[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, CALL?
>> IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES AND A MOMENT OF
SILENCE? >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH >> TEXAS STATE FLAG IS HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[1. Announcements/Reminders:]
WELCOME, EVERYONE, WE WILL MOVE INTO ITEM BE ONE , ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS, MR. GARZA?>> GOOD EVENING, I WILL FOREWARN YOU THAT BETWEEN ANNOUNCEMENTS , REMINDERS AND RECOGNITIONS, THIS WILL TAKE UP A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THIS EVENING
>> WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE OUT THERE FOR THE PARTY . ON BEHALF OF THE RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE AND TOURISM DIVISION WE WANT TO MENTION THAT THE CITY IS HOSTING THE SECOND AMERICAN JR.
GOLF ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT APRIL 18 THROUGH 21ST. NEARLY 100 YOUNG GOLFERS SOME AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE IN VICTORIA TO TEST THEIR SKILLS AT THIS AGE AGA EVENT. THE TOURNAMENT IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH RECORDING TIMES, PLAYER REGISTRATION, FILLING WATER COOLERS. EVERYONE WILL RECEIVE A HAT AND PIN SHALL BE PROVIDED TO SEND TO HELP TO VISIT VICTORIA TX.GOV/AGE AGA. OR CONTACT THE RIVERSIDE 261, 573, 4521 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TEETIMES ON THE WE CAN. ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEIR HOSTING ANNUAL SHREDDING EVENT SPONSORED BY THE VICTORIA POLICE FOUNDATION, BACK OFFICE FROM EIGHT UNTIL 11 A.M. ON SATURDAY APRIL 20, AT THE BACK OFFICE. LOCATED AT 1211 N.
ORANGE STREET, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF THE PRIVATE DOCUMENTS, SECURELY USING THE BACK OFFICES EQUIPMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT VICTORIA TX.GOV BOARD SLASHED POLICE OR CONTACT THE ENGAGEMENT UNIT AT 361-45-343 EIGHT. ON BEHALF OF MUNICIPAL COURT, CITY OF VICTORIA WHOLE DAY INSPECTION WENT UP CAR SEATS, 1:00 TO FIVE IN THE TARGET PARKING LOT LOCATED AT 76 ZERO ATE NORTHEAST EXCELLENCE PARKWAY. THE CITY WILL ALSO WAS A BOOSTER SEAT INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS A& M AGRICULTURE LIFE EXTENSION OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 24, 2:00 UNTIL 4 P.M. ON THE HOPKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMPASS. PUBLIC AND VISIT WITH TORI TOOK CS/ CHARLES CITY PROGRAM. OF THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM, THAT WAS A BIG WEEKEND AND WE WILL GET TO THAT IN THE SECOND,, BUT WE WANT TO MENTION TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE PLEASANT INCLUDING GAZEBOS OPEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE, TO INCREASE, USE OF THE PLEASANTON PERFORMANCE FOR THE ONE I'LL BE DIRECTED TO VICTORIA MACY PROGRAM DIRECTLY AND THEY CAN BE REACHED AT 361-485-3120. ON THE SAFFRON, COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS IF YOU RECEIVED TODAY'S NEWSLETTER YOU WOULD'VE NOTICED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF LISA WILBY WILL BECOME THE NEW PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR BEGINNING ON APRIL 29. SHE COMES TO A SCEPTER MOST RECENTLY LEAVING THE CITY OF LANCASTER, TEXAS, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, TO IMPROVE THE SPORTS TOURISM, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING. MY TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL SHE ASSUMES LATER THIS MONTH. QUICK SET OUT TO MIKE FOR SERVING AS
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INTERIM PARKS DIRECTOR FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER, BUT I THINK IT WAS EIGHT MONTHS. IT IS AWESOME THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL FINALLY NOW HAVE PERMANENT LEADERSHIP COME IN AS PART OF THIS, ANNOUNCEMENT TERMS OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WE ALSO PROMOTED STEPHEN GALLAGHER TO ASSIST DIRECTOR , STARTED WITH US IN 2021 AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AFTER 21 YEARS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECREATION PROGRAM. WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN WHILE ALSO BRINGING WELL NEEDED EXPENSE FROM THE ON-SITE TO LEAVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT INTO ITS NEXT ERA, IF YOU WILL. SO IF I COULD I WILL JUST REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID IN TERMS OF MIKE YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN AND FILLING THE GAP>> I WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF HE IS HERE, STEPHEN ?
>> NO. >> WE WILL LET HIM KNOW THAT WE GAVE HIM A SHOUT OUT
[a. Nurses Week Proclamation. Duane Crocker, Mayor]
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS PART STATIC ] NURSES WEEK PROCLAMATION, CAN YOU HELP ?
>> WHEREAS, REGISTERED NURSE IN THE NOTICE THEY CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST HEALTHCARE PROFESSION, WHEREAS, DEATH AND BREADTH OF THE NURSING PROFESSION MEETS THE DIFFERENT AND EMERGING HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION IN A WIDE RANGE OF SETTINGS INCLUDING THE FRONTLINE OF THE PANDEMIC, WHEREAS, THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION AS THE VOICE OF NURSES IN THIS COUNTRY IS WORKING TO CHART A NEW COURSE FOR A HEALTHY NATION THAT RELIES ON INCREASING ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND PRIMITIVE HEALTHCARE AND MIRROR UTILIZES ALL OF THE NURSING RESOURCES WHEREAS, PROFESSIONAL NURSING IS INDISPENSABLE COMPONENT OF THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF CARE OF HOSPITALIZED AND NON-HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS, WHEREAS, THE DEMAND FOR NURSING SERVES AND SERVICES WILL BE GREATER THAN EVER , BECAUSE OF THE AGING OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION EMERGING HELP CHALLENGES, CONTINUING EXPENSE OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TECHNOLOGY AND EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES, WHEREAS, MORE QUALIFIED NURSES ARE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE INCREASINGLY COMPLEX NEEDS OF HEALTHCARE TO CONSUMERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHEREAS, THE COST-EFFECTIVE SAFE AND HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY NURSES WILL BE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE UNITED STATES HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN THE FUTURES WEARS, THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATION HAS DECLARED MAY 6 THROUGH 1220 24 AS NURSES WEEK WITH THE THEME YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE, NOW THEREFORE I DUANE CROCKER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA DO PRECLEAN THE WEEK OF MAY 6 THROUGH 12 2024, NURSES WEEK IN VICTORIA, TEXAS ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE NURSES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE NATIONS NURSES NOT ONLY DURING THIS WEEK THAT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE
>> THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH . WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION.
[b. Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Duane Crocker, Mayor]
ITEM B TWO, B, ANOTHER PROCLAMATION OF PUBLIC SAFETYTELE-COMMUNICATORS. >> WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELL COMMUNICATORS OF THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTEXT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES SERVING AS THE UNSEEN AT LIFELINE THREE TYPES OF CRISIS AND URGENT NEEDS, WHEREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELL COMMUNICATORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CALMLY AND PROVINCIALLY ANSWERING EMERGENCY AND NONEMERGENCY CALLS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PUT THE FIRE SERVICES EVENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVRVICES SWIFTLY DISPATCHING APPROPRIATE RESPONSE UNITS AND RESOURCES, WHERE IS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELL COMMUNICANT IS PROVIDED BY LINK FOR BRIEF SAFETY FORCES BIOMONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES BY RADIO PROVIDING CONTINUOUSLY FIND OF COMMUNICATION, ENSURING THEIR SAFETY THROUGH HEIGHTENED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, WHEREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELL COMMUNICANT IS CONTINUOUS BEFORE MULTIFACETED JOBS, SIMULTANEOUSLY HANDLING EMERGENCY CALLS DISPATCHING FIRST RESPONDERS PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, ATTENDING TO OF THE CRITICAL COMMUNICATION NEEDS WHERE IS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELL COMMUNICATORS EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND PERSONAL COURAGE IS A RENDER LIFESAVING ASSISTANCE IN A HIGHLY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT WHILE RECEIVING LITTLE RECOGNITION IN RETURN WHERE IS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELL COMMUNICATORS RECORD AROUND-THE-CLOCK 365 BUSIER INCLUDING HOLIDAYS OFTEN DEALING WITH STRESSFUL AND DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WITH RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE TO SERVE AND ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE PUBLIC THEY PROUDLY SERVE NOW THEREFORE I DUANE CROCKER OF
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THE CITY OF VICTORIA TO HEAR BACK CLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 14 THROUGH 2024, PUBLIC SAFETY TELL COMMUNICATORS WEEK IN VICTORIA TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE ALL TEXAS TO DRINKING ALL OF THESE FOLKS WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO SERVING LARGER COMMUNITY AND PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THEIR DILIGENT>> THANK YOU, SRM, CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. I AM THE PLEASURE OR THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH TELECOMMUNICATORS BECOMING THEIR SOME OF THE BEST IN THE STATE BAR NONE. LAST YEAR THEY HANDLED OVER 160,000 CALLS THAT CAME INTO THE CENTER. THEY DID SO WITH SO MUCH EXPERTISE AND PRECISION TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION, DECIPHER THAT AND GET THE RIGHT RESOURCES WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. LIFESAVING RESPONSES.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY . THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> A RIGHT, WE WILL KEEP IT GOING.
[c. Recognition of key city staff and volunteers involved with the plannin...]
>> RIGHT, WE WILL START WITH THE FEW OTHER EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. NO SURPRISE HERE, MUNICIPAL COURT WAS AWARDED ITS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVE AWARD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER, FOR ITS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING TRAFFIC SAFETY RELATED INITIATIVES AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON IMPAIRED DRIVING. STAFF WAS WORKING NICE DURING AWARD CEREMONY DURING THE MTS I CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, IT BEFORE, BUT I BELIEVE EVERYBODY IS HERE SO OF COURSE JUDGE FINAL AND TIFFANY SPEARHEAD THIS DIVISION FOR S OR DEPARTMENT AND I THINK MARIA DAVID AND DAVID AND MONICA ARE HERE SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE RISE BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
>> THANK YOU. KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL AND ANOTHER SUCCESS HAS ACHIEVED GOLDSTAR AFFILIATE STATUS FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR FROM KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL. THIS DESIGNATION RECOGNIZE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM THINKING EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITIES ONLY 88 OUT OF THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATES WHICH INCLUDES OVER 200 ARE GOLDSTAR AFFILIATES. OF COURSE CONGRATULATIONS , CHRISSY UECKER, KB BOARD AND COMMITTED MEMBER TO HELP VICTORIOUSLY CLEAN AND PLAN A ROLE IN THIS SO THEY ARE REPRESENTING THE WHOLE BUNCH, YOU GET TO STAND
>> FOR THE NEXT ONE I WILL STAND AT THE PODIUM, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL ONE. WE JUST COMPLETED THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WEEKEND. YES INDEED , BY ALL ACCOUNTS IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING WEEKEND. THIS OF COURSE , GENERAL PUBLIC MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED OR KNOW THAT THE PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THIS WEEKEND BEGAN LITERALLY THREE YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF SACRIFICE AND STAFF FRONT, LEADERSHIP ON THEIR FRONT, THEY REALLY, REALLY TOOK A LOT OF PRIDE IN PREPARING FOR THIS WEEKEND AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF ALL THE MEN, WOMEN OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE WORLD TO MAKE THIS WE CAN BE A HUGE SUCCESS. I FELT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO MINIMALLY VERBALIZE THEIR NAMES OF COURSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN DIFFICULT TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE IN PERSON HOWEVER WE DO PLAN ON HAVING A THANK YOU BREAKFAST WITH EVERYBODY THAT PLAYED A ROLE. YOU WILL BE RECEIVING AN INVITE FOR THAT TOMORROW SO WE CAN HONOR THEM IN A MORE INTIMATE SETTING WITH THAT. WE HAVE A FEW KEY FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PROCESS HERE TONIGHT IN PERSON, I WILL RECOGNIZE THEM WHEN WE GET TO THEIR NAMES, BUT TO START UP, JUST A FEW PICTURES OF COURSE, THE BIG WEEKEND BEGAN WITH A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT IN THE MORNING. VICTORIA DAY OF CARING, IF WE PARTNER WITH MANY LOCAL NONPROFITS OVER 600 VOLUNTEERS AT SIGNED UP. WHAT HAPPENED ? I HEAR VOICES . A RIGHT, THIS SPECIFIC EFFORT WAS AN EFFORT THAT CHRISSY UECKER IN PARTICULAR, LIST THE TYPES WITH THE TO BE, SUPER INVOLVED WITH, OF COURSE OTHER STAFF AND SO I WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AS IT RELATES TO THIS EVENT, BUT YOU WILL SEE PICTURES THAT RELATE TO THAT SPECKLED TROUT OF COURSE JUNE NOVUS HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING THE
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SEPARATE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WITH HIS ROLE WITH THE STATUTE OBJECT, WORKING WITH WEATHER CLICKERS, OF COURSE OTHERS HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THAT EFFORT, BUT THAT KICKED OFF THE MARKET THAT BEGAN AT 10 A.M. THAT MORNING, CONCLUDED AT 4:00 P.M. OF COURSE MANY OF YOU WERE THERE FOR THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THE STATUES THAT HAPPENED AT 1 P.M. , OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING OF THE PLOWS OF COURSE THE NIGHT ENDED WITH BICENTENNIAL BALL, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, EVERYBODY SAYS IT WAS THE BEST, EVENT DATA BEEN IN VICTORIA , TEXAS IN 200 YEARS. COULD IS THAT SOMEONE HAS A KIND OF MEMORY, BUT REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE COMMENTS. JUST A FEW OF THE PICTURES OF THE STAFF, BE INVOLVED WITH IT, WE HAVE THE KEEP COMMUNITY APPEARS DIVISION FOLKS THAT REALLY HELPED OUT EYECATCHER THE ENTRANCE AND EXTERIOR OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS LOOKING AS BEST AS THEY CAN. LOOK SAFETY FOLKS REPRESENTED AS WELL. OTHERS THAT PARTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING , THOSE EVENTS, JUST SOME PICTURES , THAT IS ME THAT IS NOT BOBBY POLITO . I THINK STAFF HAS REQUESTED THAT I WEAR THAT TYPE OF BEARD MORE OFTEN, BUT IT WAS A FUN, FUN EVENING. FUN, FUN DAY. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS THAT LITERALLY STAYED UP ALL NIGHT , NIGHT BEFORE , TO ENSURE THAT THE STATUES WERE INSTALLED IN A TIMELY MANNER. IN HINDSIGHT, IT KIND OF HAS JUST BECOME A COOL STORY, RIGHT, TO TELL THAT THE STATUE HAS ARRIVED AT 1:45 IN THE MORNING. STAFF WAS OUT UNTIL 6:30 IN THE MORNING TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE INSTALLED. STAFF INVOLVED, NOT EVEN PLANNED ON BEING INVOLVED SO KUDOS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY CAME OUT, PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES THAT LITERALLY GOT OUT OF BED TO COME OUT AND MOBILIZE EQUIPMENT AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING TO HELP ENSURE THE STATUES WERE INSTALLED FOR THE DAY FESTIVITIES. KUDOS TO ALL OF THEM. AGAIN, ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH>> NOW I WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE THIS WEEKEND HAPPENED. INCLUDING EMPLOYEES THAT WERE INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS FOR THREE YEARS. ALSO JUST EMPLOYEES THAT PLAY THE ROLE OF EVEN COMING OUT AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING TO HELP MAKE SURE THE STATUE WAS SET IN PLACE. FROM THE BILLING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ROGER WELDER, PATRICIA KILLED HER, PET IS, ELIZABETH WOOD, FROM MY OFFICE, KEISHA SMITH, I WANT TO PAUSE FOR SECOND, BECAUSE KEISHA SMITH WAS HUGE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE BICENTENNIAL BALL AND EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. I KNOW SHE WILL NOT LIKE THIS, BUT AT LEAST STAND UP. BE RECOGNIZED FOR ALL YOUR WORK .
