Feb 21, 2023 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> . >> MAYOR BAUKNIGHT: GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023, VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING. PLEASE CALL ROLE.

>> YES, SIR, COMMISSIONER DE LA GARZA?

>> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER SOLIZ?

>> HERE. COMMISSIONER LOFFGREN?

>> HERE. >> IF YOU WOULD RISE AND JOIN WITH ME IN SAYING THE PLEDGES AND CONTINUE TO STAND FOR A MOMENT OF 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." (MOMENT OF SILENCE)

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR BAUKNIGHT: ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, ONCE AGAIN TO EVERYBODY THAT'S JOININGS HERE

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

MR. GARZA DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, YES, SIR, 20 MINUTES WORTH, JUST KIDDING. ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT FRONT ON BEHALF OF MUNICIPAL COURT, WE WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS GOING THROUGH WARRANT RESOLUTION MONTH. A VIRTUAL DOCKET THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH AT 9:00 A.M. AT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED VIRTUAL DOCKET ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH AT 1:00 P.M. ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WE WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC IT HAVE TAFT WEEKEND TWO IS COMING UP. WE'RE HOSTING SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS, DISC GOLF, FLAG FOOTBALL AND KAYAKING AT RIVERSIDE PARK. AND TENNIS AT THE VICTORIA COUNTRY CLUB. WE WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HOST A BIKE RODEO AT 704 EAST PARKLAND AVENUE DURING THE CLEAN UP THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. THE QUEEN CITY CLEAN UPTAKING PLACE THIS WEEKEND. IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, I'M SORRY. GOSH. I'M ALL OFF. ON, UM, MARCH 4TH. BUT, IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, THAT PART'S ACCURATE, UM, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD, LARGE ITEMS AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE PICKED UP AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE QUEEN CITY AREA. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A MAILER WITH DETAILS AND THE MAP BOUNDARIES. IF YOU NEED HELP MOVING ITEMS TO THE CURB OR HAVE QUESTIONS CONTACT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AT 361-485-3230, THE CLEAN UP IS SATURDAY MARCH THE 4TH. YOU COULD MEET AT 9:00 A.M. AND SPLIT INTO TEAMS AND HELP CLEAN UP THE AREA AS WE HAVE IN OTHER CLEANUPS.

>> IN REGARDS TO VOLUNTEERS, IN EFFORTS TO JOIN IS IT ADVISABLE

TO GET ON A WEBSITE? >> IT IS. AND...

>> CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

>> WE PLANNED THIS Q & A PART OF THE SECTION. VISIT VICTORIATEXAS.ORG, FOR INFORMATION AND TO LOOK AT WAYS

TO SIGN UP. >> WE HAVE ABOUT 150 VOLUNTEERS

RIGHT NOW. >> WONDERFUL.

>> IS THAT YOUR WAY OF SAYING THAT WE NEED MORE?

>> WE ALWAYS NEED MORE. >> HOW MANY DID WE HAVE LAST

TIME? >> SO, THESE CLEAN UPS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE CLEANUPS LIKE WE'LL DO ON EARTH DAY WHERE WE HAVE LIKE 400. WE TRY TO KEEP THESE TWIN 150 AND 200 BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONDENSED AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING IN AND

IT GETS TO BE TOO MUCH. >> A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR VOLUNTEERS, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT I WILL BE ABSENT AS I WILL BE AT A BIRTHDAY EVENT IN SOUTH DAKOTA FOR AN UNCLE.

>> WELL, LUCKY FOR YOU, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE FALL.

[2. Public & Employee Recognitions:]

>> PERFECT. I WOULD LOVE IT. THANK YOU.

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>> IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, WE ROLL STRAIGHT INTO

EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. >> I WOULD LOVE THAT. SO, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF BIG ONES TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT, SOME OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE PUBLIC, EFFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIBRARY. AND IT RECEIVING THE LIBRARY EXCELLENCE AWARD. SO, OUR LIBRARY RECEIVED THIS AWARD FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS A RECOGNITION THAT IS UM, PUT OUT IN TERMS OF BEST PRACTICES AND OUR LIBRARY IS ONE OF 73 WHO RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR 2022 OUT OF ROUGHLY 5232 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN TEXAS. THIS, OF COURSE, IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMAZING JOB THAT OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AND ALSO SPEAKS HIGHLY OF JUST THE OPERATION. AND THE FACT THAT WE STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH BEST PRACTICES AND REALLY KEEPING WITH OUR MISSION OF THE LIBRARY TO BE A LIBRARY FOR ALL T IT'S A KUDO, OF COURSE, TO OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR JESSICA BURGER, AND HER TEAM. KUDO TOSS THEM, CONGRATULATIONS TO JESSICA AND ALL OF HER TEAM FOR RECEIVING THE 2022 ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES AWARD. .

(APPLAUSE) .

>> AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MIKE, ARE YOU HERE?

>> YES, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT. SO, LAST WEEK, MIKE RECEIVED OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT HE'S NOW ALSO AN INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGER AND ASSOCIATION CREDENTIAL MANAGER SO, NOW THAT MEANS, ALL THREE OF US, MYSELF, DERRICK AND MIKE HAVE ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST CREDENTIAL THAT YOU COULD ACHIEVE IN OUR PROFESSION. I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF MIKE AND DERRICK, OF COURSE, AND THEIR PURSUITS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THE CERTIFICATION SPEAKS HIGHLY TO OUR DEDICATION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUR FOCUS ON WANT TO GO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER AND OURSELVES BETTER IN THE PROFESSION OF CITY MANAGEMENT. MIKE, OBVIOUSLY, BRINGS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE. I KNOW HE'S PROUD OF IT, AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT AS WELL. SO, MIKE, CONGRATULATIONS

ON YOUR CREDENTIAL. >>

(APPLAUSE) >> SPEECH, SPEECH.

>> BRIEFLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO JESUS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. AND ALSO, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL, AND, OF COURSE, TO THE STAFF BECAUSE I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT ALL OF YOUR HELP. THE STAFF HAVE MADE ME A BETTER MANAGER. SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU ALL OF YOU, FOR ALL OF YOUR

HELP. THANK YOU. >> VERY PROUD OF YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >>

(APPLAUSE) >> AND I THINK THAT COVERS IT.

>> NOW, YOU CAN'T HOLD THAT OVER HIS HEAD ANYMORE, RIGHT?

>> NOW'S GOING TO LEAVE. >> IT DIDN'T TAKE HIM LONG TO GET CREDENTIALED ONCE HE STARTED IT, DID IT?

>> AS WE DISCUSSED, DURING MY EVALUATION, IT WAS AN INTENSE PROCESS TO GET THAT CREDENTIAL, BUT, ONCE HE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS IT'S AN EASY DECISION TO ISSUE THE CREDENTIAL TO MIKE.

SO, ANYWAY? >> ANYMORE?

>> NO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ONTO ITEM

[4. Citizen Communication:]

FROM COUNCIL, ANYBODY? >> SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THAT AND WE'LL MOVE INTO CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION AND I HAVE ONE SHEET THIS EVENING, MS. PICKENS, WILL YOU PLEASE COME UP. IF YOU COULD KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO ROUGHLY THREE

MINUTES, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >> I WILL DO WHAT I CAN.

>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AS WELL. JUST TO PIGGY BACK ABOUT THE QUEEN CITY CLEANUP, TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 5-530 WE'LL BE DOING A BLOCK WALK TO REMIND PEOPLE SO WE WILL NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT AS WELL, SO, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE ACTUAL CLEANUP BUT YOU CAN MEET AT CHRIST KITCHEN TO PAIR UP AND GO OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE VICTORIA AREA HOMELESS COALITION, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP OR THINGS THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO TO US. ONE OF WHICH WAS AS OF THURSDAY OF OUR MEETING, WITH HE HAVE 580 CHILDREN IN BISD THAT ARE CONSIDERED HOMELESS THROUGH THE MCKINNEY BENTO ACT. SO, THAT MEANS THEY MAY BE COUCH SURFING OR DOUBLED OR TRIPLED WITH FAMILY OR THEY COULD BE STREET HOMELESS ON THEIR OWN. BUT, THAT NUMBER IS CONCERNS AS IT ALWAYS IS, ANYTIME IT GETS ABOVE

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IT IS VERY CONCERNS FOR US WHO ARE OUT THERE DOING THIS WORK TRYING TO STABILIZE PEOPLE AND GET THEM INTO SOMETHING MORE PERMANENT. IT DOES AFFECT THE WAY THAT KIDS LEARN WHEN THEY'RE FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURE. I'M DEALING RIGHT NOW WITH TWO PARTICULAR CASES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

ONE OF WHICH IS A WOMAN WHO BECAUSE OF A FAST FELONYY HAS HD DIFFICULTY FIND AGO PLACE TO LIVE, AND WHEN SHE DID FIND ONE, IT HAS BEEN BASICALLY CONDEMNED IN A SENSE BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY'VE BASICALLY TOLD HER SHE NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THERE. SHE HAS NO WHERE TO GO. WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIND HOUSING FOR HER, BUT, THIS PERSON IS RENTING OUT A HOUSE THAT HE DOES NOT OWN, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT LANDLORD/TENANT SITUATIONS, I'VE PULLED UP A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO E-MAIL TO ALL OF YOU GUYS ABOUT PUTTING TENANT INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THAT SYSTEM.

UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL THE CITY. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES BUT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY THAT WE COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE AS A TENANT.

THE OTHER GENTLEMAN IS DISABLED AND ELDERLY, AND HAS HAD MULTIPLE STROKES. AND, PEOPLE THAT OWN HIS PROPERTY HAVE NOT EVEN GIVEN HIM WRITTEN NOTICE BUT HAVE VERBALLY TOLD HIM. AND I REALIZE THAT'S A LONGER CONVERSATION, BUT, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU GUYS AT A FUTURE TIME. THANK YOU.

[1. Ordinance amending Chapter 24 of the Victoria City Code to increase th...]

>> THANK YOU. >> SEEING NOBODY ELSE, WE WILL AT THIS TIME, MOVE IT INTO ITEMWISE PUBLIC -- ITEMS WITH

PUBLIC HEARINGS. >> WE NEED TO DO A WELLNESS

CHECK. >> ITEM C 1 IS AN ORDINANCE ADMITTING THE VICTORIA CITY CODE TO INCREASE THE CREDIT CARD

PAYMENT MADE VIA INVOICE CLOUD. >> TONIGHT'S ITEM IS RELATED TO THE CREDIT AND DEBT CARD FEES CHARGED ON UTILITY BILLING TRANSACTIONS. OUR PROCESSER IS A COMPANY CALLED INVOICE CLOUD, SINCE 2015, WE'VE HAD AN ORDINANCE ON FEES ON ALL CREDIT CART CHOICES, LAST YEAR, WE ADDED TO TAKE PAYMENTS OVER THE PHONE AT A $3.95 TRANSACTION. WE WERE NOTIFIED IN JANUARY THEY WILL BE INCREASED FOR THAT TRANSACTION. TONIGHT WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO AMENDMENT THE CHAPTER SINCE IT'S IN THE CITY SECODE. THERE ARE PAYMENT OPTIONS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE PAYING A FEE, CASH OR CHECK OR IN-PERSON. I KNOW THAT THE PRICE CHANGE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE MARCH 6TH BUT WE DISCUSSED WITH THEM OUR PROCESS FOR GETTING THE ORDINANCE APPROVED AND THEY'VE AGREED TO MAKE THAT EFFECTIVE DATE MARCH 8TH.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING. SEEING NOBODY, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I MAKE THE MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION?

