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Regular Council Meeting January 25, 2016 Page 5 the longest living resident in Pine Valley and opposed the development in this area. Wallace Elvie said the City Council had an opportunity to go through the City and use the money to develop the not so beautiful areas of town. Donald Lewis said he was the one that sold this property and the Garretts were not putting in Section 8 housing, but a tax credit project. He said the apartments were of good quality and the tax credits allowed them to rent for less and that it did not adjoin the neighborhood but was close to the highway. Mayor Hashmi told Mr. Lewis he thought item 15 was the property which he was speaking about. Don Pryor said the majority of people attending the meeting were there to oppose item 14 and his experience with rental property had not been good. Council Members Pickle and Lancaster suggested looking at other sites within the City. Laura Myrick with LW Development spoke in support of this item, citing they were going to build single family units and the program was administered through the IRS. Mayor Hashmi said he did not believe anyone was opposed to the project but opposed to the location. He said he had heard from many citizens who were opposed to the location and for that reason he opposed it. A Motion to deny this item was made by Mayor Hashmi and seconded by Council Member Clifford. Motion carried 6 ayes — 0 nays. 15. Receive public input, discuss and act on a Resolution in support of GS Paris Family, LP's Application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), and the proposed development of a new apartment complex located at 4800 Lamar Avenue; and approving State Street Housing, LP's request for a de minimis contribution for development of a new apartment complex. Mayor Hashmi opened the item to receive public input. Lisa Gandy expressed concern about the high volume of traffic that was already in existence and the number of wrecks in front of the gym. Mrs. Gandy said this was not the best location for the number of units they were proposing to build there. Donald Lewis said he could not disagree that freeway traffic was dangerous. He also said criminal background checks would be done on all renters and there was a requirement that all school age children had to attend school. Council Member Pickle said he would rather see retail in this area. Council Members Clifford, Plata, Lancaster and Jenkins opposed this project at this location. A Motion to deny this item was made by Mayor Hashmi and seconded by Council Member Clifford. Motion carried 6 ayes — 0 nays. 17. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Garver USA to provide the professional engineering services for conceptual design of the City's wastewater treatment facility rehabilitation. Mr. Godwin said they had been discussing this over the last several years and that this was a long -term project and that the City needed to start really soon. Utilities Director Doug Harris explained that each firm made a presentation to the City evaluation team in April 2014