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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO A SPECIALLY CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY,
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
JANUARY THE 15TH. MISS HOLBROOK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN DELAGARZA, I AM PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN BUTLER.PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT. HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM YOUNG HERE.
COUNCILMAN LOFGREN. HERE. AND MAYOR CROCKER HERE.
IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE JOIN ME IN. THE PLEDGE IS FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.
TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN.
WELCOME, EVERYONE. OFF OF OUR NORMAL DATE AND TIME.
BUT WE HAVE BUSINESS TO DO. SO WE'LL START WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS.
[1. Announcements/Reminders:]
MR. GARZA, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. NORMALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY DURING A SPECIALLY CALLED MEETING, BUT I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A FEW TODAY ON ON EMERGENCY CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH IN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY.THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN, BUT WILL CLOSE EARLY AT 5 P.M..
OFFICES WILL REOPEN AT 8 A.M. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST.
ADDITIONALLY, AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE CITY OF VICTORIA IS REMINDING RESIDENTS TO FOLLOW THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATES AND REMEMBER TO PROTECT THE FOUR P'S PLANTS, PETS, PIPES AND PEOPLE.
IF YOU ARE USING A SPACE HEATER, MAKE SURE IT IS THREE FEET AWAY FROM ANYTHING FLAMMABLE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT VICTORIA. GOV SLASH WEATHER.
WE HAVE THE RETURN OF THE TAF WINTER GAMES OF TEXAS.
THEY KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND, JANUARY 18TH THROUGH 19TH.
MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT VICTORIA, TEXAS GOV SLASH TOURNAMENTS.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS? NO, SIR. OKAY. HOW ABOUT ITEMS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.
THEN WE WILL JUMP INTO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
[4. Citizen Communication:]
I DO HAVE ONE CARD. MICHAEL VONDRA. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR.WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M MICHAEL VONDRA.
WE HAD A SEX TRAFFICKING MEETING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT WAS OPEN TO EVERYONE. YOU GOT FREE PIZZAS, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE 80,000 CHILDREN ARE SEX TRAFFICKED IN TEXAS. YOU KNOW, PER YEAR. AND SHE WAS EVEN TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN VICTORIA THAT GOT CAUGHT DOING THAT.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PROMINENT US ATTORNEY IN VICTORIA.
HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, AND HE SERVED 15 YEARS.
THEY FOUND LIKE 500,000 IMAGES OF KIDDY PORN.
AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT A PROBATION OFFICER THAT GOT CAUGHT.
AND I WAS EVEN ON THE JOB. AND I ASKED SOMEONE, WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE YOU STARTED HERE? HE SAID, I DID HUMAN TRAFFICKING. I MADE 7500 A HEAD.
AND I SAYS, WHAT HAPPENED? HE SAID, WELL, I, MY WIFE TURNED ME IN, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, I MADE GOOD MONEY. I DID 50 IN 1 DAY AND STUFF.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST HOUR LONG TEXAS AND STUFF AND THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WISH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS COULD IN TEXAS, COULD SENTENCE THEM TO MORE PRISON TIME AND NOT GIVE THEM DEFERRED ADJUDICATION FOR TEN YEARS. AND THE PAROLE DEPARTMENTS COULD, YOU KNOW, DENY THEIR PAROLE.
THAT WOULD HELP. AND IT'S BEEN RAINING A LOT.
AND THAT TRAILER PARK AT 2204 EAST NORTH STREET, VICTORIA OAKS, IS LIKE A MUD PIT.
AND SOMEONE GOT THEIR VEHICLE STUCK. AND THE TRAILER PARK OWNER, WITH ALL THE TRAILER PARKS HE'S BOUGHT IN TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI, HE HAS AROUND $80 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS. AND WHY CAN'T HE USE SOME OF THAT MONEY HE'S MAKING TO PUT SOME GRAVEL DOWN AND FIX IT UP? AND HE NEEDS TO FIX THE ALL THE SEWER LEAKS AND THE WATER LEAKS.
YOU KNOW, HE'S HAD LIKE A YEAR AND IT'S STILL NOT DONE.
THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES WAS THERE MONDAY TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE, BUT HE'S DONE A VERY POOR JOB, YOU KNOW, AND HE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ORDERS FROM THE CITY OF VICTORIA BECAUSE IT'S ON THEIR LAND,
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YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S STALLING, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF.IT'S NOT LIKE HE CAN'T AFFORD IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM DO A BETTER JOB.
HE CAN'T THREATEN ME OR THE GENERAL MANAGER WITH EVICTION BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE.
THANKS. AND HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. SO THAT IS THE ONLY GREEN CARD I HAVE.
[1. Community Center Master Plan Update. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager]
UPDATE. MR. GARZA PDF. PDF. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.BASICALLY PROVIDE A RECAP OF THE ACTUAL MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN THE TUNING IN TO THIS MEETING SPECIFICALLY WANTING AN UPDATE ON THIS TOPIC. AND SO RATHER THAN ASSUMING THAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO IT, WE'LL RUN THEM THROUGH IT BACKWARDS.
APPARENTLY WHAT WE CALL A QUICK UPDATE, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S VERY QUICK. YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT STARTED. IT LOOKS GREAT.
ALL RIGHT, JUST GET BACK. GO BACK. CAN I CONTROL IT, THOUGH? THERE ALREADY OR. NO. OH, YEAH. PDFS WORK LIKE A POWERPOINT.
SO LET ME JUST MANEUVER IT BACK TO THE FRONT.
YEAH, THIS IS TESTING OUR EYESIGHT. OKAY, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE THIS IS SIMPLY JUST A RECAP. BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE HIRED A POPULIST LAST YEAR TO UNDERTAKE A MASTER PLANNING PROCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES. I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THIS, BUT THE EXISTING DOME AND THE ARENA, THEY WERE BUILT IN 1966, OPENED IN 1968, IS MORE AROUND THAT TIME FRAME.
WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS THE ANNEX WAS BUILT IN 1974.
THOSE WERE BUILT IN 1996. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF OF WHEN THE WHEN THIS FACILITY WAS BUILT.
THIS RIGHT HERE BEGINS TO SORT OF RECAP SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE EXISTING FACILITY.
AND I WANT TO PROVIDE JUST A VERY HOLISTIC OVERVIEW OF IT.
AND SO THERE IS A BELIEF THAT WE CURRENTLY CAN HOST MULTIPLE EVENTS AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IN ACTUALITY, THAT DOESN'T TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF A FEW ISSUES.
