Mar 07, 2023 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>>COUNCILMAN CRACKER? COUNCILMAN SCOTT? MAYOR PRO TEM YOUNG? COUNCILMAN LOCKLIN? AMIR BUTNER? AND COUNCILMAN WILL BE JOINING

US THIS EVENING TO >>HERE. >>HERE.

>>HERE. >>HERE. >>PLAYERSRISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE. >>I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLIGHT, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WITH LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE

ALLEGIANCE TO THE, ONE CITY, UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. >>THANK YOU.

DOCTOR YOUNG, THANK YOU FOR RUNNING THE MEETING LAST TIME. THANK YOU.

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

RECOGNITION. >>CAPTAIN AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SOME RECOGNITIONS.

I WILL START WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WE WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THEIR LUNCH AND LEARN IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 FROM 11 AM TO 1 PM AT THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY CENTER AND RESIDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED CAN VISIT AND REGISTER AND VISIT FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTER AT VICTORIA TX /LUNCH AND LEARN.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS GETTING LITTLE BETTER, THERE ARE INCREASING WRAPPING UP SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMMING. IN LIGHT OF NATIONAL PLANT A FLOWER DATE ON SUNDAY, MARCH 12. AT 4 PM IN THE CHILDREN'S PARK, THERE CAN HAVE A BOTANICAL BASH OPEN TO KIDS OF ALL AGES. AS A SPINOFF OF THE TODDLERS ON THE TRUCK PROGRAM THAT'S BEGINNING LAST YEAR ÃÃ NARRATIVE THERAPY DOING ONE BILINGUAL PROGRAM CALLED [INDISCERNIBLE] .

I DON'T KNOW I'M STARTING WITH THAT.

[INDISCERNIBLE] WHICH IS OUTSIDE IN NATURE. AND SO ÃÃTHIS IS TYPICALLY GEARED ONE IN FIVE-YEAR-OLDS AND SO, WE ENCOURAGE THOSE FOLKS TO CHECK THE PROGRAM OUT.

ADDITIONALLY EXERCISE CHALLENGE OPEN TO ALL AGE GROUPS. THIS WOULD SOUND BETTER IF YOU SOUGHT STALLED OUT, BUT IT'S EXERCISE WITH EGG EGG. INTENTIONALLY STARTING THURSDAY, MARCH 9 TO EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 9. LOCATED ALONG THE NATURE TRAIL IN RIVERSIDE PARK AND ALONE TREE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CHECK

[2. Public & Employee Recognitions:]

THOSE ARE THE ONLY COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I HAVE. I CAN TRANSITION TO

[b. The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and C...]

RECOGNITIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE PLEASE. >>SO FIRST OFF I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND RECOGNIZE OUR CLIENTS DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING THE GPO A BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR THE 38TH YEAR IN A ROW. THIS SPEAKS HIGHLY OF GILBERT AND HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. HE'S BEEN A BIG PART OF THE CONTINUITY AND SUCCESS OF THAT DEPARTMENT. THIS RECOGNITION AND EVERY YEAR WE GET THIS BUDGET AWARD. VERY BRIEFLY, THIS AWARD REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT THAT REFLECTS THE COMMITMENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY AS WELL.

IT'S A CREDIT TO YOU AND STAFF TO MEETING THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETING. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE BUDGET WORK, THE ENTITY HAS TO SATISFY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS.

THESE GUIDELINES ARE TO ADDRESS HOW THE BUDGET SERVES AS A POLICY DOCUMENT FINANCIAL PLAN ÃTHAT OPERATIONS GUIDE AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE. BUDGET DOCUMENTS MUST BE RATED IN THE PROFICIENT LEVEL IN ALL FOUR CATEGORIES AND 14 MANDATORY CRITERIA WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES RECEIVE THE AWARD. AND SO ÃÃKUDOS TO OUR FINANCE TEAM.

I KNOW THAT LATA IS HERE AND WESLEY AS WELL. KUDOS TO THEM.

ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND SHARING A BUDGET DOCUMENT. IT MEETS THE HIGHEST OF STANDARDS. CONGRATULATIONS YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE]

[a. March 2023 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Chri...]

CHRISTINE UECKER TYPICALLY COMES UP AND PRESENTS AND ACTUALLY WALKS UP AND CONVEYS THAT SHE IS NOW THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

SO RECENTLY PROMOTED. AS A NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

SHE WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSEE OUR COMMUNITY APPEARANCE DIVISION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

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AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AND CONGRATULATIONS. >>CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] >>FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M COMPLETELY HONORED AND VERY FORTUNATE TO BE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND PARTICULAR IN THIS DEPARTMENT. AND YOU KNOW DARRELL NEEDS A LOT OF HELP.

CLEARLY. [LAUGHTER] I AM REALLY HAPPY TO BE IN VICTORIA AND I'M HOPING TO STAY A LITTLE WHILE.

SO ÃÃOKAY. LET'S GET TO ERIC KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFICATION AWARD.

AND I WILL INTRODUCE MEREDITH BIRD ONCE AGAIN. FOR THIS AWARD.

>>CONNECTED MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND BEFORE I GET TO THE AWARD, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH KRISTI. WITH BEING ASSOCIATED WITH KBB.

I DISCOUNT HER AS A FRIEND. I THINK SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB LEADING OUR ORGANIZATION AND BEING AFFILIATED WITH THE CITY IN GENERAL PREACH IS JUST A FIRECRACKER WITH ENDLESS ENERGY AND SO ÃÃANYWAY ÃÃ I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT HER PROMOTION AND I ADJUSTED FOR HER. AND SO ON TO OUR AWARD ÃÃ THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AS KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL TO CONTINUE RECOGNIZING BUSINESSES THAT EMBODY OUR MISSION AND OUR PRINCIPLES. AND THIS MONTH OUR AWARD GOES TO MAIN STREET ANIMAL HOSPITAL. AND DOCTOR TRAVIS AND MALLORY SHARP.

THIS PRACTICE WAS FOUNDED IN 1991. IF YOU TRAVEL ALONG MAIN STREET JUST AS YOU'VE NO DOUBT SEEN THE WORK THAT GOES INTO KEEPING THIS PROPERTY IN THE BODY THE LANDSCAPING. THE GREAT STATE SPACE. LOOKING SO NICE DOCTOR SHAR AND HIS STAFF ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH PUTTING THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE THERE IS JUST NOT TIME OF YEAR AND MAIN STREET ANIMAL HOSPITAL DOES NOT LOOK IMMACULATE. ON BEHALF OF KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL, I AM PRESENT WITH DOCTOR TRAVIS CHART WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARD.

[APPLAUSE] >>CONGRATULATIONS. >>THANK YOU.

>>ABSOLUTELY PICK >>I GUESS I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

BUT I'M GLAD THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE FREEZE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT NOW.

[LAUGHTER] EVERYTHING IS MOWED DOWN TO THE BARE MINIMUM ÃÃBUT IT'S COMING BACK AND THE ROSES ARE BLOOMING AGAIN. AND EVERYTHING WILL BE BEAUTIFUL IN ANOTHER FOUR WEEKS. THINK THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION AS FAR AS THIS. I WAS TELLING THE LADIES THAT I AM 90 PERCENT SURE THAHAT I WAS ON A NOMINATED COMMITTEE FOR THIS WHEN IT FIRST ÃÃIN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF IT ÃÃI THINK IT WAS WITH THE CITY CHAMBERS WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN THE 90S OR EARLY 2000'S. I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE NOMINATED COMMITTEE. AND SO ÃÃI'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S STILL IN USE AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY, WHOEVER DID ALL THE ENTRANCES. THEY LOOK GREAT.

HOPEFULLY THE PET RESORT, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING ON AND WE WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE THERETO. WE'RE GONNA KEEP MAIN STREET LOOKING GOOD.

>>THANK YOU DOCTOR SHAR. [APPLAUSE]

>>SINCE WE ARE IN THE KRISTI THEMED SECTION RIGHT NOW ÃÃI WOULD SAY THAT THE EVENT THAT SHE ORGANIZED FOR THIS WEEKEND IS FANTASTIC. HE WAS THE CLEANUP OF QUEENS CITY. HE DID A GREAT JOB. ABOUT 200 VOLUNTEERS CAME OUT.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DID SHOW UP AND PARTICIPATED IN IT. I'M SURE WE WILL GET A REPORT SOMETIME SOON WHEN VALUABLES WE COLLECTED. BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT

AND IT'S WELL RECEIVED AND THE PLACE OR LOOKS A LOT BETTER. >>ON THE END, OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A MORE SPECIFIC UPDATE ON THE DEBRIS AND TRASH AND

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PROVIDE A MORE DETAILED REPORT. >>RIGHT. >>ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ASK ITEMS FROM COUNSEL ÃÃWE HAVE ONE LISTED ON THE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP? NO?

[a. Community Needs Report by United Way of the Crossroads. Mark Loffgren,...]

ALL RIGHT, MR. LOFGREN? >>I PUT THIS ON THERE BECAUSE MORE KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITY MAKE THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL BETTER AT UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS OF VICTORIA. I ASKED BETHANY CASTRO ÃÃSHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF UNITED WAY.

DO IT PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITIES ON A NONPROFIT STANDPOINT.

I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN WE USUALLY GET.

THANK YOU BETHANY.>THANK YOU FOR HAVING US SIR. FIRST OF ALL ÃÃI DID NOT KNOW THAT I WAS BASICALLY FIRST. PLEASE GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE.

AND THEN TWO, I'VE ASKED MYSELF AND SELF-IMPOSED 15 MINUTE TIME AND HOPE TO KEEP UNDER 10 SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AT THE END. HELLO EVERYONE, MY NAME IS BETHANY CASTRO. ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE UNITED WAY OF CROSS ROADS AND I HAVE MET MOST OF YOU IN MY TIME AND NOT VICTORIA. I WORKED HERE IN 2018 AT PERPETUAL HEALTH AS A DIRECTOR THERE AND I MOVED IN 2019 AND I'VE LIVED IN VICTORIA EVER SINCE. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND THE PRESENTATION.

HERE TO GIVE A REPORT ON COMMUNITY NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.

COUNCILMAN LOGIN TALKED ABOUT INDIVIDUALS IN VICTORIA. OUR LUNCH MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE THERE ENDED UP TAKING TO HAVE ERRORS. AS WE DELVE DEEP INTO SOCIAL TOPICS WHERE THE [INDISCERNIBLE] CAME UP.

YOU WILL RECKON IS THE FIVE CORE CONDITIONS OF THE 2035 COMP PLAN WHICH THE CITY OF VICTORY HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] THE CITY IS READY AND TAKING A LEAD ON SITTING VISIONARY GOALS FOR EVERYBODY IN THESE AREAS. BUT TODAY ÃÃI WOULD LIKE TO ADD INTO ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS INTO THOSE FIVE PIECES. WE ENVISION A FUTURE, WHERE THE SOCIAL SERVICE SECTOR WORKS ALONGSIDE THE CITY. TO ENSURE ALL VICTORIES ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING AND THRIVE. NOT TO SURVIVE.

TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF THE WONDERFUL NONPROFITS THAT WE WOULD HAVE OPERATING IN OUR CITY AS WELL TO BEGIN TO PAINT A PICTURE OF EVERYBODY AS EVERYDAY VICTORIANS. NEW WE HAVE CATEGORIZED PROFITABILITY IN THE AREAS OF FOCUS.

EDUCATION AND YOUTH, HEALTH, NUTRITION, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, DISASTER, AND VETERANS. AND IN ORDER TO TRY AND GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHO IS HERE DURING THE SOCIAL SERVICE WORK. OUR OFFICE IS WORKING ON CREATING CULPRITS OF LISTS, WHICH INCLUDES ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTIONS AS WELL AS CONTACT INFORMATION AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS. AND AFTER MANY ROUNDS OF SITTING THIS OUT AND ASKING FOR EDITS, WE KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

SO IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THERE THAT IS NOT THERE, PLEASE TELL ME.

NOW, IF YOU WILL, GIVE YOURSELF A MINUTE AND IMAGINE A WORLD FOR THESE AGENCIES DID NOT EXIST. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS.

NO MORE MONTHLY FOOD BOXES OR HYGIENE PRODUCTS FOR THOSE IN NEED.

