Jul 19, 2022 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE VICTORIA, TEXAS, CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 19TH, 2022. AT THIS TIME MS. HILBRICH WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL.

ARE ABSENT. >> YES, SIR. >> AT THIS TIME WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THE TAX FLAG AND REPLAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF

SILENCE. >>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO 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.

ONCE AGAIN WELCOME TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT IN CHAMBERS TONIGHT, WATCHING VIA TV AND

ON-LINE. MR. FARRELL, GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR REMINDERS? >> NOT TONIGHT, SIR.

>> HOW ABOUT ANY PUBLIC OR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION? NOT TONIGHT.

[3. Items from Council:]

>>> ALL RIGHT MOVING ON, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM COUNCIL? WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS QUICK

TONIGHT. >> LET ME JUST THROW IN REAL QUICK, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT POSTPONING THE AUDIT DECISION.

I THINK COUNCIL ALREADY KNOWS THIS, THAT THE INFORMATION IN THE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT WHAT THE AUDIT IS ALL ABOUT WAS NOT REALLY ACCURATE. IT IS NOT REALLY QUESTIONING THE VALUES OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT DOES. THOSE ARE CERTAINLY AUDITED, BUT THIS IS MORE BEST PRACTICES AUDIT, THAN I THINK COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

AND SO IT STILL ON THE AGGRESSIVE FOR DISCUSSION ON THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

I'M REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I SERVE AS A REPRESENTATIVE AND JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY

KNOW IT IS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT

[4. Citizen Communication:]

CLARIFICATION. >> ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS' COMMUNICATION. I'VE GOT THE SHEETS IN FRONT OF ME.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR

COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. BLANCH DELEON. >> COUNCIL.

MAYOR PRO-TEM YOUNG, MY NAME IS BLANCH DELEON. I LIVE IN VICTORIA ON THE ORIGINAL SITE OF THE LAND GRANT FROM MARGARET RIGHTS IN 1835 I'M HERE TO NIGHT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE DEE LEON MONUMENT.

I'M SURE MAYBE SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND, BUT MAYBE ABOUT 55 TO 60 YEARS AGO THIS WAS A DREAM OF MY FATHER'S. AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WITH YOUR SUPPORT, THIS DREAM OF HIS WILL COME TRUE. AND I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY WE ARE HONORED, GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND I THINK MY FIRST CALL FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAME FROM DR. YOUNG. AND SINCE JESUS AND MAYOR BAUKNIGHT ARE ABSENT, I'M JUST GOING HAVE TO DESIGNATE YOU AN HONORARY DELEON TONIGHT.

AND WITH THAT I HAVE THIS. IT'S OUR BRAND. AND IF YOU CAN FIND SOME SPACE ON THAT LAPEL OF YOURS MORE DELEONS TO COME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

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>> DR. YOUNG WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED ME ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO REINTRODUCE THIS IDEA AND I REMEMBER, I WAS A VERY KURT WITH HIM BECAUSE AFTER AT WORK AND I SAID DR. YOUNG, THIS HAD

BETTER BE IMPORTANT. IT IS AND THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LONG TIME COMING TO HAVE THIS DONE AND GLAD TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION.

WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT CELEBRATING WITH YOUR FAMILY AND THEIR LEGACY SO THANK YOU.

MOVING ON. JIM HESTER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, DR. DELEON AND COUNCIL. [LAUGHTER] MY NAME IS JIM HESTER I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN BOOKS IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AS WELL AS A TAPING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. I LOOK BACK AT THOSE TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAID.

AND SO ANYWAY, SIX WEEKS AGO I SPOKE ABOUT HOW BOOKS HAD SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATIC, ESPECIALLY LIFE SCIENCE BOOKS IMPACTED MY LIFE LEADING TO COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND GOOD CAREER AND A PATENT TO REDUCE N 2 O WHICH REDUCES GREENHOUSE GASES ALERTED US TO YOUNG, IMPRESSIONABLE MINDS EXPOSED TO THE WRONG IDEAS CAN BE HEARD THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF SEXUALLY EXPOLICE DEPARTMENT CONTENT THAT CAN AS A RESULT OF POOR DECISION MAKING, CONFUSION, ET CETERA. THIS LED ME TO SEE IF I COULD FIND INFORMATION SUPPORTING THE ALERTS. I FOUND THAT RISKS DO RANGE FROM LIFESTYLE CHANGES INCLUDING LIFELONG USE OF DRUGS, SURGICAL ALTER 8S COSTING SIX FIGURES AND IN MANY CASES SUICIDES.

HERE IS ONE REPORT: THE SEX REASSIGNMENT DOESN'T WORK, HERE IS EVIDENCE DATED 3/9/18 BY DR. RYAN T. ANDERSON P H. D. THE SERVICE PROFESSOR IN PSYCHOLOGY AND JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE EXPLAINS, TRANSGENDERED MEN DO NOT BECOME WOMEN.

NOR DO TRANSGENDERED WOMEN BECOME MEN. ALL INCLUDING BRUCE JENNER BECOME FEMMEINIZED MEN OR MAS SKULLINNIZED WOMEN. IN THAT LIES THEIR PROBLEM.

THE MOST THOROUGH FOLLOW-UP OF SEX REASSIGNED PEOPLE EXTENDING OVER 30 YEARS WAS CONDUCTED IN SWEDEN. WHERE THE CULTURE IS STRONGLY SUPPORTED OF TRANSGENDERED AND DOCUMENTS THEIR LIFELONG MENTAL UNREST. 10 TO 15 YEARS AFTER SURGICAL REASSIGNMENT, THE SUICIDE RATE THOSE WHO HAVE GONE UNDER SEX REASSIGNMENT ROSE 20 TIMES TO THAT OF COMPARABLE FATHERS. WHY NOT HAVE BOOKS INCREASING THE AREA ACADEMICS TO THE TOP 10% OF CHILDREN IN TEXAS. AS MENTIONED MICHAEL QUINN'S "SULLIVAN" FADING THE NEXT GENERATION, RAISING OUR CHILDREN AS S ALSO A JOB THE HEART OF THE CHILD AND THE WAYS OF LIBERTY AND GOVERNANCE AND TO SERVE THEIR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

>> THANK YOU, MR. HESTER. >> GABE POTEK. >> GREETINGS MAYOR PRO-TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN WITH AGE AND CONTENT APPROPRIATE BOOKS PURCHASED WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS OREEN DONATED TO THE LIBRARY. WE MAY FACE THE REALITY THAT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT THAT GIVES DEPICTION OR DESCRIPTION OF ELICIT SEX OR SEXUAL IMMORALITY AMONG OTHER THINGS IS NOT ONLY HARMFUL TO CHILDREN, BUT IS NEVER HELPFUL TO OUR CHILDREN.

WE HAVE MANY BOOKS AVAILABLE TO OUR CHILDREN AGES 17 AND UNDER AT THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT DO THIS. WE HAVE LAWS THAT APPLY TO KEENS WHEN THEY CAN GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHEN THEY CAN START WORKING, THE AGE THAT THEY CAN DRINK, THE AGE THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE CIGARETTES, MARRY, AND WE EVEN HAVE A CITY CURFEW. THESE LAWS ARE THERE TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN FROM HARMFUL, SOMETIMES PERMANENT CONSEQUENCES OF DOING THINGS TOO EARLY.

IT IS OKAY FOR US TO PUT BOUNDARIES ON WHAT WE BRING INTO THE CHILDREN'S SECTION OF OUR

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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE TIME THAT EVERYONE IS GIVING AND PUTTING INTO PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN WITH AGE AND CONTENT-APPROPRIATE BOOKS AND HOLDINGS PURCHASED FOR THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LINE BARRY WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS OR DONATED TO THE LIBRARY. I WAS GOING SAY THANK YOU MR. GARZA, BUT I'LL SAY THANK YOU MR. FARRELL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO AND ALL THE TIME THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN ON THIS.

THANK YOU MANY LACEY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM IS DOING. AND ALSO, TO MS. WILLIAMSCA PON AND ALL THOSE WORKING WITH HER.

CAPON, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO-TEM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN COMING UP WITH THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF OUR CHILDREN WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MS. POTEK. BERNIE SEAL.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO-TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BERNIE SEAL.

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE THE DIRECTORS OF THE ST. GIANNA HOLY MINISTRY AT HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH. I HAVE SIX SONS AND SIX GRAND CHOIRN.

I -- CHILDREN. I HAVE A STAKE IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN.

I GREW UP WITH INNOCENT CHILDHOOD BOOKS WITH STORIES THAT HAD A MORAL TO LEARN.

BOOKS LIKE THE MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES AND PRECIOUS BOOKS LIKE PETER RABBIT, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD, AMONG JUST A FEW TO ENJOY AND EXPAND MY IMAGINATION.

WE HAVE BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY FOR CHILDREN THAT DISCUSS TRANSGENDERRISM.

THE CONCEPT IN THESE BOOKS ARE HARMFUL TO CHILDREN AND CAN LEAD THEM DOWN A PATH OF DESTRUCTION FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. OR AT LEAST DEVASTATE THEIR NEAR FUTURE.

OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS. I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT THE INNOCENCE OF OUR CHILDREN WITH AGE AND CONTENT-APPROPRIATE BOOKS IN OUR VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHICH ARE PURCHASED WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY OF VICTORIAN DOS NOT WANT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO BE EXPOSED TO MATERIAL THAT IS HARMFUL AND CONFUSING TO THEM. EVEN AS PRE-TEENS, THEY ARE TRYING TO FORM THEIR MIND AND HEARTS ABOUT WHO THEY ARE BECOMING.

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE INFUSED WITH UNNECESSARY CHOICES ABOUT TRANSGENDER.

WHICH IS CONTRARY TO HUMAN NATURE. I BELIEVE THESE TOPICS BELONG IN THE FAMILY WHERE TRUE LOVE CAN GUIDE THEM AND INSTEAD OF THOSE WITH AN AGENDA TO ENCOURAGE OUR CHILDREN TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT CREATED TO BE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR

CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. SEAL.

MICHAEL VON DER OH. >> GOOD EVENING, DR. YOUNG AND CITY COUNCIL.

>> GOOD EVENING. >> I CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY COULD HAVE THE TEXAS RANGERS AUDIT THEM WITH CHUCK NOR EXIST STUFF. BECAUSE I THINK HE SOLVE ALL THE CRIMES AND ALL THE ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS THE ANSWER, BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON.

I KNOW MY TRAILER HOUSE WAS APPRAISED THREE TIMES MORE THAN WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

AND I HAD TO RAISE A BUNCH OF COMMOTION, ROUND, JUST TO GET IT LOWERED AFTER LISTENING TO ME A FEW MINUTES MOST PEOPLE ARE READY TO LOWER IT. AND ANYWAY, IMAGINE IF YOU HAD A HOUSE WORTH $3 MILLION AND APPRAISEDDED IT AT $9 MILLION, THEY APPRAISED IT 300% MORE.

THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN TENTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.

