City Council - Regular Meeting

It is 6:30 and I'm calling to order the Elgen City Council meeting on April the 21st, 2026. We'll begin uh call to order a roll call with U. Council Member St. St. Pierre here. Rodriguez here. Crim here. Here. Kesnowski here. Here.

All council persons are here. Let us bow our head. Dear heavenly father, as we come tonight, we pray, Father, that you will watch over each and every one of us. Father, we pray that you will help the council to come to decisions that are best for our city. Father, we pray for our city. We pray for all of those who are having problems, sick, shut in, those who are in the hospitals. Father, we pray for our city to become as one, one family, one faith, and one community. And Father, we also pray that as we go through this meeting that you will help us to do what you would have us to do, not from any outside consequences or people who are not happy with us. We understand that. We know that. But But we also know that you are the head leader and guide and in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

Stand force to the flag of the United States of America and to the standy. Texas God, one indivisible. We have our public comment from Veronica Siver. Mayor, Mr. Eids. Um, just quickly I just want to let you know that I do have an agenda item on the consent, no consent item on the agenda, something like that, however that goes. Um, it is for an event for Downome Ranch. I sit on their board and they're great, great nonprofit organization in our community. We very much want to be as least invasive as we possibly can for the city. Um we're just looking to shut down First Street for two hours for a fashion show. They were unable to participate this year for their Miss uh fantastic pageant that they typically do. And so this was just a way that we thought that we could still make them feel good and and feel loved and and feel uh you know supported by the community. Um, but the the only reason I'm really saying something right now, two things. One, I said stage, and I just want to let y'all know we're not like building a stage. It might be a chalk stage. It might be we just want something to give them a little direction on First Street, but it won't

be anything that's going to take up too much time um from what we're asking from y'all as it is. And also I would love and highly encourage y'all to come see the event uh because they are just a really great organization that that um we would love to support. So that's it. Thank you so much and I appreciate y'all. Thank you. Our announcements.

Hello everyone. Christina Alvarez, Main Street Manager and historic preservation officer. Um, our announcements. We have the relay for life, which a fee waiver was passed by council on February 17th in the amount of 231180 will be this Saturday, April 25th at Veterans Memorial Park. There is still time to donate for your favorite team, so hustle up with that. Um, we will be celebrating Dia del Dia del Nños Libros Saturday, April 25th at the Elgen Public Library, 10 to 1. Space night is Saturday, May 2nd at the Elgen Rec Center, 7 to 10. Music in the park, um every Friday in April and May, 7 to 9. We are watching the weather for this Friday to see if we will have rain yet again. Um Steve Schroeder's guide to financial planning, life insurance 101, will be Saturday, May 2nd at the public library, 11 to 12. And friends of Elgen Library presents Meet the Author event Saturday, May 2nd here at the library from 2 to 4. Thank you. Thank you. We have a presentation for autism awareness month. Nick Volis, you'll come forward. Whereas autism is a lifelong neurological condition impacting one in 31 people worldwide. And whereas most people are diagnosed in childhood, many are diagnosed as adults due to improvements in detection. As awareness increases about autism and the ways it impacts daily life, including communication and social impediments, this increased awareness also shapes the use of detection tools. And whereas individuals on the autism spectrum possess unique strengths, abilities, and perspectives. While many also require very levels of support to thrive within their families, schools, workplaces, and communities. And whereas increased

public awareness and understanding of autism are essential to fostering acceptance, reducing stigma, and ensuring individuals on the autism spectrum are treated with dignity, respect, and inclusion. And whereas people with autism play an important role in our national society and in their daily lives, they embody the belief at the heart of our founding that in America. With hard work and equal access, all people can realize their aspirations. And whereas today and every day, let us reach for a future in which no person living on the autism spectrum is eliminated is limited by anything but the size of their dreams. to live a life filled with a sense of identity, purpose, and self-determination. Now, therefore, I, Terresa McShan, mayor of the city of Elgen, proclaim April 2026 as autism awareness month and urge citizens to participate in activities and demonstrations providing special opportunities to educate the community. In witness whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Elgen to be affixed this 21st day of April 26th. Next is our staff report. You have the update to council about the Texas Department of Transportation Green Ribbon Project here in town. Michael,

