May 03, 2022 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> WELCOME TO THE CITY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY MAY 3RD, MS. HILBRICH WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ROLL.

FOR THE PLEDGES FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OUR FATHER -- EXCUSE ME.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STAND, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD,

ONE, AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT I'M GLAD I COULD WAKE EVERYBODY UP WITH A LAUGH. WE'RE GOING GO INTO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDER,

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

CITY ATTORNEY. >> I WAS GOING TO SIMPLY SAY

>>> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, STATE YOUR NAME.

>> I ALLISON LACY, DO SOLEMNRY SWEAR THATLY FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF

THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD. >> CONGRATULATION. >> THANK YOU.

>> MR. GARZA IF IT IS FOLK I START WITH REMINDERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

>> PLEASE. >> I WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER DINI ARNOLD PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK. KEEP HIM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND FAMILY. HE WAS HIRED ON JANUARY 1ST, 1978 AS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CITY MANAGER IN OCTOBER OF 1994 AND RETIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2006. 12 YEARS AS OUR CITY MANAGER. AND WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND KEEP HIS FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS WELL. ALSO, REMINDER ELECTION FOR CITY CHARTER, CITY COUNCIL AND A COUPLE OF STATE ITEMS ON THE BALLOT IS SATURDAY MAY 7TH.

ALL POLLING LOCATIONS SHOULD BE OPEN. AND TODAY WAS THE ENDS OF EARLY

VOTING SO. ONTO YOU MR. GARZA. >>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THEY UPGRADED MY MIC, IT HAS A BUTTON NOW. BUT AT LEAST, MAYOR YOU ONE-UP MY LITTLE SCREW-UP. IN ANY CASE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT, I WANT TO ASK DANA TO COME UP AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN.

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. SO IN MAY, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY INPUT PART OF THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN. AND TO DURING MAY, WE'RE GOING HAVE TWO EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF AND PUBLIC WERE AWARE OF.

OUR CONSULTANT MAUREEN ARNT IS COMING IN NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY MAY 9TH AND 10THAND LEADING FOUR COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS AND OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ATTENDS. WE'RE CHANGE THAT THEY REGISTER TO KIND OF KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE FOR SEATING AND FOOD. AND I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU THOSE DATES.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS ON MAY 9TH FROM 11:30 IN THE MORNING UNTIL ONE AND THEN THAT EVENING AT 5:30 TO 6:30, WE'RE HAVING A MEETING AT VICKERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY.

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ON MAY 10TH FROM 6 TO 7:00 P.M. WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER MEETING AT MEALS ON WHEELS ON MURRAY STREET. EACH PARTICIPATE WILL NEED TO BRING IN THEIR PHONE OR ANOTHER MOBILE DEVICE IF THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POLLS THAT GO ON DURING THE MEETING.

SO WE'RE JUST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR PHONES WITH THEM. THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED TODAY IS WE OPENED THE SURVEY, WE'RE HAPPENING A LIBRARY SURVEY FROM TODAY THROUGH MAY 3RD AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE IF YOU GO TO THE LIBRARY LIBRARY'S WEBSITE, A POP-UP WILL OCCUR AND YOU CAN GO TO THE SURVEY FROM THERE. AND IT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR MEETING ROOM CALENDAR. SO YOU CAN FIND IT THERE AS WELL.

IF YOU'RE HAVING ANY TROUBLE FINDING IT, CALL US 485 INFORM 3301 FOR THE LIBRARY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, DANA. I DO WANT TO ALSO ASK TIFFANY TO

COME UP AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CAR SEAT PROGRAM. >> GOOD EVENING, SO THE MUNICIPAL COURT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A CAR SEAT FIT EVENT, A CAR SEAT INSPECTION EVENT ON THURSDAY, MAY 19TH, FROM 4:00 P.M. P.M. TO 6:00 P.M.

AND PEOPLE CAN CONTACT MUNICIPAL COURT AT SURE IF 85-3050. I DO ALSO HAVE SOME FLYIES HERE IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM THAT YOU CAN PICK UP AS WELL IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION.

BUT THAT WILL BE ON THURSDAY MAY 19TH, FROM 4 TO 6 P.M PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE CAR SEATS TO GET THOSE INSPECTED FOR FREE DURING THAT EVENT BY CITY EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THOSE ARE ALL THE

ANNOUNCEMENTS WE HAVE. >> OKAY, WE WILL GO TO ITEM B 2, PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE

[a. Public Service Recognition Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor]

RECOGNITIONS. >> SO ITEM B 2A IS THE PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK PROCLAMATION WHEREAS THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA SERVED EVERY SINGLE DAY -- SERVED EVERY SINGLE DAY BY PUBLIC SERVANTS AT EVERY LEVEL IN THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT THESE UNSUNG HEROES TAKE NOT ONLY JOBS, BUT OATHS TO PERFORM THEIR JOBS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVANTS INCLUDING MILITARY, RESERVE PERSONNEL, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, CORRECTION OFFICERS, DOCTORS, NURSES, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS RISK THEIR LIVES EACH DAY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVANTS INCLUDING TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, ADMINISTRATORS, COMPUTER TECHNICIANS, LABORERS AND COUNTLESS OTHER OCCUPATIONS DAY IN AND DAY OUT PROVIDE WITH EFFICIENCY AND INTEGRITY DIVERSE SERVICES DEMANDED OF THE GOVERNMENT BY THE CITY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOVERNMENT AND WHERE -- VICTORIA WHEREAS WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE CONTINUITY WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE IN A DEMOCRACY THAT REGULARLY CHANGINGS ITS LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THEREFORE I, JEFF BAUKNIGHT PROCLAIM THE WEEK MAY 2ND THROUGH 6TH, 2022 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK, ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA ENCOURAGED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CRICKS OF THE DESERVING EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA, TEXAS. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR, I CITY PLANTED WANT TODAY -- SIMPLY WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO RECOGNIZE THEAB ENHANCE LIVERRIBILITY. WE CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT OUR EMPLOYEES SO WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK AND REALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THIS WEEK WILL MARK THE FIRST FORMAL WEEK WE RECOGNIZE THIS WEEK WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE SEVERAL NEAT THINGS GOING ON INTERNALLY, TO HOPEFULLY SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO OUR EMPLOYEES, FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT MIGHT BE TUNING IN, WE ASK TO NOT FORGET TO SHOW THEIR STAR WARS GEAR TOMORROW FOR MAY 4TH. SO MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU FOR CITY PLOY KNEES AND WE'LL SEE THEM TOMORROW AND AT OUR APPRECIATION LUNCHEON AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE

RECOGNITION. >> ITEM B 2 B IS ARSON AWARENESS WEEK PROCLAMATION.

[b. Arson Awareness Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor]

>> WHEREAS THE TEAM FOR ARSON 2222 WEEK, ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN JANUARY OF 2021, MORE THAN 326,000 PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE U.S.

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[APPLAUSE] >> JUST REAL QUICK, WANT TO THEY MAYOR FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND BRING AWARENESS TO ARSON AWARENESS WEEK AND ARSON INSPECTOR AND INVESTIGATORS WORK TREMENDOUSLY HARD TO INVESTIGATE THOSE CASE AND PROSECUTE THOSE CASE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[c. May 2022 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Christ...]

>> OKAY. >> NEXT WE WANT TO ASK CHRISTY YOUKER TO COME UP AND HELP

PRESENT OUR MAY 2022 KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL AWARD. >>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BEFORE I PRESENT OUR MAY BUSINESS BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD, I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR VERY SUCCESSFUL EARTH DAY CLEANUP.

WE HAD 230 VOLUNTEERS. WE CLEANED UP 15 LOCATIONS THIS TIME WHICH WAS MORE WE'VE EVER CLEANED UP BEFORE. WE HAD SEVEN ON LOOP 463 AND THEN WE HAD ALL OVER TOWN.

AND WE CLEANED UP 139 BAGS, WAS THE OFFICIAL COUNT. WE DO THAT WITH TEXAS.-- TX TXDOT AND PICKED UP TARPS, TIRE, THAT SORT OF THING. WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MOST TRASH PICKED UP WAS -- THIS IS A BIG DEAL -- TEAM NUMBER 5, RICK MADRID, HIS TEAM PICKED UP 18 BAG, SEVEN VOLUNTEERS. AND I THINK HE'S STILL HERE. SHOUTOUT TO RICK.

[APPLAUSE] >> HE'S ALSO -- DID THEY WIN A PIZZA PARTY?

