10. Ordinance (Final Reading) CUP-2025-16: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing and Take Action on a Request from the Owner to Apply a Conditional Use Permit to a Property to Allow a Tattoo Parlor. Located at 202 Pine Street. (Tim Littlejohn)

[10. Ordinance (Final Reading) CUP-2025-16: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing and Take Action on a Request from the Owner to Apply a Conditional Use Permit to a Property to Allow a Tattoo Parlor. Located at 202 Pine Street. (Tim Littlejohn)]

MAYOR COUNCIL, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING IS THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 202516.

OWNER IS MODUS INVESTMENTS. THE APPLICANT IS BAILEY HYDE.

WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A TATTOO PARLOR WITHIN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, LOCATED AT 202 PINE STREET. HERE'S THE LOCATION.

HERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING MAP. HERE ARE VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT. WE DID RECEIVE THREE IN FAVOR AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION.

THIS REQUEST MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

PNC DID HEAR THIS CASE. THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO YOU APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE PLAN OF OPERATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR TIM? IT'S MORE COMMENT THAN A QUESTION, BUT I APPRECIATE THE THE ANSWERS THAT YOU PROVIDED WITH REGARD TO OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THIS, THAT MY CONCERN WITH THE PLAN OF OPERATIONS THAT'S PROVIDED IS IT'S LIMITING THE DAYS OF OPERATION TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

AND SO IF SIX MONTHS FROM NOW OR A YEAR FROM NOW, THEY GO, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ARTIST THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND HE WANTS TO WORK ON MONDAYS.

THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF A CUP TO ADD MONDAY TO THE CONDITIONAL USE.

AND SO WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF HAVING A MOTION, I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER JUST REMOVING THE DAYS OF OPERATION SO THEY HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE RED TAPE AND PROCESS AGAIN.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. AND STANLEY, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SENT.

RIGHT. IT DOES NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST? ITEM NUMBER TEN, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

IS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'D ACCEPT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IT WITH THE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE DAYS OF OPERATION FROM THE PLAN OF OPERATION.

I HAVE THAT MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? READY TO VOTE. ALL YESES. MOTION CARRIES. MOTION CARRIES.

AND I MOVE TO ITEM 11. AND TIM LITTLEJOHN AGAIN WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

[11. Ordinance (Final Reading) HOZ-2025-01: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Owner’s Agent to Apply Historic Overlay Zoning to Approximately 0.42 Acres Zoned Heavy Commercial (HC). Located at 774 Butternut Street. (Tim Littlejohn)]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AN HISTORIC OVERLAY CASE.

202501 OWNER AGENT IS JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ABILENE.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER IS THAT A HISTORIC OVERLAY TO 774 BUTTERNUT STREET.

THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT EXHIBITS A TYPICAL PRAIRIE STYLE ARCHITECTURE, INCLUDING A TWO STORY FRAME DWELLING WITH A LOW PITCHED HIP ROOF AND TWO INTERIOR BRICK CHIMNEYS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND HAS HAVING SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, TYPICAL PRAIRIE SCHOOL STYLE FROM THE 20S.

THE PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED ON THE ABILENE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP. HERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING.

HERE'S VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. HERE'S

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SOME HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THIS PROPERTY. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT.

WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN OPPOSITION, RESULTING IN A 0.01% OPPOSITION.

HERE'S YOUR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE JUNIOR LEAGUE SINCE 76.

IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. THE. THE PLANNING AND ZONING LANDMARKS DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID HEAR THIS CASE THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO APPROVAL THIS MORNING. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FOR TIM. TIM. AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 11? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION IN A SECOND. SO MOVED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ESPINOSA. SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BEARD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL READY TO VOTE. ALL YESES. MOTION CARRIES.

MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 12. AND TIM LITTLEJOHN ONCE AGAIN WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU.

[12. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2025-26: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Owner to Change the Zoning of Approximately 29.26 Acres from Agricultural Open (AO) to General Commercial (GC). Located at 4994x West Lake Road. (Tim Littlejohn)]

MAYOR. COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ZONING CASE 202526.

THE AGENTS. COLTON RHODES. THE REQUEST FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IS THE CHANGE.

APPROXIMATELY 29.26 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

LOCATED AT 4.994 WEST LAKE ROAD. HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP.

HERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING MAP. HERE'S SOME PROPERTY VIEWS.

SURROUNDING PROPERTY. VIEWS. HERE ARE THE CURRENT ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE.

AND HERE ARE THE ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN THE REQUESTED GENERAL.

COMMERCIAL. NOTIFICATIONS. WORSE THAN THAT, WE DID RECEIVE THREE IN OPPOSITION, RESULTING IN A 16.88% IN OPPOSITION. JUST TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT, THIS CASE WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED AT THE SEPTEMBER 2ND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING TO BE REZONED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHERE IT WAS TABLED BY THE COMMISSION.

THE APPLICANT DID PULL THAT REQUEST. AND THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER, HAD IT REAPPLIED TO CHANGE THE REQUEST FROM LIGHT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THEY NEEDED SOME MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE BEST USE WOULD BE FOR SOME FUTURE POSSIBLE PROJECTS.

THIS MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. PNC DID HEAR THIS CASE.

THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO YOU APPROVAL THIS MORNING AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS.

TIM. TIM. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE NOTIFICATION ZONE? NOT. NOT WITHIN THAT 200FT. THERE IS ONE DOWN THE STREET, PART OF WATER'S EDGE.

THERE'S A RESERVE GENERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITHIN THAT PLAN.

DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. FOR THE QUESTIONS THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST? ITEM 12.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. I'M BACK AGAIN, BUT I HAVE A SPEECH TO READ. I'M NOT GOING TO DEPART FROM IT.

I STILL OPPOSE THIS, BUT I WOULD. MA'AM KATIE PRESTWOOD I WOULD ASK MR. RHODES. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO CALL HIM MR. RHODES, BUT I WOULD ASK HIM IS HE DEVELOPS THIS AREA TO CONSIDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE SO LONG, AND THE NEW PEOPLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

TO BE AS MINIMALLY DESTRUCTIVE AS POSSIBLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND MAYBE PLANT A LOT OF TREES ON THE BACKSIDE TO CAMOUFLAGE IT, MAKE IT AS ESTHETICALLY PLEASANT AS YOU CAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 12.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KATHY BUNKLEY. I LIVE AT 5150 WEST LAKE ROAD.

