IT'S SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY THE REGIONAL MODULE.
TO THE SOUTH IS THE NEW TOWN MODULE ACROSS FROM SPUR 73.
THIS IS THE RETAIL ANCHOR SHOWING THE PARKING.
THEY ARE PARKED ACCORDINGLY APPROXIMATELY 498 SPOTS.
THE AREAS IN GRAY ARE THE COMPACT COMPACT CARS AREAS.
AND THE REST OF THEM ARE THE, THE LARGER SPACES THAT WE REQUIRE WITH THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. SO THIS IS A SINGLE TENANT WITH RETAIL 140,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACE.
I KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER EARLIER.
THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE IN THIS LOCATION.
SO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE MIDDLE DRIVE HERE IS 134FT.
THE CITY MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS 200FT.
SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE HERE.
THIS IS THESE ARE THE LOADING DOCKS HERE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO THROUGH GEOMETRY AND THROUGH JUST THE THE NAVIGATION OF THIS TRYING TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM COMING IN HERE.
IT WILL BE MAINLY USED FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING OF PRODUCT TO THIS LOCATION.
THERE ARE ALSO REQUESTING A FRONT ELEVATION VARIANCE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE, IF YOU FOLLOW THIS, THIS IS THE, THE ARTICULATION ALONG THE FRONT WALL.
SO THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO MEETING THAT ARTICULATION REQUIREMENT.
STAFF DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS. THE ARTICULATION AND THE BUILDING AS PRESENTED HERE. THIS IS THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT WALL PROFILE.
THEY HAVE THE LOCAL BRICK, WHICH IS MATCHING THE RETAIL SIDE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF NICOLET CREEK ROAD AND MAIN STREET.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE BRAND COLOR THERE YOU SEE ON THE UPPER LEFT THE RED.
SO THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THEY ADHERE TO ALL OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING IN THIS LOCATION. AND IT WAS ANNEXED IN 87.
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ORIGINALLY ANNEXED AS AGRICULTURAL.WENT TO PG 13 IN 87. IN 2017, IT WENT FROM PG 13 TO PG 94 FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THEN IN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, 2024, IT WENT TO COMMUNITY RETAIL PD 171 AND THEN 171 WAS AMENDED IN 2026 TO AMEND FOR THIS PHASE TWO, AND IT IS SERVED BY NICOLET CREEK ROAD, WHICH IS A MAJOR COLLECTOR, 8080 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, AND THEN STATE SPUR 73, WHICH IS 120 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
SO IT DOES IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'RE ENSURING MIDLOTHIAN SHORT AND LONG TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY WITH FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE POLICIES AND ACTIONS. FOCUSING ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IS IMPORTANT ENTRIES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE IMPRESSION THEY LEAVE ON RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, AND THEN ALSO TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH, HIGH PAYING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT TAP INTO THE REGION'S HUMAN RESOURCES, TALENT AND EXPERIENCE, AND ALSO DIVERSIFYING MIDLOTHIAN'S EMPLOYMENT BASE.
SO WE DO RECOMMEND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THIS SITE PLAN THIS EVENING.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE VARIANCE FOR THE DRIVEWAY SPACING, BUT WE DO SUPPORT THE VARIANCE FOR THE VERTICAL ARTICULATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE DRIVEWAY SPACING.
IT'S IT'S NEEDED FOR THIS BUILDING, BUT IT DOES NOT MEET OUR CURRENT STANDARDS.
SO WITH THAT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
APPLICANT IS HERE WITH THE PRESENTATION.
YEAH. THANKS, TAMMY. ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK? MR. WEBER, MR. HURST, Y'ALL COME FORWARD AND TAKE A PRESENTATION.
HOW DO I GO RIGHT HERE? JUST DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT.
DON'T MESS WITH THAT, OKAY? VERY GOOD. GOOD EVENING.
I'M THE DEVELOPER FOR MAIN STREET TOWN CROSSING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
HAVE ONE COUPLE OF ADDENDUMS FOR FOR YOUR REVIEW TO TO OUR, TO OUR PRESENTATION. THE FIRST ONE IS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH BACK OUT TO, TO OUR, OUR MAIN CLIENT AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO ELIMINATE THE DRIVEWAY THAT CLYDE WAS SPEAKING TO. SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD NO LONGER NEED THAT VARIANCE.
AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WE'VE, WE'VE CLOSED THAT DRIVEWAY OFF.
I THINK THIS WILL MAKE MIKE HAPPIER, HOPEFULLY.
AND THIS WILL BE THIS WORKS FOR FOR THE RETAILER AND UNLESS YOU WANTED IT THE OTHER WAY, EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD FOR FOR FOR THIS ONE.
SO HAPPY TO GIVE UP ON, ON THAT VARIANCE.
I THINK OUR NEXT QUESTION IS I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH NUMEROUS COUNCIL MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MONTHS.
AND WHILE I BELIEVE THE ELEVATIONS THAT THAT ARE SUBMITTED RIGHT HERE ARE, ARE A VERY NICE ELEVATION.
AND WE'VE HAD THREE ROUNDS WITH THIS PARTICULAR RETAILER.
WE AT WEBER AND COMPANY ARE STRIVING TO DO OUR BEST FOR MIDLOTHIAN AND WE HAVE SPENT TIME WITH THEM OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF.
AND LITERALLY AT 4:00 TODAY FINALLY GOT SENIOR MANAGEMENT TO SIGN OFF ON, ON THIS ELEVATION. THIS ELEVATION HAS THREE DIFFERENCES FROM.
FROM THE ONE THAT IS IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET ON THE FRONTAGE, IT USES A LOT MORE OF THE MATCHING BRICK THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER. IT HAS SOME WHAT WE WOULD CALL SOME, SOME TOWER ELEMENTS WITH, WITH PROJECTED COLUMNS THAT MEET THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE VERTICAL ARTICULATION.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MAIN STREET THEME THAT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE ON THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
WHAT WE DID IS WE REPLACED, I WILL GO BACK TO THE OLD ONE HERE.
WE REPLACED WHAT IS A GRAY KIND OF PATTERNED CONCRETE, IF YOU WILL ON THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
AND WE REPLACED IT WITH THE SAME BRICK THAT, THAT WE USE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER.
AND I THINK IT WILL ACCENTUATE THE, THE COLUMNS THAT THAT ARE THERE THAT MAYBE GOT DROWNED OUT A LITTLE BIT.
I BELIEVE IT'S A VERY GOOD LOOKING BUILDING ON THE REAR AND HAS THE WINDOWS AND A LOT OF THE FEATURES THAT THAT, THAT BEGINS TO DEFINE THE THEMES OF A MAIN
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STREET ELEVATION. I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.THIS WAS OUR THE, THE SIDES, THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE ELEVATION THAT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
I HAD THE THE RETAILER HAS AGREED TO AGAIN ADD MORE BRICK.
THEY, THEY POPPED UP THE, THE COLUMNS A LITTLE BIT AND I THINK ADDED A LITTLE MORE ARTICULATION IS THAT I'M SORRY, IS THE TOP ONE.
THE EAST SIDE THE TOP ONE WOULD BE THE, THE FACING EAST SIDE AND THE FREEWAY SIDE WOULD BE ON THE BOTTOM.
THANK YOU. AND SO WHILE I HATE TO COME TO YOU TODAY WITH A LITERALLY A HANDOUT THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION THAT THAT'S GONE IN.
AND I BELIEVE THE NEW ELEVATIONS ARE, ARE, ARE BETTER.
THEY CERTAINLY USE MORE BRICKS.
IT'S NOT THAT I DIDN'T LIKE THE PREVIOUS ELEVATIONS.
SO WHAT WHAT I'M NOT ABLE TO DO HERE TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK FOR THE COMPANY IS I'VE GOT BOTH OF THESE APPROVED.
WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE DO IS ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND THEN IF THERE WERE TO BE A VOTE WOULD, WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE FOR THE COUNCIL TO TO VISIT AND, AND POTENTIALLY SELECT ONE THAT THEY LIKE BETTER THAN THE OTHER.
AND OBVIOUSLY I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE A YES VOTE.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AND OR STAFF.