>> THEY WIN A CLAP AND A CERTIFICATE AND YOU KNOW, A HUG. >> HE'S ALSO ONE OF OUR KVB BOARD MEMBERS AND APPRECIATE HIS HELP AT ALL OF OUR CLEANUP. THE MOST UNUSUAL ITEM WAS PICKED UP BY THE COLONY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, A BOXING GLOVE, ACTUALLY LED BY MANDY LINGLE, HER TEAM, THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. NEVER SEEN A BOXING GLOVE.

LOTS OF WEIRD THING, THOUGH, A LOT OF GREAT SUBMISSIONS. I WANT TO ALSO THANK MAYOR BAUKNIGHT FOR BEING THERE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT MORNING, THAT MEANT A LOT AND TO COUNCILMAN CROCKER FOR BEING THERE, BRINGING A TEAM. HE BROUGHT HIS WHOLE FAMILY.

THEY CLEANED UP QUITE A BIT THAT MORNING. THEYSHED THEIR FOOD.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE SALVATION ARMY, CHICK-FIL-A AND PAPA DISTRIBUTING FOR KEEPING EVERYONE FED AND HYDRATED. THE VICTORIA TELEVISION GROUP, THEY SUPPORT US QUITE A BIT AND IS DOING A LOT OF PROMOTION, AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT A TEAM OUT. BUT ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO COULD HAVE SLEPT IN THAT DAY, BUT INSTEAD SHOWED UP TO CLEAN UP SOME TRASH AND DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR VICTORIA. THE NEXT CITYWIDE ROADSIDE CLEAN SUP THE FALL SWEEP ON SEPTEMBER 24TH. BUT ANY GROUP CAN CLEAN UP ANY TIME, LET ME KNOW, I'LL GET YOU A SPOT AND GET YOU SET UP. OUR CLEAN SWEEP PROGRAM SO WE DON'T STOP PEOPLE FROM CLEANING

UP YOU DON'T IS A TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 24TH. >> ONTO OUR BEAUTY INDICATION WINNER FOR MAY WHICH I'M PRESENTING TODAY. OUR MAY BUSINESS BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD GOES TO SANTA RITA MARKET LOCATED AND THIS BUSINESS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN NOMINATEDDED SEVERAL TIMES FOR THEIR EYE-CATCHING STOREFRONT AND OWNER KRISEN OR ADVERTISE SAYS SINCE SHE FIRST STALL FOR RENT SHOT SHE KNEW THIS WAS THE SHOP FOR ECLECTIC HAND-MADE TREASURES FROM ALL OVER SOUTH AMERICA. SHE HAS PUT MUCH EFFORT INTO THE HANGING BASKETS AND THE PAINTED BENCH AND WINDOW. CHRISTEN SAYS THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF HER BUSINESS HAS BEEN HER PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER WOMEN AND CONNECTING WITH A

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HER BEAUTIFUL STOREFRONT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON KEEPING VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CHRISTEN SORT TEE.

>> WE CAN CLAP. GOOD EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M HUMBLED BY THIS AWARD.

IT IS NOT JUST FOR ME, PROBABLY ALL OF THE WOMEN INSIDE SANTA RITA MARKET.

WE WORK REALLY HARD TO BRING SOMETHING SPECIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE VICTORIA AS A COMMUNITY AND HAVE THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE THAT WE'VE

RECEIVED FROM THIS FABULOUS TOWN SO THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE IN.

[3. Items from Council:]

>> NO, SIR, THAT'S IT. >> ITEMS FROM COUNCIL WE HAVE ONE LISTED FROM DR. YOUNG, DEMOLITION OF HISTSTORIC STRUCTURES. WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT FIRST

BEFORE WE TAKE ANY OTHER ITEM. >> TAU, MR. MAYOR. AS I TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, HISTORY IS SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATEED AND PART OF THAT IS OUR HISTORIC HOMES AND BUILDINGS THEY ENHANCE OUR HISTORIC TOURISM AND OUR OVERALL PRIDE IN HISTORIC CITY.

THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE THAT HAVE COME DOWN OR IN THE PROCESS OF COMING DOWN RECENTLY AND I'VE HAD QUESTIONS FROM CITIZENS AND SO WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, JUST ASKED JULIE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT THEN ALSO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR PRESERVATION AND WHAT IS THE

CITY'S ROLE IN THAT. >> GOOD EVENING, I HAVE A QUICK CHART FOR REFERENCE THIS IS FROM THE TEXAS HI STORIC. WHAT IS A HISTSTORIC PROPERTY OR HISTORIC BUILDING SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT THE TEXAS HISTORIC MISSION OUTLINES, LANDMARKS ARE GENERALLY OWNED BY THE STATE SO THINK OF THE ALAMO. AND THEN WE HAVELE IN REGISTER OF HISTSTORIC PLACES AND LANDMARK PROPERTIES AND THOSE ARE THE TWO YOU'LL FIND IN VICTORIA AND OTHER DESIGNATIONS AREN'T ACTUALLY STRUCTURES SO AS YOU'LL SEE, THE PROTECTION CATEGORIES HAS E PREVENTS DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC PROPERTY AND NEITHER THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES OR RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK PROGRAMS PROTECTS PROPERTIES FROM BEING DEMOLISHED IF THEY HAVE THOSE DESIGNATIONED. AND A HIGHLIGHTED NOTE ABOUT DESIGNATIONS AND THE CITY OF VICTORIA HAS NOT YET DESIGNATED OR ADOPTED ANY HISTORIC PRESERVATION RULES. WHAT WE HAVE ADOPTED IS A DEMOLITION DELAY AT SECTION 5-5 OF THE CITY CO, SPECIAL HISTSTORMICAL BUILDINGS AND DISTRICTS AND CALLS FOR A 60-DAY DEMOLITION DELAY FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES FROM THE DATE OF THE PERMIT APPLICATION.

IT APPLIES TO RECORDED TEXAS LANDMARK PROPERTIES. NATIONAL DESIGNATED PROPERTIES, ANY PROPERTY CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 1950. AND ANY PROPERTIED IN THE INCLUDED SURVEY OF VICTORIA, A SURVEY COMPLETED IN 1986 THE PROCEDURE IS THE PERSON APPLIES, OWNER APPLIES FOR THE DEMOLITION PERMIT AND THEN FROM THE DATE OF THAT APPLICATION, WE PLACE PUBLIC NOTICE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. IF YOU 2 TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE THERE IS A PUBLIC NOTICES TABITHA HAS THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

AND SO YOU WOULD CLICK ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WE WILL POST DIFFERENT REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICES ON THAT TAB, INCLUDING THIS DEMO DELAY. AND THEN ALSO, POST POSTER ON THE PROPERTY. SO YOU CAN SEE EXAMPFEDERAL THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN.

WE STARTED USING THE FLORESCENT PAPER TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO TO MIMIC THE BUILDING STAND AROUNDS COMMISSION. NOTICES IT IS VERY CLEAR, WHEN YOU SEE FLORESCENT ON A BUILDING IT IS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN. THE CODE DOES ALLOW FOR THE DIRECTOR TO WAIVE THE DELAY.

EWHERE SUCH DEMOLITION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.

AND I HAVE TAKEN THE STANCE I WILL ONLY WAIVE IT IF THERE ARE STANDING BUILDINGS STANDARD COMMISSION ORDER IF THE BUILDING STANDARD COMMISSION DEEMS A PROPERTY NEEDING TO COME DOWN WING 30 DAYS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THAT

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>> I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>> JULIE, CAN YOU HIT ON -- YOU HEARD JULIE MENTION THAT OUR EXISTING HISTORIC SURVEY IS FROM 1984 BUT I BELIEVE OUR COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE RECEIVED A GRANT TO UPDATE THAT. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

THAT? >> YES. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT NEW SURVEY IS GOING TO KICK OFF. IT WILL BE MUCH SMALLER SCOPE. IT WILL NOT BE A CITYWIDE SURVEY, BECAUSE AS WITH ALL PLANS THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. BY ONCE THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION BECAME A CERTIFIED COUNTY GOVERNMENT IT OPENED THEM UP TO GRANT FUNDS.

THE SCOPE IS REALLY LIMITED TO JUST THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT AND SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY REVIEW ALL OF THE PROPERTIES IN THAT LIMITED AREA AND IT WON'T BE CITYWIDE, BUT IT WILL GIVE A BETTER ASSESSMENT OF WHAT HISTORIC PROPERTIES WE HAVE IN THE

DOWNTOWN AREA. >> JULIE, WHAT IS IN IN YOUR OPINION, THE BIGGEST FACTOR

CAUSE FOR DEMOLITION OF THESE HISTORIC HOME? >> SO A LOT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WILL HAVE A PHRASE OR CLAUSE, DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT.