AND TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE TO THIS ZONING CHANGE, I LIVE ONE HOUSING, ONE HOUSE NORTH OF WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS FOR THE ZONING CHANGE. SO I'M VERY CLOSE, BUT I DIDN'T GET A LETTER.

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SO WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL IT WAS ALMOST TOO LATE.

AND WE WERE TOLD TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IT'S DONE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A VOTE. YOU DON'T HAVE A WAY TO CHANGE THIS.

BUT I HAVE A LOT OF HOPE IN YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR LAST HOPE IN GETTING THIS CHANGE.

AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN AGRICULTURAL AREA. WE HAVE LITTLE FARMS, LITTLE AREAS.

WE ALL HAVE CHICKENS AND A FEW GUINEAS, AND WE ALL HAVE.

WE HAVE ENJOYED THIS RURAL CHARACTERISTIC FOR A LONG TIME, BUT ANY TIME THAT YOU OPEN IT UP TO INDUSTRIAL, IT'S GOING TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT IT NEVER WAS BEFORE.

AND EVEN IF YOU WANT CHANGE THIS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR DECADES, AND THERE ARE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING LAST TIME, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS THERE EXCEPT FOR TWO, AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS DONE.

BUT IT CAN'T BE DONE UNTIL YOU VOTE. WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS, AND WE'RE ASKING YOU IF YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR DECADES, LIKE ME, MISS KATIE, THEN THINK ABOUT THE THREE NEW FAMILIES THAT BOUGHT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, AND THEY HAVE INVESTED MONEY AND TIME INTO THEIR PROPERTIES, AND THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE CHANGED FROM AGRICULTURE. OPEN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. THEY HAD NO IDEA.

NO ONE TOLD THEM. AND IF YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR IT FOR US, THEN THINK ABOUT THEM.

BUT KNOW THAT 24 CITIZENS WERE AT THIS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE READY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT.

WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS JUST TOO LATE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAXPAYING CITIZENS.

WE'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. WE HAVE VOTED FOR YOU BECAUSE WE VOTE.

AND TODAY I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE FOR US. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST CITIZENS OF ABILENE WHO HAVE WORKED HARD, LOVED ABILENE, AND HAVE PUT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE INTO THESE AREAS.

AND FOR IT TO BE CHANGED TO SOMETHING COMMERCIAL AT A LITTLE BITTY, TRIANGULAR SHAPED PROPERTY OF ONLY 29 ACRES, THERE'S SOMETHING BIGGER BREWING. AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO PUT A STOP TO IT TODAY ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU. STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 12? AGAIN, SAMUEL GARCIA 2734 BRENTWOOD. THIS IS THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS.

THIS MAY BE AN ISSUE THAT'S RELATED TO WHAT I SPOKE TO JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. OR IT MAY NOT. BUT SINCE IT'S A HEARING, CAN I ASK A QUESTION AS TO WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO GO IN THERE? THE REASON IS, WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, IS THERE'S ALWAYS THESE THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUSINESSES.

AND I SIT AROUND AND I THINK ABOUT EVERY TIME WE CHANGE A ZONE.

I JUST HEARD ABOUT THE TATTOO PARLOR. I'M LIKE, OKAY, GOOD SUGGESTION.

WHY MAKE THESE GUYS GO THROUGH THIS? THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS PERSON TYPE OF QUESTION.

SO THESE CITIZENS THAT LIVE OUT THERE IN THIS RURAL AREA ARE ASKING THIS.

AND AS A PERSON THAT DOESN'T LIVE OUT THERE TO ME, I'D LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE I'M SITTING THERE GOING, OKAY, WE'RE ADDING INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF BUSINESSES TO AREA OR IS THAT MORE TRAFFIC? WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IS IT? WHAT KIND OF ARE THEY TRUCKS.

ARE THEY? LITTLE BITTY LITTLE BITTY TOYOTAS THAT GO OUT THERE THAT REALLY DON'T DO ANYTHING? OR THESE ARE BIG OLD DUMP TRUCKS THAT ARE BEING PARKED IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR SEMIS THAT ARE BEING I MEAN, WE'RE IN A SITUATION NOW WHERE THE CITIZENS ARE FINALLY SAYING, OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO MY STANDARD OF LIVING, MY QUALITY OF LIFE? BECAUSE WE DO ALL THIS STUFF FOR A REASON.

WE DON'T DO IT. SO JUST SO THESE BUSINESSES CAN MAKE MONEY, RIGHT? IF THAT WAS THE WHOLE BUSINESS. WELL, NO, WE DO THIS TO HAVE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE, AND EVERYTHING I'VE JUST HEARD FROM THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

THEY JUST WANTED TO LIVE A GOOD, PEACEFUL LIFE THAT THEY DID AND THEY DESERVED TO BE HEARD.

SO I MAY BE TAKING AN ISSUE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME THING.

IT'S STILL THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASKING THE QUESTIONS, UNDERSTANDING THAT.

BUT IF THAT IF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ASK A QUESTION IN THIS HEARING, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY REALIZE WHAT KIND OF SIDE ISSUE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND OUT OF THERE, WHAT'S GOING TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD? OKAY, BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT THESE THESE TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS THAT ARE GOING IN DIFFERENT PLACES. THAT SCARES THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME. IT SCARES THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME ABOUT WHAT KIND OF POLICE AND FIRE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO HANDLE THESE THINGS? AND IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, CAN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HANDLE IT? WHAT? I MEAN,

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THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ASKED WHEN YOU GO INTO A BUSINESS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS, BUT THE EFFECTS THAT THEY HAVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE LIVING.

