Jan 16, 2024 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 16, 2024.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DELAGARZA. PRESENT. SOULLESS. PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN'S GOT. LOFGREN, AND MAYOR. HERE. >> EVERYONE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGES FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS LEG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE

TO THE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MR.

GARZA, HOW ARE YOU? >> GOOD EVENING. I'M GREAT AND ENJOYING THIS WEATHER. I HOPE

EVERYONE ELSE IS AS WELL. >> AS LONG AS IT STAYS SUNNY LIKE THIS.

[1. ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS]

>> THAT'S RIGHT. STAY AWAY FROM THE SHADE. >> WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING. SO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW. I'M HALF OF THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WE WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT WITH A MAY 4TH 2024 ELECTION FROM WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17 AT 8:00 A.M. UNTIL FEBRUARY 5TH OR 16TH AT FIVE, PAM. THEY WILL ELECT FOR DISTRICTS 1-4. APPLICATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE FROM CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, IN PERSON AND THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT THE TORREY A , TX/ELECTIONS. AS WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING WE WILL HOST AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION FOR CANDIDATES INTERESTED IN THESE SESSION ON MAY 4TH -- I'M SORRY THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MAY FORD GENERAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6 10:00 A.M. UNTIL 12 P.M. UNTIL COUNSEL CHEAPER. ON BEHALF OF LEIBER AND BEHALF OF THE FRANZA LIBRARY WE WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THE FRIENDS OF THE VERY BOOKS AND IS CURRENTLY RUNNING DAILY THIS WEEK IN THE BRONTË ROOM AND WILL RUN THROUGH SATURDAY JANUARY 20TH FUNDING FROM THE FRENCH MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THE LIBRARY TO OFFER SPECIAL PROGRAMS AT NO COST TO THE PUBLIC. ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PARKS AND REC WILL HOST A HUNTER SAFETY EDUCATION CLASS ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. PARKS AND REC WILL HAVE A SECOND YOUTH PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY WITH PARTNERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH THE FOURTH. THE TEXAS YOUTH HUNTING PROGRAM SEEKS TO INTRODUCE UNDERSERVED YOUTH TO HUNTING WEATHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER THE PUBLIC CAN VISIT VICTORIA TX.GOLF/PARKS. I'M NOT DONE. ON BEHALF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND KEEPING THE TORREY BURR BEAUTIFUL WE ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR CLINIC LINDA SILVER CITY NEIGHBORHOOD TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24TH AT NINE A.M. WE WILL CHECK ON THE PARKING LOT AT THE RECOVERY BAPTIST CHURCH AT 3101 CALLOW STREET. REGISTER IN ADVANCE AT VICTORIA TX.COM/. ON BEHALF OF CVB WE ARE SEEKING TWO VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE ON THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD APPLICATIONS DO ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2ND. THE TWO THAT VACANCIES MUST BE FILLED BY REPRESENT FROM ARTS OR SPORTS/OUTDOOR TOURISM SECTORS AND CAN BE FOUND AT VICTORIA

TX.GOV/TOURISM. >> THAT'S IT. >> I HAVEN'T GONE TO

[a. VISD School Board Recognition Month Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor]

RECOGNITIONS YET BUT FOR ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S IT. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. VIP SCHOOL RECOGNITION PROCLAMATION.

>> YES OR WHERE THE MISSION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ALL CHILDREN TO EMPOWER THEM TO BECOME COMPETENT, PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD AND WEARS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE WHERE MEMBERS TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS AND WEARS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WORK CLOSELY WITH PARENTS, EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER MAIN MEMBERS TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL VISION FOR STUDENTS AND WEARS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOWING A STRUCTURE FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING THE NEEDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE PUBLIC EXPECTATION TO THE DISTRICT NOW THEREFORE I THE MAYOR OF THE

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BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW CHILDREN. >> I WILL TAKE THAT LONG. I PROMISE. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ACT OF KINDNESS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU STOPPING AND TAKING THE TIME ON THE SPECIAL YEAR FOR US AS WE ENTER THE 150TH YEAR AS A CITY CELEBRATES 200 YEARS. WHAT WE DO WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR HARD WORK ON YOUR HAND AS RCD REPRESENTATIVES. I ALSO AM INCREDIBLY HUMBLED BY THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO WALKED AND SAT IN THESE SEATS LONG BEFORE WE DID. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS PROCLAMATION WITH ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE BOARDS IN THE PAST THAT THOSE THAT SERVE WITH PRIVATE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A TASK BEFORE THEM AS WELL. BUT MOSTLY I WAS LIKE TO SET THAT THE GOOD LORD RISES TO MY LEVEL OF INCOMPETENCE AND HE HAS DONE THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE STAFF, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEACHERS AND ALL THE STAFF OF VISD. TONIGHT I PERSONALLY AND A HALF OF THE BOARD WANT TO THANK THE BOARD BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE ALL THIS POSSIBLE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> MR. MERCER, THANK YOU UNTIL THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT EVERYONE IS IN ATTENDANCE AND

[b. Recognition of the City Secretary's Office for the 5 Star Award for 2023. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager]

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN. THANK YOU. >> NOW HAVE A RECOGNITION OF THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE OR FIVE-STAR AWARD IN 2023. MR. GARZA?

>> I DO HAVE A FEW RECOGNITIONS. THIS IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AND I WANT TO ASK APRIL, SANDRA AND JACKIE TO COME UP AND WE WILL TAKE A PICTURE SHORTLY. AND THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT THAT MARKS THE 21ST TIME THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THIS AWARD. THEY ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND RECEIVED THE FIVE-STAR AWARD FOR REGISTRATION IN THE VITAL STATISTICS PROCESS. TRAINING, CUSTOMER SERVICE, SECURITY AND SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE. AND I AM SURE EVERYBODY CAN AGREE UNDER APRIL LEADERSHIP THIS OFFICE CONTINUES TO DO AN AMAZING JOB

FOR US. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. IT MAY OR IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STAYING UP FOR

[Addtional Item]

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. AND LASTLY I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TAKE A QUICK MINUTE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS OUR INTERIM FIRE CHIEF'S LAST COUNCIL MEETING. SO CHIEF IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP REALLY QUICK. DON'T WORRY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FORMAL. WE WILL SAVE THAT UNTIL YOUR RETIREMENT PARTY BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS 36 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT YOU STARTED WITH THE BIG AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT AT AGE 18 AND THIS LITERALLY HAS BEEN YOUR LIFE'S WORK AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY VERY APPRECIATIVE. I KNOW I JOKED IN THE PAST OF SOME TECHNOLOGY THINGS BUT ALL JOKING ASIDE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF BEING ONE LEADING FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE WHOLE STATE IF NOT THE COUNTRY IF IT

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>> I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT. TO THE CITY AND TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY AND DIFFERENT CAPACITIES THAT I HAVE SERVED IN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 436 AND HALF YEARS. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE AND I WISH THE INCOMING CHIEF GOMEZ AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE BEST

OF THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THAT'S IT.

[3. ITEMS FROM COUNCIL]

>> THAT'S ALL. ALL RIGHT. >> WILL GO TO ITEMS FROM COUNSEL.. YES SIR, MR.

DELAGARZA. >> I WILL NOT BE HERE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

>> OKAY. >> JUST MAKING A NOTE. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR I HAVE ONE THING QUICKLY I WAS NOTIFIED OF THE WEEKEND I RECEIVED A COMMUNICATION FROM A CITIZEN ABOUT WHAT WAS REPORTED TO BE A PACK OF STRAY DOGS THAT WAS AROUND NO BARREL AND SECOND STREET AT THE TIME. AND OF COURSE THAT BEING A COUNTY FUNCTION, I RELATE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT'S A COUNTY FUNCTION TO REACH OUT TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND I WOULD DO THE SAME. HOPEFULLY HE DID SO AND I CALLED ANIMAL CONTROL LEFT A MESSAGE BUT WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE THAT SITUATION AND HAVE THE ISSUE, THE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL FIRST. INSTEAD OF THE CITY. YOU ELIMINATE ONE MORE STEP IN THE

COMMUNICATION. >> GREAT. >> ANYBODY ELSE?

[4. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION]

>> ITEMS FROM COUNSEL GO TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. DAVID, DOC PETERS. COME ON UP. YOU'VE

GOT THREE MINUTES. >> I WILL BE REALLY QUICK AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. APRIL CONTACTED ME THERE WAS AN OPENING IN THE PLANNING BUILDING COMMISSION. AND I WANT TO THROW -- I WANT TO JOIN THE TEAM. AND A GREAT CITY. AND THAT'S DONE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> MR. FISK. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE KNOW THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN AUSTIN AND MANY OF WHOM ARE WORKING AND LIVING IN THEIR CARS. A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP ALLEVIATE THAT WOULD BE IF THE CITY POSSIBLY WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY WOULD ESTABLISH SAFE PARKING AREAS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SLEEP IN THEIR CARS. IT WOULD REQUIRE BATHROOM FACILITIES AND SECURITY. IT WOULD ALSO AND ABLE THOSE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE A COMMON PLACE WHERE THEY COULD GO TO OFFER WHATEVER ASSISTANCE THEY COULD. TAKE SURVEYS. TO DIRECT THEM TO MORE SUITABLE THINGS. OR MORE SUITABLE AGENCIES THAT CAN HELP THEM. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE RELATIVELY LOW-COST TO THE CITY. IT WOULD PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO UNFORTUNATELY ONLY LIVING IN THEIR CARS AND MOST OF WHOM ARE WORKING AND HAVE SOME KIND OF INCOME BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE IN VICTORIA. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU MR. FISK. GARCIA. CAME TO SEE IF THE CITY WOULD APPROVE THE PLAN THAT I SUBMITTED TO RECONSTRUCT THE HOME I HAVE HERE. THE TWO OPTIONS I HAVE ARE TRY TO REBUILD IT OR TEAR IT DOWN. AND TEARING IT DOWN FINANCIALLY IS A BURDEN BECAUSE THE CHEAPEST PRICE I GOT WAS $8000 TO TEAR IT DOWN. SO IF I HAD TO TEAR DOWN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT I WOULD NEED TO DO FOR THE GRANT THAT YOU OFFER FOR THAT. BUT IF I HAD I WOULD LIKE TO REBUILD IT AS THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME

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ALSO IN THE PLAN I PUT THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY CONTRACTORS INVOLVED BECAUSE THE WAY TEXAS IS REGULATED YOU ONLY NEED A LICENSE IF YOU ARE A PLUMBER ELECTRICIAN OR HVAC. AND THE VIOLATIONS THE CITY GAVE US THERE WERE NO VIOLATIONS FROM THAT. SO THAT'S WHY NO CONTRACTORS ARE INVOLVED BECAUSE GENERAL CONTRACTOR SURE YOU DON'T REALLY NEED A LICENSE UNLESS IT'S PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND HVAC AND I KNOW BECAUSE I USED TO BE A CONTRACTOR IN THE PROPOSAL I SUBMITTED I PUT MY CONTRACTORS LICENSE AND I LET IT LAPSE AND WHEN I TRIED TO GET IT RENEWED OF THE SUMMER THE CITY OF AUSTIN TOLD ME I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE IT RENEWED UNLESS IT WAS ELECTRICAL PLUMBING OR HVAC. IT DIFFERS BY CITY IN TERMS OF THE PERMITS. BUT IN TERMS OF THE LICENSE GENERAL HANDYMAN AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR YOU DON'T REALLY NEED A LICENSE. SO THAT'S WHY IN THE PROBE HOSE IT SAYS NO CONTRACT TOURS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ON THIS BECAUSE IN THE WORK TO GET THE HOUSE TO CODE THERE WASN'T A THING FOR ELECTRICAL OR PLUMBING OR HVAC. AND THAT IS MY GOAL TO SEE IF YOU ALL WOULD OKAY THE PROPOSAL OR IF NOT OR IF YOU ALL OKAY IT THE START DATE WAS AROUND MARCH WHEN WE HAVE OUR INCOME TAX.

AND WE WOULD JUST BE WORKING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEN BECAUSE I'M A TEACHER SO I CAN'T WORK UNLESS THERE IS A BREAK. A SPRING BREAK AND SUMMER I CAN REALLY DO EIGHT HOURS PER DAY FIVE DAYS PER WEEK. OTHER THAN THAT SET INSIDE THE PIT

>> OKAY IF YOU DON'T MIND IF YOU'D STICKER ON WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM IN CASE WE HAVE

QUESTIONS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MR. GARCIA. >> MR. BONDER.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I LIVE AT 2204 EAST NORTH STREET. I WANT TO TO THINK MITT RICK MADRID AND STEVE SALAI'S AND ONE IS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WON CODE ENFORCEMENT AND CHRIS WATTS. THEY'VE BEEN CLEANING UP THE TRAILER PARK AND I APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MY NEIGHBORS SEWER LEAGUE BECAUSE IT FROZE SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT SOMETHING IS FINE. HOPEFULLY IT WILL STAY COLD THE REST OF THE YEAR SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK RICK MADRID. HE SAVED ME LIKE $1500 BECAUSE THE GAS LEAK THAT WAS THE LANDLORD'S PROBLEM AND MY PROBLEM 50-50. MY PART WAS $1500. AND IF I WOULDN'T HAVE WENT THROUGH RICK MADRID I WOULD'VE HAD TO PAY THE WHOLE THREE GRAND AND STUFF AND THEY FINANCED IT WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER $1500 OVER 12 MONTHS SO I APPRECIATE IT AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT RICK MADRID BECAUSE THE GENERAL MANAGER ALREADY SAID I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AND SHE WASN'T GOING TO WORK WITH ME BUT SOMETIMES WHEN THE GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED PEOPLE TEND TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS. SO APPRECIATE IT AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET THAT SEWER LEAK FIXED WITH THE NEIGHBOR AND STUFF. I KNOW THEY COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE IT'S THANKSGIVING AND IT'S CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S DAY AND YOU CAN'T FIX IT BECAUSE IT'S MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY BUT THERE'S NO MORE EXCUSES ANYMORE. MAYBE VALENTINE'S DAY. THAT MIGHT BE THE EXCUSE. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF POTHOLES THAT STILL HAVEN'T BEEN FIXED. THE SUPERLAWYER HAD FIVE YEARS TO

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[D. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> WITH THAT WE WILL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS. WE HAVE NO ITEMS WITH PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MINUTE FROM JANUARY 2ND, 2024. ITEM D2 IS ORDINANCE VACATING AN ORDINANCE IN RESPONSE TO PETITION OF THE ADJOINING LANDOWNERS. ITEM D THREES OF PROOF THE PURCHASE OF 120 25 FREIGHTLINER WITHIN 14 FOOT DON'T BUT DUMB BODY FROM DOGGETT FREIGHTLINER SOUTH TEXAS LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,651. ITEM D4 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION AGREEMENT FOR MULTI-DAY CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER IT'S GOOD PACKAGE AT THE SERVICE WATER TREATMENT PLANT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN CORPORATE IN THE AMOUNT OF