-- I'M EXAGGERATING, BUT THEY'RE OVER-APPRAISING IT AND THEY DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ONE PERSON, IT IS EVERYONE, THE RICH, THE POOR, THE MIDDLE CLASS, WHITES, HISPANICS, BLACKS. I MEAN, ALMOST EVERYONE HAS HEARD A CASE OF THEIR HOME BEING OVER-APPRAISEED AND STUFF. I AND I WISH THEY COULD HAVE AN AUDIT EITHER BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE TEXAS RANGERS OR SOMETHING. I CAN PUT UP $20 AND HAVE A

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WHO HAS GIVEN THE ORDER TO RAISE THE TACKS. IS IT JUST VICTORIA? TEXAS? USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE GET IN A BIND AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, THEY SAY, WELL,PUTEIN DID IT. I DON'T THINKPUTEIN IS RAISING THESE GAS TAXES OR MAKING APPRAISALS, HE'S MORE WORRIED ABOUT WINNING THE WAR IN UKRAINE, THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD

EVENING. >> I HAVE A BERN 19 PEREZ. >> GOOD EVENING JRKS GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAN, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEGGAR PROBLEMS THAN WE DO.

BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION ABOUT THE GAME ROOMS WHY THEY CLOSE THEM, WHY THEY OPEN THEM, WHY THEY CLOSE THEM. WHY THEY OPEN THEM. I LIKE TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. I GO TO BINGO. I SUPPORT BINGO.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT GAME ROOMS. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT IS WRONG, BUT IT IS NOT WRONG, YOU GOT A COMMUNITY HERE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO PLAY.

THEY WANT TO MEET FRIENDS, THEY WANT TO DESTRESS. AND A LOT OF TIME, I CAN'T BECAUSE THEY OPEN AND THEY CLOSE THEM. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY THAT THEY CAN KEEP THESE THINGS OPEN, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT IS A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO, SIT DOWN, ENJOY THEMSELVES, TALK AND MINGLE.

I JUST FEEL THAT BY SHUTTING THEM DOWN, IT IS NOT RIGHT. I MEAN, YAM ARE TAKING THINGS AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT IS LIKE Y'ALL ARE TELLING PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T DO THIS AND YOU CAN DO THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYWAY THAT YOU PEOPLE COULD JUST TALK OBTAIN IT AND LET THEM OPEN UP. BING DOE, AND I KNOW HE'S BEHIND IT. I'M TALKING FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY WAY YOU GUYS CAN SUPPORT THEM ON LETTING THEM STAY OPEN AND LEEING THEM GIVE AWAY THEIR RISES. WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY

IS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, MS. PEREZ. >> KIM PICKENS.

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. >>> GOOD EVENING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A PLACE THAT EXUDES THE VALUES WE LIFT UP IN THIS COMMUNITY, A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN COME AS YOU ARE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE OR DON'T HAVE, WHETHER YOU'RE HOMELESS OR LIVE IN A MANSION. A PLACE WHERE IF YOU'RE SEEKING INFORMATION, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND AN ANSWER TO FORMULATE YOUR ON CONCLUSIONS.

THE IDEAS FROM MATTHEW 35 IS ALWAYS IN PRACTICE THAT PLACE IS OUR PUBLIC LINE BARRYSH THEY OFFER RESOURCES THAT OFFER BARRIERS FOR THOSE SEEKING JOBS. THERE IS NO FEATER GIFT TO OUR BEENTY TO THAT OF A PUBLIC LINE RADAR BRING THAT SKINLY CONSIDERS THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE VOICES THAT PEOPLE TRY TO STIFFLE BUS THEY ADOPT FIT OP THEIR OWNING OR THEY MAKE PEOPLEN COMFORTABLE. WE HAVE TO STOP PRESENTING THE VOYS OF OUR UNDERREPRESENT COMMUNITY ARE NOT OUR MEMBER OR FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS WHO DESERVE TO BE A THE TABLE. REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT HERE TO JUDGE BUT TO LOVE.

1 PETER 1 HAVE BEEN 17 SAYS YOU SAY THAT GOD IS YOUR FATHER, BUT GOD DOESN'T HAVE FAVORITES, HE JUDGES ALL PEOPLE BY WHAT THEY DO. SO WE HAVE TO HONOR GOD AS WE LIVE HERE ON EARTH. PLEASE SUPPORT THE LIBRARY AND ALL THEY DO.

I WAS A BORE MEMBER FOR 8 YEARS, AND WE ALWAYS DID GREAT WORK. THANK YOU.

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>> THANK YOU, MS. PICKENS. >> NATIA PITTENJOY. >> I ALSO THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS TO ADDRESS THAN THE ISSUE OF THE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY.

BUT I HEARD THIS WAS GOING BE ADDRESSED TODAY AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW UP AND LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE MAY NOT THIS -- MAY NOT BE AS ORGANIZED OR OUTSPOKEN TO THOUGH TRYING TO BEEN REMOVED IN GENERAL DISTRIBUTION.

BUT I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THERE ARE PEEP IN THE COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORT FREE -- I FEEL I'M ON BEHALF OF A FREE AND OPEN SOCIETY. THAT IS WHAT MARK WAS FOUNDED ON. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO ALL LOOK LOOK HER TO AND DON HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME PLEAS BUT WE BE WITH THE TO MAKE ROOM FOR ONE ANOTHER.

I WAS A THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING WHERE WELL-INTENTIONED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY SPOKE ABOUT CERTAIN BOOKS THAT MENTION THE EXISTENCE OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, AS THOUGH THEY WERE HARD-CORE PORNOGRAPHY. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT IS JUST NOT ACCURATE.

THAT TWO SIDE ARE TALKING PAST ONE ANOTHER. SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO MY NEIGHBOR ASKS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ALL NEED TO LOWER THE EMOTION IN THE ROOM THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND UPHOLD JUST SUPPORT THE LIBRARY AND THE VALUES OF LEARNING AND AFTERNOON OPEN SOCIETY AND PEOPLE HAVING ACCESS TO LEGITIMATE SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE. IT IS NOT FOR US TO DECIDE. AND IF IT WERE.

IF THIS BUZZ MATERIAL THAT WAS LEGITIMATELY STATION, WE'D HAVE A CONVERSATION FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF TOLERANCE.

THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO MORE WE'LL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND BEFORE I MOVE ONTO HEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING I WANTED TO SAY WELCOME TO PUBLIC COMMISSIONER BURNS WHO

[1. An ordinance amending and readopting Chapter 4 and Section 24-22 of th...]

ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICE. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR PRO-TEM AND COUNCIL.

THE CHANGES WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE ARE EXCEPTIONALLY MINOR THIS EVENING. IT WENT THROUGH A BIT OF RENOVATION, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THAT LANGUAGE. RECENTLY THE COUNTY DID SEPARATE THE PEP HEALTH DEPARTMENT FROM THE ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT CREATED TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WE SIMPLY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE THAT REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL AND CHANGE THAT TO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. AND SO THERE IS MINOR LANGUAGE CHANGES IN THERE AS WELL AS SEPARATING OUT THE FEES REQUIRED TO GO TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY AND THE FEES PRIDE TO

GO TO ANIMAL CONTROL. IF YOU HAVE NO IFS ON THAT. >>> HAS THE COUNTY FINALIZED THE

SEPARATION AND. >> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE VOTED TO VOTE THEM OUT AND HAVE RESPOND TO DAVID GONZALEZ THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIAL WHO IS THE ONE WHO CONTACTED ME LETSING ME KNOW THEY HAD SEPARATED OUT AND WE NEEDED TO MAKE THISSING IS

CHANGE. >> AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP C 1 FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SEEING NONE I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM C

1. >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION?

>> SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AAYE.

THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. ITEM C 1 PASSES. WE'LL HEAD TO THE CONSENT

[D. Consent Agenda:]

AGENDA. LUCKY YOU. >> D 1 IS ADOPTION OF THE

REGULAR MINUTES HELD ON JULY 5TH, 2022. >>> D TWO IS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING APPROVAL TO APPLY OR GRANT SEEKING $2296,468.30 FROM THE MG AND LILLY A. JOHNSON FOUNDATION TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING FACILITY LOCATED AT 1411 SOUTHWEST BEN JORDAN D 3 IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE ANNUAL

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TEXAS IN APPROXIMATELY $91,608. >>> Z 4 AWARD ANNUAL SUPPLY CONTRACT FORLICT PHOSPHATE BASED CORROSION INHIBITOR OF CARUS LLC OF PERU, ILLINOIS IN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $136,500.

>> D 5 AWARD ANNUAL SUPPLY CONTRACTED FOR LIQUID SODIUM COLORRITE TO INTERNATIONALDY CONFRONTATION I'D, INC. FOR NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND IN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $152,880 D CONTRIBUTIONSY WARD ANNUAL SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR WASTEWATER SLUDGE DEWATERING POLYMER UNIVERY SOLUTION USA, INC. OF DOVER, FLORIDA, IN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $885,185.75.

>> D 7 AWARD ANNUAL SUPPLY CONTRACT OF LIQUID AMMONIUM SULFATE IN CHEMFRIDAY CHEMICALS U.S. LLC OF PARS ZIP ANY NEW JERSEY FOR N AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $95,858Z 8 AWARD ANNUAL SUPPLY OF CONTRACT FOR LIQUID SODIUM FROM IN AMOUNT OF $114,387.

>> D 9 AWARD ANNUAL SUPPLY FOR CONTRACT FOR LICK SUL E FULL SURE.

>> A MOTION AND SECOND, ALL THOAFER IN FAY SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSE, SAME TUNE.

[1. An ordinance amending Chapter 15 of the Victoria City Code pertaining ...]

CONSENT AGENDA PASSES. MOVING ONTO ACTION ITEMS. >> ITEM E 1 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF VICTORIA CITY CODE PERTAINING THE PURCHASE OF CATALYTIC

CONVERTERS. THIS ITEM IS ON THIRD READING. >> GOOD EVENING, CHIEF.

>>> GOOD, COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO-TEM YOUNG. I'M HERE WITH THE FINAL READING OF THE CITY'S CATALYTIC CONVERTER ORDINANCE. WE MADE ONE CHANGE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE, SECOND NUMBER TWO THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE YOU'LL SEE AN UNDERLINE THAT SAYS UPON REQUEST AND ESTABLISHED BY OCCUPATIONS CODE CHAPTER 1956. AND THE REASON WE ADDED THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAD IN THERE THAT SENDS US PICTURES AND ALL INFORMATION, I SIMPLY DON HAVE THE PLACE TO STORE ALL THAT.

SO UPON REQUEST IS BEST FOR US. >> VERY GOOD. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE A MOTION?

OR ANY DISCUSSION? >> I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM E 1.

>> SECOND. >> MR. LOFGREN, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST OF ALL, IF I MAY, WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE UP AND TO THE CHIEF AND STAFF FOR TAKING THIS UNDER YOUR WING AND MIKING IF PUBLIC MORE SAFE AND SECURE.

OKAY. >> CITY ATTORNEY WROTE IT. >> ABSOLUTELY, THANKS TO HER.

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I'M STILL TRYING TO FIND THE CHANGE THAT THE CHIEF

REFERENCED. >> SO SECOND PAGE. >> ON WHAT WAS PASSED OUT.

I WANTEDDED TO MAKE SURE THE MOTION APPROVED THE RIGHT VERSION, BUT I UNDERSTAND NOW.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AAYE. OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

E-1 PASSES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU.

