City Council - Regular Meeting

All right. All right. Good evening and welcome to the city of Montgomery City Council regular meeting for April 28th, 2026. It is 6 PM on the dot. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Uh we do have a quorum in the seven. However, Mr. Olsen is not present at the time. Hopefully, he's just in traffic. Uh, with that, I'd like to ask you to stand. First of all, would you make sure your phones are on silent or vibrate so that we you're not disrupted during the meeting? That would be most appreciated. And then we can all stand for the invocation.

Heavenly Father, we thank you for this evening. And I'm reminding reminded in Proverbs 28 verse 2 it says when there is moral rot within a nation its government topples easily but wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability. Tonight father I ask you father that you give us wisdom and knowledge father to do what's right father to make the right decisions that will promote the city of Montgomery. I thank you Lord u that you're watching over our soldiers father and our military personnel father as uh uh we have this situation in Iran and over the world father I thank you that you always watch over them and guide them in all their ways and protect them and their loved ones. Father we ask all these things in Jesus' name. Amen.

Amen. All right now the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

To the greatest state, Texas, honor the Texas flag. I pledge algiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. Okay, there are two citizens comments. Uh we'll call them in order. The first one is Mr. Tyler Cooper. Would you please come to the podium and state your name for the record and your address, please, sir?

Sure, no problem. Uh my name is Tyler Cooper. Uh so, good evening. Uh I'm commenting on number 16 on the agenda. Uh my name is Tyler Cooper. My family and I live at 118 Anna Springs Land. I am here regarding the proposed reszoning of the church property to the north of us. While we are not opposed to the church for its continued presence in our community, I respectfully ask that any approval of this reszoning be accompanied by clear accountability for prior development and strict oversight for any future improvements. Our concern stems from what we have already experienced with prior development on the adjacent church property. After the church purchased, cleared, sawed, and paved the neighboring lot behind our home, we began experiencing significant flooding and drainage issues that had never occurred during our first several years of living here. Heavy rainfall overwhelmed our drainage ditch and French drain system, flooded our pool with mud and debris, and contributed to the deterioration of our driveway. To the church's credit, after concerns were raised, I met with a church representative, and the drainage ditch was cut between our properties. While appreciated, that action does not eliminate the broader issue, development impacts occurred and uncertainty remains as to whether the property was originally developed in full compliance with the city requirements. As this council considers further resoning expansion, I respectfully request that the church be held to the same standards as any other property owner or developer in the city. Specifically, I ask for the city to first conduct or require review of prior site work already completed on the church property to verify that all required plats permits, engineering approvals, drainage evaluations, setbacks, and inspections were properly obtained and complied with. Second, if uh deficiencies or violations are identified, require corrective action with the property is brought into compliance and the resulting impacts to adjacent homeowners are mitigated. Third, require that any future development associated with the resoning fully comply with all city ordinances and approval process before constructions begin. That includes the proper planning permits and engineering approval set forth in the uh city ordinances, drainage studies reviewed by

the city engineer, analysis of downstream impacts to neighboring residential properties, adequate buffer zone screening and setback compliance, and measures to mitigate light and noise impacts from expanded use of the property. This is not a request for special treatment. It is just a request for equal treatment. If another property owner or developer altered drainage patterns, reduced buffers or created adverse impact on neighboring homes, they would be expected to remedy those issues and comply with the city standards. The same expectations should apply here. We simply ask that the city ensure prior work is properly scrutinized, deficiencies are corrected if they exist, and that future development pro uh proceeds responsibly, transparently, and in full compliance with the standards established to protect those surrounding residents. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thank you, Mr. Hiler. Appreciate it. Uh second, uh I'm on the citizens comments. I'd like to uh acknowledge Stephanie Johnson um as the community builder, the Masonic Lodge, uh recognized her last week as a community builder for the organization and a bridge between the city and Masonic Lodge. And so Stephanie, if you please stand, we'd love to give you a hand. Thank you. the city's never gotten. So, congratulations. Thank you. Thank you.

All right. So, next item on your agenda, presentation item number five, proclamation recognizing 57th annual municipal clerk's week, May 3rd through 9th, 2026. Whereas the profession of municipal clerks is an essential to the effective functioning of local government in Texas, ensuring transparency, accountability, and the smooth operation of municipal services. And whereas the office of municipal clerk is the oldest among public servants. And whereas Texas municipal clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their neutrality and impartiality while serving as the professional link between the citizens, the local governing bodies and agencies of government at all levels. And whereas Texas municipal clerks serve as the official recordkeepers, managing vital documents, conducting municipal elections, providing legislative support, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations in the cities across Texas. And whereas municipal clerks demonstrate exceptional dedication, professionalism, and integrity in their work, often going above and beyond to serve their communities and facilitate the effective governance of local governments. And whereas the Texas Municipal Clerks Association, TMCA, represents more than 1100 municipal clerks who contribute significantly to the success and efficiency of local government throughout the state of Texas. And whereas municipal clerks week provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the invaluable work of municipal clerks acknowledge their vital contributions to public service and highlight the important role they play in the day-to-day operations of our cities. And whereas it is fitting that the city of McGomery take this opportunity to honor and thank Secretary Ruby Beavenon and Deputy City Secretary Diana Titus for their ongoing dedication, knowledge, and tireless service. Now therefore, I, Sarah Countryman, mayor, do hereby proclaim the week of May 3rd, 2026 as municipal

clerk's week in the city of McGomery and encourage all residents to recognize the important work of city secretary Ruben Ruby Beavenon and Deputy City Secretary Diana Titus and join in celebrating their contributions to our community. A witness whereof, I here to set my hand and cause a seal of the city of Montgomery to be affixed this 28th day of April, 2026. Miss Ev, if you'd like to please come. Thank you. Hey, Miss Titus. Huh? Where is she? Titus. Where is There she is. I know. I was like, "Come on up here, Miss Titus. Congratulations.

Thank you. We appreciate you." All right. Thank you. You want to take a picture? Okay. You're good. All right. Thank you.

No picture. All right. Item number six on your agenda is employee appreciation awards for years of service. So, uh the staff recommends that city council recognize and present employee appreciation awards to employees reaching one, five, and 10ear service milestones. The city of McGomery values the dedication and commitment of its employees in appreciation of their ongoing service and the following individuals have achieved milestone anniversaries and are recommended for acknowledgement. All right. Year one recognition. Ruby Beaven, Rosa Contello, Peter Doset, Caou Heights, Joseento, and Stephanie Johnson. Please come forward. Thank you for all you do. Thank you for all you do for the city of McGomery.

Thank you for all you do for the city of Montgomery. And we will give these to those. All right. Uh next up, the five-year recognition is none other than Michael. Is he here? Nope. Is an officer. Okay. All right. Well, All right. And tenure recognition. May we please see Kimberly Ducket?

It's not a watch, but it's close. Thank you. a hundred years. Yeah. Thank you very much, Miss Ducket. Thank you everyone for all you do for the citizens of the city. We appreciate you. Next item on the agenda, number seven, presentation by Tim Duckworth on equipment upgrades at the park of for the homecoming park improvements project. Hello.

Good evening, mayor and council. Uh, I'm just going to say a few words before Tim comes up. Just wanted to remind y'all. Uh, last year at budget time, I had asked for 200 grand for park improvements with the intent of doing some major upgrades at Homecoming Park. Uh, and y'all acknowledged it and we're good with the plan. Uh, so we've been working with Tim last month or so on a plan over there. He come out and met with us. uh went over a site design and fortunately found some good state funding for us to really help get the most bang for our buck on this. Uh so I'm not going to steal all his thunder on this. I'm going to let him come up and present. He's got a presentation ready for you. Just wanted to team up and get him up here.

Thank you. Hello,

council. How are you all madam mayor? Thank you for having me. My name is Kim Dworth. Uh I'm with Cunningham Recreation. I'm going to use this and hopefully it works. Here it goes. I'm with Cunningham Recreation representing Game Time uh Playgrounds as the manufacturer. I want to introduce Cunningham a little bit to you. It take me a second to calm down. I'm a little bit I get nervous at first, but I'll calm down. Uh Cunningham was founded in 1966. It's a third generation family-owned company. We have multiple layers of experience in design management, project management, and construction. Uh we have a team approach how we approach all our projects. Uh we're the largest rep agency for playgrounds in the United States. We represent over seven in 17 states. We have a full office from 8 to 5 through like Hallelujah. Thank you. That's uh good uh for if I'm out sick or something's going on, you have someone to get a hold of. If something's wrong with your park, a playground in your park, you have someone that you can reach at all times during the week. We're all Nipy certified. That's uh uh that's a course that we have to take through the state of Texas to be approved. Uh and we have a licensed LA on staff. Oh, there it goes. Uh Game Time is the manufacturer. It's the leading manufacturer for playground equipment here in the United States. Uh started in 1929. We meet and exceed all industry standards. Our our insurance liability is very very important for the residents of Montgomery. If a child is injured on a playground, we carry $52 million product liability. The only company that's closest to us is $26 million in product liability. And we believe that's all behind our our patented uh direct bolt. Uh no one in the industry has a direct bolt system. So, a lot of the things that could go wrong in the field

when you build, it's all in the manufacturer. It's uh and and so I'm getting off a little bit, but uh a a lot of mistakes that can happen in the field. If it's not put together properly, it won't go together type thing. So today, uh, Mike joined me in Mount Belleview and, uh, for a he talked about some funds and some grant funding to help, uh, stretch the dollars for this project. And, uh, we have a national demonstration site. CORE is the our parent company and that's a they have research uh, of why we design, what we do for the children, the development of a child. And so today there was a course for multiple cities throughout our area that came and uh listened and learned about the different areas of the national demonstration site that we offer. Uh we have one that's our seven principles that's more of an inclusive playgrounds uh and then play on that's a physically active uh playground uh some fitness and then nature and so on. the the design that was chosen for Homecoming Park was a play on design. Help me. There we go. And what a play on is is youth physical activity. And the purpose is to get the kids moving uh and have a playground uh designed uh to have constantly when the kids are there to get them to stay longer and constantly have them moving and get some of that exercise. Uh to research for this program, we partnered with uh Shape America LSU and Western University Western Michigan. I'm sorry. I'm gonna try to move fast. So, what we

the goals that we had to reach to make the design for a play on design is uh balancing, break a monkey bars, if you remember, climbing, swinging, sliding, and spinning. Those are the six areas of essential elements that had to be on your design. And this is the design that we uh that we came up with to reach all. And you can see that I put some numbers out there for the number one for the breaking the overhead ladder that you can see underneath uh the spinning the uh the adaptive seat that allows a child to spin. Uh number three, balancing. You can't see it on this, but I'll show you a top view. There's some balancing on you. See in the top right, we have pod steppers to give that balance climbing. There's multiples of this throughout this design as well. uh climbing number four and then sliding and then swinging. Uh within the swings, we added the top uh seats for the little guys to belt. And then we also wanted to think about, you know, this is a fully physical playground, but it is ADA approved. We added a disc swing at the end which will allow a child to transfer out of a mobility device and be able to swing. Plus, it's designed for three, four, five kids at a time to go. Uh, on the far side, which kind of hard to see, we have a um a spring rider. You kind of see it in the far right corner for the little guys. And also, there is a standup seesaw on the back side in front of the swings. And this is kind of a 2D top view of how it would look inside of the park. If you in the bottom right corner, that's your bathrooms. This is your parking lot to the left. So, the main sidewalk and then there would you come down into the park.

