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ALL RIGHT.THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR AUGUST 6TH, 2024 IS NOW IN SESSION.
FIRST ON THE AGENDAS, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD WILL LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
PLEASE RISE, BEFORE I PRAY, I'M GONNA READ A SCRIPTURE THAT HAD BEEN COMING TO MY MIND, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT IN EXILE, BUT IT'S KIND OF APPROPRIATE.
JEREMIAH, JEREMIAH 29 7, SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE CITY WHERE I HAVE SENT YOU IN EX INTO EXILE AND PRAY TO THE LORD ON ITS BEHALF FOR IT.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO ARRIVE HERE SAFELY.
LORD, AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT MATTERS REGARDING OUR CITY, TO INCLUDE THE BUDGET AND TAX RATES, I ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM TO HELP US MAKE THE SOUND DECISIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
I PRAY FOR US TO HAVE CLARITY AND UNITY AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO SET A PRELIMINARY TAX RATE IN THE BUDGET THAT IS FAIR AND JUST FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
LORD, EVEN IF WE DON'T AGREE, KEEP US HARMONIOUS TO ONE ANOTHER.
I PRAY THE DECISIONS MADE HERE TONIGHT WILL REFLECT THY WILL.
I ALSO COME ASKING FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND STRENGTH FOR ALL THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY TIRELESSLY EACH DAY GIVE THEM WISDOM AND SUPPORT AS THEY CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
LET THEM FEEL AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRULY APPRECIATED.
LORD, MAY YOUR PRESENCE BE FELT IN EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS GUIDING AND WATCHING OVER OUR RESIDENTS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITY STAFF.
AND FATHER, AS WE LEAVE HERE TONIGHT, PUT YOUR ARMOR PROTECTION AROUND US AND KEEP US SAFE UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
[ Discussion and Action Items]
OUR FIRST ITEM OF DISCUSSION IS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MAYOR PRO TEMP DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, AND OR ACTION REGARDING THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT AND THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEMP.NOW THE MAYOR PRO TEMP IS A MEMBER OF THE OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO PERFORMS THE DUTIES DURING THE MAYOR'S INCAPACITY OR ABSENCE.
THE MAYOR PRO TEMP IS ELECTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE OF THIS COUNCIL AMONG ITS OWN MEMBERSHIP.
THE MAYOR PRO TEMP RETAINS THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY MATTERS BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WHILE PERFORMING THE DUTIES AS THE MAYOR PRO.
THE MAYOR PRO TEMS TERM IS SIX MONTHS MAYOR PRO TEMP PAUL MACALUSO.
THANK YOU FOR PERFORMING THESE DUTIES FROM FEBRUARY, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST, 2024, AND BASED ON THE PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION, AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT MAYOR.
PRO TEMP IS COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON, THE TERM FROM AUGUST, 2024 THROUGH JANUARY, 2025.
WITH THAT COUNCIL, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
I MAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON TO BE MAYOR PRO TEM.
MOTIONS BE MADE TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON AS OUR NEXT MAYOR, PRO TEM FOR THE TERM FROM AUGUST, 2024 TO JANUARY 20, 25 AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NONE OF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE FIVE AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE OATH.
MS. EDMONDSON, IF YOU PLEASE ADMINISTER THE OATH.
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AYE.TIFFANY GIBSON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND WILL DO THE BEST TO MY ABILITY AND WE'LL DO THE BEST TO MY ABILITIES TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PROTE GIBSON.
WE HAVE THE, UH, EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS.
UM, WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, MR. WILLIAMS. MR. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL.
SHE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS Z, AND SHE IS OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
ZIA WAS RAISED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA BY AN ARMY BRAT AND AN ARMY VET
SHE'S THE OLDEST OF FIVE SIBLINGS AND HAS VERY CREATIVE AT HEART AND LOVES THE PERFORMING ARTS.
UH, DID IT ALL THE WAY PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH HER CHILDHOOD.
AND SHE'S VERY CURIOUS AND WHICH HAS LED HER TO LIVE SEVERAL CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WORKED IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES.
SHE STARTED OUT IN THE APPAREL SLASH FASHION INDUSTRY WHILE ATTENDING THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND SHE MOST RECENTLY WORKED FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IN THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT UNTIL SHE HAD THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO TEXAS AND WORK WITH US AT THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
SO SHE REALLY ASPIRES TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE TEAM AND EVENTUALLY IN THE CITY.
UM, SHE HAS FAMILY SPRINKLED AROUND THE EAST COAST TO FLORIDA AND POPPING UP IN TEXAS.
UH, SHE'S ALSO A, A NOTARY AND AN I I AN IAAP MEMBER, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS.
BUT SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF A DORO, THE EXPLORER LOVING ROAD TRIPS AND EVERYTHING, MUSICAL FASHION, ART, SPACE, AND HUMOROUS.
SO THIS IS ZIA ZI WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS UP HERE, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY WHO'S A PART OF THE WHOLE TEAM OF THE CITY OF CHURCHS FOR WELCOMING ME AND BEING SUCH A SUPPORTIVE TEAM.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO MY ROAD BEING LESS CLUNKY AND BEING ABLE TO POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY, TO MY TEAM, AND TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS A PART IN THIS.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED AND I'M REALLY NERVOUS, BUT I'M REALLY JUST LOOKING FORWARD.
NEXT WE HAVE EMS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL, MR. WILLIAMS. TONIGHT I HAVE FIVE NEW EMPLOYEES INTRODUCE YOU TO YOU OUTTA THE EMS DEPARTMENT.
HE'S A PART-TIME PARAMEDIC WITH US.
UH, HE STARTED WITH THE CITY ON MAY 20TH OF 24TH.
UH, HE GREW UP IN A FREDERICKSBURG AREA AND, UH, AND CURRENTLY RESIDES IN NEW BRAUNFELS.
HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY CITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER TO OBTAIN HIS PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION AND HAS BEEN WORKING AS A PARAMEDIC FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
UH, JAYDEN STILL WORKS FULL-TIME FOR THE FREDERICKSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR TEAM.
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FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY.I HAVE JOSEPH HERNANDEZ, UH, ALSO A PART-TIME PARAMEDIC WITH US.
UH, HE GREW UP IN CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA, CURRENTLY RESIDES ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
HE'S CURRENTLY CONTINUING HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD AND OBTAINED HIS PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION THROUGH JOINT OPERATIONS MEDICAL TRAINING CENTER IN FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA.
JOSEPH'S BEEN AN EMT SINCE 2003, NATIONAL REGISTERED PARAMEDIC SINCE 2011, AND A TACTICAL PARAMEDIC SINCE 2021.
HE HAS THREE CHILDREN, WILLOW, ALDER, AND AVA.
UH, SO WE WANNA WELCOME JOSEPH TO THE CITY.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, I'VE BEEN THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED SO FAR WITH THE CARE AND, UH, EFFORT THAT IS PUT INTO SELECTING AND TRAINING YOUR NEW HIRES.
UM, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS.
HE IS A FULL-TIME, EMT WITH US.
UH, HE GREW UP IN THE CILLO IN NEW BRAUNFELS AREA.
SILVER RESIDES HERE IN THE AREA.
UH, CURRENTLY HE ATTENDED THE SHIRTS EMS TRAINING ACADEMY TO OBTAIN HIS EMT CERTIFICATION.
HAS NOW BEEN IN EMS FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS.
HE SERVED WITH THE LAKE DUNLAP FIRE DEPARTMENT AND GAINED CRUCIAL EXPERIENCE RUNNING EMS AND FIRE CALLS.
SO WELCOME TO JOSH EVENING, EVERYONE, UM, HIRED ON A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S NOT A DAY GONE BY WHERE I HAVEN'T TAKEN A MOMENT TO CONTEMPLATE HOW, UH, ABSOLUTELY GRATEFUL I AM TO BE HERE ON WITH SHIRT CMS. UM, THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM WAS REAL EXTRAORDINARY.
UM, LEARNED A LOT, LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING A LOT MORE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, REAL PROUD TO BE HERE.
NEXT UP FOR YOU, I HAVE JASON NEWMAN.
HE IS ALSO A FULL-TIME EMT WITH US.
HE GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN LACOSTE, TEXAS.
UH, NOW RESIDES ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
JASON GRADUATED FROM SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2023 WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN HOMELAND SECURITY STUDIES, BUT HE IMMEDIATELY DECIDED TO GO TO EMT SCHOOL AT UT HEALTH AND OBTAIN THAT CERTIFICATION.
HE'S BEEN AN EMT NOW FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS.
UH, HE RECENTLY GOT ENGAGED AND WILL BE GETTING MARRIED IN BERNIE IN MARCH OF 25, UH, 2025.
HE HAS TWO HUSKIES, WHICH ARE LIKE HIS KIDS TODDLERS, UH, BY AGE, BUT THEY ACT LIKE TEENAGERS,
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO SERVE AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE BRETT BREWER.
UH, HE IS RECENTLY A FULL-TIME, EMT WITH US.
UH, HE BEGAN ALSO IN MAY OF OF 24.
UH, HE GREW UP IN A JORDAN 10 AREA AND CURRENTLY LIVES IN SEGUIN.
BRETT OBTAINED HIS EMT CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE TEXAS EMT SCHOOL, UH, SHIRT'S.
EMS IS BRETT'S FIRST FULL-TIME EMS JOB, BUT HE'S BEEN ACTIVE WITH NEW BERLIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SOME YEARS.
UH, BRETT CURRENTLY HAS NO CHILDREN BUT IS VERY FAMILY ORIENTED.
HE LIKES TO PLAY PICKLEBALL AND IS ON MULTIPLE RECREATIONAL ADULT BASKETBALL TEAMS. HE HAS A PASSION FOR FITNESS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNING.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE.
UM, SO FAR IT'S BEEN A REALLY BIG FAMILY EVER SINCE I'VE CAME HERE TO SHIRTZ AND I REALLY LOVE IT IN SHIRTS.
AND THE FEP PROGRAM SO FAR HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S TIME AND SHOWING UP TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL GENTLEMEN FOR BEING PART OF OUR TEAM.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MATTHEW MURROW.
HE IS OUR NEW HVAC APPRENTICE.
UH, SEE, MATT HAS, UH, BEEN IN THE HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING INDUSTRY FOR TWO YEARS NOW.
HE JUST HIT TWO YEARS THIS MONTH.
HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR FOUR WEEKS NOW.
IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, HE IS ALREADY MADE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR TEAM, HAS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE.
UH, MATT IS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN AND SAYS HE LIKES TO SPEND HIS FREE TIME HIKING, HUNTING, AND FISHING.
AND HE'S FROM THE SAN ANTONIO AREA.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MY SERVICES AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A VERY LONG AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP.
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NEXT WE HAVE FINANCE.HI, I'D LIKE YOU TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CLAIRE, OUR NEW ACCOUNTANT.
SHE'S BEEN WITH US SINCE APRIL.
UM, BEFORE HERE SHE DID WORK AT A-A-A-C-P-A OFFICE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THIS TWO WEEKS SHE'S BEEN DOING ALL THE ACCOUNTING WORK AS THE OTHER ACCOUNTANT HAS BEEN ON VACATION.
SO SHE'S ONLY BEEN HERE SINCE APRIL.
SO SHE'S DONE QUITE A BIT FOR US IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
MR. MAYOR STEVE, I GET THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING ANNE DOUGLAS, OUR NEWEST MAINTENANCE WORKER.
SHE'S OUR PART-TIME MAINTENANCE WORKER.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT ON THE WEEKENDS.
UM, SHE GREW UP IN THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO AREA.
WENT TO A SMALL HIGH SCHOOL CALLED EAST CENTRAL, UM, WHERE THE MASCOTS WERE THE HORNETS.
UM, SHE LOVES TO GARDEN THE OUTDOORS, SPENDING TIME WITH ANIMALS IN NATURE.
SHE'S WORKED MOST OF HER CAREER IN CONSERVATION WORK AND CONSTRUCTING TRAILS, WHICH IS HANDY FOR US.
UM, SHE'S ALREADY MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR PARKS.
AND, UH, I WAS TRYING TO START A TREND TODAY, SO I WAS GOING TO SAY HER FAVORITE ICE CREAM IS STRAWBERRY, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS AND STAFF, UM, LIEUTENANT LACORE.
AND TONIGHT I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING WHERE THEY GO THERE.
WE HAVE ASTRID HYING WITH THIS.
FIRST I'M GONNA INTRODUCE YOU TO ASTRID.
UH, CAME ON WITH US WITH A, AS A, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ON MAY 6TH OF THIS YEAR.
SHE COMES TO US FROM THE VIA METROPOLITAN, UH, TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE WORKS SECURITY AND SHE ALSO DISPATCHED, UM, HER PARENTS ARE BOTH, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AND ONE WORKS FOR THE VIA METROPOLITAN AND THE OTHER WORKS FOR S-A-I-S-D.
SHE HAS A 2-YEAR-OLD SON NAMED MAVERICK.
AND ONE OF HER FAVORITE HOBBIES IS, UH, STAR WARS REVENGE OF THE SIT IS HER FAVORITE.
JAIME, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY LONG CAREER WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, CHASE DELBOSQUE WITH US THIS EVENING.
HE COMES TO US FROM THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS SIX PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE.
HE HAS HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, AND HE WILL GRADUATE WITH HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM WAYLAND BAPTIST THIS OCTOBER.
HE PUT THAT FIRST BEFORE HIS KIDS.
HE HAS A DAUGHTER NAMED AUBREY, WHO, UH, HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS FREE TIME WITH.
THEY LIKE TO WRESTLE AND WATCH THE SHOW.
AND TOMORROW, OR WE, THURSDAY, HE IS GOING TO FRIDAY, HE'S GOING TO NEW YORK FOR A COMEDY SHOW.
SO HE IS TRUE TO HIS WORD THAT HE LIKES TO TRAVEL.
THIS IS CHASE QUE THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG CAREER WITH THE CITY OF SHERIFFS.
AND NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS.
MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL, UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU, UH, NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR STREETS TEAM HARRIS.
MR. FUENTES WAS BORN IN, UH, FAJA PUERTO RICO.
HE ATTENDED CASTANO ZEPEDA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, DURING HIS CAREER.
HE IS BEEN A BARBER CARPENTER'S HELPER.
UH, HE GRADUATED FROM THE TDCJ AS A MAX STATE PRISON CORRECTIONS OFFICER, AND HE'S GOT A BACKGROUND IN SUPERVISION, UH, IN SOME OF HIS PREVIOUS JOBS.
UM, HE'S MARRIED SINCE 2010, STILL ON HIS HONEYMOON.
HE HAS ONE DAUGHTER, 19 AND ONE BOY WHO IS FIVE YEARS OLD.
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TO ASSIST WITH THE CHURCH WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS SON.HE SPENDS HIS ALL HIS FREE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND HIS HOBBIES ARE COLORING AND COLORING BOOKS, READING THE BIBLE, AND READING THINGS THAT WILL BENEFIT HIS LIFE AND LOVED ONES.
AND HE'S ALSO A COWBOYS SPORTS FANATIC, SO I HAD TO THROW THAT.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU, UH, HARRIS FUENTES.
I WAS WANNA SAY THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THIS GREAT COMMUNITY AND LET'S MAKE IT A CAREER.
WELL, WELCOME, WELCOME TO OUR TEAM.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR WATER WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT, MARVIN LOPEZ.
ATTENDED ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WON A, UH, SECOND PLACE ART COMPETITION.
UM, CURRENTLY TAKING ONE DAY AT A TIME AS A LARGE FAMILY OF SIX TWO DOGS.
UH, HE LOVES FISHING, HIKING, EXERCISING, AND DATES WITH HIS WIFE.
JUST GRATEFUL TO BE GRATEFUL TO BE WORKING.
[ City Events and Announcements Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/S. Gonzalez) Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (S. Williams) Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)]
ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL MOVE ON TO SEE THE EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE ITEMS ON THIS WEEK.
FIRST ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 17TH, UM, PARKS AND REC IS GONNA BE HAVING A BIG KIDS FEST.
SO AN ADULT FIELD DAY FROM ONE TO 4:00 PM AT PICK PARK, UH, 21 AND UP IN REGISTRY AT SHIRTS.COM/RECREATION.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE ON HERE AND THE LAST ONE IS OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AUGUST 20TH AT SIX O'CLOCK HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, GET TO DO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY LIKE TO DO AND IT'S TALK ABOUT THE PROMOTIONS WITHIN THE CITY AND LOVING TO SEE OUR EMPLOYEES MAKE THAT NEXT MOVE IN THEIR CAREER.
SO FIRST WE HAVE DAVID RC FROM THE, HE MOVED FROM STREET WORKER ONE TO STREET WORKER TWO, AND AUSTIN REDMOND WAS PROMOTED FROM EMT TO PARAMEDIC AND TANNER BUCKLEY, UH, AS WELL AS MIRANDA HOEK WERE ALL, UM, PROMOTED FROM EMT TO PARAMEDIC.
