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All right, good evening everybody. It's
uh 502. I want to welcome you to this

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regular call meeting of the Temple City
Council. Please rise as director of

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housing and community services. Rucker
Preston leads us in the invocation

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followed by our pledge and the Texas
pledge le led by Deputy City Secretary

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Liz
>> Carowway.

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redeeming us and calling us to be your
children in which we are called to

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worship you. We thank you for this
society, this community where we can

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worship you openly and freely and where
people's voices can be heard openly and

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freely. I thank you for our council's
commitment to service in this community

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as they give so many hours. We ask that
you would give them wisdom and

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discernment in all decisions tonight and
hereafter and that this community would

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be one that worships you and one in
which the people who need the most help

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get the most. We thank you so much for
your love. Your name we pray. Amen.

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» To the flag of the United States of
America and to the stands. One nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

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» And now the pledge for the Texas flag.

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I aliance to the
one state

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one and indivisible.

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[clears throat]
>> All right. Thank you both very much.

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Now is the time for public comments. Um,
any citizens who desire to address the

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council on any matter may do so. As
always, we just ask that you step to the

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podium and state your name for the
record. Um, we've got

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maybe
18 20 folks and we'll start with uh

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Sarah Royer.

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» Well, is she I bet she's here.
Yeah.

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» And then uh there she is. And then Joe
Royer, you're on deck.

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» Was one of the last people to sign up.
This is nice.

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Um I came here Hello Council. I came
here to speak about a few things, but um

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I actually have some questions about
something we just found um that we've

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been working on. So there is a contract
with the city of Rowan. And I know you

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can't um say anything to me right now,
but um over the next 10 years, if they

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elected to construct the city of
Temples's well, the city agrees to

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provide 830 gallons of day um of water
to them above and over and above what

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they've already agreed to. And this is
um a contract that lasts 10 years. and

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you have to actually make a formal
agreement to get out of this contract.

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Um, you're also accepting 500,000
gallons of waste water a day from the

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company and this is all for cooling
water, which is interesting. Um, it

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actually goes along the lines. There's
so much stuff in this contract. It

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actually goes along the lines of what
you personally told me, mayor, that they

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were getting about 850,000 800 gallons
of 800,000 gallons of water out of the

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well a day. Um, but this happens to be a
well that hasn't even permitted to run

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yet. And this has happened for um years,
I guess. So, I did do a um open records

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request to find if there was anything um
ever that eliminated this contract. And

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there's not so far. The city hasn't
responded. Um it's been almost two weeks

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and I've gotten zero response. So, um,
this is just another thing that we're

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adding to it. And it kind of is
concerning, um, because it also says in

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here that you will pay Rowan $4.8
million for all of this, which just

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happened recently. So, it seems like all
of this is in effect. Um, I know you

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guys are going to do like some hourlong
monologue to make sure your lie stays in

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place, and that's really cool, but all
we really want are answers, and it's

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something we have never gotten from you.
Um, you do a lot of PR. This thing is

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really cute and we'll be talking about
it on the radio. Um, all of this is just

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really misleading. You guys aren't
leaders, you're misleaders, which is

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really cool. So, thanks again for um not
actually helping us as a community and

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um we'll be in touch.

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» Good evening. I'm Joe Royer. I live in
District 2. I just wanted to reiterate

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some of the stuff that we talked about
the last meeting and highlight some of

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the new developments. So the last
meeting I I mentioned how we first

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brought up the ASR well and we saw
everybody go into panic mode trying to

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assuage our fears over this ASR well and
we got a level of engagement we've not

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seen in almost six months.
And uh when I called you out on this

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last meeting about well is is our
aquifer contaminated like what is going

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on here? Clearly we've struck a nerve.
There's something you don't want us to

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know or don't want us to find. And today
we hear that Rowan is graciously

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donating 38 million to the city of
Temple to help with our water issues.

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But when you peel back the layers on
this, that's not true at all. 13 million

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of this. So 10 million is for the ASR
project. That's interesting. Uh 3

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million is for the salmons, but that's
contingent on the voters approving the

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bond. So what happens to that 3 million
if it doesn't get approved? Like is that

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just, you know, gone up in vapor? And
the other 25 million is stuff that Rowan

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was already contractually obligated to
pay. So they're not giving us $38

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million. But it's interesting that
they're putting all this good PR out

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there to try and get ahead of this
situation. It it it makes me feel like

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somebody has a guilty conscience or like
somebody's trying to get out in front of

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a lawsuit. So, we're we're paying
attention. We notice I'm I'm showing my

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hand in that, you know, this is what I'm
seeing from from you guys and and uh I I

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can't wait to see what the next response
is. Thank you.

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» You're welcome.

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» Scott Shoe

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Oh yes. Uh and Francis Fiser,
you'll be up under Mr. after Mr. Shoe.

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» Yes, ma'am. That'd be great. Thank you.
>> So, may I speak?

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» Yes, sir.
>> So, my name is Scott Schumain. I'm a

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resident of Temple, Texas.
And today, I just got a notification

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that my water and sewage rates are going
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And to me, this seems very, very wrong.
There are currently six data centers in

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Temple, Texas, if I'm not mistaken, and
the only two companies that came up are

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Meta Inc. and Rowan Digital.
They're getting huge tax breaks.

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And when I called about my rates going
up, they said it was due to

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infrastructure upgrades. Why am I paying
for infrastructure upgrades when rowing

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or all the digital or AI data I'm sorry
wait I'm sorry

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» calm down um data centers are getting
huge tax breaks

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my pay I don't I don't bring home more
money every month I don't know where

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they're coming up with so yeah I don't
get more money from work I work for a

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medical company that's global wide and
and I'm very confused on why my rates

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are going up as more data centers are
coming in and they're getting huge tax

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breaks. Why am I fl fitting the bill for
all these upgrades? Why are my data

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rates going up? And it's not going to
stop there. It's going to go to

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electricity and beyond. It's not going
to stop there. And nobody knows the

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environmental compact or impact that
what they're doing in the next 10 years.

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Nobody knows until it happens.
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Yeah, I guess I said my piece. I don't
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» what else I can do or
>> I'll address that very quickly. the um

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whenever the council sets the water and
um uh whenever the the water and

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wastewater rates, it is water and
wastewater is handled out of what's

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called a enterprise fund, which means
that the rates are intended to support

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the cost of the water and wastewater
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» Yeah. And so as costs continue to go up
and you know people cost more um

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equipment costs more uh
>> but what about the data centers that are

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coming in that are getting huge tax
breaks. What are they paying

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» that has that has um
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us.
>> We we covered that last week about what

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they will be paying but these the data
centers have nothing to do with the

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water and sewer rates. That's to
maintain the current system.

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» Okay. Okay. So you guys understand that
there's going to be more that's going to

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be coming behind you that you're I don't
know if you're oblivious to it or but

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there's going to be a lot more with
these data centers if you keep letting

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them come in.
>> You understand that? I hope.

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» Yes. Thank you.
>> Thank you,

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» Miss Fischer. And then Dorothy Sanders,
you'll be next after Miss Fischer.

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» Good evening, Mayor Davis and members of
the city council. My name is Francis

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Fischer. I'm a Temple resident, co-owner
of Journey Home Rescue, active member of

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Justice for the Marlin Dogs, active
member of Paul, Public Accountability

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for Animal Welfare. Mr. Davis, you may
recognize me from many of us who

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remember Judy Gate back in 2012. I was
one of the residents who publicly called

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for accountability then, and I continue
to participate in local government

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today. Dr. Grant, I am your constituent.
I supported you for city council because

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I wanted to see greater responsiveness
and engagement from our city government.

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I come before you tonight as both a
taxpayer and a rescue partner. Journey

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Home Rescue helps this community. We
have pulled dogs from the temple

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shelter, collected donations for the
shelter, communicated with shelter

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leadership about its needs, and worked
to maintain a collaborative

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relationship. when rescues take animals
from a municip municipal shelter that

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also helps relieve the pressure from the
city's sheltering system. The animal

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shelter is not the first animal welfare
issue I've brought before this council.

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Many as of of us have stood with Pearl's
place. After years of uncertainty

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involving the city and the possibility
of imminent domain, we asked for what we

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believe was a fair deal for Pearl's
Place. Instead, after community spoke

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up, city ultimately

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it deserved. We are here again because
we have concerns about the future of

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animal welfare in Temple. Temple spent
more than $5 million expanding its

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animal shelter, but staffing and
programming did not expand at the same

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pace. Buildings do not feed animals.
Buildings do not clean kennels.

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Buildings do not socialize dogs.
Buildings do not process adoptions,

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build rescue partnerships, operate
foster programs, or reunite lost animals

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with their families. People do. The
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While its direct kennel care staffing
includes two tennel technicians and a

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shelter management. During the most
recent budget cycle, two animal kennel

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technician positions were deferred again
as were deferred the year before and as

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were deferred the year before.
Staffing affects public access.

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Adoptions and reclaim opportunities,
volunteering, enrichment, marketing, and

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community outreach. The shelter has
limited weekend public hours. We would

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like Temple to examine its actual
workload and staffing needs, not simply

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the minimum staffing necessarily to
compare basic feeding and cleaning. Stop

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doing the bare minimum. Over the coming
year, you will see us regularly. We will

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intend to meet with council members,
bring information and research, discuss

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possible solutions, and continue
participating in the process. Topics we

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believe deserve discussion include
staffing.

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» Miss Fischer, your your three minutes
are up.

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» Okay.
>> Thank you.

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Uh Dorothy Sanders.
>> And then on deck is Miss Brenley. And I

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[clears throat] don't know that I
announced this earlier. Whenever you get

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to down to about two and a half minutes
or so, I'll ring the little

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» All righty.
>> bell as a as a as a alert.

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» All righty. My name is Dorothy Sanders.
I volunteer with Journey Home Rescue.

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financially support several local
rescues in the community and I

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personally adopt it from the Temple
Animal Shelter. I'm speaking about the

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need for a more effective animal
advisory committee. I'm also the founder

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of Justice for the Marlin Dogs and
Public Accountability for Animal Welfare

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or PAW. Through these groups, I help
residents use public records, budgets,

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data, and evidence-based practices to
engage with local government on animal

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welfare. Professionally, my background
is in population health management and

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whether we are managing outcomes for
people or animals, the question is the

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same. Are the interventions we are
funding through our taxes actually

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improving outcomes? Before I get to the
shelter, I want to briefly mention

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Pearl's Place. Through Paul, I helped
organize residents who asked this city

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council for what we believed was a fair
resolution after years of pressure

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surrounding the property. Instead, this
city council ultimately rescended its

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offer rather than rather than provide
Pearl's Place with a fair deal we

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believed it deserved. Now, Temple may
lose a rescue, grooming resource, and

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community vaccination provider to
another city. Services that help reduce

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pressure on our taxfundded shelter
system. That matters because the shelter

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data tells us we need more community
resources, not fewer. Temple spent more

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than $5 million expanding its taxfunded
animal shelter. And with that expansion

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and opening in January 2024, before the
expansion, the 2023 adoption rate was

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about 40.8%.
Now it's approximately 40%, essentially

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unchanged. Return to owner outcomes
actually declined with the expansion. In

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2023, 525 animals were returned to their
owners. Now, in 2025, only 493 were

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returned, 32 fewer, even though intake
increased from 3,382

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to 3,980 animals. That should make us
examine the entire return to owner

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process. Are field officers able to make
immediate returns in the field? Are we

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maximizing microchip scanning and
registration? And can working residents

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realistically reclaim their pets when
shelter closes at 3:30 in the afternoon

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and only open for 4 hours on the
weekend? Because a lost animal that goes

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directly home never needs a taxfunded
kennel, transfer, adoption, or

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euthanasia decision. The cat data
deserves the same scrutiny. In 2023, 636

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cats were euthanized. In 2025, that
increased to 766,

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about 20% higher. Of those 766 cats, 322
were classified as feral. Those feral

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cats alone accounted for a roughly 42%
of cat euthanas. This is an opportunity

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for prevention. TNVR, foster care,
neonatal resources. After expansion, the

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greatest intake growth came from owner
surreners, not stray intake. So the

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lesson I take from these numbers is not
that temple should have expand not

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expanded the shelter. Square footage
alone does not change outcomes. Staffing

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does. Accessibility does, prevention
does, operations do, and those are all

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decisions of how we use taxpayers
resources. So my request tonight is

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simple. Please place the Temple Animal
Shelter on an upcoming city council

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agenda so we could have meaningful
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how our taxes are spent, staffing,
accessibility, prevention, and the

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future of animal services in Temple.
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» Thank you, ma'am. Uh, Miss Brenley,
followed by Miss Frasier.

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Neil Brinley, longtime Temple resident,
not paid by Rowan to be here. For the

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record, I publicly opposed the Meta Data
Center in Temple, which is now marked

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into three buildings instead of one
before I ever heard about Rowan LLC.

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Imagine my shock when I heard about an
open house to introduce the community to

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Rowan, the next invasion of hyperscale
data centers that this mayor, city

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council, and city manager rolled out the
red carpet for. You weren't content to

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wait and see how good a neighbor Meta
would be before you eagerly signed on to

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at least seven more data centers that
Rowan wants to build in Temple and leech

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off our precious resources. You failed
to get an independent preliminary air,

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soil, and water testing done to provide
liability protection for the city in

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case of an environmental catastrophe.
You secretly and foolishly allowed Rowan

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to drill an ASR well, which could
potentially contaminate our aquifer.

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Even too much oxygen released into the
aquifer is harmful.

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Somebody of you signed a non-disclosure
agreement with Meta, according to former

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city attorney Kathy Davis, and now it is
mysteriously disappeared. Where is it,

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Miss Thomas? You have racked up massive
debt with your unwise spending and are

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now raising taxes and calling for a bond
election, which is nothing more than a

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glorified tax increase, to build a
senior center to replace the one you

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allowed to operate in dangerous
disrepair.

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No amount of potential tax revenue from
Rowan or Meta will erase the

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disappointment I have in you. In my
opinion, you will go down in history as

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the worst Temple City Council, Mayor,
Mayor Proim, and City Manager we have

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ever had. And we have had some doozies.
Your only hope to regain our respect is

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to vote no on these and any future
requests made by Rowan and Meta as well

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as any other industry that causes the
division that hyperscale data centers

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have caused in our city. We take no
pleasure in calling you out, but we

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cannot remain silent and watch you
destroy our city and our quality of

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life. For too long, Temple has been run
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construction material providers and
those who benefit from the trade. And

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stacking this audience, and the parking
out there is despicable.

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This is not personal or political. AI is
demonic. It is a spiritual battle

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between good and evil. Choose your side
wisely. Christ is king.

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» Amen.
>> Thank you, Mel Margie. And following

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Margie will be Miss Vitco

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Frasier Temple, Texas. I didn't know I
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but I did have a concern because uh
my parents, my dad was World War II Air

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Force, my mother came out of Germany,
Whispod

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She came out of concentration camp and
I'm looking at the AI data centers and

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the information they take and all of
that because I [clears throat] see it as

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another way like the brown shirts as
they call the Nazis who collected

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information on people for
[clears throat] the main concentration

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camps. My mother I know saw a large
portion of her family die during the

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war. They poisoned the salt. Nazis. My
grandfather and several of their family

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lost their lives that way. My mother saw
her sister as the bombs were dropping

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and they were running for the shelters
be killed. All I can say is between that

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and you have flock cameras more than Las
Vegas, like twice as much. In fact, from

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what I understand, your flock cameras
that you have brought in are more than

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most states and cities. And why? We're
just a small city here. So why is all

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this information needed?
I'm looking at it from the conspiracy

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theory situation now because I look at
it as you are bringing in this stuff. Is

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it to spy on everybody? Because you
don't know who you're selling this to.

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You've already admitted that you have to
get partners for a certain amount of

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these. And I'm looking at it from that
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I am looking at it because I don't want
to see Americans die because of

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information being taken and stored
against us so that we can go to

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concentration camps because that can
happen here in the United States. And

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don't think it can't. Germany didn't
think it. Poland didn't think it. Europe

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didn't think it. Nobody. Most of the
people in here, unless they're my age

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category, which is I'm past past 70,
hidden headed toward the mid7s. There's

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people in here probably in their 80s.
We're the ones that remember if we had

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family that were like my parents in the
war. Y'all have no clue otherwise unless

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you were actually military at some time
or another.

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I've been to Kenya, Africa, watched the
people in Kisam and how they've been

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treated.
You know, you have no clue. Just none.

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So, you're opening the door a can of
worms. They've already said AI. Leon

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Musk and a few others have said this is
a scary situation. They have no

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controls. They said that they do not
have the controls that are needed to

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protect the people. And if Elon Musk say
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Several of the others that have these
bigger plans and so forth, they're

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trying to put the brakes on it. Why
aren't you Are you going to put some

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brakes on this stuff? Are you going to
let us all suck it up? Buttercup, thank

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you.
>> Thank you, Margie.

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Next is um Elena Vitco followed by Jay.

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It would seem that these seats should be
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» [applause]

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» And I
>> Elena,

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» hi.
>> Please address the council.

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» Mayor and city council, tonight we're
tonight you're being asked to make

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decisions that will shape Temple for
decades. This is no longer one data

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center. When Meta first came here, none
of us were here saying anything. But now

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it's multiple sites, billions in
development, major water and water waste

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commitments, infrastructure agreements,
tax abatements, temporary onsite power

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generators, and agreements that will
govern Temple's relationship with this

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industry for years.
On this very day of this vote, the

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public is now hearing about a $38
million infrastructure investment from

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Rowan, including $3 million tied to the
proposed Salmon's Community Center. I

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want to be clear, money coming to into
this community does not replace

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transparency.
The larger the financial rel

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relationship between a private developer
and our city, the more transparency the

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public deserves.
Before you vote, citizens should be able

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to answer some basic questions.
What is Temple's total financial

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exposure if these projects do not
develop as pro as projected?

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What infrastructure will taxpayers
ultimately be responsible for?

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What are the commun uh the communive
water and wastewater

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electric demands of all these facilities
not just one building at a time?

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What happens if
project pro projected tax revenues don't

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materialize or if Rowan sells these
projects or to another company?

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and what enforcement mechanisms protect
temple residents if promises that are

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made today aren't kept 10 or 20 years
from now. We keep hearing about the

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benefits, but responsible government
also puts the risks on the table. A $3

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million community center contribute uh
contribution may sound impressive, but

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it shouldn't distract anyone from the
scale of tonight's decision. Temple

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residents are the ones that will be left
here if projections are wrong. We will

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pay our water bill. We will pay the
utility bills. We will live with the

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infrastructure and we will live with the
consequences of agreements you approve.

