Jun 07, 2022 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2022.

MS. HILBRICH WILL WOW PLEASE CALL ROLL.

>> IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGES AND FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

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

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

AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, WELCOME

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

[2. Public & Employee Recognitions:]

REMINDERS FOR THIS EVENING? >> NO, SIR. >>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. IS THERE A DIANE ESCALANTE HERE? ANYBODY FROM STATE FARM?

MS. HILBRICH WOULD YOU JUST READ THE PROCLAMATION PLEASE. >> WHEREAS STATE FARM IS CELEBRATING ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2022 AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF VICTOR RECOGNIZES THE POSITIVE IMPACT THE AGENCY AND EMPLOYEES HAVE AND HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF CUSTOMERS SINCE 1928 AND STATE FARM WAS FOUNDED IN THE UNITED STATES ON THE 7TH OF JUNE IN YEAR 1922 BY A FARMER FROM MIRNA, ILLINOIS, NOW THEREFORE I, JEFF BAUKNIGHT DO HEARBY PROCLAIM JUNE 7, 2022, STATE FARM DAY AND DEMONSTRATE WHAT BEING GOOD NEIGHBOR IS ALL ABOUT AND MAKING ACTS OF

KINDNESS AND MAKING PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME. >> THANK YOU.

MS. YOUNGER. -- YOUKER, YOU HAVE A JUNE 2022 KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS

BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD. >> YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M HERE AGAIN TODAY TO INTRODUCE ONCE AGAIN MER DITD BURGE, OUR CHAIR PERSON FOR KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAVE A

NEW WINNER FOR JUNE. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, EACH MONTH THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO NOMINATE BUSINESSES FOR THE KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS BRUTEIFICATION AWARD. BUSINESSES ARE VISITED BY OUR AWARD COMMITTEE AND JUDGED ON CRITERIA INCLUDING THE ABSENCE OF LITTLER, THE UPKEEP OF THEIR GREEN SPACE AND/OR LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPING AND OVERALL CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE VICTORIA STATION APARTMENTS AS THE WINNER OF OUR JUNE BUSINESS BRUTEIFICATION AWARD. AS YOU DRIVE PASS VICTORIA STATION, YOU'LL NOTICE THE BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED SIGN AT THE SAM HOUSTON ENTRANCE, THE MAGNIFICENT CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY THEMSELVES AND THE LOVINGLY MAINTAINED GROUNDS. THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1981 AND HAS 224 UNITS? IS A BIG PROPERTY AND THE EFFORT TO KEEP IT IN SUCH WONDERFUL CONDITION IS TREMENDOUS. WHILE WORK CONTINUES TO REPAIR THE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE FROM A FIRE THAT OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY, OVERALL, VICTORIA STATION APARTMENTS TRULY DOES EMBODY THE VALUES OF KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL.

AND WE ARE ELATED TO RECOGNIZE PROPERTY MANAGER KIM ROSS WITH THE BUSINESS BEAUTIFY INDICATION

AWARD FOR JUNE. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING.

ON BEHALF OF MY SELF AND THE STAFF OF VICTORIA STATION, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE NOMINATION IN AWARDING US FOR THE BEAUTY INDICATION AWARD AS A PROPERTY MANAGER, CURB APSPEAL A HUGE THEME. IT IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN LEASING OUT APARTMENTS.

YES, WE DID HAVE A MAJOR FIRE BACK IN FEBRUARY, BUT WE HAVE NOT LET THAT STOP US.

WE HAVE BEEN STRIVING AND THRIVING ON LEASING APARTMENTS, FROM THE GET-GO.

VICTORIA STATION IS A HUGE PROPERTY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE STRIVE

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BUT WE DO NOT THAT LET THAT HOLD US BACK. AND WE THANK EVERYBODY WHO

NOMINATED AND US AND WE THANK EVERYBODY. >> NOW WE HAVE MS. WILLIAMCA PON

TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

>>> GOOD EVENING. >>> TONIGHT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED WITH VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE A MINI LIBRARY AT THE VICTORIA'S BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

THIS MINI LIBRARY FITS IN WITH THE LIBRARY'S GOAL OF ENCOURAGING A LOVE OF READING AND PROVIDING MATERIALS AND STIMULATE IMAGINE NATION AND A STRONG FOCUS ON YOUNG CHILDREN AND SERVICES AT OUR LIBRARY, WE BELIEVE GOOD READING HABITS LEADS TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF LITERACY THROUGHOUT ONE OWES LIFETIME. TONIGHT WE WANTED TO THANK B. K.

HARRISON WITH MCCOY OWES BUILDING SUPPLY WHO DONATED $200 AND MATERIALS TO BUILD A BOOKSHELF. MR. HARRISON IS UNABLE TO ATTENDS TO NIGHT BUT WE WILL BE SENDING A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO HIM. AND WE ALSO WANTED TO THANK HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND SLAYS KINDER IS HERE AND WANTED TO REPRESENT, HABITAT DONATED THEIR TIME AND BUILT THE BOOKSHELF AND IT TURNED OUT REALLY VERY NICE. SO THIS BOOKSHELF IS GOING TO BE HOUSED AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. AND THE LIBRARY WILL PROVIDE A VARIETY OF DONOR NATED MATERIALS THAT WILL BE UPDATEED AND REPLACED QUARTERLY FOR MEMBERS OF THE CLUB TO USE. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK LYNNETTE CUNNINGHAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SHE'S WITH US TONIGHT IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL FOR PARTNERING WITH THE LIBRARY AND ALLOWING US TO PLACE THE BOOKSHELF AT HER SITE. SHE TOLD ME THIS EVENING THEY STARTED SUMMER CAMPS. AND SO IT IS GOING GET A LOT OF USE FROM THE GET-GO.

WE'D LIKE TO JUST THANK THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED US. >> I DON'T THINK WE GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE ROOM, RELATED WITH THIS CERTIFICATE, MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND A QUICK PICTURE, BUT DEFINITELY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH THIS EFFORT. [APPLAUSE]

GREAT, THANK YOU. >> SO THE NEXT ONE IS A PRESENT 8 OF A PLAQUE TO THOMAS GWOSDZ, OUR OUTGOING CITY ATTORNEY. THIS HAS MY NAME BY IT, BUT THIS IS EVERYBODY ON THEDYASES ITEM.

-- DIASES ITEM, THANK YOU FOR THE 12+ YEARS FOR PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT JUST US BUT THE OTHER FORMER ONES THAT ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR US. YOU'VE BEEN A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, GROWN TOGETHER IN ITEMS. WE'VE ALL LEARNED NEW STUFF YOU PROVIDED A LOT OF BASIS AND I GUESS, RESEARCH FOR US ON A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS YOU LED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT THROUGH HURRICANE HARVEY, COVID PANDEMICS, WINTER STORM YURI, YOU GOT YOUR TEST AT THE EOC AS WELL. BUT A BIG HEARTFELT THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU'VE SPENT WITH THE CITY AND YOU'VE MADE US A BETTER PLACE AND WE WISH YOU WELL ON YOUR NEXT

ENDEAVORS. >> Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW THIS ABOUT ME, BUT I'M A CRYER.

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SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PHASE, I'M LEAVING BEHIND A CITY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUCCEED AND 35.

>> I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK MAYOR ARMSTRONG AND THE COUNCIL THAT WAS HERE IN 2009, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND TO GROW AS YOU MENTIONED ALONG WITH THIS COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN A FUN RIDE. I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO MAYOR BAUKNIGHT AND ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST PROFESSIONAL, THE MOST WELL-PREPARED AND THE MOST AGREEABLE CITY COUNCIL THAT I HAVE EVER WORKED FOR, AND I KNOW THAT I AM THE ENVY OF CITY ATTORNEYS ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I HAVE TO WORK WITH YOU SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE GIVING TO THE CITY OF VICTORIA. LAST LIE I WANT TO THANK THE CITY CITIZENS OF VICTORIA FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE THEM. THIS CITY IS GOING PLACES, IF THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET IT IS CLEAR TO ME THIS COUNCIL HAS A CLEAR VISION AS TO WHERE THEY WANT THE CITY TO GO.

THIS CITY MANAGER HAS A PLAN TO GET THERE AND IF WE GET THE BUY-IN OF THE COMMUNITY OF THOSE TWO THINGS THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT IN COMMUNITY IS GOING BE SUCCESSFUL IN EVERYTHING THAT IT IS STRIVING TO DO EHAVE ONE LASF ADVICE FOR YOU. IN THE LAST 13 YEARS I'VE BEEN CITY ATTORNEY, WE'VE SEEN SOME INTERESTING TIMES, LIKE THE CHINESE PROVERB, "INTERESTING TIMES". AND IT HAS CONVINCED ME OF ONE THING MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WHEN YOU PUT A GROUP OF DEDICATED PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HAVE THIS THEM COME UP WITH A COLLECTIVE DECISION, EVEN IF THEY DISAGREE INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT WHAT THAT DECISION SHOULD BE AND DEFINITELY WHEN THEY DISAGREE ABOUT WHEN THAT DECISION SHOULD BE, THAT JOINT DECISION IS THE BEST THING TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT IS WHAT OUR DEMOCRACY WAS FOUNDED ON THAT IS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT IS WHAT YOU'LL DO HERE TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY NOT THE DISAGREEING PART BUT I LEAVE THE CITY, FOR -- MORE FIRMLY COMMITTED THAN WHEN I STARTED TO

THE IDEA THAT A CITY COUNCIL CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. GWOSDZ.

[APPLAUSE] >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR MR. GARZA ON THIS TOPIC?

[3. Items from Council:]

>> NO, SIR. >>> WE'LL CLOSE THAT AND GO TO ITEMS FROM COUNCIL.

AND WE'RE GOING START WITH MS. CINDY STALEY. >> CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.

>>> I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MY SELF, I'M ANXIOUS TO GET GOING ON.

ITEMING FROM COUNCIL. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. 99?

>> I DO HAVE ONE THING BUT I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE ARE IN ONE OF THE.

>> OKAY, SURE. >> ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THAT NOW, CITIZEN

[4. Citizen Communication:]

COMMUNICATION, CINDY STALEY. >> OKAY, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THOMAS AND CRY, AND JUST SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT.

