Mar 03, 2026 City Council

[1. Call to order.]

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH THE 3RD, 2026. MY NAME IS SHAWN MCCASKILL AND AS MAYOR I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. I KNOW TRAFFIC AND PARKING IS IS A LOT TODAY WITH THE ELECTION DAY, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR WORK SESSION. AND THE 1ST ITEM WE HAVE IS TO INVITE PASTOR CLAYTON REED, WHO IS OUR OFFICIAL SOUTHLAKE CITY CHAPLAIN, AND ALSO FROM SOUTHLAKE BAPTIST CHURCH, TO LEAD US IN PRAYER.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, AND WE HAVE A GIRL SCOUT TROOP HERE WHO'S GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR PLEDGES.

SO WE'LL DO THE PRAYER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE GIRL SCOUTS COME UP HERE ON THE DAIS, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGES. PASTOR REED.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. LET'S PRAY. DEAR LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING. THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS WHO ARE ELECTED TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR `ITY.

WE PRAY BLESSING OVER THEM AS THEY MEET. AS THEY DELIBERATE, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD FILL THEM WITH WISDOM ABOUT THE AGENDA, THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE INTO THIS SPACE, AND THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE.

LORD, WE ALSO PRAY TONIGHT FOR OUR SOLDIERS WHO ARE SERVING IN IRAQ AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN IRAN.

I JUST PRAY FOR BLESSING, PROTECTION AND MERCY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH OUR PRESIDENT, OUR LEADERS, AND WE PRAY, LORD, FOR THE LOSS OF LIFE.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING ABOUT A DURABLE PEACE THROUGH THIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS TO US AND FOR THE SAFETY WE ENJOY HERE IN THIS CITY.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US STRENGTH TO USE OUR SAFETY AND THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE FOR YOUR BENEFIT, AND TO EXPAND THE KINGDOM AND THE PLACES THAT YOU PUT US.

WE PRAY, LORD, FOR YOUR HELP TONIGHT. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS EVERY SPEAKER.

WE PRAY MOST OF ALL. THANKS. JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING GOOD TO US, FOR BEING KIND TO US, FOR BEING MERCIFUL TO US AS WE GO THROUGH OUR DAYS.

I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD FILL US WITH JOY AND THANKFULNESS.

IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR REED.

IF YOU ALL REMAIN STANDING AND WE'LL INVITE THE GIRL SCOUT TROOP TO COME ON UP.

HERE. COME ON BACK TO.

YOU GUYS, COME ON OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT. THESE GIRL SCOUTS HAVE SPENT THE AFTERNOON WITH US, AND THEY'VE LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE CITY. AND THEY HAD GREAT QUESTIONS.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE GIRL SCOUTS PLEDGE. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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.

AND NOW THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

NOW YOU HAVE A GIRL SCOUT PLEDGE, RIGHT? GO AHEAD.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. GO AHEAD. ON MY HONOR, I WILL TRY TO SERVE GOD AND MY COUNTRY. TO HELP PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES.

AND TO LIVE BY THE GIRL SCOUT LAW. ALL RIGHT, ROUND OF APPLAUSE.[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, LET ME GO DOWN THERE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GRAB A QUICK PICTURE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE GIRL SCOUTS PARENTS. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE.

THANK YOU. I JUST GOT.

HERE REAL QUICK. OH, YEAH. ONE MORE. TIME. HEY, EVERYBODY.

LOOK HERE. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

YES! THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE]

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO THE GIRL SCOUTS. THANK YOU, PASTOR REED.

NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION, ITEM NUMBER 3. AN UPDATE FOR METHOD METHOD OF SOUTHLAKE MEDICAL CENTER AND WILL WELCOME PRESIDENT BENSON CHACKO,

[3. Methodist Southlake Medical Center Update]

BENSON IT IS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T MET, MY NAME IS BENSON AND I'M THE HOSPITAL PRESIDENT AT METHODIST SOUTHLAKE MEDICAL CENTER. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HERE AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO GROW, TO BECOME THAT TRUSTED PROVIDER OF CHOICE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM THIS IS WHO THE HEALTH SYSTEM WAS BACK IN 2005.

IT CONSISTED OF 2 HOSPITALS AND 3 FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS.

FOUNDED IN OAK CLIFF AND KESSLER PARK, FOUNDED ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO BY METHODIST MINISTERS WHO SAID THERE'S NO HEALTH CARE IN SOUTH DALLAS.

AND WHAT WE LIKE TO SAY IS, 100 YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL THE ONLY ONES THERE.

WE'RE SERVING THAT COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR MISSION IS THE INDIGENT POPULATION. BUT I'M PROUD TO SHOW THAT SINCE THEN, WE'VE EXPANDED WELL INTO THE DFW AREA. AS YOU SEE HERE, WE NOW HAVE 7 HOSPITALS.

FOUNDING IN DALLAS. WE FOUNDED IN DALLAS IN METHODIST, CHARLTON, METHODIST, RICHARDSON, MANSFIELD, CELINA, MIDLOTHIAN, AND SOUTHLAKE. AND SO CELINA IS OUR NEWEST ADDITION TO THE METHODIST FAMILY.

WE HAVE OVER 120 ACCESS POINTS IN DFW, SO WE BY FAR ARE NOT THE LARGEST IN DFW, BUT WE ARE GROWING INTO THIS AREA AS YOU SEE IN THE MAP HERE.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED ACCESS POINTS HERE IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY.

I LIKE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE THE ONLY HOSPITAL HERE IN THE NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY AREA WITH A CROSS ON THE BUILDING.

WE ARE FOUNDED IN OUR FAITH OF BEING CHRIST'S HANDS AND FEET, AND CARING FOR ALL PEOPLE THAT COME INTO OUR BUILDING.

THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF OUR HOSPITAL. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT OFF OF WHITECHAPEL IN 114. WE ARE ON ABOUT 30 ACRES OF LAND BEHIND THE DELTA HOTEL. WE'VE EXPANDED OUR HOSPITAL INTO 54 BEDS, 1211 ORS A CATH LAB, AND EXPANDED THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO 12 ER, BEDS. TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS AND MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP PATIENTS RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

OUR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA IS FAIRLY LARGE. AND SO THIS IS THIS BLUE OUTLINE THAT YOU SEE HERE.

SO WE GO AS FAR WEST AS JUSTIN, AS FAR EAST AS IN COPPELL, SOUTH TO BEDFORD, NORTH TO FLOWER MOUND AND HIGHLAND VILLAGE AREA.

AND SO WHAT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HERE IS LAST, THE LAST TIME I PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL, WE HAD 4 ACCESS POINTS. BY THE END OF THIS BY THE END OF THIS SUMMER, WE WILL HAVE 10 ACCESS POINTS HERE IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY AND ALSO TO INCLUDE IN COPPELL. AND SO WE JUST OPENED A FREESTANDING, SORRY, A SATELLITE EMERGENCY ROOM URGENT CARE CLINIC IN COPPELL.

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OPENING HERE IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS WITH PRIMARY CARE AND TROPHY CLUB.

COPPELL. WE HAVE OUR SOUTHLAKE OFFICE, COLLEYVILLE OFFICE AND JUST EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE AREA.

WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND IT OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CREATING A QUALITY PROGRAM BASED OFF QUALITY CARE, HIGH PATIENT EXPERIENCE. BUT THE NUMBER ONE FOCUS IS WE'RE HERE TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, CMS PROVIDED OUR OUR QUALITY RATING.

WE GOT A 4 STAR QUALITY RATING. THE HIGHEST YOU CAN GET IS 5 STAR.

AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE GOT OUR FIRST LEAPFROG GRADE A OF A SAFETY GRADE THIS PAST FALL, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT GREAT CARE TO OUR PATIENTS.

AND WE MENTIONED BEFORE OF OUR PRESS GANEY GUARDIAN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD.

GIVEN THE HIGH PATIENT EXPERIENCE SCORES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR EMERGENCY ROOM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW IN OUR EMERGENCY ROOM.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS KEEPING PATIENTS HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, OUR TRANSFER RATE IS ABOUT 2%.

THE PATIENTS THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING OUT ARE PEDIATRIC OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO THOSE ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE THOSE CARE.

WE FOCUS ON PATIENT EXPERIENCE. FOR METHODIST, OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TOP QUARTILE.

THAT'S THE BLUE BAR YOU SEE THERE. WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS THE CONSISTENT CARE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN TOP DECILE PERFORMANCE HCAHPS MEANS INPATIENT.

OUTPATIENT IS YOUR MRIS CTS LAB TESTS ER IS OBVIOUS WITH OUR ER PATIENTS AND OUTPATIENT SURGERIES, THOSE ELECTIVE CASES THAT ARE COMING IN. AND SO 3 OUT OF THE 4 HAVE BEEN TOP DECILE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO SAY WE'RE ELEVATING THAT PATIENT EXPERIENCE, ELEVATING WHAT PATIENTS SHOULD DEMAND AND EXPECT FOR CARE HERE IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY. THE NEXT THING I'M PROUD TO SHOW IS THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR PRIMARY HEART ATTACK CENTER DESIGNATION.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BENSON. THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PRIMARY PRIMARY CARDIAC CARE YOU CAN GET BY THE JOINT COMMISSION.

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WE RECEIVED THIS. WE EARNED THIS CERTIFICATION IN 18 MONTHS AFTER STARTING A CARDIAC PROGRAM HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

PRIOR TO THIS, FOLKS WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE SOUTHLAKE TO GET GREAT CARDIAC CARE, AND WE'RE NOW BRINGING IT STRAIGHT HERE INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS.

IT'S AN EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENT BY OUR PHYSICIANS WHO ARE WHO ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE PROVIDE THE BEST CARE WE CAN TIMELY TO OUR PATIENTS.

OUR AVERAGE DOOR TO BALLOON TIME. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S FROM THE TIME THEY WALK INTO OUR FACILITY TO THE TIME THAT BALLOON OPENS THE ARTERY.

NATIONAL STANDARD IS 90 MINUTES. HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, WE'RE DOING IT IN 60 MINUTES.

OUR PROVIDERS, OUR PHYSICIANS, LIVE CLOSE BY.

2 OF OUR PHYSICIANS ARE DRAGON PARENTS, AND ONE IS A IS A PARENT JUST LIKE MYSELF.

HERE'S DOCTOR ALOMAR, DOCTOR FAYE, AND DOCTOR KRUGER.

THEIR OFFICE IS RIGHT HERE IN NORTH OCEAN HILLS.

AND OFTENTIMES WHEN OUR SOUTHLAKE FIRE EMS PERSONNEL ACTIVATE A STEMI ALERT, OUR CARDIOLOGISTS ARE OFTEN MEETING THEM AT THE SAME TIME IN THE ER WITH THEM SAYING, HEY, I'M HERE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PATIENT. WE'VE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ABOUT OUR PRIMARY CARE OFFICES WITH DOCTORS OUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS IN SOUTHLAKE AND THEN ALSO IN THE OFFICE.

THEY'RE FILLING UP, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE GREAT CARE IN THE OUTPATIENT WORLD VERSUS IN THE INPATIENT WORLD IN OUR HOSPITAL.

WE'RE ALSO OPENING A CLINIC IN TROPHY CLUB. RIGHT.

IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE CHIPOTLE IS, RIGHT OFF OF RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE CHARLES SCHWAB, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE OPENING UP INTO AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT GROWTH IS GOING ON IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY. CONTINUING TO. PARTNER.

PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES, PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SOUTHLAKE. SO WHETHER IT'S ART IN THE SQUARE, OCTOBERFEST OR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE DIWALI FEST, SPRING FESTIVAL.

WE LOVE PARTNERING WITH INDIVIDUALS INTO THIS COMMUNITY IN SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE.

THAT IS A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE EVERYTHING GREAT ABOUT SOUTHLAKE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND METHODIST IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THERE.

ALSO CONNECTING WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT'S OUR PROVIDING CHARITY EVENTS TO WE PARTNER WITH CHRIST HAVEN CHILDREN'S HOME IN KELLER, PROVIDING OUR OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE DONE A TOY DRIVE AND PROVIDED TOYS FOR THOSE KIDS OR PROVIDING LEADERSHIP SOUTHLAKE THEM AND EXPERIENCE OF WHAT GOES ON IN THE OR FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT WITH THE NORTHEAST, TARRANT COUNTY, ME.

AND OBVIOUSLY CAROL ISD IS A BIG HEART, BIG PART OF OUR MISSION.

SO WE ARE SPONSORS FOR THE EMERALD BELT AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING THAT EXPOSURE TO CARROLL MEDICAL ACADEMY AND THE CTE INDIVIDUALS UP FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO BECOME GOING INTO HEALTHCARE.

NOW THEY HAVE AN OPTION HERE IN SOUTHLAKE TO SEE WHAT DOES A REALLY GOOD HOSPITAL DO FOR OUR PATIENTS.

THEY CAN SEE FROM THE BEST FROM OUR PATIENTS THERE. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR GOOGLE RATING.

WE ALWAYS SAY, CHECK US OUT ON GOOGLE. YOU CAN'T GOOGLE RATINGS DON'T LIE.

AND HAVING A 4.2 GOOGLE RATING OUT OF 5 DEFINITELY 1 OF THE HIGHEST HERE IN THIS AREA.

AND IT AND IT SPEAKS TO WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR PATIENTS.

ALSO CARING FOR OUR EMERGING PATIENT POPULATION TO EARNING THE TRUST OF OUR MS PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND, FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KINDS OF CASES WE CAN DO AND WHAT CAN WE PROVIDE SAFELY HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW AND EARN THAT TRUST. AS WE ADD ON SERVICES HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP PATIENTS CLOSE TO HOME AND DISCHARGED RIGHT BACK TO THEIR HOME FROM THERE.

NOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A QUICK VIDEO. HOPEFULLY IT KICKS OFF.

GO FROM THERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS COMING FROM, BUT I FELT IT IN MY SHOULDER A LITTLE BIT AND UP THROUGH MY NECK AND MY PAIN JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.

I GOT TO THE FIRST URGENT CARE AND THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE STREET.

LET ME KNOW THAT I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. GOT ME IN AN AMBULANCE.

I COULD HEAR THEM TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ME, AND I HEARD A METHODIST SOUTHLAKE, AND WE GOT INTO THE HOSPITAL AND ROLLED ME INTO THE CATH LAB.

IT WAS AMAZING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ALREADY THERE WAITING FOR ME.

A LADY CAME UP. IT WAS DOCTOR KRUGER SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF, TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS A CARDIOLOGIST AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

MR. HUNT WAS BROUGHT IN BY THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WITH WHAT WAS OBVIOUSLY AN ACUTE HEART ATTACK.

SO THE ARTERY WAS BLOCKED UP AND WE HAD TO RUSH TO OPEN IT UP.

WE SAY IN CARDIOLOGY THE TIME IS MUSCLE. EVERY MINUTE COUNTS.

IT IS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THESE PROCEDURES TO BE ACHIEVED WITHIN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES.

AT SOUTHLAKE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THAT TIME AROUND 60 MINUTES AFTER I FIRST FOUND OUT.

THEN I JUST FELT VERY WELL INFORMED OF EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WAS HAPPENING.

MEETING ALL THE NURSES AND THE DOCTORS AND THE MEDICAL TEAM.

WE KIND OF FELT AFTER ALL OF THAT THAT THEY WERE KIND OF LIKE OUR FAMILY.

I WENT THROUGH CARDIO REHAB FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THIS HAPPENED.

