Mar 02, 2021 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 2ND TWENTY.

ONE AMERICAN, YOU JUST YOU MIGHT HEAR YOU'RE HEARING IT, RIGHT? IT'S MY TURN NOW.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 2ND, 2021.

SITTING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS REMAINS LIMITED TO ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.

AND THERE ARE STILL MANY RESIDENTS IN OUR HIGH RISK POPULATION.

FOR THOSE REASONS, WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE ALLOWING CITIZENS PARTICIPATION THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN WATCH THE MEETING AND PARTICIPATE REMOTELY. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT WWW.VICTORIA.GOV/TALKTOCOUNCIL.

THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS FOR HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT, RANGING FROM WATCHING ON TV OR SPEAKING AT CITIZENS COMMENTS THROUGH THEM.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO CALL THE ROLE.

COUNCILMAN DELAGARZA.

I AM PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM SOLIZ.

THAT'S JUST NOT ON YOU. OK, COUNCILMAN BAUKNIGHT HERE, COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT YOU'RE COUNCILMAN YOUNG HERE, COUNCILMAN LOFFGREN HERE.

AMIR MCCOY HERE.

NOW THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED A QUORUM, I WILL OPEN THE MEETING BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE .

AUDIENCE AND WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING AT HOME WAS IS APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR MEETINGS WILL NOW MOVE INTO COMMUNICATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

MR., GARZA. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TONIGHT?

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS I'M SURE YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE, THERE WAS A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE, AND I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON HOW IT IMPACTS THE CITY AND KIND OF GO OVER THE TERMS OF WHAT THAT ORDER IS. FIRST OFF, LET ME SAY THE ORDER IS NOT YET EFFECTIVE.

THE ORDER WILL GO INTO EFFECT NEXT WEDNESDAY ON MARCH 10TH.

BUT I KNOW IT'S BEING WIDELY REPORTED IN THE MEDIA AND I'M SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WILL START TRYING TO LEAN INTO THE NEW PROCEDURES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WILL BE DIVIDED BASED ON THE LEVEL OF COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS WITHIN OUR AREA.

THE ORDER USES THE SAME DEFINITION AS PRIOR ORDERS FOR AREAS OF HIGH HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND THAT IS ANY TRAUMA SERVICE AREA THAT HAS HAD SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL HOSPITAL CAPACITY EXCEEDS 15 PERCENT.

THAT IS THE RULE WE'VE BEEN UNDER PREVIOUSLY AND THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THAT.

SO IN AREAS WITHOUT HIGH HOSPITALIZATIONS AND BY THE WAY, THAT INCLUDES OUR AREA, WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN AN AREA OF HIGH HOSPITALIZATION.

THERE ARE THERE WILL BE STARTING MARCH 10TH, NO COVID-19 RELATED OPERATING LIMITS FOR ANY BUSINESS. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT AS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT REOPENING OF BUSINESSES IN THE STATE. FURTHERMORE, THE ORDER SAYS THAT THERE THAT NO PERSON MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR OR MANDATE THE WEARING OF FACE COVERING.

SO THERE IS NO THERE WILL BE NO STATEWIDE MANDATE FOR FACIAL COVERINGS.

AND LIKEWISE, THE GOVERNOR HAS PREVENTED LOCAL AUTHORITIES FROM IMPOSING ORDERS THAT WOULD REQUIRE A LOCAL BUSINESS TO HAVE FACE COVERINGS WITHIN THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

SO THE FACE COVERING MANDATE IS ALSO GOING AWAY IN AREAS WITHOUT HIGH HOSPITALIZATIONS.

NOW, WHEN A TSA REACHES THAT LEVEL OF 15 PERCENT FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL ABILITY FOR LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.

HOWEVER, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE FIRST TWO BULLET POINTS HERE, THERE WILL BE NO STATE IMPOSED COVID-19 RELATED BUSINESS OPERATING LIMITS AND THERE WILL BE NO STATE IMPOSED REQUIREMENT TO WEAR A FACE MASK.

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THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE LOCAL COUNTY JUDGE TO DETERMINE.

THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS IN THE ORDER THAT I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON, THE ORDER DOES CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE EVERY PERSON STRONGLY TO FOLLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASK FACIAL COVERINGS.

IT DOES SAY THAT NOTHING PRECLUDES A BUSINESS FROM REQUIRING THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS TO FOLLOW ADDITIONAL HYGIENE MEASURES, WHICH COULD INCLUDE FACIAL COVERINGS.

AND THAT WOULD ALLOW ANY BUSINESS IN OUR AREA TO REQUIRE CUSTOMERS COMING INTO THEIR BUSINESS TO WEAR FACIAL COVERINGS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SERVICES.

AND FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT THIRTY FOUR ALSO ADDRESSES SEVERAL OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES, INCLUDING NURSING HOMES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COUNTY JAILS. AND IF YOU ARE A REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU REVIEW FOR FOUR CAREFULLY TO SEE WHAT KINDS OF LIMITATIONS MIGHT BE IMPOSED ON YOUR BUSINESS. BUT THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD ORDER, AND I THINK THE GOVERNOR IS PRETTY, PRETTY CLEAR WHEN HE SAYS THAT HE IS ATTEMPTING TO REOPEN TEXAS 100 PERCENT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM NOW.

NOT MUCH OF A QUESTION, BUT IF I UNDERSTOOD RIGHT AWAY THAT BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES STILL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE MASK OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND OR THEIR CUSTOMERS, CORRECT.

THAT IS EXPRESSLY IN THE ORDER.

YOU KNOW, SOME BUSINESSES LIKE TO HANG OUT, NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE SIGNS.

THEY CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE NO MARK IN THAT LIST AND CONTINUE TO DENY SERVICES OR EVEN KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR BUSINESS.

IF PEOPLE ARE NOT WEARING MASKS, THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE LOCAL BUSINESS TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THOSE THAT NOW HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO WEAR A MASK IF THEY SO CHOOSE, I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WILL RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES TO DETERMINE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS.

SO I WOULD ONLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER'S RIGHTS EQUALLY.

WELL SAID, MAYOR. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THINGS LIKE YOU.

I THINK WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING.

[a. Theatre In Our Schools Month Proclamation. Mayor Rawley McCoy]

WHEREAS THEATERS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH, WHEREAS THEATER TEACHES PROBLEM SOLVING, CRITICAL THINKING AND HAS THE ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE VALUABLE LESSONS IN HUMANITY, WHEREAS THESPIANS PROMOTE ADVOCACY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND DEVELOP STRONG COMMUNITIES, WHEREAS THEATER AIDS IN CREATING THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL AND THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES, HELPING CHILDREN GAIN CONFIDENCE AND IMPROVE SELF-ESTEEM.

NOW, THEREFORE, I. ROLLI MCCOY, BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF MARCH 2021 AS THEATERS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH IN VICTORIA, TEXAS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TONIGHT.

THIS WILL BE MAILED TO THEM.

THANK YOU. THEY'RE MOVING ALONG, WE'RE GOING INTO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION'S, MR., GARZA.

[b. Fire Department Employee Recognitions. Jesús Garza, City Manager]

JUST KIDDING. LAST MONTH, FIRE MARSHAL TOM LEGLER GRADUATED FROM THE BILL BLACKWOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF TEXAS.

THE BILL BLACKWOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF TEXAS PARTNERED WITH THE TEXAS FIRE MARSHALS ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE THE FIRST EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR FIRE MARSHALS IN THE COUNTRY.

THE FIRE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM IS AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL PROGRAM ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY FIRE MARSHALS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, STRATEGIC PLANNING, LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS, NATIONAL STANDARDS PLAN REVIEW, PUBLIC EDUCATION, FIRE INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERALL FIRE PREVENTION ORGANIZATION.

THE SELECTION PROCESS IS COMPETITIVE AND STUDENTS COMPLETE TWO ONE WEEK MODULES.

HE WAS PART OF CLASS FIVE SINCE THE PROGRAM IS SO NEW AND BECAUSE THEY MET DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEIR CLASS MOTTO, I'M SURE HE'S VERY PROUD OF HIS COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP AND UNCONVENTIONAL TIMES.

AND THEY ARE. AND AGAIN, THEY GRADUATED ON FEBRUARY 5TH OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

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SO. DON'T SAY ANYTHING.

THANK YOU, AWESOME.

IT'S GOOD ENOUGH. THANK YOU, TOO.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, I WANT TO ASK ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF MICHAEL BELL TO COME UP. HE HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL AFTER THAT LITTLE DANCE, BUT IN THE EFFORT OF PROMOTING CONTINUED EDUCATION, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF BELT RECENTLY EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY CHIEF BELT EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND FIRE ADMINISTRATION JUST LAST MONTH.

HIS DEDICATION TO CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT HAS SET A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR THE ORGANIZATION. AND WE WANT TO HONOR AND CONGRATULATE HIS HIS EFFORT IN PURSUING THAT DEGREE. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. THEY'RE VERY SHY, MARY.

THOSE ARE THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

OK, THANK YOU, MS. GARZA.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON FROM ITEMS FROM COUNCILMAN.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM COUNCIL THIS EVENING? AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION AS A REMINDER, CITIZEN HUMAN

[4. Citizen Communication:]

WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS HAD ANY RECENT EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 OR THOSE THAT MAY BE IN A HIGH RISK POPULATION GROUP TO MAKE USE OF THE VIDEO CONFERENCE OPTION.

THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ARE AGAIN AVAILABLE AT DEBBIE W-W VICTORIA TALKS.

THAT GUVS TALK TO COUNCILMAN COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES IN DURATION AND WILL BE RECEIVED BY AUDIO ONLY.

THEY WILL NOT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY PRESENTATION OR VISUAL MATERIALS, EITHER IN PERSON OR VIA TELECONFERENCE.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE ANY CELL PHONES, TELEVISIONS OR OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE SO THAT WE CAN CLEARLY HEAR YOUR COMMENTS IS GENERALLY THE PRACTICE OF CITY COUNCIL NOT TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS MADE DURING THIS TIME, BUT CITY STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FOLLOW UP AS NECESSARY.

WE HAVE I HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD FROM THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW FROM MICHAEL VAN DER ROHE, IF YOU WISH TO STEP FORWARD, SIR.

I'M MICHAEL, I LIVE IN VICTORIA OAKS, THANKS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IF YOU'RE A BEDROOM WITH AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, YOU CAN GET YOUR COVID-19 VACCINE IN SAN ANTONIO AND YOU TEXT PHONE NUMBER, THEIR PHONE NUMBER, AND THEN THEY TEXT YOU WHEN THEY HAVE THE VACCINE. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THIS NUMBER TO EVERYONE IN CASE SOMEONE WAS WATCHING ON FILM. IT'S TWO ONE ZERO EIGHT FOUR FOUR ONE SEVEN EIGHT THREE.

AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS NORTH CENTRAL CLINIC ONE SEVEN FOUR FOUR ZERO HENDERSON PASS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SEVEN EIGHT TWO, THREE, TWO.

AND YOU JUST TEXT YOUR NAME AND YOUR LAST FOUR OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY.

AND WHEN THEY HAVE AN OPENING, THEY'LL GIVE YOU ONE.

I'VE HAD MY VACCINE EIGHT DAYS AGO.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO BEG FOR MY CAUSE.

THEY TEXTED ME AND SAID THEY HAD THE VACCINE AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.

FOR SOME REASON, YOU'RE UNABLE TO GET IT IN VICTORIA.

IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE TRYING TO GET THE VACCINE.

AND VICTORIA IS LIKE TRYING TO GET INTO HARVARD OR SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT EVEN WHEN YOU DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.

SOMETIMES YOU FOR SURE, LIKE IF YOU HAVE TO CALL IT TEN IN SIX SECONDS, THEY HAD IT ALL.

EVERYTHING FEELS SO.

I CALL IT TEN AND SEVEN SECONDS.

I WAS ONE SECOND TO LIKE I DIDN'T SQUEEZE IN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHIEF POLICE PROTECTION FOR EAST NORTH MOBILE HOME PARK.

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND IT CONTINUES.

A POLICE OFFICER JUST CAME JUST EARLIER RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE CHIEF POLICE AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS DONE.

THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD ONE.

APPRECIATE IT, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. VANDERLYN, YOUR INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK TO COUNCILMAN THIS EVENING? HANAN, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON LINE? SEE, NO ONE ELSE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO EITHER PARTY.

CAN I JUST ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON SIGN UP FOR COVID VACCINES AND VICTORIA NOW? DO WE NOT HAVE THE NEW SOFTWARE IN ORDER? YES, SIR, THE NEW PLATFORM IS ALREADY IN PLACE, AND SO CURRENTLY PRESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP

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I DON'T KNOW THAT PHONE NUMBER OF TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN SUPPLY IT.

A LOOK AT THE HOTLINE FOR COVID PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEB SITE, YEAH, HAS IT.

THE HOTLINE NUMBER IS ONE EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT NINE SIX SIX FIVE SIX FOUR ZERO.

BUT ARE RESIDENTS ABLE TO PUT THEIR NAME ON THE WAIT LIST AND THEY'LL BE CALLED WHEN THEIR VACCINE? YES, SIR.

AND SO THE. YES.

SO ONCE THEY GET RANDOM, RANDOMLY SELECTED, THEY WILL RECEIVE COMMUNICATION, NOTIFYING THEM THAT THEY'VE BEEN SELECTED AND THEY HAVE UP TO 48 HOURS TO RESPOND TO WHETHER THEY'RE ACCEPTING THE APPOINTMENT.

IF THEY DON'T ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT, THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY KICKS THEM OUT AND SELECT SOMEBODY ELSE. AND SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM WORKS.

THANK YOU. AND AT THE TIME OF REGISTERING, BY THE WAY, ASKS FOR VERY BASIC INFORMATION.

AND SO IT'S NOT UNTIL THEY CONFIRM AN APPOINTMENT THAT THEY WOULD BE ASKED FOR THE MORE THOROUGH INFORMATION, BECAUSE WE'RE COGNIZANT THAT PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY ON DIFFERENT LISTS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. SO.

I'M SORRY, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, ITS NAME IS BRIAN KINGSLEY, BRIAN BILLINGSLEY. OK, SEE YOU ON, BRIAN.

YES, SIR, I AM.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, I HAD MY HAT IN THE RING FOR THE PARKS COMMISSION AND DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THE POINT AT WHICH I SHOULD SPEAK OR IF THAT WAS GOING TO COME UP LATER IN THE AGENDA. THIS IS THE PLACE.

OH, GREAT. I JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.

AND SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, BUT WANTED TO REACH OUT AND JUST AGAIN REITERATE MY WISHES TO JOIN THE PARKS COMMISSION FOR NUMEROUS REASONS.

I'M A RELATIVELY NEW TRANSPLANT TO VICTORIA.

I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS NOW, BUT I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING INVOLVED AND I'VE LOVED EVERYBODY I'VE GOTTEN TO MEET THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO FAR IT'S BEEN WORKING TO BEAUTIFY VICTORIA AND MAKE VICTORIA A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY AND HAVING A FAMILY OF MY OWN.

I'VE GOTTEN TO ENJOY QUITE A FEW OF THE PARKS AND REALLY ENJOY BEING OUTSIDE.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT VICTORIA HAS TO OFFER THAT COULD REALLY PUT US ON THE MAP EVEN MORE BY LEVERAGING THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE WITH THINGS LIKE RIVERSIDE AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY PARKS.

AND I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND THE FUTURE OF THE PARK SYSTEM. SO ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP OUT WHETHER THAT'S SERVING ON THE PARKS COMMISSION, VOLUNTEERING IN ANY WAY MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT AS AN ENGAGED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE ROTARY AND THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ORGANIZATION AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I GET TO HEAR A LOT OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING AROUND TOWN ABOUT WHAT THEY WISH VICTORIA HAD WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT VICTORIA, WHAT THEY THE AREAS THAT FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT THEY SEE.

AND I'D LOVE TO BRING THAT FEEDBACK BACK TO THE PARKS COMMISSION.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY MY POINT OF VIEW ON WHAT THE CITY OF VICTORIA COULD DO WITH THEIR PARK SYSTEM, BUT ALSO MY COLLEAGUES AND PEERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

AND IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE AS WELL.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BILLINGSLEY, FOR CALLING IN.

WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON LINE? OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND THANK YOU, MR. BAUKNIGHT, FOR ASKING FOR THAT CLARIFICATION ON THE VACCINE.

IT'S A GOOD THING TO EVERYBODY TO KNOW.

CNN WILL NOW CLOSE COMMUNICATION AND WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEMS WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO HILBRICH ADAMANCY ONE IS AN ORDINANCE DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES ELECTED TO THE

[1. An ordinance declaring unopposed candidates elected to the offices of ...]

IN THIS ITEM IS AN EMERGENCY READING AND THEREFORE WE'LL NEED A VOTE OF FIVE AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS ON A POSITIVE NOTE TO PASS.