MIDCOAST WAS THE WORST TO CUT A PROGRAM LIKE DRUG PREVENTION EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS OR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB DID NOT EXIST. OR MEALS AND WILLS CLIENTS NO LONGER RECEIVE THEIR WEEKLY FOOD DELIVERY. MY FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE TODAY IS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMUNITIES HARD-WORKING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

WHERE EACH AGENCY IS WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN. OFTEN ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS AND HAVING THEIR AGENCY OVERHEAD CONSTANTLY QUESTION.

THEY CONTINUE TO SHOP EVERY DAY TO SERVE THOSE IN MOST NEED IN THE COMMUNITY STANDING IN THE GAP THAT HOLDS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER FROM BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO LET'S ZOOM OUT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT VICTORIA'S NONPROFIT ECOSYSTEM.

ON A SURVEY, LOCAL DIRECTORS REPORT THAT THEIR CLIENTS ARE INTERACTING WITH 2Ö NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHEN THEY COME IN FOR SERVICES. THERE IS A LOT OF INTERCONNECTEDNESS IN OUR WORLD. BETWEEN OUR CLIENTS BUT WE SHARE CLIENTS. BUT OUT OF NECESSITY, THESE AGENCIES ARE ABSOLUTELY LASER FOCUSED ON THEIR MISSIONS AND DELIVERING PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR LANE OF SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN THERE. I'VE BEEN A DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THESE DIRECT SERVICE AGENCIES WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CLIENTS AND YOU TRULY NEVER KNOW WHERE THE NEXT KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR IS GOING TO TAKE YOU OR YOUR ATTENTION. BECAUSE OF THIS FOCUS ON OUR DIFFERENT AND VARIED CLIENTS, THERE'S NOT ALWAYS TIME OR ABILITY TO ZOOM OUT AND LOOK FOR FURTHER CONNECTION, COLLABORATIONS, OR EFFICIENCIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS OR JOINT GRANT WRITING. AT UNITED WAYNE, WE SEE OUR ROLE AS CONVENIENT.

ZOOMING OUT ÃÃFOCUSING ON OVERARCHING PLANS, STRIVING FOR MORE EFFICIENCY, BETTER COMMUNICATION, AND PARTNERSHIP AMONG ALL NONPROFITS WITHIN OUR REGION.

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NOW GO TO SWITCH TOPICS A LITTLE BIT. WE SAID COMMUNITY NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. HE WOULD GO ON THAT SUBJECT. I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO AN IDEA AND A POPULATION THAT WE REFER TO AS ALICE IN THE UNITED WAY WORLD.

ALICE IS AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR THOSE THAT ARE ASSET LIMITED, INCOME CONSTRAINED, BUT EMPLOYED. IN THE PAST, WE MIGHT'VE REFERRED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS AS THE WORKING POOR. WE USE ALICE AS A BAROMETER OF COMMUNITY NEEDS.

ALICE DID NOT HAVE ASSETS THAT CAN QUICKLY OFFLOAD FOR CASH. NOT A VEHICLE THAT THEY CAN GO AND SELL AND COME ONTO HARD TIMES. THEIR INCOME IS STRAPPED IN OFTEN LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. BUT THEY ARE WORKING.

THEY'RE WORKING IN JOBS THAT UPHOLD OUR COMMUNITY. I OFTEN DESCRIBE THIS POPULATION AS BEING ONE UNEXPECTED EXPENSE AWAY FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET THE NEXT MONTH. WE ARE NOT GONNA TAKE A LOOK ALICE DATA IN THE ZIP CODE IN THE CITY DATA ON THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US WITH 35 PERCENT OF OUR CITY RECOGNIZES ALICE.

THEY'RE WORKING. USUALLY AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. USUALLY MORE THAN 40 HOURS A WEEK AND STILL NOT ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WHEN WE COUPLE THAT WITH THE MOST RECENT DATA REGARDING THOSE WHO LIVED BEHIND THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE, WE LOOK AND SEE 53 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE EITHER IN POVERTY OR IN ONE EMERGENCY AWAY FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS NUMBER Ã ÃIN PRINT ÃÃI WAS STARTLED TO SAY THE LEAST. HALF OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE EITHER UNDER THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE OR UNDER THE ALICE THRESHOLD FOR SURVIVAL.

AND LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. TODAY, I AM HERE TO TRY AND HELP PAINT A PICTURE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK ONCE WE AGREE ON WHAT THE PICTURE NEED IS, WE CAN DEVELOP A PLAN AND TACKLE SOME ROOT CAUSES OF THESE ISSUES.

BUT AS I START TO SHARE DATA, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WITH REAL NEEDS RIGHT NOW. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY OF VICTORIA, THE STAT IS BROKEN DOWN BY ZIP CODE.O, WE CAN SEE THAT 63 PERCENT OF ZIP CODE 77901 ARE UNDER THE ALICE THRESHOLD. WHERE ZIP CODE 7924 35 PERCENT FALL INTO ALICE THRESHOLD. SO ÃÃI THINK THAT QUESTION LINGERS PAIRED WITH DOES THIS MEAN? IF WE ARE LOOKING AT NUMBERS, WHAT MAKES UP AND ALICE? BUDGET? NOW ÃÃADMITTEDLY, AND YOU SEE THERE AT THE TOP, THIS DATA IS DATED. AND I WILL KIND OF GO INTO THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

THESE ARE NUMBERS TAKEN FROM THE 2018 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH ARE COMPILED AND RELEASED IN 2020. IN ABOUT A MONTH, THE 2020 NUMBERS WILL BE RELEASED.

OVERALL, IT'S 2Ö YEARS BEHIND. ON THIS SLIDE, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF LIVING COSTS FOR BROAD LINE ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD MAKEUPS AND WHAT MONTHLY AND ANNUAL INCOME IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE SURVIVAL BUDGET FOR RESIDENTS IN VICTORIA COUNTY.

WE SEE THE HOURLY RATE AT THE BOTTOM, THIS IS WHAT HOUSEHOLD IS TO BRING IN PER HOUR TO REACH THESE THRESHOLDS. ONE ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE HERE IS A MOTHER OF YOUNG CHILDREN IS THAT A FAMILY OF FOUR, WHO HAS KIDS IN CHILDCARE, WHICH WE CAN ASSUME MEANS THERE ARE IN CHILDCARE BECAUSE BOTH PARENTS ARE WORKING.

ACTUALLY TO BRING IN 2000 MORE DOLLARS THAN A FAMILY THAT DOESN'T HAVE CHILDREN IN CHILDCARE. THE BIGGEST OVERALL TAKE AWAY I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HAVE FROM THIS SLIDE IS THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR A LOW-WAGE HOURLY WORKER TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN VICTORIA. FURTHER, WE NOTE THAT THESE ARE 2018 NUMBERS, WHICH FORTUNATELY ARE THE MOST RECENT ALICE DATA THAT WE HAVE. BUT SINCE THEY ARE SO OLD, THEY ARE NOWHERE PAINTING AN ACCURATE DEPICTION OF OUR CURRENT EARNING PRISONS THEN CAN WE FACE THE PANDEMIC. A FREEZE, AND RECORD INFLATION OR CONSUMER PRICES HAVE GROWN WHILE INCOMES STATES DIED DOWN. THE POPULATION THAT ARE UNDER THE ALL SPECIAL HAS UNDOUBTEDLY GROWN AND IS WOBBLING ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT NOW MORE THAN EVER.

WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF ALICE AND ALICE THRESHOLD, I CANNOT DISENGAGE IT FROM THE IDEA OF LIVABILITY. TO OFFER AN ANALOGY, MY HOME HAS A PARENT BEAM FOUNDATION.

THE PARENT BEAM FOUNDATION, 53 PERCENT OF THOSE PEERS MEANT TO HOLD UP OUR HOUSE AND COMMUNITY ARE SHAKY AT BEST. 46 PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN OUR AREA LIVED BELOW THE ALICE THRESHOLD. 46 PERCENT IS BIGGER THAN THE OVERALL ALICE COMMUNITY.

FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ARE ACTUALLY FOCUSED MORE ON THIS ARENA.

THESE OUTCOMES ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO THE FINANCIAL STABILITY IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

THOSE WITH MORE THAN ONE WORKER OWNED BUCKLEY TO LIVE ABOVE THE ALICE SURVIVAL BUDGET THRESHOLD WITH THOSE WITH ONE WORKER AND ONE ADULT HOUSEHOLD OR MOST VULNERABLE.

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WE SAW AN EXAMPLE OF THIS ÃÃA HOUSEHOLD OF 16 PEOPLE A MONTH AGO WHEN THERE WAS A HOUSE FIRE. ONE OF THE NUMBERS THAT LEADS TO THE ALICE HOUSEHOLD IS THE STABILITY OF JOBS THAT THEY HOPE IT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TYPE OF JOBS, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE, WE COULD SEE 26.9 PERCENT MEMBERS ARE SALARIED EMPLOYEES WHILE 30 PERCENT HOURS SALARY. EMPLOYEES ARE NOT PAID WHEN THEY ARE NOT PHYSICALLY AT WORK. SIX DAYS OR FAMILY LEAVE DOES NOT EXIST IN AN HOURLY WAGE CHOPPER OFTEN, AND HOURLY WAGE WORKER IS LEFT TO BALANCE THE COST OF ANNUAL INCOME LEAVING TO WORK WITH FAMILY DUTIES LIKE TAKING CARE OF A CHILD, AN ELDERLY PARENT, OR THEMSELVES.

SO, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE STATE OF TEXAS? EMORY THAT PROVIDED SOME COMPARISON DATA. OUR MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD IS ABOUT $5000 LOWER ÃARE POVERTY LEVELS HIGHER, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE BACHELORS DEGREES ABOUT 10 PERCENT LOWER AND WE ARE ON PAR WITH THE STATE WITH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH UNDER 65 THAT DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. 30 PERCENT OF TEXANS LIVE UNDER THE ALICE SURVIVAL BUDGET THRESHOLD WHILE 35 PERCENT OF VICTORIANS DO NOT.

THIS WAS A LAST-MINUTE ADDITION. IT'S OFTEN VALID TO ASSUME THAT THERE'S A HELPFUL AND FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW INCOME. I WILL PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT WITH THAT SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGH END INCOME LIMITS FOR A FEW DIFFERENT BENEFIT PROGRAMS THAT WE MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH. THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO HERE. BENEFITS OPERATE ON A SLIDING SCALE.

THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THAT LIMIT THERE, THE LOWER YOUR SUBSIDIARY IS.

WHEN YOU'RE ON A FAMILY OF FOUR, THE UPPER INCOME LEVEL FOR THESE BENEFIT PROGRAMS ÃÃ ALICE SURVIVAL BUDGET FAMILY OF FOUR.

I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU ON YOUR TARGETED EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND THE FOCUSED EFFORT DOCTOR TN AND KEISHA SMITH ARE TAKING ALONGSIDE MANY DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE QUEENS CITY AREA. I TRULY TRULY MEAN IT FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART THAT IT TAKES ALL OF US TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER TO MOVE TOWARDS GREATER STABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SORRY. OVER HALF OF OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT WITH CERTAINTY KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE ENDS MEET NEXT MONTH. A LARGE PORTION OF THAT 53 PERCENT ARE ALSO WORKING. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE USING THIS AS A BASELINE TO GAUGE OURSELVES AGAINST AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF THESE CONDITIONS THAT ARE WITH OUR POWER TO CHANGE PRINT WE KNOW WE CANNOT EXPECT ALL OF IT, RIGHT?THERE ARE SOME PARTS THAT WE CAN MAYBE MAKE A MOVE ON. THE FIVE CORE COMPONENTS OF WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY ADOPTED IN VICTORIA 3035 ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT I WANT TO CHALLENGE US THAT SEWED TWO MENTAL HEALTH AND LIVE A SUSTAINABLE WAY OF LIFE.

VERY WISE WOMAN THAT I WORK WITH HOPE THE PERPETUAL HOME AND TOLD OUR RESIDENTS THAT WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER, YOU DO BETTER. SO TODAY, OUR ASK ÃÃI WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN A JOINT TASK FORCE TO STRATEGICALLY TACKLE SOCIAL SERVICE CHARGES THAT LEAD TO SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING UNDER THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE AND ALICE REVIVAL THRESHOLD. OUR GOAL IS TO SET PRIORITY INDICATORS ABOUT HEALTH AND FINANCIAL STABILITY. TRACK MOVEMENT ON THESE ININDICATORS OVER TIME AND PARTNER TOWARDS THOSE SOLUTIONS TOGETHER.

NOW WE KNOW BETTER. SO LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO DO BETTER.

THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? I HAVE A FEW. >>OKAY.