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My request is simple. Don't measure this
deal by how much money Rowan is offering

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Temple. Measure it by how well you will
protect the citizens. Transparency after

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a contract is signed isn't transparency,
it's history. Thank you.

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» Jay, [applause]

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Mr. Marquez, you'll follow. Jay,

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» good evening, Mr. Honorable Mayor and
the honorable uh council members. I just

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wanted to touch bases. I really
appreciate got an email about the I'm

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going to pivot a little bit from a hot
topic. I'll come back to the spicy topic

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later. Uh the farmers market is going to
be open on Saturday. It's the first time

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we're going to be open. I think that's a
great idea bringing all the business to

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that place. Maybe we could do a lot of
business. And then I'm going to switch

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to the gear. That lady did a great job
on the last month about the finance. We

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have a bond rating uh aaa. We had the
meeting someone else said our bonds were

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like sold out within five minutes. And
if you could get 38 million from a uh

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Roman, take it because I want to see my
property taxes and water electricity

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bill are lower compared to my house in
Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. So I really

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appreciate you and your entire staff
putting together financial projects from

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last week telling us where we at. So
thank you honorable mayor. Keep up the

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good job.
>> Thank you sir.

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» Thank you.

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before we start your three minutes.
Impressive beard. That didn't take long.

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[laughter]
>> Thank you. Thank you.

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» You bet.
>> Uh well, my name is Orasio and I however

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am a resident of Temple and not paid for
by Rowan. But here's one thing that um

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that you guys uh Rowan has done and the
one thing you guys have an opportunity

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to do which Rowan has provided
opportunity

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uh for workers. the American working
class for men and women, those that live

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in lowincome housing. Guess what?
There's opportunity out here to go to

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work, get yourselves up, pull yourselves
up for your bootstraps, and go through

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an apprenticeship program of some sort,
whether it be uh plumbing, pipe fitting,

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electrical, iron work, whatever it may
be. This is opportunity, okay? And

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everybody says about how much money
rowing dishes out. It's not about how

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much money rowing dishes out. It's about
who's willing to get up off their butts

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and get out to work. Okay, there's a a
new generation that needs to start

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pulling their weight around. Okay, other
than sitting around playing video games

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and whatever else. Okay, that's that's
that needs to come to an end.

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You guys have provided that opportunity
for this town

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to provide more American workingclass
members to get up, pull themselves up,

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buy homes in this place. That's why they
need to construct new homes so that the

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younger class can start buying their own
homes and get out of mommy and daddy's

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house.
That is a good thing.

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That is what you guys have done by
allowing Rowan and the meta to come out

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here and uh and build uh these data
centers. It is also provide a huge

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amount of uh uh kids and uh men and
women of all sorts, okay, to um to learn

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a a marketable skill that isn't sitting
there on Tik Tok and whatnot.

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Okay, these people are out here working
their butts off in the heat, in the

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cold, in all weather types
and they go to class two nights a week

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in some areas on top of a 10-hour shift.
And people want to call call uh sit

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there and complain about it's temporary
work, temporary work. Yeah, it's

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temporary work, but guess what? So is
people's homes. So is this building. So

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is every other thing out there. But all
that temporary work becomes permanent at

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some point in time. Then on top of that,
you got to service it. HVAC, plumbing,

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welding, iron work,
it all counts.

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But it's up to you folks
to make sure that the people out here in

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Temple have a job. Rowan has already
provided that opportunity.

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Those contractors are also providing
that opportunity. Heck, even uh city

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councilman Mike has provided that
opportunity to a kid that graduated high

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school and put him to work.
Thank you, city councilman Mike. You

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instead of that kid getting shot out
there uh back when they were graduating

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high school, he was out working for you.
That's what matters in this community.

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» Thank you, Mr. Marquez. [applause]

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Steve,
sorry I didn't call you. And I can't

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read the name of the person on deck.
Maybe it starts with a G.

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Ed, maybe. I don't know.

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We'll go to the next one and then if you
signed up to speak, you'll be last. Uh,

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and Carly Bird, you you are on deck
after Miss um Miss Eve.

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It's rain too. Eve rain.
>> There you go.

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» So, good evening, Temple City Council.
A Mr. Scott Brooks of Walks a Hatchee

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has written an op-ed article. My
understanding is that one of you on the

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Temple City Council had reposted it on
social media. My comments are based on

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excerpts addressing that article.
Quote, "Nothing in life is to be feared.

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It is only to be understood. Now is the
time to understand more so that we may

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fear less. So said Marie Cury as quoted
by Mr. Walkahhatchee

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Temple City Council. We are not sitting
in our sad sacks flustered and

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floundering in our fear funks. We are
actively, responsibly, and cognitively

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pursuing an understanding of the issues
regarding mega data centers,

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participating in the civic process, all
to the best of our individual abilities.

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The default accusation and insult hurled
most often toward those of us with

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legitimate concerns besides communist
China paying us is that we are fearful

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that fear is our master that fear is the
driving force stirring up our hysteria

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over this new technology.
Oh contr maybe the tables need to be

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turned maybe the proverbial mirror needs
to be spun around. Now Mr. Walks a

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Hatchee also says accusatorily,
"Skepticism is very different from

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hysteria." Get over yourself, Mr.
Brooks, and anyone else who jumped on

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his bandwagon. Hysteria? No. More like a
healthy concern spurred on by our

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healthy curiosity undergurtded by yes a
sus of fear just a pinch that is

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measured with a dose of skepticism and
stirred with a desire to investigate

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further to question persistently and to
ponder deeply. Here's another excerpt.

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Data centers are being greeted as though
someone were asking permission to build

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a chemical dump beside an elementary
school. Oh well, yeah, because that is

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an appropriate metaphor. Besides being a
gigantic black eye of an eye sore, these

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mega data centers are being reported as
the cause of a myriad of problems by

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Mama Maria's and Papa Pedros and Aunt
Suzies and Uncle Harry's and Grandma

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Suggies and Grandpa Boogies from states
across this nation. Oh, but these

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citizen reports are anecdotal. They're
not from scientifically statistically

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based entities. Yeah. So why not heed
both types of assessments? Both may not

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be accurate or applicable.
Before we frighten ourselves into saying

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no, this Mr. Walkahhatche said, we
should at least know what the heck we're

413
00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:22,960
saying no to. Well, aside from Mr.
Walkahhatchee's ending with that

414
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:27,839
non-standard grammatical preposition
thingy, we know, Mr. Brooks, we do. We

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00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:36,200
know.
>> Thank you, Mr. ring. Next up, Carly Bird

416
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:36,200
and followed by Jose Martinez.

417
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:53,320
Hello, my name is Carly Bird.
On March 25th, 2014, Matilda Paul ended

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00:36:49,839 --> 00:36:53,320
her recall effort.

419
00:36:54,240 --> 00:37:00,240
» Okay.
Ended her recall effort to moved the

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00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:05,520
city council falling short of the votes
needed. Two weeks later, that same city

421
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:11,359
council adopted a resolution appointing
a 27 member charter review committee

422
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:14,960
charged with undertaking a comprehensive
review of the city charter and

423
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:20,125
submitting any proposed charter
amendments back to the city council for

424
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:23,920
a charter amendment election. After
[snorts] three months of meeting and

425
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:28,400
deliberations, lots of articles on it in
the Temple Daily Telegram, the committee

426
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:32,960
decided on 20 propositions that were
then presented to the very council who

427
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:36,960
elected them. Therefore, a vote to the
residents in November. One of these

428
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:42,240
propositions
that was put before the council was

429
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:46,240
regarding a charter review amendment.
U the agenda language initially was

430
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:50,400
whereas in recent months it has become
apparent that a comprehensive review of

431
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:53,839
the city charter is needed as the last
comprehensive review was completed in

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00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:58,320
2000.
The proposition language was then shall

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00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:02,880
the city charter be amended to require
that the charter be reviewed by the city

434
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:12,560
council for possible amendments not less
than every 10 years. The result was

435
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:17,200
seven uh of 7,500 sorry 7,5524
and against was 1,371.

436
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:20,880
So the charter language ended up being
the charter may be reviewed as needed,

437
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:26,560
but the city council must perform on its
own or by committee a review of this

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00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:31,040
charter at least once every 10 years. As
far as I understand, the last time a

439
00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:36,079
charter review committee was created was
12 years ago.

440
00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:39,520
The 2014 charter amendments changed the
rules governing accountability,

441
00:38:37,599 --> 00:38:43,839
conflicts of interest, and municipal
municipal decision-making. Those rules

442
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:47,280
determine how citizens can respond when
today's government makes decisions that

443
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:51,520
create tomorrow's infrastructure
obligation. So, I would like to know

444
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:56,640
when was the city of Temple Charter last
formally reviewed pursuant to section

445
00:38:53,920 --> 00:39:01,040
15.1 and where is the documentation of
that review?

446
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:06,000
» Just a minute. Are you is that the end
of your comments or you want to use the

447
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:09,440
rest? Um, I'll use the rest. Also, I
want to know what the council reviewed,

448
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:13,359
who conducted it, what recommendations
were made, or whether the council

449
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:20,000
formally conducted that no amendments
were necessary.

450
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:25,359
Um, yeah, that's it. [clears throat]
Charter review was conducted in 2024.

451
00:39:23,359 --> 00:39:28,240
Um, it was conducted at a council
meeting and there's a resolution

452
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:33,839
confirming that.
>> And is there documents that support

453
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:36,079
that? There's a resolution supporting
that.

454
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:39,440
» So that's a no.
>> That's a yes. It's a document.

455
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,880
» But there was not a committee created.
Correct.

456
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,520
» There was not a committee. It was
conducted by the council.

457
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,839
» Right. Okay.
>> The council, the city attorney and

458
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:51,280
staff.
>> So I just want to point out that it's

459
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:54,560
» way would you please start her time
again? [clears throat]

460
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:59,839
The agenda
language, I mean the charter language is

461
00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:02,880
that the council shall review every 10
years either by a commission or on their

462
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,520
own initiative,
>> right?

463
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:10,240
» The charter and they reviewed it on
their own initiative

464
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:12,480
» without residence or any committee.
Correct.

465
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:17,839
» The charter allows them to review either
on their own initiative or by commission

466
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:23,040
» which a commission has not been created
in 12 years. Is that correct?

467
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:26,880
I can answer with factual statements.
>> I mean, it's open records. It's

468
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:30,880
everywhere. So,
>> I can answer with factual statements.

469
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:36,000
And my factual statement is that the
council did review the charter in 2024

470
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:38,320
and there's a resolution supporting that
um action.

471
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:43,040
» Got it. Thank you.
>> Thank you, ma'am.

472
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:46,400
Uh Mr. Martinez and then Milton, can you
hear me?

473
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:52,680
» You're up after Mr. Martinez.
>> Not yet.

474
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:52,680
» Close. They start walking in this way.

475
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:10,200
» Mr. Martinez, let Mr. Easily make it
across the room first

476
00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:14,359
» or halfway.

477
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:22,280
Come over here.
>> Amen.

478
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,280
Mr. Martinez.

479
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:28,720
» Okay, Mr. Mayor.
>> Sorry, Mr. Martinez.

480
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:36,240
» City Council, I thank each one of y'all
for letting me come here tonight. I want

481
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:42,560
to invite all of you and the
people that's here to the 18th annual

482
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:49,760
live change that will be held on October
the 4th, 2026.

483
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:56,240
The location is on South 31st Street at
the Chick-fil-A parking lot. We will

484
00:41:53,119 --> 00:42:02,560
start gathering at 2:30
and take our positions along the South

485
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:11,520
31st Street at 2:00.
Recently, I was asked if abortion,

486
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:16,079
the taking of the little newborn baby is
murder.

487
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:22,400
You have to answer this question
yourself.

488
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:25,400
Each year in America, an average of 1
million

489
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:34,520
126,000
unborn babies lives are taken each year

490
00:42:31,119 --> 00:42:34,520
by abortion.

491
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,839
That is 3,452

492
00:42:39,599 --> 00:42:51,560
lives taken each day. In comparison, the
lives that was taken on 911

493
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,560
was 2,977

494
00:42:52,640 --> 00:43:02,720
in comparison to 3,452
taken by abortion each state.

495
00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:09,319
You answer the question yourself. Is
abortion the taking the life of an

496
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:09,319
unborn baby abortion?

497
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:19,040
To me, it is. I don't know what it is to
you. To me, it's abortion. And I know

498
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:22,680
one person's going to be there. Thank
you, Miss Bridley.

499
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:27,560
There's something else I want to thank
you about.

500
00:43:27,599 --> 00:43:38,640
I was visiting my wife down at Hillrest
and it is amazing.

501
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:43,280
Truly amazing how y'all have maintained
Hillrest.

502
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:47,280
It has come from terrible
to beautiful. If the cemetery could be

503
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:51,760
beautiful,
thank you for taking care of Hillrest.

504
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:56,560
And I look for each one of you at the
life chain on October the 4th. Thank

505
00:43:54,880 --> 00:44:03,119
you.
And I thank everybody that that uh

506
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:06,240
took care of me and helped me up here.
I'll take your hat.

507
00:44:05,119 --> 00:44:10,160
» Milton.
>> It's good to see you again. It's been

508
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:12,720
too long.
>> Let him come a little closer.

509
00:44:11,359 --> 00:44:18,730
» I'll shake your hand after.
>> Yeah, it it's good to see you.

510
00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:18,730
» You bet. You take care, [clears throat]

511
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:27,480
» Mr. Martinez. And then uh Miss Lara,
you'll follow. Mr. Martinez. Excuse

512
00:44:29,810 --> 00:44:38,640
[clears throat] me. Hello. Um, last time
before uh this last council meeting, I

513
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:42,960
was kept from talking about what the
mayor was talking about

514
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:47,520
and I was referring to the closed loop
water system.

515
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:53,359
Colleen already defeated
a closed loop data center. In case some

516
00:44:51,359 --> 00:44:58,079
of you don't know, this is only two
months ago.

517
00:44:55,359 --> 00:45:05,280
Last time also a speaker concisely put
it by saying that your approval and the

518
00:45:01,839 --> 00:45:10,960
councils of a data center are literally
literally killing his family.

519
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:16,240
And what that all of you are doing is
disgusting, sick, and disturbing.

520
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:21,920
Exactly what he said.
Yet the mayor is happy about batting

521
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:27,520
some home run. But no amount of money is
more important than a council batting

522
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:34,240
out our lives.
Projected are 1,300 deaths attributable

523
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:39,760
to data centers pollution by 2030.
Residents will pay 26 billion dollars in

524
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:46,079
health care costs. Hearing loss results
from the constant hum temperatures rise

525
00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:49,920
4 to 16 degrees for miles a heat island.
Residents will pay for electric rate

526
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:56,000
heights of 267%.
Over 90% of new power demand is going to

527
00:45:53,040 --> 00:46:01,119
data centers, not us. Look at the
transmission lines

528
00:45:58,319 --> 00:46:04,640
going up yet resorting to generators.
The New York Times reports manufacturers

529
00:46:03,119 --> 00:46:09,119
pollution.
Don't accept the false claims of data

530
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:14,000
centers. Americans have experienced the
problems already. See for yourself.

531
00:46:12,079 --> 00:46:20,000
Listen.
Listen closely to the hum of your

532
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:24,079
computer and the touch touch the heat of
the computer itself all multiply

533
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:30,000
tremendously
from a data center.

534
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:35,760
You can see it for yourself. In general,
these are the costs to us while Trump

535
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:40,319
resurrects a China boogeyman.
China has four times the US population

536
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:46,960
but only 369 data centers in April
increased by only one from February

537
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:52,000
while Temple increased more than China
14,000

538
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:57,839
times the population that China has than
Temple we're doing more

539
00:46:54,960 --> 00:47:04,800
Britain has only 515 data centers
Germany 514 US has uh 8,000 current and

540
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:09,760
proposed uh data centers all battling
ing each other for billions, costing us

541
00:47:07,359 --> 00:47:14,880
our health and resources while they
bring uh their PR team here.

542
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:19,800
» Thank you.
>> Thank you, sir. Miss Laura.

543
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:41,119
» Good evening. I'm Belinda Lada.
and um live in district two. I want to

544
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:45,839
submit a formal objection regarding the
sequencing of items on the agenda for

545
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:51,440
this meeting. The council has to vote
for final approvals on Rowan's phase one

546
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:56,400
development infrastructure and utility
agreements tonight. Simultaneously, you

547
00:47:54,319 --> 00:48:01,599
are hearing the final readings of
updates to the unified development code

548
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:07,520
designed to regulate data center
developments. By executing these votes

549
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:13,280
concurrently, the city is intentionally
grandfathering grandfathering a massive

550
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:18,400
industrial project out of the very
regulatory oversight and public review

551
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:22,640
process that the staff has acknowledged
are necessary to protect Temple's water

552
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:28,079
and power grid.
I want to cut through all the drama and

553
00:48:25,119 --> 00:48:32,480
get straight to the facts of what and I
and other residents have witnessed over

554
00:48:30,079 --> 00:48:36,800
the last few months
in public meetings. This council and

555
00:48:35,119 --> 00:48:41,200
staff have repeatedly denied our
requests for caution. You have

556
00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:46,000
undermined our knowledge, criticized our
intelligence when we brought forward

557
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:50,880
valid concerns.
Perhaps the lack of understanding stems

558
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:59,040
from the intentional confusing titles in
your agendas. What good is intelligence

559
00:48:54,559 --> 00:49:04,480
without the wisdom to do the right thing
to keep a community intact and protect

560
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:08,800
our resources. Again, I am not opposed
to the evolution of technology, but

561
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:14,480
rather to the outdated codes and
protections that have not evolved with

562
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:18,200
it. The main goal here is to preserve
our sacred resources.

563
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:26,000
This council has haphazardly allowing
companies to take over in a way that you

564
00:49:23,359 --> 00:49:29,599
cannot guarantee it. Instead, the count
instead

565
00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:34,079
sorry
you cannot guarantee they will not

566
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:39,680
deplete our resources.
You point to the gifted synergy water

567
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:44,720
well. The this is not goodwill. We could
see through the manipulation. Rowan

568
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:50,640
handed that well over only because they
completely abandoned the original data

569
00:49:47,359 --> 00:49:56,559
center plants at the Mariah site,
leaving us with zero guarantees.

570
00:49:54,640 --> 00:50:03,839
What guarantee does the city actually
have that they even have a long-term

571
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:08,640
tenant secured for the project lasso?
Mr. Davis, you have expressed your

572
00:50:06,559 --> 00:50:12,160
disappointment with our complaints, but
we are not the cause of the problem. We

573
00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:16,720
are pointing out that there is a
problem. We have shared our police

574
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:20,119
solutions, pleaded prevention, and
offered ideas.

