City Council - Regular Meeting

It is 6, excuse me, it is 6.30 and we're calling to order our Elgin City Council meeting May 19th, 2026. And we'll begin with our roll call with Council Member St. Pierre. St. Pierre here. Mayfield here.

Quim here.

Pena here. McShann here. Kesnovsky here.

Gibson here. Silva here.

Love here.

And we will have our invocation by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Love.

All right, if we can bow our heads. Heavenly Father, we come before you today with humble hearts, asking for wisdom and unity as we serve our community. Guide us to deliberate effectively and with integrity, always placing the needs of our city above our personal agendas, our pride, and over division. even in the midst of disagreements and differing perspectives, help us to respectfully listen, to learn, speak with respect and truth, and to work together in one accord for the greater good of all the people we represent. Let our decisions be rooted in fairness, transparency, and genuine desire to see our city prosper and succeed. Grant us clarity to lead with courage, compassion, and accountability so that every action taken reflects the service over self prejudice and progress over self conflict. May our focus remain steadfast on building a stronger and safer Elgin and a more united community for our present and future generations. Amen.

amen stand for the pledge of 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

one and indivisible.

We'll now go into our public hearing. The first public hearing on an ordinance granting a specific use permit for operation of a gymnasium on a parcel of land known by Bastrop County Appraisal District as parcel 8720493, Shaholi Estates, lot four, acres 1.220, City of Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, and providing for a savings clause and repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions.

Mr. Perry, do you have anything to, we didn't have anybody sign up?

Okay, it's 6.32, 6.33, and that public hearing is closed. The next public hearing is on an ordinance amending the official zoning map of the city of Elgin, Texas adopted in chapter 46, section 46-3 revised code of the ordinance of the city of Elgin, Texas 2013 and making this amendment a part of said zoning map to rezone land from R2 single family and duplex dwelling district to C2 general commercial district located on parcels of land known by Bastrop County Appraisal District as parcels 8701906 Elgin, Texas City Block 21, and 8701923 Elgin City Block 21, alleyways through lots four through nine. City of Elgin, Texas, Bastrop County, being described in exhibit A attached hereto and providing for a savings clause and repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions. And no one signed up for that one. 634, and that public hearing is closed. Number three, public hearing on ordinance granting a specific use permit for use of a skating rink on property located on parcels of land known by the Bastrop County Appraisal District as parcel zero, I mean, I'm sorry, 8701906. Elgin City block 21 and parcels 87019323, Elgin City block 21, alleyways through lots four through nine on the southeast corner of East First Street and MLK Boulevard being described in exhibit A, attached here to and providing for a savings clause and repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions. and no one signed up for that one.

May I ask a question, Mayor? With that being a skating rink and so close to the railroad tracks, will there be crossing arms?

We'll have that discussion further down in the agenda. OK. Thank you very much. Yes, ma'am.

I'll let you finish your question, though, but yeah, we'll get to that. Thank you. OK. 635, and that one's closed. Number four, public hearing on ordinance mending on the official zoning map of the City of Elgin, Texas, adopted in Chapter 46, Section 46-3, Revised Code of Ordinances, City of Elgin, Texas, 2013, and making this amendment a part of said zoning map to rezone 45.405 acres of land from R1 single family residential district to C3 highway commercial district located on parcels of land known by the Bastrop County Appraisal District as parcel 57003 and 15519 located at 800 North State Highway 95. And no one signed up for that. It is 636 and we close that public hearing. We now have public comment and you have three minutes to present your comments. And no formal action can be taken by the city council on items not posted on the agenda. Items requiring a public hearing will allow a member of public an opportunity to speak during the public hearing and does not require a public comment form. Okay, we have one. Leo Dominguez, if you come forth. Yes, to the mic.

Thank you, gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, I want to thank the people for voting in Brenda Pena. I think she's going to do well in her job. And I'm looking forward for new candidates. things to change for Ward 4. That Ward 4 to me in my opinion is pretty bad. What I want to talk about first subject is Farm Market Road 3000. People that live out in blue are coming in too fast late at night speeding between 60 to 90 miles an hour. I can hear them on the road way too fast and I really believe It could use more patrol, police patrol, on Fall Market Road 3000. And then another street, which I live on, 212 North Avenue J. Too many speeders coming around that corner hitting between 40 to 60 miles an hour when it should be maybe a 30 speed limit speed sign. And I'm looking for some kind of progress to happen And I would recommend two speed bumps because that center of that road, it's a big dip for the water to flow. But it could use two speed bumps to stop these people from ramming the road with high music, blasting that music, and speeding pretty fast on that road. And I'd like to see that changed. And it could use a lot of cleanup too. So I talked to Ms. Brenda Pena and I'm glad she's on board with the good people here to see that this will be carried on for a new agenda for 2026. And that's about it. And one more thing too I'd like to say. The loop 109 that go to 1704 That is a very dangerous road on that corner that going to that loop that's going to Highway 290. It needs some flashing lights because it only got one stop sign and people coming around that corner and they're not they're not really aware of that stop sign and people coming in from 1704 coming from the south coming into town of Elgin but that is a very cautious place needs some flashing lights that I highly recommend that and uh as for I like to see this town grow we've got people coming in moving into Elgin and uh They want to be entertained. They want some good, nice restaurants. Mainer is extremely very progressive, and it's grown. People love it. I hear comments from Mainer. They've got stores and more options to shop and whatever. Sorry about that.

That's OK. Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, that's the end of our public comments. Our next thing is our new business part one is discussion and possible action regarding acceptance of the resignation of ward one council member. I have a letter of resignation from council member Joy Kacznowski. She's written to me and to the members of the council. I know that this is just a formality. We cannot not accept her resignation. So I'm going to read it to you, though. Please accept this letter of formal notification that I am resigning from my position as council member from Ward 1, effective Tuesday, May 19, 2026. After careful consideration, I have made this decision due to my family's move outside of Elgin. It has been a true honor to represent the residents of Ward 1 since 2022 and work alongside you to address our city's needs. I am particularly proud of the progress we have made towards funding needed city infrastructure and investing in parks across the city, including the expansion of Veterans Memorial Park. which has become a beacon of community gathering and downtown vibrancy the new playground equipment and the baseball court surface on thomas memorial park in ward one which will always be purple park to me and my family support for workforce housing that is within walking distance in the city's downtown core the adoption of accessory dwelling units to support multi-generational living and urban density, and ushering in new leadership under the city manager Eads. Thank you for your opportunity to serve this great community, and I wish the council, city staff, and the residents of Elgin the very best in the future. Best regards, Joy Kaznoski. So you said we can't not? We can't say no, but we do just need to do the formality to accept it, so. I'll make a motion to accept. I second. Okay, and we'll begin with Deputy Mayor Prochan.

Love, yes.

St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield, oops, oh no.

Mayfield, yes.

Krim, yes.

Pena, yes. McShann, yes.

Kazanowski, yes.

Gibson, reluctantly, yes.

Sela, yes.

All right, motion carries. So we're going to take a quick moment to present you.

If you will stand up, and her family's here.

for joining Krasnowski in appreciation for four years of outstanding dedicated service to the city of Elgin, 2022-2026. Okay. Next on the agenda will be a discussion and possible action regarding appointment of qualified resident to fill the ward one council seat until the successor is elected and qualified. When we say this, the next election is November. By our charter, we can appoint someone to fill that position until November, and that's what we're going to do tonight. We do have two who have completed applications and turned them in to our city secretary. And if I can get Mark and Peyton to come up.

Before we start, can we even proceed with this item at the moment, considering that there's a change in the background information and that the agenda item specifically states that we'd be considering Jessica Jaime's at this point, would that not be a Texas Open Meetings Act violation with not providing the public with sufficient notice that there's gonna be a second candidate?

We have Olorun and our secretary here to answer that.