>> HAVE THE BEST BREAKFAST WHENEVER WE HAVE IT. FROM THE CITY SECRETARY OF HIS, APRIL HILBRICH, FROM THE COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, ALEX STRUBLE, AJ GONZALEZ, ELIZABETH PENNINGTON, ODESSA ODOM FROM CBV JOAN ABACI, ELIZABETH TICE, NANCY BRITTAIN. AGAIN JOEL HAS PLAYED A HUGE, HILL ROLE IN THIS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. THANK YOU, JOEL IS WELL FOR YOU LEADERSHIP IN THE SEPARATE. YOU SHOULD STAND UP TOO .
>> SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ZACH WINDOW, CELESTE MY CHAKA, MAINSTREET DEPARTMENT, DANIELLE WILLIAMS, CHRIS TIPPIT KEPI, CHRISTIAN GARCIA, ENVIRONMENT ALL SERVICES DARRELL HE SAID, CHRISSY UECKER, JACKIE YATES, JOSEPH VARGAS, FINANCED JANIE CLEAR, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLES FROM FINANCE THAT HELPED ON THE DAY OF SO I WILL MAKE SURE TO INVITE THEM TO THE BREAKFAST. FROM I.T., JAMES FOOTE, GEORGE BONDER, MAKING THAT EVENT HAPPENED. THE EVENT WAS LIVE STREAMED ON TV. ON FACEBOOK, YOU KNOW, IS THE NOUN FOR THE PUBLIC AND ALL OF US TO TAKE FOR GRANTED HAVING ACCESS TO THIS ONLINE, BUT IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CONDUCTIVITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I.T. AND COMMUNICATIONS DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR EVEN THAT, BUT ALSO FOR THE WHOLE PLAY OF HOW IT PLAYED OUT THAT THEY. ASHLEY WAS INSTRUMENTAL FOR STAYING ON SCRIPT, KEEP IN THE SHOW GOING.
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SHE LAUGHS, BECAUSE SHE LOVES IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT STEPHEN GALLAGHER, KAM MARTIN, BARBARA NEWTON, JESSICA WHAT'S, ELISHA RAMOS, HALEY HERNANDEZ, CHARLES MOSBY, MELBA KNIGHT, AMANDA MCBRIDE, TYRA HOSEY, TENLY JEFFERSON, CHRISTIE FRANKLIN INCLUDING THE PERSONNEL OUT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL. IT HELPED PREPARE THE SPACE, BUT ALSO THEIR WORK IN THE EVENING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WENT AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE. PUBLIC WORKS WOMEN, JONATHAN LOPEZ, CHARITIES, ISAIAH GARZA, ISRAEL JOKE ON WHO IS FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT . KUDOS TO THEM , THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT THERE, THE WHOLE WEEK I WAS COMING OUT EVERY NIGHT , IN THE EVENING, PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WERE CLEANING THE DRAINS, SWEEPING THE STREETS, SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME MCKERCHER THE SPACE AND AREAS SURROUNDING THE SPACE WAS LOOKING AS GREAT AS IT COULD BE AS WELL AS BY THE COMMUNITY CENTER. EVERYBODY PLAYED A HAND IN THIS FROM THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF THOMAS, MARK MARTIN, KEVIN ALLEN, AND SHERMAN, JEFF COWAN, JOE STALEY, MARIA PEREZ, HOSEY PEÑA, ERIK CRUZ, PLEASE DEPARTMENT CHIEF YOUNG, CHIEF MOIETY AND CAPTAIN TURNER. FROM VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY JESSICA BERGER, VETERAN BELLA, BRENNA VALENZUELA, KAYLA MARTIN, KAYLA DEAS, ASHLEY GARCIA, AND TO HELP AND BETHANY JOHNSON. AS YOU CAN SEE LITERALLY EVERY DEPARTMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION HAD SOME ROLE, SOME EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING AND MAKING THIS WEEKEND HAPPENED LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THE PRIDE THEY TOOK IN THIS EVENT. THE CELEBRATION, BECAUSE IT TRULY IS A MOMENTOUS DAY. YOU LITERALLY DO NOT TURN TO HUNDRED EVERY DAY AND THEY TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY, TO THE LATTER PART OF IT AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD. MY HOPE IS THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE AS MUCH PRIDE IN THE EVENT, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS IN THE STATE AS WE LOOK TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY 'S PROMINENCE THROUGH TOURISM EFFORTS AND OTHERWISE, BECAUSE THIS PROJECT AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN VEILED AND HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND TRULY SERVES AS A CATALYST TO HELP PROPEL US INTO JUST HAVING BETTER EVENTS, JUST BEING BETTER SO I HOPE EVERYBODY CAN LAUNCH ONTO THAT ENERGY. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BICENTENNIAL BALL , EACH OF YOU MEANING COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE THAT HELPED WITH THE PLANNING EFFORTS OH I WANT TO MENTION BY NAME RECOGNIZABLE VOLUNTEERS THAT YOU APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT WORK WITH KEISHA AND OTHERS. THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE SUSAN CAIN, CINDY DELAGARZA, BLANCHE DELIA, DAVID BASKETS, RAFAEL GONZALEZ, KELLY HINCHEY, ARTUR LOTTO, VICTOR MENDOZA, DIANE MOULD THEM, MICS REVERE, TINA SEALS, I RESPECT YOU, BEEN TO TALLY, SPRING TAYLOR, NATALIE TYLER, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? YES.
ASHLEY THOMAS. I THINK THIS COMMITTEE OF VOLUNTEERS ALSO DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN MAKING
>> LAST , WE COULD HAVE NOT DONE IT WITHOUT THE SPONSORS EITHER . WANTED TO BE VERY MINDFUL WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS THREE YEARS AGO TO MINIMIZE THE USAGE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR THE CELEBRATION, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF JUST THE USAGE OF THE MONEY , BUT ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE QUITE FRANKLY THE PRIVATE SECTOR OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE CELEBRATION. WHAT BETTER WAY TO ALLOW THEM OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE THEN BY BEING A SPONSOR OF SOME KIND? I WILL NOT RELEASE OUT, DO NOT WORRY, BUT I WILL MENTION PUBLIC JUST PROSPERITY BANK, THANK YOU FOR THEM FOR SERVING AS, PRESIDING SPONSOR, BIG SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE FOR THE WEEKEND EVENT. THIS IS JUST A SHOUT OUT T TO ALL OF THE SPONSORS THAT HELP MAKE THE WEEKEND POSSIBLE AND A HUGE SUCCESS. IF YOU -- I WANT TO CONCLUDE IF YOU DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE BALL, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM , A.K.A. AJ, A HECKUVA JOB IN PUTTING TOGETHER A TRIBUTE VIDEO TO HONOR OUR CELEBRATION. WE WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS WHEN I SEE IT. I HOPE IT HYPES YOU UP TO PROPEL US INTO A PROSPEROUS NEXT TO
HUNDRED YEARS. >> IT ALL STARTED HERE. TINY -- SETTLEMENT IN THE GUADALUPE RIVER . 200 YEARS AGO MARTIN
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DELEON AND PATRICE IT DE LA GARZA FUNDED THE CALL IN THE OF GUADALUPE OF JESUS VICTORIA WITH A DREAM THAT WOULD DEVELOP BEYOND ANYTHING THEY COULD EVER IMAGINE. SHORTLY AFTER, VICTORIA BEGAN TO GROW. THROUGH TIMES OF REVOLUTION, UNDER MANY CHANGING FLAGS. A JOURNEY DEEPENING OUR RICK HISTORY RICH HISTORY. FROM RANCHING HERITAGE TO OUR VIBRANT MEXICAN AND TEJANO CULTURE, ENRICHED BY THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED THIS PLACE A HOME .>> LEAVING THEIR MARK AND STORY TO BE TOLD FOR GENERATIONS.
YEARS OF TRADITION , SPIRIT . AND CULTURE .
>> CONTRIBUTING OVER THE YEARS TO THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR CITY.
FORGED IN THE FIRE , STRENGTHENED BY TRIALS , BONDED OVER TIME. INTO THE COMMUNITY OF WHO IS VICTORIA TODAY.
THIS IS OUR HOME . >> VIBRANCY OF CITY LIVING NEEDS THE TERM OF CITY LIFE. AS WE REFLECT ON 200 YEARS OF HISTORY. LET'S BE INSPIRED BY THOSE BEFORE US.
>> WHO HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION, TO PASS ON THE TORCH TO THE NEXT GENERATION. IMAGINING WHAT VICTORIA COULD BECOME , WORKING TOGETHER, TO BUILD A BRIGHT FUTURE. THIS IS VICTORIA , THE BIRTHPLACE OF TEXAS HISTORY AND THE HOME OF
>> WHERE WHERE WE ? RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OBVIOUSLY BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THIS IS JUST AN INITIAL ITEM OF COUNSEL, ECHOING EVERYTHING THAT MR. GARZA SAID IN TERMS OF THE EFFORT AND THE PRODUCT THAT STAFF PRODUCED FOR THAT DAY. IT WAS JUST OUTSTANDING FROM THE START TO THE FINISH. I WANT TO SAY JOB WELL DONE, JOB WELL DONE.
WANT TO . >> JOB WELL DONE BY YOURSELF, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I GOT NOTHING, BUT EXTREME COMPLEMENTS FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. LIKE YOU SAID, MR. GARZA, JOB WELL DONE. IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT , PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT , SUCH HISTORIC EVENT , THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
>> AGREED . >> ANYTHING ELSE ?
[3. Items from Council:]
COUNCIL THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMENT CARDS, MANY OF WHICH ARE , I BELIEVE, SUBJECT OF WHICH IS THE LIBRARY BOARD. I WANT TO MAKE A PEEP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT PART WERE NOT AN AGENDA ITEM TODAY SO I PREPARED TO REMARK SO I WANT TO ENSURE EVERYONE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE OF A MEETING THAT THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK, WITHOUT CITY STAFF, I HAVE REQUESTED INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THAT MATTER. I HOPE WILL ENABLE COUNCIL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT LED TO THE BREAKDOWN AND COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY STAFF AND LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS. MY INTENTION IS THAT THE TOTALITY OF THE SITUATION WILL BE EVALUATED BY COUNCIL AND THAT COUNCIL WILL THEN FORMULATE AND INFORMED MEASURE AND RESPONSIBLE APPROACH WHICH ADDRESSES NOT ONLY WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, BUT ALSO AN APPROPRIATE PATH FORWARD WITH THE END RESULT BEING THE BETTERMENT OF THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP OF EVERYONE INVOLVED. I BELIEVE IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT COUNCIL
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IS AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT LIBRARY STAFF, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS HAVE FACED. I RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO NOW TURN OUR FOCUS TO DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ENSURE A MORE COLLABORATIVE AND ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONFIDENCE IN CITY STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT TO DILIGENTLY LIMIT AND UPHOLD DIRECT AND INDIRECT POLICY DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS WORKING FOR OUR CITY. I HAVE ZERO DOUBTS THAT STAFF HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY IN MIND AS THEY CARRY OUT THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.FINALLY I WILL SAY THAT I VIEW THIS SITUATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT . I HOPE THAT ALL INVOLVED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A CATALYST TO IDENTIFY A POSITIVE PATH FORWARD. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING
>> I ACTUALLY HAD SIMILAR THOUGHTS , BUT I ALSO HAVE A STATEMENT WRITTEN WHICH I WILL TRY TO PARAPHRASE. TRULY WHEN I APPOINT ADVISORY AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IT IS PARTIALLY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE CITY. ULTIMATELY TO BE POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE OF CITY GOVERNANCE . I DO NOT MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO GIVE SOMEBODY A PERCEIVED POWER OR ANY TYPE OF A POSITION. AND I JUST REALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY TOLERANCE FOR THOSE THAT TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO CIRCUMVENT PROCEDURES THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE CITY . SO REALLY WHEN WE DO OUR NEXT GROUP OF APPOINTMENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT FORWARD WE ARE DOING, I WOULD SUGGEST AND LIKE THAT WE HAVE A BIT OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT ARTICLE EXPECTATIONS OF THE APPLICANTS THAT WE DECIDE TO APPOINT AND THEIR -- THEIR EXPECTED ROLE AND FINALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I DO HAVE FULL FAITH AND GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER , TO THE CITY STAFF AND TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER'S AS WELL WHO
ARE PART OF THE STAFF. >> THANK YOU . ALL RIGHT, ANY
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OTHER ITEMS FROM THE COUNCIL ? WE WILL MOVE INTO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. WE DO HAVE QUITE A NUMBER SO I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY TO PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE THREE MINUTES.I WILL THEN CALL THE FIRST CARD, MISS WANDA WILL RE-, I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
>> WELCOME . >> THANK YOU . CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS WANDA ALL RIGHT, CITIZEN OF VICTORIA. THE CITY HAS BEEN PREPARING AS WE HAVE SEEN, ANTICIPATING AND CURRENTLY CELEBRATING THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. A COLONY, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY MARTIN DELEON AND HIS FAMILY. TODAY IS MY PART, CELEBRATING THE BICENTENNIAL, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHARE A SHORT HISTORY OF SOME AREAS.
CHAPTER 1 OF THIS BOOK CALLED THE HISTORIC VICTORIA , YES
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> THE AUTHOR.
>> SORRY, WRITTEN BY TERRY HAMEL, STATES THAT MARTIN DELEON COLONY WAS THE SECOND MOST PROSPEROUS COLONY IN TEXAS. AS ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE BOOK STATES THAT THE COLONY'S INVITATION FOR GOOD EDUCATION WAS ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATELY .
LATER IN THE BOOK THERE IS A FULL CHAPTER ON THE EVOLVING OF THE EDUCATION AND OUR AREA. IT MENTIONS VIOLA CASE . THE HANDBOOK ON LINE OF TEXAS, I LOOKED UP VIOLA CASE, SAYS SHE WAS A PIONEER SCHOOLTEACHER HERE IN VICTORIA AND SHE ORGANIZED THE BRONTË CLUB, OLDEST WOMEN'S LITERARY CLUB IN TEXAS IN 1855. THE ORGANIZATION ORIGINALLY NAMED THE VICTORIA LITERARY CLUB WAS A LITERARY SOCIETY FOR THE GIRLS OF HER SCHOOL THE VICTORIA FEMALE ACADEMY. THE MEMBERS COLLECTED 11 VOLUMES OF CURRENT LITERATURE WHICH WERE IN A -- KEPT IN A DRY GOOD BOX UNDER HER BED AND ON
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CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK THE BOOKS WERE TAKEN OUT AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE GIRLS. THIS EMBRYONIC LIMPING LIBRARY WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE BRONTË LIBRARY, WHICH PROCEEDED THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. UNTIL 1975, WHEN IT WAS PLACED ON THE MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF VICTORIA, THE LIBRARY WAS GOVERNED BY THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE OF THE BRONTË CLUB.AS A CITIZEN BORN IN VICTORIA IN 1945, I PERSONALLY SPENT MANY HOURS IN THE BRONTË LIBRARY DURING MY SCHOOL YEARS. THE BOOKS WERE STRONG FOUNDATION IN MY LITERACY. I WENT ON TO GRADUATE MAGNA LAUDE FROM VICTORIA HIGH SCHOOL. SO I GIVE YOU THESE FACTS , BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY CONTINUES TO HAVE A VERY VITAL PART AND EMISSION IN THE READING AND LITERACY OF THIS COMMUNITY SO AGAIN IS A PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL , I ASK THAT THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN BE A PRIORITY, BOOKS, READING AND LITERACY BE PART OF OUR VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE MISSION STATEMENT . THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU . NEXT I WILL INVITE SARAH ZELLER.