ROSS NO, DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN MEETING WITH, I THINK SEVERAL OF US TO DISCUSS THIS.
PERSONALLY, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY REAL CONCERNS ABOUT EITHER ELEVATION.
I THINK THE SECOND ONE, YOU KNOW, DOES A BETTER JOB OF TRYING TO BRING IN AS BEST YOU CAN IN A MUCH LARGER SCALE BUILDING THAT ELEMENTS OF MERCANTILE, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURE THAT THE OLD TOWN DOWNTOWN FEEL MAINLY WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE BRICK AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A ARTICULATION.
IT FEELS LIKE COULD BE JUST THE VISUAL FROM THE DEPTH OF COLOR CHANGES.
BUT AGAIN, I, IT'S VERY HARD TO MAKE YOU KNOW, 140,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING LOOK LIKE AN OLD DOWNTOWN BUILDING.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE DIFFICULTY OF THAT ASSIGNMENT AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO BRING IN, YOU KNOW, TWO OPTIONS, ONE BEING A LITTLE MORE MODERN AND ONE HAVING A LITTLE MORE OF THAT THROWBACK ELEMENT IN IT.
SO, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC CONCERN OF A SECONDARY POINT OF ACCESS RIGHT THERE, ESPECIALLY AS IT STARTS TO GET CLOSER TO SPUR 73. AND NICOLETTE SPUR, 73, HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN AN AFTERTHOUGHT OR A LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ROUTE THROUGH TOWN BY THE CONNECTION OF OF NICOLETTE WAY BACK TO MAIN STREET. IT IS STARTING TO SEE A LOT MORE ACTIVITY.
AND I THINK ONCE THIS FACILITY GOES IN, IT WILL SEE EVEN MORE ACTIVITY AND THAT WILL BE A MUCH MORE VISIBLE CORRIDOR.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE, THE EFFORT IN MAKING A MORE 360 DEGREE ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATION THAT WILL STILL LOOK GOOD FOR FOLKS TRAVELING ALONG THAT THOROUGHFARE. THANK YOU WAYNE.
YEAH, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
OBVIOUSLY OUR CONVERSATIONS OFFLINE HAVE YOU KNOW, SHOWN AND INDICATED THAT YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS CLIENT.
AND I APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW, MY BIGGEST CONCERN COMING IN THIS LAST WEEK WAS MORE ON THAT BACKSIDE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM UP THERE AS YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND THAT LOCATION THERE AND JUST HOW THAT WAS GOING TO LOOK, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE A 140,000 SQUARE BOX THAT'S JUST KIND OF SQUARE ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND THEN AND THEN THE BACKSIDE JUST LOOK PLAIN, LIKE A LIKE A WAREHOUSE.
WE GOT ENOUGH OF THOSE AROUND HERE, BUT NOT RIGHT THERE. AND AND I APPRECIATE THE ARTICULATION THAT YOU HAD THERE.
I GUESS ONE OF THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT A, AT A PICTURE AND SEE WHERE DEPTH AND THAT SORT OF THING WITHIN WITHIN THE FRONT OR THE BACK OR THE SIDES. AND AND JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF I'M WALKING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING DOWN A SIDEWALK AND THE BUILDING'S RIGHT HERE ON MY RIGHT, IS IT JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT KIND OF ARTICULATION? THERE YOU GO. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
SO THIS IS AN ELEVATION OF, OBVIOUSLY, THE FRONT OF THE STORE ON THE FAR LEFT, WE ADDED A POP OUT WITH WITH ARTICULATION.
SO IT ACTUALLY COMES OUT AND THEN GOES BACK IN.
AND THEN WE HAVE, WE HAVE BRICKS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY FOUR INCHES,
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WHICH WILL POP OUT AGAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE.SO THIS, THIS IS THE FRONT EVEN, EVEN THE, THE CENTER COLUMN OVER CALL IT THE AWNING OVER THE FRONT DOOR POPS OUT.
SO I THINK THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF, OF VISUAL ARTICULATION THAT WILL LOOK GOOD.
I'LL, I'LL TURN TO THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FAIR AMOUNT ON THE REAR.
THOSE COLUMNS ARE, ARE SIGNIFICANT ABOUT FOUR FEET.
AND AND AND OBVIOUSLY EVEN ON THIS PICTURE, THEY, THEY DO LOOK PRETTY SOLID.
OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. AND I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT KIND OF ARTICULATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE A SITE THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM REAL HIGH UP ON ALL FOUR AREAS.
AND THIS IS KIND OF ANOTHER ONE HERE FROM THIS WOULD BE FROM THE FREEWAY SIDE IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT. OKAY.
THAT HELPS. CASEY. WELL, OBVIOUSLY THIS SITE PLAN IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT SCALE AND CONTEXT. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING FEEDBACK AND TRYING TO INCORPORATE THAT OLD MODEL AS BEST YOU COULD ON THIS ONE, ESPECIALLY THE LAST OPTION AT THE 4 P.M.
HOUR. GOING BACK TO SPECIFICALLY ACCESS FOR DELIVERY VEHICLES, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THAT FLOW OF TRAFFIC WITH THE UPDATED CHANGE THAT WE'RE JUST NOW SEEING? SO BE HAPPY TO THE, OBVIOUSLY, ACCESS FOR FOR A RETAILER WITH RESPECT TO TRUCKS IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO IT'S NOT A DECISION THAT THEY WOULD GIVE UP ON LIGHTLY IF THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY COULD.
THE THERE ARE TWO MAIN DRIVES OFF OF NICOLETTE CREEK.
THEY THE, THE TRUCKS THEMSELVES WILL DEPENDING ON WHICH NORTH OR SOUTH THAT THEY COME FROM WILL, WILL COME IN ON ONE OF THOSE TWO MAIN ENTRANCES.
THEY WILL HEAD TO THE WESTERN SIDE TOWARDS 67 OF, OF THE SITE. THEY WILL, THEY WILL COME AROUND ON, ON THE WEST SIDE AND THEN TAKE A LEFT TURN AT THAT POINT, HEADING BACK TOWARDS NICOLETTE CREEK.
THEY WE EXPANDED A A RADIUS TURN THERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS DESIGN.
THEY WILL BACK IN UNLOAD THEIR GOODS AND THEN THEY WILL EXIT BY, BY GOING TO THE LEFT AND TAKING ANOTHER RIGHT WHERE? WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO LEFT OR RIGHT, DEPENDING ON ON THEIR NEXT DIRECTION.
SO I THINK IT MEETS ALL, ALL, ALL CODE, ALL TURNING RADIUSES.
THOSE HAVE BEEN STUDIED SIGNIFICANTLY AND OBVIOUSLY FIRE CODE AS WELL.
RICHARD CASEY PRETTY WELL STOLE MY QUESTION ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW, BUT HOW MANY TRUCKS ON AVERAGE PER DAY DO YOU ANTICIPATE? AND I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT YOU WOULD BRING YOUR TRUCKS DOWN.
BUT ANYWAY HOW ABOUT HEAVY TRUCKS PER DAY OR PER WEEK OR SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, WE HAVE ASKED THAT IN THE PAST AND, AND IT FLUCTUATES, IT'S, IT'S SURPRISINGLY LESS THAN, THAN YOU WOULD THINK PROBABLY IN THE ORDER OF, OF 8 TO 10. OBVIOUSLY THEY, THEY STOCK A FAIR AMOUNT.
AND THEY COME THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SOME OF THE TRUCKS THAT DELIVER THE FOOD ARE SMALLER.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME DAYS ARE GOING TO HAVE COULD HAVE UP TO TEN TO 12 OR 14.
BUT IT'S NOT A LOT OF TRUCK TRUCK TRAFFIC AND SOME TRUCKS WILL STAY THERE OVERNIGHT.
SO MOST OF THE TRUCKS ARE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN OF THE RETAILER IS NOT TO HAVE TRUCKS COMING IN AT 4 P.M.
COMPETING WITH WITH, WITH CUSTOMERS.
SO THERE WILL BE MORE EARLIER IN THE MORNING AND MUCH LATER IN THE EVENING.
SO WHAT PERCENT, I GUESS IS OUR TRACTOR TRAILERS AND WHAT PERCENT ARE BOBTAILS, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BE THEIR TRACTOR TRAILERS.