I WILL DO MY BEST. >>OKAY. >>I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT EASY.

[LAUGHTER] SO 35 PERCENT ALICE. AND ALICE ÃÃGOOD THE DEFINITIONS IN THAT SPREADSHEET. BUT IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHEN YOU ALSO HAVE AN 18 PERCENT POVERTY ÃÃBUT WOULDN'T THAT 18 PERCENT

ALREADY BE INCLUDED IN THE 35 PERCENT? >>NO SIR.

BUT WE LOOK AT THOSE, WE STACK THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE ALICE ARE THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED PRODUCER UNDER THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING FOR THEM I HAVE SOME SORT OF SET BENEFIT LEVEL, A SET INCOME, THEY MAY NOT BE WORKING AND THEN ALICE IS STACKED ON TOP OF THAT FOR THOSE THAT ARE WORKING AND SO, WE CAN KIND OF ADD THOSE TOGETHER AS I GUESS THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM AS FAR AS INCOME.

>>THE OVERLAP? >>THE CREATIVE 53. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS NOT.

THAT'S THE WAY THE COMPOUND OUSTED IN THE IT'S SEPARATE FROM THAT ÃÃ

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>>I DEFINITELY WANT TO GET YOU ALL THE ALICE LINKS AND WE CAN GET YOU INTO THAT AND AN UPDATED REPORT WILL BE RELEASED ON APRIL 26. WITH THE 2020 NUMBER.

>>AND IN THE SURVIVAL INCOME FOR TWO ADULTS. >>YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK TO

THAT? >>YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >>HERE?

>>YES. SO, THAT IS THE INCOME WHETHER IT'S ONE OR TWO WORKING.

>>YES SIR. THE HOURLY WAGE PER >>LOOKING AT THE HOURLY WAGE,

IT COULD BE FOR TWO PEOPLE COMBINED? >>YES SIR.

>>OKAY BUT >>IS ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO THE SPIRIT WE ARE LOOKING AT 2045 PER PERSON. THAT'S A LOT.

SO NO SIR, IT'S FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. YES SIR.

>>IN THE 20 PERCENT ON THE LABOR FORCE. >>YES.

SO, THAT IS ACTUALLY ÃÃFOLKS THAT CANNOT BE ON THE LABOR FORCE BUT WE LOOKING AT CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE UNDER THE AGE OF BEING A LITTLE WORK.

ÃÃTHEY ARE OF AGE TO BE ON THE LABOR FORCE, BUT ARE NOT. AND THE ÃÃTHIS IS BASED ON

THE 2022 ALICE NUMBERS. THIS IS DIFFERENT AS WELL. >>I JUST WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT

THAT THE CHILDREN WERE INCLUDED AND NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE. >>TEENAGERS, AND THAT SORT OF

THING, YES SIR. >>WHEN WE LOOKING AT LABOR STATUS, THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED

TO BE LABORERS. >>RIGHT. >>EXCUSED THE NUMBERS FOR ME.

IF YOU ARE INCLUDING HIS KIDS IN THERE. >>AND ÃÃSORRY.

I DID. I AM SO NERVOUS. I'M SO NERVOUS.

>>YOUR NOTARY COME ON! [LAUGHTER]

>>IT WOULD BE THOSE THAT MIGHT BE STAY-AT-HOME MOMS. AND LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE JUST NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE BECAUSE THEIR FAMILY HAS MADE THE CHOICE TO KIND OF HAD THAT SUPPORT AT HOME. IT WOULD ENCOMPASS THAT AND THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED, THEY WOULD ALSO BE A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE ELDERLY NOT THE LABOR FORCE THAT MAYBE THEY DID NOT WORK, BUT MAYBE THEY WERE A STAY AT HOME MOM AND THEY WERE NEVER THE LABOR FORCE AND NOW

THEY ARE OLDER. SO. >>AND ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS Ã ÃWE HAD ALL THOSE MAJOR ÃÃ RIGHT? JOB ASSISTANCE IS NOT IN THERE.

>>TRUE. SO ÃÃWE DID THAT HERE. >>SO ACROSS THE TOP, THERE'S

NOTHING FOR JOB ASSISTANCE. >>SEE, I SENT THIS OUT TO PROBABLY 25 PEOPLE AND NOBODY IS IT'S ALWAYS I WANT THIS TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THE POINTER, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL LOOK TOGETHER. I PUT COMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS, WHICH IS A GOLDEN CRESCENT WORKFORCE PROGRAM THAT WE FIND UNDER EDUCATION IN YOUTH. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, WE KIND OF EXPAND OUT ÃÃLABOR FORCE OR JOB OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE A NEW CALM.

YES SIR.>BECAUSE YOU KNOW, GETTING PAST THE SURVIVABILITY INCOME AND ALICE AND ALL THAT.

>>IT'S AN UPSCALING ISSUE. >>IS THAT RIGHT? >>YES POINT

>>HOPEFULLY THERE IS SOME NONPROFITS OUT THERE HELPING WITH THE JOB ASSISTANCE.

>>YES, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT A NEW PROGRAM THAT IS KIND OF BURGEONING UNDER THE VICTORIA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT CALLED BRIDGES OF THE PROPERTY.HERE TO 20 RECORDS AND INDIVIDUALS COMMIT TO THAT COURSE AND THEY GO ONCE A WEEK FOR 20 WEEKS.

IT ACTUALLY HAS A STIPEND AND SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE THAT IS INVOLVED IN THAT.

AS THEY TEST TEST INDIVIDUALS ATTEND AND IT TEACHES A MYRIAD OF SKILLS ABOUT HOW TO KIND OF MAYBE LEVEL UP AND TAKE YOURSELF TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND I REALLY THINK THAT IS A REALLY USEFUL TOOL THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO REALLY LOCK IN ON HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I AM VERY GLAD THAT IT'S HERE. >>RIGHT. >>I WOULD ADD ÃÃAS YOU

LOOKING AT THAT CHART. >>YES MA'AM. >>EDUCATION/YOUTH.

EDUCATION IS NOT JUST YOUTH. AND VICTORIA COLLEGE IS LACKING FROM THIS SHARD.

THEY DO AMAZING THINGS POINT >>I THINK THAT WOULD BE IN OUR WORKFORCE TRAINING CALM.

THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL IDEA, YES MA'AM. >>GOVERNMENT ENTITY ÃÃ

[INDISCERNIBLE] HISTORY OF COLLEGES. >>OKAY.

>>AND THAT æ >>IS NOT ON THE. THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS

ARE NOT ON THEIR PRODUCER NONPROFITS. >>WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON WHERE TO DRAW THAT LINE. THERE IS SOME NEW PARTS THAT ARE PART OF PROGRAM AGENCIES THAT DO GOOD BY THE COMMUNITY. MY ULTIMATE CHARTS CAN HAVE 17 COLUMNS.

IT'S OPEN TO BE COLOR-CODED WITH DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE STUFF CAN SORT OF LIVE IN

THE MIDDLE. >>THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

[LAUGHTER] >>ANOTHER THING THAT I DO NOT SEE ON HERE IS THE SENIOR ÃÃ WHAT IS IT? I KNOW YOU HAVE THE MEALS ON WHEELS ÃÃTALK ABOUT THE GOLDEN CRESCENT REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY. THEY HAVE THE AGING POPULATION AND THEIR AND SO ÃÃTHAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN HERE.

>>SURE, YES MA'AM. GOLDEN CRESCENT PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE COG.

THE COUNCIL IS ON THAT WEIRD LINE OF KIND OF GOVERNMENTAL VERSUS NONPROFIT.

SO, THAT IS KIND OF WHERE DID NOT LIKE IT TO BE AN ORANGE ON THE

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RIGHT. >>ALL RIGHT. >>I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR

NEW MATRIX. >>MATRIX? >>WHEN YOU FINISH.

>>YES. OH, YES. MY MATRIX.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER BE FINISHED. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

>>NO, THANK YOU. THE INFORMATION. WE APPRECIATE PER

>>THANK YOU. >>WE APPRECIATE IT. >>THANK YOU BETHANY.

>>WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM COUNSEL? >>NONE?

[4. Citizen Communication:]

>>GOOD EVENING AND GOOD TO SEE YOU. >>CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND INTERESTED CITIZENS.'VE BEEN TO MANY COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUALS EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE CONTENT OF LIBRARY BOOKS. THESE CITIZENS USE THEIR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND MAKE CASES AND OPINIONS OVER THE CHURCHES IN THE SUPPOSED PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF TRYING TO REVISIT THE BOOK CONTROVERSY SO EVERYBODY CAN RELAX.

[LAUGHTER] >>HOWEVER ÃÃAND ACTIVIST, MICHAEL MOLES SPOKE TO THE CPAC CONFERENCE OVER THE WEEKEND. MADE SOME REMARKS THAT I WISH TO ADDRESS.

HE STATED FOR THE GOOD OF SOCIETY ÃÃTRANSGENDER MUST BE ERADICATED FROM PUBLIC LIFE ENTIRELY. THE WHOLE PREPOSTEROUS IDEOLOGY AT EVERY LEVEL.

I AM WAITING FOR THE OUTRAGE FROM INTELLIGENT CARING PEOPLE OF ANY AND ALL RELIGIONS.

TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE REAL PEOPLE. ANYONE WHO ADVOCATES FOR THE ERADICATION OF 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE THE AGE OF 13 SHOULD BE CONDEMNED BY EVERY CHURCH, MOSQUE, TEMPLE, SYNAGOGUE, AS WELL AS ANYONE WITH A CARING HEART.

SILENCE ON THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN DEAFENING. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN UNLESS THEY ARE DIFFERENT. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT PART IN ANY RELIGIOUS TEXTS THAT I'VE SEEN. MOST RELIGIONS HAVE LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS A BASIC CHANCE. A CHILD IN YOUR FAMILY TURNS OUT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SEXUAL IDENTITY, THAN WHAT WAS ASSIGNED AT BIRTH ÃÃYOU ADVOCATE FOR THE ERADICATION OR DO YOU OPT TO GIVE THEM THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT EVERYBODY DESERVES.

WE SHOULD ALL ASK OURSELVES AFTER ALL THE TRANS PEOPLE ARE ERADICATED.

WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT IS NEXT? THANK YOU.

>>THANK YOU MR. FISK. MR. [INDISCERNIBLE]

>>GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANTED TO ÃÃMY NAME IS MICHAEL WAGNER. NOVEMBER 22, 2004 EAST [INDISCERNIBLE] STREET. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT VANDALISM OVER AT TED EECU AND JACK-IN-THE-BOX. THEY KEEP FIXING THE FENCE AND THE VANDALS KEEP DESTROYING IT.

I GOT A PICTURE OF SOME OF IT, BUT IT'S BEEN VANDALIZED MORE SINCE THAT PICTURE AND STUFF AND IT'S A CONTINUING PROBLEM. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO USE THE CROSSWALK THAT IS TOO MUCH TROUBLE. IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET A SLEDGEHAMMER AND KNOCK IT DOWN AND STUFF AND CUT THROUGH AND TED EECU SPENT A LOT OF MONEY DOING THE FENCE AND I WISH THEY COULD HAVE SOME MOTION ACTIVATED CAMERAS BUT SO THAT THEY COULD NAB THEM AND ÃÃI WANT TO THANK KEITH VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL, RICK MADRID WAS MOWING ALL THE YARDS AT CHRIST'S KITCHEN. I LOVE YOU KNOW THAT QUEENS CITY.

AT AS FAR AS THE LAST SPEAKER Ã ÃI WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MINIMUM WAGE, THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE AT 7:25 RACE FOR THE CITY OF VICTOTORIA TO EAT.2. I THINK EMPLOYERS HAVE BEEN LOWBALLING WORKERS FOR TOO LONG AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR A WAITER OR WAITRESS IS 2.13 AN HOUR AND THAT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

AND OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE REGULAR MINIMUM WAGE. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT CUSTOMERS WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR WAGES. I THINK THE EMPLOYERS SHOULD DO IT. SO I THINK WAITERS AND WAITRESSES SHOULD MAKE 7.25 PLUS TIPS. YOU KNOW? THE WAGES ARE SO RIDICULOUSLY LOW THAT EVEN IF THEY SPILL SOME WATER ON MY LAP ÃÃI FEEL SORRY FOR THEM AND I STILL GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF DOLLAR TIP BECAUSE THAT'S NOT RIGHT. YOU KNOW? AND A LOT OF EMPLOYERS ÃÃTHEY LOWBALL THE SALARIES AND THERE ARE PEOPLE MAKING 20 BUCKS AN HOUR THAT CAN'T SURVIVE BECAUSE THE RENT IS TOO HIGH OR THE HOUSING MARKET IS TOO EXPENSIVE. YOU KNOW? AND THE RICH PILLARS OF THE SOCIETY, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW? AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CAP ON RENT. YOU KNOW? AND IN VICTORIA AND TRAILER

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THE POT ÃÃTHEY STILL ARE NOT FIXED AND HE HAS NO INTENTION OF FIXING THEM.