[2. Approve Amendments to the Bylaws for City of Victoria Tourism Advisory...]

>> E 2 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BUY LAWS TO THE CITY OF VICTORIAR TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD AND EXTENDING THE APPOINTMENTS OF MEMBERS TO REFLECT THE BUY LAW AMENDMENTS.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

I HAVE A SHORT PRESENT 8 FOR YOU TO DISCUSSION -- PRESENT 8 FOR YOU TO DISCUSSION OUR TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD AND EXTENDING BUY LAW AMENDMENTS. SO THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD WAS FORMED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO ADVISE THE CONVENTION AND VISITOR'S BUREAU TO HEAR REGULAR REPORTS FROM US AND FOR US TO AN OUTLET TO UPDATE A GROUP IS OF ENGAGED STAKEHOLDER ISES ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING NONTHE CONVENTION AND VISITOR'S BUREAU.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT WE WILL BE MAKING TO OUR LIE BUT A -- BUY LAWS.

THE FIRST -- BYLAW THE FIRST IS TO STAGGER THE TERMS OF THE BOARD.

THE BOARD HAS 13 POSITIONS. AND THEY ALL REPRESENT SOME CERTAIN SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY THAT IMPACTS TOURISM. AND WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE BOARD WE HAD ALL THE TERM TERMS ENDS IN TWO YEARS. ALL THE TERM 2-S WOULD BE ENDING YEAR.

THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE POSITIONS.

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THESE ARE TWO PILLARS OF OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY THAT WOULD BE EXTENDED TO THREE-YEAR TERMS. AND THEN THE RESOLUTION IS TAFD WOULD EXTEND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THOSE CURRENT POSITIONS WHERE THEIR FIRST TERM WOULD EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

ALSO A TIPLATION TO EXTEND BOARD OFFICERS. WE HAVE BOARD OFFICERS.

AS IT STANDS THEIR TERM WOULD HAVE BEEN UP THIS YEAR. THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SERVE FOR TWO YEARS AND SERVE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. ALSO, A REMOVAL OF SOME CONFLICTING LANGUAGE REGARDING QUORUM. THIS WAS AT THE ADVICE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY. AS WELL AS CLARIFYING SOME LANGUAGE IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE SECTION. RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO LANGUAGE IN THERE VERIFIES HOW SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE APPOINTED, WHICH IS DEFERRED TO ROBERT'S RULES.

THEY'RE APPOINTED BY OUR BOARD CHAIR RIGHT NOW. AND SO THIS IS JUST SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE FOR THAT. SO BOARD TERM, ALL TERMS ARE CURRENTLY 2-YEAR TERMS THAT WOULD EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. THE BYLAW AMENDMENTS WOULD EXTEND SOME POSITIONS UNTIL NEXT YEAR. AND EXTENDS A TOTAL OF SIX POSITIONS OR ABOUT HALF THE BOARD. I MENTIONED OUR BOARD OFFICERS ARE CURRENT LISIEUX PRU.COM, OUR BOARD CHAIR. BRENDA TALLEY OF THE VICTORIA BALLET THREATER WHO IS AN ARTS POSITION AND ASHLEY MCGEE, OWNER AND OPERATOR OF OUR SECRETARY. THE BOARD, THESE AMENDMENTS WERE APPROVED BY OUR BOARD AT A JUNE 22ND MEETING. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE VACANT POSITIONS ON OR BOARD.

IF THESE ARE APPROVE BY COUNCIL WE LOOK TO FILL THE ARTS POSITION RIGHT AWAY.

AND SINCE THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES WOULD BE EXPIRING AT THE END OF YEAR WE WOULD LOOK TO JANUARY 1 TOS OPEN THOSE UP. AND THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS WE CURRENTLY HAVE TEN BOARD MEMBERS RIGHT NOW. JAMES WEIRDAN, AND ROG PONCHAL, THE OWNER OF COMFORT INN SUITES. SUE PRU.COM CULTURE AFL FAIRS, JAY RAM BER, JEFF WRIGHT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND PROPERTY MANAGER OF VICTORIA MALL. ELLIZ BEST TYSE AND ASHLEY MCGEE OUR OWNER-OPERATOR. AND AT THIS TIME I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE BUY

LAW MOMENTS. >> I'M VERY CONFUSED ON HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU'VE STILL GOT -- YOU'VE GOT TWO, 3-YEAR TERMS WHICH IS SIX YEARS WHICH IS

THREE, TWO-YEAR TERMS WHICH IS SIX YEARS. >>> SO AT THE END OF THE SIX YEARS, YES, THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BECOME OPEN AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO FILL THE WHOLE

BOARD, BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS. >> OKAY, BUT ATTEND OF THE SIX

YEARS YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR WHOLE BOARD. >>> YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO REFILL

THOSE POSITIONS AT THE TIME, YES, MA'AM. >> I THOUGHT WHEN WE% PUT THIS BOARD TOGETHER WE WERE GOING TO STAGGER IT SO THAT SOME WOULD ONLY SERVE A ONE-YEAR TERM, SOMEONE SERVE A 2-YEAR TERM SO THAT EVERY YEAR OR PERIOD LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE SOME OF THE

BOARD BE REPLACED BUT NOT ALL OF THE BOARD REB REPLACEED. >> THAT WHEN WE HAD STARTED THE BOARD IT WAS ALL 2-YEAR TERM TERMS WE HADN'T DISCUSSED A ONE-YEAR OR 2-YEAR TERM.

THIS WAS SINCE THE BOARD WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED A WAY TO EXTEND THE CURRENT FOLKS ON THE BOARD. AND GE YES, YOU'RE RIGHT AT END OF SIX YEARS WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK TO REPLACE THE BOARD BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS.

WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD FIT WITH THE CURRENT MEMBERS ON THE BOARD NOW.

>>> IF WE'RE FIXING I, CAN'T WE FIX SOME OF THOSE TERMS STATEMENT? I MEAN I KNOW THIS IS ALL THAT THEY PROVED, YOU'VE KIND OKON FIRMED WHAT I THOUGHT.

YOUR NOT REALLY FIXING YOUR PROBLEM, AS THEY SAY KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

>>> IT IS A FAIR POINT. AND IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO REVISIT THIS, WE COULD.

>> MAYBE YOU'VE GOT SOME TIME ON IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN APPROVE THIS.

BUT I THINK THIS NEEDS SOME MORE WORK. THAT'S MY PINE.

>> YOU MAKE A HAVE VERY VALID POINT IN REGARD TO SIX YEARS WE'RE GOING REVISIT THIS

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IT AS RIGHT AS POSSIBLE. >> IN TERMS OF YOUR CURRENT SERVICE, DO YOU TYPICALLY -- HOW MANY TERM DOS YOU TYPICALLY SEE SERVING AT THIS POINT? JUST ONE--- ONE, 2-YEAR TERM AND

THEN REAPPOINTED. >> WE HAVEN'T GONE ONTO REAPPOINTMENTS YET, AS FAR AS WE'VE EXPERIENCED IS PEOPLE RESIGNING AND PEOPLE FILLING THE POSITIONS.

THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER TO SEE HOW HE PREFERS TO HAVE US REAPPOINT THOSE POSITIONS WHETHER AN OPEN APPLICATION OR IT IS A SIMPLE REAPPOINTMENT BY COUNCIL.

>>> I DIDN'T SEE IN THE CURRENT BYLAW IS THERE A CAP ON NUMBER OF TERMS CURRENTLY?

>> YES, YES. THE POSITIONS WE WERE GOING TO BE EXTENDING TONIGHT OR GOING EXTEND WOULD BE 2, 3-YEAR TERMS AND OTHER POSITIONS WOULD BE A MAX OF 32-YEAR TERM.

>> EXISTING BUY LAU, IT DOES LIMIT IT TO FOUR YEARS TOTAL SO TWO, 2-YEAR TERM.

>> DO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TYPICALLY SERVE THOSE 4 YEARS? DO YOU MOSTLY SEE THEM SERVE 4

YEARS AND ROTATE? >> RIGHT NOW WE'VE HAD A FEW POKE FOLKS RESIGN.

AND MOST OF THE RESIGNATIONS IS BECAUSE THEY TOOK POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF THEIR INDUSTRY SECTOR. FOR INSTANCE A FOOD AND BEVERAGE SECTOR LEFT THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE, WE GIVE THEM 90 DAYS TO FIND EMPLOYMENT IN THAT SAME SECTOR.

FOR INSTANCE THIS INDIVIDUAL DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT SO THEY RESIGNED.

THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WE HAD IS A PERSON WHO QUIT THEIR JOB AND LEFT VICTORIA AND HAD ONE PERSON SHOW UP TO NO MEETINGS. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST APPOINTMENTS.

>> IT WAS WORTH NOTING THIS BOARD WAS ONLY CREATED LAST YEAR, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD THE

FOUR-YEAR CYCLE. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT I WOULDN'T SEE THAT IN THE BYLAWS AND DIDN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE ELSE, THAT MAKE SENSE.

THANKS. >> THIS DOES SAY YOU'RE EXTENDING SOME OF THE POSITIONS

UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2023. >>> YES JRKS WHICH IS AN ODD YEAR, LOOK MOSTLY AT EVEN SO DOES THAT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM? OR DO YOU ENDS UP WITH HALF OF YOUR BOARD WITH THE TERM THAT EXPIRES IN '23 AND HALF OF IT WITH A TERM THAT EXPIRES IN' 22?

>> YES, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE POSITIONS, 7 POSITIONS EXPIRING AT THE ENDS OF THIS

YEAR AND SIX OF THEM THAT WOULD BE EXTENDED INTO 2023. >> SO THAT THERE STILL MIGHT BE

A PROBLEM, BUT WHAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER MAY NOT, ACTUALLY. >> NOT FOR SIX YEAR, YES.

IF THEY ALL WANT TO MAINTAIN THEIR POSITIONS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, IT WILL BE -- THOSE POSITIONS WILL ALL EXPIRE AT THE ENDS OF -- THE BOARD BYLAWS AS WRITTEN, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND FILLS A SPOT, FOR INSTANCE, THAT IS NOT A NEW PERSON, A NEW POSITION.

THEY'RE ONLY FILLING THAT TERM UNTIL IT EXPIRES, SO EWHERE EWOULD NEED TO REAPPOINTED THE WHOLE BOARD AT THE END OF SIX YEARS. WE JUST THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A SOLUTION THAT IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE, EVERY TWO YEARS THE WHOLE BOARD IS UP.

BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CASE. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR, THE WHOLE BOARD WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

>> BUT WITH YOUR CHANGE IN EXTENDING SOME TO 23 YOU WON'T HAVE.

>> YES, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE SIX MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. >> SIX, BUT NOT 13.

>> DO YOU HAVE SOME THAT EXPIRE IN ODD YEARS AND SOME THAT EXPIRE IN EVEN YEARS?

>> SO IN OTHER WORDS HALF YOUR BOARD IS GOING TO EXPIRE IN ONE YEAR AND ANOTHER HALF EXPIRE.

>> I'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT WAY YOU'RE NOTARY PLACING ALL SIX AT THE SAME

TIME. >> OR ALL 13. OKAY, MY QUESTION EARLIER WAS BASED ON THE PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND YOU ARE TRYING TO FIX IT.