I MEAN, HOW MANY WOULD YOU HAVE AT ONE TIME? WELL THEY'RE, THEY DON'T PARK CARS THERE.
SO TRUCKS THERE. SO IT'S A, IT'S A THREE BAY TRUCK DOCK.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE MOST THEY WOULD HAVE, THERE WOULD BE THREE.
UNLESS THERE WAS SOME KIND OF.
OKAY. YEAH, EXACTLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S.
SO YOU WILL. STORAGE UNITS AT CHRISTMAS.
WE WON'T GO. NO, NO NO STORAGE UNITS.
THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED. AND THIS PARTICULAR RETAILER DOESN'T DO THAT. PARDON THIS QUESTION. I'M LATE TO THE GAME.
WHAT'S THE MAX HEIGHT OF THE FACILITY.
THE BUILDING THE THE TOWER ELEMENT HERE IS RIGHT AT 40FT, 40FT. MOST OF THE OTHER TOWER ELEMENTS ARE AT AT, ON THE ON THE LEFT AND IN THE RIGHT SIDE WITH A BASE BUILDING OF ABOUT 26.
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OKAY. THANK YOU. I WANT TO JUST THROW THIS BOMB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE IN THE ROOM JUST FOR DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S ONE OF.SEVEN I PERSONALLY PREFER THE VARIANCE BEING OFFERED FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT TAKES THE TRUCKS AWAY FROM POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND THEN THOSE SMALL CARS WOULD BE PARKED TRYING TO ACCESS THEIR TO GO SERVICES AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. BUT I'M NO TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER OUTSIDE IMPACTS THAT IT MIGHT HAVE OUTSIDE OF WHAT I'VE JUST MENTIONED. SO I'D LOVE TO GET OTHER'S THOUGHTS ON IT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY THAT PARKING IS THAT THE TO GO.
SO THAT SERVICE RIGHT THAT PARKING ON.
LET ME GET TO THE RIGHT HERE IS THAT PARKING ON THE RIGHT IS, IS KIND OF WHAT THEIR QUICK PICK.
SO WHEN YOU ORDER ONLINE, YOU, YOU WOULD PULL ON IN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A, A DOOR IN THIS PARTICULAR PROTOTYPE KIND OF SO LET ME SHOW YOU A BETTER ONE.
THAT'S IT. SO ON THE TOP RIGHT THOSE, THOSE DOORS THERE, THAT, THAT IS KIND OF THEIR AREA WHERE MERCHANDISE IS BROUGHT OUT TO YOU AS, AS YOU ARE PARKED IN IN THOSE PICKUP SPOTS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT COVERED. SO IT IS THOSE ARE THE SPOTS ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AGAIN I AM HAPPY TO GO EITHER WAY.
MY COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE TOWN IS TO PROVIDE OPTIONS AND YEAH, DO THE BEST JOB. IT'S NOT A DEAL BREAKER FOR ME, AND I'M SURE IT'S NOT A DEAL BREAKER FOR YOU. I JUST WANT TO BRING IT UP FOR AS A POINT OF CONVERSATION, AS WE CONTINUE THIS DIALOG AND THAT WE WILL BE POTENTIALLY FORCING TRUCKS TO GO PAST THOSE THOSE THOSE ARE THOSE PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY CROSSING THAT CROSSWALK, WHICH CAN GET IT CAN GET PRETTY BUSY THAT AREA.
AND THEN I JUST, I WOULD THINK NOBODY WOULD WANT THE TRUCKS GOING IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
SO I GUESS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE A RETAILER LIKE THIS TRIES TO DO THE BEST THING FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT HEARS A VARIANCE YOU KNOW, NOBODY AGAIN, NO, NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE TO ASK A TOWN TO DO MORE THAN IT NEEDS.
IF WE WENT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ONE.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO WHERE THEY CAN GET IN AND TURN AROUND WITH THAT ANGLE.
YES. THIS HERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OR IS, IS THE DESIGN WITH THE TRUCK ACCESS.
OBVIOUSLY AT THIS POINT TRUCKS WOULD COME IN BUT EVEN ON THE TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE TRUCKS THAT ACTUALLY COME IN ON THE TWO MAIN ENTRANCES OF NICOLETTE CREEK.
AND AGAIN, THESE TRUCKS ARE COMING IN LATER IN THE EVENING AND EARLIER IN THE MORNING.
AND THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HEAD TOWARDS THE WEST OF THE BUILDING AND THEN COME BACK AROUND. SO REALLY THIS, THIS THIS S SHAPE VARIANCE IS, IS PRIMARILY FOR EXIT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE THE POINT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OKAY, I CAN'T CAN WE NOT USE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST BECAUSE I'M REALLY TURNED AROUND RIGHT NOW. YES. THEY WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN ON NICOLETTE LIKE FROM LOWE'S? YES. YOU'RE SAYING THEY'LL COME AROUND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING? SO THEY WOULD COME SOUTH.
THEY WOULD LIKELY TAKE THAT FIRST.
RIGHT IN. THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEAL TRUCK ROUTE BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH THE RETAILER. AND THEY WOULD GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A WIDER ROAD THAN, THAN NORMAL.
SO IT'S A PERFECT TRUCK ROUTE.
THEY WOULD TAKE A LEFT INTO THEIR LAST ENTRY POINT.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE ROAD ON THE ON THE WEST NORTHWEST SIDE OF THEIR, OF THEIR PARKING LOT.
AND AND THEN IT WOULD GO STRAIGHT BACK TO THE, TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF, OF THE RETAILER.
THEY WOULD THEN TAKE ANOTHER LEFT AND THEN BEGIN TO MANEUVER IN A BACKING INTO THE TRUCK DOCK. OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT LOTS OF LIGHTS ON.
I'M GOING TO GO TO MY RIGHT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND RESET. SO, CLARK, YOU'RE UP. WELL, I HAD A QUESTION, BUT I GUESS JUST GIVE MY $0.02 ON YOUR QUESTION.
ROSS AND I ACTUALLY HAD A WHOLE SIDEBAR ABOUT THIS AND THIS DRIVE AND, AND ACTUALLY ROSS CONVINCED ME OTHERWISE, BUT THEY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT PICTURE THAT MR. WEBER HAS UP THERE, YOU LOOK AT THE LOWE'S DEVELOPMENT, THEY DON'T HAVE THIS TURN IN.
NEITHER DOES WALMART. THE ONLY PLACE THAT WOULD HAVE SOMETHING EVEN SIMILAR WOULD BE BROOKSHIRE'S. AND EVERYBODY USES IT AS A CUT THROUGH.
AND I'M STEALING ROSS'S WORDS FROM HIM TO ME.
AND SO BECAUSE I WAS UNSURE HOW I FELT ABOUT THE VARIANCE, BUT NOW I KIND OF AGREE WITH STAFF THAT THAT THAT EXTRA LANE OR WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO
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CALL IT REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE.BECAUSE I CAN DEFINITELY SEE MY WIFE OR MYSELF CUTTING THROUGH THERE TO GO TO THE PICKUP. SO. WELL, I MEAN, I LOVE HER, I JUST KNOW HOW IT IS.
BUT BUT WHAT MY OTHER QUESTION, THERE'S MY $0.02.
MY QUESTION WAS AND I'M GOING A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ROUTE HERE.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE TOPOGRAPHY SURVEY AND HOW THE ROADS ARE ABOUT 700.
AND THEN IT DIVES OFF AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN.
NICOLET. IT LOOKS LIKE IT DROPS TWO FEET EVERY SO OFTEN.
I CAN'T TELL THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LINES. I KNOW THAT THIS THIS SITE SITS DOWN IN A HOLE ESSENTIALLY. I'M CURIOUS WHEN I'M COMING DOWN NICOLET AND WHAT I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT JUST TO TELL YOU IS THE LOAD BAY IS, IS MY VIEW OF THAT LOAD.
WHAT FINISH ELEVATION, I GUESS IS THE STORE.
SO WE ASKED THE QUESTION OF THIS, OF OUR ENGINEERS THIS MORNING.
IT IS 8 TO 9FT ON THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER.
