Feb 16, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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ALVARADO CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN REGULAR SESSION ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2026, 6:30 P.M. AT CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MAY WE HAVE THE CALL TO ORDER? ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR PRO TEM THOMAS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ARTHUR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHORT. COUNCILMEMBER SHORT IS NOTED ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. MOON HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRYANT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KEATON HERE. MR. MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. AND MR. SHORT REACHED OUT EARLIER.

SHE'S SICK THIS EVENING. SO SHE DID COMMUNICATE IN ADVANCE. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION. MR. ARTHUR, WOULD YOU LEAD US, PLEASE? YES, FATHER. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN THIS CITY. WE'RE GRATEFUL, GOD, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT GOES ON HERE. WE PRAY THAT EACH OF US WOULD BRING OUR IDEALS AND OUR OUR SUGGESTIONS IN WAYS THAT ARE PLEASING TO YOU. WE PRAISE GOD THAT DECISIONS BEING MADE FOR PEOPLE TO FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CITIZENS, AND LET US BE CITY, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND HOPEFULLY TO HONOR THE THINGS THAT WE DO. WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. THAT'S WHERE WE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE. CITIZEN. PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC INPUT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

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MORE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMMISSION MEETING CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT TPWD. TEXAS BUSINESS FEEDBACK. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COPY OF THIS FOR EACH OF YOU, AND THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU'LL BE GETTING THROUGH AS FAR AS THE TIME. THANK YOU. BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. IS JUST AWESOME. AND HOW GREAT FOR YOUR CITY. OH. OH, YEAH, I GOT IT. YES. THANK YOU.

WE DON'T NEED ANYBODY FALLING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS JAMIE JONES.

IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THAT. YAY! OKAY. GOD IS GOOD. ALRIGHT. I GOT THE SHAKES NOW. ALRIGHT.

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ALL DAY ON FEBRUARY THE 20TH, THE I ALVARADO ISD AT CROSSROADS. EVERYTHING YOU GET AT CROSSROADS THROUGH I BELIEVE IT'S THROUGH THE LUNCH HOUR. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE 10% BACK TO THE AISD SATURDAY OUT AT SHEPHERDS VALLEY CHURCH. WE'RE DOING THE THIRD ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR HELPING HANDS FOR JESUS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESSES OUT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PHOTO BOOTH. BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED TO RELAY IS DUE TO THE ICE STORM AND PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT FOR A WHILE, WE NEED BLOOD DONORS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR BLOOD TYPE IS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST USED FOR ACCIDENTS AND THINGS, IT'S USED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO HAVE EMERGENCY SURGERIES OR THINGS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS. AND YOU NEED BLOOD. SO I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT IF YOU CAN DONATE OR YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN DONATE, PLEASE COME UP, ROLL YOUR SLEEVE UP, YOU'LL GET A FREE T SHIRT. AND WHO KNOWS, IF YOU COME IN AND YOU'VE GOT TAPE AROUND YOUR ARM, I MAY GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO MAYBE A HUG, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[COUNCIL COMMENTS]

AND OUR HEROES ARE OFTEN UNSUNG AND AN UNSUNG HERO ON THAT WAS MISS DANIELLE SUBER, WHO LED THAT TEAM. WHO APPLIED FOR THAT GRANT. SO THANK YOU, DANIELLE. INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES.

[INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES]

HI, I'M TAYLOR GRESHAM. AWESOME. I'M FROM OR I'M FROM THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, BUT I NOW LIVE IN ALVARADO, SO I'M HAPPY TO JOIN THE TEAM. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

TAYLOR, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT? CONSENT AGENDA. YOU GOT SEVEN ITEMS ON THERE THIS EVENING.

MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE ITEM FOUR AND FIVE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF ANYBODY ELSE DOESN'T, I'D LIKE NUMBER SIX. PULL AND SIX, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO REMEMBER ONE CLARIFICATION. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL JUST WORK OUR WAY DOWN THROUGH THEM. ITEM

[1. Second Reading of Resolution No. R2025-0043; A Resolution of the City of Alvarado, Texas, authorizing the Alvarado Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) to negotiate and execute an Economic Development Agreement with Massey's BBQ and Grill on the Square for the relocation of the business to 105 S. Friou Street; providing an effective date; and establishing that this project is a business retention and downtown revitalization effort. (Cromer)]

SO SHE ASKED ME TO INTRODUCE THIS TO YOU GUYS. THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR MASSEY'S BARBECUE AND GRILL ON THE SQUARE. IT WAS HARD AT THE LAST MEETING IN JANUARY, COUNCIL IS ASKED TO APPROVE TONIGHT FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION. THIS IS TEXAS LAW REQUIRES US TO DO THIS FOR THE SECOND READING. SO TONIGHT WE DO NEED TO VOTE. WHEREAS LAST TIME IT WAS JUST HEARD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS BUSINESS RETENTION AND DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, AND IS AN 80,000 GRANT APPROVED BY THE ADC BOARD. AND FUNDS ARE PAID DIRECTLY FROM THE EDC AS RECEIPTS COME IN UP TO 80,000. I DO HAVE SOME POINTS OF

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DO YOU KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. NO, THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CLARIFIED ANYMORE. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THAT I THINK I READ IT BEFORE. HOLD ON A SECOND. YES. THE THE INTENT OF THE AGREEMENT IS THAT IT'S, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT ESSENTIALLY FOR EQUIPMENT. SO THE ITEMS IN THE EQUIPMENT ARE FREESTANDING COMMERCIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, REFRIGERATION UNITS, FOOD PREP EQUIPMENT, BEVERAGE SYSTEMS, DINING FURNITURES AND OTHER REMOVABLE EQUIPMENT. PURCHASES WITH EDC FUNDS EXCLUDING PERMANENTLY AFFIXED BUILDING SYSTEMS, PLUMBING FIXTURES AND STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS. YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC TIMELINE, THOUGH IF HE HAS TO BE TIED FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS. WELL, I MEAN, JUST IF IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FRIEND TODD, BUT JUST I'M, YOU KNOW, IF IF, IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THE LOCATION DOESN'T WORK OUT, AND HE DECIDES HE WANTS TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND RELOCATE HIS BUSINESS AGAIN, WILL WILL THE CITY RETAIN ALL ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WE THAT WE PURCHASED? THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE. YES. YES. THERE IS ALSO A CLAWBACK IN THE AGREEMENT. THAT'S A MINIMUM FIVE YEAR OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT. OKAY.