Okay, evening City Manager, Council, Council Member Sapir. I think your question is to whether there was proper notice given for this provision. So, and I'm not familiar with what you're referring to as far as where that name is presented, but.

It's literally on page 35.

Is that in your packet, I guess? Yes, sir.

It's on page 35.

So the packet is not part of the notice provision that falls under the Open Meetings Act, only the actual agenda. And based on the agenda language I'm seeing, it appears that it does not specify one candidate or any particular candidate. So if that answers your question.

So would you go through our process?

Yes. So the mayor and I talked about how to I think we have two nominees here and a way to approach this. And I think it aligns with Robert's rules and is effective way to do this. So ways would work. There would be nominations taken from the council, which I believe we're going to that sounds like we're going to have two nominations. The mayor would take those nominations. She is then going to take each of those nominations up in alphabetical order of the last name. So, you know, whoever the first one, you will then vote on that nomination. All right. If that nomination gets the majority of the council, then that nomination passes and that person is appointed. If they do not get a majority, then we go to the second nomination. Everyone can vote again. You're not limited to one vote here. And then if there's a majority for that second nomination, then that person would be appointed as a new council member.

MARK MCQUEEN. Mark, is it appropriate to do that before we've even seen their applications or anything? I mean, we don't know who these people are.

Did you not get them? They were sent out. Uh-huh. You didn't get your children?

Are they speaking today to make statements?

We're going to ask them to speak and send out the applications and whatever. I got an email and then we also got a file.

I have another question as well with regards to this. Is there a reason why we're not following our previous procedure and policies for how we handled other vacancies and why we're kind of rushing this? We're also not following TML's recommended guidelines for appointing a replacement at this point. I mean, I have the guidelines from TML. We never publicly announced the vacancy. We didn't set up applications. We didn't fairly tell constituents and residents of Ward 1 how they could apply and that they could apply. It's just a reason why we're doing things differently this time.

So I'm not aware of what your past, you know, what practices you've had in the past, but based on your charter, state law, you have flexibility to do this. Right, I understand that there is no state law, but there are recommendations. From a legal perspective, the council can decide how they want to approach this, but from a legal perspective, if your question is can you appoint someone tonight under the procedure, yes, you can. But it's ultimately up to the council how you want to proceed.

So, Tiffany, I understand that. Okay, so this was open to everybody just like it always is when it's time to run for election and no one came forward. And so for whatever reason, we do have two people now who have come forward to say that they want to be on the council. They had ample time to do like everybody else did, just like the new ones that we have here. That time was already presented. We did not do anything special for that. It's a regular election.

We also did do what we kind of should have, our due diligence for transparency and equal access for the residents. of Ward 1. We didn't publicly announce a vacancy. We alluded to it. We didn't state that we were accepting applications. How these people knew that they were even supposed to apply is beyond me because I didn't know that we were open in accepting applications. And so I just don't think that we're doing our due diligence with providing Ward 1 with transparency and equal access to the application process.

I do agree that mayor is correct. We all are up here in the seat as elected officials. We all went through the same process of knowing that whether or not you're when January came, if you're going to put in your application to run when February came in, these announcements were put out for who was running for each seat. We all saw that Ward one was vacant. So that was not something that was underhanded. That was not something that was kept away from the public. That was public information. It was highlighted in yellow. Ward 1 was vacant. It was everywhere. Everybody's on social media. It was everywhere that Ward 1 was vacant. again everyone knew that they had an ample opportunity and chance to put in for a regular election and unfortunately that did not happen but as mayor stated and i do agree we have two people that are here today that are willing to step in and take on this process tonight in front of everyone and do it this way most people do it behind an election behind closed doors. Right now, this is in the public, and I feel that we should just go ahead and move forward with it. We have two people. Let's hear them both out. And then if it comes out to it that nobody on the council likes the two people, we start the process all over again. But it was never, never

moment or doubt that ward one was not being vacant it may not be but what you're stating is is that we announced that we were holding an application process for people to apply to run we did never act we never advertised that we announced that never came out my mouth you said that we posted that we were taking application never that never came up my mouth either okay well you alluded I know alluded posted interpreted none of that never came up my mouth

either way we announced that we were taking applications for the election we never announced that we were taking applications for the vacancy it was still straight up it was not that's your opinion so we are here today if we're going to go through with this agenda item then we need to proceed okay uh mark

As the mayor, I think we need to go ahead and move forward. We have two people. It'd be a different story if we didn't have anybody.

But we only had the second person when the agenda came out and somebody found out that they could put in an application.

And they're here. And they're here.

But they have to find out for their own is what I'm saying.

I'm not going to penalize them from wanting to step up and work with being on the council just because we have a difference of opinion.

As the outgoing person, I can tell you that I had multiple conversations with residents in Ward 1. My Ward 1 counterpart had multiple conversations. We could not find the mayor had conversations. She lives in Ward 1. I could not find anybody to run and so when I told when I told the mayor that I would not be running again given my relocation we tried to find somebody to run and no you know nobody put their name in the hat and at that time what I look at is this is a temporary appointment which is what government follows when there's nobody to fill a seat. If somebody, again, moves unexpectedly or something happens, they win the lottery, move to Fiji, you know, that's not where I'm moving. You have an appointment, right? And so that's what I see this until I believe the charter states the next city election and that is in November. So, you know, Mark, I don't know if you have something to say or my fellow council member, but again, this is a bit like pulling teeth, you guys, getting people involved and to run.

Mayor, I'd like to make a motion that we move forward with interviewing them and making a vote this evening.

I'll second that. We'll begin with Council Member Gibson.

Gibson, yes.

Yes, but I'd like to make a point, I guess, to what St. Pierre is mentioning. I agree that we should stick to some process if we have one. And it sounds like right now we don't have one set out yet. But it'd be a good idea to begin some future communication to work around that and develop some kind of workable process. Thank you.

Love, yes. I'll say yes, just because I can concede with other people's opinions. I just wanted to bring up my view. So St. Pierre, yes. Mayfield, yes.

Krim, yes.

Pena, yes.

McShane, yes.

Kosnovsky, yes.

Thank you. OK, we need to have the two candidates come forth. And we'll be doing it in alphabetical order. So Rick Hart with H would be first. We're using your last name.

Ready? Yes. Madam Mayor, members of City Council, my name is Rick Hardin. I am seeking the opportunity to represent Ward 1 because I believe Elgin is at a pitiful moment in its growth and future. The decisions we make today will shape the kind of city Elgin becomes for years to come. I want to serve the citizens of Elgin and I believe my business and financial experience can help Elgin grow in a responsible way that works for residents. One of my biggest concerns is making sure growth does not move faster than our ability to support it. Elgin must be able to pay for and maintain these services people rely on every day. That means careful budgeting, long-term planning, and making choices that truly make sense for Elgin, not just choices that sound good at the moment. Infrastructure is another major issue. Our roads, utilities, and public safety services are already feeling pressure and they will need the even more attention as Elgin continues to grow. I believe we need to plan ahead now so we don't face bigger problems and higher costs later. I also believe in economic development should make life better for the people who already live here and our future residents. Growth should bring good jobs, strengthen our tax base, support local businesses, and clearly benefit the community. It should fit Elgin's long-term vision and help create lasting stability. I believe the residents deserve leadership that is honest, accountable, and practical. To me, good leadership starts with listening, asking questions, and taking the time to understand the details before making decisions. People deserve clear communication and responsible leadership they can trust. My professional background has prepared me to bring steady judgment, financial discipline, and results-driven approach to the council. Since 2002, my brother and I have built Southern Ink Company into a successful business selling printing inks all over the world. As president and CFO, I have learned the importance of budgeting, operations, problem solving, accountability, and planning for long term. Elgin has a lot of opportunities ahead, but we need to manage the growth and care. I believe the right approach is to stay focused on financial responsibility, good planning, and decisions that make our community stronger over time. I would be honored to serve Ward 1 and work hard for the people of Elgin. Thank you.