IT HAS BEEN A JOY -- OH, MY STARS -- IT HAS BAN JOY TO SERVE THE CITY OF VICTORIA IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING A-- ARENA FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THE GOLDEN CREST AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. I GOT TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY AND SAY, BLESS, THE LORD, OH, MY SOUL, REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN HIM FOR THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE.

AND IS I'VE GOT TO DO THAT EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS. I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS AND FAMILIES AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BUILD HOMES FOR FAMILIES WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT, COULD NOT AFFORD TO OWN A HOME OF THEIR OWN. IT OPENED MY EYES TO WHAT COULD BE ACHIEVED WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. TOGETHER WE'VE BUILT 118 MOMENTE

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USING AN -- I'M SO PROUD OF THAT AND USING AN AVERAGE COST OF $60,000 A HOUSE, HABITAT HOMES HAVE GENERATED $7 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR CITY. AND WE'VE ADDED OVER $4 MILLION TO THE TAX ROLL. AND OUR HOME OWNERS PAY OBTAIN $200,000 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT PARTNER.

TOGETHER, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT. BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT TO DO AND BRIAN MCCLAIN IS THE MAN WHO IS GOING TO LEAD HABITAT INTO THE FUTURE SO BRIAN, COME

UP HERE -- I CAN DO, THAT CAN I? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL HIM. >> BEFORE BRIAN GETS UP HERE, THANK YOU, MS. STALEY, YOU'VE MADE A GREAT IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GROWN THAT ORGANIZATION UNBELIEVELY. WE'RE GOING MISS YOU IN THAT ROLE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ON OTHER ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.

>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MR. BRIAN MCLEAN. >> MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE THE INCOMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOLDEN HAS BEEN AT THE FOR HUMANITY. SINCE ARRIVING IN VICTORIA MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS BY THE PRECIOUS PEOPLE HERE.

WE HAVE FOUND THE PERFECT HOME TO FIT OUR PECULIAR NEEDS. SO AND AS YOU'VE JUST HEARD WE HAVE A RICH TRADITION OF HABITAT AND THE CITY OF VICTORIA IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO NOT JUST THE PAST, BUT ALSO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD MORE HOMES NOT JUST HOMES, THOUGH, BUT HOPE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE FAMILIES IN VICTORIA.

AS WE COMPLETE OUR LAST THREE HOMES IN CENTRAL VICTORIA, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL LOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY LIMITS WE'LL BE COMPLETED THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND WE'VE, OUR ACTIVELY WORKING IN & LOOKING FOR THAT NEXT LARGE SUBDIVISION, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD QUITE A FEW MORE HOMES AND MS. STALEY WILL BE STAYING ON WITH US TO HELP IN THAT ENDEAVOR.

YEARS AGO MY WIFE AND I SAT DOWN AND HAD ONE OF THOSE MAYBE A LOTTERY MOMENT AND SAID, IF WE HAD A LOT OF MONEY, WHAT WOULD WE DO? AND WE DETERMINED THAT WITH A LOT OF THE FRIENDS AND PEOPLE THAT WE WERE MINISTERING TO AT THE TIME, THAT WE WOULD OFFER 0% INTEREST LOANS FOR HOMES. AND THEN COME TO VICTORIA, TEXAS AND GET TO DO JUST THAT AND NOT EVEN USE MY OWN SHOWN A GREAT PRIVILEGE. SO AS WE OFFER THESE 30-YEAR 0% LOANS, TO THESE PEOPLE, THEY CAN LITERALLY HAVE A CHANGE IN THEIR LIFE AND FUTURE AND DESTINY.

AND I'M SURE MANY OF HAVES SIGNED OFF ON THAT MORTGAGE AND SEEN THAT WE'RE PAYING DOUBLE NOR IF HOUSE WHEN WE PAY EVERY MORTGAGE PAYMENT, BUT YET OUR HOME OWNERS ARE REALLY GETTING THE PRIVILEGE OF OWNING A HOME AT A GREAT PRICE. AND WITH SWEAT EQUITY OF THEIR HOME TODAY, TODAY I'M BLESSED TO SAY THAT I GET TO DO EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA CORPORATIONS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ARE MAYBING THIS HAPPEN. WE BUILD SAFE HOMES ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SAVE MONEY AND LIVE IN A HOUSE THEY CAN BE PROUD OF. WE'RE PROVIDING HOMES WERE CHILDREN CAN FEEL SECURE AND SENIORS CAN AGE IN PLACE AND WE'RE HELPING BUILD WEALTH FOR PEOPLE, HELPING THEM CONTROL THEIR EXPENSES AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND HOME OWNERSHIP CREATES THAT SAFE, STABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS CHILDREN TO DO BETTER IN SCHOOL. AGAIN, I WASN'T TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, MANY YEARS AHEAD THANK

YOU Y'ALL. >> MR. VON DEROFF. >> ED GO EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR, EXECKIVE SECRETARY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT AND THANKS FOR TAKING

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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR RESOLVING ON HOW TO THE A CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT, BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY USED IT ONCE AND AND RESOLVED THE WATER ISSUE I LAD THE LANDLORD.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY PUT IT OUT AND THEY CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER PEOPLE AND LITTLE MIKE WAS THERE AND TIFFANY WAS THERE AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA BUT WHERE IS ANIMAL CONTROL WHEN YOU NEED THEM, YOU KNOW? SOMEONE REPORTED, SOMEONE KILLED A DOG AND THREW IT IN A DUMPSTER, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS ANIMAL CONTROL TO TAKE THAT REPORT? WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THAT REPORT? THE ANSWER IS NOBODY, ANIMAL CONTROL IS NOT THERE AND IT IS LIKE, WHY COULDN'T THEY JUST HAVE ONE PERSON THERE? AND THEY KNOW THAT THE CITY OF VICTORIA IS A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT THAN THEM. IF THEY GET INVITED THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE TO COME AND I WOULD LIKE THE NEXT TOWN HALL MEETING AT 10:00 A.M., ANIMAL CONTROL SO THEY COULDN'T GET OUT OF IT, THEY PROMISED LAST YEAR TO DO BETTER, YOU KNOW, IN THE AND I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY IMPROVEMENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE HAD TWO MEETINGS THEY HAD ONE ON MEALS ON WHEELS AND OTHER BUSINESSES AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANIMAL CONTROL GET MORE & INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AND, I NEED CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE A BRANCH CAME THROUGH SOMEONE'S TRAILER HOUSE, AND I NEEDED THEM SO I GAVE THEM A PICTURE OF IT AND A WEEK LATER IT IS TAKEN CARE OF IT. THAT IS WHY THAT TOWN HALL MEETING WAS IMPORTANT. I HAD A PROBLEM, TOO AND THE POLICE WERE THERE AND I GAVE THEM INFORMATION AND PEOPLE SOMETIMES NEED SOMEONE, BUT WHERE IS ANIMAL CONTROL? HIDING SOMEWHERE, AND I WISH THEY COULD MAKE THESE MEETINGS IT WOULD BE NICE, THANKS AND

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, APPRECIATE IT. >> FIRST ONE UP, LAUREN FLAKE, WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, 3-MINUTE LIMIT ON SPEAKING TIME TOO, PLEASE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE LAST YEAR THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE LIBRARY BOOKS. I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE LIBRARY POLICY.

THE CHILD SAFETY POLICY ADDRESSES BEHAVIOR, SUPERVISION, THE AGE WHEN A CHILD MAY BE LEFT UNATTENDED, FOLLOW LIBRARY RULES AND UNATTENDED CHILDREN AT CLOSING TIME.

THE INTERNET SAFETY POLICY FOR CHILDREN TO PREVENT ACCESS TORE TRANSMISSION OF INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL. PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR OTHER UNLAWFUL ON-LINE ACTIVITY, TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND TO COMPLY WITH THE CHILDREN'S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT. LAST YEAR I HAPPENED ACROSS THE BOOK "SEX IS A FUNNY WORD" IN THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. I CHECKED IT OUT AND READ IT.

AND I REQUESTED THAT IT BE REEVALUATED FOR REMOVAL BY THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

MY REQUEST, ALONG WITH 42 OTHERS WERE ALL DENIED. I PETITIONED THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, BUT IN DECEMBER, THEY ALSO DENIED MY REQUEST. THIS IS THE BOOK.

IT IS CALLED "SEX IS A FUNNY WORD" IT AND LOOKS VERY CHILD-FRIENDLY.

AND YET, WHEN YOU OPEN THE INSIDE COVER, THIS SAYS, HOW TO USE THIS BOOK.

BEFORE YOU READ THE BOOK, WITH CHILDREN, OR GIVE IT TO CHILDREN TO READ ON THEIR OWN, READ THROUGH IT YOURSELF. PAY ATTENTION TO THE QUESTION PAGES AT THE ENDS OF EACH CHAPTER. THINK THROUGH YOUR OWN ANSWERS OR RESPONSES TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS WITH A CHILD.

THIS IS A ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE LAST CHAPTER IN SECTION 4 CALLED "SECRET TOUCH" WHICH DEALS WITH SEXUAL ABUSE. THIS IS A DIFFICULT TOPIC FOR ALL OF US.

WE DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE OUR CHILDREN BEING SEXUALLY VICTIMIZED.

