JUNE 24TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAWKINS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND. PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS THANKING YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF TYLER. WE ASK FOR WISDOM, DISCERNMENT, AND GUIDANCE AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY. WE OFFER SPECIAL THANKS FOR THE SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP OF OUR DON WARREN. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HIS DEDICATION, COMMITMENT, AND THE COUNTLESS HOURS HE HAS DEVOTED TO HELP MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD. BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY AS HE CONCLUDES THIS CHAPTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND BEGINS HIS NEW SEASON. LORD, CONTINUE TO GUIDE THIS COUNCIL, OUR CITY STAFF, FIRST RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ALL WHO WORK EACH DAY TO MAKE TYLER A BETTER PLACE. MAY OUR DECISIONS TODAY REFLECT WISDOM, FAIRNESS, AND A GENUINE DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE WE SERVE. IN JESUS'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE MINUTES FROM MAY THE 13TH, 2026. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY NICHOLLS. SECOND BY HAWKINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. BEFORE WE GO TO E ONE, I DO WANT TO LET YOU. YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'VE GOT KLEENEX UP HERE. IT'S BECAUSE I HAD EYELID SURGERY. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M NOT. BECAUSE I'M CAREFUL. AND I'VE GOT A BLACK EYE. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF MY WIFE. BUT BEFORE WE BEFORE WE DO GO TO E ONE BEFORE WE GO TO E ONE. I DO WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE. YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN FABULOUS STAFF. FABULOUS CITIZENS. FABULOUS. THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST SIX YEARS OF MY LIFE. I WILL TELL YOU, THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE IN THE HOUSEHOLD. WHEN WHEN SARAH ASKED THE MAYOR TO GO GET A LOAF OF BREAD, HE'S GOING TO GO TO HIS LOCAL STORE, WHICH USUALLY TAKES ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT 45. YEAH. AND WHEN SARAH GOES INTO THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND PEOPLE CALL HER FIRST LADY, SHELLY, IF YOU LIKE SHELLY, YOU'LL SAY, DO NOT CALL ME. AND SARAH. I WILL SAY THIS IF YOU NEED ANY GUIDANCE ON RULES, PROCEDURES OR WHATEVER, SOMEBODY PHONE MINE. YOU KNOW, JELLY, JELLY ALWAYS HAD A RULE. AND HER RULE WAS, I GO TO THREE EVENTS EVERY MONTH AND I GET TO GET BY, GO BY ONE OUTFIT. AND BUT THE, THE THREE EVENTS YOU'D GO TO EVERY MONTH, THEY COULD NOT BE BACK TO BACK. SO IT COULDN'T BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SO YOU HAVE TO SOMETIMES SET RULES TO. BECAUSE STUART'S GOING TO BE GONE A LOT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO NOT WANT TO GO TO EVERY SINGLE THING HE GOES TO. SO SET YOUR RULES UP STUART. GOOD LUCK GOING AND GET THAT LOVE OF BREAD. AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. SO LET'S GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD. WE GOT HE WON. CASSANDRA. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CASSANDRA BRAZIER, CITY CLERK. GOOD MORNING. I'M COMING TO YOU. REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER CANVASING THE RETURNS OF THE TYLER CITY COUNCIL RUNOFF ELECTION HELD JUNE 13TH, 2026 FOR MERIT LODGE AND THE ORDERING. ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE RESULTS. THE RESULTS WERE. JOHN NIX 3841. STEWART HANEY 5175. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU CANVASS THE RETURNS OF THAT ELECTION HELD ON JUNE 13TH, 2026. ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON E ONE. SO MOVED. SECOND. WHO WAS THE SECOND? CARLY GOT A MOTION. AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. I'M GLAD THERE'S NOBODY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. E TWO. JUDGE. JUDGE MCCULLOUGH, WE HAVE ANOTHER JUDGE IN THE ROOM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE. SO AT THIS