WHAT'S THE EXCUSE THIS TIME? CHRISTMAS IS OVER. YOU KNOW? AND THE SPRING IS COMING AND INSTEAD OF DOING IT RIGHT, HE JUST PUTS ASPHALT DOWN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN VICTORIA RAISED AT 8:25 AN HOUR AND THE WAGES TO WAITRESSES AND WAITERS RAISED IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. JUST FOR VICTORIA, BECAUSE THERE ARE ÃÃTIME IS EXPIRED. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

[D. Consent Agenda:]

>>MR. BANDURA? THAT WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS WITH PUBLIC HEARING SO WE GOING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO NEED A SEPARATE >>ITEM THE ONE IS THE ADOPTION OF THE REGULAR MINUTES MEETING HELD ON FAIRBURY 21ST 2023. ITEM D2 IS ORDINANCE ADMITTING CHAPTER 24 OF THE ORDINANCE CITY CODE TO INCREASE THE SURCHARGE PAYMENTS MADE ON THE INVOICE CLOUD AND THE ITEM IS ON ITS SECOND AND THIRD READING. ITEM D THREES RESOLUTION OF REAPPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE APPOINTMENT AND JUSTICE FIELDS. RATIFYING EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED LLC DOING BUSINESS LONE STAR PAYMENT AND STREET REPAIRS TO AIRLINE ROAD AND BEEN JORDAN STREET INTERSECTION FOR THE LOW QUOTA OF $104,250 PER ITEM DEFINED AS A RESOLUTION REJECTING THE SOLE PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT SERVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS. ITEM D6 IS A RESOLUTION REJECTING ALL COMPETITIVE CELL PROPOSALS FOR THE BOND UTILITY STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

SPECIFICALLY FOR THE UTILITIES. >>I MOVE WE ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA IN RED.

[1. Adoption of the 2023-2028 Victoria Hazard Mitigation Action Plan. Rick...]

>>I WILL SECOND PICK >>THANK YOU. >>EMOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT

THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I PER >>I.

>>THOSE OPPOSED SAY SOMETHING. MOTION PASSED PER >>ITEM YOU WANT TO

>>ITEM E1 IS ADOPTING THE 2022 THROUGH 2028 VICTORIA HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN.

>>WELCOME MR. MIKE BRIAR. >>EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. PLACE LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE EEOC. I KIND OF LIKE IT.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO STAFF THAT HELPED US PARTICIPATE IN THE MITIGATION ACTION PLAN REVISION AND UPDATE THIS YEAR. SO QUICK PRESENTATION AND I'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. WHAT IS THE MITIGATION ACTION PLAN? MITIGATION ACTION PLAN RECENTLY PROPERTY MINIMIZE THE DISASTER. LOOK AT THOSE NASTY NATURAL DISASTERS OUT THERE AND REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ITS CAN HAVE ON US.

THE STATE TRAFFIC LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IDENTIFY 17 NATURAL HAZARDS.

WE FOUND THE RISK ASSOCIATED AND DEVELOPED LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS STRATEGIES TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND THE PROPERTIES RELATING TO THOSE. ADMINISTRATION KEPT THOSE CYCLE DISASTER AND CYCLE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS ONLINE. SO, MITIGATION ACTION HISTORY.

SO AGAIN, AND THE 2000'S WITH THE STAFF BREAK. 2015 TAKE AMENDED THE STAFFORD ACT TO DISALLOW ORIGINAL PLANS OR FIRST PLAN WAS THERE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED TODAY DBRA.

AND IT WAS RANGING FROM KURT COUNTY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO US. DURING 2015, THEY REWROTE THAT PLAN AND THE POLICIES MADE US THEN GO OUT ON OUR OWN FOR A VERY UNIQUE PLAN THAT WAS ONLY ASSOCIATED TO THE COUNTY ITSELF AND THE PARTNERS WITHIN. HOW LONG MITIGATION ACTION PLAN FOR IT? IT CAN BE FOR A FIVE YEAR CYCLE.

THIS IS FROM 2023 TO 2028. AND A UNIQUE NOTE ABOUT THE LIFESPAN OF THE CYCLE OF THE PLAN ÃÃTHE DATA PACKS THAT GO ALONG FOR 20 YEARS. AND SO, OUR CURRENT MITIGATION ACTING PLAN, I RECOMMEND THE 1998 FLOOD WORKER BE KEPT IN THAT PLAN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THE BENCHMARK ON WHAT WE DO OUR BUSINESS WHEN IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIVER.

AND SO IS READ TO THE PLAN, THE 380 SOME ODD PAGES OF IT, THAT IT IS NOT PUTTING THEIR BY REQUEST FROM US. SO ÃÃWHAT DOES A MAP DO FOR US? IT'S THE DEFENDING SOURCE FOR ALL FEMA GRASP AND WE CANNOT TOUCH OF IMMIGRANT WITH THE CITY OR COUNTY WITHOUT IDENTIFYING WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF CHECKBOXES THAT WE HAVE A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT'S ON FILE AND APPROVED BY FEMA.

THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE PICKED OUT THAT ARE ON THEIR PART SO, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A GRANT THAT GOES OUT ÃÃIT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THAT GRANTS FOR PER THE FIRST THING I ASK IS IS THERE MITIGATION ACTION PLAN AND IS IT CURRENT? IN OUR ANSWER WILL BE YES, IT WILL BE. SO ÃÃ

[INDISCERNIBLE] >>ADDRESS THE HAZARDS HAZARDS ADDRESSED BY THE MAP.

THEY ARE 17 NATURAL HAZARDS. IDENTIFIED AND WE CHOSE 11 THROUGH THE PLANING TEAM.

THERE ARE SOME THAT WE LEAVE OFF. LIKE A TSUNAMI, WE DO NOT PUT ON THAT. SO THE PLANNING TEAM GOES IN AND LOOKS AT THE DATA PACKS ASSOCIATED TO THE NATURAL HAZARDS. WE PICKED OUT 11 OF THOSE IN ITS CONDITION WILL CONTINUATION IN THE LAST PLAN IS WHAT COULD BE IDENTIFY THE THREE HAZARDS OF THE PLAN THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT. DISEASE OR COVID ARE PANDEMIC.

TECH HAZARDS AND ALSO HAZARDS OF MATERIALS. AND THOSE INFORMATION'S THAT COME ALONG WITH THOSE AND DATA PACKS ARE BROUGHT IN FROM LOCAL DATA AND SO ÃÃSOMETIMES WE DO NOT HAVE NATIONAL DATA TO BACK THOSE THINGS UP, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO PUT THEM IN THERE AND

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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES LOOKING PAST THE MITIGATION ACTIONS THAT ARE THERE THAT RE-IDENTIFY IF THOSE THINGS WERE ACCOMPLISHED OR WHAT WE CAN DO FORWARD.

AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS PLANT MAINTENANCE AND WHAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT DEFINITELY WE NEED TO. SO, WHO'S PART OF THE PLANNING TEAM? DIRECTLY, THE TWO PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL MITIGATION PLAN THIS TIME ARE GOING TO BE VICTORIA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF VICTORIA. AND THEN STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE PART OF THE CLEANING EFFORT THAT ARE ONTO THE SIDE FROM NGOS PRIVATE NONPROFIT AND AMERICAN RED CROSS, LONG-TERM RECOVERY GROUPS, GDR A. THE ALL COME TO THE TABLE AND HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE HAZARDS AND START LOOKING AT MITIGATION ACTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE PER THE DIRECT TWO PARTNERS AFFILIATED WITH THE PLANNER TO BE OURSELVES AND THE CITY OF VICTORIA. SO, MORE TORY COUNTY. WE BEGIN IN APRIL 2022 WITH THE PLANNING TEAM AND KICKOFF THE MEETING WITH AFFILIATED PARTNERS, WHICH IS H2 OUT OF BOSTON. WHO WROTE THE PLAN AND THEY ALSO WROTE THE PLANE OF THE PREVIOUS CYCLE OF IT. WE THEN BEGAN CONNECTING RISK ASSESSMENT IN JUNE AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH NOVEMBER WE SUBMITTED A DRAFT TMF. A NOTE HERE IS THAT THE PLANT IS ACTUALLY APPROVED BY THE FEDS ALREADY. IMMEDIATE THROUGH FEMA AND IS NOW WAITING ON LOCAL ADOPTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION FOR YOU TONIGHT.

AND SO, THAT IS READY TO GO AND NO PROBLEMS THERE. MITIGATION ACTIONS, I WILL HAVE TO LEAN TO THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO HELP IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE PER THESE ARE PAST THE ACTIONS THAT WE HAD WITHIN THE PLAN ITSELF. THE PASTOR COMPLIMENTS THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED. I HAD THE THINGS IN RED AND USUALLY RED INDICATES BAD.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAND OUT IN MY PRESENTATION HERE.

SO ÃÃIF THERE SOMETHING IN RED, EITHER SHOWS THAT IT CAN BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR ON CYCLE AS A CLEANING EFFORT. SOME OF THE PAST ACTIONS THAT ARE IN THERE.

I GOING TO BE AS OURS AND WELLS IN PLACE. I THINK THIS ONE FOR 23 AND THE COMPLETION OF THAT. THE GENERATORS FROM THE PREVIOUS EITHER PAST OR EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT HURRICANE HARVEY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE MOST RECENT WITH WINTER STORM YURI. THE [INDISCERNIBLE] IS REPLACED. THE PUMP SENSATION 2020, PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 2020 GENERATOR SETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE STATIONS.

AND I THINK THEY IDENTIFIED 17 OR 18 STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WHAT'S THAT? WHEN GENERATOR, OKAY. THAT'S A MOBILE ONE FOR THE DIFFERENT STATIONS. EVERYTHING DOWN FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE KEY RESOURCE PARTING UNC FOR THE STAIR ONE CLOSURE. WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BE DONE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. STORM WATER REHABS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

TO THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LONETREE ACRES AND SUBDIVISIONS. EFFORTS FROM THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AND ALSO PUBLIC WORKS. AND THEN DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM, WE PUT A NOTE ON HERE FOR THE HOME BIOS. 98 FLOOD TO THE PRESENT. WE'VE GOT 33 HOME BUYOUTS TAKING PLACE WITH NINE STILL SLATED TO GO. AND I THINK THE COUNTY HAS ISSUED SOME OF THEIR BUYOUT FUNDS AS WELL OVER TO THE CITY AS WELL TO HELP IDENTIFY SOME OF THE HOMES THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE. NOT PUTTING ON THE RECORD, BUT I THINK THERE WERE SIX ON THE COUNTY SIDE. FROM THE PREVIOUS DISASTERS Ãà THERE'S 2017 AND 2015. AND ON UP SO æ THERE'S THE MITIGATION ACTIONS.

THE PREVIOUS ONE. NOT UPDATING TO THE NEW ONE. PREVIOUS PLAN PUTS IN THE ACTION ITEMS AND WE UPDATED THIS ACTION ITEMS THIS YEAR PER THE PLANNING TEAM DECIDED TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO COMBINE ALL THOSE ACTIONS. SO, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE SAYING THAT THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CITY OF THE COUNTY.

