Apr 20, 2021 City Council

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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL 20TH, 2021, WE WILL

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

>>> COUNCILMAN DELAGARZA. >>> I'M PRESENT. >> COUNCILMAN DAW KNIGHT.

>> HERE. >>> MAYOR PRO ITEM SOLIST. >> HERE.

>> PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE MOMENT OF

SILENCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIONIBLE WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REFLECT UPON THE SERVICE OF THE EDUCATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THAT OF HAROLDCADE, MR.CADE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AFTER A LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY EARNING A SPOT OF NAMESAKE OFCADE MIDDLE SCHOOL THANK YOU. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER REMAINS

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

WATCHING ON TV OR SPEAKING IN CITIZEN COMMENTS THROUGH ZOOM. >> MR. DELAGARZA DO YOU HAVE ANY

ANNOUNCEMENT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, I SHOULD SAY, WE WILL BE HERE THROUGH THE EVENING. WE DO HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS, TODAY FOR YOU, THE FIRST ONE

WILL BE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY THOMAS GWOSDZ. >>> GOOD EVENING, AT OUR MOST RECENT CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP, COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSE OF REVIEWING THE CITY'S CHARTER AND POTENTIALLY TAKING CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO THE VOTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. AFTER THAT MEETING, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE NOMINATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE AND JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF THIS, I WANTED TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT AND TO THANK JEB LACY, AND DEINDICATEUR JOSEPH OF JOINING THE COMMITTEE, THERE WILL BE OTHERS ADDED LATER. AND I KNOW THAT MAYOR PRO TEM SOLIZ IS CALLING THISSED A HOCK COMMITTEE JUST AS A REMINDER -- AD HOC COMMITTEE THERE IS NO NEED FOR FORMAL COUNTY ACTION TO ADOPT THE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR CAN APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE BUSINESS.

THAT IS THE CASE HERE. MS. SOLIZ WILL BE BRINGING TOGETHER THIS COMMUNITY AND WE WILL BE ORGANIZING A SCHEDULES TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED. I HAVE REACH OUT TO YOUTH SIDE COUNCIL CHARLIE ZSECK TO PRODUCE HIM SELF. EXPERTISE IS IN CHARTER FOR CITIES AND HE WILL BE HELPING US REVIEW THE CHARTER FOR SPECIFIC LEGAL ISSUES THAT MIGHT NEED UPDATING. THE GOAL WILL BE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE CHARTER, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES. WE'LL ALSO BE SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, OF COURSE. AND THEN WE WILL PULL TOGETHER BALLOT LANK BY THE FALL SO THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE CONSIDERED ON THE BALLOT IN MAY

OF 2022. >> SO WE'RE KICKING THE PROCESS OFF AND WE WELCOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> WILL YOU BE CONTACTING THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE?

>> LY BE CONTACTING THE MEMBERS DIRECTLY MYSELF. AND I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM TO SCHEDULE EXACTLY WHEN THE KICK-OFF PROCESS WILL START. THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DOWN THE ROAD, LIKE I SAID, WE WANT TO GET THE COMMITTEE RUNNING THIS SUMMER.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THOMAS. I DO WANT TO ALSO ASK CHRISTIE YOKER TO KEEP CITY BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM HERE TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING VERY EXCITING, KEEP VICTORIA

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SO IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE AND ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KEEP UP THEIR SPACES AND ESPECIALLY BUSINESSES, WE WANT TO REWARD THOSE THAT WE DRIVE BY VERY FREQUENTLY AND SAY, WOW, THEY HAVE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB SO WE ARE LAUNCHING THAT THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING TO DO IT MONTHLY AND WE ARE ASKING FOR NOMINATIONS, THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE AT VICTORIATX.GOV AND GIVE A QUICK REASON AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING REALLY ELABORATE, IT CAN BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SOME POTTED PLANTS AND A NICE NEW SIGN. IT CAN BE REALLY NICELY KEPT LANDSCAPING.

ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE NEED TO RECOGNIZE BUSINESSES. WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE RECOGNITION. WE HAVE JUDGING CRITERIA THE BOARD WILL LOOK AT THE NEXT MONTHLY BOARD MEETING. THIS MONTH THE DEADLINE IS SUNDAY APRIL 25TH.

IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND, GO ON-LINE AND THEY'RE GOING GET A NICE BIG SIGN THEY CAN PUT WHEREVER THEY WANT. THEY'RE GOING TO GET RECOGNITION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE GOING TO

DO A NEWS RELEASE AND MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. >> HOW OFTEN DO YOU PLAN TO DO

THIS? >> WE'RE GOING START DOING THIS MONTHLY.

AND I THINK IT WILL CATCH ON IS THE IDEA. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO

LAUNCH IT. THE BOARD IS VERY EXCITED. >> SO YOU'LL MOVE THE SIGN FROM

ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER. >> YES. YES.

>> IF YOU HAVE THE SIGN, YOU'RE AWESOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> THOSE ARE THE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS WE HAVE FOR THIS

EVENING. >> I GUESS THAT MEANS SOMEBODY COULD BE NOMINATED AND THEN A

COUPLE MONTHS LATER NOMINATED AGAIN, GET THE SIGN BACK. >> OKAY.

>> WE HAVE A COMPETITION GOING. SO TODAY YOU HAVE IT, TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE IT.

>> THAT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME. >> NOW WE HAVE PUBLIC AND PLOYRIE YE RECOGNITION.

[2. Public & Employee Recognitions:]

>> WE HAVE PUN ONE PUBLIC RECOGNITION AND ONE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.

START WITH THE PUBLIC RELATED RECOGNITION. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO RESIDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT, WHICH ARE TWO RESIDENTS OUT OF FORD WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO BECOMING ENGAGED CITIZENS THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE VARIOUS CITIZENS ACADEMIES THAT WE HAVE. THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT CREATED THE DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AWARD AND THIS COMES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE CIVILIAN POLICE ACADEMY WHICH IS AN 11-WEEK PROGRAM HOSTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CIVILIAN FIRE ACADEMY PUT TOGETHER BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IS A 4-WEEK PROGRAM AND CITIZENS ACADEMY THAT ASHLEY AND HER TEAM ARE MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH WHICH IS A 9-WEEK PROGRAM THAT MANY OF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO THE GRADUATION RECENTLY TO.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THIS LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION FROM OUR CITIZENS AND WE'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THEM. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK LISA AMOFF TO COME UP.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE STILL HERE. TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD AGAIN. AND WE DID TAKE PICTURES.

WE GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'M GOING TO READ QUICKLY, THE PLAQUE SAYS THE CITY OF VICTORIA AFFIRMS THE CITIZEN HAS COMPLETED THE FIRE ACADEMY, CITIZEN RESPONDER PROGRAM AND IS HERE BY GRANTERRED THE ENTITLE OF DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AND RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP, COMMITMENT TO SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY THIS 18TH DAY OF MARCH, 2021. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. >> AND JUST BRIEF SHOUTOUT TO THE TWO RESIDENTS THAT COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BUT ALSO RECEIVED SIMILAR RECOGNITIONS, THAT IS DEBBIE PILSNER AND SHERRY HUGH ZACK. WE WANT TO THANK THEM ADDRESS WELL FOR THEIR COMMITMENT.

NEXT WE WANT TO AS ALWAYS RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR ROCK STAR DIVISIONS THAT I FEEL LIKE WE TALK ABOUT ALMOST AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, AND IF YOU GUESSED MUNICIPAL COUR, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND SO I FIRST WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR VICTORIA MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK ELIZABETH MONTEZ WHO EARNED COURT CLERK 2 FROM THE TEXAS COURT CLERK ASSOCIATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EDUCATION CENTER. THE TEXAS AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY IN SAN MARCOS. MONTEZ EARNED HER ASSOCIATES OF ARTS DEGREE FROM VICTORIA OF

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SHE'S STILL HERE. >> I AM. [APPLAUSE]

>> AND IF TIFFANY WAS DOING THIS, SHE WOULD TELL YOU IT IS A TEAM EFFORT AND I THINK THE NEXT ITEM REPRESENTS THAT. THIS ALSO INVOLVE, OF COURSE, OUR AMAZING JUDGE, AND THE REST OF MUNICIPAL COURT STAFF WHO RECENTLY WERE HONORED FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARD ON MARCH 30TH FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT EDUCATION CENTER. I KNOW TIFFANY'S TEAM IS HERE AND SO IS THE JUDGE.

AND SO WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY CONGRATULATE THEM AS WELL ON THAT ACHIEVEMENT.

[APPLAUSE] JUDGE OR TIFFANY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANY WORDS.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO, IF YOU'D LIKE. >>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE VICTORIA. WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AT GETTING VICTORIA'S MUNICIPAL COURT ON THE MAP AND RECOGNIZED AT EFFICIENT SERVICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND I AM ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR TRAFFIC INITIATIVES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN ALL TRAVEL IN AND ENJOY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOGNITION. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WE'VE ALL DONE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND JUST ONE I WANT TO ADD SECOND EDITION. THE TEAM ISN'T HERE IN ITS ENTIRETY, BUT THERE WAS A PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS RELEASED TODAY THAT RECOGNIZED OUR CITY FOR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY ANDET CAL ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE ITEM THAT WILL COME LATER IN THE MEETING.

BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND REASSURE AND REAFFIRM AND JUST REMIND EVERYBODY ON HOW GREAT OUR FINANCE TEAM IS. THIS IS A 38TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. AND SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE BEEN UNDER GREAT LEADERSHIP. AND I THINK THAT WHOLE TIME WAS WITH GILBERT, RIGHT, GILBERT? ALMOST? ALMOST? ALMOST? IN ANY CASE WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR ENTIRE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND, OF COURSE, GILBERT OUR CFO FOR THE AMAZING WORK THEY CONTINUE TO DO TO HELP US HAVE A WELL-RUN ORGANIZATION.

SO THANK YOU TO GILBERT AND YOUR TEAM. [APPLAUSE]

>> OKAY, NOW ITEMS FROM COUNCIL? >> JEN? >> I HAVE 5.2.

[3. Items from Council:]

>>> I IS WOULD LIKE US TO DISCUSS THE DUB DUB SUBDIVISION STREET THE CITY'S BONDING CAPACITY, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING ATTAININGLEWOOD. THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHERS THAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT.

BUT THE SCOPE HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY. AND I AM NOT AT ALL COMFORTABLE, BUT AFTER WAITING SIX YEARS, SOME OF THOSE STREETS WILL GET FIXED AND SOME OF THEM AREN'T EVEN IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM ANYMORE. AND PART OF IT IS A FACTOR OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR BONDING CAPACITY. AND I'M NOT SO SURE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS COMING UP ON THE RATES THE TAX RATES THAT WE CAN CHARGE OR THE INCREASES THAT WE CAN BRING INTO THE TAX RATE WITHOUT IT BEING EXTREME AND TAKING IT TO A VOTE.

I'M NOT SO SURE THAT GIVING UP SOME OF OUR BONDING CAPACITY IS THE WAY THAT I RECOMMEND US GOING. AND I SEE I MUST NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING BECAUSE MR. RAYNA IS SQUINTING. BUT I'M PROBABLY PUTTING IT IN DIFFERENT WORDS.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSS. AND I KNOW THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IS COMING UP SOON I WANT TO ESPECIALLY LOOK AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT. THAT WAS ONE. SECONDLY WE'RE A CITY MANAGER RUN ORGANIZATION. AND COUNCIL SETS POLICIES AND I'VE NOTICED IN THE LAST SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ITEMS THAT COME UP FOR ACTION THAT HAVE BEEN INITIATED BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WITHOUT THEM BRINGING IT UP DURING CITIZEN COMMUNICATION FOR US TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SORT OF DO A HEAD NODDING AND SEE IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SPEND

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AND I'M NOT TAKING ISSUE WITH THAT PARTICULAR ITEM SO MUCH AS JUST THE CONCEPT OF WHETHER WE ALL WANT TO RUN OFF AND UTILIZE STAFF TIME FOR OUR OWN PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT WE WANT THE COUNCIL TO DO AND HOPE WE GET ENOUGH VOTES AT THE MEETING OR WHETHER IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS IT UNDER ITEMS FROM COUNCIL. BEFORE WE CO SO FAR AS TO TAKE IT TO ACTION. THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN DISCUSS

IT BECAUSE I'M BRINGING IT UP WITHOUT IT BEING ON THE AGENDA. >> ANYBODY.

HAVE ANY ITEMS BECAUSE I HAVE ONE. OKAY.

TRANSFORMING DOWNTOWN IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A REVITALIZATION PLAN THAT SHOULD NOW EXTEND TO QUINN CITY, SILVER CITY AND SOUTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THUS CREATING VIBRANT COMMUNITIES WHERE VICTORIANS CAN LIVE, WORK AND RAISE FAMILIES.

THEREFORE I REQUEST A CITY CHANGER STAFF PUT IN PLACE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION PLAN FOR QUINN CITY, SILVER CITY AND SOUTHSIDE. I UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH A PLAN WOULD REQUIRE THE USE OF FEDERAL, LOCAL AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THIS IS SUCH A SMALL PRICE TO PAY CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE ACTIVE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON ALL VICTORIANS. THANK YOU.

NO MORE ITEMS FROM COUNCIL? THEREFORE CITIZENS' COMMUNICATION.

[4. Citizen Communication:]

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE ALL CELL PHONE, TELEVISIONS AND OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE SO THAT WE CAN CLEARLY HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. IT IS GENERALLY THE PRACTICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO RESPOND TO COMMENTS DURING THIS TIME. BUT CITY STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FOLLOW UP AS NECESSARY. I DO HAVE TWO COMMENT CARDS. ONE IS FROM MIKELE UNDERON.

OKAY. YOU WANT TO COME UP? >> HI, I'M MICHAEL I JUST WANTED TO THANK DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR ONE OF THE BIG CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS OVER SOMEONE IN THE TRAILER PARK WE'VE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. IT ALL STARTED IN 2018 WHEN THE TRAILER PARK OWNER HIRED A TRAILER PARK MANAGER WHO WAS UNDER INDICTMENT FOR ORGANIZED CRIME. AND IT WENT DOWN HILL FROM THERE.

AND SHE DID GIVE HI THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FORA DWI, CLASS-A, 365 DAYS.

SO APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE IS ONE YEAR OF PEACE I HAVE, YOU KNOW.

AND WANTED TO THANK SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT, VICTORIA POLICE OFFICERS, VICTORIA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND EVERYONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOMEONE BEAT SOMEONE UP, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARK AND THEY HAD TO GET A PROTECTIVE ORDER AND THEY MADE E-MAIL CONTACT THROUGH THE

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SO YOU'RE KIND OF ON YOUR OWN AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE ARE DWI CASES, PEOPLE ZOOMING 30, 40 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH THE PARK AND IT IS GUN-FREE, DRUG-FREE ZONE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE STILL USE ILLEGAL DRUGS AND, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES LIKE ALCOHOL.

AND THIS GOES ON 24 HOURS A DAY. AND UNIO, THEY CAN'T REALLY KEEP UP WITH ALL THE CRIMES.