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AND I'M NOW I'M BACK IN A FULL EXERCISE REGIMEN.

I RELIED HEAVILY ON MY FAITH, AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN GIVEN AN EXTRA, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY DAYS TO LIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTREMELY EYE OPENING. AND FOR THAT, WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE PARAMEDICS IN SOUTHLAKE METHODIST SOUTHLAKE TO DOCTOR KRUGER, TO THE NURSES, TO THE ENTIRE STAFF. THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT FACILITY AND THEY TOOK GREAT CARE OF NOT ONLY ME, BUT MY FAMILY. I FELT IT.

SO THAT'S JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF US PARTNERING WITH THE FINE GENTLEMEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY, WITH THE EMS PROVIDERS BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND CONTINUE THAT GREAT CARE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING.

THIS INDIVIDUAL, AS YOU MENTIONED, WAS AT AN URGENT CARE CENTER RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE FIRE STATION.

AND SO WHEN THEY CAME IN, THEY THEY GOT THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO MEET THEIR SOUTHLAKE BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT PRETTY QUICKLY. SO IT WAS JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE. I THINK THIS INDIVIDUAL, HE HAD HIS DOOR TO BALLOON TIME LESS THAN 40 MINUTES.

SO WHICH IS REMARKABLE. AND AS DOCTOR KRUGER MENTIONED, TIME IS TISSUE.

AND SO IT WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING WITH THE EMS PARTNERS AND PROVIDING GREAT CARE OUTSIDE OF THAT.

IS ALL THAT I HAVE. MAYOR. THANK YOU BENSON. GREAT UPDATE ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT METHODIST SOUTHLAKE. NOT ONLY THE GREAT CARE THAT YOU PROVIDE OUR PATIENTS. AND I KNOW MY MOTHER IN LAW HAS VISITED Y'ALL SEVERAL TIMES.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S 90 PLUS. SO THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE. SO WE APPRECIATE THE GRACE IN WHICH YOU AND THE GREAT CARE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR PATIENTS.

AND ALSO YOU KNOW, THE WORDS YOU USE, RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTING HOW YOU ALL HAVE REALLY CONNECTED AND BUILT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR NON-PROFITS AND OUR CHARITIES. YOU'RE A GREAT CORPORATE CITIZEN HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE. SO JOB WELL DONE.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR BENSON? GO AHEAD. KATHY. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID AND ADD TO IT A LITTLE BIT.

I SEE DOCTOR GLENN AND I SEE MARK GILBERT WITH OUR CHAMBER IN THE AUDIENCE AND, AND I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR THEM AND SAYING JUST HOW GRATEFUL AND ART AND SQUARE SOUTHLAKE WOMEN'S CLUB JUST HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE, YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU REACH OUT TO ALL OF US, ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, AND YOU MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

OBVIOUSLY YOUR MEDICAL TEAMS ARE FANTASTIC. I FEEL LIKE DOCTOR ROBINSON IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT FOR ME, IN OUR COMMUNITY THANK YOU. AND IT JUST IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ALL OF US.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. RANDY. YEAH. AND I'M I'M PROBABLY BIASED, OBVIOUSLY.

I THINK I THINK THAT THAT WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE METHODIST SOUTHLAKE HERE.

I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST GLARING GAPS WE HAD IN SOUTHLAKE PERIOD WAS MEDICAL CARE.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN I RAN YEARS AGO THAT THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS SO, SO IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU CAN NOW HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND GET CARED FOR IN YOUR HOMETOWN AND GO BACK HOME MAKES A HUGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND I WILL TELL YOU NOT TO TOOT HORN TOO MUCH, BUT WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AS LEADING THAT HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE MAKES A HUGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE. HE'S EXTREMELY CHARISMATIC, HE CARES ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, HE CARES ABOUT THAT HOSPITAL.

AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THANKFUL I AM THAT YOU'RE AT THE HELM OF THAT AT THAT SPOT.

AND I WOULD CHALLENGE EVERY SOUTHLAKE CITIZEN.

PLEASE DON'T GO TO GRAPEVINE. JUST GO TO SOUTHLAKE AND BE DONE.

YEAH. NO, I WOULD JUST ADD TO TO THE GREAT COMMENTS.

AGAIN, BENSON IS A TREMENDOUS LEADER, A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY TOO.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE MEDICAL CARE, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, I THINK YOU SAID YOUR MOTHER OR MOTHER IN LAW HAD HAD AN EXPERIENCE. LIKEWISE, WE DID WITH ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS WHERE SHE WAS HAVING AN ACUTE APPENDIX ATTACK AND LITERALLY WITHIN MINUTES, AND THIS IS BEFORE YOUR E.R. HAD BEEN RENOVATED TO, YOU KNOW, STATE OF THE ART LIKE IT IS NOW.

BUT IN MINUTES, THEY HAD DIAGNOSED IT AND WERE GETTING HER PREPARED FOR SURGERY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CALL ACTUALLY DOCTOR ROBBINS TO COME PUT HER TO SLEEP FOR SURGERY.

SO BUT IT IS A FANTASTIC FACILITY AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BENSON. LET'S GET A PICTURE WITH YOU, IF THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH. COUNCIL.

YEAH. ALL. RIGHT.

EVERYBODY, HERE I GO. 1 2. 3

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[4. Honors & Recognition: Proclamation Recognizing Down Syndrome Awareness Day]

AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK OUR FRIENDS FROM THE EUBANKS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL KINDNESS CLUB WHO WILL SAY A FEW WORDS.

SO COME ON DOWN, EVERYONE. [APPLAUSE] IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU.

SORRY.

MCCASKILL AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ZURI AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY. THE KINDNESS CLUB IS A WELCOMING GROUP OF US 5TH AND 6TH GRADERS AT EUBANKS, WHERE WE COME TOGETHER TO SPREAD KINDNESS AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

THIS WEEK WE LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS THROUGH HANDS ON ACTIVITIES, DIFFERENT WAYS TO THAT WE CAN SHOW KINDNESS.

WE DEDICATE OUR HOMEROOM TIME TO PLAY WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

DOWN SYNDROME IS A CONDITION THAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE IS BORN WITH AN EXTRA COPY OF CHROMOSOME 21.

MY NAME IS. MY NAME IS HAVEN. THERE'S 3 TYPES OF DOWN SYNDROME TRISOMY 21, TRANSLOCATION, AND MOSAIC. TRISOMY 21 IS WHERE THERE IS AN EXTRA CHROMOSOME AND ADDED TO THE 21ST PAIR, MAKING 3 COPIES INSTEAD OF 2, AND IS PRESENT IN EVERY CELL. GOOD JOB. MY NAME IS AMELIA.

AROUND 95% OF PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME HAVE TRISOMY 21, MAKING IT THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF DOWN SYNDROME.

TRANSLOCATION. SOMETIMES THE EXTRA 21ST CHROMOSOME ATTACHES TO A DIFFERENT CHROMOSOME, LIKE CHROMOSOME 14 OR 17.

GOOD JOB. MY NAME IS RYAN. THIS TYPE OF DOWN SYNDROME IS CONSIDERED MORE RARE THAN, WITH ONLY 4 TO 5% OF PEOPLE HAVING IT. IF THE 21ST CHROMOSOME IS ONLY FOUND IN SOME, BUT NOT ALL, OF A PERSON'S CELL IN THEIR BODY, THEN THIS IS CALLED MOSAIC.

THIS MAKES MOSAIC THE RAREST TYPE OF DOWN SYNDROME, WITH ONLY LESS THAN 1% OF PEOPLE HAVING IT.

GOOD JOB. YOU WANT TO DO THAT ONE FOR THIS ONE.

I'M GONNA DO THIS ONE. MY NAME IS SYDNEY. PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME LEARN, GROW, AND EXPERIENCE LIFE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

THEY GO TO SCHOOL, PLAY SPORTS, WORK JOBS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

MANY PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME HAVE SHOWN WHAT IS POSSIBLE.

LIKE CHRIS NIKIC, WHO BECAME THE FIRST PERSON WITH DOWN SYNDROME TO COMPLETE AN IRONMAN TRIATHLON.

GOOD JOB. MY NAME IS. I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS NORA.

AWARENESS HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENCES ARE NOT WEAKNESSES.

DIFFERENCES MAKE DIFFERENCES MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER.

WHEN WE CHOOSE KINDNESS AND RESPECT, WE CREATE A CITY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS VALUED.

VALUED. GOOD JOB. SORRY. THERE YOU GO. MY NAME IS CLAIRE.

BEING WELCOMING MEANS INVITING EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE.

MAKING SPACES ACCESSIBLE AND TREATING PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY.

WE BELIEVE THAT SOUTHLAKE CAN CONTINUE TO SET A STRONG EXAMPLE BY SUPPORTING ALL OF ITS CITIZENS.HI, MY NAME IS ADDISON. BY RECOGNIZING DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY, YOU SHOW THAT OUR CITY CELEBRATES DIVERSITY AND STANDS FOR ACCEPTANCE.

TODAY, WE RESPECTFULLY, RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SPREADING AWARENESS AND HELPING MAKE SOUTHLAKE A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO US. GOOD JOB.

WOW. GREAT SPEAKING. [APPLAUSE] DID YOU ALL WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR KINDNESS CLUB? I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR CLUB AND HOW IT GOT STARTED AND WHAT YOU ALL BEEN DOING. AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO COME BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR. KINDNESS CLUB AT EUBANKS.

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AND THIS YEAR WITH DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY, BUT KINDNESS CLUB WE MEET TWICE A MONTH, BUT STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EACH WEEK TO GO INTO THE DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDING AND SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS.

AND SO NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, BUT ALSO IT HELPS THE WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO LEARN THAT EVERYONE IS IMPORTANT AND THAT WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS IMPORTANT.

THAT'S BASICALLY THE GIST OF IT, TOO. THIS YEAR WE'VE ALSO THE KIDS BROUGHT IN THEIR FAVORITE SNACKS, WROTE LETTERS TO OUR SERVICE MEMBERS OVERSEAS WHO ARE NOT COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.

AND THEN THIS YEAR, WE JUST COMPLETED OUR TOY DRIVE, AND WE COLLECTED OVER 500 ITEMS. AND THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN DALLAS.

SO IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM AND THEIR ADVOCATING FOR EVERYONE AND GETTING EVERYONE TO BRING IN A TOY, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

WE HAVE A CITY PROCLAMATION, WHICH I'LL HAND TO YOU ALL HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. BUT IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE PICTURE. WHEREAS DOWN SYNDROME IS A GENETIC DISORDER AFFECTING ONE IN OVER 700 BABIES, OR APPROXIMATELY 6000 BIRTHS PER YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHEREAS FOR INDIVIDUALS HAVING A FULL OR PARTIAL EXTRA COPY OF CHROMOSOME NUMBER 21, DOWN SYNDROME IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING CHROMOSOMAL ARRANGEMENT AND IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CHROMOSOMAL CONDITIONS, AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DOWN SYNDROME ARE INDEPENDENT, VALUABLE, AND ACTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE DIGNIFIED PARTICIPANTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL, OCCUPATIONAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

AND WHEREAS, THE DATE MARCH 21ST REPRESENTS THE UNIQUENESS OF THE THREE COPIES OF THE CHROMOSOME 21 AND CELEBRATES INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR MARKS THE 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY.

SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND THOSE WHO ADVOCATE FOR THEM.

AND WHEREAS, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS EVERYONE ELSE.

WORKING WITH OTHERS TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. NOW THEREFORE, I MAYOR SHAWN MCCASKILL, ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 21ST, 2026 AS DOWN'S SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY IN SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS, PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT EFFORTS THAT EMPOWER EVERY PERSON TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, LET'S BRING THE KINDNESS CLUB BACK UP HERE.

AND IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US FOR THE PICTURE FOR DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME DOWN AND JOIN THE KINDNESS CLUB IN CITY COUNCIL. THANKS.

TO BACK.

ONE OF THE INSTRUCTORS. YEAH. YOU GOT TO STAND UP.

THANK YOU. YEAH. WHEN YOU GET THE PICTURE. ALL RIGHT.

I ALREADY TALKED TO ME IN THE BACK. WE CAN MAKE THAT.

GO AHEAD. WE'RE GOING TO SQUEEZE THE BOTTOM. OF COURSE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. IF EVERYBODY CAN LOOK HERE.

NOW. DOWN. THANK YOU. YES.

THANK YOU.

2. 3. 1. 2. 3. OH, MY.

GOD! [APPLAUSE] OH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS FOR ASKING.

HEY, MARISSA. OH, ABSOLUTELY. MEMBERS WANT TO COME BACK.

I WE CAN GO.

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OKAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER 5.

[5. Discuss all items on tonight's agenda. No action will be taken and each item will be considered during the Regular Session.]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION.

ITEM 4.A. APPROVED MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM FOUR B APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-008 CERTIFYING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR THE MAY 2ND, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION. ITEM 4.C. APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-009, CANCELING THE MAY 2ND, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION. ITEM 4.D. APPROVES THE 26-0008 PLAT REVISION FOR DOVE RIDGE ADDITION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CARDINAL COURT ADDITION, BEING A REVISION OF LOT 9 AND LOT 57 RF GROUP NUMBER 1511 EDITION, CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS AND LOCATED AT 2080 AND 2117 EAST DOVE ROAD.

ITEM 4.E. APPROVES A 26-0002 PLAT SHOWING FOR LOTS 24 AND 25.

S FREEMAN NUMBER 525 ADDITION ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS TRACTS 5.B.

02C AND 5B02D1 SAMUEL FREEMAN, SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 525, CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS AND LOCATED AT 410 AND 414 SHADY LANE. ITEM 4.F.

APPROVING ENCROACHMENT AND JOINT USE AGREEMENT FOR SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE ADDITION, BLOCK 4 R1, LOT 3 R2R FOR THE INSTALLATION OF BOLLARDS AND PLANTERS WITHIN THE CITY.

RIGHT OF WAY OF GRAND AVENUE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 260 GRAND AVENUE.

ITEM 4.G. APPROVED THE 2025 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

ITEM 4.H. APPROVE A VARIANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NUMBER 483, AS AMENDED.

SECTION 4.01.I EXPIRATION OF PLATS AND A 1 YEAR EXTENSION FOR CASE ZA 25-0006 FINAL PLAT FOR WILLOW TREE GARDENS ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS TRACK 3.C AND PORTIONS OF TRACKS 3D03 AND 3D03.A WW HALL SURVEY ABSTRACT 695, CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS AND LOCATED AT 240 NORTH AVENUE AND PORTIONS OF 918 TO 9 TO 1050 EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.

AND ITEM 4.I. EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHAIR DANIEL KUBIAK AND COMMISSIONERS LAURA GUNTER AND GINA CANOVA FROM THE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026 REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MOVING FROM REGULAR AGENDA TO CONSENT AGENDA? I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST 9.A. WHICH IS CASE MSP 25-0002 AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER SIGN PLAN FOR GRANITE PLACE 2.

AND LET ME READ THAT MOTION SO I HAVE IT CORRECT IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED.

IT'S 9.A. AS I READ SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026, NOTING TO APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL UPPER STOREY SIGN, SIGN H ON THE NORTH ELEVATION OF GRANITE PLACE 2 BUILDING AS PRESENTED AND PER THE SIGN BOARD RECOMMENDATION, REMOVING THE UPPER STOREY SIGN C FROM THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. IS EVERYONE OKAY? MOVING 9.A. THE GRANITE SIGNS FROM REGULAR TO CONSENT.