AND SO AS AN EXAMPLE THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE EXISTING STAGE WITHIN THE DOME BASICALLY MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A CONCURRENT EVENT IN THE ARENA BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ACCESS THE STAGE FROM THE ARENA AND THE NOISE FROM THAT STAGE TRANSFER SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TO THE ARENA.
SO IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT. OF COURSE THE ARENA IS LIMITED WITH ITS OFFERINGS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING, HAS A DIRT FLOOR. SO THAT ALSO LIMITS THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE THERE, AS WELL AS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT THEY TAKE PLACE IN.
OTHER LIMITATIONS REVOLVE AROUND CONCESSION STAND PRESENCE AS WELL AS RESTROOMS. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT AT THE DOME AND YOU HAVE AN EVENT IN THE EXISTING ARENA, YOU BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME CONCESSION AREA AND YOU HAVE THE SAME BATHROOMS, WHICH ARE THE ONES LOCATED AS SOON AS YOU ENTER THE FACILITY.
SO REALISTICALLY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE LARGE MULTIPLE EVENTS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXISTING LOCATION OF THE OFFICE, WHICH IS BASICALLY TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE DOME, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND.
AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT WHEN WE WERE TOURING THIS WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS SET UP TO OVERSEE THIS PROCESS, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING INTO THE DOME LOST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS, WHERE IS WHERE, WHERE IS SOMEBODY THAT I CAN TALK TO? AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO RENOVATE THIS RENOVATE THIS EXISTING FACILITY, THAT WE DO SO IN A MANNER THAT ENHANCES THE SPACES FOR EMPLOYEES, PUTS THEM IN A BETTER POSITION TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE THE PUBLIC AND OUR CUSTOMERS, AS WELL AS INVEST IN THIS FACILITY TO MAKE IT TRULY MULTIFUNCTIONAL.
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WAS DOING A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS IN AN OUTREACH PROCESS THAT INCLUDED A SURVEY.AND SO, AS I ALLUDED TO, WE WE ESTABLISHED A COMMITTEE.
THIS COMMITTEE WAS MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL OF OUR BOARDS.
SO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PARKS COMMISSION, REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TOURISM BOARD, I SHOULD SAY. WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM VICTORIA COLLEGE AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND USERS OF THE FACILITY AS WELL.
AND THEY REALLY HELPED THE CONSULTANT POPULACE OVERSEE THIS PROCESS.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM IN MAJOR DETAIL, OTHER THAN TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SOME OF THE CONSISTENT THEMES AROUND IT WAS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE MORE EVENTS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AREA, AND SO THINGS LIKE CONCERTS ROSE TO THE TOP IN THE BAR CHART.
IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT ON THE BAR CHART THAT IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS, OF THIS PAGE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THERE'S A BLUE AND GREENISH KIND OF BAR THAT'S THE HIGHEST THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OF MAJOR CONCERT EVENTS AS WELL AS WELL AS RODEOS AND EVENTS OF THAT, OF THAT TYPE. AND SO THE MESSAGE STARTED TO BECOME CLEAR THROUGH THE OUTREACH AND THROUGH THE SURVEYS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT COULD FACILITATE SOME OF THESE LARGER EVENTS.
AND THAT WAS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, EVEN FROM THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T DO, GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WAS TO BUILD A PRODUCT THAT WOULD COMPETE WITH EXISTING FACILITIES.
AND WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT COMMITTEE THAT REPRESENTATIVE THE ETC..
FOR EXAMPLE, IN VICTORIA COLLEGE AND EVEN THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE EXISTING ETC.
IS LIMITED WITH ITS SIZE AND THE TYPE OF EVENTS THAT IT CAN HOST.
ONE OF THE OTHER THING THAT ROSE TO THE TOP THROUGH THIS WORD CLOUD THAT YOU ALSO SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE, IS THE CONSISTENT THEME AROUND AN ISSUE WITH THE EXISTING ARENA. THE EXISTING ARENA HAS SOME LIMITATIONS BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, ITS SHAPE.
THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T HOST AN EXISTING RODEO, FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE IN THIS WORD CLOUD, THINGS LIKE ARENA FOR RODEO, BIGGER ARENA, RODEO ARENA, ARENA AREA, NEW COVERED ARENA ARENAS, TOO SMALL, NEW ARENA, ARENA AND BARNS.
SOME OF THE OTHER SMALLER THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS THROUGH FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS, OUR STAFF AND THE PUBLIC WAS, OF COURSE, THINGS AROUND TECHNOLOGY WANTING TO ENHANCE THE TECHNOLOGY OFFERINGS OF THE FACILITY AND BASICALLY JUST BRINGING IT UP TO A MORE MODERN, SOPHISTICATED CONDITION. SO ULTIMATELY, THE MASTER PLANNER TOOK ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND DEVELOPED A RECOMMENDATION ON IMPROVEMENTS. AND IT BASICALLY INCLUDED RENOVATING THE EXISTING 90,000 PLUS SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
IT INCLUDED BUILDING A NEW COVERED ARENA ON THIS MAP.
THAT NEW COVERED ARENA IS LABELED AS NUMBER SIX.
WHAT IT'S IN YELLOW IS BASICALLY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
IT PUT CONCRETE FLOOR IN IT, AND AT THAT POINT IT WOULDN'T BE A SPACE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ANIMALS IN.
AND SO WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED A SEPARATE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THE ANIMALS DURING THE SHOW.
BUT AS YOU CAN ALSO TELL, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SITE.
AND SO IT WAS ALWAYS IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT PARKING.
IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THEMSELVES, WHICH IS LABELED AS NUMBER 11, TO ENSURE THAT WE ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR THAT AND ALSO IMPROVE THE SITE OFFERINGS, SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THE CARNIVAL OR A CIRCUS LIKE WE JUST HAD THIS PAST WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE THE EXTERIOR AND THE SITE AMENITIES THAT COULD HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THAT.
SO THE CONSULTANT MADE SURE TO POINT OUT THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT COULD FIT ON THE SITE, WHETHER IT'S SIMPLY AS OVER AS EXTRA PARKING ON GRASS OR AN ACTUAL PAVED PARKING LOT. ONE OF THE CONCEPTS OF THE NEW MASTER PLAN BASICALLY SUGGESTED TO ESTABLISH THREE ENTRANCES TO THE SITE.
AN ENTRANCE THAT WOULD BE TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WOULD GET YOU TO THE DOME, AS WELL AS THE ANNEX, A NEW ENTRY WHICH IS SHOWN HERE OFF THIS NEW BOULEVARD CONCEPT THAT I'LL SHOW YOU AN IMAGE OF.
