[6. Oaths of Office to be administered to Mayor Eddie Allen and Council Members as follows: Place 1 – Rex Hoskins, Place 3 – Amanda Cross, and Place 5 – Mike McQuiston.]

IS OATH OF OATH OF OFFICE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO MAYOR EDDIE ALLEN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS FOLLOWS.

PLACE 1, REX HOSKINS. PLACE 3, AMANDA CROSS, AND PLACE 5, MIKE MCQUISTON.

SUSIE, WE'RE AT YOUR DIRECTION.

OKAY, BEFORE WE MAYOR AND MAYOR I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ADDRESS YOU AT THIS MOMENT.

WE ALSO NEED TO LET YOU. THAT'LL BE ON A RECORDING FOREVER, I LOVE IT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GENTLEMEN TO ALSO CEREMONIOUSLY HELP EACH OTHER CHANGE OUT THE NAMEPLATES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCILMAN HOSKINS, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND. JUST YOU.

SIR. AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I REX. I'M SORRY. I, STATE YOUR NAME. I REX HOSKINS.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. OF THE OFFICE OF DECATUR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 1.

OF DECATUR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 1. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW. OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

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OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD.

HELP ME GOD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. MISS CROSS, IF YOU'LL PLEASE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, STATE YOUR NAME. I, AMANDA CROSS.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.

I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. OF THE OFFICE OF DECATUR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 3.

OF THE OFFICE OF. DECATUR. DECATUR COUNCIL P.

3. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD. [APPLAUSE]. IF YOU'LL PLEASE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, STATE YOUR NAME. I, EDDIE ALLEN. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR.

OF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]. COUNCIL MEMBER MCQUISTON. IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME, PLEASE. I, STATE YOUR NAME. I, MIKE MCQUISTON.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.

I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. OF THE OFFICE OF MAY.

I'M SORRY. DECATUR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 5. OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 5.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PRESERVE. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND. PROTECT, DEFEND.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU MA'AM. WAS THAT YOURS, OR IS THIS.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 7. ORGANIZE OF COUNCIL TO DETERMINE APPOINTMENT OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM,

[7. Organization of Council to determine appointment of City Council Members to serve as Mayor Pro Tem, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem, North Texas Council of Government Representative, EDC Board Members, and Conference Center Liaison.]

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, EDC BOARD MEMBERS, AND CONFERENCE CENTER LIAISON.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION BEFORE A MOTION, BUT IF THERE'S NO ONE THAT IS LOOKING AT REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM A PARTICULAR BOARD OR POSITION, MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE GROUP WAS FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THOSE POSITIONS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE MELINDA, AS MAYOR PRO TEM. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. CARPENTER, WILL AS OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING ON BOARDS.

I FEEL LIKE THE ONE EXCEPTION WOULD BE FOR THE COG, AND THAT SO THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS, I FEEL LIKE THE FACE INTERACTION WITH THAT WOULD BE THE MAYOR. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ANY DISCUSSION? SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR. MR. COUNCILMAN, ONE MOMENT. IF I MAY JUST ADD ONE ITEM TO THAT.

ON THE TAIL END THERE IS CONFERENCE CENTER LIAISON.

PAST COUNCIL MEMBER HILTON WAS SERVING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER. WE THE RULES DO ALLOW FOR HER TO MAINTAIN THAT BOARD SEAT, AND STAFF HAS EXPRESSED THAT THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

SHE HAS EXPRESSED HER WILLINGNESS TO STAY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL IN THE ROOM OR NOT, BUT THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR HER TO STAY WITH.

THE QUESTION, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO APPOINT AN ADDITIONAL PERSON TO SERVE AS THE LIAISON TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER?

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AND IF SO, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO THAT TONIGHT, JUST MORE OF A CLERICAL ITEM AS SHE TRANSITIONED OFF OF COUNCIL.

I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THOSE COMMITTEES AS WELL, BECAUSE OF THE INTERACTION WE HAVE WITH BUDGETS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT GIVES US VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE. SO I'M GLAD DARLENE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, BUT I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE A COUNCIL MEMBER TO STAY AS PART OF THAT BOARD.

WOULD EITHER OF OUR TWO NEW PEOPLE WANT TO JOIN? IT'S ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS. IT'S A QUARTERLY MEETING.

LUNCHTIME. AMANDA WOULD LOVE TO. SURE. OKAY. AWESOME.

AMANDA FOR THE WIN. ALL RIGHT. SO. THANK YOU, AMANDA.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RETAIN ALL OF OUR SEATS AS PRIOR.

THE EXCEPTION BEING HAVING EDDIE ALLEN BE THE APPOINTEE FOR THE COG AND THEN AMANDA CROSS FOR THE CONFERENCE CENTER. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE MIKE FOR A FIRST.

I'LL SECOND THAT. AND WILL FOR A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

AYES HAVE IT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO NUMBER 1.

[1. Consider and take appropriate action to approve an Ordinance to amend Appendix “B,” “Zoning,” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Decatur, to grant a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow a convenience store with gasoline sales, in a Restricted Business (C-1) Zoning District, on an approximate 0.55-acre tract of land being legally described as lot 15r, block 1, Lipsey Addition, City of Decatur, Wise County, Texas, also known as 2806 S FM 51. (KRISHNA RAJ JOSHI, PROPERTY OWNER) SUP-26-0001. ORDINANCE 2026-05-13]

CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND APPENDIX B, ZONE OF CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TO GRANT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH A GAS STATION WITH GASOLINE SALES IN A RESTRICTED C-1, ZONING DISTRICT, ON APPROXIMATELY 0.55-ACRE TRACT OF LAND.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. LISA HANNON, PLANNING DIRECTOR.

FOR THE RECORD. WELL, IN OUR STAFF REPORT INTO THE RECORD AND ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE.

SO YOU SAW THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ACTION ITEM.

THIS WILL BE THE SECOND READING OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

SO AS STATED IT IS A CONVENIENCE STORE WHICH IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

IT IS THE GASOLINE SALES AND THE RESTRICTED BUSINESS DISTRICT THAT REQUIRES THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

SO IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, ARTICLE 5, SECTION 5.2.5, DOES ALLOW COUNCIL TO APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY SPECIFIC USE PERMITS. SO SOME QUESTIONS CAME UP AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT WHEN IT WAS ZONED AND HOW IT WAS ZONED.

SO WE PULLED SOME OLD INFORMATION AND IN 1976 IT WAS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY.

IT'S THAT LITTLE SLIVER TRIANGLE WITH THE CIRCLE RED CIRCLE AROUND IT.

AND IN 1977, AT THE REQUEST OF J. G.R LIPSEY, IT WAS REZONED FROM SINGLE FAMILY 2 TO COMMERCIAL.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE.

AND IT STATES THAT IN THE MINUTES THAT ARE INCLUDED RIGHT THERE.

ALSO WHEN THIS WENT THROUGH THE REZONING AT THAT TIME, THEY DID RECEIVE A LETTER, A PETITION OF NO OBJECTION, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1977.

SO THE LAND USE MAPS IN 2006 SHOWS THAT ALL OF THAT WAS IN IN A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE EXISTING LAND USE IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, WHICH ALLOWS PRIMARY USE OF RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL.

SO THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN 2023. THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, WHICH MADE THE PLAT AND ALL OTHER APPROVALS EXPIRE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE'RE COMING BACK FOR THE NEW APPROVALS ON THIS.

SO THE REPLAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR IN 2025, AGAIN AT C-1 RESTRICTED BUSINESS WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE GASOLINE SALES. IT DID APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 12TH, BUT IT DID NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH OF THE VOTES.

IT REQUIRED 75% OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT.

IT FELL SHORT. THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR BEER AND WINE SALES FOR OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION WAS APPROVED AT THAT MEETING.

SO AFTER THAT MEETING, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

IT WAS NOON TO TWO. IT WAS IN PERSON AND HAD THE ABILITY TO HAVE PEOPLE JOIN IN VIRTUALLY.

AS STATED EARLIER, IT DID HAVE A CONVENIENCE STORE ON IT BACK IN THE 90S UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2014, WHEN IT WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE AND THEN DEMOLISHED.

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SO IN 2023, WHEN IT CAME BEFORE US FOR DEVELOPMENT, A VARIANCE WAS REQUESTED FOR PARKING.

HOWEVER, THAT WAS TABLED WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE PROJECT BACK LATE LAST YEAR, THE NEW PLANS REMOVED ONE OF THE GAS PUMPS, WHICH MADE THE PARKING COMPLIANT WITH THE CODES.

SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, INCLUDING LIGHTS, LIGHTING, NO SPILLAGES PERMITTED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUFFERING, LANDSCAPE, FENCING AND WALLS. AND THOSE ARE TO BE MAINTAINED IN PERPETUITY AND WILL BE REVIEWED AT THE TIME THE BUILDING PERMITS ARE SUBMITTED AT CIVIL PLANS REVIEW AND BUILDING PERMIT. SO HERE'S JUST A FEW PICTURES OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE GOT SOME 3D RENDERINGS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

SO PER THE STATUTE, STATE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS WERE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT.

THOSE WERE NOTIFIED VIA U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, AS WELL AS THE STATE STATUTES CHANGED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.

AND WE HAVE TO POST THE PROPERTY FOR ANY TYPE OF ZONING CHANGE.

SO WE DID RECEIVE FIVE OPPOSITIONS. THAT'S 35.02%.

THAT MEANS THAT THIS WILL REQUIRE 75% OF APPROVAL VOTE BY CITY COUNCIL.

SOME OF THE OPPOSITION REASONS WERE DECREASED PROPERTY VALUES, SAFETY, TRAFFIC, PARKING DISRUPTIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ALSO, AT THE APRIL 27TH COUNCIL MEETING RECEIVED A PETITION, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE RED ON THERE FOR THE PETITION, BUT IT DIDN'T CHANGE THE PERCENTAGE BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THE RED CIRCLE THAT SHOWS THE 200FT.

SO AGAIN, THOSE REASONS CITED AGAINST TRAFFIC SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, NOISE AND BRIGHT LIGHTS, PROPERTY VALUES, LITTER, PUBLIC BEHAVIOR AND EXISTING CONGESTION.

JUST A QUESTION FOR THE GREEN, THOSE, YOU HAVE READ THERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A GREEN HIGHLIGHTED.

WHAT IS THE GREEN REPRESENTING? OR IS IT NOT GREEN, ITS PROPERTY LINES OR SOMETHING? THOSE ARE THE PROPERTY LINES. YES, SIR. OKAY.

THE GREEN LINES ARE PROPERTY LINES. AND ARE THOSE IDENTIFIED FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON? NO, JUST SO WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE THE LOT LINES.

OKAY. OR SEMI LOT LINES THERE. NO, MA'AM. OH WE ONLY HEARD THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION ARE IN RED WITH THE LITTLE BLUE SORT OF BLUEY PURPLE DOTS ON THEM. THOSE ARE ALL THE ONES WHO SOLD OR WHO SIGNED THE PETITION.

SO THE APPLICATION IS IN ORDER. ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS HAS BEEN, HAVE BEEN MET.

AGAIN, A CONVENIENCE STORE IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

THE GASOLINE SALES IS WHAT TRIGGERS THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

AGAIN, REPLATING WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.

BUILDING PERMITS WILL BE REQUIRED AS WELL AS CIVIL PLANS BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION.

THEY DID BRING UP SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING CONCERNS AND REQUESTED THAT NO PARKING SIGNS BE PLACED ALONG JOHN AVENUE UP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

PARKING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED.

BLOCKING ANY DRIVEWAYS OR SIDEWALKS IS PROHIBITED.

WE REACHED OUT TO POLICE AND FIRE, THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH PUTTING NO PARKING SIGNS THERE WAS THAT IT WOULD POTENTIALLY DRIVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS LOOKING TO PARK, BECAUSE IF THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND PARK ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY LEGALLY ON JOHN AVENUE, THEN HOPEFULLY IT WOULD KEEP THEM OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

QUESTIONS WERE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE HOURS OF SERVICE FOR CASA TORRES, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN WHAT THEIR HOURS OF SERVICES ARE.

AND THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS FOR THEIR OPERATION OF BUSINESS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED.

SO COUNCIL CAN PLACE CONDITIONS ON ANY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

THOSE CONDITIONS COULD BE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE AND COULD BE REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED IN PERPETUITY.

CONDITIONS COULD INCLUDE RESTRICTION OF THE HOURS.

THOSE ARE THE HOURS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.

SO BASED UPON OUR FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OUTLINED IN OUR STAFF REPORT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO 0.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

SO DO WE NEED TO CLARIFY IN THE MOTION WITH THE RESTRICTIONS OR JUST RESTRICTIONS AS PRESENTED.

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IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO RESTRICTIONS, YOU COULD SAY RESTRICTIONS AS PRESENTED THAT WOULD BE FINE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLACE THOSE RESTRICTIONS.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WENT THROUGH FIRST READING DIDN'T HAVE RESTRICTIONS.

OKAY. THESE ARE, THESE AREN'T RESTRICTIVE HOURS THAT ARE SHOWN.

THESE ARE THE HOURS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED TO STAFF THAT THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.

OKAY. SUSIE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK? YES, SIR WE DO. MISS HERNANDEZ.

MY NAME IS DIONDRA HERNANDEZ. I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THIS HOUSE ON 2809 SOUTH LIPSEY STREET.

AT THE PREVIOUS CONVENIENCE STORE, IT WAS SITTING AROUND 54FT AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY TOWARDS 51.

I HAD SENT OVER A PICTURE THAT WE TOOK FROM THE INTERNET AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LIGHT POST.

OH, SORRY. IT'S NOT THAT ONE. SORRY.

NO, IT'S NOT THAT ONE EITHER. I HAD. OKAY.

OKAY, OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS NEW PROPOSAL THAT'S, IT'S GOING TO SET A LOT CLOSER TO OUR BACKYARD.

IT USED TO BE MORE CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE, WHICH WAS AROUND 54FT.

AND NOW THIS NEW PROPOSAL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE SITTING RIGHT BEHIND OUR FENCE.

IT LOOKS, WHICH IS MY MAIN CONCERN. MY MAIN CONCERN SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT CLOSER, IT'S GOING TO BRING MORE NOISE, MORE LIGHT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. A STANDARD SIX-FOOT WOODEN FENCE IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE THE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE TO OUR HOMES WE ASKED THE CITY TO REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF TEN-FEET TALL FENCE CONSTRUCTED WITH DURABLE NOISE REDUCING MATERIALS SUCH AS CONCRETE, BRICK OR OTHER COMMERCIAL SOUND BARRIER MATERIALS INSTEAD OF THE WOOD FENCING.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES MEANINGFUL PROTECTION IF THIS DEVELOPMENT MOVES FORWARD.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE CITY REQUIRE STRONGER BUFFERING STANDARDS TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS QUALITY OF LIFE AND PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SORRY ABOUT THE PICTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUSIE. MR. OSORNIO. WHILE HE'S COMING UP, CAN WE JUST CLARIFY ONE MORE TIME.

WE'RE ONLY VOTING WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN SERVE GAS HERE.

YES, SIR, THAT IS. EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN APPROVED THERE.

THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED BUILDING PERMITS YET, BUT THEY COULD SUBMIT BUILDING PERMITS ANYTIME FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE.

JUST FUEL. JUST FUEL SALES, YES, SIR. HELLO. MY NAME IS SIMON OSORNIO.

I DO LIVE ALSO IN 2809 SOUTH LIBERTY STREET. SO REGARDING THE GAS STATIONS, I THINK THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE ALREADY TOO SMALL. THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS GOING TO BE TOO SMALL FOR THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IT'S GOING TO HAVE.

HAVING GAS STATIONS THERE IS GOING TO EVEN BE MORE LESS SPACE FOR CARS AND TRUCKS TO PARK THERE.

THE PICTURES, THE PREVIOUS PICTURES THAT WERE THERE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THERE WERE, THERE WAS, THIS WAS THE PREVIOUS GAS STATION FROM 2013.

YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR THE TRUCKS COMING WITH THE SUPPLIES FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARKING SPACE. AND THEN ON THE OTHER ONE, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE YOU HAVE SOME TRUCKS WITH BIG TRAILERS THERE, PARKING ON JOHN STREET BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE WITH THE TRY TO GET INTO THE GAS STATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO ROOM.

SO THIS IS MY MAIN CONCERN. IT'S 2026 FROM THIS IS, THIS LAST GAS STATION WAS TEN YEARS AGO.

WE HAVE WAY MORE TRAFFIC NOW THAN OUT. THE TRAFFIC THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CATCH IS PRETTY MUCH TRAILERS LIKE THAT WITH TRUCKS.

