[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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LOFFGREN. WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 14 LITTLE, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IS A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THERE WILL NOT BE ONE NEXT WEEK ON THE 21ST.
>> AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY A 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, INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE ONE CITY UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
[1. Announcements/Reminders:]
[SILENCE] THANK YOU.>> ALL RIGHT WE'RE INTO ANNOUNCEMENT AND REMINDERS AND I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. THERE WILL BE A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR CITY OFFICES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT WILL BE POSTED ON FACEBOOK SITES AS WELL AS THE CITY'S WEB SITE.
IF YOU ARE WONDERING IF ANYBODY WILL BE OPEN OR WHAT THEY ARE DOING. PLEASE GO TO THOSE WEBSITE'S ALSO TRAFFIC PICKUP WILL BE CONTINUED AS NORMAL.
SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY DEVIATION FROM THAT
[2. Public & Employee Recognitions:]
SCHEDULE. WE WILL GO INTO PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. I HAVE TWO TONIGHT.>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND GO. THIS LONG TIME COMING.
WE WANTED TO PRESENT A PLAQUE TO DALE FOWLER.
OUT LONG-TIME CEO OF VICTORIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND IT READS IN RECK DECISION OF LOYAL AND DEDICATE SERVICE IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH WORK WITH THE VICTORIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE VICTORIA SALES TAX DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FROM 2000 TO 2021.
[APPLAUSE] MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW I WAS HONORED TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY OF VICTORIA ABROAD AS WE STROVE TO INCREASE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I'M MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN EVER THAT VICTORIA IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THANK YOU AND I EXPECT YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> THE OTHER ONE I HAVE THE IN RECOGNITION FROM THE TEXAS YOUTH HUNTING PROGRAM.
AND IT'S FOR REFER SIDE PARK AND IT READS APPRECIATION FOR INVALUABLE SUPPORT YOU'VE SHOWN FOR TEXAS YOUTH HEALTH HUNTING PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR HOSPITALITY P ENSURING HUNTING AND CONSERVATION OF OUTDOORS.
I WANTED TO PRESENT TO KIMBERLY ZIGMONT WHO SPEARHEADED THE WHOLE PROGRAM THIS PAST WEEKEND.
SHE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. SHE DESERVES A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE IN THE KIDS THAT PARTICIPATED WERE ALL RESPECTFUL. THEIR PARENTS WERE WONDERFUL. IT WAS NEAT GOING OUT ON FRIDAY AND THEY WERE SHY AND TIMID AND BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND EVERYBODY IS BEST BUDS.
AND WE SAT AROUND SATURDAY AROUND THE CAMPFIRE AND TOLD WHAT WAS GOOD ABOUT THE DAY. WHAT WAS BAD.
MOST PEOPLE HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD TO SAY.
SOME OF THE BAD THINGS WERE THEY WISH THERE WERE MORE KIDS INVOLVED. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAKE IT A NO-COST EVENT FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS THROUGH THE CITY WE HAD GENTLEMAN COME OUT WITH HIS DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS A HUNT GUIDE. AND HE COOKED.
IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC EVENT ALL AROUND.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING MRS. ZIGMONT HAS DONE FOR IT
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IT. THIS BELONGS IN YOUR OFFICE.[APPLAUSE] NO SPEECH? IT GS A GREAT PROGRAM AS THE MAYOR SAID WE HAD SIX REALLY WONDERFUL KIDS THAT CAME OUT.
IT WAS FUN TO SEE THEM HOVER BY THEIR PARENT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. AND THEN AFTER THE LONG DAY WAKING UP AT 5:00 A.M. AND THEN CHEERING ON EACH OTHER WHEN EACH OTHER REALLY SUCCEEDED OR ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER WHEN A -- SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THEIR FAVOR. IT WAS GREAT TO WATCH EACH OTHER BOND AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
IT WAS GREAT. I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANKS TO OFFICER BRIAN KENEETH HE WAS OUT THERE VOLUNTEERING HIS TEAM. BUT HE REALLY HELPED TO MAKE SURE KEEP THE PARK SECURE AND BARRY AS WELL.
HE WAS WITH SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLAN AND HELPED AND GUIDE THE KIDS AND TEACH THEIR KNOWLEDGE TOO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ONE OTHER THING, ALL THE -- WE PARTNERED WITH NONPROFIT CHRISTIAN-BASED HUNTING ORGANIZATION. ALL THE DEER THAT WERE HARVESTED, WHATEVER MEAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE OFF THE DEER HAS BEEN DONATED TO -- IT'S CALLED --
>> TRINITY OAKS. >> THANK YOU.
AND OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS THEY'VE HANDED OUT HALF A MILLIONS POUNDS OF MEAT TO FOOD BANKS NEEDY AND HOMELESS SHELTERS. THAT'S WHERE THE VENISON WILL BE HANDED TO AND PROCESSED OUT.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER PUBLIC OR
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS? >> NO, SIR.
[3. Items from Council:]
I KNOW MRS. SCOTT YOU WANT TO PULL D-3.
WE WILL CLOSE ITEMS FROM THE COUNCIL.
CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY NOTICES.
I WISH I HOPE MR. VONDEROUT IS DOING ALL RIGHT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM MISS A MEETING IN A WHILE.
>> WE THREW HIM OFF WITH THE SCHEDULE.
HE WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK. >> CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
[1. 2020 CDBG Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER...]
AND GO INTO ITEMS OF PUBLIC HEARING.CS1. A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2020CDBG CONSOLE DEMONSTRATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE 2020 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT IS COMPANION DOCUMENT TO OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
MOST OF THE ITEMS IN THIS REPORT COINCIDE WITH THE 2020 ACTION PLAN. IT'S 2021 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CITY. THAT'S ALWAYS A BIT CONFUSING. WHAT IS A CAPER REPORT? IT'S BASICALLY A YEAR-END REPORT THAT SHOWS THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON THE ACTION PLAN AND REPORTS THE FUNDS THAT WERE EXPENDED OVER THAT FISCAL YEAR.
IT IS -- WE DO REQUIRE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SUBMIT. MAKE SURE ANY COMMENTS ARE SUB SUBMITTED.
IT DOES GOT REQUIRE FORMAL ACTION FROM COUNCIL.
IT'S JUST A REPORT. >> THIS THE OUR 2020-2021 CITY OF VICTORIA CDBG PROGRAM.
ADMINISTRATION IS STAFF ADMINISTERING THE GRANT.
WE HAVE ONE STAFF MEMBER THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNER IS PAID OUT OF ADMINISTRATION AND SO WE HAVE 44,000 WAS REMAINING IN THAT.
THOSE FUNDS WILL GO TO UP ALLOCATED AMOUNT.
WE WILL REALLOCATE IN THE NEXT ANNUAL YEAR PROGRAM.
OUR ROOF REHABILITATION PROGRAM WE ACTUALLY HAVE HELD OFF ON THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF COAST MONEY TO SPEND AND A LOT OF EXTRA PROGRAM.
WE TIED WITH THE REPAIR CRITICAL REPAIR PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH HABITAT TO.
THIS ANNUAL ACTION '21 PLAN ALLOCATED THE 125,000 WE'RE TAKING THIS 50,000 AND WE WILL ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER. AND WE JUST RECEIVED FROM HABITAT THEIR SIGNED COPY. I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE IT EARLY ENOUGH TO EXECUTE. BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT EXECUTED IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
THEY WILL BE DOING INTAKE FOR US ON THAT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 50,000 REMAINING IN THAT.
OUR DEMOLITION PROGRAM WE HAVE 51,000 REMAINING.
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HALF OF THAT 51,000 IS ACTUALLY INCUMBERED AND WE WILL BE DEMOING MORE HOMES. THE STREET LIGHTING PROJECT WE HAVE ADDED NEW STREET LIGHTS TO THE BLUFF STREET AREA KIND OF BY THE PARK. WE ARE LUCKY WE GOT THAT IN BEFORE THE 2020 CENSUS. THAT CENSUS TRACK ACTUALLY FELL OUT OF THE AREA. WE GOT THAT IN KNICK OF TIME. WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE NEXT BATCH OF STREET LIGHTS TO CHANGE OUT TO LED WILL BE. WE DID COMPLETE OUT THE PARK LIGHTING PROJECT WHICHES NEW SET OF LIGHTS IN PINE STREETAND QUEEN CITY PARKS. >> WE HAVE A 2019-2020 FACILITY PROJECT COMMUNITY RESOURCE RENOVATION PROJECT.
THEY ACTUALLY MADE MORE PROGRESS.
THEY USUALLY DO A LARGE DRAW DOWN AT THE END.
THIS REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. WE EXPECT THIS MONTH TO RECEIVE PROBABLY 50% DRAWDOWN.