>> SEEMS TO BE THE NORMAL ACROSS ALL BUSINESSES.

>> I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE

FREE OPTIONS. >> YES. VERY MUCH SO.

>> ALL RIGHT. UM, AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>

[D. Consent Agenda:]

(CHORUS OF AYES) >> ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN?

>> ITEM C.1 PASSES. WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> ITEM D IS THE ADOPTION OF THE REGULAR MINUTES HELD ON FEBRUARY 2023, ITEM 2 AUTHORIZE A GRANT AMOUNT INDICATION FOR.

>> $755,533. AND ITEM D 4 IS A RESOLUTION TO THE CHANGE OF THE

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>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

[1. Approve the renewal of the City's participation in the Texas Enterpris...]

AYE. >>

(CHORUS OF AYES) >> ALL OPPOSED?

>> ITEM D PASSES. MOVE ONTO ACTION ITEMS. ITEM E 1 IS A RESOLUTION TO RENULL OF SUPPORT IN DETAR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, I'LL INTRODUCE A FEW FOLKS THIS EVENING THAT WILL SPEAR HEADTALKING ABOUT THIS ITEM.

>> TERRE >> HAPPY TO BE HERE, I'M WORKING WITH DE TAR HOSPITAL, IT'S SALES AND USE TAX REFUNDS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THERE'S MANY REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO BE DESIGNATED. WAY UP OF WHICH IS TO BE SPONSORED EITHER BY THE CITY OR THE COUNT IN WHICH THEY'RE OPERATING IN.

TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO THEM. AND ALLOW THEM TO APPLY FOR THESE SALES AND USE TAX REFUNDS. THE PRIOR DESIGNATION WHICH DETAR HAD, I THINK, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017, RUNS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AND IT EXPIRED IN DECEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR. THE HOSPITAL IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT A BUNCH OF PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE UPCOMING. ONE OF WHICH IS A CANCER CENTER WHICH IS SOON TO BE COMPLETE WHICH I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN, IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AND UP AND RUNNING AS OF THIS MARCH. AND THE OTHER ONE IS A RADIOLOGY CENTER EXPECTED TO BE INITIATED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CITY'S APPROVAL TO COMMIT THIS APPLICATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF BRITTANY RICE.

>> I WANT TO ADD A FEW POINTS FOR CLARITY'S SAKE. SO, THE PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO OFFER A SLEW OF DIFFERENT INCENTIVES, BUT, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING HERE THAT ANY OF THESE INCENTIVES ARE INCENTIVES THAT DETAR IS TRYING TO PURSUE OR ACTIVATE, IT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH THE ZONE THAT WE, IN ESSENCE, HAVE TO LIST OUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE TAX ABATEMENTS AND OTHER TYPES OF REBATE PROGRAMS, THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE OWN PROGRAM. DANIELLE FOR EXAMPLE SUBMITS REPORTS THAT GET SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. AND THERE ARE LINE ITEMS THERE, AND IN THIS INSTANCE THE ONLY ELEMENT THAT THEY'RE PURSUING IS THE REBATE ON THE SALES TAX AND USAGE ONLY FOR THE STATE PORTION. SO, OUR SALES TAX REVENUE'S NOT IMPACTED BY THIS AT ALL. THEY'RE SIMPLY SEEKING THE ABILITY TO RECOVER SOME USE IN SALES TAX FROM THE STATE PORTION. SO, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR IN THAT THIS, US APPROVING THIS OR SUPPORTING DETAR WITH THIS DOES NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR LOCAL SALES TAX REVENUE.

AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT EVEN THOUGH TEXAS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM REQUIRE TOSS LIST OUT A LIST FOR A SLEW OF INCENTIVES TYPES, THEY'RE STRICTLY GOING AFTER THE REBATE FOR THE SALES TAX.

>> SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ZONE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A MAP OR

THE DETAR CAMPUS AS A WHOLE? >> SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS FIRST THEY DETERMINE WETHER OR NOT THE ACTUAL FACILITY IS IN AN ENTERPRISE ZONE ESTABLISHED BY THE CENSUS. THE CENSUS HAS A MAP THAT YOU COULD SEARCH AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER YOU ARE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE. DETAR HAPPENS TO BE INSIDE OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THEY HAVE TO COMMIT TO HIRING 25% OF THEIR NEW HIRES TO BE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN THE

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CENSUS. >> DETAR HAS 438 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY. SO, THEY BREAK THE REFUND INTO RETAINED JOBS WHICH IS THE 438, AND NEW JOBS, ANY NEW JOBS THAT DETAR CREATES BETWEEN 10/18/22, AND THE PROGRAM EXPIRATION WHICH WILL BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IN 2028. THOSE ARE CONSIDERED NEW JOBS AND SO OF THOSE PEOPLE THEY HIRE BETWEEN THEM T 25% OF THEM HAVE TO BE LOW-INCOME, QUALIFY AS LOW-INCOME, IT LIVE IN AN ENTERPRISE ZONE AND OR ARE A VETERAN. AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWED THEM TO GET THIS. IT'S BASICALLY AN INCENTIVE TO INVEST

IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. >> THERE'S A DEADLINE FOR THIS?

>> THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 1ST, THEY DO FOUR QUARTERLY APPLICATION PERIODS. DECEMBER'S THE LAST ONE. THEY DO THAT ANNUALLY, EACH QUARTERLY APPLICATION PERIOD, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO ACCEPT 12 APPLICANTS FOR THAT TIMEFRAME. SO, THEY MAY HAVE 24 APPLICANTS. THEY MAY HAVE NINE. AND THE WAY THAT THEY DETERMINE THOSE IS A POINT SYSTEM. WHAT JESUS WAS REFERRING TO WAS THE TAX INCENTIVES THAT ARE A PART OF THE ORDER, BUT, NOT NECESSARILY GRANTED. THOSE WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET CERTAIN POINTS IN ORDER TO GET CERTAIN POINTS IN ORDER TO BOOST UP AN APPLICANTS SCORE SO THAT THEY'RE IN THE TOP 12 OF THOSE ACROSS THE STATE TO GET THE DESIGNATION.

>> IN CASE WE DON'T MAKE IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND, CAN WE TRY AGAIN, THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH QUARTER?

>> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S THE ONE GOOD THING IS ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS RESUBMIT THE APPLICATION, WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES BUT IT'S FOR THOSE PURPOSES, IT'S ALMOST

THE SAME EXACT APPLICATION. >> THE ENTERPRISE ZONE IS JUST

UP IN NAVARO? >> THERE ARE DIFFERENT ENTERPRISE ZONES ACROSS THE STATE. THE ONE VICTORIA HAPPENS TO BE CENTRAL, THERE'S A LINK TO WHERE IT SHOWS WHERE THOSE

ENTERPRISE ZONES ARE. >> DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT?

>> YEAH, SO, IF YOU GO TO THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THERE'S A LINK THERE THAT SAYS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM. BE CAREFUL, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S AN ENTERPRISE ZONE FUND AND THERE'S AN ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM. IF YOU CLICK UNDER THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF LINKS AT THE VERY BOTTOM THAT SHOW THE MAP. YOU COULD PUT IN ANY ADDRESS, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN DETAR'S ADDRESS, IT WILL SHOW YOU WERE EXACTLY IT'S LOCATED AND ANYTHING HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE

IS AN ENTERPRISE ZONE. >> ARE THERE GUIDELINES OR HOW YOU COULD USE THE MONEY THAT YOU WILL GET BACK IF, GRANTED THIS,

ENTERPRISE ZONE. >> THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY GUIDELINES IN USE OF THE MONEY, THERE'S GUIDELINES IN HOW YOU HIRE PEOPLE AND WHO YOU HIRE, RIGHT? SO, THOSE GO BACK TO

THOSE THREE CATEGORIES. >> YEAH.

>> AND TO BE CLEAR, THEY PAY THE SALES AND USE TAXES UP FRONT, RIGHT, SO, LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE NEW MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THEY JUST PURCHASED WAS 5 MILLION OR SO DOLLARS, RIGHT, THEY PUT THE SALES USE TAX ON IT AND A YEAR FROM NOW, THEY CERTIFIED JOBS THAT THEY HAVE, FOR THE 438 THEY CERTIFY THEM, THEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GET A $2,500 REFUND ON EACH JOB UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 1.25 IS THE MAX. ONCE YOU GET THAT PORTION OVER THE 5-YEAR PERIOD, YOU'VE REACHED THE EXCESS, YOU'VE REACHED THE MAXIMUM. IT'S A LENGTHY

APPLICATION. >> AND THIS IS THE PROGRAM, WE WERE JUST HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, MORE COMPANIES CAN

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>> THE WORKFORCE. >> ESPECIALLY IF IT COMES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF HIRING 25% MORE JOBS OF IN ESSENCE, LOW-INCOME FOLKS AND VETERANS. THAT'S A WIN/WIN.

>> ARE THE PRAWN IS TO APPLY FOR IT THIS MARCH?

>> WE PROVIDED A DRAFT COPY OF THE APPLICATION AND PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED FORMAT, THE GOAL IS TO APPLY IN PERSON ON THE FIRST AND THEN, IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 2 MONTH TOSS HEAR BACK. . SO, ON WE HEAR BACK YES OR NO, WE'LL DETERMINE WETHER OR NOT ANOTHER

APPLICATION PERIOD IS NEEDED. >> THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF DETAR AND JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY?

>> PROBABLY, TURN THIS TO BRITTANY RICE.

>> WE'VE DONE THIS, THIS ISN'T NEW TO US. IT SHOWS THE

BENEFITS OF IT. >> SO, I'LL BRIEFLY, I CAN'T SPEAK ROUGHLY TO THE JOBS, I KNOW THAT WE'RE HIRING ON A CONSTANT BASIS, ANY MONEY THAT WE HAVE WE LIKE TO INSERT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE JUST RECENTLY BUILT A $6 MILLION CANCER CENTER WHICH IS DUE TO OPEN IN MARCH '27MENT WE INVESTED IN THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY POSSIBLE. SO, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE ONCOLOGY PLACES A PLACE TO CALL HOME AS THEY GO THROUGH THE TREATMENTS THROUGH SUCH A ROUGH TIME SO THAT THEY COULD BE CLOSE TO THEIR FAMILIES AND NOT HAVE THAT DRIVE TWO HOUR TOSS A LARGER CITY. SO, THAT'S ONE OF OUR FOCUSES. I'M TRYING TO THINK, WE'VE DONE QUITE A FEW.

>> YOU'VE HAD AN ER EXPANSION. >> WE HAD AN ER EXPANSION, AND AN ICU EXPANSION. THOSE WERE ROUGHLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, BUT, AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO INVEST THIS MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MOVING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE HAVE THE LARGE RADIOLOGY PROJECT, WAITING FOR APROFILE AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANY GROWTH PROJECTED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, ANY NEW BUILDINGS, ANY

NEW EXPANSIONS? >> ASIDE FROM THE ONES THAT YOU

JUST MENTIONED? >> AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOLLOW UPTO THAT. HOW MANY NEW JOBS DO YOU ANTICIPATE CREATING IN THIS NEXT FIVE YEAR PERIOD OR EVEN JUST IN THE CANCER CENTER?

>> SO, FOR THE CANCER CENTER WE HAVE HAD 15 NEW JOBS I KNOW THE RADIOLOGY PROJECT IS ESTIMATED ROUGHLY FIVE FTES RIGHT NOW. IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT'S IMMEDIATELY ON OUR'S, WHERE POSSIBLY POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT MAY BE AN ER EXPANSION. THAT'S NOT BEEN ASKED FOR APPROVAL YET. BUT, AS FAR AS GROWING DETAR, WE, OF COURSE, WANT TO DO THAT. I CAN ONLY SPEAK ON THE RADIOLOGY ONE AS THAT WILL BE THE NEXT MAJOR PROJECT.