YOU KNOW THERE IS SOME ARRESTS FROM A YEAR AGO THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THE DA HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FIRE CHARGES BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY DIFFERENT CHARGES AND. I JUST WISH PEOPLE COULD STAY AWAY FROM THAT PARK AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND I JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ON DW-IS, IF YOU HAVE A KID OR SOMETHING WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING DRUNK, THAT IS NOT A MISDEMEANOR, THAT IS A STATE FELONY IF SOMEONE IS UNDER 15 YEARS OLD AND IF SOMEONE IF YOU HAVE A.15 OR MORE THAT CAN MAKE IT GO FROM A CLASS B TO A CLASS A. AND WE DO HAVE AN OVERALL PROBLEM WITH DW-IS IN VICTORIA. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR AND THEY GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND THEY HURT CHILDREN IN OTHER VEHICLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I JUST HOPE MAYBE THEY COULD START MAKING THEM SERVE TWO TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON OR SOMETHING TO SHOW PEOPLE, IT IS NOT OKAY TO DRIVE AND DRINK.

THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND THEY DO WHAT THEY HAVE ENHANCED DW-IS THEY CAN GIVE YOU ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 99 YEARS. AND HABITUAL DW-IS WHERE ON YOUR FIFTH ONE YOU CAN GET 25 TO 99 YEARS. AND I WOULD JUST WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP DRIVING AND DRINKING AND JUST ACT CIVILIZED AND IF THERE IS A DEATH BECAUSE OF A DWI OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GET PRISON TIME AND NO PROBATION, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY THINK DWI LAWS ARE TOO LAX, THE STATE LAWS. I THINK THE FIRST ONE SHOULD BE A STATE JAIL FELONY FROM SIX MONTHS TO TWO YEARS. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE IS PROBABLY FIVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK, TOO. BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME,

APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE COLONEL MIKE

PETRASH. >> MADAM MAYOR, PRO TEM SOLIZ AND HONOR COUNCIL MEMBER, IT IS A GREAT DIE BE A VETERAN AND VETERAN IN TEXAS. I'M RESIDENT OF VICTORIA SINCE 2008. AND THE DIRECTOR FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF WARRIORS WEEKEND OF HONOR SINCE 2009 IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN AND WE WILL HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE FAITHFULLY AND HONORABLY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. AND WE DO THIS AS THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION NAMED WARRIORS WEEKEND THAT BEGAN IN 2007.

WE ENCOURAGE OUR WOUNDED OIF AND OEF THROUGH A WEEKEND OF REJUVENATION, HERE IN PORT OF CONNOR AND POST PATRIOT-SPONSORED FLAGS IN HONOR OF ANYONE WHO HAS SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AT ANY TIME. WE CALL IT THE WARRIOR'S WEEKEND FEELED OF -- FIELD OF HONOR. FIRST I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE ALLOCATION OF HOT FUNDS TO THE WARRIOR WEEKENDS MISSION. THOSE FUNDS CONTRIBUTE TO US, BRINGING ENCOURAGEMENT AND, YES, EVEN LIFE-SAVING HEALING TO THOSE SOLDIERS, MARINES, SAILORS AND AIRMEN WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED IN COMBAT DURING THEIR DEEMPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU PATRIOTS HERE AND MAYBE THOSE LISTENING TO THIS MESSAGE, OR SEEING THIS MESSAGE TO HONOR A VETERAN BY SPONSORING FLAG.

THE COST IS STILL ONLY $40. IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR THE LAST 13 YEAR.

THE PROCEEDS HELP US BRING IN THE WOUNDED VETERANS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR WARRIORS WEEKEND AND NOW WE ARE HONORING OUR LOCAL AREA HEROES AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TEXAS GOLDEN CRESCENT GOLD STAR MEMORIAL WHICH IS ADJACENT TO PARKWAY. I WANT TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU

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THEY MANUALLY DROVE IN 1,600 PIECE OS OF 4-FOOT LONG, QUARTER-INCH REBAR THAT WILL SOSUPPORT THOSE FLAGS AND THEY DID IT UNDER TWO HOURS. THEY'RE ALL GREAT AMERICANS AND ONCE AGAIN I CAN REPORT TO YOU THAT 85 PEST OF THE REBAR DRIVE VOLUNTEERS WERE 18 YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER. THEY GET IT AND THEY WILL BE AT THE WARRIOR WELCOME CEREMONY.

FINALLY AGAIN, I WANT TOKES TEND A PERSONAL INVITATION TO ALL OF OF YOU TO ATTEND THE INVITATION AIR MEN ANY OF THE GOLD STAR MEMORIAL WE HAVE ERECTED. IT HONORS THOSE 400+ SOLDIERS, MARINES, SAILORS AND AIRMEN FROM THE SEVEN COUNTIES THAT MAKE UP THE GOLDEN CRESCENT WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WHILE SERVING THIS GREAT NATION. THE MEMORIAL WILL BE DEDICATED AT 8 P.M. ON MEMORIAL DAY, THAT IS MONDAY, MAY 31ST. AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A FORMAL INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT AND VISIT WITH YOU AND THE WARRIORS WHO GET THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT VICTORIA TEXAS. I KNOW THEY'LL WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO WARRIORS WEEKEND. GOD BLESS UNITED STATES.

GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS AND WARRIORS AND THEIR FAMILY. AND GOD BLESS VICTORIA AND ALL OF YOU WHO STRIVE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY OURS A COMMUNITY OF HONOR AND PEM LENS.

CHARLIE MIKE, CONTINUE THE MISSION, COLONEL MIKE, OUT. >> THANK YOU, COLONEL.

>> THANK YOU. >> DO I HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? GY DO, MA'AM, BUT MY PRESENTATION IS REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS ALONG THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RECONSTRUCTED SECTION OF CRESTWOOD, EAST CRESTWOOD WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE STRIPING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THREE MINUTES. COULD I MAKE -- COULD I ASK TO PUT IT ON THE NEXT.

>> YES, YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION. >> I'M SORRY, PARDON? >> YES, YOU MAY GO OVER THE

THREE MINUTE. IT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA GOVERNMENT AND STREETS DEPARTMENT. AS RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON COMPLETED SECTION OF CRESTWOOD, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A PETITION SIGNED BY 100% OF THE AVAILABLE RESIDENTS, 3852 AND CLIMBING, BETWEEN BEN JORDAN AND LAURENTS STREET FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE STRIPING WHICH ADDED A CENTER TURN LANE THE ENTIRE DISTANCE ON 30 MILES PER HOUR ROAD. WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES, CAUSE BY THE NEW ROAD LAYOUT. THE ROAD ALREADY HOSTS SPEEDS WELL ABOVE THAT.

NOW THE CENTER LANE DANGEROUSLY MOVES TO MOVE THE HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC CLOSER TO OUR FRONT DOOR AND SERVE AS A HIGH-SPEED PASSING LANE TO THOSE OF US THAT OBEY THE SPEED LIMIT OR ARE MAKING RIGHT-HAND TURNS INTO OUR HOMES. AS OTHERS HAVE ADMITTED, IF SOMEONE IS HANGING ON OUR BUMPER BECAUSE WE ARE OBEYING THE SPEED LIMIT, WE DRIVE AROUND THE BLOCK TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING WHERE WELEY AND RETALIATION I HAVE HERE AND PRESENTED COUNCILMAN BAUKNIGHT FROM ANY SECURITY CAMERA. WE'RE PETITIONING TO HAVE THIS RESIDENTIAL ROAD RESTRIPED AS RECONSTRUCTION -- RECONSTRUCTED SECTION BETWEEN BEN JORDAN AND

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BUT SINCE WE NO LONGER HAVE DELETE S CURBING TO DEFLECT OUT OF CONTROL CARS AWAY FROM OUR YARDS AND HOUSES WHERE OUR FAMILY LIVE AND PLAY, IT WOULD GIVE US A SAFETY ZONE FROM THE SPEEDING TRAFFIC. I HAVE A PICTURE OF RESIDENT'S VEHICLE STRUCK ON HIS YARD IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE WHICH PREVENTED THE OUT OF CONTROL VEHICLE FROM STRIKING HIS OR HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND/OR FAMILY MEMBERS. HIS NEIGHBOR NOW PARKS THE OLDER VEHICLE ON THE TRAFFIC FLOWED SIDE OF HIS DRIVEWAY TO PROTECT HIS WIFE'S NEWER CAR.

I ASK IS THIS THE WAY WE SHOULD LIVE? WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR THE SAME CONSIDERATION AFFORDED TO THE 9 RESIDENTIAL HOMES OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SECTION.

AS I TALK TO THE 38 AND CLIMBING FELLOW RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DWELLER ON CRESTWOOD DURING THE PETITION DRIVE, I WAS MADE AWARE OF THEIR CONCERN OF THE FAMILY FROM THE HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC ALSO. THEY NO LONGER ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN THEIR FRONT YARDS AFRAID OF THEM GETTING CLOSE TO THE ROAD OR AS THEY CHASE THEIR TOYS OR SIMPLY PLAY ON THE SIDEWALKS OR IN THEIR OWN FRONT YARD. PARENTS AND RESIDENTS CLOSE TO THE CORNER OF CRESTWOOD AND LAURENT WHERE THE SCHOOL IS, ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERNS FOR THE YOUNG KIDS THAT WALK THE SIDEWALKS DURING AND AFTER THE TIME THE SCHOOL SPEED SIGNS ARE FLASHING. AS I WALK CRESTWOOD FOR THE PETITION DRIVE, 100% OF THE RESIDENTS I TALKED TO SIGN ONTO THE PETITION TO GET THE ROAD RESTRIPED AS IT IS BETWEEN BEN JORDAN AND SAM HOUSTON TO GET THE TRAFFIC AWAY FROM OUR HOMES. I PERSONALLY FALKED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TOLD THEY ARE TOO SHORTHANDED TO ADD PATROLS TO THIS NEWLY FINISHED ROAD. SO TRAFFIC FLOWS AS FAST AS THEY WANT ALL DAY AND NIGHT.

I SPOKE TO TIM GILL AND BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE UNABLE TO PATROL THIS SPEEDWAY HE AGREED TO INSTALL RADAR SPEED SIGNS AFTER ARGUING THEY DON'T WORK. THAT WAS APRIL 16TH.

AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MULTIPLE OFFICIALS, I AM AWARE THAT THE CITY VIEWS CRESTWOOD AS A THOROUGH FARE, BUT IT IS A RESIDENTIAL ROAD WITH HOMES AND FAMILIES ON BOTH SIDES OF IT, AND LIMITED BUSINESSES. I GUESS THIS THOROUGH FARE ENDS AT BEN JORDAN, THAT IS WHERE THE ROAD STRIPE CHANGINGS WITH NINE HOMES ONLY ON ONE SIDE I AS WELL AS OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE HAD EXPRESSED HAVE A GRAVEYARD OF STRAY ANIMALS IN MY BACKYARD THAT HAVE BEEN HIT BY SPEEDING VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS AND I SHUTTER TO THINK OF THE FAMILY THAT WILL NEED TO BURY A CHILD BECAUSE OF ONE. ALL 100% OF THE QUESTION AND THEN PETITION SIGNERS SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU GIVE US 50 RESIDENCES IN THE AREA BETWEEN BEN JORDAN AND LAURENT AS WELL AS THOSE ON THE CURRENT ZONE UNDER RECONSTRUCTION, THE SAME SAFETY ZONE THAT YOU GAVE THE 9 HOUSES IN THE SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN BEN JORDAN AND SAM HOUSTON. WE ALL FEEL OUR SAFETY AND PROPERTY USE HAS BEEN SACRIFICED TO THE HIGH SPEED THOROUGHFARE TRAFFIC FLOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE ONLY ASK FOR THE SAME CONSIDERATION YOU GAVE TO THE 9 RESIDENTS DOWN ROAD.

THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. I PRAY YOU RECONSIDER THIS SET-UP.

THE RESIDENTS OF EAST CRESTWOOD AND THE PICTURES AND THE PETITION AND THE COPY OF THIS

PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT IT. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT

BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? >> I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED TO REGISTER AHEAD OF TIME. I'VE KIND OF BEEN IN A HOLE FOR THE LAST YEAR LIKE A LOT OF US. BUT I GOT ANY SECOND VACCINATION 2 WEEKS AGO SOY AM CELEBRATING COMING TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING WE'RE EXPERIENCING AT MIDCOAST.

MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT WE SERVE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT ONE OF THEM IS THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

AND THAT IS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN HOMES. THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED RAPID REHOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERALLY HOMELESS AND GET THEM IN A PLACE AND HELP THEM STAY STABLE AND THE OTHER IS HOMELESS PREVENTION AND CONSIDERED EVICTION PREVENTION.

THE REASON I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAD A BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK AND I

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BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE SERVED 26 HOUSEHOLDS WHICH RENTED 290 PEOPLE WITH HOMELESS PREVENTION FUNDS. THIS YEAR THAT NUMBER HAS DOUBLED IN 2021. WE HAVE EXPENDED ALMOST HALF MILLION DOLLAR AND WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING APPLICATIONS BECAUSE WE CAN'T HELP PEOPLE ANYMORE.

THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO CONCERNING AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS THE CDC EXTENDED THE EVICTION MORATORIUM, BUT THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS DECLINED TO ENFORCE IT OR UPHOLD IT.

SO WE KNOW EVICTIONS ARE FIXING TO START HAPPENING AGAIN. WE ARE HOPEFUL THERE BE MORE CARES ACT MONEY WE CAN ACCESS, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT HAS NOT BEEN GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN.

SO I COME TO YOU WITH A FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. NUMBER ONE IS THERE IS A TSUNAMI COMING AND I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN VICTORIA.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR RENT UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF WAYS TO REMEDY IT THEMSELVES. THEY CAN BORROW MONEY FROM FAMILY MEMBER, WORK A DOUBLE SHIFT, GET A SECOND JOB. SEVERAL DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THEY CAN DO.

BUT UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PANDEMIC, EVERYBODY WAS IN THE SAME BOAT.

THERE WAS NO MONEY TO BE BORROWED FROM RELATIVES OR FRIENDS, EVEN MOVING IN WITH ANOTHER RENTER IS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT OFTEN NULLIFIES THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT.

SO WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE IMPENDING EVICTION COMING UP.

BUT I'M ALSO HOPEFUL. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE STIMULUS MONEY COMING AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME TO THE CITY OF VICTORIA. I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE HARD ADDITIONS -- HARD DECISIONS AND I DON'T ENVY YOU FOR DOING THAT.

BUT I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER OUR RENTEDDERS MOST AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS NEED HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND WE CAN HELP PEOPLE STAY HOUSED.

WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS THAT IT IS GOING TO SNOWBALL AND IN A YEAR FROM NOW WE'LL BE SEEING OUR PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREET, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING REALLY INCREASE.

I'M GOING TO BE THE CANARY IN THE BEHIND AND TELL YOU THERE IS A TSUNAMI COMING AND LET'S NOT GET CAUGHT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF IT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK THROUGH THE VIDEOCONFERENCE, JAMES? NO, OKAY THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. APRIL WILL READ THE ITEMS FOR

[1. An ordinance adding Section 22-25 of the City Code to prohibit the use...]