BECAUSE I KNOW THEIR CONTRACTOR HAS THE MERITS AND ACTIVELY WORKING AND WE HOPE THAT, THAT ENTIRE PROJECT WILL BE FINISHED IN THE SPRING.
THESE ARE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY PROGRAMS. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE LITTLE FUNDS THAT WERE RETURNED TO US AND THAT WILL GO INTO UNALLOCATED POT TO BE REALLOCATED. AND THAT REALLY IS BECAUSE OF COVID. THE UTILITIES ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY RECEIVED SO MUCH FUNDING FROM COVID THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED TO HELP AS MANY HOUSEHOLDS. AND SAME WITH THE FOOD BANK.
THEY HAD SO MUCH FUNDING THROUGH COVID RESOURCES THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED THE ANNUAL CDBG FUNDING.
AS THAT FUNDING DRIES UP, AS WE MOVE PAST THE PANDEMIC, THEY WILL AGAIN PROBABLY RELY ON THIS FUNDING.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE FROM NOVEMBER 30TH TO TONIGHT, WILL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
INPUT THOSE INTO THE HUD SYSTEM AND HIT SUBMIT ON THE CAPER TOMORROW. WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 29TH.
AND WITH THAT IT WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. >> WHAT WAS THE TOTAL INCUMBRENCE FOR NEXT YEAR. THIS IS THE 2020 PLAN.
THE AUGUST WE ALLOCATED ABOUT $600,000 THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN CURRENTLY.
PLUS THE FUNDS THAT ARE LEFT OVER.
>> RIGHT. WE WILL ACTUALLY ALLOCATE THESE REMAINING FUNDS IN PLAN YEAR '22, NEXT FISCAL
YEAR. >> JULIE, CAN YOU QUICKLY.
CAN YOU VERBALIZE FOR THE BENEFIT OF COUNCILMEMBER CROCKER, WHY WE'RE BRING THING ITEM TO COUNCIL?
>> YES. IT'S BASICALLY A REQUIREMENT OF THE CDBG PROGRAM. EVERY YEAR HUD, OF COURSE, AS ENTITLEMENT CITY GIVES ALL FUNDING THAT WE ALLOCATE THROUGH ANNUAL ACTION PLAN PROCESS.
AND THEN AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE TO REPORT ON HOW WE SPENT THAT MONEY AND SO THAT'S THOSE NUMBERS REPORTED AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS PROCESS IN THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WHEN WE ALLOCATE MONEY. WE DON'T GET A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. HUD IS BIG ON MAKING SURE WE'RE OPEN WITH THE PROCESS. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE -- THERE'S NO ACTION. BUT WE NEED TO COME AND REPORT IT IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND ALLOW FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. IT'S LENGTHY WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM C-1.
IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM PLEASE STEP FORWARD
TO THE MICROPHONE. >> SEEING NO ONE GET UP TO
[2. An ordinance adopting a new Reapportionment Plan thereby revising city...]
SPEAK WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO TO C-2. C-2 ITEM AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A NEW APPORTIONMENT PLAN THEREBY REVISING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN RESPONSE TO2020 CENSUS. >> I'M PLEASED TO BRING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION A REDISTRICTING OR REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN AND MAP FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION TONIGHT. BEFORE I DO SO.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU FORMED TO REVIEW THE CENSUS DATA AND WORK WITH THE OUTSIDE LAW FIRM TO BRING THIS PLAN TO YOU.
THOMMY TAYLOR, KELLY FROMMY, J.R.AMIA AND EMMETT ALVAREZ
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MET FOR MULTIPLE MEETING TO REVIEW DATA TO GO OVER THE MAPS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE LAW FIRM. THEIR WORK IS COMMENDABLE.THAT DATA CAN BE VERY DENSE LET'S SAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO REVIEWING THIS AND DECIDING WHAT IS GOING TO BE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY DID GREAT WORK TO DO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUTSIDE ATTORNEY. HE WILL GO OVER THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION
FOR YOU GOING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU, THOMAS.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. I WANT TO TAKE TIME TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT FOM SAID ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE. GREAT GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT WERE WELL INFORMED AND ENGAGED THROUGH OUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS. ACTUALLY MADE IT A LOT SMOOTHER. THANK YOU FOR APPOINTING THOSE MEMBERS. ON HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LAW FIRM. WE WILL TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT MAP WHICH IS YOUR EXISTING DISTRICTS AND THEN WE WILL DIVE INTO THAT DRAFT MAP WE HAVE HERE PREPARED FOR YOU IN THAT ORDINANCE.
JUST AS A BRIEF OVERVIEW, THE CITY CHARTER CALLS FOR SIX COUNCILMEMBERS ONE TO BE ELECTED FROM EACH OF THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND TWO TO BE ELECTED FROM THE SUPER DISTRICTS FIVE AND SIX.
UNDER THE US CENSUS DATA, WE WERE ABLE TO GET YOUR TOTAL POPULATIONS FOR EACH OF THE DISTRICTS AND AFTER DOING THE MATH WHICH IS SEEN ON THIS SLIDE.
YOUR TOTAL MAXIMUM DEVIATION IS COMING IN ABOVE THAT 10% MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE RANGE. EXACTLY COMING IN AT 26.90% WHICH IS CAUSING US TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
HERE IS GRAPHIC OF DISTRICT ONE AS WELL AS A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE DATA THAT REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE HAD TO CONSIDER. YOU WILL SEE THE TOTAL POPULATION AS WELL AS THE TOTAL VOTING AGE POPULATION FOR EACH OF THESE MAPS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THESE GRAPHICS, IS ESPECIALLY THE HISPANIC POPULATION WHERE THEY ARE HOLDING A MAJORITY IN DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO AND THEN A PLURALITY PROPORTION IN DISTRICT FOUR. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'VE LOOKED AT EACH OF THE DISTRICTS MAKING SURE NOT TO RETROGRESS THOSE VOTING STANDARD.
AND THE MAPS AND THE NUMBERS ALLOWED US TO DO SUCH.
YOU ARE SEEING THE POPULATION DATA FOR DISTRICT FOUR AND THIS IS JUST KIND REORIENT YOU WITH HOW THE CURRENT DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MORE ACUTELY IDENTIFY THE CHANGES UNDER DRAFT MAP A.
HERE IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE HISPANIC POPULATION FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA. SHOWING YOU WHERE THE DENSITIES ARE OCCURRING. IT HELPS US TO SPOT THOSE ISSUES LIKE WE SAID ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT DEAL WITH THE U.S. VOTING SECTIONS AND THOSE THAT ARE HAVING US CONSIDERED RACE. LIKEWISE WE DID THE SAME FOR THE BLACK POPULATION WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO SPOTLIGHT THOSE DENSITIES AND CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALLOWED US NOT TO SPLIT UP THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE IDENTIFIED. HERE WE HAVE WHAT DRAFT MAP A AND DRAFT MAP A IS RECOMMENDED VERSION FROM THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE. DRAFT MAP A ACCOMPLISHES ALL OF THOSE REDISTRICTING CRITERIA IN WHICH WE'VE ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
AND HERE IS THE POPULATION TABLES FOR THAT DRAFT MAP A.
ONE THING THAT WE IMMEDIATELY WANT TO SPOTLIGHT IS THE TOTAL MAXIMUM DEVIATION UNDER THIS PLAN. WE'RE GOING FROM WHAT IT WAS NOW TO 7.32% UNDER THIS DRAFT MAP PLAN WHICH GIVES US SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL POPULATION AMONGST ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THIS PROCESS.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHAT CHANGED YOU WILL SEE HERE IN THIS ITERATION ON YOUR LEFT, YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE PROPOSED MAP PLAN IS CHANGING FOR DRAFT MAP A AND ON YOUR RIGHT, YOU WILL SEE THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES MAP.
HERE WE SEE DISTRICT 3 LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF ITS POPULATION TO DISTRICT FOUR AND NAMELY THAT VOTING PRECINCT THAT IS VOTING DISTRICT 25, DISTRICT FOUR PICKING UP JUST A SLIGHT BIT OF THAT PORTION.
YOU ARE SEEING WHERE IT'S COMING IN KIND OF MAKING A NEAT BOX THERE IN THAT AREA FROM DISTRICT 3.
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WHICH DISTRICT 3 BEING ONE OF THE MORE POPULOUS DISTRICTS HERE IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO GET SOME OF THE POPULATION OUT OF DISTRICT 3.HERE YOU ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE IN DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO. NAMELY DISTRICT ONE IS PICKING UP VOTING PRECINCT NUMBER 30.
AND DISTRICT 2 IS PICKING UP VOTING PRECINCT NUMBER 6.
BOTH OF THOSE VOTING PRECINCTS COMING OUT OF DISTRICT FOUR. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE AND TAKE BETWEEN THOSE DISTRICTS FOUR AND THREE.