>> TWO THUMBS UP FROM ME ON AN OR EXPANSION.

>> WHAT ABOUT TOW SNUZ >> NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT.

>> THAT IS ALSO REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO KEEP THOSE JOBS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. SO, IF THEY SUBMIT 438 AND THOSE GET CERTIFIED. THEY HAVE TO KEEP THOSE FOR THE FIVE YEARS AND IF SOMEONE LEAVES, THEY HAVE TO AGREE TO REPLACE THEM. SO,

THAT IS A BENEFIT AS WELL. >> I HAVE A MORE GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF. YOU'RE MAKING THIS APPLICATION, MARCH 1ST, YOU SAID WAS THE DEADLINE. IS THERE A WAY THAT, DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ZONE THAT ARE ALSO MAKING APPLICATION IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD KNOW, WOULD THEY COME TO US FOR APPROVAL ALSO?

>> IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, IF THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ OF THE CITY, THEN THEY COME TO YOU, IF THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY, THEN, THEY STILL TECHNICALLY HAVE TO GET YOUR APPROVAL, BUT, IT'S MORE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION. SO, THEN IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES MAKING THE APPLICATION AT THIS POINT?

>> CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT. AND THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES BACK FIVE YEARS AGO, TOO.

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>> AND IT IS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM, ONE NOT ONLY TO RECRUIT COMPANIES TO MOVE THEIR BUSINESSES INTO VICTORIA, BUT, ALSO TO KEEP THE ONES THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> UNDER YOUR PREVIOUS AGREEMENT, DID YOU EVER ASK FOR

A TAX ABATEMENT? >> SO, YEAH, AS PART OF THIS, IN ORDER TO DO A RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF DOING A TOTALLY NEW ORDINANCE, YOU HAVE TO DO THE EXACT SAME AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAD IN 2017. SO, ALL THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY WILL REFER BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. AND ANYTHING THAT WAS TECHNICALLY OFFERED AT THAT POINT IS ALSO UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DEVIATE, YOU HAVE TO DO A TOTALLY NEW

ORDINANCE. >> WHICH FOR US, THAT'S TWO RI READINGS, RIGHTS?

>> DID YOU RECEIVE A TAX ABATEMENT UNDER THE PREVIOUS

ENTERPRISE ZONE? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED

INVESTMENT. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A MOTION.

>> I'LL CALL FOR ONE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E 1.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU APPLY, COULD YOU DO IT EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM E.1, SAY AYE.

[2. Award College Park Utility-Street Reconstruction Project (Utilities) t...]

>> (CHORUS OF AYES)

>> ITEM E.1 PASSES. >> ITEM E.2 IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE COLLEGE PARK UTILITY STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO THE MECER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE

AMOUNT OF $3988596.28. >> THIS IS PART OF THE ON GOING CIP PROJECTS FOR 2023. WE HAVE TANGLEWOOD, AND NOW WE HAVE COLLEGE PARK, I WILL LIKE TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE PROCUREMENT METHODND A THE PROJECT OVERVIEW AND WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

THE PROCUREMENT METHOD IT'S A COMPETITIVELY SEALED PROPOSAL, BASED ON SUB-CHAPTER D OF THE TEXAS CODE BASED ON WEIGHTED CRITERIA, WE RANKED THE OFFERS, NEGOTIATE PRICE AND BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY. AND COST OF THE WORK IS SET AT 50% TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 2581. THERE'S A WAY TO LOWER THAT, BUT, IT DOES TAKE SPECIAL COUNCIL APPROVAL. EVALUATION CRITERIA, WE'VE BASED IT ON PRICE, AT 50%. THEN WE HAVE PROPOSED SCHEDULE AT 15%. PAST PERFORMANCE, AVAILABLE RESOURCES, OVERALL QUALIFICATIONS, CORPORATE STABILITY, THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR REFERENCES. ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS, MECER CONSTRUCTION AT 3.3988 AND LESTER CONSTRUCTION WAS AT $5,264,000. PROPOSAL SUBMITTED WAS BASED ON A LINE ITEM SUBMITTAL. EVALUATED PROPOSALS BY THE CITY MADE UP OF DARRYL SIBERT AND DONNA LIEU, AND WE SELECTED THE PROPOSAL THAT OFFERED THE BEST VALUE TO THE CITY.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. I CAN GO BACK AND YOU SEE PRICE IS 50%, LET'S SAY, LESTER BID $4 MILLION. DID THEY DOES ONLY ONE GET 50%, OR HOW DO YOU WEIGHT THAT?

>> IT WOULD BE, WE BASICALLY WEIGHT THAT, AGAIN, ON THE LOWEST PRICE. THEY'RE GOING TO GET A HIGHER SCORE IF THEY'RE THE LOWER PRICE BASED ON, I MEAN.

>> BUT, THE OTHER ONE WOULD GET SOME WEIGHT?

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES. >> OKAY.

>> IT'S JUST, SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, THEY'RE CLOSER TOGETHER, LIKE, THIS ONE'S PRETTY FAR APART, BUT, MECER WILL STILL GET THE EDGE, THEY'RE A LOWER PRICE. I WOULD LIKE TO

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FOR THE FIRST ONE, OR? >> ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT'S TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW, BASED OFF OF CONTINUAL FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL, YOU MAY RECALL IF WE TOOK IT BECOME THREE OR FOUR YEARS, WE WERE JUST GOING STRAIGHT UP LOWEST BID, NOT LOOKING AT VALUE. TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT BEST VALUE TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE TIMELINE AND OTHER THINGS.

WE DEVELOPED THE BEST VALUE APPROACH THAT HAS THE MATRIX AND THINGS THAT YOU SEE THERE THAT DOES GIVE POINT FORCE TIMELINE, SCHEDULE, HE SAID. WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM YOU THAT THIS NEEDS TWEAKING AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING THAT WE ARE SHIFTING PERCENTAGES. THERE'S A HIGH PERCENTAGE. THAT CAN GET TRICKY AND IT'S PROBABLY A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT, TYPICALLY, WE'RE THE ONES THAT SET THE PARAMETERS ON THE TIMEFRAME AND WE'VE ALREADY CONSULTED WITH OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS AS WELL. AND THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON PRACTICE. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CREATE ENOUGH TIMEFRAME TO ALLOW CONTRACTORS THE FLEXIBILITY THE ADVANTAGE TO ALLOW FOR OTHER CONTRACTS, OTHERWISE THEY WON'T BID AT ALL IF THEY THINK THE NUMBER OF CONTRACT DAY SUNSHINE NOT DOABLE FOR THEM TO DO THEIR PROJECTS. FINDING THAT BALL BETWEEN PUTTING ON THERE, A LENGTH THAT'S LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE CONTRACTORS THE FLEXIBILITY TO TO FEEL COMFORTABLE BIDDING BUT NOT MAKE IT SHORT ENOUGH TO WHERE, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW, AS WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK FOR YOU. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING, MARK?

>> I JUST WANT TO KNOW. YOU SAY IT GETS 50% WEIGHT, BUT, DOES MERCER GET 50% AND LESTER GETS NOTHING?

>> NO, LESTER WOULD GET 45%. >> SEE THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND. THAT MAKES SENSE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THEY SHOULD GET 45%. THEY PROBABLY HAVE THAT AS A WORKSHOP.

>> IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO HAVE IN A WORKSHOP.

>> I'LL I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. >> IT'S NOT CLOSED.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HELPED WITH THIS PROPOSAL METHOD, IT HELPS US IN A LONG RANGE FORM IS THERE ARE CONTRACTORS OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST, THEY'RE DIFFICULT, THE QUALIFICATIONS DON'T MEET AS WELL AS OTHERS, THE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WE HAD, WE TAKE THAT INTO STRONG CONSIDERATION.

AND THIS ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE DO THAT WITHOUT JUST TAKING A LITTLE BIT. THERE WERE TIMES WE HAD TO TAKE THAT LOW BID AND WE KNEW THAT WE WERE IN FOR A LONG TRIAL WITH THAT CONTRACTOR.

THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY OF HEY, WE HAVE GOT TWO CLOSE ONES WE KNOW THIS ONE WILL GIVE US A LOT OF EXTRA WORK. CHANGE ORDERS, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT ONE BASED ON THE OTHER, AND THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER GRADING GETS IN. PAST PERFORMANCE AND QUALIFICATIONS. THIS HAS REALLY STEPPED OUR GAME UP.

>> NEXT SLIDE. MERCER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WAS SELECTED. DISCUSSED WE DO DISCUSS POSSIBLE AREAS FOR REDUCTION IN TIME OTHER WAYS TO YOU KNOW, METHODS, THINGS THAT THEY SEE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE PROJECT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CUT VALVES, WATER LINE PIECES THERE. THIS ONE IS DIFFICULT, ON A CIVIL JOB IT'S PRETTY MUCH CUT AND DRIED. THE FINAL NEGOTIATED PRICE WAS THE SUBMITTED AMOUNT. OUR BUDGET WAS $3.7 MILLION. AND WE'RE GETTING THE DEFICIT FROM LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM DIARY ROAD, AND THE EMERGENCY FUND. WE DID SET THAT AND WE WANT TO BE AN OWNER OF CHOICE.

>> DIARY ROAD. >> THANK YOU FOR LOOKING FOR CONT CONTINUED DAIRY IF YOU REMEMBER ON TANGLEWOOD, WE DID A LOT OF CURE IN PLACE. WE ARE ACTUALLY CHA CHANGING GRATES, WE ARE MOVING SOME OF THE STREETS TO GO NORTH INSTEAD OF GOING SOUTH, IT MAKES BETTER SENSE, WE'LL INCREASE THE FLOWS OUT THERE. WE PLACE 108 WATER AND SEWER SERVICES THAT'S VERY TIME-CONSUMING AND 41 SEWER

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>> REAL QUICK. >> WILL HEARD ROAD WHICH YOU APPROVED TODAY, THE CONTRACTOR WANTS TO START TOMORROW.

>> I KNOW, HE'S ALREADY OUT THERE MARKING THE STREET.

>> HONESTLY, I GOT TO CALL HIM TONIGHT. MILLING OF DEAR CHASE WILL START NEXT WEEK. BEGINNING CURB AND GUTTER ON STOCKBOWER WHICH WAS AWARDED NOT TOO LONG AGO. THEY COMPLETED THE STRIPING ON CRESTWOOD. AND SEAL COAT ON NURSERY IS THIS WEEK, AND THEY WILL PUT THE HOT DOWN NEXT WEEK AND STRIPE IT THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE LARRY SIDEWALK IS COMPLETE. THE WATERWAY IS UP AND WE'RE JUST WAITING TO FINISH THE CONDUCTING WIRING, AND IT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING.

>> THANK YOU, MR. GILL. >> I HAD ONE MORE SLIDE BUT I'LL PASS ON THAT ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> KEN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, IF YOU GO BACK UP TO, UM, IT'S ON THAT ONE, LET ME LOOK AT THE WORDING THEN I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT, I NEVER SEEN IT IN A PROJECT AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY IT'S ON HERE AND NOT ON ANY OTHER PROJECT. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION, ON NUMBER THREE, IT SAYS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDERS IN THIS CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 252.248.

