Mar 16, 2026 City Council

MINE ARE TEN. MINE ARE 30. YOU GOT IT. 630. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL READY? ALL RIGHT. CITY COUNCIL

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ARTHUR. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRYANT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHORT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEATON HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MEAD PRESENT HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM AND MR. ARTHUR OUT FOR WORK, SO PLEASE LET US KNOW HERE TODAY IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION. MR. MARTY DOUGLAS, WOULD YOU LEAD US, PLEASE? SURE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND TAKE CARE OF THE OF THE CITY. WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU GUIDE AND DIRECT OUR STEPS. FATHER, YOU SAY THAT THEY ASK YOU FOR WISDOM AND WE ASK YOU FOR WISDOM BECAUSE, LORD, WE JUST NEED YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR DIRECTION. SO, FATHER, I PRAY FOR ALL THE DECISIONS TONIGHT. I PRAY GOD THAT WE WOULD HONOR YOU AND ALL THAT WE DO, AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT. AND JESUS I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. WILL YOU 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. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER FIRE, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

[CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC INPUT ]

AND THEN ON APRIL THE 25TH, HEART FOR HEART WILL BE HAVING A QUARTER AUCTION FOR THE ALVARADO ANIMAL SHELTER, AND THAT WILL BE AT NEW LIFE MINISTRIES FROM 1 TO 3 P.M. SO COME OUT AND SUPPORT ALL OF SMALL BUSINESS, SUPPORT OUR VIETNAM VETS AND GET READY FOR LOTS OF BUNNIES AND EASTER'S AND ALL THAT STUFF. THANK YOU. JAMIE, WHEN DID YOU SAY THE BOOK SALE WAS 13TH THROUGH THE 15TH, 1030 TO 530. COUNCIL COMMENTS. PURSUANT TO LOCAL

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SORRY, ONE OUT OF TEN PARTICIPANTS IN TEXAS THAT EARNED THEIR CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL DESIGNATION. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT. SORRY, I HAD TO I HAD TO CHANGE MY WORDING AROUND. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT I REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY. SORRY, I'M HAVING AN

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THEN SOME OF MY TRAINING WAS IN ETHICS, FINANCE, GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE, OPEN MEETING ACT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, AND A TON MORE. SO THESE ARE CRITICAL AREAS THAT YOUR COUNCIL SHOULD THAT'S SERVING, SHOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF SO THAT IT HELPS WITH RESPONSIBILITY, PROFESSIONALISM FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO I'M PROUD OF MYSELF TO BE ONE OUT OF TEN COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT GOT THAT LAST YEAR. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW

[INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES ]

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

[1. Ordinance No. 2026-0004; An Ordinance of the City of Alvarado, Texas, amending Chapter 2, "Administration", of the City of Alvarado Code by creating a New Article VI, "Code of Ethics and Conduct", establishing a Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected Officials and Board and Committee Members. (Wheat)]

QUESTIONS? SO HANG ON. AS SOON AS I FIND THEM. I WASN'T I WASN'T QUITE AS PREPARED AS Y'ALL. OKAY. OH. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT. HAS THIS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE MY QUESTIONS WENT. OKAY. CAN THE COUNCIL EXPLAIN WHY THE ORDINANCE PLACES THE FINAL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL INSTEAD OF WITH AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION OR AN OUTSIDE REVIEW BOARD? THE ORDINANCE CREATES AN OUTSIDE REVIEW BOARD TO INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW AND MAKE A DETERMINED RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION. BUT COUNCIL IS THE ONE THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GOVERNING EITHER THEMSELVES OR THE BOARD OR OFFICIALS THAT THEY'VE APPOINTED TO. P AND Z, E, D, C, ETC. OKAY, SO WHO'S ON THE BOARD OF REVIEW? BECAUSE I KNOW APPOINTED BY YOU GUYS ONCE THE. OKAY, SO THE REVIEW HASN'T BEEN

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AND CERTAINLY IF YOU GUYS HAVE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, THAT'S WHY THE ITEM COMES BEFORE YOU. OKAY. BY PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING $250 TO A CAMPAIGN OR MORE, THAT WILL KEEP CONSTITUENTS FROM. WANTING TO BE ON A BOARD, OR IT COULD CAUSE THEM TO NOT APPLY FOR A BOARD, BECAUSE IF THEY GAVE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, TO ME, THAT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND IT'S NOT IN OUR CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES THAT WE WENT THROUGH. SO, I MEAN, HOW IS THAT? HOW IS THAT LEGAL? IF IT'S SO IT. HOW CAN WE HOW CAN WE. MORE GENERAL DISCUSSION WOULD BE THAT THIS CODE IS ESTABLISHED TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT STATE LAWS MAY BE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE BUILDING THIS FOR THE FUTURE. IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT LASTS ALL OF US WITH OUR TERM LIMITS. AND SO AS ALFREDO GROWS FROM A POPULATION OF 5000 TO 7000 TO 20,000, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE, A LOT MORE INVOLVEMENT BOARDS ARE BIGGER, COMMITTEES ARE BIGGER. YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPTION THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF SOMEBODY DOES A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION, I GET ELECTED, WE TURN AROUND AND HAVE TERMS APPOINTED IN JULY THAT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE ON OR NOMINATE YOU FOR A TERM ON AN EDC BOARD RIGHT AFTER I GOT ELECTED. IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO HELP KEEP EVERYTHING ABOVE BOARD. SHOULD A APPOINTEE BE FOUND OUT TO CONTRIBUTE TO AN ELECTION AND TURN AROUND AND GET APPOINTED TO THE BOARD, IT'S JUST A PROTECTION FOR YOU GUYS. BUT ALL OF THAT IS DISCRETIONARY, NOT REQUIRED. OKAY, GOOD. SO SOMETHING WE CAN CHANGE. SURE. OKAY. WHICH TEXAS, WHICH TEXAS HOME RULE CITIES HAVE ETHICS ORDINANCES STRUCTURED THE SAME WAY AS THIS ONE, PARTICULARLY WHERE THE COUNCIL ITSELF MAKES THE FINAL DETERMINATION ON ETHICS VIOLATIONS. I'D SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT I REVIEWED, COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT MAKES FINAL DETERMINATION ON ANY ACTION THAT SHOULD OR SHOULD BE TAKEN BASED OFF OF INVESTIGATION. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY HOME RULE CITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE? THEY HAVE IT STRUCTURED JUST LIKE THIS ONE. MANY OF THEM DO. OKAY. SO I MEAN, AND MOST OF THIS CODE ACTUALLY CAME FROM WHAT, MANSFIELD. YEAH. MANSFIELD AND LOTHIAN AND SPRINGFIELD. YEAH.

OKAY. SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE CODE THAT'S COME TO YOU, THIS IS INFORMATION FOR SOME OF YOU GUYS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME YOU HEAR IT. SO IN SEPTEMBER, CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THIS CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT. AND SO OVER THE PERIOD OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE MET, WORKED TOGETHER, REVIEWED WHAT OTHER CITIES DO. WELL, SOME OF THEM DON'T NECESSARILY APPLY WHAT ALVARADO IS, WHO TOOK THE BEST OF WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING AND PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED CODE FOR ALVARADO MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT'S WHAT

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[NEW BUSINESS ]

SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE JANSON GIVENS. HE IS THE SITE SELECTION AND INCENTIVES MANAGER AT RYAN LLC. AND THEN WOULD YOU MIND INTRODUCING. CARLOS ALVARADO? YES, YES. AND SO JANSSEN'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM ITSELF, HOW IT WORKS, AND THEN WHY SABER IS SEEKING THIS PROGRAM. THAT WAY. THERE'S GOING TO BE NO VOTING TONIGHT.

IT'S JUST INFORMATIVE. THEY WILL BE COMING WITH A REQUEST FOR A NOMINATION LATER ON, BUT I WANT US TO GET A REALLY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THAT MEANS BEFORE IT COMES BACK. THANK YOU.

CATHY. PUSH DOWN. AND IS IT ON ON THE SIDE? HELLO. MY NAME IS JANSEN GIVENS. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SABER. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR, WE SABER AS SHE MENTIONED, SABER IS INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE DESIGNATION WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. AND I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS AND WHAT SABER WILL BE DOING IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THAT. THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM, IT'S A STATE INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT'S OFFERED TO BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO LOCATE OR ARE ALREADY LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS. IT'S AVAILABLE TO ALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE, THAT ARE LOOKING TO MAKE NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND CREATE OR RETAIN JOBS WITHIN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF ALVARADO. IT'S A VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. EVERY TWO YEARS, THE PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO 105 PROJECTS DESIGNATION STATEWIDE AND 12 DESIGNATIONS. EVERY EVERY QUARTERLY APPLICATION ROUND. AND THE CITY OF ALVARADO OVER A TWO YEAR BIENNIUM. THEY CAN NOMINATE UP TO SIX APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, EVERY,