GOOD EVENING, MISS ZELLER. >> GOOD EVENING , MAYOR CROCKER, COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M SARAH ZELLER, CURRENT VICE CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. I AM HERE TO DISCUSS OUR APRIL 10 MEETING. OUR BOARD CHAIR CALLED A MEETING TO HEAR MRS. BERGER'S REPORT ON THE MISSION STATEMENT. TO HAVE THE BOARD DISCUSSED IT AND FOR SUBCOMMITTEE TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO MRS. BERGER. OUR BYLAWS STATE THAT THE BOARD CHAIR MAY CALL ADDITIONAL MEETINGS AS REQUIRED. SHE HAS SOLE DISCRETION TO DETERMINE THAT A MEETING IS NEEDED. THIS MEETING COMPLIED WITH THE OPEN MEETING AT. THERE WAS PUBLIC NOTICE THE MEETING WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND MINUTES WERE KEPT. OUR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNCIL HAS CONFIRMED WE MET THE REQUIREMENTS. MRS. BERGER WAS ASKED TO FACILITATE THE MEETING LIKE NORMAL AND WAS INVITED TO PRESENT HER REPORT ON THE NEW MISSION STATEMENT. THEN MR. JESUS GARZA TOOK OVER COMMUNICATIONS HE SENT AN ANGRY EMAIL THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HE SAID MRS. BERGER WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE MEETING , NO LIBRARY STAFF WOULD BE ALLOWED TO TALK TO ANY BOARD MEMBER MOVING FORWARD.
THEY WILL NOT FACILITATE ANY FUTURE MEETINGS AND HE PLANS TO ASK YOU TO CHANGE OUR BYLAWS. WHY THE OVERREACTION? IS A MISSION STATEMENT OFF-LIMITS FOR CONVERSATION ? I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE BOARD, MR. GARZA SAYS THAT WE DO NOT WRITE THE POLICY, BUT THAT IS NOT A FACTUAL STATEMENT. OUR BYLAWS CLEARLY STATE THAT THE FIRST PURPOSE OF THE BOARD IS TO DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH IMMEDIATE AND LONG-RANGE POLICIES FOR THE LIBRARY. THERE ARE 14 POLICIES THAT WE REVIEW EVERY THREE YEARS. WE WORK WITH STAFF MEMBERS. THESE POLICIES ALL ARE OUTWARD FACING, THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE LIBRARY' S INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE COMBINE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE AND STAFF FEEDBACK TO CREATE A POLICY THAT WILL WORK FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
STAFF MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE SIT DOWN AND TALK. WE SHARE IDEAS, WE VOICED CONCERNS, WE ASK QUESTIONS AND WE REVISE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THIS CONVERSATION . I HAVE BEEN IN THESE MEETINGS WITH JESSICA AND HER STAFF AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE. I ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM. WE ARE HERE TO WORK WITH THE STAFF TO LISTEN TO THEM AND TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE. AN ADVISER IS OF NO BENEFIT IF THEY ALWAYS SAY YES . THE ONLY USEFUL FEEDBACK IS HONEST FEEDBACK . EVEN IF IT IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR. THE MISSION STATEMENT MATTERS, WE DO NOT WRITE IT OR APPROVE IT, BUT WE HAVE A LEGITIMATE INTEREST ININ IT. IT WILL SENT DIRECTION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LIBRARY AND IT WILL IMPACT EVERY POLICY THAT WE WORK ON.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE HEAR THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT WE SPEAK FOR THEM. THE BOARD SIMPLY WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR WE WERE PREVENTED FROM DOING THAT . WE WERE SHOCKED AND VERY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE MR. GARZA'S ANGER AND THE OBSTACLES HE IS PLACED IN OUR WAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE MEETINGS AND HOPE STAFF WILL BE ALLOWED TO DISSIPATE IN THOSE.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE EXTRA QUESTIONS, THANK YOU
PLUTO THANKING. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I KEPT HAVE
CATHERINE OLSON. >> GOOD EVENING, A SMALL
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OLSON. >> GOOD EVENING . GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, AS CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUES BREEN BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE AND THE LIBRARY BOARD. PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A JILL FOX VERSUS JESUS GARZA ISSUE. THIS INVOLVES THE WHOLE LIBRARY BOARD, BECAUSE WE WANT TO FULFILL THE PURPOSE OF OUR APPOINTMENT AND THAT PURPOSE IS TO, AS SARAH JUST SAID, ADVISED. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT ADVISE IF WE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND BUILD CONSENSUS. OUR REQUEST IS THAT JESUS FOLLOW THE BYLAWS THAT HE ACCUSES US OF BREAKING. LATE LAST WEEK, DR. COX SENT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IN EMAIL AND I HOPE YOU HAVE READ IT AND THE ATTACHMENTS THOUGHTFULLY. HOW ON EARTH HAS A SIMPLE MISSION STATEMENT CAUSED SO MUCH CONTROVERSY? WELL, HERE IT IS. OUR MISSION , I WANT YOU TO REALLY LISTEN CAREFULLY, FOR WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK IS MISSING, OUR MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY' AS WILL BE IN BY PROVIDING A WELCOMING SPACE THAT PRIORITIES , IMPROVING ACCESS, AND TECHNOLOGY, FOSTERING STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT , INSPIRING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVING AS A RELIABLE ANCHOR FOR OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY . I DO KNOW IF YOU NOTICE ANYTHING THAT IS MISSING, BUT NOW YOU TELL ME, IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT STATEMENT THAT BRINGS YOU TO A POINT OF THINKING, OH, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY. ARE WE SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT THE GOAL IS FOR THE LIBRARY TO MORPH INTO SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE BOOKS, LITERACY, OR SATISFIES CURIOSITY AND STIMULATES IMAGINATION? TO NO LONGER WANT TO INCUR EXPRESSION OF CREATIVITY? OF COURSE WE DO. THE PREVIOUS MISSION STATEMENT SAID, VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ENCOURAGES A LOVE OF READING AND COMMITMENT TO LITERACY, PROVIDES MATERIALS AND SERVICES THAT SATISFY CURIOSITY AND STIMULATE IMAGINATION.
DEVELOPS PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGES EXPRESSION OF CREATIVITY AND UTILIZES TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT COLLABORATION. I LIKE IT. SO I ASK YOU, WHY AND WHO DECIDED THAT THIS DRAMATIC CHANGE, THE STATEMENT IS NECESSARY, TO WHAT END ? SO RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE BELLS AND WHISTLES STARTED GOING OFF FOR THE MEMBERS WHO ULTIMATELY WENT TO JOE FOX AND SAID WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHAT KIND OF VAGUE NONDESCRIPTIVE MISSION STATEMENT IS AT? WHY THE CHANGES? MANY LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE GONE ROGUE AND RADICAL, BUT THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE. OUR CONSERVATIVE IMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO STAY CONSERVATIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO TALK THANK YOU, RESULTS IN.
>> NEXT IS MICHAEL LANDOR'S PLUTO .
>> GOOD EVENING , I AM MICHAEL WONDER, 2204 E. NORTH STREET, GOOD EVENING, PATERNITY CROCKER, CITY COUNCIL. THERE IS AN ISSUE ON ABANDONED VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY BY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT USED TO BE HEAVEN'S GATE FUNERAL PARLOR, THEY HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND THE BANK FORECLOSED IT, BUT THEY HAD PEOPLE CAMPING THERE, LOITERING THERE.
WHENEVER SOMEONE SEES A ABANDONED VEHICLE, THEY ARE CURIOUS. I WISH YOU COULD TELL SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAFETY INSPECTED, MARCH 2022, LAST TIME IT WAS SAFETY INSPECTED. I DID NOT TELL THE POLICE OR CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT I THINK THE BANK SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING RID OF THE VEHICLES. IT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR . YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAMPING THERE, LOITERING THERE, BRINGING IN TRASH THERE. YESTERDAY TWO BUSLOADS OF STUDENTS CAME OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND I APPRECIATE THE LIBRARY AND EVERYTHING FOR ACCOMMODATING THEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE STUDENTS TO FEEL SAFE AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE CAMPING, LOITERING THERE, THAT IS NOT RIGHT. WE HAVE A NEW STATE LAWS THAT MAKES CAMPING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY ILLEGAL AND I WISH SOMEONE COULD TOE THAT VEHICLE UP THERE , IT IS BEEN THERE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AND THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD
AFTERNOON, SIR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR.
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DALE ZUCKER? >> GOOD EVENING, .
>> GOOD EVENING,, DALE ZUCKER, COMMUNITY OF IMS. THAT HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE LIBRARY BOARD . YOU CAN TAKE A BREATH.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE OF THE COMMUNITY. DO YOU HAVE THE HONEST TRUTH THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE COMMUNITY OTHER RESIDENTS OF VICTORIA, WE ON THE COMMUNITY, WE ELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO A BOARD AND EXPECT THAT BOARD TO CREATE THE POLICY, DIRECTLY AND NOT ASK OTHER STAFF OR ANYONE ELSE TO HELP THEM MAKE A DECISION. YOU REPRESENT ONLY THE COMMUNITY AND THE OWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS CALLED STAFF. THAT IS NOT EXACTLY WHO RUNS THE CITY. HERE WE GO. VICTORIA DOES HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TAXING ENTITIES. WE HAVE THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY. THE COUNTY IS WHAT YOU CALL A VERY TRULY REPRESENTATIVE , WE ELECT DIRECTLY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS . WE HAVE PROBLEMS, WE CALL THE COUNTY JUDGE. WE CALL THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MEMBERS, AND THINGS GET DONE. IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WE DIRECTLY CALLED THEM, THE CITY, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CAN CALL THEM AND THINGS GET DONE.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE? WHEN I COME TO YOU ALL WE HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT STAFF, STAFF, SAP, STAFF, BUT WHO OWNS THE CITY ? GENTLEMEN, LADY, YOU ON THE CITY. IF YOU'RE ASKING STAFF FOR YOUR POLICYMAKING, YOU ARE EXTREMELY WRONG . IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE A DECISION FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN THE POSITION, BECAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY, TRUST YOU TO MAKE THE DECISION. HERE WE GO. WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER WHO YOU CHOOSE TO CALL STAFF, HE MAKES ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AND YOU REFER BACK TO HIM. THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, CITY MAYOR DID THAT , THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER SAYS, CITY MAYOR SAID I TRUST THE STAFF . WE COME BACK TO WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE STAFF. YOU HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE , JUST LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE DID HAVE A CHANGE, THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. THEY NOW REALIZE THEY HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE, AND IT IS THEIR JOB TO DIRECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. YOUR JOB IS TO DIRECTOR ONE EMPLOYEE. IF YOU CANNOT DIRECTOR ONE EMPLOYEE AND YOU CANNOT GIVE HIM THE POLICY , DIRECTION WHAT THE CITY WITHOUT STAFF PARTICIPATION, GENTLEMEN, LADIES, YOU REALLY HAVE NO BUSINESS SITTING UP THERE. SO ONE THING, ONE EMPLOYEE, FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WILL GET HIM UNDER CONTROL. HOW HE IS GOING TO SAY, I WORKED FOR THE CITY, AND YOU ARE THE EMPLOYER'S.
THANK YOU, SIR . >> THANK YOU, MR. ZUCKER. JILL
BUCHANAN ? >> GOOD EVENING, WAS TO BEGIN THE CELLO, SO NICE TO SEE YOU THERE. NOT SURE WHEN MY TIME STARTS OLYMPIC IT KNOWS. FOR SMALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. I FELT REALLY CONFLICTED ABOUT THINGS OF LATE, BUT LET ME GET BACK TO MY LITTLE SPEECH HERE. TAKE YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK . THANK YOU FOR YOUR STATEMENTS, REGARDING THE ADVISORY APPOINTMENTS. DURING THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE THREE-MINUTE TIME ALLOTMENTS AND THIS IS A PROCEDURE PUT IN PLACE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SPEAK, BUT IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT CREATE ACTIONABLE ITEMS. THE SYSTEM IS SET UP THIS WAY TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC AND ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT. I BIG THE CITIES NEED TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM LAWSUITS STEMMING FROM PERCEIVED BACKROOM DEALS AND CLANDESTINE CONVERSATIONS. DURING MY TRANSIENT TERMS ON THE LABOR ADVISORY BOARD, ONE AS CHAIR, WE MET QUARTERLY AND ON OCCASION PROCEDURES IN PLACE, AND ACCOMPLISHED OUR TASKS WITHOUT RANCOR AND ALSO PROCEDURES BY LAWS AND ORDINANCES AND WE NEVER HAD TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL FUSS. WE NEVER WENT TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO FUSS.
WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER. LAST WEEK I HEARD THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ADVISORY BOARD TO DISCUSS THE MISSION STATEMENT. AT THAT IT AUDIT WAS A POSTED ONLINE. THAT WAS HELD OFF-SITE IN THE BUILDING CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I MISS THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND AS A LIBRARY PATRON, WARM ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, I WANTED TO CATCH UP ON THE DIRECTION PLAN FOR OUR LIBRARY. I LEARNED THIS MEETING WAS NOT IN FACT SANCTIONED BY THE CITY, BUT THAT THE COUNTY HAD GIVEN PERMISSION. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHILE THE LIBRARY BOARD MAY HAVE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY, MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE CITY, THE GOVERNING BODY FOR THE LIBRARY FUNCTIONS BELONGS -- THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS A CITY RESPONSIBILITY. THE
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COUNTY MERELY HOUSES THE LIBRARY . THIS SITUATION IS AKIN TO A CHILD ASKING THEIR PARENTS, LANDLORD, FOR PERMISSION TO DO SOMETHING. THE CITY , COUNTY RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE IS TANGLED ENOUGH WITHOUT THIS ADVISORY BOARD PUTTING ONE AGAINST THE OTHER. ANYWAY, AT THIS MEETING AN EMAIL WAS READ AND LATER DISSEMINATED TO ATTENDEES. I WAS ONE OF THOSE ATTENDEES I HAVE IT. THE POINT IT THE EMAIL WAS EITHER PURPOSELY IGNORED OR JUST MISUNDERSTOOD. IT IS OBVIOUS FROM THE WORDING THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE CALLING OF A SPECIAL MEETING OR THE PURPORTED REASON FOR THE MEETING WHICH WAS TO ADDRESS THE NEW MISSION STATEMENT. THERE WAS NO INTENT TO SILENCE VOICES AS ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER STATED AT THE MEETING. WAS JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE SCHEDULING PROCESSES WERE FOLLOWED. I HAVE A WHOLE LITTLE BIT SO I DO NOT WANT TO RUN OVER MY TIME SO SURE ADJUSTING THE MISSION STATEMENT SOUNDS INNOCUOUS ENOUGH, BUT IF THE LACK OF ADHERENCE TO CITY POLICIES, THAT IS A GRAVE CONCERN. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD WITH NO REAL POWER THAT I SERVED ON SUCCESSFULLY, CAN PICK AND SERVE ON SUCCESSFULLY, YOU THE CITY AND WE THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT THE PEOPLE APPOINTED TO THIS PORT GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND PROCEDURES PUT IN PLACE BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT US FROM LAWSUITS. THANK YOU .>> THANK YOU , IS BUCHANAN. NEXT I HAVE SAID STEWART.
