RIGHT, GUYS, YOU READY? THEY ARE. YEAH, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE TWINS. TWINS? DID NOT
[I. Call to order]
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KNOW THAT. CALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO TO ORDER ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026 AT 6:02 P.M. IF YOU'LL CALL, ROLL, PLEASE. MAYOR HENDRICKS. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM. STOKER.HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MITCHELL. HERE. MAYOR. PRO TEM VASQUEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. CONNELL.
PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. HANEY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON IS ABSENT. MAYOR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR JOHN HENDRICKS. ROY, THERE YOU ARE. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION. LET US PRAY. FATHER, WE COME TO YOU AS A COMMUNITY, NOT AS INDIVIDUALS. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AS WE MEET, AS YOU ARE IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN YOU. GRANT US THAT SAME SPIRIT OF UNITY. HELP US TO VALUE EACH OTHER, TO LISTEN WELL, AND TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE YOUR HANDS AND FEET. STRENGTHEN US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT REFLECT YOUR LOVE, TRUTH, AND JUSTICE. WHEN WE ARE WEAK, BE OUR STRENGTH. WE TRUST YOU WITH THE OUTCOMES. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR JOHN, YOU'RE STANDING. PLEASE. I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OH, YOU'RE YOU'RE UP. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AFTER THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE BE SEATED.
HE TRICKED YOU THERE. NOW WHAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY PROCLAMATIONS? NO, SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN
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COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. NUMBER SIX HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES AND THE ISSUES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF SO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONNELL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HANEY? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S GO TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER[VII. Regular]
SEVEN. NUMBER EIGHT A RESOLUTION. CONSIDER RESOLUTION FOR SUPPORT FOR AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE 2026 COMPETITIVE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM FOR THE HALLMARK TOWER, FORMERLY KNOWN AS LINCOLN TOWERS. AARON.THANK YOU. MAYOR. YES, SIR. THIS IS JUST A AGAIN, JUST A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS THE FORMER LINCOLN TOWER. THE LINCOLN TOWER. I GUESS IT WAS A RETIREMENT HOME, I GUESS, OR I DON'T THINK IT WAS A ASSISTED LIVING. BUT ANYWAY, WE ALL KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. THERE'S A DEVELOPER WHO'S VERY INTERESTED IN MOVING THIS FORWARD. IN FACT, CURRENTLY THEY'VE THEY'VE THEY HAVE A DEMO PERMIT IN PLACE. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY DEMOING OVER THERE GETTING READY FOR THE PROJECT. AND SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OBVIOUSLY IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT. AND I RECOMMEND THAT WE THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THAT SUPPORT LETTER. THANK YOU SIR.
GENTLEMEN IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO KNOCK IT DOWN COMPLETELY. NO SIR. THIS WOOD THEY'RE DEMOING I SHOULD CLARIFY. THEY'RE BASICALLY DEMOING OUT THE INSIDE OF IT. SO THEY'RE RENOVATING. YES, SIR. SO RENOVATION GETTING GETTING PREPPED FOR RENOVATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PROJECT? YES, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? NO. WE HAD CORRESPONDED A LITTLE BIT, AND I BELIEVE. AND I WAS JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I SAW. AND COME TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. YEAH, I JUST I WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT. I MAY WANT TO MOVE THERE. DO I QUALIFY? MY NAME IS GLENN LYNCH. GLENN. I PARTNERED WITH BOBBY COX AND AND WE BOUGHT THE LINCOLN CAR HERE BACK IN MAY. AND LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD DO IT AND BUT WE DON'T I MEAN, IT'S IT'S IT GOT ORIGINALLY REDEVELOPED ABOUT 96 OR SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS HONESTLY NOT REAL WELL DONE AND HAD A BUNCH OF DROP CEILINGS AND YOU GOT THE PROBLEM. SO WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO IS AND I'LL HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURE WE'LL WIN THIS ROUND BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF SITTING IN SECOND PLACE. WE'RE ONLY GOING TO AWARD ONE. THERE'S ONE DOWN IN SAN ANGELO THAT'S AHEAD OF US. BUT IF IT IF IT ISN'T, WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. WHAT ALL WE HAVE PLANNED IS THAT IS TO TURN THAT INTO LIKE 96 UNITS. AND OF THOSE OVER IN WHAT WE CALL THE
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CABANA, THAT WOULD ALL BE ONE BEDROOMS. THE TOWER WOULD HAVE NINE, TWO BEDROOMS AND A BUNCH OF EFFICIENCY UNITS THAT WE WOULD I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOTALLY REDOING IT, MAKING ALL THE BATHROOMS TOTALLY HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE, MAKING NEW NEW FLOORING. RAISE THE CEILINGS UP. RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOME DROP CEILINGS IN THERE WITH ALL THOSE OLD CEILINGS OUT. PUT IT BACK UP AND PUT THE SOUND STUFF IN AND MAKE IT REAL NICE. AS FAR AS THESE ARE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, THIS IS FOR ELDERLY, WHICH MEANS THAT LIKE 30% OF A BUNCH OF THE UNITS WOULD BE FOR 30% TO 80% RANGE, AVERAGING 60% INCOME FOR THE LIMITATION WOULD BE THAT THERE'D BE A LOT OF THEM 30. SO IT'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT'S JUST ON SOCIAL SECURITY CAN'T NORMALLY AFFORD, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE. IF THEY'RE SITTING THERE GOING 1500 A MONTH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PAY RENT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NICE. MYSELF AND BOBBY BOTH DEVELOPED ABOUT 5000 UNITS OF UNITS OVER THE YEARS, AND WE ALWAYS DO THEM LIKE SOMETHING WE LIVE IN. THAT'S WE MAKE THEM REALLY NICE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRANITE COUNTERTOPS AND NICE. I MEAN, JUST REALLY NICE UNITS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND THE WAY IT WAS DONE, IT WASN'T REALLY EVER DONE RIGHT. SO WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS PUTTING KITCHENS IN THEM, STACKABLE WASHER AND DRYER IN EVERY UNIT SO THE PERSON COULD ACTUALLY LIVE INDIVIDUALLY IN THERE. IF WE DON'T GET IT THIS YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY BE BACK NEXT YEAR. IT GOES IN JANUARY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PROBABLY DO SOMETHING ELSE AT THE BOTTOM FLOOR. I'M GOING TO START WORKING ON IT AND REDOING IT. I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO, IF Y'ALL KNOW, PROBABLY THE WALL STREET BAR AND GRILL OVER IN MIDLAND, A GUY NAMED MIKE MAHAN, HE ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE THAT RAN THAT FIRST 6 OR 7 YEARS, AND HE MOVED TO FORT WORTH OR LIVED IN FORT WORTH, ACTUALLY CAME OUT HERE FOR SIX YEARS WHEN HE FIRST OPENED THAT UP. AND THEN HE OPENED UP ONE CALLED MAX, AND BOBBY AND I GO THERE TO EAT PROBABLY ONCE A WEEK, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD FOOD. AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO HIM. HE ACTUALLY KIND OF SOLD IT AND GOT OFF INTO ANOTHER BUSINESS. AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT 3 OR 4 WEEKS AGO AND SAID, HEY, I'VE GOT THIS DEAL DOWNTOWN ODESSA THAT I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT PUTTING IN A RESTAURANT THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE WHERE PEOPLE GO HAVE LUNCH, SIT DOWN AND AND CONVERSE, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK HE'S ALL ON BOARD WITH THAT. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PUSH TO GET THAT DONE EVEN IF I DON'T GET THIS ROUND AND COME IN NEXT YEAR. AND I REALLY WOULD HAVE RATHER DONE IT AS A FAMILY UNIT, BECAUSE IN A FAMILY UNIT I COULD AT LEAST TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS, THE NURSE PRACTITIONERS, IT'S GOING TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THERE'S A FAMILY DEAL THAT WAS DONE OUT ON EIGHTH STREET OR SOMETHING, AND YOU CAN'T DO ONE WITHIN. IT'S WITHIN THREE MILES. YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT ONE. IT'S NEVER GOT DONE. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS I COULD COME BACK NEXT YEAR AS A FAMILY DEAL. AND IF I DO THAT, IT WOULD REALLY IT REALLY HELPED THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'D BE SOME WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR THE NURSE PRACTITIONERS OUT THERE. BUT EITHER WAY, IT'D BE REALLY GOOD. I MEAN, AND AND WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER. YEAH. GLENN, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, BESIDES THE RESOLUTION, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO HELP? I MEAN, CAUSE OUR CONGRESSMAN. WHAT WHAT'S THE PROCESS? I'M SURE IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT. I MEAN, FEDERAL, THE PDCA. THERE'S TWO ROUNDS. THERE'S 4% BOND ROUND THAT'S OPEN DURING THE YEAR, BUT YOU DON'T GET IN THERE AS MUCH MONEY. THERE'S A 9%, WHICH IS A VERY COMPETITIVE ROUND. IT'S KIND OF UNBELIEVABLE. SAN ANGELO, THE CITIES THAT ARE IN THERE, BIG CITIES THAT ARE IN THAT ARE GOING TO BE SAN ANGELO, MIDLAND AND ODESSA. SAN ANGELO, FOR SOME REASON GETS THESE ALMOST EVERY YEAR. I MEAN, THEY THEY REALLY WIN THE LION'S SHARE OF THEM. THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO AND THEY HAVE LIKE A TIEBREAKER. SO WE'RE IN THAT TIEBREAKER WORD ABOUT 2000FT. THEY FOUND THE PLACE DOWN THERE. THAT WAS AN OLD ONE. AND YOU CAN QUALIFY ANYTHING OVER 50 YEARS QUALIFIES FOR HISTORIC. SO I'VE ALREADY GOT IT GOING TO QUALIFY FOR HISTORIC. WHICH MEANS THAT WE MOVE UP TWO POINTS AND GET AS MANY POINTS AS YOU CAN, BUT THEY'VE GOT A 1950 SOMETHING JUST REGULAR APARTMENT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, BUILT IN THE 50S THAT ALSO THEY HAVE ABOUT A 900 FOOT TIE BREAKER. SO THEY'RE AHEAD OF US. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WIN NEXT YEAR. WHAT I COULD DO, AND I DIDN'T KNOW I ACTUALLY SAW JOHN HERE EARLIER. I COULD GET A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM BROOKS, HIS SON, THE REPRESENTATIVE, THAT WOULD HELP ME. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S JUST PRETTY COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW? SO BUT BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. AND AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, IF Y'ALL KNOW BOBBY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ME. I LIVED OUT HERE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS TOO. BUT IF YOU KNOW BOBBY, HE DOES EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE BUILT VENTANA GARDENS FOR[00:10:01]
HIM AND THEIR GARDENS OVER IN MIDLAND, AND. AND IF WE DO THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE CAN PUT OUR NAME ON, BE PROUD OF, AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO BUILD IT AND FLIP IT. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IT. AND WE'LL BE HERE FOR A LOT OF YEARS, IF NOT YEARS AND ALL THOSE. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION. THE ONLY THING STOPPING THE PROJECT IS THE THE CREDIT. IT'S WHAT IT IS. THE TAX CREDIT IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT RIGHT. THEY AWARD THOSE BASED ON POPULATION. I USED TO DO A LOT OF THEM BACK IN THE 2000. AND BACK THEN IT WAS $25 MILLION WORTH. NOW THERE'S ABOUT $100 MILLION WORTH, BUT THEY GIVE IT TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. SO THEY HAVE IT DIVIDED UP, THIS DISTRICT 12, I THINK. AND SO THIS DISTRICT GETS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION, THAT 1.3 MILLION WORTH OF CREDITS. AND YOU CAN GO UP TO 2 MILLION. YOU CAN APPLY FOR IT, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE APPLIED FOR. AND YOU GET A $2 MILLION WORTH OF CREDITS. YOU GET THOSE EVERY YEAR FOR TEN YEARS. SO YOU ACTUALLY GET $20 MILLION FOR THEN I WOULD TAKE THAT $20 MILLION WORTH OF CREDITS. I WOULD GO SELL IT TO AN INVESTOR LIKE A CHASE BANK OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY WOULD GIVE ME LIKE PROBABLY 80, $0.85 ON THE DOLLAR. SO I GET LIKE 16 MILLION. I TAKE THAT 16 MILLION WITH A SMALL LOAN, AND THEN I CAN GO IN AND REALLY PICK SOMETHING UP REAL NICE AND STILL HAVE REALLY GOOD AFFORDABLE RENTS AND OTHERWISE. TO MAKE THAT NICE, YOU HAVE TO PUT SO MUCH MONEY IN IT, YOU ALMOST NEED THIS BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU DO WHAT THEY DID. YOU JUST PUT IN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LIPSTICK ON A PIG. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE REALLY WANT. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WE WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING WHERE YOU GO IN THERE AND BE REALLY NICE. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. I THINK THE OTHER BIT OF CONCERN I'VE READ IS FOR ELVIS'S PIANO, SO IF WE CAN SAVE THAT, APPARENTLY IT'S STILL IN THERE SOMEWHERE. SO IS IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PLAYED IT OR NOT. SOMEBODY WILL SAY IT AGAIN. SOME PEOPLE SAY IT IN, BUT I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING. I KNOW. WELL, ALRIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR GLENN? THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT GENTLEMEN, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'D CALL FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMAN.IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONDELL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH SPEED LIMITS ON AND PROHIBITED PARKING ZONES. JOSEPH GOUGH, COME ON IN, SIR. THE FIRST ONE HERE IS JOE. DID YOU TURN THAT MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE? THANK YOU. TEST. GOT IT. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS PROHIBITING PARKING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 TO 5 ON SCHOOL DAYS ONLY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON 10TH STREET BETWEEN SAM HOUSTON AND LEE STREET. OKAY. IS THAT BECAUSE SCHOOL ISSUES, SAFETY, SAFETY? THEIR PARKING WHERE THE ON THE MAP RIGHT THERE. RIGHT. AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE PARKING IT'S CAUSING THE TRAFFIC TO GO ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS SO UCISD POLICE WILL ENFORCE THIS DURING SCHOOL HOURS AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE THEM UP ONE BY ONE JUST SO WE CAN ASK ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE OKAY. THE NEXT ONE. WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE A SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION FROM 50 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ON FAUDREE RIGHT OF WAY SERVICE ROAD FROM 191 TO AMY ROAD. SO THAT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY UP PAST THE NEW SPORTS COMPLEX TO WHERE IT WOULD TERMINATE RIGHT THERE. ANYBODY ANY QUESTIONS? NO. DURING CONSTRUCTION, HE WAS SET AT 30. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY.
AND THEN CLOSING PROHIBITED PARKING ON EAST RIDGE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, 150FT WEST OF THE MIDPOINT OF STONY RIDGE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT FIVE PARKING SPACES FROM THOSE APARTMENTS. MY ONLY QUESTION IS THAT ENOUGH? BECAUSE I'VE TRAVELED THAT ROAD QUITE FREQUENTLY. IT IS SO HARD TO SEE. WELL, I WENT OUT THERE AND TESTED IT SEVERAL TIMES, AND I PUT A CONE, CAME UP, TALKED OR LOOKED, AND THEN BACKED UP FURTHER. I WENT THE THE MORE I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, THIS DISTANCE, IS THERE CONSIDERATION OF JUST KIND OF ADMITTING DEFEAT AND LETTING THEM PARK BACK ON STONY RIDGE? THAT HASN'T BEEN TALKED YET ABOUT IT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT PUTTING IT BACK OR, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING ABOUT OVER BY MY MOTHER'S HOUSE WHERE THEY RESTRIPED OAKWOOD DOWN AND
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GAVE A PARKING LANE. BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS ON EAST RIDGE RIGHT THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHIFTING THE TRAFFIC OVER TO GIVE A DEDICATED PARKING LANE, BECAUSE I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT THE CARS ARE GETTING HIT COMING AROUND THERE. THE LANES ARE TOO SMALL. THERE IS A TURN LANE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF EAST RIDGE RIGHT THERE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO TURN INTO. SO RESTRIPING IT TO EITHER SQUEEZE THE LANES, CALM THE TRAFFIC DOWN. I JUST SOMETHING ABOUT ALL OF THIS HAS ALWAYS FELT LIKE THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER SOLUTION THAN THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST PUTTING JUST LIKE IT IS ON OAKWOOD, WHERE YOU HAVE NOW. IT WAS A FOUR LANE, TWO LANES OF TRAVEL AND ONE TURN LANE. WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IT'S BUMPER TO BUMPER, TWO LANES, TURN 7 TO 9 AND 3 TO 6. IT'S JUST IT'S CROWDED. IT'S JUST JUST IT'S HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA. I CAN DO A STUDY IN THAT AREA. TRAFFIC STUDY. RIGHT. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT MOVING THE CARS OFF OF STONY RIDGE ONTO EAST RIDGE WAS THE. SO THE QUESTION NOW IT SEEMS, IS IS THERE A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT WITH CARS PARKING ON STONY RIDGE NOW THAT THERE'S A NO PARKING ON EAST RIDGE? IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? I FEEL LIKE THE THE ARGUMENT WAS MOVE THEM OFF STONY RIDGE. WELL, THEN THEY ALL MOVED OVER TO EAST RIDGE AND NOW IT'S LIKE, WELL, NOW THAT THEY'RE ALL ON EAST RIDGE, WE GOT TO MOVE THEM BACK DOWN EAST RIDGE. BUT WE'VE GOT MORE WRECKS, MORE PROBLEMS. THE THE OVERARCHING ARGUMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS COMPLEX JUST WASN'T BUILT FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.AND THEY SPILL OUT INTO THE STREETS AND THEY BRING THE WORK TRUCK HOME. AND THE IT JUST YOU'VE GOT TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS CORNER, AND THAT'S NOT OUR FAULT. BUT WE'RE KIND OF LEFT PICKING UP THE PIECES HERE. AND SO WHAT'S THE APARTMENT COMPLEX? AND EACH RESIDENT HAS TWO PARKING RIGHT SPOTS. RIGHT. BUT THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE APARTMENTS, AND TWO OF THEM HAVE WORK TRUCKS THAT THEY BRING HOME. AND. WELL, IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM ABOUT TO WHERE THIS BLACK ENDS. RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN'T SEE THEM FROM STONY WITH THOSE TRUCKS THERE. IF YOU YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE CRAIG BELOW THAT WHERE IT'S BLACK RIGHT. NOW OPEN THAT BACK UP FOR THE. YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT FIVE SPACES. YOU'RE LOSING THAT FIVE SPACES BECAUSE IT GOES PRETTY FAR SOUTH FROM THAT. AND THEN I'D SAY THE BLACK THAT'S JUST THE APPROXIMATION. YOU KNOW, JUST YOU GOT TO CLEAR IT SOME BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE.
YES SIR. IT'S A SIGHT DISTANCE PROBLEM FOR SURE. TRAFFIC ON EAST RIDGE PROBABLY GOES A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN YOU'RE ON IT. IT DOES. NOT ME, OF COURSE, I WOULD NEVER DO THAT. BUT THOSE OTHER DRIVERS. YOU'VE GOT YOUR NAME PLASTERED ON THE SIDE OF YOUR TRUCK. YOU CAN'T. YOU GOT THEM BIG HORNS ON THE FRONT OF IT. BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING INTO THIS SAFETY STUDY AND AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND A BETTER SOLUTION ONE OF THESE DAYS TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A TERRIBLE INTERSECTION. PERIOD.
THE END. JOE. COME IN. MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, THIS IS COUNCILMAN THOMPSON IS SORRY THAT HE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE THIS IS HIS AREA OF CONCERN. THE BIGGER ISSUE WITH THIS STREET IS BECAUSE OF THE CURVE. YEAH. SO WHEN YOU GET IN THAT CURVE AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, WE'VE ALL KIND OF BEEN OUT THERE TO CHECK ON IT. YOU CAN'T SEE THE TRAFFIC. YOU CAN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE MOVING TRAFFIC AND THE PARKED VEHICLES. SO THE POINT OF THIS 150FT SHOULD HOPEFULLY ALLOW THE RESIDENTS COMING OUT OF STONY RIDGE TO BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A PARKED VEHICLE AND A TRAVELING VEHICLE ON EAST RIDGE, IS THE POINT. NOW, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE STONY RIDGE, BUT I WOULD SAY ALLOWING THEM TO COME BACK TO PARKING ON STONY RIDGE IS KIND OF THE YOUR BACK TO KIND OF THE SAME PROBLEM OF TRYING TO GET OUT AND SEE AROUND THE CARS AND KNOW WHICH TRAFFIC IS PARKED, THE PARK TRAFFIC VERSUS THE MOVING TRAFFIC. IT'S HARD TO DISTINGUISH. BUT EVEN IF YOU JUST TOOK IT FROM THAT DRIVEWAY SOUTH, THE NORTHERNMOST DRIVEWAY. YEAH, THERE'S A SECOND. THERE'S A SECOND DRIVEWAY. CORRECT. A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN FROM THAT. YOU DON'T SEE IT, RIGHT? WELL, FROM THERE TO THE DRIVEWAY. YEAH. IT'S JUST AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.