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AND ALSO BUSINESSES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED WITHIN ENTERPRISE ZONE TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM. SO THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, BUSINESSES HAVE TO MAKE A $5 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT OVER A FIVE YEAR DESIGNATION PERIOD. AND IT'S NOT LIMITED TO LIKE NEW EXPANSION OR NEW CONSTRUCTION. SO YOU HAVE KIND OF A BROAD, IT COULD BE NEW EQUIPMENT LIKE SABERS DOING CAN QUALIFY UNDER THE PROGRAM, AND THEN THE JOBS HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE AT WHICH BENEFIT IS RECEIVED. AND ALL THAT'S AUDITED AND MANAGED BY THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. THERE'S NOT ANY SORT OF LIKE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY TO SORT OF KEEP UP WITH OR ANYTHING. EVERYTHING IS DONE BY THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT SABER COMPLIES WITH THE RULES OF THE PROGRAM. AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ANY EXCESS REFUNDS WOULD WOULD BE HAVE TO BE PAID BACK TO THE STATE. SO ABOUT SABER, THERE ARE MISSION CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITY SUPPORT STRUCTURE COMPANY. THEY BUILD A LOT OF THE ELECTRICAL TOWERS, ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STEEL STRUCTURES AND THINGS THAT ARE USED ACROSS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING UTILITIES, TELECOM BUILDING SYSTEMS. THEY ALSO WORK ON GALVANIZING STEEL FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. ALVARADO THE SORRY, THE SABER FACILITY HERE IN ALVARADO. IT WAS STARTED IN 2006 AND SERVES AS THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS AS WELL. THERE ARE FOUR MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, INCLUDING ALVARADO IN TEXAS, AND THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL FACILITIES IN LOUISIANA, OHIO AND IOWA. AND THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2800 EMPLOYEES NATIONWIDE. AND I KNOW I WAS JUST TALKING TO TODD THAT HEADCOUNT IS CAN CONSTANTLY GROWING WITH ALL THE NEW DEMAND HERE, INCLUDING IN ALVARADO, THE ALVARADO FACILITY ITSELF, THERE'S 594 EMPLOYEES THAT QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, AND IT'S 147 ACRES AND 517,000FT■S OF MANUFACTURING SPACE. SO AS FAR AS THE PROJECT FOR FOR ALVARADO, THE FACILITY IN ALVARADO, THEY'RE WANTING TO APPLY FOR THE JUNE 1ST, 2026 APPLICATION ROUND. THEY PLAN TO INVEST OVER $10 MILLION AT THE FACILITY OVER THE DESIGNATION PERIOD, AND THIS WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT UPGRADES AND REPLACEMENTS TO PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS A NEW KETTLE AND FURNACE FOR THEIR GALVANIZER HERE IN ALVARADO. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S 594 EXISTING EMPLOYEES THAT QUALIFY FOR BENEFIT AT THIS TIME, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO CREATE AT LEAST TEN NEW JOBS. AND THAT THAT COUNT COULD GO UP AS WELL. AND THE CITY OF ALVARADO, PREVIOUSLY ELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM BY PASSING AN ORDINANCE BACK IN 2015. SO REALLY, THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO IS TO PASS A NOMINATING RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL. SO WE'RE TARGETING APRIL FOR THAT NOMINATION. AND WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SINCE WE'VE GOT OUT OF TOWN FOLKS DOING PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL 13 UP AND DO PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION ACTION RELATED TO ORDINANCE 220 6-0003 ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ALVARADO, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN AND THE PARK MASTER PLAN. AND WE'VE GOT AN ONGOING. HILARY I'M GOING TO BOUNCE THAT ONE UP ON YOU. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT AHEAD OF TIME. NO. WE'RE FINE. OKAY. AND THAT IS NOW WE'VE STILL GOT THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FROM BEFORE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO OPEN IT. WE'RE STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. YEAH, I GOT WAY OUT OF ORDER ON THAT ONE. I THINK THE REST OF IT'S THE HILARY SHOW, SO THAT'LL KEEP ALL. SEPARATE. OH YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. WE

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MY NAME IS ABRA NUSSER AND I'M WITH L J A. THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR CITY OF ALVARADO.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PLAN TOGETHER FOR A WHILE, AND IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES THREE PLANS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, A DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, AND A PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. SO I DO HAVE A LOT OF SLIDES AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEM. I'M GOING TO GO VERY FAST THROUGH MOST OF THEM. SO IF YOU WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO SOMETHING, WE CAN. BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD SOME TO CIRCLE BACK TO IF WE WANT TO. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTED TO THE STATES. AND THE CITY RECEIVED A $300,000 GRANT THAT REQUIRED US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS IN THE PLAN AND STRUCTURE IT IN A CERTAIN WAY AND HAVE CERTAIN CONTENT. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT THE CITY DID PURSUE THIS $300,000 GRANT, AND IT REALLY HELPED FUND THIS PROJECT. SO THAT'S A SPECIAL PART. THE LAST COMP PLAN WAS IN 2017. THE LAST PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN WAS IN 2017. NO DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. WE'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF GROWTH SINCE 2017. SO THAT'S WHAT NECESSITATED THE DRAFT PLAN. THIS IS THE THIS IS THE STRUCTURE YOU'LL SEE AT THE END, THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN ARE AS ADDITIONAL STUDIES.

THAT'S FOR G L O COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANT. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE DID HAVE THREE COMMUNITY FORUMS AT THE START OF APRIL 2025 AND THEN JUNE 2025, AND THEN ONLINE IN NOVEMBER. SO WE DID THAT ON ZOOM AND KIND OF HAD A DIFFERENT FORMAT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE PLAN AND THE DRAFT CONCEPTS AND HIGHLIGHTS. THIS IS OUR PLANNING AREA. IT INCLUDES THE CITY LIMITS AND THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OR ETJ. SO IT IS QUITE A LARGE AREA. AND WE HAD A HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE PLAN ALVARADO.COM. YOU CAN SEE THE DRAFT PLAN THERE AND IT'S BEEN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE HAD AN INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE PEOPLE COULD MAKE COMMENTS. THIS IS THE COMMUNITY SURVEY SUMMARY, TOP STRENGTH, THE EVENTS AND FESTIVALS, TOP WEAKNESS ROADS, TRAFFIC MOBILITY. EVER HEARD OF 67 AND 35 OR CUMMINGS DRIVE? THEY WERE HOT TOPICS DURING THE PROCESS. OPPORTUNITIES. NO SHORTAGE OF IDEAS FOR WHAT RESTAURANTS AND PLACES PEOPLE WANTED TO SHOP AND THEN THREATS.

JUST THE ROADS. TRAFFIC MOBILITY WAS DEFINITELY AT TOP OF MIND, AS WELL AS GROWTH AND NEW DEVELOPMENT. HERE'S SOME PICTURES FROM COMMUNITY FORUM ONE. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.

WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY VALUES, PARKS AND REC, DOWNTOWN AND MOBILITY DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP WHERE WE ESTABLISH THE BOUNDARY FOR DOWNTOWN. A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST KIND OF THINK OF THE SQUARE PROPER, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A LARGER AREA THAN THAT. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLY THINK YOU CAN HAVE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN A DOWNTOWN. AND PART OF THE PROCESS WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HAVE RESIDENTIAL USES IN A DOWNTOWN AS WELL, AND THOSE HELP SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT COMMERCIAL USES OVER TIME. COME ON. AND THEN COMMUNITY FORUM TWO, WE WENT INTO A FINER GRAINED LEVEL OF DETAIL, TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE FOR DOWNTOWN AND PARKS AND RECREATION AND DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES. THAT WAS OUR COMMUNITY FORUM THREE, WHERE WE WENT THROUGH DRAFT CONCEPTS AND HIGHLIGHTS, OVERALL FEEDBACK, THEMES, JUST REALLY GROWTH RELATED, REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN AND BEAUTIFICATION VISION, GUIDING PRINCIPLES. THEY'RE GUIDEPOSTS FOR THE PLAN AND FOR THE CITY OVERALL. SO YOU GUYS APPROVED THIS IN JULY OF 2025. SO THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE THROUGHOUT ALL THREE PLANS AND REALLY CAN GUIDE THE CITY IN THE FUTURE. ECONOMIC AND FISCAL VITALITY. THIS IS OUR TRADE AREA. SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT ALVARADO IS YOU'VE GOT A 45 MINUTE TRADE AREA, WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING A LONG WAYS TO SPEND MONEY ELSEWHERE. SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ALL THE WAY TO FORT WORTH, WAXAHACHIE, WACO, VERY LARGE TRADE AREA. BUT ALVARADO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT LOCAL SPENDING. IF

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IT CAN BE MORE THAN THAT. IT CAN BE LESS THAN THAT. BUT OUR OUR COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY CONSERVATIVE, JUST DUE TO THE PREVALENCE OF GAS WELLS AND PIPELINES AND AVAILABILITY OF WATER. HOWEVER, WITH THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT ARE ONGOING, IT'S REALLY RELEASED SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT GROWTH HAS HAD HISTORICALLY IN TEXAS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS STILL GROWING AND IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW. THESE ARE GAS WELLS AND PIPELINES. SO THIS IS A KEY OUTCOME OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS. REALLY WASN'T ON THE RADAR TOO MUCH BEFORE. BUT YOU CAN'T PUT STRUCTURES ON GAS WELLS OR PIPELINES. AND YOU YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE MORE STRATEGIC WITH YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THIS KIND OF LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE BARNETT SHALE. SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY NEW ROADWAY PLANNING AND ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION AND AS WELL AS NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT ARE COVERED IN STRATEGIC GROWTH, REALLY JUST PLANNING FOR WATER AND REUSE OF WATER AND BEING COGNIZANT OF WATER SUPPLY, TRYING TO RESPECT OUR NATURAL AREAS, TRYING TO PLAN AHEAD FOR ENERGY AND POWER AND INTERNET, COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES, JUST MAINTAINING SERVICE DELIVERY AS WE GROW OVER TIME AND THE RESILIENCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION, REALLY TRYING TO KEEP A PROACTIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT APPROACH AND IMPLEMENT THE ACTIONS SET FORTH IN THE JOHNSON COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL COMPONENTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS IS THE NEW DRAFT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COLORS HERE.

SO FLOODPLAIN IN NATURE IS WHAT YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE. IT'S THE FLOODPLAINS AND ALVARADO REALLY THE SCENIC AREAS, BUT REALLY WON'T ANTICIPATE ANY NEW VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION IN THOSE AREAS. EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS IS A PRESERVATION CATEGORY. SO LOOKING FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. THE LAKE AREA, MORE SCENIC, MORE RURAL, MORE NATURAL, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR ORIENTED OUTDOOR HOSPITALITY OR SOME LOW KEY DEVELOPMENT TO BLEND IN WITH THE RECREATION ASSETS, BUT ALSO THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALREADY OUT AT THE LAKE. MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES IS JUST TRADITIONAL NEW SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT WE WOULD LIKE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE IN THOSE AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL USES, AMENITIES TO COMPLEMENT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN DOWNTOWN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS COVERED IN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, BUT LOOKING FOR IT TO BE A VIBRANT DESTINATION. AND REALLY PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT DOWNTOWN CAN BRING. NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUFFERING THE MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL CATEGORIES WITH THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES AND ALSO BEING CAPTURED ALONG 67. BUT IT'S YOUR JUST TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND ALSO YOU COULD HAVE SOME MINOR SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THERE AS WELL. THIS IS OUR INNOVATION DISTRICT. SO JUST RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FLEX WAREHOUSE AND MORE CLEAN INDUSTRIAL USES, MAYBE SOME LIVE WORK UNITS, JUST THINGS THAT DON'T REQUIRE FRONTAGE LIKE RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS. AND IT'S REALLY A PRODUCT TYPE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO DIVERSIFY THE CITY'S REVENUES AND ECONOMY OVER TIME. AND IT'S A PRODUCT TYPE THAT'S