BUT OH, SO I WAS ASKED TO READ IN SPANISH OR THE NONSUPPORT, LIKE I SAID, A CLARINET LIKE THOSE THOSE CANDIDATES IN OPPOSITION LOST ESCARGOTS, EL CONSECO MUNICIPALITY STREETCORNER. THE LIST IS TRUE TO SAY AT LEAST A QUARTER.

SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT A LITTLE SLOWER SO THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT.

I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON FEBRUARY 2ND, COUNCIL DID PASS THE ORDINANCE TWENTY FOURTEEN AND TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY ONE TO CALL A JOINT GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE MAY 1ST ELECTION IN A CITY IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ARE

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IF THE CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE THAT IS TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT IN THAT DISTRICT IS UNOPPOSED AND NO PROPOSITION IS TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, THE CITY CAN DECLARE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES ELECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE FEBRUARY 16TH DEADLINE FOR DECLARATION OF A WRITE IN CANDIDATE IF THE CANDIDATE IS UNOPPOSED BY BALLOT THAN THE CITY SECRETARY IS TASKED WITH GIVING YOU GUYS A DECLARATION OF THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES.

AND THEN YOU CAN THEREFORE OR EFFECTIVELY CANCEL THE ELECTION FOR THOSE THREE DISTRICTS IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO. TONIGHT, WE DO HAVE ONLY ONE CANDIDATE IN DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND FOUR. AND BUT THE CITY WILL STILL CONDUCT AN ELECTION FOR DISTRICT THREE.

ALSO, AT THE FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING, WE MENTIONED THAT WE MAY HAVE TO AMEND OUR ELECTION ORDER TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL POLLING PLACES DUE TO VESTY CALLING UPON ELECTION.

AND AFTER A REVIEW OF EVERYTHING, OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT WE WILL NOT NEED TO ADD THOSE PRECINCTS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONLY AN ORDER OF ELECTION, WHICH WE DID, BUT THERE'S ALSO A NOTICE OF ELECTION THAT WILL BE POSTED IN EARLY APRIL THAT WILL INCLUDE THOSE ADDITIONAL PRECINCTS THAT WILL BE COVERED AT THAT TIME.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? HEARING THAT, I WILL NOW OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER, PLEASE STEP FORWARD NOW OR RAISE YOUR HAND ON ZOM.

SAY NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WATCHES ANY ANYONE ON LINE, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM, SEE ONE SECOND IN MOTION, A SECOND FOR ITEM, SEE ONE OF THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I, I, I AM FINE, THANK YOU.

[2. An ordinance amending the FY2020-2021 City of Victoria budget to repai...]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT WE'RE REQUESTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD AFFECT THREE OF THE CITY'S FUNDS.

THIS AMENDMENT IS MADE UP OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WHERE THE FIRE STATION PROJECT OF ONE POINT THREE MILLION RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE LEASES FOR SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY TWO DOLLARS, AND THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TECH START GREEN RIBBON PROJECT FOR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TOTAL.

THIS WOULD INCREASE IN SPENDING EXPENDITURES AND IN FISCAL 2001 BY ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. AND I'LL DISCUSS THE FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR EACH OF THESE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECTS. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF FOX.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING, GARZA.

GOOD EVENING. WE WANTED TO BRING THIS BACK IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MANY YEARS.

AND WITH THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE THIS PROJECT'S AT AND WHY WE'RE HERE, I THINK.

ALL RIGHT. JUST SOME REAL QUICK HISTORY OF THE STATION.

IT OPENED IN NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO.

THIS IS FIRE STATION ONE THAT'S LOCATED ON GOODWINS STREET RIGHT THERE.

A GOOD ONE IN A ROW APPROXIMATELY AFTER CLAUDET.

THOSE OF US THAT WERE IN THE STATION DURING CLAUDET, WE ACTUALLY SAW THE ROOF LIFTING OFF THE STATION. SO SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE AND TWO THOUSAND THREE FROM CLAUDET.

WE KIND OF PATCHED IT AND PIECE IT TOGETHER THAT HURRICANE HARVEY CAME ALONG.

AND AFTER THAT, WE'VE HAD SUBSTANTIAL LEAKAGE INTO THE STATION.

DO THE ROOF PLAN WAS REPLACE THAT ROOF AFTER HARVEY.

BUT THEN WE CHANGED THE SCOPE AND RECOGNIZED THAT THAT STATION IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF VICTORIA.

AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A BROADER, BIGGER APPROACH TO RENOVATING AND HARDENING.

THAT STATION HAD ALL PLANS TO GO FOR THAT.

AND THEN, LO AND BEHOLD, WE HAD A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THAT ALSO DELAYED THE PROJECT.

SO THOSE ARE THAT'S JUST KIND OF HISTORY OF THE TIMELINE OF OF WHY AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. FIRE STATION ONE, AS YOU KNOW, IS LOCATED ON GOODWIN STREET AT NOVARRO, WHICH COVERS A HIGHLY DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF OUR CITY, AND WHY WE THINK THIS PROJECT IS SO IMPORTANT IS ONE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FIRE STATION ONE SERVES THE SOUTH SIDE. AND DURING A TROPICAL STORM, WE CANNOT OCCUPY THAT STATION.

SO ALL THE STATIONS WE CAN OCCUPY ARE NORTH OF MOCKINGBIRD.

SO IT LEAVES A VERY LONG RESPONSE TIME TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF VICTORIA.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THIS HARDENING OF THE STATION SO WE CAN OCCUPY THE SOUTH SIDE DURING A TROPICAL STORM.

AND WE ALSO FEEL THAT WE'LL GET ANOTHER 40 YEARS OUT OF THIS STATION WITH THIS PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY 40 YEARS OLD.

AND WE THINK WE'LL GET ANOTHER 40 YEARS WITH THIS RENOVATION AND HARDING PROJECT.

AND THOSE ARE OUR TWO OR TWO OF OUR MAIN GOALS IS THE HARDENING, OBVIOUSLY RENOVATING THE INTERIOR SPACES TO MEET MODERN FIRE STANDARD STATION STANDARDS AND THEN ALSO ADDING A

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CURRENTLY, YOU CAN'T SEE IN THE PICTURE, BUT WE RENT FROM THE RAILROAD A VERY LARGE WAREHOUSE THAT IS IN VERY BAD SHAPE.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT THERE, KIND OF OUR PROJECT TIMELINE, WE'RE ALREADY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM.

WE HOPE TO SECURE THAT OR FINALIZE THAT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING OR THE FIRST ONE IN APRIL. WE HOPE TO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR IN PLACE IN EARLY AUGUST AND THEN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT PROJECT COMPLETED BY THE FALL, SUMMER AND FALL OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

ALL RIGHT, SO AS CHIEF FOX HAD MENTIONED, THIS PROJECT HAD BEEN BUDGETED AND PRIOR YEAR AND WAS POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19, THAT IT WAS SPLIT UP INTO ESSENTIALLY THREE PHASES CONSISTING OF A ROOF REPLACEMENT OR REMODEL IN A WAREHOUSE.

SO WE HAD WE HAD CANCELED THE REMODEL AND WAREHOUSE AND WE'RE STILL PLANNING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AT ESTIMATED COST OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE DECIDED LATER TO POSTPONE THAT PORTION OF IT AND JUST BRING BACK A BUDGET AMENDMENT THIS YEAR FOR THE COMPLETE PROJECT SO WE COULD PUT IT ALL OUT TOGETHER.

IN ADDITION, THE CITY RECEIVED ABOUT THREE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE STATE'S AMBULANCE SERVICE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM IN FISCAL 20 20.

THESE PLANS HAVE BEEN THESE FUNDS WERE PLANNED TO BE USED ON THIS PROJECT SINCE WE DIDN'T DO THE PROJECT IN FISCAL 20.

ESSENTIALLY, WE HAD BETWEEN THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AND THE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS RETURNED TO FUND BALANCE.

SO TAKING THAT OFF, THE ONE POINT THREE MILLION, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN NEW FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE.

AND THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL 2001, THE BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS PROJECTED TO COME IN ABOUT ONE POINT NINE DOLLARS MILLION OVER THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, WHICH IS PRIMARILY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX OVER BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE KAHRIZAK REIMBURSEMENT WE RECEIVE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL.

WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PORTION? WELL, I THINK YOU'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE TWO STORMS, CLAUDETTE AND EVEN HARVEY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT HIGH WINDS EVEN IN HARVEY, THEY WERE THEY WERE VERY SUSTAINED.

SO HAD YOU HAD EVEN A HIGH CATEGORY TWO STORM OR THREE, YOU WOULDN'T PROBABLY HAVE A ROOF? YES, SIR. AFTER CLAUDET, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE WILL NOT BE IN THAT STATION WITH ANY SIGNIFICANT STORM BECAUSE WE SAW I LITERALLY SAW THE ROOF LIKE ACTING LIKE A BALLOON OFF THE TOP OF THAT STATION.

AND FOR CLARITY, WHEN YOU SAY HARDENING IS, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH JUST YOUR DOOR COMPONENTS, YOUR ROOF AND STUFF, NOT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE.

YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE WALLS ARE STILL SLAB CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

SO THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT.

BUT HARDENING, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, WOULD INCLUDE THE GARAGE DOORS, THE ROOF AND THEN ANY DOOR OR PENETRATION THROUGH THE STRUCTURE, WINDOWS, DOORS, THAT TYPE OF THING.

HEY, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT QUESTIONS.

WILL THE WAREHOUSE BE RATED AS WELL? YES, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PREFAB METAL BUILDING THAT WILL BE RATED THE TYPE FOR OUR ZONE, SO THAT WILL BE RATED AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I WILL NOW OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, ANYONE OR THE MAYOR. THE ITEM INCLUDES SEVERAL OTHER LOFFGREN TO ONE.

AND SO OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO PRESENT THE OTHER TWO BEFORE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. LET'S DO THAT.

EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TO OUR CONTRACT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 20 CARTS, AS WELL AS A RANGE PICKER TO THE GOLF COURSE FLEET. SO WE HAVE ROLANDO.

HE'S BEEN SPEARHEADING THIS.

AND SO HE'LL GO IN THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. SO, YES, WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE ADDITION OF 20 GOLF CARTS FOR OUR CURRENT FLEET, AS WELL AS A DRIVING RANGE UTILITY VEHICLE, A RANGE PICTURE IN THIS INSTANCE.

PART OF THAT AND WE'LL GET TO THIS POINT AS FAR AS GENERATING REVENUES WOULD BE ADDING 20 ADDITIONAL ANNUAL PASS HOLDER.

MEMBERSHIPS ARE A TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP FOR THE GOLF COURSE AS WELL.

QUICK LITTLE BACKGROUND, SO A LOT OF YOU WERE HERE WHEN WE REOPENED THE GOLF COURSE IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN CITY, ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY AGAIN IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN.

INITIAL IDEA WAS TO KEEP EXPENSES LOW.

SO AS WE GOT INTO THE GOLF COURSE, EVERYTHING WAS KEPT IN A IN A CONSERVATIVE MANNER.

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AND THAT HAS BEEN THE PROCESS UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

NOW, LOOKING AT SOME DATA THAT WE'VE GENERATED, SEEN THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS THAT WE ARE COLLECTING, THE REVENUE THAT WE ARE SEEING, WHICH FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD POINT TO TO START LOOKING IN TO INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

PART OF THIS AND BEFORE I FORGET, WE ARE WORKING ON UPDATING OUR CURRENT BUSINESS PLAN.

SO THAT WILL BE PRESENTED WITH OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR AS OUR OUR THREE YEAR BUSINESS PLAN IS CURRENTLY GOING TO GOING TO EXPIRE.

AND WE'LL HAVE A NEW ONE FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL.

MAIN IDEA OR A MAIN THING FOR THE GOLF COURSE OF THE COURSE? CONDITIONS HAVE HAVE BEEN GREAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO THAT HAS GENERATED ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY. WE'VE ALSO ADDED A DRIVING RANGE, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO HERE IN A SECOND. BUT JUST THE OVERALL CONDITIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE WE'VE SEEN PLAY INCREASE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE PAST YEAR.

EVEN WITHIN THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE STILL SEEN ROUNDS OF GOLF CONTINUE TO INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR MONTH IN COMPARISON TO YOUR PREVIOUS.

AND WE'LL ALSO SHOW YOU THAT HERE IN A SECOND AS WELL.

THE BIGGEST ISSUE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION IS US HAVING TO BLOCK TEE TIMES.

WE ARE ON A ALMOST DAILY BASIS RUN OUT OF GOLF CARTS BY ABOUT 10, 30 OR 11 IN THE MORNING DUE TO THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE HAVE.

WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO PAIR PEOPLE UP IN GOLF CARTS.

THE NEW ORDER WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT, BUT STILL TRYING TO PAIR PEOPLE UP ON GOLF CARTS TO MAKE THINGS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.

THAT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE WITH THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF GOLF CARTS AND TO IMPROVISE FOR THAT, WE'RE HAVING TO BLOCK TEE TIMES, ESSENTIALLY LOSING A TEE TIME, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REVENUE THROUGHOUT SEVERAL PARTS OF THE DAY. AT THIS POINT, ONCE EVERY HOUR, DEFINITELY IN THE MORNING, SOMETIMES A COUPLE IN THE AFTERNOONS JUST TO GET A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR REVENUE GENERATION.

AND THESE GOLF CARTS WOULD HELP BUT OBSERVE THAT AND ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF GOLF FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T ABLE TO GET ON THE GOLF COURSE GOLF COURSES THAT WE'RE TOO BUSY. WE'RE EITHER HAVING TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY OR PUSH THEM BACK TO A TEE TIME THAT THEY WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL GOLF CARTS.

WE'RE NOT ONLY OPEN THE BLOCK TIMES THAT WE HAVE, BUT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TEE TIMES AS NEEDED. OUR TISSUE SHRUNK RIGHT NOW.

WE GO IN TEN MINUTE INTERVALS AND THAT CAN BE CLOSED.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL ROUNDS HERE IN A SECOND AND HOW THAT TISSUE CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. LAST PART OF THAT IS JUST THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE GOLF CARTS IDEA IS TO TO HAVE THEM MAYBE GO TWO OR MAYBE THREE ROUNDS IN A DAY.

CURRENTLY SITTING THERE GOING THREE TO FOUR TIMES A DAY, ESPECIALLY ON OUR BUSY DAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. ANYTHING THAT'S CLOSE TO GOOD WEATHER, ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO GET OUTSIDE.

SAME THING SINCE THE PANDEMIC HAS STARTED, PEOPLE WANTING TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EVEN THOUGH RIDING THE GOLF CARTS, NOT ALL THAT PHYSICAL, STILL GETTING OUTSIDE IN AND BEING OUT OF THE HOUSE, JUMPING INTO THE DRIVING RANGE.

THERE'S A UTILITY VEHICLE.

WE OPEN THIS IN MAY OF TWENTY NINETEEN.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE INCREASED USE AND IT HAS LED TO A VERY PRACTICAL REVENUE STREAM.

YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM THAT WE'VE GENERATED JUST OVER THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS LAST YEAR, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS A GREAT PARTY, GREAT PIECE TO ADD TO THE FACILITY AND A PLACE YOU CAN ALSO BE GROWN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT INCREASED USE.

WE'VE ADDED MORE RANGE BALLS TO OUR OUR GROUP THAT WE USE THE BALL THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE DAY. AND THAT ALSO LEADS US HAVING TO PICK THE DRIVING RANGE MORE OFTEN.

CURRENT UTILITY VEHICLE VEHICLES, JOHN DEERE, THAT'S 15 YEARS OLD.

IT WAS A HAND ME DOWN ON THE GOLF COURSE REOPENED AND THAT HAS OVER FOUR THOUSAND HOURS ON. IT HAS PROBLEMS ON A DAILY BASIS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH AN OVERALL FIX OR TRYING TO REPAIR THIS UTILITY VEHICLE WOULD BE MORE THAN THAT OF A NEW ONE AND WOULD BE NO PERMANENT FIX, WOULD HAVE YOUR CURRENT ISSUES.

SO AS FAR AS STAFF EFFICIENCY, THIS WOULD BE A BIG, HUGE HELP ON THAT SIDE OF IT AND STAFF EFFICIENCY BECAUSE STAFF PICKS THEM UP BY HAND AT TIMES NEEDED.

YES. YEAH. SO JUST A QUICK LITTLE HIT FOR LAST YEAR, FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY, NINETEEN AND TWENTY, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROJECTED TO LOSE SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. INTERVIEW REPORTING SHOWED ONE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND ON THE POSITIVE SIDE.

SO THAT DEFINITELY SHOWS THAT THE ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF REVENUE THAT THAT IS BEING GENERATED FROM THE GOLF COURSE AND DEFINITELY LOOKING UP, WE'RE STILL SEEING THAT THAT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF ROUNDS JUMPING BACK AND MOVING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIPS TO OUR CURRENT GROUP, WHICH WE ARE AT. TWO HUNDRED.

THAT HAS BEEN A COMFORTABLE NUMBER ON THE USE OF THE GOLF CARTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO ONE AND WE CAN GET THE MOST PEOPLE OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE AS POSSIBLE. THESE ADDITIONAL GOLF CARTS WOULD HELP NOT ONLY ADD THE MEMBERSHIPS, BUT.

PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CARDS FOR OUTSIDE PLAY AS WELL, MOVING INTO THE NEXT ONE, QUICK LITTLE SNIPPET OF ROUND THE CHART ACTUALLY SHOWS 19 COMPARED TO 20 AS FAR AS JAN TO DECEMBER.

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AND THESE ARE PAID ROUNDS, WHICH WE DO TRACK SEPARATELY FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP ROUNDS.

SO THESE ARE THESE ARE MONIES THAT WE'RE GENERATING FROM OUTSIDE.

GUESS EITHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN TOWN OR TRAVELING.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE, THE CHANGE THAT WE'VE HAD.

WE'VE SEEN NOTHING BUT GROWTH MONTH OVER MONTH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF APRIL, WHICH WE WERE CLOSE TO ALL OF APRIL LAST YEAR.

I THINK ONE OF THE MORE FUN ONES TO LOOK AT WOULD BE MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

WE'RE ONLY OPEN 20 DAYS, BUT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO MORE ROUNDS IN TWENTY DAYS OF MARCH THAN WE WERE IN TWENTY NINETEEN OF MARCH.

SO THAT'S A BIG ONE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE THE JUMP IN SOME OF THE OTHER PERCENTAGES, BUT ALSO A NUMBER OF ROUNDS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

WEATHER YEAR OVER YEAR, I'D SAY HAS BEEN PRETTY COMPARABLE.

GETTING GOLF COURSE COURSES JUST IMPROVED ENOUGH TO JUST SHOW THE ADDITIONAL ROUNDS AS WELL. THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH FOR FISCAL YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR AGAINST ON AN UPWARD TREND.

THIS ALSO APPLIES TO OUR MEMBERSHIP ROUNDS ON A SPLIT.

IT'S FORTY FIVE PERCENT MEMBERSHIP ROUNDS AND THEN FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF PAID ROUND.

SO, YOU KNOW, SOME QUICK MATH AND YOU COULD SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING ON A ON A YEARLY BASIS.

AS FAR AS CONVERSION OF ROUNDS CHANGE FOR THIS YEAR, NOW WOULD BE A TOTAL OF SEVENTY EIGHT. FIFTY TO SEVENTY TWO.

FOR US THE TOP A LITTLE CHART WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THE BOTTOM ONE WOULD SHOW YOU WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND THEN CONTINUING BASED ON THE CAR, LEASE AND UTILITY VEHICLE LEASE.

THOSE 20 MEMBERSHIPS COMING IN AT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY BUCKS.

THAT IS OUR CHEAPEST MEMBERSHIP AT THE MOMENT, WOULD GENERATE TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THIS YEAR, AND THIS WOULD BE FROM JUNE THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THAT WOULD BE THE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THESE GOLF CARTS ON SITE ONCE EVERYTHING IS APPROVED AND GETTING THAT OVER TO THE MANUFACTURER.

THE COST OF THE ADDITIONAL GOLF CARTS AND RANGE UTILITY VEHICLE YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, AT THE BOTTOM, WE WOULD STILL SHOW A POSITIVE BALANCE FOR THIS YEAR.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE BOTTOM ONE FOR IMPENDING YEARS.

AND ALL OF THIS WOULD BE PRIOR TO ANY ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF GOLF SOLD.

SO THIS WOULD SIMPLY BE OUR ANNUAL PASS MEMBERSHIPS, PAYING FOR THESE TWO ADDITIONS WITH SOME MONEY LEFT OVER AND THEN WHATEVER ADDITIONAL ROUNDS WE SELL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, I WOULD SAY 50 TO 80 ROUNDS A MONTH, SOME OF OUR SUMMER MONTHS, THE LONGER DAYS YOU COULD SEE MAYBE ONE HUNDRED ROUNDS PER MONTH.

SO SOME DEFINITE ADDITIONAL GENERATION OF REVENUES AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PAY FOR INITIALLY JUST THROUGH THROUGH ADDING THESE MEMBERSHIPS AS WELL.

THE LAST PART OF IT WOULD JUST BE OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR THIS YEAR THROUGH THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITION OF 20 GOLF CARTS.

IT WOULD BE AT A FIFTY TWO MONTH LEASE.

YOU CAN SEE THE MONTHLY PRICE AND THEN THE UTILITY VEHICLE AGAIN WOULD BE OUTRANGE.

PICKER WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED.

THIS WHAT, THE DOLLAR BUYOUT TERM, THAT VEHICLE WOULD HAVE EASILY IF ISD FIVE TO EIGHT YEAR LIFESPAN, POTENTIALLY MORE, DEPENDING ON HOW STAFF TAKES CARE OF IT AND OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE AND KEEPING UP WITH THAT VEHICLE, BUT AGAIN, AT SOME POINT WOULD BE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT THAT AT LEAST COST AS WELL AT THE END OF THAT TERM.

AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I THINK I'M GOING TO MIX APPLES AND ORANGES, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT THE USE OF THE GOLF CARTS AND THEIR FULDA FILLED UP.

I'M THINKING ABOUT THE FACT IS THERE ARE ANY TYPE OF A COVID RELATED ONE PERSON PER CART THAT HAS JUST BEEN LIFTED THAT WOULD IN ANY WAY CHANGE YOUR POSITION ON ANY OF THIS, OF THE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC? YES, THERE WAS A LIMIT TO BEING ABLE TO PUT A SECOND PERSON ON A GOLF CART.

SINCE THE LAST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, THERE HAS NOT BEEN.

SO AS WE'VE KIND OF MOVED THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT STEPS AND WE STILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO RIDE BY THEMSELVES IF THEY REQUEST THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO PREPARE PEOPLE UP, ASK THEM TO WEAR A FACE COVERING TO HELP WITH JUST THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR CURRENT GOLF CART FLEET.

SO, YES, AT THE VERY BEGINNING MAY, WHEN WE REOPENED LAST MAY, WAS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE.

AND AND THAT'S INITIALLY WHEN WE SAW THE NEED FOR FOUR GOLF CARTS.

EVEN SO, MOVING INTO THE REST OF THE YEAR, JUST SEEING THE GROWTH AND ROUND AND STILL HAVING THAT CONTINUED ISSUE TO THIS DAY.

THIS IS RECOGNIZED LAST YEAR.

WE DIDN'T PUT IT INTO OUR CURRENT BUDGET BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE PANDEMIC WAS GOING TO DO TO US THIS YEAR. SO TAKEN ON ADDITIONAL LEASE PAYMENT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT WAS REALLY AHEAD OR IN STORE FOR US.

AND WE WEREN'T READY TO JUMP AT IT JUST YET.

ONE OF THE WHAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CARTS AT THE END OF THE LEASE TERM, WE WOULD TURN THEM BACK IN FOR A NEW SET OF GOLF CARTS.

SO OUR CURRENT OUR CURRENT 50 CART FLEET WILL ROLL IN THE FIFTY TWO MONTHS.

AND THAT, I BELIEVE, IS THE FOLLOWING OCTOBER, NEXT OCTOBER.

SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT LEASING NEW GOLF CARTS AT THAT POINT.

THE WEAR AND TEAR ON GOLF CARTS IS A IT'S NOT A NOT RESPONSIBLE TO PURCHASE THEM IN A PUBLIC FACILITY. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T TREAT THEM AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD.

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YES. OR WE JUST YOU COULD HAVE FOUR CARTS ON ONE HOLE AND HAVE A FOURSOME PLAYING.

BUT THAT LIMITS PLAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE, CORRECT? WE'VE DECIDED TO TAKE HER.

I WOULD I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AND TALK ABOUT SOME TYPE OF EVENT IF YOU WANT THAT CART BY YOURSELF THAT YOU NEED TO PAY FOR THAT OTHER SEAT.

OK, WE COULD DO THAT FOR SURE.

I MEAN, JUST CONSIDER IT. I'M NOT SAYING DO IT, BUT SURE.

I THINK I THINK WE'VE KIND OF SHIED AWAY FROM DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, NOT WANTING TO FORCE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO NOT WANTING TO CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL PREMIUM TO THE GOLF CART, WANTING TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PLAY GOLF WITHOUT MAKING THEM PAY MORE, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS. BUT IT'S COSTING THE REST OF THE TAXPAYERS.

ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT EXTRA TIME SLOT OPEN, YOU DON'T HAVE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A CART. SO WE CAN DEFINITELY YES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GREAT COUNCILMAN I WOULD MAKE ON THAT BACK WHEN I USED TO PLAY GOLF. BEFORE GOUGH LEFT ME, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THERE WERE TIMES THAT, OF COURSE, IT WASN'T IT NECESSARY AT THIS CLUB, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU MIGHT SHOW UP EARLY AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE.

YES. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD BE YOU'D HAVE TO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF POLICY THAT IF NOBODY'S THERE TO TO JOIN YOU, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULDN'T FOR SOMEBODY TO PAY DOUBLE FOR THE. YES. IF THERE'S NOT ANYBODY THERE, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

BUT IF THERE'S TWO PEOPLE ON IT, ON A WHOLE, THEY SHOULD BE SHARING A GOLF CART THAT YOU CAN WORK OUT. YES, SIR.

YOU HAVE THE OPTION. EXTRAS COST MR. BAUKNIGHT SUGGESTED.

ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE WE GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE ONE LAST BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT'S PART OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THAT'S RELATED TO THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT.

AND SO DARRELL WAS BURIED THAT.

THAT EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE, THE MAYOR BROUGHT THIS UP NOW.

IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS BACK AFTER MEETING WITH TECH START THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE. AND SO MYSELF AND KATY AND SOME OTHERS HAVE PITCHED IN TO TRY AND COME UP WITH WHERE THIS WAS AND FIND IT AND GET WITH TECH, START AND START WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH AND I'M I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT KIND OF REPEAT THEMSELVES, BUT THERE'S A REASON ON THIS SLIDE.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO WHERE THE PROJECTED WORK WOULD BE.

THIS IS WOULD BE THE ALL FOUR CORNERS AT NOVARRO AND LOOP FOR SIXTY THREE AND ALL FOUR CORNERS AT JOHN SCOTT BAUER AND LOOP FOR SIXTY THREE.

NOW THE REASON I WANTED TO PULL THIS UP, YOU'LL SEE THE LITTLE SQUIGGLY LINES, KIND OF THE LITTLE CIRCLES IN THERE.

THOSE ARE TREES THAT ARE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD TO THIS PROJECT.

AND THERE JUST WASN'T ANOTHER GOOD PLACE WHERE I COULD SHOW YOU WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT TREES WOULD BE. SO THIS OVERVIEW HERE EXPLAINS WHERE WE WOULD BE PUTTING THE FLOWER BEDS, AND SO LET ME KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE YELLOW, CURVED HALF CIRCLES THAT YOU SEE THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ERASED FLOWER BED MADE OF WHITE STONE THAT WOULD MATCH OUR ENTRYWAY SIGNS THAT WE HAVE ALL AROUND VICTORIA.

SO THEY WOULD BE RAISED, THEY WOULD CONTAIN NATIVE PLANTS, TEXAS NATIVE PLANTS AND SOME PERENNIAL PLANTS THAT MY STAFF WOULD PUT IN EACH SPRING AND EACH FALL TO ADD COLOR, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE NATIVE PLANTS ARE JUST GREEN.

THE BEDS, YOU SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT NAVARRO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHEN WE GO THE NEXT ONE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT NAVARRO, YOU'LL SEE THE TWO BEDS THAT ARE THERE, THE TWO CURRENT BEDS THAT WE HAVE, THOSE WILL REMAIN LEVEL BEDS.

NOW, THEY'LL BE OUTLINED IN CONCRETE JUST AS THEY ARE NOW, BUT THEY'LL REMAIN JUST LEVEL FLATBEDS KIND OF AT AN ANGLE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, BUT NOT RAISED LIKE THE OTHER TWO.

AND SO ON THE NOVARRO INTERSECTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE BEDS TO LOWERED BEDS.

WE KIND OF WENT WITH THIS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE TWO BEDS.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO MOVE THINGS AROUND.

IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN WE MOVE TO THE JOHN STOP BY OUR INTERSECTION.

AND THE REASON IT IS IS BECAUSE WORKING WITH TECH START IN THE WAY TRAFFIC PULLS UP TO THOSE LIGHT. SO IF YOU NOTICE, COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH ON JOHN SCOTT BAUER IS YOU GET TO

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BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE LOWER BED DUE TO TRAFFIC IF YOU LOOK TO YOUR LEFT.

SAME THING COMING OUT OF THE MALL.

WE LOOKED AT KIND OF THE WAY THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS, WHO'S SETTING IT, WHAT LIGHTS.

AND SO WE ARRANGED THE BEDS TO GET THE BEST VIEW.

WHEN YOU'RE SETTING UP THOSE LIGHTS OR WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN ON COMING DOWN OFF OF THE LOOP AT THE EXIT RAMP OR GOING BACK ONTO THE LOOP AT THE OTHER EXIT RAMP.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RACE FLOWER BEDS, WE'RE NOT TALKING FOUR FOOT TALL, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. THIS IS I TOOK THIS PICTURE YESTERDAY.

I'M SORRY. IT'S KIND OF GLOOMY LOOKING, BUT IT WAS KIND OF RAINING WHEN I WAS OUT THERE.

BUT IT WON'T HAVE THE RED BRICK AT TOP.

THIS IS MORE OF AN EXAMPLE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE BED AND KIND OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE THE NATIVE PLANTS IN THE BACK, BUT WE OURS WOULD BE MULCHED AND WOULD HAVE PERENNIALS IN THE FRONT. SO YOU'RE WE'D HAVE YOUR YOUR DIFFERENT COLORING FLOWERS ALL YEAR LIKE WE DO IN THE CURRENT TWO BEDS ON NOVARRO NOW TO MAKE THEM LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE.

THIS IS THE FLAT BED AT NOVARRO BEFORE THE FREEZE ACTUALLY DOES NOT LOOK THAT BAD AFTER THE FREEZE, THAT ONE DID VERY WELL.

I THINK THE THE OVERPASS BLOCK THAT NORTH WIND AND REALLY HELPED IT OUT QUITE A BIT.

SO THE FLAT BEDS WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE COLORED PERENNIALS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT WE WOULD PUT AT THE FRONT OF THE RACE BEDS AS WELL.

THE TREES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, THE PLANTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, THAT THE STATE WOULD PUT IN WILL ALL BE TEXAS NATIVE TREES.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT KINDS OF OAKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME FRUIT TREES AS WELL.

AND WHEN I SAY FRUIT TREES, I'M NOT TALKING LIKE SO MUCH ORANGE TREES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE TALKING LIKE A WALNUT OF DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS AN EXAMPLE IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET, THERE WAS AN EXAMPLE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT.

I THINK IT WAS GRAPEVINE.

BUT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS AND THE REASON THAT KIND OF PICKS BASTROP IS BECAUSE ACTUALLY JASON WAS IN BASTROP WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS DONE AND SO THAT THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.

THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL TEXT PROJECT AT BASTROP.

AND THEN THEY CAME IN KIND OF WITH THE GREEN RIBBON MONEY AND TURNED IT INTO THAT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

THAT'S THE RACE BEDS.

THAT'S THE NATIVE TREES.

IT IT MAKES A HUGE IMPACT ON AN AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS I GO BACK TO WHAT IT ORIGINALLY LOOKED LIKE. AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY GO A LONG WAY TO BEAUTIFY THOSE FOUR INTERSECTIONS OR TWO INTERSECTIONS, BUT ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE TWO INTERSECTIONS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT FUNDING.

THIS IS AND THERE IS NO CITY MATCH REQUIRED FOR THIS.

OK, I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

BUT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, WE THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO SOME EXTRA THINGS AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT THERE'S THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. TECH STOCK FUNDS THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE TO US TO DO THIS PROJECT.

THE CITY, A VICTORIOUS PORTION AS WE HAVE THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T HAVE THE PLANS.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THE DESIGN.

WE HAD A MEETING, I GUESS, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE DESIGN THIS WEEK. BUT DUE TO THE STORM, THEY DIDN'T WORK.

SO WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND.

OTHERWISE I'D HAVE THEIR DESIGN TO SHOW YOU.

BUT OUR PORTION AT THAT POINT WAS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE CITY.

NOW, WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT A CONTINGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COVER IT.

AND SO THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SEEKING IS A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO THE TOTAL PROJECT WOULD BE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.

I'M GOING TO STEP ASIDE FOR A MINUTE AND LET LESLIE TALK ABOUT WHERE I'D COME FROM.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SO AS ISRAEL HAD MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY WOULD BE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARD THE PROJECT.

THIS MONEY WOULD COME FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE.

AND THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL 2001, THE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND IS PROJECTED TO HAVE AN EXCESS WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE OF ABOUT TWO POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ABOVE ITS THREE MONTH REQUIREMENT. I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR THAT SO CONTRIBUTIONS, SO TECH STARTS DESIGNING THE PROJECT.

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WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE.

THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THEY'LL DO, BUT THEY WILL DESIGN, THEY'LL BID, THEY'LL OVERSEE THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTAIN IT FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS.