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TO ENTER A, WHAT WE REFERRED TO AS THE EXHIBITION HALL OR THE EXPO HALL, WHICH IS THE EXISTING ARENA, SO THAT THE EXISTING ARENA COULD ALSO HAVE ITS OWN LARGE EVENTS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DOME AND AS THE ANNEX, WITHOUT PEOPLE HAVING TO CROSS PATHS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.AS PART OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE ADULT SPORTS COMPLEX. BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION, AND IN THIS ENTIRE EXERCISE. WE'RE NOT REALLY DISCUSSING THAT.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S KIND OF FUNKY HOW IT'S DESIGNED.
SO THIS ALSO RECTIFIES SOME OF THOSE ISSUES TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE FLOW.
VEHICULAR FLOW. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THAT BOULEVARD THAT I REFERENCED.
THIS IS VERY INTENTIONALLY BEING DESIGNED THIS WAY SO THAT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THE LIVESTOCK SHOW, WE COULD SHUT IT DOWN AND MAKE IT A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY SPACE WITH FOOD TRUCKS AND OTHER AMENITIES. SO THE EXISTING FACILITY, THIS IS THE FACILITY THAT IS OVER 90,000FT². AND THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED.
AS I AS I MENTIONED, THE IDEA WOULD BE TO ENCLOSE THE EXISTING ARENA, WHAT'S ALREADY ENCLOSED, BUT MAKE IT A AIR CONDITIONED SPACE TO ACTIVATE IT IN THAT MANNER.
AND THE IDEA WOULD BE TO TAKE THE RIGHT HAND MOST SIDE OF SIDE OF THAT AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT ON THIS IMAGE, AND BUILDING THAT NEW ENTRANCE THAT I REFERENCED WOULD BE FACING THE BOULEVARD. THAT NEW ENTRANCE WOULD ACCOUNT FOR ITS OWN TICKET COUNTER SPACE, ITS OWN RESTROOMS, ITS OWN CONCESSION AREA. AND THAT WAY, THERE'S NO CONFLICT WITH THE SHARING OF THE CONCESSION STAND AND THE EXISTING BATHROOMS THAT ARE LOCATED NEAR THE ENTRANCE ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER SIDE, WHICH AS I WHICH, AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, IS AN ISSUE. THIS ALSO CONTEMPLATES TAKING THE LEFT HAND MOST SIDE OF THIS RECTANGULAR EXISTING ARENA AND EXTENDING THE CONCEPT OF THE FLEXIBLE ROOMS. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE BASICALLY TAKE THAT CONCEPT OF THE EXISTING FLEXIBLE ROOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE ANNEX, AND BASICALLY JUST EXTENDING THAT CORRIDOR AND CREATING MORE OF THAT FLEXIBLE SPACE AS WELL AS SOME STORAGE SPACE.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME IMAGES HERE SHORTLY SHOWING THOSE MULTIPLE PURPOSES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE RELOCATION OF THE STAGE.
AND SO THE STAGE NOW NO LONGER SITS BETWEEN THE DOME AND THE EXISTING ARENA.
IT HAS NOW SHIFTED OVER TO BASICALLY WHERE THE EXISTING OFFICE SPACE IS LOCATED.
THIS ALSO ENSURES THAT THAT STAGE IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE ARENA, OR WHAT WOULD BECOME THE EXPO HALL THAT COULD HELP FACILITATE HAVING MULTIPLE EVENTS GOING ON. AND IF THERE WERE TO EVER BE AN EVENT THAT ACTUALLY NECESSITATES THE UTILIZATION OF BOTH SPACES, WE NOW HAVE CREATED A NICE CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE DOME AND THE EXPO HALL IN THE AREA THAT USED TO BE THE STAGE.
NOW, WITH RELOCATING THE STAGE TO WHERE THE CURRENT OFFICE AREA IS.
IT OBVIOUSLY THEN REQUIRES US TO MOVE THE OFFICE LOCATION, WHICH IN THIS IMAGE YOU COULD SEE WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE ANNEX, WHICH IS WHICH ON THIS MAP IS IS IDENTIFIED IN GREEN.
THIS IS MORE OR LESS THE AREA WHERE THERE'S CURRENTLY A STAGE, A BUILT IN STAGE IN THE ANNEX.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY GET UTILIZED MUCH, AND IT'S MUCH BETTER IN GENERAL TO HAVE A MOBILE STAGE THAT CAN BE SIMPLY PUT IN THOSE SPACES WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS IT VERSUS NOT VERSUS HAVING SOMETHING PERMANENTLY BUILT. RIGHT.
AND WE ADD SOME BATHROOMS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE KNOW IS OF HIGH DEMAND, SIMPLY JUST BASED OFF OF THE INQUIRIES THAT OUR STAFF AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER RECEIVE, IS THE NEED TO HAVE A SPACE FOR LARGE QUINCEANERA, WEDDING, BIRTHDAY PARTY, WHATEVER IT IS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW BY CREATING THAT EXPOSITION EXPO HALL.
WE HAVE WAY MORE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LARGE EVENTS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE TWO WEDDINGS ON THE SAME EVENING, TWO QUINCEANERAS OR ONE QUINCEANERA, ONE WEDDING, WHATEVER IT IS, WE'D BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT NOW.
ASIDE FROM THAT, WHAT ELSE COULD WE USE THE SPACE FOR? AND SO WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY WOULD ALSO WANT US TO EXPLORE SOME SPORTS OR ATHLETIC COMPONENT TO THIS.
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AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS TO THE HEIGHT OF THE ROOF. HOWEVER, THAT WOULD NOT THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY STOP US FROM STILL BEING ABLE TO DO SOME YOUTH SPORTS OR SOME RECREATIONAL SPORTS.THAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT COULD, COULD HELP MANAGE.
AND THIS IS SIMPLY INTENDED TO SHOW YOU HOW MANY OF THESE COURTS WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT IN THAT SPACE.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS IMAGE, IT SHOWS HOW MANY BOOTHS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT.
AND SO CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE A WEDDING WITH 900 SEATED PEOPLE IN BANQUET STYLE, WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM. BUT IN THIS SPACE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO.
VERY INTENTIONAL V DESIGN INTO THIS. THIS IS WHAT THE ENTRANCE TO THE EXPO HALL, AS I REFERENCED, COULD LOOK LIKE. AND THEN FINALLY THE ARENA. AND SO THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD COME.
THIS CURRENTLY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE ABOUT 3000 SEATS.
THIS SHOWS 4000, BUT YOU CAN EASILY MOVE THAT STAGE FURTHER TO THE BACK TO UTILIZE 100% OF THOSE FITTED PERMANENTLY PERMANENT SEATS. THESE ARE SOME IMAGES OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE.