evening, council. Um this is the Texas Department of Transportation Green Ribbon uh project. Their landscaping division in Tex gets a certain amount of funds to go around the state and beautify rideways within the text rideway. Um there's no action item on this tonight. I just wanted to bring it to your attention and make you aware. They have um three areas that are identified in Elgen as places where they want to plant Texas native plants. And I just wanted to bring that to your attention and kind of tell you what's going on. Um the three areas um identified is this one right here, the triangle at Taylor Road and Main Street. There's also another one here at Harris Street, Main Street and where connects with 1704. Um and then this one's out in front of 290 and Harris Street. This is out in front of the doughnut shop. This one particular would just be wildflower seating and the other two will have Texas native plants with drip irrigation systems. Um there's no action item on it tonight. I wanted to make you aware. They're about 90% of the way done with the plans and they anticipate doing an install around the August or September time frame. However, if you did have some sort of large objection to this, I could take that information back to them and share it with them. But, um, the previous green ribbon projects that have been done in town, I felt like went under the radar. And so, it's just my objective tonight to let you know that these are out there and projects that are happening. There's no city commitment in the first year. So, We won't be doing the install. This is text. Landscapers. However, in their agree agreement, their interlocal agreement, we do take um maintenance control over it after one year.

Any questions for Michael on that? Okay. The next one's update on Kennedy Street County Line Road project community engagement event. Um he's standing in for both. Michael, that's right.

Well, kind asked the council how you felt it went. We had this um public engagement meeting uh last Tuesday on the 24th just to give folks in the area a general overview of both construction projects that we have going on under one grant. Kennedy Street drainage improvement project and the Caroline Road drainage improvement project. Um just by counting the folks that were there, I think we had about 20 residents, maybe 25 residents. Um just under that and staff uh gave the staff an opportunity to talk one-on-one with just about everybody that came up. Um I think I spoke to half of the room when we were there at the First Baptist Church. Spoke to some of you guys that were there. So, I felt it was really positive. In fact, leaving the venue, I spoke with the city manager and said, "While that was I felt really positive based on some of the other um public engagement um meetings that we've had." Um, while it might be an inconvenience to have this section of roadway under construction for that amount of time, I feel like we delivered as much information as we could on the situation and um, folks that were there kind of attest to that.

I can't confess to that as well. Um, the people that I spoke with and people that were there um, generally stated that they understand that this is growing pains that are needed that is needed for the growth that we are that we are having. And so having this development happen right now Those are the ones that did show up to the meeting, ask the question they need to ask, and they left with a better understanding. And I'm hoping that will spread. I had hoped we'd had more than just that view that we had, but we can tell when things are are going on, when they start, we'll start hearing. Absolutely.

Sure. The slides that were rolling before the meeting had um QR code for a web page, a landing page on the city's website that lists out all the maps that we used at a public forum, a frequently asked questions page um developed by the staff. Um big help with Stacy Osborne and Sonia putting that together. And um if there's anything else additionally to that, if you want to go home tonight, take a take a look, take a read. There's anything you think would be important that we add to that web page, we're happy to do it. But once we get under construction, we'll know a little bit more about um how this is affecting everyday life. We have that from the first phase, but this will be second phase connected to 290. So we'll we'll do our best to provide updates as we can. So may I if I can chime in real quick. Also, I like to also thank the community for coming out. Um staff you all as a council for sure helps uh spread the word, but I think also this is a new uh way forward that we'll get used to uh hopefully doing quite a lot of these projects CIP moving forward uh but just the way that we first be ahead of the game to use as a standard and where we can have this level of communication uh especially where we can have this located depository of information that we're updating pretty constantly and we really haven't gone too far on the construction side. We've already started to some degree already on Kennedy um and already produced all the documents that we've uh been given the contractors is there. Um so everything that we have uh as it is for documents or anything that we've provided to the public you can find it there and go back and reference it if you wanted to go back and reference it to be able to provide to anyone else. And so two

months from now, six months from now if you wanted to go back and reference those documents or even fine moving forward you're going to be able to do that. But this by no means is the first data dump and you know, good luck on on finding further information. We're all now tasked with and and now with that as we go forward be a good eight solid months of information just on these two projects alone. And this is just for you know Kennedy and and county line. And so as we move forward again uh this is the new style and we're going to improve on it. Michael by the way I know he's world This is Michael Gonzalez by the way or public works director by the way just in case you didn't mention that.