WE'RE JUST KIND OF ON THE SIDELINES.

THEN WE'LL ADD IN OUR PLANTS IN THE SPRING AND FALL.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING KEEPS GROWING, BUT THEY'LL MAINTAIN IT FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS. THE CITY'S PART, THE LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOLAR LIGHTING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT NIGHT YOU CAN SEE THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING SOME SIGNAGE ON THERE AS WELL.

IRRIGATION. WE WANT TO RUN DRIP IRRIGATION, NOT SPRINKLERS.

WE WANT TO BE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ON WATER USAGE.

PLUS, WE'VE TRIED REGULAR IRRIGATION SPRAY IRRIGATION ON THE LOOP BEFORE AND IT KEEPS GETTING RUN OVER BY CONTRACTORS.

AND SO DRIP IS THE WAY TO GO TO KEEP THE TREES AND THE FLOWER BEDS ALIVE.

THE STONEWORK, YOU KNOW, THEY LOOKED AT BRICK.

WE'VE ASKED THEM TO MOVE TO STONE SO THAT WE CAN MATCH THE ENTRYWAY SIGNS.

WE'VE GOT, COURSE, OF HAVING AN ENTRYWAY SIGN ON THAT CORRIDOR.

AND SO THE STONE WILL MATCH THE SIGN, WHICH MATCHES THE OTHER SIGNS AROUND TOWN.

AND THEN WE ASSUME ALL MAINTENANCE OF ALL THE FLOWER BEDS AND RAISED BEDS AFTER THE THREE YEARS WHICH WOULD FALL INTO MY DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE DEPARTMENT.

SO THE TIMELINE, WE HOPE TO HAVE A CONTRACT BACK TO YOU BY MAY 1ST.

WE HOPE TO HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST.

THEY WOULD LET THE PROJECT IN OCTOBER IN OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION DATE WOULD BE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR AND TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT DOES THAT MEAN BY MAINTENANCE SO THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THE BEDS, THEY WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE TREES AND THE PLANTS ARE GROWING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAINTAIN THE WATER SYSTEM BECAUSE WE PUT THE WATER SYSTEM IN.

WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WATER SYSTEM.

THEY WOULD MAKE SURE THE MULCHING STUFF IS THERE AND THAT WE HAD LIVE PLANTS FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS THAT SEMIANNUAL.

SEMIANNUAL AUTOPSY.

I'M SORRY FOR TEXAS MAINTENANCE SEMIANNUALLY.

YEAH, YEAH, PROBABLY THERE TWICE A YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WE WOULD MAKE SURE IT LOOKS GOOD ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IF TECH STOCKS NOT COVERING IT, WE WOULD, BUT THAT WE WOULD GO BACK TO TECH, START FIRST AND REQUIRE THEM OR ASK THEM TO DO THEIR WORK, MAYBE LIKE THE TREES.

IF THE TREES DON'T MAKE IT IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS, WOULD THEY REPLACE THOSE, JASON, SO MEAN. YES, MA'AM, THEY TYPICALLY DO THE THREE YEARS IS IS MORE OF A WARRANTY, IF YOU WILL, TREE SPECIES, ET CETERA.

AND I WOULD SURE LIKE TO SEE THIS AREA A LOT EASIER FOR US TO MOUNT.

SINCE WE'RE DOING IT MORE THAN THEY ARE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CLEANING OF THE OVERPASSES? YES, SIR.

I ACTUALLY TALKED TO TECH START AND I FILLED THE CITY MANAGER.

AND I THINK WHAT'S ABOUT A MONTH AGO THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THAT PUT OUT TO BID VERY SHORTLY. WELL, I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF VICTORIA WHEN THEY COME THROUGH, AND IF WE DON'T PUT A GOOD FOOT FORWARD, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET RECOGNIZED.

AND IN THE SCHEME OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO, I THINK THAT'S A VERY REASONABLE EXPENDITURE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE, TOO, THAT THIS THIS TIMELINE AND EVERYTHING WAS SET ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN WE HAD OUR CALL BEFORE THE FREEZE.

SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES.

WE TALKED ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.

THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN PRICE.

I DON'T EXPECT IT TO COME IN FOR US OVER THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND.

BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL ENGINEER BID FROM THEM YET.

SO WHEN I COME BACK WITH THE CONTRACT, IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT IT SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TYING EVERYTHING TOGETHER, THE TRYING TO GET THE STONE, WHICH WOULD THEN MATCH THE STORY OF 10 FRIENDS, WHICH LOOKS WONDERFUL AND I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT UNITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

YES, MAN, THAT WAS OUR GOAL.

AND I DO WANT TO JUST.

I GUESS REMIND EVERYONE OR JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT KATIE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS

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AND SO THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE TIME COMMITMENT TO LOOK AT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT HER INVOLVEMENT BEHIND THE SCENES AS IT RELATES TO THAT. THANK YOU.

BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING THAT POSITION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MORE GRANT SUCH AS THIS ONE.

AND JASON HAS HELPED QUITE A BIT.

HE'S BEEN OUT ON THE CALLS AS WELL.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK TAKE SCOTT FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO INVEST IN VICTORIA AND BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS AVAILABLE.

AND SO MY HAT'S OFF TO THEM AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR MCCOY.

MAY I STATE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM SOLIZ DID JOIN THE MEETING, WE ASSUME, AT 534 DURING THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND WE'LL BE VOTING.

OK, VERY GOOD. NOW YOU CAN OPEN THE AREA.

SO I WILL.

NOW, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMAN ONE, I WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. AND ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE THREE ITEMS, PLEASE STEP FORWARD NOW. SEE, NO ONE HERE MR. FOOD, IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE? SEEING THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

AND MOVE, WE ADOPT ITEM C TO A SECOND, ALL WE HAVE EMOTIONAL SECOND ON ITEM C TWO, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YOUNG NOT OUR CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I O SAME SIDE.

WE GET MS. RELEASES.

YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT JAMES MR. MAYOR, A KIND OF A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, MAYBE I DON'T HANDLE CHANGE WELL OR DIFFERENT TOPICS, BUT I WAS CURIOUS WHY WE COMBINED ALL THREE OF THESE TOGETHER.

I MEAN, YES, THEY ARE ALL BUDGET AMENDMENTS, BUT THEY WERE THE PROJECTS ARE SO DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. THAT WAS THAT WAS MY DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE THEM INTO ONE BUDGET AMENDMENT SIMPLY FOR SIMPLICITY'S SAKE.

I ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO DO IT THAT WAY.

OK, BUT HAPPY TO NOT DO THAT AGAIN.

I DON'T KNOW. I PREFER TO BE SEPARATE.

I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SEPARATE BECAUSE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONTROVERSIAL AND I'D RATHER BE ABLE TO VOTE ON TWO OUT OF THREE.

SURE, NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL LONGORIA SO TECHNICALLY YOU STILL DO THAT, BUT IT'D BE EASIER IF IT WAS SEVERAL THAT HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO STRIKE ONE OF THEM.

BUT NOW.

FAIR ENOUGH. NOTED. WELL, I'M HAPPY TO SEPARATE.

EVEN IF WE DO SEPARATE, I THINK WE COULD PRESENT IT LIKE WE DID THE ITEM.

WE LET COUNCIL DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO MAKE THEM ALL IN ONE OR SINGULAR, YOU KNOW.

FAIR ENOUGH. NOTED. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? ALL RIGHT, THAT WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE CONCERN AGENDA, PLEASE.

[D. Consent Agenda:]

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS SECOND TO MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AY AY AY AY.

OK, WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM, HILBRICH.

YES, SIR, IT'S MY ITEM AS WELL.

AND SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE PARKS COMMISSION THAT WE NEED TO DO.

[1. Appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission. April Hilbrich, Ci...]

AND HER TERM WOULD END ON SEPTEMBER 30TH OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE, SO IT'S JUST A BRIEF APPOINTMENT HERE TO FILL THAT VACANCY.

BUT THE APPOINTEE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE TWO ADDITIONAL THREE YEAR TERMS AND APPLICATIONS OR BALLOTS, RATHER, WERE LAID ON YOUR ON THE DAIS FOR EACH OF YOU TO VOTE.

WE HAD THREE APPLICANTS, BRIAN BILLINGSLEY, TIM HORNBACK AND BENJAMIN SMITH.

AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE BALLOTS AS COUNCIL CANNOT VOTE BY SECRET BALLOT AND PLACE A NUMBER ONE ON THE BALLOT TO INDICATE THIS IS THE FIRST VOTE FOR FULL CIRCLE, ONE OF THE NAMES ON THE LIST AND ANGELINA WILL COLLECT THE BALLOTS AND WE WILL TALLY THE VOTES. THE BALLOTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN MY OFFICE AS WELL.

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THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING LATELY ON ALL OF THESE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS, IT JUST IT JUST IS REALLY ASTOUNDING, I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND HAVE SUCH A GOOD RESUME.

SO IT'S LIKE I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THEM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE VOTE IS.

THE MINUTE YOUR NAME, EVEN IF YOU IF YOU'RE NOT APPOINTED TONIGHT, CONTINUE, PLEASE SUBMIT IN YOUR NAME. EVERYBODY IS JUST LIKE QUALIFIED.

WE HAD TO ASK, SEE.

GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE VOTES TO BE TEXTED IN FROM THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBER THAT ARE JOINING US, VIRTUALLY VERY SOPHISTICATED PROCESS TO REACH THEM TOMORROW.

ARE WE SURE THAT THOSE AREN'T HACKED? NO COMMENT.

OK, SO THE VOTES CAME IN WITH MR BILLINGSLEY GETTING THE MOST VOTES, SO HE WOULD BE HIS NAME WOULD BE PLACED IN THE RESOLUTION TO BE APPOINTED TO THE PARKS COMMISSION.

I MOVE, WE APPOINT BRIAN BILLINGSLEY TO THE VACANT POSITION FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, SECOND AND EMOTION AND SECOND POINT, MR BILLINGSLEY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? REYNA NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE OF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AY AY.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON INTO THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS.

[1. Presentation of the 2020 Annual Report for the Victoria Fire Departmen...]

WE PRACTICALLY RECEIVED A BONUS ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE GOLF COURSE EARLIER.

SO BONUS ANNUAL REPORT FOR YOU TONIGHT.

BUT IN ANY CASE, THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED DEPARTMENTS, WHICH FOR US, OF COURSE, IS FIRE, POLICE IN COURT.

AND SO WE'LL TAKE THEM UP ONE AT A TIME AND WE'LL KICK OFF WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AND AS I WAS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, MY CONSCIENCE GOT THE BEST OF ME. SO DON'T GET MAD AT ME IF YOU'RE IN DANGER.

IF YOU CAN'T FIND HIS REPORT, BECAUSE I HID IT UNDER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT ANYWAY.

WELL, THANKS. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT OUR TWENTY 20 ANNUAL REPORT.

IT'S MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE GET TO BRAG AND HIGHLIGHT ALL THE GREAT WORK OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS OPPORTUNITY.

GOT TO DO WITH MY RIGHT HAND, BUT I'M A LEFTY.

YOU KNOW, THIS ANDREW REPORTS, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST, JUST LIKE 20, 20 WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE UNPRECEDENTED MAJOR EVENTS THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN TWENTY TWENTY, THIS NEWFOUND PURPOSE WE FOUND OURSELVES IN AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND TO CLEAR A CLEAR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. AND OUR NEWFOUND PURPOSE WE FOUND OURSELVES IN WAS THIS PANDEMIC RESPONSE OR THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT OR THE GOOD THING, I WON'T SAY WE WERE READY FOR A PANDEMIC RESPONSE, BUT WE'RE WE'RE POISED TO RESPOND BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN THINKING THAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND START LOOKING AT THINGS WITH LIKE OUR COMMUNITY MEDICINE PROGRAM. IT REALLY SET US UP WELL TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY FOR THIS PANDEMIC.

AND WE WE'RE STILL KNEE DEEP IN THIS PANDEMIC.

SO I WANTED TO LOOK BACK AT TWENTY TWENTY AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.

WE FORGET ABOUT THOSE AND LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

AND ONE OF THOSE FIRST THINGS WAS EARLY ACTION.

EARLY IN FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH, WE TOOK THIS ENORMOUS STEP OR THIS DIFFICULT STEP OF THIS RIGOROUS DAILY SCREENING.

IMAGINE A FIREFIGHTER PEEKING HIS HEAD OUT THE DOOR WHEN THE ONCOMING SHIFTS COMING ON AND POINTING A LASER AT THE MONITOR AT HIM AND SAYING, OK, WHAT'S YOUR TEMPERATURE? LET ME ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.

AND IT WAS JUST THIS VERY WEIRD, ODD THING THAT WE HAD TO CREATE TO MAKE SURE TO PROTECT OUR WORKFORCE. AND IT WORKED.

IT WORKED VERY WELL, WORKED SO WELL THAT WHEN THIS PANDEMIC THINGS BEHIND US AND WE GET INTO JUST OUR REGULAR NORMAL FLU SEASON, THAT'S THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO USE BECAUSE WE THINK THAT'LL HELP HELP WITH OUR KEEPING OUR WORKFORCE HEALTHY, ENHANCED PPE POLICIES.

THAT PICTURE UP THERE SAYS IT ALL THE IN NINETY FIVE, THE INFAMOUS AND NINETY FIVE MASK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IN NINETY FIVES, BUT WE HARDLY EVER WORE THEM.

AND NOW WE WOULD PROBABLY FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE ON.

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WE'RE WEARING THESE TO ALL THESE CALLS AND DOING ALL THIS CRAZY DISINFECTING OF THE AMBULANCES. SO THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO KEEP OUR WORKFORCE SAFE.

BUT I THINK THE THING THAT WAS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL OR IMPORTANT OR THAT HELPED US PROTECT OUR WORKFORCE THE BEST WAS OUR VERY AGGRESSIVE CONTACT TRACING THAT WAS PERFORMED BY OUR EMS CHIEF.

AND TO THIS DAY, I JUST GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM THE DAY HE'S STILL AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS CONTACT TRACING. AND THAT REALLY ALLOWED US TO KEEP OUR FOLKS FROM COMING TO WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM WORK.

AND IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO QUICKLY BRING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK SO WE COULD SUPPORT OUR WORKFORCE. AND HATS OFF GOES GOES TO MS., MARTHILJOHNI AND THE H.R.

TEAM. VERY EARLY ON IN THIS PANDEMIC, WHEN TESTING CAPABILITIES WERE VERY LIMITED, THEY MADE THE WISE DECISION TO BUY SOME TEST AND WE WERE ABLE TO TEST OUR OWN PEOPLE.

SO THAT HELPED US GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK OR EXCLUDE PEOPLE FROM WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THAT EARLY ACTION WAS CRITICAL IN OUR RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO FAST FORWARD FROM THAT TO ABOUT JUNE, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

WE GET THIS ODD AND STRANGE REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNOR FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO TEST ALL NURSING HOME RESIDENTS FOR COVID-19.

AND I WAS FLOORED WHEN WE GOT THAT REQUEST, QUITE FRANKLY.

BUT OUR MEMBERS SAID, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHAT THE HECK, WE CAN DO IT.

WE'RE FIREFIGHTERS, WE CAN DO ANYTHING.

SO WE QUICKLY PUT TOGETHER A REGIONAL TASK FORCE AND WE QUICKLY TESTED WITHIN A MATTER OF TWO WEEKS, OVER A THOUSAND NURSING HOME RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY A VICTORY COUNTY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. AND IT WAS JUST AN OUTSTANDING EFFORT AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF REGIONAL COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK.

SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT EFFORT.

AND THEN IN LATE JUNE, LATE DECEMBER, THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ONE OF THE FEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR ONE OF THE FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE. AND WE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN VACCINATING ALL FIRST RESPONDERS AND ESSENTIAL STAFF FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND ACCOUNTING OF VICTORIA.

AND AS YOU KNOW, TODAY, WE CONTINUE TO PLAY A BIG ROLE AND OUR COVID COVID-19 VACCINE EFFORT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE TODAY WE HAVE PROBABLY VACCINATED A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR OR EARLY FEBRUARY WAS VACCINATING OUR HOMEBOUND SENIORS.

AND TODAY WE VACCINATED PROBABLY OVER THREE HUNDRED HOMEBOUND SENIORS.

AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MONTH AND HOPEFULLY GET WELL OVER A THOUSAND HOMEBOUND SENIORS VACCINATED.

SO THAT'S OUR GOAL.

AND THAT'S KIND OF OUR OUR NEW PURPOSE, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE FOUND OURSELVES IN AT TWENTY TWENTY. AND I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THIS.

I WISH I DID. I'M KICKING MYSELF.

BUT ONE OF THE OTHER NEW NEW-FOUND PURPOSES WE FOUND OURSELVES IN AND WE ALL REMEMBER THIS WAS THE SOCIAL CHANGE AND THESE MARCHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT WE HAD THAT IN VICTORIA AND OURS, I THINK, WAS THE SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND DOES A MARCH.

AND IN THE HOT DAYS OF THE SUMMER, WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROTECTING THOSE PEOPLE AND PROTECTING THOSE CITIZENS.