AND IT IS EXACTLY HOW IT SOUNDS IS THAT IF HISTORIC PROPERTY IS NOT LIVED IN OR NOT MAINTAINED IT BASICALLY FALLS APART. IT BECOMES DEMOLISHED THROUGH THAT NEGLECT.

AND SO I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE SEE AS BEING THE BIGGEST FACTOR TO LOSING HISTORIC STRUCTURES BECAUSE THE COST TO MAINTAIN THEM IS SO GREAT AND PEOPLE WILL ABANDON THEM AND THEY BECOME

DEMOLISHED BY NEGLECT. >> AND LATER IN THE AGENDA JULIE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE, TOO, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR UNIFIED DYED DEVELOPMENT CODE. AS PART OF THAT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE A MORE SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

WHEN SHE HITS ON THAT LATER ON, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION IF YOU WISH.

IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT IS ONGOING.

ASK THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY HAVE AN ITEM FOR COUNCIL?

>> NO. WE'LL CLOSE ITEMS FROM COUNCIL AND WE'LL GO INTO CITIZENS'

[4. Citizen Communication:]

>> HELLO, MY NAME IS DANNY CAMACHO, I'M THE FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND COACH OF THE VICTORIA BAD NEWS CHAIRS WHICH IS IN AN ADAPTIVE NON-PROFIT SPORTS ORGANIZATION TEAM HERE IN TOWN. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW.

BECAUSE OF COVID, EVERYONE HAD TO SHUT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR, WE'RE BRINGING BACK OUR FIFTH ANNUAL WHEELCHAIR SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS CALLED THE CROSSROADS WHEELCHAIR CLASSIC AND HELD AT THE CAD FIELD. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT BUT A FIELD THAT IS STANDPOINTED FOR WHEELCHAIR ADAPTIVE USERS.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE THAT HERE IN VICTORIA AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT.

SO I'M PRETTY MUCH HERE TO HOPEFULLY GET SUPPORT OF THE CITY TO HELP WITH THIS EVENT.

IT IS JULY 4TH WEEKEND WE'RE PUTTING IT ON THIS YEAR. JULY 2NDAND 3RD.

AND YEAH, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING SUPPORT FROM THE CITY. AND WE STILL GOT SOME COST TO MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. WE STILL HAVE SOME COSTS THAT NEED DO BE COVERED SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET, RAISE FUNDS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A AFTERLE TICKET SALES ALSO.

-- AFTERLE TICK SALES -- RAFFLE TICK SALES AND A FLIER FOR THOSE WHO WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. AND I WANTED TO BRING UP CAD FIELD, I THINK IT IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND RUNED. AND I SPOKE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CADC WILL MR. ANTHONY YOUNG WHO RUNS YOUNG TILE. AND I WANT TO SAY HE TOLD ME TO

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AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE KNOW, AS AN ORGANIZATION WE CAN'T REALLY AFFORD THAT.

SO I WAS MAYBE HOPING WE COULD MAYBE GET ACCOMMODATED BY THE CITY OR MAYBE EVEN WAIVED OR SOMETHING FOR THAT COST TO GET THE LIGHTS TURNED ON. AND THE BIG REASON FOR THAT IS, BECAUSE, AGAIN, OUR TOURNAMENT IS IN JULY AND IT IS SUPER HOT. IN THE PAST YEARS THAT WE HOSTED IT AND WE USUALLY HAVE TWO TO THREE PEOPLE GET HEAT EXHAUSTION.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CUT MAYBE OUT SOME OF THE STOP PLAYING DURING HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY AND START CONTINUING TO PLAY IN THE LATER IN THE EVENING AND HOPEFULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE LIGHTS. AND SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE PLAYING.

AND AGAIN, THAT COST TO TURN THE LIKES ON, I DON'T KNOW -- THAT IS PRETTY STEEP PRICE $2,000 JUST TO HAVE THE T LIGHTS TURN ON. ANYWAY, THAT IS ONE THING AND THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE THE SAY IS AS A PRESIDENT OF VICTORIA BAD NEWS CHAIRS.

I REALLY WANT US TO START TAKING NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIVE -- INITIATIVE TO HELP WITH THE CITY AND GET -- MAKE BEING ADVOCATE FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY HERE IN TOWN.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW, GET THINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE IN TOWN AND WITH THE HELP OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AMY FOUNDATION.

AMY SCIENCE FOUNDATION SO, YEAH, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. CAMACHO.

>>> MR. JAMES WEIRDEN. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

CAN YOU GIVE THESE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER? >> MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I BROUGHT BROUGHT THESE BROCHURES, IT HAS VICTORIA DRIVING TOUR. WE USE THESE IN ATTRACTING TOURISTS TO OUR CITY AS WELL AS EDUCATING OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AS WELL THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY KNOWN FOR THAT OR THE AREA WEST OF MOODY TOWARDS RIVERSIDE PARK, THERE IS A COLLECTION OF HISTORIC HOMES THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE FROM DIFFERENT PERIODS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BROCHURE, I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY ONE ON THIS BROCHURE, BUT IF WE COULD OPEN OUR BROCHURE AND LOOK AT NUMBER 30 ON THAT PAGE, IT IS LISTED AS THE JOHN AND HENRY EDELL LITTLE HOUSE BUILT IN 1896 FOR JOHN AND HENRIETTA LITTLE. THIS VICTORIAN HOUSE IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ORNAMENTAL DETAILING, SUNBURST BRACKETS AND RADIATING ART SPINDLE SIBLGHTDION IN FRONT GABLE AND UNIQUE. THAT WAS A NATIONAL REGISTER LISTING IN 1986.

WELL, WE'RE CURRENTLY LOSING THAT HOUSE RIGHT NOW WHERE NO ONE REALLY KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON, WITH QUESTIONABLE NOTICE BEING POSTED, ET CETERA. WHEN I TALK TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, THEY THOUGHT THE HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY BEING REPAIRED AND NOT BEING TAN AWAY FROM OUR CITY.

SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD. IF WE REALLY THINK THE ORDINANCE IS WORKING, AND WE'RE LOSING A NATIONAL REGISTERED STRUCTURE LIKE THIS, I ANY WE NEED TO

RETHINK THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>> THANK YOU MR. WEIRDEN.

>> ALL RIGHT, MR. VON DER OFF. >> GO EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR. CITY SECRETARY.

MY BIG ISSUE IS APPRAISE APPRAISALS. THE APPRAISALS ARE ALLEGEDLY WAY TOO HIGH FOR PROPERTIES AND VICTORIA. I HEAR SOME APPRAISALS THEY HAVE A $200,000 HOUSE, NOW $400,000. I HEAR $100,000 HOUSE GOING TO $200,000.

I HAVE A RAGGED OUT TRAILER HOUSE APPRAISED AT $4,000 AND WENT TO $19,000.

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I MEAN, IT IS THE HOOD, YOU HAVE ALLEGED SEX OFFENDERS, DRUG DEALERS, HORDERS, YOU GOT RECEIVERA HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED, NOT DESTROYED, 4R08 MOLLISHED.

IT AND KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, BIG OLD TREE BRANCH FELL RIGHT THROUGH THE ROOF AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS LOOKING INTO IT MORE AND MORE.

AND TRAILER PARK OWNER, HE LIVES IN HOUSTON AND HE DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME BY, SO CODE ENFORCEMENT USUALLY INSPECTS IT ABOUT TWICE A MONTH AND MAKES SURE IT IS CLEAN AND TRAILER NUMBER 32, THAT IS ABANDONED HOUSE. IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR LIKE A YEAR. THEY DID MAKE IT BETTER BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT DECIDED FOR SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. AND IT DON'T HAVE A DOOR. AND I THINK WHEN YOU OWN A HOME AND IT IS ABANDONED IT SHOULD HAVE A DOOR, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SQUATTERS AND ALLEGED DRUG DEALERS AND SKETCHY PEOPLE COME THERE. AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CROSSROADS TASK FORCE, VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING A DRUG BUST ON MEYER. A VERY BIG BUST AND THAT IS THE STREET BUY SECTS WILLIAM OFFER SCHOOL I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING AUNT. THEY DID START DEMOLISHING IT LAST WEEK. AND THEY'RE DOING IT TODAY AS WE'RE SPEAKING SO I APPRECIATE THE CITY ATTORNEY. THAT CAN BE ONE OF HIS BIGGER ACCOMPLISHMENTS OTHER THAN DOG ISSUES. HE GOT WILLIAM OFFER DEMOLISHED AND STUFF.

