[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> HELLO, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE TUESDAY MAY 21ST REGULARLY CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD?
>> WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGES FOLLOWED BY A
MOMENT OF SILENCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU. AGAIN, WELCOME, EVERYONE. I HAVE QUITE A FEW
[1. Announcements/Reminders:]
EXCITING THINGS GOING ON AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT WITH ITEM BE ONE WHICH ANNOUNCEMENTS ANDREMINDERS. GOOD EVENING. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DO HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR YOU THIS EVENING. ALL NONEMERGENCY AND THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY 27TH IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY. OFFICES WILL REOPEN AT 8:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY MAY 28TH. TRASH AND RECYCLING WILL BE PICKED UP AS A PART OF THE REGULAR SCHEDULE AND THE GOLF COURSE WILL REMAIN OPEN AS REGULARLY SCHEDULED. ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY INVITES PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER READING PROGRAM ON THEIR FUNFEST ON JUNE 1ST AT 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. JOIN US FOR EFFECT TESTED TIME WITH SPECIAL GLASS FROM CHICK-FIL-A, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MANY MORE. ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WOULD INVITE THE PUBLIC TO THIS YEAR'S CASTING WITH COPS EVENT. THIS IS A FREE YOUTH FISHING EVENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON JAN -- SATURDAY JUNE 8TH AT SUN VALLEY RANCH TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUTH AND VPD OFFICERS.
CHILDREN'S AGES 2 FOR 15 WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AS OFFICERS HELP WITH BAITING HUGS, REELING IN FISH AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE FISHING EQUIPMENT, BAIT, BREAKFAST OR LUNCH, DRINKS, AND PRIZES. CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUARDIANS OR THE ENTIRE EVENT. PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR ONE OF THE TIME SLOTS BY CONTACTING THE
[a. Recognition of Cm. Josephine E. Soliz, District 2. Duane Crocker, Mayo...]
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT OR POLICE CEU AT VICTORIA TX.GOV.VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. >> THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM B2 WHICH IS PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING UNDER THAT ITEM? >> YES, A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> LET ME TAKE CARE OF A FEW EMPLOYEE CENTRIC RECOGNITIONS BEFORE WE GET ONTO THE BIGGER,
IMPORTANT ONE, RIGHT? >> YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY SANDER WEST. SHE COMPLETED MORE THAN 30 HOURS OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING HELD OVER TWO MONTH PERIOD BY ATTENDING THE FELLOWS PROGRAM TO ENHANCE HER LEADERSHIP SKILLS. PARTICIPANTS EXPLORE THE PRINCIPLES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, LEARN TO BUILD TRUST AND COMMUNITY, DISCOVERED WAYS TO BUILD TEAM BUILDING AND PRACTICE NEGOTIATION STILLS -- SKILLS FOR STRATEGIC INFLUENCE. THEY HELD DISCUSSIONS OVER LOCAL ISSUES WITH THE GOAL OF APPLYING LEARNINGS TO THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE ROLE AND TO BENEFIT THEIR CITIES AND RESIDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. PLEASE STAND. GREAT JOB, SANDRA. IN THAT SAME VEIN, AS HAS BECOME CUSTOMARY, WE HAVE MANY EMPLOYEES THAT INVEST IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BOTH CAREER CENTRIC OR FORMAL EDUCATION CENTRIC. I DO WANT TO ASK OUR POLICE CHIEF AND LIEUTENANT HAYDEN TO STAND UP . THEY RECENTLY GRADUATED WITH SOME DEGREES . CHIEF YOUNG GRADUATED FROM LAVAR UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTERS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LIEUTENANT BOTH GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A&M COMMERCE WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. I SAY BOTH BECAUSE WE ALSO HAD DETECTIVE TERRANCE GRADUATE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BUT LIEUTENANT HAYDEN AND CHIEF YOUNG ARE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH
>> AND LASTLY, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I'M VERY PROUD
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OF THAT THE CITY HAS UNDERTAKEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA FOR INTERNS. WE HAVE HAD HALF A DOZEN INTERNS OVER THE COURSE OF A TWO YEAR PERIOD, ONE OF WHICH NOW WORKS IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS OPENED DOORS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS. WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS THAT RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR INTERNSHIP AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THEM TO STAND. RILEY WAS PURSUING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH A PRELAW CONCENTRATION, INTERN WITH VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CITY OF VICTORIA MUNICIPAL COURT AS SHE EXPLORES HOW TO HELP INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATE PROCEEDINGS. SHE DEVELOPED FLYERS FOR LOCALLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND SHOT OUT CITY STAFF DURING DOCKETS WHICH ALLOWED HER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE RIGHTS OF A PERSON ACCUSED BY CRIME, A COPY OF THE LEGAL RESOURCE DIRECTORSHIP SHE PUT TOGETHER IS INCLUDED IN CITY COUNCILS PACKETS AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO, RILEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT EFFORT. AND THEN, SECOND, WE HAVE JULIA . WHERE DID SHE GO? ALL RIGHT, JULIA, HEISEL , I SAID IT WRONG BOTH TIMES. SHE GRADUATED FROM U HV THIS SPRING WITH HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGLISH ENTERING WITH THE CITY OF VICTORIA COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE MADE INFORMATIVE AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY. SHE INTERVIEWED CITY STAFF AND DEVELOPED WRITTEN CONTENT THAT INCLUDE PRESS RELEASES, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND THE SCRIPT FOR A TUTORIAL VIDEO FOR THE NEW PICKUP BLOGGER AND SHE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT TOOLS. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THEIR INTERNSHIP AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS. THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM THE INTERNS WHEN THEY FINISH THEIR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEED ABOUT IT IS THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH US HAS A LITERALLY HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO CAREERWISE. AND, SO, I ENCOURAGE OTHER BUSINESSES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LISTENING OR TUNING IN TO CONSIDER PARTNERING WITH EITHER YOU HV OR PICTORIAL COLLEGE FOR INTERNSHIPS. WE WERE INTERNED AT SOME POINT AND HAVE GREAT MEMORIES AND HAVE OUR INTERNS TO THINK FOR CAREER SUCCESSES.IF WE CAN PAY IT FORWARD BY PARTNERING WITH OUR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR INTERNSHIPS LIKE WE HAVE WE CAN START CHANGING THE NARRATIVE OF KEEPING FOLKS IN VICTORIA FOR JOBS. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT AND I'M EXCITED AND HONORED THAT WE ARE LEADING BY EXAMPLE IN THAT
REGARD. >> GOOD. THANK YOU. SO, THEN, I WILL MOVE ON TO MY ITEM WHICH IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN SOLIZ ON HER FINAL MEETING . SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS FROM OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, IF THEY SO CHOOSE. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR A CHERISHED COLLEAGUE AND TRUE FRIEND TO OUR COMMUNITY MISS JOSEPHINE SOLIZ.
THROUGHOUT HER 12 YEARS ON COUNSEL REPRESENTING DISTRICT 2, COUNCILWOMAN SOLIZ HAS SERVED OUR CITY WITH UNQUESTIONING COMMITMENT AND PASSION LEAVING NO DOUBT AS TO HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS. SHE IS AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US OF WHAT PUBLIC SERVICE SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AS MAYOR PRO TEM SHE PROVIDED STEADFAST LEADERSHIP TO OUR CITY IN 2021 FOLLOWING FORMER MAYOR MCCOY'S PASSING AND THROUGHOUT HER TENURE ON COUNSEL HAS BEEN A KEY MEMBER OF NUMEROUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INCLUDING WITHOUT NAMING ALL OF THEM BUT INCLUDING THE GOLDEN CRESCENT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE VICTORIA CELLS STAX CORPORATION. HER SERVICE EXTENDED BEYOND VICTORY AS WELL WHICH SHE SERVED AS A PRESIDENT OF REGION 11 OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE SHE PROBABLY REPRESENTED VICTORIA AND IN TURN MADE VICTORIA PROUD OF HER. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SOLIZ FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. I'M CONFIDENT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ALL THAT YOU DO AND THAT YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'VE HAD A FABULOUS FABULOUS --
>> HAVE DONE, NOT ONLY AS COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, BUT FROM THE CITY ITSELF. SO, IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO --
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>> MORE THAN THE CITY. PASS PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHO JOSIE IS IN THE GOLDEN CRESCENT AND THAT IS A SEVEN COUNTY AREA. SO, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR NOT JUST THE CITY, BEFORE THE
>> JOSEPHINE, MS. SOLIZ, I WANT TO TELL YOU FIRST OF ALL WHAT AN HONOR AND PLEASURE IT HAS BEEN TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH HURRICANES, FRIEZES, ECONOMIC COLLAPSES, PANDEMIC, AND THE LOSS OF A GREAT FRIEND, MAYOR MCCOY. UNDER YOUR SERVICE, WE HIRED A NEW CITY MANAGER, AN ATTORNEY, FIRE STATIONS HAVE BEEN BUILT AND REFURBISHED FOR THE FUTURE. PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS BEING BUILT, PARKS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED AND INFRASTRUCTURE ADDRESSED. YOU LEAVE OUR CITY AND A MUCH GREATER PLACE THAN WHEN YOU CAME ON. AND I THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP IN A TIME OF SORROW AND DIFFICULTY IN BEING THE FACE OF THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS ANSWERING THE CALL. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT THEY SPOKE OF. I WON'T GO THROUGH AGAIN. I'M PROUD TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE YOU BUT I'M MORE PROUD TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND. YOU WILL BE MISSED. MR. KIDDER HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL.
>> IMPROVE ON PERFECTION. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IN
>> JOSIE, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE. AS ALL OF US KNOW, SHE FILLED HER SONS SEAT AND SHE FILLED IT EXTREMELY WELL.
SHE DID JUST AS GOOD AS HE DID AND IT WAS A TRUE JOURNEY OF LOVE THAT YOU HAD FOR YOUR SON AND THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF VICTORIA ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ASSISTED BY YOU. SO, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE ARE STILL GOING TO CALL YOU.
NOW? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S ALL YOURS.
>> WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.
>> PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF, THE COUNCILMEMBERS, AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BOARDS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN.
MANY, MANY, GREAT FRIENDS . SOMETIMES I WILL SEE YOU IN THE STREET AND I MAY NOT REMEMBER YOUR NAME BUT I WILL REMEMBER YOUR FACE. AND I LOVED WHAT I DID. I STILL LOVE WHAT I DO. I WILL BE AROUND. I'M NOT GOING NOWHERE. I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A SMALL VACATION NEXT WEEK, OKAY? SO, I WILL BE COMING TO BE ON THAT SIDE FROM NOW ON. OKAY?
>> YOU STILL ONLY GET THREE MINUTES.
>> YOU PROMISED ME THREE MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS. NO, JUST KIDDING. BUT, YES, TRULY, I HAVE ENJOYED IT THE OPPORTUNITY CAME RIGHT AT THE TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN ALL MY CHILDREN WERE GROWN. I CANNOT REGRET NOT RAISING MY KIDS . I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN. I WENT TO SCHOOL AFTER MY FIFTH ONE AND I GOT MY DEGREE IN THE COUNTY. I SERVED UNDER GILBERT FOR SIX YEARS. THAT HELPED ME A LOT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE WORKINGS OF THE CITY. SO, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE FINANCIAL BACKGROUND TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY WILL TEACH YOU. HE'S A GREAT TEACHER, SO, HE IS ALSO VERY GOOD FRIENDS. LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE , I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BRINGING SOME OF OUR BEST STAFF , INCLUDING JESUS AND THE CHIEFS AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT. IT TOOK A LITTLE CONVINCING BUT WE GOT WHAT I
>> SO. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, ALL THE STAFF, I NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU , KEN, BECAUSE I DID NOT GET TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU AND YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOREVER.
>> YES, I LOVE YOU GUYS. I LOVE SITTING HERE AND JUST WATCHING EVERYBODY BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A REASON FOR BEING HERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE FOR EACH OTHER AND AS LONG AS WE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, WE CAN GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE. DON'T PUT EACH OTHER DOWN, JUST WORK TOGETHER.