THAT'S CALLED QUALITY OF LIFE THAT AFFECTS US.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IT IS, BUT IT'S STILL FAIR TO ASK THAT QUESTION SO YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AS A CITIZEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE CITIZENS THAT LIVE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT. MR. GARCIA WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IN THE PRESENTATION FOR FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL, THERE IS A SLIDE AS TO WHAT IS ALLOWED IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THERE'S ALWAYS A SLIDE THAT OKAY. SO IT CAN BE WHAT HE'S TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

WHAT IT HAS IT CAN BE ONE OF THESE THINGS ONE OF THESE.

BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

NO, SIR. OKAY. IT HAS TO FALL WITHIN THIS. AND THE CITY CAN'T ASK THAT QUESTION OR Y'ALL CAN'T ASK THAT QUESTION.

EXACTLY. IT'S A ZONING CHANGE. SO THAT THAT'S SO IT'S JUST THAT.

SO OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THAT HELPS BECAUSE THE CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW THAT IF THEY IF IT'S WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES, THEY NOW HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CATEGORIES AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S THIS? WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S THIS? WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S THIS, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S THIS? SO IT MAKES THEIR JOB A LOT HARDER.

IT REALLY DOES. I DON'T DISAGREE BUT SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. WE DO ASK OFTEN WHAT'S THE PLAN.

BUT THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THIS ZONING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE SMALL BUSINESS WHO'S TRYING TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS, OWNS THE PROPERTY, AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS COMMERCIAL ZONING, SO THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR WHAT'S IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING.

WELL, OKAY, SO I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S A LEGAL QUESTION OR NOT, BUT YOU NEED TO DO THINGS.

WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT THE EFFECTS ON EVERYDAY LIFE BY THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING PUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY ARE REAL, RIGHT? WE'VE KNOWN THIS. THIS IS NOTHING NEW, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR ORDINANCE SOMEHOW TO BE ABLE TO SAY THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THERE, THAT THE BUSINESS GIVES NEEDS TO GIVE A BETTER DESCRIPTION MAY NOT OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN THERE BECAUSE YOU STILL GOT TO GET A PERMIT AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? AT SOME POINT YOU GOT TO GET A PERMIT.

BUT BY THAT TIME IT'S CHANGED THE ZONING. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE LAWS THEN THAT THAT GIVE THEM A BETTER IDEA, THAT MAYBE EVEN NARROWS IT DOWN SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST SITTING THERE WONDERING, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OUT OF THIS BIG OLD LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT, THAT IT CAN BE ZONED FOR. SO AND EVERYBODY SAYS, OH, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO START CONTROLLING BUSINESS.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN BUSINESS STOPS ASKING FOR 85% TAX ABATEMENTS, THEN WE'LL START ASKING THEM ABOUT THINGS.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS DOING THINGS TO WORK WITH, BUSINESS TO HELP THEM.

AND I OWN A BUSINESS OKAY. WE NEED TO ALSO BE GIVING THE SAME TYPE OF RESPECT TO THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN THE AREAS WHENEVER WE CHANGE ZONING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 12.

TAMMY FOGLE, RESIDENT OF ABILENE. YOU BEAT ME TO IT.

I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED IN SITTING THROUGH THESE MEETINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL HAVE THIS.

Y'ALL, YOU ENGAGE IN AND DISCUSS THINGS IN A WAY THAT'S VERY BENEFICIAL TO US. AND I THINK PART OF AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO SINGLE YOU OUT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, TOO. AND I KNEW YOU WERE PROBABLY THINKING IT TOO, THAT WE HAVE THIS TENSION. WE WALK IN OF THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE OWNER AND THE THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S THE TENSION THAT YOU ALL GET ELECTED TO DECIDE ON.

I THINK WHAT'S HARD IS, IS THERE'S SOME THINGS I'VE NOTICED BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN I HEARD THEM, I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WHEN YOU HEAR 24 CITIZENS SHOWING UP TO A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, WHETHER THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE A SAY IN IT OR NOT IS A SIGNIFICANT THING.

AND I'VE SEEN YOU RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO WHEN THE COMMUNITY DOES SPEAK UP.

UNLIKE THE CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS, THEY'RE HAVING A BIG FIASCO WITH THEIR MAYOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THESE HEARINGS, AND I'M LEARNING THERE'S THIS TENSION.

SO IF Y'ALL YOU HAD DISCUSSION BEFOREHAND, IT WOULD PROBABLY SQUELCH A LOT OF THE CITIZENS MIND AND EVEN THE OWNER'S MIND SO THAT THEY COULD REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

BUT WHEN YOU WAIT TILL THE DISCUSSION UNTIL AFTERWARDS, IT MAKES US HARD TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. BUT I'VE NOTICED A COUPLE THINGS. THERE'S A BALANCE YOU HAVE TO KEEP BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNER IS A CITIZEN JUST AS MUCH AS THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE.

AND I THINK I'VE ADDRESSED THAT. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE PLANNING AND ZONING LITERALLY GOES. IT FITS THE CRITERIA. WE PASS IT AND YOU ALL GET TO GO OKAY. BUT THERE'S EXTERNAL FACTORS GOING ON.

AND Y'ALL CAN CONSIDER OTHER SITUATIONS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING IS NOT TASKED TO DO.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S GREAT. AND I THINK SHE SPOKE WELL ABOUT PLEADING WITH YOU TO VOTE.

I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE VOTED THEN, BUT BASED ON HER THING BECAUSE THAT WAS A GREAT A GREAT PRESENTATION.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S CURIOUS TO ME IS THAT ON THE FORUM THAT THE CITY SENDS OUT, IT SAYS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR? ARE YOU OPPOSED? AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS A TREND IS, IS WHEN WE GET TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHAT WAS THE

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REASON? BUT THERE'S NO PLACE FOR YOU TO GIVE A REASON, AND THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THE REASON WOULD BE HELPFUL.