AND THE CITY MANAGER AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING STANDARDS AND COMMISSION.

THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> JAIME VAL DIVIA. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL. JUST CAME HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT PROPERTY AT 602 SOUTH WHEELER THAT'S SLATED FOR DEMOLITION.

I OWN THE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO IT, 602 B AND 604. WE SPOKE REGARDING THIS PROPERTY WITH BUILDINGS COMMISSIONS A FEW WEEKS AGO. AT THAT TIME IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BUILDING DID MEET THE CRITERIA FOR DEMOLITION. AT THE TIME, THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WE WERE FIXING UP NEXT DOOR THERE, I WITNESSED NUMEROUS TIMES THERE WERE PEOPLE -- THE HOUSE WAS ABANDONED. IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED. IT HAS BEEN FALLING APART.

THERE ARE ALWAYS SQUATTERS COMING IN AND OUT. IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH WHAT I BELIEVE DRUG TRAFFICKING GOING ON IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE. THERE HAS BEEN PEOPLE YOU KNOW, LIVING THERE, SQUATTERS, VAI GRANTS WITHOUT ANY UTILITIES PRESENT AT THE PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION HAS BEEN LIKE I SAID. IT HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. YOU SEE SOME MOVEMENTS EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE WHERE THEY PATCH UP SOMETHING AND GET PERMITED AND IT JUST HASN'T THERE THERE HAVE BEEN NO DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY AS FAR AS FIXING UP. AND I THINK IT WAS APPEALED BUT I THINK THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE KNOCKED DOWN. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A BIG INVESTMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO BUTIFY THE AREA WITH INVESTORS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. AND THAT PROPERTY THERE IN QUESTION IS ONE OF THE LAST, JUST REALLY BAD EYESORES IN THAT AREA THERE.

SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR JUROR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

>> TRAVIS SHORE. >> MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY FATHER AND MOTHER WHO OWN THE HOUSE THAT JAIME WAS REFERRING TO ADJACENT WHERE 606 SOUTH WHEELER.

AND I CONQUER WHAT JAIME HAS BEEN SAYING. THAT HOUSE HAS BEEN EYESORE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I KIND OF HELP FAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AT -- I HELP TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AT 606 SOUTH WHEELER. AND REALLY THAT PROPERTY IS NON-LIVABLE. AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THIS PROPERTY SHOULD STILL BE IN

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THEY'VE HAD MULTIPLE WARNINGS SINCE 2017, I THINK TO DO REPAIR TO MAKE THIS A LIVABLE HOUSE.

AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. I GUESS AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I TRY TO DO CONSTRUCTION. THE REQUIREMENTS YOU KNOW ARE VERY STEEP AND YET WE CAN HAVE A HOUSE LIKE THIS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DEFINITELY DOESN'T MEET MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS AND I'M JUST GIVING AFFIRMATION THIS NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED.

I ANY THERE HAS BEEN -- I THINK THERE HAS BEEN AMPLE TIME FOR THE HOUSE TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AND IT HAS NOT BEEN SUITABLE FOR SOMEONE TO LIVE IN I HAVE A VACANT LOT NEXT TO MY BUSINESS ON MAIN STREET. AND GRASS GETS UP TOO ALL THE AND THEY SEND ME A NOTIFICATION TO MOW MY GRASS ON THAT VACANT LOT, WHICH IS JUST GRASS. IT IS NOTEEN UGGLIING, IT IS JUST GRASS AND I GET NOTEIFICATIONS TO MOW IT AND I ACCORDINGLY DO AND KEEP IT TO STANDARDS, BUT I FEEL OKAY I'M GETTING NOTICES ABOUT GRASS ON A VACANT LOT.

SO BASICALLY AFFIRMATION WHAT JAIME HAS SAID I THINK I NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED AND IT HAS NOT

BEEN SINCE 2017, SO I DON'T SEE WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON. >> THANK YOU, DR. SHORE.

>> CHRISTEN SHORE. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I HAVE MOVED INTO THAT PROPERTY AT 606 SOUTH WHEELER IN FEBRUARY OF 2017. IT WAS DAMAGED IN HARVEY.

AND THERE WAS A FAMILY LIVING THERE AND THE HOME WAS NEVER REPAIRED.

THE ROOF S HAS COLLAPSED IN THE BACK. THEY TRIED TO PATCH THE BACK WALLS. I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUILDING SERVICES AND WITH FILING FORMS THROUGH GRACE GARCIA'S OFFICE WITH ISAAC, WITH MR. RICK MADRID.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2020. TRYING TO GET THIS HOUSE SHUT DOWN THIS PROPERTY. THE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT POPPED UP WHEN JAIME STARTED DOING CONSTRUCTION, WE WERE DOING ROOF CONSTRUCTION AND THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC GIST WAS A HUGE SPIKE.

AND I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN MARCH OF 2021.

AND HE IS NOW LIEUTENANT BAITMAN IS WILLING TO SPEAK AND DISCUSS WITH ANYONE HIS INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROPERTY, WHAT HIS SURVEILLANCE HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS PROPERTY, TEXT MESSAGES, PHOTOGRAPHS OF VEHICLES, ANYTHING OF THE LIKE. AND NOW WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING IN AND WE'VE HAD NEW FAMILIES MOVE IN DOWN THE STREET, EVERYONE IS CONCERNED AND I'M NOT AWARE IF ANY OF Y'ALL SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE BUILDING COMMISSION'S MEETING, BUT THERE WAS ABOUT, I DON'T NEXT TOKER 45 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS STRUCTURE AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT SOMEONE COULD BE VISIBLY LIVING IN THIS STRUCTURE ESPECIALLY DURING THE FREEZE WHEN THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN AND BLANKETS IN THE DOORS. IT NEEDS TO GO.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND MALORY SHARP.

>> HELLO COUNCIL, I LIVE AT 606 SOUTH WHEELER. AND TO AFFIRM OUR CONCERNS WITH 602 SOUTH WHEELER, ALL THE ACTIVITY WE'RE SEEING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT JAIME SAID, THE BEAUTIFY INDICATION DOWNTOWN. -- BEAUTIFY INDICATION THERE IN DOWNTOWN. AND TRYING TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITH THAT EYESORE IT JUST IS NOT APPEALING FOR ANY HOME OWNER TO COME IN AND TRY TO BUY A HOME AND SO JUST TRYING TO BETTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALSO LIKE SHE SAID FOR THE FAMILIES THAT ARE MOVING IN, THERE IS THE HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO IT HAS KIDS AND IT IS JUST NOT SAFE, YOU KNOW WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC WITH THE DRUG ACTIVITY AND SO JUST MORE AFFIRMATION THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THE STRUCTURE AT 602 SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZENS' COMMUNICATION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING FORWARD AND VISITING WITH US. WE'LL GO INTO ITEMS WITH PUBLIC

[1. An ordinance amending Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances by establis...]

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HEARING, FEMME C 1. >> C 1 IS AN ORDINANCE EMITTING THE CODE OF ORDY INSTANCE BY

ESTABLISHING IN DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHAT I HAVE TONIGHT IS A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON A PROPOSED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN VICTORIA. SO REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO PROVIDE TO YOU A DEFINITION AND THE BENEFITS OF HAVING AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AS REMMED BY THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, VICTORIA MAIN STREET IS PROPOSING TO ESTABLISH THIS DISTRICT AND DESIGNATE A CENTRAL LOCATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AND THE PATRONAGE OF SHOPPING, RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTLIFE AND USE. A FEW BENEFITS OF HAVING AN ESTABLISHED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, IT BOOSTS THE LOCAL ECONOMY, PROMOTES AN ACTIVE AND VIBRANT DOWNTOWN, PROVIDES LOCATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TOURISTS TO SOCIALIZE AND BE ENTERTAIN AND ATTRACTS NEW NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES. DIVING IN A LITTLE BIT INTO WHAT IS IN THE WRITTEN ORDINANCE THERE ARE SOME REGULATIONS IF YOU WILL ON USE OF SIDEWALKS THAT HELP MERCHANTS THAT WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AND THOSE KIND OF SPELLED WITHOUT THE USE OF SIDEWALKS DURING BUSINESS HOURS, BUSINESS OWNERS MAY DISPLAY MERCHANDISE LIKE IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE A SIDEWALK SALE IF YOU WILL.