575
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:29,040
If our complaints are overwhelming,
this leadership needs to prepare for the

576
00:50:25,839 --> 00:50:34,800
disasters that lie ahead. The UDC codes
need to be put in place before Rowan. a

577
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:41,200
table.
I I want to demand the community to

578
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:47,280
directly involve in setting letting us
set up these new UDC codes.

579
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:52,079
We demand the immediate creation of a
citizen advisory panel to ensure the

580
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:56,559
local community has a binding voice in
crafting the safety limits, water caps,

581
00:50:54,559 --> 00:51:01,359
zoning restrictions for all the future
industrial developments. We have already

582
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:04,000
allowed five data centers and that's too
many.

583
00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:07,359
» Thank you, ma'am.
>> Okay, there was the one that I was not

584
00:51:05,839 --> 00:51:12,559
able to read. Maybe the last name is
Garfield if I've deciphered that

585
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:17,359
correctly.
Anybody

586
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:23,839
could someone out there uh maybe ask
around if anybody signed up to speak but

587
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:27,800
their name has not been called.
>> Okay, Garfield maybe.

588
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:38,400
I don't know.
We'll give him just a second.

589
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:42,000
» Based on that autograph,
he has a future in the NFL. I think

590
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:45,800
» a doctor
>> or a doctor. Yes.

591
00:51:52,800 --> 00:52:00,240
» What's your name?
>> Okay. you were told you did not have to

592
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:02,960
sign up.
You don't have to sign up for a public

593
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:07,440
hearing, which is what we're we're going
to get to a couple of items here shortly

594
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:11,440
that are uh public hearings um about
specific agenda items, and you don't

595
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:17,760
have to sign up for those, but for
general comments like we've had tonight,

596
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:21,119
um you do have to sign up prior. So, as
I read through the agenda item shortly,

597
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:26,000
if the comments that you fashioned are
around that agenda item, then you're

598
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:32,319
more than welcome to speak then. Oko.
All right.

599
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:36,880
Do we ever find any? Nobody. Okay.
All right. Well, if somebody comes up

600
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:42,079
and says, "Hey, what happened?"
Uh, I'll check his signature and if it

601
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:45,520
matches. Okay. Thank you. All right.
Next item is public comment. Citizens

602
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:49,920
who wish to address the council. Uh,
nope, that is not. We just did that.

603
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:53,760
Consent agenda. All items under this
section are to be considered by the uh,

604
00:52:51,839 --> 00:52:59,280
city council and may be enacted in one
motion. If discussion is desired by the

605
00:52:56,240 --> 00:53:02,240
council, any item may be removed uh from
that consent agenda at the request of

606
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:06,400
any council member and will be
considered separately. Council, we uh in

607
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:12,960
workshop agreed that we would remove a
couple of items. One, two, that we'd

608
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:17,440
remove a few items from uh the consent.
Is there anything else that needs to be

609
00:53:14,319 --> 00:53:20,839
removed since we've spoke last?
Everybody okay?

610
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:27,280
All right. Give me just a second to be
sure I'm straight here.

611
00:53:25,839 --> 00:53:33,920
I don't know. I don't want to remove it,
but I would like to highlight item E.

612
00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:37,280
Um, the 24th Street Bridge. I'm glad
we're moving forward on that. That's

613
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:41,920
exciting to get that kicked off. I know
that a lot of folks have been waiting a

614
00:53:39,359 --> 00:53:44,960
long time for that to reopen and um, of
course, we're not reopening it right

615
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:52,160
now, but uh, we're in the process of
heading that direction. So, good news.

616
00:53:49,359 --> 00:54:00,480
Careway, can we confirm that we are
going to remove uh item 5 A and 5J

617
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:03,119
» or or A? I'm sorry, my notes up here
aren't

618
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:07,720
» okay. I and
>> J and J.

619
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:07,720
» Okay.

620
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:13,400
» Okay. Very good. Thank you for that
clarification.

621
00:54:13,599 --> 00:54:20,880
» All right, council. If there's no
discussion, then I'll entertain a motion

622
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:31,839
on item three. Um, less I'm sorry, 3A
through 3, less I, and J. Approve items

623
00:54:25,839 --> 00:54:34,400
3A through 30 O minus items I and J.
>> I'll second it.

624
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:38,160
» Have a motion by council member
Cookington. We have a second by Mayor

625
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:41,400
Pro Tim Walker. Council, please cast
your vote.

626
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:56,559
Mayor Davis accidentally did not include
member

627
00:54:55,839 --> 00:55:00,160
started it.
>> Okay.

628
00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:04,960
» And so let me close
him and then come back.

629
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:08,160
» So are there are there Yes, that's fine.
>> Yep. So can I move on while you work on

630
00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:14,000
that? Okay.
>> Very good. No, no, that's fine. Consent

631
00:55:09,839 --> 00:55:22,599
agenda. um passes four votes to zero,
five votes to zero, which is 3 A through

632
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:22,599
3 O minus 3 I in J.

633
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:28,559
Item 3 I is a second reading in a public
I'm sorry just the second reading and

634
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:33,280
second and final reading consider
adopting an ordinance authorizing the

635
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:38,079
voluntary annexation of 316.13
plus or minus acres located in the

636
00:55:35,359 --> 00:55:42,079
maximum Marino survey abstract number 14
located in the city of Temple's extr

637
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:47,520
territorial jurisdiction Bell County
Texas identifi identified by Bell County

638
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:50,720
appraisal district parcel ID numbers
7755

639
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:57,760
24955
and 106 6 228

640
00:55:55,440 --> 00:56:01,000
and council. I'll entertain a motion on
that item.

641
00:56:01,599 --> 00:56:07,640
Make a motion to approve. I
three I.

642
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:15,520
» All right. We have a motion by council
member Emmens. We have a second by

643
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:19,599
council member Pilington.
>> I.

644
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:23,119
» Council, please cast your vote. I
>> can I call your name?

645
00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:28,599
I
>> I

646
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:36,400
» three I passes. Four votes yes, zero
votes no, and one abstension.

647
00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:40,960
Second and final reading to consider
adopting an ordinance um authorizing a

648
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:47,440
reszoning and binding site development
plan request from a to plan development

649
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:51,119
light industrial on 316.13
plus or minus acres located in the city

650
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:57,079
of Temple, Bell County, Texas,
identified as Bell County Appraisal

651
00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:57,079
District Partial ID number 775524955

652
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:00,760
106228.

653
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:13,119
This item isn't subject to a public
hearing. It's a second and final

654
00:57:10,319 --> 00:57:17,760
reading.
>> So item 3J

655
00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:22,880
council, I will entertain a motion.
>> I'll make a motion to approve.

656
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:27,119
» Second.
We have a motion by Mayor Pro Tim

657
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:31,799
Walker. We have a second by Council
Member Emmens. Council, please cast your

658
00:57:28,799 --> 00:57:31,799
vote.

659
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:44,799
3J passes four votes yes, zero votes no,
and one abstension.

660
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:48,319
Now, moving on to the regular agenda.
Item four is the second and final

661
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:51,680
reading that includes a public hearing
to consider adopting an ordinance

662
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:56,960
redesating the boundaries of tax
abatement reinvestment zone number 47

663
00:57:54,559 --> 00:58:01,119
located generally east of Bob White Road
and north of Lorraine Avenue and further

664
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:06,160
currently identified by Bell County
Appraisal District with property ID

665
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:09,160
numbers 239-676
3649128947755

666
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:19,050
24955
and 106 6228 for commercial and

667
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:21,070
industrial tax abatement.
[clears throat]

668
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:30,000
» Yes, I'm sorry.
>> Yeah, sorry about that. The uh so that

669
00:58:28,079 --> 00:58:33,119
was item four. Item five reads the
second and final reading in a public

670
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:37,839
hearing to consider adopting an
ordinance designating um approximately

671
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:43,119
303 acres in Synergy Park located
generally east of Highway 190 in both

672
00:58:40,079 --> 00:58:46,720
north and south of FM 3117.
and further currently identified by Bell

673
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:50,599
County Appraisal District property ID
numbers 70687376769

674
00:58:51,760 --> 00:59:01,200
7071 209986 209988
and 234587

675
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:06,000
as city of Temple tax abatement
reinvestment zone number 50 for

676
00:59:03,359 --> 00:59:09,280
commercial and industrial tax abatement
Thomas.

677
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:13,680
» Good afternoon mayor and council. Um
this is the second reading of uh

678
00:59:11,359 --> 00:59:20,240
redesation of tax abatement reinvestment
zone number 47 and designation of tax

679
00:59:16,799 --> 00:59:24,400
abatement reinvestment zone number 50 um
which you heard on first reading at your

680
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:29,599
September 3rd council meeting and
conducted a public hearing. will be

681
00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:35,680
hearing second reading tonight and
conducting a additional public hearing

682
00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:39,160
um after some notices were sent to
taxing entities.

683
00:59:39,599 --> 00:59:50,640
Um tax code section 312.201 2011 permits
a council by ordinance to designate a

684
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:55,440
tax abatement reinvestment zone if the
um designation is likely to contribute

685
00:59:53,359 --> 00:59:59,680
to the retention or expansion of primary
employment attract major investment in

686
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:03,200
the tax abatement reinvestment zone that
would benefit the property and

687
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:08,480
contribute to the economic development
of the city. The ordinance must state

688
01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:12,400
that the boundaries of the TARS and
eligibility eligibility for tax

689
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:17,040
abatement finding that the improvements
sought are feasible and practical and

690
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:21,400
would be a benefit to the land and to be
included in the zone and to the

691
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:21,400
municipality.

692
01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:28,480
Currently, TAR number 47 includes
approximately 554 acres located

693
01:00:26,559 --> 01:00:34,880
generally east of Bob White Drive and
north of Lraine. Uh this was designated

694
01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:40,079
by council at its October 2nd, 2025
regular council meeting on second

695
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:45,440
reading. Um and then a public hearing
was conducted on first reading on

696
01:00:41,839 --> 01:00:49,920
September 18th, 2025. If redesated, the
TARS would include an additional

697
01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:54,559
approximate 316 acres of land adjacent
to the initial project site, which was

698
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:58,400
acquired by Rowan for phase one after
the city purchased land originally

699
01:00:56,640 --> 01:01:03,839
proposed for the building for building
three. um for the proposed landfill

700
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:07,280
expansion.
The land is located in Synergy

701
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:12,319
Industrial Park and is in nearby
proximity to the landfill and to Panda

702
01:01:09,520 --> 01:01:19,280
BKB power plant.
Uh you just approved on second reading

703
01:01:15,359 --> 01:01:26,559
the annexation and um PDLI zoning for
this additional land. Um, this PDLI

704
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:30,319
zoning can um includes plan development
conditions including screening, noise

705
01:01:28,480 --> 01:01:33,587
mitigation, traffic impact study
requirements, and a utility services

706
01:01:31,839 --> 01:01:38,799
agreement.
[snorts]

707
01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:44,960
TAR number 50, the land is um currently
zoned PDLI as of April 16th, 2026. It

708
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:49,599
also has plan development conditions
including screening, noise mitigation,

709
01:01:47,359 --> 01:01:53,040
requirements for traffic impact studies,
and requirements for a utility service

710
01:01:51,359 --> 01:01:57,920
agreement.
The land proposed for this TARS includes

711
01:01:55,040 --> 01:02:02,799
approximately 303 acres in Synergy
Industrial Park located generally east

712
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:07,520
of Highway 190 and both north and south
of FM 3117.

713
01:02:05,839 --> 01:02:12,240
It is also located in the Synergy
Industrial Park in nearby vicinity of

714
01:02:10,079 --> 01:02:16,599
the landfill and Panda BKV power plants
adjacent to the BNSF railroad.

715
01:02:16,799 --> 01:02:22,720
Council can consider designating a tax
abatement reinvestment zone and

716
01:02:20,079 --> 01:02:26,640
authorizing abatement if at least two of
the following criteria are met. That the

717
01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:31,280
project involves a minimum increase of
pro in property value of 300% for

718
01:02:28,799 --> 01:02:36,160
construction of a new facility or 50%
for expansion of an existing facility.

719
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:40,720
The project makes a substantial
contribution to redevelopment efforts or

720
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:44,720
strategic economic development programs.
The project has high visibility, image

721
01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:48,240
impact, or is of significantly higher
level of development quality. The

722
01:02:46,799 --> 01:02:52,160
project is in an area that might not
otherwise be developed. The project can

723
01:02:50,559 --> 01:02:55,920
serve as a prototype and catalyst for
other developments of a higher standard.

724
01:02:54,319 --> 01:02:59,359
The project stimulates desired
concentrations of employment or

725
01:02:57,200 --> 01:03:04,319
commercial activity, or the project
generates greater employment than would

726
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:08,000
otherwise be achieved. [clears throat]
Staff believes that this project meets

727
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:12,799
Temple's standards for tax abatement and
the criteria in chapter 312. The project

728
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:16,880
involves a minimum increase in property
value of 300% for construction of new

729
01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:21,920
facilities and makes a substantial
contribution to redevelopment efforts or

730
01:03:18,720 --> 01:03:25,359
strategic economic development programs.
The project stimulates desired

731
01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:28,000
concentration of employment or
commercial activity and generates

732
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:32,240
greater employment than would otherwise
be achieved. and the project will expand

733
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:37,400
the employment base, attract major
investment, and contribute to economic

734
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:37,400
development in the city.

735
01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:46,000
On October 2nd, 2025,
council approved a tax abatement

736
01:03:43,359 --> 01:03:49,599
agreement with Rowan Temple LLC to abate
a percentage of the increases in taxable

737
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:54,160
value of property associated with their
property in Synergy Industrial Park. The

738
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:58,160
agreement contained a provision that the
agreement is applicable to future phases

739
01:03:55,920 --> 01:04:02,079
of development under the same terms and
conditions if the next phase of land is

740
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:07,280
in a tars.
Rowan must invest a minimum of $700

741
01:04:04,799 --> 01:04:12,400
million and retain 40 full-time
employees per phase in order to receive

742
01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:16,960
the abatement.
Today, as I stated, is the second

743
01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:23,119
reading of the ordinance to redesate the
boundaries of TAR 47 and designate TAR

744
01:04:20,240 --> 01:04:23,119
number 50.

745
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:30,319
Staff recommends council redesate the
boundaries of tars number 47 and

746
01:04:27,359 --> 01:04:35,680
designate tars number 50. It's located
in in an industrial park appropriate for

747
01:04:33,920 --> 01:04:39,520
this type of development and subject to
plan development zoning conditions and

748
01:04:37,839 --> 01:04:45,920
it meets the city's economic development
policy and tax code criteria for tax

749
01:04:42,884 --> 01:04:49,520
[clears throat] abatement.
Um and I'll be happy to answer any

750
01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:54,240
questions you have.
>> Thank you ma'am. Anything for Miss

751
01:04:51,440 --> 01:05:00,400
Thomas?
Anything?

752
01:04:56,640 --> 01:05:06,720
Okay. Very good. Then um with that, I
will u open the public hearing on both

753
01:05:03,680 --> 01:05:11,599
items four and five. If you wish to
speak on items four and or five, please

754
01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:18,039
step on the podium and state your name
for the record. Do we have anybody

755
01:05:14,559 --> 01:05:18,039
virtually tonight?

756
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:28,880
Hello again, Joe Royer. I'm in District
2. Um, I just want to clarify here, um,

757
01:05:27,119 --> 01:05:32,160
this is items four and five being
combined into a single thing, even

758
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:37,359
though these are two separate items that
each require public hearing.

759
01:05:34,799 --> 01:05:41,920
They are non-ontiguous pieces of land,
but they are both subject to the same

760
01:05:39,599 --> 01:05:45,920
applicant or at least parent applicant.
>> Joe, are you speaking on item four or

761
01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:50,480
five or both?
>> Um, both apparently. Okay. All right.

762
01:05:48,319 --> 01:05:53,280
Um,
but I'm just pointing out the fact for

763
01:05:52,079 --> 01:05:58,880
the record that, you know, you're
combining two items that each separately

764
01:05:55,119 --> 01:06:04,799
require public hearing. Um, and they're
not contiguous land. So, for for plain

765
01:06:02,079 --> 01:06:08,799
English benefit, this is to expand the
tax abatement zones so that we can give

766
01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:12,480
additional tax breaks to Rowan for
project lasso and then additional

767
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:18,319
project uh tax breaks to Rowan for
project ranger.

768
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:22,000
Um, as the presentation mentioned, each
phase is only required to create 40

769
01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:25,359
jobs. That's an interesting number
because as long as you're under 50 jobs

770
01:06:23,920 --> 01:06:29,680
and the way Rowan is stretch is
structuring these as separate companies,

771
01:06:27,119 --> 01:06:33,440
separate LLC's, if you have less than 50
employees, you don't have to pay

772
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:38,319
benefits. And the fact that we would
even consider a tax abatement agreement

773
01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:42,559
for an employer who's who's acting this
way is just baffling to me. I've again

774
01:06:41,039 --> 01:06:45,680
as I've mentioned at previous meetings
I've had some experience with tax

775
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:50,400
abatements in other counties and other
states and typically the threshold is 80

776
01:06:48,079 --> 01:06:55,839
jobs and the fact that we're considering
something under 50 is just surprising to

777
01:06:53,359 --> 01:07:00,000
me. But my main point here I think is
that uh we should not be giving tax

778
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:05,359
breaks to billionaires. We should be
giving tax breaks to everyone else. We

779
01:07:03,039 --> 01:07:10,079
should be giving tax breaks to people
that can afford these utility rate

780
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:13,760
increases that supposedly are not
because of the data centers. Like our

781
01:07:11,839 --> 01:07:18,240
groceries are going up, inflation is
going up. I mean, the cost of living,

782
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:22,960
our taxes are going up. We've seen
several different tax rates uh tax

783
01:07:20,960 --> 01:07:27,520
increases on just on the city front
alone. Like, why are the people of

784
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:32,720
Temple having to suffer this cost
instead of the billionaires who can

785
01:07:29,520 --> 01:07:35,599
easily afford it? Like we should not be
again we should not be giving tax breaks

786
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:40,160
to billionaires. We should be giving tax
breaks to everyone else people who

787
01:07:37,520 --> 01:07:46,000
actually need them. Thank you. Thank
you.

788
01:07:42,319 --> 01:07:50,440
Um couple questions Joe.
So under 50 employees

789
01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:59,599
they don't have to pay for benefits.
Is that what they're doing?

790
01:07:57,680 --> 01:08:03,039
I'm not I'm I don't know if they are or
they're not, but they're not legally

791
01:08:00,799 --> 01:08:07,960
required to. And most companies don't do
things that they're not legal legally

792
01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:07,960
required to do.