>> WE COULD DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT FIXING THAT. WE JUST WANT TO GET THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK IF THAT IS THE CONCERN OF HAVING TO REAPPOINTED THE ENTIRE BOARD AT THE ENDS OF SIX YEARS, WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT OR IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THESE BYLAW AMENDMENTS FOR NOW AND WORK ON THAT PROBLEM IN THE COMING YEARS, IF YOU WILL.

>> SO IF COUNCIL, WE'LL TAKE THIS BACK AND WE'LL WORK ON IT AND TAKE NO ACTION TONIGHT AND

COME BACK TO YOU. >> I AGREE, FINE WITH THAT TABLING IT?

>> TABLE IT, TAKE IT BACK, LOOK AT THE ODD-EVEN, FIGURE OUT THE MATHEMATICAL FORMULA GOING FORWARD. CARRY THE ONE. WHATEVER, FROM THAT, THAT IT WORKS OUT EQUITABLE. I DID HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR LIKE LODGING OR THAT YOU'D HAVE DIFFICULTY FILLING LIKE A LACK OF APPLICANT POOL?

>> I WOULD IS A NO, NOT AT THIS POINT. WE'VE HAD A HEALTHY NUMBER OF

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SOME OTHER SECTORS, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MANY APPLICATIONS, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD AN INSTANCE

WHERE WE'VE HAD A QUALIFIED APPLICANT. >> CAN I ASK THAT BECAUSE WE'VE SAT UP HERE AND FILLED SOME BOARDS AND THAT DEMANDED MECHANICAL TRADES AND THINGS LIKE THIS WHICH BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO FILL. AND SO WE HAD TO KIND OF MASSAGE SOME OF THE THINGS TO MAKE THAT RIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T

HAVE THAT ISSUE. >> NO, WE HAVE APPLICANTS THAT DON'T FIT THE INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION AND WE HAVE TO TELL THEM IT IS REALLY NOT YOUR ROLE. YOUR POSITION IS NOT FITTING THAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY BUT WE HAVE NOT AT THIS MOMENT HAD A MOMENT WHERE WE'RE GETTING APPLICATIONS AND EVERY APPLICATION NONE OF THEM WORKED. WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE SOLID APPLICATION IN EVERY INSTANCE ANDN WHEN WE TRY TO FILL A POSITION.

>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL TABLE THIS AND BRING IT FORTH ON A FUTURE MEETING.

>> YES. >> MOTION J TO TABLE THIS FUTURE CONSIDERATION.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND TO TABLE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>>> ALL THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. WE'LL TABLE IT, MOTION PASS. >>> EME 3 IS APPROVE A

[3. Approve a contract with Hinojosa Art, LLC for the De Leon Statue Proje...]

$300,000. >>> I'M GOING TO OFFER A BRIEF PRESENT 8 ON THE AGENCY THAT WE LOOK TO CONTRACT WITH FOR THE DELEON STATUE PROJECT FOR OUR BICENTENNIAL 2024 CELEBRATION.

JUST A BRIEF PROJECT TIMELINE, THE CONCEPTUAL STAGE FROM MARCH OF APRIL OF 2022 THE PROJECT ACCEPTED BIDS. THE BIDS WERE OPENED ON MAY 16TH.

AND WERE ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH.

THE BIDS CLOSED ON JUNE 1ST OF 2022. AND THE BIDDING PROCESS WINNER WAS SELECTED IN JUNE. WE ARE PRESENTING THE CONTRACT TO COUNCIL TONIGHT.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME TENTATIVE TIMELINE. NONE OF THIS IS SET IN STONE OR BRONZE IF YOU WILL. BUT A PROTECTION STAGE OF ABOUT A YEAR.

SITE PREPARATION FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTERWARDS. AND INSTALLATION OF THE PROJECT AND WE LOOK TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2024. SO IN ENOUGH TIME FOR A APRIL 13TH BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. AND DEDICATION ON THAT DATE.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT. IT IS ONE STATUE WITH TWO PERSONS. SO FEATURING MARTIN DELEON AND HIS FOUNDER AND HIS WIFE PATRICIA DELAGARZA. I MENTIONED THE DEDICATION IN APRIL 2024.

DID RECEIVE ONE BIDS, HINOJOSA ART LLC OF LAREDO, TEXAS. THE CONTRACT SUPPLIES FOR $300,000. AND THE PAYMENT IS BROKE DOWN IN SUCH.

MR. HINOJOSA WILL REQUIRE $100,000 DOWN PAYMENT FOR SECURING FOUNDRY SPACE AS WELL AS 3-D IMAGING WHICH IS A PROCESS THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO FULFILL THIS PROJECT AND N THE TIMELINE WE NEED TO ONCE THOSE REPORTS ARE RECEIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR INVOICES ALONG WITH ANY PHOTOS WE FIND THOSE SATISFACTORY AND PAYMENT WILL BE RELEASED AND THAT IS UP TO $100,000 AGGREGATE. AND THE FINAL $100,000 PAYABLE TO THE ARTIST UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHO IS ARMANDO HINOJOSA. A VERY TALENTED ARTIST OF LAREDO, TEXAS.

I JUST TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK. HE WILL INSIST -- ASSIST THE CITY WITH INSTALLATION OF THE BRONZE STATUES 92 WILL BE READIED BY FEBRUARY 2024.

THERE ARE STEPS THE CITY WILL NEED TO PROCURE THE PRODUCTION OF A GRANITE BASE AND WE STARTED PUBLICATION OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OUR MAIN STREET OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WORKING CLOSE TOGETHER TO INVOLVE THIS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PART OF THE PROCESS HE'D TO

GET THE STATUE DONE. >> SO SOME EXAMPLES OF MR. HINOJOSA'S WORK.

[00:45:10]

AND THE DELEON FAMILY HAS BEEN CONSULTED THROUGHOUT THE STEPS OF THIS PROCESS AS WELL.

SO IT IS AN ARTIST THAT VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH AND I CAN ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME. >>> WILL THERE BE A PLAQUE ALSO

OR SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT WE'VE DENY DOING? >> THAT IS A SEPARATE PROCESS TO GET THAT. MR. HINOJOSA IS MAKING THE STATUE AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. DELEON. THAT WON'T BE PART OF ARTISTIC PROCESS.

>> EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I MOVE WE ADOPT. >> SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, ALL THOSE SAME SIGN. ALL THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. MOTION PASSES.

[4. Award the Victoria Public Library Window Security Film Project to Suns...]

MOVE ONTO ITEM E 4. >> E 4 AWARD VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY WINDOW SECURITY FILM PROJECT TO SUN CANDIDATE SAYSAL SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL IN THE AMOUNT OF

$59,803.45. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, DON'T HAVE A PRESENT 8 OR ANYTHING, BUT JUST A QUICK HISTORY LESSON ON THIS ONE IS WHERE IT CAME FROM.

IT WAS A EMERGENCY GRANT THAT WE HAD RECEIVED POST HURRICANE HARVEY FOR A STORM SHUTTER SYSTEM TO GO INTO THE LIBRARY. UNFORTUNATELY, OVER THE DISCOVERY PERIOD ON THAT, IT TURNED OUT TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE AND OUTSIDE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FOR THAT GRANT. SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO RECOVER THIS GRANT AND STILL GIVE SOME OF THE MONEY AND BEAK TO PROTECT THE LIBRARY IN SOME WAY.

TO GO ONTO TO THE LIBRARY AND I GO AND INTRODUCE MY PROJECT MANAGER WHO YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES. HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN ON THE SCOPE AND PRODUCT DETAILS

SO WELCOME AVERY. >> AND LIKE ROGER MENTIONED I'M PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJ JEACT AND OTHER PROJECT FOR BUILDING SERVICES A FEW TECHNICAL DETAILS.

IT IS AN 8 MILL THICK, A 3M PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL APPROVED AT NATS AND APPLIED TO THE INTERIOR SURE FAS OF ALL EXTERIOR FACING WINDOWS OF THE LIBRARY AND IT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SILICONE STRUCTURAL ATTACHMENT SYSTEM. THAT WILL BE APPLIED BASICALLY AROUND THE CORNERS OF THE GLAZING TO ATTACH IT TO THE FRAME OF ALL THOSE EXTERIOR-FACING WINDOWS. THE IDEA REALLY BEHIND THIS FILL SYSTEM TO PREVENT ANY WIND-BLOWN DEBRISES OR ANYTHING FROM ENTERING LIBRARY AND FURTHER DESTROYING CITY ASSETS.

SO IT IS REALLY ABOUT PROPERTY PROTECTION. SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON THE MATERIALS PROVIDED. OR ANYTHING ABOUT WORKING THE

SCHEDULE OR ANYTHING LIKE. THAT. >> ANYBODY?

THANK YOU, MR. FLESER IN. >> I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM E 4.

>> I SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR E4, PLEASE SAY AYE. THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. ITEM E 4 PASS WE'LL MOVE ONTO ITEM E FIVE.

[5. Authorize the City Manager to execute all real estate sales contracts ...]

>>> ITEM E 5 AUTHORIZES THE CITY MAGGER TO EXCALL ALL REAL ESTATE SALES CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR CDBG-DR FLOOD BUYOUT PROGRAM FOR GLO CONTRACT NUMBER 20-066-007-C 041

IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1, 350,000. >> BEFORE I ASK YOU QUESTIONS OR

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PART OF THE REASON WHY IT TOOK SO LONG LIKE WITH EVERYTHING WAS COVID, THERE WAS A LOT OF PERSONAL CONTACT THAT WAS INITIALLY NECESSARY OR IN THEORY NECESSARY TO QUALIFY, GET THE DOCUMENT 8S, REVIEW IT AND THAT SLOWED TO LESS THAN A CRAWL. BUT GRANT WORKS NEVER STOPPED.

THEY NEVER STOPPED MOVING FORWARD. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO WITH THE QUALIFYING PARTICIPANTING AND GETTING THEM APPROVED.

A LOT OF IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET, SO THEY'VE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS TO MOVE THISER IF WARD. WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT AND FOR TWO REASONS, WE WANT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN ALL CONTRACTS RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM TO EXPE DATE THE PROCESS FOR ONE THING, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT PROTECTS THE INFORMATION RELATED TO APPLICANTS FOR DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS.

SO NOW I WILL ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE PROGRAM, IN TERMS OF WHEN A PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IS BEING BOUGHT IS THERE A SPECIFIC FORMULA THAT IS APPLIED TO CALCULATE THAT PURCHASE PRICE?

IS THAT A NEGOTIATED NUMBER? >> YES. THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT THE CITY HAS HIRED AN APPRAISER SO EACH PROPERTY IS APPRAISED INDEPENDENTLY.

>> IS THERE A NEGOTIATION OFF OF THAT APPRAISED VALUE? OR THIS IS THE NUMBER?

>> BECAUSE IT IS A CITY, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY ABOVE FAIR MARKET VALUE.

THAT IS WHERE THAT DETERMINATION COMES FROM. >> THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE

SURE OF OKAY, GOOD, THANK YOU. >> IS THIS THE PROGRAM WHERE WE WERE AUTHORIZED TO PAY FAIR MARKET VALUE BEFORE THE DAMAGE OCCURRED AS OPPOSED TO FAIR MARKET VALUE AFTER THE STRUCTURE

HAS BEEN DESTROYED. >> THAT IS A DETAIL I'M NOT SURE ABOUT.