Ms. Hymus?

Hello, everyone. Sorry, kind of short. Hello, everyone. My name is Jessica Hymas, and the reason I want to serve on the city council is because I care deeply about the progression and future of our city. Since 2021, I have slowly become involved with the local government and community service because I believe a positive change happens when people stand, step up and participate. As an Army veteran, service has always been an important part of who I am. My military experience taught me the values of leadership, accountability, teamwork, and dedication to the community I serve. Those values continue to guide me in both my professional and voluntary work today. My involvement in the community began with the Elgin 101 class where I served as president and gained a better understanding of how our city operates and the challenges our community faces. I later volunteered for the charter review board where I served as co-chair and I currently serve on the historic review board. These experiences have allowed me to work closely with residents, staff, and community leaders while learning the importance of thoughtful leadership and public involvement. In addition, for working for the City of Austin as a terminal operations specialist in a public-facing role, which has strengthened my communication, problem solving, and customer service skills, working directly with the public has shown me how important it is for people to feel heard. I want to be on the city council because I want to help encourage a greater community involvement and ensure residents have a voice in a decision that affects our city. I believe our city grows stronger when leadership is engaged, accessible and committed to serving the community as a whole.

Thank you. OK, we have heard from both of the candidates. And the process for voting will begin with Rick Harden. And you'll say yes or no, or just say yes or no. So we won't get messed up like we did before. And whoever gets the most votes is the winner.

so um oh yeah so it would not be the most votes if if mr harden gets five votes okay then he he is appointed uh and you wouldn't even go to that second nomination if his nomination did not receive five votes then you go to miss hyman's nomination thank you for clarifying all right do we all understand yes i got it right okay point of order if

We received, well, if we're going with the first five votes, should we go with the first application received? Is that something that is pertinent?

No, because it wasn't pertinent when we do regular elections. Yeah, because we draw numbers for regular election. We're just gonna do alphabetical order. The easiest way to keep it straight. Okay, so let's begin with Council Member St. Pierre.

St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield, no.

Creme, yes.

Pena, yes. McShann, no.

Kasinowski, no.

Gibson, no. Silva, no.

Love, no. All right. And then we'll go with Jaime's next.

St. Pierre, no. Mayfield, yes. Creme, no.

Opinion, no. McShane, yes.

Kazanowski, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes.

Okay, so it looks like Jessica Hymies will be our next ward one representative. And we need to square her in eight. Mr. Hardin, we thank you for your interest. And remember, this is only until November. So if you still so want to serve, we've got November coming.

I'm sorry.

I'm just going to hold the mic.

That's my job. Put your right hand on the Bible and your left hand here.

Come on. Me. Me.

Raise your right hand, or left hand, right hand, left hand. I see your name.

Aye, Jessica Hymas.

Do solemnly swear that I have not directly or indirectly paid?

Do solemnly swear I have not directly or indirectly paid?

Offered promise to pay.

Offered promise to pay.

Contributed or promised to contribute.

Contributed or promised to contribute.

Any money or thing of value.

Any money or thing of value.

Or promised any public office or employment.

Or any public office or employment.

For the giving or withholding.

For the giving or withholding.

Of a vote at the election.

Of the vote of the election.

Of which I was appointed.

In which I was elected.

Or as a reward to secure my appointment.

Or as a reward to secure my appointment.

Or confirmation.

Or confirmation.

Whichever the case may be.

Whichever the case may be. So help me God.

So help me God.

In the name and by the authority of the state of Texas.

In the name and the authority by the state of Texas.

I, Jessica Hymus. Do solemnly swear and affirm.

Do solemnly swear and affirm.

That I will faithfully execute the duties.

That I will faithfully execute the duties.

Of the office of city council member ward one.

Of the office of city council member ward one.

Of the state of Texas.

Of the state of Texas.

And will do the best of my ability.

And will do the best of my ability.

Preserve, protect, and defend.

Preserve, protect, and defend.

The constitution and laws.

The Constitution and laws?

Of the United States and of this state.

Of the United States and this state.

So help me God.

So help me God.

No, I just fixed it. You want me to do it? No. Okay. Okay.

The next thing we have is the Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors member appointment. Last week, there was a mistake in the count. And consulting with Mark, we are going to start from scratch and start all over. And Mark, if you will come and.

Thank you, Mayor. So I didn't get a chance to watch the council meeting, but my understanding there was some confusion on the voting. So what I suggested to the mayor in order to make this clear and fair is that we take these as two different places or two different seats. And so we'll elect one of you for seat one. And then once we complete that, then we'll elect one of you for seat two. That way, all the voting is clear. And we'll use the same process as we just did, where we'll take nominations for seat one, Everyone can make a nomination. You can nominate yourself, however you want to do it. And then I think the mayor would like to proceed then in alphabetical order under the same process. We'll take first in alphabetical order, vote. If they get five votes, they are elected to that seat. If not, we go to the next nomination until we get someone with a majority of votes. Again, you can vote for each time there's a nomination that's presented, you can vote for it. And also, once that first one is elected, then we'll go to seat two and the process starts over. We can take nominations again and proceed that way. Any questions about that process?

So you say seat one. Just let me dumb it down. Seat one. Who wants to run for seat one? What if all the, say it was four people last time, what if all four people say they want seat one? Then what are you gonna do then?

Well, you're still eligible. If you're not elected to seat one, you're still eligible for seat two. So you can be nominated again for seat two.

So if I can clarify one thing. So if those four names come off, like let's say today, we'll put those and we do have them in alphabetical order, right, and then follow the same system saying the first one in alphabetical order, do what you just did right now. If five votes come out of the first one, if they don't, you go to the second one. If five votes come out of that one, you stop. Then you go to seat two. and start that again how many people want to get nominated for that you could have three people four people five people you put those in alphabetical order which we have and you go down as soon as you've been alphabetical as soon as you hit five you stop so i think what we're saying is it's as soon as you get the majority vote you fill that one spot and then you start it over you fill a majority vote and you stop

And if your nomination fails for seat one, you can still re-renominate it for seat two and potentially get, you know, appointed to that seat two. Any questions? I know that can be a little confusing. Does anybody, before we start, I don't want anybody confused. I'll stay here.

Okay, so the floor is open for nominations.

I would like to be on the EDC board.

Okay.

May I nominate Tiffany? St. Pierre, if she would like to serve EDC. Yes, please. OK.

I would like to serve also.

all right so the same four from last time and this time we're gonna do place one or seat one is what we're gonna talk about first and we're doing it in alphabetical order so those who So voting for CRIM.

CRIM started. We're going last name alphabetically. So CRIM would be the first one up. And so we'll start with St. Pierre.

CRIM, yes.

Mayfield, no.

CRIM, yes.

CRIM, yes. Hymus, no. Hold on. That's OK.

I was trying to write. Sorry.

She's fast. She's ready. McShann, no. OK. No. Hymus, no.

Gibson, no. Celia, no.

Love, no.

So the next one on alphabetical order is Gibson. So we'll begin with St. Pierre.

St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield, no.

St. Pierre, yes.

What?

It's on Gibson right now. Oh, I'm sorry.

I don't know my alphabet, sorry.

You're voting for Gibson?

Gibson, yes.

Okay, sorry.

Gibson, no. McShann, yes. Jaimes, yes.

Gibson, yes.

Silva, yes.

Love, yes.

I believe that's more than five. So this is place one.

We're going to vote on place one by itself before we move on to two. So there'll be no confusion.

I'll make a motion that we approve author's place one.

Place one, seat one. Do I have a second? Second. All right. It's been moved and seconded. We'll begin with Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Love. Love, yes.

St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield no.

Crimm yes.

I'm a little confused now. So we're voting for Gibson who got the most votes.

Yes. McShann yes.

Hymas yes.

Gibson yes. CeeLo yes.

Okay now we move on to place two. This is the second seat and Gibson is out of the hunt and so we'll start with Crim.