DOES ANYONE NEED ANY PRESENTATIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST NINE C, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY FEELS ABOUT THAT ONE. 9.C.

I WON'T READ IT UNTIL YOU GUYS LOOK AND AND LET ME KNOW.

APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH APEX CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF RETAINING WALL ON SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.

I'M FINE WITH MOVING THAT TO TO CONSENT FROM THE REGULAR.

I THINK THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS ON THAT. YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT? WE CAN LEAVE IT. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON REGULAR AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. KATHY APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL TAKE THAT UP AND VOTE ON THAT DURING THE REGULAR SESSION.

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[1. Call to order.]

[3.B. City Manager’s Report]

SHE IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT OUR AWARD WINNING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DIVISION.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. I AM PROUD TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE AN IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DIVISION, AND ONE THAT DIRECTLY REFLECTS OUR DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SAFETY.

AS YOU KNOW, THE SRO DIVISION WAS RECENTLY SELECTED BY THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER AS A RECIPIENT OF THE FALL SEMESTER SCHOOL SAFETY SPOTLIGHT AWARD FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING. THE STATEWIDE RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS INNOVATIVE AND IMPACTFUL SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVES, AND IT AFFIRMS THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY OUR OFFICERS AND THAT IT MEETS THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES A COMPREHENSIVE, SCENARIO BASED TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY MEMBERS OF OUR OWN SRO TEAM AND SRO SUPERVISORS, WHICH PLACES FIRST RESPONDERS AND EDUCATORS INTO FREQUENT, REALISTIC SCENARIOS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION, CLARIFY ROLES, AND IMPROVE COORDINATED RESPONSES DURING CRITICAL INCIDENTS.

RATHER THAN RELYING SOLELY ON POLICY REVIEW. THE TRAINING EXCEEDS STANDARDS BY FOCUSING ON PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND REPETITION, WHICH IS KEY TO BUILDING CONFIDENCE, REDUCING HESITATION, AND REINFORCING DECISIVE ACTION.

THE VALUE OF THIS APPROACH IS SIMPLE PREPAREDNESS REDUCES CHAOS.

WHEN OFFICERS IN OUR SCHOOL STAFF TRAIN TOGETHER, THEY DEVELOP SHARED UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST, WHICH IS CRITICAL IN A CRISIS. THAT UNIFIED RESPONSE TRANSLATES INTO FASTER, MORE EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF BOTH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR OFFICERS AS WELL.

THIS AWARD MATTERS BECAUSE IT VALIDATES OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY THAT IT'S INVESTED WISELY IN A PROACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE MODEL OF SCHOOL SAFETY.

IT SIGNALS TO FAMILIES THAT WE DON'T TAKE A REACTIVE APPROACH.

WE PROACTIVELY PREPARE. WE TRAIN AND WE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT REFLECTS A CULTURE OF TEAMWORK.

AS WE ALL KNOW, SCHOOL SAFETY IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ONE PERSON OR ONE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. IT'S A SHARED COMMITMENT.

AND THIS RECOGNITION AFFIRMS THAT OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE MAKING A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE.

EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. I'M A LITTLE SNIFFLY TONIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

WHILE THIS HIGHLIGHTS A SPECIFIC TRAINING INITIATIVE, IT ALSO REFLECTS A BROADER IMPORTANCE OF OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY. OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED, COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICERS CAREFULLY SELECTED FOR CAMPUS ASSIGNMENTS.

THEY SERVE AS PROTECTORS, AS MENTORS, PROBLEM SOLVERS, AND TRUSTED PARTNERS TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES.

THEIR DAILY PRESENCE ACCOMPLISHES THREE CRITICAL OBJECTIVES.

FIRST, AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE CAPABILITY. IN AN EMERGENCY, THERE IS NO DELAY.

A TRAINED POLICE OFFICER IS ALREADY ON CAMPUS AND PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION.

SECOND, PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION. AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, OUR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT THE SROS DO OFTEN IDENTIFY CONCERNS BOTH ON AND OFF CAMPUS BEFORE THEY ESCALATE INTO SERIOUS INCIDENTS.

AND 3RD, SAFETY, SAFETY, PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIP.

OUR SORROWS WORK CONTINUOUSLY WITH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TO ASSESS VULNERABILITIES, UPDATE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH BEST PRACTICES FOR PARENTS.

THESE OFFICERS PROVIDE REASSURANCE FOR EDUCATORS, THEY PROVIDE PARTNERSHIP AND CONFIDENCE, AND FOR STUDENTS, THEY PROVIDE BOTH SAFETY AND A POSITIVE CONNECTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I WANT TO COMMEND OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DIVISION AS A WHOLE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR PROFESSIONALISM.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THEM STANDING IN THE BACK BECAUSE, AS THEY TOLD ME EARLIER, THEY CAN'T FIT IN THE SEATS BECAUSE OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT.

BUT SPECIFICALLY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER TONY PATE.

OFFICER FRANK ROGERS, OFFICER COREY BRATTON, OFFICER JENNIFER PAGE, SERGEANT STEFAN PETROVICH, AND CORPORAL COREY VENTURA FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT TRAINING INITIATIVE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR SRO PROGRAM, WHICH IS CRITICAL TO OUR MISSION OF PROVIDING WORLD CLASS POLICE SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. BECAUSE OF THAT SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION, OUR SCHOOLS REMAIN SAFE, SECURE AND PREPARED.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU CHIEF.

THANKS FOR SHARING THE GREAT NEWS. THE GOOD NEWS.

WELL DESERVED AWARD. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S REALLY A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE WITH OUR SRO PROGRAM.

IT'S STILL THE STANDARD BY WHICH OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE ASPIRE TO BE AND TRY TO BE YOU KNOW, LOOKING OVER, YOU KNOW, RANDY AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR TEN PLUS YEARS AND ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS, HOW WE'VE CONTINUED TO GROW AND BUILD THE SRO PROGRAM.

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NOT ONLY ARE THEY GREAT AT THEIR JOBS, BUT SO GREAT WITH THE KIDS OF ALL AGES.

IT'S A BLESSING TO THIS COMMUNITY. IT REALLY IS.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HOW YOU HANDLE YOUR JOBS AND THE UTMOST PROFESSIONAL MANNER, AND HOW YOU JUST LOVE ON THESE DRAGONS AND THE KIDS THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND THE TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT ARE THERE WITH THEM EVERY DAY.

SO FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JOB WELL DONE. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS MOST RECENT AWARD? IT'S NOT THE 1ST. WON'T BE THE LAST, BUT CERTAINLY DESERVED.

YEAH. MAYOR I'LL JUST ADD I ECHO YOUR COMMENTS ALL THESE YEARS WORKING WITH THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF OFFICERS AND YOU KNOW, WE REALLY BECOME SPOILED WITH YOU GUYS AND LADIES AND THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU DO.

AND I KNOW FOR ME, IT'S I ALWAYS NOTICE EVERY CAMPUS YOU DRIVE BY AND YOU SEE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE VEHICLES OUT FRONT, IT'S JUST A VERY MUCH A REASSURING FEELING. AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THESE GUYS BACK HERE, TOO, AND IT'S IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO THINK OF HOW WELL THEY WORK WITH KIDS, WITH THE LITTLE KIDS ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF TOUGH GUYS, AND I LOVE SEEING THAT ON OUR CAMPUSES.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB. YEAH. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IS APPARENT.

IT'S IT'S COMFORTING. I'VE GOT 3 LITTLE DRAGONS.

WE ALL HAVE CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THESE SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

BUT I THINK EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, MAYBE NOT MORE IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO IMPORTANT IS THE RELATIONSHIPS THESE SROS MAKE WITH THESE CHILDREN.

I MEAN, IT GIVES THEM A FAMILIARITY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FEEL SAFE, TO FEEL PROTECTED, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THEM AS HEROES AND KNOW WHO THEY ARE IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO BRAVO. I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THE SROS THAT I'VE MET ARE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER MET.

MY CHILDREN OBVIOUSLY HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.

I WANT YOU GUYS ALL TO KNOW THAT YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE CHILD THAT GOES THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY DEFINITELY REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE. SO I REMEMBER MY MY TEACHERS WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

I REMEMBER THEIR NAMES. EVEN IF THEY DON'T REMEMBER ME.

BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THE SROS ARE EXTREMELY WELL REMEMBERED AND VERY FONDLY.

ONE OF THE FORMER SROS OFFICERS. ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA WITH HIM ON MOTORCYCLE TRIPS AND OTHER PLACES.

AND SO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ARE LONG AND STRONG.

AND I THINK YOU GUYS DO AN INCREDIBLY GREAT JOB PROTECTING OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. YEAH. I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE GREATEST EXAMPLES OF A CITY REALLY STEPPING IN AND PROTECTING ITS MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF PLACES THAT CAN CLAIM THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF COOPERATION BETWEEN A CITY AND A SCHOOL. AND I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING EXAMPLE FOR OTHER PLACES TO LOOK AT. AND I THINK YOU GUYS DO A SUPERB JOB AT STANDING IN THE GAP AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE KIDS ARE SAFE EVERY DAY, AND I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH. GO AHEAD. ANYTHING I SAY IS GOING TO BE REDUNDANT.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. MY KIDS HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED.

MY DAUGHTER WAS IN 1 OF YOUR GAME OVER THINGS THAT YOU DID.

SHE WAS THE SHE WAS THE PERPETRATOR, BUT SHE BECAME A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SO THAT ALL TURNED OUT OKAY.

BUT YOU CORRECTED HER ILLS. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL.

YOU ALL DO. IT IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT OUR CITY HAS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT IT'S GREAT BECAUSE OF YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. WELL, NOTHING LEFT REALLY FOR ME BUT TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING AND JUST TO SAY THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS AND YOUR FELLOW SRO OFFICERS AND TO OUR ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CHIEF, IF IT'S OKAY IF WE CAN GET A PICTURE WITH THE SROS AND LET'S GIVE THEM A STANDING OVATION, WHICH THEY DESERVE. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, PICTURE TIME.

SIR. THANK YOU. I NEED EVERYBODY TO MOVE OVER TO THE LEFT, PLEASE.

I NEED. AND I NEED YOU TO KIND OF MOVE CLOSER.

YEAH, I NEED TO BUNCH UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. 1, 2 THERE YOU GO. OH, YEAH. OH, YES. HERE WE GO. COME HERE. NO, NO, IT NEEDS TO BE TIGHTER. I'M SORRY.

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YEAH, YEAH. ALRIGHTY. YEAH. WE GOT A HUNDRED KIDS HERE.

I KNOW, YEAH. OKAY. READY? 1. 2. 3.1.2. 123. 1.

2. 3. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SO MUCH. YOU.

ARE. GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE BEST OF THE BEST RIGHT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK INTO OUR AGENDA.

WE'LL GO BACK. I THINK I CALLED THE REGULAR SESSION TO ORDER, BUT JUST IN CASE I DIDN'T, I'LL MAKE SURE I DID AND OPEN THAT UP.

AND THE NEXT ITEM IN OUR REGULAR SESSION IS TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AS MAYOR.

[2. A. Executive Session]

AND I'LL CHECK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER ON WHEN WE'LL BE BACK IN AN HOUR OR SO, AROUND 7:15.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL OUR MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

[2.B. Reconvene: Action necessary on items discussed in Executive Session.]

[3.A. Mayor’s Report]

THE FIRST IN THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY, THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HERE IN SOUTHLAKE IN GRAPEVINE.

THEY HAD RECENTLY DEDICATED OR DONATED A TREE, A 100 GALLON SHUMARD OAK TREE TO THE CITY AS PART OF OUR PLANTING 2026 TREES THIS YEAR TO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY AMERICA 250, BUT SOUTHLAKE 70TH BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR.

SO WE'D ALREADY PLANTED THE TREE A WEEK OR2 AGO, AND SO THEY HAD A HUGE EVENT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

I WAS I WAS GLAD TO BE INVITED AND BE PART OF IT.

AND WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DID. WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THAT EVENT, BUT THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, 100 TO 200 PEOPLE TO SHOW UP ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT BICENTENNIAL PARK FOR THAT TREE DEDICATION AND A REALLY INTERESTING GROUP, REALLY SPECIAL MICHAEL ANN BUSH AND GEORGIANA BRADEN WERE THE TWO THAT SEEM TO BE IN CHARGE.

SO THANKS TO BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR GREAT WORK IN PUTTING ON A FIRST CLASS EVENT AND FOR DONATING THAT TREE TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AS WE CONTINUE PLANTING TREES THIS YEAR.

AND THEN SATURDAY NIGHT THE ANNUAL METRO PORT MEALS ON WHEELS PARTY IN THE PASTURE FUNDRAISER BACK THIS YEAR AT CIRCLE T RANCH IN WESTLAKE.

A GREAT EVENT. THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT. WE ACTIVATED THE BUBBLE THAT DAY, SO WE SHARED IT WITH WESTLAKE SO THEY'D HAVE PERFECT WEATHER.

I KNOW A BUNCH OF US HERE ON THE DAIS WERE AT THAT PARTY AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME.

I KNOW A LOT OF MONEY WAS RAISED AND THEY'RE STILL COUNTING IT. GREAT TO SEE FORMER MAYOR RICK STACEY, ALTHOUGH HE HAD A FEW JOKES AT MY EXPENSE, BUT IT WAS ALL IN GOOD FUN.

BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KATHY TALLEY, WHO, AMONG HER VARIOUS THINGS SHE DOES IN THE COMMUNITY, IS ON THE BOARD OF METRO MEALS ON WHEELS TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AND THANK SOME PEOPLE FROM FROM THAT EVENT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. YES, WE HAD BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, THANKS TO A LOT OF YOU WHO WERE THERE AND ALSO SUPPORTED THE EVENT WITH YOUR PRESENCE AND WITH YOUR WITH YOUR SPONSORSHIPS. OUR OUR PRIMARY, OUR OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR IS OIG OFFICE INTERIOR GROUPS.

THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE. NOT ONLY DO THEY SUPPORT METRO MEALS ON WHEELS MONETARILY, BUT WITH SUPPORT.

THEY BROUGHT LOTS OF AUCTION, GREAT AUCTION ITEMS AS WELL.

THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE I KNOW THAT WERE THERE. THANK YOU. AND I THINK I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO AFTER AFTER JOHN AND JOSE ARE OUR EVENT CHAIRS, AND ALSO RICK STACEY WERE ON STAGE TALKING ABOUT IT.

HOW MUCH MEALS ON WHEELS IS MORE THAN A MEAL? IT'S ABOUT THAT CONNECTION. THEY DON'T JUST DROP OFF THE MEAL AT THE DOOR AND LEAVE.

THEY MAKE SURE THE THE RECIPIENT IS THERE. THEY ANSWER THE DOOR MANY TIMES.

AND THIS IS MY WAS MY FAVORITE PART WHEN I WAS DRIVING.

YOU GO IN AND HAVE A CHAT. AND JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE QUITE LONELY AND YOU'RE THE YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON THEY SEE DURING THE DAY DURING THE WEEK.

SO HUGE THANKS. YES, WE ARE STILL CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS, BUT TO TO EVERYBODY HERE AND OUT THERE WHO SUPPORTS MEALS ON WHEELS AT THE EVENT AND

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IT WAS GREAT. AND I WON'T REPEAT RICK STACEY'S COMMENTS ABOUT ME.

YES, THEY WERE ALL IN FUN. IT WAS GOOD JOKES.