PUBLIC HEARING. >> ITEM C-1 IS AN ORDY ANSWER ADDING SECTION 22-25 OF THE CITY

CODE TO PROTHAT IS CORRECT USE OF ENGINE BRAKES AND RETARDERS. >> ALL RIGHT, SO AS HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED, THIS ITEM STEMMED FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER LOFFGREN AND IF YOU DON'T MINE I CAN GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND OBVIOUSLY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING, INCOME BREAK OR KNOWN AS JAKE BREAKING IS CONCEPT THAT LARGE TRUCKER CANS UTILIZE INSTEAD OF UTILIZING THEIR TRADITIONAL SERVICE BRAKES TO BE ABLE TO MORE EASILY MANEUVER THE TRUCK AND SLOW DOWN. THE ISSUES WITH IT IS IS IS THAT IT CAN BE NOISY. AND THERE HAS BEEN LITERATURE AROUND IT THAT ALSO ATTACHES COMMUNITY ATTACHES TO IT BECAUSE OF THE NUISANCE COMPONENT IT TO. THERE IS LITERATURE THAT CONFIRMS THAT IT IS REALLY ROUGHLY 10 TO 20 TIMES THE SOUND OF A JACKHAMMER.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A NUISANCE IF IT IS ONGOING. AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER LOFFGREN BROUGHT FORWARD SOME AREAS OF CONCERN, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING THE AREA ON THE LOOP AND 77 NORTH WHERE ALL THE TRUCKS TRYING TO GET TO 77 NORTH ARE OBVIOUSLY EXITING NAVARRO, RIGHT BY WHERE THE OLIVE GARDEN IS IN THAT AREA. THAT SEEMS TO BE AN AREA OF CONCERN WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED COUNCIL MEMBER LOFFGREN TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

WHEN WE DID THE RESEARCH ON THIS WE REALIZED IT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE BACK IN 2013.

WE DID FIND IN THE MINUTES THAT AT THE TIME THE THE POLICE CHIEF RECOMMENDED AGAINST IT.

I THINK MARK IS IN THE ROOM AND HE SAID THAT HE SPOKE TO CHIEF CRAIG LAST NIGHT AND CHIEF CRAIG COULDN'T REMEMBER WHY. BUT IN ANY CASE COUNCIL DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION BACK THEN ON THE

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CHIEF ARREDONDO. >> MR. GARZA, THE 30 SIGNS WOULD BE JUST AROUND THE LOOP?

OR ARE THEY THROUGHOUT THE CITY? >> NO, WE WOULD TRY TO PLACE THEM IN LOCATIONS COMING INTO

THE CITY LIMITS. >> OKAY, SO WE HAVE 30 SIGNS COMING INTO THE CITY.

>> ESTIMATED 30, YOU KNOW, WELCOME CITY WITH OUR POPULATION TRADITIONAL SIGNS YOU'RE ENTERING CITY LIMITS. BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE PATHWAYS FOR THE TRUCKS, RIGHT? AND SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, A TRUCK THAT WOULD BE USING THE BRAKE WOULD BE COMING IN THROUGH A HIGHWAY WHICH, OF COURSE IS TEX-DOT.

SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THE ROUTE OF PUTTING 30 SIGNS UP, BUT WE WANTED TO SHARE SORT OF WHAT WOULD BE THE QUOTE/UNQUOTE WORST CASE IMPACT ON US IF WE DID PLACE ALL THE SIGNS EVERYWHERE AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CLOSED TO $9,000.

>> WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT THEM. I THINK THEY JUST NEED TO GO ON TEX-DOT ROADS AND HOW MANY ROADS

WOULD THAT BE? >> I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE CAN GET A NUMBER IF WE IF THEY SPECIFICALLY SAID TEX-DOT ONLY. OBVIOUSLY THE ORDINANCE IS A CITY LIMIT THING NOT JUST TEX-DOT ROAD THING. AND SO FOR THE ENFORCEABILITY ASPECT IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN SPEED LIMIT, RIGHT. SO POLICE OFFICER HAS TO WITNESS SOMEBODY SPEEDING, AND YOU'VE GOT HAVE A SPEED LIMIT SIGN, RIGHT? AND SO IT IS NO DIFFERENT IN THAT SENSE. IT IS A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS AND I'M SURE YOU'LL CORRECT ME IF

I'M WRONG ON THAT, BUT I'M RIGHT. >> MR. JAMISON.

I HAVE A QUESTION -- >> 98% RIGHT. >> COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE

2%. >> MAS -- MAS O MENOS. >> HOW DIFFICULT DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE FOR THE OFFICER TO ENFORCE EXITS WHERE THE JAKE BRAKING IS GOING ON.

>> THE ONLY ISSUE IS AS HE WAS BEGINNING TO EXPLAIN IT IS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR LIKE SPEEDING IS. THOSE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS IT HAS TO OCCUR IN THE OFFICER'S PRESENCE IN ORDER FOR US TO STAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION WHICH WOULD MEAN IF USING THE EXIT ON 463 OUT BY NAVARRO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THE OFFICER WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE AREA, WITNESS THE JAKE BRAKE NOISE AND THEN PULL THE VEHICLE, THE TRUCK OVER AND ISSUE FOR HIM

OR HER TO WRITE THE CITATION. >> HE COULD BE WORKING TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA?

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>> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND HE WOULD EITHER HEAR OR SEE IT.

>> HE WOULD HAVE TO HEAR IT, LOOK, IDENTIFY IT WAS COMING FROM THAT VEHICLE AND THEY COULD

GO AND MAKE THE STOP. >> EASY ENOUGH. >> IT IS NOT JUST THE ENFORCEMENT. IF YOU HAVE THE SIGNS PEOPLE WILL TEND NOT TO DO IT.

>> THE SIGNS THEMSELVES WOULD ACT AS A DETERRENT IN GENERAL. YOU'RE GOING GET COMPLIANCE BY HAVING THE SIGNAGE. BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED THE ORDINANCE TO HAVE THE SIGNAGE.

SO THEY ALL KINDS OF WORK TOGETHER. >> HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE YOU

HAD? >> A LOT. >> A LOT.

AND IT IS INCREASED A LOT BECAUSE OF -- THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR PLACE WHERE THERE IS A PROBLEM AND IT IS WHERE THE MALET SIGNAL IS, THE TRUCK GOES UP AND GO DOWN TO AVOID A SIGNAL. I MYSELF HAVE GONE UP AND DOWN TO AVOID THE SIGNAL.

BUZZ THERE ARE A LOT MORE TRUCKS IN TOWN AND IT IS A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM THAN IT WAS IN 2013.

MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. >> I THINK IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE ALSO.

>> IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. >> I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE WRITE-UP.

THE WRITE-UP SAYS PURSUANT TO TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 SEASON.4.72 THE PROHIBITION ON USE OF ENGINE BRAKE OR RETARDER IS EXTENDED TO 5,000 FEET OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE CITY. I'M READING THAT TO SAY THAT IS ALREADY THE MAKING JAKE BRAKES ILLEGAL WHAT IT DOES IS CITIES MAY EXTEND THEIR AUTHORITY UP TO 5,000 FEET

YND THEIR CITY LIMITS SO NEAR NOT ILLEGAL RIGHT NOW. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

THEY'RE NOT ILLEGAL RIGHT NOW. AND THAT REFERENCE TO STATE LAW IS ONLY PULT THERE TO EXPLAIN

WHY WE CAN REGULATE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS. >> DOES IT NEED TO BE IN THERE

IF WE'RE PUTTING THE SIGNS AT THE CITY LIMIT SIGN? >> IT DOESN'T.

>> THE LANGUAGE DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN THERE. IT IS IN THE RECITAL PARAGRAPH.

THE PARAGRAPHS THAT BEGIN WITH "WHEREAS" ARE ABOVE THE BOLD LINE THAT BEGINS "NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED" AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE NOT TO EXTEND THE PROHIBITION BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS, THEN YOU WOULD REMOVE IT FROM PARAGRAPH 1A.

>> I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT IF THEY HADN'T COME ACROSS THE CITY

LIMIT SIGN. >> THAT WOULD BE UP TO US ON THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS, RIGHT? WE COULD THEORETICALLY REPLACE THE SIGNS 5,000 FEET SOONER THAN THE CITY LIMIT SIGN.

WE SIMPLY USE THE CITY LIMIT SIGN AS A GAUGE TO DETERMINE HOW MANY ENTRY POINTS EXIST, NOT THAT WE WOULD PHYSICALLY PUT THE SIGN RIGHT NEXT TO THE CITY LIMIT SIGN.

>> THANK YOU, I WASSING THEY WAS VERY UNFRIENDLY. WELCOME TO VICTORIA.

>> IT WOULDN'T GO ON THE SAME BOWL THE CITY LIMIT SIGN. >> IT WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY BE A WHOLE NEW SET-UP. AND I DID GET A MESSAGE FROM STAFF THEY ESTIMATE ROUGHLY 20 SIGNS IF WE WERE TO JUST PRIORITIZE TEX-DOT ROADWAYS AND SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES COMING

IN. >> AND WHERE ARE WE GETTING THIS FROM THE BUDGET?

>> WE WOULD HAVE TO QUITE FRANKLY FIGURE THAT ASPECT OF IT OUT.

WE COULD DO ONE OF TWO THINGS WE COULD SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ABSORB THE EXPENSE WITH OUR EXISTING ADOPTED BUDGET. C, INCORPORATE INTO FISCAL YEAR

2022 BUDGET WILL U BUDGET. >> LOFFGREN, DO YOU ALSO GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LOUD

MOTORCYCLES THAT RACE ON THE LOOP? >> NO, NOT AS MUCH, BUT I DO GET

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COMPLAINT. >> I HEAR THOSE MORE AT MY HOUSE.

>> I GET THOSE COMPLAINTS EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, BUT IT IS MOSTLY ABOUT THE TRUCKS.

>> I CAN HEAR THE TRUCKS FROM MY HOUSE AND I'M QUITE A WAYS FROM THE LOOP.

THERE IS A GUY WITH A MOTORCYCLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'D LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

>> SO WHEN WOULD THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT? THIS BUDGET YEAR OR NEXT BUDGET

YEAR? >> IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT TEN DAYS AFTER THE SECOND AND THIRD READING OF ORDINANCE. THE SECOND AND THIRD READING OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY. I BELIEVE THAT IS MAY 4TH. AND THEN 10 DAYS AFTER THAT THE

ORDINANCE WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE. >> THE AREA MR. LOFFGREN IS TALKING ABOUT IS HIGHLY POPULATED WITH APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

I CAN SEE THAT. THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE THAN 4 LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THERE

I CAN SEE THE COMPLAINS. >> JUST DON'T WANT TO SET THE EXPECTATION IF WE ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE THAT IT IS NECESSARILY GOING TO SOLVE THE ISSUE UNLESS THERE IS SPEEDING OR A OFFICER CLOSE BY OR WITNESSES IT, IT DOESN'T GET ADDRESSED. AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT JAKE

BRAKES TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> I WOULDN'T EXPECT OUT IT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM EITHER, BUT IF IT MAKES THE PROBLEM LESS, IT IS LIKE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY DO MAKE THE PROBLEM LESS.

AND THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE LESS. >> I UNDERSTAND FROM A DETERRENT

STANDPOINT. >> YES. >> I'M OKAY WITH IT.

I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK IT IS GOING TO JUST GO AWAY. >> IT IS NOT A MAGIC BULLET.

>> I THINK FROM A DETERRENT STANDPOINT AND IF WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE NORTH HAVE THE SIGN -- IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SIGNS. I DIDN'T SEE WHY WEED THAT HAVE THE DUPLICATION, BUT HAVE TO HAVE ONE TO GET TO THE ATTEMPTED SO DESPITE IT BECOMING AN ORDINANCE AFTER SECOND AND THIRD READ TEN DAYS IT REALLY DOESN'T BECOME APPLICABLE UNTIL SIGNAGE

IS UP. >> IT WOULD BE APPLICABLE, BUT I WOULD NOT SUGGEST ENFORCEMENT.

IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ENFORCIBLE. >> THANK YOU.

>> UNLESS IT WAS IN -- IT WAS IN STATE LAW. >>> MAYOR PRO TEM REMINDER THIS

IS A PUBLIC HEARING. >> YES, I JUST REMEMBERED. I WAS READING.

>> NOW WE'RE GOING HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING OVER THIS ISSUE. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US. AND JAMES IS THERE ANYONE UP THERE THAT MIGHT WANT TO TALK

WITH US? COME ON EVER. >> I'M SORRY.

>> GOOD EVENING COUNSEL AND MAYOR PRO TERMS INTERESTING DISCUSSION.

I LIVE AT KELLY DRIVE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT SUB, BUT I CAN SPEAK ON THAT, TOO BUT THAT IS NOT THE INTENT TONIGHT. MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE LEAP YEAR FEBRUARY OF 1995. IT WAS A VERY, VERY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LONG TIME. WE WERE THERE BEFORE THE LOOP WAS BUILT.

I GUESS IT WAS IN THE PLANNING STAGE. AND IT HAS BEEN QUIET UNTIL THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT NOW LIKE MARK SAID IS COMING DOWN THE CUERVO HIGHWAY THAT AVOID THE LIGHT AND THEY COME FLYING OFF THAT RAMP.

I AGREE THAT THE SIGNS MAY NOT -- IT IS A DETERRENT. IT IS A WARNING.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THIS LIKE SAY UNTIL THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT IT IS INCREASED VERY DRAMATICALLY. IF I SET ON MY PATIO, AND I GET A PHONE CALL OR SOMEONE IS TALKING WITH ME, I BASICALLY HAVE TO GO IN THE HOUSE TO FINISH THE CALL BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO THIS, IT IS SO LOUD, MARK HEARS IT AT HIS HOUSE, OKAY.

AND IT IS UNTIL THEY GET TO THAT LIGHT AND STOP, YOU CANNOT HEAR AND IF YOU'RE IN THE STREET TALKING TO A NEIGHBOR, YOU CAN'T DO IT. YOU JUST CAN'T CONTINUE THAT

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UNFORTUNATELY, I SAID AND I OBSERVED THESE PEOPLE QUITE FREQUENTLY, BECAUSE I'M RETIRED AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO, OKAY. BUT YOU CAN SEE A PAT TERN AT TIMES OF DAY THAT IT HAPPENS. I CAN TELL YOU 8:30 IN THE MORNING KNOW WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE COMING FROM. THEY'RE HAULING MATERIALS, THEY'RE DOING WORK.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE JOBS. AND IT IS NOT ALL OF THEM. IT IS NEVER EVERYBODY DOING THIS. BUT YOU HAVE A FEW THAT REALLY ABUSE THE SYSTEM.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE '84 I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO DO ANYTHING.

I'M VERY IMPRESSED. I WANT TO THANK MARK MOVING THIS FORWARD.

HE'S HAD DISCUSSIONS THE CITY MANAGER AND WE MO AND OUR BUREAUCRACY IS A PRETTY GOOD THING I WANT TO THANK MARK AND WHOEVER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS FOR AT LEAST BRINGING IT TO

THIS LEVEL THIS QUICK ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU.