793
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:18,560
I'm in the health insurance business.
Well over half of my clients have less

794
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:23,920
than 50 employees.
So, we represent

795
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:27,759
60 or 70 local employers right here
under 50. and they all have a full suite

796
01:08:26,719 --> 01:08:31,920
of benefits.
>> Good for them. And and that's

797
01:08:29,759 --> 01:08:34,400
» and I I bet a multi-billion dollar
company will do the same.

798
01:08:32,880 --> 01:08:37,520
» That's an excellent example. A lot of
small companies do take much better care

799
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:41,040
of their employees than big companies. I
mean, we're talking about a$1 13 billion

800
01:08:39,279 --> 01:08:45,120
dollar company here that has broken
themselves into lots of small pieces to

801
01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:48,960
get around certain rules.
Like they don't have a good track record

802
01:08:46,960 --> 01:08:54,239
for being a responsible employee
employer or somebody you you would want

803
01:08:50,799 --> 01:08:59,520
to do business with.
Your opinion is noted. Thank you. You

804
01:08:56,719 --> 01:09:02,839
bet.
>> Yes, ma'am.

805
01:09:03,199 --> 01:09:14,960
» Hi, I'm Joanne Dudley. I live off of uh
34th Street off of 53. Um my biggest

806
01:09:12,000 --> 01:09:20,159
question is traffic.
A lot of these trucks do not use the

807
01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:24,719
loop. The loop is atrocious because of
all the construction on the loop, all

808
01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:31,279
the houses, all the businesses. What
we're finding

809
01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:36,080
is these big trucks, these uh tractor
trailers coming off of the industrial

810
01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:43,279
park. a lot of the
um trucks, the the

811
01:09:40,480 --> 01:09:51,239
trucks with the
uh all these construction trucks they're

812
01:09:46,799 --> 01:09:51,239
taking coming down um

813
01:09:51,520 --> 01:10:01,199
Avenue H coming down 34th Street going
on to 53

814
01:09:57,040 --> 01:10:06,159
going down Adams
go to get to 30 to get to 35

815
01:10:03,679 --> 01:10:12,080
they are not taking the loop to get to
35.

816
01:10:08,480 --> 01:10:17,920
So, you're having all of this um you're
now rebuilding

817
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:25,440
more more businesses
on off of 53,

818
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:30,719
but no way for them to get onto anything
other than going

819
01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:34,360
down Adams
to get to 35.

820
01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:46,880
And if you go
if you take 35 take take 53 down to into

821
01:10:43,679 --> 01:10:50,999
town, you get in front of Cody's,
there's a big bump in the road. These

822
01:10:49,600 --> 01:10:55,440
trucks are going boom boom boom boom
[clears throat] in front of Cody's.

823
01:10:53,440 --> 01:11:02,719
So you hear these trucks going boom in
front of Cody's. These trucks are going

824
01:10:57,679 --> 01:11:07,760
down 35 uh uh 34th Street and they're
coming to the stop sign and they're

825
01:11:04,239 --> 01:11:12,400
waiting and they're waiting
and there's a there's a bottleneck in

826
01:11:10,239 --> 01:11:18,080
front of the stop sign and then they're
going down East Central which is a dead

827
01:11:14,480 --> 01:11:21,199
end off at 35 34th Street to try to turn
around and you're getting these tractor

828
01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:25,040
trailers trying to turn around down the
culde-sac down east central.

829
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:33,920
There's got to be a different way, a
different way to I'm not against the

830
01:11:32,239 --> 01:11:38,640
construction.
By all means, I'm not against the

831
01:11:35,440 --> 01:11:43,600
construction. I'm against There's got to
be a way to manipulate to maneuver this

832
01:11:42,159 --> 01:11:48,560
construction. There's got to be a
different way to figure out a lot of

833
01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:54,480
this.
Um, and the sidewalks on 34th Street are

834
01:11:51,679 --> 01:11:57,679
atrocious. You've seen them. We cannot
get the city to come and fix the

835
01:11:55,760 --> 01:12:01,360
sidewalks. There's handicapped people
using these sidewalks, but they have to

836
01:11:59,280 --> 01:12:05,120
use the street because just nobody comes
to fix the sidewalk because I call the

837
01:12:03,440 --> 01:12:11,280
city and the city sits there and goes,
"Sorry, call somebody else." I've gone

838
01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:14,719
» to the city council woman. You you
wandered off the topic of the actual

839
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:19,440
agenda items,
>> but construction was fine. Sidewalks,

840
01:12:17,440 --> 01:12:24,000
» but the but the whole thing is is the
trucks are using 34th Street,

841
01:12:21,679 --> 01:12:28,480
» but the s handicapped people and the
kids are using the street

842
01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:32,400
because there's no sidewalk on 34th
Street because the sidewalk on 34th

843
01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:36,960
Street is all broken down. There's big
holes in the sidewalk.

844
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:41,199
» Understood. So you've got the sidewalks
that are busted out and there's the kids

845
01:12:39,440 --> 01:12:47,360
and the and the handicap people are
using the sidewalk

846
01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:51,199
and I mean where the east side
you're throwing the construction trucks.

847
01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:58,440
You could throwing the big trucks.
You're throwing all all of the all these

848
01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:58,440
people down these east side streets.

849
01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:06,880
I'm sorry. I love the construction. I'm
glad this it's finally happening on the

850
01:13:04,960 --> 01:13:09,860
east side,
but don't kill us before you before you

851
01:13:09,120 --> 01:13:11,760
before you
>> [clears throat]

852
01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:13,600
» uh finally get it done.
>> Understood. Thank you, ma'am.

853
01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:18,880
» Thank you.
>> You bet. Who else would like to speak?

854
01:13:16,480 --> 01:13:24,280
Miss Brenley.
>> Oh. Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Brenley.

855
01:13:20,960 --> 01:13:24,280
» No, no, no.

856
01:13:27,679 --> 01:13:33,120
» Talking about the audience four and
five, right? Taxment.

857
01:13:30,960 --> 01:13:37,600
» Yes, sir. Yeah, great presentation and
uh about the jobs about 40 jobs in the

858
01:13:35,760 --> 01:13:41,760
state of Texas they the department of
labor has a form they had it filled out

859
01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:46,800
they normally check every year so
regardless what jobs you get economic

860
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:51,360
impact on these data centers for our
municipality I think our budget covers

861
01:13:48,960 --> 01:13:57,440
like 15 to 18%
uh from our $325 million budget we get

862
01:13:54,480 --> 01:14:03,679
about 40 40 million and other economic
impact we have as my neighbor I live in

863
01:14:00,480 --> 01:14:08,400
Martin Luther the King Road in 1405 next
door neighbor who's rented out two month

864
01:14:05,760 --> 01:14:12,400
two years of lease for the guy coming
from Houston to build the data center

865
01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:17,840
here. So those are economic impact we
have here. So overall I appreciate doing

866
01:14:15,840 --> 01:14:22,480
this. I really appreciate the entire
team. The state of Texas are a $2.9

867
01:14:20,159 --> 01:14:28,480
billion trillion dollar economy. We get
900 over 990 billion dollars in uh

868
01:14:26,480 --> 01:14:32,960
economic impact from a data center. So,
I just want to let you know again, thank

869
01:14:30,400 --> 01:14:37,040
you very much. We need everybody here. I
want to keep my taxes lower. So, that's

870
01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:40,960
my bottom line. I don't want my water
billow, electric bill to go to high.

871
01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:44,320
Thank you very much. What do you guys
do? Appreciate

872
01:14:42,400 --> 01:14:48,560
» Miss Brenley,
>> Neil Brinley.

873
01:14:46,239 --> 01:14:56,320
I'm in Mr. Emmen's district. I never can
remember what number it is. Um, I can't

874
01:14:53,280 --> 01:15:02,000
for the life of me understand why this
council would give massive tax

875
01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:08,400
abatements to a foreign investor to come
in and use our water, our grid, uh,

876
01:15:06,640 --> 01:15:13,600
cause the division that they've caused
in this city. I've never seen it like

877
01:15:10,320 --> 01:15:17,440
this. I really haven't. I mean, I'm sure
there there have been divisions in the

878
01:15:15,360 --> 01:15:22,800
past, but I can't imagine why you would
do that.

879
01:15:19,040 --> 01:15:26,480
Um, you you don't have to give them a
tax abatement. I mean, they're already

880
01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:30,400
here. [snorts] They're not going
anywhere.

881
01:15:28,239 --> 01:15:35,920
You've already let them in. You don't
have to give them every single thing

882
01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:42,400
they ask you for. Would you please give
the citizens of Temple a plum and vote

883
01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:46,560
no to this? and show us in good faith
that you really do care about the

884
01:15:44,239 --> 01:15:52,880
citizens of Temple, that you really do
care that the cost of diesel is 65.99 on

885
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:59,520
31st Street. That you really do care
that people can't even afford ground

886
01:15:54,800 --> 01:16:06,159
beef, much less a t-bone steak.
take care of the people of Temple, not a

887
01:16:02,719 --> 01:16:11,520
a foreign investor from Australia who
wants to come in and take our water and

888
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:17,360
our electric grid.
Show that you care about the people of

889
01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:22,320
Temple. And the fact that you would
invite workers to come in so that

890
01:16:20,320 --> 01:16:26,960
citizens don't can't even get in the
room and and can't I mean, I barely

891
01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:33,679
found a place to park. There were so
many out of state pickup trucks parked

892
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:38,560
outside from the workers that were here.
So much for allowing senior citizens to

893
01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:46,440
to come in.
Show us that you care. Please vote no.

894
01:16:43,199 --> 01:16:46,440
» Who else?

895
01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:59,800
If you know that you want to speak on
this item, I'd appreciate if you'd queue

896
01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:59,800
up if you could.

897
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:08,679
» This has to do with the debt and the tax
abatements

898
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:15,600
or fiscal debt. The Temple, Texas data
center was the last draw. Let me point

899
01:17:13,520 --> 01:17:24,000
out a few of the facts and give our city
council credit. Fiscal debt in 2019 was

900
01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:28,159
3 21 million. Now in 26 it is 818
million. I don't know with all these tax

901
01:17:26,239 --> 01:17:33,040
abatements how you going to pay all this
but we we we'll find it out somehow. 15

902
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:39,920
million of that went to buying the
agricultural a acres on Bob White to

903
01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:45,120
reszone it industrial for rowing.
All this is money out the door is what I

904
01:17:42,239 --> 01:17:51,199
call it. They get a 10year tax
evatement. You lost a million dollars on

905
01:17:47,920 --> 01:17:55,760
last year's Tangle Wood music event and
you took 18 million out of the tourist

906
01:17:53,280 --> 01:18:02,159
funds. All of this is the tip of the
iceberg. Okay. The truth will come out

907
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:08,400
always. You know, God will reveal. His
hand is slow in our minds sometimes, but

908
01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:13,280
he does reveal the problems. You guys
are raking up debt. You're not getting

909
01:18:11,040 --> 01:18:17,920
enough money back. You're going to go
after the taxpayer in the end because

910
01:18:15,679 --> 01:18:22,400
that's what's going to happen. We see
it. We know it.

911
01:18:20,480 --> 01:18:26,880
But you're racking up debt. You're
supposed to be paying off debt.

912
01:18:25,120 --> 01:18:31,600
So, how you going to pay it off with all
these tax abatements you keep giving

913
01:18:28,719 --> 01:18:36,719
these people in commercial industrial
tax abatements to people that are going

914
01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:41,440
to provide how many jobs?
Not enough for anybody. A lot of them

915
01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:44,880
are coming in from out of town. They'll
be living here, I'm sure. Maybe because

916
01:18:43,840 --> 01:18:48,000
a lot of this
>> last week whenever we talked about this

917
01:18:46,719 --> 01:18:50,400
I encouraged folks
>> probably two weeks ago not last week

918
01:18:49,920 --> 01:18:53,520
were
>> whatever Margie last time last time I

919
01:18:52,480 --> 01:18:56,239
saw you
>> I know

920
01:18:54,239 --> 01:19:01,440
» I encourage I encourage folks to go out
on the bellcad

921
01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:04,640
» and see what these properties paid two
years ago versus what they'll be paying

922
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:07,760
in tax now.
>> I know.

923
01:19:05,120 --> 01:19:12,560
» So we're not we are not abating current
income.

924
01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:16,880
We're abating future income. Well, you
need to take care of what you owe now. I

925
01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:21,840
mean, you owe millions. I mean, you're
almost up to the billion dollar mark

926
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:25,920
now. And this is what size town. I can
understand Odessa Midland area because

927
01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:31,360
they got the money rolling in because
they are gas, they are oil, you know,

928
01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:33,760
they don't have this kind of debt.
>> Thank you, Margie.

929
01:19:32,320 --> 01:19:36,800
» You're welcome. But
>> who's next?

930
01:19:34,480 --> 01:19:39,800
» Think about your house because it's your
city.

931
01:19:44,400 --> 01:19:51,760
So, how you doing? Um, so first things
first is with with the abatements,

932
01:19:48,960 --> 01:19:57,760
right? [snorts] The abatements from my
understanding is that that's supposed to

933
01:19:54,239 --> 01:20:03,120
be a way for them to help out with
future um future work or any

934
01:20:01,360 --> 01:20:06,640
infrastructure that needs to get done,
anything that needs to get fixed. That's

935
01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:11,120
what the abatement is for. Would you say
that'd be correct?

936
01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:17,360
It's just an understanding.
>> Um the abatement is used as an incentive

937
01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:20,800
to bring a large economic development
project to town,

938
01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:26,000
» right? But with that abatement, like
let's say for example, we're going to

939
01:20:23,120 --> 01:20:29,600
need uh Encore, you know, more power
grid. That's a way for them to also put

940
01:20:28,159 --> 01:20:33,280
uh money towards that because that is
poss something that has been talked

941
01:20:31,280 --> 01:20:38,960
about uh in the past.
>> Separate buckets, but go ahead.

942
01:20:35,440 --> 01:20:43,280
» Okay. So, um, so yeah. So, I don't see
an issue with this because on top of

943
01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:50,239
that whole abatement situation, like I
said, the workers on those jobs get paid

944
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:53,520
very well. They get paid top dollar. On
top of that, to sit there and throw

945
01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:58,960
shade at the workers that are showing
up, the same people that are not part of

946
01:20:56,080 --> 01:21:02,640
the community are also showing up. And
the workers that are showing up are just

947
01:21:00,560 --> 01:21:06,480
as much citizens,
okay? and working from this area even

948
01:21:04,719 --> 01:21:12,880
though they got work trucks because they
have been promoted.

949
01:21:09,440 --> 01:21:18,080
So enough with uh throwing shade at the
workers because let's not forget it's

950
01:21:15,840 --> 01:21:22,159
those hard American workh working men
and women that helped build the country

951
01:21:20,000 --> 01:21:26,000
to what it is today. So let's stop
throwing shade down their way.

952
01:21:23,920 --> 01:21:31,920
» Thank you, sir. Who else? Yes, Miss
Laura.

953
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:36,560
» Hi. Um, I'm going to ask a not so
intelligent question. I'm a little lost.

954
01:21:34,640 --> 01:21:42,080
Um, I'm sitting outside so it's a little
hard to hear. Um, so we're under four

955
01:21:39,360 --> 01:21:50,320
and five ordinances.
Did everything else before that is no

956
01:21:45,040 --> 01:21:53,920
longer on the table or is moved or like
I JK consent agenda has already been

957
01:21:53,120 --> 01:21:59,040
approved.
>> That will be moved on.

958
01:21:55,440 --> 01:22:04,159
» Item four and five.
Um the agenda was approved

959
01:22:02,480 --> 01:22:09,600
for which ones?
>> All of the items before items four and

960
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:14,880
five. Item three was the consent agenda.
It's already been approved.

961
01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:21,280
» So the UDC codes have been approved
because that considers light and

962
01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:25,440
industrial heavy for like J.
>> Yes. The second reading was on consent

963
01:22:23,120 --> 01:22:31,760
agenda and the consent agenda has been
approved. So, does this apply for this

964
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:36,800
uh six data center
since the UDC codes have been approved?

965
01:22:34,639 --> 01:22:40,159
What exactly are those codes because
they're not listed here? So, how do we

966
01:22:38,560 --> 01:22:44,239
know what was approved or what was
created?

967
01:22:42,560 --> 01:22:51,280
» Same ones that we discussed in public
hearing last week. They've now been um

968
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:57,440
voted on a second time and approved
uh sorry, Marie, two weeks ago. Uh they

969
01:22:54,639 --> 01:23:01,040
are now being approved this week.
>> They have been approved. They have been

970
01:22:59,040 --> 01:23:05,040
» They've already been approved.
>> They've already been approved.

971
01:23:02,400 --> 01:23:09,679
» Correct.
>> Okay.

972
01:23:06,159 --> 01:23:13,560
» Thank you. Who else?
>> Anyone else from the audience?

973
01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:21,040
» Is it on items four and five?
>> Yep.

974
01:23:19,199 --> 01:23:25,840
about creation of the tax abatement
reinvestment zones number 47 and 50.

975
01:23:25,199 --> 01:23:31,199
» Cool.
>> This is just the zones.

976
01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:34,159
» Um well, I'm just going to come up here
and say that basically the same exact

977
01:23:32,960 --> 01:23:38,639
thing that everyone else has been
saying. I oppose all of it, including

978
01:23:36,639 --> 01:23:42,719
these tax abatements.
Um

979
01:23:40,400 --> 01:23:46,560
obviously you guys seem pretty dead set
on bringing in these data centers

980
01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:49,280
regardless of what we have to say. Would
you mind stating your name again for the

981
01:23:48,320 --> 01:23:54,360
» My name is Adam.
>> Okay.

982
01:23:49,760 --> 01:23:54,360
» Yeah. Um, so

983
01:23:55,280 --> 01:23:59,840
I mean you're already going against us
and bringing them in and now you're

984
01:23:58,080 --> 01:24:03,360
you're talking about we're about to pass
a tax abatement which I think a lot of

985
01:24:01,520 --> 01:24:11,199
us already knew that this was coming
this these tax abatements and um

986
01:24:07,760 --> 01:24:15,520
I I just don't earlier you were saying
that you know we could you know you

987
01:24:13,679 --> 01:24:19,440
encouraged us to look at Bellcad and how
much those properties were bringing in

988
01:24:17,520 --> 01:24:25,360
for the city. Okay, but that's
regardless of the point. These companies

989
01:24:22,480 --> 01:24:28,560
can afford to pay full taxes, right? The
entire reason that they're even bringing

990
01:24:26,880 --> 01:24:33,360
them in here is because we provide the
infrastructure for internet, water, all

991
01:24:31,840 --> 01:24:37,040
the stuff, electricity, everything that
they need to run these. All right, but

992
01:24:35,679 --> 01:24:40,400
that puts them in the middle of
populated areas. They shouldn't even be

993
01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:44,320
anywhere near populations. I'm not even
against AI data centers, by the way. I

994
01:24:42,639 --> 01:24:49,760
think we we should be the leaders in
them, but they need to be nowhere near

995
01:24:46,639 --> 01:24:58,600
anyone. All these people are doing is
using us to save money and you have all

996
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:58,600
fell for it hookline and sinker.