>> ,, MR. STEWART . >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY. NOT A FOR THE CITY , BUT AS SUCH I DO HAVE A THAT THE INTEREST IN THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE THE CITY AND THE COUNTY SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THAT ENTITY. CITY COUNCIL HAS EMPLOYEES OR AN EMPLOYEE . I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY BUSINESS IS RUN BY A SUBORDINATE EMPLOYEE TO THE BOARD THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE OVERSEEN . YOU ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS . YOU'RE NOT TO SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT YOUR EMPLOYEE. THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA . AS SUCH, THE RESPONSIBILITY IS ACTUALLY MUCH GREATER THAN CITY COUNCIL'S.
THE FACT THAT A CITY EMPLOYEE IS USURPING THE POWER AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA , SOMEBODY SHOULD SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT . IF YOU DON'T, I WILL CONCUR WITH DALE ZUCKER, AND THE FACT THAT MAYBE YOU ALL SHOULD NOT BE SITTING THERE. IF YOU OEHLER BEING DICTATED TO BY AN EMPLOYEE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH .
>> THANK YOU, MR. STEWART. HARDY FISK?
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. FISK. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, INTERESTED CITIZENS. THE WORD DIVERSE AND SISTER WERE DIVERSITY HAVE GOTTEN A BAD RAP. LAST WEEKEND CITY OF VICTORIA AND ITS CITIZENS DEMONSTRATED THE BEAUTY OF DIVERSITY. AS WE CELEBRATED THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF VICTORIA, CITIZENS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS WEEKEND, MAKE THIS A WEEKEND TO REMEMBER AS THEY WENT ABOUT IMPROVING THE CITY.
WE HAD INDIVIDUALS OF ALL RACES, RELIGIONS AND NONRELIGIOUS, NATIONAL ORANGES, AGES, SEXUAL PREFERENCES WORKING TOGETHER, TO CLEAN THE PARKS, PAINTED CAGES IN THE ZOO, PLAYED, DANCED IN THE SQUARE, PERFORMED A MULTITUDE OF OTHER SERVICES FOR THIS GREAT CITY. DURING THE PAST 200 YEARS, VICTORIA HAS FLOWN ALL THE SIX LEGS THAT ARE FLOWN OVER TEXAS. WE, CITY OF VICTORIA HAVE PULLED TOGETHER THE BEST OF ALL THESE CULTURES TO MAKE VICTORIA THE VIBRANT GROWING CITY THAT IT IS. IS A RELATIVE NEWCOMER TO THE AREA I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE WHO HELP ORGANIZE AND THE PLANS FOR THE BICENTENNIAL. CANNOT BEGIN TO SAY WHAT WE CAN TO REMEMBER, BUT IT TOOK A WHOLE GROUP TO MAKE THIS WHAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE. I WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MAYOR, PAST CITY MAYOR,
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CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, AND HIS STAFF, COUNTY JUDGE AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS, KEISHA SMITH, KRISTI YOU CAN, MAIN STREET PROGRAM AND STAFF, ALL THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WITH ALL THAT HAS BEEN LEARNED, NEXT YEAR WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE I CENTENNIAL, IT WILL BE EVEN BETTER. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU, MR. FISK. MS. KIM PICKETT ?
>> GOOD EVENING , IS PICKETT .
>> GOOD EVENING, GOOD TO SEE ALL YOU GUYS. I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM EXHAUSTED. I REALLY AM. THE THING IS IN THE PAST TO WEEKS, ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST IN TODAY'S I HAVE HAD OVER 20 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES CONTACT ME ABOUT BEING HOMELESS OR ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESS. I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH ALL OF YOU TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS 101, ASKED ME WHATEVER YOU WANT. LET'S TALK ABOUT REAL SOLUTIONS. LET IS SIT AND THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER. OBVIOUSLY FROM A LOT OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY, I'M TRYING TO BE REALLY NICE, BECAUSE I AM LISTENING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GIVING AND CARING AND THEY THINK THEY ARE. THEY DO NOT THINK THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO THE LIBRARY. THEY DO NOT THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE DIVERSITY. JUST SO FRUSTRATING. THE THING IS THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND HOW YOU GUYS WORK, BUT THE THING IS NONE OF YOU GUYS GETS PAID TO BE HERE AND YOU DO NOT GET A SALARY. I WISH DUANE COULD PAY MILLION DOLLARS TO PAY THE MAYOR VICTORIA, BUT THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS. WITH CITY EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS AND THAT IS MODEL THAT WE HAVE SO MAYBE PEOPLE SHOULD ACTUALLY DO RESEARCH BEFORE THEY COME UP HERE AND I'LL TELL YOU THE THING WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS, I DO MY RESEARCH.
THE THING IS, I AM AND EXPERT IN THE FIELD IN OUR AIR WHEN THE PEOPLE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, THEY COME TALK TO ME. THE PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE I'VE HELPED WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE OR THEY CALL ME. MY COUSIN, MY MOTHER, MY SO-AND-SO NEEDS HELP. I NEVER WOULD REVEAL WHO THEY ARE. THE THING IS I DO NOT CARE WHAT POLITICAL SIDE YOU WASH OUT ON, BUT THE THING IS, IF YOU NEED HELP, I WILL TRY TO HELP YOU. RIGHT NOW I NEED YOU GUYS' IS HELP TO HELP ME HELP THESE PEOPLE. WHEN THEY ARE DOWN AND OUT, LIKE A SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO RACISM, WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS, WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF THINGS, YOU WILL SEE ME FRONT AND CENTER.
YOU CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT ABOUT ME, CALL ME NAMES AS LONG AS THEY LEAVE MY KIDS ALONE. THE THING IS THEY COULD COME FOR ME, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME OUTSIDE, YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT JESUS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. DO NOT COME FOR HIM, PLEASE. NOT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND I SAY THAT FOR ALL OF THEM, YOU GUYS, HAVE SHOWN YOUR SUPPORT. JEWEL AND ALEXIS IT WAS A FROM THE LAB REPORT I SERVED FOR EIGHT YEARS, I GOT A PLAQUE AND I CAN SHOW YOU, BUT I DO NOT BRING IT, BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW I NEEDED TO, BUT THE THING IS WE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. WE RAN PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY OF ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, CAME TO S AND S FOR QUESTIONS , BUT CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE SAID THANK YOU FOR BEEN THE LABOR BOARD AND THE PROGRAMS YOU'RE DOING, BECAUSE WE LISTEN TO WHAT THE LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL SAID AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT WHAT THEY NEEDED SO THAT IS THE WAY THEY DO IT AND COMMUNITY WORKS. IT IS NOT DIVISIVE OR NOT FULL OF ANGER AND HATE AND ALL THAT, BUT LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY, LISTED NO MORE THAN YOU DO AND GETTING THINGS DONE. THAT IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY AND ALL THOSE THINGS SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
ME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT I
HAVE STEVE WEST ALL . >> GOOD EVENING.
>> MY NAME NAME IS STEVE WEST ALL, I MOVED TO VICTORIA FROM AMARILLO AFTER LIVING FOR 30 YEARS, YOU HAVE TO GO INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY THE CITY ALLOWED TEXT NOT TO BUILD THE STREET DIVIDERS OR MEDIANS, TOMORROW , SAM HOUSTON HIGHWAY , AMARILLO IS ABOUT THREE TIMES BIGGER, NEVER SAW ONE UP THERE. TO ME THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD AND TIME AND GAS WE START . THAT IS ALL I WILL SAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NEXT I HAVE MS. POCKET .
>> GOOD EVENING . >> GOOD EVENING, SAMIR AND CITY
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COUNCIL. NAME IS PROJECT, LIVING VICTORIA, TEXAS. WANTED TO BRING UP A FEW POINTS, BUT THE LIBRARY MISSION STATEMENT THAT I THINK ARE BENEFICIAL. TONIGHT SO MAY TALK ABOUT WHAT IS MISSING FROM THE NEW VISION STATEMENT AND OTHERS COULD ARGUED THAT IT IS INCLUDED, BUT JUST THEY. IN MY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME CONCERNS. THE NEW MISSION STATEMENT BEGINS WITH OUR MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY' AS WELL-BEING. I THINK THAT IS A REALLY TALL ORDER. I ASKED A FRIEND WHAT SHE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT PHRASE .SHE IMMEDIATELY CAME BACK TO ME AND IT SAID, GAVE, WELL-BEING IS USED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND IS A HEALTH TERM. WHY IS A LIBRARY USING THIS TERM? THAT IS MY QUESTION TOO SO I DID SOME RESEARCH. I FOUND AN ARTICLE TITLED LIBRARIES ARE WELL-BEING HUBS WRITTEN BY A THINK TANK AND HOST OSTEN.
THEIR ILLUSTRATION IS THAT IN THE ARTICLE, ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE LIBRARY. THE ARTICLE POINTED OUT THAT LIBRARIES WERE VISITED MORE OFTEN THAN DOCTORS OFFICES, BUT IGNORED THE FACT THAT WE GO TO THE DR. WHEN WE NEED MEDICAL EXPERTISE AND WE GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR OTHER REASONS. IT JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE PUBLIC MUST TRUST LIBRARIES MORE THAN DOCTORS , BECAUSE THEY ARE EASILY ASSESSABLE. IF THE LIBRARY -- IS THE LIBRARY GOING TO OFFER HELP SCREENING SERVICES AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING? WILL MY DR. NOW BE SENDING ME TO THE LIBRARY TO HAVE A BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK? THE ARTICLE ALSO STATES THAT THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF LIBRARIES ARE CHANGING . SAYS WHO ? THIS THING TANK OUT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, OR THE ALA PRESIDENT , EMILY DUBINSKY , AVOWED MARXIST, LONG-TERM GOAL FOR THE LIBRARY TO MOVE AWAY FROM OUR COLLECTION AND MOVE TOWARDS HEALTH RELATED SERVICES AS A WELL-BEING HUB? IS THIS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS? IS IT WHAT IT NEEDS ? ONE MORE THING, THE ARTICLE ALSO STATES THAT WELL-BEING HUBS ARE A TRUSTED COMMUNITY ANCHOR. WE HAVE SIMILAR WORDING IN OUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT.
IT'S OF THE LIBRARY WANTS TO SERVE AS A RELIABLE ANCHOR. A LIBRARY IS A RESOURCE. A SUPPORT FOR A COMMUNITY. NOT AN ANCHOR. THE FAMILY IS THE BASIC UNIT OF SOCIETY AND THEREFORE THE BIGGEST ANCHOR OF THE COMMUNITY . A MAJORITY OF VICTORIA POPULATION ARE PEOPLE OF FAITH . PEOPLE OF FAITH ULTIMATELY SEE GOD AS THEIR SOURCE OF STABILITY AND IF ANY INSTITUTION WOULD GET DESIGNATED AS A RELIABLE ANCHOR BY A COMMUNITY, HE WOULD MOST LIKELY BE A CHURCH, NOT A LIBRARY. ALL ROADS DO NOT LEAD TO THE LIBRARY. YOU CANNOT BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY AND DO IT WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ASK YOU TO PLEASE THINK ABOUT MY COMMENTS AND HOW THEY APPLY TO THE FUTURE OF OUR LIBRARY AND
OUR CITY. THANK YOU . >> THANK YOU, MISS PICKETT.
PEGGY HESTER ? >> GOOD EVENING,, MISS HESTER UP TO TO HELLO , THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR THIS TIME TO SPEAK MY NAME IS PEGGY HESTER, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF VICTORIA. I AM SPEAKING CONCERNING THE MISSION STATEMENT . WHEN I FIRST READ IT BACK IN FEBRUARY, BEFORE THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, I IMMEDIATELY SAW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2020 MISSION STATEMENT AND THE 2024 . I WAS JUST STRUCK BY THE DIFFERENCE. SO WHAT HAS CHANGED IN FOUR YEARS SO THAT BUDGET VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY NO LONGER SEES ITS MISSION OR PURPOSE TO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER A LOVE OF READING AND A COMMITMENT TO LITERACY. THE LIBRARY' IS ARMY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE BOOKS AND MATERIALS TO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR INFORMATION AND FOR READING PLEASURE. TO HELP PEOPLE ATTAIN REAL EDUCATION AND EXPAND THEIR IMAGINATIONS. THIS IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE NEW MISSION STATEMENT. THE NEW MISSION STATEMENT IS AMBIGUOUS
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. IT IS NOT CLEAR. THE NEW MISSION STATEMENT , IN MY OPINION, FAILS THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY. WE NEED STRONG READERS. WE NEED LITERATE CITIZENS. WE WANT CHILDREN TO GROW UP LOVING BOOKS, LOVING LEARNING , BEING EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS ITS. AND THE PEOPLE , INDIVIDUALS, WE NEED THAT. SO I JUST ASK THAT WE WOULD NOT GIVE UP THE UNIQUE PURPOSE OF THE LIBRARY , TO ENCOURAGE A LOVE OF READING, TO ENCOURAGE COMMITMENT TO LITERACY. OUR VICTORIA NEEDS THAT. KEEP THAT THE MAIN THING OF THE LIBRARY. I DID SPEAK AT THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, BUT I ALSO WANT TO COME AND GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS ON THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL DO FOR TAKING YOUR TIME, AND YOUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SERIOUSLY. MANY PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND FOR OUR CITY. PROVERBS 29- TO WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN AUTHORITY, THE PEOPLE REJOICE , BUT WHEN A WICKED MAN RULES, THE PEOPLE GROAN . SO MAY GOD BE GLORIFIED BY YOUR EFFORTS AND BY YOUR DECISIONS. AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU .>> THANK YOU, MISS HESTER. TONY BASKETS ?
>> TONY VASQUEZ ? >> GOOD EVENING,.
>> GOOD EVENING . LAST WEEK OUT OF CURIOSITY I ATTENDED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A NORMAL LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT IT WAS REALLY A GATHERING OF PEOPLE PLAYING THE GAME OF WHAT A BOARD GONE ROGUE LOOKS LIKE. HAVING BEEN APPOINTED BY THIS COUNCIL IN THE PAST I SERVED ON THAT BOARD FOR THE SIX YEARS AND IN THAT TIME I ASSURE YOU THAT THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR WAS UNHEARD OF. WE RESPECTED OUR CITY MANAGER, OFFICIALS, STAFF AND PROCEDURE. LATER I WAS SENT A VIDEO OF THE LOCAL RADIO SHOW WHERE HEARD ONE OF THE HOSTS DESCRIBED LIBRARIES AS PLACES THAT PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHERS AND KIDDIE COMPARING IT ALSO TO A HOMELESS SHELTER. WHETHER CURRENT LIBRARY CHAIR STAY IN ATTENDANCE ON AIR I WOULD HOPE WOULD DEFEND THIS IMPORTANT PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALL AS A SPORTS A REPRESENTATIVE SIMPLY SAT AND SAID NOTHING IN RESPONSE X OF ASKING PEOPLE DESPERATE ASKING IF HE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE BOARD AS A FORM OF A JOKE, BUT DR. FOX I WOULD SAY THAT YOU TRULY SENT TO ME. I CANNOT SPEAK FOR EVERY LIBRARY, BUT I FEEL CERTAIN THAT THAT SORT OF THING IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE OF OURS. AS A FORMER CHAIR THE BOARD MYSELF, I FELT EMBARRASSED NOT FOR THE LIBRARY MY NAME, THEY ARE STRONGER THAN YOU GETTING CREDIT FOR BEFORE YOU, DR. FOX, AND THE BOARD AND THE LEVEL OF DISRESPECT YOU ALLOWED UNDER POSITION HE WILLINGLY APPLIED FOR AND ACCEPT THE TO UP HOLD. I HAVE ALWAYS AND WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THE LIBRARY KNOWING HOW VERY HARD THEY WORK. THAT MIGHT JUST BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOINING A BOARD, BECAUSE YOU CARE AND 21, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIRECT AGENDA IN MIND. I APPRECIATE YOU OFFERED A SLIGHT DEFENSE WHEN THE SECOND RADIO HOST SAID THAT PERHAPS ALL LIBRARY SHOULD BE DISBANDED, BECAUSE AFTER ALL AS HE SAID, EVERYTHING IS ONLINE ANYWAY. HOW GENEROUS OF HER . I IMPLORE CITY COUNCIL TO REMEMBER YOURSELVES AND WHAT YOU REPRESENT HERE WHICH IS ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND NOT TO ALLOW THE DISTRACTION OF DRAMA TO INTERFERE WITH WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FACE OF SUCH UNNECESSARY TROUBLE MAKING. A LARGE PART OF THIS NEW BEAR BOARD WAS PUT IN PLACE BY YOU HERE AND AFTERWARD I OFFERED THEM THESE WORDS AT THEIR FIRST MEETING HELD AFTER MY DEPARTURE. YOU ARE AN ADVISER FOR, HERE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY ADVICE WHEN ASKED WHICH LIKE ALL ADVICE CAN BE TAKEN OR NOT. YOU ARE NOT A GOVERNING BODY. THIS OBVIOUSLY FELL ON DEAF EARS. PLEASE REMIND THE CURRENT BOARD ESPECIALLY THEIR CHAIR OF THE REALITIES, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. HOPEFULLY THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR CRINGING PUBLIC ANTICS ARE NOT ONE OF
THEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. VAZQUEZ.
