Mar 15, 2022 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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HAVE WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 15TH, 2022.

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 FOR ALL. >>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE EE,

TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU.

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

>> ABSOLUTELY, WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.

WE WILL BE LAUNCHING SOON AN OFFICIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN AROUND THE CHARTER ELECTION THAT WE HAVE COMING UP ON MAY 7TH. WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, WE WILL ALSO BE GOING AROUND MAKING PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY SO I ENCOURAGE ANYONE ENCOURAGE LEM TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE, THAT WEBSITE IS VICTORIATX.GOV/CHARTER AND COME AND MAKE PRESENTATION IN ANY COMMUNITY GROUP, AND WE ENCOURAGE ANY COMMUNITITY MEMBER TO BECOME INFORMED. AND THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION COMING OUT SOON.

SO THANK YOU. >> I HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. I BROUGHT IT UP ON FRIDAY.

>> OLDEST DELLCA TESSEN IS EHAVING A CELEBRATION 11 TO 9, SO 11:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M.

CELEBRATING 140 YEARS. AND I THINK MS. SOLIZ WILL BE THERE IN MY ABOUT STONES PRESENT

THEM WITH A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING 140 YEARS AS WELL. >> OKAY, IF THERE IS NO OTHER

ANNOUNCEMENTS OR REMINDERS, PUBLIC OR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS? >> NO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS

[3. Items from Council:]

TODAY. >> OKAY, THANKS. >> ITEMS FROM COUNCIL?

>> I HAVE ONE. MR. LORENA WILL GIVEIOUS AN UPDATE ON SKY WEST.

>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAY O, AND GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE AIRLINE SERVICE COMING UP WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS YOU PROBABLY ALL READ THE PAPER HAD AN ARTICLE OF THE AIRLINE FILING A 90 DAY TO TERMINATE SERVICE NOT ONLY THE VICTORIA BUT 28 OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THIS WAS REALLY, REALLY MAD DUES FOR US BECAUSE WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE SERVICECH THINGS WERE GOING REALLY GOOD. SCHEDULES CHANGED SLIGHTLY BUT THINGS WERE STARTING TO PICK UP WITH THE SCHEDULE. PEOPLE WERE GETTING USED TO FLYING FLYING THE PARTICULAR SCHEDULE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND NOW WE GET THIS NEWS.

AS PART OF THE PROCESS, AN AIRLINE HAS TO FILE THIS 90 DAYS NOTICE TO TERMINATE BUT IMMEDIATELY THE U.S.-DOT FILED AN ORDER TO PROHIBIT SKY WEST TO SO WHAT IS GOING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW TO GIVE YOU A CONDENSED IDEA OF THE FUTURE IS SKY WEST CAN LEAVE, THEY CANNOT LEAVE THE COMMUNITY AS ORDERED BY THE US-DOT AND THEY WILL STAY UNTIL THE DAY WE FIND ANOTHER AIRLINE THAT IS SUITABLE AND WILL ALLOW US FOR AN EASY TRANSITION FROM ONE AIRLINE TO THE OTHER ONE THE REASON WHY THE AIRLINE DECIDED TO QUIT THESE 29 COMMUNITIES, AS THEY SAY, IS SHORTAGE OF PILOTS.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PILOTS IN THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW NOT ENOUGH IN THE PIPELINE SO ALL

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AND THEY STARTED FLYING TWIN ENGINES AGAIN. BUT IN THIS RESHUFFLE IF THERE IS A SINGLE ENGINE TUSH BOW PROP, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MANDATED TO TAKE THOSE.

WE DIDN'T. SO I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER WAIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GET AN AIRLINE THAT IS GOING TO BE SUITABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH THE TWIN ENGINE. SO AT THIS POINT, I SEE SKY WEST FLYING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME, POSSIBLY PASSED THE SUMMER, POSSIBLY THE END OF THE YEAR UNTIL WE GET ANOTHER AIRLINE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE PREPARING FOR IT AND THE DOT PUT A NOTICE TO AIRPLANES TO PROPOSE OUR BID FOR THE 29 COMMUNITIES DUE APRI. SOMETIME MIDAPRIL WE'LL KNOW IF ANYBODY ACTUALLY BID FOR VICTORIA AND WE GO FROM THERE. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE GET A GOOD AIRLINE, SOMETHING THAT IS EQUALLY EFFICIENT LIKE SKY WEST, IF NOT, WE'LL HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE IN & TO TELL THE DOT WHETHER WE ACCEPT ANY OTHER ONES THAT CAME IN THE BID OR NOT.

WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE

COMPLICATED BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> WOULD YOU AGREE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CITIZENS CONTINUE TO USE THE AIRPORT AND AIR SERVICE BECAUSE IT ONLY MAKES US LOOK THAT MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE SHOULD ANOTHER AIRLINE START TRYING TO BID ON OUR ROUTE?

>> ABSOLUTELY, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE AIRPORT IF & THE AIRLINE. NOTHING HAS SCHEDULED. THE SCHEDULE IS THE SAME.

THE SCHEDULE THEY USUALLY PUT THE SCHEDULE OUT FOR 60 DAYS. THE SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IS OUT EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR INTO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY VERY IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO FLY AND CONTINUE TO BOOK AS THOSE IDENTITY APPOINTMENTS WILL HELP US.

THE BUSY KRIS AIR HERE WILL BE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO BID FOR THIS COMMUNITY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE

THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT AND RALLY BEHIND THE AIRLINE. >> THANK YOU.

>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO NIGHT AND GIVE US A

BRIEF UPDATE. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, I WAS GOING SAY SOLIZS BUT SHE'S NOT

[4. Citizen Communication:]

AND THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO HELP THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, THEY WANT YOU HOOKED BECAUSE THE MORE THEY HAVE YOU HOOKED THE MORE MONEY THEY MAKE AND WE EVEN HAVE THIS ONE PERSON THAT WAS, I JUST CALL IT STALKING HOMELESS PEOPLE, PANHANDLERS GOING TO SHELTERS AND HE WOULD INVITE HIM TO LIVE WITH HIM AND THEN HE WOULD WANT TO TRADE FAVORS, YOU KNOW. AND BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEY'RE ADDICTED FOR DRUGS AND THEY'LL DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. AND I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE LIKE THAT PROSECUTED, ESPECIALLY THE DRUG PUSHERS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY PUSH THINGS ON PEOPLE.

AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE. THEY'RE PUSHING DRUGS ON PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOOD PAYING JOBS, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS REALLY BAD AT THE TRAILER PARK WHERE I LIVE.

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THANKS. >> ALLEGED. >> WE HAVE MR. ERIC MERCER.

AND I DIDN'T MENTION BEFORE, PLEASE KEEP YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE MOMENT, MY PLEA WOULD BE FOR CLARITY OF WHAT CAMPGROUND IS REFERRING TO.

OUR BUSINESS IN TOWN HAVE VAI GRANTS THAT ARE LIVING NEXT DOOR.

THEY'RE YELLING AT OUR CUSTOMERS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY LITTERING INTO OUR WATERWAYS THAT GO INTO OUR DOWN TO THE RIVER AND THEY'RE GOING AS FAR AS EVEN WHEN WE LEAVE OR EVEN WHEN WE'RE THERE THEY TAKE ELECTRICITY FROM OUR BUSINESS, THEY JUST PLUG IN, AND RUN IT, SO WHEN WE CALL, CALL THE LAW AND ASK THEM TO REFRAIN WHAT THEY'RE DOING WE'RE TOLD THEY HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO HAVE THEM REMOVE THEM FROM THE PREMISE.

IT IS COUNTY PROPERTY IN BETWEEN OUR TWO BUSINESSES. SO I ASK FOR CLARITY, SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T ALLOW AND WHAT LAW CAN AND CAN'T DO.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, ASK FOR CLARITY SO WE CAN, WE HAVE BEEN REFERRED OR THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TOLD US DO NOT EMBARK ON COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY RETALIATE AGAINST THE BUSINESS SO IF WE ASK THEM TO LEAVE, THEY TYPICALLY VANDALIZE OUR FACILITY. SO THEREFORE WE DO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TWAIS POLICE OFFICER'S TIME TO COME FORTH AND TRY TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION. SO, AGAIN, BACK TO THE FACT THAT CLARITY OF WHAT A CAMPGROUND IS OR ISN'T AND AGAIN WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T HAVE THAT WAY WE

UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. THAT'S IT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. MERCER.

>> MR. FOOTE CAN WE GET THAT TIMER TO WORK RIGHT? OR ARE WE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH

IT? >> THERE WE GO. OKAY, MS. STAFFORD.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE. >> BLAME IT ON COVID, I BLAME EVERYTHING ON COVID INCLUDING GRAY HAIR AND MEMORY LOSS. GOOD TO SEE YOU WHAT I BECAME CEO OF MITT COAST, I WENT TO A CONFERENCE THEY SAID YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO TOOT YOUR OWN HORN BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T TOOT YOUR OWN HORN NOBODY ELSE IS, THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING DO TONIGHT.

BUT WE CELEBRATED 10 YEARS OF WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER. WE'VE BEEN LOCATED DOWNTOWN IN OLD TOWN VICTORIA ON THE CORNER OF RIVER AND DEPOT STREET FOR 25 YEARS, AND YOU SAW THE BUILDING WE JUST ABOUT WORE IT OUT AND USED IT UP. IT WAS GOING TO BE A MATTER OF

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THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WHAT I AM TALKING AUNT I WANTEDTO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE.

THE REASON I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT CDBG, THE DECISION THE CITY COUNCIL MADE CHANGED VICTORIA.

I'M AFRAID THE DECISION YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING ABOUT THE MORATORIUM WILL CHANGE VICTORIA, MY ADVICE TO YOU IS JUST TO SLOW DOWN. IT LOOK US FOUR YEARS TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY AND TO FIND A CONTRACTOR AND DO ALL THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO TO BUILD A SHELTER, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME BEFORE OUR PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND OTHERWISE DONE HOUSED TAKE THE TIME, MEET WITH US, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU AND MY NAME IS FIRST ON THE LIST. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. STAFFORD. >> MR. SWANSON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I'M HERE FOR A RARE MEETING TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS GOT IT TOUGH AND YOU'VE GOT SOME TOUGH PROBLEMS TO SOLVE, AND I'M ROOTING FOR YOU, OKAY.

IT WILL BE TOUGH. YOUR TOUGHEST PART IS COMING IN AUGUST, RIGHT? THAT IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE BUDGET. THINGS THAT ARE EASY TO APPROVE, BUT DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. BE CAREFUL, I TRUST YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE. IT IS CHALLENGING.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ON THAT. BUT, YOU'RE BEING CORRUPTED BY FREE MONEY AND IT IS FREE AND THE FREEST SENSE OF THE WORD. THEY'RE JUST PRINTING IT. IT DOES NOT PEST.

AND BE CAREFUL OF THAT TEMPTATION AND I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL AND I WANTED TO COME DOWN AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I SUPPORT YOU THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES BUT YOU'RE GOING HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VOTERS. AND WHATEVER YOU APPROVE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE WANT IT. LET'S SAY I'M FOR THE HOMELESS, AND I'M FOR THE HOMELESS, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE THE SOLUTION FOR THE HOMELESS IS WE PROVIDE FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AUSTIN, BUT. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY NO, BUT THE TAXPAYERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO FUND IT? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FUND THAT OR ARE THERE OTHER PLACES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO FUND THAT? EVERYONE IS LIVING OUTSIDE THEIR BUDGET, 7 LIVING OUTSIDE THEIR BUDGET AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BUDGET FOR VICTORIA, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS, YOU DRIVE DOWN THROUGH VICTORIA AND YOU SEE THAT EVERYTHING IS NOT AS GOOD AS YOU WANT IT TO BE. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND I SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR TOUGH DECISIONS AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND SOME

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WITH THAT I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.

>> THANK YOU. >> MS. HASTINGS. >> GOOD, COUNCIL AND MAYOR, I'M TRISH HASTINGS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHRIST'S PITCHEN, I REALLY CAN'TED ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT MS. STAFFORD SAID. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK A MEETING WITHTOWN OR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS OUR OPTIONS FOR HELPING OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY.

PLEASE GRANT US THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. ALDUS. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, MY NAME IS JOSH ALDUS. TO THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY MY NAME IS WOLF.

>>> AS OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DRESSED LIKE THIS.

I WOULDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP. BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, WE NEED HELP AND THAT IS ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR.

THANK YOU. >> THERE MR. ALDUS. >> MS. BEAVER.

>> HI, GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE A CONVERSATION RATHER THAN A SPEAKING AT YOU AND YOU -- I I GUESS, JUST WRITING WHATEVER IS WRITE TONGUE AGENDA AND WE'RE NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER AND WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE SEE THIS GOING. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TO TELL YOU WHAT OUR PLAN IS, SHOW YOU WHAT OUR PLAN IS, AND HEAR FROM YOU WHAT YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE RATHER THAN JUST PUTTING A STOP TO IT FOR NOW.

AND JUST LISTENING TO WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> MS. CHAVEZ. >> MY NAME IS NORA CHAVEZ ANDY BEEN WORKING AT CHRIST'S KITCHEN AND VOLUNTEERING AND HELPING THE HOMELESS AND SOME OF THEM ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR THINGS STRAIGHTENED UP AND I WISH THEY WOULD NEED MORE HELP, BECAUSE THEY REALLY NEED HELP FROM EVERYBODY. BUT IT IS UP TO YOUR MINE AND I HELP PEOPLE. ALWAYS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE AND I USED TO WORK AT SOME OTHER

THINGS AND I WAS HOMELESS, TOO. AND THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MANY CHAFS,

MS. SALAZAR. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS GRASS YELL LA SALAZAR AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. I'M A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR BUT COME TO YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. I'M INVOLVED IN SEVERAL MINISTRIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY. IS AND HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS MYSELF.

