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I'm going to get a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a We'll go to evening everybody. Welcome to the Arlington City Council meeting. Looks like we have a full house tonight. So we're going to go ahead and get this show on the road, Mr. Burgeon. How are you, sir? We all please stand for an invocation with Jim Burgeon from Mission Arlington. Thank you. Let's pray together. Father, we have so much to thank you for tonight. Your grace and your mercy and that we can even come into your presence and that you care about what's on our hearts and that you listen and give us direction. I especially want to thank you for this City Council for the men and women who serve here but all throughout our city And God I ask you for wisdom and for strength and guidance and Rear provision and protection For every everyone Lord. I thank you for our city for the unity we have and I pray you're continued blessings on us as a people and I pray this in your name amen Hey, Amen. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. 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, liberty, and justice for all. Honour the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas wants to stay under God. the state undergarment. Thank you. You may be seated. Tonight we're going to have one of the best kept secrets in town get up here. We have an incredible little university here and it's not UTA. UTA is incredible, but we have the Arlington Baptist University here with us tonight. So Coach McDaniel, President McDaniel, where are you all? Are you gonna bring these young ladies up here? Yeah, girls, get up here. Let me tell you all a little bit about these folks here. Y'all gotta get behind me. We're gonna do a proclamation for these young ladies here. This is the Arlington Baptist University lady patriots volleyball team, but it's not just their volleyball team. And you'll see why in just a minute. A proclamation, whereas the Arlington Baptist University Patriots have made it to the NCAA Division to National Women's volleyball tournament eight times to the final four five times and played the national championship two times. And whereas ABU made history on November 23rd, 2024, winning its first NCAA Division to Women's Volleyball National Championship in Joplin, Missouri. That's pretty cool, huh? And whereas the title was won against Greenville, South Carolina's Bob Jones University, the reigning champion, six times in a row until ABU stopped them good. That doesn't say that, but that's what I'm saying. Until ABU beat them. Whereas the historic win, Captain Outstanding, 19 and three season for the Patriots, a team that includes two seniors, four juniors, six sophomores, and 11 freshmen. Y'all gonna be good for a while, aren't you? And whereas Coach Christie McDaniel has had 14 seasons as the ABU volleyball coach with 270 total wins. And whereas Coach McDaniel and her team will be remembered for the determination teamwork and grit on the national stage. Now therefore I Jim Ross mayor of the city of Arlington do hereby proclaim January 28th 2025 as Lady Patriots Day. I'll give it up for the Lady Patriots. I'm going to take a gift for her and then Coach will have you say something I'm going to drop in here with you. He's got camera right there. I can't prepared for a speech, but my girls, I guess, asked me to do it. No, what we went and did was it was quite amazing. They knew it, and especially the seniors that are on this team, they've had to play Bob Jones University. Every year one way or another last year was in the semifinal the year before that was our last time to be in the national championship. And then yes, so on. So everyone knows about Bob Jones Jones so now everyone knows about Arlington Baptist University So yes, I'm proud of these girls and Absolutely our our motto through that tournament was to God be the glory. So and we'll stick to that it was all him Thank you. No council member Gonzales, you cannot play, you are too short, okay? Mr. Busken, Speaker Guidelines in general to Cora, please. Thank you Mayor. The City of Arlington fully embraces the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, where people have all identities and experiences are understood, appreciated, and fully included in the community and where equitable treatment and outcomes prevail. We ask that the citizens and other visitors and attendants assist in preserving the order and decorum of this meeting and to provide for attendance at and participation in the meeting without fear of intimidation, threats, or hostility. Any person making personal profane, hostile, slanderous, or threatening remarks who uses vul vulgar of scene language, who engages in any other actions that disturb or calculated to disturb the meeting, or who becomes disruptive while addressing the mayor and the city council or while attending the city council meeting, maybe removed from the council chambers. All speakers shall address the city council, and not the audience or city staff and shall not call out individually named members of city staff for the public. For speakers tonight, when your name is called, please come to the microphone with podium and state your name and city of residents for the record. Speakers may not use music videos, other forms of media, signs or props. During public hearings, for zoning cases, the applicant will be asked to speak first and will be given five minutes to make a presentation. Speakers and supporter opposition of the item will be given three minutes each to make their statements. The applicant will then be given three minutes for any rebuttal. For all of their items on the agenda, speakers will be given three minutes to speak. If multiple speakers plan to provide the same or similar comments, those speakers may, if they so desire, designate one or more individuals to provide public comment on behalf of the group. A bell will signal the end of each speaker's time. In consideration of other speakers, please conclude your comments promptly when you hear the bell. We ask that you address your comments to the mayor and council. Thank you, sir. Do we have any appointments to boards or commissions this evening? No, sir, we do not. Thank you. Consideration of minutes, please. Thank you, mayor. minutes for consideration this evening or the afternoon and evening meetings from January 7th, 2025. Thank you, sir. Do we have any? Thank you, Mayor Minutes, for consideration this evening or the afternoon and evening meetings from January 7th, 2025. Thank you, sir. Do we have any corrections or additions from council? Seeing none, Mr. Busken, are there any speakers on this item? No, sir, we do not. I have a motion from council member Odom Wesley, a second from Councilmember Pham, please cast your vote. And the motion passes. Consideration of consent agenda, Mr. Baskin. Thank you, Mayor. The consent agenda this evening contains 11 minute orders, two ordinances and 13 resolutions. The minute orders seek to authorize one eight month requirements contract for equipment and operation supplies for the fire department to annual requirements contract for cleaning inspection and repair a bunker year for the fire department. Three and four renewal of annual requirements contracts for traffic signal heads and components and for janitorial services for parks and recreation facilities. Five renewal of two year contract for biweekly grounds maintenance of linear parks. Six and seven architectural consulting services contracts for the design of Elzeodom Athletic Center, renovations and for the NO Robinson Park design. Eight sole source purchase of satellite leak detection services, nine engineering services contract for ADA transition plan, and sidewalk master plan. Ten change order number one to construction contract for city office tower, structure, or mechanical and site lighting improvements. 11 payment for specific stop loss coverage. The ordinance is seek to authorize 12 zone in case PD 24-29, 28-09, northwest screenotes Boulevard, 13, zoning case PD 23-37, 16, 100 East Pioneer Parkway. The resolution seek to authorize 14 authorize a request for a proposal procurement method for an annual contract to provide grounds maintenance for medians and rights away, 15 adoption of retirement committee bylaws, 16 appointment of retirement committee members, 17 Bloomberg philanthropies asphalt art initiative, 18 A and B rebuilding American infrastructure with sustainability and equity raised grants. 19 said W Richardson Foundation grant, 20 advanced funding agreement amendment number one for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Center Street Extension 21 a through C amendment to interlocal agreements of the Tarant County Transportation Bond program for Randall Milrode Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Center Street and Debbie Lane 22 promotional agreement with the United Football League 23 Arlington Economic Development Corporation, fiscal year 2025 budget amendment. Thank Thank you, Mayor, this concludes the consent agenda for this evening. Thank you, sir. Do we have any speakers and supporter opposition of any of the items as they appear on the consent agenda? No, sir, we do not. Thank you. Can I have a motion and a second, please? I have a motion from Council Member Femme, a second from Council Member Gonzalez, please cast your vote. And the motion passes. We're going to move on down to the public hearings. Consideration of ordinances, first reading my understanding that 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 have all been continued. Is that correct? 10.1 and 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 have all been continued. Is that correct? 10.1 and 10.2 to be continued to the February 4th meeting. 10.3 to be continued to the February 25th meeting and 10.4 is not continued. It is a case that has been continued from January 7th. That's coming before you all perfect And we're going to call 10.2. Please are I'm sorry 10.4. Please Thank you mayor agenda item 10.4 zoning case Z824-8 Is a request to change the zoning from residential estate to residential single-family 7.2 R.2, on a site comprising 6.26 acres located at 7,0001, 7,0005, 7,0007, and 7,00011 calendar road, generally located north of West Harris Road and east of calendar road. This case was heard and continued on the January 7th meeting so so the applicant could reach out to the adjacent neighbourhoods. According to the applicant, he spoke to the neighbours outside the meeting room and provided his contact information. He has not received any concerns from the neighbourhood. As a straight zoning change request, if approved, all lots must meet the minimum lot requirements and other applicable standards of the RS 7.2 zoning district. This evening Trevor Trust from Hamilton Duffy P.C. will present his case. Mr. Trust. You see all these people came to hear you talk tonight. Good evening Mayor, Council. My name is Trevor Truss. I'm with Hamilton Duffy, 82-41, mid-city's Boulevard, North Virginia Hills, 76-182. Tonight, we're bringing back our proposed zoning change for the properties along calendar road. As before, nothing has really changed. We still have these lots here showing red. Right now there is own residential estate. As you can see from this map, everything around us is zone 7.2. So we are just proposing to match all the zoning around us. This is kind of a preliminary lot layout. As you can see, all the lots would meet the minimum standards for the 7.2 zoning district. After the P and Z meeting, the neighbors expressed some concern with density, so we went back to the drawing board and took out some lots at a little bit of open space. So now we're showing 25 lots. Again, this is just preliminary, but most likely this will be very, very close to the final product. This is the same layout just shown on an aerial. The next few slides are just some typical elevations, some kind of examples of the product that the owner is looking to build out there. I mean I'm sorry dwelling, the minimum for the 10.2 district is 15 hr square feet. These will be well above that, closer to 2500 to 3000 square foot minimum. Just a few more examples of materials and elevations. Again, just some more examples, typical materials and elevations that would be proposed out there. And that is it from me. I will be happy to answer any questions council. Thank you, sir. Mr. Gonzalez. Thank you for your patience. We asked to continue it because there was some question whether the citizens were reached out to you mentioned that they spoke with you. I had my coordinator, Victoria, reach out to everybody that had wrote a letter of opposition asking if they had any concerns to get back to us and they were all fine. You answered all the questions during that being like you said and you and I met so we're excited about the new project so I appreciate it. So thank you sir. Thank you sir Mr. Busken. Do we have any other speakers on this item? No sir we do not. Thank you sir. When I close the public hearing I have a motion from Council Member Boxel a second from Council Member Gonzalez. Please cast your vote Council member Gloucett, your vote please The motion passes, congratulations, sir. We're going to move on down to 10.5 Ms. Thoppel. Thank you, Mayor. Agenda item 10.5 SUP 24-8 Maverick Drill Site. The applicant requests approval of a specific use permit, SUP, for gas drilling to establish a new gas well site and associated drilling zone at 2020 South Watson Road, a 5.406 acre tract of land located west of state highway 360 and north of East Piedeer Parkway. The subject site is located just south of the property with the AC 360 gas well site. The submitted site plan shows the drill zone is at least 900 feet from the closest residential protected use and at least 1,060 feet from daycare. The operator intends to drill 10 wells on the site if approved. This evening we have Leslie Garbis on behalf of Total E&P Barnett USA LLC presenting the case for us. Miss Garvis. Good evening mayor council. Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. My name is Leslie Garvis and I'm representing total energies based on a Fort Worth, Texas. This location is a piece of property that we have owned since 2008. This represents the best location to access these minerals. As you can see here, these are the pictures from the North South, East and West. There is a transmission line that does run in the middle of the property. The SUP in drill zone that we are requesting is approximately 50% beyond the 600 foot setback that's required by ordinance. As Ms. Tropel mentioned, the daycare to the north is over 1,000 feet away. There are three elementary schools that are over 2,000 feet away and an East Library and Rec Center that is more than 3,000 feet away. Since this is a new pad, we do have the construction detail located in here. I want to talk a little bit about the road. We do plan to upgrade the road per ordinance. It will be a chip and seal road. It will be an existing road upgrade as well as all the way to the new pad location. This will will help cut down on dust. We will be installing, if approved, the same, masonry walls that we have on all of our locations, including the one to the north. Our landscaping plan includes 228 trees. As you can see, we have mostly double rows of trees around the whole location on three quarters of the sides. This is an example of what the trees will look like. There are eight to nine feet upon planning and the eastern red cedar. This new location will also have the same type of containment that we have on all of our other locations. We have internal containment Two types of containment are shown in this picture. We would have the same sound mitigation in place as we use in all of our other locations. And I would like to point out that there are 1700 Arlington mineral ins owners that would stand to benefit from these 10 wells at this location. 700 of them live within one mile of the pad. 1400 of them reside within three miles of the pad. The Arlington ISD as well as the city of Arlington are also mineral interest owners and these 10 wells. We have owned this location since 2008. We have maintained the property in Paytall City taxes. We did have that property for sale at one time, but there was no interest in it and it is not currently for sale. We have actively contributed to residential and commercial development in Arlington with with divesting over 240 acres to date and reclaiming 32 acres. We have real estate for sale to contribute to development of Arlington, 10 acres recently sold for industrial development and we have an additional 45 on the market. The new location exceeds the Arlington setback requirement. As I mentioned earlier it allows for the development of current minerals of 1700 plus Arlington mineral interest owners. And we are happy to answer any questions that Council may have. Okay. In 2015, the Texas legislature passed House Bill 40. This legislation substantially limits municipal authority as it relates to oil and gas operations. The City of Arlington's regulatory authority is limited to above ground surface activity. The state of Texas has granted sole jurisdiction over the air quality and public health issues to state and federal agencies. These agencies include the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Railroad Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency. I would like to remind all speakers during the public hearing tonight that the City Council cannot and will not make its decision based on factors that are outside its lawful jurisdiction. It's my understanding that we have nearly 30 speakers on this, so I'm going to restrict the time frame for speakers to two minutes each So when you get up here, please be cognitive of the amount of time that you have Mr. Busken You want to call the first two speakers please? Yes, sir. We have one speaker in support Dean Foreman. After Mr. Foreman is our first speaker in opposition, Katherine Godby. Who's the first one? Miss Godby, if you could work your way close to the podium, I want to try to expedite this as soon as possible. Go ahead, sir. Mayor Ross, Council, thank you. It's an honor. I'm Dean Forman, Chief of Commerce with the Texas Law and Gas Association. I lived in this area actually for 10 years, so it's an honor to be before you. We strongly support this project. You have a very responsible operator. This development of natural gas in Texas, we are the number one producer. We're producing 30% of the nation's gas. You have a long and story tradition of natural gas safe, responsible development within Arlington. This project will benefit Arlington, Arlington ISD. Just in the last fiscal year, oil and gas operations in the area generated nearly $64 million for schools. Statewide, we're contributing over $27.3 billion as a single industry and state royalties and taxes. So as this continues, you have a strong proposal that meets the minimum requirements. You have an excellent operator, and you have an operator that's investing in the local community. So with that, I'd encourage your support. Welcome any questions. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Ma'am. Next on deck, Mr. Buskin. Rita Beving. Beving, you can work your way closer if you need to. There's a seat right up here. Go ahead, ma'am. Okay. I'm Catherine Godbe. I live in Southwest Arlington. And I'm with the Justice Network of Tarot County. I understand H.B.A. Fort A limits some local power on this issue, but it doesn't limit everything you can do. And the opposition that I want to express has to do with children. And what could be more important than you protecting our children. Additional harm will come to them if total is allowed to drill 10 more wells so close to this daycare center and elementary schools nearby. Personally, as an adult who suffered with asthma and other breathing problems for many years, I can tell you that for a child to suffer that terror, the terror that comes with difficulty breathing is just unacceptable. For that child to know as well that our own government exceeds to this, indeed pushes for the passage of the permits that pump these toxins into her lungs, goes beyond but we can consider merely right or wrong. Tarant county has the highest rate of childhood asthma in the nation. For the city of Arlington to continue, granting these fracking permits takes us into the realm of moral outrage. The city is harming its own children physically, psychologically and spiritually, by the clear betrayal of its duty to protect its own citizens, to promote their welfare and act for their common good, and obviously to protect public health. Children need to believe that they're safe, that adults do what's best for them. Should the City of Arlington pass these permits, our children will learn just the opposite. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Applause After Ms. Beving is Katherine Rogers. Good evening, council. My name is Rita Beving and I work for public citizen. We have a number of members and supporters that live in our room. Sorry, ma'am. Let me interrupt one second. Speakers, as you get up here, if you'll give us your name and where you're from, please. I do live in farmers branch, but as we said, public citizen has members and supporters in Arlington and Tarant County. Tonight, I want to urge that Arlington City counsel to deny the permit for total to Maverick site. The site is adjacent to the AC360 site and back a mother heart learning center and minutes away from three other elementary schools. In 2020 and 2022, this council denied total. It's request for the expansion of AC360 and yet despite how I've heard this council fear of lawsuits due to HB 40 passed in 2015, total has never sued this city because of these denials. Now the company is asking for a new drill zone that could well expand beyond the ten wells they are initially getting. I ask you to deny this permit as it is just as harmful to the residents as the expansion permit you denied before. I also want to encourage this council to take another look at HB40. Though HB40 limits you to above ground activity, it specifically allows you to address fire and emergency response, traffic, lights, noise, notice, or reasonable setbacks, are specifically authorized by HB 40. South Lake, Coppell, Alito, Corinth, Eastland, and Weatherford all have thousand foot setbacks. And one other thing, Representative Turner has put forward 1230 down at the legislator, HB1230. This council has said that to you more, you need to support Turner's benefit. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That speaker, after Ms. Rogers' cape, Wickham? Good evening, Mr. Mayor, City Council. Actually, I had a longer speech, but we don't have time now. So I do live in Arlington. City Council District five, East Arlington. It's really hard to believe we're here again. Working low-income families and children living in the area of these proposed 10 gas wells are already paying a high price with their health, wealth, and ability to pursue happiness. We say the children are our future. Why don't we care enough to protect that future? This is a huge disconnect saying one thing but doing just the opposite. I know I don't have to tell you that as elected leaders you have the ability and the obligation to protect the citizens that depend on your leadership. I continue to show up here as a 74 year old stakeholder in this fight. I also have a right to breathe and not be poisoned by irresponsible methane gas production. I continue to show up as a stakeholder for my children and grandchildren who also have the right to breathe and not be poisoned by irresponsible methane production. And I continue to show up as a stakeholder for my 92-year-old mother with COPD who also has a right to breathe and not be poisoned by the air she's breathing. You and your children and grandchildren have a right to breathe. Finally, I continue to show up here for the children and mother's heart and the families already doing the best they can to provide the best possible future for their children. They all have a right to be breathed and not be poisoned by irresponsible methane gas production. Vote for the Dream City you promote and promise. By voting no on a new well-site maverick and no to adding 10 methane gas wells behind mother parts learning center. Thank you. Thank you. After Ms. Wickham is Andrew Brandt. Good evening. I actually walked here today. I live close enough and I don't drive my car if I don't have to. I don't believe that the governor or any state official has the authority to compel action of this council or any city in the state to vote for to approve something that is known to damage the health of their citizens. I feel very strongly about that. You know that it has damaged the health of our citizens. There's lots of documentation on that. I ask you to please keep that in mind. Nobody can tell you to commit that kind of an action. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. After Mr. Brandt is Ingrid Kelly. Hello, I'm Andrew Brandt, I'm a physics professor at ETA. I've lived in Arlington for 25 years, and I'm speaking at opposition of this plan, which you are well aware of. Toto is acting like a business that they know if they have more wells, they have more revenue, more profits, completely normal. but it's you guys who have to protect the costs. And the cost is not being represented, out of clear leap, because it does not include the health, care costs of the kids, and people who have difficult days breathing. So, total claims that as an existing wealth and a wealth, we'll have very safety measures, including a mission reduction measures. But how can he judge the effectiveness of a mission reduction if you don't have measurements So what the emissions are and there's no measure. It's that our public at least anyway. TCEQC, TQ whatever. They have the ability to put in a measurement device is to keep track of the ozone and day and the Zine in the water may Ross claims there's no direct cause And is worried about about the correlation with kids being sick. This is a species argument. One can't point to a specific case and the terminus. We're from large pop relations link. Link is here clear. It's like smoking, right? Thank you, sir. Millions of them. Thank you. Thank you. After Ms. Kelly is Stacy Mello. Mayor and City Council, Ingrid Kelly, District five. My grandson attends Mother's Heart. It's a home from home and he not only receives care, but the love as they support the children emotionally, focus on learning and protect them physically. There is no price on my grandson's life and well-being just as all parents and grandparents can agree. Don't put a price on these children's life. The health studies continue to reinforce the same risk year after year, cancer, especially leukemia for children, maternal and infant risk and mortality. Respiratory harm and cardiovascular disease all increase closer to these toxic industrial compounds. These children and families will be downwind. If you drive down 67 to Glen Rose, the highway's line with fracking wells, but you know what's not there? Pre-schools, homes, or businesses, that's where these industries belong. Either you choose to ignore the peer reviewed literature on the health, harms of fracking, or you don't care. Which is it? What is the price on your loved ones? My loved ones are priceless. I believe and have all my life that health care providers are supposed to advocate for the public's health, clean air, clean water, sanitation, infectious disease control, maternal child health, preventative care to reduce the mortality from diseases of cardiac, pulmonary and GI adverse effects. Remove the carcinogens in our lives in whatever form they are and make sure that we eat at safe restaurants. When the public needs us for whatever reasons, we are there to take care of the sick. I am asking you to be there for these children including my grandson. us that their future matters to you by voting NO. After Miss Mello is Samuel Halerman. Hello my name is Stacy I live in East Arlington and this isn't my first city council meeting that I've attended where the destructive total energies has tried to gain approval for a new fracking site. At the last meeting I was sitting in the crowd and I left heartbroken and shocked by the actions of the city council. There was a family of four who came before y'all to speak and you all looked them in the face as you voted to approve a new fracking site from total energies. So I left wondering who was the City Council elected to serve? Is it total energies pocketbook or is it the people of Arlington? When are we finally going to say enough is enough because I can guarantee you that as long as we keep approving new fracking sites for them, they'll keep coming back for more until Arlington is nothing more than a toxic wasteland. It'll never be enough for them, but you have constituents that are here filling this room that are here to tell you that they have had enough. And I know the argument always goes, we have the Death Star Bill and we're going to get sued by the state. But I think what you should be more afraid of is the knowledge that your decision today could permanently and horrifically impact the lives of childrens, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, your constituents that are counting on you to make the best decisions for them. Because as much as total may try to claim Arlington as their own, this is not their home. This is our home and we're the ones that are left to deal with the consequences of their insatiable corporate greed. But they weren't hired to care about us. You were. So