Good evening, everybody.

Welcome to the Arlington City Council session.

We're going to go ahead and call the evening council session to order.

It is May 5th, 2025 and 630 PM.

I'm gonna rep I'm gonna represent Lord.

Is it Monday or Tuesday?

I'm gonna invite the Mr.

Amon Majwad Bachat from the Al Hadea Mosque to please come forward and lead us in an invocation, if you will please rise.

Amen.

Please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

To the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Honor the Texas flag.

I pledge allegiance to the Texas.

One state under God, one and indivisible.

Thank you.

You may be seated.

I'm gonna invite Kay Brown Patrick to come forward.

Where are you?

There you are.

The proclamation, whereas small business is the backbone of Americans' economy and vital for economic innovation and job creation within Arlington.

And whereas Arlington's small business community reflects the diversity, resilience, and entrepreneurial spirit of our residents, contributing to the unique character and vibrance of our neighborhoods, corridors, and commercial districts.

And whereas small businesses create opportunities for local employment, support community development, and enhance the quality of life for Arlington residents by providing essential goods, services, and gathering spaces.

And whereas Arlington's Economic Development Corporation, Office of Business Outreach, Office of Economic Development, and Community Partners are committed to supporting small businesses through access to capital, technical assistance, workforce development, and targeted programs that foster sustainable growth and long-term success.

And whereas National Small Business Week provides an opportunity to recognize the contribution of Arlington's entrepreneurs and small business owners who continue to overcome challenges, adapt to changing markets, and drive economic progress.

And whereas the City of Arlington encourages residents to support small business, local small businesses this week and throughout the year, recognizing their essential role in building a strong and thriving community.

Now, therefore, I, Jim Ross, mayor of the City of Arlington, Texas, do hereby proclaim May 3rd through the 9th of 2026 as National Small Business Week, congratulations.

No, she don't want to talk to y'all.

Thank you.

Marty, where you there you are.

Come on up.

Is it tonight all about your whole group or what?

Well, it just so happens that both of these are on the same week.

So a proclamation, whereas more than 100,000 economic development and related professionals worldwide are committed to creating, retaining, and expanding top-tier opportunities that foster long-term equitable community growth, and whereas economic development plays a critical role in shaping the long-term success of the City of Arlington by driving strategic growth, strengthening the local economy, and creating opportunities for residents and businesses alike.

And whereas Arlington's continued progress is the result of intentional efforts to attract new investment, support the expansion and retention of existing industries, develop a skilled workforce and enhance the city's competitive position within the region and beyond.

And whereas economic development in Arlington is advanced through strong partnerships among the city, the Arlington Economic Development Corporation, the Office of Economic Development, the Office of Business Outreach, local businesses, educational institutions such as the University of Texas at Arlington, workforce partners, and regional organizations working collaboratively to foster innovation and growth.

And whereas these efforts contribute to job creation, redevelopment opportunities, infrastructure investments, and the cultivation of commercial corridors and mixed-use developments that enhance the quality of life for residents.

And whereas the City of Arlington recognizes the importance of forward-thinking strategies that promote resilience, sustainability, and inclusive growth, ensuring that economic opportunity is accessible across the entire community.

And whereas we take this opportunity to show our appreciation for the individuals and organizations whose work drives Arlington's economic momentum and helps build a strong, dynamic and future-ready city.

Now, therefore, I, Jim Ross, mayor of the City of Arlington, do hereby proclaim May 4th through 8th, 2026 as economic development week.

There you go.

Congratulations.

Don't run off, they're going to take a picture.

Oh, good.

Yeah, sorry.

I don't take a lot of pictures.

Thanks, Brad.

Thanks for done.

Okay, Jacob Browning, last one.

Come on up.

Did y'all have to hold Jacob's hand?

He'd be a little scared to come up here by himself.

Whereas the month of May is designated as National Historic Preservation Month by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a time to celebrate the nation's rich history upon its 250th anniversary.

And whereas we honor the 150th anniversary of Arlington's founding through the celebration of the countless contributions made by individuals and organizations helping to preserve the tangible aspects of our community's heritage.

And whereas historic preservation provides residents with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the richly diverse architectural and cultural heritage that has shaped the City of Arlington's identity.

And whereas the City of Arlington is proud to promote the rich history of our city through the local marker program, which boasts 56 individual landmarkers and two National Register Historic Districts.

And whereas all the people are created equal is the theme for National Preservation Months 2026.

Co-sponsored by the Arlington Landmark Preservation Commission, the Texas Historical Commission, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Now, therefore, I, Jim Ross, Mayor of the City of Arlington, do hereby proclaim May 2026 as a national preservation month.

Thank you.

Come on up.

You want to say a word?

Who wants to talk?

All right.

It's pretty neat having grown up in this city and to see all the historical things that are out there, and there's a lot to be done.

We kind of joke around about we save Arlington one building at a time.

It's really shrinking down a lot of the things that are there are a lot of historic.

So encourage everybody to get to know the history of Arlington, get to know where the historical places are, and be an advocate for them.

Uh because I think the two can coexist, the old and the new.

Uh, and and a lot of times the new can be the old can get incorporated with the new, and in honor uh the people and the real heroes of his history of Arlington are those that lived here, worked here, uh raised their families here, paid taxes here, and uh didn't necessarily have to be a a per a movie star or or a or a celebrity or anybody like that.

So in the and those houses are here all over the community.

And so uh if you if you live in a house that's fifty years or older, or you know of a of a uh a place, uh you know, bring it to our attention, bring it up, be an advocate for uh be having it recognized.

So we thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

All right, let's take a picture.

You all got to get over here.

Thank you.

Mr.

Buskin, speaker guidelines and general decorum, please.

Thank you, Mayor.

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We ask that you address your comments to the mayor and council.

Thank you, Mr.

Busk.

And any appointments to boards or commissions this evening?

No, sir, no appointments to boards and commissions this evening.

Thank you.

Consideration of items from the executive session, please.

Thank you, Mayor.

We have two items for consideration from executive sessions.

6.1, a resolution authorizing the settlement of negotiations for a street right-of-way easement of 4,789 square feet on property otherwise known as 405 North Collins Street, Arlington, Texas, for the public use of street improvements and all necessary appurtenances for the entertainment district sidewalk phase three project 6.2, a resolution authorizing the settlement of negotiations for a public sanitary sewer easement of 6,429 square feet and a temporary construction easement of 6,956 square feet on property otherwise known as 1901 Northeast Green Oaks Boulevard, Arlington, Texas, for the public use of sanitary sewer and all necessary appurtens for the shadow drive sanitary sewer main replacement project.

Thank you, Mayor.

This concludes the items from executive session.

Thank you, sir.

Do we have any speakers on these items?

No, sir, we do not.

Thank you.

I have a motion from Councilmember Gonzalez and a second from Councilmember Gellante.

Please cast your vote.

The motion passes consideration amended minutes, Mr.

Buskin.

Thank you, Mayor.

Minutes for consideration this evening or the afternoon and evening meetings from April 21st, 2026, and the special meeting from April 28th, 2026.

Thank you.

Council, do you all have any corrections or additions?

Seeing none, Mr.

Buskin.

Any speakers on this item?

No, sir.

No speakers on this item.

Thank you.

I have a motion from Councilmember Pham and a second from Councilmember Odom Wesley.

Please cast your vote.

The motion passes consideration of consent agenda, Mr.

Buskin.

Thank you, Mayor.

The consent agenda this evening contains 14 minute orders, one ordinance, and 17 resolutions.

The minute orders seek to authorize one through five annual requirements contracts for flood remediation and restoration services for floor repairs and replacement services for the purchase and delivery of janitorial supplies for the parks, recreation and culture department for the purchase of information technology, hardware and related services, and for the purchase of various electrical supplies and communication products.

Six renewal of annual requirements contract for liquid oxygen, seven annual requirements contracts for the purchase of software, software maintenance and related services.

Eight and nine renewal of the annual requirements contracts for the supply and delivery of granular activated carbon and for resilient wedge gate valves.

Contract for food and beverages for the Arlington jail.

11 construction contract for driveway and paving improvements for Arlington Fire Department Station 15.

12 contract modification number one to the engineering services contract for stormwater review consulting.

13 construction contract for 2023 residential rebuilds phase one.

14 engineering services contract for elevated storage tank evaluation and improvements.

The ordinance seeks to authorize 15 amendment to the major sports complex chapter.

The resolution seek to authorize 16 and 17 authorize execution of Texas homeless housing and services programs, youth HHSP grant agreement and implementation of the HHSP and general HHSP grant agreement and implementation of the HHSP.

18 City of Dallas Interlocal Agreement, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

19 A through D program year 2026, U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant Home Investment Partnerships Program and Emergency Solutions Grant.

20 Southeast Terrent County Human Services Building Lease Extension with the State of Texas.

21 authorize the design build project delivery method for the replacement fire alarm system at the East Police Station.

22, authorize the competitive seal proposal procurement method for construction improvements to the bathroom at 1015 West Main Street.

23 authorize the request for proposal procurement method for janitorial services for city-owned facilities.

24 approval of a tax exempt loan from Italy Higher Education Facilities Corporation to Grace Preparatory Academy.

25 fee adjustment authorization for planning and development services department's fee schedule 26A through C compensation adjustment for council appointees.

27 First Amendment to the phase one tax abatement agreement, Texas Trust Credit Union.

Thank you, Mayor.

This concludes the consent agenda for this evening.

Thank you, sir.

Do we have any speakers in any of the items as they appear on the consent agenda?

Yes, sir.

We have one speaker on item 8.17, Jimmy Burke.

Mr.

Burke.

Thank you, Mayor and Council.

Jimmy and Burke, uh homeless in Arlington.

Having not read the block grant itself, I'm calling a block grant in the grant itself yet.

I do not know if I would support it or oppose what's in it yet.

But I do appreciate the opportunity to share a few thoughts about if I may the committee itself doing those things and how we get the proper input because I've done such like that before.

Um so if I may, I don't know what's in it, like I said, but I really do love and support the idea that makes to me common sense of having whoever's on that committee to allocate those funds.

