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7:00 AND WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. THANKS FOR EVERYBODY BEING HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDDIE PRICE AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TIKA PATEL. PLEASE STAND UP. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. FATHER, YOU ARE NEAR TO THE BROKENHEARTED AND A REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE. SO WE LIFT BEFORE YOU, THE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE GRIEVING AND ASK FOR YOUR COMFORT AND PEACE AND STRENGTH.
WE GIVE THANKS FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OTHERS VOLUNTEERS, TEACHERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL WHO LABOR FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY. FOR WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM YOU. GRANT WISDOM TO THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH LEADERSHIP. TEACH US TO ACT JUSTLY, LOVE MERCY, AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOU AS WE SEEK THE WELFARE OF OUR CITY AND THE GOOD OF OUR NEIGHBORS. AND NOW MAY THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTHS AND THE MEDITATIONS OF OUR HEARTS BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT. OUR LORD, OUR ROCK, OUR REDEEMER. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN.
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. TEXAS.
FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL
[1. PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JULY 2026]
RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT WITH THE PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JULY OF 2026. KELLY HAGEN, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AT PUBLIC WORKS, WHO HAS ACHIEVED THIS JUST EIGHT MONTHS, I BELIEVE, OF WORKING IN EULESS AND ALREADY THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. SO I'VE ALREADY STEPPED ON LAWRENCE'S FIRST KUDOS. SO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAWRENCE BRYANT IS GOING TO PRESENT THAT. SO, KELLY, WOULD YOU COME ON DOWN WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS AND ANYBODY ELSE YOU'VE EVER MET? I GUESS IT'S LAWRENCE. HAPPY TO DO IT. KELLY.OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE TRADITIONAL TEN MINUTE SPEECH BY THE RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM YOU. JUST KIDDING. THIS IS EVERYBODY. THIS IS KELLY BRODIGAN. AND LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AND ALREADY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. THAT'S AWESOME. STEVEN AND I HAVE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. NEITHER ONE OF US HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. SO SHOWING US UP, MAKING US LOOK BAD. AND KELLY MOVED TO THIS AREA ABOUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I WAS TRANSFERRED HERE WITH HER HUSBAND, WAS TRANSFERRED FOR WORK AND AND BORN IN MICHIGAN BUT LIVED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
DOESN'T REALLY CONSIDER HERSELF FROM MICHIGAN FROM ALL OVER. SHE WAS A CHILD OF A MILITARY FAMILY. SO FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE GOT TO TEXAS AS FAST AS SHE COULD. RECEIVED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. AND PRIOR TO JOINING THE CITY OF EULESS, MOST RECENTLY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION AT ACADEMY HILL SCHOOL IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. IN HER FREE TIME, SHE'S AN AVID HIKER, LOVES TO TRAVEL. WE WERE TALKING THIS MORNING. HER MOST RECENT ADVENTURE THAT SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WAS A TRIP TO JAPAN, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE AND WE WERE TALKING. I WAS. THE LANGUAGE BARRIER JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A HARD THING TO OVERCOME, BUT NOT SO MUCH. NOT SO MUCH. SHE ALSO ENJOYS SUPPORTING MILITARY AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS AND HAS A SON IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AND WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. SO EVERYONE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING KELLY AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JULY 2026. GOT SOME STUFF HERE FOR YOU.
