City Council - Regular Meeting

Alright. What the? Yeah. We'll start today is Tuesday, 05/19/2026.

Why they did zip tie it.

Yeah. We got executive session, so we'll go through the agenda items and then break the executive and then go through the work session. So today, under d one and d two, we'll administer the oath of office for City Council Place 5 and office of the mayor. We'll then be, recognizing the Keller Lacrosse for their successful season. And then consent items g one, consider approval of minutes for the Tuesday, 05/05/2026 regular city council meeting. G two, consider approval of minutes for the May 12 city council meeting, special meeting. And then third item, consider resolution authorizing city manager to execute a three year Microsoft enterprise agreement with Software House International. Any questions on that one? Alright. New business out of h one, public hearing.

Consider Norman's approving an SUV for a 340 square foot accessory dwelling unit on 5.2 acres located at 7110 Shady Grove Road. Any questions there? If not, second item, public hearing consider Norman's approving an SUV for the skin loft, and that is to operate a medical spa at, property address 1675 North, Heron Parkway, Unit 200. Any questions on that one?

Is that by the Children's Lighthouse area? Yes.

Was that

okay. Yes. Thanks.

And then last, item, public hearing considered an ordinance approving an SUP for Baylor Chicago White, operating medical office, property address at 1006 Keller Parkway, Suite 103. Any questions on this one? So they're just coming back. Same people. Okay. Alright. Those are all the items. No questions. Then we'll go off to the executive session to discuss the items listed on the

agenda, then come back on. Any

thoughts or questions?

You're making it sound like it's basically impossible to improve. So any future council that approves over our current benchmarks would just be extraordinary.

I was going to ask if Armin paid you

for this. No, I mean

Good job, Ron. Keep it up. Keep it up.

But in all seriousness, the drop from 50 to 37, that's

a That's a deal.

That's like a quarter per day. Quarter drop.

That's pretty good. Yeah. It's a good move. So you guys are doing really, really well on that. And that's

Yeah. Thank you.

Yeah. And the sports park, we just did a major investment and project.

I was gonna say, another 50,000,000 can't take care of it.

It's amazing, but that much money will do. Yeah. It worked. Growth and development is always an area where cities struggle. And you do a team, like, not much. But managing the growth and density of the city is the most important item. And feelings are a little bit mixed, but not too negative. Ensuring the infrastructure can support the growth is very important, and you're doing well. And even ensuring the public streets and roads can support the growth. I don't I it's so rare to see anybody with only 22% negative.

Usually, it's like 60% negative on something like this. And so you're doing very, very well. If there is anything, maybe just make sure the traffic signals are working. And so that's just one thing you could potentially do. And always the effort to attract and retain unique businesses would be appreciated. But you're doing pretty good. This is the first year we've asked about regulating short term rentals, Airbnb, Virgo, etcetera. And it's not the most important thing. And people have some you know, they feel the city could do better with that. So this might be the first time, you know, we've got something we asked and maybe there's a little something you might wanna do.

I know I know it would be contentious amongst some, but it's a it's a not the most important thing for sure.

Ronnie, have you asked that question to other cities or other Yeah. We have. Okay.

And then how is that? Always about like this. It's never the most important thing, and it's always fairly negative.

Okay. So that's when you compare to other ones, it's that same rating similar in that one? I haven't asked

it a lot of times, like only about four or five times. So most of these haven't dealt with this question.

Okay.

But where we have asked it, it's been at the bottom. Okay. And where we have asked it, people are complaining. Yeah. Safety and security, you're doing great.

Almost hardly hardly anything to to to improve coming down, maybe a little bit on sidewalks. I'm gonna do the historical look on this one, though. So if we come down to the sidewalks, I don't know why it popped higher in 2024. But whatever the reason, you're at the lowest you've been on negatives for sidewalks. So it is maybe something you still wanna look at because it's a little bit more negative and barely important to people.

And also neighborhood safety controls, you're kind of as good as you ever were. I guess 13%, but 1314% are nearly at the end, almost an identical buffer. So you're doing well with neighborhood safety controls. Maybe a teeny bit of improvement is possible. Traffic enforcement is just something that's consistent over time and a little bit negative.

Noise disturbances, we just added that a couple of years ago and not very big complaint or feel it's the most important thing. But those who do rate it as important are pretty negative about the disturbances. This is what we can look by area if you wish to see where the problem is more serious. So if you wanted, we could turn this on and we could go to the areas. And slowly, we could say, is it in Area 1 where the noise disturbance is high? Yes. Area 1. Is it in Area 2 where it's high? You go there. You go yeah.

It's about the same. A little bit more negative. Is it in Area 3 where it's high? And then you can look at that and you can go, actually, a little bit better in Area 3. And what about in Area 4? And I don't know if you remember the different areas, and it's better than here. So so it is an Area 1 And 2, and so it's that the upper part and upper lowers with 4 being the lowers.

But it's not Highway Highway 377. Yeah.

We do have a railroad track.

I

don't recall any comments. Yeah. I

was gonna say, were there any specific comments in the comment section speaking

to them? Well, I don't recall any. You know, and it's not a very big issue when you when you look at it. You know, you you look at this. Oh, it's just like only important 7% of the people overall. I just don't know if they're right about it. I just don't remember.

And we've had a couple of people in the past that have chimed up and concerned with the airplane noise, sometimes helicopter. And you do have some of that in the Northeast that they get upset in some of the the flight patterns.

And three seventy seven is a

The three seventy seven has some times. So but but as Ron points out, it's not a it's a top concern. Yeah. I don't know what we do from us.

But then the operational things, street and road maintenance is pretty important, and it's an area where you're doing rather well. But there's maybe a little bit of room to improve and managing the growth and developing. It's important, and you're doing pretty good overall. If there's anything down here where you got a little bit of a negative it's in your public storm water and infrastructure maintenance. I know if you had any storms come through or anything that would make that bump, but you got a little bit

of something that came up.

Historical for the public strengths, the great drainage, it's like it was very negative. And now you're at the lowest negative that you've been, So you've made some progress on it. Maybe something not to completely set aside and to keep a little bit of attention on it.

Nightingale, so take it off early on. Yeah. And three seventy seven. This

page this page oh, that he's gonna get rid of. We just had this area for.

And the flume by Whitley.

Okay. So this one is perhaps the most important page on the in in the dashboard. And what you look here is people out of each of these areas here, the benefits, the growth, and development, safety and security, operational, and the fiscal each of our communities. Pick the two most important ones to them out of each. And then we showed them the 10 that they picked.

We said here is a list of the 10 issues you selected as being most important. So they see the ones that they picked, and then we ask for the three most important. So out of nearly 50 attributes, about 45, we ask which three are most important, and here are what people gave us as their most important ones. So, you know, what's in your top 10 or what's in your top 15 out of about 45 or 50 is really logical to look at and keep an eye on. Street and road maintenance is you're doing well, but it is something probably not to take your eye off of.

And then managing the growth and density of the city is similar, pretty high. Other things like fire services, school safety support, family friendly. Like, it's really important and you're nailing it. And then quality restaurants comes in. It's pretty important. It's in the top seven and and a little more negative. But as we see, you've improved there and and and so forth. So I wanted to show you that. Now what I'd like to do is show you down at the bottom here, we have something called benchmarks important attributes. This is real this is new.

If you've ever seen this dashboard in the past, you haven't seen this. And so the benchmarks I'm gonna click on the benchmarks. So what it allows us to do is benchmark against other other attributes that are in there. So if we look at street and road maintenance. Right, this is these are other cities where we ask the question nearly identical to the way you asked it.

So it's not maybe I completely the same, but it's very close. And so you can see in this that when people raided street road maintenance, Keller right here was among the most important, but she's still doing really well. Now there are there's a forest city here and there's a Texas city who didn't have any concerns on this, but still you're better than most. And we asked this the first time this year. If we go to street and growth, we've asked that in the past, and then there are three top ranked cities, and it's all you.