AND THAT LEADS ME TO MY THIRD POINT, WHICH IS THE ONES THAT I SEE SUCCESSFULLY CHANGE ZONING AS WELL, OR CHANGE THE ZONE. WELL, IS THAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WANTING THE CHANGE, IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY TO FOSTER TRUST AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE TAKING THEIR INTERESTS AT HEART.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THIS SITUATION, BUT WHEN YOU BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND WORK TOGETHER IN A PROCESS, IT MAKES THINGS GO A LOT BETTER. SO I, I DO BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. AND I DO THINK YOU'RE KIND OF IN THIS TENSION OF THE PROPERTY RIGHTS, BUT ALSO THE VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND GOOD LUCK AND I'M GLAD YOU ALL ARE SITTING UP THERE MAKING THIS DECISION BECAUSE I DON'T I THINK THERE'S GOING TO JUST HAVE TO BE A COMPROMISE.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE A SAY, EXPRESS THEIR OPINION. BUT 24 CITIZENS SHOWING UP AT ANYTHING IS A BIG DEAL.

AND I THINK YOU BOTH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT'S A RARITY.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 12? SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE. CLINT ROSENBAUM, ROSENBAUM ENGINEERING.

SORRY. SORRY, MAYOR. I EXPECTED SOME MORE OF THOSE 24 PEOPLE TO GET UP AND AND TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT. SO LIKE MR. LITTLEJOHN MENTIONED, WE ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND I'M REPRESENTING COLTON RHODES.

HE'S OUT OF TOWN TODAY. LIKE WE ORIGINALLY MENTIONED LIKE MR. LITTLEJOHN MENTIONED, WE ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND WE WE CHANGED THAT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

WE CHANGED THAT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THE DIRECTION OF THE STAFF, BECAUSE THAT AREA, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS DESIGNATED HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.

IT'S NOT DESIGNATED RESIDENTIAL OR ANYTHING ELSE.

THIS AREA IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DESIGNATED HIGHWAY.

COMMERCIAL. INSIDE HIGHWAY. COMMERCIAL. THE ZONINGS ARE OFFICE, GENERAL RETAIL AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE OFFICES. NOW THERE ARE SECONDARY USES LIKE MULTI-FAMILY, MEDIUM DENSITY.

THERE'S NO THERE'S NO SES, NO RESIDENTIAL IN THERE, BUT THERE'S MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIFAMILY.

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS A SECONDARY USE WITHIN SIDE HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO BUT THE STAFF WOULDN'T SUPPORT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL HERE, BUT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD SUPPORT THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING FOR THIS.

THE PROPERTY HAS 2000 LINEAR FEET OF, OF FRONTAGE ON EAST LAKE ROAD, WHICH IS, WHICH IS IN OUR WEST LAKE ROAD, I'M SORRY, WHICH HAS AN ARTERIAL WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS ARTERIAL.

SO IT'S A, IT'S AN IT'S AN IDEAL SPOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

AND HOW, HOW THE WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP WEST LAKE ROAD IS UNKNOWN, BUT IT'S BUT IT'S LIKELY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FURTHER ON NORTH AS THE RESIDENTIAL IS STARTING TO CREEP THAT WAY.

IT'S GOING TO THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IS STARTING TO CREEP UP WEST LAKE ROAD.

THEN THEN I THINK THE COMMERCIAL IS GOING TO GO ON UP THAT WAY TOO.

SO IT'S KIND OF AN IDEAL SPOT. IT IS IN AN AREA WHERE IT'S DESIGNATED WHERE WE AS A AS A COMMUNITY, SAID THAT THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE SPOT FOR, FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT IS HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

HOW Y'ALL DOING THIS MORNING? MY NAME IS JIMMY ROGERS.

JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, SO I, I DID PURCHASE THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION FOR THE ZONING CHANGE AT A5117 NUGENT ROAD.

THE ZONING CHANGE WAS NEVER DISCLOSED TO US. DURING THE PURCHASING PROCESS OF THE HOUSE THAT WE BOUGHT, WE PURCHASED OUR HOUSE FOR OVER HALF $1 MILLION.

CURRENTLY INVESTING ANOTHER 120,000 OUT OF OUR LIFE SAVINGS TO MAKE THIS PROPERTY WHAT WE'RE WANTING FOR OUR FAMILY.

THIS WAS NEVER DISCLOSED TO US. THIS HAS A DIRECT VALUE IMPACT ON THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE.

SO WITH THAT ALL BEING SAID, WE WILL BE GOING AFTER WE WILL BE GOING PURSUING LEGAL ACTIONS IF THE ZONING CHANGE IS MADE.

SO JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THAT IS ON THE TABLE.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 12? SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE. MA'AM, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKE.

THANK YOU. NO, MA'AM. YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKE. SEEING NO ONE ELSE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN YATES, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PRICE.

DISCUSSION. WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

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ONE. NO, THE REST ARE YESES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY.

NOW MOVE TO ITEM 13 AND TIM LITTLEJOHN WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

[13. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2025-39: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Owner to Change the Zoning of Approximately 9.44 Acres from General Retail (GR) to General Commercial (GC) Zoning. Located at 1204 Grape Street. (Tim Littlejohn)]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. IS ZONING CASE 202539.

THE OWNER IS JMC FIVE ABILENE LLC. AGENT IS EVEREST DESIGN GROUP.

THE REQUEST FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IS CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 9.4 ACRES FROM GENERAL RETAIL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THIS IS LOCATED AT 12 ZERO FOUR GRAPE STREET.

HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP. HERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING MAP.

HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT. WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN GENERAL RETAIL.

HERE ARE THE REQUESTED USES FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THE INTENT OF THIS REQUEST IS TO HAVE SOME MORE ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN THAT STRIP CENTER.

THIS MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

PNC DID HEAR THIS CASE. THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO YOU APPROVAL THIS MORNING, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS OF TIM. TIM. THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST? ITEM 13. PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN. YATES. SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER. FURTHER DISCUSSION.

WE'RE READY TO VOTE. OH, YES. MOTION CARRIES.

MOTION CARRIES. I'LL MOVE TO ITEM 14. AND TIM LITTLEJOHN AGAIN.

[14. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2025-40: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Owner, to Change the Zoning of Approximately 2.59 Acres from Agricultural Open (AO) & Residential-Single Family (RS-12) to Medium Density (MD) Zoning. Located at 5400 Ridgeline Drive. (Tim Littlejohn)]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. IS ZONING CASE 202540 OWNERS BRADLEY ZONKER AGENT IS JACOB MARTIN.