THE TRUCK BAY IS 8 TO 9FT LOWER THAN THAN NICOLET CREEK AT AT AT THAT POINT RIGHT THERE, PROBABLY TEN FEET TO 11FT LOWER, IF YOU WILL, AT AN ANGLE AT SPUR 73 ON THE.
SO EVEN WHEN I'M COMING DOWN, NICOLETTE, I'M ABOVE THIS STORE.
SO OBVIOUSLY AT THE CREEK NICOLETTE IS IS, IS, IS IS AT ITS LOW POINT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE SITE IS A V AND SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE YOU'RE, YOU'RE COMING ON UP.
BUT THAT AT AT THAT MAIN ENTRANCE AND THAT'S TURN WHETHER WE HAVE IT OR NOT THAT, THAT TRUCK DOCK IS 7 TO 9FT LOWER IN THAT AREA.
SO JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SECONDARY POINT OF ACCESS.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M I'M LESS CONCERNED ABOUT TRUCKS GOING THROUGH CONSUMER AREA THAN I AM CONSUMERS GOING THROUGH A TRUCK AREA.
RIGHT. BECAUSE TRUCK DRIVERS GENERALLY ARE MUCH MORE HIGHLY TRAINED MUCH MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND DO IT PROFESSIONALLY FOR A LIVING.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BROOKSHIRE'S PARKING LOT AND THE KROGER PARKING LOT, KROGER HAS A SEPARATE ENTRANCE FOR TRUCKS.
AND I CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO JUST GO PARK ON THAT BACK CORNER OF KROGER IN YOUR CAR FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND WATCH PEOPLE COME THROUGH THERE AT 55, 60 MILES AN HOUR BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE OTHER CONSUMER TRAFFIC FOR THE MOST PART. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, 60 MILE PER HOUR HONDA CIVIC VERSUS 55 FOOT SEMI.
AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT WELL. SO I MEAN, THAT THAT'S REALLY THE CHALLENGE IS I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A TRUCK EXIT THERE.
THERE IS NO FEASIBLE WAY TO ENSURE IT'S A TRUCK EXIT.
AND PEOPLE WILL FIGURE IT OUT AND THE BACKSIDE OF A BUILDING GO SIT BEHIND WHERE MAIN STREET GYM IS OCCASIONALLY AND WATCH PEOPLE DRIVE AROUND THAT TO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. IT'S IMPRESSIVE THE SPEEDS THAT THEY CAN ATTAIN BECAUSE IT'S JUST A LONG BUILDING WITH NO PARKING SPACES OR ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE, AND IT BECOMES A RACEWAY.
SO I, I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S MORE OF A SAFETY CONCERN INTERNALLY.
BECAUSE WHEN FOLKS ARE DRIVING THROUGH PARKING AREAS, THEY GENERALLY ARE MUCH MORE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE SOMEBODY COULD PULL OUT IN FRONT OF THEM AT EVERY, AT ANY TIME. WHEN YOU GET THESE LONG RUNS, LIKE ALONG THE BACK OF THE BUILDING THAT SOMEBODY'S PARKED ON THE SIDE AND SAYS, OH, I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH THE FRONT WHERE THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE BACK AND JUST WHIP OUT OF HERE REAL FAST.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT CREATES A SAFETY CONCERN.
SO I'M KIND OF WITH THE ENGINEER ON THIS ONE AND SAYING, HEY, THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE THOSE SPACING REQUIREMENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO CREATES A MUCH SAFER THE, THE WALMART HAS EXISTED FOR YEARS.
THEY GET PROBABLY JUST AS MANY TRUCKS AS THIS RETAILER WILL.
AND THERE'S NO DEDICATED SINGLE ENTRANCE OR EXIT FOR TRUCKS IN THAT FACILITY.
AND THEY HAVE GROCERY PICKUP, PHARMACY, DRIVE THROUGH AUTOMOTIVE.
THAT'S ALL KIND OF IN THAT SAME AREA.
AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY MAJOR CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HAD.
RICHARD. WELL, ONCE AGAIN, ROSS IS STILL IN MY FUNDING THERE.
DID STAFF DENY THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE VARIANCE, OR DID THEY HAVE A MORE PARTICULAR REASON WHY THEY DENIED IT.
SO THE, YEAH, IT WAS THE SPACING BETWEEN THE MIDDLE DRIVE AND THE, THE TRUCK DRIVE. IT SHOULD BE 200FT.
SO IT'S PURELY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO OPENINGS.
BUT DID YOU. BECAUSE BEFORE SOMETIMES YOU DENY SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFERENT AND YOU COULDN'T APPROVE IT.
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I JUST WONDER WHERE Y'ALL AT NOW.WELL, WE'RE NOT APPROVING THIS. Y'ALL ARE APPROVED. JUST FOR CLARITY, STAFF RECOMMEND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
YEAH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. DID YOU DENY OR RECOMMEND DENIAL JUST BECAUSE IT'S A VARIANCE OR BECAUSE WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ONE.
RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE VARIANCE.
YES. WE'RE RECOMMENDING I'M SORRY. YEAH. IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE.
YES SIR. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE WE HAVE A STANDARD.
YES. WE HAVE A STANDARD IN OUR DESIGN MANUAL THAT REQUIRES 200FT.
OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. JUST LAST QUESTION IS I'M LOOKING AT PARTICULARLY, I GUESS THAT'S THE EAST SIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR MAP.
WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING UTILIZING THAT'S LIKE THE YOU HAVE THE GRAY AND WHITE PARKING PLACES. IS THAT GOING TO BE MORE OR LESS YOUR TRAFFIC OF PICK UP THE, THE ONLINE PICK UP TYPE STUFF.
SO, SO THAT IS ACTUALLY A DEDICATED ONLINE ORDER PICKUP AREA.
SO WHEN YOU ORDER ONLINE WITH THIS RETAILER THEY WILL YOU'LL COME, YOU'LL PARK THERE, YOU ACTUALLY TEXT THEM AND THEN YOU TELL THEM WHAT BAY YOU'RE IN AND THEY BRING YOUR MERCHANDISE OUT TO YOU.
OKAY. SO THEORETICALLY, WE WOULD HAVE STAFF THAT COULD BE CROSSING BACK AND FORTH FOR DELIVERIES. JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M HAVING ALL THE VARIABLES THAT I MEAN, THAT I'M NOT FULLY UP TO SPEED ON EXACT OPERATIONS, BUT THAT WOULD STAND TO REASON. OKAY.
ANNA. JUST TO BRING US BACK TO THE ELEVATIONS, I DO LIKE THE SECOND ONE BETTER.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD JOB. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO MELD THE BRAND AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN THE MORE BRICK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. THANK YOU I AGREE.
I LIKE THE SECOND ELEVATIONS BETTER AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO PRESENTING US THESE OPTIONS.
AND RICHARD, DID YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS? I SEE YOUR LIGHTS ON. NO, NO.
YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS CASE? NO. YOU'RE GOOD. WE'RE.
WE'LL GET THROUGH IT TOGETHER. ARE YOU TAKING A VOTE ON THE ELEVATION AND THEN THE SITE PLAN OR BOTH? OR DO IT TOGETHER.
I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE THERE'S TWO SIDES OR TWO ELEVATIONS. SO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR US, CLARK, OR YOU WANT FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CASE AS PRESENTED WITH ELEVATION OPTION NUMBER TWO, THE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT ON THE PAPER. THERE'S TWO VARIANCES DRIVEWAY SPACING AND HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION.
SO SUPPORTING THE HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION NOT SUPPORTING THE DRIVEWAY SPACING.
YEAH. SO EXITING THE DRIVEWAY, THE DRIVEWAY.
SECOND IN SUPPORTING THE HORIZONTAL.
OKAY. EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THE MOTION.
SECOND. SECOND. FOOD AND SITE PLAN.
SECOND. ELEVATIONS AND SUPPORTING THE HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION.
NOT THE DRIVEWAY SPACING. MOTION MADE BY MYSELF.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER.
PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0.
THANK YOU. MR.. MR.. THANK YOU.