>> APOLOGIZE , CANNOT MAKE THIS OUT. JAMES, HET ER OR HESTER HES TER ? HESTER, I APOLOGIZE.
WELCOME, MR. HESTER. >> THANK YOU . I APPRECIATE YOUR TOLERANCE OF MY HANDWRITING.
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>> MY POOR EYESIGHT AS WELL. >> I HAVE THAT TOO. AS I'M GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE AND STUFF, STUFF ABOUT THE HISTORY OF VICTORIA, IMPORTANCE THAT I KNOW OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ACROSS TEXAS HAVE HAD, WHAT GOES ON IN TEXAS INCLUDING THE FACT THAT VICTORIA EXISTS LIKE IT IS, BROUGHT ME TO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE STUFF IN MY FAMILY. WE HAVE BEEN HERE, ME AND MY WIFE, JUST ABOUT 46 YEARS NOW . I CAME HERE, BECAUSE I ENDED UP STUDYING SOME BOOKS THAT I READ, THOSE WERE BOOKS ABOUT LIFE SCIENCE STUFF THAT ENABLED ME TO MAKE GOOD GRADES IN HIGH SCHOOL, I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO BE A CHEMICAL ENGINEER. THAT LED TO MY BE INVOLVED IN THIS PART. THE PART BEYOND THAT WAS THE FACT THAT MY DAD , HIS DAD HAD PASSED AWAY , BEING GASSED BY WILBUR ONE . HE DID NOT HAVE A GOOD THAT, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU I HAD A GOOD DAD, BUT HE BOUGHT ME THOSE BOOKS, BECAUSE HE DIVORCED MY MOM. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FAMILY, MY MOM, HER OLDER SISTER WERE BASICALLY INVOLVED WITH WORLD WAR II, REPORT THAT HAPPENED. THEY DO NOT HAVE AN EFFORTS AT THAT TIME. MY MOMS OLDER SISTER WAS MARRIED TO ONE OF THEM, HE DIED, TRAINING EXERCISE. SO AFTERWARDS THEY FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT SO MY GRANDFATHER SUNIL HAD A BABY IN HIS HOUSE AGAIN. MY MOM HAD THEIR CORPSMEN ALSO WHO DID 24 FLIGHTS. EXCUSE ME, GERMANY. SHE WENT TO THE BEAUMONT TRAIN STATION EXPECTING HIM TO COME BACK AFTER THE 25TH FLIGHT. I FOUND A LITTER AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY OF THE CONDOLENCES SHE HAD FROM THE PEOPLE, PARENTS OF THAT YOUNG MAN THAT DIED.
ANYWAY , AFTER THAT, I THINK THAT IS WHAT PROMPTED MY GRANDFATHER TO DO THIS, A MEDICAL DR. HE BASICALLY HAS A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION , WITH FULL RECOGNITION OF UNCOMPENSATED SERVICES, PATRIOTICALLY RENDERED HIS COUNTRY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF SELECTED SERVICES SYSTEM FOR THE PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. I THINK THAT VICTORIA HAS LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED AND AWFUL LOT AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT THE VICTORIAN PUBLIC LIBRARY NEEDS TO ADD WOULD BE THINGS LIKE THESE. YOU SEE, THIS IS THE ONE, TRUMAN GAVE AND, HE HAD TWO FROM ROOSEVELT SO I THINK YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY WHETHER THEY WERE BORN HERE OR NOT. SAY HEY, WE GOT GREAT PEOPLE. THANK YOU TALK THANK YOU, MR. HESTER. MY LAST CART IS WOODROW WILSON WAGNER THE SECOND. WELCOME, MR. WAGNER .
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I AM HERE TO ASK FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. ON THE DAY OF THE MAYORAL ELECTION I WROTE A COLUMN IN THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE ABOUT BEING TRUE SERVICE TO ALL OF THOSE IN NEED AND STATED THAT OUR NEXT MAYOR OF VICTORIA NEEDED TO BE A SERVANT LEADER IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED. I SAID THAT ALL OF OUR CITY LEADERS MUST HAVE A SERVANT'S HARD TO PAVED THE PATH OF PROGRESS THROUGH LISTENING, EMPATHY, AWARENESS AND STEWARDSHIP.
I AFFIRMED IN FEBRUARY FROM THIS VERY PODIUM THAT MAYOR DUANE CROCKER HAS INDEED BEEN THE SERVANT LEADER THAT WILL LISTEN TO ALL THE CONSTITUENTS NOT JUST THE ONES THAT AGREE WITH HIM. I AM FULLY CONFIDENT MAYOR, THAT YOUR THOUGHTFUL BRAND OF EGGY LEADERSHIP CAN PROMOTE BETTER COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN OUR CITY STAFF AND DR. FOX AND LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD COLLEAGUES. AS A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATOR, MEDIATOR, WHO RESPECTS PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES, I OFFER MY ASSISTANCE, MAYOR, TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL IN BRINGING THESE TWO SITES TOGETHER AND PRODUCTIVE AND RESPECTIVE DIALOGUE THAT REFLECTS THE INTEREST OF ALL CITIZENS OF VICTORIA. LIKE MANY IN THIS ROOM, I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE DEBATE REGARDING THAT GUIDELINES OF CHECKING OUT BOOKS. INDEED I HAVE NOT ALWAYS AGREED WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO STOOD AT THIS PODIUM. GET I BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY AND THE RIGHT OF ALL PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. AT THE END OF THE DATE I'M STILL GOING TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION WITH FELLOW AGGIE DALE ZUCKER EVEN WHEN WE
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DISAGREE ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DISAGREE , INSTEAD OF BLASTING HIM ON FACEBOOK WITH A FACELESS RANT. AS HUMAN BEINGS, WE COULD INDEED HOLD TWO THOUGHTS IN ARE BRAIN AT THE SAME TIME . CAN DISAGREE WITH AN ARGUMENT YET STILL RESPECT THE PERSON MAKING IT. BOTH SIDES NEED TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. LISTEN PLEASE. DEMOCRACY THRIVES ON HUMILITY AND EMPATHY. DEMOCRACY THRIVES ON COOPERATION AND CONVERSATION. EMAILS AND FACEBOOK RANTS ARE POOR SUBSTITUTES FOR REAL CONVERSATIONS WITH REAL HUMAN BEINGS. WE CAN DO BETTER. WE MUST DO BETTER . WHEN I WAS IN THE SECOND GRADE, OLB SISTER LEE ANITA BARONE TOMMY A SONG THAT WOULD INSPIRE ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. MAKE US TRUE SERVANTS TO ALL THOSE IN NEED. FILLED WITH COMPASSION AND THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED. LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR, WHEREVER THE COST, FEEDING THE HUNGRY AND FINDING THE LOST . NOW MORE THAN EVER, VICTORIA NEEDS TRUE SERVANTS. SO SAY WE ALL .>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT CLOSES THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE WILL NOW
[1. An ordinance vacating, closing, and abandoning an alley, in its entire...]
MOVE ON THEN WITH THE MEETING AGENDA. ITEM C, ITEMS WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS. TAKING UP ITEM NUMBER 1.>> VACATING CLOSING AND ABANDONING AN ALLEY IN ITS ENTIRETY AND BLOCK 89 OF THE NORTH HEIGHTS ADDITION IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA IN RESPONSE TO THE PETITION OF 100% OF THE ADJOINING LANDOWNERS. ITEM IS ON FIRST READING.
>> GO AHEAD.GOOD EVENING,. , BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HERE TO
>> JOKES ASIDE, TONIGHT WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS TO ABANDON THIS ALLEY IN BLOCK 89 OF THE NORTH HEIGHTS OF DIVISION. NORTH HIGH SUBDIVISION WAS DEDICATED BACK IN EARLY 1900S, 1908 OR NINE, HER TO MAKE IT ON THE ORIGINAL PLAT. AS YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE READY HAVE SOME ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE ALLEY, NO EASEMENTS IN THE ALLEY . BOTH OF THE OWNERS, BLOCK IS OWNED BY TWO OWNERS COMMIT LOTS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT, UNDERWENT OWNERSHIP AND 124 THE SOUTHERN HALF IS UNDER A SEPARATE OWNERSHIP . BOTH OF THOSE OWNERS HAVE REQUESTED AT THE ABANDONMENT OF THIS ALLEY .
STAFF RECOMMENDS A APPROVAL FINDING THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE NEED FOR IT. AS WITH ALL OTHER WAY ABANDONMENTS, WE DO RECOMMEND CONDITIONING THIS UPON REPLANTING OF THAT UP INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THIS BLOCK WOULD BE TO LOTS WITH 5 TO 7 ON THE NORTH HALF OF THE ALLEY COMBINED INTO ONE LOT THEN LOTS ONE THROUGH FOUR, THE SOUTH ALLEY, COMBINED TO A
SECOND LOCKED. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, THEIR ARE NO CURRENT UTILITY SO NO NEED?
>> RIGHT. >> OR EASEMENT , OKAY. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS? >> WHO DID YOU SAY GETS THE
ALLEY? >> SO ADJOINING PROPERTY
OWNERS EACH GET HALF . >> SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HALF GOING TO CROSS WHERE THIS WAY WILL?
>> ONE PROPERTY OWNER IS ONLY LOT SEVEN, EIGHT SO NORTH HAVE SO SECOND PROPERTY OWNER OWNS THE SOUTHERN HALF LOTS 124 SO THEY GET THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ALLEY.
>> WHAT SIZES THAT ALLEY? >> DO YOU KNOW THE WITH?
>> IT SHOULD BE ABOUT 20, BUT -- 16 .
>> 16 FEET, SO EACH ONE WILL GET 8 FEET?
>> UH-HUH. >> I MISS THAT, I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS CONDITIONED THEN YOU --
>> CONDITION ON A REPLANT. >> OKAY.
>> WE DO NOT NEED TO RETAIN THE EASEMENT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> SO I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM C1 . IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMES ON THAT, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. GOOD EVENING.
>> CARLOS ONCE A, FESTIVE ELEMENT .
>> CHRIS HOGAN WITH ELLIS ENGINEERING .
>> WE ARE MAKING THE SUBMITTAL, PROPOSING THE FUTURE TO HOPEFULLY BUILD A CARWASH THERE, HOPING TO BUILD IN THE ABANDONED ALLEY SO WE COULD UTILIZE THE SITE WELL .
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, APPRECIATE IT. ANY
OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM SEE A1? >> I THINK IT JUST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THAT WAS --
>> RIGHT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON C ONE ? SEEING NOW I WOULD CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN
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ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS ITEM.[D. Consent Agenda:]
>> MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM C1, ALL THOSE
>> ITEM CARRIES. D, CONSENT AGENDA.
>> 24 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,000 FOR CROSS RELATED TO THE MAY 2024 ELECTION. THIS ITEM IS ON SECOND AND THIRD WINNING. MD THREE IS AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING 10 ACRES LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 185 SOUTH SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THREE-MILE SUBDIVISION NUMBER 1. BEING THE FUTURE SITE OF THE BILLY T CATTAN RECOVERY OUTREACH CENTER, AND APPROVE AN ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR LOT 1 OF BLOCK 1 OF THE 3 MILE SUBDIVISION, NO.
1. SECOND AND THIRD . APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TXDOT FOR THE SPRING CREEK/BRIGGS ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT. KEN GILL, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS .
APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE INTERLOCAL CONTRACT FOR LICENSING SCPDC SOFTWARE FOR THE PERMITTING, PLANNING, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND ADDRESSING/GIS INTEGRATION MODULES FOR A TOTAL YEARLY CONTRACT COST OF UP TO $58,860.00. JULIE FULGHAM, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES . D6. AWARD THE 2024 CRACK SEAL PROJECT TO FOUR B PAVING, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $145,250.00. DAVID SHEBLAK, CITY ENGINEER
>> E7. AWARD THE VINE STREET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, TRINITY STREET TO NORTH STREET TO ETECH CONSTRUCTION, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $552,194.00. DAVI D SHEBLAK, CITY ENGINEER .
>> THANK YOU , ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE
CONSENT AGENDA. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT THE CONSENT
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT AS RED, ALL IN FAVOR
[1. Award the 2024 Street Rehab Project (Bridle Ridge & Vista Del Sol)...]
>> ONE. E1 IS AWARD THE 2024 STREET REHAB PROJECT, BRIDLE RIDGE AND VISTA DEL SOL, PROJECT TO CLARK CONSTRUCTION OF TEXAS, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,169,399.80.
>> EVEN. , GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
>> OKAY, THAT IS NOT IT. >> 00.
>> I WAS TRYING TO GET THE BEGINNING , THE AMOUNTS NOT THE FIRST, BUT THAT IS ALL RIGHT WE WILL START HERE. THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STREETS PHASES THREE AND FOUR IN BRATTLE RIDGE WHICH WILL COMPLETE THE RECONSTRUCTION WITH THE STREETS IN THE SUBDIVISION. ALSO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, ALL THE STREETS IN THE VISTA DEL SOLE SUBDIVISION WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED. THE CONTRACT AWARD HOPEFULLY WILL BE TONIGHT WITH CONTRACT EXECUTION, BE DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. VISITED WITH THE CONTRACTOR, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROJECT. REALLY START WITH THE BRATTLE RIDGE STRUCTURE FIRST IN JUNE OR JULY. THEN THEY EXPECT TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE WORK AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR.
>> THAT IS ALL . >> WE HAD A LITTLE JINGLE
APPARENTLY. >> APPARENTLY WE DID. NOT
WHAT I THOUGHT I SAID . >> WAS THAT THE SPORTSCENTER
WILL SWEATER JUST KIDDING. >> WILL IT BE LOW VOLUME ] GOING TO ANOTHER ONE WAS YES, WHAT THEIR PLAN OF ACTION WILL BE IS THEY HAVE THE SUBDIVISION, THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE SEGMENTS AND OF THEM EVEN SETTLE, ROLLBACK, BUT DEFINITELY NEED REPLACING. ONCE THAT IS DONE, THAT WE WILL GO TO THE VISTA DEL SOLE TO START WORKING ON THE CURB THEIR THEN THEIR STREET CREW WILL COME IN AND START WORKING, EXCAVATING THE EXISTING PACE TO THE SUBGRADE AND START WORKING AND STABILIZING THE SUBGRADE AND PUTTING THE BASE, BILLING THE STREET BACK. THEN THEY WILL GO TO THE VISTA DEL
SOL. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY
>> THAT IS NOT THE PLAN, WHEN I TALK TO THEM LAST WEEK.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST HAD A COMMENT THAT SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE GOT MULTIPLE BIDS.