THE REQUEST FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IS CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 2.59 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL, OPEN SPACE AND RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY 12 TO MEDIUM DENSITY AT 5400 RIDGELINE DRIVE.

HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP. HERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING MAP.

HERE'S SOME PROPERTY VIEWS. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT.

WE HAD ZERO IN FAVOR AND EIGHT IN OPPOSITION, RESULTING IN A 24.09% IN OPPOSITION.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN THE AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE.

HERE ARE THE ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

AND HERE IS THE REQUESTED ZONING AND ALLOWABLE USES.

THIS MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

PNC DID HEAR THIS CASE, AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO YOU APPROVAL THIS MORNING.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS OF TIM.

AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT IN DUPLEXES.

RIGHT. YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT'S THERE WILL STAY.

AND THEN THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD A COUPLE OF DUPLEXES THERE.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. TIM. YES, SIR.

THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 14? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. TAMMY FOGLE, YOU MIGHT THINK I LIKE THIS, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY, REALLY, TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A PROFITABLE WAY THAT ACTUALLY COULD POSSIBLY BRING RESULTS.

BUT I'M SHOCKED I DIDN'T MENTION THE LAST ONE.

IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS OF THE NEIGHBORS WITH THIS LAST THING THAT YOU SILENTLY APPROVED WITHOUT DISCUSSING AND EVEN HONORING THE RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP.

THEY'VE SHOWED UP MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE DO TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND FOR YOU NOT EVEN TO DIGNIFY A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT WHY YOU JUST PASSED THAT WITHOUT EVEN AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT WAS GOING ON, IS KIND OF SHOCKING TO ME, NOT TO HONOR THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE 24 RESIDENTS.

GOODNESS GRACIOUS, PEOPLE HAVE JOBS, THEY HAVE LIVES, AND THEY CAN'T SHOW UP MULTIPLE TIMES THESE THINGS. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU SHOW UP ALL THE TIME, YOU STILL GET IGNORED. IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP, THEN YOU GET CRITICIZED FOR NOT SHOWING UP.

AND SO THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME TENSION HERE. AND I FEEL LIKE Y'ALL FAILED TO HONOR THE CITIZENS WHO SHOWED UP.

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I UNDERSTAND IT WAS A TOUGH SITUATION. IT WASN'T LIKE THERE WAS NECESSARILY A GOOD OUTCOME, BUT AT LEAST HONOR PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE ABLE TO PROCEED BETTER IN THE FUTURE.

THIS THE SAME THING WITH THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT IN PLACE.

AND IT'S A TROUBLING THING THAT I KEEP HEARING. INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE STREETS ARE NOT OUR PROBLEM. THE CITY HAS TO DEAL WITH THAT. THE STATE HAS TO DEAL WITH THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW. AND AS I WAS CAMPAIGNING SPECIFICALLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE STREET IS THE TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE.

AND THAT WAS EIGHT MONTHS AGO. AND NOW YOU'RE PUTTING IN DUPLEXES, WHICH INCREASES THE TRAFFIC, AND THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO PREVENT THIS OVERWHELMING.

IT'S A DANGEROUS ROAD I LIVE OVER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND TO EVEN TRY TO GO IN OFF CHIMNEY ROCK FROM ALL THE TRAFFIC, IT IS JUST THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC IN THERE.

THERE'S NO LIGHTS, THERE'S ONLY STOP SIGNS. AND I'M JUST FRUSTRATED AT THIS POINT.

I GUESS YOU CAN TELL I'M FRUSTRATED THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE SEEMS TO BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT, AND WE KNOW WE AS A CITY ARE GOING TO START MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. AND THE CITIZENS DON'T ARE NOT THE ONES WHO HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE FROM YOUR LACK OF PLANNING.

AND TO PUT IN DUPLEXES HERE MAKES NO SENSE, BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE TO SUPPORT IT, BECAUSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT AREA AND HOW MUCH, HOW LITTLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME OF CARS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PRIVATE RIGHT OF A PROPERTY OWNER TO DO DUPLEXES, BUT IT SEEMS THE PLANNING PART IS LACKING BECAUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE CONSIDERATION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.

IF WE WANT PROGRESS, WE WE PREPARE THE STREETS TO HANDLE THE PROGRESS.

WE DON'T PUT PROGRESS AND THEN HAVE TO LET THE CITIZENS SUFFER WHILE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

SO I THINK THERE COULD BE MORE HONOR GIVEN TO CITIZENS IN THESE MEETINGS.

AND I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FACT THAT YOU ALL CHOSE NOT TO DISCUSS ONE ITEM OR ONE THING ABOUT WHAT THESE CITIZENS HAVE FOUGHT AND SHOWED UP TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

AND YOU, YOU BASICALLY SILENCED THEM BY NOT EVEN HAVING A CONVERSATION, AND THAT WAS MORE DISAPPOINTING THAN A DECISION.

SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE. STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 14? GOOD MORNING. TAL FILLINGIM, AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.

THIS ZONING REQUEST IS IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME MULTIFAMILY UNITS IN THE FORM OF DUPLEXES AND TOWNHOMES.

CURRENTLY, THERE IS AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING RENOVATED.

MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE OWNER, THE INTENT IS TO, TO KEEP THAT.

HOWEVER, THERE'S ROUGHLY TWO ACRES THAT SURROUND THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP.

YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF DENSITY, LAND USE TO THE WEST, WE'VE GOT PATIO HOME AND RS6 TO THE EAST, WE HAVE MEDICAL USE. HENDRICK HAS PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY AND DEVELOP IT ADJACENT TO BUFFALO GAP ROAD.

IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS TWO AND A HALF ACRES AND REZONE IT TO THE LEAST INTENSE USE, WHICH WOULD BE RS6, OVER THIS TWO AND A HALF ACRES, YOU COULD PUT 18 HOMES ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE. WELL, IT'S THAT'S THE LEAST INTENSE USE THAT EVEN TOUCHES THIS PROPERTY IN ANY DIRECTION.