Oh good job sir. Yeah. No just in case for the hundreds watching right now. So in saying that though uh we're really proud of that and so we're going to stand by that. We're going to be using this so people can come become familiar with that and so when they're seeing us in social media again Elgen Forward is what we're using now. We're tagging that. We're producing that. you go to our website, right, what most people are used to. And so, uh, please join us in that. We're going to be reaching out and we we still are tomorrow. Hopefully, we're gonna have some further conversations with some of our stakeholders, bigger stakeholders, and we're going to find others. And also, too, we're not finished having conversations with this very council. We're going to have some opportunities where we might find some relief barriers that we'll be able to provide perhaps. We'll talk through those as they come up. We didn't stop thinking and how we provide some additional relief, but we need to have them propagate, right? Uh I know the community knows some ways to get around, but there may be some other opportunities that we already sort of already talked about. But let's let those things happen to a certain degree at certain time periods go, especially with these rains come down because as we're watching right now, this is why we're having those, you know, this project go down because this is a drainage project. While we're going to have some relief on on the roadways being rebuilt without a doubt, but this is by let's not, you know, forget this is a drainage project. This is going to be the relief so many people are needing from the entire city because this isn't just the effect those affected areas.

It's about safety. This is about the community having safe roadways for, you know, the families who use it, people that drive through it, live in those areas and So that is the principal reason those GLO dollars were funded to this community for that principally. Everything else is so we start with that fact safe and so we're proud to use those dollars and put them there and know I'm sorry I'm taking a little bit of time with this but that first uh meeting community meeting was to get out ahead of this one. This one was supposed to be generally the first one, but the old decided we can have that one before this one. So, um, you know, so we're glad we know that. We're going to hopefully be having some more. And again, if there's another one as the uh project begins and it's necessary to have another one, say before summer kicks off, let's have those other ones and you see a need and let's say for the Kennedy project, let's have that one as well. So, uh, we're going to be having those as as needed as they come up, but just know we're engaged and we want to have those with the community, uh, on their terms, not on ours. That's that's not the way this goes. And so, good job, guys. And

city managers report Good evening. Um, I'm Pam Sanders. At the moment, I am the acting finance director. We're going to go over the quarterly financial and investment reports for the period January through March of 2026. Very similar to the last quarter about the items that are included. There are two additional reports included in here and I'll cover those towards the end. I was going to take this time to use it as a teaching moment and go a little bit more in depth with these reports so you would know how to how you would so you would understand how to read them moving forward. This report is your quarterly investment report and it shows where the city's monies held, how much came in, how much went out. Um in this quarter we increased uh 2.2 2 million and um 186 of that is interest. So that's free revenue that was earned off of most of our investment bond accounts at Logic.

That scared me. I was like what did I do?

All right. Um at the bank account and the the interest rates do change quarterly. So if you look at last quarter reports, you'll notice that the interest rate was a little bit higher. But I guess based on what's going on in the economy, interest rates are dropping. Um so the lowest interest, the lower interest rate for first national bank was 2.86 and I think it was 3.3 um last quarter. The first national bank is the account that we use to do our daily day-to-day operations. Um most of its general fund money, but that's where the pulled account is held. Um we did have large withdrawals and we ended that balance with 8.5 million. Our investment accounts at Logic ended with 15.3 million. There was a significant growth but that is because we transferred quite a bit of money from FNB to Logic because you should can see the interest rate is higher so we would earn more interest. Um this one just kind of covers the things that um the way that we're doing things now with moving money on a regular basis. It improves our interest earnings. We are compliant with the public funds investment act and our investment strategy is working as it is intended. The city is financially stable. Cash flow is positive. This quarter we increased our total funds by 2.2 million by bringing in more cash than we spent and shifting money into the higher yield investments. All while staying fully compliant with state investment policies.

Pam. Yes. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Let's make sure we tracking with your presentation and the Oh, in the reports. Yeah. Your slides. So, the next report is going to be your budget variance report and it starts on page three and it looks like this one.