If we do a few of the following of, and I hope I'm just confirming what's already going on, because I admit I'm new to the process.

I don't know if this is a process yet, but I hope we're doing these things where we're including input from homeless people without giving in to tokenism.

Because I think one of the parts that we need to do of sucking it up and putting our helmets on together, if you will, and sucking it up is we have to have the courage to tell the truth that it's both not everybody's opinion needs to be considered on these things, and that's okay because we all have different giftings in life.

Some people may have some good thoughts on that, and then some people, okay, no problem.

Some people may have an agenda that doesn't make sense on that.

We all have different giftings.

I guarantee you almost everybody can fix the car better than I can.

It's okay.

Also, again, we need to double down on the fact that on this and everything.

I get that it's broader scope, but it applies to these things too when we're applying grants and so forth.

We have to get rid of relativism when it comes to solutions.

Sometimes that sounds controversial, but especially with tangible things when we're already because you know me, I like to do metaphorical and then go more specific.

In most things, someone or even more specifically, something is right and something is wrong.

We can't give in to just because an opinion's given is valid.

And I get that still somewhat sky voop sky view, but it applies to how we solve things like this.

Kumbai Ya moments are for other environments.

We love those things.

Something's right and something is wrong.

Granted, as you progress in life and more weird situations happen, we have to think outside the box.

And I hope a lot that at least some of that made sense, but there was a purpose for me saying these things in our approach.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, sir.

Any other speakers, Mr.

Buskin?

No, sir.

No additional speakers.

Thank you.

I have a motion from Councilmember Boxell, a second from Councilmember Galante.

Please cast your vote.

The motion passes 11.1, Mr.

Jason Hughes.

Hello, Mayor and Council.

Got one item to present.

The noise monitor license agreement with the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport at River Legacy East Community Park.

The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport seeks a license agreement to construct, operate, and maintain solar powered noise monitoring equipment in River Legacy Community Park.

The agreement allows access to approximately four square feet of public parkland limited to a portion of land adjacent to the parking lot.

The noise monitoring equipment will be used to monitor and evaluate noise levels produced by aircraft during flight operations.

The city may terminate the agreement if the license area is needed for the park facility construction or expansion by giving 180 day written notice.

The license is for a term of 20 years.

The financial impact is 500 for 2026.

Any questions?

Thank you, sir.

Mr.

Buskin, any speakers on this item?

No, sir.

No speakers on this item.

Thank you.

I'm going to close the public hearing.

I have a motion from Councilmember Gonzalez, a second from Councilmember Odom Wesley.

Please cast your vote.

The motion passes 11.2.

Mr.

Zang Gulber.

Good evening, Mayor.

Good evening, Council.

Tonight we're uh my name is Zane Gober.

I'm with the uh landmark preservation commission.

I'm the chair.

And tonight we're here to talk about Property 513, South Center Street.

Okay.

On February 12th, the permit application was filed to demolish the property located at 513 South Center Street on March the 12th.

The landmark preservation commission determined the how home of historic significance and extended the horse historic stay on the demolition application to consider alternative preservation options for the maximum period allowed of 90 days.

After exhausting all available extensions, the LPC is requesting the city council to consider extending the historic stay on the demolition permit up to an additional 90 days as permitted by city code.

The LPC supports ongoing discussions with the property owners to determine ways to preserve the structure and honor its historic significance.

Yes, and it was a craftsman home, and there's no uh prehistoric significance.

The historic history of 513 South Center is built between uh 1917 and 1920.

The home was owned by uh Dr.

Zachariah Zach Bobo and his junior and his family for decades.

Uh Dr.

Bobo practiced medicine in Fort Worth before uh moving uh before moving to Arlington in 1931.

First practice was his office above uh Coulters Drug Store in downtown.

Uh that practice expanded to a 13-bed facility, which is uh now where the Wade building is for the first Baptist Church.

He moved his practice to 515 South Center Street, which is next door to 513.

He uh significance of Dr.

Bobo, not only being long time in the community, but he birthed he delivered over 4,000 babies uh throughout his career.

The fielder uh museum has a replica of Dr.

Bobo's office as part of its uh permanent collection.

The home has functioned mainly as a rental property, it's been vacant, vacant since the early 2000s.

Uh the historical uh history, the architectural history of this property is it it's listed as a high priority resource in the 2007 historical uh resources survey, listed as contributing structure in the South Central National Historic District 2004.

It's one of Arlington's uh best examples of early 20th century bungalow dominated residential neighborhood.

It is eligible for individual recognition for the National Register.

Uh Distinctive Craftsman uh with the six-style influence bungalow architecture movement, popular uh local uh popular locally to the 1910s to 1930s, uh front cross gable, hip reef lines, exposed rafter tails, overhanging eaves, battered foundation skirting, flat queens post, uh stick point displayed in the cable lens.

It is part of the as I said earlier, part of the uh uh South Central National Historic Register, which there's uh probably a dozen properties.

That's uh it is uh there's only two uh in Arlington that are national register uh historic districts, and so this is the like said it uh one of the last ones in Arlington.

Craftsman style architecture uh is part of the Arlington's historic uh earliest history, and there's less than 200 resources identified as high priority in the 2007 uh survey.

Does the same word?

There are pictures.

I don't think the clock's working on you either.

So uh Jacob Browning is for preservation officer.

It is my fault.

I forgot to upload this presentation.

Uh the uh the portal you have the presentation in your packets and the pictures and everything.

Okay, as you can see, the current condition.

No, you're good.

You should have told me that before.

Uh current conditions, it's been it's been vacant for a long time.

Uh there's been some vandalism to it.

Uh as you see in some of the pictures, you know, there's been board, you know, the windows are boarded up, the doors are barricaded uh from inside.

That's to keep people from breaking in.

Um, you know, it's like I said it's in it's in poor condition uh despite the the uh the architectural significance of it.

So just real quick to go through the timeline.

that before uh current conditions it it's been it's been vacant for a long time uh there's been some vandalism to it uh as you see in some of the pictures you know there's been board you know the windows are boarded up the doors are are barricaded uh from inside that's to keep people from breaking in um you know it's like I said it it's in it's in poor condition uh despite the the uh the architectural significance of it so just real quick to go through the timeline you got uh February the 12th the demolition permit was filed uh in it came to us March the 12th we uh voted to extend the stay uh and then in April the second um uh we we met with the property owners on on possibly some alternatives and then in April the 9th we voted to uh ex to uh request an extension from you uh mayor and city council to uh extend for an additional 90 days and so uh we're meeting here tonight uh the historical stay will uh it will expire on May the 13th and uh if granted an extension the LPC will continue efforts to work with the property owners to identify additional per preservation alternatives and uh and then we have until August the 11th and when that's the 180th day and then that's when the historical stay um expires so uh the request we're making uh as the LPC for y'all is uh request an additional extension from the council to identify alternative uh preservation options including memorializing Dr.

Bobo and his legacy with a local uh subject marker salvaging materials to be possibly used in a future development on that property and preserving the home for future use uh so the options are we can you can release the historic stay on the dental demolition permit application and and then all historic significance uh is lost with the structure or you can extend the historic stay for an additional 90 days and then the LPC will make a concerted effort and meaningful effort to preserve the structure during this time any questions thank you sir Mr.

Buskin any other speakers on this yes sir we have one speaker in opposition mark bishop Mr.

Bishop there's also a handout as well passed them down yes my name is uh Mark Bishop I'm with the uh law firm of uh Kelly Hart and Hallman in Fort Worth and uh I do not represent a real estate developer I represent uh Dr.

Bobo's grandkids uh Rebecca Barksdale and Zach Barksdale this uh process started out of safety uh people were breaking in there were pornographic materials found inside the uh inside the house uh there were reports of people seeking shelter underneath the house the house was becoming an attractive nuisance uh if you read the staff report it it emphasizes Dr.

Bobo's contributions to the city which are many which are great I myself and am a recipient of the Bobo scholarship however the family feels it's a bit of hyperbole to say that that this house is an important part of Dr.

Bobo's legacy he never practiced medicine there he never lived there his daughter never lived there it was simply a rent house uh that he owned uh my client Rebecca does tell me though she has some great memories of sitting on the porch watching the 4th of uh July parade there and her babysitter uh rented the house for a bit um it is in Rebecca and Zach's blood to be good citizens they're concerned about historical preservation they have sought alternatives in the handout that we passed out you'll see the amount of disrepair in the property uh they also in good faith talked to a contractor about restoring uh the property you'll see that estimate in there you'll see the discussions about how there's structural foundation issues uh electrical and plumbing systems need complete replacement roof repairs with top leaf termite damage the bottom line is 26000 dollars just to make the pro the property livable and then you still have the issue that it it used to be a duplex at one point so the configuration is you have a single family house that has two identical kitchens and cabinets but no wall between them so of course one kitchen is obsolete so that'll have to be demoed and the other enlarged again it just it just adds to the expense uh through the decades of ownership the the family has never had any had anyone offer uh to restore the property uh Rebecca and Zach have have looked for alternatives in good faith but unfortunately and it's sad to say but just the uh the restoration is cost prohibitive uh I think they're at the point now where they're saying to the council uh enough's enough it's time for us to lift the demo stay and uh help us alleviate the safety concerns of the property you know we all wish there was a giant checkbook that could write checks for things like this it would be good for the community but we can talk about the world we want to be in or the world we're actually in so that's where we are at this point and we thank you for your consideration.

Has the o have the owners explored uh gifting the property to a preservation committee or anyone like that as a as a as a gift.

Just a point of order, the clients are here, the owners are here.

Would they be able to answer questions?

Absolutely.

Sure.

Yes, Rebecca and Zach, if you all would like to come up and give your input.

Hi.

Thank you, Mayor, and Council and Rebecca Marksdale.

And that's something you know, we have we haven't considered it's not to say we wouldn't.

We don't currently have plans with a developer or anything, but our main concern is the safety of the property.

It's you know, people collect there for July 4th, and and you know, UTA students walk by, and um obviously we've seen people with the properties across 2nd Street that have current have been sold to a developer, I guess.