ALSO, IF YOU, IF YOU NOTICED COMING IN, WE'VE GOT OUR BRAND NEW POTHOLE TRUCK IS IN TOWN AND ON THE STREETS AND IN SERVICE.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GONNA REALLY GET AFTER THESE STREETS.
AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR STREET MAINTENANCE TO FILL THOSE POTHOLES, SMOOTH THINGS OUT AND GET OUR PROJECTS DONE.
AND THIS IS GONNA HELP US A LONG WAY.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY WITH THE TOYS AND HELP FILL A POTHOLE TODAY.
SO IT WAS A GOOD TIME IN THE EMS DEPARTMENT, THE CHILD AND BABYSITTING SAFETY CLASS.
THEY HAD A GREAT SUMMER TURNOUT THIS YEAR AND THEY HAVE ONE MORE, UM, DATE FOR THE SUMMER SO YOU CAN REGISTER.
IF YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, UH, IT'LL BE AUGUST, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH.
THE TEEN POLICE ACADEMY WRAPPED UP AND THEY HAD THEIR, THEIR LAST ACADEMY WAS JULY 19TH.
AND IT WAS JUST AN EXCITING TIME.
ALL THE KIDS THAT WERE INVOLVED GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THE CO THE OBSTACLE COURSE AS WELL AS DO A LOT OF THINGS AND SEE HOW THEY OPERATE.
MAYOR, THAT ARE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAVE.
UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.
TOMORROW WE CELEBRATE AND WE HONOR NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY, A DAY DEDICATED TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED AND SOME PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY.
THE PURPLE HEART REPRESENTS THE COURAGE, THE SACRIFICE, AND THE UNWAVERING DEDICATION OF OUR MILITARY HEROES.
IN CHURCHS, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SERVED THIS PROUD NATION.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON AND WE HAVE NEXT IS THE HEARING OF RESIDENTS.
[ Hearing of Residents This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.]
THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.EACH PERSON IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND WE ASK BEFORE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
PLEASE CALL FIRST SPEAKER BEFORE I CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.
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UP TODAY AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE ON BEHALF OF CITY ASSURES TO HAVE YOU AND MY LIFE.UM, FIRST HERE IN A RESIDENCE WE HAVE MAGGIE TITTERING.
GOOD EVENING, MAGGIE TITTERING, 1730 SHIRTZ PARKWAY.
JUST GIVING YOU SOME CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UPDATES.
THIS FRIDAY, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE RIBBON CUTTINGS LEFT FOR THE MONTH FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX LEFT FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE THREE AT THE BEGINNING.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A BUSY AND A GREAT TIME FOR COMMERCE IN ALL THREE CITIES.
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON FRIDAY THE NINTH, ADOBO THROWDOWN IS HAPPENING NOT ONLY AT THE SHIRT CIVIC CENTER, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THEM AT THE KRAMER HOUSE.
THAT'S AT 10:00 AM AND THAT'S GONNA KIND OF KICK IT OFF FOR THE CHEFS AND ALL THE CULINARY WONDERFUL TREATS THEY'RE GONNA BE HAVING.
ON THE 19TH, WE HAVE BOUGIE BOWL OPENING AT 4:00 PM AND THAT'LL BE OUR RIBBON CUTTING TIME.
AND ON THIS IS FUNNY, I JUST NOTICED THIS IS LIKE A FOOD THEME.
THE 28TH IS CULINARY CONCIERGE.
SO WE GOT A LOT OF FOOD STUFF GOING ON THAT'S AT 10:00 AM AND THAT'LL ALSO BE AT THE KRAMER HOUSE.
WE HAVE OUR LAST SMOOTHIE SUMMER CELEBRATION AT, UH, TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE AND THAT'S ON THE 30TH OF AUGUST FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE.
UH, A LOT OF YOU HAVE SHOWN UP AND, UH, TALKED TO SOME OF OUR BUSINESS MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO COME OUT, ENJOY A FREE SMOOTHIE AND SOME BREAKFAST TREATS AND, UH, ON A DIFFERENT HAT.
UH, WENT OUT TO MOVIES IN THE PARK AT CYPRESS PARK, UH, SHIRTS.
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY WAS OUT THERE DOING A TRIVIA NIGHT, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT.
THERE WAS 19 FAMILIES THAT PARTICIPATED AND WON GREAT PRIZES AND WANNA THANK, UH, WHATABURGER AT 3 0 0 9 FOR DONATING A $250 WHAT BURGER BASKET WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF JUST REALLY COOL SWAG.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE NEW, UH, SHIRTS THAT SAY YOU'RE CUT OFF AND THEN THE
AND IT'S A HISTORY OF SHIRTS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY CUTE SHIRTS AND WE HAVE THOSE IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE.
BUT JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, BRIAN JAMES AND PARKS AND REX FOR COMING OUT THERE.
THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF FAMILIES OUT THERE AND IF Y'ALL HAVE NOT DONE MOVIES IN THE PARK, Y'ALL NEED TO PLAY, MAKE PLANS TO DO ONE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, WELL WE WILL MOVE ON.
[ Consent Agenda Items The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember.]
ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED AT THE COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENTS RESIGNATIONS OF THE BOARD'S, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 88.
AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 91.
COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? YOU KNOW, COMMENT, IF, IF, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT? AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER TWO THROUGH FIVE.
MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TENT GIBSON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN COUNCIL.
ANY COMMENTS? YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SIX AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
[ Discussion and Action Items]
DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER TWO SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 86 AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A FIRE APPARATUS BRUSH TRUCK.OKAY, UH, WHO'S GOT THIS ONE? CHIEF ROGERS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL, HOW ARE YOU? UM, JUST A QUICK BRIEF DISCUSSION ON THE BRUSH TRUCK IS THE GOAL HERE WAS TO DIVERSIFY OUR FLEET A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAD A LOT OF THE SAME TYPE OF APPARATUS AND AS WE GROW WE HAVE A LOT LESS WILDLAND AREA AND THE AREA THAT WE DO HAVE IS MUCH SMALLER.
SO WE WANTED TO BUY SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE MANEUVERABLE.
ADDITIONALLY, A LOT LIGHTER WEIGHT.
SO WE WENT WITH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH LESS WATER, WHICH EQUATES TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF FIREFIGHTING POWER AND SOMETIMES EVEN MORE DEPENDING ON THE SETTING, UH, WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL 2000 POUNDS SITTING ON THE BACK.
UM, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME OTHER APPARATUS.
THE TYPE SIX, THE NATIONAL WILDFIRE STANDARDS ARE OUT THERE.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR UNIT WILL NOT BE A DEPLOYABLE ASSET.
IT WILL REMAIN IN OUR REGION AND HERE ALL THE TIME.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, WELL, IT'S NOT A TRACK OR DRAWN AERIAL, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 24
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R 86.SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BUT NONE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 89 AT RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF SHERTZ AUTHORIZING INCREASING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24 AND FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND 2025.
AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND 2026.
NOT TO EXCEED EXPENDITURES WITH PRIME CONTROLS FOR ALL CICADA SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR, CITY MANAGER.
UH, THIS RESOLUTION IS TO INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF THE CURRENT ON-CALL SCADA CONTRACT.
WE HAD, UH, ORIGINALLY MADE THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN ON THIS YEAR ARE FORECAST TO NEAR OR EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.
SO TO MAINTAIN THE USE OF IT, BOTH FOR FINISHING THESE PROJECTS, INCIDENTAL THINGS AND EMERGENCIES, WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE IT BY 50,000 TO 150,000 THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT FOR 2 20 25, 26.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD MAKE A MOTION.
MOTIONS BE MADE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 89.
COUNCIL, UH, DO I HEAR OR SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, UH, EXCUSE ME.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD MADE A MOTION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
[ Public Hearings]
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A MANPO TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY ON APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF LAND KNOWN AS GUADALUPE COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 4 7 0 8 3 MORE SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS ONE 20 WIND WINDY MEADOWS DRIVE, CITY OF ASSURES GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS.
FIRST READING, MR. HAAS FLOOR IS YOURS.
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNSEL, MS. WILLIAMS ORDINANCE 24 S 1 44.
WENDY MEADOW, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
SO TO GET OUR BEARINGS HERE, THE SITE IS ONE ACRE, IT IS OUTLINED HERE IN GREEN.
UH, 1518 IS OFF OVER HERE TO THE WEST.
AND THIS IS WINDY MEADOWS DRIVE JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ON THE PROPERTY AND IN IS OWN GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TWO.
HERE'S JUST A, A MAP SHOWING THE ZONING DISTRICT THERE.
THE PROPERTY'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW TO THE NORTH RIGHT AWAY AND ALL THE BUSINESSES, ALL THE PROPERTIES SURROUNDING IT IS GENERAL BUSINESS TOO AS WELL.
COMMERCIAL USE IS ALSO A CITY OF SHIRTS USE.
SO ON JUNE 24TH, 2024, A TOTAL OF 10 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE SENT OUT.
SO FAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN ONE RESPONSE NEUTRAL.
UH, ONE SIGN WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS ON JULY 17TH.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT 120 FOOT MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY AT THE REAR OF THE APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF LAND PER UDC.
ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 2186 G.
THE PLACEMENT OF THE ANTENNA FACILITY IS CATEGORIZED AS FULL COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS WHAT THE PROPERTY ONE 20 MINI, EXCUSE ME, WENDY MEADOWS IS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, ACCORDINGLY, THIS IS COMING FROM THE UDC.
THIS REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
THIS EXHIBIT WAS UH, UH, PROVIDED TO STAFF BY THE APPLICANT AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THE MONOPOLE BACK HERE IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
HERE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
IT GOES UP TO WITH THE LIGHTNING ROD 120 FEET.
SO WHEN, WHEN EVALUATING SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, STAFF USES UDC SECTION 21 5 11 D CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.
I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE ONE AT A TIME.
SO THE PROPOSED USE AT THE SPECIFIC LOCATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICIES EMBODIED IN THE ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DONATES THIS AREA AS INDUSTRIAL HUB.
THE PRIMARY USE OF THE PROPERTY'S NOT CHANGING.
HOWEVER, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN DOES STATE THAT SHOULD BE GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH JBSA STAFF FEELS THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THIS
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TOWER POSES A RISK TO THE MISSION, PARTICULARLY WITH THE NEW AIRCRAFT INCOMING, THE T SEVEN A.AND IN THIS CASE IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN AND BEING COMPATIBLE WITH JPSA.
HERE'S SORT OF A, A MAP HERE SHOWING THE LAND USE CATEGORY.
HERE YOU CAN SEE INDUSTRIAL HUB SURROUNDS THIS WHOLE AREA.
NUMBER TWO, THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL, WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
SO GB TWO IS INTENDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-RESIDENTIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
IN GENERAL, THE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES PERMITTED.
NUMBER THREE, THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH PRESERVES THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS EITHER ON SITE OR WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS WAY TO MITIGATE DEVELOPMENT RELATED ADVERSE IMPACTS SUCH AS SAFETY, TRAFFIC, NOISE, ODORS, VISUAL NUISANCES, DRAINAGE, AND OTHER SIMILAR ADVERSE EFFECTS TO ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO UDC SECTION 2 1 8 6 A STATES THAT A TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION ANTENNA SHALL ENCOURAGE OPERATORS OF ANTENNA FACILITIES AND ANTENNAS TO LOCATE THEM IN AREAS WHERE ADVERSE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY IS MINIMAL.
LOCATING THE ANTENNA FACILITY IN THE AREA THAT IS SURROUNDED BY HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL IN SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES MIGHT SEEM COMPATIBLE, BUT A TALL MONOPOLE CELL TOWER IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE AIR INSTALLATION COMPATIBILITY USE ZONE.
THAT DOCUMENT RECOMMENDS HAS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BE INCORPORATED INTO LOCAL COMMUNITY PLANNING PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE AIR FIELDS OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHILE MINIMIZING THE IMPACT TO RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
SO STAFF DOES NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS ABIDING BY THE ACOS DUE TO THE THE TALL MONOPOLE BEING IN THE FLIGHT PATH.
THE PROPOSED USE DOES NOT GENERATE PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE CONFLICTED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS PROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATION WILL NOT GENERATE TRAFFIC.
UH, THE PROPOSED USE INCORPORATES ROADWAY ADJUSTMENTS, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, UH, UM, AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS TO CONTROL TRAFFIC FLOW.
DIVERT TRAFFIC, THE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER WILL NOT GENERATE TRAFFIC.
SO NO TRAFFIC MITIGATION METHODS ARE REQUIRED.
THE PROPOSED USE INCORPORATES FEATURES TO MINIMIZE ADVERSE EFFECTS INCLUDING VISUAL IMPACTS, UH, ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THE PROPOSED TOWER WILL HAVE TO MEET ALL SITE REQUIREMENTS IN ARTICLE NINE.
THOSE ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT ADVERSE EFFECTS ARE MITIGATED AND MINIMIZED AND THE PROPOSED USE MEETS THE STANDARDS OF THE ZONING DISTRICT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VARIATIONS OF SET STANDARDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO MEET ALL DIMENSIONAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF GB TWO AND HAS NOT REQUESTED ANY VARIATIONS.
THE PROPOSED USE PROMOTES THE HEALTH SAFETY, GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND THE SAFE ORALLY EFFICIENT HEALTHFUL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
SO UDC 2 1 8 6 2 J REQUIRES THE CITY CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATENESS OF A LOCATION OF THIS FACILITY.
SO THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS IN THE APPROACH DEPARTURE CORRIDOR OF THE EAST.
JBSA RANDOLPH RUN RUNWAY AND LIES IN THE A PC ONE IN THE, IT IS ALSO IN THE CRITICAL ZONE OF THE BIRD AIRCRAFT STRIKE HAZARD.
UH, THE THE BASH MITIGATION PLAN THAT THE APP THE APPLICANT PROVIDED, J UH, JBSA ACTUALLY PROVIDED SOME COMMENTS ON THEIR MITIGATION PLAN.
AND SO THEY HAD FOUR ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO THEIR MITIGATION PLAN.
RAPTOR DECOY, SONIC DETERRENCE, BIRD SPIKES AND WIND POWERED MOVING DETERRENCE.
AND JBSA COMMENTED ON THOSE MITIGATION EFFORTS AND SAID THAT FOR RAPTOR DECOYS THEY LOSE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS QUICKLY IF NOT MOVE FREQUENTLY AND PAIRED WITH LETHAL TAKE FOR SONIC DETERRENCE.
BIRD BIRDS HABITUATE EASILY IF NOISE IS CONTINUOUS OR ADMITTED ON A PREDICTABLE ROUTINE FOR THE BIRD SPIKES.
THEY'RE USUALLY ONLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST SMALLER BIRDS AND REQUIRE FREQUENT MAINTENANCE.
AND FOR THE WIND POWERED MOVING DETERRENCE, BIRDS HABITUATE EASILY AND ARE ONLY EFFECTIVE ON WINDY DAYS.
NUMBER NINE, NO APPLICATION MADE UNDER THESE PROVISIONS WILL RECEIVE FINAL UNTIL ALL BACK TAXES ARE OWED.
THIS DOES NOT IMPACT THE FIRST READING OF CITY COUNCIL.
OTHER CRITERIA AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL ARE DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
SO STAFF HASN'T RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND JBSA REVIEW REVIEWED THIS PROPOSAL AND SUBMITTED A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION TO STAFF.
HOWEVER, A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION IS NOT, DOES NOT EQUAL NO RISK.
AND IT IS TO STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE UH, EVALUATIONS ARE VERY TECHNICAL.
UH, AND THAT YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN READ BETWEEN THE LINES A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THERE IS SOME INHERENT RISK IN THIS.
AND JUST 'CAUSE IT'S NO OBJECTION DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO SAFETY RISK INVOLVED.
AND ON JULY 3RD, 2024, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE.
HOWEVER, AT THE TIME, STAFF HAD TAKEN THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION AND DETERMINED THAT WE SHOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THIS ITEM.
BUT WE HAVE SINCE CHANGED OUR POSITION AFTER FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION AND ALSO WITH FURTHER CONTACT WITH JBSA.
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SO WHILE THE TOWER MAY BE, THE PROPOSED TOWER MAY BE COMPATIBLE, THE SURROUNDING USES AND THE PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT, THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION PRESENTS A UNIQUE CASE.IT'S IN THE DIRECT FLIGHT PATH OF THE EAST RUNWAY.
IT'S IN THE BASH CRITICAL ZONE.
THE MITIGATION MEASURES ARE RISKY AND THE SAFETY RISK OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TOO GREAT.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF ORDINANCE 24 S 1 44, THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A TELE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M SENIOR ZONING AND PROBING SPECIALIST FOR FULLERTON ENGINEERING AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF VERIZON WIRELESS.
UM, AND I PUT TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS THAT I HAD PUT PUT TOGETHER IN THE APPLICATION.
ALL OF THESE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROPOSED TOWER AND EXTENDING VERIZON'S COVERAGE IN THE AREA.
UM, WE CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR SITE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON WHAT'S EXISTING AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S COVERAGE FOR ANY USAGE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS NO COVERAGE, IT WOULD, WOULD EXTEND AND SPEED UP AND IMPROVE THE COVERAGE WHOEVER IS IN THE AREA.