[2. PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE SERVICE PINS]
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NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE SERVICE PINS. THE FIRST WILL BE FOR DEREK ROGERS, POLICE LIEUTENANT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. A 15 YEAR PIN AND CHIEF LANDERS IS GOING TO PRESENT THAT. SO DEREK, COME ON DOWN WITH EVERYBODY YOU'VE EVER ARRESTED AND. HERE THEY ARE. HE MAY NOT HAVE ARRESTED THEM, BUT THEY PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE ARRESTED AT SOME POINT IN TIME. DEREK ROGERS, 15 YEARS, AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL HIM D RIG, RIGHT. HE'S HE'S ALL EMBARRASSED BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT HIM. HE'S FROM BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. BUT DON'T THINK HE'S JUST A SMALL TOWN GUY. HE'S LARGER THAN LIFE. WE HAD TO CALL HIS AGENT BECAUSE HE IS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY. HE'S BEEN ON LAND. MAN, I AM WEARING THE SILVER BELLY HAT TONIGHT IN HONOR OF HIM, BECAUSE HE STOOD BEHIND THE GOVERNOR AT A LUNCHEON, AND HE WAS ON THAT TV SHOW WHENEVER THE SUPPOSED GOVERNOR WAS ON IT. HE'S ALSO BEEN ON LIONESS, SO HE'S GOT A FACE FOR RADIO. LOOK AT THAT. HE ALSO GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. I GOSH, I KNEW IT WOULD COME FROM BEHIND ME. BUT REAGAN, YOU HADN'T BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. HE'S A T COAL INSTRUCTOR. HE'S A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR. HE'S A LETHAL AND CHEMICAL MUNITIONS INSTRUCTOR. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS GUY MAD BECAUSE HE CAN HE CAN DO LOTS OF THINGS TO YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT IS I KNOW DON'T LOOK AT ME, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY FIT TO DO THIS JOB.LOOK AT HIM. WE DECIDED SOMETHING IN IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS TO GET SOME CROSSFIT INSTRUCTORS. DEREK VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT, AND HE IS A CROSSFIT INSTRUCTOR FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DOES TRAININGS FOR OUR OFFICERS AND OUR CIVILIAN STAFF. HE'S PROMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS. AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S CURRENTLY IN THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT. HE SERVES IN OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION. SO HE'S THE COP THAT INVESTIGATES THE COPS. NOT VERY.
A LIKABLE POSITION MOST OF THE TIME, BUT HE IS A LIKABLE GUY, SO THAT'S OKAY. HE'LL RECOVER AT SOME POINT IN TIME. HE'S ALSO A SWAT TEAM MEMBER AND IS CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE ASSISTANT COMMANDER OF OUR NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY SWAT TEAM. HE WAS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 2013. HE WAS IN 2020. HE WAS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR, AND IN 2024 HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AND A UNIT CITATION. GIVE DEREK A HARD TIME, BUT DEREK IS IS A GREAT FAMILY MAN. HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS AREN'T HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE AT SOME SPORTING EVENTS OR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT HE IS A GOOD DAD. HE JUST PLACED THIRD IN SAND VOLLEYBALL. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT GET UP. THEY WEAR IN SAND VOLLEYBALL.
HIM AND HIS DAUGHTER DID A FATHER DAUGHTER VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT AND HE PLACED THIRD.
IT JUST SHOWS HIS INTERACTION WITH HIS KIDS. HE'S ALWAYS INVOLVED WITH HIS KIDS, A GREAT HUMAN BEING, GREAT FRIEND AND A GREAT POLICE OFFICER. AND HE'S GOT MANY MORE YEARS HERE. AND I PROMISE YOU, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE HIM RISE THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU FOR 15 YEARS. LOOK FOR MORE. YOU GOTTA PAY HIM ROYALTIES IF YOU SHAKE HIS HAND. YOU. 15 YEARS. DO ANOTHER 30. WE'LL GO OUT TOGETHER. I DON'T. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. AND NOW, WITH A 20 YEAR PIN. KELLY LABRIE, LIBRARIAN ASSISTANT IN THE LIBRARY. AND NOW ALL THE LIBRARY PEOPLE COME ON UP HERE. THESE PEOPLE KNOW WORDS. LOTS AND LOTS OF WORDS.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT. AND ANGELA JONES, A LIBRARY DIRECTOR, IS GOING TO REGALE US WITH STORIES ABOUT KELLY. NO, I TOLD HER I WOULDN'T DO THAT. I TOLD HER I WOULDN'T DO THAT. OH, EVERYONE, WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE KELLY AND HER TWO DECADES WORTH OF SERVICE TO OUR