MANY OF OUR ARENAS, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE ARENAS IN THE REGION THAT CAN HOST RODEOS, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OURS WAS BIGGER, HAD MORE CAPACITY FOR SEATING AND HAD BETTER QUALITY SEATS, YOU KNOW.
AND SO THESE ARE PERMANENT SEATS THAT WOULD BE BUILT INTO THE ARENA AS OPPOSED TO YOUR, YOU KNOW, BLEACHER TYPE, PORTABLE TYPE OF BLEACHERS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FACILITY THAT COULD BE COULD HAVE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, YOU KNOW, OVER THOSE SURROUNDING ARENAS.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE ENTRANCE TO THAT ARENA COULD LOOK LIKE.
CAN WE GO TO THE POWERPOINT NOW PLEASE.
I GUESS WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL RECOMMENDING THAT WE LOOK AT MAKING THE I THINK THE ARENA EVEN BIGGER TO SEAT 10,000. AND I JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY ANY REAL NEED FOR THAT.
THAT WAS CERTAINLY ONE INDIVIDUAL'S SUGGESTION.
AND WHILE WHILE HAVING THE MOON SOUNDS WONDERFUL, I JUST DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALISTIC OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING. YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
YOU KNOW, IN WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT HAVING THAT 3000 PERMANENT SEATS AND THEN THE 5000 FOR CONCERT SETTING WOULD SUFFICE. YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE WE WOULD BE SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH MONEY TO HAVE AN ARENA THAT'S TOO LARGE THAT WOULD NEVER GET REALLY UTILIZED TO ITS CAPACITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF JUGGLING, YOU KNOW, OUR LIMITED RESOURCES WITH UTILIZATION AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE SAYING ALWAYS GOES, RIGHT. YOU DON'T BUILD A CHURCH FOR EASTER SUNDAY, RIGHT? BECAUSE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S ONLY GOING TO GET UTILIZED ONCE A YEAR OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND SO WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT BALANCE. AND WITH THE CURRENT NUMBER OF SEATS THAT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, IT STILL PUTS US AT BEING THE LARGEST ARENA IN THE REGION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 10,000.
I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR PARKING WOULD, WOULD CERTAINLY LIMIT THE CAPACITY.
ALSO TRUE. THERE'S CERTAINLY THAT FOR SURE. YEAH.
THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. OKAY, SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE ALMOST EXACT SAME PRESENTATION THAT I WENT THROUGH IN DECEMBER, EXCEPT WITH SOME ADDITIONS AND AND SOME COMMENTARY.
SO IN DECEMBER AND AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE WALK THROUGH THE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
OF COURSE, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WAS BASICALLY DOING A FABRIC ROOF FOR THE NEW STRUCTURES, MEANING THE NEW MULTI-USE BARN AS WELL AS THE NEW COVERED ARENA OR A TRADITIONAL METAL ROOF. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SORT OF I'M NOT GOING TO WALK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AS I DID IN DECEMBER FOR SAKE OF TIME.
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BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DISCUSSED THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT.YOU KNOW, WE SHARED HOW, YOU KNOW, THE FABRIC ROOF IS A VIABLE PRODUCT.
YOU KNOW, A&M JUST USED IT ON AN INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX.
IT'S BECOMING MORE OF THE NORM. IT HAS THE SAME OR IF NOT GREATER LIFE SPAN BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RUST OR ANY OF THOSE ISSUES. AND SO IN DISCUSSING THESE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS YOU KNOW, WE ULTIMATELY FELT COMFORTABLE IN PURSUING THE $35 MILLION OPTION, WHICH IS A FABRIC ROOF OPTION.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FEEDBACKS THAT I WAS SOLICITING FROM COUNCIL BACK IN DECEMBER.
AND SO I'VE EXCLUDED THE $45 MILLION OPTION NOW FROM THESE SLIDES.
THESE OF COURSE, ARE NOT ANNUAL REVENUE FIGURES.
AND SO, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAR RENTAL VENUE TAX.
I MENTIONED ABOUT THE COUNTY PURSUING THEIR OWN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
BUT EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT, WE STILL FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE VISION OF THE MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE THAT $35 MILLION FIGURE DID ACCOUNT DID ACCOUNT FOR QUITE A BIT OF CUSHION.
WE DISCUSSED THE NEED TO INCLUDE $50 MILLION IN CO CAPACITY.
SO I WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THE SLIDES THAT HIT ON THE CEOS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BASED OFF OF OUR ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART OF THIS EQUATION.
BECAUSE WE WOULD BE, AS I'LL SHOW HERE SHORTLY, WE WOULD BE OOPS, GOING THE WRONG WAY.
WE WOULD BE BASICALLY NEEDING TO COMMIT THAT 15 MILLION FROM FUTURE DEBT CAPACITY.
AND SO YOU MAY RECALL, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, GILBERT, I SHOULD SAY, WENT THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER, WE REMINDED YOU OF OUR CIP PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND HOW WE ENVISION AND HOW WE'RE BASICALLY DOING WHAT WE CAN TO SECURE AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT 10,000,000 IN 27 THROUGH 29 TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENT CIP STRUCTURE AT THAT TIME.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEBT CAPACITY IN 2031.
BUT THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, WELL, HOW DO YOU LEVERAGE THAT? THAT'S TOO FAR AWAY. WE WANT TO BUILD A PROJECT NOW.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU DO IT? AND SO WE BASICALLY CAME UP WITH A CREATIVE PROPOSITION, WHICH WAS BASICALLY ISSUING THE $15 MILLION IN DEBT SOONER UTILIZING THE CDC ONE TIME FUNDS TO MAKE THAT DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR THE 3 OR 4 YEARS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE IT UNTIL WE GET TO 2031, WHERE THAT DEBT, THAT DEBT RATE, REVENUE COULD BEGIN TO PICK IT UP MOVING FORWARD.
HAPPY TO STOP THERE AND ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CEO PART OF IT.
OKAY. OOPS. I KEEP PRESSING THE WRONG BUTTON.
OKAY, SO THE VENUE TAX AS WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR MONTHS THERE IS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE A VENUE TAX, WHICH UNDER STATE LAW, WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO DO AND WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO LEVY THESE TAXES IN ORDER TO GO TOWARDS A QUALIFYING VENUE PROJECT, WHICH THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT AND THE ARENA WOULD BE I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE SHORT TERM MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL TAX AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO MECHANISMS THAT WE RECOMMENDED FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND AS I DISCUSSED IN DECEMBER, PROCEDURALLY, WE WOULD NEED TO OBVIOUSLY ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A QUALIFYING VENUE PROJECT, WHICH WE DO. WE WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESCRIBING THE VENUE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA AS AN ACTION ITEM TODAY.