AND WE WERE VERY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND THAT THE COMMUNITY TRUSTEE.

IT HAS TO BE THERE FOR THEM DURING THAT TIME, SO, YOU KNOW, TO TWO SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, ALL IN TWENTY TWENTY AND YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH THE WINTER WEATHER EVENT AT US.

I HOPE THAT'S IT FOR TWENTY, TWENTY ONE.

AND THE REST IS DRAMA FREE.

YOU KNOW, ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS, I THINK, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 20, 20 WAS OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND IT STARTED OUT THE FIRST KIND OF CHANGE WAS WE NO LONGER COULD DO TRUCK SHOWS WHERE WE'D HAVE KIDS COME TO THE FIRE STATION OR WE WOULD TAKE FIRE TRUCKS TO SCHOOLS.

WE JUST COULDN'T DO IT. WE COULDN'T RISK RISK PUTTING OUR WORKFORCE IN JEOPARDY.

SO SOME ONE DAY SOMEBODY CALLED, SAID, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU DO IT? DO A PARADE FOR MY FOR MY KIDS, WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS IT TODAY? AND WE'RE LIKE, SURE, WE'LL TRY IT.

LO AND BEHOLD, WE GOT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF REQUESTS, ALL PUBLIC SAFETY FOUND A WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PARADES.

AND THAT'S HOW WE ENGAGED OUR COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY.

IT WAS IT WAS QUITE DIFFERENT.

IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT, BUT VERY SUCCESSFUL AND A WAY TO KEEP US CONNECTED WITH OUR PUBLIC AND OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOW THEM THAT WE'RE THERE FOR THEM AND WE SUPPORT THEM.

WE ALSO KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH REALM.

WE DID OUR FIRST FLU CLINIC.

YOU KNOW, FIRE DEPARTMENTS TYPICALLY DON'T DO THAT.

AND WE HELD OUR FIRST FREE FLU CLINIC FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO VACCINATE OVER ONE HUNDRED HOMELESS AND OR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

OUR FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE ALSO CREATED A PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISPOSAL PROGRAM.

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AND THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DUMP IT DOWN THE DRAIN.

KEN GILL WOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT OR WORRY ABOUT KIDS GETTING INTO IT OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM WE IMPLEMENTED IN TWENTY TWENTY THANKS TO MR. EIGHTEEN AND THE SOUTH SIDE CLEAN UP.

HE INVITED US TO SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU COME DO SMOKE DETECTORS OR SOMETHING? AND WE SAID, SHOOT, YEAH, WE'LL JUMP ON THAT.

AND WE DID OVER ONE HUNDRED SMOKE DETECTORS IN THAT ONE DAY AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT WAS MORE THAN WE DID THE WHOLE YEAR IN TWENTY NINETEEN.

SO THAT THANKS TO MR. AT THE END, THAT WHOLE PROGRAM IS KIND OF GOING TO BE OUR PLATFORM MOVING FORWARD.

IS DOING THESE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS OR THESE NEIGHBORHOOD CAMPUSES TO INSTALL SMOKE DETECTORS. ONLY KEY NOW IS GETTING THE FUNDS TO BUY THOSE DETECTORS THROUGH GRANTS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, WE THINK, AND FIRE SAFETY IN OUR FIRE SAFETY INITIATIVES, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING FROM GOING ELIMINATE STAND'S OR RESCUING KIDS FROM A SNAKE OR RESCUING A SNAKE FROM SOME KIDS DAILY PLAZA.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE THERE TO DO THAT IN TWENTY TWENTY TO HELP SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT OUR DATA, WE HAD OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND CALLS.

ELEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY ONE, TO BE EXACT.

THAT'S THREE PERCENT MORE THAN 20, 19, ABOUT 20 PERCENT OR TWENTY THREE HUNDRED OF THOSE CALLS WERE IN THE COUNTY. WE CONTINUE TO SEE A DECLINE IN STRUCTURE FIRES POST HARVEY HARP THAT YEAR OF HARVEY WAS OUR PEAK AND THE YEAR AFTER BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES. SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE A DECLINE IN STRUCTURE, FIRES AND MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, NO DOUBT, OBVIOUSLY UP DUE TO COVID AND DIFFERENT THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND 20 20.

SO WE SAW A PRETTY GOOD INCREASE FROM ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER SEVEN THOUSAND TO ALMOST EIGHT THOUSAND AND TWENTY TWENTY.

AND ANOTHER BIG KEY THING FOR US, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBERS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IS OUR LIFT ASSIST CALLS.

WE STILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN TWENTY 20, OUR FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM WAS KIND OF PUT ON THE BACK BURNER BECAUSE WE JUST WE WERE SCARED TO GO INTO THOSE HOMES AND POTENTIALLY SPREAD COVID OR SPREAD GOING INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT BACK UP AND RUNNING AND HELP THOSE PEOPLE GET THE APPROPRIATE SERVICES THEY NEED.

ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, THEY FOUND A NEW PURPOSE AS WELL.

MENTIONED THAT THEY INSTALL OVER ONE HUNDRED SMOKE DETECTORS DURING THAT ONE DAY EVENT.

THEY ALSO FIGURED OUT A WAY TO CONDUCT OVER TWO THOUSAND COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS DURING THIS CRAZY TIME.

THEY ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, WERE PROVIDING LOGISTICAL AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR OUR REGIONAL COVID-19 RESPONSE, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL MEDICAL OPERATION CENTER, THOUGH, HELPING GET ALL THE IN NINETY FIVE MASK AND THE SHIELDS AND ALL THAT STUFF HELP.

THEY'RE HELPING DISTRIBUTE THAT AND ORGANIZING THAT FOR NOT JUST VICTORIA COUNTY, BUT OUR REGION. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ARTEX DISPOSAL PROGRAM, ONE OF THE REALLY BIG THINGS THAT I'M SUPER PROUD OF THEM AND THIS IS THEIR NEW PURPOSE IS THEY USE THEIR FIRE INSPECTION SKILLS TO CREATE THIS COVID-19 BUSINESS COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE.

AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE REALLY PUSHED THIS TASK FORCE TO GO OUT AND BE AGGRESSIVE AND NOT BE AGGRESSIVE WITH COMPLIANCE, BUT BE AGGRESSIVE WITH EDUCATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY REALLY DID.

IT WAS GO OUT AND BE AGGRESSIVE WITH EDUCATION AND REALLY HELP THOSE BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE ORDERS MEANT AND HOW IT APPLIED AND HOW THEY COULD HELP THEIR BUSINESSES DURING THE CURRENT CRISIS.

AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

AND WITH ALL THAT SAID, THEY ALSO DID FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GRANTS AND 20, 20. SO THE GREAT JOB FOR FARMERS OFFICE.

PERFORMANCE DATA. REAL QUICK.

YOU KNOW, OUR RESPONSE TIMES AND OUR DISPATCH TIMES STILL LOOK GREAT.

OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME IS FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES.

THAT'S OUTSTANDING FOR EMERGENCY IN A PARTICULAR DISTRICT.

AND THESE ARE TIMES WITHIN THE CITY.

WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE STATION REALLY QUICK IN 60 SECONDS.

AND OUR DISPATCH TURNED DOWN NUMBER ONE CENTER.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THAT INFORMATION IN AND THEN GETTING OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN GET TO THE SCENE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

SO IT'S A GREAT TEAM EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON SCENE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN RENDER THAT SERVICE WE NEED.

AND A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, REVENUES, PROBABLY NOT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING YOU SEE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE DATA, BUT WE WANT TO SHOW THE PERFORMANCE OF SOME PROGRAMS. THERE'S SOME THINGS WE'VE WE IMPLEMENTED IN TWENTY TWENTY LATE IN TWENTY NINETEEN, WE INCREASED OUR EMS FEES SLIGHTLY TO TO ALIGN WITH THE MARKET.

AND THAT INCREASE GENERATED OVER TWO HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO THERE'S A GREAT THERE'S A GREAT INCREASE TO OUR EMS REVENUE.

WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED IN TWENTY, TWENTY, EARLY TWENTY TWENTY IN FEBRUARY A BILLING SYSTEM

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AND THAT'S IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT'S THE SYSTEM WHERE WE ONLY BILL IF THE MOTOR VEHICLE, THE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE HAS INSURANCE, WE BUILD THE INSURANCE COMPANY, WE DON'T BUILD THE INDIVIDUAL. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GENERATE IN LESS THAN A FULL TWELVE MONTHS, FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF THAT PROGRAM.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM THAT PROGRAM.

AND THEN LASTLY, OUR FIRE ACADEMY, WE WERE CURRENTLY IN OUR FOURTH PUBLIC FIRE ACADEMY.

AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT THE WAY WHEN WE RESTRUCTURED OUR ORGANIZATION, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FIRE ACADEMY AT A MUCH LOWER COST EMPLOYEE COST TO THE PUBLIC.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REVENUE AND FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ON HAND THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP MAINTAIN OUR TRAINING FACILITY.

AND THAT NOT ONLY BENEFITS THE FIRE ACADEMY, BUT BENEFITS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO A FIVE YEAR INSPECTION OF OUR DRILL TOWER. THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF THIS ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO OUR FIRE ACADEMY IS DONE AS NOT ONLY PROVIDE US A LOT OF STAFF, BUT IT'S ALSO HELPED US GENERATE SOME REVENUE TO MAINTAIN OUR TRAINING FACILITY.

AND LASTLY, OUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

TWENTY, THIRTY FIVE IS TO MAINTAIN THAT ISO CLASSIFICATION OF A TWO OR BETTER.

AND THAT'S OUR GOAL.

AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF IDENTIFIED IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND WE UNDERTOOK AND ISO EVALUATION AND REVIEW AND 20, 20 AND THE SCOTT RESULTS.

AND IT KIND OF ALSO PROVIDED US A MASTER PLAN FOR 20, 30 OR IN TWENTY, THIRTY FIVE.

BASICALLY DURING THE SURVEY, THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT OUR WATER SYSTEM, NO SURPRISE, SCORED ALMOST PERFECT.

NO CHANGES WERE NEEDED TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS.

YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE PLAN AND PUBLIC WORKS DEVELOPS A WATER SYSTEM OUT IS RIGHT ON TRACK AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THIS.

AND WE ALWAYS GET ALMOST FOUR POINTS FOR OUR WATER SYSTEM.

OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE NOW IN ONE CENTER.

ALSO RECEIVED ALMOST A PERFECT SCORE.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE PUT YOU WONDER WHY WE DO SO MUCH SOFTWARE AND SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NINE ONE SYSTEM IS BECAUSE OF THIS ISO EVALUATION.

THAT SOFTWARE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE STAFFING ALL REQUIRE ARE ALL REQUIRED BY ISO TO GET THAT FULL, FULL POINT ACCREDITED AND FIRE RESPONSE.

WE SCORED WELL, WE SCORED BETTER THAN WE DID IN 2010.

BUT THE REPORT INDICATED A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS KIND OF LEADS TO THE FIRE STATION MASTER PLAN TO MAINTAIN OUR ISO TO OUR ASSET CLASS TO RATING.

WE NEED TO ADD A SEVENTH FIRE STATION AND GET THAT TO POP UP HERE.

AND RELOCATE STATION FIVE FROM ZAKYNTHOS PARKWAY DOWN TO MAIN STREET AND THEN POTENTIALLY DEPENDING ON GROWTH AND HOW GROWTH HAPPENS, ADDING A STATION TO THE NORTHWEST OUT EIGHTY SEVEN, ONCE AGAIN, THAT'LL BE DEPENDENT ON GROWTH AND HOW FAST THINGS GROW AND ANNEXATION. THE OTHER AREA THAT THEY INDICATED THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON IS THAT THAT LITTLE CORNER TRIANGLE, IF YOU WILL, OF PAULA BACK A HIGHWAY AND SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH RENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE SOME MORE GROWTH IN THAT AREA, WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT HAVING A FIRE STATION THERE.

ALSO, THE REPORT INDICATED THAT POTENTIALLY ADDING EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY FOUR FIREFIGHTERS WOULD HELP US GET TO THAT CLASS ONE OR MAINTAIN OUR CLASS TWO.

SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR MASTER PLAN, IF YOU WILL, OF FIRE STATIONS FOR THE NEXT 10, 15 YEARS. AND CHEAP FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE ISO RATING.

CAN YOU BRIEFLY, 30 SECONDS OR LESS SPEAK ABOUT THE VALUE THAT THAT RATING BRINGS TO HOMEOWNERS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE ISO RATING IS A FIXED PROPERTY, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL INSURANCE, VALUES OR COST. AND THE LOWER OUR SCORE IS ONE BEING THE BEST.

AND WE ARE TWO. WE GOT RATED A TWO THAT KEEPS OUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS AT THEIR LOWEST.

THAT'S THE GREAT VALUE THERE OF HAVING ISO CLASS TWO RATING.

THE OTHER HUGE BENEFIT AND I DIDN'T GO OUT TOO MUCH IN THIS REPORT IS THAT IT'S A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER HAVING THAT CLASS TO SELL TO PEOPLE LIKE CATERPILLAR AND OTHER INDUSTRIES LIKE, HEY, THERE, A FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM IS IS GREAT.

WE CAN CHECK THAT BOX AND MOVE ON.

AND IT'S A GREAT COMPETITION TOOL OR TOOL FOR COMPETITION WHEN WE HAVE THE ISO TWO CLASS RATING AND OR ISO ONE CLASS RATING.

THEN ANSWER, YES, THANK YOU.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNSEL MR.

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DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE WAS TWENTY.

TWENTY WAS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR.

AND I TELL YOU WHAT, WE AS A LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION, I FELT LIKE THE CITY OF VICTORIA REALLY STEPPED UP AND TOOK CARE OF ITS STAFF AND REALLY EVERYTHING FROM MAKING SURE THAT THEY COULD SEE THEIR FAMILIES GETTING A HOTEL FOR FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE EXPOSED AND HAD TO QUARANTINE. IT WAS JUST A TREMENDOUS EFFORT BY THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR STAFF DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED EVENT.

AND THANK COUNSEL FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING TWENTY TWENTY.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GO BACK OVER ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE LIKED.

ONE THING YOU SAID.

YES, HE SAID YOU TAKE CARE OF STAFF.

YOU GUYS TAKE CARE, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WAS LAST YEAR THE FIRST YEAR FOR WHOLE BLOODY UNITS ON THE.

YES SIR IT WAS I HAD A LITTLE I DIDN'T MENTION IT BUT YEAH WE GAVE TWENTY TWO WHOLE UNITS OF BLOOD IN THAT FIRST YEAR AND THAT'S A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS FOR US.

WE'RE WE'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS GOING INTO THAT.

WASN'T QUITE SURE HOW MANY WE WOULD GIVE OUT.

AND I GUESS THE KEY TO THAT IS WE DIDN'T WASTE ANY WASTE, VERY FEW WHOLE UNITS OF BLOOD.

SO THAT VERY PRECIOUS RESOURCE WAS INTO PEOPLE AND SAVING THEIR LIFE.

THAT'S THE OTHER BIG THING, IS THAT IT TRULY WAS SAVING LIVES.

AND WE SAW THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR OWN EYES.

YES. AND YOUR DEPARTMENT WAS ON THE FOREFRONT OF IT ALL THE ONES IN THE STATE DOING IT.

SO THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

COUNTRY, COUNTRY, ONE OF THE FIRST DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

AND THAT DARN CORPUS BEAT US WITH THESE MEALS ON WHEELS VACCINATION THING.

WE WERE JUST RIGHT BEHIND HIM.

YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE GOT A VISIT FROM THE GOVERNOR.

THEY DON'T THEY DON'T CARRY MUCH.

I THOUGHT CORPUS TOOK THE IDEA FROM US.

YEAH, LET'S ROLL WITH THAT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHIEF RATHER THAN THE PROVIDE THE ANNUAL REPORT

[2. Victoria Police Department 2020 Annual Report. Roberto Arredondo, Jr.,...]

I HAD A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

LET ME TELL YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT TODAY.

AS YOU KNOW, I WASN'T HERE VERY LONG IN 2020, BUT I WAS EXCITED TO GET HERE WHEN I DID.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO MY BEST TO POINT OUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR STAFF, POLICE DEPARTMENT, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES DID DURING A VERY UNPRECEDENTED TIME, OBVIOUSLY.

SO WE'LL START WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT TO REDUCE CRIME, TO REDUCE CRIME AND THE FEAR OF CRIME THROUGH OUTSTANDING POLICE SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO JUST I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY SLIDE, BUT I WANTED TO READ THAT BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MISSION STATEMENT WAS OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THE 2020 ANNUAL REPORT.

THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE INCREDIBLE WORK EACH MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT HAS ACCOMPLISHED DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME.

HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, AS YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PRIDES ITSELF IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AS WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT BE VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL SOON OR WE CAN GET BACK TO WHAT IS NORMAL TO US AND ENGAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN PERSON.