ALRIGHT, UM, THIS FIRST PLAN, THE FIRST SLIDE, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SEARCH RING THAT VERIZON HAD GIVEN US TO LOOK FOR SUITABLE CANDIDATES.
AND IF YOU WILL LOOK WITHIN THE RED SEARCH RING, THERE ARE TWO RED ARROWS AND THOSE ARE THE ORIGINAL CANDIDATES THAT WE HAD CONSIDERED.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO REASONS, VARIOUS REASONS, IT DID NOT PAN OUT WITH OUR LEASING TEAM.
SO WE HAD TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK OUTSIDE OF THAT ORIGINAL SEARCH RING.
UM, 120 WINDY MEADOWS IS JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THAT RING.
UM, WE TYPICALLY, WHEN THINGS DON'T WORK OUT, WE JUST EXPAND THE RING A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, THIS SECOND SLIDE, THIS NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
THE EXISTING TOWERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE AREA, UM, WE ARE IN AN AREA THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES NOT HAVE MANY TOWERS AND THIS IS TO HELP EXTEND, WE ALWAYS DO TRY TO LOOK FOR AREAS WHERE WE CAN CO-LOCATE ON EXISTING TOWERS OR WITHIN LIKE HIGH ENOUGH BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES.
UM, IF YOU LOOK, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE MANY TOWERS TO THE SOUTHWEST AS WELL AS TO OF THE EAST.
AND THERE IS ONE TO THE NORTH, BUT THAT STILL MISSES THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
AND AS I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IN MY NEXT SLIDE, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SHOW THE ELEVATIONS ONE LAST TIME, WE CAN CO-LOCATE ADDITIONAL CARRIERS ON THERE IF THEY SHOULD COME LOOKING FOR NEW SPACE.
SO IF WE HAVE ONE TOWER AND IT'S OPEN TO OTHER CARRIERS, THIS WOULD NEGATE ANY NEED FOR NEW TOWERS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AS MR. HA HAD SHOWN YOU, THIS IS 110 FOOT TOWER, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL CARRIERS.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS HOW WE'RE ATTACHING THE ANTENNAS TO THE TOWER.
AND BELOW THAT IS RATHER THAN USING A PLA A PLATFORM MOUNT, WE WENT AHEAD AND USED SE SECTOR FRAMES FOR THE ANTENNAS.
I JUST WANTED TO RE HIGHLIGHT THE LAND SURVEY THAT MR. HASA GO THROUGH JUST TO SHOW YOU WHERE ON THE PROPERTY WE ARE AWAY FROM THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY AND BACK TOWARDS THE PROPERTY.
SO I HAVE ONE LAST SLIDE FOR YOU THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR OUR APPLICATION.
UM, AS I HAD SAID EARLIER, ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS, THEY'RE WITH THE APPLICATIONS.
UM, THIS IS ADDITIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN SECTION FIVE FOR THE BIRD FOR DETERRENCE TO BIRDS.
UM, THE FOUR THAT MR. HAN HAD MENTIONED AND IN THE JB J-B-S-J-B-S-A REPORT, THERE WERE JUST THE FOUR THAT HE MENTIONED.
THERE IS ACTUALLY SEVEN DIFFERENT MITIGATION PREP MEASURES THAT WE HAD PROPOSED.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE RAPID DECOYS,
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THE SONIC DETERRENTS, THE BIRD SPIKES, AND THE WIND MOVING DETERRENCE, VERIZON HAS ALSO OFFERED THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO, UM, LIGHTING ON THE TOWER.THIS WOULDN'T BE CONSTANT LIGHTING.
THEY WOULD DO SPECIFIC LIKE BRIGHTNESS THAT WOULD BE TIMED TO GO OFF AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO DETER, TO DETER BIRDS FROM NESTING OR ROOSTING.
UM, AND AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR THERE'S ALSO PROPOSED LIGHTING FOR NIGHT, BUT THAT WOULD BE MORE OF MOTION SENSORS AS SECURITY MEASURES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND.
SO ANY BIRDS OR CREATURES THAT SHOULD COME INTO IT WOULD LIGHT UP.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, VERIZON HAD ALSO OFFERED IF THERE ARE ANY 90 DEGREE LEDGES REPLACING THOUGH WITH FOUR, THOSE WITH 45 DEGREE ANGLES.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE A DE A DETERRENT TO NESTING AND ROOSTING.
AND THEY HAVE ALSO MENTIONED IN INSTANCES WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAPPILY MOVE, REMOVE ANY 90 DEGREE AN LEDGES.
UM, AND I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THE THIRD ONE, THE BIRD SPIKES, THAT WAS A SECONDARY MEASURE TO NUMBER SEVEN IN THE EVENT THAT THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE, THAT WAS AN EXTRA MEASURE THAT THEY HAD POINTED OUT.
UM, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT VERIZON IS VERY WILLING TO COMMIT TO WORKING WITH PLANNING STAFF AND JBSA IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ANY ADDITIONAL MEASURES.
UM, WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE WILLING TO OFFER LIKE, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH CITI TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, AND AS IT SAID IN THE, UH, MITIGATION MEASURES, WE ARE ALSO WILLING TO LOOK INTO THE TIMELINE.
I KNOW IT WAS VAGUE THAT IT'S SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, PERIODIC SITE VISITS, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO COMMIT TO A TIMELINE WHEN WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THESE DETERRENTS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
UM, SO I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE PLANNING STAFF FOR THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, LET'S OPEN UP THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDAS, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? THANK YOU.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY NAME'S RICHARD REXS, 9 9 1 5 MARIE MEADOW GARDEN RIDGE.
UM, MY BUILDING IS DIRECTLY NEXT TO WHERE THIS TOWER'S GONNA GO.
WHEN I CUSTOMERS OVER FOR MY BUSINESS AND ON ANY GIVEN DAY, I HAVE TO TELL THEM AS A JOKE.
WE GOT THE BUILDING CHEAP BECAUSE THE BUILDING LITERALLY SHAKES WHEN THE PLANES GO OVER.
THE PLANES FLY DIRECTLY OVER MY BUILDING AND ONE 20 WHITNEY MEADOWS.
IF YOU GO OUT THERE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE O'CLOCK, ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY SEE 20 PLANES.
I WAS AT THE LAST ZONING AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN FROM THE AIR FORCE AND HE'S LIKE, THEY'RE 500 FEET UP, THEY'RE NOT 200 FEET UP, THEY'RE DIRECTLY OVER WHERE THIS TOWER'S GONNA GO.
IF YOU TOLD ME TO PICK US THE WORST POSSIBLE SPOT TO PUT A TOWER, THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD BE.
IT IS DIRECTLY DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH IT.
UM, I GOT THIS FROM WHEN I WAS AT THE ZONING FROM THE JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
AND IT SAYS, SAN ANTONIO REVIEW OF VERIZON WIRELESS NEW TOWER BUILD MASKY ROAD.
THIS KEEPS SAYING MASKY ROAD IN HERE.
MASKEY ROAD IS ABOUT TWO ROADS AWAY FROM THE BASE.
NOW WE'RE IN THE FLIGHT PLAN WHERE THEY'RE COMING DOWN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA ON MASKEY ROAD, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU CAME OUT, IT LOOKED UP.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD SPOT FOR THIS THING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, UH, I DID GET TO TALK WITH UH, UH, JBSA AS WELL AND, UH, JUST WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, THEY'RE NOT AGAINST, UH, COMMUNICATION TOWERS OR ANYTHING ELSE AND TECHNICALLY THE FAA SAYS IT, UH, IT IT WORKS.
BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS ON THE, UH, FINAL APPROACH IN ONE FIVE LEFT.
UH, IT'S A, UH, THIS IS THE T 30 EIGHTS.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE T SEVENS USING THAT.
THEY'RE DESCENDING FROM 1500 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, UH, DOWN TO TOUCHDOWN.
AND THIS IS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH, ABOUT, AS YOU SAID, ABOUT 500 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AT THIS POINT.
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A VERY CRITICAL PHASE OF F OF FLIGHT FOR THESE, UH, FASTER AIRCRAFT.UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE SMALL AIRCRAFT, YOU KNOW, OR SMALL, UH, BIRDS, SPARROWS AND CARDINALS, BUT THEY ARE MORE, MUCH MORE CONCERNED ABOUT LIKE THE UH, UH, THE VULTURES THAT, UH, CONGREGATE AROUND THESE POLES.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THIS.
UH, I FEEL MUCH THAT WE HAVE MUCH MORE OF A, UH, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? A COMMITMENT TO, UH, TO RANDOLPH, UH, THAN WE DO TO, UH, VERIZON.
YEAH, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS EITHER WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, BIRD STRIKES.
UM, MY HUSBAND LIVED THROUGH A BIRD STRIKE AND THOSE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE ONE INJURING THE, THE PILOTS OR THINGS THAT CAN GO ON IN THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIR CREW, AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT IT CAN DO TO A PLANE AND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IF IT DOESN'T JUST COMPLETELY DESTROY A PLANE.
SO FOR ME, MY PROTECTION, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN THAT MY, MY PROTECTION AND MY, UH, OBLIGATION WOULD PROBABLY BE TO RANDOLPH BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THIS TOWER BEING THERE.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A, A MOTION THAT WE DISAPPROVE.
ORDINANCE 24 S 1 45 SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN TO DISAPPROVE.
UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S 1 44 AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
OKAY, ANY, ANY COMMENTS? ALRIGHT COUNSEL, IF YOU CAN, UH, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SIX YAYS, NO, NO OBJECTIONS TO DISAPPROVE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OR UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S 1 45.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 3.3 ACRES OF LAND FROM MANUFACTURING LIGHT DISTRICT M1 TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R SIX KNOWN AS AL COUNTY PROPERTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 5 3 0 7, A PORTION OF PROPERTY ALSO KNOWN AS 7 4 4 4 FM 4 82.
CITY ASSURE AL COUNTY, TEXAS FIRST READING MR. HOTS FLOOR IS YOURS.
ORDINANCE 24 S 1 45 ZONE CHANGE FOR MANUFACTURING OF LIGHT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R SIX SAMUEL HOT SENIOR PLIN.
SO JUST TO GET OUR BEARINGS HERE, UH, THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED HERE IN GREEN.
THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REZONE 3.3 ACRES.
THE TOTAL PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FIVE OR 4.25 ACRES.
IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING HERE BECAUSE IT SHOWS THREE TRACKS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY JUST ONE PROPERTY AND I'LL KIND OF GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
UH, THIS IS FM 4 82 JUST RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE UH, DANVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO ON JUNE 21ST, 2024, A TOTAL OF SIX PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WERE WERE SENT OUT.
SO FAR WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSES.
ONE SIGN WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND ON JULY 17TH A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS.
SO THE EXISTING ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS M1 MANUFACTURING LIGHT.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS TO TAKE PORTIONS OF THAT PROPERTY AND REZONE IT.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS A PERMITTED BUSINESS THAT OPERATES ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S ALSO A NON-CONFORMING RESIDENCE THAT'S THERE AS WELL, BOTH OF WHICH THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER OWNS.
SO THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT DOES NOT PERMIT RESIDENTIAL USES AND THAT'S WHAT THE NON-CONFORMING IS.
THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A LARGER HOME ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ZONE JUST PORTIONS OF THEIR PROPERTY TO ALLOW THEIR EXISTING BUSINESS TO CONTINUE AS WELL AS BUILD A BIGGER HOME.
SO WHEN THE STAFF IS ANALYZING ZONE CHANGES, WE
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USE 21 5 4 D CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.AND I'LL GO THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE.
SO WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE OR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT IMPLEMENTS THE POLICIES OF THE ADOPTED COMP PLAN, INCLUDING THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS A MIXED USE CENTER AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT RIGHT HERE IN THIS GRAPHIC OUTLINED HERE IN IN YELLOW.
AND THAT DISTRICT OR THAT CLASSIFICATION IS INTENDED TO INTEGRATE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT SPACES NEARBY, TYPICALLY ALONG SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.
THE IDEA FOR MAKING THIS A MIXED USE CENTER GOES BACK TO ACTUALLY OUR LAST COMP PLAN.
WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING DOING THIS NEW ONE, WE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS VALUE IN THIS, HAVING A NEW TOWN CENTER, THIS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD HAPPEN POTENTIALLY AROUND MAYBE A RAIL STOP THAT COULD BE COMING.
SO THE COUNCILS THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS STILL VALUE IN KEEPING THAT, BUT WHERE THE POSITION OF THAT, WHERE THAT WAS, A LOT OF THAT'S TURNING INTO INDUSTRIAL.
SO WE ACTUALLY MOVED THAT FURTHER TO THE EAST INTO THIS LITTLE AREA AND IT KIND OF EXTENDS OVER OUTTA THE SCREEN HERE.
BUT THAT IS WHY THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS MIXED USE.
AND THE GOAL OF THOSE MIXED USE WAS TO CREATE DENSER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH SOME COMPLIMENTARY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
THE APPLICANT IS INCREMENTALLY CREATING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND CONFORMING WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
NUMBER TWO, THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE OR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY OR GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND THE SAFE, ORDERLY, EFFICIENT HEALTHFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.
SO THE CITY SHOULD ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT COMPATIBLE SURROUNDING USES.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTS OF OPEN SPACE RESIDENCES, DANVILLE, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ZONED FOR APARTMENT MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT R FOUR.
WHILE THE AREA CURRENTLY IS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES, IT'S EVOLVING THE FUNCTION MORE LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SAFE, ORDERLY, EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION OF THE CITY SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS COMP PLAN, THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE DOES BETTER ALIGN WITH THE EXISTING USES.
AND HERE'S A, THE PROPERTIES HERE IN UH, WITH THIS MARKED WITH THE YELLOW STAR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S THIS R FOUR ZONING DISTRICTS OVER HERE JUST FURTHER TO THE WEST, THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL'S OVER HERE DOWN TO THE SOUTH OFF OF BERTUS.
THERE'S ALSO SOME COMMERCIAL ZONING AND A LOT OF THIS IS JUST OPEN SPACE ALONG WITH SOME RURAL RESIDENCES.
SO IT'S MORE, IT'S FUNCTIONING MORE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
SO NUMBER THREE, WHETHER THE USE IS PERMITTED BY THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE IN ZONING, DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION AND STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SUCH USES WILL BE APPROPRIATE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE LAND TO BE RECLASSIFIED.
AGAIN, THE IMMEDIATE AREA IS BEING, BEING A SCHOOL RESIDENCES OPEN SPACE, THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGES AND THE USES PERMITTED WITHIN ALIGN TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE AREA.
NUMBER FOUR, WHETHER PROPOSED ZONE CHANGES IN ACCORD WITH ANY EXISTING OR PROPOSED PLANS FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC SCHOOL STREETS, WATER SUPPLY, SAN SEWER, PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES IN THE AREA.
THE PROPERTY DOES ABUT FM 42, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL INDICATING THAT THIS ROAD WILL ACCOMMODATE DENSER DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE.
THE PROPERTY HAS ACCESS TO A 12 INCH WATERLINE AND EIGHT INCH LINE THAT ALSO RUN ALONG FM 42.
A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS MAILED TO KAMAL, ISD, UH, TO NOTIFY THEM OF OF THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE AND SHIRTS.
FIRE EMS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE ZONE CHANGE AS WELL AND HAVE PROVIDED NO OBJECTIONS.
NUMBER FIVE, WHETHER THERE'S BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC CHANGE THAT WOULD WARRANT THIS REQUESTED CHANGE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT WOULD WARRANT THIS.
NUMBER SIX, WHETHER THERE'S AN ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL ZONING, THERE WAS NO ERROR.
NUMBER SEVEN, WHETHER ALL THE APPLICANT'S BACK TAXES ARE OWED HAVE BEEN PAID, THIS HAS NOT IMPACT THE FIRST READING OF CITY COUNCIL.
NUMBER EIGHT, WHETHER OTHER CRITERIA MET, WHICH AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL ARE DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT AND THE CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT STAFF HAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL UDC REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET FOR THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE AND AT THIS TIME HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R SIX IS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMP PLAN.
UH, IT IS APPROPRIATE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MEDIA AREA.
IT BRINGS THE PROPERTY INTO CONFORMANCE.
AND ON JULY 3RD, 2024, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 24 S 1 45.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THE APPLICANT COULD NOT MAKE IT? NO.
THIS IS A, UH, IT'S ON THE AGENDA AS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
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I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 24 S 1 45 SECOND MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS COUNCIL.ANY COMMENTS? YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SIX EAS, NO OBJECTIONS.
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WORKSHOPS.ITEM NUMBER 10, NEW ZONING DISTRICT R FIVE AND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WORKSHOP.
OKAY, SO THIS WORKSHOP IS ESSENTIALLY GONNA BE IN TWO PARTS.
UM, FIRST WE'LL GO WITH, UH, THE R FIVE ACTUALLY, AND THEN WE'LL GO MOVE INTO R FOUR.
AND IN BETWEEN EACH SECTION I'LL WE'LL STOP FOR A LITTLE DISCUSSION.
THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF SPLIT IT UP.
SO TRADITIONALLY IN SHIRTS WE'VE REALLY RECEIVED TWO KINDS OF HOUSING.
YOUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, WHICH YOU SEE RIGHT HERE ON THE LEFT AND YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT.
NOW LATELY THERE'S BEEN SOME TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE SEEING SOME NEW PRODUCT IN THE CITY, THESE LOWER DENSITY DISPERSED TOWNHOME STYLE DEVELOPMENTS.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE CITY IS A LOT OF THESE ARE ON ONE LOT AND THEY'RE KIND OF MULTI-FAMILY IN FUNCTION, ALTHOUGH THEY LOOK MORE LIKE JUST A, A DENSER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN IN THE CITY SO FAR.
THIS WAS DONE AS A PDD AND IT HAD FOUR AREAS HERE.
IT HAD SOME COMMERCIAL AND THREE OF 'EM.
AND THEN IT HAD A MULTI-FAMILY IN AREA THREE.
NOW WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR A PDD, YOU HAVE TO SELECT A BASE ZONING DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE MODIFYING.
AND SO HOW THIS APPLICANT CAME IN IS THEY DID FOR THE COMMERCIAL PORTIONS, THEY DID GENERAL BUSINESS AND THEY MADE THEIR MODIFICATIONS THAT THEY REQUESTED, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD REALLY APPLY TO, TO THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION OTHER THAN WHAT'S EXISTING ARE R FOUR AND THAT'S 24 UNITS AN ACRE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, 35 FOOT HIGH, ALL THAT STUFF, YOUR TRADITIONAL SORT OF APARTMENT'S.
WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS APPROVED CALLED SHIRTS, GATEWAY SHIRTS.
AND AGAIN, YOU SEE KIND OF THE COMMERCIAL UP HERE ON THE I 35 FRONTAGE, YOUR MORE TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY BLOCK.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE ALL THIS LOW-RISE STUFF DOWN HERE ON THE BACK.
AND SO, AND THIS IS KIND OF A, A CONCEPT PLAN ON WHAT THEY HAD HERE.
SO WHEN THEY CAME IN WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, WELL YOU HAVE TO SUGGEST, UH, THE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE BASE.
AND ONE OF 'EM WAS GENERAL BUSINESS FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL.
YOU'RE A TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY RIGHT HERE.
BUT FOR THE TRACK THREE, THE TOWN HOMES, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THEY CAME IN WITH R FOUR AND THEY MADE MODIFICATIONS.
SO ESSENTIALLY STAFF, THE PDD PROCESS HAS BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, THERE'S BEEN FRICTION A LOT AND WE, WE LIKE TO SORT OF, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE EXHAUST ALL OUR STRAIGHT ZONING OPTIONS FIRST BEFORE WE REALLY START GOING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ADVISING PEOPLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY SAYING IS MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A, A DISTRICT THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY THIS, YOU CAN ASK FOR THIS STRAIGHT ZONING IN YOUR PDD, BUT WE CAN ALSO SAY, HEY, YOU CAN ALSO ASK FOR THIS STRAIGHT ZONING ZONING.
SO A STAFF IS PROPOSING A NEW ZONING DISTRICT TO KIND OF HELP CAPTURE SOME OF THIS.
AND IN ADDITION, KIND OF TANDEM TO THAT WE'RE MODIFY, WE PROPOSING TO MODIFY THE APARTMENT R FOUR.
AND SO NOW I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO WITH THIS FIRST PROPOSAL, WE'RE CALLING THIS R FIVE.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO CALL THIS R FIVE MIDDLE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S A LOWER DENSITY THAN TRADITIONAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE ARC FOUR, UH, WE'RE PROVIDING INCENTIVES THROUGH THE CODE FOR SMALLER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, AND THROUGH THIS WE'RE HELPING TO CAPTURE MARKET TRENDS BY PROVIDING A VARIETY OF HOUSING.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THIS IN FIVE SECTIONS.
AND THESE ARE THE SECTIONS HERE, 21, 5, 2 5, 5, 5 7, 5 8, AND TWENTY ONE, TEN FOUR.
AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE ONE AT A TIME.
SO 21 5 2 IS THE TABLE THAT BASICALLY ESTABLISHES THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND THIS IS ILLUSTRATIVE 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE THROUGH FOUR AND THEN IT JUST JUMPS TO SIX.
SO THIS IS WHY OUR FIVE IS CHOSEN 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
SO WE DECIDED TO USE THAT MIDDLE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
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DISTRICT 24 21, 5 5 IS THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT.AND THESE ARE, THIS IS THE NARRATIVE PARAGRAPHS THAT KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE.
SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THIS ONE, ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME.
SO, MIDDLE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R FIVE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENTS THAT OFFER A VARIETIES OF HOUSING TYPES.
THIS DISTRICT IS A SUITABLE TRANSITION BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND OR DENSER MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
IT IS COMPRISED OF ATTACHED OR DETACHED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.
SO WE'RE GIVING A LOT OF SORT OF FREEDOM THERE IN TERMS OF THE PRODUCT.
SO NUMBER ONE, WHEN TRACKS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE ONE ACRE OR LESS DENSITY SHALL NOT EXCEED 16 UNITS PER GROSS ACRE.
AND THESE TRACKS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY SITE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
AND ARTICLE NINE, AND I'LL GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER, WHEN TRACKS EXCEED ONE ACRE DENSITY, SHALL NOT EXCEED 12 UNITS PER GROSS ACRE.
AND THESE TRACKS WILL BE REQUIRED OF THE MULTI-FAMILY SITE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS IN ARTICLE NINE, AND THEN PROVIDE 10% OF THE TOTAL PLATTED AREA AS COMMON, USABLE, OPEN SPACE.
NOW, JUST SO EVERY, EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE, WHAT WE MEAN BY A TRACK IS JUST SORT OF A GENERAL TERM FOR A UNIT OR CONTIGUOUS UNIT OF LAND.
THIS IS TWO PARCELS, BUT THIS ENTIRE AREA TOGETHER IS ONE TRACT OF LAND UNDER ONE OWNERSHIP.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A GENERAL TERM FOR A UNIT OF LAND.
SO MOVING ON IN ANOTHER PROPOSED CHANGES IN 2157 A, THIS IS OUR DIMENSIONAL AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
SO FOR R FOUR, YOU SEE THAT OUR AREA THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE BE 10, 10,890 FEET.
AND THIS IS A QUARTER OF AN ACRE.
SO A QUARTER OF AN ACRE IS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR THIS PROPOSED DISTRICT.
THE FRONT SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS 25, 10, AND TEN TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, 35 FEET HIGH AND 80% MAXIMUM PREVIOUS COVERAGE.
ALSO, WE'RE ADDING A NEW KEY PROPOSING TO ADD A NEW KEY AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS TABLE.
AND THIS WAS DONE, UM, WITH, WE WERE ADVISING WE ADV, WE HAD, UH, GOT ADVICE FROM OUR FIRE MARSHAL AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WE KEEP THE MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION AS 10 FEET.
THIS IS FOR THE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT AS ONE LARGE LOT, YOU CAN ENSURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE SPACE BETWEEN EACH BUILDING FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THERE.
AND WE ALSO SAID THAT NO HVAC UNITS OR FENCES MAY BE WITHIN THE BUILDING SEPARATION SPACE.
THIS IS TO HELP ENSURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE THERE FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE AROUND.
SO IN 21 5 8, WE'RE PROPOSING IN OUR PERMITTED USES SECTION, THESE ARE TO ADD THE PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT.
WHAT YOU CAN DO ACCESSORY BUILDING CHURCH WITH AN SUP GATED COMMUNITY GOLF COURSE, MULTIFAMILY, MUNICIPAL USES SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND DETACHED PARK PLAYGROUND SCHOOL, TWO FAMILY DWELLING, FAIRLY STANDARD PERMITTED USES THAT ARE IN OUR ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS 21 5 10 IN OUR PARKING SECTION FOR THE MIDDLE DENSITY HOUSING TYPES FOR TRACKS ONE ACRE OR LESS.
ONE SPACE PER UNIT FOR TRACKS EXCEEDING ONE ACRE, TWO SPACES PER UNIT.
SO GOING INTO THE MOTIVATION FOR THE ONE ACRE OR LESS DIFFERENTIATION.
SO THE IDEA HERE WAS WHEN A LOT OF OUR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, THE PROPOSALS THAT APPLICANTS BRING FORWARD, THEY TYPICALLY ARE PUTTING DOWN 200, 300 UNITS RIGHT NEXT TO SOME NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, A LARGE DISRUPTION IS GOING TO CAUSE A LARGE DISRUPTION.
AND SO THE MOTIVATION HERE WAS WHAT IF WE CAN INCENTIVIZE MORE INCREMENTAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING SMALL DENSITY INCENTIVES FOR SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS, AND ALSO GIVING THEM MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THEIR PARCEL AND SITE AND PROPERTY LAYOUT BY MAKING THEM ADHERE TO SINGLE FAMILY DESIGN REQUIREMENTS RATHER THAN MULTIFAMILY.
AND THE MULTIFAMILY DESIGN REQUIREMENTS ARE THERE TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY AND BUFFERING AND ENSURE THERE'S NOT THAT DISRUPTION IS MITIGATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? SO LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, UH, EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALLS, UH, AND THEN BUFFERS FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE ONE ACRE OR LESS IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THIS AND TWO TREES PER LOT INSTEAD OF NINE ACRES.
THERE'S STILL LANDSCAPING THEY HAVE TO DO IN THE UDC, BUT IT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS RATHER THAN THE MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS INTENDED BECAUSE WHICH IS THERE, BECAUSE THOSE LAND USES ARE A LOT MORE INTENSE.
SO WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE? SO QUARTER ACRE, YOU GET FOUR UNITS, RIGHT? RATHER THAN MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD
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300 UNITS ALL AT ONCE.MAYBE YOU CAN BUILD A FOURPLEX.
MAYBE YOU AND YOUR BUDDIES GET TOGETHER AND YOU CAN BUILD A HALF ACRE, EIGHT UNIT COMPLEX.
MAYBE FOR A ONE ACRE YOU GET 16 UNITS.
NOW, I SHOULD MENTION HERE THAT THERE'S STILL HIGH REQUIREMENTS, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE THIS TALL, BUT THIS IS JUST SORT OF A ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO OUR GIS DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER, UH, A MAP FOR US TO SEE KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THIS KIND OF LOOKED LIKE AS A DISPERSED PATTERN HERE.
AND WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN HERE IN PINK IS ALL THE LOTS IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS, THE CURRENT PARCELS THAT ARE BETWEEN A QUARTER ACRE AND AN ACRE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SOME CLUSTERED HERE AROUND 3 0 0 9, KIND OF SCATTERED ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY HERE IN NORTHSHORE, SOME OF THEM UP ON 4 82, LOT DOWN HERE ON 3 89, SOME ON SHIRTS, PARKWAY, UH, 78 DOWN HERE.
AND WHEN YOU GO DOWN SOUTH 1518, IT'S LO SINE.
SO INSTEAD AGAIN, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT MAYBE INSTEAD OF DOING 200 UNITS ALL AT ONCE, WE CAN SPLIT SPREAD IT OUT OVER THE CITY OR AT LEAST INCENTIVIZE IT, RIGHT? WE, WE CAN ONLY PROVIDE THE SANDBOX.
WE CAN'T CONTROL WHO PLAYS IN IT, RIGHT? AND SO FOR THE OVER ACRE, THIS ONE'S FAIRLY SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE OVER AN ACRE, 12 UNITS PER ACRE, TWO PARKING SPACES REQUIRED PER UNIT, AND YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO ALL THE MULTIFAMILY DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, ARTICLE NINE, THE BIGGER YOU GO, THE MORE REQUIREMENTS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED, THIS WAS, THIS WAS THE, UM, THE SHIRT STATION, WHICH IS DOING THIS BACK MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT HERE IS 12 UNITS AN ACRE.
AND THE SHIRTS GATEWAY THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IS DOING 10 UNITS AN ACRE BACK HERE, BUT THEY'RE LARGER.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADHERE TO ALL THE MULTIFAMILY DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
SO I WANT TO INVITE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I, I SAW WHEN, WHEN, WHEN IT GOES NEXT TO A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, UNIT, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A A MASON WALL OR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAWE, UM, I, I APPLAUD YOU FOR TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT, UH, WAY THINGS ARE GOING, THE STATE IS LOOKING AT TRYING TO MAKE SMALLER, LOTS MORE DENSITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES.
AND THIS GETS US BECAUSE KIND OF THE PLAN THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE IS 33 AND A THIRD UNITS PER ACRE.
AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S, IT'S SMALLER AND IT'S DISPERSED, SO NOBODY'S GONNA PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF 'EM IN ONE SINGLE AREA.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR RESIDENTS.
SO THEN THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT, LIKE YOU SAID, 200 ACRES.
SO I THINK THIS GETS US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND MAYBE AS THE LEGISLATION COMES IN 2025, THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE BARGAINING CHIPS THAT WE CAN USE WITH THEM TO SAY, HEY, DON'T DO THIS FOR THE WHOLE STATE.
HERE'S SOME CITIES THAT ARE DOING THINGS THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK AND MAKE IT AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S COMING.
SO I THINK THIS KIND OF GETS US IN THAT BALL FIELD TO, TO BE ABLE TO, OR BALLPARK, TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO SEE, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
DON'T COME IN AND DO ANYTHING DRASTIC.
AND I, I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF IT AT LEAST IT'S NOT ALL TOGETHER, IT'S SEPARATED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO, I, I SEE THE NEED FOR IT AND WHY YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH IT.
THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD MAKE ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS IS JUST REQUIRING THE ONE PARKING SPOT.
UH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST LOOKING AT YOUR PICTURES OF LIKE THE EIGHT UNITS AND TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THEY WOULD REALLY HAVE TO DO IS HAVE EIGHT PARKING SPOTS THAT JUST IS GONNA INCREASE PARKING ON THE STREET.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE BEST ROUTE TO GO ON THE PARKING SPOT SIDE, BUT OTHERWISE I I LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH.
WELL, I, IF I CAN JUST KIND OF ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICK.
YOU KNOW, THE IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR THESE PARCELS AND IF YOU REQUIRE DOUBLE THE PARKING SPACES, THEN YOU'RE GOING, THAT'S LESS LAND THAT YOU CAN BUILD ON.
SO IF WE DO WANT TO GET SMALLER MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IS THAT, IF THAT'S THE IDEA, THERE ARE SOME INCENTIVES WE HAVE TO DO, RIGHT? AND MAYBE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT LIVES IN A FOURPLEX MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE A FAMILY OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE KIDS OR SOMETHING.
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AND I THINK REALLY WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE FREEDOM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT CAN, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF RESTRICTIONS ON LOTS, RIGHT? THERE'S EASEMENTS AND THERE'S, THERE'S DRAINAGE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND THERE'S THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY THAT IF WE ALSO MADE THEM DO IT WITH A PARKING SITUATION AS WELL, IT MIGHT MAKE THIS NEVER HAPPEN, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE 16 SPACES ON, YOU KNOW, JUST SO MUCH USABLE LAND, THEN YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE DOABLE FOR A 16 UNIT, BUT FOR AN EIGHT UNIT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH BUILDING AS IT IS.SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE, THE MOTIVATION FOR STAFF IS, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO SMALL, WE GIVE 'EM A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INCENTIVE.
MAYOR PRO 10 GIBSON, I LOVE THIS CONCEPT.
'CAUSE I MEAN, NOT ONLY FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE.
WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SAY THIS ALWAYS LIKE THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS, THE CONSENSUS IS WE HAVE A LOT OF MORE YOUNGER, UH, NEW ENTRY LEVEL RESIDENTS COMING IN.
THIS WILL BE A LOT EASIER FOR THEM AND FOR ANYBODY WHO'S MOVING INTO THE SHIRTS AREA.
I THINK THAT THE DESIGN OF IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
UM, IT GIVES US A MORE OF A HMM, MODERN, UH, IDEATION, EVEN THOUGH IT ALSO, I SAW THAT YOU HAD SOME, SOME OTHER BRICK EXAMPLES THAT KIND OF KEPT OUR HISTORICAL FEEL OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS IN THERE.
SO, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE TIMES AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S NECESSARY, I THINK THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? Y YEAH, I WAS GONNA, UH, JUST KIND OF TAG ONTO WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING OVER HERE.
UH, THE THE TINY HOME CONCEPT THAT'S, THAT'S OUT THERE NOWADAYS, THEY ONLY GIVE YOU A SINGLE PARKING SPOT, UH, IN 'EM ANYWAY.
UH, SO I, I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IN WITH THESE MODELS.
AND LIKE YOU SAY, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT LARGER UNIT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IT, UH, THE TARGET AUDIENCE HERE WOULDN'T BE, UH, FAMILIES ANYWAY, AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF THE ENTRY LEVEL, UH, AND OR SUPPORTING OUR, OUR, UH, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE PASSING THROUGH FOR A YEAR OR SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR PILOT TRAINING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, INFILL, FILLING IN THOSE BLANKS OUT THERE.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER, UH, ISSUE I SEE, AND THAT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS IS THE FLOODPLAINS, YOU KNOW,
BUT, UH, YEAH, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT AND I PRESS ON, IF THERE'S SOMETHING BETTER, LET US KNOW.