LET ME FIND OUT ABOUT THAT. LET ME THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. >> I WAS CURIOUS AND WANTED TO.

>> OUR RIGHT IN SOME CASES AFTER THE FACT THERE IS NO STRUCTURE. SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT

THAT. >>> I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN PROBLEM WITH THE BUYOUTS IN THE PAST AND THAT IS PART OF WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP, BECAUSE IF THIS PROGRAM DOES OFFER VALUE OF THE VALUE BEFORE, I THINK OFFERING IT AFTER HASCEPT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM BEING INTERESTED AND THAT MIGHT BE A AN IMPORTANT THING FOR THEM TO KNOW FOR SEVERAL WITHDREW, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS

REASONS. >> WE HAD FOUR, YES, I'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.

>> ANYTHING ELSE THANK YOU, MS. CONNELLY. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOVE WE ADOPT SEX.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AAYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

MOTION E5 PASSES. MOVING ONTO E 6. >>> ITEM E 6 AWARDING A CONTRACT

[6. Award a contract to Lester Contracting, Inc. for the Riverside Duck Po...]

>>> GOOD AFTERNOON MANY ALERT FARROW. >> SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT INTO IT. THIS IS THE RIVERSIDE DUCK POND PROJECT I KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF US HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. JUST A REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS.

WE'LL JUST GO OVER THE TIMELINE LEADING UP TO THE PROJECT. A QUICK REVIEW OF THE PROJECT DESIGN AND PHASES AND THEN THE CONTRACTEDDOR AND CITY SCOPE OF WORK.

>> THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE, KIND OF KICKED OFF IN 2020 IN MAY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE ARCHITECTURE AND SERVICES WITH IN OCTOBER OF 2020 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A GRANT SUBMITTAL TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. AND IN NOVEMBER WE SUBMITTED THE GRANT. IN 2021, IN MAY WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE GRANT REWARDING THROUGH TPWD. IN JUNE THROUGH AUGUST. WE DID HAVE PRE-AGREEMENT MEETINGS THE STATE. WE HAD SITE VISITS WITH THE STATE AND DUE TO THE SITE VISITS WE HAD MINOR MODIFICATIONS OF THE DESIGN. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021 THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH TPWD TO STORMALLY ACCEPT THE GRANT ANDING THROUGH DECEMBER

[00:55:06]

IN APRIL WE OPENED THE BIDS. AND THEN IN MAY THROUGH JUNE, WE DID NEGOTIATE WITH A CONTRACTOR FOR SOME OF THOSE BID ITEMS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED.

AND THEN IN JULY, THIS LEADS US TO TODAY. SO WITH THAT TIMELINE, I JUST WANT TO GO OVER A QUICK OVERVIEW WITH YOU OF THE DESIGN THIS WAS PHASE 1 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE CITY BACK IN 2020. BUT IT DOES INCORPORATE THE EXTENSION OF THE POND GOING FROM TWO SMALLER PONDS TO ONE LARGER POND.

WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE GAZEBO AND THE OVERLOOK THAT WENT OUT INTO THE WATER.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE PIER OR FLOATING DOCK, IF YOU WILL. AND WE DID HAVE AIRERATION DIFFUSERS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE AND AS WELL AS FOUNTAINS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, FISH HABITAT WAS ADEQUATE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAD THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WENT AROUND TO WHERE THE OLD FOUNTAIN WAS AT, IF YOU WILL, THE STEP, THE CONCRETE STEPS WERE. ALL OF THAT WAS INCLUDED IN PHASE 1.

PART OF PHASE 2 THIS IS A LITTLE UPSIDE DOWN, PHASE 2 IS THE HIGHLIGHTED GREEN AREA.

SO AGAIN, PICKING UP ON THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE DESIGN AND TENDING THAT TRAIL NETWORK, EXTENDING THE TRAIL NETWORK ALL THE WAY TO THE GOLF COURSE CART PATH THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED AS THE SIDEWALK AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORN SR THE EXTENSION OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM TO MAKE IT A FULLY LOOPED SYSTEM. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MAY NOTE IS DARKER GRAY AREA.

THAT IS A BOARD WALK THAT WE'D EXTEND OVER THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE POND ITSELF.

AGAIN, REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS AN ENTIRELY LOOPED SYSTEM, PHASING IN THROUGH PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 SO THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS WITH A CONTRACTOR WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MODIFICATIONS TO IT AS FAR AS THE CITY SCOPE OF WORK AND WANTED TO TAKE ON WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT JUST TO SAVE COSTS FOR THE CITY SO THE CITY DOES PLAN ON EXECUTING THE HOLDING POND ON THE GULF COAST. MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE WATER FOR THE GOLF COURSE WHENEVER THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD. COMING OUR WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE WATER FOR THE DUCK POND. THE CONTRACTOR WILL THEN COME IN AND INSTALL A 24-INCH RCP TO.

>> WILL GRADE THE BOTTOM OF THE POND, IF YOU WILL AND DREDGE OUT MATERIAL.

AND THE GRADING OF THAT IS TO, AGAIN, ESTABLISH FISH HABITAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW SAX A GREAT FISHING HABITAT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME AROUND AND FISH AT SOME POINT.

AND THEN THE NEW TRAIL SYSTEM THAT I MENTIONED, THAT WE'LL BE CONNECTING, BASICALLY FROM THE GAZEBO ALL THE WAY FOR THE OLDER FOUNTAIN WAS AT, THE CONTRACTOR WILL TAKE CARE OF THEY, THEY WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE A RETAINING WALL THAT WAS IN THERE, I KNOW EROSION WAS A BIG CONCERN. THAT IS THE WHOLE REASON WHY WE STARTED THIS PROJECT.

BUT THE BANK ALSO BE RE-ENFORCED WITH CONCRETE AND HAVE A RETAINING WALL IF YOU WILL.

AND PHASE TWO, THE REMAINDER OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM WILL BE POURED WHICH IS THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA I PRESENTED TO YOU EARLIER. AGAIN THIS IS TO CONNECT A FULLY LOOPED TRAIL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. THE BOARD WALK WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE POND AND ELECTRICITY THAT IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED AND THEN ALL THE AMENITY, IF YOU WILL, THE BOARD WALK IF GAZEBO AND THE PIER WE WILL HAVE HYDROSEEDING THAT WILL BE INSTALLED AS WELL

[01:00:05]

A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE THAT I DID NOT HAVE ON THIS PRESENT 8, IS THAT IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TONIGHT, WE ARE LOOKING AT GIVING A NOTICE TO PROCEED TO THE CONTRACTOR IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. AND OCTOBER OF' 23 WOULD BE THE END DATE TO HIS CONTRACT.

ANOTHER THING TO NOTE THAT WE DID PULL OUT OF THE CONTRACT WITH LESTER CONSTRUCTION OR CONTRACTING IS THE ALUMINUM DOCK OR THE PIER OR & GAZEBO. THAT ENDED UP SAVING US $115,000, BASICALLY FROM REMOVING THAT CONTRACT PRICE OUT FROM THE CONTRACTOR DOING IT TO US GOING FORWARD WITH THE BUY BOARD PRICE. OUR CONSULTANT REVIEWED NUMBERS AND BUY BOARD WAS THE DWHEAPEST WAY FOR US TO GO, BUT ALSO MADE SURE THAT IT FIT ALL OF THE PARAMETERS THAT EIT NEEDED TO ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS. AGAIN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS THERE JUST GOING THROUGH BUY BOARD, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE BUY BOARD CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT LOGISTICCHY EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND WITH THE BUY BOARD DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION. SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTE.

AND AS FAR AS THE REST OF IT, THAT WAS PULLED OUT FROM THE CONTRACT TO GIVE US SOME SAVINGS, WE HAD TEMPORARY FENCING. THE BID PRICE ON THAT WAS $18,972. WE ALREADY HAVE FENCING OUT THERE.

WE HAVE T POSTS AND CONSTRUCTION FENCING AND TOUCH BASE WITH THE STATE.

TOUCH BASE WITH LEGAL, EVERYTHING WAS GOOD ON THAT FRONT.

SO IT IS REALLY GOING TO SAVE US $18,000 FOR USING THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE CURRENTLY. ANOTHER THING IS TEMPORARY IRRIGATION.

BID PRICE CAME IN AT $18,000, DID A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK, CARRIED THE ONE AND MADE SURE THAT WE CAME UNDER THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT COST SAVINGS OF $5,000 THERE.

DOWN TO $614,000 CONTRACT. >> IT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE. NOT SURE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE GOT INTO THIS PROJECT TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO CLEAN THE DUCK POND AND DISCOVERED THEY WERE EATING AWAY AT THE CONCRETE, SO DO WE KNOW WHAT CAUSED THAT? HAVE WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO EITHER HAVE THIS DESIGN TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OR RECTIFY WHATEVER CAUSED THAT SO THAT WE DON'T ENDS UP IN THE SAME SPOT? AND I'M SURE THE ANSWER IS YES,

BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. >> OH, NO WORRIES AT ALL, IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM, SO THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE MOVED FROM THE TWO PONDS TO THE ONE POND.

THERE WAS A LOT OF JUST UNDERMINING THAT TOOK PLACE FROM THE TREE ROOTS THAT WERE THERE.

AND THEN JUST THE AGE IF YOU WILL OF THE SIDEWALK SO WE GOT AWAY WITH THAT AND WE HAVE THE TRAIL SYSTEM NOW ON THE BANKS OF THE POND OR THE EXTERIOR OF THE WATER, IF YOU WILL.

THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT RETAINING WALL, THE CONCRETE RETAINING WALL TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T IS HAVE ANY ISSUES OR FURTHERED EROSION WHEN IT COMES TO LATE DOWN THE LINE.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> IT DOES, AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND ALSO. THANK YOU.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> AND ALSO JUST TO NOTE, THEGA GAZEBO AND PIER WILL BE ON BEAMS

SO THERE WON'T BE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT, EITHER. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT E 6.

>> I SECOND. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MR. ALFARO I HAD A QUESTION.

>> YES, SIR. >> IN REGARDS TO THE PHASE 2 YOU CONNECTED TO THE CART PATH FROM THERE, I AM NOT A GOOD GOLFER. I DON'T CLAIM TO BE. BUT IS THAT NUMBER 9 COMING IN

ON THAT SIDE? >> YES, SIR. >> WILL THERE BE ANY ISSUE WITH WALKERS ON A TRAIL WHEN YOU GOLFERS COMING UP AND PROJECT I'LLS CALLED TITLISTS, OR WHATEVER YOUR CHOICE IS, TO HIT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T GOING BE ANY KIND OF ISSUE BETWEEN WALKS, GOLFERS, AS WE BUILD UP OUR GOLFING NUMBERS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS THE GREAT QUESTION. PART OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR IS TO MOVE THE T-BOKS AND SO SHIFTING THE T-BOXES OVER FROM WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE TO FURTHER INSIDE OF THE GOLF COURSE, WE'RE HOPING THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT. I'M ALSO NOT THE BEST GOLFER, SOY COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE

[01:05:02]

MANY HOOKS OR SLICES, WHICHEVER ONE THAT IS. >> DEFINITELY BE A SLICE.