AND KNOW IT CAN HIT ANYONE WHATEVER THEIR EDUCATION, BACKGROUND, SOCIAL STATUS, FROM JOB LOSS, FAMILY BREAKDOWN, OR AN ILLNESS. ANY ILLNESS, COVID BEING ONE OF THE MAIN ONES WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. WHEN I TRIED TO CONNECT PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY, WITH RESOURCES I START WITH THE CHURCHES AND HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF NOS WHEN IT COMES TO RENT. AND I'M DIRECTED TO COMMUNITY ACTION HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ALREADY RUN OUT OF FUNDS AND THEY'VE BEEN SWAMPED.

AND IT IS STILL THE BEGINNING ON THE MONTH. SO IT IS JUST NOT THE PEOPLE AND ENCAMPMENTS BUT EVERY WHERE DOUBLED IT UP. I'M PRAYING SOME OF THE MONEY GIVEN ON THE CARES ACT CAN GO TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH ADDRESS THE HUMANILLITY PROJECT,

CHRIST KITCHEN AND. >> I'VE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM AND ALL THE LEGALITIES, BUT COME DOWN TO THIS, KIM PICKENS AND PATRICIA HASTINGS ARE SO PASSIONATE IN TRYING TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED AND AS WELL AS US AND THE OTHER COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, WE'RE THE

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YOU THINK 2020 AND 2021 WERE BAD, 2022 JANUARY, I HAD LIKE 20 CALLS IN ONE DAY FOR HELP IF WE CAN CARE ABOUT STRUCTURES AND BEAUTY INDICATION OF VICTORIA, WHAT ABOUT OUR HUMANS? PEOPLE, BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION, THAT IS WHY YOU WERE VOTED, YOU KNOW, FOR CITY COUNCIL TO HELP THE PEOPLE. WE TRUST YOU, WE LOVE YOU, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STUFF YOU DO. WE JUST WANT TO BE HEARD AND MEET WITH Y'ALL, YOU KNOW.

I'M GOING END WITH SCRIPTURE PROVE VERNS 21:13, THOSE THAT SHUT THEIR EARS TO THE CRIES OF THE POOR WILL BE IGNORED IN THEIR OWN TIME OF NEED. WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS EACH ONE OF US HAVE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME TYPE OF TRAGEDY AND BECAME HOMELESS.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, MS. SALAZAR.

MS. CAULK. KIM? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, OR EVENING.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. YEAH, THE MAIN THING WE'RE ASKING TODAY IS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING, AT LEAST SIT DOWN WITH US AND SEE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

BECAUSE MAKING A BLANKET DO NOTHING BEFORE WE EVER KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM FAIR. WE JUST WANT A CONVERSATION. LET'S SIT DOWN AND LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING VERSUS WHAT IS GOOD FOR THIS CITY. AND TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I IDENTIFIED HOW WE DO HAVE HOMELESS THAT ARE ADDICTED.

WE HAVE HOMELESS THAT ARE MENTALLY ILL, BUT WE CANNOT HELP THEM WHILE THEY'RE ON THE STREET. THEY'RE UNSTABLE. UNTIL WE GET THEM IN A STABLE BED, WHERE THEY'RE SAFE FOR THE NIGHT, WE CANNOT HELP THEM WITH THAT.

AND WE CANNOT HOUSE THEM UNTIL WE STABILIZE THEM. AND STABILIZING THEM, I MEAN, IF WE SEND THEM TO TREATMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND GO RIGHT BACK TO THE STREET.

IF WE SEND THEM TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL, THEY'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK TO THE STREET.

AND NOT ONLY ON THAT SIDE OF IT, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WAS SAYING EARLIER, THE BUSINESSES IN THIS TOWN HAVE HAD PROBLEMS BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESSES, MAKING THEIR BUSINESSES LOOK BAD AT TIMES. THEY VANDALIZED, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID, AND IT IS ALSO THE POLICE ARE CALLED OUT FOR ALL THINK THINGS AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THEY CAN DO. WE DON'T HAVE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS. WE DON'T HAVE MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL.

WE DON'T HAVE A SHELTER TO TAKE THEM TO. THERE IS NOWHERE TO PUT THEM WHEN THE POLICE DO GO THERE. WHAT WILL THEY DO? ARREST THEM FOR NOT HAVING A HOME? THEY'RE CALLED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES AND SOMETIMES DAILY FOR THE SAME PERSON. THERE IS SHOPLIFTING, CALLS FOR PEOPLE -- THEY'RE JUST HUNGRY THEY JUST WANT SOMETHING TO EAT, OR THEY ARE STEALING FOR DRUGS, BECAUSE THEY'RE MENTALLY ILL, OR THEY'RE ON THE STREET. AND IF THEY'RE NOT MENTALLY ILL WHEN THEY GET THERE, THEY ARE NOW AND THEY NEED SOME SORT OF MEDICINE TO HELP THEM SO THEY SELF-MEDINDICATE.

IT IS A BIG PROBLEM. IT IS A LOT OF WHERE THE STEALING COMES FROM.

BUT THEN, THEY HAVE THEIR ANIMALS AND WE GIVE THEM TICKETS FOR THESE ANIMALS THAT DON'T HAVE LICENSES. AND WE -- THEY CAN'T PAY THEM. HOSPITALS ARE OVERRUN.

THE POLICE ARE OVERRUN. OUR RESOURCES ARE BEING CHEWED UP WHEN WE CAN FIX THIS.

AND THOSE RESOURCES CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT.

THIS IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY NEEDS. BUT APPARENTLY NOT EVERYBODY WANTS. BUT LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED.

>> THANK YOU MS. CAULK. >> AND I I APOLOGIZE I CAN'T READ THE WRITING ON THIS LAST

ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE AN 18 GEL PEPPER. >> MAY I GET HIM.

>> IF YOU HURRY, PLEASE. >> OBING THANKS WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION

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WE HAVE NO ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE'LL GO INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[D. Consent Agenda:]

>> D 1 IS THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF THE MARCH ONES, 2022 REGULAR MEETING.

>> D 2 IS AN ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOTHING AND ABANDONING CERTAIN ALLEY IN RESPONSE TO THE

PETITION OF 100% OF THE ADJOINING LAND OWNERS. >> D 3 IS AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING HEROD AVENUE AND AVENUE A BEING UNIMPROVED RIGHTS OF WAY WITHIN THE HEROD SUBDIVISION AND LOCATED EAST OF SOUTH LAURENT STREETS AND NORTH OF PLEASANT GREEN DRIVE.

>> COULD Y'ALL PLEASE TAKE THAT OUTSIDE. COULD Y'ALL PLEASE GO OUTSIDE SO

AS NOT TO DISTURB THE MEETING. >> THIS IS ON SECOND AND THIRD MEETING D 4 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GARY MIDDLETON WITH REPRESENTATION AND CONSULTATION SERVICES RELATED TO MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,000.

>> MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. >>> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL KNOWS FARE AAYE, THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN, MOTION

[1. Award the 2021-22 Striping Project (Various Locations) to Pavement Mar...]

CARRIES. ITEM E 1. >> E 1 IS AN RESOLUTION AWARDING THE 2021-2022 STRIPING PROJECT IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO PAVE MMENTS, INC. OF DONNA, TEXAS FOR THEIR COME PETTY SEALED PROPOSAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $169,93021.

>>> I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF THIS IS FOR THE STRIPING PROJECT THIS YEAR.

-- WENT TOO FAST. PAVEMENT MARKINGS, INC. WAS THE ONLY PROPOSAL WE RECEIVED.

THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN VICTORIA. THEY'VE DONE TWO OR THREE PAST PROJECTS AND THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS FOR THE LOCAL AND OUT OF TOWN CONTRACTORS THAT COME IN TOWN. CALENDAR DAY PROJECT IS 120 DAYS AT A COST OF 169,930.

PROJECT OVERVIEW, THEY WILL PREPARE THE PAVEMENT IN PREPARATION TO PRIOR TO THE PAINTING. IT IS A THERMO PLASTIC PAINT THAT IS USED TYPICALLY ON ALL THE STATE HIGHWAYS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW IN OUR CITY. ESTIMATED QUANTITY IS 56,000 LINEAR FEET OF THE YELLOW. 7200 LINEAR FEET OF THE FOUR-INCH WHITE AND 811 FEET OF THE STOP BARS AND 813 FEET OF THE 12-INCH CROSSWALKS. AGAIN, THEY'VE DONE THIS PROJECT BEFORE. THIS IS THE FIRST MAP AND THIS ONE IS LOCATED ON -- AND I'M GOING HAVE TO LOOK REAL CLOSE. ON PALMETTE STREET FROM LUKE 463 TO THE CITY LIMITS.

AND THIS ONE WE'LL BE DOING A DOUBLE YELLOWS THERE IS WHITE EDGE LINES.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IDENTIFIES THAT LANE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND KEEPS THEM OFF OF THE EDGE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE PAVEMENT IS A LITTLE SOFTER AND CAN WARE

QUICKER. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT BECAUSE I DRIVE THAT EVERY DAY.

CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT APPROPRIATE LEVEL-UPS? BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PROBABLY STRIPE THAT WITH SOME OF THE DIVETS JUST A CONVERSATION.

>> WE CAN TALK ON THAT LATER, YES. >> THE NEXT ONE IS, LOCATED ON SOUTHWEST BEN JORDAN -- AND I'M TRYING TO READ MY MAP. THESE ARE BOTH CITY STREETS.

AGAIN WHAT WE DID IS WE DRIVE THE STREETS IN VICTORIA AND LOOK AT THE ONES FADED OUT AND NEED ATTENTION THIS ONE IS THE CONCRETE SECTION OF JOHN STOCK BAUER FROM 59 TO 59.

>>> THE NORTH ARROW IS POINTHING TO THE RIGHT ON THIS ONE AND THE ONE BEFORE IT, I SPENT A LONG TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THESE STREETS ARE RELATE THIS ONE ISN'T AS BAD, BUT I COULDN'T GET GOODWIN HERE AND BEN MAJORITIAN OVER HERE TO MAKE SENSE.

>> WE CAN WORK ON THOSE MAPS. IT SHOULD BE POINTING STRAIGHT UP, YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS MOCKINGBIRD AND THIS ONE IS FROM THE I STRUGGLE WITH THIS ONE.

>> IT IS FROM VINE STREET WHICH IS MAIN STREET WHICH IS ALL THE WAY THROUGH NAVARRERO STREET.

THAT ONE IS FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'LL BE HONEST THAT STREET EATS UP STRIPING MORE THAN ANY OTHER IN VICTORIA BUT WE'RE HITTING IT AGAIN, IT GOES QUICK. BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUDGET AMOUNT

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PROJECT AWARD WILL BE TODAY. AND BEGIN THE STRIPING IN MAY AND COMPLETE IN SEPTEMBER.

>> SO IF SOMEONE WAS TO SUGGEST AN AREA THAT NEEDS STRIPING AS FAR AS CROSSWALKS, WHEN WOULD THEY NEED TO GET THAT TO YOU? BECAUSE THE PROJECT KICKING OFF IN MAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MATERIAL LEAD TIME IS BUT I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS IF THEY CAME TO YOU IN JULY IT IS

PROBABLY TOO LATE. >>> THEY PROBABLY COULD, AS LONG AS I GOT THE CONTRACTOR HERE WORKING IN TOWN WE CAN ADD THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE MATERIAL IS STRICT WHY A PAINT, THE OTHER IS A HOT APPLIED THERMO WHICH THEY PUT THE MATERIAL DOWN AND HEAT IT UP WITH A TORCH. WE FOUND THAT GRAYS OUT A LOT QUICKER THAN THE PLAIN STENCIL.

BUT FEEL FREE FOR THE CITIZENS TO CALL ANY TIME, OUR NUMBER IS 361-4ITH 5-3381GY A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT I THINK AT LEAST ONE OF THESE ARE CONSUPREME COURT THE REST IS ASPHALT.

THEY'RE FAMILIAR NOW WITH THE RIGHT WAY TO STRIPE, APPARENTLY YOU DO IT DIFFERENTLY ON

CONCRETE THAN OBASPHALT. >> IT IS LITTLE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENCE BEING ON A CONCRETE PAVEMENT THAT IS FRESH AND NEW, YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND CLEAN THAT PAVE EXPHBT PUT A PRIMER DOWN. OTHERWISE THAT THERMO PLASTIC SITS ON IT AND WILL FLAKE OFF AND CHIP OFF. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING PRIMARY LIKE CRESTWOOD.

AND SAME THING WHEN WE DO PLACIDO, WE'RE GOING HAVE TO TAKE THAT OFF AND REALLY CLEAN

IT AND PUT A PRIME DOWN, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BID. >> KEN, CURRENTLY ON MOCKING BIRD IN IS CONSTRUCTION AND STRIPING GOING ON FROM NAVARRO TO LAURENT.

>> THIS IS FROM MAIN STREET NAVARRO. IT FADES OUT REAL QUICK.

>> THE OTHER SECTION THEY'RE DOING STREET ON PAINT MARKINGS IS INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT AS FAR AS THE MILL AND OVERLAY GOES THE AND THAT WILL BE ON HAIRLINE AND MOCKINGBIRD.

>> IT WILL BE MORE THAN LIKELY THE SAME CONTRACTOR. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MITIGATION MAKE A NOTION.

>> I MOVE WE ADOPT THIS ITEM. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM E 1. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, THOSE

[2. A resolution temporarily prohibiting administrative approval of privat...]

OPPOSE SAME SIGN. MOTION KARYKS E 2. >>> E 2 IS A RESOLUTION TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF PRIVATE CAMPGROUNDS IN THE CITY LIMIT TO ALLOW TIME TO DEVELOP REGULATION PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF PRESENTATION FOR US? >> I DO, BUT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THERE ARE RECEIVE RAY -- SEVERAL WAYS TOABLE THE RESOLUTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE TO

DISCUSS THOSE FIRST OR GO AHEAD WITH THE PRESENTATION. >>> DISCUSS WAYS TO HANDLE THE

PRESENTATION. >> IT IS ON THE AGENDA. BUT IF NO ONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION AND SEC SECOND NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO REMOVE THE ITEM AND CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IT WITHOUT MAKING DECISIONS AT THIS POINT.