Page three, budget variance. This slide is a quick snapshot of it's a highlevel overview of what the budget variance report is and what its purpose is. It shows you how we're tracking financially halfway through the fiscal year. Um, and then it covers the year-to- date from October through March. So, you're looking at a six-month period. So, as we're going through these reports, we should be about 50%. Since we are at the six-month mark in that budget variance report, when you look at the general fund summary, if you look at the columns that say actual budgeted year-to- date and variance, and then that last column is a percentage column, I'll tell you what the variance percentage is.

Yeah, sorry. That's okay. So just for our sake um technically it's page three but on the packet at least for the spreadsheets it'll be page one or 12. Is that correct? I thought I had page numbers at the bottom. There's three This page has three. It has one of 12 where you were looking. So, you're in the right spot.

Okay.

The general fund summary, um, our core revenue sources or taxes, um, they are much stronger than expected. And that is because in January is when everybody pays their property taxes. So, we get an influx of deposits coming in. and look much better during this quarter. Um our expenses um actual was 8.34 million versus our budget at 9.6. So we are under budget. We've only spent 46% so we're still good because we're not over the 50% mark because of the influx in taxes coming in. We have a net position of 3.25 million surplus. Um and then when you look at our over and under, and that's going to be um further down on that report, the taxes and franchise fees is what's up the 3.3. So that tells you that's tax coming in and the grants are down 784,000 and that is because we're waiting on reimbursements and those are usually a timing um related and expected later in the year. The next report is going to be your budget summary report. I didn't include all the pages. I just included the last page that shows the summary of the expenses and the revenues. And if you look at the slide. Um, and I do have copies of the slides at the back of your packets for you as well. You'll see that overall we're at 53.47% which is right on target.

So, let's do this. I think it'd be helpful if we follow the slides and get to the granular whenever the granular, you know, when you're at home, you got nothing else to do, you want to see some granular, it's probably better. Okay.

And so, let's switch over if we can to what you're looking at. And later when you're looking at these packets, you'll see the detail by departments. We're trying to match the detail to your

Sorry. On this report, I included the um major funds which is the general fund and the utility fund. And again, general fund is at 53.59%. Utilities is at 53% for expenses. So that means we are spending like we're supposed to be spending. Our revenues, can't read that, are at 52.67% overall. So we're still not bad. We are looking a little less than 50% on the utility fund, but that's why we have a utility rate study going on. And then in the reports, like I said, there's detail. The first set of reports that you get that has all the numbers and the blue lines on it is your revenues. And then the second set is going to be your expenses by department. But you can look at those on a line by line item. All right. The next one is sales tax report. And in this report, I added the black dotted line across the top. And that gives you a baseline of what we budgeted what we intended on receiving in sales tax this year. you can see where we are and where we're not um getting to it. Remember when sales tax comes in, it is actually two months behind. So money that we received in March is actually for the month of January. Um and then so when you're looking at this report, it shows that one month. Can you zoom in more? Right there where February is large. So if you and it's above budget, if you think of two months back, that's December. So that's when people were Christmas shopping and that's when the sales tax is so much higher. So when you're looking at that, it's not that nobody's spending money in March. We don't really know what they spend in March until May. Okay. The next report is your CIP

quarterly report. This report represents current projects only and includes the original budget of the report, the expenditures for the project to date. Um current balances left based on the budget and it's based on the available information at the time the report was run and it is because it's such a fluid thing going on especially like the Kennedy thing. The numbers are changing on a daily basis. If you zoom into the bottom of that report there's a list of the active grants that we have going on at this given moment too. Okay, your next report is a new report that wasn't included in the last quarter and this is an audit finding and it is the cash fund balance report aka pulled cash report. As of March 31st, the city has a strong overall cash position of about 19.8 million. Most of our cash is concentrated in impact fee funds in the general fund. Some funds, particularly the utilities and capital projects, are temporarily in a negative position due to the timing differences um such as pending reimbursements and ongoing projects. If you look at the A, B, and C to the right hand side of those, those are your negative accounts. And at the bottom, I've listed a key that will tell you what each of those mean. We are actively addressing the utility deficit through the utility rate study and monitoring the cash flow. Do you have questions about that report? And the last one is the transparency stars. This is a program through the Texas comprollers of public accounts where they recognize local governments for going above and beyond their transparency efforts. In a nutshell, it will build credibility, public trust initiative. It's a management improvement tool. Um what it is is that we will be providing very specific information related to financials that will be available on the website. We