BUT UNTIL THEN, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO INSTITUTE, SUCH AS VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE HEAR EVERYONE'S VOICE. AND SO REAL QUICKLY, THE EFFORTS IN COMMUNITY POLICING, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR CORE VALUES.

WE WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE, WORK AND VISIT VICTORIA EVERY DAY AND NIGHT.

AND WE STAND BY THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S A IT'S A GOOD MODEL FOR THE FUTURE.

SO THE SOONER PHOTO YOU'LL SEE, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S US A TARGET FOR OUR HEROES AND HELPERS BLUE SANTA EVENT.

I THOUGHT THE BLUE SANTA EVENT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.

WE WERE ABLE TO AFFECT FIFTY FIVE KIDS POSITIVELY.

THEY WOULD COME IN VERY TIMID AND UNSURE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AN OFFICER WOULD TAKE THEM FOR THEY WOULD TAKE THEM SHOPPING WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE THEIR TARGET AND THEY'D COME IN TIMID AND THEY LEAVE JUST ECSTATIC AND HAPPY.

AND YOU COULD TELL THAT A BOND WAS CREATED IN THAT SHORT TIME THAT THEY WERE SHOPPING

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WE ALSO HAD VARIOUS DONATIONS FROM OTHER ENTITIES.

I DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT THE FACT THAT WE AFFECTED FIFTY FIVE KIDS IN THAT MANNER I THOUGHT WAS JUST HUGE.

AND BEING HERE IN MY FIRST MONTH AND SEEING THAT FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THOUGHT, WOW, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL REPORT, KEY BENCHMARKS.

AND WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH SOME NUMBERS HERE, AND SO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2019, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE DOWN THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN AND IN 2020 THEY WERE NINETY FOUR THOUSAND AND FIVE.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT NUMBER, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A DECREASE, BUT WE DIDN'T.

BUT WE DID HAVE A DECREASE IN STAFF DUE TO SOME COVID ISSUES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN MORE CALLS, OUR RESPONSE TIME SHOULD PRIORITY ONE CAUSE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE, 19 VERSUS 20, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO. THERE WAS ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO TIMES WHEN WE WERE AFFECTED WHERE WE HAD TO QUARANTINE OFFICERS THAT HAD BEEN EXPOSED.

AND SO THAT REDUCED OUR STAFFING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BUT WE STILL MADE IT UNDER OUR SEVEN MINUTE MARK THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN REDUCE THAT A LITTLE FURTHER AS WE MOVE INTO 2021.

BUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO STAY BELOW OUR GOAL IS A CREDIT TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THEIR EFFORTS, CLASS ONE CRIMES WERE DECREASED BY EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT VERSUS TWENTY NINETEEN CLASS TWO CRIMES.

WE HAD A DECREASE OF A LITTLE OVER 10 PERCENT, ALMOST 11 PERCENT VERSUS TWENTY 19.

WE DID ALL THAT WHILE AGAIN HAVING ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO INSTANCES WHERE WE WERE AFFECTED BY COVID.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE REPORT CRIME, AND I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER THIS MORNING OR LATER THIS AFTERNOON TALKING ABOUT HOW VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF CRIME REPORTING, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.

I THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT I WAS DOING IN DALLAS.

WE WERE NOT QUITE THERE.

AND SO I'VE HAD TO STUDY TO TRY TO GET MYSELF UP TO THE HIGH STANDARD THAT THE VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD SINCE 2011.

AND THAT'S A CREDIT TO THE PRIOR CHIEF AND HIS STAFF FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS.

SO BEAR WITH ME AS I AM STILL TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH HOW WE REPORT CRIME HERE AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEIGHBORS IS IT'S REALLY YOUR MOST ACCURATE OR THE BEST ACCURATE WAY TO REPORT CRIME. SO IN YEARS PAST, YOU COULD FUDGE THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A TIME IN DALLAS WHERE I COME FROM.

THE DALLAS CHIEF GOT IN TROUBLE FOR THE WAY CRIME WAS BEING REPORTED.

AND IT WAS LIKE THAT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHERE NUMBERS WERE BEING FUDGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY WERE TAKING INSTANCES WHERE IN A GROUP SETTING, IF THERE WAS A SHOOTING, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE A VICTIM TO THAT TO THAT OFFENSE.

WHAT THEY WERE DOING IS THEY WERE COUNTING AT ONE TIME INSTEAD OF IF IT WAS A GROUP OF 10, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10 OFFENSES.

SO THEY WERE KIND OF CURBING THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT, REDUCING THE ACTUAL CRIME.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS GONE TO A NUMBER SYSTEM.

SO IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CRIME STATS OF CLASS ONE CRIMES, WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE WHERE OUR AVERAGE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS A DECREASE OF ALMOST 15 PERCENT.

THAT'S AMAZING. THAT IS A REALLY GOOD JOB BY THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF REDUCING CRIME OVER FIVE YEARS.

WE DID HAVE A HICCUP WHERE CRIME CAME UP A LITTLE BIT AND TRY TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HERE. 23, 19 VERSUS 20.

WE HAD A REDUCTION 20.

I SEE HERE TWENTY SIXTEEN VERSUS 17, I'M SORRY, TWENTY FIFTEEN VERSUS SIXTEEN, IT WAS THE WE HAD AN INCREASE BUT WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE IS MOST MAJOR CITIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

AND IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS, AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IS, IT IS A MOMENT IN TIME.

IT IS HARD TO PREDICT THAT, WHICH MEANS IT IS HARD TO REDUCE THAT.

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NOW WE HAD AN UPTICK OF 13 PERCENT, 18 VERSUS 19, BUT 19 VERSUS 20, WE REDUCED IT A LITTLE OVER 10 PERCENT.

WE STILL HAVE AN UPTICK AND WE'RE STILL UP IT BY THREE PERCENT.

HOWEVER, I WANT YOU TO SEE THE TREND OF OF THE CRIME IS ACTUALLY REDUCING OVER TIME.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS PROPERTY CRIMES, SO PROPERTY CRIMES WERE REDUCED IN 20, 20 VERSUS 19 BY ALMOST NINE PERCENT.

BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY POINT OUT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO BE CONCENTRATING ON IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AND THAT IS THAT THEFT NUMBER.

IF YOU'LL SEE THE ORANGE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S SEVENTY FOUR OR SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT THAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH SHOPLIFTING, BURGLARY, BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

20 PERCENT OF THAT THEFT NUMBER IS BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLES AND TWENTY NINETEEN NINETY ONE PERCENT OR WAS UNLOCKED CARS AND IN TWENTY, TWENTY, SEVENTY NINE PERCENT OF THAT 20 PERCENT I SPOKE OF AGAIN UNLOCKED VEHICLES.

SO WE'VE DONE BETTER TO LOCK OUR VEHICLES, BUT WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING AS, AS A CITY TO LOCK OUR VEHICLES AND PROTECT OUR PROPERTY.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS I'LL BE LOOKING AT TO HELP PREVENT THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE BASICS. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME EDUCATION OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT EDUCATION, THE FOLKS WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE MOST LIKELY AT ON THEIR PHONES.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE WE GET A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION NOWADAYS.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND WAYS TO GET OUR CRIME WATCH MEETINGS BACK UP, EVEN IF WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT VIRTUALLY. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR BLOCK CAPTAINS IN OUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE ABOUT ORGANIZING THOSE THOSE MEETINGS.

I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SOON A VIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS VOLUNTEERS AND PATROL.

AND THAT'S A PROGRAM WHERE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU AND A PARTNER, AFTER YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH OUR TRAINING RIDE AROUND.

AND IF YOU SEE AN OPEN GARAGE, WHO KNOWS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER THAN YOU.

IF IT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CALL YOUR NEIGHBOR AND YOU ASK THEM, HEY, DID YOU KNOW YOUR GARAGE DOOR WAS OPEN? DID YOU KNOW YOUR YOU LEFT YOU ACTUALLY LEFT YOUR YOUR VEHICLE DOOR OPEN OR THERE'S A PACKAGE ON YOUR ON YOUR FRONT PORCH.

DID YOU KNOW IT WAS THERE.

NEVER WOULD. I WANT A CITIZEN TO GET OUT AND ENGAGE IN ANY TYPE OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.

BUT THIS VIP PROGRAM IS DESIGNED SO THAT CITIZENS ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THAT WE'RE SPEAKING WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT REDUCING CRIME TOGETHER. BUT SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED A REMINDER.

YEAH, I CAME IN, I HAD MY GROCERIES IN MY HAND AND I LEFT THE GARAGE DOOR OPEN.

BUT REALLY, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROPERTY CRIME.

AND IN THIS CITY, WE SUFFER FROM PROPERTY CRIME ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND SO I DON'T WANT OUR CITIZENS TO FEEL VICTIMIZED.

EVEN IF YOU EVEN IF YOU LOSE SOME OF YOUR PROPERTY IN YOUR GARAGE, IT'S STILL INTRUSIVE.

YOU FEEL VICTIMIZED.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO I'M HOPING WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS VIP PROGRAM.

AND I THINK IT'LL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

AND I THINK WE CAN GET OUR RESIDENTS TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO THEM. WE'LL GET BACK TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUPS, OUR ZONE MEETINGS AND OUR BUSINESS MEETINGS. THAT'S ANOTHER THING I WANT TO GET GOING AGAIN IS HAVING THOSE CONTACTS WITH BUSINESSES, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS ANY AILMENTS THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HELPING THEM BE PRODUCTIVE AND PROSPEROUS AS WELL.

AND THE LAST THING THEY WANT IS ANY TYPE OF CRIME ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO THOSE ARE SOME IDEAS I HAVE FOR REDUCING PROPERTY CRIME.

SO THESE ARE OUR CLASS ONE AND TWO CRIMES TOGETHER.

OUR TOTAL DECREASE IN ALL CRIME WAS A TEN POINT EIGHT PERCENT AND.

SO WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN OUR IN OUR CLASS TO CRIMES, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE INCLUDE IN CLASS TWO CRIMES, OUR DUI AND OUR DRUG OFFENSES.

AND THOSE ARE WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE VERY PROACTIVE, MAKING THOSE ARRESTS AND THOSE NUMBERS GET INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL NUMBERS.

SO THE CLASS TWO OFFENSES COME UP AT TIMES.

AND IF ANY TIME YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.

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WELL, I'M SORRY, THAT'S OVER A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE AND OUR DRUGS AND NARCOTICS INCREASED BY 10 PERCENT OVER THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE.

AND THAT'S JUST FROM OUR OFFICERS BEING PROACTIVE, DOING THE WORK TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. LOOKING AT ARRESTS, WE ACTUALLY PRE COVID WERE ON TRACK FOR THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY TWO ARRESTS AND THEN COVID HIT IN OUR ARRESTS ARE NOW DOWN FOUR ADULTS, 41 PERCENT.

AND MOST OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF COVID RESTRICTIONS AND THE JAIL NOT ACCEPTING CERTAIN CRIMES. AND SO WE HAVE TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS, WHETHER IT BE ISSUING A CITATION OR FOLLOWING ON FOLKS AT LARGE.

BUT THE ARRESTS ARE DOWN AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE OF THE.

SO. WE'VE GOT A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF OF COVID AND WE PULLED DATA SO YOU COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT COVID MADE.

SO THE DATA IS PULLED FROM MARCH TO DECEMBER TO SHOW A BETTER BREAKDOWN OF HOW COVID AFFECTED OUR OVERALL NUMBERS.

SO COMPARISON TO TWENTY 19 MARCH TO DECEMBER, VIOLENT CRIME DECREASED BY FIVE PERCENT, PROPERTY CRIME DECREASED BY ALMOST NINE PERCENT, ARREST DECREASE BY 49 PERCENT, AND CITATIONS DECREASE BY 52 PERCENT.

BUT OUR COLLO DID NOT DECREASE, HOWEVER, SO WE WERE STILL PRETTY BUSY.

BUT WE DID SEE DECREASES IN AREAS THAT WERE VERY BENEFICIAL TO US.

SO SOME PATROL STATISTICS.

SO PATROL OFFICERS RECOVERED 51 FIREARMS, THAT'S ILLEGAL FIREARMS. THEY RESPONDED TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE CRASHES.

THEY RECOVERED OVER FOUR THOUSAND GRAMS OF NARCOTICS.

THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME WAS OF SIX POINT TO SIX MINUTES DOWN BELOW THE SEVEN MINUTE THRESHOLD. THE SEVEN MINUTES IS OUR GOAL.

I RESPONDED TO NINE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN PRIORITY ONE CALLS USE OF FORCE FROM 19 VERSUS 20 WAS JUST SLIGHTLY DOWN.

HOWEVER, OUR OUR CALLS WENT UP AND WE FACE COVID CHALLENGES.

OFFICER EXPOSURE'S WAS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX AND AGAIN I SAID THE NUMBER OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAT WERE EXPOSED AS WELL. WE AT ONE POINT WE HAD DISPATCHERS WHO WERE.

WHO WERE SCREENING CALLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEPT OUR OFFICERS SAFE SO WE WOULD ASK CITIZENS TO MEET US OUTSIDE SO WE COULD SOCIAL DISTANCE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE GOT VERY CREATIVE ON HOW TO KEEP OUR OFFICERS SAFE DURING 20, 20.

TRAFFIC CRASHES, I INCLUDE THIS BECAUSE, ONE, I'M A FORMER TRAFFIC COMMANDER IN DALLAS AND I SEE THE THE TRAGEDY AND DEVASTATION THAT CRASHES CAUSED TO FAMILIES.

SO I LIKE TO I LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT HOW CRASHES HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN DECREASING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND SOME OF THIS WE CONTRIBUTE TO, OBVIOUSLY, OUR COVID SHUTDOWN WOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, PROACTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN PROBLEMATIC AREAS.

SO WE USE WE USE OUR CRIME ANALYSTS AND OUR STEP GRANT TO LOCATE THOSE PROBLEMATIC AREAS.

AND WE DO A SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THOSE AREAS.

AND ALSO WE HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS HELPED US, INCLUDING MEDIANS AND LIGHT AND THE OPENING OF PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF ITEMS THAT HAVE HELPED US REDUCE THOSE THOSE CRASHES.

SO WHEN YOU REDUCE CRASHES, YOU REDUCE INJURY AND KEEP FAMILIES INTACT LIKE THAT, KEEP PEOPLE FROM HAVING THOSE EXTRA EXPENDITURES.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF REASONS FOR IT.

REGARDLESS, IT'S A GREAT IT'S GREAT TO SEE THOSE FIVE YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN DECLINING.

I'LL GO BACK JUST A SECOND, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CITATIONS IN TWENTY NINETEEN, WE ISSUED FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY CITATIONS.

IN TWENTY TWENTY, WE ISSUED THREE THOUSAND FORTY ONE.

OBVIOUSLY, COVID HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT WHEN WE HAD A MANDATE THAT WE WERE NOT GOING

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DURING THE COVID SHUTDOWN, WE TRIED TO LIMIT AS MUCH CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC AS WE COULD.

OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE.

AND DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE JOB, WE HAD TO MAKE CONTACT AT TIMES.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A 42 PERCENT DECREASE SINCE 2019 IN OUR CITATIONS.

SO NOW WE'LL GET TO THE INVESTIGATIVE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND LOOKING AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE OUR STAFFING NUMBERS IN THE INVESTIGATION SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

OUR INVESTIGATORS HAVE AN AVERAGE OF A LOW AVERAGE OF 14 CASES A MONTH IN SOME AREAS AND AS MANY AS SIXTY FIVE CASES AT A TIME IN A MONTH.

SO THEY STAY VERY BUSY.

WE CLOSED OF THE IN 2020, WE HAD FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE OFFENSES TO INVESTIGATE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CLOSE TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWO OF THOSE CASES.

SO OUR TRAINING COURSE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL WAS BUYING INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WELLNESS PROGRAM.

WE SENT THREE OFFICERS TO TO BECOME INSTRUCTORS AND ADMINISTER TESTS AND CREATE PHYSICAL FITNESS IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

THOSE ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT.

WE'RE STILL WORKING THAT DIRECTION.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING WAY TO GET OUR OFFICERS INVOLVED AND GET OUR OFFICERS PHYSICALLY HEALTHY AS WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS BUILDING AN OFFICER WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR OFFICERS MENTAL HEALTH JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE CLEARHEADED AND ARE ABLE TO GET ANY TYPE OF HELP THAT'S NEEDED ALONG ALONG THE WAY.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, I'VE LOST A PARTNER IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT READY FOR WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH AT THE TIME.

AND SO I ALWAYS VOWED THAT IF I EVER BECAME TO SOMEWHERE, WE'D HAVE A GOOD WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR NOT JUST PHYSICAL BUT MENTAL WELLNESS SO THAT OFFICERS ARE VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND SO THAT WHEN THEY GO ON THE STREET TO ENGAGE OUR GOOD CITIZENS, THAT THEY'RE TREATING EVERYBODY WITH THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT THEY DESERVE.

MOVING FORWARD, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IF YOU'LL SEE TO MY RIGHT HERE, THE APEX OFFICER.

THIS EQUIPMENT WAS DONATED BY THE VICTORIA ONE HUNDRED CLUB AT A COST OF SIXTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AND IT IS AN OUTSTANDING TRAINING AID.