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THIS BOOK IS ON THE SHELF FOR CHILDREN TO PICK UP. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS THE PARENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR HIS OR HER CHILD. THIS MAKES NO SENSE IF YOU'VE EVER TAKEN MORE THAN ONE CHILD TO THE LIBRARY AT A TIME. THE LIBRARY SHELVES SHOULD BE A SAFE AS THE LINE BRAAE BRING'S INTERNET. WE NEED TO PROTECT THE DISH LIBRARY'S INTERNET, REGARDING AGE AND CONTENT-APPROPRIATE BOOKS PURCHASED WITH OUR TAX

DOLLARS OR ARE BEING DONATED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MS. PLATEC. >> GREETINGS WHICH MAYBE IS GABE PATEC AND WE NEED YOUR HELP PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. I WILL BE ADDRESSING THE PROPOSED REVISIONS OFTO THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY COLLECTION DEPARTMENT POLICY AS IT CONCERNS THE CHILDREN. IN THE SECOND SECTION FOURTH BULLET POINT IT TALKS ABOUT THE LIBRARY BILL OF RIGHTS, THE FREEDOM TO READ AND OTHERS IN THE FREEDOM TO READ STATEMENT IT SAYS IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH THAT ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS, BY EXERCISING CRITICAL JUDGMENT WILL SELECT THE GOOD AND REJECT THE BAD. I ASK, CAN CHILDREN DO THAT? , SELECT THE GOOD AND REJECT THE BAD? THERE THEIR MINDS ARE NOT YET SET. THEY'RE STILL BEING WIRED. THEY CAN'T EXERCISE CRITICAL JUDGMENT THE WAY ADULTS CAN. NOW BACK TO THE COLLECTION POLICY, UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY IN THE PROPOSED POLICY, IT HAS BEEN ADDED, RESPONSE RESPONSIBILITY FOR READING OR VIEWING OF MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS RESTS WITH THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN. NO, NOT COMPLETELY, IN MY OPINION.

IT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE AGE AND CONTENT-APPROPRIATE BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY. IF A TEACHER COMES TO THE LIBRARY WITH 15 STUDENTS OR A PARENT WITH TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE CHILDREN, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO MONITOR EVERY BOOK THAT IS PICKED UP BY THEIR CHILD OR CHILDREN. THEIR CHILD NEEDS TO BEAK TO EXPLORE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT OF CONTENT AND AGE APPROPRIATE BOOKS.

IN THE MATERIAL SECTION OF THE COLLECTION POLICY, IT STATES LIBRARY BEASED ON LOCAL AND NATIONAL DEMAND, PROFESSIONAL AND POPULAR REVIEWS. THIS IS NOT A NATIONAL LIBRARY THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY LIBRARY. WHICH IS A CONSERVATIVE, WHICH MEANS WE ARE A MORAL PEOPLE.

POPULAR REVIEWS ARE COMMERCIALS FOR BOOKS THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THE BOOKS SOUNDS WONDERFUL, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS INSIDE THEM UNTIL YOU READ IT. AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION IS A SELF-E AVOWED MARXIST. I HAVE MATERIAL IN THESE FOLDERS WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

OUR LIBRARY NEEDS TO STANDS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. IT NEEDS TO CREATE A CHILDREN'S COLLECTION POLICY AND NOT BE LED BY AN ASSOCIATION THAT ELECTS AND AVOWED MARX REISS FOR THEIR PRESIDENT. PLEASE HELP US PROTECT OUR CHILDREN WITH OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR COUNTRITY

AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> SPEAKER, MS. OLREY COME FORWARD.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

TODAY I SPEAK AS A TAXPAYER IS AND ENCOURAGE YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS ON A CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHERE FUNDS ARE DIRECTED TO PLEASE INVESTIGATE WHAT BOOKS ARE BEING PURCHASED BY THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. FROM THE RESEARCH THAT I HAVE SEEN, SOME BOUNDARIES ARE NEEDED. TO PROTECT THE INNOCENCE OF OUR

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WE AS ADULTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND SET HEALTHY BOUNDARIES.

WHY IS THIS NOT REQUIRED OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PICTURE BOOKS, THE JUVENILE AND THE YOUNG ADULT SECTIONS. I RECENTLY ATTENDED A MEETING AT THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY REGARDING UPDATING THE SPACES IN THE LIBRARY.

BEFORE YOU VOTE TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON REMODELING THE LIBRARY, I ENCOURAGE YOU THAT YOUR PRIORITY BE TO REQUIRE CONTENT AND AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOKS IN OUR PUBLIC LIAR PRAYERRY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO PROTECT ALL OF THE CHILDREN WHO USE THE VICTORIA PUBLIC

LIBRARY. >> THANK YOU MS. OLREY. MR. ERIC CALLAWAY.

MR. ERIC CALLAWAY. IS THERE AN ERIC CALLAWAY. >> MR. MAYOR.

I'VE ERIC IS DELIVERING VIA VOICE MAIL. >> NO, THAT IS NOT ALLOWED.

>>> OKAY, THANKS. BUT I DO HAVE YOU UP NEXT, SO STAY RIGHT THERE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FELLOW CITIZENS.

I'M LIEUTENANT COLONEL RETIRED VANESSA F. HIX CALLAWAY. I'M HERE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF US ALL DOING ALL THAT WE CAN TO PROTECT AND TO PREPARE THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT WE CAN. THIS MEANS EVERYONE, INCLUDING BUT CERTAINLY NOT LIMITED TO PARENT, TEACHER, LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER SPENDING AND BUDGET DECISIONS. I ASK TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE THAT BUDGET DECISIONMAKERS ALWAYS ENSURE THAT LIMITED TAX DOLLARS FROM THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL WORK VERY HARD FOR, THAT THEY ARE USED TO PURCHASE LIBRARY BOOKS AND IN THE MOST PRUDENT, RESPONSIBLE, AND COMMON-SENSE WAY POSSIBLE.

AS A CHILD, I GREW UP READING C. S. LEWIS BOOKS. I THANK GOD THAT THESE BOOKS WERE THE ONES MADE AVAILABLE TO ME AND MY SCHOOL LIBRARY. THESE BOOKS OPEN MY WORLD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DREAMING DREAMS BEYOND THE REALITY OF GROWING UP POOR IN VICTORIA IN A FATHERLESS HOME. I THANK GOD I DID NOT RUN INTO BOOKS LIKE THE ONES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT ARE COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE YOUNG EAREDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE SHOULD SPEND OUR LIMITED TAX DOLLARS ON THE KINDS OF BOOKS THAT WILL HELP OUR CHILDREN TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL DOCTORS, LAWYERS, SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, FARMER, BUSINESS OWNERS, TEACHERS, AND PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IN SOCIETY.

TO THOSE WHO SAY WE ALREADY HAVE BOOKS LIKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN AND THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY, I SAY GOOD. THIS PROVES THAT WISE, PRUDENT DECISIONS HAVE AND CAN BE MADE FOR OUR CHILDREN. I ALSO SAY TO CONTINUE ALONG THAT COMMON-SENSE TRENDS.

BY MORE BOOKS DISTURB BUY MORE BOOKS LIKE THAT. SOME OF THE BOOKS OF CONCERN IN THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL ONLY HELP PREPARE OUR CHILDREN FOR A CAREER IN PORNOGRAPHY AND THAT IS NOT THE DIRECTION WE SHOULD SEND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO PLEASE, I ASK, I BEG DO THE RIGHT THING. USE OUR LIMITED TAX DOLLARS IN A WAY THAT WILL HELP GROOM OUR CHILDREN TOWARD ACCEPTABLE CAREER, EVERY ADULT NOW LISTENING TO ME NEVER HAD TO WADE THROUGH BOOKS LIKE THE ONES AVAILABLE NOW IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WE MUST NOT LET THIS NONSENSES BE OUR LEGACY TO OUR YOUTH. WE OWE OUR YOUTH AND THE ADULTS WHO CAME BEFORE US THIS KIND OF PUDET, COMMON-SENSE DECISION WITH OUR LIMITED TAX DOLLARS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

[APPLAUSE] >> MR. JIM HESTER. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JIM HESTER, I'VE LIVED IN VICTORIA FOR 44 YEARS. ALL OF MY SIX KIDS BORN IN VICTORIA. AND THEY'VE OFTEN WENT DOWN TO THE LIBRARY AND WERE ABLE TO --

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MY DAD ALSO CAME OUT OF A BROKEN HOME AND HE WAS PRETTY MUCH A HARSH-TYPE PERSON, HE TREATED MY MOM AND KIDS WITH NOT MUCH COMPASSION BUT AN AWFUL LOT OF DISCIPLINE.

IN MYCACIOUS I SUSPECT THAT DUE TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES AND STUFF I HAD, I WAS A LITTLE SKINNY KID, QUITE FRANKLY AND MUCH BETTER NOW.

SO ANYWAY, IT SEEMED LIKE TO ME THAT I HAD CREATED AN EXTRA BURDEN AND THAT WAS NOT WORKING WELL WITH MY PARENTS AT ALL. AND SO I THINK IT AFFECTED A LOT OF THINGS.

WHEN I WAS AROUND 9 YEARS OLD MY PATIENTS DID GET -- PARENTS DID GET DWORSED AND MOTHER MOVED BECAUSE BACK TO BEAUMONT, TEXAS. WE WERE NOT THE CROWN KIDS OF THE GROUP.

I RARELY SAW MY DAD, BUT ONE THING HE DID IS HE BOUGHT LIFE SCIENCE BOOKS FOR ME, OKAY.

AND YOU DID THIS ON A DEAL WHERE YOU GET THESE THINGS AND THEY SHOW UP ONCE A MONTH.

AND THAT THERE ARE LIKE 26 OF THESE BOOKS AND I READ THEM. AND WHEN I READ THEM, I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT STUFF THAT WERE VERY INTERESTING AS I WAS DOING THAT IN MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. AND I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD BE SURE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AVAILABLE TO THE KIDS AND THAT THEY COULD READ THEM AND STUFF.

AND THESE THINGS HELP ME GET GOOD ACADEMIC GRADES AND GOOD SCHOLARSHIP AND BECOME AN ENGINEER AND GET A PATENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I HOPE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING BE THE TYPE OF KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE AS THEY MOVE FORWARD JUST AS PEOPLE HAVE HELPED WITH HEART TRANSPLANTS AND FOR ME.

I GOT A SHOULDER TOTAL SHOULDER REPLACEMENT MADE OUT OF TITANIUM.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN DO LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

>> MS. EDWARDS. MS. WILMA EDWARDS? THERE YOU ARE.

>> GOOD EVENING, MS. EDWARDS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. TO EVERYBODY.

I'M A LITTLE SLOW, GETLE -- GETTING A LITTLE OLDER, NOT GETTING OLD, JUST GETTING OLDER.

I COME FOR YOU MY NAME IS WILMA EDWARDS AND I LIVE IN VICTORIA, TEXAS.