have to follow certain criteria provided by the Texas comprollers. Um we hope to have that done over the next 90 days. So by the time we're here next quarter reporting hopefully that will be up and live and we'll be able to share it then. Um we also hope it'll cut down on the open records request that we get so that all that information will be available right there on the website. People can go straight to it and that's through the controllers. I believe there's five transparencies that you can earn for we're going to start with the very basic which is your general financials and progress through the stars. Okay. And in summary, our financial performance is stronger than we planned at this point and we will continue to monitor trends and make adjustments as needed to ensure that we finish the year strong. We are bringing in more money than expected and spending less than expected at this point. So all looks good. Questions?

Can you can you remind us when the utility rate study and the compensation study are complete? The compensation compensation study is scheduled to be presented to council on July 7th and the utility rate study. Did we decide June? And is the utility rate sorry will the compensation study be presented to staff before then? I'm just thinking in terms of the budget. Yes. Yeah, we we will likely staff will probably have it towards the end of May and we'll be going back and forth with them because part of that um proposal was that I requested a three-year implementation plan and so I want to see what what their options are and how we can make it work. Thank you.

Oh, excuse me, Pam. With respect to the transparency stars, uh those are awarded on an annual basis or a quarterly basis? I I think they're awarded annually. Okay. And I'm assuming that we know the criteria to achieve each one of those. Yes, absolutely. And it's posted on the controllers website too. You can go to transparency and it lists all the different stars available and what criteria. Some of the criteria is that one click you have to get to this report or three clicks you have to get to this report. It's that kind of criteria. We'll actually have a full web page designated to financial transparency. So everything will be there. Okay. So kind of answers my my last question. Uh with respect to that, are we going to have that same information on our website?

Yes. Yes. U Thank you, Mayor. Um I'm going to provide a quick update on our general obligation refunding bond 2026. as you um as council authorized um bond uh council to go out and seek refinancing. Um obviously Iran happened and the markets are nervous and I'll actually read off what steif the firm that we work with in the way that they uh bond market the way they diligently wrote about market. They wrote the municipal bond market as a weak strong had a strong week last week on the optimism of a potential deal in the Iran war and reopening of the streets of her moves. O processes dropped on the week but starts this week higher on the news that the streets are open again once open or once again closed again that change right um it is uh it is risk uh the risk it starts off the risk this week yields slightly higher in the stocks uh stock futures lower this week's municipal supply is

expected to uh from almost 17 billion last week to 11 billion. U economic data is light right now. Of course, the Senate fair senate chair confirmation started actually I believe today Kevin u Walsh is set for today started to watch and the Treasury will auction 20-year bonds uh on Wednesday. All that really means at this point right now is that uh they're tapping the brakes on wanting to go out. Uh we've had a one-on-one conversation and they are our marketers for our bonds or the sellers have told us that we're going to have to hit a really soft spot for us um to make the deal worth it and we know that. So price range has to be worth the sale to go out and you know uh sell the notes again. Uh we know that. So, uh, once it hits a certain low, we're just going to go and do it. So, hopefully things will get a little bit better, but we know this or we understood this was going to be a little bit quicker. We just didn't know Iran was going to happen. Um, so no news right now is kind of good news other than things getting better over there and the market's picking up and interest rates changing. Well, actually for better, but I'll keep up to date, but it's going to be rather quick when it, you know, goes down and then they just pull the trigger and make that profitable for the city. So, they got their parameters, but I just want to give you an update because it's been a while since that's really what it is. So,

Robert, are we under any kind of timeline in terms of We can do it anytime, right? Yes, sir. In fact, you've already given them the parameters. There's a certain floor

and actually from them is to be I even told them I'm challenging that floor to say you know you guys can make better than that and they're the professionals. So but even at that when that seems to be the floor they're still going to call and say look we just don't see it getting better or there's light at the end of the tunnel. We're going to talk about it this week again to see where this goes. But we're not at that stage yet. So we're okay. We're not losing money. We're not making money. But just want to question.

