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Please stand for the invocation followed by the pledge of allegiance.

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Let us pray. We're so thankful for what you do for us in our lives, Lord. We're thankful for how you bless this community, Lord. We're in a robust area of growth, Lord. We have exciting things coming forward, Lord. But we do need your guidance. We need your presence as we make important decisions every time that we meet about the future of our community, Lord. But we can't do it alone, Lord. We need you.

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Lord, we just love you and we thank you so much for what you do for us.

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It's in Jesus' name that we pray.

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Amen.

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Do you join me in the pledge?

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I pledge allegiance to Jesus Christ, the United States of America, and to the Republic for

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which it stands, one nation, and the God, and the indivisible, with liberty and justice for

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all.

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Okay.

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Okay, before the citizens' communications, I do want to recognize some employees that

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recognize and announce four internal management promotions.

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Mr. Tyler Baibi is now the interim assistant city manager.

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Daniel Seguin is the interim executive director of community services.

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as Betsy Schultz is the interim Parks and Recreation Director and y'all please

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come forward for a picture. And Jared Kingery is the communications manager and

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I don't know who's going to take a picture.

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Great job to a city manager for

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growing from within.

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Awesome. Great to see you.

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And you'll just let me veer here

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just a second.

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It's a sad week for the City of Taylor.

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We had the loss of John

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John B. Nelson Jr., this year, a long time Taylor Wright, just a heck of a human being

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and his daughter is Beth Allen and Evelyn are at home now watching this.

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But I grew up in their house with his wife, Emmy, Nelson.

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She was just a sweetheart and they raised three most beautiful daughters.

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But John's father came from, immigrated from southern Sweden.

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I'm not going to read his whole open to where he went.

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And his mother, Veronica, was a first-generation Polish-American, neither of them attended

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high school.

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And John graduated from St. Mary's in San Antonio and went on to receive a PhD in nuclear

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physics, nuclear physics from the University of Texas at Austin, and he remained a proud

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long-worn to his death.

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He worked for decades in the Texas nuclear, at Texas nuclear where he was president, he had

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his own company called Mingo, where he partnered with his childhood friend, Karl Delugus.

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He ultimately helped found the Taylor Economic Development Corporation, the TEDC for what

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we have today.

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And in 2025, the TEDC dedicated their board to John for his service and leadership.

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He was an outstanding, he was a long-standing member of the Taylor Rotary Club and embraced

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and lived the motto of service above self.

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And that is so true for John.

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He served on many boards, including John's Community Hospital,

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where I was born, and facilitated his transition

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to the Baylor-Scotten White Hospital.

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While serving as executive director of the TEDC,

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he was led on many community projects.

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He set the trajectory that this led to changes in Taylor

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that will continue to impact it today and in the future.

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He was a member of the Temple College of Taylor, T-Cat Board for 31 years and was instrumental,

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instrumental in bringing Temple College to Taylor.

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And his work at the T-Cat Board helped lead to the commitment by the University of Texas in 2024 to establish a UT campus here in Taylor.

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By 2029, he was smart enough to say, UT, we're going to give you this land, but you got five years to build it, so get hot.

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But he was proudest of that accomplishment because he understood that it would change

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lives for generations to come.

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Even after retiring, John worked tirelessly for a community he loved Taylor.

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He loved Taylor, Texas.

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John was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church for over 50 years during which time he served

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on many capacities of supporting the recent Capitol campaign to remodel the beautiful church.

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He was also a long time member of the Knights of Columbus 40 plus years and participated in many activities.

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Again, just a genuine man, people tell me Taylor was racist when I was growing up.

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But it's because of people like Mr. John Nelson, I never saw it.

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He was a really good man. He never saw the color of your skin.

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And so Taylor lost a really good man's in my condolences to the Nelson family.

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The City Council welcomed his public comments on item, not listed on the agenda.

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However, the council cannot respond until the item is posted on a future meeting agenda.

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Public comments are limited to three minutes.

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Mrs. Newman, I apologize for stealing your thunder, but this is Newman.

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If you come,

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I had it on my agenda first.

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Dwayne, okay. Thank you so much for doing that. My name is Maureen Boeman. I've been

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resident in Taylor for 22 years. I live in 1515 West Lake Drive and John Nelson was my

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neighbor. And I just want to say that Taylor lost a general giant this week. His current

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My wife, Rosemary, who brought joy to his life in the last 18 years, they were married

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the last 18 years together, she just brought the joy that helped create this atmosphere

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that John and she eventually she brought John home and that's where he passed but as I said

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we lost a gentle giant. Everyone knew who knew him loved him and thank you Dwayne for doing this.

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I just wanted to make sure that it was in the public record that how much we appreciate this specific

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person. Yes ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Next is D. D. Yolverton. Topic is on

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core polls. Thank

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you. My name is D. D. Yolverton. I live on Howard Street

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in Taylor and I guess we've lived here maybe around 25 years on it counted

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exactly. So today I just wanted to come and talk to you briefly this morning I

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was jared out of my seat by the sounds of jackhammers or something similar

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and drilling of three giant holes in my front yard.

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No prior headset or communication about what that activity

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was going to be or might be.

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So I went outside and hugged to the crew.

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I feel sorry for them that it was kind of like dumped on them

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to provide the lack of communication to the residents.

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They didn't seem to be phased.

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Maybe they've already been through that a lot.

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but anyway, there were great guys, great crew,

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were very professional, I found out they were from encore.

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So again, I wanted to just point out that

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this was the first I'd heard about these poles being dug

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in our front yard, and I want to say in the front yard,

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on the front yard side, not on the side close to the street.

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So that was also kind of an extra surprise.

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So I'd like to see better communication, you know,

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So I did call the city and I said on core was supposed to communicate with residents.

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They didn't kind of a side question is well what are the consequences if a vendor doesn't

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meet their obligations on that communication and if there aren't any consequences then there

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really aren't any rules.

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But aside from that really whether I liked it or not, communication and transparency ahead

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of time would really go a long way I mean you know and my neighbor next door a couple of

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once ago, same exact scenario.

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First she ever heard about it,

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was the crew was digging in her yard.

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I mean, come on, we can do better than that.

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And we have a great communication team here

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at the city.

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I know they can really help improve on that.

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I'd love to see the vendors take their permits.

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The men said they're supposed to be communicating

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with the citizens.

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So really, that's what I wanted to talk about today.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Mio.

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We may need to change that mic on.

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It's coming in and out in batteries, it's out, yes, sir.

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Next item is the consent agenda.

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The consent agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that the Council may act

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on with one single vote.

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Any council member may pull any items from the consent agenda to discuss and act upon

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individually on the regular agenda.

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Council, do we have anything to pull or not?

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I'll take a motion.

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I'm motion to prove consent agenda items as present.

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I'll second motion made by Councilman Redroom, seconded by Mayor Pro Temsmert, any discussion?

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All those in favor, please say aye.

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Aye.

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Thank you.

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I want the public hearings and ordinances.

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Excuse me.

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Remind me that we do have a citizen that wants to talk after the presentation.

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Hold the public hearing and introduced ordinance 2026-10, a place type amendment from P2 Rule to P2C.

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Rule commercial for property generally located at 600 Potomac Street.

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Legally described as Washington Heights, part of Block 52 and part of Block 58, consisting of approximately 2.5 acres of land.

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More particularly described by Williamson Central, appraisal district parcel R018516 Taylor,

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Williamson County, Texas.

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Mr. Greeks.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Unfortunately, I was sick this past week, so you all are going to get to have the Luke

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Ryan version of me providing the presentations tonight.

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But before you tonight, this is the public hearing for this place type of amendment.

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Let's go from P2 to P2C, generally at 600 Potomix Street.

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The applicant is wanting to construct a convenience store and gas station at that property

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in order to further that desired development that we're going to go through this process

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to have the zoning updated, which then leads to this place-type designation, which then

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would follow with the final plat site development and then the building permit running through

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in order for in the ground construction to start.

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Where you're seeing now is the location map where it faces out, generally, on to Carlyst

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G. Parker Boulevard.

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You can see the notice map.

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We did send out three notifications.

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There was one public comment in response for approval that was from the neighbors of

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the north with the Gulf Course, generally in favor, wanting to further develop the

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area and have further detention taken care of in the area.

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Here you can see the growth sector map and the future land use.

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This is with the intended growth area, or growth sector G3, and then it is a neighborhood

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green field property.

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On the left hand side is the current zoning, on the right hand side is the proposed going

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from that P2 to P2C.

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And then here's a look at the property, you can see it's generally vacant, undeveloped.

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And then this is their concept plan.

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As you can see, it has one convenience store, several pumps, and then locations for tractor-trailer movements.

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So the planning and zoning commission took a look at staffs analysis with that they analyzed

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if the place type of amendment was consistent with the comprehensive plan.

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The staff used this as being consistent with the comp plan and the future land use plan and the growth sectors,

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and that the proposed development would use existing infrastructure and increased density to the area.

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Following that, the place type of amendment is compatible with the surrounding area.

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In this case, the place type is compatible with the current adjacent uses.

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There's no conflict with the golf course to the north, to the south, as Carlisery Parker

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provides a buffer between the subject property and residential homes, then to the east with

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Potomac Street and the adjacent land providing a buffer for those rural residential homes.

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The West, the land provides buffer to the rural residential home that is in existence on

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a roughly 10-acre property, both adjacent residential properties exceed the one-acre minimum

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lot size, then does place-type amendment promote public health safety and general welfare.

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The staff's analysis, the proposed change for the job of your property will likely promote public health safety in general. And then whether or not this has had adequate infrastructure, it's currently served or has the ability to be served by water and waste water. And then do current conditions indicate that the place type is necessary. This place type change is brought on by the applicant and that applicant is desiring to develop the property.

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in order for the property to be developed and they're desired,

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it would need to go through this place type of amendment.

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All of this was presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission

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at their February 10th meeting.

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They heard a presentation from the applicants,

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held a brief conversation before voting.

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They voted unanimously to recommend approval

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of this place type change from P2 to P2 sitting.

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And with that, we'll finish my presentation.

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Thank you, sir.

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We'll hold up public hearing first and then see if councilions have any questions.

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The time is 16 and we will open the public hearing.

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Miss Amanda Brown, you can come up first.

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Hi.

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My name is Amanda Brown with HD Brown Consulting.

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I'm actually the applicant on this project and I just wanted to make myself available for any questions that you may have.

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Thank you.

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And even if you didn't sign up if anybody wants to talk on this topic you can come forward.

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Having none, I will close the public hearing at 6.17.

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Council, any questions for Mr. Bragg's?

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Are y'all moving the house that's there?

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Amanda?

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Couldn't ask that while she was up there.

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I don't think we've gotten that far yet.

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I'm not quite sure what the plan is for the existing structure on the property.

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I was told by the neighbor it was going to get moved yeah but we'll see we'll let you sit down then call you back up.

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Anybody else?

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Mr. City Attorney if you can introduce the ordinance.

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take mayor ordinance number 20, 2025-10, an ordinance changing the place type zoning

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of property located at 600 Potomac Street from P2 rural to P2C rural commercial,

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meaning the official place type zoning map of the city of Taylor, Texas to show

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the place type zoning change adopted here and providing a savings clause.

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Thank you.

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Moving on to item 10, and the applicant's representative is here if we have any questions for them.

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We will hold the public item 10, hold the public hearing, introduce ordinance 2026-11, a special use permit to allow 3, 2, 6 multi-family residential dwellings for plant development referred to as Gateway, generally located in 505 Carlos G. Parker, Boulevard, Southwest, legally described as approximately 38.099.

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makers of land situated in the GM re-survey after track number 533,

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or particularly described by Williamson Central appraisal district parcels R019657 R020063,

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and R33103 Taylor Williamson County, Texas Mr. Greeks.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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So, once again, this is the special use permit public hearing to allow for that increase in

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multifamily. This property has already gone through and received a neighborhood plan

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with that. They are working towards updating some of the specifics once they got into actual

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design and working through that plan. So, the plan is administratively approved, but the

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number of units that they are looking to add that were previously approved is what council

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is voting on and hearing tonight.

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So with that, I'll run through the development process

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and slides real quick. Again, they are still at kind of the plan phase and this will follow

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preliminary plan, subdivision improvement plans, and then the construction of those public

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utilities and roadways, development of final flat, then site development, and building permitting.

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And again, all of this is due to the special use permit is due to the change from last

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year with the multifamily and bringing that back forward for council consideration.

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So this is the subject property, you can see it's there at the southeast corner of 973

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and Carlisery Parker Boulevard, we did send out seven notices to the surrounding property owners, received no comments in opposition or approval.

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Here you can see the growth sector where this is in the G3 for intended growth sector.

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and then it's also within the future lane use for market community type

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place.

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This is previously gone through and has the P5 designation to it also has

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a plain development overlay and all of this is kind of leading towards that it

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has a plan. It's got certain mechanics that are built into it and it's the the

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change now in what they originally proposed, versus what their desire to do now.

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Let's causing them to come back forward to give some time.

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Here's a look at the vacant property, and then this is what is being proposed, and I want

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to quickly jump back to what was originally, and then we'll get into a little bit of a deeper

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dive.

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So, this was what the original plan showed.

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You can see the two hotel units here closer to the corner,

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followed by some retail, some commercial, some lighter homes,

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townhomes, and then the denser multifamily back here

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towards the rear of the property with a clubhouse.

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Throughout both of these plans, there is this kind of detention feature here in the middle

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that makes for a good buffer in between, but also provides kind of a shared amenity in

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between both sides of the development.

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Here on the proposed plan, you can see that they're still maintaining that kind of a miniatized

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area in between the two halves of the project.

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They've more heavily created a non-residential

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commercial hotel retail opportunity area and then moved a lot of the town homes and

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apartments towards the southern half of the development on the other side of that a

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So it's a, there's a lot of moving parts to this, which is where we really concentrated

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on what's actually changing.

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So in one, before you move on, is that still a retention pump or a detangent pump?

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I believe so.

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Want to skip over to this slide.

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This was included in the applicants packet, so generally speaking you can see that they're

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originally had 62 units, now they're providing 58 of the town homes, and that they're increasing

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the multifamily by 70 units to get up to 326 units in total.

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Larger speaking, there's a lot of change that happens, and there's a lot of change that's

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proposed in between this plan and this plan.

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As you can see there's a broad amount of square footage

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that's changing in between the various place types

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and an increase in the amount of that special district

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which where they've got their parkland

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and amenities that they're proposing.

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So with all of that said, I wanted

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to give you kind of an overview of the totality of the project

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and then, you know, provides you what the applicant has given as justification and reasoning for this amendment.

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They're stating that land use adjustments to the allocation of commercial residential and mixed use spaces

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that more reflect the current economic and community needs,

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update to circulation and roadway enhancements, modifications to internal road alignments

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to improve traffic flow, parking count, increase by two percent, pedestrian accessibility and emergency access.

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Density and lock configuration updates, adjustments to unit count, lot size, transit zones,

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to help optimize land use while maintaining compliance with city standards.