>> I MOVE WE ADOPT C-1. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY ALL KNOWS FAVOR.

>> AYE. >>> ALL THOSE OPPOSE. >> MOTION CARRIES.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY WE CLOSE PUBLIC -- WE ALREADY VOTED. OKAY.

>> CLOSED BY DEFAULT. >> WE HAVE A LONG MEETING, SO, APRIL CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE

[D. Consent Agenda:]

CONSENT AGENDA. >> MERCER AND ASSOCIATES FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES REALED TO THE INSTALLATION OF GENERATEDDORS AT THE POLICE STATION AND COMMUNITY CENTER.

ITEM D3 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVINGPROVING THE ASSIGNMENTF OWNERSHIP FROM POWER SCRUR GENERATORS TO CP GS HOLDINGS LLC FOR WATER PLAN NUMBER 3 AND ARE REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN. ITEM D4 APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH GARY MIDDLETON FOR REPRESENTATION AND CONSULTATION SERVICES RELATED TO MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,000. AND ITEM D THE 5 IS AWARDING A CONTRACT TO MARS COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE, INSTALLATION AND TRAINING FOR A 4-STATION METER TEST BENCH IN THE AMOUNT OF

$86,967. >> IF WE ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >>> AYE.

>> ALL THOSE OPPOSE. OKAY, ACTION ITEM FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

APRIL TO CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE ACTION ITEM E-1. >>> RESOLUTION AWARDING THE

[1. Award North Heights Utility Replacement Project Phase VII (E. Nueces S...]

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO START OFF THE PRESENTATION FOR NORTH HEIGHTS UTILITY REPLACEMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE PROCUREMENT METHOD AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO KEN FOR THE PROJECT OVERVIEW AND MOVING FORWARD.

THE PROCUREMENT METHOD WE USE FOR THIS CLIFT EVER SOLICITATION IS THE COMPETITIVELY SEALED PROPOSAL UNDER 2259. WITH THIS METHOD WE WERE ABLE TO SOLICIT BASED ON WEIGHTED CRITERIA SO WE WOULD RANK OFFERS, NEGOTIATED A PRICE IN ORDER TO GET THE BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY. THE WEIGHTED CRITERIA CATEGORIES WERE PRICE, SCHEDULE, PASSED PERFORMANCE, AVAILABLE RESOURCES, OVERALL QUALIFICATIONS, CORPORATE STABILITY AND HISTORY AS WELL AS REFERENCES. WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS, THEY WERE FROM J & R CONTRACTING SERVICES, MERCER CONSTRUCTION AND LESTER CONTRACTING.

THE PROPOSALS WERE SUBMITTED BASED ON BY LINE ITEM. ONCE WE RECEIVED THE PROPOSALS WE EVALUATED THEM BY THE COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE MEMBERS INCLUDED KEN GILL, DARRYL SIGNBERG,ED TO PARISH AND MYSELF. WE THEN SELECTED THE PROPOSAL THAT OFFERED THE BEST VALUE TO THE CITY. THAT CAME FROM J & R CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC. WE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM ANY POSSIBLE AREAS FOR REDUCTION.

THERE WERE NONE SO THE FINAL NEGOTIATED PRICE WAS $1,069,850. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE PROCUREMENT METHOD? IF NOT, I'M GOING GO AHEAD AND PASS THE REST OVER TO KEN.

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THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, LAURA. THIS IS THE LAST PHASE OF NORTH

HEIGHTS FOR THE UTILITY, PHASE VII. >> YEAH.

>>> YES, YEAH. IT HAS BEEN A LONG SEVEN YEARS BUT HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROJECT THIS ONE IS TO REPLACE 8-INCH WATERLINE AND 12-INCH WATERLINE WITH NEW PVC, REPLACE OLD CLAY AND CONCRETE WITH 8-INCH AND 12-INCH PVC, NEW METER BOXES AS WELL AS PRIVATE METER CUTOFFS BEHIND THE METERS AND PROJECT TIME ESTIMATED AT 365 DAY, AGAIN, AT COMPLETES ALL THE PHASES FOR THE UTILITIES. THIS IS A PROJECT MAP AND IT IS NUECES RUNNING FROM LAURENT TO NAVARRO. WE HAVE WE WILL COORDINATE WITH DETAR HOSPITAL.

WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH WALLACE. HE KNOWS IT IS COMING AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH HIS EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND PATRONS AT DETAR.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THIS IS, AGAIN, LAST PHASE. WE BEGAN AND BEGIN THIS FINAL PHASE OF THE STREET IN SUMMER OF '22 AND TOTAL COST INCLUDING THIS FOR THE UTILITIES WAS $7

MILLION. AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> MR. GILL, WHEN IS THE BEGINNING OF THE CONSTRUCTION BEGIN OF THE MEDIAN THAT WILL BE DOING HENRIIO GRAND IN THAT

AREA? >> I BELIEVE THAT WILL HAPPEN -- I'M FORESEEING THAT TO BEGIN IN

YEAR SOMETIME. >> SO WHERE WOULD Y'ALL BE AT OR WE WILL B AT IN THE

CONSTRUCTION? >> WE'LL BE THERE IN THE UTILITY PORTION.

IN THE UTILITY PORTION, WE WILL CLOSE A BLOCK AT A TIME. WE DON'T JUST CLOSE THE WHOLE STREET. WE WILL WORK WITH RESIDENTS IN THERE TO KEEP THAT STREET OPEN.

BECAUSE IT IS. THAT NUECES OF ALL THE STREETS IN THAT NORTH HEIGHTS, THAT ONE

IS THE BUSIEST. >> AND THE WORST. >> AND THE WORST, THAT'S TRUE.

>> SO IT IS GOING TO COMPLICATE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC FOR THAT TEX-DOT FOR THEM.

>> FOR THIS SHORT TIME, I BELIEVE SO. ONE THING WE WOULD WANT TO ENCOURAGE IS TO KEEP GOLDMAN OPEN. THAT IS ONE OF TEX-DOT'S OPENING THAT WILL, BEGIN, FACILITATE THE AREA GETTING IN OFF OF NORTH HEIGHTS OFF OF BUSINESS 59 AND

FACILITATE DETAR. >> HOW MUCH DID IT COST IN YEAR 1 TO DO THE UTILITY?

>> ACTUALLY IT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LESS, MAYBE 900, 8 TO $900,000 BUT NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE. IT STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT. WE'VE HAD IN THESE LAST FEW PHASES WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD PRICES FROM THE CONTRACTORS.

WE'VE ADDED A CONTRACTOR DURING THESE SEVEN YEARS TO OUR LIST FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS MERCER, LESTER AND THAT WAS KIND OF IT -- WELL, FALCON WAS IN THERE. NOW WE'VE ADDED J & R.

SO WE HAVE FOUR UTILITY CONTRACTORS. >> THIS CAME UNDER YOUR

PROJECTED AMOUNT, RIGHT? >> YES, IT DID. >> GOOD JOB.

>> IN-HOUSE DESIGN. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT ITEM E-2. >>> SECOND.

>> OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> ALL THOSE AGAINST.

>> THANK YOU. >> I FORGOT A TIME SLIDE SO I'LL GO THIS REAL QUICK.

>> CONTRACT IN MAY, JUST REALLY QUICK, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MOTION WAS MADE FOR E-2 BUT IT

WAS E-1. >> I'M SORRY. E-1, YES.

WHAT DID I SAY. >> E-2. >> I'LL TAKE THAT.

>>> I'M TRYING TO MOVE THIS MEETING ALONG. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND CLARIFY THAT WAS FOR E-1, MY MOTION.

>> WE DON'T HAVE TO REVOTE DO WE? >> NOT UNLESS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER

OBJECTS. >> ANYBODY OBJECT? OKAY.

MOTION PASSES. >> OKAY AFTER IT IS PASSED, LET'S HIT THE TIMELINE REAL QUICK. EXECUTE TO CONTRACT IN MAY. MOBILIZE IN --

>> DIDN'T YOU HEAR JEFF, HE'S TRYING TO MOVE IT ALONG. >>> I'M GOING QUICK.

>>> APRIL TO FINISH THE PHASE OF THE PHASE IV -- PHASE VI AND THIS PROJECT TO COMPLETE IN JUNE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO BID THE PROJECTS WITH COMPETITIVELY SEALED PROPOSALS, NEGOTIATE AND EVALUATE FOR THE TO SELECT THE BEST CONTRACTOR.

THANK YOU. NOW WE CAN MOVE TO E-2. IS.

>> OKAY. >> APRIL? >> ITEM E-2 IS A RESOLUTION

[2. Approve an Advanced Funding Agreement with TxDOT for Loop 463 (Zac Len...]

[01:05:05]

THE AMOUNT OF 816,087.19. >> AS YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS IS PART OF THE PROPERTY COMMERCE AGREEMENT OF TALKING AND GETTING THAT DEVELOPMENT NEAR HOME DEPOT.

KIND OF A BACKGROUND IN JULY OF 2020, PROPERTY COMMERCE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE TO RELOCATE THE RAMP. WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS SCOOT IT BACK EAST TO GIVE THEM AN EXTRA DRIVEWAY TO GET INTO THEIR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. NOVEMBER OF 2020 WE APPROVED THE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $816,AND CHANGE FOR THE RELOCATE ACHES OF THE EXIT RAMP.

IN 2021 APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXIT RAMP. THOSE TWO ARE THE SAME.

AND THEN IN 2021, PROPERTY COMMERCE ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND SURVEYING WITH CIVIL CORE. JANUARY OF 2021 RAMP RELOCATION GRANT BEGINS BEGINS AND HERE WEE LOOKING AT THE PREPARATION FOR THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND TEX-DOT.

THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE RAMP RELOCATION AS YOU CAN SEE THE EXIT RAMP IS MOVING TO THE EAST.

AGAIN, IT GIVES THAT ACCESS TO THE PROPERTIES. AND THAT IS A BETTER PICTURE OF IT. ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION THE EXIT RAMP WILL BE. THEY CAN BUILD THE NEW EXIT RAMP WITHOUT DISTURBING THE CURRENT RAMP AS IT IS. THEY WON'T HAVE TO SHUT EITHER ONE DOWN DURING THAT TIME.

I THINK THAT WAS A CRITICAL POINT DURING THE PROCESS OR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN IF THE PROJECT TIMELINE. I'LL START OUT WITH APRIL 16TH, WE'RE 90% SUBMITTAL TO TX., THAT HAS ALREADY HPT. TX-DOT, MAY 8TH THEY'RE EXPECTING 100% DESIGN SUBMITTAL TO TEX.. JULY 21ST WE SUBMIT THE PAYMENT TO TEX-DOT AND THAT IS 60 DAYS FRIAR THE LETTING WHICH IS EXPECTED IN OCTOBER. JANUARY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AND IN SUMMER 2022 COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS WAS ALL DISCUSSED

PROPERTY COMMERCE AND THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS AFA. >> WOULD YOU GO BACK A SLIDE.

IS THE NEW EXIT IS GOING BE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN THE CURRENT EXIT?

ASK THAT ACCURATE? >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. >> BECAUSE THE CURRENT ONE IS.

>> THE CURRENT ONE IS REALLY LONG. >> YEAH AND THEY'RE SCOOTING IT BACK AND MAKING IT SHORTER, WHICH, BEGIN, WILL BRING THAT ACCESS POINT FURTHER EAST TO THEIR PROPERTY. AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS INCREASING THE LIGHTING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN FROM MAYOR MCCOY AT THE TIME.

AND WE WANT TO INCREASE THE LIGHTING FOR THAT EXIT RAMP SO IT ISMORE VISIBLE WHEN YOU'RE

COMING DOWN THE LOOP. >> AND IS THERE LIKE A THIRD LANE THAT SOMEBODY COULD GET ON? BECAUSE LOOKING AT HER COMMENT, IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE SHORT, BUT IF YOU CAN GET THE THIRD LANE TO

START GETTING OFF. >> NO, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING THE CONCEPTION.

THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY NOT CORRECT. THEY ARE NOT GOING HAVE THREE LANES WHEN YOU COME OFF, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN SKIP THREE LANES TO GET OVER.

THEY'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE THAT ONE-THIRD LANE AS YOU EXIT. IT IS GOING TO EXIT ON INTO THE

TWO LANES. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> I WISH I HAD A BETTER

PICTURE. >> INSTEAD OF THE SECTION WHERE IT HAS THREE ARROWS, IT IS ONLY GOING HAVE TWO. THEY'RE NOT GOING ADD THAT EXTRA THIRD LANE, IT IS BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OVER FAST ENOUGH TO GET TO ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT GETTING OFF, GETTING OFF. >> BEGINNING OF THE RAMP.

>> WIDENING THE LOOP TO ACCOMMODATE A THIRD LANE. >>> IT WILL BE.

I MEAN -- I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING WIDE TEN LOOP THERE, THEY'LL JUST BUILD INTO THAT

RAMP OFF OF THAT TWO LANES, JUST PRETTY MUCH LIKE IT IS NOW. >> JUST, THAT YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE, BUT IT IS STILL THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET OFF.

>> YES, IT IS. >> YES IT IS. >> I UNDERSTAND NOW.

>> WILL FRONTAGE ROAD BE CLOSED DURING SOME OF THAT? >> THEY WILL HAVE TO CLOSE THE LANE, POSSIBLY BUT THEY'RE NOT PLANNING ON CLOSING THE FRONTAGE ROAD.

>> OKAY. >> BECAUSE THAT IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION RIGHT THERE.

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>> YES. >> OKAY. >> I THOUGHT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN IF AMOUNTED -- IN THE AMOUNT. I SEEN A MILLION DOLLAR

MENTIONED BEFORE, CAN SOMEONE CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? >> SURE, PROCEDURALLY WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE DESIGN IS SUBMITTED TO TEX-DOT, TEX-DOT GOES OUT AND BIDS THE PRPBLGJECT. IT IS UNCLEAR IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT THE FINAL WILL BE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONCE THE BID GOES OUT, THAT THE PRICE WILL BE HIGHER THAN WHAT IS IN THE AFA.

BUT ALL PARTIES INVOLVED HAVE AGREED TO HONOR THE AMOUNT OF THE AFA AS AGREED UPON ORIGINALLY. AND ALL PARTIES AGREE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANY VARIATIONS IN THE EXPENSE AFTER THE -- AFTER THE OFFICIAL BIDDING DELETE S BIDDING OF THE PROCESS SO OFFICIAL CONVERSATION CAN TAKE PLACE OFF OF FACTUAL NUMBERS AND NOT SIMPLY

ASSUMPTIONS. >> AND WE WOULD NEGOTIATE IF IT BID LESS THAT WOULD BE MONEY

COMING BACK. >> SO EITHER WAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THIS MONEY TO THEM IN 60

DAYS AFTER A. >> DICT DAYS PRIOR. >>> THAT WOULD BE 60 DAYS PRIOR.

WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE MONEY WHETHER IT IS HIGHER OR LOWER OR ARE WE GOING TO STICK TO THE 8

SEASON 16. >> AGAIN THE 816 IS ESTIMATED COST.