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COMMERCE FLEX IS YOUR TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIAL, BUT LOOKING FOR THE CLEAN SIDE OF INDUSTRIAL IF POSSIBLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USES. YOU'VE GOT THE LANDFILL IN THERE AND SOME OTHER USES, BUT IF WE CAN INCORPORATE SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING AND WALKABILITY IN THOSE AREAS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET NEGLECTED OVER TIME AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE THEIR INDUSTRIAL REGIONAL MIXED USE IS ALONG 35. SO THIS IS YOUR MOST INTENSE LAND USE CATEGORY. JUST RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO HAVE MULTIFAMILY, THIS WAS THE AREA THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY KIND OF GUIDING THAT DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DIVERSIFY YOUR REVENUE AND YOUR ECONOMY AND PROVIDE LOCAL HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THE THE TRAFFIC IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE WORSE IF IT'S INTERIOR. SO HAVING, YOU KNOW, HOTELS AND MULTI-FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG 35 WHERE IT CAN BE BEST SUPPORTED FROM AN ACCESS STANDPOINT IS REALLY WHAT IS INTENDED. AND THEN SMALLER SCALE INTERIOR TO THE CITY WHERE IT WON'T HAVE AS MANY TRAFFIC IMPACTS. AND THEN HERE'S OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THESE ARE OUR TOP MOBILITY PRIORITIES IN THE PROCESS. SO EASING TRAFFIC, CREATING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN THOSE BOTTOM TWO ARE TIED FOR THIRD PLACE AT PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH AND SAFETY. THIS IS THE DRAFT MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THERE'S A LOT OF NEW CONNECTIONS ON THERE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONNECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. BUT ONE OF THE KEY OUTCOMES IS THIS, WHICH IS THE SPUR LOOP. THESE ARE PLANNED ALIGNMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME. BUT WE DID CONNECT SOME OF THE DOTS THAT WEREN'T CONNECTED. AND THIS WAS A KEY THING THAT PEOPLE STARTED ASKING FOR IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS, IS THERE SOME WAY TO JUST KEEP TRAFFIC OUT OF 35 AND 67 ENTIRELY? IF PEOPLE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH, IS THERE SOME WAY? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT AS, AS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE PLAN. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR MANY YEARS AND THERE WERE JUST A COUPLE OF MISSING SEGMENTS. SO WITH YOUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THOUGH, THAT WHERE WE HAVE THAT PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GAS WELLS, WE HAVE TO TRY TO CROSS THOSE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO THERE IS SOME NUANCE TO THIS THAT IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, AND THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED AT A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL. THESE ARE NOT ENGINEERED ALIGNMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT TOO IS ARMADILLO DRIVE. I CAN'T POINT, BUT PEOPLE ARE USING PERCY FIELD RIGHT NOW TO KIND OF CUT THROUGH, AND IT'S AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING THAT CONNECTION A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO WHERE THE SPUR LOOP ENDS, YOU'LL SEE A NEW ROAD CALLED CALLED ARMADILLO DRIVE, AND THAT CONNECTS SPUR LOOP TO 67. SO THAT'S A REALLY KEY CONNECTION AS WELL IN THE PLAN. DESIGN SYSTEM. SO APPLYING THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, APPLYING THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE EVALUATING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, THERE'S SOME POLICIES IN THE PLAN FOR THAT. PARKS AND RECREATION. SO KEY OUTCOME HERE WAS MAPPING THE PARKS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE REALLY QUICKLY. THIS IS THE LAKE PARK FOR LAKE ALVARADO STONEGATE PARK MOORE PARK PARKWAY PARK, PECAN ORCHARD PARK HERITAGE PARK, DOWNTOWN SQUARE PARK RIGHT OUTSIDE, AND GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER PARK. SO THESE ARE THE CITY'S PARKS, AND ALL OF THOSE ARE CATALOGED IN THE DRAFT PLAN. THIS IS THE EXISTING TRAIL SYSTEM, A VERY JUST A COUPLE SEGMENTS THERE. BUT THE PROPOSED TRAIL ALIGNMENTS FOLLOW FLOODPLAIN CONNECT KEY DESTINATIONS. THEY IDENTIFIED TRAILHEADS. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO SAFE ROUTES FOR SCHOOLS, AND THEY ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. SO ALL OF THOSE RED ONES ARE FOLLOWING YOUR NEW MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN NETWORK, BECAUSE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WITH NEW CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SIDE PATHS ON BOTH SIDES. SO THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CONNECTIVITY OVERALL. AND THEN ALL THOSE PURPLE LINES ARE FOLLOWING FLOODPLAIN. SO THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL. A LOT OF THESE WON'T COME IN UNLESS A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN. BUT THERE ARE SOME KEY SEGMENTS THAT THE CITY CAN PUT IN AS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, EITHER THROUGH NEW ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION OR NEW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN. THIS IS I LIKE THIS ONE BETTER. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY MAPS THAT ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. ACTUALLY THIS IS IN THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN. IT'S IT RELATES TO BOTH.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THESE DESTINATIONS AND

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NORTHSIDE, SHELTON, WESTSIDE PARKWAY, AND EAST AND SOUTH ARE THE RAILROAD TRACKS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A BIT OF A DAMAGING CYCLE. WE'VE GOT LACK OF INVESTMENT, SOME VACANCIES, LESS MAINTENANCE, LESS VISITORS, LESS REVENUE. SO WE'VE GOT TO BREAK THAT CYCLE. MAYBE SOME HOUSING DOWNTOWN CAN BRING NIGHTLIFE, SOME DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS, ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT. AND I I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST WHAT THE MURAL HAS BROUGHT TO ALVARADO AND HOW WELL IT'S BEEN RECEIVED. PEOPLE LIKE SEEING THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE WE CARE ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN. AND SO YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW MUCH THAT ONE IMPROVEMENT HAS MADE TO THE OVERALL DOWNTOWN AND JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT MORE COULD BRING.

SO JUST AS A, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE'RE BREAKING THAT CYCLE, RIGHT? SO DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE FINALIZED THAT ON THE SQUARE PROPER. IT SHOULD BE HISTORIC TEXAS. AND THEN OUT FROM THERE, IT WOULD BE A BLEND OF FARMHOUSE CHIC AND HISTORIC TEXAS. SO EITHER WOULD BE OKAY, BUT WE'RE MORE PROTECTIVE OF THE SQUARE, AND WE WANTED THAT TO BE MORE TRADITIONAL, TRADITIONAL THROUGH THE PROCESS. THIS WAS THE SQUARE DESIGN THAT YOU GUYS SELECTED AT THAT JULY MEETING, KIND OF TRYING TO KEEP THE HISTORIC EDGE WITH THE BARBERSHOP THERE ON THE WEST SIDE. AND THEN HERE'S THE CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS THAT WERE DONE. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. THIS IS AGAIN, CONCEPTUAL STEP ON THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE DAVID'S IS THERE, THE DAVID'S CAN STAY, RIGHT. BUT IF THEY DECIDE TO SELL AT SOME POINT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THIS. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ROOFTOP DINING. WE. NOW WHEN WE DO ROOFTOP DINING, WE RECOMMEND SHADING IT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ROASTING ON ROOFS IN TEXAS. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORIC CHURCH IN THE BACK. YOU'VE GOT THE SHARED PLAZA ON THE LEFT SIDE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY EAST. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL JUST CONCEPTUAL. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE TRAIL SHOWING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH HERITAGE PARK. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST AN IMAGINATION TO TRY TO BRING IT TO LIFE AND WHAT IT COULD BE. AND HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT WEST SIDE OF THE SQUARE WHERE DAVID'S IS TODAY. AND YOU CAN LOOK, IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSE, YOU CAN SEE THE MURAL PEEKING OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE OF THE BARBERSHOP. SO THERE'S THE DOWNTOWN SUBAREAS THERE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN MAXIMUM HEIGHT. THIS IS NOT ZONING. SO WE HAVE A TEMPORARY DOWNTOWN OVERLAY THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE. AND IT WILL IT WILL NEED TO BE FOLLOWED WITH REAL A DOWNTOWN CODE THAT KIND OF SUPPORTS THESE. BUT THIS IS JUST THE VISION. THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN MOBILITY FRAMEWORK, JUST RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE KEY INTERSECTIONS THAT MIGHT DESERVE SOME EXTRA ATTENTION.

AND THIS REALLY LEADS TO THE DOWNTOWN CODE AS WELL. AND THEN HERE ARE YOUR DOWNTOWN STRATEGIES. SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR DOWNTOWN SQUARE REDESIGN, TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN LIVING FOR WHAT HOUSING MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE, PLACEMAKING AND STORYTELLING. YOU KNOW, THE MURALS PART OF THAT, BUT WHAT ARE THE LITTLE KEY MOMENTS THAT WE CAN REALLY TELL THE ALVARADO STORY, THAT DOWNTOWN CIVIC TRAIL AND NODE SYSTEM THAT I SHOWED YOU? AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, THE SUBAREAS WITH THE KEY INTERSECTIONS. SO IMPLEMENTATION. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING IS A CULTURE OF IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. BUT IT'S NOT ANY ONE PERSON'S JOB TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. IT'S GOT TO BE A SHARED VALUE SYSTEM WHERE EVERYONE IS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S IN IT. THEY SHOULD MAYBE READ IT AND REALLY TRY TO KEEP IT AT THE FOREFRONT OF CONVERSATIONS. SO IN THAT THERE'S PRIORITIZED ACTIONS THAT HAVE SHORT TERM, MID-TERM, LONG TERM AND THEN CONCEPTUAL LEVELS OF COST. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T DO A LONG TERM ACTION IF THE STARS ALIGN AND IN AN OPPORTUNITY COMES BEFORE YOU IN A PARTNERSHIP DROPS OUT OF THE SKY, OF COURSE YOU SHOULD CHANGE. YOU KNOW,

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AND IN 2025, NOBODY KNEW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ECONOMIC TURMOIL. AND ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO AFFECT GROWTH RATES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO COMP PLANS ARE DESIGNED TO BE REVISITED EVERY 5 TO 10 YEARS. AND THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE PLAN. AND SO IN FIVE YEARS WE COME BACK AND TAKE THIS AS A FRAMEWORK AND THEN UPDATE IT WITH WHAT CURRENT INTEL IS. SO THIS IS THE EXISTING, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

IT'S A GUIDING DOCUMENT SO THAT FOR CITY PLANNERS, WHEN DEVELOPERS COME IN AND GROWTH

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THAT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TOOL IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO CONSTRUCT INFRASTRUCTURE AT THEIR EXPENSE. ALSO, THAT NEEDS TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THAT. INSTEAD OF HAVING DEVELOPERS JUST COME IN, THROW SOME HOUSES DOWN AND NOT PARTICIPATE IN EASING SOME OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. WELL, WE THREE YEARS AGO, WE HEARD THAT THESE DEVELOPERS WERE GOING TO WIDEN OUR ROADS ABOUT CUMMINGS AND NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU GET WHEN YOU GET THINGS LIKE THIS, WE'RE DEALING WITH TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, COME ON. 3 P.M. WE'RE DEALING WITH IT RIGHT NOW. AND YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TRIPLE AGAIN IN 20 YEARS AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THEN? YOU KNOW, SO I'M DONE. BUT I'M SORRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY. WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MARCH 16TH. I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN IT OPENED. IT WAS LONG TIME AGO AT 720. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 13 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ACTION RELATED TO ORDINANCE 2020 6-0003, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ALVARADO, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN AND THE PARK MASTER PLAN. I SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. NO OPPOSED ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU FOR A YEAR'S WORTH OF HARD WORK. YOU. ARE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO NUMBER FIVE AND KIND OF GET BACK IN ORDER THERE. YES. NUMBER FIVE. SO NUMBER FIVE WILL DO THE FIRST READING OF RESOLUTION NUMBER R20 20 6-0004. OKAY. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ALVARADO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ALVARADO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH EMPIRE INVESTMENTS, LLC REGARDING PROJECT PATH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESTAURANT NAMED EMPIRE STEAKS AND BURGERS TO 209 EAST COLLEGE AVENUE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND ESTABLISHING THAT THIS PROJECT IS A BUSINESS ATTRACTION.

DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION EFFORT. IT'S A MOUTHFUL, ISN'T IT? THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE ARE ALMOST TO MY FIRST ITEM FOR THE EVENING THAT I WILL BE PRESENTING. AND LIKE HE SAID, WELL, HERE WE ARE, I SEE. OH WRONG ONE, I'LL GET IT. I'LL GET IT. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING IT BACKWARDS. IT'S KIND OF SPOILING THE FUN. OKAY, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUILDING HERE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY. SO MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BUILDING. I'M SURE HERE IT'S NEXT TO THE TATTOO SHOP. IT'S IT'S CURRENTLY NOT IN THE BEST CONDITION. AND WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. IT'S CALLED EMPIRE STEAK AND BURGERS. NOW THESE PHOTOS HERE ARE JUST THE CONCEPT PHOTOS THAT EMPIRE INVESTMENTS LLC BROUGHT TO US. AND WE HAVE SINCE THEN TOLD THEM THAT WE HAVE A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMING, AND WE WOULD LIKE THE BUILDING TO BE ON THE LESS MODERN SIDE. BUT LET ME LET ME GET INTO THE DETAILS. SO EMPIRE INVESTMENTS, THEY HAVE PROPOSED TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BUILDING DESIGNED TO HOUSE A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, OPERATE EMPIRE STEAK AND BURGERS AS A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT, AND THE ESTIMATED TOTAL PROJECT. BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A BRAND NEW BUILDING, A DEMOLITION AND BRAND NEW BUILDING WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER $1.3 MILLION, AND THE INCENTIVE WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE ALVARADO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S SALES TAX REVENUE. SO NO PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS INVOLVED. ALL RIGHT, SO Y'ALL JUST APPROVED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS ACTUALLY WORKED OUT REALLY WELL THAT THAT HAPPENED FIRST BECAUSE THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT ESTHETIC FARMHOUSE CHIC OR TEXAS HISTORIC DESIGNS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THIS BUSINESS OWNER TO, TO USE HIS IDEAS. OKAY. SO IN OUR AGREEMENT, AS PART OF THE TERMS, WE HAVE PROJECT TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS. SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT THAT IT HAPPENS IN A TIMELY MANNER. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THAT DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING

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OKAY, SO FINANCIAL IMPACT, HERE WE GO. SO THE EDC APPROVED AN INCENTIVE EQUAL TO 40% OF THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT COST, WHICH IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER $1.3 MILLION DOLLARS, NOT TO EXCEED HALF A MILLION. THE INCENTIVE DISBURSEMENT WILL BE IN THREE DIFFERENT WILL BE DONE SEPARATELY, THREE DIFFERENT YEARS. SO THE FIRST YEAR, RIGHT AFTER THE CEO IS ISSUED, A YEAR AFTER THE CEO'S ISSUED, AND THEN TWO YEARS AFTER THE CEO IS ISSUED SO WE CAN WATCH THE BUSINESS SUCCEED OVER THIS TIME AND SPEND THE MONEY A BIT MORE WISELY, SPREADING IT OVER THOSE THREE YEARS. SO NEXT STEPS FOR APPROVAL OR ONE IN. ASK ME ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A SECOND READING OF THIS RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO THERE WILL BE NO VOTE TONIGHT. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I THINK IT'S AWESOME, NO QUESTION. I JUST THINK IT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. WELL, THE YEAH, I SAY NO QUESTION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

PARKING. WHERE WILL THEIR PARKING LOT BE? YES. SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE THEIR OWN PARKING LOT. PART OF OUR IS IT OUR DOWNTOWN OVERLAY ABRA WHERE SHE. NO, SHE HAS GONE FOR THE NIGHT.

THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. JUSTIN IS HERE. SO YES, AS PART OF OUR DOWNTOWN OVERLAY. WELL BACKING UP, AS YOU KNOW, MANY DOWNTOWNS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME REQUIRED THE SAME PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS YOU WOULD IN OTHER PLACES. SO AND THE REASON BEING IT'S MEANT TO BE A WALKABLE SPACE. THERE'S USUALLY SHARED PARKING AREAS. AS YOU ALSO KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS TRYING TO PURCHASE SOME PROPERTIES FOR PARKING BEHIND THESE BUILDINGS ON THE SQUARE, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC PARKING, OF COURSE, IN THE SQUARE CURRENTLY. SO THEY WOULD THEY WOULD HAVE A FEW PARKING SPOTS, BUT NOT AS MANY AS YOU WOULD. YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE. USUALLY IN A TYPICAL SCENARIO, HOW FAR BACK WILL THEIR BUILDING GO? WILL IT GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO PATTON? I KNOW THAT I, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I DREAMED THIS, THAT IT WAS THERE TALK OF THEM DOING AN OUTDOOR AREA. YES, YES. SO THE BUILDING WILL NOT GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO, TO PATTON, BUT THERE WILL BE A VERY LARGE OUTDOOR SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO DINE. AND THEY ALSO PLAN TO HAVE A LITTLE KITTY SECTION FOR CHILDREN TO ENJOY SPACE OUTSIDE WHILE THEIR PARENTS ENJOY A

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RIGHT. SO NO ACTION TAKEN THIS TIME. WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER SIX. CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RELATED RESOLUTION NUMBER R20 20 6-00 12. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAREDO, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FUNDING UNDER THE TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION. OKAY, SO REALLY, IT COMES DOWN TO A QUESTION WOULD YOU APPROVE FOR STAFF TO APPLY FOR A $1 MILLION GRANT FOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION? THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE ADMINISTERS THE TEXAS THE TEXAS DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. OKAY. WOW. MY MY WORDS ARE GETTING A LITTLE MIXED UP HERE. WE'RE JUST GOING TO SAY THAT TEXAS CDBG PROGRAM AND THE PURPOSE IS TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVITALIZATION PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. IF AWARDED, THE GRANT WOULD SUPPORT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PHASE ONE THAT WOULD INCLUDE REPLACING THE CAST IRON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE GROUND. IT WOULD INCLUDE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, DOWNTOWN, UNDERGROUND AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE MOVING OUR LINES UNDERGROUND, AND THEN ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING AND DESIGN ACTIVITIES FOR DOWNTOWN. SO COMING UP WITH THE DESIGN OPTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF MAKING OUR DOWNTOWN BEAUTIFUL, THE GRANT WE'RE APPLYING FOR IS 1 MILLION. THE EDC HAS ALREADY BUDGETED $75,000 AS THE MATCHING PORTION, AND IT COULD BE LESS IT COULD BE CLOSER TO 50,000. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE ON THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 75,000. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. THAT'S FANTASTIC.

THE GAZEBO IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME THOUGH. CORRECT. NO REVITALIZATION THERE. THAT'S THAT'S PART YOU KNOW THAT'LL BE PART OF A FUTURE PHASE. AND I, I DO NOT KNOW BECAUSE THAT WILL BE UP TO YOU AS PART OF THE DESIGN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THE FULL DESIGN WILL LOOK LIKE YET. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED. DID THE EDC BUDGET FOR THIS? YES, I COULDN'T REMEMBER. OKAY. YOU DID. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THE WATER OR THE WATER PIPES YOU WERE MENTIONING. THAT'S JUST UNDER THERE AT THE SQUARE. YES. RIGHT THERE WITHIN THE SQUARE SECTION. I DON'T HAVE A MAP TO SHOW YOU, BUT OH, I WISH I DID, BUT YES, IT'S, IT'S WATER LINES GOING RIGHT THROUGH IN FRONT OF THE, THE BUILDINGS ON THIS SIDE AND THEN IN FRONT OF, I GUESS DAVID'S BUT A LITTLE FURTHER EAST. YES. THE WATER THAT'S THERE UNDER THE GRASS, GRASS AT THE SQUARE, IT'S GOING TO BE ALONG THE PAVEMENTS AND STUFF, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST THE OUTSKIRTS GUYS. IT'S NOT JUST THE IRRIGATION, BUT SOME DISTRIBUTION LINES WILL BE UP. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R2026-001 12, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FUNDING UNDER THE TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION CATEGORY. SHE NOTED THE RESOLUTION NUMBER YOU'VE SET ON, I DID, YEAH, IT'S 00129001 12. CORRECTION, RESOLUTION NUMBER R2026-0012I SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, IF YOU WOULD RAISE

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THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THIS IS A FUN ONE. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON. EVERYONE HAS TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY LOVE A CAFE AND A BAKERY DOWNTOWN.

WELL, WE MAY BE GETTING OUR WISH. SO IT STARTS WITH IT STARTS WITH THIS. IN 2024, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FALL OF 2024. I MET THIS YOUNG LADY, ANNE, AT OUR FALL FESTIVAL, AND SHE WAS SELLING HER BOOK THAT SHE WROTE ABOUT HER CAT, WHO HAS SINCE HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY. BUT HER CAT HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE TRAVELING BETWEEN THE US AND JAPAN AND LIVED IN BOTH COUNTRIES. SO SHE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT, AND AT THIS EVENT SHE WAS SELLING LITTLE STUFFED STUFFED ANIMALS LIKE THAT AND HER BOOK. AND SHE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT HOW SHE'S ALWAYS DREAMED TO HAVE A COFFEE SHOP. SHE'S BEEN SAVING UP HER MONEY TO DO THIS, AND SHE'S SHE'S EXCITED TO DO IT. SO I SHOWED HER OUR DOWNTOWN AND THEN I DIDN'T HEAR FROM HER FOR ABOUT A YEAR. AND THEN SHE CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID, I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER THE DFW FOR THE RIGHT SPOT.