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON AN AGREEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH KIMBERLY HORNE AND
[2026-150 Consider and act upon an Agreement for Professional Services with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for engineering and design-related services associated with the construction of an additional northbound lane along FM 663 (from Belmont Drive approximately 2,300 linear feet north) in the amount of $120,000, plus design contingency in the amount of $10,000, for a total amount of $130,000.]
ASSOCIATES FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN RELATED SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL NORTHBOUND LANE ALONG FM 663 FROM BELMONT DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 2300 LINEAR FOOT NORTH, AN AMOUNT OF 120,000 PLUS CONTINGENCY OF 10,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 130,000.MIKE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT PHASE TWO OF THE 663 LANE EXPANSION PROJECT.
CURRENTLY IT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE NORTHBOUND LANE, ESSENTIALLY FROM THE SOUTHERN DRIVE THAT GOES INTO THE 711 ALL THE WAY THROUGH HAWKINS RUN ROAD WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR TWO NORTHBOUND LANES.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY INITIALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED FARTHER TO THE SOUTH.
HOWEVER, TEX-DOT HAD A COST LIMITATION THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THE PROJECT FOR, AND SO WE ENDED UP PULLING IT BACK SOME.
WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH TXDOT AND THEY WILL ALLOW US TO GO OVER THEIR COST WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR COST IS WHAT THEY HAD. SO BASED ON THE AWARDING OF THE CURRENT PROJECT, COUNCIL GAVE STAFF DIRECTION TO COME BACK WITH THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH WOULD GET THIS ADDITIONAL LANE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BELMONT DRIVE.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU. IT WOULD BE FOR THE ADDITION OF A ADDITIONAL NORTHBOUND LANE. SO YOU'D HAVE TWO NORTHBOUND LANES THAT WOULD GO FROM BELMONT, GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO 287, WHICH WOULD DEFINITELY BE A HELP, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING PEAK HOUR RUSH.
SO THIS, THIS ROADWAY IS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA SIX AS A IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE FACILITY. SO WE ARE UTILIZING ROADWAY IMPACT FEES TO FUND THE DESIGN.
AND ULTIMATELY THE, THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS CASE.
CASEY. YEAH. A FEW QUESTIONS OVERALL KIND OF TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT.
I KNOW YOU'RE IN PHASE ONE RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR. SO THE PHASE ONE SHOULD BE COMPLETED
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THIS SUMMER. AND WE HAD 90 DAYS ON IT.THE RAINS KIND OF HIT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PAVING SIDE. ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UNFORTUNATELY AS A TECH STOCK FACILITY.
SO THE LAST PROJECT TOOK A LOT LONGER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE TXDOT PROCESS. BUT WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE DISTRICT ENGINEER. THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT. SO WE'RE HOPING FOR A QUICKER TURNAROUND. SO WE'RE HOPING WITHIN THE NEXT 6 TO 9 MONTHS, WE'LL BE READY TO BID THIS PROJECT OUT.
OKAY. AND THEN JUST YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS HERE. YES, SIR, I HAVE I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DRIVING THIS STRETCH PRETTY MUCH EVERY MORNING. AND SO AS I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING BY IT THIS MORNING, I KIND OF LOOKED OVER. BUT AS FAR AS ANY PARTICULAR PLANS ON THE RELOCATION OF THE TELEPHONE POLES THERE, AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE MATURE TREES THAT KIND OF PROTECT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN TO I GUESS THAT'S LONGBRANCH PHASE ONE.
YES. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO STAY WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO FOR THE MOST PART, I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF THE OVERHEAD SHOULD BE OKAY WHERE IT'S AT.
SO AGAIN, IT'S REALLY TRYING TO COME IN AND ADD JUST ONE ADDITIONAL LANE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE THAT CULVERT CROSSING. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN LEAVE THE CULVERT LIKE IT IS, AND ACTUALLY KIND OF WORK, REWORK THOSE LANES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A REALLY LONG SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE TO GO INTO BELMONT.
SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT AS WELL. BUT THE INTENT IS GOING TO TRY TO REALLY NOT TO, NOT TO IMPACT THE UTILITIES AS BEST WE CAN AND TRY TO LEAVE, ESPECIALLY THE, THE OAKS THAT WERE PLANTED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAWSON FARMS, THE, THE NORTHERN PART.
WE DID TAKE A BUNCH OF HACKBERRIES OUT IN THAT AREA BECAUSE IN ORDER TO PUSH IT FARTHER. BUT THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE WHEN 7-ELEVEN CAME, THEY ACTUALLY BUILT A DECEL LANE. SO THAT DECEL LANE NOW BECOMES THE THROUGH LANE. AND THEN WE BUILT A NEW DECEL LANE NEXT TO THAT.
SO IT ACTUALLY WAS GOING ANOTHER 12FT WIDER THAN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, JUST HOW DOES THIS PROJECT FIT WITH THE BROADER PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF FARM ROAD 663 WITH TEXTILES.
YES, SIR. SO CURRENTLY WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH TEX .663 IS NOT ON THEIR TEN YEAR PLAN.
SO THIS IS KIND OF PIECEMEAL IN IT.
THE INTENT IS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE MOBILITY THE SAFETY.
BUT AT THE CURRENT TIME TEX DOT HAS NO PLANS TO DO MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS ROADWAY.
ROSS IS THERE ANY ROAD IN MIDLOTHIAN THAT'S ON TEX DOT TEN YEAR PLAN? NO NOT REALLY, UNLESS IT'S A MAINTENANCE. NO SIR. NOT ON EXPANSION.
JUST, YOU KNOW, SAVE US FROM HAVING TO ASK EACH TIME ONE OF THESE COMES UP.
YES, SIR. SO THIS IS GOING TO ADD ONE THROUGH LANE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IN IN A NORTHBOUND PATTERN. YES, SIR.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY ANTICIPATION WHETHER THE THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT.
I KNOW WE HAVEN'T ENGINEERED IT YET, BUT THE, THE BALLPARK ESTIMATE, IS IT GOING TO FIT WITHIN TEX DOT'S MAGIC MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT? WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION AND THEY SAID IT'S OKAY, WE CAN ADD THIS ONE AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, WE END UP, LIKE I SAID, HAVING A MEETING WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND DISTRICT ENGINEER, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO WE'D BE ABLE TO EXCEED THAT MILLION DOLLAR THRESHOLD.
THAT THAT'S KIND OF THEM TO ALLOW US TO SPEND MONEY ON THEIR ROAD TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS.
AND WE ALSO WERE TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY WHEN WE CAME BACK WITH THAT LOSS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ACTUALLY HAVING TO PAY SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS, TEXTILES NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS EITHER ON THIS ONE. VERY GRACIOUS, VERY GRACIOUS. SO WHAT ARE WE ANTICIPATE? I MEAN, WHAT WHAT'S THE TRAFFIC COUNTS RIGHT THERE IN PEAK NOW.
AND WHEN WE ADD THIS EXTRA ROAD I MEAN OR THIS EXTRA LANE.
I MEAN, WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S GOING TO DO FOR THE THROUGHPUT OF THAT FACILITY? YES, SIR. SO REALLY, THE MAIN THING IS GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE SIGNAL NOW AT HAWKINS RUN. I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO SPREAD OUT.
AND SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY START DOUBLE STACKING ALONG THERE.
SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A BOOST FOR THE MORNING TIME.
I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT A RECENT TRAFFIC COUNT.
I KNOW BACK WHEN WE HAD COUNTERS ON THE NORTH SIDE, RIGHT.
I'D SAY NORTH SIDE, NORTH SIDE OF HAWKINS.
IT WAS CLOSE TO 30,000 TRIPS A DAY.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THAT TRAFFIC HAS BEEN DOWN FOR A WHILE NOW. SO IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY NORTH OF THAT NUMBER.
SO YOU'RE SOMEWHERE 30 TO 35,000 AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IS THERE A HAS A SIGNAL BEEN WARRANTED AT BELMONT BY TEX-DOT AT THIS POINT? NO SIR. I BELIEVE I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE WE'VE REQUESTED AT THIS POINT I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK. THERE'S THERE'S SEVERAL THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE'S ONE THAT PLANNED FOR BELMONT.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN LAWSON FARMS AND THAT USE 14TH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CUT ACROSS OR WHATEVER. I THINK WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE TRAFFIC PUSHED ONTO 14TH STREET THAN ANTICIPATED.