NOW THIS SLIDE SIMPLY SHOWS YOU A COMPARISON OF YOUR TOTAL POPULATION FOR THE EXISTING DISTRICTS ON TOP AND THEN THE TOTAL POPULATION UNDER THIS PROPOSED DRAFT MAP A. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS SLIDE NAMELY ARE THOSE PROPORTIONS UNDER THE HISPANIC POPULATION AND BLACK POPULATIONS. THOSE PERCENTAGES THAT YOU'RE SEEING WE'RE MAKING SURE NOT TO RETROGRESS THOSE BY STANDARD OF ABOUT 5% OR I'M SORRY, 6%.
AND WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING THOSE MAJORITIES IN THE PROTECTED MINORITY GROUPS. MAINLY THE HISPANIC POPULATION. THEY HELD A MAJORITY IN DISTRICTS ONE AND DISTRICT 2.
YOU'RE STILL SEEING THAT MAJORITY MAINTAINED UNDER DRAFT MAP A AND DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO.
IN DISTRICT FOUR YOU'RE SEEING THE HISPANIC POPULATION HELD WHAT PLURALITY INFLUENCE.
THAT PLURALITY IS STILL BEING MAINTAINED UNDER THIS DRAFT MAP A AND ACCORDING TO LEGAL PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED. HERE'S ANOTHER SNAPSHOT OF THE COMPARISON OF THE EXISTING DISTRICTS VOTING AGE POPULATION. AS COMPARED TO THE VOTING AGE POPULATION UNDER THIS PROPOSED PLAN.
JUST MORE ACUTE INFORMATION THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE WHENEVER WE PUT OUR MINDS TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THIS PLAN.
>> WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE FOR A SECOND.
>> YES, I'M STILL TRYING TO FIND THE VOTING AGE ON THAT
THE DATA YOU ARE SEEING IS ALL CITIZENS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT BROKEN DOWN BY DEMOGRAPHIC THAT ARE OF VOTING AGE IN THAT DISTRICT. SO FAR LET'S SAY THE HISPANIC POPULATION IN DISTRICT ONE YOU'RE SEEING 6,912 CITIZENS OF VOTING AGE, AND IT MAKES UP 58.84% OF THAT POPULATION IN THAT DIST
JUST AN OVERALL VIEW OF WHAT THIS PLAN DOES IT ACCOMPLISHES THAT TOTAL MAXIMUM DEVIATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR UNDER 10%. GETS OUT TO 7.32%.
TAKES INTO ACCOUNT FUTURE ANNEXATION AND GROWTH FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA. ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES WERE REDRAWN IN THOSE WAYS THAT YOU SAW IN THE EARLIER SLIDES. YOU KIND OF SEE THE NUMBERS THAT EACH DISTRICT IS EITHER PICKING UP OR LOSING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT DISTRICT 3 WAS THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POPULATION.
AND DUE TO THAT BEING THE MOST OVER I WILL POPULATED DISTRICT, USING 2020 CENSUS DATA.
AS I SAID THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL RETROGRESSION.
IT MEETS ALL LEGAL CRITERIA THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED.
AND NOW BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE ADOPTING THIS DRAFT MAP A-PLAN.
AND WHAT IS REMAINING AS THE PRODUCT FOR OUR FIRM TO YOU IS THAT FINAL REPORT THAT WE WOULD SUBMIT TO THE DJ, BUT HOWEVER IT'S NOW JUST BEING SUBMITTED TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WITH THAT BEING THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY
HAVE ABOUT THE DRAFT MAP. >> MAYOR,WHILE YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I WANT TO SAY THIS PRESENTATION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKET.
I RECOGNIZE THAT. AND IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THIS I WILL PUT THIS PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S REDISTRICTING WEB SITE VICTORIATX.GOV/REDISTRICTING ALSO LOCATED ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE. I WILL ADD THIS ON THERE SO THE PUBLIC CAN REVIEW THE DATA AS WELL.
REMEMBER THIS IS A FIRST VOTE ONLY.
WE WILL HAVE SECOND AND THIRD READING AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON JANUARY 4TH.
>> THANK YOU. WITH NO QUESTIONS I WILL
OPEN C-2 -- >> QUICK QUESTION.
THE VOTING PRECINCT THAT IS SPLIT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.
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HOW IS THAT HANDLED? >> WITH THAT MINUTE CHANGE, WE MADE SOME ROOM FOR OURSELVES IN THAT RESOLUTION AND WITH CITY OF VICKTORY A ABLE TO VOTE IN ANY PRECINCT. THAT SMALL PRECISE CHANGE HAD TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET THAT SUBSTANTIAL BALANCE. IT WOULDN'T HAVE PRODUCED A SUBSTANTIAL BALANCE HAD WE TOOK A WHOLE VOTING PRECINCT OUT OF THAT DISTRICT AND PUT IT INTO WHAT WAS DISTRICT FOUR I BELIEVE. AND SO WE HAD TO KIND OF GO IN AND DO MORE SO A CHANGE AT THE CENSUS BLOCK LEVEL RATHER THAN THE VOTING PRECINCT LEVEL.
>> THEN WHEN PEOPLE GO TO VOTE THE RECORDS THAT PEOPLE THERE MONITORING WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM GETTING THEM THE CORRECT BALLOT, THINGS LIKE THAT?
>> YES. >> BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS MAP TO VICTORIA COUNTY, THEY WILL YOU KNOW COINCIDE WITH THE VOTING PRECINCT WITH OUR MAP AND THEY WILL SEND OUT THOSE REGISTRATION CARDS AND INFO THAT WILL TELL PEOPLE WHAT PRECINCT THEY ARE IN AND HOW TO VOTE.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. WHERE THERE ANY CITIZENS MAP PRESENTED. I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT CITIZENS COULD SUBMIT MAPS.
I WONDER IF ANYONE DID? >> EL DIDN'T HAVE CITIZEN MAPS TO CONSIDER AT THIS POINT.
I WILL OPEN ITEM C-2 UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY? SEEING NO ONE WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM C-2 AND ENTERTAIN ANY MOTION
YOU ALL WISH TO MAKE. >> SO MOVED.
SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE C-2. IS THERE ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION? >> THANKS, AGAIN TO THOSE CITIZENS THAT SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SAYING QUESTION WHEN WE CALLED.
INPUT IS GREATLY VALUED. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE." AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ITEM C-2 CARRIES.
[D. Consent Agenda:]
>>> CONSENT AGENDA. >> TIMENT D-1 ADOPTION OF REGULAR MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 7TH.
ITEM 2 APPROVE THE ANNUAL PURCHASE OF 20 SET OF STRUCTURAL FIRE FIGHTING IN THE AMOUNT OF 29D,475,000.
D-4 AUTHORIZE GRAND AN MRITHS COLOGNE STAR OPERATION IN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF 136,380.
AND DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED
OFFICIAL. >> D-5 RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBER TO FOOD ESTABLISHMENT APPEALS BOARD.
D-6 RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING MEMBER TO BUILDING AND STANDARD COMMISSION. D-7 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE "T" CEX ANNUAL WATER SYSTEM FEE FOR THE CITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF 72,987.95.
>>> D-8 RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HAVINGTORIA ENGINEERING INCORNRATED DBA URBAN ENGINEERING FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE HIGH SERVICE WATER CONNECTION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 65,000. D-9 RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH VICTORIA ENGINEER INCORPORATE DBA URBAN ENGINEERING FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE LAURENT STREET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 265,000.
D-10 RESOLUTION AWARDING THE 2020-21 SANITARY SEWER LINE CLEANING PROJECT TO ALL POINTS INSPECTION SERVICES INCORPORATED OF WEBBERVILLE, TEXAS FOR THEIR LOW PROPOSAL OF 78,983.65. D-11 RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT INCORPRATED HALL AGAIN SAFETY SHUT-OFF SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF 110,194,000. D-12 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND CARRYING FORWARD INCOME ENTRANCES. D-13 ORDINANCE DECEMBERNATING 210.9 ACRE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA AS TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE. THIS ITEM IS ALSO ON SECOND
AND THIRD READING. >> GREAT JOB.
>> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> I WILL SECOND. >> FIRST AND SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE." THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED
PENDING ITEM D-3. >> GOING BACK TO DO.
[3. Accept a donation from the Cloyde and Ethel Lee Tracy Foundation for i...]
D-3 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DONATION FROM THE CLOYDE AND ETHEL LEE TRACY FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVEMENT.>> I ASKED THIS ITEM TO BE PULLED BECAUSE I NEED TO
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ABSTAIN ON THE VOTING. I SERVE ON THE BOARD.>> THANK YOU. I MOVE WE ACCEPT ITEM D-3.