>> I'M LEFT-HANDED, I DISAGREE. >> FAIR ENOUGH. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

MOTION E 6 PASSES. WE'LL CLOSE ACTION ITEMS AND MOVE ONTO CITY MANAGER REPORTS.

[1. Update on the Drought Contingency Plan. Ken Gill, Director of Public W...]

MR. FARRELL. >> YES, SIR. FIRST OF ALL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

KEN GILL GIVE US A PRESENT 8 ON THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY. >> GOOD EVENING, AND.

>> GOOD EVENING, MR. GILL. JUST AS YOU THOUGHT WE WERE OUT OF THE DROUGHT ON FRIDAY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW QUICK THAT RAIN WAS, AND HOW QUICK IT WENT AWAY, RIVER WENT FROM 4 FEET UP TO ABOUT 8 FEET ELEVATION IN HALF AN HOUR. AND IN ONE DAY BACK TO FOUR

FEET. SO. >> YOU ARE RAINING ON OUR

PARADE. >>> WHAT WE NEED, AND PART OF THIS DROUGHT I JUST WANT TO START WITH IS, OUR ISSUE IS WE NEED THE RAIN UPSTREAM. WE NEED QUARTERRO, GONZALEZ, NEW BRAUNSFEL AND SAN MARCOS TO GET RAIN. WE'RE PRAYING FOR THEM TOO.

TONIGHT TALK ABOUT DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENT 8.

TOPICS IS TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE WATER RIGHTS, OUR DROUGHT PLAN.

THE STAGE, WHAT THEY MEAN WHAT IS DIFFERENT AND STAGE 3 PLANNING.

WATER RIGHTS. WE'VE GOT SENIORITY RIGHTS THE WATER RIGHTS ARE BASED ON SENIORITY AND WE GATHERED THOSE SINCE THE '80S. AND STILL LOOKING INTO GETTING MORE. OUR LARGEST PERMIT IS ALLOWS 20-ACRE FEET WHICH IS JUST A TON OF WATER. IT IS A GOOD SOURCE WHEN THE RIVER IS ABOVE NORMAL FLOWS.

AND IT IS CALCULATED TO MAINTAIN THE DOWNSTREAM RIGHTS, BAYS AND ESTUARY, DIVERSION IS RESTRICTED TO 10% WHEN THE RIVER FALLS BETWEEN NORMAL AND LOW FLOW PERIOD.

AND THEN WE CAN'T DRAW ANY WATER OUT OF THAT PERMIT WHEN IT IS BELOW THE LOW FLOW.

AND ALL OF THOSE FLOWS ARE BASED ON CFS LIMIT 8S ESTABLISHED WHEN THESE PERMITTEDDED WERE ACQUIRED. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE LOW FLOW, BELOW THAT.

SECOND GATHER WATER RIGHTS PERMIT, WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE. THOSE ARE LIMITED QUANTITIES, LIMITED DIVERSION RIGHTS. AND WE DRAW ON THOSE AT THE ABSOLUTE LAST MINUTE.

SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE RIGHTS, FOR INSTANCE WE HAVE THAT RAIN. IT WENT ABOVE THE LOW FLOW.

SO THAT PERIOD, WE'RE GOING TO GO LAID AND WHATEVER WATER WE TOOK OUT OF THE RIVER, WE'RE GOING TO USE TOWARDS THAT 20,000 ACRE FEET. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAY THOSE -- SAVE THOSE WATER RIGHTS. THE OTHER PERMITS WE HAVE IS THE WATER EXCHANGE. THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD DO IN PHASE 3 AND THAT IS AGAIN, WE USE THE WELLS THAT WE HAVE IN VICTORIA, THAT GO INTO THE WEST OUTFALL, IN ADDITION TO THREE OTHER WATER RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE. THOSE HAVE GOT TO BE USED CONJUNCTIONALLY TOGETHER.

NEXT I'LL GO INTO WHAT THE STAGES ARE, WHAT THEY MEAN. STAGE ONE IS A MILD SHORTAGE.

WE TRY TO GET 2% REDUCTION IN WATER. AND THAT IS WHEN THE RIVER FALLS BELOW NORMAL FLOWS. AND IT IS STILL ALLOWS FOR THAT 10% DIVERSION OUT OF THAT LARGE PERMIT. STAGE TWO, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE IN NOW, THAT IS WHY IT IS HIGHLIGHTED IS 5% REDUCTION. AND THAT IS WHEN THE RIVER FALLS B LOW LOW FLOWS.

AND KNOW WATER DIVERSION FROM THE LARGE PERMIT AND UTILIZES OUR OTHER SECONDARY PERMITS.

STAGE 3, THAT IS THE WE TRY TO GET 10% WATER REDUCTION AND THAT IS WHEN WE BASE THAT OFF OF THE OFF-CHANNEL REV VOICE LEVELS WHEN THEY FALL BELOW 42 FEET OR APPROXIMATELY 50% DRAWDOWN.

AND THAT IS WHEN WE IMPLEMENT GROUNDWATER EXCHANGE PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, WE PUMP THE WELLS, GOES INTO THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM, DOWN THE WEST OUTFALL. WE MONITOR HOW MUCH WE PUMP FROM THE WELLS, BASED ON THE FLOW METERS. WE EXCHANGE THAT THROUGH TCQ.

IT IS CUMBERSOME, BUT IT IS A GREAT PLAN. STAGE 4 IS CRITICAL WATER SHORTAGE. THAT IS 15% REDUCTION. AND THAT IS, AGAIN, BASED ON OFF

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AND CONTINUE WITH THE GROUNDWATER EXCHANGE PROGRAM. AND THEN STAGE 5, LET'S HOPE THAT NEVER HAPPENS, IS THE EMERGENCY WATER SHORTAGE, 50% AND PUMPING CAPACITY EXCEEDS BY CUSTOMER DEMANDS. AND AGAIN, RIGHT NOW JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, WE'RE IN STAGE 2. CAN YOU GO BACK, I HAVE A QUESTION.

WE'RE IN STAGE 2. >> CORRECT. >> HAVE WE HAD A 5% REDUCTION IN

WATER USE? >> NOT AT THIS TIME, YET. IT IS STILL HIGH.

WE TYPICALLY RUN SUMMER MONTHS, 16 MILLION GALLONS, WE'RE RUNNING 17, 18.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. BUT IT COULD BE HIGHER. I KNOW THAT FOR SURE.

ANY LITTLE BIT HELPS. AND WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD PARTICIPATION FROM THE

COMMUNITY. >> HOW FAR ARE WE -- HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO STAGE 3.

>>> IF THIS CONTINUES AND WE CONTINUE PUMPING LIKE THIS, 20 TO 30 DAYS.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE NEED THAT UPSTREAM RAIN. WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS -- I'LL GO OVER THIS BRIEFLY BECAUSE WE'RE WE WORKED ON A PSA LAST THURSDAY.

THAT IS GOING TO GO OUT TO THE MEDIA AND THROUGH NEWSPAPER AND PUBLIC FACEBOOK.

BUT STAGE 1 IS MILD SHORTAGE, VOLUNTARY LIMIT IRRIGATION BETWEEN 6:00 A.M. TO 10 A.M AND 8 TO 12, STAGE 2 IS MODERATE. REQUIRED LIMIT, AGAIN, SAME TIME LIMIT FOR IRRIGATION. HAND-HELD POSITIVE SHUTOFF FOR, YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE WASHING YOUR CAR OR WATERING YOUR GRASS. TIME LIMITS FOR CARWASHING, FILLING OF POOLS AND TIME RESTRICTIONS INCLUDE GOLF COURSE UNLESS THEY'RE BY WATER WELL AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT RIVERSIDE COUNTRY CLUB AND COLONY CREEK THEY ALL HAVE WATER WELLS SO DON'T BE ALARMED WHEN YOU SEE THEM PUMPING WATER IN THE GRASS, BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE GET OUR WATER FROM. SEVERE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINUED LIMITED WATER TIMES, DECEMBER LIMIT TO DESIGNATED WATERING DAYS. THAT WILL BE THE BIG CHANGE.

AND NO WATER USAGE FOR WATER WASHING BUILDINGS, SIDEWALKS AND THEN RESTAURANT, SERVE WATER ONLY WHEN REQUESTED BY PATRONS. STAGE 4, AGAIN, DESIGNATED WATERING DAYS WITH HAND-HELD POSITIVE SHUTOFFS, SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ARE OUT, IT GOES BACK TO HAND WATER WATERING AND DRIP IRRIGATION STILL GOOD AND PROHIBIT CARWASHING, EXCEPT FROM A COMMERCIAL FACILITY. AND IN STAGE 5 IS WATER RATION OF CONDITIONS THREATEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE. THAT IS TRULY A DECLARATION BY THE CITY MANAGER.

WHY IS THIS YEAR DIFFERENT. LIST STORY WE'VE BEEN IN STAGE TWO MANY TIMES BEFORE.

USUALLY THAT OCCURS LATE SUMMER BY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AS LATE AS NOVEMBER, IT IS NOT OCCURRED IN JUNE. WE'VE BEEN IN STAGE TWO THREE TIMES BEFORE IN 2013 AND '14.

AND AGAIN THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, AGAIN, WE NEVER HAD TO GO TO STAGE 3 AND THIS I'VE PREPARED BACK. WE NEVER HAD TO GO TO STAGE 2 OR 3. WE'RE IN THE JULY MONTH. AND WEATHER PREDICTIONS NOT

FORECASTING SUBSTANTIAL RAINS AND GUADALUPE BASIN. >> AND PLANNINGS WE'RE CHECKING THE WATER WELLS AND TESTING THEM AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE OPERATIONAL, MAKING SURE THERE ARE REPAIR, WHATEVER WE NEED. PUBLIC OUTREACH, CONTINUE WITH MORE PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, WE'RE PREPARING HANDOUTS, DOOR TAGS FOR VIOLENTORS, RESTRICTIONS. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT AS VOLUNTARY TO THE PUBLIC, BUT NOT HIT THEM WITH A FINE OR ANYTHING, BUT JUST GET HANDOUTS SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS IT IS OUT THERE. AND THEN USE OUR -- THIS IS A GOOD ONE FOR GILBERT, USE OUR WATER METER ANALYTICS TO REVIEW CONSUMPTION REPORTS TO LOCATE THE HIGH USERS. IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN USE THAT, MUCH LIKE WE CAN DURING A FREEZE, TO FIND OUT HEY, WHO IS USING A LOT OF WATER THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE.

SO WE CAN USE A COMBINATION OF ALL THESE THINGS TO REALLY MONITOR THE CONDITIONS.

AND THAT'S IT. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, AND AGAIN THIS IS JUST TO GET IT OUT

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AND IT IS A PRETTY ROUGH ONE. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED ABOUT IT. AND LOOKING AT RESTRICTIONS AWARE.

>> WHERE DOES OUR ASR FIT IN. >> IN THE FUTURE, THE ASR IN CONJUNCTION, GOT TOUCH BASE ON IT, BUT ASR IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT. WHEN I MEAN LIMITED, IT IS A LIMITED AMOUNT. SO TO REALLY HAVE A TRUE ASR, YOU NEED A FIELD, IN OTHER WORDS, TEN WELLS. AND THE TRICKY PART ABOUT ASR IS YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT RIVER WATER TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN TO THE GROUND. SO IF IT IS A PROLONGED DROUGHT, SUCH AS LIKE CALIFORNIA OR OTHER STATES HAVE RUN INTO, THEY'RE ASR WELLS WERE GOOD FOR MAYBE A YEAR, MAYBE TWO. AND NOW THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH THOSE.