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Open space and amenity revisions, refinements, park space, landscaping, public gathering areas,

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to enhance livability and environmental sustainability

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and then utility and infrastructure considerations,

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coordination of water to wastewater and drainage plans,

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and city engineering requirements to support long-term service ability.

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So these are things that are broadly expected as you go

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from a planning stage to getting more into the finer details

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of laying out lots and figuring out what types of buildings can fit

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after you've gone through the planning stage.

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So, in staff's analysis, is the special use permit with the comp plan, plan is consistent

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with the comprehensive plan, and the proposed SEP would allow uses that are consistent

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with future land use, is the special use permit compatible with surrounding area, the plan

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Is it compatible with the surrounding properties and staff's opinion?

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Does the special use permit promote public health safety in general?

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Where, for welfare, staff's analysis determined that the proposed plan for the subject property will promote public health safety and general welfare.

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In addition, planning principles and policy guide and the comp plan aim to promote health safety and general welfare by managing growth while promoting safe and orderly developments.

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And then is adequate infrastructure available or plan to meet the need for the proposed land use

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This property will be able to be

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tie in to city utilities with existing infrastructure to the surface of the property

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And then do current conditions indicate that the special use permit is necessary

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Properties currently zone p5 over the urban center and that plan development overlay and the proposed amendments to the neighborhood plan require

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this SEP in order for them to get those additional 70 units that they are

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proposed. So with that, this was presented to P&Z at their February 10th meeting.

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They heard the presentation from the applicant, discussed the overall process, much like I've done today,

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and how this was being brought back to their attention for discussion.

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They also discussed traffic in the area and at the intersection of 973 and Carlishe parker and that

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whether there would be an impact study conducted for upgrades to those new and existing signals

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which there will be as the plan progresses forward. With that planning commission voted unanimously

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to approve and recommend approval for this special use permit for the 8-byte, with that

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mayoral pass back to you.

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Thank you.

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And then time.

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Wait a minute.

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We're going to move to.

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The time is 628.

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I will open up the public hearing.

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If anybody wants to come up and talk on the subject matter and the applicant is standing by

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I can't sort of answer any questions having

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no one closed the public hearing at 6.29

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So

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any question before having seems pretty simple with just an additional 70 multi-family

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units.

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Yes.

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No issues with that.

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Okay.

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I'm sorry.

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I just want clarification.

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So I was at that P and Z meeting and so I guess the need for the S U P was triggered because

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as they amended the original plan that had already been accepted or administratively approved, correct?

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Correct. So the only way that-

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Because they changed the building title.

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It's not only administratively approved the retail, the non-residential portion of the development and the town home portion of the development.

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It's the multifamily portion and their desire to increase the unit count.

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So that change is what triggered it, then it would change it and do what they need, but it's that does additional units that spread right now.

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Yeah, because it basically changes the basis of the original approval.

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Yes, and so this was, and this is also, this is connected to that recent ordnance, the 20, 20, 25 dash 15.

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Just correct all right, I'll be else

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Let's see if you can introduce the ordinance, please. Thank you, Mayor. Ones number 2026-11. In

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the ordinance approving a specific use permit for 326, 326, multi-family residential dwellings

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generally located at 505 Southwest College to parkable of art, more particularly described

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by the Williamson Central Prades and District. Partials R01-9657, R02-0063, and R33-1030 Taylor,

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Williamson County, Texas, to show the specific use permit approved here in providing a savings clause.

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Thank you.

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Item 11, hold the public hearing and introduce ordinance 2026-12, regarding a request for a place type amendment from P4 mix to P3M manufactured housing for property generally located.

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at 1025 Scot Street, legally described as approximately 0.15 acres of land situated in the P Cursey

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Survey after Act 1-3-1 block 317, track 12, more particularly described by Williamson Central

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Appraisal District Parcel R-0-1-8962, Taylor, Williamson County, Texas. Mr. Griggs.

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So this place type amendment is for at P4 to P3M, the P3M is intended for manufacturing

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housing to be able to be provided on that site.

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P3M is very limited throughout the city, so it's kind of a special one-off district that

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You know, its basis is to allow for manufacturing housing to be developed on the property.

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So with that, the stage that we're at right now is adjusting the place type designation

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from there and they'll go on to a minor flat, final flat and then submit for building permits.

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here you can see the subject property. It's a narrow, long lot on the Scott Street.

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You can see the

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notification buffer here. I can advance that 200 foot notification area. We received no

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responses either in approval or opposition for this request.

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You can take a look at the picture of

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the property. You can see that there are a large amount of vehicles that are out there.

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Those vehicles are still there. However, in order to develop the property, they'll have

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to remove the vehicles in order to have that development take place.

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With that, this

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is in the infill neighborhood sector where additional density and growth is

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desired and then it does have the neighborhood infill future land use

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category to it. Here you can see some of the zoning and then the desired zoning on

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the other side. You can see there's a mixture of both the P3 and the P4 in that

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area. I wanted to highlight that there are three existing manufactured homes in the area.

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So in staff's analysis, this request for the playstyle amendment is consistent with

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the comprehensive plan and the land use policies in the future land use and growth sectors.

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And the proposed manufactured home would use existing infrastructure and increased density

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with an area. The place type is compatible with the current adjacent uses. It is inconsistent

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with the neighborhood as it is currently transitioning to P3 neighborhood, but the zoning does

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not permit manufactured housing as a primary structure, which is, again, the reason why the

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change is necessary.

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In staff's analysis, staff determined that the proposed zone change

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will likely promote public health safety in general welfare.

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Google Maps indicates that this lot was used for car storage, which conflicts with the

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adjacent residential uses, and that the change of use to a dwelling is more consistent

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with the surrounding uses.

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The property is currently adequately served by water and wastewater, and it does have

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ability to have some utilities and the property is currently zone P4 mix and the proposed

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building type of manufactured home is considered non-conforming unless the place I'm in is needed

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to allow the proposed building type to be compliant with the development code.

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So all of that said this was introduced to the planning and zoning commission.

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In there they discussed the vehicles on the property, the intent to develop the property

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as a single lot, manufactured home, and if there was intent to operate a business on

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the site, the applicant was there at the P&C meeting and she did state that they were

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not going to be housing a business there, which is what my following statement says.

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So during the motion there was discussion about whether or not there could be a tie or some

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clause action having the vehicles removed with the ordinance but in discussion that's going

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to be a part of the development process.

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So after that the commission voted 8-0 unanimously to recommend approval for this to go from

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and P4 to P3, with that mayoral perspective.

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Thank you.

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The time is 6.36.

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I will open up the public hearing.

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If anybody wants to come up and speak, please do so.

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Having no one, the time is 6.37.

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Close the public hearing.

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Council, any comments?

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I have a comment just in general.

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We don't need to pull it back up, but this whole neighborhood is zoned as P4 mix.

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So that's just something to look at in the future.

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It's another reason why we want to look at it in the future.

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There's already mobile homes, manufactured homes in this neighborhood, but

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they've got to go through this process to add additional ones.

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So just more added work.

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So something for the future council and the citizens to look at during the comprehensive plan and LEC review.

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Council, any other questions or comments on this topic for item 11?

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If I understand correctly, the existing mobile homes that are there, they're legal non-conforming

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units. That's why they're still there. Otherwise, like you said, the presentation said it's

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retrying to transition that to P3 correct. So this would still be another exception to

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the current.

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Correct. Instead of it being, for instance, that they've tried to change out one of those

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existing ones state law would let them change out that but since it's not

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existing and they're trying to put a new manufacturer on that lot that's

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what's required with some change. Well I dropped by there last night and there's a lot

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more cars than so I just wanted to go out there and look and so I could have a

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context you know visual context of what we were looking at.

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Anybody else?

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Yeah, you can come to the plank, please.

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I already closed the public hearing, didn't I?

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I'll let you, but you should have talked

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during the public hearing.

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That's all right.

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But these properties were they just stacking the cars up?

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Is that going to change?

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Yes, ma'am. They were stated.

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The cars are going to go out of the way.

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Because that's not the only property they did that's got cars.

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Oh, everywhere.

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Yes. Yes.

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Thank you for bringing that up.

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appreciate you. All right, my apologies for not calling the same.

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We have code enforcement. I mean, Brian, what's our what's our policy on having

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junk cars in your residential property in a neighborhood like this? I know we

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have a policy and sounds like we're not enforcing it. Yes, we'll get code

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enforcement all that. So look at that. I made another one, but we can tie it to

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We can look at this manufactured home and obviously tied it to the to the law for it moves in.

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Okay, Mr. Attorney, I introduce the ordinance.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Ordinance number 2026-12, an ordinance changing the place type zoning and property located at 1025 Scott Street from P4 mix to 3M manufactured housing.

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I'm ending the official place type zoning map of the city of Taylor, Texas to show the place type zoning change adopted here and providing a saving clause.

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Thank

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you, sir.

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Item 12, hold the public hearing and introduce ordinance 2026-13, regarding a request for an employment center plan.

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Referred to as on-core Muscovy switch, generally located at highway 79, legally described as approximately 51.19 acres of land in the JCE survey.

452
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Aptrak number 213, more particularly described by the Williamson Central appraisal district parcels, are 5'6, 5'2, 1'8", Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, Mr. Greggs.

453
00:40:28,330 --> 00:40:33,410
Thank you, Mayor. So, you all are just getting to see all types of plans tonight.

454
00:40:33,410 --> 00:40:39,030
Yeah, this is an employment center plan for Ankara or Moscow V-switch station.

455
00:40:39,930 --> 00:40:43,990
A switch station is different from a substation as they're not

456
00:40:44,610 --> 00:40:52,050
transforming voltages, but it allows for a disconnected area, you know, shouldn't need happen.

457
00:40:53,210 --> 00:41:00,230
So this is again at the plan stage for the employment center.

458
00:41:01,690 --> 00:41:09,270
Here you can see the location map near the entryway into the city of Taylor.

459
00:41:10,690 --> 00:41:18,310
We sent out notices to property owners within the 200-foot of the subject property.

460
00:41:19,030 --> 00:41:22,590
There was no response in either opposition nor approval.

461
00:41:24,030 --> 00:41:33,930
and then here you can see the properties in the controlled growth sector too and within

462
00:41:34,270 --> 00:41:42,410
the employment center zoning district which requires them to come through this process in order to

463
00:41:42,410 --> 00:41:46,190
refine their plans before getting into the ground.

464
00:41:47,930 --> 00:41:56,590
So, as you can see, it's in the employment center and their proposed overlays the employment

465
00:41:56,590 --> 00:42:00,530
center plan, which is an indicator on the right-hand side.

466
00:42:01,970 --> 00:42:04,790
Here you can get a good look at the property.

467
00:42:05,350 --> 00:42:07,670
It's relatively flat.

468
00:42:08,010 --> 00:42:15,890
It does have those new poles that have been installed to the west left-hand side of the

469
00:42:15,890 --> 00:42:16,230
property.

470
00:42:18,510 --> 00:42:24,170
And then here is their proposed regulating plan. There is a large amount of

471
00:42:24,170 --> 00:42:32,650
right-of-way dedication as well as some additional overhead utilities that will be provided

472
00:42:32,650 --> 00:42:41,250
along the front edges of the property. This is an illustrative plan that is within the

473
00:42:41,250 --> 00:42:51,450
the council packet and then one area of note is this front screening that's being provided.

474
00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:58,290
You can see it noted out as a six-foot tall earthen berm with drought-resistant native

475
00:42:58,290 --> 00:42:59,630
and war mill grasses.

476
00:43:00,390 --> 00:43:05,110
We do have a rendering of that that was provided by the applicant, and

477
00:43:07,410 --> 00:43:08,250
it's this next slide.

478
00:43:08,250 --> 00:43:16,830
So, here you can get a visual of what they're proposing, they'll look like with that kind

479
00:43:16,830 --> 00:43:20,830
of mound of earth and then with the native grasses planted on top of it.

480
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:27,200
This is also their proposed design standards.

481
00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:34,440
One thing of note is this 80% maximum lot coverage.

482
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:42,820
They did originally propose 100% to allow for the totality of the property to be developed.

483
00:43:43,940 --> 00:43:52,680
But staff worked with them to get some landscaping built into it so that way the site wouldn't be 100%

484
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:57,800
conquered, gravel, and their equipment that they're developing.

485
00:44:02,460 --> 00:44:08,520
So the plan is consistent with the conference of plan as it's within an employment center.

486
00:44:09,300 --> 00:44:14,980
The proposed plan would allow uses that are consistent with future land use.

487
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:20,640
Is the employment center compatible with the surrounding area?

488
00:44:21,540 --> 00:44:26,100
The plan is compatible with the surrounding properties to the north, south, east, and

489
00:44:26,100 --> 00:44:30,520
but require additional mitigation for visual impacts on 79.

490
00:44:31,540 --> 00:44:32,940
This is one of the first properties

491
00:44:32,940 --> 00:44:36,660
that is seen when traveling into Taylor from the west,

492
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,580
and it's important gateway into the city.

493
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,240
So with that, staff is asked the applicant

494
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:48,940
to provide visual screening along the fringe of the property

495
00:44:48,940 --> 00:44:52,320
with some additional landscaping, screening,

496
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:59,980
including a mixture of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs or a precast masonry wall.

497
00:45:00,690 --> 00:45:07,290
The applicant is proposing this six-foot-high earth and berm with drought-resistant native

498
00:45:07,290 --> 00:45:15,210
oriental grasses. There was some additional discussion about what happens when you put trees

499
00:45:15,210 --> 00:45:22,910
next to electoral equipment, which is one of the reasons why they're chosen to propose

500
00:45:22,910 --> 00:45:28,950
the grass. However, we did bring that forward to planning and zoning commission to make

501
00:45:29,670 --> 00:45:36,690
to hear and make additional recommendations on what I'll get to that. I'm getting ahead

502
00:45:36,690 --> 00:45:44,010
of myself. In staff's analysis, they determine that the proposed employment center will likely

503
00:45:44,010 --> 00:45:53,410
promote the health safety and general welfare and that there is existing infrastructure adequate

504
00:45:53,410 --> 00:46:02,910
to serve the proposed property and that there are not going to be using much if any water

505
00:46:02,910 --> 00:46:08,530
or wastewater. They may use some in the initial construction but switch stations typically

506
00:46:08,530 --> 00:46:17,050
we have brushroom facilities or other uses of water other than minor irrigation.

507
00:46:19,610 --> 00:46:26,110
And then does the current conditions indicate that the employment center plan is necessary?

508
00:46:26,950 --> 00:46:35,310
As it's properties within the employment center, it has to have a joining plan with it in

509
00:46:35,310 --> 00:46:42,250
order to move further into the development process and then it is to be consistent with

510
00:46:42,250 --> 00:46:48,270
the future land use and that plan or our requirement of the land development code.

511
00:46:49,850 --> 00:46:55,210
With all of that said, this was presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission with

512
00:46:55,210 --> 00:46:59,270
an encore representative there to discuss the project.