MAYOR STACY IS A TREASURE. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE HIM.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR THE MAYOR'S REPORT. WE'LL GO TO ITEM THREE B.

I KNOW WE DID THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT IN RECOGNIZING OUR SROS, OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS EARLIER.

ALISON. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE REVIEWED THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DURING OUR WORK SESSION.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM 9.QA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT AND SEEING NONE, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KATHY TALLEY FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 4.A. THROUGH 4.I.

AND ALSO ADDING 9.A. WHICH I READ THE FULL MOTION DURING OUR WORK SESSION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0. THE CONSENT AGENDA PLUS ITEM 9.A.

ARE APPROVED. THANK YOU CATHY. NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5.

[5. Public Forum.]

IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC FORUM ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT? SEEING. OH, COME ON DOWN. AND IF YOU COULD STATE, I THINK THE MICROPHONE SHOULD ALREADY BE ON.

AND IF YOU COULD, IT'S ON. YEAH. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND THEN WE HAVE 3 MINUTES, THE LIGHT WILL TURN GREEN TO START YELLOW WHEN THERE'S 1 MINUTE LEFT.

AND WHEN IT GETS TO RED IF YOU COULD START WRAPPING UP YOUR COMMENTS. BUT GO AHEAD, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. OKAY.

MY NAME IS PETER ASIMOV. I RESIDE AT 780 SHADY LANE IN SOUTHLAKE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND SHARE MY CONCERNS.

I HAVE A HUGE EROSION CONTROL ON MY PROPERTY AT 800 SHADY LANE, THE CREEK THAT CROSSES THE MID PORTION OF MY PROPERTY, ALL FROM THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND I'VE REPORTED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE CITY OFFICIALS HAD THEM OUT TO LOOK AT IT.

AND NO ASSISTANCE, NO DEFINITIVE ACTION, NOTHING.

SO IT'S GETTING WORSE. AND IT IS CUTTING THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THE BARN.

IT'S GOING TO WASH OFF THAT SEGMENT OF THE LAND.

AND THE CITY A LONG TIME AGO PUT IN A ROAD TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO MOW AND, AND WITH THE PREVIOUS TENANT AND THEN NEXT TO THAT PROPERTY TO THAT IS THE LIFT STATION.

SO THAT'S PATTERSON POND. SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHICALLY THE KIND OF WATER FLOW WE'RE GETTING.

AND SO I WENT TO THE MEETING LAST NIGHT IN REGARDS TO COMING UP WITH A PLAN OF STORMWATER PLAN SOMETHING TO PUT IN EFFECT WHERE IT'LL ADDRESS THESE MULTIPLE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT I'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE RESIDED IN SOUTHLAKE FOR 20 YEARS, AND I'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING.

ANY CHANGES AS FAR AS ADAPTING OR MAKING CHANGES TO THIS EXTREME WATER FLOW? OTHER THAN THAT RETENTION POND AT THE END OF THE STREET THAT'S CONSTANTLY FLOWING WATER DOWN THE DITCH, AND IT'S CAUSING ISSUES WITH NEIGHBORS THAT THE BIG 40 INCH DRAINAGE PIPE GOING ACROSS THREE ROADS, IT'S CAUSING THAT PIPE OR THAT PIPES ALREADY CORRODED AND IT'S FAILING.

SO THEY'VE GOT SINKHOLES IN THEIR BACKYARD. SO WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH AND ONE, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO COME AND VIEW THIS AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND WORK A PLAN TO WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS THIS AND MANY OTHER ISSUES.

AND ONE THING THAT YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, IF YOU'RE HAVING A NEW ESTABLISHMENT, CONSIDER WHAT DOWNSTREAM FLOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.

AND ON TOP OF, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL BUILDING STRUCTURE ITSELF, CALCULATING HOW MUCH MORE ADDED WATER FLOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADD TO THE SYSTEM, BECAUSE GOING DOWNSTREAM, IT'S TREMENDOUS DURING A HEAVY STORM, IT'S TREMENDOUS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING OUR PUBLIC FORUM ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM. NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM 6.A.

[6.A. Ordinance No. 480-840, ZA25-0066, 2nd Reading, Zoning Change and Development Plan for Jane’s Place, on property described as Lot 1, Janes Creek Addition, and Tracts 3, 3C, 3C02, and 3D, J. Childress Survey Abstract No. 253 and located at 1318, 1330, 1354, 1360, and 1364 N. Peytonville Avenue. Current Zoning: “AG” Agricultural District and “SF-1A” Single Family Residential District. Requested Zoning: “RPUD” Residential Planned Unit Development. SPIN Neighborhood #5. PUBLIC HEARING]

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THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THIS WAS THE PLAN PRESENTED TO YOU AT YOUR 1ST READING AND WAS APPROVED AT YOUR FIRST READING.

SINCE SINCE THAT 1ST READING, THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THAT PLAN TO ELIMINATE A LOT ALONG THIS WESTERN TIER OF LOTS AND ALSO ELIMINATE THE DOUBLE HEADED CUL DE SAC THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN IN THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. THESE LOTS HAVE WIDENED A BIT.

AND THEY HAVE ALSO PROPOSED IN THEIR REGULATIONS THAT THESE LOTS FRONT BUILDING SET BACK LINE WOULD BE 30FT RATHER THAN THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED 40FT. THE CHANGES INCREASED THE OPEN SPACE APPROXIMATELY BY 3700FT². SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES.

THE CUL DE SAC LENGTH PREVIOUSLY WAS PROPOSED AT ABOUT 1500 SQUARE FEET, AND THE REVISED CUL DE SAC IS APPROXIMATELY 1600 LINEAR FEET. AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY ADDED APPROXIMATELY 3700FT² OF OPEN SPACE.

AND THEN, AS MENTIONED, THE REDUCTION IN FRONT YARD SETBACK ON THAT WESTERN TIER OF LOTS BEING LOTS 11 THROUGH 14 THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE FIRST READING.

THE ONLY CHANGE IS THE LENGTH OF THE CUL DE SAC BEING PROPOSED, AND THE REDUCTION IN THE SET SETBACK ON THE 4 WESTERN LOTS. THEY'RE REQUESTING NOT TO EXTEND THE DEAD END STREET.

ALSO TO ALLOW A PRIVATE GATED STREET TO SERVE THE SUBDIVISION.

ALSO, RELIEF FROM SIDEWALKS BOTH INTERNALLY AND ALONG NORTH PATTONVILLE AVENUE.

ONCE AGAIN, REDUCTION IN SETBACK FOR THE FOUR LOTS ALLOW A 40% LOT COVERAGE ON ALL THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THEN ALLOW AN INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE OF OPEN SPACE BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS DETENTION, BUT SUBJECT TO AN OVERSIZING AGREEMENT BEING REACHED WITH THE CITY TO ALLOW THAT OTHERWISE DETENTION STRUCTURE WOULD WE REMAIN NO GREATER THAN 25% OF THE OPEN SPACE AREA. THIS IS DATA SUMMARY PROVIDED. OVERALL DENSITY WITH THE 14 LOTS IS AT 0.63 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO GO THROUGH ANY ADDITIONAL SLIDES.

APPLICANTS GOT A PRESENTATION AS WELL. IT'S AT YOUR CALL.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR KILLOUGH COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? WE'VE SEEN THIS AT PREVIOUS MEETING.

PERSONALLY, I LIKE THE CHANGES WITH THE ONE LAST LOT DOWN TO 14 LOTS.

NOW, IN THE 22 ACRES, THEY'RE ALL STILL MINIMUM ONE ACRE LOTS.

DENNIS. YES. ALL ARE IN EXCESS OF ONE ACRE. YES.

OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH AT THIS TIME? I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR NOW. THANK YOU. DENNIS. THANK YOU. APPLICANT.

WANT TO COME ON DOWN? IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR.

IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, I THINK WE JUST PROBABLY NEED THE UPDATES FROM THE LAST MEETING.

I'M NOT SURE COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT SORT OF REPLACING THE OLD GROUND THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE UPDATES AND THE CHANGES, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE NEED. UNLESS COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS. JERRY STADUM RESIDE AT 2905 PENINSULA DRIVE IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS. YEAH, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TO DO, DENNIS EXPLAINED, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAD SOME SLIDES THAT WERE MORE DEFINITIVE, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO CHANGES.

WE DECIDED TO TO DROP A LOT, JUST IT WOULD GET RID OF THIS MORE CONCRETE, SAVE SOME TREES AND GIVE US A LITTLE MORE SPACE TO MANEUVER WITH IN THE OPEN SPACE.

WITH THE OVERSIZING STUDY THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO IN PLANNING, LIKE I SAID, I LIKE THE CHANGES.

GOOD. GOOD JOB. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THAT'S PRETTY EASY. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT.

ITEM 6.A. IS A 2ND READING, SO IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

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AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 2 RESPONSES IN OPPOSITION.

WITHIN 300 FOOT AREA, OUTSIDE OF THE 300 FOOT AREA, WE HAVE 1 IN FAVOR,1 IN OPPOSITION.

ALSO, AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, WE HAD SEVEN PEOPLE OPPOSED AND ONE PERSON IN FAVOR.

AS FAR AS COMMENT CARDS THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTS HAVE RESPONDED PATRICK LANGSTON AT 1535 OAK LANE WAS OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM. JASON PRESLEY AT 1335 FOREST LANE WAS UNDECIDED ON THIS ITEM.

HANNAH AMAYA, INC.. I GUESS THAT'S A CORPORATE ENTITY AT 1281.

CYPRESS CREEK CIRCLE STATED OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

IVAN COUTURE AT 1205 NORTH AVENUE STATED IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.

GAIL EVERETT AT 1281 CYPRESS CREEK COURT STATED OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

AND JENNIFER WALDIE AT 1450 POST OAK TRAIL STATED OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 6.A AND THE JANE'S PLACE DEVELOPMENT? OR DOES ANYONE HAVE A COMMENT CARD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT? SEEING NONE.

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 6.A COUNCIL.

ANY DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH OR THE APPLICANT? MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION ON THIS. GOOD CHANGES, BY THE WAY, AND GETTING RID OF THAT LOT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM 6.A.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-840 ZA25-0066. 2ND READING, ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR JANE'S PLACE ON PROPERTY, DESCRIBED AS LOT 1. JANE'S CREEK ADDITION AND TRACKS 3, 3.C, 3.C.02 AND 3.D.

J. CHILDRESS SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 253 AND LOCATED AT 1318, 1330, 1354, 1360 AND 1364 NORTH PATTONVILLE AVENUE.

SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER FIVE DATED FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026, NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING THE FOLLOWING ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR JANE'S PLACE AS PRESENTED, NOTING THE FOLLOWING APPROVALS. THE CUL DE SAC STREET WILL EXCEED 1000FT IN LENGTH.

SECTION 5.03.I, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NUMBER 483 AS AS AMENDED, AND WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET IN LENGTH.

NEXT, THE REQUEST TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT PER SECTION 5.03 POINT K 0.1 OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE THAT THE EXISTING DEAD END STREET LOCATED IN CROSS TIMBER HILLS ADDITION, SPECIFICALLY WOOD CREEK LANE, WILL NOT BE CONNECTED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT, THE REQUESTED GATED PRIVATE STREETS, SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF 5.05 SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NUMBER 483, AS AMENDED, IS BEING APPROVED. NEXT, THE REQUEST TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS ALONG THE INTERNAL STREET FRONTAGES, AS WELL AS ALONG NORTH PATTONVILLE AVENUE, BUT REQUIRING ESCROW FOR FUNDS FOR FUTURE SIDEWALKS ALONG NORTH PATTONVILLE ONLY NEXT REQUIRING 30 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACKS ON LOTS 11 THROUGH 14 AS REQUESTED OR APPROVING.

EXCUSE ME. NEXT LOT COVERAGE OF 40% AS REQUESTED WILL BE APPROVED.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE THE DETENTION AREA IS GOING TO EXCEED 25% OF OPEN SPACE AREA ONLY IF A STORMWATER OVERSIZING PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY IS REACHED, WHICH INCLUDES ADDITIONAL DETENTION CAPACITY.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON ITEM SIX. AYE. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0. ITEM 6.A. IS APPROVED. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE. NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM 6.B RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-005.

[6.B. Resolution No. 26-005, ZA25-0078, Specific Use Permit for a Mass Gathering for the Hispanic Heritage Celebration, to be held in a portion of Southlake Town Square generally located between E. Southlake Blvd., N. Carroll Ave., Civic Pl., and Central Ave. Current Zoning: “DT” Downtown District. SPIN Neighborhood #8. PUBLIC HEARING]

DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS THE AREA PROPOSED ON AERIAL PHOTO OF TOWN SQUARE FOR THE PROPOSED FESTIVAL TO BE HELD FOR A 2ND YEAR BY BY THIS GROUP. LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THIS PROPERTY IS TOWN CENTER AND CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS D.T. DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. THIS WAS THE BOUNDARY OF THE EVENT THIS PAST YEAR.

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THIS IS A PROPOSED SITE EXHIBIT FOR THE PROPOSED 2026 YEAR AS THEY ARE REQUESTING UP TO FIVE YEAR TERM ON THIS THE EVENT IS A ONE DAY EVENT.

AND WOULD BE SET UP BETWEEN 11 AND 1, AND THEN EVENT TIME FRAME WILL RUN FROM 3 TO 10.

THERE'S ESTIMATED TO BE 3 TO 5000 ATTENDEES. IT WOULD INCLUDE VENDORS, A KID ZONE AND PERFORMANCES.

THIS YEAR, DIFFERENT FROM PAST YEARS. THEY ARE PROPOSING ALCOHOL SALES DURING THE EVENT AND WOULD, OF COURSE, BE REQUIRED TO GET THE APPROPRIATE TABC LICENSING FOR THAT.

THIS IS A SCHEDULE AND APPROXIMATE EVENT TIME.

PROPOSED. THE THE EVENT FOR 2026 WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 26TH AS OUR PRIMARY DATE.

THEY HAVE REQUESTED TO SET ASIDE 2 OTHER DATES FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER.

FIRST BEING SATURDAY OF OCTOBER 3RD AND SECOND THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY ON OCTOBER 10TH.

THIS IS A NOTIFICATION AREA THAT CITY PROVIDED PROPERTY OWNER NOTICE, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE ITEM 5-0 AND GRANTING THEM A 3 YEAR TERM ON THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR KILLOUGH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR DISCUSSION? YEAH. DENNIS, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE BEFORE AND AFTER MAPS AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THEY EXPANDING TO THIS YEAR? THE THE BOUNDARY IS DIFFERENT. THEY, THEY CLOSED OFF ONLY A PORTION OF MAIN STREET AND AND OF COURSE ENTRIES AT SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD. AND THIS NEW EVENT YEAR, THEY'RE EXTENDING THOSE CLOSURES UP TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF TOWN SQUARE. AND THE BARRIERS WOULD BE EXTENDED JUST TO THE OUTER EDGES OF STATE STREET AND GRAND AVENUE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DENNIS? THANK YOU SIR. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK AND BE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICATION? COME ON DOWN. AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND THEN DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? I DON'T, I'M JUST.

YOU CAN JUST USE THIS MAP HERE. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS BITTY BARKER, AND MY ADDRESS IS 2809 TYLER STREET HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MAYOR MCCASKILL AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THIS EVENT AGAIN NEXT, NEXT YEAR.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT THAT SHOWCASED SO MUCH VIBRANCY AND COLOR AND COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.