Mayor I would suggest we just take nominations again just to make sure someone may not want to be nominated or somebody else may want to be nominated.

Okay so let's start that over.

I'll nominate Tiffany again. Thank you.

Love as well.

Krim doesn't want to.

He's out the hunt. Okay. So then that leaves us with the three of love. No. Two. I think two. I'm sorry. Love and St. Pierre. Okay. All right. So alphabetically we'll begin with love. St. Pierre. I'm sorry.

St. Pierre, no.

Mayfield, yes.

Krim, no.

Pena, no. McShann, yes. Hymas, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, no.

Love, yes.

That's five. All right. That's five. So we have five for Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Love. Do we have a motion to approve?

I'll make a motion. And I'll second.

Okay. And we'll begin with Councilmember Krim.

Krim, yes.

Pena, yes. McShann, yes. Hymas, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes.

St. Pierre, no. Mayfield, yes.

Motion carries. So our two new EDC members are Gibson and Love. All right. Now we'll have announcements.

Hello hello. Christina Alvarez Main Street manager. Hello council and mayor. So our announcements are Steve Schroeder's guide to financial planning Medicare supplement basics Saturday May 30th 11 to 12 at the public library. Elgin Community Health Fair Saturday May 23rd 10 to 1 at the library. Digital literacy with Bastrop County Cares Thursday the 21st from 10 to noon at the Elgin Rec Center and music at the park every Friday. We've got two more weeks. Show starts at 6 this week it goes to 9 and then next week is our last week. So hope to see you all out and let's hope not to have rain. Thank you.

Okay, now we'll move on to presentations. 66th Annual Public Works Week 2026 Proclamation.

And if I can have all of our public works people stand. If you're in the audience, please stand while I read this.

Whereas public works professionals focus on infrastructure, facilities, and services that are essential to the health, safety, and quality of life of every citizen of the city of Elgin. And whereas these services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works professionals and staff who are responsible for rebuilding, improving and protecting our transportation, water supply, water treatment and solid waste systems, public buildings and other structures and facilities essential for our citizens. And whereas these dedicated individuals often work behind the scenes in response to emergencies, including storms, flood and infrastructure failures to restore essential services and protect the community. And whereas the year 2026 marks the 66th annual National Public Works Week, sponsored by the American Public Works Association, which provides an opportunity to recognize and honor the contributions of public works employees, engineers, and contractors who build and sustain the foundation of our community. And whereas this year's theme, Rooted in Service, Powered by Community, emphasizes innovation, suitability, and resilience in building the infrastructure of tomorrow. Now, therefore, I, Theresa McShan, recognize the week of May 17th through the 23rd of 2026 as National Public Works Week in the city of Elgin, and encourage all residents to command, recognize, and honor the important work of all public works professionals, engineers, managers and employees during this time and join in celebrating their their contributions to our community. In witness where of I here to set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Elgin to be affixed this 19th day of May 2026.

Evening, Council and Mayor. I've invited two Public Works employees, Joey Miller and Tyson Courtney, to accept this award and get the picture.

So can you point out why we are honoring these select two key awesome individuals?

So these two hardworking, dedicated individuals represent the bookends on either side of experience in the Public Works Department.

Loving it.

Guess which one's a young guy.

The next one is a proclamation recognizing May 17th through 23rd as Emergency Medical Services Week. Will all of our emergency services people please stand as I read this? Okay. Whereas emergency medical services are a vital public service with members of EMS teams ready to provide life-saving care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And whereas access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury. and whereas these services fill healthcare gaps by providing important out-of-the-hospital care, including preventative medicine, follow-up care, and access to telemedicine, and whereas the EMS system consists of first responders emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency medical dispatchers, firefighters, police officers, educators, administrators, pre-hospital nurses, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, trained members of the public and other out-of-the-hospital medical care providers, and whereas the members of the emergency medical services team, both career and volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their life-saving skills. and whereas it is fitting and proper to recognize the value and the accomplishments of emergency medical service providers by designating emergency medical services week and to honor this occasion on its 52nd anniversary now therefore i teresa mcsheehan recognize the week of may 17 through 23 2026 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK IN THE CITY OF ELGIN AND ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THIS WEEK WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES IN HONOR OF THE EMS PROFESSION AND THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES IT PROVIDES IN WITNESS AWARE OF I HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE CITY OF ELGIN TO BE A FIXED THIS 19TH DAY OF MAY 2026.

Yeah, I know.

Now we have our city manager's report. I'm sorry, introduction of new employees. I jumped ahead. My bad.

They couldn't see you, Pam.

Good evening, Mayor, Council, and city manager.

Who are you again?

I don't remember. I am Pam Sanders. I am the HR director and tonight we're going to introduce the seven new employees that were hired in the month of May. So I'm going to ask that the employee when I call your name that you come forward and you and your supervisor will take a photo up front. Do you have a clicker? Are you going to do it? Okay, first one is Julissa Lear. She comes to us as the youth program assistant and will be working in the children's area. She's a former volunteer for the city of Elgin and was working at the Taylor Public Library. She's not here. She's not here.

She's working right now. She can't come.

Next are Public Works employees James Britton as a groundskeeper and Kayla Chavez as custodian. Public safety employees Mary Morales is our new animal control officer. She has 13 years experience in animal control and comes from Bastrop County. Do you want to do them all together? Michelle Rodriguez is the new crime scene evidence tech. She has a bachelor's in forensic science and interned at the Austin Forensic Science Department. Joseph Morales Cerrados, patrol officer. He was currently a peace officer, or previously a peace officer with the University of Texas for the last three and a half years, and is also a US Marine Corps veteran.

A proud Marine. My son-in-law.

Scoochie in close. Don't be scared.

Fernandez is our new planning assistant and she comes to us from the city of Pflugerville

Okay, now we have the city manager's report.

Thank you, Mayor. I got one item. Discussion and possible direction to staff to transition fire department inspection and enforcement services from Watkins Group Consultants LCT Emergency Services District number one. and so we had a great conversation with our fellow partners at esd1 about a lot of great things and so we'll be coming to council and community with a lot of great partnerships and ideas and stuff we want to nail down the first thing was inspections uh services for the city and so um today we bring you and and mr pair if you can come up and just I know you work in that world. That would be you. Yes, sir. And so you work in that world, what this would look like and what benefit this brings to not only our bank accounts but all the services we could be providing differently for our businesses and in our community here alongside ESD 1 that joins us today.

Yes so currently with the city the city is the one who's performing as the fire chief which means you're doing your annual inspections for all commercial retail industrial public buildings and we are generally hiring that out to a third party who goes with that. It's been a strong sense of ours that we would love to, with ESD-1, transition that over them. Obviously, they're the ones who are going to be providing those firefighting services. Also, the personnel get to understand all the different business owners, get to understand the buildings, because they're in there doing at least an annual fire inspection, and it can provide a lot better business. Right now, as a third party, you have them going out there. It might be a different person each individual year. some of the communication missteps that we've had over the time which is coordinating that with business owners them not understanding that an annual fire inspection is required by the city at a minimum or that they can get their own third party who's certified in order to do it and generally just getting we have to pay that third party as a city the esd can have better rates potentially than what the city would charge there but because we're paying a third party generally we're not necessarily receiving those funds back from the businesses that we do inspect and so we currently run a debt each month of trying to constantly play collections with a lot of the businesses That being said, if you have the fire chief and ESD-1 is doing those, they can have those more serious conversations about people being able to operate their business, why it's important for not only insurance purposes, but also just to the general public health and safety of that. And so we've been operating with the third party for close to four years now where they have been going in. If you may recall those on council when we started with the city buildings and then we went through with the churches, so on and so forth. And it was quite an undertaking to kind of do. So we've continued to do that at the direction of council because we feel that it's important that those inspections occur, especially when you're talking about a historic downtown. and a lot of businesses and growth that are going in. So we definitely welcome this partnership with ESD-1, and we'll look to work at the direction of city manager and council to make sure that this gets done.