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I KNOW THAT THERE'S THESE HOUSES BEHIND ON STONY RIDGE. THEY HAVE REAR AND PARKING IN THE ALLEY. SO THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE COMING OUT OF THE ALLEY. YEAH, BUT THAT ALLEY IS SET OFF BY A CURVE. YOU'VE GOT CURB AND SIDEWALK THAT YOU DRIVE AROUND INTO. WE CAN. I THINK WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE A LOOK AT STONY RIDGE AGAIN. BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDINANCE, I MEAN, WE CERTAINLY I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA. NO, NO, NO, I AGREE, MOVE THE CARS OFF OF THIS CORNER BECAUSE YOU CANNOT TURN OUT OF THERE 100%. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO MAYBE WRITE UP SOME, OH GOSH, SOME RENDERINGS OF JUST STRIPING CONFIGURATION, DELINEATION CONFIGURATION FOR STONY RIDGE TO KIND OF RELOOK AT THAT AND AGAIN, BE HAPPY TO DO THAT OKAY. THANK YOU JOE.THANK YOU JILL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT JIM ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE. SO MOVE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VAZQUEZ TO ESTABLISH THE ORDINANCE. SPEED LIMITS, PROHIBITED PARKING. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MITCHELL? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR MY TRAFFIC LIGHT. YES, SIR. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN. CONSIDERING CONDUCT THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING LAND INTO THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO A PETITION SUBMITTED BY MIDLAND COUNTY FOR THE ANNEXATION OF A 13.46 ACRE TRACT OF LAND. AND IN RESPONSE TO A PETITION SUBMITTED BY JC INK FOR THE ANNEXATION OF 2.41 ACRE VACANT TRACT OF LAND. THIS IS WRONG. ONE SHE'S UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S SICK TODAY. OKAY, THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND THIS IS FOR AN ANNEXATION OF A TOTAL OF 15.87 ACRES OF LAND TO BE USED AS A CITY ROADWAY. WE HAVE TWO, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE TWO LANDOWNERS, ONE BEING MIDLAND COUNTY, WHICH IS. I GUESS WE'RE ANNEXING IN 13.46 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FROM THEM AND FROM JC, WHICH WOULD BE A 2.47 ACRE TRACT OF LAND. I'M NOW OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN REGARDS TO THAT ANNEXATION. GIVE ME ANY QUESTIONS. SO THAT'S CITY LIMITS. IT WILL BECOME CITY. IT WILL BE WILL BECOME OKAY. THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THIS. YEAH. SO THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT A WATER ISSUE. AND THERE'S NO WATER ISSUE WITH THIS ONE. WOULD THIS MIDWAY BOULEVARD IS SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTING WOULD BE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT REALLY TO ITS, TO ITS WEST, SPECIFICALLY THAT D.R. HORTON NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S STARTING TO DEVELOP AS WE SPEAK.
RIGHT. OKAY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. AND SO. OKAY. I'M SORRY. ARE WE WAITING ON A MOTION? ON THE MOTION. SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HANEY. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CANAL? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND ITEM NUMBER 11, CONSIDER A REQUEST BY MAVERICK ENGINEERING FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING ON LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, REDSTONE RIDGE ADDITION, CITY OF ODESSA, ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. SO THIS IS THE SCP THAT WE PRESENTED TWO WEEKS AGO IN REGARDS TO THE WORKFORCE HOUSING, BECAUSE WE DID SOME MODIFICATIONS TO IT. IT'S BACK. AND BECAUSE WE ALSO HAD ONE OBJECTION, IT'S BACK ON AS, BUT IT WILL BE THE SECOND READING, SO IT WOULD BE THE FINAL ONE. SO WHAT WE ADDED TO HERE WAS THE TWO YEAR TERM LIMITATION TO THE CONDITIONS.