IT'S IT, YOU KNOW, A VERY CREATIVE CONCEPT, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LAND OUT THERE, BUT IT'S TOO SMALL FOR COMMERCIAL.
UH, MAYBE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLAN, UH, PLACE FOR RESIDENTIAL.
UM, SO IT, IT'S, IT GIVES, UH, THE OWNER OR SOMEONE LOOKING FOR LAND TO, TO, UH, CONSIDER THEIR OPTIONS.
UH, I DO AGREE THAT ONE PARKING SPACE, I KNOW, BUT IT, BUT IT'S MINIMAL BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYTHING THAT'S LESS THAN AN ACRE.
AM I CORRECT IF I DON'T, IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECT.
IF IT'S LESS THAN AN ACRE, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT MANY ISSUES ON THE PARKING, AND MOST OF THE TIME IT IS, UH, IT'S THE DRIVEWAY THAT WILL PROVIDE THAT ACCESS TO THAT PARKING.
UH, AND BASED ON THE DESIGN, THEY MIGHT EVEN MAKE IT 1.25 MM-HMM.
I THINK, UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THIS CITY WILL PROVIDE OPTIONS TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK WE HAVE A GO ON THE R FIVES.
SO THE NEXT PART OF THIS PROPOSAL IS MODIFYING OUR FOUR.
SO STAFF, THIS IS A WORKSHOP, OKAY? STAFF IS PROPOSING DENSER
AND I'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT.
SO HERE'S OUR CURRENT NARRATIVE IN FOR OUR FOUR.
NOW IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, COMPLEX.
I'LL JUST, HERE'S THE CLEAN VERSION OF THAT.
SO THIS IS WHAT STAFF'S PROPOSED MODIFIED LANGUAGES INTENDING TO PROVIDE DENSER APARTMENT AND MULTI-FAMILY STYLE DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS DISTRICT IS A SUITABLE TRANSITION BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY COMMERCIAL USES.
'CAUSE AS WE LIKE TO SEE UP HERE, THERE'S NOTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH PUTTING APARTMENTS NEXT TO A SINGLE FAMILY.
HOWEVER, APARTMENT R FOUR DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN AREAS WHERE THEY WOULD INCREASE TRAFFIC WITH ACCESS THROUGH SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHALL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO ARTERIAL STREETS.
OKAY? SO CANNOT ONE OF YOUR INSURANCE WAYS CANNOT BE THROUGH A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD,
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RIGHT? AND IT HAS TO BE ON AN ARTERIAL STREET THAT COULD HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.THE MAXIMUM DENSITY SHALL BE BE 35 UNITS PER ACRE.
20% OF THE TOTAL PLAID AREA SHALL BE PROVIDED AS COMMON, USABLE OPEN SPACE.
AND THIS HAS R FOUR, R FIVE IN IT AS WELL.
JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU A COMPARISON, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO MAKE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE AN ACRE, 43,560 FEET.
THIS IS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GONNA GO ANYTHING LESS THAN AN ACRE, THEN YOU'RE GONNA CHOOSE R FIVE.
THAT'S JUST HOW, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
THE MINIMUM WIDTH, WE'RE INCREASING THE 400 FEET.
THIS IS TO ENSURE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS, WHICH IS COMMONLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET OUT OF PEOPLE.
UH, THE MAX HEIGHT, 500 FEET, OR I'M SORRY, 50 FEET
NOW I'LL SHOW YOU WHY I DID THIS IN A SECOND HERE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE, UH, THESE UDC AMENDMENTS, WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF DOING SOME TARGET CITY RESEARCH AND STAFF.
WE ALWAYS LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORS, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO SOME RANDOM POLLING OR SOME RANDOM, UH, CITIES AS WELL ACROSS TEXAS.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORS, WE'RE FAIRLY ON PAR WITH, UH, THE MAXIMUM DENSITY 24 UNITS AN ACRE IS, IS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE AROUND HERE.
SAN MARCO, YOU ACTUALLY, SOME DISTRICTS YOU CAN GO MORE BECAUSE OF THEIR FORM BASES OWNING DISTRICT SAN ANTONIO CAN ACT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY NO MAX ON SOME OF SAN ANTONIO'S DISTRICTS, BUT SOME OF THEIR, THEIR HIGHEST MULTIFAMILY 65 TEMPLE DOES 40.
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASICALLY ON PAR.
HOWEVER, SHIRTS GATEWAY, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER AS PART OF THEIR PDD, THEY, THEY GOT APPROVED FOR 35 UNITS IN ACRES.
SO THAT'S WHY STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT.
IF WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT ON SHIRTS, GATEWAY SEEMS LIKE THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP FOR US.
AGAIN, WE CAN DECREASE THAT OR WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA DO.
SO THAT'S JUST WHAT STAFF'S PROPOSAL IS.
NOW IN TERMS OF THE HEIGHT, SO IT ACTUALLY SEEM TO BE ABOUT A LITTLE UNDER WHAT MOST EVERYBODY DOES.
MOST PEOPLE GO 45, 50, 60, 75 HERE.
YOU KNOW, SHIRTS IS KIND OF UNDER, SHIRTS IN UNIVERSAL CITY ARE UNDER REALLY WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO THAT WE LOOKED AT.
SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING 50 FEET GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF ARCHITECTURAL SORT OF FREEDOM.
AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A FOUR STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THIS IS ACTUALLY 51 AND A HALF FEET TALL.
IT'S STILL FOUR STORIES HERE, BUT 50 FEET, WE COULD DO 45, BUT 50 FEET WE THOUGHT WOULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF FREEDOM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY.
SO GOING BACK TO HOW THESE, THE HOW SELECTIVE WE'RE GONNA BE ON THE PLACEMENT OF THIS, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
SO EVERY LINE YOU SEE HERE, THAT'S RED OR YELLOW IS AN ARTERIAL.
THIS IS OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO WE CLASSIFY ALL THESE STREETS IN THE CITY.
YOU'RE EITHER A LOCAL STREET OR A COLLECTOR OR, OR A PRINCIPAL OR AN ARTERIAL BEING SECONDARY OR A PRINCIPAL.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING IS THAT WE SAY, ALL RIGHT, IF WE'RE GONNA GO DENSE OR GO TALLER, THEN WE LIMIT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THIS TO EVERYTHING ADJACENT TO YELLOWS AND EVERYTHING ADJACENT TO REDS.
SO THREE DOUBLE OH 9 11 0 3 FM 2252 HERE IN THE NORTH, DOWN HERE IN THE CENTER SHIRTS.
UH, SHIRTS, PARKWAY THREE DOUBLE 9 78 FM 1518 DOWN SOUTH.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE BEING A LITTLE MORE SELECTIVE ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS AND WHAT WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING THESE ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INCREASING THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE TO ONE ACRE, INCREASING THE MINIMUM WIDTH TO 400, UH, 35 UNITS AN ACRE MAX HEIGHT, UH, 50 FEET, NO ACCESS THROUGH SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND MUST BE ADJACENT TO ARTERIAL STREETS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? THANK YOU MR. HAS ALRIGHT, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, AGAIN, ADDING A LOT OF, UH, POTENTIAL VARIETY THERE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS ISN'T GONNA BE A SMALL PERSON BUILDING, BUILDING THESE, IT'LL BE MORE OF A CORPORATE, UH, UH, OWNERSHIP AND, AND UH, DEVELOPMENT.
BUT I LIKE THE 400 FEET A LOT.
IT'S GONNA AVOID A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE KEY TAKEAWAY I I'M SEEING HERE.
I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GOING UP TO 50 FEET 'CAUSE MOST OF THIS IS GONNA BE OUTLIERS ANYWAY, SO I'M, I'M GOOD WITH IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, I'D HAVE TO AGREE.
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I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU, YOU, YOU WILL PURPOSEFUL IN, IN THINKING ABOUT WHERE THESE COULD GO AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS AREN'T GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THESE APARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DENSER.SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT THOUGHT PROCESS THAT Y'ALL PUT INTO IT AND LOOKING THROUGH IT.
I LOVE THE IDEA 'CAUSE I, AS YOU SAY, THE 50 FEET GIVES YOU MORE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL THAT THEY CAN PUT IN TO MATCH IN WITH THE WAY WE SEE SHIRTS, BE IT HISTORICAL OR MODERN.
DEAN, NO OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO ON BOTH.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11, THE PROPOSED FY 20 24, 20 25 BUDGET WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSAL OF THE 20 24 20 25 BUDGET, MR. WALTERS.
ALRIGHT, GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HERE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRKS.
AND MR. WILLIAMS AND I WILL GO OVER THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, MANY OF THE ITEMS ARE THE SAME AS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON, UH, FRIDAY.
UH, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GO OVER IT AGAIN FOR THE CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE CITIZENS AT HOME.
SO, WITH THAT MAYOR COUNSEL, I'LL LEAD OFF WITH A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT THIS, YOU, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT REDUNDANT FROM WHAT YOU SAW ON FRIDAY.
WE'VE TAKEN SOME OF THE MORE DETAILED SLIDES OUT THAT HAVE A LONGER EXPLANATION, SAY WITH THE CIP AND THE, UH, INCENTIVE PAYS PROGRAM.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TRIM DOWN, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF REDUNDANCY BECAUSE WE WANT, FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK OVER THIS AND I'M GONNA GIVE JUST A QUICK UPDATE AGAIN.
SO IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE SLIDE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRIVE THE BUS THERE.
SO, JUST A REMINDER, OUR GOALS AND THE BUDGET WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH THESE GOALS IN MIND.
THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TWEAKED IT A LITTLE BIT IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IN, IN DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, BUT THESE HAVE EXISTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE CITY IN IN BASE STRUCTURE.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE BUDGET IS DEVELOPED WITH STAFF COMPENSATION AND BEING COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING AND RETAINING, UH, GOOD PERSONNEL.
UH, WE ARE A SERVICE DRIVEN ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, SURVIVES.
YOU, YOU SAW TONIGHT WE HAVE THE, ALL THOSE NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ON BOARD AS WELL AS, UM, THE PROMOTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE, WE ARE GAINING A LOT OF MOMENTUM IN THAT AREA AND THE, THE BUDGET TAKES THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
ALSO, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, STREET MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
YOU SAW THE, THE POTHOLE TRUCK OUT THERE.
AND OF COURSE, MAYBE I'M A LITTLE MORE EXCITED THAN I NEED TO BE, BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS STREET MAINTENANCE REPAIR AGAIN.
UM, IS THE CONSOLIDATED CIP YOU SAW DURING THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE AN, UH, A CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT MAPS OUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS OUR, OUR, OUR CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MORE IN DETAIL AND THEN OUT INTO THE FUTURE BEYOND THAT FOR FIVE MORE YEARS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, STAFFING.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO AS MUCH WITH STAFFING INCREASES AS WE WOULD LIKE TO, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME CRITICAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE BEHIND, WE'RE BEHIND WHAT OUR STAFFING PLAN SAYS, SO WE'RE ABLE TO ADD THAT IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE REMODEL FACILITIES AND NEW FACILITIES.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, WE'VE TAKEN, UH, WE'VE TAKEN A REALLY BIG LEAP FORWARD IN BEING ABLE TO PLAN FOR THOSE NEW FACILITIES THAT WE'LL HAVE OUT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MORE HEAVY INTENSIVE REMODELS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.
SO, ALRIGHT, IF YOU COULD, AND, AND JUST AS A REITERATION ABOUT THE COMP, AN UPDATE ESSENTIALLY ON OUR CLASS AND COMP PROGRAM THAT WE, WE, WE DID A STUDY AND THEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY THIS YEAR, WHICH REALLY HAS YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.
JUST THAT WE POINTED OUT THAT THE TURNOVER RATE IS DOWN TO 12.35%.
WE USED TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 16 TO 18% IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
OUR VACANCY RATE IS HOLD IS HELD STEADY AT 8%, AND THAT WAS UPWARDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 12%, 12, 13, 14%.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF MOMENTUM IN THAT AREA
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IN REGARDS TO PRIORITY NUMBER ONE.AND THEN LASTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THE, THE WORKSHOP WE WENT OVER THE, THE RESULTS, NOEL WAS HERE TO GIVE THE RESULTS OF THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, WHICH IS REALLY A GOOD WAY TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF HOW YOUR WORKFORCE FEELS.
WE SAW POSITIVE GAINS IN EVERY SINGLE AREA, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO, TO THE PROGRESSIVE, THE PROGRESSION WE'VE MADE AS AN ORGANIZATION.
BUT, BUT SOME OF IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE SAW A GIGANTIC GAIN IN TERMS OF PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF COMPENSATION AND, UH, THAT THAT'S DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
THE BUDGET IS BUILT AROUND KEEPING THAT MOMENTUM GOING.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JAMES.
HE'S GONNA GO OVER THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET AND, AND I WILL SAY ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE GET TO IT AT THE END.
WE, WE DID HEAR YOU AT THE RETREAT AND SO THERE WILL BE A DETAIL OF OPTIONS, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THIS AND DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM IN TERMS OF ADOPTING THE BUDGET.
IT'S MORE, MORE SPECIFICALLY DRILLED DOWN TO THE GENERAL FUND.
ALRIGHT, SO THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS FOR ALL FUNDS, IT DOES INCLUDES A HEALTH INSURANCE SAVINGS, UH, CHANGING ALL LINES OF COVERAGE, THE SAME LEVEL OF BENEFITS, UH, WITH A DIFFERENT CARRIER.
WE CAN SEE, ACTUALLY SEE 11% DECREASE, UH, INSTEAD OF A 10% INCREASE IF WE STAY WITH THE SAME CARRIER.
OVERALL, THE SAVINGS WILL BE ABOUT 681,000 CITYWIDE, UH, JUST FOR THE MEDICAL AND ANOTHER 67,000, UH, FOR ALL OTHER TYPES OF COVERAGE.
IT DOES INCLUDE WAGE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, THROUGH ALL THE FUNDS MAINTAINING OUR MARKET POSITION THAT WE ACHIEVE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLASS AND COMP STUDY.
UH, WITH AN ECI ADJUSTMENT OF 4.4%.
UH, DOESN'T QUITE GET TO THE PUBLISHED RATE FROM THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS OF 5.1%, UH, AS OUR GOAL, UH, AND ALSO INCLUDES A MERIT AND STEP PROGRAM, WHICH WE'VE FOR, UH, WE'VE FORGONE LAST YEAR OR THE CURRENT YEAR.
UH, SO NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR.
WE'VE DONE THAT IN A COUPLE YEARS AS WELL.
AS WELL AS INCLUDE SOME, UH, CHANGES TO OUR INCENTIVE PAY PROGRAMS THAT WE WENT OVER IN MORE DETAIL ON THE SECOND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND ON THE EXPENDITURES, THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS AT $53.1 MILLION.
IT'S AN INCREASE ABOUT 1.8 MILLION OR 3.6%, UH, FROM THE 2324 ADOPTED BUDGET.
NON-PERSONNEL BUDGETS ACTUALLY DECREASED.
UH, THERE WERE SOME, THERE WERE SOME INCREASES, BUT THEY'RE OFFSET BY LESS, UH, STREET MAINTENANCE THAT WAS TEMPORARILY, UH, INCREASED IN FUNDING, UH, FROM 2324 AS WELL AS SOME PERSONNEL BUDGETS INCREASED.
UH, 8.4% CAUSED BY THE ECI ADJUSTMENTS AND FULL YEAR FUNDING AND PHYSICIANS STARTED MIDYEAR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN FULL YEAR FUNDING OF THE CLASS AND COMP STUDY, UH, WITH HIGHER DEPLOYMENT COSTS THAT WE ALSO SEEN FROM FIRE WHEN THEY GET DEPLOYED AROUND THE STATE FOR EMERGENCIES.
UM, THAT WAS SLIGHTLY OFFSET BY THE LOWER INSURANCE COSTS WE MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS, UH, SLIDE.
WE DID HAVE SOME OTHER INCREASES.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE FORMAT WENT ON THIS ONE.
UM, WE HAD $700,000 INCREASE FOR NON-DISCRETIONARY TYPE ITEMS. UH, THESE WERE COSTS THAT GENERALLY THE CITY HAS.
UM, NO TRUE CONTROL OVER THE PROPERTY.
UH, LIABILITY INSURANCE WENT UP ABOUT 80,000.
TERRA CONTRIBUTION, WHICH WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY, UH, REQUIRED TO DO IS 150,000 ISH UTILITY INCREASES AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
UM, ELECTRICITY WAS THE MAIN PORTION OF THAT, STARTED ADDING STREET LIGHTS AND, AND OTHER BUILDINGS.