AND WE HAD PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND WE HAD WAY MORE PEOPLE THAN WE EXPECTED, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT THIS YEAR AS WELL, WITH THE ADDITION OF ALCOHOL TENTS AND NEEDING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR EXTRA SPACE FOR THAT AND TRAFFIC FLOW AS WELL. OR FOOT TRAFFIC IS FLOW IS WHAT I MEAN.

WE ARE LAST YEAR WE WERE WE KIND OF BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION TO TO THE AREA OF SOUTHLAKE.

WE EVEN RECEIVED A RECOGNITION FROM THE TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE TO GO.

AND THEY GAVE US A RECOGNITION JUST FOR THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING.

THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, WE DO GIVE BACK TO CHARITIES.

AND SO IT'S A NONPROFIT 501 C3. AND THEN LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP A SHELTER THAT'S IN NORTH FORT WORTH CALLED NIKAH.

WELL, IT'S THE ABBREVIATED AS NIKAH. AND THEY SERVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WELL OVER WELL THE 300% POVERTY LEVEL.

SO MOST OF THEM ARE HOMELESS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD THAT WE COLLECTED DURING THE EVENT AS WELL AS AFTER THE EVENT.

AND THEN SOME FUNDS FOR THEM AS WELL. OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE EVENT AS WELL.

THE ALCOHOL SALES WILL HELP. IN ADDITION, ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXTEND THE BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT WE CAN DO HERE AS A COMMUNITY TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.

SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT LAST YEAR.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE GROWING.

I'M SURE IT WILL GROW. AND YOU NEED THE MORE MORE OF A FOOTPRINT FOR ALL THAT TO FOR ALL THAT FUN STUFF.

SO THANK YOU COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

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OR IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT CARD. I'LL WELL BEFORE I CLOSE THAT, I'LL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE CITY SENT OUT 57 PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM, AND AS OF TODAY, THERE HAVE BEEN NO RESPONSES RECEIVED BY THE CITY.

57 NOTIFICATIONS I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN COUNCIL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS, I'LL JUST SAY I LOVE THE EVENT. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIG SUCCESS.

I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER THIS YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT IN SEPTEMBER. SO COUNCIL ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? DENNIS? CAN WE SEE THE THE ALTERNATE DAYS THAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING? I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THEM, ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BACK INTO IF IF THEY NEEDED THOSE ALTERNATIVE DATES INTO OCTOBERFEST.

AND I KNOW OUR PARKS, THEY ALWAYS WANT TO GET THE GROUNDS PREPARED FOR THE NEXT EVENT.

AND ACCORDING TO OUR OWN SCHEDULE, THE THE DATES THAT OCTOBERFEST IS SUPPOSED TO BE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE 1ST FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN OCTOBER. HOWEVER THIS YEAR IT'S OCTOBER 16TH AND 18TH.

SO I'M WONDERING ON THE ALTERNATE DATES THAT THEY SHOULD BE BEFORE.

WE CAN'T DO IT BEFORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE TIGHT FOR OUR STAFF.

SO I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW COMMON IT IS TO IF I MAY.

YES. PLEASE PROVIDE 2 ALTERNATIVE DATES. BUT OCTOBERFEST, ONCE THEY HAD SUCCESS THAT WEEKEND A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE IT THAT WEEKEND IN OCTOBER.

BUT I HAVE PRETTY BIG CONCERNS ABOUT PARK RECOVERY.

BECAUSE IF IT HAD TO BE ON THE 10TH, THAT'S THAT'S BASICALLY LESS THAN A WEEK, AND IT'S FAR LESS THAN A WEEK BECAUSE OKTOBERFEST WILL SET UP THAT THURSDAY.

SO I, I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE ONE ALTERNATE DATE FOR THAT REASON.

AND YES, 100% GIVE THE PARK RECOVERY TIME, STAFF RECOVERY TIME, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND PUT ON A 3 DAY FESTIVAL.

SO YEAH, I AGREE. GREAT POINT. OKAY, SO 1 BACKUP DATE OCTOBER 3RD.

OKAY. AND ANOTHER ANOTHER. WE WERE ASKED FOR 5 YEARS, THE, PNC APPROVED IT FOR 3 YEARS BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW FESTIVAL.

THEY HAVE ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR ALCOHOL THIS YEAR, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GIVE THEM A 1 YEAR ON THIS, NOT A THREE YEAR.

I AGREE WITH THAT. I'M GOOD WITH ONE YEAR. I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR TO THOSE POINTS ESPECIALLY SO YEAH I AGREE.

1ST 1ST YEAR TRYING ALCOHOL WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S PART OF RAISING MONEY. PUTTING ON A FESTIVAL IS HUGELY EXPENSIVE, BUT I THINK IT'S WISE TO TO GO ONE YEAR FROM HERE AND HOPE AND WISH THAT IT'LL GO WELL. AND YOU GUYS DID, I GUESS IT WAS A DIFFERENT GROUP THAT PUT IT ON PREVIOUSLY.

SO THERE WAS A FEW YEAR HIATUS HIATUS BETWEEN THE TWO EVENTS.

BUT I, I THOUGHT LAST YEAR'S EVENT WAS GREAT.

SO BUT I YEAH I AGREE. YEAH. I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL GO WELL.

I THINK YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE I THINK AS A AS A LIFELONG TEXAN, I MEAN, THE HISPANIC INFLUENCE ON OUR STATE AND IT'S FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR STATE THAT CULTURE IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US TO CELEBRATE AND SEE IN OUR TOWN.

AND SO I'M A FAN OF IT, BUT I DO I DO ALIGN WITH YOU ON THE ON THE ONE YEAR AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW AND, AND I THINK WE DO THAT TYPICALLY FOR, FOR A LOT OF THESE FESTIVALS WE START OFF AND AS THEY EXPAND IT'S A LITTLE MORE.

AND THEN AS IT SEEMS MORE LONGER TERM OR MATURED, THEN THEN WE GO LONGER FROM THERE.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S FINE. I THINK WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS, THIS FESTIVAL WAS FANTASTIC.

IT, IT, YOU KNOW, MET ALL OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AS FAR AS EXECUTING ON IT.

THE ALCOHOL EDITION, OBVIOUSLY. THAT'S A THAT'S CERTAINLY A BIG JUMP.

BUT WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS DEPENDING ON HOW COUNCIL FEELS, IS THAT WE WAIVE THEIR RETURN FEE NEXT YEAR ON A REAPPLICATION, A ONE TIME WAIVE ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU'VE SEEN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE ALCOHOL AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN THEN YOU CONSIDER THE THREE YEAR ET-CETERA.

BUT I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH JUST WAIVING THAT APPLICATION FEE NEXT YEAR. AND I THINK ON ANOTHER EVENT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS. WE KIND OF DID A CONDITIONAL MULTI YEAR APPROVAL WHERE IF YOU GET THROUGH THIS FIRST YEAR OR THIS FIRST YEAR IN THIS NEW FORMAT WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS OR ANY PROBLEMS, THEN YEAH, WE EITHER WAIVED THE FEES COMING FORWARD OR WE JUST GAVE THEM THE EXTRA YEAR.

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MAYBE ALISON REMEMBERS BETTER THAN ME, BUT I KNOW WE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR WHERE IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE'D GET THROUGH THAT FIRST OR THE CURRENT YEAR AND EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN. THEN YOU GET THOSE EXTRA YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK THROUGH THIS, THIS PROCESS.

BUT I DON'T RECALL ALL THE DETAILS. MAYBE DENNIS DOES OR SOMEBODY ELSE.

BUT JUST A THOUGHT. IF IT ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE HERE TONIGHT AND WE ENJOY SEEING YOU.

BUT IF YOU DON'T, IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO COME BACK AGAIN AND ASK FOR THE SAME THING ON A SUCCESSFUL EVENT, I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS DIWALI. WE DID THAT ON.

IS THAT WHAT WE DID? IF I REMEMBER RIGHT? YES, I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT.

LIKE IF IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CITY STAFF REPORT BACK THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE ALCOHOL SALES COMPONENT IS NEW AND EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, AND STAFF, INCLUDING POLICE AND FIRE ARE OKAY WITH IT. THEN THEY GET THE 3 YEARS.

BUT IT'S KIND OF A 1 YEAR TO PROVE IT. BUT AGAIN, I LOVE SEEING YOU ALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO MAKE YOU COME BACK IF THERE'S NO REASON TO COME BACK A YEAR FROM NOW TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

THAT'S JUST MY $0.02 ON THAT. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, TOO, BECAUSE THE EVENT WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR AND UNFORTUNATELY I WAS OUT OF TOWN FOR IT. I'VE BEEN TO THE EVENT PREVIOUSLY, A FEW YEARS BACK, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

SO I ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY HAVING A MARGARITA.

ABSOLUTELY. I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. Y'ALL OKAY WITH THAT? WE'LL DO THE ONE YEAR FOR SURE. AND IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, THEN THEY GET THE THREE YEARS AS AS RECOMMENDED BY P&Z.

OKAY. GOT THAT? RANDY. RANDY. THE ONLY OTHER THING IS TO CHANGE THAT.

ONLY 1 ALTERNATE DATE. GOT IT FOR OCTOBER 3RD, CORRECT? YEAH, WE'D BE APPROVING JUST THAT ALTERNATIVE, RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION ON 6.B.

YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6.B RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-0005 ZA-25-0078.

SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MASS GATHERING FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION TO BE HELD IN A PORTION OF SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE, GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, NORTH CARROLL AVENUE, CIVIC PLACE, AND CENTRAL AVENUE.

THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026, AND THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SUMMARY NUMBER 2 DATED JANUARY 30TH, 2026. NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING AN SCP FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION TO BE HELD IN A PORTION OF SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE AS PRESENTED TONIGHT, AND NOTING THAT THE TERM OF THIS APPROVAL IS FOR 1 YEAR.

HOWEVER COUNCIL IS ALSO DIRECTING STAFF TO EXTEND THIS SCP BY AN ADDITIONAL 2 YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF 3 YEARS.

FOLLOWING THE EVENT PENDING SATISFACTORY REPORTS COMING BACK FROM STAFF LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DID YOU MENTION THE ALTERNATE DATE? OH, THE ALTERNATE DATE. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALSO NOTING THAT WE'RE AMENDING TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION TO APPROVE ONE BACKUP DATE OF OCTOBER 3RD, 2026.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON 6.B.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0. ITEM 6.B. IS APPROVED.

WE'LL SEE YOU ALL ON SEPTEMBER 26TH. CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE NEXT TWO ITEMS TOGETHER.

[6.C. Resolution No. 26-006, ZA26-0006, Specific Use Permit and Concept Plan for Telecommunications Towers, Antennas, or Ancillary Structures to relocate an existing telecommunications tower at the Carroll ISD Administration Center on property described as Lot 1, Block 1, Carroll ISD No. 3 Addition, and located at 2400 N. Carroll Avenue. Current Zoning: “CS” Community Service District. SPIN Neighborhood #2. PUBLIC HEARING]

[6.D. ZA26-0007, Plat Revision for Lots 1R1 and 1R2, Carroll ISD No. 3 Addition, proposed as Lot 1R, Block 1, Carroll ISD No. 3 Addition and Lot 1, Old Dragon Stadium Addition, being a revision of Lot 1, Block 1, Carroll ISD No. 3 Addition, and located at 2400 N. Carroll Avenue. Current Zoning: “CS” Community Service District. SPIN Neighborhood #2.]

CASE NUMBER ZA26-0006. SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS, ANTENNAS AND ANCILLARY STRUCTURES TO RELOCATE AN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AT THE CARROLL ISD ADMINISTRATION CENTER.

AND ITEM 6.D. IS CASE NUMBER ZA26-0007 A PLAT REVISION FOR THIS PERTAINS TO OLD DRAGON STADIUM DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF EAST DOVE AND NORTH CARROLL AVENUE.

THE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY IS PUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC AND ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT CS.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY LOOKING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FROM NORTH CARROLL AVENUE ACROSS THE OLD DRAGON STADIUM SITE, AND A VIEW LOOKING IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION ON NORTH CARROLL AVENUE ACROSS.

SEE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING SITE AND TENNIS COURTS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY.

THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING NORTH FROM EAST DOVE AT THE FRONTAGE AND THE ADMINISTRATION SITE.

THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATION.

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THE PURPOSE OF THE SUP IS TO RELOCATE THIS FURTHER SOUTH.

AND TO THE PARKING AREA OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

THIS WOULD MOVE THAT TOWER AND SCREENING COMPOUND APPROXIMATELY 260FT DUE SOUTH.

AND THIS IS A CONCEPT SHOWING THE RELOCATION OF THAT SITE.

THE COMPOUND WOULD BE SCREENED BY A SIMILAR SPLIT FACE BLOCK CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT SCREENING.

AND THE TOWER IS OF A SIMILAR HEIGHT, APPROXIMATELY 115FT IN HEIGHT.

HOWEVER, THE NEW TOWER WOULD NOT REQUIRE LIGHTING ON TOP OF IT.

THE THE MONOPOLE STRUCTURE, WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED, HAD STADIUM LIGHTING ATTACHED TO THAT, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE PART OF THE NEW TOWER LOCATION.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED PLAT REVISION THAT WOULD DIVIDE THE CURRENT LOT INTO TWO LOTS.

THE NORTHERN LOT WOULD BE DEDICATED AS OLD DRAGON STADIUM ADDITION LOT 1.

THE SOUTHERN LOT WOULD BE LOT ONE. BLOCK 1 OF THE CARROLL ISD NUMBER 3 ADDITION AND NORTHERN LOT WOULD INCLUDE THE CURRENT STADIUM SITE AND TENNIS COURT AREA. GENERALLY AS FAR AS EXISTING STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SOUTHERN LOT WOULD CONTAIN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND SOME OF THE SERVICE BUILDINGS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

THIS IS A SURVEY SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE NEW BOUNDARY.

WITH REGARD TO THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SOME 2 VARIANCES WERE APPROVED WITH THE CURRENT LOCATION AND ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THE RELOCATION. 1 IS LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE COMPOUND FACILITY.

THE SITE WILL BE SCREENED BY THE MASONRY WALL AND RELIEF FROM THAT REQUIREMENTS REQUESTED.

ALSO, THE SUP REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT A TOWER FACILITY ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL CARRIERS ON THAT. THE ORIGINAL TOWER WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE TO THAT GIVEN IT WAS NOT STRUCTURALLY SET UP FOR MULTIPLE CARRIERS.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT VARIANCE. I MIGHT ADD THAT THAT WOULD NOT PRECLUDE IF THE TOWER COULD HOLD OTHER CARRIERS THAT THAT COULDN'T, COULDN'T BE UTILIZED. BUT THIS WOULD NOT REQUIRE THEM TO MAKE IT AS SUCH.

THE OTHER IS NEW VARIANTS, AND THIS IS BASED ON WHERE THE NEW BOUNDARY IS AND SOME OF THE EXISTING SERVICE STRUCTURES THAT ARE NEAR THE TOWER LOCATION TOWERS REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED SUCH THAT IT HAS A CLEAR FALL ZONE WITH A BOUNDARY OR A HABITABLE STRUCTURE.

AND GIVEN THE 115 FOOT HEIGHT, IT WOULD NOT QUITE CLEAR THE NEW BOUNDARY.

AND THERE ARE SOME EXISTING SERVICE BUILDINGS AND PROXIMITY TO THAT.