GIVEN THE APPROACH OF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TAKING THE TWO ACRES AND GOING MD THAT'S 12 UNITS PER ACRE.

SO THAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE THE TOTAL UNIT COUNT BY ONLY SIX.

FROM THE GEOMETRY OF THE PROPERTY, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THAT ANYWAY.

SO I THINK THE REALITY IS IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN ITS LOCATION, IN ITS SHAPE THE DENSITY OF OF THE PROPERTY.

AGAIN, WHETHER IT WAS REZONED OR RS6 OR MD, I THINK WE END UP WITH JUST ABOUT THE SAME UNIT COUNT IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

INFRASTRUCTURE, CERTAINLY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE EVALUATE BEFORE WE SUBMIT THE ZONING REQUEST. ALL THE UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE, SIZED APPROPRIATELY. THOROUGHFARES. OBVIOUSLY.

JUST RIGHT NEXT TO US IS BUFFALO GAP ROAD. SHORT DISTANCE.

YOU WOULD BE PASSING HENDRICK THE MEDICAL USE PROPERTY.

GIVEN THE CURRENT ZONINGS YOU HEAR ME TALK SOMETIMES ABOUT TRANSITIONAL ZONINGS? THAT IS WHERE YOU GO FROM A HIGHER INTENSE USE DOWN TO SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH IS OUR LEAST INTENSE USE.

AND IN BETWEEN, A TRANSITIONAL ZONING IS APPROPRIATE.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS WE CONSIDER MD A TRANSITIONAL USE.

IT IS A FAIRLY IT'S LESS INTENSE THAN THAN A MULTIFAMILY OR SOME OTHER TRANSITIONAL USES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO WE DO LIKE STAFF AND P AND Z. WE ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING.

AT THIS LOCATION, WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN. MR. TAYLOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION BY COUNSEL? I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. OH, SOMEBODY BEAT ME. SHAYNE. BEAT ME.

[00:50:04]

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL YESES, MOTION CARRIES.

I'LL MOVE TO ITEM 15. I'LL ASK EMILY CRAWFORD, CITY MANAGER, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

[15. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on the Creation of the City of Abilene Reinvestment Zone No. RZ25-1 Being Approximately 614.91 Acres (Emily Crawford)]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER R 25 ONE BEING APPROXIMATELY 615 ACRES. SO TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT LAST YEAR, IN JUNE OF 2024, THE COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY OF ABILENE TO BECOME ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENTS, AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT AND TAX ABATEMENT ACT.

IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL ALSO ADOPTED A TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINE WITH CRITERIA.

SO TODAY WE ARE BRINGING BEFORE YOU REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER RZ 25 ONE.

IT IS 614.91 ACRES. THE LAND IS LOCATED INSIDE TAYLOR COUNTY AND IS BOTH INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND WITHIN THE CITY'S ETJ. THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE DOES MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CREATION OF A REINVESTMENT ZONE AS SET FORTH BY TEXAS TAX CODE CHAPTER 312, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF ABILENE'S OWN RESOLUTION.

THE PURPOSE OF A REINVESTMENT ZONE IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RETENTION AND EXPANSION OF EMPLOYMENT, ATTRACT MAJOR INVESTMENT, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.

THIS IS A MAP AND HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IS THE APPROXIMATELY 615 ACRES IN THE REINVESTMENT ZONE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS SURROUNDING THE EXISTING REINVESTMENT ZONE, WHICH IS THE LANCOME CAMPUS.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS OF MISS CRAWFORD? THANK YOU.

THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 15.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SAMUEL GARCIA. OKAY, SO THIS IS APPARENTLY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT LAND, YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND YOUR REINVESTMENT ZONE TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE TAX ABATEMENTS.

AND THAT JUST SHOWS ME THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN THIS PATH.

WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ANYBODY ELSE AS TO WHAT WE THINK OF THE CITIZENS.

BUT I GUESS YOU KNOW BETTER. YOU ALL ARE THE BRILLIANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT DON'T EVEN.

YOU DON'T EVEN I. IT WAS AMAZING TO ME THAT YOU JUST WENT THROUGH WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH IN THE PREVIOUS THING.

AND I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SAID I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED AT LEAST.

HERE'S SOME DISCUSSION. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU COME BACK AND YOU SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT OUR ORDINANCE SAYS, THIS IS THE WAY YOU HAVE TO ZONE IT. YOU HAVE TO DO ALL THAT. AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION FOR THE EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST DOING IT TO MAKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT SHOW UP ON A, ON A THURSDAY MORNING AT A TIME WHEN A LOT OF US SHOULD BE AT WORK TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST EXPAND THIS MORE IF IT'S IF IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S MORE EXPANSION COMING, WHATEVER THAT IS, AND THAT THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE MORE OF THIS GOING ON.

AND EVERYBODY SAYS, WELL, YEAH, THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. WE'RE LETTING MAKING MONEY, BE IT A TAX BASE OR BE IT AI THAT'S GOING TO ELIMINATE JOBS DOWN THE ROAD FOR PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SAYS, SAMMY, THIS IS THE FUTURE. WE GOT TO GO THIS ROUTE. BUT WHAT PRICE ARE WE PAYING? THIS IS WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. IS WHAT PRICE ARE WE PAYING AS CITIZENS THAT GROW UP IN SMALL, RURAL TEXAS? THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM. I'M SMALL, RURAL TEXAS.

I MOVED TO ABILENE IN 2000, AND I THOUGHT I WAS MOVING TO THE BIG CITY WHEN I LEARNED ABILENE IS JUST A BIG, BIG, SMALL TOWN AS ALL IT IS. BUT WE ARE NO LONGER HAVING THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN RURAL TEXAS BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

FOR WHOSE BENEFIT? FOR THE CITIZENS EVERY DAY WORKING HARD, WORKING CITIZENS EVERY DAY? NO, NO, THIS IS GOING TO THE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS, THE ORACLES OF THE WORLD THAT ARE LOOKING TO MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THOSE PEOPLE DO NOT LIVE HERE. THOSE PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS HAVING.