AND DURING HOT SUMMERS, UH, THE IT TECHNOLOGY INCREASE, UH, WE HAVE A PD DRMS SOFTWARE THAT WAS APPROVED AND IMPLEMENTED, UH, THAT COMES INTO FULL EFFECT NEXT YEAR WITH THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN, UH, WE DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR CJS COMPLIANCE AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE SOME OUTDATED AND OLD COMPUTERS THAT WON'T RUN WINDOWS 11, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT, UH, BY OCTOBER, 2025.
THE EXPANDED TYPE PROGRAMS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION.
THESE ARE OUR NEW TYPE OF PROGRAMS. UH, UNRELATED TO, UH, THESE MANUAL TYPE INCREASES INCLUDES THE ECI OF ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.
UH, THAT WAS THAT 4.4% WE MENTIONED.
UH, JUST FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE MERIT AND STEP PROGRAM, ABOUT 387,000.
THE INCENTIVE PAY PROGRAM FOR THE GENERAL FUND, 125,000, AND THOSE ARE OFFSET BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTMENT OF 375.
SO THE OVERALL BUDGET AND HISTORIC, UH, ADOPTED BUDGETS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WITH THE INCREASE FROM 2324 TO 24 25, UH, OUR PERSONNEL BUDGET, UH, INCREASED, UH, FROM A YEAR IN PROJECTION ABOUT 34 MILLION UP TO ABOUT 36 MILLION.
WE HAD TWO YEARS OF ADDING, UH, NEW PERSONNEL.
AND THEN AS WELL AS THE CLASS AND COMP UPDATE ON THE OPERATING SIDE, YOU SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM THE BUDGET, BUT A SLIGHTLY INCREASE FOR MAYBE THE YEAR IN PROJECTIONS AND THE CAPITAL OUTLAY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN 2324 AS WE SLOWLY START TO COME OUT OF THE, UH, DELIVERY AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT WERE HOLDING UP A LOT OF OUR, UH, VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS AND OTHER LARGE, OTHER LARGE EQUIPMENT, UH, FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
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ON THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE SIDE, UH, WE DO SEND, CONTINUE TO SEE A INCREASE IN THE DISABLED VETERAN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UH, AMOUNT.AND, UH, UH, OVERALL NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS, UH, THE TOTAL TAX VALUE OF EXEMPT PROPERTY UNDER THIS EXEMPTION, UH, JUST JUST SHY OF $1 BILLION, UH, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT $4.8 MILLION IN, UH, TAXABLE REVENUE.
UH, OR IF WE, UH, TRANSLATED THAT INTO A TAX RATE, WE COULD HAVE A 0.41 TAX RATE INSTEAD OF OUR CURRENT, UH, PROPOSED TAX RATE.
UH, THIS DOES EQUATE TO ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE HOMES.
HOMESTEADS IN THE CITY OF SHEZ HAS THIS D UH, DVHS EXEMPTION, WHICH DOES, UH, COMPLETELY EXEMPT THE OWNER OF PAYING ANY PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THEN ONE OF EVERY TWO HOMES, A HOMESTEADS IN THE CITY OF CHURCH, HAS SOME SORT OF SALE VETERAN EXEMPTION.
A COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION BACK IN, UH, JULY, AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A DEDICATED FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THE CITY DOES ENDORSE AND ENCOURAGE THIS PROGRAM.
WE DO BELIEVE IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
THE STATE OFFERED AN AID PROGRAM, UH, FOR, UH, CITIES AND, AND COUNTIES THAT HAD A LARGE NUMBER OR CONCENTRATION OF, OF VETERANS WITH THIS EXEMPTION.
UH, HOWEVER, HAS NOT BEEN, UH, PROPERLY FUNDED WITH THE SHIRTS REQUESTING ABOUT $3.1 MILLION LAST YEAR AND ONLY RECEIVING 868,000.
SO THAT AGREES ABOUT 27% OF THE AMOUNT WE REQUESTED WE RECEIVED.
THE YEAR PRIOR, WE ONLY GOT 48% OF WHAT WE REQUESTED, UH, AS THE, UM, BIG PORTION OF THAT WAS A, THEY DIDN'T INCREASE THE FUNDING AMOUNT.
AND THEN B, THERE'S TWO MORE ENTITIES THAT APPLIED THAT, UM, THEY HAD TO DISPERSE OUT TO.
SO ON THE TAX RATE DEFINITIONS, WE HAVE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
THAT'S A TAX RATE AT WHICH, UH, THE CITY WOULD RAISE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS IT DID LAST YEAR ON PROPERTIES THAT EXISTED LAST YEAR.
WE WOULD ONLY GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM, UH, NEW TAXABLE PROPERTY BEING ADDED TO THE ROLE.
WE ALSO, UH, CALCULATE A VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
SO THIS IS THE RATE THAT COUNCIL CAN APPROVE ON ITS OWN.
COUNCIL CAN ADOPT A RATE ABOVE THIS, BUT IT WOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC ELECTION.
AND GO TO THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER AND I'LL SHOW YOU OUR CURRENT RATE AND OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE.
THIS PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT WE'RE ASKING TO SET A LITTLE BIT LATER TONIGHT IS THE MAXIMUM RATE, UH, THAT COUNCIL COULD SET, UH, WITHOUT REISSUING PUBLIC NOTICES AND RE RE HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, YOU CAN'T ADOPT A RATE LOWER THAN THIS, UM, BUT AT ANY POINT IN TIME YOU WANTED TO GO HIGHER, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL SOME SPECIAL MEETINGS AND, AND GET THIS PUBLISHED IN A, A SEPARATE SEPARATE DAY.
SO THE CURRENT TAX RATE IS 0.4872.
THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE WOULD BE 4 8 0 5.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 0.4990.
AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, WHICH, UH, THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED AT IS 0.4990.
ABOUT ONE PENNY ON THE TAX RATE IS EQUAL TO ABOUT $564,000 IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
UH, OR $34 AND 31 CENTS ON THE AVERAGE HOME ANNUALLY.
SO WE ALSO HAVE TWO, THAT TAX RATE ACTUALLY MAKES UP TWO SEPARATE TAX RATES.
ONE'S THE M AND O OR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAT GOES TO FUND THE GENERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT SIDE.
THAT'S THE POLICE FIRE, EVERYTHING YOU THINK OF THAT, UH, WHEN YOU THINK OF A CITY AND HOW IT OPERATES.
THEN IT HAS THE INS OR INTEREST IN SINKING.
AND THAT ONE GOES SPECIFICALLY TO PAY THE CITY'S DEBT.
SO THE M AND O RATE UNDER THE PROPOSED WOULD GO FROM 0.3 3, 2 4 TO 0.3416.
AND THE INS RATE WOULD GO FROM 0.1548 TO 0.1574 FOR AN OVERALL INCREASE FROM 4 4 8 7 2 TO 0.4990.
UH, THE ESTIMATED TAX BILLS FOR THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, UH, WOULD BE $1,648 ANNUALLY FROM THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
THE VOTER APPROVAL AND THE PROPOSED RATE, UH, WOULD RAISE THAT TO $1,712 OR A $63 47 CENTS ANNUAL INCREASE, OR 3.9%.
THAT 63 47 IS ABOUT $5 AND 29 CENTS ON THE MONTHLY, UH, ESCROW.
THE TAX BILLS ARE BASED ON THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE OF HOMES IN 2024 PER THE, UH, UM, CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS.
AND THEN EVERYTHING YOU SAW UP TOP WAS THE ANNUAL AMOUNTS.
SO THE HISTORIC TAX RATES FOR THE M AND O YOU CAN SEE UP HERE FROM 2018 TO 24.
THE PROPOSED M AND O TAX RATE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IS THE, UH, SECOND LOWEST WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, UH, FIVE YEAR OR SIX YEARS.
ON THE INS RATE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORY FROM 2018 AS WELL WITH THE PROPOSED RATE BEING, UM, THE THIRD HIGHEST OVERALL IN THE, IN THE SEVEN YEAR WINDOW WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO, SORRY, THE FORMATTING SEEMED TO HAVE GOT WONKY ON HERE, UH, BUT IT WAS 0.5146 FOR 2018 AND
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19 WAS THE TOTAL TAX RATE.POINT FIVE ONE TWO ONE WAS THE TOTAL TAX RATE FOR 2020 AND 2021, AND THEN 2022 WAS 0.4950.
THE CURRENT YEAR IS 0.4872, AND THE PROPOSED ON THE LEFT ON 2024 IS 0.4990.
THE SECOND HIGHEST, UH, SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS THE SALES TAXES.
YOU CAN SEE THE ROLLING THREE YEAR PERCENTAGE GROWTH.
UM, WE HAD A VERY STRONG GROWTH, UH, RATE FROM 2019 THROUGH 2022.
STARTED TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN 2023 AND WE'RE CLOSER TO OUR LONG-TERM AVERAGE, ABOUT SEVEN 6%, UH, PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE KEPT THAT AS A PROPOSAL FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, HERE'S OUR FRANCHISE REVENUE, UH, GROWING STEADILY OVER THE YEARS.
SLIGHTLY OFFSET OR OFF SHOT IN 20 23, 24, PROBABLY BACK IN LINE 4 24 25.
OUR PERMIT REVENUE, UH, THANKS TO OUR, UM, COMMERCIAL GROWTH RECENTLY HAS EXCEEDED THE BUDGET EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
AND THEN BASED ON THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HISTORY AND THE CONTINUED, UM, PERMIT REVENUES SEEMS TO COME IN, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING WE INCREASE OUR NORMAL BUDGETING AMOUNT TO ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR UNDER THE FEE SIDE.
UM, ALSO RELATED TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS THE PLAN CHECK FEE, WHICH FALLS INTO THE FEES AND THOSE AMOUNTS HAVE, UH, ARE THE REASON WHY IT'S GONE OVER BUDGET FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AS WELL AS THE REASON WE'RE OR PROPOSING TO UP TO ABOUT $2 MILLION ON THE FEES AS AN ESTIMATE.
OVERALL GENERAL FUND FIVE YEAR FORECAST, 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.
YOU SEE THAT FIVE $53,100,000 IN EXPENSES.
UH, THAT IS, UH, ESTIMATING TO PULL OUT OF FUNDS FROM FUND BALANCE AND LOWER FUND BALANCE PERCENTAGE TO ABOUT 25%.
UM, OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP IT AROUND 26%, BUT IF WE FALL BELOW THAT, WE HAVE ABOUT A YEAR TO GET BACK TO THE 26% PER ORDINANCE.
UH, WE BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT WITHIN ONE YEAR BY 25 26.
UM, THE AMOUNT ABOVE 26% WOULD SHOW OUR CAPACITY TO CONTINUE TO ADD NEW PROGRAMS, NEW STAFF, UH, AND OTHER NEW SOFTWARES AND, AND NEW PROGRAMS FOR THE CITIZENS.
UH, SO YOU SEE IT THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AND BEING AVAILABLE FOR US TO EXCEED, UH, CONTINUE TO ADD NEW ITEMS, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET TO 27, 28 AND 29 30 UNDER THE INS FUND.
THE FIVE YEAR SUMMARY AT THE INS RATE OF 1574, UH, WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THESE FOLLOWING DEBT FUNDS OF, UH, $20 MILLION IS COMING, UM, ACTUALLY ON SEPTEMBER 3RD TO COUNCIL, UM, TO ACCEPT OR, OR TO, UH, NOT ACCEPT, UH, THE BIDS AS WELL AS COMING UP WITH ADDITIONAL, UM, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEXT YEAR AND THEN A COUPLE YEARS AFTER THAT AS WELL.
BUT WITH THAT SCHEDULED, THIS IS WHAT THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE DIFFERENT, UH, BOND YIELDS UNDER THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.
AS, UH, UH, MR. WILLIAMS MENTIONED, WE HAVE FIVE WATER AND WASTEWATER WORKER ONES, UH, PROPOSED TO BE ADDED ALONG WITH A METER TECHNICIAN.
THIS WOULD ALSO RECLASSIFY A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME ALSO VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A SCADA SERVICE TRUCK, A SUPERVISOR TRUCK, A WELL DUMP TRUCK OR L WRAP TRUCK, A MINI DUMP TRUCK, AND A BACKHOE, AS WELL AS MAKING A ONE-TIME TRANSFER ABOUT $3 MILLION TO THE CIP UH, FUND.
UH, THEIR WATER AND SEWER FORECAST, UH, LOOKS LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT 26%, UH, CURRENTLY AFTER THE $3 MILLION IS PROTO PROPOSED, UM, FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, UH, GETS BACK IN LINE THE 24 26, UH, WITH OUR NEW DEBT SERVICE, UH, TO ACCOMPLISH OUR CIP NEEDS FOR THE WATER AND SEWER FUND AND SEEING US HOW, UH, WE ANTICIPATE A LOWER FUND BALANCE OR FUND EQUITY GOING FORWARD.
UH, WE'LL BE REACHING BACK OUT TO OUR, UH, RATE EXPERT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A NEW FIVE YEAR RATE STUDY TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, TO KEEP US FROM GOING DOWN, UH, BELOW THE 20%.
UH, PROPOSED ADDING POSITIONS AT MID-YEAR, UH, INCLUDING A PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME SUPPLY COORDINATOR.
THAT'S JUST A RECLASSIFICATION OF EXISTING POSITION.
UH, ADDING HOURS ONTO THAT INDIVIDUAL.
UH, ADDING A 12 HOUR BATTALION CHIEF PROGRAM AS WELL AS A PEAK HOUR TRUCK WOULD INVOLVE HIRING TWO EMTS.
UM, ALSO, UM, TONIGHT IS A, UH, WHEN THE FEE ADOPTION, FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTION TAKES PLACE, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE FEES THAT EMS WOULD RECEIVE AND SB ABOUT $1.3 MILLION.
UM, THOSE FEES HAVE NOT BEEN INCREASED IN MANY YEARS.
UM, UH, EM S'S FIVE YEAR FORECAST UNDER THEIR CASH BALANCE.
THIS INCLUDES CASH AND INVESTMENTS.
THEY'RE PROPOSED TO BE, UH, NEGATIVE CASH BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AND CONTINUE ON THAT TREND FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, SLOWLY CONTINUE ON OUT OF THAT.
UH, UP UNTIL 29 30, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT BE ADDING ANY OTHER PROGRAMS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
THERE'D BE NO NEW, UH, AMBULANCE CREWS, NO OTHER SHIFTS TO A 12 HOUR SERVICE.
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PROGRAMS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY SAFETY OR EDUCATION.UH, WE ALSO INCLUDED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS, AS, UH, MR. WILLIAMS, UH, MENTIONED EARLIER.
PROPOSAL IS ABOUT 20 PROJECTS TO BE, UH, EITHER STARTING OR HAVE STARTED, UM, IN 24 25 FOR THE TOTAL EXPECTED EXPENDITURE OF JUST OVER $30 MILLION, UH, FUNDED THROUGH OUR CASH RESERVES AS WELL AS, UH, ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED TOWARDS, UH, CIP PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE $20 MILLION BOND FUND THAT WE HAVE OUT, AS WELL AS OTHER REMAINING BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, ISSUED ALREADY.
AND WE'RE HAVING OUR BANK AND WE'RE WAITING TO SPEND, UH, LIKE THE FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR IN THE WATER AND SEWER, CIP, THEY PLAN TO HAVE 18 PROJECTS UNDERWAY.
UH, WERE ALREADY STARTED INCLUDING $45 MILLION, MOSTLY IN THE WATER FUND.
AND AS WE MENTIONED IN THE, UM, UH, PREVIOUS ON THE WATER SEWER SIDE, WE DO PLAN TO GO BACK OUT FOR SOME WATER DEBT SERVICE, UM, HELP FUND THESE, THESE PROJECTS COMING UP IN NEXT YEAR ON A DRAINER SIDE, THEY'LL HAVE ONE PROJECT FOR ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, INCLUDED IN THAT DEBT SERVICE PLAN AS WELL.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR, THE BRIEF MOVEMENT FROM MY DESK OVER TO HERE.
UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS UP.
THEY WARNED ME THAT THIS, I DID NOT LISTEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
ALRIGHT, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED AND I WENT VERY QUICKLY, BUT ALSO GONNA HAND OUT, UM, SOME MORE DETAIL ON THE, UM, THE ITEMS UP HERE LISTED 1% REDUCTION AND 2% REDUCTION.
SO I, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY TAKE OVER RIGHT HERE AND WALK THROUGH.
DURING THE BUDGET RETREAT, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION, UH, FROM A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO POTENTIALLY KEEP THE TAX RATE OR, OR ADOPT SOME OTHER TAX RATE THAN WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
FOR EXAMPLE, PURPOSES, WE PUT TOGETHER THIS LIST OF POTENTIAL CUTS AS WELL AS IF WHAT THE IMPACT IS, IF YOU REDUCED IT BACK TO THE CURRENT TAX RATE, CURRENT YEAR'S TAX RATE.
SO THAT'S 48 72 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND PROPOSED AT 49 9, UH, IN THE, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF ONE 1.18 PENNIES.
SO, AND THAT EQUATES TO $680,000 FROM THE O AND M TAX RATE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THE O AND M TAX RATE WOULD GO DOWN FROM 34 16 TO 32 98 TO MAINTAIN THE TOTAL TAX RATE OF 48 72.