And and then all of the rest are are below. So you we see it as a room to improve, and it is, but then you're really doing great. Does that make sense? Yeah. I'm gonna show another one like managing the growth and density of the city. Second most important one, you have 20% 7% who are gave you a poor very poor rating. So that if we go to managing the growth and density of the city, did that change? It must have changed. Yeah. But, yeah, you're doing great.

Look at that. You're the top three. So you can manage the growth and density of the city, and I think that's wise. But then just know that you're doing really well. And we can do that for anything along these lines. You can look at them and see how you're doing. Another pretty important one where you were more negative was quality restaurants. Right? And so I'm gonna go quality rest how we're doing. And and I think it's restaurant and dining options is the closest that we had to the way you phrased it.

And look, you're doing pretty good. You're not the best. There are others that have a lot of great restaurants. And so you're somewhere solidly in the upper area, but some small amount of room to approve. And I'll pause there. I know I've been doing a lot of talking. Any thoughts?

Any questions, guys? Charleston, do you have a question?

No. I'm just just kinda balling along. Yeah. Okay.

And and I will remind you that Wilson ID out for everybody.

Yeah. All the others are pretty strong. So so Yeah. Then the other thing I'd like to show you is have you had contact with employees? And oh, I had contact with the library. Some had contact with the fire department. And then we get the ratings if they did. So 61 people on the survey said they had contact with the fire department, and they rated it really high. And then the city council, it's common to have a city council near the bottom. So you're in a tough job.

Much better than all the other cities.

I I think we have Right? You don't need to show

us the benchmark.

Don't

worry. Don't worry about it.

We know they're good. I've talked before. But you know that I could. But now we're good.

Now we're good. You know.

Do you actually, I think he shows that it actually is really good compared to

Yeah. I'll never

Oh, yeah.

Turn it up.

Friends for it. There were some cities that were negative. Like, where we're 82, there were some cities he showed us that were negative.

Oh, really?

Yeah. Wow. It's incredible.

You're the

one that separates the mayor from council.

Just in the comments.

We didn't wanna put that there, you

know, saying that.

I'm gonna move on to something else too.

I'm gonna

sidestep all of this.

New investment priorities. Consider the ideas below with the questions. Which ones do you feel would be worth using city revenues to develop a name for Calvert? So incentive to attract quality businesses and sit down restaurants is is pretty high, suggesting that you have made room, but there's also a a willingness to try to get even more. And so that's interesting.

Accelerated residential street paving came up pretty high too. And I know that's like a super expensive thing to to have here, but, you know, it did well. And then trail and sidewalk expansion. I already looked you were among the best for your trails and sidewalks when we did the benchmarks. But still, your residents feel that would be great to expand. So other things kind of fell off quite a bit.

Ron, when you say accelerated, you mean getting the projects done quicker? Is that the form of the question?

That was a book

of questions.

We just

Thanks. Yeah.

So there are other things, but they're just nowhere near as high as the top three there, and and they're all very strong where they're about to have you do that. Police. I'm not gonna spend much time on the police because this is just it was thrown in and or or if you requested that we do it and we did it. And it came off really good and consistent with last year. So nothing really to know about the police other than solid again.

Okay. Satisfaction with waste services. So we had a series of questions on waste services, including how satisfied are you with the city's current garbage and recycling services, and they're very satisfied. And there are very few people who are dissatisfied or unsure. You have some, you know, but and then and then the next question was, would you support changes in waste services to save money or to reduce costs, including standardizing trash containers for bulk pickup less frequently, you know, once a month, or sending all yard waste to the landfill or garbage pickup once per week rather than pick up like you're doing it now.

Or recycling pick up every other week or yard waste pickup once per month. So those are all areas where, I'll be honest, the data might be.

And we weren't asking that question. Right, Rachel? There was some confusion from some of the candidates. We're not planning on cutting services. But

No. We asked this question to provide as much data as we could for you guys ahead of Right. Having to go out, you know, put the bid and make a decision about the I guess the contracts.

Yeah. And those to back up the decision during the Yeah.

Very helpful.

Yeah.

Yeah. Thank you.

Yeah. And then we followed up with the current garbage recycling monthly rate rates are two for $20.14 tax. And this procedure says it's $18.53. But then we said, what's the maximum increase you would support? Right? So a lot of some people said, hey. I go to $15 or I go to $10 or I go to $5. So there are a lot of people who rounded up. But on average, they were willing to go to $6. That's good.

And and then if you do $3 or more, you get 81% who are willing to do that. So I think there's a fair amount of support for, like, $3, maybe $4 a month. You could potentially go $5 a month, but still have support if you wish. And also if you split it as seniors versus others, that you might be able to do something. And then on this case, you can look at the people 55 and older and see what did they think and a little more a little more less supportive, but not much.

It's about the same. And this thing didn't change on average, so I think there's something I need to turn on here for this average. I'll get that rapidly fixed. But I think general good support for a mild increase if you need to. And I'm sure there'd be a lot of support for not increasing it.

So Now I think the only other thing I wanted to show you, for any of you who haven't seen this survey before, we have several comments. We have comments like what you like about the city. And and and people left their comments. And what we did was we took these comments and we made an overview and created themes so you could see what are the things people mentioned most often off the top of their head about what do you appreciate about the city. And your parks and green spaces are super strong.

And the friendliness of the community and the low crime rate and the trails and walkability, you just have some great things that they love about the city. And then if you and when you come down to the comments of setups, let's say you wanted to learn more about what people said about the community events and festivals. So then you can come to the next page where we have the actual comment. And there is an additional filter up here. And this is where you can select only the community events and festivals.

And you can see what people Oh, I see. And so that gives you the chance. And you can see what they said their number one thing that they said. This isn't in order, but they we gave them room to write two things. And they wrote one or the other. And then this is a little bit about the person on the other end of the comment. Are they a female? What's their age? Where do they live?

And how long live in

the city. So all of that's available to you. Go to go to you could also do it if you would like by area. So, like,

you could know if you want to look at

people in one area or another. So you can do that. But but so that's the way it is for all comments where there's going to be an overview of what people say long. And if they didn't say it very often, then, like, it's just in other. Right? So these are the things that people said, and then you can go down to the actual comments on the next line and see what they said, and then see who it was that said. If you want, you can do a deep dive into it.

Okay. Well, Ron, thanks a lot for providing this road map. I appreciate it. And then, Steph, we can obtain these online or has it already been

We'll send you the links.

Okay.

You guys can play with these to your heart's desire.

Awesome. Thank Thank you. Well, thanks a lot, man, for going that going through with that, and, really appreciate your efforts in the last several years.

Yeah. No. It's been a pleasure, and we look forward to helping you if you need it along the way, reach out.

Yes, sir. Thank you.

Thanks, Ron.

Okay. Do we have enough time for

we've got fifteen minutes economic development and sales tax. Is that Yeah.

Which you wanna go in

the next couple of weeks. Okay. Let's do that. You too. Are you gonna combine that with three? We cannot. Okay. Alright.

Yeah. As long as you don't ask questions, shoot me real quick. You won't ask. Just on the inside of that. That one.

There

we go. So first work session item is gonna be the economic development sales tax. This first slide is just from a couple meetings ago. We were asked the percentage of ad valorem tax and sales tax to the total, general fund budget. So you can see starting in FY twenty, we're at 46% going up through the budget.

For FY '26, tops out at 46%. It's fluctuating anywhere from 46, 47, 48%. Our sales tax percent has like we've gone up from 17 up to a high of 23%. So what we can see here is ad valorem tax staying pretty much the same throughout all these years. Sales tax is picking up some of that slack and then the rest is just the other revenues in the general fund.