WHY IS THAT IN THIS CONTRACT AND NOT IN THE OTHERS? I'VE NEVER

SEEN IT. >> THAT'S STANDARD IN OUR

RESOLUTION. >> THAT'S STANDARD IN OUR

RESOLUTION? >> YES STARTED DOING THAT, GOSH, YEARS AGO TWO YEARS AGO ADDING IN THAT LACK SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE CHANGE ORDERS UNDER $50,000, BUT, THAT IS IN CODE AND IT'S STANDARD IN OUR RESOLUTIONS, YES, MA'AM.

>> BUT, I THOUGHT JESUS WAS THE ONE THAT AUTHORIZED THOSE.

>> KEN THANX HE'S CITY MANAGER. >> PASS IT ON, IT'S ANOTHER ONE

FOR YOU TO SIGN. >> IT'S THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS

DESIGNEE. >> ANYTHING OVER A $50,000

CHANGE ORDER, YOU'LL SEE THOSE. >> PUBLIC WORKS IS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. NOT ALL NOT CITY WIDE.

>> PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. >> OKAY.

>> SO, FOR EXAMPLE IF WE HAD A CONTRACT UNDER $50,000 BUT ABOVE $10,000 IN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, THAT WILL GO TO JESUS FOR HIS SIGNATURE NOT TO MR. LESACK FOR HIS SIGNATURE.

>> THAT WAS CON FUSING WHEN I READ THAT AND I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD GIVEN JESUS THAT POWER AND NOW IT'S, HE JUST CHANGED IT

OVER TO YOU. >> I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING

OUT. >> SO, I SAID, HEY, WAIT A

MINUTE, THAT'S A JESUS JOB. >> GOOD EXAMPLE WAS WILL HEARD

ROAD. >> I SAW THAT.

>> OKAY. THAT WAS JUST MY QUESTION BECAUSE I HAD NEVER SEEN IT OR YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS ODD. THANK YOU.

>> I WILL ALSO ADD TO THAT IN TERMS OF UPDATES THAT THE THIRD LARGE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IN THE BOOKS WHICH IS BONAIR, WE WILL BRING THAT TO COUNCIL TO REJECT THOSE BIDS EXPECT TO SEE THEM COME IN HIGH, AND WE COULD SPEND ALL DAY THEIR OR RISING ON THAT, WE LITERALLY RELATED TO VERY LARGE UTILITY PROJECTS AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT DO THIS KIND OF WORK, SO, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO RETHINK THAT STRATEGY BEING THAT THE TWO COMPANIES THAT DO THIS WORK WE'RE ALREADY TIEING THEM UP WITH TANGLEWOOD AND MORE TO COME BUT DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN WE BRING THE REJECTION OF THOSE BIDS.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING E.2?

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>> I MOVE TO ACCEPT E.2. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

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AYE. >>

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> ITEM E.2 PASSES.

>> ITEM E.3 IS ARE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AN AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY SENIOR HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 901 NORTH JOHN STOCKBAUER DRIVE REQUESTED BY REALTEX DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION. >> REALTEX HAS 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IF YOU RECALL, 25 YEARS AGO, THE VICTORIA HOUSING PARTNERED WITH REALTEX TO BUILD THE ENCHANTED HOUSING APARTMENTS. IT'S 160 OPT UNITIES FOR WORKING FAMILIES. THE DEVELOPER IS HERE, MR. RICK DAEO SO THAT YOU COULD ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU LIKE. I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN BUILDING THE ENCHANTED GARDENS APARTMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS CLOSE TO FINISHING, WE HAVE, EIGHT TOTAL BUILDINGS ON-SITE. TWO BUILDINGS ARE FULLY LEASED UP WITH RESIDENTS AND THE REMAINING BUILDINGS ALREADY LEASED.

THERE'S A HUGE WAITING LIST WITH THIS PROJECT. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. SO, WITH THIS ITEM, REALTEX WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A SECOND DEVELOPMENT IN VICTORIA, BUT, THIS ONE IS FOR SENIORS, IT'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS, 55 AND OVER AT 901 JOHN STOCKBAUER DRIVE. IT'S BETWEEN AIRLINE AND COLONY CREEK, AND THE PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY NEXT TO A-PLUS KID'KID'S CARE LEARNING CENTER, SO, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE 68, ONE AND 2-BEDROOM UNITS AND IT'S TARGETING SENIORS 55 YEARS-OLD AND OLDER. THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT OR THE COST TO BUILD THIS 68-UNIT PROJECT IS. ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND OPERATIONAL, IT WILL YIELD $130,000 PER YEAR IN PROPERTY TAX TO THE TAXING ENTITIES. SO, THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE CALLED IF SUCCESSFUL, THE VICTORIAN. AND, THIS IS THE RIGHT IS A RENDERING THAT SHOWS WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AGAIN, IT COULD CONSIST OF TWO THREE-STORY BUILDINGS WITH A CLUB HOUSE. THE BUILDING WILL BE SERVED BY ELEVATORS. SO, EACH BUILDING WILL HAVE AN ELEVATOR. THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING OR THE BUILDINGS WILL BE STUCCO OR STONE AND IT WILL HAVE 140 PARKING SPACES. AND I KNOW ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN OTHER DEVELOPMENT SUNSHINE LACK OF PARKING. SO, THIS ONE WILL HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES PER UNIT. SO, IF YOU'RE IN A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT, YOU WILL HAVE 1.5, ABOUT TWO PARKING SPACES, TWO BEDROOM, TWO PARKING SPACE. SO, THE RENTS WILL RANGE FROM MARKET RATE, WHICH MEANS IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY, AND, FOR SENIORS AND FOR INDIVIDUALS EARNING 60% OR LESS OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THAT MEANS SOMEONE WHO A FAMILY OF FOUR WHO DOESN'T MAKE MORE THAN $44,820 A YEAR FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. SO, AGAIN, IT'S A MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY. YOU'LL HAVE MARKET RATE. OPEN TO ANYONE AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE UNITS. IN TERMS OF THE UNIT BREAKDOWN IN RENT, SO, AGAIN, IT WILL HAVE 68 UNITS, 28, 1-BEDROOMS, YOU COULD SEE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE RENT WILL RANGE FROM $335 PER MONTH TO $995 PER MONTH FOR A ONE-BEDROOM. IT WILL HAVE 40, 2-BEDROOMS, AT 175 SQUARE FEET STARTING AT $400 A MONTH TO $1,295 PER MONTH. AND AGAIN, THERE'S THE RENDERING OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO HAVE A LOT OF AMENITIES WHICH INCLUDE A FENCE, GATED COMMUNITY, A BUSINESS CENTER, RESORT-STYLE SWIMMING POOL, GRANITE COUNTER TOPS, A

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THE DEVELOPERS TYPICALLY SELL THE TAX CREDITS TO RAISE EQUITY TO BUILD WORKFORCE HOUSING. SO, UNDER THE 9%, THE TAX CREDIT PROVIDES 70% OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST. SO, THE APPLICATIONS TO THE STATE ARE DUE ON MARCH THE 1ST. AND, AGAIN, VICTORIA COMPETES IN REGION 10 WHICH INCLUDES CORPUS CHRISTI. AND, THE STATE HISTORICALLY AWARDS ONE DEAL OR ONE PROJECT IN THE ENTIRE REGION. AND, HISTORICALLY, CORPUS CHRISTI HAS BEATEN US OUT UNTIL RECENTLY WITH THE FISH POND SENIOR PROJECT WHICH WAS FUNDED LAST YEAR. SO, IN ORDER FOR REALTEX APPLICATION TO BE COMPETITIVE, THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, THE PROJECT WILL NOT GO FORWARD.

>> AND THIS YEAR, COUNCIL, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE APPLICATION.

WHEREAS LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED FIVE APPLICATIONS.

>> SO, IN TERMS OF TIMELINE AND RECOMMENDATIONS, SO, REALTEX HAS DONE A GOOD JOB NOTIFYING THE AREA RESIDENTS, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND BUSINESSES. SO, THEY'VE ALL GOTTEN LETTERS NOTIFYING THEM THAT THIS PROJECT IS POTENTIALLY COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS THE TIMELINE. SO, THE STATE WILL LET THE DEVELOPERS KNOW IF THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED THE TAX CREDITS IN JULY 2023. AND, IF ALL GOES WELL, THEY WILL START CONSTRUCTION, SPRING 2024. AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND ALSO WAIVING THE $500 IN BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR REALTEX. THE PRESIDENT OF REALTEX, MR. RICK DEAO IS HERE, SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE COULD BOTH ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.

>> I MOVE TO ADOPT E.3. >> I SECOND. ANY FURTHER

DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION MR. ETIENNE TALKED ABOUT NOTIFICATION AND REALTEX SENT NOTIFICATIONS TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, I THINK THAT I WAS INITIATED TO SOME EXTENT BUT I WAS PART OF THAT TOO, I WAS ADAMANT TO BE SURE THAT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD BE AWARE. AND THEY DID THAT HAPPILY, I ASSUME THEY DID,THY NEVER COMPLAINED. AND SO, I'M ABLE TO SAY, AND I CAN ASK ALSO THAT I'M ABLE TO SAY THAT I'VE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY ANY OF THE NEIGHBORING, HAS ANYBODY FROM THE CITY BEEN CONTACTED?

>> NO, MA'AM. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CALL ORS COMPLAINTS FROM ANYONE. I DON'T KNOW IF MARK, IF YOU'VE RECEIVED ANY.

>> I CAUGHT THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS, INVOLVING OUR COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S HARD TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY BUT CERTAINLY A LITTLE MORE KNOWLEDGE ON THE FRONT END MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER.

>> ABSOLUTELY. MR. ETIENNE HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO ME.

>> I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COMING OUT TO VISIT THE

SITE. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF E.3 SAY AYE.

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>> (CHORUS OF AYES)

>> ITEM E.3 PASSES. >> ITEM E.4 IS A RESOLUTION IN

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>> BEFORE WE START, THIS IS GOING TO BE ON ME, SINCE I'M THE INTERIM MAYOR, I RAN ACROSS MR. PLAGUE, I DID NOT SEE MR. I WANT TO OPEN UP CITIZENS COMMUNICATION JUST IN CASE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME ON THIS ITEM, IT COULD BE FOR ANYTHING. IT COULD BE FOR ANYTHING. BUT, YES.

>> JOHN CLEG, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD AND I'M WILLING AND ABLE TO DO IT. I'VE BEEN DOING DEVELOPMENT WORK AND CONSTRUCTION IN VICTORIA FOR FIFTY YEARS, SO, I STILL REMEMBER HOW TO DO IT AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO SERVE.

>> THANKS, JOHN, I APPRECIATE IT. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT INFORMING YOU AT THE TIME. BUT, HAPPY TO OPEN IT BACK UP. BUT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN COMING THIS EVENING AND YOUR

WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW, WE'LL CLOSE CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION AND I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO MS. HILBRICH. THE RESOLUTION WOULD APPOINT ONE NEW MEMBER TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MUCH THE PURPOSES OF THE COMMISSION IS TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS TO HEAR AND DETERMINE CASES FOR SUBSTANDARD AND UNSAFE BUILDINGS, THE MEMBERS SERVE TWO-YEAR TERMS AND THERE'S SEVEN MEMBERS.

CURRENTLY, IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE SAW THE SAME PRESENTATION AND AT THAT TIME WE APPOINTED DAVID BROWN TO A VACANT POSITION ON THE BOARD AND ALSO SERVING ARE ROBERT BUHLER, CRAIG BLOGGER, SHERRY STRICTLAND, AND BISHOP MARSHAL.