AND STAFF SUPPORTS THE SCP WITH THE NEW CONDITION. SO I'M NOW OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS THIRD TIME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE 17TH TIME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAVERICK. I MEAN, ANNEXATION, I GUESS IN BENEFIT OF THE OWNER WITH A TWO YEAR TERM. IT'S PRETTY EASY TWO YEAR TERM. I THINK IT DEVOTED THAT MONEY TO THIS. AND HE HAS A TWO YEAR TERM. SO I'M JUST PRETTY SIMPLE. CORRECT. SO BASICALLY IN THOSE TWO YEARS, IF WE HAVE ANY NEW UPDATED ORDINANCE, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY. TRUE. THE SECOND ONE THAT IT COMES BACK TO YOU GUYS, IN ORDER FOR IF YOU WANT TO EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS OR WHATEVER TERM YOU WANT TO DO AT THAT TIME. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH IF WE HAVE ANY
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COMPLAINTS, IF WE HAVE, LIKE PD THAT IS SHOWING UP IN THERE, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF VIOLENCE IN THAT. OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE SEEING SOMETHING NEGATIVE, THAT'S THE TIME THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY STAFF TO BRING IT TO YOU GUYS. SO YOU GUYS ACTUALLY CAN HAVE A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE. SOUNDS LOGICAL. YEP.OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I SO MOVE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VASQUEZ. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MAYOR? REFLECT THAT. IS IT 5 TO 1? ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 12.
CONSIDER APPOINTING JENNIFER HOPGOOD AS AN ALTERNATIVE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE TO APPOINT JENNIFER HOPGOOD AS AN ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. JENNIFER, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP? EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHO YOU ARE. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU'VE SEEN HER, YOU'VE SEEN THE RESUME, AND EVERYTHING'S ATTACHED TO THE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE. HOW MANY AT THIS TIME? ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE. WITH MISS HOPGOOD. IT WILL BE FOUR. FOUR. OKAY. IS MR. STEEN STILL ON? YES, SIR. I HAD HEARD HE HAD MOVED OR SOMETHING. I OKAY, MY BAD. OKAY. JUST WELCOME. JENNIFER. I'LL NEED A MOTION FROM THE. I SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN VAZQUEZ THERE A SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. EXCUSE ME. WOW. YEAH. COUNCILMAN MITCHELL, THEY LOOK JUST ALIKE. THEY COULD BE BROTHERS. IT'S LIKE JOHN AND JAY HENDRICKS. ARE THEY JUST ALIKE? YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. WELCOME ABOARD. ALL RIGHT, NUMBER 13, CONSIDER APPOINTING A DEPUTY DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY AS AUTHORIZED BY THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. NORMA. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE CITY OF ODESSA CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, AFTER RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY SECRETARY TO APPOINT A DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY. THE DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH AND ALSO WILL STEP IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CITY SECRETARY. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR CRYSTAL TAYLOR. SHE'S OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND. CRYSTAL COMES FROM MANY YEARS OF MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE. SHE HAS OVER 11 YEARS, INCLUDING WORKING IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND WORKING IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT TWO DIFFERENT CITIES, AND ALSO AS A CITY MANAGER AS WELL. SHE COMES IN FROM THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND SHE PROVIDES EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND I THINK SHE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. AS DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU. NORMA. GENTLEMEN. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, I AGREE. MAKE THE MOTION. GET HER ON. LET'S GO. IS THAT A MOTION? THAT'S A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN STOKER. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MITCHELL? I'LL GET HIS NAME RIGHT THIS TIME. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION UNANIMOUS. THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES. DOWN 14. HERE WE GO. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 .101, CITY COUNCIL HOLDS EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AS PERMITTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTION OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. SUBSECTION A, SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 105, THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, TO CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY AND LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION AND SETTLEMENT PENDING LITIGATION. STYLED ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ SEGOVIA AND VIRGINIA SEGOVIA VERSUS ODESSA AND 358 JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS. SUBSECTION B RECONVENE INTO PUBLIC AND OPEN SESSION TO TAKE ACTION AS APPROPRIATE, AND THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION AND SETTLEMENT. OPINION LITIGATION, STYLED SEGOVIA AND SEGOVIA VERSUS ODESSA. I'LL NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VAZQUEZ THERE A SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE FOR THAT'S THAT'S TRUE I WROTE IT DOWN. DID HE STILL AGREE WITH ME. ARE YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. BACK IN SESSION. OH. I NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, MR. MAYOR, I SO MOVE THAT WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VAZQUEZ. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN STOKER? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD AT 6:55 P.M.
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NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT FOR THE SOKOVIA CASE. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MITCHELL? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION IS UNANIMOUS. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN, MR. MAYOR. MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WE'RE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.