>> WE DID . >> AM GLAD TO SEE AND HOPEFULLY
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WE COULD CONTINUE THAT TREND, BECAUSE A LITTLE COMPETITION IS GOOD FOR THE MARKETPLACE AS THEY SAY.>> YES, SIR. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM .
[1. Capital Improvement Program Update. David Sheblak, City Engineer]
APPROVAL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.OCEAN CARRIES. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, ITEM F, CITY
MANAGER REPORTS. >> DAVID WILL CONTINUE.
>> THIS ONE COMES WITH A SONG AND DANCE.
>> YES. >> THIS WILL BE ITEM F ONE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. >> CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
>> THANK YOU, ZERBY. TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE UPDATES TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. FIRST WE WILL START WITH THE ROADMAP OF WHAT I WILL TALK ABOUT. WE WILL BEGIN DISCUSSING THE CURRENT FISCAL 24 THROUGH FISCAL 26 YEAR PROJECT, AND STATUS. THEN WE WILL OPEN DISCUSSION, BUT THE BEGIN DISCUSSION TALKING ABOUT OUR PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 2029. WE WILL LOOK FOR YOU TO ADOPT LATER THIS YEAR.
>> WHAT WE DISTRIBUTED IS MORE OF A REFERENCE GUIDE .
>> YES. >> IT IS NOT HIS PRESENTATION.
>> WHAT THAT IS IS A SYNOPSIS OF THE PROJECTS THAT OF BEEN APPROVED AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS FOR FY24. FY20 FIVE AND FISCAL YEAR 26. THE LAST PAGE OF THAT HANDOUT HAS THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THOSE THREE YEARS. JUST AS INFORMATION , AS A REFERENCE FOR YOU.
>> THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 STATUS, CIP, TANGLEWOOD PHASE ONE, PAVING AND DRAINAGE . WE RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE FROM THE DESIGN ENGINEER, $7.1 MILLION. THIS INDICATES WE ARE ANTICIPATING BID OPENING AND SUMMER 2024 . SINCE THIS WAS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED FOR INCLUSION IN THIS PROGRAM TONIGHT, WE HAVE SET A BID DATE . WE ARE GOING TO ADVERTISE AT THE END OF MONTH OF MAY AND RECEIVED BIDS JUNE 7. COLLEGE PARK , THAT DRAINAGE, ESTIMATE COST IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME. THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND WE ARE DOING OR WE FOLLOWED COUNCIL WAY IN TERMS OF THE STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WAS RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING FINE. WE WILL JUST BE REPLACING INLETS AS NEEDED TO CONFORM TO THE NEW DESIGN OF THE CURVE. OUR 2024 STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT, JUST AWARDED THAT PREVIOUSLY.
PLEASANT GREEN RECONSTRUCTION, THIS IS THE SEGMENT BETWEEN JEN LYNN AND PORTLAND BOCKER HIGHWAY, THIS WAS ADVERTISE THIS PAST WEEKEND. WHERE GOING TO BE RECEIVING BIDS ON BAY ON MAY 1. HOPEFULLY IN WORK LATER THIS SUMMER. VINE STREET WE CONSTRUCTION WAS PROPONENT FISCAL YEAR 2025. RIVERSIDE PARK VOTE RAMP AND KAYAK PROJECT . ENGINEERING SERVICES PROCUREMENT , I WOULD LIKE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT STATEMENT. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY GRANT, WELL, ALSO SOME CITY SUNSET WILL BE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ALSO. FROM THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. WE CANNOT EVEN BEGIN PROCUREMENT OF THE ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UNTIL THERE IS A CONTRACT EXECUTED BETWEEN THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND THE CITY OF VICTORIA . AS OF YET, NO CONTRACT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CITY TO REVIEW AND EXECUTE. WE THE TIME
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THAT IS EXECUTED, WE WERE THINKING THAT ONCE A GO AT FOR THE PROCUREMENT, WE MAY DO THE ENGINEERING PROCUREMENT AND BRING AN ENGINEER ON BOARD, MAYBE SEPTEMBER , OCTOBER. WE BEGIN A FISCAL FOR NEW FISCAL YEAR, BUT THAT WOULD BE WHEN THE ACTUAL DESIGN WOULD BEGIN FOR THE WORK. WE ARE ANTICIPATING CLOSE TO ONE YEAR ON DESIGN, AND PERMEATING, BECAUSE THE SERVICE WILL BE ON A RIVER BANK, ASSOCIATED PERMITS FROM THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. I HAVE NEVER HAD ONE OF THOSE IN MY PAST. SORRY . FISCAL YEAR 2025. AS YOU CAN SEE WE DID MOVE THE PINE STREET RECONSTRUCTION TO THIS PROJECT LIST . OTHERWISE ALL THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME. BONAIRE PAVING AND DRAINING IMPROVEMENTS PHASE ONE, RECENTLY RECEIVED UPDATED COST ESTIMATE FROM THE DESIGN ENGINEER IN THE AMOUNT OF 5.25 MILLION. THIS IS GREATER BY ABOUT $1.7 MILLION THAN WHAT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND DISCUSSING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON WHERE TO FIND THE ONES TO FULFILL THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. JOHN STOCK BAR, MILL OVERLAY, ORIGINALLY THE PROJECT WAS PROPOSED TO MILL OVERLAY FROM WALKING BOARD TO SALEM ROAD, BUT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WITH THE STEADY PROGRESSION OF THE WORK IT ORIGINALLY HAS BEEN DONE RECENTLY FROM HOUSTON HIGHWAY TO THE AIRLINE. WE WOULD RATHER CHANGE THE SEGMENT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER GOING FROM AIRLINE ROAD TO BEEN GEORGE, THIS NEXT YEAR. 1020 25 WE ARE LOOKING TO PERFORM A PROJECT , REPAY OUR BILL, APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OF STREETS. FISCAL YEAR 2026, THE CURRENT LIST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS REMAINING THE SAME. WE ARE LOOKING TO BEGIN A CONSTRUCTION PHASE TO OF THE BONAIRE PAVING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. FISCAL YEAR 2026, ALSO THE YEAR THAT WE WILL BEGIN ENGINEERING AND RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION FOR BOTH THE GUIDE RAMP ROAD AND NORTH STREET PHASE THREE.WE EXPECT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RIVERSIDE PARK VOTE RAMP AND KAYAK PROJECT WOULD BEGIN IN 2026. THE CHILDREN'S PART SPLASH PAD WOULD BEGIN MORE THAN LIKELY, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE SAME LOCATION, BUT TURNED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS SO TRY TO SEPARATE CONTRACTS. ONE FOR THE PARK EQUIPMENT AND ONE FOR SPLASH PAD. AS SUCH THESE WILL PROBABLY BE CONSTRUCTED OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD RATHER THAN TRYING TO DO THEM AT THE SAME TIME, TWO CONTRACTOR STEPPING
ON TOP OF EACH OTHER . >> REMEMBER THAT IS STILL USING THE RAMP FUND MONEY , FOUNDATION MONEY .
>> THANK YOU, FOUNDATION . >> YES.
>> I THINK WE'RE UP TO THE $400,000, I THINK.
>> YES. >> FROM THE FOUNDATION TO GO
TOWARDS THE SPLASH PAD. >> THANK YOU. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE WILL BE IMPROVING 15.5 MILES OF STREET DURING FISCAL
YEAR 2026. >> JUST A QUICK, DAVID, ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO DISTRIBUTE RIGHT AS STAFF TO DISTRIBUTE THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS, BECAUSE WE DID NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT IS IN THE FOR FY24 THROUGH 2026. WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO THINK THAT THE FEW PROJECTS THAT HEAT LISTED ON THE SLIDES WITH THE ONLY THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON THOSE FISCAL YEARS SO WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT FISCAL YEARS 24 THROUGH 26 HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PROJECTS IN THEM SO THAT IS WHAT THE HANDOUT IS A TENTATIVE. TO HELP REMIND YOU
OF THAT. >> ALSO TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, IN TERMS OF WHICH RESIDENTIAL STREETS WE ARE PROPOSING TO
WORK ON . >> THESE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC , CORRECT?
>> THESE WHAT MOST WANT THIS STUFF.
>> YES. >> WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
>> I GOT A STOP ASKING QUESTIONS WHILE I AM TRYING TO
DO THIS. >> NOR STREET WAS IN WHAT
>> I AM LOOKING FOR IT. >> NORTH STREET, PHASE THREE, WHICH IS BETWEEN LOW RANCH STREET AND BEN JORDAN, WE WILL BEGIN THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION
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THANK YOU. >> FISCAL YEAR 2027, PROPOSE PROJECTS, STAFF ARE PROPOSING , RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO BE IMPROVED, BRUNSON TERRACE SUBDIVISION. RED RIVER HTS., EASTSIDE ADDITION. THREE STREET OUT OF THE SPRING WITH SUBDIVISION. WE ARE PROPOSING THIRD TERM PROJECTS NORTH STREET PHASE 3A FROM LAWRENCE STREET AVENUE C, THE SEGMENT THAT IS IN FRONT OF PATTY WELKER SCHOOL. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING THAT THIS WILL BE MILL AND OVERLAY ON JOHN STOCK BAR FROM BEN JORDAN TO MOCKINGBIRD ALSO ANOTHER SEGMENT FROM MOCKINGBIRD TO SALEM. WE HAVE SEPARATED THESE INTO SEGMENTS, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE ESTIMATES WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP THESE MORE PALATABLE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, LOOKS LIKE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO AT LEAST TWO SEGMENTS OF STOCK BAR IN FISCAL YEAR 2027, AS THE PRICES DO NOT INCREASE TOO MUCH. UTILITY PROJECTS, NOR STREET PHASE 3A, WE WILL START WITH UTILITY WORK IN FRONT OF PATTY WELKER HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, SORRY , USED TO THE OTHER SCHOOL. ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED THEN WE WOULD MOVE INTO AND START THE AXIS STREET AND DRAINAGE STREET PROJECT. GUIDE GRANT ROAD, WE WOULD DO THE WATER LINE REPLACEMENT AND THE SEWER LINE.
>> WHERE ARE THOSE LINES? >> UNDERNEATH THE ROTOR TO THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD? >> WHICH STREAM ?
>> GUY GRANT. >> THE SEWER LINE IS ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD, BUT WE ARE PLANNING JUST TO HAVE THE REHABILITATION PROJECT FOR THAT ONE, THE LINING. THE WATER LINE
I BELIEVE IS UNDER THE ROAD. >> I WILL HAVE TO VERIFY THAT, BUT WE WOULD STILL , REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT IS, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE UTILITY FIRST, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS, IS A GOING TO SEVERELY CREATE A TRAFFIC SNARL IF WE ARE DOING CONSTRUCTION UNDER ONE LANE OF THAT ROAD?
>> YES . THEN YOU WILL LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD IN ANOTHER YOUR
FIX IT, RIGHT? >> YES, SIR , CORRECT.
>> IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WAS ALL DONE AT ONCE.
>> IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD THE MONEY TO DO IT.
UP . >> THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN
>> LOOK AT IT . >> THE DECISION IS YOURS. WE EITHER DO NOR STREET, CANNOT DO HER STREET AND GUY GRANT IN THE SAME YEAR, TOO MUCH MONEY. SO THE CHOICE IS HOW DO WE SPACE IT OUT ? NOW, GILBERT IS NOT HERE, BUT I COULD CERTAINLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GILBERT ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE IF WE TRY TO KNOCK OUT GUY GRANT ONLY ONE GO .
>> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WITHIN THE UTILITY LINE ?
>> NO. >> JUST REPLACING IT WAS WHATNOT THE SEWER . IT IS A REHAB , BUT THE WATER I BELIEVE
IS A REPLACEMENT. >> IT WOULD STILL BE UNDER THE
STREET FOR GUY GRANT ? >> NO DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE TACKLE SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTS. I KNOW WHEN WE DO SOME OF THE REFERRERS WE DO ALL KNOCK IT OUT AT ONCE. THAT IS ACTUALLY OUR OBJECTIVE WITH THE NORTH STREET PHASE 3A, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL IS IN THAT LOCATION. SO WE ARE STRETCHING OURSELVES THEN FOR THE SAKE OF TRYING TO KNOCK OUT THAT CORRIDOR IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL ALL AT ONCE. AT THE SACRIFICE OF HAVING TO SPREAD OUT GUY GRANT.
>> OKAY. >> IF YOU SAVE THE MONEY FROM THE UTILITY PROJECT IN 2027, COULD YOU DO EVERYTHING IN 20 28TH FOR GUY GRANT INSTEAD OF TURNING IT UP WHEN YOU THEN NEXT YEAR THE UTILITIES WOULD STILL HAVE TO --
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT CAN THEY ALL BE DONE IN 2028?
>> THEY COULD OR WE COULD TRY TO TIME IT IS SUCH THAT WE COULD BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UTILITIES AND 27 AND --
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT. >> IT WOULD BASICALLY BE IN TWO DIFFERENT CIP IS, TWO DIFFERENT YEARS .
>> BACK TO BACK. >> BASICALLY BACK TO BACK --
>> YES. >> THAT IS THE INTENT. YOU SEE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2028, ROAD ASPECT OF THAT. I THINK WHEN
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WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT GUY GRANT AND NORTH STREET, WE BOTH SAID BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WILL HAVE TO BE INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THE MAGNITUDE CERTAINLY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN TIME UTILITY AND STREET WORK THATIS AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. >> HAD SOME IDEAS, IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT I WILL RUN BY LEGAL AND OUR CFO ON HOW WE COULD ENSURE THAT PHASING CAN BE SEAMLESS .
>> VERY GOOD . >> IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD GET TO DO THE CONTRACTORS OF THE TIME SORRY WAS WHAT IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD GET TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS A WE WILL RUN THESE TWO BIG PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME .
>> GOOD POINT. >> MAYBE WE COULD KEEP MOVING AND GET IN MORE PEOPLE TO BID ON THE PROJECT AND TELL THEM, HEY, WE GOT BIG PROJECTS COMING HERE.
>> STAFF HAD A CONVERSATION AT THE ESTIMATE WHENEVER IT WAS THAT THE TOPIC CAME UP, YOU MAY RECALL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO OR A FEW YEARS AGO NOW WE CHANGE OUR PROCUREMENT VERSUS A LOW BID. SO WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD REASON TO REACH OUT TO CONTRACTORS FROM OUT OF TOWN AND OTHERS TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING A LOPID APPROACH.
THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE THEM TO ACTUALLY GIVE US ANOTHER SHOT AT SUBMITTING BIDS, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE LOW BID APPROACH, OUT-OF-TOWN CONTRACT IT WAS ALWAYS COMING IN MORE EXPENSIVE SO THEY JUST GAVE UP EVEN TRYING, BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE REACHING BACK OUT TO THEM AND EDUCATING THEM ON THE BEST VALUE APPROACH. HOPEFULLY GET THEM TO AT LEAST GIVE IT ANOTHER GO AND CREATING AND OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO YOUR POINT, HIGHER TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS IF WE HAVE TWO LARGE PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME .
>> I THINK THAT IS EDUCATING THE PROJECT TO LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE DO OURS BIDDY NOW SO LESS VALUE -- LOW THE NO LIGHT IS THE CITY SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN COMING OUT WITH THE LOWEST BID ?
>> I THINK IN THE THREE YEARS WE HAVE HEADED THAT WAY I THINK WE DID ONLY ONE SET MAYBE, THE DIFFERENCE WAS LIKE $10,000 OR SOMETHING , BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE BIDDING TO
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> IT HELPS TO HAVE OPTIONS.
>> REGARDLESS OF THE PROCESS WE FOLLOW, RIGHT?
>> ANYWAY. >> OTHER UTILITY PROJECTS THAT WE PROPOSE WOULD BE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE III WORK WHICH WOULD BE REHABILITATIONS. ALSO LOOKING TO REPLACE THE 20 LIGHTS EQUIPMENT FROM LOW-RENT TO BIG JORDAN. THEN ANOTHER 16 INCH CAST IRON WATER LINE THAT WE LOOK TO REPLACE, THIS ONE IS ON CONSTITUTION CRAIG COMMERCIAL. WE HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S PARK AND SPLASH PAD. THESE NEXT SLIDES ARE JUST MORE OF THE CITY MAPS, LOOKING AT DOING SO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WHERE BRUNSON TARA SUBDIVISION IS A SUBDIVISION JUST NORTH OF VICTORIA COLLEGE CEP. RED RIVER HEIGHT, THE SUBDIVISION JUST TO THE EAST OF BEN WILSON BEHIND TO THE EAST OF THE YOU HB PROPERTY. EAST SIDE EDITION IS ALSO BEN WILSON SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN. THEN WILDROSE SUMMIT VIEW AND PARKVIEW IN SPRINGWOOD SUBDIVISION , NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN.
QUESTIONS ? >> SOME OF THOSE ARE SEALED
COATS , RECLAIMS , REBUILDS ? >> IT IS A MIX.
>> IT WILL BE A MIX . WE HAVE AND IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE STREETS. WHEEL WELL HAVE THOSE CONFIRMED BY THE PAVING STUDY THAT WE DO EACH YEAR.
>> THIS MAP INDICATES THE PHASE 3A LOCATION FOR NORTH STREET, GOING FROM LOW-RENT TO AVENUE C THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
JOHN STOCK BAUER NEXT PHASE, FROM AIRLINE TO BEEN JORDAN.
ALSO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO FROM BEEN JORDAN TO BLOCKING BOARD -- MOCKINGBIRD .
>> WAS THE AIRLINE TO BEEN JORDAN --
>> IT WAS UP TO TO OKAY. >> IT DID NOT GET CHANGED OUT.
>> FY20 28, EXCELLENTLY $24.7 MILLION THAT WE SPEND ON
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VARIOUS PROJECTS, RESIDENTIAL STREETS. AGAIN THIS WILL BE A COMBINATION OF SEALED COATS, RECLAIM, AND SOME RECONSTRUCTION. LOOKING TO PERFORM SOME STREETS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF TOWN, OFF HENDERSON WROTE, JULIE STREET, BALLWIN STREET, VICTOR STREET, LEVA STREET, RTG STREET, WHERE ALSO LOOKING TO -- I BELIEVE IT IS THE SEAL COAT IN LAKE FOR SUBDIVISION. ALLMAN DRIVE, IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE AT LEAST A RECLAIM. AND SEAL IS NOT A RECONSTRUCTION.SPRINGWOOD DRIVE WOULD BE A RECONSTRUCTION. LOOKING TO YOU PERFORMANCE THOROUGHFARE PROJECTS, --
>> YOU HAVE NOT GONE TO 29 YET, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THE TANGLEWOOD OTHER THAN THE PHASE ONE THAT IS IN THIS.
>> WE WILL BRING THAT UP. >> WE WILL GET TO IT.
>> YES, MA'AM. >> THAT IS A GOOD ONE.
>> WHAT DO YOU NOT SEE? >> TANGLEWOOD .
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> YOU ARE CORRECT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. THOROUGHFARE PROJECTS THAT YOU LISTED, WHAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALL THE THOROUGHFARE PROJECTS WERE 2028, LISTED HERE ?
>> TOTAL IN DOLLARS, MILES ? >> DOLLARS.
>> DOLLARS, I HAD THAT INFORMATION, BUT I JUST DO NOT KNOW THE AMOUNT OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WE ARE PREPARING ESTIMATE SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE COULD AFFORD TO DO AND STILL FIT IN WITH AVAILABLE FUNDING OF THE $24.7 MILLION.
SO I HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT --
>> ALL THE RE-ADS US WHAT IT WILL BE MILL AND OVERRUN .
>> GILBERT HAS AND YOU HAVE SEEN IT IN OUR WORKSHOP SETTING, A TABLE THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY SHOWS HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED FROM WHERE SO WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU THIS WEEK .
JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO VIEW IT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN A. THE INTENT BEHIND SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU TONIGHT IS NOT FOR ANY SORT OF DECISIONS TO BE MADE TONIGHT, BUT SIMPLY TO BEGIN EXPOSING YOU ON WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE WORTHWHILE CONSIDERING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 2029. WE PLAN TO DO ONE-ON-ONE , TALK ABOUT THEM , SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK, QUESTIONS, THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON FINALIZING A VERSION OF THIS BEFORE WE GET TO PRELIMINARY BUDGET TIME IN JUNE THE TOP BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THEY COULD ALL BE PUT OFF THE YEAR AND THROUGH A GRANT ON
THEM. >> GUY GRANT IS GOING TO BE PART OF 2028, BUT IT JUST GOT LEFT OFF THIS LIST.
>> SHAME ON YOU . >> IT IS IN OUR SPREADSHEET WITH COST ESTIMATES AND BUDGETING PURPOSES.
>> I FEEL FOR THAT . >> WE WERE NOT GOING TO LEAVE
THAT OFF AND FORGET ABOUT IT. >> I AM HAPPY TO SEE THE AIRLINE, BECAUSE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION TO .
>> YES . WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO START PHASE B THREE FROM INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THAT ONE WILL GO OR BE THE UTILITIES, WATER AND SEWER LINE THROUGH THAT SEGMENT. ALSO REPLACE 12 INCH CAST-IRON LINE THAT IS UNDER AIRLINE FROM BEEN JORDAN TO BEN WILSON. THAT WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE WE DID ANY WORK IMPROVEMENTS ON AIRLINE ROAD AS FAR AS THE PAVING OF BEEN JORDAN TO BEN WILSON OTHERWISE A WASTE OF MONEY TO DO THE PAVING WORK FIRST. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING SOME SANITARY SEWER WE HAVE WORK IN THE COUNTRY CLUB SUBDIVISION. ALSO WORKING, PROPOSING TO DO EXPANSION -- NOT EXPANSION, BUT IMPROVEMENT TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK.
OF PLEASANT GREEN AND CALLOUS STREET. ALSO POSSIBLY BEGIN A PHASE OF RIVERSIDE PART MULTI USE TRAIL, WHICH IS A SET OF SIDEWALKS THAT WILL BE THROUGHOUT RIVERSIDE PART . IT IS A LARGE ENOUGH PROJECT THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT IN ONE PHASE SO DEFINITELY SPLIT INTO MORE MANAGEABLE
PROJECTS . >> ANY IDEA THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MULTI USE TRAIL AND SIDEWALK THAT IS THERE NOW ?
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> WE CALL IT THAT, BECAUSE IT IS 10 FEET WIDE, YOU COULD ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WALKING, JOGGERS, PLUS BICYCLISTS. ALL, BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF THE
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SIDEWALK. >> WILL BE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRAIL ?
>> SOME IMPROVEMENT, SOME EXISTING, BUT ALSO SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALK.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE UTILITY PROJECT FOR NORTH STREET. ON PHASE 3B, THAT IS JUST THE UNDERGROUND STUFF, NOT
DOING THE STREET YET? >> NOT YET. THAT WOULD COME UP
IN FY20 29 . >> OKAY, JUST WANTED TO KNOW.
>> AGAIN, WE WILL PROBABLY STATES THAT FOR THE YEAR, BEGIN THE STREET WORK AS SOON AS WE ROLL OVER INTO THE NEXT
FISCAL YEAR. >> JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE LIGHT LIKE YOU SAID YOU WERE , ON THE CORNER OF BEN
JORDAN AND NORTH STREET. >> GOOD DEAL .
>> A LIGHT WHITE THEIR ON THE STOP . WAS IT BEN JORDAN OR BEN
>> THAT IS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
>> OKAY. >> ME TOO WAIT A MINUTE.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT, YES. >> I DRIVE THAT WAY EVERY
EVENING. >> I DO TOO JUST TO MAKE SURE.
REGARDS TO THE OMISSION OF GUY GRANT ON THERE, IS IT JUST THE WORDING OF GUY GRANT OR THE WORDING ALONG WITH THE MONETARY
COMMITMENT? >> THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED FOR
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> 24. --
>> ON THE LIST, YES, SIR. >> OKAY.
>> GOOD QUESTION. >> THE CITY MAPS INDICATE WHERE SOME OF THE STREETS ARE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SEE PROJECTS. THIS IS THE JULIUS OWENS, BRUNT IS, LEVA'S AND SURETY STREETS. LAKE FOREST SUBDIVISION, THE NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN, ACROSS FROM WEST HIGH SCHOOL, THAT GENERAL AREA. ARMORY DRIVE, OFF BOARD STREET, GOING NORTH . I DROVE THAT STREET THE OTHER DAY AND IT DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME WORK. SPRINGWOOD DRIVE, INTEREST WROTE INTO SPRINGWOOD SUBDIVISION . WE WILL BE LOOKING TO RECONSTRUCT THAT STREET . THE THOROUGHFARE LOCATIONS, JOHN STOCK POWER, ROAD TO LAKE FOREST 653. AIRLINE , PROPOSED FROM MAINSTREAM TO LIBERAL STREET ALSO HOPE TO AIRLINE FROM LAURENT TO BEN JORDAN BEEN BEN JORDAN TO BEN WILSON. FROM BEN WILSON TO SAM HOUSTON WAS MAILED AND OVERLAID AS PART OF THE BEN WILSON STREET PROJECT, WITH UHB. AND THE LAST THOROUGHFARE STREET WHERE HOPING TO MILL AND RELATE WOULD BE 2029. VARIOUS RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS. WE LOOK TO SEAL COAT , STILL BE A COUPLE OF STREETS TO DO TO RECONSTRUCT IN THE SPRINGWOOD SUBDIVISION, CREEK RIDGE DRIVE. THOROUGHFARE PROJECTS, WE WOULD -- BE THE PHASE 3B STREETS FROM AVENUE C TO BEN JORDAN. THEN WE WOULD TURN ARE ATTENTION TO RED RIVER STREET. SAM HOUSTON TO BEN WILSON, BEN WILSON TO BEN JORDAN. BEN JORDAN TO LAURENT STREET. WE HAD SOME UTILITY PROJECTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. GREEN ADDITION LIFT STATION, ACTUALLY A RELOCATION, EXISTING LIST STATION RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY ALMOST UNDER THE MOODY STREET BRIDGE ALONG THE BANKS OF THE GUADALUPE RIVER. WE WANT TO MOVE IT UP AWAY FROM THE RIVERBANK A LITTLE MORE, RECONSTRUCT, CONSTRUCTING YOU LIVE STATION, REROUTING THE SEWER LINES TO FLOW THERE. ONE LIVE STATION, THAT WOULD BE A REHABILITATION, EXISTING LIVE STATION, REPLACING PIPES, ELECTRICAL, THAT SORT OF THING.
GROUND STORAGE TANK AT WHAT A PLANT NUMBER 3, AT AIRLINE AND BEN JORDAN. EXISTING CONCRETE TANK THAT HAS CRITICS IN THE WALL , GOT A FLAT ROOF , AND PUBLIC WORKS HIS DECIDED TIMES BY THE CQ FOR THAT TANK. SO WE WOULD DEMOLISH IT AND BUILD A NEW ONE OF SAME CAPACITY. SAME LOCATION .
>> MOVIE THE QUEENS ADDITIONAL LIFT STATION, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HOW IS THAT GOING TO ENHANCE THE FUNCTIONALITY
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OF THAT STATION VERSUS WHERE IT IS NOW ?>> IT WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO BE INUNDATED BY FLOODWATERS, HIGHER, JUST EVERYTHING WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED, PLATFORMS, ANY ELECTRICAL CONTROLS, AND SUCH. I'VE LOOKED AT THE DRAWINGS, I FORGET JUST HOW FAR UP AWAY FROM THE BANK IT MOVES, BUT IT IS PRETTY CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE. OUTSIDE OF 1998, HAD A PROBLEM WITH EVERYTHING, HAS REPEATED, PRINTED MY COMMENTS ON THAT, BUT WE HAD
KNOW, THANK YOU. >> QUESTION ON RED RIVER, WE DID RED RIVER NOT TOO LONG AGO SO IS THIS JUST MAINTENANCE?
>> WE DID RED RIVER , A LOT LONGER THAN YOU THINK , IN SECTIONS, PROBABLY AT LEAST 10, 12 YEARS. WE JUST WANT TO GET SOME MAINTENANCE ON TOP OF IT, SEAL COATED OR POSSIBLY
MILL AND OVERLY. >> I WAS THINKING 10 YEARS WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH, BUT MAYBE MORE TIME ON THE STREETS.
>> THIS IS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW SO THAT WOULD BE 15 YEARS HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET BY JUST TO DO SEAL AND
COAT. >> MAYBE STRETCH THE MONEY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER UP THE TO ALL RIGHT.
>> TESSA HILL NOR SUBDIVISION, PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, BETWEEN GUY GRANT, SALEM WROTE , ROAD , WHAT IS THAT ROAD, I HAVE GIVEN IT, SAM HOUSTON OVER THERE. THIS IS THE GLENN HILLS SUBDIVISION NOT CASTLE HILL NORTH, OKAY.
WE HAVE TO TALK TO THE CAD OPERATOR WHICH IS MYSELF.
>> WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE? >> LYNN HALL SUBDIVISION.
>> IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS SPOT?
>> YES, MANY . THESE ARE STREETS BOUNDED BY RED RIVER TO THE NORTH, MAIN STREET TO THE EAST, RIO GRANDE TO THE
SOUTH, PINE STREET TO THE WEST. >> LAST TWO STREETS, SPRINGWOOD SUBDIVISION, RIDGEVIEW AND CREEK BRIDGE.
BY 2029, OF THE STREETS IN THE SUBDIVISION WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED . THOROUGHFARES , NORTH STREET 3B BETWEEN AVENUE C AND BEN JORDAN. RED RIVER FROM SAM HOUSTON TO BEN WILSON. BEN WILSON TO BEN JORDAN . BEN JORDAN TO LAURENT STREET . THESE ARE OTHER PROJECTS .
