Apr 15, 2025 City Council

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>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE APRIL 15TH TAX DAY 2025 CITY OF VICTORIA REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. MS. WEST, WILL

YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE? >> COUNCILMEMBER DELAGARZA?

>> I AM PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER KIDDER?

>> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER BUTLER?

>> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SCOTT?

>> HERE. >> TCEQ?

>> HERE. >> MAYOR CROCKER IS NOT HERE. HE IS EVERYTHING A CITY UP IN AUSTIN , SO HE IS ABSENT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WELCOME EVERYBODY TO JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE , TEXAS, MY WEDNESDAY, UNDER GOD, ONE, INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. WELCOME, EVERYBODY,

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

>> IT TO SEE YOU. >> YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS

AND/OR REMINDERS THIS EVENING? >> YES, SIR. I HAVE A FEW. FIRST OF ALL, AS OUR WAY OF SAYING HAPPY EASTER, ALL NONEMERGENCY CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH , IN OBSERVANCE OF GOOD FRIDAY, AND WILL REOPEN AT 8:00 A.M., APRIL 21ST. TRASH RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE WILL BE PICKED UP AS SCHEDULED. THE VICTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH AND 19TH , AND THE RIVERSIDE GOLF COURSE WILL HAVE ITS NORMAL HOURS OF OPERATION. ELECTION DAY IS MAY 3RD. EARLY VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK, APRIL 22ND THROUGH THE 29TH, AS PART OF THIS ELECTION. CITY IS ASKING VOTERS TO CONSIDER A VENUE TAX TO HELP IMPROVEMENTS TO THE VICTORIA COMMITTEE CENTER. ONLY VICTORIA RESIDENTS CAN VOTE ON THAT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE. ALSO, THE NEWEST EPISODE OF THE CITY'S TALENT PODCAST IS NOW AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY AND YOUTUBE . IN THIS EPISODE, WE SHARE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE DISTRICT, AND EXPLAIN HOW STRONG SCHOOLS HELP CREATE A STRONG COMMUNITY. ALSO, THE CITY OF VICTORIA MUNICIPAL COURT IS HOSTING A DRIVING WITH A DISABILITY PROGRAM ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND, FROM 12:00 TO 1:00 P.M.. SERGEANT ROB MALORY WITH THE TEXAS TO PERMANENT PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE PRESENTING INFORMATION ON VOLUNTARY SELF-DISCLOSURE METHOD FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THE CITY OF VICTORIA WILL ALSO BE HOSTING A CAR SEAT AND BOOSTER SEAT INSPECTION EVENT ON FRIDAY , APRIL 25TH FROM ONE A CLOCK TO 4:00 P.M. IN THE TARGET PARKING LOT. I THINK WE ARE STILL ON A STREAK OF NOT A SINGLE CORRECTLY INSTALLED CAR SEAT FOUND?

>> LET'S BREAK THAT STREAK! >> IS SOMEBODY THINK THEY HAVE CORRECTLY INSTALLED THE CAR SEAT, BE AT TARGET. THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND RAMAPO SERVICES DEPARTMENT , IN KEEPING VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL INVITE RESIDENTS TO TAKE PRIDE IN COMMUNITY AND ENGAGES THEM FROM THE COMPETITION IN THE TRASH OFF CLEANUP ON SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, FROM 8:00 TO 10:00 A.M. GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER IN ADVANCED. THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE NUMBER

[a. Medical Laboratory Professionals Week. Duane Crocker, Mayor]

>> GOOD. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM B2 , PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS. WE WILL START OFF WITH A, MEDICAL

LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS WEEK. >> WHEREAS MEDICAL TREATMENT DECISIONS OFTEN AND PENNED ON TIMELY AND ACCURATE TEST RESULTS, THEY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE, AND WHEREAS THE PRACTICE OF MODERN MEDICINE AT THE EXACTING STANDARDS WE KNOW AND ENJOY WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SCIENTIFIC TEST PERFORMED DAILY IN THE MEDICAL LABORATORY, AND WHEREAS LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED SPECIALISTS TO PERFORM AND EVALUATE LABORATORY TESTS TO DETECT AND DIAGNOSE DISEASE AND MONITOR TREATMENT, AS WHEREAS DEDICATED LABORATORY SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND CONTINUALLY WORKING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LABORATORY SERVICES, AND WHEREAS DETECTION OF EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING PATHOGENS DEMONSTRATE THE CRITICAL ROLE OF LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS AND THE RESPONSE

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>> I WANT TO THANK MAYOR CROCKER FOR DOING THIS. AT A LOT OF TIMES, THE LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE WE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES , BUT WE ARE FOREFRONT, LACEY SAID, IN DIAGNOSING ALL OF THE DISEASES THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE EPIDEMIC, WE ARE NOW DOING THE OUTBREAK . LAB IS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH ANY KIND OF LAB TESTING OR DIAGNOSIS THAT WE SEE. SO, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING US. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I CAN'T DO

[b. National Community Development Week. Duane Crocker, Mayor]

DEVELOPMENT WEEK. >> WHEREAS THE CITY OF VICTORIA, TEXAS FOSTERS VIBRANT, RESILIENT COMMITTEES, WHERE IS THE WEEK OF APRIL 21ST , 25TH, 2025 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK BY THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION . TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOT GRANT, CDBG PROGRAM , AND WHEREAS THE CDBG PROGRAM PROVIDES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS CDBG FUNDS ARE USED BY THOUSANDS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO ADDRESS PRESSING NEIGHBORHOOD AND HUMAN SERVICE NEEDS WHILE PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY , AND WHEREAS THE CDBG PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL FUNDING AND FLEXIBILITY TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES , TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING DECENT, SAFE, AND SANITARY HOUSING , A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AND WHEREAS OVER THE PAST 36 YEARS , THE CITY OF VICTORIA HAS RECEIVED OVER $27,000,000.00 IN CDBG FUNDS, WHICH HAVE BEEN USED TO FUND VARIOUS PUBLIC ACTIVITIES , PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AND WHERE IS THE CITY OF VICTORIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO LEVERAGING FEDERAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE CDBG PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS WHILE BUILDING A MORE PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. NOW THEREFORE I, DEWAYNE CROCKER, MAYOR OF CITY VICTORIA HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 21ST, 25TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WE CAN VICTORIA,

TEXAS. >> GOOD EVENING . I AM ZACH.

I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNER FOR THE CDBG GRANT FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION OF RECOGNIZING NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK. THAT'S VERY EXCITING. IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN THESE CRITICAL FUNDS THAT HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR VICTORIA. SO, WHILE THE CITY DOES ADMINISTER THIS GRANT, WE REALLY DO COUNT ON OUR RECIPIENTS , OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO PROVIDE THE SERVICES, PROGRAM, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT WE NEED. SO, DOES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, I WILL NOW ASK JD STAFFORD, THE SEAT EO OF MEDCO FAMILY SERVICES TO COME UP UNTIL YOU ABOUT A VERY EXCITING PROJECT THAT SHE JUST COMPLETED WITH THE HELP OF SOME CDBG

FUNDS. >> THANK YOU. THANKS, ZACH. WE APPRECIATE THAT. HELLO. SEE, MICHAEL WAS JUST HERE FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM AT THE CITY. YOU KNOW, INTERACT WITH A LOT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ACROSS THE STATE, AND THEY DON'T ALL HAVE THAT SAME, WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP. HATS OFF TO JILLIAN, CELESTE, AND ZACH.

THEY MAKE IT AS EASY AS CAN BE. AND IF YOU THINK WE ARE HARD TO WORK WITH, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH HUD. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE BUILT THE WOMEN'S SHELTER , STARTING IN 2008 AND IT WASN'T

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WE ARE ABLE TO ADD ON A WING FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE HAVE LEGAL ADVOCATES, SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCATES , WE HAVE CHILD ADVOCATES THERE, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING PROJECT WAS OUR CHILDREN'S WING, DEDICATED ONLY TO SHELTER CARE, SHELTER DAY CARE, AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES. BUT THE MOST RECENT 2023 ALLOCATION , WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE MIDCOAST RESOURCE HUB, WE CALLED IT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE. WE WANTED TO BE A GATHERING PLACE FOR OUR HOMELESS COALITION, FOR SEXUAL RESPONSE TEAM MEETINGS, FOR OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS , BUT THE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO RESTROOMS, TWO SHOWERS, TWO LOCKERS , FOR A PLACE TO GET OUT OF THE WEATHER , BUT MOST IMPORTANT, A PLACE TO TALK TO A CASE MANAGER AND TALK ABOUT THEIR HOUSING SITUATIONS.

THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET OUR UNHOUSED FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HOUSE INTO STABLE HOUSING THAT THEY CAN AFFORD AND BE ABLE TO KEEP. HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT , I HOPE YOU ALL GOT AN INVITATION FOR HAVING OUR RIBBON-CUTTING A WEEK FROM THIS THURSDAY. IT WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET . THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OF COURSE, COMES WITH HER BIG SCISSORS, BUT ANOTHER BIG EVENT HAPPENING THAT DAY IS WE ARE PRESENTING A CHECK, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ALREADY GIVEN US THE CHECK, BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO CBD FUNDS, WE RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE JOHNSON FOUNDATION , AND THEN HEB TO EQUIP OUR KITCHENS. SO, PLEASE COME. WE WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU AROUND. WE MIGHT EVEN LET YOU TAKE A SHOWER IF YOU NEED ONE. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE WORK THROUGHOUT VICTORIA.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HIGH PRAISE , AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN VICTORIA AND SOMETIMES THE MOST HONORABLE HERE. SO AGAIN, THANK

[2. Public & Employee Recognitions:]

>> YES, SIR. I HAVE THREE FOR THIS EVENING. FIRST, MS. LOUISE IS IN THE BACK . WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND UP ? WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE IRMA. SHE IS AN OPERATOR FOR OUR SERVICE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND SHE JUST PASTOR CERTIFICATION FOR A CLASS A WATER LICENSE. THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. A CLASS A WATER LICENSE IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL CERTIFICATION FOR A WATER SYSTEM OPERATOR , SIGNIFYING A HIGH LEVEL OF EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE, AND UNDERSTANDING ACCOMPLISH WATER SYSTEMS. THIS REQUIRES SEVERAL WAYS OF HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN WATER TREATMENT AND PASSING SEVERAL REALLY HARD TESTS. SO, GREAT JOB, IRMA.

>> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. >> SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WHO IS HERE WITH ME.

SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE TEXAS YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF A TREASURER FOR THE UPCOMING 2025-2026 TERM. THAT THEY STATEWIDE HONOR, AND WE ARE VERY

PROUD TO HAVE HER. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> AND FINALLY, WE HAVE -- IN THE BACK , AND THEN A PICTURE OF MARIA AND TARA RECEIVING THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE VISIBLE TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES AWARD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER FOR ITS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING TRAFFIC SAFETY RELATED INITIATIVES, AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON IMPAIRED DRIVING. STAFF WAS RECOGNIZED DURING AN AWARD CEREMONY DURING THE MTS I CONFERENCE ON APRIL 3RD. SO, THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TODAY.

[3. Items from Council:]

>> OKAY. EXCELLENT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEMS FROM COUNSEL. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS?

>> I HAVE ONE. THE ITEM I HAVE , WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME CITIZENS COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO FEEDING OF FERAL ANIMALS AND WILD ANIMALS. SOME OF THE HEALTH HAZARDS THAT IT HAS CAUSED, THIS HAS BEEN TRIED TO BE AMENDED ON A NEIGHBORLY LEVEL WITHOUT INVOLVING GOVERNMENT . I THINK SOMETIMES WE CAN OVER GOVERN THINGS, BUT HOWEVER, THIS EVENT HAS SEEMED TO FALLEN ON DEAF

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>> OKAY, WE WILL EXPLORE OUR OPTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. THAT WILL BE ALL. WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS

[4. Citizen Communication:]

WE WILL CLOSE ITEMS FROM COUNSEL, AND MOVEMENT STRAIGHT INTO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL FORWARD MICHAEL . PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME . PLEASE HER MEMBER, KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, PLEASE.

>> I ALWAYS DO. >> I KNOW YOU DO. EXCELLENT TO

SEE YOU. >> I LIVE AT 2107.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ONE-DAY PROMOTION TO MAYOR. I WISH YOU

WELL IN YOUR ENDEAVORS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I WANT TO THANK RICK MADRID AND ATTORNEY RUBIE BOONE FOR HELPING WITH THE TRAILER PARK , FOR GETTING IT PAVED AND STUFF.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE RUBIE BOONE AND RICK MADRID IS COMBINED TOGETHER, SMARTER. SO, YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE, SO HE WILL HAVE TO GET IT PAVED. BUT THE PAVING IS DOING IT RIGHT NOW. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING IT DONE FOR SIX YEARS , AND IT HAS BEEN DEAF EARS , BUT HE FINALLY HAS TO BREAK DOWN AND PUT OUT THE MONEY. IT'S HARD FOR HIM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU OWN 17 TRAILER PARKS AND YOU'RE A FAMOUS PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO STOP BY VICTORIA AND LOOK AT YOUR PROPERTY , YOU KNOW? BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST A BUSY MAN. IMAGINE TRYING TO INSPECT 17 TRAILER PARKS. YOU KNOW? YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY LET HIM KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT AND STUFF. YOU KNOW? THE MANAGER IS IN TRAILER SIX, BUT THE REASON I DON'T GO TO HER, THERE IS A BIG NO TRESPASSING SIGN. HER NUMBER ISN'T PUT UP THERE. IT JUST SAYS HERNANDEZ FAMILY. WHAT THEY DO, THEY MOVED ALL OF THE MAILBOXES IN FRONT OF THE SIGN, SO YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE NUMBER TO THE TRAILER PARK OR ANYTHING , BECAUSE ONE TIME I WENT TO CHECK THE MAIL , AND ALL 32 MAILBOXES WERE GONE, AND I WAS WONDERING, WHO STOLE THE MAILBOXES? AND THEY MOVED THEM TO THE OTHER SIDE. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER. BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT, YOU KNOW? HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS SIX YEARS AGO, BUT HE DIDN'T , SO I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT CITY COUNCIL PUT INTO ITS, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND EVERYBODY ELSE. AND IT IS ON 2204 EAST NORTH STREET. IT'S A STREET THAT GOES TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND UP HERE.

THAT TRAILER PARK HAS BEEN AN EYESORE. TRAILER 29 IS DILAPIDATED. IF YOU HAD A TRAILER THAT WAS IN A KIND OF CONDITION, HE WOULD PROBABLY EVICT YOU. SO, HE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND STUFF , BECAUSE HE HAS A REPUTATION OF NOT TAKING CARE OF THINGS IN A TIMELY MANNER, BUT IS NOT HIS FAULT. HE'S A FAMOUS PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE TRAILER PARK OR A LITTLE PERSON LIKE ME.

THANK YOU, AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION . WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THE MEETING ALONG LIKE

[D. Consent Agenda:]

WE USUALLY DO. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE A REPUTATION OUT HERE. THIS TIME, WILL MOVE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA!

>> D1, ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 1ST, . D2, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ANYONE, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, OF CITY OF VICTORIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECOND AND THIRD READING. D3, APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR FUN ABOUNDS INC. FOR PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT PINE STREET PARK, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED

$362,745.00. >> OKAY. TECHNICALLY THE CONSENT

AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE

CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE? >> AYE.

[1. Reappoint the Health Authority for the City of Victoria. April Hilbric...]

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. CONSENT AGENDA PASSES. WE WILL

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>> E1, REAPPOINT THE HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF

VICTORIA. >> GOOD EVENING.

>> GOOD EVENING. >> TONIGHT, I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. WE ARE HERE TO REAPPOINT DR. JOHN MCNEIL IS THE HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT DAVID GONZALES IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE , IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, IT IS A TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT, SO THIS WOULD BE THROUGH APRIL, 2027. HE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY SINCE 2015, APRIL OF 2015. IT'S BEEN A WHILE AND THROUGH A PANDEMIC. SO, WE ARE VERY THANK FULL THAT HE IS HANGING IN THERE WITH US AND CONTINUING TO DO THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. I HOPE WE MOTION IN A SECOND VERY QUICKLY BEFORE HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE HIS MIND!

>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I MOVE THAT WE ADOPTED THIS

ITEM. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE?

>> PRESENT. >> PRESENT.

>> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN? ACTION ITEM E ONE PASSES. AND THANK YOU, DR. MCNEIL, FOR YOUR

[2. Approve a professional services agreement with CDM Smith, Inc for engi...]

E2. >> E2, RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CDM SMITH INCORPORATED FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE WATER SUPPLY FEASIBILITY AND PLANNING STUDY IN THE AMOUNT OF $299,900.00.

>> I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, OR WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. THIS IS THE ONE YOU ALL HEARD THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AS WELL AS SALES TAX. BUT IT IS BASICALLY TO SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES FOR THE CITY.

>> I WON'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE , BUT I CERTAINLY RECALL IT. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU. >> BUT I DON'T NEED A REVIEW.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE? PARDON? >> I MOVED TO ADOPT IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN

[3. Award the 2025 Residential Street Maintenance Project to Clark Constru...]