AND I'M HERE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND MAKE SOME STATEMENTS.

WHAT WILL Y'ALL BE DOING AFTER WE GET THROUGH TALKING TO Y'ALL? ARE COMPLAINING AND ENCOURAGEMENT. WHAT Y'ALL DO AS CITY COUNCILMAN AFTER WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS TONIGHT WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO DO IN HELPING EVERY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN VICTORIA? OKAY AND I REPRESENT TWO NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH I'M A LITTLE TOO OLD TO DO THAT ALSO.

BUT I WORKED WITH CIVIL CITY. AND I WAS REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD NAME SILVER CITY. THAT WAS MY LEADERSHIP THAT HAPPENED.

AND THEN I WORKING WITH WE CALL IT DIAMOND HILL. Y'ALL PROBABLY DON'T DON'T KNOW THAT PLACE DIAMOND HILL BUT CALL IT UNDERHILL NOW. I'M WORKING WITH THOSE TWO AND THEY EXPECT ME TO CONTINUE TO BE A LEAD I CAN'T SEEM TO GET A LEADER TO STEP UP.

BUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE ASKED FOR STREETLIGHTS, ON CALAS STREET.

AND YOU PROMISED ON ODOM STREET THIS WAS TOLD TO US, AND I THINK SOMEBODY SAID START IN

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AND WE STILL HAVE BIGGING TRUCKS. I THINK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I THINK WASTE MANAGEMENT. STILL GO DOWN CALAS STREET WITH THE BIG OLD TRUCKS AND THE NOISE AND THEY'RE PASSING BY THE SCHOOL AND I TELL YOU THEY GO FAST. BUT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THAT STREET.

THAT IS CALAS STREET, AGAIN. AND I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH THAT.

I KNOW EVERYONE WANTED ME TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE FREE CLOTHES MINISTRY.

WELL, AT THIS TIME WE JUST HAVE TO ASK PEOPLE FOR DONATIONS, BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO THE NEM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THEY'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THEY DON'T JUST GET CLOTHES, THEY GET SHEETS AND THINGS IN THE HOUSE. AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING.

SO I'M STILL THERE ON WEDNESDAYS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED.

AND I HAVE A -- WE HAVE BANK ACCOUNT OPEN, YOU CAN PAY YOUR MONEY THERE, DONATE YOUR MONEY THERE. IT IS PROSPERITY BANK, 101 MAIN STREET AND FREE CLOTHES MINISTRY. FREE CLOTHES MINISTRY. WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR A BUILDING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP, MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'RE GOING GET IT DONE, BUT PEOPLE DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME FORWARD TONIGHT, WE APPRECIATE THE

[1. An ordinance approving a Budget Amendment for Convention and Visitors ...]

>> THIS ITEM IS LISTENER DANIELLE BUT SHE'S ENJOYING LIFE ON VACATION.

AND SO JOEL IS SOMEWHERE IN THE ROOM, I THINK. >> COULD WE EITHER PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, BUT COULD WE ALSO INVITED THOSE LEAVING THEY MIGHT WANT TO STAY THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING TOPIC WE'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS AND THEY MIGHT WANT TO STAY AND ON THERE THIS ONE

BEFORE THEY LEAVE. >>> WE'LL GIVE EVERY BODY A MINUTE TO SETTLE IN AND OUT.

IN THE MEANTIME, MICHAEL TURNED ONE ON SUNDAY. IT IS CRAZY HOW FAST THE YEAR

HAS GONE. CRAZY. >> IS HE WALKING YET?

>> NO HE'S JUST TEASING US. OH, WOW, WAIT UNTIL HE STARTS WALKING.

>> JUST WAIT. >> NEXT TIME HE'S GOING BE SAYING, OH, NO.

>> I WAS GOING BRING HIM TODAY, TOO. >> YOU SHOULD HAVE.

>> LET'S GO LAID AND GET GOING. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, I'M GOING DO A SHORT PRESENT 8 ON A PROJECT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR OUR UPCOMING BICENTENNIAL AS MANY OF YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE TUNING IN KNOW, THAT WE'RE COMING UP ON A VERY EXCITING DATE FOR VICTORIA OUR BICENTENNIAL OF 2024. WE ARE REALLY PLANNING A YEARLONG CELEBRATION FOR THIS EVENT. ALSO HIGHLIGHTING BICENTENNIAL MAJOR EVENS IN TOWN AND PUTTING TOGETHER A BUY BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION OF SORTS INVOLVING CITY EMPLOYEES AND OUTSIDE THE CITY TO HAVE USEFUL INPUT IN ORGANIZING THIS CELEBRATION FOR VICTORIA. BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES MAJOR PROJECTS.

ONE OF THOSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS A STATUE OF OUR FOUNDER, MARTIN DELEON AND HIS WIFE PATRICIA DELAR GARZA. MANY HAVE HEARD THE NAME MARTIN DELEON BUT WHAT MORE OBTAIN HIS T MAN AND WHAT MORE ABOUT HIS WIFE. FASCINATING HISTORY BEHIND HIM, IMPORTANCE TO VICTORIA NOT ONLY VICTORIA BUT TEXAS. HE WAS BORN IN 1765 INBURGOS, A REGION OF MEXICO, ONLY MEXICO EMPRESSARIO TO FOUND A MEXICAN COLONY.

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HE'S ONE OF THE EARLIEST TRAILER DRIVERS IN ACTUALLY REGISTERED THE FIRST CATTLE BRAND IN WHAT WOULD BECOME TEXAS IN 1807 YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE THE CATTLE BRAND KNOWN AS THE FLYING E.

IN HIS FIVE LEAGUE RANCH SOUTHEAST VICTORIA COUNTY INCLUDED THE SITE OF ROBERT LA SAUL LASALLE'S, COLLIZATION GRANT WAS APPROVE ON APRIL 13TH, 1824.

AND THEN HE PASSED SHORTLY BEFORE THE TEXAS REVOLUTION AND RESULTED IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IN 1833 DURING A ALCOHOLLERRA EPIDEMIC IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE HIS WIFE, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FOUND BORN IN 1775. THEY MARRIED IN 1795 AND SHE CONTRIBUTED VERY GREATLY TO THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONY AS WELL. DONATED LIVESTOCK AND $9800 WHICH WAS A LOT OF MONEY BACK 99 FROM AN INHERITANCE TO MARTIN TO FOUND THE COLONY.

STEW THE FOUNDING OF A SCHOOL AND CHURCH WHICH IS NOW ST. MARYS IN THE NEW COLL I -- COLONY. WHILE MARTIN WAS FOCUSING ON MAKING THE AREA VIABLE SHE WAS SEEING TO THE EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION. I MENTIONED MARTIN PASSED IN 1833. BUT THE DELEON FAMILY CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE CAUSE OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE AND PROVIDING REFUGE TO COLONISTS IN 1849, SHORTLY BEFORE HER PASSING, PATRICIA DONATED THE ORIGINAL HOMESITE FOR THE DELEON HOMESTEAD TO NOW WHERE ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH STANDS. AND THAT PARISH ITSELF WILL BE UNDERGOING ITS BICENTENNIAL IN 1824. SO YOU SEE THERE IS A LOT OF FASCINATING HISTORY BEHIND THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS AND THE WHOLE DELEON FAMILY.

THE PROJECT TIMELINE AND THAT IS ALREADY THE WHEELS HAVE BEEN GOING ON THAT.

SOME DATES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. CONCEPTUAL STAGE HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE EARLIER THIS SPRING.

THE BIDDING PROCESS IS OPEN AND WOULD BE HAVING A WINNER SELECTED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE NEXT DATES ARE A LITTLE NEB BLOUSE STILL, NOT TOTALLY CONFIRMED BUT IMAGINE A PRODUCTION STAGE WOULD TAKE QUITE SOME TIME FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SITE PREPARATION, WHICH WOULD BE THE LOCATION IN FRONT OF THE SIX FLAGS MONUMENT ON DELEON PLAZA AT THE CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND FOREST STREET.

AND INSTALLATION AND WE WOULD IMAGINE AND ENJOY A DEDICATION CEREMONY ON OUR FOUNDING DATE WHICH IS APRIL 13TH OF 2024. HOW IS THIS GOING BE PAID? WELL, IT WOULD BE FROM HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS, WHICH ARE ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION AND ONE OF THE LEGALLY ALLOWED EXPENSES FOR HOTEL OCCUPIES TAX FUNDS WHICH ARE PRIMARY PAID FOR BY OUT OF TOWN RESIDENTS. THIS WOULD BE A TRANSFER FROM THE CVB FUND BALANCE AND GO TOWARDS THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT TO HONOR OUR FOUNDERS MARTIN DELEON AND PATRICIA DELA DELAGARZA WHO CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH NOT JUST TO VICTORIA BUT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THEN THE CVB FUND BALANCE WOULD REMAIN ABOVE THE 3-MONTH RESERVE INCLUDING THIS AMENDMENT THIS TRANSFER. THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING PREPARED AND CAN TAKE ANY

QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME. >> I HAVE A COMMENT.

OKAY, I WAS ASKED THAT, YES, I AGREE WITH THE PROJJECT. AND A FORMER COUNCIL, EMIT ALVAREZ WISHES TO DONATE THE FIRST $1,000 FOR THIS PROJECT ON HIS BEHALF.

>> RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A DONE NATION MECHANISM SET UP FOR THIS.

>> ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION WILL BE TO SPEARHEAD FUND-RAISING EFFORTS. THE FUNDS RAISING EFFORTS ARE GOING TO BE CENTERED AROUND THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AS A WHOLE. ONCE WE GET TO THAT STAGE, ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN LOOK AT FORMALIZING WHAT MR. ALVAREZ WOULD LIKE TO DO.

>> OKAY. >> AND I TOO HAVE GOTTEN REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO

DONATE. >> AWESOME. >> WE'LL TAKE IT.

IF WHO NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEK TO

GET THE MONEY. >>> MAKE SURE CHECKS DON'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE.

>> THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING EXCITED ABOUT IT. NEED TO KEEP THE EXCITEMENT

GOING. >>> I HAVE A QUESTION, JUST THE LOGISTICS.