AND THEY'RE JUST IF THEY CAN GET INTO THAT GAS STATION, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE PARKING ON JOHN STREET, PRETTY MUCH ON OUR ON OUR WAY. WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS.

AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP HAVING ISSUES. IF THIS IF THEY PUT A GAS STATION THERE.

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I MEAN, I DON'T MIND. I KNOW WE NEED A GAS STATION ON 51, BUT I THINK WE NEED IT ON A BIGGER AREA WITH A BIGGER SPACE, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SUPPLY WHATEVER ALL THE CARS AND ALL THE VEHICLES, ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING TO HAVE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER GAS STATION GOING FROM 50 FROM THE DECATUR TO SPRINGTOWN.

THERE'S NO THERE'S NO OTHER GAS STATION. AND I MEAN, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THERE ARE FARMERS, RANCHERS WITH TRUCKS, WITH TRAILERS. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE PARKING THERE.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TRY TO PARK ON JOHN STREET AND JUST GO TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE, GET A DRINK OR SOMETHING.

AND THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE ISSUES TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. MR. SPAIN.

DO YOU KNOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE SELLING DIESEL OR JUST GAS? YOU KNOW, I DON'T, BUT WE CAN ASK THE APPLICANT, THEY ARE HERE.

GLENN SPAIN. 2807 LIPSEY. AND CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR ALLEN AND THE OTHER NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

APPRECIATE THE JOB YOU DO, EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T NECESSARILY MEET OUR REQUEST.

BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. AND WE'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE LIPSEY ADDITION.

I KNOW THE STORE HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE ISSUE IS GOING TO BE THE SERVICE STATION.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE SERVICE STATION IS WHAT'S GOING TO PULL IN THE TRAFFIC.

THE TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 51 IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLY I BUY A LOT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

AND THE LIPSEY ADDITION, UNLIKE THE QT STORE THAT HAS A STREET SEPARATING THE BUSINESS FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THIS STORE WILL SHARE A PROPERTY LINE WITH HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE THERE.

WHENEVER THEY BOUGHT THE HOME, WHENEVER I BOUGHT MY HOME, THERE WAS.

IT WAS A VACANT LOT. I KNEW, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THERE WAS A STATION STORE THERE AT ONE TIME, BUT IT WAS A VACANT LOT. AND THE STORE IS IS GOING TO SHARE PROPERTY LINE.

DON'T BELIEVE IN DECATUR. THERE IS ANOTHER CASE WHERE THAT HAPPENS AND I HOPE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN HERE.

THE STORE COULD GO IN. I KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO REJECT THE REQUEST TO SELL GAS.

I WISH THE BEST FOR THESE GENTLEMEN. THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

I'M FOR THEIR SUCCESS. IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD PLACE TO PUT THEIR BUSINESS.

IT'S GOING TO TRAFFIC IS BY JUST BY DEFAULT GOING TO COME DOWN LIPSEY, JAMES AND GARLAND STREET, BECAUSE IT'S MUCH IT'LL BE MUCH SAFER TO, TO GO INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN TO PULL BACK OUT ON 51 TO FIGHT THE TRAFFIC, BE EASIER TO GO INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GO DOWN TO PRESCOTT, TO THE LIGHT THAN IT WILL BE TO HEAD NORTH ON 51 AFTER LEAVING THAT STATION.

AND THAT'S A, THAT IS A, THAT'S A TIGHT PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER HALF OF AN ACRE.

I REALLY WONDER HOW YOU KNOW, THE FUEL TRUCKS WILL GET IN THERE AND TURN AROUND IF THEY CAN.

HOW THEY WILL MANEUVER THAT. BUT I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST.

THE CONCERNS FOR THE LIPSEY ADDITION NEIGHBORS.

WE'RE THE ONES THAT WILL BEAR THE COST OF IT.

WE'RE THE ONES THAT WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE WITH THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, THE DECREASED PROPERTY VALUES.

AND SO, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PUT THE CONCERNS OF OUR CITIZENS AHEAD OF THE BUSINESS IN IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT WANT TO SPEAK, BUT THEY ARE AGAINST ITEM NUMBER ONE AND JUST WANTED TO REGISTER THEIR OPINION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? DISCUSSION. MR. MAYOR. SIR. MAY I START FIRST, PLEASE? YES. SO CAN WE GO BACK A FEW SLIDES? WHERE THAT ORANGE TRUCK THE ORANGE CRUSH TRUCK OR PEPSI TRUCK WAS SITTING THERE AS SOMEBODY THAT USED TO DELIVER SODA AND BEER IN COLLEGE.

THE REASON WHY THAT TRUCK WAS PARKED THERE WAS A, NOT BLOCKING THE PUMPS, AND B STAYING OUT OF THE WAY OF PARKING AND NOT IMPEDING ON THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS. AS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE CAME TO SPEAK TODAY, I APPRECIATE THAT.

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AND, AND JUST REMINDER, I DO REPRESENT YOU IN PLACE 4, AND I'M ALSO PART OF THE LIPSEY ADDITION FACEBOOK PAGE.

AND GOOD OLD MAYOR MINGUS. I GIVEN HER MY CELL PHONE NUMBER AND MAKE POSTS AND WATCH THINGS AND NOT ONE PHONE CALL WAS MADE TO ME, WHICH IS FINE. I MEAN, I'M TRANSPARENT.

THAT'S WHY I PUT MY CELL PHONE NUMBER OFF THERE.

I DON'T THINK MR. JOSHI WOULD HAVE SPENT ALL THAT MONEY AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR IT TO FAIL.

NOW, I'M NOT OPPOSED WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK THAT THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT IS VERY WELL DESERVED AND VERY WELL SUITED FOR THE AREA.

AND FUN FACT I LIVE IN HIDDEN OAKS RIGHT AROUND THE WAY.

I AM YOUR NEIGHBOR, BUT NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR. BUT I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

I DON'T SEE MUCH HESITATION. AND IF THIS FACILITY TURNS OUT LIKE THE RENDERINGS CAME THROUGH WHAT'S, LET'S GET THAT SALES TAX DOLLARS. WHAT'S NOT IMPEDE ON SOMEBODY WANTING TO COME TO TOWN AND ROLL THE DICE.

THE WALL, THAT'S FINE. WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT.

YOU WANT A TEN-FOOT WALL? I'M SURE THEY WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SOUND BLOCK OR BARRIER.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE HOURS. AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT WHEN I GO TO THE GAS STATION AND IF I PAY AT THE PUMP, I DING MY CAR, PUMP MY GAS, I PEEL AWAY.

AS FOR THE TRAFFIC INGRESS AND EGRESS. BEING THE FACT THAT I LIVE IN HIDDEN OAKS, WOULD I DRIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD? PROBABLY NOT. I'M GOING TO PEEL OFF ON 51 AND GO BACK HOME.

SO I THINK THAT THEY'VE HAD THE TOWN HALL. THEY'VE HEARD THE FEEDBACK POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.

MY STORE MANAGER AT MY SHOP LIVES ON LIPSEY AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY BEARING OR IS VERY NONPLUSED ABOUT IT.

SO I'M NOT BASING MY POSSIBLE DECISION MAKING ON WHAT SHE SAYS, BUT IT'S OFF TO SAY.

WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT ON THE WALL? YEAH. NO LESS THAN SIX FEET CAN GO UP TO EIGHT FEET.

IT CAN BE A, IT CAN BE A SOLID MASONRY WALL. IT CAN BE FENCING IN COMBINATION WITH LANDSCAPING.

DOES, I KNOW THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS SOMETIMES HAS SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPALITIES TO FOLLOW.

IS THAT THROUGH. TELL US WHERE THAT DATA COMES FROM OR THOSE.

THOSE REGULATIONS ARE IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE IN OURS. I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW IF THERE WAS SOME OTHER BODY THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ON THAT.

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO, IT'S JUST THE CITY ORDINANCE.

VERY GOOD. WHAT KIND OF BUFFERING WILL THEY BE REQUIRED TO HAVE ON THE BACKSIDE? ON THE BACKSIDE EITHER A 6-TO-8-FOOT WALL. AND AGAIN IT CAN BE SOLID PANEL PRIVACY FENCE.

IT COULD BE SOLID MASONRY. WE ALLOW FOR EITHER OR, ALONG WITH LANDSCAPING BUFFERING, WHICH HELPS ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE NOISE.

IT CAN BE. AND IF THAT IS A CONDITION THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO PLACE ON THAT, YOU CAN CHANGE THE MATERIALS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THAT BUFFER WALL.