THAT WOULD SIMPLY NEED BE AGREEMENT AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU CAN DISCUSS IT OR TABLE IT UNTIL A FUTURE MEETING. THAT IS UP TO Y'ALL HOW Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE IT THIS

EVENING. >> OKAY. >> MS. SCOTTING I AM GOING TO

DEFER TO YOU. >>> I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE OPTIONS.

>> I GUESSY TALKED TO CITY ATTORNEY A LITTLE BIT AND NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO US, BUT I HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE DISCUSSION AMONG COUNCIL AS TO WHAT WHICH WOULD LIKE IN TERMS OF THE ORDINANCE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM THAN THE NEED

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URGENCY OF THE PROHIBITION ON ISSUING PERMIT. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

AT THIS TIME SINCE WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING AN ORDINANCE TONIGHT, SIMPLY A RESOLUTION, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS ISSUE DIRECTION TO STAFF BASICALLY RESEARCH THE ISSUE AND LOOK INTO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM PRIVATE CAMPGROUNDS, TENT CITIES, MAN CAMPS, WHATEVER TERM YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO AND USE THAT INFORMATION TO CRAFT A AN ORDINANCE TO THAT WE BRING BACK AT A LATER TIME TO DISCUSSION DISCUSS THEN AND BASICALLY ALLOW US TO HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION AND GATHER THE INFORMATION WE NEED IN ORDER TO CRAFT THAT

CORRECTLY. >> SO I WOULD ASK COUNCIL'S INDULL JONES HAVE DISCUSSION WITHOUT THE FORMALITY AND SECOND IS J IS THAT THE SAME AS TABLING IT?

>> JUST LEAVITT SITTING THERE. WE CAN DECIDE TO PULL FRIT THE AGENDA AND STILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT. YOU KNOW DECIDE WE WANT TO PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW WE CAN ALSO WHAT WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSED FOR MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE DEFINITION OF ENCAMPMENTS AND CAMPGROUNDS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. WE ALREADY HAVE BUILDING ORDINANCES ON HOUSES, AND NO CAMPING ORDINANCE, SO I NEED CLARIFICATION FROM CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LEGAL COUNCIL, SORRY ON WHAT EXACTLY THIS MORATORIUM WOULD DO OR NOT DO.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION. SOY APPRECIATE YOU GO AHEAD AND LET'S NOT TAKE ACTION ON IT.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AT, YOU KNOW, STARTING NOW ON BECAUSE THE MORATORIUM WAS GIVING US EIGHT MONTHS TO COME UP WITH THE ORDINANCE.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MORATORIUM BUT WOULD BE WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE AND SO FOR ONE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN YET DISCUSSED THIS, STAFF NEEDS TO KNOW WE DO WANT THIS ORDINANCE

AND TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> ANOTHER QUESTION, ARE THERE ANY PENDING APPROVALS FOR CAMPGROUNDS BEING DEVELOPED INTO CITY LIMITS NOW? IS THERE SOMETHING PENDING?

>> STAFF SAYS NO. >> IF SOMEONE CAME FORWARD RIGHT NOW WITH SUCH A PROPOSAL, IT WOULD NECESSITATE A SITE PLAN. AND SITE PLAN WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES OF WHICH IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY DECIDED TO BUILD I, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD REQUIRE VARIANCES. AT WHICH POINT THEY WOULD STILL COME BACK AGAIN IF THEY KEPT APPEALING IT IF THEY DIDN'T GET APPROVED. SO THERE IS STILL A MECHANISM ALREADY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT TAKE CARES OF ANYTHING SUBMITTED BETWEEN NOW AND UNTIL WE GET AN ORDINANCE THAT BETTER DEFINES CAMPGROUND AND ORDINANCES AND DO WE EVEN WANT IT.

>> WHAT I ENVISION IN A CERTAIN WAY, IF SOMEONE WITHOUT A PROPER DEFINITE MISSION AND EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, I SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS -- HOW I DO I PUT THIS, SOMEONE WITH BAD INTENT SAYING THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF POLICY AND PROCEDURE, WHY DON'T I PUT UP SIX TENTS IN MY BACKYARD AND EXPLOIT THE HOMELESS FOR EVERYTHING I CAN.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO OUR HOMELESS. OUR HOMELESS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THEY NEED ASSISTANCE FOR LIVING, BUT I DON'T WANT AN ILL-ADVISED PERSON OR BAD PERSON SAYING I'M GOING TO EXEMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PREVENT THAT.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT INJURE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR HOMELESS. THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE

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VOTING ON AND WHY? >> JUST TO ECOTHAT A LITTLE BIT, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MORATORIUM IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE TIME PERIOD, WHAT DUDS THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WHAT DOES STAFF NEED TO DO? HOW MUCH COMMUNICATION IS THERE WITH THE AGENCIES WITH THE NON-PROFITS AND VARIOUS MINISTRIES INVOLVED FROM THE STANDPOINT WE'VE SEEN MORE COMMUNICATION WHEN WERE MUTTING THINGS TOGETHER AND DRAFTING THE BETTER RATHER THAN HAVING TO DO THAT AFTER THE FACT. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD THE COMMUNICATIONS AND COORDINATIONS UP FRONT.

THE OTHER QUESTION IS JUST THE TIME PERIOD ON THAT, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER? YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME PERIOD PROPOSED.

I WASN'T SURE WHERE THE TIME PERIOD CAME FROM OR HOW IT IT IN WITH PROCESSES THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN. I THINK CERTAINLY I WOULD ECOMR. DELAGARZA THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND THAT SORT OF THING. I'M IN FAVOR OF MORE DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THESE. I THINK BE NEED TO LEARN MORE. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'VE SCRATCHED THE SURFACE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE ON THESE TYPE OF FACILITIES, BUT TO JUMP IN AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO AND NOT DO THIS AT THIS POIN IT IS PREMATURE FROM MY STANDPOINT.

>>> I AGREED WITH EVERYTHING HE SAIVMENTD I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME AND SPOKE.

I'VE LEARNED MORE FROM YOU SPEAKING THAN FROM -- THE GO THING ABOUT THIS, IS WE'RE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. IT IS SAD THAT IT HAS TO GET TO THIS WAY AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT IT. I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, I THOUGHT JEN ANY -- JENNY STAFFORD MADE AN IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT CDBG FUNDS. I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT HOMELESS FACILITIES DO AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU. I DO TELL YOU THIS, I DON'T WANT A TENT CITY NEXT TO MY PROPERTY AND HOMELESS PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A TENT CITY. SO WE NEED -- WE DO NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. BUT WE NEED TO KNOW AND JUST THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO HOW IT CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH POLICE AND BUSINESS THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND BEFORE WE GET AN ORDINANCE.

THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WE ALL NEED TO BE EDUCATED ON WHAT YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT I CAN GIVE YOU NUMBERS BUT DOESN'T TELL YOU WE. I'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT LETTERS FROM PEOPLE AND IT WAS HELPFUL BUT I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HOMELESS SITUATION IN VICTORIA SO THAT WE CAN CRAFT A DECENT PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND WE CAN HELP YOU.

>> WELL SAID. >> VERY WELL SAIDGY ECHO EVERYONE ON THE IN THAT REGARD NOT BEING INFORMED ENOUGH. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WE'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL HERE BUT FIND OUT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITYS ARE DOING AND IF THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, IF THEY'VE MADE MISTAKES, LET'S TRY TO AVENUE THOSE THOSE MISTAKES WE'VE LEARNED COMMUNICATION BEFORE MAKING A DECISION IS BEST

FOR ALL. >> I AGREE WITH ALL THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE POINT OUT, THAT I'M PROPOSING A LAND-USE REGULATION. THE NARRATIVE HAS SHIFTED TO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR A HOMELESS POPULATION AND THIS IS NOT THE BE ALL AND ENDS ALL.

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PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. >> YES, I THINK THAT IS GREAT DIRECTION AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. >> I'M GOING TO START WITH COUNCILMAN SCOTT UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 212, WE CAN DO THAT, HOWEVER IT HAS TO BE BASED ON SOME SORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FACTOR, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE BEHIND IT, SO WHAT WE WOULD DO AND WE HAVE STARTED COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITHIN CITY STAFF, I KE THE PEE DEE AND -- PD AND FIRE MARSHAL SERVICES AS CONCERNED AS TO WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT WE DON'T TO ADDRESS THEM WE HAVE STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALREADY. THINGS LIKE MAXIMUM LOT SIZES, MAXIMUM DENSITIES, WE CAN CRAFT DOOR I ANYDY INSTANCES LATER GEARED TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT QUITE FRANKLY THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING BE IN THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED THAT THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF REGULATION THAT THEY'RE UP TO OUR BUILDING CODES SO ON AND SO FORTH.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I BELIEVE THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW SOMEONE PUTTING SIX TENTS IN THEIR BACKYARD. THAT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. THEY CAN DO THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BASICALLY A CHANGE IN LANDS USE AND THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE ORDINANCE WE'RE GOING CRAFT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE YOUR BACKYARD FOR THAT SORT OF THING, THEN THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD YOU TO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE AND OTHER THINGS THAT

WE DISCUSSED. >> MINE WERE MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MORATORIUM, WHAT THE PROCESS FOR CRAFTING THIS LOOK LIKE DURING ANY POTENTIAL PERIOD. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT PERIOD OR AT LEAST WIRE NOT VOTING ON THAT, BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS THERE A PLAN IN PLACE IN TERMS OF HOW WE

GO FORWARD TO LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF RESTRICTION. >> THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE THAT IS WE'RE KIND OF IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF. THE BEGIN SUCCESS THE CONVERSATION WHAT IS THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS AND THE NEEDS WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THE NOVEMBER 15TH DEAD LIEN -- DEADLINE WAS JUST A WE PICKED A DATE FAR ENOUGH OUT THAT WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND ALSO TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT WAS IN THE RESOLUTION WAS NOT PERMANENT WE EXPECTED THAT AND WE CAN DO IT IN LESS TIME THAN THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE OURSELVESES ANDDOWN COME TO THE RIGHT DECISION AND CONCLUSION ON, THAT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT WILL BE A MATTER RIGHT NOW OF INFORMATION GATHERING AND TALKING AND AS COUNCIL MAN YOUNG SUGGESTED LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND WHAT HAVE THEY DONE AND WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T AND SO FORTH AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER BRINGING IT BACK TO Y'ALL TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW AND ULTIMATELY HOPEFULLY VOTE ON OBVIOUSLY PRIVATE PROPERTY IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ONLY SO MANY THINGS WE CAN DO. WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADDRESSING WAS IF THIS CITY WAS TO RECEIVE SITE PLANS FOR THINGS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, NEW TENT CITIES AS WE'RE RECALLING THEM OR ANYTHING WITH A STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T MEAN CURRENT STANDARDS. BUT WITHOUT THE SITE PLANS SUBMITTED AT THIS POINED THERE IS NOTHING TO RELATE THAT. WHEN WE GET THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT WILL ALLOWS TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND MAKE THEM SAFE FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF VICTORIA.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THIS THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT CAME UP TWO WEEKS AGO. WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT WHEN WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE SO WE WOULD LIKE THE TIME TO REALLY, REALLY LOOK INTO IT AND GET EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS AND HAVE

THOSE CONVERSATIONS. >> TO STRESS WHAT I AM HERE IT IS HUGE TO COME UP WITH

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SOMETHING THAT WORK. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS

[1. Victoria Parks and Recreation Department 2021 Annual Report. Jason Alf...]

FOR MS. LACY. CONGRESS FEMME F 1. >> ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO CITY MANAGER REPORT WE HAVE A FEW FOR YOU TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF WITH A ANNUAL REPORT FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. I'M GOING ASK JASON TO STEP UP

TO THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE HIS PRESENTATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND

COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU, MR. GARZA. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE TYPE I'M ABLE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE REALLY COOL THINGSES THAT PARKS AND RECREATION HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST YEAR. QUITE FRANKLY, IT WAS A LOT, IT WAS HARD TO HONE IN ON SOME OF THESE THINGS SO IF I DO MISS SOMETHING, I APOLOGIZE RIGHT OFF THE TOP JUST TO GET THINGS GOING YOU'LL SEE THAT A SPORTS TOURISM OR A SPORTS THEME IS IN THIS POWER POINT TRYING TO KEEP IT LIGHT AND DEFINITELY IN LINE WITH SOME OF OUR FOCUSES FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. BUT NONETHELESS WE DEFINITELY WANT TO RECAP ON ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAD THROUGHOUT 2021, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PARK PROJECTS WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AS WELL AS OUR BALL FIELDS AND OUR FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND SPORTS TOURNISM GENERAL SO YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED 2021, DEFINITELY CAME WITH A LOT OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY PARKS AND RECREATION BUT PARKS AND RECREATION COMMUNITY TEST, WE HAD REALLY COOL COOL THINGS GOING ON IN THE PARK BUT ONE THING WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS OVERCOME SOME OF THE OBSTACLES WE HAVE WHETHER IT IS A FROM THE GOOD LORD UP ABOVE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME SOME OF THE FLOODING ISSUES WE HAD IN OCTOBER. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME BUT WE WERE DOWN FOR QUITE SOME TOWN IN THAT REGARD WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED THAT. OVER THE PAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON MAINTENANCE IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, MAINTENANCE WHEN IT COMES TO UPGRADING SOME OF OUR SIGNS LIKE YOU CAN SEE IN THE MEMORIAL GARDEN SIGNS SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS GETTING THOSE NICE AND SPRUCED UP AND CLEANS AND ADDRESSING OUR SAFETY ISSUES, TAKING OUT A TREE STUMP WE REALLY WANTED TO BE FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THINGS, THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT AND THE PARK SIDE OF IT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF IT AS WELL.

THE MARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN WAS A BIG COMPONENT OF WHAT WE WERE DOING IN OUR PROJECTS THIS PAST YEAR BEING A HUGE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PLAN AND WE'RE THANKFUL WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT ADOPTED LAST YEAR. EDUCATION WAS A REALLY BIG PIECE OF IT AS WELL.