>> OH, YEAH. GOT A SECOND OVER HERE.
[1. Approve a professional services agreement with CivilCorp, LLC for desi...]
[2. Approve a professional services agreement with Victoria Engineering, I...]
[3. Approve a professional services agreement with Ardurra Group, Inc. for...]
[4. Approve a professional services agreement with CivilCorp, LLC for desi...]
E-1. >> RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CIVILCORPLLC FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR COLLEGE PARK STREET AND UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 919,000.
>> TONIGHT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO A BRIEF SUMMARY OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS AT ONCE VERSES EACH INDEPENDENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LAST FRIDAY'S MEETING. CIP MEETING.
THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE 2022 PROJECT THIS FIRST ONE COLLEGE PARK.
STREET AND UTILITY RECORRECTION PROJECT.
IT'S CONSULTANT CIVILCORP. AND BEN IS HERE REPRESENTING THEM. SCOPE FOR THE DESIGN IS WATER, SEWER, STORM SEWER, REPLACEMENT CLEANING.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROGRAM.
AND FOLLOW OUR MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN.
CURB AND GUTTER AND STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
LINEAR FOOTAGE ABOUT 12,000 FEET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DESIGN COST IS 919,000. AND UTILITY ESTIMATED COST IS SET FOR 2023 TO BEGIN UTILITY PORTION AT 3.7 MILLION AND IN THIS STREET FOLLOWING THAT IN 2024 AT 5.1 MILLION. THAT'S VICINITY MAP.
COLLEGE PARK IS THE AREA BEHIND OR NEXT TO SAINT JOE IN THAT AREA BOUNDED BY MAIN STREET NAVARRO AND HILLE ARE STREET. THE NEXT PROJECT VICTORIA URBAN ENGINEERING AND TOM SMIDT IS HERE.
RAY AND MATT HAD TO PICK HIM BECAUSE HE'S THE LAST MAN STANDING FOR THE COMPANY. ITS SCOPE IS AGAIN WATER, SANITARY SUER, STORM SEWER REPLACEMENT AND CLEANING.
CURB GUTTER AND STREET. LINEAR FOOTAGE 12,000 FEET.
PROJECT DESIGN COST IS 645,000.
AND THE UTILITY COST I WILL GO TO THAT SLIDE RIGHT THERE. LET ME GO BACK.
THE MAP SHOWS TWO DIFFERENT COLORS.
>>THE ORANGE COLOR IS WHAT WAS DECIDED IN 2022CIP FOR CONSTRUCTION COST FOR GOING FORWARD.
AS WE DISCUSSED ON FRIDAY, THE BLUE IS THE ADDITIONAL SECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
YOU REVIEW THE COST TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE MOVE FORWARD. THE DESIGN WILL ENCOMPASS BEST THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DESIGN AT ONE POINT TANGLEWOOD WILL GET DONE. WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THE DESIGN. WHAT WE DID I BROKE IT OUT INTO COLORS. ADOPTED 2022CIP UTILITY WAS FOR '23 THE 2.13. 2024, 2.6.
IF WE ADD BLUE ADDITIONAL COST OF 2.1 AND AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE STREET '24, 2.7.
>> THE NEXT PROJECT IS DAIRY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.
THE CONSULTANT IS ADURA GROUP INCORPORATED.
DEREK IS REPRESENTING THEM HERE.
SCOPE ON THIS PROJECT IS AGAIN SIMILAR TO THE OTHERS.
IT'S WATER, STORM SEWER REPLACEMENT AND OR CLEANING.
MOSTLY ADDITION BECAUSE IT'S AN OPEN BID SECTION.
CURB AND GUTTER, STREET WHICH WILL INCLUDE SIDEWALKS. LINEAR FOOTAGE 2700 FEET.
DESIGN COST IS 425,000. AND THE ESTIMATED UTILITY -- THE COST FOR 2023 TO REBUILD THE STREET INCLUDING THE STORM SEWER AND CURB AND GUTTER IS 2.7 MILLION. AND AS WE DISCUSSED FRIDAY THERE IS A 16 INCH WATER MAIN.
THEY WILL DO SOME PRELIMINARY -- THEY WILL GET TO SURVEYING DONE. GET SOME CROSS SECTIONS OF WHAT'S EXISTING. THEN THEY WILL SET THAT CENTER LINE STREET RIGHT. THAT REALLY IS GOING TO SET THE TONE OF HOW DO WE DETERMINE.
DO WE NEED TO RELOCATE THE WATER LINE.
DO WE LEAVE IT IN PLACE? BEFORE WE GET INTO A LOT OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FURTHER ON.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PROCESS IS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET TOO FAR ALONG IN THE DESIGN AND SAY, OH WE NEED TO DO IT. WE'LL KNOW EARLY ON PROBABLY
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MARCH OR APRIL AS THEY GET THE PRELIMINARY GOING.THAT'S THE VICINITY MAP. IT GOES FROM BASICALLY HOOVER ALL THE WAY TO THE END WHICH IS SALEM DRIVE.
THE LAST PROJECT THAT I WILL PRESENT IS BONN-AIRE AND MORNINGSIDE ADDITION. IT'S CIVILCORP.
SCOPE IS WATER, SANITARY SEWER, STORM SEWER.
LINEAR FOOTAGE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 21,500.
A LOT LARGER. AND DESIGN COST 1.3 MILLION.
THE UTILITY COST IS SET FOR 2023 AT 4.1 MILLION.
THE STREET IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO YEARS BECAUSE IT'S VERY LARGE PROJECT. WE WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN.
2024 IS 3.4 MILLION. AND IN 2025, 5.3 MILLION.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOMA VISTA, RED RIVER, LORENT AND BEN JORDAN. PHASE ONE WILL GET THAT -- WHAT I WILL CALL THE WEST SIDE.
PHASE 2 WILL COVER THE EAST SIDE.
AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON ALL THESE PROJECTS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT DAIRY ROAD.
WHO DID THE ENGINEER OF HOOER ON THE NORTH PART OF DAIRY ROAD. URBAN.
THE WATER LINE RUNS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE; IS
THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS AN OLD RAW WATER LINE. THAT'S NO LONGER IN SERVICE.
>> IT'S OLD. >> THE WATER LINE THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU MAY HAVE TO MOVE OR REPLACE.
WHERE DOES IT RUN FROM WHERE TO WHERE?
>> IT RUNS FROM BASICALLY THE LOOP -- YOU CAME OUT PLANK FOUR UP AT DAIRY AND HOOVER.
IT GOES DOWN TO SALEM. IT GOES UNDER WHISPERING CREEK. IT'S UNDER.
THE LINE ATTACHED TO THE BRIDGE IS OLD LINE.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LINE UNDER WHISPERING CREEK.
WHEN THEY DID THE NORTHERN PART DID THEY REPLACE --
>> THEY WERE ABLE TO DESIGN THE STREET AND ADJUST THAT CENTER LINE GRADE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO RELOCATE THAT LINE. IT WAS DEEP ENOUGH AND THEY WERE ABLE -- THAT'S WHY I SAY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE GRADE. IF WE CAN GET THE COVER OVER THAT LINE, WE DON'T WANT TO REPLACE IT.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT LINE. IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE.
IT'S HELD UP. WE HAD NO BREAKS.
OUR UTILITY CREWS ARE -- I'VE TALKED TO THEM.
THEY SAY PLEASE IT'S A GREAT LINE.
>> I KNOW THEY WILL COME UP WITH A DRAINAGE, BUT RIGHT NOW SOME OF IT DRAINS INTO WHISPERING CREEK AND SOME OF IT DRAINS INTO SALEM ROAD; IS THAT CORRECT?
IT'S VERY FLAT. AND THEY ARE FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY TO TAKE IT. SALEM IS PROBABLY I WOULD SAY THE STORM SEWER ON SALEM IS VERY SHALLOW.
WE'VE NOTICED THAT AS I'VE DRIVEN IT.
THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT WILL MAKE IT TO SALEM.
>> THANK YOU. >> FROM YOUR PRESENTATION IT LOOKS LIKE OUR CITIZENS CAN EXPECT A LOT OF TORN UP STREETS AND UTILITIES IN BEEN '23 THEN PAVING IN '24.
IT'S NOT REALLY GETTING AROUND TO.
THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS TO HAPPEN.
>>> IT WILL FOLLOW SOON. AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH WITH UTILITIES AND WRAPPING UP.
WE CAN HIT THAT STREET SO THEY ARE FOLLOWING BEHIND.
DON'T FORGET ABSENCE THE RESIDENTIAL STREET PROGRAM.
WHICH OF COURSE IS OVERLAYS. THERE'S STREET WORK TAKING PLACE IN FISCAL YEAR '23. IT DOESN'T NECESSITATE -- IT'S NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT TODAY.