COMMUNICATION. ALL THE TIME. OKAY? I LOVE YOU GUYS AND I
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>> SO, WE HAVE A PLAQUE FOR YOU AND IT SAYS PRESENTED TO YOU, JOSEPHINE E . SOLIZ . IN APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATED SERVICE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING LIVABILITY FOR THE CITIZENS OF VICTORIA HAS MADE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND DO
>> I WAS ABOUT TO TURN IT AROUND.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. WE APPRECIATE IT. WELL-DESERVED ACCOLADES.
[3. Administration of the Oaths of Office]
FURTHER PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS AND, SO, WE WILL MOVE THAN TO ITEM B3 ON OUR AGENDA WHICH IS ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE TO OUR FOUR NEW OFFICEHOLDERS FOR DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. MS. HILL BURKE WILL DO THE HONORS FOR US TO SWEAR IN THESE NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS. WEWILL BEGIN WITH DISTRICT ONE. >>
>> MOVING ONTO DISTRICT TWO, MR. STEPHEN.
>> HELLO. IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT
AFTER ME. >> I STEPHEN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT TWO FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD.
>> WE WILL MOVE ONTO DISTRICT THREE. MISS APRIL BUTLER.
>> RAZOR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
>> I APRIL BUTLER, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE AND FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND OF THE
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STATE OF TEXAS I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD.>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. AND FINALLY? MISS SCOTT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT
HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. >> I, JANICE SCOTT DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT FOR AND OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE , SO HELP ME GOD.
>> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU AND WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL JUMP RIGHT
[4. Election of Mayor Pro-Tem]
INTO THE REMAINDER OF OUR WORK FOR THE EVENING. SO, ITEM BEFORE, ELECTION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM. AS YOU MAY RECALL UNDER CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS WHICH WERE MADE HERE A FEW YEARS AGO, AFTER EACH ELECTION, THEN COUNSEL IS REQUIRED TO ELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WILL SERVE UNTIL HE OR SHE EITHER RESIGNS THE POSITION OR IS REPLACED FOLLOWING THE NEXT ELECTION AFTER THAT. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR PRO TEM.>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCILMEMBER DOCTOR YOUNG.
>> I SECOND THAT. >> I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DR. YOUNG. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE, THEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION , DR. YOUNG, THAT NEEDS TO HAVE -- TO
BE HAD? >> DO I GET A SAY? I APPRECIATE THE NOMINATION AND I WOULD BE HONORED.
[5. Items from Council:]
>> YOU'VE SERVED US WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT
CONTINUE. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. I
APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE. >> THANK YOU.
>> WITH THAT, A MOTION OF SECOND TO ELECT DR. YOUNG AS A MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. ITEM B 5, ITEMS FROM COUNSEL. I'M GOING TO HAVE A FEW BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE ITEMS FROM COUNSEL AT THIS TIME?
>> MAYOR, WE HAVE A REQUEST ON STAFF'S PART. WE NORMALLY DO IT AT THIS PART OF THE MEETING. I KNOW IT'S A WEIRD BECAUSE IT'S AN ITEM FROM COUNSEL BUT HISTORICALLY THIS IS WHERE WE PULL ITEMS FROM THE CONTENTED IF NEEDED AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PULL D3 COMPLETELY OFF OF THE AGENDA SO WE CAN CLARIFY ELEMENTS IN THE RESOLUTION AND ON THAT AIM AND WE WILL BRING
IT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING. >> OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT'S ITEM D3. OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM COUNSEL? OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE AND MISS LACEY, I THINK THESE MAY BE FOR YOU. THE FIRST ONE IS AS MANY ARE AWARE, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE APPROVED A CODE OF CONDUCT THAT FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION IN TERMS OF A PATH FORWARD TO PRESENT AND DISCUSS AND INTERACT WITH OUR BOARDS AND MEMBERS OF OUR BOARDS OF COMMISSIONER ABOUT THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PLAN. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT.
>> YES, SIR, I DO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW COUNCILMEMBERS. YES, SO, I DO HAVE A PLAN AND IS HIS ACTION ALREADY. AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE HAVE MORE THAN 10 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CITYWIDE WITH NEARLY 70 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE ON THEM. OBVIOUSLY, THIS CODE APPLIES TO ALL OF THEM, HOWEVER, I AM TAKING A PHASED APPROACH TO GETTING THE CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH EACH OF THE BOARDS AND EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THOSE BOARDS.
WHAT I'VE DONE IS SPLIT THEM INTO SECTIONS IN THE FIRST THREE SECTIONS OR THE FIRST THREE BOARDS THAT I TOOK WHERE
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THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE PARKS COMMISSION AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS THAT THOSE THREE BOARDS WERE IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED TO HAVE MEETINGS .AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER WE DECIDED TO POSTPONE THOSE MEETINGS UNTIL LATER IN JUNE AND, SO, I'VE SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL THOSE BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY CURRENTLY ARE RESPONDING TO A DOODLE POLL FIRST SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE INFORMAL MEETINGS AND MY GOAL IS TO GET A MIX OF EVERYBODY FROM ALL OF THOSE BOARDS AT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS. SO FAR I HAVE I WANT TO SAY SIX OPTIONS THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE FROM. ONCE I GET THOSE RESULTS I WILL SIGN EVERYBODY TO A DIFFERENT MEETING DATE AND TIME AND MY HOPE IS THAT IN THOSE PARTICULAR MEETINGS I CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH EVERYBODY, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, RUN HYPOTHETICALS, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, AND ALSO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS THEMSELVES BECAUSE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE CLARIFIED OR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REWORDED TO BE MORE APPLICABLE AND, SO, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THEIR FEEDBACK. THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO BRING THE FEEDBACK BACK TO Y'ALL FOR POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT. I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID IT DURING THE MEETING LAST WEEK, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT IS NOT AN ORDINANCE. IT'S NOT A LAW. IT IS SIMPLY A POLICY. IT CAN BE CHANGED. IT CAN BE AMENDED. IF ANY TIME THAT WE OR Y'ALL WANTED TO OR FELT LIKE YOU NEEDED TO. I'VE REACHED OUT TO THOSE BOARD MEMBERS. MY NEXT STEP IS TO REACH OUT TO THE SECOND SET AND THEN THE THIRD SET AND THEN 70 PEOPLE IS A LOT BUT I WILL MAKE THE TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH EVERYBODY AND
TALK THROUGH THESE WITH THEM. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WHAT THREE BOARDS? >> THE FIRST THREE ARE THE TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD, THE PARKS COMMISSION AND THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND I BELIEVE THE TOURISM BOARD ACTUALLY WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE MEETINGS THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK AND, SO, I DID NOT WANT TO JUST PUT IT IN FRONT OF THEM AND SAY, HERE YOU GO, I WANTED TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GET FAMILIAR AND GIVE ME THEIR FEEDBACK SO WE POSTPONE THEIR MEETINGS TO THE END OF JUNE.
>> BOTH OF THOSE BOARDS MEET QUARTERLY, CORRECT? SO MOVING TO JUNE WON'T DISRUPT? THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO MEET
DURING THE QUARTER? >> ABSOLUTELY, YES, SIR.
>> IS THERE A TIMEFRAME OR TIMELINE ININ TERMS OF WHEN YOU PROCESS WILL BE FINISHED IN TERMS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS? >> AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BAD TIMING. I HAVE A VACATION SCHEDULED TOMORROW. AS SOON AS I AM WORKING AROUND THAT AS BEST AS I CAN. AS SOON AS I GET BACK FROM THAT, THEN I PLAN TO SET THE FIRST GROUP OF MEETINGS AND I'M HOPING MAYBE BY THE SECOND WEEK, I'M HOPING, AND ONLY TO THIS, BUT THIRD WEEK AND FOURTH WEEK OF JUNE I COULD BE MEETING WITH OTHER BOARDS AND MOVE THEM ALONG AS BEST I
CAN. >> OKAY, JUNE WILL BE A BUSY
>> OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. JUST CURIOUS, HOW WILL THE SUPPLY WHEN THERE'S INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT CITY APPOINTEES TO THE BOARDS? WILL YOU BE MEETING WITH , LIKE, THE ENTIRE BORDER WE JUST BE MEETING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE APPOINTED
BY THE CITY. >> ALL THE INDIVIDUALS. THEIR CITY RUN BOARDS. THEREFORE, IT APPLIES TO -- I MEAN, EXAMPLE, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. THAT IS A CITY RUN BOARD. IT APPLIES TO ALL THOSE MEMBERS. I'VE HEARD RESPONSES FROM SEVERAL OF THE COUNTY APPOINTEES INCLUDING THEIR NEW APPOINTEE THAT WAS APPOINTED YESTERDAY FOR ATTENDING THE
MEETINGS. >> OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
>> GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WHILE YOU'RE THERE THEN, IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION FOLLOWING OUR LAST MEETING REGARDING AN ITEM THAT IS AT THE END OF OUR AGENDAS AND I'VE GONE BACK AND LOOKED AND NOTICED THAT THERE ON SEVERAL OF THESE REGARDING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THAT AND I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ITEM THAT IS DENOTED AND DOUBLE ASTERIX AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR AGENDA AND GIVE A LITTLE EXPLANATION AS TO THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS A FOOTNOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR AGENDA. MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE NEVER EVEN NOTICED IT IS DOWN THERE. I DID A BIT OF RESEARCH AND DUG THROUGH PREVIOUS AGENDAS AS FAR BACK AS 2008 . THAT WAS THE OLDEST ONE THAT I CAN FIND AND THAT IS A FOOTNOTE THAT IS BEEN ON THE AGENDAS AT LEAST SINCE THEN. SO, AT THE TIME BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH PREVIOUS CITY ATTORNEYS, THE TIME THAT WAS ADDED, THERE IS NO LANGUAGE IN STATE LAW THAT
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REQUIRED US TO HAVE A CITIZEN COMMUNICATION OR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR MEETING. THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA MANY YEARS AGO SIMPLY TO DENOTE THIS WAS A PUBLIC MEETING. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COME AND COMMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AGENDAS GOING BACK THAT FAR AT THE TOP PART WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD ALSO A SPECIFIC SECTION LABELED COMMUNICATION OR THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COME AND SPEAK. SO, BACK THEN, THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUT ON THERE. THERE IS A DUAL REASON FOR THAT AS WELL. THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE UP FOR CONSIDERATION THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARING SPECIFICALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, ORDINANCES. SOMETIMES WE APPLY FOR GRANTS THAT REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS. NOT EVERYTHING HAS ONE BUT SOMETHINGS DO. IF FOR SOME REASON WHEN THE AGENDA WAS GETTING CREATED AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS WAS BEFORE WE DID ALL ELECTRONICALLY, IF THAT PUBLIC HEARING SECTION WAS FOR SOME REASON NOT SPECIFIED ON THE AGENDA, THAT ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THAT ITEM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAD BEEN MADE AWARE THAT EVERYTHING WAS UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ALTHOUGH THOSE WERE SPECIFIC TO THOSE ITEMS. SO, IT HAD A DUAL PURPOSE BACK IN THE DAY. SO, WHEN MY PREDECESSOR TOOK OVER, I KNOW WE KEPT THAT LANGUAGE ON THERE. IN 2019, STATE LAW ACTUALLY CHANGED TO SAY THAT A GOVERNMENT BODY SHALL ALLOW EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO DESIRES TO ADDRESS THE BODY REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR AN OPEN MEETING OF THE BODY TO ADDRESS THE BODY REGARDING THE ITEM AT THE MEETING BEFORE OR DURING THE BODY'S CONSIDERATION OF THAT. SO, THAT MEANS STATE LAW NOW REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC SECTION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT EITHER BEFORE OR DURING THE ITEM. SO, AS A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. FOR ANY ITEM THAT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING. AS A MATTER OF TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY WE STRIVE TO ALWAYS POST OUR AGENDAS IN THE SAME WAY AND IN THE SAME ORDER. WHEN A SPECIFIC ITEM REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING WE LISTED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION. YOU'LL NOTICE ON OUR AGENDAS THAT IF THERE IS NO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING WE LEAVE THAT SECTION COMPLETELY OFF THE AGENDA SO THAT THE CITIZENS KNOW THAT THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS NEED TO BE MADE DURING THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION SECTION OF OUR AGENDA. THIS IS WHY ARE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, AND ACTUALLY LESS SAYS THAT THAT IS THE TIME TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS IN THE SUBSECTION TITLED PUBLIC HEARINGS BLOW. SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FOOTNOTE AT THE BOTTOM AND IT SAYS ALL ITEMS ARE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT IS CORRECT. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEMS THAT DON'T REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS TAKE PLACE IN CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THE STATUTES AND RULES OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE FAIR NOTICES GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IN A MEETING SO THAT INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK. SUCH RULES ARE ALSO IN PLACE TO GOVERN THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING BEING HELD. SO, AS A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE SAME TIME EVERY SINGLE MEETING OR TO KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO FLOW, WE PUT ALL OF OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AT THE TOP. THE PUBLIC AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND WE ASK IF IT IS A SPECIFIC PUBLIC HEARING ITEM THAT THEY HOLD COMMENTS UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED BY THE MAYOR OR THE PRESIDING OFFICER.>> OKAY. >> DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WENT BACK WAY FURTHER
THAN I ANTICIPATED. >> I ASK FOR ONE CLARIFICATION AT THE VERY END? JUST 90 SAID THAT THE PUBLIC DURING CITIZEN COMMUNICATION THEY CAN SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE AGENDA DURING PUBLIC HEARING. HER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, I'M
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SORRY. SMACK ABSOLUTELY. YES, MA'AM. THEY CAN SPEAK ON ANY ITEM THEY WANT TO WHETHER IT'S ON THE AGENDA OR NOT.>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS FROM COUNSEL. SO, THEN, WE WILL MOVE TO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION AND I HAVE A FEW CARDS. WE WILL BEGIN WITH
MICHAEL. GOOD EVENING. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL, I AM MICHAEL. I LIVE AT 2204 EAST NORTH STREET. CONGRATULATIONS ON JOSEPHINE SOLIZ'S RETIREMENT. I BROUGHT HER SOME SNACKS AND STUFF. ALSO, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE TRISH HASTINGS.