TRYING TO PARTNER AND WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE MASTER GARDENERS AND HAVING ACHESSAL COMPONENTS FOCUSING ON THE OUTDOORS. QUALITY OF LIFE WAS A BIG THING, PARKS AND RECREATION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISISH IS OPENING UP SPLASH PADS, LONGER AND BASICALLY DOUBLING THOSE OPERATIONAL HOURS, HAVING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY PARKS AND AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE. WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID FOCUSING ON THE PARKS MAINTENANCE A MULTITUDE OF PICTURES WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO SHOW YOU, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WAS CLEANLINESS, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON JUST KEEPING OUR PARKS IN TOP SHAPE, A FRESH COAT OF PAINT DEFINITELY GOES A LONG WAY AND DEFINITELY NOTICEABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. ONE THING THAT ISN'T LISTED ON HERE THAT WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING ON IS TRACKING OUR HOURS IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TRYING TO FOCUS ON WHERE OUR MAINTENANCE HOURS ARE BEING SPENT, HOW CAN WE ADJUST SOME OF THAT IF NEEDED AND WHERE CAN WE FIND EFFICIENCY AND DEFICIENCY, IT IS NICE TO SEE A SNAP SHOP OF OUR TEAM AND SEEING WHERE THEY'RE SPENDING THE BULK OF THEIR TIME. THEY WERE SPENDING THE BULK OF THEIR TIME MANY MOWING GRASS AND TRASHING REST ROOMS. WE'RE SWITCHING THAT.

THAT IS A PIECE OF A PUZZLE BUT WE HAVE A 500-PIECE PUZZLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT ONLY COMES AROUND PROBABLY ONCE A YEAR IS THE MOSQUITOES.

AND WE STARTED LAST YEAR, THEY INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, THROUGH MOST IT IS TOW ABATEMENT PROGRAM, THAT WAS A REALLY BIG GOAL WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.

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WE ESTABLISHED A MEMORIAL BENCH PROGRAM THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.

OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KIMBERLY WAS REALLY INVOLVED WITH THAT. AND SO JUST ANOTHER WAY HAVE INDIVIDUALS, MEMORIALIZED, YOU KNOW, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS OR OTHER FOLKS.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WAS EVERGREEN CEMETERY MAPS.

WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE WERE STARTING TO LOOK AT THE UNMARKED GRAVES OF EVERGREEN CEMETERY AND TRYING TO CROSS-REFERENCE THOSE AND GET OUR MAPS UPDATE. SOME OF THE BIGGER THICKS WE'RE WORKING ON INTERNALLY IS TRYING TO BUILD A TEAM ENVIRONMENTING TRYING TO FOCUS ON OUR PERSONNEL AND FOCUS ON THE 18 A TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN.

PUSHING THAT AND WANTING TO GET THEM PLAYGROUND INSPECTORS AND IRRIGATION EXPWAWSTLED LICENSES WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO HAVE FUN AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOLKS ARE HAVING FUN AND YOU CAN SEE RICHARD THERE ON THE KABOTA TRACTOR WITH LEG ON THE STEERING WHEEL GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS. DEFINITELY WORK HARD BUT MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO NOT ONLY WORK

HARD BUT HAVE FUN AND PLAY HARD, TOO. >> COULD YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON HOW YOU CAN BE PRO-ACTIVE WITH MOSQUITOES. IT MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE DUMPING OUR TIRES BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME SPRAY.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> NO, MA'AM, NOT AT ALL.

>> REACTIVE IS WHAT WE WERE. WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO CALL US FINDING LOCATION WHERE WE'RE GETTING CALLS AND TARGETING THOSE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WOULD HAVE STAFF THAT WOULD GO OUT AND RECOGNIZE AN AREA WITHSTANDING QUARTER AREAS WE WOULD LOOK AT, VERSUS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NOW IS GOING BE A PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH WHERE WE HAVE MOST IT IS TOW TRAPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET OUT AND WE'LL CHECK FOR THOSE.

AND YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION I MADE A WHILE BACK IS THE MALE MOSQUITOES DON'T BITE IT IS THE FEMALES MOST IT IS TOWS THAT BITE. IF WE'RE NOTICING THEY THAT WE HAVE MALE MOSQUITOES. WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT THE MALE AND WILL HELP WITH US SPRAYING.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT, OF COURSE, RECREATION IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF PARKS AND REC, RIGHT? SO COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN RECREATION IS REALLY INTENTIONAL PROGRAMS WE'RE REALLY BEING INTENTIONAL WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS SOUTHSIDE COALITION, FOR INSTANCE, WORKING WITH THEM, PARTNERING WITH THEM ON LIKE THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AND BEING INVOLVED IN THE SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT PARTNERING WITH OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTIOUS SEE LISTED THERE SUCH AS THE LIBRARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND ET CETERA. SO AGAIN, THAT IS JUST A REALLY BIG EXAL FOCUS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND PROGRAM SOME OF OUR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE SEEN FLEW SPRING BREAK.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIND GAPS AND SERVICES. WE REALIZE THE YMCA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FILL THOSE ROLES WITH THE TEENS OR YOUTH AND MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS A GAP IN SERVICE MAYBE ACTIVE ADULTS DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO BE INTENTIONAL IN OUR FOCUS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CHEESE CLOSELY WITH OUR EOC, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS COMMAND. ANY TIME WE HAVE A LARGE EVENT SUCH AS PARADE OF LIGHTS THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE WHILE HAVING FUN.

ANY TIME WE HAVE A CROWD OF 1,000 OR OR MORE WE'RE TOUCHING WITH OUR EOC TO MAKE SURE WE

HAVE A GREAT EVENT. >> WE HAVE REALLY LARGE MOVEMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS TOURISM. TAFF WAS SOMETHING ABLE TO SECURE, THIS YEAR WEOST HOSTED THEM BUT NONETHELESS LAST YEAR JUST KNOWING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE GAMES HERE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS WAS A REALLY BIG CHECK IN THAT BOX. I CAN TELL YOU WE JUST CAME BACK FROM A CONFERENCE A TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS PROFESSIONAL, A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AND A LOT OF GOOD STUFF ABOUT VICTORIA AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, Y'ALL ARE DOING REALLY COOL STUFF DOWN THERE SO JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ALONG SO GOOD STUFF

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HAPPENING. >> FOR THE TAAFIC ISN'T IT SECOND WEEK COMING UP SOON?

IT. >> JUST HAPPENED. I BELIEVE IT WAS MARCH FIFTH AND 6TH WE HAD FLAG FOOTBALL, WE HAD 400 PARTICIPANTS OVER TWO DAYS.

>> THAT ONE WAS REALLY COOL. I THOUGHT WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL WAS ROUGH.

FLAG FOOTBALL IS EVEN WORSE. SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN 2021, OF COURSE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN THE BIGGEST ONE WE HAD ON OUR PLATE, YOU KNOW, THANKFUL FOR EVERYBODY'S PARTICIPATION IN THAT AND ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, GOT THAT ADOPTED A LOT OF COMMUNITYN PUT AND FEEDBACK, A GREAT PLAN TO BE ABLE TO PUSH OUT. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE SOCCER FIELDS. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT RIVERSIDE SOCCER FIELD COMPLEX. ONE OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS WAS MEMORIAL SCARE.

AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WE HAD GROUND PENETRATING RADAR COME OUT AND MARK THE SITES WHERE THERE WAS SOME ITEMS UNDERNEAT OR GRAVES UNDER THE GROUNDS AND HAVE BEEN MARKED AND CONVERTED ONTO GIS OVERLAYED AND WENT THROUGHOUT, STAFF THAT PUT PINS IN THE GROUND TO FIND THEM LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD MORE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING. TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. THE DUCK POND. THAT IS A BIG ONE, RIGHT.

THE DUCK POND IN 2021 WE WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT A GRANT, ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE FUNDING.

SO WE SUBMITTED THE GRANT IN 2020 AND GOT APPROVED FOR $621,000.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BEING ABLE TO PUSH THAT PROJECT ON, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH THE DUCK POND IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BIT. IT WILL BE OUT FOR BID FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING A NON-MANDATORY PRE-ED BY MEETING ON THE 23RD AND RECOMMENDATION AND CONTRACTS IN MAY AND FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION, ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION IS 14 TO 16 MONTHS. HOW DEEP IS THE DUCK POND IN ITS DEEPEST POT? IS IT LIKE A TWO-FOOT DUCK POND ALL AROUND?

>> IT IS DEEPER THANS THAT, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY 6 TO 8 FEET DEEP.

THE TOPOGRAPHY IS MORE OF A TIERED SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE FISH HABITAT, SO WE TOUCH BASE

WITH FISHERIES, THAT IS THE WAY THEY BUILT IT. >> POTENTIALLY BE SOME SPONSORED

FISHING EVENTS OUT THERE. IS THAT PART OF WHY? >> WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. IT ALSO COULD BE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT WE HAVE FISH HABITAT AND HOW DOES THAT LOOK NEXT ONE WE KICKED OFF AT THE ENDS OF LAST YEAR, PUT THIS ON EVERYBODI' RADAR. WE SELECTED A CONSULTANT. WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IN 20212021, ALREADY. SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AND TOPOGRAPHY WAS SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND SO WE JUST GOT THIS ROUGH DESIGN FROM AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS WE'LL WORK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION WE'RE HOPEFULLY ABLE TO HAVE THIS DESIGN COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, FIRST PART OF NEXT MONTH ISSUE A BID ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THAT SOMETIME IN MAY AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION START SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER AROUND

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NONETHELESS THE RIVERSIDE PARK ROCKING AND ROLLING IS. >> WILL YOU BE BUILDING IN

MAINTENANCE FOR THAT FOR NEXT YEAR? >> YES, SIR.

>> ALL OF THIS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA THE LARGE DOG PARK IS LARGER THAN THE SMALL DOG PARK, I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THAT IS SAYING THIS IS THE LARGE PARK AND THIS IS THE SMALL PARK OR

WAS LARGE DOGS AND SMALL DOG. >> THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

YES, MA'AM, IT IS MORE SO FOR THE LARGER DOGS SO WITH COULD PUT A WEIGHT LIMIT AND A SMALLER DOG PARK SECTION FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR BEAGLES IF YOU WILL AND LITTLE CHIHUAHUAS AND.

>> THAT TYPICALLY IS SELF-REGULATED? PEOPLE HOLD THEM ENVELOPES HONEST, SO IT JUST HAS A WAY OF WORKING OUT GOING INTO THE GOLF COURSE NOW, GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL. IT IS KIND OF LIKE EVERYWHERE WITH THE PANDEMIC, GOLF COURSES HAVE BEEN ON EVERYONE IS ABLE TO GO OUTAND DO THEIR THING. GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL. THE ROUNDS PLAYED HAVE INCREASED ABOUT 1900, TOTAL ROUND INCREASE OF 3100. OUR ANNUAL PASSES ARE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT BY 100.

OUR SENIORS AND JUNIORS ARE UP BY 730 OR SO AND TOURNAMENTS ARE UP BY 1500.

AGAIN, OUR TOTAL ROUNDS ARE LOOKING WELL. SO COMPARED THAT TO LAST YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT 28,000 ROUNDS, WE'RE CONTINUING TO INCREASE IN THE OVERALL THREUNDZ WE'RE GETTING AT THE GOLF COURSE STILL TALKING WITH ROLL LAND DOE TO FIND THE SWEET SPOT.

BETWEEN CLUBHOUSE AND PLAYING CONDITIONS WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL WITH THE UPKEEP AT THE GOLF COURSE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS INTERESTING TO ME. OUR CITY RENTALS DOUBLED FROM 2019 THAT IS A OUR GOAL WITH RECREATION, FINDS THOSE LOW TIMES IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND PROGRAM SOME OF THOSE THINGS OUT AND UTILIZE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN A DIFFERENT FORM.

DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP OPEN WITH THE WEEKENDS AND TRY TO PUSH THOSE RENTALS AND AGAIN YOU CAN START TO SEE OVER THE YEARS IT HAS CONTINUED TO PROGRESS TRYING TO CATCH BACK UP WITH 2019. OUR BALL FIELDS STAYED THE SAME THIS WOULD BE OUR SOFTBALL AS WELL AS OUR BALL FIELD COMPLEX. OVERALL IT STAYED THE SAME. WE HAD 28 TOURNAMENTS TOTAL.

OUR ADULT SOFTBALL WENT DOWN ABOUT 2 AND YOUTH SPORTS OR YOUTH TOURNAMENTS WENT UP BY THE SAME AMOUNT. THEY BASICALLY WASHED EACH OTHER OUT.

RIVERSIDE STADIUM WENT DOWN ONE NO REAL RHYME OR REASON FOR THAT.

WE NOT ONLY WANT TO SHOW YOU THE STATS FOR THE BALL FIELD BUT SPORTS STAFF.

GOLF COMING IN WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU STATS FOR THAT. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING THIS TOURISM MANAGER WILL HELP PUSH THOSE KINDS OF STATISTICS TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT

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ANNUAL PRESENTATION. >>> AND KIND OF WRAPPING IT UP, WHAT DUDS OUR FUTURE LOOK LIKE? KIND OF LIKE ALL OF THAT ON THE PICTURE THROUGHOUT. WE WANT TO FOCUS AND IN BEING INCLUSIVE DIVERSIVE PARKS AND PROGRAMS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE YMCA TO REALLY PUSH THAT. SO, OF COURSE, IF ONE OF THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE THE MASTER PLAN, A LOT OF GOOD PRIORITIES AND. YOU KNOW, JUST GOOD CONVERSATIONS THERE WE'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP AND DISCUSS OUR TOP PRIORITIES AND WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS EVERY YEAR WE'LL CONTINUE TO FINE GAPS IN SERVICES AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND FOCUS ON PARK MAINTENANCE AND AN EMPHASIS ON SPORTS TOURISM WORKING WITH THE CVB TO ENHANCE SPORTS TOURISM HERE IN THE CITY WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT SLIDE, YOU KNOW THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A BIG FOCUS WITH THE 2035 COMP PLAN WITH THAT BEING INCLUDED WITHIN THAT PLAN.

