[A. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:10] >> HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL. >> AND IF EVERYBODY WILL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGES AND 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 IMAGINE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU. >> AGAIN, WELCOME, EVERYBODY. MR. GARZA DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR REMINDERS FOR [1. Announcements/Reminders:] THIS EVENING? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WELCOME TO 2022. HAPPY NEW YEAR, HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON. THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT I WANT TO MAKE, IS WE DO HAVE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK IS THE 2-WEEK AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR TWO YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT AND IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE. AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THEIR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ANNIVERSARY, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU. >> AND WITHIN CAN SLIDE RIGHT INTO THE MORE STRUCTUREED RECOGNITIONS. [a. January 2022 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Ch...] AND FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP CHRISTIE YOUNGER WITH KEEP -- KWRO*UBGER WITH KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL. >>> GOOCHSH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHERE ONCE AGAIN HERE TO HONOR A BUSINESS IN VICTORIA THAT HAS TAKEN EXTRA SPECIAL CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY. AND I'VE GOT MEREDITH BIRD OUR BOARD CHAIR TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ON BEHALF OF KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE WIENER SCHNITZEL AS THE WINNER OF OUR BUSINESS BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD FOR MONTH OF JANUARY. AS YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO NOMINATE BUSINESSES FOR THIS AWARD. AND THE PERSON WHO NOMINATED WHEN WIENER SCHNITZEL POINTED OUT THE LACK OF LITTER AND IMPRESSED HOW CLEAR AND ORDERLY IT APPEARS, HOW MUCH IT MUST TAKE TO KEEP THIS CORNER LOT LOOK SO GREAT. OUR AWARD COMMITTEE RECOGNIZES THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES NATURALLY GENERATE MORE LITTER THAN OTHERS AND THOSE BUSINESSES MUST DEVOTE MORE TIME TO KEEPING THEIR PROPERTIES FREE OF TRASH. ENHANCEING THE LIVEIBILITY OF VICTORIA BY BEAUTIFY INDICATION THROUGH A SENSE OF PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP. AND SO WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OWNER MARK AND WIENER SCHNITZEL AS JANUARY'S AWARD WINNER. >> NOW WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD PROCLAMATION. [b. School Board Recognition Month Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor] >> WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO MEET THE DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ALL CHILDREN AND TO EMPOWER THEM TO BECOME COMPETENT, PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD. AND WHEREAS LOCAL SCHOOL MEMBERS ARE COMMITED TO CHILDREN AND BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS AND THAT THE BEST EDUCATION IS TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE CHILD AND WHEREAS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WORK CLOSELY WITH PARENT, EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE THE EDUCATIONAL VISION WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WHEREAS LOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSUREING THE STRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND WHEREAS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATEING THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATIONS TO THE DISTRICT. NOW THEREFORE I JEFF BALK KNIGHT DO AND PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2022 AS SCHOOL BOARD I [00:05:13] URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZEING THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND IN WORKING WITH THEM TO MOLD AN EDUCATION THAT NEEDS THE NEEDS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW'S CHILDREN. >> QUITE A YEAR IT HAS BEEN. I THINK WE CANIZARES ALL ATTEST TO. THAT ON THAT NOTE I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR ETERNAL GRATITUDE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T INCLUDE OUR COLLEAGUES AND THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE FACED OVER THIS LAST YEAR AND ALSO THANK THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD PRIOR US TO. IT IS ON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ON THEIR WORK WE STAND AND CONTINUE ON THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION, WE APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH THE CITY. AGAIN, OUR GRATITUDE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. SO FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION I WANT TO ASK ASSISTANT CITY [c. Municipal Court Administrator Tiffany Totah earns Global Master of Bus...] MANAGER TO COME UP AND RECOGNIZE TWO EMPLOYEES. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TODAY I HAVE A GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES, WHO ACTUALLY I GET TO WORK WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD. YOU ALWAYS HEAR THE FIRST EMPLOYEE, TIFFANY TOTAH WITH ONE ACCOLADE AFTER ANOTHER BEING DISPLAYED AND THIS ONE IS A BIG ONE. SHE HAS COMPLETED HER GLOBAL MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA PROVIDES MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTION WITH GLOBAL INSTRUCTION WITH STAFFING, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND ROLE OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE APPLICATION OF FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO ADDRESS GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. WHEN OUR GLOBAL AND BUSINESS, I THOUGHT, WHAT? BUT, SHE DEFINITELY MAKES IT APPLICABLE HERE SO WE'RE GLAD TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT HER IN THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN APPLAUSE FOR TIFFANY. IS. [APPLAUSE] >> THE SECOND EMPLOYEE, SITS OVER QUIETLY A LOT OF TIMES UNTIL SOMETHING BLOWS UP. BUT JAMES FOOTE COMPLETED THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION HIGH PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. A 12-WEEK PROGRAM TO EQUIP WITH LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT. JAMES COMPLETED FOUR COURSES OVER THAT 12 WEEKS AND LEADERSHIP MIND SET AND POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT, LEADING EFFECTIVE CHANGE, COMMUNICATION AND CRAB OPERATION AND LEADING HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS. WHEN HE COMPLETEED THE COURSE WE GOT AN E-MAIL TELLING US WHAT A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CITY JAMES WAS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING HIM PLUS A PLUS A. THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS MR. FOOTE AND MS. TOTAH. GREAT JOB. >> THAT'S ALL I GOT. >>> ALL RIGHT. [3. Items from Council:] >> LET'S GO TO ITEMS FROM COUNCIL. I HAVE TWO ITEMS, BUT I'LL HOLD THEM. IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING? NO? JUST WANT TO TO REQUEST AT THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE TOPIC ON RESIDENTIAL SPEED LIMITS AT THE REQUEST OF MR. LOFGREN. SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL SPEED LIMITS, MAYBE WE CAN TOUCH AGAIN ON SPEED HUMPS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> GOT IT. HAPPY NEW YEAR, AGAIN. >> MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING BEFORE WE JUMP TO CONSENT. >> SURE. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO STAFF PULL ITEM D 2 THE ITEM ASSOCIATEED WITH THE REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN OR REDISTRICTING PLAN. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR AT SENSE YESTERDAY TO "OR RECENT ANNEXATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE LIKE IN FORREST, FOR EXAMPLE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TIME TO UPDATE THE MAPS AND THE FIGURES AND WE DOUBLE CHECKED WITH OUTSIDE COUNCIL AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONSIDER THIS AT OUTAT OUR NEXT MEETING. >> THANK YOU, WITH THAT WE'LL [00:10:04] CLOSE ITEMS FROM COUNSEL AND WE HAVE NOTHING WITH PUBLIC HEARING, WOLE GO INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA [4. Citizen Communication:] THANK YOU SO MUCH. CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, MR. VON DEROFF, HAPPY NEW YEAR. >>> SAME TO YOU. I GAVE YOU GUYS A BREAK,. MUST BE ANNOYING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MAYOR PRO-TEM. WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LOOSE PIT BULLS IN THE AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER IN OCTOBER A COUPLE OF PIT BULLS TRIED TO KILL SOME POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY CHEWED HIM. BUT THIS IS A CONTINUED PROBLEM. AND THE SPECIFIC ADDRESS THE PIT BULL LIVES IS AT 2203 EAST NORTH STREET. AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, THEY BELIEVE DOGS RUN WITHOUT LEASHS AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE DOS THEY HAVE A LEASH, YOU KNOW AND THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS. AND I WENT TO ANIMAL CONTROL TO ASK HIM FOR A TRAP AND THEY SAID WE'RE NOT GOING GIVE YOU A TRAP BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT STAFFED. SO I WAS WONDERING MAYBE THE VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD SPARE A FEW PEOPLE FROM ANIMAL CONTROL TEMPORARY ASSIGN DUTY UNTIL THEY CAN HIRE ENOUGH PEOPLE OR MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL AN GET A GOFUNDME AND MAYBE GET $2,000 IN IT AND HAVE FOUR TRAPS. BUT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND IT DID KILL A DOG, BUT IT COULD KILL 100 DOGS BUT IT IS STILL NOT A DANGEROUS DOG. I HAS TO BITE A PERSON OR SOMETHING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE DEAD DOG BECAUSE THE VULTURES GOT IT. I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEBODY COULD GET ME A TRAP AND THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S RIDICULOUS YOU HAVE ALL THESE DANGEROUS DOGS AND ANIMAL CONTROL REFUSES TO PROVIDE A TRAP. THANKS AND GOOD EVENING. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY THAT DIDN'T MAYBE FILL OUT A CARD? SEEING NO ONE JUMP UP, WE'LL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. [D. Consent Agenda:] AND NOW WE WILL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> ITEM D 1 IS THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2021 AND THE SPECIAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2021. ITEM D 3 APPROFESSORING THE FIRST RENEWAL OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL BULK FUEL SUPPLY ACCURATE WITH NEW DESTRUCTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $832,127.30. >> D 4 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF THE ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH VICTORIA COUNTY ELECT ONE ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATION FOR CITY ELECTION D FIVE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION'S TRAVEL TOURISM AND OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAM IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF 1,586,400 FOR THE RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE GREEN RENOVATION PROJECT COMMITTING CITY MATCH FUNDING REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE MATCH. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> THANK YOU. >> I SECOND. >> GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AAYE. [1. Approve an interlocal agreement with Victoria County to transfer some ...] >>> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN, MOTION CARRIES. ITEM E 1. >>> E 1 IS AN APPROVE INTERLOGICAL GRAEME WITH VICTORIA COUNTY TO TRANSFER SOME CDBG-DR FLOOD BUYOUT PROGRAM APPLICANTS TO THE COUNTY'S GRANT. >>> I'M GOING PRETEND TO BE KATY. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. I AM SURE 7 FAMILIAR WITH OUR FLOOD BUYOUT PROGRAMS. THE RECENT AMOUNT OF FUNDSING IN 2019 WAS STEMMING THE HURRICANES THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND WE PARTNERED WITH GRANT WORKS TO HELP ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THERE HAS BEEN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GAUGE INTEREST FROM THE AFFECTED AREAS TO DETERMINE HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS WE CAN ASSIST. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE'VE REALIZEED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING ALLOCATEED TO THE CITY IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INTEREST OF THE HOME OWNERS' WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAS THE OPPOSITE SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE MORE MONEY THAN THEY HAVE INTEREST. AND SO THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH GRANT WORKS AND THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR INDIVIDUALS WHICH ALSO INCLUDE ROBIN WITH THE COUNTY. SHE'S HERE ALSO TO HELP ME OUT AS ELWELL. BUT IN ESSENCE THE CREATIVE THOUGHT CAME TO OKAY, CAN WE TRANSFER SOME OF THIS FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS TO BE ASSISTED SINCE IT IS STILL IN THE SAME COUNTY. IN WORKING WITH THE GLO AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED, WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DO THAT. SO THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT IS HOW WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY, FOR SOME CITY RESIDENTS, SINCE WE HAVE MORE INTEREST THAN WE HAVE FUNDING IN THE CITY. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES. >> OKAY, DOES THAT MEAN WE THAT [00:15:04] WE WOULD BE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE GRANTS OR ALL THE PAPERWORK? SINCE THIS BEING TRANSFERED TO OUR ACCOUNT? >> TURN OVER TO THE MECHANICS. >> NO. THE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE TRANSFERED TO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY WILL HANDLE THOSE APPLICATIONS AND FULFILLING THE NEEDS OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FUNDS. >> OKAY. >> AND DO WE HAVE A LINK WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND MAKE AN 6 IN OR DO YOU HAVE A THE APPLICANTS ALREADY? >> I BELIEF WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS TO FILL BOTH FUNDING FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY AT THIS TIME. AND IF THERE ISN'T, I'M SURE WE'LL PUT OUT AN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHO TO EXACT THERE ARE INTERESTED PARTIES STILL IN THE COMMUNITY. >> AND THERE WAS A VERY SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT YOU HAD TO LIVE IN TO QUALIFY FOR IT. AND SO THE MARKETING OR OUTREACH EFFORTS WERE VERY SPECIFIC JUST TO THOSE AREA. >> OKAY. BECAUSE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. GAUZE I HAVE PEOPLE CALL AND SAY CAN I APPLY AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEM. >> CONNECT CORRECT. AND CONFUSION ABOUT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT FOR EACH PROGRAMING. SO THIS ONE DID, I THINK, ONLY INCLUDEED THE FLOODPLAIN AREAS THAT WERE DESIGNATE THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND ALSO THE DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE HARVEY WAS A DIFFERENT THRESHOLD THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS. THERE WAS SOME TKPWHAOUGS WHAT WE TRIED DO WHEN WE GOT THOSE WAS FOR THEM TO OTHER PROGRAMS WERE THEY MADE -- THAT MIGHT BETTER SUIT THE THINGS THAT ATHAT ATHEY WERE FACEING. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. >> DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> NO. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A COMMENT AND THAT IS THAT THIS PROGRAM NOW THAT WE'RE ON THE END OF IT WHERE IT IS ALREADY BEING PROPOSED MAKES PERFECT SENSE IT AND JUST SEEMS SO LOGICAL. SO I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. WE ALWAYS SAY THAT THE CITY IS IN THE COUNTY. AND JUST LOOKING AT IT, WHY WE EVEN HAVE TO APPROVE THIS SEEMS SO LOGICAL. >> MAKE SURE WE DON'T TURN ANY MONEY BACK THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> EXACTLY. THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN BRAINSTORMING THIS. >> HAPPY TO HELP. >> WITH THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO A MAKE A MOTION. >>> YES, I MOVE WE DOCUMENT THIS ITEM. >>> SECOND. >> ALREADY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN, MOTION IS APPROVE -- ITEM IS APPROVED. [2. Ratify minor construction contract with J&R Contracting Services, ...] E 2. ITEM E TWO IS A RATIFYING MINOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH J & R CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC. FOR THE TAKEWOOD EMERGENCY SANITARY SEWER LINE REPAIR IN THE AMOUNT OF $53,800. >> THIS ONE I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, GOOD EVENING. IT S WAS A COLLAPSE THAT HAPPENED IN OKAY OF THIS YEAR AND IT WAS AT TAKEWOOD AND BUSINESS 59 AND BACKING SEWER UP ALL THE WAY TO SAM HOUSTON. GOT A CONTRACTOR INVOLVED AND GOT THE MATERIALS AND COMPLETEED THE WORK ON DECEMBER 17TH. STARTED DECEMBER 14THAND COMPLETED DECEMBER 17TH AND NEEDS RATIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD FOR AN EMERGENCY. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT ITEM E 2. >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>> AYE. THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. ITEM E 2 IS APPROVED. [3. Ratify minor construction contract with Main Lane Industries, Ltd of H...] E 3. >>> ITEM E 3 IS A RESOLUTION RATIFYING A MINOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES LTD OF HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR THE EMERGENCY BOTTOM STREET SANITARY SEWER LINE REPAIRS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $156,500. >> THIS ONE I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR, REAL QUICK. THIS ONE IS ANOTHER RATIFICATION OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LOCATION IS AT BOTTOM STREET IN JIM BRANCH OUTFALL. AGAIN, SAME TIME PERIOD IN OCTOBER WHEN WE HAD THE HEAVY RAINS IT WAS A CONCRETE PIPE FAILURE. AND IT IS WHAT -- A 36-INCH NIPE IS RIGHT BY JIM BRANCH OUTFALL WHAT WE BELIEVE IS WITH THAT FAILURE AND SEPARATION OF THE PIPE REALLY DID INCREASE THE FLOWS TO THE SEWER PLANT. SUBSTANTIALLY. GOT SOME PICTURE OF IT. THERE IS THE LOCATION, AGAIN, IT IS A BOTTOM STREET AND JIM BRANCH OUTFALL. THERE ARE SOME PICTURES. IT IS NOT HARD TO -- IT IS HARD TO SEE THE COLLAPSE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE MAN HOLE BY THE CREEK AND A LARGE HOLE WHERE ALL THE WATER WAS ENTERING WHEN THE CREEK GETS UP IT JUST FILLS THAT 36-INCH WITH DIRECT FEED TO THE REGIONAL PLANT. [00:20:05] >> WE CONTRACTED SEVERAL CONTRACTORS TO GET QUOTES AND MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES THE LOADED BY, THE PROJECT SCOPE CONSISTS OF EXCAVATIONS OF THE LAPSED AREA THE WATERING AND A LOT OF GROUNDWATER IN THAT AREA. ABANDONING A SECTION OF THE 36-INCH MAIN, INSTALL TWO PLUGS, FURNISH AND INSTALL NEW 36-INCH PIPE AND A NEW FIVE-FOOD DIAMOND MAN HOLD 15-FOOD DEEP AND TIEING THE 15-INCH MAIN WITH 54-INCH 18 AND BACKFILLING AND CONTRACTED OUT OF MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES OUT OF HOUSTON, FORURE 156,500 AND DID ANOTHER MAIN LINE AND JORDAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO A REAL BIG EMERGENCY. EXECUTEED THE CONTRACT, EMERGENCY CONTRACT IN DECEMBER. THE CONTRACTOR SECURING MATERIALS, THEY'VE SECURED IF 3. THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR FAVOR-FOOT MAN HOLE. APPARENTLY THOSE ARE HARD TO SECURE AND THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO FIND IT. WE'RE HOPING THEY MOBILEIZE JANUARY, MIDJANUARY AND THEN BEGIN THE WORK AS SOON AS THEY GET THAT WHICH WE'RE HOPEING IS IN JANUARY, BUT WE'RE JUST WAITING ON SECURING OF THE MAN HOLE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION OKAY, SO THEY'RE PLUGGING UP THE 36-INCH AND REROUTING IT TO THE 54-INCH. >> YES. >> AND YOU SAID THAT FLOW WAS GOING TO THE SEWER PLANT? >> YES. >> SO WHERE IS THE 54 PIPE GOING DIRECT THAT WATER TO? >> IT GOES THE SAME PLACE. WHAT WE THINK IS HAPPENING IS THAT 36 WAS -- IT IS ANOTHER FEED GOING TO THE PLANT, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO ISOLATE THAT ONE SECTION AND ABANDON THAT PIECE BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER SERVICES ON IT. AND IT WAS JUST THAT IS PART OF THE -- AND I'LL GO INTO THE IONIZE STUDY WE'RE LOOKING AT. THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIME AREAS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE SEVERAL