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COMMUNITY. KELLY, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE WHO YOU HAVE WITH YOU? BECAUSE WE KNOW THEM FOR SO LONG. SO HERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. YES, I HAVE WITH ME MY HUSBAND MICHAEL, AND MY SON MARTY, YOUNGEST OF TWO. MY DAUGHTER IS IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW WITH HER, WITH HER SONS. AND WE HAVE MY SUPERVISOR, MOLLY, AND NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CREW HERE, BETHANY, FOLLOWED BY WHITNEY, AMBER, WILL AND DONNA. NICE. THANK YOU KELLY. SO KELLY IS KIND OF OUR ZEN MASTER AT THE LIBRARY. MANY OF OUR STAFF LOOK UP TO HER FOR HER JUST CALM DEMEANOR. NOTHING GETS UNDER HER SKIN. AND IF IT DOES, NOBODY ELSE BUT US KNOW IT IN THE BACK. SO I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC OVER TO MOLLY AS HER DIRECT SUPERVISOR. SHE WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT KELLY.JUST A FEW, WHERE DO I. OKAY, SORRY. HEY, KELLY. HEY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE HONOR FOR ME TO BRAG ABOUT THE 20 YEARS OF SERVICE THAT KELLY HAS GIVEN TO THE CITY AND TO THE LIBRARY. KELLY CAME TO EULESS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION, LITERACY, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. HER PASSION FOR LEARNING HAS NEVER ENDED. SHE'S CURRENTLY LEARNING HER THIRD OR FOURTH LANGUAGE OF ARABIC IN AN ATTEMPT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS WHO SPEAK ARABIC THAT COME TO THE LIBRARY. SHE ALSO KNOWS A LOT ABOUT HOLISTIC NUTRITION AND GARDENING, AND SHARING THAT PASSION WITH ALL OF US AND MAKING SURE ALL OF US EAT RIGHT. AND, AND SHE'S ALWAYS TRAVELING AS OFTEN AS SHE CAN AS WELL. AND I'VE TAKEN SOME TRAVEL SUGGESTIONS FROM HER AND THEY'RE NOT TO BE JOKED ABOUT. SHE KNOWS HOW TO RELAX, BUT WHAT HAS ALWAYS STOOD OUT MOST IS NOT HER RESUME. IT'S HER HEART. KELLY. SORRY DUDE.
KELLY IS TRULY THE HEART OF OUR TEAM. OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, SHE HAS WORKED UNDER MANY DIFFERENT SUPERVISORS, MANAGEMENT STYLES, AND LOTS OF LIBRARY CHANGES. THROUGH ALL OF IT, SHE HAS REMAINED A CONSTANT SOURCE OF STRENGTH, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT. LIKE ANGELA MENTIONED, FOR BOTH PATRONS AND OUR STAFF AT THE LIBRARY, WE BELIEVE IN SERVING THE WHOLE PERSON. SO WHETHER YOU'RE COMING TO THE LIBRARY FOR A BOOK OR BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO, IT HAPPENS A LOT WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, THEY'LL HEAD TO THE LIBRARY. THANKS TO KELLY AND HER BEING SUCH A WELCOMING PRESENCE, AND ALSO HER SEVEN BINDERS OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
SHE HAS BEEN SUCH A VALUABLE ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY. SHE ALSO PROVIDES SOMETHING INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S REPRESENTATION FOR MANY PATRONS.
SEEING KELLY AT OUR FRONT DESK OFFERS A SENSE OF BELONGING AND COMFORT THAT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. I WILL NEVER FORGET A LITTLE GIRL THAT LOOKED RIGHT PAST ME TO LOOK FOR THE NICE LADY THAT GAVE HER A STICKER. THERE'S JUST THAT SIMPLE MEMORY SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT KELLY HAS ON PEOPLE JUST BY EXISTING IN THE SPACE. OVER THE YEARS, KELLY HAS HANDED COUNTLESS, HAS HANDLED COUNTLESS VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND CHALLENGING PATRONS. BUT HER CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS ARE TRULY UNMATCHED. THE WAY SHE REMAINS CALM UNDER PRESSURE SHOULD BE PROPERLY DOCUMENTED IN. MAATHAI GIGGLED WHEN ANGELA SAID THAT, BUT HE MUST KNOW A DIFFERENT KELLY. BUT HER CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS AND THE WAY SHE REMAINS CALM SHOULD PROBABLY BE DOCUMENTED, TAUGHT AND REPLICATED WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
KELLY IS ALSO THE KIND OF COLLEAGUE COLLEAGUE WHO MAKES ALL OF US BETTER BECAUSE SHE HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE AND SPEAKS TRUTH TO US WHEN WE NEED TO HEAR IT, AND OFTEN SEE STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHERS BEFORE THEY SEE THEM IN THEMSELVES. SHE HAS BEEN A MENTOR, A ROLE MODEL, AND A TRUSTED VOICE FOR SO MANY OF US. KELLY, YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS LIBRARY AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COUNTLESS WAYS. YOU HAVE ENCOURAGED AND CARED FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, FROM OUR PATRONS TO STAFF TO MYSELF ESPECIALLY. CONGRATULATIONS, KELLY, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THAT YOUR JEWELS HERE NOW WHEN YOU GET 20 YEARS, THEY PUT IT LIKE A RUSSIAN NESTING DOLL AND YOU GET ONE INSIDE HERE AND INSIDE HERE. IT'S LIKE A VAULT. SO NICE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO GO. FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