SO IT IS A LONG-TERM FOR VICTORIA. AND THAT TIES IN WITH OFF-CHANNEL RESERVIOR, YOU KNOW, PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOK AT THAT HAS BEEN HERE TYING THOSE

TOGETHER. THEY'RE ALL COMBINED. >> SO IS THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM TRYING TO GET A WATER PERMIT WAY DOWN PASSED WHERE THE TWO RIVERS COME TOGETHER? AND IF THAT HAPPENS, SUPPOSEDLY OUR RIGHTS WOULD NOT BE A SENIOR, INCORRECT OR DID THEY

GET. >> THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER.

IT REALLY DOESN'T AFFECT US. >> IT WAS FURTHER DOWN, IT WAS POSED SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO, PASSED FOR THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND GUADALUPE COME TOGETHER. THAT IS THE WHOLE BASIN.

AND THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY IF THEY GOT IT, THAT WAS A SENIOR WATER RIGHT AND SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO LET STUFF GO DOWN ON THE RIVER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE

ARE WITH THAT. AND THAT IS TRUE. >> SAN ANTONIO IS UNIQUE IN THAT THEY PUMP GROUNDWATER. AND THAT IS BED AND BANKS BED TO BANKS.

AND THE STATES MADE A KIND OF ROUTINE RULING LAST MONTH AND STILL UNDER PROTEST THAT THAT WHAT THEY PUMP OUT OF THE GROUND THEIR WATER. AND THERE IS -- OUR WATER RIGHTS, OUR WATER RIGHTS TO THE GUADALUPE AND THEY'RE LOOKED AT IS WE'RE NOT REALLY AFFECTED

BECAUSE WE'RE SO FAR UPSTREAM. >> AND THAT -- WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THAT IS INITIAL DISCUSSIONS I'VE READ ON THAT RULE IS WE'RE WAY UPSTREAM OF WHERE THEY'RE WANTING THEIR DIVERSION APPOINT, WHICH IS AT THE CONFLUENCE OF GUADALUPE AND SAN STONETOWN -- SAN ANTONIO

RIVERS. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY GOT THE WATER RIGHTS, WHICH YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS GROUNDS WATER -- GROUNDWATER AND SO IT IS THEIR WATER.

AND WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO RIVER, THEY CAN, THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, IT IS OUR WATER, WE CAN PULL IT OUT. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WOULD MAKE IT A VERY SENIOR WATER RIGHT. NOT ONLY DOES THE WATER HAVE TO COME DOWN THE SAN ANTONIO, IT HAS TO COME DOWN THE GAUD -- GUADALUPE, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE PRIORITITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THAT IS. >> THAT THE STILL UNDER DISCUSSION AND I DON'T WANT TO GET -- THAT SOMEONE A POLITICAL ONE AND IT IS A FOOTBALL.

THERE IS A LOT OF PROTESTERS WITH THAT BESIDESES US. I KNOW G GBRA DISCUSSED IT IT IS

STILL UP IN TCU'S ARMS. >> THAT IS PART OF A CONTESTED HEARING THERE IS A NUMBER OF INTERESTED PARTIES. MADE A DETERMINATION ONLY A FEW WERE ACTUALLY TRULY IMPACTED PARTIES AND THEY ARE PART OF THAT CONTESTED PROCESS OF TCQ FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COULD

BE A YEAR TO 2-YEAR PROCESS, EASILY. >> THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO START

IN THE SPRING OF 2023. >> I WOULD LIKE TO BE KEPT ABREAST.

>> OKAY. >> I DON'T COMPLETELY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO IS PUTTING THE WATER IN BED AND BANKS, ARGUMENT THEY'RE MAKE.

NOW WE'RE DOING A WATER EXCHANGE. WE'RE PULLING WATER OUT OF OUR WELLS AND PUTTING INTO IT THE RIVER. WE'RE GETTING CREDIT FOR THAT AND BEING ABLE TO PULL OTHER RIVER WATER OUT. BUT IS THERE A PARALLEL ARGUMENT

THAT COULD BE MADE OR COULD BE USED? >> NOT LEGAL, BUT YES, THAT IS

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THE DIFFERENCE IS WE STARTED THIS A LONG TIME AGO IS WE SAID, WE'RE JUST SWAPPING WATER.

AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, NO. AND THEY FINALLY AGREED TO IT, BECAUSE THEY SAID, YEAH, THAT IS YOUR WATER FROM THE WELLS. AND THEY DID A WATER EXCHANGE. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.

I DON'T THINK SAN ANTONIO WANTS TO DO A WATER EXCHANGE. THEY JUST WANT THE RIGHTS FROM THAT WATER TRANSFERRED DOWN THERE. DID I GET IT.

>> THING SO. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GILL? >> THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> AND NOW. >> MR. REYNA.

[2. Update on Fiscal Year 2022-2026 Capital Improvement Plan. Gilbert Reyn...]

>> MAYOR PREITEM. -- PRO-TEM. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE. JESUS IS PROBABLY UNDER PALM DRINKING A MARG RITT TAX HOW YOU

DOING, JOSE. >> JESUS. GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE FOUR SLIDES OF RELEVANCE HERE EVERYBODY IS PUSHING ME HERE TO FINISH UP IN FIVE MINUTES. THAT IS NOT UP TO ME, BUT ANYWAY I WILL TRY MY BEST.

TONIGHT IT JUST STATUS UPDATE CIP BUDGET UPDATE. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME AFFECT ON THE ECONOMY THAT HAS AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY AND BRING UP AND REFRESH AND GET AN UPDATE ON THE CIP PROJECT FEE THAT MR. GARZA DID ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THE STATUS OF THAT WITH THE NEW COSTS INVOLVED. WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO HAVE KEN COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT EACH PROJECT AND ITS INCREASE. THANK YOU.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO DO EVERY PROJECT, BECAUSE WILL TAKE A WHILE.

LET ME HIT REALLY THE BIG ONE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE YOU'LL SEE IS THAT RESIDENTIAL.

AND WE HAVE RECEIVED THE ANALYSIS FROM THE COMPANY TO RECOMMEND WHICH PROCESS IS BEST.

AND THEY CAME BACK WITH BASICALLY THE QUEEN CITY IS STILL PREFERRED TO DO DOUBLE SEAL COAT. CASTLE HILL WEST. DOUBLE SEALED COAT COAT.

WE HAD A PLAN TO DO A THIN MILL AND OVERLAY AND THAT IS IN PLACE.

MURRAY CAMERON AND CHURCH, THEY DID, WE DID HAVE A THIN MILL AND OVERLAY, THEY RECOMMEND A DOUBLE LAY OVERCOAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WENT UP SO MUCH IS IT IS THE VOLUME.

WE'RE DOING 180,000 SQUARE YARDS. WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE SQUARE YARD PRICE OF A SEAL COAT. THAT REALLY JUMPS IT UP QUICK.

AND WE'RE JUST TAKING THOSE COSTS FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM NORTH HEIGHTS BIDS, WHAT WE'VE TALKED TO YOU KNOW, EITHER THE CONTRACTORS, OR STATE COMPANY, YOU KNOW, THE TXDOT FIND OUT WHAT BIDS THEY'RE SEEING. THESE ARE BEST, GOING TO CALL THEM BEST GUESS ESTIMATES OF INCREASES AND IS THE ECONOMY FLUCTUATES, WE'LL SEE.

BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE N INTOLERANCE WITH THE VARIANCES. SOME OF THE UPDATES WHERE WE ARE ON THESE PROJECTS. DAIRY ROAD IS IN DESIGN AND 60% COMPLETE.

WE JUST RECEIVED THE PLANS. THE LAURENT WATERLINE, THAT SUNDAY DESIGN AND SO WERE ALL THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THOSE DIDN'T CHANGE. WE HAD ENOUGH, OUR ESTIMATES WERE SECURE ENOUGH. AND WE'RE DOING COST ANALYSIS TO REALLY PIN THOSE PROJECT AND LOWER THE COST ON THOSE. CRESTWOOD, AGAIN, A LOT HAS TO DEAL WITH CONCRETE AND STEEL COSTS. AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE IT'S YOURS.

>> SO BASICALLY HE DID GO AWAY. THE ONES THAT STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB IS THE RESIDENTIAL STREET MAINTENANCE. I WOULD HAVE TO ALSO INCLUDE THE LAURENT STREET ACRE PROJ AND CRESTWOOD PHASE 3, THAT IS THE BIGGEST BULK RIGHT. THERE THE OTHERS ARE REASONABLE AND FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT COULD BE AFFORDABLE. KEEP IN MIND IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR CIP PROJ 60 AND TIE THE 4.41, IT WON'T TIE, YOU HAVE CRESTWOOD PHASE 3 THAT IS

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THE NEXT ONE, I WANT TO GIVE YOU HEADS-UP ON THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BEST GUESS THAT MR. KEN HAS COME UP WITH, BASICALLY WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO IS ATTEMPT TO PREDICT THE FUTURE. SO, AS YOU WELL KNOW, I TRY TO PRODUCT THE FUTURE WITH 12 MONTHS, HE'S DOING W IT WITH FIVE MONTHS. KUDOS FOR HIM.

WITH THAT SAID, WE, STAFF, HAS PUT TOGETHER I THINK A PRETTY REASONABLE BUDGET TO ADDRESS THIS $4.53 MILLION. WHAT IF THIS COMINGS UNDER? THE GOOD PART IT IS FLEXIBLE.

IN OTHER WORDS IF WE DON'T SEE THE PRICES ARE COMING IN AS WE THINK THEY ARE, WE CAN PUT THE MONEY ASIDE, USE IT FOR A LITTER RESERVE. IN HERE AS YOU SAW, WHICH I WILL ALSO ADDRESS IS ONE OF THEM HAS TO DEAL WITH BONDS. IF WE SELL ANY ADDITIONAL BONDS THIS YEAR, KEEP IN MINDNA NEXT YEAR WE HAVE OTHER STREET PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO SELL.

IF WE DON'T USE THIS MONEY, WE CARRY THAT MONEY OVER AND WE SELL THIS BONDS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE OUR HANDS TIED UP ON THIS SITUATION.

SO LET'S GO INTO THE MONEY REAL QUICK. AGAIN, I TRY TO FIND WAYS I CAN PRESENT THIS VERY SIMPLE, BUT I'M AN ACCOUNTANT, I AM SO SORRY.

IT IS WHAT IT IS. I DON'T HAVE A DUCK I CAN PUT UP THERE, BUT KUDOS TO JASON.

>> WE LIKE GREEN DOLLAR SIGNS, THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHTGY APPRECIATE IT.

I'M JUST GOING TO ADDRESS THE BOTTOM LINE TOTAL, WHICH THE TOTAL FUNDING.

FOR EXAMPLE, GENERAL FUNDS COMES UP WITH PROPOSING TO ADD ANOTHER $550,000 TO THE BUDGET THE CIP.