Thank you. But I just want to say, too, this doesn't take anything off the table. Obviously, we'll be working with the ESD-1. And if there's clear benefits and approaches that we can take, we're very hopeful. We're very engaged. And thanks to Councilmember Krim know his work with us as well to get this on the table um we hope to have a long relationship and not just that i mean again the local means it makes sense to start and so i know uh mr t your health you're here uh cheap hotel i don't know if you want to say a couple things or have a couple words Go ahead, Commissioner Teague, Commissioner Teague is commissioner from ESD1. That was slick, that was slick. Yeah, he liked that.

City Council, Mayor McShan, City Manager, thank you all for having us tonight. So this is something that we've been discussing for quite a while now and it's kind of come to fruition when Commissioner, excuse me, Councilman Krim reached out and said this is something that you all wanted to look at. We're happy to provide these services. One of the things I want to emphasize is we have a prevention department already established. We adopted fire code a little over a year ago. of the two codes we have the 2018 international fire code the city has 2021 international fire code we would enforce the stronger of the two which is the one that the city has within the city's limits we would act as an extension of the city following the city's existing guidelines not rewriting them and and then of course for violations any any fines that that occur would go back to the city the fees would be collected by us but the city would still see a financial benefit for non-compliance which you know our goal is to to ensure there's no non-compliance but if we do find it the appropriate penalties would be imposed that way That being said, our fire personnel and our prevention department are eager to begin this endeavor. We think it's gonna be a great thing for the community. It's gonna help us get to know our business owners. It's gonna help us build those relationships and also be able to route them appropriately when they need to get additional permits. A big problem with having third-party contracted services is they're not always in the know on the additional permits they may need from the county or from the city for other aspects of projects or special events. And our goal is to build that harmonious relationship where we can guide them through every step of the process from start to finish of any project they have. And we hope to do that in good faith and in tandem with the city and just look forward to working with you.

So I would say, Commissioner, that that is key to time, time saving, and what saves developers, contractors, and everyone else money too. So we hear it a lot. We get it. We listen. And so that's what we're trying to do is cut the red tape, get to it. but if you've got an inspector they can tell you by the way you might want to look at that before you call in for the third inspection or x that's another great reason i think but again thank you thank you and yes sir we're just asking this council to allow us to get that agreement worked out with, obviously, us, ESD-1, and then bring it back to you so we can go ahead and knock this out and get it going. Absolutely.

We formed our working committee tonight at our meeting prior to coming here. Thanks for coming, by the way. You're absolutely welcome. Myself and Commissioner Volker will be on the committee along with our fire inspector, Lieutenant Tim Neely. I look forward to working with you all and developing this and

Nick, can you give them some idea of your time frame in terms of? Yeah, absolutely. It's a great question.

So what we propose at our meeting is forming committee over the next month to two months. That committee works in tandem with the city's committee to iron out an interlocal agreement, one that's mutually beneficial that all parties agree on. Obviously, it'll go through the legal channels. Your attorney, our attorney will review it once the two attorneys talk and work their magic. Then we will move it forward for a vote probably around July time frame. But our implementation is looking at the beginning of the new fiscal year. The reason for that is that's a clean budget year. It keeps everything smooth and gives everyone a little more time to prepare for the adjustment.

and also I think one of the primary reasons I'd like to see it too is it it puts these guys out into the community and and we get to meet our firefighters and and they get to see the the buildings before they catch fire if they if they were and so it's a win-win for all of us I think that part is really smart

Having them be familiar with already the fire hazards in the buildings on their own. And so I love this. Thank you so much for everything that you do.

Our committee we've decided would be, unless the council, I mean, we'd like to do something different. Our public safety advisory board is willing to serve as our committee and kind of make sure we get all our T's crossed and I's dotted sort of thing.

Yep.

I don't even know what y'all are paying right now, but I imagine so. I mean, what I know of third-party private services is they're extremely costly. And I see the job postings out there, what they're paying their independent contractors or employees to do this work. I follow the Commission on Fire Protection's job posting page, and What I'm seeing indicates that y'all are paying probably a whole lot more than you ought to. Our goal is to work collaboratively and have a mutually agreeable arrangement to where cost is minimal to all parties. Our goal in this is to minimize time spent on it, minimize man hours. and maximize community engagement. The whole purpose of this is to get out, see these businesses, get the pre-plans done because better prevention equals better response, right? I'd rather prevent a fire than respond to one any day. Needing to know where their hydrants are on their property, needing to know that they have an adequate number of sprinkler heads in accordance with international fire code that's adopted by the city. He needs to know where their standpipes are so we can have that fast action that we need to knock a fire down when we make entry into a building. All that's critical, and right now with a third party, we don't have that. We are only finding out largely after the fact. But part of that process is looking at what the cost is going to be and finding out... where y'all are at currently but but our goal and our process is set up with our prevention departments to have the businesses pay for those inspections in advance so i imagine that the cost of the city would be minimal uh comparatively and certainly we're going to handle all the collections of the fees up front it's one of the things that we do with our department now we have a database and a system structured for that permitting

I'll just come before you, obviously, council, so that you can agree with the fee structure. And it will start off that way. So we're going in with full eyes in front of us and knowing what to expect and what our community can expect. And I know, just because of Nick here, that we're going to be very surprised because we may find out that it was maybe not as competitive that it could have been. I'm just going to take the win. We're going to take the win and drive down that price. We'll get to work on that. He's elected. I'll be talking to Chief Vallotta over there. But we'll get this back to y'all. So we're just excited to talk about this. Yes, sir.

That's all I got from my side.

Do we need to make a motion?

I would like to get something to proceed forward so we can start to negotiate this.

Then I'll make that motion to go ahead and proceed.

I'll second the motion. We're moving second. Council Member St. Pierre.

St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield, yes.

Crim, yes.

Pena, yes. McShane, yes. Hymas, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes.

Thank you. Thank you all.

Thank you. We don't want to burn down.

Okay, on our consent agenda, we have our city council regular minutes for May 5th.

I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda as is.

I'll second.

All right, and we'll begin with Council Member St. Pierre.

St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield, yes.

Krim, yes.

Pena, yes. Chan, yes. Jaimes, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes. All right, that motion carries.

Okay, then we move on to our new business part two. And this is the election of Mayor Pro Tem by the city council. And we know that last year we implemented a deputy mayor pro tem, which is Council Member Love, in order to start getting familiar with what goes on. This was part of our succession planning. And of course, I would like to nominate that she move forward as mayor pro tem. She's done quite a bit. She can tell you what all she's done. I know I wrote it down somewhere, but anyway. It's on my phone, and I don't have my phone out when I'm. Oh, you want me to? Yeah. Go right ahead and say why.

Oh, why? My why is I've been doing the work. I've been on council for three years now. I've been a pillar in the community since I've been on council my first year. Here on council, before it truly finished, I became a TML fellow leadership. So I am a leadership fellow with TML, which is the Texas Municipal League. I am the only council member sitting on this council and most council members within our region who is a certified municipal officer and official with TML, which is one of the highest recognized official positions that you can have with TML. That shows that I've gone to majority of all the trainings, so finance classes, our rural development meetings, EDC, any type of training that TML has, which I have brought that information back to our community. I am one of the only council members up here who has held continuous ward meetings. I did that from the jump from being on city council. I have a strong bridge of communication with the mayor, with the city staff. We have been mending relationships and partnerships. I encourage collaboration. Although we all are non-different council members up here, we all have our differences. I know when to agree to disagree and to go ahead. I am unity driven with the community. I don't speak to just my like-minded residents within the community. I speak to everyone. No matter our differences, we always We can come together. I mean, I have people not just in Ward 2 coming to me. I have people in every single ward that feel that they can openly talk to me. And I'm pretty much an open book. I'm very authentic. I am myself. So that is who I am. Again, I did Elgin 101 before I even got on city council. So I was the first president of Elgin 101. And then Jessica came in next. I have to pass my torch over. But I've been situated here and dedicated to learn all the positions within the city, what they do, every service that they do, and my dedication has not stopped. So that is why I am here. I feel that I'm not here as it should be an entitled position. I have earned the right to be mayor pro tem and continue to be a positive change in moving our city forward.

and she is filled in for me at the drop of a hat which is says a whole lot because she has two young boys and they go to school in the whole bit but if I become ill or whatever and I said I need you to go I need you to go she's she's on it so she has definitely filled her her obligations by being the deputy when sue couldn't make it and she was right there for us so to me that means a lot that you have to be able to be there Whenever. And that's kind of what it is, whenever. Yeah. So any questions?