I BELIEVE I'M SATISFIED. YES. TIM GORDON SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. WHY IS IT I SECOND. OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND,

[2. Second Reading of Resolution No. R2026-0005; A Resolution of the City of Alvarado, Texas, authorizing the Alvarado Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) to negotiate and execute an Economic Development Agreement between the AEDC and Advanced Career Education regarding Project Orange-N-6; providing an effective date; and establishing that this project is a business attraction effort. (Cromer)]

GUESS. CAN I STEP IN FOR JUST A SECOND? I'M SORRY. JUST FOR A MINUTE. CLARIFICATION. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ITEM ON THE CONSENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. IT WASN'T ASKED TO BE PULLED, BUT DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON IT? OKAY, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. ADAM PASSES NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION NUMBER

[3. Resolution No. R2026-0008; A Resolution of the City of Alvarado, Texas, authorizing continued participation with the Steering Committee of Cities served by Oncor; and authorizing the payment of ten cents per capita to the Steering Committee to fund regulatory and legal proceedings and activities related to Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC. (Taylor)]

[4. Resolution No. R2026-0009; A Resolution of the City of Alvarado, Texas, designating the Chief of Police as being responsible for, acting for, and on behalf of the applicant in dealing with the Officer of Governor, for the purpose of submitting an application for the VA-Victims of Crime Act Formula Grant Program, certifying that the applicant is eligible to receive program assistance, and certifying that the applicant matching share is readily available. (May)]

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SO IT'S PASSED. WELL WE PUT THE THIS HAPPENS A LOT. IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. SO WE PUT THE RESOLUTION IN THERE AND SIGNED. AND BY THE TIME THEY GET DOWN TO THE RESOLUTION YOU JUST UPLOAD IT. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON OKAY OKAY. OF COURSE IF YOU DON'T SIGN THE RESOLUTION WE'LL JUST WITHDRAW OUR APPLICATION. NO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. SO.

CONSIDERATION MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER FIVE APPROVAL OF A

[5. Approval of a Public Safety Data Sharing Agreement between Public Safety Agencies in Johnson County, Texas. (May)]

SO BASICALLY, IT IS A FRAMEWORK IN WHICH WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY TO SHARE INFORMATION. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH GOING THROUGH AN ONGOING THREE YEAR PROCESS OF CHANGING CAD, COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COUNTYWIDE. THAT PROJECT IS STILL UNDERWAY, AND THIS IS THE LEGAL CROSSING OF T'S AND DOTTING OF I'S. SHOULD WE ALL DECIDE TO SHARE OUR CAD AND MS. DATA? SO SOME OF THE CITIES LIKE CLEBURNE AND ALVARADO, WE SHARE THE SAME CITY ATTORNEY. AND SO WE RAISED SOME ISSUES WE HAD WITH THAT AGREEMENT. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS NOT ENTERTAINING CHANGES TO THAT AGREEMENT. SO IT'S A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT AS IT IS. SO IS THAT AN. THAT HE THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO MAKE THE CHANGES. IS THAT GOOD OR IS THAT BAD OR. WELL I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE. THERE'S A FEW THINGS IN THE AGREEMENT I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE FOR, I THINK COULD BE STRENGTHENED, BUT COULD BE STRENGTHENED OR STRICKEN. STRENGTHENED OR YEAH, CHANGED. OKAY. BUT THOSE CHANGES AREN'T GOING TO BE A CONSIDERATION FOR THE COUNTY.

IT'S A YOU'RE EITHER IN OR OUT. I RECOMMEND WE GET IN. IT'S IT'S NOTHING THAT IS GOING TO EXPOSE US TO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LIABILITY. JUST AGREEING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AGREEMENTS. WHAT WILL GIVE US SOME LIABILITY IS IF WE ACTUALLY DO ENTER INTO THOSE SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH DIFFERENT CITIES, AND WE CAN TAKE THOSE WHEN THEY COME, THEY WILL GO BEFORE YOU, AND YOU WILL HAVE POWER TO ENTER INTO THOSE AGREEMENTS OR NOT. AND THE INFORMATION SHARING IS STILL VOLUNTARY. SO IT IS. SO WE DON'T YES. WE'RE NOT AGREEING TO SHARE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT, JUST AGREEING ON THE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH WE DO THAT, SHARING WHAT WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE POSSIBLE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD SHARE? DISPATCH DATA, CALL SHEET DATA, ANY CASEWORK OR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS, BASICALLY RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA. SO IF, LET'S SAY SOMEONE IN CLEBURNE WAS ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY AND THEY MADE A CASE AND THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT CASE, THEY HAVE ALL THIS INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION, THEN WE GET INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE BURGLARIZED A HOME OR A BUSINESS. AND ALVARADO AND WE SUSPECTED IT MIGHT BE THE SAME SUSPECTS. WE COULD PULL UP THAT

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SO SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS ALREADY BEING SHARED IN OTHER AGREEMENTS THAT YOU APPROVE YEARS AGO. AND THEN EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO THE DISPATCH AGREEMENT WITH JOHNSON COUNTY, EVERY BUDGET YEAR WE DO THAT, YOU EITHER RESIGN OR YOU DON'T. SO YOU DID RESIGN THIS LAST YEAR. SO THAT INFORMATION IS ALREADY BEING SHARED. SO THIS KIND OF JUST FIRMS UP HOW THOSE HOW THAT DATA IS HOUSED IN SHARED. WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD YOU NOT SHARE.