513
00:46:59,270 --> 00:47:07,410
I guess there was discussion about the site being an entry point to the city and potential

514
00:47:07,410 --> 00:47:15,810
opportunities for screening, but ultimately PNZ voted to recommend what they saw, which

515
00:47:15,810 --> 00:47:19,030
was the 6 foot perm with the native grasses.

516
00:47:21,750 --> 00:47:31,010
There was one commissioner recusing themselves, which is why you see a 701 vote there for

517
00:47:31,010 --> 00:47:34,310
the memorials, consideration, with that marital aspect to you.

518
00:47:35,810 --> 00:47:36,590
Thank you.

519
00:47:38,620 --> 00:47:43,440
The time is 6.47, I will open up the public hearing.

520
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:49,060
The applicant is here, if you have any questions, if anybody in that,

521
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:53,760
please state your name.

522
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:54,800
We don't know who you are.

523
00:47:58,580 --> 00:48:00,020
Frequent flyer, I guess.

524
00:48:00,020 --> 00:48:02,200
I'm Carrie Deanna, I'm in District 1.

525
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:09,000
I think this is a great opportunity to, I don't know,

526
00:48:09,740 --> 00:48:10,140
I'll be back up.

527
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:14,940
I was at PNC and watched PNC when they talked about this plan

528
00:48:14,940 --> 00:48:16,040
for the Muscovy Squitch.

529
00:48:16,180 --> 00:48:19,160
And I was really impressed about how much effort has been put

530
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,920
in around the berm and how it looks from the highway.

531
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,020
And just, you know, we're coming into Taylor.

532
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:25,960
We do really care about how people are transitioning from

533
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,520
one city to the next and the way that appearance is.

534
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:33,500
And we spent a lot of time caring about how that looks and how much property is there and

535
00:48:33,500 --> 00:48:38,020
if there's landscaping and making sure that it's consistent with the rest of our plan

536
00:48:38,020 --> 00:48:39,820
in that area as it develops.

537
00:48:40,460 --> 00:48:47,360
And what I also thought is interesting that this switch is directly related to the transmission

538
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:50,180
lines that are going to go right across multiple districts.

539
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:56,460
This is a really great opportunity for us to pause and leverage this moment to say not only

540
00:48:56,460 --> 00:49:00,160
is important that this looks good from the highway, that we're carrying about the look

541
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:00,560
of that.

542
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:08,120
But we're also carrying about the people that this enables these transmission lines to

543
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:08,720
go forward.

544
00:49:09,340 --> 00:49:13,960
And until we have a plan around whether those transmission lines go, I think that we should

545
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:19,700
hold off on completely approving this switch because that is the next process in line.

546
00:49:20,140 --> 00:49:25,280
And I feel like that just as equally as important as a berm full of graphs and the way the lines

547
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:29,320
look, you can already see the polls that are in the pictures that we saw and being able

548
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:33,460
to care so much about how that looks on our highway and as we approach our town to

549
00:49:33,460 --> 00:49:38,400
care equally as much as we care as how it comes through our properties, how it goes

550
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:42,300
through the different sections of our town and how that affects not only visually but also

551
00:49:42,300 --> 00:49:43,800
the financial worth of that area.

552
00:49:44,260 --> 00:49:49,480
And so I'm going to ask the council to be bold enough to say, hey, on court, we love that

553
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:50,760
you put so much effort into this.

554
00:49:50,900 --> 00:49:55,140
We want to see the effort that you commit to going around our city and making sure you're

555
00:49:55,140 --> 00:50:00,640
not encouraging property damages through these districts with your transmission lines

556
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:02,680
before we're able to move ahead with this switch.

557
00:50:03,300 --> 00:50:03,840
Thank you.

558
00:50:05,630 --> 00:50:06,430
Anyone else?

559
00:50:13,470 --> 00:50:14,910
Good evening, Mr. Mayor and Council.

560
00:50:15,070 --> 00:50:15,790
My name is Ashley Miller.

561
00:50:15,970 --> 00:50:17,650
I'm a siding specialist with Encore.

562
00:50:18,470 --> 00:50:24,170
I'm really just here to answer any questions that you may have as I'm sure that you may.

563
00:50:24,310 --> 00:50:30,370
We also have Mr. Corey here, our local area manager with Encore, that can also address any

564
00:50:30,370 --> 00:50:35,930
of your questions or concerns. Thank you. I'm sorry, you said you were a sighting specialist.

565
00:50:36,130 --> 00:50:38,530
Yes, ma'am. And what is this fighting sighting specialist?

566
00:50:38,790 --> 00:50:46,690
So I review any new stations that we have across our service territory and evaluate them

567
00:50:46,690 --> 00:50:52,030
from a zoning and permitting perspective. That's my background. I used to work for a city in

568
00:50:52,030 --> 00:50:57,930
the planning department. And so I advise on core on what's going to be required in order

569
00:50:57,930 --> 00:51:02,710
to meet the local standards across different jurisdictions

570
00:51:02,710 --> 00:51:04,690
and counties across our service territory.

571
00:51:05,550 --> 00:51:06,330
Fine job.

572
00:51:06,930 --> 00:51:07,610
It's busy.

573
00:51:08,970 --> 00:51:13,850
So not this topic, so I want to veer off, but just like last

574
00:51:13,850 --> 00:51:18,790
meeting in our instructions to encore, we don't want the power lines

575
00:51:18,790 --> 00:51:20,110
going through the city of Taylor.

576
00:51:20,450 --> 00:51:22,610
Period, we're pretty adamant of that.

577
00:51:23,850 --> 00:51:27,590
As Mr. M just said, this is just one, this is the base if you will.

578
00:51:27,590 --> 00:51:35,390
You've got to beer all from there, so let's just reiterate the lines need to go around Taylor and not through Taylor, so.

579
00:51:35,610 --> 00:51:35,990
Yes, sir.

580
00:51:36,230 --> 00:51:37,030
And one thing I will ask.

581
00:51:37,030 --> 00:51:39,130
But your site, according to Mr. site coordinator.

582
00:51:39,630 --> 00:51:39,850
Yes.

583
00:51:40,090 --> 00:51:40,290
Around.

584
00:51:40,750 --> 00:51:54,730
Yes, sir. One thing I will say to that is that this substation, or I'm sorry, this switching station will connect into the existing lines that are there today to better serve the city of Taylor so that.

585
00:51:54,730 --> 00:51:58,970
What power can be drawn from one area connected to this and switch and

586
00:51:58,970 --> 00:52:03,790
divert to different areas across Taylor should there be an outager, things of

587
00:52:03,790 --> 00:52:09,370
that nature. So it will serve directly the lines that are existing there today.

588
00:52:10,050 --> 00:52:13,430
So it's not going to serve any new lines at all.

589
00:52:14,330 --> 00:52:19,350
There's not that I know of today and I know that with the new lines the

590
00:52:19,350 --> 00:52:27,550
The CCN application has to be filed with the PUC and approved and that application has

591
00:52:27,550 --> 00:52:34,830
not been filed to my knowledge as of today and so the routes have not been fully vetted

592
00:52:34,830 --> 00:52:35,630
out and determined.

593
00:52:35,970 --> 00:52:39,810
And what we know today is that this switching station will connect into the existing ones

594
00:52:39,810 --> 00:52:40,290
that are there.

595
00:52:40,710 --> 00:52:40,910
Okay.

596
00:52:41,210 --> 00:52:45,090
But you're not saying it won't ever in the future connect to the ones that are being proposed

597
00:52:45,090 --> 00:52:46,050
currently.

598
00:52:46,730 --> 00:52:47,450
Yes, ma'am.

599
00:52:47,450 --> 00:52:53,650
I don't have a glass fall to know what the PEC is going to rule for those routing studies.

600
00:52:53,970 --> 00:53:00,390
But I know Corey is very plugged in with the concerns of the city rightfully so.

601
00:53:01,070 --> 00:53:08,570
And I know that we're hosting neighborhood meetings for those different routes and things

602
00:53:08,570 --> 00:53:12,690
like that as a requirement as a part of the filing process.

603
00:53:12,690 --> 00:53:18,270
So okay, but just one more so but if you when those transmission lines when the route has been determined

604
00:53:18,270 --> 00:53:20,350
It's unlikely that you're going to build another switch

605
00:53:21,130 --> 00:53:27,270
You're going to want to connect to one that you already have existing. I am not a hundred percent sure on that question

606
00:53:28,170 --> 00:53:29,490
No, if that was the plan

607
00:53:29,950 --> 00:53:33,210
It shows going from this switch that goes all the way to Rockville. Yeah

608
00:53:35,410 --> 00:53:40,330
So that's that's the biggest concern right there is we've got you know, same son highway is going around Taylor

609
00:53:40,330 --> 00:53:44,330
So let's make the transition line for the 347 go around take it also.

610
00:53:44,830 --> 00:53:52,290
We don't want those things in the city and we'd appreciate some kind of confirmation

611
00:53:52,290 --> 00:53:58,370
from on core that look the switch is going in and yes as Kerry said the berm hides it

612
00:53:58,370 --> 00:54:03,730
nicely because if you drive into huddle you see the one on the south side of 79 it's just

613
00:54:04,450 --> 00:54:04,990
glaring.

614
00:54:04,990 --> 00:54:13,790
So to hide it is great, but with the news that's come out and about the power lines going

615
00:54:13,790 --> 00:54:22,190
to Rockdale, we want to be firm that we want it around Taylor, because as you can tell

616
00:54:22,190 --> 00:54:26,410
in some of the growth that we have, we're already starting to go south, and we're going south

617
00:54:26,410 --> 00:54:33,210
to 79, and you're really going to hamstring the city of Taylor where you put those because

618
00:54:33,210 --> 00:54:46,030
the easement that you have to give, so you're going to hamstring development of Taylor by putting those in and it doesn't do us any good at all in the city.

619
00:54:46,870 --> 00:54:52,950
So we'd love for you to go south with it with those power lines, so that's.

620
00:54:52,950 --> 00:54:53,350
Yes, sir.

621
00:54:53,810 --> 00:55:06,070
Well, and we also want to consider our citizens of Taylor and the use and enjoyment of their land and we don't want a repeat of what happened with we have homeowners who have a huge gigantic poll in their front yard.

622
00:55:06,870 --> 00:55:21,230
There has to be some consideration of the residents in our town and that consideration needs to be given very thoughtfully and very diligently because everybody in this town who owns homes or whatever they have a right to enjoy that land.

623
00:55:21,230 --> 00:55:27,830
And they don't have they don't need to be looking at these big big transmission lines going right through their property

624
00:55:29,650 --> 00:55:32,430
Thank you sir for showing up. Appreciate you

625
00:55:33,130 --> 00:55:34,910
Any other citizens want to come up?

626
00:55:35,790 --> 00:55:41,830
Not the time is 6.55 and then we'll close the public hearing council any other questions

627
00:55:42,410 --> 00:55:43,110
for staff

628
00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:48,680
Not you have one cool. I guess a couple of things

629
00:55:49,580 --> 00:55:52,680
So in center in EC plan employment center plan

630
00:55:53,400 --> 00:56:00,120
It allows this use worth Martin that I mean it's obviously an allowed use in our code right now

631
00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:02,080
Employment center plan

632
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:09,880
Because it matches the building form and the place tight the use is not a question now the screening thing is nice

633
00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:11,720
But what about the sides in the back?

634
00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:15,800
You know the screening berm six feet on the six feet tall close to it

635
00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:17,520
Not quite but

636
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:19,900
But that's not very tall.

637
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:23,840
Again, somebody else made the comment about huddle, when you're driving to huddle, and

638
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:25,040
the things are ugly.

639
00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:26,980
And this is our future.

640
00:56:27,180 --> 00:56:27,600
This is right across from our side.

641
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,940
I would love to do more than just a berm in the front.

642
00:56:31,060 --> 00:56:32,020
I don't know what that looks like.

643
00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:33,060
Maybe a taller berm.

644
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:33,480
I don't know.

645
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:34,460
Put something on the side.

646
00:56:34,660 --> 00:56:35,120
Some fencing.

647
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:36,180
I don't know.

648
00:56:36,260 --> 00:56:38,760
Guys, y'all typically do fencing all the way around these things.

649
00:56:38,940 --> 00:56:40,380
I mean, obviously the one in huddle doesn't have it.

650
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:41,540
But do you have fencing?

651
00:56:41,540 --> 00:56:42,640
Is that pretty typical?

652
00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:44,980
Ashton or Corey?

653
00:56:44,980 --> 00:56:52,680
So just to provide a quick answer, or they walk up, they are proposing a seven-foot-tall chain link fence.

654
00:56:53,500 --> 00:57:07,420
Chain link doesn't do anything for visual screening from the sides, but with that the plan showed a one-foot barbed wire section to provide an additional security for their site.

655
00:57:07,420 --> 00:57:13,860
I don't care about security. I want to know. Yeah. And with that work, the security is important. Don't get me wrong. Of course, of course, the visual

656
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:18,200
With that, though, just more so the baseline of what they're proposing

657
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:22,420
Yeah

658
00:57:28,380 --> 00:57:32,980
See your question is what else could we do? I guess it's what I'm I guess it's what I'm getting now

659
00:57:32,980 --> 00:57:36,740
What else can we do beside just a chain link fence on the side? You got the berm in the front

660
00:57:36,740 --> 00:57:41,400
You got chain link on the back. I guess chain link would actually go all the way around for security, which is great

661
00:57:41,960 --> 00:57:49,100
But what else can we do from a visual aesthetic standpoint as people are coming to tell you what else can you do for a session?

662
00:57:49,340 --> 00:57:52,040
This is where I'm getting that yeah, um, so

663
00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:56,060
What encore has done for other stations

664
00:57:57,160 --> 00:58:03,740
Across our service territory. We've we've got the chain link option the seven foot with a strand of barbed wire on top

665
00:58:03,740 --> 00:58:14,840
We have done where we add the plastic slats in between the chain link fence to better hide it and to screen it from public view.

666
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:25,860
And we have also constructed an eight foot masonry wall which it's a panel wall that's concrete.

667
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:31,940
essentially it slides into place in between the post and it looks like a

668
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:38,820
typical masonry. It looks like stone. It's not break. It looks like like a

669
00:58:38,820 --> 00:58:43,520
masonry stone wall. I think that's what we want, isn't it councilman? I mean, what do we think?

670
00:58:43,620 --> 00:58:48,080
Is that probable? I mean, would that be appropriate? I mean, that would really

671
00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:53,060
give an 8-foot masonry wall. I think that would provide at least some visual

672
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:57,960
screening all the way around. Not just on the front. What do you guys?

673
00:59:00,490 --> 00:59:00,990
You can

674
00:59:00,990 --> 00:59:06,130
set that condition, Mayor Protoom, Council, and then we can get back with the

675
00:59:06,130 --> 00:59:09,510
applicant and work on something to come back to the next council meeting.