TIME WE'LL DO A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AND OATH OF OFFICE TO THE NEWLY ELECTED TYLER CITY MAYOR STEWART. IN THE NAME, IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I. STEWART, HANEY, I. STEWART, HANEY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TYLER, AND THE CITY OF TYLER, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. IT WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. YES. COME ON UP. COME ON HERE. IF YOU'RE. NOT TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK I DON'T LIKE. ALL RIGHT. WHAT AN EXCITING MOMENT. YES. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO GET TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF TYLER IN THIS CAPACITY. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING PAST FIVE YEARS BEING ON COUNCIL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEXT STAGE REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS OF TYLER AND, AND WORKING WITH STAFF AND WORKING WITH WITH COUNCIL. AS MAYOR WARREN MENTIONED, WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL COUNCIL THAT TRULY LOOKS OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M PROUD TO GET TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF. AND I'M HONORED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO THANK MAYOR WARREN FOR HIS SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO TO OUR COUNCIL, TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT HE BUILT AND ESTABLISHED WITH THE CITIZENS OF TYLER. HIS COMMITMENT TO HAVING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYBODY TRULY IS WHAT DEFINED HIS HIS TENURE. IT WASN'T ABOUT THE TANGIBLE PROJECTS. IT WAS THAT INTANGIBLE CONNECTION THAT HE MADE WITH EVERYBODY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO WITH EVERYBODY HERE IN TYLER. SO THANK YOU ALL. MY FAMILY'S HERE. SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO TO MY WIFE, SARAH, BOTH OF MY BOYS, BURCH AND CULLEN. THEN MY PARENTS ARE HERE AS WELL. PAUL AND SUSAN COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THEM. THEIR SUPPORT, THEIR GUIDANCE, AND OBVIOUSLY THE LESSONS THAT THEY HAVE INSTILLED IN ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR LOVE AND AND FOR BEING WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO TO MY TEAM THAT IS HERE
SUPPORTING ME AND MY FRIENDS AND MY PARENTS FRIENDS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. SO IT'S, IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO GET TO BE HERE TO, TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. AND WITH THAT, LET'S, LET'S GET TO WORK. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LEAVE, I WILL NOT FEEL SLIGHTED. WE GO. HERE WE GO. JUDGES LEAVING. HI. HE'S GONNA COME AND TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT BUSINESS. YEAH, YOU GOTTA KEEP THAT. THERE THEY GO. I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE PEOPLE LEAVE BEFORE I SPEAK. TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF. THANK YOU. AMY. I'LL GIVE HIM A MINUTE, THEN. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. YOUR FAMILY, I MEAN, THAT'S ACTUALLY. YES, EXACTLY. OH YEAH. OH THAT'S RIGHT. MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT THE DOOR AFTER THE SWEARING IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JIM. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SARAH FOR STAYING AND NOT LEAVING. I'M GLAD SHE STUCK AROUND. THAT'S ALL THE BOYS. HERE WE GO. CAN WE GO TO. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE YOUR LAST MEETING. ALL RIGHT, WATCH US ON FACEBOOK. Z1 KYLE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING. KYLE KINGMAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY. THIS FIRST ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR A PLANNED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ZONING SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. THIS IS FOR BELLWOOD. 323 THE WEST SIDE PLACE DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE MAP, THIS IS JUST WEST OF THE WEST LOOP AND ROBERTSON ROAD. THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING THE CHANGE TO ADJUST THE SITE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE GENERALLY COMMERCIAL IN NATURE AND ARE BEING DEVELOPED AS SUCH. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE AREA. IDENTIFIED IT AS COMMERCIAL. AS YOU SEE HERE, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND BACK IN 2022, THE APPLICANT WAS APPROVED FOR A SITE PLAN YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SHOWING ALL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WITH A A ROUNDABOUT INTERSECTION THAT ROBERTSON AND WHITESIDE. THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AMENDMENT REDUCES THE RETAIL COMPONENT BY ONE AND ALSO ADDS A. A QUICK SERVE RESTAURANT USE ALONG ROBERTSON ROAD TO SERVE THAT AREA AND ALSO REMOVES THAT INTERSECTION. THE ROUNDABOUT INTERSECTION DUE TO HOW THAT HOW THE USERS WILL USE THAT INTERSECTION AND IT'S NO LONGER FEASIBLE TO TO DO THAT. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT. AND YOU SEE THERE THE THE T INTERSECTION AT WHITESIDE. I'LL GO BACK TO THIS SITE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WERE APPROVED FOR THIS SITE BACK IN 2008. THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT, NUMBER RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION. AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR. COME. NO MOVE TO APPROVE. ONE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES Z TWO. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A THOROUGHFARE CLOSURE OF UNIMPROVED PORTION OF ROSE STREET. THIS IS. AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROSE STREET AND BOYD AVENUE. THIS REQUEST ACTUALLY WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF A SIX MONTH REQUIREMENT TO REPLANT THE. THE PROPERTY WITHIN REPLAT THE RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN SIX MONTHS. WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO TODAY TO TO
REDO THIS ONE. BUT AS YOU SEE HERE, IT'S JUST TO CLOSE A PORTION OF UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY THERE. THE THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE ALL RESIDENTIAL OR CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO INCORPORATE THIS SECTION INTO OR PORTION OF THIS SECTION INTO THEIR LOT TO INCREASE THE BUILDABLE AREA FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. WITH THAT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? Z TWO PASSES, Z THREE, ALSO IN ROSE STREET. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM R-1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R-1. SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND DETACHED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT PLANS TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THIS LOT. AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE ZONING MAP, IT'S SURROUNDED BY A VARIETY OF ZONING DISTRICTS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, LARGELY IN DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE PROPERTY'S PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS PLANNED FOR MULTIPLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON A SINGLE LOT. SO LIKE A CLUSTER IN DEVELOPMENT THERE. BUT THE APPLICANT PLANS TO USE THIS LOT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE REQUEST WILL HELP THEM INCREASE THE BUILDABLE AREA FOR THE LOT VERSUS THE CURRENT ZONING. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AS YOU SEE, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. THERE ARE SOME NEWER HOMES IN THE AREA AND THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE THAT ACTIVITY. THE NOTICE OF INTENT NEVER RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? C THREE PASSES, Z FOUR. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONE CHANGE ON WEST OAKWOOD FROM MULTIFAMILY TO SINGLE FAMILY. SIMILAR TO THE OTHER CASES, THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE EXISTING LOT, INFILL LOT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SMALLER SETBACKS TO HELP FACILITATE THAT INFILL DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU SEE, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE GENERALLY MULTIFAMILY. HOWEVER, THEY ARE DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS AANGETOOND FROM DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT, AND I BELIEVE IT'S CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. THE REQUEST REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE. FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOWING THE AREA'S MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND THIS REQUEST WILL HELP IMPLEMENT OUR GOALS FOR NEW INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE NORTH END OF THE NOTICES THAT WERE SENT OUT, NUMBER RETURNED IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? Z4 PASSES AND Z5Z5 IS A ZONING ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM R-1. A SINGLE FAMILY TO R1 SINGLE FAMILY. ALSO TO DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE NORTH END. AND SO THIS REQUEST ALSO FACILITATES THAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. AS YOU SEE HERE, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR ARE CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS WELL. AND DUE TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LOT, IT'S RATHER SKINNY IN NATURE. THE. THE CURRENT ZONING WOULD. IT REDUCES THE BUILDABLE AREA DUE TO SETBACKS. THE REQUESTED ZONE CHANGE WILL INCREASE THE. THE BUILDABLE AREA FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THIS IS WHAT THEY PLAN TO BUILD ON THE SITE. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. Z FIVE IS APPROVED. THANK YOU KYLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. M1. GOOD MORNING [M-1 Request that the City Council consider receiving a presentation on the Family Self-Sufficiency and Housing Choice Voucher Program’s FY 2026-2027 Annual Plans.] MAYOR. MORNING COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS PRENTISS BUTLER. I'M THE MANAGER FOR THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES, THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO AFFORD SAFE AND HABITABLE HOUSING IN THE PRIVATE MARKET. THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR FUNDING
THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE 2022. AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH YEAR OUR FUNDING HAS INCREASED. HOWEVER, OUR FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 HAS DECREASED BY ABOUT $200,000. HOWEVER, WE HAVE OVER $400,000 IN HUD HELD RESERVES. IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS. OUR HOUSING AGENCY HAS ACTUALLY ALLOCATED 1022 VOUCHERS, OF WHICH 39 OF THOSE ARE DEDICATED TO OUR VAST FAMILIES, AND THOSE ARE OUR VETERAN FAMILIES. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS FROM JANUARY 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 2025, WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 960 FAMILIES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HOUSE AND LEASE EVERY MONTH. THAT AVERAGE OF THAT AVERAGE, 29 WERE VETERAN FAMILIES AND 931 WERE NON VASH FAMILIES. WE WERE ABLE TO PAY AN AVERAGE OF $932,000 PER MONTH TO OUR PARTICIPATING OWNERS ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILIES, AND THAT TOTAL OVER $11 MILLION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. SINCE 2024, WE HAVEN'T ABLE TO OPEN OUR WAITING LIST, WHICH ALLOWS OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO APPLY FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING JUNE OF 2025. WE RECEIVED OVER 6000 HOUSING APPLICATIONS. THE AGENCY SELECTED 2000 FAMILIES TO PLACE ON THIS WAITING LIST, AND FROM JUNE OF 2025 TO APRIL OF 2026, WE WERE ABLE TO CALL 350 FAMILIES FROM THAT LIST. AND SO WE HAVE 1650 FAMILIES LEFT ON THAT WAITING LIST. FOR OUR PROGRAM YEAR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY FROM OCTOBER OF 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 2025. WE AVERAGED 976 PARTICIPANTS EACH MONTH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOUSE AND ASSIST HOUSING ASSISTANCE. OTHER 1976 948 WERE NON FAMILIES AND 28 WERE VASH. OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS OUR PARTICIPANTS TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE WITH MORTGAGE. SO WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF AVERAGE OF 12 FAMILIES WHO WERE IN OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM. AND WE PAID OVER $99,000 IN MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO THESE FAMILIES. WE ALSO HAD ADDITIONAL THREE FAMILIES THAT WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE HOMES, AND THEY RECEIVED A TOTAL OF OVER $44,000 IN DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. AS A VOUCHER PARTICIPANT. THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO TRANSFER THEIR VOUCHER FROM DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. SO WE HAD 37 PARTICIPANTS IN TYLER THAT DECIDED TO SUPPORT THEIR VOUCHER AND MOVE THEIR VOUCHER TO ANOTHER AREA, AND IN RETURN, WE RECEIVED 23 PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER AGENCIES THAT NOW ARE IN SMITH COUNTY. IN 2025, WE DID HAVE A 234 ACTIVE OWNERS, AND THOSE ACTIVE OWNERS RECEIVED OVER $11 MILLION IN HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS. THE AGENCY PERFORMED 1133 INSPECTIONS. THIS WAS REQUIRED BEFORE THE AGENCY CAN UTILIZE FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE THE FAMILY. THE AGENCY PERFORMED 790 ANNUAL OR BIENNIAL INSPECTIONS THAT'S REQUIRED BASED ON THE ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION PROCESS, IN ORDER TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO CONTINUE, AND THE AGENCY PERFORMED 343 INITIAL INSPECTIONS. AND THAT'S WHEN A FAMILY MOVES INTO A BRAND NEW UNIT, OR THEY'RE MOVING FROM UNIT TO UNIT. THE AGENCY DID HAVE 167 TERMINATIONS. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS A FAMILY WOULD LOSE THEIR ASSISTANCE. I JUST LISTED THE ONES THAT ARE MOST PREVALENT FAILURE TO SUBMIT ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY HUD REPORTING INCOME WITHIN TEN DAYS. IT'S AN INCOME BASED PROGRAM, SO IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE AGENCY TO KNOW WHAT THE INCOME IS. IF THEY'RE IN A REPAYMENT AGREEMENT AND THEY'RE NOT UPHOLDING THEIR AGREEMENT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO END ASSISTANCE. OR IF THERE'S EXPIRATION OF VOUCHERS, THEY UTILIZE THEIR THEIR TIME ALLOTTED TO SEARCH, IF THEY VOLUNTEER, WITHDRAWN, IF THEY HAVE REPEATED LEASE VIOLATIONS. BUT THESE ARE JUST THE MAJOR REASONS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS. $417,000 IS WHAT WE HAVE OWED TO US, BASED ON PARTICIPANTS NOT REPORTING THEIR INCOME. AND THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY FOR THE YEAR. THAT'S A CUMULATIVE TOTAL. HOWEVER, FOR 2025, WE DID RECEIVE 957 PAYMENTS THAT TOTALED ABOUT $110,000 RECOVERED IN FRAUD RECOVERY. WE DID HAVE 42 RELATED HOUSING RELATED APPEALS. THESE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE WHEN AN AGENCY MAKES A DECISION ON THE CASE, A PARTICIPANT HAS A RIGHT TO APPEAL WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. OF THOSE 42 APPEALS, WE OVERTURNED 17, WE UPHELD 22, AND THREE WERE DENIED OR VOIDED. RETRACTED. WHEN THERE'S SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OR OR CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO OVERTURN A DECISION, THEN WE'LL DO THAT. BUT THOSE THREE THAT WERE DENIED, AVOIDED, RETRACTED. IT WAS EITHER BECAUSE THE PARTICIPANT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE TEN DAY PERIOD, OR THEY DECIDED TO RETRACT THEIR APPEAL, OR THEY COULD HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUE BEFORE THE APPEAL HEARING. WE ALSO
HAVE OUR FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM, WHICH ENABLES OUR FAMILIES TO INCREASE THEIR EARNED INCOME AND REDUCE THEIR DEPENDENCY ON WELFARE ASSISTANCE AND RENTAL SUBSIDIES. IN 2025, WE HAD 25 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS, OF WHICH 21 WERE EMPLOYED. TWO WERE ENROLLED IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, ONE ENROLLED IN OTHER PROGRAM RELATED ACTIVITIES, AND WE HAD ONE FAMILY THAT DECIDED TO REPORT THEIR ASSISTANCE TO ANOTHER AGENCY. WE DID ACCRUE $63,000 IN ESCROW FUNDS, AND THESE FUNDS ARE WHEN THERE IS AN INCREASE IN INCOME, OF COURSE, THEIR PORTION WILL INCREASE. AND SO THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR PORTION AT ENROLLMENT VERSUS WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR EARNED INCOME, WE SET ASIDE AND PUT IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT. AND WHEN THE PARTICIPANT SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATES THE PROGRAM, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO RELEASE THOSE FUNDS TO THE FAMILIES. AND SO IN 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO RELEASE 1800 $0 TO OUR GRADUATES, WHICH WERE FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN 2025. MOVING ON TO 2026, 2027, ANYTIME THERE'S A CHANGE IN HUD REGULATION OF POLICY OR AGENCY PROCEDURE, HUD REQUIRES US TO PUT THAT IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN. AND SO EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH WE HAVE FROM APRIL THE 15TH, 2026 THROUGH MAY 31ST, WE WERE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH AN ENTIRE MORNING PAPER, WHICH WE DID. WE ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE HAD IT POSTED AT THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS GLASS RECREATION CENTER, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND THE TYLER PUBLIC LIBRARY. WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL ADVISORY BOARD. THAT BOARD CONSISTS OF ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE ON THE PROGRAM, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ADDITIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PLAN