AND IF I SOUND LIKE THIS, THIS, THIS PERSON THAT'S JUST LOST IT, GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT I DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY.

GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT WHOSE WHOSE NEIGHBOR JUST MOVED IN AND SHE WENT OVER TO GREET HIM.

A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LIVES IN A RENT HOUSE. SHE WENT OVER TO GREET HIM HERE IN ABILENE AND GOT TO TALKING TO HIM, AND HE SAID, YEAH, I'M PAYING $1,500 A MONTH RENT FOR A LITTLE THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOUSE.

I'VE GOT TWO ROOMMATES AND THEY EACH PAY 1500, $4,500.

SO I'M GOING, WOW, THIS IS INCREDIBLE. AND HE SAYS, WELL, SAMMY, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

[00:55:02]

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A RIGHT. NO, NO, NO, IT STARTS HERE.

AND YOU'RE NOT DEMONSTRATING THAT. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR THE FOR THE WAY THAT WE LIVE EVERY DAY.

AND IF YOU TELL IF I HEAR ONE MORE TIME FROM PEOPLE, IT'S JUST A SHORT TERM THING.

WELL, YEAH. YEAH. THE IDEA THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A LONG TERM DEAL, I'M GOING WHERE ARE THE BENEFITS TO THE EVERYDAY, HARD WORKING BABYLONIANS? AND YOU'LL APPROVE THIS? YOU WON'T. IT'LL BE AN UNOPPOSED VOTE. BUT AND YOU'LL HAVE ALMOST ZERO DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WAS THAT TAMMY FOGEL, RESIDENT.

I TRIED TO SAVE YOUR VOICE A LITTLE BIT. MAYOR. SO I JUST DOUBLE CHECKED AGAIN.

STILL NO ACCESS ON MY PHONE TO THE MINUTES OR AGENDAS FOR THE BOARD MEETING THAT HAPPENED IN JULY.

AGAIN, I KNOW MOST OF IT HAPPENS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THERE'S NOT EVEN A DOCUMENT THAT I CAN GO BACK AND VERIFY WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THERE.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE FIX THIS PROBLEM? I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME. I ACTUALLY HAD SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS HAPPEN TO ME IN THIS MONTH, AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL CHANGE, BUT IT'S TAKEN AWAY SOME OF MY ATTENTION FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING HERE. AND SO IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY SHOWING WHEN I FEEL A LITTLE OUT OF THE LOOP, BECAUSE I CAN'T DEVOTE 40 HOURS A WEEK TO THIS, LIKE IS REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. AND IF THE TWO OF US AGREE ON SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF A DAY WHERE YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GO, WHOA, THAT'S THAT'S A, THAT'S A SERIOUS, A SERIOUS CONCERN BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE ON MUCH.

BUT IF WE AGREE ON SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD TAKE NOTICE.

I DID MENTION IT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE I FORGOT.

BUT THERE WERE THREE ITEMS THAT ANNEXING 200 ACRES OF LAND LATENCY AND PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.

WHY THAT WASN'T BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IN A DISCUSSION FORMAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS US.

IT SHOULDN'T BE PASSED THROUGH. OH. THAT'S AN ORDINANCE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT TIME. SO SEE, I, I GET CAUGHT UP SOMETIMES.

SO THAT'LL BE MENTIONED NEXT TIME. SO WE ARE ANNEXING 200 ACRES.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT'S RENEWABLE FOR FIVE YEARS.

SO IN FIVE YEARS, IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THIS, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN. AND.

YES. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT IS. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A LONG TERM INVESTMENT.

THE OTHER ABATEMENTS, LIKE 20 YEARS. AND SO AGAIN, THE LACK OF TRAINS, WHEN I SAY LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, I'M NOT SAYING, OH, YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM US.

YOU'RE TRYING TO BE MALICIOUS AND INTENTIONALLY HIDE IT FROM US. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY BECAUSE YOU ALL ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND IF YOU CAME INTO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SAYING, HEY, LISTEN, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, LET'S NOT PRETEND LIKE WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITHOUT THEM. LET'S INCLUDE THEM IN THE CONVERSATION. THEN I THINK YOU WOULD RUN MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. AND I KNOW THEM TO THE WHITE NOISE POINT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START SAYING SOMETHING AT EVERY COMMENT.

I KNOW YOU START GETTING NOT HEARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK BECAUSE PRESENTATIONS AREN'T REALLY MADE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT I MESSED UP AND SAW THAT THAT WAS AN ORDINANCE. SO THAT NEXT WEEK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT, WHICH WILL BE GOOD. I MEAN, ANY INFORMATION IS HELPFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN LEARN TO TRUST YOU.

BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, HE GOES, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING ANYTHING NECESSARILY WRONG. IT'S JUST THAT WE DON'T HAVE A TRUST ESTABLISHED TO TRUST THAT WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING, WE CAN GO, YEAH, THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND SO THE MORE YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF CRUMBS TO DO THAT, THEN THE LESS ANXIETY WE HAVE WHEN WE HEAR DECISIONS BEING MADE AND WE'RE LIKE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, IT'S LIKE, OH, BUT WE CAN TRUST THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF US. WE'RE TALKING THEY'RE TALKING TO US. WHEN WE COME TO MEETINGS, THEY'RE DOING THINGS THAT HELP US MAKE SURE WE'RE INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE YOU DO REPRESENT US, THE CITIZENS. YOU DO NOT MAKE DECISIONS. YOU MAKE DECISIONS FOR US, BUT YOU MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT OUR CITIZENS, THE CITIZENS IN ABILENE, WANT. AND WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THAT BY ESTABLISHING TRUST.

SO I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND I DON'T LIKE TO GET FRUSTRATED VERY OFTEN, BECAUSE I DO KNOW Y'ALL ARE DOING SOMEWHAT THE BEST YOU CAN. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

AND THAT'S IT. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15? SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD. MAYOR, IF I MAY MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THIS IS NOT PART OF THE TOURS.

THAT IS A THAT IS A DIFFERENT INVESTMENT ZONE.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S COMING BEFORE A PUBLIC BODY.