THEY CAN PUT OUT SANDWICH BOARDS, BENCHES, TABLE, FOOD SERVICE, ET CETERA.

AND THERE IS ALSO REGULATIONS SUCH AS WHERE THOSE ITEMS ARE PLACE SOD THAT IT DOESN'T OBSTRUCT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON THE SIDEWALKS. FOR SOUND AMPLIFICATION WHEN IT COMES TONIGHT LIFE ENTERTAINMENT THERE IS A REGULATION IN THERE AS FAR AS HOW MANY DECIBELS ARE ALLOWED AND THIS IS FOR RUNT RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS WITHIN THE VENUE HOLDING A ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE. AND IT ALLOWS SOUND AMABLYIFICATION & DURING DAYS AND TIME THAT COINCIDE WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE USE PROVIDED THE SOUND IS BEING PROZEUSED IN A MAN THEY ARE DOES NOT EXCEED 90-DECIBELS AT THE POINT OF SOUND MIXING. AND IT PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON SPECIAL EVENT AND PUBLIC PARK USE. A LOT OF THESE PROVISIONS WE ALREADY PRACTICE TODAY.

IT IS JUST SPELLING IT OUT IN THE ORDINANCE AS FAR AS WHAT IS ALLOWED OR NOT ALLOWED, SUCH AS STREET BLOCKING, CLOSURES, WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR THAT GRANTING TEMPORARY USE OF ANY PARKS, WHICH, OF COURSE, WOULD FACILITATE GOING THROUGH THE RENTAL PROCESS.

AGAIN, CLOSING STREETS AND OCCUPY THE STREETS DURING EVENTS.

BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OF STREETS AND PARKS FOR THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL OR BEER AND WINE. AND THEN, IT ALSO MENTIONS THE RENTAL AND USE AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AS MAY REASONABLY NECESSARY TO ENCOURAGE MORE SPECIAL EVENTS.

ALCOHOL POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION, WE HAVE A GUIDELINE IN THERE THAT SAYS THE POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF BEER AND WINE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT DURING THE DAYS AND HOURS OF A SPECIAL EVENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT IS PERMITTED THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT THE PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSING AN OPEN CONTAINER IN A AREA OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.

YOU CAN'T POSSESS AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER LAYS APPLY WHEN IT COMES TO CONSUMING ALCOHOL. AND SO I WANTED TO BRIEFLY SHOW YOU THE MAP. -- I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DRAG FROM THIS, BUT AS YOU SEE IN THE BLUE, THOSE ARE THE BLOCKS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BE THE DESIGNATED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. I WANTED TO REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE SEE -- THANK YOU. -- THAT WE SEE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING AND CURRENTLY BUT WE ALSO INCLUDED DELEON PLAZA, THE WELLNESS CENTER AND THE GREEKS 205.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND ALSO THE ORANGE IS THE PROPOSED CULTURAL CONTRADICT THAT I -- DISTRICT THAT I SHOWED TO YOU GUYS A FEW MEETINGS BACK. THERE IS A LITTLE OVERLAP BUT THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE MAIN STREET BOARD AS THE BOUNDARY FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF PRESENTATION. I WILL ADD SHORTLY THIS IS THE FIRST READING.

WE WILL HAVE SECOND AND THIRD, OF COURSE. STAFF IS ALREADY PREPARING TO DO

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>> IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO EXPAND LATER? AND DOES THAT HAVE TOO BE

CHANGED IN THE READINGS FOR TONIGHT? >> I BELIEVE IT CAN BE EXPANDED

AT A LATER DATE? OKAY. >> IF ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THE BOUNDARY OF THE MAP ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE MAP THAT IS KEPT ON FILE IN THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND CAN BE CHANGED BY THE CITY MANAGER LATE BY FILING A NEW MAP.

>>> OKAY. >> YES. >> I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SECTION OF THE ORDY INSTANCE DEALING WITH SOUND AMPLIFICATION.

I NOTICED IN THERE IT WAS 90-DECIBELS. AND AS I READ IT COULD BEGIN AT 10:00 A.M. AND GO TO MIDNIGHT ON MOST DAYS, OR UNTIL 2:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

MY CONCERN -- AND I WENT AND LOOKED AT HOW LOUD IS 90-DECIBELS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM. I'M NOT AN AUDIOLOGIES.

AND LOOKED AT COMPARATIVE EXAMPLES, SOMEONE A POWER MOWER. ANOTHER 90-DECIBELS IS A MOART MOTORCYCLE AT 25 FEET. LET'S SAY YOU HAD MULTIPLE BUSINESSES IN THE SAME BLOCK THAT ARE ALL PLAYING MUSIC AT 9E AFTERNOON OR 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON THERE ARE OFFICES, BUSINESSES AND OTHER AREAS DOWNTOWN THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON, PERHAPS WE SHOULD LOOK AT -- AND I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, SHOULD WE LOOK AT THE 90 DECEMBERIBLES FOG AND PERHAPS A STAIRED PHASE-IN DURING THE DAY MAYBE IT IS A CERTAIN LEVEL AND NIGHTTIME ENTERTAINMENT IS DIFFERENT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MULTIPLE SOURCES OF MUSIC AT 90-DECIBELS

ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. >>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT. WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT

REVISIT THANK AND COMING BACK WITH A SECOND REVISION. >> DANIELLE, THE ON THE BEVERAGE AND POSSESSION IN THE DISTRICT, CAN YOU TAKE A BEVERAGE OUT OF AN ESTABLISHMENT?

>> IT DEPENDS. >> IF YOU PURCHASE IT INSIDE AND WALK OUT WITH IT.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING IT DEMANDS ON WHAT TABC LICENSE THE BUSINESS ACTUALLY HOLDS.

IF THEY HOLD A MIX BEVERAGE LICENSE AND ON PREMISE ONLY IT CANNOT EXIT THE BUILDING.

IF IT IS A BEER AND WHINE OFF-PREMISE LICENSE IT CAN COMMIT THE BUILDING.

IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO WHICH LICENSE THE ESTABLISHMENT HOLDS WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING

THOMAS. >>> I THINK SHE DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THAT.

>>> I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT DOING THIS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AS WELL NO PUN INTENDED.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THIS GOES ABOVE TABC'S LAWS IN THE LICENSING THAT EACH ESTABLISHMENT HAS TO HAVE THAT JUST NEEDS TO GET OUT THERE THAT IF YOU WANT THAT THEN

EACH ESTABLISHMENT HAS TO BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. >> LY ADD ONE ELEMENT TO THAT AND I THINK FOR PURPOSE OF CLARIFICATION, THE CITY OF VICTORIA DOES NOT HAVE ANY REGULATIONS PROHIBITING PEOPLE FROM TRACKING DRINKS OUT OF BEVERAGE UTOF DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS. THOSE REGULATIONS THAT DANIELLE CORRECTLY SUMMARIZED, THOSE ARE

ALL IN STATE LAW, NOT IN VICTORIA CODE. >> THANK YOU, MS. WILLIAMS. AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP C 1 PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. SEEING NO ONE GET UP WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN

ANY MOTION. >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO ADOPT AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHERED DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>>> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN, MOTION CARRIES ITEM C 2. >> ITEM C 2 IS AN ORDINANCE

[2. An ordinance amending the schedule of rates for taxicab services. Apri...]

SECRETARY WILL SPEARHEAD THIS ITEM. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT, I HAD ASKED

THOMAS TO READ IT. >> OKAY, SO THE PRESENTATION I'M GOING GIVE YOU TONIGHT, COUNCIL IS ON TAXICAB RATES AND AN INCREASED RATE THAT WE RECEIVEDDED SO CITY CODE 23-31 STATES IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A TAXKY CAB COMPANY TO CHARGE RATES EXCESSIVE OF THE RATE ON FILE IN MY OFFICE SO ON THIS SLIDE HERE, I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE, BUT

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SINCE 2011 THE RATE OF $2.50 FOR THE INITIAL PICKUP IS THE CURRENT RATE AND IT INCREASES FOR ENVELOPERY 12THTH OF A MILE NO EXTRA CHARGES FOR PASSENGERS, OR GROCERIES AND RATE IS $7 PER HOUR. SO THE REQUEST THAT MR. HERNANDEZ SUBMITTED ASKED FOR A RATE INCREASE TO $3 FOR THE INITIALING PICKUP AND INCREASE OF $5-CENTS PER 12TH OF A MILE TO 25-CENTS OR A TOTAL OF $3 PER MILE AND AN INCREASE AND WAIT TIME FROM $7.50 OR $28 AN HOUR FROM THE CURRENT RATE OF $7 PER QUARTER HOUR.