AND SO, THE APPOINTMENTS, IT IS AN UNEXPIRED TERM THAT ENDS IN JANUARY 1ST, OF 2024. THERE ARE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM M MR. KLEG AND MR. CONSTANTINE AND THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE COUNCIL PACT FOR YOUR REVIEW. ON THE DAIS, I DID PLACE YOUR BALLOTS TO COMPLETE, THEY HAVE YOUR NAME ON THEM, YOU CAN NOT VOTE BY SECRET BALLOT, SO, CIRCLE THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT TO THIS BOARD AND I'LL COME AROUND AND COLLECT THEM.

>> >> THANK YOU.

>> THAT IS A UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR MR. CLEG, SO, HIS NAME WILL BE

ENTERED. >> AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN

A MOTION. >> I MOVE THAT WE INSERT JOHN CLEG'S NAME TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION.

>> I SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF E.4 H SAY AYE.

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>> (CHORUS OF AYES)

>> ITEM E.4 PASSES. WE MOVE INTO CITY MANAGER REPORTS, WE HAVE THREE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.

>> WE SURE DO. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHERE WE KICK OFF OUR TWO OR THREE MONTHS WORTH OF ANNUAL REPORTS FROM OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. TO KICK OFF WE START WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, TO INTERIM CHIEF MARK JAMESON WILL KICK IT OFF. AND CHIEF FOX FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TIFFANY

TOTAH FOR MUNICIPAL COURT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT THEY PUT THE ROOKIE FIRST, RIGHT. SO, TAKE NOTE OF THAT.

BUT, I DO HAVE THE HONOR TO SHARE THE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS IN 15 MINUTES. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE THIS PAST YEAR, SO, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST, AND KEEP IT WITHIN 15 MINUTES. THIS IS JUST A QUICK TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU WILL SEE, WE PROVIDED THE PRINTED OUT COPIES. SO, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT TONIGHT. BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, THIS IS NOT IN YOUR PRINTED OUT COPY, BUT, I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, PRIMARILY, OUR MISSION STATEMENT. THE PART IS REDUCING CRIME THROUGH OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICES BUT THE OTHER PART IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY. WHAT I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION IS THAT'S A RUNNING THEME THROUGHOUT THAT'S WHAT WE

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SO, IF YOU LOOK AT NAVARO, AND LOOK TO THE WEST, ANYTHING NORTH OF MOCKINGBIRD IS NOW CLASSIFIED AS THE 200S, WE STARTED IT IN JANUARY, IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO SAY IT'S AN ABSOLUTE, BUT, I THINK BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE GETTING SO FAR, WE WILL ACHIEVE THAT EVENLY CALL VOLUME THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND IT HELPS WITH RESPONSE TIMES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND SOME OF THAT STUFF YOU MAY FIND IN THE PRINTED OUT COPY. THE REASON I'M HERE IS TO TALK ABOUT CRIME. YOU KNOW, CHIEF ARADONDO AND THIS IS HIS ANNUAL REPORT HE WAS BIG ON GETTING OUR CRIME NUMBERS DOWN. AND I'M THANKFUL TO SHARE THESE NUMBERS WITH YOU TONIGHT. WE BREAKDOWN THE CRIMES IN TWO CATEGORIES, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD A PART ONE AND PART TWO CRIMES IN THE PAST, NOW, THEY'RE CALLING THEM CLASS ONE AND CLASS TWO, ESSENTIALLY, THE CLASS ONE CRIMES ARE THE ONES LISTED THERE, MURDERS, RAPES, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AND SO FORTH. WE HAD A GOAL TO REDUCE IT 3% AND IT'S DOWN 16%. IN THE CLASS TWO CRIMES WHICH ARE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THOSE. THAT IS EVEN DOWN 8.74%. THE CLASS ONE CRIME ARE SEPARATED IN TWO CATEGORIES, PROPERTY CRIMES AND VIOLENT CRIMES. THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS A HUGE NUMBER, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT AS YOU WELL KNOW WE HAD SEVEN MURDERS WHICH WAS A HUGE NUMBER IN 2022. EVEN DESPITE THOSE HIGH NUMBERS OF MURDERS, OUR VIOLENT CRIME ARE DOWN 24%. THE PROPERTY CRIMES WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY THE PIE CHART, THOSE TWO ARE DOWN 15% BUT SOMETHING IN THAT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT FROM THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, WITHIN THAT PROPERTY CRIMES IS WHERE WE CAPTURE OUR BURGLARY OF OF VEHICLES. THERE WERE 310 REPORTED IN 2022. 85% OF THOSE CRIMES WHICH IS ROUGHLY 263 OF THEM WERE VEHICLES LEFT UNLOCKED. COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT OUR PROPERTY CRIME NUMBER WOULD BE IF WE COULD JUST GET THE PUBLIC TO LOCK THEIR DOORS, BUT, IT'S STILL PART OF THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING. OUR CRASH DATA IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE TRACK, OUR GOAL WAS TO REDUCE OUR CRASHES BY 3%. I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND CRASHES IN 2021, AND THAT NUMBER IS DOWN TO 784. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE MEDIAN ON HOUSTON HIGHWAY OR NAVARO OR WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC WHICH IS VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE TO SLOW DOWN. HE COULD SEE WE REDUCED THE NUMBERS BY 21.6%. SOME MORE PERFORMANCE DATA THAT WE TRACK, YOU MAY NOT KNOW BUT WE HAD A LITTLE OVER

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MARSHALS AND THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP, THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST 427 FUGITIVES EIGHT OF WHICH WERE TIDE TO THE SEVEN MURDERS THAT WE HAD AND I HAVE GREAT PLEASURE TO TELL YOU ALL OF THOSE MURDER HAVE BEEN CLEARED. AND THEY TOOK 85 GUNS OFF THE STREETS AND CAUGHT 40 BURGLARS IN THE ACT. THIS MIGHT BE A FAMILIAR PICTURE, YOU MIGHT SEE THOSE AROUND TOWN. IT'S NO SECRET THAT AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STRUGGLING TO GET OFFICERS THROUGH THEIR DOORS, SO, WE HAD TO BE CREATIVE TO COME UP WITH WAYS DO IT. WE'VE USED SOCIAL MEDIA, AND BILLBOARDS AROUND THE CITY AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS, BUT, WOVE ALSO RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH MILITARY BASES IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM IN THEIR TRANSITION PROGRAM TO ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY TO TRANSITION BACK AND COME AND WORK FOR US. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY HIRED 10 CADET OFFICERS, 10 POLICE OFFICERS AND 10 DISPATCHERS, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR CADET OFFICERS AND YOUR POLICE OFFICERS, THE CADETS ARE THE ONES THAT WE SPONSOR THROUGH THE VICTORIA POLICE ACADEMY. SO, HERE'S THE REST OF THE EQUATION, YOU KNOW, I SHOWED YOU THE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE THAT THE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES HAVE DONE, BUT THE OTHER PIECE IS DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO WE STARTED TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY WASTED UNIT. WE USED TO DO 85-90 EVENTS IN A YEAR, LAST YEAR THEY DID OVER 104. A FEW OF THE ONES THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU ARE THE FIVE NEW PROGRAMS THEY CREATED, THE CASTING WITH COPS, THEY PARTNER WOULD BUSINESSES AND WE HAD SOME 200 KIDS COME OUT AND FISH ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE OFFICERS AT SUN VALLEY RANCH. WE PARTNERED WITH PROSPERITY BANK AND DID A SHREDDING EVENT. THEN WE PARTNERED WITH CHRIST KITCHEN IN THE QUEEN CITY AREA TO HAVE A BIKE RODEO WHICH WAS A GREAT TURNOUT THERE. AND THEN, THE LUNCH AND LEARNS AND I LEFT THAT ONE LAST BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STARTED OUT AS PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND TO DO PRESENTATIONS AND IT'S ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THAT'S, BUT, WE STARTED WITH 15-18 ATTENDEES AND MOST RECENTLY WE HAD 61 PEOPLE THAT HAD COME OUT WITH YOU ONE OF THE ONES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO IS VICTORIA COMMUNICATIONS THEY CLOSED THEIR A ATT STORE TO COME OUT AND TEACH OUR RESIDENTS HOW TO DEAL WITH CELLPHONES. THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE HUGE.

>> YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE IT WAS INCREASED TO THE GREAT WORK THAT JOHN AND ADAM AND LAUREN HAVE LEN DOING THEY'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED 13TH IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN LODGE. EVEN LITTLE VICTORIA IS ON THE NATIONAL MONTH THROUGH THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROGRAM, SO, THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK. YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT RECRUITING EFFORTS WE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A TURNOVER AND I'LL GET INTO SOME OF THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT, BECAUSE OF THAT, OUR TRAINING UNIT JUST REALLY HAD TO STEP UP AND CONDUCT A LOT MORE IN--HOUSE TRAINING. YOU COULD SEE THE NUMBERS THERE. AND I'LL SKIP JUST FOR TIME ABOUT THE YOUTH CAMP AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO, THE PEOPLE HERE, AND I THINK IT WILL BE A RECURRING THEME, YOU'LL SEE THAT ALMOST 82% OF OUR 16.200-0000 IS ALLOCATED FOR PERSONNEL. HERE'S A GOAL THAT WE DIDN'T ACHIEVE, OUR GOAL OR VACANCIES, WE WANTED TO BE AT 60%, WE FELL SHORT OF THAT, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A VACANCY RATE OF 13.17%.

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(INDISCERNIBLE) >> SOME RECOGNITIONS, CAPITAL CLAY FEATERS GRADUATED FROM THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY. HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY DO THAT MYSELF IN 2016, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S STILL ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER.

>> HE LOOKS HAPPY. >> YEAH.

>> CAPTAIN FETTORS NEVER LOOKS HAPPY, BUT, HE'S A GREAT GUY.

SERGEANT BILLY BERNARD GRADUATED WITH THE BILL BLACKWOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE AND COURSE, OUR OWN JEFF LEONARD WHO RECEIVED SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR HIS ROLE AS A PROGRAM NATIONAL GUARDER, AS YOU KNOW WE RECEIVED OUR FOURTH RECOGNITION FOR THE BEST PRACTICE LAST YEAR AND JEFF WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS ROLE AND WE TALK SO MUCH WITH OUR CRIME ANALYST. HERE HE HAVE I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SHOWING YOU A PICTURE OF HER, THAT'S ERIN. SHE RECEIVED TWO RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES. AND THE OTHER TWO PICTURES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID UNDER CHIEF ARADO IN, DO IS WE SWORE IN TWO HONOR RARE OFFICERS.

ARADONDO. DJ IS OUT OF THE HOUSTON AREA AND HIS GOAL WAS TO BE SWORN IN BY OVER 100 AGENCIES. WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT. AND DURING THAT EVENT WE HAD KIMRON. KIMRON REALLY GRABBED OUR HEARTS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE LOST KIMRON IN JULY, BUT, IN HER HONOR, I TALKED ABOUT THE YOUTH CAMP AND YOU SAW THAT OP THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE TRAINING UNIT CAME TO US AND OVERWHELMINGLY WE SUPPORTED IT, THEY WANTED TO CHANGE OUR YOUTH CAMP TO BE CALLED CAMP KIMRON, THAT'S EXCITING. AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE LAST PART, WHICH IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M DOING ON TIME, SIR, BUT, I'M TRYING.

>> YOU'RE DOING FANTASTIC. >> WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO, I'LL THROW THAT OUT THERE NOW.