THEY GIVE US SOME LEVERAGE OF THIS FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

HE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO SECURE THE FUNDS AND LITTLE EASIER ROUTE.O, WHAT WE DID IS COMBINE ALL THOSE PLANS OR ALL THE MITIGATION ACTIONS AND PUT THEM INTO ONE. WHICH IS 47 MITIGATION ACTIONS AND THESE CAN BE UPDATED AT OUR ANNUAL UPDATES. WE LOVE AN ANNUAL UPDATE NEXT YEAR AND MAY APRIL OR MAY TIMEFRAME WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.T THAT TIME, WE DID NOT GET TO ADD ANY OTHER ACTION ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE OUT TO PREDICT BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A NEW WATER WELL THAT WE WANT TO PLACE OUT THERE ON THE COUNTY FOR FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE PORT. AND IF THIS ACTION ITEMS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE TIME AS WELL AS NEW DATA PACKS ASSOCIATED TO ANY TYPE OF HISTORIC DATA THAT WE WANT TO UPDATE TO THE PLAN. IF SOMEBODY COMES ALONG AND SAYS WHAT ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING BACK IN WITH HURRICANE CARLA FROM 1960S? WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL AT THE TIME. SO ÃÃMOST OF THE TIME WITH ALL THE PROBLEMATIC THE DATA PACKS IN THE PRINT AND THE MEDICATION ACCESS IF WE WANT TO. SO ÃÃTHAT WAS IT. THOSE PRETTY EASY RESOLUTION

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WHICH WILL LOOK FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOING IT

YESTERDAY AND HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE THAT HERE TODAY AS WELL. >>BRETT, CAN YOU GO BACK ÃI'M SORRY. MAYBE WE WERE SAYING THE SAME THING.

[LAUGHTER] >>YES, THAT ONE. >>THE ONE WITH THE HAZARDS.

>>NO? >>KEEP GOING. >>CLICK QUICKLY ON THIS.

ASKED RICK TO ADD THE SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EASY OFTEN TIMES TO JUST FORGET ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THE CITY HAS SPEARHEADED SINCE HARVEY SPECIFICALLY.

ON ENSURING THAT WE ARE MORE RESILIENT AND I THINK THAT IT'S A CREDIT TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL AS STAFF FOR DOING ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND IT'S VERY EVIDENT THAT THE BULK OF THESE INITIATIVES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN FALL ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE CITY BECAUSE THE BULK OF THE ISSUES HAPPENED TO BE INSIDE CITY LIMITS JUST BY DEFAULT.

>>ABSOLUTELY. >>OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE VERY SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE. AT OUR WORKSHOP IN MARCH, WE WILL VERY SPECIFICALLY GET AN UPDATE ON THE SKATER DESIGN PROCESS. WE WILL SPECIFICALLY GET A DESIGN UPDATE ON THE INTERCONNECT PROJECT TO CONNECT THE CHANNEL RESERVOIRS.

AND SO, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY AND BECOME MORE RESILIENT. ADD THIS IS JUST A SMALL SNIPPET OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YOU KNOW, SEVEN YEARS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU NOT ÃÃNOT BEING PREPARED AND IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS ÃÃTHEN OUR EVEN MORE PREPARED.

SO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEND THAT MESSAGE OUT. >>AND DEFINITELY LOOKING AT WAYS TO MITIGATE THE EFFECT OF THE DISASTER WAS. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

>>IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE AND [INDISCERNIBLE]

>>YES.>CAN YOU CLARIFY AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT A TECHNOLOGICAL

DISRUPTION? >>SURE. >>IS CAN BE A CYBERSECURITY ISSUE. SO VERY MUCH LIKE WE HAD OVER JACKSON COUNTY OR SHOULD HAVE LABELED THEM OUT. BUT JACKSON COUNTY HAD ACTUALLY BREACH IN THE SYSTEM.

SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO ÃÃWE ARE STILL HAVE TECH ASSOCIATED WORDS OF THE DIGGING ONLINE SOMEWHERE AND THEY HAD A FIBER-OPTIC LINE. SO WE IDENTIFY THOSE TECH HAZARDS RENDER EARLY DISRUPTIONS WITHIN THE SERVICES AND IDENTIFY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THOSE THINGS. WE VERY MUCH LIKE AN I'M GONNA LOOK OVER JIM'S PAIRED WITH THE VICTORIA AREA NETWORK CAREER WORK FOR MANY YEARS THE FIBER WAS UP NEAR AND THERE'S BEEN A GREAT EFFORT TO BURY A LOT OF THAT FIBER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND THAT LOAD UPON THAT THAT NETWORK IN THE SYSTEM THIS UP NEAR COULD AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD TO THE INTERNET AND SO ÃÃTHROUGHOUT THE EFFORTS OF THE VAN NETWORK, THEY BEEN BEARING THAT AS THE YEARS GO AND THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF THE CITY, THE COUNTY ÃÃTHE COLEY COLLEGE OF YOU HV AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES. LOOK AT THOSE AND SEE WHAT WAS WE CAN MITIGATE THIS DESTRUCTION OF SERVICES PRIOR TO DISASTER.

SO WE PUT THESE MAN-MADE HAZARDS AND THERE'S OF GRANTS BECOME AVAILABLE, WE CAN GO

AFTER AND SEEK THOSE AFTER. >>ANOTHER QUESTION ÃÃARE THESE PLANS BY COUNTY?

>>THEY ARE BY COUNTY. JULY 20, 2015, FEMA REWROTE THE POLICY IN WHICH WE COULD NO LONGER DO REGIONAL. SO IT HAS TO BE COUNTY ONLY. SO, VICTORIA COUNTY HOLDS THAT.

AND WE DO IS WE PARTNER WITH THE PARTNERS THAT WE'VE INVESTED WITH, WHICH CAN BE THE CITY OF VICTORIA. IN PREVIOUS PLAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE VICTORIA SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THERE AS WELL, BUT THERE BECOMES SOME NUANCES WITH THAT AS WELL, PLANNING EFFORTS PARTS WE DECIDE TO MAKE THE STAKEHOLDER AND JUST INCLUDE THEM IN THE STAKEHOLDER MOMENTS

OF THE PLAN. SO ÃÃIT IS AT A COUNTY LEVEL. >>ANOTHER QUESTION AND MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE TOO. YOU KNOW THAT THE SURROUNDING

COUNTIES HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN? >>THIS LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN EMERGENCY PLAN. THIS IS A MITIGATION ACTION PLAN.

>>DO THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION? >>IS REQUIRED BY FEMA. MANY OF THEM ARE OUTDATED AND MANY OF THEM ARE EITHER IN THE CUBE RIGHT NOW TO BE REVISED AND UPDATED OR MANY OF THEM HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO AND THAT CAN AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO FUND THE PROJECTS AND MOST OF THE TIME WE FIND OUT THAT THEY BEEN OUTDATED AND FEMA WILL WORK WITH THEM WITH BRINGING THAT UP TO SPEED. ONCE AGAIN, REVISION PROCESS TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO DO.

>>IS THERE WAY TO ÃÃIS THE WEBSITE YOU CAN GO SEE? HOW JACKSON COUNTY HAS A

CURRENT? >>YES SIR. I CAN SEND IT OUT TO COUNCILMAN AND I'M ACTUALLY IN A STATE WIDE PLANNING TEAM FOR THAT. AND SO, THAT'S UPDATED BY THE STATE BUT IT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE MAP WHERE YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT COLOR CODES THAT THEY HAVE FOR ALL THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW AS WELL. AND ARE ALMOST IN LINE WITH VICTORIOUS. SO, WE'RE KIND OF LEADING THE PACK SO.

THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE MAP Ã ÃIS THERE ONLY FOR EMERGENCIES?

MANAGEMENT FUNDS? >>I'M SORRY [INDISCERNIBLE] >IS THERE A

LINK FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN AS WELL? >>YES? INDEMNITY AS WELL. IT ONE FOR THE STATE AND ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO GO THERE. >>NOT OURS, BUT IF WE CAN LOOK

AT IT AND SEE WHO ELSE HAS ONE. AND WHO DOESN'T. >>YES SIR, I CAN SEND YOU A LINK TO IT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME

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ANSWER PREDICT MITIGATION ACTION PLAN I CONSIDER IT YES. >>

[INDISCERNIBLE] >>GREAT WHEN A MITIGATION ACTION PLAN INCLUDE OR DOES IT

INCLUDE LIKE NUCLEAR RADIATION? >>IT DOES NOT. SO ÃÃTHEY DON'T CONSIDER THAT TO BE A NATURAL DISASTER PREDICT CONSIDER THAT TO BE MAN-MADE BECAUSE IT'S A NUCLEAR REACTOR. AND SO, THERE ARE SOME AREAS AND SOME OF THE OTHER NATURAL HAZARDS THAT TO PICK UP SOME VERY LOGICAL STUFF. BUT NO MA'AM, THOSE ARE CAN BE MOST OF YOUR HAZARD AND JULIANNA ANNEXES BUT WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM THERE.

WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ONE HOURS FOR THE ACTUAL FILIATION TO THE STP SITE FOR MITIGATION.

SO ÃÃWE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE EPC SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO, WHICH IS THAT NURSING

PROTECTIVE ZONE SO ÃÃ [INDISCERNIBLE] >>ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRICAL GRID? EITHER FROM JUST OCCURRENCES Ã ÃIT COULD BE NATURAL, IT COULD BE OTHERWISE ÃÃOTHERS INCLUDED IN THOSE TYPE OF PLANTS?

>>WE CAN DUMP SOME OF THOSE INTO THE TECH WORLD AS WELL TO THE TACK DISRUPTION ANNEX ITSELF WITHIN THE BACK OF THE PLAN. HOWEVER ÃTHERE'S A LOT OF THAT DATA IS HEAVILY GUARDED BY THE UTILITY INDUSTRY. SO YES, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR INFORMATION AND WE REALLY GONNA RELY ON DATA PACKS TO DRIVE THINGS.

EVEN LIKE THE HAZARDS I'VE TO REACH OUT TO THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE THEIR INFORMATION TO PUT INTO THE DATA PACK AND WE ARE REALLY ONLY RELYING ON OUR RECORDS CURRENTLY HERE. WHICH ARE GOOD, BUT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT UTILITY DISRUPTIONS, WITH LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT OF A PROCESS.

IT DEFINITELY LOOK BACK PLAN AND MAYBE SOME YOU CAN ADD INTO THE TECH HAZARDS PIECE OF IT

LATER ON. SO ÃÃINDISCERNIBLE] >>THANK YOU.

>>SIR? >>IS THERE SOME SORT OF BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED TO PUT A PLAN OUT THERE VERSUS THE OBVIOUS INVASION OF THE ENTITY'S RIGHT TO NOT TELL THE WORLD HOW THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO A DISASTER? SO THAT THE WORLD CAN WORK

AROUND IT? >>SO, YOU'RE KIND OF BLAMING TOPICS FOR ME.

BUT ALL OF THE CONVERSATION PIT THE EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN IS DIFFERENT THAN THE MITIGATION ACTION PLAN. FOR THE MITIGATION ACTION PLAN TO BE VERY FRONT, WE DO HAVE TWO VERSIONS OF IT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC VERSION THAT IS HERE.

EXCEPT THE REDACTED VERSION BECAUSE IN THE MITIGATION ACTION PLAN ASSOCIATED TO THIS ÃÃTHIS SPECIFIC THING RIGHT HERE IS DAMN FAILURE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RESERVOIR TO OUR WEST THAT THE ACTUAL DAM ITSELF IS IN OUR JURISDICTION AND NOT IN GOLIAD.

SO WE HAVE THEIR COMPLETE PLAN ASSOCIATED TO HOW THEY WOULD REACT TO ANY TYPE OF DAMN FAILURE. WHETHER IT BE A MAXIMUM PROBABILITY FLOOD EVENT THAT WOULD BE A RAIN EVENT OR SOMETHING OF A TERRORISTIC EVENT.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE NSX IN THIS MITIGATION ACTION PLAN IS GONE HAS BEEN REDACTED.

SPECTER QUESTION, THE MERCY OPERATIONS PLAN ASSOCIATED TO WHAT THEY DO ON SITE ÃÃWILL USE ONE OF OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO THE SOUTH. WE HAVE SOME OF THIS? ABSOLUTELY. ARE THEY REDACTED AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS AND NOT THAT WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO AND BE

READILY AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY TO MY OFFICE.O PICK >>OF A COUNCILMEMBER WANTED TO

COME THAT YEAR'S GIFT, THEY COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT? >>ABSOLUTELY.

>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TRANSLATING THE QUESTION. I APPRECIATE IT.

[LAUGHTER] >>THEY HAVE SHARED BEFORE. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN SEEING THE WHOLE PLANT ÃÃI REMEMBER I DID AFTER HARVEY INITIATED WITH ME.

I GET TO SEE EVERYTHING IN THERE. >>MEMBER THE PLANT ÃÃIT'S JUST A GENERAL GUIDELINE. THAT COMING THROUGH THE STATE AS WELL, BUT LIKE THE STATE, WE WERE WAITING FOR THE UPDATE. BUT YES. GREAT.