WE JUST UPDATED OUR BUFFER FENCING AND BUFFERING.

IF YOU RECALL A FEW MONTHS AGO TO ALLOW FOR BUSINESSES INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM DO AN 80-FOOT LONG, 6-TO-8-FOOT SOLID MASONRY WALL FOR REDEVELOPING A PROPERTY, THAT WE WOULD ALLOW THE COMBINATION OF FENCING AND LANDSCAPING, LIKE A SOLID PANEL PRIVACY FENCE, IT COULD BE MADE OUT OF WOOD, PVC METAL, OR YOU COULD DO THE MASONRY WALL. IF I COULD MAYOR. REMEMBER THAT ON THIS ITEM, ANY CONDITION WOULD NEED TO HAVE A NEXUS WITH GASOLINE SALES, CORRECT? YES. BECAUSE THE BUILDING ITSELF IS ALREADY THERE BY RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT. I GUESS A COUPLE THINGS JUST TO, I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW DO YOU GET INTO DECATUR, TEXAS, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT.

51 IS ONE OF THOSE. IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE INTO THE CITY.

IT APPEARS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS APPROPRIATE.

SO IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT.

AND IT IS THE RIGHT TO HAVE THAT RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT THERE.

AND TO JAKE'S POINT EARLIER, THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY THE SUP FOR THE SALE OF GAS.

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AND TO ME THAT SEEMS AN APPROPRIATE REQUEST AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE APPROVED.

ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING? YES.

ROBIN CASEY 1300 WHITE SQUALL TRAIL, ARLINGTON, TEXAS.

I'M THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THIS ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL ONE THING WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADD ON IS REGARDING THE FENCING 8 TO 10FT STRAIGHT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, A STATE REQUIRES ANYTHING HIGHER THAN SIX FEET HAS TO BE STRUCTURALLY DESIGNED.

I'M A CIVIL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, I KNOW, BUT WE'LL FOLLOW THE CITY GUIDELINES TO DESIGN THAT.

AND I'M OKAY WITH THE CMU. WE DESIGNED NUMEROUS AND PROBABLY WE CAN CONSIDER THAT ONE ALSO.

WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS AND TRY TO PLEASE AND TRY TO MAKE TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WHAT COULD YOU DO FOR THEM ON THE BACKSIDE? WHAT COULD YOU DO TO HELP THEIR CONCERNS ON THE BACKSIDE? WELL, WE ALREADY TOOK SIX-FEET TALL BECAUSE INITIALLY IT WAS A LESSER ABOUT FIVE FEET.

WE CHANGED IT TO SIX FEET. NOW THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR 8 TO 10FT.

WE CAN GO UP TO EIGHT FEET. THAT'S WHAT CITY REQUIRES WE CAN DO THERE.

WE HAVE PUT A BUFFER. AND WE PLANTED BUFORD HOLLY THROUGHOUT CONTINUOUS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A GOOD BUFFER LANDSCAPE ALSO.

SO BUT ARE YOU ARE YOU GOING TO DO A MASONRY FENCE OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO A WOOD FENCE? OH NO. I'M LIKE THE LADY REQUESTED, WE CAN DO UP TO, WE CAN DO CMU MASONRY FENCE ALSO.

OKAY, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP THE NEIGHBORS TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THINGS.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING? WHAT WHAT'S YOUR. SO YOU'RE REQUESTING TO DO THE 5 TO 11 FOR GAS SALES.

THAT'S THE TIME. YEAH. YES, SIR. OKAY. JAKE, I THINK THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF MISCOMMUNICATION ON THAT POINT.

I THINK THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THAT AFTER HEARING NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY ACTUALLY REQUESTED THAT.

I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR. CAN WE GET A MOTION? THANK YOU SIR. WHAT DID YOU DO? SO GO AHEAD, SIR.

AFTER YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR, TO APPROVE ORDINANCE SUP-26-0001, WITH THE RESTRICTION OF 5 A.M. TO 11 P.M.

GAS SALES. AND A SECOND. SECOND. CAN I DOUBLE CHECK THAT'S NOT THE ORDINANCE NUMBER? I WAS JUST READING IT FROM THE SCREEN THERE. OH, I APOLOGIZE.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME KNOW WHAT IT IS AND I'LL CHANGE IT.

I BELIEVE IT IS 2026-05-13 AS STATED ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2026-05-13 WITH THE RESTRICTION OF FUEL CELLS FROM 5 A.M.

TO 11 P.M.. STILL GOING TO SECOND THAT SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I LIKE. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT I LIKE YOUR MOTION.

HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE GROUP, I DON'T THINK HOURS OF OPERATIONS WAS AN ISSUE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MISS REEVES INQUIRED ABOUT WAS THE TYPE OF THE HEIGHT AND THE TYPE OF FENCE.

AND I FEEL NOT WE CAN GO THROUGH THE MOTION OF THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WELL, AT ONE POINT IT WAS ALL ABOUT LIGHTING AND BEING BRIGHT ALL NIGHT.

THAT'S, IT WAS BROUGHT UP OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THE TIME.

THAT'S WHY I PUT THE TIME ON. I DON'T CARE, BUT.

I WANT TO AGREE ON THE MASONRY FENCE TO BE EIGHT FEET.

BUT WITH THE MASONRY FENCE THAT WILL COME WHEN THEY DO, WE CAN'T.

CAN WE PUT THAT IN THIS ONE? I'M NOT SURE WE CAN PUT.

THAT WILL COME WHEN THEY PULL THE PERMIT, RIGHT? JUST LIKE YOU PUT THE RESTRICTION, WE CAN PUT THAT RESTRICTION THAT'S WHAT PAM SAID.

YEAH. SO I WAS JUST DISCUSSING WITH LISA, ASKING HER IF THERE WAS A NEXUS, AND SHE SAID PERHAPS FOR NOISE ABATEMENT, IF YOU FIND THAT IT WOULD HELP ABATE NOISE FROM GASOLINE SALES.

FROM THE VEHICLES. YES. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADJUST YOUR MOTION? YEAH, YOU WANT TO ADD MASONRY. I THINK I WOULD EXCLUDE OURS AND ONLY ADD.

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MASONRY. THE MASONRY. I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE MAKE THE MOTION THEN.

WELL YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT. PROBABLY IT'S ON THE TABLE. WE PROBABLY NEED TO EITHER NO ACTION ON THAT OR.

THE TWO POSSIBLE IS TO VOTE IT DOWN OR TO SOMEBODY TO OFFER A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

THERE WE GO. OKAY. I'LL OFFER A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO INCLUDE A MASONRY FENCE WITH AN EIGHT-FOOT MASONRY.

WITHOUT RESTRICTION. OH. ABOUT YOUR RESTRICTION? YES. AND A SECOND. SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

MOTION PASSES. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, I JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLARIFYING THE MOTION SECOND AND UNANIMOUS VOTE WAS TO APPROVE. THE MOTION WAS BY MISS CROSS.

THE SECOND WAS. BY MISS REEVES. MISS REEVES. AND IT WAS TO, A MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THIS SUP BY ORDINANCE WITHOUT THE TIME RESTRICTIONS, BUT TO INCLUDE AN EIGHT-FOOT CONCRETE.

MASONRY FENCE. CONSTRUCTION. CORRECT. FENCE. AND THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION THEN TOOK CARE OF THE MAIN MOTION, IT'S NO LONGER IS ON THE TABLE. FOR THOSE WHO WATCH THIS IN THE FUTURE.

YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY AND GOOD JOB.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO NUMBER TWO AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE FASTER HERE. I'M SORRY. REAL QUICK, MR. GARRISON WANTED TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AGAIN, IF THAT'S OKAY.

OKAY. I THINK THE QUESTION I MAY HAVE HAD. THE MOTION WAS ONLY FOR.

EXCUSE ME. THE MOTION WAS ONLY FOR THE MASONRY FENCE, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO, WE WE'VE TABLED THE OR JUST. THE MOTION WAS TO PASS IT WITH A RESTRICTION OF A MASONRY FENCE.

AND NO HOURS OF OPERATION. NO HOURS OF OPERATION.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER TWO. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.067-ACRE TRACT OF LAND AND

[2. Consider and take appropriate action to approve an Ordinance to rezone approximately 1.067-acre tract of land in the Proctor Addition, in the J. Proctor survey, abstract number 683, in the City of Decatur, Wise County, Texas, from Light Industrial (LI) to Single-Family (SF-2) Zoning district, also known as 600 E US HWY 380 BUSINESS. (CLIFFORD BRANNON, PROPERTY OWNER) ZC-26-0001. ORDINANCE 2026-05-14 ]

THE PROCTOR ADDITION IN THE J. PROCTOR SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 683, IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO L-1 TO SINGLE FAMILY SF-2.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. LISA HANNON, PLANNING DIRECTOR.