Very impressive. And if I may throw another name out there? Not anything against the deputy, Mayor Pro Tem? But Tiffany, would that be something that you would be interested in as mayor pro temp?

I am willing to do whatever role the council feels I am best suited for.

Then I would like to throw her name, her hat in the ring.

Okay. So then we'll begin, will we need a motion for...

Do we do it the same way, Mark?

Keep it straight, Mark, because I won't have to do this again next week. Is there any other nominations? You have two nominations. I have two, mm-hmm. OK. All right, so doing it in alphabetical order, we'll begin with Councilmember Love voting for her. And so we'll begin with you. You're on my side over there. I know, I know, I know. You get it every time. This is a tough one.

Same here, no, sorry.

It's no offense, no offense. Mayfield, yes.

Krim, yes.

Pena, no. McShann, yes. Jaimes, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes.

OK. Well, it looks like Deputy Mayor Pro Tem.

I'd like to nominate Tiffany as Deputy Mayor Pro Tem.

I'll second that motion. We got to finish this.

I thought we already did. We're getting ahead. Payton's back there throwing up the time out sign.

We got to officially do a motion for her to become Deputy Mayor Pro Tem.

I'll make the motion.

And I'll second it. Mayor Pro Tem, I'm sorry.

Second it.

OK. St. Pierre, yes. Mayfield, yes.

Creme, yes.

Pena, yes. McShane, yes. Hymas, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes.

Okay, now on to Deputy Mayor Pro Tem.

Now I make a motion to nominate Tiffany as Deputy Mayor Pro Tem.

Not a motion. Okay. He makes a nomination. A nomination. You're already doing your thing. I make a nomination for Gibson III. Okay.

All right. Any more? Okay. So, again, in alphabetical order, beginning with Tiffany.

St. Pierre, no.

You're voting on Gibson. You're voting on Gibson to be the deputy. Deputy. Oh, deputy, yeah.

Mayfield, no.

Creme, no.

Deuce, once.

Pena, no. McShane, yes. Hymas, yes.

Gibson, yes. C. Lud, no.

Love, yes. No. That's Tiffany.

Yeah.

So let's vote for Tiffany.

St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield, yes.

Creme, yes.

Pena, yes. McShann, no. Hymas, no.

Gibson, no. Silva, yes.

Love, no. Is that the same? Five. That'd be five. That'd be five. OK. Well. Yeah, it was Tiffany. It was Tiffany. Yeah, it was Tiffany.

Which is why we got to meet in the first place.

Okay, it's Tiffany. You got it right. All right, so now I need a motion.

I'll make a motion. I'll make the motion.

I'll second. Okay. And we'll begin with Gibson.

Gibson, yes. Siegley, yes.

Love, yes.

St. Pierre, yes. Mayfield, yes. Creme, yes.

Pena, yes. McShane, yes. Hymas, yes. OK. So now we have a deputy mayor from St. Pierre. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

All right, now, number three, an ordinance granting a specific use permit for operation of a gymnasium on a parcel of land known by Bastrop County Appraisal District as parcel 8720493. How do you say that, Shaholi? Is it Shaholi?

Shaholi.

Shaholi. Estates lot four, acres 1.220, city of Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, and providing for a savings clause and repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions. Mr. Perry.

So before you today is this first one is a specific use permit Those who haven't been on council before just a quick definition specific use permit is if they're doing a development on a approved zone piece of property, but that the operation of that development that they want to do isn't specifically listed under the zoning categories and in which case they can go before P and Z and then ultimately for cancel and they can operate a business under a specific use permit. Y'all zoning requires that has all the listed uses that you can use for a particular development. If the use changes, then the specific use permit ends essentially. So you're you're to before you tonight for this particular one for a gymnasium that's not actually listed as a use that could be determined for this particular development. it's project specific so before council tonight is what went before pnz they ask a litany of questions about this specific project does it fit in the area do they see it as a benefit to the overall and then they make a recommendation to council which in this case tonight before you from pnz is a recommendation to approve the specific use permit ultimately council has the ultimate authority you can add stipulations to it you can add a time frame to it as you see fit or you can pass it based on the recommendations made before you from PNZ. So again, before you today is the property that's shown on the screen. It is currently zoned. That would be for use and they want to build a gymnasium like a tumbling cheer type gymnasium in that particular area. They would still have to go through all the normal construction standards. They still have to meet all of city code and everything else for it. It's just if they actually built a building there, they could not perform as a gymnasium because it's not an approved use underneath the zoning categories for the property. So by granting them the specific use permit, you would allow them to operate as a gymnasium. They still have to meet all building codes, everything else. You're not granting any kind of waiver. You're basically giving them to operate the license as something that is not as approved use. For those who have ever seen the zoning categories, they could be updated, but council over the years has chosen to keep them somewhat limited so that you can kind of have that voting control over the types of uses that get done under zoning. Some zoning categories you'll look at, some cities are very broad, and then you'll see something go in and it'll go under operation. You're kind of like, that's not the best fit, but because they're so broad-based and not specific like Elgin currently is, those decisions don't come before council so tonight you would be voting on a project specific use for development there no construction plans have been submitted obviously if the specific use wasn't approved they probably wouldn't move forward with the project because the project they intend to build is for this specific use if it ever changes uses and it doesn't go to a use that is under the zoning category there, that new business or that new use would have to go back before PNZ. It would have to come back before council.

Ask a question? Absolutely. So are those archaic then what we have on record?

No, it covers a broad array. It's just generally with the zoning, the city of Elgin over time has chosen that they wanted council making these decisions for certain kinds of business uses. And that's what the specific use allows you guys to do is to make those decisions as a planning and zoning recommendation and ultimately as city council.

I got a couple questions.

Absolutely.

First, I just want to make sure that that color purple all around it, that is residential?

That is currently R2.

Okay. And then the property on the side that we're voting on something else, are they the same person?

They are the same developer.

They are the same developer. Can we put in a stipulation that this is like a tumble gymnasium? Because I would hate to, I don't want like a kind of gym that's like an anytime fitness, 24-hour fitness in an area.

like this i'm cool with like cheerleading tumbling and i will i believe the developers here and they can speak to that if that stipulation specifically is sure if they want to great hi y'all

Good evening, Mayor, City Council, City Manager. My name is Luis Granillo. I'm the civil engineer representing Ms. Rebecca Montemayor. She's one of the owners, so we're here for any questions you might have.

A little bit closer to the microphone, please.

Sure, thank you.

Thank you. So speaking on the gym usage itself, it is mostly going to be a cheer and tumble gym. I say mostly because we will offer like parent sign outs, things like that, that we can do movies inside and things that will keep your kids nice and safe inside and actually bring something to the youth of this community because there's really nothing that they can do besides you guys have to drive out of town or you have to go to Clearville, Austin, Taylor. And so we want to bring something like that here that we can essentially teach your kids how to cheer or tumble or just kind of be active in their own way.

How large of a complex have you planned on?

As of right now, it's 10,000 square feet.

It's 10,000 square feet. The property is 1.2 acres, and the building's 10,000 square feet. But just conceptual at this point.