I WENT THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT TODAY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD A GOOD FOUNDATION TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, IT GOT MY BLOOD PRESSURE UP.

IT GOT ME THINKING, IT GOT ME FEELING LIKE I NEED A LITTLE MORE TRAINING.

BUT IT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF SETTING THAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH, WHETHER IT BE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER IN A SCHOOL, WHETHER IT BE A ENCOUNTERING A BURGLAR, A FAMILY DISTURBANCE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND IT ALSO HELPS WITH RECOGNITION OF WHAT'S IN SOMEBODY'S HAND.

AND THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO AN OFFICER MAKING SURE THEIR EYESIGHT IS CLEAN, MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET TO COVER AND CONCEALMENT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

AND IT'S SOME OUTSTANDING TRAINING.

AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE AT OUR NORTH.

WE'RE AT THE MALL.

WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT FACILITY FOR OUR TRAINING AND RECRUITING AREA.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICERS IN THERE SO THAT WE CAN COME OUT OF THE OFFICE AND ENGAGE OUR OUR COMMUNITY FROM THAT STANDPOINT TO.

ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON AGAIN TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CRIME PREVENTION, HAS EVOLVED INTO COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WITH THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS.

HOWEVER, CRIME PREVENTION IS STILL A LARGE PART OF THEIR DUTIES.

AS I TALKED TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION AND THE TEAM I'M USING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE CITY IS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT. AND SO I HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE CONTINUE TO BE CREATIVE AND WE

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AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR WAS OBVIOUSLY THE BLUE SANTA THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO DO THESE PARADES, REVERSE PARADES AND THINGS.

WE HAD TO GET REAL CREATIVE.

AND I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP, WE'VE GOT A GOOD CORE.

I'M GOING TO BUILD ON IT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE GROWING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT, OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY WILL BEGIN AGAIN ON MARCH TWENTY THIRD.

SO I'M LOOKING FOR I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT GOING AGAIN. IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND CREATE AN ALUMNI OF VOLUNTEERS AS WE NEED THEM MOVING FORWARD.

I'LL TOUCH REAL QUICK ON OUR NUMBER ONE CENTER.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A QUOTE THERE FROM FROM KATIE.

SHE'S ONE OF OUR CREW LEADERS, AN OUTSTANDING DISPATCHER, AND SHE JUST DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF LEADING THE GROUP THAT SHE LEADS.

SHE'S TALKING, SHE'S QUOTED OR QUOTE, THERE IS WE LOVE THE NEW CONSOLE, THE NO.1 CENTER RECEIVED IN 2020.

THESE BRAND NEW STATE OF THE ART CONSOLES COME WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND HELP US CONTINUE TO EFFECTIVELY PERFORM OUR JOBS.

IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION KNOWING EVERY DAY I COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES, PROTECT PROPERTY AND ENSURE MY SECOND FAMILY OF FIRST RESPONDERS GOES HOME SAFE.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS AN OUTSTANDING QUOTE THAT JUST SHOWS THE LEVEL OF DEDICATION THAT ARE NOW ON. DISPATCHERS HAVE KATIE.

KATIE HAS FIFTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE AND AGAIN, SHE'S A CREW LEADER AND DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB. DISPATCH WORKS FOR FOR FOUR DAYS ON 12 HOUR SHIFTS.

THE NEW CONSOLES WERE PROVIDED BY THE GOLDEN CRESCENT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.

THERE'S FIVE NEW CONSOLES.

THEY WERE DONATED IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY.

OUR DISPATCH CENTER AVERAGES SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY CALLS PER MONTH.

THESE CONSOLES WERE REALLY GOOD IN THE FACT THAT THEY GET TO PERSONALIZE THEIR WORKSTATIONS, THEIR MONITORS, CONSOLES, HEIGHT, LIGHTNING, LIGHTING, ALL TO MAKE IT A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM AND HAVING THOSE IMPROVE THEIR WORK CONDITIONS AND THEIR MORALE. SO LOOKING AT THE RETIREMENT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

SERGEANT LEMONS HAD TWENTY NINE YEARS OF SERVICE, SERGEANT NINETTO HAD 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. THAT'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THAT RETIRED.

BUT THE FACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT TOOK THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE IN THEIR YEARS OF LEADERSHIP WAS WELL RECEIVED BY THE OFFICERS AND OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO OFFICERS LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THEM OFF, GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THEIR YEARS OF LEADERSHIP.

AND I GOT TO SEE THE VIDEO OF IT.

AND IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THE PARTICIPATION WAS VOLUNTARILY FOREIGN TERROR VOLUNTEER THEY GOT TO VOLUNTEER IN TO PARTICIPATE. THEN IT WAS JUST A TREMENDOUS VIDEO AND YOU COULD SEE THE APPRECIATION THE OFFICERS HAD FOR THE SERGEANT OR RETIRING.

ALL RIGHT, SO GETTING CLOSE TO THE END, YOU GUYS, HANG ON.

OK, SO LOOKING AT THIS, WE GOT THE RETIREMENT I'M SORRY, RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR WHO IS SENIOR OFFICER DAVID BROLGA.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, DAVID BRUGGER, BUT NINETY NINE POINT NINE PERCENT OF THE COMMUNITY IS. AND SO WE THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT IDEA TO BUILD ON THAT.

DAVID BROLGA IS JUST A GREAT PERSON THAT PEOPLE LOVE, THAT PEOPLE RESPOND TO.

AND HE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR US AS NOT ONLY OUR RECRUITER, BUT RUBIO AND.

MR., IS THAT VIDEO WHERE WE GO, I'LL SHOW YOU A CLIFFHANGER, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF VIDEO HERE THAT WAS PART OF OUR ANSWER, THE CALL.

VICTORIA, NUMBER ONE, WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY? I WAS JUST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

OK, MA'AM, OFFICERS ARE ON THE WAY FOR EPISODE TWO COMING BACK, RIGHT, SO I'LL LEAVE YOU HANGING A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A VIDEO THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER TO SHOW START TO FINISH THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT OUT VERY SOON.

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THAT IS A NUMBER ONE GOAL FOR ME.

BACK TO WHY DAVID BORGER IS STANDING THERE SAYING WE'RE HIRING.

HE IS GOING HE IS GOING TO BE A CARDBOARD CUTOUT AND HE IS GOING TO BE PLACED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR CITIZENS TO TAKE SELFIES AND TAG TAG HIM OR TAG US IN SOCIAL MEDIA, HOPEFULLY GET SOME GOOD BUZZ BY THAT, HOPEFULLY RECRUIT SOME OF OUR HOMEGROWN TALENT.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THAT'LL BE THAT'LL BE VERY BENEFICIAL.

IF YOU'LL LOOK IN YOUR PROGRAM THAT I HAD PLACED ON YOUR DESK THE VERY LAST PAGE, THERE SHOULD BE A QR CODE.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A RESTAURANT LATELY THAT DOESN'T SUPPLY MENUS THAT THEY GIVE YOU THAT QR CODE, YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON YOU AND IT POPS UP ON YOUR CAMERA WINDOW THERE AND YOU YOU TOUCH IT AND IT TAKES YOU IN A RESTAURANT SETTING, TAKES YOU TO A MENU FOR US.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO JOIN VICTORIA POLICE DOT COM.

SO JOIN VICTORIA, ISD DOTCOM.

AND IT'S BEEN UPDATED.

IT'S GOING TO TELL US TELL YOU WHAT INFORMATION YOU NEED ON HOW TO BECOME A VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE CUT OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

YOU'LL GET TO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN PULL THE TAB WITH THAT QR CODE.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT WITH YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT QR CODE ALSO ON OUR SQUAD CARS.

WE'RE GOING TO PLACE IT MAYBE ON A FENDER OR SOMETHING SO THAT IF WE'RE PARKED IN PUBLIC SOMEWHERE AND YOU AND YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OUR RECRUITING, YOU CAN YOU CAN DO THAT.

THERE WERE ALSO PLACING THE WEBSITE INFORMATION ON OUR CARS AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO USE IT AS A RECRUITING BILLBOARD AS THEY DRIVE THROUGH TOWN.

SO SOME GOOD IDEAS THERE.

I HOPE TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN OUR RECRUITING AND RETENTION.

I FELT SORRY FOR THE FIRE CHIEF AND I SAID, HEY, WHY DON'T WE WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US? MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONTEST TO SEE WHO CAN RECRUIT THE BEST.

SO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE POLICE AND FIRE CARDBOARD CUTOUTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE CAN GET OUR COMMUNITY EXCITED ABOUT JOINING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

WHO WOULD BE THE CUT OUT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? THE. ANYWAY, SO I TALKED REALLY FAST, AND I KNOW I WAS NOT EXACTLY ON POINT ON EVERYTHING, BUT I AM LEARNING AS FAR AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN VICTORIA.

TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF DOING IT ONE WAY, ALMOST TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF DOING IT ONE WAY.

AND NOW I'M NEW TO VICTORIA AND HAPPY TO BE HERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

I HOPE I DIDN'T BORE YOU TOO MUCH.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE DOING IT THE BETTER WAY NOW.

YES, MAN, I AM TOO.

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. THANKS, CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT. TO OUR LAST CITY MANAGER REPORT FOR TONIGHT TO WRAP UP.

[3. Municipal Court 2020 Annual Report. Tiffany Totah, Municipal Court Adm...]

I DON'T KNOW HOW I FOLLOW BOTH OF THOSE, BUT SO TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 20 20 ANNUAL REPORT FOR MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO OUR MISSION FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS PROMOTION OF JUSTICE THROUGH AN IMPARTIAL FORUM AND ENSURING THAT OUR LEGAL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE SAFEGUARDED AND PUBLIC INTEREST IS PROTECTED. SOME OF OUR GOALS, THESE ARE NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT OUR HIGHLIGHTS ARE ACCESS TO JUSTICE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, ECHOING WHAT TO PRIOR TO ME HAVE MENTIONED TODAY.

AND PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF WHAT WE DO IN THE COURT.

SO WE ARE, AS OF TODAY, STILL IMPACTED BY THE ONGOING EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AS WE ALL ARE AWARE.

I KNOW TODAY WE HAD SOME NEW ORDERS COME OUT AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON WHAT OUR NEXT DIRECTION WILL BE. BUT BEGINNING IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE FORCED TO CLOSE COURT, NOT HAVE ANY IN-PERSON HEARINGS.

JUNE 1ST, THEY ALLOWED US TO HAVE THEM THROUGH A OPERATING PLAN.

WE WERE REQUIRED TO GET THAT RECERTIFIED IN DECEMBER AND THEY HAVE STILL EXTENDED JURY TRIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE OCCURRING IN PERSON FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT THROUGH APRIL 1ST.

I'VE BEEN MONITORING MY EMAIL ALL EVENING WAITING FOR NEW ORDERS AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEM AS OF YET. SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO COVID-19 RESPONSE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I WAS LETTING YOU ALL KNOW I WAS PLANNING TO DO REMOTE COURTS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND THEN COVID OCCURRED.

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AND TODAY WE ARE STILL HAVING REMOTE HEARINGS CONTINUOUSLY.

WE HAVE VERY LIMITED IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS FOR VERY LIMITED REASONS.

ONE OF THOSE BEING A KIOSK THAT WE ARE USING HERE IN THE CHAMBERS THROUGH A LAPTOP, WE HAVE UTILIZED TEXT MESSAGING NOTIFICATION TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION WITH CITIZENS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE OFFERING, COURT REMINDERS, DEADLINES, DUE DATES.

AND WE'VE USED OUR WEBSITE TO PROMOTE THIS INITIATIVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO APPEAR SAFELY TO HANDLE THEIR MATTERS, TO COMPLY WITH SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IN COURT OR REMOTE HEARINGS. WE ALSO HAVE TO STREAM THESE LIVE ON YOUTUBE AS PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THAT PURPOSE ONLY AT THIS TIME.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO UTILIZED SOCIAL MEDIA TO COMMUNICATE A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES WITH ASSISTANCE FROM COMMUNICATIONS, SHARING THOSE TO CREATING VIDEOS TO HELPING US PROMOTE SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES.

SO WE'VE BEEN MORE INTENTIONAL IN OUR EFFORTS IN COMMUNICATING WHAT WE'RE OFFERING.

SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHILE COVID-19 DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO DO, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DID A MOCK TRIAL THAT WAS STREAMED LIVE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

THANKS AGAIN TO OUR ROCKSTAR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM THAT CAME IN AND MADE THAT HAPPEN.

OUR JUDGE PARTNERED WITH SOME OF OUR FINE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL AND TEACH THE CHILDREN.

WE HAD SOME ITEMS SENT TO US THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THE GOGGLES FOR THAT INITIATIVE.

OUR JUDGE, WE HAD A JAVA WITH THE JUDGE EVENT WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO COME MEET THE JUDGE. THERE WAS CITY STAFF THAT SHOWED UP FOR THAT, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET TO KNOW HER ON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM SETTING.

WE ALSO CONTINUOUSLY HAVE TRAFFIC SAFETY MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN OUR LOBBY.

AND I'VE DONE SEVERAL SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLET.

I KNOW THIS IS FIRE CODE FRIDAY AND YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY, BECAUSE THIS IS A MUNICIPAL COURT, BUT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS ONE OF THE ONES WE PARTNERED WITH TO HAVE A EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ON SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HANDLE, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE CASES THAT ARE FILED IN MUNICIPAL COURT. WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME THINGS WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, ANIMAL CONTROL AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHARES AS WELL.

SO WE'VE BEEN MORE INTENTIONAL ON OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS IS SOME OF OUR CASELOAD DATA CONTINUOUSLY.

WE ARE SEEING A DECLINE OVERALL IN CASES FILED.

THESE NUMBERS WERE PULLED BASED ON FISCAL YEAR AND BASED ON FILED CASES AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUAL CITATIONS, CITATIONS AND ARRESTS AND OTHER TYPES OF TICKETS THAT WE GET CAN HAVE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS ON ONE TICKET.

SO IT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HEARD THE POLICE CHIEF MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO, BECAUSE THEY ARE BASED ON NUMBERS OF CASES COMING THROUGH ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE.

THE CHART TO THE LEFT IS A CLOSURE RATE, AND THAT'S JUST TO SHOW THAT PARTICULAR YEAR OR SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN TWENTY TWENTY OF ALL THE CASES WE FILED, WHICH WAS THE FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, WE CLOSED ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THOSE.

CLOSURE MEANS THEY'RE DONE.

SO THAT COULD BE A DISMISSAL THROUGH A DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE OR A PAYMENT IN FULL OR A DEFERRAL OR AN ACQUITTAL WHERE THEY'RE FOUND NOT GUILTY FOR A VIOLATION.

SO THAT MEANS FIFTY PERCENT OF THOSE AS OF RIGHT NOW ARE STILL OPEN WITH SOMETHING PENDING, WHETHER IT'S A COURT DATE, LIKE A PENDING JURY TRIAL THAT WE CAN'T HAVE RIGHT NOW OR SOME OTHER MATTER.

AND SO I PULLED THE LAST TWO YEARS JUST TO SHOW, YES, WE STILL HAVE SOME OPEN FROM TWENTY NINETEEN AND YES, THERE'S STILL SOME OPEN FROM TWENTY EIGHTEEN AS WELL.

AND THAT PERCENTAGE SHOWS HOW MUCH OF THAT IS COMPLETE.

THIS PAST YEAR, I DECIDED TO PULL NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, SO I DON'T HAVE THESE NUMBERS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY NINETEEN OR TWENTY EIGHTEEN, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT CASES WERE GETTING.

WE HAD A UPTAKE IN ANIMAL CONTROL.

I KNOW ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT THAT'S ALL THE FAILED ONES AND THAT WE HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN THAT.

CITATIONS OVERALL IS A MAJORITY OF WHAT WE RECEIVE AND THAT COULD BE ELECTRONIC TICKETS, HANDWRITTEN TICKETS AND PARKING TICKETS.

WE ALSO GET CODE ENFORCEMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE SITE ARRESTS.

WE DO GET SOME ARRESTS AND THOSE ARE MOSTLY PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER RELATED ONES AS WELL.

AND THEN INVESTIGATION FILINGS WE GET FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL FOR ANY CLASS VIOLATIONS, THINGS LIKE TYPICALLY MAIL AND THEFT REPORTS THAT OCCUR FROM PLACES LIKE

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SOMETIMES CLASSI ASSAULTS COME THROUGH THAT WAY AS WELL.

PRIOR TO THIS PAST YEAR, I WAS TRACKING IT MORE BASED ON VIOLATION TYPE, SO THAT WOULD BE WHETHER IT'S CITY ORDINANCE, PARKING, STATE LAW AND TRAFFIC AND AGAIN, TRAFFIC, IT'S HEAVY ON THAT SIDE AS THAT IS MOSTLY WHAT WE HANDLE.

BUT WE DO HANDLE VIOLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT CODE SECTIONS THERE.

AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE A DECLINE.