SO, UH, THE, THE DEBT TAX RATE DOES NOT CHANGE.
IT'LL STAY AT THE 1574 'CAUSE THAT'S PUT IN PLACE TO, TO PAY THE DEBTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY OBLIGATED TO, UH, THAT WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED.
THE, THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND WE CAN EXPLAIN THESE AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, JAMES HAS HANDED OUT SOME DETAIL THAT BACKS UP THE 1% REDUCTION IN BASE BUDGET AND THE 2% REDUCTION IN BASE BUDGET.
SO I'LL JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH THESE.
THE, THE INCENTIVE PAY IS THE AMOUNT OF THAT AFFECTS THE GENERAL FUND IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU SAW, INCENTIVE PAYS.
THIS IS THE INCREASE AMOUNT, IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE INCENTIVE PROGRAM, BUT THE ENTIRE INCREASE WAS ABOUT $150,000 ACROSS THE BOARD WEIGHTED WHEN YOU, IE IF YOU INCLUDE THE BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT INCREASED PAY, THIS IS JUST THE GENERAL FUND PORTION AT 125,000, THAT'S A POTENTIAL ITEM THAT COULD COME OUT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE MERIT IN STEP, THAT'S $387,000 AND THEN YOU COULD REDUCE THE ECI FROM 4.4 TO 2.2 AND THAT WOULD GENERATE $600,000 IN SAVINGS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE BASE BUDGET.
SO THESE ARE NON PERSONNEL ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BUILT INTO EACH DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
WE ASK THEM TO GO AND LOOK AT A 1% REDUCTION AS WELL AS A 2% REDUCTION, AND LIST OUT THE PROBABLE EFFECTS THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ON HOW THEY OPERATE AND DELIVER SERVICE.
THE, UH, YOU CAN SEE 1% GENERATES 150,000 ROUGHLY AND 300,000 FOR THE 2%.
THE EXACT NUMBERS THAT, THAT THE DEPARTMENTS GENERATED ARE, ARE ON THE SHEET THAT YOU WERE GIVEN.
ALSO, THERE ARE TWO LUMPS OF CAPITAL MONEY, IF YOU WILL.
SO WE HAVE PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT 200,000 AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT 250,000.
AND THOSE ARE, UH, IN THOSE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY'RE FOR A LITTLE BIT LARGER ITEMS THAT, THAT THEY PLAN TO DO THIS NEXT YEAR.
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AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE, IF WE WERE TO INCREASE ALL OF OUR FEES BY AN ADDITIONAL 5% ACROSS THE BOARD, WHAT WOULD THAT GENERATE? ROUGHLY $200,000.UM, I'LL THROW THIS OUT THERE FOR THE COUNCIL.
I, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I EMPHASIZE THE, THE, UM, THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE AS AN ORGANIZATION AND THE BUDGET WAS BUILT AROUND THAT GOAL STRUCTURE.
UM, THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY IN A PRIORITY ORDER, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO THE COUNCIL IS TO MAINTAIN AN ECI THAT'S CLOSE TO THAT 5.1% TO KEEP US IN THE MARKET AS WELL AS, UM, TO MAINTAIN COMPETITIVENESS.
I DON'T EXPECT THAT WE WOULD HAVE A, AN A, AN IMMEDIATE TURNAROUND BY NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN TERMS OF AN ECI, BUT IT DOES DEGRADE IT OVER TIME AND IT MAKES IT FOR A LOT HARDER HILL TO CLIMB WHEN WE COME TO THE NEXT TIME AROUND WHEN WE, WE HAVE A, A SURVEY, UM, A CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY.
THERE ARE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THESE, BUT, UM, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE BASE COMPENSATION PLAN IS WHERE WE GET THE MOST MILEAGE OUT OF MAINTAINING A SOLID WORKFORCE.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL LORD'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, IIII, I DO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE ON THE BUDGET, BUT AS I SAID ON FRIDAY, UM, I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WHERE IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT, THAT IF WE KEEP OUR CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE, WE'RE, WE'RE CALCULATING A DIFFERENCE OR A SHORTAGE OF 680,000 FROM WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE ON THIS SLIDE, UM, TO ME, IF WE STAY AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE, UM, I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM WHERE, WHERE WE CAN BE PRODUCTIVE AND WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE AND PASSING THAT ON TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, AGAIN, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'VE GOT IS NOT THAT THE CITY STAFF IS GOING CRAZY OR THE, OR THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOING CRAZY TRYING TO DO THINGS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T NEED.
THE BIGGEST IMPACT WE HAVE IS THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED, THAT THE IMPACT OF THE VETERANS EXEMPTION, WHICH IS A GREAT PROGRAM, UH, PUT OUT BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND TO ME, THE, THE WAY FORWARD IS TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS OUR STATE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURES, UM, AND HAVE THEM COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION TO BACKFILL AND OFFSET THAT PROGRAM THAT THEY PUT ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ADVERSELY AFFECTING SOME CITIES LIKE THE CITY OF SHEZ AT A, AT A TREMENDOUS IMPACT COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE AN IMPACT.
UM, SO I MEAN, I, IF, IF, IF THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE IS SHOWING A A A DIFFERENCE OF, OF 680,000, I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM IN HERE WHERE, WHERE IF WE PUT OUR MINDS TO IT, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO OFFSET THAT WITHOUT JUST ARBITRARILY INCREASING OUR TAX RATE AND PASSING THAT ON TO THE RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO HAVE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES.
MAYOR PROTON GIBSON, UM, I RESPECTFULLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS IS MAKING.
UM, HOWEVER, I, I BEG TO DIFFER.
UM, I THINK THAT WE HAD A, WE HAVE TO STAY IN A GOOD PENDULUM OF MOVING FORWARD IF WE DON'T DO IT NOW, I DO REALIZE THAT THIS WILL BE POTENTIALLY, UM, AN ISSUE LATER.
IS THAT CORRECT? AS FAR AS THE WAY I'M UNDERSTANDING IT, LIKE IF WE WAIT TO RAISE THIS RATE, WHICH IT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN, IT SOUNDS AWFUL, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT IT'LL HAPPEN LATER ON, WHICH WILL BE A, A LOT MORE THAN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT PROJECTION CORRECTLY? THE, THE, UM, BENCHMARK THAT WE USE, THE EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX IS PUT OUT BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES.
AND IT'S SAYING THAT AS OF JUNE 30TH, THE OVER LAST YEAR WAGES HAVE GONE UP 5.1% MM-HMM
UH, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED TO IT AS A BENCHMARK AND WHY WE TRY TO SET AS MUCH AS WE CAN GOT IT CLOSE TO IT.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT
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OUR COMPETITORS HAVE GONE UP 5% ACROSS THE NATION AND TO BE COMPETITIVE, UM, TRY TO GET THERE.SO I THINK THE BIGGEST POINT TOO HERE FOR ME IS YOUR BIGGEST SELLING POINT FROM THE STAFF SIDE CONTINUES TO BE THIS, UM, ECI.
BUT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ECI HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANY ONE OF THESE, A LOT OF LIKE ALL OF OUR OTHER CATEGORIES.
SO I SEE IT IN ITS TOTALITY, NOT JUST FROM ECI PERSPECTIVE, WHICH OUR EMPLOYEES AND AND OUR STAFF DESERVE TO LIVE WITH LIVABLE WAGES.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT POINT.
UM, HOW I SEE IT IS I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER FIX RIGHT AWAY FOR THIS.
THIS IS THE OPTION THAT WE HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, BASED ON LEGISLATION THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN NEXT YEAR AROUND THIS TIME I'M SURE, UNLESS WE ALL RALLY TOGETHER.
AND WHAT I WOULD SAY RIGHT HERE ON, ON STREAMING LIVE, OUR RESIDENTS COULD ALSO RALLY WITH US AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL STANDING FIRM ON THE LEGISLATION TO HAVE THE STATE PAY US FOR ALL OF THE DEFICITS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING FROM A CITY'S PERSPECTIVE.
NOW DO I WANT TO LAY, LAY THAT ON THE RESIDENTS HANDS? NO.
HOWEVER, THAT'S ALSO HOW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WORKS SOMETIMES.
SO I MEAN, I, I'LL I PROPOSE AND I AGREE WITH GOING AHEAD AND GOING WITH THE 4 9 9.
BEFORE I RECOGNIZE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE, UH, DISABLED, UH, VET EXEMPTION, WE CALCULATED 800,000 AS A REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT IS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET.
UH, SAME AS THE CURRENT YEAR, ROUGHLY ASSUMING NO OTHER ENTITIES APPLY FOR IT NEXT YEAR, UH, THE STATE DIDN'T INCREASE THEIR FUNDING.
UH, SO WE EXPECT TO GET ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT UNLESS OTHER ENTITIES, UH, NEW ENTITIES APPLIED, WHICH WE REDUCE OUR AMOUNT.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
UM, YEAH, RESPECTFULLY, I, I UNDERSTAND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS'S POINT TO THE ONE PENNY.
UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND THEN THE SHEET WHERE WE COULD KIND OF CUT THIS AND THE THINGS THAT WILL BE CUT, I, I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO CUTTING SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, CUTTING TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS, UH, REDUCING THE HOURS OF THE, OF THE SWIMMING POOL, UM, AND SPLASH PAD, REDUCING NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WITH GRAFF GRAFFITI.
I MEAN, KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE DOING IT, JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE PUT HERE, I'M NOT WILLING TO, TO CUT THOSE PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO NOT RAISE A PENNY.
I I GET THE STATE SHOULD BE PAYING US MORE.
UM, BUT RALLYING THE RALLYING BEHIND AND GETTING TO THE STATE, YES, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
UM, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER CITIES WERE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO RALLY AT THE LAST POLICY SUMMIT ON HAVING THE STATE REIMBURSE THOSE.
'CAUSE THERE'S SOME CITIES THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A BASE AND THEY DON'T GET ANY MONEY BACK.
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL $4.8 MILLION OUT OF OUR BUDGET, AND I THINK ALL THE, THE VETERANS SHOULD GET THEIR, THEIR JUST, YOU KNOW, THE DISABILITY HOMESTEAD, THE EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY GIVE BECAUSE THEY'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THEIR TIME AND THEY'VE SACRIFICED AND SOME HAVE GIVEN MORE THAN JUST THEIR TIME AND THEIR HEALTH.
SOME OF THEM HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THIS.
AND SO I THINK THEY DESERVE THAT.
AND I HATE TO DO THAT ON THE BACKS OF RESIDENTS, BUT UNTIL WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO RALLY WITH US AND LIKE, UM, MAYOR PRO TIM GIBSON SAID, WE NEED RESIDENTS TO RALLY AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS STATE.
YOU HAVE THIS SURPLUS IN YOUR BUDGET AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A HUGE SURPLUS.
WHY AREN'T YOU GIVING THAT TO THE CITIES THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE PROGRAM YOU PUT IN PLACE? WE THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE BEING AFFECTED WITH OUR BUDGET AND WE CAN'T DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE UNIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT JUST THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T AGREE THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAD TO PAY 650 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOLLARS.
SO EACH FIREFIGHTER IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PAY 'EM, EACH ONE OF THEM GOT ABOUT $165,000 CHECK AND THEY DIDN'T WAIT TO PAY 'EM LATER.
THEY ALL ENDED UP AT THE RELIANCE CENTER AND GAVE THEM A CHECK SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
AND SO THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T PAY THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED TO BE PAID FOR MARKET RATE, THEY WERE UNDERPAID.
AND WHETHER WE DO IT TODAY OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE GOING TO END UP INCREASING UNLESS THINGS CHANGE WITH SALES TAX REVENUE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS UP BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATE,
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I MEAN, UM, EMPLOYEE RATES AND THE ECI IS GOING UP, IT'S NOT GONNA STOP BECAUSE EVERYONE IS INCREASING THEIR PAY AND IT'S NOT GONNA STOP.AND IF WE DON'T DO IT NOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN.
LAST YEAR WE PUT TWO, WAS IT $2.1 MILLION IN TO INCREASE EVERYBODY AFTER THE CLASS AND COMP.
SO WE TOOK CARE OF EVERYONE AND BROUGHT THEM TO IT.
SHIRTS HAS BEEN ALWAYS BEHIND THE CURVE IN PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES AND KEEPING UP WITH MARKET RATE.
WE'VE GOT US WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT MARKET RATE.
I THINK WE KEEP GOING AND DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS SUFFER ALSO WITH THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE USE TO CUT.
AND I THINK OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE CLASS A TREATMENT SERVICE.
AND THEY GET THAT FROM THE CITY OF CHURCHS.
WE'VE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THAT TYPE OF CITY.
THEY TRY TO GIVE THAT AND WE NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE PAID AND COMPENSATED WITHOUT US GOING BACKWARDS AGAIN.
'CAUSE WE WERE THERE AND WE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I, I DON'T THINK, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT LEAVE FOR 4%, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE IF WE DON'T DO IT THIS YEAR, THEN NEXT YEAR IT'S 9% OR 10% OR, AND WE JUST KEEP GOING AND WE'RE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND WE PUT, PUT OURSELVES RIGHT BACK WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE AND MAKE 2.2 0.1 MILLION OR 3.1 MILLION, WHATEVER THAT ENDS UP BEING.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE THAT I PAY THE TAXES THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
MY HUSBAND DOES NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND SO I PAY TAXES JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
AND WHEN I INCREASE OR SAY THAT I'M GOING TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE, I HAVE TO PAY THAT TOO.
IT'S NOT JUST, OH, WELL EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO.
I HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO AND I WOULDN'T WANT THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE STATE'S NOT PLAYING BALL AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA PLAY BALL AND WE CAN'T KEEP, WE KEEP HAVING A DEFICIT IN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, SO I I, I AGREE WITH THE 0.49.
IT'S NOT A GREAT LOOK AND I KNOW IT LOOKS BAD WHEN THE ECONOMY IS HAVING ISSUES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THERE IS NO QUICK FIX FOR THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
FIRST OF ALL, I, I, I, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY,
BUT I'M GONNA KIND OF DEFAULT TO COUNCILMAN DAVIS.
AND, UH, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK, PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY RAISING ALL FEES BY 5%, UH, THAT'S ALMOST A NO BRAINER 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA DO IT ANYWAY.
JUST KEEP KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES.
THE INCENTIVE PAY IS ONE OF THOSE, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT BASE PAY.
SO IF WE DELAY THAT, UH, A YEAR OR SOMETHING TO, TO IMPLEMENT, UH, PROBABLY LESS, LESS, UH, TO WORRY ABOUT.
THE 1% I HATE, LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN HAYWARD SAYS THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS IN HERE THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT THE, UH, UH, THE PUBLIC'S GONNA, THE, THE PUBLIC THAT USES THESE FACILITIES, WE'LL SEE, HOWEVER, I'M THINKING OF THIS AS A ONE YEAR, UH, UH, DIG INTO THE BUDGET AND THEN WE CAN TAKE 50 GRAND FROM FACILITIES, 50 GRAND FROM, UH, PARKS, NOT, NOT UN FUND THEM, JUST REDUCE IT A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT COMES UP WITH 5 75 AND MAKE IT 52 5 OUT OF EACH ONE.
AND THERE'S YOUR, UH, OR SIX THOU, 6 75, WHATEVER.
UH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A COMFORTABLE ROOM, BUT REDUCING OUR TAXES SO MUCH TO BEGIN WITH, PUT US INTO THIS PLACE.
UH, AND TRYING TO, TRYING TO GO BACK ON 'EM.
THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, UH, CONST, MACALUSO WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT WHEN HE SAID, UH, WE, WE CAN'T, THE, THE OPTICS OF BRAZING IT IS, IS JUST NOT RIGHT.
BUT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT REDUCING TAXES JUST FOR OPTICS AS WELL IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, UH, FOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK AS, AS UGLY AS IT IS AT ONE YEAR, IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS ONE YEAR, UH, 'CAUSE I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THE ECONOMY WILL GET BETTER AND WE DO HAVE SOME REALLY POSITIVE, UH, GROWTH COMING INTO, INTO THE CITY, WHICH WILL HELP US WITH OUR, UH, TAX ROLL ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, ON THE SALES TAX SIDE.
UH, AND, AND ALTHOUGH WE WILL HAVE TO GROW ALONG WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, THE BUDGET BANDWIDTH TO DO THAT AND, AND GET BACK TO NORMAL.
AND BEFORE I RECOGNIZE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, I, I WAS DOING SOME CALCULATIONS HERE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT 49.90 OR 48.72.
THAT IS THE RANGE BETWEEN THE CURRENT TAX AND THE
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VOTER APPROVAL.IF WE CUT 170 K FROM THE PROPOSED 49, THAT WILL BRING IT DOWN TO 49.65.
IF WE FIND 340,000, WE CAN REDUCE IT TO 49.4.
AND THEN WE COME, UH, WE FIND 510,000, WE CAN REDUCE IT TO 49 15.
AND I'M PROVIDING THESE AS OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
UH, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE FOUR, THE WHOLE SIX 80.