BECAUSE YOU SAID IT'S VOLUNTARY RIGHT. SO WHETHER YOU SHARE IT OR NOT, CURRENTLY THE SYSTEM WE'VE USED IN THE PAST, AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW, IF YOU HAVE HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL CASES, SENSITIVE CASES THAT LET'S JUST SAY IT INVOLVES A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR A POLICE OFFICER OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO, IF THAT INFORMATION GOT OUT, IT WOULD COMPROMISE THE CASE. WE HAVE WAYS OF MAKING SPECIFIC CASE. ANY CASE WE WANT COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL. I MEAN, YOU CAN LIMIT IT DOWN TO THE ACTUAL PERSON. LIKE THERE ARE SOME CASES WE'VE DONE WHERE WE HAD A SINGLE INVESTIGATOR AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAD ACCESS TO THAT. SO THERE ARE CASES WHERE THAT HAPPENS. WHO HAS ACCESS? EXCUSE ME? WHO WHO WOULD HAVE ACCESS? WHO WOULD YOU HAVE? A DESIGNATED PERSON THAT SHARES THE INFORMATION? OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY LIKE, A DATA ENTRY THING THAT YOU PUSH A BUTTON AND SAYS THIS WILL SHARE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE DATA SHARING INFORMATION? WOULD THE DATA SHARING INFORMATION SO THOSE AGREEMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN DONE. THIS IS BASICALLY A FRAMEWORK ON HOW THOSE AGREEMENTS SAYING THAT WE ALL AGREE THAT WE CAN MAKE AGREEMENTS. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS AGREEMENT DOES. IT IS BASICALLY JUST A FRAMEWORK. BUT IF WE AGREE TO THAT, MY QUESTION IS WHO OR WOULD IT BE YOU? WOULD IT BE YOU THAT WOULD SAY, YES, THAT'S INFORMATION THAT CAN BE SHARED, OR WOULD THAT BE A HIRED EMPLOYEE THAT SAYS, YES, THAT'S INFORMATION THAT CAN BE SHARED. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO NO. SO THIS IS JUST THE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH WE WILL ENTER INTO THIS BUILDS A FRAMEWORK TO BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS. YOU HAVEN'T WE AS A CITY HAVEN'T DECIDED TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION WITH ANYONE. SO AT SOME POINT WHEN THE CAD MS. SYSTEM THAT'S BEING BUILT IS READY FOR THAT, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE COUNTY WOULD SAY, HEY, WE'RE READY TO SHARE OUR DATA WITH KLEBERG AND ALVARADO AND VENOUS. THEN ONCE THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE MADE, THEN YOU WILL GET TO SEE THOSE AND SAY, YES, WE'LL SHARE OR WE WON'T. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A PARTICULAR PERSON. IT'S JUST A SYSTEM. RIGHT? OKAY. YEAH. SO MAYBE I CAN HELP CLEAR THIS UP A LITTLE BIT SO I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND NOW OKAY. I WAS JUST LIKE, IS IT A PARTICULAR PERSON THAT SAYS, YES, THIS INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED OR IS IT A NO. YOU YOU WILL DECIDE IF THESE CITIES CAN HAVE OUR INFORMATION AS A GOVERNING BODY.

OKAY. WILL SAY HEY. AND THERE'S ALWAYS PROVISIONS IN THERE WHERE IF WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE CASE THAT WE WOULDN'T SHARE. AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF HER QUESTION IS WHO MAKES THAT CALL. OH YEAH. LIKELY IT WOULD GO IT DEPENDED ON THE LEVEL. I MEAN, FOR SOME LOWER LEVEL CASES, IT MIGHT BE THE CITY LIEUTENANT, BUT FOR MOST IT WOULD PROBABLY GO ALL THE WAY TO THE CHIEF. OKAY. YEAH. CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AS WRITTEN ON THE AGENDA. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. ITEM PASSES, NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER

[6. Resolution No. R2026-0010; A Resolution of the City of Alvarado, Texas, in support of the FM 917 Railroad Grade Separation in the City of Joshua. (Wheat)]

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BUT THEY HAVE AN AT GRADE CROSSING, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO DO AN ELEVATED CROSSING SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE CARS CROSSING TRACKS AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INTERACTION. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET FUNDS, GRANT FUNDS IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE BRIDGE AND OVERPASS. AND THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE. SO THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR APPLICATION.

AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT TOO. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, PROBABLY FOR ESPECIALLY SINCE CHRIS BOETTICHER GOT ELECTED COUNTY JUDGE, I'VE SEEN A LOT MORE COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION ACROSS JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN CITIES AND COUNTY. I KNOW FOR THE LONGEST TIME WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, WE JUST DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP THE COUNTY, AND THE COUNTY DIDN'T LIKE US, AND THAT WAS JUST THE WAY IT WAS. BUT NOW YOU'RE GETTING CITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO SHARE RESOURCES AND MOVE, HELP MOVE JOHNSON COUNTY FORWARD AS A WHOLE. YEAH. SO IT'S GOOD STUFF. GOOD STUFF. SO WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SHOWING HER IS WE ATTENDED I ATTENDED THE JOSHUA CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THEY WERE ASKING FOR THIS, AND I'M SHOWING HER THE BRIDGE THAT THIS IS A 917 BRIDGE THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO BUILD UNDERNEATH. IT IS GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF PARK RECREATION CENTER, AND IT'S GOING TO GO OVER THE RAILROAD TRACK. OKAY. THEY'RE NOT CHEAP. NO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION? MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM NUMBER SIX AS PRESENTED. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE, MADAM PASSES. AND THEN NUMBER 7TH

