Aug 02, 2022 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2022 MS. HILBRICH, IF YOU'LL PLEASE CALL ROLL.

COUNCILWOMAN SOLE ELIZABETH AND COUNCILMAN LOFGREN WILL NOT BE JOINING US.

>> WOULD EVERYONE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> 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.

HOUSE TONIGHT, WILL TO EVERYBODY THAT IS OUT THERE, WE LOOK FORWARDS TO HEARING FROM YOU IN JUST A MINUTE. REMINDER TO FILL OUT A GREEN CASHED IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK BEFORE US. MR. GARZA, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR REMINDERS?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE DO NOT. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

>> PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS, WE HAVE TWO ON THE DOCTOR TONIGHT, MS. HILBRICH.

[a. Farmer's Market Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor]

>> THE FIRST ITEM IS THE FARMER'S MARKET WEEK PROCLAM8. WHERE AS PROVIDE CITIZENS WITH ACCESS TO HEALTHFUL, LOCAL AND REGIONALLY PRODUCED FOODS THROUGH FARMER'S MARKETS WHICH ARE EXPANDING AND EINVOLVING TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEMAND FOR A DIVERSE ARRAY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND WHEREAS FARMER'S MARK AND DIRECT MARKETING OUTLETS PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ASSIST IF CONTRIBUTING APPROXIMATELY $9 BILLION EACH YEAR THE U.S. ECONOMY AND FARMER MARKETS SERVE AS SIGNIFICANT OUTLETS SMALL TO BEGINNING NEW AND VETERAN ARCHITECTURE PRODUCER GENERATING REVENUE THAT SUPPORTS SUSTAINABILITY OF FAMILY FARMS AND REVITALIZATION OF NATIONWIDE AND VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPECTING ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENCOURAGE NEXT GENERATION OF FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND ENGENERAL RATE FARM INCOME FOR JOB CREATION, BUILD COMMUNITY CONNECTION, AND MORE, WHEREAS THE VICTORIA'S FARMERS MARKET HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 35 YEARS INCLUDING SIX YEARS AS AN OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF FOOD BANK OF THE GOLDEN CRESCENT, PROMPTING UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH FOR THE MARKET AS WELL AS INCREASED ACCESS TO FRESH, LOCALLY GROWN AND PRODUCED FOODS, FOR PEOPLE IN THE GREATER VICTORIA AREA AND WHEREAS THE VICTORIA'S FARMER'S MARK SUPPORTS 60 LOCAL FARMS AND FOOD PRODUCER AND SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT SOUTH TEXAS, PROVIDING YEARAROUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE BUSINESSES TO SELL, WEARS TO THE PUBLIC, NOW THEREFORE I JEFF BALK KNIGHT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 7TH THROUGH AS VICTORIA'S FARMERS MARKET WE'LL TO FURTHER AWARENESS OF FARMER'S MARKS TO OUR LIVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL FARMER'S MARKETS WEEK. APAPPROPRIATE OBJECTSERVANCE AND ACTIVITIES.

[APPLAUSE] >> MY NAME IS MEREDITH BIRD AS THE MANAGER OF THE VICTORIA'S FARMER'S MARKET. AND TODAY I'M HERE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AS IT STATES, OUR LOCAL FARMER'S MARKET SUPPORTS MORE THAN 60 LOCAL FARMS ARTISAN, BALL U SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE GREATER VICTORIA AREA. OUR FARMER'S MARKET IS HELD TWICE A WEEK ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS YEARAROUND AT THE PATTY DOBSON HEALTH CENTER.

WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF LOCAL FOODS INCLUDING SEASONAL PRODUCE, PASTURED MEATEDS AND EGGS AND ALL SORTS OF HOME-MADE BAKED GOODS, SALS SAX JELLY, PICKLES, PLANTS FOR YOUR GARDEN AND FOR YOUR HOME AND SELECT HAND-MADE ARTISAN ITEMS. AND I JUST CANTU ENOUGH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MARKET. I FEEL VERY HONORED TO BE THE MARKET MANAGER AND REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION, SO THANK YOU, GUYS.

>> THANK YOU, MS. BIRD. >> IN WE'RE GOING HAVE KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS

[b. August 2022 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Chr...]

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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN TO AWARD OUR AUGUST BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD WINNER. AND BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE HAVE OUR NEXT CLEANUP COMING UP SEPTEMBER 24TH IS OUR FALL SWEEP.

AND ANY GROUP, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SIGN UP CAN GO TO KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL.ORG FOR OUR CITYWIDE ROADWAY CLEANUP. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE ONIS TITUS, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS

ON KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL AND HE WILL ANNOUNCE OUR WINNER. >> THANK YOU, US A CROWD FOR CHICK-FIL-A, SO. KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL IS HONORED TO PRESENT THE BUSINESS BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST TO M 4 RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY GROUP, THE PARENT COMPANY OF CHICK-FIL-A ON CONSTITUTION TREY STREET.

CHICK-FIL-A WAS ABOLISHED IN VICTORIA IN 1980 WITH FIRST LOCAL RESTAURANT IN THE VICTORIA MALL. CHICK-FIL-A HAS MADE A NAME FOR IT SELF IN AS A RESTAURANT AND OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY PARTNER. FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEE, 135 RANGING FROM THE RESTAURANT TEAM MEMBERS TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND WITH THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW LOCATION HENRIIO GRAND.

THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO 200. AFTER WORKING OUT OF AN OFFICE AND HISTORIC HOME AND LOVING THE CHARM AND CHARACTER AND CONVENIENCE OF DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA, DAVID AND CAMMI MURPHY CHOSE A SPACE ON CONSTITUTION STREET AS THE SPACE FOR THE M 4 RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY GROUP AND CHICK-FIL-A VICTORIA TEAM AND RESOURCE CENTER.

THEY'RE PROUD PARTNERS CONTRIBUTING TO A HEALTHY AND VIBRANT DOWNTOWN VICTORIA, AND ALSO A HUGE PARTNER AND SPONSOR OF ALL OF OUR CLEANUP EVENTS AND WE COULDN'T THANK THEM MORE FOR THAT SUPPORT SO WITH THAT M 4 RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY GROUP IS OUR AUGUST AWARD WINNER.

AND IF Y'ALL WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS Y'ALL KNOW WE'RE NATIVE VICTORIANS, RAISEED AND BORN HERE. AND WE LOVE OUR CITY AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE JUST EVEN IF IN A SMALL WAY CONTRIBUTED A VIBRANT AND HEALTHY DOWNTOWN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PATIENT MR. MAYOR WITH A BOOK ENTITLED "EAT MORE CHICKEN AND INSPIRE MORE PEOPLETH".

4. >> THANK YOU FOR THE COOK CANS. >> ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER MR. GARS.

[3. Items from Council:]

>> NO, SIR. >> ITEMS FROM COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

GO AROUND THE HORN. NOPE. NOPE? I HAVE SOMETHING. SOME PREPARED STATEMENTS I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT NOT BORING BY READING THE WHOLE THING AND IT DEALS WITH LIBRARY BOOKS AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE -- WELL, BESIDES THE ONES HERE FOR CHICK-FIL-A AND THE COOKIE LIBRARY IS A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT IN CITIZENS' COMMUNICATIONS. AND I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO THINK THE CITY COUNCIL HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. THERE WERE BIG COMMENTS MADE IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT YESTERDAY PERTAINING THE LIBRARY. AND I SPOKE TO THE COUNTY JUDGE THIS MORNING. AND HE ASSURED ME THERE IS ZERO INTEREST IN INVICTING -- EVICTING THE LIBRARY. THE COUNTY WAS JUST MADE AWARE OF THESE BOOKS YESTERDAY.

AND FEELING IMPOTENT, I'M SURE HEATED COMMENTS WERE MADE. AS YOU KNOW OVER THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS OR SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING FEEDBACK AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE LIBRARY BOOKS. THIS LATEST SET OF BOOKS THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT IN ARE REALLY APPALLING. AND I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE IN THE LIBRARY.

REMEMBER, I'M ONE VOTE. BUT I'M ASKING THIS TOPIC TO BE ON NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA SO WE CAN PUBLICLY DISCUSS IT. AS YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING ABOUT IT NOW AND ITEMS FROM COUNCIL OR CITIZENS GET UP HERE, IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED ON OUR AGENDA.

AND AS SUCH OPEN MEETINGS ACREQUIRES US NOT TO SPEAK ON IT.

OKAY. BUT IT WILL BE ON NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA.

JUST TO LAY OUT WHAT MY PLAN IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SO EVERYONE CAN THINK ABOUT IT

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I SAID I WOULD LIKE A DEADLINE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, IF IT IS NOT RESOLVED BY THAT TIME, THE POLICY UPDATE I'M GOING ASK THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THAT WOULD FREEZE FUTURE COLLECTION PURCHASES OR ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY UNTIL SUCH TIME WE CAN GET THAT POLICY IN EFFECT. AND IF WE CAN'T, THEN I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO ASSUME THAT POLICYMAKING AUTHORITYING AND DIRECT THAT POLICY OURSELVES.

THE BIG IMPEDIMENTS TO THIS POLICY -- AND THIS IS A BIG ONE -- IS THE DEFINITION OF "THOSE BOOKS" MEANS. WE COULD ALL DECIDE ON WHAT IS APAPPROPRIATE AND WHAT IS NOT.

AND WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS ON THAT. BUT WE STILL NEED A VERBAL OR A WRITTEN DEFINITION OF WHAT "THOSE BOOKS" MEANS. AND IT IS VERY HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. BUT IT HAS TO BE WRITTEN SO WE CAN PUT INTO IT THE POLICY WITHOUT JUST SAYING, I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT. AND THEN ALSO, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT TRAMPLING ON FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, BUT, WE NEED TO DO IT IN A MAN THEY ARE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN, ALL RIGHT. THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS BEING THE ADULT IN THE ROOM AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN.

[APPLAUSE] >> SO ASIDE FROM THIS POLICY CHANGE THERE ARE OTHER COURSES OF ACTION THAT WE CAN DISCUSS. I HAVE NO OPINION ON THEM RIGHT NOW.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO BRAINSTORM SOME OF THEM. WE CAN REMOVE AND APPOINT NEW MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT MEETS CITY COUNCIL OBTAINIVE, DEVELOP AND PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PREVENT AN ORDINANCE POLL THEY WOULD PREVENT THE BOOKS BUT WE'RE STILL STUCK WITH THE DETERMINATION OF WHAT THOSE BOOKS ARE.

AND WE CAN ALSO JUST KEEP GOING WITH THE PROCESS AND EVALUATE AND APPOINT NEW MEMBERS AS TERMS EXPIRE AND CONTINUE GOING DOWN THAT PATH. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE THE ASK OF THE CROWD THAT IS OUT THERE, IS THAT THE BOOKS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED WITH US I THINK YOU'VE SEEN APPLAUSE UP HERE. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY DISAGREEMENT FROM MOST OF THE COUNCIL ON THIS. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A GOOD PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, THOUGH WE OWE THAT TO Y'ALL. AND I WOULD LIKE THE SEE THESE BOOKS GO THROUGH THE CHALLENGE PROCESS. LET'S GET IT STARTED. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL THESE BOOKS THAT WE'VE SEEN HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CHALLENGE PROCESS THAT IS SET FORTH BY THE LIBRARY. I WOULD JUST ASK SOMEONE TO PLEASE TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT.

IF IT BE ME, I'LL GO FILE EVERYTHING, THEY NEED TO BE CHALLENGED BECAUSE THE ONE THAT I HAVE SEEN DO NOT NEED BE IN THE LIBRARY AND WITH THAT, I HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS FOR COUNCIL AND GOT THROUGH MOST OF MY NOTES. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME.

[4. Citizen Communication:]

IF THERE IS ANYBODY THROUGHOUT BESIDES THE 20 THAT WANT TO SPEAK, FEEL FREE TO TURN IN A GREEN CARD REMEMBER. THREE MINUTES IS THE LIMIT I WILL CUT EVERYBODY OFF, BECAUSE THREE MINUTES FOR 20 PEOPLE ENDS UP BEING 5 MINES FOR 20 PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A FAIR CHANCE TO SPEAK. SO, PLEASE, DON'T BE OFFENDED IF I DO STOP YOU AT THE 3-MINUTE MARK, I WANT TO KEEP THE MEETING MOVING ALONG.

NADIA -- I'M GOING TO BUTCHER A LOT OF THESE NAMES. I FIGURE I GOT PRACTICE WITH

BALK KNIGHT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY WHO IS PRESENT TODAY -- BAUKNIGHT FOR YOUR GOODWILL AND WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE DIFFERENT DIVERSE OPINIONS ABOUT THE BOOKS. IF I HAD KNOWN YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE THE STATEMENT YOU JUST MADE, I MIGHT HAVE CHANGED MINE. BUT I'M GOING TO REPRESENT. THE BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TODAY TO THE CITY COUNCIL IS AN INVITATION TO EVERYONE TO DIAL DOWN THE DRAMA AND NOT GET CONFUSED. THE ISSUE AS IT HAS BEEN FRAMED BY THE MANY CITIZENS HERE TODAY IS WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE PORNOGRAPHY READILY AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY TO YOUNG CHILDREN.

YET CONTRARY TO THEIR MISLEADING PRESENT 8S, NO ONE HERE IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT

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21 BOOKS IN QUESTION AND A WOMAN GOT UP AND REPEATED WILD SPECTACULAR, TALKING POINTS FROM A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO SMEAR TEACHERS, LIBRARY LIBRARIANS AND BELOVED MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. AND SHE SHOWED CARTOON IMAGES ON AN OVERAHEAD OF UNDENIABLY HARD-CORE GRAPHIC STUFF THAT ANYONE WOULD AGREE IS X-RATED. STUFF THAT IF IT WERE IN A MOVIE WOULD BE GIVEN AN X AIDE RATING. BUT IT ONLY CAME OUT MUCH LATER IN A HEARING THAT THOSE IMAGES DID NOT COME FROM ANY OF THE 21 BOOKS UP FOR CONSIDERATION. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSTEAD, IS STUFF ON THE LEVEL OF TWO MALE PENGUINS HATCHING AN EGG TOGETHER WHICH IS TREATED AS IF IT SHOULD BE TREATED AS GIVEN A X-RATED THEY THEY NOT BEING HETEROSEXUAL IS INHERENTLY X-RATED. AND SO WHAT I WANT IS FOR CITY COUNCIL, TO DIAL DOWN THE DRAMA.

THE DANGER IS FOR EVERYONE TO GIVE INTO EXTREME AND UNFOUNDED FATHER.

WHAT I SUBMIT TO YOU IS THAT THE STANDPOINT THAT TREATS SOMETHING AS HARMLESS AS TWO PENGUINS AS IF IT WERE POIN IS THE STANDPOINT THAT NOT BEING HETEROSEXUAL IS A DANGEROUS DISEASE THAT SPREADS, A PANDEMICS. AND I WILL ADD TO NOT MAKE ANY DISTINCTION BETWEEN HARD-CORE POIN AND TWO PENGUINS IS NOT ONLY IRRATIONAL AND WRONG IS A WASTE OYOUR TIME AND TAXPAYER RESOURCES WHO ARE PAYING YOU TO SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS IN THIS CITY LIKE, HOW DO WE GET THE ECONOMY GOING, HOW DO WE REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN.

I DO THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING THAT HKSITY IS A

DANGEROUS DISEASE THAT SPREADS. >> WRAP IT UP REAL QUICK. >> AND THERE ARE ASSUMING THAT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH THEM. BUT WHEN NO ONE CHALLENGES THEM AT THE DINNER TABLE OR THE KID CROSS ACROSS THE STREET IS EATING DINNER AND DOESN'T ARGUE WITH THEM WHEN THEY SAY STUFF, THIS DOESN'T MEAN IT IS THE COMMUNITY VIEW. IT IS THE VIEW OF A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THERE IS NO REASON TO TREAT SEXUALITY DIFFERENT FROM YOUR OWN AS A TOXIN. I WANT TO SAY A LOT OF WHAT IS GOING ON HERE TODAY HAS TO DO WHETHER OR NOT IT IS RIGHT TO LET YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL IT IS OKAY TO BE WHO THEY ARE.

THAT IS WHAT THIS GROUP WANTS TO CONTROL. THEY DON'T WANT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REGARD THEMSELVES AS GAY TO THINK IT IS ALL RIGHT, THAT WHAT THEY ARE IS OKAY.

I ASSERT TO THE COMMISSION THAT IT IS NOT KNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS NOT OKAY.

WHAT TALLIES WITH YOUR REALITY? HAVING A YOUNG PERSON WHO THINKS THEY'RE GAY BE OKAY WITH THAT?

IS THAT ALL RIGHT? OR NOT? >> THANK YOU.

>> MR. KENNY JONES. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOLKS.

>> I CAME TO ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION FOR THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT.

WE ARE RECIPIENT THIS YEAR FOR SOME OF LITTLE OVER $12,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO DO A SLIGHT RENOVATION OF OUR SHELTER WITH NEW LINENS, NEW BLANKETS, PILLOWS AND MAT STRESSES FOR OUR FOLKS. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP.

IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A BREAKFAST BEFORE YOU GO OUT. AND THIS GIVES THEM THE ENERGY AND THE COURAGE TO GO OUT AND FACE ANOTHER DAY. SO THIS MONEY WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, BEING ABLE TO APPLY IT.

I ALSO WANT TO PERSONALLY GIVE MY APPRECIATION TO JULIE AND MS. THEY HELP ME BECAUSE I'M CHALLENGED WHEN IT COMES TO PAPERWORK SO I APPRECIATE THEM. I DID NOT INTEND ON SPEAKING TO THE MATTER THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. I APPLAUD YOUR COURAGE FOR BRINGING THAT UP IN THE MAN THEY ARE YOU DID. AND TO THINK THAT A CHILD CAN MAKE ANY DECISION THAT ADULTS GRAPPLE WITH, IS JUST BIZARRE TO ME. YOU KNOW, IT IS FUNNY THAT I'M A

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AND THERE WAS AN EPISODE WHEN OPEIE BEFRIENDED A HOBO AND THE HOBO TRIED TO INSTILL IN OPIE THE BEST THING TO BELIEVE IN LIFE THE BEST TIME TO START A NEW PROJECT IS TOMORROW.

AND SO THIS BECAME OPIE'S PHILOSOPHY AND DIDN'T WANT TO CLEAN HIS ROOM AND THIS THAT AND THE OTHER AND STARTED GETTING TROUBLE SO ANDY ESCORTED THE HOBO OUT OF TOWN, BASICALLY BY ASKING HIM, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO MOVE ON. AND HE SAID, I'LL DO THAT, BUT HE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU LET OPIE MAKE UP HIS OWN MIND. AND ANDY SAID, NO, NO.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU DON'T LET A CHILD MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND BECAUSE THEY'LL GRAB AT THE FIRST SHINY HOOK AND FLASHY LURE THAT THEY FIND. AND BEFORE THEY KNOW IT, AND BEFORE THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND, THEY'RE ALREADY HOOKED. AND SO NO.

YOU CANNOT LET A CHILD MAKE UP THEIR MIND ON ISSUES SUCH AS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. WE HAVE TO LEAD THEM UNTIL THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT DECISION. SO I WASN'T GOING TO COMMENT ON, THAT BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU,. >> MR. WILLIAM MEYERS. WE'LL COME BACK TO HIM.

MS. BRIDGETSISNERROS. CISNEROS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS BRIDGET CISNEROS. AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE IN APRIL 8, 2013 MY HUSBAND AND I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CITY STATING THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING NEIGHBORS AND A LAND THAT IS ON THE LEFT OF US OF OUR HOUSE. IT IS NOT A COMPLETE LOT, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ORIGINALLY HAD LIVED THERE SOLD PART OF IT TO THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. SO NOW THEY OWN IT THESE PEOPLE WERE INFORMED THAT THEY CAN MOVE A HOUSE IN 5 FEET FROM OUR FENCE. WELL, THEY MOVED IN A TRAILER AND IT SEEMS TO BE 5 FEET FROM THE FENCE, BUT WHEN THEY ADDED BACK STAIRS AND A RUNWAY FOR THEIR PIT BULKER THEIR GERMAN SHEPHERD AND CHIHUAHUA DOG AGAINST OUR YARD, IT IS NOW UP AGAINST OUR FENCE. AND THE DOGS RUN IN BETWEEN OUR BEDROOM AND OUR DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM AND THEY BARK ALL NIGHT LONG. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 5-FOOT RULE, BUT IT IS BASICALLY 5 INCHES AWAY FROM OUR FENCE.

AND THAT IS WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THIS TO SEE IF SOMETHING CAN BE DONE.

WE WENT TO THE -- MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE CITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER BEFORE THEY STARTED BUILDING THESE BACK STAIRS SO THEY COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF IT WAS ADMISSIBLE.

AND THEY JUST DROVE BY AND TOOK A QUICK GLANCE AND WENT ON. I WOULD LIKE IF SOMEBODY COULD COME OUT -- I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD DO THIS, BUT IF THEY COULD COME OUT AND OBJECTSERVE THE PLACE AND SEE IF IT IS PERMISSIBLE. IT JUST -- THEY'RE LIKE ON TOP OF US, LITERALLY AND IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR. THEIR PIT BULL IS ALWAYS GETTING LOOSE. HE RUNS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND ONE WEEK I CALLED ANIMAL CONTROL FIVE TIMES. THEY CAME OUT ONCE BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEIR FACILITY WAS FULL. SO THE DOGS RUNNING LOOSE EVERYWHERE. AND SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FRIENDLY, BECAUSE SHE FIGHTS WITH MY DOG THROUGH THE FENCE. YOU SEE THE VICIOUSNESS IN HER. AND THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I COULDN'T LEAVE MY HOME BECAUSE THE DOG IS RUNNING IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE OR WHERE I PARK.

SO I CALLED THE POLICE ON IT SINCE ANIMAL CONTROL COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AND OFFICER BARNETT CAME OUT AND SAID, LITERALLY, THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNLESS THE DOG BIT ME OR ATTACKED ME. THEN SOME ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AFTER THAT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT ABOUT COVERS EVERYTHING. THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TO US.

THE DOGS RUN, LIKE I SAID, IN FRONT OOUR BEDROOM WINDOWS, 2, 3:00 IN THE MORNING THEY'RE BARKING. MY HUSBAND GOES TO WORK AT 5:30. THEY OTHER PART OF THEIR LAND WHERE THEY HAVE A BIG OLD CAGE WHERE THEY COULD PUT THE DOGS IN, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY, THEY JUST HAVE THEM AGAINST OUR FENCE WHERE

THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. >> THANK YOU, MS. CISNEROS. I THINK MS. FULLGRAM WILL WALK

OUT WITH YOU AND GET INFORMATION FOR YOU AND MAYBE HELP YOU. >> I HAVE PHOTOS AS WELL.

>> SHE CAN HELP YOU, THANK YOU. >> MR. DAVID BROWN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR,

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AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL GIVE ME FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. >> MR. MEYERS, MAKE IT OVER FROM ACROSS THE STREET YET.

>> HE'S GOING TO JUST SPEAK WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP. WE'LL GIVE HIM A FEW MINUTES.

>> THAT WILL WORK. >> MR. RONNIE FLAKE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. I WILL BE REFERRING TO THE BOOK NUMBER FIVE IN YOUR PACKET.

THE BOOK IS RATED FOR 12 YEARS OLDS AND UP IN OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY.

I'M HERE TODAY TO PROTECT THE INNOCENCE OF OUR CHILDREN THROUGH CONTENT OF AGE-APAPPROPRIATE BOOKS PURCHASED WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS, INCLUDING EVEN DONATED BOOKS.

THE BOOK HAS ILLUSTRATIONS OF VARIETY OF BODY PARTS AND SEX ACTS THAT ARE JUST TOO VUL CIGAR TO DESCRIBE. I WANT TO READ FROM ONE OF THE PAGES.

IT SAYS HERE "A GREAT PLACE TO SEARCH FANSSIES AND KINKS SAFELY IS ON THE INTERNET." DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT IS A GOOD PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GO? DO YOU THINK IT IS REALLY SAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN WOULD BE CHECKING OUT THEIR SEXUAL ACTIVITIES ON THE INTERNET. I CONTINUE... "THERE ARE TONS OF COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO SHARE YOUR INTERESTS AND HAVE ALL KINDS OF DEVICE.

THE ON-LINE WORLD IS ALSO CHAWK-A-BLOCK FULL OF PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS ALIKE, SHARING THEIR SEXY ADVENTURES ONLINE". THIS IS FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE 12 YEARS AND UP. I READ FROM ANOTHER PAGE AND I'LL BE FINISHED.

"WATCHING POIN ENTER ANY CAN HAVE UNREAL EXPECT 8S ABOUT WHAT TO DO IN THE BEDROOM.

SO DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND CONSUME WITH IT A HEFTY PINCH OF SALT.

AT THE SAME TIME REMEMBER THE PEOPLE YOU SEE ON CAMERA ARE REAL HUMAN BEINGS AND THEY DESERVE YOUR RESPECT". I AM HONORED AND PLEASURED TO BE STANDING WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE TODAY THAT ARE TRYING TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING A

LOOK AT THIS ITEM FOR US. GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. FLICK.

MR. JOHN COLLEAGUE. -- CLEG. >> OKAY COME BACK TO MR. CLEG.

>> MR. HESTER. JIM HESTER. >> HELLO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TOO LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. YOU MAY RECALL THAT BASICALLY EIGHT WEEKS AGO I GOT UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT HOW THE "TIME LIFE SCIENCE BOOKS MADE AN IMPACT ON ME AND HOW IT HELP ME DEVELOP IN HIGH SCHOOL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT OR PASSED ALL THAT I HEARD SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, HOW ARE PEOPLE DEALING WITH OTHER TOPICS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO YOU MAY RECALL THAT I WENT AND LOOKED AND SAID I'M GOING TO TRY TO STUDY UP SOME OF THAT STUFF AND SEE WHEY COULD FIND. AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT I SAID THERE WAS A SEX AREA ASSIGNMENT EVIDENCE DOES IT WORK. AND IT ALSO WAS A USING FROM PAUL MCCUBE, THE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE. IT AND APPOINTED OUT POINTED OUT THAT EXTENDED OVER 30 YEARS AND CONDUCTED IN SWEDEN WHERE THE CULTURE IS IS STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF TRANSGENDER DOCUMENTED THEIR LIFELONG MENTAL UNREST, 10 TO 15 YEARS AFTER THE SURGICAL REASSIGNMENT, THE SUICIDE RATE FOR THOSE HAD UNDERGONE SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY ROSE TO 20 TIMES THAT O. RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT ON BBC

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A CHILD GENDER IDENTIFICATION CLINIC. A CASE OF A WOMAN NAMED KIRA BELL WHO NOW AGE 25. SHE WAS PRESCRIBED PUBERTY BLOCKERS AT THE AGE OF 16 AND RECEIVED TESTOSTERONE SHOTS A YEAR LATER AND AT AGE OF 20 HAD A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY.

AND LATER CHANGED HER MIND OVER THE DECISION TO TRANSITION TO MALE.

SHE ARGUED THE CLINIC SHOULD HAVE CHALLENGED HER MORE OVER HER DECISION TO MAKE TRANSITION.

IN MS. BELL'S CASE THE HIGH COURT RULED THAT UNDER 16S LACK CAPACITY TO GIVE INFORMED CONSENT TO THE TREATMENT. BASICALLY THEY'RE TOLD TO SHUT DOWN THE CLINIC IN SEPTEMBER.

AND AFTER AFTERNOON INDEPENDENT REVIEW CRITICIZED IT. MS. BELL TOLD BBC RADIO, I 20 THROUGH A LOT OF DISTRESS AT A TEENAGER. REALLY I JUSTNEED ED NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FROM EVERYONE I WENT TO THERE NEEDS BE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FIRST AND MORE TOLERANT. IF I FOUND THAT ONE OF MY KIDS IMPRESSIONABLE MINDS HAD BEEN FED ISSUES LEADING TO THEIR TRANSGENDERED AND SUBSEQUENT COMMITTED SUICIDE, I WOULD PURSUE LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST THOSE THAT FED THEIR IDEAS AND THOSE IN AUTHORITY KNOWINGLY ALLOWED THOSE IDEAS TO BE FED TO THEM. AND WOULDN'T YOU DO THE SAME?

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. HESTER. >> MR. JOHN CLEG.

>> HI THERE. I MADE APPLICATION FOR THE BUILDINGS AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. AND I DO SUPPORT THAT ACTIVITY VIGOROUSLY.

BUT I WOULD AT THIS TIME LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY NAME FROM CONSIDERATION.

IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHER VERY GOOD CANDIDATES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER MR. DAVID BROWN FOR THAT POSITION.

AND FOR SOME REASON HE CAN'T SERVE, I'D BE WILLING TO. >> THANK YOU MR. CLEG.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. HARLEY FISKE. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'VE LIVED IN VICTORIA FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND BEEN A REGULAR LIBRARY USER AS I WAS WHEN I LIVERED IN SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, YOLKHAM.

TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE STAFF OF THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE THE LIBRARY INCLUSIVE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I GREW UP IN A SMALL FARM WHERE MY PARENTS STRUGGLED TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

MANY OF MY CLASSMATES WERE BESS BLESSED BY BETTER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES.

FORTUNATELY MY PARENTS INSTILLED IN ME A LOVE OF READING AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND REALIZED THERE WERE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR A FARM BOY LIKE ME.

THROUGH BOOKS I LEARNED MUCH ABOUT MY PLACE IN THERD WORLD, I COULD IDENTIFY WITH MANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN BOOKS THAT I DEVOURED. MOST OF WHAT I RED READ IN GRADE SCHOOL WERE REFLECTIVE OF WORLD POTCH LATED BY WHITE CHRISTIAN MALES AND LESS IMPORTANT WHITE FEMALES, MENTIONED A SMALL TOWN AND LONG AGO. WHEN I GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL I FOUND THERE WERE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT IDENTIFY THE SAME WAY AS I DID.

THERE WERE PEOPLE OF OTHER RACES, OTHER RELIGION, OTHER CULTURES.

JUST AS READING HELP ME DISCOVER MY IDENTITY, SO DID READING HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THE BELIEF, HOPES AND DREAMS OF OTHERS, OTHERS WHO WERE AS VALUABLE HUMAN BEINGS AS I WAS.

I MIGHT HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING ALL THESE SOCIETAL CHANGE CHANGES IF I HAD NOT BEEN KEPT AWARE BY DEDICATED LIBRARIANS THAT ENCOURAGED MY LOVE OF READING.

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT WE CANNOT RAISE OUR CHILDREN IN THE WAY THAT WE WERE RAISED BECAUSE THE WORLD WE WERE RAISED IN NO LONGER EXISTS. I REMEMBER HAVING A CLASS IN SCHOOL THAT TAUGHT US HOW TO DIAL A ROTARY TELEPHONE. I'M REALLY DATING MYSELF NOW.

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. BOOKS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ MUST CHANGE WITH THE TIMES. BOOKS HELP US TO UNDERSTAND BOTH OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD AND THE PLACE OF OTHERS WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN WE ARE. THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY IT IS THE PARENT'S JOB TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN HOW TO NAVIGATE THE WOORLD AND UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE. IN A PERFECT WORLD THAT MIGHT BE TRUE.

AS A FORMER TEACHER, I KNOW THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS IN REAL LIFE.

I'VE SEEN WAY TOO MANY UNPREPARED STUDENTS. EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE ABLE TO FIND CHARACTERS AND STORIES THEY CAN IDENTIFY WITH, TO SEE THEIR HOPES, STRUGGLES, TRIUMPHS AND

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AFTER," THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. FISKE. MR. SCOTT BOWER.

>> APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. I'VE BEEN A NATIVE VICTORIAN, BORN AND RAISED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, SEEN A LOT, DONE A LOT AND GROWING UP THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS A BIG PART OF MY CHILDHOOD. I REMEMBER MANY, MANY TIMES, SAME BUILDING, JUST DATE MYSELF. AND THEN WE, MY WIFE AND I, WE HOMESCHOOLED OUR KIDS FOR 14 YEARS. I SAY WE BUT SHE DID 99% OF THE WORK.

MAYBE 99.9. BUT ALL FIVE OF OUR KIDS, THE LIBRARY WAS A WEEKLY EVENT.

SO THE LIBRARY IS A BIG PART OF VICTORIA, ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS BE WILL.

WILL BE. AND I WANT TO BRING CLARITY TO THIS WHOLE ISSUE THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT ANTI-LIBRARY, ANTI-LIBRARY STAFF, ANTI-THIS, ANTI-THAT.

THIS IS AGAIN, PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN. AS A DAD THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT I HAVE WITH MY KIDS IS TO PROTECT THEM FROM SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW COULD CAUSE THEM HARM.

YOU KNOW, IT SAYS LOVE REJOICES IN THE TRUTH. AND I THINK THROUGH ALL OF THIS ISSUE AS A COMMUNITY AS YOU SAID, MAYOR BAUKNIGHT, I WELCOME DISCUSSION, BUT THE TRUTH WILL SURFACE, VICTORIA HAS ALWAYS BAN CONSERVATIVE CITY FILLED WITH LOVING PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST THEMSELVES. VERY INCLUDING COMMUNITY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP A CONSERVATIVE BASE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT ENVIRONMENT OF LOVE. THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE, BUT THE TRUTH IS WHAT WE'RE DRIVING FOR HERE TODAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN IS WHAT THIS ISSUE IS ABOUT. AND AS YOU CAN TELL FROM YOU PACKETS, AND IF YOU WERE TO PUT SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT EVEN YOU SAID WAS APPALLING ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE "ADVOCATE" 99% OF VICTORIA, YOUR PHONES WOULD BE RINGING OFF THE HOOK WHAT IS THIS? SO THE PUBLIC REALLY DOES NOT KNOW WHAT INFORMATION WE'VE SEEN. AND WE'RE SAYING THIS HAS NO RIGHT TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR CHILDREN. AND ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR AT THE BEGINNING WAS PUT THEM ON THE TOP SHELF, JUST HAVE THEM AWAY. AND IF YOU HAVE A PARENT THAT WANTS IT.

CHECK IT OUT FOR THEIR KIDS, IF THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO BE ALL IN THAT STUFF, THEN HAVE AT IT BUT PUT IT ON A TOP SHELF AND SHOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY KID, ANY KID TO COME AROUND. THE STORY WHEN I WAS GROWING UP OF A FRIENDS OF MINE THAT CAME ACROSS A DIRTY MAGAZINE WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE KID AND GOT ALL, ENTHRALLED IN THIS STUFF.

HE BATTLED A ENTIRE LIFE, TO SET THE STAGE. PLANTED SO MUCH SEEDS IN HIM, IT COMPLETELY DERAILED HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE'S NO LONGER WITH US NOW.

BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT SEED JUST CAUSED SO MUCH CONFUSION, SO MUCH HURT.

THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO PROTECT MY KIDS FROM AND THE KIDS OF COMMUNITY FROM.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

>> THANK YOU MR. BOWER. >> MR. STAN REINKE. >> MAEO CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING THIS AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS STAN REINKE.

I'VE BEEN A CITIZEN OF VICTORIA COUNTY FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE THAN STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS AFTERNOON TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT. MY MOMMA TAUGHT ME BETTER THAN TO SAY SOME OF THE WORDS THAT I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. BUT I WANT TO SHARE THESE WITH YOU TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE. IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION AND OBVIOUSLY TO YOUR ATTENTION SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THAT AGE INAPAPPROPRIATE, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, OBSCENE LITERATURE IS BEING PURCHASED WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.

AND IT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN 8 YEARS AND UP IN THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY.

SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW THIS IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF TEXAS PENAL CODE 43.21.

SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THE NATURE OF SOME OF THIS LITERATURE, I WANT TO OFFER SOME QUOTES FROM JUST ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT IS IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED.

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"NIPPLES CAN FEEL VERY GOOD TO TOUCH. LIKE OTHER HOLES IN OUR BODY, THE ANUS IS USUALLY VERY SENSE ACTIVE WHICH MEANS IT CAN FEEL GOOD TO TOUCH.

HAVING A PENIS ISN'T WHAT MAKES YOU A BOY. HAVING A VULVA ISN'T WHAT MAKES YOU A GIRL. "THE TRUTH IS MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN THAT" MAYBE YOU'RE CALLED A BOY BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE A GIRL. YOU KNOW HOW GIRLS ARE TREATED AND WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

MAYBE YOU'RE CALLED A GIRL BUT YOU FEEL LIKE A BOY. YOU KNOW HOW BOYS ARE TREATED AND WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT T ABOUT THE WORD Q BOY AND GIRL? DO YOU KNOW ANYONE FOR WHOM THESE WORDS DON'T FIT? AD INFINEEM AD US THAT YES, MA'AM.

PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS IN MY CASE GREAT GRANDPARENTS. WE IMPLORE Y'ALL TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE INAPAPPROPRIATE LITERATURE THAT IS BEING OFFERED IN OUR OWN LIBRARY AND EXERCISE YOUR AUTHORITY AND YOUR PURSE STRINGS TO HAVE ALL THIS TYPE OF LITERATURE REMOVED FROM VICTORIA

PUBLIC LIBRARY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU MR. REINKE.

MR. VONDER OFF. >> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR. I CAME TO TALK ABOUT CADILLAC CON-- CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS. STOPPED TWO OF THE SUSPECTS AND THEY'RE IN JAIL.

PROBABLY NOT, THEY PROBABLY BAILED OUT AND DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN.

BUT ANYWAY, IN HARRIS COUNTY, A DEPUTY GOT SHOT AND KILLED ANY TWO PEOPLE GETTING CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND THOSE TWO GOT CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER. HE SHOT THEM BEFORE HE DIED AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET HELP. AND YOU KNOW, SO THEY'LL PROBABLY BE ON DEATH ROW ONE DAY, YOU KNOW. BUT ALSO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CRIMESTOPPERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF DETECTIVE COLLINS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT ANYWAY, HE'S IN CHARGE OF CRIME STOPPERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, THE VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE THE HIGHEST HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AT 85%. IF YOU WANT TO KILL SOMEONE, JUST DON'T DO IT IN VICTORIA, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO CATCH YOU, YOU KNOW. AND I CAME ALSO TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY LANDLORD. HE RAISED THE RENT IN APRIL AND DIDN'T TELL ANYONE UNTIL YESTERDAY. AND SO HE RAISED IT $60 WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE.

SO FROM APRIL TO AUGUST, 60 TIMES 5 WANT A $300 REBATE PLUS A LATE FEE TIMES 5, THAT IS $125 SO I WENT 125 PLUS 3, I WENT $425 REBATE TO ALL OF THEM. AND YOU KNOW, HE IS A DISTINGUISHED ATTORNEY IN HOUSTON. AND HE IS DOING SOME VERY UNETHICAL THINGS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A PRIVATE ATTORNEY, MAYBE PAY MAYBE $100 AN HOUR, I CAN'T PAY $400 AN HOUR LIKE HE CHARGES. AND I HAVE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE ISSUES. AND WHEN I DISCUSS THEM HE SAYS, YOU KNOW I COULD EVICT YOU.

AND IT IS ILLEGAL FOR HIM TO EVICT ME FOR PAYING ON TIME JUST BECAUSE I'M COMPLAINING, BECAUSE I'M JUST SPEAKING THE TRUTH. THERE IS MORRIS SHOES. BUT I CAN'T DO IT IN THREE MINUTES SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR SOLVING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CRIME. AND THANK MARK AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAKING IT TOUGHER. BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY GET $300 FOR EACH ONE. SO IF THEY GET FINED $500 FOR EACH ONE, THEY'RE GOING NEGATIVE-$200. BUT THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD DAY, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> MS. MEGAN MCKENZIE. >> YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,

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HOWEVER, I AM HERE IN DEFENSE OF THE LIBRARY, OF BOOKS, OF EDUCATION.

I'M A PARENT I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, THEY ARE FAIRLY YOUNG.

THEY'RE 11 AND 15. I DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY CHILDREN READING THINGS THAT MIGHT BOTHER THEM OR THAT MIGHT BOTHER ME. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CHILDREN CHILDREN ABOUT SEX AND SEXUALITY.

WE LIVE IN A PLACE IN A TIME WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE HAVE ALL KINDS OF ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE PORNOGRAPHY, AND IF WE DON'T TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE DIFFERENCE WITH NON-FICTION BOOKS THAT EXPLAIN WHAT A VULVA AND PENIS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT BAD WORDS, THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS AND THAT IS WHAT MANY OF US, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE. AMONG OTHER THINGS.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THESE BOOKS FOR KIDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO IN CASE THEY NEED INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE. THEY WILL FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY WILL FIND THE INFORMATION IN A MORE DANGEROUS WAY THAN IN THE LIBRARY. I ASSURE YOU, OUR BOOKS ARE NOT DANGEROUS TO OUR CHILDREN. BOOKS ARE NOT DANGEROUS. OKAY, IDEAS, NOT DANGEROUS.

I ALSO, WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD, I FOUND A NUDIE MAGAZINE IN A FRIEND'S DAD'S CLOSET. AND WAS I SCARRED FOR A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, I TALKED TO MY PARENTS ABOUT IT, THOUGH. AND I'M OKAY.

I ASSURE YOU, AS AN ADULT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. AS AN ADULT, I DO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PORNOGRAPHY AND BOOKS. AND I CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH MY CHILDREN. IF MY CHILDREN FIND A BOOK AT THE LIBRARY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, THEY COULD SIFT THROUGH ANY BOOK AND BRING IT TO ME AND I COULD DISCUSS IT WITH THEM.

WE SO HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. SO THANK YOU TO OUR LIBRARY BOARD, OUR AMAZING LIBRARIANS. THESE BOOKS ARE NOT JUST PUT ON THE SHELVES WILLY-NILLY, OUR LIBRARY LIBRARIANS HAVE MASTER DEGREES, THEY STUDDY SO, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABUSE PORNOGRAPHY ON OURSELVES, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AND LISTENING TO ME.

THANK YOU. >> MS. MCKENZIE. >> MS. PRIM MA RONJON.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. I REALLY APPROUD THE MAYOR FOR ADDRESSING THIS VICTORIA PUBLIC ISSUE. I'M ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF ABOUT OVER 70% OF OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PORNOGRAPHIC NATURE OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN STILL AVAILABLE IN THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF BANNING BOOKSP IT IS A QUESTION OF PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM GETTING AHOLD OF BOOKS THAT COULD RUIN THEY LIVES. YOU KNOW THAT PORNOGRAPHY AND SEXUAL PERVERSION AND SEXUAL TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN IS RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, AS LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND OF AMERICA ARE ACTIONS ARE NONACTIONS CAN AFFECT THE MORAL CLIMATE THAT WE LIVE IN. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'VE TAKEN GOD OUT OF THE SCHOOLS, OUT OF OUR LIBRARIES, OUT OF OUR LIVES AND WE'RE EMBRACING A CULTURE THAT MEAN MAY SEEM POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT IT IS POISONOUS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.

YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS ABOVE ALL ELSE, GUARD YOUR HEARD, FOR IT IS A WELL-SPRING OF LIFE. AND KEEP CORRUPT TALK AND POOR SPEECH FAR FROM OUR LIPS.

LET YOUR EYES BE FIXED STRAIGHT AHEAD, LEVEL ARTS FOR YOUR FEET. DO NOT TURN TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. KEEP YOUR FEET FROM EVIL. AS ADULTS, WE CAN BE RESOLUTE IN GUARDING OR HEARTS, BUT HOW DO CHILDREN GUARD THEIR HEART? HOW DO INNOCENT, VULNER CHILDREN GUARD THEIR HEART? SHOULDN'T WE AS MATURE ADULTS DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM BEING WALKED IN THEIR SOULS. REMEMBER A LITTLE YEAST WORK US THROUGH THE WHOLE BATCH OF DOUGH. A LITTLE BIT OF CAN.

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I LEAVE YOU WITH ONE WORD "ACCOUNTABILITY". PLEASE PONDSER ON THAT WORD.

CHILDREN NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR PARENTS WHO SHEPHERD THEM RIGHTLY.

ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR PERSON AS THE WHO HAVE ELECTED THEM.

AND LASTLY WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD FOR OUR ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. >> MR. DALE ZUCK. THERE HE IS.

>> I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I'M GOING TO BE READING TO YOU. THIS IS ABOUT A BOOK FOUND INSIDE THE TWELVE AND UP. YOU CAN FIND IT ON PAGE NUMBER 22 OF THE BOOK.

AND YOU'LL FIND IT ON THE BRIDGE SIDE OF THE LIBRARY. HE MERGED FROM THE BATH ROOM SLINGING OFF HIS TUNIC AND SHIRT I PROPPED MYSELF ON ITS ELBOWS AND WATCH.

MY AT TENSION WENT RIGHT TO THE STRONG CLEVER FINGERS THAT UNFASTENED HIS PANTS.

LET OUT A LOW SNARL OF APPROVAL AND I BIT MY LIP. AS HE REMOVED HIS PANTS ALONG WITH HIS UNDERFARM ANDET, REVEALING THE PROUD, THICK LENGTH OF HIM, MY MOUTHED WENT DRY AND I DRAGGED MY GAZE UP TO HIS MUSCLE TORSO OVER THE PAINS OF HIS CHEST AND THEN HE SAID, COME HERE. I PUSHED BACK THE BLANKETS REVEALING MY ALREADY NAKED BODY AND HE HISSED. HIS FEATURES TURNED RAVNOUS WHILE I CRAWLED ACROSS THE BED AND ROSE UP TO MY KNEES. I TOOK HIS FACE IN MY HANDS, THE GOLDEN SKIN FRAMED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FINGERS SWIRLING BLACK AND KISSED HIM. I MONEYED TILTING MY AHEAD BACK TO GIVE HIM BETTER ACCESS. HIS HANDS CLAMPED AROUND MY WAISTED AND MOVED ONE GOING TO KUT CUP MY REAR THE OTHER TO SLIDE. HIS TONGUE SCRAPED THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH AND HE DRAGGED A FING DOWN THE CENTER OF ME. I GASPED MY BACK ARCHING FIRE HE SAID AGAINST MY LIPS. MY NAME AND I FELT LIKE A PRAYER WAS BEING GIVEN TO ME.

HIS TONGUE SWEPT THROUGH MY MOUTH AGAIN. THIS TIME THIS TIME TO THE FING THEY ARE SLIPPED INSIDE OF ME. MY HIPS ELATED DEMANDING MORE CREATED CRAVING THE FULLNESS OF HIM AND HIS BROW REVERBERATED IN MY CHEST AS HE ADDED ANOTHER FING EVER.

I MOVED ONTO HIM, LIGHTNING FLASHED THROUGH MY VAINS AND MY MOUTH, HIS BODY ON MINE, HIS PALM PUSHED AGAINST THE BUNDLE OF NERVES AND THE APEX OF MY THIGHS AND I GROWNED.

AND I GROWNED. MY AHEAD WAS THROWN BACK. I GULPED DOWN NIGHT AIR AND THEN I WAS BEING LOWERED DOWN, LOWER AND LOWER INTO THE BED. HE STRETCHED OUT ABOVE ME, HIS AHEAD LOWERING TO MY BREAST. AND ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE PRESS OF HIS TEETH AGAINST MY NIPPLES BEFORE I WAS CRAWLING AT HIS BACK BEFORE HI HOOKED MY LEGS AROUND HIM AND HE SETTLE BETWEEN THEM THIS IS THE MATERIAL THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE AGE 12 AND UP AGAINST THE BRIDGE.

YOU CAN FIND IT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE NAME OF THE BOOK.

YOU'LL FIND IT ON THE LIBRARY COMPUTER. IT IS VERY EASY.

IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME, KEY WORD. IT IS VERY SIMPLE.

FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN THE LIBRARY FOR MANY DECADES. IT WILL BE THE LAST.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. & UCK. >> MS. SARAH ZELLER.

>> MAYOR BAUKNIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CONVERSATIONS LATELY ABOUT BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY. UNDERSTANDABLY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF CENSORSHIP, BOOK BANNING AND LOSS OF FREEDOMS. WE HIGHLY VALUE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, FREE SPEECH AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME BLIND SPOTS IN THOSE FATHERS. ONE RELATES TO THE TREATMENT OF MINORS AND ANOTHER INVOLVES THE PRACTICAL LIMIT 8S OF ANY LIBRARY. ADULTS HAVE MANY FREEDOMS, MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES AND LIVE WITH THE RESULTS. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT TREAT MINORS

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MINOR DOS NOT HAVE THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, LIFE EXPERIENCE OR EMOTIONAL MATURITY FOR SOME DECISIONS AND SOME INFORMATION. WE EXPECT PARENTS TO CARRY THE BURDEN FOR THEIR CHILDREN, BUT WE ALSO WORK TO ASSIST PARENTS WITH VARIOUS MINIMUM AGE LAWS AND POLICIES.

OUR LIBRARY HAS PURCHASED SOME AGE INAPAPPROPRIATE AND OBSCENE MATERIALS AND PLACED THEM IN THE AREA FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS. MY CHILDREN AND I VISIT THE LIBRARY FREQUENTLY AND WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE BOOKS. SOME OF THEM WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 10 INCLUDE ILLUSTRATIONS OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, IMAGES OF ADULT GENERAL TELIA, FULL FRONTAL ADULT NUDITY AND INSTRUCTION FOR MASTSTERBATION FOR. THEY START TO UNDERMINE RELATIONSHIPS LIKE THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR DOCTOR. AFTER MAKING A CHILD DOUBT THOSE ADULTS, THE AUTHORS THEN INTRODUCE SEXUAL CONCEPTS AND SEXUAL ACTIVITIES.

THESE ARE WRITTEN TO CHILDREN APAPPROACHING PUBERTY, A TIME WHEN IT IS NATURAL TO FEEL MISUNDERSTOOD BY YOUR PARENT, CONFUSED ABOUT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND DISSATISFIED WITH YOUR BODY. THE AUTHORS HIJACK THOSE NORMAL EXPERIENCE, TURN CHILDREN AGAINST THEIR PARENTS AND THEN INFLUENCE THE CHILD TOWARDS CERTAIN BEHAVIORS AND BELIEFS.

ANOTHER OVERLOOKED FACT THAT THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY RAE MOVES ALL THE TIME.

THE LIBRARY DOES NOT HAVE EVERY BOOK EVER WRITTEN. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SHELF SPACE FOR THE FUNDS FOR THAT. THEY CHOOSE WHERE TO PLACE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY AS SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED. I REQUESTED THAT SOME OF THESE BE MOVED TO THE ADULT SECTION SO PARENTS CAN ADEQUATELY SCREEN THEM. AND MY REQUEST WAS DENIED.

WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING HOW AND WHY THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE? WHY IS SEXUALLY-CHARGED CONTENT BEING PROVIDED TO MINOR? WE ARE ADULTS AND IT IS REASONABLE TO QUESTION WHICH MATERIALS THE LIBRARY HAS PURPOSEFULLY MADE ACCESSIBLE TO MINORS.

PARENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY THAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR CHILD WILL BE UNDERMINED OR CHILD WILL BE EXPOSED TOES MATURE SEXUAL CONTENT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'D WALKED INTO THE LIBRARY INTO THE AREA FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS. PLEASE ENCOURAGE THE LIBRARY TO ADOPT NIGH PRACTICES OR A CHILDREN COLLECTION POLICY THAT TREATS MINORS LIKE MINOR, THANK

YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.

NOW CORE DERRA JULIA. I'M SORRY. >> I'M SORRY, ONE SECOND.

ASK. >> HELLO, COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN CLOSELY WATCHING THE LIBRARY ISSUE EVOLVE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER WATCHING COMMISSIONER'S MEETING IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR THE RAUCOUS IS WAY DEEPER THAN BOOK, IT IS ABOUT POWER, BIGOTRY AND PUSHING PERSONAL BELIEVES. THE RESPONSES IN YESTERDAY'S COMMISSIONER MEETINGS WERE APPALLING MANY IVES AND MR. BURNS GOING ON TO STATE "WE WON'T GIVE THEM A PLATFORM" IS AN INFRINGEMENT ON OUR FIRST AMENDMENT AND INDICATES THE NARROW MINDEDNESS THAT STILL PERSISTS IN 2022. I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. IVES HAS A RIGHT TO SAY HOW HE FEELS.

HOWEVER, AS A PERSON IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HE HAS MADE IT CLEAR HOW HE WANTS TO USE THAT POWER.

HIS PROPOSED EVICTING THE LIBRARY ON THE BASIS OF NARROW VIEWS.

IT IS CLEAR THAT HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF HOW OUR LIBRARY HAS SERVED OVER 1 TWELVE,000 PEOPLE THIS FISCAL YEAR AND HOW OVER 24,000 PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED VARIOUS PROGRAMS. BASED ON THE NUMBERS, THE LIBRARY IS A PLACE THAT IS VERY RESOURCEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AS A MOTHER TO TWO YOUNG BOYS, THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN VALUABLE IN MY LIFE, BEGINNING WITH BABY TIME, IT WAS A REFUGE FOR ME AS A NEW PARENT. I WAS ABLE TO MEET OTHER PARENTS AND FIND BOOKS TO ME ME UNDERSTAND THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CHALLENGES THAT MY BODY WAS EXPERIENCING. I AM PROUD THAT OUR LOCAL LIBRARY IS PART OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. THE MISSION OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS TO UNITE AND AMPLIFY VOICES OF THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND INTENTIONAL EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. I IMPLORE THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DEFENDING VICTORIA'S CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL BOOKS AND RESOURCES. FOR THE MOST RECENT DATA FOUND AS OF 2020, VICTORIA HAS 16. 5% OF ITS POPULATION LIVING IN POVERTY.

AND LESS THAN 19% HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO HELPING VICTORIANS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. WHEN COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER MAKE DECISIONS THAT COULD POSSIBLY START SENSORRING BOOKS DUE TO PRESSURE AND

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BUT HONESTLY THE REAL ISSUE IN OUR TOWN IS NOT SO MUCH ACCESS TO BOOKS AS IT IS THE PUSH OF RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVE THOUGHTS AS THE ONLY OPTION. THERE ARE BOOKS ON THE SHELF THAT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY DISAGREE WITH, BUT IT IS VERY EASY FOR ME TO WALK RIGHT PASSED THESE.

THESE BOOKS SUCH AS BILL BILLY GRAHAM, RUSH LIMBAUGH, TUCKER CARLSON AND THE LIKE, I'M ABLE TO TO WALK RIGHT PASSED THEM. THEY DON'T MAGICALLY FALL HOFF THE SHELFS OFORCE ME TO LOOK AT THEM. I DON'T HAVE MY CHILDREN RUNNING THROUGH THE LIBRARY AND SEE SOMETHING. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY CHILDREN.

IF THEY DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT BOOKS THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AS THEIR PARENT IT IS MY JOB TO EDUCATE, FOR EDUCATE THEM ON THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE THINK DIFFERENTLY, PRAY TO A DIFFERENT GOD, BUT YET THIS PLACE IS A SHARED PLACE, A PLACE WHERE LIBRARIANS WITH

YEARS OF EDUCATION STRIVE TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND. >> WRAP IT UP IN THE NEXT 15 SEC

SECOND. >> I UNDERSTAND, THE THANK YOU. I AM PROUD OF MY VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY AND DISAPPOINTED ON THE THREATS THEY IS RECEIVEED AND AGAINST SENSORRING BOOKS I URGE

COUNCIL TO HAVE A BACKBONE AND STAND FOR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM. >> MS. KIM PICKENS.

>> THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS EXISTED FOR OVER 50 YEARS TO GIVE EQUAL ACCESS TO BOOKS AND OTHER MEDIA TO EVERY CITIZEN IN VICTORIA BOTH CITY AND COUNTY. THERE ARE PROCESSES AND RECOMMENDS 8S THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES ON HOW MONEY IS SPENT AND WHICH ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT COLLECTION. DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, THE LIBRARY HAS SERVED AS A BEACON OF ACCESS LIKE AFTER HARVEY, WHERE WE ALL FOUND OURSELVES WITHOUT ELECTRICITY OR INTERNET TO CONTACT FEMA OR LOVED ONES. LIBRARIES ARE THE LAST BAST CHUNS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT LEFT IN OUR COUNTRY, A PLACE WHERE THERE IS AN INTENTIONAL DESIRE TO GIVE ALL CITIZEN AN OPPORTUNITY ASK QUESTIONS AND ACCESS INFORMATION WITHOUT JUDGMENT. WHAT I HEAR WHEN PEOPLE HAVE STOOD UP AND VOICED THEIR CONCERNS OVER BOOKS THEY BELIEVE CHILDREN SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS I HAVE NOTICED A DISTURBING TRENDS. THE CONVERSATION BOILS DOWN EQUITY DIVERSION AND INCOLLUSION. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO STAND BEFORE YOU TO HAVE THE LIBRARY FROM HAVING CERTAIN BOOKS THEIR COLLECTION IS NOT THEY PERCEIVE THEM TO BE.

THEY DON'T FIT THEIR PERSONAL NARRATIVE. THEY CHOOSE TO THAT NOT REFLECTIVE OF WHO THEY WANT IN THEIR LIVES. THESE PEOPLE WILL STAND AND STATE THAT THEY DON'T HATE LGBTQI PEOPLE AND NEXT SENTENCE TELL YOU HOW THEIR EXISTENCE GOES AGAINST GOD. THEY WILL SAY THEIR NOT RACIST BUT BOOKS DISCUSSING THE ONLY BLACK GIRLS IN TOWN IS AN INAPAPPROPRIATE BOOK. THE IRON ANY OF THAT BOOK BEING ON THE HIT LIST IS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF FEELING ALONE IN A TOWN THAT DOESN'T VALUE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE DIFFERENT FROM THE JOLTER OF RESIDENTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

THE REAL FATHER FOR THE PEOPLE ASKING THE LIBRARY TO IGNORE THE CONSTITUTION IS EQUITY, DIVERSION AND INCLUSION. I HAVE LISTENED TO MONTHS OF MEETING PEOPLE SPEW CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT ARE SO FAR-FETCHED IT IS FRIGHTENING. THEY FEEL AS IF THEIR COUNTRY IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM WHEN THE TRUTH IS WE'RE FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGING HAVE FROM MANY COUNTRIES, CULTURE, RELIGIONS AND MORE THAN ARE FINALLY BEING ACKNOWLEDGED AND HEARD THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE A 4-YEAR UNIVERSITY, A RESIDENT MEDICAL PROGRAM, AND PLANTS THAT RECRUIT FROM ALL ACROSS TEXAS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN, WORK AND MAKE A LIFE HERE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE DO NOT IDENTIFY AS WHITE.

AND SOME MAY NOT BE CHRISTIAN. BUT THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF DIVERSITY.

LOOK AT OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. THERE IS A DIVERSITY IN THE STAFF THAT RUNS THIS CITY.

THEY MAKE VICTORIA BETTER BY BRINGING THEIR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES TO THE TABLE.

IF WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK OR LOOK LIKE US, WE STAND TO WATCH OUR CITY DIE AS YOUNG PEOPLE MOVE AWAY BECAUSE OF RIGID AND HATEFUL BELIEFS WHAT WE NEED IS TO SUPPORT OUR CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN DOING THEIR JOB WELL FOR DECADESES.

THEIR LIBRARY HAS DONE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN HIRED TO DO. WE NEED TO STOP ENTERTAINING SUGGESTIONS THAT THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO CAN LIVE IN VICTORIA AND BELIEVE IN CERTAIN THINGS. OUR PURSUIT OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS CANNOT BE DENIED BECAUSE SOMEONE BELIEVERS DIFFERENTLY. PLEASE UPHOLD THE STAFF HUPP

YOALDING OUR AMERICAN VALUES. >> MS. CINDY BREWER THAT HAVE GRAPHIC, GRAPHIC SEXUAL

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BUT SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE ALREADY HEARD JUST TODAY, WE DON'T NEED THAT MUCH GRAPHIC PICTURE, ESPECIALLY FOR 12 YEARS OLDS. THEN I'M CURIOUS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT, I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THE LIBRARY KEEPS PENTHOUSE AND PLAYBOY AND IF SO, DO ARE THEY KEPT WHERE ALL THE MAGAZINES ARE? IF SO DO YOU HAVE TO REQUEST THEM? IF SO, THAT SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR BOOKS ABOUT SEX FOR CHILDREN. OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. BREWER. >> MEDICATION NAOMI FLANORI. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY.

I'M ONLY GOING SPEAK FOR MYSELF. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED ALL AROUND THE WORLD BY MILITARY.

AND WE ARE THANKFUL TO BE HERE IN VICTORIA. I'VE WORKED FOR VISD AS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT. I'VE DONE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN DOING IS HOMESCHOOLING MY CHILDREN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO DO IS GO TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. A LOT OF THINGS I'VE HEARD ABOUT THESE BOOKS, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE LIBRARY, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE IS THOSE BOOKS JUST HOPPING OUT AND DANCING.

WHAT I ALSO DON'T SEE IS A LOT OF THE MEN UP HERE READING THESE BOOKS LIKE A DANIELLE STEELE NOVEL, THEY'RE NOT IN THE LIBRARY WITH THESE CHILDREN. WHAT I DON'T WANT IS SOMEONE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY CHILDREN. I HAVE A 7-YEAR-OLD RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE OLDER CHILDREN, BUT MY 7-YEAR-OLD AND MY 15-YEAR-OLD, I'M WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY. MY CHILDREN JUST DON'T RUN WILLY-NILLY IN THE LIBRARY.

IF THEY GRAB A BOOK AND I LOOK AT THAT BOOK AND I DON'T LIKE IT, WE PUT IT BACK.

MY DAUGHTER WHO IS A CHAPTER READER, IF SHE GRABS A BOOK AND SHE DON LIKE IT, I JUST FLIP IT OVER. I LOOK UP AT THE ISBN NUMBER ON IT.

IF I READ IT AND DON'T LIKE IT, I PUT IT BACK. BECAUSE I'M THE PARENT.

NO ONE UP HERE IS GOING TO PARENT MY CHILD. WE PLANNED THOSE CHILDREN TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THEMLE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

NO ONE UP HERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR CHILDREN. WHEN I TAKE MY CHILDREN TO THE LIBRARY, I DON'T EXPECT THE LIBRARY TO RAISE MY CHILDREN. I DON'T EX EXPECT SCHOOL TO RAISE MY CHILDREN. I DON'T EXPECT CHURCH TO RAISE MY CHILDREN.

I DON'T EXPECT THE LIBRARY TO RAISE MY CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS, I DON'T KNOW JUDGE ZELLER. I DO NOT COMMISSIONER DANNY GARZA.

HE MADE A STATEMENT YESTERDAY AND THAT STATEMENT WAS, HIS CHILDREN AND HIS GRANDS CHILDREN WOULDN'T READ CERTAIN BOOKS. AND I BELIEVE THAT. AND YOU KNOW WHY, BECAUSE DANNY GARZA IS A HANDS-ON PARENT. HE'S ALSO A VERY HANDS-ON GRANDS PARENT.

WHEN YOU SEE HIS GRANDS CHILDREN, WHEN I WAS AT THE SCHOOL AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN. WHEN YOU SEEN HIM, YOU HIS GRAND GRANDCHILDREN, YOU SEEN THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS. IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM OR SITUATION WITH HIS CHILDREN OR HIS GRANDCHILDREN, YOU SEEN DANNY GARCIA AND YOU SEEN HIS WIFE.

WHY? BECAUSE HE HELD HIS CHILDREN ACCOUNTABLE.

HE DIDN'T MAKE -- WASN'T NOBODY RAISING ANYBODY. HE HELD THEM.

THIS. STOP BLAMING THE LIBRARY FOR YOUR CHILDREN DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. IT IS NOT THEIR JOB. IT IS YOURS.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A BLESSED NIGHT. >> MS. ANNA HARRIS.

>> MAYOR, COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ALL YOU, I'M SURE YOU DO MORE THAN WE KNOW.

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I'D LIKE TO START THINGS OUT WITH, I GREW UP IN AUSTIN, MY PARENTS WERE POLITICIANS & ANN RICHARDS WAS MY MOM'S BEST FRIEND AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HER.

I I'M WELL AWARE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WOULD TAR AND FEATHER ME AFTER THEIR COMMENTS ON MONDAY IF THEY KNEW I WAS EVEN SORT OF A LIBERAL WHICH I COULDN'T CONSIDER THAT.

OLD ASSUMPTIONS AND OLE PROGRAMS DON'T WORK IN THE NEW SOCIETY. AND THE MORE WE TRY TO STRETCH THEM INTO MAKE THEM ALL FIT, THE MORE WE WILL BE SEEN AS RUNNING AWAY FROM WHAT IS REALITY.

ANNE RICHARDS. OKAY. SO AGAIN, PLEASE ACCEPT MY POLLING FOR WASTING YOUR GUYS' PRECIOUS TIME UP HERE TODAY. I'M SERIOUS HIS APPOINTED THAT I HAVE TO SPEAK HERE TODAY CONTESTING THE PROPOSTED BANNING OF LIBRARY BOOKS CONSIDERING THE STATE AND LOCAL AFFAIRS. SUND VERSUS WICHITA FALLS THIS IS CASE LAW.

FINAL JUDGMENT. FOR THE REASONS STATED IN THE COURT'S MUM OPINION, THE JUDGMENT ENTERED IN FAVOR OF THE PLAINTIFF'S ADJOINING THE DEFENDANTS FROM ENFORCING THE CITY COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION 16-99, BECAUSE IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, COSTS OUR TAXES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, CHIEF JUDGE BUTCH MEYER. THIS CASE INVOLVES CENSORSHIP OF

TWO ACCLAIMED BOOKS, "HEALTH E HAS TWO MOMMIES". >> AND YOU COULD WRAP IT UP IN 15 SECOND SCWAS ALL THE 76 CASES THAT THAT BANNED BOOKS IN TEXAS, ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE CITY, ARE CURRENTLY IN CIVIL LITIGATION. FEDERAL LITIGATION.

THEY HAVE ONLY ONE HAS BEEN WON AND THERE IS CASE LAW AGAINST IT THAT SITED WITH THE SIDED WITH THE PLAINTIFF THIS CALLS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND YEARS IN LITIGATION THIS IS AN UPHILL BATTLE THAT NO ONE IS EVER GOING TO WIN. IT IS GOING COST TAXPAYERS

MILLIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> MS.

>> GREETINGS MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. JOHN ADAMS THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATED OUR CONSTITUTION WAS MADE ONLY FOR A MORAL AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. IT IS WHOLLY INADEQUATE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ANY OTHER.

THERE ARE BOOKS IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM AGES 8 AND UP THAT HAVE DESCRIPTIONS AND DEPICTIONS OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ACTS, WHICH ARE OBSCENE, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS PENAL CODE 43.21.

AN EXAMPLE OF THIS OBSCENITY IS FROM A BOOK IN YOUR PACKET MARKED NUMBER TWO THIS BOOK IS FOUND IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BRING PURCHASED WITH OUR TAX DAR FOR AGES 12 AND UP "AS WE KISSED HE BEGAN UNZIPPING MY PANTS. IT WAS CLEAR TO ME IN THIS MOMENT, THAT HE WASN'T NEW TO THIS HE REACHED HIS HAND DOWN AND PULLED OUT MY D [BLEEP] HE QUICKLY WENT TO GIVE MEG AHEAD.

I SAT BACK AND ENJOYED AS HE WAS TOO. HE WAS EXPERIENCED IN WHAT HE WAS DOING BECAUSE LE WENT TO WORK QUITE CONFIDENTLY. HE THEN CAME UP AND ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO TRY IT ON HIM. I SAID SURE. I BEGAN AND HE SAID, WATCH YOUR TEETH. I DON'T WANT YOU TO -- I DIDN'T WANT TO LET HIM KNOW I WAS INEXPERIENCED. SO I SLOWED DOWN AND TOOK MY TIME AND LUCKILY GOT INTO A GOOD

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"THERE ARE 13 PAGES OF EXCERPTS THAT ARE OBSCENE AND DEROGATORY IN YOUR PACKET FROM JUST THIS BOOK ALONE. LOVE DOES NOT REJOICE WITH WHAT IS IN THIS BOOK.

WE SHOULD BE APPALLED. HOW DO WE JUSTIFY THIS IN THE 12 AND UP SECTION IN OUR LIBRARY? THIS IS CALLED SEXUALIZING CHILDREN. ONE LAST COMMENT.

OUR NEWSPAPER HAS QUOTED MS. WILLIAMS COP PON SAYING ALL THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN THE LIBRARY BUT ALL REQUIRE THE CHILD'S PARENTS SIGN ANY BOOK OUT WHEN REQUESTED BY A CHILD.

WE FOLLOW OUR OWN POLICY. WE STATE CLEARLY THAT THE PARENTS SIGNS THEM OUT AS THEIR PARENT AND GUARDIAN. WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS POLICY BEFORE. WHEN DID THIS GO INTO PLACE? AND THIS PROCESS, DOES THAT MEAN THE LIBRARY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE AT ALL? MY QUESTION TO YOU, IS THAT BINDING IN COURT OF LAW? THERE IS NO WAY A PARENT CAN KNOW THE CONTENT OF EVERY BOOK THEIR STUDENT WANTS TO CHECK OUT. WE HAVE TRUSTED OUR LIBRARIANS FOR A LONG TIME. MY MOM WAS ONE. AND SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED THESE BOOKS TO BE IN THE LIBRARY FOR HER CHILDREN TO READ. SOME THINGS SHOULDN'T CHANGE.

LET CHILDREN BE CHILDREN. AND OBSCENITY IS NOT PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME TONIGHT TO SPEAK BEFORE US. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU ON ANY TOPIC. AND SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING

[1. Adopt the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2022-2023 One- Year...]

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. >> WE CAN PROBABLY WAIT A

MINUTE, IF IT IS OKAY. JUST FOR THE NOISE. >> I'M GOOD.

>> OKAY. I'M GOOD, JUST KEEP ROLLING THIS IS A REFRESHER FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN JUNE AS YOU REMEMBER ON JUNE 1ST WE GAVE OUR RECOMMEND 8 FOR THIS NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING. AND SO HERE WE ARE TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY PRESENT THE PLAN.

SO FOR OUR 2022 ENTITLEMENT FUNDING FROM HUD WE RECEIVED $576,506.

OUT OF THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION WILL BE IS CAPPED AT 20% IS $1 FIN,301.

WE WILL BE ALLOW INDICATED $10,000 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, OUR MORTGAGE DOWNPAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE. AND THEN $39,726 WILL GO TO OUR DEMOLITION PROGRAM. AND THEN THE REMAINDER WILL GO TO PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES WHICH I WILL IDENTIFY IN FUTURE SLIDES AND IT IS, OF COURSE, A REFRESHER ALWAYS THAT OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES HAVE A 15% CAP AS REQUIRED BY HUD.

SO THERE IS THE LOW TO MODERATE NUMBER LEVELS FOR 2022 ALL OF THESE FUNDS HAVE TO HAVE HELP PEOPLE THAT FALL WITHIN THE INCOME RANGES CDBG ENTITLEMENT FUNDS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO LI

HOUSEHOLD. >> $160,000 FOR THEIR CLINIC EXPNGS.

THE VICTORIA HOUSING AUTHORITY TO REPAINT COMPLEX AT $95,000. >> BOYS AND GIRLS RENOVATIONS

$12. >> AND 12,215 FOR AND YMCA CHILD CARE CENTER IMPROVEMENTS AT $45,4 SOY. SO YOU'LL SEE THE POPULATION SERVED.

POPULATION NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY FOR JUST ONE YEAR. BUT THESE ARE PUBLIC FACILITIES SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT THEM IS THEY WILL SERVE, ACTUALLY, MUCH MORE THAN THAT POPULATION SERVES BECAUSE THEY WILL BE HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO ACTIVITIES THAT REALLY JUST HAVE A ONE-YEAR LIFE CYCLE AND THAT IS WHY THEY'RE CAPPED AT 15% IS OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES. AND SO OUR PLAN FOR 2022 PLANNARY, WE ARE RECOMMENDING OUR ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB VICTORIA POWER HOUR SUMMER CAMP AT $10 HI

TOES. >> COMMUNITY ACTION AT $8,000. >> COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE

MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM AT $8,000. >> THE GOLDEN CE CENT FOOD BANK

KIDS WEEKEND MEALS PROGRAM AT $14,000. >> GOLDEN CRESCENT CASA TRAINING

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MEALS ON WHEELS VICTORIA SENIOR CENTER MEALS ON WHEELS AT $8,000 AND UNITED WAY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM FOR $10,000. THAT MAKES UP THAT $86, WHICH AGAIN, IS -- $86,000 WHICH IS FIN% CAPPED. TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM JULY 2 PRESIDENT TO -- JULY 2ND TO AUGUST 1.