676
00:59:09,830 --> 00:59:12,250
Right. This is only the first reason. Correct. Yep.

677
00:59:12,990 --> 00:59:17,870
So that's what you're asking for. I agree. Yeah, I'll be honest with guys. I'm just

678
00:59:18,370 --> 00:59:21,650
I'm just a point we had another citizen. This is off topic, but we had another

679
00:59:21,650 --> 00:59:24,610
system come tonight and said people are digging in a yard and you got to

680
00:59:24,610 --> 00:59:28,770
even let them know. I'm sorry to be like this, but Manage just that got me hot

681
00:59:28,770 --> 00:59:32,910
from Mr. Yeoverton that was here earlier after we had all this conversation about

682
00:59:32,910 --> 00:59:39,390
this before. You know Corey, I know you're a good guy, but this keeps happening over

683
00:59:39,390 --> 00:59:45,110
and over again. We've got to communicate with these people and just would just

684
00:59:46,010 --> 00:59:47,530
need to deal with that better guys.

685
00:59:47,530 --> 00:59:54,750
Yes sir, we can certainly work with staff in between now and our next reading for Council.

686
00:59:56,490 --> 00:59:59,490
and I just want to also give a shout out to your staff.

687
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,240
They have been very communicative and great to work with. I do this across all of our service territory and it's not always that way. So I just really want to commend your staff as well. Thanks. I'll add on topics last off topic. Just put on your checklist. Your staffs know what they're doing tomorrow. So one of the checklists or tomorrow's worklists have the citizens been informed. It needs to be a yes or no question.

688
01:00:29,240 --> 01:00:33,380
And if it's a no, then don't show up the next day and start digging in somebody's yard.

689
01:00:34,100 --> 01:00:38,560
How is notice typically, or supposed to go out in a perfect world?

690
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:40,240
And we're getting a little bit too much off topic.

691
01:00:40,340 --> 01:00:41,820
So that's not in my data.

692
01:00:41,940 --> 01:00:42,660
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

693
01:00:43,060 --> 01:00:43,620
You're correct.

694
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:44,560
That's fine.

695
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:48,120
Yeah, last question, Cory, because this is not the agenda item.

696
01:00:49,360 --> 01:00:51,620
But thank you for showing up to get beat up again.

697
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:53,220
It's no problem.

698
01:00:53,220 --> 01:00:53,780
No beat up.

699
01:00:53,780 --> 01:00:56,680
So, yes, no, I did go out and speak with the,

700
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:58,760
I think we're running out of the, yes.

701
01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:00,420
And did explain to our light, you know,

702
01:01:02,020 --> 01:01:03,200
we should have knocked on doors,

703
01:01:03,340 --> 01:01:04,200
we should have done better on that.

704
01:01:04,340 --> 01:01:05,500
I told her that we're gonna take it back

705
01:01:05,500 --> 01:01:07,140
and see what we can do better

706
01:01:07,140 --> 01:01:09,480
to give better information to customers.

707
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:10,680
I mean, we do have, honestly,

708
01:01:10,860 --> 01:01:11,880
you know, we have a lot of work going on

709
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:13,720
and we do need to do a better job

710
01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:15,420
of letting people know what's going to the city.

711
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:16,800
So, we're gonna take that back

712
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:19,240
and see what process we can do to pawn to,

713
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:20,900
to let them know of work coming.

714
01:01:21,100 --> 01:01:22,320
So, I know work with the city,

715
01:01:22,320 --> 01:01:26,900
We're looking at how we can put it out there, so that's kind of where we are right now.

716
01:01:27,220 --> 01:01:27,640
Thank you, sir.

717
01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:28,560
All right.

718
01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:29,240
Thanks, Court.

719
01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:29,720
Thank you.

720
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:31,240
I do have a question for staff.

721
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:41,800
Martin, the decision before us is to approve the Employment Center plan, but what are their options do we have?

722
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:47,660
I mean, obviously we can deny it, but what would be the ramifications of denying this application?

723
01:01:48,420 --> 01:01:54,380
The ramifications behind denying it essentially puts them back at square one of redesigning the new plan.

724
01:01:54,780 --> 01:01:58,400
And then proposing that back through the process.

725
01:01:58,780 --> 01:02:06,880
As opposed to waiting until the further down the phase say we approve it and then further down the phase in you guys work out the aesthetics of what we want.

726
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:12,480
Or can we deny it and then they have to put it in their in their employment.

727
01:02:13,900 --> 01:02:19,460
I'm just asking, right, and just let everyone have a good conversation here.

728
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:25,980
With this being first reading, it gets an opportunity to put in additional stipulations.

729
01:02:26,560 --> 01:02:31,560
We've already heard Mayor Pratton talk about the wall of the whole way around the property.

730
01:02:32,300 --> 01:02:38,580
We'll definitely show back up with that as a condition for the final reading.

731
01:02:38,580 --> 01:02:47,660
But if there's discussion about additional landscaping, whether that be shrubs, trees, on the front side,

732
01:02:48,540 --> 01:02:55,520
they want to move the fence or the wall interior to the property and provide a good landscape against the front,

733
01:02:55,920 --> 01:03:03,460
to really beautify and create an interior way for the city, rather than just hiding everything behind the wall.

734
01:03:04,620 --> 01:03:09,080
There are opportunities and just because this is before

735
01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:16,060
each night doesn't mean that we can't amend or come up with a better plan than have those conditions

736
01:03:16,060 --> 01:03:18,020
sliced into the final reading.

737
01:03:18,260 --> 01:03:18,460
Okay.

738
01:03:18,660 --> 01:03:20,020
I just wanted to understand the process.

739
01:03:20,260 --> 01:03:22,620
I think it's the final reading and y'all aren't happy with it.

740
01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:27,640
You're more than willing to still have your action to deny the application and take it back

741
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:34,480
I don't

742
01:03:37,170 --> 01:03:39,670
think I've closed it, have I?

743
01:03:39,670 --> 01:03:39,890
I did.

744
01:03:40,570 --> 01:03:41,090
Okay.

745
01:03:41,670 --> 01:03:42,310
Let me write it down.

746
01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:46,040
City Attorney, if you introduce the ordinance, please.

747
01:03:47,060 --> 01:03:48,740
Ordnance number 2026-13.

748
01:03:49,540 --> 01:03:52,820
An ordinance approving an employment center plan referred to as on-core

749
01:03:52,820 --> 01:03:57,400
misgivist switch station, consisting of approximately 51.19 acres of land.

750
01:03:57,400 --> 01:04:06,480
In the JCE survey, abstract number 2, 13, more particularly described by Wimpsons central appraisal district parcel, R5, 6, 5, 2, 1, 8,

751
01:04:06,980 --> 01:04:15,280
Taylor Wimpsons County, Texas, amending the official zoning map of the city of Taylor, Texas to show the zoning change adopted herein, providing the savings clause.

752
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:17,020
Thank you.

753
01:04:17,220 --> 01:04:18,640
Now moving on to the regular agenda.

754
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:24,900
Item 13 received the annual comprehensive financial report for fiscal year 2025.

755
01:04:24,900 --> 01:04:26,080
Mr. Roth.

756
01:04:26,900 --> 01:04:27,300
Thank you, Howard.

757
01:04:27,940 --> 01:04:28,800
Thank you, Mayor.

758
01:04:29,100 --> 01:04:32,740
It's my pleasure to introduce Mr. Mike Brooks

759
01:04:32,740 --> 01:04:34,880
with the accounting firm of Brooks Watson

760
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:35,780
and Company.

761
01:04:36,560 --> 01:04:39,400
Mike is city's auditor and has been working

762
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:44,120
with city staff to present this report to you tonight.

763
01:04:44,540 --> 01:04:47,440
Before he makes his presentation and remarks,

764
01:04:48,180 --> 01:04:51,440
I just want to give a public shout out to my staff

765
01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:54,740
that has worked diligently for the last couple of months

766
01:04:54,740 --> 01:04:59,180
helping to get Mike and his team the information they need.

767
01:04:59,660 --> 01:05:03,180
Also, it pains me, but I do want to thank my fellow directors

768
01:05:03,180 --> 01:05:08,500
because they did help as well, and their staff is great,

769
01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:13,220
but I will give them a compliment because we couldn't do it

770
01:05:13,220 --> 01:05:14,620
without them, so thank you.

771
01:05:14,980 --> 01:05:16,680
Thank you.

772
01:05:20,700 --> 01:05:22,700
Mayor Counsel, thank you, Robert.

773
01:05:23,300 --> 01:05:27,240
My name is Mike Brooks, Outer Department with Brooks Watson and Company, and I will be

774
01:05:27,240 --> 01:05:31,080
presenting you with your audited financial statements for the year-end at September 30th

775
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:32,220
of 2025.

776
01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:37,380
You all do have a copy of the complete Comprehensive Financial Report.

777
01:05:38,020 --> 01:05:45,700
That is an extremely long report, I think we're somewhere in excess of 160 pages, so I don't

778
01:05:45,700 --> 01:05:51,060
anticipate that anybody had read it, covered cover, but I have prepared a summary presentation.

779
01:05:51,060 --> 01:05:57,260
This is going to go over some of the more important numbers and statements within the report still think I'll try to make it fast

780
01:05:58,980 --> 01:06:03,340
It is summarized so it's not going to touch on everything, but it is going to touch on a few important things

781
01:06:03,340 --> 01:06:06,420
So I would go over that and open enough questions

782
01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:11,760
Just to start Robert did think his staff. I also want to thank thank the city

783
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:16,680
And audit is a two-way street, so we can't do our job unless the city participates

784
01:06:16,680 --> 01:06:20,000
So city the great job for us was able to give us everything we needed

785
01:06:20,840 --> 01:06:23,100
and the audit went smoothly, so we appreciate that.

786
01:06:26,020 --> 01:06:28,620
All right, first, I just want to briefly go over the audit process.

787
01:06:29,780 --> 01:06:31,400
The audit can be broken into...

788
01:06:32,700 --> 01:06:39,340
Sorry, I didn't know if I needed a pleasure or not.

789
01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:42,120
The audit can be broken into three general phases.

790
01:06:42,340 --> 01:06:44,360
The first is the planning and risk assessment phase.

791
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:46,060
So this comes out...

792
01:06:46,060 --> 01:06:49,140
This is when we come out prior year-end, typically during the summer months.

793
01:06:49,680 --> 01:06:51,540
We are doing our fact-finding mission.

794
01:06:51,540 --> 01:06:56,180
So we are looking at all the internal controls, talking to staff, trying to find out what's

795
01:06:56,180 --> 01:06:59,340
been going on during the year, and putting together our preliminary audit plan.

796
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:02,140
The next phase is the bulk of what we do.

797
01:07:02,300 --> 01:07:03,620
So this is our year in field work.

798
01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:08,320
So this is when we are auditing all material assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenditures

799
01:07:09,080 --> 01:07:10,120
across the city.

800
01:07:11,080 --> 01:07:13,380
And the final stage is the conclusion in reporting.

801
01:07:13,580 --> 01:07:17,300
So this is the wrap up of many findings that we do have, the preparation of the financial

802
01:07:17,300 --> 01:07:19,420
report, and the presentation of that report to Council.

803
01:07:22,050 --> 01:07:27,690
I do want to point out that the city has prepared a comprehensive annual financial report.

804
01:07:27,850 --> 01:07:29,950
This is opposed to a standard financial report.

805
01:07:30,550 --> 01:07:34,950
So there are some additional sections within your report here that are not required.

806
01:07:35,150 --> 01:07:35,670
They are optional.

807
01:07:36,290 --> 01:07:38,330
Not all cities are capable of preparing this.

808
01:07:38,430 --> 01:07:41,070
It does have a lot of useful information for the city and the citizens.

809
01:07:41,850 --> 01:07:47,230
In addition, this report is submitted to the GFOA and the GFOA does review it and potentially

810
01:07:47,230 --> 01:07:52,350
issue the certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting. This is not an easy

811
01:07:52,350 --> 01:08:00,910
award to get. The city has submitted and received for the last 17 years this prestigious award so

812
01:08:00,910 --> 01:08:06,430
that city should be commended for that. The report you have in front of you will also be submitted

813
01:08:06,430 --> 01:08:10,190
and we fully anticipate that the city will receive it for an 18th year.

814
01:08:15,050 --> 01:08:16,290
All right. Next,

815
01:08:16,290 --> 01:08:21,270
Let's just want to briefly go over the components or the sections of your comprehensive financial

816
01:08:21,270 --> 01:08:21,710
report.

817
01:08:22,510 --> 01:08:26,870
First, we have the letter of transmittal, and I think we have the auditorium, followed by

818
01:08:26,870 --> 01:08:31,910
the management's discussion and analysis, then the financial statements, followed by the

819
01:08:31,910 --> 01:08:37,070
notes to the financial statements, then the required supplementary information, required

820
01:08:37,070 --> 01:08:39,930
supplementary information, and finally the statistical section.

821
01:08:40,570 --> 01:08:44,350
I do want to focus here on the auditorium's opinion.

822
01:08:44,350 --> 01:08:48,410
Now, the auditor's opinion is our contribution to your financial report.

823
01:08:49,050 --> 01:08:53,570
So everything you see in front of you in this report is derived from city data, city records

824
01:08:53,570 --> 01:08:56,850
and city financial data and policies.

825
01:08:57,790 --> 01:09:01,970
The auditor's opinion is our opinion over those financial statements.

826
01:09:02,150 --> 01:09:04,230
So are these financial statements reliable and accurate?

827
01:09:04,790 --> 01:09:10,070
Are the numbers that you're seeing within this report reliable and are they consistent

828
01:09:10,070 --> 01:09:12,210
with generally accepted accounting principles?

829
01:09:13,010 --> 01:09:18,210
So, we're happy to say that we were able to issue a clean, unmodified audit opinion over

830
01:09:18,210 --> 01:09:19,550
the financial financials.

831
01:09:19,870 --> 01:09:23,730
That is the highest level of assurance that we can give that these financial statements

832
01:09:23,730 --> 01:09:27,470
are free of any material misstatement, and all footnotes are disclosed.

833
01:09:28,690 --> 01:09:30,010
Why can you say that again?

834
01:09:30,150 --> 01:09:35,050
Because I think that's important for the citizens to understand that we handle their tax money

835
01:09:35,050 --> 01:09:37,150
and their money, because it's their money in the end.

836
01:09:37,230 --> 01:09:37,890
We handle it well.

837
01:09:37,890 --> 01:09:46,310
and we account for properly and we're taking care of things appropriately, so the fact that we're getting the highest level of assurance, that's a big deal.

838
01:09:47,050 --> 01:09:48,810
I think we can't overemphasize that.

839
01:09:49,210 --> 01:09:49,750
Yeah, absolutely.

840
01:09:50,050 --> 01:09:53,430
And if there was one thing that I pointed out this evening, that would be it.

841
01:09:53,990 --> 01:10:00,550
So our auditors opinion really is the stamp of approval on the financial statements as far as being reliable and accurate.