WE RECEIVED ONE NOTIFICATION OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA, THE 300 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA, AND IT WAS IN FAVOR AND SPOKE TOWARDS SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TENNIS COURT FACILITIES.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SUP, GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCES FOR ZERO AT THEIR FEBRUARY 19TH MEETING, AND LIKEWISE ON THE PROPOSED PLAT REVISION APPROVED THAT 4-0 ALSO AT THEIR FEBRUARY 19TH MEETING.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. ANY QUESTIONS ON 6.C AND 6.D? THANK YOU SIR. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. APPLICANT HERE.

COME ON DOWN SIR.

AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN THE MICROPHONE IS YOURS. YES, SIR. I'M LANNING MOONEY, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES FOR CARROLL ISD. LIKE DENNIS DID. VERY WELL.

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REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH 6.C.

AND 6.D. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING THOSE 2 ITEMS? 6.C. AND 6.D? SEEING NONE. I'LL ALSO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE CITY SENT OUT 55 PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS, AND AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE NO RESPONSES RECEIVED.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL.

ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH OR THE APPLICANT ON 6.C OR 6.D? MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON OH GO AHEAD. SORRY. AUSTIN. NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY I THOUGHT THIS WAS MAYBE THE NEW FOOTBALL COACH. IT LOOKS LIKE ANDY REID FROM THE CHIEFS THAT CAME UP HERE TO TALK TO US, DOESN'T IT? YEAH I MEAN SPITTING IMAGE. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

I'M REGROUPING. MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON, LET'S TAKE A MOTION.

MAYOR COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM 6, C RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-0006 ZA 26-0006.

SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR TELECOMMUNICATION COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS, ANTENNAS OR ANCILLARY STRUCTURES TO RELOCATE AN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AT THE CARROLL ISD ADMINISTRATION CENTER ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 1, BLOCK 1 CARROLL ISD NUMBER 3 ADDITION AND LOCATED AT 2400 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE.

SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026.

IN THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SUMMARY NUMBER 1 DATED FEBRUARY 13TH, 2026, NOTING THAT WE ARE APPROVING SUP AND CONCEPT PLAN TO RELOCATE AN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AT THE CARROLL ISD ADMINISTRATION CENTER, WE'RE APPROVING A VARIANCE TO THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT THAT REQUIRES A LANDSCAPE BUFFER OR OF PLANT MATERIALS AROUND THE FACILITY, OR APPROVING A VARIANCE TO THE CO-LOCATION REQUIREMENT.

THE PROPOSED TOWER FACILITY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PROVIDERS DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE ON THE POLE.

AND FINALLY, WE'RE APPROVING A VARIANCE TO SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON 6. C. DO WE HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON 6.C. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0. ITEM 6.C. IS APPROVED. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON 6.D.

YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM 6.D.

ZA26-0007 PLAT REVISION FOR LOTS 1 R1 AND 1 R2.

CAROL ISD NUMBER 3 ADDITION PROPOSED AS LOT 1 R BLOCK 1.

CAROL ISD NUMBER 3 ADDITION AND LOT ONE OLD DRAGON STADIUM ADDITION BEING A REVISION OF LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, CAROL ISD NUMBER 3 ADDITION AND LOCATED AT 2400 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE.

SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 AND THE PLAT REVISION REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER ONE DATED FEBRUARY 13TH, 2026. WE'RE APPROVING A PLAT REVISION AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.D. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0.

ITEM 6.D. IS APPROVED. CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 7.A.

[7.A. Ordinance No. 480-771c, 1st Reading, ZA26-0003, Zoning Change and Site Plan for GMi, on property described as Lots 1-4, Block A, GMi Southlake Addition and located at 350-380 S. Nolen Dr. Current Zoning: “S-P-2” Generalized Site Plan District. Requested Zoning: “S-P-2” Generalized Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #8.]

ZONING CHANGE AND SITE PLAN FOR GMI LOCATED AT 350 TO 380 SOUTH NOLAN DRIVE.

DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS SPECIFIC TO LOT 1 WITHIN THE GMI EDITION.

THE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON PROPERTY'S MIXED USE AND CURRENT ZONING IS SB 2 GENERALIZED SITE PLAN DISTRICT.

THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING CROOKED LANE TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT.

GMI BUILDING IS IN THE BACKGROUND ON THE LEFT.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM NOLAN DRIVE.

AND A VIEW LOOKING SOUTH FROM VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR GENERALIZED SITE PLAN DISTRICT, AS WELL AS SITE PLAN APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT A 2 SPORT COURTS FOR PICKLEBALL, SPECIFICALLY THIS, AND ALLOW THAT AS A PERMITTED ACCESSORY USE UNDER THEIR CURRENT ZONING.

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IT IT WILL BE LIGHTED. THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THEIR LIGHTING WILL FULLY CONFORM WITH THE CITY'S LIGHTING REGULATIONS AS FAR AS LIGHTING TYPE, INTENSITY AND ALL SPILLOVER REQUIREMENTS.

SO NO VARIANCE IS BEING REQUESTED FOR, FOR THE LIGHTING.

AND THIS IS LANDSCAPE PLAN. THERE'S SOME MATERIAL AFFECTED BY THAT.

WILL REQUIRE AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR THAT MATERIAL TO BE RELOCATED.

IT IS PART OF THEIR REQUIRED LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS.

THERE ARE NO PROTECTED TREES SPECIFICALLY AFFECTED BY THE BY THE PROPOSAL AND DETAIL SHOWING LIGHTING. AND WE PROVIDED NOTIFICATION 300 FOOT ON ON THE BOUNDARY OF THE ENTIRE SP2 DISTRICT AS WELL AS THOSE EXISTING WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES FROM THOSE NOTIFICATIONS.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 5-0, SUBJECT TO OUR STAFF REPORT AND REVIEW SUMMARY.

AND ASK THAT THEY PROVIDE VERIFICATION WITH THE PERMITTING THAT THERE'S STILL REMAINING ADEQUATE RETENTION CAPABILITY WITHIN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF.

SO WE WILL ADDRESS THAT WITH THEIR PERMITS. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 7 A YES, MAYOR.

ONE QUESTION. DENNIS. YOU SAID THAT THIS WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO OUR STANDARD LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS.

DO OUR LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS ADDRESS USAGE TIMES, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? DO OUR REQUIREMENTS ADDRESS USAGE TIMES, LIKE WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE OFF? IT DOES NOT. AND OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

OKAY. NO IT DOES NOT. AND IF THEY'RE I THINK ANY ACTIVITY THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY VIOLATE THE NOISE ORDINANCE, RIGHT. MIGHT, COULD BE REGULATED OR REGULATOR AND FORCE UNDER THAT.

BUT AS FAR AS LIGHTING NO. WHAT ARE OUR. DO YOU.

I KNOW THIS IS PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. AS FAR AS SS WHAT ARE THE LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS THERE AS FAR AS HOW LATE THOSE LIGHTS CAN BE ON? IS IT 10 P.M. OR OR MAYBE. MAYBE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THE TIMING ON ON THEIR OPERATION OF THOSE.

DIRECTOR MILLER, IT'S ALL YOURS. ALL RIGHT. PARK HOURS ARE 11 P.M., EXCEPT FOR NORTH PARK, WHERE THEY'RE AT 9 P.M.. OKAY. YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

I KNOW THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL TYPE AREA, BUT LIGHTS NEED TO GO DOWN.

I MEAN, YEAH, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE PLAYING ALL NIGHT.

YEAH. LIKE AN ALL NIGHT LOCK IN WHERE YOU'RE PLAYING A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT AT THREE OR. I DON'T WANT THAT. GOOD POINT. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DENNIS. THANK YOU SIR.

THAT'S THE APPLICANT HERE. APPLICANT. APPLICANT ON 7.A.

ALL RIGHT. DID THEY. DID ANYONE CONTACT THE CITY ABOUT THIS MEETING TONIGHT? WE WE, AS A PRACTICE, CONTACT ALL APPLICANTS, REMINDING THEM OF A MEETING.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR PART OF OF BEING ABLE TO BE PRESENT THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, NO APPLICANT PRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY.

NEXT UP 7.A. DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON 7.A.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING 7.A.

ALSO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THE CITY SENT OUT 41 PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS, AND AS OF TODAY, NO RESPONSES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. SEEING NO ONE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH 7.A. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE APPLICANT SHOWING UP? I WOULD HOPE THAT WE TABLE IT, AT LEAST IN CASE WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, RIGHT? YEAH.

YEAH. THEY MAY NOT WANT IT APPROVED IF IF THE LIGHTING IS AN ISSUE.

SO. RIGHT. PLUS THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO SHOW UP FOR A HEARING.

SO LET'S JUST TABLE THIS. WHAT IS THEIR RIGHT FIRST 97.

OKAY. ARE WE GOOD FOR A MOTION. WE'LL DO A MOTION ON 7.A.

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ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-771C FIRST READING ZA26-0003.

ZONING CHANGE AND SITE PLAN FOR GMI ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 1 THROUGH 4 BLOCKADE GMI SOUTHLAKE ADDITION AND LOCATED AT 353 380 SOUTH NOLAN DRIVE.

AND WE WILL BE TABLING THIS TO THE FIRST MEETING OF APRIL, WHICH IS APRIL 7TH.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE 7.A., DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THAT MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 7.A. CARRY 7-0. 7.A. IS TABLED AND WILL BE MOVED TO OUR FIRST MEETING IN APRIL.

NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 7.B ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-714A FIRST READING FOR CASE NUMBER ZA26-0004 ZONING

[7.B. Ordinance No. 480-714a, 1st Reading, ZA26-0004, Zoning Change and Site Plan to include a variance to Masonry Ordinance No. 557, as amended, for the Westin Event Venue Addition at The Westin Hotel, on property described as Lot 1, Block 4, Gateway Church 114 Campus Addition and located at 1200 E. SH 114. Current Zoning: “S-P-1” Detailed Site Plan District. Requested Zoning: “S-P-1” Detailed Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #4.]

DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SITE.

IT'S LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF GRACE LANE AND STATE HIGHWAY 114.

IT'S A MIXED USE ON THE CITY'S LAND USE PLAN AND ZONED SP 1 DETAILED SITE PLAN, DISTRICT SPECIFIC FOR THE HOTEL USE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE HOTEL. THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT THE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF GRACE IN 114, AND A VIEW LOOKING ALSO IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT THE PROPOSED EVENT VENUE AREA FOR WHICH THE ADDITION IS PROPOSED. THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE WEST PARKING AREA.

THE EVENT VENUE IS PROPOSED TO CONSUME THIS PAVED SURFACE AREA INSIDE THE BACK ENTERTAINMENT AREA OF THE HOTEL. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

ENLARGED VIEW OF THE SITE PLAN AND OVERALL FLOOR PLAN.

IT'S A SLIGHTLY OVER 5000FT² IN TOTAL OF IN ADDITION, IT WOULD BE IN ADDITION SPECIFICALLY TO THE STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE BUILDING.

THIS IS A LANDSCAPE PLAN AND RENDERING. THE LOWER RENDERING SHOWS THE PROPOSED EVENT CENTER AND THAT'S LOOKING NORTH IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION LOOKING SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT THE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT AREA THERE IS PROPOSED LED SCREEN.

THAT WOULD BE PURPOSE SERVED FOR EVENTS OCCURRING.

IT WOULD NOT BE VISIBLE FOR ANY ADVERTISING AND OR UTILIZED FOR ADVERTISING AND WOULD NOT HAVE ANY VISIBILITY FROM 114 OR ADJACENT ROADWAYS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON LANDSCAPE AND SURFACE MATERIALS. AND ELEVATIONS FOR THE EVENT. EDITION.

THE EXTERIOR IS A COMPOSITE METAL MATERIAL. THEREFORE, THE THE PERCENTAGES OF THE WALL SURFACES OF THE STRUCTURE DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE CORRIDOR OVERLAY REGULATIONS, WHICH ALSO TIE THEMSELVES TO THE CITY'S SEPARATE MASONRY ORDINANCE 5 5, 7, AS AMENDED. FOR THAT PURPOSE, THE THE THE CAPTION INCLUDES VARIANTS TO THAT MASONRY ORDINANCE AS WELL FOR THE STRUCTURE.

AND HERE'S SOME RENDERED VIEWS OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 5-0 SUBJECT TO OUR STAFF REPORT AND GRANTING THE REQUESTED MASONRY VARIANCE AND THEN ALSO REQUESTING THE APPLICANT PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL RELATED TO THE LED SCREEN.

THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE THAT AND A MORE SPECIFIC CUT SHEET WITH A GREAT DEAL OF DETAIL.

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ON OUR NOTIFICATION TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS WAS PROVIDED AT 300FT, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES FROM SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

APPLICANT ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO RUN THROUGH WITH THE COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DENNIS AT THIS POINT BEFORE THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. APPLICANTS, DO YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN? Y'ALL CAN STATE YOUR NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOR THE RECORD.

WE JUST NEED NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOR THE RECORD. THEN TAKE US THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION WITH BKV GROUP, 1412 MAIN STREET IN DALLAS. SO, PAUL BYRON WITH THE HOTEL, 1354 CROSS TIMBER DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE.

LOOKS GREAT GUYS. NOT TO NOT TO STEAL THE LEAD HERE, BUT I LOVE THE LOOK OF IT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THE THE THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS, HAVE YOU, AS YOU'VE TWEAKED IT ALONG THE WAY OVER THE TIME YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, AND I THINK HEARING THAT YOU ALL NEED AND CAN USE THIS ADDITIONAL SPACE, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOU ALL AND THE SUCCESS OF THE WESTIN HOTEL.

SO JUMPING AHEAD OF YOU GUYS. BUT I LOVE THE IDEA, LOVE THE LOOK OF IT, AND I THINK IT FITS WELL WITH THE HOTEL.

BUT NOW THAT I'VE ALREADY TALKED, YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND TALK.

NO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS ADDITION AND BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.

WE THINK HAROLD HOSPITALITY TO GET US GETTING US INVOLVED WITH THAT.

AND YEAH, WE'RE JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

SO I THINK WE HEARD FROM DENNIS THAT THE LED SCREEN, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE A ROTATING ADVERTISING THING.

IT'S JUST FOR WHATEVER EVENT IS THERE TO PUT UP PICTURES OR A LOGO OF WHATEVER CORPORATE ACTIVITY IS GOING ON.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 24 HOUR, SEVEN DAY A WEEK ADVERTISING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY? NOW IT'S MEANT TO BE INTERNAL TO THE TO THE EVENT SPACE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DEVELOP THE HOTEL, THE, THE, THE CONCRETE ON WHICH THIS HOTEL WILL SIT OR ARE THIS ADDITION RATHER WAS MEANT TO BE AN OUTSIDE VENUE. AN ACTIVATED SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH THE HEAT.

AND YOU KNOW, JUST THAT GENERAL BEING OUTSIDE, IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL.

SO. YEAH WE IDENTIFIED A NEED. AND AS WE LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER CITIES LIKE TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO SET US APART. IT'S DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY IN A WAY TO DO SO TO BE SOMETHING OF AN ICONIC STRUCTURE.

AND SHANE AND THE TEAM AT BKV HAVE BEEN GREAT.

WE'VE USED THEM ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL.

WE'VE YET TO DESIGN THE INTERIOR. THE INTERIOR LOOKS FAIRLY BLAND IN THE PRESENTATION.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO FIRST DO IS TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE BUILDING ITSELF LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S SELF-CONTAINED, HAS ITS OWN BATHROOMS, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE KITCHEN.