WILL ENTER OUR STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM INTO THE RECORD IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE.

SO AGAIN THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST. OUR SECOND READING IT WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM.

TO GO FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, I'M SORRY, TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

SO IT CAME UP BEFORE SOME QUESTIONS STAFF DID THE RESEARCH.

SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE WHITE BOX THERE IN THE RED CIRCLE.

SO THE CITY OF DECATUR ACTUALLY SOLD THIS PROPERTY TO THE BRENNAN FAMILY WAY BACK IN THE DAY IN THE 1940S.

AND IT DID HOUSE A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. SO 1976 FOUND AN OLD ZONING MAP.

IT WAS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY. THE 2006 LAND USE MAP STILL SHOWS IT AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

SO FROM 2009 TO PRESENT IT HAS. IT WAS CHANGED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FOR THE ZONING.

HOWEVER, THE LAND USE HAS ALWAYS REMAINED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL UNTIL 2024 TO PRESENT THEN ITS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE LAND USE.

SO THE ADJACENT PARCELS, AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE NORTH, IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, TO THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND TO THE EAST IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT WERE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

SO WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE OF COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE PRIMARY LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL. SECONDARY LAND USES WOULD BE CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL AND SOME SMALL RETAIL COMMERCIAL.

PER THE STATE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, WE DID NOTIFY 23 PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE PROPERTY WAS ALSO POSTED.

WE DID RECEIVE THREE OPPOSITION LETTERS REGARDING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP THOSE PROPERTIES. HOWEVER, BASED ON THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN OUR STAFF REPORT, IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REZONING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO 0.

HOWEVER, A VOTE OF THREE FOURTHS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO OVERRULE A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT A PROPOSED CHANGE TO A REGULATION OR BOUNDARY BE DENIED. SO I'M HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS, AND I DO BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE.

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SUSIE, ANYBODY HERE TO TALK? YES, SIR. MR. KEVIN HANEY.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I'M HERE AGAIN SPEAKING FOR EAGLE CLAW CAPITAL AND GREENWOOD EXPLORATION THAT OWNED THE THREE LOTS THAT WERE SHOWN IN RED ON EACH SIDE OF MR. BRENNAN'S LOT. I DON'T WANT TO REHASH SOME THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CURRENT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TYPE, OR CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE TYPE UNDER THE PLAN, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS USES SUCH AS CIVIC AND COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL.

AND ACCESS FOR THIS LOT IF IT IS RESIDENTIAL WILL.

THERE WILL BE NO CHANCE FOR A BUFFER BETWEEN THE HIGH TRAFFIC ROAD HERE AND THE RESIDENTIAL USE.

AND DEVELOPMENT ALONG HIGH HIGHWAY 380 EAST OF DECATUR AND THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC FROM HIGHWAY 380 EAST AND ALSO DOWN HIGHWAY 51 NORTH.

MAKE THIS PORTION OF BUSINESS 380. WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEING A GATEWAY TO DOWNTOWN DECATUR, AND I THINK THAT USES OF THIS PROPERTY NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT VISION.

THERE WAS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING REGARDING PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE PROPERTY OWNERS.

BUT I THINK WE TWO ALSO HAVE RIGHTS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THIS ZONING CHANGE.

WE PURCHASED THESE PROPERTIES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES, AND WE BELIEVE PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA ARE MORE VALUABLE FOR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USE.

SO WE BELIEVE THE ZONING CHANGE WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE VALUE OF OUR LOTS.

SO UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE COUNCIL, THERE'S NOT A WIN WIN SOLUTION ON THIS ONE, AS IS OFTEN THE CASE.

BUT WE BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIMARY CONSIDERATION HERE NEEDS TO BE WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PORTION OF 380.

HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE AT YOUR PLACE THERE A ZONING MAP THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

YES, SIR. THE RED TRIANGLE IS TO ORIENT YOU AS TOWARD THE NORTH.

AND SO THIS IS A ZONING MAP I PULLED FROM THE CITY OF DECATUR'S WEBSITE LAST WEEK, SO I ASSUME THAT IT IS ALL CORRECT.

ON THE FAR LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE, WHERE THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE UNDERPASS IS ON BUSINESS 380.

AND THEN BUSINESS 380 ALL THE WAY OUT TO INTERSTATE 380 AT THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION.

AND IF YOU WILL LOOK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BUSINESS 380 THROUGH THIS PORTION, IT IS ALL ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE SOUTH SIDE, OTHER THAN THE PALOMA DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO GO THERE RIGHT AT THAT INTERSECTION, EVERYTHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUSINESS 380, ON THIS PORTION OF BUSINESS 380 IS ZONED EITHER COMMERCIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, OTHER THAN THREE LOTS. ONE OF THOSE LOTS WE OWN, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON IT BEING RESIDENTIAL.

ONE LOT IS OCCUPIED BY A CHURCH AND THE OTHER ONE IS OCCUPIED BY A HOUSE.

SO IF APPROVING, EXCUSE ME, APPROVING THIS ZONING CHANGE, MEANS THAT LIKELY WELL INTO THE FUTURE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF BUSINESS 380. AT THIS PORTION OF BUSINESS 380 THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO HOUSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE UP AND DOWN THIS ROAD IS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL RETAIL, SOME OTHER SIMILAR TYPE USE.

IF YOU ALSO LOOK AT THAT MAP THAT YOU HAVE SOUTH OF THE THREE LOTS THAT WE OWN IN MR. BRANNON'S LOTS, ALL OF THAT PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ALL THE WAY DOWN.

YOUR TIME IS UP. IF I COULD HAVE 30S TO FINISH UP.

EVERYTHING SOUTH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GLASS FACTORY.

SO WE THINK EVENTUALLY EVERYTHING WEST OF NEWARK STREET IS PROPERTY THAT WILL BE ZONED OR WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. AND FOR THOSE REASONS, WE THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD DENY THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HANEY. MR. CLIFF BRANNON.

GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. I'M CLIFF BRENNAN.

I LIVE IN LANSING, MICHIGAN, BUT I'M I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M A BORN AND BRED TEXAS NATIVE.

SO, ANYWAY I'D LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID MY FAMILY HAS BEEN OWNING THAT PROPERTY SINCE 1943.

1943 WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT MY FAMILY COULD GET AT THE TIME.

BUT WE GOT IT AND WE MADE THE BEST OF IT. MY GRANDFATHER OWNED IT.

IT SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO ME IN 1999 AND ALL PROPERTY TAXES, WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING THAT UP AND THE PROPERTY REMAINS FREE AND, OF ANY TAXES OR ANY COMPLIANCE ISSUES.

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AND AS PREVIOUSLY STATED WITH THIS GROUP, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AS FAR AS BURNING MY GRANDFATHER'S PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WE LET THEM HAVE THAT FOR TRAINING PURPOSES.

AND SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVING THE PROPER TRAINING.

AND LATELY I'VE DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO TEXAS AND TO BUILD A HOME ON THE AFOREMENTIONED PROPERTY, WHICH I INTEND TO BE MY RETIREMENT RESIDENCE.

IN PREPARATION FOR DOING SO, I'VE HAD THE LAND PROPERLY SURVEYED, AND ALL THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROCEDURES. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROPERTY SURROUNDING MINE HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY A GROUP OF GENTLEMEN, WHO ARE NOW OPPOSING MY RIGHT TO BUILD A RETIREMENT HOME ON MY OWN LAND HERE IN DECATUR.

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED MULTIPLE OFFERS TO PURCHASE MY PROPERTIES, ALL OF WHICH I DECLINED.

I REASONABLY BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THOSE REJECTED OFFERS MAY HAVE COME FROM THIS SAME GROUP.

NOW OPPOSING CONSTRUCTION. AND LET ME BE CLEAR, IF THIS GROUP OR ANY OTHER GROUP TRULY WISHES TO PURCHASE MY PROPERTY, I'M NOT CATEGORICALLY OPPOSED TO SELLING IT. HOWEVER, ANY SALE WILL BE ON MY TERMS AND AT THE PRICE I SET BY ME AND NOT BY A PRICE DICTATED BY OTHERS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WISH TO ACQUIRE THE LAND.