We've seen people in those backyards and different things coming and going.

And so we, you know, with my grandfather's office, we have already gone to the expense of um abatement, which was significant, and um and our obviously demolition is significant, but we felt like for the safety of the property at this point, it would be better to demolish the the structures and then in the future decide.

We don't have a developer right now, we don't know exactly what we may want to do with the property, and so I uh that's not to say we might not consider that in the future.

We're just thinking of the safety of the area of the neighborhood right now.

We have like Mark said, we've never had anyone approach us willing to purchase.

We have had developers, of course, approach us for the property in the past, and but to my knowledge, my mother I don't think has ever received an offer to purchase the property because someone wants to um wants to um restore it, you know, and we have never received an offer from someone who said my intention, I'd like to buy this property, my intention is to restore it.

So we've never received offers like that.

I don't know, it could be, you know, obviously there's a four-story parking garage right across from it, beautiful facility with UTA, but it's a very busy three three-lane streets, center street, and so um I don't know, you know, if it was further back a couple of streets in the neighborhood, maybe that might make sense, but I think you know, that might be one reason people are not really considering wanting to you know restore it or anything.

Um, somebody with the preservation committee when we met with them even mentioned possibly moving it to another.

Um that was my next question was whether or not you would consider someone uh you know, just gifting the structure to anyone who was willing to move it.

Well, we would be fine with that.

You know, it definitely I don't know, you know, uh our contractor was very concerned about the foundation, the stability of it, but we would certainly be open to that.

Um and we have when we met, we had wonderful meetings with uh Zane and Jacob, and uh we certainly want to honor my grandfather.

We talked about you know a marker on that corner.

You know, my my grandfather has a wonderful, and my mother was so honored to be able to donate uh his office to the Fielder Museum for the permanent display.

That was during Terrant County Medical Society's uh anniversary, and she was thrilled to do that.

We she helped my grandfather with his two books, which honor a lot of Arlington's history.

So we're very interested in doing a marker, of course, for my grandfather's office.

And that's the one next door.

The one next door.

And you're intending to keep that building as is.

No, that that building, the landmark preservation committee has um has approved for that building.

It it actually is gutted it.

We had to do an asbestos abatement.

So uh we were actually in the middle of that.

So um, but we really do want to honor my grandfather with a marker or something there, something that we could do.

But he actually the the property, this property he owned for about six years from 64 to 71, then gifted it to my mother.

And so um she had dementia for 10 years, and and um we've been we were fortunate enough to be able to keep her at home and and everything, but you know, that's you know, I'm not making excuses for the position the property's in, but but um anyway, she she would love to honor my she would have loved for us to honor my grandfather with a marker and I guess the um I guess the point I'm making is that it wouldn't be cost prohibitive to restore that if if it were gifted uh so and and someone could move it.

And so I'm inclined to uh put the stay uh on because that would give you more time to maybe find someone who would want to move it.

Uh if someone uh I I've been involved in projects like that, and it it can be um financially feasible if the building itself is free.

Although the building does have termite damage, and as you're seeing the report.

That can be remediated.

I mean you'd have to get somebody, but this would give you time to find that out whether someone anyone would be interested in doing that.

But I I have seen these kind of properties be moved and be restored uh when they're essentially free, except for the cost of moving them, of course.

Well yeah, I I you know we would certainly I don't know anybody that no one has offered to do that, but we we would be we would be certainly willing to gift it if someone were willing to move it, but I I don't know how that works.

Let me ask this.

Would you all be amenable to a shorter stay, maybe 30 days on something like that rather than a 90-day stay?

Right.

And Mr.

Gobert, if you could work your way back up here, I got a question for you as well.

And Ms.

Boxel, are you?

Yeah, I'm done.

Okay.

Right.

Um let me let me ask Mr.

Goldberg question.

Mr.

Gilbert, are you gonna what do we what do we really want to accomplish here that we haven't had an opportunity accomplish?

I don't want to g give another extension if it's going to be futile to do so.

Um, you know, if if we're gonna be right where we're at, whether it's 30, 60 or 90 days, well, what haven't we been able to do thus far?

I don't really have an answer for you other than um it does just give a little bit more time to um I mean it came to us and and you know because we get triggered when it gets demoed.

That's the only time that's when we we don't have a lot of time to to study it, and it gets presented to us, and so there was two properties.

How long have you all been notified about this?

Uh March the 12th.

I think it's when we were originally.

Yeah, March the 12th, right?

That's time line.

Uh so uh the demo permit came in February 2nd, February, February 12th.

It came to the commission on March 12th.

Um I think it will give the commission time if you do allow the state to um extend uh to explore the opportunities that Ms.

Boxhold has uh uh presented tonight.

Um everyone's amenable amenable to that.

Could you all be palatable with 30 days instead of 90 days?

Can't you figure out what's going on in 30 days just as well as 90?

I think I think that's fair, yes.

Okay.

So would would you be amenable if if I made a motion to approve a 30-day extension?

Would you be amenable to that?

Okay.

Yeah, that'd be fair.

That gives enough time.

Sure.

Okay.

Any other questions from council?

I don't see any here.

So I'll make a motion to approve it with a 30-day extension.

Can I get a second on that, please?

Have a second by Miss Boxel.

Please cast your vote.

And the motion passes okay, 11.3.

Ms.

Thaupel.

Thank you, Mayor.

Before we turn to the individual cases, I'd like to offer some brief context on Debbie Lane and the developments along it.

As both the items on this evening's agenda are located in close proximity along this corridor.

So the map on the screen that you see is an aerial image from January 22.

Uh the same year that City Council adopted the South State Highway 360 corridor development strategy.

It shows shows large areas of undeveloped land along with a few sites where grading or construction had begun at that time.

The 360 corridor strategy called for a variety of housing options along Debbie Lane, access to goods and neighborhood services, creating job opportunities for the residents living here, as well as connectivity to parks and trails, and the expansion of Debbie Lane from two lane to four lanes, which is slated to be completed by the end of this June.

This next map shows all the different types of housing developments that are either built or are currently being built.

So starting from the left side of the screen going east, we have 60 bungalows, 336 apartments, 128 assisted living units, 213 townhomes built to rent, 74 independent senior living units, 170 detached and duplexes built to rent, 243 apartments, and 331 apartments.

Is the proposed site, which is the next zoning case.

So we'll get to that later.

So added to that same slide are some of the commercial rezonings that happened in the last two or three years.

And that is one of them is a PD for drive-through commercial establishments plus a car wash, and another PD is for multi-storied conditioned self-storage facility.

So this slide now shows the existing two gas stations closer to 360, which is the star in green color.

That's racetrack and quick trip, as well as the other four sites that are currently zoned to allow gas stations.

That's outlined in yellow, and those are the four sites that are zoned for gas stations.

And the proximity to the subject site, which is outlined in red, and that's the item I'll go through for the zoning case.

Item 11.3, zoning case PD 2128 R1 Harmony Court.

It's a request to amend the allowable uses in an existing planned development on the commercial tract and approve a development plan for approximately 3.5 acres of land addressed at 800 Debbie Lane, generally located at the southeast corner of South Collins Street and Debbie Lane.

Currently, gas wells gasoline sales as well as auto service center are prohibited in this PD.

The applicant wants to add these two uses and provide a development plan for these two, as well as two other commercial pad sites.

Since the March 25th planning and zoning commission meeting, the applicant has submitted a revised landscape plan and elevations addressing unified design of the development and the screening updates.

If the council is inclined to approve the use, there are a few staff considerations placed in the staff report related to adopting of a unified signage standard for the commercial development and the design of the auto service center such that the service bays are not visible from the street.

There is both support and opposition to this request.

This evening we have the applicant Nikki Moore of MMA Inc.

and Sahil Kurji of Relias Capital Partners presenting their case for us.

To kind of refresh your memory, this was a townhome development situated at South Collins and Debbie Lane.

There was a three-acre commercial portion set aside for community commercial development.

Back in 2022, the commissioners and council members were concerned with the residential and the commercial aspect coming online together in conjunction with the finish out of the Debbie Lane improvements.

Today, the townhomes are going vertical and residents are starting to move in.

And the Debbie Lane expansion is near completion.

So now is the time to bring these commercial uses to life.

So this evening we are presenting a comprehensive plan for the commercial development with contracts and letters of intent from national chain commercial anchors.

What the developer is proposing is a comprehensive approach that offers the neighborhood quite a few things.

Convenience service, food and beverage, and sit-down family-oriented establishments.

The retail component will offer an additional drive-thru on one end cap as well as a sit-down restaurant on the other end cap.

Additional uses will be geared toward more neighborhood services.

I would also from here like to point out the programmed pedestrian connectivity that was provided in the whole entire planned development, as well as the landscape buffer that offers a masonry screen wall and landscaping, and that has already been put into place by the townhome development piece.

Here's more of a bird's eye view of the development.

The site placement of each use and building was strategically selected to maximize the drive aisle flow throughout the development.

And the modern architecture and finishes complement the townhome development for a cohesive design.

These are the retail and quick service restaurant buildings.

One of PNZ's recommendations was to match the material and the design of this retail and transfer that over to the 7-Eleven and the Take Vive buildings.

And so what we show here is the Take 5 and the 7-Eleven.

They were happy to oblige with that request.

In addition, the fuel canopy columns are 100% brick and match the building design as well.

This is a visual of what was originally submitted prior to planning and zoning commission and then the revised elevation.

Same for the take five, just kind of notice the more modern brick color, the change in the roof pitch, and kind of more of the storefront panels of windows.

Furthermore, a comprehensive look of all of the elevations together.

And so the solution was to create more landscaped burns, berms along Debbie Lane to provide that additional elevation for the landscapes, shrubs, and trees.

That additional elevation essentially shields those bay doors from the peripheral vision of those traveling eastbound along Debbie Lane.

The proposed plan is consistent with the published 360 corridor commercial study.

Debbie and Collins was specifically called out to be a specific focus area that was to be for townhomes and multifamily plus neighborhood and commercial convenience.