997
01:24:58,960 --> 01:25:05,120
If you're going to be so dead set I'm
bringing them in here, at least charge

998
01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:09,360
them full tax rates because there are so
many other industries that you could

999
01:25:06,480 --> 01:25:13,840
bring in here that from other states
where taxes are higher, where they might

1000
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:16,960
want to move into a place like this,
where taxes are actually cheaper in

1001
01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:20,000
Texas.
All right. Without any abatements, just

1002
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:24,639
paying full taxes where we're cheaper
than other states. Other industries

1003
01:25:21,679 --> 01:25:30,400
might want to come in here instead of
these data centers who are only going to

1004
01:25:26,239 --> 01:25:33,199
be giving what 40 jobs per, you know,
data center that we have. And I don't

1005
01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:38,800
even know how many now. We have like
about a dozen I think is what we're

1006
01:25:35,120 --> 01:25:42,639
talking about, right? So,
I mean, I don't even get it. I don't

1007
01:25:41,199 --> 01:25:47,520
even get why you guys are even doing all
this because it's,

1008
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:51,280
you know, everyone hates you guys for
this. You know, you're not going to win

1009
01:25:49,120 --> 01:25:53,679
your re-elections. Like, this is it for
you guys. No one's going to vote for

1010
01:25:52,719 --> 01:25:57,840
you.
>> I mean, no one even voted for you, Tim,

1011
01:25:55,840 --> 01:26:03,440
the last election.
Y'all canled the election because

1012
01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:07,600
somehow suspiciously you ran unopposed
>> out in a city of almost 100,000 people,

1013
01:26:05,679 --> 01:26:12,080
you know, and then when we come up with
thousands of signatures to recall you.

1014
01:26:10,480 --> 01:26:15,280
Oh, no. We don't we don't meet the
threshold. That's not a democracy.

1015
01:26:14,239 --> 01:26:17,440
That's dictatorship.
>> Adam,

1016
01:26:15,760 --> 01:26:21,760
» I oppose I oppose all of this.
>> Okay, you're way off topic.

1017
01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:24,639
» I don't care. This is way on topic. This
is way on topic.

1018
01:26:22,880 --> 01:26:27,920
» You have to stay on topic. It's okay.
>> This is on topic. I'm talking about the

1019
01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:30,639
tax abatements and how we ended up in
this freaking mess that we're in.

1020
01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:32,800
» You're talking about my election,
>> the open.

1021
01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:34,880
» That's great because it's related,
right? You're voting in favor of this,

1022
01:26:34,400 --> 01:26:38,960
right?
>> It's not related at all.

1023
01:26:36,320 --> 01:26:41,520
» It's it's very it's very very relevant
because when you

1024
01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:44,080
» the posted item,
>> listen,

1025
01:26:43,040 --> 01:26:46,080
you're trying to violate my first
amendment and I'm not I'm not going to

1026
01:26:45,440 --> 01:26:49,199
stand for it.
>> The Open Meetings Act.

1027
01:26:47,520 --> 01:26:52,639
» The Open Meetings Act requires that we
stay on topic.

1028
01:26:49,920 --> 01:26:56,800
» Okay, fine. I will stay on topic.
No, just give him let's let's give him

1029
01:26:54,960 --> 01:26:59,440
the opportunity one more time to stay on
top.

1030
01:26:57,199 --> 01:27:02,960
» All right, fine. Regardless of that,
obviously nobody even wants these data

1031
01:27:01,520 --> 01:27:08,800
centers here,
>> but then you're furthering by giving

1032
01:27:05,360 --> 01:27:14,440
them these major tax write offs. Charge
them the full amount. They're not even

1033
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:14,440
American.

1034
01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:20,800
» Anyways, that's it.
>> Thank you. Just um just as an

1035
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:25,600
interesting point,
uh Texas is a great place as an

1036
01:27:23,600 --> 01:27:33,280
individual [clears throat] um to live
because taxes are our individual taxes

1037
01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:39,040
are low. Texas ranks 47th out of 50 um
when uh among all the states regarding

1038
01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:46,400
corporate taxation.
So Texas is not at all a friendly state

1039
01:27:42,480 --> 01:27:50,639
when it comes to corporate taxation.
So whenever whenever it said that you

1040
01:27:48,400 --> 01:27:53,520
could bring u you know that there's
plenty of other industries in plenty of

1041
01:27:52,239 --> 01:27:56,960
other states that you could bring in to
do business right here in Temple. Simply

1042
01:27:55,440 --> 01:27:58,560
not true.
>> Okay.

1043
01:27:57,280 --> 01:28:02,400
» Okay. Thank you.
>> Uh yes ma'am.

1044
01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:06,400
» Hi. I'm Carly Bird.
>> Um I just think it's interesting that

1045
01:28:04,320 --> 01:28:10,000
you put the word consider in the
verbiage

1046
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:15,520
because words are important. I mean when
you consider something you contemplate

1047
01:28:12,639 --> 01:28:20,239
it. So, what should be in there is that
you are going to vote because you rarely

1048
01:28:18,480 --> 01:28:25,760
vote against each other. I've noticed
like you don't disagree on stuff. I

1049
01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:28,880
noticed that. And it seems like the main
people supporting the data centers are

1050
01:28:27,360 --> 01:28:34,400
directly benefiting from the data
centers or the government of the city of

1051
01:28:31,280 --> 01:28:38,159
Temple. is obvious right now by the
influx of upper class individuals that

1052
01:28:36,560 --> 01:28:44,239
seem to have filled the seats whether
directly asked or unspok an unspoken

1053
01:28:41,600 --> 01:28:48,960
contract exchanged financially or
through fake ad agilation like

1054
01:28:47,280 --> 01:28:54,600
bootlicking
that's it

1055
01:28:50,159 --> 01:28:54,600
» thank you ma'am who's next

1056
01:28:56,346 --> 01:29:02,880
[clears throat]
>> hello Sarah Royer um okay so we're

1057
01:29:00,719 --> 01:29:06,719
talking about tax abatements. And the
issue we have with tax abatements right

1058
01:29:04,800 --> 01:29:11,760
now is they don't get to play by the
same rules as we do. Um like Meta, it

1059
01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:17,679
was just in the newspaper that look at
this beautiful $1.4 billion facility.

1060
01:29:14,960 --> 01:29:24,239
That's great, right? Um and but we
valuated them uh Bell County uh valuated

1061
01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:30,239
them at $28 million. Um which is
interesting. And uh but we've seen this

1062
01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:34,159
the Rowan properties we've seen if you
go through Bellcad and I've got all of

1063
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:40,000
the property numbers. We've seen it go
from 1.4 million re-evaluated to $70,000

1064
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:45,920
and then they're handed to them and they
only have to increase it by 300% to get

1065
01:29:43,679 --> 01:29:49,440
their tax abatements and spend so much
money. They're spending this money on

1066
01:29:47,679 --> 01:29:53,760
themselves. That's what they're spending
it on. So I don't know why we're giving

1067
01:29:50,639 --> 01:29:59,840
them tax abatements and then also not
appraising it. If I got to have my house

1068
01:29:56,320 --> 01:30:03,520
to be appraised at what, one%
of what I put into it, that would be

1069
01:30:01,920 --> 01:30:08,800
amazing. And if that's what you guys are
looking to do, I would love to

1070
01:30:05,040 --> 01:30:13,920
participate in that program. Um, but a
company that has 1.4 billion in a piece

1071
01:30:11,760 --> 01:30:17,520
of land being evaluated for 28 million
and then you're still giving these tax

1072
01:30:15,440 --> 01:30:21,520
breaks and you know, I can't speak to
Rowan because it hasn't come out yet,

1073
01:30:19,280 --> 01:30:25,600
but I can see what you've done. I can
see the same thing you've done and

1074
01:30:23,600 --> 01:30:30,639
what's happening. In fact, they held up
all of Bell County um appraisal district

1075
01:30:28,960 --> 01:30:35,040
because they were fighting to get this
28 million dollar evaluation on Petta,

1076
01:30:32,960 --> 01:30:38,880
which is really interesting. Um and
you're shaking your head, no, but go to

1077
01:30:36,560 --> 01:30:42,719
Bellcad. That's what it's evaluated at.
It's that's what's that's what's in the

1078
01:30:40,719 --> 01:30:45,920
records. So, if you know something we
don't, why isn't it in the records? Mr.

1079
01:30:45,040 --> 01:30:49,120
Pilington,
>> it's not a city.

1080
01:30:48,159 --> 01:30:52,560
» It's not a city.
>> Oh, it's not a city thing. But you know,

1081
01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:58,080
you get to work with the same guy who
says yes to that. You guys are all

1082
01:30:54,239 --> 01:31:02,080
related. So you're RT Schneider is
voting on that. So you guys are given

1083
01:31:00,159 --> 01:31:05,920
huge tax abatements and RT Schneider
saying, "Oh, it's only worth 28

1084
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:09,920
million." I mean, this is a pretty good
old good old boys network. All these

1085
01:31:07,920 --> 01:31:14,560
people are good old boys. We are the
citizens of Temple and we're saying this

1086
01:31:12,239 --> 01:31:17,920
isn't cool. This is not fair. What
you're doing isn't fair. It's not fair

1087
01:31:16,159 --> 01:31:22,000
for your citizens. It's not fair for the
people who live here.

1088
01:31:19,920 --> 01:31:27,280
How's that for being on topic?
>> Here's here's something uh that's on

1089
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:32,560
topic. You are correct. The metadata
center, the operating data center was

1090
01:31:29,360 --> 01:31:38,239
valued at $28 million
via Bellcad. Bellcad's uh industrial

1091
01:31:36,480 --> 01:31:44,400
appraiser was called on the carpet about
that and I was in the meeting when that

1092
01:31:41,040 --> 01:31:50,639
appraiser was fired and then and then
no, that's not true. And then um the uh

1093
01:31:48,639 --> 01:31:57,440
tax appraisal district along with the
city of Temple along with Bell County

1094
01:31:53,120 --> 01:32:05,800
worked with Meta to correct
their um appraisal and that went up to

1095
01:32:02,800 --> 01:32:05,800
what?

1096
01:32:07,760 --> 01:32:15,760
» Yes. Uh Mayor, their uh appraised value
and it was what was on the ground as of

1097
01:32:14,639 --> 01:32:17,199
one
2026.

1098
01:32:16,719 --> 01:32:23,400
» Correct.
>> It did go up to u

1099
01:32:20,400 --> 01:32:23,400
see

1100
01:32:23,600 --> 01:32:32,560
» it's projected the full value of the
building will be 563.7

1101
01:32:28,639 --> 01:32:34,960
million. The 28.8 million is what the
land was appraised for.

1102
01:32:33,920 --> 01:32:40,159
» Okay.
>> Then they they had personal property

1103
01:32:36,960 --> 01:32:44,360
that was
that was appraised at

1104
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:53,199
It was nearly 400 something million too.
>> When the certified roll first came out,

1105
01:32:52,639 --> 01:32:57,840
» right,
>> they had it appraised at $25.6

1106
01:32:56,719 --> 01:33:03,440
million
>> and that was land and buildings.

1107
01:33:00,480 --> 01:33:06,960
» What what what buildings were completed
as of January 1 of 2026?

1108
01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:13,920
» Y
>> that's when we got heavily involved in

1109
01:33:10,159 --> 01:33:18,960
and met her work the valuation was as
of1 2026. Though I know there were other

1110
01:33:17,280 --> 01:33:25,199
communities that stopped their budgeting
process because the uh valuation they

1111
01:33:21,760 --> 01:33:30,080
were expecting more income and uh based
upon the valuations and all taxing

1112
01:33:28,159 --> 01:33:35,920
entities
worked very closely with Meta who worked

1113
01:33:33,040 --> 01:33:42,639
with the taxing entities voluntarily
worked hard to get corrected valuations

1114
01:33:38,800 --> 01:33:47,199
to the tax appraisal district and paid
the additional tax

1115
01:33:45,199 --> 01:33:53,199
and
uh volunteered to help and were happy to

1116
01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:58,239
do it and they did. They could have they
could have they this if you would like

1117
01:33:55,280 --> 01:34:01,840
to speak and do public hearing, but they
could have they could have drugged their

1118
01:33:59,840 --> 01:34:05,840
feet until everyone had to get their
budgets done. They didn't do that. They

1119
01:34:04,080 --> 01:34:10,480
worked very quick. I think we were down
to maybe two weeks or so uh before we

1120
01:34:09,040 --> 01:34:16,480
all had to get our budgets turned in.
and Metal worked very closely with um

1121
01:34:13,199 --> 01:34:20,320
with all taxing entities to uh shore up
and pay the proper amount of tax based

1122
01:34:18,880 --> 01:34:25,600
upon what should have been the real
valuation as of 1126.

1123
01:34:23,199 --> 01:34:32,239
It was the appraisal district's uh
industrial appraiser that dropped the

1124
01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:36,080
ball and um Meta worked very hard to fix
that with the taxing entities. Tax

1125
01:34:34,320 --> 01:34:40,080
appraisal district fired the appraiser
who had been with them 20 plus years.

1126
01:34:38,639 --> 01:34:44,320
So, what are they appraised at now?
Because it's not public record that we

1127
01:34:41,520 --> 01:34:48,000
can find.
>> You're just looking at the land value

1128
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:54,239
when you look at at probably if you're
going on to Bellcad, there's different

1129
01:34:50,480 --> 01:34:58,480
um tax IDs and typically land has a
certain ID. Uh building improvement has

1130
01:34:56,719 --> 01:35:02,159
a different one, personal property can
have a different one. Those records are

1131
01:35:00,560 --> 01:35:06,880
kept by the Bell County Appraisal
District. So, you can always call or um

1132
01:35:04,560 --> 01:35:12,960
request information from them. But
according um to Tracy's records, can you

1133
01:35:10,480 --> 01:35:20,560
» full build out
that will be as of F what will be on the

1134
01:35:16,080 --> 01:35:25,679
roll as of 111 2027 is over$1.2 billion
and that's personal and real property

1135
01:35:22,639 --> 01:35:30,800
» and after the updates are we able to
confirm what 1126

1136
01:35:27,600 --> 01:35:39,520
» when you look at the cash system you
don't always see the values on it

1137
01:35:35,280 --> 01:35:41,600
» so as of 2026 it was what 11 126 570
million is that what you said I'm just

1138
01:35:40,800 --> 01:35:47,719
trying to get my numbers
>> let me grab the the spreadsheet with the

1139
01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:47,719
exact number

1140
01:35:48,080 --> 01:35:53,440
» has it listed $28 million just for land.
There's no improvement. It says zero

1141
01:35:52,159 --> 01:35:56,880
dollars for improvement.
>> Tracy, while you're looking that up, why

1142
01:35:54,800 --> 01:36:01,920
don't we move on to Margie Sarah? We'll
get back next.

1143
01:35:58,880 --> 01:36:07,360
» And in 2025, it was 1.6 million. So, it
went up by 20 27.1 million in one year

1144
01:36:05,520 --> 01:36:11,280
on land value only.
>> You have land value. Margie Fraser is

1145
01:36:09,600 --> 01:36:18,159
going to read this right now. Temple,
Texas projected to lose approximately 14

1146
01:36:14,960 --> 01:36:22,639
million annually to tax revenue due to t
data center tax abatements over a

1147
01:36:20,239 --> 01:36:27,120
10-year period. This is part of a
broader trend in Texas where the state

1148
01:36:24,800 --> 01:36:30,480
is losing over one billion each year in
tax breaks for data centers and they are

1149
01:36:29,120 --> 01:36:36,560
going to be bringing up in their
legislator legislation session coming up

1150
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:40,159
that they will not have any more d tax
abatements. So, they're going to get

1151
01:36:37,920 --> 01:36:46,480
very low because these were all meant
for small data centers, not AI data

1152
01:36:43,360 --> 01:36:50,480
centers. These AI data centers are
taking advantage of you. They're taking

1153
01:36:48,800 --> 01:36:54,080
advantage of your land. I've seen how
it's backed up to that new residential

1154
01:36:52,400 --> 01:36:58,639
area and how those trucks are still
going. And I have complained to Greg

1155
01:36:56,480 --> 01:37:04,560
Abbott and he might lose this election
over this.

1156
01:37:01,199 --> 01:37:10,560
The loss is exper Technical Texas
experienced significant financial

1157
01:37:07,600 --> 01:37:16,320
impacts due to tax abatements granted to
data centers. These abatements are

1158
01:37:13,199 --> 01:37:22,880
designed to attract investment
but come at a cost to local revenue. So

1159
01:37:20,560 --> 01:37:26,880
how are they helping us? The city of
Temple I know I buy a lot of stuff

1160
01:37:24,719 --> 01:37:34,239
around here. I guarantee it. prices keep
going up to lose approximately of course

1161
01:37:29,679 --> 01:37:40,719
$14 million annually in tax revenue.
This loss is part I've already told you

1162
01:37:36,960 --> 01:37:45,760
that. So while they can stimulate
economic development, the loss of

1163
01:37:42,880 --> 01:37:50,239
revenue poses challenges for funding
essential city services and

1164
01:37:48,320 --> 01:37:53,679
infrastructures.
So, you're going to have to learn how to

1165
01:37:51,600 --> 01:37:58,639
balance your attracting of new
businesses with the need to maintain

1166
01:37:55,840 --> 01:38:03,920
financial stability for your residences,
which doesn't seem to be happening. I

1167
01:38:01,679 --> 01:38:07,679
haven't seen how it's happening. So, if
y'all can explain that to me, I'd

1168
01:38:06,159 --> 01:38:12,800
appreciate it. And I'm bet every
resident that lives here, actually lives

1169
01:38:09,920 --> 01:38:17,520
here, would appreciate it.
Everybody in Bell County would

1170
01:38:14,560 --> 01:38:21,920
appreciate to knowing that. Okay?
Because

1171
01:38:19,280 --> 01:38:25,360
» if I go buy a new suit,
>> you're going to pay taxes

1172
01:38:23,280 --> 01:38:32,400
» for a thousand bucks
>> and they instead put it on sale for 800,

1173
01:38:29,360 --> 01:38:35,119
» but all it cost them was 500.
>> Did they lose money?