>> IT'S JUST VERY EXCITING PROGRESS KIND OF IMPEDES OUR TRAFFIC AND WE ALL GRUMBLE ABOUT IT.
BUT IT IS PROGRESS. >> EXACTLY.
>> GREAT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BODY UP HERE AND FOR PAST BODIES THAT HAVE SET HERE AND THE REASON WHY THAT IS DONE.
IT'S INTENTIONAL. WITH OUR DEBT.
SO EXCITING IS EXACTLY THE CORRECT WORD FOR MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE NEW ROADS AND NEW UTILITIES.
>> YES. >> THANK STAFF BUT ALSO COUNCIL FOR LETTING STAFF MAKE THE PRESENTATION FOR TANGLEWOOD. AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THE VOTE YET. I'M ANXIOUS.
BUT I'M HOPEFUL AND CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGE IN THE INCREASE TO GET THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
THANK YOU MR. GILL. >> MOTION TIME.
>> CAN WE ADOPT E-1 THROUGH E-4.
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>> I SECOND THE MOTION. >> DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM
SEPARATE? >> DO WE HAVE TO HAVE
SEPARATE VOTE? >> WE'RE GOOD WITH IT.
>> I THINK THAT'S CLEAR SINCE THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS ARE PRINTED ON THE AGENDA THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO. WHEN YOU MAKE THAT MOTION.
I THINK THAT'S SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RULES.
>> OKAY. LET ME JUST THE MOTION FOR ITEM E-1 THROUGH 4 COLLEGE PARK STREET UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR TANGLEWOOD PROJECT PHASE ONE. DESIGN SERVICES FOR DAIRY ROAD RECORRECTION PROJECT, AND THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR BONN-AIRE AND MORNINGSIDE ADDITION STREET UTILITY
RECORRECTION PROJECT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE
SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> APRIL DOES IT BETTER. [LAUGHTER]
>> IT'S A STATEMENT, SORRY. >> OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MAYOR. >> THANK YOU ALL THOSE ITEMS
CARRY APPROVED. >> THANK YOU FOR REPEATING
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IT SERIOUSLY. THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO.MR. GWOSDZ. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS AN IMPORTANT AND EXCITING PRESENTATION TO BE GIVING TO YOU. I PROMISE IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE. GOING BACK TO MARCH OF THIS PAST YEAR, THIS COUNCIL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR PRO TEM SALICE CALLED AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE CITY'S CHARTER. THE CITY'S CHARTED CHARTER IT'S FORMATION DOCUMENT. ITS CONSTITUTION.
YOU APPOINTED MEMBER TO CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THAT COMMITTEE BRINGS TO YOU TONIGHT IT'S FORMAL RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I WILL GO OVER IN A BUILT MORE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN FRIDAY. OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE GOING UP TO THIS POINT. I WANT TO START OFF WHICH THANKING THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS YOU SEE THEM LISTED THERE. WITH THE NUMBER OF THE DISTRICT THAT THEY REPRESENTED.
J.B. HOWL REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE.
MIKE ATKINSON DISTRICT 2. DISTRICT 3 DUANE CROCKER.
AT THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMITTEE HE WAS NOT YET A COUNCILMEMBER.
I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE AFTER HE SAW HOW MUCH WORK IT WOULD BE AND AFTER HIS ELECTION WHEN HE COULD HAVE APPOINTED SOMEONE ELSE. THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO
SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. >> I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYBODY THAT I COULD DO THAT TO.
>>. IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK. DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTED BY TONY. THAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS GOT TOGETHER AND WAS ASSISTED NOT ONLY BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BUT ALSO BY OUTSIDE COUNCIL CHARLIE ZECK. CHARLIE IS AN ATTORNEY WITH THE FIRM. AND HE'S THE STATEWIDE EXPERT ON HOME RULE CHARTERS.
WHEN HE WAS WORKING THROUGH HIS MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DEGREE, FROM TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY HE REVIEWED EVERY HOME RULE CHARTER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND DID AN ANALYSIS, COMPARING THEM AND WHAT PROVISIONS WORK AND WHAT PROVISIONS DON'T. SINCE THAT TIME HE HAS HELPED MANY, MANY CITIES AMEND THEIR CHARTERS.
HE HELPED THE CITY OF VICTORIA BACK IN 2012.
THE LAST TIME THAT OUR CHARTER WAS REVIEWED.
AND I WAS PLEASED TO HAVE HIM SIT BESIDE ME VIRTUALLY.
THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. HIS INCITE WAS INVALUABLE.
HIS FIRM DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LEG WORK IN GETTING THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.
JUST QUICKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS OF THE COMMITTEE THEY BEGAN THEIR WORK IN JULY%-R LAST WEEK.
THEY CONCLUDED THEIR WORK ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS POWERPOINT NOT BEING IN YOUR MATERIALS FOR TODAY. WE LITERALLY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
CONSIDERING THAT THE WORK WAS COMPLETED ONLY A WEEK AGO. LAST WEEK ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, I DELIVERED TO YOU EACH THREE RING BINDER THAT HAD THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS IN IT. AND WE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THOSE. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL PROPOSITIONS AND MAYOR BEING RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE I'M STILL NOT ASKING FOR ANY FORMAL DECISION OR FORMAL CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AS WE GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS MEASURES. BUT TONIGHT IS JUST AN
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INTRODUCTION TO YOU AND THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN.AND BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE INDIVIDUALS I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY JUST INVITING THE COMMITTEE CHAIR MIKE ATKINSON TO COME TO THE PODIUM AGAINST AND INTRODUCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD EVENING.
IT'S BEEN SAID THAT SOME WORK FROM SUN TO SUN IN THE WORK OF THE CITY COUNCIL NEVER SEEMS TO BE DONE.
WE APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE WORK OF OUR CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE IS DONE. CITY CHARTER IS OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENT.
THE FRAMEWORK BY WHICH WE GOVERN OURSELVES.
GIVEN THAT ITS SUBJECT TO HIGHER LAWS OF A STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT IS KRILTCAL TO THE OPERATION OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITIZENRY. IT WAS OUR TASK TO SEE THAT IT REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE HIGHER LAWS, PROVIDES LEGAL CONSISTENT AND FAIR MEANS OF SELF-GOVERNANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IT LOOKS TO ANTICIPATE FUTURE CHANGES IN THE LAW AND PROVIDES A MEANS TO MAINTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FACE OF DISASTERS AND LOSS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS. I WANT TO THANK OUT COMMITTEE THIS WAS A TEAM EFFORT.
JEFF LACEY AND DECATER JOSEPH.
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CONFIDENCE SHOWN TO MY APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN.
AS CHAIRMAN I OBSERVED OUR COMMITTEE WAS INTELLIGENT, WELL INFORMED AND BROAD RANGE OF INSIGHT INTO THIS EFFORT. ALL PARTICIPATED BRINGING THE RANGE OF THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO EVERY POINT CONSIDERED DISCUSSED AND DEBATED.
MOST OF ALL, THEY WERE CONSIDERATE OF ALL POINTS OF VIEW, RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER'S OPINIONS.
AND KEPT THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY IN MIND.
THERE WAS NO PARTISANSHIP. AND NO UNYIELDING DEMANDING.
IT MADE MY JOB AS CHAIRMAN MUCH EASIER.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO HERD CATS. I THINK BACK TO WORLD WAR II AND GEORGE S. PATENT. GENERAL THIRD ARMY WHO TOLD HIS STAFF IF EVERYONE IS THINKING ALIKE.
NO ONE IS THINKING. AS CHAIRMAN I ENCOURAGED IDEAS AND DEBATE. SOMETIMES LENGTHY AND VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS ENSUED.
EVERY POINT WAS THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDERED.
WE VOTED ON EVERY DECISION AND WE UNANIMOUS IN EVERY VOTE BUT ONE. AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE DISSENT AT THAT. I THINK THAT'S A POINT OF REASSURANCE TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE CITIZENRY.
I WANT TO THANK OUT CITY ATTORNEY THOMAS GOOCH.
HE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE, EXPERIENCE AND AT VICE WE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU, TOM. LIKEWISE I WANT TO THANK CHARLIE ZE. HE WAS OUR LEGAL EXPERT CONSULTANT AND AT VISOR. HE BROUGHT A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE DEDICATED TO CITY OF CITY CHARTER AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT TEXAS. HIS BOOK ANALYSIS OF TEXAS HOME RULE CHARTERS, WHICH WAS HIS APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT FOR A MASTER'S IN 2008 AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. IS VALUABLE REFERENCE FOR THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CITY CHARTERS IN TEXAS.
CHARLIE PROVIDED SUGGESTIONS, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION.