AND I KEEP COMING BACK TO ALVARADO. THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT ALVARADO. AND THIS. THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO THE LOCATION WOULD BE THE YELLOW BUILDING HERE AT 110 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE. SO RIGHT NEXT TO US. I'LL AS FAR AS OUR PROJECT TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS HERE AND YOU'LL SEE I PUT SOME PHOTOS IN HERE OF HER AT ALL HER DIFFERENT EVENTS. SO SHE GOES TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS SELLING HER BOOK, SELLING HER STUFFED ANIMALS. AND BY THE WAY, SHE HAS A QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN COFFEE SHOPS AS A BARISTA. SO IN OUR AGREEMENT, THE PROJECT TIMELINE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD PUT IN PLACE ARE AS FOLLOWS. A BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF AGREEMENT EXECUTION. THE CITY MANAGER MAY GRANT ONE ADMINISTRATIVE EXTENSION NOT TO EXCEED 60 DAYS. SIMILAR TO THE LAST AGREEMENT, CONSTRUCTION MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF AGREEMENT EXECUTION. THAT SAID, SHE ANTICIPATES BEING UP AND RUNNING WITHIN 2 TO 3 MONTHS. WE, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES PERFECTLY ACCORDING TO PLAN. THE INCENTIVE AMOUNT THAT THE EDC APPROVED WOULD BE REIMBURSING 100% OF THE KITCHEN INSTALLATION COSTS UP TO $61,425. AND THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN HER JK AND JK BUILDER'S QUOTE, NUMBER 64. AND THE THAT WILL HAPPEN PROVIDED THAT THE EDC RETAINS OWNERSHIP OF ALL ELIGIBLE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT LISTED IN THE QUOTE, THE EDC OWNERSHIP OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER THE BUSINESS OPENS TO THE PUBLIC, AFTER WHICH THE OWNERSHIP WILL TRANSFER TO THE BUSINESS. THE REASONING HERE IS THAT, LET'S SAY SADLY, LET'S SAY THE BUSINESS DOESN'T WORK OUT WELL.

WE HAVE, JUST AS AN EDC INVESTED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY INTO THIS BUSINESS AND THEY CLOSE IN ONE YEAR. WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS WISELY.

RIGHT. AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SIMPLY FIND ANOTHER BUSINESS TO COME IN AND USE ALL OF THE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT THAT IS THERE. IN ADDITION, THE EDC WILL REIMBURSE 25% OF OTHER ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. SO THAT'S NON KITCHEN RENOVATIONS, EQUIPMENT, ETC. RENOVATION OF THE BATHROOM, RENOVATION OF THE THE REST OF THE BUILDING. IS THERE A CAP ON THAT? THERE IS YES, YES. AND I WILL, I'LL GET INTO THAT TOO. SO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN. AND REAL QUICK THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THIS IS A PHOTO THAT I TOOK IN THE BUILDING. AND THEN I ASKED ANNE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER ESTHETIC FOR THE INSIDE. THIS IS AND HAD CHATGPT CREATE A GRAPHIC THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ESTHETIC TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. NOW, HER STYLE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE ECLECTIC AND BRIGHTER IN COLOR, BUT THIS

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SO SHE. SHE WILL HAVE A CAT, AN ONGOING CAT THEME IN THE CAFE. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A CAT CAFE. THERE WILL NOT BE CATS AS ADORABLE AS THEY ARE RUNNING THROUGH RUNNING THROUGH THE SHOP. SHE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME MERCHANDISE IN HER STORE. SO EVERYTHING SHE SELLS HERE, SHE WILL HAVE AN ENTIRE SECTION WHERE SHE SELLS ALL OF THAT, HER BOOKS AND OTHER MERCHANDISE.

AND AFTER A FEW MONTHS SHE WILL BE OPENING IT, OPENING UP IN THE EVENING FOR A AS A WINE BAR AS WELL. SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW MONTHS FOR HER TO GET UP AND RUNNING. ONE OF THE REASONS BEING SHE WANTS TO SHE WANTS TO SELL A JAPANESE STYLE WINE. THE REASON. AND THAT'S BECAUSE SHE IS JAPANESE AND AMERICAN. IT'S A JAPANESE FRUIT WINE. SHE WILL ALSO SELL OTHER WINES. IF YOU'RE NOT INTO THAT STYLE OF WINE. WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE FIRST AND SECOND OPENING. ONCE THE WINE BAR OPENS. HILARY, I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN HERE. MARTY DID WANT TO ASK IF HE CAN BRING HIS CAT INSIDE THE CAFE. I TAKE I HAVE A CAT. NO, NO, NO, THAT WAS JUST THE DOG. WE DO. WE DO HAVE SOME CAT FANS OVER HERE. THE FUNERAL HOME HAS ABOUT 20 CATS THAT CAN COME TO MY CAFE. WELL, NO CATS INSIDE. THAT SAID, THERE IS A LITTLE PATIO. SO IF YOU HAVE A CAT BACKPACK OR STROLLER, MAYBE YOU COULD HANG OUT ON THE PATIO WHILE YOU HAVE YOUR COFFEE. YOU KNOW, CAN YOU ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF THE DOG PARK OUTSIDE? OH, YES. SO ANOTHER THING THAT SHE WANTS TO DO, SHE WANTS TO BE VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

SHE'S ALREADY VERY INVOLVED IN HELPING ADOPTIONS OF DOGS AND CATS HAPPEN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS SHE'LL BE DOING HERE IN HER OUTDOOR SPACE, THERE'S I DON'T HAVE A PHOTO OF IT HERE, BUT THERE'S A GATED AREA THAT USED TO BE USED AS THE, THE DAYCARES PLAY AREA. WELL, IT'LL STILL BE A PLAY AREA, BUT FOR DOGS. SO SHE STILL WANTS TO HELP OUR. OUR SHELTER. THANK

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YOU'RE THINKING OF ADOPTING, HAVE A LITTLE PLAY TIME AND GET TO KNOW THAT DOG AND SEE IF IT'S THE RIGHT FIT BEFORE YOU ADOPT THEM. BUT IS SHE GOING TO HAVE IT WHERE WE CAN? LIKE, IF WE'RE GOING FOR COFFEE OR SOMETHING, WE CAN BRING OUR DOG AND LET THEM PLAY IN THAT I'M NOT SURE OF YET. THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. SO I CAN ASK HER, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. YEAH, I THINK THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION WAS A POSSIBLE DOG PARK THAT. YES. I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING SHE HAS AGREED TO. OKAY, I MAY BE SPEAKING OUT OF TURN. YEAH, BUT I, I DO WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE A POINT BECAUSE THE REASON THAT WE HAVE, WE MAY POSSIBLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE MARTY CAN TAKE HIS FAKE CAT IS BECAUSE. YOU USED TO HEAR THE WORD SYNERGY A LOT IN, IN 90S BUSINESS LITERATURE, BUT GOOD TO GREAT. THE BOOK, IT TALKS ABOUT THE FLYWHEEL. YOU START TO MAKE SMALL MOVES AND IT REALLY STARTS TO MOVE FASTER AND FASTER. AND THIS IS REALLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF A REALLY BIG CHAIN OF EVENTS. WE'VE BUILT A GREAT TEAM. IT STARTED WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR RESIDENT HISTORIAN, BEVERLY SHORT, WHO KEPT REMINDING ME ABOUT PECAN ORCHARD. YOU MET HER IN PECAN ORCHARD, RIGHT, AT FALL FEST. YES. SO THAT FINALLY GOT DONE. AND THAT WAS DONE THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FINANCE, PARKS, FIRE SHIFT B DID MOST OF THE GRADING OUT THERE, AND IT WAS REALLY MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, JUSTIN, WHO WAS WORKING WITH THE PLANT, THE MOBILE HOME LOT NEXT DOOR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER THAT INTO A PURCHASE AND ADMIN WAS INVOLVED. DANIELLE HELPED A LOT WITH THAT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE DOING WORK NOW ON GETTING A GRANT. WE'RE FINISHING UP A GRANT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. AND THEN WE STARTED HAVING GREAT COMMUNICATIONS, GREAT EVENTS IN PECAN ORCHARD, AND THEN WE HAD A REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WHO WENT AND CHATTED THESE PEOPLE UP, ALL THESE GREAT VENDORS, BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR AUTHENTIC VENDORS. AND SHE WAS AND ANN WAS ONE OF THEM. AND, AND THEN WE CONNECT THEM WITH THE EDC BOARD AND EDC FUNDING. SO IT'S ALL A REALLY BIG FLYWHEEL AND ALL THESE PIECES MATTER, ALL THESE SMALL STEPS THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE A LOT LIKE CLEARING UP PECAN ORCHARD LED DIRECTLY TO THIS.

AND MISS BEVERLY SHORT REMINDING ME CONSISTENTLY THAT MAYBE WE COULD TURN THIS PARK INTO SOMETHING, TURN DIRECTLY INTO THIS. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK REALLY EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED IN THAT. YEAH, LET ME PIGGYBACK ON THAT. AND THAT'S VERY WELL SAID. PAUL IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AND BUILD A GREAT, GREAT TEAM. AND THAT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE A PART OF IT IF IT WASN'T A GREAT TEAM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR THE CITY OF ALFREDO. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON IT, JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING WHAT OUR RADIOS, YOU KNOW HOW FAR IT'S GROWN BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I GET OVERWHELMED WHEN I COME THROUGH ALVARADO AND SEE THE CITY COUNCIL HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS TEAM THAT PAUL, YOU BUILD AND EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER. THAT'S AMAZING. IT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. NOBODY NEEDS ANYBODY ELSE. YEAH. YOU DID. YEAH. YEAH. YOU YOU SPOKE ABOUT. ALRIGHT, SO THAT IS INFORMATION. NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN. AND WE'VE GOT A REQUEST FOR A ALL RIGHT. U GO BACK AND TURN MY HEATER ON? I TURN IT ON. I KNOW IT'S COLD. I'LL BRING MY TEA. ALL RIGHT. IF Y'ALL ARE READY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET GOING AGAIN. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. CONSIDERATION. ACTION RELATED TO RESOLUTION NUMBER R20 20 6-001. FOR RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF ALVARADO, TEXAS, APPROVING A PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.539 ACRES OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TRACT NUMBER TWO LOCATED AT BUSINESS HIGHWAY 67 WEST COLLEGE STREET AND AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION. THANK YOU. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL PRESENT THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE AS ONE. BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED SEPARATELY. OKAY. AND THERE IS A REASON WHY. SO ALL RIGHT, THIS SITE HERE IN THE YELLOW, IT'S AT THE CORNER. IT'S THIS DIRECTION FROM US AT THE CORNER OF COLLEGE AVENUE AND NORTH PARKWAY, WHICH IS ALSO US OR THAT'S WRONG. THAT SAYS US 67 BUSINESS. THAT'S INCORRECT. US I 35 BUSINESS. SO PLEASE IGNORE THAT. BUT THIS IS THE LOCATION. OKAY, SO THERE'S TRACT TWO. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE. THIS IS THE SITE ON THE SURVEY SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S LOCATED. AND THEN HERE'S TRACT ONE. SO BASICALLY THIS TRIANGLE IS TWO TRACKS. SO IF YOU CAN SEE HERE HERE'S THE UPPER PORTION OF IT ON TRACT