And a reminder, this is showing that that dependence on property tax that we've held that kind of study as we've held property the same where sales tax, the dependency on that is increased as we increase sales tax. Really highlighting again that we're shifting that percentage from ad valorem because we held it the same over to sales tax. And also remember, as a reminder, some things we'll talk about the next session the next meeting presentation. It's kind of that volatility too that comes with

that. Yeah.

Alright. So getting back into economic development, our current incentives, for the FY twenty seven budget, up there on the screen, ME development, flexed, and Keller House for a total estimated payment of $707,874. Dollars. And so this will show the our f y twenty six budget, what we estimate to spend in f y twenty six, our proposed budget for '27, and then projected out for FY '28 and '29. You'll notice at the top there Hampton Inn, our hotel.

This is FY twenty six is the last year for that payment, so that will drop off. ME development is in bold. That was in the f y twenty six budget. We don't think that that payment is going to hit in f y twenty six. We have

moved that.

So one is dependent on getting a CO. So they have they have gone with the precon. We expect them hopefully to break their own. Any development is city sports. If you're trying to figure out what Altus is? IT company. That is correct. They are over by the Boutin.

And then the 20,000 for Hampton, is that all hot tax?

That's just the property tax.

Oh, yeah. Tax is separate.

I was actually about to pull up Okay. When that one ends. I believe it's in two more years. Okay.

We have the sock grants, and we have some just other miscellaneous things as as they come up if we if we need money available to help out

with someone.

Sales tax growth through April, we are trending trending well there. You'll see in future slides as well. We are you'll you'll see on the next slide, we're we're we're turning ahead of pace here. Through the first two quarters, we are a little ahead of budget, very similar to where we were in FY twenty five and higher than all of the other previous years that are on the slide. And this just shows our sales tax revenues by category for, the first and second quarters in f y twenty six so far.

So biggest, one retail there, 37%. That is made up, That also includes online sales for any company that has a physical presence anywhere in the state of Texas. So they don't have to have a location here in color as long as they have something in Texas, it'll show up as Raytown.

Mel's is a good example of that. So if you order from Cabela's, we'll see it on that retail category even if it's being sent to your house and it was an online purchase. So that non non store is your Amazon Wayfair, things of that nature. It also gives me a chance to move to the next slide to remind everybody because the one complaint I had with the survey is the misstatement about retail opportunities. We have lots of retail opportunities.

You should be able to go to a quality restaurant, do all your shopping right here. I cannot stress enough the importance of keeping it in Keller. So those retail opportunities that are not in Keller have it sent to your house. We get these sales tax when it's delivered to your home. So like I just said, if you're you're wanting something from Cabela's, you don't need to go don't ever leave them. Don't ever leave Keller. You can have it. You can have it. You can have it purchased, have it sent here. And at that point, Keller gets the sales tax. And it's really important we make that message because that shopping is really important because when we leave, we're getting to another city.

Amazon is our friend.

Amazon is absolutely our friend. And you'll see that here

in a second.

And then when we return it, we return it in a different different city.

Definitely. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. You got it.

Yeah. So

to your point, customer Wobbly, Amazon is our friend. When you start looking at our top 10 filers to 25. And I always tell make sure to make it clear, like, Amazon is really, like, three of our top 15 to because they do they have Amazon proper. They also have their prime, and then they have their their store. So it's in there as a a pretty big one. Wow. So the other one I always like is equipment chair. So I I can't stress enough. If you need a bulldozer, make sure you keep it in color. Go to equipment chair, get your bulldozer, your your trencher, whatever from there.

I'll also point out integrated systems down there, highlighted in yellow that that was a one time, thing in in FY twenty four. So we don't expect to see that again, but the the rest of the top 10 is pretty, stable. You can see. So our our restaurant sales tax, we have our limited service restaurants down at bottom blue, full service restaurants in red. This is just quarter one and two.

You can see that quarter one is consistently higher, than quarter two for eating out. But with the holidays, families coming in, visiting. With that out, this is through fiscal year twenty five, our top 10 restaurant filers, Chick fil A, McDonald's, Raising Cane's, Lead the Way, Starbucks, a lot of the fast food restaurants on here. But as we look through '11 through '18, we have some some more of the full service and more, fast casual type, restaurants on there. And some of the

newer items as well. And it's been nice kinda seeing that change while they're still in that top. They're only in the 20 area. We're seeing them more and more, the demand for those those changes. So, while I I don't think anyone's gonna dispose depose Chick fil A from the number one spot as much as we'd like to see it, we're definitely seeing that shift in the kind of seven through 20 range. Because even on the other side of, like, 19, I think, was was CocoShrimp. Yes. So you're still kinda seeing some of those newer restaurants come up there.

Good.

General general fund sales tax projections going forward. As you can see our our estimated sales tax is ahead of our f y twenty six budget. We are gonna propose proposing right now an FY twenty seven sales tax very similar to where we expect FY '26 to be. As you can see with our our trend line there, FY '27 we're budgeting conservatively at this point. But as we saw from slide two, our sales tax is consistently a higher percentage of

the general fund as it

was in the past. Good. Cool. Sales tax. And that that is that is it for this presentation. Unless anyone has any questions, we have to answer those.

Any questions? No. No. Okay.

Thanks, Ryan. Hush and Aquario don't show up at that place.

Hush is I don't know what. Hush was on the like about eleven or twelve. Aquario is getting there. Yeah. The bottle is Oh, yeah.

It's about twelve. So

Okay. Aquario is yeah. Aquario is showing up, but it's it's just on the other side of, I think, Coco's Shrimp in the summer.

So it's definitely a top restaurant.

It's closed on Sunday.

Alright. Alright. So our other general fund revenue trends, this was the one originally scheduled for for today. We see our revenues by volatility are at least volatile being property tax. We've done a great great job the last eight, nine years.

Keep keeping that flat over to our most volatile sales tax, but fortunately that's been trend trending up. We are doing pretty well. Again, tax growth just like the other previous presentation. Our f y our twenty six year end projection just a little bit ahead of our '26 budget number. Our f y twenty seven estimates gonna be right there kind of in line with where 2425 were.

Mom, you're in projection. Permits growth, we are starting to, trend back up from, where 2122 were kinda came down, starting to head back up. We're projecting to be ahead of the f y twenty six budget. Our f y twenty seven, estimate is slightly ahead of the FY '26 year in projection just based on the historical trends. Ambulance revenue, we are doing really well so far in FY twenty six projected to again come in ahead of ahead of budget.

This one is a little bit more volatile. So we're our '27 estimate is looking at a little bit less than what '25 and '24 were, but ahead of '21, '22, and '23.

So We we use

that based on a five year average, just kinda recognizing it can ebb and flow. So we wanna be conservative with that. We don't want to count on too many people needing an ambulance ride each

year. So and

keep in mind, we're also hoping that the the command control unit will help kind of some of those repeat calls and actually that makes cost savings in terms of usage. Mhmm.

Franchise right of way growth. Once again, the theme is we are doing well on our year end projections, looking like we're gonna come in above the FY twenty six budget. We're still sticking with that conservative theme on our FY twenty seven estimates. These these revenues are about seasonality to them. So they they kind of add and and flow, but we're kind of in a good trend right now.

We're feeling really cold winter or really hot summer that will cause those to change. So we wanna make sure we kinda average that out as well.

Interlocal growth, this this is our regional contract. So you can see that it's kind of a steady rise. A lot of that is based on personnel costs that original partners are paying into. So, you know, our urine projection is, you know, right right in line with the budget. We are projecting an increase for f y twenty seven for public safety regional partnerships.

Property tax growth. We are in projection right there with f y twenty six budget. We are budget increase with some new development in there based on, you know, past decisions with property taxes or just

Yeah. New growth. That when we look at that '27, all that really looks at is the estimated new growth that we saw in our April preliminary, very preliminary number, but they had about 75,000,000 in new growth. Multiply that by the current rate is about 200,000. So that that change is just 200,000 current now plus the new growth. That's the only thing we're budgeting at this time with the general fund.