SO ACCESSIBILITY IN TERMS OF ROLLING HOT FOOD OUT AND DIRTY DISHES BACK IS VERY EASY.

WE'VE AND WE'VE INCLUDED A GREEN ROOM SUCH THAT IF THE BRIDE AND GROOM WANT TO GO AND CHANGE AND THEN COME BACK OUT AND GREET THEIR GUESTS, OR IF WE HAVE AN ENTERTAINER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THE SWEET SPOT IN TERMS OF THE USAGE FOR OUR FOR WEDDINGS AND AT THE HOTEL, IT'S BETWEEN 150 AND 180 PEOPLE, WHICH WE CAN EASILY ACCOMMODATE IN THIS SPACE.

IT'S ABOUT 3500FT² OF USABLE SPACE IN THE ROUND TOTAL OF ABOUT 5000FT².

AND SO IF WE HAVE A CLASSROOM STYLE, IT CAN BE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED AND OBVIOUSLY NUMBERS INTO THE 2 HUNDREDS.

IF WE HAVE A STAND UP RECEPTION FOR SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN.

SO WE SEE THIS AS LARGELY A SOCIAL SOCIAL SPACE, MAINLY WEEKENDS.

WE THINK THERE WILL BE SOME LUNCHES DURING THE WEEK, SOME SOCIAL LUNCHES AS WELL AS LUNCHES MAYBE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE MEETING SPACE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE MAIN CORE OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER.

BUT LARGELY SPEAKING, I MEAN, THE IDEA, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FROM THE DESIGN HOW DO I MOVE THIS ONE UP, DENNIS? I'LL JUST CLICK ON IT. JUST UP. DOWN.

NOPE. IS IT A SECRET? IS A SECRET TO IT. THERE YOU GO.

SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER VIEW. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE THERE ARE LARGE DOORS.

WE WILL BE CHANGING THE GATE SLIGHTLY. THAT IS ON THE PERIMETER OF THIS SPACE RIGHT NOW SUCH THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE IN WHAT IS NOW A FAIRLY LARGE GATE TO THE LEFT HAND OF THIS SHOT, FURTHER DOWN THE BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN GET A VEHICLE INSIDE, INSIDE THE BUILDING.

BUT LARGELY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WILL BE A SMALL I THINK 6 OR 8 FOOT PERIMETER ENCIRCLING THE POOL,

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THIS SHOWS THE ACCESS FROM WHAT IS NOW THE RESTAURANT AREA, JELLICOES ON THE RIGHT COVERED WALKWAY THAT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY INTO THE BUILDING.

AND THAT'S A THAT'S A BETTER SHOT OF IT. THE FINS THAT ARE ON THE BUILDING ARE DESIGNED TO BE IN SOME WAY TO SHELTER FROM THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT.

WE ARE WEST FACING. SHANEY AND THE TEAM HAVE PUT MORE THAN PROBABLY DOUBLE WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO PUT IN THE BUILDING IN TERMS OF AIR CONDITIONING, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF GLASS. WE HAVE 21FT CEILINGS, SO THE VOLUME OF THE SPACE IS GOING TO BE STRIKING.

I MEAN, WE HAVE 22 FOOT CEILINGS IN THE MAIN BALLROOM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE HAS BEEN IN THE MAIN BALLROOM OF THE HOTEL. SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S A GREAT VOLUME. IT'S UNIQUE. WE'RE CALLING IT THE WORKING TITLE IS THE JEWEL BOX.

REMINDS US OF A OF A AN ENGAGEMENT RING BOX THAT'S OPENED UP HENCE THE THE SHAPE OF THE WINDOWS BOTH ON THE FRONT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT RENDERING TO THE BACK OF THE SPACE, THIS IS A SHOT OF THE MAIN DOOR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

THAN THE REGULAR SIZE. DOORS ON THE RIGHT IS TO THE KITCHEN, TO THE LEFT IS TO THE BATHROOMS. THERE'LL BE A LARGE SCREEN INSIDE FOR PRESENTATIONS OF VARIOUS.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SET UP FOR A WEDDING. BUT THE CEILING AND SO ON HAVE YET TO BE DESIGNED.

WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THE STAGE YET OF DESIGNING THE CARPET OR ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT SHOT OF THE THE BACKYARD AREA, AS WE CALL IT, WITH THE THE GRASS AREA.

WE HAVE ABOUT 6800FT² OF ASTROTURF. SO IT CAN BE USED YEAR ROUND.

WE'LL BE DESIGNED THAT SPECIFICALLY TO BE AN ACTIVATED OUTSIDE SPACE.

SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT YOU SAW, SOME OF THE IMAGES OF THE SCREENING TOGETHER WITH THE LED SCREEN, ARE REALLY MEANT FOR US TO SCREEN NOT ONLY THE NOISE BUT THE VISIBILITY OF THE OF THE 114 ACCESS ROAD.

AND THAT, AGAIN, IS AN OVERALL SHOT OF THE THE SITE PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS? LOOKS GOOD.

JUST ONE QUICK. I KNOW WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, NO ADVERTISING ON THIS.

AND GRANTED, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE, YOU KNOW, THE HAMMER ADVERTISEMENTS LIKE THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT'S A PRETTY UNIQUE DRAWING PIECE THERE. AND I ASSUME THAT YOU'RE ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO, LIKE, MOVIES ON IT OR SHOW THE DRAGONS PLAYING FOR THE, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN? OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'D IDEALLY LIKE TO DO AND WE POSITION IT BETWEEN SOME OF THE COMMANDERS THAT WE HAVE AT THE POOL FOR DIVE IN MOVIES. I KNOW A NUMBER OF FOLKS WERE THERE WHEN WE HAD PORTIA.

THE NEW EVE MCCANN WAS LAUNCHED AT THE HOTEL.

WE DO A FAIR BIT OF AUTO BUSINESS TO. SO TO BE ABLE TO SHOW WHATEVER THAT COMMERCIAL IS FOR THAT OR ADVERTISING PIECE, IF YOU LIKE, FOR THAT CAR WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHOW AS WELL AS WHEN WE HAVE THE BRIDE AND GROOM THERE TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, PICTURES OF THEM GROWING UP, THAT KIND OF THING. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. PNC ASKED US IF IT WAS ADVERTISING OUTSIDE AND NO, NO, IT'S MEANT TO BE WITHIN THE SPACE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE.

I DON'T WANT US TO LIMIT ANYTHING IN THE IN THE MOTION THAT SAYS THEY CAN'T PUT ADVERTISEMENTS, BECAUSE I SURE THINK THEY WOULD. YOU WOULD WANT TO ADVERTISE HOTEL EVENTS OR CHARITABLE CHARITABLE EVENTS.

I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT SUPPORTING THINGS LIKE THAT.

LIKE, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT US TO LIMIT THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE MOTION.

WE CAN PROBABLY WORD IT WHERE IT'S ADVERTISING FOR EVENTS ON THE HOTEL PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S WATCHING THE DRAGONS FOOTBALL GAME OR SOME OTHER EVENT ON THE HOTEL SPACE.

BUT YOU'RE NOT ADVERTISING FOR A LAWYER IN DALLAS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THERE'S PROBABLY A WAY WE CAN WORD THAT WE COULD SPECIFICALLY SAY NO LAWYERS FROM DALLAS.

EXACTLY. I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD INCLUDE NO DOCTORS IN IN SOUTHLAKE.

MAYBE DOCTORS LIMIT IT TO THE HOTEL PROPERTY EVENTS ON THE HOTEL PROPERTY.

I THINK WE'RE FINE WITH THAT. I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON THAT ONE.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS? I LIKE THE IDEA OF A DRAGON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON THAT TV.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF DIVE IN MOVIES.

I THINK THAT'S VERY CREATIVE. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GUYS. THANK YOU. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.

THIS IS A FIRST READING, SO IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON 7.B.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON SEVEN B? SEEING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 7.B COUNCIL ANY LAST DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH OR THE APPLICANTS? LOOKS GREAT GUYS. MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION ON 7.B OKAY.

YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM 7.B ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-714A FIRST READING ZA26-0004 ZONING CHANGE AND SITE PLAN TO INCLUDE A VARIANCE TO MASONRY ORDINANCE NUMBER 557, AS AMENDED, FOR THE WESTERN EVENT VENUE ADDITION AT THE WESTIN HOTEL ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE,

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AND WE'RE APPROVING THE VARIANCE TO MASONRY ORDINANCE, ALLOWING COMPOSITE METAL PANELS AS THE PRIMARY BUILDING MATERIAL AS PRESENTED, AND THEN ALSO NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING EVENT ADVERTISING, BUT THAT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THOSE EVENTS OCCURRING ON HOTEL PROPERTY. I'D LIKE IT. BEFORE I GO TO A SECOND, I'LL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE SENT OUT 24 PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS AND AS OF TODAY, NO RESPONSES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION FOR 7.B.

SECOND? CAST YOUR VOTES.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0. IT'S APPROVED ON FIRST READING.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK FOR SECOND READING IN APRIL.

THANKS, GUYS. NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM 8.A. RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-010, NOMINATING A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES TO THE DENTON

[8.A. Resolution No. 26-010, nominating candidate(s) to the Denton Central Appraisal District Board of Directors to fill a vacancy with a term expiration of December 31, 2029.]

JUST. JUST SO NO ACTION ON THIS MOTION OR ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE. UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY NAMES.

NO ACTION. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM 8.A.

AT THIS TIME. I GUESS WE COULD COME BACK TO IT AT A LATER DATE.

ALL RIGHT. WE ALREADY TOOK CARE OF 9.A ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

THE MASTER SIGN PLAN FOR GRANITE PLACE. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.B CASE NUMBER SV26-0001.

[9.B. SV26-0001, Sign Variance for Investar Bank, located at 605 W. S.H. 114.]

DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE BANK PROPERTY.

IT IS RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTING POINT OF SHADY OAKS AND WEST STATE HIGHWAY 114.

THIS IS A SITE EXHIBIT SHOWING THE EXISTING UPPER STORY SIGN, AND THEN THE PROPOSED BANNER SIGN THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING AN EXTENDED TIME FOR WITH THE HOPE OF MANUFACTURING THE STORAGE SITE FOR INSULATION INSTALLATION.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROPOSED SIGN PLACED ON THE BUILDING AND A DETAIL OF THE SIGN.

THE SIGN ORDINANCE ONLY PERMITS UPPER STOREY SIGNS WITH APPROVAL UNDER A MASTER SIGN PLAN OR VARIANCE.

THE PRECEDING OCCUPANT OF THE PROPERTY HAD SIGNAGE APPROVED FOR THE UPPER STOREY SIGN.

HOWEVER, IT WAS UNDER A VARIANCE WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO THE LETTER SIZE, HEIGHT, AREA, AND STRUCTURE OF THE SITE RATHER THAN A MASTER SIGN PLAN. FOR THAT REASON, APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO COME BACK FORWARD TO SIGN BOARD AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THAT UPPER STOREY SIGN. THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL INCLUDED A CLOCK ON A PORTION OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE EXISTING CLOCK IS PROPOSED TO REMAIN.

AND THIS IS A DETAIL OF THE STAR SIGN BEING PROPOSED ON, AND THEN DETAIL OF THE BANNER SIGN BEING PROPOSED.

LIMIT ON THAT IS 15 DAYS, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT THAT BE PERMITTED UNTIL NEW NEW SIGN CAN BE MANUFACTURED AND INSTALLED, NOT TO EXCEED 60 DAYS.

FURTHER DETAIL OF THE PROPOSED UPPER STOREY SIGN.

VIEW FROM 114. ALL THE INSTALLED

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AND A VIEW OF THE PRECEDING TENANT SIGNAGE ON THE STREET FRONTAGE OF 114.

THIS SITE ALSO INCLUDED 3 MONUMENT SIGNS AND A DIRECTIONAL SIGN.

THESE SIGNS ARE STILL APPROVED UNDER THE ORIGINAL VARIANCE, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN HAVE NOT BEEN INSTALLED, BUT ARE STILL AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED VARIANCE.

THE SIGN BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FIVE ZERO WITH STIPULATION OF ALLOWING THE TEMPORARY BANNER SIGN TO REMAIN UNTIL PERMANENT SIGN IS ACQUIRED AND INSTALLED, BUT ONCE AGAIN NOT TO EXCEED 60 DAYS.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH ON THIS ITEM WAS THE BANNER THAT'S UP THERE NOW.

WAS THAT APPROVED OR WAS THAT JUST PUT UP WITHOUT APPROVAL? THEY WERE ISSUED A PERMIT, AND WE HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO, TO KEEP THAT UP UNTIL THEY WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN UP SO FAR? I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE TIME FRAME.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYBE WE CAN ASK THE APPLICANT ON THAT ONE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DENNIS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DENNIS. APPLICANT. WANT TO COME ON DOWN? IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN MAYBE START WITH THAT FIRST QUESTION ABOUT HOW LONG THE THE BANNER SIGN HAS BEEN UP.

GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS RICHARD HORTON. I'M WITH TURNER SIGN SYSTEMS ADDRESSES 1302 AVENUE R IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR THE GRAND OPENING BANNER FOR JANUARY 1ST.

THAT LASTED FOR 2 WEEKS. AFTER THAT, WE WENT TO A STANDARD BANNER FOR INVESTOR BANK.

WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE THE VARIANCE PROCESS.

SO THIS HAS BEEN UP FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS CURRENTLY.

YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE ANY PRESENTATION OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? THE ORIGINAL FIRST NATIONAL BANK SIGN WAS IN THE CURRENT LOCATION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THIS INVESTOR BANK ACQUIRED FIRST NATIONAL, AND THEY TRANSFERRED TITLE OF THE BANK ON THE 1ST OF JANUARY.

SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE EXACT SAME LOCATION.

THIS SIGN IS OTHERWISE BEEN DESIGNED IN KEEPING WITH THE CITY'S CODE.

20 INCH OR 24 INCH TALL LETTERS WITH A BLACK FACE.

SO THE ONLY VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THIS IS THE LOCATION THE SIGN HAS ALREADY BEEN MANUFACTURED.

INVESTOR GAVE US APPROVAL TO GET THAT MANUFACTURED.

SO ONCE THE BOARD OR THE COUNCIL APPROVES IT, WE CAN HAVE THE SIGN UP WITHIN TWO WEEKS ONCE THE WEATHER PERMITS.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. ITEM 9.B.

DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON 9.B. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 9.B.

AND THE INVESTOR BANK SIGN? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THIS.

MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION ON NINE B.

THE ONLY QUESTION IS SIGNBOARD IN THEIR APPROVAL.

THEY APPROVED THAT THE TEMPORARY BANNER HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A PERMANENT NOT TO EXCEED 60 DAYS.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? OR DO WE WANT TO TIGHTEN THAT AT ALL LIKE ANOTHER 60 DAYS FROM NOW? IS THAT DENNIS? HOW WOULD WE READ THAT? OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU SAID THAT SIGN WAS ALREADY MANUFACTURED AS WELL. RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO BE TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT I PUT 2 WEEKS ON IT, BUT MAYBE 30 DAYS OR, YOU KNOW.

INVESTOR HAS ALREADY GIVEN US APPROVAL TO FABRICATE EVERYTHING, SO IT'S ALREADY MADE.

SO WE'RE REALLY ONLY GOING TO NEED ABOUT T2 WEEKS.

AND THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CLEAR WEATHER UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH 2 WEEKS THEN IN THE MOTION. I WOULD SAY 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS.