Currently, where the swings is now is where we're proposing the new playground to go. Uh, and then on the other side, I'll share with you here in a little bit, some fitness equipment, uh, where the sand volleyball court is. Now, here's the 2D top view of in the area. I want to share that uh when we were out there, uh shade is a good thing. We could spend a lot of money if we put a full shade structure on there. Mike and I met in the morning time and then afternoon to watch what the sun did on the back side where the trees were coming. uh was a lot of shade till probably about 10:45 11ish. And then we have two shades over top of the play unit itself. And that's a great high noon uh for the kids to continue to play where the sh the sun uh roughly 2:30 3:00 that's when the structure itself will have full sun at that point. Uh, and then here you can see uh the spinning the the spring riders. Let me see if I can point my See if this works for me. It's going to point out. Does it work? No, there it is. No, it's not going to work. Sorry about that. We have to the right in front of the swings, disc wings, we have a spring rider, two uh the uh teeter totter or the spinning seat. And then on the top you can there's your top view of the playground space. And just here's another rendering without all the dots and everything the uh colors that was picked. Uh also on the bottom uh area I want to point out there's a transfer platform allow for a child. It's designed for a child if there is one in a mobility device is

able to transfer out. Uh not all but most can move and navigate. It's not a full-on inclusive but it is an uh uh it is ADA approved. We do have in the playground industry we have what's called elevated play versus ground level play. So if a child is not able to be elevated, we have different play elements. It's harder to see with the on this uh that there's I don't have my program with Mike. I can spin it, turn it upside down. You see everything is just But there's we have social play. There's a spot for them to sit, have lunch. There's another if you have a ch there's a seat next to the slide that you can see. That's a really good spot for a child that may be overstimulated instead of moving them way away. We had found that if we could put them us put a spot with inside the area where the other children are playing and they're able to sit and just have that time to just kind of calm down a little bit and it's got to be tight and cozy. Typically, that's a thing that works and they're able to get back and play. There it is. And so we had a great we designed great space to reach uh the little kids up to uh you know 2 to 5, 5 to 12, something for all them to do. And then we have our friends that are 14, 15 and then adults. And we found uh if we can create a fitness in in a park, a parent will bring a small child and if it's close, they can work out and still monitor their child on a playground next to it. Also, how do we reach the teenagers? How do we get them off the video games? How do we get them from doing the things that they do that we've all done is give

them something? And this is a a it's a compact system that has multiple different areas of exercise. Um I can walk through it really really quick. You have the captain's chair on the far side. I'm going to go to the top right of the on the top side of the screen. The 2D it's a captain's chair. can do the crunches, dips, uh the box jumps, movement around the variable press, multiple uh um the for your push-up, chest presses, the the the bars are moved at different directions to work different areas of the muscle. You can all take a peek up here and obviously I'm not out working very much. So, uh I can just tell you about it, right? And so, and then moving around the you have the uh the decline situp bench and there's a medicine ball back so you can do uh uh your situps and throw the medicine ball. It's not something that the city would provide somebody that wants to do that. They bring it from home and that and over the top you can see there's an overhead ladder that moves. It's the the rungs are at different angles so it works different parts of your muscles as well. And so what we've again what we found is if the parent has something they'll work out if they can if they have something for the kids to do. If the kids are running around and tearing things up and not staying busy, they can't focus and it's close enough. They're straight across from each other on a sidewalk. They're able to keep eye contact on their kids and have the opportunity to work out. a lot of teenagers as well. This is a compact unit. That's 450 square feet. Um, but Mr. Mike was saying, well, what if they want to do something else? Also, there's integrated shade

above the system, if you can see, just to uh again to help with that Texas heat. Of course, some of our CrossFit folks like like to be sweating. Uh, so the oversized that area, right, the slab that goes underneath for the fitness equipment, it allows for someone to bring a yoga mat to stretch and we'll move the fitness. It all has a workout envelope around it and then there's space. This the slab is larger for stretching whatever might happen. So, our receipts are like your Walgreens receipts. They're about that long when we do a quote because we break down every little thing on there. So, on the left hand side is the top of the quote. And then if you could just imagine taking the right hand side and put it underneath uh that and I can't see the number. Oh, I can't see the number that far. Hopefully the big numbers that I want to get at I can see. So that's terrible. I can't see that far. Can I walk a little closer to this?

Yeah, absolutely. So, the to the grand total of all the equipment, the the playground equipment, the installation, the curbs, the surfacing, the shipping or not the shipping, the shipping's below came to uh

Oh, yeah. Yeah, there. There we go. Thank you. So, I'll break it down. All the uh equipment, the play equipment, the fitness equipment was 22645747. And then Mike joined the course today. There was a state initiative funding applied of $51,993. There was a shipping of $10,515.75 with a grand total of $184,97963. The contracting on the on the right is the crosswinds is the exclusive contractor for to install the equipment for all the extra sidewalks, the slab to be forward. The total came down to $7,413.75 with a grand total of 1923 9338 and that's it. Thank you. Thank you very much for your time. And if there's any questions, I can go back.

I have a question. Are you turn key? You manage everything and do everything. Okay. Yes. Yes, ma'am. Uh, also once the equipment is installed, if there is any issues or anything, you're going to contact me and within uh if there's vandalism, it's one thing. If there's something came loose or there's any issue, we're going to be within 48 hours. We'll have it fixed for your first year. How long is the like a warranty period? How long is that?

So the there's a one-year labor warranty on the equipment. There's different layers of its limited life. Uh so like your uprightes uh is uh there's there's its life. Uh, your decks are 15 or 10 years. Your slides are 10-year warranty. This is not vandalism. This is if there's a defect, manufactured defect. Uh, so different moving parts have different warranties. I have a I have everything that I can present to Mike on exactly everything that you are purchasing and what that warranty is.

What kind of service are you using? So the what was projected is the engineer wood fiber which is the wood fiber. Um it is the most cost effective surfacing and al just to be honest with everybody in the room. It has the best impact continuation than your port and place surfacing or your turf surface when they test it. The drop test your engineer wood fiber if it's properly maintained. Now, I think you could still get on it even in bare feet. Yes, you can.

Uh, yes, sir. It's actually the uh It is your port and place rubber uh which sweeps out. Uh and if that's the route you wanted to go, we could definitely do that for you. Uh it is with the sun. It's hot. Yes, sir. It's very hot. The engineer would fiber. Uh I'm tenderfooted, so I wouldn't walk out there barefooted, but uh it's not hot. Scorching hot. It's just you might get poked and there's a little bit more maintenance with it. You have to make just make sure you're out there. Obviously, you understand it. It's in your currently in your parks that you have now. What's the lifespan of

a typical of this equipment? Is it 40 years? Is it 15 years? So, so a typical for a public park actually what is currently in homecoming park now I couldn't find exactly when it was but it's our equipment and I know it's very very old so uh I didn't have I forgot to art to look in the archives to see but uh a typical public park is uh most parks have a 15 to 20 year rotation doesn't mean the equipment's bad but that's their policy we have some parks that are 25 years. Um, we're in the woodlands, all over the woodlands. Their policy is typically 15 to 20 year rotation. City of Conro were 90% in their parks. Uh, changing up

just adding components, sorry, new components, or is that adding a whole new?

So, depending on what your policy is, I've seen many systems that are 25 plus years old and they're still fine. They may have to repair a slide or something, but the uprightes Fagville ISD with them, their system is 28 years old and uh their decks need to be repaired. And so we did an analysis of cost of replacing all the decks and some things they wanted to change versus all new. But the majority of the system itself, they're still playing on and at a school that I think it's not a huge district, but four or 500 kids possibly on, you know, 9 months out of the year playing on that system.

Also, Cedar Break Park. No, ma'am. That is not us at Cedar Break. So, $192,000 and say last 28 years, that's $6,800 a year. So, okay. I was just seeing what that would what the cost is for for your Yes ma'am. Uh there there is you know the standard surfacing maintenance uh on the equipment itself the your swings the standards you would have to you're depending on the amount of volume of the swings how long uh that lasts because of the back and forth. Um there's a few things that there's maintenance, but the overall system itself is a long time.

You'll have a great Thank you. Appreciate that. Anything else? Thank you. I appreciate your time. Thank you, Mr.

So, just to just to finish up with uh the asking about Cedar Break. So, what we're looking at right now is uh next couple weeks, Tim's going to visit the park with me, look at what we can do to upgrade cuz I know you particularly, you got a comment just the other day about upgrading Cedar Break. That's been the plan so far is uh hopefully wow everyone this year with homecoming on a smaller scale. Next year hit Cedar Break. And it's possible we can we can fit it in with this same initiative funding. Uh but he's going to get some numbers for me to bring to budget talks cuz that's around the corner. Yeah. So, we should have some good numbers for Cedar Break uh to uh to have for this next year.

Is there possibility for bigger amounts of grants too? Um when we look at Cedar Break Park, so this one we got 51,000 52,000 in grants. Is there other places we can find grants? There are. Yeah. The lion share of what that might part of their class today was was talking about what some of those other funding sources are. uh and that they can help us with that. Absolutely. There's a lot of community partners uh different cities do different things uh within the community. There's businesses that partner. There's family uh that want to name uh the park after the their family. There's a lot of things you can do to uh for funding. Okay.

Absolutely. So, this was for presentation. uh you know, we have a budget line item for us, but I would ask any of you if you have any comments or questions over the next couple days, a week or whatever, reach out to me. I'd be happy to sit with you oneonone, talk about it in detail. Uh it's not too late to make some some minor changes. We are kind of if we want this funding, we need to go with this playground setup. Uh but color changes, things like that, we can we can still make. Nothing's been ordered yet. Uh but feel free to reach out to me if you've got any direct questions or comments. Be happy to sit down with you. Great job. Thank you so much. Absolutely. Thank you. Y for sure.

Uh number eight on your agenda presentation by Brad Keith of Kend Collaborative on the unified development ordinance UDO update. Hello.

Hello Mayor and Council. Good evening. Pleased to be with you tonight. Um, I'm here to provide you an update on where things stand. Um, just to give you assurance that we have been working all the way through. Uh, we have a near full draft of the unified development ordinance. Of course, we're not able to finish it until we get some guidance and direction from yourselves or from staff. So, I'll point those out, but we're probably within four to six weeks of having a complete draft in front of you pending any input that received tonight and then ongoing conversations with the city engineer and with uh staff and city manager. So, uh we have delivered um kind of modules one and 1.5. You can see all the articles there that included all of the zoning districts. Those districts match the districts that you have today. So there are no changes in the districts which would not require to change it to zoning map necessarily. Um all the land uses I'll show you an example of a new land use matrix that's updated and and brought current. The site development and design that's going to be your parking landscaping you know building design site design access things of that nature. Flood plane floodway development is is stayed exactly the same as it is today. And then there's a section on measurements and word uses basically definitions. Um module two is we I'll talk about some guidance on preservation. Um and we've already did uh subdivision improvements. You guys adopted that several months ago. Um it's my understanding there's a few uh wording tweaks that your city engineers working on. So we're just waiting on that so we can incorporate it into the UDO and then add all the cross references and definitions and so forth to integrate within. And then the last module is all the development review bodies. So yourself um you know commission staff so forth and so on

spelling out what the roles and responsibilities are then all the procedures that obviously align with all your state laws and public notice and public hearings and things of that nature. Um so that's that's where we are um remaining as I indicated chapter 78. Our work is done on that. We're just waiting um to incorporate comments from staff. Um we do maybe need a few comments and request revisions on modules one and 1.5 from from staff. Um module two we can deliver as soon as we get the uh information on the preservation subdivisions. And that's it. Module three is is complete. At that point, we can have a a complete public review draft. And then that'll it'll all be together. And then once we get any final comments, revisions, edits, what have you, we'll put together the public hearing draft that'll come forward through uh adoption, consideration of adoption. So, there's a few issues I wanted to bring to your attention tonight. Um, probably not going to finalize them tonight, but just give you a heads up about what we're looking at. basically the boundaries of downtown. Um just making sure that we're all on the same page about what those boundaries are. I'll show you an example of that. The historic preservation design standards um those that are within downtown versus those that are within the neighborhood district. Um sun regulation. Um nothing outstanding there. and then um obviously ultimately u status and authorization to to finalize it. So as I indicated your zoning districts um through work with your city manager we have kept them consistent with your current districts and that is because it uh syncs up with your compre. So there is information in your compre about adding new districts and mixed use and things of that nature. We have not gone there. Uh if you were to do that,