ONCE IT IS BID THEN WE WILL SQUARE -- WE SQUARE UP THEN IF IT IS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT THEN AT THE FINAL COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE PUT TOGETHER AND EITHER PLUS IN OUR POCKET OR A PLUS IN THEIR POCKET WE MAY HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUND ORIGINAL GET MONEY BACK.

I AM NOT SURE IF KEN HIT ON IT, BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLARIFICATION, THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE SALES TAX DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND WAS BUDGETED FOR TO THE AMOUNT THAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IN THE BUDGET NO BUDGET AMENDMENT IS NEEDED FOR THE AFA BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. IF AMOUNT DOS CHANGE THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH SALES TAX DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FIRST AND ULTIMATELY WITH COUNCIL IF IT IS WARRANTED.

>> IT WOULD STILL COME BACK TO US BEFORE ANY FINAL DIG -- DECISION, RIGHT?

FOR ANY AMENDMENT? >> TYPICALLY, AMENDMENTS TYPICALLY END UP COMING TO

COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S FINE. >>> BUT ON THE UNLIKELY EVENT

THAT NOTHING CHANGES IS THIS THE LAST TIME WE SEE THIS? >> CORRECT, SHOULD BE.

YES. >> CORRECT. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT ITEM E2.

>> SECONDITY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >>> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> E-THERE E. >>> ITEM I 3 APPROVING A

[3. Approve an amendment to the professional services agreement with Frees...]

>> THIS ITEM BASICALLY HAS TWO COMPONENTS TO THE AMENDMENT. ONE IS TO INCREASE THE CLOCK TOWER HEIGHT FROM ITS ORIGINAL BASIS OF 25 TO 30 FEET TO 45 TO 50 FEET.

AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL ITEM TO TIE IN THE PATIO OF THE STEM BUILDING THAT IS OUT THERE AND A LITTLE OF CONTINGENCY INCLUDED IN THAT ITEM. THIS IS A PRESENTATION PUT ON BY NICK WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS. HE IS ON THE LINE IN CASE THERE ARE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

THIS IS A STRIP MAP. THIS IS AIRLINE INTERSECTION AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING SOUTH.

THIS DIDN'T CHANGE IN THE CONCEPT ANY. IT IS STILL THREE-LANE SECTION AND AS YOU SEE AS YOU'RE COMING UP TO AIRLINE THERE IS A RIGHT-TURN ONLY AND A STRAIGHT THROUGH AND A LEFT TURN. IT HAS THE LANDSCAPING ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE SIDEWALKS PULLED AWAY FROM THE STREET. NEXT SLIDE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE CAMPUS ENTRANCE, THIS IS RIGHT THERE WHERE THE SOCCER FIELDS AND BROWNSON -- BRONSON TERRACE MEET.

THIS IS THE SLIDE WHERE THE CLOCK TOWER IS, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT CENTER AND RIGHT

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AND THIS IS AS IT MEETS INTO RED RIVER. HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE THE CLOCK COMPARISON AND PICTURES OF IT THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT WAS THE CURRENT TOWER HEIGHT OF WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED. THE NEXT PICTURE IS THE PROPOSED TOWER HEIGHT WHICH SHOWS IT HIGHER. IT IS THE SAME CONFIGURATION, SAME BRICK STYLE.

IT HAS RED FACING ON IT. ON ONE SIDE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM MATT ALEXANDER WITH UHV, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE TOP, YOU'LL NOTICE A SLANTED-TYPE ROOF WHICH IS A SOLAR PANEL. DR. GLEN WANTS TO CHANGE THAT TO A MORE AESTHETIC MAGICALLY-TYPE PLEASING APPEARANCE. THAT MAY CHANGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO BRING OUT IS AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN BEN WILSON, THE TWO FACINGS YOU SEE ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF BEN WILSON, THOSE ARE STATIC BASICALLY SIGNS OR MESSAGE UHV SIGNS ANNOUNCING THIS IS UHV. THE SIGNS OR THE FACES THAT WILL FACE THE CAMPUS OF THE STUDENT CENTER AND OTHER ONES WILL BE AN LED-TYPE MESSAGE BOARD TO GIVE STUDENTS MESSAGES OF WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, HAPPENING ON CAMPUS. BUT THOSE WILL BE AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC.

AS YOU'RE DRIVING YOU WILL NOT SEE MESSAGES CHANGING AT YOU ALL THE TIME.

I WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT, BECAUSE THAT WAS A CLEAR POINT I ASKED NICK ABOUT, WHICH SIDES,

YOU KNOW, CHANGING. >> WOULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M ONLY SEEING FOUR

SIDES AND I SEE A CLOCK ON TWO OF THEM. >> THE CLOCK IS THE ONE THEY WANT TO CHANGE TO AN LED-TYPE MESSAGE BOARD. IT WOULDN'T BE A CLOCK ON THAT SIDE. AND THAT IS THE SIDENA IS GOING TO FACE THE STUDENT

ADMINISTRATION AND THE STUDENT CENTER AND NOT TRAFFIC. >>> I'M NOT SURE IF THE CLOCK

TOWER WILL HAVE A CLOCK. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> GOING AWAY FROM THE CLOCK

TOWER. >>> THE OTHER IS GOING NORTH AND SOUTH ARE STAT JIK THOSE ARE

STATIC. >> UHV. >> MEANING THEY PUT IT UP THERE

AND IT NEVER CHANGES. >> AND IT MIGHT HAVE THE TIME ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE.

>> IT WILL HAVE AN LED TIME. >> IT COULD BE DIGITAL. >>> THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE DESIGN. BUT THE SIGN, THE FACING YOU'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING THERE, UHV. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT THE DRIVERS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE ROAD. AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE SHOWING THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCES.

ENTRY MARKER, THEY'VE DONE REVISIONS TO THIS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE.

ONE THING THAT THEY ARE WORKING OON WITH THEIR ARCHITECTURAL BOARD IS TRYING TO KEEP AS YOU'LL NOTICE THE BRICK COLOR THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS ON CAMPUS.

THEY'RE REALLY DRIVING TO -- STRIVING TO UNIFY THEIR ARCHITECTURAL WITH THE STREET

AND WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS. >> THIS IS THE STEM BUILDING COORDINATION, PATIO GROUNDS LEVEL AND STEM BUILT AERIAL PERSPECTIVE. I DON'T KNOW THEY'VE GOTTEN MUCH FARTHER ON THAT SO THAT IS COMING AND IF JAMES COULD PRESS THE GO BUTTON THIS WILL BE A FLY-THROUGH VIDEO WITH THE TOWER AT ITS 45 TO 50-FOOT HEIGHT AND THAT'S ITS FOR THE VIDEO.

ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS FOR THE PUBLIC. YOU'RE SEEING ALL THE LANDSCAPE.

IN IS LANDSCAPE AFTER IT IS GROWN. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE PLANTED AT THIS FULL HEIGHT. THESE ARE MATURE TREES. IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE LANDSCAPING TO REALLY TAKE EFFECT AND TO SHOW THIS MUCH YOU KNOW, AESTHETICS AND FOR DARRYL TO MAINTAIN -- NOT. IT WILL BE UHVS. THERE IT WENT, ONE MORETIME, OKAY DATE, SIX WEEKS, I WANT TO GO OVER THIS REAL QUICK. THESE ARE WEEKS, I'D RATHER GIVE A TIME FRAME. I THINK THAT IS MORE APPLICABLE. ADVERTISING, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. BIDS, NOVEMBER TO GO OUT FOR BID, GO OUT, OPEN THE BIDS.

AWARDED, I MEAN, ANTICIPATING DECEMBER AND WE'D LIKE TO BE BEGINNING WOULD BE JANUARY, FEBRUARY, GETS THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS AND STARTS OFF FRESH. AND THEN IN A 12-MONTH PROJECT.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR GO BACK OVER, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

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>> I HAVE A QUESTION I REMEMBER SOMEONE SAYING THEY WERE GOING PUT A FENCE STARTING FROM, WHERE THE BON AIR OR THE HOUSES START ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSECTION OF AIRLINE TO MAKE IT UNIFORM.

ARE THEY STILL PLANNING ON DOING THAT? >> RIGHTED NOW THAT IS NOT.

THAT IS NOT RIGHT IN THE PROJECT NOW. THERE ARE CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'VE TALKED TO UHV ABOUT. THEY DO WANT IT.

IT IS JUST THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS MEETING THEIR PROJECT FUNDING AMOUNT.

BUT IT IS STILL BEING DISCUSSED AS A POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY ITEM THAT WE CAN ADD AS THIS PROJECT MOVES. WE WANT TO PUT THAT IN AS A PROJECT ADDITIVES.

>> BID ALTERNATE. >>> BID ALTERNATE SO WE CAN GET A PRICE ON IT.

>> AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WOULD MAKE THAT BID ALTERNATE LIST THAT IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED WHICH WOULD STILL BE DONE OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS, BUT THERE IS A RELUCKANCE ON -- RELUCKANCE PART TO REDUCE THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS BEFORE YOU START THE PROJECT WE'RE OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL THAT THE VISION FOR THE PROJECT IS ABLE TO BE DONE WITH

FUNDS. >> AND THEY ARE GOING REDO THE WHOLE STREET, TAKE IT UP AND PUT

IT DOWN. >>> THAT'S CORRECT. AND IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE AND THE

UTILITIES. >> THAT'S NOT A MILL AND OVERLAY ANYMORE?

>> NO. >> OKAY. OTHER QUESTION I HAVE THIS IS AN ITEM TO ADD -- WHERE IS THE NUMBER I JUST HAD IT $130,000 450 TO THE CONTRACT BUT THAT

GETS DIRECTLY REIMBURSED BY THE CITY. >> THIS WILL BE PAID BY UHV.

AND THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, OF COURSE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE CLOCK TOWER/NOT CLOCK TOWER. I HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF THIS FROM THE START. I DON'T THINK THAT IS A SECRET. BUT I'M ALSO NOT IN FARE NOT IN FAVOR OF 50-FOOT ALL THE SIGNS. I'M WONDERING HOW COMMITTY -- COMMITTED THEY ARE TO THAT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THE INITIAL PICTURE WAS 25 TO 30 FEET. BECAUSE MOST OF OUR ON-PREMISES SIGNS ARE 35 FEET. SO I'VE BEEN DRIVE AROUND LOOKING AT THE HEIGHT OF VARIOUS THINGS VERSUS 45 TO 50 AND I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE I SHOULD BE MICROMANAGING IT, BUT I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE 30 TO 40 RANGE THAN 45 TO 50. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY

ELSE FEELS OR IF THAT DOESN'T MATTER. >>> I BELIEVE ONE REASON THEY WENT UP A LITTLE HIGHER IS THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THAT LANDSCAPING AND TREE MASTURED THAT THAT SIGN WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM A DISTANCE SUCH AS FROM RED RIVER AIRLINE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WENT UP HIGHER. NOW UNDERSTAND, YES, THERE IS SOME, YOU KNOW, ON OUR SIGNBOARD, BUT THIS WAS KIND OF A SEPARATE AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT WAS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH US AND UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY EVEN SIGN DISCUSS WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF IT. IT IS STILL CONCEPTUAL AND YOU'RE CORRECT IN THAT MANNER.

I WANTED TO GIVE A REASON WHY THEY WENT UP. >> KEN, REASON IS THEY MATCHES THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET SO IT IS UNIFORM.

>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. WAS THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS

ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET -- DO WE KNOW THAT? >> I DON'T KNOW -- LET ME LOOK.

LET ME SEE IF THEY HAVE A GOOD PICTURE OF IT. >> IT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT

THEY'VE GOT ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE IS A BIG PARKING LOT. >> IF IT IS FOUR-STORIES THAT IS

45 FEET. >> I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY MENTION THAT IT WAS A NICE FOCAL

POIN FROM AN AESTHETIC STANDPOINT. >> I LIKE IT, TOO.

>> I'M GLAD I BROUGHT IT UP SO WE COULD DISCUSS IT. >> MOVE TO ACCEPT ITEM E3.

>>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >>> AYE. >>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

OMOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>> THANK YOU.

>> ITEM E4. >> ITEM E4 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14-52B OF THE

[4. An ordinance amending Section14-52(B) of the City Code related to Itin...]

READING. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I HAVE HERE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE. SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG, THE ONE

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THIS EVENT IS HELD CLOSER TO THE RESTAURANTS VERSUS DELEON PLAZA TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES PROFIT ON A WEEKEND. CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE THREE RESTAURANTS IN THE ONE RETAIL SPACE NEARBY. ACTUALLY FOUR RESTAURANTS AND TWO MORE RETAIL BUSINESSES NEARBY. AND EACH ARTISAN VENDOR MUST FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, PAY $20 AND ADHERE TO THE MARKET ON MAIN GUIDELINES TO PARTICIPATE. IT IS FOR ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE HAND-MADE, TRYING TO PROMOTE THE ARTISANS IN THE LOCAL AREA. AND THE EVENT IS TOLD ACTIVATE THE DOWNTOWN AND DRIVE MORE VISITORS TO THE AREA. WHICH HAS DONE SO.

THE MARKET ON MAIN ON MARCH OPENED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SATURDAY SINCE FOR 13 YEARS.

THAT IS THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE OPEN ON A SATURDAY FOR 13 YEARS ON THE MARCH MARKET.

SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IS WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE PERMIT. IF ANY VENDOR, ARTISAN INTENDS TO SELL PRODUCT OUTSIDE THE DESIGNATED AREA OR AN EVENT NOT CO-SPONSORED BY THE PARKS AND RECS DEPOSITION OR VICTORIA MAIN STREET PROGRAM, IF THIS PASSES, THEY MUST FILE FOR THE IT TINNERRANT VENDOR PERMIT.

IF THEY INTEND TO SELL OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED AREAS BUT CO-SPONSORED BY PARKS & REC AND VENDOR PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED. IF THE VENDOR IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN IT TERNERRANT VENDOR PERMIT, EACH PERSON WORKING IN EACH BOOTH WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN BACKGROUND CHECK AND PAY THE $80 PERMIT FEE THE CITY OF VICTORIA. ONCE THE PERMIT IS OBTAINED IT IS GOOD FOR SIX MONTHS.

ON AVERAGE THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 15 TO 20 VEBDORS AT THE MARKET ON MAIN AND THIS EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD SIX TIMES OUT OF THE YEAR. AND JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE DESIGNATED AREAS, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 31 PRIVATE/PUBLIC FACILITATED EVENS HELD IN 2019. 7 AT DELEON PLAZA AND TWO AT ETHEL LEE TRACY PARK THAT HAD VENTERS PRESENT. AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, CITY STAFF WILL BE REVIEWING OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN INTERNALLY FOR CITY-RELATED SPONSORED EVENTS AND THAT CONCLUDES MY

PRESENTATION, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. >> I NOTICED THERE WAS A

FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING GOING ON DELEON PLAZA TODAY. >>> YES.

>>> REQUIRE ITINNERRANT VENDOR? >> NO, BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN THE

DESIGNATE AREA. >> BOW NOT CO-SPONSORED BY THE VICTORIA PARKS AND REC

DEPARTMENT. >> CORRECT. >> JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN DELEON

PLAZA IT IS OKAY. >> YES, ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE.