All right. We're going on to our consent agenda. Number one, Elgen Junth organization 27th year celebration special event application waiver. park rentals. Uh street closures on Friday, June the 12th, Depot Street between North Main and North Avenue C for Friday night, the street dance and Saturday, June the 13th along the parade route and public works and police department support sound ordinance waiver uh a cost of $8,700. The number two is Elgen Chamber of Commerce 57 Western Days festival special event application waiver. Street closures waiver Saturday, June 27th along parade route for rental uh I mean park rental waiver open container waiver public works support and police department uh cost of $13,475 and she is down uh for style show special event waiver street closure waiver on first street between Avenue C and North Maine for Thursday May the 14th from 5:30 to 7:30 $175 on that. Anybody need to pull anything?

Do I have a motion? Madame Mayor, I'll make a motion to pass the consent agenda as presented. I'll second. It's been moved by uh Mayor Pro Tim Sraier and Deputy Mayor Pro Tim Love. And we'll begin with Mayor Pro. Yes. Mcshan, yes. Kesnotsky, yes. Gibson, yes. Yes. Love. Yes, St. Pierre. Yes, Rodriguez. Yes, Crim. Yes. Motion carries.

Our new business number one is a resolution by the city council of the city of Elgen, Texas, approving a purchase and sale agreement between the Elgen Economic Development Corporation and Downstream Interest LLC and authorizing the EDC director to execute the agreement. Miss Fry.

Thank you, Mayor and Council. I'm Kayleie Fry, director of economic development uh for the Elgen Economic Development Corporation, city of Elgen. Um this is a project, let's see, multitasking. Um so this project is located in um Elgen Business Park 3. Um to put that in reference for everybody, the road between Walmart and Waterburger. Um if you drive all the way down past, you'll see a lot of construction right now, but U Carl Lane is probably the most notable building down there. It's the two lots next door to that. It is comprised of 11 just about 11 and a half acres. Um just a couple highlights and you have the full agreement in your packet and if you want we can read it cover to cover but it's a pretty lengthy one. Um so I'll just give you some highlights and happy to answer any questions but um this will be the first industrial speculative development in Bastrop County. Um this we this uh purchase and sell agreement uh we did to kind of drive job creation through industrial opportunities. It'll be 120,000 square foot facility. Um, we're getting a lot of requests right now for existing buildings from a lot of foreign investment. Um, they don't understand how to develop here. So, they want somewhere they can move quickly. So, this is this is something that uh I think will really help us recruit some of those businesses. Um, and one thing we know we need in Elgen is expanding the industrial tax base. Um, so this will be um hu a big chunk of that. Um, provide expansion opportunities for our local businesses as well. Um we have a lot of businesses that are outgrowing their facilities and there's nowhere to nowhere for them to go. Um and so this features modern uh industrial development with high ceilings and loading docks, class A uh buildings um and flexible tenant configuration. So this could be one large project of 120,000 square foot with, you know, a large employer or it could be four mediumsiz projects um if if that's what the market demands. Um so this will be

one of the largest industrial buildings in the industrial build in Elgen. Again, the agreement is very lengthy, so I will hit highlights and I know some of you guys have reached out for questions. Some of you guys have asked about it. Um but so this is um a land sale. So 11 and a half acres, $3 a square foot, so approximately 1.5 million um dollar sale um 120,000 square feet um completion timeline. So within 18 months of closing, we do think it'll be much faster than that. Um, but that does give them a little bit of a cushion to get their planning and uh plans in. Capital investment of a minimum of 10 million. Again, we always put minimums in there, but it it should be a lot more than that. Um, so the restriction agreement. So, this agreement is laid out a little bit differently than we've done it in the past due to the complexity of the project. Um, so we have restrictions in there since in the past a lot of our uh our tenants are groundup development. So, Carl Lane bought the land, built it themselves, moved in. Um, so we had to put a little bit more restrictions on it to make sure that uh somebody wasn't gonna bamboozle us or something. So, um, so there's, uh, some of the highlights from it, but basically it says you can't subdivide it under a certain amount. We put 15,000, but they actually have it laid out to less than 30,000 square feet. Um, and then they the restriction agreement stays with the project. So, if they come in and somebody else buys the building from them, um, they still cannot they still have to stick to those standards. Um but again this will be class A industrial facility which is the top top of the line um for for this. We don't have anything like it. Carlane's probably the most similar. It is class A but um this is about two and a half size two and a half times the size of Carlane. Um so the master lease agreement this is is um is is new for Elgen. We haven't done one of these in the past, but basically the EDC is agreeing. Um, so it's very hard to borrow right now for industrial spec buildings um without a tenant in place. And so I've been trying to partner with