$268,900. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT. >> MOTION AND TO PROVE CONSENT

[1. An appeal of the Building and Standards Commission's Demolition Order for 1108 E Santa Rosa. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services]

AGENDA. ALL APPROVED SAY AYE. >> E1 IS A APPEAL OF BUILDING SINCE COMMISSION DEMOS IN ORDER

FOR 1108 EAST SANTA ROSA. >> GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO YOU HEARD THIS APPEAL AND GRANTED ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PREPARE A DETAILED PLAN. AFTER A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THE PERSON HAD AND WE DID RECEIVE THE DETAIL PLAN YESTERDAY. UNFORTUNATELY THE DETAILED PLAN IS DEFICIENT IN SEVERAL AREAS SPECIFICALLY MATERIAL LIST AND THE COST. THE DETAIL PLAN REALLY TOOK THE STAFF REPORT AND EXPANDED ON IT BUT THE PROPOSED WORK IS A LOT MORE EXTENSIVE RELIEF THAN WHAT HAS BEEN OUTLINED AS FAR AS THE MATERIALS AND THE COST THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR THIS BUILDING TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION STAFFORD PORT REALLY FOCUSED ON THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AND THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE THAT DID NOT GET INTO THE HVAC MECHANICAL PLUMBING OR ANY THE SYSTEMS AND NOT VALID FOR HOW MUCH THEY APPLY WITH CODE OR NOT BUT IN ORDER FOR THIS PROPERTY TO ULTIMATELY RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO BE OCCUPIED THOSE SYSTEMS WOULD HAVE TO BE VALID.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS FROM TODAY. I'M MENTIONED YOU CAN SEE THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY PROGRESS. AND THEY'RE STILL QUITE A BIT OF DEBRIS THAT IS FOUND ON THE PROPERTY. HERE IS A REFRESHER FROM NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WHEN YOU FIRST CONSIDERED THE APPEAL AND GRANTED THE EXTENSION. AND THEN THESE ARE THE PHOTOS FROM THE PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS, MACHINE IN OCTOBER. YOU CAN SEE THE INSIDE REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE AMOUNT OF WATER PENETRATION THAT HAPPENED TO THE STRUCTURE AND HIGHLIGHTS HOW EXTENSIVE THE WORK IS.

THOSE RAFTERS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THE FLOOR LOOKS EQUALLY AS BAD WITH WATER DAMAGE AND HOLES. PULLING BACK THAT SHEET ROCK SHOWING WOOD ROT ON THE SETS BECAUSE OF WATER DAMAGE AND FOR THESE REASONS STAFF RECOMMENDS THE ORDER BE UPHELD AND THE

BUILDING BE DEMOLISHED. >> OKAY. >> THERE'S TWO OPTIONS. YOU CAN DEMOLISH IT HIMSELF OR IS THERE FUNDING FOR HOME DEMOLITION? MAKE THERE'S FUNDING BUT I DO HAVE TO FIVE IT'S ELIGIBLE AREA. WITH IT BEING ON SANTA ROSA IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, I BELIEVE, EAST OF LAURENT. I WILL HAVE TO VERIFY THAT AN ELIGIBLE TRACK. IF YOU

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>> I'M PULLING IT UP. >> DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO BASICALLY SAY THAT IF THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS COMPLETED THEN THE EXTERNAL AREA OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE BUT IT STILL NOT BE LIVABLE. IT WOULD STILL STAND AS A VACANT BUILDING.

>> YES MA'AM UNTIL WE VALIDATE THE SYSTEMS AND IF THERE DEFICIENT THAN THEY WOULD BE NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

>> RIGHT AT A MINIMUM YOU HAVE TO PLUMBING VERIFIED AND ELECTRICAL MOST LIKELY TO BE UPGRADED TO CODE. AIR CONDITIONING CAN BE DONE WITH ONE OF THE UNITS BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO PLAN FOR THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE IT WITH YOUR LETTER TRICKLE TO.

>> ACCORDING TO GIS IT IS. IT'S ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACTS SO AMBER WANTS TO APPLY ONCE HE

HAS FUNDS. >> TO VERIFY SINCE THE OCTOBER MEETING THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY

WORK DONE THAT WE COULD TELL ON THE PROPERTY. >> NOT EVEN CLEANUP FOR THE

JUNK AND DEBRIS. THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN EARLIER TODAY. >> IS HE WILLING TO KNOCK DOWN SOME OF THE ADDED PORTIONS TO THE HOUSE MAYBE. MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THE COST WAS NOT AS HIGH

AS WE WOULD THINK. MR. GARCIA? >> I AM WILLING TO KNOCK DOWN PORTIONS OF IT BECAUSE THAT PORTION RIGHT THERE WAS ORIGINALLY ONE THAT WAS COLLAPSED AND WE KNOCKED IT DOWN. BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DO NOTHING ILLEGALLY. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T WORKED ON IT SINCE NOVEMBER OR OCTOBER. BECAUSE TO WORK ON IT WE NEED THE PERMIT. ONE OF THE INSPECTORS ORIGINALLY TALK TO MY BROTHER WITH THE PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED. AND HE WAS OKAY WITH IT. AND BEFORE WE COULD GET THE PERMIT ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS SAID NO. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE'S DOCK BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TO DO NOTHING THAT IS POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL. LIKE IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO TEAR IT DOWN THEN WE NEED THE PERMIT TO TEAR DOWN. IF WE NEED THE PERMIT TO FIX IT THEN WE GET THE PERMIT TO FIX

IT. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE KIND OF STUCK. >> SO IF THERE WAS CG BEEF

FUNDS WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT. >> IF THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION I

HAVE THEN YES. >> MR. GARCIA YOU SAID -- >> YES ACCORDING TO GIS IT'S

WITHIN A QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACK. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THE KNOCKING DOWN IF HE HAS TO KNOCK IT DOWN THEN LET'S KNOCK IT DOWN FOR HIM. IT IS STILL

HIS PROPERTY THOUGH WE COULD JUST KNOCK IT DOWN. >> FROM WHAT I KNOW OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS NOW, 10,000 WOULD BE NOT ENOUGH TO DO THAT JOB. I REALIZE THAT YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE TAKING CARE OF THE LABOR PART BUT I COULD SEE IF YOU WERE REALLY GETTING AFTER IT AND DOING THE WORK AND BEING THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER, YOUR MADE TIME TO WORK ON IT IS THIS SUMMER. IF I LEAN TOWARD GETTING IT REDONE YOU STILL HAVE A PLUMBER THAT HAS TO COME IN AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REWIRE THE PLACE. I DON'T KNOW THAT ADP WILL TURN IT BACK ON WITH A

METER. >> IT HAS POWER RIGHT NOW. >> DOES IT?

>> BECAUSE OF A VIDEO CAMERA IN CASE SOMEBODY BREAKS IN. SO, THE HOUSE IS POWERED.

>> BUT BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF IT YOU HAVE TO RIP OFF SHEET ROCK ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO GET A

ROUGH IN INSPECTION, RIGHT. >> INSPECTIONS, WE WERE GOING TO GO LIKE STEP-BY-STEP BECAUSE THE MAIN THING WAS FROM THE OCTOBER MEETING WAS TO GET IT SECURED. AND THEN AFTER WE GET IT SECURED THEN WE WOULD GO STEP-BY-STEP. IN THE PLAN THE ROOF WOULD BE THE LAST ONE

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BECAUSE THE ROOF IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE. >> THE ROOF SHOULD BE YOUR

FIRST OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE CONTINUED DAMAGE PERIODS. >> YOU HAVE TO LEVEL IT FIRST

AND THEN DO THAT. YOU KNOW. >> BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STOP THE WATER DAMAGE WITHOUT FIXING THE ROOF AS IT WOULD JUST CONTINUE. BUT YOU WILL PROBABLY BE INTO IT FOR

25-$30,000. IS THAT REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? >> I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IF WE

HAVE TO KNOCK IT DOWN -- >> THERE IS GRANT FUNDING TO HELP YOU WITH THAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING. GRANT FUNDING IT APPEARS TO HELP YOU WITH THAT. SO NOW YOU SAID YOU GOT A QUOTE

FOR $8000 BUT HOW DOES A GRANT FUNDING PROCESS WORK? >>? OR DO ALL OF THE FITTING AND PERMIT ANYTHING. SO THE APPLICANT MAKES AN APPLICATION AND GIVES US THE TITLE AND WE DO ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE WITH HUD AND ONCE THEY APPROVE US THEN WE FED IT OUT AND ARE CONTRACTOR GOES AND DOES A DEMOLITION WORK FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER A SECOND

APPLICATION DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. >> AND HE WOULD THEN BE LEFT WITH A CLEAN, CLEAR LOT THAT HE NEEDS TO KEEP MAINTAIN AND MODE.

>> YES. >> NO LIENS ON IT. >> NO LEADS.

>> HE INDICATED IN -- PERSONALLY I KNOW IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BUILD A HOUSE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM USE THAT MONEY TOWARD A STRUCTURE THAT IS A MUCH BETTER QUALITY TO

START WITH. >> IF THE GRANT IS ABLE TO DEMO THE HOUSE, THEN YOU HAVE NO LIENS AND THE HOUSE OR THE LOT COULD BE SOLD FOR REDEVELOPMENT BY SOMEONE ELSE, AS WELL.

BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T BE A CLOUD ON THE TITLE AS FAR AS LIENS.

>> DOESN'T HELP YOU MAKE ANY OTHER DECISION? >> I MEAN, I'M ALL RIGHT WITH

HAVING IT TORN DOWN. >> THEN YOU CAN MAINTAIN THE LOT OR PUT IT UP FOR SALE OR

WHATEVER YOU WANT. OR BUILD ON IT OR WHATEVER. >> OKAY.

>> YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU

BEING HERE AND VISITING WITH US. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE NOT GUARANTEED THE GRANT. THE APPLICATION. IT LOOKS GOOD BUT IT'S NOT OUR PLACE TO SAY

THAT GRANT WILL BE GIVEN. >> AS LONG AS WE CAN GET CLEARANCE THROUGH HUD, WE WOULD

TRY THING WE CAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> SO CAN WE DESPERATELY NEED THEN TO VOTE TO UPHOLD THIS ORDER. CAN WE PUT A CONTINGENCY ON IT FOR THE GRANT?

>> FOR HOW LONG? THE CONTINGENCY BEING THAT YOU UPHOLD IT IF HE GETS THE GRANT? JULIE, HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT THAT WOULD BE? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

>> I GUESS WHILE THEY LOOK AT THAT MY ONLY COMMENT TO THIS IS THAT THE STAFF ENSURE THAT

WHATEVER IS DECIDED IS COMMUNICATED TO HIS BROTHER. >> YES. CORRECT.

>> SO WE WILL MAKE SURE WHATEVER GETS DECIDED WOULD BE COMMUNICATED TO BOTH BROTHERS.

PARENTS NAME, HIM AND HIS BROTHER WOULD BOTH NEED TO SIGN AND ERROR AFFIDAVIT AND SUBMIT

THAT WITH THE APPLICATION TO THE TITLE. >> I THINK THERE MIGHT BE

DIFFERENT DECISION AT THAT GRANT IS NOT THERE >> I AGREE.

>> OKAY. >> WITH SOMEONE MIND MAKING --

>> SO I GUESS IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE -- UPHOLD THE BUILDING AND STANDARD COMMISSION DEMOLITION ORDER CONDITIONED UPON THE OWNER'S RECEIPT OF CDBG GRANT TO DEMO THE BUILDING

ON THE PROPERTY. AND FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS. >> YES.

>> I SECOND. >> OTHERWISE COME BACK TO US, I GUESS.

>> OTHERWISE, COME BACK TO US AND WE CAN DO. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. ANY

FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE MR. GARCIA. I APPRECIATE

[2. Reappoint/Appoint members to the Building and Standards Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secretary]

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>> ITEM E 2 IS A RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS

COMMISSION. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL PAID THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WOULD REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. THE PURPOSE OF THAT COMMISSION IS TO UPHOLD HEARINGS OR TO HOLD HEARINGS AS REQUESTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE CASES ON SUBSTANDARD AND UNSAFE BUILDINGS JUST AS WE JUST DISCUSSED. MEMBERS DO SERVE TWO YEARS AND THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS. THE CURRENT MEMBERS ARE JOHN CLAY, ROBERT BROOKS, DAVID WRIGHT, CRAIG LOCHER, SHERRY STRICKLAND, VICTOR MARSHALL AND DEAN RAYBURN. SO, THE APPOINTMENTS YOU ARE CONSIDERING WHAT ALL END ON JANUARY 1ST, 2026. ALL CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE EXCEPTION MR. LUNG HAVE EXPRESSED REAPPOINTMENT. AND WE RECEIVE THREE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FROM ROBERT CONSTANTINE, SUZETTE HENRY AND DAVID PETERS WHO SPOKE EARLIER AND THEY WERE ALSO ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA FOR REVIEW. YOUR BALLOTS ARE SET ON THE DAIS BEFORE ANYTHING COULD YOUR NAME BECAUSE YOU CANNOT VOTE BY SECRET BALLOT. THE FIRST ITEM I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT THE SIX MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE BOARD. YOU COULD DO THAT BUT ACTUALLY VOTING ON THE PAPER OR TELL ME IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT HERE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT EVERYBODY THAT IS WILLING TO BE THE POINT.

>> I AGREE. >> I GREAT. >> THAT LEAVES ONE OPENS THAT MR. LONGER DID NOT WANT TO BE RE-APPOINTED TO AT THIS TIME. SO WE HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS, THOSE NAMES ARE LISTED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOUT. AS TO ROBERT CONSTANTINE, HENRY AND DAVID TALK PETERS AND CIRCLE WANT TO INDICATE WHICH PERSON YOU WOULD LIKE TO POINT TO THE BOARD.

NAME IS ENTERED ON THE RESOLUTION ALONG WITH THE SIX OTHER MEMBERS THAT WILL BE

REAPPOINTED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TWO THE THREE APPLICANT. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE WONDERFUL APPLICATIONS AND APPLICANANTS TO FULFILL THEE POSITIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

SERVICE DOCK PETERS. >> WE NEED A MOTION. SORRY. >> DO WE HAVE TO START WITH THE

TOP SIX AND THEN ADD PETERS ON THAT? >> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CURRENT MEMBERS. TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION AND THE NEW

APPLICANT DAVID PETERS. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND IS THERE

[3. An ordinance adopting the Unified Development Ordinance by replacing Chapter 21 in its entirety and deleting Chapters 5, 9.5, 12, and Article VI of Chapter 20 of the City of Victoria Code of Ordinances. Second Reading. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services]

CARRIES. >> ITEM E THREES AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDNANCE BY LACING CHAPTER 21 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DELETING CHAPTERS 5, 9.5, 12 AND ARCTIC CALL SIX OF CHAPTER 20 OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA CODE OF ORDINANCES. THIS ITEM IS ON

SECOND READING ONLY. >> GOODING. AS YOU KNOW WE DID HAVE SOME INPUT FROM LOCAL DESIGN PROFESSIONALS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND READING. AND SO WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT CHANCE SPARKS TO GO OVER THE CHANGES WE HAVE MADE IN THE REDLINE DOCUMENT.

>> GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY TO BE BACK. CHANCE SPARKS. I WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE REDLINES YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET AS FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT. A REMINDER OF THE ORIGIN OF THIS.

THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS EFFORT IS TO GET ALL OF YOUR REGULATIONS TO COORDINATE WITH

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IS TO KEEP THAT MARKET BASED ETHOS THAT SEEMS TO DEFINE VICTORIA ALONG THE WAY. AND OF COURSE HIT THAT LEGALLY SOUND DEFENSIBLE DOCUMENT WHICH IS A BIG PART WE ARE DOING IN THIS EFFORT. AGAIN THIS IS AT THE TAIL END OF THE PROCESS. WE HAVE A LOT OF INPUT TODAY. AND FROM HERE OR SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HAD AN OFFICIAL READING THERE'S BEEN A FEW OTHER EVENTS AND THE FIRST READING WE TALKED THROUGH SOME AREAS THAT WANTED FURTHER DISCUSSION. AND THEN ON THE EIGHTH A CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP WHERE WE WORK THROUGH PARTICULAR THE USED SEPARATION ELEMENTS AND THEN WE HAD SOME INTERIM MEETINGS BETWEEN WITH DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AND FOLKS LIKE THAT. WHICH WENT OUT FOR FURTHER REFINEMENT JANUARY 2ND.

WE BROUGHT THIS BACK UNDER THE CITY MANAGERS REPORT PORTION OF THE AGENDA AND ALSO HAD ADDITIONAL INTERIM MEETINGS WITH INTERESTED PARTIES BRING THIS TO THE REVIEW DRAFT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DRAFT BASED ON THE FIRST READING. SO WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE. YOU WILL HEAR WHAT WE ARE TO HER BEFORE.

I WILL TRY TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THOSE PIECES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEARLY TYING THE STRING FROM WHAT CHANGE BEEF TO AID YOUR OFFICIAL FIRST READING TO YOUR SECOND READING.

THE FIRST ITEM I WILL MENTION IS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE NONCONFORMITIES. THIS IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL ADJUSTMENT SHIFTING SO THAT THE IMPACT APPLICATIONS COMES AFTER THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF NONCONFORMITIES BUT THIS IS SOMETHING EDIFIED BY DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AS HELPFUL TO MOVE THIS TABLE IN THAT LANGUAGE AFTER THOSE PROVISIONS BECAUSE THEN IT'S TELLING THE STORY AND THEN HERE IS THE IMPACT. MADE THAT CHANGE. IS

THERE A QUESTION? KEEP GOING? >> NO. JUST A STUFFY NOSE. >> THIS IS UNDER THE LAND USE TABLE CHANGE. THESE ITEMS YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT AT I BELIEVE THE FIRST MEETING.

WALKING THROUGH AND HAD SOME CHANGES TO LOT SIZE TO CLEAN THOSE UP AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO PARKING RATIOS. WITHOUT MAKING THE CHANGE IN DRAFT FOR THE ANIMAL USE REPLACING THAT TERM KENNEL. THAT'S A CHANGE IN DEFINITIONS. ALSO WE IDENTIFIED AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS AS A TEMPORARY USES ITEM THAT WAS IN THE ORDINANCE BEFORE. TALKING ABOUT IT AND SOME OF THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK WITH THOSE. THAT WAS A PROVISION THAT SIMPLY PROBABLY WASN'T NEEDED. ACTUALLY ELIMINATED THAT AND CONSOLIDATED ANYTHING THAT REMAINED INTO THE REGULAR USES. IT MAKES A CLEANER TABLE AND EASIER TO UNDERSTAND ALONG THE WAY. THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE PRIOR MEETING. THE NEXT ONE IS THE VERY BUSY TABLE BUT THIS IS SUMMARIZING THE CHANGES TO THE USE SEPARATION. THIS WAS THE BIG CONVERSATION ON THE EIGHTH AND A FOLLOW-UP ON THE SECOND. THIS TAKES THAT PUTS IT INTO THE TABULAR FORM. A FEW KEY THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS TABLE IS THIS TABLE DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE CODE ITSELF. BUT IT IS REFLECTING INFORMATION IN THE CODE IN A SINGLE PLACE. THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM Y'ALL. THERE'S A COLUMN ON THE RIGHT, THIS IDENTIFIES THAT EXEMPTION LANGUAGE FOR THAT RESIDENTIAL SEPARATION OR IF YOU HAVE THE FRONTAGE ON A PRIMARY ARTERIAL OR EXPRESSWAY, THEN THAT RESIDENTIAL SEPARATION GETS CUT OUT. SO YOU SEE THE APPLICABILITY OF THAT IN THE FAR COLUMN FOR EACH OF THESE USES. THAT IS A FEW OTHER SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THIS. FOR GROUP CLUBS AND NIGHTCLUBS AND LUNCHES THAT RESIDENTIAL SEPARATION WAS DROPPED COMPLETELY BASED ON THE DIRECTION OF THE PRIOR MEETING AS WELL AS THE PARK SEPARATION. SO THAT IT DIRECTLY REFLECTS WHAT YOUR CODE SAYS TODAY. ON THOSE SEPARATIONS. THERE IS A SECOND PAGE THAT I WILL FLIP TO SO YOU CAN SEE IT. THE SAME THING WITH THIS INDUSTRIAL SEPARATION. THE INSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION AND YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT WITH REXALL FACILITIES. THE EXEMPTION FOR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL OWNED FACILITIES IS BAKED INTO THIS NOW. AS WELL IS THE EXCEPTION FOR WIND AND SOLAR POWER GENERATION UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SEPARATIONS? I THINK WE GOT EVERYTHING WE DISCUSSED AT THE PRIOR MEETINGS PRETTY ACCURATELY. THERE'S A FEW OF THE CHANGES IN THE SAME VEIN OF USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS AS WELL

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BUT THIS CAPTURES THE SEPARATIONS QUICKLY. >> CAN WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE.

>> SURE THING. >> OKAY. I'M JUST CHECKING. >> CHANCE, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO GROUP HUBS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, WE ALSO HAVE THE CULTURAL DISTRICT AS WELL. IS THERE SPECIFIC DIFFERENCE IN WHY IT IS LOCATED STRICTLY THERE VERSUS MAYBE THE LARGER CULTURAL DISTRICT? ARE WE PREVENTING SOME OPPORTUNITY TEASE BECAUSE THAT IS AN INDEPENDENT SPECIALIZED DISTRICT ITSELF. AND WOULD THAT BE WARRANTED THAT IT COULD BE CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL IN CERTAIN

PLACES AS WELL. IN THE EXPANSION. OR CHURCHES. >> THE REASON WE PUT HOSPITAL, CHURCH OR SCHOOL IS IT MIMICS THE T ABC SEGREGATION REQUIREMENTS IN CHAPTER 4 TO GET YOUR LIQUOR LICENSE. OFTENTIMES -- LIKE CHANCE AND UNDERCUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR FOLKS TO GO THROUGH OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SOMETIMES THAT DUE DILIGENCE OF THE SEPARATION FOR THE T ABC WAS GETTING MS. SO MAKING IT HERE PUTS THEM ON NOTICE FOR THE CHAPTER 14. WE CAN DEATHLY PUT IT HERE BUT IT STILL MAY

REQUIRE VARIANCES TO CHAPTER 14 OF THE T ABC LICENSE. >> IS THERE A LIMITATION OF DISTANCE FOR RESIDENCES FOR GROUP HUBS OR NIGHTCLUBS? THERE IS NOT, CORRECT?

>> CRAIG. >> HOSPITAL, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.

>> WHICH I PERSONALLY STILL DISAGREE WITH. BUT I UNDERSTAND. SO THIS IS JUST HOSPITALS, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS AND THERE IS AN EXEMPTION EVEN FOR THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT. SO WHERE IS THE CULTURAL DISTRICT ? I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT IT IS.

>> A COUPLE COMMENTS TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY. WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, ONE OF THE BIG OBJECT LIVES OF THAT WAS FOR US TO SEND A MESSAGE SO TO SPEAK, THIS IS A PRIORITY AREA FOR US TO HAVE RESTAURANTS, AND HAVE A CERTAIN ATMOSPHERE AND ENVIRONMENT. RIGHT. HENCE THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND WHETHER IN THEORY WANTING THAT TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. AND IN THEORY THE IDEA IS THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IS AN AREA WE DESIGNATED AS A PLACE WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE ACTIVATING IN THAT MANNER. SO TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OBJECTIVE, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE FOCUS ON THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. THE CULTURE DISTRICT YOU REFER TO AS OF NOW STRICTLY JUST A CULTURAL DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY COUNCIL. THERE'S A MORE FORMAL CULTURE DISTRICT DESIGNATION COMES FROM THE STATE THAT WE HAVE YET TO FINALIZE. AND SO AS OF NOW, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION IS STRICTLY JUST AT THIS LEVEL WITH COUNSEL. THE CULTURAL DISTRICT BOUNDARY IS A LITTLE BIT BROADER THAN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE THE CULTURE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO CAPTURE THINGS LIKE THE FIVE POINTS MUSEUM. TRYING TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE AREAS FURTHER SOUTH DOWNTOWN ARE TRYING TO CAPTURE THE METRO SCHOOL AND SOME ACTIVITY THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON THERE AND SO IT'S A DIFFERENT PURPOSE BEST FOR ITS CREATION. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THIS DEFINITION OR HOWEVER ELSE. BUT KEEP IN MIND IN DOWNTOWN ALONE WE HAVE THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WHICH HAS A BOUNDARY.

WE HAVE THE MAIN STREET WHICH HAS A BOUNDARY. WE HAVE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WHICH HAS A BOUNDARY. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A CULTURAL DISTRICT THAT HAS A BOUNDARY. AND SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAYS AT PLATE WHEN IT COMES TO DOWNTOWN. THERE MIGHT BE ONE THAT I'M EVEN MISSING. I THINK ACTUALLY CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. ITS OWN BOUNDARY. I THINK THE CODE IDENTIFIES A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AS ITS OWN AREA FOR CERTAIN THINGS. DEFINITELY LOT OF LINES TO PLAY WITH. AT THE END OF THE DAY THE INTENTION OF FOCUSING ON THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT BOUNDARY WAS BECAUSE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IS.

>> SO IF JUST A THEORY. IF A GROUP HUB WENT TO A MITCHELL SCHOOL LOCATION, IT DOESN'T

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APPROVED BECAUSE OF SEPARATION FROM A CHURCH. >> RIGHT.

>> IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GET THAT VARIANCE ANYWAY AND IT DIDN'T MATTER IF WE WROTE IT IN WITH THE MINDSET THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MITCHELL SCHOOL. THEY STILL HAVE A TA BC LAW. CHAPTER 14 VARIANCES.

>> CORRECT. >> OKAY. >> TECHNICALLY A GROUP HUB CAN

STILL GO ANYWHERE IT >> IT JUST HAS TO CLEAR CHAPTER 14 VARIANCE.

>> IF IT NEEDS A CHAPTER 14 VARIANCE WILL NEED A CHAPTER 20 VARIANCE PROCESSED AT THE SAME

TIME. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN CHAPTER 4 TEAM .10 THERE IS ALSO MENTION OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES. SO IT'S NOT JUST SCHOOLS BUT ACTUAL CHILDCARE FACILITIES. WE HAD TO

HAVE VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THAT AS WELL >> THANK YOU FOR THAT

CLARIFICATION. I'M NOT SURE WE GOT TO YOUR QUESTION. >> I THINK YOU DID.

>> OKAY. >> ALSO A FEW OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THIS. THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS. THAT INCLUDES AN INCREASED TRIGGER FOR ANY OF THE MULTIFAMILY AMENITY STANDARDS BASICALLY ALLOWING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR FOR PLEXUS ON A LOT BEFORE TRIGGERS AND THINK IT HAS THE 17 IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM. WE ALSO ADJUSTED THE MAXIMUM UNITS IN A SINGLE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT BUMPED UP TO 350. THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THIS CAME FROM? THAT'S BECAUSE WE LIMITED THE REGULATION BY DENSITY. BY DOING THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY ALLOWING FOR A MORE URBAN FORM OF MULTIFAMILY THAT TENDS TO BUNCH A BETTER ESPECIALLY IN DENTON AREAS BUT ALSO IF YOU HAVE ACTIVITY CENTERS. AND TYPICALLY DON'T SEE A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES THAT GO ABOVE ABOUT 320. WHAT THEY GET BEYOND THAT, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GETS COMPLICATED IN MANY CASES. AND THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR DIVERSITY OF OWNERSHIP ON RENTAL PROPERTIES LIKE THAT.

SOMETIMES BREAKING THOSE UP IS A GOOD THING. WE WOULD EXPECT YOU TO RUN INTO A LOT OF VARIANCES ON THIS. THE TYPICAL IS IN THE 300 OR 320 RANGE. WITHIN AUTOMOTIVE, THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTION, WE HAD THE POSITION PASSIVE SPACE IN THE PRIOR MEETING. THAT HAS BEEN STRUCK OUT THROUGHOUT THAT PARTICULAR SECTION. THOSE ARE ALL CLEANED UP. HOPPING OVER TO 142. THERE WAS A SECTION ON RECREATIONAL USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS. WE'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND SOMETIMES THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE NETTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE SAID WILL THIS EVER BE AN ISSUE? AND THE CONCLUSION WE CAME TO IS IF IT IS, IT SOME TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT. AND THEY VARIANCE WOULD LIKELY BE ALMOST GUARANTEED TO BE GRGRANTED. AT THAT POINT WE SAY WELL, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY NEED THIS PERMISSION? AND SAID HOW ABOUT NOT. THAT PROVISION WAS REMOVED OUT OF THERE COMPLETELY AND THAT WOULD AFFECT GOLF COURSES AND COUNTRY CLUB SO WE SIMPLIFIED THAT. WITHIN COMMERCIAL, WE ADJUSTED THE METHOD OF MEASUREMENT FOR GROUP CLUB AND NIGHTCLUB LUNCH TO DIRECTLY REFERENCE CHAPTER 14 FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE. AGAIN RESIDENTIAL PARK SEPARATIONS WERE REMOVED FROM THAT. THOSE WERE IN PROVISIONS WE PULLED OUT. THEN WITHIN INDUSTRIAL THE MAXIMUM SIZE FOR OFFICE AND SELF STORAGE WAS ELIMINATED. THIS DOES TEND TO SELF REGULATE. SOME OF YOUR HIGHEST RENTS PER SQUARE FOOT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE SELF STORAGE INDUSTRY. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE INCLINED TO HAVE EXTRA OFFICE SPACE THEY DON'T NEED.