>>> YES, THAT IS THE CORRECT READING OF THE ORDINANCE. >> AND WHY IS THAT?

>> SO THAT ANY VENDOR CAN GO INTO DELEON PLAZA, OR RIVERSIDE PARK IT SAYS IT HAS TO HAVE

APPROVAL BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, DOESN'T IT? >> CORRECT.

>> SO WHAT TYPE OF COMPLIANCE IS INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION?

>> NOT IF YOU'RE -- IF YOU MEAN FOR THE EVENT ORGANIZER THE EVENT ORGANIZER, THERE WOULD BE NO COMPLIANCES AS IT RELATES TO THIS TYPE OF PERMIT, RIGHT, IF THEY'RE HAVING IT AT DELEON PLAZA THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T TOUCH THEM AT ALL SO R SO IF IT IS A CITY-SPONSORED EVENT LIKE DANIELLES OR BOOTFEST WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROCESS TO VET VENDORS, NOT THROUGH THE EXTENT THAT THE

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FOR EXAMPLE, CURRENTLY THE ONLY TRIGGER IN REQUIREMENT TO TRIGGERS A AN EVENT ORGANIZER HIRED AN SELL ALCOHOL. THE THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD LANGUAGE THAT CREATES OTHER SCENARIOS WHERE WE REQUIRE THE EVENT ORGANIZERS TO DO THE SAME.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHENEVER YOU HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF PEOPLE, THERE IS ALSO A LIKELY -- ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER AND THINGS OF THAT SORT WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE PARAMEDICS RESPONDING, SO THERE IS ALSO BECOMING MORE COMMON TO HAVE TRIGGERS THAT ALSO REQUIRE PARAMEDICS TO BE HIRED BY EVENT ORGANIZERS TO BE ON STANDBY IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS.

AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE'LL REVIEW OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES. TO TRY AND JUST ENSURE THAT SOME OF THESE EVENTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL OVER AT LEAST ARE ABLE TO -- AND REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL GENTLEWHAT WE'RE SAYING IN THIS ORDINANCE IS WE DON'T CARE WHAT EVEN YOU'RE HOSTING OR BRINGING IN OR WHAT VENDORS YOU'RE BRINGING IN AS LONG AS YOU DO IT AT DELEON PLAZA OR RIVERSIDE PARK OR EVALUATEEL TRACY DELETE

S LEE TRACY PARK BRING WHOEVER YOU WANT? >> YEAH IN A WAY.

IN A WAY, YES. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY SOME ELEMENTS THAT YOU KNOW WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ALLOWED BUT IN THEORY YOU'RE DESCRIBING IT CORRECTLY.

>> WHY NOT? >> WHY NOT WHAT? >> YOU KNOW, ANYBODY COULD COME

IN AND DO EA VENDOR BOOTH? >> CORRECT, YEAH. I'M AGREEING WITH YOUR SENTIMENT, BUT YOUR ORIGINAL COMMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT ANYBODY COULD COME IN AND YOU KNOW DO IT ON A WHIM. AND SO THE REASON WHY I HESITATE IS PEOPLE CAN'T COME IN ON A WHIM. THEY HAVE TO FILE PAPERWORK AND IF THEY PLAN ON CLOSE ACSTREET THE POLICE CHIEF HAS SOLE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GRANTS CLOSING THE STREET OR NOT. AND SO IT IS NOT JUST ON A WHIM. PEOPLE CAN SHOW UP AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, PER SE. THERE IS STILL SOMEWHAT OF A PROCESS.

IT IS JUST NOT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THAT REQUIRES BACKGROUND CHECKS

AND PAYING A FEE AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. >> SO LIKE THEY RESERVE THE PARK

OR SOMETHING. >> CORRECT. FOR EXAMPLE.

>> I CAN EXPLAIN. >> HERE IS OUR PARKS EXPERT, WHY AM I TALKING.

>> ANY TIME ANYONE IS GOING TO RESERVE ONE OF THE SPACES FOR A SPECIAL EVENT THERE IS WHAT IS CALLED A SPECIAL EVENT CONSULTATION THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND THERE IS A VERY DETAILED APPLICATION THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT PRIOR TO PUTTING DOWN A DEPOSITS TO RESERVE THE SPACE. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO COME IN WITH STAFF AND ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENT IN DETAIL ON WHAT THEY PLAN ON HAVING IN THAT SPACE AND AT THAT TIME THAT IS WHEN STAFF CAN MAKE CHANGES OR SUGGESTIONS TO THEIR EVENT.

>> YOU TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT ORGANIZER. NOW HE HAS THE ABILITY TO BRING IN VENDORS. DO YOU DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THOSE VENDORS?

NOT NECESSARILY THE EVENT ORGANIZER? >> CURRENTLY THAT DOES NOT TAKE

PLACE. >> IS THIS ORDINANCE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT OR NOT?

>> THE EXISTING ORDINANCE ACTUALLY EXEMPTS VENDORS THAT PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS AT DELEON PLAZA OTHER FILLS FROM SOOG GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS INCLUDING BACKGROUND CHECKS.

THERE IS ONE PART OF THE ORDINANCE BASE OFFED OF PLACE WHICH IS DELEON PLAZA & AND THEORETICALLY THE PARK DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE AN EVENT OR MAIN STREET WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING COULD HAVE AN EVENT IN A NON-ALREADY-IDENTIFIED LOCATION

THAT WOULD NOT NECESSITATE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS ALSO. >> OKAY.

SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE GOING BE VOTING ON IS JUST ON MAIN STREET.

>>> CORRECT. >>> SIMPLY ADD MAIN STREET TO THE LIST OF SPONSORED EVENTS THAT EXEMPTS THE VENDORS FROM LIKE, THE MARKET THAT SHE JUST DESCRIBED FROM GOING THROUGH THE

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>> OKAY, SO I'M ASKING WHEN OR HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN THAT, BECAUSE IT WILL FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE ISSUES ON ANY ONE OF OUR PLACES WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, THE DELEON PLAZA OR THE PARK OR ANYWHERE. WE HAVE EVENTS IF WE HAVE EXEMPTIONS, THEN SOMEBODY COULD BASICALLY COME IN AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.

>> CORRECT. AND IF THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT IS TO CHANGE THAT I MEAN, BY ALL MEANS FEEL FREE TO SUGGEST THAT, GIVE US DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK ACCORDINGLY. WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT AT LEAST AT THIS POINT.

ALL WE'RE RECOMMENDING TONIGHT IS THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM. >>> BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY OR ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING TO THAT FACT THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE ALL THE VENDORS. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SPONSORING THE EVENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE

KNOW WHO THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN. >> WHAT KIND OF LIABILITY DO WE HAVE IF A VENDOR COMES AND HAS A CITY-SPONSORED EVENT AND SOMEBODY HAS SOME VIOLATIONS OR

SOME SAFETY AUTHORED THE PUBLIC? >> IT IS A VERY BROAD QUESTION. >> I KNOW.

>> THANK YOU. >> IT'S A LONG MEETING SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT.

ASSUMING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF INJURY TO A PERSON OR INJURY TO PROPERTY RESULTING FROM THERE VENDOR, THE LIABILITY ON THE CITY WOULD BE MINIMAL UNLESS ASSUMING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONTRACT SITUATION THERE IS A WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY RELATED TO CONTRACT ONLY TO THE EXTENT THE CITY MIGHT OWE THAT PERSON SOME MONEY.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT AVENUES WHERE SOMEONE COULD PURSUE A CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY.

BUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A THIRD PARTY TO SUE THE CITY BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE VENDORS IS ACTUALLY

FAIRLY SMALL. >> BUT A POSSIBILITY. >> BUT A POSSIBLE, YES, SIR.

>> AND KEEP IN MIND, TOO, THAT THIS JUST CAPTURES VENDORS. AND THERE IS A SLEW OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH EVENTS. EVENT ORGANIZERS, PERFORMERS, WHEN APPLICABLE, YOU KNOW, AND SO ALL OF THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS HIT ON VENDORS WHICH ARE PEOPLE THAT SELL SOMETHING SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT IF WE DO GO DOWN THE PATH OF HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IF PEOPLE FUELING THROUGH THE CRACK AS MENTIONED IT WILL QUICKLY

TURN INTO SOMETHING MUCH BROADER THAN A VENDOR. >>> I'M WITH MS. SOLIZ.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE NOW WHERE I DIDN'T LAST TIME.

BUT I DON'T LIKE THE ORDINANCE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT IT, INMAYBE WE COULD DO IT AT OUR NEXT WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING, WE COULD ACTUALLY SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT IT AS A COUNCIL

AND WEIGH THE PROS AND THE CONTINUES. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I CONCUR, I'M FINE WITH THAT AND VICTORIA MAIN STREET TO THIS, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE

ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT I THINK IT BARES A DISCUSSION. >> I THINK IT PROBABLY DOES.

I MEAN THIS IS THE ITINNERRANT VENDOR PERMIT THIS IS ALSO TOOR TO DOOR SALES PEOPLE THAT IS WHAT IT IS REALLY FOR THAT IS WE THIS IS COMING FROM. THIS IS MAY IN ANOTHER BE WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WE HAVE. IT MAY BE WITHIN THE VETTING PROCESS, THE INTERNAL VETTING PROCESS, THAT WE HAVE ISSUE WITH MORE THAN THIS ORDINANCE.

>>> I LIKE TO USE THIS ORDINANCE WHEN THEY KNOCK ON MY DOOR AND ASK TO SEE MY PERMIT.

>> I DO THE SAME. >> GIRL SCOUTS RUN. THEY'RE EXEMPT SO ARE BOY

SCOUTS. >> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

>>> I MOVE WE DOCUMENT. >>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

>>> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSE. MOTION CARRIES NOW WE HAVE OUR

CITIZEN MANAGER REPORT. >> CITY MANAGER REPORTS WE DO HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY ONLY GOING TO DO TWO THIS EVENING. WE MADE THE EXECUTIVE DECISION TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE WANT ALL OF COUNCIL TO WERE VERY

[01:40:05]

[1. Presentation on Victoria ISD's Bond Program. Dr. Quintin Shepherd, Sup...]

AS A REFRESHER THIS IS A CITY MANAGER'S ROAR, SO IT IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM.

THE GOAL OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO HELP EDUCATE -- OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE LISTENINGING IN THE OUR RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT BE TUNING IN ON TV OR ON-LINE. AND SO WE HOPE THAT TODAY OR

TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION IS EDUCATIONAL FOR EVERYONE. >> FOR CLARIFICATION THIS IS NOT A ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST THE BOND ELECTION? SCA CORRECT.

I'M SURE THAT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST THING HE WAS GOING SAY. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO

DR. SHEPHERD. >>> ALL WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO IS SHARE INFORMATION WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. MAYOR PRO TEM SOULIST AND ES STREAM COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME THING.

I HAVE WITH ME DR. BONEWALD, WE'VE BEEN GIVING THIS PRESENTATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY LEAVE LEAVING UP TO THE BOND QUESTION THAT STANDS IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ULTIMATELY A QUESTION THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED OF IT CEMENT IT TAKES US ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO GET THROUGH. CITY MANAGER GARZA TOLD US 10 MINUTES SO YOU'LL ALL HAVE TO LISTEN VERY FAST. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE COMMUNITY THREE YEARS AGO, I ASKED FOLKS A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION, WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME FOCUS ON? TOTO A PERSON AND SPECIFIC TO WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. FOLKS SAID WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE OLD. AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE PROCESS.

AND I HEARD THAT ALMOST 2 A PERSON. AND I TOOK THAT AS MY CHARGE.

AND BEEN ON LISTENING AND LEARNING TOUR AND FROM THAT REPORTED BACK TO THE COMMUNITY SOME OF THE FINDINGS I HAD HEARD. YOU ALL KNOW WE DO THESE DIGITAL EXCHANGES WHERE 97 THE COUNTRY ANDTY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY -- HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD AND WEIGH IN ON THOUGHTS OF OTHERS AND WE CONTINUE ON THAT PROCESS LEADING UP TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH CULMINATED IN THE PAST YEAR. WE HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INTERACTION FROM OUR COMMUNITY LEADING UP TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND MOST OF THE LANGUAGE YOU CAN FIND IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS ACTUALLY LANGUAGE WE'VE HARVESTED FROM THE COMMUNITY IT ENVELOPE IS. IT IS FOLKS WHO SAT AT HOME AND SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. AND WHAT CAME ABOUT AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, OF COURSE, IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING PATHWAYS AND EDUCATING KIDS AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE LEARNING PATH WAYS WE HAVE FOR KIDS.

YOU'VE READ OBTAIN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER WHICH WILL OPEN UP SOON IN OUR COMMUNITY THIS WILL BE THE FIRST IN OUR STATE WHERE WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH UT AUSTIN FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT $9 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING TO BUILD STEM PROGRAMS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND STEM PATHWAYS AT HIGH SCHOOL AND MATH INNOVATION ZONES COMING ON-LINE. WE JUST HAVE A LEATHRA OF OFFERINGS FOR OUR KIDS AND BUILDING PATHWAYS. THOSE ARE ARE ALL CURRICULA PATHWAYS AND THOSE $9 MILLION CAN'T BE USED FOR FACILITY ITSELF. PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS FROM OUR COMMUNITY ALSO MENTIONED BUILDINGS AND TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING GOOD BUILDINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO FROM THERE WE KICKED OFF MORE TASK FORCES AND INVOLVED MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE PROCESS. AND DR. BONEWALD LEAD A GREAT

DEAL OF THAT PROCESS AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM. >>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR PRO TEM SOLIZ AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO YOU AND TO THE GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO SERVED AS A PART OF A BOND PLANNING TASK FORCE ON BEHALF OF VISD. IF WE GO BACK TO SEPTEMBER OF 2019 WE PUT OUT AN ALL CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS KIND OF WORK. AND WE HAD 32 CITIZENS WHO FINISHED A YEAR AND A HALF JOURNEY WITH US. 21 OF THOSE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 11 STAFF RANGING FROM TEACHERS TO PRINCIPALS, MEMBERS OF OUR CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT, CUSTODIAL, TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO GET A CROSS-SECTION OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY THIS GROUP SPENT ABOUT 40 HOURS OVER THE COURSE OF 16 MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF 16 MONTHS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE PRESENTATION IS THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THEY REVIEWED. AND AS I WALK THROUGH IT VERY BRIEFLY, YOU CAN SEE WHY IT TOOK A WHILE. THEY LOOKED AT DISTRICT FINANCIAL OVERVIEW AND ENROLLMENT PROJECTION FOR VISD FOR THE NEXT DECADE, ANALYZED OUR CURRENT CAMPUS CAPACITY AND USAGES AND TOOK PHYSICAL TOURS PRE-COVID TO OLDEST AND NEWEST BUILDINGS TO LOOK AT THE DISCREPANCIES AND DIFFERENCES AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. WE HIRED HUGBY ARCHITECTS TO

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THEY LOOKED AT OTHER SCHOOL DRINKS WHO HAVE TAKEN OLDER FACILITIES AND EITHER RENOVATED DELETE SVATED THOSE OR BUILT NEW FACILITIES IN THEIR PLACE. AND THEY DID A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THAT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. THEY ALSO LOOKED OUR DISTRICT'S BONDING CAPACITY AND TAX RATE IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY THEY CONSIDERED MULTIPLE CNN NASHIOS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. DR. SHEPHERD BROUGHT THOUGHT EXCHANGE TO US.