While some neighbors through during the community engagement process expressed a desire for more national chain restaurants, developments like landscape and the IKEA, this particular site is only three acres and best accommodates the uses listed in the adopted policy.

We also had done a traffic study that was taken into account, and you can see here in the first red box that it took into specific account those townhomes, the fuel sales, and the amount of retail square footage that we are providing today.

And so that kind of fed into our access and traffic control plan.

As you can see, there is actually no southbound traffic that's directly put on to South Collins.

So as you're traveling northbound on Collins, you have a right in and a right out.

There's a median with no opening to cross over.

So in essence, that kind of pushes all of the developments traffic specifically to Debbie Lane and not back toward the existing and more established neighborhood.

So at this time I'm kind of running out of uh, but I would like to invite Sahil Kerjee up here to kind of talk about the social science behind how we came up with the comprehensive plan for the development.

Thank you.

Good evening, Council members.

My name is Sahel Kurje, McKinney, Texas.

Thank you for your time tonight.

And I will speak on the psychology around how retail commercial development works, especially in today's environment where uh things are evolving and changing, and one of the things we look at is really looking at retail notes and how they uh come together.

So if you look at really the landscape of kind of the 360 and 287 corridors, there's already well-established grocery anchored centers that are on camp wisdom that are on Matlock and Debbie, that are on you know 287 and Debbie and so on and so forth.

And so one of the things we looked at and we said, hey, you know, what are the anchors that we can bring here to drive the retail neighborhood center that we are looking to develop?

And if you look at the first kind of three or four, they're all large 25,000 square foot plus uh boxes, and this site is just too small.

So if you start looking at the neighborhood anchored centers, you've got folks like convenience stores, banks, you've got quick service restaurants, uh, and you've got large um uh grocery, sorry, uh uh drug and pharmacy stores.

And so what we did is we said, okay, why don't we map out really where everyone kind of lies uh from this intersection?

And we went in and we scaled it down a little further, and we said, okay, most of the users that the neighbors would have voice that they want or would like to see here are already within uh you know a few miles of this intersection.

And a lot of it is just it's become an infill location, and finally the roads are improving, so now uh you know these tenants have already established themselves in the marketplace.

Uh and when we met with the the neighbors, you know, they they had shared some of these uh voice their opinions on some of the things that they wanted to see.

So, you know, we have some good relationships here in the market, and we reached out to uh some of those national tenants and we said, Hey, here's a site that we really like.

Here's kind of the fundamentals behind why we feel like you should be here.

What are your thoughts?

And you can see from here, here's just some examples.

These are directly for either from the the real estate manager or the broker, you know, they're looking for retail synergy, they're looking uh for grocery anchored, or they're saying, hey, we're too close to the site, right?

Uh and we take it a step further and we said, okay, let's find some of the more national uh regional tenants that have multiple uh units and very similar approach, right?

And so if you look at kind of the four corners of this intersection, uh you've got the southwest corner, which is really an acre and a half, uh, that isn't substantial really to bring an anchor to that center, and access obviously has its own concerns on that site.

On the northwest corner, you've got the multifamily and the large beautiful detention pond on the corner, and then you've got our site, and then you've got the the northeast corner, which you've got church and storage going, and then you've got uh uh uh a corner on that site.

So there's not a lot of synergy to bring to the site uh today, and we're establishing that framework today for the future, right?

That corridor is growing.

Thank you.

So quick does it.

I know.

Um Councilmember Galante, you have a question.

Mr.

Sahel, thank you for bringing this project.

Uh thank you for adjusting the master plan uh on the PC.

Uh it doesn't look like a gas station COVID store.

It looks much better than that.

And it matches the entire neighborhood.

My question for you since you have uh that experience with uh uh retail and and retail uh locations.

So concern was about the the other uh corners on Debbie Lane, uh what could be built in there?

Uh I have two questions for you.

First question is you guys have uh uh you guys changed from community commercial uh to PD, right?

To build the the the residential portion, correct?

Correct.

And you could you could have uh uh the users you have requesting, you know, like a gas station previously, correct?

Community commercial does allow gas station.

Okay, you had by right, and then you changed to PD, but has uh uh uh uh hindrance on it, right?

So it was prohibited the use.

So you had to buy right first, correct, right?

So I see no issue reverting to what do you already have by right?

So I that's not an issue for me having a gas station there.

But uh concerning the other the other corners, uh what happens if something develops there in in uh competition, market competition and segmentation.

Uh what do you have to say about the analyzing the other corners if it's feasible or not for them to have a competitor across the street from you?

Yeah, no, that's a great question.

Well you're answering that.

Jency, do you mind going back to the original slide where you had the little dots where the previous gas stations were and where the ones by right were there just to help clip that well, there it is right there.

Thank you.

And now I'll let you answer your answer the question.

Thank you, Councilmember Gillante.

I think the question you're uh asking is really important to understand not only the zoning side of it and what the allowed uses are, but really understanding what's uh uh practical and kind of what the tenants and the demand is going to generate.

So I'll give you an example.

Um if you look at the southwest corner, and I think there's a little uh pin that shows a convenience store that was brought in in 2023 and it was denied by city council.

Although the PD does allow for gas station uses, uh from my understanding, there are some site limitations and city ordinances that would require that project to come in and be presented in front of the council to be able to get that sort of approval.

And I don't know if that uh that's one aspect of it.

The second is if you look at that site plan, there's no access off a Debbie lane.

Uh and really the traffic is going east and west uh on Debbie.

Collins currently does not punch through on the south side, so there's really no traffic coming on the north side.

Uh so from a development standpoint, that makes it very challenging.

The second thing I will tell you is um with the city ordinance re relating to licensing of beer and wine beverages, um the city has a code that you can't be within 300 feet of a school or property line, and that uh site is actually within 150 feet of that site.

Um that's the second thing.

The third thing that you'll see is just because it is zoned for it, it's been a hard corner for quite some time.

And if there was a convenience store that was really wanting to be at that corner, they would have already came and um tried to apply for that zoning, other than the user that came last time, which was the owner himself.

And one of the other things I will share with you on the northeast corner, uh, although it is allowed by right, you are correct.

Uh I think it's very critical to understand the traffic pattern, right?

The reason 7 Eleven has approached us and also was uh looking at this site a few years ago is because they understand the traffic flows and how that works.

So if you're looking at westbound, sorry, eastbound coming from 287 from Mansfield coming through, there's only one gas station or fueling station on Matlock and Debbie, and it's that Murphy that's a kiosk.

So it's really not even a full service gas station, right?

And so what they're saying in in their market studies and analysis is they're gonna really be the first uh convenience store that they see, right?

So that's why this corner is super important for them.

Now, if you look at the north side coming down 360 southbound, and you're going westbound on Debbie, you've got the quick trip there.

They're they're generating all the the traffic, the the people are gonna stop there because it's just more convenient, and they're gonna get out and pass through.

So for a convenience store to develop on the northeast corner would be really tricky because they are going to be siphoned from the quick trip.

So their customers are gonna stop there before they stop here.

And so I think if you look at it from that intersection standpoint, there's some things that make sense from uh um, hey, this is an allowed use, but really is that use really gonna get developed, right?

And so that's how we look at it from the retail side.

Uh as far as the other two locations, I think there's uh a second agenda item as staff had mentioned, uh, and I think they're gonna consider potentially not having fuel at that corner.

Uh so you know that's a different application.

So we got to kind of look at it as a whole.

And then one other thing I'll share with you is we've kind of zoomed in on this corner right now, which which makes sense for what we're doing.

But if you take a little bit broader scope on the north side on Collins, there's not a gas station for almost three and a half miles.

It's on Southeast Green Oaks and Collins.

And if you look at the southbound, there's nothing because obviously it doesn't punch there.

Uh so if I look at it from a larger perspective, you you're really not encumbering that site with too many gas stations, in my opinion.

Okay.

And uh just following up in the 7 Eleven that you're proposing there, right?

Correct.

That's one of those new modern 7 Eleven's outlooks, correct?

Correct.

And they run their feasibility analysis for the corner, right?

Correct.

So what do you what does it come out on the feasibility analysis that makes you comfortable investing the money in building this?

Yeah, so they they actually that's a great question.

So they run a bunch of studies between heat maps, traffic sites, they know the science, right?

Between where people are turning, how many people want to go through the light and to the right versus turning right on Collins or going north on Collins.

Uh they see all that and they see it as an opportunity because for them the quick trip and the racetrack are there, but they're not really competition because they're highway sites.

They're they're transient.

Folks are getting in and out of the highway.

Yes, neighbors are utilizing that today because that's the site that they have to go to.

But neighbor uh 7-Eleven and and and those types of folks are really more neighborhood.

They're trying to create a more uh convenient friendly environment for the neighbors that are around, where you're gonna go buy a gallon of milk or guy ice cream after a soccer game, uh, or just really convenient to get in and out of.

One of the other things I think is important is uh we always kind of focus in on why there's so many gas stations, right?

And I've had this conversations with other councils and other other developers and investors and things of that sort.

We don't do the same thing for other businesses, right?

And I know that this is a use that we're trying to bring in, but we don't ever map out and say, hey, there's 10 nail salons in this area, or there's 10 fried chicken areas in this.

We don't look at it that way.

We rely on the tenant and their uh their market studies to justify them buying and building and developing this.

And one of the things I will share with you is convenience stores have had some sort of uh negative connotation for a long, long time.

But if you actually look at convenience stores in general that have been built based on the brands and establishments that are out there, folks like 7-Eleven, Racetrack, Quick Trip, they're great brands.

They focus a lot of their attention on quality and service, right?

They're looking at how do I continue to keep the customer happy and they're evolving their interior.

Like I'm sure you've seen over time, communion stores went from 2,500 square feet where it's just a cooler, some beverages, to now they're going to five, six, seven thousand square feet because they've got uh uh frozen yogurt and they've got a beer barn and they've got a taco stand, and they've got all these different amenities that are coming in.

So fuel is just a portion of that, and we're still heavily dependent on the vehicle side.

So in my opinion, I believe, based on my expertise in the market, that this is the best corner for a 7 Eleven or a convenience store.