SO WE LOOKED AT THE INFLATION RATE SINCE 2011. BUT WE LOOKED AT THE INFLATION RATE SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2011, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, AND TO MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT RATE WHEN I DID THE PRESENTATION WHICH WAS 30%.

SO THE RATES OF INCREASE BEING REQUESTED BY THE THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT MR. HERNANDEZ IS REQUESTING INCREASED BY 20%, 25% AND 7.14% TO INCREASE THE STANDBY WAIT TIMES, WELL WITHIN THE INFLATION RATE MORE OR LESS IN THE INFLATION RATE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MANY HERNANDEZ IS ALSO HERE AND WILLING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM.

>> THANK YOU, MS. HILBRICH. WELL DONE. AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM C 2 ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

SEEING NO ONE GET UP WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN ANY MOTION.

>> SO MOVE. >>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. MS. SOLIZ AND MR. DELAGARZA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE J THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN, MOTION CARRIES.

[D. Consent Agenda:]

FROM THIS IT WILL BE ON NEXT TIME'S AGENDA. >>> OKAY.

ITEM D 1 IS THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 19TH, 2022.

ITEM D 2 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND READOPTING TRAFFIC REGULATION SCHEDULES AS PROVIDED IN VARIOUS SECTION OF CODE, SECOND AND THIRD TREATING D 3 IS TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO SECTION TWUB-83 A6 B FOR PROPERTY LOCATE AT 1714 EAST RIO GRANDE STREET IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE

PLATTING OF A GENERAL COMMERCIAL LOT. >>> D 4 APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE

BOARD OF HEALTH. >>> D 5 APPROVE INSTALLATION AGREEMENT WITH VISION EQUIPMENT FOR WASHER COMPACTOR TIRED GENERATION AT REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OF

FOR THEIR PROPOSAL AMOUNT OF 104,500. >> AND ZC AWARD COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL TO SCHRODER REFRIGERATION COMPANY, INC. FOR REPLACEMENT OF HVAC CHILLERS AT THE VICTORIA ONLY M COMMUNITY CENTER IN AMOUNT OF $164,300 Z 7 APPROVE THE DONATION OF EXPIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO INCLUDE STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING COATS, PANTS AND PROTECTIVE

HOODS AND TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF 207 PIERCE FIRE APRAPUS. >> MOVE FOR CONSENT.

>> SEC SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, MOTION CARRY, E 21. >> E 1 IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING

[1. Award the 2022 Crack Seal Project to Four B Paving, Inc. of Spring Bra...]

SEALED PROPOSAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $143,000. >> EVENING.

MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'M BACK THIS IS QUICK BRIEF KIND OF AN OVERCREW OF A CRACK

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YOU THINK IT WOULD BE LINEAR FEET, BUT IT IS A LOT OF WALKING.

SO WE AVERAGE ABOUT PER POUND OF CRACK SEALANT MATERIAL ABOUT 7 1/2 FEET OF CRACK PER POUND.

THIS PROJECT WILL GET ABOUT 247,000 LINEAR FEET OF CRACK SEALED.

PROJECT TIME ABOUT 150 DAYS, CONTRACTOR TYPICALLY BEATS THAT WHEN THEY GET HERE AND THIS IS A CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO PRESERVE THE STREETS. PROJECT MAP IS ON THE LEFT.

THOSE ARE STREETS WE'RE REALLY TARGETING THIS YEAR. AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT KEYS TO LOOK IS WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WITH CRACKED SEALS. IN 2020 WE HAD A LARGE PROJECT OF 225,000 CRACK SEALED A LOT OF STREETS IN VICTORIA. SINCE THEN WE KIND OF STOPED AND WE PICKED IT BACK UP IN 2020, 2021 AND THIS YEAR 2022. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING. I THINK WE WERE ON A GOOD PROGRAM AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHY WE CRACK SEAL, OPEN CRACK IN PAVEMENT ALLOWS MOISTURE IN BASE.

PRESERVES THE TEG PAVEMENT INTEGRITY AND PART OF THE PAVEMENT LIFE SPIKE IS CRACK SEALING, YOU WANT TO DO IT EVERY YEAR. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS A GOOD THEN TO DO. CHIP SARYBLTION 7 TO 10 YEARS, AND THEN WE GO INTO THE MILL AND OVERLAY, 15 YEARS. LEAST PAVEMENT EXPENSIVE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

COST AN AVERAGE OF 60-CENTS A FOOT WHAT IS CRACK SEAL? PROCESS INVOLVES TRAFFIC CONTROL, OF COURSE, CLEAN OUT THE CRACKS, YOU HEAT THE BLOCKS, PLACE THE MATERIAL IN THE CRACKS. SQUEEGEE AND DEEPER, WIDEN CRACKS YOU PUT SAND IN AND LEVEL THE CRACKS. YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST POUR THE CRACK.

HOT MIX STREET THROWS THE ONES WE ATTACK. THOSE ARE MORE BRITTLE THAN A SEAL COAT STREETS, SEAL COAT HAS THE SEAL ON IT AND A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE THIS IS PICTURES OF A CREW. IT IS A VERY INTENSIVE LABOR PART PROGRAM TO DO.

IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.

UP CLOSE PICTURE AND THEN YOU SEE THE WIDE CRACKS. AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THOSE SOME ON RED RIVER AND SOME ON BEN JORDAN. AND PROJECT TIMELINE START IN MAY TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT, MOBILIZE IN JULY AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE IN SEPTEMBER. AND I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, REITERATE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR UPGRADED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ON OUR ROADS. AND IT IS COMPARE -- IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE IT DO I HAVE A

NOTION. >> MOVE THAT WE ADOPT. >> SECOND IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM E 1, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. MOTION AREAS CARRIES, E 2. >>> E 2 IS A MOTION AWARDING

[2. Award a Competitive Sealed Proposal with LSPS Solutions, LLC for Elect...]

MAINTENANCE MANUALS IN AMOUNT OF $22333,528. >> OKAY THIS ONE WE DID A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE SERVICES AND WE ADVERTISED BACK IN NEBRASKA OF 2022TO AND WE RECEIVED ONE PROPOSAL FOR THIS PROJECT. AND YOU'LL NOTE WE HAD IN THE PROPOSAL, WE HAD THREE ITEMS. WE HAD REGIONAL PLANT, THE ODOM WASTEWATER PLANT AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS AND THE SURFACE WATER PLANT. WE ELECTED TO TAKE OUT THE REGIONAL PLANT, BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE'RE GOING INTO THE EVALUATION OF THAT SO WE FIGURED IT WOULD BE BEST TO PULL BACK, USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO CONTINUE WITH THE DO THE EVALUATION -- OPERATION OF THE PLANT. I'VE GOT THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH LSPS. WIESE GOING KIND OF GO OVER WHAT THIS INVOLVE, HOW IT PERTAINS TO

OUR INDIVIDUAL CITY AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LYNCH. >> GOD EVENING, MAY O, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, NICE TO BE BEFORE YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU REAL QUICK OF WHAT GOING IN MANUALLY AND WHY IT IS SUCH A GREAT ASSET MANAGEMENT TOOL.

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IT BASICALLY INVENTORIES ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT AND TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHICH EQUIPMENT YOU HAVE, WHERE IT IS LOCATEED AND PROVIDES ALL OF THE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AND MAKES IT AVAILABLE AND PUTS IT IN ONE SPOT AND MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES ALL THE TIME RASHEDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE AT.

-- REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE AT. WHEN MOST THINK ABOUT O & M MANUAL WE THINK OF NEW BINDERS. WE GET THEM WHEN WE BUILD A NEW PLANT OR PUMP STATION, THE ENGINEER AND HIS SPECIFICATION THAT PROVIDER PROVIDE O & M MANUALS TO US.

RULES REQUIRE US TO HAVE O & M MANUALS. THEY ARE BASICALLY A COMPLICATION OF -- COMPILATION FOR ALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT YOU PURCHASED WHEN YOU BUILT IN PLANT. THEY'RE REAL NICE, WE GET THEM AND LOOK AT THEM AND PUT THEM ON A SHELF. THAT IS WHERE THEY SIT AND WE NEVER TOUCH THEM AGAIN.