Yeah. That that just shows there just slight increase in in the green and a slight decrease in in the blue for that that service. So the not same that that goes to go towards the general fund. And we got slide. This is just a summary. No pretty colors or pictures, but boring numbers. But all the numbers there showing where we think the budget is gonna be our variance from prior year budget and variance from our year end projections. This is the last slide for questions. Than

I know we aren't supposed to ask questions, but with the volatility so high on the Avalon because of the change to three years?

Or

It's it's in other way, that volatility shows that it's very stable.

Oh, okay. So it's back.

Okay. So, yeah,

the volatility

That's why I was like, wait

a second.

No. Volatility was mostly I

misread it. Yeah. Apologize.

No. You're not. That's fine.

That's why I was like, why is I would assume that's

stable. No. No. No. That's the most stable. Yeah.

I but I again, I

was curious how much if that was due to the change in the TAD policy. So that's fine.

We're watching that. That's that was interesting to see the April numbers come in. It's still rare. The first time I've seen those actually decrease. We're still working with them. We we should get a May estimate here shortly that we will be able to kinda dissect, but it's been

Yeah. It's

it's caused some interesting conversations among colleagues in other cities of what does this really mean.

In other entities, I think. Yeah. Yeah.

That was it?

Right, sir. No.

Yes. Alright.

Was there any other questions? We'll come back. So if guys have questions That sounds we've got two other items. You guys will okay. Alright. Perfect. Perfect. Alright. We'll start tonight's meeting. Welcome everybody to town hall.

Today is the nineteenth here at the city hall, and we've got a a few people that we're gonna recognize. We're gonna do that after the swearing in because there's a mayor that is incoming that wants to make sure that we recognize the ladies who are with us, the Keller Lacrosse team. We're very proud of your accomplishments. And as I've said many times before, not only are we proud of the success that you all had on and off the field, but it's how you represented our community and the way that you did that. So we're grateful that you're here, and I know the mayor, is gonna have some comments for you all as well. We start every meeting with a prayer. And, with that, we have reverend, Shannon Deberly.

Thank you, mister mayor.

If you

please bow your heads. Heavenly father, we thank you for the opportunity together today in service to our community and to the great state of Texas. We ask for your wisdom and guidance for all who have chosen the path of public service with a special blessing for councilman Watley and mayor McMullen. We ask that you grant them clarity in decision making, humility in leadership, steadfast commitment to justice, integrity, and the rule of law. Amen.

Amen. Thank you. If you can please stand for the pledge. Where's Ross at? I'm looking for okay. Okay. Make sure okay. We're good. Alright. We can start.

Alright. I'm like, wait a second. Alright. Thank you all. We do under item d one and d two, we're gonna be administering the oath of office for City Council Place 5 and for the office of the mayor.

But if you don't mind, council member and mayor, I've just had a few parting words that I wanted to share on behalf of the community. Probably most nervous that I've actually ever been in this dais, and it it's ironic because it's not even my night. This is your guys' night. And but but it is my last night, and I just wanted to thank you all on behalf of my family. Twelve years ago, I sought to serve this community, and I remember very vividly, my son was just born three months old, and I remember the time I looked at my wife, Kathy, who I told her, hey.

I think I'm I'm gonna run for city council. I had applied to serve on a parks and rec board. I got denied twice, mayor. You know that because I interview with you guys, and you guys denied me twice. But but one of the things that mayor Pat McGrail always said was, hey. Don't give up and find a way to serve your community. And and there was a vacancy, mayor, if you remember. We had a councilman that had left, and I looked at my wife and I said, I think I wanna run for council. And she kinda looked at me funny and said, you realize the only person that knows you in this city is me. And you can only count on my vote depending on how you treat me that night and or that day.

And and but we did it together, and as I said, was born. And so for and Kendall, this is all they've known. It's our service to the community, and it's something that's been very meaningful to my family. And I just wanna thank you for giving me that opportunity to do so. I did it because I wanted to serve my family and make sure that they had a bright future, but also to make sure that your family and your kids had a great color to live in. And and I know that's why a lot of my colleagues on this dais step step up to serve. So I wanna thank them. I wanna thank city staff. I wanna thank Aaron. I had a chance to work with him last several years. Prior to that, he was our finance director. Prior

to

him as city manager, we had Mark Haffner. Mark Haffner was a great city manager, someone who I think has taught you very well, Aaron, and someone that also taught me and mentored me along the way. I'll never forget, it was two, three months after I got sworn in. We had that winter storm in 2021 that impacted the entire state. And I've always had appreciation for staff because part of that I served on the city council and always appreciate the work they did.

But it really was that winter storm that kinda opened up my eyes and realized how dedicated we have department heads and directors and even the public works people and our public safety professionals, all these people that on day to day basis maybe don't necessarily live in this city. They contribute to our city each and every day and are willing to risk their lives in many time, many occasions for you, for us. We saw that with our winter storm when we had not just public safety professionals out there, but public works coming from across the metroplex to literally de ice and and serve our community. And so that moment, even though it was very eye opening, and for a lot of us, was in particular for me because I knew that we had a staff that truly cared about our community. I wanna thank our boards and commissioners and volunteers.

We have a lot of them here in the room today. This is a team effort. A lot of the success that we've had collectively as a city, and I know the entire city council will agree, is because we have people that step up and volunteer. This is not a paid gig for neither one of us and neither it is for them. But they do it because they will have a heart of service and wanna wanna serve you and serve us. And so I'm grateful that we have great commissioners willing to do that. And I wanna thank my colleagues on the council. I've appreciated each and everyone's perspective.

There have

been times where we've always either agreed or disagree, but it's always been a respectful dialogue. And that's something I can appreciate, not just from this group, but the prior council members and prior mayors that I've had a privilege of serving underneath. We are here today because of that collective effort. It's not one person or one group. It is you as residents.

It is our boards and commissions. It is the councils before us and here today that it's the reason we are that most family friendly city. And I'm just grateful to have served with with you all. We've had great accomplishments, but it's because we did it together from taxes, you know, advocating on on behalf of taxpayers, supporting our public safety professionals, addressing our infrastructure needs, Keller Sports Park, we're also proud of, the community events that we've started that we'll be celebrating together again with July 4 just as an example. We've done so much in this city, and we truly are in my opinion, and I'll continue to say it, the jewel of Tarrant County.

A lot of us choose to live in Keller and it's because of all these things that make our city so great. And it's not just one event, it's it's the people. Our future is bright and it's in good hands. I leave here tonight very proud to know that the guy that's gonna be replacing me in this seat, someone who I've known for many years, and our new mayor, Ross McMullen. He's got a great support system, and that's gonna be very important.

Katie and his kids are here, and his dad, Errol, and and I know his mom is watching from above, and he's he's gonna be a great guy. And I'm really proud to have known you. You can't take the photo then, man. Come on. And I'm looking forward to you.

And and just know, Ross, I'm gonna be here to help you as much as I can or as little as you want, but I'm here to guide you along the way. And to my colleagues on the city council, and Chris, congratulations to you. And Charles, who I know is watching on the Zoom, and Jared or Russ, whichever one of you guys ends up serving on this thing, I know we're gonna have some good people representing us. And I'm a constituent now, so I'll be bugging you guys just as much, and I'll be sending my emails and my complaints. I got plenty to come your way.

Trust me. But but do know that my offer to Ross extends to the entire council. I'm here to guide you guys and assist you however I can. And, as I step into this new chapter, hopefully, down in the legislature, I do so knowing that, I'll bring to that seat the same dedication and passion that I've had to this seat. I only do it because I wanna serve my community and I'm looking forward to potentially with with your trust being able to do that there for not just Keller, but some of the surrounding communities that are adjacent to us.