SO THAT ELIMINATES THAT. ALSO ELIMINATES THE POTENTIAL QUESTION THAT CAN COME UP BECAUSE LOVES TIME SELF STORAGE ALSO INCLUDES OFFICE RENTAL COMPONENTS. THOSE ARE NOT A BAD THING. THOSE ARE REALLY HANDY FOR CONTRACTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT DON'T NEED A FANCY STOREFRONT. BUT NEED A PLACE TO HAVE SOME LAID OUT. SO WE TOOK THAT OUT COMPLETELY AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE THREE? ALL RIGHT. HOPPING INTO INSTITUTIONAL. AGAIN THIS HAS THE SEPARATION FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. WE ARE TO TALKED ABOUT THAT. SOMETHING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WIND AND SOLAR POWER GENERATION. WITHIN AGRICULTURAL, YOU WILL SEE ELIMINATION OF THE NOISE CURFEW AND THE ELIMINATION STANDARDS FOR WHAT WE CALL AGRO ENTERTAINMENT. IF YOU LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A PLACE THAT DOES EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT COMES WITH THAT. AND WE TALKED WITH JULIE THAT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN COMPLAINT

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>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE TABLE BUT I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING THAT JULIE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT. THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. BECAUSE I GET HOW IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING OF WHY THIS IS EVEN UP THERE IF ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GROUP AND NOT COME LOUNGE WE WILL REFER TO CHAPTER 14. THAT'S BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS ACTUALLY TO PLACE A RESTRICTION OF DISTANCE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. BUT AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNSEL WE REMOVE THAT. BUT WE STILL WANT TO LEAVE THIS REFERENCE SO IT'S EASIER FOR SOMEONE LOOKING TO DO THAT TO SEE IT SOMEWHERE THAT SAYS REFER TO CHAPTER 14. BECAUSE OFTENTIMES AGAIN PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING AROUND TO DIFFERENT CHAPTERS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR WE DID REMOVE THE RESIDENTIAL DISTANCE LIMITATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED ON THERE AND SIMPLY ARE PUTTING THOSE SIMPLY AS REFER TO CHAPTER 4 TEAM TYPE OF REFERENCES. MAKE BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD WILL TAKE OUT THE LIST AND PUT IN REFER TO CHAPTER 14. BECAUSE WE WANT TO LEAVE THOSE NUGGETS THERE SO PEOPLE KNOW TO AVOID CONFLICTS WE WILL PUT THE LINK TO CHAPTER

14. >> IF WE MISHEARD THAT , PLEASE CORRECT US ON REMOVING THAT 300

FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL. >> JUST ME. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE AGRO ENTERTAINMENT IN YOUR STATEMENT IF YOU LIVE NEXT TO THAT THEN YOU ALREADY KNOW. BUT IF YOU LIVE SOMEWHERE AND NEXT-DOOR BECOMES THAT, THAT IS ALL RIGHT. THE CITY SAYS THAT'S A GREAT THING? A LOT OF MY RESPONSES ARE BEING CUT AS WE ALREADY HAVE A SITUATION IN TOWN AND WE HAVE AN OWNER THAT KEEPS COMING TO US ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE NOISE OF AN ADJOINING PROPERTY. AND OUR HANDS ARE TIED. AND I JUST SEE IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE INVITING MORE OF THE SAME

OPPORTUNITIES. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON THIS BUGS ME. >> SO THE NOISE ORDINANCE SHOULD COVER THE NOISE SECTION AND AGRO ENTERTAINMENT IS TYPICALLY LIKE A CORN MAZE.

DURING HARVEST, YOU WILL OFTEN TIMES, SOMETIMES HAVE FARMERS THAT WAS SESET UP LIGHTS AND WOK AROUND THE CLOCK IF THEY ARE ON A DEADLINE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT USE IS ANYMORE OBNOXIOUS THEN CORN MAZE USE. SO I DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE EXISTING FALLOW FIELDS TURNED INTO AGRO ENTERTAINMENT. IT'S A BYPRODUCT OF AN ACTUAL AGRICULTURAL USE.

>> BUT WE PASSED THIS TEXAS PROPOSITION 1. SO PART OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION, REMEMBER, IS YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOUR LAND FOR FARMING AND AG ANYTHING ELSE.

>> I'M NOT SEEING IT AS FARMING. I AM SEEING IS A BIG OPEN FIELD THAT IS NOW AN EVENT

CENTER. >> THAT'S NOT AGRO ENTERTAINMENT THOUGH.

>> OKAY. IT'S JUST WHEN HE MADE THAT COMMENT. >> THE DEFINITION SPECIFICALLY TIED IN HERE TIED IT TO ONGOING AGRICULTURE ACTIVITIES ON-SITE.

>> OKAY. SO IF YOU LIVE NEXT TO A FARM, YOU DO KNOW. SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION ON I GUESS AGRO ENTERTAINMENT. MAKING SURE IT WASN'T BROADER TO BE THAT WE JUST HAVE AN OPEN SPACE LET'S

TURN IT INTO SOMETHING. >> LIKE A PEARL JAM THING IN THE FIELD.

>> EXACTLY. >> I'LL BE THERE. >> OR LET'S PUT THE CARDS IN

THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN BECAUSE IT USED TO BE QUIET. >> HOW ABOUT A BASEBALL FIELD.

BUT THAT'S BEEN DONE. >> BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.

>> HOPPING INTO SOME OTHER LAND USE CHANGES. WITHIN THE SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR ACCESSORY USES, WE CLARIFIED THE BYPASS LANGUAGE. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT VAGUE SO WE CLEANED

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HE ALSO ELIMINATED THE FUEL PUMP SEPARATION DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL. AFTER LOOKING AT THIS WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CREATING SOME NONCONFORMITY ISSUES. DOWN THE ROAD. IF YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE OLDER CORNER STORES AND THEY WANT TO DO PUMP REPLACEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A HINDRANCE NECESSARILY. AND THEN WITHIN HOME OCCUPATION WE HAD A CORRECTION OF THE SIGNED SIZE RESTRICTION. IN ERROR OF INCHES VERSUS FEET. TWO INCH BY TWO INCH SIGN IS IMPRACTICAL SO WE FIX THAT. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BEST METHODS FOR REGULATING HOME OCCUPATION IS SIGNAGE VERSUS TO GET HYBRID SPECIFIC FOR EACH USE. IF YOU DRESS SIGNAGE YOU TEND TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE THING PRETTY GLOBALLY. WITHIN 160 PARKING APPLICABILITY. THE EXCEPTION FOR PARKING IN A HISTORIC OVERLAY ADJUSTED SO THE PARKING SUPPLIES TO CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL USES. BASICALLY MIMICKING WHAT YOU DO TODAY.

VERSUS COMPLETELY RELEASING THAT. THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT APPLICABILITY. WE CORRECTED THE REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTOR AS A BUILDING OFFICIAL REFERENCE AND WE WANT THAT TO GO TO THE DIRECTOR. AND 178 AND 188 ARE TWO RELATED SECTIONS. THESE HAD A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ABOUT DRIVEWAY PERMITS. YOUR DRIVEWAY PERMITTING TENDS TO TAKE PLACE MOST OFTEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT OR SITE PLAN. SO WE GENERALIZE THE LANGUAGE TO SAVE PERMITS GENERICALLY. SO THAT WAY IT CAN BE NESTED UNDER ANOTHER APPLICATION WITHOUT CREATING ANY OTHER ISSUES. JUST KIND OF A BUREAUCRATIC CLEANUP SO YOU DON'T HAVE EXTRA PROCESS THAT EXIST FOR NO REASON. BUILT INTO YOUR CODE. QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE?

>> HOPPING INTO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. WE HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT TO A FIGURE THAT ADDRESSES HOW YOU MEASURE OR METHOD OF MEASUREMENT FOR ALIGNMENT WITH MEDIAN BREAKS.

IT'S A RARE PERSON IN VICTORIA. YOU DON'T HAVE VERY MANY EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE USING THE SAME METHOD OF MEASUREMENT FOR ANY SEPARATION WHICH IS USUALLY EDGE OF DRIVEWAY TO EDGE OF BREAK. THAT ONE WAS BEING MEASURED MIDDLE GEORGIA TO EDGE OF BREAK SO WE HAD TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION. WITHIN 186 41 WAY AND CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY SCOTT WE HAD SOME LANGUAGE. IF YOU BEEN AROUND ME FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME I'M NOT A FAN OF THE WORD MAY. YOU DO OR DO NOT AND NO TRY. SO WE GENERALIZE THE TYPE OF CURB RATHER THAN SPECIFYING A STANDUP CURB. IT COULD BE ANY TYPE OF CURB BECAUSE ONE WAY AND CIRCULAR DRIVEWAYS ARE MOST COMMON ON A RURAL TYPE OF LIGHT. OTHERWISE YOU SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT IN MOST CASES. SO GENERALIZE THAT TOTAL FUNCTION WELL WITH A ROADSIDE DITCH TYPE OF SECTION.

191 WAS ADJUSTED ON INTERNAL STORAGE. REVISING MINIMUM THROAT LENGTH. WE DID REVISIONS TO SIMPLIFY THE TABLE AND THE CODE LANGUAGE. IT STILL SAYS EFFECTIVELY THE SAME STRING THAT USES A LOT LESS WORDS. THAT'S A GOOD THING IN OUR WORLD. WITHIN 193 FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. WE ADDED CLARIFYING STATEMENT THAT IF YOU HAVE TRAFFIC DATA FROM TX D.O.T. YOU CAN USE IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR. BUT USUALLY THAT IS UNDERSTOOD IN A CITY AND APPLICANT CONVERSATION BUT IMMORTALIZING IT IN A CODE MAKES IT CRYSTAL CLEAR. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE? YES,

SIR. >> SECTION 21-193. WHO HAS TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS? WHO WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER THIS CODE TO DO A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS?

>> THAT'S BASED ON THRESHOLD TRIGGERS. IF A PROJECT AS THIS IS WRITTEN AND HAS GREAT HUNT GREATER THAN 3000 AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS ARE 300 PEAK HOUR TRIPS THAT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS REQUIRED TO PREPARE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. THAT TYPE OF ANNOUNCES IS PERFORMED BY AN

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>> IF I COULD ADD ONE THING. THAT SECTION SAYS THE NEED FOR TIA SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER BASED UPON THE RESULTS. SO I THINK YOUR ASKING IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, WHAT TRIGGERS THE NEED FOR THE TIA. THE WAY I READ THIS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CHANCES THAT THE CITY ENGINEER DETERMINES WE NEED ONE OR NO WE DON'T FOR

ANY SPECIFIC PERMIT THAT IS MADE. >> YES. THAT 3300 IS THE PROVISION THE CITY ENGINEER WOULD USE FOR DETERMINATION. IT COULD VERY WELL BE THAT THEY SAY IT HAS THAT THRESHOLD BUT TX D.O.T. HAS A READY DESIGN THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE QUARTER AND THEY ARE INTO CONSTRUCTION SO THEREFORE WE KNOW IT'S ON THE SEPARATE THAT'S WHERE THE CITY ENGINEER CAN'T APPLY GOOD ENGINEERING JUDGMENT AND SAY YES, IT IS TRIGGERED. BUT THERE WOULD BE ANY MITIGATION RESULTING FROM. SO, WHY DO IT.

>> WITH THIS IMPLIED ONLY IN A COMMERCIAL SETTING? >> IT COULD. SO TYPICALLY IT'S COMMERCIAL SENSE BUT IF YOU GOT A LARGE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPED MEANT, IT COULD APPLY THERE. I DON'T THINK YOU SEE ONE OF A LARGE SCALE. USUALLY IT TAKES A FEW HUNDRED ACRES TO KICK IT OVER INTO A 3000 OR 300 THRESHOLD. IT ALSO DEPENDS A LOT ON THE LAYOUT. IF YOU HAVE I DON'T KNOW, 1000 HOMES GOING IN, AND THEY HAVE GOT TWO POINTS OF ACCESS ON EXISTING ROADWAYS THEY WILL HIT THOSE PEAK HOURS AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS ALMOST UNDOUBTEDLY. SO THAT MIGHT PROMPT IT. IN THIS CASE YOU PROBABLY WANT TO.

>> THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS SCHOOLS BASICALLY. WE'VE HAD SCHOOLS PUT IN AND CREATE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM. THIS WOULD ALLEVIATE THAT PROBLEM? OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO DO AN

ANALYSIS TO SHOW? >> THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO AN ANALYSIS TO SHOW. AND A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT NOW. THEY DON'T LIKE BEING THE CREATOR OF ISSUES IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE. YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY THOUGH.

>> ANY OF THE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL HOP TO THE NEXT ONE. WITHIN SUBDIVISION PROCEDURES AND DEFINITIONS. THROUGH OUT THIS WHOLE ARTICLE 6, WE HAVE ADJUSTED SO INSTEAD OF USING THE TERM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WE BROUGHT THAT TO PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE MAINLY CAN HAVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS. THEY CREATE A PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION.

A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS SIMPLY A TYPE OF PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION. WE REALIZE THAT TO A PLA AND PUT THAT THROUGH THE WHOLE CODE WITHIN SECTION 21-262 WE CLARIFIED THE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDE THE ROAD MAKING SURE THAT IS CLEAR. AND WE ADJUSTED THE THRESHOLD FOR MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS WITHOUT SECONDARY ACCESS. THE CURRENT CODE SAYS 50. FIRE CODE AND APPENDIX D SAYS 30. WE USUALLY HAVE 30 AS A STANDARD. BUT YOU ALL ARE USED TO WORKING WITH 50. IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T BREAK IT IS THE RULE FOR THIS. HE JESTED THAT BACK UP TO 50 LEAVING THE CURRENT STANDARD IN PLACE. AND THEN WITHIN 21-305 SITE PLAN. WE CLARIFIED THAT SITE PLANS SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR. THIS IS FUTURE PROOFING. SO THAT IF AT SOME POINT YOU TRANSITION TO ALLOWING SUBMISSION OF A STRAIGHT PDF SET OF PLANS, THAT CAN BE DONE VERSUS YOU WILL PROVIDE FIVE COMPLETE SET OF PAPER DOCUMENTS AND YOU HAVE HALF A TREE SITTING ON YOUR DESK SORT OF SITUATION. THEN WE ADDED THE ANIMAL USED TWO DEFINITIONS AND DELETE THE KENNEL. WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT

IN THE PRIOR MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE? >> ALL RIGHT. THAT IS A HIGHLIGHT REEL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE CHANGES OVERALL. ANYTHING WE MISSED

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ALONG THE WAY? >> OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TWO OF THEM. NOT THOSE BUT IN SECTION 21. DO YOU WANT TO BRING THEM UP NOW OR GO THROUGH NEXT STEPS AND BRING UP NEW THINGS?