And I will tell you that um back in the day when folks were developing convenience stores, they're putting them up uh as mom my I'll tell you my my family's been in the convenience store business for 20, 30 years, mom and pop.

Um they would go in and they would say, Hey, I'm gonna put a community store here because I feel like it's a good spot.

But today we're using data to really understand what's happening, and if a 7-Eleven goes there, for example, the rest of the corners will not have they will they will uh deter themselves from going there because of the competition.

Sorry for long-winded answer.

No, the last one before the mayor shuts my mic for mine.

I I'm on my fourth question.

I said two, right?

Uh what plans you have for the retail portion of it?

Yeah, that's great.

Um is there a way I can go back to mine, please.

Okay, so I'm just gonna show you real quick the um building elevations.

Uh so one of the things that's really critical in today's environment is this is not gonna be a national chains uh uh tenants that are coming.

They're gonna be local neighborhood services.

And the great part about this is the quality of the project is not 20, 30,000, 40,000 square feet of retail.

It's eight to ten thousand square feet.

So we're talking about four or maybe five tenants.

So we can be very selective on who's on the drive-thru, who's on the in-cap, who's in the inline.

And the reason we did it this way is it gives us a good mix of uses.

And I think it's really important to understand um that these tenants that we are pursuing on the retail side, they're all gonna be neighborhood services.

They're gonna have one to five units, and they're gonna be small businesses who are growing in markets like this.

And we're really excited about this.

The stuff I've developed across Wiley, uh North Lake, Frisco, you name we try to do neighborhood sites.

I don't have any retail centers where I've got all national brands.

I may have one or two, the rest are all really local community members.

Thank you so much.

Impressive your presentation.

Thank you.

Uh Councilmember Old of Wesley.

Thank you.

Thank you for bringing this to Arlington and for your thoughtfulness and putting it together.

I just have one question.

Are you planning on having any EV chargers on your site?

Uh yes, on the retail side, we we can do that, absolutely.

We we've uh we've got a f uh uh uh vendor that we have started communicating with on other projects, and like uh we do some stuff in Las Vegas, so we've got EVs going into one of our projects there, and so we would definitely look at that here.

Yeah, that would also be a great neighborhood service.

I love that.

Absolutely.

Okay.

Um Mr.

Buskin, any other speakers on this item?

Yes, sir.

We have two additional speakers in support, Daily Sierfoss.

Thank you, Mayor and Council.

I'm Daily Sear Voss, director of real estate at Driven Brands.

We're the parent company of Take Five Oil Change.

Um right now we have three existing units in Arlington with one under construction as well.

Um very friendly use, very clean.

Uh all the oil is stored above ground, so there's no environmental issues.

Um we've made the building uh very elevated as far as the architectural goes uh to match the uh multifamily in their rear.

Um so we're just excited to grow in Arlington.

Uh there's a void for oil change in this area.

I think the closest oil change is a Valveline on Matlock in Mansfield, so there's probably some leakage there with uh Arlington residents going into Mansfield to get their oil change.

So we're looking to solve that with locating at this um intersection.

You're talking my love language when you're saying we're taking business from someplace else.

Good.

All right, next speaker, Mr.

Buskin.

Our next speaker is Angela McDowell.

Hi.

Hi.

My name's Angela.

I live in Arlington.

Um I am not as graceful as a speaker as them.

So I'm gonna be reading something, and I get very nervous.

So bear with me.

Um I'm born and raised Arlington, me and my parents, my brother, we all went to UTA.

So something like this is amazing.

I'm the business manager of the townhome community.

Um so I manage the um Live Well at Harmony that will be sharing a fence line with.

Um so thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

I'd like to share a few positive thoughts about the project and why I believe it will be meaningful addition to our community.

First, this development brings a thoughtful mix of uses that reflects how people actually live today by combining residential retail and community-oriented spaces.

It creates a more vibrant and functional environment.

This kind of diversity supports local businesses, encourages economic activity, and gives residents convenient access to everyday needs without having to travel far.

Second, the emphasis on walkability is especially important.

This is something the city has clearly been working toward, and this project aligns well with that vision.

Safer, more walkable spaces, encourage people to spend time outdoors, connect with neighbors, and reduce reliance on cars.

That not only improves quality of life, but also can contributes to a healthier and more sustainable community.

Finally, future residents will be will benefit from both the design and the location.

They'll have access to nearby amenities, improved public spaces, and a stronger sense of community.

Developments like this can help create places where people don't just live, but people feel connected and engaged.

Overall, I see the project as a positive step forward, one that supports the city's goals, enhances livability, and adds long-term value for residents and the broader community Thank you, ma'am.

Mr.

Buskin, any other speakers, sir?

No, sir.

No additional speakers.

We did have two non-speakers in support.

Thank you, sir.

I'm going to close the public hearing.

I have a motion from Councilmember Bellante and a second from Councilmember Pham.

Please cast your vote.

The motion passes.

Congratulations.

11.4, Ms.

Thhoppel.

Thank you, Mayor.

Item 11.4 zoning case PD 25-22 is a request for residential medium density RM12 and limited community commercial CC uses on approximately 29.85 acres of land addressed at 1120 Debbie Lane and 8380 Glenday Drive, generally located north of Braggland Road, south of Debbie Lane, and west of Glenday Drive, with a development plan for the RM12 tract only.

The applicant proposes 172-story townhome units with 20 of them placed in rear-loaded garage buildings.

The rest will have front-loaded garages.

Since the Planning and Zoning Commission approved this case with stipulations, the applicant has not submitted revised site development plan set addressing those design recommendations.

The development plan shows 13% tree preservation instead of the required 35%.

The applicant is prohibiting gasoline sales in the commercial tract.

Staff has also made the applicant aware of some conflicting items with the recently approved daydrill site, SUP site plan, and the proposed plan set.

If the council is inclined to recommend approval for this case, staff has offered several considerations in the staff report to improve the development plan.

This evening we have Dixon Holman presenting their case for us.

I am here to present this case to you tonight to discuss, as Ms.

Thoppel said, uh this uh tract, approximately 20 acres at uh Debbie Lane and uh Loretta Day uh drive and let it road.

And uh it is uh a uh an interesting piece of property.

Uh I've discussed that uh with you, and you're gonna have, I'm sure, some questions in regard to uh to this uh particular uh uh site and the configuration with the drill site next door, which still from the room.

So uh we'll discuss that.

Taylor Morrison is the is the uh builder and developer on this uh on this case.

This just this slide tells you a little bit about them.

They are uh they they work across the country uh and they develop single family for sale homes, they develop townhomes, they develop uh uh townhomes and and various types of uh uh uh build-to-rent projects.

They have one in Arlington uh that you approved uh a couple of years ago that's located at Eden and Mansfield Webb Road.

Uh they are uh they recognize by Forbes.

They've been recognized as uh America's uh most trusted home builder.

They've been recognized at various uh national publications and uh are very skilled at what they do.

This is our site plan that uh I think most of you have seen or are familiar with.

It's 170 uh townhomes.

I want to orient some things here before I go through the the balance here just because we uh we have limited time.

Uh the uh the bottom is the west side.

So when I refer to the west, that's the west property line, and it backs up to single family residential.

Uh what you see on uh what would be your uh uh on your right on your screen, uh that's Debbie Lane at the top is uh Loretta Day, and on the other on the other side is Ragland Road.

So uh what uh what we uh what we have discussed and what we've gone through at P and Z because I want to touch on these while I'm up here before I turn over uh turn over some time here to uh Taylor Morrison to talk about these units uh and exactly what we've got.

I want to talk a little about the site and about some of the uh the discussion at planning and zoning uh that was referred to by Miss Uh Ms.

Thoppel as some of the uh stipulations.

Uh one of those stipulations, we had no gas sales, we're agreeable to that.

The common lot areas marked with X were that's that was on the plan to begin with.

Uh there are two particular things we wanted to make a we are willing to, and it's on our uh on our illustrations now uh that we are going to make a connection that you see up there at the top to the proposed retail uh so that it that the trail system works all the way through the property uh and there's connectivity throughout, and I'm gonna show you here because I'm gonna come back to these slides after uh I finish speaking.

This gives you an idea of the layout and kind of how it fits uh in accordance to the drill site.

Now, this this is we we're gonna have more color and variation and and styles than this view allows to be seen here.

But uh what you see, you see the tree line on on the far side uh away from from that well site.

Those are natural trees.

Those are the trees that were referred to by PNZ to take those trees out and attempt to try to move those townhomes back so that we could get rear entry garages on the townhomes that you see in the middle row there that that runs long.

We looked at that.

It was very difficult to do from a technical standpoint, and further, we met with the neighbors.

Uh we had a meeting last week.

Uh we invited 600 neighbors, we had neighbors show up.

All those who showed up were were in favor of the project.

We did have uh one one particular uh a lady who was concerned about the the gas well but thought the project was great.

Uh just just had a had a concern about gas wells in general.

But they like those trees, they like the distance it provides, and if those trees weren't there, that would have to be a drainage area that would run right behind their homes.

So uh that we propose to to leave that as is and leave the trees where they are.

Uh when it comes to, and I'm gonna shift to the gas well site because I know it's been of interest and and lots of discussion.

I just want to emphasize this is not a gasable case, and we'll be open to questions.

It's not a gas well case.

Uh you heard a discussion this afternoon about the setback of six hundred uh six thousand six hundred feet and then three hundred feet is reverse setback.

We are in compliance with the 300 reverse setbacks.

So we're in compliance with the ordinance, and I just want I want you to keep that in mind as we discuss this tonight.

It's not a gas well case, and we're in compliance.

So with that, I'll yield my uh uh to the next speaker uh who's Joseph Post with uh Taylor Morrison, and he'll get in some detail about the uh the homes.

Come on up, Mr.

Both.

Thank you, counsel.

Uh my name's Joseph, I'm a living grapevine.

So I represent the developer.

Um yeah, so um first I want to speak about Taylor Morrison as a whole.

So Taylor Morrison is been recognized as the most trusted home builder for the last 11 years nationally.