LARGE DIAMETER LINES THAT ARE DELETE S OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE ADDED NEW ONES BUT WE NEVER REALLY DONE THE STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THOSE LINES ARE NECESSARY? HOW TO ABANDON THEM? HOW TO CLEAN THAT AREA UP? AND THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING IN A LOT OF THESE OLD 36-INCH, 24-INCH LINES DOWN IN LOWER PART OF VICTORIA. THEY'RE FAILING, YET, BECAUSE THE FLOWS ARE GETTING TO THE PLANT AND NOT OVERFLOWING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM UNTIL WE HAVE A LARGE COLLAPSE LIKE THIS AND WE JUST SEE IT. >> IS THAT CAUSING AN OVERFLOW. >>> CAUSING AN OVERFLOW WHEN THE PLANTRE RECEIVES TOO MUCH FLOW GOING INTO THE PLANT. AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THE PLANT CAN ACCEPT, YOU KNOW, IT IS GETING AVERAGE 4 MGD AND WE GET THAT RAIN CREEK COMES UP AND THE PLANT FLOWS GOES UP TO 14, 15 MGD. OUR PLANT IS RATED AT 8. SO AS THAT WATER COMES INTO THE REGIONAL PLANTS, IT FILLS THE PLANT UP. WE HAVE BASINS THAT WE CAN PUT THE SEWAGE IN UNTIL WE CAN TREAT IT ALL, BUT AT SOME POINT WHEN THE PLANT GETS TOO FULL, WE HAVE TO START CLOSEING THAT PLANT DOWN. AND THAT IS WHAT CAN CAUSE THE OVERFLOWS IN THE MAN HOLE ADJACENT AND THAT IS WHY IT IS A BIG DEAL, BECAUSE IS A BIG DEAL WITH TCQ. IF YOU HAVE TO GET TO THAT POINT, THAT IS WHY IN TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN THIS BECOMES A CONCERN FOR US AT THE PLANT. BECAUSE OF THIS INFILTRATION AND THAT IS WHY THAT IONIZED STUDY CONTAINS THAT TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT EXCESS WATER GOING INTO THE SEWER PIPES THAT DON'T NEED TO BE THERE AND THAT COMES FROM BROKEN PIPES, CRACKED PIPES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. AND THAT IS THE STUDY THAT WE PLAN ON BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU IF NOT AT THE NEXT MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. BUT WE'RE ALREADY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A COMPANY FOR THAT. AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT COUNCIL AGREED TO FUND THAT THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDS, SINCE WE CAN USE THE ARPA FUNDS OR UTILITY EXPENDITURES. IT IS WHY WE PLACEED THIS ITEM TO HAVE A PRESENTATION BECAUSE THE AMOUNT COULD HAVE EASILY GONE ON CONSENT. GET WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF ISSUE AN IONIZED STUDY WOULD BRING TO LIGHT, BEFORE IT COLLAPSES AND IT JUST BECOMES SUPER OBVIOUS. >> OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS TO DO I'LL ADD ASSISTANT TO REAL QUICK IS FLOW MONITORING. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WILL GO IN. THE COMPANY WOULD COME IN AND THEY WILL SET FLOW MONITORS IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS OF EACH, YOU KNOW, WASTE WATER BASEIN AND DETERMINE WHAT THE AVERAGE FLOW IS AND WHEN THE RAIN HIT, BAM, [00:25:06] NOW THE FLOW GOES UP, OKAY, IS THAT BASIN CAUSING THE PROBLEM? OR IS THAT A NORMAL AMOUNT OF IONI, BUT THAT IS WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AREAS THAT WE HAVE. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD STUDY. >> AND IN PARALLEL TO THIS UPGRADEING TO HAVE A MORE SOPHISTICATED SCATA SYSTEM TO BUT ALSO PLACE PERMANENT EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM SO THAT YOU CAN KINDS OF KNOW THAT IF THERE IS AN INFILTRATION, THE SYSTEM CAN DETECT, YOU KNOW, WHERE MORE OR LESS THE AREA THAT IS COMING FROM VERSUS RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IS WHEN IT GETS TO THE PLANT. BUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THROUGH ALL OF THE MILES OF PIPES IS THAT OCCURRING CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT UNLESS YOU HAVE A TECHNOLOGY LAID OUT TO HELP YOU FIGURE IT OUT. SO OUR CHALLENGE IS OBVIOUS THINK PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE AS WELL. BUT THE TECHNOLOGICAL PIECE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP BETTER TRACK OF ISSUES IN THE FUTURE. >> OKAY. GREAT. >> SO BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE DO THIS STUDY WHICH IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY PRETTY EXPENSIVE. >> CORRECT. >> BUT THAT IT WILL IDENTIFY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BEFORE THERE ARE EMERGENCYS AND THEY FALL IN THE 150 TO $200,000 RANGE TO REPAIR AND MAYBE THERE ARE FIVE, 7 OF THOSES OF THE MAIN CAUSE OF IT AND WE GET IT FIXED. >> POTENTIALLY. I MEAN THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF IS SIMILAR TO THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN WHERE THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO UPGRADING THESE CULVERTS AND REGRADING THESE DITCHES BECAUSE WE CAN TELL THEY'RE NOT IN GREAT SHAPE. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE STUDY WILL IDENTIFY AREAS THAT ALSO SAY, HEY THIS SAN ISSUE HERE. NOW WITH THE SMOKE TEST, IT IS CALLED. >> PART OF IT. >> WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT UNLIKE THE DRAINAGE TO THE OTHER STUDY IT WILL REVEAL A LOT OF ISSUES ON THE PRIVATE SIDE OF THE NETWORK. AND SO THAT IS WHY IT IS A MORE COMPLEX, BECAUSE YES, IT IS GOING TO IDENTIFY BREAKS AND CRACKS IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE HOW YOU SEE HERE, BUT ALSO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, THAT HOUSEHOLD THAT YOU KNOW, DRAINS THEIR BACKYARD INTO A SEWER PIPE. INSTEAD OF STORM WATER. OR YOU KNOW, JUST HOW ALL THIS IS FIGURED OUT. SO IT IS MORE COMPREHENSIVE. >> IT IS A VERY SYSTEMIC APPROACH WHEN YOU DO A STUDY, YOU DO THIS STEP FIRST, THE FLOW MONITOR AND SMOKE TESTING AND LAST TEST IS THE INSPECTION OF THE LINE, LOOK AT EVERY MAN HOLE, GET THEM ALL GPSS TO KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS, DEPTHS, PICTURE, ALL DATABASEED. IT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE COMPARED TO 10 YEARS AGO THE TECHNOLOGY NOW IS ALL TIED INTO OUR GIS SYSTEM AND SO IT IS IT IS A NECESSARY THING THAT I THINK WE'RE BEING PROGRESSIVE AND I AFTER BRAWLED MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT COMES THROUGH ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE'RE TAKING THE FIRST STEP. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM. >> I'LL SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> THANK YOU MANY GILL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. ITEM E 3 PASSES. ITEM E 4. [4. Award the 2022 Kelly Creek Drainage Twin 90-inch Corrugated Steel Pipe...] >> ITEM E 4 IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE 2022 KELLY CREEK DRAINAGE TWIN 90-INCH CORE GATED STEEL PIPE REPAIR PROJECT TO LESTER CONTRACTING, INC. OF PORT OF LAVACA, TEXAS FOR THE LOW PROPOSAL OF $475,785. THE. >> ORIGINAL PIPE WAS KRUKED IN 1979. AND IT WAS PART OF A GLOBAL -- NOT GLOBAL, BUT REGIONAL DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT INCLUDED THE TWIN 90-INCH PIPE AND LARGE CORE GATED PIPE UP GLASS SKOU AND IT HAD INSTALLED ANCHORS TO HOLD THE PIPE DOWN. IT IS NOT VERY DEEP. WE LAD THE FIRST REPAIR IN 2017 AND WE REPAIRED IT WITH CORE GATED STEEL PIPE JUST LIKE IT IS NOW, LESTER CONTRACTING PERFORMED THAT WORK. AND WE ANCHORED THE PIPE WITH STAINLESS STEEL STRAPING AND WE USED 48-INCH GROUND ANCHORS TO . THE CURRENT FAILURE IS JUST [00:30:08] DOWNSTREAM OF THE 2017 REPAIR. AND IT BEGAN RESULTING IN DETERIORATION OF THE CORE GATEED PIPE. THE BOTTOM THE GONE. IT IS NONEXISTENT AND AS THAT WATER COMES IN OR BIG PIECE OF DEBRIS HITS IT WILL HIT SOME OF THAT BOTTOM SKYPE TWIST IT. THAT PIPE CARRYS A LOT OF WATER, BOTH OF THEM LOCATION IS ON BEHIND KELLY CREEK DRIVE ON EDDINBURG AND AGAIN, IT IS IN FRONT OF, I DON'T KNOW WHOSE LOT, BUT WE'VE CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET PERMISSION TO ACCESS THAT THE TWIN 90S. HERE IS THE PHOTOS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE BOTH EXPOSED, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE TWISTED AND OUT OF SHAPE >> PROJECT SCOPE IS TO REMOVE THAT DAMAGED SECTION WHICH IS 820 FEET AND INSTALL NEW 90-INCH 14-GAUGE PIPE BAND IT TO THE EXISTING, ANCHOR IT AGAIN WITH THE SAME DEEP ANCHOR, NO STRAPPING. WRAP THE JOINTS WITH FABRIC, BACKFILL, SPEED FERTILIZE WITH GIANT BERMUDA OUT THERE PRIOR AND OUT THERE EXISTING NOW. AND THE CONTRACTOR IS LESTER CONTRACTING. THEY WERE THE LOW PROPOSAL. AT $475,785. AND I'LL ENTER TAKEN ANY QUESTION. OH, TIMELINE, AWARD THE CONTRACT TONIGHT AND THEN PREPARE AND EXECUTE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS IN JANUARY, ACCIDENT OCCUR MATERIALS MID-FEBRUARY AND WHICH HOPE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION LATE-FEBRUARY. AND COMPLETE IN APRIL. IT IS THE SAME GROUP IF SAME CONTRACTOR AND SAME SUPERINTENDENT THAT IS GOING BE WORKING ON THAT SAME JOG E JOB. >> THANK YOU. >> CURIOUS WHAT DOES A 90-INCH PIPE CARRY GPM-WISE. >> I HAVE TO MAKE THE OUT I WALK THOSE PIPES MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND IT IS AMAZING, THEY'RE CLEAN THERE IS NO IT IS IN THEM. WHICH IS A AN INDICATION THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE FLOWING ABSOLUTE FULL WHEN IT RAINS HARD. AND THAT IS WHY THEY'RE STARTING TO -- WHEN THAT FLOW GETS GOING, IT IS ONLY WHEN SKIT HARD THAT THEY START TWISTING OR IT RIPS OPEN. >> WHEN YOU SAY YOU WALKED THEM YOU GOT IN THEM AND WALKED DOWN THEM? >> WALK DOWN THEM. LONG TIME AGO. DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE E 4. >>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. E 4 IS APPROVED. E 5. [5. Award the Main Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project to J&R Co...] >> ITEM E FIVE IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE MAIN STREET SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT CONTRACT TO J & R CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC. OF VICTORIA TEXAS, FOR THEIR LOW PROPOSAL OF $1,396,647. >> THIS WAS A PROJ STKPWHREBGT OUR CIP THAT WAS PLANED FOR EARLY THIS YEAR AND WE SPED IT UP TO GET THE CONSULTANT TO DESIGN SO IT WE COULD ACTUALLY START THE PROJECT. IT IS AN EXISTING CLAY AND CONCRETE THAT HAS COLLAPSED SECTION, MISSING PIPE. IT IS TO REPLACE 2300 LINEAR FEET OF 8-INCH SEWER AND 5300 FEET OF 12-INCH SEWER. OPEN CUT, PIPE BURSTING OR CUREED-IN-PLACE TECHNOLOGIES. UNTIL WE CAN REALLY GET A SCOPE AND TV LINE AND A CONTRACTOR CAN GET OUT THERE TO VERIFY WHAT WE CAN DO, THEY WILL DETERMINE AT THAT POINT. OUR GOAL IS TO USE CUREED-IN-PLACE. THAT IS THE CHEAPEST, LEAST INVASIVE METHOD. BUT THEY HAVE TO GET IN THERE AND BE ABLE TO TV THAT LINE ALL THE WAY AND KEEP IT CLEAN. WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER THEY CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE MAP, AGAIN STARTS OVER THERE AT CIRCLE DRIVE ON THAT VERYRO, GOES UNDER THE TRACKS. WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THIS UP MAIN STREET. AND GET THAT SEWER AWAY FROM UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD TRACKS. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS JR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING SERVICES OF VICTORIA. WE NEGOTIATED THE PROPOSAL AMOUNT OF $1.4 MILLION. SCOPE IS AGAIN, TELEVISING AND CLEANING, OPEN CUT OR CUREED-IN-PLACE OR PIPE BURSTING. AND THE TIMELINE AGAIN, AWARD IN [00:35:02] JANUARY, START CONSTRUCTION IN FEBRUARY, AND WE HOPE TO COMPLETE NEXT YEAR OR SOONER. WE'VE GOT A GOOD CONTRACTOR AND THEY'VE PERFORMED VERY WELL ON OTHER PROJECTS IN TOWN. AND THEY KNOW THE NEED THAT WE HAVE AND THE TIME THAT WE SPEND ON VACUUMING OUT THOSE LINES. >> IN IS THE AREA THAT IS HAPPENING TO BE VACUUMED OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND CAUSING A LOT OF ODOR. >> YES, SIR, IT IS IF SAME ONE. THAT IS WHY WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING HARD TO GET THIS CONTRACTOR WORKING, MOVING QUICK. >> I HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. >>> YES, I HAVE, TOO. >> NEEDS TO BE DONE. >> WHAT TYPE OF INFERENCE WILL THERE BE WITH TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS WHILE THIS IS GOING NON. >> THEY MAY HAVE TO CLOSE ONE LANE ON MAIN STREET, BUT THAT WOULD BE IT. WE'RE -- THERE IS NO CLOSING OF MAIN STREET OR 87. >> THANK YOU. >> DOES IT GO DOWN THE CENTER OR ONE OF THE OUTSIDE LANE? >> ONE OF THE OUTSIDE LANES. AND IF WE CAN KEEP IT BEHIND THE CURB, WE WILL. >> IS THIS PRICING THON VARIABLE SINCE THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT METHODS FOR REPLACEING THE PIPE? >> YES. WE TOOK THE WORST CASE WHICH IS OPEN-CUT. AND WE DO HAVE PRICES FOR CUREED-IN-PLACE OR PIPE BURSTING. BUT WE'VE TAKEN -- WE KNOW WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT OF EACH, BUT WE'VE TAKEN THE WORST CASE WHICH IS THE OPEN CUT METHOD AND HOPEFULLY AS WE TV AND TELEVISE IT, WE CAN REDUES IT WHILE USEING ANOTHER METHOD. >>> JUST DO DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDERS IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER? >> RIGHT. >>> MOTION WE APPROVE D 5. >>> SECOND. >>> MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM E 5, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSE AIM SIGN -- SAME SIGN. ONTO CITY MANAGER REPORTS. >> ALL RIGHTSH I'M GOING TO TURN [1. Keep Victoria Beautiful Updates. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager] IT OVER TO MIKE TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC FOR TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU, JESUS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO TODAY I GET THE PLEASURE OF SHAREING WITH YOU ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS WHICH IS KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL. SO TODAY MS. KRIS CITY YOU KERR WILL HELP WITH THE PRESENTATION. KEEPING AND VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITYS IN THE COMPANY PLAN. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, BECAUSE IT HELPS US MEET THREE KEY GOALSF. ONE IS THAT IT HELPS US IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY KEEPAG IT CLEAN, BECAUSE STUD DISTELL US THAT A CLEAN COMMUNITY PROMOTES HEALTHIER LIVING, MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS HAPPIER CITIZENS. THE SECOND KEY GOAL IS CREATING A SENSE OF PRIDE IN OWNERSHIP FOR FROM OUR RESIDENTS. IF WE CLEAN THE CITY, WE THINK THAT WE'LL BE CONTAGIOUS. IT WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO MAINTAIN THEIR YARDS THEIR PROPERTYS AND, OF COURSE, THE CITY OVERALL. AND THE THIRD KEY GOAL OF KEEPING THE CITY BEAUTIFUL IS PROMOTION OF TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE KNOW A CLEAN CITY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT AND ALSO IT HELPS US WITH THE RECRUITMENT OF NEW BUSINESSES. SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE KVB, THE BOARD, HAS DONE TO KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL. NOW THE KVB PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS. KVB USED TO BE AN INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT UNTIL THE CITY BROUGHT IT IN-HOUSE IN 2019-2020. SO NOW KVB IS UNDER OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THAT DEAREL HISEC LEADS AND SO THE MISSION OF KVB IS TO ENHANCE LIVEIBILITY. BY BEAUTIFY INDICATION THROUGH THE FOSTERING OF A SENSE OF PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP. AGAIN, THE KEY WORD IS THE PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP WE WANT WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE OUR CITY IS CLEAN. THE KVB BOARD HAS AN AGGRESSIVE AGENDA OR WORK PLAN AND INCLUDES CITYWIDE ROADWAY CLEANUPS SO THEY DO TWO PER YEAR. NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, TWO PER YEAR WOE HAD ONE RECENTLY WE ALSO DO THE MONTHLY BEAUTY [00:40:03] INDICATION AWARD. WE HAD ONE TODAY. 13 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS IN OUR DATABASE, TO FORCE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. IT REALLY TAKES A VILLAGE WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING OUR CITY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE. SO WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE AREA SCHOOLS. SO WHEN WE CO CLEANUP, WE HAVE ST. JOE STUDENTS. WE HAVE VICTORIA EAST HIGH SCHOOL, WEST HIGH SCHOOL, ALL PARTICIPATE IN THE CLEANUPS. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP AT THE YMCA. ZOO, MASTERCARDNERS, IT STAKES A VILLAGE, BUT AGAIN, IT IS A KEY GOAL IF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR 2035 PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FROM AN AT A TRACKIVE, CLEAN SKI. BECAUSE IT HELPS PRONOTE TOURISM AND CHICK DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS POVER THANK YOU OF LIFE AND PROMOTES A SENDS OF PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP. LET ME ASK CHRISTIE TO COME FORSKPWAR THAT TALK OBTAIN WHAT THE KVB BORDER HAS CHIEFED OR WILL NEV THE COMING MONTHS. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I THINK I HAVE THE BEST AND LUCKIEST JOB IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA. SINCE MOVING HERE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, I CAN SEE THAT THIS CITY HAS IT GOING ON. AND IT HAPPENS WITH THE PERSONSHIP WE DO HERE AND THOSE OF THE CITY AND OF THE COUNCIL. AND I'VE LIVED DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT I CAN SAY THINGS HAPPEN FAST HERE WHEN THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER. AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS HAPPENING. SO TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MIKE STARTED THERE PARTNERSHIPS ARE REALLY KEY. AND I THINK WHEN AT LEAST WHEN I GOT HERE WE REALLY FOCUS ON BILLING THOSE. AS YOU KNOW, THE WAY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IS TO WORK TOGETHER. AND THERE IS NO WAY WE WOULD DO THE CLEANUPS WE DO, THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WE DO WITHOUT CONNECTING DIRECTLY WITH ALL OF THE GREAT SCHOOLS. I WANT TO SAY THAT FIRST OFF THIS IS NOT KVB DOES NOT DO IT BY OURSELVES, IT IS DONE BY THE COMMUNITY. >> HAS BEEN KVB HOME FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AND WE HOPE TO SEE IT COME BACK TO LIFE A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT IS THERE ARE AT QUIVERSIDE PARK ON THE CORNER AND WE HAVE DONE QUITE A FEW UPDATES TO IT. WE REPLACED REPAIRED THE BACK DECK PRETTY QUICKLY. AND THE CONVENTION AND VISITOR'S BUREAU PUT THE TECH ON THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THAT, BUT IT IS REALLY NICE AND IT IS A GREAT COMPLEMENT TO THE PARK AND WHAT WE ALL DO IN VICTORIA. WE'VE ALSO RESTOREED THE BACK PONDCH, A BACK POND PUT IN THAT THERE QUITE A WHILE BACK AND WAS KIND OFPHILE FALLING PART AND WE FIXED THAT UP ALONG WITH 7TH GRADEERS AND, OF COURSE, IT IS KIND OF COLD NOW IN THAT FREEZE, BUT CHECK IT OUT IN THE SPRING. IT HAS GOT A NICE FLOW AND A NICE NATIVE PLANTS AROUND IT. >> A NICE RINK RIGHT NOW. >> IT WAS AN EYE SOAR AND AMAZEING WHAT A LITTLE ATTENTION WILL DO. WE'VE CLEANED IT UP. BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH VICTORIA GARDEN CLUB. THEY COME OUT AND THEY DO WORK ON IT AND THEY ALSO MEET IN THE HILLER HOUSE, WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THERE. THIS WILL ALSO BE THE SITE OF A PLAN EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, APRIL 23RD THAT WE'LL DO WITH PARKS DEPARTMENT, LIBRARY AND VISITOR'S BUREAU AMONG OTHERS AFTER OUR BIG CLEANUP SO STAY TUNED FOR EARTH DAY ACTIVITYS THERE. >> I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CLEANUPS WE'VE DONE. THIS ONE WAS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WE HAD 238 PEOPLE FOR THIS CLEANUP. AMAZING, REALLY AMAZING. WEED HA TEN LOCATIONS WE DIDN'T JUST CLEAN UP AT THE LOOP. WE CLEANED UP AT REMOTE LOCATIONS AND WE HAD BOARD MEMBERS OUT LEADING THOSE ALONG WITH TEAM LEADERS. WE MET WITH THEM BEFORE, VOLUNTEERS THAT BROUGHT GROUPS, YOU CAN SEE CATERPILLAR THERE WE HAD VICTORIA COLLEGE RESPIRATORY GROUP. ST. JOE'S BROUGHT OVER 50 HIGH SCHOOLER, I MEAN, IMPRESSIVE TO SAY THE AT LEAST, YOU CAN SEE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE SMILING BIG, FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE CLAIMED 21 TOTAL MILES. [00:45:03] 15 TOTAL TEEN TEAMS TO 15 BAGS OF TRASH. THE SALVATION ARMY PROVIDED WITH US DRINKS AND CHICK ILLA BROUGHT US FOOD. AND YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THOSE VOLUNTEERS HAPPY AND WE DID. WE FED, I THINK WE RAN OUT BUT WE FED EVERYBODY, SO KEEPING THEM HAPPY AND HAVING A CLEAR DIRECTION IS HOW WE RUN THESE CLEANUPS, WE FEEL LIKE WE GET OUT THERE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME BACK AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. >> THIS ONE, OF COURSE AS MIKE MENTIONED IS THE ONE THAT GOT A LOT OF THIS STARTED AND THE SOUTHSIDE CLANGUP. IT AND REALLY DID GET US GOING AND WE'RE BUILDING ON THAT NOW. OVER 100 