WE WOULD THEN SUBMIT THAT TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
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REVENUE. NEITHER OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL.AND SO WE EXPECT A FAIRLY QUICK RESPONSE FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO GIVE US THE GREEN LIGHT TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER TO ADD AND MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHICH ELECTION.
DO WE WANT TO ADD THIS TO? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS IS A NEW SLIDE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT, AND HAS BEEN ASKED ABOUT SINCE THEN CENTERS AROUND THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE RECENT EXPERIENCE THAT WE THAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SOME OF THE CONFUSION THAT WAS CREATED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT BEING ABLE TO BE SPECIFIC IN THEIR BALLOT LANGUAGE AS THEY AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO PURSUE A PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE FOR TEACHER PAY.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. I THINK WE NEED TO REEMPHASIZE THAT ANY CHANCE WE GET.
BUT BUT THAT'S ALSO WHY WE'RE ABLE TO BE SPECIFIC IN OUR BALLOT LANGUAGE.
AND SO WE'VE CONSULTING WITH AN OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL TO HELP US WITH TO DEVELOP THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, BUT ALSO TO HELP US CONFIRM WHAT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE WOULD BE IN DECEMBER.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION AND ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE MEASURES, ONE MEASURE FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND A SEPARATE MEASURE FOR THE CAR RENTAL TAX.
WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL THAT HAS EXPERIENCE IN THIS THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY UNCOMMON. AND THAT THESE THINGS TYPICALLY GO TOGETHER BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE MONEY FOR THE PROJECT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF ONE PASSES, ONE FAILS, THEN NOW YOU ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE MONEY TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT, AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO HONOR THE INTENT OF THE ONE THAT DID PASS.
RIGHT. AND SO THE SO THE RECOMMENDATION NOW BASED OFF OF THAT GUIDANCE FROM OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL, BASED OFF OF BEST PRACTICES, IS TO JUST HAVE THE ONE MEASURE.
AND THEY DRAFTED THIS FOR US. AND I WANT TO READ IT OUT LOUD.
ALLOWED, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF VICTORIA TO ESTABLISH THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY CENTER, A SPORTS AND COMMUNITY VENUE PROJECT, AND TO IMPOSE A NEW SHORT TERM MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL TAX AT A RATE OF 5% IN THE CITY AND AN ADDITIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AT A RATE OF 2% IN THE CITY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE VENUE PROJECT.
THIS IS VERY, VERY SPECIFIC. IT OBVIOUSLY CONVEYS THAT IT'S NOT A PROPERTY TAX.
IT OBVIOUSLY CONVEYS THAT IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND SO IT DOES PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN IF WE WERE TO PURSUE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS PROPERTY TAX CENTRIC. AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I'M ASSUMING JUST BASED ON THE LAST SENTENCE THERE, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE MAXIMUM RATE FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A MAXIMUM RATE FOR THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL TAX.
IT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE ONE STATUTORILY, BUT NOT THE OTHER.
I'M ASSUMING SO. OKAY. I'M MAKING THE SAME. AND THAT WAS A QUESTION BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION.
YEAH, I'M ASSUMING. SO I CAN TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT THE 5% FOR THE CAR RENTAL IS THE MOST.
AND SO CURRENTLY THERE IS NO VEHICULAR RENTAL TAX.
RIGHT. BUT THERE IS AN EXISTING HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
OKAY. BUT THAT'S JUST MY. YES. IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S AN EXISTING ONE.
BUT IT'S ALSO NOT JUST CITY TAX THAT INCLUDES THE PERCENTAGE THAT GOES TO THE STATE.
GOT IT. OKAY. BECAUSE IT INCLUDES A COUNTY RATE. ALSO, THERE'S THE STATE OR THE STATE.
THE STATE OR THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE ONE, INCLUDES THE STATE. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE ENTITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT TOTAL AMOUNT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO PUT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT IN THERE OKAY. THE THE CAP LEGALLY 17% FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, WHICH IS WHY THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY JUDGE HAVE EXPLORED THE IDEA OF TRYING TO IMPOSE THEIR OWN 2% BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY THAT THE STATE LAW WOULD TECHNICALLY ALLOW THEM TO.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE VOTERS WOULD DECIDE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE I GUESS REMAINING
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ITEMS NEEDING TO BE DISCUSSED IS, IS ON THE ELECTION TIMELINE.I ADDED WHAT'S IN WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW TO THIS.
THE REST IS THE SAME INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED IN DECEMBER. BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THAT IF WE WANTED TO HAVE MAY 2025 STILL ON THE TABLE WE NEEDED TO MOVE QUICKLY WITH, WITH CERTAIN THINGS. THAT'S PARTLY WHY WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE PROJECT TODAY AND WHY WE HAD TO CALL A SPECIAL AGENDA A SPECIAL MEETING, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GIVE THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT. BECAUSE WE WOULD ULTIMATELY YOU WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE TO CALL THE ELECTION BY FEBRUARY 14TH.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE ALREADY NEEDING TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR MAY BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE MAYOR AND THE TWO SEPARATE DISTRICTS THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION FOR ELECTION OR REELECTION IN MAY. AND WE ANTICIPATE AND HAVE THAT SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE YOU AT A REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY FORTH AND SO.
BECAUSE, AS I ALLUDED TO IN DECEMBER, WITH THE LIVESTOCK SHOW TAKING PLACE EVERY FEBRUARY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THAT.
AND SO IF WE WERE TO PURSUE THE MAY OPTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY IN SECURING THE ARCHITECT, SECURING WHO WE WANT TO BE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, AND BASICALLY LINE ALL THAT UP TO HAVE A GMP BEFORE YOU IN JANUARY SO THAT THEY CAN START IN MARCH. SO VERY, VERY TIGHT TIMELINE BUT DOABLE.
OF COURSE, IF WE OPT TO GO WITH THE NOVEMBER, WE HAVE MORE TIME.
WE HAVE MORE TIME TO DO ALL OF WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
BUT THAT WOULD DELAY THE CONSTRUCTION TO START UNTIL MARCH OF 2027.