[7. January 29th, 2026, City Council Minutes (Taylor)]

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IT GOES BEFORE EVERY JURISDICTION. SO THERE'LL BE OTHER FOLKS THAT CAN GET SOMEBODY IN THAT POSITION. IT IT DIDN'T USED TO. NOW IT DOES. AND THAT'S OKAY. AND YOU CAN TAKE NO ACTION ON IT OF YOURS. OKAY. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO RECOMMEND, WE CAN TAKE NO ACTION. NO ACTION. I'M SEEING NO HEADS. SO WE'LL WE WILL JUST PASS ON NUMBER EIGHT AND NOT TAKE ANY ACTION. NUMBER NINE PRESENTATION AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF ALVARADO'S FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF WATERVILLE, MARIN BEAVERS AND ADAMS LLP, AND DIRECT PREPARATION OF AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT BASED UPON SAID AUDIT. MISS LAURA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. LAURA COX, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ON AUGUST OF 2025, THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH WATERS VAL-MORIN BEAVERS AND ADAMS WAS APPROVED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT INTERIM FIELDWORK, OR AUDIT TESTING BEGAN IN LATE AUGUST EARLY SEPTEMBER, AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT STAFF WORKED WITH WATERS THROUGH EARLY FEBRUARY EARLY THIS MONTH TO COMPLETE THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT. AND RYAN EDGAR, OUR FINANCE MANAGER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND THEIR PROMPT REPLIES DURING THIS PROJECT. AND AND TO CITY MANAGEMENT AND, OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT. AND I WOULD NOW INVITE CARRIE ADAMS, WHO IS A PARTNER WITH WATERS MARINE, TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THAT. OH, WE ACTUALLY GOT TECHNICAL THIS YEAR. SO YOU GOT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE CITY IN YOUR PACKET. THANK YOU TO LAURA AND TO RYAN AND TO EVERYONE. WE ARE BACK ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE NOW WHEN WE SHOULD BE PRESENTING THE STATE LEGISLATION DID HELP WITH THAT, REQUIRING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT PRESENTED. HAVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PRESENTED TO YOU BY MARCH. SO IT WAS A DILIGENT PROCESS, ESPECIALLY DURING THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS, TRYING TO GET THIS ALL FINISHED. BUT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND IT WENT VERY, VERY SMOOTHLY. SO FOR THE 2025 AUDIT, WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUED AN UNQUALIFIED OR WHAT WE CALL CLEAN OPINION, CONFIRMING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP. WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY GOING CONCERNS OR SIGNIFICANT RISK ISSUES. AT THE BACK OF YOUR OF THE WHOLE PACKET IS KIND OF OUR LETTER. THAT INCLUDES SOME DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DID IDENTIFY WHAT WE CALL SOME SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES THAT WE HAVE TO LIST, BUT NOTHING THAT ESCALATED TO WHAT WE WOULD CALL A MATERIAL WEAKNESS OR A NONCOMPLIANCE WERE FOUND. I BELIEVE WE LISTED TWO ITEMS. AND JUST FOR YOU GUYS, ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WE HAVE TO THE REPORT THE SEPARATION OF DUTIES WHEN EVEN THOUGH THE CITY, THE CITY IS SMALL AND IT'S NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR YOU TO HIRE SOMEBODY OR FOR THE CITY TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO MEET ALL THE SEPARATION OF DUTIES REQUIRED FOR ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. AND SO WE HAVE TO LET YOU GUYS LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE, HOWEVER, THAT THEY DO HAVE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS OTHER MITIGATING RISK. AND WE LOOK AT OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS PRESENTED FAIRLY. SO IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE FINDINGS, THE CITY'S TOTAL NET POSITION REACHED $49 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 13.8 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. OF THIS, 5.5 MILLION IS UNRESTRICTED AND AVAILABLE FOR ONGOING NEEDS, BOTH GOVERNMENTAL AND THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTED TO THIS GROWTH, WITH BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES SHOWING SOME ESPECIALLY STRONG GAINS IF YOU LOOK SO THIS IS THE GOVERNMENTAL KIND OF A YEAR OVER YEAR ANALYSIS OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES, PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES WERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. THEY WENT UP ABOUT 18%. BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES GENERATED IN WATER SEWER FUND ABOUT 17 MILLION, WITH A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT COMING FROM WHAT WE CALL

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REVENUES CONTINUE TO GO UP, WHICH MEANS GRANT EXPENDITURES WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO GO UP.