um that would probably require um some form of update to your comprehensive plan, a land use plan, and then um can make those within the zoning ordinance and districts. The reason being is Texas says if you have z if you have uh zoning, it must be in accordance with the comprehensive plan, right? So should you ever be challenged, you want that comprehensive plan to be consistent with it so you have a basis for making these zoning decisions. So, all of your districts are the same. Um, planning precedence, you have a language today in your development handbook. Um, and I'm going to talk to you about this, but it says if there's any lots that are less than your 9,000 square ft, um, that there would be compensating open space that are required 1:1 ratio. So, in other words, if somebody does 8,000 square ft, they can make up the difference in open space. So, um, I'll I'll show you some examples of that here in a moment. The comprehensive plan, it talks about there's high density zoning and or density bonuses to require encouraging developers to include more units. Usually that's offset by amenities or open space or park or something like that. Again, I'll talk to you about that. And then mixeduse zoning allows for a variety of land uses within one area. Um, obviously handling that with plan development today. Um, we'll talk to you about that with the R2 district as well. And then below are the residential development goals that are in your comprehensive plan. um preservation of ecology, maintain green space, natural drainage, um multiple styles of housing, mix of high and low density lots, and then provide a variation of single family housing types, different sizes, different floor plans to meet different needs of the community. And off to the right are some of the actions or um recommendations that come directly out of comprehensive plan. So, those sync up with what I've what I've written here. Um, one of the things I'd note is it says to amend the zoning regulations to add civic open space and other new land

use categories. Keep that in mind. Um, then there's some additional talking about um create and add conservation overlay district to the city zoning map and areas located within foot plane wetland. Again, keep that in mind. And then lastly, um allow for mixeduse housing. So, we'll talk about those here in just a moment. Um, so this is what we're talking about that compensating open space that you have in your development handbook. Right now you have a 9,000 foot lot. Um, there's no required open space with that. Of course, a lot of your developers are providing parks and so forth. But if they provide a park and all the lots are 9,000 square feet, they're losing lots, right? So what happens? Lot cost may have to inch up a little bit to cover the the lost ground. So, an alternative that I want to show you is if they were to provide an 8,000t lot and have 10% open space. That 10% open space could be used for parks, for greenways, for trails, for buffers adjacent to, you know, other neighborhoods or commercial buildings or what have you. They would get the same exact number of lots. They wouldn't be able to get 8,000 foot lots, thousand square foot smaller with no open space, right? This would require that they have 10% open space. Your national parks and recreation standards to meet the national standards for park space. It's about 1 acre of parkland for about 60 dwelling units. This would deliver one acre of parkland for about 40 dwelling units. So you would be able to, you know, um recover if there any deficiencies in your overall citywide parkland and make sure that as development is coming in and there's additional demand for usage that you're meeting that meeting that demand. Um and in the same way you could also gone down to 7,500 ft² and what that would do would be to give them a little bonus. So in other words, saying providing open

space, we're asking you to do something. We're going to give you something in return. And so that would give them about a from 4.15 units per acre to 4.45. So about.3 units as a as a density bonus. Again, this is mentioned in your comprehensive plan. So we're carrying that through. So um just going to want some direction from you if you're okay with the 8,000 foot 10% open space. no change in densities. Um, of course, anybody can still build built 9,000 foot lots, but the reason for giving a density bonus is provide to encourage them, right? Saying we're willing to go to 8,000t lot to the naked eye, nobody can tell the difference between an 8 9,000t lot, but where it comes in is being able to get that 10% open space so we can have, you know, esplanades or in increased green space along a major arterial or a greenway or repairing area along a creek or stream or to preserve uh existing mature vegetation. That's how that open space would be used. We also what you're doing today basically we have for your one and 10 acre lots. You don't have districts for large lots. So those would be any basically 9,000 foot lot. Anything larger than that is permitted with that in that district. What we're doing here is we're saying if somebody's sitting on 10 acre lots or or even 1acre lot there's 9,000 square foot strictly budding them. We're providing some for some transition standards. So if I'm sitting on a 10acre lot and there's a subdivision proposal of a backyard that's going to be 9,000 square feet, I may not be too happy sharing the property line with them, property values and density so forth. So we're providing transition standards between all your districts and I'll talk through so we're increase rear setbacks. Um we're saying a minimum lot area no less than 70% of the adjacent. So those lots that uh are directly adjacent to the larger lots would need to be at least

70% of those lots. So we don't have such a a dramatic or you know significant change in lot sizes again to protect the interest of large property owners and obviously have a lot of that around here. Um and then there's a required buffer yard. So can you back up a couple slides to that? There you go. Yeah. So this is an example just showing you um you know if you have resources you have tree lines and stuff and you have 9,000 foot lots it's all privatized it's all on private lots and it's hard to protect any of that property now that's all privately owned. Whereas if you do smaller lots and you can have area that could be a buffer adjacent to you know property that's developing next to it. If there's any creek or stream or flood plane or or drainage, you could have some green space along that could be a trail or greenway so forth. So there's a lot of advantages to to doing that. Next slide. So just an example here town um you've got very large lots and you've got small lots that directly joining them. you've got natural natural buffer barrier with existing vegetation but there are you know portions of that where there is no visual separation or buffering. So that's where you know buffer yard um standard would come in to make sure that there is some sort of uh protection or screening between large very large lots anchorage lots and small lots. Okay. Every district has a table like this. So it will point people if you're reading the R1 district single family will tell you where there are other sections um that are applicable. So where the landscaping are where there's design standards where the sign standards are and all of those references are hyperl so you'll be able to click on those and jump right to those other sections. So for your common users, that'll be very handy for them to know, okay, I know I

have to go here to see buildings tonight and so forth. Thanks. Your multif family residential um one part of your current ordinance says it's for duplexes and town homes. Uh another part mentions apartments. So I don't know whether you know what the difference is. So there's kind of a conflict in your current. The way we're handling this is this would provide for, you know, duplex. A twin home is basically um the same as a duplex, but has a property line down the middle. So, not two homes on one lot, but two homes on two lots, but attached. A town home, a rowhouse, and then an apartment. I'll talk to you in a second about apartments. Um the same 9,000 foot per lot. Um we've got standards in there for accessory buildings such as garages and out buildings and stuff like that. And then transition standards. So if an R2 district is directly abuing a single family district, um they would have to have a maximum of a twotory within 50 ft of an R1 boundary. Believe this district allows for 45 ft rather than 35 ft or they can have the third story could be step back 15 foot. So it's for privacy reasons, right? So we have people looking in other people's backyard. So the third story would step back and then there's compatibility measures such as landscaping buffering requirements. The current ordinance just says provide a visual screen, but it doesn't say what a visual screen is. Our ordinance will say exactly how wide that is, how many trees, what types of trees. So, it's very clear a privacy fence or wall or orientation of windows and balconies to make sure that we're not encroaching on somebody's privacy in adjacent yards. So, all these things are in a table that you see on the right. Next, uh multifamily. So, state law as of a few years ago um outside of downtown prohibits us from determining what types of building materials that are required.

So, we approached it from a lot of different angles, right? So we're requiring varied architectural designs with varied roof lines and facade treatments where we have jut outs or or jut ends window configuration based stairs and things to create visual interest so we don't just get square boxes opposite housing right so they're more attractive more more durable um and have more elements that are more like what you would see in single family or even attached value and then also controlling building mass and just the sheer size of of the building. Okay. Next. So, multif family residential design. So, we're saying that in the R2, they can have a building up to 16 units. Anything more than that, they'd have to come to you get a special use permit. Um, same way with uh building length could be a maximum of 120 ft, but anything over that, they'd have to get a special use permit. uh if they have up to 100 units, and I don't know whether 100 units is the magic number or not, but up to 100 units, they can get approved in R2, but anything over that, they'd have to come to council to get a uh a special use permit. So, this gives you a little bit more control over apartment buildings, their design, and we're saying that they can be no more than 30% of the total number of units in a development. So, you won't get massive sprawling apartment complexes with hundreds and hundreds of units. And we also require that the buildings are different sizes and shapes and things like that. So you don't just get cookie cutter, you know, huge apartment complexes. So we get some quality. And you see the bottom uh image there. You know, we're looking for uh different materials, different colors. Again, um horizontal and vertical articulation. So you're not just getting flat wall surfaces in square buildings. Next, just an example of, you know, what buildings could look like when you have different materials. Again, we can't mandate that they have brick, but what we've done is we've said, well, you're going to get you have to reach a certain number of points. And if you provide

masonry or something, you get an increase of 15 points. If you want to provide uh stucco or you know, something of that nature, you get less five down negative five points. So they can have flexibility to determine what fits their project, but they're going to have to meet a certain standard. Um, and the idea is that many will probably choose at least some quality materials, durable materials, masonry, you know, what stone, whatever that might be to meet that standard, but trying to trying to remain flexible. So we're not dictating exactly what they have to do, but telling them you figure out what fits your project and your your budget. Next in downtown. Um, uh, first of all, there's the boundary there. It's not so awful different from your boundary now. So, we'll long just verify that that in fact is the boundary. Um, the difference here is that we followed your cop. We followed your design guidelines in terms of of what they said you want for downtown. The different colored lines are the different street types. And those street types allude to the setbacks. So your your blue street basically we want the building brought up to the street, right? Um and we want um I'll show you here in a second. This really isn't going to affect anybody that exists there today, right? Um it's if you know somebody were to redevelop or rebuild or something of that nature, then they would need to basically meet the standards that meet what you have in downtown today. We're trying to preserve that historic character of building in downtown and the historic nature of those. Um so next slide. So uh the planning precedents. So your plans say to preserve the architectural style the building form basically shape how big how tall scale materials colors details treatments buildings. So that's the the precedent that we have that your plan is telling us that they should

remain in the architectural style the 1830 to 1941 and then there's a whole laundry list of things like architectural detail and awnings and colors and fences and things like that. So we have drafted regulations for each of those and those regulations again basically keep what you have today. You'll see some images here that you'll recognize next. So, we have graphics in there that kind of show, okay, how do these how do these things apply? And we want buildings brought near the street uh or at least even with the other ones that are there. Um, and so we have building setbacks mainly on the front or on a street side, not as much on an interior side, side lot between two properties. Um, so we want to maintain that pedestrian feel and that streetscape character of of those buildings. Next slide. And then historic district district standards. Again, taking a page out of your comp plan. We've got stuff in there about materials that need to basically reflect the historic precedence. Uh any franchises have to maintain the traditional main street design so that we don't have a you know, whatever type of use comes in there, it's a franchise that would disrupt that historic character. Um, we've got facade colors in there, roofs, roof types basically, so we don't just get, you know, flat roof types, but we have modulation of the of the roof edge. And then again, windows and shading. These all come directly from the guidance that are in your design guidelines and plan. Next slide. And so this is some of the drawings that we have included in there. Obviously, you've got a lot of awnings and canopies and arcades and things like that now. So, these are the types of things that, you know, we're trying to continue in downtown. Like I said, there's not much that's going to affect people that are

there now, but this UVO should probably last 20 25 years. And so, as things happen over the course of time, um you'll have standards to help maintain your the uniqueness part of what Montgomery is recognized for downtown. Next, your commercial districts. Um, basically they're the same as what you have now. So, we just carried all that through in terms of your, you know, setbacks and things like that. Then we have commercial residential transition standards. So, whenever commercial district abut say a single family district, how do we protect the budding single family? Um, so again, we have height adjacent needs maintained two stories or to have a 15oot setback. There's privacy measures, parking and drive aisle placement, um accessory uses and structures are prohibited within a certain distance, noise, and then res residential design compatible design. So basically looking for pitched roads and things like that that will play well with the neighborhood and not be just, you know, an abrupt shift. so that if you're on that lot that backs up to it or maybe to the side of it that that there will be some transition standards there. Next, and this is an example of the table that we have where I mentioned earlier where there's uh we're not dictating exactly what you have to have, but we're saying here's a bottom illustration of the types of things that we're looking for. Again, so we don't just get square boxes, right? So, we have transparency, i.e. windows on the sec first and second floor. We have um you know jut outs or jutins, recessions, um canopies, awnings, things like that to help break up the the the building facade. And then we have a a bunch of options and alternatives or flexible standards where they can they can meet a certain number of points based upon what fits their project. Next,