>> I SAY BRING UP ANYTHING TO ME RIGHT NOW WOULD BE EASIEST FOR ME. 21 201.

>> ALL RIGHT. FOUND. >> IT HAS TO DO WITH LANDSCAPING.

>> WHERE MIGHT WE FIND IT? 21-201. ON PAGE 144. >> THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S EASIER TO FIND. >> WE HAVE BEEN ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THROUGHOUT TREES. CREATE MYRTLES AND PALM TREES. I'M NOT AN ARBORIST, THEY ARE NOT TREATED, CORRECT

BUT WE DON'T COUNT THEM? >> A PALM IS A SPECIFIC TYPE. IT ACTUALLY IS A TREE OR A SHRUB. IT'S A PALM. IT'S ITS OWN THING. ONE TYPE OF NATIVE PALM FOUND IN TEXAS. AT THE TEXAS POINT OR MIX COMPONENT AT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IT USED TO COME UP THIS WAY AND STILL OCCASIONALLY YOU WILL FIND THE BUT IT'S RARE. THEN YOU PALMETTOS WHICH IS A SHRUBBY

LOOKING TREE. >> BUT KING PALMS, QUEEN PALMS?

>> THOSE ARE NOT NATIVE. THEY ARE PLANTED. >> I'M TRYING TO GET THE

SECTION IN PARTICULAR. HOLD ON. 201. >> NUMBER FOUR. SORRY. IT SHOULD NOT COUNT TOWARD TREE. WE DON'T HAVE A SHRUB CREDITS SO WE NEED TO DELETE OR SHRUB.

>> THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY PLANTING BEDS OR WHATEVER. BUT OTHER THAN THAT PARKING BARRIER WHERE IT SAYS HOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SHRUBS, WE DON'T ACTUALLY SPECIFY NUMBER AND THINGS. WE JUST SPECIFY NUMBER OF TREES. SO YOU CAN USE ALL OF THOSE

FOUR SHRUBS BUT NOT TREES. >> IT SAYS OR SHRUB. >> WE WILL DELETE OR SHRUB. THE FOLLOWING PLANS MAY NOT COUNT TOWARDS TREE CREDITS TO MEET THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

>> A PALM TREE WILL COUNT TOWARD A TREE CREDIT? >> THEY DIE. IT'S A CODE

ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. >> SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD PALM TREES AND PROBLEMS WITH THEM.

>> A SITE PLAN WITH ALL PLANT TREES THAT DIED DURING A WINTER STORM AND HAD TO REPLACE THEM

ALL GOOD >> IS AND THAT THE RISK YOU TAKE? I'M JUST -- THAT IS KIND OF THE RISK YOU TAKE YOU MIGHT LOSE IT IN A FREEZE AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT.

>> CODE ENFORCEMENT. MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS FOR US. WE COULD BE WORKING A MORE

SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS OR WHATNOT. >> I WOULD RATHER SEE --

>> YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IT'S ALWAYS IN GENERAL WHEN IT COMES TO LANDSCAPING, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE AND UPKEEP PART OF IT. BECAUSE DEVELOPERS GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CHECKING THIS BOX AND PUTTING THIS AND THAT AT THE BEGINNING. IN THIS INSTANCE

I'M NOT SURE WE COULD ENFORCE THEM TO PUT PALM TREES, PIT >> WITH THIS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUT IN PRACTICE IT DON'T THINK WE WANT TO FOCUS A LOT OF EFFORT ON THAT ELICITS A VERY

HIGH VISIBILITY. >> I KNOW ONE SITUATION WHERE THERE WERE A BUNCH OF PALM TREES FREEZE AND IT CLEARLY KILLED THEM. AND THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS TOLD BY SOMEBODY OR OTHER TO GIVE THEM AN ENTIRE YEAR BEFORE YOU TAKE THEM DOWN. SO WE HAD OBVIOUSLY DEAD PALM TREES FOR A YEAR. UNTIL -- IT'S LIKE MR. GARZA SAID. ENFORCEMENT.

>> IT'S NOT FOR US TO PRINT THEM IN YOUR LANDSCAPING BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE OTHER TREES.

IT WOULD BE A MIXTURE. >> THERE COULD BE A VARIANCE IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO HAVE THIS TO

BE THERE TREES WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. >> AND THEY MAY HAVE AN IDEA

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MAGNOLIAS OR SOMETHING IN THERE. >> SOMETHING HAS TO DO WITH TREE PERFORMANCE. A PALM TREE DOESN'T REALLY OFFER SHAPE. IT IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK AT VERSES -- IT DOESN'T GIVE THE EXTRA BENEFIT OF SHADE WHICH IS THE MAIN REASON WE HAVE TREE REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE SHADE. SO IT'S A PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE.

>> I JUST THINK WE SHOULD COUNT PALMS. >> WHAT ABOUT THE CREATE

MYRTLES? >> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CRÊPE MYRTLES. I LIKE THEM.

THEY ARE DROUGHT TOLERANT AND HE TOLD. >> WHAT WAS THE REASON OF THE

THOUGHT PROCESS OF ADDING THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY -- >> THEY ARE NOT TREES. THEY ARE

SHRUBS. EVERY HOWEVER COACHES CAN AGREE THEY ARE NOT TREES. >> THERE ARE SOME THAT GROW AS

HOST TREES. >> YOU CAN PRUNE THEM INTO A SINGLE TRUNK BUT THEY ARE STILL

NOT A TREE. >> I CAN SEE COUNTING NOT COUNTING THEM AS A TREE.

>> YOU CAN STILL USE EVERYTHING. THESE ARE JUST THE PROHIBITION OF TREE CREDIT

LIST. >> REMIND ME ONE MORE TIME LIKE TWO TREES MINIMUM.

>> IT CAN BE ONE TREE MINIMUM IF YOUR DEVELOPMENT IS SMALL ENOUGH.

>> BUT IF YOU ARE TIGHT -- I'M JUST THINKING THE ROOT SYSTEM CAN TEAR UP IN THE PARKING LOT AND WE HAVE PLENTY STREETS WHERE THE ROOTS ARE PUSHING UP STREETS. I WOULD RATHER HAVE A PALM TREE THERE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE THAT BECAUSE PALMS DON'T HAVE THE ROOTS LIKE AN OAK.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER TREES BESIDE HOME OR OUT. >> NOT MESQUITE.

>> ONE OF THOSE THAT ARE USED WITH THE FLOWERS? >> THERE IS --

>> THOSE ARE GOOD FOR PARTNERS BECAUSE OF THE ROOT SYSTEM. >> WHEN THOSE TREES FALL THEY DISINTEGRATE. AN EXTRA BENEFIT.

SECTION 210. >> SCREENING FENCES. >> THE CHAIN-LINK WITH WE'VE

IS NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE? >> IT IS CURRENTLY NOT AN OPTION. THAT HASN'T CHANGED.

THE RATIONALE IS THAT IT'S NOT REALLY OPAQUE. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT. I BEBELIEVE. BUT TH CHAIN-LINK WITH REEVE PROHIBITION HAS BEEN IN OUR ORDINANCE FOR OVER A DECADE.

THAT LONG. >> THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE WITH THAT IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE

MOST SECURE FENCES THAT ARE OUT THERE. >> IT IS ALLOWED. FENCING THAT IS NOT REQUIRED. SCREENING FENCES. YOU CAN HAVE CHAIN-LINK. JUST WHEN YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SCREENING FENCE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE MATERIALS.

>> I KNOW A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS AN ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS TO PUT UP A SCREENING FENCE AND THEY WANTED TO TEAR DOWN THE CHAIN-LINK AND REPLACE IT WITH A WOODEN FENCE. BUT BECAUSE OF SECURITY REASONS AND WE SEE THE WOODEN FENCES BROKEN OUT ALL THE TIME ESPECIALLY ON

RIO GRANDE BEHIND JACK-IN-THE-BOX. >> WE ALSO ALLOW --

>> THE CHAIN-LINK IS DEFINITELY THE WAY TO GO. >> WE ALSO ALLOW THE LANDSCAPING VINE AND SIMILAR METHODS PROVIDING SUCH MATERIALS PROVIDE MATERIALS.

GLASS DR. PUT IN A VERY NICE WROUGHT IRON FENCE IN PLACE OF THE REQUIRED SCREENING FENCE BUT THEN GREW VINES TO CLIMB UP IT SO IT PROVIDES THAT OPAQUE SCREENING.

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>> BUT PALM TREES DIE WITH FREEZES. >> NOT ALL. [LAUGHTER]

>> I JUST THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR INSTANCES THAT NEED SOME SECURITY WHERE A WOODEN FENCE DOES NOT PROVIDE THE SECURITY YOU NEED TO KEEP SOMEONE OUT OF

YOUR YARD. >> THE SCREENING REQUIREMENT AND OR NETS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SECURITY. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT WHATEVER KIND OF FENCING AROUND THE PROPERTY FOR SECURITY REASONS, THEY ARE WELCOME TO. IT'S ONLY THE PARTS OF THE FENCE THAT WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR SCREENING THAT IS THE STIPULATION. THE PARTICULAR FENCE YOU ARE REFERRING TO IS THEY WANT TO PUT IT UP, THEY CAN'T SO LONG AS IT'S NOT ON

A SIDE THAT'S REQUIRING A SCREENING. >> HAVE TO PAY TWICE FOR A

FENCE. >> THIS SECTION HAS NOT CHANGED. IT'S WHAT WE

CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR ORDINANCE. >> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS THE SPECIFIC ONES I HAD FROM A NEW EMAIL.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND COMMUNICATED ABOUT THIS. THE SECTION THAT DEALS WITH PARKS. PAGE 88 IN THE DRAFT. IT OCCURRED TO ME AS I WAS READING THROUGH THIS THAT ARE DAILY PLAZA EXPANSION SPECIFICALLY HAS LOCATIONS DESIGNED AND BUILT INTO IT THAT WOULD BE FOR FOOD TRUCKS THAT WOULD BE THERE FOR AN EVENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WHATEVER WE ARE DOING HERE AND WHATEVER WE ARE DOING THE TWO ARE CONSISTENT. I THINK IT'S A BAD LOOK IF IT IS NOT GOOD AND THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS DEFINITION AND I KNOW AS A UNDERS AND NOW UPON EXPLANATION THAT THE INTENT THERE WAS THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN ONGOING DAILY SERVICE SITUATION. BUT THE WAY I READ THE DEFINITION OF FOOD TRUCKS PARK IN THE BACK , IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS AN AREA DESIGNATED FOR MOBILE VENDORS, E.G., FOOD TRUCKS TO PARK AND SELL FOOD, BEVERAGES AND RETAIL ITEMS OR SERVICES TO PATRONS TO ME WHICH EXACTLY IS WHAT THOUGH SLIPS TO THE DAILY PLAZA ARE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE DEFINITION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE --

>> TO EXPAND ON THAT REPLACE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION IS BECAUSE WE REQUIRE THAT THESE FOOD TRUCKS PLACES OR FOOD TRUCKS PARKS ARE ON CONCRETE OR ASPHALT. AND SO I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO BE PLACING FOOD TRUCKS AT THE PLAZA WILL THEY BE ON CONCRETE OR ASPHALT. WE DID CONFIRM THAT THE AREA THEY WOULD BE IN THE PLAZA IS STAMPED CONCRERETE. AND I THINK YOU OR SOME THIS HAD BROUGHT UP IN THE CONVERSATION WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT THE FOOD TRUCKS AT THE SOCCER COMPLEX WHICH WOULD BE ON THE EXISTING CONCRETE FOUNDATION OUT THERE.

SO I'M NOT DISAGREEING THAT SOME CLARIFICATION IS PROBABLY NEEDED IN THE DEFINITION BUT

THAT IS WHY IT CAME UP. >> THAT WAS MY INITIAL CONCERN. BUT LOOKING THROUGH SOME OF THE

OTHER REQUIREMENTS, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE -- >> MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION THAT IT BE DAILY OPERATIONS. AND I THINK DAILY ON PLAZA WOULD NOT MEET THAT. THE FOOD TRUCKS SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH COMPLEMENTS A FEW TRACK OPERATIONS SECTION IN CHAPTER 14 THAT GO HAND IN HAND TOGETHER, THE ENTIRE SECTION NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT GETTING THE COMMITTEE BACK TOGETHER THAT REGION CREATED IT WHICH WAS FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY SECRETARY, HEALTH DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN OPERATIONS AND FOOD TRUCKS SINCE THAT WAS FIRST WRITTEN IN 2016. AND A LOT OF IT WAS ALSO BEING DRIVEN BY MR. -- AS FAR AS REQUIRING COMMERCIAL KITCHENS AND COMMISSARY. WITH THE FACT THAT THE FOOD TRUCKS PARKS HAVE -- THE ACTUAL TRUCKS AND TRAILERS HAVE CHANGED SO DRASTICALLY CUT WE DON'T REALLY NEED A COMMISSARY KITCHEN WHICH IS IN THE ORDINANCE. SO IT'S NOT JUST FIXING THE UDL BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SECTION IN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE SECTION AND ORDINANCE OF THE GO HAND IN HAND AND WE NEED TO DO FOR THAT

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OPERATIONS. >> SO THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS HERE WITH THE PLAZA WOULD MEET EVEN IF WE CHANGE THE DEFINITION. THE PLAZA WOULD THEN BE EXCLUDED FROM THESE

REQUIREMENTS? >> THINK YOU'RE SPECIFYING THAT FOOD TRUCKS PART IS DEFINED AS SOMEONE OF FOOD TRUCKS DAILY 365 DAYS PER YEAR THAN DAILY ON DOESN'T MEET ALL THESE. DOES NOT NECESSARILY A COMMISSARY KITCHEN OR WASTEWATER HOOKUPS AT DAILY ON.