I HOPE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT WEEVIL DONE A MULTITUDE OF THOUGHT EXCHANGES GATHERING FEEDBACK IN STUDENTS, FEEDBACKS, PARENTS, STAFF AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. AND THIS COMMUNITY TASK FORCE REVIEWED THAT DATA AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY SURVEY. THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE HAD GREAT QUESTIONS THATGAME CAME FORWARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY ON THE TASK FORCE AND ALSO AS WE WERE GETTING MEDIA COVERAGE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE BOND PLANNING TASK FORCE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE MOST REGULARLY RECEIVED WAS, HOW DOES THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY USE RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE? AND SO PART OF THAT, THIS DATA THAT YOU'RE GOING SEE HERE WAS PUT TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. WE START WITH THE SMALL PIE GRAPH HERE WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANNUAL REVENUES.

AND WE'RE WHERE THAT MONEY GOES. 81% OF ANNUAL REVENUES GO TO PAYING STAFF, PAY AND BENEFITS.

AND THAT MAY LOOK LARGE WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT THAT. WE STUDIED THAT COMPARED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS, LARGE AND SMALL, ON AVERAGE 80% OF REVENUE GOES TO PAY STAFF.

EDUCATION IS A PEOPLE-HEAVY BUSINESS. WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS THAT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO IN A GIVEN YEAR AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT COMES FROM THAT OTHER 19% OF THE PIE. AND SO THIS LARGER PIE GRAPH IS BREAKING THAT 19% DOWN.

WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? THE LARGEST PIECE OF THE PIE GOES WHERE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN THAT I TALKED TO TELLS ME THEY THINK IT SHOULD GO IS TO INSTRUCTION, TO TEACHING KIDS WHAT I THINK MANY ARE SURPRISED TO MIND THE THE SECOND LARGEST PEE DELETE S PIECE OF THE PIE ALMOST AS LARGE 29% GOES TO MAINTAINING OUR FACILITIES. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT USING RESOURCES TO TRY TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

AND THE DATA SHOWS US, YES, WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR WORKING ON MAINTAINING OUR MIN ANY FACILITIES. WE TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND WANTED TO ADD CONTEXT TO IT. WE HAVE PIER DISTRICTS DISTRICTS THAT SERVE A SIMILAR NUMBER OF STUDENTS SOMEWHERE IN THE 13 TO 14,000 RANGE AND OPERATE A SIMILAR NUMBER OF FACILITIES.

AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR EXPENSES GOES TOWARD FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. ARE WE SPENDING A LOWER AMOUNT? WHAT WE FIND IN COMPARING PEER TO PEER DISTRICTS IS WE'RE SPENDING ABOVE AVERAGE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ON FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. THE LARGEST MEMBER ON THAT GROUP, WICHITA FALLS ISD THAT SPENDS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE PASSED A 280 MILLION DOLLAR BOND TO ADDRESS THEIR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. ANOTHER COMMON QUESTION WE WERE RECEIVING WAS AROUND OUR TAX RATE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TAX RATE. WE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE TAX RATE. I IT SEEMS LIKE OR FEELS LIKE THE TAX RATE RISES EVERY YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT SO WE MAPPED IT OUT, GOING BACK TO 2000. AND 2000 THE VISD TAX RATE WAS $1.47. THIS MAP OR THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE PAST 21 YEARS.

IN 2021 WE'RE AT THE LOWEST RATE IN THE LAST 21 YEARS AT JUST UNDER $1.19.

YOU'D ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO 1992 BEFORE YOU GOT A YEAR WHEN THE VISD TAX RATE IS LOWER THAN IT IS CURRENTLY, 29 YEARS AGO. WE WERE ALSO ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TAX RATE COMPARES TO SIMILAR SIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA. AND WHAT WE FOUND THAT -- AND THIS IS A GRAPH OF SIMILAR -- OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA, BASICALLY EVERY ROAD LEADING OUT OF VICTORIA IN EVERY DIRECTIONING. WE'RE NOT THE LOWEST AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NOWHERE NEAR THE

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AND THOUGHT OF TIME, WE DIDN'T BRING THE CHART COMPARING US TO SIMILAR SIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT WE'RE ALSO BELOW AVERAGE IN TERMS OF COMPARISON TO SIMILAR SIZE SCHOOL DRINKS AS WELL.

ANOTHER COMMON QUESTION WE RECEIVED WAS ABOUT DEBT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO THIS COMES FROM TEA. AND THEIR MOST RECENT STATISTICS COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS ARE FROM 2019. BUT AT THAT TIME, DEBT-PER-STUDENT AT VICTORIA ISD WAS $8,854. THAT NEXT BAR GRAPH YOU SEE IS FOR REGION 3.

THAT IS THE REGION OF THE STATE WE'RE IN AS EDUCATOR, AS AN EDUCATION SYSTEM.

WE'RE ABOUT HALF OF THE REGION 3 AVERAGE. AND THEN WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO THE STATE AVERAGE YOU CAN SEE THAT IS NEARING $20,000 FOR STUDENT IN DEB.

VISD DOES HAVE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH PRIOR BONDS. IN CONTEXT, WE'RE NOT A DEBT-HEAVY SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY OTHER THAN DEBT PER STUDENT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANALYZE DEBT.

AND IT IS PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST DEBT VERSUS PROPERTY VALUES IN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU CAN SEE HERE A COMPARISON TO PIER DISTRICTS, SIMILAR SIZE, OPERATING A SIMILAR NUMBER OF FILLEDS AND THOSE DEBT RATIOS THE SCHOOL DRINKS CARRY. VICTORIA ISZ IS FOURTH THE LEFT AT 2.86% BASED ON THE MOST RECENT YEAR WE HAVE COMPARISON DATA.

THE AVERAGE FOR THESE PEER DRINKS WAS APPROXIMATELY 8%. VISD IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE DEBT RATIO FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS SIMILAR TO VISD. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR A COMMUNITY TO WRESTLE WITH AND I SAW OUR TASK FORCE WRESTLE WITH THIS AND YOU CAN WATCH THEM WRESTLE WITH IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS. THEY WRESTLED TO WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME? WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO HAVE A BOND ELECTION.

WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO HAVE THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I SAW SCHOOL BOARD ADDRESS THIS AFTER THEY MADE THE RECOMMENDATION. ONE OF THE DATA POINT THEY DISCUSSED WAS AROUND BOND INTEREST RATES AND CONSIDERATION OF THE FACT THAT BOND INTEREST RATES ARE NEAR HISTORIC LOWS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A COMMUNITITY THAT APPROVES A BOND ELECTION. AND WHAT WE FOUND THAT IT MEANS IS THAT MORE OF YOUR MONEY CAN GO TOWARDS THE ACTUAL WORK ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LESS OF THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS PAYING INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEBT.

AND SO THAT WAS A DATA POINT I SAW THE TASK FORCE AND BOARD DISCUSS AND WRESTLE WITH.

NOW THE BOND PROPOSAL ITSELF, EARLY VOTING STARTED ON MONDAY, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.

BUT WHAT IT ENTAILS, ONE IS DISTRICTWIDE PRIORITY PREREPAIRS ACROSS OVER 20 FACILITIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SECOND ITEM IS BUILDING A NEW STROLLAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOT RENOVATING A CURRENT FACILITY BUT BAILED NEW STROMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

STROMAN WAS REQUIRIZED BY THIS TASK FORCE CONSIDERING ALL CAMPUSES IN THE VISD.

NOT BECAUSE IT IS THE OLDEST. IT IS NOT OUR OLDEST BUILDING. IS REGULARLY OUR MOST EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN. IT WAS PRIORITIZED BECAUSE OF ITS CONDITION AND IT WAS PRIORITIZED BECAUSE STARTING NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE OUR STEM MIDDLE SCHOOL, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH-BASED MIDDLE SCHOOL. MISSION VALLEY ELEMENTARY WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED BY THE TASK FORCE FOR REBUILD, BUILDING A NEW CAMPUS.

MISSION VALLEY WAS PRIORITIZED BECAUSE OF ITS AGE AND CONDITION.

MISSION VALLEY IS OUR OLDEST CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT. THE CORE FACILITIES ARE 84 YEARS OLD. ANOTHER PORTION OF THE CAMPUS IS PORTABLE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN UTILIZED AS CLASSROOMS FOR OVER THREE DECADES. A TYPICAL PORTABLE BUILDING IS EXPECTED TO BE USED A LIFE STAND OF -- LIFE SPAN OF 20 YEARS. THE FINAL PART OF THE BOND PLANNING TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION WAS IS REPRESENTATIVIVE OF 1% OF THE OVERALL PORTION OF THE BOND, BUT I'VE HEARD MORE THAN 1% OF THE CONVERSATION AS I'VE BEEN OUT THERE TALKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE TASK FORCE BROUGHT TO OUR DISTRICT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, ACROSS OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, WE SEE A DISCREPANCY IN THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE AND EQUITY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS TO UTILIZE ON THESE PLAY

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ABSOLUTELY THEY FEEL BIG. I'VE HEARD YOU DISCUSS BIG NUMBERS TODAY.

YOU'RE PROBABLY USED TO THAT. BUT MANY ON OUR TASK FORCE WERE NOT.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO CLARIFYNA THESE NUMBERS ARE -- CLARIFY THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE SIMPLY NOT RAW CONSTRUCTION COST NUMBER. YOU SEE ANAS STRICT THERE AT THE BOTTOM. THOSE PROJECT BUDGETS THAT INCLUDE ESTIMATED COST TO FURNISH, PROVIDE FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS TECHNOLOGY, PERMITS, FEES, CONTINGENCY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING AND ES SCALATION. ON AVERAGE IT -- ESCALATION.

ON AVERAGE IT TAKES TWO YEARS TO DESIGN AND BUILD AN ELEMENTARY AND THREE YEARS TO DESIGN AND BUILD A MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE RECOGNIZE CONSTRUCTION COST RISE 4 TO 8% A YEAR IN CONSTRUCTION. DEPENDING ON CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE COSTS WOULD NOT BE RELEVANT TO WHERE WE EXPECT TO BE AT THE TIME THIS THAT'S BUILDING WOULD ACTUALLY BE BUILT. NOW I MENTIONED DISTRICTWIDE PRIORITY REPAIRS ACROSS 22 FACILITIES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND REPLACING END OF LIFE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SAFETY SECURITY SYSTEMS, HVACS, ROOFING, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, GAS LINES, WINDOWS, BUILDING ENVELOPE, KITCHEN EXPANSIONS AT A FEW OF OUR CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE ELEMENTARIRIES BUILT FIVE, SIX DECADES AGO AND ADDED ON OVER TIME, WINGS ADDING ENROLLMENT, BUT NOT EXPANDING THE ABILITY TO SERVE THAT AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.

A FEW KITCHEN ENHANCEMENTS AND THEN PAVING IN A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

MENTION STROMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IDENTIFIED FOR REBUILD.

HERE ARE CURRENT PICTURES OF STROMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE.

THESE WERE TAKEN AS PART OF THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT. THE NEW STROMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOULD THE BOND BE APPROVED TO BE BUILT FOR CAPACITY OF 1200 STUDENTS, CURRENTLY STROMAN SERVES ABOUT 900 STUDENTS IN A NON-COVID YEAR. WE RECOGNIZE THAT A PART OF THIS STEM GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND STEM PATHWAY IS TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FAMILIES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, NOT SIMPLY TO FAMILIES WHO HAPPEN TO LIVE IN THE STROMAN ZONE.

SO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND A STEM-BASED EDUCATION CURRICULUM THAT ARE CURRENTLIED ACADE OR HOWELL OR PATTY WALDER MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED TO ATTEND STROMAN AND THE STEM ACADEMY.

OR IS A FEW PICTURES OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AT MISSION VALLEY ELEMENTARY.

AGAIN, MISSION VALLEY CORE FACILITY, 84 YEARS OLD. MISSION VALLEY WOULD BE -- IS PLANNED TO BE DESIGNED FOR 400 STUDENTS. CURRENTLY MISSION VALLEY CAN SERVE ABOUT 250. THEY'VE SQUEEZED IN A FEW MORES IN SOME YEARS.

WE REGULARLY SEND STUDENTS TO OTHER CAMPUSES WHO LIVE IN THE MISSION VALLEY AREA BECAUSE THEIR GRADE LEVELS WILL SIMPLY RUN OUT OF THE STUDENT-TO-TEACHER RATIO AND CAN'T BE SENT THERE. WE HAD A DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY DONE WHEN WE REZONED AND THAT DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY SHOWED AS WE KNOW AS VICTORIA CITIZENS OUR CITY IS GROWING IN THAT DIRECTION. IT IS GROWING IN THE NORTHWEST DIRECTION.

AND SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE CAPACITY FOR 400 STUDENTS WHICH WOULD BE AMPLE CAPACITY FOR WHAT IS PROJECTED IN THE COMING YEARS AS THAT AREA GROWS GRADUALLY. AND THEN I MENTIONED THE NEW PLAYGROUNDS ACROSS EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARIES PROVIDING ACCESS TO ALL STUDENTS INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES COMMON QUESTION WE RECEIVE IS WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYER? TO YOU AND ME AS HOME OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT? IF THE BOND IS APPROVED, THE INTEREST IN SINKING PORTION OR INS PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TAX RATE WOULD RISE BY 7.5 CENTS. THAT WOULD ESKATE -- EQUATE TO A $6.25 PER MONTH INCREASE PER $100,000 OF HOME VALUE. I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE THIRD COLUMN FROM THE BOTTOM. REREACHED TOUT THE VIC TOY -- VICTORIA COUNTY APPRAISAL

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WE CALCULATED THAT FOR THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE THAT ESTIMATED MONTHLY IMPACT WOULD BE $10.50. AND THEN BELOW THERE YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED MONTHLY IMPACT FOR A 200 OR 300,000 HOME. BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS $6.25 A MONTH PER $100,000 OF VALUE.

NOW THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION, TEXAS LAW, IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT WHO IS 65 AND ABOVE AND YOU HAVE FILLED OUT YOUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THEN YOUR SCHOOL TAXES ARE FROZEN.

THEY DO NOT RISE WITH A PASSAGE OF A BONDS ELECTION BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT INCREASES THE TAX RATE. AND SO THE TAX IMPACTS THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WOULD NOT APPLY TO OUR VICTORIA RESIDENTS WHO ARE 65 OR OLDER AND HAVE FILED THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. THEIR TAXES WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

THEY'RE CONSIDERED TO REMAIN FROZEN. I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION. THERE IS A WHOLE LOT MORE WHERE THIS CAME FROM. OUR WEBSITE IS YOU COULD SPEND DAYS ON IT.