HE DID NOT DOMINATE OUR THINKING.
AND NOR WAS HIS INTENT TO DO SO.
CHARLIE COULD SEE FROM 30,000 FEET WHAT WE COULD NOT. SPECIAL APPRECIATION DUE.
AND THOMAS FOR BRINGING HIM INTO THIS PROCESS.
IT'S NOT MY INTENT TO SEE THROUGH THE DETAILS OF OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME BUT RATHER TO PROVIDE A BROAD OVERVIEW. OUR COMMITTEE HAD FIVE MEETING BEGINNING IN JULY TOTALLING ABILITY 12 HOURS CONSERVATIVELY HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
NOT COUNTING THE MANY HOUR SPENT BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN PRIVATE STUDY. THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF MY STUDY MATERIAL. THIS WAS INVOLVED AND IT WAS QUITE FUN AND INTERESTING. OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO MEET CURRENT LAWS AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MEET FUTURE CHANGES IN STATE AND FEDERAL LAW WITH FLEXIBILITY EXAMPLE NOT REWRITING FOR EACH CHANGE. WE TRIED TO DESIGN OUR CHARTERS SO THAT AS FEDERAL AND STATE LAW CHANGED WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND MODIFY IT CONTINUALLY.
ALSO TO ADDRESS FUTURE AND CURRENT CHALLENGES FOR EXAMPLE, MAYORAL AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
DISASTER AND DEATH THAT EFFECT THE RECONSTITUTION
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AND CONTINUITY OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP.THIS IS WHAT WE DID NOT DO. WE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CHANGE OUR GOVERNANCE OR THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF OUR CITY. WE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CHANGE ANY LOCAL LAWS OR CODES. WE GAVE NO CONSIDERATION BENEFICIAL TO ANY SPECIAL INTEREST.
WHAT WE DID DO. WE TOOK A FRESH START WE CONSIDERED PAST HISTORY AS WISDOM FOR THE FUTURE AND MAINTAINED TIME PROVEN PRINCIPLES.
WE FOCUSED ON OUR CHARTER. OUR CONSULTANT CHARLIE ZECK DIDN'T PROPOSE STANDARD FORM OR CHARTER FOR OUR CONSIDERATION. THIS IS OUR CHARTER.
BEGINNING TO END, IN THE SAME ORDER.
WE ELIMINATED OBSOLETE LANGUAGE AND MADE THE CHARTER EASIER TO READ AND UNDERSTAND FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT. WE ELIMINATED CONFLICTS WITH THE CURRENT LEGAL ENVIRONMENT.
WERE CONFLICTS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED AND SO WE DID. THE RESULT WE BELIEVE WAS A FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE CONSTANT REVISION IN THE SHADOW OF CHANGING STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. IT ADDRESSES WHAT IT CAN FOR VICTORIA'S BENEFIT AND DEFERS TO HIGHER LAW AS NECESSARY TO AVOID LEGAL MISSTEPS AND POTENTIAL LITIGATION. ADDRESSES CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES. EXAMPLE, MAYORALLY SUCCESSION. DISASTERS AND DEATH THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECONSTITUTION FOR CONTINUITY OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNANCE. FUTURE PROOFING.
OUR COMMITTEE WORKED HARD TO ANTICIPATE FUTURE CHALLENGES AND INCORPORATE IT AS BEST WE COULD.
POINT THAT COBE USEFUL IN UNFORESEEN SITUATION THAT JUST ARISE. SO NOW IS OUR JOB DONE? WELL, MOSTLY. OUR COMMITTEE REMAINS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND ASSIST COUNCIL AS YOU REVIEW AND PERHAPS MODIFY AND REFINE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
LIKEWISE WE ARE HERE WHEN THE TIME COMES TO OFFER THIS TO VOTERS AND HELP MOVE THIS EFFORT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. CONSIDERING THE NEED TO REVISE OUR CHARTER AND ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT WE PUT FORTH WE HOPE FOR SUCCESS AND WILL ASSIST COUNCIL IN EVERY WAY WE CAN TO BRING ABOUT THIS SUCCESS.
AGAIN, I THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, CITY ATTORNEY, CHARLIE ZECK FOR THEIR FINE WORK AND COUNCIL THAT YOU HAD FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US.
THANK YOU. THIS WAS A SERIOUS, INTERESTING AND QUITE FRANKLY A FUN PROJECT.
I WAS GLAD TO BE PART OF IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMITTEE.
WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT NUMBER OF THE HOURS.
SOME OF THE MEETING RAN UNTIL AFTER 9:00 AT NIGHT.
THEY WERE EXCITING. PASSIONATE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE LOCAL GOVERNANCE.
THANK YOU MIKE, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
>> WITH THAT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THIS THE LAST MEETING OF DECEMBER.
MERRY CHRISTMAS IN CASE I DON'T SEE YOU BEFORE THEN.
IN JANUARY COUNCIL WILL GIVE FORMAL CONSIDERATION TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND BY THE END OF JANUARY, OR THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY, I EXPECT THAT COUNCIL WILL ORDER THE ELECTION. IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR COUNCILMEMBER SEATS. AND THEN THAT ELECTION WOULD BE ON MAY 7TH OF 2022. AT THIS STAGE, ALL THAT IS BEFORE YOU ARE RECOMMENDATIONS.
NOTHING IS SET IN STONE. COUNCIL CAN TWEAK THE RECOMMENDATION AS WE GO FORWARD.
BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WILL GET INPUT. I WANT TO START WITH JUST A COUPLE TWO QUICK FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS THAT MUST GUIDE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHARTER.
FIRST, THE HOME RULE CHARTER DOES ESTABLISH OUR LEGAL SE SELF-GOVERNANCE BUT AUTHORIZE BAD I THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
ALLOWS CITY OF MORE THAN 5,000 TO CREATE A CHARTER FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE. THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE LIMITED IN OUR CHARTER BY STATE LAW.
WE CAN ONLY DO THE THINGS THAT STATE LAW ALLOW US TO DO. THE CHARTER WAS INITIALLY ADOPTED BY THE VOTER. ANY AMENDMENT MUST BE DONE ALSO BY THE VOTERS. THAT'S REALLY THE SECOND OF THE TWO FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS.
IS THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO AMEND THE CHARTER, COUNCIL DOESN'T AMEND THE CHARTER ITSELF.
THE COMMITTEE DOESN'T AMEND THE CHARTER ITSELF.
ALL THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE IS MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, AND ALL THAT YOU WILL DO IS PROPOSE THOSE CHANGES TO THE VOTERS. I HESITATE ON THAT WORD PROPOSE. BECAUSE THEY ARE CALLED PROPOSITION WHEN THEY GET TO IS VOTERS.
COUNCIL WILL MAKE THESE PROPOSALS AND IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT APPROVE THEM.
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UNDER STATE LAW, EACH SUBJECT MUST BE A SEPARATE BALLOT MEASURE. I WILL USE THAT WORD "BALLOT MEASURE" TO DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY COUNCIL. IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THAT EACH SUBJECT MATTER MUST BE DIFFERENT. BECAUSE AS ALREADY POINTED OUT BY MAYOR PRO TEM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLACES IN HERE I THINK F AND G WHERE YOU HAVE TWO CHANGES TO THE SAME PARAGRAPH. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO BACK-TO-BACK, IT LOOKS LIKE WE FORGET ABOUT MEASURE F WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING MEASURE G.IT'S DONE THAT WAY ON PURPOSE.
BECAUSE IT MAY BE THE VOTERS ONLY APPROVE ONE AND NOT BOTH OF THOSE. OKAY.
IN EACH ONE OF THE MEASURES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE RED LINE INDIVIDUALLY, TO SEE HOW IT ALL ADDS UP TOGETHER.
THERE'S AN EASIER WAY TO REVIEW ALL OF THIS THAN TO LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL MEASURE.
AND THAT TO LOOK AT RED LINE OF THE WHOLE DOCUMENT.
THAT'S POSTED ON THE WEB SITE.
I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE IN A SECOND.
FINALLY, AS THE FOUNDATIONAL MATTER, CITY ARE PROHIBITED FROM REVISITING THEIR CHARTER FOR TWO YEARS.
AFTER WE CALL AN ELECTION. NOT AGAIN UNTIL AFTER TWO YEARS HAVE PAST CAN WE REVIEW THIS.
QUITE FRANKLY IT WILL BE MUCH LONGER.
LAST TIME CITY CHARTER REVIEWED WAS IN 2012.
AND IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS BASICALLY SINCE LAST REVIEWED. THIS IS MY COPY.