developers for a long time to get them to build it here um because it's a very costly project. Um so how we kind of alleviated that is with the financial institutions is if we agree to lease the space if we for whatever reason don't find a tenant before it's constructed um then they can get the funding to develop it. Um so we committed to um a one-year lease if again I do believe we will have it um leased up before then but um at it's at $11 a square foot which is significantly lower than market rate. market rate right now in the Austin MSA is between 16 and $20 a square foot. So, um it motiv it motivates the developer to also find tenants because they're going to make a lot more money off that than they are off the EDC. About $700,000 difference. Um so it kind of mitigates the risk for the developer with us putting a little skin in the game to partner on the project to bring the right job creators to the community. Um so they will take over the operations and responsible for maintenance and all that good stuff. There's all kinds of insurance clauses and all kinds of whatifs in there that y'all are happy to read through, ask me about, but um this is a project I'm really proud of of, you know, EDC board uh thinking outside the box to bring a good solid development to the community that has potential to create a lot of jobs. And then I think there's renderings. So if y'all have any questions,

what's a class class A? Is that kind of a retail warehouse project? So class A is um concrete tilt wall. So it's something that will withstand the test of time instead of like a metal prefab building. We're not talking about the business itself. The business will not be retail. It's all industrial. Oh yeah, it's in our industrial park. But yeah, so it'll be your your concrete tilt wall building. Um yeah. Okay. Approximately how many tenants will you see? Do you have any potentially lined up? What kind of data do you have with regards to any potential jobs could be brought here.

Um the two we're talking to right now, and again we haven't even put this out there yet. It's just from word of mouth with it going to the EDC board. We have two, both are foreign investors. Um one is looking to bring up close to 400 jobs to the community. One's looking to start with 50 and scale up to 150. They're kind of in a bidding war from what I understand right now that now they're even looking at possibly buying out um portions of it. So, they're both looking at 60,000 square feet to start and then they want to move into the the other side of it if within two years. Madame Mayor, um I would just like to take the opportunity. I'm on the EDC board's worked very hard. She's listened to the directors, the board of directors at the EDC and she's listened to the council on bringing new industrial um funds and taxes into town. Um She took all of that and we were really excited and proud that she came up with this kind of a project because it's like nothing else anywhere around here. So, I just want to give kudos to her because she asked all the questions and and she went through and honored all of the hazards and made sure that um we're okay. I think the EDC She brought this forward after doing all I read the contract and I like that there were a lot more stipulations and so good.

Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Do we have Yeah, I was going to ask that question, too. So, thank you. Why are all the cars white? These are renderings. So, I also don't think we're going to have like that glossy concrete floor. I thought the same about vehicles for industrial. Yeah. Um I didn't I honestly didn't notice the cars. I was more the shiny floor. Yeah. Okay. Do I have a motion? Yeah, we'll talk about that. I'll make a motion. I'll second that. Okay. has been moved and second and we'll begin with council member uh St. Pierre. St. Pierre, yes. Rodriguez, yes.

Crim, yes. Frasier, yes. Michen, yes. Kasnowski, yes. Gibson, yes. Yes. Love, yes. Motion carries. Number two is a resolution of the city of Elgen authorizing the city manager to execute a proposal for inspection services and contra uh construction support services and making certain findings related there to uh Michael. Good evening, council. Michael Gonzalez, director of public works. Glad to be here tonight, Mr. Thank you. Thank you for joining us.

Um, as the resolution says, is the proposal for construction support and inspection services. Um, on the staff side of the house, on paid staff that we retain through the city of Elgen, we do not have a PE on board, professional engineer. We do have a bow and bow is being stretched pretty thin. If you think about the unique position that we're in for the next couple of months with the amount of construction that we have going on in town and around town, um staff felt it was important to bring this resolution before you proposal for you for temporary construction support services. Any questions?