FAVOR, SAY AYE? STRATEGY >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ITEM E2

PASSES. ITEM E3. >> D3, A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE 2025 RESIDENTIAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT TO CLERK CONSTRUCTION OF TEXAS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF

$3,425,450.60 . >> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> IT TO SEE YOU TOO! GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS OUR 2025 RESIDENTIAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT. THIS IS THE SEVENTH STREET YOUR OF RESIDENTIAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR WAS $4,420,250.00. THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF THE HIGHER LARGER AMOUNTS OF STREET THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. IT TOTALS ABOUT 8.9 MILES. THE VARIOUS SCOPES OF WORK ON THE STREETS WE ARE LOOKING TO TO PUT A ONE COURSE CHIP SALE AND ONYX, TO COURSE CHIP SALE AND ONYX . THAT LAST ONE WILL PARTICULARLY BE IN THE ACRE SUBDIVISION THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO. REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE MAINTENANCE THAN THE OTHERS. WE ARE LOOKING TO DO STREETS IN THE BOULEVARD ADDITION , WHICH IS TO THE WEST OF CITIZENS HOSPITAL. THE ACRE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTH OF NORTH STREET AS WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER , WHEN CREST SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF TOWN , LEARY LANE RUNNING FROM JOHN STOTT BEAR ALL THE WAY TO SAINT HOUSTON , NORTH HEIGHTS ADDITION, THREE OF THE STREETS IN THE NORTH HEIGHTS ADDITION. THESE THREE STREETS WERE PART OF THE PHASE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STREETS IN THE SUBDIVISION.

THESE WERE DONE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND THEY WERE DUE FOR MAINTENANCE CODING SO THAT THEY STAY IN GREAT SHAPE. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO DO DEPARTMENT ROAD, HOLT ROAD, AND SPARKMAN ROAD.

YOU WANT TO ADD AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. AND THEN, MARIE STREET .

TWO PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED, ONE FROM CLARK CONSTRUCTION OF TEXAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,425,450.60 , AND A SECOND ONE FROM CK NEWBERRY AT $3,600,240.00. WITH CONTRACT TIME OF 180 CALENDAR

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ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO. TO REITERATE, THIS IS A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE SPENDING FOUR-POINT 4 MILLION, AND DOING ROUGHLY NINE MILES OF ROAD. SO, TO THE PUBLIC, THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR ROADS. NOT ONLY IN KEEPING THEM DRIVABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. ANY

OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE

ADOPTED THIS ITEM. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. I'M SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE?

[4. Commit additional funds adding to the City's allocation of $19,524,900...]

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ITEM

E3 PASSES. ITEM E4. >> E4, A RESOLUTION COMMITTING TO ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE CITY'S ALLOCATION OF $90,524,900.00 FROM THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT REGIONAL MITIGATION PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,063,355.20 FINE , AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER AS THE CITY'S EXECUTORS OFFICERS AND AUTHORIZE REPRESENTATIVES IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CDBG REGIONAL M.I.T. PROGRAM.

>> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY ABOUT THE CDBG MET FUNDING . IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOMETIME SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND THEN, ALSO UPDATE YOU WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

BECAUSE IT HAS TAKEN QUITE A LONG TIME TO GET HERE. OH, I AM GOING THE WRONG WAY. I AM SORRY. YEAH, IT WAS. OKAY. THERE WE GO.

SO, BACK IN SEPTEMBER OR SUMMER APPROXIMATELY OF 2023 , GOLDEN CREST REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION COMPLETED THE METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION FOR FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE THAT THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE HAD RECEIVED. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY WAS ALLOCATED 19.5 MILLION. THEN IN NOVEMBER, 2023 , THE CITY BASICALLY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION . AN APPLICATION FOR ALLOCATION SOUNDS KIND OF FUNNY, BUT IT WILL GET TO WHY WE DID THAT IN JUST A SECOND.

CURRENTLY, THOUGH, WHERE WE ARE IS THE GL OH REVIEWED OUR APPLICATION, AND THEY HAD A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY NEEDED CLARIFICATION, A LITTLE BIT OF CORRECTION ON SOMATIC ORDINANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT , SO, WE NEED TO RESPOND TO THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. AND I WOULD SAY WE ARE 98% ON THAT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS ALSO SOME HOUSEKEEPING FORMS . NUMBERS HAVE TO MATCH, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED , THOUGH. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE PROJECT NEED TO, NUMBER ONE, MITIGATE HAZARDS , AND THIS FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED BY CONGRESS TO BEGIN WITH AND GIVEN TO HIDE SPECIFICALLY IN RESPONSE TO FLOODING IN 2015 , 2016, AND THEN OF COURSE, HURRICANE HARVEY IN 2017. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MITIGATION, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FLOOD EVENTS, SPECIFICALLY THAT WE HAD TROUBLE DURING THOSE TIMES. AND THEN, IN ADDITION TO THAT , WE'VE OBVIOUSLY TALKED A LOT ABOUT CDBG FUNDING HAS TO BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AND IN THIS CASE, AFFIRMATIVE FAIR HOUSING. THE FIRST PROJECT IS SEWER WATER UP LATELY. THE REASON WHY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IS I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN SEMIANNUAL REPORTS RECENTLY THAT WE ARE WAITING ON FUNDING. THAT IS TRUE. AND THEN ALSO TALK AGAIN ABOUT WHAT IT IS , WHICH IS A SYSTEM OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, AND REMOTELY MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE CITY'S WASTEWATER SYSTEM. THAT THE HAZARD MITIGATION. RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DO THAT. WE CAN'T COMPLETELY REMOTELY MONITOR AND CONTROL THE CITY'S WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM IS INCREDIBLY OLD. SO, THE VULNERABILITIES WE HAVE IN THIS VERY OLD SYSTEM, WITH HER PLACE IN PARTS UNAVAILABLE, REPAIRS ARE IT IS TOTALLY REFURBISHED. IS NOTHING THEY CAN GET THAT WILL REPAIR THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE

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THERE'S MOSQUITOES, IT JUST DEGRADES THE ROAD. SO, WE PUT IN THE CONCRETE LINE CHANNEL FALL, REDUCE ELEVATIONS , AND FIX THE ROADS OVER THERE THAT HAVE DETERIORATED BECAUSE OF FLOODING. THE INFLUENCE SCREEN FACILITY REPLACEMENT AND REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IS ALWAYS A BIG DEAL.

REMOVES LARGE SOLIDS AND DEBRIS , AND WE GET A TON OF THAT DURING FLOOD EVENTS. BUT, THE REAL PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW, IT CAN BE OPERATED UNLESS IT'S OPERATED MANUALLY. IT'S LETTING INTO MUCH DEBRIS. WHEN IT GETS CLOGGED, YOU HAVE TO UNCLOG IT MANUALLY. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM DURING A STORM. SO, THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL PREVENT CLOGS, PROVIDE BETTER PRETREATMENT, AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF EFFICIENCY THAT WILL BE IMPROVED. NOT ONLY ARE YOU REDUCING THE HAZARD, BUT WE ARE IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AS WELL WITH THE PROJECT. SO, THE RESOLUTION TALKS ABOUT OUR LOCAL COMMITMENT . THE TOTAL OF ALL THREE PROJECTS ARE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN WHAT OUR ALLOCATION IS , SO WE NEED TO COMMIT THE $2,000,000.00 FROM OUR OWN LOCAL FUNDS FOR ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS , AND THEN THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT WAS WHEN WE RESPOND TO ALL OF THE RFI'S BY THE END OF THIS WEEK , WE WILL MOVE TOWARDS GETTING A CONTRACT WITH THEM. AND MY HOPE IS THAT THEY WON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, AND THAT THE NEXT STEP THAT WILL COME QUICKLY WILL BE A CONTRACT. BECAUSE ONCE WE GET TO THE CONTRACT, WE CAN BEGIN OUR PROJECTS.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THESE WERE SOME LARGE, EXPENSIVE, AND

VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS. >> ABSOLUTELY. VERY IMPORTANT.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THEM FOR A WHILE. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE I GO, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS , THIS IS BEEN A REALLY LONG PROCESS FOR ALL OF US . IT'S NOT JUST ME, OBVIOUSLY, WORKING ON THIS. I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO THANK. MARGARET ADAMS AT THE GL OH HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE IN ADDRESSING A.D.A. RFI IS , WHAT EXACTLY WE NEED TO DO, WHERE EXACTLY WE FIND THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM. KELLY SIMMONS IS OUR GRANT CONTRACTOR.

THEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES REALLY PUTTING IN THE WORK. JENNIFER IS FROM GIS HELPING WITH THE INCREDIBLE DETAIL ON LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE, AND MAPPING OUT WHERE EXACTLY EACH LOCATION , WE ARE TALKING EVERY LIFT STATION THE CITY HAS WE HAD TO MAP ENSURE THE BENEFIT AREAS FOR. MEMBERS FROM PUBLIC WORKS HAVE GIVEN US A TON OF INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR. DAVID AND AVERY FROM ENGINEERING AS WELL , AND THEN OUR OUTSIDE CONTRACTED ENGINEERS FROM CARVER HAVE BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THAT

CONTRACT. >> WELL, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE YOU MENTIONS, AND THANK YOU TO YOU AS WELL. WE LOOK

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>> RAY. ME TOO. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO? OKAY.

>> QUESTIONS? LET'S GET THE COMPUTER WORKING. ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,

[1. Queen City Park Update. Lisa Wube, Director of Parks and Recreation]

SAY AYE? >> PRESENT.

>> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ALL OPPOSED , SEEMS TIME? ITEM E FOR PASSES. IS MOVING TO

ITEM F, CITY MANAGER REPORTS. >> THE FOR CITY MANAGER REPORT THAT YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT IS FROM OUR PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR . THIS IS LARGELY BEEN GIVEN A RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR SOME CRIME STATS IN THE QUEEN CITY AREA, BUT IN ADDITION, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON RESOLVING A NUMBER OF THE CHALLENGES IN THE AREA FOR SEVERAL YEARS . WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF

THAT WORK AS WELL. >> AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD

EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING . TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE WILL DIVE INTO SEVERAL KEY TOPICS WITH REGARDS TO QUEEN CITYPARK , AND WILL MOVE US THROUGH THE DETAIL OF THESE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. CHIEF CHUCK YOUNG, AS WELL AS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE , KRISTI, OUR DIRECTOR OF MENTAL SERVICES, AND JULIE, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND MYSELF WILL BE PRESENTING. SO FIRST, I WANTED TO BEGIN WITH THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

AS YOU CAN SEE, LOU STOCKS, LITTER, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND UNHOUSED ENCHANTMENTS. THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR GOALS, THE CENSUS BLOCK GROUP, PLEASE STATS, EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS , CHALLENGES, AND ALSO A DISCUSSION AT THE END. OUR PRESENTATION ALSO WANTS TO SUPPORT AND WANTS TO SHOWCASE THE SUPPORT WE HAVE FOR OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS , AS WELL AS SHOWCASING THE PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION EFFORTS THAT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD. WE WANT TO PROMOTE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL AT THIS LOCATION, AS WELL AS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. JULIE WILL WALK US THROUGH THE CENSUS

BLOCKER. >> SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS A MAP OF WHAT ACTUALLY THE GROUP THAT WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED AT POINT CITY COLLABORATION , THE GROUP CREATED THESE BOUNDARIES FOR QUEEN CITY. THESE BOUNDARIES AREN'T QUITE THE ENTIRE CENSUS BLOCK THAT I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT, OUR CENSUS TRACT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH, BEFORE THE PURPOSES OF THE DATA THAT WILL BE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS THE BOUNDARY OF WHAT YOU'RE CALLING THE QUEEN CITY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE BLOCK GROUP IS A TOTAL OF 1240 RESIDENTS, AND 76% OF THOSE RESIDENTS IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC OR LATINO. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE HOUSING STOCK IN THE CENSUS TRACT IS 66 YEARS OF AGE , SO IT IS AN OLDER PART OF OUR TOWN, AND THAT 60% OF THAT HOUSING IS OWNER OCCUPIED. I HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS CHARGE BLOCK GROUPS, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IN 2010 , THE PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME IN THAT CENSUS BLOCK WERE 57%. IN 2020, WITH THE 2020 CENSUS, THAT DROPPED TO 81%, HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT OF COURSE DURING THE 2020 CENSUS, THERE IS A HUGE WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC GOING ON, SO, THAT DATA HAS SOME ISSUES WITH IT AND HAS BEEN CALLED INTO QUESTION. AS A RESULT, SINCE THIS HAS BEEN PUBLISHING OUR AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA , WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO USE THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE SURVEY DATA FROM 2016 TO 2020 FOR PURPOSES OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS THAT MAKE THE TRACT ELIGIBLE FOR MONIES TO BE SPENT IN THERE. IF YOU GO THROUGH THE ACS DATA , THE PERCENTAGE OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FOLKS IS THAT 53%. SO, CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS LONG BEEN FOCUSED ON THE QUEEN CITY AREA . IMMEDIATELY AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY AS I WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF THE VELTMAN SERVICES, SINCE 2017 , I HAVE INSTRUCTED STAFF TO REALLY LOOK AT QUEEN CITY JUST BECAUSE IT HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES.

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE DOES NOT REALLY ALLOW US TO QUERY OUT HOW MANY CASES ARE BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA, OR REALLY DRILL DOWN INTO THAT DATA AT ALL AFTER OVERALL NUMBERS, BUT ANECDOTALLY, I CAN TELL YOU MAKE IT OFFICES HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN QUEEN CITY. FOR DEMOLITIONS, WE DID PULL ALL OF THE DEMOLITION ORDERS SINCE 2017, AND YOU CAN

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SO NEXT , I WILL WELCOME THE CHIEF TO DISCUSS SOME STATISTICS

ABOUT THE PARK. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY.

>> HI, CHIEF. >> AS WE HAVE SEEN THE SAME SLIDE BEFORE , THE OTHER STATISTICS, THESE ARE, AS YOU SEE IN THE TOP SECTION, IS THE TOTAL PART TWO SOCIETAL CRIMES.

MAINLY THE ANIMAL CRUELTY, THE DRUG NARCOTICS VIOLATION, DRUG EQUIPMENT VIOLATION, GAMBLING, WEAPON LAWS, ET CETERA. THAT IS BASICALLY A 67% REDUCTION FROM THE 23 TO 24 . WITH 43 OFFENSES -- ACTUALLY, 43 DRUG-RELATED OFFENSES IN 2023, IT REDUCED DOWN TO 14 IN 2024. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 51 DOWN TO 21 , I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO PROACTIVITY. WE ARE NOT THERE THAT MUCH TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE DRUG NARCOTICS USES TO GAIN WEAPONS VIOLATIONS. COMPARE THAT TO THE REST OF THE CITY , WE ARE DOWN FROM 1242 OFFENSES IN 2023 TO 922 LAST YEAR. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH PART TWO OF THE PROACTIVE OFFENSES. NOW, IF WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL QUEEN CITYPARK , WE HAVE THE 2023 VERSION IN THE 2024 VERSION. ALL OTHER OFFENSES YOU CAN SEE, THE CHARGES ARE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. CONSTRUCTING, RETALIATION, PUBLIC INTOXICATION, RESISTING ARREST, ET CETERA. A LOT OF THOSE OFFENSES THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM ARE THE PROACTIVE OFFENSES. NOW, LOOK AT 2023. YOU HAVE SIX AND 12. THAT IS THE BOTTOM STUFF. THAT IS THE STUFF IN THE PIE CHART. THE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, YOU HAVE THREE MORE THAN 2023. IN 2024 , WE WERE MORE PROACTIVE, SO THERE WILL BE MORE PARK CURFEW CHARGES . THE DRUG CHARGES SLACKED OFF A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE WERE UNDERSTAFFED AND DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY -- WE HAD EYEBALLS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TROOP SECOND GO OVER THERE AND AFFECT ANY KIND OF AN ARREST. WE HAD THAT AS AN ISSUE. THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS WERE REDUCED, THE BURGLARIES WERE UP, AND THEN THE DWI, THAT THEY PROACTIVE OFFENSE . I MEAN, WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE AS FAR AS THE PROACTIVE WORK , AND WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO THE OFFENSES. BY AND LARGE, THERE WAS AN INCREASE FROM 2024 2023.

>> CHIEF, MAY I ASK A QUESTION?

>> YES, SIR. >> THAT'S QUITE A BIG AREA THAT

WAS SHOWN INITIALLY. >> IT IS.

>> IS THERE AN AREA WHERE THOSE OFFENSES PREDOMINANTLY OCCUR IN? WITHIN THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> YES, SIR, THERE ARE. BASICALLY THE NAVARRO AND RED RIVER, THE AREA RIGHT AROUND QUEEN CITYPARK ITSELF. THE PARK

ITSELF. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> YES, SIR. >> AND JUST SO I AM UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER OF CRIMES MAY HAVE GONE DOWN , THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE? IT IS THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH

ENFORCEMENT? >> THAT IS RIGHT. YES, MA'AM.

100% CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. AND ALSO IN THAT SAME AREA WITH ROGERS PARK , YOU HAVE 19 TOTAL IN 2024. SO, THE DRUG CHARGES, AGAIN, THAT IS PROACTIVE. THE DWI IS PROACTIVE . THE OTHER ONES WERE SIMPLY REACTIVE AND RESPONSIVE. IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHARTS, TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES, THERE IS SOMEBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO CUT OFF AN ANKLE MONITOR. THAT

IS WHAT THAT WOULD BE. >> OKAY.

>> SO, NEXT STEP? >> THANK YOU, CHIEF.

>> YES, SIR. >> SO, HERE IS A LIST OF OUR COLLABORATIVES BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL'S, ALL OF WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN THEIR OWN WAYS. HERE IS A TIMELINE, WHICH OUTLINES MUCH OF WHAT THE CITY OF VICTORIA HAS FOCUSED ON OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. STARTING BACK IN WINTER OF 2021 , WE OFFER $250,000.00 TO CHRIST KITCHEN. AT THE TIME, IT WAS

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>> AND TO GO BACK, WHEN THE CITY OFFERED 250,000, THAT WAS TO RELOCATE CHRIST KITCHEN. IT WASN'T JUST OFFERED, IT WAS

OFFERED WITH -- >> YES, SIR, THANK YOU.

>> WITH THE INTENTION OF RELOCATING TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.