and just kind of a continuation of that, just kind of showing, you know, how those would be applied to different environments. Next slide. And again, uh this this is just kind of showing not necessarily don't look at the building design per se, but it's just kind of the building elements that we look for to to apply. So again, we've get interesting buildings with some some desire that reflect positively on the community's character and uh apply those to new buildings. Next, institutional effectively is the same as what you have today. We haven't made any too many adjustments other than the building standards that we just looked at. Next slide. and industrial. You just have one industrial district which can cover a lot of different building types. As you can imagine, you've got a very large area that's uh shown for industrial. We have created um some standards. We've kind of kept your minimum lot areas and and things like that. You click on the next slide. We've created some standards where if they're next to residential be high sensitivity, instit institutional be moderate and then commercial or other industrial be sensitivity. And then we've got some different um setbacks. So if they're next industrial next to residential obviously the greatest differentiation, we want crater separation and we want different buildings around the perimeter. So it might be more office administrative functions, research and development, things like that. not your most intensive industrial development with outdoor storage and you know outdoor activity that would be more on the interior of an industrial park. So again trying to be sensitive to the appearance for the roadways and if they happen to butt a neighborhood or something else what those standards can be. Next this is on on the left is your permitted

use table. Um it's very very dated. There's uses that are a little comical. Um, on the right is the example of what the new table is. Every single use, you can hover over it has a definition so somebody knows exactly what that use means to help your staff. And then all the districts, it tells you whether or not that use is permitted or whether they require special use permit. And then there's hyperlinks that says, you know, here's other standards that apply to that that type of use. So, it's just organized better. We also have a section that is use categories. We don't list every possible use that you can dream of, right? So we have like a use category and say here are similar types of uses. So somebody comes in with an oddball, you can kind of look at that without having a use matrix that goes on for 10 pages. Next, uh limited uses. This is something new. So those uses that are kind of between just outright permitted and what you have is your special use. These are uses that um sometimes have concern and so uh they have certain standards that they'd have to meet. So they'd have to demonstrate that to staff that they're meeting these standards to make sure that they fit well in within within their environment. And if there's any uh disagreement, they can always advance it to the council to get to get guidance. But it's things like event venues, micro breweries, self storage, veterary services where you could have, you know, the outdoor dog runs or things of that nature. So maybe not rise to the point of meeting a special use permit, but we certainly want to have some standards to make sure that they they they fit well within their neighborhood.

How do you define event venue? We've got a definition in there. So basically, I would guess that it's going to be um you know, public assembly facilities, which could be like your um you have your your public building. It could be a wedding venue or a, you know, um, reception venue. I I have to look at the actual definition, but every single one of those have a definition. We can certainly look at those. We just said, I had questions about that. There's a Yeah. older home in town that wanted to be leased out for events, but yeah. Is during the day is offices. Yeah. And Okay.

There was an argument about what that actually is. When I was a planner for city, there's a bed and breakfast which they got approval for, but then they wanted to start catering for weddings and and so forth and it kind of elevated all the vans movement and all type stuff. And so those are the types of things if there's things like that that you have history with, let us know so we can help you address them. And of course, we're always available to help you as things come up. We can help you, you know, tighten some of those things up if need be. Next, special uses you're familiar with. Um, these are land uses that are not just permitted outright, but they have to have special approval by you uh with input from your commission recommendations. So this could be things like u uh you know bed and breakfast or auto storage you know auto repair um more intensive uses that sometimes have more impacts on their joining uses either visually or by noise or something else. So that pretty much is carried through from what you're doing today procedurally too. Next slide. Parking mobility. Um this is more contemporary. Uh basically all the different uses that are in the use matrix has parking requirements and right now they're minimum parking requirements but they may be based on you number of employees or whether you have uh assembly facilities or whether you have um I guess whatever hotel rooms bedrooms and apartments things like that. So it's a lot more explicit. One of the questions I have there is some communities now are setting a maximum parking ratio. So your big boxes are overparked, right? So for every everything but maybe around the holidays, there's expansive concrete that is never utilized and it just creates a lot of heat, a lot of storm water runoff. So communities all across the country now are starting to say

we're going to set a maximum so that we don't get all this extra pavement that just creates storm water and all the issues with that. So that could be something that we do as well. Next slide please. Landscaping buffering. Uh we have in places that street trees are required. Um trees around the perimeter of properties, foundation plantings right up next to the foundation parking lot with islands within the middle of parking lots. Um where you have to have, you know, uh uh trees within each of those. And then there's site landscaping and buffer yards. Buffer yards is if a neighborhood is next to a commercial area, there has to be a buffer yard. And again, that tells you it can be 10 feet or 15 feet or 20 feet. And then it tells you how many trees, how many shrubs, whether or not a fence is required, things like that. So again, it's it's flexible. It doesn't say you have to do this, but it gives them if they have room on the property for a wider buffyard, they can put fewer trees and shrubs. Next, and just continuing on with lot perimeter, again, they're interior landscaping islands within parking lots. So, we're looking to screen around the around the edge of them. So, when you're driving down the street, you don't have headlight glare out into the street and screening the buffers and the or the screening the the parking lot against streets and adjoining properties. And these are the buffer yards. Again, we have a range of different buffer types. We have some that are natural. We have some that are structural. So if somebody doesn't want to build a fence or a wall, they can just do extra landscaping. So we don't want to create be a city of fences, right? So we're giving different ways you can go about meeting the buffer yard requirements without everybody being the same. And basically just says, you know, an A buffer yard is going to be limited. A C buffard along industrial is going to be more extensive. Next, and then just kind of looking at, you know, what the site plan could look like

with a buffer yard on a, you know, rear side property line, uh, and foundation against the street. So, that's probably over the top in terms of numbers. That's probably not fair. Um, how can we avoid because this city is very hilly and uh in the past some of these buffer zones uh there they weren't thought out very well and there's a great drop between one side of the buffer zone and the next

and it's creating the flooding issues that a lot of these people have. So what is the what is the cure for that when we have buffer zones where the elevation of the property is significant? Yeah. And so the runoff is going to go to the lower side.

Yeah. Obviously they're going to have to have all the side engineering to address to address storm water where there's a significant uh change in elevation between two sides but the buffer may not even be effective. Right. We can see right over the top of it. we have provisions in there where you know if that's the case um we we alter the uh the buffer iron. So if it's either either way you know you're looking up or you're looking down we have alternatives in those situations where there's significant elevation changes. But I think the key point is regarding drainage and everything's going to have to go through your city as you meet all your drainage criteria to make sure that we don't have offsite uh runoff. Okay. And then this was what you already adopted uh months ago through subdivision regulations with sidewalks um subdivision walls and fences to make sure that our corridors don't have you know wood fences chain link fences no fences inside out right side up stain stain. So we have consistent subdivision fencing along along the roadways. Again you already adopted that. Next. And you already adopted these two with just links of cula stacks and stuff to make sure that we're safe in terms of if there's any flooding conditions, people can get in and out and just making continuity the roadways so you can move from neighborhood to neighborhood without having to go back out on the arterial for every single trip. Next, and again, we talked about that. They're just waiting for final comments and then we will integrate them within the overall uh unified development ordinance and submit. And then there's all the procedures. So this is an example of a table. This will tell somebody I'm coming in the city and I want to do XYZ and say okay uh this this city department is going to look at

it. Uh this body's going to approve it or this body's going to recommend it. Whether or not it requires public notice, things of that nature. kind of look at one table and see what the procedures are and then those are all all written out for each of the different procedures whether it's for platting or site plan or reszoning or whatever that process is. Have you already accepted or approved that float process? Yes. Okay.

Um yeah, so that's next next slide. And then nonconformities, I think it pretty much matches what you're doing now. So if there's uses that are non-conforming, uh they can't change to something that's more intensive than that use, they can change to something that is equal or lesser than that use. Same way with structures, you can't increase the extent of nonconformity. So if you got a structure that doesn't conform, they can't add on to that structure, do anything that's going to create more impact. The same thing goes for for lots and signs. So there's no uh same thing you have now. So if it's destroyed less than 50% by wind or fire, they can rebuild. If it's greater than that, they can't if it's a non-conforming structure. So it's consistent with what you have now. It's just got more explicit detail. And finally,

uh I have a sometimes a really bad retention to be able to get a printed copy of this to all the council. Absolutely. Yeah. Thank you. I have a question. So if somebody wants to come here and build, is this going to be provided to them at the front office in a hard copy so they understand the workflow process because that's been a challenge in the past or is it we direct them to the website to pull this down? Both. It can be both. I mean the process is this long now. Um the process needs to be this is a much cleaner quicker method. Um so that was the intention. straight forward.

We have been working with Chris and kind of, you know, does this work, does this work? And so, we're still giving comments back a little bit on that, but yeah, I mean, it's going to be a much cleaner process for sure. It's it's going to be fully web- based and online, so anybody can go in and navigate through it. There'll be hyperlinks and pop-up definitions and things like that. So, there's a lot of tools we can do to help people navigate information they're looking for most readily. When when will council get a copy of this? of the presentation. Yeah, I can email it by tomorrow.

And so from this presentation to final with the the town hall and the feedback and we're accepting I think you said four to six full draft in front of us. So four to six weeks. So that's putting us say it's the end of May, 1 of June. Then what's the rest of that workflow look like? Because we've been waiting a long time. So we don't want to wait till the end of the year. Yes. No, absolutely not. Um, well, it's just going to be by state law in terms of your notification procedures before public hearing. So, we have to have a public hearing before the commission and before the council. If you wanted to, there's provision state law you can do it joint. So, you can consolidate those. It take less time. Sure.

Um, so that would be an option for you. So, I think we have to notify 10 or probably 15 days before. So, beyond this four, say just even the worst case scenario, six weeks and then then there's that 30-day notice or whatever that is. So we could for possibly have it by July. We worked expedient. We get through all the comments and changes and so forth with staff.

Yeah. I mean, he made this I should have sent this out to you, but we didn't get to it till kind of last minute getting it all together, but really what you need to see is is more of the final product when we when you can really look through it. It's way more detailed than this. I know you don't have enough time to read it all, but you need to see what the finished product looks like so you could but this was your opportunity to kind of get where where we've tighten this up and then you know what we're looking at. But I believe we're very close to maybe three months just because we've been waiting and with the development coming.

I mean you can't make the the ones that are going to be coming later this year. You can make them adhere to this but the ones that are already here we can't you can't grandfather them in. So again, while people are knocking on our door to come here, that was the whole point of doing this to get it in front of all of that. Yeah, we're a few years late 100%. But now we are working here,

but and some of this is appliable because, you know, they're they're always coming back for special permits and different things that they want to adjust based on their development. This will give it a little clarity. So they can go online and look at that and they're like they can come back to us and say, "Oh, can we do this? Can we do this?" And then we can, you know, so it's not a battle and just bring that to council and you're good. Let's go. So perceivably 3 months. We're just I think we're just looking I know I'm looking for milestones and I'm looking for dates and that way we can Yeah. Just getting final comments from staff and we'll get the editing done and all the formatting done and get it to you. We're ready to deliver the procedure,

right? So, we'll get that to you. It's all Zach, you know. Zach does everything. Zach's super good. Okay. I'm just going to write on my notes three months just for I I think it's doable. I I think we it took us a minute just recently to really get here, but I think with Zach and and our work that we've been doing, I I think we're close in Tilly and we have the capability on our website to make this robust so that they can have hyperlinks and go and dig down and and look more specific for details. That's going to be in the code of somebody added to your online code that you already have.