IT CAN BE PORTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION WITH THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, WE PRESENTED IT THAT WAY JUST SO YOU COULD DO PRECISELY WHAT YOU JUST DID TO KIND OF CHOP IT UP RATHER THAN MAKE IT REALLY BUSY.
AND SO WE, WE DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT.
NO, IT'S JUST, UH, I, I JUST NEEDED FOR COUNSEL TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S AN IN BETWEEN THERE, THERE'S A COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE IN THERE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT WOULD, WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, DECIDE ON.
YEAH, MY THOUGHTS REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH FROM LAST WEEK.
I, UH, I STILL FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT, UM, I DON'T SUPPORT INCREASING THE TAX RATE AT ALL.
I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SAY RIGHT NOW, HEY, LET'S MOVE IT UP TO THIS BECAUSE IT SAYS 5.1 FOR THE ECI, EVEN THOUGH OUR REVENUES WEREN'T WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE.
AND THEN WE GO IN THE NEXT YEAR AND SALES TAX DIDN'T MAKE WHAT WE THOUGHT.
BUT THE ECI STILL WENT UP 5.2.
WE'RE JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO RAISE THE, THE RATE TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT.
I DON'T, I JUST THINK THAT'S A, A, A SLOPE.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGETS GO UP AND DOWN.
UH, OUR REVENUES GO UP AND DOWN.
AND IT'S NOT SAYING THAT STAFF ISN'T DESERVING OF AN INCREASE, THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE.
IT'S JUST YOU, YOU LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS.
AND IF THAT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S DECIDED THAT THE PAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, THEN MAYBE WE DON'T BUY SOME NEW OFFICE FURNITURE OR THERE'S NOT, UH, AN UPGRADE DONE TO AN OFFICE BUILDING OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
IF WE NEED TO MAKE CUTS SOMEWHERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, THEN, THEN MAKE THE CUTS.
BUT I, I JUST, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS.
IT'S KIND OF, I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE THIS SHEET.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF MORE USED AS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SCARE TACTIC IN TERMS OF, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE LESS UNIFORMS OR LESS GRAFFITI CAN BE CLEANED.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, I, I JUST DON'T SEE IN A PROGRAM HOW A $500 OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS HERE IS GONNA CHANGE THE COMPLETE MAKEUP OF THAT PROGRAM.
SO I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE SHEET VERY MUCH, BUT, UH, I'M STILL ON THE SAME THOUGHT THAT WE KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME.
AND IF WE DECIDE THAT DOING THE, UM, ECI TO A HIGHER PERCENT LEVEL IS, IS NECESSARY, THEN UM, THEN WE NEED TO FIND OTHER AREAS TO REMOVE SOME OF THE COSTS.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING HERE IS THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, IF WE KEEP THE, MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TAX RATE, WE'RE OFF BY ABOUT 680,000, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND IF WE PROVIDE AN ECI OF 2.2% TO OUR EMPLOYEES, THAT WOULD COVER 600,000 OF THAT.
UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT THIS THE RIGHT WAY.
UH, AGAIN, I I SUPPORT THE STAFF A THOUSAND PERCENT.
I I I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THEY DO.
AND IT'S PROJECTED TO BE AT LIKE FIVE POINT SOMETHING.
5.1 WAS THE LAST QUARTER, YES.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE FOR AN ECI FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS OR FOR THIS AREA OF TEXAS? I DON'T BELIEVE THEY BREAK IT DOWN THAT WAY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT, AT A, AT A COST INDEX TO INCREASE SALARIES BASED ON A NATIONAL AVERAGE, WHICH REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS IN THIS LOCAL AREA, IF IT'S INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND CALIFORNIA AND ALL THE OTHER AREAS.
AND EVEN IF WE REDUCE THE, THE ECI TO 2.2% AND THAT COVERS THE MAJORITY OF THIS GAP AND STILL KEEP THE MERIT STEP, UH, THE MERIT STEP PROGRAM IS ON A BASELINE 2%, CORRECT? CORRECT.
2% FOR THE STEPS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ON AVERAGE.
FOUR FOUR, THE STEPS ON AVERAGE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY WAS BASED ON THEIR HIGHER DATE.
SO COULD AVERAGE OUT ABOUT PERCENT A YEAR, 2%.
THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT THEY RECEIVE IS 4% THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN.
THE BUDGETED AMOUNT IS ROUGHLY 2% BECAUSE IT'S HALF THE YEAR, THE MERIT IS ZERO TO 4% AND IT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT
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TWO AND HALF.AND AS I SAY BEFORE, HOW MANY, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE EMPLOYEES DON'T GET A MERIT? UH, 20%.
THAT WAS BACK WHEN WE HAD LOWER TURNOVER OR HIGHER TURNOVER.
20, 20% BECAUSE THEY'RE BRAND NEW EMPLOYEES OR THEY'RE STILL ON PROBATION OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THE MOST, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR PERMANENT EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AND HAVE, HAVE, HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PROBATION TIME, THEY GENERALLY GET 2% AT LEAST OR HIGHER.
SO WE JUST DID A COMM STUDY AND WE JUST PUT HOW MUCH MONEY IN THE COMM STUDY TOWARDS ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES OVERALL, WAS IT 2.8, 2.8, 2.8 MILLION? CITYWIDE ALL FUNDS CITYWIDE.
WE JUST PUT $2.8 MILLION OUT OF OUR BUDGET TOWARDS EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
AND EVEN WITH WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE THINGS, IF WE LOWERED THE ECI TO 2.2% AND WE KEPT THE MERIT PROGRAM, THEN EVERY EMPLOYEE IS GONNA BE GETTING APPROXIMATELY, GIVE OR TAKE SOME A LITTLE BIT LOWER, AT LEAST 4% PAY RAISE.
I'M, I WILL GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY THAT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AREN'T GETTING A 4% PAY RAISE THIS YEAR.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AREN'T GETTING A 4% PAY RAISE THIS YEAR.
SO I MEAN, FOR WHAT WE JUST PUT AGAINST ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE COMP STUDY AND BRINGING THEM UP A GRADE, AND THEN WE'RE GIVING THEM POTENTIALLY ANOTHER 4%.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD DEAL FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE NOT DISMISSING ANYBODY 'CAUSE OF THE BUDGET.
BUT WE'RE SAYING YOU, YOU'RE ONLY GONNA GET A 4% PAY RAISE VERSUS A 6% OR HIGHER PAY RAISE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD TRADE OFF TO LOOK AT IT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF OUR RESIDENTS ON THEIR TAX RATE.
AND, AND ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT, THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, IF WE RAISE IT TO THE, TO THE PROPOSED RATE, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER SEVEN.
THAT'S LIKE $67 A YEAR TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER VERSUS IF WE KEEP IT AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE, THEIR TAXES ARE STILL GONNA GO UP.
DON'T, DON'T GET, UH, THIS IS ON THE RECORD, DON'T GET THIS THE WRONG WAY OR TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY.
IF WE KEEP THE CURRENT TAX RATE, EVERYONE THAT'S PAYING TAXES IS GONNA PAY MORE, BUT IT'S $20 A YEAR VERSUS 67.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BAD TRADE OFF THAT WE LOOK AT OUR EMPLOYEES AND SAY, HEY, TIMES ARE ROUGH.
THE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA PAY AN EXTRA $27 A MONTH OR WHATEVER, EVEN WITH OUR CURRENT TAX RATE.
AND YOUR PAY RAISE IS ONLY GONNA BE 4%.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT AREN'T GETTING THAT $20 ANNUAL, NOT MONTHLY.
PARDON? $20 ANNUAL, NOT MONTHLY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE, UH, TO OUR CITY STAFF.
THIS HAS, THIS IS NOT REGARDING THE COMPENSATION, THIS IS REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF OUR CITY BUDGET AND WHERE WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS CITY.
SO I DON'T WANT OUR STAFF TO MISUNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, THE WHOLE DISCUSSION IS HERE.
WE VALUE THEIR WORK AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
THIS IS ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THIS EXISTING YEAR, THIS COMING YEAR, UH, FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO MAYOR, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS JAMES WILL BE BACK ON THE 20TH AND THEN AGAIN IN EARLY SEPTEMBER FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
AND WE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES THE COUNCIL DIRECTS FROM NOW UNTIL THEN.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE WERE SEEKING DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, KIND OF AS A BODY ON, ON WHICH WAY WE SHOULD PROCEED.
SO, MM-HMM,
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I SEE NONE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PORTION OF THE WORKSHOP AND WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM
[ Discussion and Action Items]
NUMBER 12.RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 94 RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING THE STATE DEFINED TAX RATES AND SETTING THE PRELIMINARY 2024 TAX RATE.
MR. WALTERS, SO WE'RE ASKING COUNSEL TONIGHT IS TO SET A PRELIMINARY MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
UH, THIS IS THE RATE THAT WOULD GO ON ALL THE NOTICES.
COUNSEL CAN ADOPT A RATE LOWER THAN THAT RATE, UM, VOTED ON TONIGHT, BUT THEY CAN ADOPT ONE HIGHER, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, WITHOUT RESETTING NOTIFICATIONS IN THE PAPER AND HOLDING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS DEPENDING ON THE TIMEFRAME THAT COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL, UM, UM, SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS.
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SO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.4805.THE VOTE APPROVAL RATE IS 0.4990, UH, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND WHAT WAS ON THE, UH, THE ITEM WAS 0.4990.
UH, BUT THAT CAN BE CHANGED TONIGHT.
UH, WITH COUNSEL'S VOTE, UM, IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO, UH, SET A PRELIMINARY TAX RATE OF, UM, A NUMBER AND THEN WE WOULD UPDATE THE RESOLUTION AND THEN SEND OUT THE NOTICES, THE PUBLIC HEARING BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR TODAY.
MR. UH, WALTERS, IS THERE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR THIS, UH, RESOLUTION? NO, JUST A NORMAL RESOLUTION.
UH, JUST A NORMAL LANGUAGE, BUT IF YOU PLAN TO CHANGE THE RATE, THEN UM, UH, BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE REPOSED RATE IN THE MOTION.
UH, AND IS IT, IS A, JUST A PRELIMINARY RATE? IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A SUPER MAJORITY.
IT CAN BE A SIMPLE MAJORITY, BUT THE PRELIMINARY RATE HAS BEEN SET ON THE RESOLUTION 24 R 94 S 49.90.
COUNSEL, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
OKAY, I I, I WANT US TO VOTE, UH, TONIGHT AND I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, UH, GO WITH THE PROPOSED TAX RATE BECAUSE THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY WE CAN ALWAYS IN, IN OUR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT, SAY IT OUT LOUD AGAIN.
WE CAN REDUCE THE RATE BEFORE WE ADOPT THE RATE, UH, FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE CAN'T INCREASE IT AT ALL.
UH, I, I JUST WANNA GIVE US THAT WORKING ROOM.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE A PROPOSAL THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UH, UH, RESOLUTION 24 R 94 AT 4 9 9.
SECOND HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, SECOND BY MAYOR PROTON GIBSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENT KNOWING THAT WE CAN, YES, I DO.
I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
LET'S SET THE RATE NOW AND THEN IF WE CHOOSE IN THE INTERIM, WE CAN MOVE IT DOWN IF WE ALL SEE FIT GOING FORWARD AS WE START LOOKING MORE IN DEPTH INTO WHERE THERE COULD BE MONEY SAVED.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE FOUR AYES, TWO OBJECTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13.
AMEND THE CITY ASSURES CODE OF ORDINANCES AND CERTAIN OTHER ORDINANCES BY AMENDING AND ESTABLISHING FEES FOR CERTAIN LICENSES, PERMITS, AND OTHER SERVICES.
THIS IS OUR FINAL READING, MR. WALTERS.
THIS IS THE SAME ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY.
UH, THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE PROPOSAL TO THE RATES THAT Y'ALL SAW BEFORE.
UM, STAFF PULLED THIS ITEM IN CASE BASED ON THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IN THE PAST TWO ITEMS, UH, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES IN THE FEES COULD BE DONE NOW, UH, OR COUNSEL COULD APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED AND THEN COME BACK WITH DIRECTIONS FROM STAFF TO DO ANOTHER UPDATE LATER.
UM, OR JUST ACCEPT THIS ONE AND THEN, AND MOVE ON.
AND JUST FOR, JUST FOR CLARITY BEFORE, UH, WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOP,
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE AMOUNT.
IT TAKES IT OFF THE, UNLESS THE COUNSEL WANTS TO ADDRESS IT AGAIN, YOU COULD ADDRESS FEES AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
UH, IT WOULD JUST REQUIRE TWO READINGS, TWO PASSAGES.
YEAH, WE, WE PULLED IT OFF CONSENT JUST IN CASE COUNSEL GOT REALLY BEHIND THAT IDEA.
WE COULD MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT NOW.
UM, BUT IF NOT, WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON ANY INDIVIDUAL FEES THAT COUNCIL WOULD LOOK AT OR, UH, WE COULD ADOPT A STAFF'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL IF THAT'S ANOTHER DIRECTION THAT WE HEAR.
UH, YOU WANNA TAKE ANOTHER LOOK? AND, AND THAT'S FEE INCREASES.
DO NOT HAVE A, A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT THEM AT ANY POINT.
GET, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN POINT IN THE YEAR.
YEAH, I JUST, UH, WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE US PASS IT AND THEN BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION THE SECOND, THE SECOND, THE THIRD TIME, UH, WITH THIRD AND FOURTH TIME.
UH, BUT, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS ONE.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, UH, I HAVE NO DISCUSSION AND SINCE THIS IS THE FINAL READING, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 24 M1 24 SECOND.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD AND SECOND BY MAYOR PROTON GIBSON.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
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WE HAVE SIX AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.[ Closed Session]
ITEM NUMBER 14, WE'RE GOING TO A CLOSED SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN THE CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL CODE DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
CLOSED MEETING THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS NOW REQUIRED TO CONDUCT AN OPEN MEETING.
ONE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY, OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY, THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY, AND FOR WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
OR NUMBER TWO, TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT.
THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO PROJECT E DASH NINE FIVE AND PROJECT E DASH 96.
WE WILL RECONVENE AFTER OUR CLOSED SESSION.
[ Reconvene into Regular Session]
THE TIME IS NOW 8 46.UH, WE RECONVENE INTO A REGULAR SESSION AFTER OUR DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING OUR CLOSED SESSION IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 14, PROJECT E 95 AND PROJECT E 96.
AND THERE IS, UH, RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHES TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AN EXPENDITURE AS REFLECTED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND N-A-N-A-I SIGNAGE SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED IN OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 74 MOTIONS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BACK LUSO COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS? IF NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THERE IS ALSO A SECOND RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 85, A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHEZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING AN EXPENDITURE AS REFLECTED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHEZ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND LAS OPPA SHIRTS AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH COUNSEL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION? SO MOVE.
HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD COUNCIL.
ANY COMMENTS? IF NONE OF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
[ Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR]
16 IS THE MONTHLY UPDATES, MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS, AND CPI.THESE ARE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO COUNSEL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AT OUR WEBSITE.
WITH THAT COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM STAFF? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? HEARING NONE.
[ Requests and Announcements Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers for updates or information from Staff Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items or presentations be placed on a future City Council agenda City and Community Events attended and to be attended (Council)]
BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR, UM, DOING THE EXTRA WORK AND, AND PUTTING THESE THINGS TOGETHER FOR US.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE NORTH NORTHEAST OR ORTHOPEDICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE.
WHAT A GREAT, BEAUTIFUL CLINIC IN AN AREA THEY DECIDED TO BRING TO OUR GREAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO, YOU WAS ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE WATERMELON, UM, ACTIVITY THAT THEY HAD THIS SATURDAY AND, UH, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GO OR I WASN'T AS BRAVE AS COUNCILWOMAN HAYWARD, UH, WE DID, IT WAS KIND OF FUN DROPPING THE WATERMELON DOWN TO THE GROUND.
UH, YES, I DID THE, UH, T-A-M-C-C-T-M-L NEWLY ELECTED, UH, OFFICIALS, UH, ORIENTATION.
I GOT TO MC IT AND THEN, UM, STARTED GETTING PEOPLE MORE INVOLVED IN WANTING TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE, WITH TML.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
UH, IT ATTENDED THE T-M-L-I-R-P BOARD MEETING,
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UM, THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE, THE PRE-BUDGET MEETING, THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE NORTHEAST ORTHOPEDICS SPORTS MEDICINE AND SHIRTS.AND IT WAS, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
AND YES, THE SHIRTS, NATIONAL WATERMELON.
THEY GOT TO THROW WATERMELONS IN THE POOL AND SEE THEM FLOAT TO THE TOP.
AND I WENT ALL THE WAY UP IN THE LADDER TRUCK AND DROPPED A WATERMELON.
AND FOLKS, I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK, UH, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, UH, MR. WILLIAMS AND STAFF FOR ALL THE, UH, SUPPORT DURING THE, UH, TRYING TIME WITH MY WIFE'S, UH, FUNERAL AND, AND THE SERVICES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING THOSE THAT COULD.
AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING PERSONALLY.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 8 51.