That's something that we take a lot of serious um thought into every year as we develop projects similar to this one.

Where we want to leave a lasting impression to our community and create a product that uh not only the people that we sell our homes to enjoy, but also benefits the community as a whole and something that that lasts.

And so with that, we created our brand Yardley that is gonna be developing this product.

And with our yardly brand, um, we specifically target people that want to have a backyard in their homes.

And so that is a part of our consideration with our design on this product, where we incorporated a lot more front-loaded townhomes that had yard accesses versus the rear loaded.

It makes it a little more challenging to do that product.

And so that was a little bit of our consideration as we're commenting on PNZ's um comment to where could we incorporate more rear loaded and um push back some of these yards?

Well, that would eliminate a little bit of our goal as our brand to do so.

And as a whole, our market research shows that residents tend to want the yard more than they want the rear loaded look or whatnot.

Not to mention that kind of gets me into our product as a whole.

These are three and four bedroom townhomes that range from 1400 to 1800 with an average of 1800 uh 1750 square foot footprint.

So these are uh townhomes meant for a family to come in uh or people that are newlyweds or wanting the starter home to come in and live in these places, but uh don't aren't quite ready for a home just yet.

Um with that, we're also including amenities with an HOA, all this maintained by the HOA and management group, including all the backyards and uh and as well as amenities like uh Valley Trash and uh internet and all these things as mentioned there.

Um we also, as Dixon mentioned, uh incorporated PNC's comments of making connectivity throughout the site and to retail.

Um we've agreed on the commercial section to uh eliminate the uh option for gas here as with the previous case y'all were just dealing with, um, not wanting to have that in this area, um, nor has it been desirable.

Um the site has been pursued um consistently by some commercial groups, but it's been purely for small strip centers, which um the hasn't been ideal for the seller, and so he hasn't opted for that and opted for us instead.

Um with that, if y'all have any questions, let me know.

Seeing not on here, Mr.

Buskin.

Any other speakers?

Yes, sir.

We have four speakers in opposition.

Our first speaker in opposition is Ranjana Bandari.

After Ms.

Bandari is Jennifer Quick.

Good evening, Mayor Ross and City Council.

My name is Ranjana Pandari.

I live at 903 Loch Loman Drive in Arlington, and I'm speaking on behalf of Livable Arlington today.

Um I want to address the health risks from uh living that close to gas wells.

Um the medical evidence makes this close distance dangerous.

Uh Pennsylvania study a couple of years ago found that children living within 1.2 miles of oil and gas wells at birth were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of two and seven than those who lived further away.

We're talking about a few hundred feet here.

Basically, leukemia risk increases with proximity to oil and gas.

Um, the risk of developing leukemia is more pronounced in children who are exposed during their mother's pregnancy.

Texas ANM university researchers have found elevated risk of birth defects in the four core counties of the Barnett Shale region compared to the overall statewide risk for the state of Texas.

Also, a Texas statewide study of birth defects identified through two different uh birth defect registries has found that a child that that there's a 25% increased risk of having a child with any birth defect linked to proximity to gas wells and number of gas wells for heart and circulatory defects, the association is very strong and consistent.

And I've spoken to you before about asthma, pediatric asthma, asthma, hospitalizations, cardiac disease, and all-cause mortality.

So I would recommend that you deny this permit.

Uh allowing the continuous intensifying long-term exposure of our densely populated community to fracking emissions is pretty much tantamount to running a vast uncontrolled human experiment atop the Barnett shale.

And more importantly, I think because these homes are not built.

Uh, if you think about the next 25 years and 170 families living there, they're not here to oppose this.

Most of the time, people don't even know until they've rented or moved in and bought a home that there's a gas well site behind them because that is not a requirement here.

So I think this is not the best idea.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, ma'am.

Our next speaker is Jennifer Quick.

After Ms.

Quick is R Nate Gilbert.

Good evening, Mayor Council.

My name is Jennifer Quick.

I'm an Arlington resident.

Um a few things just to build on from what Ranjana said.

Um but I think this is a really exciting chance for y'all to not be constricted by your arguments saying that H B 40 prevents you from voting in a way that I think some of you would along your conscience um for a vote.

So it's nice to see that there is um no hypothetical gray space this evening.

It'll be really interesting to see how you um decide on this because I think it will really demonstrate if your concerns are for development um and business concerns rather than human interest concerns since you have um full free power and influence in this case.

Um similarly, I am speaking for the people that won't have a choice or a vote, and when they go into this property.

Um so I think that's something that you know, foresight um would have been helpful.

Um I am all for housing.

I think we need more housing.

I think we need more housing like this in order to meet the demands and and lower cost for families.

I do not see this as responsible development.

Um I do not wish this upon those families.

You could put golden doorknobs on every door in these developments and they could be the most beautiful townhomes.

And I do not think it would be a responsible choice um for residents to be um living there.

Um I also just want to conclude on the fact that um the developer mentioned that these would be perfect for young families.

I see that and I heard and I know from years the data on what this means for birth defects, young children with asthma.

And um I think it would be really, really mis misfortunate, disfortunate for families to find themselves somewhere where um they have put themselves into a situation.

The starter home now is no longer a starter home, right?

Um that's true for my generation, and I think people younger, you think something's gonna be a starter home and then the world kind of shifts and changes under your feet and suddenly you're stuck in that location, and I think that's something to consider as well.

Um it's just such an easy, clear choice to me.

Um I would want to say.

Thank you.

Any other speakers, Mr.

Buskin?

Yes, sir.

Our next speaker is R.

Nate Gilbert.

After Mr.

Gilbert is Jonathan Prennis.

Good evening, Mayor.

Good evening, council.

I live in Arlington, Texas, 5809 Creek Ridge Drive, 76018, right in this area where it's gonna be happening.

District three.

Nikki Hunter is my councilwoman.

I'm glad for that.

And uh man, I could say lots of things, but I just want to say, so my wife and I, we lead a church in this zip code in our home, and we have so many kids uh that are involved in our neighborhood.

And man, I just think Arlington deserves better than this.

I think about, and I'll mention this.

Um, I'll I'll say this.

I I appreciate what uh council uh councilwoman Dr.

Barbara Odom Wesley said, and respect you a lot, but she was just talking about hey, what what's Total doing for our uh remind us of all the things that Total is doing for the community?

Which I respect, but I think we would all agree the most important thing that God ever gave us is our health.

Our spiritual health, our emotional health, our physical health, shalom.

And we can give people lots of nice things, do things for the school, but what they need is to be healthy and to be whole.

So I wrote I wrote uh a spoken word about it, about this situation that we're in.

What are we doing here?

I hope that the decision is clear.

Gas wells next to my home, please leave the land alone.

As our mayor said Saturday, Arlington won't stand for that crap.

So keep these homes off the map.

Let me ask, does it seem fair?

Kids breathing thousand chemicals in the air.

I want you to think about that as you vote.

Does it seem fair?

That pool is right next to this gas well.

A thousand chemicals is the estimate gets released by fracking.

Initially, at the very beginning, it's worse to all.

But it continues.

That's how McCemical chemicals are using.

So think about that, please, as you vote.

Any other speakers, Mr.

Buskin.

Yes, sir.

Our next speaker is Jonathan Prentice.

Hey, good evening, Mayor and um council.

Uh my name is Jonathan Prentice, and I live at uh 2134 Greenway Street.

Um as a uh as a citizen and as a system with asthma, I mean I just can't imagine living that close.

I mean, I'm all for housing, don't get me wrong, but not there.

I mean, like if you look at the um the picture that shows where the pool would be.

I mean, you're talking that it's bordering right on the gas wells.

I mean, right on the the drilling site.

I mean, you're gonna have kids that are gonna be like swimming like right next to that area, and I just don't think that's safe.

I mean my my sister was exposed to uh benzene as a child, and uh she developed a rare form of leukemia.

So um I just want all of that in mind whenever you um make your vote, and I uh ask that you please um deny.

Thank you.

Councilmember Gonzalez.

Yes, thank you, Mayor.

Um I like somebody from the development to come up.

I have a couple of questions regarding the the staff report.

There was some.

I'm sorry, let me go back to I apologize.

I was prepared and then I was taking notes.

With some of the excuse me.

Uh some of the recommendations that were asked by PZ, uh they have not the I guess we the changes have not been submitted.

Is there a reason they have not been submitted?

Yeah, there was not uh we we had a meeting with the staff, uh Ms.

Thoppel and and uh TOTAW and others uh about a week and a half ago to make sure that that what we were then made aware of as far as complying with the site changes.

Uh can we get that that site plan back up?

I mean I could describe it easier if I could see the site plan or you could uh I can see it in my head.

Uh yeah, all right.

This will make it easier, councilman just uh to be able to describe it.

Thanks.

The uh this a couple of things that we've done is that that buffer you see around the totail side is about 40 feet.

Uh and there's gonna be a masonry wall and then the 40 feet.

So we need to make sure that everything was oriented correctly.

It turned out after the staff had looked at the final uh the final approved version of Total's SUP revision that you see up in that corner.

One thing is you see that drive that comes in over on uh the Ragland side.

That it turns out needs need to be moved down, so we have moved that down, just moved it where you see that green lot between the town home and the street, it just to bring that down to get it out and keep it from encroaching with that corner so that landscape buffer would stay as wide as it needs to all the way around.

And so that there was that change.

The the thing that we uh we don't believe and the neighbors don't believe is it would be positive would be as you see at the bottom, that's the west.

Those are those trees that that are natural growth that buffer that residential single family residential.

I will point out single family residential is higher elevation than these town homes.

So these town homes won't loom over the neighborhood, they're actually lower because of the natural uh the natural grade there.

But that that allows that plus the backyard buffer than the townhomes.

And so that is uh that that is something we believe is important to keep.

Uh that rather than have rear entry also in in no backyards, we felt like for value to the families that that are gonna live here in that central portion that they had they would be able to, they would choose the backyard, they would desire the backyard.

And uh, and so from and I know that's what Mr.

Post had said, but if there's something he he wants to add on that.