WHICH WANT TO FOCUS ON PROVIDING DIVERSE SPORTING EVENT AND MARKETING VICTORIA AS BASICALLY THE SOUTH TEXAS SPORTS DESTINATION A LOT OF INTEREST FOR FROM THE COMMUNITY SAY WELL HAVE THIS IDEA FOR THIS TOURNAMENT AND THIS, WHAT CAN WE DO AND SAYING WAIT UNTIL MICHELLE GETS HERE, THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUGH CAN WE CONTINUE TO MARKET VICTORIA AS A SPORTS DESTINATION. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS AND HAVE THEM HERE IN VICTORIA TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THEM COLLABORATE WITH OTHER INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN ENHANCE OUR OFFERINGS AND THEN, YEAH, JUST WORK WITH BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO HOST EVENT HERE IS.

>>> I THINK THAT IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY WE WANT TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH THAT.

JUST WILL THIS LAST WEEK WE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT TOURNAMENTS THAT WE COULD SUBMIT BIDS FOR.

IRONICALLY THE NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR VICTORIA COLLEGE REACHED OUT WANTING TO MEET ALSO TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT BIDS TO DISCUSS AS A COMMUNITY. CLEARLY WE IT WILL BE CRUCIAL.

WE HAVE SOMEONE STARTING LATER THIS MONTH AND EXPECT TO GO PUBLIC WITH THAT ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF OR SO JASON WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY HER NAME.

>> SPORTS TOURISM MANAGER. >> I'M JUST GIVE YOUNG A HARD TIME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT TO

COME. >> THAT IS RIGHT, MR. GARZA MENTIONED THE TOURNAMENTS THAT WE HAVE, WE JUST GOT A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT SHOWS US THE BIDS OPEN NATIONALLY RIGHT NOW AND WILL HELP US FINE TUNE WHICH BIDS WILL BE ACCEPT ABOUT FOR US -- ACCEPTABLE FOR US.

WE CAN'T HOST PICKLEBALL BECAUSE WE WE NEED 50 COURTS AND ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THEM.

>> IS THERE ANY STAFF YOU'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YEAH, WE HAVE KIMBERLY IN THE BACK, SHE'S BEEN A ROCK STAR FOR US, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.

>> I SAW HER TRYING TO HIDE OUT THERE. >> DID YOU TELL US ABOUT THE YOUTH PROGRAM? WAS THAT WELL-RECEIVED. IT WAS WELL RECEIVED, YES, MA'AM, WE HAD SIX KIDS THAT CAME OUT TO RIVERSIDE PARK AND ABLE TO HARVEST 18 DEER AND A LOT WAS ABLE TO GO TO TRINITY OAKS AND NOT ONLY HOST THOSE KIDS IN RIVERSIDE BUT ANOTHER EVENT WITH

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>> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> THANKS. >> THANK YOU.

[2. Victoria Public Library 2021 Annual Report. Dayna Williams-Capone, Dir...]

>> NEXT I'M GOING TO ASK DANA TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A REPORT FOR OUR LIBRARY.

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, I HAVE MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HELPING ME PRESENT AND I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD DINAH SNEED IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF FRIENDS AND I'M SO HAPPY SHE CAME TO CHEER US ON TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU, SO 2021, ANOTHER UNUSUAL YEAR FOR US. YOU'RE GOING HEAR US TALK A LITTLE DURING THIS PRESENTATION OBTAIN HYBRID PROGRAMS DURING THE REPORT AND HIGH PRID PROGRAMS ARE WHEN WE PRESENT AN EVENT IN THE LIBRARY AND INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME INTO THE SPACE WITH US TITLE WE'RE FILMING THAT AND PRESENTING IT ON FACEBOOK LIVE SO PEOPLE CAN

WATCH IT FROM HOME. >>> AS A COMPARISON 2021 WAS A HYBRID FOR LIBRARY SERVICES LOOKING BACK ON IT I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2021 I STILL HAD STAFF WORKING FROM HOME STAGGERING DAYS OFF AND ON BY MAY WERE WERE CONFIDENT ENOUGH WE COULD SCHEDULE OUR SUMMER READING EVENTS IN PERSON. BEFORE THAT WE HADN'T HAD THES OF THE DO THAT LOOKING AT STATUSSICAL TRENDS, OUR USERS WERE FACING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND THE SAME ISSUES WITH LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO MU STAFF, I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM. THEY STEPPED UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND PROVIDED EXCELLENT SERVICE THROUGH WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL OUR HYBRID YEAR SO THE MISSION OF VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY IS TO BRING PEOPLE, INFORMATION TO ENRICH LIVES, WITH WE DID THAT THROUGH SEVERAL GOALS.

I'M GOING TO OUTLINE HERE. MAJOR GOALS FOR US IN 2021 WAS TO ENCOURAGE A LOVE OF READ AND LITERACY. PROVIDE MATERIALS TO SATISFY CURIOSITY.

DEVELOP PROGRAMS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES SO THEY CAN EXPRESS CREATIVITY AND UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPORT COLLABORATEERATION. -- COLLABORATION.

UNDER THE GOAL OF ENCOURAGING A LOVE OF READING WE FOCUSED ON FOLLOWING PROJECT.

MAJOR ONE IN 2021 WAS THE INVITATION OF CUSTOMER RELATION SOFTWARE CALLED ANTICIPATE TRON.

HAS ALLOWED US TO IMPROVE OUR LIBRARY CARD RENEWAL PROCESS BECAUSE IT SENDS A E-MAIL NOTIFICATION ONCE A LIBRARY CARD EXPIREED AND REMINDS THEM YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR CARD.

THESE UPDATES ARE SHARED WITH OUR APOLLO SYSTEM OUR INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM SOFTWARE AND KEEPS THE DATABASE OF CARD HOLDERS AND BOOK DATATA BASE UP TO DATE BY ALLOWING US TO CREATE CUSTOMIZED E-MAILS AND NEWSLETTERS FOR SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF OUR CARD HOLDERS AND BASED UPON VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHICS, WE CAN SENDS CUSTOMIZED E-MAILS OR NEWSLETTER TO PARTICULAR AGE-GROUP. MAYBE A PARTICULAR ZIP CODE. SO WE HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES NOW. WE ALSO INTRODUCED A MONTHLY DIGITAL NEWSLETTER.

AND WE SEND IT OUT TO CARD HOLDER THAT ELECT THIS RESOURCE. IF YOU GO OUR WEBSITE YOU'LL SEE A POP-UP, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SAYS SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. IF EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A CARD HOLDER BUT INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE. WE ISN'T OUR FIRST NEWS LET IN

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SO IT JUST TOOK OFF LIKE CRAZY. A BIG 1 IN GETTING OUR MESSAGE OUT.

ALSO DURING 2021 PROVIDED MATERIALS TO MEALS ON WHEELS OR HOME-BOUND CLIENTS WHO ELECT TO RECEIVE THIS SERVICE. WE SEND OUT BETWEEN 150 TO 200 ITEMS MONTHLY TO 25 CLIENTS AND THESE ITEMS ARE DELIVERED BY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS SO THE LIBRARIES ROLE IN THIS SERVICE TO MAKE SURE EACH CLIENT HAS A LIBRARY CARD AND WE PULL THE ITEM AND BAG THEM AND PICKED UP AND DELIVER SOD IF LIBRARY STAFF IS NOT DELIVERING THE ITEMS. NOW I WANTED TO HAVE JESSICA

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. >> OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR THREE BOOK SALES. THEY'RE LAST BOOKS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WAS IN JANUARY 2020. THEY DID NOT -- THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THREE BOOK SALES.

THEY HAD THE QUESTION, HOW DO WE GET BACK INTO BUSINESS? I CAN TELL YOU NOW THEY'RE BACK AND THEY'RE MORE SUPPORTIVE THAN EVER. THEY'VE HELD THREE SUCCESSFUL BOOK SALES SINCE MAY OF LAST YEAR. THEY ARE CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY MORE BY VOLUNTEERING THROUGH EVENTS AND TALKING ABOUT AND ADVOCATING THEIR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY GROUP IS THE SUPPORT THEY GIVE US AND HOW SUPPORTIVE THEY ARE TO US.

THEY HAVE NOT ONLY BEGUN VOLUNTEERING BEYOND THE BOOK SALES, BUT THEY'VE REN STATED THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE SO NOW THEY HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THE BOOK SALES, ADVOCATE FOR US AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE GOING ON THIS THE LIBRARY AND 9 A LIGHT ON THICKS LIBRARIES DOING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THEY'VE INCREASED THEIR VOLUNTEER BASE BY ADDING SO MUCH MORE VALUE AND ADDING TO THEIR BASE.

THEY FOUND DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY BY PRESENTING AT VICTORIA COLLEGE.

THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND HOW TO BE FRIENDS OF THE LINE BARRY VOLUNTEER FOR THE LIBRARY.

THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED GIFT CARDS TO THE BOOK SALES. SO YOU CAN NOW PURCHASE A GIFT CARD TO USE AT THE. IN THE FALL THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

SO WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE LIBRARY AND THEY'RE READY TO SUPPORT US FOR 50 MORE YEARS.

WE HAD A SPIRIT WEEK FOR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY WHERE STAFF WAS ABLE TO DO FUN ACTIVITIES TO

REMIND OUR PUBLIC THAT WE LOVE OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. >> SO UNDER THE GOAL OF PROVIDING MATERIALS AND SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE WORKED ON THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS IN 2021.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT WE NEEDED TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND HAVING AN ON-LINE LIBRARY SIGN-UP. BUT WE'VE STREAMLINED THAT AND MADE THAT PROCESS A LOT NICER AND CLEANER. WE HAVE A PROCESS WE CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND WRECKSTER FOR A NEW CARD AND WITHIN 48 HOURS YOU WILL BE ISSUED A BAR CODE AND PEN THROUGH YOUR E-MAIL AND START RECEIVING E-MAIL AND YOU CAN START USING THAT LIBRARY GRIER REQUIRED TO COME BY PICK UP YOUR CARD WITHIN 90 DAYS. AND THIS IS FOR VICTORIA COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY BUT DOES STREAMLINE THE PROCESS A LOT AND MAKES IT A LOT FASTER WE ADDED ADDITIONAL EBOOK SERVICE LAST YEAR THEY'D SEEN IN OTHER BIG CITIES OR HAD EXPERIENCE IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL EBOOKS AND MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS AND VERY COMPLEMENTARY TO OVERDRIVE WHICH IS OUR OTHER EBOOK SERVICE DIFFERENT TITLES AND DIFFERENT THEY HAVE THE MAGAZINES THAT OVERDRIVE DOES NOT HAVE MAGAZINES ADDRESS ALL. IN ADDITION WE MADE TO OUR COLLECTION READ ALONG BOOKS FOR OUR CHILDREN. THOSE ARE BOOKS THAT HAVE A CONNECTED AUDIO ELEMENT ATTACHED TO THE PHYSICAL BOOK, AS YOU TURN THE PAGES OF THE BOOK THIS TYPE OF BOOK IS HELPFUL FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE DYSLEXIA OR LEARNING TO READ.

IT IS A NEW TYPE OF MATERIALIAL. ALSO GETTING THOSE IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES.

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WE'LL HAVE THOSE IN SPANISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL. >> IN SPENT SPENT -- IN 2020 WE 0 US INTOED VPL JAMS THAT FEATURED LOCAL ARTISTS OF ALL TYPES OF MUSIC AND INVITED THEM TO PLAY INSIDE THE LIBRARY AND PROVIDE A 30-MINUTE TO HOUR PERFORMANCE THAT WAS LIVE STREAMED ON FACEBOOK. THESE PERFORMANCES WERE HELD OUTSIDE OF LIBRARY OPERATION HOURS AND MOST OF THE PERFORMANCES ARE USUALLY ON FRIDAY EVENINGS AFTER THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. BUT WE DO OPEN THE DOORS BACK UP FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO ATTEND THE PERFORMANCES IN 2021, VPL JAMS HELD 13 LIVE STREAM PERFORMANCES THERE WERE 11,345 LIVE VIEWS ON-LINE. WE HAD 153 PEOPLE COME TO THE LIBRARY TO PARTICIPATE AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER AND LATER IN THE YEAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH A PARTNERSHIP WITH CVB AND COMMUNITY FRIENDLY INITIATIVE WHICH HAVE HELPED US ASSIST US BY CONTRIBUTING MONETARY FEE WE WERE ABLE TO PAY THE ARTIST LIKE CVB WE PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, YOU SAW A PICTURE JASON SHARED. BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHICHSY THE STORY WALK PROJECT. OUR LIBRARIAN CHOSE FAMILY-FRIENDLY STORIES THAT WERE ABLE TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE TRAIL. AND THESE PAGES WERE ENLARGED ONTO SONT SIGNS AND READERS WERE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO FOLLOW THE NEXT PAGE OF THE STORY. WE STARTED THE STORY COLLABORATION IN SEPTEMBER 2021.

THE FIRST STORY WAS HOOT THE OWL AND RECEIVED A LOT OF TRACTION AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED IN THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS SHARED A LOT ON FACEBOOK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE GOING OUT TO READ THE STORY. ANOTHER STORY CALLED "FLAWRNS THE FALL".

IT HAS SINCE THEN CHANGED TOUT STORY AGAIN. THE "TALE TRAIL" BEGINS AT THE NATURE TRAIL AND ENCOURAGED ALL TO ENJOY. IN OCTOBER WE PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND REC AGAIN FOR NATIONAL PUMPKIN DAY PARKS AND RECREATION WERE ABLE TO SECURE A DONATION OF OVER 100 PUMPKINS FROM HEB THEY ALONG WITH LIBRARY STAFF WAS ABLE TO THEY PROVIDED THE PUMPKINS AND WE HAD THE PAINT AND LAWN AND THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND WE PAINTED PUMPKINS.