SHE RETIRED FROM CHRIST KITCHEN AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK SHE HAS DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SHE HAS WORKED VERY HARD
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AND SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR. SHE'S THE ONE THAT IMPLEMENT TO THE PROGRAM WHERE THERE IS LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT DO SECURITY FROM 11:00 TO 1:00 TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR PEOPLE AT CHRIST KITCHEN AND , ALSO, I WANT TO THANK ATTORNEY WES AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ATTORNEY LACEY AND , ANYWAY, WE NEED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HELPING WITH THE TRAILER PARK BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WATER LEAKS AND ONE IS RIGHT BY MY TRAILER HOUSE AND I CAN'T AFFORD NO $2000 A MONTH WATER BILL AND THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO FIX IT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE METERS ARE PUT ON MY TRAILER HOUSE AND I JUST CAN'T AFFORD $2000 A MONTH AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DID FIND A LEAK LAST THURSDAY AND THERE IS JUST A BIG PILE OF DIRT. IT'S LIKE SIX, FOUR, FIVE FOOT DEEP AND LOTS OF DIRT AND MANAGEMENT HAS HAD A PROBLEM IN NOT TAKING CARE OF PROBLEMS . LAST FEBRUARY, THERE WAS A LEAK AND THERE IS STILL A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIRT AND IT IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF AND IT'S A THREE BY FIVE WHOLE ABOUT A FOOT DEEP AND I WOULD LIKE MANAGEMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING GRAVEL OR ASPHALT DOWN ON POTHOLES, THEY PUT DIRT. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SC VICTORIA GARBAGE TRUCK GOT STUCK AND THEY HAD TO CALL ALLEN'S RECORD TO GET IT UNDONE, YOU KNOW, AT THE COST OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND I WOULD LIKE THE GENERAL MANAGER AND TRAILER PARK OWNER TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. THANKSAND HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU. NEXT CARD I HAVE IS MR. HARLEY FISK. GOOD EVENING, MR. FISK.
>> GOOD EVENING. OUT OF RANGE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND INTERESTED CITIZENS. WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE BACK IN THE '60S I WAS PRIVILEGED TO WORK ON THE LITTLE COMPUTER KNOWN AS THE IBM 360. TOOK UP A SPACE ABOUT A THIRD AS BIG AS THIS ROOM. IT WAS THE COMPUTER THAT NASA USED TO GET US INTO SPACE. TODAY THE AVERAGE CELL PHONE HAS GREATER COMPUTER CAPACITY. THIS OFTEN USES A BABYSITTING DEVICE IN PLACE OF HUMAN INTERACTION PAIRED FROM A TECHNOLOGICAL MIRROR -- MIRACLE TO A CHILD'S TOY IN THE SPACE OF MY LIFETIME. I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT THE OLD TIMES WERE BETTER, THEY WERE DIFFERENT. WOMEN COULD NOT OWN CREDIT CARDS.
SEGREGATION WAS PREVALENT IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. A ONE INCOME FAMILY COULD GENERALLY AFFORD TO BUY A HOME HITCHHIKING WAS CONSIDERED A VALID FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. I GREW UP FAR FROM A PUBLIC LIBRARY AND STILL MANAGED TO LEARN ABOUT DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY AT A YOUNG AGE. TIMES HAVE CHANGED. AS I LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEK'S SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING I AM CONFUSED. THE CONFUSION IS FROM HEARING MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SAYING THE LIBRARY SHOULD FOLLOW SOME IDEAS THAT WERE IN EXISTENCE YEARS AGO AS THE TIME AND SOCIETY HAVE FAILED. TIME HAS GIVEN US OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ONLY DREAMED OF. I CAN ACCEPT THESE CHANGES, ANYONE CAN. I'M CONFUSED ON THE DIFFICULTY THAT SOME HAVE ABOUT COUNCILMEMBERS AND CITIZENS ON THE BOARD HAVING TO ANSWER TO ANYONE FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR. PERHAPS IN A PERFECT WORLD, THIS WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY AND EVERYONE WOULD PUT THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN FRONT OF PRIVATE INTERESTS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FISK. AND THEN I HAVE TONY VASQUEZ.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. VASQUEZ. >> I WANTED TO BE HERE TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THIS COUNSEL, MISSES BUTLER, MR. KIDDER, WELCOME. IF I MAY, A REQUEST. PROVE ME WRONG. I RARELY LIKE TO STAND CORRECTED BUT IN THIS MATTER I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO BE WRONG ABOUT YOU. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW MY SUSPICIONS TO WIN OUT PREDICTING THAT YOUR WORDS AND VOTES WILL BE SWAYED BY YOUR ASSOCIATIONS AND TIES WITH PARTICULAR CHARACTERS IN GROUPS WITH PLANS AND AGENDAS. IN MY OPINION, RELIGION IS VERY PERSONAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED HERE FOR PERFORMATIVE ACTS IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE OR THREATEN.
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ALTHOUGH IT IS REGULARLY PUSH THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE THE MAJORITY AND SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DICTATE TO YOU AS SUCH, I BEG TO DIFFER. OUR CITY HAS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, HONEST, STRONG, HARD WORKING OF DIFFERENT RACES AND BELIEFS WHO DO NOT WISH TO IMPOSE ON THE FREEDOMS OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS BUT WERE ALSO NOT ABLE TO SPEND HOURS HERE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS TO CHEER THEMSELVES ON AND CREATE SPECTACLES UNLIKE OF YOU WHO SEEM TO HAVE NOTHING BUT TIME AND DEMANDS ON THEIR HANDS. IF IT'S HELPFUL TO YOU, I OFFER MY PRESENCE AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO EXISTS OUTSIDE OF THE ALLEGED MAJORITY. HERE I STAND BEFORE YOU A LOCAL HISPANIC MAN UNMARRIED WITH NO CHILDREN AND NOT PARTICULARLY RELIGIOUS FOR REASONS OF MY OWN. I GET UP EVERY MORNING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND I GO TO WORK. I RESPECT THE LAW, I PAY MY TAXES I VOLUNTEER WITH NONPROFITS AND I TRIED TO BE HELPFUL CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND GUESS WHAT? EVEN IN BEING THAT ALLEGED MINORITY, I SHOULD MATTER TO YOU NONETHELESS. AS YOU SIT THERE, WHETHER YOU LIVE IN YOUR AREA OF REPRESENTATION OR NOT, YOU REPRESENT ME. YOU REPRESENT ALL OF US. TRY TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU MAKE DECISIONS THAT HAVE CONSEQUENCES. B THE EXAMPLES OF UNBIASED LEADERSHIP I HOPE YOU ARE. LASTLY, I COMMEND CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY ALLISON LACEY AND COUNSEL FOR YOUR WORK LAST WEEK. I THINK YOUR DECISIONS WERE MADE IN THE RIGHT DECISION AND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU.[1. An ordinance amending a variance to Section 14-10(B) of City Code for ...]
>> THANK YOU, MR. VASQUEZ. SO, LIVE ONE OTHER CARD BUT I BELIEVE MR. AND MISSES IS A BOTTLE IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL CALL YOU FOR THAT TIME. GREAT.
MOVING ON THEN, WE WILL MOVE TO THAT VERY THING. ITEMS OF
PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM C 1. >> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING A VARIANCE TO SECTION 14-10 B OF CITY CODE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2804 NORTH LAURENT STREET, SUITE 100 AND SUITE 200 TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOL. THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CROCKER AND COUNSEL. IN MAY 2023 , THEY ASKED TO GRANT A VARIANCE TO SELL ALCOHOL. THE VARIANCE WAS GRANTED AT THAT TIME FOR THE SALE OF WINE AND MALT BEVERAGES AT HIS RESTAURANT. TODAY HE IS HERE AGAIN TO ASK FOR ANOTHER VARIANCE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT PARTICULAR VARIANCE TO SECTION 14 DUTCH 10 B OF THE CITY CODE TO ALLOW FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT 2804 NORTH LAURENT STREET SUITE 200. HE SPLIT IT.
SUITE 200 IS GOING TO TRY TO OPEN A VENUE THERE. SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THE VARIANCE PROCEDURE FOR A LIQUOR LICENSE COULD BE THOUGHT OF AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE REGULATIONS IN CITY CODE. THE PROCESS FOR APPLYING FOR MANY VARIANCE IS SPELLED OUT IN CITY CODE SUCH AS DRIVEWAYS, SETBACKS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AS A RESOLUTION AND IN THIS CASE THE VARIANCE IS NOT SPECIFIED. THE VARIANCE PROCESS, WE BRING IT TO YOU AS AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO THE CITY CODE AND APPLICANTS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO OBTAIN A LIQUOR LICENSE ARE ASKED TO WRITE A LETTER AND STAFF PRESENTS IT TO YOU AND THE REQUESTER MAY STATE THEIR CASE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH HE WILL DO LATER.
AS I SAID, HE'S ASKING FOR VARIANCE TO BE LOCATED FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES . NOW DOES THE VENUE LOCATED AT 2804 NORTH LAURENT STREET SUITE 200. IT'S JUST A SELL WINE AND MALT BEVERAGES ON PREMISE AND THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED LESS THAN 300 FEET FROM A CHILD CARE FACILITY. PRIOR CITY CODE -- PRIOR TO CITY CODE CHANGING IN OCTOBER OF 2016 THAT PROHIBITS THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHILD CARE FACILITY. THE LOCATION QUALIFIED FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BASED ON LOCAL AND STATE REGULATIONS.