INSTEAD OF RESPECTING MY PROPERTY RIGHTS THE OPPOSING GROUP NOW APPEARS TO BE INVOLVING THE CITY OF DECATUR IN ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT, DELAY OR DETER ME FROM BUILDING ON MY OWN PROPERTY.

AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS CAN CONDUCT EFFECTIVELY FUNCTIONS AS A TAKING, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S FAIR OR JUST.

I'M A NATIVE TEXAN. I'VE SERVED MY COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM ERA, AND I'M A DISABLED VETERAN WHO SIMPLY WISHES TO RETURN HOME, BUILD ON LAND THAT BELONGS TO MY FAMILY FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, AND LIVE OUT MY RETIREMENT IN PEACE WITHOUT HAVING TO FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHTFULLY MINE.

AND I'M SUBMITTING THIS STATEMENT TO CLEARLY REAFFIRM MY OWNERSHIP.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, SIR? IS THAT. YES? YES, FOR CLARITY. SO YOU DO INTEND TO BUILD, IN SPITE OF THE FACT A PERSONAL RESIDENCE, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT AROUND YOU, YOU KNOWINGLY KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ALL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. YES. SO MY OPINION IS WE JUST GOT DONE WITH ITEM ONE, JUST LIKE I STATED LAST WEEK, WHERE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS SITTING IN THE BACK.

WHAT? I APOLOGIZE, THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK.

MR. JEFF SICKING. OH. COME ON JEFF.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. JEFF SICKING, COUNTY ROAD 2224 OR 2220.

COUNTY ROAD 2224 HERE IN DECATUR. LOTS OF TWOS THERE.

I JUST WANT TO VOICE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS. I'M A PARTNER TO KEVIN HANEY, AND WE OWN APPROXIMATELY 3.86 ACRES IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF MR. BRANNON'S LOT.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET AHEAD OF A, OF AN ISSUE THAT Y'ALL JUST DEALT WITH ON ITEM NUMBER ONE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.

ALTHOUGH HE MAY BE FINE WITH LIVING NEXT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, HE MAY NOT BE HERE WHEN WE BUILD THAT OR SOMEBODY DOES.

AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT WE WERE JUST IN WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE BY APPROVING THIS CHANGE, WHENEVER THE HEAVY MAJORITY OF EVERYTHING AROUND THERE IS EITHER HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL. SO THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO BUFFER FOR THIS RESIDENTIAL HOME OFF OF VERY HEAVY THOROUGHFARE THAT'S ONLY GOING TO GET HEAVIER WITH THE PALOMA DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, VALUES AND HIM GETTING OFFERS ON THE PROPERTY, I WILL TELL YOU AND JUST DISCLOSE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY TALKED TO MR. BRANNON VIA TEXT AND PHONE CALL ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

THE VALUE ON THE WISE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT WEBSITE IS $52,490.

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ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, I OFFERED HIM $122,000.

1222. 122,200 FOR THE PROPERTY. ALMOST TWO AND A HALF TIMES WHAT THE VALUE IS, PER THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

HE DECLINED THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IF YOU LOOK ON MLS, THERE'S MULTIPLE BUILD READY LOTS IN THIS TOWN THAT COULD BE HAD FOR 40, 60, $80,000, WHICH WOULD LEAVE HIM, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK EXTRA AFTER HE BOUGHT A LOT.

I'D LOVE FOR MR. BRANNON TO MOVE BACK HOME. I THINK THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, NO PLACE TO BE BETTER THAN TO RETIRE, THAN DECATUR.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THIS LOT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S CHANGED AROUND HIM IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO US. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO AND THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JEFF, QUESTION FOR YOU. OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE A BANKER, YOUR LAND MAN.

YOU OWN RENTAL HOUSES. YOU KNEW THAT THAT WAS PRIVATELY OWNED OR I GUESS WALK ME THROUGH THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF YOU AND MARK GOING THROUGH THERE AND PURCHASING EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THAT.

SO IT WASN'T EXACTLY AS METHODICAL AS YOU WOULD PROBABLY THINK.

I WAS AT A TAX SALE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AND BOUGHT THE FIRST PIECE BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

ANOTHER PIECE CAME UP A COUPLE YEARS LATER, THE ONE ACTUALLY NEXT TO MR. BRANNON WE BOUGHT. IT AND WE JUST ACQUIRED, I GUESS, FIVE DIFFERENT PARCELS THERE OVER THE LAST TEN OR SO YEARS.

YES, SIR. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN IMMEDIATE USE OF IT THOUGH AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

SO IS ANYONE ELSE. NO SIR. SO AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER, JUST LIKE JEFF KIND OF SAID THE GUY ON NUMBER. OH, WE'RE ONLY ON NUMBER TWO. WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY ON NUMBER.

LIKE WE KNOCKED OUT FOUR ANYWAYS. NOT A GOOD START FOR YOU AS MAYOR SO FAR ANYWAY.

YOU LIKE KEVIN. THE GUY NUMBER ONE. HIM AND HIS SISTER OR WIFE THAT SPOKE ON THAT.

HE PROBABLY DIDN'T LIVE IN THAT HOUSE WHEN IT WAS BUILT, AND NOW HE'S COMPLAINING THAT THEY'RE BUILDING A GAS STATION RIGHT BEHIND HIM WHEN IT'S, WELL, A CONVENIENCE STORE RIGHT BEHIND HIM WHEN IT'S ZONED FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE. SO JUST LIKE JEFF SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME EXACT SITUATION.

MIGHT NOT BE THE GENTLEMAN HERE THAT OWNS THE LOT, BUT WHEN HE SELLS IT ONE DAY OR HIS KIDS GET IN IT OR SOMETHING, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DEVELOP RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE LOT, ALL THE WAY AROUND HIM WITH LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR COUNCIL. SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE.

ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE ALL WE WANT TO UPHOLD PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE, FOR SURE. AND THE REQUEST RIGHT NOW IS A REZONING OF THE CURRENT PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A HOME.

SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY RIGHT AWAY. IS THAT CORRECT? WHEN WE'RE. IT'S JUST REALLY AT THIS POINT, IT'S EITHER MAINTAIN THE CURRENT ZONING ON BUSINESS 380 FOR HOW IT'S ZONED RIGHT NOW OR TO ALLOW IT TO BE RESIDENTIAL. SO A ZONING CHANGE IS DISCRETIONARY.

IT WOULD BE UP TO COUNCIL. IT CHECKS THE BOXES FOR STAFF TO MOVE IT FORWARD AND FOR STAFF TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE. HOWEVER, MR. HANEY IS CORRECT. THE FUTURE LAND USE ALSO SUPPORTS THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR LIGHT COMMERCIAL IN THERE.

SO, BUT ZONING CHANGES ARE DISCRETIONARY AND IT IS UP TO COUNCIL TO.

SURE. IF THEY FEEL IT DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA.

RIGHT. AND WE WERE SPEAKING EARLIER. THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS OF GETTING TO THE CITY OF DECATUR THROUGH MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, THIS ONE BEING BUSINESS 50, BUSINESS 380. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UPHOLD SOME LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY AND THE ENTRY POINTS INTO THE CITY.

I, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SUPPORT A ZONING CHANGE.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I. MIKE JAKE, I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU ALL 100%.

YOU KNOW, IN 2008-2009, WE CREATED SOME BUFFER ZONES.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS IS, IS A BUFFER ZONE.

AND I THINK IF WE REZONE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE SAME TRACK THAT WE WERE IN BEFORE THAT IS GOING TO BE JUST MAKING NOBODY HAPPY AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHEN IT EVENTUALLY DOES DEVELOP AND SOMEBODY'S HOME IS SITTING THERE, AND NOW WE HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

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DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. IF YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF. MR. BRANNON, I'LL NEED TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PIECES OF PROPERTY ARE A FEW HOUSES THAT'S ADJACENT TO MY PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND THAT'S BEEN THERE.

AND LIKE I SAID, MY GRANDFATHER HAD A HOUSE ON THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A VOLUNTARY MEANS, I WENT AHEAD AND, AND ALLOWED THE CITY TO BURN THAT HOUSE DOWN.

BUT NOW I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE IF, IF IT WAS DESIGNED RIGHT.

I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING A HOUSE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE I THINK AS FAR AS ESTHETICS AND I THINK AS FAR AS ME BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION THERE. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD CAUSE ANY TYPE OF PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS, AND WE COME IN AND SAY, OH, WELL, YOU GOT TO MOVE AND YOU GOT TO MOVE. AT ONE TIME, THAT WAS THE ONLY LAND THAT MY PARENTS OR MY GRANDPARENTS COULD GET.