YOU COULD WATCH 20 HOURS OF THIS COMMUNITY TASK FORCE WRESTLING WITH DECISIONS MUCH LIKE I'VE WATCHED YOU WRESTLE WITH TONIGHT. REALLY INTERESTING STUFF.

BUT WE ARE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR

PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. >> IT WAS VERY GOOD.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ALLOW GILBERT TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT CITY MANAGER REPORT. OKAY, OR WESLEY.

WESLEY, ARE YOU GOING PASS IT ONTO SOMEBODY ELSE? >> PASSING THE BUCK.

>> KEN'S READY. >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING MAYOR PROITEM AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

[2. Fiscal Year 2019–2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Gilbert P...]

NOW THIS GOES FROM PAGE 4 THROUGH PAGE 20 AND THE BENEFIT OF THIS SECTION OF THE REPORT IS IT PROVIDES USERS A VERY QUICK WAY TOES A SESS THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF WHAT OCCURRED FOR THE CITY THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR. THE COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT, THE OTHER USERS OF THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT WILL BE BOND RATING AGENCIES. AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE QUESTION IS, DID THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY IMPROVE OR DECLINE FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR? NOW THEY CAN GO THROUGH 250 PAGES WOORT OF INFORMATION, OR IN THE MDNA ON PAGE 9 THERE IS A

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ENTITLED CHANGE IN NECK POSITION. >>> JAMES, CAN YOU ZOOM IN.

>> CHANGE IN NET POSITION THIS IS BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN WHAT IS DELETE S WITH ALL THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND BUSINESS TYPE. GOVERNMENTAL THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND, YOUR GRANT PROGRAM, CAPITAL PROJECT FUND. THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, THESE ARE UTILITY FUNDS. BUT THE THIRD ROW FROM THE BOTTOM IN THE CHANGE IN NETTED POSITION FOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS THERE IS AN INCREASE OF 6.3 MILLION DOLLAR.

THERE IS A DEFICIT IN THE BUSINESS TYPE OF 762. CITYWIDE THE NET POSITION THIS IS THE SECOND DPLUM THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE INCREASED 5.6 MILLION.

NOW THAT NUMBER OF POSITIVE INDICATES THE FINANCIAL CONDITION IMPROVED OVER THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. AND SO CITYWIZE, YOU DID SEE A INCREASE -- EXCUSE ME, ABOUT 3% INCREASE IN NET POSITION FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. OTHER PAGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, ALL OF WHICH PRESENT A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL CONDITION FOR THE CITY.

THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET ON THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM SECTION ENTITLED FUNDS BALANCES. THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 WAS 18 MILLION 461342. THIS REPRESENTS 39% OF THE ANNUAL OPERATING COST OF THE CITY. NOW THE CITY HAS A POLICY OF MAINTAINING A MINIMUM FUND BALANCE OF 25%. SO THIS DOES EXCEED THAT MINIMUM FUND BALANCE BY I THINK BETWEEN 6 AND 7 MILLION DOLLAR IN EXCESS OF THAT 25%.

NOW THAT COMMITTED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND, NOW THESE ARE PURCHASE ORDERS THAT WERE OUTSTANDING THAT THE CITY HAD COMMITTED TO THESE PURCHASE, BUT THE ACTUAL SERVICES SERVICES ANR PRODUCT HADN'T BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE VENDORS. SO IT IS OUTSTANDING PURCHASE ORDERS BUT AGAIN IT IS GOING TO BE FUNDS ALREADY COMMITTED AND WILL BE INCURRED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. IT IS NOT THAT WE RERUSED -- REDUCED THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE AS ASSIGNED BY THOSE COMMITMENTS. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE OPERATING STATEMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. IN THIRD ROW FROM THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND HAD A DEFICIT OF THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR OF 59,194 DOLLARS.

AND A YEAR OKAY I WAS HERE SPEAKING TO COUNCIL ABOUT A ANNUAL AUDIT REPORTS.

AND ONE OF THE TOPICS WE WERE INVOLVED WITH, IS THIS IS THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

THERE WERE A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, YOU KNOW, HOW WERE REVENUES GOING TO BE AFFECTED. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MOST GOVERNMENTS DID WAS KIND OF HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON ON SOME BIG PROJJECTS -- PROJECTS.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT PORTRAYS THAT.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE, SO IN REGARDS TO PROGRESSING IN A CONSERVATIVE MANNER, I THINK SOME PROJECTS MAY HAVE BEEN PUT ON PAUSE AND LET'S WAIT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING HAPPEN.

WELL, LITTLE FUNDING CAME THROUGH FROM VARIOUS STIMULUS PROGRAMS. SO Y'ALL'S NET RESULT FROM THE FUNDS IS A $59,000 DEFICIT. WHEN I LOOK AT THE ANNUAL BUDGET COMPARISON THAT WILL PORTRAY THAT, YOU KNOW, DELAYING CERTAIN PROJECTS, NEXT SLIDE IS GOING BE THE OPERATING STATEMENT FOR THE BUSINESS-TYPE ACTIVITIES. STARTING ON THE LEFT OF WASTEWATER FUND. THIRD ROW FROM THE BOTTOM OF A DEFICIT OF 290,000.

A SURPLUS OF 167. AND THE OTHER INTERPRICE FUNDS WHICH IS THE 700 MAIN CENTER AND COMMUNITY CENTER HAD A DEFICIT OF 639. AND THIS IS PRIMARILY THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW THE RENTALS, LESS THAN 50% OF LAST BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

THIS RESULTED IN THE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT, WHICH IS NOT COMMON.

>> WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON? >> THIS IS ON PAGE 33 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

PAGE NUMBER 33. >> WOULD YOU JUST READ THE DEFICIT NUMBERS AGAIN, SO WE

KNOW WHAT LINE YOU WERE ON. >> THIRD ROW FROM THE BOTTOM, OKAY, LEFT-HAND COLUMN, WATER WASTEWATER FUND DEFICIT OF 29,000. SURPLUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OF 167, OTHER INTERPRICE FUNDS -- ENTERPRISE FUNDS THE COMMUNITY CENTER

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COMBINED AND GOLF COURSE ALSO A DEFINITE IT IS OF $639,131. >> LET ME INTERJECT SOMETHING MAKE SURE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS ABOUT THE DEFICIT. IT IS JUST OVERREVENUES NOT A DEFICIT TECHNICALLY. SECOND OF ALL WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A FULL-BLOWN ACCOUNTING METHOD THAT HAS DEAPPRECIATION EXPENSE, A FULL-BLOWN LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, THAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE A BIGGER CASH FLOW NUMBER SITUATION HERE, IT HAS TAKEN MORE OF A PARTNERSHIP FROM A MORE OF A BUSINESS-LIKE VIEW OF IT. ONCE YOU START TAKING OUT THE DEAPPRECIATION AND ALL OF THAT, THAT DEFICIT REALLY DOESN'T, BUT THE WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE USES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I JUST WANT TO CAUTION COUNCIL, BE CAREFUL OUT HOW YOU READ IT. I CAN GO FURTHER INTO IT LATER, BUT IT IS JUST FROM A FULL ACCOUNTING, BLOWN ACCRUAL METHOD THAT IS WHAT THE LAW IS REQUIRED, IT IS STATED BUT ONCE YOU START BACKING OUT DEAPPRECIATION AND ALL THESE

OTHER ITEMS IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. >> AND THENAM GILBERT IS REFERRING TO IN DEAPPRECIATION IS FOUND THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE RIGHT ABOVE THE BOLDED TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES THE LINE-ITEM FOR DEAPPRECIATION. AND AGAIN, THAT IS A NON-CASH EXPENSE. I DO WANT TO JUMP OVER TO BUDGET COMPARISON.

OKAY NOW THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT SHOWS THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.

THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD ROW FROM THE BALANCE, $4.5 MILLION IN THAT REGARD TO THE ORIGINAL BUDGE FOR THE 2020 FISCAL YEAR. NOW AS YOU WENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THERE WERE CHANGES MADE TO THE PLAN. THE BUDGET WAS AMENDED. THE AMENDED BUDGET, SAME ROW HAD A DEFICIT OF $5,460. ,000. ACTUAL RESULTS OF OPERATION WAS

A DEFICIT OF $59,000. >> ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS -- SORRY, STEVE -- FOR INTERPRETATION, HOW Y'ALL SEE THE NUMBERS USUALLY IS THAT -$4.6 MILLION DOLLAR IS A PLAN REDUCTION BY USING ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. MAKES SENSE.

AS A RESULT OF POSTPONING MAJOR CIP PROJECTS WE ONLY REDUCED IT BY $59,000.

SO WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME IN A CASH PER SPECT JIF THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS MAKING EARLIER, THERE WERE PROJECTS PUT ON HOLD. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR ESTIMATED ENDING BALANCE OF $4, $4,418,000 TO THE ACTUAL ENDING BALANCE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY WAS A FAVORABLE VARIANCE FROM ACTUAL

TO FINAL AMED BUDGET OF 5.4 MILLION. >> NOW THE LAST THING I WANT TO PRESENT IS WHAT IS CALLED A SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL AWARDS. AS PARKING LOT OF -- AS PART OF THE AUDIT, WE ALSO HAVE TO PERFORM COMPLIANCE TESTING WITH CERTAIN LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY RECEIVES. AND THIS IS A SCHEDULE THAT PRESENTS THE TOTAL FEDERAL AWARDS FOR THIS LAST FISSIAL YEAR.

-- FISCAL YEAR. TOTAL FEDERAL AWARDS WERE $5,216,834.

BIG IEWS ONE WAS THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. THAT WAS $3.7 MILLION.

ANOTHER MAJOR PROGRAM WAS THE EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM.

AND THAT WAS $888,000. NATIONAL TOTAL IS ON PAGE 253. EXCUSE ME, PAGE 255.

AND SO NOT ONLY DO WE DO A FINANCIAL AUDIT, WE ALSO HAVE TO PERFORM TEST OF COMPLIANCE AND TEST OF INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AND THE OPINIONS ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT AND THERE WERE NO NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUES IDENTIFIED NOR WERE THERE ANY WEAKNESSES NOTED IN THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER ADMINISTERING AND ACCOUNTING FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. I'M GOING TO STOP THERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

[02:15:03]

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I'VE WORKED WITH YOU IN THE PAST AND I KNOW THAT GILBERT AND HIS TEAM DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND THAT MAKES YOUR JOB A LITTLE BIT

EASIER. >> CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORT THIS IS A LONG TASK.

AND THIS YEAR IT WAS A DIFFERENT. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME ON SITE AS WE HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS. SO THIS ADIT TEAM -- AUDIT TEAM VIA E-MAIL, WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE.

>> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION OF YOU, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION IN THE REPORT.

I THINK IT IS FROM THE WEBSITE ON PAGE 268. IT IS MORE OF A QUESTION FOR KEN, REALLY. SHOWS WATER USAGE AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, KEN?

IF YOU COULD PULL UP 268 I THINK PAGE 268. >> THAT IS IN Y'ALL'S FILE.

>>> UNBILLED REVENUE. >> NO, IT SHOWS WATER USAGE, WATER BUILDING -- WATER BILLING.

>> IN THE LAST YEAR WHICH HAD A LOT OF UNBILLED WATER USAGE IN 2020, A HUGE AMOUNT.

WHY? >> UNBILLED. >> IF YOU PULL UP 268 YOU CAN

SEE IT. >> NOT ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE IT IS NOT LIGHT READING,LY

SAY THAT. >>> I KNOW WE DON'T CHARGE WATER TO THE ZOO AND OTHER PLACES LIKE

THAT. >> I THINK IT IS TO 68 IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

>> WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE UNBILLED WATER?

>> YEAH. >> THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR REACTION TO COVID.

I KNOW DURING THAT YEAR, WE WE DIDN'T BILL A LOT OF TIMES DURING THE YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE BEING PRO ACTIVE IN LOOKING OUT FOR THE CUSTOMERS. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ZOO AND

OTHER FACILITIES, PARKS AND THOSE. >> OKAY.

>> WE CAN GET YOU A MORE DETAILED ANSWER. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>>> EVERY YEAR THERE IS WATER THAT GOES UNBILLED WHETHER IT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T BILL OURSELVES

OR IT IS JUST FLUSHED OUT. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT.

IT IS THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE OF ALL LAST YEAR WAS THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE OF ALL ITEMS ON THE

PAGE. 19.65%. >> WE'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER.

>> WE'LL GET AN ANSWER ON THAT. >>> I WAS JUST IT JUMPED OUT AT ME, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHY.

>> WAIT UNTIL WE SEE THE 2021 WITH THE FREEZE AND BROKEN PIPE. >> I COULD SEE IF IT WAS 2021.

>> I AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE ARNTLE TOO IF AMOUNTS CONSUMED IS NOT VERY MUCH COMPARED TO THE OTHER YEARS. BUT THE AMOUNT THAT WASN'T BILLED.

>> THAT FLUCTUATE. I THINK THE YEAR 2019 THAT WAS A DROUGHT.

I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY DRY YEAR AND THOSE WILL FLUCTUATE OVER THE YEARS.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE GALLONS OF WATER CONSUMED IS IT THE LOWEST IN 2020 ON THIS WHOLE GRAPH, BUT

THE GALLON OF WATER UNBILLED IS THE LARGEST. >>> WE'LL CHECK INTO IT, BUT I

BELIEVE A LOT OF IT WAS THE FROM THE COVID REACTION. >> IS IT ALSO -- YOU'VE GOT WATER PRODUCED AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOME CONSUMED AND BILLED FOR WHAT IS CONSUMED.

IF IT IS NOT CONSUMED THEN IT IS NOT BILLED FOR SO JUST LOOKING AT THOSE COLUMNS YOU HAVE WATER PRODUCED. WHAT WAS CONSUMED AND THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE WHAT IS UNBILLED BECAUSE YOU PRODUCEDT BUT NOBODY BOUGHT IT. AM I READING THAT RIGHT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> KIND OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND WE OVERPRODUCED.

>> WE DO PRODUCE MORE. THAT IS. >> I'M NOT CHALLENGING IT.

>> AND THERE IS ALWAYS A WATER LOSS FACTOR THROUGH OUR LINES AND PIPES THROUGH FLUSHING WE HAVE TO FLUSH HYDRANTS, WE ESTIMATE THOSE THAT WILL ALWAYS NEVER BE EXACTLY WATER PRODUCED EQUALS WATER CONSUMED. THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF FACTOR IN THERE FOR THAT.

[02:20:06]

>> WE'LL LOOK INTO IT THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING IT. >> GREAT DAY TO DO THAT, RIGHT

GILBERT. >> GOOD POINT. I DON'T LIKE THE SCHEDULE

ANYWAY. >> LET'S JUST TAKE IT OUT. >> IT IS KIND OF DECEIVING A

LITTLE BIT, BUT, YEAH. >> MAYOR PRO TEM, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO VISIT

WITH ALLY'ALL AND FIRM APPRECIATES THE WORK. >> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

>> THANK YOU, ALL VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO IT IS 7:21.

WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION -- I MEAN TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK.

>> APRIL, YOU NEED TO READ THEM? >> THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE

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