SO, THE CITY CODE NOW DEFINE CERTAIN THINGS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT THAT SELLS ALCOHOL HAS TO BE LOCATED A CERTAIN ISSUE -- DISTANCE FROM, ONE OF THEM IS A CHILD CARE FACILITY AND WE USE THE DEFINITION LOCATED IN SECTION 42-002 . SO, THE DEFINITION IS HERE FOR CHILD CARE FACILITY OR DAY CARE CENTER AND TINY SPROUTS DAY CARE WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE SAME PROPERTY ACTUALLY MEETS THOSE DEFINITIONS. SO, IN SECTION 1410 OF THE CITY CODE, WHERE THAT SPELLS OUT THAT THE MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN A PLACE OF BUSINESS FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ARE SOLD FROM A SCHOOL OR CHILD CARE FACILITY THEY MEASURE IN A DIRECT LINE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE IN THIS INSTANCE. THE
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CHILDCARE FACILITY IS ACTUALLY LOCATED ON THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY AS NOTED HERE IN THIS MAP. THE SMALLER YELLOW SQUARES IS THE DAY CARE CENTER. THE LARGER ONE WOULD BE THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES MR. GEDDES AND WILL EVENTUALLY HOUSE A VENUE. THERE LOCATED ON THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY THAT ZERO AND WHEN YOU MEASURE IT IT ZERO FEET. SO.ANOTHER PART OF THE CODE ALSO, WHOOPS. I MESSED THAT UP. WILL YOU TAKE ME BACK, JAMES? THANK YOU. THERE IS A SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL FROM AND YOU CAN SEE THE MEASUREMENTS FROM FRONT DOOR TO FRONT DOOR. IT'S 320 FEET THERE ON THIS MAP.
THERE IS ALSO A SCHOOL LOCATED IN THIS ACROSS THE STREET WHICH IF YOU MEASURE THE DISTANCE FROM THE STREET, THAT'S LESS THAN 300 FEET AND THERE IS A CHURCH LOCATED NEARBY AS WELL.
ON THE DAIS TONIGHT, THERE WAS A COPY OF A LETTER FROM TINY SPROUTS DAY CARE IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE AND IN THE ORIGINAL VARIANCE REQUEST HE ALSO HAD A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THEM STATING THAT THEY WERE NOT OPPOSING THIS VARIANCE AT ALL. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND AGAIN, IT HERE TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF IN THE PUBLIC
HEARING. >> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS LUPE. I'M THE MANAGING MEMBER OF THE BOTTA LLC AND WE DID PURCHASE IT. THE BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 25,000 SQUARE FEET. THE PLAN WAS TO OPEN THE RESTAURANT, MR. YETIS PIZZA USING 12,500 SQUARE FEET SO THAT WE COULD EXPAND INTO THE OTHER SIDE EVENTUALLY. WELL, WHEN WE HAD THE BUILDING APPRAISED, THE APPRAISAL COMPANY SAID THEY COULD NOT APPRAISE HALF A BUILDING , THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE ENTIRE BUILDING IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE APPRAISED. AFTER SOME DUE DILIGENCE, WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VENUE BEING THAT IT WAS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY FOR US TO DO IT. IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE CAN STILL MOVE THE RESTAURANT INTO THAT SIDE IF WE NEED TO AND WE DO PLAN TO DO THAT. THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY OF VICTORIA WHERE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US BUT AS YOU WELL KNOW, TO HAVE A VENUE, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO DRINK BEER AND T ABC IS TELLING US WE HAVE AN ACTIVE LIQUOR LICENSE NOW AT THE FACILITY BUT BECAUSE IT IS A SEPARATE ENTITY, MR. GATTI'S AND THE VENUE, THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT WE REDO OUR APPLICATION AND CHANGE THE ADDRESS FROM MR. GATTI'S BEING AT SUITE 100 AND A BUSY VENUE BEING AT SUITE 200. SO, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR, TO ASK IN YOUR CONSIDERING TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL LIQUOR AT THAT FACILITY AS WELL ON THE 200 SIDE. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. ZAPATA. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD WISH TO SPEAK AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE, THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ITEM C1.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE VARIANCE.
>> I WILL SECOND. >> GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY
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>> ANY POST? ALL RIGHT, ITEM C ONE PASSES. THIS WAS FIRST READING'S WE'LL HAVE. OKAY. TWO MORE. THEY WILL PROBABLY BE COMBINED AT THE NEXT MEETING. I. MOVING ON THEN, THE CONSENT AGENDA AND JUST A REMINDER THAT ITEM D3 WAS PULLED FROM THAT.
MISS HILBERT? >> ITEM D CAPITAL ONE IS THE ADOPTIONS OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON MAY 7TH. ITEM TWO IS AN ORDINANCE CHAPTER 21 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA CODE OF ORDINANCE.
SECOND AND THIRD READING. ITEM D4 RESOLUTION APPROVING A PURCHASE OF CLASS A VEHICLE FROM AMERICAN FIRE TRAINING SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF , ITEM D5 IS A RESOLUTION DESIGNATED AS A CITY MANAGER FOR THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION
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AUTHORITY GRANT DESIGNATING SERGEANT ROBERT ROGERS IS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE GRANT AND DESIGNATING THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER GILBERT REYNA IS A FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE GRANTING ITEM D6 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR GRANT AWARDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,000 THAT REQUIRES A COST SHARE FROM THE CITY AND THE AMOUNT OF $21,125.>> THANK YOU. I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE
CONSENT AGENDA. >> I MOVE WE ADOPT THE CONSENT
>> MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[1. Fiscal Year 2022–2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. Wesley Ja...]
>> ANY POST? CONSENT AGENDA PASSES. WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. TAKING IT EASY ON YOU GUYS. FIRST MEETING. WE WILL MOVE THEN INTO CITY MANAGER REPORTS.
>> GOOD EVENING. CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME ABOARD. WE ARE GOING TO START YOU STRONG WITH A COUPLE OF REALLY GREAT PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. FIRST, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR OUTSIDE AUDITOR ON OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023 ANNUAL REPORT AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO WESLEY TO INTRODUCE.
>> COULD HE WAIT JUST A MINUTE. JAMES, I'M HAVING TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES OVER HERE. >> OKAY. HAVING TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES. >> YES, I AM. SOMETIMES I'VE
>> OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ABLE TO --
>> HE HAS A MAGIC TOUCH. >> YES, WE KNOW THAT FOR THIS ONE. THIS ONE IS GIVING US PROBLEMS SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL
MEETING. >> I HATE TO SAY OPERATOR ERROR. ANYWAY. EVERYBODY GOOD? WORKS? OKAY. PLEASE PROCEED.
GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE WILL BE PRESENTING A REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH 2023. WALDROP & UHEREK PERFORM THE AUDIT. WE POSTED A COPY OF IT ON THE WEBSITE AND SENT IT OUT TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES. MELISSA TERRY IS THE ENGAGEMENT PARTNER. SHE IS HEAR FROM HWU TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE
AUDIT PROCESS AND THE REPORT. >> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU, WESLEY. YES, MY NAME IS MELISSA TERRY. I'M A CPA AND A FARMER -- PARTNER AND I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE AUDIT RESULTS FOR THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH 2023 AUDIT. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I START AS THE AUDIT HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. SO, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO? OKAY. SO, FIRST, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF BUT I WILL ALSO INTRODUCE -- SORRY. I WOULD ALSO INTRODUCE --
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HAS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. >> YOU ARE REDEEMED.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT EARLY.
>> WE ARE WAITING, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY AND THE AREA , ESPECIALLY ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT IS A VERY LONG DOCUMENT BUT IF YOU READ IT, IT IS VERY CONFIDENCE OF. YOU CAN FIND OUT A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING ON AT THE PORT, EVERYWHERE. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
>> I AGREE. I WILL HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. THIS IS THE CITY'S 39TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO ISSUE A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WHICH IS CALLED AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. THEY SUBMIT TO THE GF AWAY FOR THE AWARD.
THE COMPREHENSIVE -- IT'S COMPREHENSIVE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY SECTIONS IN THE REPORT THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED. THE
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INTRODUCTORY SECTION IS WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LAUGHLIN WAS ADDRESSING. IT ADDRESSES A LOT OF THE ECONOMIC, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY AND THE AREA. SO, THAT SECTION IS THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION. ALSO, THE STATISTICAL SECTION WHICH IS AT THE END OF THE REPORT , 10 YEARS OF INFORMATION, COMPARATIVE INFORMATION WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. TO REVIEW. SO, FIRST, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF BUT ALSO INTRODUCE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK WITH ME ON THE TEAM AND THEN I WILL GO THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS. THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT , THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE REPORT, I WILL GO OVER SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE REPORT AND THEN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. AS WESLEY STATED, I AM THE ENGAGEMENT PARTNER ON THE AUDIT. I AM MAINLY WORKING EXTENSIVELY IN GOVERNMENTAL COUNTY AND AUDITING AND I HAVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. MY AUDIT SUPERVISOR THAT WORKS BY MY SIDE, HER NAME IS ELIZABETH AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER SUPPORT STAFF. AS MENTIONED, HER AND I, WE DO WORK EXTENSIVELY IN THE AREA OF GOVERNMENTAL COUNTY AND AUDITING. OUR FIRM'S STAFF RECEIVES THE CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS THAT IS REQUIRED. IN ADDITION, OUR FIRM PARTICIPATES IN THE PEER REVIEW PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS REQUIRED BY ANY AUDITORS OR FIRMS THAT WORK ON TEST ENGAGEMENTS. WE DO THAT EVERY THREE YEARS. THE PEER REVIEW IS A REVIEW OF OUR QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES. THE FIRM'S QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES. THE SERVICES WE PERFORM AND THE PRODUCTS THAT WE PRODUCE THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIRED STANDARDS AND WE JUST WENT THROUGH A PEER REVIEW IN 2023. WHOOPS. OH, GOSH. SORRY. THERE IT GOES. OKAY. SO, AT THE CONCLUSION OF ONE AUDIT, WE START THE PROCESS OF THE NEXT AUDIT. IT'S ALMOST AN ANNUAL PROCESS. AFTER TONIGHT, WE WILL ISSUE OUR ENGAGEMENT LETTER.BETWEEN NOW AND BEFORE WE START PLANNING THE AUDIT, WE DISCUSS WITH CITY STAFF OR ANYTHING ANY DEVELOPMENTS OR ISSUES THAT WILL BE APPLICABLE FOR THE AUDIT. BEGINNING AT ABOUT AUGUST OF EVERY YEAR WE DO AUDIT PLANNING . OUR FIELDWORK PROCEDURES WHICH ARE IN-HOUSE OR ON CITY PREMISES BEGAN IN ABOUT SEPTEMBER AND WE DO THOSE FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AND WE END IN ABOUT JANUARY. WE GO IN AND DO EXTENSIVE TESTS WORK ON MANY AREAS OF THE CITY AND THEN WE CONCLUDE IN JANUARY AND FROM JANUARY UNTIL APRIL WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE EXTENSIVE REPORTS . BETWEEN US AND CITY STAFF, IT TAKES A LOT OF MANPOWER TO DO THAT. SO, I REPORT WAS ISSUED. THE OPINION LETTER WAS DATED APRIL 22ND , 2004 AND TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING THE REPORT. THE AUDIT RESULTS, WE HAVE ISSUED A REPORT ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IT IS AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION OR CLEAN OPINION AND HIS OPINION IS THE SAME FORM OF OPINION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED IN THE PAST. IT IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF ASSURANCE THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FINANCIALLY CORRECT. WE ISSUED NO MANAGEMENT LETTER . THERE WERE NO FINDINGS . MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES NOTED WITHIN THE CITY. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, DURING A LITTLE BREAK, THE CITY DOES SUBMIT FOR THE GF AWAY AWARD TO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY HAS RECEIVED THAT IN 39 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. LOOKING IN THE REPORT, THAT IS ON THE CERTIFICATE FOR THE SEPTEMBER 30TH 2022 REPORT. IT'S ON XV. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, IT
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REQUIRED THAT WE SUBMIT, THAT WE INCLUDE IN THE REPORT AND ONE BEGINS ON PAGE ONE OF THE REPORT . IT IS THE FIRST LETTER. THERE ARE THREE LETTERS THAT ARE IN THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AS A FIRST ONE ON OUR LETTERHEAD AND THAT IS WHERE WE STATED THAT WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION AND ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. OUR AUDIT IS DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AND THE STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO FINANCIAL AUDITS CONTAINED IN THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ABOUT WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT WITH YOUR OVERSIGHT ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.CONTAINED IN THAT LETTER AND ALSO IN THE OTHER LETTER WE DISCLOSED THAT THERE WERE NO FRAUD IRREGULARITIES OR ILLEGAL ACTS NOTED. THERE WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES. BECAUSE THE CITY EXPENDS MORE THAN $750,000 IN FEDERAL DOLLARS, WE ALSO HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CALL A SINGLE AUDIT ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THAT IS OUR OPINION. IT'S ALSO A CLEAN OPINION AND THAT IS ON PAGE 267 OF THE REPORT. THERE WERE NO NOTED NONCOMPLIANCE ISSUES WITH THE AUDIT . THIS YEAR WE DID HAVE TO -- WE REVIEWED THE COMPLIANCE AND THE CONTROLS OVER THE GRANT OF THE ARPA GRANTS. OTHER SIGNIFICANT AUDIT MATTERS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE NOTED THAT WE ENCOUNTERED NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES, THERE WERE NO INDEPENDENCE ISSUES . WE WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS. THERE WERE NO UNCORRECTED STATEMENTS AND, ALSO, JUST TO NOTE THAT THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT -- TO ADOPT A NEW STATEMENT WHICH IS 96 FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION-BASED TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS AND THOSE HAD NO IMPACT ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR '23. SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TO NOTE. WE ARE GOING TO REALLY JUST ADDRESS THE THREE MAJOR FUNDS OF THE CITY ONE BEING THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THE WATER FUND AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUND. THIS GRAPH DEPICTS THE FUND BALANCE AND THE NET POSITION AND AS ADDRESSED IN THE NOTE ON THE BOTTOM, THE NET POSITION FOR THE WATER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUND, I NEED TO NOTE THAT THIS NET POSITION DIFFERS FROM THE WORKING CAPITAL THAT IS SEEN IN THE CITY'S BUDGET DOCUMENTS AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT ON A SUCCESSIVE SLIDE. IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. $23.26 MILLION FOR THE AUDIT. IT IS A $2.5 MILLION INCREASE OVER 2022. THE WATER FUND NET POSITION INCREASED UP TO $99 MILLION FROM A $95 MILLION NET POSITION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUND SAW SLIGHT DECREASE OF A LITTLE LESS THAN 200,000 FROM 745,000 TO 763,000 OR 7.4 MILLION TO 7.63 MILLION.
THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE AS STATED EARLIER SAW AN INCREASE FROM 20.8 MILLION UP TO 23.26 MILLION. THAT IS A 2.5 -- $.5 MILLION INCREASE WHICH IS SHOWN IN THIS GRAPH IS THE PORTION OF THE FUND BALANCE WHICH IS A DESIGNATED FOR CARRIED OVER PURCHASE ORDERS WHICH WILL BE PAID IN SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS. SO, THERE WAS AN $18,000 DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT DESIGNATED FOR CARRYOVERS OF PURCHASE ORDERS FROM FISCAL YEAR FROM FISCAL YEAR '23 TO '22. ON THE NEXT
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SLIDE, AS MENTIONED, IS THE WORKING CAPITAL AS SEEN IN THE CITIES BUDGET DOCUMENTS. WE SHOW THE WATER FUND AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUND AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE WATER FUND HAD A $16.18 MILLION COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR OF 13.98 MILLION. IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUND WAS $10.93 MILLION COMPARED TO $10.87 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR '22. A THREE-YEAR COMPARISON OF MAJOR REVENUE CATEGORIES. IN THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS WE SHOW THE PROPERTY TAX. THIS PROPERTY TAX IS DEPICTED IT JUST SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND. THERE IS AN INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OF $17.3 MILLION UP TO $18.6 MILLION. SALES TAX REVENUE FOR $19.3 MILLION TO $20.4 MILLION AND FRANCHISES LIKE INCREASE UP TO $16 MILLION. WATER CELLS HAD A SLIGHT DECREASE BUT IT SHOWED AN AMOUNT OF $26.6 MILLION AND THEN SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS WERE $6.2 MILLION. A THREE-YEAR COMPARISON OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL FUND HAD A REPORTED EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR A $52 MILLION COMPARED TO $49 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THE WATER FUND '21 TO -- 20 TO $21 MILLION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SAW AN INCREASE FROM 4.5 MILLION UP TO $6 MILLION. ABOUT 20 PAGES WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE REPORT IS CALLED THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND I DID NOT MENTION EARLIER I MENTIONED THE INTRODUCTION VERY SECTIONS AND THE STATISTICAL SECTION BUT THIS PART OF THE REPORT REPLIED -- PROVIDES AN OVERALL VIEW FOR THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. SO, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE REPORT YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LOT OF NUMBERS AND THEN THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE JUST OR EXPLANATIONS OF THOSE NUMBERS, AGAIN, DON'T REALLY GET INTO THAT YOUR EXPLANATION. WE SHOW WHAT THE BACKGROUND OF IT IS BUT DON'T EXPLAIN WHY THINGS HAPPENED OR WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THOSE INCREASES AND DECREASES AND CAPITAL ASSETS AND THE CHANGES IN LONG-TERM DEBT. THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, THOSE 20 PAGES ARE GOOD INFNFORMATION. YOU CAN REA THAT AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S BRIEF BUT IT IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. THIS SECTION OF THE REPORT, IT PROVIDES FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, ECONOMIC DATA TO ASSESS THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY AND HELPS THE READERS UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND HOW IS APPLIED TO EACH FUND. THERE IS A LOT OF COMPARISON BECAUSE THERE IS COMPARATIVE INFORMATION FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND THE BUSINESS -TYPE ACTIVITIES. IT'S THE ONLY PLACE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE COMPARATIVE INFORMATION IS IN THERE. AND THEN, ALSO, INFORMATION ON THE MAJOR FUNDS AND THE REASONS FOR THE INCREASES AND DECREASES. THIS IS A REQUIRED SECTION IN THE REPORT . A LOT OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, THE AUDITING INFORMATION, WE INPUT MANAGEMENT , WESLEY AND HIS STAFF AND GILBERT, THEY PUT IN THE BULK OF THE INFORMATION AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY AUDITED AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS. THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AND NOW TELL US WHY. IT PROVIDES YOU AS THE READERS AND THOSE BOND RATING AGENCIES AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS NOT IN TEXAS, WHEREVER, IF THEY ARE NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, TO LOOK AT THE CITIES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. AS A GFOA REVIEWER THAT I AM, I REVIEW REPORTS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND THAT'S GOOD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. THAT'S WHAT YOU GO TO. SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND I JUST A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. AND I APPRECIATE WESLEY AND HIS STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK. IT IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THE REPORT AND TO OUR AUDIT, YOU[01:10:01]
KNOW, AS YOU SEE IN OUR TIMELINE, IT IS ALMOST A 12 MONTH PROCESS. SO, AGAIN, THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY IS LOOKING GOOD AND THERE WERE NO FINDINGS TO NOTE. SO, OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION OF WESLEY. ON PAGE 103 IT TALKS ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE AND IT SHOWS A FUND BALANCE FOR 23 OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT. IS THERE NO OUTSTANDING THINGS THAT WOULD AFFECT, IS THAT THE ACTUAL FUND BALANCE OR DO WE HAVE OUTSTANDING THINGS THAT WILL LOWER THE FUND BALANCE NUMBER?
>> THE NUMBER WILL INCLUDE ANY CARRYOVERS WE HAVE ANY ENCUMBRANCES THAT GET CARRIED OVER WILL BE IN THAT NUMBER.
SO, IN THIS CASE -- TO CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET , WE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR STAFFS ESTIMATE ON WHAT THAT CARRYOVER WOULD BE . I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. I KNOW THAT PHYSICALLY OR '23.
>> I WAS GOING TO GET THERE, YOUR HEAD OF ME.
>> SORRY. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW MUCH IS ENCUMBERED. IS THERE ANYTHING ENCUMBERED ON THIS $23 MILLION NUMBER.
>> 900,000. >> MOUNTED THOUSAND?
>> YES. >> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. I WANTED TO POINT OUT, EVEN AT 900,000 AND, YES, WE DO THE BUDGET BEFORE WE KNOW THE ENDING BALANCE. WE HAVE TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE ENDING BALANCE WILL BE. WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY BECAUSE THE CITY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB BUDGETING. SO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY.
>> THAT'S A GOOD INTRODUCTION TO MY COMMENT. YOU RECALL THAT WE DID THE '24 BUDGET AND IN THAT BUDGET YOU HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM, EXCESS FUND BALANCE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, RECALL, COUNCIL, YOU CONTRIBUTED ONE POINT MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE FUND. WHERE DID THAT MONEY COME FROM? FROM THAT EXPENSE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST LEAVE IT THERE, WE WILL MAKE SURE IN '24 YOU WILL SEE THE SAME THING AND '25 ONLY
START TALKING 25. >> I KNOW YOU WON'T LEAVE IT
THERE. >> THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES TO THAT. IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AS WE ENTER A NEW FISCAL YEAR AND THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR STARTS TO BECOME MORE CLEAR , AS WE APPROACH THESE ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES IN THE FISCAL YEARS SOMETIMES THINGS COST MORE THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.
THE ADDITIONAL ACCESS THE ENDS UP COMING OUT OF THE AUDIT, WE DO END UP ENCUMBERING THROUGHOUT THE EXISTING FISCAL YEAR AS THINGS COME IN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PLANNED. THEY HELP ABSORB THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL.
>> IS THIS THING ON? >> OH, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> YOU CAN? BUT I WILL GIVE YOU THIS, I MADE SURE OUR RESERVES ARE ADEQUATE AS OUR BUDGET INCREASES IT WILL INCREASE THE RESERVE TO HAVE EXTRA CUSHION. YOU CAN GO BACK THREE YEARS AND JUST GAUGE HER BUDGET OVERALL AS IT'S GOING UP AND YOU CAN SEE THE SAME TREND HAPPENS TO YOUR WORKING CAPITAL FUND BALANCE BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST WAY YOU PRACTICE LIKE ANY PERSONAL OPERATING BUSINESS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
>> AND I APPRECIATE THAT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL, SO MUCH. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS, AS YOU MENTIONED YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB. TO YOUR TEAM, I KNOW THAT IS A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL AND WE APPRECIATE IT AND THANKS FOR THE
[2. Capital Improvements Plan Update. David Sheblak, City Engineer]
PRESENTATIONS. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO, MOVING ON TO THE SECOND CITY MANAGERS REPORT. THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. I KNOW YOU MUST BE THINKING, GOSH, DIDN'T WE JUST TALK ABOUT THIS? BUT, NORMALLY, IT'S OUR NORMAL STANDARD OR SEIZURE TWO AT THE SECOND MEETING IN MAY TO CONFIRM WHAT THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN UTILIZE THAT FIGURE AND INPUT IT INTO OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT WE WILL PRESENT AT THE END OF JUNE AND ULTIMATELY IT GETS PROPOSED IN AUGUST. A COUPLE OF THINGS OF NOTE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DAVID IS THAT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL BE DETAILED. WE PASSED OUT A DETAILED DOCUMENT. IT WILL BE DETAILED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEARS, THREE FISCAL YEARS, I SHOULD SAY. YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE WERE CONTEMPLATING GOING
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BACK TO HAVING A FIVE-YEAR CIP AND AFTER REFLECTING ON IT, I FELT THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO STICK TO A FORMALIZED THREE YEARS CIP RATHER THAN FORCING A LOT OF SPECIFICITY IN THE OUTER TWO YEARS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWN VARIABLES FROM THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE STILL EXPLORING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, RIGHT? TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL BE SPECIFIC FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS AND THEN IT BROADLY ON THOSE TOPICS FOR FISCAL YEARS '20 AND '29 AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR HAD NOT FROM COUNCIL THAT YOU ARE OKAY WITH THIS THREE YEARS CIP PROGRAM.>> GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU. >> I'M DOING FINE. I HOPE YOU
ALL ARE DOING WELL ALSO. >> THANK YOU.
>> TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING THE UPDATE. THIS WAS PROMISED TO Y'ALL BACK OF APRIL 16TH COUNCIL MEETING. AS PART OF THIS UPDATE I WILL PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR '24 CIP AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW FOR THE CIP FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEARS '25 FOR '27 AND I PLAN TO PUT PRESENT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROJECTS FOR EACH YEAR , '25, '26 AND '27 AND AS MENTIONED, WE WILL BRING UP AND DISCUSS ABOUT THE PROJECT CONSIDERATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 AND 29. FISCAL YEAR '24 CIP UPDATE. WASN'T GREEN DRIVE.