842
01:10:01,310 --> 01:10:08,710
And the fact that you said that we go above and beyond an inspection, we're not required

843
01:10:08,710 --> 01:10:13,470
to do that, but the city has always done that, so that's awesome, thank you, sir.

844
01:10:13,870 --> 01:10:20,430
All right, so next, do you just want to touch on several financial highlights?

845
01:10:21,230 --> 01:10:25,410
So first we're going to point out some of the changes in revenues for your governmental funds.

846
01:10:26,410 --> 01:10:30,490
This does not include your utility revenues or any other enterprise funds, but it is just

847
01:10:30,490 --> 01:10:37,390
your general fund that's every special revenue capital projects funds so the

848
01:10:37,390 --> 01:10:41,590
total M&O property taxes this year were about 6.6 million this was a decrease

849
01:10:41,590 --> 01:10:47,110
of about just under 900,000 from the prior year that's related to your M&O rate

850
01:10:47,110 --> 01:10:56,630
which also decreased from 0.3607 and 24 to 0.31 and 25. Your INS property tax is

851
01:10:57,690 --> 01:11:00,390
This was an increase of about 2.3.

852
01:11:00,830 --> 01:11:06,290
Your INS taxes should be consistent with your tax debt service.

853
01:11:06,630 --> 01:11:09,290
It should mirror that debt service or whatever you bring in.

854
01:11:10,110 --> 01:11:13,470
It should pay your tax back debt.

855
01:11:15,330 --> 01:11:20,490
The city did issue about 12.7 million and new CO debt during the year.

856
01:11:20,490 --> 01:11:30,750
and your INS tax rate increased from 2.681 to, I'm sorry, it increased 2.2681 from point,

857
01:11:32,760 --> 01:11:41,960
yeah, I'm sorry, from point 2681, my apologies, 2.2813 in the current year. Your total sales

858
01:11:41,960 --> 01:11:48,540
taxes were just under 9.4 million. This was a decrease of about 11.3 million. Now this seems

859
01:11:48,540 --> 01:11:52,880
a big due increase but I think it brings it where that the same sum manufacturing boosted

860
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:58,680
your sales tax and that was not a permanent change. Your grant revenues for the year

861
01:11:58,680 --> 01:12:04,300
totaled 4.4 million almost 4.5 and had an increase of about 2.8 million in your investment

862
01:12:04,300 --> 01:12:06,880
income this year totaled about 5.8 million.

863
01:12:12,470 --> 01:12:15,090
Next do you want to go over the general fund

864
01:12:15,790 --> 01:12:19,930
your changes in fund balance and your budget to actual for the general fund. First we're going to

865
01:12:19,930 --> 01:12:25,670
talk about the budget results for the year. On the left hand side, you do see your budgeted

866
01:12:25,670 --> 01:12:29,970
revenues, expenditures, other financing sources and uses which are generally going to be your

867
01:12:29,970 --> 01:12:35,230
transfers, and your overall net change in fund balance for the year. To the right of that,

868
01:12:35,330 --> 01:12:40,170
you see your actual results and then the positive or negative budget variance all the way to the right.

869
01:12:41,230 --> 01:12:47,230
So the first number I want to point out is your revenue changes in revenue. So you did have a

870
01:12:47,230 --> 01:12:53,450
negative revenue variance this year, about 4.3 million, that was almost entirely related to

871
01:12:54,190 --> 01:12:59,170
your estimate on sales tax. I know that was probably not an easy thing to estimate, but that

872
01:12:59,170 --> 01:13:04,450
made up the majority of that negative variance. Below that you had a positive expenditure variance,

873
01:13:04,450 --> 01:13:11,530
just under just over 1.1 million. So that means you spent about 1.1 million dollars less than you

874
01:13:11,530 --> 01:13:16,330
anticipated with your final budget and you had a other financing sources and

875
01:13:16,330 --> 01:13:20,290
uses which I said are primarily transfers. You had a negative budget variance

876
01:13:20,290 --> 01:13:25,650
about 653,000 there so while you budgeted for an overall increase in fund

877
01:13:25,650 --> 01:13:31,030
balance of just just under 2.5 million the city had an actual decrease in

878
01:13:31,030 --> 01:13:37,210
fund balance this year about 1.3 million and that resulted in an overall negative

879
01:13:37,210 --> 01:13:38,570
a budget variance of $3.8 million.

880
01:13:40,630 --> 01:13:45,310
All right, so your general fund balance decreased this year by $1.3 million.

881
01:13:46,350 --> 01:13:51,850
Now that does roll into certain categories of fund balance.

882
01:13:51,990 --> 01:13:54,990
It can be assigned or unassigned.

883
01:13:55,930 --> 01:13:59,150
So what I want to point out is your unassigned fund balance.

884
01:14:00,010 --> 01:14:06,350
The GF away recommends at least a two month or 15% reserve in unassigned fund balance for

885
01:14:06,350 --> 01:14:13,370
future expenditures or just a rainy day fund. The city has a policy of having at least 25 percent

886
01:14:14,020 --> 01:14:20,830
in this unassigned fund balance category. As of the end of the year, the city ended with just

887
01:14:20,830 --> 01:14:26,830
over 22 million, which equated to about 79 percent of your annual general fund expenditures.

888
01:14:27,690 --> 01:14:31,370
So certainly above city policy and in a very healthy position.

889
01:14:38,260 --> 01:14:40,160
Next, I do want to touch on your

890
01:14:40,160 --> 01:14:45,240
proprietary funds, this includes your utility, airport, cemetery, and sanitation funds.

891
01:14:45,960 --> 01:14:50,160
These funds are different than your governmental funds in that they are supported by rates

892
01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:51,620
and they should be self-supporting.

893
01:14:51,840 --> 01:14:56,260
So those rates should be set at the level to do fund operations, debt service, and any

894
01:14:56,260 --> 01:14:57,000
capital improvements.

895
01:14:58,000 --> 01:14:59,980
So really the most important thing we want to do is to make sure that you have a lot of

896
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,240
I want to point out here is just, are these funds self-supporting? So are those rates set at the appropriate level? If you see year over year decreases in your net position, so you have losses for the year, no single year is going to be the, you know, by itself an indicator, you wouldn't look at a trend. But I do want to point out that the utility fund had an increase in that position this year about 9.5 million. And a lot of this was related to capital contribution.

897
01:15:29,240 --> 01:15:34,680
So, you did have about, you know, an excess of 4 million in capital contributions come

898
01:15:34,680 --> 01:15:34,820
in.

899
01:15:34,900 --> 01:15:38,820
So, that shows up as revenue recorded as an asset and then depreciated.

900
01:15:39,980 --> 01:15:42,800
Your airport fund had an increase of about 2.3 million.

901
01:15:43,080 --> 01:15:45,720
Also had some capital contributions contributing to that.

902
01:15:46,420 --> 01:15:52,100
Symmetry fund had an increase of 21,000 and your sanitation fund had an increase of about

903
01:15:52,100 --> 01:15:53,480
251,000.

904
01:15:54,260 --> 01:15:58,640
So, overall, all your funds were in good shape and we didn't see any indications of any

905
01:15:58,640 --> 01:16:00,260
rate issues or operational issues.

906
01:16:07,210 --> 01:16:10,470
Next, I just want to touch on several major

907
01:16:10,470 --> 01:16:15,950
capital outlay events that are included in this report. So the city spent about

908
01:16:15,950 --> 01:16:21,450
$580,000 on your memorial track renovation. Your new public works in utility

909
01:16:21,450 --> 01:16:27,210
billing, utility building. You had about 4.6 million spent on adoring the year.

910
01:16:27,930 --> 01:16:33,150
City added a custom bumper of $666,000. Mustain create drainage improvements

911
01:16:33,150 --> 01:16:39,230
totaled 854,000. You're quite a center renovation, totaled just over 6 million.

912
01:16:40,150 --> 01:16:43,810
Bull branch and Donna, Donna Channel drainage, totaled just over a million.

913
01:16:44,710 --> 01:16:49,850
You had 20, you had street maintenance of about 2.6 million. You had improvements,

914
01:16:50,170 --> 01:16:56,490
wastewater improvements to FM 1973 and County Red 401 of 477,000. You were

915
01:16:56,490 --> 01:17:01,790
Bull branch sanitary sewer improvements totaled 6, just over 600,000 and you had

916
01:17:01,790 --> 01:17:07,010
airport terminal design and the fuel facility costs of about 2.5.

917
01:17:13,290 --> 01:17:14,810
Next next is a

918
01:17:14,810 --> 01:17:18,790
summary of the public funds investment act. So in addition to the city's

919
01:17:18,790 --> 01:17:22,530
financial audit we are required to come in and audit the city's compliance with

920
01:17:22,530 --> 01:17:27,190
the public funds investment act. So has the city adopted an investment policy

921
01:17:27,190 --> 01:17:31,170
that's in accordance with this act, have all the investment officers attended the

922
01:17:31,170 --> 01:17:37,590
correct training are the correct correctly put together investment or

923
01:17:37,590 --> 01:17:41,450
force being presented to council at least quarterly so we do review a number

924
01:17:41,450 --> 01:17:45,730
of factors related to this this act and I'm happy to say that the city was

925
01:17:45,730 --> 01:17:49,970
in compliance with all requirements of the PFI all

926
01:17:54,380 --> 01:17:57,160
right so in addition to the

927
01:17:57,160 --> 01:18:00,740
audit report I have provided two additional letters one is our required

928
01:18:00,740 --> 01:18:07,260
order to disclosure letter. This has certain communications in it. One of the more important

929
01:18:07,260 --> 01:18:11,360
things are the journal entries that we proposed for the audit. So when we come in and audit

930
01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:15,340
the books quite often there are corrections that need to be made to bring the accounts

931
01:18:15,340 --> 01:18:21,900
into accordance with GAP. So if we need to make it just different accrual or change an estimate

932
01:18:21,900 --> 01:18:27,700
or capitalization of an asset, we do propose those entries and then the city will enter those

933
01:18:27,700 --> 01:18:32,980
into the city's accounting system, so the numbers that you guys receive in your report

934
01:18:32,980 --> 01:18:37,000
should be consistent with the gap financials in the effort.

935
01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:41,740
In addition we have our findings and recommendations.

936
01:18:41,740 --> 01:18:48,340
We did have a few minor findings over each of the details, but if you did have any questions

937
01:18:48,340 --> 01:18:49,700
on those, I would be happy to touch them.

938
01:18:52,580 --> 01:18:58,340
So that does conclude my summary presentation, I try to keep it quick for you, but like I

939
01:18:58,340 --> 01:18:59,680
said, if you have questions, I would be happy

940
01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:01,700
to talk about anything in more detail.

941
01:19:05,630 --> 01:19:07,170
Council, questions for Mr. Brooks?

942
01:19:13,540 --> 01:19:14,620
No, nothing down here either.

943
01:19:15,660 --> 01:19:17,300
I just want to thank you again, Mr. Brooks,

944
01:19:17,580 --> 01:19:21,040
for coming in for said eyes every year

945
01:19:21,040 --> 01:19:22,300
and keeping us honest,

946
01:19:22,660 --> 01:19:24,840
and even though it pains Robert to.

947
01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:28,620
Yeah, we thank his fellow directors, but.

948
01:19:28,960 --> 01:19:30,020
Yeah, it's not an easy process,

949
01:19:30,020 --> 01:19:32,680
and it does take quite a bit of effort.

950
01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:35,440
We come in and try to summarize it in 10 minutes,

951
01:19:35,440 --> 01:19:40,460
but city works really hard on it and it's a several month process.

952
01:19:40,820 --> 01:19:46,080
And I think I do want to point out is not all cities are able to issue their audit report in February.

953
01:19:46,460 --> 01:19:53,360
So getting it, getting it early is a benefit to all the readers and not an easy thing to do.

954
01:19:55,100 --> 01:20:02,520
Now pertaining to the city of Taylor, by doing this audit annually, it just baffles me that we see news all the time

955
01:20:02,520 --> 01:20:10,360
that cities get in a trouble of can't find $10 million, $30 million, and how is that even possible,

956
01:20:10,660 --> 01:20:12,580
but we're not here to solve other people's problems.

957
01:20:13,160 --> 01:20:16,660
Yeah, you know, it's easy to say for granted when things are functioning correctly,

958
01:20:17,260 --> 01:20:22,920
and the will of turning how they're supposed to, when the car goes off the track and get bad pretty quick.

959
01:20:23,220 --> 01:20:27,340
Yeah, for sure. No questions? Not, I'll take a motion.

960
01:20:28,220 --> 01:20:32,000
I'll make a motion to receive the annual comprehensive financial report.

961
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:32,800
The Court has presented.

962
01:20:34,160 --> 01:20:36,120
Motion made by Mayor Plutim-Someric.

963
01:20:36,220 --> 01:20:36,680
Go ahead a second.

964
01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:37,680
I'll second it.

965
01:20:38,180 --> 01:20:38,440
Thank you.

966
01:20:38,580 --> 01:20:40,200
By Councilman Redden.

967
01:20:41,020 --> 01:20:41,380
Any comments?

968
01:20:43,240 --> 01:20:44,640
All those in favor, please say aye.

969
01:20:45,080 --> 01:20:45,400
Aye.

970
01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:46,120
Opposed?

971
01:20:47,700 --> 01:20:48,400
Thank you, sir.

972
01:20:48,700 --> 01:20:48,920
Thank you.

973
01:20:49,220 --> 01:20:49,560
Appreciate it.

974
01:20:50,480 --> 01:20:58,600
Item 14, discussion, consideration, and possible action on ordinance 2026-02, a special use

975
01:20:58,600 --> 01:21:11,520
This permit to allow lodging without a full time onsite operator at property generally located at 3,004 Donhill Lane, legally described, prop broadest dates, block C, 94.027 acres of land.

976
01:21:12,220 --> 01:21:19,860
More particularly described by Williamson Central appraisal district parcel R427227 Taylor Williamson County, Texas.

977
01:21:22,220 --> 01:21:23,020
Mr. Griggs.

978
01:21:28,150 --> 01:21:35,450
So this has previously been brought to y'all and discussed so I'll make the presentation fairly short.

979
01:21:36,690 --> 01:21:41,750
But do stop me if you want to touch on these slides in particular.

980
01:21:43,860 --> 01:21:46,010
Here's the property on downhill lane.

981
01:21:46,970 --> 01:21:49,790
The notification area has been shared previously.

982
01:21:49,790 --> 01:21:56,750
Obviously, this slide has not been updated, so it is original to the original presentation.

983
01:21:57,650 --> 01:22:03,750
As you may recall, there was some discussion at the last account meeting where this was

984
01:22:03,750 --> 01:22:12,890
discussed, I want to say, in December, and of course there was, you know, that exchange

985
01:22:12,890 --> 01:22:13,250
then.

986
01:22:13,250 --> 01:22:18,950
And so here's a look at the property where the short term

987
01:22:18,950 --> 01:22:20,130
rental is proposed.