>>GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

>>THANK YOU. >>MOTION. >>I WILL MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF

ITEM E1. X SECOND. >>MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN? ALL RIGHT, THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

[1. Victoria Public Library 2022 Annual Report. Jessica Berger, Interim Li...]

I. >>I. >>THOSE WERE OPPOSED SAME TIME..

THOSE MOTION CARRIES. PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL 2022 REPORT.

MS. BERGER, CONTINUED PROGRESS GOOD EVENING MERIT MEMBERS OR COUNSEL.

HOW ARE YOU ULTIMATE? >>GOOD. >>I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH OUR MISSION. VICTORY PUBLIC LIBRARY, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? THE VICTORIA OF LIBRARY MISSION IS TO BRING PEOPLE INFORMATION AND IDEAS TOGETHER TO ENRICH LIVES AND BUILD COMMUNITY. I HOPE THIS PRESENTATION PROVIDES YOU EXAMPLES OF HOW WE

DO THAT. >>THEY GO. >>ONLY TO START OFF WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WRAP UP. THIS INFORMATION THAT I WILL PROVIDE YOU TONIGHT WAS EXPOSED BE GIVEN TO YOU LAST YEAR IN THE FALL. BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TO GIVE IT TO YOU. SO ÃÃMY APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY OF THE PLAN WRAP UP. OUR GOALS FOR THE PAST PLAN IS TO CREATE YOUNG READERS, EXPRESS CREATIVITY ÃÃSATISFY CURIOSITY AND STIMULATE IMAGINATION.

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98 PERCENT OF PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS SURVEYED AT OUR PROGRAMS INDICATED THAT THE LIBRARY SERVICES FOR PRESCHOOLERS WERE VERY GOOD IF NOT EXCELLENT.

EXPRESS CREATIVITY. WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS BY 34 PERCENT. OUR ARTS PROGRAMS ÃÃWE INCREASED THEM BY 26 PERCENT.

PICTURE THE TOP OF THE RIGHT AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT IS ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS, WHICH IS OUR GINGERBREAD WORKOUTS EVENT. WE HOSTED THAT LAST YEAR INTO DECEMBER FOR THE 32ND TIME AS THAT IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR PROGRAMS. THE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM IS MS. ALEX ÃJUST SHE'S BLEEDING TO STORYTIME. WE HOST FOUR STORY TIMES A WEEK IN THE LIBRARY. SATISFIED CURIOSITY ÃÃWE SAW AN AVERAGE OF 7000 PARTICIPANTS ATTEND OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS. AND WHAT ARE THOSE EVENTS? THOSE ARE EVENTS THAT ARE SUMMER READING PROGRAMS. OUR GINGERBREAD WORKOUTS WORKSHOP AND IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ONLINE, WE HAVE VPL JAMS. WHICH WE HAVE CONCERTS IN LIBRARY.

THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE TO NAME A FEW. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE ALSO IMPROVED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SO ÃÃOUR INTERNET SPEED IS FAST.

OUR WI-FI SIGNAL IS STRONG. SO ÃÃYOU CAN SEE THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T USE US TO USE OUR TECHNOLOGY AND OUR INTERNET RESOURCES. SO THIS JUST STIMULATE IMAGINATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE PULLED OUT PHYSICAL COLLECTION VERSUS E MATERIALS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY STILL LOVES THEIR PHYSICAL PRINT ITEMS AND THAT IS A HIGH CIRCULATING ITEM. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE NOTE THAT WE SAW A 30 PERCENT ÃÃI'M SORRY ÃJUST 73 PERCENT INCREASE IN OUR E FICTION MATERIALS PRECISELY CONCEIVED Ã ÃOUR E MATERIALS ARE IN GAINING SOME MOMENTUM.

AND THAT WAS A WRAPUP OF STRATEGIC PLAN AND NOW WE GET INTO ANY REPORT 2022.

>>SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT DURING THIS PRESENTATION IS OUR AWARD.

SOME PROGRAMMING ÃJUST SOME PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE TEST TEST TECHNOLOGY TESTER CIRCULATION AND RESERVATIONS. AND STRATEGIC PLAN AND LOOKING FORWARD.

AS YOU ALL KNOW ÃÃWE DID RECEIVE THE AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY AWARDS. WHAT THIS MEANS TO OUR VPL STAFF IS THAT WE ARE HONORED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE OFFER THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE ALSO OWE HONORED TO DO IS PROVIDE VICTORIA WITH A LIBRARY THAT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST IN TEXAS. JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN PROGRAMMING ÃÃWE HOSTED 394 PROGRAMS LAST YEAR. WE WELCOMED 22,000 643 PARTICIPANTS TO THESE PROGRAMS. IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT OUR YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS ARE VERY WELL ATTENDED AND WE DO HAVE HIGH ATTENDANCE. I WANTED TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THAT OUR TEAM AND ADULT PROGRAMS PROGRAMMING WE KEEP ADDING PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE KEEP COMING. SO ÃÃOUR PROGRAM AREA WITH THE TEAM AND ADULTS ÃÃTHEY KEEP GROWING EVERY YEAR.HE NUMBERS GET BIGGER. SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT AND WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH TEXAS. THEY CALLED US IN 2021 SAINT THAT THEY RECEIVED A GRANT TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH COMPUTER SKILLS AND WORKFORCE TRAINING ÃÃTHEY JUST NEEDED A PLACE TO HOST THE PROGRAM. SO, WE OFFERED OUR COMPUTER LAB.

IN 2021 ÃÃTHEY STARTED COMING EVERY TUESDAY TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AND TRAINING.

SO, WE ASKED THEM FOR NUMBERS LAST YEAR. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HELPED 42 INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPUTER SKILLS AND TO GET BACK IN THE WORKFORCE IN VICTORIA.

ÃÃWE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND THAT THEY TOLD US IN DECEMBER THAT THEY WERE FUNDED FOR 2023. SO ÃÃWE'RE HOPING TO SEE THESE NUMBERS GROW BECAUSE WHAT

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THESE TRAININGS AT THE LIBRARY. >>ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IS THE MILLS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEALS ON WHEELS PARTNERS OF SOUTH TEXAS BUT WE HOSTED IN-HOUSE PROGRAM AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER DURING THE MONTH ÃÃAND WE HAVE ABOUT 40¥0 PERCENT PARTICIPANTS, TO COME DO A CRAFT OR WHATEVER THE TEAM DECIDES TO DO THAT TIME.

BUT THE CIRCULATION STAFF, WHICH IS 3054 ITEMS ÃÃWE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER WITH THE MEALS ON WHEELS SERVICES. ÃÃTHAT ARE PROVIDED. SO, WE'VE ABOUT 25Ö5 MEMBERS IN THIS SYSTEM TO WHERE THEY TELL US WHAT THEY WANT. AND THEY GET THE ITEMS DELIVERED TO THEM AT THEIR DOOR. AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES OR TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES. SO ÃÃTHIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE Ã ÃWE ARE PROUD OF BECAUSE THAT ALSO CONTINUES TO GROW. OUR TECHNOLOGY ÃÃI'VE ARTIE TALKED ABOUT OUR IMPROVEMENTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THIS IS A SNAPSHOT FROM LAST YEAR.

WE DO HAVE 32 PUBLIC INTERNET COMPUTERS IN THE LIBRARY. WE SAW THAT 20,340 PEOPLE CAME INTO USE THE COMPUTER. WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF PEOPLE HONING THEIR OWN DEVICES, BUT WE DO SEE THAT THEY STILL COME INTO USE OUR WI-FI.

OUR WI-FI IS STRONG AND BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WERE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR WI-FI REACH TO THE PARKING LOT. SO YOU CAN STAY IN YOUR CAR AND STILL BE ABLE TO GET ON IF YOU NEED ACCESS. AND AGAIN ÃÃTHAT'S A 20,484 WI-FI SESSIONS OF LAST YEAR.

WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WAS THAT OUR COURT JOBS, THERE WERE 28,000 PRINT JOBS. WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE DATA, BUT THEY NEED A PLACE TO PRINT OFF THEIR RECEIPTS, BOARDING PASSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO SEE PEOPLE COME IN TO DO A QUICK PRINT.

>>YOU CHARGE PER PAGE ON THAT? >>IT'S $0.10 A PAGE FOR BLACK AND WHITE PRINT $0.25 PER COLOR. YES SIR. ASIDE FROM THE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES SOUTH TEXAS TRAINING ÃÃWE ALSO HELP WITH SOME QUICK TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AND THINGS THAT YOU NEED HELP WITH ON THE COMPUTER. THIS IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 3103 SIX PEOPLE SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

IN 2021 ÃÃWE LAUNCHED A MEETING ROOM RESERVATION SOFTWARE, BECAUSE WE SAW THAT WE WERE ÃÃOUR MEETING ROOMS WERE NOT IN USE ÃÃTHEY WERE OFTEN NEEDED FOR WEATHER BEING INTERVIEWED, A STEADY ROOM ÃÃ SOME TYPE OF A ÃÃSOME TYPE OF MEETING THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD NEED. WHAT WE DID HERE IS THAT WE PULL THE EXTERNAL USE VERSUS INTERNAL USE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ÃÃIF OUR ROOMS ARE NOT USED BY US, THEY ARE USED BY SOMEONE ELSE. SO ÃÃYOU CAN SEE THAT WE OFFERED OR HOSTED OR RESERVED A ROOM 1032 TIMES. JUST LAST YEAR. WE SAW 32 PERCENT INCREASE IN JUST THE EXTERNAL USAGE OF OUR ROOMS. WHAT WE'RE SAYING ON WHAT WE'RE NOTICING IS THAT IF THE DEMAND CONTINUES AND THIS ÃÃTHIS CONTINUES TO RISE, THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A REVENUE GENERATOR GENERATED PROGRAM.

SO ÃÃIF WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE NEEDING TO USE THE ROOM ÃÃTHERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL THERE. LESTER WANTED TO COMBINE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL CIRCULATION. THINGS THAT WERE CHECKED IN AND OUT OF THE LIBRARY.

WE SAW 304,153 ITEMS CHECKED OUT. AND WE WELCOMED 1000 3480 FIVE PEOPLE IN THE DOOR AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS CHART ÃÃYOU CANNOT TELL WHAT'S OUR MOST POPULAR TIME OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS SUMMERTIME. I WAS ASKED THIS QUESTION LESTER BECAUSE I DID GIVE THE ANNUAL REPORT LAST YEAR.T WAS JUST ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND CIRCULATION AND FOOT TRAFFIC PRE-PANDEMIC AND POST PANDEMIC. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT WE ARE NOT AT PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE CLIMBING AND WE'RE GETTING THERE. THE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL COLLECTION, I DID COMBINE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. BUT I WANTED TO SHOW RIGHT HERE THAT THE 2019 AND 2020, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. ONCE OUR COMMUNITY FOUND OUR ADDITIONAL COLLECTION, THEY CONTINUED TO USE IT. AND IT'S GROWING.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE LAUNCHED OUR OVERDRIVE SYSTEM OR E-BOOK SYSTEM IN

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SO ÃÃWE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN AND WE ARE JUST CONTINUING TO SEE GROWTH IN THE

AREA. >>WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE OUTSIDE. YOU DID HEAR BENJAMIN ADRIAN TALK ABOUT HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. WE ARE SO GLAD THAT HE DID THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE WITH THE JUST WELCOMING PEOPLE INTO THE DOOR WITH THIS GREAT NEW WELCOMING APP ÃÃTIME. AT THE SAME TIME ÃIS BUILDING SERVICES WAS ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE A PROJECT WITH TAKING THE LIGHTS ON THE EXTERIOR LED LIGHTING AND PRESSURE WASH THE BUILDING. SO ÃÃWE ARE SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK THE BUILDING ITSELF LOOKS GREAT ON THE OUTSIDE. SO ÃÃWE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THANK YOU ROGER AND BILLING SERVICES FOR ALL THAT THEY DID WITH THAT.

LAST YEAR, WE ALSO WORK AS MOST OF YOU JUST AS WE WERE IN THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS.

MARINE ART THE 720 DESIGN. SHE'S A BIG PART OF THAT PROCESS.

THIS IS THE TIMELINE OF WHAT THE WORK LOOK LIKE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN ME ÃÃWE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE SURVEY AND WE WERE ABLE TO GENERATE 556 ONLINE RESPONSES.

AT THE SAME TIME ÃÃSHE WAS ABLE TO HAVE SEVEN COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS.

SHE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION LIBRARY STAFF AND CITY LEADERSHIP.

AND STAKEHOLDERS. AND GATHER THE INFORMATION DURING THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS.