THIS IS THE SEGMENT BETWEEN WILDLAND TO THE HIGHWAY. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN BID AND I PLAN TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AT THE JUNE 4TH MEETING. THE TANGLEWOOD SUBDIVISION PHASE ONE , THE UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION ARE ALMOST COMPLETE . THEY'RE STILL DOING SOME TIE OVER'S AND SOME OF THE NEW LINES TO THE PASTING LINES AND WE WILL BE ADVERTISING AS OF THIS WEEKEND FOR THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHASE ONE. THOSE BIDS WILL BE OPEN ON JUNE 12TH AND WE WILL BE BRINGING -- ANTICIPATE BRINGING THEM TO COUNCIL IN JULY FOR RECOMMENDATION . COLLEGE PARK SUBDIVISION , THE UTILITY WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETE THE LAST MAJOR ITEM WORK IS THE BOARD UNDER THE RAILROAD AND ALL APPROVALS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED OR ISSUED FOR THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT IS GOING TO BEGIN THE ACTUAL WORK ON THAT. THE STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, WE ARE ANTICIPATING A BID OPENING IN LATE AUGUST AT THIS TIME. RIVERSIDE PARK BOAT RAMP AND KAYAK TAKE OUT POINT. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL AGREED TO EXECUTE A CONTACT FOR WILDLIFE FOR THE DESIGN OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS . ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED, THEN THE CITY CANN PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDS. AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE AWARDED BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. THIS SLIDE IS PRESENTING THE OVERVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR '25 THROUGH '27 FUNDING AND IS THE SAME INFORMATION AS PRESENTED ON THE COVER SHEET OF THE HANDOUT THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.
FOR FISCAL YEAR '25, WE ARE PROPOSING YOU EXPEND $40.52 MILLION ON A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT . 32.94 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR '26 AND 24.72 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR '27. OF THE 40.52 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR '25, 24% ARE $9.67 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON RESIDENTIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS. 23% OR 9.36 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON RESIDENTIAL STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECT AT LONE TREE ACRES.
ANOTHER 8.59 MILLION OR 21% OF THAT WILL BE SPENT ON THOROUGHFARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE WILL ALSO EXPEND 14% OR 5.8 MILLING ON UTILITY PROJECTS. ANOTHER $6 MILLION WILL BE SPENT FOR UTILITIES AND THIS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE GRANTS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE $.1 MILLION SPENT ON OTHER
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PROJECTS WHICH WE WILL EXPLAIN LATER. THE FISCAL YEAR '25'S RESIDENTIAL STREET PROJECTS, WE WILL BE DOING A NUMBER OF SEAL COAT AND ONYX APPLICATIONS. WE WILL BEGIN THE WINDCREST ADDITION . HOLT ROAD, HARTMAN ROAD AND SPARKMAN ROADS , LARRY LANE FROM SAM HOUSTON TO STOCK POWER . SABINE STREET, TRINITY STREET FROM NAVARRO TO LAURENT AND THE BOULEVARD ADDITION .THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME MILL AND OVERLAY PROJECTS AS A PART OF THIS RESIDENTIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS. MURRAY STREET FROM THE VERA TO MOODY STREET. AVENUE C, KRAUSE STREET, POWER AVENUE AND MYERS STREET FROM NORTH STREET TO THE END OF THOSE STREETS. BURROUGHS MILL ROAD WILL BE A RECLAMATION OR WE WILL RECLAIM AND OVERLAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT PROJECT.
THAT WILL RUN FROM HIGHWAY 59 BUSINESS TO LONE TREE ROAD. AND LONE TREE ACRES WHICH IS THE RESIDENTIAL STREET DRAINAGE PROJECT, 9.36 MILLION THAT WILL BE FUNDED, THIS WILL ALSO WITH THIS PROJECT WILL BE A MAJOR DITCH. BONAIR STREET RECONSTRUCTION, PHASE ONE. CURRENTLY THE UTILITIES FOR BONAIR SUBDIVISION ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION . THE UTILITIES WILL BE AS A WHOLE AND THE WORKS STARTED ALONG THE RENT STREET ON THE WEST SIDE AND WE ARE WORKING TO THE EAST. ONCE WE GET PAST AZALEA STREET, WE WILL BE ADVERTISING FOR BIDS FOR THE STREET WORK WHERE WE CAN BEGIN THE STREET WORK FOR AZALEA TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF LOMA VISTA . THE PROJECTS IN 2025 WERE PROPOSED MILLET DRIVE FROM BRIGGS BOULEVARD TO AIRPORT ROAD. HOOVER STREET FROM NAVARRO TO DERRY ROAD. AND THEN JORDAN FROM SAM HOUSTON TO 65 -- 63. SORRY. AIRLINE TO BEN JORDAN . BEN WILSON, HOUSTON HIGHWAY TO RIO GRANDE. DELMAR STREET FROM NORTH STREET TO PLEASANT GREEN AND ODOM STRING FROM LAURENT TO PORT HIGHWAY. UTILITY PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR 2025 ARE THE DERRY ROAD WATER LINE ABANDONMENT.
THIS SECTION HAS TWO PARALLEL 16 INCH WATER LINES THAT RUN FROM DERRY ROAD TO JOHN STOCK. RATHER THAN HAVING TO MAINTAIN TWO LINES, WE ARE GOING TO ABANDON ONE OF THOSE AND PUT ALL THE SERVICES ON THE ONE LINE. IT WILL BE LESS MAINTENANCE WORK FOR THE UTILITY CREWS. MOCKINGBIRD SEWER LINE COMPLACENT. THIS WILL BE DESIGN OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS WITH CONSTRUCTION TO TAKE PLACE IN FISCAL YEAR '26. AIRLINE ROAD, SEWER LINE ABANDONMENT. WE REFER TO IT AS AIRLINE ROAD SIMPLY BECAUSE THE SEWER LINES IN THIS INSTANCE ON EITHER SIDE OF AIRLINE ROAD AND BACKYARD EASEMENTS. THE PLAN IS TO REMOVE -- ABANDON THOSE SEWER LINES, CONSTRUCT NEWER SEWER LINES AND MANOR DRIVE AND LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. AND REPLUMB THE HOUSES FROM SEWER SERVICES BACK TO THE FRONT WHERE THE NEW SEWER LINES ARE GOING TO BE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> YES, SIR.
>> MOCKINGBIRD SEWER LINE IS FROM --
>> IT IS FROM NAVARRO TO LILAC STREET. THERE IS A 15 INCH CONCRETE SEWER LINE THAT HAS POTENTIAL FOR CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE AND I'M HOPING TO REPLACE IT OR REHABILITATE IT BEFORE THAT OCCURS. SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT. THIS WILL BE FOR SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT ON ANTHONY RHODES AND PART OF HENSEL MEN. AVENUE D, SEWER REHABILITATION. IT WAS NOTED IN THE EYE AND I STUDY AS A SEGMENT THAT NEEDED TO HAVE REHABILITATION PERFORMED. IS GOING TO NEED TO BE REHABILITATED. PREVIOUSLY, IN FISCAL YEAR '24, AVENUE D PAVEMENT STREET IMPROVEMENTS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED ON AVENUE D
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AND IT DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO RECONSTRUCT THE STREET TO COME BACK IN ANOTHER YEAR AND TEARED UP TO REHAB THE SEWER LINES SO WE PUSHED THE PAVING PROJECT BACK AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THE SEWER REHABILITATION INTO FISCAL YEAR '25. NORTHEAST STREET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT. THIS IS ON WATER STREET RUNNING FROM EAST STREET, CAMERON STREET, UNDER THE RAILROAD AND UP TO JUAN. SYCAMORE AND WILLOW STREET, REPLACEMENT, THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN AND THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT HEADWORKS, DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT ALSO.>> I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SLIDE BEFORE HE GOT TO THE DRAINAGE ONES AND IT IS A SPECIFIC ONE ON BEN JORDAN, SAM
>> DON'T GO BACK. IT'S NUMBER SIX ON THE CHART THAT WE HAVE.
BEN JORDAN, IS THAT MILLET OVERLAY?
>> YES, MAN MA'AM. >> SO, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER -- I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE OVERLAY IS MORE COMPLEX OR MORE ROBUST THAN I THINK IT IS BUT WILL THAT FIX THAT? WILL IT HOLD? OR DOES IT NEED MORE THAN THAT?
>> WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL HOLD.
>> OKAY. >> EVEN BASED UPON THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY FLOOD ACE WHERE THE STREET WAS CORD AND WE DETERMINED THE ASPHALT THICKNESS AS WELL AS THE BASE THICKNESS, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THAT AND
OVERLAY IS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED. >> THAT'S FANTASTIC THEN. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> ALSO, TO BE CLEAR, IF THERE HAS TO BE BASE POINT REPAIRS, IN CERTAIN SECTIONS, AND SMALL POCKETS , THOSE ALSO GET ADDRESSED BEFORE.
>> OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN FISCAL YEAR '25 WILL BE THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE CITY'S STREET LIGHTING L.E.D. REPLACEMENT PROJECT. ALSO, A PREDESIGNED WORK FOR CITY HALL AND 700 MAIN BUILDINGS FOR REMODEL , $350,000 ALLOCATED FOR THAT AND, ALSO, $500,000 FOR A CITYWIDE ERP SOFTWARE PROJECT.
I'M GOING TO LET WESLEY EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS.
>> I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS. SO, ALL RIGHT, ERP WHICH STANDS FOR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING IS BASICALLY OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM THAT WE USE. CURRENTLY IT IS S.A.P. WE USE IT FOR FIXED ACCESS THAT SCHMIDT ASSETS BUT IT HAS ENOUGH MODULES WHERE COULD BE USED FOR MUCH MORE. WE IMPLEMENTED S.A.P. 25 YEARS AGO AND IT'S REACHED ITS END-OF-LIFE I BELIEVE DECEMBER 2025. SO, IF YOU REMEMBER DURING LAST YEAR'S WORKSHOP AND JAMES'S BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE TALKED ABOUT HIRING A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THE SOLICITATION PROCESS WHICH WE DID HIGHER IN OCTOBER.
SO, TO THIS POINT, WE'VE ISSUED THE RFP. WE'VE GOTTEN RESPONSES BACK AND PUT TOGETHER A SHORT LIST FOR DEMOS THAT WILL OCCUR IN JULY AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK LATER THIS YEAR TO DISCUSS THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND HOW WE PLAN TO FUND IT. IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED OVER THREE YEARS. HE WILL SEE FUNDING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IN THREE YEARS IN THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. >> TO ADD ONTO THAT, WE HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS EXPENSE . WE JUST SIMPLY HAVE LEFT IT OUT OF INCLUDING IT IN A CIP PRESENTATION. TO BE CLEAR, OUR INCLUSION OF IT INTO THE PRESENTATION IS NOT BECAUSE THERE ISN'T MONEY ANTICIPATED FOR IT OR BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING TO SHIFT OTHER PROJECTS OR CANCEL OTHER PROJECTS, WE JUST SIMPLY HAD NOT INCLUDED IT INTO THE CIP PRESENTATION UNTIL NOW.
>> ONE THING ON THAT TOO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT SHIFTING A PROGRAM WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED TO HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OR DIFFERENT VENDORS FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND WE ARE REALLY CONSOLIDATING MULTIPLE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS INTO A SINGLE SYSTEM WITH THE HOPES OF STREAMLINING THAT IS THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT.
>> RIGHT. 100%. >> JUST TO CARRY ON WITH THE CITY MANAGER WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE KNEW ABOUT THIS FOR THREE, FOUR YEARS COMING ACROSS AND WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING ON IT AND WE
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HAVE BEEN SEEING MONEY ON THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. WE KNOW THIS IS A PROJECT ABOUT $1.5 MILLION OVER THREE YEAR SPAN. BUT THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, WHEN I ACQUIRED S.A.P., MAYBE IT'S NOT THE BEST THING OUT TO BUY BUT BEFORE THE 2000 YEAR IT COST US $1.2 MILLION S.A.P. BACK THEN AND WERE GETTING SOMETHING FOR ABOUT 1.5 AND THE CLOUD.THAT'S A A OF A DEAL. $300,000 CHANGE . THAT'S NOT A BAD
TRADE. >> S.A.P. NOW WOULD BE $10-$15
MILLION. >> THAT OF COURSE GOES TO THE CLOUD AND IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. THE BIG THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS INTEGRATION, I WISH I HAD THIS 20 YEARS AGO, IT WOULD MAKE MY LIFE EASIER, LESS GRAY HAIR BUT MAINTENANCE.