THANK YOU. SO MOVED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BEARD FOR DISCUSSION.

READY TO VOTE. YESES. MOTION CARRIES. SERIOUS.

BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING ABOUT THE CITY TAKING OVER THE PARADE.

AND I WANT TO SEND OUT YOU KNOW, TO TO MARY AND KATE AND HER TEAM AND ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CITY.

WE HAD A LOT OF OF OUR STAFF THAT VOLUNTEERED ON THEIR TIME TO RUN THIS PARADE THIS YEAR, AND WE ARE DEEPLY THANKFUL FOR A SUCCESSFUL PARADE THAT TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THE SHORTENING OF THE PARADE WAS INTENTIONAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO GET EVERYONE HOME ON A WEEKNIGHT SAFE.

I'M JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE OF STAFF AND EVERYONE, ALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED OUR PARADE BE VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.

[01:00:07]

IT IS NOW 9:30 A.M.. WE RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SECTION 551.072 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.

SECTION 551.073 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS.

SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551.076 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES.

SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT BUSINESS PROSPECTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS NOW 1013. WE RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION.

[RECONVENE]

NO VOTES OR ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 17. I'LL ASK EMILY CRAWFORD, CITY MANAGER, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

[17. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving Tax Abatement Agreement and Second Tax Abatement Agreement with Lancium LLC and Abilene DC 9, LLC (Phase 9), Tax Abatement Agreement and Second Tax Abatement Agreement with Lancium LLC and Abilene DC 10, LLC (Phase 10), and Tax Abatement Agreement and Second Tax Abatement Agreement with Lancium LLC and Abilene DC TPP, LLC (Electricity Generation Plant). (Emily Crawford)]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU TODAY IS CONSIDERATION OF THREE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS.

THIS IS WITH AN EXPANSION OF THE LANSING DATA CENTER PROJECT.

IT INCLUDES PHASE NINE, WHICH IS ONE DATA CENTER BUILDING, PHASE TEN, WHICH IS A SECOND DATA CENTER BUILDING AS WELL AS AN ELECTRIC GENERATION PLANT. SO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE 210 YEAR ABATEMENTS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE TERMS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE FOR YOU.

PHASE NINE, WHICH IS A MINIMUM OF A 100,000 SQUARE FOOT DATA CENTER FACILITY, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED BY JUNE OF 2028. IT WILL HAVE A MINIMUM TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE OF $200 MILLION.

THE MINIMUM EXPENDITURE BY THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IS $350 MILLION, WITH A TARGET OF 500 MILLION.

THERE IS A COMMITMENT FOR A MINIMUM OF 50 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.

THE FIRST TEN YEAR TAX ABATEMENT IS A 75% TAX ABATEMENT.

THIS IS LESS THAN THE PRIOR ABATEMENT THAT WE DID PROVIDE FOR BUILDINGS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.

THERE IS A SECOND TEN YEAR TAX ABATEMENT, ALSO OF 75%.

HOWEVER, KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT SECOND ABATEMENT ONLY APPLIES TO NEW CONSTRUCTION OR NEW IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THE FIRST TEN YEARS.

THESE TERMS ARE THE EXACT SAME FOR PHASE TEN, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER DATA CENTER FACILITY.

I WILL NOT REPEAT THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME.

THE THIRD PROJECT IN THIS EXPANSION IS A GAS TURBINE POWERED ELECTRICITY GENERATION PLANT.

IT WILL BE COMPLETED BY JUNE OF 2028. IT HAS A MINIMUM ASSESSED VALUE OF 200 MILLION.

HOWEVER, THE THE INVESTMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE A MINIMUM OF 350 MILLION WITH A TARGETED INVESTMENT OF 500 MILLION. THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY WILL HAVE A MINIMUM OF 22 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS.

IT ALSO HAS THE 210 YEAR ABATEMENTS OF 75% EACH.

SO IN TOTAL, THIS EXPANSION PROJECT COVERS 340 ACRES.

THE MINIMUM ASSESSED TAXABLE VALUE IN WHOLE WILL BE ABOUT 600 MILLION.

IT WILL CREATE A MINIMUM OF 122 FULL TIME JOBS, WITH A COMMITMENT OF A BASE WAGE OF AT LEAST 57,600.

WHEN YOU INCLUDE BENEFITS, THAT BECOMES A TOTAL PACKAGE OF ABOUT 72,000 PER YEAR PER EMPLOYEE.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ADHERE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AND ANY ASSIGNMENT OF THE ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

IF YOU RECALL, WE DID HAVE ASSIGNMENTS OF BUILDINGS ONE THROUGH EIGHT WHEN THOSE TENANTS WERE CONFIRMED.

SO THAT IS POSSIBLE. THAT WILL COME BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ABATEMENT AGREEMENT. MISS CRAWFORD, THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST? ITEM 17.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION IN A SECOND.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BEARD.

SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. FURTHER DISCUSSION.

READY TO VOTE. YESES. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 18, WHICH IS THE

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APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

[18. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Take Action on Appointing Members to Various Boards and Commissions per the City Charter (Shawna Atkinson) • Abilene Housing Authority • Airport Development Board • Board of Building Standards]

ABILENE HOUSING AUTHORITY OUT OF. HOW DID WE SAY HER LAST NAME? ANTONIA PANTOJA ADA. I KNOW WHO SHE IS. I'M SORRY.

I'M BUTCHERING HER NAME. ADA PANTOJA. THANK YOU.

AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD, NANCY LYLES, TRAVIS REES, BOARD OF BUILDING STANDARDS LLOYD TURNER AND DAVID BROSIG.

AND I WILL APOLOGIZE TO HER PERSONALLY. SO I'LL TAKE A I WOULD OFFER EXCUSE ME.

AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I DON'T FEEL WELL. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT. I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION IN A SECOND MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER. SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN YATES. FURTHER DISCUSSION.

READY TO VOTE. ALL YESES. MOTION CARRIES. MOTION CARRIES.

IT IS NOW 10:18 A.M.. AND THIS MEETING OF THE ABILENE CITY COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Dec 04, 2025 City Council

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