BASICALLY WHERE I GET THAT MONEY IS WE'RE BACK RESCRUB SOME OF THE NUMBERS FROM '22.

INCREASE MY INTEREST RATES INVESTMENT RECEIPTS. I'M OKAY WITH THAT, PLUS, AS YOU WELL KNOW IF YOU KEPT TRACK OF YOUR SALES TAX RECEIPTS THIS LAST ONE CAME IN AROUND $200,000 ABOVE. SO WE'RE GOOD, SECURE WITH THE GENERAL FUND SIDE BUT KEEP IN MIND, I WAS GOING TO USE SOME OF IN MONEY TO MOVE MONEY TO THE STABILIZATION FUND.

SO THERE IS A TICK FOR TACK HERE. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

ON THE UTILITIES SIDE, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM OUR DEBT CAPACITY CASH FLOW. WE HAVE NOT USED ALL OF IT. BASICALLY WE WAITED ON THE BIG PROJECT IS THE I CALL IT THE LGBR WATER WASTE TREATMENT PLANT, WE HAVEN'T STUDY THEM TO UPGRADE IT. I WAS TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE MONEY FOR THE COMING YEAR FOR SEE WHAT PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WE HAVE IT HERE, WE CAN USE IT HERE OPEN HOPEFULLY IT COMES UP WITH DIFFERENT NAMES. TAKE THE TIME.

YOU DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. VICTORIA SALES TAX CORPORATION, LET ME DISSECT THAT IN TWO PIECES. NOW CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS OUTSTANDING BEING COMPLETED AND A PRETTY GOOD FEELING THIS WILL COME IN UNDER. AND I DON'T SEE THAT ONE BEING AN ISSUE AT ALL. SO THAT UNDER AMOUNT WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS EXPECTED COST INCREASE. WITH THAT SAID YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MILLION DOLLAR TYPICALLY FROM THE NEW BUDGET COMING IN FROM THE SALES TAX SIDE. LAST TIME I CHECKED IT IS PRETTY REASONABLE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE WITH 23, STILL AROUND $7 MILLION.

7.6, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT IS NOT CAUSING ANY HARM ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE EITHER.

ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? OKAY. I'M MOVING INTO THE BOND SIDE NOW, THAT SAN ADDITIONAL $595,000 TO ADDRESS THE STREET RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF IT.

POST TO INCREASE THE SALE WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS COMING YEAR. THAT IS THAT $590,000.

AGAIN, FOR SOME REASON IF IT DOESN'T COME IN AS WE EXPECT IT AND COMES IN UNDER THAT MONEY WILL BE SET ASIDE TO BE USED ON THE STREET PROJECT WE DO COLLEGE PARK, BON AIR, TANGLEWOOD, SO ANYWAY, NOW, OF COURSE, THE GRANT IS BASICALLY THE ASR GRANT, SINCE THE COSTS ARE GOING UP WE INCREASE BY $430,000, THAT IS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR?

THAT IS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE, THE 5.3, YES, SIR. >> YOU DO THIS CO BOND, WILL THE

BOND RATE GO UP TAX? >> YOU'RE ASKING ME TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE QUESTION CORRECT?

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BASICALLY WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF 500 -- >> ABSOLUTELY YOU'LL HAVE TO INCREASE IT. AND I HAVE A SLIDE TO SHOW WHAT THE TAX RATE IS.

>> WE HAVE A STABILIZATION FUND OF $5 MILLION, RIGHT? >> YES, SIR.

>> WE COULD USE THAT INSTEAD. >> COUNCIL, I DIDN'T TOUCH THAT. LAST TIME I DID SOMETHING LIKE

THAT WITH ARPA MONEY I GOT SLAPPED THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE. >> THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE

MADE THIS. >> THAT IS YOUR CALL AS COUNCIL. IF YOU WANT TO SAY GILL, YOU

HAVE TO GREEN LIGHT FOR, THAT. >> AND I DON'T RECALL, AND I UNDERSTAND THE SALES TAX CORPORATION HAS THIS BALANCE AND YES, WE COULD USE IT. BUT IT WAS NOT PRESENTED THIS

WAY AT THE LAST. >> THIS HAS NEVER BEEN PRESENTED TO THE SALES TAX, OKAY.

AND I DON'T WANT TO PRESENT A SALES TAX RIGHT NOW WITHOUT HAVING COUNCIL AS FIRST VIEW ON IT. AND AS YOU RECALL, THE MAYOR IS OUT, TOO AS WELL.

SO I NEED TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE.

I DON'T EXPECT AN ANSWER TO NIGHT BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY HAVE DISCUSSION LATER ON WHEN MR. GARZA GETTINGS BACK AND FURTHER DISCUSSION. REMEMBER, ONLY THING I'M GOING TO DO HERE IS WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS IN THE BUDGET. WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS TO GO TO. AND THINGS MIGHT CHANGE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT OUT AT THE STABILIZATION FUND. THAT WILL BE A CHANGE THAT WILL AFFECT SOME THINGS.

SO THIS IS A MOVING TARGET RIGHT NOW FROM PERFECTED DOLLAR SIGNS, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED SALES TAX. AND I PLAN TO PRESENT THIS SALES TAX WHEN WE GO BACK IN AUGUST

WHEN I HAVE A FULL-BLOWN BUDGET FOR' 23. >> OKAY I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. WHEN YOU PRESENTED THE BUDGE TO US, THE VERY FIRST BUDGET TO US.

>> THAT WAS MR. GARZA. >> MR. GARZA DID WITH YOUR BLESSING, I'M SURE, OR MAYBE NOT WAS IT BASED ON OUR SALES TAX COME BACK OVER BUDGET. AND YOU ALLUDED TO THAT 4 FIENT 55 COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. BUZZER WAS THE BUDGET BASED ON WAS IT BASED ON THE BUDGETED SALES TAX MONEY THAT WE DID FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR OR WHAT YOU EXPECTED IT TO COME BACK.

>>> EXPECTED IT NOW. AS YOU RECALL, YOU AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

I'M GOING TO USING AN EXCESS RIGHT NOW, BACK WHEN THE BUDGET WAS PRESENTED WAS 18.SOMETHING, I BELIEVE. THAT WASN'T GOING FUND THE CIP, OKAY.

THAT IS A ONE-TIME MONEY TUB. NOW SINCE THAT DAY WE GOT ONE MORE RECEIPT IN THIS PAST WEEK.

THAT WAS THE $200,000 OF SLIGHTLY ABOVE, PLUS MY INTEREST, BOOM, TAKEN CARE OF.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> YES, SIR. >> OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE ON REAL QUICK.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. I JUST WANT TO BRING COUNCIL UP TO DATE, BECAUSE SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CIP, IT IS PRUDENT TO GO AHEAD AND TALK TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PLAYS IN WITH THE PRESENT 8 MR. GARZA DID ABOUT A MONTHS AGO MONTH AGO CONCERNING THE NEW CIP SERVICE PROGRAM WHEREBY MOVING FORWARD WE WANT TO ADD A FEE SERVICE TO ALL THE PROJECTS, INCLUDING ANY BONDS THAT ARE GOING TO FUND THESE PROJECTS OKAY SO ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE -- IS THIS -- THERE IT IS. RIGHT HERE IS THE '23.

THE ONE YOU SAW ABOUT A MONTH AGO AS YOU RECALL, THAT WAS AN AVERAGE OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD THIS IS THE' 23 HERE. THESE NUMBERS RIGHT HERE, THIS COLUMN INCLUDES THE 5.3 MILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE AS WELL IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES, OKAY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS YOU RECALL, WE HAVE THE BONDS SET DOWN HERE AT $60 MILLION.

THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE INCREASE OF $599,000. THAT WILL CHANGE IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO GO BACK AND USE STABILIZATION FUNDS INSTEAD. JUST WANT TO QUALIFY THAT WITH THE GIVEN NUMBERS THE WAY IT IS NOW -- ONE POINT BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, YOU REMEMBER THE GRANTS WON'T BE CHARGED 1.8 FEE BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THE GRANTS HERE IS YOUR MONEY AND YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A MATCH SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CITY OR THE GENERAL FUND OR UTILITY WILL PICK UP THAT 1.8. AND THAT IS WHAT THE HAIR AIR OWES MEAN WE'LL -- ARROWS MEAN WE'LL ALLOCATE THE COST ALLOCATION.

YOU STILL HAVE YOUR 22.9 MILLION WITHOUT THE BONDS BUT NOW THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUNDS AND UTILITIES TO FIGURE OUT THE COST ALLOCATION FOR CIP FEE.

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EXPAND THE CIP DIVISION AS YOU CAN RECALL, WE ADDED ONE CITY ENGINEER.

AT THE SAME TIME WE TOOK OUT THE CIP MANAGER. THAT WAS IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUS TOTAL NUMBER AROUND 800 OUR NOW, YOU GOT A COUNSELOR 1.4 MILLION-DOLLAR PROVISION FUND. YES, THE PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT AND SOME OFF SUPPLIES.

>> OKAY. >> SO THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT, WELL, THE GENERAL FUND WILL PAY THAT PORTION TO UTILITY PAY THEIR PORTION AND IN THIS CASE, THE BOND SIDE WOULD PAY THEIR PORTION FOR BONDS PROJECT THAT WE WOULD BE DEALT WITH CIP, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU ALL?

>> OF COURSE, SALES TAX WILL PUT THEIR FUNDING AT 300. MR. GARZA ADDRESSED THIS BACK THEN BUT SHOWS 4%. YOU ALL THEIR ACCOUNT S GIVES 5%.

IT JUST HAPPENED IT COMES OUT TO 4 THIS TIME. BUT KEEP IN MIND ON THE SALES TAX THAT 5% COVERS A TO Z, LEGAL, FINANCE ALL THE SERVICE SUPPORT, ENGINEERING, EVERYTHING. IT IS NOT TRUE NUMBER OF A CIP CHARGE.

HOPEFULLY DOWN THE ROAD WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE DISCUSSION AND COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT REFLECT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE PAY THAT SAME LEVEL AND PUT THE OTHER SERVICES SEPARATE, KIND OF BREAK IT OUT ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE? I JUST PUT THIS UP HERE TO REPEAT WHAT MR. GARSDY. WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME WITH THE BUDGET PRESENTED IN A SECOND. IT WILL BE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE MEETINGS IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS. AT THAT TIME WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE CIP, THE COSTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR IT AND WE CAN ADDRESS AGAIN THE CIP SERVICE FEE PROGRAM AS WELL. BUT THE BUDGET YOU'RE GOING SEE ON AUGUST 2ND, WE'LL INCLUED THOSE ITEMS. ANY COMMENT? ANY QUESTIONS?

JESUS, ENJOY A TEQUILA. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. GARZA.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORK SESSIONS THIS EVENING, CORRECT MR. FARRELL.

>> WE HAVE ONE EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> I KNOW WE HAVE EXECUTIVE.

BUT. >> NO, NO WORK SESSION. >> ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING. I ANTICIPATE WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK AND RESUME FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS TIME, MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

[H. Executive Sessions:]

WE HAVE THE TIME. >>> AT THIS TIME THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 19TH DAY OF JULY 2022 AT 6:39:00 P.M., THE SUBJECT MATTER IS AS FOLLOWS TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.0 ENYEIVE, 551.072S A

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