IN 2021, WE INCREASED OUR TEEN PROGRAM OFFERINGS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, SO WE'RE ADDING MORE TEEN EVENTS. THE NERF WARS HAPPEN WHEN THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED ARE SOME OF THE FAN FAVORITES, BUT WE ADDED A BOOK CLUB, A DIY CRAFT, AND SELF-HELP PROGRAMS TO ADD TO THE LIST OF TEEN PROGRAMMING. LAST YEAR THE LIBRARY WAS AWARDED THE CARES GRANT FOR OVER 24,000 FROM THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE COMMISSION WITH THE GRAND WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A NEW VIRTUAL MEETING SPACES YOU REFERENCEVATIONS WERE COMPLETED EARLY AUGUST AND SINCE AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN USAGE OF THIS ROOM.

THE ROOM HAS A STATE-OF-THE-ART SMART TV AND A MEETING OWL WHICH IS AN ALL-IN-1360 CAMERA, MIC AND SPEAKER FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING. THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING THIS ROOM THIS NEW SPACE IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY IN FORM OF VIRTUAL MEETING ROOM TO HOLD BUSINESS MEETINGS, BER INTERVIEWS, EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND CLASSROOM SPACE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. AND SINCE THEN THE ROOM HAS BEEN USE FOR ALL THE ABOVE WE DEVELOPED A PARTNERSHIP OF GOODWILL INDUSTRIES IN SOUTH TEXAS WHICH THEY USE OUR COMPUTER LAB AT THE LINE BRAIRPRY TO PROVIDETRIDGAL SKILLS TRAINING.

THEY OLD CLASSES ON TUESDAY FROM 10 TO 4 TO ANIS IS VICTORIA RESIDENTS AND PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR JOB READINESS AND JOB SKILLS AND THE GOODWILL STAFFER IS CALLED A CAREER NAVIGATOR, SINCE MAY OF LAST YEAR THEY'VE HELP 217 RESIDENTS WITH JOB SKILLS TRAINING

READINESS. >> SO I WANTED TO JUMP BACK IN HERE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

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SO IN 2019, THAT WAS KIND OF OUR LAST NORMAL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D CALL THAT BUT MORE NORMAL YEAR, WE HAD OVER 365,000 ITEMS CHECK OUT AND 196,000 PEOPLE COME INTO OUR BUILDING.

IN 2020, CHECKOUTS DECREASED TO JUST OVER 280,000 ITEMS AND FOOT TRAFFIC TO APPROXIMATELY 113,000. AND IN 2021 WE HAD A VERY SIMILAR PATTERN TO 2020.

IN THE PIE CHART ON THE TOP RIGHT I BROKE DOWN THE NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS FOR 2021 BY TYPE AND AGE OF CARD HOLDER. OVERALL WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR USAGE OF OUR COLLECTION, 85% OF OUR CHECKOUTS ARE PHYSICAL MATERIALS AND 15% ARE EBOOKS. OFTEN WE SEE THAT PARENTS WILL CHECK OUT FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU HAVE ADULT USAGE.

AND PIE CHART IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR MEETING ROOM USE BY MEETING ROOM NAME THIS IS A USE BY OUTSIDE GROUPS THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE STAFF USE OR PROGRAMMING USE.

SO OUR NEW MEETING ROOM WAS USED 103 TIMES LAST YEAR AND OUR NEW MEETING ROOM ALMOST BEAT OUT OUR ROOM, COMPUTER LAB WAS USED 35 TIMES BY OUTSIDE GROUPS AND STORYTIME BY 11 TIMES THOSE MEETING ROOMS GET USED ALMOST DALELY, WE HAVE STORYTIME PROGRAMMING, BOOK GROUPS AND TEEN EVENTS. WE HAVE A CALENDAR THAT WE USE TO KEEP TRACK OF IT ALL.

IT IS HARD TO GET A RESERVATION. IT IS HARD TO JUMP IN THERE AS A STAFF AMERICAN AND USE THE ROOM TO PRACTICE SOMETHING OR HAVE SOME QUIET TIME TO WORK ON A PROJECT.

OUR ROOMS ARE USED A LOT. SO MUCH SO THAT THIS YEAR WE ARE GETTING ON OUR WEBSITE SCHEDULER SO YOU CAN GO ON-LINE AND SCHEDULE YOUR MEETING ROOM USE. IF YOU HAVE A CLUB, A GROUP, SMALL STUDY GROUP, YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING ROOM GO OUT AND FILL OUT THE FORM ON-LINE AND SCHEDULE A TIME, ONCE YOU'RE APPROVED YOU HAVE YOUR APPOINTMENTS.

JESSICA IS GOING TALK ABOUT PROGRAM METRICS. >> OKAY.

SO THE OPEN IMAGE IS A COMPARISON -- THE TOP IMAGE IS A COME PAIRSON OF THREE YEARS OF TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING. AS YOU CAN SEE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN 2019 ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WERE IN-PERSON PROGRAMS. IN 2020, JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY, THEY WERE IN PERSON. AND MARCH THROUGH DECEMBER, IT WAS ENTIRELY VIRTUAL IN 2021 JANUARY THROUGH PART OF MAY WERE VIRTUAL. AND MAY THROUGH DECEMBERS WERE HYBRID VIRTUAL AS DANA EXPLAINED WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT, ATTENDING OR WATCHING IT ON FACEBOOK OR IN PERSON. WE INTRODUCED IN-PERSON PROGRAMS IN MAY.

AND THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED WITH AFTERNOON OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE.

THEIR FEEDBACK WAS, WE WANT IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AGAIN. OUR FIRST STORYTIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC WAS HOSTED WITH ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS AND WRECKS AS THEY PROVIDED THEIR POP-UP PARK AT THE EVENT. WE HAD 98 PEOPLE ATTEND OUR STORYTIME THAT DAY AND THAT WAS IN MAY IN JUNE WE HAD KICK-OFF TOUR SUM EVENT WHERE WE INVITED PEOPLE TO SAY COME TO THE LIBRARY AND SAY, IT IS SUMMERTIME KICK-OFF. OUR COMMUNITY WAS SAYING, IT IS TIME FOR IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AGAIN. IN THE CHART ON THE BOTTOM SIDE, YOU CAN SEE OUR ATTENDANCE BY AGE AND WE ARE VERY POPULAR WITH CHILDREN, YOUTH PROGRAMMING.

BUT THE THREE-YEAR COMPARISON ALSO SHOWS THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN ADULT PROGRAMS, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE ORANGE BAR AND HOW IT HAS BEEN CLIMBING SINCE 2019.

WE WOULD LIKE TO GROW OUR ADULT ATTENDANCE AND WE'RE ALSO GOING GROW OUR TEEN NUMBERS AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'VE ADDED MORE TEAM PROGRAMMING TO OUR SCHEDULE. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT,

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OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AND HYBRID VIRTUAL AND BACK TO IN-PERSON PROGRAMS AGAIN WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE FLEXIBILITY YET CONSISTENT WITH PROVIDING QUALITY PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY THIS YEAR WE HAVE EXSITING MU PROGRAMS COMING UP. WE'RE GOING TO SPREE DUES A THOUSAND BOOKS BEFORE DIDN'TER GARTEN AND WE'RE GOING TO INTRO-- KINDERGARTEN AND STORYTIME FOR COMMUNITY.

STORYTIME IS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND HAVE MULTISENSORY NEEDS THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO ENJOY A STORY AND OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES. THIS NEW STORYTIME IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY AND ANOTHER READING TIME THAT WE WILL ADD TO OUR ALREADY ESTABLISHED SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMS WITH BABY TIME, TODDLERTIME, PRE-K POWER AND OUR DAY CARE STORYTIMES.

THE NEXT ONE IS OUR DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOODWILL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH TEXAS AS THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR JOB SKILLS READINESS TRAINING THIS YEAR. WE WILL LAUNCH A NEW DATABASE CALLED THE NICHE ACADEMY THIS IS AN ON-LINE LEARNING ACADEMY MADE FOR LIBRARIES THAT INCLUDES READYTU TORIALS FOR MANY COMMON LIBRARY SERVICES AND HAS TUTORIALS FOR LIBRARY STAFF TRAINING AS WELL AS PUBLICLY FACING PLATFORM THAT HAS TRAINED TUTORIALS OF ALL KINDS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR MEALS ON WHEELS PARTNERSHIP. BUT WE HOPE TOKE PAND OUR SENIOR SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE TO DATE WE'VE ESTABLISHED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COURTYARD REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE CENTER AND ARE MAKING NEW CONTACTS TO ADD TO THE LIST TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE LIBRARY DROP-OFF PROGRAM WITH THE MATERIALS.

CRAFTS TO GO FOR SENIORS AND SOME DIGITAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO NAME A FEW.

AND THEN MOVING SOANT COLLABORATIONS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

WE WILL HAVE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH VICTORIA COLLEGE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION LIFELONG LEARNING SERIES, WE'RE IN THE HOBBIES AND LEASE LAO SES URLEARNING AND OUR PROGRAM WILL BE CALLED VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY AND OVERVIEW SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HOSTS A MONTHLY PROGRAM IN THE LIBRARY FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN AND WE WILL BE OFFERING MORE SELF-HELP PROGRAMS WITH A PARTNERSHIP OF MIDCOAST FAMILY SERVICES. AS WE RECENTLY HELD A SELF-CARE JOURNALING PROGRAM LED BY REPRESENTATIVE WITH MIDCOAST FAMILY SERVICES THIS PROGRAM WAS ATTENDED BY 45 PEOPLE, ADULTS AND TEENS. AND A WEEK AFTER THE PROGRAM WE HAD A COMMENT CARD. IT SAYS THE SELF-HE WANT PRESENTATION WAS RECEIVEIOUSLY -- SERIOUSLY LIFE CHANGING AND WE HOPE YOU DO MORE LIKE THIS WE HAVE SO MUCH PLANNED FOR 2022. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TOW ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

THANK YOU. >> SO WE WERE PART OF THE MAIN STREET MASTER PLAN THAT WAS COMPLETED THIS LAST FALL AND WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN THAT PERTAINED TO THE LIBRARY. THEY INCLUDE AN ENTRANCE TO THE LIBRARY ON THE MAIN STREET PART OF THE BUILDING, ADDING A PUBLIC ART, GARDEN SHADE, ADDING A RETAILKY ORGANIZATIONING TO THE LIBRARY GROUNDS SUCH ADDRESS COFFEE SHOP AND UPGATING EXTERIOR LIGHTING.

I BRING THOSE FORWARD BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO PART OF THE CITYWIDE LIBRARY FACILITY ASSESSMENT.

AND A STRATEGIC PLANNED PROJECT. AS PART OF THAT PLAN, WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH NATURE REEN ART OF 720 DESIGN TO INCORPORATE THOSE MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR SITE PLAN AND CREATE A MORE ROBUST AND STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS FOR THE LIBRARY THAT INCLUDES LONG-TERM GOALS. MYSELF, THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE LIBRARY STAFF MET WITH

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>> AND I THINK THIS GOT A ALTHOUGH OF GOOD FEED BACK FROM THE STAFF WITH THAT IN APRIL I KNOW OUR FORMAL FACILITY WILL OCCUR IN MAY MAUREEN IS COMING BACK SHE'S GOING LEAD FOUR COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUPS WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THOSE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND INVITE PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY, BUT ALSO GOING TO BE OPEN MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE AND ADVERTISE THESE TO GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND ALSO WANTING TO MEET WITH CITY LEADERS AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW SHE WILL BE ASKING TO MEET WITH ALL OF YOU AND GET FEEDBACK AND. IN JUNE SHE'S COMING BACK TO MEET WITH MY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS WELL SHE'S GOING TO COME OUT WITH FACILITY RECOMMENDATIONS SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.

I THINK GET FEEDBACK AND THE PROJECT IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

ALSO, I WILL BE WORKING WITH HER TO DEVELOP A SURVEY WHICH WOULD BE A COMMUNITYWIDE SURVEY AS WELL AND I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE MY PROJECT TO GET THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE'RE GOING DO THAT AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. SO HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2021 FOR THE LIBRARY. INCLUDE THAT 24-US -- $24,000 GRANT WE RECEIVED FOR OUR VIRTUAL MEETING ROOM. DEVELOPING A PARTNERSLIP WITH GOODWILL TREE ISES TO 217 INDIVIDUALS IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PATRON POINT CUSTOMER RELATION SOFTWARE AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT TO HELP GROW OUR CARD HOLDER BASE AND USAGE OF OUR SERVICES EXPANSION OF OUR SENIOR SERVICES AND MORE PLANNED IN 2022 AND JUST BAG PLACE OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

109,000 PEOPLE WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS, 276,000 ITEMS CHECKED OUT.

257 OUTSIDE GROUPS USING OUR MEETING ROOMS AND 31,000 PEOPLE ATTENDING OUR PROGRAMS SO WE HAVE KEPT BUSY IN 2021. SO I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT.

ANYTHING I CAN CLARIFY. >>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS THAT Y'ALL DO. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR STING FOR THEIR KIDS TO GO DO AND YOU'RE PRICE POINT IS JUST RIGHT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE,

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND DOING SOME READING ON LIBRARIES, IT SEEMS THAT QUITE A FEW OF THEM RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE LOCAL ARE PAYING FOR THEIR LIBRARIES AND AS SUCH, THEY HAVE NONRESIDENT CARDS SO THAT IF YOU ARE NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE LINE BARRY YOU GET CHARGED A FEE IF YOU WANT TO USE THE LIBRARY

HOW DOES OUR LIBRARY HANDLE THAT? >> WE HAVE A NON-RESIDENT CARD OPTION THAT IS FOR OUT OF STATE SO LIKE OUR SNOWBIRDS, WE KNOW WE HAVE THAT POPULATION THAT COME IN FROM OTHER STATES TO LIVE HERE FOR SIX MONTHS, THREE TO 6 MONTHS AND WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION FOR THEM TO PURCHASE A GUARD. THAT IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE WE HAVE A CHARGE. WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IN THE PAST FROM THE, THE STATE LIBRARY. I'M NOT CHARGING RESIDENTS OF TEXAS.

IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT AGAIN, THAT IS THE LEVEL OF CHARGE FOR CARDS WE HAVE IS FOR THOSE THAT LIVE OUT OF STATE OR DO NOT OWN PROPERTY, THAT CANNOT PROVE THEY

OWN PROPERTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. >> IT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE

TO CONSIDER LOOKING INTO. >> WE. >> AND TO BE CLEAR I ASSUME WE

WOULD MEAN OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, NOT THE CITY, CORRECT. >> YES.

>> WE ALSO HAVE A LEVEL OF RESTRICTION THAT WE APPLY SO IF YOU ARE A CARD HOLDER IN THE COUNTY AND LIVE IN THE COUNTY AND GET ACCESS TO EVERYTHING IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE COUNTY, YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LIKE ALL OF OUR DATABASES, OUR EBOOKS.

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UP. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. MY ONLY COMMENT IS WE DO PLAN ON ADDING COUNTY LEADERSHIP AS PART OF THOSE MEETINGS WITH MAUREEN AND OBVIOUSLY BE MINDFUL IT IS A CITY COUNTY LIBRARY AND WE'LL BE

SCHEDULING THOSE OUT AS WELL. >> GREAT, DRUMROLL MR. GARZA IS UPUP.

>> CAN YOU HELP ME. THANK YOU. SO I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASSES. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN FIVE MINUTES JUST KIDDING.

[3. City of Victoria American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding Recommendatio...]

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> I E-MAILED YOU THIS INFORMATION AND I JUST WANT YOU TO JUST HAVE IT SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT. AT YOUR LEISURE AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBMITTAL THAT CAME IN FOR THE ARPA FUNDS AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON KEY PROJECTS. QUICKLY AS A REFRESHER, WE KNOW THAT LAST YEAR WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WOULD GET $14.5 MILLION FROM ARPA FUNDS AND WE'D GET THE FIRST HALF LAST YEAR AND THE OTHER HALF THIS YEAR. ALL OF THAT HAS GONE FAIRLY SMOOTH.

WE WASN'T THROUGH A PROCESS WITH YOU TALKING ABOUT ALLOWABLE UTESES AND A PROCESS TRYING TO DEVELOP CATEGORIES YOU WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH AND LANDED ON THESE, BROADBAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, TOURISM AND TRAVEL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY GRANTS. AND SO SINCE THEN WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH WHERE WE LEFT IT OFF LAST TIME. WE ONLY COMMITTED 4.35 MILLION AND HAD LITTLE OVER 10 MILLION. I'LL GO THROUGH THE CATEGORIES WHAT HAS BEEN COMMITED AND WHAT IS NOT AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS MOVING FORWARD THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

LOSS OF REVENUE 3 MILLION, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ONE WE SOUGHT AUTHORIZATION FOR AND WE SAW THE BENEFITS OF THIS WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET IT WAS A HISTORIC YEAR IN ORDER TO DON'T DO THE VARIOUS PROJECTS IN OUR PROGRAM, ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS THIS ORIGINALLY WAS AT A MILLION DOLLAR AND YOU MAY RECALL WE SPLIT THAT UP AMONG SEVERAL CATEGORIES TO GET THE VACCINE.

WE ALSO RECENTLY ADOPTED A NEW ASSET PROGRAM THAT WE INTENT SOME MONEY OUT OF ARPA FOR.

WE HAD FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS ONLY 200,000 AND THAT IS WHAT WE ALSO UTILIZED FOR OUR MASTER PLAN CURRENTLY UNDER WAY AND SEEN AN INCREASE BY A MILLION DOLLAR AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALLOCATE A MILLION DOLLAR FROM ARPA FUNDS TO GO TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS PROJECT. WE TALK ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY FRIDAY ON OUR WORKSHOP AND THAT WE ARE WORKING ON COMING UP WITH A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION TO BE SPEND THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY AND KICK US OFF WITH A DESIGN WE WOULD ENTER INTO IN THE FALL.

AND THEN THE $150,000 WE'VE UTILIZED FOR TO KICK START OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATION DIVISION.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD ALREADY ALLOTTED 100,000 TO GO FOR INNOVATION COLLECTIVE.

WE'RE NOW RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALLOCATE A MILLION DOLLAR TO GO TOWARDS THE EXPANSION OF DELEON PLAZA. THIS IS THE RENDERING THAT WILL JUST TO SERVE AS A REFRESHER WE UTILIZE THIS ECONOMIC CATEGORY AND EXTENDED IT TO FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, A PRIORITY OF OURS AND WE ALIGN THAT ACCORDINGLY ON TOURISM AND TRAVEL, WE ARE RECOMMEND NAG WE ALLOCATE A MILLION DOLLAR TO GO TOWARDS OUR DOWNTOWN VISITOR CENTER SHIFT.

THERE IS A LOT OF UNKNOWNS YET WITH THAT. WE WANT TO SET ASIDE THE FUNDS SO WE CAN CONTINUE LOOKING AT OUR OPTIONS ARE TO LOOK AT OUR VISION TORE CENTER CLOSER TO THE SQUARE. IN A BUILDING THAT WE COULD ALL FEEL A LITTLE MORE PROUD OF THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY. HALF MILLION TO GO TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS. WE KNOW THE TEXAS ZOO IS A GREAT ASSET OF OURS THAT DOES BRING

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WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ZOO LOGICAL SOCIETY TO UPDATE OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WE'RE ALL IN THE BEST POSITION TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE SPENT ACCORDINGLY AND THAT WE HAVE PROPER OVERSIGHT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR TEXAS SIOUX AND I WILL SAY WE'RE BEGINNING TO BE MORE INVOLVED, CHRISTY YOUNGER IS NOW IN THE YOUKER IS NOW ON THE TEXAS VIEW BOARD AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE TEXASVIEWER ZOO ON THE UTILITY SIDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO PROJECTS WE WENT THROUGH A SEPARATE RFQ STUDY BOTH WERE CLOSE TO $4 MILLION. WE'RE IN ESSENCE TAKING A PHASED-IN APPROACH, RECOMMENDING PHASE-1 INI STUDY WHICH WILL FOCUS ON THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF OUR COMMUNITY WHICH IS THE QUADRANT CLOSEST TO OUR REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN WHICH IS THE MOST THREATENED IF, YOU WILL BY HAVING HIGH INI RATES IF PHASE-1 FOR SCATA IMPLEMENTATION.

DEREK HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON AND DISCUSSING WITH YOU AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WE HAD ALREADY ALOE INDICATE 100,000 TO GO TOWARDS STUDIES TO INITIALLY PARTNER WITH CONNECTED NATION THAT HELPED WITH US SOME GATHERING OF DATA AND ANALYSIS, THEY ENDED UP BEING A GOOD RESOURCE FOR US DURING THE RFQ PROCESS TO DO THAT STUDY FOR US. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALLOCATE $3 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS MIDDLE MILE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL ALSO HELP ENSURE THAT ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO BROADBAND.

YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE BROADBAND COMMISSION WAS TO MAKE BROADBAND MORE ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE. THAT'S THE BIG ONE, RIGHT OUT OF

A THOUSAND RESPONSES. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT CHART I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE LEGEND. I GET THE BOUNDARY AND I GET THE UNDERSERVE, BUT WHERE IS THE MIDDLE MILE? HOW IS THAT MARKED? IS THAT JUST THE.

>> CORRECT. >> THE DARKER LINES THAT ARE NOT BLUE.

>> CORRECT. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IS FOR A COMPANY TO COME IN THERE, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DENSITY IN THAT AREA TO MAKE IT PROFIT FOR THEM TO COME IN THERE.

SO WE NEED TO TRY TO ENTICE THEM AND HELP THEM SO ALL AREAS OF OUR CITY WILL HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY WITH FIBER INTERNET. AND TO BE ALSO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE RUN OR OPERATE THIS MIDDLE MILE OPERATION. WE'RE SIMPLY SUGGESTING THAT THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH A COMPANY THAT IS ALREADY POTENTIALLY IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING OUT A MIDDLE MILE NETWORK, SOME COMPANIES ARE GETTING THE SERVICE OF RUNNING IT AND LITERALLY CREATING A NEW UTILITY, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT SUGGESTING THAT. WE'RE SIMPLY SUGGESTING THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH A COMPANY TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE THAT EQUITIABLE ACCESS THROUGHOUT OUR

ENTIRE CORPORATE CITY LIMIT. >> AND I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE PRESENTATION IS THE MIDDLE MILE WITHIN THE UNDERSERVED WHICH THIS CHART SEEMS TO BE POINTING TO. SO NOT THE MIDDLE MILE OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

>> CORRECT. THE COST FOR ENTIRE MIDDLE MILE -- AND DEREKING YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK THAT WAS CLOSE TO $9 MILLION.

>> THANK YOU, THAT CLARIFIES. LAST THAT LEAVES A MILLION DOLLAR TO GO TOWARDS COMMUNITY GRANTS. LAST YEAR WE ACTIVATED AN ON-LINE SCHMITAL PROCESS THAT YIELDED OVER 70 RESPONSES. AND THIS IS JUST A BRIEF RECAP OF WHAT THOSE RESPONSES WERE.

WE SPECIFICALLY PUT IT OUT AFTER WE HAD DEVELOPED THESE CATEGORIES AND WHEN PEOPLE

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SO REALLY QUICKLY THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE EXIT ENTITIES THAT WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YOU HAVE VICTORIA COLLEGE THAT SUBMITTED A PROJECT THAT. TO RENOVATE THE ANNEX IF KAY CAN CALL IT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE EMP REFER IT TO AS TOMORROW FORMER TAXICAB STAND.

ANYWAY, THEY SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR THAT AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT SPECIFIC PROPOSAL WHICH IS NORTH OF $180,000. AND I'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

THERE WERE PROPOSALS IN ALL OF THESE ENTITIES. AND YOU HAVE THE DETAILS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT YOU CAN EXPLORE AT YOUR LEISURE. ON THE COMMUNITY GRANT SIDE WE FOCUSED THESE ON MORE HUMAN SERVICES, IF YOU WILL. AND SO YOU HAVE COPY OF THE OUTREACH PROJECT AND RECEIVED REQUESTS FROM OTHER PROJECTS LISTED THERE.

LY NOTE AND TO BE VERY CLEAR, THAT ALL OF THESE SUBMITTALS CAME LAST YEAR.

AND SO I KNOW THERE IS CONVERSATION IN OUR COMMUNITY PROJECT SPEARHEADED BY THE COMMUNITY PROJECT. THAT PROJECT WAS NOT SUBMITTED LAST YEAR.

FOR PURPOSES OF PROJECTS WE'RE RECOMMENDING TODAY. THE CURRENT ITERATION WAS NOT IN CONSIDERATION TO BE FAIR TO THE PROCESSF EVERYONE INVOLVED WE STUCK TO THOSE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED LAST YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECAME EVIDENT EARLY IN THE PROCESS IS DESIRE FOR FROM CITY COUNCIL TO, WE DEVELOPED CRITERIA AS WE ANALYZED THESE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS. DOES IT HELP BUILD RESILIENCY? OR MAYBE IT IS AN EXISTING SERVICE THAT IS SIMPLY LOOKING TO PROVIDE A GREATER SERVICE SO WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THOSE THICKS AND ULTIMATELY THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT QUITE FRANKLY VERY QUICKLY ROSE TO THE TOP AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR COMMUNITY GRANTS ARE TWO PROJECTS YOU HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO CONTRIBUTE $500,000 TO GO TOWARDS THE CATTAN CENTER WHICH WE'LL BE BUILDING A FACILITY THAT DOES NOT EXIST. SO THIS BRINGS THE SERVICE THAT CURRENTLY DOESN'T EXIST, IT CREATES JOBS AND DOES SO MANY THINGS THAT FIT OUR TRANSFORMATIONAL THIS IS A RENDERING PUT TOGETHER OF WHAT THIS FACILITY WILL LOOK LIKE WHICH WILL BE LOCATED OFF OF FUTURE I69 IN 185 INTERSECTION. SO WE ARE SUPPORT I OF THAT PROJECT BECAUSE IT CHECKED EVERY BOX FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL EFFORTS. THE SECOND PROJECT IS PROJECT LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER PROPOSAL. THAT SALVATION ARMY SUBMITTED. SALVATION ARMY IS, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE PLAYERS INVOLVED WITH ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND HELPING FOLKS GET BACK UP ON THEIR FEET AND SO ONE OF THE NEEDS, IF YOU WILL THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY ALL THE DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS INVOLVED IS THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T A CENTRALIZED PLACE WHERE FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET ON THEIR FEET CAN ACCESS RESOURCES. CURRENTLY IF THEY NEED HELP WITH BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR ID THEY MAY HAVE TO GO TO OFFICE, AND SOMETHING ELSE A DIFFERENT PART OF THIS TOWN. THIS IS TO BE A SPACE WHERE IT SERVES AS A DAY CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS. IT WOULD HAVE SHOWERS AND SOME RESOURCES.

OBVIOUSLY SALVATION ARMY ALREADY HAS A NETWORK OF THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDE THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE AND EXTEND TO THIS CENTER. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT WOULD CREATE A SPACE FOR OTHER NON-PROFITS COULD SET UP SHOP DURING CERTAIN HOURS OF EVERY DAY, SO THESE INDIVIDUALS LOOKING TO GET UP ON THEIR FEET ONLY GO TO ONE PLACE AND HAVE ALL OF THEIR NEEDS MET THERE. SO THIS IS AS PART OF THE SALVATION ARMY PROPOSAL, THEY ARE REQUESTING FUNDS TO HELP WITH THE START-UP COSTS TO PUT THE CENTER, BUT ALSO A YEAR'S WORTH OF OPERATION TO GIVE THEM AN COUNTRY TO FUND-RAISE FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF

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CAPTAIN KENNY JONES GREAT, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE HIM LEADING OUR SALVATION ARMY.

AND IN BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WE HAVE A DIRECT INVOLVEMENT TO ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS.