AND THE REASON IS ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION IN THEM, AS THEY ARE, THEY'RE REALLY NOT THAT GREAT TOOLS FOR US, BECAUSE THEY DON'T CONTAIN ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED. FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN'T LINK WEBSITES IN A BOOK LIKE THAT.

WE CAN'T -- IT MAY HAVE SOME PHOTOS, BUT THEY'RE NOT PHOTOS OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU PURCHASED, INSTALLED IN A IT ISING IN WHICH YOU HAVE THEM. THEY'RE NO NARRATIVES IN THERE THAT EXPLAIN HOW THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WORKS IN YOUR SYSTEM WITH THE OTHER COMPONENTS IN YOUR SYSTEM TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOORVEG YOU NEED TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

AND THERE IS CERTAINLY NO CONSTRUCTION PLANS OR AS BUILT DRAWINGS IN THEM.

THEY'RE A DIFFERENT SET OF DOCUMENTS KEPT ELSEWHERE. BECAUSE THEY'RE A RANDOM COMPILATION OF DOCUMENTS THEY'RE ALSO NOT EASY TO NAVIGATE, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND CERTAINLY NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE A TECHNICIAN OUT ON THE FIELD TRYING TO WORK ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THOSE ARE BACK AT THE SURFACE PLANT OFFICE AND UP IN ENGINEERING AT 700 MAIN. THEY'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY.

AND BECAUSE THEY'RE RARELY USED, THEY'RE NEVER UPDATED. WE CHANGE PUMPS AND DO THINGS AND DON'T UPDATE THEM. IN IS A BETTER WAY. AND THAT BETTER WAY IS THROUGH ELECTRONIC O & M MANUALS. AND SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT AN ELECTRONIC O & M MODEL IS.

BY SHOWING YOU ONE THAT WE BUILT FOR WATER AUTHORITY IN LAKE JACKSON AND -- I DID CLICK ON

IT. IT'S MOVING HERE. >> OKLAHOMA THANK YOU, JAMES.

>> SO WATER AUTHORITY IS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN LAKE JACKSON AND PROVIDES TREATED WATER. THEY HAD US BUILD THIS AUSTIN TOWN PUMP STATION EO & M MANUAL AND I LIKE TO USE IT TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT EO & M MANUALS ARE A SMALL CONCISE ONE BUT ALSO VERY COMPLETE. AND SO WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP, YOU CAN SEE HERE, A PICTURE OF THE PUMP STATION, A SHORT NARRATIVE ABOUT THE PUMP STATION. AND THEN THERE IS NAVIGATION BUTTONS HERE ALONG BOTH SIDES THAT YOU CAN USE TO DRILL DOWN INTO, IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE PUMPS, YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE A SHORT NARRATIVE ABOUT THE PUMPS.

OVER HERE WE HAVE A TABLE THAT TELLS THUS ARE TWO PUMPS THERE, EACH DESIGNED WITH A SPECIFIC

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WHAT TO EXPECT DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS. WE HAVE TROUBLE SHOOTING.

MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM WE PUT ALL OF THE MANUFACTURER'S BROCHURES THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT BINDER, BUT HERE THEY'RE EASY TO AND A HALF GATE AND GET TO, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU'RE TRYING TO TRUBL SHOOT A PUMP, BOOM THERE IS THE TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE AND SO RELATIVELY EASY TO 1/2 GATE.

THOROUGHLY CONFIGURABLE AND WE CAN DRILL DOWN INTO ALL THESE CHEMICALS, CHEMICAL SYSTEM, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT WITH YOU, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT IT PUTTINGS EVERYTHING ABOUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT PUMP NATION ONE LOCATION, EASY TO GET TO AND CAN BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE THAT HAS SECURITY CLEARANCE TO ACCESS IT ON YOUR NETWORK.

IT LOOKS LIKE A WEB PAGE, ACTS LIKE A WEB PAGE BUT NEVER RESIDES ON THE INTERNET, IT RESIDES ON YOUR SECURITY CLEARANCE TO ACCESS YOUR NETWORK.

I'M RUNNING IT OFF OF A HARD DRIVE TONIGHT, SO THEIR FIELD TECHNICIANS HAVE IT ON A HARD DRIVE AND RUN IT ON THEIR LAPTOPS OUT IN THE FIELD SO THAT IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THEY ACT LIKE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOURS HERE IN VICTORIA. AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING HAVE TO DRAG THAT OVER AGAIN, AREN'T WE? NO, I GOT IT. UH-UH.

OKAY, THIS PROBLEM IS THE DISPLAY MIST BE MAGNIFIED ON THIS.

SO YOU HAVE ONE HERE IN VICTORIA FOR YOUR SURFACE WATER PLANT. THIS ONE WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY CDM, THE ENGINEER ON THAT PROJECT N BACK IN 2001 WHEN THE PLANT CAME ON-LINE.

IT WAS BUILT HOWEVER, USING NAVIGATION THAT IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED.

AND IT WAS BUILT USING SOME THIRD PARTY SOFT THEIR IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

AND SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BETWEEN 2020 AND 20 SEW 2D WORKING.

IN 2020 THE FIRM HIRED MY FIRM TO COME IN AND REPROGRAM IT TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN.

WE REPROGRAMMED ALL THE NAVIGATION AND USED IN NAVIGATION SCHEME THAT YOU SHOW HERE. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE WAY IT LOOKS.

IT IS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT MAGNIFICATION ON THIS DISPLAY. BUT ALSO, THE OTHER THING WE DID WAS, WE TOOK AND CONVERTED ALL THE DRAWINGS IN HERE TO PDF. SO THINK IT WOULD BE OPENED USE ACE ADDRESS DOBY ACROBAT READER SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE THAT IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED. WE BUILT THAT. AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH, WE BUILT A PORTAL FOR YOU THAT INCLUDES THAT SO THAT OVER TIME YOU COULD EXPAND IT IF YOU WANTED TO YOU COULD HAVE ELECTRONIC O & M MANUALS FOR OTHER FACILITIES THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL EOM MANUAL I JUST SHOWED YOU AND YOUR RIVER PUMP STATION ON RIVER ROAD, IT DID NOT INCLUDE PLANT 3. IT DID NOT INCLUDE YOUR NEW TIRE STATION OR THE NOR DID IT INCLUDE ANY OF YOUR WELLS. THE ORIGINAL DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF YOUR WASTEWATER FACILITIES.

WE WENT AHEAD AND SET IT UP SO THAT YOU COULD BUILD ONE FOR YOUR REGIONAL PLANT AND ONE FOR YOUR ODOM STREET WASTEWATER PLANT AND ALL OF YOUR LIST STATIONS.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO LIST STATIONS THAT YOU ALSO HAVE EO & M CURRENTLY, ONE HIGHWAY 77 LIFT STATION FAR END OF NAVARRO STREET. MY FIRM BUILT THAT ONE FOR THE CITY AND BASICALLY GAVE IT TO THE CITY FREE JUST TO SHOW THAT WE COULD DO THIS WORK AND WHAT A

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SO THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS RESOLUTION PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS, NUMBER ONE, THE INFORMATION IN HERE ON YOUR SURFACE WATER PLANT IS THE ORIGINAL INFORMATION WHEN THE PLANT WAS BROUGHT ON LINE IN 2001. HARD TO BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN OVER 20 YEARS, BUT IT HAS. AND IN THOSE 20 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES MADE.

WE ADDED IT LATER, WE USED AMMONIA WHEN WE STARTED OUT THE PLANT AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING LIQUID AMMONIUM SULFATE, REREPLACED PUMPS AND INJECTION POINTS ON CHEMICALS, NONE OF THAT HAS EVER BEEN UPDATED. ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THIS SCOPE OF WORK IS TO GO IN AND UPDATE THAT SURFACE WATER PLANT, YOUR EXISTING O & M MANUAL AND UPDATE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED SINCE BUILT IN 2001. SECONDLY WE WANT INCLUDED IS ADD THE PLANT NUMBER 3 AT AIRLINE AND BEN JORDAN, THE NEW TOWER 5 PUMP STATION THAT YOU ADDED A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND ALL OF YOUR WELLS, INCLUDING YOUR ASR WELL. AND FINALLY, THE LAST COMPONENT IS TO INCLUDE AN EO & M MANUAL FOR OWEDEM STREET WASTEWATER PLANT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.

>> NO, THANK YOU, MR. SHORT, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >>> THANK YOU.

>> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, KEN? >> NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE PLANT OPERATIONS AND ALL IN ONE PLACE.

WE HAVE USED IT. I HAVE IT ON MY COMPUTER AS A PORTAL.

AND I KNOW OUR OPERATOR WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS FOR THEIR USE.

>> MR. GILL, DO YOU THINK THIS FIRM HAS ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY PREPARE THESE

MANUALS FOR US? >> YES, I DO. ABSOLUTELY.

FOR THOSE WATCH MANAGER SHORT USED TO BE OUR DIRECTOR OF THAT DEPARTMENT, HE'S VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND APPRECIATE HIM PROVIDING THIS PROPOSAL TO US.

>> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> MOVE TO APPROVE E 2.

>>> SECOND IT. >> ALL RIGHT, MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

[3. Appeal of Building Standards Commission's Order of Demolition for 602 ...]

E 3. >> ITEM E 3 IS A RESOLUTION HEARING AN APPEAL OF THE BUILDING AND STAND AROUNDS COMMISSION'S ORDER OF DEMOLITION FOR 602 SOUTH WHEELER STREET.

>> GOOD EVENING, SO ON APRIL 14TH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION ISSUED AN ORDER OF DEMOLITION BASED ON SEVERAL FINDINGS AT 602 SOUTH WHEELER SUPREME COURT WHICH WAS THE -- SOUTH WHEELER STREET WHICH VIOLATION OF BUILDING CODE.

THE NOTHING SUPPORTING COVERING OF ROOFS, FLOORS ARE 60% OR MORE DETERIORATED THE EXTERIOR HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND STRUCTURE OR PART THEREOF AS YOU HEARD DURING CITIZENS COMMUNICATION THERE HAS BEEN A ACTIVITY THAT HAS STARTED ON AND OFF BY THE PROPERTY OWNER TO REPAIR THIS. PROPERTY OWNER ORIGINALLY PULLED A PERMIT TO REPAIR IN JUNE OF 2020. IT EXPIRED DUE TO NONACTIVITY.

AND RECENTLY PULLED A PERMIT IN JANUARY. BUT DESPITE THAT PERMIT BEING ISSUED OR PULLED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE LACK OF WORK STILL CONVINCED THE BUILDING STANDARDS MISSION TO ISSUE THE ORDER RECENTLY TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE.

SINCE 2006 THIS PROPERTY HAS HAD 18 CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS. AND FOR THAT REASON, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU UPHOLD THE BUILDING STANDARD COMMISSION ORDERS TO DEMOLISH IT.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT IS THE PROPERTY IS IN A SERIOUSLY DILAPIDATED STATE. AND IT IS MISSING WINDOWS AND THE BACK ROOF IS COMPLETELY MISSING WITH EXPOSED RAFTERS WHICH OF COURSE, CAUSED FURTHER DETERIORATION BY BEING EXPOSED

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>> I NOTICED THE EXISTING PERMIT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL JULY. AND YOU SAY THAT WAS PULLED IN

JANUARY? >> UH-HUH. >> WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE

JANUARY? >> I'M GOING GIVE YOU COMPLETE LIST BECAUSE IT SEEMS EVERY TIME WE GO OUT THERE THE PROPERTY IS EVEN MORE DILAPIDATED STATE. EVEN IF THERE IS MINOR WORK BEING DONE, BEING EXOPPOSITIONED TO ELEMENTS OR HAVING VAGUE GRANTS JUST CONTINUES TO MAKE IT

WORSE. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT IF YOU CANS NO

QUESTIONS, MR. GWOSDZ, WHAT ARE OUR ACTIONS FOR THIS ITEM? >> THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO UPTOLD RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF, WHICH IS TO UPHOLD THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION AND DENY APPEAL SO IF YOU PASS THE RESOLUTION AS IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU, YOU WILL BE DENYING THE APPEAL AND UPHOLDING THE PRIOR DECISION OF THE BUILDINGS STAND APARTS

COMMISSION. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

>> I MOVE WE ADOPT E 3. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN.

[1. Unified Development Ordinance Update. Julie Fulgham, Director of Devel...]

GREAT, THANK YOU, MS. FULL. >> SO I GET TO FINISH OUT THE NIGHT WITH AN UPDATE.

>> SO CITY MANAGER'S REPORT I'LL INTRO IT REAL QUICK. I WAS GOING SAY OBVIOUSLY BUT FOR THOSE TUNING IN WE DID HOLD A JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP THIS PAST FRIDAY WHERE THE INITIAL DIEINGS NOIS REPORT FOR THE UDO WAS PRESENTED.

TONIGHT IS A SUMMARY OF THE REPORT AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS.

AND TO HELP SPEARHEAD THAT CONVERSATION, JULIE FULLJHAM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR WILL TAKE IT

FROM HERE. >>> AGAIN, UPDATE OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT OSHDY INSTANCE TO START OFF I WOULD LIKE TO REIT RATE WHO IS THE TEAM WORKING ON OUR UNITITLE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. WE DO HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE COME PRICED OF THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THREE MEMBERS OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEN, OF COURSE MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. OUR CONSULTAND IS FRIESZ AND NICHOLS AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS. SO WE'RE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF UDO.

YOU CAN SEE WITH THE ARROW, WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT.

AND THAT DIAGNOSTIC REPORT TELLS US WHERE WE'VE BEEN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN. SO WE'LL KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

SO THE DIAGNOSTIC OVERVIEW, AS I SAID, JUST KIND OF TELLS WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND GIVES US AN OVERVIEW OF EXISTING CODES AND THE GOALS ARE TO PROVIDE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND CREATE A MORE USER-FRIENDLY FORMAT MOVING FORWARD.

AND SIMPLIFY OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LEGALLY SOUND DOCUMENT.

IT ALSO REFERENCES AND BUILDING UPON OUR PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS, SO THE PRESENCIVE PLAN AND THE E OF COURSE MOST RECENTLY THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A PARKS MASTER PLAN AND A THAT WILL ALSO BE REFERENCED MOVING FORWARD. AND SO YOU WILL SEE IN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TAKEN OUT OF THESE PLANS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK

FORWARD TO AS WE CRAFT AND DRAFT OUR NEW CODE. >> SO IN DEVELOPING THE DIEING GNOSTIC REPORT, OF COURSE, THEY REVIEWED ALL OF OUR OLD ORDINANCE, EXISTING ORDINANCES, REVIEWED THESE PLANS AND SPOKE TO THE STAKEHOLDER ISES, THESE WERE THE MAJOR THEMES THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT. AND THAT IS A FEW TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT CURRENTLY OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS RELATIVELY EASY, WE NEED TO FIX AND MEMORIALIZE COMMON CODE AND TRACK A LOOK AT REDEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER, AND ENCOURAGE A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, ENCOURAGE CROSS-ACCESS, STREAMLINE SOME OF OUR PLAT PROCESSES, REWARD AND INCENTIVIZE AND CODIFY DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TYPES. AND THEN, DEFINITELY UPDATE OUR SIGNAGE REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT CASE LAW AND ENCOURAGE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS.

SO WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW? WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE, VICTORIAUDO.COM.

ON THE WEBSITE YOU'LL FIND THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT AND LEARN ABOUT THE PROJECT.

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OUR DOCUMENTS ARE ALL GOING TO BE UPLOADED TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE.

SO AGAIN, ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE IN THE DOCUMENT SECTION AND THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT IS AVAILABLE AND READY TO BE DOWNLOADED. AND SO RIGHT NOW, OUR NEXT STEP IS WE'RE GOING REVIEW THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT FEEDBACK WE HAVE RECEIVED. THE COLLECT THE SURVEY AND MAP COMMENTS AND THAT WILL RUN THROUGH MAY 29TH. AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN DRAFTING THE NEW UDO THAT WILL START WITH AN OUTLINE WHICH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE PATH FORWARD AS WE DEVELOPMENT THE NEW CODE -- AS WE ADOPT THE NEW CODE. AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER

ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, IT IS A VERY ROBUST PROCESS, I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY GETTING IT DONE AND TAKING EEN CARE OF AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL ANSWER OUR NEEDS AS IT RELATES TO HISTORICAL STRUCTURE, SIDEWALKS. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. GARZA. DO YOU I HAVE V ANYTHING FURTHER IN.

[H. Executive Sessions:]

>> NO, SIR. >>> AT THIS TIME CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS FOR TEN MINUTES AND RECONVENE AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:32.

SCA ACCORDSANCE OF TEXAS CODE 551.072 AND 551.087.

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