>> VERY GOOD. >> BRINGS US TO THE LAST SLIDE WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING. OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST ITEM ON THERE IS THE NEW BUILDING, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THE CITY MANAGEARY'S THUNDER ON THAT, BUT, I WANT TO TELL YOU WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, JUST, THE NEW BUILDING AND YOUR SUPPORT THAT YOU ARE GIVING IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING REALTIME CRIME CENTER WHICH YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT IN THIS YEAR AND GOING FORWARD. BUT, IN A NUTSHELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS AFTER I EXPLAIN TO YOU THE LICENSE REIMPLEMENTATION.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT LPRS, AND YOU'LL SAY, WHAT IS A

LICENSE PLATE READER? >> IT READS A LICENSE PLATE.

HOW IT WORKS IS THAT LET'S SAY A CRIME OCCURS IN FLORIDA, AND, THEY YOU KNOW, SAY IT'S A HOMICIDE OR IT'S A KIDNAPPING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT AGENCY WILL PUNCH IN THE LICENSE PLATE INTO A NATIONAL DATA BASE. THE AGENCIES THAT ARE TAPPED INTO THAT, WHEN THEY COME INTO THEIR AREA, OR THE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE PICKED UP ON A LICENSE PLATE READER, WE'RE GOING TO BE NOTIFIED OF THAT. WELL, THOSE CAPABILITY ARE GREAT, BUT, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT IN ORDER TO SEND YOUR RESOURCE INTO THAT AREA. THAT'S WHAT THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER IS. SO, IF WE TAKE THAT PICTURE UP AT THE TOP THERE WERE IT'S YOUR COMPUTER GOING OUT TO ALL OF OTHER DEVICES.

THINK OF THAT IN REVERSE, WHETHER THAT'S DRONE FOOTAGE OR THE BODY 1 CAMERA FOOTAGE, WHETHER IT'S RING DOORBELL OR PRIVATE SECURITY VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE SCHOOLS OR THE HOSPITALS OR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, THE PEOPLE TO DIAL IN A THAT, THAT WILL ALL BE PIPED INTO THAT REALTIME CRIME CENTER.

SO, NOW WHEN A CALL GOES OUT TO AN OFFICER, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY SITTING AT THAT CONSOLE AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR THAT AND THEY CAN BEGIN TO DATA MINE AND ACCESS THAT INFORMATION TO PASS ON TO THE RESPONDING OFFICERS. THAT'S KIND OF THE WAIVE OF THE

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BETTER TOGETHER. >> WE'RE RIGHT AT 15 MINUTES.

>> WELL, 16. JUST KIDDING. BRIEFOUT SOUTH TO DEPUTY CHIEF YOUNG AND CAPTAIN MOYA. I APOLOGIZE, BUT, OF COURSE, THE COMMAND STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ESPECIALLY DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD, BUT, REGARDLESS THROUGHOUT, IN ACHIEVING MANY OF THE RESULT THAT IS YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED TONIGHT FROM THE REDUCTION IN CRIME RATE TO THE SUCCESSES, IN GRANTS, AND EVEN THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER, I MEAN ALL OF THAT STUFF ARE REALLY IDEAS THAT SHCHIEF ARDON HAS BROUGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THAT WAS NOTE A ROOKIE PRESENTATION. EXCELLENT.

>> I DO APPRECIATE SO MUCH OF WHAT PUBLIC SERVICE DOES, OFTENTIMES IS REACTIVE, AND THE FACT THAT POLICE AND FIRE, YOU'RE GOOD. YOU COULD SIT DOWN. BUT, THEY'RE APPROACH TO BEING PROACTIVE IN ADDRESSING SO MUCH OF THIS IS FIRST-CLASS.

[2. Victoria Fire Department's 2022 Annual Report. Robert Fox, Fire Chief]

SO, THAT'S, THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. DE LA GARZA. CHIEF COORDINATED OUR PRESENTATIONS. HE SAID HE WOULD GO LONG AND I WAS LIKE, I'LL GO SHORT TO LEAVE TIFFANY ROOM. WE'LL GET STARTED PRESENTING WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2022. ALL RIGHT, SO, 2022 OFFERS US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REENGAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY. MUCH LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE WANTED TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW WE'RE NOT JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE NOT JUST COMING TO PUT OUT THAT FIRE OR RESPOND TO THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY. WE'RE HERE TO ENHANCE YOUR LIFE IN MULTIPLE WAYS. I'M PROUD TO SAY WE HAD FIRST EVER PROGRAMS THAT GOT US ENGAGED WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A FIRE AND ICE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM WHICH IS THE FIRST WE'VE EVER DONE. CONTINUED OUR CITIZEN RESPONDER PROGRAM AS CHIEF JAMESON MENTIONED, OUR LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. AND THEN, THIS PAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR EVER WE HOSTED, WE PARTICIPATED DEMME NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. BUT, THIS PAST YEAR WE HOSTED A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PARTY. AND IT WAS JUST A HUGE SUCCESS AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET INTO THE PREPARATION. BUT, REALLY, OUR GOAL AND FOCUS FOR 2022 WAS ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE, ONCE AGAIN, AS CHIEF JAMESON SAID, WE THINK THAT IS THE KEY TO HEALTHY AND LIVELY COMMUNITY. TALKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR RESPONSE DATA, OUR AVERAGE NUMBERS THIS PAST YEAR, 2022, RESPONDED TO 12,860 CALLS.

OF THOSE, 2800 WERE IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S STANDARD FOR US.

20-25% OF OUR CALL VOLUME IS WITHIN THE COUNTY WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL. THAT'S CONSISTENT. THE UNIQUE THING IS YOU LOOK AT THE BAR GRAPH YOU SEE THE CALL VOLUME WAS LESS IN 2022 THAN IN 2021, AND THAT REALLY ONLY HAPPENS ON ONE PARTICULAR OCCASION, THAT'S WHEN THERE'S A DISASTER IN THAT PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND IN 2021 WE HAD THAT LAST SURGE OF COVID THAT DROVE UP OUR NUMBERS AND THE ONLY OTHER TIME I CAN REMEMBER THIS HAPPENING WAS COMING OFF HURRICANE HARVEY WHERE WE HAD A RASH OF CALLS AFTER THE HURRICANE AND THE RESPONSES AND OUR NUMBERS WERE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. BREAKING DOWN THAT CALL VOLUME FURTHER, YOU COULD SEE EMS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE OUR CALL VOLUME AND THAT'S WHAT WE RESPOND TO OVER 9,000 TIMES A YEAR. IT'S REALLY OUR MAIN JOB AND FOCUS OF WHAT WE DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. WE WANTED TO INCLUDE OTHER NUMBERS IN THERE TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT OUR RESPONSE VOLUME IS BROKEN DOWN INTO, BECAUSE, THAT REALLY DRIVES US, AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE SHAPE AND HOW WE LOOK AND HOW WE OPERATE AND THE PROGRAM THAT IS WE HAVE. 12% WHICH IS OUR HIGHEST, OUR SECOND HIGHEST CALL VOLUME BEHIND EMS ARE RESPONSES WHERE THERE'S NO EMERGENCY FOUND IT'S JUST SOMEBODY'S WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING AND WE CHECK IT OUT. AND THAT'S PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO CHANGE. BUT, THAT DOES LET US KNOW WE CAN BETTER EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON WHEN TO CALL 911 AND WHAT THINGS ARE EMERGENCIES AND WHAT ARE NOT. AND IT HELPS US EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY BETTER ON WHAT'S GOING ON. THE OTHER, WHICH IS OUR THIRD HIGHEST CALL TYPE AND YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS

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>> (INAUDIBLE). >> NO, MA'AM, THE 12% IS SEPARATE. SO THAT IT WAS ROUGHLY, I THINK, 1400, 1300 CALLS AND THEN THE 7% IS ALSO SEPARATE OF THAT TOTAL OF

12,000. >> THAT'S A LOT.

>> IT'S A LOT, YES, MA'AM. IT IS QUITE A BIT.

>> LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PERFORMANCE, WE COULD SPEND ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT UP HERE TALKING ABOUT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT THAT IS WE DO BUT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE AND ONCE AGAIN SHAPE THE WAY THAT WE DO THENS IN THE FUTURE, WE KNOW THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR AND WE LOOK TO GENERATE REVENUE AT ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD. WE HAVE A $500,000 INCREASE OVER THE 2021 COLLECTION. WE HAD A FEE INCREASE IN THAT PERIOD.

OUR HAZARD MITIGATION FEE IS RELATIVELY NEW FOR US AND WE'RE GENERATING $50,000 TO $60,000 A YEAR ON FEE COLLECTIONS FOR THAT. AND SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LEVERAGE IN THE FUTURE IS OUR EDUCATION FEE COLLECTION. WE HAVE STARTED EDUCATING OUR INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS LIKE INVISTA, AND DOW, AND THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO PAY A FEE FOR THAT. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO LEVERAGE THAT AND CONTINUE BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT WAY TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THAT PROVIDER AND SUPPORTS AND ENHANCES OUR TRAINING FACILITY THAT WE USE FOR OUR REGULAR FIRE-FIGHTERS. AND LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY SAVES IS THE 84% AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MAPS IS PROPERTY INVOLVED IN FIRE, OUR GOAL IS 90-95%. AND, YOU KNOW, HOW WE IMPROVE THAT IS ONE OF OUR OTHER KEY PROGRAMS WHICH IS OUR FIRE SAFE 2025, WHICH IS SMOKE DETECTERS AND OVER 50% OF THE FIRES THAT WE WENT TO IN 2022 THERE WAS NOT A WORKING SMOKE DETECTER. SO, THAT'S WHY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO US, AND COMING UP ON MARCH 49 AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP, WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT INSTALLING SMOKE DETECTERS, BECAUSE IF THAT SMOKE DETECTER WORKS AND THEY CAN CALL US EARLIER AND WE COULD GET THERE QUICKER TO SAVE LIVES. OUR RESPONSE TIME ARE GREAT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW FAR WE COULD DRIVE TO GET THERE, WE COULD GET THERE IN UNDERSTOOD SIX MINUTES AND THAT'S GOOD FOR THE FIRST TRUCK BUT WE NEED THAT EARLY NOTIFICATION WHEN THE FIRE STARTS TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE COULD GET THERE. LIGHTS AND SIRENS TRANSPORT IS A PROGRAM WE STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO USE LIGHTS AND SIRENS BECAUSE THAT TELLS US WE WERE ABLE TO TREAT THE PATIENT WHICH ALLOWS US TO TRANSPORT THEM WITHOUT LIGHTS AND SIRENS WHICH MAKE IT IS SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC AND OUR MEMBERS. OUR GOAL IS SAFETY IN THAT PROCESS AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO KEEP THAT UNDER 2%. AND HERE'S REALLY SPECIFIC DATA FOR YOU. AND, KIND OF GIVES YOU AN AREA OF FOCUS OR US IN THE FUTURE, OUR ROSC, STANDS FOR RETURN TO SPONTANEOUS FUNCTION. WE GOT THEIR HEART TO AT LEAST BEAT ON IT'S OWN. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE WELL ABOVE THE GLOBAL ROSC RATE.

WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB IN PROVIDING CARE. BUT, WHAT'S ALARMING TO US AND WHAT WE WANT TO CORRECT IS THE CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL, MEANING THEY WERE DISCHARGED WITH THE HOSPITAL,

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WE'RE ENHANCING OUR CPR EDUCATION PROGRAMS STARTING WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS ALL THE WAY UP TO ADULTS. AND, IT'S NO LONGER, IT'S ALL ABOUT HANDS-ONLY CPR AND NO MOUTH-TO-MOUTH. AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR FOCUSES MOVING FORWARD.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THIS DATA, PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY TIME. WE'RE A COMMUNITY. THAT'S ONE OF OUR THEMES AND AS AN ORGANIZATION WE WERE COMMITTED TO THREE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS AND ONE OF THOSE THREE SPECIFIC THINGS IS ENHANCING THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT MEANS DOING THE THINGS OTHER THAN WHAT OUR JOB DESCRIPTION TELLS US TO DO BY ENHANCING THEIR LIVES. AND SOME OF THOSE GREAT EVENTS ARE FIRE AND ICE SUMMER YOUTH CAMP. WE OPENED THE REGISTRATION UP AND WITH THE 15-20 MINUTES WE WERE FULL. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT THIS SUMMER AND WE'RE HOPE TO GO EXPAND THAT AND MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER, OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT BLOCK PARTY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND THAT WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR DEPARTMENT. THE GOD'S CHURCH, PASTOR LARRY GREEN, DR. PEPPER, THE FOAMED UP PARTY CAME OUT AND WE HAD A GREAT EVENT AND WE THINK THAT IS WHAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS ABOUT, THAT COMMUNITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMING OUT AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND MAKING A GREAT EVENT. THE CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME. WE PARTNERED WITH THE POSTAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION TO PUT ON A GAME FOR THE FOOD BANK AND TOYS FOR TOTS. WE RAISED MONEY AND A LOT OF TOYS. OUR LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES WAS GREAT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES IN THAT AND WE PROVIDE FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, WE HAD A GREAT STORY FROM THE PAST YEAR IN WHICH SOMEBODY CAME, HAD A HEALTH SCREENING AND IT SAVED THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY WERE ALERTED TO A POTENTIAL ISSUE AND GOT INTO THE CARE AND SERVICES THEY NEEDED AND WE TRULY FEEL LIKE WE SAVED THEIR LIFE THAT DAY. WE WERE DONATE THE 50 BIKES BY ACE HARDWARE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE BIKES TOGETHER AND WE TURNED THEM OVER TO PD AND THEY DISTRIBUTED THEM TO TOYS FOR TOTS. A FEW YEARS AGO, THE PARADES, THE DROP BY PARADES WERE A HUGE THING. I THINK THAT PD WOULD AGREE WE DID SO MANY TRUNK-OR-TREATS OVER THE HALLOWEEN TIME PERIOD WE WERE EXTREMELY BUSY WITH THAT AND WE CONTINUED OUR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY CONTINUING FREE FOOD CLINICS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WE WENT TO THE IF WE HAVE FLU VACCINE LEFT, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THOSE ON THE FOURTH AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP. SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AS CHIEF JAMESON MENTIONED, STAFFING WAS HARD FOR US. WE HIRED 15 PEOPLE IN 2022 BUT WE ALSO LOST 15 PEOPLE IN 2022, THAT WAS KIND OF A ZERO GAIN FOR US. BUT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TO HELP CURB THAT AND TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PROUD OF IS OUR PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. WE ADDED A PARAMEDIC ONLY POSITION WHICH WE HADN'T HAD IN 25-30 YEARS AND WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY FILL THAT POSITION AND REDUCE OUR VACANCIES BY 20 BECAUSE OF MAKING THAT CHANGE AND JUST HIRING A PARAMEDIC ONLY TO FILL THE SPOT ON AN AMBULANCE. IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALMOST FULL STAFFING IN THAT POSITION FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. SO, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE OTHER THING WE STARTED IN 2022 THAT WILL COME TO FRUITION IN 2023 IS OUR CIVILIAN CADET PROGRAM. WE HIRED SEVENTH CIVILIANS THAT HAD NO TRAINING AND WE'RE PAYING THEM TO GO THROUGH FIRE AND EMS TRAINING AND THEY WILL BE FINISHING THAT UP AT THE END OF JUNE, AND WE'RE ANXIOUS AND EXCITED. THAT WILL BRING ON FIVE ADDITIONAL STAFF RIGHT AWAY FOR US THIS SUMMER. IT'S WORKED SO WELL, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOG DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE AND WE THINK THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF OUR STANDARD MODELS OF HIRING FOLKS IN THE FUTURE IS C THEM TO BE FIRE-FIGHTER EMTS, WE

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IT CAN GO TO ANYTHING, IT CAN GO TO A CAR FIRE, A HOUSE FIRE, A BRUSH FIRE, STILL. BUT, HOW THIS REALLY BECAME BENEFICIAL TO US IS THAT DUE TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING OUR TRUCKS FIXED. THIS WAS ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT PLACE TEMPORARILY AND RESPOND AS A FIRST-CLASS FIRE ENGINE AND ALLOWED US TO PUT ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEEDED. IT FILLED IN NICELY FOR US IN A PINCH WHEN WE COULDN'T GET OUR APPARATUS BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND WE SEE THAT FOCUSSING ON SOME PROGRAMS THAT WILL ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY'S WELLBEING AS WELL AS STAFFING CHANGES AND REALLY BIG INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES. REOPENING OF FIRE STATION ONE HAPPENS THIS YEAR, WE'RE EXCITED TO SAY IT'S TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE IN APRIL. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO Y'ALL COMING OVER AND IF YOU WANT TO STOP BY AND CHECK IT OUT, WE'RE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU AROUND. RELOCATION OF FIRE STATION FIVE HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC FOR A LONG TIME AND IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE HOPE THAT HAPPENS. OPENING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, IDENTIFYING LOCATION FOR FIRE STATION SEVEN AND DOING THAT DESIGN. AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE COMMUNITY CPR EDUCATION PRPROGR.

WE HAVE GREAT STAFF WITH GREAT IDEAS ON HOW TO GET IT INTO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND INTO HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS ADULT GROUPS, CHURCH GROUPS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE COULD REALLY HAVE OUR COMMUNITY WILLING AND ABLE DO CPR AND OUR SMOKE ALARM PROGRAM. EXPANSION OF OUR TRAINING SERVICES. IT THAT'S BEEN GREAT FOR US AND IT'S GENERATING REVENUE. AND THE HEALTH CARE TRANSITION TO MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE TO HANDLE SOME NON-EMERGENCY INCIDENTS. AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEAR SUNSHINE WE'RE OUT HERE ON AN ISLAND IN VICTORIA, AND WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT OUR STAFFING MODELS TO BE SURE THAT WE COULD MEET THE DEMANDS THAT WE CAN BE CALLED TO DO. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GO TO A LARGE STRUCTURE FIRE, THERE'S REALLY NOBODY ELSE THERE TO HELP. IT'S OUR STAFF. AND WE PUT THEM THROUGH THE RINGER AND IF IT'S A BIG FIRE, STAFFING IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADJUST AND MODIFY TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS AND DEMANDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND LASTLY, COMPLETE A COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION ASSESSMENT. WE HAD A PLAN COMPLETED FOR US AND NOW WE HAVE TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND WE COULDN'T DO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CPR. >> YES, SIR.

>> DOES THE RED CROSS STILL HAVE A CPR PROGRAM?

>> THEY DO, BUT, THE TREND IS GETTING AWAY FROM THE FORMAL, STRUCTURES CPR CERTIFIED PROGRAMS LIKE RED CROSS AND GOING TO A VERY SIMPLE, VERY BASIC, HANDS-ONLY CPR TRAINING PROGRAMS. WE NEED TO SHOW YOU HOW TO PUSH ON SOMEBODY'S CHEST.

THAT'S IT. AND THAT MAKES THE LIFE SAVING OF THAT PERSON ENHANCED BY 20-30% JUST BY SOMEBODY DOING THE CPR EARLY.

>> WE WANTED TO HAVE YOU GUYS COME OUT SAY, TO THE CHURCH, BECAUSE, I THINK THAT'S WITH A WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. WE JUST HAVE TO CALL YOUR OFFICE AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT?

>> YES, MA'AM. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SET THAT UP.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> CHIEF, YOU TALKED EARLIER ABOUT LIFT ASSIST, LOOKING AT THAT, IT'S ABOUT 2.5 LIFT

ASSISTS PER DAY. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YES, SIR. >> WHEN DO YOU IT AND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S MULTIPLE EVENTS OR THE SAME PATIENT OR CLIENT, IN REGARD WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION, HOW DO WE GO FORWARD AND WHAT KIND OF PREVENTION ARE WE DOING IN THEIR HOMES TO PREVENT THIS FROM CONTINUOUSLY OCCURRING.

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>> GREAT QUESTION. IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CALLS US TWICE WITHIN FOUR MONTHS WE GO OUT AND DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING AND WE GET THAT MOBILE HEALTH CARE ENGAGED. A LOT OF TIMES, IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING, WE NEED TO CLEAN UP SOME THINGS, WORK ON SOME THINGS, A LOT OF TIMES, THEY'RE NOT EATING, WE CONNECT THEM WITH MEALS AND WHEELS, AND O IT NOW, THEY'RE GETTING NUTRITION AND THEY'RE STRONGER AND ABLE TO WALK.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL, ONCE WE ENGAGE WITH THAT PERSON GETTING THEIR FAMILY INVOLVED, BECAUSE, A LOT OF TIMES THEIR FAMILY IS UNAWARE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM INTO ASSISTED LIVING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. LIKE, YOU NEED A SOCIAL WORKER TYPE OF SITUATION FOR THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO AND ALL THEY CAN DO AT THE MOMENT IS CALL 911. AND WE'RE TRYING TO SHIFT THAT MODEL LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, PREVENTIVE, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM FROM HAVING TO CALL 911.

>> THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.

>> GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF.

[3. Municipal Court 2022 Annual Report. Tiffany Totah, Municipal Court Adm...]

>> (APPLAUSE)

>> LASTLY, WE HAVE TIFFANY TOTAH PRESENTING HER REPORT FOR

THIS QUARTER. >> GOOD EVENING. SO, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR 2022. SO, OUR GOALS FOR MUNICIPAL COURT ARE TO IMPROVE AND INCREASE ACCESS TO JUSTICE. OUR FOCUS ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES AND COURT PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT.

SO, ONE OF OUR BIG INITIATIVES FOR 2022 WAS THE OUTREACH INITIATIVE THAT WE LAUNCHED IN APRIL, SO, ABOUT MID YEAR LAST YEAR AND WE'VE SEEN SUCCESS FOR THAT WITH REACHING OUT TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNINITY PARTNERS AND HOSTING COURT ON-SITE. THE PICTURE THERE IN THE MIDDLE IS WHEN WE WERE OVER AT MID COAST FAMILY SERVICES PROVIDING COURT SERVICES, ESSENTIALLY OFF-SITE TO SOME OF OUR MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. WE HAVE HOSTED AT CHRIST KITCHEN, SALVATION ARMY AND THE VICTORIA HOUSING AUTHORITY WELLS MEALS ON WHEELS THOSE ARE SOME LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN AT AND WE GO EACH MONTH TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. WE DID ALSO ADD AN E-MAIL ENCRYPTION SERVICE DUE TO THE DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE SENT TO DEFENDANTS OR ATTORNEYS AND HAVE SENSITIVE INFORMATION SO THAT HELPS TO PROTECT THEIR INFORMATION WHEN PROVIDING DOCUMENTS THROUGH THE E-MAIL PORTAL. SOME OF OUR CRIMINAL AND CASE DATA IS FEATURED HERE.