YOU HEARD THAT GRANTS YOU'VE GOT MORE ADDITIONAL GRANTS. ONE THING THAT WE WORK WITH THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHEN YOU REACH A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF GRANT EXPENDITURES IN A YEAR, YOUR AUDIT IS GOING TO CHANGE AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A SINGLE AUDIT. AND THAT WILL IT OFTEN IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE. THERE'S A LOT MORE TESTING AND A LOT MORE COMPLIANCE INVOLVED WITH THAT. IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF REPORT. WE'VE DONE THAT FOR. WE DID THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR THE CITY. PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO WAS THE LAST SINGLE AUDIT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO HAVE. LET'S SEE HERE. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. DISTRIBUTION. YOU CAN SEE YOUR CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENSES CONTINUE TO GO UP, WHICH JUST MEANS THE CITY'S GROWING AND NEEDS MORE TO BUILD YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES ARE ALSO HIGH. AND THEN I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS. YEP. WATER SEWER IT HOLDS. IT'S IT'S MAINTAINED PRETTY STRAIGHT. LAST I GUESS THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS WERE KIND OF OFFSETTING EACH OTHER DUE TO SOME DIFFERENT FUNDING AND VARIOUS THINGS. BUT THEN THIS YEAR IT LEVELED BACK OUT MORE TO WHERE WE EXPECTED IT TO TO FALL. SO ALL IN ALL, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL HEALTH IS STRONG, WITH GROWING RESERVES, INCREASING REVENUES, THE CITY IS WELL POSITIONED TO MEET FUTURE CHALLENGES AND CONTINUE TO GROW. I CAN BE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I HAVE A A QUESTION FROM ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM Y'ALL'S REPORT ON THE LACK OF SEGREGATION OF DUTIES. YES, MA'AM. IT'S ON THE TOP OF THE SECOND PAGE WHERE IT SAYS DUE TO THE WHERE IS IT? WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY IMPLEMENT COMPENSATING CONTROLS, SUCH AS INCREASED OVERSIGHT BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. DUAL APPROVALS FOR DISBURSEMENTS, AND PERIODIC INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF RECONCILIATIONS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS. WHAT EXACTLY ARE Y'ALL RECOMMENDING THERE? SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND. SO SOME OF IT MIGHT BE AS SIMPLE. AND IT KIND OF GOES IN WITH THE WITH THE OTHER ONE HAVING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT MAYBE PRESENT A QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING AT AT NUMBERS, ASKING QUESTIONS. JUST KIND OF DOES THIS MAKE DOES IT MAKE SENSE? EXTRA DUAL AUTHENTICATION OR DUAL SIGNATURES. SO IF A WATER IF SOMEONE FROM THE WATER SEWER FUND REQUESTS A PAYMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS A PAYMENT, MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE, LAURA OR RYAN ALSO HAVE TO LOOK OR REVIEW FOR REVIEW OR APPROVE THAT IF IT'S A BIG DOLLAR ITEM, IT MIGHT EVEN ESCALATE TO WHERE PAUL WOULD REVIEW IT. AND ON THE NEXT WHERE YOU HAVE THE MONTHLY CLOSING. WERE OUR BANK RECONCILIATIONS NOT UP AND CURRENT? THEY ARE MUCH BETTER. NOW, WHEN I TELL YOU YOUR BANK RECONCILIATIONS ARE HARD, THEY'RE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT HOURS AND THAT'S IF EVERYTHING GOES PERFECTLY. A POOLED CASH THINK OF IT'S WITH YOUR POOLED CASH AND HOW HOW THE CITY DOES CASH. ALL OF THE CASH THE CITY TAKES IN HITS THIS ONE ACCOUNT. SO THE THE I THINK STACY IS WHO DOES THE RECONCILIATION. SHE'S HAVING TO LOOK AT DEPOSITS FROM COURT, FROM UTILITIES, FROM ALL OVER EVERYTHING. SO IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THE EXPENDITURES AS WELL. SO IT TAKES IT TAKES AT LEAST I WOULD SAY A MINIMUM OF EIGHT HOURS. IT PROBABLY TAKES HER MORE. SO IT NEEDS IT'S THEY'VE GOTTEN BETTER IN YEARS PAST. WE'VE GOTTEN READY TO COME OUT HERE AND DO THE AUDIT. AND THERE'S BEEN NO RECONCILIATIONS DONE FOR THE YEAR. THAT IS NOT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THIS YEAR. WHEN IT WAS TIME SHE WAS DONE, SHE WAS

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WE ALL KNEW THIS WAS A GOAL OF US BEING ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS IN FEBRUARY. SO WE, LAURA AND I AND RYAN WORKED. I MEAN, CONSTANT EMAILS BACK AND FORTH. WHERE ARE WE? WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT ARE WE WAITING ON, THAT SORT OF THING TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENS? IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET THERE. IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS. YEAH, BUT WE ARE THERE AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE. BECAUSE IF YOU EVER DON'T FIND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO BETTER, WE GOT A PROBLEM, RIGHT? RIGHT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS YOU LOOK TO GO FORWARD, I THINK WORKING WITH THEM TO TO REALLY WORK ON CLOSINGS. AND IF YOU EVEN AT A QUARTERLY, I THINK IT MAKES IT IT HELPS PUSH THE AUDIT TO GO EVEN MORE SMOOTH SO THAT WHEN WE START TALKING IN AUGUST, WHEN WE START GIVING THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER, THEN WE'VE GOT A SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SAY AT THE END OF JUNE THAT WE CAN START WORKING WITH. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT WE'RE LOOKING YOU ONLY NEED THAT LAST QUARTER OR I AGREE 100%. YEP. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF AN ULTIMATE GOAL. IT TAKES TIME. AND AND AGAIN THE CITY IS INVESTING. THERE'S A NEW I KNOW THAT SHE SAID TODAY. LAURA SAID TODAY THAT THEY'VE POSTED FOR A NEW POSITION TO JUST CONTINUE TO HELP THAT TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TO BREAK OUT AGAIN, ADD SOME OF THE SEPARATION OF DUTIES, PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THE PERSON THAT TAKES ALL THE CASH ISN'T RECONCILING THE BANK ACCOUNT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A BAD DEAL. THAT SORT OF THING. AND MAY I SAY THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR LAURA BECAUSE SHE HAS ALL THE FINANCIAL STUFF. SO I, I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. YES, IT REALLY IS. YES. SO SO WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION OF WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT IT? BOBBY JOE HAS KINDLY PRESENTED POSSIBLE MOTION LANGUAGE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU THERE ON WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET THE AUDIT. AND THIS ALSO INCORPORATES THE THE STATE'S NEW RULES ON LANGUAGE. SO THAT LAST HALF OF THAT IS IMPORTANT TO. YOU. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CITY OF ALVARADO'S FINAL FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, 2025 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF WATERS, LUMBERING, BEAVERS AND ADAMS LLP, AND DIRECT PREPARATION OF AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT BASED UPON SAID AUDIT. I SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. ADAM PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NUMBER TEN CONSIDERATION ACTION RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CARPORT AT THE ALVARADO FIRE STATION. CHIEF. MAYOR. COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL. IT'S A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE GREAT ROBERT DUVALL. RIGHT. AWESOME. TODAY.