AND AS YOU KNOW ÃÃSHE DID PRESENT HER FINDINGS AT THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP IN SEPTEMBER. AND WE ARE HOPING TO SEE HER BACK IN APRIL.

TO PRESENT THE LIBRARY'S MASTER PLAN TO YOU ALL. AT HER RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL. DURING THIS PROCESS OF MASTER PLANNING ÃÃIT'S A LOT LIKE A STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT YOU DO GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT AND DATA.

AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ÃÃ JUST KIND OF OUR SAME FORMAT. SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS INFORMATION IS LOOK AT IT AND LOOK TOWARDS OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN.

BECAUSE OUR PLAN ENDED LAST YEAR. SO ÃÃWITH THAT ÃÃI WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE KEY AREAS AND PRIORITIES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FIND WITH ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET DURING THIS MASTER PLAN PROCESS.

FOR PRIORITIES FOR 2023 AND 2027 ÃÃWE REALIZE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS. FOSTER COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND SUPPORT. AN ASPIRE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVE AS A COMMUNITY ANCHOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR LIBRARY TEAM THAT IS HERE. I HAVE A LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION ÃJUST TO BE SCREWED BUT AN CALEB MASSEY AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR FRIENDS AND LIBRARY AND PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ÃÃDIANA AND DIANA BOYETTE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

[APPLAUSE] SO THAT CONCLUDES THE ANNUAL REPORT AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN WRAPUP.

THE MASTER PLAN. I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

>>AGAIN, THE R2-D2 LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR.

[LAUGHTER] >>THOSE PAINTING NIGHTS THAT WE DO OFFER AT THE LIBRARY, THEY DO TEND TO BE GIRLS NIGHT OUT DATE NIGHTS. YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW THEM, BUT YES, THAT WAS AN ADULT PAINTING NIGHT STAR WARS THEMED PROGRAM.

>>THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT. I'VE A QUESTION. FOR TRAFFIC AND TO HAVE THE PATRON NUMBER? WHERE ARE WE WITH PATRONS AS FAR AS CARDHOLDERS?

>>CARDHOLDERS ÃÃARE WE AT 34? >>34,000. >>AND STILL ABOUT 1/3 OF THOSE

LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS? >>GOOD QUESTION. >>ABOUT 1/3.

>>YES. >>YES. AND WE WILL RUN THROUGH THAT VERY HIGH LEVEL OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PRESENTATION THAT MARINE WILL DO AT OUR FIRST MEETING IN APRIL. SO THAT WE CAN FORMALLY ADOPT THAT MASTER PLAN.

AND START WORKING ON THAT. STRATEGIC PLAN IS NOT THE SAME AS THE MASTER PLAN FOR LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF DEPARTMENTS THAT GO THROUGH THESE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESSES JUST TO HELP IMPROVE THE SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER. AND SO ÃÃTHIS PRESENTED A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE SAME COMMUNITY INPUT AND THEN ALSO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CAN HELP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MASTER PLAN. AND SO ÃÃMORE TO COME I GUESS WITH THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL

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>>A LOT OF THESE ELEMENTS, YOU GUYS HAVE TEXAS ZOO COMING IN WITH THE REPTILES?

>>THE REPTILES IS OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR FOR THE BLACK AND RICH PARK.

AND HE IS VERY POPULAR IN THAT WE HAD TO DO TWO PROGRAMS A YEAR BECAUSE HE BRINGS A LOT OF HIS REPTILES AND NOW IT'S AT TWO PART SERIES BECAUSE ONCE WE GET PAST 150 PEOPLE ÃÃWE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT GROUP. T'S A VERY POPULAR GROUP. PROGRAM.

>>WE TALK ABOUT THE TURTLES. >>OUR STAFF MEMBER AS A TURTLE. AND A DESERT TURTLE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW THAT HE WAS IN FRONT OF THE NEWSPAPER.

NOT TOO LONG AGO. AND OUR SON HAD A TURTLE AND SHE SAID I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO MEET OUR TURTLE AND SHE BROUGHT HIM AND HE WAS GREAT FUN.

AND SHE HAD TO LEAVE ABOUT ÃÃ SHE DID NOT LEAVE HIM OUTSIDE, BUT SHE DID TAKE HIM OUTSIDE FOR LITTLE BIT TO WARM UP BECAUSE IF HE GETS TOO COLD, HE DOES NOT MOVE.

SO SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE STAYED LIVELY. SO ÃÃIT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS WELL RECEIVED AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT PROGRAM.

>>AND THE DANCING PROGRAM? PERFORMANCE? >>THAT WAS ONE OF THE PERFORMANCES AT OUR KICKOFF. I FORGOT TO SAY THAT. AT OUR KICKOFF THIS LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE 800 PEOPLE COMING TO THE LIBRARY AND WE INVITE THEM ÃÃINVITE KARATE Ã ZUMBA PRESENTATIONS ÃÃYOGA Ã ÃWE HAVE ALL TYPES OF THINGS TO KICK OFF THE SUMMER.

>>AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ÃÃTHEY WANT TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THAT? AND YOU MAY RECALL FROM MARINES PRESENTATION IN SEPTEMBER ÃÃ THAT THE NEED FOR MORE SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THIS THAT JUST BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE A SPECIFIC SKILL SET THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE OR TEACH OR ETC.

SO ÃÃWE ARE JUST SEEING A DEMAND FOR THAT. THAT'S A BIG REASON WHY THE RESERVATIONS ARE GOING UP AS WELL BECAUSE MORE RESIDENTS MORE AND MORE WANT TO SHARE A SKILL SET THAT THEY HAVE. IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO RESERVE A ROOM AND BE ABLE TO

DO THAT. >>WE FIND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WANT TO INTRODUCE AN IDEA OR SHARE THEIR SKILLS. BUT THEY OFTEN REACH OUT TO US FIRST AND WE ASKED THEM GREAT, YES. THEY ALWAYS SAID THE LIBRARY IS A PLACE WHERE YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO A PROGRAM ÃÃSOMETIMES YOU ARE A LITTLE HESITANT TO GO BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE.UT THE LIBRARY IS THE FIRST PLACE THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE YES, I WILL GO TO THE LIBRARY. I WILL CHECK THAT OUT. OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE REACH OUT TO US AND SAY I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY SKILLS.WHATEVER IT IS.

FOR SHANE. CAN I HOST AN EVENT? >>IS CHIEF LED HERE?

>>YES. I WANTED TO MENTION THIS AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT.

FIRE MARSHAL ÃÃWE HAD OUR VERY FIRST IN PERSON GINGERBREAD HOUSE WORKSHOP IN DECEMBER. AND THAT WAS OUR FIRST TIME BACK SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

AND WE HOSTED AT THE ANNEX. I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS ÃÃREAD VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WE HAD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WE HAVE PARKS AND REC, THESE FORGET OUT, AND WE HAD OUR FRIENDS AT THE LIBRARY THERE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT WALKED IN THE DOOR. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I ÃÃI MISSED ANY GROUPS, BUT IT WAS SUCH A FUN EVENT BECAUSE SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS CAME TOGETHER TO WELCOME PEOPLE TO THIS AND WE HAD BLUE SANTA AND RED SANTA.

SO ÃÃI WANT TO THANK THE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE HELPED OUT TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM

A SUCCESS. >>OKAY. THANK YOU.

[2. Victoria 311 Mobile App Launch Update. James Foote, Director of Inform...]

>>THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. NEXT, I'M GONNA ASK JAMES TO COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A NEW APP THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN HEARING

ABOUT.S WE HAVE BEEN GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT IT. >>GREAT, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. YES, WE ARE VERY PLEASED ABOUT ROLLING THIS OUT AND JUST AS A BRIEF RECAP FOR COUNSEL AND ÃÃ MR. GARZA, WHEN HE FIRST ARRIVED WITH THE CITY, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HE WAS QUICK TO IDENTIFY WAS THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND SO ÃÃWE STARTED LOOKING FOR CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT QUORUMS AND NONE OF OUR WORK ORDERS ARE EASILY INTEGRATED WITH THE CITIZENS ENGAGEMENT REPORT.

SO, WE DID GO THROUGH AND RECOMMEND A WORK ORDER SYSTEM. THAT WORK ORDER SYSTEM IS NOW

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THE ANDROID PHONES. WHEN I SAY THERE ARE COUPLE WAYS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS IT Ã ÃTHE APP ÃÃON THE WEB BY GOING TO VICTORIA TX.GOV/FIX IT.

OR IF THEY ARE USED TO GOING TO THE WEBSITE AND GOING TO THE HOMEPAGE AND HITTING REPORT A PROBLEM. THAT IS NOT BEING REDIRECTED TO NOW IT SHOWS THAT THEY NEED TO GO AND CLICK ON SEEK AND FIX TO DO THAT. DO THAT REPORT.

NEXT UP ÃÃWE'VE GOT A GREAT VIDEO THAT COMMUNICATIONS CREATED.

THAT IS LAUNCHING AND SHOWING OUR APP AND I WANT TO THANK ASHLEY AND HER TEAM FOR PUTTING

THIS TOGETHER. >>IT'S OFFICIAL PRINT THE CITY MAP NOW HAS A NEW APP WHERE CITIZENS CAN REQUEST SERVICES AND STAY CONNECTED. WITH THE NEW VICTORIA TX 311 APP ÃÃYOU CAN REPORT ANY NONEMERGENCY ISSUES THAT YOU ENCOUNTER.

WITH A FEW SIMPLE CLICKS ON YOUR SMART PHONE ÃÃYOU CAN REPORT SIDEWALK DAMAGES.

POTHOLES, STREETLIGHT OUTAGES Ã ÃCODE VIOLATIONS AND MORE. FIRST, DOWNLOAD THE VICTORIA TX 311 APP ONTO YOUR SMART PHONE THROUGH YOUR PHONE'S APP STORE. WHEN YOU WANT TO REPORT AN ISSUE ÃÃUSE YOUR APP TO SNAP A PICTURE OF THE ISSUE, CONFIRM THE LOCATION, AND FOLLOW THE PROMPTS TO SUBMIT THE REQUEST. IF THIS ISSUE HAS ARTIE BEEN REPORTED OR IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON, THE APPLE STILL NOTIFY YOU. YOU CAN EVEN KEEP UP WITH THE PROGRESS AND THE STATUS OF THE REQUEST. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE CITY RESPONSES, UPDATES, AND RESOLUTIONS TO THESE ISSUES. THE HANDY CHAT FEATURE ALLOWS YOU TO GET MORE DETAILS OR ASK QUESTIONS. EXCITED YET?E ARE.

BECAUSE WE ARE PROUD OF THIS COMMUNITY.ND THE HARD WORK THAT OUR STAFF DOES EVERY DAY TO HELP THE AVAILABILITY INVENTORY. WITH THIS NEW TOOL, WE CAN BETTER DO THAT TOGETHER. DOWNLOAD THE NEW APP TODAY. [MUSIC]

>>OKAY. SO ÃÃIT WAS GREAT ÃÃGREAT JOB.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GUESS WAS A CONCERN ON SOME CITIZENS IS THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD REPORT ANONYMOUSLY. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SUBMITTING POSTS. AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP TRY TO KEEP THEIR ANONYMOUS WHILE THEY ARE THERE. SO, WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE AIR THREE FIELDS HERE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. THE FIRST ONE IS IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING A DESCRIPTION AND. ONE CAN BE DISPLAYED PUBLICLY.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT ALL THE OTHER CITIZENS TO SEE THAT ÃÃTHAT WILL BE DISPLAYED. IF YOU DO NOT WISH ANYONE TO SEE THIS ÃÃA GREAT EXAMPLE Ã ÃTHIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CALL ENFORCEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE CONCERN TO DISPLAY AND NOT HAVE IT DISPLAYED PUBLICLY. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT ÃAS YOU CAN SEE THAT AGAIN, [INDISCERNIBLE] PUBLIC VIEW.

SO IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YOUR RECORDING THIS, YOU CAN JUST CHANGE THAT TO KNOW AND THAT IT WILL NOT BE VISIBLE. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS IF YOU DO THAT ÃÃWITH OUR PREVIOUS SYSTEM ÃÃIF YOU DID ANONYMOUS, YOU COULD NEVER GET ANY KIND OF UPDATES ON THE RESOLUTION. HERE ÃÃWITH THIS APP, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ÃÃYOU'VE HID YOUR IDENTITY, YOU WILL STILL RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS.