Okay. But we have those capabilities and we're not going to have to bolt on anything or wait for that. If you actually scroll through our ordinances now through our code, you can there's hyperlinks in it. Okay. So, we're we're really talking about that at all the approved. That's what I was going to say. We have the whole red packet big package with the red bow on it in three months. Everything will be live. Everything will be ready. Well, at the at the That might be everything will be live. But August get it approved. The the 30 days 60 90 days will be out. Sorry. I just I mean I think we can complete this with him

and then you know we have a brand new website we were looking at it today and she's been working really hard on that. So yeah getting it all tied together but in code plus is really where that is and there's also some stuff we're working on with Tilly you know to get the applications for some of these so make sure we have those capabilities and not we're not have to go rebuild a whole website or three years down the road again. built it in the software, it's ready. Just hand the URL to me and you're ready to go. So the second you adopt it, it could be on online, right? I hear you. I'm looking for July 28th.

He said in his presentation he's waiting to hear from engineering. I I don't know what he needs to hear from engineering. So, well, there's just a little more clean up. We wanted to see if you guys had any comments. That's that was the purpose of this. Um I know this has been a long process so you forget everything that's been going on. We really tightened up this entire project if you will um with the engineers. Of course there's still some little touches that we need to do uh to make sure this is correct.

Well, it's come a long way from the last time we saw it year and a half ago. So, thank you for that. But yeah, so and I know that we've got um some business owners that are interested in looking at this. I don't think it's ready to be there yet or I know that we're going to have what at least two public hearings about it. Correct. Yeah. Okay. Just making sure because I've got people to answer to. Thanks. Thanks for your time. Appreciate

you. All right. Uh we'll move on to the consent agenda. Item number nine, consideration possible action on the city council workshop meeting minutes of April 6th, 2026. Number 10, consideration possible action on the city council meeting minutes of April 14th, 2026. Number 11, consideration possible action on the quarterly investment report for Q1, 2026. Number 12, consideration of possible action of resolution of the city council of the city of McGomery, McGomery County, Texas, appointing members to the McGomery Planning and Zoning Commission. And number 13, consideration of possible action on calling a public hearing on a reszoning request related to 3.252 252 acres of corner John track 57-D ward investments 01 res a file number 20007006 890 currently zone PD plan development to be reszoned I institutional as submitted by third engineering council you can take these individually or cumulatively what is your desire

cumulatively I'll entertain a motion I make a motion that we accept the consent agenda cumulatively. Motion by Mr. Johnson that we accept a consent agenda cumulatively seconded by Miss Laneley. This motion is debatable, amendable, requires majority voting. It's open for further discussion. All those in favor of accepting the consent agenda as presented say I. I.

Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries and we'll accept the consent agenda as presented. Public hearing. The city council will receive comments from the public on the below listed items. Speakers will be limited to three minutes each. Persons wishing to participate speak during the public hearing portion of the meeting must sign in participate prior to the meeting being called to order. Number 14 on your agenda. Convene in a public hearing on request for a special use permit to establish a new financial advising office at 15325 Summit Park Drive, Suite 107. It is 7:15 and we are in a public hearing. No one signed up to speak, so it is 7:15 and we will close this public hearing. Number 15 on your agenda, convene into public hearing on the final report for reszoning requests submitted by SPT Montgomery LLC development number 2215 related to 5.7 acres of a western portion of Rigby Ben J track 46H-3 and all of Rickby Ben J track 39 that is currently zoned B commercial to be reszoned I institutional. It is 7:16. We are in public hearing. No one has uh asked to speak. Correct, Miss Beavenon? Okay. It is 7:16. We will close the public hearing. Number 16 on your agenda. Convene into public hearing on the final report for reszoning request submitted by Quarterstone Community Church of Montgomery development number 2510 related to two tracks located within tract 11 and 12. John Corner survey abstract 8 that is currently zoned R1 single family residential to be reszoned I institutional it is 7:16 we are in the public hearing it is 7:16 no one is here for the public

hearing we have closed that public hearing regular agenda item number 17 on your agenda consideration possible action regarding request for a special use permit by Kings View Wealth Management LLC to establish a New Financial Advising Office at 15325 Summit Park Drive, Sweet 107. Miss Tilly.

Good evening, Mayor Council members. So, if you recall last council hearing, there were a couple of special usements also in the industry district on Summit Park Drive. This is the third in the same building here at 325 Summit Park Drive. And this is suite 107. Um last council it was a coffee shop and a nail salon. This will be uh those two suites and I think there's a vacant um space also in that. So planning and zoning commission reviewed this uh they looked at the current plan how it could fit into the industrial zoning district. Again, the reason why this is a special use permit is that the use as an office um related use is first permitted in a B commercial zing district. It is not listed in the um table of uses as a permitted use in the I industrial zoning district. So, the special use permit was taken into consideration. made up that the office use as a financial advising office can fit because it could help with the industrial businesses, their employees, guiding them through financial, I guess, questions and that kind of thing. They're only open between 8:30 and 5:30. Their typical office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but they allowed 30 minutes the beginning and 30 minutes at the end um to be open. But otherwise, if you have any specific conditions that you would like to add to the conditions that the planning and zoning commission had already recommended, we can also look at that or if you want to clarify any of the conditions that they have been discussing this morning. But if you have any questions specific to that use, everyone recalls the location

Can I make a motion? So I I make a motion to approve I'm sorry. Was that your No, you go. I'll make a motion to approve the regarding request for a special permit for these management at 15 325 Summit Park. It has been moved by Mr. Glazier that we accept the request for a special use permit. Second

for Kings View Wealth Management at 15325 Senate Park Drive, Sweet 107. It is seconded by Mr. Donaldson. This motion is debatable, amendable, requires majority vote. It's open for discussion. All those in favor of accepting the special use permit for Kingsby Wealth Management LLC at Summit Park 15325 Summit Park Drive, Sweet 107. Say I.

Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries and we we have approved the special use permit for Kings View Wealth Management LLC at 15325 Summit Park Drive, Sweet 107. So, um, Miss Fox pointed out on the consent agenda, consideration of possible action of a resolution of the city council of the city of McGomery, McGomery County, Texas, appointing members to the McGomery Planning and Zoning Commission. Um, being that we approved it on the consent agenda, do we need to do this individually or the consent agenda was approved as a whole?

So, what were you liking to do? So how how are you appointing them? So I just wonder if we need to you're just approving the appointment. Both both candidates. Yeah. Just curious. Thank you. And thank y'all for being here tonight. We appreciate it. Thank you.

All right. Number 18 on your agenda. Consideration of possible action of an ordinance by the city council of the city of Montgomery, Texas, amending the zoning classifications as defined in the city code ordinances chapter 98 zoning for the 5.7 acres of a western portion of Briggsby Benj tract 46H-3 and all of Briggsby Benj tract 39 Montgomery, Texas from B commercial zoning district as found on the city's official zoning map to I industrial zoning district classification and to amend the official zoning map providing a savings clause providing a repealing law providing an effective date upon passage and publication. Hello, Zach.

Hello. Good evening, mayor and council. Uh so today in front of y'all, y'all have a resoning application for the Superior Properties Development. Uh it's going on along Lonear Parkway uh adjacent to 149. Uh can you close on page 99 you'll see the proposed site plan for what's being reszoned as institutional uh the developer superior properties uh has found a potential buyer for that middle uh commercial track uh to be a church and so this is essentially getting ahead of the platting and uh design for said uh development so that we can review it consistently against all institutional requirements. So making sure that there are setbacks, visual barriers, um and required zoning and buffer zones for that uh institutional track. Again, this is just the reszoning application. Um the final plat will still be in front of y'all for uh approval at a later date uh that we're currently going through reviews with the developer. Um so if y'all have any questions, feel free to ask. I make a motion we accept agenda item number 18 as presented.

Motion by Mr. Donaldson that we accept item number 18 as presented. Second by Miss Fox. This motion is debatable, amenable, repository vote. It's open for further discussion. All those in favor accepting item number 18 as presented say I. I.

Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries. We'll accept number 18 as presented. 19 on your agenda. Consideration of possible action of an ordinance by the city council of the city of Montgomery, Texas, amending the zoning classifications as defined in the city code of ordinances chapter 98. zoning for 1acre tracks 11 and 12. John Corner survey abstract 8, McGomery, Texas from R1 and residential zoning district as found in the city's official zoning map to I institutional zoning district classification and to amend the official zoning map providing a savings clause providing a repealing clause and providing an effective date upon passage publication.

Good evening again. Uh so very similarly uh resoning application for the cornerstone church that is located on 149. If you turn to page 113 of your packets, you'll see the proposed or existing zoning and then the following page being the proposed. Um, again, this is just to paper up any future development that is going on with the church. Um, this is separate from any submitts that they will be doing for platting and civil plans where we're to review drainage, uh, setbacks, lighting, etc. based on what's being proposed by the developer. As of today, we've only received confirmation that they're looking to extend the building. Outside of that, we have not received any confirmation as to what their full package of civil plans would include. But once we do have that confirmation on what the scope is, we would be reviewing for uh consistency and compliance with your design criteria manual and all required state and federal regulations.

Question. Yes, ma'am. So, uh when when they purchased the church, there was there there are ordinances in place people at city hall at the time did not enforce those. With this resoning and marrying of these two lots, is there a way now that we can get it enforced on the pri on the first piece that they purchased or how do we how can we do that?

So, as far as rectifying kind of what was done previously, we would be looking at existing conditions and making sure that those conditions work for what's being proposed in the future. Again, it's kind of hard to determine what was outside of hearsay and outside of providing actual documentation as to what was done on the uh site. There's a hard look at see nothing was done. Correct. But in terms of what was submitted for review um and then actually constructed, there's not uh a lot that we can do in terms of that. But again, looking at existing conditions based on what's submitted to us, we can make sure that drainage works, lighting works for all of budding and adjacent properties to make sure that again they're in compliance moving forward with all ordinances. Uh,

I think there is some sound barrier too if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Cooper is affected. Okay, great. I make a motion we accept agenda item number 19 as presented. Motion by Mr. Donson that we accept item number 19 as presented. Seconded by Miss Langley. This motion is debatable, amendable or required majority vote. It's open for further discussion. All those in favor of accepting it 19 as presented say I. I. Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries. We will accept item number 19 as presented. 20 on your agenda. Consideration of possible action regarding authorizing a utility easement with Alan Man.

Good evening again. Uh so this item in front of y'all is related to the list station 5 relocation project. So, I'd like to direct your attention to page 120 of your packet. You'll see kind of a overlay of uh what's existing out there today and what's being proposed with the listation boundary location. On the bottom portion of that exhibit, you'll see kind of a red box that shows the boundaries of that utility easement. That utility easement allows city staff and public works to in the future, if any repairs are needed for that sanitary sewer line, to make those repairs on private property. Um the reason this is being requested is because we're trying to get ahead of text uh safe highway 105 widening. There is rightway acquisition in this area and currently the existing San sewer lines lie in public rightway. So with the papering of of this easement in the event that Tex comes back in the future and says hey we want to w even more we have protection for funding of those replacements and repairs.

This uh ement has been signed by the property owner. He's reviewed and has no issue with it. So now it's just up for council action on execution. Very good. I make a motion to approve as as um a motion by Mr. Glanger that we accept item number 20 as presented. Second. Second by Miss Fox. This motion is debatable, amenable, requires majority vote. It's open for discussion. All those in favor of accepting item number 20 as presented say I. I.

Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries and will accept item number 20 as presented. 21 on your agenda. Consideration of possible action by council on the preliminary plat for Caroline Court formerly known as Villages of Montgomery dev number 25502.

Good evening again. Uh so in front of youall today is a preliminary plat for the Caroline Court development formerly known as Villages of Montgomery. This is the development that's going on right across the street. Uh with frontage on 105 being commercial and then on the back portion being residential. Um just to kind of summarize the the development and from the right in front of y'all. Um the development has approved variances with their development agreement outlining front yard setbacks, sideyard setbacks, lot width, size, and depth. Um and then most recently on February 24th, 26th, they received another variance of request and approval from PNG and council for uh no required tree assessment being submitted with their primary plan. And so essentially what that means is instead of doing a tree assessment with their preliminary plat, they're being they're being regulated against the previous landscaping ordinances which require 20% gross canopy and 10% uh gross landscaping for the entire development. So that is reflected on their preliminary plat. Again, you would have an opportunity to review this with their subdivision plans as well as their final plat that will be in front of y'all um at a later date. This is just continuing and allowing them to solidify their conceptual plan and move forward with their design and planning.