1174
01:38:34,080 --> 01:38:37,600
» No.
>> That's That's a tax abatement right

1175
01:38:36,880 --> 01:38:41,679
there.
>> Well, we're losing money. And we're not

1176
01:38:40,480 --> 01:38:45,560
saying that.
>> Do we have those? Uh,

1177
01:38:46,960 --> 01:38:55,000
» Mr. Roy, I think we're addressing
Are we ready to

1178
01:38:51,840 --> 01:38:55,000
» 1 bill235,16,671

1179
01:38:57,679 --> 01:39:08,239
is Meta's total valuation
126.

1180
01:39:04,480 --> 01:39:14,920
» That's full that's completed full build
>> as of 26. That's what they'll pay taxes

1181
01:39:10,480 --> 01:39:14,920
on real and personal property.

1182
01:39:15,840 --> 01:39:21,760
» Yes, ma'am.
>> We just

1183
01:39:18,719 --> 01:39:25,239
» Who's next?
>> Anybody else?

1184
01:39:25,280 --> 01:39:31,000
» Going once.
>> Milton.

1185
01:39:33,360 --> 01:39:41,360
» Yeah, let's let's take you in the mic.
coming to you.

1186
01:39:38,080 --> 01:39:44,880
» We're coming to you.
>> Okay. I appreciate that, Mr. Mayor.

1187
01:39:43,600 --> 01:39:50,080
» Yes, sir.
>> We'll talk about tax abatement.

1188
01:39:48,080 --> 01:39:56,880
What is percent of the tax abatement
that it's going to be given?

1189
01:39:51,840 --> 01:39:59,520
» Uh on that one is 25%. 50%.
>> 50%.

1190
01:39:57,920 --> 01:40:05,040
» How about 50%.
>> 50%.

1191
01:40:01,600 --> 01:40:10,880
Okay. It's valued at a million dollars.
We give them 50%.

1192
01:40:08,639 --> 01:40:16,360
We make 50%. Correct?
>> Yes, sir.

1193
01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:16,360
» When do we start making 50%.

1194
01:40:16,480 --> 01:40:22,480
» When the when their building's 100%.
>> When I

1195
01:40:20,000 --> 01:40:29,040
» when when their building is 100%
complete or their improvements

1196
01:40:25,440 --> 01:40:35,360
as as of January one of that the year
that we're going to catch the revenue.

1197
01:40:31,760 --> 01:40:41,520
So, the certificate of uh occupancy when
given on the building and also they have

1198
01:40:37,840 --> 01:40:45,520
dispiled some various reports.
That's when we'll start receiving the

1199
01:40:43,280 --> 01:40:47,679
» when when are we going to start making
money?

1200
01:40:47,119 --> 01:40:50,080
» When?
>> We've already started making money.

1201
01:40:49,440 --> 01:40:56,840
» Okay.
>> Whenever they pay their 2026 tax bill

1202
01:40:52,400 --> 01:40:56,840
and their 2025 tax bill.

1203
01:40:57,199 --> 01:41:04,000
» So they have to pay the tax bill by
April the 1st.

1204
01:41:01,600 --> 01:41:07,040
» It it is levied October one.
>> Okay. October one

1205
01:41:05,280 --> 01:41:14,800
» and then it's due it's due.
>> So we are looking at at 50% of

1206
01:41:12,159 --> 01:41:19,679
what evaluation
>> well 50% of the tax paid on the 1.23 two

1207
01:41:18,719 --> 01:41:23,679
billion.
>> Are we talking about meta or

1208
01:41:21,520 --> 01:41:25,119
» I think we're talking about meta. I'm
not sure.

1209
01:41:24,560 --> 01:41:29,280
» Have we?
>> This is off topic. I see.

1210
01:41:27,280 --> 01:41:32,000
» We have not received any money yet.
>> We have. Yes, sir. We have.

1211
01:41:31,119 --> 01:41:35,000
» We have.
>> Yes.

1212
01:41:35,520 --> 01:41:38,520
Huh?

1213
01:41:42,560 --> 01:41:44,719
» Thank you.
>> You bet. Thank you,

1214
01:41:43,920 --> 01:41:48,679
» I guess.
>> All right.

1215
01:41:45,280 --> 01:41:48,679
» I don't know.

1216
01:41:51,280 --> 01:41:57,520
We need to assign someone to go pick
Milton up before every council meeting.

1217
01:41:56,159 --> 01:42:01,119
It's been a while since he's been here.
It's because he doesn't have

1218
01:41:58,320 --> 01:42:05,520
transportation. Somebody go get him. Who
else?

1219
01:42:02,719 --> 01:42:08,920
Going once?
Everybody good?

1220
01:42:09,119 --> 01:42:15,560
» Outside.
They'll holler at the folks outside,

1221
01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:15,560
please.

1222
01:42:19,679 --> 01:42:26,639
We're good. Nobody out. Nobody back
there. Okay.

1223
01:42:24,080 --> 01:42:31,920
Going once, going twice.
I will now close the public hearing on

1224
01:42:28,880 --> 01:42:38,639
items four and five. And council, I'll
entertain a motion on item four.

1225
01:42:36,639 --> 01:42:44,880
» I will make a motion to approve item
four, although I can't seem to get

1226
01:42:43,040 --> 01:42:48,159
» I'll second.
We have a motion by Mayor Pro Tim

1227
01:42:46,639 --> 01:42:56,280
Walker. We have a second by Council
Member Emmens. Council, please cast your

1228
01:42:50,480 --> 01:42:56,280
vote. I can you switch over?

1229
01:42:57,679 --> 01:43:04,800
I saw there. Here we go. Item four
passes. Four votes yes, one uh zero

1230
01:43:02,159 --> 01:43:10,560
votes no, and one abstension. Council,
entertain a motion on item five.

1231
01:43:08,719 --> 01:43:12,800
» Five as presented.
>> Second.

1232
01:43:11,520 --> 01:43:16,000
» Have a motion by council member
Pilington. We have a second by council

1233
01:43:14,320 --> 01:43:19,000
member Emmens. Council, please cast your
vote.

1234
01:43:26,960 --> 01:43:34,719
» Hi,
>> yes.

1235
01:43:31,679 --> 01:43:39,600
Item five passes, four votes yes, zero
votes no, and one abstension.

1236
01:43:37,840 --> 01:43:44,159
Item six is to consider approving an
amendment of the tax abatement agreement

1237
01:43:41,600 --> 01:43:47,040
with Rowan LLC which abated a a
percentage of the increase in the

1238
01:43:45,440 --> 01:43:53,400
taxable value of certain real and
personal property located in Synergy

1239
01:43:49,600 --> 01:43:53,400
Park. Miss Thomas,

1240
01:43:53,920 --> 01:44:01,280
» mayor and council members,
um before you for consideration is an

1241
01:43:59,440 --> 01:44:08,239
amendment to the tax statement agreement
with Rowan Temple LLC.

1242
01:44:04,560 --> 01:44:13,679
As a reminder, on October 2, 25. Um, you
approved a chapter 312 tax abatement

1243
01:44:10,800 --> 01:44:17,679
agreement with Rowan Temple LLC in
accordance with chapter 312 of the Texas

1244
01:44:15,840 --> 01:44:21,280
Tax Code.
The agreement abated a percentage of the

1245
01:44:19,679 --> 01:44:25,600
increase of taxable value of certain
real and personal property for a project

1246
01:44:23,199 --> 01:44:30,400
located in Synergy Industrial Park to
develop one or more data centers.

1247
01:44:28,239 --> 01:44:34,400
The project is permitted to develop in
multiple phases. To be eligible for

1248
01:44:32,400 --> 01:44:40,800
abatement, Rowan is required to invest
at least $700 million and employ at

1249
01:44:37,040 --> 01:44:44,800
least 40 full-time employees per phase.
The agreement contains a provision that

1250
01:44:42,880 --> 01:44:48,080
includes future phases under the same
terms and conditions if the land

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01:44:46,320 --> 01:44:52,360
acquired for that phase is included in a
tax abatement reinvestment zone.

1252
01:44:53,600 --> 01:45:00,480
This amendment um amends and adds
certain definitions, adds provisions

1253
01:44:58,719 --> 01:45:04,719
regarding permanent connection to the
grid and further defines elig

1254
01:45:02,719 --> 01:45:07,719
eligibility for abatement for personal
property.

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01:45:07,840 --> 01:45:14,000
It strengthens the agreement in three
key ways. It prevents companies or

1256
01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:17,440
affiliates that already have their own
tax abatement agreement from also

1257
01:45:15,679 --> 01:45:20,880
benefiting under another company's
agreement.

1258
01:45:18,800 --> 01:45:24,080
It clarifies that temporary on-site
electrical generation does not count

1259
01:45:22,639 --> 01:45:28,639
towards the company's required
investment and is not eligible for tax

1260
01:45:26,400 --> 01:45:32,000
abatement. And it provides that a
company can lose its abatement benefits

1261
01:45:30,239 --> 01:45:36,159
if it continues relying on temporary
generators for long-term power needs

1262
01:45:34,480 --> 01:45:39,920
instead of transitioning to permanent
grid service.

1263
01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:44,080
It does not reduce the company's
investment commitment, extend the

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01:45:42,000 --> 01:45:47,080
abatement period, or grant any new
incentives.

1265
01:45:48,880 --> 01:45:54,480
the tax abatement criteria. Per the
city's economic development policy, to

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01:45:52,719 --> 01:45:59,600
be eligible for tax abatement, at least
two criteria must be met. Staff still

1267
01:45:57,280 --> 01:46:04,239
believes um the project meets these
criteria. It involves a minimum increase

1268
01:46:02,159 --> 01:46:07,280
in property value of 300% for
construction of new facilities and a

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01:46:05,920 --> 01:46:11,280
substantial contribution to
redevelopment efforts or strategic

1270
01:46:08,960 --> 01:46:14,400
economic development. It stimulates
desired concentration of employment or

1271
01:46:13,040 --> 01:46:18,480
commercial activity and generates
greater employment than would otherwise

1272
01:46:16,080 --> 01:46:22,239
be achieved. It will also expand the
employment base, attract major

1273
01:46:20,080 --> 01:46:27,520
investment and contribute to economic
development in the city as required by

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01:46:23,840 --> 01:46:32,960
chapter 312 of the tax code.
And um as you did on the last two items,

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01:46:30,960 --> 01:46:35,920
the council may designate a TARS if the
designation is likely to contribute to

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01:46:34,480 --> 01:46:39,920
retention or expansion of primary
employment or attract major investment

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01:46:38,000 --> 01:46:45,480
in the zone. that would be a benefit to
the property and contribute to the

1278
01:46:41,440 --> 01:46:45,480
economic development of the city.

1279
01:46:45,600 --> 01:46:51,760
Um,
you've created three separate TARS that

1280
01:46:49,679 --> 01:46:58,239
are subject to this tax abatement
agreement. Uh, TAR number 47 designated

1281
01:46:55,119 --> 01:47:05,920
by council October 2nd, 2025.
TAR 49 designated by council on April

1282
01:47:00,960 --> 01:47:10,639
2nd, 2026 for a subsequent phase. TAR 50
um which was approved today. All

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01:47:08,880 --> 01:47:14,960
properties are subject to planned
development light industrial zoning

1284
01:47:12,480 --> 01:47:21,999
regulations located in Synergy
Industrial Park near the landfill BKB

1285
01:47:18,000 --> 01:47:25,440
Panda Power Plant and the railroad.
[clears throat]

1286
01:47:23,520 --> 01:47:31,679
As a reminder, the projected revenue
during the abatement period is 40

1287
01:47:28,480 --> 01:47:37,280
approximately $42 million annually,
whereas the abatement will be just under

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01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:41,840
14 million.
I'm happy to answer any questions you

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01:47:38,800 --> 01:47:46,119
may have.
Anything for Miss Thomas?

1290
01:47:47,280 --> 01:47:53,080
» All right. And with that, council, I
will entertain a motion.

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01:47:54,800 --> 01:47:59,600
Make a motion to approve item six.
>> Second it.

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01:47:57,920 --> 01:48:05,880
» Have a motion by council member Emmens.
We have a second by Mayor Pro Tim

1293
01:48:01,199 --> 01:48:05,880
Walker. Council, please cast your vote.

1294
01:48:09,840 --> 01:48:18,320
Item six passes. Four votes yes, zero
votes no. One abstension.

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01:48:16,560 --> 01:48:22,960
Item seven is to consider adopting a
resolution authorizing the following

1296
01:48:20,639 --> 01:48:27,760
agreements.
Item A, a development agreement with

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01:48:24,719 --> 01:48:33,119
Rowan Lasso LLC for the development of
approximately 316 acres associated with

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01:48:30,320 --> 01:48:37,360
project Lasso which is phase 1B
establishing development coordination of

1299
01:48:34,880 --> 01:48:41,840
phase permitting process, transportation
planning, utility coordination and other

1300
01:48:39,280 --> 01:48:45,840
development related requirements for the
project. Item B reads, "An

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01:48:44,400 --> 01:48:49,840
infrastructure agreement with Rowan
Stampede LLC related to the

1302
01:48:47,520 --> 01:48:56,000
approximately 1,443
acres comprising project uh Temple and

1303
01:48:53,520 --> 01:49:01,199
Lasso, which is phase one, project
stampede phase two, project ranger phase

1304
01:48:58,960 --> 01:49:04,320
three, establishing responsibilities for
the funding, design, construction,

1305
01:49:02,719 --> 01:49:08,719
dedication, and timing of the water and
wastewater infrastructure necessary to

1306
01:49:06,560 --> 01:49:13,920
serve these projects together with
certain community benefit contributions.

1307
01:49:12,159 --> 01:49:18,639
7C
is an is uh an amended and restated

1308
01:49:17,040 --> 01:49:24,400
utility services agreement with Rowan
Temple LLC for project temple lasso

1309
01:49:21,679 --> 01:49:27,600
phase one establishing the amount timing
conditions and limitations associated

1310
01:49:26,000 --> 01:49:32,159
with water and wastewater service for
the project

1311
01:49:29,360 --> 01:49:37,360
7D is a utility services agreement with
Rowan Stampede LLC for project stampede

1312
01:49:34,719 --> 01:49:40,400
phase 2 establishing the amount timing
conditions and limitations associated

1313
01:49:38,880 --> 01:49:46,159
with the water and wastewater service
for the project. And item 7E is utility

1314
01:49:44,159 --> 01:49:50,239
services agreement with Rowan Ranger LLC
for project ranger, which is phase

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01:49:47,920 --> 01:49:53,679
three, establishing the amount, timing,
conditions, and limitations associated

1316
01:49:51,920 --> 01:49:59,440
with water and wastewater service for
the project.

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01:49:56,800 --> 01:50:04,239
» Thank you, Mayor. Uh we've had several
action items on this uh topic tonight,

1318
01:50:01,760 --> 01:50:09,119
so I'll I'll be brief. Um just a a quick
project overview. This is three campus

1319
01:50:06,320 --> 01:50:12,800
phases with six plan data centers. As
Charlotte said, all of them are located

1320
01:50:10,880 --> 01:50:18,080
in the Synergy Southeast Industrial
Park. They um have a capital investment

1321
01:50:15,360 --> 01:50:23,440
commitment of $700 million per abatement
phase and 40 full-time jobs. Again,

1322
01:50:21,280 --> 01:50:28,480
these uh these are all located in our
indust in our synergy um south

1323
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:34,639
industrial park area. You can see there
the map. Um they're located uh generally

1324
01:50:31,920 --> 01:50:40,080
in in the same uh park that we have our
regional landfill and where BKB power

1325
01:50:37,520 --> 01:50:44,719
plant is located.
On the agenda tonight, mayor, as you

1326
01:50:41,840 --> 01:50:49,360
read, there's five um uh different
agreements uh for your consideration.

1327
01:50:47,440 --> 01:50:56,000
The first item is a development
agreement for the project lasso or phase

1328
01:50:52,960 --> 01:51:00,880
1B um of their campus. This covers
approximately 316 additional acres that

1329
01:50:59,040 --> 01:51:04,880
will be added to phase one as a
replacement for the property um that we

1330
01:51:03,280 --> 01:51:09,199
purchased, the city of Temple purchased
for the landfill expansion. Um the

1331
01:51:07,199 --> 01:51:13,520
agreement addresses comprehensive plan
coordination, thoroughfare plan

1332
01:51:10,880 --> 01:51:18,159
alignment, phase permitting, noise
mitigation, utility coordination, and

1333
01:51:16,320 --> 01:51:24,639
relocation of city infrastructure at
Rowan's expense. Again, this is for um

1334
01:51:21,360 --> 01:51:30,639
project uh land that was um added to uh
their original phase one when the

1335
01:51:26,960 --> 01:51:35,600
company um assigned the contract that
they had to purchase this property that

1336
01:51:33,040 --> 01:51:40,880
had been identified as the only viable
location for the city of Temple to

1337
01:51:37,280 --> 01:51:45,920
expand our current landfill and added um
up to 50 years of additional capacity uh

1338
01:51:43,840 --> 01:51:49,280
life to our uh current landfill
facility.

1339
01:51:47,440 --> 01:51:53,520
Um the next agreement is the
infrastructure agreement. This creates

1340
01:51:51,440 --> 01:51:58,320
one coordinated infrastructure program
for all three Rowan phases. Um there's a

1341
01:51:56,800 --> 01:52:03,440
series of core infrastructure
improvement um that support Rowan's

1342
01:52:00,560 --> 01:52:08,400
requested capacity but also provide um
significant um water resources to the

1343
01:52:06,239 --> 01:52:14,320
broader south and southeast Temple water
system and help um ensure reliability

1344
01:52:11,599 --> 01:52:20,400
and resiliency of our uh water system as
a whole. Rowan will fund a total of 38

1345
01:52:17,440 --> 01:52:26,400
million point uh 38.5 million for
infrastructure and projects. Um this

1346
01:52:22,880 --> 01:52:31,360
includes um the uh 25 approximately 25
million that they will um contribute to

1347
01:52:28,639 --> 01:52:36,320
the core infrastructure program. Um as
well as a $10 million contribution

1348
01:52:33,679 --> 01:52:41,360
towards the aquifer storage and recovery
program and $3 million for the Salmon's

1349
01:52:39,520 --> 01:52:45,199
Community Center if approved by voters
in November.

1350
01:52:42,239 --> 01:52:50,320
» Miss um Myers. Absolutely.
>> The uh $10 million for the ASR, does

1351
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:53,840
that give them access to the ASR?
>> No. And I do have some additional slides

1352
01:52:51,920 --> 01:52:57,520
about that in a second. If I didn't
cover it uh sufficiently in my slides,

1353
01:52:56,159 --> 01:53:01,520
uh will you remind me to come back?
Okay. Thank you.