THE ONE THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT IS INCREASE IS THE CITY ORDINANCE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE INCREASE IN ANIMAL CONTROL CASES THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING. AND THAT IS WHY THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE THERE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND ALMOST 100 MORE FROM TWENTY EIGHTEEN.

THEY DIDN'T. AND I DON'T THINK THAT MANY IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN, SO.

AND THEN THIS IS CAUGHT COLLECTIONS JUST TO SHOW A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE FEES WE COLLECT GO TO ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF WHAT IS COLLECTED, GO TO GENERAL FUND.

THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT GO TO COURT COSTS, WHICH IS TO THE STATE.

SO THAT IS FOR EVERY TICKET, THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENT THAT GOES TOWARDS THEM AND THEN THREE PERCENT TOWARDS OUR SPECIAL REVENUES.

AND MY NEXT SLIDE WILL ACTUALLY BREAK DOWN WHAT THOSE SPECIAL REVENUES ARE.

AND SO WE ARE SEEING A DOWNTICK IN THAT WHICH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING LESS CASES.

AND COVID, OF COURSE, HAD AN IMPACT AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS WE COLLECT.

WE DO HAVE A TECHNOLOGY FUND THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO FUND SOME OF OUR INTERNAL I.T.

SERVICES, OUR SECURITY FUND, WHICH GOES TOWARDS BAILIFF AND ARE WE SECURE LIKE THE BRINKS THAT COMES TO PICK UP OUR DEPOSIT.

AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 20, 20, WE BEGIN WITH THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND AS WELL AS A JURY FUND. THOSE WERE NEW FEES THAT WERE ADDED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN TWENTY NINETEEN OR TWENTY EIGHTEEN.

AND THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY GO FOR THOSE SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

AND THEY'RE VERY DETAILED IN THE LAW ON WHAT THOSE CAN BE.

THIS IS OUR CALL VOLUME.

WE DID SEE A DOWNWARD AMOUNT IN TWENTY 20 DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD LESS CASES BEING FILED AND THEN BUT WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUTGOING CALLS.

WE MADE MORE OF AN EFFORT TO CALL, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW OF ALL THE CHANGES WE WERE GOING THROUGH. WE WERE CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

WE RECEIVED A LOT MORE COMMUNICATION THROUGH MAIL AND E-MAIL AND ALTERNATE WAYS OF HANDLING BUSINESS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A LARGER INCREASE IN OUR OUTGOING CALLS.

AND OUR ANSWER RATE IS RATHER LOW.

FORTY, FORTY ONE PERCENT THIS PAST YEAR.

AND THAT'S THE PERCENT OF CALLS THAT WE RECEIVE THAT ARE ANSWERED.

WE DON'T HAVE A VOICE MAIL CURRENTLY, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE LOOKING INTO.

HOW CAN WE GET A VOICE MAIL SO WE CAN MAYBE RETURN SOME OF THESE CALLS COMING THROUGH AND THEN WE JUST HAVE SUCH A LARGE VOLUME.

THERE'S PERIODS OF TIMES WE JUST CAN'T GET TO THE PHONE.

IF SOMEBODY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF PROCESSING A CASE, THEY HAVE TO FINISH PROCESSING THAT CASE. WE HAVE TO ENSURE OUR INFORMATION IS HANDLED ACCURATELY.

AND SO THERE ARE LARGE PERIODS OF TIMES, ESPECIALLY DURING COURT, WHICH IS UP TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK. WE WERE CONTINUOUSLY HAVING COURT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

EVEN WITH COVID, WE NEVER STOPPED.

THIS SHOWS TEXT MESSAGING, SO WE STARTED USING TEXT MESSAGING IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND INCREASED IT MORE SO IN TWENTY NINETEEN AFTER I DID THE PILOT PROGRAM AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR INCREASE IT EVEN MORE.

AND JUST TO SHOW THAT THAT IS A SUCCESS, THAT PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE MESSAGES ON THEIR PHONE. THAT PAYMENT AMOUNT YOU SEE NEXT TO IT IS HOW MUCH WHEN THE MESSAGES SENT.

THERE'S A LINK THAT THEY CAN GO TO PAY IF THEY CHOOSE TO.

WE GIVE THEM ALL THEIR OPTIONS AND THE PHONE NUMBER AND AN EMAIL ADDRESS.

BUT THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH THAT SPECIFIC MESSAGE ACTUALLY CAUSED.

SO WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THAT.

SO I INTEND ON SENDING OUT MORE MESSAGES AS WE GO FORWARD.

AND THEN TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE ONE ON MY LEFT EMAIL DATA.

AND THAT JUST SHOWS THE INCREASE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND WHAT WE'RE SENDING OUT THROUGH EMAIL. WE SEND A LOT OF THINGS OUT THROUGH OUR COURT CLERK EMAIL.

THIS PAST YEAR, IT INCREASED BY ALMOST FOUR THOUSAND.

I ONLY PULLED FOUR STAFF FOR THE EXISTING STAFF IN OUR OFFICE.

THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYBODY THAT WAS HERE BEFORE OR THE JUDGE OR PROSECUTOR OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. SO THAT'S JUST EXISTING MUNICIPAL COURT STAFF THAT'S HERE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THAT JUST SHOWS WE ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THAT.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THEIR PHONE CALL, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT THIS IS THEIR WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CITATIONS.

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SHE PARTICIPATED IN A TEXAS TECH MOCK TRIAL.

SHE ALSO HAS ATTENDED TRAINING PRIOR TO COVID.

SHE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON.

AND THEN SHE'S ALSO DONE SOME VIRTUAL TRAININGS AS WELL AS OUR EDUCATION CENTER HAS LAUNCHED THAT. AND THEN THAT MOCK TRIAL INITIATIVE FOUR YEARS AGO OR SO, I CAME TO HER AND I SAID, LOOK, I'D REALLY LIKE TO DO THIS.

AND SHE TOOK IT AND SHE RAN WITH IT.

AND SO I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT BECAUSE SHE IS THE GURU AT THAT.

AND SHE REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE LIKES TEACHING THE KIDS.

AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A HIGHLIGHT FOR HER.

WE HAVE SOME OUR EMPLOYEE OR STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE.

SOME OF THESE I'VE COME BEFORE YOU, AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER ALL OF THEM.

BUT MY BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS I FEEL HERE IS BEING PART OF THE COVID TASK FORCE HAS REALLY BEEN BENEFICIAL.

I'VE BEEN HELPING WITH THE EMPLOYEES, HELPING EMPLOYEES INITIATIVE WITHIN OUR CITY INTERNALLY WITH DARYL AND H.R.

CHERYL AND MIREIA.

AND THAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF IT'S BEEN REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT.

AND THE COGAT HOT LINE OPERATIONS, I'VE HELPED WITH THAT AS WELL.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I WAS DOING THE WATER BOIL HOTLINE, SO JUST ADD THE HOT LINE TO MY OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

AND THEN I'VE ALSO BEEN TEACHING FOR THE EDUCATION CENTER SINCE ABOUT OCTOBER ON A'COURT.

SO I'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED.

OUR COURT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE FIELD FOR LAUNCHING THE REMOTE COURT PLATFORM. SO I'VE BEEN TEACHING ON A REGULAR ALMOST MONTHLY BASIS SINCE ABOUT OCTOBER AND THAT'S BEEN A FUN EXPERIENCE AS WELL.

OUR ASSISTANT COURT ADMINISTRATOR, MARIA, SHE COMPLETED A CLASS TOWARDS HER CERTIFIED COURT MANAGER DESIGNATION, WHICH IS THE BUDGET AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT COURSE.

SHE HAS BEEN DIRECTLY RELATED WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL FILINGS AND WAS REALLY HELPED TO BE THE COMMUNICATOR WITH THEM AND ENSURING THE EFFICIENCY OF THAT PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE PROCESS.

SHE TOOK IT, SHE RAN WITH IT, AND SHE'S BEEN A HUGE HELP WITH THAT, AS WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THAT WEBINAR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO HAS ASSISTED WITH THE HOTLINE OPERATIONS. SYLVIA ROSA IS ONE OF OUR COURT CLERKS, HAS COMPLETED THE VIRTUAL TRAINING SEMINAR AND ALSO WEBINAR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN ELIZABETH MANTAS COMPLETED REGIONAL SEMINAR WEBINAR TRAININGS.

AND SHE RECENTLY GRADUATED WITH A SECOND ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN DECEMBER AND ALSO HAS HELPED OUT WITH THE COVERT HOTLINE OPERATIONS.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF MY GOALS LOOKING FORWARD THIS YEAR INTO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE ALL THESE THINGS TO HELP WITH ACCESS TO JUSTICE DURING COVID.

HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THAT? WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ONLINE RECORD SYSTEM WHERE SOMEBODY CAN LOOK UP A CASE.

IT HAS A FILE SYSTEM THAT ATTORNEYS COULD SUBMIT THEIR DOCUMENTATION THROUGH.

WE'RE LOOKING INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE ARE WORKING WITH IT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT AN ELECTRONIC WARRANT INTERFACE. WE WANTED TO DO THIS LAST YEAR, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO JUST WITH EVERYTHING THAT OCCURRED. SO IT WAS STILL ON OUR BUCKET LIST TO HAVE THAT PROCESS.

AND THAT JUST HELPS TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS BETWEEN US AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

A LIVE CHAT SOLUTION, BECAUSE AS YOU SEE, WE CANNOT GET TO EVERY PHONE CALL.

I HAVE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN LINK MY FACEBOOK MESSENGER TO THE WEBSITE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I DON'T GET MESSAGES THROUGH THERE, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE BECAUSE THEN WE COULD RESPOND TO SOME OF THE CALLS WE'RE GETTING.

BUT SOME SORT OF SOLUTION THAT PEOPLE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MESSAGE TO THE COURT, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF OUR EXPORT PLATFORM AND KIOSK.

YES, WE HAVE SOMETHING HERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND USE COURT, BUT HOW CAN WE GET THAT EVERYWHERE WHERE SOMEBODY CAN GO PAY A TICKET AT THE GROCERY STORE OR ATTEND COURT SOMEWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN HERE? IF THEY CAN'T GET TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT, WHERE COULD THEY GO? SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS ON MY HORIZON AND WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO.

I'VE ALSO WORKED WITH KATIE A LITTLE BIT TO SEE IF MAYBE SHE COULD HELP ME FIND SOME GRANTS FOR SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK THE KIOSK WOULD BE A GREAT PLATFORM, NOT JUST FOR COURT, BUT OTHER REASONINGS.

SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE MARK TRIALS, I BELIEVE WE WILL MOST LIKELY NOW CONTINUE WITH IT THROUGH FACEBOOK LIVE.

THAT WAS A HUGE HIT TRAFFIC SAFETY RELATED PROGRAMING.

THIS IS A SIMULATOR THAT YOU SEE.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH AGORA LIFE TO BRING A DWI SIMULATOR TO MUNICIPAL COURT FOR MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK. AND I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE IT HERE JUST BECAUSE OF SPACE.

SO WE MAY LOOK TO HAVE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT JUST SOME OTHER FUN THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT HERE IN THE FUTURE.

COLLABORATION WITH CITY EVENTS.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO DO.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AT THE PARKS AND REC HALLOWEEN EVENT.

WE DID. I DID PARTICIPATE IN THE SOUTH SIDE CLEAN UP EVENT.

I TRY TO BE INTENTIONAL AND ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, THERE WASN'T A WHOLE

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AND THEN COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES WE PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL ON COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO DISCHARGE TRAFFIC FINES.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.

I KNOW I SAW ONE RECENTLY IS COMING UP IN APRIL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND THEN SOCIAL MEDIA JUST ENSURING THAT WE'RE CONTINUOUS ON THAT PLATFORM.

SO LOOKING FORWARD, I WILL HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL ABOUT SORT OF RECORD, AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THAT REORGANIZATION OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT, JUST ENSURING THAT WE'RE UTILIZING OUR TALENTS TO THE BEST WAY THAT WE SHOULD. JUST AN INTERNAL REORGANIZATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN A COURTROOM FACILITY ASSESSMENT.

I HAVE THIS ON MY BUDGET INFORMATION LAST YEAR.

NOW POST COVID.

WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW RESTRICTIONS ARE GOING TO BE, AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MORE SPACE BETWEEN EACH SEAT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK.

AND I KNOW THAT MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S A BUILDING FACILITY ASSESSMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT COURTROOM BEING INCLUDED, AS I WANT TO SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO QUARTER OF RECORD WE ARE INTENDING ON BRINGING TO YOU A CITY ORDINANCE ABOUT BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD, DON'T HAVE A TARGET DATE YET FOR THAT.

BUT THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS A COURT OF RECORD.

ESSENTIALLY, IT GIVES US RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION AND VERY LIMITED CIVIL JURISDICTION OVER PROPERTY HEARINGS.

SO THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY SOMEBODY HAS PROPERTY THAT WAS STOLEN AND THEY WANT THEIR PROPERTY BACK. THEN WE HAVE A HEARING FOR THAT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CIVIL JURISDICTION.

AND BY BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD, THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE CIVIL JURISDICTION OVER SPECIFICALLY CODE ENFORCEMENT OR NUISANCE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS.

SO IT REALLY PROVIDES FOR A MORE JUST AND EFFICIENT DISPOSITION OF CASES.

RECORDING OF COURT PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED.

WE DON'T RECORD PROCEEDINGS NOW.

AND IF WE WERE TO RECORD THEM, THEN THAT PERSON WHO HAD A HEARING OR TRIAL WOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO THAT RECORDING.

AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AT LEAST THROUGH THIS SETUP HERE, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECORD THAT SETTING.

SO THAT'S NOT ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT WOULD COST US, AT LEAST NOT AT THIS TIME, AND THEN ENHANCED JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO THIS REALLY CORRELATES BACK TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS.

THERE ARE CERTAIN CHAPTERS OF THE CODE THAT IT COVERS AND IT'S INVOLVES JUNKED VEHICLES.

SO IT WOULD GIVE US THE CIVIL AUTHORITY OVER JUNKED VEHICLES TO REMOVE THOSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT WOULD ALSO COULD POTENTIALLY EXPAND BUILDING NUISANCES OR ABATEMENTS AND ALSO DIRECTLY RELATED WITH TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT I'M BASICALLY NUISANCE VIOLATIONS.

SO IT WOULD GIVE THE COURT THE CIVIL JURISDICTION OVER THOSE TYPES OF CASES TO HAVE A HEARING ON THAT AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS AND SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANTS.

IT WOULD GIVE THE JUDGE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE A SEARCH OR SEIZURE WARRANT FOR, SAY, THAT IS A JUNKED VEHICLE OR THERE'S JUNK IN THE BACK OF A HOUSE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE IT. THEY COULD SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT AND THEN THE JUDGE COULD REVIEW IT AND ISSUE OUT A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THEM TO LOOK INTO THAT PROPERTY.

THAT COULD ALSO WORK WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AS WELL.

THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THEY MAY NEED TO GET A SEARCH OR SEIZURE WARRANT TO GO INTO A PROPERTY AND BY BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD THAT WOULD GIVE THE JUDGE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT WHEN THE DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND THEN ALSO A REDUCTION OF APPEALS.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SEE A LOT AT AT OUR COURT, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IF SOMEBODY COULD JUST LEAPFROG THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND HAVE THEIR CASE TRIED AT COUNTY, THAT SOMETIMES WILL HAPPEN WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE HOLDERS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THINGS TO KEEP IT MOVING, VIOLATION OFF OF THE RECORD SO THEY CAN APPEAL THE CASE AND SEND IT OVER TO COUNTY.

OR IF THEY'RE FOUND GUILTY AT TRIAL AND THEY WANT TO APPEAL THAT DECISION, THEY COULD APPEAL IT TO COUNTY.

BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD WOULD PREVENT THAT THOSE TYPES OF APPEALS AND ONLY ALLOW AN APPEAL TO OCCUR IF THERE WAS AN ERROR THAT OCCURRED AT TRIAL.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE REDUCTION OF THE APPEALS MEANS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT COURT OF RECORD? OK, WELL, THEN I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

THOSE ARE ALL THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT, MAYOR.

OK, WELL, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO TO RECESS AND INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[G. Executive Sessions:]

[02:15:02]

YES, SIR. THE CITY COUNCIL RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SECOND SESSION ON THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH 2021 AT SEVEN 17 P.M..

THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION DELIBERATION IS AS FOLLOWS EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN FOUR WITH REGARD TO PERSONNEL MATTERS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ROUTINE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO EIGHT SEVEN TO DISCUSS ARE DELIBERATELY OFFERED TO A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY VICTORIA AND WITH WHICH THE CITY OF VICTORIA IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE BY FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN TWO AND ONE TO CHAIRMAN TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LIST AND VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY INTEREST DUE TO THE FACT THAT DELIBERATION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE CITY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A THIRD PARTY MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO READ AN ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WAS POSTED, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WAS ON MS. HILBRICH LIST, WHICH IS IN IT IN CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY ON A MATTER INVOLVING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR OTHER MATTER TO WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR CONFLICTS WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BUSH. AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ACTION TAKEN AFTER THESE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

SO FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING ARE OVER AND WE WILL TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.