So you're saying they're grandfathered in on the previous landscaping. Should we change it because of the variance of request approved? Yes. They would be regulated against not the current landscaping ordinance but the one previous. Okay. But if they make any significant changes, would that negate that and then we could move forward in today's depending on how the changes were reflected. Again, if they're proposing less than and in this instance, I don't see how the changes would be allowed. If they're proposing less than the 20% landscape or canopy, that would be not adhering to the variance. If they're promoting more than 20% landscaping and canopy, that would obviously be a benefit to the city and

right celebrating. Correct. Right. And the main thing with the variance was they were required with the interim ordinances that are in place to do a tree survey up front. If you know that property, there's a lot of trees. I think the quote came back as a $100,000 survey, which doesn't necessarily change their development plans. And so that was the reason for the request. So they're still meeting and planting and providing the green spaces. They're just not doing what the the or interior ordinance says is that the do individual tree survey that says this is the size and type of every tree on the property over 6 in.

So what I'm hearing before all of our houses burned down is when people start seeing trees be removed is they're going to have instead of spending $100,000 to see which ones can be salvaged, they're going to go ahead not spend that money and then come back and do the 20% canopy and 10% landscape. Correct. In addition to that, they are also protecting some of the existing trees. Okay. So, there is going to be some protection and that will be outlined on the final plat as well as the plans that kind of outline the landscaping and tree uh reserves throughout the subdivision. And this was before I was here. So, but these lots were approved, I'm assuming, for smaller lots. Correct. We were we learned earlier.

Correct. So, what they're proposing is more town home style. Uh I believe the product that they were quoting was upwards of 400,000. So these are what they are quoting good products. Um as well as with their development, they're required to extend Caroline Street with um they're proposing within their subdivision a full boulevard all landscaped and canopied. Um again to make that product more presentable to the city. They're more long and like or New Orleans style is what they long and I thought the price alley,000 700 to 800,000. It was substantial. Okay. I thought you said just down at 400. I'm like no I thought it was more than it was for me 400's a lot. House market budget.

I think it was like 800 because it's more like the one. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Just making sure that there hadn't been changes that we were not aware of. I was like I was pretty sure that they were going to be the 800 high. Yes. Highend propert New Orleans style where they're long where the lots were smaller but to make more debt. Yes. And then have a set back and they're doing beautiful fronts and all of that. And also alley loaded garages. Yes. Correct. Basically no yards. They're little yards. Little yards. Make a motion we accept agenda item number 21 as presented. Motion by Mr. Donaldson. We accept item number 21 as presented. Second.

Second by Miss Fox. This motion is debatable. Amendable. Requires majority vote. It's open for discussion. All those in favor of accepting item 21 as presented say I. I. Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries and accept item 21 as presented. 22 on your agenda. Consideration possible action on a variance request regarding the placement of the vegetative setback and allowing landscaping within the flood plane for the FM 1097 retail plaza development development number 255.

Good evening again. So this property um exhibit on page sorry about that. Thank you. 136 1363

that outlines the site being proposed. This is the property directly adjacent to Atkins Creek where they're doing the uh FM to 97 roadway improvements uh from Techtock. The variance request was for two things. one being uh retaining walls and uh fences being allowed within the utility ement and then another being uh tree being planted within the flood plan. So I'll tackle the first one first. Uh with the retaining walls and fences being allowed within utility easement, there is an existing 16 ft utility ement on the back side of their property. Um today there is existing sanitary sewer that stops approximately halfway uh from the end of the property heading towards Atkins Creek. So it doesn't utilize the entire uh utility easement from start to finish of their property. There is no plans in the future of extending the sanitary sewer easement. So it would stop uh not easement line, excuse me. It would stop where it currently dead ends approximately in the middle of the property. What they're looking to do with this uh retaining wall and you'll see on those exhibits on 136 through 138 um fences on either side of the utility line. So, one on the property line or just before and then one on the utility line easement. What that allows for city staff to do is again maintain and access that utility line from either side of the property, whether entering from uh FM 1097 or coming on the back side from water. Um it has a opening between it. Um on one portion of that fence is uh or not fence on one portion of that utility ement is a fence sitting upon a retaining wall. on the other side of that uh utility easement is just the fence. The overall height retaining wall in fence or just fence would be 8 ft tall. So there is consistency between both of those sides. So you're not looking at kind of a inconsistent height on that. Um with that being said, additionally on that

not on their property, but south of their property, there is an existing firm. So that adds an even an additional buffer between whatever future single family uh homes are built on that water stone property versus what's seen from the FM297 track. All in all uh to say they are providing um provisional barrier that is being required from them. They're just asking to put retaining walls and fences within that utility easements. And again, with the utility easement in place, it would allow us as a city to make repairs without any additional cost for repairing or improving those retaining walls or fences.

And these retaining this retaining wall and this these fences are the responsibility of the property owner. Correct. Yes, ma'am.

I'll make a motion we accept agenda item number 22 as presented. Motion by Mr. Johnson. We accept item 22 as presented. Second. Second by Mr. Glazier. This motion is available. Amendable. Reposiatory vote. It's open for discussion. All those in favor accepting item 22 as presented. Say I. I. Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries. We'll accept item number 22 as presented. Three on your agenda. consideration or possible action authorizing the city administrator to sign the consent to encroachment by and between city of Montgomery and the developer Parkside Capital LLC development number 25502.

Good evening again. So on this one I would like to direct your attention to page 153 of your packet. Um on that page you'll see an exhibit kind of outlining one the overall subdivision and what's being planned and then two if you can see some of those highlighted portions of the development that shows what areas are being encroached upon by private infrastructure on public utilities or right away with that being said this encroachment agreement uh it's very standard language y'all seen a few of these in recent months um essentially outlining roles and responsibility of private improvements on public utility easements. This agreement outlines that if any repairs are needed for public infrastructure, water line replacement, sanitary sewer, uh manhole rehab, or what have you, that the city is not liable for any repairs or damages to private infrastructure located within these. So, in the event that Mike and his team have to go out and make any repairs to a hydrant or manhole, that cost for the repair is on the city, but not any cost on the private utilities located within those. So, they're building retaining walls, trees, sidewalks, etc. That would be on the private property owner, HOA, district, mud district to repair and maintain. Make a motion we accept agenda item number 23 as presented. Motion by Mr. Johnson. We accept item number 23 as presented. Second.

Seconded by Miss Langley. All those in favor accepting item 23 as presented say I. Those post say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries and will accept item 23 as presented. 24 on your agenda. Consideration possible action authorizing the city administrator to sign the consent to encroachment by and between the city of McGomery and the developer Trioint Homes Texas Inc. for the Legacy Grove development number develop development number 2409.

Good evening again. So very similar uh if you turn to page 159 of your packet, you'll see the proposed or preliminary uh location of the monument sign that uh Trioint and Legacy Grove is proposing. Um just to kind of uh provide a little bit of context here, this portion of development has not been reviewed by city uh the city engineer yet. They are trying to get ahead of what's to come and so they're trying to paper up this encroachment agreement just to outline, hey, the city is fine with the general location, but we will be submitting plans for review and approval to the city engineer and city council for the single family component of this development in the future. This encroachment agreement just gets ahead of that. Again, if any repairs are required to public lines, um any uh repairs to the additional private utilities or monument signs, fixtures, etc. would be on the mud district, HOA or developer to repair and pay for.

And this is on the entrance. Yes, ma'am. So, you recently y'all did approve in agreement for the Lonear Parkway entrance. This is for section two that would be entering on 105. Correct. And this is where Westway is. This is entrance. Westway right between Mids South and D. So what what explain this statement? Please note that this only approves construction within the utilities. Final location will be determined at the time of review of Legacy Grow section two.

So they haven't submitted section two yet. They're trying to get ahead with the understanding that police station 5 uh utility lines are being laid in a few months. Um trying to get ahead of any potential encroachment they would need on the monument side. Yeah, it's section two. Yeah. And we are expecting those later this year. I make I make a motion we accept agenda item number 24 as presented. Motion by Mr. Johnson accept item number 24 as presented. Seconded by Miss Langley. All those in favor accepting item number 24 as presented say I. I.

Those post say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries and we'll accept 24 as presented. 25 on your agenda. Consideration possible action regarding the approval of change order number one for modifications to the lift station conduit system for lift station number 10 improvements phase two. Right. Did that break a little bit? I was going to say

quick. So what what this item is, if you remember, Taylor Morrison is funding the privacy of low station 10. Uh during the production of that project, we had a couple things pop up. Uh what this change order is for is when they went to go use the existing conduits, they were found that they had collapsed. So they're having to replace the conduits on site. Uh in talking with public works and Hayes, they're seeing this a lot of lift stations, not just in the city, but elsewhere that these issues are popping up. Uh so what's in this change order is uh the cost for installing the new uh conduits as well as the the biggest share of those costs is additional bypass pumping because they have to leave have the lift station offline while they do that work. So the total change order amount uh 24,16438 it's about a 6.7% increase contract amount. If you remember the way that this project is um was uh the agreement with Taylor Morrison is they put up the cost plus a contingency of 10%. So we're still within that. They have been notified of the change so they're they're aware.

And so it's a conduit failure like from the from the from the manufacturer. No. No. So the existing conduit that was on site when that lift station was originally installed, they went to reuse it and it was not usable. So, they're having to remove and replace versus just pull wires through. Is that old technology or is it going to be is it going to last longer? Um, it's hard to say. Um, so I mean it's it could have been installation at the time those lift stations were installed 25 years ago or so. Uh, so I mean they've been they've been around a while. Uh, but ideally when we're not having conduits are supposed to be put in banks and so we don't have these issues. And so these new ones will go in properly.

That is what I was gonna ask. So So these are existing is about 20 some odd years old. Correct.

May I make a motion to approve as presented? Mr. Glazier uh made a motion to accept number 25 as presented. Second. Second by Miss Fox. All those in favor accepting item number 25 as presented say I. I.

Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries and will accept 25 as presented. Number 26 on your agenda. Consideration possible action regarding authorizing the city engineer to begin bid documentation bid and oversee construction of phase one of the town creek water wastewater treatment plant project. The project. All right. The next two items are the same uh are for two different projects. If you remember, you have half the associates that's completing the design of the wastewater plant. At your last meeting, you'll authorize the bidding, the same thing for the demolition portion of that project. That is advertising in the paper starting tomorrow uh to receive bids on it. This is that followup piece. So once the demo is complete, this is the piece to complete the bidding and construction of the full project. Uh so just reminder of what's in it. So, what's in our proposal is for a total of 800 days worth of work from bidding, going through contracts, overseeing about a year-long construction, plus carrying it through a one-year warranty of a year. Uh, what's included in the costs are those services plus uh surveying costs, construction materials, testing, which those are all pass through cost, and then anything that comes up during the warranty period, bidding, advertisement, things like that. You look on page 168 of your packets. Uh this is on both this and the next item. This is just a summary of all the project cost and the bonds that y'all have sold. So this includes construction contingencies, engineering, design, reimburseables, everything associated with water plant for the wastewater plant. So if you follow all those costs down, I'm not going to go item by item, but this this Town Creek wastewater plant project, the total cost of its around 14.5 million. Uh the bidding or the demo project is another 1.1 1.2 two and water plant number four estimated at the end of the day is about 11.7 that gives you the total of 27

million445 which is what you sold the cos for. So what we plan on doing is keeping this up to date and present it to you on a monthly or so basis so you can kind of see as actual costs come in in those because right now the only thing that the city has incurred design cost um by half and back and woodman but the rest of it just so you can see as we're working through those projects over the next two years between this between the actual construction warranty. So, ASI has authorized us to uh proceed with the work. Uh this one we wouldn't bid until so based on their schedule uh they expect to have us final plans in June. Uh so we'll be putting together the bid package and bidding this and having bids in front of you likely at the end of July or 1 of August. And then that would line up with the completion of the demo work. And so we think we can have this wastewater plant online by end of next year.