But other than that, we uh that we are willing and and able and and propose to pay the uh the $13,140 uh or whatever that calculates now.

It was calculated on on the fly uh by staff at uh but I believe it's correct.

It was done with the calculator, but we'll find out whatever that amount is in lieu of the overall tree uh preservation uh to of 35 percent uh because there's one big live oak that's out there uh but it's a big one that dates from probably a a house that's been gone for a long time uh but that used to be out on the farm.

Uh and so that that can't be preserved, and so that's gonna come down, and so then we don't meet because these aren't all protected trees that run along that west side.

Uh and then the the uh uh the retail connection uh as far as the sidewalk goes, uh I believe we've got an it'll illustration uh gonna be back here though, and I I don't want to spend a lot of your time that shows the trail network, but we agree to connect the townhomes to the uh uh to the retail, so there's walkability.

That'll that'll show you the monotony too.

This just illustrates uh something, but I think you've seen this.

Uh, but this shows you each of those colors that's not the colors of the building, by the way.

That is the uh monotony was a concern at PZ.

And that each of those represents a different color scheme and different type exterior of the building.

As you see, there are none that are right next door to each other, and they're all separated significantly.

Uh this is what I'm talking about.

Uh, everything you see in red is sidewalk and trail.

And so there's all of this is interconnected.

And and up there at the very top where you see that coming across back toward Debbie.

Uh that is that's the what PC had uh had stipulated that we add that connection so that the folks from the townhome community could walk over to the uh the the restaurant sites at the corner and then connect with Debbie Lane and move up.

And and I want to apologize, you know.

I had a wedding this weekend, I usually get a lot of different things.

Right, no, I understand congratulations.

So I apologize for these questions.

So with regards to the staff considerations, there is a discussion about a sidewalk on Glenday Drive.

Did that get added to it, or is that not a good one?

Uh that was that that wasn't a stipulation, but on Glenday Drive, that that is that is what you see at the top.

So if that's what the stab is referring to, is that connection there, that is on Glenday.

As far as going in front of the total site, that's not that's not part of our uh part of our PD, but up there at the top corner by the the two retail pad sites, that is on Glenday, and we are going to uh we're gonna build that.

I mean the staff c it's staff consideration.

So that staff consideration is still holds good.

It shows up here, it doesn't show up in your development plan.

So just one of the things.

And we're and we we accept that or amable to that.

That's that's something we'll absolutely agree to.

And then with regards to all of us getting older, any consideration of having bedrooms on the bottom floor or one floor?

I mean, it's just I I know the bigger the house, the more money you make, but it's like you know, not every not everybody wants to live up, or especially like Ms.

Quick said, you think you're gonna live there for a little while, you end up living there a long time.

It's like you know, you might that's what a lot of people have to do because they have bedrooms upstores and they can't make it, or something happens to the spouse.

So is is there any changes on that?

There haven't been any changes on that.

It's generally based off market research that we pull.

It tends to be the target consumer that is attracted to our type of product hasn't generally been asking for that, so we haven't looked to it.

And it's there and it it is certainly a legitimate question, but it's it's something that's not that it's been not proposed in this this particular development plan.

Uh and I would I would point out too when we talk about proximity to the well, uh, you know, from the well head to our closest to our closest home is like standing at ATT Stadium on one goal line and it's at the other goal line.

So when we hear right next to a gas well, you're you're a hundred yards away at the closest one of these homes.

So uh just to give that some perspective, and and so I just I wanted to be clear on that.

And I appreciate that.

Um I'm done with yeah, I still have some another question.

So um I promised last time we had a gas well hearing.

I told you all of a sudden I have asthma as you can tell I have it now.

And I I promise I would ask my doctor what causes that and all that, and I talked about all these gas wells and everything else.

And I know it's just the pulmonologist there that we go, but they said there's a better chance of getting asthma from the roads here with all the um cars going by with all the different chemicals and everything else than there is from that.

So I'm not arguing that, but it's like I hate that people think it's just that.

It's the way we're living.

We all need to make changes.

We need to quit driving gas.

We need to quit doing you know gasoline, so it's not just this.

I mean, and I hate that that's what we scare everybody up, but we should scare everybody on everything else that's going on right now with the ozone and everything else.

So I just want to make sure that you guys I I do believe you, but I did go to the doctor, and it wasn't just that, but he said I came of many things.

So thank you for caring about the our our community.

Thank you.

Councilmember Galante.

Thank you.

My reading the uh the stuff recommendations, and uh I guess who read it too, right?

The documentation correct?

Correct.

Um just want to make it clear that you required for 35 percent tree preservation to keep it in place.

On top of that, you required the mitigation to pay a fee for mitigation.

Trees though removed above the 35 percent.

And I ask Gene C to clarify that for me, please.

Yeah.

So there is no mitigation fee required for single family residential, but there is a 35 percent tree preservation.

So there is not an option of not doing tree preservation and paying mitigation costs.

That the tree preservation is a requirement.

And what the developer is asking is a deviation to that requirement.

So is is one of the deviations.

So I mean it's not an option.

So you're asking for a me uh a deviation from uh a policy that we just created recently.

We had all the stakeholders in the city, the developers, the environmentalists, everybody brought their inputs, and we are deviating from uh 35 percent.

So why are you proposing this way?

Well, uh the reason is it it all depends on you it depends on the number of trees.

There are there are like six protected trees that are right where you see those townhomes closest to Debbie Lane, and there are like six trees there.

So 35 percent would be like three trees.

But the problem is they're all right there where the townhomes are to be built, or where it that where anyone would ever build a commercial strip center.

I mean it they're right there.

Uh and so it's not like it's a forest where we're knocking down, you know, we've got a hundred trees and we're knocking down 35.

Uh we also are leaving all these others that they're just not on the protected list.

But it that is significantly wooded running down that west side.

And so it's protected trees or total trees on site.

And if it's thought you correct me if I'm if I'm misspeaking.

Yeah.

They are the unprotected trees along the uh west side of the site.

Okay.

And um, and concerning all the you know the 10 recommendations the staff report uh put out there in case we decide to move forward with this.

Um, you know, you did not present a new uh um an update of uh uh site site plan like P and Z, like you you compromise on P and Z, you agree on P and Z.

Uh what was the the reason you guys didn't have time?

It was it was the timing is what it was, and so we had a meeting and and at the suggestion of uh uh uh Director Topel, we we submitted a letter, a detailed letter to the council that I think you all received.

If not, I've got copies of it right here.

And I think you all received this uh sometime in the last few days.

And again, it was to point out all of those particular issues and what those corrections or changes or modifications would be uh to the site.

And that was so that the case could go forward to the city council today, and some of that has to do with timing.

We we we're gonna lose this property.

We we've already had two extensions on this contract.

We have been working on this since last September.

Uh but we followed the TOTAL case and and were advised that we could not be brought forward until that had been resolved one way or the other.

And so when Totales case slowed down, we had to slow down, and we had to remain behind them all the way through.

So we've got to the point where we we got uh one more extension from the the ownership group uh uh that currently owns the property and has owned all that historically for over a century, all that land that's been developed down there that was shown earlier today when it was thou did the the deadly lane history, all of that was used to be their their land, the day family.

And uh and so they they just said look, we we're not confident that that if it keeps getting delayed that it will it will ever work out.

So our desire was to move it forward to be able to show the council, tell the council that we will uh if we're approved, we'll make it approved subject to all of those things that that have been stipulated with the exception of the deviation on the trees for the reason I explained.

Uh that I believe is the is the only deviation that wasn't part of a stip stipulation.

Um I correct in that.

Uh do you mind if I asked the engineers just to make sure?

I'm correct.

So uh that I mean we this we came in with with a lot of detail and there was some confusion about that, not on our end.

There were lots of things that got discussed prior to P and Z in the afternoon about whether we had encroached with 17 units, whether we were within the 300 feet.

It turned out the map had not been scaled correctly, that was all resolved later.

We spent a lot of time talking about a map that wasn't accurate and and issues that had come up because of that, and and so it it snowballed.

But this is very professional developer, uh, and they're very good at what they do.

Our engineering group is top-notch and well known.

And we'll will do what we what we say we'll do and be and have that written into the PD.

Okay.

Thanks for explanation.

Gene Calga question.

Those detailed explanations, EMA will sent out to us.

So yes, the applicant did send out an email the item about the P and Z stipulations, the one that they are not agreeing to is making design changes related to front-loaded garages versus rear-loaded garages.

So that's the design change that they are unwilling to do.

The main question is this is a final development plan associated with a PD.

The final development plan has to be final in the sense of everything that they are saying needs to be shown in the plan set.

So if the council does move forward with approval with stipulations, it still needs to be captured into the development plan by final reading.

Otherwise, this application is not complete.

Just wanted to mention that.

And that we will that we will agree to.

And Ms.

Fublet to discuss that with us in that meeting uh week and a half or so ago, correct?

And that and that cannot happen by the next council meeting that we can have a final reading because we won't get the material for staff to be able to review it and address it in the ordinance.

And I guess you know that that becomes a timing issue that's different from the others.

I mean, if without a public hearing, we we have not been able to meet to meet the timeline.

In your unwillingness of uh of doing this changes, the design changes that were requested by P and Z, what do you have to say about that?

Right.

Well, well, that you know the trees that I referred to on the west side, the ones that aren't protected trees but are significant tree growth that the neighborhood wants to see there in order to make that change.

Basically, what they wanted to do, if you look at this site plan up here, and you see on the bottom, the very bottom is the trees.

And so then you have backyards, then you have townhomes, then you have garages.

Across the street, you then have townhomes that all have backyards.

What the what the recommendation for P and Z was cut down all the trees, get rid of all the trees on the west side, move those townhomes at the bottom farther down to the bottom in this orientation, widen the middle part, and put the garages in the back and get rid of the backyards.

So, in order to accomplish the design change with the rear entry in that middle portion you see, we have to cut down that entire west side tree-wise.

This also from an engineering standpoint wasn't feasible because the drainage for this particular site plan goes along the back of those yards to the plan south here.

Um so additionally, if we uh squish the townhomes back, eliminated the trees, we'd also be eliminating the um drainage plan for it.

So it's just not feasible from that standpoint.

I appreciate appreciate your time, any efforts.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Gen C.

Yes.

If this project was approved tonight, you have less than a week to get the plan done, and we're not going to be able to do it by next week.

Definitely not.

It's all ready for the May 19th.

Everything is already getting put together.

Look if it were approved tonight, subject to that, I do.

And then though the final reading then were done if everything was submitted, approved, reviewed, and approved.

The final reading could still take place then with June 9th, is at the next meeting following May 19th, I believe.

The the ownership group here would probably be I'm talking the sellers.

I just want to make it.

I want to make sure that's different than not having been approved in a public hearing and having it moved.

If it's approved tonight, you're okay with the second reading being further out whenever that is.

Yes, we are.

That's correct.

That's what I wanted to make sure.

Ms.

Buskin, any other speakers?

No, sir.

No additional speakers.

We did have five non-speakers in support.

Thank you.

Let me let me say a few words.

One of the biggest problems that every municipality has across this country is housing.

Our housing crisis nationwide is horrific.

And it's not just affordable housing, it's housing that is affordable for all different levels of people.

Starter home type housing, executive homes, affordable housing, and everything.

When we set standards in municipalities like Arlington, we have development codes that says we expect you to adhere to certain things, such as a setback from a gas well or a reverse setback in this situation.

We expect our developers to adhere to those standards.

I'm an attorney by trade, and I spent over a decade of my life prosecuting environmental cases.

I am offended by anybody that tells me I do not appreciate hazards associated to various types of environmental exposures.

But coming forward in spouting cases that may or may not demonstrate sufficient paths of exposure, durations of exposure, types of exposure, whether it's thermal exposure or inhalation or ingestion, simply isn't sufficient for us to make determinations on cases from an environmental perspective.

And characterizing council as individuals who lack concern for human beings is flat out wrong.

And it's inappropriate.

I work with the men and women up here every single day of the week.

There's not one person up here that doesn't care about people.

So I would ask that people try to temper their disagreement with certain things without being accusatory.

I'm okay that we see things differently.

I think that's what democracy is all about.

And I can appreciate that.

But unnecessary characterization of council as individuals who could care less about the health of our community is simply not fair.

We have a developer here who is adhered to all of the requirements that we've set out there.

If you build this thing and I want to go live in it, I get to make a decision if I want to live 400 feet from a gas well, five hundred feet from a gas well.

I get to make that decision because the gas wells there before you're there.

That's what the reverse setback is about.

So I'm hard-pressed to tell developers who go through the process and do exactly what the city mandates of them.

Well, you did everything you're supposed to, but it's still not enough.

So I'm going to support this project tonight because we have developers who are trusted developers who have done everything the city has put forth and asked them of it.

And I think that we, as council, take an oath that we're going to follow the laws of the state of Texas, of this city, of this country.

So I'll be supporting this thing tonight.

With that, I'm going to close the public hearing.

Need a motion and a second, please.

I have a motion from Councilmember Odom Wesley and a second from Councilmember Pham, please cast your vote.

The motion passes.

Thank you, Mayor.

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Mayor, we had four individuals register for citizen participation this evening.

Our first speaker is Jimmy Burke.

Come on, Mr.

Burke, you knew you were number one on this list.

You could have been halfway here by now.

Is it number six or number seven?

Homeless to the American Dream Part 6.

The N.

Jansen was an American speed skater who participated in the winter Olympics in 1988, 1992, and in the one time we crammed it two years, so they'd be off in 1994.

He had emotional trauma during his sister's cancer at the time.

She died sometime in those years.

And for some reason, in 88 and 92, he skittishly when he could have won a medal, fell.

94, if you want an inspirational tear jerker, he finally won a gold medal.

Number two, many of us know what Roger Bannister did in the 50s when he finally broke the four-minute mile on the track and running.

Number three, I'm sure many of us remember movie from about 20 years ago, Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happiness.

True story of homeless Chris Gardner trying to get out of that, and he did a six-month unpaid internship, yada yada yada.

What if in any of those three scenarios somebody came up and interfered and said you are not allowed to participate, especially in the last event with like Dan Jansen?

Because you don't know that you're not capable.

And they have a posse of police behind them in case you disagree with them telling you you not you are not able to do it.

We must now we we gotta we gotta let that sink in.

Homeless people have too many people that have possible programs or whatever, that unless you agree that you are not capable to help yourself and to submit to their control, there's not a point of entry.

If we disagree, it's one thing that was mentioned, but if somebody's disagreement prevents somebody else from participating in the public square thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Next speaker is Cody Warden.

After Mr.

Warden is James Kukovic.

But she's also broken a man's leg for simply asking her name.

I would ask any of you to explain to me how asking a police officer a name could be construed as resisting arrest, but for somehow with Tabitha Brown is risking people for it.

The reality is is it's part of their policy to identify when asked by a member of the public.

Now, if you want to get into safety, how come nobody I spoke to, whether it be the city manager, whether it be the mayor, whether it be council, whoever can explain to me how this is keeping anybody safe.

The reality is it's not, and whenever you're taking people to jail for stuff that's not against the law, such as asking them their name or film on the sidewalk.

This is not law enforcement, this is terrorism.

I'd also like to add that I've been I've received an email from the Steve Cavenders campaign with a video of Mayor Jim Ross yelling in a pastor's face, uh, claiming he wants to rape the man's wife.

Uh I find that very unacceptable.

I've also received emails from the Republican Party saying they don't want you to represent their brand anymore.

With that being said, have a good night.

Good night, sir.

Our next speaker is James Gukovic.

After Mr.

Gukovic is Roho Mehuero.

Mayor, congratulations on your victory, sir.

Council James.

Good to see you.

Uh March 15th, 1885.

March 15th, 1885.

Texas and Pacific Locomotive 642 had uh went down into Village Creek.

And uh while I was just here uh in the 150th anniversary of uh Arlington being founded.

Uh we had recovered uh the location of the locomotive, and I did bring a piece of it with me here to present to council.

Uh uh just in uh commemoration of that.

And uh as well as in the hopes of uh seeing we have located it uh to study it for uh and perhaps recover it for uh well posterities purposes with ETA and uh of course the city of Arlington.

And um that was pretty much it.

We have uh rediscovered the lost locomotive of 642 and uh wanted to present it to you all and uh for the 150th anniversary, and that's pretty much about it.

You gentlemen have a good night, ladies.

Thanks for coming in, James.

Appreciate you.

Our next speaker is Rojo Mehuero.

Hey council, good evening, happy 5 Mayo.

Come on now.

I was gonna bring you a tackle, but you know.

Now good thing you're rochelio.

I stand 750 uh one three.

Uh we continue campaign and vlog walking the area because ultimately I think it is almost a duty, right?

The day after the election, engaging more of a residents.

Sadly, our turn out was low.

I think it was still low.

But it is upon us and I excites me to see so many people active during the campaign.

So I encourage to those of you who were not even on the ballot to continue to show up in we with us because your presence makes a difference.

I think it's not as usual that you come, you got somebody out here just praising you, but really that goes farther because I do think it was from you all that I came here so many times that I was challenged, whether it was you know uh councilwoman or or hearing interviews of folks saying we need to do more than just come and show up to council.

Uh we are on our uh doing work as well at the state level, at the county level, and I hope to continue partnering because I think that is what it's all about, right?

We want to have fair play in the city and want to keep encouraging folks to be part of it.

I hope to continue seeing you at Vince.

I know come on, sir.

You were everywhere.

So I hope to continue seeing you because it does make a difference, even when the high school students reach out to me from Martin or even Arlington High, telling me the mayor showed up out of nowhere.

I think they it encourages them to continue participating in the city and for us to continue to build that relationship with them.

Sadly, it was also doing block walking.

The twice the offices were called upon me and my volunteers.

But I believe that it's something larger than just showing up to somebody's door, is really the we need to continue building that network so that residents can trust and bring that trust back to the city that belongs to them.

Thank you so much.

Hello.

Thank you, Rao.

Any other speakers?

No, sir.

That concludes our speakers this evening.

Thank you, sir.

Council, do y'all have any announcements?

Sir Mayor.

Well, one more time.

Uh May 17.

We're gonna have the rematch of United States men's soccer against the Brazil men's soccer.

The revival game from the 1994, 4th of July 1994, when the U.S.

team with amateurs uh on the sketch play against uh the favorites of that World Cup, Brazil that end up winning the 94 World Cup.

That was the last World Cup in the United States.

They're all retired these days, 55, 60 years old, but they're all gonna be here.

Choctoy Stadium, 5 p.m., May 17th, the game of the ages.

And I've heard a US men's team is being practicing ready for a couple months so they can give you back the defeat one zero.

I'll see you all there.

Thank you.

I have an announcement.

Um this Thursday morning at 10 a.m.

May the 7th at Heroes Park at 2100 West Greenoaks Boulevard.

We will have our annual memorial service for the fallen police officers here in Arlington.

We'd encourage all that can to come on out and pay a tribute to the officers that have lost their lives in the service of this community.

Any other announcements?

Mr.

Buskin, announcements, please.

Thank you, Mayor.

I'd like to remind our residents, Arlington City Council evening meetings are rebroadcast on Sundays at 6 p.m.

and on Wednesday and Saturday mornings at 6 30 a.m.

The council's afternoon work sessions are rebroadcast on Sundays at 1 p.m., Wednesdays at 1 30 p.m.

and on Saturdays at 6 p.m.

You can also watch the meetings online anytime at www.arlington tx.gov.

Okay, and with that, council meeting is adjourned.

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Shift left morning off.

Tai Chi classes help seniors to have a healthy lifestyle, both because of the mental and physical benefits as well as because of the social interactions that they can have here, which is extremely important for older people who sometimes get isolated.

If there are people that have more specific limitations, I can address those with other modifications on a case by case basis.

My students know that they're never going to be judged, and that all of their efforts, if they continue doing them, will benefit them.

The Tai Chi classes at Dotty Lynn are at noon to 1245 on Tuesday and Thursday.