OF THE 1957 CITY CHARTER. A FRIEND OF MINE HANDED TO ME. HE FOUND IN HIS MOTHER'S GARAGE. MUCH OF THE LANGUAGE FROM THIS ORIGINAL 1957 CHARTER STILL EXISTS IN TODAY'S CITY CHARTER INCLUDING BY THE WAY A PARAGRAPH THAT SAID THIS CHARTER BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THIS DAY IN 1957.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL REMOVE THIS TIME AROUND.
THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE WERE CONSIDERED VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. THE DOCUMENTS ALL OF THE PROPOSITIONS THE MEASURES, AND THE RED LINE OF THE TOTAL DOCUMENT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ONLINE AT WWW.VICTORIATX.GOV/CHARTER. THERE'S BRIEF BACKGROUND INFORMATION INCLUDING THANK YOU TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THERE'S A RED LINE OF THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT IF YOU WANT TO READ IT FRONT TO BACK. THE ADDITIONS HAVE BEEN UNDERLINED AND THE DELETIONS HAVE BEEN STRUCK OUT.
SO YOU CAN -- IF YOU ARE USED TO READING RED LINE DOCUMENT YOU CAN SEE HOW THE NEW DOCUMENT WILL LOOK AS YOU GO THROUGH. AND THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPOSITION IS LISTED BELOW THAT.
IF YOU CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS, IT WILL OPEN UP A DRAFT OF WHAT THAT MEASURE WILL ACTUALLY DO.
AGAIN THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE IS WHAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH TONIGHT. I WILL WALK THROUGH EACH PROPOSITION AND ALLOW YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I DON'T INTEND TO DIVE ALL THE WAY INTO THE RED LINE OF EACH DOCUMENT.
WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR JANUARY. YOU HAVE ONLY HAD THIS FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS. I DON'T EXPECT THAT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW EVERYTHING.
WHEN WE COME BACK JANUARY YOU CAN DIG INTO THE RED LINE AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE I'S ARE DOTTED AND T'S ARE CROSSED. THEY ARE LETTERED A THROUGH N. THEY WILL ALL BE PROPOSED IN THIS FORMAT. AND THIS IS WHAT THE VOTERS WILL SEE ON THE BALLOT SHOULD YOU CHOOSE O PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT. PROPOSITION A IS AMEND CHARTER OF CITY OF VICTORIA BY DELETING AND REDUNDANT OF STATE LAW. AND TO PROVIDE CLARITY.
THIS IS SIMPLY THE CLEANUP. OF THINGS THAT ARE IN CHARTER THAT ARE UNNECESSARY IN THE CHARTER.
THE ONE MEASURE IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINE IS 12 PAGES.
THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL THAT GOES INTO THIS ONE.
BUT IT'S ONLY ONE PROPOSITION ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE IT'S ALL ONE SUBJECT MATTER.
CLEANUP. >> PROPOSITION B IS AMENDING THE CHARTER DLOOEGS AND REVISION TO REQUIRE AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW IN OUR CHARTER. AND STATE LAW DRIFTS EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF EVERY TWO YEARS IN AUSTIN STATE LAW DRIFTS A LITTLE BIT. SINCE WE HAVEN'T UPDATED THE CHARTERS THERE'S FOUR PAGES OF CLEANUP THAT NEED TO BE DONE. BECAUSE STATE LAW HAS CHANGED. THAT'S PROPOSITION B.
INTERRUPT ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
PROPOSITION C AMENDING THE CHARTER TO ADD ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE INELIGIBLE TO SERVE IN THE SAME OFFICE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AFTER SERVING FOUR CON SECTIVE ELECTED TERMS IN THAT OFFICE.
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THIS THE A TERM LIMIT PROVISION.WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM SERVING MORE THAN FOUR CONSECUTIVE FULL-TERMS IN THEIR SEAT. A COUNCILMEMBER COULD MOVE FROM SAY SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT TO A SUPER DISTRICT OR FROM SUNNY DISTRICT TO MAYOR.
AND THEREBY SERVE MORE THAN 12 YEARS.
LIKEWISE THEY COULD CHOOSE TO SIT OUT THEN RUN AGAIN FOR SAME SEAT. BUT IT WOULD IMPLEMENT A TERM-LIMIT OF FOUR CON CONSECUTIVE TERMS.
>> AND THE CLOCK WOULD START WHEN IT'S PAST.
THAT WAS A QUESTION RAISED EARLIER TODAY.
IT NOT INTENDED THAT CURRENT SERVICE TERM WOULD APPLY.
IN FACT WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET TO CONSIDERING THE RED LINE.
I MIGHT SUGGEST CLARIFICATION THAT SAYS, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT IT'S NOT INTENDED THAT ANY TERM PRIOR TO MAY 7TH, 2022 ELECTION DAY BE COUNTED IN
THIS TERM LIMIT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LOGISTICS -- NOT THE TERM LIMIT PART.
BUT THE LOGISTICS OF YOU SAID IT IS OUT A YEAR.
I GUESS A YEAR IS AS GOOD AS ANY.
THAT'S WHAT I COME BACK TO RERUN FOR THE SAME POSITION I DOESN'T COME AVAILABLE AGAIN BUT EVERY THREE YEARS.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. >> YOU COULD CHANGE POSITIONS BUT THIS ALLOWED THAT ANY WAY.
>> YOU CAN CHANGE POSITION WITHOUT SITTING OUT ANY PERIOD OF TIME. THE REASON THE ONE-YEAR IS IN THERE RATHER THAN A FULL THREE YEAR TERM IS BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE VACANCIES FOR OTHER REASONS.
AS FOR MAYOR'S PASSING. WE YOU MAY HAVE HAD SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE COULD HAVE RUN FOR THAT SEAT AGAIN AFTER HAVING SAT OUT. IF THE PRIOR MAYOR WANTED TO RUN TO BE MAYOR AGAIN TO FILL THAT VACANCY.
I WAS THINKING OF THE APPOINTMENT POTENTIAL THAT, THAT'S ONLY IN THE LAST 180 DAYS.
I COULDN'T MAKE THE YEAR MAKE SENSE.
YOU ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT REALLY ODD CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT IT WILL BE ONE TERM THAT GETS SAT OUT. YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> PROPOSITION D IS AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY UPON VACANCY OCCURRING ON CITY COUNCIL WITH LESS THAN 180 DAY REMAIN LEE A POSITION VACANT APPOINT NEW COUNCILMEMBER TO FILL VACANCY OR CALL SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY. IF THERE IS MORE THAN 180 DAY REMAINING IN TERM THE STATE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THAT WE FILL IT. IF THERE'S LESS, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO EITHER APPOINT OR CALL AN ELECTION
OR SIMPLY LEAVE IT VACANT. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION SAKE. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE?
>> YES. >> THIS WOULD VERY SPECIFICALLY SAID FOUR CON SECTIVE ELECTED TERMS.
>> IF YOU GO TO NEXT ONE. IT VARIES SCENARIO WHERE SOMEONE APPOINTED TO FULL-TERM.
>> SOMEONE COULD BE APPOINTED AND THEN STILL BE ELECTED FOUR TIMES. .
>> WITHIN THE SPECIFIC MEASURE IF YOU CLICK THROUGH INTO THE MEASURE OF PROPOSITION C BY THE TERM LIMIT. IT SPECIFICALLY CALLS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN ELECTED AND APPOINTED.
IF A PERSON WERE ELECTED INTO THIS PARTIAL TERM, IT WOULD COUNT TOWARD THE FOUR TERMS. BUT IF THEY ARE APPOINTED INTO THAT PARTIAL TERM, IT
WOULD NOT COUNT. >> THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE COMMITTEE. >> WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S
VERBALIZED OUT LOUD. >> SHOULD IT SAY FULL TERM THEN? ON THE TERM LIMITS?
>> THAT'S NOT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
SUBJECT OF SIGNIFICANT DEBATE THAT EVENING.
THIS IS WHERE THEY ULTIMATELY LANDED.
>> THAT DEBATED EVEN THE CONCEPT OF TERM LIMITS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CURRENTLY.
>> CORRECT. >> THE CURRENT CHARTER DOESN'T HAVE TERM LIMITS. THIS WOULD BE ENTIRELY NEW PROVISION IN OUR CHARTER. PROPOSITION E.
WHICH HAS TO DO WITH PARK PROPERTY AND IT WOULD AUTHORIZE LEASES OR CONCESSIONS PARKLAND BE CONDUCTED CONSISTENT WITH REQUIREMENT OF STATE LAW.
CURRENTLY OUR CHARTER SAID THAT YOU CANNOT SELL PARKLAND UNLESS IT GOES BACK TO VOTERS.
THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
BUT THIS PROVISION IN THE CURRENT CHARTER SAID THAT WE CANNOT LEASE PARK PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
AND THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO REMOVE THAT 20-YEAR LIMITATION IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A GROUND LEASE OF 100 YEARS OR SOMETHING SOMETHING TO THAT.