BECAUSE IT IS A CHALLENGE TO GET IN AND OUT OF, OF THAT INTERSECTION. SO, I MEAN, AS PART OF THIS ENGINEERING OR PROJECT, IF WE'RE DOING ANY TRAFFIC STUDIES, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT IF POSSIBLE TO, TO PIGGYBACK IN TO SEE IF TEX-DOT THINKS MAYBE WE'RE ALLOWED TO LOOK AT A SIGNAL THERE.
WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT. AND ACTUALLY TXDOT WILL DO IT AND TEXDOT WILL FUND THE SIGNAL IF IT NEEDS MORE. YES, SIR. AND ONE THING WE ARE HOPING TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WITH THE START OF THE LANE AT BELMONT IS REALLY TO KIND OF USE THAT AS AN ACCELERATION LANE. AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE KIND OF THEIR OWN LANE INITIALLY TO GO. SO IF
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YOU'RE COMING FROM BELMONT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET FARTHER TO THE NORTH, THEN YOU CAN GO INTO THAT LANE. BUT THE INTENT WOULD BE HOPEFULLY WE CAN KIND OF UTILIZE THAT TO ALLOW FOLKS THAT ARE USING BELMONT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LANE TO START FROM, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DRIVE OUT INTO THE TRAFFIC LIKE THEY'RE DOING TODAY.ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S JUST THERE IS A LOT OF AT GRADE CONNECTIONS ON FM 663 THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
YES, SIR. YOU TRY TO GO TO BREAKFAST ON AT ALES ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN TRY TO GET OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT.
IT'S IT'S A SPICY PROPOSITION.
DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY YOU'RE WANTING TO GO WHEN YOU LEAVE THAT PARKING LOT. SO I THINK SOMETHING TO, TO CALM TRAFFIC THERE AND PUT SOME INTERRUPTIONS, SOME BREAKS IN. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GREAT SAFETY BOON FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN, IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT. YES, SIR. THIS IS PHASE TWO. HOW MANY PHASES ARE THERE? IS THIS THE LAST? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE COUNCIL DIRECTION. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES AGAIN THAT THE FUND BALANCE IN SERVICE AREA SIX HAS NOT GROWN AS FAST BECAUSE THAT SOUTH AREA IS NOT GROWING AS FAST AS IT HAD BEEN IN THE PAST. AND SO AT SOME POINT, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS AND WE WON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY TO USE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, BUT WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL. BUT IT'S REALLY ULTIMATELY MISS HAMMONDS IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A PHASED APPROACH JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, NOT HAVING A, A PLAN, I GUESS A LONG TERM PLAN ON TEXT OUTSIDE IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE TRY TO KEEP ADDING CAPACITY AND MOBILITY SAFETY AS BEST WE CAN, BUT WE'VE NOT TALKED ABOUT A PHASE THREE.
NO, MA'AM. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION KIND OF TO ROSS'S POINT ABOUT GETTING IN AND OUT, JUST EVEN ON A REGULAR DAY WITHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION, ARE THE LIGHTS CHANGE, SAY LIKE AT HAWKINS OR THE.
IS THE LIGHT PATTERN CHANGED AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE BACKUP ON THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN HARDER TO GET IN THE LINE.
LIKE IF YOU'RE COMING IN OFF OF HAWKINS OR, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ROADS BECAUSE IT CAUSES MORE TRAFFIC, RIGHT? YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY. YES. THAT THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. THE CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE WHAT THEY HAVE IS THEY HAVE WHERE THEY PICK UP VEHICLES. A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES THERE AS WELL, IT'S KIND OF PICKING THAT UP TOO.
BUT AGAIN, THE HOPE IS, YOU KNOW, WITH SCHOOL GOING TO BE OUT HERE SOON, THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY START WORKING ON GETTING THE THE LANE THAT COMES OFF OF HAWKINS RUN ROAD DONE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
BUT AGAIN, IT WAS A 90 DAY PROJECT.
SO HOPEFULLY A LITTLE MORE PAIN.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHEN IT'S DONE, IT'LL IT'LL PAY OFF.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS.
SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN CHESHER.
SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMONDS.
PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0.
2026 151 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND
[2026-151 Consider and act upon a Fifth Amendment to the “Agreement for the Sale and Delivery of Treated Water to Sardis-Lone Elm Water Supply Corporation by the City of Midlothian.]
DELIVERY OF TREATED WATER TO SARDIS LONE ELM WATER SUPPLY BY THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN.SO THIS IS THE FIFTH AMENDMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED WITH OUR AGREEMENT WITH SARDIS THAT WAS ENTERED BACK IN 2015.
THIS THIS AMENDMENT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT BEFORE THE UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD IN MARCH WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. SO THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY SET UP RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR A 2 TO 1 PEAKING WITH SARDIS.
AND THAT 2 TO 1 PEAKING, THOUGH, CAN ONLY GO TO THEIR AVERAGE DAY MAX DEMAND. OKAY. AND SO RIGHT NOW SARDIS SECURED RAW WATER AND CITY SECURITY ON BEHALF OF SARDIS. BUT THERE'S 2.86 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF RAW WATER THAT WAS SECURED FROM TRW.
AND SO THE CONTRACT SET UP TO WHERE SARDIS CAN PEAK A 2 TO 1.
BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE ULTIMATELY MORE THAN THE 2.86 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
OKAY. AND THAT'S THE ANNUAL AVERAGE.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THAT 2 TO 1 PEAK STARTS DROPPING AS THEY GET HALFWAY TO THE 2.86 TO WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT PEAK WHEN THEY GET TO 2.86 IS NO LONGER A 2 TO 1.
IT'S A ONE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN'T PEAK OFF OF THAT 2.86 NUMBER.
I KNOW THIS SOUNDS VERY COMPLEX.
I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT REALLY KIND OF GETS A LITTLE DISTORTED.
SO REALLY KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW, AND AGAIN, IT'S THIS, THIS IS A BUSY LITTLE SPREADSHEET, BUT REALLY KIND OF TRYING TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT'S SET UP RIGHT NOW IS RIGHT NOW THE WAY SARDIS CURRENT AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME IS 0.8 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, 800,000 GALLONS PER DAY.
OKAY. SARDIS CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 1.6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY ON A PEAK DAY, WHICH IS A 2 TO 1 PEAKING.
OKAY. BUT THE WAY OUR WE'RE STRUCTURED RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS STRUCTURED IS AS YOU START WORKING YOUR WAY AND SERVICE GROWS ON THEIR AVERAGE DAY, THEN THE PEAKING FACTOR STARTS DROPPING DOWN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE MORE THAN 2.86, WHICH IS THEIR MAXIMUM AVERAGE DAY VOLUME.
OKAY. SO WHAT WHAT THIS DOES NOW AND AGAIN, IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTS
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WE HAVE WITH GRAND PRAIRIE. AND THE NEW ONE WE DID WITH MOUNT PEAK. THE 1.5 PEAKING FACTOR. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT AGAIN THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT, WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SEEING NOW IS ACTUALLY FOR THE NEXT TEN, I THINK 11 OR 12 YEARS, THEIR PEAK DAY WILL ACTUALLY BE LESS.SO WE CAN ACTUALLY PLAN FOR IT.
OKAY. INITIALLY IT'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN WHAT THEY COULD TAKE. BUT THEN WHEN YOU START LOOKING OUT AT, YOU KNOW, YEAR 13, GOING DOWN TO YEAR 20, THEN THAT 2.86, THEY COULD TAKE UP TO 4.29 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY ON A PEAK DAY, WHICH IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH, AGAIN, WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR CONTRACTS WITH OUR OTHER WHOLESALE PROVIDERS, ROCKETS, ACTUALLY A 1.25 PEAK FACTOR.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY LESS THAN THAT AS WELL.
SO SARIS HAVE REQUESTED THAT AGAIN THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD BENEFIT THEM IN THE LONGER RUN TO WHERE THEY WOULD NEED TO SECURE ADDITIONAL RAW WATER TO MEET THEIR PEAK DEMANDS.