OR RECEIVE CLARIFICATION. WE DID HAVE A RESIDENTIAL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 22ND, AND WE HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MAY THE 5TH AND MAY THE 14TH, ONE IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE IN THE EVENING. AT THIS TIME, CAN I ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS? IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BERNICE? THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE M ONE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MARSH AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ANYONE IS APPROVED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK JOB. GREAT WORK. YES. WE STILL HAVE THE. YOU'RE NOT OFF THE HOOK YET. I'M SORRY. YOU STILL GOT. YEAH. NO NO NO IT'S SO THERE'S. OH, ONE STILL WHICH [O-1 Request that the City Council consider adopting an Ordinance approving the Family Self-Sufficiency and Housing Choice Voucher Program’s FY 2026-2027 Annual Plans.] IS RELATED TO THIS. THIS IS THE THE ORDINANCE. YES. OH, OKAY. YES. THAT'S WHY PRINCE GETS TO STAY UP HERE. HE DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT PRESENTATION. I'LL HANDLE MY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. HE CAN HANDLE THAT ONE TOO. SO IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAMS, 2026 2027 ANNUAL PLANS. I MOVE TO APPROVE. OH. ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MARSH AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. OH, ONE IS APPROVED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'RE DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANYTHING NEED TO BE REMOVED OR PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, OR IS IT APPROVED AS IS? APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS. SECOND. I'LL SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN NICHOLS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CHILDS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ALRIGHT. WE ARE DOWN TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, A FEW ITEMS OF NOTE. THE 2025 STORMWATER REPAIR PROJECT IS NEARING COMPLETION. INCLUDES THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 1647 WEST MAIN STREET, 516 EAST SIXTH STREET AND 1902 SEVILLE LANE. IMPROVEMENTS AT MIMS STREET AND EAST SIXTH STREET INCLUDE UPGRADES TO DRAINAGE STRUCTURES AT ROADWAY CROSSINGS, WHILE THE SEVILLE LANE SITE INCLUDED INVOLVED REPAIRING EROSION DAMAGE WITHIN AN OPEN CREEK CHANNEL AND CONSTRUCTING A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL TO HELP PREVENT FUTURE EROSION. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING ITEMS I HAVE THAT I WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF ARE REALLY AS FAR AS OR KIND OF EITHER AWARDS OR RECOGNITIONS OF DIFFERENT CITY STAFF AND SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, THE FIRST OF WHICH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF CAMERON IS STILL IN THE WITH US HERE IN THE AUDIENCE OR NOT. HE'S HE'S OUT OF TOWN. OH, HE'S OH, HE LEFT OUT OF TOWN. THAT'S RIGHT. YESTERDAY. SO BUT SO HE WAS ATTENDED THE TEXAS INNOVATION INVITATIONAL, WHICH IS HOSTED BY THE TEXAS INNOVATION ALLIANCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXDOT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. THE STATEWIDE EVENT CONVENES TRANSPORTATION LEADERS, TECHNOLOGISTS, RESEARCHERS, AND PUBLIC SECTOR TEAMS TO SHOWCASE AND ADVANCE INNOVATIONS IMPROVING MOBILITY, SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ACROSS TEXAS. AND CAMERON WILLIAMS REPRESENTED THE CITY OF TYLER AT THE INVITATIONAL AND PITCHED A PROJECT IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER FOR A REAL TIME PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT USING AI ENABLED FLEET VIDEO DATA. TEAM. EAST TEXAS, AS WE WERE KNOWN, WAS ONE OF EIGHT TEAMS WHO PRESENTED AND ULTIMATELY WAS ONE OF THREE TEAMS SELECTED FOR THE STAR AWARDS. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF CAMERON AND HIS WORK WITH OUR UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER. STUDENTS IN BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS JUST THE
FUTURE OF HOW WE ARE ABLE TO USE ENGINEERING, USE THAT FOR OUR PROJECTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LIVES FOR OUR CITIZENS. THE NEXT ONE I WANT TO MENTION IS OUR FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT