Nov 01, 2022 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> GOOD EVENING, LOOK TO THE CITY COUNSEL MEETING FOR NOVEMBER ONES, 2022.

WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE. >> WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF LEGGIANS.

>> I PLEDGE ALIENSIANS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR I 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. >> LETTER, WELCOME AGAIN EVERYBODY, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

AND REMINDERS. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL A FEW UPDATE FOR YOU TODAY. I WAS JOKING AT THE LAST STAFF MEETING I CHALLENGED THE EXECUTIVE TEAM TO SENDS US MORE UPDATES TO TALK ABOUT UNDER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SECTION AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT. BUT, REAL QUICK, FROM OUR CONVENTION VISITOR'S BUREAU IF YOU SEVERED THE NEWSLETTER TODAY, SAW THAT WE LAUNCHED THE MOBILE VERSION OF THE YOU'LL LOVE SHOPPING VICTORIA THAT AIMS TO FAMILIARIZE SHOPPERS, AND PARTICIPANTS THAT CHECK IN WITH THEIR MOBILE PASS WILL BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING INTO 1 OF FIVE GIFT BAGS VISIT ALL THIS YEAR OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A FREE YOU'LL LOVE VICTORIA SHOPPING T-SHIRT.

WILL TAKE PLACE IN RIVERSIDE PARK. THE PARK WILL BE CLOSED STARTING AT 3:00 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 21ST. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER FOR THE PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT TYHP.ORG. ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE AND MAIN STREET SIDE WE LAUNCHED THE THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

A ONE TO ONE REIMBURSEMENT GRANT MATCHUP FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MAJOR IMPROVES TO HVAC AND WILL BE AWARDED ON THE FIRST-TIME-FIRST SERVE BASIS ALSO, AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND LASTLY, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING AN EVENT ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12TH AT

THE MASONIC LODGE NUMBER 40. THANK YOU. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS.

[2. Public & Employee Recognitions:]

[a. Walk to End Alzheimer's Day Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor]

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO THE AB & C FIRST. >> ITEM B 2 A IS A WALK TO ENDS ALZHEIMER SAFE PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AFFECTED 6.2 MILLION AMERICANS IN 2022, 400,000 TEXANS ARE AFFECTED BY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. TEXAS RANKS FOURTH IN THE NUMBER OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE CASES AND DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHEREAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS IS A IRREVERSIBLE BRAIN DISEASE THAT DESTROYS THINKING SKILLS MEMORY SKILLS AND THE ABILITY TO CARRY OUT DAILY ACTIVITIES LEADING TO THE NEED FOR FULL-TIME CARE A GROUP OF BRAIN DISORDERS WITH THINK, BEHAVIOR MOST COMMON TYPE, AND WHEREAS ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION IS THE LEADING VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND ALZHEIMER' CARE AND RESEARCH THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH TO PROVIDE CARE AND ENHANCE SUPPORT FOR ALL AFFECTED AND TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DIMENTIA THROUGH BRAIN HEALTH. I JEFF BAUKNIGHT DO OFFICIALLY DESSKIING NATE NOVEMBER 2022 TO BE ENDS ALZHEIMER'S DAY AND IN FIGHTING AGAINST THE DISEASE.

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>>. >> CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY. >> YES.

>> MY NAME IS PE MAIN GARZA AND I'M YOUR WALK MANAGER HERE FOR THE GOLDEN CRESS END O 17, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. THANK YOU TO MY VOLUNTEERS AND SPONSORS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. ONE IN THREE SENIORS WILL DIE OF ALZHEIMER'S OR DIMENTIA APPROXIMATELY 400,000 TEXANS HAVE ALZHEIMER'S. TEXAS RANKS FOURTH IN NUMBER OVER ALZHEIMER'S CASES AND SECOND IN ALZHEIMER'S DEATH. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IS THE FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE U.S. AND IN THE U.S. SOMEONE DEVELOPS ALZHEIMER'S EVERY 65 SECONDS. SO THAT TAKES JUST CLOSING YOUR EYES AND BLINKING THREE TIMES AND SOMEONE IS DEVELOPING ALZHEIMERS. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAD OUR WALK ALREADY, OCTOBER 8TH AT THE VICTORIA COLLEGE, IT WAS A GREAT DAY WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS OUT THERE. WE'RE SO CLOSE TO OUR GOAL WE WANT TO MAKE IT AND REGION 7 NO ONE HAS MADE THEIR GOAL AND VICTORIA, HOPEFULLY, GOD WILLING WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO MAKE OUR GOAL SO WE ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW 2,800 AWAY.

SO IF YOU ARE SO KIND TO DONATE, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE. IF YOU MAKE A $100 DONATION, PLEASE, EMAIL ME BACK AND I CAN MAIL YOU YOUR WALK T-SHIRT. IN NOVEMBER IT IS CAREGIVER AWARENESS MONTH. WE ASK MAYBE THE SKI CAN APPEAR THEIR ALZHEIMER'S PURPLE SHIRTS ON FRIDAY TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW YOU'RE HERE TO HELP AND SUPPORT THEM FOR THOSE BATTLING ALZ ALZHEIMER'S AND DIMENTIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.

[b. Municipal Court Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor]

>>. >> B 2 B IS A MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS MUNE NICE PAL COURTS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN TEXAS, WHEREAS MORE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED AND PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURTS WHEREAS THE CITY OF VICTORIA HOSTS THE MUNICIPAL COURT WHEREAS THE STATE LAW AUTHORIZES MUNICIPALITY TO APPOINT OR ELECT A MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR TERM OF OFFICE THE CITY OF VICTORIA MUNICIPAL COURT IS A STATE COURT AND JUDGES ARE MEMBERS OF THE STAYED JUDICIALARY.

>> WHERES A THE PROVIDERS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATIONS IS SET FORTH IN TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES AND OTHER LAWS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, COMMITTED TO THE NEXT TO THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPAL AN INDEPENDENT CARE AND COMP TEND WILL APPLY THE LAWS THAT CONCH US AND JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL SHALL COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC SERVICE IN IMPARTIAL Y'ALLITY OF THE AND ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE DECISIONS CITY OFFICIALS IN & EMPLOYEES, WHEREAS THE CITY COUNSEL RECOGNIZES THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTAINED PROCEDURAL SAFE GUARDS SUPPORT MUNICIPAL COURT IN APPLYING WITH SUCH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. NOW THEREFORE JEFF BAUKNIGHT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 7TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 11TH 2022 AS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK.

[c. November 2022 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. C...]

>> AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NOVEMBER 2022 KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL BUTEIFICATION AWARD.

MS. CHRISTY UECKER, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE ARE LEAR TO PRESENT OUR NOVEMBER AWARD BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT TWO UPCOMING EVENTS THAT SEEP VICTORIA IS HOSTING ALONG WITH THE CITY, THE FIRST IS OUR SILVER CITY CLEANUN THE NORTH PART OF SILVER CITY AND THIS IS THE ONES WHERE WE GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HELP RESIDENTS MOVE LARGE ITEMS TO THE STREET FOR PUSHUP FROM OUR SOLID WASTE TEAM. AND WE LET THEM KNOW BEFOREHAND AND AS WE SPEAK, OUR KNUCKLE BOOMS GO THROUGH A A FEW WEEKS BEFORE AND PICK UP SOME ITEMS AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 12TH, THE VOLUNTEERS COME OUT, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THESE EVENTS

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AND THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL IN GETTING THE WORD OUT TO RESIDENTS IN THAT NORTHERN PART OF SILVER CITY SO NOVEMBER 12TH AND WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP FROM 9 TO 11 AND WE HAVE HOT DOGS AFTERWARDS. SO PLEASE JOIN US AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING BE THERE SO WE CAN PLAN. THE NEXT EVENT THAT WE HAVE, THIS IS OUR FIRST ANNUAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT. WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS. NOVEMBER 17TH, IT WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ANNEX STARTING AT 6:00, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL RECEIVED AN INVITATION AS WELL. WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COME TO THIS EVENT. AND SAY A FEW WORDS. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO BIG EVENSSH WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN VICTORIA, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE SO I WILL NOW LET MEREDITH BIRD, OUR CHAIR PERSON FOR KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL

INTRODUCE OUR NOVEMBER WINNER. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THIS EVENING, I AM THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NOVEMBER BUSINESS BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD WINNER IS THE QUALITY INN SUITES THIS IS A JEWEL OF A PROPERTY LOCATED ON BUSINESS GWYNN, ONE OF THE NEAR ONE OF THE MAJOR ENTRANCES TO OUR CITY. THE GRASS AND THE LANDSCAPING ARE ALWAYS VERY NICELY MAINTAINED. THE HOTEL ITSELF IS IN WONDERFUL CONDITION. THE ENTRANCES IS INVITING AND ATTRACTIVE THERE IS NEVER ANY IT WILLER FLYING AROUND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE AS THEY ENTER VICTORIA.

PARTICULARLY IF THIS IS GOING BE THEIR FIRST IMPRESSION OF OUR CITY.

AND SO MR. AND MRS. PATEL TRULY CARE. AND THEIR DEDICATION SHOWS IN HOW WELL THIS PROPERTY IS KEPT. AND SO TONIGHT, ON BEHALF OF KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE BUSINESS BEAUTIFY INDICATION AWARD TO MR. J AND D PATEL OF THE QUALITY

INN AND SUITES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS JAY.

I'M THE MANAGER OF THE QUALITY INN AND SUITES. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION GIVEN US TODAY. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE PART OF COMMUNITY AND DO PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND DO OUR PART IN KEEPING VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY OF VICTORIA FOR HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHOWING PRIDE IN THE PROPERTY AND MAKING VICTORIA A MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

MR. GARZA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS.

[3. Items from Council:]

>> NO, SIR. >> ITEMS FROM COUNSEL COUNCIL, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVING

ANYTHING. >> NO. >> ACTUALLY, I WILL SEGUE ON THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENTRANCE AS MS.BURG TALKED ABOUT THE ENTRANCE COMING IN SOME THINGS WE'VE DEALT WITH IN THE PAST IS WE ENTER INTO VICTORIA ALONGSIDE ON BUSINESS 59 TOWARDS WITHIN THE VICTORIA CITY LIMITS AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH RILE ROAD TIES THAT SIT THERE ALONGSIDES SEEING IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO DO THAT AS IT IS AN EYE SORE COMING INTO THE CITY.

>> QUESTION, WE'VE LOOKED INTO AND CONTINUED TO. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? >> I WANT TO SAY THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS FROM THIS WEEKEND WITH DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, A LOT OF KID HAD FUN AND PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SAYING IT WAS SUCH A GOOD THING THE COMMUNITY PUT

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OUT, APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, MS. SOLIZ. >> WE'LL GO INTO CITIZEN'S

[4. Citizen Communication:]

HARLEY FISKE. >>. >> GLAD EVENING, MAYOR AND AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. A RECENT HATE-FILLED BLOG POST ABOUT A BOOK CALLED "REVERSIBLE DAMAGE". INTERSEX IS AN UMBRELLA TERM USED TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE BORN WITH SEX TRAITS THAT DO NOT FIT BINARIRY AND MEDICAL DEFINITION OF SEX CRAWL AND REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY. THIS BOOK ENDORSES THE CONTENTIOUS RAPID ON SET DISFORIA. THIS CONCEPT IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS BY ANY MAJOR PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTION AND NOT BACKED BY CREDSIBLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.

AUTHOR CLAIMS GROUPS OF TEENAGE GIRLS GET TOGETHER TO CHANGE THEIR SEX IN MUCH THE SAME WAYS AS GETTING TOGETHER TO SUFFER FROM EATING DISORDERS THIS BOOK'S PUBLISHER IS WELL-KNOWN FOR BOOK WHICH ARE INCORRECT POLITICALLY, SCIENTIFICALLY, LOGICALLY, LEGALLY, ACADEMICALLY AND MORALLY. THE BOOK "IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE" HAS BEEN CONSIDERED WITHOUT PROBABLE AS WELL AS FROM MISREADING, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. I DO NOT PRETENT TO BE AN EXPERT ON GENDER ISSUES. INTERSEX BABIES WHICH USED TO CALL HERMAPHRODITES ARE ALMOST AS COMMON AS TWINS WHICH IS AROUND 1 IN FIN00 TO 2,000 BIRTHS THERE ARE NO EVIDENCE THAT THESE BIRTHS OCCUR ONLY IN LIBERAL FAMILIES. MEDICAL COMMUNITY ADVISES THAT SURGICAL INTERVENTION NOT BE CONSIDERED UNTIL AFTER PUBERTY. THEY NEED TO BE GIVEN EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL COUNSELING BEFORE ANY SPIRITUAL PROCEDURES ARE CONSIDERED.

I REFER TO THIS ARTICLE AS HATE-FILLED FOR SEVERAL REASONS. IT ASSUMES THAT INTERSEX PEOPLE DO NOT EXIST AND APPLIES THAT THE WHOLE ISSUES ARE TO SOME LIBERAL PLOT.

IT IS NOT. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WITH REAL ISSUES.

IT FAILS TO CONSIDER THE SUPPORT THAT NEEDS BE GIVEN TO ALL KNOWS WHO MAY NEED IT.

THERE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT DO NOT N NIECE NEED TO BE STIGMATID OR DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.

NOTHING WAS SAID ABOUT EXCEPTING PEOPLE AS THEY ARE NO SUGGESTIONS TO HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING, I GUESS IF THEY DON'T EXIST AND WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EXISTENCE THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. IN THESE DAYS AND TIME WE NEED TO WORK AGAINST HATRED AND BIGOTRY. AS A SOCIETY, WE SHOULD AND WE

MUST DO BETTER. THANK YOU. >>.

MR. STAN REINKE. >>. >> MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS YOU THIS AFTERNOON, I'M A CITIZEN OF VICTORIA COUNTY.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR RECENT COURAGEOUS DECISION APPOINTED NEW CONSERVATIVE MEMBER TO THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY, MANY OF US KNOW YOU WERE UNDER QUITE SOME PRESSURE TO SUPPORT STATUS QUO AND TO LEAVE THE LIBRARY BOARD ALONE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MADE RECENTLY. SECONDLY, THAT GAME IS OVER, YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF VICTORIA COUNTY WON. THAT FIRST GAME.

WE BEGIN A NEW GAME NOW. JUST WHEN WE BEGIN A NEW GAME TONIGHT IN THE WORLD SERIESES WHERE THE SCORES ARE TIED 1-1. WILL BE CHALLENGE, JUST AS WE WILL BE CHALLENGED AS WE TRY TO PROTECT THE HEARTS AND THE ATTITUDES OF THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY.

ON ONE SIDE OF THE GROUP BELIEVES IT IS OKAY TO PROVIDE OBSCENE AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT LITERATURE TO INNOCENT AND IMPRESSIONIONABLE CHILDREN. THE OTHER SIDE BELIEVES THAT IT IS MORALLY WRONG TO DO THAT. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR NEW LIBRARY BOARD AND TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH YOU HAVE APPOINTED THEM TO DO.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND WHAT YOU DO IN THIS COMMUNITY, THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LAST

ONE, MR. MICHAEL VONDEROF. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNSEL JUST WANTED TO THANK THE FIRST RESPONDERS FOR WHAT THEY DO IN VICTORIA AND THE TRAILER PARK. LAST SATURDAY, AMBULANCE CAME AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO BOTTOM OUT LIKE IT WAS A BIG OLD SWAMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAILER PARK. AND THE TRAILER PARK OWNER, HE HASN'T TAKEN CARE OF IT AND IT IS A DANGER TO THE FIRST RESPONDER, TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, LAST YEAR THERE WAS A PLUMBING LEAK AND INSTEAD OF FILLING THE WHOLE WITH GRAVEL, THEY PUT DIRT AND CITY OF VICTORIA GARAGE TRUCK CAME AND GOT STUCK AND THEY HAD TO CALL ALLENS WRECKER TO GET IT OUT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE JESUS DON'T BLAME THE DRIVER FOR IT, IT WASN'T HIS FAULT THERE WASN'T ANY WARNING SIGNS OR ANYTHING, BUT INSTEAD OF PUTTING ASPHALT, HE JUST PUT GRAVEL. AND ALL THAT GRAVEL,, IS WASHED OUT AND IT IS A DANGER TO CARS AND STUFF. I ALREADY GOING TO HAVE TO GET A LINEMAN AND TWO NEW TIRES AND STUFF BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS, THEIR VEHICLES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED ALIGNMENTS AND STUFF. AND ALSO, PEOPLE ARE TRASHING OUT THESE DONATION BINS AND WANT TO THANK RICK MADRID GETTING RID OF THE STORAGE BINS BECAUSE THEY WERE STORING MATTRESSES AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF TRASH TWO AT CONVENIENCE STORES AND ONE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND VICTORIA AT OLD TON PLAZA MALL, AND IT JUST KEEPS ON GETTING WORSE, AND THEY DO IT LIKE, AT NOON, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT SOMEONE'S LICENSE PLATE AND I GAVE IT TO RICK MADRID AND HE TOOK CARE OF IT, BUT I DO WISH PEOPLE COULD STOP DUMPING ALL THEIR TRASH AND STORAGE BINS AND HOPEFULLY THE POLICE WILL CATCH THEM IT IS NOT LIKE THEY'RE THROWING ONE PIECE OF TRASH. I THINK PEOPLE ARE FIXING TO GO TO THE DUMP TO THROW TRASH AND GO, OH, THERE IS IS A DONATION BIN, JUST THROW IT THERE, YOU KNOW WHO IS GOING CARE? THE COMMUNITY TAKES PRIDE IN HOW THE KEEPSAKE TOREIA BEAUTIFUL, BUT SOME CONVENIENCE STORE PEOPLE THEY COULD CARE LESS HOW THEIR STORE LOOKS AND IT IS GOING UP TO MOUNT EVEREST THERE IS SO MUCH TRASH AND MAT STRESSES AND KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE I WISH THEY COULD LIKE, MAYBE CHARGE A CERTAIN AMOUNT PER MONTH TO HAVE THESE DONATION BINS, BECAUSE -- OKAY, I GOT ONE SECOND. PLEASE, JUST DONATE ALL YOUR STUFF TO GOODWILL, YOU KNOW AND STUFF AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU, BYE, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. QUESTION HAVE NO ITEMS TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL GO

[D. Consent Agenda:]

>> AND D 3 IS APPROVING A MOWING LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE WITH PROFESSIONAL TURF PRODUCTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $363,981.41 AND DEERE COMPANY IN $59,283.53.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IS READ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. >> MOTION CARRY, E 1.

[1. Approve two separate agreements with AEP for Phase II of the LED Light...]

>> E 1 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING TWO SEPARATE DISAGREEMENTS WITH AEP FOR PAUSE 2 OF THE LED LIGHT CONVERSION PROJECT IN $2882,000 37.28. #.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS YOU ARE AWARE WE'RE

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THROUGHOUT THE CITY. >> THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, PREVENT CRIME, CONSERVE ENERGY, PROMOTE ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCE LIVABILITY.

IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE. SO THE LED CONVERSION PROJECT IS A CIP PROJECT.

AND IT IS BEING IMPLEMENT IN PHASES. SO PHASE 1 BEGAN IN F 82 '22.

AND THE TARGET WAS THE SOUTHSIDE. SO THE SCOPE WAS TO REPLACE, 2002 HPS LIGHTS WITH LED LIGHTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THAT IS FROM AIRLINE ALL THE WAY TO U.S. 59 SO THE MAP SHOWS YOU THE LIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT LED LIGHTS SOFT IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE SOUTHSIDE NOW YOU CAN SEE SOME BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS. AND I'VE GOTTEN POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS. TOTAL COST FOR THAT WAS ABOUT $275,000 AND THAT WAS FROM SALES TAX AND CDBG FUNDS. THE CHARGE COMES TO $137 PER LIGHT.

AND AGAIN, ANY CITIZEN CAN REPORT A STREETLIGHT OUT BY GOING INTO THE AEP TEXAS WEBSITE AND JUST REPORT THAT A LIGHT IS OUT AND THEY WILL RESPOND WITHIN 24 HOURS.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE FINISHED PHASE ONE, WE ARE HERE TODAY ASKING YOU TO APPROVE PHASE TWO.

SO THE SCOPE FOR PHASE TWO IS TO INSTALL 2,048 LED LIGHT FIXTURES ON THE NORTH SIDE.

WE FINISHED THE SOUTH SIDE. NOW THE NORTH SIDE AND THAT IS FROM AIRLINE TO THE CITY LIMITS SO THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THAT IS $282,000 AND THE FUNDING IS FROM THE SALES TAX.

AGAIN THIS IS IS A CIP PROJECT SO AEP ASKED US TO SEPARATE THE AGREEMENTS INTO TWO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS. SO THE FIRST AGREEMENT IS FOR THE COBRAHEAD HPS LIGHT, SO HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTS AND THE SECOND AGREEMENT IS FOR THE POST-OP LIGHTS SO SE -- SO AEP'S TIMELINE IS REPLACING OR INSTALLING THE LED LIKES IN FEBRUARY 2023.

THEY NEED SOME LEADTIME TO PURCHASE TO ORDER AND PURCHASE THE LIGHT FIXTURES AND SO FORTH SO THEY WILL START THE PHASE 2 FEBRUARY 2023 AND COMPLETE JULY 2023.

>> SO THIS MAP SHOWS YOU ALL OF THE LIGHTS THAT WILL BE REPLACED LED LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO THE NEXT OR THE SUBSEQUENT PHASES INCLUDES PHASE 3. SO WE WILL CONDUCT A PHOTO METRIC STUDY TO IDENTIFY THE LOW LIT AREAS OR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE NEW LED LIGHTS WILL BE OFFICIAL.

WHERE DO WE HAVE DARK SHOT SPOTS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND INSTALL LIGHTS OR LIGHTING THERE.

WHAT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WANT THEM? >> WELL, THAT WOULD BE FEEDBACK.

>> WE'RE GOING CONTACT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE THEM, LIKE MY STREET WAS

PURPOSEFULLY BUILT WITHOUT ANY LIGHTS. >> OKAY.

>> I CAN'T REPLACE ANYTHING, THEN. >> PHASE FIVE IS GOING TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL LIGHTING BASED ON THIS PHOTO-METRIC STUDY ULTIMATELY IT IS NOT UNCOMMON

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NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE. >> WE'RE RESTRICTED ON DOING THAT PLENTY OF TIME TO CONGRESS VERSE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND GET FEEDBACK.

AGAIN, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF PHASE TWO WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENTS WITH

AEP TO INSTALL LE DE LIGHTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY. >> COUPLE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS UP THERE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY BLUE DOTS, DO THEY ALREADY HAVE LIGHTS THERE? LED OR IS THERE A CERTAIN REASON WHY A COUPLE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EXCLUDED?

>> SO COULD BE TWO REASONS. ONE IS THAT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS.

>> OKAY. >> SO THAT IS PRIMARILY THE MAIN REASON.

THERE ISN'T ANY LIKES THERE. BUT THE PHOTO-METRIC STUDY WILL TELL US WHERE WE NEED LIGHTS.

IT WILL TELL US WHERE THE DARK SPOTS ARE. >> LIKE THAT SHOWS TERRA VISTA

DOESN'T HAVE ANY THEY WERE ALREADY LED? >> DON'T GET STARTED, THE SECOND

REASON -- >> I COULD -- THERE ARE LIKES THERE, BUT THEY COULD BE BETTER.

AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY WON'T EVEN SHOW UP IN A PHOTO-METRIC STUDY.

>> THROUGH. AND IN THE SECOND REASON, TOO, IS THAT SOME OF THESE ENABLEDS ARE SERVED BY THE VICTORIA ELECT TRICK COMPANY. , CO-OP.

SO LIKE YOUR NEWER SUBDIVISIONS UP NORTH. >> WHICH IS THAT IS THE CASE IN

TERRA VISTA. >> IN TERRA VISTA. THESE ARE ONLY AEP LIGHTS.

>> I'M NOT SURE IT IS ACCURATE FOR CALL IT AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.

ALTHOUGH, BUT, AS WE LIGHTEN UP, MANY PARTS OF TOWN, I WOULD THINK THAT THE PLACES THAT ARE NOT LIT, THEN ARE GOING TO -- I WON'T CALL THEM MAGNETS FOR CRIME, BUT THAT WOULD BE A SAFER PLACE TO COMMIT A CRIME, BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T BE AS MUCH LIGHT. AND SO, AS WE LIGHTEN UP THE REST OF THE CITY, I WOULD THINK AND ENCOURAGE THOSE COMMUNITIES, OR THOSE PARTS OF THE CITY TO THINK ABOUT CONTINUING TO BE IN THE DARK. IT IS ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF

BEING IN THE CITY IS THAT YOU DO GET LIGHTING. >> YES, AND WE WORKED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE DEVELOPED THE STRATEGY. AND CHIEF ARREDONDO WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS INITIATIVE. IT AGAIN, PREVENTS CRIME WHEN YOU HAVE BED LIGHTING.

>> SAFER PLACE TO COMMIT A CRIME. >> WITH CONSEQUENCES, THAT ARE

INTENDED. >> MIKE, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE

THAT SHOWS PHASE 2 IS THAT IT RIGHT THERE? >> THAT IS PHASE 1.

>> NOW PHASE 2. THE VERY FIRST LINE WHERE YOU HAVE THE BLUE LINES AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO THE LEFT ON MY SIDE, THAT IS THAT THE EMPTY AREA, IS THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS THAT RED

RIVER RIGHT THERE? >> -- >> I DON'T KNOW.

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS AIRLINE. >> IS IT THIS? >> IS THAT A HOSPITAL?

>> I THINK THAT IS THE HOSPITAL. IS THAT -- THAT'S UHV AND VICTORIA COLLEGE.

>> OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. >> SO THAT'S RED RIVER. >> YES, NOT AIRLINE.

>> OH, THAT'S UP THERE. >> SO IT STARTS AT MART OF AIRLINE, BUT YOU DO GO BACK INTO

RED RIVER. >> YES. >> IT GOES TWO BLOCKS, YES.

>> SO I LIVE NEAR THERE, THAT'S WHY. OKAY.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE. >> ALL RIGHT, WE JUST NEED APPROVAL.

>> OKAY, YOU'RE DONE. >> YES, SIR, MR. ETIENNE. >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT E1.

>> I SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

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[2. Approve a professional services agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc...]

>> E 2 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FREEZE AND NICHOLS ADMINISTRATION FOR DESIGN SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PROPOSED

DELEON PLAZA. >>ED GO EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNSEL, TONIGHT WHAT I HAVE TORE YOU IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THEIR T REMAINDER OF THE DESIGN SCOPE AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION OF THE DELEON PLAZA EXPANSION.

AND WHAT I HAVE HERE IS A PRESENT 8 TO KIND OF GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE TUNED INTO THE WORKSHOP OR MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT DELEON PLAZA OR EXPANSION. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN WHAT WE'VE ABOLISHED SO FAR AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED SO AS YOU RECALL, DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN OCTOBER OF 2021, THE DEE LEON PLAZA WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CATALYTIC PROJECT INCLUDING A PUBLIC REST ROOM FACILITY WHICH WAS A VERY HIGHLY #KW-D ITEM IN THE SURVEY THAT WE DID FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AS PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN, IT RECOMMENDED THAT THIS PROJECT BEGIN OR, YOU KNOW, START THE DESIGN PHASES IN THE YEARS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 OF AFTER IMPLEMENT 8 OF THE MASTER PLAN AND US IN FAR, WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, PRELIMINARY DESIGN SCOPE OF 30% OF THE PROBABLE COSTS FOR COMPLETION. SO IN THE ATTACHMENT FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, IT KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN IN TWO SECTTIONSING YOU HAVE THE BASIC SERVICES WHICH WOULD INCLUDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, FINAL DESIGN, MIDPHASE ASSISTANCE AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SUSTAINS HA BEING A TOTAL OF $374,000 THEY ALSO INCLUDE A SECOND SECTION OF SPECIAL SERVICES, WHICH ARE LISTED AS MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATION, CULTURAL RESOURCES INVESTIGATION, CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY, ACCESSIBILITY REVIEW AND TWO ADDITIONAL CITY COUNCIL PRESENT 8S TO KEEP YOU UP-TO-SPEED ON WHERE WE'RE AT ALONG THE PROJECT AS IT GOES ALONG HOSE TWO COMBINED MAKE IT A TOTAL VIETNAM OF $483,000. WHICH IS PROPOSED BY FREEZE AND NICHOLS. SO AS YOU MAY RECALL IN THE LAST DESIGN THAT WE'VE PRESENTED IN THE WORKSHOP, THIS IS WHAT WE HAD, PERSONAL CLOSURE OF WITH A PERFORMANCE PAVILION, AN EXTENSION OF THE LAWN FOR ADDITIONAL SEAT, A WATER FEATURE, PUBLIC REST ROOM AND WHAT WE'VE DUBBED A FOUNDER CIRCLE ON THE NORTH -- THAT WOULD BE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE

PLAZA F FOR THE MARTIN DELEON AD PATRICIA DELEON STATUES. >> GO AHEAD.

>> WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN FEEDBACK ON THIS DESIGN AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THOSE ON WHAT WE HAVE CHANGED AND I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT

THE NEW SLIDE WILL LOOK LIKE. >> THAT SLIDE, GO BACK TO IT THIS AS YOU CAN FELL REMOVED SIDEWALKS SO THIS REMOVES THREE SIDEWALKS FROM THAT SIDE OF THE SQUARE AND THAT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE RIGHT NOW WHEN DANIELLE WALKS YOU THROUGH CHANGES AS WELL.

>> SO BASED OFF OF THESE DESIGN THESE WERE THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

TO ADD BACK IN THOSE SIDEWALKS AS JESUS JUST MENTIONED THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST.

THE NORTHEAST SIDEWALK WOULD ALSO BE REROUTED TO MAINTAIN ACCESSIBILITY TO THE MONUMENT THE WATER FEATURE SIZE HAS BEEN DECREASED WITH ADDED SEAWALLS ON TWO SIDES ELIMINATING THE BALLARDS AND REMOVES EXPANDED LAWN AND BRINGS IT BACK TO ORIGINAL SEARCHLINE THAT KEEPS IT TRUE TO WHAT DELEON PLAZA WAS INTENDED TO BE AND THEN WHAT THAT DID IS WHEN WE BROUGHT BACK THE TURFLINE IT INCREASE NAD ALLOWABLE FOOTPRINT BETWEEN THE STAGE AND THE GRASS TO 30 FEET.

WHEN WE PART THE SPACE FOR THE A WE HAVE A 30F FOOT SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO SIT, DANCE, AND ENJOY THE ENTERTAINMENT. THIS IS NEW DESIGN AND WE CREATED WITH IT THE OVERLAP OF WHAT IS EXIST SO IT REALLY GIVES YOU A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING YOU CAN SEE THE TWO SIDEWALKS AS MENTIONED BEFORE LEADING TOWARDS THE PUBLIC REST ROOM SIDE AND TOWARDS THE MONUMENT. BEFORE THERE WAS A SORT OF SIDEWALK COMING OFF A MAIN STREET THAT WAS FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO GET TO THE MONUMENT, BUT NOW THIS SIDEWALK ADDING IT BACK IN CAN STILL ABOLISH THAT BY ADDING ACCESSIBLE FROM THE BACKSIDE OF

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AND THERE ARE TWO GRADE AREAS ON THE KIND OF LIKE NORTH SIDE AND SOUTH SIDENA WILL STILL LEAD FOR TWO ENTRANCENESS ON EITHER SIDE. WHAT IS KIND OF NEAT ABOUT THAT IS NOBLE CAN WE USE THIS FOR WATER FEATURE AND SEATING WITH BISTROS AND TABLES, BUT WITH THAT LITTLE WALL, WE COULD PUT UP, I DON'T KNOW, A VELVET ROPE AND MAKE IT A VIP SEATING AREA, TOO, IF THE EVENT COORDINATOR WANTED TO HAVE THAT SPACE FOR THEIR CONCERT IF YOU WILL. BLEW THEN ALSO IT WILL BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE TO SIT ON TOP OF THE WATER FEATURE. AS YOU CAN TELL, IT DECREASES SIZE WHICH MIRRORS THE FOUNDER'S CIRCLE, AND LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. SIDEWALKS, DID I COVER EVERYTHING? I THINK SO WE'RE KEEPING ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SIZE OF THE STAGE AND AS PROPOSED IN THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS ABOUT 60 FEET ACROSS, 40 FEET DEEP WHICH IS STILL BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'VE PUT OUT THERE. TO ACCOMMODATE LARGER

PERFORMANCES AND I AND STILL HAVE SPACE FOR SMALLER ONES. >> DANIELLE, I'LL ONLY ADD THAT WE WOULD POSITION THE STAGE ON TOP OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. I KNOW THAT SOME FOLKS VISUALIZE HAVING ALMOST THE WHOLE STREET WIDTH IN FRONT OF THE STAGE, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THE STAGE IS ACTUALLY LAYING ON TOP OF THE PROPERTY BUT OBVIOUSLY BUILDING A PERMANENT STAGE WE WANT DO THAT WITH ACTUALLY EXPLORED THE IDEA OF PUSHING THE STAGE FURTHER INTO THAT SIDEWALK ON THAT ENDS, BUT WE EALZED THERE IS ELECTRICAL UTILITIES THAT RUN INTO THE BACK END OF THE SIDEWALK BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE A LITTLE FURTHER, BUT BUT BY PUTTING THE GRASS BACK TO ORIGINAL WE THINK THAT IS ENOUGH SPACE FOR THOSE DANCE PARTIES.

>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, THE HEIGHT OF THE GRASS NOT THE GROWING GRASS, BUT THE HEIGHT OF THE DIRT WITH THE GRASS, IS IT BROUGHT DOWN TO STREET LEVEL? OR IS IT STILL ELEVATED?

>> SO TECHNICALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STREET COME UP TO THE TURFLINE BECAUSE IT IS SO BOWED FOR DRAIN ACKNOWLEDGE NOW. YOU'RE GOING SEE WHERE THE STAR-V LOGO IS ON THAT LINE.

THAT SIDE OF THE STREET IS GOING TO COME UP TO MEET THE LEVEL OF THE GRASS.

>> OKAY. >> SO THEN IT IS AN EVEN PLAIN. >> THE STEPS AREN'T NEEDED AND

THINGS LIKE THAT AS A RESUSULT. >> CORRECT. >> ALL OF THE SIDEWALKS ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVED SO THERE ARE NO STEPS SO THAT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY AND STROLLERS CAN

MAKE INTO IT THE SQUARE. >> ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS TO TAKE THE TWO EXISTING SIDEWALKS ON EITHER SIDE, AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS A CROWN STREET IN BETWEEN, RIGHT, AND

ALL OF THAT WILL BE LEVELED TO BE SMOOTH ACROSS. >> OKAY.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I'M GOING TO PHRASE THIS ONE, BUT IT IS DEALING WITH THE SIDEWALKS. AND I CAN SEE THAT YOU'VE GOT GRAY, WHICH I'M THINKING MEANS THAT A NEW SIDEWALK OR IMPROVED SIDEWALK. BUT UNDERNEATH IT I ALSO SEE SOME WHITE SIDEWALK WHICH IS EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT I'M ASSUMING BY MY PERSIAN IS NOT GOING TO STILL BE THERE. AND SO THAT LEADS ME TO THE QUESTION AROUND THE GAZEBO, BECAUSE THESE GRAY SIDEWALKS GO TO NOWHERE UNLESS WE'RE KEEPING THE WHITE SIDEWALK AROUND THE

GAZEBO. >> WE ARE KEEPING THE SIDEWALK AROUND THE BAND STAND, YES.

THAT SIDEWALK THAT LEADS FROM THE BAND STAND TO THE STAGE OR TO THE LOGO, THAT IS COMING OUT.

AND SO THAT AREA WILL FOCUS ON BEING JUST A GREEN AREA. >> AND I KNOW THIS IS TRYING TO DO AN OVERLAY, AND SO, I COULDN'T REALLY TELL, OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE ELECTRICAL BOX FROM THERE.

>> YES. >> OKAY. >> WHY IS THE SIDEWALK BEING REMOVED FROM THE BAND STRAND STAND FROM THE CENTER OF THE STREET TO THE BAND STAND IN

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. >> THAT, THE IDEA OF THE VISION WAS TO ALLOW FOR MORE SEATING IN

THAT AREA. >> ON THE GRASS. >> ON THE GRASS.

>> HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO WALK FROM THE STAGE BACK TO THE BAND STAND THIS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO GO AROUND THE WATER FOUNTAIN AND AROUND THE MONUMENT?

>> SO PEOPLE CAN WALK ON THE GRASS. SO WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING IS A GREEN AREA THAT IS ACTIVATED, MEANING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PICNIC OUT THERE, PEOPLE ARE

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>>. >> RIGHT THERE ON MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALKNA GRAY SQUARE IS A HAZARD. WHAT IT IS IS A LARGE PIECE OF DIAMOND-PLATE STEEL THAT COVERS UP A WATERLINE WE WOULD LIKE TO CORE THAT UP AS WELL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE THAT SIDEWALK VERY

SAFE. SO THAT WOULD ALSO. >> AND TAKING UP IF WHOLE SIDEWALK 92 IS MINOR, THE DETRUCKSTRUCTION OF THE SIDES WALK ADDS A BUNCH OF COSTS AND ALSO, IT DETERIORATES THE HISTORY OF THE DELEON PLAZA. IT DESTROYS THE DELEON PLAZA.

ALL SIDEWALKS AND BENCHES TO PUT A GREEN PASTURE THERE, THERE IS JUST NO REASON.

>> BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERYTHING BE LEVEL, STREET LEVEL SO THAT IT DOESN'T NEED THE STEPS. I KIND OF -- I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM REMOVING THAT SIDEWALK, I UNDERSTAND THE VISION OF JUST HAVING A BIG OPEN AREA. BECAUSE WHEN I'M THERE NOW FOR A CONCERT, FRANKLY, THAT SIDE WALK TAKES UP USEABLE SPACE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE ON EITHER SIDE OF

IT. >> WHAT IF IT WAS LIKE PAPERS THAT LET THE GRASS GROW BETWEEN IT YOU WOULDN'T SEE IT AS A SIDEWALK BUT COULD BE USED AS A SIDEWALK.

>> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TAKING IT OUT. >> CAN YOU READ ALSO, CAN YOU

REEXPLAIN THE WATER FOUNTAIN, THE WATER FEATURE. >> I ACTUALLY HAVE A SLIDE THAT IS JUST ON THE WATER FEATURE, IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD I BELIEVE THAT IS THE NEXT SLIDE.

>> BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE UMBRELLAS UP THERE?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY, ARE THOSE GOING TO BE TEMPORARY?

PERMANENT? >> THOSE ARE TREES. >> OH, THOSE ARE TREES.

OKAY. >> WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PARK YOUR FOOD TRUCK?

ARE THEY NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN THIS AREA? >> THERE IS ANOTHER IMAGE I CAN SHOW YOU, AGAIN FROM THE WORKSHOP THAT SHOWS WHERE THE FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE PARKED.

AND THEY HAVE TO SCALE ON A SITE MAP THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A FOOD TRUCK TO PARK IN THAT SPACE.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO BISTRO TABLES AND SUCH THAT IS ALLLY THE SMALL TABLE.

WE HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION WHETHER THEY WILL BE AFFIXED TO THE CONCRETE OR MOVABLE.

>> AND THE FOOD TRUCKS IN ESSENCE GO WHERE THEY GO NOW AND YOU'LL SEE AN IMAGE THAT SHOWS

THEM DRIVEN UP TO THE SITES SIDES OF THE STAGE. >> SO THIS IS THE FINAL DESIGN.

>> TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE VOTING ON THE DESIGN CONTRACT SO THAT THE ARCHITECT CAN WORK ON GETTING US TO A FINAL DESIGN. WE ENVISION THAT FINAL DESIGN TAKING THREE MONTHS, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SCOPE SO UNDER OTHERS, THEY HAVE A LUMP-SUM FOR CITY COUNSEL PRESENT 8. WE ENVISION AND THEY ENVISION, YOU KNOW, HAVING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS OF THE DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SOLICIT INPUT SO, NO, YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON A FINAL DESIGN DETAILS TONIGHT WE'RE VOTING ON THE CONTRACT TO WORK TOGETHER TO WORK WITH THE DESIGNER TO GET TO

THAT POINT. >> WASN'T THERE IN THIS 1 THERE A PRICE TAG OF $4 --

>> WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. WHENEVER YOU DESIGN ANY PROJECT WHETHER THAT IS PARKS OR BUILDINGS OR A ROAD, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GET A SENSE OF THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO CALCULATE FEES AND OTHER THINGS WE DID GO THERE THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF GETTING THE 30% DESIGN, WHICH DID IN FACT SHOW A POTENTIAL PRICE TAG.

THAT POTENTIAL PRICE TAG WAS CLOSE TO $6 MILLION, ALL-INCLUSIVE.

WHAT I MEAN BY ALL-INCLUSIVE IS THAT IT INCLUDED CONSTRUCTION COSTS DESIGN COSTS AND A COUPLE

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SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TO GET TO THAT FINAL STAGE. BUT THAT IS WHY WE GO THROUGH

THE SCOPE THAT IS WHY WE GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MYSELF CLEAR I AM VERY FOR THIS PROJECT, ESPECIALLY THE WAY IT WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO US, THAT THE STREET IS GOING TO BE CLOSED AND DESIGNED THIS WAY. AND Y'ALL DONE GOOD WITH A STREET PART. I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LAYOUT.

THERE IS NO REASON TO PULL UP ALL THOSE SIDEWALKS. THERE IS NO REASON AT ALL.

AND REPLACE THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REPLACE A 30-YARD SIDEWALK JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE CLOSED UP, WE'RE ADDING MORE COSTS TO THIS AND IT IS DESTROYING -- A

HISTORICAL FEATURE JUST MY OPINION. >>.

>> THE OTHER ONES WILL BE REBUILT IN THE SAME PLACE THEY WERE, BUT MAKE THEM ADA

COMPLIANT. YOU DON'T WANT THOSE REBUILT? >> THE ONES THAT GO LIKE THIS.

>> YES, THEY CAN BE REBUILT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, THEY DON'T REALLY NEED.

>> THERE ARE ONLY STEPS ON THE ONE TO THE RIGHT THAT GOES TO ME AND THE ONE THAT GOES TO THE BRIDGE. THERE ARE NOT ANY STEPS OVER HERE.

AND BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ENDS OF IT HAS TO BE A REDESIGN BECAUSE OF THE WATER FEATURE AND THE REST ROOMS I DON'T PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE TO TEAR THAT SIDEWALK OUT IS TO MAKE IT ADA

ACCESSIBLE. >> EVERY SINGLE SIDEWALK HAS TO BE ADA COME 90.

>> CURRENTLY THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY THE ONLY SIDEWALK THAT LEADS TO THE BAND STAND THAT IS IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY HEADS TOWARDS THE BATHROOM BUILDING. ALL OTHERS, THAT WOULD BE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. THE REMAINING FIVE ARE NOT ADA ACCESSIBLE.

YOU HAVE TO GET UP A STEP. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY WE INCLUDED REDUING SIDEWALKS THAT GO TO BRIDGE STREET AND MAIN STREET BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE ADA ACCESSIBLE.

>> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE ONES THAT GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.

AND THAT ONE WILL REMAIN NOT ACCESSIBLE UNLESS WE ADD IT TO THE SCOPE.

AND SO WITH THIS, WE'LL GO FROM HAVING ONE ACCESSIBLE PATH TO THE BAND STAND TO HAVING FOUR.

>> CAN I -- I AHEAD TO ADD COSTS TO IT, BUT IT IS GOING -- ISN'T IT GOING TO BE ODD IF WE -- IMPROVE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SQUARE AND DON'T TOUCH THE SIDEWALKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE?

IT IS NOT GOING TO LOOK VERY COHESIVE. >> RIGHT, THAT IS A GREAT POINT WE HAVE MADE THAT SAME OBSERVATION AND THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE DESIGN TO POTENTIALLY ADD THAT. I MEAN, IT IS A VISUAL THING, RIGHT, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, NEW CONCRETE, OLD CONCRETE, ET CETERA.

WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MIX OF, YOU KNOW, PATHS LEADING TO THE BAND STAND THAT ARE OLD CONCRETE AND PATHS THAT ARE NEW. BUT OUR THOUGHT WAS, IF WE FOCUSED THE NEW ON I GUESS THE HALF OF THE PLAZA THAT IS ON THE 4 STREET SIDE, THEN IT BECOMES OBVIOUSLY CLEAR THAT OUR FOCUS AREA WAS THAT SIDES OF THE PLAZA.

AND WE WERE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO NOT, YOU KNOW, EXPANDS TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE AND.

>> A DIRECT TOO MANY THINGS. >> DESIGNED TO REDESIGN THE HOLD DES LEON PLAZA AND THE STREET.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING, INSTEAD OF JUST SETTING UP A BAND STAND REDESIGNING THE

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MORE MILLION TO IT. >> NO. WE'RE NOT REDESIGNING THE WHOLE SQUARE BY REPLACING SOME SIDEWALKS THAT ARE NOT $2 MILLION.

>> THAT WASN'T THE ORIGINAL PLAN. >>.

>> I THINK THE ORIGINAL. >> THE ORIGINAL PLAN ACTUALLY HAD A BATHROOM BUILDING BEHIND THE SIX FLAG MONUMENT. AND SO, IF WE WOULD HAVE GONE WITH THAT PLAN, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT YOUR OPINION WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT ADDING THAT BATHROOM BUILDING BEHIND THE SIX FLAG

MONUMENT. >> IF WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL THING.

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING, I JUST MADE A STATEMENT THAT, NOW THE SCOPE OF THIS IS BROADENED

AND THE PRICE TAG IS TRIPLED. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. >> I DON'T THINK THAT PRICE TAGS TRIPLED BECAUSE OF THESE REDOING THESE SIDEWALKS TO MAKE THEM ADA COMPLIANT.

>> AND PUTTING IN A FOUNTAIN, THAT RUNT REGION ORIGINAL. >> THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE.

>> I GUESS WHAT I'M THINKING IS WHAT IS IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND IT HAD A LOT OF THIS.

I'M NOT SURE I STUDIED WHERE THE SIDEWALKS WERE, BUT. >> WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WAS VERY, VERY CONCEPTUAL. IT WAS, THIS IS AN IDEA.

AND THIS IS DEFINITELY MORE INTO WEEDS OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE SOLICITED MORE FEEDBACK FROM EVEN THE EVENT COORDINATORS OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE FOR THIS SPACE TO BE ACTIVATED.

>> IF WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND WE'RE GOING HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR OPINION ON THE DESIGN, THAT'S FINE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO IT.

IT IS A LOT OF WORK. >> BUT MR. DELAGARZA, THE FORCED PARDON YOU'RE OKAY WITH.

>> 110% OKAY. >> I'M THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN OBTAINING.

>> I KNOW. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHERE EVERYONE WAS.

>>. >> ONLY ASK JESUS SO FIND ME 42 PARKING SPACES AND I WILL VOTE

FOR IT. THAT IS MY CONDITION. >> AND HE PROMISE MEDHE WOULD,

SO. >> I PROMISE YOU 43. >> OKAY.

>> VOTE ON THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN YES, JUST ON THE DESIGN RIGHT NOW.

>> AND WE PROBABLY MISSED THIS POINT, AN IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE, WE MADE IT AT THE WORKSHOP A LITTLE BIT AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE TUNING IN IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE A BIG DRIVING FORCE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT IS THE TIMELINE. WE WANT THIS IMPROVEMENT, REGARDSLESS OF WHETHER IT INCLUDES THIS SIDEWALK OR THAT SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN TIME FOR THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. AND SO WE WORK OUR WAY BACKWARDS FROM THAT, WE KNOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS MIGHT COST -- I MEAN MIGHT TAKE ABOUT A YEAR WHICH MEANS THAT WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW UNTIL THE SPRING TO DESIGN IT AND GET INTO IT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS IN PARALLEL, WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOUR SUPPORT AND INPUT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, GETTING THIS THING DESIGNED TO

GET COMPLETED TIME. >> AND I APPRECIATE, THAT I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH THE

TAXPAYER'S MONEY, THAT'S IT. >>. >> SO.

>> A MOTION FOR US? >> WELL, IF YOU -- IF YOU HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES ON THIS TOPIC I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY WATCHING WHAT A WATER FEATURE COULD LOOK LIKE. AND THIS IS EITHER GOING REALLY GOOD, GET REALLY EXCITED OR WE DON'T WANT THAT ANYMORE. BUT AT LEAST, BUT AT LEAST, BUT

AT LEAST YOU'LL GET TO SEE IT. >> IS THAT THE BELLAGIO. >> ASK.

>> SO YOU CAN SEE IT CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO RUN DIFFERENT SHOWS.

IT DOES HAVE SOME LIGHTS ELEMENTS TO IT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT PICTURE ABOVE.

>> IS THE WIND MILL PROVIDING THE ENERGY? >> THAT'S ENERGY, IT IS ENERGY-EFFICIENT, RIGHT? ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED DURING ONE OF OUR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WAS ABOUT MAINTENANCE COSTS. AND WE KNOW WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO, EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T A SPLASH PAD BUT MECHANICS HOW A CIRCULATING TO SPLASH PAD WE KNOW THE ANNUAL COST IS ROUGHLY $WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CHEMICALS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO CONVEY THAT BACK TO YOU. BUT THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE, THIS SPECIFIC ONE WAS 314,000 SEVERAL

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HOURS, ET CETERA, THAT CAN HAPPEN AFTER THE FACT. >> WHERE WAS THE CHRISTMAS TREE

GOING TO BE PLACED ATLANTA THAT WATER FEATURE. >> ON -- CURRENTLY PROPOSED TO

BE PLACED ON TOP OF THE WATER FEATURE. >> SO DURING CHRISTMAS THE WATER

WOULD BE OFF. >> YES. >> OKAY.

>> WE'RE GOING TO -- >> ARE THEY GOING TO IMPED THE VIEW.

>> SO THAT IT CAN BETTER PRESENT THE SPONSORS OF THE TREE AND SO IT WON'T.

>> GET MORE PRESENTS UNDER. >> I'M JUST GOING TO SKIM THROUGH THESE SLIDES SO EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS THE PROPOSED DESIGN OF THE PUBLIC REST ROOMS SO THAT IT DOES LOOK SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE SIMILAR ARC PECTTURE SO IT DOES BLEND IN HERE IS IS A LOOK AT THE STAGE FROM THE SIDE, FROM THE FRONT. A LOOK AT THE FOUNDER'S CORNER AS MENTIONED BEFORE AND THIS IS

TO SCALE. >> THE STAGE, THE STAGE TO ME IN THIS VIEW DOESN'T MATCH EVEN THE BATHROOM BUILDING. ONCE MORE TRADITIONAL AND THIS ONE IS A LOT MORE MODERN MODERN AND I THINK THAT MIGHT WANT TO IF WE WANT GET A STAGE THAT BLENDS IN BETTER WITH DOWNTOWN,

I THINK IT WOULD LOOK. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE IT FOR THAT LOCATION.

>> AND THE STAGE THAT WILL PROTECT THE PEOPLE FROM THE RAIN, THE ENTERTAINERS FROM THE

RAIN. >> AND THEIR EQUIPMENT, RUN AND GET THEIR EQUIPMENT OFF STAGE.

>> I MADE A NOTE OF THAT. >> GO BACK TO THE BATHROOM. >> WANT TO GO BACK TO THE

BATHROOM. >> I HAVE OTHER VIEWS OF THE REST ROOM THIS IS THE ONLY I'VE

PROVIDED TODAY. >> IT JUST THREW ME WHEN YOU SAID IT BLENDS IN WITH DESIGN OF BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN AND I'M TRYING TO EXPAND MY THOUGHT PROCESS.

>> I'M THINKING ONE O'CONNOR. >> NOT 1 O'CONNOR BUT PROCTOR O'CONNOR.

>> THE PROCTOR BUILDING. >> THAT IS WHERE I THINK. >> YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT STYLES, ROUGHLY, STUFF THAT WAS PUT UP IN THE 80SAND STUFF THAT GOES BACK TO THE HISTORICAL, ORIGINAL STYLE. AND SO IT WAS TOUGH FOR THEM TO COME UP WITH, AND THEN SOME WITH THE COURTHOUSE, THE NEW ANNEX ACROSS THE WAY, WAS KIND OF HARD.

