* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. HERE WITH THIS, [00:00:05] THE [Call to Order] TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM IF WE, YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024 IS NOW IN SESSION. FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE, AND THE PLEDGES OF LEGITIMACY, THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. IF YOU CAN PLEASE RISE ALMIGHTY. FATHER, AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, WE HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM. GRANT US A STRENGTH TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL CITIZENS, UPHOLD JUSTICE AND FOSTER UNITY. MAY OUR DECISIONS BE FILLED WITH UNDERSTANDING, RESPECT, AND COMPASSION TO ONE ANOTHER. BLESS OUR CITY WITH PROSPERITY, SAFETY, AND HARMONY. AMEN. 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 THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. ALL RIGHT. FIRST THING [Appointment of Mayor Pro-Tem] WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, IS THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR MAYOR PRO TEMP. AND I LIKE TO READ A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT, UH, OUR MAYOR PRO TEMP, BUT I DIDN'T BRING IT ON MY NOTES. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. , HERE IT IS. ALRIGHT. OUR MAYOR, PRO TEMP IS A MEMBER OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND PERFORMS ALL DUTIES AS MAYOR. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR OR THE INCAPACITY OF THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PRO TEMP IS SELECTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE OF THE COUNCIL AND WILL PERFORM HIS OR HER LEADERSHIP UNDER THAT. THE MAYOR PRO TEMP ALSO RETAINS THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON ALL MATTERS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL PERFORMING HIS OR HER DUTIES AS THE MAYOR PRO TEMP. THE MAYOR PRO TEMP HAS A TERM OF SIX MONTHS, AND, UH, AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK MAYOR PRO TEMP MICHELLE WATSON. UH, THANK YOU FOR PERFORMING HER DUTIES AS THE MAYOR PRO TEMP BETWEEN AUGUST, 2023 AND FEBRUARY, 2024. AND BASED ON OUR PROCEDURES CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT. NEXT IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL MACALUSO. UH, HE WILL PERFORM THE DUTIES BETWEEN, UH, FEBRUARY, 2024 AND JULY, 2024. COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE PAUL MACALUSO AS THE MAYOR PRO TEMP? SO, MOVE SECOND THERE. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON. COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE. AND THERE IS THE VOTE, 6 0 6 YAYS, NO OBJECTION. MOTIONS PASSED. ALL RIGHT. IF WE CAN PLEASE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MSO PLEASE STEP UP DOWN HERE AND WE WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW MAYORAL TEMP. ALL RIGHT. [Proclamations] UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS. IF I CAN HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK AND RODEO, PLEASE. UH, JOIN ME UP HERE BY THE PODIUM. [00:05:48] OH, THERE, THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT, THERE IT IS. THIS IS, UH, THE CITY OF SAN, THE CITY OF SHIRTS PROCLAMATION, THE OFFICIAL RODEO SEASON AND LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO 2024. WHEREAS 70, THE 75TH ANNUALS SAN ANTONIO STOCK AND RODEO SHOW ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE PRESTIGE EVENT OF THIS GREAT CITY. THE ALAMO CITY WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2024 AT THE AT AND T FREEMAN COLISEUM, WHEREAS THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOWING RODEO IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT EMPHASIZES AGRICULTURAL AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS. WHEREAS SINCE THE INCEPTION, OVER $255 MILLION HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY THIS ORGANIZATION TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS. IN THE FORMS OF SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, ENDOWMENTS, AUCTIONS, CALF SCRAMBLE PROGRAMS, AND SHOW PREMIERES WITH 12.5 MILLION COMMITTED IN 1920 IN, EXCUSE ME, IN 2023, IMPACTING OVER 18,000 STUDENTS. WHEREAS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE OVER 6,000 VOLUNTEERS AND CORPORATE PARTNERS AND PATRIOTS WHO SUPPORT THE EVENT AND ITS MISSION. WHEREAS IN 2023, OVER 1.5 MILLION VISITORS ENJOYED THE EXCITING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS WORLD CLASS ENTERTAINMENT, A CARNIVAL EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS, FAMILY ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS, LIVESTOCK AND HORSE SHOWS AND SALES, AND MY FAVORITE, THE MUTTON BUSTING, AND THE SHOPPING AND SHOPPING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024, THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO WILL KICK OFF ITS LIVESTOCK SHOW TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION AND EDUCATION, EDUCATING FUTURE GENERATIONS. NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF SHIRTZ THROUGH IT, THROUGH THE MAYOR RALPH CACHE AND THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND MAKE THIS PROCLAMATION FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2024, AS THE OFFICIAL RODEO SEASON IN CHURCHS TEXAS. AND ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH, 2024, AS THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS. WESTERN DAY. AND LET'S RODEO. LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO. THAT'S YOURS. CAN I JUST, YES. DO I TALK TO THE PROUD OR THE COUNCIL? UH, I WOULD SAY TO THE CROWD, THE COUNCIL'S BEHIND US, THEY'LL HERE. OKAY. , WE ARE THE AMBASSADOR COMMITTEE OF THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. AND YES, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY. OUR COMMITTEE MEETS AND GREETS WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO PROMOTE OUR STOCK SHOW FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR COMMUNITY, AND PROMOTE OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN OUR FLOAT. WE HAVE A TRAILER AT YOUR CHRISTMAS PARADE AND 4TH OF JULY PARADE AT THE GUADALUPE COUNTY FAIR PARADE. UNIVERSAL CITY VETERANS PARADE, FLORESVILLE PEANUT FESTIVAL, MARION SAUSAGE FEST, SYBIL OAK CHRISTMAS PARADE. OUR TRAILER IS IN 21 PARADES IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES, PROMOTING OUR STOCK SHOW THIS SEASON. WE HAVE ATTENDED FOUR H AND FFA MEETINGS HERE IN GUADALUPE COUNTY, ALONG WITH GATHERINGS PROMOTING OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. CURRENT REPORTS INDICATE THERE ARE [00:10:01] 220 STUDENTS IN GUADALUPE COUNTY WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE SALE SCHOLARSHIP. THAT IS AWESOME. AND THIS YEAR, $12.2 MILLION HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, SA RODEO.COM, AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO HELP THESE STUDENTS APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME TO SHIRTS ONCE AGAIN, AND THANK SHEILA FOR HELP, FOR ALL HER HELP IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU IN FRONT? YES. OUR OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS THE UNITED KINDNESS DAY. IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THAT. UH, FIRST UNITED BANK, PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE. THE CITY ASSURES PROCLAMATION, RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY FEBRUARY 16TH, 2024. WHEREAS RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS IS RECOGNIZED ON FEBRUARY 16TH AS AN ANNUAL TRADITION OF PERFORMING ACTS OF KINDNESS. WHEREAS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FOCUS TOGETHER TO CHANGE THE WORLD, ONE RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS AT A TIME. WHEREAS THE UNITED FIRST UNITED IS SEEKING TO COMPLETE 350,000 ACTS OF KINDNESS IN ONE DAY THROUGH THE HELP OF GENER THE GENEROSITY OF OUR RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, CHURCHES, NONPROFITS, AND BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY OF SHIRTS. WHEREAS THE UNITED ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY WILL INSPIRE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO SPREAD JOY, HOPE, AND LOVE TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, COWORKERS, AND NEIGHBORS OF SHIRTS. WHEREAS THE UNITED ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY POSITIVELY IMPACTS LIVES BY EXTENDING LOVE AND ALLOWS US TO BE MORE KIND. NOW, THEREFORE, I RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR CITY ASSURES DO PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 16TH, 2024 AS THE UNITED ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY AND ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY CHURCHS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTS OF KINDNESS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE, CIOS ON BEHALF OF FIRST UNITED BANK AND OUR CEO GREG MASSEY AND HIS FAMILY, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED. AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROCLAMATION ON THE BEHALF OF THE BANK. UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART. UH, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ, UH, WE LOOKED AND OUR GOAL AND MISSION FOR OUR BANK IS TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE LOCATIONS IN. AND THIS IS ONE SMALL WAY FOR US TO DO THAT. AND WE INVITE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE, EITHER, EITHER IN A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OR KINDNESS, UH, SMILING, SMILING AT YOUR NEIGHBORS AS YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE, UH, HELPING SOMEONE IN NEED AT HEB AS THEY'RE SHOPPING OR SOMETHING BIGGER, UH, THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. BUT TOGETHER AS A GROUP, AS