TO NIGHT WE HAVE THE PUB HEARING SOE ANY COMMENTS WE HEAR TONIGHT WILL INIT IS INTO THE PLAN IN THE APAPPROPRIATE PLACE. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THEN WE'LL ASK JESUS TO SEEN ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS AND THEN WE WILL UPLOAD AND SUBMIT TO HUD BY AUGUST 16TH.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> DID YOU RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC

COMMENT ASK MR. FRIEND'S TONIGHT. >> THAT WAS SIT IN.

>> YES. >> THANKS. >> WE ALSO AS PART OF THE PLAN WE ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS.

WE HAVE A SURVEY AND SO IT IS NOT DEFINED AS PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS PLAN, BUT WE HAVE THAT

COMPONENT INTO THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. >> THANK YOU, AT THIS TIME OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM C 1. AND DO REALIZE WE HAD SOME SPEAK DURING CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS I DIDN'T CATCH IT WHEN GOING THROUGH ALL THE. NO ONE IS WANTING TO GET UP, OKAY. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS.

>> MOVE TO APCOVER C 1 AS READS. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, MOTION AND SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM C 1? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR APPROVING C 1 PLEASE SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. THE MOTION CARRIES AND ONTO THEN

[D. Consent Agenda:]

>> D 2 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND READOPTING CHAPTER 4 AND SECTION 24-22 OF CITY COLD OF ORDINANCES TO REFLECT THE SEPARATION OF VICTORIA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND

ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICE. >> Z 3 AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER THE TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM GOLDEN CE VENT REGIONAL MANAGE HIGH PRESSURE FOR PURCHASE OF THREE SOLAR RECYCLE

COMPACTOR IN $12 HI TO 1741. >> AND APPROVE FIRST IMPEACHMENT OF DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA.

>> D 5 IS A RESOLUTION APPOINTING GILBERT P. REYNA JR. CPA AS REPRESENTATIVE TO PERFORM THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE CALCULATIONS.

>> D 6 AUTHORIZATIONING THE PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING TO VOTE ON TAX RATE.

D 7 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR WITH VICTORIA COUNTY FOR THE 2022 EDWARD WREN MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. D 8 IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT WITH FUND ABOUND CORPORATION VIA GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING FOR THE MANUFACTURING, DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF THE PARK PLAYGROUND IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $182,468.20. D 9 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A ADD DECISION TO TASK OATER 17 TO BYRNES AND MCDONALD FOR THE PERMITTING OF THE VICTORIA LANDFILL EXPANSION IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75 US,000. D 10 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MANAGER FOR DRAINING WITH BIOLANDSCAPE AND MAINTENANCE INCORPORATED DBA YELLOW

LANDSCAPES FOR PROPOSAL OF $367,000 FIVE 61. >> THANK YOU, MS. HILBRICH.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENTATH ALL IN TAIFER AAYE, THOSE OPPOSE SAME

SOUTHEASTERN. >> AND NOW INSTEAD OF GOING TO ITEM E 1, WE'RE GOING HAVE THE CITY MANAGER AND THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO, WE MOVE THESE FORWARD SO HE CAN GIVE US

[2. Deliver Fiscal Year 2022-2023 City of Victoria Proposed Annual Budget ...]

THE THE PRESENT 8 ON CERTIFIED TAX ROLL AND BUDGET. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> MR. GARZA. THREE MINUTES. >> 30 MINUTES, LET'S DO IT.

I WAS TEXTING MAYOR RIGHT NOW LETTING HIM KNOW WE ORDERED CHICK-FIL-A SANDWICHES.

I'M STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND CHICK-FIL-A SANDWICHES. SO, YOU KNOW, CALL AN AWIBLE WITH THE SANDWICHES FIGURED CHICK FILL ACHES WOULD MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.

>> ALL RIGHT SO IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE BUDGET ONCE AGAIN.

I DO DO PLAN TO GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT QUICKER SINCE OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE SEEN A SIMILAR PRESENT 8 AT THE END OF UNIIMI'M FOCUSED ON THE HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL AS WHAT HAS CHANGE SENSE THE LAST PRESENT 8 IN JUNE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND IF STAFF IS LISTENING TO ME SPEAK AND AT CITY HALL I ASK THEM TO COME OVER HOO HERE AND HELP AN QUESTIONS I MIGHT NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO OR MAYBE TAYE LEFT CITY HALL.

I AM NOT SURE IF THEY'RE STILL WAITING AROUND. OUR FISCAL YEAR' 23 BUDGET CAN

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THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER THE TAX RATE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE PHASE 3 COMPENSATION PROGRAM. WE'RE ADDING SOME STAFF. WE'RE REDUCING EMPLOYED PREMIUM ON HEALTH INSURANCE AND ABSORBING MORE OF THAT TO PASS ON SAVINGS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCE. AND CIP AND STREETS THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT.

THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN ONE OF TODAY'S PRINT 8 COMPARED TO THE ONE RECEIVED IN JUNE. REALLY QUICKLY, YOU DO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU OR SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO PUTTING TOGETHER WHEN WE PROPOSED THE BUDGETED. I WON'T GO THROUGH IT BUT PLEASE TALK WITH IT YOU TO BE A QUICK

REFERENCE AND QUICK GUIDE TO WHATLY PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. >> ON THESE, AFTER WE APPROVE

THE BUDGET THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PRINTING. >> YES.

>> SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE SOME TO CARRY WITH US. >> YES, FOR SURE WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE AN ADOPTED BUDGET. WE KEEP THIS AS PROPOSED BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.

SO ABSOLUTELY. SO QUICKLY, THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS $183 MILLION. THAT IS ANN ACCURACY FROM THE $176 MILLION THAT I PRESENTED AT THE END OF JUNE. AND THAT LIST HERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT SHOWS YOU WHAT THAT IS.

OBVIOUSLY A BIG PART IS CIP. I KNOW THE MAYOR AND I ALREADY WERE NOT HERE AT OUR LAST MEETING WHEN GILBERT PRESENTED ON THE CIP SERVICE VEE AND INCREASES TO THE CIP PROGRAM.

BUT THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN HERE AS WELL. THERE SHAS BEEN MINOR CHANGES TO OTHER ITEMS, THINGS THAT WE MISSED, THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO CLEAN UP THAT WE NOTICESSED OURSELVES GOING THROUGH IT. WE NOTICED A SMALL INCREASE TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, A SMALL INCREASE TO THE PAY PROGRAM. WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE AN ADDITIONAL ROUGHLY 25 EMPLOYEES IN PHASE 3. AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN EXPENSE BUDGET.

ON THE OTHER SIDE ON THE REVENUE BUDGET, THAT IS ALSO CHANGED. OBVIOUSLY ALSO BECAUSE OF THE CIP AND SOME OF THE VARIOUS THINGS I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

ONE THING THAT WILL PROBABLY STICK OUT TO YOU ON THE LIST ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT ON THE REVENUE SIDE IS THE INCREASE IN TAXES THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL CLOSE TO $320,000 THAT WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, THANKS TO JUST HOW THINGS CAME IN WITH OUR CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS.

NOW AS ALWAYS, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THING THAT STICKS OUT WHEN I SHOW EXPENSE AND REVENUES IS WHY IS THERE A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? AND SO THIS SLIDE IS INTENDED TO SHOW WHAT THAT $16 MILLION COMES FROM, THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXPENSE AND REVENUE BUDGET.

AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND SIDE IT IS FOCUSED ON.

THAT COMING FROM FUNDS BILLION BALANCE AND WORKING CAPITAL WE SETS A TIED.

AS YOU KNOWING IT TAKES TIME TO ISSUE KNOWS CONTRACTS AND WE MIGHT BUDGET THEM, YOU KNOW, TWO FISCAL YEARS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GET PAID OUT. AND SO WE HOLD ONTO THAT.

AND THAT IS HOW WE END UP WITH AN EXPENSE BUDGET THAT IS LARGER THAN OUR REVENUE BUDGET.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THERE THAT IT IS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.

THIS IS A BREAKDOWN THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BREAKDOWN YOU HAVE IN YOUR HIGHLIGHT DOCUMENT.

THE THING TO NOTE HERE IS A GENERAL FUNDS AND I HAVE A SLIDE ON THE GENERAL FUND A LITTLE BIT LATER BUT IT IS A $58LE MILLION GENERAL FUNDS WHICH IS THE BULK OF OUR SERVICES IS.

>> THE WHOLE PRESENT 8 LOOKS WEIRD, RIGHT? IT DOES NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE WHAT GILBERT AND I WENT THROUGH TOGETHER. BUT IT IS OKAY, WE'RE ROLLING WITH IT. SO AS LONG AS THE NUMBERS ARE OKAY, RIGHT, GILBERT? WHO CARES WHAT THE COLORS LOOK LIKE. ALL RIGHT SO, A LITTLE FURTHER BREAKDOWN ON THE REVENUE FRONT THIS NOW SHOWS YOU THE COMPARISON OF THE NEW NUMBER, THE 167 AS IT COMPARES TO WHAT WE DID IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. AND YOU'LL NOTICE A COUNSELOR 10 MILLION DIFFERENCE THIS SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHERE THAT DIFFERENCE COMES FROM.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN RED AND RED ALWAYS STICKS OUT, THAT THERE IS A BIG DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE IN GRANTS. AS I MENTIONED JUNE THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING GETTING ANYMORE MON FROM ARPA. ARPA TOOK UP A BIG CHUNK OF OUR LAST TWO FIZZ CAL YEARS AND ACCOUNTING TO SPLITTING THAT $14 MILLION.

THAT HAS COME OUT. YOU'LL NOTICE CHANGES IN PROPERTY IN REVENUE FOR TAXES WHICH IS SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX. WE'LL WALK T.

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THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FIGURE THAT SHOWS THE ROLLING 12-MONTH AVERAGE THAT VALIDS OUR AP--

VALIDATES OUR APAPPROACH. AND NOW I WILL. >> FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A SLIDE

MISSING, RIGHT, GILBERT? >> ALREADIES WE'RE ROLLING WITH IT.

[1. Deliver Certified Tax Roll to Mayor and City Council. Jesús A. Garza, ...]

ON THE PROPERTY TAX SIDE THE OVERALL INCREASE OF OUR NEXT TAXABLE PRAISE VALUES AND YOU NOTICE THERE AT THE BOTTOM IT IS 11%, YOU MAY RECALL THAT LAST YEAR WAS 8%.

AND SO THIS IS GOOD. THIS IS WHAT PRESENTS US AN OPPORTUNITY REVENUES WHILE DECREASING TAX RATES. TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL, THE TAX ROLL THAT WE RECEIVED CERTIFIED HAS A TOTAL 4.5 BILLION. WHICH, AGAIN IS AN INCREASE OF 11%.

ONE THING WE TALK ABOUT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE TREND WE'RE SEEING ARE RES BENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, AND AT THE VERY TOP OF THIS CHART THAT RESIDENTIAL IS COMING IN AT 8% INCREASE.

AND COMMERCIAL HAS 12%. YOU MAY RECALL THAT HISTORICALLY THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THESE THINGS TRENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR COMMERCIALS LAGGING BEHIND RESIDENTIAL PLACING A LEAVIER BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF OUR EQUATION.

THIS ADDRESSES A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. PART OF IT IS, OF COURSE, THE CATERPILLAR COURSE COMING OFF THE ABATEMENT COMING ON THE BOOKS, AND WE SPECIFICALLY HIGH LATH THAT IMPACT ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW MUCH OF THAT IS

ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CATERPILLAR ABATEMENT COMING ON ROLLS. >> I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS CHART BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE CERTIFIED

VALUES. OKAY. >> IT'S OKAY, GILBERT.

I CAN HEAR YOU SIGN. IT'S OKAY. HE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO MAKING THE PRESENT 8 LOOK REALLY NICE AND IT IS NOT COMING THROUGH THE WAY THAT IT IS.

ALL RIGHT SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THE TAX ROLL, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TAX RATE AS WE'VE ALLUDED TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECREASE THE TAX RATE. WE'RE PROPOSING A REDUCTION THREE CENTS AND A TAX RATE OF.552 WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF 3-CENTS.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS MEANS A DECREASE ACROSS THE BORDER BOARD, MEANING ON THE DEBT SIDE AND M & O SIDE AND A LITTLE BIT ON THE BOTTOM IS A PORIMPORTANT PIECE WHICH BREAKS DOWN FACT THAT 1.73 MILLION THAT WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THE FACT THAT ALMOST HALF OF THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE END OF JUNE DOING A REDEMPTION BOND PROGRAM OF 106,000. BUT NOW RECOMMENDING THAT BEING 500. SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HOW THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS CAME IN.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS APPRAISALS GO UP, THAT IN ITSELF CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL DEBT CAPACITY. AND SO WE FELT IT WAS APAPPROPRIATE TO TOO $500,000 VERSUS $600,000. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED ATND OF JUNE IS THE BALANCING ACT OF WHAT PERCENT OF YOUR REFUSE NEW M & O VERSUS DETECTIVE. AND AND A LARGER VALUE ON THE M & O SIDE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. >> IMPACT.

YOU'LL NOTICE IF I GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE THAT RESIDENTIAL WENT UP 8%, ACROSS BOARD.

WE USED 8% ON THIS SLIDE TO REPRESENT WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD BE TO DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

AS I MENTIONED, IN JUNE IF YOUR PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP ONLY A FEW PERCENT ACKNOWLEDGE POINTS YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING SEE AN INCREASE IN WHAT YOU PAY, MIGHT SEE A DECREASE DEPENDING ON YOUR SITUATION. WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE IMPACT.

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WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOUSE SALES TAX IS VERY VOLATILE AND MAKES IT VERY HARD FOR US TO PLAN. AND MAKES IT VERY HARD FOR US TO DO THINGS LIKE COMPENSATION, IMPROVEMENTS, PAID PROGRAM, ET CETERA. SOLELY BASED OFF OF SALES TAX REVENUE, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.

IT IS CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT THAT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR BUDGET AND SOME OF THE ONGOING RECURRING EXPENDITURES WE CAN RELY ON THAT PROPERTY TAX REV NIGH.

SO THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT TREND, YOU CAN START TO SEE THE YELLOW LINE GRADUALLY INCREASING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. THE ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING WHEN GILBERT FIRST SHOWED ME THIS SLIDE WAS THE FACT THAT 20 YEARS AGO IN CASE YOU'RE WONDER 20 YEARS AGO OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE WAS $0.70. GOOD THING NONE OF US WERE HERE THEN, RIGHT? I MENTIONED EARLIER THE IMPACT OF THE SERVICE FEE VARIANCES.