So it's been an absolute honor and a privilege. Thank you for entrusting me with with the honor to be able to do that. And I hopefully won't be too far away. I think they told me I have an office up here if for that next role. So you'll know where to find me. But with that, thank you. So Thank you, guys.

Alright. Hey, mister mayor. Yeah. Can I say a quick something? I know we probably all wanna say and we'll speak about we'll probably say enough about you later, but I just wanna say a good mark of success is leaving something better than when you found it like previous mayors. I think all of us on council would agree you've done that. Where we were six years ago and where we are now, you've continued that trend. And just for those of you all out there, one thing that is really interesting about Armin is he speaks, usually speaks last and he actually listens to everybody. And I know me, I have trouble doing that, I usually wanna speak first. But it was always interesting to me leading meetings, he could speak first.

He always spoke last and listened. He's And a real deal family man. After meetings, some of us usually talk, but he's out of here. Now I don't know if that's him or Kathy. But he's a real deal. And I think all of us just wanna thank you for your service. And you've done a great job, brother.

Thank you, guys. Thank you. Well, okay. Get it together because we got we got we got some new folks that we gotta swore in. So first off, and again, we're excited for you all. It is to administer the oath of office to city council place five. Councilman, if you join me down there and, bring your loved ones, and then, I know you wanna address the, the community. Alright. Okay.

I'm getting lucky. Doosan We'll start again. Yep.

I'm telling you, man.

They're all judging us right now.

Chris Wally. I, Chris Wally. Do solemnly swear.

Do solemnly swear.

That I will faithfully execute.

That I will faithfully execute.

The duties of the office of city council.

The duties of the office of city council. Place five. Place five.

For the city of County.

For the city of County. State of Texas. State of Texas.

And that I will That I will. To the best of my ability

To the best of my ability. Preserve, protect, and defend Preserve, protect, and defend.

The constitution and laws of The United States

the constitution and laws of The United States

and of this state, so help me God.

Of this state, so help me God. And congratulations. Okay. I I thought it was appropriate task Armen to swear me in and do the oath. I appreciate it. To all of you, thank you so much for your support. This starts my fourth term on city council. I pledge to you, I will do what I've always done. That seat isn't mine. It belongs to you.

And you're the ones who put me there. You're the people I listen to. I'll always be the voice of the people. The person that I owe the most to is this beautiful lady. She puts up with me. I don't know if you see this. That's if you're thinking a bad thing, on one side, hits me out of the house. Right? On the other side, it takes a lot of our life away that we have together. But it's worth the sacrifice, and thank you. God bless you all. Thank you very much.

Okay.

Yes. And I think she's got some documents for you to sign. Right? Okay. Perfect.

Alright. Next up is the oath of office for our new mayor. We can give him a round of applause. Okay. Last chance.

I only get one for sure. You sure? Alright. Alright. Great. Alright. I, William Ross McMullen.

I, William Ross McMullen. Do solemnly swear that I will faithfully. Do solemnly swear that I will faithfully.

Execute the duties of the office of mayor.

Execute the duties of the office of mayor.

To the city of Keller For

the city of Keller.

State of Texas.

State of Texas.

And that I will, to the best of my ability And that I will, to the best

of my ability Preserve, protect, and defend Preserve, protect,

and defend the constitution

Good evening. So when we were getting ready today, you know, I was looking at what remarks I would provide. And to be honest with you, our staff knows this, but I don't really prepare a whole lot. Here we go. We speak from the heart, and the first marching order I got was from my wife, Katie. She said, keep it short because the 10 old is about to lose his mind. So thank you for your patience as we we we work through that. I wanna thank our heavenly father for the opportunity to be here tonight, for watching over this city. Through him, all things are possible, and, we have never forgot that as our North Star here in Keller, Texas. I wanna thank our residents, all 47,000 of them.

We serve you. Councilman Wally said it very well that these are the seats that belong to the people, and we know that every single meeting, every single vote, that's in the back of our mind. That doesn't mean we get every single thing right, but it means our heart is for Keller. I wanna thank my wife, Katie, who is still wrestling with the kids. Armin, you almost had me with Aiden being three months old. Where'd he go? Where's the former okay. I wanna thank you, man, for everything you've done for this city. You're a 27 year old bright eyed guy. And, actually, I think I might have been the second person you talked to after Kathy, and I said the same thing as her.

I said, well, actually, I think you only know Kathy, myself, and Katie. Are you ready for this? And we had no idea how much you would do for this community. I think you always knew, though. And one of the things that you always said was that you're not here to hold a seat. You're here to serve, and you're gonna get big time results. And even when people doubted you, you punched through. And because of your leadership, we just heard a presentation that this town is in as good of a spot as we've ever been. It's qualitative. It's great feedback from our residents, so give it up for mayor Armand Mazzani.

You know, I was thinking about keeping the remarks short, and I'm gonna do my best, Katie. But the past six years for me have have truly been a treasure. There's a lot of sacrifice that goes on at home. And, again, I thank my wife Katie, Gracie, thank you, sweetheart. You were actually Mae Mae's age when we started this. Kaylin, Owen, Mae Mae, Zach, thanks for hanging in there, guys. To my dad, thank you. You know, I was blessed growing up. I was always rich. We never had a lot of money.

I grew up very modest, but I was rich in in love at home, and that's so important. And that's why when you look at the past six years, I'm so proud of the fact that Keller is recognized as Texas' most family friendly city. We were recognized on Capitol Hill that was read in the congressional record, and that is our North Star every day because we are here to serve our residents. So everything from the $45,000,000 that we put in the Keller Sports Park to our infrastructure, historic events investments in Old Town Keller in particular. You look at the progress on Elm Street, that's a county partnership, 7 to $8,000,000 more.

Our economic development, we're seeing improvement in terms of not only what's happening on the ground, but people realizing that right here in Rector, we need to keep it in Keller. That's right. Amen. When I look ahead over the next three or so years, I am genuinely fired up about Keller's future. I always tell the kids that I coach in various sports, be a good teammate, do your best, and work your hardest, but have fun. Right, Gracie? And that's what we do. We have fun because we know in our heart of hearts that we're blessed to live in Keller, Texas. It's a great community. There's very few other communities like it.

And for that reason, it's the honor of a lifetime to serve as your mayor, and I want you to know that. It means a lot to me that you're here tonight. It also means a lot to me that my first official act as mayor is gonna be to recognize a pretty amazing group of individuals and and student athletes. So I just wanna tell you, I'm always a phone call away. Just like mayor Mazzani has done, he set a precedent where it's an open door policy at town hall. That's absolutely gonna to continue. We're gonna we are gonna take it to the next level. Everything we're gonna do everything that we intend to do, we intend to do with excellence. So buckle up for July 3. It's gonna be unlike any July 3 you've ever been to.

Right, staff? Our fireworks are gonna be five minutes longer. You're gonna see things that you haven't seen before. But we're excited to serve, and we're here for you. So if you ever need anything, reach out.

And with that, I'll just say, let's get to work. So, Kelly, you know how to do this as as well as anyone. We're gonna recognize our Keller Girls Lacrosse team. And I gotta tell you, I was following all of your matches to the best of my ability. I I when that weather delay hit, I was frustrated, as I'm sure you were at the time, because you were on a roll, and you had a historic season.

You had something that is gonna go down in in our record books here at town hall, but also in the community's hearts as as truly something that we can look at, that hopefully my daughters look at and whatever sports or my sons look at in their sports, and and they aspire to be. Because it's not just what you accomplished on the field, it's what you've shown to our community in your character, in your integrity, how you played, how you handled yourself, kind of a no excuses mentality, I would say, is what you carried forward. So congratulations to our Keller Girls Lacrosse team on being a state finalist, state runner-up, and my heart state champion, but the weather got in the way. So we're so proud to recognize you tonight, and our city secretary Kelly Ballard is gonna read off your names. You'll step forward.