ANOTHER THING WE DISCUSSED IN DECEMBER WAS KIND OF WALKING THROUGH SOME DUE DILIGENCE. I ALREADY WALKED THROUGH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT CAME OUT OF THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS THAT WAS CONDUCTED LAST YEAR. ONE THING THAT I KNOW IS, IS FRONT AND CENTER THIS WEEK IN PARTICULAR IS THE POLLING EXERCISE THAT COOKSEY IS SPEARHEADING. OF COURSE, THAT'S BEING SUBBED OUT TO, TO TO A DIFFERENT COMPANY.
AND I KNOW MANY FOLKS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED TEXT MESSAGES, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT SURVEY ASKING THEM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AROUND THE VENUE TAX. WE EXPECT THAT THE RESULTS OF THAT TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK.
THEY ARE CONDUCTING THOSE SURVEYS THIS WEEK, AND THEY'LL BE READY TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU NEXT WEEK.
BECAUSE WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THE RESULTS OF THAT COULD HELP KIND OF UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW REGISTERED VOTERS IN VICTORIA ARE FEELING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OR NOT? WE'VE RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE SPECIFICITY OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN THE SURVEY.
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, TOO, IS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A SURVEY OR POLLING EXERCISE.
THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CONSULTANT TO TEST MESSAGING.
AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS TALKS ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE FORESEE THERE BEING, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT COMING FROM THIS INVESTMENT.
IF THAT MESSAGE AROUND ECONOMIC IMPACT RESONATES WITH THE PERSON THAT'S FILLING OUT THE SURVEY, AND IT LEADS THEM TO MARKET IN A WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT AT A GREATER DEGREE UNDER THAT SPECIFIC ITEM, THEN THAT TELLS OUR COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, THAT THE MESSAGE AROUND ECONOMIC IMPACT MATTERS TO PEOPLE.
WELL, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE SURVEY INCLUDES THESE QUESTIONS OR THIS OR THAT. BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ALSO INTENDED TO THEN BE UTILIZED AS A GUIDE FOR THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY TO DETERMINE WHAT MESSAGING RESONATED WITH THE REGISTERED VOTERS, WHICH ONE DIDN'T.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THAT. ACCORDING TO THE POLLSTER, THE POLLSTER SUGGESTED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHERE OUR REGISTERED VOTERS ARE IF WE HIT 300 RESPONSES. HE SEEMED A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT WHETHER WE'D BE ABLE TO REACH 300, BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO THE SAME POLLSTER THAT DID THE EXACT SAME EXERCISE FOR VICTORIA COLLEGE LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY TOOK THEIR MEASURE TO THE TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEY DID NOT RECEIVE 300 RESPONSES AS PART OF THAT EXERCISE.
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AND WOULD BE PRESENTED TO YOU NEXT WEEK. AND AS I MENTIONED, WE SUSPECT THAT THE RESULTS OF THAT COULD HELP IN YOUR DECISION MAKING ON WHETHER TO WANT TO DO MAY OR NOVEMBER. ANOTHER THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS, OF COURSE, US DURING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON WHAT OTHER MEASURES MIGHT BE ON THE BALLOT, SINCE WE ALSO ASSUME THAT THAT COULD ALSO HELP DETERMINE WHAT OPTION WE GO WITH.AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE TRIED TO KIND OF FIGURE THAT OUT AND GET A SENSE OF IT A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT MAKES SENSE WHY THEY WOULDN'T. RIGHT. I MEAN, THEY JUST WENT THROUGH A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN SUPERINTENDENT PROBABLY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO KIND OF PUT ALL THE ENERGY AND EFFORT INTO THAT AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD LIKE.
WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO PURSUE IN A SERIOUS MANNER. SO IF I WAS A BETTING MAN, I WOULD BET THAT THE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD NOT HAVE THAT MEASURE IN MAY.
HOWEVER, I WOULD ALSO BET THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HAVE ONCE AGAIN IN NOVEMBER ANOTHER MEASURE TO TRY AND PAY TEACHERS BETTER, BECAUSE YOU MAY RECALL THAT IT'S ONLY AN OPTION TO HAVE THAT KIND OF ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
AND SO I CAN'T SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE.
BUT I THINK FOR PURPOSES OF OUR CONSIDERATION, I THINK WE NEED TO ASSUME THAT THEY WILL DO THAT.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOU REFLECT ON THIS.
AND THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ARE GOING TO BE UNTIL, OF COURSE, THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THOSE BILLS IN THE SUMMER.
AND SO THAT'S SOMEWHAT OF A RISK, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH WITH THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT A NATIONAL ELECTION CYCLE IN NOVEMBER.
AND SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
THE OTHER THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THIS COUNTY VERSUS CITY THING, AND WHETHER THERE WAS BENEFIT OR VALUE IN HAVING A COUNTY WIDE VENUE TAX ELECTION AS OPPOSED TO CITY LIMIT ONLY. SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS THAT ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. THE DATA WITH THE SURVEY IS ACTUALLY POLLING COUNTY RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE.
AND SO PART OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE NEXT WEEK IS INFORMATION THAT SHOWS YOU KNOW, HOW COUNTY RESIDENTS FEEL, HOW CITY RESIDENTS FEEL. IN CASE WE WANTED AND YOU WANTED TO USE THAT TO INFORM THAT DECISION.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY THINGS THAT ARE UP FOR DISCUSSION.
OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST WAS WHICH ROOF, WHICH DETERMINED THE COST.
BUT WE'RE MY BELIEF IS THAT WE'LL PURSUE THE $35 MILLION OPTION, WHICH IS THE FABRIC ROOF OPTION.
MY BELIEF IS THAT WE ARE OKAY PURSUING THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND THE CAR RENTAL TAX.
WHICH IS THE WAY THAT IT'S WORDED ON THE ON THE RESOLUTION.
THAT'S UP FOR ACTION. LATER ON THIS AGENDA. AND THEN THAT LEAVES THE PENDING ITEM BEING THE ELECTION, THE ELECTION CYCLE. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR SIMPLY LET Y'ALL DIALOG ON YOUR LATEST THOUGHTS ON THAT PENDING ITEM. SO JUST FOR CLARITY ON THIS, AS I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY, WHICH IS THE ACTION ITEM, IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROJECT THAT THEN GOES FOR APPROVAL AT THE STATE LEVEL.
CORRECT, CORRECT. YEAH. THAT STEP HAS TO BE TAKEN NO MATTER WHAT. RIGHT. AND SO IF WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION TODAY, THAT'S NOT A DECISION ON MAY OR NOVEMBER. CORRECT DECISION IS YET TO COME BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE THE POLLING DATA AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS OPPOSED TO LESS BEFORE WE MAKE THAT DECISION. SO WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY OR NOVEMBER, THIS RESOLUTION IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT IS THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THIS. IS THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. AND IF I MAY JUMP IN, MARY, YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE RESOLUTION WE DID WRITE IT FOR A UNIFORM ELECTION DATE, NOT A SPECIFIC MAY OR NOVEMBER DATE.