THAT BASICALLY WOULD BE A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART. IS IT TOTALLY UP TO WHOEVER WE

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>> I CAN HANS THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE OUT FOR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FROM DIFFERENT ARTISTS, I WAS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN MEETING ONE OF THEM MR. ARMANDO HINOJOSA AND HIS SON DAVID CAME TO TOWN INCLUDED IN THAT MEET WING WAS LANCE DELEON AND OTHER DELEON FAMILY MEMBERS. WE WANTTO THEM TO TAKE THE CREATIVE ASPECT AND GET THEIR APPROVAL. NO ONE HAS AN IDEA OF EITHER OF THESE PEOPLE LOOKED LIKE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FAMILY IS HAPPY WITH THE PRODUCT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DECIDED ON TWO PEOPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY LOOKING OFF IN THE DISTANCE, LIKE, OH, LOOK PUT THE SQUARE OVER THERE? WE'RE LEAVING THAT TO THE FAMILY.

AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT ON THIS TIMELINE, TOO, AND WHAT IS THE -- WHAT ARE THEY WEARING, ALL THAT STUFF. SO THAT IS KIND OF WHERE THE DECISIONS ARE COMING FROM.

AND I FELT IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE DELEON FAMILY TO CONTRIBUTE IN THAT WAY

AND MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT FOR THEM. >> AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, TOO TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY OBVIOUSLY HISTORICCHY HAS SPEARHEADED THIS EFFORT WELL.

I KNOW THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HAS WANTED TO DO FOR QUITE A WHILE.

THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHERE IT WOULD BE LOCATED. THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAD ALREADY PASSED A RESOLUTION DESIGNATED THE SITE FOR THE STATUE BACK WHEN THE NON-PROFIT SPEARHEADED BY THE FAMILY WAS DOING FUND-RAISING EFFORTS. SO THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS ALREADY SET IN MOTION THAT

FACILITATE THIS PROCESS OCCURRING IN A QUICK MANNER. >> ALL RIGHT, MOTION.

>>> I MOVE WE. >> PUBLIC HEARING. >> YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> I'LL OPEN THIS ITEM, C-1 FOR PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON IT, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN ANY

MOTIONS. >> I SO MOVE. >>> SECOND.

>> GREAT. ONE THING IDY WANT TO POINT OUT, IT IS NOT REALLY TWO STATUES, I GUESS TECHNICALLY IT IS TWO FIGURES ON A PEDESTAL, BUT I GUESS IT COULD BE TWO STATUES, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THEY WILL BE STANDING TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND KIND OF EMBARRASSING TO ME THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE.

>> CORRECT. >> TAKING 200 YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE GOING GET IT DONE AND LOOK RIGHT AND IT WILL BE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. J THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

[2. An ordinance approving a Budget Amendment for North Heights Ph VII Rec...]

MOTION CARRIES. C 2. >> ITEM C 2 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR NORTH HEIGHTS PHASE 7 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

>> GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE PRESENTING THE BUDGET IMPEACHMENT FOR THE NORTH HEIGHTS REDERECONSTRUCTION PROJECT PHASE 7, OASIS STREET AND FINAL PHASE, AFTER 7 YEARS OF NORTH HEIGHTS THIS IS THE LAST ONE. AGENDA TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHAT IT CONSISTS OF. WE DID A COMPETITIVELY SEALED PROPOSAL, AS WE'VE BEEN DOING LATELY, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET IN 2022 FOR THE CIP WAS $2 ,060,000 AND GOES INTO A CONSTRUCTION FUND. AND AS WE OPENED UP THE PROPOSALS WE HAD TWO PROPOSALS SUBMITTALS ONE FROM BRANDON PAVING IN THE PAM OF $3 ,022,033. AND LESTER CONTRACT. THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED IS $1.2 MILLION. THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

WHERE WOULD WE GET THAT FROM IS TRANSFER THE $858,000 FROM WATER WASTEWATER WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE TO THE CONSTRUCTION FUND AND ANOTHER $340,000 FROM POSTPONED CIP PROJECTS CLARIFIER, AND GENERATOR BUYOUT. COSTING INCREASES FOR THIS PROJECT, I KNOW THAT IS THE QUESTION. CONCRETE HAS GONE UP INCREDIBLE, THE CONCRETE PRICES FOR

DRIVEWAYS CURB AND GUTTEDDER AND SIDEWALK. >> YES, WE HAVE SIDEWALK ON THE PROJECT ALSO, ADDITIONAL. JUST THE CONCRETE PRICE FOR INSTANCE, CURB AND GUTTER A YEAR AGO WAS RUNNING $17 JUST ONE FOOT, NOW UPWARDS OF $25. THE OVER ITEMS, OF COURSE,

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>> AND WE KIND OF BREEZED THROUGH IT BUT WE BRIEFLY AT A WORKSHOP DISCUSSED IDEA OF ADDING SIDEWALKS TO THIS PHASE OF IT BECAUSE OF HAVING THE HOSPITAL ON ONE ENDS AND SALVATION EASTERN ON THE OTHER END. AND SO THIS PROJECT INCLUEDS ALL OF THAT. MORE THAN LIKELY THERE WILL BE A THROG THE TRAFFIC, I GUESS WHAT IS THE WORD, I GUESS TRAFFIC FLOW. AND MORE THAN LIKELY THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A ADDITIONAL STOP CONDITION SOMEWHERE THIS THE MIDDLE JUST TO ENSURE THERE IS

ADEQUATE CIRCULATION. >> MORE THAN LIKELY THAT WOULD BE A GOLDMAN, SINCE THAT HAS THE CROSS-ACCESS THE STATE PUT IN, THAT WOULD MAKE THE LOGICAL POINT.

>> QUESTION FOR YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT DID PHASE 1 COST?

>> $1.2 MILLION WAS THE STREET COST. THIS ONE ADDED THE EXTRA LENGTH OF STREET SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT IS JUST PURE INFLATION, THAT IS ALL THIS ONE

REALLY AMOUNTED TO. >> IT IS PROBABLY DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS.

>> YEP. >> FROM WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT.

>> THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO CAUSE US TO LOOK AT OUR CIP BEFORE FINAL ADOPTION IN AUGUST, BECAUSE NOW WE'VE GOT REAL-LIFE PROOF ON THE INCREASE OF SOME OF THE EXPENSES.

IT WILL DEFINITELY WARRANT A CONVERSATION BEFORE WE FINALIZE THE CIP FOR NEXT YEAR.

>>> AND I'M WORKING ON THOSE NUMBERS NOW. >> IN TERMS OF THE STREET, I MEAN WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT IS A WELL-USED STREET NOT JUST THE SIDEWALK EDITION, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT IF MAYOR JUST POINTED OUT WE SHOULD EXPECT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. ARE OUR SPECS UP TO WHERE THEY

NEED BE FOR THIS STREET? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE BIG POINT ON THIS ONE THAT WE IN SOME OF THE PHASES WE TRIED TO ELIMINATE THAT LIME SUBGRADE, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF TOWN, WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS, JUST KEEP PUMPING LIKE A MATTRESS SO WE ADDED THE LIME SUBGRADE TO THESE PHASES AND WE SEEN A MARKED DIFFERENCE. THE GEOGRID DOES HELP, BUT THAT ADDING LIME TO THAT BLACK DIRT STABILIZES IT A WHOLE LOT BETTER.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SPECTACULAR COMPARED TO WHERE IT

WAS. >> YES, IT WAS. >> ME DRIVING TO THE HOSPITAL

FREQUENTLY, IT WAS A MINEFIELD. >>> AND I'LL SAY THIS, THE RESIDENTS HAVE DONE WONDERS.

WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO OUT THERE, WE SEE MARKED IMPROVES TO THE HOUSES.

IT IS JUST, IT IS A GREAT -- I THINK IT IS A GREAT PROJECT THAT THIS CITY CAN PAT THEIR BACK

FOR, BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE AREA. >> ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME LET ME OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM C 2 STEP FORWARD TO THE MIKE.

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

>>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION IS A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 2. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY 85.

[D. Consent Agenda:]

>> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. POTION MOTION CARRIES. CONSENT AGENDA.

>>> D 1 IS THE ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM THE MAY 17TH, 2022 REGULAR MEETING.

D 2 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF A PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION CONTRACT WITH LJ POWER, INC. FOR THE JUNE 30TH, 2022 FOR THE APPROXIMATE PURCHASE AND

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>> THANK YOU, MS. HILBRICH. >>> MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS RED.

[1. Award a contract for the CDBG-DR Infrastructure (Floodgates & Pump...]

>>> SECOND. >> THOSE OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES ITEM E 1.

>> E 1 IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE CDBG-DR INFRASTRUCTURE FLOODLIGHTS AND PUMP STATION PROJECT TO J. S. HARREN COMPANY FOR THEIR LOW BID OF $7 ,117,000 AND APPROVING A CHR ORDER TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO BRING THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST WITHIN

APPROVED BUDGET AMOUNT OF $FAVOR ,003,000 386. >> TONIGHT WE'RE AWARDING THE BID ON THIS AND IMMEDIATELY APPROVING THE CHANGE ORDER AS A MEANS TO GET WITHIN BUDGET ON THIS BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER EXTREME TIME CONSTRAINED, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN EXTENSION FROM THE GLO. I BELIEVE WE ALREADY PASSED THE ORIGINAL TERMINATION DATE FOR THIS PROJECT. WE'VE GOTTEN AN EBBS TENSION TO APRIL 2024.

THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE AWARDING TO THE NIGHT IS ESTIMATED FOR 80 DAYS TO COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. ONE THING TAKING THE MOST AMOUNT OF TIME IS GETTING GENERATORS.

I'M ADVISED BY OUR ENGINEER THAT IT IS THE GENERATORS THAT ARE TAKING A LONG TIME.