SO TO ME WHEN WE FIRST SAW THIS WE OUGHT OF THE -- THOUGHT OF THE OLD FIRE STATION BEHIND THE COUNTY GNU THEN YOU HAVE THE ARCHWAYS AND THE BRICKS TIED IN WITH THE BRICKS AND THINGS LIKE

THTHAT, THAT SOMEHOW THEY TRIEDO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER. >> THE O'CONOR LAZSA HAS ARCHES

IN THEIR WINDOW? >> NO. THE ARCHES ARE FROM WHAT I SAW

WHEN I SAW THIS AND ARCHWAY AS TO THE DOORS. >> YOU DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A FIRE STATION SO CHANGE THAT, PLEASE. SORRY, CHIEF.

IT DUD DOES LOOK LIKE THE FIRE STATION,. >> HOW ANYTHING ARE THESE LIKE

MANICALLY, HOW MANY STALLS. >> I THINK IT IS FOUR. >> THERE ARE FOUR WOMENS AND TWO

ON THE MEN. >> ON THE MEN IT WOULD BE TWO URINNATIONALS AND FOUR STALLS ON

THE WOMEN'S. >>. >> WE CAN MOVE ON.

>> WITH DIAPER CHANGING STATIONS. >> WHAT IS THE PROCESS GOING

FORWARD. >> GREAT QUESTION, AS I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, THIS IS APPROVING THE DESIGN CONTRACTS AND SO IT WOULD BE THE SAME PEOPLE YOU'VE ALREADY MET INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT. WE'VE GOT TO THE 30% DESIGN APARTMENT SO THEY WILL CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF FEEDBACK WORKING ON DESIGN. THAT OBVIOUSLY FINE TUNED THE COST APARTMENT OF IT WE THINK THE DESIGN MIGHT TAKE THREE, FOUR MONTHS I ENVISION COMING BACK AT LEAST ONCE, ONCE OR TWICE BEFORE THEN FOR UPDATES AND TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR WORKSHOP ONCE AGAIN AND SHOW YOU THE LATEST AND GREATEST AND OUR ONE-ON-ONES WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL AND THEN COME TO THE HOLIDAYS GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE REALLY DO

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THOSE THEY DON'T REALLY CHANGE BUT, FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE MIND ABOUT THE WATER FEATURE THAT IS A PRETTY BIG THING, SO, FOR BIG THINGS LIKE CHANGE OF MIND ON WATER FEATURE, CHANGE YOUR MINDS ON REST ROOM BIDDING, CHANGE YOUR MIND ON THIS, THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BUT FOR THINGS LIKE SIDEWALKS, COLOR OF BRICK, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE, THAT THOSE CAN BE FINALIZED AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OVER THE COIS OF THE NEXT THREE

MONTHS. >> DANIELLE, ON THIS PICTURE, THE STAGE LOOKS LIKE IT IS CONCAVE LIKE THAT AND HAS SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE SO IS IT A DOUBLE SIDE STAGE?

>> IT IS INTENDED TO BE A DOUBLE STAGE SO IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THEIR FRONT LINE, THEY -- FRONT LAWN THEY COULD AND PHASE IT OUT THAT WAY AND YOU CAN SEE THE STAGE FROM THE SIDE AS WELL AS FROM STRAIGHT ON AT LEAST BY THIS DESIGN, WE'RE LOOKING AND WHICH IS A CLEVER

WAY TO GIVE VIEW TO OTHER MARTS OF THE AUDIENCE. >> SO GO BACK TO THE PICTURE, NOT THIS COLORED ONE BUT THE ONE THAT YOU HAD GO ONE MORE, RIGHT THERE.

THE INSIDE. OKAY NOW I SEE THE. >> ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE

METAL SCREENING? >> WHERE IT IS OPEN TO THE BACK. >> AND THRCH GO ALL THE WAY.

>> IF YOU'RE CONCERN IS, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT CLOSE IN THE BACK, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT CONVERSATION, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BACK TO CLOSE IT OFF MAYBE NOT WITH LIKE A PERMANENT STRUCTURE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SPACES LIKE THIS WHERE THE DESIGN MIGHT INCORPORATE SOME HOOKS HERE AND THERE, AND YOU'VE GOT SOME

SPECIAL SCREENS THAT YOU CAN PUT UP. >> BANNERS.

>> TO CLOSE OFF THAT BACK, THAT BACK SIDE. IF YOU WANTED TO.

>> GO TO THAT -- >> PAST HISTORY OF THE DOWNTOWN FESTIVALS AND THERE IS STAGES THE DER TAKENNERS HAVE -- ENTERTAINERS HAVE HAD THEIR EQUIPMENT BEHIND THE STAGE IS THERE A PLACE FOR THE SPEAKER? POWER -- THE AMPLIFIERS, THE SOUNDBOARD?

ALL THAT LIGHTS? >> SO AS FAR AS THIS DESIGN FOR THE STAGE IT IS INTENDED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO HAVE ALL OF THAT. NOW GRANTED YOUR SOUNDBOARD IS TYPICALLY IN FRONT OF THE SPEAKER, IT WILL NOT BE NEXT TO THE SPEAKER, THAT WAY YOU CAN ADJUST THE SOUND AS YOU GO THROUGH THE CONCERT BUT THERE IS A LOADING PLATFORM OFF TO THE RIGHT THAT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR STAGING OTHER EQUIPMENT AND OFF TO TORE SIDE, ON THE LEFT OF THE STAGE THERE IS A ACCESSIBILITY RAMP, AN ADA RAMP TO ACCESS THE STAGE FROM THAT SIDE, TOO.

>> FOR A LARGE FESTIVAL OF EVENS THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO BE OTHER AREAS THAT GET SET UP FOR THAT AND CORONATION WITH WITHSH COORDINATION WITH 1 O'CONNOR AND THINGS THAT TAKE

PLACE NOW THAT HAVE THE LARGE FESTIVALS. >> IN FRONT OF THE STAGE.

ARE THOSE THERE WERE PORTIONS OF BRICK PAVERS, IS THE REST OF IT LARGER BRICK OR IS IT LIKE

STAMPED CONCRETE? >> NO, THEY'RE LARGE PAVERS. >> OKAY.

>> I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE PLANTERS, IN FRONT OF THE STAGE, BUT.

>> WHAT IS LIKE YOUR TRADITIONAL PAVER LOOK IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU SEE KIND OF LIKE IN A DARKER

BLACK. >> LIGHTER ONE. >> THE LIGHTER ONE THAT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE LARGE DOM KNOW TILES THAT IS WHAT THAT WILL BE, IT WHETHER BE LARGE.

>> ANY OTHER OPINIONS ON THE PLANTERS? >> I KIND OF LIKE THEM.

>> JUST DON'T LIKE THE COLOR OF THE FLOWER, IT MAKE THEM COLORFUL.

>> WE'LL ADD THESE, THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. >> THOSE ARE NICE.

>> AT CHRISTMAS WITH POINSETTIAS ALL ACROSS THAT IS WHEN I FIGURED OUR OUTHAVE A

DOUBLE-SIDED STAGE. >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COMP POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SHOUTOUT TO FRIESZ AND NICHOLS, THE MAYOR MADE A COMMENT ABOUT NOT HAVING ANYTHING LOOK LIKE THE COURT HOUSE AN IN, BUT BY GOLLY THEY TIED THOSE BATHROOM WINDOWS IN AT LEAST IN THIS PICTURE.

>> I WILL LOOK EVEN BETTER IN REAL LIFE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE

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COLORFUL SWIRLS, THEY'LL BE IN REAL LIFE TOO. >> AND THE MOONDUST COMING UP

FROM THE TREE THERE. >> MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. >> ALWAYS GOING BE A FULL MOON.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE E-2. >> I SECOND IT.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> OKAY.

HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN MOTION

[3. Approve two professional services agreements with CivilCorp, LLC for d...]

CARRIES E 3. >> E 3 IS A RESOLUTION PROVING TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CIVIL COURT LLC FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR EXTENSION IMPROVEMENTS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000 AND $40,000 RESPECTIVELY.

>> GOOD EVENING, MINE IS NOT AS EXCITING AS DANIELS I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT EXCITING, AS YOU ALL KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT WAGNER WAY EXTENSION AND IN THE LAST COUNCIL WORK SESSION, AND THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN, ACTUAL ACCURATE FOR THIS EXTENSION. SOME OF THE KEY POINTS OF IT IS LAND SWAP AND ACQUISITION OF LANDS FROM TEXAS CONCRETE. ELIMINATES THE VINE STREET RIGHT OF WAY, EXTENDS WAGNER WAY TO MAIN STREET FOR BETTER SAFETY AND MOBILITY TEXAS CONCRETE WOULD ADOPT A NEW SITE PLAN, THEY WOULD REDUCE LANE CLOSURES ON MAIN STREET AND ENHANCED ENTRANCE AND PARKING LOT OFF MAIN STREET. OVERALL VISUAL AND ESTHETIC FROM THIS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LANDSCAPING AND WE DID MEET WITH THEM TODAY.