988
01:22:21,910 --> 01:22:26,650
Short term rental is required to gain the special use permit

989
01:22:27,630 --> 01:22:33,210
within the P3 district as lodging with a full time

990
01:22:33,210 --> 01:22:35,190
onsite operator is allowed.

991
01:22:35,570 --> 01:22:39,010
However, if there's not a full time onsite operator,

992
01:22:39,010 --> 01:22:45,310
and that's what drives the need for a special use permit to be approved.

993
01:22:46,550 --> 01:22:50,990
The applet has provided certain stipulations.

994
01:22:51,610 --> 01:23:00,710
Those stipulations are being utilized to inform and kind of hold through with the ordinance

995
01:23:00,710 --> 01:23:10,590
and then staff has recommended changes to reduce the overall time period for this specific

996
01:23:10,590 --> 01:23:20,190
S&P from three years to one year and that a renewal permit will need to be submitted each

997
01:23:20,190 --> 01:23:27,190
year to permit the use of the short-term rental and that the short-term rental would have

998
01:23:27,190 --> 01:23:30,190
have to post that permit to be in compliance.

999
01:23:32,970 --> 01:23:36,450
So again, this was the Planning and Zoning Commission

1000
01:23:37,360 --> 01:23:41,390
the November 12, 2025 meeting where

1001
01:23:41,390 --> 01:23:45,750
they voted 401 to recommend this approval of the request.

1002
01:23:47,700 --> 01:23:53,560
And then this was brought to the City Council on December 11th

1003
01:23:53,560 --> 01:23:55,440
at that time.

1004
01:23:55,440 --> 01:23:59,680
the applicant, Mr. Orain Opinion, spoke in support.

1005
01:24:00,740 --> 01:24:05,280
David Castanan spoke again from their council discussed

1006
01:24:05,280 --> 01:24:08,800
providing an inventory of all the short-term rentals

1007
01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:13,260
throughout the city and building towards process

1008
01:24:13,260 --> 01:24:18,080
for the ordinance, or building an ordinance for the process

1009
01:24:18,620 --> 01:24:21,660
to gain a permit for the short-term rentals.

1010
01:24:22,740 --> 01:24:28,540
staffs currently working on that and we'll have a draft over to the City Attorney

1011
01:24:28,540 --> 01:24:34,400
Food Review and then we'll bring it back with consideration on our future agenda.

1012
01:24:35,640 --> 01:24:39,260
At that time on December 11th, the election was taken.

1013
01:24:41,540 --> 01:24:49,860
So just to put a bell on it, what's in front of you tonight is first approval for

1014
01:24:49,860 --> 01:25:13,840
that specific, that special use permit with a non-transferable one-year timeframe to it and that will coincide with us bringing forward, with staff bringing forward that additional ordinance to have a more formalized process for short-term rents.

1015
01:25:13,840 --> 01:25:15,660
that mayor will pass back to you.

1016
01:25:16,280 --> 01:25:16,960
Thank you, sir.

1017
01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:21,240
Councilor Lee, questions, I know I have some comments

1018
01:25:21,240 --> 01:25:22,160
at least on this.

1019
01:25:23,700 --> 01:25:24,920
I guess on this new ordinance.

1020
01:25:25,480 --> 01:25:25,600
Right.

1021
01:25:28,860 --> 01:25:30,080
If we approve this tonight,

1022
01:25:30,080 --> 01:25:32,200
would the new ordinance supersede this

1023
01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:34,820
and make the applicant doing the additional,

1024
01:25:35,940 --> 01:25:37,840
or I have to take the additional steps

1025
01:25:38,500 --> 01:25:43,480
to maintain this allowing the lodging

1026
01:25:43,480 --> 01:25:46,060
with that now full-time operator on site.

1027
01:25:47,060 --> 01:25:53,760
So if you approve this, they will have to abide by whatever terms

1028
01:25:53,760 --> 01:25:56,660
and conditions get approved in that new ordinance.

1029
01:25:57,740 --> 01:26:00,660
However, they probably won't have a public hearing that's attached

1030
01:26:00,660 --> 01:26:01,180
to it.

1031
01:26:01,680 --> 01:26:05,680
This public hearing takes care of their ability to go

1032
01:26:05,680 --> 01:26:09,580
and perform up until that year and deadline.

1033
01:26:09,580 --> 01:26:18,360
So they may have like a license or a permit that they have to, you know, pay in order to

1034
01:26:18,360 --> 01:26:24,520
get the hotel occupancy taxes, start rolling in, that sort of thing, but it wouldn't be

1035
01:26:25,170 --> 01:26:25,760
like this.

1036
01:26:28,440 --> 01:26:36,420
I'm, you know, kindly disagree with that statement because they've agreed or recommending

1037
01:26:36,420 --> 01:26:42,940
meeting, max capacity of five people, no pets allowed, guests are not permitted, quiet

1038
01:26:42,940 --> 01:26:49,360
hours, staffs recommending, they're setting all these precedents if we were to approve

1039
01:26:49,360 --> 01:26:57,560
it tonight, then they have 12 months to live by that. And then if we, if future councils

1040
01:26:57,560 --> 01:27:03,460
change the ordinance, it's kind of like changing the rules after the game has started. I don't

1041
01:27:03,460 --> 01:27:04,160
I think they can do that.

1042
01:27:04,160 --> 01:27:05,820
I guess, yeah, maybe that's a question for legal.

1043
01:27:06,780 --> 01:27:09,300
Will this applicant be vested with this SUP?

1044
01:27:10,360 --> 01:27:12,140
At least for the new ordinance has.

1045
01:27:12,620 --> 01:27:13,180
For one year.

1046
01:27:15,170 --> 01:27:16,650
I don't have the SUP in front of me.

1047
01:27:16,930 --> 01:27:18,330
I have an issue that we talked about

1048
01:27:18,330 --> 01:27:20,070
in discussing this new ordinance.

1049
01:27:20,330 --> 01:27:21,650
And so I think there's some unknowns

1050
01:27:21,650 --> 01:27:23,750
kind of cutting on how the ordinance ends up reading.

1051
01:27:24,730 --> 01:27:26,410
There are probably some things we can enforce.

1052
01:27:26,970 --> 01:27:28,910
Maybe some things that are specifically set out

1053
01:27:28,910 --> 01:27:31,730
in this SUP that may be different

1054
01:27:31,730 --> 01:27:33,210
from the ordinance that we could not enforce

1055
01:27:33,210 --> 01:27:35,790
was until it was ended a year.

1056
01:27:36,470 --> 01:27:38,970
Yeah, yeah, but my apologies.

1057
01:27:39,230 --> 01:27:42,510
I was trying to lay out a two option.

1058
01:27:42,670 --> 01:27:42,970
Yes, sir.

1059
01:27:43,190 --> 01:27:44,730
No worries, no worries.

1060
01:27:45,530 --> 01:27:50,890
I've just, I've approved enough SUPs on this type of stuff.

1061
01:27:51,070 --> 01:27:54,190
So I just want to be fair to this applicant.

1062
01:27:54,730 --> 01:27:59,190
And I think reducing it to one year is great,

1063
01:27:59,330 --> 01:28:02,490
especially with the ordinance coming up the road.

1064
01:28:02,490 --> 01:28:08,150
And as well as the listing of all the SUPs that are out there so we know we can kind of do apples to apples and

1065
01:28:09,090 --> 01:28:14,210
Figure out where they're at and put her in our GIS system and say hey, here's all the SUPs. Bam.

1066
01:28:14,650 --> 01:28:20,430
It's easy pickings and but when you start picking and choosing the winners and losers

1067
01:28:20,430 --> 01:28:23,950
I think that's a little unfair, but because it's the one year

1068
01:28:25,090 --> 01:28:27,250
I know how I'm gonna vote council

1069
01:28:27,950 --> 01:28:32,430
Well, I sort of like to see the SUP go through before you that way

1070
01:28:32,490 --> 01:28:39,270
we know what the game plan is because when you look at the police report for this location

1071
01:28:40,370 --> 01:28:47,490
in the first quarter of last year there was you know a threat for a threat and some noise

1072
01:28:47,490 --> 01:28:53,150
complaints and a dog bite and that may be why we're not least doing no pets in it.

1073
01:28:53,670 --> 01:28:59,030
But this is just that was just a small sample of what they had when we asked for it for last

1074
01:28:59,030 --> 01:29:07,770
last year and so the S.U.P. would help us to show this is what we're going to have to go

1075
01:29:07,770 --> 01:29:07,970
by.

1076
01:29:08,910 --> 01:29:15,470
And I may have miss spoken on that to infer that the S.T.R. requirements that are built

1077
01:29:15,470 --> 01:29:18,330
in the land development code are still going to exist.

1078
01:29:19,910 --> 01:29:27,050
The permitting aspect is what the future ordinance is going to discuss and I realize that it's

1079
01:29:27,050 --> 01:29:32,590
There's a nomenclature issue of permit here and permit there, but there are two separate

1080
01:29:32,590 --> 01:29:34,890
issues as far as I see it.

1081
01:29:36,050 --> 01:29:41,490
So the SUP, it would still come forward with the SUP, we would still have public hearings

1082
01:29:42,450 --> 01:29:52,410
in order to say which ones are, because it will be an outside ordinance not necessarily tied

1083
01:29:52,410 --> 01:29:57,110
to each second. There would be it within the code of ordinances.

1084
01:29:57,630 --> 01:29:59,970
And what's the time? Estimated time for...

1085
01:30:02,780 --> 01:30:06,380
I'm looking forward to taking it and bringing it forward to y'all in March.

1086
01:30:08,780 --> 01:30:20,480
I think we have five or six S U P's currently for short term rolls with no. Yeah, it wasn't very many.

1087
01:30:22,890 --> 01:30:32,030
I think this is just the first time we've had. Push back from a neighbor, specific issues. I like that answer of March, because it's only a month.

1088
01:30:32,030 --> 01:30:38,350
If you're going to tell me six months, then I would say this guy hasn't been generating

1089
01:30:38,350 --> 01:30:40,370
revenue in this house for how long.

1090
01:30:40,590 --> 01:30:41,430
It's not fair.

1091
01:30:41,610 --> 01:30:45,150
But if we're only talking next month, then, okay.

1092
01:30:45,630 --> 01:30:46,550
Well, he can rent it out.

1093
01:30:46,610 --> 01:30:51,190
He just can't do short-term, like, he can rent it out to somebody who sounds a year at

1094
01:30:51,190 --> 01:30:51,330
least.

1095
01:30:51,450 --> 01:30:51,850
That's fine.

1096
01:30:52,010 --> 01:30:53,790
It's just the short-term nature of it.

1097
01:30:53,850 --> 01:30:54,990
We have people coming in and out.

1098
01:30:55,310 --> 01:30:58,810
We want a weekly basis, multi-basis are so full.

1099
01:30:58,950 --> 01:31:00,070
I think that's what this is all about.

1100
01:31:03,550 --> 01:31:04,270
Council.

1101
01:31:06,770 --> 01:31:07,490
I'll

1102
01:31:10,370 --> 01:31:14,950
make a motion to approve ordinance 2026-02 as presented.

1103
01:31:19,330 --> 01:31:21,270
May by Councilwoman Long.

1104
01:31:23,610 --> 01:31:24,990
Is there a second?

1105
01:31:33,050 --> 01:31:36,410
Having no second? I will take a

1106
01:31:36,410 --> 01:31:41,890
recommendation on actions by Council. I make a recommendation that we hold off

1107
01:31:41,890 --> 01:31:49,090
for a month when we have the SEP that we've got some more and then revisit it at the

1108
01:31:49,090 --> 01:31:49,570
same time.

1109
01:31:50,190 --> 01:31:51,550
Say it in a full sentence, please.

1110
01:31:52,270 --> 01:31:57,450
I make a motion that we hold off on this for at least one month when we get the SEP

1111
01:31:57,450 --> 01:32:01,410
in and the ordinance so we can look at both of them at the same time.

1112
01:32:02,090 --> 01:32:03,350
Motion made by Councilman Ridd.

1113
01:32:03,370 --> 01:32:03,950
Did I do that?

1114
01:32:04,870 --> 01:32:05,770
You don't need to make a motion.

1115
01:32:05,770 --> 01:32:14,030
just action. Just like Council gives kind of a staff direction. Okay. Okay. Any discussion on the motion?

1116
01:32:14,170 --> 01:32:20,970
As you the motion fails, yes. Yeah. Now you just give them directions. Thank you, sir. So any discussion on that recommendation?

1117
01:32:22,710 --> 01:32:28,990
Concurrents at least. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So we need to do you understand, Mr. LeVort? All right.

1118
01:32:29,690 --> 01:32:35,410
We'll move on to item 15. Receive an update on field services and local drainage project updates

1119
01:32:36,730 --> 01:32:39,590
Mr. Griggs, oh no, I'm sorry, Mr. Jacobs.

1120
01:32:40,130 --> 01:32:42,910
If you'd like to, good evening Mayor and Council.

1121
01:32:44,130 --> 01:32:48,030
As you heard in the audit, there's a lot of construction activity going on and as you

1122
01:32:48,030 --> 01:32:50,490
see just out in the field, there's a lot of construction activity going on.

1123
01:32:50,610 --> 01:32:55,870
So we thought this would be a good time to update you in public on things that they may

1124
01:32:55,870 --> 01:33:02,450
see out in the streets, in space, at what they mean and they give a specific update on

1125
01:33:02,450 --> 01:33:07,230
the local drainage products that are some in construction, some are soon to be into construction.

1126
01:33:07,530 --> 01:33:10,810
So that's quick updates and questions today.

1127
01:33:12,750 --> 01:33:17,290
So that ground is, we've got CFP projects all over town.

1128
01:33:17,490 --> 01:33:19,510
They differ in their levels of impact.

1129
01:33:19,750 --> 01:33:23,510
Some are in the street, some are in the right of way, some are in private easement.

1130
01:33:23,870 --> 01:33:27,730
So there are different types of capital projects.

1131
01:33:27,730 --> 01:33:32,670
They are different than also your third-party utility construction projects like we heard

1132
01:33:32,670 --> 01:33:34,070
about earlier in the council meeting.

1133
01:33:36,050 --> 01:33:39,930
So typically, project will require data collection at the very early stages.

1134
01:33:40,090 --> 01:33:43,770
Sometimes these year-long engineering designs are six month longs.

1135
01:33:43,990 --> 01:33:46,730
The first step in that is to go collect the data in the field.

1136
01:33:47,290 --> 01:33:53,910
You do that with surveyors, geotechs, other field service folks who get out there and collect

1137
01:33:53,910 --> 01:33:59,770
the data so that the engineers can design it to limit complications in the field during

1138
01:33:59,770 --> 01:34:00,270
construction.

1139
01:34:00,710 --> 01:34:04,370
But the time frame is very, very different than construction is about to happen.