AND SO THIS DOESN'T FALL UNDER PROPOSITION A.
DUPLICATIVE OF STATE LAW BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IT'S MAKING TO THE TERM -- THE POTENTIAL TERM OF LEASES.
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PROPOSITION F WOULD PROVIDE THAT THE MAYOR -- THAT IF THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM ARE ABSENT THE NEXT MORE SENIOR MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL SHALL PERFORM THE DUTY OF MAYOR. YOU WILL REMEMBER DURING THE TERM WHEN MAYOR SELES WAS SERVING IN MAY COYLE'S AFTER HE HAD PASSED. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MEET WRING SHE WAS UNABLE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH COMPLICATED PROCESS TO APPOINTING MEMBER TO SERVE.THAT SERVES THAT AN EVENTITY SHALL WE GET.
MOST SENIOR MEMBER WOULD PERFORM DUTY OF MAYOR.
AND NOTE IT DOESN'T SAY BECOME MAYOR.
WOULD NOT ASSUME THE TITLE OF MAYOR.
SIMPLY FULLFILL THE DUTY. >> WHAT'S THE TIE-BREAKER?
>> GOOD QUESTION. I WILL LOOK INTO.
>> IF TWO COUNCILMEMBERS WERE A I POINTED OR ELECTED
AT SAME ELECTION YOU MEAN? >> COIN FLIP.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. >> ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS.
FLIP A COIN. >> OR ONE GOES INTO RUN OFF.
>> ANDREW AND I. >> PROPOSITION G IS AMENDING THE CHARTER TO PROVIDE MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL BE ELECTED FIRST REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOLLOWING EACH REGULAR CITY ELECTION. THE CITY MAYOR TPRO TEM SERVES UNTIL CURRENT TERM. THAT'S PROVIDED SOME CONFUSION IN THE PAST. AND SO THIS IS SIMPLY CLARIFYING THAT WE WILL ELECT MAYOR PRO TEM EACH YEAR THAT HAVE A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
>> CORRECT. NOT SPECIAL ELECTION.
ONLY REGULAR ELECTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> PROPOSITION H WOULD AMEND THE CHARTER TO PROVIDE THAT ALL ADOPTED ORDINANCES AND THE CITY'S CODE BE PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEB SITE AND ELECTRONICALLY RESPECTIVELY.
THE CODE CURRENTLY SAYS THAT MUST BE PRINTED IN NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT WILL STAY. BUT THEN IT SAYS AND MAY BE PUBLISHED ONLINE IF IT'S NOT CONTRARY TO LAW.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE IS TO MAKE THAT MANDATORY IT BE PUBLISHED ONLINE.
WE MAY PUBLISH THEN ONLINE AND THEY WANT TO REQUIRE IT.
>> PROPOSITION I WOULD AMEND THE CHARTER TO PROVIDE THAT ALL ASSISTANCE CITY ATTORNEYS ARE TO BE APPOINTED AND REMOVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
CHARTER CURRENTLY SAID ALL ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS ARE APPOINTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL. BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE REMOVAL. AND SO IF THERE'S SOMING A AMBIGUITY. I'VE NEVER HAD TO FIRE AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. I HOPE THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
BUT THIS IS INTENDED TO CLARIFY THAT UPON REMOVAL THAT'S THE DECISION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
ALSO REMOVES THE CONFIRMATION FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL FROM THIS PROCESS. >> PROPOSITION J CLARIFIES THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
ANOTHER PROVISION THAT WAS ANTIQUATED SET OUT SEVERAL SPECIFIC DUTY FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND THIS SIMPLY UPDATES THE LANGUAGE TO SAY THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY AND CITY COUNCIL. AND IT ALSO ADDS IN THE ABILITY FOR CITY COUNCIL TO HIRE SPECIAL OUTSIDE COUNCIL FOR CERTAIN PROJECT AS YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
THE CHARTER ALLOWS THAT CURRENTLY BUT IT'S VERY SILENCED. IT DOESN'T PROHIBIT IT.
WHEN YOU WERE CONSIDERING MY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, I CAN'T PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL ADVICE ABOUT MY OWN CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
YOU HIRED AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY.
TO HELP GUIDE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND IT WORKED SMOOTHLY. THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE SIMPLY ADD THAT INTO THE CHARTER TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. PROP JUST K WOULD REQUIRE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT ORDINANCE WHICH PROVIDES APPROPRIATE FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY FROM THE CITY OF DEPOSIT TOIR. CURRENTLY WITH THE CHARTER SAYS THAT THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MUST SIGN FOR ALL REMOVALS OF MONEY FROM THE DEPOSITORY AND THE CITY MANAGER MUST COUNTER SIGN. REQUIRING INK SIGNATURE IS OUTDATED WAY OF DOING BUSINESS AND BY THE WAY, MR. RAYNES IS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
IT'S A CLEANUP IN MODERNIZATION.
>> PROPOSITION L WOULD AMEND THE CHARTER TO CHANGE THE TERM QUALIFIED VOTER TO REGISTERED VOTER.
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IN THE ARTICLE DEALING WITH RECALL AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS. WITHIN THE CHARTER CURRENTLY IT SAYS THAT THE PETITION MUST CONTAIN THE SIGNATURES OF QUALIFIED VOTERS. AND IT ALSO MUST INCLUDE THE REGISTRATION, THE VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBER OF EACH SIGNER. IN MY OPINION, THE CURRENT CHARTER WAS INTENDED TO MEAN REGISTERED VOTER WHEN IT SAID QUALIFIED VOTER. AND I THINK THIS JUST CLEANS THAT UP SO THAT THE TERMINOLOGY IS CONSISTENTTHROUGHOUT THAT ARTICLE. >> PROPOSITION M WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY OFFICIALS TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW REGARDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
OUR CURRENT CITY CHARTER DOES PROHIBIT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BUT IT DOES SO THROUGH AN ARCANE AND OUTDATED METHOD THAT'S NO LONGER FOLLOWED IN STATE LAW. CHAPTER 171 AND 176 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CURRENTLY COVER AND PROHIBIT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN THE DEALING OF CITY OFFICIALS AND ANY CONTRACTS FOR BUSINESS.
AND THE CHARTER BEING OUTDATED LANGUAGE DOESN'T MATCH UP WITH THAT. THERE'S SOME CASES WHERE IT IS OVERLY BROAD AND THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE IT'S OVER- OV OVER-I WILL OVERLY NARROW. THEY WILL FALL BACK ON STATE LAW AND INCLUDE PROSITION THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS WE DON'T WANT OUR CITY OFFICIALS TO BE SELF-DEALING THROUGH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND THEY MUST FOLLOW CHAPTER 171 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
THIS ONE PLACE WHERE THE CHARTER WOULD STILL REFER TO STATE LAW. PROPOSITION N THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW PROVISION. THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST.
I WILL SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS.
THERE'S BEEN A VERY FEW UNIQUE SITUATIONS IN TEXAS THAT I'M AWARE OF WHERE MORE THAN A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS REMOVED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THE SITUATION THAT I'M AWARE HAPPENED IN I BELIEVE COLLEEN, TEXAS RECALL PETITION REMOVED MORE THAN QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL THEN CAN'T CONDUCT BUSINESS. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE A QUORUM AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT A QUORUM.
THERE ISN'T A QUORUM THAT EXIST.
THE SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT ARISE DUE TO DISASTERS, WE NEED A WAY TO RECONSTITUTE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALLING AN ELECTION TO FILL THOSE VACANT SEATS. IF YOU CAN'T CALL -- BRING TOGETHER QUORUM. YOU CAN'T ORDER AN ELECTION TO FILL THE SEAT. THERE WERE SOME INTERESTING LEAGUE A HURDLES THAT HAD TO BE OVERCOME.
NOW IT'S BECOMING MORE COMMON PRACTICE TO INCLUDE A DISASTER PROVISION IN THE CHARTER THAT EXPLAINS HOW TO RECONSTITUTE CITY COUNCIL. AND HERE WITHIN OUR CHARTER, THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS DEPENDING ON WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS ARE REMOVED FROM COUNCIL.
WHETHER THE MAYOR IS STILL ACTIVE OR NOT.
I URGE YOU TO READ THIS PROVISION CAREFULLY.
ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
SO THAT BY THE TIME IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC, WE ALL HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDING TO THE PUBLIC FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME THIS
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE EFFORT.
MR. AT ATKINSON THANKS FOR CHAIRING IT.
THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU MR. CROCKER.
>> AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU WENT INTO THIS AND WE READ THROUGH IT ONCE. I WILL DO MY HOMEWORK AND
READ THROUGH IT AGAIN. >> IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. IT'S DENSE.
THINK THROUGH IT. ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>> EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> NOT NEEDED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.