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PASS THE RESOLUTION WITHOUT SPECIFYING WHEN THE ELECTION WILL BE.
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GETS GETS IT TO THE COMPTROLLER SO WE CAN GET THEIR FEEDBACK, THEIR APPROVAL ON IT.AND THEN THEN YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO DECIDE WHICH ELECTION YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I APPRECIATE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION. OKAY. SO ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MR. GARZA AT THIS POINT? ABOUT. YES. PRESENTATION HE'S MADE.
I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS FROM SOME CITIZENS THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTING ONE AND REMODELING IT AND EXPANDING IT TO MEET THE NEEDS AND DEMANDS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE ASKED FOR FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. THEY DID ASK. AND WE'VE, I THINK, GONE THROUGH.
BUT BUT REMIND ME, WHAT WOULD THE COST BE TO BUILD NEW? SURE. SO? SO THE EXISTING FACILITY. SO WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD A NEW ARENA, RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT COST IS WHAT IT IS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU PUT IT.
SURE. RIGHT. EXCEPT FOR THE CONCRETE AND EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH IT.
WELL, ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET REDONE AND.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BECAUSE. YEAH. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'D BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO ACTUALLY JUST BUILD THE ARENA SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO BUILD PARKING LOTS, ALL SORTS OF OTHER STUFF. AND YOU CAN'T REALLY HAVE THE ARENA SOMEWHERE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE, THE BARNS, BECAUSE YOU NEED SOMEWHERE TO HAVE THE ANIMALS.
AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING, YOU KNOW, BARN THERE THAT GETS UTILIZED BY THE LIVESTOCK SHOW.
AND SO YOU'D HAVE TO. YEAH. IT WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE TO KIND OF REBUILD THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND SO BUILDING FROM SCRATCH, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 93,000FT² WOULD NOT BE 15 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, FOR CONTEXT, WE'RE BUILDING A 70,000 SQUARE FOOT PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING THAT COST 52.
NOW, GRANTED, A FACILITY LIKE THIS WOULDN'T BE AS COMPLEX AS A PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTER BUILDING, SO IT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER. BUT WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE CONSULTANT HIS ESTIMATE WAS THAT IT WOULD COST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 45 TO 50 TO BUILD A FACILITY OVER 90,000FT² FROM SCRATCH. AND SO WITH THIS, I'M SORRY, I SAID ON TOP OF THE 15 OR WHATEVER THE ARENA.
SO. CORRECT. YEAH. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 70 MILLION. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT.
YEAH. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW 45 TO 50 MILLION FOR A NEW 94,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY LIKE THIS AND THEN THE ARENA AND ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT YOU'D HAVE TO REBUILD. YEAH. CORRECT.
I MEAN, YOU'D BE LOOKING AT 65 TO 70 MILLION.
NOW, THOSE ARE JUST GUESSTIMATES. SURE. RIGHT.
BUT WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF FIGURING THAT OUT FROM SCRATCH.
BUT IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMITTEE AT THAT SORT OF JUST BIG PICTURE LEVEL, BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE ITSELF VERY QUICKLY REALIZED, LIKE, OH, YEAH, WE'RE GETTING OUR VALUE FOR OUR BUCK HERE BY RENOVATING THE EXISTING SITE.
UNDERSTAND THE BECAUSE HAVING SOME CONVERSATION, I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE'RE TAKING OUT 15 MILLION COS, YOU KNOW, YOU DO A $75 MILLION THING, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR CIP GOING FORWARD? IT WOULD. YEAH. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. YEAH. IT WASN'T EVEN AN OPTION FOR US TO CONSIDER.
IN ONE OF THE EARLY ER PRESENTATIONS OF THIS, I MADE A COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, UNBEKNOWNST TO THE CITY LEADERS AT THE TIME, BUT WHEN THEY DECIDED TO PUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, IN THAT LOCATION.
THEY BASICALLY DECIDED THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS GOING TO BE FOREVER. WHEN THE DECISION WAS TO PUT THE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX THERE, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T REALIZE IT, BUT THEY BASICALLY DECIDED THAT WHERE WE PUT BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS FOREVER AND EVER IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE THERE.
AND THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE RESOLUTION.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES WHY THEY WILL NOT PRESENT THE BILL TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE COUNTY. I'M NOT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL OR WON'T.
OKAY, WELL, I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO CALL THEM AND FIND OUT WHY THEY WILL OR WON'T, BECAUSE.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S MY JOB AS CITY MANAGER TO DO THAT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY? I WILL CALL THEM, BUT I WANT TO WANT TO KNOW.
BUT THE FINANCING, THE COUNTY NEEDS TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF FINANCING THIS WHOLE OPERATION.
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I MEAN, I'M NOT A BIG RODEO BUFF, BY THE WAY, OR A STOCK SHOW PERSON, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTES.BUT I WOULD ALSO, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY TRIED TO GET THIS, THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS A LEGISLATION FOR THIS TAX, AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THEY DID AND IF WHY IT CAN'T GO THROUGH, AND I WILL CONTACT THEM IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO CONTACT THEM. WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY BEFORE TODAY IS THE THE RESOLUTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOVING THAT FORWARD AND CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND CONCERNS ON THAT.
YEAH. PLEASE. AND, AND AND THERE'S ALSO NOTHING AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WOULD REQUIRE OR STIPULATE THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR THE COUNTY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT WOULD BE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COUNTY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAN STILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT IN OTHER WAYS.
BECAUSE THEY DO BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK THE SUBJECT MATTER AND WHAT WE EXPECT THE USE OF THESE, THIS NEW FACILITY WOULD BE MERITS DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY, AND THAT'S TO BE HAD.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO APPROACH THIS ASSUMING THAT THE COUNTY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION AND THAT WE'RE MAKING A SOUND ECONOMIC DECISION WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY ON OUTSIDE FUNDS OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE LAID OUT HERE. SO I THINK IF WE APPROACH IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT, BUT LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY AND PARTICIPATION BY THE COUNTY. TO ME, THAT SEEMS LIKE THE MOST LOGICAL APPROACH IN THE MOST REASONABLE APPROACH GOING FORWARD.
AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, ON THE COUNTY JUDGE'S BEHALF, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE MENTIONING, YOU KNOW, HE'S SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT. HE'S VERBALIZED SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND SETTINGS. AND SO I DON'T THINK THE CHALLENGE WITH THE COUNTY IS, IS, IS, IS THEM REALIZING THAT THEY OUGHT TO PLAY A ROLE IN THIS? I THINK THE JUDGE RECOGNIZES THAT OTHERWISE HE WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN HAVE HAD COMMITTED UTILIZING SOME OF THE COUNTY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DOLLARS TOWARDS THIS TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. I THINK THE CHALLENGE WITH THE COUNTY WILL BE THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT THEY USE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT'S FAIR. YEAH. IN REGARDS TO THE POLLING THAT YOU MENTIONED AND TALKED ABOUT MESSAGING, IF THERE IS A LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU USE THE EXAMPLE OF THE POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND IF THAT STIRRED SOME, SOME EMOTION OR AT LEAST UPON POLLSTERS OR PEOPLE THAT VOTED.
DO WE HAVE ANY ECONOMIC DATA TO SUPPORT THAT? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MESSAGE IT, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY HARD DATA TO. SO YES AND NO.
SO WE DON'T IF YOU'RE ENVISIONING YOU KNOW, FORMAL, YOU KNOW, REPORT THAT WAS PUT ON BY AN ECONOMIST, YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE IT TO THAT DEGREE. WHAT WE DO HAVE IS MORE DATA AROUND THE UTILIZATION OF THE OF THE EXISTING FACILITY, AND THAT BASICALLY SUPPORTS AND VALIDATES THAT AN ENHANCED COMMUNITY CENTER AND IMPROVED COMMUNITY CENTER WITH ADDITIONAL MEETING SPACE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER PIECE IT WOULD BE UTILIZED RIGHT.
THE PIECE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER AND TRICKIER TO FIGURE OUT IS THE ARENA PART OF IT.
BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A FACILITY LIKE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT'S BASICALLY ANYBODY'S GUESS. ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ITS UTILIZATION.
NORMALLY IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN EXISTING VENUE LIKE THIS AND YOU'RE SIMPLY LOOKING AT ENHANCING IT, THEY WOULD TREAT IT LIKE HOW WE'RE TREATING THE COMMUNITY CENTER, RIGHT? IT'S ALREADY BOOKED UP X AMOUNT OF DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ENHANCING IT IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE. THEY WOULD ALREADY HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PROMOTERS AND OTHER PLAYERS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING EVENTS THERE WHEN YOU'RE BASICALLY STARTING FROM SCRATCH. RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE CONNECTIONS.
NOW, COULD WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS? YES, BUT IT WOULD BE TIME CONSUMING.
AND WHEN WE DISCUSS IT WITH OUR CONSULTANT THEY BASICALLY SAID, IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE TO GATHER THE STAKEHOLDERS, REACH OUT TO POTENTIAL FUTURE USERS, YOU KNOW?
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ET CETERA. THEN GREAT. THAT COULD BE AN OPTION FOR US TO EXPLORE IF WE IF WE WAITED UNTIL NOVEMBER.BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT FORMAL PROCESS, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO MAY.
HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF, I GUESS, BLACK AND WHITE STUDY OR DATA, YOU KNOW, WE FELT COMFORTABLE HAVING THE QUESTION IN THE SURVEY AROUND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT, PACKED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OVER TIME THAT WILL BE THE CASE, RIGHT? I MEAN, EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS HAVING ANOTHER QUINCEANERA OR A WEDDING ON A WEEKEND, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE COMING INTO TOWN TO ATTEND THAT EVENT. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO SOME OF THAT IMPACT, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY, IF WE HAVE A RODEO OR A CONCERT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE REGION, EVEN IF IT'S NOT OVERNIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BRING THEM TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HOPE THEY STAY OVERNIGHT, BUT EVEN THEN, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE DINNER HERE PRIOR TO THE CONCERT OR AFTER AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. AND SO WE COULD HIRE SOMEBODY TO GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF DOCUMENTING MORE FORMALLY THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT.
I MEAN, I GUESS I LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT WE COULD SPEND, YOU KNOW, A FEW FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WILL HAVE RODEOS IN VICTORIA. IF WE BUILD AN ARENA, OR WE CAN LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT PEOPLE SAY IS WE WANT AN ARENA AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND REALIZE THAT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THE SURVEY, ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HOST RODEOS AT THIS ARENA.
AND SO I THINK JUST FROM A COMMON SENSE STANDPOINT, WE SEE WHAT OTHER RODEO ARENAS AROUND US DO.
I THINK WE'RE ALL COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE RODEOS AT THEIR ARENAS THAT THEY BUILD.
AND I DON'T BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE ANY DIFFERENT.
I THINK IT WILL BE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL, QUITE FRANKLY, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
MR. MAYOR, I JUST HAD A TOMMY BOY FLASH WITH THE BULL AND THE BUTCHER.
YEAH, YOU SHOULD WATCH A MOVIE. I WASN'T GOING TO GO QUITE THAT FAR, BUT YEAH, I HEAR YOU, I HEAR YOU. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT IT'S OVER 50 YEARS OLD.
I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS SERVED US WELL, BUT AFTER 50 YEARS WE HAVE OUTGROWN IT.
SHOULD WE SEE, ALTHOUGH NOT ANTICIPATED, BUT SHOULD WE SEE THAT THE RESULTS FROM POLLING INDICATE THAT THERE'S NOT AN INTEREST IN THIS BEING ON THE BALLOT? THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT BIND US TO MOVING FORWARD WITH ANYTHING IF THE VOTERS DO NOT ALIGN WITH THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. CORRECT. RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY.
CORRECT. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. YES. OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
OKAY. OKAY. WELL PUT. I MOVE, WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
WELL, WE HAVE TO CALL IT. I'LL CALL THE ITEM. ALL RIGHT.
[1. A resolution authorizing a venue project pursuant to chapter 334, Texa...]
WHICH IS D1 MRS. ITEM D1 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A VENUE PROJECT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 334 TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE DESIGNATING METHODS OF FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT, SUBJECT TO VOTER APPROVAL AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.I'M SENSING I MAY GET A MOTION ON THIS. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MOVE? WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
I'VE GOT A MOTION TO SECOND. SECOND. GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE RESOLUTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. ITEM D ONE PASSES WITH THAT.
THEN WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA. I UNDERSTAND WE WILL HAVE A SHORT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[E. Executive Sessions:]
IT IS 304. LET'S TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL BE BACK.OR WE WILL BE RECONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 314.
THE CITY COUNCIL RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 15TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 AT 3:04 P.M..
SUBJECT MATTER IS AS FOLLOWS TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.08755,
1.072 AND 551.0710.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.