I'm gonna ask, mayor Mazzani, if you don't mind, come help me hand out some certificates, one last official duty, and, and then we'll take a picture with you. Okay? Kelly?

Anna Riley Lang. Avery Anzalone. Chloe McQuinneth. Ellie Lambs. Emerson Menzel.

Hadley Borman. Is this Avery? No. I think she's right there. Julia Aiken.

Keira Kim insky. Kennedy McMahan. Kinley Jay. Lexi Doyle. Naomi Mauer.

Mia Mays. Makayla Washington. Olivia Tobkin. Patty Osterlin. Pia Pasquale.

Quinn Fincher. Ronna Kay. Regan Willoughby. Sadie McQuinniff. Simar.

Taylor G. And coach Alf. And coach Moses.

I'll tell you what. Coach, I don't know if you have anything some remarks you'd like to offer before we take a big group picture, but the microphone's yours.

I just wanna thank our parents. I wanna thank the community. This is a really special group of young ladies and to make it, we finished second in state, made it to the state championship game. And I know that there's a whole community behind a team of players that that gets us that far so I just wanna say thank you and thank you for recognizing us and honoring us. We're really proud to be here and represent Keller. Thank you.

So that is the championship.

Oh, this is amazing.

Yes. So We're

have to just go off.

Hey, folks. We need to scooch in a little more. We may need some more in front.

She heard that Steve's coming back to town today.

Scooch in a little more. Get nice and tight.

Hey. I do wanna take this moment once again to congratulate you, but we actually put together a reception, mainly for y'all, and also my colleague, councilman Watley. So we're gonna recess at this time. We'll be back. What time is it, Kelly? Okay. We'll be back shortly after 08:00 for anyone listening, but please join us in the hall if you can. Okay? Thank you. First of all, I'm really excited again to have the Keller Girls Lacrosse team here.

This is the state championship finalist trophy, and we're gonna proudly display that out in the the case in town hall or somewhere here where it's prominently displayed. So thank thank you to to the team and the coaches for all their hard work all season. Next up, we have persons to be heard. Is This a time for the public to address the city council on any subject. However, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the city council from discussing issues which the public has not been given three days notice. Issues raised may be referred to city staff for research and possible action. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes. Do we have anyone who would like to speak under persons to be heard? No one, Kelly? Alright.

With consent, g one, consider a consider approval of the minutes of the Tuesday, 05/05/2026, regular city council meeting. G two, consider approval of the minutes of the Tuesday, 05/12/2026, special city council meeting. G three, consider a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a three year Microsoft enterprise agreement with Software Warehouse International for software licenses, maintenance, and associated upgrades. Any discussion from council? If not, recognize the motion. Councilman Duberley.

Mister mayor, I move that we approve consent items g one

g three as presented. Thank you, sir. Councilman Brennan.

And I second the motion.

We have motion and a second. Let's take a vote. G one through g Charles?

I approve. Alright.

Carries unanimously. Thank you, sir. New business. Item h one, it's a public hearing. Consider an ordinance approving an SUP for a 340 square foot accessory dwelling unit on 5.2 acres located on the South side of Shady Grove Road, approximately 30 feet southeast of the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Rapp Road, legally described as lot one of this the Estes Farm Track's additions, zoned single family, 36,000 square feet. Aaron Jenkins is the owner. Soon Susan Mitten is the applicant. Presentation.

Thank you, mayor. Good evening, counsel. Aerial and zoning maps before you, subject property is zoned SF 36. The applicant this evening is requesting an SUP to construct an accessory dwelling unit at 7110 Shady Grove. Going be able able the future.

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and the proposed location of the ADU is positioned south of the existing home outlined in red. And the applicant intends to follow all setback guidelines for the SF 36 zoning district. The ADU will consist of stucco and rock, matching the primary residence and will have a peak height of twenty one point three seven five feet and an average height of 15 feet and seven inches. Structure will consist of living area, bathroom and stairs to a loft for sleep and additional space. On April 16, the city mailed out 50 letters of notification for this public hearing, and staff has received no public feedback in response to this request.

At the April 28 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, commissioners recommended approval of this SUP request by a vote of six zero. The section 8.02 F2A of the UDC states that considering an SEP request, City Council shall consider the following factors: that the use is harmonious and compatible with surrounding existing uses the activities requested by the applicant are normally associated with permitted uses in the base district The nature of the use is reasonable and appropriate. Any negative impact on the surrounding area has been mitigated and that any additional conditions specified ensure that the intent of the district purposes are being upheld. Again, the request before you this evening is an SUP to construct accessory dwelling unit in the SF 36 zoning district and an SUP to allow the average height of the ADU to exceed fifteen feet. City Council has the following options when considering SUP, approve, approve with modifications, table or deny.

And staff and the applicant are here for any questions.

Thank you, Ethan. Is the applicant here? Do you have a presentation or any comments you'd like to offer before the public hearing? Okay. Thank you. This is a public hearing. Is anyone here from the public that would like to speak on this item? Okay. Seeing none, we have a motion.

Thank you, mister mayor. I move we close the public hearing on item h one.

Thank you, councilman Doberle. Councilwoman Brennan.

I second the motion.

Motion to second. Let's vote. Doctor. Ratnikleaf.

I approve.

Alright. Public hearing is closed. Any discussion? If not, we'll entertain a motion. Councilman Wally?

Thank you, mister mayor. Motion to approve item h one as presented.

Thank you, sir. Councilman Woman Brennan?

I second.

We have a motion to second. Let's vote. Doctor Anclieve?

I approve.

You're on the right track, sir. I suspect you agree with the rest of us. Alright. And that passes six zero unanimously. Congratulations. Item h two is a public hearing as well. It's considered an ordinance approving an SUP for the Skin Loft to operate a medical spa in 2,033 square feet of the of an existing thirty thirty two hundred square foot building on approximately point eight nine acres located approximately 230 feet northwest of the intersection of North Tarrant Parkway and Smithfield Road. Kevin Wolf is the applicant. KED Southwest Ltd is the owner.

Thank you, mayor. Aerial and zoning maps before you, subject property is zoned in neighborhood services. The Skin Loft is a medical spa that is currently located in the city of Fort Worth, and the applicant has stated they are looking to expand to Keller at the proposed location of 1675 North Tarrant Parkway, Unit 200. In the Neighborhood Services Zoning District in SUP is required to operate a medical spa. The Skinloft Medical Spa specializing in Botox, dermal fillers, laser skin treatments, microneedling and other skin rejuvenation procedures.

The employees will consist of a medical director, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, licensed estheticians, and administrative staff. The applicant did say the business will start with three daily on-site employees. Their hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 09:30AM to 6PM, and Saturday, 10AM to 3PM, and will be closed on Sunday. Here's the floor plan of the business outlined in red. To the west is the other side of the property is the existing Edward Jones.

Skinloft will occupy 2,033 square feet of an existing 3,200 square foot building. UDC parking requirement for retail or personal service establishment is one space per 200 square feet of gross floor area, bringing the total requirement for this applicant to 11 spaces, and there are approximately 39 parking spaces provided for the business. Here are some photos of the location of the building provided by the applicant. Subject property is zoned in neighborhood services and designated office on the city's future land use plan as are all the properties to the Northeast and West. To the South is North Richland Hills.

On April 16, the city mailed six letters notification for this public hearing, and staff has received six letters of support regarding this request. At the April 28 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, commissioners recommended approval of this SEP request by a vote of six-zero. Section 8.02, F-two 80 of the U. C. States that we're considering an SUP request.