>> I WANT TO ADDRESS THE TANGLEWOOD QUESTION. I WILL NOT ASK HIM TO GO BACK, BUT YOU PICKED UP ON THE FACT THAT FOR EVERY YEAR FROM 2027 THROUGH 20 29TH AT CIP TOTAL OF $25 MILLION. FOR CONTEXT, THE LAST FEW YEARS, BECAUSE OF THE DEBT CAPACITY FREEING UP THE WAY THAT IT HAD, ALLOWED US TO HAVE HISTORIC LEVELS OF CIP. THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM , RIGHT? SO YOU MAY RECALL FROM ONE OF GILBERT' IS PRESENTATION AT A COUNCIL WORKSHOP THAT IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD TO PICK A NUMBER THAT MAKES SENSE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CONSISTENCY IN THE CIP AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO GET AWAY FROM IS WHAT I GUESS HISTORICALLY WHAT SOMETIMES HAPPENS WHICH IS A MOMENT THAT WE WOULD FINISH PAYING OFF THE CREDIT CARD, THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WOULD JUST WHACK IT BACK UP, RIGHT? WE WANT TO BE A LITTLE SMARTER ABOUT HOW WE ISSUED DEBT SO WE COULD HAVE CONSISTENT IMPACT YEAR-OVER-YEAR MET. ROUGHLY 25 MILLION IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WITH THE CINEMA COMING FROM BSE A CERTAIN AMOUNT COMING FROM CEOS AND CERTAIN AMOUNT COMING FROM JUST FUND AVAILABILITY THAT WE HAVE THAT HAS BEEN SAVED UP IN OUR CAPITAL FUND IN THE RESIDENTIAL STREET SIDE WHICH TANGLEWOOD IS RESIDENTIAL STREET, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR EVERY YEAR IS ONLY THREE, $4 MILLION. RIVER YEAR FOR RESIDENTIAL STREET. PHASE ONE OF TANGLEWOOD FOR THE STREETS OF $7 MILLION.
THAT IS NOT COUNTING THE 4 MILLION COST FOR UTILITY SO TANGLEWOOD PHASE I ALONE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 11 MILLION AND $12 MILLION. SO DECISION FOR COUNCIL TO REFLECT ON IS IF WE TACKLE PHASE TO OR THREE OF TANGLEWOOD, PRACTICALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO REALLY THINK CREATIVELY ON HOW TO AFFORD TO
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DO THAT. IF ALL WE HAVE IS THREE, CARTER MANLEY DOES FOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN ANY PARTICULAR YEAR, TO ADDRESS JUST STREETS FOR PHASE TWO OF TANGLEWOOD WILL BE $7 MILLION OR $8 MILLION, BUT THAT IT REALLY TICKED UP THE ALREADY 3 MILLION OR 4 MILLION THAT WE HAVE SO NO OTHER RESIDENTIAL STREETS GET LOVE THAT YOUR SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL THREE, $4 MILLION IN WE NEED, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW EXPENSIVE STREETS ARE BECOMING. IN A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THE INCREASED COST OFOF FIXING STREETS IS GOING TO FORCE US -- I THINK TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO TAKE LARGE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TACKLE THEM THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TACKLED THEM IN THE PAST , BECAUSE THE COST IS JUST GETTING PRETTY OUT THERE. SO THE REASON WHY WE DID NOT PLUG IN TANGLEWOOD AS AN EXAMPLE WAS, BECAUSE OF JUST HOW EXPENSIVE IT WOULD BE AND THE FACT THAT IT WOULD LITERALLY EAT UP MORE THAN EVEN THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THESE YEARS. NOW WE COULD CERTAINLY RUN A SCENARIO THAT THINKS AND PRIOR ATTORNEYS TANGLEWOOD PHASE TWO , BUT IT WOULD BE AT THE SACRIFICE OF A BUNCH OF OTHER PROJECTS. WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT, PUT IT TOGETHER AT LEAST FOR DISCUSSION, RIGHT? WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW AN OPTION THAT SPREAD OUT THE LOAD A LITTLE BETTER. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO EITHER TO REALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS OF EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS FOR PHASES TWO AND THREE IN TERMS OF THE WORK OR DO WE SPLIT IT UP INTO SMALLER PHASES ? YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE. SO DEFINITELY STILL SOME WORK LEFT TO BE EXPLORED WHICH IS WHY I MADE THIS LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE THAT JUST NECESSITATES MORE WORK TO LOOK INTO, QUITE FRANKLY.>> I GUESS MAYBE IT IS A LITTLE NAÏVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT WE HAVE GRATINGS OF ALL OF OUR STREET AND JUST WONDERING IF THAT WOULD GIVE US ANY ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE THAT THIS PARTICULAR STREET IS REALLY, TRULY WORSE THAN THIS PARTICULAR STREET AND THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT IT AND ALSO MIGHT LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT THE GRATINGS ARE OF THOSE TANGLEWOOD PHASE TWO AND THREE'S, THAT MIGHT GIVE US A LITTLE MORE COMFORT THAT THE REASON THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THIS STRAIGHT IS SUCH AND SUCH.
>> YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THOSE RATINGS. KEEP IN MIND THOSE ARE APPROACHING 4.5 YEARS OLD NOW. WE DID THEM I
THINK IN 2020 . >> I RECOGNIZE WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE.
>> RIGHT . >> WE ARE DOING A LOT OF STREETS, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE IT.
>> KEEP IN MIND TOO, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, BUT NOT EVERY STREET IS CREATED EQUAL IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATION OR WERE PICKETS DONE ON IT, BECAUSE SOME ARE COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTS, SOME ARE MILLED AND OVERLAID'S, SOME ARE SEAL CLOSE, SOME RECLAMATION PROJECTS. OBVIOUSLY WE WILL COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCT A STREET THEN IT BRINGS IT TO THE FULL UTILITY ASPECT OF IT. SO DOING SUCH A LARGE PHASE FOR TANGLEWOOD WHICH TAKE UP $4.5 MILLION OF THE UTILITY SITE WHICH WOULD THEN BE AT THE SACRIFICE OF NOT DOING FOUR, FIVE YOU TOLD US OF UTILITY WORK ELSEWHERE AND SAME ON THE STREET. SO JUST A TRICKY BALANCE. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HISTORIC LEVELS OF CIP THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS , BUT THAT IS JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR US TO KEEP DOING THAT, LONG-TERM. IT IS KIND OF GOING FULL CIRCLE, RIGHT? KIND OF BACK TO REALITY CHECK OF HAVING TO PRIORITIZE AND PICK HOW WE ISSUED DEBT, WHAT WE APPLY TO. ANYWAY, I WILL GO OVER THIS LATER, DAVID, IF YOU DO NOT MIND? OTHER PROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE NOT EVEN REALLY GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF COMING UP WITH COST ESTIMATES OR ANYTHING, BUT WE KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT, FIRE STATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE. CHIEF THOMAS IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING HIS OWN ASSESSMENT, HIS OWN RECOMMENDATION, ON THE IMPACT OF THE ISO RATING. MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM CHIEF OXO WE WANT TO GIVE CHIEF THOMAS THE TIME TO MAKE EDUCATED RECOGNITION ON THAT ON HIS OWN. OF COURSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY HALL COMPLEX WE ARE IN NOW IS GOING TO NECESSITATE A REMODEL OF SOME KIND. ONCE PDM MUNICIPAL COURT MOVE OUT SO WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF WHEN DO WE FIT THAT IN? WE DID NOT MENTION THIS EARLIER, BUT WE HAD AND PLAN ON INCLUDING FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET TO START THE
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DESIGN WORK FOR THE REMODEL OF THE COMPLEX. SO AT MINIMUM WE START DEVELOPING THE PLAN AND HAVE A REAL NUMBER TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD TAKE. IT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A MAJOR OVERHAUL THAT WE ENVISIONED IT, WE WENT THROUGH THE INITIAL STUDY A FEW YEARS AGO, BECAUSE THIS WILL PROBABLY BE COST PROHIBITIVE, BUT DEFINITELY SOME INITIATIVE, THAT WE ARE IN NOW MORE FUNCTIONAL, PROBABLY BE THE WAY THAT WE GO , BUT NONETHELESS WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR YEARS, RIGHT, WHERE DO WE HAVE THOSE VISITOR CENTER, MAINSTREET, CPB WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. OBVIOUSLY ALL SOURCES OF FUNDING ARE DIFFERING, BUT WE NEED TO PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO IT. WE TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, RELOCATING THEM AWAY FROM THE MAINSTREAM, TO BE IN LOCATIONS ON SOUTH JORDAN , CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. ONE OF ACTION AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU PROVED AT THE MOST RECENT AGENDA ACTION ITEM WAS AROUND WATER. WATER SUPPLY. AND SO, WE HAVE BEGUN I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH GPRA AND OTHERS. WE HAVE NO COST -- WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF COST IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE CFP IN THE FUTURE. WE GO TO THE MASTER PLAN WHICH RESOURCES WILL BE DIFFERENT, BUT NONETHELESS THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTEMPLATE. WE TALKED ABOUT PARK, MASTER PLAN AND STRATEGIC PLAN ADOPTED BY YOU ON THE LIBRARY. IDENTIFIES IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LIBRARY. I THE WAY, THE ADOPTION OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AND MASTER PLAN IS WITH HELP FRAME THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE MISSION STATEMENT. THERE WAS SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE THAT WAS THE FOUNDATION FOR THAT, BY THE WAY. ANYWAY, WE KNOW THERE IS FUTURE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE NOT EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT. WE KNOW THERE IS A GREAT STUDY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY THAT WILL LOOK AT WATER AND SEWER RATES, LOOK AT THE CONCLUSION OR INCLUSION FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, STORMWATER FUND. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE TO POTENTIALLY FUND DRAINAGE PROJECTS. OF COURSE THERE IS THE SEWER PROJECT, SOMETIMES COMING ACROSS. AS YOU CAN TELL THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER. EMITTED FUNDS. SO IT WOULD TAKE US SOME TIME TO REALLY TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THEM. ONE OPTION THAT I WANT TO THROW OUT FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT , THAT I MENTIONED TO STAFF, AS WE INTENSELY TRY TO GO BACK TO A FIVE-YEAR CIP, BECAUSE WE WANT TO IF YOU AND THE PUBLIC THE REASSURANCE THAT WE ARE PROGRAMMING IN GUY GRANT, PROGRAMMING IN NORTH STREET, SOME OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT VISIBLE PROJECTS , BUT I AM VERY CLOSE TO RECOMMENDING THAT WE STICK TO A THREE-YEAR CIP AND SOLELY FOCUS ON THE FOCUS OF FISCAL YEAR 27 . FORMALLY, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT 28 AND 29 IN PLANNING TALKS.I'M NOT YET AT THE POINT WHERE FEEL COMFORTABLE SOLIDIFYING 28, 29 WENT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL BEING TOSSED AROUND. I DO NOT WANT US TO BE IN A CONDITION THAT WE HAD BEFORE WE HAD PROJECTS TO THE CIP AND HAVE NOT PUT ENOUGH THOUGHT INTO IT THAT DURING TO, THREE YEARS INTO IT WE END UP PUTTING IT IN THE LIST, MOVING IT SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. I WOULD MUCH RATHER SETTLE FOR ANOTHER THREE-YEAR CIP PLAN IF IT MEANS GIVING US MORE TIME TO SOLIDIFY 2028 AND 29. JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. I KNOW THAT THE CON THAT IS LOSING REASSURANCE THAT COMES FROM A FIVE-YEAR CIP AND INCLUSION OF GUY GRANT IN 2028 , THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT
FOOD FOR THOUGHT. >> I THINK ONE THING THAT PLAYS AND THAT TOO, WE SEE THE BIG JUMP IN MATERIALS COST, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I HOPE THAT WE DO NOT SEE THAT SAME JUMP GOING FORWARD, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUT FIVE YEARS BASED UPON WHAT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, YOU FACTOR IN SOME, BUT IF THOSE COSTS OR INCREASES, BUT IF THOSE COSTS CONTINUE ON THE TREND, YOU REALLY ARE PROBABLY INTERRUPTED LIMITING THAT, THAT SCOPE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. ANYWAY , IT IS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU GUYS KNOW THIS. IS A MATTER OF BALANCING PRIORITIES, IDENTIFYING WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST PATH FORWARD. CERTAINLY THESE TYPES OF EXERCISES, IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF BROADCASTING THROUGH THE FUTURE FOR SOME PROJECTS, GET EVERYBODY THINKING. I KNOW THEY DO TO ME, WHERE ARE THE PRIORITIES GOING TO BE?
>> ALL RIGHT , ANYTHING ELSE ? >> NEXT STEPS .
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WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS CONTINUE FINE-TUNING SOME OF THE COST ESTIMATES ON THESE PROJECTS. COME BACK TO YOU AT A MEETING IN MAY, POSSIBLY THE LAST MEETING IN MAY. ASK FOR ANY INPUT YOU MAY HAVE ON THE PROJECTS THAT WILL GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO CONSIDER, TALK ABOUT ANY PROJECTS YOU MAY WANT TO INCLUDE. THEN WE COULD REVISE ACCORDING TO THAT INPUT.HOPEFULLY COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FINALIZED PLAN IN JUNE .
>> IT MAY NOT BE THROUGH 2029?
>> IT MAY NOT. IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER IF IT WAS
] . >> NOBODY SAID IT WAS GOING TO
BE EASY. >> I SEE A LITTLE CONFLICT
THERE. >> WHEN DO YOU FORESEE WORKING ON STREETS THAT ARE EAST OF NAVARRO? LIKE POLK , ON THE STREETS AGO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SAM HOUSTON , BECAUSE
THE STREETS ARE BAD. >> YES, MA'AM, THEY ARE .
>> OF THOSE THE STREET THAT YOU BROUGHT UP BEFORE, BUT NOW GETTING USED MORE, BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA AND ALSO SO I GUESS.
>> DID YOU WANT TO SAY THAT ? >> YES.
>> RETROSPECT THAT IS SOUTH, BLUE RIDGE AREA. ONE OF THOSE THAT WE APPLIED FOR A MID-GRANT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
JUST THAT LITTLE AREA WAS AT THE TIME , THREE YEARS AGO, $55 MILLION. IT IS ENORMOUS, BECAUSE IT NEEDS WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE NEEDS , LOTS OF DRAINAGE NEEDS. OF COURSE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET .
THAT IS A BIG PROJECT. >> WOW, JUST KEEP IT IN YOUR BACK POCKET WHEN YOU GET THAT LOTTO WINNINGS, OKAY?
>> THE STREET IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DONATE SOME MONEY.
>> THAT WOULD BE NICE. >> BILLION-DOLLAR DRAWING .
>> WE JUST NEED TO PITCH IN AND BUYING THOSE TICKETS AND
DONATE. >> ANY QUESTIONS, MORE
QUESTIONS? >> WHEN YOU BRING THIS BACK TO US, WILL HILBERT BE HERE SO WE COULD DISCUSS HOW MUCH DEBT CAPACITY WE HAVE FOR THESE THREE YEARS? YOU SAY WE HAVE THIS MUCH FOR THE SAME AMOUNT FOR EACH YEAR. I WANT TO
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> WE LIMIT I WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT . >> WE COULD RESEND THE PRESENTATION THAT HE DID AT THE LAST WORKSHOP THAT SHOWCASED OUR STRATEGY AROUND PAYING $25 MILLION, BUT WE COULD WE SHARE SO YOU COULD HAVE IT FRESH.
>> ALSO, I WAS TOLD WHEN CASTLE HILLS WEST, SALT AND PEPPER RESIDENTIAL AREA WAS DONE, IT WOULD BE FIVE, SEVEN YEARS, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE PIPES. IT WAS DONE IN 2024. I KNOW IT IS NOT ON 2029 IT WILL BE DONE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TANGLEWOOD GET DONE, BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE TO DO CASTLE HILLS WEST EVENTUALLY TOO. SO SOMEHOW WE NEED TO COME
UP WITH MORE MONEY SOMEWHERE. >> THAT IS MY THOUGHTS.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> ALL RIGHT . THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> APPRECIATE IT . >> THAT IS THE ONLY CITY
MANAGER REPORT? >> YES AND WE HAVE EXECUTIVE
[H. Executive Sessions:]
SESSION. >> WE DO, IT IS 7:13 AND WE WILL TAKE , ADJOURN AND 10 MINUTE BREAK AND COME FOR
RECESS . >> TEXAS
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