1354
01:52:59,199 --> 01:53:06,320
» Um the next three agreements are related
to the specific utility agreements for

1355
01:53:03,599 --> 01:53:10,960
each phase. Each phase will have its own
contractual water and wastewater limits.

1356
01:53:08,960 --> 01:53:15,199
The agreements do not provide unlimited
access to city water. Uh permanent

1357
01:53:13,440 --> 01:53:18,800
service is tied to completion of
infrastructure and satisi uh

1358
01:53:17,280 --> 01:53:23,840
satisfaction of their payment
obligations that are outlined in the

1359
01:53:21,360 --> 01:53:28,400
infrastructure agreement. The agreements
uh require that the company use closed

1360
01:53:26,000 --> 01:53:32,880
loop cooling technology. Um and the
initial charging water has to be staged

1361
01:53:30,480 --> 01:53:40,159
and coordinated with the city and used
over a period of uh days. uh uh in times

1362
01:53:36,639 --> 01:53:46,159
that uh the city uh has indicated uh the
system will be able to um uh to safely

1363
01:53:43,920 --> 01:53:51,840
uh provide that amount of water. Um
water use is monitored and may be

1364
01:53:48,239 --> 01:53:57,520
controlled through um physical or SCADA
uh restrictions if necessary. Uh the

1365
01:53:54,560 --> 01:54:02,719
company cannot pay a fee or penalty um
to exceed its contractual limits. The

1366
01:53:59,520 --> 01:54:10,599
the contract limits are uh are binding
and cannot be exceeded. um by just

1367
01:54:05,360 --> 01:54:10,599
paying a fee to exceed those amounts.

1368
01:54:10,800 --> 01:54:19,520
Temple's long-term water position, we
have um as council knows, we have over

1369
01:54:15,119 --> 01:54:25,520
44,000 acre feet of um water uh uh
rights um in uh in primarily surface

1370
01:54:23,520 --> 01:54:31,280
water rights. The majority of those
rights are state adjudicated and many

1371
01:54:27,440 --> 01:54:36,719
are senior to um are very senior in the
state including to um other rights uh

1372
01:54:33,840 --> 01:54:40,400
owned by bar. Of course, senior rights
means that there's stronger legal

1373
01:54:38,480 --> 01:54:46,159
protections for the city's rights and
stronger reliability of our water.

1374
01:54:42,960 --> 01:54:50,719
Today, we currently use an average um we
have an average demand of water of 18

1375
01:54:48,400 --> 01:54:56,080
million gallons a day. That peaks in the
summer at 33 million gallons a day. Our

1376
01:54:53,520 --> 01:55:01,040
current treatment capacity uh at our two
water treatment plants is 54 million

1377
01:54:58,239 --> 01:55:05,119
gallons. Uh the council, as you know, re
you recently funded and and added and

1378
01:55:03,119 --> 01:55:09,440
completed a project that added 13
million gallons a day to our membrane

1379
01:55:07,119 --> 01:55:14,080
treatment plant. And that expansion
included a modular uh the ability to

1380
01:55:11,840 --> 01:55:19,679
modularly expand that plant with another
4 million gallons a day by adding an

1381
01:55:16,560 --> 01:55:24,080
additional membrane rack. Um so it the
uh system is built to handle growth with

1382
01:55:21,920 --> 01:55:29,199
a large buffer between our peak usage
and our treatment capacity. We've also

1383
01:55:27,280 --> 01:55:34,239
uh through your leadership invested in
our future water supply um namely

1384
01:55:31,920 --> 01:55:39,920
through our um aquafer storage and
recovery uh system which can add up to

1385
01:55:37,280 --> 01:55:46,560
15 million gallons a day of uh water
capacity to our system. Again, for these

1386
01:55:43,679 --> 01:55:50,880
uh specific projects, uh the contracts
require that a closed loop cooling

1387
01:55:48,239 --> 01:55:56,400
system be used. Uh the initial charge
for each building is 1.5 million

1388
01:55:53,760 --> 01:56:02,320
gallons, but that amount of water is
recirculated for at least 10 years. Um

1389
01:55:59,360 --> 01:56:06,960
and that water is phased over uh a
number of days, and the timing of that

1390
01:56:04,400 --> 01:56:12,159
is planned with the city
on a day-to-day basis. Um each project

1391
01:56:09,840 --> 01:56:16,960
also has contractual daily limits for
both water and wastewater. You can see

1392
01:56:14,560 --> 01:56:23,119
on the screen there the uh the limits uh
for each phase with a total average

1393
01:56:19,199 --> 01:56:30,159
daily um water consumption at 32,000
gallons, an annual use of 11.7 million

1394
01:56:27,119 --> 01:56:36,639
gallons, and a peak daily use of 78,000
gallons. for scale. Um the total campus,

1395
01:56:34,000 --> 01:56:42,159
all three phases will use less than 1%
of the total daily water used today by

1396
01:56:39,520 --> 01:56:48,239
City of Temple customers. Each building
will use what less than what a uh

1397
01:56:45,119 --> 01:56:53,199
restaurant uh typically uses per day and
each building will use less than a what

1398
01:56:50,400 --> 01:56:57,679
a 150 lot residential subdivision would
use um on average. Again, we've

1399
01:56:55,840 --> 01:57:02,480
mentioned this before, but the water use
will be monitored through remote meters,

1400
01:57:00,080 --> 01:57:06,000
and physical or automated controls can
limit the use to the approved amounts.

1401
01:57:04,239 --> 01:57:12,719
The company can't pay a fee or penalty
to exceed um their contractual amounts.

1402
01:57:09,920 --> 01:57:17,040
The um company has committed to um
significant um contribution to the South

1403
01:57:15,360 --> 01:57:21,599
Temple Water Infrastructure Capital
Program. This is a series of 10 projects

1404
01:57:19,840 --> 01:57:25,920
that will bring significant additional
water capacity to the south and

1405
01:57:23,360 --> 01:57:32,320
southeast portions of our community. Uh
these projects total $71.1 million and

1406
01:57:29,840 --> 01:57:38,960
uh Rowan has committed to fund 45% of
the total infrastructure cost. Um they

1407
01:57:35,679 --> 01:57:44,000
also built um the first part of our ASR
program which was the synergy well. It's

1408
01:57:41,599 --> 01:57:50,880
uh been built uh originally as a
production well in the Synergy Park

1409
01:57:45,760 --> 01:57:55,199
area. Um it has a uh capacity of 3.8
million gallons a day and was

1410
01:57:52,960 --> 01:57:59,599
constructed and designed uh in such a
way that it's intended to be converted

1411
01:57:56,800 --> 01:58:04,880
to an injection well uh to support the
first piece of the ASR program.

1412
01:58:02,719 --> 01:58:10,159
Uh for those who who may be uh
unfamiliar with ASR, ASR stands for

1413
01:58:07,599 --> 01:58:14,800
aquifer storage and recovery. It allows
us to store treated water underground in

1414
01:58:12,400 --> 01:58:18,800
the aquifer. Water is injected when
supply is available and then can be

1415
01:58:17,040 --> 01:58:23,440
recovered during times of drought or
peak demand or other emergency

1416
01:58:20,880 --> 01:58:28,800
conditions.
The reason that uh this is pursued is

1417
01:58:25,760 --> 01:58:33,599
because it um it uh allows us to store
water underground instead of in above

1418
01:58:30,880 --> 01:58:39,480
ground reservoirs uh that are subject to
significant evaporation and significant

1419
01:58:36,080 --> 01:58:39,480
land acquisition.

1420
01:58:40,239 --> 01:58:47,840
ASR helps make uh helps temple make u
better use of the water that we rights

1421
01:58:46,080 --> 01:58:51,599
that we already have. It helps us
capture water during lower demand

1422
01:58:49,599 --> 01:58:57,360
periods, store that water underground
for later use. It reduces our reliance

1423
01:58:54,560 --> 01:59:01,547
on surface water availability, creates a
drought and peak demand reserve, and

1424
01:58:59,199 --> 01:59:04,400
help support future growth needs.
[clears throat]

1425
01:59:02,320 --> 01:59:08,560
The city of Temple owns and controls the
Synergy well. As I mentioned, it was

1426
01:59:06,719 --> 01:59:12,639
built by Rowan as part of a previous
economic development agreement where

1427
01:59:10,560 --> 01:59:17,679
Rowan constructed and paid for the well
on behalf of the city of Temple. But the

1428
01:59:15,360 --> 01:59:22,880
but Rowan does not have ownership of the
well. uh the water rights from that

1429
01:59:19,760 --> 01:59:26,719
well, the aquafer. Um the project that
was contemplated by the original

1430
01:59:24,639 --> 01:59:32,159
economic development agreement um that
had us um that that had Rowan uh

1431
01:59:29,599 --> 01:59:35,599
constructing this was cancelled and the
conditions required to trigger the

1432
01:59:33,760 --> 01:59:39,679
city's reimbursement obligations were
not satisfied. As a result, the city

1433
01:59:37,760 --> 01:59:44,239
won't be re reimbursing the company for
those costs as was originally

1434
01:59:41,599 --> 01:59:48,480
contemplated in the in the agreement.
However, the company still completed um

1435
01:59:46,719 --> 01:59:51,520
the infrastructure which included more
than the well. Um they built water

1436
01:59:50,239 --> 01:59:55,760
infrastructure, wastewater
infrastructure, and some roadway

1437
01:59:53,119 --> 01:59:59,440
infrastructure as along with the synergy
well. And then they dedicated those to

1438
01:59:57,520 --> 02:00:03,679
the city as was originally contemplated
by the agreement even though the full

1439
02:00:01,199 --> 02:00:07,840
project didn't move forward. The water
rights that are associated with that

1440
02:00:05,520 --> 02:00:13,199
original agreement are very specific. I
say water rights, the water usage um

1441
02:00:10,480 --> 02:00:17,440
water availability uh to them was very
specific to the original project. Um it

1442
02:00:15,599 --> 02:00:21,920
was tied to the specific parcel of
property and the specific um the the

1443
02:00:20,320 --> 02:00:26,800
specific project and it can't be
transferred to their current projects or

1444
02:00:24,159 --> 02:00:32,000
any other project. So, um because that
project was cancelled, all of the

1445
02:00:28,800 --> 02:00:38,159
obligations in that agreement um are um
no longer um applicable, including um

1446
02:00:35,280 --> 02:00:42,719
the uh their ability to use water from
the synergy well. It was limited only to

1447
02:00:40,800 --> 02:00:47,280
that specific project, and there's no
ability for them to transfer those um

1448
02:00:45,119 --> 02:00:52,080
those agreement terms to any of the
phases that we're talking about today.

1449
02:00:49,679 --> 02:00:57,360
Instead, um the three agreements that
are on your agenda today would govern

1450
02:00:54,480 --> 02:01:01,440
these projects. Um the water use would
be granted expressly through those three

1451
02:00:59,280 --> 02:01:07,440
agreements. Um it does have limits for
the domestic water use and limits for uh

1452
02:01:04,480 --> 02:01:13,119
the um cooling water uh for the
controlled co uh closed loop cooling. Uh

1453
02:01:10,639 --> 02:01:17,760
the agreements do not allow unlimited
access to city water. Um they do not

1454
02:01:15,440 --> 02:01:22,480
allow a provision for a rowin to exceed
the contractual limits. They do not

1455
02:01:19,920 --> 02:01:26,880
provide um ownership interest to Rowan
in any of our water infrastructure

1456
02:01:24,239 --> 02:01:31,199
including the ASR system or the well and
they don't allow Rowan to charge to

1457
02:01:29,520 --> 02:01:36,639
discharge their waste water to the
aquafer.

1458
02:01:32,880 --> 02:01:42,400
Um as part of uh Rowan's agreement to uh
fund infrastructure, it allows us to uh

1459
02:01:39,599 --> 02:01:48,560
free up uh funds for other important
projects um including uh the relocation

1460
02:01:45,360 --> 02:01:52,880
of Fire Station 7. Um, as council knows,
you've made a significant commitment to

1461
02:01:50,880 --> 02:01:57,599
um, building new fire stations in the
six-year plan, including the relocation

1462
02:01:54,719 --> 02:02:03,199
of seven. Um, the addition of nine, the
relocation of six. Um, you have future

1463
02:02:00,560 --> 02:02:09,920
uh, fire stations planned as well. Um,
10, 11, um, and, um, and then in future,

1464
02:02:07,360 --> 02:02:16,239
uh, parts of the master plan address,
uh, stations 12, 13, and 14.

1465
02:02:14,159 --> 02:02:20,719
um already mentioned tonight, but again,
Sammon's Community Center um is part of

1466
02:02:18,719 --> 02:02:26,159
Rowan's commitment. They um have
committed to a total of $3 million

1467
02:02:23,440 --> 02:02:32,320
towards the total $15 million project
cost. This will lower um the amount of

1468
02:02:29,599 --> 02:02:36,719
the bond uh of uh bonds that will have
to be issued um if this project is

1469
02:02:34,560 --> 02:02:41,679
approved by the voters in November and
thus will lower the tax rate impact of

1470
02:02:38,960 --> 02:02:46,159
this project for our community. As
Charlotte mentioned in her presentation,

1471
02:02:43,760 --> 02:02:52,400
there is a phased in project revenue
during the um abatement period. Um the

1472
02:02:49,679 --> 02:02:57,840
project will generate $42 million per
year to the city. Um and then uh

1473
02:02:55,360 --> 02:03:04,239
postabatement uh conservatively
estimated at $56 million per year. Um,

1474
02:03:01,360 --> 02:03:08,560
that's an annual um, uh, revenue and
that is in addition to the over $38

1475
02:03:06,400 --> 02:03:12,320
million in infrastructure and other
project contributions that I just went

1476
02:03:10,400 --> 02:03:16,960
over with you tonight, as well as
additional revenue to other taxing

1477
02:03:14,080 --> 02:03:22,400
entities um, that Rowan will also u pay
taxes to, including Temple and Rogers

1478
02:03:19,840 --> 02:03:26,719
ISD, Bell County, and Temple College.
Um, that is a brief summary of the five

1479
02:03:24,719 --> 02:03:30,000
agreements that are before you tonight,
Mayor. All right. Um, if I didn't

1480
02:03:28,159 --> 02:03:33,040
address your ASR question, please allow
me to go back to that, but that's all I

1481
02:03:31,520 --> 02:03:37,360
had prepared.
>> I just I think it's it's worth noting

1482
02:03:34,960 --> 02:03:41,360
and emphasizing that
um,

1483
02:03:39,520 --> 02:03:46,400
Rowan
was contractually obligated to build the

1484
02:03:43,040 --> 02:03:50,080
well. And in that same contract, they
knew all along they were going to hand

1485
02:03:47,840 --> 02:03:55,280
that well over to the city of Temple.
And as you mentioned that any water that

1486
02:03:52,960 --> 02:03:59,199
was generated by that well that Rowan
would use was specific to Project

1487
02:03:57,520 --> 02:04:00,159
Mariah.
>> Correct.

1488
02:03:59,679 --> 02:04:03,920
» That's right.
>> Which is the old Bitcoin mining

1489
02:04:01,760 --> 02:04:09,199
operation that is defunct.
>> And so um at at no time did they own it.

1490
02:04:06,639 --> 02:04:13,440
Did they have um unilateral access to
it?

1491
02:04:10,080 --> 02:04:18,480
» In fact, as we've said before, that well
has never been operational on a on a

1492
02:04:16,239 --> 02:04:22,159
large basis. we get water out of the
ground to test it right now, but as far

1493
02:04:20,400 --> 02:04:27,679
as any infrastructure to then distribute
that anywhere else simply doesn't exist

1494
02:04:24,560 --> 02:04:31,840
yet in in a large format,
>> right? They had the they had the option

1495
02:04:30,080 --> 02:04:36,560
in their original economic development
agreement to construct the well on our

1496
02:04:34,159 --> 02:04:39,840
behalf. It was permitted. It it was
always under our ownership. It was never

1497
02:04:38,320 --> 02:04:43,920
permission that they were given to
construct a well for their own um

1498
02:04:42,400 --> 02:04:48,880
ownership.
um if they constructed the well, then

1499
02:04:46,719 --> 02:04:53,920
the city of Temple would have sold them
water from the well, but only

1500
02:04:50,960 --> 02:04:57,520
specifically for that project.
And so they uh they completed the

1501
02:04:56,239 --> 02:05:02,159
construction of the well even though
they were not no longer going to

1502
02:04:59,280 --> 02:05:07,199
continue with the project. Um they've
invested over $6 million in that well

1503
02:05:05,040 --> 02:05:12,719
and uh that you know the city would have
otherwise had to fund in order to um

1504
02:05:09,840 --> 02:05:18,880
establish our ASR program.
And again, that was in addition to um I

1505
02:05:15,760 --> 02:05:24,719
believe that the um
the uh engineers um opinion of probable

1506
02:05:22,639 --> 02:05:30,800
cost for the other infrastructure that
they were building on behalf of the

1507
02:05:26,719 --> 02:05:36,239
city. Um the water and wastewater lines
and lift station that was um believe the

1508
02:05:33,440 --> 02:05:42,000
OPC was 4.8 million for that. They also
completed those improvements and

1509
02:05:38,400 --> 02:05:46,159
dedicated those to the city.
related to that that uh there were three

1510
02:05:44,320 --> 02:05:52,560
payments in the reinvestment zone
financing plan of 1.6 million a year. It

1511
02:05:50,159 --> 02:05:57,920
was to be paid over three years and
since they didn't their investment

1512
02:05:55,199 --> 02:06:01,679
commitment wasn't made that money was
not paid out will not be paid out and

1513
02:06:00,400 --> 02:06:04,719
it's been reprogrammed
>> with an economic development agreement.

1514
02:06:03,280 --> 02:06:11,040
City of Temple was going to pay about
over three years about $5 million. If

1515
02:06:07,840 --> 02:06:15,199
they um performed what they were
required to do, they did not perform.

1516
02:06:13,599 --> 02:06:17,679
Therefore, the city of Temple kept that
$5 million.

1517
02:06:17,040 --> 02:06:20,560
» Roughly.
>> Roughly. Yes, sir.

1518
02:06:18,560 --> 02:06:21,440
» Yep. And still has full ownership of the
well.

1519
02:06:20,880 --> 02:06:25,280
» Yes, sir.
>> And that well when operational will

1520
02:06:23,760 --> 02:06:33,199
increase the city of Temple's water
capacity roughly by 15 10 to 15%.