BY DOING THIS, THEY ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE CONTRACTS ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE NOW FOR GOING ON 11 YEARS. SO THEY IT'S A 20 YEAR CONTRACT.
THEY HAD ASKED THAT TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND IT FOR TEN MORE YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENT DOES AS WELL.
IT SHOWS THAT IT'S GOING FROM 2035 TO 2045.
SO THAT'D BE BASICALLY ANOTHER 20 YEARS AT THIS POINT, WHICH AGAIN, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, THEY SECURED THE RAW WATER. WE'RE JUST TREATING IT FOR THEM. THIS ALLOWS US TO PLAN APPROPRIATELY. AND SO WITH THAT, IF AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE KIND OF KIND OF DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN, BUT AGAIN, THE WAY IT'S SET UP BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK.
NO SPEAKERS, COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
AND MIKE ROSS HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW A PEAK DAY IS DEFINED AND HOW MANY OF THOSE THEY CAN HAVE. SO THE PEAK DAY CAN BE ESSENTIALLY AS MANY DAYS AS THEY NEED.
HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE THEY CANNOT EXCEED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE YEAR. THEY CANNOT EXCEED WHATEVER THAT MINIMUM IS.
SO CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT AVERAGE VOLUME IS THE 800,000.
OKAY. SOME DAYS THEY'LL TAKE 400,000, SOME DAYS THEY'LL TAKE 1.6.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM AN ANNUAL AVERAGE, THOUGH, THAT 800,000 IS WHAT YOU LOOK AT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE YEAR. SO THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEIR ANNUAL AVERAGE EXCEEDS 2.86.
YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND. YES. CORRECT. AND AT THAT POINT, THEY MAY NEED TO SECURE ADDITIONAL RAW WATER OR OTHER CONTRACTS. YES, SIR. PERFECT. SECOND MOTION.
MOTION MADE TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER.
PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. MIKE. 2026 152.
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
[2026-152 Consider and act upon a resolution authorizing the City of Midlothian to participate in the Alliance for Innovation (AFI) Purchasing Cooperative and authorizing execution of the Master Cooperative Purchasing Agreement, Participating Addendum, and Tri-Party Service Agreement between the City of Midlothian, the Alliance for Innovation, and Civic Marketplace to become a Lead Agency.]
ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION, PURCHASING, CO-OP AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE MASTER CO-OP PURCHASING AGREEMENT, PARTICIPATING ADDENDUM AND TRI PARTY SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY MIDLOTHIAN, THE ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION, THE CIVIC MARKETPLACE, TO BECOME A LEAD AGENCY.AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS. YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF PURCHASING, PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE CITY. THIS ONE IS HAS AN ADDED STEP TO IT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT.
THE A F I THIS ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION, THEY ARE PURCHASING CO-OP JUST LIKE WE HAVE FOR TECH SHARE. SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT WE HAVE GULF COAST THAT WE BUY A LOT OF VEHICLES THROUGH THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, I WON'T SAY IT'S MORE COMPLICATED, IT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS.
I WOULD SAY TO THE CITY THIS ONE WITH THE CIVIC MARKETPLACE.
IT'S A TRI PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN AFI, THE CITY AND CIVIC MARKETPLACE.
IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LEAD CITY.
AND SO WITH THAT, IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS TO COME ON TO OUR CONTRACTS.
AND SHOULD OTHER CITIES DO THAT, THEN WE CAN GET SOME REVENUE BACK FROM THAT.
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, I PROVIDED A LIST IN HERE OF THE CITIES THAT HAVE DONE IT SO FAR. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE DONE IT.
WE WERE, I GUESS PICKED OR ASKED TO JOIN IT PURELY BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THEIR PEOPLE THAT HAS GONE TO WORK FOR THEM, THAT'S A RETIRED CITY MANAGER WHO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND SAID, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A CITY.
AND I DO TRUST HIM IMPLICITLY.
THERE IS TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT.
AND OTHER CITIES HAVE NOT SEEN THIS, BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY AS WE DO OUR CONTRACTS, KNOWING THAT THERE IS A FEE THAT OTHER THAT THE, THE CITIES OR NOT THE CITIES, I'M SORRY, THE PARTICULAR PEOPLE WHO COME IN
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AND BID FOR US THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY A 3% FEE TO THIS CIVIC MARKETPLACE IN ORDER TO HAVE TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS ADDED, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE FOR OTHERS TO JOIN.SO THERE'S A, THERE'S AN OFF CHANCE THAT MAYBE OUR CONTRACT BIDS SOME OF THEM MIGHT GO UP. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE DONE THIS HAVE EXPERIENCED.
THEY'VE EXPERIENCED THAT BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT THEY'RE LETTING, THAT IT MORE THAN COVERS THAT 3%.
AND SO THEREFORE, THEY'RE GETTING THE REVENUE BENEFIT AND THEY'RE NOT SEEING THAT INCREASED COST. BUT I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY A 3%. WE DO NOT HAVE TO PUT ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS ON THIS.
WE CAN SELECT WHICH CONTRACTS TO LOAD.
CITY OF DALLAS. I WILL SAY THEY'VE LOADED EVERYTHING THEY HAVE ON THERE TO TRY TO GET THIS ADDITIONAL INCOME.
WE HAVE, I BELIEVE ALSO NEAR A CITY OF DENTON IS DOING THIS AS WELL.
AND THEN TINY CITY, CITY OF FATE.
THEY ARE DOING IT. IT WILL BE A BROADER SELECTION OF CONTRACTS FOR US TO SELECT FROM WHERE WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO AS MANY RFPS, BUT THE ADVANTAGES FOR THE REVENUE TO COME IN WOULD BE BASED ON WHAT WE LET AND DO RFP FOR.
SO I'LL KIND OF I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF DATA IN HERE, BUT WE WILL FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PURCHASING RULES. AND IF WE GO ON ANYONE ELSE'S CONTRACTS, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OUR OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, WE WILL GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THEY WERE ALL EVERYTHING WAS PROCURED COVERING OUR STATE LAWS. SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANYTHING RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENTS EXCEPT THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS A LOT MORE CONTRACTS THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO RFP. SO I HOPE IT'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT.
IT'LL BE MAYBE MORE EFFECTIVE.
AND THERE IS THAT CHANCE FOR SOME REVENUE TO COME FROM THIS.
OKAY. ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY. COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
RICHARD, IS THERE A COST IF WE DON'T USE IT AND CAN WE GET OUT OF IT? THERE IS NO COST TO EITHER USE THEIR SERVICE OR NOT USE THEIR SERVICE.
NOTICE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE.
SO YEAH, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, WE DON'T HAVE, IN SOME CASES, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO AN RFP.
RIGHT. WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE OUR OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WE'VE HAD, AND I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THOSE OVER THE YEARS WHERE WE CAN JUST GO IN AND BUY OFF OF THEIRS. WE WOULD JUST OMNIA IS ONE OF THE ONES WE'VE ADDED RECENTLY, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE THAT WE USE.
AND SO IT WOULD LITERALLY BE JUST LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T, THE CITIES DO NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING FOR THE SERVICE.
AND AS I SAID, THERE IS A REVENUE COMPONENT THAT WE WOULD GET IF PEOPLE COME OFF OF OURS, BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN IF NO ONE USES ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS WE STILL HAVE THAT ABILITY TO GO OUT AND USE ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND SO IT IS A NATIONAL GROUP.
IT'S EXPANDING. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER CITIES AROUND US THAT ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING THIS TOO.
SO. CASEY. YEAH, THIS IS JUST MORE TO KIND OF GIVE ME SOME CLARITY ON THE AFI.
ARE THERE ANY TRADE OFFS OR ANY LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF LIKE THE LOCAL CONTROL OR VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS. WE HAVE OUR OWN, WE STILL HAVE OUR LOCAL CONTROL.
IT IS PURELY JUST AN AVENUE TO BE ABLE TO PROCURE.
OKAY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE BENEFITS, OBVIOUSLY BROADER SELECTION OF BIDS. ANY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE REVENUE GAINS BASED ON JUST MAYBE SOME RESEARCH OF SOME OF THE ONES LISTED HERE, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SIMILAR TO OUR SIZE.
ANY. ESTIMATES OF SOME REVENUE GAIN FROM ANALYSIS.