VOLUNTEER, PUBLIC WORKS FILLED POTHOLES CLEANED CURB AND DRAINAGE INLETS AND INSTALLED A TON OF SMOKE DETECTORS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT PUT PORCH LIGHTS OUT, LIBRARY WAS THERE AND WE PICKED UP A TON OF TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT WOULD INCLUDE NOT ONLY BULKY ITEM BUT TREE LIMBS AND THAT SORT OF THINGS, I THINK THAT REALLY GOT US STARTED TO DO MORE OF THOSE AND SO WE DID ANOTHER ONE. AND THIS ONE MANY OF YOU WERE THERE, CITY MANAGER WAS THERE, COUNCILMAN YOUNG AND COUNCILMAN DELAGARZA. AND PLENTY OF VOLUNTEER, OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS EVENT. ONE OF THE THINGS I HOPE -- WE THINK MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF C 3 VICTORY CHURCH AND OVER NEAR DAIRY TREE IS WE MALEED POSTCARDS OUT. AND IT WASN'T THAT HARD TO DO, BUT IT LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WAS COMING. AND WE LET THEM KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING BY THE TRUCKS FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEY CAN START GETTING ITEMS OUT. WE LET THEM KNOW WHAT. AND THEN WE ALSO WORKED WITH AREA CHURCHES, NORTHSIDE BAPTIST AND C 3 VICTORY AND THEN THEY BLOCK WALKED AND GOT DOOR HANGERS OUT. WITH EDID CONSISTENT MESSAGEING AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WAS COMING. AND THEY COULD ALSO SIGN UP BEFORE AND LET US KNOW IF THEY NEEDED HELP. IF THEY NEEDED HELP GETTING STUFF FROM BACK BEHIND, THERE ARE A LOT OF ELDERLY NEED HELP SO WE SET THAT UP, AND WE STARTED WORKING TWO-WEEKS BEFORE WITH OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OUR DRIVERS AND TEAM WENT THROUGH THEIR FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE. AND WE HAD 19 RESIDENTS SIGN UP. WE ALSO HAD PLENTY OF OUR CITY DEPOSITS THERE AND THEY WERE AWESON. POLICE WERE THERE FIRE, LIBRARY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE DID. TEN TEAM, ONCE AGAIN, WE ORGANIZED BEFORE. SO THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. WE HOPEED. THAT WAS THE PLAN ANYWAY. AND WE ENDED UP CLEANING 50% OF THE HOUSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD. THAT IS MANY RESPONSES THAT PEOPLE WERE EXCITED TO DO. 4.6-TONS OF BRUSH AND 14.4-TONS OF BULKY ITEMS. IN TOTAL AND THEN ON THAT DAY WE HAD 65 BULKY PICKUPS AND BUB. FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE BUSY INSTALLING SMOKE DETECTORS, 44 OF THEM AND LIBRARY SIGNED UP 7 PEOPLE. I MENTIONED THE CHURCHES. THEY WERE INTEGRAL AND BY THE WAY TRER GOING TO HELP WITH OTHER CLEANUPS. THEY WERE ADAMANT. THEY WANT TO HAVE TEAMS AND KEEP THIS GOING. I CONSIDER THEM LEADERS OF THESE CLEANUPS THEY'RE AS MUCH A PARTNER AS ANYBODY. AND THE SALVATION ONCE AGAIN STEPPED UP AND BROUGHT OUT DOUGHNUTS AND SAUSAGE ROLLS SO THE VOLUNTEERS WERE HAPPY WHEN THEY GOT THERE AND THE SEARCHES PROVIDED COFFEE, VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU ARRIVE TO HAVE COFFEE AND FOOD AND WE ALSO HAVE DEL PAPA DISTRIBUTING, PROVIDED DRINKS AND CLEANUP TEAM AND IT WAS GREAT FUN. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT WERE THERE IT WAS AWESOME. SOME OF OUR FUTURE CLEANUPS, WE MENTIONED THAT WE'RE NOW PLANING TO DO TWO OF THESE CLEANUPS A YEAR AND TWO OF THE WHAT WE CALL ROADWAY CITYWIDE CLEANUPS, OUR NEXT ONE WILL BE ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP, SILVER CITY AREA. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BASE AT THE MLK JR. PARK. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET MORE NEIGHBORS INVOLVED. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EXPAND THIS ONE TO INCLUDE OTHER SERVICES. AND OUR IN CITYWIDE CLEANUP LUI [00:50:04] BE THE WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS. AND LEADERS AND TEAM LEADERS. WE PROMISE TO FEED PEOPLE. AND THAT THEY'LL WALK AWAY THINKING I DID SOMETHING GOOD TODAY. AND MIKE MENTIONED -- AND THIS IS KEY -- IT IS CONTAGIOUS. YOU DON'T LEAVE TRASH OUT IN VICTORIA. IT IS JUST NOT COOL. AND WE'RE MAKING IT COOL TO KEEP THIS PLACE LOOKING CLEAN AND THAT IS WHAT THIS IS FOR. NOT JUST ABOUT THE DAY BUT ABOUT THE WHOLE ATTITUDE. YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD BECAUSE WE'RE HERE EVERY MONTH, RECOGNIZING THEM. BUT THEY ARE AWESON. THESE PLACES WHETHER THEY'RE BIG OR SMALL HAVE DONE AND GONE THE EXTRA MILE TO MAKE THEIR SPACES LOOK INCREDIBLE. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS. WE IDENTIFY THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF LANDSCAPEING AND MAY JUST BE TRASH-FREE, BUT LOOKING CLEAN AND KEEP THEIR LAWNS MOWED. THEY COULD HAVE GORGEOUS LANTS. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF THAT. ONE OF THE NEW THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR IS LAUNCH OUR BEAUTIFY INDICATION GRANT PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN AM LEWDING TO THAT FOR A WHILE BUT GOING PUT MONEY HERE NOW. WE'RE WORKING TO RAISE THAT MONEY. WE'VE WRITTEN SOME MORE GRANTS AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON OUR PROGRAM TO BUILD THAT FUND SO BUSINESSES CAN APPLY FOR HELP. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO LAUNCH THAT. WE'LL BE DOING THAT THIS SPRING. >> JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GRANTS WE'VE GOTTEN THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON THIS BUT EVERY BIT MAKES A DIFFERENCE AS YOU KNOW. WE WERE AWARDED A GREENBACK GRANT. WE'RE GOING START WORKING TO HELP THE ZOO WITH THE BUTT FLY GARDEN SO THAT WAS A JOINT PROJECT THERE. WE'RE GOING START DOING THIS THIS SPRING. WE HAD RAE BUILDING TEXAS GRANT IF YOU NOTICEED 700 MAIN IF YOU DROVE AROUND THAT BACK IT WAS LOOKING PRETTY SAD SO WE FIXED IT UP AND WE GOT A GRANT FOR ALL OF THOSE PLANTS ALL THE INSTALLATION, ALL OF THE NEW YOU'RELINES FIXTURES THATED THAT GO INS OUR COMMUNITY APPEARANCE DID THAT WORK BUT THE KVB GRANT THE WHAT FUNDED IT AND RECEIVED GRANT FOR THE BEAUTIFY INDICATION PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PLUGGING AWAY THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON TO HELP WHAT THE CITY START AND WE'RE ONLY GOING GET BIGER AND BETTER SO A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN ADDITION TO THE GRAND PROGRAM, THIS IS AN EXPLORATORY PROJECT. AND WE'RE JUST AND UNDERPASSES AND AT LAURENT YOUR NOTICE THEM AND THEY NEED A LITTLE THEY COULD USE SOME ACTION, SOME COLOR. AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT. WE'RE WORKING WITH VISITOR'S BUREAU AND MAIN STREET AS PART OF AN OVERALL PUBLIC ART EFFORT THAT WE'D LIKE TO LAUNCH. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THIS GOING ON FOR THE BICENTENNIAL TO DO IT IN A CELEBRATORY WAY. THE FUNDING WE'RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING A AT FOR SOME OF THESE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS THE HOTEL/MOTEL OCCUPIES TAX FUNDS, BUT ONCE AGAIN WE'RE JUST EXPLORING. WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOME DETAILS LATER, WE'RE GOING -- WE PLAN TO PUT OUT AN RFP FOR BIGGER PROJECTS FOR EXPERIENCE MURALISTS. BUT AS A PART OF ALL THESE EFFORTS WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PAID LOCAL ARTISTS AS A PART OF ALL THEM AND THAT WE MENTOR THEM AS WELL. AS WE BUILD THESE PUBLIC ART EFFORTS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM COORDINATEED. THIS ONE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. IT IS IN THE WORKS BUT WE WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE THINKING. >> ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS THAT SOMETHING WHATEVER THE ARTIST WANTS TO BE UP THERE, LIKE WE HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS IN DOWNTOWN? ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE JERMAINE TO VICTORIA AND ITS HISTORY? >> ABSOLUTELY, THAT IS THE PLAN AND WE'VE ALSO. >> WHICH ONE? >> WHATEVER THEY WANT -- SO THE SPHRAPB THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE SOME INPUT ON AND KVB, ALTHOUGH WE'RE JUST NOW TAKING IT TO THE BOARD, SO I'M SPEAKING A LITTLE [00:55:03] BIT PREMATURE, WE'RE PROPOSEING THAT KVB SERVE ADDRESS A PUBLIC FORUM STAKEHOLDER KIND OF PLACE SO THAT WE HAVE CLEAR GUIDELINES AND THAT WILL BE IN THE RFP. AND THESE ARE PUBLIC SPACES SO WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. >> THE LAST THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT IS HAPPENING I WILL LAND THIS SPRING PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK AND THIS IS BUILDING ON WHAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED. I LOVE YOU CAN BARELY SEE HIM BUT THE LITTLE BEDS THAT WE'VE STARTED ARE THERE AND WE'RE GOING BUILD ON WITH IT THIS PROJECT WITH TXDOT IF YOU REMEMBER THE $515,000 PROJECT IS LARGELY FUNDED BY TXDOT WITH COUNSELOR 200,000 FROM THE CITY AND WE'LL BEGIN THAT WORK VERY SOON. AND I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THIS TO MIKE WHAT. >> THANK YOU AND GREAT JOB CHRISTIE THIS LINE HERE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS THE OVERPASS OR UNDERPASS OF THE LOOP. AND IF YOU'RE DRIVEN THROUGH UNDER THE UNDERPASS AS WELL AS NAVARRO AND THE LOOP OR 463 AND MALET, YOU WOULD KNOW THEY'RE VERY DIRTY. SOME OF THEM VERY GRIMEY, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO TX.TO POWER WASH OR PRESSURE WATCH, TO CLAN IT PER SECTION IT IS DIRTY ESPECIALLY GOING TO THE MALL. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TEXAS DOT BUT FORTUNATELY TEXAS.HAS DECLINEED TO HELP US AT THIS TIME SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS TO PUT FUNDING IN THE BUDGET ESPECIALLY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ESSENTIALLY PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO CLEAN IT. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLEAN THOSE FACILITIES, WE WANT TO ENSURE CITY IN ALL AREAS LOOK GREAT. WE WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR HELP AND ALSO HELPING WITH THE CLEANUPS. AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE GONE THE CLEANUPS. I KNOW MARK HAS BEEN TO THE SOUTHSIDE. DR. YOUNG JEN, MAYOR BALK KPWAO*EUGT, AND SO WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU SO KEEPING THE CITIES CLEAN IS A VERY LOW INDICATOR WHEN IT COMES TO PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT REALLY SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR ALL CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC GROWTH. IF YOU WANT THE CITY TO GROW, IF YOU WANT TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES OSH RECRUIT BUSINESSES, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE KVB BOARD FOR LEADING THAT EFFORT AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON OUR SIDE TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE. SO TO THAT END, I WANT TO THANK THE KVB BOARD. AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR NAME HERE IS MISMEREDITH BIRD IS OUR NEURCHAIR WITH THE FOOD BANK, BETH KOONES VICE CHAIR, OUR PAST PRESIDENT, DARRELL LISEK, OUR FEARLESS LEAD WORTH IS THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND YOU HAVE KEN MCGILL. VIC MADRID, AND WE HAVE COUNTY REPRESENTATION ON THE KVB BOARD SO COMMISSIONER KLYNT IVES ATTENDS THE MEETINGS AND PARENTS. AND HUNTER FULLETTE WITH TEJAS PRODUCTION AND WE HAVE A VERY GOOD GROUP COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN AND A AT TRACTIVE AND HELP PROMOTE GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT IS THE ENDS OF OUR PRESENTATION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR NEP KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE. >> THANK YOU Y'ALL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT KVB DOES FOR VICTOR THROUGH BEAUTIFY INDICATION. I AM GLAD WE START THE BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD MONTHLY AGAIN [01:00:04] AND I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE CONTINUE PUSHING LIKE IN AND REALLY YOUR EFFORTS ARE NOTICEED AND APPRECIATED BY EVERYBODY. >> I WAS GOING SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH HIGH SCHOOLS THEY HAVE AWESOME ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS THEY WANT TO DO FOR BEAUTIFY INDICATION. AND THAT WOULD GIVE THEM PRIDE IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEIR PROJECT GOT PUT ON THE WALL SOMEWHERE AND IT WILL BE A PERMANENT REMINDER LIKE THEY WERE DOING THE STREETS OR WHATEVER SOME OF THOSE KIDS HAVE GOT TALENT THAT IT GOES TWO WAY TO WASTE AFTER THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL. >>> I COMPLETELY AGREE AND THAT HELPS WITH THE SUSTAINIBILITY IN BUILDING THE PRIDE, YOU KNOW, YOU START WITH THEM YOUNG SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT EFFORT. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT COUNCIL WOMAN TO GET TO THE SCHOOLS TO GET THE YOUNG ARTISTS INVOLVED. BECAUSE IT THOSE BE SUSTAINABLE. AND GETTING THE YOUNG ARTISTS INVOLVED IS KEY. >>> THE UNDERPASSES UP NORTH BUT WHAT TALKED UNDERPASSS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, LAURENT, NAVARRO, POWER WASH THOSE AS WELL. >> YES, SIR, THAT IS ON THE SCHEDULE AS WELL TO POWER WASH THOSE AND DO THEARDWORK ON THE SOUTHSIDE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU Y'ALL. >> THAT FINISHES CITY MANAGER REPORTS. [G. Executive Sessions:] I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> YES, SIR. >> THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY, 2022 AT 6:02:00 P.M., THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS THE DELIBERATION IS AS IF FOLLOWS ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 FIVE 1.0 EN72 INTO E TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY INTEREST DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DELIBERATIONS IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON POSITION OF THE CITY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE THIRD PARTY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.