THIS IS WHAT OUR CITIZEN WEB VIEW LOOKS LIKE AS YOU CAN SEE ÃÃIT'S A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS.

YOU CAN SEE THE OUTSTANDING REQUEST. THOSE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE ARE OR HAVE BEEN CLOSED. REEN IS OPEN. AND IT'S SORT OF AN ORANGE COLOR. IT'S OPEN, BUT IT'S IN PROGRESS.

SO ÃÃYOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME ACTIVE REQUESTS IN THE SYSTEM.

SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. SO ÃÃYOU COULD SEE THE OUTSTANDING REQUEST.

YOU CAN, ON THE REQUEST.OU CAN ALSO FOLLOW THE EXISTING REQUESTS.

SO ÃÃIF YOU SEE SOMETHING AND YOU WANTED TO REPORT THAT AND THEY SAW THAT IT'S ARTIE THERE ÃÃYOU CAN CLICK, AND FOLLOW THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE YOU CAN CREATE A NEW REQUEST. THIS IS OUR EMPLOYEE WEB VIEW. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR CALL TAKER SCREEN. THIS IS WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES WILL GO IN AND BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING OUT. SO ÃÃAS YOU CAN SEE ÃÃWE ARE SEEING THE DESCRIPTION ÃÃ THE EMPLOYEES CAN OPEN THE RIGHT SIDE AND RECATEGORIZE THAT. IF IT'S IN THE WRONG CATEGORIZE, THEY CAN CATEGORIZE IT. ASSIGN DUE DATES AND PRIORITIES PREDICT CAN ALSO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE IT TO THAT CASE. I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND SIDE WHERE IT SAYS THE INTEGRATION INFO. YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS INTEGRATED WITH CITY WORKS.

SO, IT IS INTEGRATED WITH OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM AND THOSE UPDATES BETWEEN CITY WORKS AND [INDISCERNIBLE] FIX THAT'S OUT IS EVERY 60 MINUTES IS HOW OFTEN IT POLLS.

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RESOLUTION. >>THE RESOLUTION IS ÃÃDO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO POST THE

RESOLUTION OF THE PICTURE? >>IF THEY USE THE APP TO DO THAT ÃÃYES.

IF IT'S ONE THAT SQL AFFIXED Ã ÃI DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK THE APP WHERE THE PICTURE ÃÃIT'S A GREAT POINT. THAT WOULD BE NICE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES. ACTUALLY HAD ÃÃIT WAS NOT A POTHOLE, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY

WHERE CERTAIN GARBAGE TRUCK KEPT DRIVING OVER IT EVERY DAY. >>IT WAS A TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICE. [LAUGHTER]

>>WE HAD A FEW ROADS. >>I MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES. A LOT OF TIMES ÃÃTO OUR DIRECTOR AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN. I PUT A REQUEST IN. AND THE VERY NEXT DAY IT WAS I SAW THE REQUEST WAS CLOSED. IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE A PICTURE.

BECAUSE WHEN I GOT TO THE HOUSE, I LOOKED AND IT WAS LIKE THAT REALLY LOOKS GOOD.

SO ÃÃYOU DID. IT'S A GREAT BREAKDOWN FOR >>SINGH THAT THE PILES WERE

REPAIRED AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE POTHOLE. >>IT'S STILL THE POTHOLES IN

THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD. >>I JUST ABOUT KNOW IF THAT WAS EVEN A POSSIBILITY.

>>WE CAN LOOK AND SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. WE CAN ADD THAT IN AS AN

ATTACHMENT. >>EVEN IF WE DON'T DO THE PICTURE ÃÃI MEAN, I'VE KIND OF GOT THAT SAME COMMENT ALWAYS THROUGH. YOU KEEP SAYING THE POTHOLES IN THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD. BASICALLY I GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS REQUEST IS NOT BEEN) IS A POTHOLE THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD. AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE MESSAGE WE'RE TRYING TO SEND.

>>RIGHT. >>WE WANT TO BASICALLY AND SO, THIS IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, SO, WE JUST BASICALLY WORK THROUGH THAT AND SO, THE COMMENTS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DESCRIPTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE WORK ON THERE.

I WENT ONLINE ÃÃ [INDISCERNIBLE] >>NO LONGER IN THE

MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD. >>I WILL REMIND THE PUBLIC, PLEASE DO NOT STAND OUT THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD IF YOU TAKE A PICTURE. I LEARNED THAT.

AND OF COURSE OBVIOUSLY DON'T TRY TO DRIVE AND REPORT A PROBLEM.

OR TAKE A PICTURE. SO ÃÃTHAT IS ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.

I DO HAVE A ÃÃIF YOU WANT TO SEE WANT ÃÃI'VE PREPARED A LITTLE SHORT VIDEO OF HOW THE REQUEST IS MADE. IT'S NOT AS FANCY AS COMMUNICATIONS, BUT IT'S A REAL QUICK WHAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT.

[LAUGHTER] >>ONLY SEE THE COMPARISON OF THE VIDEOS.

>>SURE. DOT >>IT'S JUST A REAL QUICK ÃÃ

[INDISCERNIBLE] >>NO NOTHING. BUT I JUST ÃÃ [INDISCERNIBLE] GONNA HOLD MY CUP.

[LAUGHTER] >>YOU'VE GOT DO DO THAT. >>SAME.

[LAUGHTER] >>SO, A LOT TO SCROLL THROUGH TO FIND.

WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN SHORTEN THAT. >>WAS THAT A SCREENSHOT OF THE

MAP? >>ON RECORDING AS WE ARE GOING ON.

JUST ÃÃAND IT DID TAKE ME SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND EXCUSE ME. I AM TYPING SLOW.

I MEAN ÃÃTHAT TOOK A WHILE TO. IF YOU CAN SEE, AT THE TIME UP THERE. IT'S LESS THAN A MINUTE FOR ME AND IT TOOK ME TO ACTUALLY CREATE THIS REQUEST. AND THERE IS THE BOTTOM. OKAY.

>>ONE THING THAT I WILL MAKE SURE TO THAT WE REITERATE IS THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY SOMEONE CAN REPORT AN ISSUE, RIGHT? MOST OF WHAT YOU CAN CALL PUBLIC WORKS. OR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. YOU KNOW? OR ONE OF YOU ÃÃRIGHT?NE OF YOU ÃÃWE'RE DEFINITELY NOT TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS SHIFTING JUST TO THE APP. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A SMART PHONE OR MIGHT HAVE DIFFICULTIES GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME OPTIONS. BUT HOPEFULLY DOING IT THIS WAY WE WILL PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR A

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>>IS IT ALWAYS GONNA SAY ISSUES FIXED OF ALL TIME? >>YES.

WE WILL ÃÃTHAT WE WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER GROW. SO ÃÃWE ARE CURRENTLY AT 15

RIGHT NOW. >>15 RIGHT NOW THAT WE WILL GROW?

>>15. >>HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW OFF OF THERE.

>>WE WILL RESET EVERY YEAR? >>I GUESS I CAN LOOK AND SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.

IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] IT'S CERTAINLY TOUGH TO LOOK AT. IF YOU CAN SEE.

>>IT'S LIKE LIKES ON INSTAGRAM PROGRAM A 200,000. TAKE PICTURES WITH BALLOONS ÃÃ

IT'S 800,000. >>IT'S A GOOD.2.

[LAUGHTER] >>MR. [INDISCERNIBLE] YOU DID MAKE A GOOD POINT AS FAR AS METRICS. SO, WE WILL MENTION THAT THERE.

E HAD TO HAVE A WAY TO CREATE SLA'S. AND SO ÃÃIF WE WANT TO ESTABLISH DAYS AS FAR AS HELEN WE ARE GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE, WE CAN

TRACK THOSE SLA'S AS WELL. EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. >>WE REPORTED ÃÃI'VE REPORTED POTHOLES IN THE PAST FOR THE CITY'S WEBSITE. MR. GRUBBS LISTED: ONE OF US OR CALLING ÃÃIS THAT STILL ACTIVE? ALSO?

>>IT'S CONVERTING TO THE SPIRIT >>IT'S CONVERTING? >>IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, IT

WILL TAKE YOU TO THIS PLATFORM. >>OKAY PER >>EXCEPT AND WEBSITE FORM.

>>ON THE WEBSITE.KAY, GOOD. >>YES POINT >>THERE ARE STILL CERTAIN FORMS THAT ARE STILL ON THE WEBSITE THAT FOR INSTANCE, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT STILL HAS THOSE OR WHATEVER. THE SERVICE REQUEST AND IT'S NOW BEEN MOVED SHOWED UP TO THE FRONT AND IT'S BASICALLY THAT ALL REQUESTS WORKING THROUGH THE SEQUENCE

[INDISCERNIBLE] >>THANK YOU. >>YES.

>>AND OF COURSE ÃÃI WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS [INDISCERNIBLE] WHICH IS THE ACT THAT WE ARE USING. BUT WE HAVE OPTED TO USE A BRANDED APP. AND SO ÃÃWHEN CITIZENS ARE THE PUBLIC GOES AND SEARCHES FOR THE APP ÃÃTHEY CAN SEARCH FOR SEE CLICK PICS AND THEY CAN DOWNLOAD SEE CLIP OR HOWEVER WE HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN. THEY CAN SEARCH FOR 311 VICTORIA.

YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO APPS. SO, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART REMEMBER.

THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE PICKED >>I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TOOL. I HOPE YOU'RE NOT INUNDATED AT THE BEGINNING. I THINK AS PEOPLE ADOPTED ÃÃ MAYBE.

BUT MORE EYES OUT THERE. HELPS EVERYBODY GET EVERYTHING RIGHT.

AND WE WILL MONITOR AND ADJUST. YOU KNOW? ACCORDINGLY IF WE NEED TO SHIFT RESOURCES AROUND OR WHATEVER ELSE.BVIOUSLY ÃÃWITH HIGH VACANCY RATES, SPECIFICALLY IN PUBLIC WORKS, THAT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE AT SOME POINT. BUT ÃÃWE WILL MANAGE THROUGH

IT TO FIGURE IT OUT. >>I'VE GOT A QUESTION. I WAS DOING GREAT AND THEN I GOT CONFUSED AT THE VERY END. BECAUSE YOU SHOWED US TWO ICONS THAT WERE DIFFERENT.

VICTORIA 311. HOW MANY APPS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>>I'M SORRY. THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY C CLIP FAX IS A LARGE CORPORATION.

THEY HAVE THEIR NATIVE APP, WHICH IS C CLIP FAX AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN.

A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS CAN OPT TO GRANT THE APP. SO WHAT HE SAW IS THERE APP.

AND ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WAS OUR APP. WHICH IS THE WHY? IF YOU SEARCH VICTORIA 311 ÃÃ EITHER ONE WILL WORK. WE WOULD PREFER IF ANYONE WOULD USE THE VICTORIA 311. AS WE DID SPEND MONEY TO BRING THAT.

>>REALLY, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TEST IS WE JUST NEED A DRIVER TO OUR BRANDED APP.

>>AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION GOOD OF 311 THAT WAS READ AND IS THAT THE SAME APP WITH THE ICON THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR IS VICTORIA TEXAS?

>>THE ACT, THE APP STORE LOOKS LIKE HIS LAST SLIDE. >>OKAY.

>>YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS THAT YOU SAW? >>TOWARDS THE VERY BEGINNING.

>>I'M SORRY, TO THE VERY BEGINNING? >>THAT'S THE BEGINNING.

>>THAT WAS ÃÃ [INDISCERNIBLE] I WAS VISUALIZING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OKAY, THAT IS HELPFUL THEN. BECAUSE IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT THE ICON IS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. AND THAT'S WHAT FOR ME.

>>YES, AND IDEALLY ÃÃIT WILL ÃÃSO, ONE OF THE THINGS IS SCO'S.

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION ÃÃ AS WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE DRIVING SEARCH FOR THE 311 VICTORIA,

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WE ALSO GET TO MOVE UP ON THAT WHOLE RANKING OF THAT WHOLE THING.

SO, EVERYBODY DOWNLOAD AND EVERYBODY PLEASE CLICK FIVE STARS.

>>THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU.

[H. Executive Sessions:]

>>THAT CONCLUDES THE CITY MANAGEMENT REPORTS, CORRECT? WE HAVE NO WORK SESSION? TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY. SO ÃÃAT THIS TIME TEST TEST 6:30 1 PM ÃÃWE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE

BREAK. >>THE CITY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE SEVENTH

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.