Sure. I'm glad it's that. I just don't want to see like a 24-hour just regular, you know, raw, rage royal gym. You know what I mean? Like, this is great. I like this idea.

And how tall will the facility be?

We haven't done any construction plans. We were thinking maybe 25 feet, something in that range.

We do have to have high ceilings. I will say we have a lot of cheerleaders that go up in the air. Up in the air. Exactly.

It's got to be real hot for tunneling.

Normally, between 20 and 35 feet is really where it goes. 35 is really maxed out there. We're not trying to get everyone's air space there. Pretty high.

Well, good. I'll make the motion to approve.

And I'll second that. St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield, yes. Crimm, yes.

Pena, yes. McShann, yes. Jaimes, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes.

The next one is an ordinance amending the official zoning map of the City of Elgin, Texas, adopted in Chapter 46, Section 46-3, revised code of Ordinance, City of Elgin, Texas, 2013, and making this amendment a part of said zoning map to rezone land from R2, single family and duplex dwelling district, to c2 general commercial district located on parcels of land known by the bastrop county appraisal district as parcels 870-1906 elgin city block 21 and 870-1923 elgin city block 21 alleyways through lots four through nine a city of elgin texas bastrop county being described in exhibit a attached here to and providing for a savings clause and repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions

So the aforementioned property, for those who are on council, you guys just voted on a zoning change for this property not too long ago.

Is this the one with the alley in the middle? Correct.

So as you guys can see, you have three pinks that are kind of right there by, if you want to call it a purple or a blue. Ultimately it was originally zoned industrial and so you had these industrial properties that were zoned along the railroad tracks A land purchaser came in purchased those properties worked with the city to vacate the alleys and Left them as the lots are they are that's why you have multiple there, but ultimately they were looking at doing a duplex there planning and zoning recommended approval of the zoning change to council just because as you can see the pink across the way so it's not discontinuous it wouldn't be considered spot zoning if they were going to develop some duplexes over in that particular area planning and zoning thought that that still stayed with the character Since that's happened, that development did not move forward. And I always tell council is you're not you're voting on zoning, but you're not voting. You're voting on zoning for the land use. You're not voting on a project for that particular project. Didn't move forward. The zoning was changed. It's been repurchased. They are looking to revert back to something that would allow them for a specific project, but it would have to be commercial. PNZ looked at this and basically said, these particular areas of property have been vacant for a long time. They are up against the railroad tracks in an outer area. And even though they were asking for C2 there, they felt that based on that development, it would help with that particular area develop. And based on the development they've talked about putting in, which is the next item later, is essentially they felt that that would fit into character. Again, PNZ makes a recommendation for zoning changes ultimately to council. Councilor you are the ultimate authority to approve or disapprove said zoning changes for it So before you tonight prior to the SUP is you are voting on what the land and if you feel that a c2 zoning for this particular area is What councils vision is for the area and it aligns with what P&Z feels for it? Then you will come with you for the actual project specific questions

So we have to approve this first before I can ask them if they're gonna have an adult only night?

Yeah and so that's that's that's essentially I like to keep the project questions related to the project items and keep the land use planning to the land use planning because there isn't necessarily a guarantee as we found from the last zoning where you did take it from industrial to R2 that it moves forward or not but that's that's why I would like for you guys to consider that based on P&Z. That's what I was just saying, okay, but This action is zoning on what that land can be used. So you're voting on c2 zoning for that property The next action item you are voting on a specific use for it to be a skating rink on the property. I Thank you for the clarification. No worries. It can be confusing, and I like to make sure council knows exactly that you're voting on land use for this one. Then you can ask all the project-specific questions you want, and I'll try to answer them, or they will answer them for you on the next one. So this will be commercial?

This would be Zone C2. And P&Z brought it to us for their approval. Yes.

Correct. They recommended approval.

All right. Then I'll make a motion to approve as is.

I'll second.

Love, yes. St. Pierre, yes. Mayfield, yes. Crim, yes.

Pena, yes.

McShann, yes. Jaimes, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

The next one is an ordinance granting a specific use permit for the use of a skating rink on property located on parcels of land. Known by Bastrop County Appraisal District as parcel 8701906 Elgin City block 21 and parcel 8701923 Elgin City block 21 alleyways through lots four through nine. On the southeast corner of East First Street and MLK Boulevard beginning described in exhibit A attached here to and providing for a savings clause and repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions.

So now you, Joy can ask. I was gonna say, now can I ask him about my adult only night?

I'm gonna put this up here. I don't want anybody to say this is exactly what it's gonna look like, but this is what they've kind of presented as kind of a concept plan for what you'll be voting on for a specific use permit for a skating rink. A skating rink is not listed under the zoning for C2 as a use that you would be able to use if you did put an investment and build something. So what you would be voting on on this line item is, Yes, we allow them to do this development, and it will be a skating rink for operation. Any project-specific questions, I'll have them come up and try to answer for you.

They've got to have an adult skate at night. Look at all that parking.

I just want to make sure you're going to have a really great sound system, some awesome lights, and I can come one day a month with no kids and get my boogie on.

Absolutely can guarantee that. We will have the parents' night out again. With the gym and the skating rink itself, we are trying to do something in tandem with each other. So say you're like, okay, I need a break. The gym's open. We have a movie night. Your kids will be nice and safe. Y'all go enjoy a skate night. Awesome. I don't really know any of the semantics that are going on inside of that, but I do guarantee there's an adult night that will be there for you guys.

You renting skates, by the way?

We will be running skates.

And you'll be able to bring your own, too. Speed skates.

Yes, we'll have those, too. We'll have a little bit of both for y'all.

I appreciate it. I'm ready. This is what the community has been wanting. Yes. Yes. It is. You can see I'm super excited. I'm here for it. You guys can do it.

I'm here for it, honestly. I'm ready with the motion. We can go ahead. Yeah, we can make a motion. Let's go.

Because there's going to be kids over there. There's railroad tracks. Are we going to have some crossbars to wear and some flashing lights? like we have at the other railroad crossings?

Because nothing has ever developed over there, that is something we will have to work with the railroad. They just came recently through downtown, the cap metro, they put in and upgraded those systems. The city, that is something that we've also looked at for grants program, potentially. that this might be one of those that would qualify there for safe railroad crossing there. But they will be building sidewalks as part of their development around their particular property. That would probably be a city-funded project that we'd have to work in tandem with the railroad, similarly to the Safe Routes to School that you guys will be voting on. We had a railroad crossing there that was upgraded for that particular thing. But that would probably be a separate project outside of this.

And would that be Union Pacific or whoever the rail line?

This one, I believe, is a spur off of Union Pacific. This is not Cap Metro, so that would be working with them. And that's very similar to the Safe Routes to School was worked with Union Pacific for that particular pedestrian crossing. So it won't be part of their project on them, but it is something that council could definitely take up as an initiative when this project is moving forward, that that's something that you guys decide you want to do.

We definitely need something for the kids here in Elgin.

definitely any other questions okay i can make my motion again okay i would like to make my motion to approve as it please thank you and i'll say it's a second okay yes uh deputy mayor for saint pierre that has a pretty ring saint pierre yes mayfield yes crim yes pina yes mcshan yes hi miss yes gibson yes silva yes love yes motion carries

Number six, an ordinance amending the official zoning map of the City of Elgin, Texas, adopted in Chapter 46, Section 46-3, Revised Code of Ordinances, City of Elgin, Texas, 2013, and making the amendment a part of said zoning map to rezone 44.405 acres of land from R1, single family residential, district to C3 Highway Commercial District located on parcels of land known by the Bastrop County Appraisal District as parcel 57003 and 15519 located at 800 North State Highway 95.