1140
01:34:05,510 --> 01:34:09,030
So this is when you'll see the survey cruise out, you'll see people out there look and it's

1141
01:34:09,030 --> 01:34:12,850
like, oh, there's activity, that's really the very beginning of design.

1142
01:34:13,150 --> 01:34:17,110
So there's usually a long lag time and just trying to make sure that everyone understands

1143
01:34:17,670 --> 01:34:18,970
the differences in that.

1144
01:34:19,870 --> 01:34:22,130
And what they mean when they see those folks out there.

1145
01:34:23,050 --> 01:34:24,850
So what field services are?

1146
01:34:25,050 --> 01:34:26,070
So you'll see survey markings.

1147
01:34:26,310 --> 01:34:27,130
You see them a lot.

1148
01:34:27,630 --> 01:34:28,910
Kind of they all have a color.

1149
01:34:29,170 --> 01:34:30,850
Those colors usually all mean something.

1150
01:34:30,950 --> 01:34:32,070
I won't read each one to you.

1151
01:34:32,150 --> 01:34:37,010
But you can see there's a language in colors of paint and flags.

1152
01:34:37,590 --> 01:34:41,410
And that's a language that Jim's apartment as well.

1153
01:34:41,790 --> 01:34:43,350
And engineers well, no well.

1154
01:34:43,430 --> 01:34:44,470
And contractors know well.

1155
01:34:44,610 --> 01:34:47,150
So when they're out there doing things, colors mean things.

1156
01:34:47,930 --> 01:34:52,250
flags and paint are set to really capture those unique features.

1157
01:34:52,450 --> 01:34:56,350
Flag sometimes are set at boundary markers, at specific locations, sometimes they'll flag

1158
01:34:56,350 --> 01:34:59,830
the whole right of way, sometimes they'll flag on the alignment and sometimes it's

1159
01:34:59,830 --> 01:35:00,010
paint.

1160
01:35:00,430 --> 01:35:08,010
But that's all intended to aid office staff in designing those lines or picked up in survey.

1161
01:35:08,510 --> 01:35:14,110
So then the surveyors will, with GPS, say this is where all these lines are, we'll bring

1162
01:35:14,110 --> 01:35:19,170
them into the plans and lay it all out and make sure that the infrastructure design mitigates

1163
01:35:19,170 --> 01:35:22,730
or misses or addresses any conflicts with existing utilities.

1164
01:35:25,930 --> 01:35:31,250
Another thing we do is and that you'll see at times are what we call SU, subsurface

1165
01:35:31,250 --> 01:35:32,370
utility engineering.

1166
01:35:32,970 --> 01:35:38,290
So this is, there's different layers of SU, some is just record drawings okay, Atmos says

1167
01:35:38,290 --> 01:35:42,710
the gas line is here, on course says the electric line is here based on their record drawings

1168
01:35:42,710 --> 01:35:46,550
and they paint that there based on full dimensions from certain known landmarks.

1169
01:35:46,870 --> 01:35:55,830
Sometimes with Sue, you'll see a back truck out there digging a hole to find the communication line vertically and horizontally.

1170
01:35:56,490 --> 01:35:59,750
And you know that line is exactly right there.

1171
01:36:00,170 --> 01:36:02,790
We do that typically because it's pretty expensive to do that.

1172
01:36:03,070 --> 01:36:08,130
You do that typically only when there's very critical conflicts going on in the field that you must avoid.

1173
01:36:08,130 --> 01:36:11,850
you need to know very precise locations of those utilities.

1174
01:36:12,990 --> 01:36:17,570
But the point of all of this is to reduce the risk of striking buried lines in construction.

1175
01:36:17,750 --> 01:36:18,990
That causes delays and costs.

1176
01:36:19,790 --> 01:36:25,310
And it aids inefficiency of the design so that the contractors have a certainty when they're bidding on the projects.

1177
01:36:25,830 --> 01:36:28,610
These folks knew what was going on in the field.

1178
01:36:31,600 --> 01:36:38,600
Okay, tree tagging and you'll see numbers and little metal pens on trees sometimes.

1179
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:42,120
Sometimes it will accompany a ribbon, sometimes not.

1180
01:36:42,700 --> 01:36:49,500
What this is, it's a surveyor who takes the usually chest caliper diameter of the tree

1181
01:36:49,920 --> 01:36:51,340
and will mark it with a number.

1182
01:36:51,680 --> 01:36:57,940
And then they'll have a big tree table that says tree 11.08 is a red oak that's 30 inches

1183
01:36:57,940 --> 01:36:59,400
in diameter at the breast.

1184
01:36:59,980 --> 01:37:06,240
And that helps the engineering team then design it because it has a certain size canopy

1185
01:37:06,240 --> 01:37:13,120
with the trunk and each one of those means different things for where you can put infrastructure in the ground, where you're going to mess with the roots where you're not.

1186
01:37:13,800 --> 01:37:20,740
These do not mean the trees are going to get removed. It just means that you're collecting data on that tree so that the engineers can design it the right way.

1187
01:37:23,190 --> 01:37:35,930
You'll see trucks like this in the near future will communicate through the appropriate channels win, but on Davis Street because that's the street that Councillor has said, yes, go maintain Davis Street next.

1188
01:37:36,490 --> 01:37:40,570
So what geotechnical borings do is they'll come typically on existing pavement

1189
01:37:40,570 --> 01:37:45,230
sometimes just out in the dirt but we will see a lot of it is on existing pavement

1190
01:37:45,230 --> 01:37:51,090
they'll take a bore to see what that street is made out of. Subgrade black space

1191
01:37:51,090 --> 01:37:56,710
how thick is the asphalt is there any lime treatment is there any water in that

1192
01:37:56,710 --> 01:38:01,710
section so they'll tell us what is our existing street made out of so that then we

1193
01:38:01,710 --> 01:38:05,230
can say what does it need to be made out of and the future design.

1194
01:38:06,730 --> 01:38:11,150
The disruptions associated with this are usually only a few hours so they're out there

1195
01:38:11,150 --> 01:38:13,610
pretty quick, they drill their hole and they get out of there.

1196
01:38:13,710 --> 01:38:17,750
They patch it with asphalt when they're done and you'll see it anytime you see a hockey

1197
01:38:17,750 --> 01:38:21,030
puck size brand new fresh asphalt that's usually going to be from a bore.

1198
01:38:24,680 --> 01:38:31,020
That is kind of my stopping point on what you see out there before design during data collection

1199
01:38:31,020 --> 01:38:40,900
And before I get into the local drainage independent updates, any questions on general field services that you'll see during a data collection phase of the project?

1200
01:38:41,220 --> 01:38:48,060
Well, it's good information, especially on the trees, because I had a lot of neighbors on the Lexington freak out that their tree was going to be moved.

1201
01:38:48,480 --> 01:38:49,080
Yeah, cut down.

1202
01:38:49,460 --> 01:38:52,100
Glad to be presenting this so everybody has an understanding.

1203
01:38:53,520 --> 01:38:55,100
Anything else on general services?

1204
01:38:55,100 --> 01:39:10,760
I think that there's a large majority of our citizens who are really gun shy right now after the encore massive polls have shown up in their yard with no warning.

1205
01:39:11,820 --> 01:39:20,600
And so when they start to see paint and they start to see flags and nobody's told them anything they immediately just get scared.

1206
01:39:20,600 --> 01:39:24,720
what's happening, what are they about to do to my yard,

1207
01:39:24,900 --> 01:39:26,680
what are they about, you know, am I getting a poll?

1208
01:39:29,380 --> 01:39:33,220
And some of the drainage projects that you're about to discuss

1209
01:39:34,020 --> 01:39:37,640
brought that out of a lot of people in town,

1210
01:39:37,980 --> 01:39:40,300
a lot of my neighbors reached out for, you know,

1211
01:39:40,460 --> 01:39:42,940
scared to death because all of a sudden there were,

1212
01:39:43,600 --> 01:39:45,600
with no warning, no information, nothing.

1213
01:39:46,460 --> 01:39:49,660
Our yards were just dotted with paint and flags

1214
01:39:49,660 --> 01:39:53,880
And so people obviously were like, Shelley, what's happening?

1215
01:39:54,020 --> 01:39:54,440
What's happening?

1216
01:39:54,700 --> 01:39:56,540
And I'm like, Brian, what's happening?

1217
01:39:56,800 --> 01:39:57,160
What's happening?

1218
01:39:59,480 --> 01:40:02,000
So that's a great presentation.

1219
01:40:02,260 --> 01:40:03,180
It's very informative.

1220
01:40:05,780 --> 01:40:08,260
It might should have come a little earlier.

1221
01:40:09,560 --> 01:40:13,340
And so you would really be nice for those people to know,

1222
01:40:13,480 --> 01:40:15,400
hey, don't be alarmed.

1223
01:40:15,920 --> 01:40:19,540
This is what you may see some of this coming up in the next

1224
01:40:19,540 --> 01:40:24,700
few days in your neighborhood. This is what it is, you know, so that it's not just in

1225
01:40:24,700 --> 01:40:30,200
just like the lady here tonight. No one told her anything. I know that's not the city

1226
01:40:30,200 --> 01:40:35,080
that was on court, but no one told her anything. And a lot of people who have these huge polls

1227
01:40:35,080 --> 01:40:40,840
in their yards right now, no one told them anything. So I think we just need to do a better

1228
01:40:40,840 --> 01:40:47,660
job of getting ahead of scaring the death out of our citizens when stuff like that pops

1229
01:40:47,660 --> 01:41:01,520
and communicating with them that this is coming and this is happening, why it's coming, why it's happening, what can we do about it, what can we not do about it to stop some of the some of this hysteria?

1230
01:41:01,520 --> 01:41:16,640
No, I definitely understand it. I understand. We've been working with communications department on capital projects. There's a good plan in place to get ahead of any, any field, anything in the field.

1231
01:41:17,080 --> 01:41:27,980
Right of way permitting is different than capital permitting. So make sure that through right away permitting they're going to be doing the same thing at the right away permitting or those third part of utilities.

1232
01:41:27,980 --> 01:41:30,600
not just on court others that are coming and doing,

1233
01:41:30,880 --> 01:41:33,400
they'll be paint out there for everything.

1234
01:41:33,580 --> 01:41:35,760
They're required to buy our code,

1235
01:41:36,260 --> 01:41:38,520
call for painting of existing utilities,

1236
01:41:39,200 --> 01:41:40,720
anytime they're gonna do anything.

1237
01:41:41,460 --> 01:41:46,100
And so that's where we may need to work with 8-1-1

1238
01:41:46,100 --> 01:41:48,180
so I'm gonna see because we'll call for 8-1-1

1239
01:41:48,180 --> 01:41:51,220
and they work all over and so they're not necessarily

1240
01:41:51,220 --> 01:41:52,860
going to call and tell anybody

1241
01:41:52,860 --> 01:41:54,100
they're gonna come put paint down.

1242
01:41:54,100 --> 01:42:02,940
So we have a right away management ordinance but then also with that some utility companies

1243
01:42:02,940 --> 01:42:10,980
we require franchise agreements on core has one at miss has one telecommunications they

1244
01:42:10,980 --> 01:42:16,620
may have one but overall our overarching is our right away management ordinance and then

1245
01:42:16,620 --> 01:42:24,340
there is notifications on it now do they all follow it no and it is a cat

1246
01:42:24,340 --> 01:42:30,920
mouse game you know our projects capital projects you know we want to

1247
01:42:30,920 --> 01:42:35,140
follow the law we want to do what's right but unfortunately with some third

1248
01:42:35,140 --> 01:42:40,500
parties it's not that case and we have to stay on it it's unfortunate we

1249
01:42:40,500 --> 01:42:46,280
expand a lot of city resources trying to catch them even on weekends after

1250
01:42:46,280 --> 01:42:52,480
hours so it is unfortunate but we have to do that because we shouldn't be doing

1251
01:42:52,480 --> 01:43:00,880
their job but sometimes we have to to notify. So but when it is our job when we do

1252
01:43:00,880 --> 01:43:06,260
when it is a capital project we do a enable one call and they do spray paint or

1253
01:43:06,260 --> 01:43:10,160
they start to notify yes we we we go on top of that because we have a project

1254
01:43:10,160 --> 01:43:14,440
manager to see that but third parties if it's like a maintenance they'll submit

1255
01:43:14,440 --> 01:43:21,760
for a permit they have the ordinance they know what to do but unfortunately we have to sometimes

1256
01:43:21,760 --> 01:43:29,220
after the fact go after because they didn't do it what teeth do the what I mean well they have

1257
01:43:29,220 --> 01:43:35,300
a ride by law to work in our right away understood that you said we have a franchise agreement and we have

1258
01:43:35,300 --> 01:43:41,400
the right away ordinance but if they don't comply you can stop them till they comply

1259
01:43:43,280 --> 01:43:44,900
She can't stop them completely.

1260
01:43:46,000 --> 01:43:47,760
So we have to play that game.

1261
01:43:48,720 --> 01:43:50,400
No, that's one issue is the right away bit.

1262
01:43:51,180 --> 01:43:55,340
Also too, you know, a lot of our residents don't necessarily know that they might have

1263
01:43:55,340 --> 01:44:01,180
a structure like a fence or a tree or something that's in the utility easement, you know, because

1264
01:44:01,180 --> 01:44:04,880
a lot of them don't have their property surveys right at hand.

1265
01:44:05,060 --> 01:44:10,980
So I think the faster we can get notification out to them and explain it to them is, I know

1266
01:44:10,980 --> 01:44:14,720
I've talked to Daniel a couple of times and he seems to be, he's got some good ideas

1267
01:44:15,440 --> 01:44:19,540
about how to next steps to improve this process.

1268
01:44:20,040 --> 01:44:25,240
We have a little more control on rideaways, it makes it a little tougher when it's also

1269
01:44:25,240 --> 01:44:31,960
textot, ride away because they have their own permitting and not often do they give

1270
01:44:31,960 --> 01:44:37,720
us heads up so we have to also work that channel as well and that makes it challenging.

1271
01:44:37,720 --> 01:44:45,140
And if it's not on our right away, if it's in a utility easement, it's behind somebody's house, the city really doesn't have much teeth there

1272
01:44:45,140 --> 01:44:51,820
And they're still required to come, you know, we want them to come paint the grass because we want them to mark where our water lines are.

1273
01:44:51,860 --> 01:44:57,320
Oh, yeah, I know you're suggesting we don't want them to do that, but we're just trying to make it.

1274
01:44:57,500 --> 01:44:59,080
Yeah, we required them to paint.

1275
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:29,740
We can't find utilities. We get on to them if they don't do that. And we've seen some of the results of that on Main Street over the last two years. So Shelley, what would you have liked to see you live there? They just did all this in your neighborhood a week or two ago. I mean, just like a simple door hanger. So head is what we're doing. I think that's easy quick and and gives them a resource. Please reach out if you have any other questions. We may not have control of when those third parties are going to come out and do that stuff. But we have control of the knowledge of the project.