A COMMUNITY OF AS CITIZENS OF SHIRTS, UH, WE CAN MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE ONE DAY AT A TIME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. [00:15:31] LIKE, LIKE, UH, LIKE THEY SAID, A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS. JUST ONE SIMPLE ACT CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON SOMEONE. SO PLEASE, UH, YOU CAN DO THIS EVERY DAY, BUT MAKE SURE YOU DO IT ON FEBRUARY 16TH AND SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE EMPLOYEE [Employee Introductions] INTRODUCTIONS. UH, FIRST IS ANIMAL SERVICES. EVENING MAYOR, COUNSEL OF MR. WILLIAMS. I'M LIEUTENANT DARREN LACO, AND I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU TONIGHT TO OUR NEWEST ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, ZACHARY PAT. UH, ZACH IS, UH, WAS BORN IN GERMANY, AND HOW DID HE GET TO SHIRTS? HIS FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE. LIEUTENANT COLONEL RECENTLY RETIRED. HE LIVES HERE IN SHIRTS WITH HIS, UH, MOM SISTER WHO'S FIXING TO GRADUATE INCARNATE WORD, UH, IN THIS THIS YEAR. AND SHE PLANS ON ATTENDING HIS ALMA MATER, UH, TEXAS STATE. HE GRADUATED THIS LAST MAY FROM, UH, TEXAS STATE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ZACH TELLS ME HE LIKES TO, HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL FOR OVER 15 YEARS. HE'S ALSO GONNA BE PURSUING HIS MASTER'S DEGREE AT THE SAME ALMA MATER. HE SAYS HE LOVES TO FISH, PLAY FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. HE LIKES TO SHOOT AS WELL. HE SAYS HE'S A HUGE SPURRED FAN AND PRAYS EVERY DAY THAT THEY'LL BE GOOD AGAIN. ZACHARY BOT, MIKE MIKE'S YOURS. THANK YOU FOR THE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING HERE, AND I'M GLAD TO BE WORKING FOR THE CITY TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. WELL, WELCOME. WELCOME TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNSEL. MR. WILLIAMS. I'M LIEUTENANT JONES WITH THE SHERIFF'S POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CRIME VICTIMS LIAISON, HEATHER DAVIS. SHE STARTED WITH US BACK IN JANUARY. UM, SHE WORKED ALMOST 20 YEARS WITH, FOR THE STATE AS A PAROLE OFFICER. SHE WAS BORN IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, BUT QUICKLY MOVED TO TEXAS WHERE SHE GREW UP, BUT WENT BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOR HER CRIMINAL JUSTICE MASTER'S DEGREE. SHE CAME BACK TO TEXAS, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE LOVE OF THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. AND SHE, SHE, SHE'S CURRENTLY LIVING A CHURCH. SHE HAS A 19-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, UH, TWO DOGS. AND HER PASSIONS ARE BEACH READING, SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, AND WATCHING THE DALLAS COWBOYS. OH NO, . MAYBE WATCHING THEM LOSE, WATCHING THEM LOSE TO THE PACKERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A PLEASURE BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, . WELL WELCOME. WELCOME ABOARD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF. UM, I AM KELLY CALIS. I AM THE UNIFORMED SERVICES LIEUTENANT, AND I HAVE THE HONOR TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW POLICE CADETS THAT WILL BE STARTING THE POLICE ACADEMY, UM, FEBRUARY 20TH. SO FIRST I HAVE CATHERINE MEYERS. UM, SHE COMES FROM FORT WORTH WHERE, UM, AFTER HIGH SCHOOL SHE GRADUATED FROM ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY WITH A FORENSIC SCIENCE BACHELOR'S AND ALSO HER MASTER'S DEGREE, UM, FROM CRIMINOLOGY AND, AND JUSTICE FROM, UM, LOYA UNIVERSITY. I KNEW I WAS GONNA SAY THAT WRONG. AND, UM, SHE JUST RECENTLY BECAME A MOTHER FOR A NINE MONTH OLD BOY WHOSE SMILE AND LAUGH MAKES HER SMILE AND LAUGH EVERY DAY. AND SHE LOVES NEW ACTIVITIES, FOOD, AND, UM, LIVE MUSIC. SO I LIKE TO INTRODUCE CATHERINE MYERS. I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I AM EXCITED TO WORK WITH [00:20:01] EVERYONE AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I APPRECIATE IT. WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THAT UNIFORM SOON. YES, THAT'S RIGHT, . AND NEXT WE HAVE NICOLE STERLING. SHE IS FROM SAN ANTONIO. SHE ALSO GOT, UM, SHE GOT COLLEGE EDUCATION FROM SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, AND ALSO SHE ATTENDED AUSTIN SCHOOL OF MASSAGE THERAPY AS WELL. SHE HAS THREE CRAZY AND WILD CHILDREN WHO ARE DIFFERENT, BUT YET SIMILAR. AND SHE LOVES DOING FAMILY ACTIVITIES, UM, GOING HIKING, BUT SHE LOVES ME TIME TO DECOMPRESS, WHICH WE ALL DO. YES. SO I LIKE TO WELCOME NICOLE STERLING. I I JUST WANNA SAY I'M HONORED AND I'M EXCITED TO START THIS NEW JOURNEY. WELL, WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GONNA START THE JOURNEY HERE WITH US. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE UTILITY BILLING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW UTILITY BUILDING SPECIALIST, AMANDA LEE. SHE'S A WYOMING NATIVE WITH A PASSION FOR TRAVEL, FISHING, CAMPING. SHE'S A DEDICATED, WO A MOTHER TO HER 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER MADISON. AMANDA SPENT 20 SUCCESSFUL YEARS IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, AND SHE'S NOW CALLING CHURCH TEXAS, HER HOME, AND SHE CONTINUES TO EXPLORE LIFE'S ADVENTURES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WELL, WELCOME TO OUR CITY. [Presentations] NEXT WE HAVE A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS FROM THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. CHIEF. YES. MAYOR COUNCIL. AND, UH, MR. WILLIAMS. UH, I'M YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE, JIM LOWRY. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. AND MR. MAYOR, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STOP DOWN WITH US HERE IF WE GIVE THE AWARDS IF YOU'D LIKE. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND HEROISM AWARDS FOR 2023 WITH, FROM THE, UH, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF THE SAN, UH, NEW BRAUNFELS CHAPTER. THEY'RE KNOWN AS THE WILLIAM HIGHTOWER CHAPTER 35 OUT OF NEW BRAUNFELS. WE HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEES, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS CITY DO A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE FOUR TODAY. THEY'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I HAVE WITH ME WILL MORE OF EACH RAVIS RAVIS. HE IS A SECRETARY AND HE IS GOING TO PRESENT THESE AWARDS. REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. UH, THE SUNS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS A PATRIOTIC, EDUCATIONAL, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS, IS FIND EXEMPLARY, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, AND FIREFIGHTING, LIFESAVING HEROISM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND AS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER AT SAN MARCO PD, MYSELF, I KNOW HOW HARD THESE MEN AND WOMEN WORK, AND IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO THEM. UH, SO FIRST, LET'S SEE. WE HAVE THE EMS SERVICE AWARD, UH, TO AMY ANDERSON FOR CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YELLOW DOT PROGRAM. SO IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND I MIGHT GET A PICTURE FOR . UP NEXT, WE HAVE OFFICER JOAQUIN MONTEZ. UM, OFFICER MONTEZ, UH, WAS IN, IN INSTRUMENTAL WITH HIS BILINGUAL SKILLS, HIS EXECUTION OF HIS JOB, AND HIS, UH, ABILITIES ON VARIOUS CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND SO IT IS, UH, WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE AWARD HIM, UH, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMENDATION AWARD. [00:25:34] NEXT, WE HAVE ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT COMBINATION MEDAL. UH, THIS GOES TO SERGEANT MARTIN VINNO, UH, FOR HIS EXEMPLARY WORK AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, UH, IN THE LEADERSHIP THAT HE'S SHOWN IN THAT POSITION. AND LA LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OFFICER JUSTIN MITCH WESTON, UH, WHO IS RECEIVING THE LIFESAVING AWARD, UM, FOR HIS, UH, SERVICE AND SAVING THE LIFE OF A COMMUNITY MEMBER, UH, GOING ABOVE BEYOND, UH, HIS NORMAL DUTIES, UH, TO BE HERO FOR SOMEONE IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO, UH, OFFICER WESTON, MY PLEASURE. I JUST WANNA, UH, SHARE OUR APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DID. UH, IT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR, FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THESE AWARDS, UH, BUT MORE IS THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, PART OF OUR, OUR FORCE THAT WE ARE SO PROUD OF. THANK YOU FOR SERVING US. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ON OUR PRESENTATIONS IS A MILESTONES MILESTONE SERVICE PIN PRESENTATION. MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I LOVE DOING THESE BECAUSE THIS ACKNOWLEDGES AND CELEBRATES TENURE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION BY OUR EMPLOYEES. AND WE DO THIS FOR ONE YEAR, FIVE YEAR, 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS, AND, AND ALL THE WAY UP, UM, WHEN IT'S 20 YEARS OR MORE, WE DO IT IN THE COUNCIL MEETING WITH YOU GUYS. AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE CAN, WE HAVE, UH, CARL SCHULTZE, COME ON UP, TAKE OFF YOUR RADIO 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T DO A CALL FOR A FEW MINUTES. HOW ARE YOU? ALRIGHT. SO WE'D LIKE TO PLAY A LITTLE GAME BEFORE WE GET STARTED. IT'S CALLED WHAT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER OF 2002, WHICH IS WHEN CARL STARTED WITH THE CITY. SO THE NUMBER ONE SONG WAS DILEMMA BY NELLY FEATURING KELLY ROWLAND. THAT, AND AS I LEARNED EARLIER, THAT WAS CARL'S FAVORITE SONG BACK IN 2002. THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE WAS RED DRAGON. AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS CLOSE. SECOND WAS, UH, SWEET HOLE IN ALABAMA, BY THE WAY. UM, THE BESTSELLING VEHICLE IN AMERICA WAS A FORD F1 SERIES, UH, SERIES, AND THE COST OF GAS WAS A DOLLAR 49 A GALLON. GOOD. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY OF SHIRTZ HIRED CARL SCHULZE. SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE, LITTLE PICTURE HERE UP HERE, AND WE ARE CELEBRATING CARL FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. CARL STARTED AS A FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER WITH SHIRTS FIRED AND RESCUE ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2003. HE'S CURRENTLY A LIEUTENANT AND HAS BEEN FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS. CARL WAS BORN IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HE WAS FIVE, THEN MOVED TO BULVERDE WHERE HE CURRENTLY LIVES. HE GRADUATED FROM SMITH SMITHSON VALLEY HIGH [00:30:01] SCHOOL IN 2000. UM, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, HE STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER AT THE VERDE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEN HE WAS, WELL, I'M SORRY, WHEN HE WAS 16, HE STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER AT THE VOL VERDE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT UNDER THEIR JUNIOR JUNIOR'S PROGRAM. AND HE REMAINED A VOLUNTEER UNTIL HE WAS CERTIFIED IN 2001. HE THEN WAS A PART-TIME FI FIREFIGHTER, AND THEN BECAME FULL-TIME WITH BULVERDE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2002. WE HIRED HIM IN SHIRTS IN OCTOBER, UH, UH, OF 2003, WHERE HE REMAINS AND WILL REMAIN UNTIL THE END OF HIS CAREER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA LET HIM GO. SO YES, SIR. CARL'S MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL WOMAN, BROOKE, FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS, AND HAS BEEN WITH HER FOR OVER 20. THEY HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, STARTING WITH HER OLDEST. AVERY IS SOMEWHERE DIDN'T WANT TO COME UP HERE. SHE'S 16, FOLLOWED BY THEIR 11-YEAR-OLD TWINS. UH, BRIANNA AND CASON. BRENNA AND CASON. BRENNA, SORRY. BRENNA AND CASON. THEY ALL LOVE SPORTS AND ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. CARL LIKES TO HUNT FISH CAMP, TEND TO HIS GARDEN, WORK ON SMALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AROUND THE HOUSE. AND HE LIKES TO GO ON OUTTA STATE VACATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, SIR. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, MR. WILLIAMS, AND ESPECIALLY THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY. UH, 20 YEARS AGO, I WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO START MY CAREER HERE. AND WITH THAT, THAT HAS AFFORDED ME THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE A GREAT LIFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. SO, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO YOU WANT THE BIG ONE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL AUSTIN. ALL RIGHT. NOW LET'S DO THE STANDARD ONE. RIGHT HAND. APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO, [City Events and Announcements] UH, CITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING, UH, EVENTS. UH, MR. JAMES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW THE SHIRT, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY REGISTRATION IS OPEN. THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY IS A NINE WEEK COURSE. IT BEGINS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH, AND RUNS EVERY THURSDAY THROUGH MAY 2ND FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD. FOLKS INTERESTED CAN PICK UP AN APPLICATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ONLINE AT SHIRTS.COM/CPS. UH, JUST, UH, IN KEEPING WITH THE RODEO FOLKS BEING HERE THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH AT 1130 ABOUT, WE HAVE THE ANNUAL TRAIL RIDER LUNCH THAT'S AT PICK ROLL PARK, AND FOLKS CAN JOIN US IN WELCOMING THE TRAIL RIDERS TO SHIRTS ON THEIR WEEK LONG RIDE TO THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, UH, WE HAVE OUR NATURE DISCOVERY SERIES, DISCOVER SOILS. THAT'S NINE 30 TO 11 AT CRESCENT BEND. UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME TIME FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM WE HAVE THE SHIRTZ PD POLAR BEAR PLUNGE, AND THAT'S AT PICK PARK. INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON BOTH THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE. AS A REMINDER TO FOLKS, THE CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, AND ON OF PRESIDENT'S DAY, AND OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE BACK HERE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. JAMES. NEXT, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST, I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVEY MARQUEZ, OUR PLANNER. SHE WAS ACCEPTED TO THE A-P-A-T-X LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IS FOR, IT'S A DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE DESIGNED BY THE LEADERSHIP EXPERTS IN THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, TEXAS CHAPTER, AND INCLUDES SEMINARS THAT FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, TRAINING AND COACHING. AND, AND QUITE A BIT MORE ACTUALLY, THE A-P-A-T-X LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IS DESIGNED TO CREATE DYNAMIC, UH, A DYNAMIC NETWORK OF FUTURE LEADERS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING AND PLANNING, UH, PROMOTING THE PLANNING PROFESSION IN TEXAS COMMUNITIES. [00:35:01] DAISY'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, I KNOW SHE'LL REPRESENT SCHWARTZ WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO TODAY. ALSO, THE LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE ORGANIZATION HOSTED A VOLUNTEER CELEBRATION, SOCIAL AND PRESENTED A FEW AWARDS. AND OUR OWN, LISA LOCKEN WAS AWARDED THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AT THE EVENT. AND DURING THEIR PRESENTATION OF AWARDS, THEY ALSO GAVE KUDOS TO HER SON, JUDE, WHO, UH, VOLUNTEERS QUITE A BIT AS WELL WITH THE GROUP. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, LISA. SHE, SHE SERVES OUR SHIRTS RESIDENTS DAY IN, DAY OUT, AND, UH, REPRESENTS OUR CITY VERY WELL. UM, JOHN NOAC IS, UH, AN ENGINEER IN OUR CITY, AND HE RECEIVED THE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP WITH THE A PWA, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. THIS MEMBERSHIP IS ONLY GIVEN TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN A MEMBER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SO JOHN HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THE PROFESSION AND TO THAT ORGANIZATION FOR 30 YEARS, AND IT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. JOHN IS ALSO WORKING ON BECOMING A SPEAKER AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND A WPA IS IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE CITY. AND, UM, JOHN IS OUT THERE FULFILLING OUR MISSION OF INCREASING THE BRAND OF SHIRTS AND GETTING OUR NAME OUT THERE IN THE PROFESSION. THERE WAS A RIBBON CUTTING DEDICATION OF THE NEW SHADE STRUCTURES AT CYPRESS POINT PARK ON MONDAY THE 29TH, AND THE SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG AWARENESS. THE CICADA SUPPLEMENTED THIS PROJECT WITH A GRANT AND FUNDING FOR SEVERAL MEMBERS, SO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, UH, OUR STAFF WERE PRESENT. THE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE WAS HELD THIS PA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, AND THERE WERE 324 PARTICIPANTS. THE MOTHER ANCE WAS HELD ON SUNDAY, THE DAY AFTER, AND THERE ARE 147 PARTICIPANTS. AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SHEZ POLICE DEPARTMENT ON WINNING FIRST PLACE, UM, WITH THEIR SPECIAL OLYMPICS, TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO AREA FUNDRAISER. AS A COMMUNITY, THEY RAISED $2,915 ALTOGETHER. EVERY AGENCY THAT WAS, UH, FUNDRAISING GATHERED $8,434. AND THE, I WILL JUST SAY THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE IS THIS SATURDAY, AND I WILL BE JUMPING IN THE POOL AS WELL. SO, ALRIGHT. AND THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. HE DIDN'T JUMP IN IN JANUARY, SO HE'S GONNA DO IT IN FEBRUARY. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S A LITTLE WARMER, RIGHT? I'LL WAIT FOR THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE IN JUNE. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR. JUST ONE. UH, THERE IS A, UM, A WORKSHOP FOR CAREGIVERS AT THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER. THE SHIRTS, UH, SENIOR CENTER ON FEBRUARY 10TH, UH, FROM EIGHT TO ONE O'CLOCK. UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE CAREGIVING, UH, TO FIND OUT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UH, TO, UH, ASSIST YOU IN, UH, IN PROVIDING FOR THOSE THAT, UH, THAT YOU LOVE AND THOSE THAT YOU CARE FOR. AGAIN, THAT'S A, A WORKSHOP FOR CAREGIVERS, FEBRUARY 10TH AT THE SHIRTZ, UH, SENIOR CENTER FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK TO ONE O'CLOCK. NEXT WE [Hearing of Residents] HAVE THE HEARING, THE RESIDENCE. THIS, UH, 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 COUNSEL FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. NOW, WE DO ALSO HAVE SOME, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE. YOU CAN SPEAK DURING THE HEARING OF RESIDENCE. YOU CAN HOLD OFF UNTIL THE, UH, THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR YOU CAN SPEAK AT BOTH THE, THE CHOICE IS YOURS. SO, MAYOR PRO TEMP, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER. FIRST ONE IS MAGGIE PENNINGTON. SORRY, . GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL HEALTH AND HOME SHOW, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND AT THE CHURCH CIVIC CENTER, UH, 71 BOOTHS AND 430 ATTENDEES IN THREE HOURS, WHICH WAS CRAZY GOOD. WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING. WE'VE ALREADY GOT VENDORS SIGNING BACK ON, AND IT'S A WHOLE YEAR AHEAD. SO, UH, A LOT OF RESIDENTS CAME OUT AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME FEEDBACK ON VIDEO AND THEY FELT IT WAS THE BEST SHOW, UH, FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THEY LOVE THE DIVERSITY. WE ALSO HAD A, A DIVERSE AUDIENCE OF ATTENDEES, SO USUALLY WE TEND TO GO A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER ON SENIORS, 60 AND OVER. AND WE HAD A LOT MORE YOUNGER FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND GETTING THEIR EYESIGHT TESTED AND, AND HEALTH SCREENING. SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. UH, WANNA GIVE US SPECIAL SHOUT OUT? I THINK RICHARD IS HERE. RICHARD JAVIT AND HIS TRAFFIC TEAM, THEY ALWAYS HELP US EVERY YEAR COME OUT AND DIRECT THE VENDORS ON WHERE TO PARK AND WHERE TO SET UP AND, AND HELP OUR ATTENDEES. SO RICHARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:40:01] ON FEBRUARY 12TH, WE HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING. IT'S GOING TO BE OVER AT THE KRAMER HOUSE. IT'S, UH, FOR BE ORGANIZED AND IT'LL BE 10:00 AM IN THE MORNING. SO, UH, PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR THAT NEXT WEEK. VERY BUSY WEEK, UH, AS WELL. BESIDES THAT, RIBBON CUTTING IS OUR CASINO NIGHT, SECOND ANNUAL EIGHTIES THEME. I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE YOUR COSTUMES NOW AND YOUR AQUANET TO PUT IN YOUR HAIR, BUT THAT'S ON THE 15TH. WE STILL HAVE SOME TICKETS, UH, FOR SALE, AND YOU CAN GO ON THE CHAMBER INFO TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. AND OF COURSE, THE VERY MUCH ANTICIPATED, UH, STATE OF THE CITIES, UM, THE VIDEOS THAT ALL THREE CITIES PRESENT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING PROJECTS FOR, UH, SHIRTS AND SELMA. THAT IS THE 20TH, AND WE'RE TAKING RSVPS FOR THAT AS WELL. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ONE FINAL RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS IN FEBRUARY, AND THAT'S THE 28TH. AND IT'S GREEN VALLEY DENTAL, AND IT'S AT 4:00 PM THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. NEXT I AM HAVING A LITTLE HARD TIME READING THE FIRST NAME. IS IT DENNY LAW? OKAY. MY NAME IS DENNY LAW. I'M A RESIDENT OF SHIRTS. I'M 95 AND I LIVE ALONE. I HAVE A CAREGIVER FROM A CAREGIVER AGENCY THAT MY DAUGHTER CHOSE FROM AN AGENCY BECAUSE THE, THE AGENCY ADVERTISES, LET ME QUOTE, WE HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST COMPASSIONATE, DEDICATED, AND QUALIFIED PERSONS WHEN IT COMES TO, IN-HOME CARE. WE KNOW YOU WANT A CAREGIVER WHO IS PROFESSIONAL, COMPASSIONATE, AND QUALIFIED. OUR 10 YEAR STEP PROCESS IS VIRTUALLY UNMATCHED IN THE HOME CARE INDUSTRY. SO YOU HAVE PEACE OF MIND KNOWING YOU ARE GETTING THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE. OKAY, ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2023, THE CAREGIVER AND I DROVE TO R-B-F-C-U, WHICH IS A CREDIT UNION, AND WITHDRAW WITHDREW $6,000 BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY I WAS GOING TO THE MAYO CLINIC IN MINNESOTA FOR DIAGNOSIS AND POSSIBLY SURGERY TO CURE SEVERE BACK PAIN. WE, WE, AFTER WE WITHDREW THE MONEY, WE WENT HOME, UH, AND HAD LUNCH. AND THEN AFTER LUNCH, I TOOK THE MONEY THAT I HAD WITHDRAWN TOGETHER WITH THE RECEIPT AND I TOOK IT BACK AND PUT IT ON MY BED BECAUSE THAT WAS THE STAGING AREA FOR EVERYTHING. I WOULD NEED TO GO TO MAYO. AND AT THAT TIME, I COULD NOT KNOW HOW LONG I WOULD BE THERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD FIND. SO I HAD, I TOOK MORE MONEY THAN I WOULD NORMALLY NEED TO, TO BACK UP FOR THAT IN THE HOUSE. THERE WAS ONLY THE CAREGIVER AND ME NOBODY ELSE. AFTER LUNCH, WE WENT BACK TO MY BEDROOM TO PACK THE STUFF THAT I WOULD NEED ON THE PLANE AND IN MINNESOTA. AND THE, THE BID WAS FULL OF STUFF BECAUSE AGAIN, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG I'D BE THERE, BUT AS I GOT CLOSE TO THE END, THE TWO ENVELOPES THAT HELD THE $6,000 AND THE RECEIPT WERE NOT THERE, I SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS SEARCHING AND COULD NOT FIND IT. I KNEW IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THEFT FROM THE CAREGIVER BECAUSE THE CAREGIVER BRAGS ABOUT ALL THE CAREFUL BACKGROUND CHECKING THEY DO. SO I SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY HUNTING FOR THE MONEY AND MY DAUGHTER CAME AND SHE HELPED ME AND WE COULDN'T FIND IT. SO WE WERE FORCED TO CONCLUDE THAT. SURE ENOUGH, THE CAREGIVER DID STEAL THE MONEY. UM, I REPORTED THIS TO THE SHIRTS, UH, UH, SHERIFFS [00:45:01] AND THEY COULDN'T DO MUCH WITH IT BECAUSE, UM, ALL THEY HAD WAS MY STATEMENT AND, AND, AND I HAD THEIR SYMPATHY, BUT I COULDN'T DO MUCH WITH IT. I ASKED MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I THOUGHT NOBODY STARTS A LIFE OF CRIME WHEN THEY'RE 70 YEARS OLD. IF THEY'RE DISHONEST, THEY DON'T WAIT TILL THEY'RE 70 TO SHOW IT. SO I ASKED MY DAUGHTER TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES, SHE FOUND MY CAREGIVER HAD TWO CONVICTIONS FOR THEFT. SO THAT TOLD ME THAT THE AGENCY DID WHAT I WAS AFRAID THEY DID. THEY DID NO BACKGROUND CHECK, THEY JUST ADVERTISED THAT THEY DO. SO I'M THINKING THE CITY OF SHEZ DOESN'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A PLACE WHERE OLD PEOPLE AREN'T SAFE. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OLD PEOPLE, NOT NOT JUST ME. UM, AND THE SMUGNESS WITH THE WAY THEY APPROACH THIS, WHERE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING SIGN EXCEPT SIGNING UP MORE ACCOUNTS IS, UH, INFURIATING. SO, UM, I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL CAN FIX THIS. I BELIEVE YOU CAN DECIDE THAT NO CAREGIVER AGENCY CAN PLACE SOMEBODY IN AN OLD PERSON'S HOME WITHOUT DOING A, A BACKGROUND CHECK BY THE POLICE. I THINK YOU CAN CALL, YOU CAN TEXT THE POLICE AND GIVE THEM THE NAME AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AND THEY CAN DO THE 15 MINUTE CHECK AND COME BACK AND SAY TO THE, THE, THE CITY, UH, WE'VE CHECKED AND THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO CRIMINAL RECORD FOR THIS PERSON. YOU CAN PLACE 'EM. BUT I I ALSO BELIEVE IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING WITH THAT AMOUNT OF STRENGTH, THIS ABUSE WILL CONTINUE. WHERE THEY DISREGARD THE BACKGROUND CHECK BECAUSE THEY FIND IT A NUISANCE AND THEY BRAG ABOUT THE VALUE OF THEIR PEOPLE. AND IT'S, UH, PARDON MY FRENCH B******T, THAT'S MY STORY. I THINK WE SHOULD NOT LET THE CAREGIVER AGENCIES DECIDE THAT IT'S OKAY TO PLACE SOMEBODY IN A HOME, A PERSON'S HOME BECAUSE THEY'VE DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY DON'T CARE WHETHER, WHETHER THE PERSON THEY'RE RECOMMENDING IS A GOOD PERSON OR NOT. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. APPRECIATE, SIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OUT IN THE FOYER, THE, THE POLICE CHIEF CAN TALK TO YOU AND MAYBE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION OKAY. ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. I'LL TELL YOU, I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE HEARING IN THIS ROOM. THE POLICE CHIEF WILL MEET YOU OUT IN THE LOBBY TO GET MORE INFORMATION. I, YES. OKAY. SHE'LL HELP ME. I'M 95 AND I'M IN PRE CADAVER MODE. NOT QUITE CADAVER, BUT PROBABLY PRE CADAVER. THANK YOU. THANK ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. HOPELESS. DON'T LET US GET A REPUTATION FOR NOT CARING ABOUT OLD PEOPLE. OKAY, MAGGIE, I'M GONNA TRY THIS. MAGGIE TETON? YES. ALRIGHT, DIFFERENT HAT. GOOD EVENING, MAGGIE TITTERING, 1730 SHIRTZ PARKWAY. UM, I COME BEFORE YOU AS THE NEW CHAIR OF THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE. UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WANNA THANK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GIBSON AND COUNCILMAN, UH, WESTBROOK FOR, UH, SIGNING ON TO BE OUR LIAISONS. UH, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. GOT A, A LOT OF THINGS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO A LITTLE STRATEGIZING AT THE MEETING. UH, WANTED TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE THAT WE DID CHANGE OUR MEETINGS. THEY ARE NOW THE FOURTH WEDNESDAYS OF THE MONTH IN THE BOB ANDREWS, UH, MEETING ROOM FROM SIX TO SEVEN. AND, UH, WE HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, OFFICIAL CEREMONY ON FEBRUARY 23RD. WE'RE DEDICATING, UH, THE PLAQUE ON SAMUEL CLEMENS GO BUFFS, UH, TO, UH, MAKE IT A DESIGNATED HISTORICAL BUILDING IN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ. SO THAT'S AT 10:00 AM FEBRUARY 23RD. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO EACH [00:50:01] MONTH BEING ABLE TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED. WE'RE GOING TO DO STRATEGY RISE FOR 2024. AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT, UH, JUDY GOLD, ERIC DE LA GARZA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ERIC DE LA GARZA, 4 9 1 7 FM 3 0 0 9. I WAS HERE WITH THE, UH, CHAMBER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM JUST HERE IN OBSERVANCE, UH, ALSO HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED BANK, UH, ORGANIZATION. SO APPRECIATE YOU PROCLAIMING THE, UH, UNITED ACTS OF KINDNESS STATE HERE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE ALL DOING FOR US. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON. CONSENT [Consent Agenda Items] AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY, AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED, COUNSEL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING. THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL. ITEM NUMBER ONE MINUTES THE MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 9TH AND JANUARY 16TH. DATE. ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES. ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R ZERO NINE. AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R ZERO EIGHT. COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? THERE, MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR. SO MOVE SECOND. MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NONE, UH, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE IF YOU CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE. WE HAVE SIX YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE [Public Hearings] HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO ONE. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO PART THREE OF THE SHIRTS. CODE OF ORDINANCES, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UDC TO ARTICLE FIVE, ZONING DISTRICTS ARTICLE NINE, SITE DESIGN STANDARDS. AND ARTICLE NUMBER 14, TRANSPORTATION. MR. HAAS FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MAYOR MR. WILLIAMS, ORDINANCE 24 S OH ONE SAMUEL HAAS, SENIOR PLANNER. SO THE MOTIVATION FOR THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IS THAT THE, SORRY, LEMME JUST POSITION THIS A LITTLE BETTER. THANK YOU. , IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG MAIN STREET, I THINK IS GOING AT A RELATIVELY SLOW PACE. AND THEN, AND WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE MAIN STREET COMMITTEE, UH, STAFF IS PROPOSING A FEW AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD SORT OF HELP FACILITATE SOME THINGS TO HAPPEN ALONG MAIN STREET. AND WHEN STAFF WAS RESEARCHING AND LOOKING AT OUR CODE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT, WHERE THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS COULD TAKE PLACE, WE ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY WITHIN ARTICLE FIVE TO SORT OF CLEAN UP SOME THINGS IN OUR UDC. SO WE HAVE 10 TOTAL SECTIONS IN THE UDC BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS SPECIFIC ORDINANCE. UH, THESE ARE THE SECTIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE TONIGHT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS, UH, IN ARTICLE FIVE NINE AND IN 14. SO WE'LL START FIRST WITH THE UDC CLEANUP THAT I MENTIONED. AND THIS IS HAPPENING EXCLUSIVELY IN ARTICLE FIVE. SO IN 2 1 5 2, THERE IS THIS TABLE HERE THAT ESTABLISHES OUR ZONING DISTRICTS. IT PRECLUDES THE WHOLE BASICALLY SECTION THE ARTICLE. AND YOU'LL SEE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THIS TABLE, THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THE CITY GOLF COURSE DISTRICT, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION DISTRICT, MIXED USE DISTRICT, ET CETERA, DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICTS. AND MOST LIKELY THESE WERE WRITTEN OUT OF THE CODE AND JUST PROBABLY OVERLOOKED IN THIS SECTION AT A PREVIOUS POINT IN TIME. SO STAFF IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE ITEMS THAT WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY USING. AND IN 21 5 6, THIS GOLF COURSE DISTRICT, YOU SEE HERE, UH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THIS DISTRICT ANYMORE. IT'S, IT WAS LEFT IN THE UDC. UH, FURTHERMORE GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S PERMITTED WITHIN A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. SO IT'S NOT REALLY NECESSARY ANYMORE. SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO SORT OF STRIKE THAT FROM THE UDC. UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN EARLY 2023, WE UH, CHANGED THE PARKING STANDARDS FOR, UM, APARTMENT MULTIFAMILY, OUR FOUR DISTRICT, UH, WHERE THERE, THERE WAS THIS KEY ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS TABLE HERE, UM, IN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ARROWS POINTING TO IT THERE. AND THIS WAS FOR THE APARTMENT MULTI-FAMILY [00:55:01] DISTRICT SAYING THAT, UM, 1.5 PARKING SPACES PER BEDROOM, THAT'S CHANGED. AND IT WAS CHANGED IN ARTICLE 11 WHERE OUR PARK, I MEAN, ARTICLE 10 WHERE OUR PARKING STANDARDS WERE, BUT IT WASN'T CHANGED IN THIS, UH, TABLE. SO WE'RE GOING IN THERE AND WE'RE GONNA, YOU'LL SEE HERE WHERE THE SCROLL THE MOUSE IS THAT WE'RE CHANGING THAT TO MATCH WHAT'S IN ARTICLE TEN TWO PARKING SPACES PER BEDROOM PLUS 5%. AND THAT MATCHES WHAT'S IN THE UDC MAKES IT MORE CONSISTENT. SO THERE'S GOING DOWN ARTICLE FIVE, WE HAVE THREE, UH, SECTIONS THAT ARE JUST NOT USED IN THE CITY. UH, YOU'LL SEE 21 512 AGGREGATE AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MIXED USE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. UH, WE HAVE A SEPARATE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SECTION IN THE UDC THAT ALL APPLICANTS USE WHEN THEY WANT TO COME IN FOR THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF ZONE CHANGE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 21 5 3 ESTATE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, I BELIEVE HALLEY'S COVE USES THAT AS A BASIS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PDD SINCE THAT'S BEING USED. WE HAVE TO LEAVE THAT IN THE UDC 21. 515 IS DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICTS. UH, THESE WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2013 WITH THE SECTOR PLAN. UM, THEY WERE CODIFIED. THERE WERE, THERE'S THESE LONG EX DISTINCTIVE SECTIONS IN THE UDC, HOWEVER, UH, NO ONE ACTUALLY WENT AND ESTABLISHED THEM IN THE CITY. AND, UH, A LOT OF WHAT'S IN THOSE SECTIONS NOW ARE KIND OF OUTDATED. SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN CONFORM WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ANYMORE. SO STAFF IS PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THAT FROM THE UDC AS WELL. SO ONTO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THIS AMENDMENT, WHICH IS THE MAIN STREET A, UH, AMENDMENTS, UH, THESE ARE HAPPENING IN ARTICLE FIVE NINE AND IN 14, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, UH, THIS IS THE MAIN STREET C AREA MAP. AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY IS FROM SHIRTS, PARKWAY TO AVIATION BOULEVARD. JUST PASSED IT A LITTLE BIT ALONG MAIN STREET HERE. THIS IS WHAT THE CON CURRENT ZONING MAP LOOKS LIKE. YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PINK DISTRICTS ARE GONNA BE OUR MAIN STREET DISTRICTS. CURRENTLY THERE'S EIGHT PARCELS THAT ARE CONSIDERED MAIN STREET MIXED USE. AND THEN THERE'S TWO PARCELS THAT WE HAVE AS MAIN STREET MIXED USE, NEW DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN MAIN STREET. AND SO YOU'LL HEAR ME REFERRING TO THOSE QUITE A BIT. SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO, OR WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS, UH, IN SECTION 2155, THERE'S THIS LITTLE NARRATIVE ABOUT, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ESTABLISHING THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THEIR STATEMENT OF PURPOSE, UH, IN SUBSECTION NINE OR IN N AND ZERO WE'RE, WE ARE EXPANDING ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND WE'RE SAYING THAT THE ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR BOTH SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES. AND I'LL ELABORATE ON THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE PERMITTED USES. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE SAY MULTIFAMILY, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE THIS IMAGE IN OUR HEAD OF THIS LARGE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE PARCEL SIZES ON MAIN STREET AND THE HEIGHT LIMITATIONS THAT ARE IN OUR UVC PREVENT A LOT OF THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT FROM HAPPENING. SO WHAT STAFF REALLY IS ENVISIONING FOR A POTENTIAL FOR THIS AREA IS MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH IS 8 0 5 MAIN STREET'S ALREADY THERE. AND GOING ALONG WITH THAT, SO WE HAVE, UH, THIS TABLE HERE CALLED, UH, IS OUR DIMENSIONAL AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS 2157. WE'RE ADDING, UM, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE REDUCING THE REAR SETBACK IN THE MAIN STREET MIXED USE DISTRICT. THIS MATCHES WHAT WE ALREADY PERMIT IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. SO WE'RE JUST ALIGNING THOSE ALSO IN THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS. WE ARE ELIMINATING THE NEW DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS AND WE'RE JUST GOING WITH TWO SPACES, WHICH WE ALREADY DO FOR THE MAIN STREET MIXED USE DISTRICT. SO YOU'LL SEE WE'RE KIND OF ALIGNING BOTH THE DISTRICTS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EASY ALONG THE, THE STREET THERE. AND ENGINEERING REQUESTED THAT WE IN OUR KEY HERE ON, UH, H THAT FOR PROPERTIES ON MAIN STREET, THE CITY ENGINEER COULD REDUCE THE SIDE YARD SETBACK ON CORNER LOTS WITH A REVIEW. AND IF THEY DETERMINE THAT, THAT'S OKAY. AND SO WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO EXPAND THE PERMITTED USES IN THE MAIN STREET MIXED USE DISTRICTS, BOTH OF 'EM. AND YOU'LL SEE, I'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST HERE. UM, TATTOO PARLOR WITH A TATTOOED PARLOR WITH A LIMITED USE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. UH, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT DWELLING. CURRENTLY, IT'S NOT PERMITTED IN THIS DISTRICT, HOWEVER, THERE'S ALREADY AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE AT 8 0 5 AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF MATCHING WHAT'S ALREADY ON THE GROUND WITH THE UEC AS WELL. UH, ONE FAMILY DWELLING ATTACHED [01:00:01] PRIVATE CLUB THEATER, INDOOR, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING A TICOS TO BE ON UH, MAIN STREET, BUT PERHAPS MAYBE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE. UM, TWO FAMILY DWELLING AUTOMOBILE PARKING STRUCTURE AND GARAGE. WHEN WE PRESENTED THESE, UH, THIS ORDINANCE OR THESE AMENDMENTS TO UD TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY KIND OF, UH, HAD A LITTLE CONCERN WITH THIS SPECIFIC, UH, PERMITTED USE. SO I WENT AND PULLED IN ARTICLE 16 HOW WE DEFINE THIS USE AND WE DEFINE IT AS AN AREA OR A STRUCTURE WHERE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES SERVES AS A PRIMARY USE. SO IT COULD BE A PARKING LOT WHICH IS ALREADY ON MAIN STREET, OR IT COULD BE A STRUCTURE. STAFF DOES NOT FORESEE A STRUCTURE BEING VERY LIKELY. A BIG PARKING GARAGE IS EXPENSIVE. YOU NEED A LOT OF SPACE. AGAIN, THE PARCELS ALONG MAIN STREET PROBABLY AREN'T LIKELY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. HOWEVER, WE'VE ALWAYS TREATED THIS USE AND ARTICLE OR THIS DEFINITION ARTICLE 16 FOR PARKING LOTS AS WELL. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PARKING, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. MICROBREWERY, BREW PUB, UH, BREW PUB, UH, THAT'S NOT IN, UH, OUR CURRENT, UM, PERMITTED USE TABLE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT WITH SOME AMENDMENTS COMING DOWN IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW. UH, ACTUALLY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW ON THOSE. UH, AND I'LL ELABORATE ON THE NEXT SLIDE ON THAT PET STORE, WHICH WE ALREADY PERMIT IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WE'RE JUST PROPOSING TO MATCH IN THE MAIN STREET. MUNICIPAL USE IS OPERATED BY THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND DANCE HALL SLASH NIGHTCLUB. SO AS I MENTIONED WITH THE TATTOO PARLOR, THERE'S GONNA BE A LIMITED USE AND THAT'S GONNA BE AS FOLLOW. UH, SO NO TATTOO PAR STUDIO SHALL BE WITHIN 900 FEET OF ANOTHER TATTOO STUDIO, AND THAT'S MEASURED FROM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE. AND THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR OF MAIN STREET IS ABOUT 3000 FEET. SO MORE THAN LIKELY THOSE WILL PERMIT ALLOW ABOUT TWO IN THE MICROBREWERY BREW PUB. THE DEFINITION THAT I MENTIONED THAT WILL BE ADDED, UH, WITH THE, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TOMORROW AT P AND Z. UH, THE, THIS IS THE DEFINITION THAT WE'LL BE, UH, PROPOSING. A FACILITY AUTHORIZED TO MANUFACTURE BREW BOTTLE CAN PACKAGE AND LABEL BEER AND SELL OUR OFFER OFFER WITHOUT CHARGE ON THE PREMISE OF THE BREW PUB BEER PRODUCED BY THE HOLDER IN OR FROM LAWFUL CONTAINERS. TO THE EXTENT THE SALES OR OFFERS ARE ALLOWED UNDER THE HOLDER'S PRIMARY TABC COMMISSION LICENSE, THAT'S ALMOST VERBATIM OF WHAT THE TABC CLASSIFIES AS A BREW PUB, SO WE JUST DECIDED TO PUT THAT IN THERE AS WELL. AND THEN THE LAST SENTENCE STAFF ADDED THE DEVELOPMENT MAY INCLUDE OTHER USES SUCH AS STANDARD RESTAURANT BAR OR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT. SO MOVING ON TO ARTICLE NINE, OUR LANDSCAPING SECTION IN THE UDC. UH, TYPICALLY WHEN A PROPERTY IS ABUTTING OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WE REQUIRE THAT THAT PROPERTY PROVIDES 20 FEET OF LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN, UH, ON THE PROPERTY LINE. AND, AND BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES OF MAIN STREET, WE ARE PROPOSING TO, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, ELIMINATE THAT REQUIREMENT FROM MAIN STREET. WE ALREADY DO IT FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WE'RE JUST PROPOSING TO MATCH WITH THE MAIN STREET MIXED USE DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO WE ALREADY DO IT WITH ONE. IF WE'RE GONNA ALLOW IT WITH ONE, WHY NOT ALLOW IT WITH BOTH AGAIN. UH, IN SUBSECTION 13 HERE YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS THE INTERIOR PARKING LOT REQUIREMENTS. SINCE WE ARE ELIMINATING PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN GENERAL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM DO PARKING LOT REQUIREMENTS. SO, UM, AND THEN THE PERIMETER LANDSCAPE AREA. SO TYPICALLY WHEN A BUSINESS AND A RESIDENCE ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, WE REQUIRE THAT THERE, THERE IS A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN BETWEEN THOSE AND THEN AN ALSO AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY FENCE. IF THE GOAL IS FOR US TO CREATE A UNIQUE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, DESTINATION FOR LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO PARK AND WALK AROUND. STAFF FEELS THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT UNCOHESIVE TO HAVE THESE BIG EIGHT FOOT WALLS SEPARATING RESIDENTIAL USES WITH BUSINESS USES AND HAVING THESE HAVING, UH, WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ACTUALLY SHRINKS YOUR BUILDABLE SPACE ON YOUR LOT, WHICH CREATES IT A CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPING. SO WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING IS THAT WE ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALLS AND THEN WE ACTUALLY SHRINK THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM 20 FOOT TO FIVE FOOT WHEN IT'S A RESIDENCE ABUTTING A COMMERCIAL OR A MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY. THE LAST SECTION I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS AN ARTICLE 14. UM, AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN OUR TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SECTION. UH, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WHEN YOU'RE ABUTTING A ADJACENT TO A RIGHT OF WAY, THAT YOUR BUILDING SETBACK IS 50 FEET FROM THAT RIGHT OF WAY. UM, WE'RE, [01:05:01] WE'RE, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THAT REQUIREMENT FROM THE MAIN STREET MIXED USE DISTRICT. WE ALREADY DO IT FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE GONNA JUST MATCH WITH OUR MAIN STREET AND THEN THE, UH, THE SCREENING AND BUFFERING REQUIREMENT THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. UM, THE EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL WALL, WHICH IS ALSO MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 14 HERE. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE JUST PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THAT AS WELL. STAFF FEELS THAT THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR MAIN STREET. IT WOULD ALSO HELP INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT. UH, IT WOULD ALSO CREATE A MORE COHESIVE AND UNIQUE DISTRICT, UH, THAT I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WANTS FOR MAIN STREET. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE MAINTENANCE TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AS PROPOSED AND DISCUSSED, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MET ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024 AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE. THANK YOU MR. HAAS. ALRIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING THIS SUBJECT? GOOD EVENING. UH, JUDY GOLD 8 0 7 MAIN STREET. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS ORDINANCE DIRECTLY, UM, AFFECTS OUR FAMILY. WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A RES, NOT A RESIDENTIAL LOT, BUT A COMMERCIAL MIXED USE LOT ON MAIN STREET WHERE WE HOPE TO COMBINE OUR BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET. AND SO BY, UH, THESE AMENDMENTS AND APPROVING THEM, WHICH WE ARE HOPING YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS WILL, UM, HELP US TO BRING MORE BUSINESS IN MAIN STREET AND PUT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT AND BUILD FROM THE GROUND UP. SOMETHING REALLY NEW AND EXCITING FOR MAIN STREET. SO WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER, UM, AND APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, UH, THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALRIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MACALUSO, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE COHESIVENESS, UM, FOR A REASON TO REMOVE THE WALLING REQUIREMENT. IS THERE SOMETHING OTHER THAN THAT? I MEAN, IS THERE A CONSIDERATION TO THE, THE PRIVACY OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS TO HAVE A BUSINESS RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND TO NOT HAVE SOME KIND OF SCREENING OR BUFFERING BETWEEN THEM AND THE BUSINESS? YEAH, AND THAT REQUIREMENT'S IN THERE IN THE UDC, UH, FOR A REASON FOR THAT VERY REASON, AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE IN OTHER PARTS OF SHIRTS, BUT FOR MAIN STREET SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH MAIN STREET STAFF FELT THAT IT DIDN'T REALLY SERVE THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF MAIN STREET TO BE. BUT IT MAKES SENSE IN OTHER PARTS OF SHIRTS. YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE THIS AND WE MAKE PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WORKS IN OTHER AREAS, BUT I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT WHAT IS A RESIDENCE TODAY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A RESIDENCE IN ON, ON MAIN STREET FOREVER. YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE IDEA IS TO LOOK FORWARD AND TO THINK WHAT COULD MAIN STREET BE HAVING THESE EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALLS MIGHT, YOU KNOW, CREATE, PROHIBIT SOME OF THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, UH, THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ON THIS. A LOT OF IT IS HOUSE CLEANING AND HOUSEKEEPING STUFF, YOU KNOW, MAKING BOTH MS. M AND MS AND ANDY, UH, MATCHUP AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD. UH, I THINK A LOT OF COMMON SENSE IS, UH, IS BEING USED IN HERE AND, UH, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT MAIN STREET, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE LOTS, SOME OF 'EM ARE LITERALLY 30 FEET WIDE. SOME OF 'EM ARE 70 FEET WIDE. UH, THERE'S NO, IT'S NOT A LOT AND BLOCK KINDA, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN THERE. IT'S, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS NOW. SO, UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S CHANGED QUITE A BIT. IT USED TO BE EXCHANGE STREET WASN'T AS, UH, EVEN A STREET THAT WAS AN ALLEY WHERE, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, ACCESS WITH TO THE, UH, STABLES AND AND WHATNOT. BUT, UH, AGAIN, I I I LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING HERE. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO IT. AND, UH, I I I PROPOSE THAT WE, UH, UH, I MAKE AN OR OR MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE 24 S OH ONE SECOND. THAT SECOND CAME FROM DAVIS. OKAY. MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS COUNCIL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE. IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE. WE HAVE SIX YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS. MOTION PASSES. [01:10:02] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO TWO, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND SERVICES MAJOR TO APPROXIMATELY 1.5 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED 250 FEET EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 30 0 9 AND BOARD FIELD ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS GUADALUPE COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 1 2 9 9 4 9 AND ALSO KNOWN AS 1205 BOR FIELD ROAD, CITY OF ASSURES GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS. AND THIS IS OUR FIRST READING MS. DELGADO FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS FOR ORDINANCE 24 SO TWO A REQUEST FOR AN SUP FOR 1205 BORG FELD ROAD. EMILY DELGADO, PLANNING MANAGER. SO TO GET YOUR BEARINGS HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN GREEN. YOU CAN SEE FM 3 0 0 9 BORG FELD ROAD. ANOTHER POINT OF REFERENCE, THIS IS THE SEVEN 11 RIGHT ON THE CORNER. AND THEN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY USED AS CLASSIC COLLISION. ON JANUARY 19TH, WE SENT 22 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES BACK. AND THEN ON JANUARY 19TH, WE ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS FOR TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING. SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL BUSINESS OR GB AND IS DEVELOPED AS AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR, SPECIFICALLY CLASSIC COLLISION. THEY DO NOT HAVE A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SUP. SO AT THIS POINT THE LAND USE ITSELF IS CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING AND YOU CAN SEE TO SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ALSO ZONE GENERAL BUSINESS WITH TO THE EAST, UM, BRIGHTER FUTURES DAYCARE. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED TO THE WEST, WE HAVE, UM, THE SEVEN 11 AND THEN A RETAIL STRIP CENTER. SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE SUP FOR THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR SPECIFICALLY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LAND USE NO LONGER NON-CONFORMING. IF THE SUP TONIGHT IS APPROVED, THEN THE LAND USE AT THE SECOND READING WOULD BE CONSIDERED CONFORMING AND WOULD NO LONGER BE NON-CONFORMING. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT SUVS, THERE ARE 10 QUESTIONS IN THE UDC THAT WE LOOK TO FOR THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE PROPOSED U PROPOSED USE AT THE SPECIFIED LOCATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICIES EMBODIED IN THE ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN. SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THE 2002 COMP PLAN, UM, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO INCLUDE A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND LOW INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES. THIS PORTION OF SHIRTS WAS NOT EVALUATED IN THE 2013 SECTOR PLAN AMENDMENT. UM, ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED SUP IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENTLY ADOPTED COMP PLAN, AS WE ARE EVALUATING THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT, THIS PORTION OF SHIRTS IS 10 BELIEVE PROPOSED AS LOCAL CORRIDOR, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR LOCALLY ORIN ORIENTED COMMERCIAL COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CONSISTENT WITH THE 2002 COMM PLAN. UM, BUT AS A NOTE, THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS BEEN AUTOMOBILE AND REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR SINCE 2001. SO QUESTION NUMBER TWO, THE PROPOSED SUP, OR EXCUSE ME, THE PROS USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS. SO AS I STATED, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL BUSINESS, WHICH IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE SUITABLE AREAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF RETAIL AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE GENERALLY ORIENTED TOWARDS SERVING THE OVERALL NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AGAIN HAS BEEN AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR SINCE 2001 AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING THAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. NUMBER THREE, THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH AND PRESERVES THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS. SO SOME BACKGROUND HISTORY ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SO IN 2001 IT WAS DEVELOPED AS AUTO COLLISION WORKS. AT THAT TIME WE WERE UTILIZING THE 1990 U 1996 UDC, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE AN SUP FOR THE AUTO PAINT AND BODY SHOP, WHICH WAS THE LAND USE AT THAT TIME. AND IT WAS ALLOWED BY WRIGHT AND GENERAL BUSINESS IN 2006. THE UDC WAS AMENDED INCLUDING THE PERMITTED USE TABLE AND CREATED THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS MAJOR AND AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS MINOR WITH THIS UDC AMENDMENT. THE NEW AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS. MAJOR LAND USE REQUIRED THAT SUP AND GB, WHICH ULTIMATELY MADE AUTO COLLISION WORKS A NON-CONFORMING USE. SO TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT, UM, SO 1205 BERKFIELD ROAD HAS CONTINUED TO BE USED FOR BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS MAJOR OR OUR CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION, AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICE MAJOR, INCLUDING THE CURRENT OPERATION CLASSIC COLLISION. THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED THE SEP REQUEST IN TO, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT 1205 BERKFIELD CAN, CAN CONTINUE TO BE USED AS THAT AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF STIPULATIONS OF ARTICLE SEVEN IN RELATION TO THE NON-CONFORMING LAND USE. SINCE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED FOR THE SAME LAND USE SINCE [01:15:01] 2001, UM, STAFF DOES NOT FEEL THAT ANY ADVERSE IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED. NUMBER FOUR, THE PROPOSED USE DOES NOT GENERATE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR CONFLICT WITH THE EXISTING AND ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO AGAIN, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION AND UTILIZED AS THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING SERVICE MAJOR SINCE 2001. SO NO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC WOULD BE GENERATED OR, OR ANTICIPATED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUP. NUMBER FIVE, THE PROPOSED USE INCORPORATES ROADWAY ADJUSTMENTS, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES OR MECHANISMS AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS TO CONTROL TRAFFIC FLOW OR DIVERT TRAFFIC AS MAY BE NEEDED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DEVELOPMENT GENERATED TRAFFIC. SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ALREADY HAS TWO EXISTING ACCESS DRIVEWAYS ONTO BORG FOLD ROAD. THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE THOSE TWO ACCESS POINTS, SO AGAIN, STAFF IS NOT ANTICIPATING, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED. NUMBER SIX, THE PROPOSED USE INCORPORATES FEATURES TO MINIMIZE ADVERSE EFFECTS, INCLUDING VISUAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED USE ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES. SO THE SUP IS IN ORDER TO BRING THE EXISTING LAND USE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE UDC AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO EXPANSIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE, UH, IN RELATION TO THE SITE AND ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL NEED TO MEET ALL OF ARTICLE NINE, THE SITE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. NUMBER SEVEN, THE PROPOSED USE MEETS THE STANDARDS FOR THE ZONING DISTRICT OR THE EXTENT VARIATIONS FROM SUCH STANDARDS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED. IF PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS THE SITE ARE REQUESTED, AGAIN, THE SITE WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL DIMENSIONAL AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. AND AT THIS TIME, NO PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED OR REQUESTED. NUMBER EIGHT, THE PROPOSED USE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY OR GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND THE SAFE, ORDERLY, EFFICIENT, AND HEALTHFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. SO AS PART OF PROMOTING THAT HEALTH, SAFETY, UM, AND WELFARE, THE CITY SHOULD ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOPMENT COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES. SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS ADJACENT ALONG WITH THE DAYCARE FACILITY. THE DAYCARE FACILITY HAS BEEN IN