JUST A SIDE NOTE. HE AND I COSTARRED IN TENDER MERCIES. THAT WAS FILMED IN MY HOMETOWN.

SO I WAS AN EXTRA IN THE BACKGROUND AT THE PLAYGROUND SCENE, 1983. MIND YOU, I'M SHARING THAT OSCAR, BY THE WAY. NO, THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I'M I'M SPEAKING WITH THE VISION OF TRYING TO CONSTRUCT SOME KIND OF STRUCTURE TO TO HELP THE FIREFIGHTERS WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE ON DUTY, PROTECT THEIR SOME OF THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY, I.E. THEIR VEHICLES. AND I'M LOOKING TONIGHT FOR SOME GUIDANCE FROM YOU GUYS ON, ON HOW EXACTLY YOU WANT YOU WANT THAT TO LOOK I'VE, I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF LEGWORK AND A LITTLE BIT OF DESIGN, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BASIC EXAMPLES OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT THE VISION IS. AND WE HAVE DONE A SURVEY AS WELL OF THE PROPERTY, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE COMPLY WITH ALL THE SETBACKS AND, AND MAKE JUSTIN HAPPY AND, AND ALL THAT. AND WE'LL OBVIOUSLY PERMIT IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S DONE CORRECTLY. WE JUST NEED SOME SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU WANT IT TO LOOK. SO WE CAN POSSIBLY BE AN EXAMPLE FOR, FOR FUTURE STRUCTURES OF THIS, OF THIS TYPE. AND ALSO AS A SIDE NOTE, THIS IS THIS WOULD BE 100% FUNDED BY THE BY THE ESD AS WELL. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO SPEND SOME OF THEIR MONEY.

WE CAN DO THAT. AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING VERY VERY BASIC. THIS IS BASICALLY SQUARE TUBING AND

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AND AS OPPOSED TO THE METAL ROOF. SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE. CAN YOU NOT PUT A SLANTED ROOF ON THE ROOF ON THE CEDAR. ABSOLUTELY. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A ROOF LIKE THIS BUT WITH METAL OR MAKE IT LOOK NICE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT MAYBE GOES UP JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN SLANT? YES. I MEAN, AND ALSO ONCE I GET GUIDANCE, I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO THE HEART CART AND THE HORSE TYPE DEAL, I DIDN'T WANT TO DO A WHOLE LOT BEFORE I GOT SOME KIND OF VISION FROM YOU GUYS ON. I CAN ALWAYS GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND, AND THEN PUT IT ON PAPER AND, AND COME BACK AND, AND LET YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I LIKE HOW FIRE AND POLICE GET ALONG SO WELL. AND I'VE READ THAT YOU'VE EVEN GOT A PARKING SPOT. RIGHT. THAT WAS NICE OF YOU. THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE. THEY ARE WELCOME. ALWAYS WELCOME AT DINNER TIME, AREN'T THEY? MUST BE SUPPER TIME. YEAH, MUST BE SUPPER TIME. THERE, THERE AT THAT FORD WAS WAS BROWN. IT WOULD. THAT'D BE THE MAYOR'S. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. I MEAN, I THINK THE CEDAR BLENDS IN WITH THE THE LOG CABINS A LOT IN THAT AREA. I. THIS AGAIN HAS THE STONE. I MEAN, WE WE WE WE DID THE STONE COLUMNS HALF, YOU KNOW, THE QUARTER STONE COLUMNS AND, AND WE WRAPPED IT IN THE CEDAR. IDEALLY I WOULD WANT IT TO BE A, A METAL STRUCTURE. AND THIS MAYBE TRIM IT OUT IN CEDAR. YEAH. KIND OF DRESS IT UP SOME. AND I WOULD PREFER THE, THE SINGLE SLOPED SHED TYPE ROOF THAT WOULD SHED WATER AWAY FROM THE, THE PARKING LOT AND PREFERABLY METAL. BUT GET THE SHINGLES LOOK GOOD TO THE COMPOSITION. SHINGLES LOOK GOOD TO. YEAH BUT THAT'S WELL AND EVEN THE METAL WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVENTUALLY. BUT AJ WILL BE AFTER JOHN. OKAY. IS THE CHIEF CHIEF WHERE WHERE WOULD YOU PUT IT. IT WOULD BE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE FIRE STATION PERPENDICULAR TO ASHLEY STREET. OKAY. AND PARALLEL TO THE FIRE STATION ITSELF. YEAH. I DON'T GET THE PARKING. YEAH. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS A THIS WASN'T JOHN'S IDEA. YOU KNOW, THE WHEN THE ESD CAME TO US AND SAID, HEY, YOU HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO, TO SPRUCE UP YOUR STATION, I ASKED THE, THE FIREFIGHTERS KIND OF WHAT KIND OF A WISH LIST. AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAME UP WITH. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CAPTIVE. I SAY CAPTIVE, THEY THEY'RE EMPLOYED FOR 48 HOURS STRAIGHT. YEAH. AND IF A STORM COMES THROUGH, THEY HAVE LITTLE TO BASICALLY NO PROTECTION FROM THE HAIL BASE, MAINLY THE HAIL WHEN IT COMES THROUGH AND THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND POSSIBLY COULD SAVE AN INSURANCE CLAIM OR TWO. YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT'S GREAT TO I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BLEND WITH THE STATION. METAL METAL ROOF. YEAH. METAL ROOF JUST DECORATED UP. SOME MAKE IT LOOK. YEAH. JUST PAINT IT. SAME COLOR, SAME METAL ROOF. THEY THEY LOOK GOOD AND AND AGAIN, UNLESS YOU'RE ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY BE VERY VISIBLE TO THE STREET OR TO THE FIRE STATION. HOW BIG IS THE LOT BEHIND THE. WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT A 80 BY 20 STRUCTURE. AND THAT WILL PARK ROUGHLY AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE HAVE JUST AT SHIFT CHANGE.