>> YES. THANK YOU, SIR. >> HELLO. OKAY. SO, SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE DONE SPECIFICALLY IN THE QUEEN CITY AREA , AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THESE , YES, THE GOAL IS TO CLEAN UP. YOU KNOW, THERE IS LITTER AND DEBRIS PILED IN PEOPLE'S CORNERS , SO, WE WANTED TO GET IN THERE AND ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE CONSENT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE. AND, ALSO TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE ON THE COMMITTEE OF THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY HAS. THIS IS ONE THAT WE DID WAS IN MARCH OF 2023, THE QUEEN CITYPARK, AND WE DO BLOCK WALKING BEFORE THESE EVENTS. AND THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND EFFECTIVE , BECAUSE WE CAN PUT THIS INFORMATION IN PEOPLE'S HANDS ABOUT THE CLEANUP, ABOUT THE SERVICES WE WILL BE DOING THE WEEKS BEFORE. IT'S IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. PLUS, WE GIVE THEM GENERAL INFORMATION ON SERVICES RELATED MOSTLY TO WASTE. AT THIS CLEANUP , WE HAD A BIG ENGAGEMENT, AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT WAS AT THAT PARK. AND I THINK A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO REALLY SEE THAT PLACE REVITALIZED WITH ENERGY BACK INTO THE PARK AS IT USED TO HAVE. THIS WASN'T JUST THE CITY, OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAD THE TWO LOCAL CHURCHES THERE WERE VERY EXCITED AND INVOLVED. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, THEY BACKUP INTO THAT AREA, CRANE ELEMENTARY COMES TO THESE CLEANUPS. AND THEN OF COURSE, HAVING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED, AND THEN OUR FIRE MARSHAL AND FIRE DEPARTMENT DOING SMOKE DETECTOR INSTALLATIONS. THEY HAVE DONE THOSE THAT EVERY SINGLE CLEANUP, AND PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. THE IDEA BEHIND THESE, OF COURSE, IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON SERVICES , AND TO CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE IT MAKES EVERYBODY FEEL BETTER. AND WE FEEL IT HAS A CONTAGIOUS EFFECT . ONCE WE GO IN THERE, WE NOTICE YOU DRIVE BY A FEW WEEKS LATER. THERE IS IMPROVEMENTS. PEOPLE CATCH ON TO THIS, AND HOPEFULLY KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICES. AT THE FIRST SERVICE, WE ALSO ENGAGE WITH ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THE FIRST TIME AT ONE OF THESE CLEANUPS. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD A VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL. THEY, BLOCK WALKING, THEY, THE DAY OF THE EVENT, AND IT ALSO GETS THEM VERY COMEDIC ENDING AND EDUCATING THE RESIDENCE AT THE SAME TIME. AT THE LAST CLEANUP, I THINK THEY HAD THREE OF THEIR OFFICES OUT THERE WITH US, SO, THAT HAS REALLY HELPED AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE QUITE A BIT OF TIRES , ESPECIALLY AT THIS ONE. WE PICKED UP A TON OF MATERIALS.

122 HOUSEHOLDS SERVICED. WE HAD 200 VOLUNTEERS THERE THAT DAY , AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID THEIR BIKE RODEO AT THAT TIME AS WELL. AND THEN THE NEXT FALL, WE DID THE ONE IT WILL ROGERS PARK.

AND THIS ONE WAS ALSO A BIG SUCCESS. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ONLY GOT 21 TIRES. THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. BUT, WE DID PICK UP QUITE A BIT OF DEBRIS . AGAIN, SMOKE DETECTORS INSTALLED AS WELL. WE DID THE BLOCK WALKING. ONCE AGAIN, THAT REALLY

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>> IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT AMENITIES THEY HAVE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CAN HAVE GREAT AMENITIES, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL SAFE AND DOESN'T LOOK SAFE AND PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO ENGAGE. AND WE KEEP COMING BACK TO THAT SAME THING. WHAT WAS AMAZING ABOUT THE FIRST QUEEN CITYPARK CLEANUP IS THAT PEOPLE KEPT SAYING THIS IS THE WAY IT USED TO LOOK. WHEN WE WERE THERE THAT DAY. THERE WERE PEOPLE PLAYING GAMES, PLAYING BASKETBALL, THERE WAS FOOD , AND PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD , A LOT OF THEM JUST CAME OUT TO HELP. HELP LOAD UP THE TRAILER, HELP LOAD UP THE BAGS, IT WAS REALLY INSPIRING. YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE GO BACK, YOU KNOW, WE DO PLAN TO GET BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS AGAIN THERE SOON. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AND WE ALL KNOW THIS, YES, THE CITY IS COMING IN AND KEEPING VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL , BUT IT IS LOTS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT GET EXCITED ABOUT THESE THINGS, AND THAT IS THE IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT. SO, HERE WE ARE. WE PUT OUT THERE SOME DATA, SOME INFORMATION, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE , AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHERS TO LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN GO FORWARD AND CONTINUE . US HERE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THESE. WE ARE LOOKING TO GET BACK OUT IN QUEEN CITY, DOING MORE OF THESE CLEANUPS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT ANY THOUGHTS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ?! AND? SCARIFICATION?

>> NO. ACTUALLY, THE SURVEY THAT YOU JUST SHOWED I THINK PROBABLY SAYS IT ALL. CLEAN, SAFE, AND DRUG-FREE. EVERYBODY IS COMING OUT TO THE PARK AND BEING OUTSIDE AND BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT ONCE WE LEAVE, IF YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE , WHY WOULD YOU STEP OUTSIDE? WHY WOULD YOU VISIT A PARK? WHY WOULD YOU BE IN THE COMMUNITY UNTIL WE FIGURE THAT OUT AND TELL PLEASE RESIDENCE HERE ? I UNDERSTAND THE TREPIDATION TO DO THAT. SO, I THINK THE DISCUSSION, AT LEAST FROM MY STANDPOINT, IS HOW DO WE GET THERE? I MEAN, WE DO THE CLEANUPS, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT IN THE POLICE PRESENCE, THAT'S ANOTHER THING . AND COLLECTIVELY, WE DO THAT , BUT WHAT IS HOLDING US UP FROM REVITALIZING THIS AREA , AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY DESERVE? I THINK IT IS A DISCUSSION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE . I HAVE IDEAS, BUT I AM OPEN TO ANY COMMENTS THAT ANYBODY ELSE MAY HAVE, OR STAFF AS WELL?

>> WELL, YOU CERTAINLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- SORRY, BETWEEN ROGERS PARK IN THE COMMITTEE. THIS QUITE A BIT MORE FAMILY IS THAN THE OTHER PARK. I THINK IT FEELS THAT WAY.

>> SO, I THINK THE FACTOR BETWEEN THE TWO PARKS IN A

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REGARD? >> I WOULD AS WELL. THE PEOPLE OF QUEEN CITY DESERVE BETTER . THEY HAVE SUFFERED LONG ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HANGING AROUND THEIR THAT DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE , AND WHAT THEY ARE INDULGING IN .

THAT CREATES AN UNSAFE PARK. WITH A LOT OF DRUGS AND CRIME.

THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION , AND THAT IS TO SEE IF CHRIST KITCHEN WOULD RELOCATE. QUEEN CITY IS TIRED. THEY HAVE SUFFERED LONG ENOUGH. AND I GUESS THE CITY, IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, HAS TO SIT BACK AND DONE NOTHING , BECAUSE WE EVEN HAD STATISTICS LIKE WE HAVE NOW, THIS IS GREAT. EVERYTHING THE CHIEF YOUNG HAS DONE, AND CHRISTINE, BUT I THINK IT IS TIME FOR TOUGH ACTION.

THESE PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER . >> WELL, I THINK DR. YOUNG SAID IT WELL WHEN HE SAID WHAT IS HOLDING US BACK? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER NECESSARILY, ALTHOUGH THE FOLKS THAT JUST PRESENTED PROBABLY DO.

>> THEY DO. >> THE PRICE TAG IS ONE THAT WE WILL NOT BE REAL EXCITED WHEN WE HEAR, BECAUSE IT IS A COMPLICATED SET OF PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN'T JUST SOLVE IN ONE WAY. BUT, I LIKE THE CHALLENGE , AND I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE OUR STAFF. WHAT CAN WE DO? YOU KNOW, PRICE TAG AND ALL , WHAT IS NEEDED? BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY AGREE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SUFFERED , AND THEY DESERVE BETTER.

>> WELL SAID. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM STAFF AND OTHER CITIES HOW THEY HANDLE SIMILAR SITUATIONS. I UNDERSTAND CHRIST KITCHEN, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY MOVED. WE NEED TO OFFER THE MORE MONEY TO MOVE AND GIVE THEM A BIGGER INCENTIVE IN SOME WAY TO MOVE.

BUT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF TO LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO US. I THOUGHT OF THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SUGGEST IT , BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD IF THERE WERE CAMERAS IN THE PARKS THAT COULD BE MONITORED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY , BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO. WE ARE FOR A LOSS APPEAR. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO

SUGGEST. >> I WONDER HOW MANY COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY HAVE A PLACE THAT FEEDS PEOPLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD , OR IF THAT IS ON MORE OF A THOROUGHFARE TYPE OF PLACE. I WOULD ASSUME THIS IS VERY UNIQUE IN THE COMMUNITY. PARDON?

>> IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE UTO THAT ADDRESSES THAT

SITUATIONALLY? >> NO. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ZONING TYPE RULES THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THAT TYPE OF USE. WHEN I WAS A PLANNER IN BRIAN, I WAS A DOWNTOWN PLANNER. WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN BRIAN, AND THERE WAS A MISSION THAT WAS SEEN AS A BIG BARRIER. AND AGAIN, A SIMILAR SITUATION , AND THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE AS MANY REGULATIONS OR CODES OF CONDUCT THAT YOU SEE AT, LIKE, SALVATION ARMY, MIDCOAST, OR SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES OUT THERE. AND THE SOLUTION THERE WAS TO MOVE THE MISSION. THE CITY FUNDED A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MOVE THEM TO A NEW CONSTRUCTED ROAD . THERE WASN'T A LOT AROUND THERE. SO, THAT IS HOW WE HANDLED IT WHEN I WAS A

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PLANNER. >> WELL, WE HAVE REACHED OUT. I WAS PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES TALKING WITH THOSE INVOLVED WITH CHRIST KITCHEN BACK IN 2021, I GUESS . THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED AT THAT TIME.

>> IT WAS A POINT PLAY GREW TO NOTE.

>> THE CONVERSATION FELL ON DEAF EARS. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T REVISIT TO THAT AND CAN'T ENGAGE THEM IN THE IMPOSSIBLE SOLUTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS , BECAUSE THEY DO NEED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO FIX THIS.

>> I CAN'T GIVE THE EXACT DATE , BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF BUT RECENTLY , CHRIST KITCHEN HAS CHANGED SOME OF THE RULES , AND THERE IS A SMALLER POPULATION THAT THEY ARE SERVICING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE , BUT THEY HAVE CUT BACK SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE NUMBER OF MEALS THAT THEY SERVE.

>> DOES THAT AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HANGING AROUND IN THE PARK DURING THE DAY? I DON'T KNOW THOSE STATS.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THOSE STATS.

>> WERE JUST ANECDOTALLY FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AND BE TOLD?

>> AND DRIVING AROUND TO THE PARK AT DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE DAY, DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE EVENING, THE PARK IS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THE PARK. THEY ARE HANGING OUT AT THE ACTUAL SLAB, IF YOU WILL, THAT ARE STAYING THERE. IN REFERENCE TO THE OTHER CITIES , OF COURSE, I CAME FROM DALLAS, AND DALLAS HAD MOST OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION DOWNTOWN. THEY HAD THE FOOD BANKS, THE FOOD SHELTERS, THE FOOD SIMILAR TO CHRIST KITCHEN, AND I WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND IT WOULD BE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

HERE, WE HAVE IT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND THEY HAVE IT IN A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. BUT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HANGING OUT AT THE PARK HAS GONE DOWN A LITTLE , BUT WE HAVE MADE SOME ARRESTS OVER THERE AS WELL. THERE ARE TWO OFF-DUTY OFFICERS THAT ARE NOW WORKING AT CHRIST KITCHEN DURING THE LUNCHTIME RUSH BETTER SIGNED OVER THERE AND OFF-DUTY CAPACITY. THERE ARE TWO OF THEM FOUR SAFETY. SO, IS THAT A BIT OF A DETERRENT FOR THE PEOPLE COMING THERE? I DON'T KNOW. BUT, THERE IS MORE OF A POLICE PRESENCE THERE DURING THE LUNCHTIME TIME.

>> TO BE SURE, THEY ARE BEING PAID BY CHRIST KITCHEN?

>> THEY ARE. THEY ARE. >> AS IT WAS SO ELOQUENTLY SAID , I THINK CHALLENGING STAFF TO COME FORWARD OR TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS , LET'S ENGAGE CHRIST KITCHEN AS WELL , AND SEE WHAT KIND OF SOLUTIONS WE CAN COME UP WITH. I THINK THAT ENTITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF FALLS OFF FROM THERE, BUT NOT ADDRESSING THAT, I THINK WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANYWHERE UNFORTUNATELY. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY FIXING THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. WE CAN PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY INTO THE PARK . IF WE CAN MAKE A DRUG-FREE AND

SAFE AND CLEAN -- >> THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS WHY I HAVE BEEN RESISTANT TO SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THAT AREA UNTIL WE CAN ADDRESS THE

ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. >> I AGREE.

>> AS PART OF THAT , CHIEF, CAN YOU PUT TOGETHER INFORMATION THAT SHOWS US WHETHER THOSE ARRESTS HAD ADDRESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AREA, OR WHETHER THE ADDRESSES WERE FROM OTHER AREAS, OR WHETHER THERE WAS NO KNOWN ADDRESS?

>> AGAIN, I CAN COME UP WITH THE ADDRESSES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED. I KNOW THAT ON THAT LAST ONE, HE WAS IN A PICKUP TRUCK . THEY DID A TRAFFIC STOP ON HIM AFTER THE SPIES WERE THE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO OBSERVE HIM ON A HAND TO HAND TRANSACTION. WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE, STOPPED HIM OUTSIDE OF THE AREA , AND THEY ARRESTED HIM. DID HE LIVE IN THE AREA? I DON'T KNOW. BUT I CAN DO THE FOLLOW-UP ON THAT.

YES, MA'AM. >> THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO

SEE. >> EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION , AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

[2. Public Safety Headquarters Update. Darrek Ferrell, Assistant City Mana...]

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>> YES, SIR. WE ARE ON THE LAST ONE. SOMEHOW WE SKIPPED TO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE SKIPPING INTO SLIDE FOUR OR FIVE OF THE PRESENTATION IS YOUR REMOTE BACKWARDS? WHEN I HIT THIS BUTTON -- ALL RIGHT. WE WILL START ON SLIDE THREE. ALL RIGHT.

SO, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE OF THE PUBLIC CITY HEADQUARTERS PROJECT. THE CONSTRUCTION, I THINK IT IS MOVING ALONG REALLY, REALLY WELL . INITIALLY BEFORE THIS, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A RENDERING OF THE BUILDING , BUT YOU ARE GETTING A REALLY CLOSE PICTURE TO THE RENDERING AS IT IS . AS YOU DRIVE BY, THESE PICTURES WERE ACTUALLY TAKEN YESTERDAY FROM A DRONE. THANK YOU TO SPYGLASS AND THEIR FOLKS FOR DOING THAT. YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE FRONT, WE HAVE FINISHED -- WELL, THEY HAVE FINISHED NEARLY ALL OF THE STONEWORK . THE REST WILL BE BRICK, AND THEN WHAT IS UNDERNEATH THE CANOPY IS WHAT IS CALLED A CURTAINWALL. SO, THERE'LL BE SOME TOLD GRASS AND ETHICS ON THE WINDOWS. BUT THE IF THIS PART WORKS. SO, OVER HERE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE COURT IS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS AREA A. THEN THEY HAVE VERY B IN THE FRONT WHERE THE FOURIER IS, AND AREA C KIND OF COMES TO THE BACK WHERE THIS AREA IS. IN THE AREA D IS A LOT OF THE POLICE CRIME SCENE VEHICLE BAY TYPE OF THINGS. THE OTHER THING, THINGS TO MR. FOUTS, WE HAVE A 120 FOOT COMMUNICATIONS TOWER THAT IS ABOUT 20 FEET TALLER THAN OUR CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS TOWER. AS I EXPLAINED TO MY SON THIS MORNING , HE SAID DAD, WHAT IS THAT HUGE TOWER? AND I SAID WELL, WHEN YOU CALL 911, THAT IS WHERE THE PHONE GETS PICKED UP. SO, I THINK HE IS STILL TRY TO FIGURE HOW THE PHONE RINGS AND THE TOWER.

>> YOU LOST IT. >> YOU JUST WANT TO DRIVE?

>> COULD WE SEE SLIDE THREE AGAIN?

>> YEAH. >> IT LOOKS GREAT. I DRIVE BY IT MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. I AM JUST IN ALL OF THE PROGRESS.

>> JUST A LITTLE THING WITH THEIR SCREENING , SO THAT THE AIR-CONDITIONERS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD , THE AIR-CONDITIONERS ON THE ROOF ARE NOT VISIBLE. I APPRECIATE THAT WE DO THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT AN ATTRACTIVE BUILDING .

>> OKAY. THAT'S SLIDE ONE. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THE WALLS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE GIANT AIR CONDITIONER UNITS IN THE BACK. THEY ACTUALLY LISTED THEM WITH A CRANE UP THERE, AND THEN THERE ARE SCREENING WALLS. THEY DON'T LOOK THAT TALL FROM THIS DISTANCE , AND THIS IS NOT SAYING MUCH, BUT THEY ARE TALLER THAN I AM. THEY ARE REALLY HANDY. WHAT YOU DO SEE HERE IS THE PARKING AREA. THIS WILL SORT OF BE PUBLIC PARKING ON THE SIDE, AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL WORK , BUT YOU CAN SEE TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, THAT IS WHERE THE GATED AREA WILL BE FOR SECURE STAFF PARKING , AND THEN WE GO RUN TO THE NEXT SLIDE AROUND THE BACK , THIS IS, AGAIN, SECURED STAFF PARKING.