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AND THEN ALSO POSSIBLY ANOTHER MONUMENT SIGN SO THAT WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN MONUMENT SIGN COMING IN FROM THE EAST END. AND THEN ALSO THE WEST END. LET ME GO BACK. SO ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THESE SITES? AND THE REASON, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING TRACKED, ONE FOR $0 IS NOT BECAUSE IT'S A BAD SITE, BUT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER PAPERWORK. EVEN AFTER WE RECEIVED THE APPRAISAL. AND THE APPRAISAL, I BELIEVE WAS HIGHER THAN TRACT TWO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT PAPERWORK TO. TO BE ALLOWED TO SELL US THE PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN $0. WHAT PART OF THE TRIANGLE IS TRACK ONE? OKAY, LET ME GO BACK. SO THIS IS TRACT ONE. SO IT'S THE NORTHERN PORTION. SEE IT ON THE ON HERE. YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN JUST ESTIMATE IT. OH I BELIEVE IT'S. IS THIS QUESTION. YES. MARK. OKAY. SO IT'S SO ABOUT A LITTLE OVER HALF AN ACRE ON THE SOUTHERN POINT IS TRACK TWO. AND THEN TRACT ONE IS 0.71 ACRES. SO THERE IT. IF WE LOOK AT THIS MAP HERE, THE LARGER THE LARGER PORTION OF IT WOULD BE. TRACKED FOR NOW FORGOT TO. OKAY, SO TRACK ONE GOES UP IN FRONT OF THE. TRACK. ONE GOES UP ALONG PARKWAY UP TOWARD THE THRIFT STORE. YES. OKAY, WAIT. HOLD ON. LET ME MAKE SURE. YES.

TRACK ONE WOULD BE THE ONE HEADED UP TOWARDS THE LEAP OF FAITH STORE. SO IT SAYS IF ACQUIRED, THE CITY INTENDS TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PARKING. SO WHAT? IT'S GOING TO COST US 17 18,000 TO ACQUIRE IT. WHAT DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST ON TURNING IT INTO A PARKING LOT AT THIS TIME? NO. AT THIS TIME IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PARKING ON THE GRASS FOR EVENTS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY, UNTIL WE BUDGET FOR THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. OKAY, SO WE'D ALLOW THAT FOR PUBLIC EVENTS. WE CAN ALLOW PARKING ON THE GRASS FOR ON OUR PROPERTY. I ASSUME TEMPORARY USE. AS I SAY, WE DO IT. PECAN ORCHARD. YOU PARK ON THE GRASS THERE, RIGHT? SO IN THIS NEXT BUDGET, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND PULL COSTS TOGETHER TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE TO PUT A PERMANENT PARKING LOT THERE IF INTERESTED. AND IT RUNS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE OLD BILLY THE KID, RIGHT, RIGHT ACROSS THEIR PARKING LOT, LIKE KIND OF IT DOES. SO HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT? BECAUSE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS FOR SALE. THE BILLY THE KID. SO I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO DO LIKE A PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR WHOEVER MAY PURCHASE THAT? I MEAN, HOW DO WE THAT'S AN OPTION. YES. AND, YOU KNOW, A SHARED ACCESS EASEMENT WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR THAT PROPERTY. IF SOMEBODY PURCHASED AND WERE TO BUILD ON THE OLD HOTEL SITE THAT SAID, THE THE BUILDING BUILDING THERE, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, COULD BE QUITE DIFFICULT. IS THAT RIGHT, JUSTIN? YEAH, IT'S IN THE WHOLE FLOODPLAIN. YEAH. IT'S COMPLETELY 100% IN THE

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THANK YOU. OKAY. BUT IS IT REALLY BIG ENOUGH TO FOR SOMEBODY TO PUT A LITTLE BUSINESS ON, OR IF WE SOLD IT LATER ON? WELL, IT'S A LITTLE MOTEL THERE WOULD FIT PRETTY NICELY ON IT. YES. AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT FOR SOMEONE, LET'S SAY SOMEONE PURCHASES THE OLD HOTEL PROPERTY AND THEN COMES TO US AND WANTS TO PURCHASE THIS ONE AS WELL, AND THEY COME UP WITH AN OUTSTANDING PLAN THAT WOULD BE WORTH GIVING UP OUR EVENT PARKING. MAYBE WE COULD WORK WITH THEM. HAVE THEY ASKED THE HOTEL OWNER TO BUY THAT PROPERTY? HAS HAS THE STATE OFFERED IT TO ANYBODY ELSE? NO. WE HAVE FIRST DIBS. SO I'M CHEAP. AND YOU SAID THE $17,622 WAS THE APPRAISED VALUE. YES. AND AND THEIR FINAL OFFER. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S THAT THE FINAL OFFER PROBABLY STEWING ABOUT THE ZERO. SO THEY ARE STEWING ABOUT THE ZERO, I BELIEVE. SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL ACREAGE THERE? IT'S OVER AN ACRE. SO ABOUT 1.3 ACRES. OKAY, $17,000 FOR AN ACRE. THAT'S NOT BAD. CLINIC.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ NUMBER NINE INTO IT. SO AS WE'RE DOING OUR DELIBERATION AND STARTS ENTERTAINING POSSIBLE MOTIONS, THEY CAN GET IT ALL BUNDLED UP. AND SO NUMBER NINE IS CONSIDERATION ACTION RELATED TO RESOLUTION NUMBER R20 20 6-0015. THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF ALVARADO, TEXAS, ACCEPTING A QUITCLAIM DEED FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONVEYING ANY RIGHT TITLE AND INTEREST OF THE STATE, AND APPROXIMATELY 0.718 ACRES IDENTIFIED AS TRACK NUMBER ONE, LOCATED AT BUSINESS HIGHWAY 35 NORTH PARKWAY DRIVE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION. SO THAT'S GOT EIGHT AND NINE. READ IN. AND THEN AS YOU GUYS, IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OR DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS INCLINED TO MAKE A MOTION, YOU CAN DO THEM SEPARATELY OR DO THEM TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. THE, THE BILLY THE KID, DOES THAT GO WITH THE SAME OWNER AS THE LEAP OF FAITH BUILDING AND OR IS THAT A SEPARATE OWNER, SEPARATE OWNER? FLOYD. I CANNOT REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME, OWNS THE LEAP OF FAITH BUILDING. AND THEN JOHNNY THOMPSON OWNS THIS, THE BILLY THE KID HOTEL. YES. BARTOLA.

YES, THE MAN THAT OWNS THE WALL. THE. DOESN'T HE OWN THE LEAP OF FAITH BUILDING ALSO? NO, HE DOES NOT. OKAY, OKAY, SO THIS CAN BE TWO SEPARATE OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS OR CAN IT BE ATTORNEY? CAN THEY APPROVE THEM TOGETHER OR. MR. BARKER HAD ASKED SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY DID TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS SEPARATELY, PLEASE. OKAY. SO ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R2026-001 FOR A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALVARADO, TEXAS, APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.539 ACRES OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TRACK TWO LOCATED IN THE BUSINESS HIGHWAY 67 WEST

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CONSIDERATION. ACTION RELATED TO THE APPROVAL OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ALVARADO BOAT RAMP. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE WE REDID THE BOAT RAMP? WHEN RICK WAS HERE, WE GOT THE GRANT TO DO THE RAMP, BUT STILL THE PARKING LOT AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH, IT'S BEEN THAT LONG.

WE DID A CHIP SEAL, SO IT'S BEEN LIKE FIVE YEARS. YEAH, I'M BET THAT'LL BE PORT AUGUSTA'S PRESENTATION. GREAT, Y'ALL. GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE DOING ONE OF Y'ALL'S PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL WANTED, THE BOAT RAMP AREA. AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND REMOVE ALL THE ASPHALT, MIX IT IN, MIX IT IN WITH CEMENT TREATED SUBGRADE, AND THEN COME BACK WITH 2.5IN OF ASPHALT ON TOP OF THAT AND AROUND THE BOAT RAMP AREA, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE THICKER ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS FOUR INCHES. FIVE INCHES. YEAH, FIVE, 5.5IN AROUND THE BOAT RAMP. MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT THICKER. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE PULLING OUT THE, THEIR VEHICLES AND THEIR BOATS OUT OF THERE, THAT IT LASTS A LITTLE BIT LONGER. LET ME SWITCH THAT. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE IT STANDS. THIS WAS FROM A PREVIOUS TIME WHEN Y'ALL DID ANOTHER DESIGN OUT THERE AND DID CHIP SEAL. SO I KIND OF USED THE SAME KIND OF DIAGRAM TO THE Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH FOR THE BOAT RAMP AREA. THE ACTUAL BOAT RAMP ITSELF IS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO REPLACE THAT PORTION OF IT. WE'RE JUST REPLACING ALL THE ASPHALT AROUND THERE. IT DID GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE 150,000 THAT WE WANTED. SO, AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS 5% ABOVE THE ASKING PRICE, WHICH WAS A 170,000. SO THAT WOULD BRING IT TO 179,435. THIS THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE STRIPING. I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND ADD STRIPING TO THAT, WHICH IS USUALLY NOT AS BIG OF A DEAL ON PRICING. HAS 18 MONTH WARRANTY ON IT. AND BASICALLY THAT'S IT.

SO WE'RE ALL THE STRIPES ARE THE DIAGONAL LINES. THAT'S ALL PARKING. YES. THAT'S PARKING.