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NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA. AND ASSISTANT CITY[3. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION]
MANAGER LAWRENCE BRYANT WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEMS. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION. I WENT TOO FAST. ALL RIGHT. BACKING UP TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION PRESENTED TO DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO PROCLAIMING JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. AND COUNCILMAN STARK WILL BE READING THIS OUT. AND WE HAVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO COME UP. EVERYBODY WHO'S EVER BEEN TO A PARK. ALL RIGHT. SO WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS PARKS CREATE AN ECONOMIC VALUE FOR BOTH GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS BY INCREASING PROPERTY VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPROVING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. AND WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION AMENITIES ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY PROVIDING SPACES FOR POPULAR SPORTS, SWIMMING POOLS, PLAYGROUNDS, HIKING TRAILS AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES. AND WHEREAS THEY OFFER HEALTHY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CAMPS WHICH ARE SAFE, COST EFFECTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. AND WHEREAS PARKS, TRAILS AND NATURAL AREAS AREAS PROVIDE MANY ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, INCLUDING SAFEGUARDING PLANT AND ANIMAL HABITATS, DECREASING AIR POLLUTION, PROTECTING CLEAN WATER AND CONSERVING WATERSHEDS. AND WHEREAS, EULESS PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING THE CITY'S RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND GREEN SPACES AND OFFERING RESOURCES THAT ENRICH THE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. AND THEREFORE, TIM STANFORD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 2026 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. DWAYNE, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YOU KNOW, 30 OR 40 MINUTES? NO MORE THAN THAT. WELL, IT IS IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL BY THE STAFF THAT COME, WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WHAT WE DO, WE MAKE MEMORIES. WE HAVE A LAPTOP. AND SO WE DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THEIR CREATIVITY AND THEIR SUPPORT, AND IT'S ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW THE LONG AWAITED READING OF THE CONSENT[CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAWRENCE BRYANT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A JOINT AGREEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE THREE YEAR PROGRAM PERIOD COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2027 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2029. AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 9TH, 2026, AND THE SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 11TH, 2026.THANK YOU, MR. BRYANT. COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MAYOR? I MOVE TO APPROVE AND THEN I WILL.
SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER STARK. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOMPKINS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THE MOTION PASSES. NOW ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER SIX
[6. HOLD PUBLIC HEARING FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CASE NO. 26-04- SUP AND CONSIDER FIRST AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2453]
IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. CASE NUMBER 2604SUP, AND CONSIDER FIRST AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2453 AND OUR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, REAGAN ROTHENBERGER IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT A REQUEST FOR AN SUP FOR A FOOD STORE LARGER THAN 5000FTā !S TO BE LOCATED AT 1010 WEST HARWOOD ROAD. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS C ONE. THE PROPOSAL IS TO CONSTRUCT AN 8000 SQUARE FOOT[00:20:01]