AND WE'RE ON BOARD, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG AND THIS IS A BIG PART OF IT IS EXTENSION. AND THAT IS THE PART BETWEEN MAIN AND VINE.

AND TO REALLY IMPROVE THEIR SITE, I THINK THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH IT.

AND THIS IS JUST A STEP FORWARD TO START THE DESIGN. THIS IS THE CONCEPT OF IT IF YOU'LL SEE THE YELLOW IS EXTENSION FROM VINE TO BASICALLY MAIN STREET, EXTENSION OF WAGNER AND YOU'LL SEE THAT LITTLE YELLOW PORTION IS A TRIANGLE. THAT IS NEEDED TO INSTALL THE WATERLINE THIS -- THERE IS A NEXT PHASE OF THE INTERCONNECT WATERLINE FOR INTERCONNECT THE NORTH ZONE TO THE OTHER NORTH ZONE IS ANOTHER WATERLINE THAT GOES UP THERE WAGNER, MEANDERS AROUND THROUGH AND TIES INTO MCGRUDER. THE PURPLE IS VINE STREET WHICH WILL BE ABANDONED AND THE BLUE IS THE REMAINDER THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS LAND SCAM.

THE IN ONE IS LINGO LANE AND THIS ONE, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS, BUT JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LINGO LANE THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING IF YOU CROSS OVER THE WAY THAT TURNS INTO LINGO AND THAT MEANDERS AROUND THE BEN BETWEEN POWER POLES NEXT TO BUILDINGS IT ASK A VERY TOUGH DRIVE DRIVE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN IS COME UP WITH WAYS SO YOU KNOW, SMOOTH THAT CURVE OUT, WIDE TEN ROAD, RIGHT NOW IT IS PROBABLY 16, 18-FOOT THE WE NEED TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT OF WAY, IS THERE UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS AND PART OF THIS DESIGN WOULD BE GIVE US A COST ESTIMATE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THAT IS THE PORTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IS IT MEANDERS I CALL IT ME EARNDING THROUGH OVER TO. THE PROPROPOSAL IS WAGNER WAY DESIGN COST IS $175,000, A COMPLETE SET OF PLANS FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL. IT WAGNER EXTENSION VINE AND ASK THAT WOULD BE A CONCRETED SECTION, AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN THAT HILL, WE'VE NOSED IN THE PAST, YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD RED RIVER, WHEN YOU CAME DOWN THAT HILL IT PUSHED AND BUCKLED AND WE CHANGED IT TO CONCRETED BECAUSE THAT ASPHALT GETS HEATED UP AND CARS COME DOWN THEY'LL RIPPLE IT. I IS EASY TO DO A CONCRETE SECTION, LASTS LONGER.

WIDEN THE SECTION OF WAGNER BETWEEN VINE AND RAILROAD WITH AN OPEN SECTION, AGAIN, GET THAT 24-FOOT WIDTH, IT DOES INCLUDES WATER AND STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS AND LINGO LANGUAGE DESIGN DETERMINATION AT 40,000,NA IS A SCHEMATIC DESIGN FROM THE RAILROAD TOW MCGRUDER

AND. >> FIND RAILROAD TRACKS THERE WILL BE A SECTION OF CONCRETE IN

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THAT. >> YES, THEY HAVE A DRIVEWAY RIGHT NOW THAT GOES FROM THE NORTH, NORTH YARD TO THEIR MAIN PLANT SITE, AND YES, WE WOULD MAKE THAT CONCRETE, THAT'S CORRECT. ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO NOTE IS WE'RE IN THE PROGRESS OF THERE IS ONE SECTION OF VINE STREET THAT IS WHERE THE BEAMS LEAD RIGHT NOW, THAT IS VERY GOOD TRAFFIC SPEED MONITORING DEVICE. WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT AND

IMPROVE THAT LITTLE SHORT PIECE SECTION WITH STREET DEPARTMENT. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VINE, BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE CLOSING VINE.

>> WE WILL. IT IS -- THIS IS A LONGER PROCESS, AND RIGHT NOW THAT LITTLE PIECE I'M TALKING ABOUT IS 20-FOOT WIDE. IT IS REALLY, REALLY BAD.

AND IT IS JUST WE JUST NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. IT IS A PATCH BASICALLY, BUT IT

DEFINITELY WILL IMPROVE THAT WRITIBILITY. >> WE ARE PLANNING FOR ONE, BUT WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO PUT ONE IN, THE RAILROAD IS THE IMPEDING PROCESS OF THAT SIDEWALK, SOME LATER DATE THERE MAY BE ONE, BUT ADA WOULD BE INCREDIBLE GETTING OVER THAT TRACK.

>> RT WILL THANK YOU. >> YOU SAID THIS 1 EXCITING, I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY EXCITING.

>> THANK YOU, I KNEW THE STREETS WOULD GET SOMEBODY'S ATTENTION. >> I MOVE WE ACCEPT E 3.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM E 3, ANY FURTHER

DISCUSSION? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE, THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN,

[4. Approve the Fiscal Year 2023 Interlocal Agreement with the Golden Cres...]

MOTION KARYKS E 4. >> E 4 IS IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE GOLDEN CRESCENT MANAGE REGIONAL MANAGEMENT $228,855.

>>. >> GOD EVENING, SO, THIS IS A ROUTINE CONTRACT, BUT THERE ARE A FEW POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS YEAR AS YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE SALES TAX DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TOOK OVER STARTING AND PAID THE LOCAL MATCH FOR OUR TRANSIT. DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THIS YEAR THEY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT BUS ROUTES TO MAJOR EMPLOYERS WITH TRANSIT AND SEEING IF WE COULD TIE THAT BACK TO THE CONTRACT SO WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THE CONTRACT AND HOW THE TRANSIT BUS ROUTES ARE DECIDED UPON. AND ESSENTIALLY, IT ALL TIES BACK TO A 2006 ROUTE STUDY FOR TRANSIT TO CHANGE ANY ROUTE WITHIN THESY WE HAVE FOR UNDERGO A ROUTE STUDY.

A MAJOR PLANNING DOCUMENT SIMILAR TO OUR PARKS PLAN NOT QUITE AS BIG AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT IT IS A MAJORUNDER TAKING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL IN TALKS ABOUT WHEN WOULD BE THE BEST TIME FOR US TO UNDERGO A ROUTE STUDY, WE DO THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME SINCE THE LAST ONE WAS DONE IN 2006. WE DO NEED TO IDENTIFY FUNDING COERCE BECAUSE IT IS A MAJOR PLAN, IT IS GOING HAVE A MAJOR PRICE TAG USUALLY IN THE 100 TO $150,000 RANGE AS YOU KNOW THE MPO WILL BE HEAVILY INVOLVED AS WELL AS GOLDEN CRESCENT MANAGEMENT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHEN IS THE BEST TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE WORK ON PREPARATION FOR OUR NEXT MTP.

WITH ALL OF THAT, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING PROPOSING WITH A TIE TO THIS YEAR'S 2023 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION VICTORIA TRANSIT THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT. THERE IS ONE CHANGE WITH THIS CONTRACT, WHICH IS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE FELT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR SALES TAX DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR BOTH TO REGULARLY SEE ALL THE TRANSIT IS DOING.

WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER EDUCATED TOO, TO SEE HOW IT IS CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED WITH THE DATA, SO YOU WILL FIND THIS CONTRACT DOES HAVE SOME REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOT USED IN THE PAST. AND WITH THAT, I DO RECOMMEND THAT WE THAT COUNSEL APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO RUN TRANSIT FOR THE BEGINNING OF

THE YEAR AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> COULD MPO MONEY PAY FOR THE

SUDDENDY? >> IF WE HAD IT, YES. >> AND WE DID CONFIRM IN REACHING OUT TO OTHER AREAS THAT THE FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF STUDIES TYPICALLY DO COME FROM CITY OR ET CETERA BECAUSE ULTIMATE MATILY IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE IN ESSENCE HIRING THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION TO RUN THIS SYSTEM IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TIP WHY IT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT GETS BEHIND TRYING TO MAKE THOSE MAJOR CHANGES.

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>>. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT E 4. >> SECOND.

>>. >> MOTION AND SESSIONFY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> I'M GOING VOTE NO ON THIS BECAUSE OF NOT GOING TO MAJOR EMPLOYERS, AND IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GO THE ONE ONE SIDE OF DOWN TO THE OTHER AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEN IT ADDRESSED IN THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT ON. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>A. >> THOSE OPPOSE, NAY.

>> ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES? AND I THINK THAT'S IT. WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO

[H. Executive Sessions:]

EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:21. MISHILBRICH. >> CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO CONNECT EXECUT I SESSION AT 6:21 P.M. THE SUBJECT MATTER IS TEXAS COED 551.087.

551.772. AND. 071.

>> AND WE WILL ALSO RECESS FOR TEN MINES TO LET

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