YOU HEARD STAFF TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THESE AND I'M NOT GOING TO GOUW GO THROUGH IT IN DETAILS BUT A LOT OF DIRECTORS GO THROUGH THEIR BUDGET TALKING ABOUT IT SPECIFICALLY AND TALKED ABUSE THE FUEL, THEY TALKED ABOUT VEHICLES. I'M NOT GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT, BUT KNOW COLLECTIVELY ALL OF THIS HAD AN IMPACT OF 2.6 MILLION-DOLLAR.

ON THE CIP SIDE, AS YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR CI PI LOOKS DIFFERENT.

SOMETIMES UTILITY, CENTRIC, SOME UTILITY CENTRIC DEPENDING HOW OUR CIP FALLS.

THERE IS A DECREASE IN THE TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FOUND THE CI APPROXIMATE.

THAT IS PLANNED, THAT EXPECTED. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE REMOVING $7 MILLION FROM UHV.

OBVIOUSLY THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR WE'RE NOT GETTING MONEY FROM UHV.

THAT WAS FOR THE BEN WILSON PROJECT. SO.

OF THESE BEGUN TO REFLECT JUST WHERE WE'RE SHIFTING ON CIP SIDE.

ON THE EXPENS SIDE, COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING THE COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 2022, WE'RE AT 183, $12 MILLION DIFFERENCE. THIS KIND OF TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT IS MADE UP OF. I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE GRANTS AND HOW THAT IS COMING OUT. WE ARE NO LOCKER DOING A TRANSFER TO THE STABILIZATION FUNDS AND SOME OF THAT HAS ACCOUNTED FOR SMALL FIGURES IN RED AT THE BOTTOM.

AND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, OF COURSE, THE CIP IS A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT, PERSONNEL, I'LL HIT ON THAT, THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT. AS WELL AS OF A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS LIKE FUEL AND THOSE EXPENDITURES WE'RE GOING TO SEE GO UP.

ON THE PAID PROGRAM, REALLY QUICK, WHEN I SHOWED THIS TO YOU IN JUNE IS 1 POINT AND AND NOW 1.9. WHICH WERE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER 25 EMPLOYEES TO BE PART OF PHASE 3. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS GOING ON, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO HAVE AS MANY EMPLOYEES SEE A PAY INCREASE WITHOUT IT NECESSARILY GOING AGAINST OUR OVERALL STRATEGY OF TRYING TO ADDRESS THE INEQUITY AND SORT OF THE COMPRESSION ISSUES THAT EXIST WITHIN AN ORIGINAL.

AS YOU KNOW AND AS I'VE SAID AND AS I'VE SAID TO EMPLOYEES IF EVERYONE GETS 3% IT DOESN'T FIX ANYTHING. IF SOMEONE IS AHEAD OF MARKET, SOMEONE BEHIND MARKET, SOMEONE BEEN HERE 10 YEARS AND 1 YEAR AND MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AND EVERYONE GETS 3% IT DOESN'T FIX ANYTHING. WE'RE TRYING TO BE HAVE EMPLOYEES OBVIOUSLY GET A PAY INCREASE WHETHER COST OF LIVING OR OTHERWISE, AT THE SAME TIME ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THE OVERALL STRUCTURE. ANYWAYS I COULD TALK ABOUT THAT FOR DAYS BUT OVERALLED THAT PROGRAM IS 1.9 THIS IS SIMPLY A BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT APARTMENTS OF THAT. PD AND FIRE IS A BIG ONE. I'LL SPEND A QUICK 10 SECONDS TALKING ABOUT. THAT CHERYL AND I COULD NOT THINK OF ANY TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR ORGANIZATION WHERE PD AND FIRE WERE PROPERLY COMPENSATED IN THE STEP PROGRAM FOR THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND THIS PAID PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY DOES THAT.

BOTH COMMAND STAFF FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE ARE VERY ADAMANT ON DAY ONE WHEN I ARRIVED OVER A YEAR AGO THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IMPACTING MORALE AND OTHERWISE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTSING RIGHT. WHERE SOMEONE HAS BEEN HERE FIN YEARS MAKING AS MUCH AS SOMEONE MAKING FIVE YEARS. SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACCOUNT AND BE SENSITIVE TO THE 10-YEAR -- TENURE OF OUR POLICE AND FIRE POKES. THAT IS AN ISSUE WE HAVE ACROSS THE BOARD. NO JUST POLICE AND FIRE THIS ALLOWS THIBLE TO START ADDRESSES THE ISSUE WITH POLICE AND FIRE. VERY PROUD OF, THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE DON'T THINK THAT

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BUT INTERNALLY WE HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE ACCOUNTED FOR. WE'RE ADDING 13 POSITIONS.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM IN DETAIL. WE WENT THROUGH THEM IN JUNE.

OTHER THAN TO SAY THE POSITIONS WITH THE STARS ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED EITHER THROUGH SALES TAX, HOSEEL TRACKS, OR GENERAL FUNDS IN GENERAL. AND SO WE'RE WAITING UNTIL JANUARY TO HIRE FOR THOSE POSITIONS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE US THE REST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR TO TRACK WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON WITH THE ECONOMY. OBVIOUSLY IF THINGS GO BAD, THEN WE JUST DON'T PROCEED AND NO HARM DONE, NO HARM, NO FOUL. WE ADDED THIS SLIDE AT THIS POINT OF THE PRESENT 8 TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY HAVE A PAID PROGRAM WHERE SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE A 3% INCREASE, ROUGHLY ON AVERAGE THAT IS WHAT IT WILL BE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DECREASE PREMIUMS. AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN EMPLOYEE HAS THEIR FAMILY ON OUR PLAN, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A DECREASE IN PREMIUMS OF $1800 A YEAR. SO THAT COULD BE SOINE AS A PAY INCREASE, SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT IS MORE MONEY IN THE POCKET OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ISN'T HAVING TO GO TOWARDS HEALTH INSURANCE, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS PRE-TAXED BUT IT HELPS ESPECIALLY WHERE WE ARE WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE. REALLY QUICKLY, AGAIN, I'M ON THE EXPENDITURE SECTION OF THE PRESENT 8. ON THE EXPENDITURE PRESENT 8 THE CIP TRANSFERS ARE LESS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AS I MENTIONED. AS I MENTIONED JUNE, FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A HISTORIC TRANSFER TO THE CIP WHICH YOU HEARD OUR AUDITOR TALK ABOUT WHEN SHE GAVE HER PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN THE AUDITORS HAD A FUND BALANCE OF OVER 40%. SOME OF THAT OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE INCUMBERED.

HE ALREADY REMOVED -- HE ALREADY REMOVED PROJECTS AND TRANSFERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE WERE ACCOUNTING DO THIS HISTORIC TRANSFER AND THIS HELPS EXPLAIN THAT PART OF IT.

CIP, I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH IT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CIP, ONTO SAY THERE IS A DECREASE IN RESIDENT STREETS WE'RE ADDRESSING MORE STREETS IN TERMS OF MILES NEXT YEAR.

THE REASON WHY YOU SEE A REDUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL STREETS HERE SPECIFICALLY IS BECAUSE WE NO LONGER ARE DOING THESE NEIGHBORHOOD REKREUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE HAD GOING ON THIS FISCAL YEAR. THINK OF WOODWAY, RIGHT? FISCAL 2023 WILL BE A VERY UTILITY-CENTRIC CIP. FISCAL YEAR' 24 WILL BE A VERY HEAVILY CENTRIC TREE IS RECONSTRUCTION YEAR. AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THE REDUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL AND YOU SEE A REDUCTION N BECAUSE NOT BECAUSE THE MILEAGE IS GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF MILL AND OVERLAY. MILL AND OVERLAY IS WAY CHEAPER THAN COMPLETE RESTRUCT ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO DO MORE FOR LESS MONEY. THIS IS JUST TO PAINT THE PICTURE, RIGHT, THAT WE'RE INVESTING MORE INTO CI PI THIS IS A GOOD THING, AND HOPEFULLY YOU AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE TANGIBLE RESULTS OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE INVESTING MORE INTO OTHER CIP PROGRAM. WHEN I NODE YOU THE TABLE ON THE DEATH SERVICE RATE, I MENTIONED THAT WAS GOING DOWN. THIS IS A NEW SLIDE WITH A NEW GRAPHS ON THE RIGHT, SIMPLY TO SHOW YOU THOSE ARE YEARS AT THE BOTTOM, THE FACT THAT THIS DEBT OBLIGATION GOES DOWN THIS IS JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS DEBT SERVICE IS YOU CAN SEE GOING INTO THE LATTER PART OF THIS DECADE HOW THOSE DEBT SERVICE COMMITMENTS RATE JUST CONTINUE TO GO DOWN, RIGHT, THAT EQUATES TO OPPORTUNITY IN THE CIP, OF COURSE TALKED ABOUT FUEL, THAT IS A BIG ONE I GET ASKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME, INCREASING FUEL BY 20% AND YOU HEARD STAFF TALK ABUSE THE INCREASES IN SOFTWARE, I WON'T SPEND TIME ON THAT.

AND YOU SAW AND I THINK TWO MEETINGS AGO JUST THE COST OF ALL THE CHEMICALS AT PUBLIC WORKS. NEXT YEAR ALLISON SAID SHE'S GOING TO READ ALL OF THOSE TO YOU, BUT WE EXPECT AN INCREASE IN THOSE ITEMS AS WELL. I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH SOME SLIDES TO GET US THROUGH THE PRESENT 8. ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, I LOVE SHOWING THIS WHEEL, BUT THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT IN FISCAL YEAR '22 IT WAS 22 MILLION AND NOW 58 AND I WANT TO PUT A CAVEAT FOR THAT, BECOME, THE KRRNLG CIP TRANSFER IN RED AT

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THOSE ARE THE TAN COLORED ITEMS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE I APOLOGIZE THE RIGHT-HAND IS HARD TO READ I PROMISE GILBERT'S WORK OF ART. I'LL SKIP THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE SLIDES BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THEM. I'M GOING TO CONVEY IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 NOW 52 MILLION, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FISCAL YEAR 2023 IS A HEAVY UTILITY-17 STRICT CIP A YEAR AND SO YOU SEE THAT AT THE BOTTOM THE TAN BAR GRAPH TAKING UP THE CHUNK OF THAT AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE NEIGHBORHOODS, SEE THAT UTILITY WORK, RIGHT WE HAVE LIKE

TANGLEWOOD PHASE ONE AS WELL AS OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. >> SAME STORY AND SO I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME PERSONNEL, MAINTENANCE FUEL, CHEMICAL, WE'RE SEEING INCREASES IN THOSE AREAS AND CIP AND A REDUCTION IN THE DEBT PART. ON THE REVENUE SIDE WE'RE ALSO SEEING A $13 MILLION INCREASE FOR THE UTILITY FUND THIS IS HARD FOR ME TO READ EVEN UP HERE ON MY MONITOR. BUT YOU START GETTING A SENSE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS ALL CENTERED AROUND THE CIP. WE TRANSFER MONEY TO HELP WITH THAT.

ENVIRONMENT SERVICES FUND I WANT TO PROOFLY MENTION THE QUICK CHANGE DARRYL TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS THE INCREASE OF $1 TO THAT ADDITIONAL CARD FEE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THAT AND TRANSPARENT THE IN FACT WE'RE NOT TOUCHING WASTEWATER RATES IN THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. WHICH DO HAVE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET TO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE RATES STUDY ANALYSIS THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO LOOK AT WATER, WASTEWATER AND START LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY A STORM WATER FUND. WE'VE HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT DONE THESE AT THE SAME TIME.

AND GILBERT YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT AND WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE IN ALL OF THIS IN ORDER TO GIVE US A GOOD SENSE OF ARE WE AHEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OPPORTUNITIES REDUCE HERE AND THERE? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE A STORM WATER FUND? SOMETHING WE DESPERATELY COULD USE, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW DRAIN ACKNOWLEDGE IS A CHALLENGE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR. THAT GOING BACK TO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IT IS A PRETTY MUCH FLAT SERVICED I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THAT INCREASE AND THAT DOLLAR FOR THE EXTRA CART.

>> THIS IS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF WHAT I SHOWED YOU IN JUNE.

IN JUNE THIS HAS THE ESTIMATED BALANCE DOING THE REDUCTION PROGRAM OF 5.8 AND SO THINGS ARE TRENDING REALLY GOOD WITH THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE ESTIMATED NOW AT 6 I TALKED ABOUT MY PROGRAM THAT WILL COST US RUFFLY $4.19. THAT WE'RE PASSING ON THAT SAVING OVERS TO OUR EMPLOYEES. AND AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT BUT JUST ANOTHER CHART SHOWING YOU REDUCTIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF OUR HEALTH PLAN.

AND ONCE WE TAKE THAT, THAT $4 END IT DROPS IT DOWN TO 5.6, BUT THAT IS STILL A HEALTHY FUND, YOU CAN SEE THE TREND. AND SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD WHERE WE ARE WITH THE HEALTH FUND

CURRENTLY. >> MOTEL TAX FUNDS EWON'T SPENDS TOO MUCH TIME ON IT OTHER THAN TO CONVEY WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH THIS AS WELL. ANOTHER ITEM THAT COULD BE BACKED BY THE RECESSION AND WE IT WILL RALLY ARE BUDGETING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY IN 2023 AS WHAT WE BUDGETED IN 2022. AND YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT HOW WE ENVISION SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS -- SORRY. THE DOLLARS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND JOEL WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE AGENCY FUNDING LATER IN THE MEETING. BUT YOU GET A SENSE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THIS FUND FUNDS. OF COURSE, YOUR CDBG PROGRAM.

WE DO INTENDS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, A MORE STRATEGIC CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE LONG-TERM VISION FOR WHAT TO DO WITH THIS MONEY. GILBERT AND I AGREE THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE BEGINNING TO SPREAD OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT TOO THIN WITH HOW WE'RE DIVERSIFYING THE USAGE OF THE MOTEL HOTEL TAX DOLLARS AND THROUGH THE QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS OVER THE COURSE OF THE REST OF THIS YEAR HAVING A STRATEGIC CONVERSATION OVER THE USAGE OF

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WE'RE SUFFERING FROM THE GREAT RESIGNATION, OVERNIGHT VACANCIES AND THOSE LISTENING GO TO OUR WEBSITE, APPLY, WE WANT YOU TO COME AND BE PART OF OUR WORK FAMILY.