1521
02:06:30,639 --> 02:06:39,119
through the reclaimed water
>> and the reimbursement to Rowan was was

1522
02:06:36,320 --> 02:06:42,560
uh which again they they completed the
infrastructure even though they weren't

1523
02:06:41,040 --> 02:06:46,400
completing the rest of the project and
just weren't reimbursed for it. But the

1524
02:06:44,719 --> 02:06:51,119
reimbursement amount which was capped at
I believe 4.8 was based on the opinion

1525
02:06:49,360 --> 02:06:57,040
of probable cost for the other
infrastructure the roadway um water line

1526
02:06:54,800 --> 02:07:02,079
wastewater line and lift station. it
didn't include the cost, the estimated

1527
02:06:59,199 --> 02:07:07,040
cost of the well. If they spent less
than the $4.8 million on that other

1528
02:07:04,800 --> 02:07:12,880
infrastructure, then they could have
used um their portions of their

1529
02:07:10,000 --> 02:07:17,920
investment for the well um to against
that 4.8, but it was capped at 4.8. And

1530
02:07:15,840 --> 02:07:21,840
so really the reimbursement that was
contemplated in the in the original

1531
02:07:19,679 --> 02:07:26,320
economic development agreement was for
the other infrastructure, not the well.

1532
02:07:24,159 --> 02:07:31,199
Um but the agreement was structured as
so that if those costs came in under

1533
02:07:28,480 --> 02:07:37,199
budget that they could apply um some of
that $4.8 million cap towards the cost

1534
02:07:34,239 --> 02:07:41,840
that they um spent um for the synergy
well. Again, they ended up doing all of

1535
02:07:39,679 --> 02:07:45,760
the infrastructure dedicating it to the
city and the city um but they didn't

1536
02:07:44,079 --> 02:07:50,480
meet they didn't they didn't meet the
other obligations of the agreement. So,

1537
02:07:48,159 --> 02:07:54,960
um, the other portions of that agreement
are no longer in effect, including our

1538
02:07:52,800 --> 02:08:00,560
obligation to reimburse for the
infrastructure or the obligation to

1539
02:07:57,440 --> 02:08:04,960
provide water um or wastewater uh
service for that project because that

1540
02:08:02,400 --> 02:08:08,520
was tied to that specific project. Very
clear in the agreement.

1541
02:08:09,199 --> 02:08:15,840
» Very good. um you know there there is so
much misinformation, disinformation or

1542
02:08:13,760 --> 02:08:21,119
simply misunderstanding about that well
specifically and um I I just I think it

1543
02:08:18,800 --> 02:08:27,760
I think it is is worth going over like
you've done tonight again around the

1544
02:08:24,639 --> 02:08:33,760
parameters of that well um because it is
uh the ASR well is the first of its kind

1545
02:08:31,040 --> 02:08:38,159
for Temple. Um, in fact, you know, we
the city of Temple um partnered with

1546
02:08:36,239 --> 02:08:47,440
Bell County and others, Department of
Defense included, to find uh proper

1547
02:08:42,079 --> 02:08:54,560
areas along the aquifer that could uh
um that that could um what's the right

1548
02:08:49,920 --> 02:09:00,320
word that could take on the water for
through the ASR process. Not every

1549
02:08:56,800 --> 02:09:04,719
aquifer is um is ideal for that, but in
this case, one on Fort Hood was found

1550
02:09:02,079 --> 02:09:09,360
and one on out in Synergy Park was
found. And we're just simply taking

1551
02:09:06,639 --> 02:09:16,480
advantage of a geological structure that
is perfect for ASR use. So, it's it's a

1552
02:09:14,880 --> 02:09:19,840
blessing that we have that and it's a
blessing now that we know about it and

1553
02:09:17,840 --> 02:09:24,000
are able to take advantage of it and
frankly take advantage of on somebody

1554
02:09:22,000 --> 02:09:29,840
else's D.
That is nice. The one other thing that I

1555
02:09:26,560 --> 02:09:38,960
would mention is that um
outside city limits, the city of Temple

1556
02:09:33,040 --> 02:09:44,719
does not have the ability to con to um
let me say it differently.

1557
02:09:42,639 --> 02:09:50,079
Property owners are required to get the
city of Temple's consent for wells

1558
02:09:47,119 --> 02:09:54,800
drilled inside the city limits. They are
not required to do that outside the city

1559
02:09:52,639 --> 02:09:58,239
limits. There still of course is the
underwater underground conservation

1560
02:09:56,560 --> 02:10:03,119
district process that they would have to
go through, but that you know there

1561
02:10:00,480 --> 02:10:07,599
there are groundwater rights that um
that property owners in Texas have and

1562
02:10:05,520 --> 02:10:13,760
if they meet the requirements then
they're going to get um the ability to

1563
02:10:10,480 --> 02:10:22,320
um drill um to to use groundwater. And
so the both the Mariah project as well

1564
02:10:16,880 --> 02:10:32,000
as um all of um project temple phase one
um uh Lasso phase 1B and um

1565
02:10:28,400 --> 02:10:38,400
most of Ranger were outside the city
limits. And so um the uh if those

1566
02:10:36,480 --> 02:10:42,480
projects had stayed outside the city
limits then rowing could have drilled

1567
02:10:40,639 --> 02:10:49,440
that well
which they wanted to drill on their own.

1568
02:10:45,360 --> 02:10:55,280
Um but um through those negotiations we
didn't grant them authorization to drill

1569
02:10:52,159 --> 02:11:01,440
the well for their ownership. We granted
them authorization to drill the well for

1570
02:10:57,360 --> 02:11:06,239
public ownership. Um, and that's only
available because they voluntarily that

1571
02:11:03,760 --> 02:11:13,480
that control is only was only available
to the city because they voluntarily

1572
02:11:08,320 --> 02:11:13,480
annexed into the into the city limits.

1573
02:11:14,000 --> 02:11:23,520
We've explored buying water
and um the cost of the cost of the water

1574
02:11:20,239 --> 02:11:28,719
is um is very high. The cost of getting
the water from where it is to where we

1575
02:11:26,000 --> 02:11:34,079
would need it in temple is um that
number starts with the B. And to know

1576
02:11:31,679 --> 02:11:40,400
that we have water available right under
our feet and to be able to take

1577
02:11:36,960 --> 02:11:44,719
advantage of that will uh
will will pay the city of Temple will be

1578
02:11:43,199 --> 02:11:48,719
an advantage to the city of Temple for
decades.

1579
02:11:46,800 --> 02:11:53,920
Fair statement.
Okay.

1580
02:11:51,199 --> 02:11:58,320
Council, any questions for Miss Myers?
Okay. All right. We are going to take uh

1581
02:11:56,719 --> 02:12:03,599
each of these items separately. So,
council um item 7A, which is um and I'll

1582
02:12:01,760 --> 02:12:08,079
read them in since it's been a while.
I'll read quickly. Uh 7A is a

1583
02:12:06,079 --> 02:12:11,920
development agreement with Rowan Lasso
LLC for the development of the

1584
02:12:09,599 --> 02:12:16,239
approximately 316 acres associated with
project lasso which is phase 1B

1585
02:12:14,400 --> 02:12:20,560
establishing development coordination a
phasing per a phase permitting process

1586
02:12:19,040 --> 02:12:24,239
transportation
planning utility coordination and other

1587
02:12:22,639 --> 02:12:29,280
development related requirements.
Council entertain a motion on item 7A.

1588
02:12:27,840 --> 02:12:31,920
» Motion to approve.
>> Second.

1589
02:12:30,159 --> 02:12:38,760
» Have a motion by council member Walker.
We have a second by council member

1590
02:12:34,000 --> 02:12:38,760
Bington. Council, please cast your vote.

1591
02:12:46,239 --> 02:12:54,800
» Not Not this one, Milton.
Not this one.

1592
02:12:51,280 --> 02:12:59,520
Item 7 A passes. Four votes yes. Zero
votes no. One abstension. Item 7B is an

1593
02:12:58,079 --> 02:13:05,760
infrastructure agreement with Rowan
Stampede LLC related to the approximate

1594
02:13:01,679 --> 02:13:10,960
1,443 acres comprising project temple
lasso phase 1, project stampede phase 2,

1595
02:13:08,480 --> 02:13:14,000
project ranger phase three, establishing
responsibilities for the funding,

1596
02:13:12,400 --> 02:13:17,840
design, construction, dedication, and
timing of water and wastewater

1597
02:13:15,360 --> 02:13:22,159
infrastructure necessary to serve the
projects together with certain community

1598
02:13:19,760 --> 02:13:27,679
benefit contributions. Council and I'll
entertain a motion on 7B.

1599
02:13:25,040 --> 02:13:32,719
Move to approve 7B as presented.
>> Second. We have a motion by um council

1600
02:13:31,119 --> 02:13:37,719
member Pilington. We have a second by
council member Emmens. Council, please

1601
02:13:34,239 --> 02:13:37,719
cast your vote.

1602
02:13:38,159 --> 02:13:46,000
7B passes. Four votes yes, zero votes
no, one abstension.

1603
02:13:43,440 --> 02:13:51,040
7 C is an amended and restated utility
services agreement with Rowan LLC for

1604
02:13:48,079 --> 02:13:54,400
project temple lasso which is phase one
establishing the amount timing

1605
02:13:52,639 --> 02:13:59,679
conditions limitations associated with
water and wastewater service for the

1606
02:13:56,079 --> 02:14:02,679
project council entertain a motion
>> approve

1607
02:14:04,000 --> 02:14:10,880
have a motion by Mayor pro Tim Walker we
have a second by council member

1608
02:14:07,199 --> 02:14:10,880
Pilington council cast your vote

1609
02:14:13,679 --> 02:14:21,440
7 C passes. Four votes yes, zero votes,
no, one abstension. D is a utility

1610
02:14:19,280 --> 02:14:25,760
services agreement with Rowan Stampede
LLC for project Stampede phase 2

1611
02:14:24,159 --> 02:14:29,920
establishing the amount, timing,
conditions, and limitations associated

1612
02:14:27,360 --> 02:14:34,960
with water and wastewater service for
the project. Council entertain a motion.

1613
02:14:32,320 --> 02:14:39,360
» Make a motion to approve 7D.
>> Second. You have a motion by council

1614
02:14:37,040 --> 02:14:44,280
member Emmens, a second by Mayor Pro Tim
Walker. Please cast your vote.

1615
02:14:46,320 --> 02:14:53,679
7D passes four votes yes, zero votes,
no, one abstension. 7E is utility

1616
02:14:51,599 --> 02:14:57,119
services agreement with Rowan Ranger LLC
for project ranger phase three

1617
02:14:55,679 --> 02:15:01,440
establishing the amount, timing,
conditions, and limitations associated

1618
02:14:59,040 --> 02:15:05,599
with water and wastewater service for
the project. Council, I'll entertain a

1619
02:15:04,159 --> 02:15:10,480
motion.
>> Motion to approve. 7E.

1620
02:15:08,880 --> 02:15:15,480
» We have a motion by council member
Emmens. We have a second by council

1621
02:15:12,239 --> 02:15:15,480
member Pilington.

1622
02:15:16,960 --> 02:15:24,800
7E passes. Four votes yes. Zero votes
no. One abstension.

1623
02:15:23,040 --> 02:15:28,840
» Before you go to the next, can I say
something, please?

1624
02:15:25,599 --> 02:15:28,840
» Yes, ma'am.

1625
02:15:32,239 --> 02:15:40,239
when you first read these
and

1626
02:15:37,280 --> 02:15:45,840
there's only so much we can take from
individuals.

1627
02:15:42,639 --> 02:15:50,320
So I was called to my face a b- word
from Sarah Royer who was left the

1628
02:15:48,639 --> 02:15:55,440
building. I wish she was in here because
that's not my name nor it's who I

1629
02:15:53,280 --> 02:15:59,599
represent.
Okay? So, please tell your wife that

1630
02:15:58,079 --> 02:16:03,280
we're going to only take so much from
you. And I'm going to probably get in

1631
02:16:00,800 --> 02:16:08,000
trouble for this, but we're only going
to take so much from you. None of these

1632
02:16:05,920 --> 02:16:13,199
women up here deserve to be called a b-
word. None of these women in this

1633
02:16:10,400 --> 02:16:19,040
council needs to be called a B- word.
We've been called a

1634
02:16:16,400 --> 02:16:25,119
We've been said that we need to not be
alive.

1635
02:16:21,119 --> 02:16:30,960
And there's only so much we can take.
But I will not allow you to do that in

1636
02:16:27,199 --> 02:16:36,080
my face. You can do it on
Instagram or wherever you want to be and

1637
02:16:32,880 --> 02:16:43,559
hide Facebook.
Not in my face. Not in any of our faces.

1638
02:16:39,599 --> 02:16:43,559
Would you call your mother that?

1639
02:16:44,080 --> 02:16:53,439
Well, somebody did.
And it's disrespectful

1640
02:16:48,800 --> 02:16:58,960
and it's intolerable. We will not
take any more of this.

1641
02:16:55,679 --> 02:17:02,319
So if there's legal rights for us,
you know, we've been quiet and we've

1642
02:17:00,240 --> 02:17:05,599
said we're not going to do this. We're
not going to press charges because we

1643
02:17:03,760 --> 02:17:11,920
don't want to ruin that person's life.
You're ruining our our lives.

1644
02:17:08,399 --> 02:17:16,960
So stop, please.
Because I love every single one of you

1645
02:17:14,719 --> 02:17:22,880
regardless. And there's nothing you can
do about that.

1646
02:17:19,280 --> 02:17:27,254
But I am not nor are they a beat. Thank
you.

1647
02:17:25,234 --> 02:17:27,254
» [applause]

1648
02:17:33,094 --> 02:17:35,114
[applause]

1649
02:17:35,280 --> 02:17:42,000
» It's against my nature not to say
anything, but I'm not going to follow

1650
02:17:38,719 --> 02:17:45,920
that. Thank you for that. Moving on to
item eight is consider adopting a

1651
02:17:43,760 --> 02:17:49,920
resolution appointing members to various
city boards and commissions.

1652
02:17:48,559 --> 02:17:55,599
Y'all think I've read a lot tonight.
Here you go. Um,

1653
02:17:53,840 --> 02:17:59,280
for the airport advisory board, we're
going to reappoint Tony Hell and Jeremy

1654
02:17:57,359 --> 02:18:03,920
Walters to fill expired terms ending
September 30, 2029 and appoint Lisa

1655
02:18:02,399 --> 02:18:08,719
Carile
to fill an expired term ending September

1656
02:18:06,000 --> 02:18:12,160
30, 2029. On the Animal Services
Advisory Board, we're going to reappoint

1657
02:18:10,240 --> 02:18:18,240
Amy Strunk and Zo Grant to fill expired
terms ending September 30, 2029 and

1658
02:18:15,599 --> 02:18:24,319
appoint Dr. Ashley Winkler to fill an
expired term ending September 30, 2029.

1659
02:18:22,639 --> 02:18:29,800
On the Citizens Police Advisory
Commission, we're going to reappoint

1660
02:18:25,599 --> 02:18:29,800
Roland Carneahan.

1661
02:18:31,679 --> 02:18:39,120
We're going to reappoint uh Roland
Carneahan, Gary Smith, and Lydia Alanise

1662
02:18:36,559 --> 02:18:44,000
to fill expired terms ending September
30, 2029, and appoint Richard Rwood and

1663
02:18:41,519 --> 02:18:48,960
Elizabeth Roth to fill unexpired terms
ending September 30, 2027. On the Civil

1664
02:18:47,280 --> 02:18:55,120
Service Commission, reappoint Brent
Walker to fill an expired term ending

1665
02:18:52,000 --> 02:18:59,599
September 30, 2029. On the emergency
services advisory board, we're going to

1666
02:18:56,719 --> 02:19:05,120
reappoint Maria Aristi and Steven
Fischer to fill expired terms ending

1667
02:19:02,080 --> 02:19:09,840
September 30, 2029. Library Advisory
Board, we're going to appoint Jordan

1668
02:19:06,719 --> 02:19:15,599
Valentin to fill an an unexpired term
ending March 31, 2028.

1669
02:19:13,120 --> 02:19:22,639
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board,
appoint Louis Phillips to fill an

1670
02:19:18,080 --> 02:19:26,479
unexpired term ending March 31, 2029.
Planning and Zoning Commission reappoint

1671
02:19:24,319 --> 02:19:33,439
Judy Morales, Jeremy Jerasic, and Caleb
Blino to fill expiring terms ending

1672
02:19:30,080 --> 02:19:37,359
September 30, 2029. And on the tax
increment financing reinvestment zone

1673
02:19:35,359 --> 02:19:42,880
number one board of directors, reappoint
Rob Marshall, Tyler Johnson, Thomas

1674
02:19:39,679 --> 02:19:50,519
Cloud, Lacy Wagner, Lester Fedic, John
Keela, and Gary Schmidt to fill expired

1675
02:19:45,599 --> 02:19:50,519
terms ending September 30, 2028.

1676
02:19:51,439 --> 02:19:57,280
I'll entertain a motion on filling our
board and commission seats.

1677
02:19:55,439 --> 02:20:01,680
» Move to approve filling our board and
commission seats as the mayor read.

1678
02:19:59,359 --> 02:20:04,000
» Did you memorize all those?
>> You got to repeat it. You got to repeat

1679
02:20:03,120 --> 02:20:07,920
it for me.
>> That's right. We have a motion by

1680
02:20:06,080 --> 02:20:12,000
council member Pilington.
>> Second.

1681
02:20:08,640 --> 02:20:18,880
» Have a second by council member Grant.
Council, please cast your vote.

1682
02:20:15,680 --> 02:20:23,920
Item eight passes. Five votes to zero.
Item nine is um the Temple Economic

1683
02:20:22,240 --> 02:20:27,680
Development Corporation Board of
Directors. We're going to reappoint Tony

1684
02:20:25,359 --> 02:20:32,319
Hail and Perry Cloud to fill expired
terms ending September 30, 2029.

1685
02:20:30,319 --> 02:20:36,640
Council, um if there's no discussion,
I'll obtain a motion.

1686
02:20:34,479 --> 02:20:41,120
» Approve item N.
>> Second.

1687
02:20:39,520 --> 02:20:45,880
Have a motion by Council Member Grant.
We have a second by Council Member

1688
02:20:42,880 --> 02:20:45,880
Emmens.

1689
02:20:47,120 --> 02:20:53,680
Item nine passes five votes to zero. I
personally on um I want to thank

1690
02:20:51,760 --> 02:20:58,720
everybody that uh volunteers with the
city both um on the various boards and

1691
02:20:56,080 --> 02:21:03,280
TEEDC. We appreciate your time. We
appreciate your involvement and we

1692
02:21:00,160 --> 02:21:06,720
appreciate your guidance. And it is now
7:23.

1693
02:21:05,200 --> 02:21:10,120
Thank you all for attending and this
meeting is adjourned.