SO, FOR 2021, WE HAD 104 CRIMINAL DOCKETS WHICH FOCUS ON SUMMONS DOCKETS RELATED TO ANIMAL CASES OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR ARRESTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM SITE ARRESTS AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PRE-TRIALS AND THOSE ARE DOCKETS WITH THE PROSECUTOR, SO, WE HAD ABOUT 44 OF THOSE. WE DID EXPERIENCE A CASE INCREASE FILING OF 6105 THIS YEAR. NUMBER OF CASES CLOSED 5242 THAT IS AN INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. AND, I KNOW THIS QUESTION TYPICALLY WHAT IS A DISPOSED CASE, AND FOR US, THAT IS WHEN A CASE IS COMPLETED. SO, THAT CASE MAY BE COMPLETED DUE TO PAYMENT, DISMISSAL, OR JAIL CREDIT WAS APPLIED TO THAT PARTICULAR CASE. OUR GOAL FOR THE NUMBER IS TO BE HIGHER THAN THE CASES FILED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST CLOSING NEW CASES COMING IN, BUT CASES FILED IN THE COMING YEARS, WE'RE CATCHING UP UP ON THE BACK LOG THAT WE EXPERIENCED WHICH IS ALSO PART OF WHY WE IMPLEMENTED THE OUTREACH DOCKETS AND FOR THE COLLECTIONS, THE OVERALL COLLECTIONS WE SPECIESED AN INCREASE OF 8.2% OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. THAT NUMBER FEATURED THERE INCLUDES COURT COST AND GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND I DO HAVE A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THAT THAT I WILL SHOW A SLIDE COMING UP. WE ALSO HAVE CIVIL CASES OR WHAT WE CONSIDER ADMINISTRATIVE DATA. AND SO SINCE BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD, WE'VE SEEN ON UP TICK IN CERTAIN TYPES OF FILINGS, AND GENERALLY WE HAVE PROPERTY HEARINGS, AND ANIMAL CASES WHICH ARE CIVIL AS WELL.

SO, WE HAD EIGHT INSPECTION OR ABATEMENT WARRANTS FILED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT, SO, THAT IS INSPECTION WARRANTS WOULD BE GOING INTO PROPERTIES LIKE A BUILDING AND TAKING PHOTOS OF THE INSIDE, OR, GOING ONTO A PROPERTY TO ABATE WEED LOTS AND

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AND WE HAD THREE INSPECTION WARRANTS FILED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES FOR BEING A COURT OF RECORD. THIS DATA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE JUDGE ALSO DID HAVE SOME WARRANTS RELATED TO POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A COURT OF RECORD, THOSE ARE NOT RECORDS THAT WE KEEP ON FILE IN OUR SYSTEMS, THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE KEEP SEPARATE AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE EIGHT OF THOSE AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT NUMBER WITH HER. AS FAR AS THE CASE FILINGS, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE OUR CASES COME FROM. SO, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS POLICE FILINGS AND THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ANIMAL SERVICES. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO IN PARTICULAR ONE WITH A DECREASE AND ONE WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. ALL HAD AN INCREASE EXCEPT FOR SITE ARRESTS. THAT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKEN IN FOR CLASS C MISDEMEANORS THAT ARE CONSIDERED NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS HAS HAD A STEADY DECREASE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND THAT'S MOSTLY DUE TO GAME ROOM VIOLATIONS FILED THIS SUMMER. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A STEADY INCREASE YEAR TO YEAR, BUT, THEY HAVE TICKET WRITERS AVAILABLE TO THEM WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. SO, HOPEFULLY THEY BEGIN TO USE THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S WHERE THERE'S QUITE AN INCREASE. AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS ONE THAT WE DID SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR WITH THE CRIMINAL FILINGS THAT WE RECEIVED.

ANIMAL SERVICES RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR NAME SO, I'M TRYING TO GET USED TO THE NEW TERMINOLOGY. BUT, WE INCREASED THAT AS WELL T 25% FILINGS FOR THOSE. THIS IS THE COLLECTION'S BREAKDOWN, THE 62.6% IS THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE COLLECTIONS THAT THE COURT RECEIVED FROM THE OVERALL COLLECTIONS WHICH WAS A 10.8% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. THE YELLOW, THE 32.8% IS WHAT GOES TO THE STATE SO THAT'S THE COURT COST AND THEN THE 4.7% IS KEPT BY THE CITY AND THAT'S FOR SPECIAL REVENUES THAT FUND COVERS THINGS LIKE TECHNOLOGY, COURT SECURITY, AND THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AS WELL. SO, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE COLLECTIONS THERE AND, INCREASES IN ALL OF THOSE AS WELL. WE ALSO UTILIZED, I KNOW THAT I HAVE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TEXT MESSAGING CAPABILITIES, I BELIEVE THAT IS AN INDICATOR OF HIGHER COLLECTIONS, IF YOU WILL, THIS YEAR AS WELL. WE DID INCREASE OUR USAGE OF THAT BY 57% AND THE $874,000 IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THOSE MESSAGES BEING SENT. SO, A 48% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR ON OUR COLLECTIONS FROM USAGE OF TEXT MESSAGES, WE USE IT FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE FILE.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE DO. AND, SO, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE, OF COURSE, THE CAR SEAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, WE GOT THAT IMPLEMENTED IN MAY OF THIS PAST YEAR WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND ACROSS POLICE, FIRE, AND COURT, AND, WE HAVE BEEN HAD MUCH SUCCESS WITH THAT PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE IT AND HAVE UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THAT AS WELL. WE ALSO RECEIVED A STATE AWARD, IT WAS OUR SECOND CONSECUTIVE MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES AWARD FOR OUR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON TRAFFIC SAFETY AS WELL AS IMPAIRED DRIVING INITIATIVES AND WE CONTINUE TO PERFORM MOCK TRIALS AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. I HAVE TO MENTION IT SINCE IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY TONIGHT, RAIN

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COMMUNITY EVENTS, TRUNK OR TREAT WE DID IN THE PRIOR YEAR, JAVA WITH THE JUDGE WHERE THE JUDGE GETS TO HAVE COFFEE WITH THE COMMUNITY. MOCK TRIALS WE HOSTED THREE WITH THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. ELIZABETH OUR JUVENILE CASE MANAGER ATTENDED A CAREER DAY. WE HAVE AN INTERN WORKING WITH US TO HELP WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH. CHILD SAFETY PROGRAM RELATED TO THE GRANT PROGRAM FOUR OUT OF OUR RECIPIENTS COMPLETED APPLICATIONS AND RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 293 SERVICE TOSS 1,281 CHILDREN. THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS UTILIZED 121 VOLUNTEERS, NOW, THAT IS ONLY AMONGST THREE OF THEM AS ONE OF THE APPLICANTS DID STATE THEY DID NOT USE VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND THOSE VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTED 5,084 HOURS. FOR THE CAR SEAT CHILD SAFETY PROGRAM THERE WERE 49 INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED IN MAY AND SEPTEMBER THAT INCLUDES THE CAR SEAT EVENTS AND ON-SITE INSPECTION. WE'RE CONTACTED ON A WEEKLY BASIS, ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO EIGHT A WEEK. WE GET REFERRALS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OTHERS FROM THE COMMUNITY SENDING PEOPLE OUR WAY TO GET INSPECTIONS ON-SITE. 24 CAR SEATS WERE ISSUED DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 11 DESTROYED.

WHEN A CAR SEAT IS DESTROYED, NOT ALL TIMES DOES SOMEBODY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GIVE UP THE ONE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. IN SOME INSTANCES THE CAR SEAT THEY HAVE IS GOOD BUT THE CHILD HAS OUTGROWN THAT SEAT OR THAT IS STILL A GOOD CAR SEAT BUT NOT THEIR'S. DESTROYED CAR SEATS ARE TYPICALLY ONES DAMAGED, TAMPERED WITH, THEY DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF, IT'S EXPIRED OR IT'S SOMETHING UNSAFE ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHERE THERE'S JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A NEW CAR SEAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO DESTROY THE OLD ONE. DURING OUR EVENT THAT WE HAD IN MAY WE HAD TWO UNRESTRAINED CHILDREN AND NONE OF THE CHILDREN THAT COME THROUGH TO SEE US ARE USUALLY PROPERLY RESTRAINED.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S FIXED WHETHER IT'S NOT TIGHT ENOUGH OR QUITE SECURE ENOUGH. THOSE ARE INDICATORS THAT WE LOOK AT. TO DATE, FROM OCTOBER TO CURRENT AND WE HAD SOME INSPECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON SO, I KNOW THIS NUMBER'S A LITTLE HIGHER NOW, 14 HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED THUS FAR, 10 ISSUES AND FOUR DESTROYED AND NONE PROPERLY RESTRAINED. WE WILL ALSO BE HOSTING A PARENT CLASS ON THE DAY BEFORE. SO, APRIL 11TH. HERE IN CHAMBERS WE WILL BE HOSTING A PARENT CLASS AT 6:00 P.M. AND TEXAS A & MAGRO LIFE WILL BE COMING DOWN FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT COMING DOWN LATER AS WELL. I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND LET YOU KNOW. WEDNESDAY, APRIL THE 12TH AT 4-6:00 P.M. AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, 4,000 WEST HALLSY STREET WE'RE HOSTING A CAR SEAT INSPECTION THERE.

THE GOAL IS ANYBODY WHO IS REGISTERED THEY WILL ATTEND THE PARENT CLASS NIGHT BEFORE WE'LL HAVE THEM HERE TO SHOW THEM CAR SEATS AND WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS. I'M EXCITED TO HOST THAT AS WELL. STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT OUR WONDERFUL TEAM LED MY JUDGE HINOLD WHO IS ALWAYS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE A NEW PERSON WHO RANTLY STARTED WITH US THIS MONTH SO WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER WITH US. MARIA, OUR COURT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR IS CONTINUING HER EDUCATION AND SHE'S IMPLEMENTED PROCESSES WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WE NOW USE ELECTRONIC FILING WITH THEM THROUGH A SHARED DRIVE PLATFORM. ELIZABETH MONTES IS OUR JUVENILE CASE MANAGER AND SHE OBTAINED HER MASTER'S IN JUVENILE. SHE'S ONE OF OUR CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIANS AND SHE

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YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. >> THANK YOU, FOR A GREAT REPORT. AND THANK YOU TO BOTH THE CHIEFS FOR GREAT REPORTS.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. >> GOOD JOB.

>> THANK YOU, TIFFANY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU.

I HOPE THAT YOU NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE AND THE QUALITY OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE CONTENT AND HOW SUCCINCT THE STAFF IS IN PRESENTING THE INFORMATION. I'M PROUD OF THE TEAM AND THE STAFF TORE THE PRODUCT THAT YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT. THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT PRESENTED TONIGHT OF COURSE ARE THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE HOUSED IN YOU NEW BUILDING, I WAS PLANNING ON SURPRISING YOU WITH AN AMAZING MOCKUP RENDERING OF THE BUILDING, AS IT TURNS OUT, LAYING OUT AND DESIGNING A 70,000-SQUARE FOOT BUILDING TAKES LONGER THAN I THOUGHT. NEXT MONTH WE'LL PROVIDE A MORE SPECIFIC UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT PROCESS AS WELL AS SHOWING YOU IMAGES TO GET YOUR FEET BACK ON THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING, WE WANT TO BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOU, SINCE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BUILDING WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF NOT ONLY STAFF NEEDS BUT, OF COURSE, OF YOU AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO, EXPECT TO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY FOR FEEDBACK NEXT MONTH ON THE

BUILDING. >> ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORK SESSIONS THIS EVENING. AND WE HAVE CANCELLED AND WE DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT. ALL R

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