YOU WILL SEE A SITE LAYOUT ANY MOMENT THAT SHOWS THE CONCRETE LEFT TO BE DONE , BUT YOU WILL SEE , THIS WILL BE SECURED FOR POLICE AND FIRE STAFF MEMBERS AND DISPATCH COURTS MEMBERS AND COURTS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PARK IN HERE SAFELY. UNLIKE CURRENTLY IN THE CURRENT SITUATION, THEY MARKED WERE THEY CAN SPOT ON THE STREET IN COMPETITION WITH WHICHEVER SCHOOL IS DOING THE CHURCH AT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET. THEN ON THE NEXT SIDE , THERE WE GO, THANK YOU. HERE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY AREA WE ARE STILL DOING ANY MASONRY WORK.

THE WHITE STONE, CALLED SISTER DALE , IS 95% COMPLETE ON THE SECTION , AND THE RED BRICK IS 90% COMPLETE ON THE SECTION. SO, THEY'RE MOVING REALLY QUICKLY TO BEING DONE WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. SO AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE THE LAYOUT, AND THE ONLY AREA NOT BOARD FOR CONCRETE IS THE GREEN. SO, WE HAVE MADE

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THEY PARTNERED WITH RMA HERE IN TOWN , AND THEN IN 2023, WE PICKED UP THE BCM , WHICH IS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS WE HAVE MADE ON THIS PROJECT, AND THEIR EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE HAS HELPED ME ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND THEN, ANOTHER GREAT DECISION WAS AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO SPYGLASS IN JUNE OF 2023. IN THE SAME MONTH, WE COMPLETED THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH STAFF INPUT, WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTS . IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING SPYGLASS ON BEFORE WE COMPLETED THE DESIGN SO THEY COULD TALK TO US ABOUT BUILDING WHAT WE DESIGNED AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS FEASIBLE FOR RECOMMENDED APPEARANCES THAT THEY HAD. IN 2024, WE CAME BACK TO THE GUARANTEED PRICE OF $47,000,000.00 FOR THIS PROJECT. WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

IT'S ABOUT A $52,000,000.00 PROJECT. AS SOON AS YOU ADOPTED THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, WE GAVE SPYGLASS THE NOTICE TO RECEIVE EVERY SIX THAT BEGINS THE CONSORTIUM. IN MARCH 3RD, THEY PROCEEDED CONSTRUCTION. THEN TODAY , THEY ARE UNDER CONSORTIUM. ANTICIPATES ESSENTIAL COMPLETION AUGUST 6 , AND FINAL COMPLETION IS OCTOBER 4TH. NOW, THERE IS AN ASTERISK ON THAT, A BIG CAVEAT. THANK YOU SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND MANUFACTURING ISSUES , OUR GENERATOR IS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE DELIVERED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH. WE CANNOT MOVE DISPATCH OR ANY OF THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE UNTIL WE HAVE EMERGENCY POWER AT THE FACILITY, SO, WE WILL BEGIN MOVING MAYBE LATE SEPTEMBER, BUT MORE LIKELY OCTOBER. WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEING DONE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. WE FULLY ANTICIPATE BEING IN THE BUILDING BEFORE THE END OF 2025. SO, SO FAR, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> NO. I THINK EVERYBODY -- THE TWO THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO KNOW, UNDER BUDGET , AND ON

TIME. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT UNDER BUDGET. AND WE ARE. WE ARE UNDER BUDGET.

>> I DID NOT WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER.

>> YOU ARE GOOD. WE ARE ON TIME. WE ARE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY.

SPYGLASS IS DOING A GREAT JOB. YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN WE DID APPROVED 25 EXTRA DAYS FOR THEM THANKS TO RAIN BEING HIGHER THAN NORMAL LAST SUMMER , BUT THEY ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO MAKE IT THAT EXTRA TIME AHEAD OF TIME. THEY ARE STAYING ON SCHEDULE. ORIGINALLY, OUR GMP APPROVED THE 47 216 307 , AND THEN THE SOFT CLAUSE INCLUDING MOVING FEES, INSIDE CONSTRUCTION , YOU KNOW, THE INSULATION OF NETWORKS , MATERIAL TESTING, ALL OF THAT. THAT ADDED FOR $20,000,000.00 PRICE TAG. SO, WE HAVE A $2,000,000.00 BUDGET. AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, WE HAVE A WORKING ON SAVINGS, BUT ALSO FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY BACK VALUABLE THINGS THAT WE TOOK OUT TO REDUCE COST. SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT A FEW. IF YOU DRIVE DOWN MAIN STREET, IT IS LOCATED RELATIVE TO THE CANOPY THAT YOU WALK UNDER. FROM THE STREET, IT LOOKS A LOT CLOSER THAN IT DOES FROM INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. BUT, IT IS STILL RELATIVELY CLOSE, SO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT BURYING THOSE POWERLINES . AP HAS GIVEN US A PRICE TAG OF THREE AND 60,000.00 TO DO THAT. BUT, THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE . YOU WOULD NOTICE THE LINES ARE OPTIMAL, SO WE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE TO BE BURIED AS WELL. NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT BEFORE THERE IS ANY SIDEWALK WHILE THE CHURCH IS OPEN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO, WE HAVE BUDGETED $530,000.00 AS AN ESTIMATE FOR WHAT THE ADDITION TO THE 360 WE HAVE MADE WOULD EQUAL TWO. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I WILL BRING YOU AN EXTENSION FOR THE CONTRACT FOR AVCM. REMEMBER, WE EXTENDED SPYGLASS , WHICH IS OUR MATERIALS TESTER. THAT IS JUST CONSISTENT WITH KEEPING THEM ON BOARD , AND TO HELP THEM

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A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THEY DID INVOKE TESTING ON SOME OF THE WINDOWS, AND THEY FAILED. THEY LEAKED. SO, WE JUSTIFY OURSELVES IN PAYING FOR THAT SERVICE. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW IS POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE NUMBER OF WINDOWS THAT WE WILL TEST BEYOND THE SAMPLE THAT WE HAD TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER INSTALLATION WE ARE USING ISN'T BECAUSE THE CAUSE OF THE WINDOW LEAK. WE WILL EXPAND OUR TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE LEAKS AS WE GO FORWARD. THAT COMES WITH AN ADDITIONAL $35,000.00 ESTIMATE ON THAT ADDITIONAL TESTING.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET THIS RIGHT. I DON'T WANT FUTURE COUNCILS APPEAR HAVING TO HOPEFULLY DEAL WITH OUR MESS.

>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. WE WANT A BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO WORK , AND WHEN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS ARE IN THERE, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO USE THEIR TRAINING MANUALS TO DAM UP THE BUILDING . THAT HAS HAPPENED AND SOME OTHER PLACES. NOW, THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THIS . I ORIGINALLY ADDITIONALLY WROTE EMP ADJUSTMENT. I SHOULD BE CLEAR, THIS SHOULD SAY PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ADJUSTMENT. RIGHT? BECAUSE THE GMP IS PART OF THIS ADJUSTMENT, BUT THAT IS THE BIGGEST SAVINGS THAT I CAN HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. THAT INCLUDES WHAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE UNUSED CONTINGENCY. WE HAVE AN OWNERS CONTINGENCY OF ABOUT ONE $800,000.00 IN THIS PROJECT. SPYGLASS HAS A CONTINGENCY OF 22 MILLION. WE BUYOUT SAVINGS WHERE WHEN SPYGLASS HIRE THEIR CONTRACTORS, SOME OF THEM CAME IN LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED, AND AS A RESULT, WE WILL HAVE SAVINGS FROM THAT. WE ANTICIPATE ALL OF THOSE SAVINGS TO ADD UP TO ABOUT $1,000,000.00. WE HAVE BID THE FURNITURE OUT . NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, YOU SHOULD EXPECT ME TO BRING YOU SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT WITH THE FURNITURE COMPANY TO INVITE FURNITURE FOR THIS BUILDING. WE SAVED $222,000.00 FOR THIS FURNITURE ON THIS BUILDING. WE INITIALLY HAD UTILITIES PUT IN AT THIS POINT FOR CONSTRUCTION UTILITIES LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT WOULD YOU .