>> THIS IS A PROVISION THAT CONTEMPLATES A PRIVATELY HELD FOOD TRUCKS PARK VERSUS A CIRCUMSTANCE LIKE YOU HAVE AT A SOCCER COMPLEX OR AT THE PLEASANT WHERE YOU HAVE THEM AS INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT EVENTS. AND IN THOSE CASES YOU DON'T USUALLY WANT JUST THE ELECTRICAL AND MAYBE WATER HOOKUPS MAINLY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH GENERATORS

BECAUSE THEY ARE NOISY AND NOT FUN. >> I UNDERSTOOD THE INTENT AND I THOUGHT THAT'S WHERE IT WAS GOING. OUTSIDE THERE'S A CLAUSE THAT SAYS THIS APPLIES TO IMPROVEMENTS ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY SO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONSISTENT.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> SO IF THIS WAS JUST A FOOD TRUCKS PARK WHICH IS A SET UP TO LEASE SPACES FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO SIT THERE, RIGHT, IS JUST THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT NEEDS TO BE ON CONCRETE OR ASPHALT AND THE REST COULD BE CRUSHED GRANITE OR GRASS. IT DOESN'T

HAVE TO BE THE ENTIRE ON CONCRETE OR ASPHALT. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> IT'S A SPILL AND LEAK PROVISION. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> OKAY. BUT THE NUMBER 15 DOES NOT ALLOW THEM IF THEY WERE TO RENT A SPACE IN A FOOD

TRUCKS PARK THEN THEY HAVE TO LEAVE EVERY NIGHT. >> THAT'S THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND ALSO MIMICS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE SECTION IS WHAT IS THE PARK ON

CONCRETE OR ASPHALT SECTION. >> AND THE THINKING BEHIND THAT WAS -- I CAN'T REMEMBER. I CAN'T -- I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT 2016 BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE THOUGHT PROCESS

BEHIND. >> I THINK YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT I THINK FOOD TRUCKS CAN BE SEEN AS COMPETITION TO RESTAURANTS. AND SO I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE ON TWO ENDS OF THE ARGUMENT RELATE TO FOOD TRUCKS. THERE'S THE SIDE THAT SAYS MAKE IT VERY HARD FOR FOOD TRUCKS PARKS TO EXIST BECAUSE THEY WILL COMPETE WITH BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS. THEN THERE IS THE SIDE THAT SAYS THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND NOT THE SAME BUT LET'S TRY TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH ENSURING THEY ARE SAFE PLACES TO CONGREGATE AND DO THIS TYPE OF THING. THINGS LIKE RESTROOMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE'RE OUR COMMUNITY ESTATE, HOLDERS IN THAT CONVERSATION STAND COMPARED TO MAY OR MAY NOT BE DIFFERENT AND THAT'S I JULIE SUGGEST WE PROBABLY SHOULD GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE.

>> THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALSO HAD A SAY IN THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE SEEING TRAILERS NOW. THEY CLEARLY KNOW AND SEE YOU CAN DEFINE WHAT A FOOD TRUCK IS AN INTRINSIC THING YOU WERE SEEING ALL SORTS OF HOMEMADE THINGS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] AND IT CAN BE SELF-SERVICE ITSELF CAN ATTAIN

-- [INDISCERNIBLE] >> WE NEED TO DO SOME UPDATING.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE ACTUALLY HAS SO THAT PERMIT FOR MANY YEARS INTERNS ARE THE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT REQUIRED THEM TO LEAVE EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE THEY WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF NO LONGER MOBILE AND REMOVING WHEELS AND UP ON BLOCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO BECAME AN ISSUE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT BESIDES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT SO CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS FINDING THAT THEY SELL THESE TRUCKS SO THAT WAS PART OF THE REASONING WE REQUIRED THEY LEAVE EVERY NIGHT

TO ENSURE THEY WERE MOBILE. >> OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> ANY OTHER ITEMS? ARE THIS GETS US TO THE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY

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>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE ARE. HOW IS EVERYBODY FEELING ABOUT IT?

>> VERY GOOD. >> I'M GLAD WE HAVE TAKEN TIME .

>> CAN WE TAKE ENOUGH TIME? >> IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THE TIMELINE WITH THE FINAL READING

ON THE SIXTH? >> AS LONG AS THEY HAVE EVERYTHING CHANGED.

>> I THINK ONE THING AT LEAST I HAVE BEEN CONTACT DID FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME BEFORE ABOUT THIS THAT I THINK ARE LOOKING AT. IT IS GOOD WE'VE TAKEN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME, NO DOUBT. AND THERE'S SOME NEW THINGS THAT SOME FOLKS THAT I THOUGHT MAYBE HAD BEEN IN THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING WORKED FOR WHATEVER REASON WHETHER THROUGH THEIR OWNER DIDN'T KNOW OR JUST CHOSE NOT TO BE. AND I THINK NOW THAT THIS IS MORE OF A REALITY, I'M HEARING MORE HERE AND THERE FROM SOME FOLKS THAT I THINK REALIZED THIS WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT ME. SO THERE WEIGHING IN AT THIS POINT. THAT CAUSES ME A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL COMFORTABLE PARTICULARLY UP HERE IN TERMS OF DID WE HEAR FROM WHO WE NEED TO HEAR FROM. WAS THERE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY AND DID WE GET WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT BUT I KNOW I CONTINUE TO GET COMMUNICATIONS TRICKLING IN. SO JUST A POINT THAT I THINK THAT ALSO HAS BEEN PART OF MY THE BRAKES A BIT APPROACH ON THIS BECAUSE I DO KEEP GETTING COMMUNICATIONS ON IT. AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT BEHIND WELL, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT SOMEBODY CAN GET A VARIANCE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I GET THAT. WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THAT IS WHEN NEW BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE LOOKING TO DEVELOP WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IS CERTAINTY. THEY WANT TO KNOW HEY, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO DO AND I KNOW WHAT THIS AND THAT LOOKS LIKE. IN A VARIANCE CREATES NOT ONLY UNCERTAINTY BUT ANOTHER LEVEL OF BR, SEE THEY HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH AND MORE COST ON THAT SORT OF THING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET IT RIGHT AND I'M GLAD WE THE BRAKES AND SLOWED DOWN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GAUGE HOW COMFORTABLE EVERYBODY IS WITH HAVE WE DONE THAT ENOUGH THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE HEARD ENOUGH FROM OUTSIDE

SOURCES. I DON'T KNOW. >> YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE EMAILS OR DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU HAVE HAD WITH SOME OF THE PUBLIC AND I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE RECENTLY AS WELL. IT DOES SEEM THAT SOME ARE COMING UP AT THE 11TH HOUR BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING A REALITY. AND IT MAY AFFECT THEM GOING FORWARD. UNINTENTIONAL OR INTENTIONAL. IN FROM THAT REGARD. FOR EXAMPLE, WE SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME. A LONG TIME. AT A RECENT MEETING JUST EVEN SPEAKING TO LAND USES AND SEPARATION. HOW LONG DID WE SPEND WITH THAT DISCUSSION. A LONG TIME. AND THAT WAS A VERY, SMALL SECTION OF THAT. AND THIS DOCUMENT IS VERY LARGE. VERY IMPORTANT AND I DO WANT TO GIVE STAFF CREDIT. I THINK THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE UNDERTAKING AND APPRECIATED. BUT I THINK IT DOES BEHOOVE US TO GET IT AS RIGHT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WHEN WE DO VOTE ON IT AND IT IS RATIFIED THAT IT IS AS GOOD AND CLEAN AS IT CAN BE. YES, THERE STILL WILL BE SOME THINGS TO GO IN BUT I WANT TO MAKE DARN SURE WE ARE ALL COMFORTABLE. AND THE PUBLIC FEELS COMFORTABLE AS WELL. EVEN THOUGH MAYBE COMING IN AT THE 11TH HOUR BUT IT STILL BEHOOVES THAT WE LISTEN AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE UP HERE. SO THIS NEEDS TO GO FORWARD BUT IT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT. AND THEY DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE OF WHEN WE VOTE ON IT. I KNOW THERE WAS AN INITIAL JANUARY 1ST OR AS CLOSE TO AS POSSIBLE. BUT IF IT'S APRIL OR MAY, IT WILL BE OKAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT

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RIGHT. >> ARE YOU SAYING WE SHOULD WAIT ON THE THIRD READING AND

GIVE IT MORE TIME? >> I'M SAYING THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLY ANOTHER WORK SESSION OR SO THAT EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED OR IF THERE IS EVEN MORE STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE SOME STAKEHOLDERS MAY HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENT OR HAVE HAD SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ARE HEARD AND MAY BE ANSWERED APPROPRIATELY. MAYBE THERE'S SOME MISCONCEPTIONS OUT THERE SO EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT HERE IN

VICTORIA. >> I DON'T SEE A RUSH. >> WE'VE BEEN GOING ALONG FINE

LIKE THIS FOR I WANT TO SAY 200 YEARS. [LAUGHTER] >> WE HAVE LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG THE CURRENT ORDINANCE DOESN'T QUITE JIVE WITH STATE LAW.

>> WE DO HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO PAY, I SUSPECT.

>> AND I'M NOT HEARING A LOT MORE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT. >> WE'VE GOT HOW MANY PAGES

NOW. 400 PAGES. >> KEEP IN MIND A GOOD CHUNK OF IT, WE JUST COPIED AND PASTED THE SAME REGULATION IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT SO THAT IT WOULD COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. I HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT BUILDING HEIGHT OR WHATNOT. SCREENING FENCES. THAT DIDN'T CHANGE FROM WHAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE -- HOW THE CURRENT ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN. SO WE WERE TRYING TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT IN THE EARLY MEETINGS AND WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE BIG CHANGES THAT WE IDENTIFIED. BUT IF IT WAS AN EXISTING REGULATION THAT WE ARE COPYING AND PASTING OVER AND ADMITTEDLY IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT. WHICH WAS SAID AT THE BEGINNING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR. SO I WAS LIKE, YES. SOME OF THESE RULES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR 30 YEARS THAT NOBODY NOTICED AND ARE NOW NOTICING.

WE ACHIEVED OUR GOAL OF MAKING IT VERY CLEAR AND EXPLICIT WITH THAT TABLE.

>> IS 281 PAGES IN CASE YOU ARE CURIOUS. THAT INCLUDES YOUR BUILDING CODE JUST NOT SOMETHING YOU DEAL TRADITIONALLY INCLUDES. THAT'S ABOUT 80 PAGES OF THAT. THIS IS A VERY SHORT REGULATION FOR DEVELOPMENT REGULATION. IT MIGHT BE THE SHORTEST I'VE DONE FOR A UNIFIED CODE. VICTORIA I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE WOULD PROBABLY BE CLASSIFIES AS BORDERLINE HEAVENLY FOR A DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE. WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE SPACE YOU ALL ARE OPERATING IN.

IN TERMS OF PROCESS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. PROBABLY ONE OF THE

EASIEST OUT THERE. >> I DO GET THAT FEEDBACK A LOT FROM OUT OF TOWN DEVELOPERS THAT ARE VERY AMENABLE AND HERE TO WORK WITH THEM BUT I ALSO WANT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IN VICTORIA AND DEVELOPED IN VICTORIA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THERE COMMENTS UNDER CONSIDERATION AND MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT HAMPERING ITEMS WE HAVE GOING ON AND WHAT THEY'RE

TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE CITY AS WELL. >> I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD WE ARE PUTTING IN. AND LOT SIZE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE KEEP CHCHANGING THE GOAL LIN.

WE ARE TREATING OUR OWN UNCERTAINTY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. IF IT

WAS GOING TO BE JANUARY 1 THEN FEBRUARY 6. >> WE HAVE SOME CURRENT DEED APPROVAL APPLICATIONS THAT WERE DENIED AND UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO GO AND PAY AND SEEK A SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVAL BECAUSE OF THE EXEMPTION. SO THEY ARE IN LIMBO AND IF THEY WANT TO HURRY UP AND GET THEIR PERMIT FOR THEIR HOME, THEY NEED TO PICK THE MONEY FOR SUBDIVISION PLAT OR TRY AND WAIT FOR THE APPROVAL SO THAT

THEY ARE EXEMPT. >> SO WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS. WE CAN TABLE THE SECOND READING FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS OR PROBABLY THREE. WE CAN APPROVE THE SECOND READING AND SEE WHAT OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS WE GET AND MAKE A DECISION FOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE THIRD READING. IF WE NEED TO MAKE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO OPTIONS WE HAVE.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD ADOPT THE SECOND READING AND THEN SEE WHAT COMES WHEN WE COME TO THE THIRD. WE CAN ALWAYS TABLE THE THIRD READING LIKE YOU SAID. IF WE HAVE TO. BUT WE NEED TO MOVE

FORWARD. >> TO BE SPECIFIC I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT ON SECOND

READING. >> ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS OR DISCUSSIONS?

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>> WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE THAT OKAY, THIS IS KIND OF THE CUT OFF. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE TO COMMENT AND APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING THROUGH ALL THIS AS WE HAVE RECEIVED THESE IN AND YOU SAY THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND THAT'S GREAT AND GOOD TO KNOW.

I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF WE DO GO FORWARD AND ADOPT THE SECOND ONE TONIGHT IS THERE A WAY EFFECTIVELY WE CAN PUT NOTICE OUT THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE AND EVERYONE ELSE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS, WE NEED THEM NOW. BECAUSE THIS WILL HAPPEN. AND MAYBE THE THIRD READING IF IT'S NOT THE NEXT MEETING BUT MAYBE THE ONE AFTER TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME. BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO DO SECOND READING AND WE APPROVED THAT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW, OKAY. THIS IS THE DROPDEAD DATE WE NEED TO GET INFORMATION BACK. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. THAT'S GIVING THEM A CHANCE AND GIVING THEM MORE THAN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNICATION. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER THIS APPROVE SOMEBODY WILL CAN'T SAY I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE SECTIONS. IS A DEFERRED EFFECTIVE DATE. WHERE BASICALLY YOU APPROVE IT BUT YOU SAID A EFFECTIVE DATE AT A POINT IN THE FUTURE BUT THEN YOU ESTABLISH AND OPT IN WE CAN SAY BETWEEN NOW AND THAT EFFECTIVE DATE, PEOPLE CAN START TO OPT IN TO THE NEW COULD BE THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE DONE ELSEWHERE. THAT WAS PRACTICED IN BROWNSVILLE, FOR SURE WE DID THAT. MCKINNEY DID THAT RECENTLY. AND THAT COULD BE AN APPROACH THAT YOU USE SO THAT WAY YOU CAN GET IT ON THE BOOKS AND MIGHT HELP YOU TO SNIFF OUT ANY ISSUES THAT EMERGE FROM ACTUALLY RUNNING IT. AND IF SOMETHING THAT SHOWS UP THAT'S CRITICAL YOU HAVE TIME TO AMEND IT BEFORE BECOMES

FULL EFFECT AND THAT COULD BE ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOU. >> I AGREE TALKING ABOUT AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF FIVE YEARS.