SO THAT WAY THEY'RE THEY'RE LONGER PARKING. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN PUT THE BOAT AND THEIR TRUCKS IN THERE AT THE SAME TIME. IF I MEAN, I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT DOWN CLOSE TO THE LAKE, LIKE THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE YOU HAVE THE DIAGONAL PARKING. ISN'T THAT, THAT THAT RIGHT NOW ISN'T PARKING, IS IT? IT IS NOT ON, ON THIS SIDE OF THE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE? YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PARKING GOING ACROSS THE FRONT. I KNOW THAT, BUT THAT'S THE LITTLE PARK AREA. SO WE'RE TAKING OUT THE LITTLE PARK AREA. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PARK, BUT IT'S. GATHERING AREA. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ONLY TOUCHING THE ASPHALT SECTION OF IT. OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT ASPHALT NOW, SO IT WON'T BE ASPHALT. IS THIS NOT ASPHALT RIGHT NOW? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I THINK IT'S I THINK I THINK SOME OF THE CONFUSION IS THAT'S THE ORIGINAL DIAGRAM FROM THE LAST

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YEAH. AND ARE Y'ALL IS IT GOING TO BE MORE LEVEL? BECAUSE I KNOW YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE NICER LEVEL, JUST LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER STREETS THAT WE REPAVE AND REDO OUT HERE. WELL, I JUST KNOW PART OF IT SITS AT AN ANGLE. WELL, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE AT AN ANGLE JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LAND IS. AND SO THAT WAY YOU CONTINUE. YEAH. WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. ARE WE GOING TO LEVEL IT OR LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS? MORE DRAINAGE IS BETTER FOR. YEAH.

WE DON'T WANT THE WATER PONDING. AND THEN LYDIA ASKS HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE WE'VE DONE IT IN 2018. I BELIEVE 2017 IS CHIPSEAL BACK THEN, WHICH IS WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL. SO ABOUT THAT LONG, I KNOW I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN WE. YEAH, WHEN WE REOPENED THE BOAT RAMP. YEAH.

THIS IS GOING TO BE WAY BETTER THAN THE CHIPSEAL THAT WE HAD OUT THERE. CHIPSEAL IS VERY THIN. I MEAN, SOUNDS JUST LIKE WHAT IT IS, LIKE A POTATO CHIP SIZE. SO WE'RE ASKING Y'ALL TO OH, WRONG WAY, I GUESS BEFORE YOU. YES, SIR. LET ME SPEAK TO THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.

YES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD THAT WAS HAPPENING OUT THERE IS THAT KIDS WERE DOING A LOT OF DONUTS AND HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH THE PARKING LOT. SO ONE OF MY IDEAS, AND THEN I'LL HAVE TO GET WITH THE STRIPING GUY ON THIS WAS TO PUT CURB STOPS. CURB STOPS ARE THE CONCRETE BLOCKS AND PLACED THEM OUT THERE STRATEGICALLY. SO THAT WAY WE CAN AT LEAST PREVENT THAT TO SOME DEGREE. AND IF WE NEED TO, THEN WE CAN ADD SPEED BUMPS SOMEWHERE OUT THERE. BUT I HATE ADDING SPEED BUMPS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE ANY ISSUE WITH THE AND THE TRAILERS HATE THAT WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT, IT COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH BOAT MOTORS.

RESPONSE. WE DON'T SLOW DOWN. EXACTLY RESPONSE. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THEM TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE THOSE CURB STOPS IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND AND THAT WAY THAT'LL PREVENT HOPEFULLY THE KIDS FROM DOING THAT. OKAY, I WAS LOOKING FOR MY PICTURES BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE BOAT RAMP. SO WE DOING THE WHOLE PARKING LOT.

ARE WE GOING TO REDO THE WHOLE THING THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? IT'S GOING TO BE REDONE.

WE'RE NOT LIKE FILLING POTHOLES. IF THAT WAS PART OF THE ASPHALT SECTION, THEN WE'RE DEFINITELY FILLING POTHOLES IF IT'S JUST IN THE GRASS AREA, ROAD PART, IT'S NOT, I JUST IT'S REMOVING ALL THE ASPHALT, DOING CEMENT STABILIZATION FOR SOME GRADE, AND THEN ALL NEW ASPHALT ROLLING DOWN ON THE TOP 2.5IN THROUGH THE WHOLE PARKING LOT. YEAH, 2.5IN ON THE PARKING AREA AND 5.5IN THICK AT THE RAMP. AND THEN YOU SAID THE BOAT RAMP ITSELF IS CONCRETE. THE THE EXISTING BOAT RAMP IS CONCRETE ALREADY. AND SO WHAT THEY'LL DO, THEY'LL EXTEND A LITTLE FURTHER OUT AND PUT A LITTLE THICKER SECTION OF ASPHALT. SO THAT'LL HELP PREVENT, AT LEAST IN THE LONG RUN, HELP PREVENT FROM DETERIORATING AND FALLING APART OUT THERE. I THINK ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED IS IT'S NARROW. DO WE HAVE NOT PUT A BOAT IN THERE? SO IS THAT FEASIBLE FOR 1 OR 2 BOATS TO BE TO GO SIDE BY SIDE, OR IS IT JUST A SINGLE. IT'S A SINGLE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT WIDE. OKAY. WE HAVE A DOCK. YEAH. AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR COMPLETION ONCE IT STARTS COMPLETION? ONCE THEY START, I WOULD GIVE IT PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEY'LL BE DONE. I'M SAYING THAT BEING CONSERVATIVE, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A LOT SOONER THAN THAT. BUT. BUT STARTING I'LL HAVE TO GET WITH TEXAS MATERIALS AND GET THEM GOING OUT THERE AND ON THEIR SCHEDULE. SO THAT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM REALLY SOON TILL LIKE A MONTH AWAY. THAT'S HOW COUNTER THEY WORK BECAUSE WE JUST GOT TO ROTATE IN THEIR SCHEDULE. WE CAN BE READY FOR SPRING AND SUMMER FISHERMEN. DEFINITELY. YES. AND I'VE GOT PEOPLE I CAN CALL IT TEXAS BIT, TEXAS BIT. I'VE KNOWN THEM FOR SOME MATERIALS BY OUT TEXAS BIT.

GOT YOU. SAME, SAME. YEAH. OKAY. ANYWAYS, WHERE ARE WE AT? SO WE RECOMMEND THAT Y'ALL APPROVE THIS. AND WHAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET 150,000. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR ABOUT 21 OVER 29.

THE 29,000 OVER. BUT THAT'S WITH THE CONTINGENCY. THE THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS ABOUT 170,000.

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PASSES NUMBER 11. CONSIDERATION. ACTION RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALVARADO 228 DEVELOPMENT LLC, AVALON DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC AND THE CITY OF ALVARADO FOR THE CHAMBERS CREEK DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, I CAN DO A QUICK INTRO ON THIS. YOU GUYS CAN GET READY IF YOU WANT TO. SO THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH AVALON DEVELOPMENT GROUP. THEY HERE TONIGHT FOR A WHILE NOW. COUNCIL'S REVIEWED THIS ITEM SEVERAL TIMES AND IT'S READY TO BE PROPOSED NOW. AND THIS PROJECT WOULD INCORPORATE A PRETTY EXCITING SPORTS PLEX IN THE ALVARADO COMMUNITY IF WE CAN KICK IT OFF. AND I JUST WANT TO BRING TED AND JONATHAN MURPHY TO PRESENT THE ITEM, YOU CAN COME ON UP. THERE'S NO ACTION ON THE ITEM TONIGHT, JUST A PRESENTATION. BUT THE NEXT ITEM AFTER IT IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF A PYD PETITION PETITION FOR THIS PROJECT. SO IT'S REALLY JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THE PYD, AND I BELIEVE IT'S CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. IT CALLS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL TAKE ACTION ON THE PYD. SO NO ACTION ON EITHER THOSE ITEMS REALLY TONIGHT OTHER THAN JUST RECEIVING THE PETITION. GO AHEAD. WELL GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TED MURPHY. I'M WITH AVALON DEVELOPMENT GROUP. WE'RE ADDRESS IS 8144 WALNUT HILL LANE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. IT'S A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE UP HERE SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT OUR VISION FOR OUR CHAMBERS CREEK PROJECT. IT'S BEEN A A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE OUR VISION WITH, WITH YOU AND, AND EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TONIGHT. SO THE CHAMBERS CREEK PROJECT IS A 228, 2228 ACRE DEVELOPMENT THAT SURROUNDS THE ALVARADO HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT ACCESS ON THE FRONTAGE OF I-35 AS WELL AS ON MAPLE AVENUE TO THE NORTH. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED MOSTLY ALL EXCEPT FOR THE COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE ON I-35 IS ALL LOCATED IN THE ETJ AND OUR INTENTION IS TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY WITH THE CITY'S APPROVAL. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A MIXED USE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, 713 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE ON I-35. IN ADDITION, THE KIND OF A REALLY SPECIAL FEATURE OF THIS PROJECT IS WE'RE GOING TO DONATE 27 ACRES TO THE CITY TO DEVELOP A CITY OWNED SPORTS COMPLEX. THAT WILL GET INTO SOME DETAILS ABOUT LATER. THAT'S A PRETTY EXCITING PIECE OF THIS PROJECT. OVER THE COURSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WE PROJECT, THE FULL BUILD OUT OF THIS PROJECT WILL ADD ABOUT $260 MILLION TO THE CITY TAX ROLLS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 6 OR 7 YEARS WHILE IT'S DEVELOPED OUT, AND ULTIMATELY, IT'S STABILIZATION WILL GENERATE ABOUT $2 MILLION IN ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX TO THE CITY. IN ADDITION, THERE'S WE'LL BE PAYING OUR SHARE OF IMPACT FEES TO THE CITY TO, TO COMPLETE A NUMBER OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE IMPROVING OURSELVES, SOME OF WHICH WILL JUST PAY INTO THE CITY'S IMPACT FEE FUND THAT THE CITY CAN USE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO SEWER, WATER AND ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION, WE'LL BE CREATING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WITH THIS PROJECT. SO SO THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICT WILL BE USING THAT FOR A PORTION OF IT TO PAY FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'LL BE PAYING A PORTION OF IT AS WELL, BUT IT'LL ENABLE US ENABLE US TO DO SOME BOND FINANCING TO PAY FOR SOME PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THIS. THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ONLY. SOMETHING ELSE UNIQUE ABOUT THIS IS WE'RE CREATING A TOURIST DISTRICT WITH THIS PROJECT TOO. SO WE'VE AGREED WITH THE CITY THAT THAT WE WOULD CONTRIBUTE THIS LAND AND CREATE A TOURIST DISTRICT, THE

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VERY UNIQUE FOR THIS AREA. THERE IS A BIG POWER LINE EASEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO RESPECT THAT WE'LL PUT SOME TRAILS THROUGH THERE. AND THEN THE REST OF IT IS A MIX OF 40 AND 50 FOOT LOTS FOR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THROUGH THE PROPERTY. AND THEN ON I 35, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 12 ACRES OF WHAT WILL BE KIND OF COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BUILD OUT IN THE FUTURE. HERE'S A BLOW UP OF A VISION OF THE SPORTS PARK. SO.