AND THE GENERATORS ARE WHAT IS WORKING THE PUMP STATIONS. SO AS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MODIFYING THE PROJECT TO REDUCE THE BUDGET WHILE MINIMIZING THE IMPACT TO THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME BENEFICIARIES, WE STILL NEED TO AWARD THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO AWARD THE BID INSIDE OF THE DEADLINE, THE BIDS ARE GOOD AND THEN ALSO SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON CONSTRUCTION AFTER APPROVAL FROM THE GLO FOR THE MODIFICATION. I THINK KEN AND MATT CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS TO REDUCE THE BUDGET.

IN THIS PROJECT, THERE ARE PROBABLY THREE BIG POINTS FOR EACH LOCATION WHERE THE FLAP GATES ARE, IF FLAP GATES, IF YOU REMEMBER, WERE BUILT, BEST GUESS, '50S, '60S.

THEY'RE METAL, THEY'RE LITERALLY A GATE WITH A CHAIN ON THEM, YOU PULL THAT CHAIN AND IT CLOSES I'VE BEEN WORRIED FOR 30 YEARS THAT ONE DAY THEY'RE GOING PULL THAT CHAIN AND THE WHOLE MECHANISM IS GOING TO FAIL AND LEAVE IT WIDE OPEN FOR THE RIVER TO COME IN.

THE RIVER COMES UP, THAT FLAP GATE CLOSES. AND IT PREVENTS THAT WATER FROM GETTING BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REPLACE THOSE WITH A WHAT WE CALL A SIMPLE SYSTEM. IT IS BASICALLY A DUCKBILL.

AND AS WATER HITS IT, PRESSURE-WISE IT WILL OPEN UP AND WHEN THE RIVER IS DOWN AND WHEN THE RIVER COMES UP IT IS AUTOMATICALLY CLOSED THERE. IS NO MECHANICS TO THEM, NO MAINTENANCE TO THEM. THEY'VE BEEN PROVEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS FAR AS ANY WASTEWATER AFFLUENT STORM WATER. THAT IS THE FIRST BIG ITEM. THE OTHER ONE WAS THE PUMP STATIONS. WE HAD THREE PUMP STATIONS. ONE AT THE SECOND STREET, ONE AT WATER STREET AND THEN ONE AT THE OTHER OFF OF ELDER STREET. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FLOODS IN THE RIVER COMES UP AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CHANCE OF RAIN IS THERE, WE HAVE TO RUN TWO PUMPS ONE ON SECOND STREET AND ONE BY WATER STREET. AS THE RIVER COMES UP, WE GET RAIN, THOSE AREAS DO NOT DRAIN. SO WE PUT PUMP STATIONS UP THERE AND GENERATORS AND A PUMP TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT DOES RAIN, WE COULD PUMP THAT WATER. THIS PROJECT HAS THOSE TWO IN IT, WE WERE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER ONE ON ELDER STREET, BUT AGAIN, WHAT KATIE -- KATY SAID, CAME IN AT A MILLION SEVEN, ELDER STREET, THAT AREA IS TYPICALLY IMPACTED NOT FROM RAINWATERS, IT'S IMPACTED FROM WHEN RIVER COMES UP THAT RIVER CIRCULATES BACK THROUGH THE SOUTH OUTFALL UP BOTTOM STREET AND ADVERSELY AFFECTS THEM. THE PUMP STATION, WHAT IT WOULD

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AND THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT TECHNICALLY. >> ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP ALL

THREE WATER GATE? FLOODGATE? >> YES, MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM. THAT IS A CRITICAL ONE. >> ALL THE FLOODGATES ARE IN

THERE, JUST ONE OF THE PUMP STATIONS. >> OKAY.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MS. CONNELLY FOR

STICKING WITH IT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN. >> I HAVE ONE.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> IS THERE ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU WILL ADD THAT

PUMP TO ELDER STREET? >> WE COULD. WE'VE TALKED TO MATT THE ENGINEER AND WE'RE GOING TO DO AS MANY PRELIMINARY THINGS SUCH AS FOUNDATIONAL, PREPARATIONS OR STUBOUTS INTO THE BOX THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD FOR THE FLAP GATES, BUT YES, OUR INTENT IS TO LEV, BUILD AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PUMP STATION AT A LATER DATE.

>> ALSO, MS. CONNELLY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PENDING GLO APPROVAL AFTER WE APPROVE THIS?

>> YES, MA'AM. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW TO PRESENT TO THEM, BECAUSE THIS REPRESENTS A SCOPE MODIFICATION THEY WILL HAVE TO APPROVE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> OKAY ASK WE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE'RE ON A PRETTY STRICT TIME CONSTRAINT SO

THIS IS ALL HAPPENING TREATMENT. WE'RE JUST MOVING FORWARD. >>> YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR SAN DIEGO IT

THAT WAY HOPEFULLY IT WORKS. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT WHAT IS ITS E 1.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND, TO ADOPT E -- ITEM E 1,FY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

[2. Approve an agreement with CivicPlus for the implementation and mainten...]

MOTION CARRIES. E 2. >>> E 2 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AGREEMENT WITH CIVIC PLUS FOR THE IMPLEMENT 8 AND MAINTENANCE OF SEECLICKFIX

IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXOCET $69, 171.01. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. WHEN WE FIRST WHEN STAFF FIRST IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEEDED A BUILDING TO RESPOND TO SUBMIT COMPLAINTS THE ISSUE WE HAD, THOUGH IS THAT WE FIRST HAD TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE OUR CAPACITY FOR RESPONSE. WHAT WE HAD WAS OUR CURRENT WORK SYSTEM, WE HAD CURRENTLY WORKFORCE SYSTEMS AND NONE OF THOSE COMMUNICATED WITH EACH OTHER. WE HAD TO GO IN AND COME UP WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION THIS IS A SOLUTION WE CAME UP WITH SEE, CLICK, FIX WHICH COUNCIL AM PROVED IN OUR NOVEMBER 2ND MEETING THIS IS SLATED FOR IMPROVEMENT, IMPLEMENT 8 OF PHASE 1, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN

PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. >> THAT PROJECT IN NOVEMBER WAS CALLED CITY WORKS.

THAT WILL PROBABLY RING A BELL. >> AND SO IN THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH IS SLATEDDED FOR NEXT YEAR WOULD BE PARKS SERVICES. WE LAD TO TAKE THOSE WORKFORCE AND CONSOUL DATE THEM UNDER CITYWORKS. PHASE 1 IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO GO LIVE IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT IMPLEMENTED.

WHILE CITY WORKS IS A VERY ROBUST SYSTEM, WE STILL NEEDED A WAY TO PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR FOR CITIZENS TO COMMUNICATED. THAT IS WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU FOR THIS APPROVAL OF SEE, CLICK, FIX. SEE, CLICKFIX IS THE PLATFORM WE CHOSE BECAUSE A, IT HAS A SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH CITYWORKS AND AN INTEGRATION DIRECTLY WITH OUR CURRENT WEB PROVIDER WHICH IS CIVIC PLUS. WITH SEE, CLICK, FIX USERS CAN REPORT ISSUES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYING ONE WOULD BE A BRANDED APP, WE'LL WORK WITH COMMUNE CASES TO CREATE A BRANDED APP AVAILABLE ON THE APPLE APP STORE AND ALSO ON GOOGLE PLAY AND AVAILABLE VIA TEXT MESSAGE, FACEBOOK AND EXISTING CITIZENS PORTAL ON OUR WEBSITE.

CITIZENS WILL RECEIVE IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK THAT THE REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK WHENEVER THERE IS ANY WORK DONE AND REQUEST HAS

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AN EXAMPLE IS SOMEONE SAW A POTHOLE, HOW WOULD SOMEONE THAN IF 20, 30 CITIZENS START RECORDING THE SAME POTHOLE. ONE THING UNIQUE ABOUT SEE, CLICK,FIX BECAUSE IT IS TIED IN WITH OUR SYSTEM IT IS ABLE TO GEOLOCATE THAT REQUEST. IF I WERE TO PUT THE REQUEST IN AND SOMEBODY ELSE FUTURE REQUEST IN, IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY KNOW THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REQUEST THAT HAS BEEN NUT THE SYSTEM AND ALERT THEM THAT THAT HAS ALREADY HAD AN EXISTING WORK ORDER REQUEST PUT IN. THEY CAN EITHER THEN AT THAT POINT TAKE IN, SUBSCRIBE TO THE WATCH LIST AND WATCH THAT REQUEST AND THEY WILL ALSO THEN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS WHEN THAT WORK IS BEING WORKED ON AND WHEN IT IS ULTIMATELY COMPLETED.

THEY ALSO CAN CREATE WATCH AREAS TO WATCH PROGRESS. AN EXAMPLE I WOULD SAY LIKE IF IT WAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD I COULD CREATE A WATCH LIST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT WAY I COULD SEE IF ANYBODY WAS -- IF THERE WAS ANY WORK SCHEDULED TO DO WORK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD BE ALERTED ABOUT THAT WORKLOAD. LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE A DIRECT INTEGRATION WITH CITYWORKS AND ALSO WITH GIS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT INTEGRATION, OBVIOUSLY INSTEAD OF WE WOULD DESIGN THAT APP TO LOOK SOMETHING WITH OUR VICTORIA LOGO. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO THE DEVELOP THAT BRANDING. ALSO, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE HOW THE DIFFERENT WAYS THEY CAN RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS OF THE ISSUES BEING CLOSED. IF THEY DO RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION THAT REQUEST HAS BEEN CLOSED THEY CAN EITHER GET IT THROUGH VIA TEXT MESSAGE OR THROUGH THE APP. THEY CAN RECEIVE THAT NOTIFICATION.

NOW IF THEY DO HAVE THIBLE IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO IF THEY REPORT IT ANONYMOUSLY, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TIME THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION THAT THAT WAS

REQUESTED WAS CLOSED OUT AND ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO THANK YOU, I THINK IT WILL GREAT FOR CITIZENS. ALSO GET THAT NEEDBACK AS SOON AS THE WORK ORDER IS CLOSED.

>> AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IT WILL -- NOT KINDA, IT WILL HELP US BETTER TRACK OUR OWN WORK ORDER AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BETTER REPORTS TO YOU AND GENERAL PUBLIC THESE TYPES OF MECHANISMS ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR BECAUSE ITS USED TO BE THAT CITIES WOULD FOCUS ON NUMBER OF POTHOLES, RIGHT. AND THAT WAS YOUR METRIC, WELL, THAT IS VERY ONE-SIDED, RIGHT.

WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HOW LONG IS IT TAKING US TO FIX THAT POTHOLE OR, YOU KNOW, PICK UP THAT STOP SIGN THAT FELL DOWN, RIGHT AND REALLY START TRACKING AND LOOKING AT WHAT IS IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO A TIMELY MANNER AND INVEST RESOURCES IN RESPONDING BETTER AND HOPEFULLY LIMITING THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS THAT GO, RIGHT? SO THE SYSTEM WILL NOT ONLY HELP THE RESIDENT, BUT HELP US ALSO RUN MORE EFFICIENT OPERATION.

>> WHO MONITORS THAT APP FOR THE CITY SITE IN TERMS OF DAS THAT COME IN?

A DEMOCRAT OR? INDIVIDUAL? >> WHAT HAPPENS IS IT AUTOMATICALLY ADDED IN CITYWORKS SO THEN FROM THERE WE HAVE BUILT IN THEOUD ROUTING ROLLS.

IF THERE SOMETHING TO DO WITH CITYWORKS IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO WITH THAT DEPARTMENT.

ONE THING UNI19 ABOUT IT IS CITYWORKS I DOESN'T IT CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNED OUT TO A DEPARTMENT, STREET CREW, IT CAN BE DONE SIGNED OUT OVER THE WEEKEND.

>>> IS THE RESPONSE BACK TO CITIZEN THAT S THAT A COMPUTER GENERATED?

>> THAT IS A VERY IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF I HAVE SOMEBODY OUT IN THE FIELD WORKING ON THAT.

AS SOON AS THEY TYPE TO CITYWORKS AND STAY THEY COMPLETED THIS IT IMMEDIATELY GOES BACK TO SEECLICKFIX AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIES THEM IT HAS BEEN DONE.

>>> THANK YOU. >> WE DO INDIVIDUALS IN EACH DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY HELPING US

DO QUALITY CONTROL IN ASSIGNED IN KEEPING UP WITH THIS PROGRAM. >> GREAT.

MOTION? >> MOVE WE ADOPT. >>> SEC SECOND WHERE THANK YOU.

MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE QUESTIONS?

>> I HAVE ONE THING, MAYOR. THE AMENDMENT I WOULD PROPOSE TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION.

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>> MOST.01. >>> MOTION TO AMEND. >> SO MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> SO FOR THE MOTION TO AMEND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ALL KNOWS FAVOR SAY AYE THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGNFUL MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN WE HAVE THE AMEND MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGNED.

AMENDED MOTION CARRIES. 3. >>> ITEM E 3 IS A RESOLUTION TO

[3. Appoint members to the Victoria Health Facilities Development Corporat...]

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENT 8 ON THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT.

BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THE RESOLUTION WILL APPOINT THREE MEMBERS TO SERVE IN THE VICTORIA HEALTH FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BORE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THAT FORD WAS FOUNDED IN 1983 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HEALTH FACILITIES ACT. AND THE PURPOSE WAS TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP NEW OR EXPANDED IMPROVED HEALTH FACILITIES FOR OUR AR.

AND THREE STI D CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVE IN THREE-YEARS TERM CURRENTLY COUNCIL DELA GARS AND AND WISH TO BE REAPPOINTED IF IF COUNCIL SO DESIRES. I WANT TO POINT TOUT RESOLUTION DOES NOT INCLUDES THE NAMES CURRENTLY SO THE MOTION WOULD NEED TO NAME THE COUNCIL MEMBERS

BEING APPOINTED THAT PARTICULAR BOARD. >> AND I DO THINK AND I DO BELIEVE ALL THREE OF THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO SERVE ON THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPSERATION

>> MEMBERS GOOD? >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT. >>> SPOTLESS RECORD.

>>> APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH ANDREW, SCOTT AND DELAGARZA. >>> MOTION AND A SECOND, THANK YOU FOR ALL DISAGREEING TO SERVE AGAIN. EKNOW IT IS VERY TIME-CONSUMING.

THANK YOU. ALL KNOWS FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN.

[1. CDBG 2022 Annual Action Plan Proposed Budget and Funding Recommendatio...]

MR. GARZA. >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE FOR TONIGHT THAT JULIE WILL PRESENT

WHICH IS UPDATE ON OUR CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. >>> THAT TIME OF YEAR TO GIVE YOU OUR RECOMMEND 8 FOR PLANNED YEAR 2022 YEAR FUNDS SO WE DID SEE ALMOST A 50,000, A LITTLE OVER $50NOUS DROP FROM PLANNED YEAR 2021. WE JUST RECEIVED OUR OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. SO HUD IS AWARDING US $576,506 SO FOR REFERENCE LAST YEAR WE WERE AWARDED $627,688. SO THAT IS ABOUT A $51,000 DROP. WHAT I OUR PROPOSED INTUBLG ADMINISTRATION IS 20%. WE ARE PROPOSING 10,000 TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRACTICE, OUR MORTGAGE DOWN PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND CLOSE COST ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

WE'RE PROPOTION $39,000 FOR DEMOLITION, WHICH DEMOLITION OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES IN

ELIGIBLE CZBG TRACKS. >> AND PROPOSING $325,000 FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES WHICH I WILL IDENTIFY. AND THE $86,000 FOR PUBLIC SERVICES WHICH I WILL ALSO IDENTIFY. AND THAT CATEGORY HAS A 15% CAP. SO WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEND $86,000. SO JUST AS A REFRESHER, CDBG FUNDS HELP LOW-TO-MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS. THIS IS THE LATEST AND GREATEST INCOME CHART FROM HUD THAT WAS JUST WENT INTO EFFECT ON JUNE 1ST. SO ON THE LOWEST ENDS IS THOSE

MAKING 30% OF OUR MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, IS. >> WHICH WENT UP.

>> THAT SHOULD BE RENEWED. >> IT WENT UP, ABOUT $300, $400 ACROSS THE BOARD ON ALL THESE CATEGORIES SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THESE PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR 2022.

GULF BEND MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC AT NURSERY DRIVE. LAST YEAR WE AWARDED THEM

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WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT PROJECT AT $160,000. THE VICTORIA HOUSING AUTHORITY IS REQUESTING EXTERIOR WEATHERIZATION AND PAINTING OF THEIR LEARY LANE COMPLEX.

THAT IS ABOUT 18 BUILDING AT THAT LEARY LANE COMPLEX AND THEY'RE REQUESTING $95,000 FOR

THAT AND WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT. >>> THE BOYSES & GIRLS CLUB

OFFICE REN NATION AT $12,000 800. >> SALVATION ARMY HAS DORM IMPROVEMENTS AT $12,215. AND THE YMCA IS PLANNING A REMODEL OF THEIR CHILD CARE CENTER TO BE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL ROOM AT $45,464. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING FULLY FUNDING ALL OF THESE EXCEPT FOR THE GULF BEND, WHICH, AGAIN, THEIR REQUEST REQUEST IS $250,000 AND WE'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING $160,000. WE DO HAVE ONE FACILITY THE WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING THIS YEAR. AND THAT IS FOR PERPETUAL HELP HOME JUAN LINN TRAINING CENTER RENOVATION, WE'VE AWARDED THEM $100,000.

THAT IS AN ONGOING PROJECT. THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONGOING PROJECT THE DAY CARE REHAB CENTER AND WE FELT THEY'RE KIND OF TAXED AND WE SUGGESTED THAT THEY FINISH OUT THOSE TWO PROJECT AND COME BACK NEXT YEAR FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WORK THEY MAY STILL NEED ON THEIR JUAN LINN TRAINING CENTER. OUR PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCY ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS THE 15% MAX SO ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST AS UNITED WAY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM THAT IS A NEW PROGRAM.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THEIR PRIOR YEAR AWARD IS ZERO. THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED FUNDING IN THE PAST. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THESE AT THE FULL AMOUNT THEY'VE REQUESTED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE $144,000 WAS REQUESTED AND WE ONLY HAVE $86, 475, MAX, THAT WE CAN EXPEND. SO WE AWARDED TO $86,000.

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB POWER OUT AND SUMMER CAN'T RECOMMENDED 80,000 WE'RE -- $20,000, WE'RE

RECOMMENDING 10,000. >> COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE REQUESTED $10,000, WE'RE

RECOMMENDING $8,000. >>> COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE WE RECOMMENDING 14,000 FOR THEIR KIDS BACKPACK PROGRAMLE GOLDEN CRESCENT CASA RECOMMEND REQUESTED $8,000 AND WE'RE

RECOMMENDING $8,000. >>> GULF BEND WELLNESS COMMUNITY REQUESTED $45,000 AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING $20,000, THAT'S TO FUND A STAFF MEMBER. MEALS ON WHEELS SENIOR CENTER REQUESTED $21,000 AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING $8,000. AND THEN UNITED WAY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS A NEW PROGRAM THEY REQUESTED $FIN,000 AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING $10,000.

>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON CAN I ASK A QUESTION. >> SURE.

>> THESE CDBG FUNDS GIVEN, ARE THEY GIVEN FOR VICTORIA OR FOR A REGION?

>> NO, CITY OF VICTORIA. >>> CITY OF VICTORIA. >>> ENTITLE COMMUNITY.

EVERYONE WHO HAS SERVED HAS TO BE A CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA, A RESIDENT.

>> I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS ON THIS LIST AND REGIONAL SEEMS TO BE THE LATEST TREND, IS THERE THINK MECHANISM IN PLACE? I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT WHEN WE'RE FUNDING A PROJECT THAT POTENTIALLY COULD GO TO AN AREA BEYOND WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GIVE JEN THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY ARE TIED BACK TO ACTUAL INDIVIDUALS.

SO YOU KNOW, TO RECEIVE THE, YOU KNOW, BACKPACK FROM THE FOOD BANK, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE FOOD BANK PARTNER AND THEY PROVIDE FUNDS ON THAT INDIVIDUAL CHILD.

ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES, WE GET INCOME DETERMINATIONS, RESIDENTSY, PROOF OF RESIDENCY, PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP ON EVERY INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.