The City Council shall consider the following factors: The use is harmonious and compatible. The activities requested by the applicant are normally associated with the permitted uses in the base district. Nature of the use is reasonable and appropriate, any negative impact on the surrounding area has been mitigated, and that any additional conditions specify ensure that the intent of the district purposes are being upheld. Again, the request before you this evening operate a medical spa in the Neighborhood Services Zoning District. City Council has the following options when considering an SUP request: Approve, approve the modifications, table or deny. And staff and the applicant are here

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Sure. Would you like to come forward and make a few remarks? Yeah. Whoever. It's up to you.

My name is Ken Nicholson, by the way, and my wife and I have lived in Killer since 1986. And

Perfect. Because I'm you know, as a new mayor, I'm supposed to say name and address for the record, and you beat me to the punch. So Well done, sir.

So we've owned this for a while, and this is this is a great little development for us.

Excellent. Do you have anything you wanna add?

I have extensive experience. I've opened 30 in the last year and a half. I've lived in Keller for fifteen years. We moved out when my daughter graduated, but we also own businesses here in Keller.

Okay.

So I'm very familiar. We we're really thrilled to bring it to Keller.

Excellent. Yeah. Any anyone from the public that would like to speak during the per the public hearing on item h two? If not, we'll entertain a motion to close the hearing. Councilwoman Brennan.

Mister mayor, I motion to approve the, closing of the public hearing.

Thank you. Councilman Wally? Second. Motion to second. Let's vote. Doctor. Rancliffe?

I approve.

Alright. The public hearing is closed. Any questions for staff or the applicant from council?

Thank you.

Councilman Will. Thank you, mister mayor. Sarah, I was looking at the permitted uses chart for neighborhood services, and I saw that, medical and dental offices are allowed by right, but but med spas are requiring SUP. Can you remind me why we make that distinction with regard to med spas in this specific zoning district?

Several of you were on council when we did the update back in 2024. If memory serves, it was '24, not '25, when medical spas were just starting to become kind of a trend and we were getting not inundated, but quite a few requests from applicants wanting to open medical spas. We didn't have any type of definition. The UDC didn't anticipate that kind of use, and so it was part of a larger code update for all things spa, medical spa, and then lumped in with that with some things, uses in town center. I don't know that we had a specific conversation about neighborhood services, but there is no residential no nonresidential zoning district in Keller right now that allows medical spas by right.

It has the same treatment as commercial retail town center where we're sitting right now. I think the only exception that's been made thus far was planned development on roof snow. So it's specific to that one lot. Thank you. Yes,

it's a good question. We do have a motion and a second. I'll just briefly say, I like your background and track record. I like the location of of where you're intending to place this. So we'll see how the vote goes, but thanks for coming to Keller. Thank you. Councilman Watley?

Thank you, mister mayor. I motion to approve h two item h two as presented.

Thank you, councilman. Councilwoman Brennan.

I second the motion.

The motion is second. Let's vote. Doctor. Ankleaf?

I approve.

Alright. That passes 60. Wanna roll. Let's see if we can keep it going. Last new visit last item, h three. This is a public hearing to consider an ordinance approving an SUP for Baylor Scott and White to operate a medical office in an existing 4,790 wood 91, excuse me, square foot lease space on approximately 11.96 acres located on the Southeastern intersection of Keller Parkway and Ruth Snow Drive. It's address 1006 Keller Parkway, Suite 103. Caitlin McNichol is the applicant. Regency Centers LP is the owner.

Thank you, mayor. Had the aerial and zoning map shown here. Subject property zone town center. So some background on the request. This is the same as what was presented to you on April 7.

The request has not changed. It's for Baylor Scott and White Rehabilitation Services, who currently operates a physical therapy clinic at 460 Keller Parkway. Due to space limitations at the existing location, the applicant has proposed relocating the business to the existing 4,791 square foot lease space at 1006 Keller Parkway to expand services and patient capacity. On the Town Center Zoning District, an SUP is required to operate a medical office. So this slide provides some background on the history of certificates of occupancy that were issued to previous tenants in the lease space.

In 2000, it was for Cook's Children's Pediatrics. Then in 2013, it was unleashed by Petco, which in 2016 became just Petco. And then in 2025, Petco vacated the lease space. The applicant, intends to modify the interior of the lease space to accommodate the medical office, but no exterior modifications have been proposed. And the parking requirement for a medical office is one space per 200 square feet of gross floor area, which will bring the total requirement for this business to 24 spaces.

And this requirement is met with the parking spaces shared among leased spaces on the property. So some details on the business. The clinic will have four to eight employees on-site during operating hours, including licensed physical therapists, physical therapist assistants and front office staff. The primary services conducted on-site will include physical therapy examinations and individualized treatment, therapeutic exercise and functional training, return to sport programs and performance based rehabilitation, injury prevention education and patient consultations and follow-up visits. The proposed hours of operation will be Monday through Thursday, seven a. M. To seven p. M. And then on Friday, seven a. M.

To two p. M. The applicant has stated that there may be potential future expansion to include extended Friday hours or limited Saturday hours based on patient demand and community needs. Subject property is designated mixed use in the city's future land use plan, as are all the surrounding properties. On April 16, the city mailed 12 letters notification to all property owners within 300 feet of the property.

Staff has received no written support or opposition to the request. The April 28 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting commissioners voted five:one to recommend approval of the SCP request as presented. A quick reminder on the UDC factors to consider when hearing an SCP request that, Ethan read to you in the previous presentations. And again, the request before you is for a specific use permit to operate a medical office in the Town Center Zoning District. The council has the following options when considering this request: Approve as submitted, approve with modifications or additional conditions, table or deny. If you have any questions, staff and the applicant are available.

Thank you, sir. Anything from the applicant you'd like to add? I know we've seen you here before, so it's largely the same presentation, but you're welcome to add any remarks if you'd like.

Think just yes. We've been here thirteen years, proudly have served the city of Keller. We would love to continue to serve the the city of Keller. Even, you know, last year, we saw over 8,300 visits. So with that, that was 16% growth off of 2024 and we continue to show that and the demand is definitely there for just a bigger space.

With this, we would be able to just serve your community better and that's what we're here for. The goal is to serve Killer continually better, faster and long term. And with the the amount of visits we've had with bringing that number in and adding this space, that's over like 10,000 annual opportunities that either patients or their families or our staff can support Teller Counts Square with either getting a coffee or lunch or grabbing their groceries before they go home or visit. I'm happy to answer any other questions, but it's, I think, we would love to

move forward with this space.

Sure. Thank you. Yeah. We do have one person signed up to speak during the public hearing, Brandy Owen.

That's me.

Oh, okay. Thank you. Need any more time? You have three minutes. Yeah. You know, and I was gonna ask. I'm kinda surprised. We do have two former, mayors in the audience, mayor McGrail and mayor Mazzani, if you'd like to add anything on the item. You have three minutes to speak. Mayor McGrail?

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

I actually want to take this opportunity to congratulate Armen, one of the best mayors we ever had. Yes, sir. I spent twenty two and a half years with the city, and I got to the point where people were saying when are you gonna retire? And I said when the right guy comes along. Armen came to me and says I think I wanna run for mayor.

I said you run, I'll support you. And I did and it was the best thing I ever did. Fantastic job Armin and I know you're gonna do the same thing, so thank and congratulations. And also I wanna congratulate Chris, Charles, wherever you're at on the election. And I told Chris, six more years and he'll beat my record, and I want you to do that.

I want you to do that. But anyhow, in all fairness, I am on the board of directors for Baylor Scott and White fifteen years now and I worked hard when I was the mayor to bring the emergency hospital three seventy seven, the rehab facility to 17 09 and I don't wanna see either leave this city. So I'm trusting that you will support this because it is a good thing for Town Center and it will bring a lot of foot traffic as mentioned. So thank you all for your service. Appreciate it.

Thank mayor McGrill. Anyone else in the public? Armin, this is your chance. You're good? Alright. Alright. We do have a a motion to close the public hearing. Councilman Wally?

Motion to close, mister mayor. Councilman Duberle?

I second.

