Behind the Gavel: July 8, 2025

The Bryan City Council meets on Tuesday, July 8, for their workshop and regular meetings at City Hall.

11:30 a.m. – Workshop Meeting

• Joint meeting with the Bryan Texas Utilities (BTU) regarding Plan of Work. Meeting will take place in the Basement Training Room and then Council will move to Council Chambers.

• Discussion regarding appointments to the BTU Board of Directors.

• Presentation and Discussion regarding Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budget – General Fund, Debt Service, Internal Service, Enterprise Funds and Special Revenue Funds.

• Presentation and Discussion regarding Capital Improvement Plan.

• Presentation and Discussion regarding Downtown Bryan Parking Pilot Program.

View the workshop agenda here.

3:30 p.m. – Bryan Commerce & Development, Inc., Board of Directors Meeting

The Bryan City Council also serves as the Board of Directors for Bryan Commerce and Development Inc., the city’s economic development arm. Meeting is held in Room 305.

• Boundary Line Agreement between BioCorridor Property Owners Association, Bryan/Traditions LP, and Bryan Commerce and Development to facilitate development of the new office building at Lake Walk within The Traditions Subdivision Phase 33.

View the Bryan Commerce and Development, Inc. meeting agenda here.

4 p.m. – First Regular Meeting

Closed to the public for Council’s executive session. View the first regular meeting agenda here.

5:30 p.m. – Second Regular Meeting

Ceremonial Items

• Proclamation recognizing the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial’s 25th Anniversary.

Public Hearings

• Rezoning request to change the classification from Retail District (C-2) to Downtown – Civic District (DT-C) on 1.43 acres of land at the southeast corner of North Texas Avenue and East William Joel Bryan Parkway to accommodate the proposed development of a Brazos County Courthouse annex building intended for additional office space.

• Rezoning request to change the classification from Residential District – 5000 (RD-5) to Planned Development – Industrial District (PD-I), on 0.50 acres of land, adjoining the south side of Tabor Road (FM 974) between Clarks Lane and Boatcallie Road, to accommodate the construction of an office/showroom/warehouse with a laydown yard.

Consent

• Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the temporary closure of State Right-of-Way (Farm to Market Road 158) for the 2025 Music Festival in Downtown Bryan on Oct. 24-25.

• Purchase of 95-gallon residential containers for Solid Waste from Wastequip through Sourcewell, Contract #120324-TOT, in a not to exceed amount of $112,476.

• First Amendment to the Chapter 380 Agreement between the City of Bryan and FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Texas, L.L.C.

• Third Amendment to the Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement between the City of Bryan and 5J Land and Development, L.L.C. to extend the completion date of a new veterinary clinic complex.

• Third Amendment to the Chapter 380 Agreement between the City of Bryan and Bryan Kimbell Building, L.L.C. to extend the deadline for Certificate of Occupancy and allows for reimbursement of elevator costs under Life Safety Grant.

• Authorizing the Mayor to execute the closing documents for the purchase of one acre of land out of Moses Baine Block 5 from GRT Interest LLC for an Aquifer Storage and Recovery project, in a not to exceed amount of $87,120 plus closing costs.

• Change Order No. 1 to Texcon General Contractors for the Hillside Drainage and Old Oaks Storm Sewer Improvements, in a not to exceed amount of $73,135.

• Resolution finding and declaring a public purpose for temporary closure of public streets included within the State highway system for special events to meet Texas Department of Transportation’s new requirement.

• Authorizing the Mayor to execute the easement release and replacement easement for a sanitary sewer easement previously recorded for the Stella Ranch Sewer project to cover new alignment of a sewer main.

• Refund of penalties and interest in the amount of $146.16 paid to the City of Bryan for delinquent ad valorem tax.

Statutory

• Resolution approving the Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget with combined expenditures in the amount of $14,470,514 and combined revenues of $13,454,000.

• Change Order No. 4 for Travis Bryan Midtown Park Boardwalk Construction Contract, for an amount not to exceed $220,481.62.

• Approval of the City’s 2025/2029 5-Year Consolidated Plan and 2025 Annual Action Plan and Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to submit both plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• Purchase of a Solid Waste Roll-Off truck through Sourcewell to replace a collection truck that has experienced a critical transmission failure, in an amount of $254,988.

• 2025 Street Maintenance Concrete Contract to Larry Young Paving for street pavement repairs, sewer replacement, and drainage improvements along Waverly Drive, West 23rd Street, and Wildflower Drive, in the not to exceed amount of $4,495,303.

• Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Agreement for Local On-System Improvement Project with the Texas Department of Transportation to construct a traffic signal at the Mumford Road and FM 2818 intersection for the Mumford Road Widening Project.

Regular

• Consider the appointment of individuals to the Bryan Texas Utilities Board.

• Rental Agreement with Ventura Sports Group for a Mid-America League Baseball Franchise at Travis Major Field.
  • View the press release here.

Watch Live

• Meetings held in Council Chambers can be watched live at bryantx.gov/channel16 or on Optimum Channel 16.

Hear Citizens

• Non-agenda item speakers must register by 9 a.m. on meeting day.
• Agenda item speakers must register before the 5:30 p.m. meeting begins.
• View speaker guidelines and form.