do your job or forever be remembered as a city council that allowed total energies to continue to destroy our homes and our futures. Thank you. After Mr. Halerman is Phil Kabaakov. My name is Sam and I'm an organizer with Sunrise, Taren County. Where are you from, sir? 12, 7, 12, Saratoga Springs Circle. Thank you. Arlington. It's in Fort Worth. Thank you. The Maverick Drilling site, which is being proposed today, is the same one which has been proposed two other times, in which has already been shot down by the City Council two other times. It was shot down before because it's close to three elementary schools and a preschool. Well, I have a piece of news for Totale and for the City Council. Those elementary schools and preschools are still there. The City Council has said that it has limited authority to prevent fracking in Arlington because of the bill SB 40, but it does have the right to set setbacks. In other cities, the setback is a thousand feet. In Denton, it's 2,500 feet. Gale studies have shown that even a setback of 2,500 feet is really not enough to prevent increased risk of leukemia. So I really don't think 2,500 feet is enough setback, but it shows that Arlington does have the right to set this thing in place. Yes, so that's all I have to say. Thank you. Thank you. After Mr. Captain still cabocoff and I live in Southwest all like that. I along with many others here are protesting the well that we've been here many times before doing the same thing. In case you haven't noticed, there's only one other person in this room that's for the well. Everybody else says no. Isn't it strange? There's no residents in Arlington that are demanding another well being drilled. You were elected by the residents of Arlington who represent them in matters concerning life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our health is determined and the health is held in your hands. Think about that when you cast your vote. Turns out that more wells is not what residents want. Yet all the members of council agree with the company that's making a small fortune by drilling wells around us. The gas from the wells is not anything being used. Here it's being sold to France. It was banned wells and fracking because it's hazardous to the health of their people. Maybe they know something we don't know. Yet we in Arlington are exposed to all the dangerous chemicals They're being put to the atmosphere and we can't stop it, but you can. We don't want wells. Why is it still being permitted? Do everyone in the Arlington do a favor and vote? No for the gas wells. Is there something we need to put on the ballot in the next election? And I have everybody vote on it. Thank you. Thank you. Applause. Our next speaker is Rahalio Maipuero. After Mr. Mahuero is Kim Fale. Good evening. My name is Rogelio Mijueiro. I go by Rojo in the community. I'm a community organizer and I like to canvas your neighborhoods. It's a passion of mine while I go to school. It started during the Texas freeze. Because I realized that it was most important for me to try other than work here at home. I've been here a few times. I think some of you already know me by now. And I really appreciate what you do. I've said this to you many, many times. Being an elected official and being a public servant is such an honor that I hope to one day hold myself. But it is this courage in that every single time that I come, especially to talk is particularly about fracking, particularly about a company that is based in France that continues to make a profit from this and that continues to wreak havoc around the planet, fueling the climate crisis. I wish I could tell you that I want them to make business for themselves and provide good jobs. But I know that most of this energy and most of really this agenda is being pushed by them because they know they can. They know that they are continuing to buy, they're continuing to take from this hand, from our air, because ultimately they have regulations in Europe that they don't have here at home. It is really a shame that we don't have those regulations. And I hear from SB 40 that we have to go and talk to our state representatives. We've done that, we've tried that. And they tell us go and talk to TCEQ. But what happens when total energy is the multi-million dollar company Can buy or in a way higher Former employees from TCEQ. It makes me really wonder What happened with all those years that I've been studying environmental science climate change man-made climate change Are we going to ever point the fingers to the right people that are causing this harm? Do they need another 10 wealth? Do they really need that much more money? It is our air. And for a second, I want you to look at the city and understand that, why are we calling ourselves the American Dream City? Why are we trying to create an entertainment district when we're clearly the fracking district of Texas and soon we will be the fracking capital of America. So I hope one day somebody that is sitting out there with those energy is very happy. I'll make millions out of my future. Thank you. After Miss Fail is Franjo Wilhelm? Hi, I'm Kim Phil and I live in the entertainment district and last year they did six wells and it took a year And I called and complained about diesel odors many times and that should not be by a daycare 15 years I've been doing this coming before council. I don't recognize any of you guys I've been interviewed by Fox 4 WFA channel 11. I had a petition from people that didn't know the gas well was coming in underneath the water tower across from ATT Stadium. In July of 2011, I started researching full time and blogging and emailing social media, speaking out, protesting, I sued Chesapeake Insurance and Chesapeake Energy for a nuisance case in small claims court that was thrown out because I did not have a doctor or an engineer saying the odors did not come in my home and sick in me. But I knew it, my mother knew it, my animals knew it. I got nose bleed, I saw my family members get sick. I was contacted by others through my blogs and they were sick and these are Arlington citizens. I've made over 300 videos. I was hauled out of City Council twice. Had my mic turned off before my time was even up by clock. Dr. Clark, a doctor. Regarding this drill zone tonight, this will be the last time if you set a drill zone in place that people can come before you on this particular pad side and complain about what's going on with these 10 wells, how they're coming along. Because once you set that drill zone, everything is administratively approved. The sounds, the invasive rumbling, the strange hissing sounds that I experienced last year should not be inside city limits. Much less by toddlers in three elementary schools. You can't hide behind HB 40 as it has never been tried in court. And the idea of high impact industrial mining inside of a city limits and by a day care has the merit you can win a case. Should you have this opportunity to defend us where we elected to do so? Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Applause. After Miss Wilhelm is Nathan Smith. My name is Farron. You Wilhelm. I live in Arlington. I want to congratulate the city of Arlington. Come on. We're not pictures. For winning a perfect score. Municipality quality index for 2024. That being said. Sorry. The fact that most of the drill sites and proposed new sites are in East Arlington, where the propensity of citizens are people of color who live at or below the poverty level, one could invoke the R word. Given those facts, there's a lot of food for thought. I have some questions for the council members. How many live in anyone in the audience live in that sector of the city? How many live in close proximity to a gas well, such that you can hear the noise from that well? Yeah. Yeah. proximity to a gas well such that you can hear the noise from that well. How many would welcome a drill site in close proximity to their children's or grandchildren's daycare or school? Thank you. Mr. Smith is Jane Collins. I'm Nathan Smith. I live in Mansfield just across the border but I grew up in Arlington. This city has gotten really serious about branding since I was a kid and I lived here growing up. You can see it in the sign over your head. Arlington is now the dream city. But the dream city campaign might be hitting a bump. Let's take a tour through some world headlines and you'll see what I mean. From a German newspaper, quote, Germany is hungry for LNG. A visit with those in Arlington who pay the price. From a French website, quote, to produce even more shale gas, total energies takes advantage of the laxity of texts and authorities. There are news reports, documentaries, and articles like these about the human cost of fracking in Arlington peppering the globe. With global headlines like that, it kind of renders farcical that sign above your heads, no? Here's my advice for this council. If you approve this action, you should pour a lot more money into improving your dream city marketing. My guess is it's gonna take some serious resources to convince people around the world that a city that crammed in 10 more gas wells next to a toddler playground is a dream city worth visiting. And as for HB40, as we've noted, there have been numerous cities with setback sites that are much further than Arlington's current setback. And I'll just note that my wife is German and we moved here a few years ago back here from Germany. And I had to explain to her what was possible here in terms of how close a well could be to a daycare or a school that our child was attending. And it's watching that pass through her face, the incred- the incredulity of what is possible here was amazing. And this council has the ability to say no to this site and it should. Thank you. Thank you. After Ms. Collins is Catherine Lynch. Hi, my name is Jane Collins and I live in Arlington. I got to see a really good film recently, and I don't know if any of you have seen it. It's faces of fracking, and there's people here in this room that were in that documentary, and they had a panel. And they explained a lot of things that you know I may not have known before but what concerns me is this child care center it's not it's early childhood learning center the mother's heart and they're going to have ten new new gas wells so close to where those children are. And there's three other elementary schools. And I think that we need to think more about what we can do. I know about HB 40. And I think that we could, you know, make some gains with, you know, the setback distances. I think that we could make some gains with the setback distances. I think that we're not prohibited from doing that. And I think we ought to do that because all these people in this room, many of them are being directly affected by the, I think it's called, I had just looked this up the volatile organic compounds in formaldehyde that tend to leak out and I don't think we have any air control at those sites on a regular basis so that we could determine that. But I think we need to get some scientists here to see how far back these drilling needs to be from these schools and from where these people live. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Thank you, Ms. After Ms. Lynch is Lydia Faith. Good evening. Mayor Ross and council members. My name is Catherine Lynch and I'm a resident here in Arlington, Texas. As are my daughter and my seven-year-old granddaughter. I'm here in opposition to the expansion of fracking here in Arlington. I have many reasons for this, but mostly for out of concern for my seven-year-old granddaughter. And the harmful effects that I believe fracking will have on her health and her future. I know that I will be able to sleep tonight knowing that I at least came before you to advocate for my granddaughter and other children in the city. We do deserve better and with that, thank you for listening. Have a good evening. Thank you, ma'am. APPLAUSE After Miss Faith is Tammy Carson. Hi, my name is Lydia. I love in Harris, what I border Arlington. So like Texas, France's shells have an abundance of natural gas. There's likely enough gelapal natural gas in the ground to supply the country's gas needs for decades. According to the United States Energy Information Agency, there an estimated 137 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable gas in France. NF gas is sustained decades worth of national consumption. France believes that the health and environmental cost of fracking for gas far outweigh its meager benefits. And that's why they made the decision to ban hydraulic fracturing in their country in 2011. So why can this company come into Arlington when they can't even frack in their own country? It is disingenuous for a French company in its lobbyist estate that their fracking operations do not pollute or harm human health and full hardly for any of us in Arlington to believe that fracking will not harm air quality in our communities' health. Since the French ban, French corporations have been in search of other countries and regions with poor to no regulation, like the Barnett shell, to conduct fracking operations that harm air, water, public health, residents and the climate. Now, 1 million Tarant County residents live less than half a mile from gas wells, and there's only 2.1 million residents in Tarant County. Please oppose this. Thank you. As you come up, please try not to adjust the microphone too much. I have just advised we're having some technical problems with it. I promise I won't touch it. Speak loudly. Okay, fair enough. I promise. After Ms. Carson is Jonathan Prennis. Tammy Carson, 5400 Lansing Ferd, 76017. I've been a resident here since 1975. And in the 1980s and 90s, it was a good time to raise a family, which I did here in Arlington. My children and my grandchildren live here. Many of them are with me tonight. And here we are again. Mother's father's, grandmothers, grandfathers, all asking you to vote against adding a new pad site and 10 new gas wells near a children's playground and families homes. Scientific data proves that the emissions from fracking are toxic and hazardous to the health of children, adults, seniors, and unborn babies. As Mahapins right away, cancer takes a little longer to show up. Please listen to the residents, your constituents. Vote with empathy and compassion for the people of this community, for the well-being of my family and all the families that will be affected by this decision. You voted against more wells at this site twice in the past, and the only consequence to that decision was less pollution and less disruption of people's lives. There's nothing as strong as a parent's love for their children or a grandmother's love for her grandchildren, and are concerned for our family's well-being. Please vote no. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Applause. Thank you. Thank you. After Mr. Prennis is Russ Gamber. Good evening, Council. My name is Jonathan Prennis, and I live in the East Arlington. As someone who lives in East Arlington near the proposal occasion, and with three members of my household, including myself having asthma, I do not want to see the air quality worsen and expose my family and the city's children to pollution from the wells. I ask that you vote no on matter. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Applause. After Mr. Gamber is Rosalía Tejada. Good evening, Mayor Ross and Council members. I think I know you all. You know me well. I'd like to offer several pragmatic solutions to this ongoing problem. And these are the challenges for myself, for everybody in the audience, as well as the council. Number one, each council member should visit the drill sites for an up close and personal view accompanied by a scientist, such as an environmental engineer, to help clarify any questions. I wish the public were invited to inspect the well sites with the scientists also. I'd be happy to go there. Number two, the council should authorize monitoring systems which would focus on tracking key pollutants, such as hydrogen sulfide, methane, and ozone using advanced specialized monitors. We need more data. Number three, establish reasonable setbacks from houses, schools, et cetera, of 1,500 feet as other municipalities have done. There are 200 municipalities in Dallas for it worth. Several of them have much better setbacks than 600 feet that we have. Number four, each council member should personally, regularly, visit one of the five state representatives and one of the four state senators who represent their council district to voice their concerns about not allowing municipalities to govern independently. I've gone along a list of all. There are five state representatives for just for our only ten. Ojani,enderhole, Collier Cook, and Turner, the four senators, our Hancock King, Burdwell, and West. I'm a family practitioner for 50 years. Thank you, sir. And I saw with patients Blakeller. Good evening. How are you all today? I want to first thank you. Can you tell us where you're from? I'm from Arlington. I live in the neighborhood adjacent to the proposed site. I apologize. These are my wonderful children. I'm here for that. What you can look at their faces. They are the products of this city. They're the products of the Mother's Heart Learning Center. They have dreams that I want them to realize. They are amazing children, just like every child that's being raised in this city. And I tell them every day to make good choices, do your best. You're going to get somewhere. I want them some day to stand like those young ladies that stood up here. The volleyball player is my daughter, Adelaiana. She has a birthday tomorrow. She's going to be nine. She plays volleyball. I want her to be healthy, to be strong, and to stand here one day in front of you without asthma, without leukemia, with any of those ailments. It scares me. I am an emotional person. I do apologize for that. But they are everything to me. Everything. I don't put them in just anyone's hands. I put them into the hands that I know will care for them. They're teachers. The choice that I made in the schools that they're in. My son goes to Martin High School. My daughter's going to Arlington Classics Academy. I enjoy the possibility to choose where I take my children to school. The mother's heart has done a wonderful job. They continue to do that for many children in our neighborhoods. They deserve for you to open your eyes. Don't shut your ears. Don't make it scream. Please vote in their interest. Are you are you the next speaker, Mr. Busken? After Mr. Blackheller is Nathan Gilbert. My name is Joseph Heine. I go to Martin High School. I take APR and in APR we're doing this project and we're discovering our inquiry. My inquiry is what makes me who I am. And I wasn't really sure what that was. As I walked around in the library, winning to come in here today, I kept saying the word dream everywhere. And as I think about it, more and more, it makes us who we are, are our dreams. And I don't want more dreams to be hindered by health problems or any issues because I'm surrounded by many bright minds in our city and this part to be great things just like me and them. I fear that these drilling will hinder that. Thank you, sir. I'm Nate Gilbert and I'm from Southeast Arlington. Thank you, Mayor and Council. So I have three children. Their names are Hope, Jubilee and Justice. And I'm here today for justice. Not just the word, but also my son. And I think about these wells, and I would ask you, would you, if your child, if your grandchildren, if your niece, if your nephew, was going to this early child development center. Would you vote yes? Because if you wouldn't, then think, love your neighbor as yourself. And you have the power, you can do good today. And I would ask you to do that good. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Callin Amurwa. Callin Amurwa. After Mr. Amurwa is Madeline West. Good evening, Mayor and the Council. My name is Karen, I live in Nalington, one minute away from the drill. I propose a drill which is going to happen, also going to happen. With me, I can, with my daughter. She's six years old. I left her, Michael This is six years. They are twins. Michael is autistic son. So the reason I'm coming to you please, my son don't like noise. And he's doing therapy right now. And we add no noise, which I believe they say there's no noise, but you don't know those kids who are autistic, what they don't like when it comes to noise can be a small noise, but still is a problem. So as a mother who leaves one meter away from it and they know they play around, you can really throw a stone from the side to my house. So if you can hear Michael, he's not talking. The only thing you run to me and hide and cover is he hears. Please, if you can hear Michael's voice, he's not here. And what no for proposal, please. And I'm healthy for me now, but I don't know the years to come, what's gonna happen to us. Air, I believe we travel faster than anything else. It could be, we're not feeding anything right now. What about the years to come? Please, hear our voice and say no to this drill. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. After Miss West is Spencer Dickinson? Hello, my name is Maddie West and I'm an Arlington resident. I've lived here about all of my life. I want to urge you not to allow this permit. Bracking next to a daycare will expose children to serious potential health risk, including higher rates of childhood asthma and childhood leukemia, and significantly increased odds of hospitalizations in children with asthma. And this is supported by a number of peer-reviewed science papers and articles and whatnot. And I just want you to have the best interest of mine of Arlington residents and to not allow this permit. Thank you. Thank you. After Mr. Dick, excuse me, Dickinson is Kayla Gough? Maros and council members, my name is Spencer Dickinson. I live in North East Territ county and I'm also the chair of the executive committee for the Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club. Amongst our members, we have 2,000 in our membership on the west side of the Metroplex, but we also have 189 members that live in Arlington, many are here this evening. So I'm speaking on not just my behalf, but also all of our memberships behalf. And I have a few prepared comments if I may. So I urge you to deny this new well-site request. The close proximity gas wells are harming residents that live near them here in Arlington. And in addition, the emissions from gas well fracking in operations are creating ever greater pollutants to the air in Arlington and North Texas. There is harm being caused to deny the evidence and allow the incremental site and well to be added is unconscionable. Measurement is important and ignorance is not bliss and I have a couple of comments along those lines. Pollution from fracking is not monitored as you probably know by federal state or city authorities here in Arlington and fracking is exempt from many federal regulations, including keep provisions of the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Despite several odor and illness complaints from fracking operations here in Arlington, there are no air monitors regularly recording air pollution at fracking sites in Arlington. TCEQ advises that their monitoring activity for harmful well-sighted emissions is a periodic assessment using human sensory and olifactory means. That's not sufficient. Adding 10 thank you, sir. Gas wells now. Thank you, sir.. Sir your night has expired. Thank you. After Miss Gough is Chioma Oubwanali? Good evening. My name is Kayla Gough. I live in Mansfield right now but I was born in Arlington and I I grew up in Arlington. I currently work at the mother's heart. I graduated from the mother's heart, the preschool program, and I'm 19 years old now. I'm a student in college. I have read about the harms to children that bracking causes. I have read about the effects, not just to children, but the surrounding communities and to pregnant women as well. And the impact that it may have on their health, it's alarming and it's concerning and appalling to me that this city would even consider pushing an agenda like this or a proposal like this. And even when the effects have been proven on various occasions. I am worried about the safety and health of the children. I work across all the age groups at the Mother's Heart Learning Center, and I have grown to love each and every child there. I have grown to form a special and personal bond with each and every child, and I would I would not like to see their health affected. I would not like them to be harmed by the effects of fracking that we have seen. These children are ultimately our future. And if you wish to protect them and protect our future, you will vote no to the Maverick Julesite. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker after Ms. Uguynali is Dirk Steve. Hello, counsel. My name is Chiyoma Uguynali. I live in District 3. And it's hard to believe about a week ago that we were celebrating Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, who was a civil rights leader, and someone who was known for his ministry of love, kindness, and healing. And as public servants, I think you all are in a unique opportunity to embrace those principles. I'm here with many of your constituents, many more who could not show up because they're working, they're taking care of kids. English might not be their first language show, they might not feel comfortable in the space, they're renters, so their voices aren't heard, so they don't get royalties from this fracking site. But I'm here nonetheless. I'm here even though it's not gonna be in my district, but I'm here because I love the people of Arlington and of our state and of our world. And every single fracking site that you approve does not just affect the people in Arlington or in a particular district, but it affects our state and our globe and our climate. And Mayor Ross, you may remember me. I asked you in a public forum in November about what you were doing in the council to protect the health of our community and our environment. And you denied any significant relationships between fracking and health impacts. And then on December 12th, I delivered a really nice hand-prepared packet of peer-reviewed literature documenting these effects, and I did not hear back. I don't think it's adequate at this point to say that there are no relationships between health and fracking. No longer can deny that. Cannot deny that. You don't have enough support. We're all here. So I think what the right thing is to do. And I ask you to think about Reverend Dr. Marlotte the King Jr. again, we celebrated about a week ago when you're making your decisions. Think about the people who are in this room but who will be facing these consequences from this recognition site. Please say no. Thank you. After Mr. Steve is Jennifer Quick. Alone my name is Dirk Steve. I live in Orange and around this area. So here's my statement about Frank. So we should start fracking because we have family members. We're mostly asthma everybody here has family members kids So that was to happen you know kids could A lot of things happen to kids kids could be afraid of going outside Kids could be afraid to sleep thinking that their own government was a call a loud fracking to happen And how can we call ourselves the dream city of freaking a loud fracking to happen. And how can we call ourselves the dream city of forgetting a loud fracking to happen? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. there is a proud mama somewhere in the audience, wow, as a former teacher that just gives me such, yeah, good vibes. So I want to address just some things that go in the public record. So as you know, the agendas are posted before meetings. There's a lot of just dirty data that was presented in the packet for the summary of opposition and support. So I went through line by line week, provide very clean data. I am personally the person who goes through reviews duplicates, correct zip codes, all of that, and the petition that we submit of Arlington Siner. So I know our data is clean. I know that many of the petitions submitted by a total had some issues. So I'll refer to that in a second. First, I just want to say 2020, 2022, HP 40 has got to stop being the excuse. It's kind of boring and lazy at this point. You said no in 2020 and 2022. When I'm hiring a new person for my role, my career, I look for someone who has initiative. And it seems like our council currently is lacking an initiative. I can maybe think of one member that has actually done a few things to reach out and try to figure out like, what are the regulations? How can we change it? How can we get in there? And the absence of communication is telling. And it feels a little bit like our council is being bullied by the more powerful body here. So I just want to summarize, 41 people on the Louisville Arlington petition have one or more children that attend Mother's Heart, 37 people signed our petition that live on a street in the neighborhood or apartments next door and sure would have been a lot more if total wasn't targeting a neighborhood that's low income and probably a lot of people speaking Spanish. 98 people in the impacted zip code signed our petition, 76010, 79 people with one child or who work at a nearby school signed our petition, 470 people total who live and work or both in Arlington signed our position. The total, I'm never run out of time, someone else is gonna have to cover that, but basically dirty data looks cleaning up, so we have a clear honest record. So when people look through, they're not seeing six of the same older about the same person. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! After Mr. Omboga is Juan de Vincent. Uh, hi. My name is Jeremy Omboga. I'm from Arlington. And I came up here to speak about the fracking that's been going on. That's going to be going on near where I live. I was born with asthma, so breathing has already been really hard for me. I usually have to use a machine every day just to be able to vent to the air through my lungs because my lungs are really compact. And there's a bunch of other people who have family members in here who also have the same problems, especially elders and young children who also have the same problems as me. So I saw I'm saying, could you guys please say not to fracking, because not only me and other people, I think other people would also agree with me to say that people wouldn't like to have their children and their family members beginning sick and passing away. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. After Ms. Vincent is Mariah Vincent? Good evening. My name is Wanda Vincent. And I am the owner of the Mother's Heart Learning Center, located at 1600 patio Terrace here in Arlington, Texas. We are licensed for 102 children and we serve children ages six weeks to 12 years of age. Yes, I keep coming back because I am fighting for our future. We all have a responsibility to leave things on this Earth better than we found it. I am here representing our children, our parents, our staff, and our community, because their health and safety is what matters most. It is our responsibility to make a positive difference in the lives of our children, because of your position on this board you likewise are responsible for leaving things better and for making a positive difference in this community. The site that we're discussing today is literally right beside the current zero site that we have been discussing for the past five years. Olinton has a lot to offer baseball football, water park, six flags, UTA were two of my children attended. However, people are beginning to question their health and safety here. 51 drill sites. I have become ill on two occasions at least, after being exposed to toxic emissions. I have called TCEQ twice. No one came out the first time, and they came two days later the second time. Dr. Martin Luther King, you said, the time is always right to do what is right. A lot of people have stood with us for the past five years from all over, not because we paid them, not because we knew them or had a personal relationship with them. They supported us because it is the right thing to do. Signs have spoken, the data has spoken, doctors, nurses, all of the mother's hard parents parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the parents, the After Ms. Vincent is Isabella McCory. Hello. My name is Mariah Vincent and I serve as the Junior Director at the Mother's Heart Learning Center. We have presented our story to you for many years and you are aware that we have been operating for over two decades. You know that our centers hold both national and state accreditation and that it is situated in a low income area and that our primary mission is to provide quality early or early education to black, brown and low income children. Ensuring they receive the opportunities they rightfully deserve. Of course our children learn their ABCs, numbers, color shapes, and we teach them how to rewrite and stem, but the one main thing we want all our children to leave with is good character. We endeavor to guide our children in developing good character by encouraging them to act ethically, regardless of their wealth, power, or advantage over others. It is imperative that they understand the importance of treating others with respect and kindness, as this is a fundamental right that every individual deserves. Since birth, children and parents from Black and Brown and low-income communities have endured a climate of fear. Fear of whether we will receive fair treatment and not be subjected to racial profiling due to our skin color, fear of implications of our financial status language barriers and the lack of access to quality fundamentals that others enjoy. And because of you allowing multiple fracking sites in East Arlington, we fear our children if they'll live long enough to finish high school and go to college and not develop cancer. We fear that our babies with asthma will succumb to an asthma attack or acquire leukemia. But some of those fears must end today. We deserve equal treatment. We will not let you hold our lives in your hands any longer. It is imperative that you serve the entire community, not just the fluent or middle class neighborhoods. You must consider the well-being and health of every individual, ensuring that no one is partial alive. Thank you, ma'am. I pray today that you still have my children that you are as good as I know you can be. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. After Ms. McCory is Rangana Bandari. Thank you, Council. City Council members, my name is Isabella McCory. And I am a mother. I am a wife. I have three children, aged 17, 13, and eight. We live at the site. My address is 23 or 7, Safron Lane. If you look it up and you look at the site that they're wanting to drill, it's just a stone throw away. I see it from my doorstep. Now, on another note, I am an emergency room nurse. I break sweat trying to help somebody maintain their life, sustain their life, okay? So right now, I'm actually a care provider as an aspect, when I'm treating my patients, what I tell them is, let's treat the cause, not the symptoms. So at this point, we are at a point where we can do preventative care. So City Council members, you have that choice in your hand to actually help us do preventative care. Let's prevent total energies from polluting our environment. As you can hear, we have people at our neighborhood that actually suffer from asthma. We don't want to exacerbate that. Now, this particular region is actually where they want to drill is actually disparaged already. Most of the people there will not even afford to go see a primary care physician. So even if we have effects from this air pollution, it will be under-reported simply because these people will not even go to sick medical services. So it's never going to be reported. Total will always come back and say, we drill at that side and everybody's fine. Why? Because nobody actually went to sick. You will never be able to track how many cases will arise from that air pollution. I just want you to think one quick one one thing I want to live in your mind is would you if you are actually living at my at the end of your allow that to happen. Thank you ma'am. Thank you ma'am. Our next speaker after Miss Bandari is Lawrence Carter. Good evening, Mayor Ross and City Council. I'm Ranjana Pandaria. I live at 903 Locklow and Drive. I've lived there for 32 years. 96% of the residents around the proposed Maverick site are people of color. 15% of them are children under five, which is an incredibly high proportion in any population. Two-thirds live in households with incomes below poverty level and face an air toxic scancer risk already in the 98th percentile, one of the highest in the nation. The childcare mother's heart, who I have been privileged and honoured to know and work with for the last five years, if this proposal goes through, will be downwind from not one, but two drill sites, not four wells, but ten gas wells for starters. I was there yesterday talking to Ms. Vincent outside, and we both felt really sick, so I can't imagine what ten more wells are like. Some science here. Children living less than a mile from a fracking site, or A-gas well, are seven times as likely to suffer from lymphoma, a childhood cancer. Children living near fracking sites at birth face our two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of two to seven. This is published, peer-reviewed scientific research from places like Yale. A Baylor College, more disturbingly, a Baylor College of Medicine study, last year found two significant pediatric brain tumor clusters in Texas, one of them overlays the Barnett shale. And there was concern that it was because of oil and gas pollution. So that's what we are voting on today, not 10 wells, not cheap gas. Other cities around us have setbacks of 1,500 feet. These are cities in Texas. Everybody in this room wants to know why House Bill 40 limits Arlington to 600 feet, but allows other Texas cities to have a 1,500 foot setback. We all want to know. Thank you. Our next speaker after Mr Carter is Jacorian Johnson. I'm Lawrence Carter. I live in district one. Good evening mayor council. I stand before you today, not just as a concerned citizen, but as somebody deeply disturbed by the ongoing practice of fracking in our communities. Not only do I oppose any new fracking permits, but also despise the fact that it was allowed to happen in the first place. Particularly so close to people's homes and disproportionately in poor neighborhoods. In analysis conducted with census data and fracking information from the Texas Railroad House Commission proves this, These sites are literally placed along class lines. It's a cruel pattern of environmental racism and classism. And you, the members of this council have a responsibility to stop it. It's beyond frustrating that despite overwhelming evidence, everybody up here has talked about peer-reviewed research. Beyond that, whether it's water contamination, air pollution, or public health risks, this practice continues to be treated as acceptable. The fact that we're allowing these drilling operations to take place in residential areas, especially where our most vulnerable populations live, is a clear reflection of the culture that values profit over people. This is a betrayal of the communities you were elected to protect. The reality is, fracking is not an innocuous process. It's a dangerous harmful practice that leaves lasting scars on both the environment and public health. Peer Reviewed Research tells us that fracking is harmful to our health and harmful to the earth that's already burning. I urge you not only to reject any new fracking permits, but to take immediate action and to end fracking operations in our city. It's well beyond time to prioritize people over profits. It's time to stand up for the health and safety of every resident in this city. Vote no one ten five. After Ms. Johnson is Edelana Gray. All right. I know I'm not a greedy oil company but I hope I can get and keep y'all's attention to see evening. Y'all look a little sleepy. I'm disappointed in the cowardice of my city council for not even attempting to combat the blatant sacrifice of our lean citizens air and water for the sake of profit. I've grown up seeing and hearing the name to this council littered all around this city. And like Ross and Odom Wesley, and now I get to put a face to the names of this council who are actively choosing to dismiss the toxic living conditions that y' not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I'm not a lawyer. I for the French base, this is a French base company that cannot expand or conduct their operations in their own country, but who are allowed to run a muck in the city of Arlington and in our city borders. Like a community member mentioned earlier, are you all actively going to let this French base company actively make a global fool out of your American dream city? Because I don't seem like good optics to me. The earlier group's, the earlier graph displayed by Leslie Graves shows the businesses that will benefit within the two-mile radius of this maverick site, but fails to mention and display the thousands of citizens whose lungs and lives are impacted within that two-mile radius as well. Please, council, you've got folks begging for their lives and health of their loved ones. You have literal children up here pleading with you. Please quit being predictable, lazy, super villains, and give the constituents in this room a hope that allows this council to earn the phrase American Dream City. Thank you. Our next speaker after Miss Gray is Mary Brant. My name is Adley on the grain and I'm fighting for the My name is Adely on the grain and I'm fighting for the fracking that's going around in our neighborhoods. And me and my sister and my brother, we play outside in the backyard. And we've been hearing about the fracking that's been going on right next to our house. And every time we go outside and this fracking round, we might be worried about how the air pollution can harm our health. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor Ross and City Council. I don't have really any prepared speech, but I did want to make a few points on behalf of Louisville, Arlington. Can you tell us where you're from? Oh, I'm from Arlington. I think you lived here for 25 years. One point that we wanted to make about the package that was presented with support from folks who signed in support that was submitted by total. We noted that many of them, there were many duplicates. 43 support submissions had at least one duplicate in the batch. One from a midland business was included six times. 194 are not residents of Arlington, even though the language at the top of the total support form read as a resident of Arlington. And there was some indication on some of them about having becoming energy independent. But as we all know, this gas is being drilled not for US use or consumption, but is being exported. So please do the right thing, make the right decision on behalf of your constituents who really, really would like no more fracking within city limits of Arlington. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. that concludes our speakers on this item. We had 20 non-speakers in support and 57 non-speakers in opposition. Thank you, Mr. Buskin. I'll give the applicant an opportunity for a rebuttal if you would like. I'll keep my comments briefed, sir. I do want to point out something that we've discussed with council previously and we've also mentioned in these chambers. The decisions of where we drill are based solely on geology alone. And that is the rock of the Barnett shale that's in the DFW area. Many of you on council? I'm not going to tolerate any of the comments from the gallery please. Let the applicant speak as the courtesy was given to all other speakers here. If you're going to insist on speaking, you can leave. You can leave, sir. Please continue. Many of you on council have toured our incident command center and you've also visited our drill sites. You have seen the steps that we take and diligently tell you about all of the things that we do for the safety and the community to prevent, to reduce and to mitigate the impacts to local community and to the environment. While our home company may be based in France, we are a U.S. affiliate with a management team that are citizens of the United States, residents of Texas, and their families live, work, and play in the same communities as the people who spoke out against us tonight. That management team is also here in this building, and they're available to answer any questions that you may have. We move this location because we did listen to the concerns of the residents. Although we do feel that a lot of the information presented to them is based on fear and not based on science. We're happy to answer any questions that Council may have tonight. Thank you, ma'am. Mr. Busskin, I'm going to close the public hearing. I have a motion from Council Member Hogg and a second from Council Member Phan, please cast your votes. The motion passes. motion passes. Oh! Oh! We won't protect our lives like you were done at home! 10.6. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. 10.6, Miss Loppel. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. I'm Lee. tonight. I really, really do. Thank you Mayor. Agenda item 10.6 Zoning case PD 24-10 is a request to change the zoning on a parcel containing 9.79 acres of land addressed at 300 East Steven Street, generally located south of East Interstate Highway 20 and north of West Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. From General Commercial GC with.C. with the airport overlay on the east portion of the site, to a planned development PD for a residential multi-family 22RMF22 uses again within airport overlay. The site is currently undeveloped. The applicant proposes There's 324 units in three four-story multifamily apartment buildings with a density of 33 units per acre. The case has been recommended denial by the Planning and Zoning Commission and appeal to Council twice. On December 17th, the City Council approved the applicant's appeal to hear the case by a vote of 6-3. The applicant is AN more consulting LLC represented by Niki Moore presenting the case tonight. Miss Moore. Good evening, Niki Moore. Colleville, Texas. I'm here on behalf of JPI in order to facilitate the zoning case of this project. I'm so actually excited to actually present an opportunity to finally present this case to you as this has come a long way. I'm going to give you a tour of the site plan. The buildings are oriented toward East Stevens Street to create an urban streetscape. The most prominent impact is the hard corner at Stevens and MLK Boulevard. At the recommendation of Council Member Boxal, this was to be a corner statement. Statement corner to enhance the MLK drive as it extended. On this corner, there's a 5,000 square foot co-working space to be added as a community and office element. As the airport increases in business traffic, it would be a fabulous place to offer them a place to have meetings and work while they are in town. Going back a slide, this rendering here shows the hard corner co-working space and that plaza area that would be completely open to the public. The main entrance along is strategically oriented along Steven Street. This is to strategically keep additional traffic off of MLK. We also have the decorative ironing fencing and pet fencing along Steven Street. Decorative iron fencing extending along MLK Drive, board and board fencing along the southern property line and the next extension of the Rot Iron Fencing up against the commercial piece on the western boundary. This is a more emphasis of the rendering along Steven Street. I just want to point out that there is a higher use of masonry along the front in the corners of these buildings. And I want to draw attention to the facade variation that we're able to achieve in using a combination of glazing and masonry, stucco and cementitious fiber. On the southern side of the buildings, residents will enjoy resort style amenities. I'd like to point out that this is JPPI's high-end product. While four stories, it allows us to do tuck undergrosses, air-conditioned corridors and elevators. There's electrical, vehicular chargers in the parking spaces throughout the community for all the residents to use. One of the things that we have been in discussion with with eSpace in terms of how this has an opportunity for corporate housing is the resident experience the things that they're going to touch and feel so that meaning high quality cabinets cabinet polls rockers on their light switch but like the things that people and residents interact with on a day to day basis. In this case also JPI is exceeding the UDC requirements in terms of square footage parking and open space. One of the main concerns around this whole entire project has been location. Is there a need for multifamily housing here and can Arlington readily absorb the additional units? And the answer is a resounding guess. JPI hired well-known and respected Zonda in housing analytics. They prevared a supply and demand analysis in Arlington and collected data on the multi-family occupancy. They found that in South Arlington, specifically in this sub-market, has maintained performance levels of 94%. And Arlington is expected to absorb, on average, more units than completed in the forecast. This includes rental properties that are already been approved and in the pipeline, such as the Mark OneRangers way, on Clay with the Highlands, the Grove and Laughron Terra, the Reagan and Streetlights III and Veridian in 2026. Considering the positive absorption, the apartment market has adequate demand for new developments entering Arlington. This specific development is offering 324 housing units and JPI belizes Cater's Superfessional working market that needs ease of access to highways and a quick commute. And also for the large corporations that are seeking that high end housing as part of their location selection process. As much of the new high end multifamily housing has been in North Arlington, in Veridian and Arlington Commons. Example of the co-working space that's leased out. I love showing this area because it just shows how it's going to fit in in terms of the form of the surrounding area. But also to further my point, this is an excellent location from all due family. You have the commercial aspect right along I-20, then you have the RMF-22 plan developments, and then the single family residential just as you would have on the northern side of interstate 20. It does not make sense to hold the site hostage for commercial uses when there is no direct access to the airport site. And most importantly, there has been no opposition to multi-family here from residents. With the existing multi-family to the south, this is an opportunity for Arlington to meet a housing need without going against opposition of single-family owners. We provided letters of support from the surrounding businesses and Mr. Greg Wiler of East based would like the site to provide high-end quality housing for his employees. I hear the argument, we don't want to lose our commercial zoning and whatnot to our residential use. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Moore. I noticed your time ran out for some reason. You didn't get the buzzer. I didn't. I was like, okay. Maybe you're friendly with the buzzer, God's, but I'm going to overrule that and say you're out of time. I'm going to recognize Ms. Hunter, City Council Member Hunter. Thank you. I want to start out by saying, you know, this is an attractive project, but District 3 is my district, and it's my job as City Council Member to do what's best for my district. So let's talk about over-saturation. You brought up the mark, you brought up, you know, there's a development that's right across history. I am worried about oversaturation. Mm-hmm. Our infrastructure cannot take oversaturation in district three in that area. For that, I have the same concerns as when you came in for the appeal. I will not support this. I understand. You want to add anything to that or that? Yes, I would. So, you know, we are seeing, you know, we are taking into consideration all of the projects that are in the pipeline, especially in this asset class, which is being a class A multi-family asset class. And we are seeing that there is a reason why, you know even in your housing, your multifamily housing profile study, your the gross income is far exceeding 30%. And really that goes towards, speaks more towards supply and demand issue. And so if we continue to not promote a variety of housing options and a variety of locations across the state of Arlington, that's going to continue to press put pressure on the demand without the supply. And that's going to push those rents up and impact the affordability for everyone at every single asset class. And so what the market is telling us in terms of absorption from third party users, as well as even your own profile, residential multifamily profile case, is telling you that you have a supply and demand irregularity and that you need more supply in this area. Recognize council member Boxel. Thank you, Ms. Moore. I just want to say that I think this project is very handsome and elegant and I from one really appreciate it and it would be welcome anywhere in Arlington. Thank you. You all make it difficult for me. I'm going to be candid. I understand the reasons why I PNZ denied this project. I also think it's a very attractive project and I very much appreciate you contacting Mr. Wiler with eSpace and speaking about the needs of the espace employees going to work down there by the airport. I'm concerned about what it does for the saturation that Ms. Hunter talked about. I'm concerned about where are we going to make more of the money, whether it's with the multifamily project like this, or whether it's with a commercial use of some sort like that. Have you looked into that as well? Yes, sir. We have, I didn't quite get to this slide, but I think it's important to kind of point out just overall that multifamily still accounts for still less than 5% of Arlington's land use. And so there's always that fear of we're going to, we get more value out of commercial and sales tax and things like that. So we went ahead and pulled the data. So you'll see here underneath the JPI Jefferson Stevens on the chart. These are the surrounding uses that are already in existence in this Westway Park edition. That is their tarant county assessed value, and then that is the yearly annual year-over-year revenue that the City of Arlington generates from those property values. And I'd like to point out that you look at the JPI Steven Street project at 70 million, and it's almost yields four times the value as any kind of commercial entity. And so that's not subject to home set exemptions or senior tax exemptions or anything of that. That is pure market rate tax revenue for the city of Arlington. And that doesn't even include the $1.5 million of impact fees that this singular project alone will bring to the save Arlington in terms of revenue. And so I know that there's been conversations out there about having maybe a commercial user in line behind this, should this zoning not go through. And I would tell you that they don't particularly even own the property that they have currently, that they are proposing. they have a spec building that they're building out. They do not have an end user. And so I think the decision that you have before you, while it is a difficult one, you have more of a known commodity here, rather than a potential commodity elsewhere in terms of giving up your commercial land use. There is a reason why this has been remained vacant all these years and never been developed since this whole Westway Park addition was developed in the 1980s. It doesn't have gray visibility from Interstate 20. It does not have the vehicular connectivity to the airport. And so this side compared to other vacant undeveloped land sites along Interstate 20, this site is inferior from a marketability standpoint. Thank you, ma'am. You're welcome. Council Member Hogg. Yeah, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Miss Mordon. Thank you, you've got a strong developer. You're really good at this. Thank you. And I would tell you, I think you've taken a project that was totally dead and given it life. You probably know where I stand on this. I do. From the start. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't even consider it because you've given some good reasons. And you've got a good developer, but I still don't believe it's the best use for that property, for what it's going to be. I do believe there's saturation, I do believe we're overbilled, I do believe we have infrastructure needs in that area. And while it may have said, I wish some more properties would have set for a while instead of allowing some of those things. Because we do have a lot of items coming up and I do think it needs to stay. Unfortunately, I'm still against this as you know from the start, but I appreciate you guys coming and bringing this. Thank you, but I appreciate you guys coming and bringing this. Thank you, but we have very kind words. Councilmember Gonzalez. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Niki, for your presentation. I agree with Mr. Hogg. You brought it a long ways. I do have a question, Jensi. With all the reports we got, did we include the four story, what's our family that was approved about Penn Ridge and Barton two years ago, the four story? Yeah, the Barton loft. Is that what it was called? All right, thank you. That was your old question? Yeah, I just couldn't remember the name of it. I kept looking it up and then I could. So I think too, like there's a perception, right? So there is not a lot of multi-family, or there's not a land of undeveloped land that's zoned multi-family in the city of Arlington. That is a fact. And so when you have this perception of we're seeing a lot of multi-family, that's because all the multi-family has to come through here for approval because we have to have a zoning change. The multi-family land that's left has a lot of trees on it, there's detention issues, and there's a reason why it's completely undevelopable or unfinanceable is that, and that's the case. And so, that's why you have the perception that you're seeing a lot of it because everything has to come in front of you. And so while I appreciate you, you're pointing out, yes, you do have a very high profile developer who's willing to make a huge investment into the city of Arlington, bring their high end product. This would be higher end over the mark, which I wouldn't do it personally. The only thing I think would be that it would be rangers way, and that's a completely different animal in and of itself in the entertainment district. And so they want to make this investment in Arlington and in your housing stock in Portfolio, and they brought their A game. And I think, from a developer standpoint, that speaks highly of what they want to bring here to you. Ms. Lauraaurav, Lord, if you'd come in here tonight and you hadn't spoken to e-space, and JPI hadn't made the concessions that e-space was wanting for higher and multi-family, you didn't have what I was hoping you would have with some of the dollar amounts here. That would be coming to the city. I'm not sure I'm interested in rolling the dice on a commercial property that is spec not knowing exactly what's going to go in there. How much sales dollars is there? So I think looking at the totality of this and understanding what your developer has done, I'm going to lean here with Ms. Boxel and support this tonight. I would ask if it passes, and I don't know that it will, that y'all don't make us look silly. Would you agree with that, Rebecca? Don't make us look silly if it passes. I think you and JPI have done the best you can do. And speaking with neighboring big business down there, a company that we need to move into that area down there and is looking for a place to put some of their employees. And I want to see and light of all the budget restraints that we're going through right now. I want to see solid monies come into the city as a result of that kind of stuff. So I'm going to stand with Council Member Boxel and support, however I certainly understand Mr. Hogg and Ms. Hunter, and they know I love them even though I'm not standing up with them right now. So, with that, Mr. Buskin, do we have any other speakers on this item? Yes, sir. We have one additional speaker in support. Rusty Ross? Rusty? Okay, thank you, sir. No other speakers, Mr. Busken? Yes, sir. I'm going to close the public hearing. I have a motion from Council Member Odom Wesley. In a second from Council Member Belonte, please cast your vote. The motion passes, congratulations to y'all. Don't make us look bad, okay? All right, we're going to move on down now to 10.7. Miss Thoppel. Thank you, Mayor. Agenda item 10.77 zoning case PD 24-31. Is a request to change the zoning from light industrial LI to a plan for LI uses plus order repair garage major. With the development plan on approximately 0.948 acres addressed at 24-21 and 24-23 West as well as a portion of 347 North Bowen Road, generally located north of West Division Street and east of North Bowen Road. 2421 and 2423 West Division Street are currently developed with a building and associated parking for an existing legally non-conforming auto service and used motor vehicle sales use. The owner is trying to add a portion of the law to the north which is addressed as 347 North Bowen Road to this side in order to expand their parking lot, which is increasing the degree of non-conformity of the use and hence, to resubmit it a rezoning case to a PD to allow major order repair use to the base LI zoning. For planning and zoning commissions recommendation, this PD will not include used auto sales. The applicant is Paco Southwest Realty Inc, represented by Jim Maybach and Brian Carter. Brian is appointed. Mr. Carter. How are you, sir? Good evening. Good evening, Honorable Mayor Ross, distinguished members of the Council, City, Staff, Citizens. My name is Brian Carter. I'm with Paco, South Bush, Realty here in Orlington, and I live in North Orlington. So this is an LI, PD to LI on an existing 6900 square foot metal building that you can see from the intersection of Bowen and Division. So, Jensie explained why we're doing a PD, used auto sales is not an allowable use without an SUP and we are not requesting that use. Also, So, We met with staff. The thing that makes this nonconforming is the city acquired right away with the plat that still has been filed. That once you put a 15 foot landscape buffer on it, the building, the existing building is is five foot into that buffer. So how do we make it better? We met with staff, Jinssey, Maria, Lisa, and Kevin, on a great meeting. What can we do to make this better to where it's acceptable to the city? Where it looks good came up with great ideas. Take out all of the asphalt that goes all the way to the curb from the building, take it back to the building, up to the drive on the east side of the drive, and then on the west side of the drive, where we have parking, take it back an additional five feet, where we have a conforming 15 foot landscape buffer setback. We've also added landscape islands, dumpster screen, fully conforming to the landscape ordinance. Another thing staff suggested we fully agreed was how do we make it look better from the intersection? You can see those bay doors from Boeing right across the quick trip. So a double-sided eight foot board on board wood fence is part of this proposal. Another thing we talked about was we still have a metal building facade and the fence will wrap around, come back into the parking up to the fireland drive to conceal the parking that will be behind the landscape and then there will be a gate at night to close that off up to the edge of the building. So the building will have, you can see the material there, it's a cultured stone, it's a thin-set stone, white Austin stone look, limestone look, that the entire south facade of the building will be covered in that. The property owner has also painted the building during the process. Jim and I gave him a good talk about how he needs to make the building look better. Also the tenant that was in there that had used auto sales did not have his lease renewed. And they got a new tenant, they got a CO, it is for major auto motive and not used auto sales. So what we have here today is a case that will subs, and we're also adding a sidewalk on division with this case, as required by ordinance. So what you have here today is an existing mental building with asphalt all the way up to division that the bay doors can be seen by Boeing. And so if this is not approved, it'll stay. It's a non-conformity and they have a CO. So with a lot of arm twisting by Jim and I with the property owner, if approved, this building will have a substantially better appearance on division and prove the streetscape of all of Arlington and conceal the bay doors. With all of that, we are open to questions and respectfully request your approval of this case. Thank you, Mr. Carter, Council Member Boxel. Thank you. Thank you for making Arlington a tiny bit better looking. Thank you. You're welcome. Council Member Hogg. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Conner. Mr. Maybach. Thanks for meeting with me. Talk about this. This is my QT. So I'm going to monitor every single thing that y'all go through on this. My too. I pull over there to air up my tires on that side, right on that wall. So I appreciate Ms. Boxel said this area is very lacking in landscaping. So I appreciate y'all landscaping designed that sidewalk as a critical factor. There's folks that are walking down there and I do believe you're enhancing the area. Now let's just make it very clear. Your developer, your client, there's no perception that they'll ever be able to sell used cars in there. Correct? Use cars, the zoning that we are requesting is L.I. To PD. So to PDLI. And the ordinance shows that used cars requires an SUP and LI. So we're not requesting that lane. Just make it. You don't want it and you can make any motion that you'll have. No, we're making it very clear. And this one makes sure a clarification. We've had some folks come in here before and they don't, they maybe don't hear it so much. So I appreciate it. I think it's a good project. I think it was thoughtful of what y'all are doing to be cost effective and make it look really nice. So I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Hogg. Mr. Buskin, any other speakers on this item? Yes, sir. One additional speaker in support. Jim Maybach? He doesn't want to talk. No. No. Is that right, Mr. Maybox? Okay. Okay. Okay, I'm going to close the public hearing. I have a motion from Council Member Boxel. A second from Council Member Galante. Please cast your vote. The motion passes, congratulations y'all. 10.8 Ms. Stoffel. Thank you, Mayor. Item number 10.8, zoning case PD 24-33. Is a request to change the zoning from residential medium density 12, RM 12. To a planned development for RM 12 users with a development plan, on approximately 0.32 acres of land addressed at 525 south bone road, generally located north of Becondale Drive and east of south bone road. The site is currently undeveloped. The applicant proposes to develop four town home units in two buildings. Each unit will have a single car garage and a tandem parking space on driveway. Short term rental use is not allowed in this PD. The applicant is Paco's Southwest Realty Inc, represented by Jim Maybach. Thank you, Jit. See, Mayor and Council, good evening. I do want to let you know that I work in Arlington. I live in Arlington, and I play in Arlington. and I was able to play last night at Texas Live and see a dancer get three tens for his competition last night, and thank you there too, Mayor. So, congratulations, Bruehog. Great cause for all the charities in Arlington. Thank you for allowing me to speak with you this evening. I'll make this really short and straightforward. We've had a chance to visit with most all of you on this case. Miss Linda Morello's been a client of PECO for about 12 years, I think, something like that. I helped her with her first office building and helped her with locating properties to develop. She owns many rent homes, but she's built new houses as well. She's looking to expand her income by offering a great product for here in West Arlington. The site's sad vacant now, I think 10 years. The house was torn down. There's room to build houses in there. And it's a good location for this development. We have some restrictions because the size of the lot is already existing. So we don't have the 100 foot setback from the road because it's only the lots only 77 feet. So we've located these four structures. We have a little inc, and cringe, cringe meant into the northern landscape zone, which allows the cars to back out of their spaces and turn around and get out onto Pocondale. We are gonna remove the one big tree, that's what PNZ was concerned about. We are taking the American L-moder there because it's gonna die, and it's already dying some at this point. That's gonna be replaced by two more additional trees that will add add in our landscape buffer because it's right by the entrance that's that black, big black circle that Brian located on our site map here. And we think this is going to be a great little development. It fits in the neighborhood. We have a very positive staff report, we'll properly replatted with the four units and on two lots and on four lots actually. It's got a great appeal. Mr. Morello's and Mr. B. J. Hall working on this project together and it fits the community. It's good in that location and we'd hopefully get a full approval from your council group here. So thank you for your time. If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them. Thank you, sir. Council member Odom Westley. Thank you, Marin. Thank you for bringing this project. Just a couple of questions. It's four town homes or these for sale rent. These are to rent and to sell. So they could sell one or two of them or they may hold them. So we've got investors that are ready to partner with Miss Morello, but she may hold all four properties for rent. So what's the plan for long-term maintenance? Long-term maintenance, they're going to be taken care of because she's going to own them and they're going to be rented out. So just like anybody that is renting in there, we'll have a lease and a lease will require you know, rate routine maintenance and we'll have inspections to make sure the property is staying good condition. It's all masonry so we're doing it right. Is there a HOA? No. No, not necessary for just four units. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Moura Boxel. Thank you. We spoke about this earlier but I'm still interested in having the 15 foot landscape buffer being on the south side along Picondale. So if I make a motion and allow the developer to have the option to do that, would that be something you'd be interested in doing? In other words, moving both buildings five feet further north and creating a larger landscape buffer along Picondale or a deeper one. I'm getting a yes signal from over there so that's not a problem. Okay, so I'm going to add that to my mode. Yeah. Because it makes it prettier from the street. It'll be at a little bit more landscaping space., by the way, have several letters of support from the neighborhood. I notice that. So I'll make that part of my motion. Okay, thank you. Thank you, we're back. Okay. Mr. Buskin, any other speakers on this item? Yes, sir. We had two additional speakers in support. Our first speaker is BJ Hall. That's all. After Ms. Hall is Julie Lemau. Good evening I'm VJ Hall. I have been in Arlington, Texas for the good 30 years. I'd say that. I met Linda some years ago. I'm in property management not only at Paco, but on my own rental properties. And Michael is to make my rental properties better for the neighborhood and I keep them up. And my rule is that you have two things for my rentals, is that you pay, you stay, you don't, you go. And if you keep the property good, you can stay. If you don't, I also will move you out. And that's the way Linda thinks. She has rentals in a lot of different cities. I have been on projects with her before for building homes and she builds a nice classy little house that people can afford to get into that improves the neighborhood. And so I chose to go into an investment with her on these properties. I have friends that live on Picondale. I have them live in other streets around in that area. And they all wish the area would have a little better look. I think this will add to it especially the landscaping. So I asked you to vote to do this. Thank you. Thank you ma'am. Another speaker Mr. Buskin? Yes sir. Julie Lemau. I'm from Graham Square and we back up to this lot and we were so hoping somebody likely would come in and develop it. We did not want another QT or another grocery store or some kind of business in there. So we're thrilled to have this and we elected the lands and they look really really nice. You did bring up the landscape and I'm here for another thing on the landscape on Willow Westside, but I did want to talk in support of this because the frontage is going to add to our side. You know, you're going to be the fourth townhome addition on the east side of Bowen. There's the Arbor's, which is beautiful. Graham Square is beautiful. thank you City of Arlington neighborhood matching grant and our continuing self-pay and we have a volunteer H.O.A. that pays for our maintenance on the front and then embassy court there are property manager pays for theirs. So all three of those units are kept up beautifully, private pay and then the new people will keep those up. So we're thrilled that whole sign's gonna be renovated and it'd be because that lot's been really bad. I remember I've been there almost 40 years. So yes, we're glad. That's it. Thank you, ma'am. Anybody else, Mr. Buskin? No, sir, no additional speakers. Dan just wanted to comment on the HOA. Part of the ordinance that's in front of you all, it does say item number eight is a mandatory owner's association will be required for the maintenance of the private street landscaping, irrigation, entry features, wall and fences. So if these four lots are sold to different owners, that those common amenities will be maintained by the private, by the owners association. Thank you. So I have a motion from this box, but you're wanting to amend that original motion. Yes, my motion is to approve this development with the option for the developer to move the buildings further north by five feet. Thank you, I'm going to close the public hearing. I have the amended motion from Miss Boxel, a second from Mr. Galante. Please cast your vote. The motion passes, congratulations. 