I DON'T NOBODY WANTS TO GIVE THAT OUT.
WAYNE. YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
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ONE IS IS THERE A DURATION TO IT OR IS IT A RE-UP EVERY YEAR, FIVE YEAR, 20 YEAR OR.NO, NO, THE TERM IS UNTIL THE PARTIES DECIDE TO NO LONGER HAVE THE ARRANGEMENT OR WE DECIDE WRITTEN NOTICE.
YEAH. WITH A 30 DAY WRITTEN NOTICE.
YEAH. OR WE DECIDE WITH A 30 OR 60 DAY.
OKAY, BUT THERE'S NO DEFINED TERM.
YOU KNOW, I NOTICED ONE OF THE ONE OF THE GROUPS ON THERE WAS KERMIT.
I GREW UP IN KERMIT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN IT, BUT AND I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT ONE I HAVE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT KERMIT.
SO YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T LIST IT.
IT'S TEN MILES FROM JAIL, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF WINK.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ONE.
I SECOND IT. MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY COUNCILWOMAN HAMMOND.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SHEFFIELD.
ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU.
UPON AWARDING A CONTRACT TO INNOVATIVE FUELING SOLUTIONS,
[2026-153 Consider and act upon awarding a contract to Innovative Fueling Solutions, LLC in the amount of $629,989.69 for the construction of the airport self-service fuel system expansion and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]
LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF THOUSAND 900 8969 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AIRPORT SELF-SERVICE FUEL SYSTEM EXPANSION, AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS IS PART OF A TECH STOCK GRANT THAT WE'VE WE'VE GOTTEN AND WE HAVE DESIGNED WE'VE UTILIZED PARK HILL TO DESIGN THE FACILITY.
AND THE FACILITY WILL BE LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA, RIGHT OFF THE THE TARMAC AND THE APRON RIGHT HERE.
THE CURRENT FUEL FARMS OVER JUST ABOUT HERE IN THIS AREA THAT WILL NOT BE DEMOED AT THIS POINT. THE CURRENT FBO IS UTILIZING THAT, BUT THIS WILL BE A SELF-SERVE FUEL FARM GOING TO THE 12,000 GALLON FUEL TANK.
AND THE COST WE DID GET ONLY ONE RESPONSE TO RFP FROM INNOVATIVE FUELING SOLUTIONS AND THE AMOUNT OF $629,989 THERE IS A $170,000 PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEE FROM PARK HILL, SO THEY WILL HELP US MANAGE THIS PROJECT AND WHAT WILL.
THIS IS 95% COVERED BY TXDOT BY THEIR GRANT.
SO THE. THE HIT TO THE AIRPORT FUND WILL IN THE END BE $40,126.
SO THAT'S THE THE 5% THAT WILL BE ON THE ON THE UP FOR SORRY, CAN'T FIND WORDS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ROSS DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS AS LIAISON TO THE AIRPORT BOARD ON THIS? NO, I THINK IT'S A WHAT THE AIRPORT NEEDS.
IT PROVIDES A MUNICIPAL CONTROLLED OR AIRPORT CONTROLLED SELF-SERVICE FUELING OPTION FOR AVGAS. IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY JET A IN THIS PROJECT.
THERE IS AN OPTIONAL SECOND PHASE.
I DON'T KNOW, DOES IT INCLUDE THE PAD FOR THE SECOND TANK? YES.
IT WILL. IT WILL BE PREPARED FOR.
SO THAT JET A. IF WE WANT TO GO THERE, THERE IS A SECOND PAD THAT WILL GO IN THAT ANOTHER TANK COULD BE PUT IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S TO EXPAND THE AVGAS YOU KNOW, CAPACITY OR TO EXPAND THE JET, A STORAGE CAPACITY ON THE AIRFIELD.
BUT THIS GIVES US A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER AVGAS AND THE PRICING OF THAT FOR THOSE THAT, THAT WANT TO SELF-SERVE THAT.
AS A SECONDARY OPTION OUT THERE.
GREAT. RICHARD, HOW DOES OUR, I THINK, ROSS HOW DOES OUR FUEL PRICE COMPARE TO OTHER AIRPORTS IN THE AREA? I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT CHANGES DAILY.
BUT THE, THE ACTUAL RETAIL PRICE IS CURRENTLY SET BY THE, THE SOLE FBO THAT'S ON THE FIELD OUT THERE AT MIDWAY.
THE AIRPORT REALIZES A FLOWAGE FEE BASED UPON GALLONS OF FUEL THAT THEY SERVE UP.
BUT THE RETAIL PRICE IS SET CURRENTLY BY THE FBO, BUT I, AND YOU COULD CORRECT ME HERE, BUT I HEARD OUR PRICE WAS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN OTHER AREA AIRPORTS.
YEAH. DEPENDING ON WHICH AIRPORT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT COULD BE VERY TRUE IN OUR MARKET AREA.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE SIMILAR IN PRICING.
THERE ARE A LOT THAT SEEM TO BE SLIGHTLY LOWER EITHER ON COOPERATIVE FUEL PROGRAMS. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, REWARD PROGRAMS JUST LIKE YOU HAVE A REWARD CREDIT CARD THAT, THAT SOME OF THE PILOTS OR JET OWNERS SUBSCRIBE TO THAT, THAT GET THEM A DISCOUNT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE AT MIDWAY RIGHT NOW.
BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE WOULD BE CONTROLLED BY THE FBO IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.
SO THIS CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIES AS OWNERS OF THIS THROUGH THE AIRPORT BOARD AND THE AIRPORT STAFF TO ACTUALLY SET PRICING ON, ON AVGAS OURSELVES. OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS SECOND MOTION MADE TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN WEAVER, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM WICKLIFFE.
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PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0.THANK YOU. CLYDE. OUR FINAL ITEM IN THE REGULAR AGENDA IS 2026 154.
[2026-154 Consider and act upon the appointment of members to the Citizens Planning Group Committee.]
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE CITIZENS PLANNING COMMITTEE.I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE NAMES OFF FOR THE RECORD.
TIM WILKINS, JAN DAVIS, RON BLAND, KEVIN.
BONNELL, ALEC. MARTINEZ, JAMIE.
EUBANKS, ADAM. VILLARREAL, DREW.
WE WILL HAVE THE BOARD CHAIR OR THEIR DESIGNEE FROM EACH OF THESE BOARDS THE MED BOARD, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, PARKS BOARD, AND THE LIBRARY BOARD.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL INCLUDE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS MOORMAN AND MIKE ROGERS AND CHRIS OR CLYDE OR SOMEBODY OR DORY.
WOULD YOU MIND JUST GIVING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS FOR? YES.
LOOK AT POTENTIAL PROJECTS TO PUT ON A OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL ON A POTENTIAL BOND REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER 2026, IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO PUSH THAT FORWARD. SO OUR PLAN IS TO START THIS UPCOMING MONDAY, MAY THE 18TH TO START WALKING THEM THROUGH WHAT OUR FIRST MEETING WILL KIND OF LOOK AT THE, THE FINANCIALS, LOOK AT A HISTORY OF OUR CURRENT BOND PROGRAM, AND THEN LOOK AT SOME GROWTH PROJECTIONS.
AND THEN WE WILL START LOOKING AT PROJECTS SUCH AS PARKS, STREETS, DRAINAGE, AND SOME PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.
AND I'M ASSUMING WE'LL HAVE POSTED NOTICE OF POTENTIAL QUORUM.
YEAH, THE ONE FOR MONDAY IS ALREADY POSTED.
OKAY. SO THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO COME AND OBSERVE.
CORRECT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE NOMINATIONS? COUNCIL. I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON IT.
SECOND. MOTION MADE TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CHESHIRE.
PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES 7 TO 0.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT ANY AND ALL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN REGULAR OPEN SESSION COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS.
THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY NUMBER TWO ON THE LIST, WHICH IS SECTION 551072 REAL ESTATE DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY TO DELIBERATE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN CITY LIMITS. MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE HEARING NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS SECTION FIVE FIVE, 1.071 LEGAL CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTALS.
SO AT 8:13 P.M., WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S 901. WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO AT 9:01 P.M. WE ARE DISMISSED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.