WE KNOW COMPENSATION ISN'T THE ONLY THING IMPACTING THAT, BUT WE WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT COMPETITION-WISE, THERE IS A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE MARKET AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. THE HEALTH PLAN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SAVINGS FOR US. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

WE THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVAMP OUR HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR. I'VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT WITH EMPLOYEES THAT THIS IS NOW THE TIME TO LOOK AT OUR PLANS, HISTORICCHY PLANS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND LOOKED AT WHEN YOU'RE STRAPPED FOR CASH, RIGHT AND NOTHING GOOD COMES OUT OF SOMETHING WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER, DESIGN IT IN THE MODE OF DESPERATION FOR CASH THE FACT THAT OUR HEALTH 71 HEALTHY.

WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT MOVING FORWARD. THE CIP WITH THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY AND WILL BE MINDLE OF THAT, WE DO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS AND SO THIS BUDGE HAS A SPORTS FACILITY MASTER PLAN COMPONENT TO IT.

WE WILL BE HIRING A COMPANY TO COME IN AND LOOK AT OUR BALLPARK, COMMUNITY CENTER AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS SOCCER. WE INTENTIONALLY LEFT THOSE OUT THE THE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE FOCUS ON SPORTSES, TOURISM AND SPORTS FACILITIES TO HELP US WITH THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING BE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ONE, TO BE PART, HOPEFULLY OF BENEFITING FROM SOME GRANT DOLLARS COMING OUT THAT REQUIRE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN BUT REALLY LOOKING AT DIVERSIFYING JUST HOW I'M GET AROUND AND BEING MORE INTENTIONAL WITH THAT.

AND OF COURSE, ECONOMIC IS A PRIORITY OF OURS. MOVING FORWARD THIS IS A TIMELINE FOR THE REST OR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. OF COURSE, TODAY DELIVERING THE BUDGET, DELIVERING THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS. THERE WILL BE A COMB OF AGENDA ITEMS GILBERT WILL SPEARHEAD HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. ON AUGUST 16TH WE'LL HAVE WORK SESSION SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS ON AUGUST 30TH WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. WE'LL MAKE SURE IN APRIL WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IS ON ALL OF YOUR CALENDARS WERE OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THEY DAY AND WE'LL HAVE FINAL VOTE ON BUDGET AS WELL AS TAX RATE AND OF COURSE IT GOES INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1.

IF THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS TIMELINE THERE ARE CHANGE, KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE TIMELINES THAT WE NEED TO MEET AND THIS IS WHY INTENTIONALLY WE GIVE OURSELVES THE REST OF SEPTEMBER IN CASE SOMETHING CHANGES. AND WE NEED TO SCHEDULE SOME SPECIAL MEETINGS BEFORE OKAY 1ST SINCE WE DO LEGALLY HAVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET BY END OF SEPTEMBER WITH THAT, HAPPY TO

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> CHICK-FIL-A SHOW UP IN.

>> I DON'T KNOW. >> IT DID? ALL RIGHT.

GOVERNOR I TO GET OFF I WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY -- I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE.

WELL, YEAH, REALLY QUICKLY SHOUT OUT TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THE BUDGET DOCUMENT IS A LABOR OF LOVE, I MEAN EVEN THOUGH WE TRANSITIONED TO A MORE, I GUESS MOD CONCERN WAY OF DOING IT BY NOT BEING AS PAPER INTENSIVE IT STILL REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK TO INPUT THE AND MANIPULATE EVERYTHING AROUND IT SO LAURA AND WESLEY SITTING IN THE BACK BEING SUPER SHY, THEY'RE SUPER INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER. WE LITERALLY, I CAN LITERALLY NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM.

SO THEY DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT I'M JUST THE FACE THAT GETS TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS GOING ON THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

[3. Authorize City Manager to execute contracts with Frost Bank for deposi...]

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OUR REASONS FOR CHECKING FROST BANK, AS WILLIAM HAD SAD, SWITCHING BANKS IS NOT SOMETHING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO BE DOING, BUT BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE OFFERED IN THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH ALL THE SERVICES THEY REQUIRE.

THEY OFFER THE MOST COMPETITIVE FEE STRUCTURE. IT IS BASED ON THE TERMS WE WOULDN'T BE PAYING ANY BANK FEES OVER THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, SPHWROOS HAS SHOWN A BIG COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE THEY'VE BEEN HERE THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS SERVICE PROJECTS AND AS WELL AS THE FUNDING OF LOCAL INITIATIVES THERE IS DEFINITELY ADDED BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH WHAT THEY DO. REAL QUICK ON IMPLEMENT 8, WE'LL AWARD THE CONTRACT TONIGHT. THAT IF THAT IS AWARDED WE WILL BEGIN IMPLEMENT 8 IMMEDIATELY AND WE ANTICIPATE IT BEING ABOUT A 3 TO 4-MONTH PROCESS. THAT WOULD WRAP UP IN ABOUT NOVEMBER. SCIENCE OUR WELL'S FARGO CONTRACT DID TECHNICALLY EXPIRE JULY 31ST, THAT CONTRACT IS BEING TEMPORARILY, PEN CONTINUEDED UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE IMPRELIMINARY 8 AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN THAT REGARD IN ALLOWING US TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT AS LONG AS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SMOOTH IMPLEMENT 8 AND I'LL BE

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DOES ANYBODY?

YOU WANT TO COMPLEMENT YOU ON YOUR SLIDES. >> A ON CONFIRMING THE THE

[4. Confirm the City's Program for HOT Funds Awards for Outside Agencies. ...]

CITY'S PROGRAM FOR OUTSIDE AGENCIES. >> COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. JUST GOING HAVE A BRIEF PRESENT 8 TO TOUCH ON OUR PROGRAM FOR AWARDS FOR OUTSIDE AGENCIES, JESUS ELUDED TO IT A FEW SECONDS AGO.

IN JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES TALKING ABOUT HOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR AND WHAT IS TO BE EXPECTED FOR OVER THE NEXT COUPLING WEEKS SO JUST A BRIEF TIMELINE OF THE PROGRAM. WE DID HAVE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY. THOSE WERE AVAILABLE AT VICTORIA TX.GOV.

WE DID HOST FOUR WORKSHOPS. ONE ON JULY 6TH, THE 13TH, THE 20TH AND THE 27TH. SO THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS CLOSED.

WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATING WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEE, OUR HOT FUNDS SUBCOMMITTEE OF OUR TOURISM AND ADVISORY BOARD I'LL TOUCH ON THOSE FOLKS IN MAY NOT TO MEET TO TALK ABUSE CALCULATION AND INFORM THE RECOMMEND 8 TO CITY COUNSEL AND THEN WE WOULD BE PRESENTING A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER THE GOAL TO HAVE THAT FOR THE SEPTEMBER 6 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN IF APPROVED AT THAT MEETING WE WOULD WORK WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO FORMULATE THE CONTRACTS FOR EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE AWARDEES.

ILL MENTIONED THE SUBCOMMITTEE. WHO IS THAT? MEMBERS OF OUR TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD NOT APPLYING FOR HOT FUNDS, OUR THREE REPRESENTATIVES ALL THREE OF OUR LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD. YOU HAVE JAMES WEIRDEN, THE OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE COMFORT INN SUITES, BRENDA WHO IS A DIRECTOR OF SALES THE COUR YARD

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27 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THAT MIGHT SOUND LIKE A HIGH NUMBER BECAUSE THAT IS IS THAT IS A RECORD NUMBER OF APPLICATION, I LOOKED BACK IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE HIGHEST I WAS ABLE TO FIND WAS 21 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE AVERAGE AMOUNT IS 14 TO 17 OR SO THIS IS A HIGH NUMBER.

THE AVERAGE AMOUNT IT COULD RANGE, BUT YOU SOE THAT NUMBER THERE A LITTLE OVER 175 IS THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS IS PRETTY HIGH. I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE CONVENTION AND VISITOR'S BUREAU IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TAKING OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM. WE'RE HAVE A VERY THROUGH THE COURSE OF OUR REGULAR BUSINESS DEALINGS, WE WORK WITH A LOT OF EVEN ORGANIZERS AND NEW FOLKS AND IT SHOWED IN THIS YEAR'S APPLICATIONS. 17 OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE KIND OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS, PEOPLE WITH HAVE YEAR AFTER YEAR, TEN OF THOSE WERE NEW APPLICANT, FIRST HE TIME APPLICANTS THAT IS JUST AT TORONTOED TO OUR DEPARTMENT BEING OUT THIS THE PUBLIC AND WORKING WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. A LITTLE BIT JUST A COUPLE OF GRAPHS HERE ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS WE WENT BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS THE TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED DIPPED A LITTLE BIT DUE TO THE OIL FIELD CRISIS. 2018 COUNCIL STARTED INCREASING THAT AMOUNT A TOTAL OF 125,000.

AND FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT IS 2019 AND ONWARD HAS BEEN 135,000.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, HOW THEY JUMPED FOR THIS YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT ON THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT WOULD AFFECT THE AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT.

NOW THAT IS NOT THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO EVERYBODY THAT CALCULATION OF 5,000 IS BASED PHONE WE EVENLY SPLIT IT HA IS JUST SHOWING IF THE MONEY WERE TO BE EVENLY FLIT THAT IS HOW IT WOULD LOOK FOR EACH AWARD AND IT IS THE SAME KIND OF CALCULATIONS WITH THE 2018 THROUGH 2021 THERE IN THAT SAME GRAPH THE I THINK THE INTENT IS TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE MORE APPLICANTS IS IT GOING MEAN LESS MONEY FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED? FOR:135,000 CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEARS EXPECTED REVENUES. WE DID WANT TO NOTE IN A JUNE 22, 2022 MEETING OUR TOURISM VISE BOARD DID RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO BE COMMUNICATE TO COUNCIL AN INCREASE IN THAT TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT OF 180,000, JUST FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE IF THAT WERE TO BE EVENLY SPLIT THAT WOULD BE 6,660. JESUS AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM BECAUSE I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER OF APPLICANTS GOING DOWN IN FUTURE YEARS.

THESE FOLKS WORK WITH US A LOT AND KNOW THAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AND KNOW THERE IS MANY, MANY QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE SO ETHINK THESE HIGH APPLICATION NUMBERS ARE SOMETHING WE COULD VERY WELL SEE IN THE FUTURE. JUST THAT IS BASIS OF MY PRESENT

8 AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> OKAY, SO NO DECISIONS YET ON.

>> THE INDIVIDUAL AWARD AMS, NO, SIR, WE STILL HAVE TO MEET WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEE AND I'M WORKING

WITH THEM TO FIND A TIME THAT WORKFORCE EVERYBODY. >> AND ONE THING I DO ASK COUNCIL TO THINK ABUSE WHETHER NOW OR WE CAN CHANGE THINGS LATER IS, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW YOU FEEL TALK FACT THAT THE MONEY WILL BE SPREAD OUT MORE ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE PROGRAM THE WAY IT IS DESIGNED NOW DOES HAVE EVERYBODY BENEFITING FROM IT.

AND SO THE MORE APPLICANTS THAT WE GET THE LESS MONEY THAT EVERYBODY GETS THAT IS INVOLVED.

>> IT IS NOT AS IMPACTFUL? BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION WHERE AN AVERAGE GRANT OF 5,000 MIGHT BE IMPACTFUL HISTORICCHY I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN LARGER GRANTS AND

NA IS JUST FIRST PLUSH. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE SHOWING THOSE AVERAGES AS JUST AN

EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT. >> NOW DO SOUNDS LIKE IT IS.

>> NOW SOME APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE LESS DEPENDING ON THE SCORING PROCESS THAT JUST CLOSED

[02:10:03]

IF YOU WERE TO EVENLY SPLIT THOSE FUNDS AMONG THE 27 APPLICANTS, I JUST SHOWED THAT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS, IF THAT WERE TO BE THE SAME CASE WITH THOSE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO GO DOWN. SOME APPLICANTS MAY RECEIVE ABOVE THAT 5,000, BASED ON THEIR HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS AND DOCUMENT 8 AND THE CREDIBLE OF SUCH AND SOME MAY RECEIVE LESS BECAUSE

THEY PRODUCE LESS ROOM NIGHTS OR BRAND-NEW. >> THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THE IMPACT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING MEAN AN ORGANIZATION THAT SAY TYPICALLY GETS $10,000 MIGHT GET HALF OF THAT NEXT YEAR AND THEY MIGHT COME TO US AND SAY, WHAT IS GOING ON. THAT IS THE WAY THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED RIGHT NOW.

>> OKAY. >> I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE I SEE IF IT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, AND THE AVERAGE AMOUNT FALLS PEOPLE, IS IT WORTH THE TIME DOING THE APPLICATION AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I DON'T WANT TO

GET TO THAT POINT. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JOEL. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, E 4. >> MOVE TO APPROVAL. >> MOTION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND.

>> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON E 4? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR APPROVING

[5. Appoint a member to the Building and Standards Commission. April Hilbr...]

MEMBER TO THE BILLING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. >> GOOD EVENINGS MAYOR AND COUNCIL, RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WILL APPOINT A NEW MEMBER TO THE BUILDINGS AND STANDARD COMMISSION SO THE PURPOSE OF THAT COMMISSION IS TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING AS REQUESTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO HEAR STANDARDS OF AND THE MEMBERS SERVE TWO YEARS AND SEVEN MEMBER ON THAT BOARD. SO CURRENTLY WITH HAVE ONE VACANT SPOT AND WE HAVE

MR. ROBERT BOOK, MR. ROBERT WE'LLER, SHARRY STRICKLAND AND. >> SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO ONE EXPIRED TERM. WE DID RECEIVE THREE APPLICATIONS, BUT AS YOU HEARD EARLIER THAT JOHN CLEG QUEUE WITHDREW HIS APPLICATION WE HAVE APPLICATIONS FROM ROBERT BROWN AND DAVID CONSTANTINE AND APPLICATIONS WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOU REVIEW. YOUR APPLICATION OR YOUR VOTING BALLOT ARE ON THE DIIAST.

I'D BE GLAD TO COME PICK THEM UP. >> AND COUNCILMAN SCOTT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION EARLIER THEY DO NOT HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. CROCKER IS IS HELPING ME OUT.

>> JUST SO PUBLIC IS AWARE THE NAMES ARE ON THE BALLOT AND AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN MY OFFICE SO WITH THE 3-2 VOTE, DAVID BROWN'S NAME WILL BE FILLED IN THAT APPLICATION.

>> THANK YOU, MOTION? IS IN ORDER. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT THIS ITEM IF APPOINT DAVID BROWN TO THE BUILDINGS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

THAT DOES IT. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES OR 10 MINUTES. AND THEN AFTER 10 MINUTES WE

WILL RECONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS

[H. Executive Sessions:]

55.POINT 072. >> THANK YOU. >> 7:25, PLEASE.

>> AND WE DO HAVE FOOD.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.