10.9 Ms. Boxel, Ms. Thubble. Thank you, Mayor. Item number 10.9, zoning case PD 24-19. Is a request to change the zoning from a plan development for residential medium density RM12 within the entertainment district overlay to a PD 4 EDO RM12 uses but with a new development plan on approximately 1.82 acres of land addressed at 410 East Rogers street, generally located south of East Rogers Street and East of North East Street. The site is undeveloped and has an existing PD zoning for 21 town home units from the year 2007. Since the property was never developed, the development plan has expired. Through this case, the applicant is proposing a new development plan with 18 units in three three story town home buildings and additional surface parking spaces on site. On your desk, there is a memo along with the clean copy of the ordinance, as well as the applicant's requested language on two items shown in read on page five. The first item that they are requesting change in the ordinance is related to the building materials that planning and zoning commission had recommended. And the second item is applicants request to not add new wood fencing on the south property line. The applicant is Kharami. Good evening, Mayor Ross and council members and staff. My name is Beda Karame and I reside in Fort Worth, Texas and I'm excited to talk to you tonight about PD 2419 for 10 Rogers. I know your time is valuable and it's been a long night and I believe staff has reviewed most of this with you, so I'm gonna keep my presentation brief and then take any questions at the end. Okay, to start, let me quickly give you some history on this project. The prior PD was approved in 2007 by the City Council to develop 21 townhomes. It was zoneed RM12. We're now just looking to update the PD to match current standards with a few developmental standard deviations to 18 townhomes in the EDO. project aligns with the 99 square mile comprehensive plan, specifically 1.1 and 2.2. The current layout for each town home is four bedrooms, four and a half baths, a two car enclosed garage, and 17 additional guest parking for overflow. And then lastly, I just to mention the unique geometry that this lot has. It presented us with some deviations. We tried to work around it. We even attempted to purchase the neighboring property to the west, but they wouldn't sell to try to shave off with you. And despite this, we decided to reduce the number of dwellings from 21 to 18. And we are exceeding the UDC requirement in areas such as density, tree preservation and parking. So here's a quick tour of the site plan. When you enter the property, you'll see the amenity area with five guest parking spaces. Moving south along the drive, you'll find three sets of six unit blocks. Each townhome includes the two car and closed parking spaces. Since street parking isn't permitted on Rogers, we've added that guest parking throughout the development. And then you'll see at the south end those 12 additional spaces along with outdoor seating. We are exceeding the tree preservation requirements and everywhere you see circles on this slide represents the trees that we plan to preserve. And then to ensure the privacy and security, the property will have new wood fencing along the west and east side, along with the new iron fence on the front north side. I'm going to quickly talk about our community amenities. These amenities are designed to bring people together before events. We'll have some grills covered outdoor seating area, a cornhole station, and the front will be heavily landscaped. This is the west side rendering. You'll see all 18 units here. We're mindful with the design in terms of... This is the west side rendering. You'll see all 18 units here. We're mindful with the design in terms of the vertical and horizontal articulation. There are some significant changes in the recess and texture of each unit, ensuring we avoided like a flat facade when looking across all units. We have cedar posts on the front balconies to provide a warm and natural aesthetic. And then we've also incorporated staff and PNZ recommendations to ensure more masonry materials. So we've now committed to ensuring the first floor of each building is brick or masonry. In addition, we also considered the feedback from council members by removing some balconies on the east side, improving the natural light and also respecting the neighbor's views. This is the north side. This is the view you'll see when you enter the community. You can see the wraparound porches, the pop out windows and dark gray, ample windows for natural lighting, and then the landscape and the community amenities that we talked about in front. Quickly, the first floor includes the main living areas, the second floor features the master bedroom and two additional bedrooms. The third floor is a flexible space with a game room, a large balcony and a fourth room. And then just to close out, we are a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about Arlington's development from designers, developers, were all invested in this project and its success. And then quickly wanted to show a few of the projects that we currently have in Arlington and Fort Worth. And lastly, I'd just like to highlight the potential economic impact of this development. Arlington ISD would see an estimated tax revenue of about 112,000 with the city of Arlington seeing about an increase of 61,000. So this project offers both aesthetic and financial benefits for the community and we hope this would encourage future investment into the surrounding areas. Thank you, ma'am. We'll recognize Council Member Boxel. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Caramit. I'm really excited to see this site finally get developed and you've done a really nice job. It's very nice looking. Thank you very much. Thank you, Ms. Karamey. I'm really excited to see this site finally get developed and you've done a really nice job. It's very nice looking. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Busken. Do we have any other speakers on this item? Yes, sir. We have one additional speaker in support. Armand Karamey. I will yield my time. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Any other speakers, Mr. Bustin? Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you for bringing this to us. I'd love this project, so I'm going to close the public hearing, call for a motion and a second, please. I have a motion from Councilmember Gonzalez, a second from Councilmember Galante, please cast your vote. Motion passes, congratulations. Is it with the amendments? Oh, I'm sorry, we do have the amendment in there. We just clarify it for the record. Councilmember Gonzalez, was your motion to include the amendment on there? Thank you, Mr. Galante. You were seconding that amended motion, correct? Thank you. Thank you for that, Jensy. You got it, keep me in line. 11.1, Mr. Whiteway, you've been sitting back there all patient, like all night now. Come on up here. Yes, sir. Alex Whiteway, Director of Water Utilities. 11.1 is a first and final reading of an ordinance awarding the sale and providing for the issuance of the City of Arlington, Texas Water and Waste Water System Revenue Bonds, series 2025, Texas Water Development Board, and the aggregate principal amount of 16,585,000. I'm here to answer any questions you'll may have. Thank you, sir, Mr. Buskin. We have any speakers on this item? No, sir, we do not. Thank you. I have. Thank you, sir. Mr. Busken. We have any speakers on this item? No, sir. We do not. Thank you. I have a motion from Council Member Hunter, a second from Council Member Gonzalez. Please cast your vote. The motion passes. Thank you, sir. Thank you. 11.2, Ms. Shortall. Yeah, Mayor and Council, item 11.2 is first reading of an ordinance ordering a charter amendment election for May 3rd, 2025. The election will contain seven provisions to amend various provisions of the city charter. Happy to answer any questions you might have. Thank you, ma'am. Mr. Buskin, any speakers on this item? No, sir, no speakers on this item. Thank you. I have a motion from Council Member Odom Wesley. A second from Council Member Hunter. Please cast your vote. The motion passes. Mr. Busken, citizen participation, please. Thank you, Mayor of citizen participation. Gives a public an opportunity to make comments or address concerns regarding matters related to city business or affairs that are in the scope of the authority of the city council And which are not posted on the evening agenda However, please understand that the mayor and council are not permitted by law to respond to discuss or address the comment at this time as these items are not included on the post council agenda for this evening The mayor and council may only ask clarifying questions and or direct staff to take appropriate action. Speakers who have pre-registered will be given two minutes to make their comments except that if 26 or more speakers have pre-registered, each speaker will be given one minute to make their comments. Our first speaker this evening is Mallory York. Is your? Our next speaker is Kim F. After Ms. Fale is Julie Lamau. Kim Fale District 1, I have two requests. One is to find out what happened to our neighborhood association. We've been called Old Town neighborhood association. We've got a national and local register recognition. And over the summer last year, we were working with the city. They recommended we expand and we included some other areas. And next thing, we were hijacked by Mount Olive Baptist Church, saying something about the DEI. Well, I feel we've gotten reverse discrimination. I am just appalled at how the people that are on this board, there's only one person actually lives in our neighborhood. So the second thing I want to talk about is in our water bills next month, please include information about bird flu protocol. Yesterday, one of my cat rescue friends was in Bedford at a park and there was a deceased duck floating in the water. And in California, they're calling a whole bunch of ducks right now with this new strain of bird flu, H5N9. And there's been a lot of developments on this bird flu recently where it's getting closer to potential to, you know, go human to human. So we need to make sure the public knows not to touch these birds and that you guys have a phone number and a PPE process that your people can come out and get the proper testing. And I've been attending Zoom meetings for the Cat community and it's lethal to cats when you get the right strain. And so we don't want to see how much cats die in Arlington. We don't want to see it go human to human. So let's help us stop the spread. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Next speaker, Mr. Busken. Next speaker is Julie Lamau. Julie Lamau. I sent emails to everybody with photos. So I'll make it quick. I know you all want to go home. Woodland West, we need help. I don't know if they could create an HOA that could become an active entity to get a $25,000 That's what we had to do at Graham Square. But I don't think they even have a volunteer H.O.A. Shhh. to get a $25,000 tier of money. That's what we had to do at Graham Square. But I don't think they even have a volunteer H.O.A. So I don't think there's any representation because nobody even comes out and picks up any dress. So I've called in way back from brand was head of codes and Allen before that, Sergio, Mr. Rodriguez. They're all fabulous. They all address all the issues with the app. I love it. They have taken care of great things, especially removing that homeless encampment that was next to the new development. Anyways, great things are happening. We want to keep it going in that direction. But Woodland West is old. It's 50 years old, like Graham Square. So we're wondering if we could get some type of renovation program. I don't know how to do it if it's an agenda meeting. Can we, the community, I can get signatures or whatever I need to do. But to help clean that up, maybe renovate the front of Willand West. Those five blocks between 900 and 400 and really 300 just has some AT&T stuff that's these go away. And the rest of it is really bad as you've seen in the photos. If the brick columns could go away, the AT&T could finish with doing what they were planning on doing and we we could maybe put in some new grass, get rid of the dead stump, solowabely. Maybe grind them, put some new, Cliff McCoskey said he would do all the fertilizing for the first year, for complimentary. Anyways, how do we get a plan? That's what I'm here for. Thank you, ma'am. Thanks Mr. Buskin any other speakers? No sir. No additional speakers Thank you counsel. Do y'all have any announcements tonight? Seeing none Mr. Buskin announcements. Thank you mayor I'd like to remind our residents Arlington City Council evening evening meetings or rebroadcasts on Sundays at 6 p.m. And on Wednesday and Saturday mornings at 6.30 a.m. Council's afternoon work sessions or rebroadcasts on Sundays at 1 p.m. Wednesdays at 1.30 p.m. And on Saturdays at 6 p.m. You can also watch the meetings online anytime at www.arlingtontx.gov. Thank you all for being out here on this a little later than normal night. The City Council meetings adjourned. Next act, thank you all for being out here on this a little later than normal night. The City Council meetings adjourned. you We are going to take you to a place where you can find the best in the world. Welcome to Gilberto. I am looking for some breakfasts or breakfasts. You can't find any of them. And that's how it was. We are going to take you to a place where you can find the best in the world. 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