THERE'LL BE SOME MANEUVERING AND IT WON'T BE TOO CLOSE TO THE HOUSE THERE. RIGHT. WE WE WE HAD A SURVEY DONE AND WE'RE WE'RE WITHIN WE EXCEED THE THE MINIMUM SETBACKS. YOU'RE GOING

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YEAH. SO AND YOU CAN SEE THE OFF RAMP RIGHT HERE AND THAT'S THE MEDIAN STRIPE THAT, THAT SEPARATING THE THROUGH LANES AND THE THROUGH LANES OKAY. THERE SHOULD BE TWO LANES HERE.

AND THEN THESE. THIS. YEAH THESE ELEMENTS. AND IT COMES FROM. THE WHAT'S NOW A PARKWAY OR DITCH ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD. YEAH. SO YOU'LL HAVE THE THE TWO THROUGH LANES. AND THEN THIS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TOWARDS THEIR PROPERTY LINE. SO WOULD THERE BE ROOM FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OFF OF THE FREEWAY TO GET OVER TO THAT DECELERATION LANE? AS MUCH AS THERE IS ROOM FOR PEOPLE ALREADY GETTING OFF OF THE OFF RAMP AND TURNING INTO JACK. SO THAT'S A NO, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT. IF THEY WANT THEIR TACOS, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEM OUT.

YEAH, WELL BUT YOU'RE STANDING HERE LOOKING AT THIS. DO YOU FORESEE ACCIDENTS HAPPENING TRYING TO GET OFF OF 35 TO GET TO THEIR POPEYE'S CHICKEN? YEAH. I MEAN, BECAUSE EVERYBODY DRIVES WELL NOW. SO. THEY'RE TO PREVENT FROM GOING OVER. OKAY. YEAH. BUT JUST BECAUSE TXDOT PUTS SOMETHING THERE TO PREVENT IT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP SOMEBODY FROM DOING IT. WELL. AND YOU GOT THE THROUGH LANE COMING FROM ACROSS. SO SO IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE APPROACH. YOU STILL HAVE THE JACK AND THE JACK IN THE BOX APPROACH. SO YOU CAN STILL COME OFF THE RAMP AND YOU CAN STILL TURN IN. ALL THIS WOULD ACTUALLY WIND UP DOING IS GIVING YOU ONE MORE LANE WHERE YOU HAVE LESS STACKING UP. ACTUALLY, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO

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CAN I GET OFF AT THE EXIT TO KEEP FROM GETTING TIED UP IN THIS TRAFFIC TO GO THROUGH THE THROUGH LANE TO GET OVER THERE. AND YOU GOT CARS TRYING TO GET OVER THERE. WELL THIS LANE IS GOING GOING TO HELP OUT ANYWAY. I MEAN IT'S STILL IT IS WHAT IT IS I MEAN BUT THIS LANE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE ACCESS OFF THE FREEWAY UNLESS YOU'RE COMING THROUGH. AND THIS IS A A TEENY TINY PART OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STUDY AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. YEAH. THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LANE IS WHAT'S HELD UP WITH THE PROJECT. YEAH. AND THIS AGREEMENT DOESN'T CONSTRUCT THE LANE. THIS THIS AGREEMENT SAYS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION LANE CAN BE TIED TO FUTURE PROJECT SO THAT POPEYES CAN MOVE FORWARD. THEY'VE HAD TROUBLE GETTING LANE CONSTRUCTED. YEAH. AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TOO MANY PEOPLE GOT THEIR FINGER IN THE PIE AND AND NOBODY WANTS TO SAY YEAH GO AHEAD OR NOT. GO AHEAD. SO WILL THEY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTING THE DECELERATION LANE? YES. THEY WOULD NOT BE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO THEIR BUILDING UNTIL IT'S CONSTRUCTED. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE THE ONES TO CONSTRUCT IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, EITHER THEM OR SOMEONE ON THEIR BEHALF, LIKE THE CITY. SO THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO PICK UP THE TAB FOR THE. IT WOULD NOT BE THE CITY, IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE A COMBINATION OF OF EITHER THE POPEYES, THE SELLER OF THE PROPERTY, OR POSSIBLY THE PROJECT. INSPIRE DEVELOPER. OR A COMBINATION OF OF ANY OF THOSE THREE. NO LANE. NO SEAL, NO SEAL. WILL THEY USE THE SAME ENTRANCE AS JACK IN THE BOX, OR WILL THEY HAVE A SEPARATE ENTRANCE TO THE PROJECT? INSPIRED? NO. POPEYES. OH, POPEYES WOULD USE THE SAME DRIVE APPROACH AS AS EXISTS TODAY. THE DECELERATION LANE WOULD BE TO THAT SAME EXISTING DRIVE APPROACH. IT'S I THINK THERE'S MORE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER. ARE THEY GOING TO USE THE SAME ENTRANCE AS JACK IN THE BOX? YES. OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE SEPARATE FOR THEIR PARKING LOT? HEY, NO, IT'D BE THE SAME EXISTING DRIVEWAY, SAME ENTRANCE. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. SHARED BETWEEN THE TWO LOTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? GO AHEAD. WHAT YOU GOT? WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT OFFRAMP FROM TRAFFIC ANYWAY. STOPPING OFF IN FRONT OF THE FREEWAY. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE OF TEXAS TO SET UP THAT OFFERING TO FURTHERMORE OFFSET IT? I THINK THAT WOULD I THINK THAT WOULD AFFECT EVERYTHING OUT HERE IS I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS THAT OKAY. SO THAT QUESTION IS SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS ACTION ITEM WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE PROJECT. AND THEN I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT BECAUSE BECAUSE YOUR QUESTION HAS A MUCH LONGER ANSWER THAN, THAN WHAT'S OFF OFF TOPIC. SO YEAH, I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU ON IT.

YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JUSTIN ON NUMBER 11? SO. OH. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THERE'S NO ACTION TAKEN ON THIS ONE. 46 YEAH, IT IS POSSIBLE. THERE'S, THERE'S I'M LOOKING AT 12.

EXCUSE ME I'M LOOKING AT 12. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALVARADO AND 5570 SOUTH I-35 WEST LLC AND ITS MANAGER. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU

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OC ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. YES. WHICH ONE? WHICH ONE'S THE. THIS ONE AGAIN OKAY. ALL. WORKING. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE NEED TO DESIGN SOUTH BALL STREET. AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THAT IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE IS A LITTLE OLD OUT THERE. SO SEWER WATER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AND AS WELL AS OUR DRAINAGE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL KNOW THE DRAINAGE OUT THERE, IT'S USUALLY PRETTY WET AND PRETTY NASTY LOOKING. SO OUR SCOPE INCLUDES FOR DESIGN ENGINEER TO COME IN HERE AND DESIGN THE PAVING, THE DRAINAGE TO CONSTRUCTION AND DO THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION. THE ROADWAY INCLUDES SOUTH BALL STREET AS WELL AS THE WATER AND SEWER ON 10TH STREET. AND YOU SEE THAT LINE GOING TO THE WEST. THAT IS A PORTION THAT GOES OVER THERE BY THE CHURCH. THAT WAS NEVER. HOW CAN I SAY IT? NEVER PART OF ANYTHING. BUT IT IS PART OF OUR SEWER SYSTEM. IT WAS NEVER HAD ITS OWN EASEMENT. AND IT IT'S NOT REALLY THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THAT PORTION OF SEWER THAT GOES THAT DIRECTION. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND FIX THAT PORTION OF SEWER. IT'S REALLY OLD. IT'S GOT BRICK. MANHOLES AND CLAY TILE, MEANING THAT IT'S REALLY OLD STUFF OUT THERE. REALLY OLD. AND THE STREET WILL GO FROM SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD ALL THE WAY TO SPARKS. THE DESIGN ENGINEER WILL DESIGN THE WATER, THE SEWER, THE REPLACEMENT OF AND ALL THE OFF SITE SEWER. THE DRAINAGE AND CULVERTS WILL BE IMPROVED AS NEEDED. AND IN AREAS WHERE YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE OUT THERE. BUT IT'S PRETTY FLAT AND PRETTY BAD IN SOME AREAS. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO TAKE PLACE? SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE DESIGN COULD START AND BE COMPLETED BY THE SUMMER, SO THAT MEANS THAT WE COULD. WE'RE PROJECTED TO ADVERTISE AND BID THIS PROJECT BY THE END OF SUMMER. OKAY. PAVING WILL BE BID OUT SEPARATELY. SO WE HAVE AN ILA WITH TEXAS BID, AND MORE THAN LIKELY WE WILL USE THEM AND HAVE THEM GIVE US AN ESTIMATE ON THE FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION LIKE WE NORMALLY DID ON SOUTH BALL ON THE UPPER PORTION OF IT, AND COMPLETE THE STREET AND HAVE THE NICE STREET THAT WE HAVE ON THE NORTH PORTION OF BALL. I ALSO INCLUDED A DESIGN COST THAT INCLUDES A 5% CONTINGENCY, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THERE ARE THE OLD PART OF TOWN. THERE ARE SO MANY UNKNOWNS. THEY BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT'S OUT THERE, BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL WE GET OUT THERE THAT WE REALLY, REALLY FIND OUT WHAT'S OUT THERE. SO THIS KIND OF COVERS THAT AND ON THEIR DESIGN, IN CASE WE DO HAVE TO GO OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT. THE ESTIMATED OPC IS 1.63 MILLION. SO AFTERWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COST WOULD BE 1.63. AS WATER, WASTEWATER DRAINAGE AND PAVING, NOT THE PAVING. PAVING WILL HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE CONTRACT. OKAY, THIS IS WATER. WASTEWATER IS WATER WASTEWATER. YOU KIND OF HAVE TO TO DESIGN THE PAVING FOR THE PAVING TO COME IN. SO BASICALLY SO THAT WAY THEY CAN TIE IN THE THE DRIVEWAYS. WE JUST HAVE SUCH A GOOD DEAL WITH OUR ILA WITH THIS COUNTY THAT IT'S, IT'S BETTER TO GO AND GET LIKE TEXAS BID TO COME OUT THERE AND DO OUR PAVING FOR US.

AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT Y'ALL APPROVE THIS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 163,116.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE. THE COMPENSATION TO THE ENGINEER HERE WERE IN OUR

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SO 10% WOULD BE 15,000. THAT'S WHAT I ASKED WAS THE 155, INCLUDING THE 5% CONTINGENCY FEE OR NOT, THE 155 IS NOT INCLUDING IT. YES. OKAY. AND THIS IS JUST FOR DESIGN ONLY, DESIGN ONLY. AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE ADVERTISEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF IT AS WELL. AND PLUS I'LL BE ON TOP OF IT AS WELL. AND THE AREA THAT IS DEPOSITED, THE PINK IS THE WATER, I BELIEVE, AND SEWER.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE WATER. YEAH. OKAY. AND DESIGN SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF SUMMER. YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NUMBER 13 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. A MOTION TO APPROVE AN ENGINEERING SERVICE CONTRACT WITH EMMA'S CONSULTANT ENGINEER TO PREPARE CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR JUSTIFICATION AND BIDDING DOCUMENTS FOR THE SOUTH BOND STREET PAVING AND DRAINAGE AND WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, LLC. DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 163,116? OH, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. THAT WASN'T ON THE PAPER. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. NOW IT PASSES. OKAY. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS

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