IT'S GOING TO CHANGE DYNAMICALLY FOR THE CITY ALL OF THESE COSTS. HOPEFULLY I'M NOT TALKING TOO FAR AHEAD , MINIMIZE THAT COST TO HER LOW LEVEL. THAT'S THE BIG THING
HERE MOVING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> DAVID, LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO THE OTHER SLIDES. THEY HIT ON
THE AMOUNTS AS WELL. >> OKAY. FISCAL YEAR '26 RESIDENTIAL STREET PROJECTS. WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO SPEND $12.09 MILLION. STEEL CO. PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE TERRA VISTA SUBDIVISION, SALEM CROSSING SUBDIVISION, GREENWAY PARK, SAM HOUSTON HEIGHTS. BOTTOM STREET FROM SOUTH STREET TO CITY LIMITS. THEN THERE WILL BE OVERLAY PROJECTS ON POWER STREET . LIBERTY STREET, CHURCH TO POWER, WEST COMMERCIAL STREET FROM MOODY TO THE END , WEST TO THE END, RAGE STREET FROM CONVENT TO WATER AND SHIRT STREET FROM MAINE TO WILLIAM AND IT WILL BE A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BENCHMARK ALLEYWAY.
BONAIR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PHASE TWO WILL TAKE PLACE IN FISCAL YEAR '26. THIS WILL BE THE SECTION FROM AZALEA STREET WEST . PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR '26. EDINBURG FROM JOPLIN TO NAVARRO. AIRPORT FROM MILLETT TO GLASCOW. GLASCOW FROM SIMPSON TO ROAD TO STONEGATE DRIVE. PEORIA LANE FROM SAND HOUSTON. LONE TREE CREEK -- LONE TREE FROM LONE TREE CREEK TO DELMAR. HIGHWAY 59 TO DELMAR DRIVE . BEN JORDAN FROM LORENTZ STREET TO BOTTOM STREET. AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WAGNER WAY, LINGLE LANE AND MCGRUDER DRIVE. THE DESIGN AND RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION FOR GUIDE GRANT IMPROVEMENTS FROM SALEM TO MOCKINGBIRD WILL TAKE PLACE IN '26 AS WILL THE NORTH STREET PHASE THREE A AND 3B DESIGNED AS RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION. FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, PHASE THREE A AND 3B IS A SEGMENT FROM LORENTZ STREET TO BEN JORDAN
STREET. >> HAVE A QUESTION. THE LANE,
WHAT KIND OF -- >> THAT WILL BE AN OVERLAY.
I'M SORRY. I DID NOT STIPULATE THAT AS I WAS CALLING THEM OUT.
>> THAT'S CONCRETE? YES. >> I'M NOT A ROAD BUILDER.
>> YOU CAN. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> UTILITY PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR '26. THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINE REPLACEMENT THIS IS FROM THE VARRO TO LILAC. THE AIRLINE ROAD ABANDONMENT. THE SYCAMORE AND WILLOW STREET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT. AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION OF THE SCREEN AT THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. OTHER PROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION IN '26 ARE THE FIFTH PHASE OF THE CITYWIDE STREET L.E.D. LIGHT REPLACEMENT. POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOAT RAMP AND KAYAK TAKE-OUT PROJECT. THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CITYWIDE ERP SOFTWARE PROJECT AND CHILDREN'S PARK AND SPLASH PAD PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PHASE ONE.
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>> AND WARES THAT WANT TO BE LOCATED?
>> AT THE CHILDREN'S PARK. THE SPLASH PAD WILL BE ACROSS THE DRIVE WHERE THE PARKING AREA IS FOR THE CHILDREN'S PARK .
>> OKAY, THAT'S IN RIVERSIDE PARK?
>> YES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. >> THANK YOU.
>> JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE HE BEGINS , UP UNTIL THIS POINT FOR THE MOST PART ALL OF THE STREETS THE DAVID HAS DISCUSSED HAVE BEEN IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22 TO FISCAL YEAR 26 CIP. WHILE IT IS OBVIOUSLY GOOD THING TO BE REMINDED OF THE STREETS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE MADE IT A POINT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE FISCAL YEAR '22 CIP TO ENSURE THAT THE STREETS THAT WE COMMITTED TO DO IN THAT TIME WINDOW WE WOULD DO. AND, SO, WE ARE ACHIEVING THAT WITH THE STREETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN FISCAL YEAR '25 AND '26. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT
NOTE. >> DAVID, I'VE A QUESTION. YOU TALKED ABOUT WEST COMMERCIAL FROM MOODY TO THE END BUT LOOKING AHEAD, AND I DID LOOK AHEAD, THE 16 INCH WATER LINE THEY ARE GOING TO DO WAS COMMERCIAL AS WELL, WHY ARE WE DOING IT , QUESTION ABOUT A ROAD BEFORE DOING THE WATER
LINE. >> THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
>> THAT IS ONE OF THOSE WE WILL ADJUST. WE WILL DO THE WATER
LINE AND THEN DO THE STREET. >> THANK YOU.
>> PLOT THAT SEGMENT OF THE STREET AND PUSH IT BACK.
>> I MEAN, I WANT THE ROAD DONE.
>> YES. BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT TORN UP TO REPLACE THE WATER
LINE AFTER IT'S DONE, RIGHT? >> I LIVE ON COMMERCIAL.
>> WE WILL PULL BOTH PROJECTS FROM THE LIST THEN.
>> THAT'S A PRETTY FAVORITE. >> PROPOSING SEAL COAT PROJECTS EAST OF THE UH B CAMPUS.
SUBDIVISION WHICH IS NORTH OF THE VICTORIA COLLEGE CAMPUS .
EAST SIDE ADDITION WHICH IS TO THE EAST SIDE OF BEN WILSON STREET. AND IN SPRINGWOOD SUBDIVISION WE ARE PROPOSING A RECONSTRUCTION OF WILD ROSE STREET, SOME OF YOU AND PARKVIEW STREET. PROPOSE THEIR AFFAIR PROJECTS IN '27 WHICH, NORTH STREET, PHASE THREE A FROM LORENTZ STREET TO AVENUE C . JOHN STOCKED BAR FROM BEN JORDAN TO MOCKINGBIRD THAT WILL BE AN OVERLAY AS WELL AS STOCK POWER FROM MARKING BIRD TO
SALEM. >> WE BACKUP? YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BACK UP BUT I KNOW YOU JUST SAID IN THE SPRINGWOOD SUBDIVISION THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME RECONSTRUCTION? CERTAINLY, ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN LAID OUT WELL BEFORE I TOOK THIS SEAT SINCE IT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, 45 MINUTES AGO, BUT TONTO CIRCLE , IS THAT ANYWHERE? HAS THAT BEEN
LOOKED AT? >> TONTO CIRCLE IS ACROSS THE
MAIN STREET. >> IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE
STREET. >> BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION JUST
YESTERDAY, DAY BEFORE. >> OKAY.
>> ACTUALLY DROVE IT THE OTHER DAY. RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT ON OUR LIST. IT DOES NOT MEAN THE LIST COULD NOT BE AMENDED AND THAT COULD BE ADDED. JUST NEED TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF HOW, WHAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION I THINK WE NEED TO
DO OVER THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. YES, ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND IS IN THAT PARTICULAR STREET IS THAT THE ROAD IS NARROW AND, SO, OFTEN TIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT REBUILDING STREETS, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE REBUILDING AND TO WHAT STANDARD. SO, OFTEN TIMES THESE VERY NARROW STREETS CAN GET COMPLICATED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO BUILD IT BACK OR FIX IT AND KEEP IT AT ITS EXISTING WIDTH. THAT MAY OR MAY NOT MEET THE CODE OF TRULY HAVING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON IT. SO, WE WILL NEED SOME TIME TO EXPLORE WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THIS PARTICULAR STREET FROM APPLICATION STANDPOINT, WHAT DOES IT NEED? DOES IT NEED TO RECONSTRUCT OR JUST A RECLAIM AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE WIDTH. WE WILL EXPLORE IT BUT IT HAD NOT MADE THE LIST YET.
>> THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> SO, ON THE THREE STREETS I KNOW IN SPRINGWOOD THEY ARE UP FOR RECONSTRUCTION WHICH THEY SHOULD BE BECAUSE THOSE ARE IN
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TERRIBLE SHAPE BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL UTILITY WORK RELATED TO THAT? I SEE HIM SHAKING HIS HEAD NO.OKAY. >> UTILITY PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR '27. ROAD UTILITIES FROM MOCKINGBIRD TO SALEM. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. 20 INCH WATER LINE ON AIRLINE FROM LORENTZ TO BEN JORDAN IS PROPOSED TO BE REPLACED. THE UTILITIES FOR NORTH STREET PHASE THREE A FROM LORENTZ AVENUE C REPLACING THE 16 INCH CAST-IRON WATER LINE ON CONSTITUTION CREEK, FOREST, WASHINGTON CONSTITUTION STREET. DR. YOUNG, THIS IS A PROJECT YOU ARE DISCUSSING. THE PREVIOUS YEAR WAS THE DESIGN, THIS WILL BE THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. WE COULD PROBABLY STAGE IT TO DO THE WATER LINE 1ST AND THEN COME IN AND STILL DO THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AFTER THAT.
>> THAT MAKE SENSE. THANK YOU.
>> INSTALLATION OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THAT WORKS GREAT. I'M GOING TO BACKUP. ALSO, AS PART OF THE UTILITY PROJECTS, THERE WILL BE A CITY I MANHOLE REHABILITATION PROJECT. THESE MANHOLES ARE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE STUDY PERFORMED BY R JN. FISCAL YEAR 2027, OTHER PROJECTS. THE LAST PHASE OF THE CITYWIDE ERP PROJECT. FISCAL YEAR '28 AND '29 PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE UP. I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON THE WORD THAT I'M LOOKING FOR. THE NEXT PHASE OF NORTH STREET, PHASE 3B . THE DESIGN WILL OF ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND 26 , SO, THE UTILITIES CAN BE CONSTRUCTED FROM AVENUE C TO BEN JORDAN IN FISCAL YEAR '28 WITH THE STREETS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS IN FISCAL YEAR 29. GRANT STREET, SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IN FISCAL YEAR '28. THE UTILITIES HAVEN'T BEEN CONSTRUCTED THE PRIOR YEAR.
>> I BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.
>> OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON. FUNDING SOURCES AND FUNDING AMOUNTS . NEXT PHASE IN THE STUDY RECOMMENDED PROJECTS FOR MAINLINE REHABILITATION IN '28. SEWER SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT IN '29 . ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS THE PRIMARY TREATMENT STRUCTURE. IT'S GRIT REMOVAL. WITH A LOT OF THE I AND I INFILTRATION THAT GETS INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM ITS SURFACE WATER THAT GETS INTO THE SEWER. IT WASHES AND A LOT OF GRIT, SAND, DIRT. THE GRIT REMOVAL SYSTEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAN WILL CAPTURE THAT AND REMOVE IT. IT DOES NOT GET INTO THE TREATMENT UNITS TO BE DEPOSITED IN THEIR AND CREATE ISSUES. CONSTRUCTION OF PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED PARKS PROJECTS. MLK PARK IMPROVEMENTS . THIS PROJECT OF PARK IMPROVEMENTS WAS RECOMMENDED AS PART OF THE PARK STUDY AS WAS THE RIVERSIDE PARK WALK AND TRAIL PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT ANY GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. >> 100%. ESPECIALLY THE PARKS RELATED PROJECTS. THOUGH CERTAINLY ARE THE EASIEST TO PURSUE GRANTS FOR AND THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.
>> AND GRANTS, MAY BE A TRAIL GRANT?
>> GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE PURSUED THEM. WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF PURSUING A GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL NOT ONLY HELP WITH THE TRAIL ASPECT THAT THE SOVIETS DID TO THE GRANT BUT ACTUALLY IMPROVED THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM THAT IT
CONNECTS TO. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON SOME STREETS THAT WE HAVE NOT TALK ABOUT WHICH ARE IN THE TANGLEWOOD SUBDIVISION. I'M GLAD TO SEE PHASE ONE STILL MOVING AHEAD AND AS I HAD COMMUNICATED WITH YOU, I DROVE THROUGH ALL OF THE STREETS YESTERDAY TO LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE STREETS IN PHASE ONE AND, FIRST OF ALL,
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WHILE IT WAS INTO YOU, I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU ON YOUR CHOICES A PHASE ONE BECAUSE THOSE ARE CERTAINLY THE STREETS THAT NEED THE MOST WORK AND IT'S CLEAR THAT THE UTILITY WORK IS ONGOING. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE BUT, HONESTLY, PHASE THREE, THERE WERE SOME STREETS THAT I AM WORRIED ABOUT THAT LOOK SO CRACKED THAT I CAN SEE THEM STARTING TO FLAKE OUT AND, SO, JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ON THESE ROAD MAINTENANCE AT ALL, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHETHER THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION DOES NEED TO BE REBUILT OR WHETHER WE CAN GET ANOTHER 10 YEARS I DO SOME OF THOSE STREETS BY MOVING UP THE MAINTENANCE ON THEM AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE SENSE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT UP FOR YOU TO EVALUATE OVER CITYCOUNCIL DISCUSSION. >> YES, MA'AM. FOR CONTEXT, THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TO RECONSTRUCT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING UTILITIES. SO, WE BEGAN WITH PHASE ONE, AS YOU SUGGESTED. OPEN TO THIS POINT, OUR POSITION ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BEEN IT CONTINUES TO BE AND NEEDS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED. NOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY REVISIT THE GAME PLAN FOR HOW WE ADDRESS THE STREETS THAT ARE REMAINING AFTER PHASE ONE TO SEE WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN BE DONE. AT THIS POINT, WHATEVER THAT IS, IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN UNTIL FISCAL YEAR '28 '29 UNLESS COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE SOME PROJECTS OUT OF FISCAL YEAR '25 '26 OR '27.
WE ARE SEEKING GUIDANCE ON HIS FISCAL YEAR '25 FOR SURE. 26, AND 27. WE ARE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE SEEKING CLEAR CONFIRMATION DECISION-MAKING ON 20 AND 29. IF YOUR INTENT IS TO TRY AND HAVE US REASSESS HOW TO ADDRESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD , THERE IS TIME TO DO THAT. IF YOUR INTENT IS TO TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES TO INCLUDE THESE STREETS AND TANGLEWOOD AND FISCAL YEAR 2526 OR 27 THEN THAT'S DIFFERENT AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD
HAVE TO DISCUSS ASAP. >> EXACTLY. I REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS SHIFTING THEM BECAUSE WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT MIGHT WORK BUT TANGLEWOOD WAS BROKEN INTO PHASES. WE GOT PHASE ONE GOING AND PHASES TWO AND THREE HAVE DISAPPEARED AND THEY ARE OFTEN IN THE NETHERLANDS AGAIN , NEVER LANDS, WHATEVER THE WORD IS. SO, I AM TRYING TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. UNFORTUNATELY, YES, I JUST CAME UP WITH THIS
YESTERDAY . >> IT'S DIFFICULT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WHEN NONE OF US HAVE SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN.
>> LET ME ADD A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS THAT I THINK ARE RELEVANT ESPECIALLY FOR NEW COUNCILMEMBERS TO GAIN A HOLISTIC PICTURE AS TO WHY IT IS THAT PHASE TWO AND THREE HAVE NOT BEEN DISCUSSED OR INCORPORATED, SO, THE COST FOR PHASE ONE OF TANGLEWOOD WAS AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT WAS, I THINK, $4 MILLION FOR UTILITIES, RIGHT? AND THEN THE STREETS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SEVEN.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN $11 MILLION PHASE ONE FOR TANGLEWOOD. NOW, WE ARE PRESENTED AND GILBERT HAS PRESENTED OUR DEBT CAPACITY SITUATION MOVING FORWARD AND AS I'VE ALLUDED TO, AND I'VE SENT INFORMATION TO COUNCIL BUT I THINK IT WARRANTS SAYING IT OUT LOUD, OUR DEBT AVAILABILITY IN FISCAL YEAR 27 AND '29 DOES NOT CREATE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO ABSORB THAT PROJECT FOR EXAMPLE, FISCAL YEAR '27, '29 EACH ROUGHLY HAVE A CIP OF $25 MILLION. THE CO BOND ASPECT OF THAT IS 10 MILLION THAT WE ARE COUNTING FOR. UTILITIES IS $5.6 MILLION. AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND, EXCESS CASH THAT WE PRODUCED TO BE .6. IF WE WERE TO -- AND THE STREET PROGRAM HE JUST RECOMMENDED WAS FOR POINT SOMETHING MILLION
>> 4.1. >> 4.2 FOR THE RESIDENTIAL STREET PROGRAM. IF WE WERE TO TAKE ON TANGLEWOOD PHASE TWO PHASE THREE, IT WOULD LITERALLY ABSORB ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE IN THOSE YEARS. TO BE CLEAR, THE
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REASON WHY SPECIFICALLY PHASE TWO, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE, IS NOT INCLUDED, IS BECAUSE OF THE COST. THE COST NOT MATCHING UP WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDS. NOW, IF COUNCIL WOULD PREFER TO PUT ALL OF OUR EGGS IN THE BASKET TO ADDRESS TANGLEWOOD PHASE TWO WE CAN DO THAT. BUT THAT IS NOT THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK LEADING INTO THIS CONVERSATION.SO, I THINK THE CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WAS DEFINITELY A FINANCIALLY THAT I CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR DISCUSSIONS ON THE SAME TOPIC AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS . HEY, WE NEED TO SPREAD THIS AROUND BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT NEED THE SAME TYPE OF HELP AND NEED THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY STANDPOINT -- I'M SORRY. GO
AHEAD. >> I WILL LET YOU FINISH.
>> FOR MY STANDPOINT, THAT IS HER OPTION. IF TANGLEWOOD BECOMES PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, WHATEVER, THAT'S ALL WE ARE GOING TO DO VERSUS THERE IS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE COULD ADDRESS AND TAKE ON LARGER PROJECTS JUST LIKE WE ARE DOING WITH GUY GRANT AND WITH NORTH STREET AS WE CAN, WHEN WE CAN KNOWING WE WILL HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT.
>> THAT'S ALSO NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, RIGHT? AND FIGURE OUT, OKAY, DO YOU TAKE THE REMAINING STREETS AND SPLIT THEM UP INTO FOUR, FIVE PHASES, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF TWO? JUST HAVE NOT DONE THE LEG WORK TO GET TO THAT POINT BECAUSE OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN FISCAL YEAR '25
'26 AND '27. >> I THINK THAT THAT IS FAIR AND YOU ARE RIGHT AND IT SORT OF LEADS TO ANOTHER THOUGHT WHICH IS THAT I THINK IN THE PAST , IN THE DISTANT PAST, THEY DID ONE STREET AT A TIME AND THAT DID NOT SEEM TO BE EFFICIENT AND STARTED DOING ENTIRE SUBDIVISIONS WHICH HAS WORKED WELL FOR US . I HATE TO SAY WE ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE ARE BUT I THINK WE ARE AT A PLACE WHERE MAY BE TAKING LESSER NUMBERS OF STREETS WITHIN A SUBDIVISION MIGHT MAKE SENSE AGAIN . THERE MIGHT BE SOME PLACES WHERE WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT ONE STREET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EFFICIENCIES ARE OF THAT?
>> THAT'S A FAIR POINT. THAT HAS DONE THE SPRING CREEK.
THERE'S MORE STREETS THERE BUT THE THREE'S PACIFIC ONES THAT ARE IN THE WORST SHAPE, YET AFTER AMBER TOO, I KNOW LOOKING BACK WE HAD CERTAIN PLANS AND PROCESSES . OUR MATERIALS COST AND THE COST OF DOING THE STREETS HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND I THINK IT HAS TO CHANGE YOUR ASSESSMENT TO YOUR POINT OF, OKAY, WE CAN'T DO AN ENTIRE HUGE CHUNK OF A SUBDIVISION AND WE HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN. JUST STRICTLY BASED ON WE CAN'T DO AS MUCH WITH THE SAME DOLLARS AS WE COULD EVEN AS RECENTLY AS
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. >> RIGHT. EXACTLY. LIKE I SAID, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO IT THAT ISN'T WHAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT UP UNTIL THIS POINT. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE EVEN HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY COULD CONSIDER UNTIL THE OUTER
FISCAL YEARS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT '25 AND '27 BUT WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE HOW MUCH WE WOULD HAVE IN 2028.
>> SAME, 2029 IS $25.6 MILLION.
>> FULL DISCLOSURE. PRESENTATION OF COUNCIL BACK IN MARCH -- I MEAN, BACK IN DECEMBER. WE HAD A PHILOSOPHY THEN OF HOW WE WANT TO SLOWLY USE THE DEBT CAPACITY AND NOT MAX OUT THE CREDIT CARD RIGHT AWAY. THAT WAS THE COURSE OF ACTION THAT WAS MOVING FORWARD AND IMPLEMENTING THE CIP. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE $40 MILLION , SELL YOUR $4 MILLION AND GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING AFTER THAT. THE LOGIC BEHIND IT IS SMALL INCREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO GET THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE EVERY YEAR IF SOMETHING COMES AROUND. LET'S ADDRESS THE ONES THAT REALLY NEED IT. SECOND POINT, AND '28, '29, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO INCREASE THE DEBT, HE CAN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR. YOU ARE NOT LIMITED BUT THERE IS CONSEQUENCES TO THE DEBT. YOU HAVE TO INCREASE YOUR FUNDING.
THERE IS A TAX RATE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THE PHILOSOPHY
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BEHIND THIS IS TRY NOT TO PUT TOO MUCH BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYER OR WE KEEP IT LEVEL OR GOES DOWN BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE DEBT. COUNCIL CAN DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO INCREASE YOUR CAPACITY AND DO MORE PROJECTS THAN YOU GO UP IN YOUR DEBT. NOTATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PAID ATTENTION, AND 2025 OR '26 WE INCREASED TWO PROJECTS OVER 4 MILLION DOLLARS. BONAIR, COLLEGE PARK EACH WENT UP TO MILLION DOLLARS. I DID HAVE $4 MILLION IN CASH. THOSE WERE CO BONDS, COUNCIL. THEY ARE GOING UP ABOVE WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DO. SO, THAT TAKES SOME OF YOUR DEBT CAPACITY AWAY. TO THE POINT THAT MR. -- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?>> TO THE POINT THE CITY MANAGER IS TALKING ABOUT.
>> I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
>> I'VE BEEN IN THE CLOSET FIVE YEARS.
>> THESE COSTS HAVE GROWN DRASTICALLY AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DO HAVE A VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE CIP COMPARED TO FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO, FOLKS, THIS THING, I MEAN, YOU'RE SPENDING 20, 30, I MEAN, LAST YEAR HE SPENT $98 MILLION. $58 MILLION ON A BILL . GENTLEMEN, LADIES, WE HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE CIP.
SO, I PUT US UP AGAINST ANY OTHER CITY THAT SPENDS THAT KIND OF MONEY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WITH THAT SAID, IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT COURSE OF ACTION, THAT TYPE OF FUNDING, YOU'VE GOT TO LIMIT YOURSELF HOW YOU WANT TO USE YOUR DEBT AND NOT MAX IT OUT. THE REASON I STARTED THIS, ANY GIVEN TIME CANCEL -- COUNCIL WANTS TO SELL DEBT, YOU CAN SELL DEBT BUT
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THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO THE DEBT. THAT'S ALL IT IS. THANKAPPRECIATED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. SO, I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A SHORT EXECUTIVE SESSION?
>> YES, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT, IT IS 6:57. WE WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK
AND THEN RECONVENE. >> CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 21ST DAY OF MAY , 2024. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS CODE
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