I THINK WITHIN 2 WEEKS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT INSTALLED.

OKAY. WE'LL DO THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 9.B.

OKAY. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 9.B.

SV26-0001 SIGN VARIANCE FOR INVESTOR BANK LOCATED AT 605 WEST STATE HIGHWAY 114, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 AND NOTING THE FOLLOWING VARIANCE. SIGN VARIANCE FOR AN UPPER STORY WALL SIGN AND TEMPORARY BANNER SIGN.

AND WE'RE APPROVING SIGN A, WHICH IS THE UPPER STORY WALL SIGN THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF WALL SIGNS ALLOWED ON A SINGLE BUILDING ELEVATION.

AND REGARDING SIGN B, WE'RE ALLOWING THE EXISTING TEMPORARY BANNER TO REMAIN DISPLAYED UNTIL INSTALLATION OF THE PERMANENT WALL SIGN FOR A

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WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON 9.B.

THAT MOTION CARRIES 7-0. ITEM 9.B IS APPROVED.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. NEXT.

AND OUR LAST ITEM IS ITEM 9.C TO APPROVE TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH APEX CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION,

[9.C. Approve an agreement with Apex Concrete Construction Inc., for the repair and replacement of the retaining wall located on the eastbound side of FM 1709 (W Southlake Boulevard) near the intersection at 1299 W Southlake Blvd., in an amount not to exceed $200,500.]

LAUREN LENNY FROM PUBLIC WORKS. YOU GET THE LAST ITEM TONIGHT. IT'S ALL YOURS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. ITEM 9.C IS TO, AS YOU SAID, APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH APEX CONCRETE FOR THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE RETAINING WALL ALONG 1709. THIS SLIDE. EXCUSE ME. IN FEBRUARY 2025, A VEHICLE STRUCK AND DAMAGED THE MODULAR BRICK RETAINING WALL ALONG EASTBOUND 1709 JUST EAST OF WATERFORD DRIVE.

AT THE TIME, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THAT RETAINING WALL BELONGED TO THE HOA.

AFTER COMPLETING A RECORDS REVIEW, WE CONFIRMED OVER THE SUMMER THAT THE WALL IS A CITY OWNED ASSET THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF A TXDOT PROJECT WHENEVER THEY PUT THE SIDEWALKS IN. STAFF OBTAINED INITIAL REPAIR ESTIMATES OF ABOUT 157,000.

THAT ESTIMATE REPRESENTED A 1 FOR 1 REPLACEMENT OF THE DAMAGED SECTION, AND WAS USED TO ESTABLISH BASICALLY THE COMPARABLE COST FOR INSURANCE RECOVERY PURPOSES. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FULL CONDITION OF THE WALL.

THE CITY RETAINED TIGHE, NEAL, AND PERKINS, OR TNP TO PERFORM FORENSIC ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS, AND WHILE THE 36 ABOUT 36FT OF THE WALL IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE VEHICLE, THE FORENSIC REVIEW DETERMINED THAT THE WALL WAS ALREADY EXPERIENCING SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES THROUGH SOME STRUCTURAL HOLDING WATER BEHIND THE WALL.

SO THE ENGINEER IDENTIFIED SOME LONG TERM ROTATION TOWARDS THE SIDEWALK, INADEQUATE REINFORCEMENT, POOR DRAINAGE SOME HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE BUILD UP AND NONFUNCTIONING UNDERDRAIN SYSTEM.

AND THEY BELIEVE IT MAY BE DUE TO TREE ROOTS OR SOME OF THE CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND.

BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, THE ENGINEER CONCLUDED THAT REPAIRING JUST THAT AREA IS NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT AND THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE THE FULL WALL.

SO WE, USING OUR CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH APEX, HAD THEM BID OUT THE OPTIONS.

SO BASED ON THE ENGINEERING. ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATION PROPOSED SOLUTION IS FULL REMOVAL OF THAT EXISTING MODULAR BRICK WALL AND CONSTRUCT A CAST IN PLACE REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING WALL, INSTALLATION OF THE REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL WITH SPREAD FOOTING, IMPROVED DRAINAGE MATERIALS AND FABRIC, TRAFFIC CONTROL, UTILITY COORDINATION, AND SITE RESTORATION.

TO MAINTAIN YOU KNOW, VISUALLY WITH THE CORRIDOR, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FORM LETTER FINISH AND STAINED FINISH ON THIS WALL.

THIS IMAGE ON THE SCREEN THIS LOWER WALL RIGHT HERE SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT TX-DOT BUILT WITH ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS AT 1709 AND SHADY OAKS DRIVE.

THE ESTIMATE THAT APEX PROVIDED WAS $182,000.

WE'VE ADDED ABOUT 10% CONTINGENCY JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS.

THERE IS A UTILITY POLE AND THEN THE TREES ON ON SITE THAT MAY BE NEEDED MAY NEED ADDRESSING, BUT APEX FILLS IT. IT SHOULD BE CLOSER TO 182,000.

WITH RESPECT TO THE INSURANCE CLAIM THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING WITH FARMERS INSURANCE THEY'VE ISSUED US PARTIAL PAYMENTS TO DATE.

THE DRIVER DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE COVERAGE TO COVER THE COST OF THE WALL BASED ON THE DAMAGE THAT THEY DID.

SO WE'LL BE WORKING TO STILL PURSUE THOSE OPTIONS THROUGH THE LEGAL OPTIONS THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AS WITH ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS, THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR CITY STRATEGY MAP AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THEY ALL HAVE.

THANK YOU. LAUREN. HOW MUCH INSURANCE MONEY HAVE WE SECURED OR HAD PROMISED TO THIS POINT? TO DATE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 24,000, SO THEY ISSUED AN INITIAL $5,000 PAYMENT.

TURNS OUT THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO THE WRONG SITE BEFORE THEY ISSUED THAT PAYMENT.

AND THEN THEY CAME AND VISITED THE CORRECT SITE AND ISSUED ANOTHER 19,000.

OKAY, SO 24,000. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR ON THIS ONE? GO AHEAD. QUESTION I HAVE IS ON OPTION TWO AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS.

WHAT WAS THE COST ON THAT ONE RELATIVE TO. SO THERE'S SOME COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 2 OPTIONS.

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THEY APEX LOOKED AT ALL THREE OPTIONS AS FAR AS SOURCING THOSE MATERIALS FOR THE LARGER BLOCKS.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE THEM IN THE TIME FRAME IN THE DFW AREA.

THANK YOU. SO HOW LONG HAS THAT WALL BEEN THERE? WHEN WAS THAT WALL INSTALLED? ABOUT 2001, 2001.

SO IT MADE IT 25 YEARS, 24 YEARS. AND THERE THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 OF THE LOCATIONS I KNOW.

WE SHOWED THE PICTURE OF 17 TO 9 IN SHADY OAKS, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY AT LEAST 2 OTHER LOCATIONS RIGHT BY THAT THAT HAS THE SAME MODULAR BLOCK BLOCK WALL. THOSE APPEAR TO BE DOING OKAY.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT OR I MEAN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT IN ONE OF THEM, I THINK. BUT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THEY'RE DOING? THEY BASED ON THE GOOGLE IMAGES, THEY LOOK GOOD.

THE NEXT STEP FOR US IS GOING TO BE TO LOOK AT THOSE, THE CONDITION OF THOSE WALLS AND ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE.

YES. SO I MEAN, SO MY QUESTION ON IT THEN WOULD BE, WHY ARE WE GOING FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION TO REPLACE THIS WALL? WHEN WE HAD A MODULAR BLOCK OPTION THAT LASTED FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, AND WHAT IS THAT COST? SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF THAT ENDS UP BEING $100,000, THEN IT JUST IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF A WASTE OF FUNDS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME COST. SO IT'S ABOUT WE DID GET APEX TO QUOTE IT OUT.

WITHOUT THE GEOGRID, IT WAS ABOUT 160,000. AND SO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COSTS THAT THEY PROVIDED INITIALLY FOR THE ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE GEOGRID. BUT IN LOOKING AT IT, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ENGINEERING EVALUATION.

AND THE CONCERN WITH THE GEOGRID WAS THAT IT WOULD IMPACT THE TREES AND THE TREE ROOTS THAT ARE THERE.

SO, SO ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND AND I, I REALIZE THAT SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE, THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE, AND I'M GOOD EITHER WAY.

BUT IT JUST SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT TO REMOVE MODULAR BLOCKS, DIG IT BACK, PUT IN A LITTLE BIT OF ADEQUATE DRAINAGE BEHIND IT, AND PUT IN MODULAR BLOCKS WOULD BE $160,000.

BUT WE COULD RIP OUT THE WALL, PUT IN AN ENGINEERED WALL, RIP OUT THE SIDEWALK, AND REINSTALL THE SIDEWALK FOR JUST 20 GRAND MORE, RIGHT? I MEAN. WOULD IT NOT BE WORTHWHILE GETTING A DIFFERENT QUOTE OR A COUPLE OF OTHER QUOTES? BECAUSE I JUST I JUST FEEL BY THAT DIFFERENCE, THAT SMALL DIFFERENCE, THAT IT SHOULD BE A LESSER AMOUNT THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED FOR JUST REPLACING WITH WHAT WE WHAT WE JUST HAD. SO. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CLEAR WHAT I'M SAYING OR NOT.

YEAH. IT'S CLEAR. I JUST IS THERE A SPECIFIC QUESTION? WOULD YOU LIKE US TO EXPLORE THAT? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US HAVE, LIKE, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES BID OUT THE 3 OPTIONS BECAUSE, I MEAN, AGAIN, I JUST, I JUST, I MEAN, I JUST FEEL THAT WE AUTOMATICALLY JUST JUMP TO THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION, AND WE HAVE AN EXISTING, I MEAN, A BLOCK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT A MODULAR BLOCK WALL IS, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE STACKS OF BLOCK.

SO I JUST CAN'T SEE HOW IT'S $160,000. BUT I MEAN, MAYBE MAYBE I'M WRONG.

MAYBE IT'S MAYBE 20 GRAND GETS YOU A, A FULL, GIGANTIC ADDITIONAL SITE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'VE GOT TO WORK WITH.

I HAVE JEFF EXPAND ON THAT. BUT PART OF WHY IT WASN'T BID OUT AND WE USED AN EXISTING CONTRACT WAS TO GET IT MOVING QUICKER.

RIGHT. SO IF WE WANTED TO GO FORWARD WITH GETTING ADDITIONAL QUOTES, IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE RFQ OR RFP PROCESS.

SO ALL OF JEFF TALK ABOUT THE SITE CONDITIONS.

SOMETIMES THE COST OF IT CAN BE RELATED TO THE LABOR LIKE THE BLOCK STACKING LIKE LIKE BUILDING A BRICK WALL IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A CONCRETE TILT WALL.

YEAH, BUT THESE AREN'T EVEN MORTARED. THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST STACKED. I KNOW, WHICH IS NOT.

YOU COULD DO THAT IN, LIKE, A COUPLE OF DAYS.

RIGHT. WHEREAS A CONCRETE POURED TAKES ONE DAY OR HALF A DAY.

NO CONCRETE POURED. THEY HAVE TO FRAME IT UP.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN REBAR. I JUST DID IT ON A PROJECT.

I'VE ACTUALLY BUILT THEM. SO YOU HAVE TO FRAME IT UP.

YOU HAVE TO PUT IN REBAR, YOU HAVE TO POUR THE CONCRETE. YOU HAVE TO WAIT, LIKE, 28 DAYS FOR IT TO HARDEN COMPLETELY FOR 100%.

IT TAKES ABOUT ONE DAY. BUT I THINK IT'S ESTHETICALLY MORE PLEASING THAN THAN STACKING BRICKS AS WELL.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU STILL HAVE TO DIG IT BACK, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN YOUR YOUR DRAINAGE.

AND THEN IT'S MORE THAN, IT'S MORE THAN A DAY.

SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT CONCRETE OVER STACKING BRICKS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

NOT THE NOT THE PULLING BACK THE DIRT. WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE ON IT BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'VE DONE BOTH, SO. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO HAVE MORE BIDS OR DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON WHAT IS PRESENTED TONIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT?

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60 NUMBER IS THAT RELATIVELY ACCURATE? SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE BIDS THAT WE GOT OVER THE SUMMER FROM APEX AS WELL AS.

SO WHENEVER WE WERE LOOKING AT A ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT, AND THEN WE EXPLORED THE THREE OPTIONS THAT THE ENGINEERS SUGGESTED IN THE STUDY.

YEAH, I TRUST THE STAFF. I'D SAY WE VOTE TONIGHT AND APPROVE THIS.

I'M FINE WITH THAT. COUNCIL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

HOLD ON A SECOND. YEAH. WE COUNCIL CAN DISCUSS THIS.

THERE'S NO APPLICANT PRESENTATION. RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION. DID WE BID THIS OUT? I MEAN, OR WAS THIS JUST ONE BID ON THIS? I SAID BID, BUT THIS WAS A QUOTE THAT WE GOT FROM OUR CONTRACTOR.

SO WE DID BID OUT THE INITIAL CONTRACT WITH APEX, AND IT WAS A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS BEFORE THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON 9.C.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NINE C COUNCIL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS. YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT, COME ON DOWN. I'LL GO AHEAD AND REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NINE C.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. PETER ESMORE, 780 SHADY LANE, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS. I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T 3 BID THIS THIS, THIS WALL WITH THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND GET THEIR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE RETAINING WALL, JUST LIKE THE GENTLEMAN HERE JUST SAID.

SO I DON'T THINK A TIMELINE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN DOWN FOR A WHILE.

SO, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE WEEKS TO A MONTH WOULDN'T MATTER.

THAT'S ALL I MIGHT SUGGEST. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT. ON 9.C.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, YOU WANT TO DO. WELL, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I SAID EARLIER.

I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE IN GETTING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT BIDS ON IT.

WE CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE ON HOW LONG IT TAKES.

I THINK IF SOMETHING ACTUALLY TAKES ONE DAY TO BUILD, THEN IT DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T COST $188,000.

IT SHOULD BE WAY LESS. BUT EVEN STILL, THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT AS A CITY, WE SHOULD TAKE THE TIME AND GET SOME ADDITIONAL BIDS JUST TO BE COMPETITIVE AND SEE IF WE CAN SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY.

SO FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, LAUREN, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A QUOTE AND A BID.

WHAT'S THE I MEAN, SHE GOT MULTIPLE QUOTES, SO SHE WE SHOULD.

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I MEAN, I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE GOT MULTIPLE QUOTES SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE NUMBER. YES, SIR. AND THE IF WE WERE TO BID IT OUT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE OPENING A FORMAL RFQ PROCESS.

RFP PROCESS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT VERSUS THE CONTRACT AS A WHOLE WAS WHAT APEX BID ON TO BEGIN WITH.

AND THEN APEX PROVIDED THE QUOTES FOR THE WALL MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I STAND BY WHAT I SAID. I SAY WE VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LAUREN OR JEFF? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON. WHAT SAY YOU, MAYOR? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM 9.C APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH APEX CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION INC.

FOR THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE RETAINING WALL LOCATED ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF FM 1709 WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, NEAR THE INTERSECTION AT 1299 WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,500.

NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH APEX CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE RETAINING WALL, AND NOTING THAT FUNDING IS REALLOCATED TO THIS PROGRAM OR TO THIS PROJECT FROM RESIDUALS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON NINE C.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2. ITEM 9.C IS APPROVED.

AND THAT IS OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM. MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.