PUBLIC FACILITIES IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, THAT IS A PLEA ASSUMED CLIENTELE BENEFIT, THAT FACILITY HAS TO BE WITHIN THE CITY OF VICTORIA SO THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, SERVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF VICTORIA, BUT BECAUSE THE ACTUAL FACILITY IS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, AND THE MAJORITY WHO THEY'RE SERVE REGION CITIZENS WITHIN THE CITY, THAT SOMEHOW WE MEET THAT TASK.

BUT FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY, ACTIVITIES, THOSE ACTUALLY HAVE DOCUMENT 8 THAT

PROVES IS A CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. >>> IT IS CORRECT EACH

INDIVIDUAL HAS TO LIVE IN A QUALIFIED CENSUS IN FACT. >> NO.

>> NO. >> DEMOLITION YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE IN QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACTS BE THANK YOU IS BASED OFF DETERMINATIONS. YOU FILL OUT THE INCOME DETERMINATION FORM, WE LOOK AT BANK STATEMENTS, PAYCHECK STUBS. CHILD SUPPORT STUBS, ALL OF THAT

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INFORMATION GETS COLLECTED. >> THANK YOU. >> SO THIS IS IN PART OF OUR PLAN YEAR 2022 INFORMATION. BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR PROGRAM SO YOU KNOW THE LAST BIT OF OUR COVID-19 FUNDS. SO AS YOU KNOW WIRE RUNNING IT ONLY FOR THREE MONTHS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO OPEN IT UNTIL APRIL 11TH.

THAT MEANS IT WILL RUN THROUGH JULY 11TH THIS MONEY ONLIES ASEYS THOSE BETWEEN THE 30TH AND 80TH PERCENT I'LL AND WE ONLY PLOY UP TO THREE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE.

THE APPLICANTS CANNOT HAVE RECEIPTS OF ANY PRIOR ASSISTANCE.

THEY HAVE TO BE BRAND NEW TO THE PROGRAM. SO, SO FAR IN THE TWO MONTHS WE'VE BEEN OPEN WE'VE ASSISTED 17 HOUSEHOLDS WHICH IS 43 INDIVIDUALS AND EXPANDED $45,000. WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED $103,000. SO WE EXPECT TO MAYBE EXBEND ANOTHER 10 TO 20,000. IF WE DO THAT WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE OVER 40,000 LEFT OVER WE ARE RECOMMENDING AS WE LAST EXPLAINED TODOWN GIVE TO THE FOOD BANK FOR THEIR FACILITY EXPANSION WHICH WAS AN ORIGINAL COVID-19 PROGRAM. WE'LL JUST OPEN THAT PROJECT BACK UP. DO A MINOR OR CDBG SYSTEM AND AWARD THE FOOD BANK THAT ADDITIONAL, HOWEVER MUCH AND WITH THAT WE WILL COMPLETELY CLOSE OUT OUR CNN FUNDS.

HOWEVER, THERE IS CHATTER THAT THERE IS A LOT OF AGENCIES OR CITIES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EXPEND ALL OF THEIR FUNDS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE 80% EXPENDED BY THIS DECEMBER WITH ALL OF THE FUNDS EXPENDED BY NEXT DECEMBER. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE MAY SEE MORE SO IF WE SEE MORE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'LL SPEND IT. WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE COME CONVERSATIONS, BUT AS OF RIGHT

NOW WE'RE REALLY GOOD ON TRACK FOR SPENDING ALL OF OUR FUNDS. >> THIS RENTAL ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM, ARE THE JPS AWARE OF SIT IN. >> YES, AND WE GET A LOT OF REFERRALS FOR ADDICTION COURT. SO IF COUNCIL DOESN'T I HAVE V ANY INPUT ON OUR FUNDING RECOMMEND 8S WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN DEVELOPING IT OVER THIS NEXT MONTH. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL OPEN JULY 2ND, RUN THROUGH AUGUST 1ST. WE WILL ASK COUNCIL TO APPROVE THAT PLAN WITH THESE FUNDING AMOUNTS AUGUST 2ND COUNCIL MEETING TURN INTO IT HUD BY AUGUST 16TH.

WITH THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I WILL PUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET SLIDE BACK.

>> CA YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH PERPETUAL HEALTH IN THERE. >> YES, MA'AM.

RIGHT THERE. OKAY, YOU SAID THAT THEY HAVE TWO ACTIVE PROJECTS THE DAY CARE RESCHWAB THE JUAN LINN TRAINING CENTER. ARE THOSE WITH PRIOR YEAR CDBG

SUNDAY INS. >> YES, MA'AM, JUAN LINN TRAINING CENTER WAS PLAN YEAR

'20 AND DAY CARE IS PLAN YEAR '21. >> WHEN THEY FINISH THOSE PROJECTS AND FINISH THEIR FUNDING THEN THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR?

>> YES. I MEAN THEY WERE ELIGIBLE THIS YEAR, WE JUST FELT THEY MAY BE TOO MUCH ON THEIR PLATE WITH THE OTHER REQUESTS WE HAD RECEIVEED AND THE FACT THEY RECEIVED SO MUCH RECENTLY, THAT IS WHY WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING, BUT WE DID ENCOURAGE THEM ONCE THEY CLOSE THESE OUT TO APPLY AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. WE DO REQUIRE AGENCIES TO SHOW

CAPACITY AND WE FEEL THEY'RE AT CAPACITY WITH TWO PROJECTS OPEN. >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU. WELL, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE NEED TO BRING UP?

>> I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP AT THE BEGINNING. >> I'LL REOPEN ITEMS FROM

COUNCIL. >> PLEASE. OKAY, I DON'T GO DOWN JUAN LINN TOO MUCH ANYMORE, BUT I WAS TOLN IS AT -- BUT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK BETWEEN PORT LAVACA HIGHWAY AND JUAN LINN AND THE HOLE HAS GOTTEN SO BIG SOMEONE COULD FALL IN.

AND QUESTION, WHERE ARE WE AT ON THE LED LIKING? I GO DOWN THE STREET AND I DON'T

SEE ANY BRIGHT LIGHTS. SO WHERE ARE THEY? >> YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

ARE YOU LITTLE MIKE? >> YES, I AM. >> WELL, I CAN ANSWER THE LED LIKING. SO AEP WILL BEGIN REPLACING THE HPS LIKES WITH LED LIGHTS

STARTING IN JULY Y. >> WHAT AREA OF TOWN? >> THEY WILL START ON THE SOUTH

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SIDE, SO IT WILL BE. >> THIS WAY OR THIS WAY? >> IT WILL BE SOUTH, EVERYTHING

SOUTH OF AIRLINE. >> OKAY. >> ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 59.

>> SO ARE THEY STARTING ON AIRLINE? OR ARE THEY STARRING ON 59?

>> THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING IN SILVER CITY AREA. >> OKAY.

THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOUTH OF AIRLINE IS STILL A BIG

AREA. >> THERE IS A LOT. >> IT IS A LOT.

BUT AEP WILL START IN JULY AND IT WILL TAKE THEM TWO MONTHS. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU FOR PHASE 2 AND PROBABLY OCTOBER. AND THAT WILL BE FROM AIRLINE

NORTH. >> OKAY. >> SO ALL TOGETHER, 4,000 LIGHTS

WILL BE REPLACED. >> HAS TAKEN THEM A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE MATERIALS.

>> IT HAS. BECAUSE OF SUPPLY. >>> IS THIS ON MAJOR ROADS?

OR IS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? >> ALL. >> EVERYTHING?

>> YES. >> AND COMPLAINING IT IS TOO LIGHT BUT WE'LL TAKE IT.

>> HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT AEP. USUALLY BEFORE HURRICANE THEY TRIM THE TREES ALONG THE POWERLINES. AND I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THEY HAVEN'T TRIMMED ANYTHING.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY NEEDS TO CALL AEP, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD AFTER A

HURRICANE TO START TRIMMING THE TREES. >> WE CAN GET AN UPDATE FROM THEM. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY DO EVERY YEAR QUA I MEAN YOU'RE

HERE J LITTLE DARRYL. >>> LITTLE DARRYL. >> THANK YOU.

ACTUALLY WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH AEP STAFF AND THE CO-OP TO TALK THROUGH HURRICANE STUFF ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. THAT STUFF IS ACTUALLY SET UP ON A 3-TO 7-YEARRO INDICATING PLAN.

LY FEEL YOU AEP IS WORK INCOME TOWN. >> WE HAD MULTIPLE CALLS TODAY FROM AEP CLEANING OUT LINES AND THINGS LIKE. THAT SO THEY ARE IN TOWN WORKING CURRENTLY. AND SO I WOULD REMINDS THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THIS CAME UP, IF YOU'VE GOT WIRES THAT ARE TOUCHING, YOU CAN ALL AEP AND THEY CAN SUSTAINED A CROW OVER TO SQUAWK UNTIL SOMEONE COMES AND CUTS IT. [LAUGHTER]

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. BUT ANYWAYS, YOU CAN ALL AEP AND THEY CAN SEND A CREW OVER TO TRIM THEM. THE RESIDENT AT THAT TIME IS RESPONSIBLE. AEP IS GOING TO CUT THEM. AND WHEREVER THEY FALL IS WHERE THEY FALL. NOW THEY'LL CUT THEM UP, BUT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THEM OUT TO THE FRONT OF YOUR PROPERTY AND CALLING THE CITY TO PICK IT UP.

IF AEP IS DOING THEIR GENERAL MAINTENANCE, THEY USUALLY HAVE THAT COMPANY, THEY HANDLE ALL

THAT THEMSELVES. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT'S GOOD.

[G. Executive Sessions:]

>> EVERYBODY GOOD? ALL RIGHT. >> I JUST WANTED TO ASK.

>> WE DO HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES AND RECONVENE EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WE DO NOT PLAN TO COME OUT WITH ANY OTHER MEETING OR

DECISIONS. >> THE DUFF INSTE COUNCIL WILL RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 7TH DAY OF JUNE, 2022 AT 6:33:00 P.M. IN ACCORDANCE WITH BLIX ON EXECUTIVE SESSION AND

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.087. >> 551.072

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