>> TWO MONTHS? >> USUALLY IT'S LIKE -- LIKE JUNE 1ST AND THAT WOULD HELP US BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CREATE NEW'S APPLICATION FORMS AND TWEAK OUR APPLICATION FORMS SO THERE STILL WORK TO BE DONE. AFTER. I DEFINITELY WOULD HELP US IN THE PREDEVELOPMENT

MEETINGS. WHEN WE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION? >> BUT THEY COULD TO IF THEY DID ON MAY 1ST AND SAY BUT WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE JUNE 1ST EFFECTIVE DATE YOU'D

ONLY WANT TO GO UNDER THE EXISTING CODE. >> IF YOU SET THAT DATE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND LANGUAGE TO SAY THEY COULD OPT IN.

>> OKAY. YEAH. >> I LIKE THAT. >> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD

OPTION. >> IF I CAN INTERRUPT. BEFORE THIS GOES ANY FURTHER. DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? EVERYONE IS AWARE OF IT. WE WEREN'T SURE OVER HERE.

>> HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND. MS. SCOTT MADE THE MOTION AND MR. LOFGREN SECOND IT TO

APPROVE THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THROUGH DISCUSSION THAT I THINK THROUGH DISCUSSION WE ALL INDICATED THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD CHANGE TO

SEE ON THE THIRD READING. >> YES. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT TOO.

>> IT MAKES IT MORE PALATABLE.

THE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE EXTENDED DATE? >> WE CAN DO IT ON THE THIRD

READING. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> OKAY. FINE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CHANCE. >> THAT'S WHY WE ARE PAYING THE CONSULTANT.

>> [LAUGHTER] >> ALRIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AND THOSE PROPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. YOU ARE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE

[1. Victoria Fire Department's 2023 Annual Report. Shannon Martin, Interim Fire Chief]

>> 15 MINUTES, PLEASE. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. AND YES THIS WAS MY PARTING GIFT WAS TO BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND PRESENT THAT 2023 VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT. I WILL NOT GO THROUGH HERE AND READ EVERY SLIDE. I WOULD JUST TOUCH ON THE HIGH POINTS SO STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

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>> WE HAD A CHANCE AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY THIS PAST YEAR IN 2023. EVERY TIME WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE A GOAL AND OUR GOAL IS TO ENHANCE THE DAILY LIVES OF THOSE THAT WE SERVE OUT THERE. HERE IS A GLANCE AT SOME OF OUR RESPONSE DATA FOR 2023. HAVE A TOTAL OF 13,235 CALLS FOR SERVICE THIS IS AN INCREASE OF AROUND 3% FROM THE 12,860 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2022. OF THE 13,235 TOTAL CALLS, 2733 WERE IN THE COUNTY. THAT IS A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR. IN 2022 IT WAS 2832 CALLS IN THE COUNTY. HERE IS A GLANCE OF SOME PERFORMANCE DATA. YOU CAN SEE THE COLLECTION FEES DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HAZARD COLLECTION FEE OF 32,000. THAT IS NOT QUITE ACCURATE AS WE WERE GENERATING THIS REPORT THE BILLING COMPANY DID NOT HAVE ALL OF THE BILLING DONE IN THE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. SO AT WORST CASE SCENARIO, THAT NUMBER IS ONLY GOING TO GROW BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT NUMBER IS NOT ACCURATE AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAD AT THE TIME OF GENERATING THIS REPORT. BYSTANDER CPR. YOU CAN SEE THE NATIONAL STANDARD IS AROUND 30%. WE ARE SITTING AT ABOUT EIGHT TEEN. THAT IS AN INCREASE FROM 2022. FROM 2022, WE ARE AROUND 14%. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS RECANTING TO WORK ON IMPROVING THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS LIKE THE HANDS ONLY CPR AND THE CIVILIAN RESPONDER PROGRAM. WITH THESE PROGRAMS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE AND CONTAINING WITH THESE, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT RATE EVERY YEAR.

>> ON THE CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL, I SURE HOPE I'M NOT READING THAT. ONLY 4% SURVIVED.

>> YES. THE GLOBAL RATE OF SURVIVAL IS NINE IN THIS PART PAST YEAR THE CARDIAC ARREST

SURVIVAL RATE WAS 4%. >> REALLY. SO THERE'S A 96% CHANCE OF NOT MAKING IT.

>> YOU DID IN 2023. >> CHIEF MARTIN, IS THIS 4% IS THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT

PERCENTAGE RATE. IT'S NOT THE PUBLIC RATE? >> CORRECT. THE GLOBAL RATE IS 9%. THE CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL RATE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR WAS 4%.

>> WHAT IS THAT ATTRIBUTED? IS THAT THE LENGTH OF TIME GETTING THERE OR CARDIAC ARREST --

>> I TELL YOU I WILL DEFER TO THE EMS BATTALION CHIEF AND LET CHIEF MARK MARTIN COME UP HERE

AND COMMENT ON THAT. >> AND I WILL COMMENT AFTER. >> AND I WILL COMMENT AFTER

YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> THE GLOBAL PERCENTAGE RATES ON THAT SCREEN ARE FROM 2020.

THIS IS THE LATEST DATA WE CAN PULL IT. THEY DON'T DO IT EVERY YEAR. TO THE COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION ABOUT THE SURVIVAL RATE. THAT IS STRICTLY THE PATIENT'S THAT WE TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT IS NOT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE NECESSARILY GET ALIVE TO HOSPITAL. THAT'S THE GREAT BAR ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE 4% ARE PEOPLE WHO WALK OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ALIVE. IT IS A DECREASE OF ROUGHLY 4% FROM LAST YEAR. AS YOU SAID MAYOR, THE NUMBERS DON'T LOOK GOOD BUT IT IS NOTHING THAT IS NECESSARILY DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE OPERATE. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE GET THE CALL IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN

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MAKE REMARKS ON THAT? >> THERE IS A LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED. THAT NUMBER DOES LOOK SCARY AND IT LOOKS BAD AND SCARED. BUT IN REALITY AND THAT IS JUST THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT VINCE PERCENTAGE. THE REASON THERE MAY APPEAR TO BE LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE RATE IS BECAUSE THE RESPONSE TIMES. SOMETIMES NO ONE IS DOING CPR IN THE 10-15 MINUTE RESPONSE TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR THEM TO GET THERE. AEDS ARE NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE WHERE THESE CARDIAC ARRESTS OCCUR. IS NOT REALLY OUR DEPARTMENT'S FAULT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INTERACTION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPANT PATIENT. IT SOUNDS EASY TO SAY WE WILL OFFER THE CPR TRAINING TO THE PUBLIC FREE BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE TAKE THEM UP ON THAT. THEY ARE TRAINING OFFICER IS UNDER MY TRAINING CENTER FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. AND NO ENTRANCE HARDER THEN THAT GROUP RIGHT THERE. NO ONE. AND THEY OFFER ALL TYPES OF PERKS AND FREE CLASSES. IT IS JUST THAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO BECOME MORE ENGAGED AND BELIEVE IN WHAT WE TEACH AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. WE ARE WORKING ON IT. BUT WE ARE NOT EXACTLY THERE

YET. >> I'M SORRY IF YOU TOOK IT IS LIKE WHY ARE WE ONLY AT 4%?

I'D BE SHOCKED IF WE WERE NINE OR 10 OR 12%. >> I THINK ONE OF THE KEY THINGS HERE DOUBTFULLY MAYBE THE PUBLIC TO THE MEETING IN CAN WALK AWAY FROM THIS CONVERSATION IS, TO GET TRAINING AND CPR, I MEAN BEING INVOLVED WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND THE HEART WALK WHICH IS EXIT COMING UP ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2ND. AT RIVERSIDE PARK. THAT IS A HUGE PART OF THE MISSION AND THE GOAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION BECAUSE ALL THE DATA PROVES THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IMMEDIATE CPR TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. AND THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO PLAY A

ROLE IN THIS ELEMENT OF IT. >> I DID HAVE A QUESTION. HE SAID THE GLOBAL RATE OF SURVIVAL UNDERNEATH IT WAS FROM 2020? THAT DATA WAS FROM 2020? HOW MUCH HAS COVID-19 PLAYED A ROLE IN THE CHANGE OF THAT. PEOPLE HAVING COVID-19 PEOPLE HAVING VACCINE OR WHATEVER HAVE YOU MADE DID I DO WANT TO GET POLITICAL BUT COVID-19 ALSO CAUSES ISSUES AS WELL SO THOSE PEOPLE MAY BE LESS HEALTHY NOW IN 2023/24 THEN THEY WERE IN 2020, WHICH MAY INVOLVE SKEWING

THOSE NUMBERS. >> THAT IS QUITE POSSIBLE BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT DATA

YET TO SUPPORT THAT. >> CORRECT. >> BUT THIS NUMBER REALLY DOES -- IT SHOCKS ALL OF US AND REALLY MAKES ME SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CPR. BECAUSE THE NEXT ONE IS THE NATIONAL BYSTANDER RATE. THAT IS FAMILY MEMBERS ARE THERE AND DON'T DO ANYTHING AND CAN'T DO ANYTHING. AND REALLY THIS IS A NUMBER THAT IS USEFUL TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LEARN CPR.

>> YES MEN. THAT'S WHY POINTED THAT OUT EARLIER. BECAUSE THE NATIONAL BYSTANDER RATE IS 30% AND WE ARE AT 18. WE WERE ONLY AT 14 MEISTER. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH THESE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. AND WORK EVERY YEAR TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER. BECAUSE SUCCESSFUL BYSTANDER CPR IS CRITICAL IN INCREASING THAT SURVIVAL RATE.

ANOTHER WORDS YOU GET A PULSE BACK. >> GOTCHA.

>> SO WE CAN GET THEM TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A PULSE BUT THAT'S NO GUARANTEE THEY WALK OUT. SO THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES A FANTASTIC JOB AT THE HIGH ROS C RATE. RETURN

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OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION. >> AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE MORE IN LINE WITH THE GLOBAL RATE AND THE RATE CARD WHITE FRANKLY SPEAK TO WHAT'S IMPLIED AROUND THE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT AND FROM WHAT WE HAVE THAT KEEPS THAT GOING. A MACHINE THAT DOES IT FOR YOU .

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON HUMAN ENERGY TO BE EXPENDED WHEN GIVING CPR. SO THERE IS A LOT OF INVESTMENT WE HAVE DONE SO AGAIN THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE

DEPARTMENT. >> THANKS. >> I COMMEND YOU ALL FOR YOUR

WORK. >> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>> WE ARE A COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE IS MANY OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT THE DEPARTMENT DID PARTICIPATE IN 2023. SOME OF THOSE ARE LISTED OVER THERE. IN THAT BOX ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. A VERY GOOD COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THESE EVENTS AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE WITH ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS THROUGH OUT THIS 2024 YEAR. THERE AGAIN, BACK TO THE BYSTANDER CPR. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THOSE NUMBERS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND TRY TO EDUCATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN IN THAT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2023. AND BOTH OF THESE WERE ONLY POSSIBLE DUE TO YOUR SUPPORT. THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FIRE STATION REMODEL PROJECT.

HONESTLY, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO A CUT THAT WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A REMODEL PROJECT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT AS IT WAS GOING ON BUT BASICALLY THEY TOOK A SKID STEER ON THE INSIDE OF THE CONCRETE TILT WALLS AND BASICALLY WIPED EVERYTHING OUT. SO THAT WAS A MAJOR PROJECT. AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS THAT STATION IS NOW WIND RATED THAT GIVES US FOUR OUT OF THE SIX FACILITIES NOW THAT WE CAN OPERATE WHEN WE HAVE AN APPROACHING STORM. AND IT ALSO BEING STATION ONE HAS THAT RATING NOW, WE HAVE A FACILITY ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN WE CAN STAFF AND OPERATE OUT OF. THAT WAS A GOOD THING TO GET DONE. THE NEXT THING WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENTS CVA. THE BREATHING APPARATUS. THAT PROJECT ENSURES THAT WE HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT OUT THERE AND THAT IS SOME NEW INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY ALONG WITH THESE AIR PACKS AND A VERY EXTENSIVE WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY WILL ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE NOT HAVE A LOT OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE LIFE OF THESE PARTICULAR UNITS. MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A WHILE. AND WE FINALLY GOT TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. IT WAS NOT UP AND RUNNING UNTIL ACTUALLY JUNE OF 2023. THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO IDENTIFY HIGH-FREQUENCY 911 CALLERS AND DETERMINE THEIR HEALTHCARE NEEDS. AND WE HAVE A PERSON THAT'S IN THIS POSITION AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY WILL GO OUT AND MEET WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND WE DO EVERYTHING FROM HELPING THEM ASSESS THEIR MEDICATIONS. WE HELP THEM WITH THEIR DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. AND WHAT THE GOAL OF THIS IS, IS TO CUT DOWN ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS CALLING 911 AND CALLING AND AMBULANCE OUT. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING BUT THIS PROGRAM GROWING IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. YOU CAN SEE CURRENT THE WE HAD -- WE REACHED OUT TO 40 INDIVIDUALS AND WE HAVE ABOUT 14 OF THEM ENROLLED NOW. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. AND I THINK THIS POSITION WILL EXPAND OVER THE YEARS AND LIKE I SAID IT'S VERY USEFUL IN HELPING REDUCE

THE 911 CALLS AND THE FREQUENCY.'S MAKE >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE

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>> KNOW. THANK YOU CHIEF MARK. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> NEXT UP WE WILL HAVE CHIEF

[2. Victoria Police Department 2023 Annual Report. Chuck Young, Police Chief]

>> MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M CHUCK YOUNG AND AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA I'M BOTH HONORED AND EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS ANNUAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CHALLENGES AND VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE. AS YOU CAN SEE BEFORE YOU CUT YOU HAVE THE ANNUAL REPORT BOOKLET TO REVIEW. IT'S FULL OF STATS, NUMBERS AND WE WILL USE THIS PRESENTATION AS A COMPANION TO THAT BOOKLET. THE ITEMS WE WOULD TALK ABOUT ON THE DIVISIONAL BREAK DOWN OF CHANGES, THE CRIME STATS, THE LEICESTER INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT. RESOURCE ALLOCATION WHICH IS THE FULLY STAFFING OF THE HIGHWAY INTERDICTION TEAM AND A LIST OF FUTURE GOALS. SOME OF THE EXAMPLES ARE WE PROMOTED -- I'M SORRY. DIVISION BREAKDOWN. LAST MAY UPON BECOMING CHIEF I RESTRUCTURED THE COMMANDS HAVE TO ALIGN WITH MY GOALS. THE RETIREMENTS AND CHANGES AT THE COMMAND LEVEL ALLOW ME TO PROMOTE DEPUTY CHIEFS TO THE NEW POSITION. I MOVED ALL BUT ONE LIEUTENANT AND ONE CAPTAIN OF THE POSITIONS THEY HELD BEFORE MY SELECTION AS CHIEF IN MAY. BASICALLY I RESTRUCTURED THE ENTIRE UPPER TIER OF THE DEPARTMENT. THROUGH THIS MOVEMENT TO CREATE A NEW LIEUTENANT POSITION THAT WILL FOCUS SOLELY ON INVESTIGATING AND RETOUCHING ARE OPEN CASES, UNSOLVED MURDERS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE INVESTIGATIONS. I MOVED OR PROMOTED COMMANDERS TO THE MOST PRODUCTIVE POSITIONS BY PLACING THE RIGHT LEADERS IN THE RIGHT SPOTS TO ADVANCE THE DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE. AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS DEPUTY CHIEF FETTERS. HE'S THE NEW OPERATIONS BUREAU CHIEF THAT WORKS WITH CAPTAIN JASON TURNER. TUNER HAS COMBINED DAILY OPERATIONAL OVERSIGHT OF THE PATROL AND INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. DEPUTY CHIEF FETTERS IS TASKED WITH PLANNING AND LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE. AND STEPS IN PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THESE OPERATIONS GOT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL SKILL LEVEL OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE SAME THING ON THE ADMIN BUREAU SIDE OF THE HOUSE. DEPUTY CHIEF ELAINE MOYA FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC INFORMATION, THE BUDGET, RECRUITING TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL SPECIAL PROJECTS. SHE WORKS ALONGSIDE CAPTAIN KEVIN SANDERSON WHO IS AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL. KEVIN AND TURNER BOTH BASICALLY WORK ON THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL OF THE DAY-TO-DAY FUNCTIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. DEPUTY CHIEF MOYA AND FETTERS TAKE THAT NEXT LEVEL UP THAT THINKING FUTURISTIC LATE, HAD. OVERALL CRIME. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOOKLET WE ENDED 2023 WITH AN OVERALL .217 READ JUNCTION IN PART ONE OFFENSES. THAT'S THREE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN BY 17 OFFENSES WHICH IS WHY ABOUT SIX PRESENT. PROPERTY CRIME LESS THAN 1% OR 14 OFFENSES FROM THE RATING. BEFORE WITH A TOTAL OF 17 23 COMPARED TO SOMETHING 26 WITH THE REDUCTION OF THREE OFFENSIVE. THREE OFFENSES DURING THE YEAR IS NOT SO BAD. BUT CLASS TWO CRIME IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE MADE UP A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND. WE ARE UP 5%. WHICH IS 241 ADDITIONAL OFFENSES BUT

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STUFF INSIDE CARS AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS. >> PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THEIR

CARS UNLOCKED. >> YES SIR, THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT THE COMMON DENOMINATOR

IN THESE INSTANCES. >> WE HAVE PLENTY OF SURVEILLANCE OF THE ACTUALLY CAPTURING JUVENILE OFFENDERS WHO ARE VERY YOUNG LOOKING PEOPLE. THEY ARE PULLING ON DOORS AT 3:00 OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING. FULLY HOODED UP AND WEARING BACKPACKS AND FINDING GUNS IN CARS. ONE OF THE RECENT MURDER OFFENSES WE HAD WAS ACTUALLY FROM USED OFFENSE WEAPON WAS A PISTOL TAKEN IN A CAR BURGLARY. SO, IT WAS COMMITTED BY A JUVENILE OFFENDER. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE ABOUT IT IS WE REALLOCATED TO NON-PATROL PERSONNEL TO SUPPLEMENT THAT ADDITIONAL STAFF. BEEN DOING THAT SINCE JULY. WE TRY TO HAVE IMMEDIATE AWARENESS PROGRAM. WE TALK ABOUT B AND B'S ALL THE TIME. WE TALK ABOUT THEM IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND TALK ABOUT NOW AND ON FACEBOOK. AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA. WE HAVE TO DO THE HIDE, LOCK AND TAKE. IT'S IMPORTANT THING THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE MESSAGE WE ARE TRYING TO SHARE. SO NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT CRASHES. THESE ARE THE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OR MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS. OF THE 838 EVENTS WE HAD THIS YEAR, 401 OF THEM ARE EITHER CONNECTED TO FAIL TO CONTROL SPEED. FAILED TO GIVE RIGHT AWAY OR RUN A RED LIGHT. WE HAVE TO WORK ON THAT TOO. WE HAVE TO WORK ON DRIVING HABITS. WE JUST HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION AND SLOW DOWN AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. THE PERFORMANCE DATA. THIS IS BASICALLY AN À LA CARTE VERSION. AND À LA CART SLIDE. HAS ABOUT EVERYTHING ON IT. THE INVESTIGATION DETECTIVES ARE ASSIGNED TO 4200 CASES LAST YEAR WHICH IS A 6% INCREASE. THE RECORD SECTION HAS 36% INCREASE IN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST COMPARED TO 2022. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT AS A DEFICIENCY OR AN OPENING IN THE CIVILIAN STAFF AND WE ARE WORKING TO FILL THAT POSITION NOW. OUR DISPATCHERS ARE TELE-COMMISSION OFFICERS WITH 168,000 TELEPHONE CALLS TO 911 CENTER WHICH IS A 10% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. 97,000 OF THESE CALLS REQUIRED A POLICE RESPONSE. THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME IS DOWN JUST OVER FOUR MINUTES SO THAT'S GOOD. BUT STILL PEOPLE ARE IN NEED AND WE ARE GETTING THERE QUICKLY. WITH GRANT FUNDING, WE HAVE A NEW WORK GROUP THAT IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL. IT'S DESIGNED FOR THE DRUG AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTERDICTION PROCESS ON HOW IT. WE CALL IT COMPANY SEE. IT'S IN THE OPERATION BUREAUS COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO HAVE DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS. THE HIGHWAY INTERDICTION TEAM AND SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT WHICH IS NARCOTICS. MARSHALL TAX FOREST AND CANINE UNIT AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. EACH ONE IS NOW IN EACH OF THESE UNITS ARE NOW UNDER ONE OFFICIAL BROUGHT THEY RECOVERED 97 FIREARMS OFF TRAFFICS TOPS. SEVEN OCCUPIED STOLEN CARS WHILE WE ARE SITTING IN THIS MEETING JUST A FEW MINS AGO, WE RECEIVED A PAGE THEY STOPPED ANOTHER ONE SO OUT OF HOUSTON ON HIGHWAY 59. WE RECEIVED A PORTION OF OVER $300,000 IN

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MOE. HERE WE GO. >> [MUSIC] >> THIS IS LAUREN MOE VOTED FOR CHANNEL 96 IS AND WE ARE HERE WITH BRIGHTNESS. REPORTS OF A LARGE ROUND SUBJECT DRESSED IN ALL WHITE HERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF FREDDIE STREET AND JASON AVENUE. A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE BUT VIRTUALLY NO INJURIES REPORTED. DID YOU FEEL THAT? MY GOODNESS. THE

GROUND SHAKING. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> THIS WON THIRD PLACE.

>> AFFORDS ICING EVERYONE IS NOW SAFE. THERE'S AN OFFICER OVER THERE AND LET'S SEE IF HE CAN DO AN INTERVIEW? IF SO DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR AN INTERVIEW.

>> SURE. WE ARE AND WHAT HAPPENED GETS PICKED ON OFFICER DON TURNER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENGAGEMENT UNIT PRETEND THAT WE HAVE REPORTS OF AROUND THE LOOKING LIKE A MARTIAN WOMAN TERRORIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WALKING IN THE ROADWAY DARTING OUT FROM IN

BETWEEN CARS AND REFUSING TO CROSS AT A CROSSWALK COULD >> WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH HIM

TONIGHT. WE GIVE HIM TIPS ABOUT TRICK-OR-TREATING >> WE WILL TELL THEM ABOUT

TRICK-OR-TREATING SAFELY THIS YEAR. >> WHAT KIND OF TIPS WE GIVE

THEM. >> WE WANT KIDS TO STAY ON THE SIDEWALK THAT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE AND DON'T WORK OUT BETWEEN CARS BECAUSE DRUGS ARE EXPERIMENT AND WE CROSSED THE

STREET USE A CROSSWALK AND LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE DOING SO. >> WHAT ABOUT THE COSTUMES.

WHAT CAN HE DO WITH HIS CUSTOM TO BE EXTRA SAFE. >> OF KIDS ART AFTER DARK NEED WEAR LIGHT COLORED COSTUMES TO BE MORE VISIBLE. THEY CAN WEAR LIGHT COLORED COSTUMES CARE FAUCET OR GLOW STRICT OR ADD REFLECTIVE TAPE TO MAKE THEM MORE VISIBLE.

>> SPEAKING APPEARANCE WHAT COMPUTERS DO WHEN KIDS COME HOME AND THEY'RE READY TO GET

INTO ALL THAT CANDY. >> ENCOURAGE THE PARENTS TO CHECK ALL THE CANDY TO MAKE

SURE SAFE BEFORE GIVING IT TO THE CHILDREN. >> AND MOTORS. A LOT OF MOTORS OUT THAT NIGHT. WHAT CAN THEY DO TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GOES HOME SAFE?

>> THEY NEED TO BE MORE AWARE THAN THEY USUALLY ARE AND TO ISOLATE AND DRIVE SAFELY

BECAUSE THEY WILL BE A LOT MORE PEDESTRIANS OUT THAN NORMAL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH OFFICER TURN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. DEPARTMENT AND BPD CHANNEL 96 IS WANT TO HAVE A SAFE HALLOWEEN. AND WE WERE HERE FIRST TO GIVE YOU THE SAFEST HOWLING TIPS. WE ARE SIGNING UP. AND I'M HERE RIGHT NOW

WITH THE WITNESS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN EVERYTHING IN DETAIL. >> I SORT OF THING. IT WAS

CRAZY. [MUSIC] >> WHY IT DIDN'T GET FIRST PLACE, I HAVE NO IDEA.

[LAUGHTER] >> WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR'S PRESENTATION. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THIS YEAR WITH THE COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT UNIT GOT THIRD PLACE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND 11TH PLACE NASHVILLE. 14TH THE YEAR BEFORE. AS RIGHT BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH FOR A TOWN OF THE POPULATION BETWEEN 50 AND 100,000. WE ATTENDED 26 BLOCK PARTIES THAT WERE VISITED THIS YEAR. SO THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION. 130 SWORN AND I NEED 13 MORE. I HAVE 13 OPENINGS. 37 CIVILIANS. WE HAVE AN OPENING NOW FOR ONE TCO WHICH IS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR. A RECORDS CLERK AND A CRIME SCENE TECH. THE CRIME SCENE TECH PROMOTED AND MOVED AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE POLICE ACADEMY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A VACANCY RATE OF ABOUT 14% I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS THAT HAD TOWARD FILLING OUR DEFICIENCIES. WE HAVE SIX CADETS IN THE FTO PROGRAM. ONE WILL GRADUATE FROM AN OUTSIDE ACADEMY. SEVEN JUST STARTED THE ACADEMY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY. ONE LATERAL TRANSFER JUST GOT SWORN IN THIS PREVIOUS WEEK. TWO NONCHALANT POSITIONS ARE IN THE

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AND WE HAVE TWO FOLKS GRADUATING FROM A TCO PROGRAM IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. WE ARE LOOKING UP. IT'S POSITIVE AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE HELP WE ARE GETTING FROM COUNSEL. THE PROMOTIONS. THIS IS A FINE GROUP OF FOLKS. WE MENTIONED WE ARE HEAVILY DEVELOPING PERSONNEL. WE PROMOTED SINCE MAY WE PROMOTED FOUR SIZES, TWO LIEUTENANTS, ONE CAPTAIN AND TWO DEPUTY CHIEFS IN 2003. THESE REPRESENT OVER 140 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THE INFUSION OF SOLID LEADERSHIP WILL GUIDE ITS PLACE INTO THE FUTURE AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE LEADERS THERE. PROMOTION IS A BIG THING TO ME AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THESE OFFICERS WILL DEMONSTRATE THE SKILL SETS TO BECOME THE NEXT LEVEL OF LEADER TO MOVE US TO THE NEXT DECADE. AND FINALLY WE HAVE GOALS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR HOURS BUT I KNOW WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. LASTLY, THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT.

SOME OF THE NEW THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON IS GETTING VERY CLOSE TO IMPLEMENTING OUR GROUNDBREAKING OF THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS. EXPLORING THE ADVANCES IN FORENSIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE REAL-TIME CRIMES THAT ARE AND THE AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM I'M TRYING TO GROW IS AN ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PROCESS A FINGERPRINT TODAY AND COLLECTED AT THE SCENE AT A CAR BURGLARY AND PUT THAT INTO THE AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION FINGERPRINT SYSTEM AND WE CAN TELL WHO THE SUSPECT IS. NOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS SEND THAT INFORMATION OR THAT DATA AND EVIDENCE TO CORPUS CHRISTI THE AND IT COULD BE TO HAVE SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE GET A RETURN.

WE CAN GET MUCH FASTER. WITH THIS EQUIPMENT. THE NEXT THING IS THE BLUE IN THE SCHOOL. A PROGRAM THAT'S TAUGHT BY UNIFORMED OFFICERS THAT WILL EXPOSE THE YOUTH TO THEORIES SUCH AS RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY. CARING AND FAIRNESS. AND OTHER SITUATIONS THAT THEY MAY NOT RECEIVE ANYWHERE ELSE. AND LASTLY I WANT TO PROMOTE THE CONTINUING EDUCATION. WE PULLED OUR STAFF CURRENTLY AND WE HAVE 21 WITH AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE. 26 EPISODES. ONE HAS A MASTERS. AND WITH ONE MORE SEMESTER, I WILL GET MINE. THIS IS A GREAT NUMBER BUT I WANT TO SEE GROW OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. LASTLY I HEAR REPORT CARDS THAT WE GET FROM THE CITIZENS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISPATCHERS AND OFFICERS IN GENERAL. THE FEEDBACK USUALLY STARTS OUT WITH, THEY LISTEN. APPRECIATE. GREAT JOB. QUICK RESPONSE.

KINDNESS. SHOWED COMPASSION AND APPRECIATION FOR THE ACT OF KINDNESS. THESE WORDS MATTER AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC IS CRITICAL TO WHO WE ARE BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE HERE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AARON, OUR CRIME ANALYST FOR HER WORK ON THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU AND

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU AND EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR KEEPING THE CITY SAFE.

>> AND CONTINUE TO PUSH THE CRIMINALS AT BAY. THANK YOU. >> GREAT JOB.

[H. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]

>> THANK YOU. >> WITH THAT WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT. WE WILL NOT BE RECONVENING AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE IN

THE CONFERENCE ROOM. >> CITY COUNCIL RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2024 AT SEVEN: 18 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.