AND NOW I KEEP IT. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING THE GOALPOST AGAIN.

I JUST I JUST THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOMEBODY'S RIGHTS.

THANK YOU. SIR, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE PREDICAMENT THAT WE'RE IN WITH THE WITH WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH WITH THE GAS STATION OVER THERE AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAD COME AND COMPLAINED BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING A GAS STATION RIGHT BEHIND THEIR PROPERTY WHEN ORIGINALLY THERE WAS ALREADY A GAS STATION THERE.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, AND AGAIN, I'LL REPEAT THAT I'M NOT CATEGORICALLY OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, TO SELLING IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY IT, DON'T SET YOUR PRICE.

THEN IF IT'S WORTH IT TO YOU, THEN LET ME SET THE PRICE.

WELL, YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

THAT'S NOT FOR US TO DISCUSS AT ALL PRICES OF LAND SO.

BUT IF THE PARTIES WHO DO SET THE PRICE, IF THEY CAN AFFECT YOUR DECISION, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I'VE HAD THE LAND A HUNDRED YEARS OR 200 YEARS, I'M STILL ON THE LOSING END OF IT.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD SELL IT. I THINK YOU SHOULD BUILD SOMETHING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THERE, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. WELL, I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO BUILD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? LISA. A MOTION EITHER FOR OR AGAINST. SO YOU HAVE A SECOND READING AND ACTION BEFORE YOU, THE ACTION WOULD BE APPROVED. APPROVE THE ORDINANCE OR DENY THE ORDINANCE? YES. SO YOU COULD DENY APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE, OR YOU COULD TAKE NO ACTION, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PASS THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ORDINANCE TO EXIST. IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY BECOME LAW.

SO DO WE SAY ORDINANCE OR ZONING CHANGE. FOR ZONING CHANGE.

THE ORDINANCE EFFECT. IS THAT CORRECT UP THERE? THAT'S THE PETITION NUMBER. THE ORDINANCE NUMBER COMES IN THE AGENDA ITEM.

26-05-14. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

YES. I'M READY. YOU READY FOR IT? I'M READY. I MOVE TO DENY ORDINANCE 2026-05-13. 14.

14. 14. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO A MOTION BY JAKE AND A SECOND BY WILL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? JUST FOR CLARITY. SO THAT'S JUST TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT ZONING? CORRECT. OKAY. TO DENY THE ORDINANCE. YEAH, SO.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.

THE AYES CARRY. JAKE, NUMBER 3. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE LAND

[3. Consider and take appropriate action to approve an Ordinance to amend the City’s Comprehensive Land Use Map to change the following land use designation from Traditional Neighborhood (TN) to Compact Neighborhood (CN) on an approximately 0.409-acre tract of land, described as Lot 3R-2, Block 116, South Decatur Addition, in the City of Decatur, Wise County, Texas, also known as 1707 S Hatcher Street. (CONNIE WEAVER, PROPERTY OWNER) CP-26-0001. ORDINANCE 2026-05-15]

USE MAP TO CHANGE THE FOLLOWING LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD ON APPROXIMATELY 0.409-ACRE TRACT OF LAND, DESCRIBED AS LOT 3R-2, BLOCK 116, SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS. YES, SIR. LISA HANNON, PLANNING DIRECTOR.

I'LL ENTER OUR STAFF REPORT INTO THE RECORD BY REFERENCE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT THE WATER TOWER USED TO BE ON.

THE CITY SOLD THAT PROPERTY BACK IN NOVEMBER AND WE HAVE A NEW OWNER THAT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.

IT'S, EXISTING LAND USE IS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS, ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

THEY'RE PROPOSING DUPLEX. SO A COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.

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FUTURE LAND USE IS WHAT IS REQUIRED. THE REZONING OF THIS IS ALSO REQUIRED.

IT'S RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT AND COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH.

IT'S .409 ACRES. AND THAT REPLAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

IT IS CONSISTENT. THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGARDING GENERAL GROWTH TRENDS, EXPLORING HOUSING OPTIONS, TRYING TO REDUCE SPRAWL AND.

AND THIS WILL BE AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT. COUNCIL APPROVED THE INFILL POLICY FOR RESIDENTIAL LAST YEAR.

SO PER OUR STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, 14 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT WERE NOTIFIED.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES AND BASED ON THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN OUR STAFF REPORT, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PETITION CP-26-001 AND.

0001, SORRY. AND PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, IT'S ACTION ITEM AND THE ORDINANCE NUMBER IS 26 2026-05-15.

ANYBODY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR LISA? SUSIE, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? A MOTION? YES. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2026-05-15.

AND A SECOND. SECOND. SO I'VE GOT A FIRST FROM WILL AND A SECOND FROM REX.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES CARRY. WE'RE DOWN TO NUMBER 4, JAKE.

[4. Consider and take appropriate action to approve an Ordinance rezoning approximately 0.409 acre tract of land being described as Lot 3R-2, Block 116, South Decatur Addition, in the City of Decatur, Wise County, Texas, from Single-Family (SF-2) Residential District to Two-Family Residential District (2F), also known as 1707 S Hatcher Street. (CONNIE WEAVER, PROPERTY OWNER) ZC-26-0002. ORDINANCE 2026-05-16 ]

CONSIDERING TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE REZONING APPROXIMATELY 0.409-ACRE TRACT OF LAND, DESCRIBED AS LOT 3R-2, BLOCK 16, SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS. YES, SIR. LISA HANNON, PLANNING DIRECTOR.

WE'LL END OUR STAFF REPORT INTO THE RECORD IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE.

SO THIS IS THE COMPANION APPLICATION FOR THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY.

WE'RE REZONING IT FROM SINGLE FAMILY 2 TO TWO-FAMILY, WHICH WILL PERMIT DUPLEXES.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LITTLE LIGHT GREEN THAT'S SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS PROPERTY ZONED 2F THAT'S INTERMIXED WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY.

SINCE IT IS ALL RESIDENTIAL. THE EXISTING LAND USES.

WELL, NOT ANYMORE. THE EXISTING LAND USES COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE YOU ALL JUST APPROVED THAT ONE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A DUPLEX. AND THE REPLAT WAS DONE IN 2025.

IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

WE NOTIFIED WITHIN 200FT. AND SINCE IT'S A ZONING CHANGE, IT WAS ALSO POSTED.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTIONS ON THIS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 6 TO 0.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I BELIEVE I SAW IN ONE OF THE IMAGES THAT THERE WAS A TORNADO SIREN.

CLOSE WAS IT? NO, THIS IS WHERE THE OLD WATER TOWER USED TO BE.

IT'S NO LONGER. THE STORM SIREN IS NO LONGER THERE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2026-01-16. A SECOND? 05-16. I'M SORRY, 05-06.

I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I SAID. SECOND. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY MELINDA AND A SECOND BY WILL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO. THE AYES CARRY IT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO NUMBER 8.

[8. Consider and take action to approve a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Decatur, Texas, approving the temporary street closures for two special events on May 30, 2026, and September 11, 2026, and providing an effective date. RESOLUTION R2026-05-09 ]

CONSIDER TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, APPROVING THE TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURE OF TWO SPECIAL EVENTS ON MAY 30TH, 2026 AND SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. YES, SIR.

SO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR STREET CLOSURES ON A TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY IS REQUIRING A RESOLUTION BY CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THESE. NORMALLY, THEY'RE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH THESE TWO ITEMS ARE WILL COMBINE THEM NEXT TIME.

SO THESE ARE TWO EVENTS FOR THE COUNTY SEAT. ONE IS MAY 30TH FROM 7 A.M.

TO 4 P.M. CLOSURE TIME. AND THE OTHER IS SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026 FROM NOON TO 3 A.M..

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WE'RE JUST REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION SO WE CAN GET THE TXDOT PERMIT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE R2026-05-09. SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY WILL AND A SECOND BY AMANDA.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES CARRY IT.

NUMBER 9. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR,

[9. Consider and take action to approve a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Decatur, Texas, authorizing the sale of alcohol during The County Seat event to be held in the 100 block of East Main September 11, 2026. RESOLUTION R2026-05-10 ]

TEXAS, AUTHORIZED THE SALE OF ALCOHOL DURING THE COUNTY SEAT EVENT TO BE HELD AT THE 100 BLOCK OF EAST MAIN.

SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEM 9 COMPLEMENTS ITEM 8 WITH THE STREET CLOSURES BEING APPROVED NOW.

THE NEXT STEP FOR THEM IN ORGANIZING THE SEPTEMBER 11TH EVENT THAT THEY'RE PLANNING IS A TABC ALCOHOL PERMIT.

THE MEMO THAT WE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, BUT THE BASICS ARE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME FORM OF MECHANISM FROM THE CITY THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT PERMIT TO BE OBTAINED PRIVATELY. AND INSTEAD OF ONE OF US WRITING A LETTER ON THE STAFF SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WE REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNER CITIES, THOSE THAT WE BENCHMARK OURSELVES AGAINST, AND THEY TOLD US THE MOST APPROPRIATE MECHANISM WAS A RESOLUTION.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE PREPARED FOR YOU TONIGHT.

IF YOU ALLOW THE RESOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD, IT WILL COMPLEMENT THE PRIVATE OWNERS TABC PERMIT.

AND JUST TO GRANT THAT ALCOHOL SALES DURING THAT WINDOW OF TIME FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.

HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR NATE? THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD JUST OFFER IS THIS WILL BE OUR STANDARD FOR THIS TYPE OF REQUEST MOVING FORWARD. IT'S A RESOLUTION. THAT WAY EVERYTHING WILL BE STANDARDIZED AND IT WON'T BE A SURPRISE TO ANYONE. MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO BE FORTHCOMING THAT THE COUNTY SEAT IS ONE OF MY VERY GOOD CUSTOMERS, AND I'M GOING TO NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

THANK YOU, SIR. MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE R2026-05-10.

I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I GOT A MOTION FROM JAKE AND A SECOND FROM MIKE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NO.

6-0. NUMBER 10. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO GRANT AN EASEMENT TO ONCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY,

[10. Consider and take action to grant an easement to Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC, on Old Greenwood Road for overhead and/or underground electric supply and communications facilities and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]

LLC, ON THE OLD GREENWOOD ROAD FOR OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC SUPPLY AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

NATE. YES, SIR. EVERY NOW AND THEN, WE DO COME ACROSS A SITUATION WHERE ONCORE DOESN'T ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY THEY NEED TO INSTALL OR MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT IS THIS SCENARIO. ITEM 10 ADDRESSES A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON OLD GREENWOOD ROAD, IN WHICH ONCORE IS REQUESTING US TO GRANT THEM AN EASEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF NEW CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE OF WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE THERE.

THE MAP THERE IS IN THE PACKET, I BELIEVE THAT'S ON PAGE 32 OF YOUR PACKET IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG THERE.

THIS IS A PRETTY STANDARD ITEM, AND ITEM 11 IS VERY SIMILAR TO IT.

IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE ON CONFERENCE CENTER PROPERTY.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ITEM 10. ANY QUESTIONS FOR NATE? RANDY, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR US OR. NOPE. NEVER MIND.

WELL, FOR IT TO BE PRINTED OUT ALREADY. I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE MOTION LANGUAGE.

YOU'RE GOOD. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION.

WE CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME OR JUST 10. JUST 10.

PREFER YOU TAKE 10 AND THEN 11. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO MAKE.

I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER AN ACTION TO GRANT AN EASEMENT TO ONCORE ELECTRICITY, ONCORE ON OLD GREENWOOD ROAD FOR OVERHEAD AND OR UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SUPPLY AND COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

DID I, COULD I HELP TWEAK THE BEGINNING? YOU MOVE TO GRANT AN EASEMENT.

YES, MA'AM. I MOVE TO GRANT AN EASEMENT. DO YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT THE REST OF IT? NO. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

SECOND. SECOND. I GOT A MOTION FROM WILL AND A SECOND FROM JAKE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES CARRY IT. NUMBER 11.

CONSIDER TAKE ACTION TO GRANT AN EASEMENT TO ONCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC, AT THE DECATUR CONFERENCE CENTER FOR OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES AND

[11. Consider and take action to grant an easement to Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC, at the Decatur Conference Center for overhead and/or underground electric supply and communications facilities and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]

COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT AN EASEMENT TO ONCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY AT DECATUR CONFERENCE CENTER FOR OVERHEAD AND OR UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC SUPPLY AND

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COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

SECOND. I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM MELINDA AND A SECOND FROM WILL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. AYES CARRY IT. NUMBER 12.

CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, PHASE I EXPANSION -

[12. Consider and take action to approve the Water Treatment Plant Phase I Expansion – Pilot Unit, Electrical, and Chemical Package from Rey‑Mar Construction, and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]

PILOT UNIT, ELECTRIC AND CHEMICAL PACKAGE FROM REY-MAR CONSTRUCTION, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

YES, SIR. ITEM 12 DEALS WITH OUR ONGOING WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROCESS.

I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE, INCLUDING OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE AWARE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING OUR CAPABILITIES AT OUR WATER TREATMENT FACILITY WITH THE HOPES OF ONE DAY PROVIDING DOUBLE THE CAPACITY THAT IT HAS TODAY.

SO AN UPGRADE FROM 3 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OUTPUT TO EVENTUALLY 6 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OUTPUT.

AND ONE OF THE ITEMS ALONG THE WAY WAS GETTING THE CORRECT BONDS SECURED.

AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT AS A FIRST PHASE PIECE.

NOW WE'VE STARTED MOVING INTO ALLOWING SOME OF THESE PILOTS TO BE BROUGHT IN.

WE'VE STARTED MOVING ON ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL PACKAGES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO NOW YOU'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THE INITIAL LABORS THERE COMING WITH THESE PLANT EXPANSIONS.

SO IN YOUR PACKET THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, FOUR OR EXCUSE ME, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE ARE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE PRINTED IN THERE, AND I THINK RHONDA IS RUNNING THROUGH THOSE RIGHT NOW. AND THEN FORGIVE ME, I FAILED TO INCLUDE THIS FOURTH ONE, WHICH IS AT YOUR COUNCIL PLACE. THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES.

AND GREG, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE. THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES ONE OF THE CHEMICAL PROCESSES.

WE JUST UNINTENTIONALLY LEFT THIS OUT OF THE PACKET.

SO IF YOU APPROVE US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITEM 12, IT WOULD SIMPLY BE YOU'RE ALLOWING US TO SPEND THOSE BOND DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SECURED THAT ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY UPGRADES.

AND THEN EACH OF THESE PRICES ARE MARCHED OUT INDEPENDENTLY THERE.

BUT THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT SPENDING ITEMS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING HERE TONIGHT.

HAPPY TO PAUSE RIGHT THERE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR NATE? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PHASE EXPANSION PILOT UNIT, ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL PACKAGE FROM RAYMAR CONSTRUCTION AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

THAT WAS THE MOTION TO APPROVE. YES. I'LL SECOND THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM AMANDA AND A SECOND FROM MELINDA.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NO.

THE AYES HAVE IT. NUMBER 13, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND HOLD A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2027 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

[13. Receive a presentation and hold a discussion regarding the FY2027 Budget development process. Consider and take possible action to appoint members to the FY2027 Budget Committee.]

CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE 2027 BUDGET COMMITTEE.

NAY. SPEAKING OF BUDGET AND SPENDING AND BOND DOLLARS AND ALL THOSE WONDERFUL TERMS THAT JEN AND I SO DEARLY LOVE, IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE BEGIN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT WHAT OUR FY 27 BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT OUR 2026 TAX RATE COULD BEGIN TO LOOK LIKE.

AND I JUST HAVE A HANDFUL OF SLIDES HERE TO KIND OF INTRODUCE WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR YEAR.

JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, WE WORK BACKWARDS FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO HAVE A FY 27 BUDGET.

AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO APPOINT ANYONE TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH YOU CERTAINLY COULD.

I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS. IF WE DON'T HAVE THREE NAMES, I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS TO GIVE US A BUDGET COMMITTEE.

SO LET'S GO OVER SOME KEY DEFINITIONS HERE. NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE THAT'S LAST YEAR'S LEVY DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL CURRENT TAXABLE VALUE.

AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE ESTIMATED VALUES HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS LAST YEAR'S LEVY MINUS THE DEBT TAX.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, WHEN WE MAKE UP A MUNICIPAL TAX RATE, IT'S MADE UP OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.

WE CALL IT M AND O AND INTEREST AND SINKING, WHICH IS OUR DEBT TAX I AND S.

SO THOSE ARE TWO ACRONYMS THAT YOU'LL HEAR US USE INDEFINITELY.