WE WORKED WITH OUR LAND PLANNERS AND WITH THE CITY TO COME UP WITH. WE PROBABLY LOOKED AT 7 OR 8 DIFFERENT CONCEPTS FOR THE SPORTS PARK, AND THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WE ALL KIND OF KIND OF NARROWED IN ON. BUT IT'S, IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS TO BE THE CITY'S SPORTS COMPLEX. WE'RE GOING TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY HERE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. AND, AND THAT WILL BE THAT WILL REALLY DETERMINE IN CONCERT WITH THE CITY OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE. BUT WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE BEST USE OF THE LAND AND WAS REALLY KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE COULD DO WITH 27 ACRES IN THIS AREA OF THE CITY. SO IT'S DESIGNED AS SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIZED BASEBALL FIELDS, A SOCCER FIELD, FOOTBALL FIELD. IT COULD BE A COMBINATION SOCCER AND FOOTBALL FIELD, PICKLEBALL COURTS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ROOM FOR DOG PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COULD GO ON DOWN HERE TOO. AND THEN THE THE CENTERPIECE OF IT ALL IS THERE'S A PLAYGROUND AND SOME CONCESSION AREAS FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS THAT ARE THERE WATCHING THEIR OLDER KIDS PLAY SOCCER AND BASEBALL WHEN THEY THEY NEED SOMETHING TO DO AS WELL. BUT PARKING, WE DESIGNED ENOUGH PARKING IN HERE FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, BUT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD.

WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT WE'LL BUILD THIS OUT OVER PHASES OVER TIME AS THE OVERALL PROJECT DEVELOPS ITSELF. HERE'S SOME OF THE SOME IMAGERY TO INSPIRATION FOR SOME OF THE AMENITY AREAS. SO THIS IS THE MAIN AMENITY AREA FOR THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE'S A MIX OF KIND OF A RESORT STYLE POOL, SOME CABANAS AND SHADE SEATING AREAS.

THERE'S A FIRE PIT. WE'VE TRIED TO INTEGRATE THIS INTO SOME EXISTING OLD LIVE OAKS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY TODAY, AND KIND OF A NATURAL DRAINAGE AREA THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE SOME TRAILS INTO. WE CAN BUILD A TRAILHEAD THERE, AND IT ALL KIND OF CONNECT ALL THE HOMES WITHIN THIS PROPERTY. BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE IMAGERY AND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AMENITY CENTER. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, THE KIND OF THE, THE CHECKERED AREAS IN, IN GOLD, THOSE ARE KIND OF PROPOSED TRAIL AREAS THAT WOULD RUN THROUGH THE PROPERTY. SO THEY WOULD CONNECT TO THE AMENITIES AREA, AMENITY AREA, AND RUN THROUGH THE KIND OF THAT NATURAL TREED AREA DOWN TO THE SOUTH. AND THEN CHAMBERS CREEK BORDERS US ON THE ON THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY. AND WE CAN INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW, TRAILS INTO THAT AREA.

BUT THESE WERE SOME OF THE VISIONS AND INSPIRATION FOR SOME OF THE TRAILS AND THE, AND

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AND WHAT WE ALL AGREE ON IS GOING TO BE BUILT THERE. INITIALLY, WE THINK THAT THE PHASE ONE WOULD BE BUILT SOMETIME IN THE 20 2028, 2029 TIMEFRAME. AND THEN THE THE LARGER OVERALL COMPLEX WOULD BE COMPLETED SOMEWHERE IN 2033. BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE TIED TO WHEN THOSE TOURIST REVENUES GENERATE TO A CERTAIN PARTICULAR LEVEL THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE SOON. AGAIN, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE TIED TO THE FINANCING THAT WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR, AND WE'LL BE THE CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN. BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY HAND IN HAND TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT IS APPROPRIATE HERE AND WHAT DOES THE CITY REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR YOUTH SPORTS HERE IN THE CITY? WE'VE GOT A A GREAT CONSULTANT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CALLED SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES. THEY'RE PROBABLY THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY OF WHAT THEY DO. THEY UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY'RE PLANNING TO BE HERE FOR THE UPCOMING SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE NEXT WEEK. AND WE CAN THEY CAN GET INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE. BUT THE POINT HERE IS THAT WE'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. WE HEARD THE CITY DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO BE THE ONES LEADING THE CHARGE HERE. WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. THIS IS WHAT WE DO. AND AND WE'LL WE'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND THE FUNDING OF THIS PROJECT WITH THE BENEFIT OF THE TOURIST FUND. THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED. AGAIN. THIS KIND OF SHOWS JUST THE KIND OF THE TIMELINE THAT WE PERCEIVE FOR THE THE FOUR PHASES OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. SO PHASE ONE, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATE WOULD KICK OFF THIS YEAR. WE'RE PROJECTED TO CLOSE ON THE LAND IN JULY. WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE ALL OUR PLANS AND DESIGNS AND EVERYTHING APPROVED BEFORE THEN SO THAT WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND START CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF WHEN WE TAKE DOWN THIS LAND PARCEL, THAT FIRST PHASE IS 180 HOMES. THE FIRST HOME DELIVERIES WOULD PROBABLY BE TOWARDS THE END OF YEAR 2027 OR EARLY 2028. AND THAT SELL OUT IS PROJECTED BASED ON BUILDER PROJECTIONS THAT OCCUR SOMETIME IN LATE 20, SOMETIME IN EARLY 2029, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING PHASES WOULD JUST COME ON IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER TO BUILD THROUGH THIS. SO ULTIMATELY, THE LAST HOME DELIVERIES ARE OCCURRING PROBABLY IN 2032 OR 2033. SO IT'S A LONG TERM PROJECT TO BUILD OUT, YOU KNOW, 713 HOMES. THIS IS A, A PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT WE PUT TOGETHER ALONG WITH OUR ENGINEERS AND OUR LAND PLANNERS FOR THE SPORTS PARK. YOU KNOW, WE, WE TOOK A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY COMES BACK AND DETERMINES THAT WE CAN DO SOME KIND OF A TOURNAMENT FACILITY AND MIGHT REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, WE TRY TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN THIS BUDGET. SO IF FOR SOME REASON THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY COMES BACK AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SUPPORT DOING TOURNAMENT PLAY AT THIS FACILITY, AND IT BECOMES A REALLY GREAT CITY OF ALVARADO SPORTS PARK, THEN THE BUDGET'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, AND WE'VE GOT ROOM TO COME DOWN AND SAVE SOME MONEY ON THERE. YOU KNOW, WE MAYBE, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO DO TURF FIELDS. THEY CAN BE NATURAL GRASS FIELDS OR SOME COMBINATION OF BOTH, BUT WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY THERE. POSSIBLY. BUT WE'VE TRIED TO BE CONSERVATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, OUR BEST GUESS ON WHAT THIS BUDGET COULD LOOK LIKE. YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE SO WE KNOW HOW TO PROJECT THIS. THE, THE PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE LARGER BUILDOUT OF THIS FACILITY. WE'VE PROPOSED TO START ONCE TOURIST CONTRIBUTIONS, THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TOURIST FUND HIT AN ANNUAL LEVEL OF $600,000, WHICH WE PROJECT TO OCCUR, I THINK AROUND 2032. I BELIEVE AT THAT POINT WE WOULD IT WOULD ENABLE US TO GO GET BOND FINANCING THAT WE CAN DO AND SECURE THAT TO GO DO A CONSTRUCTION LOAN TO BUILD OUT THIS PARK. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE FUNDS COMING IN FROM THE TOURS TO GO FUND THAT, TO BUILD IT OUT AND, AND COMPLETE THE

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FROM THE TOURIST PERSPECTIVE. THE THE TOURIST WAS KIND OF AN OUTGROWTH OF A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE WE'RE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE THE ULTIMATE HOMEOWNERS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY AS A PIT ASSESSMENT ON THEIR HOMES. MOST ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS, YOUR GREEN BRICK AND OTHERS, THEY'VE GOT PITS THAT THEY'LL HAVE ON THEIR PROJECTS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, MOST DEVELOPMENTS TODAY HAVE A PIT. SO THEY'RE PAYING A PIT ASSESSMENT WITH A TOURS A PORTION OF THE TOURS. WE COULD USE THAT TO HELP BUY DOWN THEIR PIT ASSESSMENT, TO BRING IT AND MAKE IT MORE MANAGEABLE AND MORE AFFORDABLE. SO THERE'S A PORTION OF THE TOURS IS BEING USED FOR THAT. THE BIG REASON FOR THE TOURS IS TO PAY FOR THE SPORTS PARK. WITHOUT THE TOURS, THERE'S NO WAY TO BUILD A $10 MILLION SPORTS PARK WITHOUT HAVING THE BENEFIT OF SOME TAX BENEFIT FROM THE CITY. SO THAT'S REALLY THE BENEFIT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR BOTH. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE RELATED, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN MOST WAYS, THE THE BIG PIECE OF THE TOURS IS GOING TOWARDS THE SPORTS PARK FUNDING. AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE TOURS. AND WE'LL BUILD IT OUT, FINANCE IT, AND IT GETS PAID BACK THROUGH THE TOURS. SO YOU, YOUR COMPANY DOESN'T ACTUALLY BUILD THE HOMES. YOU'RE JUST DEVELOPING THE LAND.

WE, WE WORK WITH HOME BUILDERS. SO WE WERE A LAND DEVELOPER. SO WE'LL BUILD THE LOTS, WE'LL PUT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, AND THEN WE'LL SELL THE LOTS TO A HOME BUILDER THAT WILL BUILD THE HOMES WHO POSSIBLY COULD COME BACK AND ASK FOR A PIT. WELL, WE ALREADY ASKED FOR PIT FROM THEIRS. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SELL THE HOMES WITHOUT THE PIT, BECAUSE THE PIT IS FACTORED INTO THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND THE COST OF WHAT WE HAVE TO SELL LOTS TO OUR BUILDERS FOR. SO HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THE KIDS ARE GOING TO COST THE HOMEOWNERS? AROUND $150 A MONTH. OKAY, SO. YEARLY THAT WOULD BE. HELP ME OUT WITH SOME MATH. SO YOU'RE 1800. OKAY.

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WELL I DON'T HAVE OH, HERE IT IS. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION R2026-0016. FORMALLY ACCEPTS THE PETITION FOR THE CREATION OF THE PYD AND KICKSTARTS THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE PYD WILL BE CREATED AND THE MOTION. THE MOTION I MOVE TO ACCEPT FOR FILING A LANDOWNER PETITION REQUESTING THE CERT. THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE CREATION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. DO WE HAVE TO GIVE A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? OKAY, I SECOND.

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ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.