1276
01:45:29,740 --> 01:45:42,180
Right. On ours. Yeah. And so with ours, absolutely. Yeah. So with ours, you know, that's definitely something we can control that. Absolutely. And even with their party, a lot of

1277
01:45:42,180 --> 01:45:54,800
Okay, we can say on top of that. Like a yard sign. I mean, this project's coming through here. Yes. And we can do that. And typically we'll put a

1278
01:45:54,800 --> 01:45:55,540
the IP sign.

1279
01:45:55,900 --> 01:45:56,020
Yeah.

1280
01:45:56,120 --> 01:45:57,180
You know, your text all the time.

1281
01:45:57,520 --> 01:45:58,640
So we do that for our CIP.

1282
01:45:58,840 --> 01:46:04,580
And we get some of our third party vendors when they have our ordinance and stuff.

1283
01:46:04,700 --> 01:46:05,140
Depends.

1284
01:46:05,400 --> 01:46:06,300
No, not really.

1285
01:46:06,520 --> 01:46:07,260
No, they're wrong.

1286
01:46:07,300 --> 01:46:08,940
We negotiated that.

1287
01:46:09,180 --> 01:46:14,760
Some right now in our right-of-way management ordinance is a three by three sign that just

1288
01:46:14,760 --> 01:46:16,480
provides notification and a number.

1289
01:46:17,980 --> 01:46:19,140
That's really it.

1290
01:46:22,700 --> 01:46:22,860
Yeah.

1291
01:46:22,960 --> 01:46:26,480
And we do, and we'll get into it a little bit with the drainage projects and specific examples.

1292
01:46:26,480 --> 01:46:39,880
So we met out on this project yesterday, but once we are into design and we start understanding what issues are, that's when we typically begin communicating with residents.

1293
01:46:40,340 --> 01:46:47,140
We don't want to scare folks early year than needed because they're going to say, what are you doing?

1294
01:46:48,260 --> 01:46:50,160
We don't know, we're just gathering data right now.

1295
01:46:50,160 --> 01:46:52,900
But we understand when we can, we will do that.

1296
01:46:53,340 --> 01:46:55,960
But typically, once we get into a design process,

1297
01:46:55,960 --> 01:47:00,520
we understand what things are going to happen to solve the problem.

1298
01:47:00,920 --> 01:47:03,100
Then we can say what impacts are these folks going to have?

1299
01:47:03,200 --> 01:47:03,940
Like on Tami Lane.

1300
01:47:05,500 --> 01:47:09,160
You know, what's going to happen is there's about 200 acres of land

1301
01:47:09,160 --> 01:47:11,440
drains to this green box right now.

1302
01:47:11,820 --> 01:47:14,560
So we're trying to get some of that around it.

1303
01:47:14,820 --> 01:47:18,160
And so we're trying to, we're going to put in a 42-inch bypass pipe,

1304
01:47:18,160 --> 01:47:23,500
get that water into that pipe and around those people's homes so that they aren't impacted

1305
01:47:23,500 --> 01:47:30,840
anymore. Then that will dump into this channel here, just off of Kent. But what we see is okay,

1306
01:47:31,280 --> 01:47:36,720
there's pipe up sizing that needs to happen in a city easement between homes. So we start coordinating

1307
01:47:37,280 --> 01:47:43,260
with those homeowners and say here are the fences or you have a shrub that you have a pipe that's the

1308
01:47:43,260 --> 01:47:46,580
city's pipe under the ground that needs to be improved because it's

1309
01:47:46,580 --> 01:47:51,320
undersized. Then we start working with them on what it's going to take so

1310
01:47:51,320 --> 01:47:55,640
that when we make the final plans to go to bid, all of those items are in the

1311
01:47:55,640 --> 01:47:57,820
bid sets so that change orders down the way or.

1312
01:47:57,820 --> 01:48:01,140
That temporary fencing, if the fence is in the way.

1313
01:48:01,260 --> 01:48:04,980
Yeah, or replanting, or replanting vegetation, but all those things we have to call

1314
01:48:04,980 --> 01:48:09,280
for in our plan sets so that they can be paid for in the bid.

1315
01:48:10,000 --> 01:48:11,320
So we try to get that through design.

1316
01:48:11,320 --> 01:48:16,620
But we're going to start doing is doing neighborhood meetings during design phase once we get towards the end of design

1317
01:48:16,620 --> 01:48:21,560
Make sure that we've captured all those things and then do another as we just did with Donna channel

1318
01:48:22,060 --> 01:48:28,400
With the contractor. It's really good once the contractors on board that we visit with the neighbors and the person who's gonna

1319
01:48:28,400 --> 01:48:32,020
Actually be doing the work during the design phase. We don't know who's going to be doing the work

1320
01:48:32,020 --> 01:48:37,560
So it's we don't have anybody to show them as their guy yet, but we can tell them what's about to happen

1321
01:48:39,260 --> 01:48:42,960
Specifically if this project what you're going to see is street trenching and then so you'll

1322
01:48:42,960 --> 01:48:47,040
have some road closures off and on you'll have construction noise and dust like normal.

1323
01:48:47,620 --> 01:48:52,560
You'll have landscape and irrigation disruption potentially or we just talked about in these

1324
01:48:52,560 --> 01:48:57,860
green areas where there are you're in you're in someone's easement that's between two property

1325
01:48:57,860 --> 01:49:02,840
lines and there are not you know there's a fence across it so there's some coordination

1326
01:49:02,840 --> 01:49:08,580
that's required and that's typical on existing rehabs and then select a tree removal you know

1327
01:49:08,580 --> 01:49:14,020
this creek is filled with trees right now that they're blocking flow of water which is a big

1328
01:49:14,020 --> 01:49:19,220
part of why sediment builds up and then it backs up so then some trees will have to go that are

1329
01:49:19,220 --> 01:49:25,840
in that creek and that's just one one project example kind of what what people will feel and we'll

1330
01:49:25,840 --> 01:49:31,520
begin to work with them. Similar Velma drives another one Velma we're adding curb in this 21

1331
01:49:31,520 --> 01:49:38,120
one curbulence, try to catch the water off of the road along Velma and you'll see people

1332
01:49:38,640 --> 01:49:44,500
or maybe seeing activity right now or in the red boxes on Pintail, Mildred, and then

1333
01:49:44,500 --> 01:49:49,680
this I think is Carolyn, where you're seeing additional flags or information gathering

1334
01:49:50,160 --> 01:49:54,140
because we, through design, say we need a little more survey over here so that we make sure

1335
01:49:54,140 --> 01:49:56,500
that we have the right design to account for all of it.

1336
01:49:56,500 --> 01:50:01,520
So activities that might be going on in these red boxes are just data gathering right now.

1337
01:50:03,000 --> 01:50:07,880
Again, you know what might be, what might be impacts as we get there will be additional

1338
01:50:07,880 --> 01:50:11,520
street trenching, some road closures, there will be construction noise and dust.

1339
01:50:12,160 --> 01:50:15,920
And then anytime when we touch someone's yard we plan for a certain amount of irrigation

1340
01:50:15,920 --> 01:50:18,740
and landscaping repair so that that is already in the bid.

1341
01:50:18,860 --> 01:50:22,700
We don't know if there's irrigation but we count on certain amount being irrigated so

1342
01:50:22,700 --> 01:50:23,640
they can repair those pipes.

1343
01:50:25,060 --> 01:50:30,500
And whether we count for order not, if there's irrigation in the contractor hits it, it's always put back.

1344
01:50:30,760 --> 01:50:40,580
It's always fixed. So, none of these things we just wipe out and go away unless it's a tree in a city easement that has to go to be able to count for the project goal.

1345
01:50:42,600 --> 01:50:50,140
Okay, Birkett, I'll go quickly. This is just going to be ditch line grading and one culvert here, one pipe segment here.

1346
01:50:50,140 --> 01:50:55,140
So they're going to clean up the ditches, treat the flow to work better, and the red was the original

1347
01:50:55,140 --> 01:51:00,760
boundary, or adding a little bit more in this green and blue. So we're trying to capture a little more

1348
01:51:00,760 --> 01:51:05,400
through design. We saw that if we stretch the project just a little bit more, we can really make benefit for the homes.

1349
01:51:07,060 --> 01:51:11,280
We're trying to keep going fast. Now those were all local projects out of the bond.

1350
01:51:11,580 --> 01:51:17,100
Kimbrou Shaw is the moment we're working just started design. The grant monies came from FEMA for design only.

1351
01:51:17,100 --> 01:51:19,560
we'll have to go back to them for construction.

1352
01:51:19,860 --> 01:51:21,180
So this is a longer project.

1353
01:51:22,020 --> 01:51:24,360
So we're anticipating maybe construction

1354
01:51:24,360 --> 01:51:25,840
will start late 2027.

1355
01:51:26,060 --> 01:51:27,140
That's all dependent on FEMA.

1356
01:51:27,740 --> 01:51:30,840
But what the folks are seeing now is survey data gathering.

1357
01:51:31,280 --> 01:51:33,460
So they see things along this large stretch.

1358
01:51:34,580 --> 01:51:37,720
We're two, three years away from anything actually

1359
01:51:37,720 --> 01:51:39,240
happening out on that street.

1360
01:51:40,240 --> 01:51:41,980
These infrastructure projects, especially

1361
01:51:41,980 --> 01:51:43,820
when the grant related do take a while.

1362
01:51:44,240 --> 01:51:45,300
It's going to be a great project.

1363
01:51:45,300 --> 01:51:54,200
I mean, it's almost 4,000 foot of storm drain and channel improvements and it's going to improve the drainage around 70 plus properties.

1364
01:51:54,640 --> 01:52:00,340
So we have survey in that Sue subsurface utilities during this happening, currently your long-med alignment.

1365
01:52:02,460 --> 01:52:04,960
All right, Travis and Franklin, this is the one that's coming up soon.

1366
01:52:06,260 --> 01:52:11,560
Summership here, we already have a contractor on board, Texas Road, the same one doing the Donna Channel.

1367
01:52:11,560 --> 01:52:15,240
We're already working on planning the meat contractor event for this one.

1368
01:52:16,340 --> 01:52:19,620
We have kind of far much further along, right?

1369
01:52:19,760 --> 01:52:20,380
Everything's done.

1370
01:52:20,680 --> 01:52:25,220
They shouldn't see any activity out there until we have our meat contractor start working

1371
01:52:25,220 --> 01:52:31,740
on the plan to address their project while accommodating what their accesses to their homes,

1372
01:52:32,360 --> 01:52:36,700
any disruption to, you know, their yards, really what this project is going to be is

1373
01:52:36,700 --> 01:52:43,480
Reconstruction, ditch grading, inlet and drain line installation, really making a big improvement on

1374
01:52:43,480 --> 01:52:44,420
Travis and Franklin.

1375
01:52:46,840 --> 01:52:50,680
So communication, this is slide I talked about earlier. So door hangers with

1376
01:52:50,680 --> 01:52:55,480
project information will be distributed prior to construction. We'll have that pre- meet the

1377
01:52:55,480 --> 01:53:00,280
contractor meeting. We'll work a ground breaking when the ground breaking is determined necessary for

1378
01:53:00,280 --> 01:53:06,360
each one of these prior to the construction kickoff. And then as I said individualized communication

1379
01:53:06,360 --> 01:53:08,600
will be done on impact at home owners.

1380
01:53:08,740 --> 01:53:11,960
If you just have a normal house and there's not really impact

1381
01:53:11,960 --> 01:53:14,300
with the products adjacent, you're getting hangar,

1382
01:53:14,700 --> 01:53:16,080
you're getting invited to the meet the contractor.

1383
01:53:16,200 --> 01:53:17,160
We want to hear your input.

1384
01:53:17,620 --> 01:53:19,680
But if we know through engineering something's going on

1385
01:53:20,320 --> 01:53:22,460
that is specific with your home,

1386
01:53:22,880 --> 01:53:24,860
we have individualized meetings with those folks.

1387
01:53:26,400 --> 01:53:27,440
I think that's it.

1388
01:53:32,350 --> 01:53:33,110
Any questions?

1389
01:53:33,570 --> 01:53:35,910
No, I'll take a motion.

1390
01:53:36,510 --> 01:53:36,870
Thank you.

1391
01:53:37,050 --> 01:53:37,550
Thank you, Jacob.

1392
01:53:37,650 --> 01:53:38,290
Yeah, thanks, Jacob.

1393
01:53:38,290 --> 01:53:38,890
Thanks, Jacob.

1394
01:53:41,020 --> 01:53:44,460
I'll make a motion to receive the updates as presented.

1395
01:53:46,960 --> 01:53:47,540
I'll second.

1396
01:53:48,760 --> 01:53:52,500
Motion made by Mayor Potion Smith, seconded by Councilwoman Cobb.

1397
01:53:52,560 --> 01:53:53,100
Any discussion?

1398
01:53:54,500 --> 01:53:55,740
All in favor, please say aye.

1399
01:53:56,060 --> 01:53:56,280
Aye.

1400
01:53:57,940 --> 01:53:58,460
All right.

1401
01:53:58,660 --> 01:54:00,900
The City of Taylor City Council convened an open session

1402
01:54:00,900 --> 01:54:03,920
declared a quorum on February 26, 2026,

1403
01:54:03,920 --> 01:54:05,720
and has posted an efficient legend

1404
01:54:05,720 --> 01:54:08,280
to indicating the possible need for an executive session.

1405
01:54:08,280 --> 01:54:26,020
Executive Session 1, the Taylor City Council will conduct a close executive meeting under Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to consult with City Attorney and Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code to consider Economic Development Negotiations regarding Project Commal and Project Red.

1406
01:54:26,660 --> 01:54:37,160
Executive Session 2, the Taylor City Council will conduct a close executive session under Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to consult with City Attorney regarding wastewater treatment,

1407
01:54:37,160 --> 01:54:39,020
I'm a bank capacity in discharge permit.

1408
01:54:39,960 --> 01:54:47,840
Item two, Rob Mark at all versus City of Taylor at all caused number 24-0447-C425.

1409
01:54:48,800 --> 01:54:58,900
Christopher Kibbedo and Jamie Kibbedo versus City of Taylor at all caused number 24-1746-C425.

1410
01:54:59,440 --> 01:55:06,720
Executive station three, the City of Taylor City Council will conduct a close executive meeting under Section 551 to the Texas Government Code.

1411
01:55:06,720 --> 01:55:13,280
to consult with City Attorney and Section 5551074, the Texas Government Code regarding

1412
01:55:14,860 --> 01:55:20,220
update and deliberate. Deliberate the police chief recruitment and selection process,

1413
01:55:20,400 --> 01:55:25,440
there will be no action taken in executive session. Any action resulting from the executive session

1414
01:55:25,440 --> 01:55:31,000
will be taken in open session immediately following the executive session. The time now is 755.

1415
01:55:37,040 --> 01:55:44,480
940, we are back in session, is reconvening an open session announced, there's no action

1416
01:55:44,480 --> 01:55:48,560
taken in executive session, we will adjourn it 941.