Yes. So if it bids the bidding of the project that means we're starting construction in August. It's a year-long project. So that'll be summer of of 27 that it would be full.

Make a motion we accept agenda item number 26 as presented. Motion by Mr. Donaldson. We accept item number 26 as presented. Second. Seconded by Mr. Glazier. All those in favor accepting item 26 as presented say I. I. Those oppos say nay. The eyes have the motion cares. We'll accept number 26 as presented. 27 on your agenda consideration possible action regarding authorizing the city engineer to begin bid documentation bid and oversee construction of water plant number four the project.

Yes. So very similar to the last one. This is just water plant 4. Uh so this is the elevated tower over on Old Plannersville Road and Old Auburn Plannersville Road at the corner. This includes a new water well and all the disinfection pumping etc on that site. If you remember the land is coming is being deed over from Johnson to the city for the Brierly development. This project is we received 90% plans last week. So we are doing our final review and so this one will be slightly ahead of the wastewater project. don't have the demo time to deal with. Uh so the main things that we're we're waiting on once we have the land deed over they can do the final submission for approvals and we talked to Johnson development this morning. They're wrapping that up. So uh again this same thing is about the same construction time that's in it. Uh it includes surveying materials testing inspection uh and one year warranty.

Is it is it still going in the corner there? It is. Yes, it's right at the hard corner. So, access will be there'll be access on both sides, but the main access will be coming off old Plannersville Plannersville. So, they're not having to go through the neighborhood, but it'll be accessible by both sides. Do we have the art design for what are we going to paint on there? Uh, we're just going with standard colors. Boring. It is, but it's a lot cheaper than a mural and keeping that up. So, All right. I make a motion to be approved as presented. Uh Mr. Glazer made a motion that we approved number 27 as presented. Second.

Seconded by Miss Langley. All those in favor accepting item number 27 as presented say I. Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion hears. We'll accept item number 27 as presented. 28. On your agenda, consideration of possible action on the first meeting of a resolution of the city council of the city of McGomery, Texas, approving a project and expenditure of the McGomery Economic Development Corporation for design and construction of improvements to the downtown improvements project in McGomery County, Texas. Zach, good evening.

Exciting stuff. Can you also open up the first I think it was the first PDF you had in that folder. Just want to show picture of which the south lot. Mhm. Well, the corner of 105 and 149.

So, I'm in front of y'all today kind of just to provide some updates on the project overall. Um, we presented a resolution uh to BDC last Tuesday. Yes, last Tuesday uh for phase one and phase three. Phase one and phase three are just Macauan Street from the community center all the way down to 105. Uh on these two PDFs you'll see kind of what's being proposed throughout the project for phase one and phase three. Again uh the community center is excluded from that uh scope today. Uh all in all your costs are looking to be about 2.5 million. Um that includes landscaping, your storm, your water uh pavement replacement, brick papers and uh some site work on these two adjacent blocks. Um in this site plan on the southern lot you'll see on that northern lot of the regular bull house that cost is not included in that 2.5 million that is a separate cost that will be realized by later. Um but we are working with closely with staff on the relocation and structural component of that. Um and then on the southern lot you'll see kind of a preliminary site plan on what's being proposed. Uh the two things that I want to point out that are there is the liberty tree and the monument sign on that hard climate. The final layout of all that will be determined once we're going through constru not construction design, excuse me. Um and again we'll be going back and forth with staff and ourselves on kind of what makes sense for overall uh display of that. Realizing that with our um he's pulling that up. uh realizing with the overall improvement, we want to make sure that's cohesive from start to finish. So from 105 all the way to community building, a landscape architect is going to be putting together some 3D renderings of how that view looks from 105. So we're making sure, hey, this is the focal point of the historic downtown that we're looking to see. And so what's in front of y'all now is a uh exhibit prepared by sign manufacturer that's completing the way finding around the city. Um, as I understand the Montgomery

is kind of art from an aerial, so it's less wide. Um, I don't know if this is is this the exhibit. Yeah, we can show how that how it lays out.

Being the birthplace of the Texas flag and the city hall is moving. Can we not add that to the bottom of that or is just a suggestion? You mean the words? Underneath that Montgomery. I mean, it's sitting on the ground, though. Can we elevate it? That's how it lays out. Just for example. I mean, there could be a space on the star part because there's a monument portion of that and a area to sit on to take pictures. So potentially uh where the rock is back there, we could have it written on there if you know what I mean.

Just because we're we're moving or moving and missing this part right here that's in front of city hall. We don't I don't haven't seen any renderings where it's going to be at city hall, but we would certainly want to because we are very proud of that have it displayed somewhere on a main thoroughare. Yeah, I thought that we were going to have on that south lot. I thought we were going to have something that it was the birthplace of the Texas flight. I thought that that was there. Zach, not not true. I'm not sure if this was incorporated with the way finding or not. Um, as far as our scope, I don't think that's been determined, but we can again work with our landscape architect to see, you know, where that makes sense. Yes,

I think so, too. I'd prefer there over than city hall just cuz that's a much more well both places for sure but city hall is going to have the big flag hanging and then the glass which is pretty but well there is going to be flags there the flags are going to I mean every city in Texas has a Texas flag we need to know that it came from here you want the words is what you're saying yes I want the verbage you need to come to EDC because they're the ones that I was at EDC I was this is their design or their their idea but you See where the rock wall is? There's more rock wall in that star.

And there is there's probably opportunity to put that on the on the other side of that.

And the LED LED sign is coming down, correct? Yeah. The old one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, but there's not a new one going to replace it. No, we've we've looked at alternate locations where um the opposite corner where that little monument is potentially there. Yeah. Okay. Um so that that's it. It was not in this exact budget, but they still believe it needs to be there somewhere in that location. So, a sign somewhere on here at some point. Is that what you're saying?

No. A digital sign on that on that corner up there on the other side of the donut. Uh there Podge Lodge. out way up there where you look because you're too worried about who's coming out of McDonald's and who's coming out to even see what might be on this digital sign that doesn't belong there. Yeah,

we can take it off. So again, kind of just what's in front of youall tonight, uh is y'all authorizing MDC uh to uh continue with the design and construction with the not to exceed amount of the 2.528 million. That's 2002 2,528,000 um all included that we have money for that we are not going to have to take out any loans for. Yeah. No. And if you remember back when this Just putting it on the record. Yeah. When this McGawan Street project started, it was only

the the middle part of McGawan Street and it was close to $3 million. We've expanded this, cleaned up the project and with the help of Zach and these guys, we're covering the whole McGaw Street for nearly the same money. Just for the record, thank you. Appreciate that. I would like to make a motion to accept uh item number 28 as written. Motion by Miss Fox with the exception of saying that the birthplace of the Texas flag. I think we I I think we can get that in there. I just want to note that this is the first of two readings for an MEEDC project. Repeat that movie. This is the first of two readings for an MEC project. So it'll come back on the next council agenda.

So we're not approving as is. You are approving it conceptual twice. Yes. Conceptual. Conceptual and the money. Great to be Okay. So, there is a motion on the table that we accept item number 28 as presented by Miss Fox. Second. What was it with the exception of adding that or can that be noted in there? Because I I agree. All you're doing is you're approving the expenditure of the EDC. EDC has to bring everything to you and the council has to approve their expenditure. Okay. We have a second.

So then a second. Mr. Donaldson seconded that for further discussion. All those in favor of accepting item number 28 as presented say I. Those opposed say nay. The eyes have it. The motion carries and will accept item number 28 as presented. 29 on your agenda. Okay. Presentation by the top three file is for construction manager at risk for the municipal complex project.

Very good. Uh the these presentations are for introductory purposes only. Staff has completed a full evaluation process, including proposals and interviews. Tonight is an opportunity for council to hear directly from the firms prior to final direction. We have three firms here this evening. One will be McFate EBI, two is Steuart Builders, and three is Telspin. Telpsman. I TSON. Topson. Topson. You tell tell us. All right. Cool. All right. So, uh we will go ahead but Mcbate if you'll please come and do to up front and do your presentation that would be wonderful. Thank you.

Just tell me when to cross the flag. I'm good for mine. So, good evening mayor and councel. Uh thank you for this opportunity and your time.

I'm Robert McFate, president of the McFate Group. Uh for this project, our role is straightforward. Uh we represent the city of Montgomery. We take ownership of this project from start to finish. From day one, we ensure the design aligns with your budget and identify risk early before they come costly issues in the field. We manage the coordination, constructibility, and costs so there are no surprises later. As the project moves into construction, we stay directly involved tracking progress, enforcing the schedule, reviewing change orders, and hold all parties accountable. We bring a design bill perspective, which allows us to identify where projects typically break down and step in early to prevent delays and costly overruns. Just as important, we maintain clear, consistent communication with you so you always know where the project stands. At the end of the day, our job is to deliver the project on budget, on schedule, and without unnecessary issues for the city of Montgomery. We appreciate this opportunity and look forward to working with you on construction. I'm going to turn it over to these guys now. Dennis is going to introduce the team and thank you. Our uh project manager and estimator for this project is going to be Nick Winston. Our project engineer will be Ben Grover. Dennis Fleming, myself will be field supervision and management. And John Stevens is our in-house architect. Our team combines field experience and technical expertise from project management estimating to in-house architect to field supervision. We built this group both understand uh design intent and real world

construction. That balance is very critical in the CMR delivery. Our structure is intentionally collaborative. We integrated the project management with field leadership and design early in the process which makes faster decisions. maintain accountability and keep the project moving efficiently. Now, I'd like to introduce Nick Winston, who will talk projecting side. Our approach is centered on delivering best value through a combination of competitive CMV fee, highly proactive project and a highly collaborative project. By pairing cost effective management with early involvement, we're able to proactively control budget and schedule without sacrificing quality. Our existing working relationship and familiarity with the architects allows us to integrate seamlessly from day one. This leads to more efficient coordination, faster decision- making, and fewer disconnects between the design and the construction out in the field. Ultimately saving time and reducing risk for the city of Montgomery. As a Montgomery based company, we're invested in this community, not just building projects, but also building relationships. With our growing project workload, we're planning to hire an additional three to four local team members, and by the end of the year, further reinforcing our commitment to the local economy and workforce. We have worked across a wide range of market sectors. But what stands out is our ability to successfully handle complex projects. Whether it's municipal, industrial, or retail, we understand how to plan and execute

to deliver products that our clients are looking for. The next few slides are a couple of projects highlighting our ability to deliver similar work both in scale and complexity to this project. We've successfully managed groundup construction, renovations, and additions, always with a focus on coordination, safety, and meeting our clients expectations. First project I'd like to talk about is the Gross Point DBW project, which consisted of a new re-engineered metal building, including vehicle storage, a supporting office space, and a mezzanine. Next project is the Novi DPS project which included a renovation of a six existing 16,000 square foot DPS facility along with constructing a 40,000 ft vehicle maintenance addition requiring careful coordination between new and existing operations. These next two projects were using a design build, excuse me, design build approach, highlighting the strength of an integrated team structure to what we are proposing for you guys for your project. First project was the Motor City Electric project, but shared several similarities with this project, including it being a pre-engineered metal building with a two-story office buildout. The office buildout included elevators, a break room, conference rooms, and other open office along with enhanced security features that is relatable to what the Montgomery missile project will have. Last project I'd like to discuss is the EWF project. This was another high-end office buildout inside of a pre-engineered metal building. The sim similarity between this project and the uh Montgomery municipal project is the

exterior elements uh that tied back into the pre-engineered metal building similar to the preliminary design that the Montgomery design team has shown in the initial renderings. Our estimate estimating approach is proactive and collaborative with the design team. I'm going to work hand in hand with John Stevens architect and his design team throughout the whole pre-construction phase. We've already provided five estimates for five budgetary estimates for the city and we plan on providing four more throughout the design phase up leading until um the GMP is provided. Historically, this process has allowed us to maintain an accuracy within 5% or better from schematic design through final construction. We achieve this through thorough bidding process, clearly defined scope for each trade, and a detailed bid evaluation to ensure alignment with project intent. We also provide value engineering options as needed, giving the city flexibility to make informed decisions and maintain budget control. I'm going to turn it over at this point to Ben Grover who will talk how our during our construction phase will coordinate with the city.