GROCERY STORE ON AN APPROXIMATELY 2.35 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY. TWO PARCELS TOGETHER, THE TENANT WOULD BE INDIA BAZAAR. BEFORE YOU. YOU CAN SEE THE PARAMETERS IN WHICH THE BUSINESS WOULD OPERATE. IF THE SUP WERE APPROVED. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE SITE SHOWING THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS JUST SOUTH OF THE KWIK TRIP DIVISION OFFICE, ADJACENT TO THE TIMBER RIDGE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THIS IS. THE ZONING FOR THE SITE IS C ONE. YOU CAN SEE THE RESPONSES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THOSE WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER. THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN SHOWING THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE, SHOWING THE PROPOSED GROCERY STORE THE BUILT. THE PLAN ITSELF DOESN'T REFLECT THE PLANNING AND ZONING PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF THEIR APPROVAL OR THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL, BUT THEY WOULD CARRY FORWARD. WE WOULD HAVE UPDATED PLANS ALONG WITH THE PERMIT SET, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED STORE ON THE NORTH WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THE FIRE LANE PARKING AND THE LOCATION OF THE DUMPSTERS. A SIX FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL IS PLANNED TO BE PROVIDED ON THE BOUNDARIES ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES. AGAIN, THIS IS THE CONDITIONS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.THEY MET JUNE 2ND, 2026 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THESE CONDITIONS CAPPING THE SIZE TO 8000FTā !S, ENSURING ALL OF THE SETBACKS ARE 15FT FROM SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES SHALL BE ON THE WEST SIDE, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN, AND THAT THE PERMIT BE TIED TO THE BUSINESS NAME AND THE BUSINESS OWNER. NO OUTDOOR STORAGE. AND OF COURSE, OUR STANDARD LANGUAGE OF AN SCP MAY BE REVOKED IF ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS ARE VIOLATED. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I KNOW THE APPLICANT AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AS WELL. JUST A CLARIFICATION QUESTION THAT I HAVE. JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF THIS WERE TO HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AS A 4999 SQUARE FOOT GROCERY STORE, THIS WOULD NOT BE COMING FOR APPROVAL. IT WOULD BE GRANTED BY. RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? IT WOULD. THEY WOULD HAVE TO STILL SUBMIT A SITE PLAN FOR APPROVAL, BUT THAT'S MORE MINISTERIAL, OBVIOUSLY. BUT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL OPEN IT TO PROPONENTS AND OPPONENTS.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PROPONENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK FOR THIS PROJECT? PLEASE COME UP, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AMBER AND I'M A CITY OF RESIDENT. I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH BHOJANI LAW, AND WE REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS TRANSACTION.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TO THE CITY FOR CONSIDERING THIS APPLICATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE'LL STAND BY. THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS AFTER WE FINISH. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PROPONENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. IF NOT, WE DO HAVE TWO OPPONENTS THAT HAVE LISTED. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND AGAIN, KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PATTY MISHICOT. MY NAME IS DAVID MISHICOT. WE LIVE AT 1103 TIMBER RIDGE DRIVE, WHICH IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPOSED CHANGE. WE WERE UNABLE TO MAKE THE LAST MEETING. OUR MAIN THING IS ARE THE TREES THAT ARE BEHIND THE FENCE. I KNOW THEY CHANGED IT TO 15FT. I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES. THESE TREES HAVE BEEN HERE. WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 43 YEARS. 44. WE MOVED IN ON JULY 3RD, 1983. IT'S THE MAP.
AT THE TIME, THE OAK TREES THAT WERE BACK THERE WERE ALREADY VERY TALL. AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, HAVE GROWN. THERE'S A LOT OF VERY TALL OAK TREES. THERE'S SOME AMERICAN ELMS. I REALLY DIDN'T REALIZE I LOVE TREES SO MUCH UNTIL I THOUGHT ABOUT LOSING THEM ALL.