OPERATIONS SINCE 2008. SO THE CLASSIC COLLISION, OR IN OTHER WORDS, THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO, UM, THE ADJACENT LAND USE STARTING. SO AGAIN, THE REQUESTED SUP WOULD BRING THAT LAND USE INTO COMPLIANCE AND WOULD NO LONGER BE NONCONFORMING. AND IN THE LAST TWO WE'RE ALMOST DONE. NUMBER NINE, NO APPLICATION UNDER THESE PROVISIONS WILL RECEIVE FINAL APPROVAL UNTIL ALL BACK TAXES OWED TO THE CITY HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL. THIS DOESN'T IMPACT THIS FIRST READING OR THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE AT PNZ, JUST THAT FINAL READING. AND THEN NUMBER 10, OTHER CRITERIA, WHICH AT THE DISCRETION OF PNZ AND CITY COUNCIL ARE DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED, UM, ANY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SUP TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR CONDITIONED UPON THE FOLLOWING. PRIOR TO A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEING ISSUED, THE SITE WILL NEED BE BROUGHT INTO FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE UDC SITE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO A PAY OF CONCRETE OR ASPHALT SURFACE FOR ALL PARKING AREAS. AND THEN AT THE JANUARY 31ST, 2024 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE DID CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL CONDITIONED UPON THE SAME REQUIREMENT OF STAFF, MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON THANK YOU MS. ALANO. ALL RIGHT. I SEE THE APPLICANT IS HERE. WOULD HE LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? NO. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF THERE'S ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, JUST BRIEF THE COUNCIL REGARDING THIS SUBJECT MATTER, IF THEY CAN STEP UP TO THE MIC. DON'T SEE ANY TAKERS. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. SO THE, THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY OPERATED BY CLASSIC COLLISION, CORRECT? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. MR. ROBERTS. AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAY THAT NO NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL IT'S BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, DOES THAT AFFECT, UM, CLASSIC COLLISION NOW OR SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE, THEY'RE GONNA JUST CONTINUE TO OPERATE. THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE NON-CONFORMING, BUT THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROPERTY TO PAVE THE BACK AREA WHERE THEY STORE VEHICLES ON THE LOT? CORRECT. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S TWO SEPARATE THINGS. I DON'T TRY TO ANSWER AND, AND CUT ME OFF IF I CAN GO TOO LONG, LIKE BRIAN SOMETIMES DOES. UM, SO CLASSIC COLLISION CURRENTLY HAS AN ACTIVE C OF O. THE SUP APPROVAL, IF IT IS APPROVED, DOES NOT ALTER THEIR EXISTING CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THEY HAVE THAT ISSUED TO THEM. THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO COME IN AND GET A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNLESS THEY, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OWNERSHIP, WANNA CHANGE NAMES. ANYTHING THAT WOULD TYPICALLY REQUIRE A NEW CFO. THE SUP IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LAND USE AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE MAJOR. SO THE OTHER ITEMS ON SITE THAT ARE NON-CONFORMING DO NOT GET AUTHORIZED WITH THE APPROVAL OF, OF THE SUP FOR THE LAND USE. SO ANY OTHER ITEMS ON SITE [01:20:01] THAT WOULD BE NON-CONFORMING WOULD STILL BE TAKEN THROUGH THE TYPICAL PROCESS THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT? UM, ? NO. YOU WERE, YOU WERE DOING GOOD. I WASN'T, I WAS NODDING IN AGREEMENT. KEEP GOING. I, I'M HAPPY. DID YOU JUST TAPER OFF? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SEE, I TALKED TOO LONG. OKAY. NO, FAIR ENOUGH. SO, SO YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S THE CASE. SO AGAIN, IT WAS REALLY IN SOME WAYS MORE JUST A REMINDER, JUST SO COUNSEL UNDERSTANDS. TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN FOR A NEW CO BECAUSE THE BUSINESS NAME HAS CHANGED, THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS CHANGES AND NEW BUSINESS COMES IN AND OUT, UM, CITY DEPARTMENTS GO OUT AND AND REINSPECT THAT PRIOR TO GRANTING A NEW CO. AND GENERALLY WHAT WE LOOK FOR ARE LIFE SAFETY ISSUES OR SORT OF CODE VIOLATIONS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP. UM, PRIOR TO THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET ALL OF TODAY'S CITY CODES, BUT THERE ARE SOME LIFE SAFETY CODES THAT HAVE TO BE MET WHEN WE GO IN AND FIND SOMETHING. AND, AND THIS IS REALLY PART OF THAT. NOW, AGAIN, IF, IF WE CHANGE THE ORDINANCE AS PART OF THAT PROCESS WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH TO LOOK AT PAVED SURFACES, THEN THAT WOULD SORT OF CHANGE WITH IT. BUT I THINK A LOT OF THIS WAS MORE JUST A HEADS UP, UM, TO REMIND THEM OF THAT. SO AGAIN, THE ISSUE WE WOULD HAVE IS WHENEVER WE GO OUT FOR A NEW CO, IF THEY'RE OPERATING IN A WAY THAT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEY HAVE TO GET THAT CORRECTED PRIOR TO GETTING A NEW, UH, CO UM, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT MIGHT BE. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY'VE REMOVED, IF THEY'RE A RESTAURANT AND THEY DON'T HAVE A GREASE TRAP, THEY'VE REMOVED IT AND NEVER HAD IT, WE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO PUT THAT GREASE TRAP IN IN ORDER TO GET BEFORE THEY GET THE NEW CO TO GET A NEW CO RIGHT. BUT IF THE EXISTING POLE SIGN IS TOO TALL, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DROP THE SIZE OF THAT POLE SIGN, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO TWO A SECOND. OKAY. THAT WAS PAUL ON THE SECOND. WHO WAS THE FIRST THERE? WATSON. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON MADE THE MOTION. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUSO SECONDED. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE IF YOU CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE. WE HAVE SIX A'S NO OBJECTION. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE [Information available in City Council Packets] ON. UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, PLANS TO DEMOLISH AND REMOVE UNOCCUPIED CITY BUILDINGS. AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 2023 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THESE ARE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING@OURWEBSITESHORTS.COM. SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON. UH, COUNSEL [Requests and Announcements] ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM COUNCIL COUNSEL, ANY POSSIBLE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE, UH, ON THE AGENDA, MAYBE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO REVIEW, UM, CITY MANAGER AND ALSO CITY SECRETARIES, UM, POSITION AND MATRIX OF THEIR PD. I THINK WE HAVE THAT ON THE CALENDAR TO, UH, REVIEW THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, UM, EVALUATION, UH, DISCUSSION, BUT NOT THE SECRETARY. SO, UH, WE WILL, I'LL GET WITH OUR CITY MANAGERS. SEE WE CAN PLACE THAT ON THERE TOO. PERFECT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOPE. ALRIGHT. ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR EVENTS THEY ATTENDED MAYOR PRO, TIM MACALUSO. UH, JANUARY 31ST, I ATTENDED, UH, DR. AILEY'S RETIREMENT FROM THE SHE BELOW UNIVERSAL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM, THE FEBRUARY 1ST ALSO ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE CARDIOLOGY CLINIC OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, IN THE SHIRT'S OFFICE. UM, AND THAT IS IT COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS? UH, YES. GREAT JOB TO THE CITY STAFF, UH, ON THE RETREAT THAT WE HAD LAST FRIDAY. AND I ALSO HAD THE, UH, THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING TSAC THIS PAST WEEK. COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON THIS PAST WEEK DID, UM, ATTENDED A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE CARDIOLOGY CLINIC OF SAN ANTONIO AND THEN ALSO ATTENDED THE COUNCIL RETREAT, COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON. I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING AT THE, UM, CARDIOLOGY CLINIC OF SAN ANTONIO SHIRTS LOCATION ALSO. UM, I DID ATTEND THE TML NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL WORKSHOP AND ALSO THE, UH, RETREAT FOR THE CITY. OKAY. COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER [01:25:01] WESTBROOK. YES, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE CARDIOLOGY CLINIC. UM, ATTENDED A HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP WITH THE REST OF THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL. AND THANKS TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MICHELLE WATSON, I WAS ALLOWED TO BE A JUDGE AT THE, UM, BURNING IN NEW BERLIN, UH, BARBECUE COMPETITION. SO I GOT THE JUDGE OF THAT ONE AND MEET SOME OF THEIR LOCAL OFFICIALS. COUNCIL MEMBER, BROWN OFF DUTY, BUT, UH, NO , UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, UH, I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MR. WILLIAMS AND THE STAFF. I THINK THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, RETREAT WAS, UH, WELL DONE AND WELL, UH, UH, WELL ORGANIZED AFFAIR. AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF, UH, GOOD OUTCOME FROM THAT. AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE POOL ON SATURDAY WITH THE POLICE PLUNGE. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, MR. WILLIAMS FOR THE RETREAT. I THINK IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL RETREAT THAT WE HAD. AND WITH THAT, IT IS 7 27. WE STAND, ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.