This is a contract. Just knowing that it's 50 hours a week. Those are some long days. would say that too. That's that's the the reason why we're farming this out again with the professional engineer part of it, but we anticipate some long days, some stretched outside the staff times. I'll make a motion to approve. It's been moved and second and we'll begin with council member Kasnowski. Kasnovski, yes. Yes. Love, yes. St. Pierre, yes. Rodriguez, yes. Cramp, yes. Yes.

Mcshen, yes. Motion carries. Number three is a resolution adopting an ordinance of the city of Elgen, Texas, zoning for traffic and rate of speed therein on SL 109 in the city limits of uh the city of Elgen defining speeding and fixing a penalty. Therefore, declaring what may be a sufficient complaint in persecutions here under with the savings clause, repealing conflicts, uh conflicting laws, and declaring an emergency. here again for you tonight. Um, this is Taylor Road. This is that speed racetrack between Main Street and Highway 290. Um, that was a joke. In seriousness, I've never had residents on Taylor Road ask me to raise the speed limit. I've had them request to reduce the speed limit. That being a state controlled highway, this is the process to do that. It was brought forth by Texto under a study that they performed. They um state kind of movement on this. They want We need this ordinance passed so that we can penalize for it or police department can penalize for it. So this is the slide that you'll have. Everybody's pretty familiar with Taylor Road, but the section from 95 down to Money Lane will reduce by 5 miles hour to 40 and then another um the whole section is reduced by 5 miles hour. The next section from Money to Main Street will be 35. We um we have some speed indicators, some electronic speed indicators. Those will be reduced the same time that the When will this take effect?

Um immediately? No. Uh with the the signs will be changed with their with their local um maintenance crew. I anticipate seven 10 days. Okay. Well, that's what we hope for. That's what we've heard as well. Any other questions? Madam Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve. Second. It's been moved and second. Begin with mayor proim. Frasier. Yes. Shan. Yes. Kaznowski. Yes. Yes. Love. Yes. St. Pierre. Yes. Rodri. Yes. Crim. Yes.

Motion carries. Okay. Okay. Number four is a resolution of the city council the city of Elgen, Texas authorizing an application to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles crimerevention authority for grant funds to be utilized by the Elgen Police Department and to authorize the city manager to execute said agreement. Chief Noles.

Good evening. Chris Noble, chief of police and this is Corporal Mary Majeski. She's a crime analyst. And tonight, uh, we are once again asking for permission to apply for a grant from the Texas Department of Trans Motor Vehicles, the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority. And we have received three grants in the past from them. And if this is approved and we receive the amount that we are looking for, we will have received close to half a million dollars in grants. over time. And in this particular case on the resolution, you'll notice that the amount of the grant is for an amount not to exceed $350,000. Uh with this year's grant offering, it is on an incredibly accelerated time frame and uh getting the bids back has been problematic. So we have rounded up on several of the amounts and on the list that you received that uh we are asking for to renew the subscription services for the grant funded flock safety cameras. Uh that is an annual expense that we will come back to every year. Uh also this year we are asking for personnel and a detective to work solely on motor vehicle related crime and motor vehicle fraud. The flock cameras have created so much work for us if you will that it has become necessary to seek a person that is solely dedicated to motor vehicle crime. And it's a uh we're a victim of our own success, if you will. And then in that is the uh not only the salary and benefits but the equipment uh that they need to do their

job and a vehicle as well. Then the uh remaining uh ask are for software and for training and that is to travel to the uh the workshops that we are mandated to attend by the state and uh and so we've already exceeded that amount this year sending people because we're sending finance folks as well because the finance component of this is significant as well and uh so That being said, uh, for the disparity in the the numbers on the sheet that you received versus the resolution, I just wanted to explain that that we don't have the exact numbers yet. So, I needed to build in a little bit of wiggle room on it as well.

What are the what are the specifics, Chief, on the on the grant itself? Is this a 7525 matching grant? It is a 20% matching grant. 20%. Yeah. And in the years past the for fiscal 24, this is state fiscal calendar year, we received it was a $63,000 ask and our portion was 12,600. Then the second year I only went for renewal of the flock camera subscriptions and only asked for 38,000. Of course,