I HAVE BEEN INVIOLATED TO BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE TO HELP WITH THE CAPITAL CAP PAIN OF BUILDING BILLY CATTAN. MIKE ETIENNE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SALVATION ARMY.

THROUGH THESE ROLES WE'RE ABLE TO PLAY A ROLE IN ENSURING THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE WELL-SPENT AND WE ENSURE OUR DOLLARS CAN BE SUSTAINED. ULTIMATELY WE ALL WANT TO BE COGNIZANT INVESTING IN PROJECTS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE. WE HAD ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE ALSO FELT WOULD BE TRANSFORMATIONAL WHICH WAS ARE A RELOCATION OF CHRIST'S CHICKEN -- KITCHEN. IS THE CITY'S POSITION THAT POSITION OF CRIES KITCHEN HINDERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUINN CITY PARK. WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH CHRIST KITCHEN TO RELOCATE THEM. THINK WERE INTERESTED IN RELOCATED TO BECAUSE OF THE OVERLAP AND CLIENTS AND PEOPLE SERVED BY THE SALVATION ARMY BY THE NEW LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER AND BY CHRIST'S KITCHEN. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CHRIST'S KITCHEN DECIDED THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN MOVING AND MANY OF YOU SAW THE OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL NOTIFICATION ON THAT THAT HAS FREED UP $250,000 TO GO TOWARDS OTHER ENTITIES.

>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON AND YOU ACTUALLY DID, I NEED TO ASK ABOUT THE SALVATION ARMY A

LITTLE BIT MORE JO OF COURSE. >> IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE NEED OUR MAGNIFYING GLASS FOR BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS YOU MENTIONED, I SEE A REQUEST FOR $150,000.

THE REQUEST IS NOW $250,000. AND I JUST NEED TO SQUARE THAT WITH THE FAIRNESS TO THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE ASKED FOR THINGS OR WHY IS THE REQUEST NOW HIGHER?

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE MORE DETAILED PROPOSAL FROM SALVATION ARMY IT WILL DETAIL THE COST.

WITH WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THESE PROJECTS EARLY ON IN WHICH WOULD RISE TO THE TOP WE STARTED ENGAGING THESE NON-PROFITS FROM THE BEGINNING.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETING REAFFIRMING YOU SUBMITTED THIS PROPOSAL, WHAT IS WHAT IS ACCURATE? WHAT IS NEEDED? LET'S FIND A PROPOSAL TO GET IT TO A POINT WHERE IT IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. QUITE FRANKLY THE ORIGINAL PROCESS WE PUTOUT ON-LINE DIDN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF INFORMATION, RIGHT? IT WAS VERY GENERIC IT WOULD NECESSARY STATED FOLLOW-UP FOR US TO MEET WAS THESE ENTITIES AND CONFIRM WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND HOW MUCH IS NEEDED AND THAT IS WHEN WE GOT THE MORE ROBUST SUBMITTAL AT OUR REQUEST STORY TO DISTURB TOUR INDIAN OF THOUGHT.

>> OPTIONS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. AND COMMUNITY GRANTS SO AS I ELUDED TO EARLIER WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM VICTORIA WHICH IS TECHNICALLY GREATER THAN $2TIVITY,000 SO IN ANY CASE WHICH WAS A GREATER AMOUNT THAN $250,000, BUT WE PUT $250 BECAUSE IS WHAT IS AVAILABLE, TO GO TOWARDS THE COST OF THE RELOCATION WE ACTUALLY DOUBLE CHECKED WHAT THEIR NEED IS LIKE AS YOU WOULD EXPECT THEY'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS THEY'RE HAVING TO FEND RAISE SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO HELP OFFSET THAT THERE IS THE OPTION OF CONTRIBUTING THE FUND TO CHRIST'S KITCHEN IN A DIFFERENT WAY WE CONFIRMED WITH THEM IF THEY'RE GRANTED DOLLARS THEY COULD POTENTIALLY USE THEM TO ENHANCE THE EXTERIOR OF THE FACILITY. THINGSES OF THAT NATURE THERE

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AND THERE WAS ALSO A CONTRARY TO THAT OR OPPOSITE OF THAT VERY SPECIFIC PROPOSALS SHMIED BY MEALS ON -- MEALS ON WHEELS TO COMPLETE KITCHEN RENOVATION. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR ARY STILLIENCESY STANDPOINT AND EXPAND THEIR LEVEL OF SERVICE LIKE WHEN WE GET HURRICANE, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF A SUDDEN SKY ROCKS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE FACILITY TO DO THAT. ALSO SUBMITTED FUNDS FOR HOT BOX VEHICLES THOSE YOU'LL SEE CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. I TOUCHED BASE ON MEALS IS ON WHEELS THE COST OF SEEMS HAVE GONE UP A LITTLE BIT. WE'VE ADJUSTED FOR THAT AND MEALS ON WHEELS TECHNICALLY SUBMITTED ANOTHER PROJECT FOR HALF MILLION DOLLAR TO HAVE AN ATIVE SITE. BUT THAT PROJECT SCOPE WAS MUCH LARGER FOR WHAT MONIES AVAILABLE. AND SO THIS IS JUST A LIST OF SOME OPTIONS.

I ACTUALLY JUST REALIZE I INTENDED TO ALSO INCLUDE AN OPTION FOR THE WORKFORCE.

WE ALSO RECEIVED A SUBMITTAL FROM OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN REQUESTING WE SPEND $250,000 TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THIS IS IN JUST A NUTSHELL. ADOPT NECESSARILY NEED A DECISION TODAY ON THE REPLAINING TWO 50 BUT FOOD FOR THOUGHT. IF YOU HAVE COMMENT, QUESTIONS OR DIRECTIONS WE'RE HAPPY TO

TAKE IT. >> TWO QUESTIONS. >> YES, SIR.

>> REBLIND ME WHEN WE HAVE TO USE THE MONEY BY. >> AM LOW INDICATED BY END EF 2024 WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN SPENT BY END OF 2024. HOWEVER, OUR APPROACH TO HE IS WE DON'T WANT IT TO SPENT BEFORE 2024 BECAUSE OFF CHANCE THAT, YOUR HONOR, ANY OF THESE INVESTMENTS THAT WE CHOOSE TO INVEST IN DON'T PAN OUT, WELL, WE HAVE TIME TO REALLOCATE THEM

TO SOMETHING ELSE. >> MY SECOND QUESTION, COULDN'T THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION

DO REVITALIZATION GRANTS? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. BUT THEORETICALLY, PROBABLY,

WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND PARAMETERS. >> AND HOW MUCH MONEY DO THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW? HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU GOT, RICKY?

>> IT IS JUST A FUNE HUNDRED THOUSANDS RIGHT NOW. OVER THE SPAN OF 17 YEARS IS OVER $FIVE MILLION. BUT ASSUMING IS AN ITEM THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE UP, SURE

WE CAN DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND OTHER WAYS TO FUND IT. >> I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THAT ONE, JUST FROM TAXPAYERS NEED TO FIX UP THOSE HOUSES.

>> ONE THING I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IS WHEN HURRICANE HAPPENED THEY BUILT ALL THESE NEW HOMES AND FIXED UP HOMES IN BLOOMINGTON. & NOW I DID FIND OUT THATRE EFURIO GOT PRIVATE GRANTS, BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA. AND I JUST, IT DIDN'T -- I

WONDER WHY, THAT'S ALL. >> WE CAN DEFINITELY CHASE THAT ITEM DOWN OFFLINE.

>> SO -- I'M SORRY. >> I WAS GOING SAY, IT IS DIFFICULT, THEY'RE ALL VERY WORTHY BUT I LIKE THE VICTORIA COLLEGE ONE WHEN I COME BACK TO TRANSFORMATION, I GUESS IN THEIR PROPOSALS I COULDN'T HELP BE EXCITED THEY MADE A COMMENT ABOUT REST ROOMS THAT WOULD BE

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>> RIGHT. >> AND WHEN WE COURED THE BASE IT WOULD BE IN THE BACK, RIGHT SO THEY WOULD BE KIND OF HARD TO FIND LIKE THESE PUBLIC REST ROOMS THAT THEY THEY'RE REFERRING TO WOULDN'T BE VISIBLE FROM ANY OF THE MAIN ROADS, BUT THEY WOULD BE THERE NONETHELESS

FOR ANY LARGE EVENTS. >> I GUESS IT SAYS OVERFLOW FOR EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE ELDERS -- WELDERS CENTER, BUT THEY COULD BE RENTED OUT TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS DURING

DOWNTOWN EVENTS. >> LET ME ASK Y'ALL A QUESTION JUST TO PORTION E PARSE THIS A LITTLE BIT. IS EVERYBODY WOK THE AMENDITIONS THATER WERE PRESENTED UP TO THIS

FINAL $250,000. >> YES. >> RICKY?

>> YOU SEEM HESITANT. >> AND WE COULD DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS, YOU KNOW.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE SALVATION ARMY, I DON'T WAIT TO THIS CENTER THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, I DON'T WANT IT TO TURN OUT LOOKING LIKE THE ONE IN DOWNTOWN

AUSTIN. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO IS THE DAY CENTER IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN AT 9, THEY'RE THERE ALL NIGHT WAITING FOR IT TO OPEN AT 9 AND

CREATES THIS CLUSTER OF ISSUES. >> SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EMFROM THEM HOW IT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED SO EWITH DON'T END UP CREATING THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.

>> ME ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS I THINK I'M OKAY IN CONCEPT, BUT SEVERAL OF THOSE AND YOU MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON THOSE, BUT SEVERAL OF THOSE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT WERE MORE THAN WHAT WAS ASKED FOR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THOSE DELTAS ON THE ZOO, THE SALVATION ARMY, AND I THINK VICTORIA COLLEGE, I WOULD LIKE

TO KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS THE RECOMMENDATION IS Y. >> WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF THE ENTITIES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO FLESH ALL THIS OUT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING OMENTION UNDER NEXT STEPS IS ALL OF THESE THINGS WOULD BE DOCUMENTED THROUGH AN AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE DELIVERABLES. FOR ENSURE WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN TAKES PLACE, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AS OFFICE. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DON'T HAVE TO START WITH SCRATCH, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE ACCOUNTS THAT DICTATE RELATIONSHIPS TORE CDBG FUNDS. WE ALREADY HAVE A FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE INTERACT AND WHEN WE GRANT THEM MONEY, AND SO NOW IT IS A MATTER OF FRAMING THOSE IN THE CONTEXT OF FUNDS AND WITH THE EXPECTATIONS ARE. AND SO WHAT I WAS HOPING TO RECEIVE TONIGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, AT MINIMUM, AN OKAY TO PROCEED WITH ALL OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN START HAMMERING AND OUT AND SPENDING THE RESOURCES OF TIME AND ENERGY TO THEN BRING BACK AN AGREEMENT WITH YOU AS AN EXAMPLE, NOW OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE ELEMENTS HERE THAT DON'T NECESSITATE AN AGREEMENT WITH A THIRD PARTY, RIGHT LIKE THE SCADA, OR INI STUDY THOSE ARE SIMPLY THINGS WE WOULD BRING FORWARD TO YOU LIKE WE WOULD ANY OTHER CONTRACT WITH A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMPANY.

>> SO WE'RE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM EVERYBODY IS QUESTIONS ARE AROUND COMMUNITY GRANT CHANGES.

BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, EVERYTHING IS ALREADY. YEAH, I THINK SO.

>> GOT IT. >> AND SOME QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWER AROUND COMMUNITY GRANTS WHETHER THEY INCREASE WHAT THE CHANGE OF SCOPE WAS. AND WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT AS A GROUP, WE'RE STILL LEFT WITH THE QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLAR AND ALL THESE WORTH THINK PROJECTS

WHAT FITS OUR CRITERIA THE BEST. >> I THINK AS PART OF THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF ENTITIES ARE TAXPAYERS SUPPORTED ALREADY. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT. THIS MAY BE A ONE-TIME CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ALREADY FUNDED BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF

OUR THINKING ON THIS. >> AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE THINKING LIKE, SOME OF THESE I KNOW Y'ALL

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>> ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, FOR SURE. >> AND SAME ON THE OVERAGE WE'LL

HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT. >> IS WHY WE LEFT UNCOMMITTED

ABOUT AMOUNT TO ACCOUNT FOR ANYTHING. >> THAT IS BARELY 1%.

>> BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME OF THESE POTENTIALLY BEING LESS WE HAVE TO HAVE KORGSES ABOUT BROADBAND SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE, RIGHT AND NIMBLE.

BUT AT MINIMUM HAVING THIS BATH WAY OFFING OKAY LET'S HEAD DOWN THIS, GIVES US MORE OF A GREEN

LIGHT TO CONTINUE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO GO A STEP FURTHER, ON COMMUNITY GRANTS, ARE THERE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON? LIKE FOR INSTANCE THE BILLY CATTAN CENTER, I'M SURE THEY'RE ACTIVELY FUND-RAISING AND IF THEY HAD A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THEM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, BECAUSE I GOT THE IMPRESSION WE APPROVE EVERYTHING DID I MISS THAT? GY UNDERSTOOD AS YOU'RE APPROVING OR SUPPORTING BILLY CATTAN AND SALVATION ARMY. THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE THEM MORE OFFICIAL, BUT I'M WALKING AWAY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS, THERE IS JUST QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED UNLESS I'M MISUNDERSTANDING REASSESSING HOW TO SPEND THE MILLION DOLLAR IN COMMUNITY GRANTS. SO I GUESS SOME CLARITY WOULD BE GOOD.

>> I AGREE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE INCREASES ARE. AND I KNOW THAT.

>> JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE AND IZ KNOW IT CAME FROM DUE DILIGENCE MAKE THEM

MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL. >> THAT IS WHERE IT CAME FROM. >> VICTORIA COLLEGE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, THEIR ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL WAS UNUN$130,000 WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE THE PROJECT MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND THAT WILL INCREASE THE COST AND WE ARE THINKING OF IT AS COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT ISN'T TRANSFORMATIONAL.

NECESSARY ALL I'VE GOT, THEN. >> ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL RECESS INTO

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