Motion to second. Let's take a vote. Doctor Rankleaf.

I support.

Public hearing is closed. So, councilman Brennan.

Alright. So I just have

some questions for the applicant, Brandy? Alright. So two questions. What type of services will be offered in the new facility that are currently not offered in the current facility?

Yes. So more return to play, return to sports for all types of athlete. We can get them up to a certain point, but our space is too limited to do some specific return to sports testing. This location will allow us to do this. We will also bring in an Alter G, which is an anti gravity treadmill, which, really helps with lower extremity energy, injuries when you have fractures.

You cannot weight bear. This will allow people to run or do different things that they can't they're not able to do otherwise. So that's gonna be a very specific equipment that we can actually bring in. We're also gonna bring in vestibular and concussion rehab, which goes along with sports. And also, we will bring in more thorough oncology care, which is more quality of life. It's not just about the diagnosis, but how are you gonna live after this diagnosis. And so we're gonna bring several new service lines to this location.

Okay. And so in your current location, do you find yourself turning people away, or are there long wait times, or how is it that you know that hey, yeah, we need more space?

We have a consistent wait list. So, we are currently having to share. We do have two other locations on this same street. One is Southlake Boulevard, the other one is Golden Triangle. We are having to send sometimes to those locations because our wait list is sometimes at least two weeks to get in.

Okay, thank you. Yes. All right, so I'm going to comment on this. Obviously, I approved at this last time, but I just have some additional comments I want to make in favor of this business. I mean, they've described, it's a long standing successful business in Keller.

That's a big deal. They've been here for thirteen years, and they support physicians in the area, schools, families, runners like me that have a stress fracture. In 2025 alone, they recorded over 8,300 patient visits and they've already recorded 2,400 patient visits and here it is mid May. It's really impressive. The request is simply to expand services to better meet patient needs and I think that unquestionably they've proven that they can be successful.

And while I understand some of the points made in the last council meeting about the desire to see more dining and retail options in Keller Town Center. In this particular location, was actually Cook Children's Pediatrics, which is a very similar type of business as this one for thirteen years before it went to the pet store. And then the pet store went out of business after several years. And overall, current town center businesses are not, whether we like it or not, predominantly restaurant and retail focused. I meant to go drive around today and make a note of all the things and I failed to do that, but we have several restaurants, a nail salon, a therapist, Edward Jones, Carter Blood Care Donation Center, an ice cream shop, a painting studio, clothing boutique, an interior design store plus more.

So it's kind of evolved to be more than probably what we all thought it was going to be twenty five years ago. So, and in speaking to the restaurant part of it, my understanding is that it's currently not set up to be a restaurant, a commercial restaurant. In order for it to be a commercial restaurant, there has to be about $1,000,000 of money spent in the facility. This is a space that's leased, so a business would have to be a restaurant business that would be willing to come into that space and invest a million dollars in a space that they lease. It's kind of like living in an apartment and paying for expensive renovations, but yet you don't own the place.

So I think the restaurant part of it is going to be a little bit harder to sell that way. And more importantly, and I think that Brandy you touched on it, is the foot traffic and the complimentary activity that's in that area. For example, I am a runner, Bear Creek Running Company sits on the opposite corner. I know that oftentimes when I go to physical therapy it's because I'm not running in the right shoes or I put too many miles on the shoes, and so then Brandy, you can send them down the way to Bear Creek Running Company and they can get some shoes that match their pronation whatever. Absolutely.

And on the way, they can stop in Tom Thumb and get some Gatorade for their long run the next day. So my point being is I think this business will fit in and it will drive people into the businesses that surround it. So I'd ask for my colleagues on City Council to kind of reconsider some of the discussions that we had last time and frame it in a bigger picture that this is a very positive business, they've proven to be successful and it will increase the foot traffic in that area, Running store, Tom Thumb, physical therapy, it all goes hand in hand. So thank you, Brandy, for being here. Appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thanks, Councilwoman Brennan. I'll just briefly jump in. Councilman Deverley, you're up next. You know, you could just skip all the running and stuff and go straight to Froyo. You know that. Right? Saves a lot of saves a lot of pain in the pronation. No. Well said, councilwoman. I'll just say for me, I'm glad that we pumped the brakes and paused because Keller Town Center is a jewel for us here in Keller.

We're we're very proud of our work there, very proud of our small businesses there. And so for me, last council meeting that we discussed aside, I mean, it wasn't so much no as I just wanted the opportunity to review the application further. For example, the the slide, I think that was added. And if it wasn't added, then I just missed it, and that's on me. But that was added talking about thirteen years of medical use. That's instructive. We're not converting an existing restaurant space into medical. We're taking it into medical space and turning it back into medical before it was a pet store. So that was persuasive. Also had a really great conversation candidly with the the owner, Regency.

And, not only in this space, but I think we have a big time opportunity. And I know this was included in the agenda packet, that we had a chance to read, but a big time opportunity to revitalize that whole area. So thanks to Regency, Lorne, and the team for being great partners on that. Thank you for being here tonight. And so I'm actually excited about this application because it's gonna drive foot traffic to to our treasured small businesses there, and and, also, you'll be a a great anchor for that location. So I will be in support. Councilman Dobberley.

Not much to say after that. Just say, we had a good meeting with Regency, and I think they're gonna be good partners. And for Baylor Scott and White, it was more of a internal seating. We're we love working with you guys and you've done a lot of great stuff with the community. Same thing, we just wanted maybe tabling would have been a better signal, I think the communication we've had internally, not just with you guys but with staff, we've been very diligent over the especially last six years.

And the way we've zoned, where we've set up medical zoning, what we've looked for in Old Town And Town Center. And obviously, the nature of the economy right now, retail is having a little bit of rough, where in some areas you get medical sprawl, a lot of vape stores, which we don't have a problem here, but it happens, and things like that. So we try to be very intentional with what we do with these specific areas. And for staff, we wanted to make sure they had done the due diligence to see if there was a great spot for you in the medical area we had zoned next to the similar businesses by your other business by the way. So your patients could come across the street after they go to the ER. But joking. But anyway, yes. Was

look good. Forward

to working with you all. I'm gonna be supporting application. Thank you. I'm being supportive of this application and we look forward to working with you guys and thank you for investing in Keller. Yeah.

Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Will?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to thank the applicant for coming through the process a second time. I know it can be frustrating when things don't happen as quickly as we would want. And so I think you've been a great partner to the community and I know you're

going to continue to be a

good partner to the community. So for those reasons, I'm in support of this application. Thank you, councilman.

We do have a motion. Councilman Watley.

Thank you, mister mayor. Motion to approve item h three as presented. Thank you, councilman. Councilman Dobberley. Second.

Motion to second. Let's vote. Doctor. Rankely, did did you have any questions or or comments?

I just you know, I think you guys touched on pretty much everything that I was gonna say. The only thing that I would add is I I did have a chance

to talk with a couple

of practitioners who refer patients, and, they've all had really good things to say about about that facility and that they're excited for, you know, the opportunity for that that that facility to expand beyond kinda what it's currently doing. And for those reasons, I'm

in support of it as well.

Alright. Thank you, sir. Let's take a vote. Charles is yes. Alright. Passes six zero. Congratulations. And to, councilman Wills' comments, thank you for coming back through the process. We're excited to have you here, and, appreciate your work. Alright. With that being said, we're through the new business items. And so I'm gonna go ahead. I I talked to no offense to this wing over here, but I talked to my colleague, councilman Watley, and he outranks you a little bit tonight. So we were thinking that we would do you have a motion you'd like to make?

Yes, sir. Thank you, mister mayor. I I would motion that we take the voice agenda items and bump into the next meeting.

Alright. So we have a motion to move those items and to adjourn. Doctor. Ankley, was that a second?

That is a second.

Alright. We have a motion to adjourn in a second. Let's take a vote. Alright. We're adjourned.