NOW, IT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE. WE HAD THE UTILITIES PUT IN OUR NAME, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES UTILITIES. RIGHT? REASON FOR THAT IS EVERY DOLLAR THAT SPYGLASS SPENDS ON THIS PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION, THERE IS A MARKUP ON WHAT IS CALLED OUR GENERAL CONDITIONS OF 10.8%. WE COULD HAVE PUT IT IN THEIR NAME , AND SAID YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU USE , BUT THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING THAT 10.8% ON THE ELECTRIC BILL AS WELL. SO, WE PUT THE TEMPORARY ELECTRICITY FACILITIES IN OUR NAME. THE SAVING FOR THAT, THOUGH, WE'VE REACHED A POINT NOW OR ALL OF THE PERMANENT UTILITIES ARE IN THE BUILDING. THEY'RE USING TEMPORARY UTILITIES. SO, THE SAVE $200,000.00 OF IT WAS ANTICIPATED BECAUSE SPYGLASS WORKED FAST ENOUGH TO GET THE PERMANENT UTILITIES IN. AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE BUS STOP AND SIDEWALK, THIS IS A SAVING, BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY SAVINGS THAT WE WILL KEEP IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN WE PLAN THE BUILDING , THE TRANSIT SERVICES ARE PLANNING NEW ROUTES AS WELL. IT WAS ANTICIPATED THE NEW ROUTES WOULD GO IN BEFORE THE BUILDING. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO, WHILE THEY FIGURE OUT THE ROUTES, WE WILL SAVE MONEY ON BUILDING THE BUS STOP AT THIS MOMENT. SAME THING WITH THE SIDEWALKS. THERE WERE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE PLANNING TO GO IN THIS BUILDING. THEY SAID THEY HAVE WANTED TO JUST TO THE SIDEWALKS ANYWAYS, SO WE WILL LET THEM. WE WILL SAVE THAT MONEY. THERE MIGHT BE MAGIC DOWN THE ROAD. SO, THERE MIGHT BE FUTURE SPENDING, BUT AT THIS MOMENT IN THIS PROJECT, THERE WILL BE SAVINGS. ALL TOTAL, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS. THERE ARE SOME OF THE COSTS AND OTHER SMALLER AMOUNTS OF THINGS THAT ARE MUCH LESS . BUT IN ALL TOTAL, FROM THE 52 MILLION , WILL MORE LIKELY SPEND CLOSE TO 62 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT. WE ARE SAVING ABOUT $2,000,000.00. NOW, THAT IS PROJECTION AT THIS POINT. SO HAS SIX MONTHS OF WORK. WHO KNOWS WHAT TO COME.

BUT, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT A $2,000,000.00 SAVING AT THIS PROJECT. ALSO IMPORTANTLY , WHEN WE BUILD THINGS, WE CREATE

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REGIONAL. RIGHT? >> EXCELLENT NEWS.

>> SO, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER PRACTICES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE PROJECT ITSELF? ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WITH THIS PROJECT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFUL. SOME OF IT BY SPYGLASS, SOME OF IT BY US.

BUT, THERE ARE PRACTICES IN THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE THIS PROJECT BEGAN THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU AND BE ABLE TO PRESCRIBE TO YOU SO YOU KNOW HOW WE RUN THESE PROJECTS SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE ENSURE PROJECTS AND ENSURE ANY KIND OF PROJECT LIKE THIS. SO, THE FIRST IS EVERY TWO WEEKS, I SIT WITH THE ARCHITECTS, THE OWNERS REP, ALL OF THE SPYGLASS GUYS, WE GO SIT IN THE TRAILER AT THE JOBS THEY, AND WE TALK THROUGH SAFETY, TOP CONCERNS, THE NUMBER OF CONCERNS, WHICH INITIALLY WHEN THE FIRST PROJECT BEGAN, IT WAS 15 OR 20. TODAY ON ANY GIVEN DAY, THERE'S ABOUT 90 PEOPLE WORKING ON THAT SITE. WE GO THROUGH A CONSTRAINED LAWN . ANY KIND OF RETURN FOR CHALLENGES THEY HAVE THERE, WE TALKED ABOUT QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES, WE LOOK AT COST ISSUES, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT GO UP OR DOWN. WE DO DESIGN CHANGES, WE LOOK AT A WEATHER LAW, WHERE THE RAIN DELAYS ARE, AND WE GO THROUGH A SCHEDULE. THEY HAVE A FULL CHART SHOWING THE CRITICAL PATH , AND WE LOOK AT CHANGES WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO BE AN AREA B INSTEAD OF VERY CAPITAL D BECAUSE SOME PARTS DID NOT ARRIVE OR WHATEVER. WHEN WE WALK THROUGH THE JOB, THEY SHOW NEW THINGS HIGHLIGHTING ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SEE THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT LAST TIME. SO, WE GET TO GO THROUGH THAT EVERY TWO WEEKS ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THEN EVERY OFF WEEK, I MEET WITH THE OWNER'S REPS AND WE TALKED OR ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. ONE OF THE BEST PARTS ABOUT OUR OWNERS REP IS A MAINTAIN A PRESENCE ON THE SITE ALL THE TIME. SO, THERE IS SOMEONE PRESENTING US ALL THE TIME. WHEN IT COMES TO COST CHANGES, WE MONITOR AND MANAGE COSTS TWO WAYS. THERE IS A BUDGET TRANSFER REQUEST , SO IF ROOF INCOME IS UNDER BUDGET BUT WE IT EXPERIENCED SOME INCREASE IN ELECTRICAL, OR WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD , THEY LITERALLY DO A LINE ITEM BUT TO CHANGE AND THEN HAVE TO SIGN THOSE. THEN WHEN IT COMES TO CONTINGENCY, I MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE ONE .8, THEY HAVE $2,000,000.00 IN CONTINGENCY. ANY DOLLAR USED OUT OF THAT, THERE IS A FORM CHASING THOSE AND GETTING MY APPROVAL BEFORE ANYBODY USES CONTINGENCY. THE THING I WILL GIVE SPYGLASS CREDIT FOR HIS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTROL VOLUNTEERING TO USE THEIR CONTINGENCY DOLLARS INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR OUR CONTINGENCY DOLLARS, WHICH HAS ENABLED US TO DO THE THINGS WE HAVE MENTIONED THAT GO BACK INTO THE PROJECT. SO, DESIGN MANAGEMENT , SPYGLASS MAINTAINS CONSTANT MEDICATION WITH THE ARCHITECTS , AND WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG OR SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE ON ANY PIECE OF DESIGN , THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION, A DOLLAR GETS DOCUMENTED WITH THE ARCHITECTS, AND I THINK THE LAST COUNT GETS 162 OF THESE. AND JUST ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF THESE WAS THAT BIG TALL CANOPY OUTSIDE, WHEN THE METAL WAS GOING TO BE FACETED FOR THOSE, THEY DID THE RESEARCH AND READ THE INSTRUCTION MANUALS . UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER PUT TOGETHER, THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANUAL. THEY FOUND THAT THE SCREWS THEY WERE GOING TO USE WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE WARRANTY THAT THERE ARE PUTTING ON IT, SO THEY CHANGED THE SCREWS IN THE ROOF

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THEY HAVE A LAW BUILT OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT HAS THE MATERIALS. ALL THE DIFFERENT MASONRY COLORS . IN FACT, THE ORIGINAL STONE THAT WAS CALLED FOR ON THIS PROJECT, IT IS CALLED WHITESTONE. WHEN OUR SHIP IT WAS BEING PREPARED, IT WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CORE THAT IT WOULD BE AT. SO, IT HAD A BROWN HUE TO IT THAT LOOKED LIKE MUD THAT WAS ALWAYS DIRTY. SO, THE ARCHITECTS ON ANOTHER STONE CALLED SISTER DALE, AND REPLACE THE ORIGINAL STONE WITH THIS ONE. WITH THE ONE THAT IS ON THE BUILDING NOW SO THAT WE HAD THE WHITE COLOR THAT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED. SO AGAIN, THEY ARE PAYING REALLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. MATERIALS TESTING, INITIALLY , WHEN WE ARE POURING PEERS, THERE WAS 188 PEERS IN THIS BUILDING , AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PERIODS HAD TO MEET 3000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH . THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SOFT COSTS THAT WE INVESTED IN. SEVERAL PEERS FAILED, AND WHEN THEY DID , THEY WERE BROKEN APART AND RECONSTRUCTED PUT TOGETHER UNTIL THEY MET THE THRESHOLD. WEATHER IS THE FOUNDATION, CONCRETE, MASONRY, OR SKILL, THAT'S ALL BEING TESTED. WE HAVE COMMISSIONING ON THE SITE TESTING THE AUTOMATION SYSTEM, LIGHTING CONTROL, EMERGENCY POWER, PLUMBING, AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE CALL THE BUILDING ENVELOPE, AND SO, THOSE PEOPLE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF IT AND GIVING US REGULAR REPORTS LIKE THIS ONE THAT TELL US WHAT THEY ARE TESTING, WHAT THE RESULTS ARE, AND MAKING SURE THAT IF IT FAILS, IT GETS FIXED.

TO THE POINT EARLIER, WE ARE UNDER BUDGET, AND WE ARE STILL ANTICIPATING TO COMPLETE IN THE FALL. I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER

ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> WELL. IS VERY THOROUGH. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM IS EXCELLENT , AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS FACILITY SERVING US FOR DECADES TO COME. THANK

YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. >> WE ARE EXCITED TO GET FOLKS

IN THERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. AT THAT TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORK SESSIONS. CORRECT?

>> WE HAVE ONE QUICK EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> NO. NO WORK SESSIONS? >> YES, SIR.

>> THAT TIME, THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC PORTION OF THE

[H. Executive Sessions:]

>> THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025 AT 6:28 P.M. THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE EXACT SESSION DELIBERATION IS AS FOLLOW.

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