Good evening. Uh here we're looking at Procore. This is the tool that we use uh between the field office and ownership or municipality in this case. Um, here we're going to have all of our daily logs, other document controls such as drawing specifications, RFIs, submitt management, on-site progress photos, uh, meeting minutes of our OEC's that we can distribute in PDF format or via the Procore app itself, um, all the way through our punch list. We develop a punch list with our in-house architect and our team that we can ship out to all subcontractors, whoever might need to finish out the project with us. Um, next slide. Here's an example of what we put together as far as scheduling. Uh, we use Microsoft Project as our primary tool for scheduling. Uh, with this, we'll have our overall project schedule that we will utilize throughout the entire project. um based on community milestones and our own milestones within. We're going to take what you guys want and try to make that happen and hit those milestones throughout. Best way we found to do that is with three-week look aheads on a weekly basis. We'll have our on-site superintendent create the look aheads with our PM. they will go over it on a weekly basis and then in our OAC's we can utilize that to distribute to you guys and show if we're tracking, if we're not tracking, how we're going to get back on track. Uh we found that this tool implemented into Procore as well allows us to distribute it to all of our subcontractors um and anybody else who might be on pace with our schedule. Next slide. Um, in closing here and to reiterate, the MC McFate difference that we're trying to showcase to you guys tonight is that we believe that we have a very competitive CM fee. Um, and we have a

collaboration with our in-house architects that's going to lead to time and money saved on this project. Ultimately, our goal is to bring forward what you guys want to this community and use all of our tools at hand to make that happen. Again, we're Montgomery based and we're looking to reinvest in this community and continue to grow. With that, I thank you guys for your time. Thank you. All right. Uh, next up, Stuart Builders, please. Good evening, Mayor Countryman. Hello. Council,

thank you for having us. Um, so I am Chris Lynn. I am the assistant director of pre-construction services for Steuart Builders. Um, I wanted to start, y'all started this meeting with a lot of thank yous to staff and recognitions and um, having been on an owner's side at a school district, I understand all the work that's gone in to get this to where they are tonight. So, I wanted to take a minute to say thank you to Mr. Walker and Miss Beavenon uh, for all of their efforts and responding to our many questions and and getting us here tonight. Um, with me tonight I have uh Jay Taylor uh who is our project manager for this project and Glenn Montigue uh who will be the project superintendent. Um, unfortunately our president had a prior uh engagement and could not be here um this evening, Mr. Tommy Bertran, but um he he is with us in spirit. Um hopefully you recognize the name Steuart Builders. Um if you don't um perhaps you should um we have uh recently in the last three years completed $und00 million worth of work um in the community. Uh we are the ones who have uh had the privilege of working with Montgomery ISD uh to complete the den which is our CTE and agricultural science facility. Uh we have also had the privilege of renovating Montgomery High School, the Montgomery High School I think as they say. and

thank you for that. Um, go Bears.

Go Bears. And then, um, also, uh, renovating the Montgomery Athletic Complex. So, we have been busy in the community. Um, besides that, um, Jay is a community resident and I myself am a proud city of Montgomery resident. So, uh, just to say that we are vested, um, in this community. Uh, we are not going anywhere. We understand this is a sizable investment for the city um and a tremendous uh project for this community and we would be honored to be a part of it. So obviously you've got three firms here tonight. Okay. Um quality firms otherwise we wouldn't be here. So what separates us from the other firms? And so at Steuart Builders just to give you a little background we are familyowned. We were started in 1992 in Houston and we started pouring residential driveways for home builders. And since that time, um, the Steuart family has turned it into a billion dollar organization comprised of six different entities and Steuart Builders being one of those entities. We have um in the last three years, I mentioned our projects in Montgomery. Um but we have completed uh nearly $200 million total in Montgomery County. So we know the area. We know the subs that work in this area. We have great relationships with those subs. Um one of the things that separates us is our passion for preconstruction. Okay. We dig in in the beginning to help eliminate problems down the road. One of the most important things uh for this council to understand if you select Steuart Builders, you are selecting a partner. You were selecting somebody who is going to sit at the table with you and not sit across the room and point fingers. Okay?

We take that responsibility extremely seriously. 95% of our work at Steuart Builders is utilizing the construction manager at risk process. We are very wellversed in that process and one of the things that uh we love about that is the transparency. 90% of our work is for public governmental entities primarily school districts but they have a governing board just like this council. We understand how keeping an eye on the dollars and tracking the dollars and giving that financial transparency uh to that board how critical that is and we don't take that responsibility lightly. The other thing that you need to know about Steuart Builders is we pride oursel on relationships. We love to build buildings but we are even more proud of the relationships that we build. 95% of our business comes from repeat customers. And so, uh, just know we are local. We are here. We would love to be able to build your building, but we would be even more honored to be your partner.

Thank you. Thank you. All right. Next up, Telis. Tell us. There you go.

You're almost there. Good evening, Mayor Countryman, council members. Um, my name is Terry Hargus. Uh, and first I'd like to start by saying thank you. Uh, as a proud resident of this community, I just appreciate all the hard work that you all do to keep our community as special as is for my family and our fellow uh our fellow fellow community members. As I said, my name is Terry Hargus. I serve as executive vice president for Telson. Um, and our company has been around since 1909. It's in its fourth generation of family ownership. We we only operate in the greater Houston area, and we primarily focus on a variety of projects. Uh, but we really get excited about community projects like yours. Uh, I believe what separates a project team uh from another is the team members that are assigned to the project. And so, I wanted each of these team members to talk to you tonight. Starting with myself, uh I not only am I serving as executive vice president, I'll also be the executive in charge of this project. I'm passionate about this community and want to see this project successful as well as be a part of it. Uh so I will serve in that capacity and be a connection with you at escalation point for the team this the partners that are involved. Uh and I welcome the rest of the team to introduce themselves.

Good evening. My name is Sam Hopkins. Um I've got 28 years in the industry of graduate of Texas&M University and I've had the good fortune to spend the last 23 years at Telson started in the field working with my tools moved into estimating postgraduate spent 16 years in the field worked on uh city projects for city of West University managed the project in the field uh my title is vice president of pre-construction my passion is really setting the project and the operations team up for success. Like Terry, I'm also a resident of McGomery County and uh Montgomery, city of Montgomery. This would u this would definitely be something that my family and I would be proud to be a part of. So I really appreciate the consideration. Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, council mayor. My name is Paul Craft and I've been fortunate enough to call McGomery home for 21 years. Uh my kids make up many generations in this area and I've been blessed with the opportunity to cowboy across everything this way. Um so my background I come from an owner's representative world before I joined the Telson's team. I was a construction agent sorry construction agent. Uh I managed roughly $725 million for Sanderson College about $175 million give or take for the city of Temple St. Dominic Village Catholic Arts Hassis. I say that because I come from a program driven background. Um, we drive programs anywhere from schematic designs to turning over the keys to the end users. Um, filling in all the gray areas is what I like to call it. Uh, we appreciate the opportunity today and uh, for the chance to possibly give back to our community.

Hello everyone. My name is Joel Reno. a project manager with Tullson. I've been with Tulson for 4 and a half years. Um, first I wanted to thank Brent, Zach, and Chief Solomon for y'all's time interviewing us. Um, this project really hits home, I guess, is a way to say it. This is home for me. I live in McGomery. My children are two and five, and I got to see my kids kind of look up and see the history of McGomery. So, I know that gyms wasn't necessarily a heritage project being built in 2007, but to me, this is a heritage project. you know, my son to get to look up and see city hall and the police department and uh really bring something to life that he can actually notice and appreciate. Uh my prior experience actually started out in high-end corporate interiors. From uh there I've done everything from medical. I'm actually doing a city operations and administrative building for the city of West University as well as the city of Periland. Um, with me today I have a great group of group of guys. Um, not just as an honor to sit in front of you guys and present ourselves for this project, but it's an honor to be a part of a project team like we have behind me and not many people in Telson really get this opportunity. So, it's a really big one for us and we really appreciate y'all's time and opportunity. Thank you'all.

Good evening everyone. Nice to meet y'all. Uh, I'm Terry Van Arm, senior superintendent proposed for your project. I've lived in the area for 36 years. Love it out here. Still a country boy. I've raised three sons who have chosen to stay in the area and they blessed me with four grandsons. So, we got a whole construction company coming up. But uh I recently just completed the Houston Police Department project which has many similarities to your venture here in the fact that it's a remodel of a 100-year-old building a little older than gyms but uh it had new elevators installed stairwells some stairwells closed off u police department had a lot of access controls a lot of lot of new technology so it was a good experience and it turned out well. It had a parking garage with a bridge attached. One of the key ingredients was the school was 10t away. Day school uh that we kept very good relations with throughout the project. Safety, no safety issues with them. In fact, they were happy to have us and they said so. So, that was a good one to do and it would be similar to what we're doing here. So, we'd be happy to do your project for you. Uh I started in the business 46 years ago. Started as a carpenter, field engineer, superintendent. Been with Telops in a long time. And uh it's great company to work for and we'd love to do your project. Safety we look out, we focus on safely safety for both the public and the workers involved. Uh, so we'll keep a good clean job site and we want the community to be happy saying Talson's in town.

Thank you. Thank you. Just in closing, want to read again, really uh, fortunate to be here. Thank you for your time this evening. Look forward to uh, hopefully being your partner in this process. And if there's any question we can answer for you, Miss Mayor or council members, we're happy to do so. I think I just figured out how to say your name. I'm hearing all of y'all say it. Thank you. Thank you, Tson. Thank you.

All right. Uh, executive session number 30, close session. City Council will meet in close session, present to the provisions of chapter 551 of the Texas government code in accordance with the authority contained in a section 551.071, consultation with attorney. It is 8:20 and we will head into close session. You guys are not required to stay here. I will reach out to go grocery shopping and get some gas while you're here. So, we can use your text numbers. Thank you. Thank y'all so much everybody. Thank you. Thank you.

American. Okay. It is 8:46 and we are back into regular open session. City council will reconvene in open session at which time action on the matters discussed and closed session may be considered. A section 551.071 consultation with attorney. Uh I'll entertain a motion. I make a motion uh that we will have an award to the construction manager at risk for the risk firm. I I want to explain to everybody here that that did we are very honored that you even considered making our proposal to us and how honored you were and that everybody was right exactly up top. There was it was such a difficult decision and it wasn't and we do really appreciate your uh coming forward and giving us bids on this but to we have decided to award it to Talison as a selected construction manager at risk firm for the Minnesota complex project and authorize the city administrator to finalize and execute the agreement. All right. mentioned by Miss Fox that we authorize the selection of Telspin as construction manager at risk CMR CM A R for the municipal complex project and I'll ask city administrator to negotiate a contract

second second by Mr. Johnson. This motion is debatable, amendable, requires majority voting. It's open for discussion. All those in favor of awarding Tisman as the selected construction manager at risk firm for the municipal complex project and authorize the city administrator to finalize and execute an agreement say I. I. Those opposed say nay. The eyes have the motion carries and we will uh award Telispin as the selected construction manager at risk firm for the municipal complex project and authorizes city administrator to finalize an exe and execute an agreement. All right. Closing agenda, council inquiry. Next up, uh, items to consider for future placement.

Next up, I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. I'll make a motion to adjurnn. Miss Langley and Miss Fox have made a motion, a first and a second to adjurnn. It is 8:48. All those in favor of journ say I. All right. And we will. Thank you. Thank you.