So those who are on council here, just briefly, if y'all remember this property, a portion of this property came before the city that was within city limits and they rezoned it to highway commercial. This is kind of what we're calling a development called Silo Ranch. They are coming back before you to basically rezone the remainder of their property track that they own. as well as highway commercial, to give you an idea. P&Z recommended approval, just because they feel like that's in the vision of the city, that when we do have the highway frontage, we want commercial long highway frontage, not necessarily single family residential or anything. One token of this that's not shown on here, that council just as a reminder, If you went in through the Harvest Ridge ETJ mud, that road dead ends kind of there by the school. That road will continue on to the end of their property. This particular development will pick up that road and take it all the way on to 95. So you will basically have another east-west bound that will go from County Line Road all the way to 95 in addition to what's been built off of Larson there. So trying to make those interconnectivities, this will help move that along with the zoning change as well.

Can they do that road first so I can stay off 1100?

I know.

Everybody wants. Because I will never use 1100 again.

This can't be about you.

Well, this is also for the people of Shenandoah who have all that traffic with 1100. If we can move them off of 1100 in some way to get them into Eagles Landing or Homestead Estates with another route, this should hopefully help.

She said divert them to another neighborhood. Yeah, yeah.

But it takes off that traffic of everybody going on that road. It's a highly populated road getting to all the schools. And so if there's another route to get through there to get to the schools and whatnot, at least we can divert some traffic without having to spend the money to get the road widened like it needs to be. But at least this is another option.

This, I mean, it continues. I understand everybody's frustration of build it now today, but this does put in that the building blocks are there with a thoroughfare plan, that things are being laid out that you would want for the development. Again, all of these roads right now, as stipulated, is that entire roadway from east to west would be paid for by developers, nothing from the tax base. The caveat with that generally is you don't necessarily get to say, I want it done right now, but as part of it, it will be done as part of the development as everything moves along.

Any more questions?

Well, I'll make a motion to approve. Second motion.

And for all the developers you could tell the motion went down from a skate rink up here to

All right, number seven is a resolution for the city of Elgin, Texas, authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement for construction services for the Texas Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Project, also known as Schools to Downtown Project, and making certain findings related thereto.

Evening, Council, Mayor, Mr. City Manager, Michael Gonzalez, Director of Public Works. I'd like to ask, did he say his name when he came up?

I was going to say his name.

I think he's different rules for different people.

I think everybody knows him. That's the thing.

Everybody knows him. You may not know us. This is a project that was started quite a while ago. In fact, in July of 2020, a former city employee and great lady, Amy Miller, went out and applied for this grant and received funding. It took a long time for the state to finally come back around and provide that funding. What it does is that Safe Routes to School program and the area that was focused and the area that was put into the grant was Alamo Street, Neenah, and parts of MLK, all the way down to Maple. So this is that first portion. I cut off the slide where it says Main Street on the left, but you have Main Street coming down Alamo, This project fills in gaps between sidewalks that are already there. She did a great job at trying to expand, make the most of every dollar, and the way to do that was to include some additional, include sidewalks that were already there. Some transitions over to Nina Street, where Booker II Washington is included, down the way to MLK. That'll extend all the way to Maple Street, and then also down Alamo to the Public Housing Authority that's listed there on the map. City of Elgin held competitive bids, TxDOT kind of oversaw that process, and they concurred with our assumption to move forward with a low bidder, which is G2 Construction Company, 419,661, and there was a range of bidders that were in there. This motion before you tonight is just to approve the memo and allow the city to move forward with an agreement with the construction contractor for this portion of sidewalks. I'm sorry, Mr. Gonzalez, can you skate on these two? I will. When I get a pair of skates, I'm going to be the first one out there after construction's done.

But there'll be safe sidewalks where I can ride my bike. The citizens can ride their bikes.

No, I make a motion to approve. It's been a long time coming.

I'll second.

Yeah, it has.

I'll second.

All right. We'll begin with Council Member Gibson.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes. St. Pierre, yes. Mayfield, yes.

Krim, yes.

Pena, yes. McShane, yes. Hymas, yes.

All right, number eight, a resolution of the city of Elgin, Texas authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement for engineering services for the hazard mitigation assistance grant and making certain findings related there to.

Where are you going?

We'll do that. We're on here for like three more times. Mayor, the staff would like to ask you to table this item until next meeting.

OK. Mayor, I'll make a motion to table item eight on the agenda.

I'll second. Go ahead. OK. We'll begin with Council Member Gibson.

Gibson, yes. Cee-la, yes.

Love, yes. St. Pierre, yes. Mayfield, yes. Creme, yes. Pena, yes. McShann, yes. Jaimes, yes.

Come on back here. All right, number nine is an ordinance of the city of Elgin, Texas zoning for traffic and rate of speed there in on SL 109 in the city limits of city of Elgin defining speeding and fixing a penalty therefore declaring what may be a sufficient complaint. I'm sorry, compliant in persecutions here, too, with the savings clause repealing conflicting laws and declaring an emergency.

Mayor, for this item, I can speak to this. This item was actually approved in its other form, I should say. This is really a format issue or question that our city secretary is asking to re-vote on so that when it's filed, it follows a standard form. So it was approved correctly, but in not the form that we have with all the rest. If the city secretary wants to jump in and clarify that.

Is that the reason for the separation of the two items?

That woman in the mic.

So you guys passed this on April 21, actually. But you passed it as a resolution to adopt an ordinance. And that's not how we adopt our ordinances. This cleans it up. So I'm asking you to just redo it so you pass the ordinance and then we pass the resolution.

Any questions?

I'll make a motion to approve.

I'll second it.

Okay, we'll begin with Councilmember Gibson.

Gibson, yes. Sila, yes.

Love, yes.

St. Pierre, yes. Mayfield, yes. Crimm, yes.

Pena, yes. McShann, yes. Hymas, yes.

Okay, and this next one is the same thing. A resolution confirming the adoption of an ordinance of the City of Elgin, Texas, Zoning for traffic and rate of speed therein on SL 109 in the city limits of the city of Elgin. Defining speeding and fixing penalty, therefore, declaring what may be sufficient compliant in persecutions here under, with the savings clause repealing conflicting laws. So this is the fix, the one that we just did before.

A motion. All right.

We have a second? Second. All right. Deputy Mayor Pro Tems?

St. Pierre, yes.

Mayfield, yes.

Creme, yes.

Pena, yes. McShane, yes. Jaimes, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes.

Okay. It is 8-11 and we're going to executive session at this time pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code to discuss any matter as specifically listed on the agenda and is permitted by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. Number one, section 551.071, Texas Government Code, consultation with attorney. And section 551.072, Texas Government Code, deliberation regarding real property, the potential acquisition of real property by the Economic Development Corporation for economic development purposes. It's 9 o'clock and we're reconvening our general regular meeting. And from our executive session, do we have any action?

I make a motion to approve the Elgin's EDC purchase of a parcel of land within Jonathan Burleson survey abstract number 18 Bastrop County.

I'll second.

We'll begin with Deputy Mayor Pro Temp.

St. Pierre, yes. Mayfield, yes. Creme, yes.

Pena, yes. McShane, yes. Hymas, yes.

Gibson, yes. Silva, yes.

Love, yes. All right, that motion carries. The only other thing I have is that we're trying to work on our team building session, and we've been throwing some dates out. So it looks like... Is it June 4th and 6th and 7th? 5th and 6th.

5th and 6th, okay. Friday, Saturday.

Yeah, it's a Friday and Saturday. So can anybody not?

I will not be. That's the baby's birthday.

Oh, all right. Okay.

The option is what?

Can you bring the baby with you? No, I can't. Bring the baby.

Hey, we'll throw a birthday party. Peyton, what was the two options? I remember the fifth and sixth. The 10th and the 11th. I can't do either day on the 10th or the 11th.

We're running into Juneteenth celebrations. Right.

Nobody can do that one. And then Lytics. That is Juneteenth.

So... Okay, let's get back with her and see about the next.

All right, any other questions, comments? It's 9.02 and we are adjourned.