AND THEN I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE IS GOING TO LOOK TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
ANOTHER THING IS, I DID MEET THE PERSON THAT WAS DOING THE TREE STUDY BECAUSE HE COULDN'T FIND THE SURVEY POST, SO HE WAS IN OUR FRONT YARD LOOKING FOR IT. AND SO HE TOLD ME HE HAD TO MEASURE ALL THE TREES THAT WERE GREATER THAN SIX INCHES, WHICH WHEN HE LOOKED, HE SAID, THEY'RE ALL GREATER THAN SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STUDY HAS COME THROUGH BY LOOKING AT THE PLAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU SHOWED. IT DOESN'T SHOW WHERE THE
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PARKING IS OR HOW MANY TREES. IF YOU'RE CUTTING THEM ALL DOWN AND PUTTING THE PARKING DIRECTLY BELOW OUR PROPERTY LINE 15FT OUT, IS THAT THE NEW VARIANCE? THAT'S THE PART WE'RE UNSURE OF. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MEETING AFTER THE PLAT PLANS COME OUT, OR IF WE CAN KEEP IT TO 5000. WE DID MAKE A TRIP TO MCKINNEY TO GO TO AN INDIAN BAZAAR STORE THAT HAD JUST OPENED IN MCKINNEY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW I'D NEVER BEEN IN ONE. IT WAS NICE. IT WAS BRAND NEW. IT HAD JUST OPENED. WE DID WALK THROUGH. YES. AND THE STORE IS BASICALLY A LARGE AREA OF VEGETABLES, AND THEN THE OTHER HALF OF THE STORE WAS MOSTLY BAGGED INGREDIENTS FOR FOR COOKING. SO WE DIDN'T. AND THEN THERE'S AN AREA OF, OF FROZEN GOODS, FROZEN STUFF. BUT MOST OF WE DON'T, WE DON'T RECOGNIZE IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PART OF THAT APPETITE. SO WE HAVEN'T TRIED IT YET. WE HAVEN'T TRIED IT YET. SO. RIGHT. THAT WAS OUR ONE THING. BUT OUR MAIN THING ARE SAVING THE TREES. WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED WHEN THEY ARE DOING THE BUILDING. WHAT ABOUT THE FLOODING? I MEAN OUR HOUSES NOW HAVE THE DRAINAGE BECAUSE THE ELEVATION IS WHAT, LIKE 640 AT THE TOP AND LIKE 120 AT OUR HOUSE, IN OUR BACKYARD? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY TAKE AWAY ALL THE VEGETATION BACK THERE? IT'S ALL JUST GOING TO COME IN OUR HOUSE. HOUSES AROUND US DID FLOOD IN THE LAST RAIN. OURS DID NOT, BUT ON BOTH SIDES. BUT THAT'S OUR MAJOR CONCERN. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE THE PROPER TIME, MR. BARKER, BUT YOU CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN PRE-COUNCIL ON THE TREES AND THE DRAINAGE. YEAH. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET ME LET THE OTHER OPPONENT SPEAK, AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A REAGAN ADDRESS THOSE.AND IF WE CAN DO THAT, YES. WE HAD ANOTHER OPPONENT THAT WANTED TO SPEAK. IF YOU PLEASE, COME UP AND AGAIN, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PLEASE KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TERRY HOOKER. I LIVE AT 1101 TIMBER RIDGE, RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF HARWOOD AND TIMBER RIDGE. AND YES, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE LIVED THERE, THE RAINS FLOODED OUR POOL, BROUGHT DIRT AND EVERYTHING INTO IT, AND MADE IT INTO A MUD HOLE. IT TOOK ME FOUR DAYS TO GET IT CLEARED OUT. TRUE, THAT WAS A HEAVY RAIN, BUT LIKE VICKI SAID, WITH CONCRETE AND EVERYTHING ELSE BACK THERE, WHAT IS THE PLAN? I REALLY DON'T WANT AN OPEN CULVERT BACK THERE FOR MORE MOSQUITO BREEDING. WE HAVE ENOUGH THE WAY IT IS. SO THAT'S ONE THING. TREE CITY USA DOESN'T SEEM TO BE OUR MOTTO ANYMORE. AS WE'RE TEARING DOWN MORE AND MORE VEGETATION, 27 HOMES GOING AT GLEN DRIVE AND 157, THEY CLEAR CUT ALL THOSE TREES UP ABOUT 4 OR 5FT, AND ALL THE ANIMALS HAD TO GO TO THE SIX ACRES ACROSS THE ROAD. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST SAD. ALSO, TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY, CARS WILL ZIP DOWN HARWOOD ROAD FROM 157 WAY OVER THE 35 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. WE HAVE SO MANY MOTORCYCLES AND PEOPLE THAT LIKE THAT INCLINE SO THAT THEY CAN GO FASTER AND LOUDER AS AS THE TIME GOES ON. IT'S JUST VERY DEPRESSING TO SEE THAT WE CAN'T MONITOR THE SPEED LIMIT MORE THAN WE DO. I SAW ONE POLICE OFFICER THERE IN THE MORNING, ONE TIME IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, SITTING IN THE COVINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET. DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC.
THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERNS. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE. THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU, MR. ROGER OR REAGAN, CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS REAGAN? WHY DON'T YOU COME UP AND TRY TO GIVE A GENERAL ADDRESS ON THOSE? AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD TELL THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IS STAFF CAN STAY AROUND AFTER THE MEETING TO TO TALK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE AS WELL. SO REGARDING LET'S START WITH DRAINAGE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT SITE AS RAW LAND, THERE REALLY IS NO, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THAT SHEET FLOW TO GO ANY PARTICULAR WAY. WHEN A PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, ENGINEERING IS REQUIRED. A DESIGN IS REQUIRED TO TRY AND OR NOT TRY, BUT TO CAPTURE WATER THAT IS RUNOFF FROM THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND BRING THEM TO APPROPRIATE DRAINAGE TO BRING THEM AWAY FROM THE SITE. SO THAT WILL BE CAPTURED AND COMPLETED. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT SINCE THIS IS AN SUP, I MIGHT HAVE SAID THE WORD SITE PLAN. THIS IS REALLY A CONCEPT PLAN THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO COME
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BACK BEFORE US WITH A FULL SITE PLAN, WITH ENGINEERED DRAWINGS AND A LANDSCAPE PLAN AND ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, AND WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESE CONSIDERATIONS. THE APPLICANT MAY ON GOOD FAITH. ONE OF THE REASONS THE TREE SURVEY IS BEING COMPLETED IS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PHASE. THE APPLICANT COULD CONSIDER ON THEIR OWN VOLITION, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PRESERVE WHAT TREES THEY COULD BASED ON THAT STUDY AND BASED ON THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE UP TO THEM. BUT THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED DURING THE SITE PLAN PHASE AS WELL. WERE THERE ANY OTHER CONCERNS? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD A COUPLE THINGS TO THAT, AS REAGAN HAD TALKED ABOUT. SO IT'S KIND OF A PROCEDURAL PART FROM OUR STANDPOINT THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE LAND USE CONSIDERATION. AND SO GENERALLY, THE CONCERNS THAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU ALL, I WOULD SAY CENTER AROUND DRAINAGE TREES AND TRAFFIC. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY ONES. I'M SAYING THOSE ARE KIND OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. AS REAGAN INDICATED, MANY OF THOSE WILL BE ADDRESSED ON THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS. IF THEY WERE TO GET ENTITLEMENT TONIGHT THROUGH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, THEN THEY DO HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE CITY WITH A SITE PLAN. AND THAT'S WHEN THE DETAILED ENGINEERING STUDIES ARE DONE, THE DRAINAGE STUDIES AND THOSE PIECES, THEY'LL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE CITY ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS FOR THOSE, AND THAT WILL GO THROUGH CITY STAFF AND BE VERIFIED AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO THERE ARE THINGS TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE YOU 100% ASSURANCE AND SHOW YOU ON A PIECE OF PAPER, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT A DRAINAGE PLAN IS. BUT REST ASSURED, THOSE WOULD BE FORTHCOMING IF THIS VOTE TONIGHT WAS TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO IT IS NOT THAT THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN. IT'S JUST THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HAPPEN. AND OF COURSE, FROM THE APPLICANT STANDPOINT, THOSE ARE COSTLY THINGS TO GO FORWARD AND DO AND TIME CONSUMING THINGS. AND SO PROCEDURALLY, THOSE ARE NOT UNDERTAKEN UNTIL THEY BASICALLY, IF YOU THINK OF THIS AS STEP ONE, WE DON'T GET TO STEP TWO THINGS UNTIL UNTIL STEP ONE IS DONE. BUT THE CITY HAS REGULATIONS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, ON DRAINAGE DON'T ALLOW DRAINAGE. TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, I WOULD CANDIDLY EXPECT FOR THE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA TO BE IMPROVED ONCE THE PROPERTY IS APPROVED, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS JUST A NATURAL SHEET FLOW DRAINAGE THAT COMES ACROSS THE PROPERTY THAT PART OF THE CITY DID RECENTLY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF RAIN. I'VE GOT SOME FOLKS THERE ON ASH LANE THAT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM YOU. I THINK EVEN OUR POLICE CHIEF LIVES IN THAT AREA HAD POOL FLOODING LIKE YOU DESCRIBED THAT JUST WE HAD WE HAD A TORRENTIAL RAIN. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT A POST-DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR YOU. THE LAST ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS TREE CLEARING. AND THE CITY DOES HAVE A TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. IT'S THE SAME ORDINANCE THAT WE'VE HAD FOREVER. IT IS THAT THERE'S NO INDISCRIMINATE CLEARING. AND SO WE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO GO OUT AND JUST INDISCRIMINATELY START CLEARING YOUR PROPERTY.THERE WAS A PROJECT REFERENCED ON A HOUSING SUBDIVISION THAT'S GOING FORWARD. AND SO ONCE THE PROJECT GOES THROUGH A SITE PLAN PIECE, THEN THAT IS DETAILED AS TO WHICH TREES WOULD BE CLEARED OUT AS PART OF THAT. SO I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT KEEPS TREES FROM BEING REMOVED, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE SHOWN AS TO WHY THEY WOULD BE REMOVED, AND IT'S PART OF THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN. AND THEN THOSE TREES THAT ARE REMOVED HAVE TO BE MITIGATED, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TREES TO BE PLANTED BASED ON A CALCULATION, AND THERE IS A GENEROUS CREDIT FOR THE ABILITY OF AN OWNER TO LEAVE TREES ON A PROPERTY. SO IT IS TO THEIR FINANCIAL BENEFIT, IF YOU WILL, TO TRY TO PRESERVE AS MANY OLD GROWTH TREES AS THEY CAN BECAUSE THEY GET A CREDIT TOWARDS THE NEW TREES. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'D RATHER HAVE THE OLD MATURE TREES LEFT ON PROPERTY THAN YOU WOULD A BUNCH OF SMALL NEW TREES.
CANDIDLY, WHEN YOU BUILD SOMETHING NEW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE ALL THE TREES ON THE PROPERTY. SO THEY'LL DO THEIR VERY BEST TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE THERE ARE NO PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR THAT, NOR DO I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR TONIGHT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXHIBITS THAT WERE SHOWN, DON'T ANSWER SOME OF THE DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE THOSE TYPE OF ANSWERS WOULD BE FORTHCOMING IN SUBSEQUENT SUBMITTALS. AND IF THEY WERE NOT ABLE, IF THE APPLICANT WAS NOT ABLE TO SATISFY THOSE TO THE TO THE EXTENT THAT IS REQUIRED BY CITY CODE, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROCEED. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OPPONENTS OR PROPONENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS COUNCIL. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MAYOR? I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE THE CITIZENS. WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND YOU, TOO. SO I GET IT TOO. AND. AND I KNOW THAT WE'D LIKE TO KEEP OUR DEVELOPMENT MINIMAL AS BEST WE CAN, BUT THIS USE, I THINK IT MAY BE THE BEST USE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US. AND SO WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. AND THIS IS THE PROCESS. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS AN SUP. THIS IS NOT THE SITE PLAN. THIS JUST GIVES THEM ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE PROJECT. THE SITE PLAN WILL GIVE YOU BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND THE FINAL PROCESS WILL MOVE FORWARDS AND JUST BE
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PART OF THE PROCESS. THOUGH IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO BE HERE. WE NEED TO HEAR THIS AND WE SEE YOU HERE AND WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. SO WE GET IT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO I'LL MOVE APPROVAL ON THIS SITE SUP TONIGHT. OKAY? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM BYNUM. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. PEDAL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. AND THE MOTION PASSES.NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR STAFF REPORTS.
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MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? YES, SIR. MR. CITY MANAGER, I DO NOT, OTHER THAN TO SAY TO THE FOLKS THAT CAME TONIGHT. I'D BE HAPPY TO VISIT WITH YOU AFTERWARDS, GIVE YOU MY CARD AND MAYBE ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. OKAY. AND FOR THE COUNCIL, DOES ANYONE FROM THE COUNCIL HAVE A REPORT? I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS SATURDAY WE ARE GOING TO BE DEDICATING THE FIRE ADMIN BUILDING AS THE LINDA L MARTIN FIRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND THE CEREMONY IS OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS. IT'LL BE HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS THIS SATURDAY AT 10 A.M. WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION HERE, AND THEN WEATHER PERMITTING, WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO THE FIRE ADMIN BUILDING TO UNVEIL THE NEW SIGNAGE. AND THEN WE'LL BE COMING BACK HERE FOR SOME REFRESHMENTS AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO FORMER MAYOR MARTIN, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THE CITY IN HER 23 YEARS AND IS A WELL-DESERVED HONOR. SO, HEARIN