[Call to Order]
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THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 5TH, 2024 IS NOW IN SESSION.
FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS WILL LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYERS TO THE AND TO THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WE ARE ASSEMBLED HERE TONIGHT, I GRACIOUSLY ASK THAT YOU GRANT OUR CITY OFFICIALS THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER AND INSIGHT INTO MEETING THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
HELP US TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL.
HELP US TO SPEAK WITH CHARITY AND RESTRAINT.
HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION.
PROVIDE US WITH THE CONFIDENCE TO DO WHAT IS GOOD.
WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND REMINDING US THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY.
FINALLY, WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND KEEP THEM SAFE AS THEY WORK DILIGENTLY TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.
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, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS DO HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, AS A REMINDER, STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE HAL BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIP ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN IN ON THE SHEET THAT'S LOCATED IN THE BACK AND STUDENTS WATCHING ONLINE CAN RECEIVE CREDIT BY CONTACTING SARAH GONZALEZ AT 2 1 0 6 1 9 1 0 1 5.
AGAIN, THAT'S SARAH GONZALEZ AT 2 1 0 6 1 9 1 0 1 5.
WE HAVE, UH, TWO PROCLAMATIONS.
[Proclamations]
IF I CAN, UH, HAVE THE PROCUREMENT JUST JOIN ME UP HERE BY THE PODIUM.THIS IS THE, UH, C CITY ASSURES PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL PROCUREMENT MONTH, MARCH, 2024.
WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IS CRUCIAL TO THE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF ALL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
WHEREAS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REQUIRES SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, AND THE CITY OF SHIRTS PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HAS A DEDICATED STAFF OF PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS WITH MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE.
WHEREAS THESE PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO PROVIDING THE BEST VALUE FOR EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLAR BY PROVIDING HIGH CALIBER STRATEGIC LEGIS, LOGISTICAL AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE CITY, AND DEDICATING THEMSELVES TO EXPANDING THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
WHEREAS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT HAS TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND INDEED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH CUMULATIVE PURCHASING POWER RUNNING INTO THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WHEREAS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING HAS DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF MARCH AS PROCUREMENT MONTH TO FURTHER EXPAND THE AWARENESS OF THESE PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LEADERS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MARCH, 2024 AS PROCUREMENT MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE DEDICATED AND HARD WORK OF THE CITY SHIRTS PURCHASING DEPARTMENT THAT THEY PROVIDE ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, PURCHASING IS A SMALL DEPARTMENT, BUT WE HAVE A VERY BIG JOB AND, UM, WE GET TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT EVERY DAY, SMALL PURCHASES ALL THE WAY UP TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
IT'S REALLY, UM, A PLEASURE AND HONOR.
I'M HERE WITH ANGELA, UH, PRONE OUR PURCHASING SPECIALIST.
NANCY TOMLINSON, OUR RISK AND SAFETY
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SPECIALIST COULDN'T BE WITH US THIS, THIS EVENING, UM, BUT WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING US.OH MY GOD, WE HAVE A BIG CROWD OVER HERE.
IF WE CAN PLEASE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES AND GIRLS COME ON OVER HERE AND YOU CAN JOIN US.
THE CITY ASSURES GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTH TEXAS THE CENTENNIAL MARCH 11TH, 2024, WHEREAS THE GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTH TEXAS CELEBRATES ITS CENTENNIAL ON MONDAY, MARCH THE 11TH, MARKING THE CENTURY OF BUILDING GIRLS THE COURAGE, THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEIR CHARACTER.
WHEREAS GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS HAS A RICH HISTORY BUILT BY GENERATIONS OF BOLD WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO TOOK THE LEAD AND PASSED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO OTHER GENERATIONS.
WHEREAS TODAY'S GIRL SCOUTS STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS, U ON THE SHOULDERS OF MANY USING THEIR VOICES AND ACTIONS MORE THAN EVER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT HOME OR ABROAD.
THE GIRL SCOUTS CREATE THE WORLD THEY WANT TO LIVE IN AND STRIVE TO MAKE IT BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WHEREAS THE GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS PROVIDE A SPACE FOR THESE GIRLS TO DREAM BIG, BE THEMSELVES AND FIND A VENTURE.
AND THEY HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS, WHEREAS EVERY GIRL DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE THROUGH ITS PROGRAMMING.
THE GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS WORK TO ENSURE GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO, PUTTING THEIR MINDS TOGETHER AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO FEEL EMPOWERED AND EMBRACE THEIR UNIQUE STRENGTHS, WHEREAS THE CITY, WHEREAS OUR CITY IS BETTER BECAUSE OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RALPH GUTIERREZ MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 11TH, 2024 TO BE GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
CENTENNIAL, CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DAY IN THE SHIRT IN SHIRTS, TEXAS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.
CAN I HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE? COME ON UP HERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A FEW WORDS, MIKE TEARS? WE STILL HAVE, UH, GIRL SCOUT COOKIES, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PURCHASE ANY, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, WE REALLY, UH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THESE GIRLS AND WE ARE INSTILLING IN THEM ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID, SIR.
UM, BUILDING GIRLS OF CONFIDENCE, COURAGE AND CHARACTER.
COME HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR LEADERS FOR, UH, OUR FUTURE LEADERS.
UH, AND YOU ALL HAVE MADE AN IMPACT IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UH, AND THANKS TO PARENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WITH YOUR BACKING, UH, IT, IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE.
UH, AND, AND LIKE THEY SAID, BUILDING BETTER CHARACTER.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.
[Employee Introductions ]
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NEXT, OUR ON OUR AGENDA IS THE EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS.UH, FIRST WE HAVE ANIMAL SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS, DISTINGUISHED STAFF.
I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING, UH, ASHLEY GGO, OUR NEWEST ANIMAL SERVICES KENNEL TECHNICIAN.
ASHLEY, UH, GRADUATED MCCULLUM HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE HAS A DAUGHTER NAMED ADELYNN.
SHE HAS ONE DOG, RICKY, WHO THAT IS A RESCUE, AND SHE HAS TWO CATS, PRINCE AND CHLOE.
I TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE SHE IS AN ANIMAL LOVER.
SHE ENJOYS COUNTRY MUSIC ART, AND I ASKED HER, INCLUDING FIVE YEAR OLDS, AND SHE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, SHE DECORATES CUPS IN HER SPARE TIME, THE DRINKING CUPS AND JUGS.
ASHLEY RIEGEL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'M GLAD TO BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
NEXT WE HAVE FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
LAUGHTER WOULD YOU PREFER? OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.
UM, TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. MICHAEL MCMURRAY.
HE IS OUR NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
MICHAEL WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO.
HE, UH, HE WAS A MILITARY BRAT.
HE WENT TO SCHOOL AT UT AUSTIN, GRADUATED AND THEN WENT TO WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA AND MICHIGAN.
HE RETURNED BACK TO SAN ANTONIO IN 1999 AND WORKED WITH A COMPANY CALLED SIERRA, EXCUSE ME, SIERRA MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 22 YEARS.
JUST AS A FOOTNOTE THERE, UH, I'M BACK IN THE WORKFORCE, WHICH WAS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BY MY WIFE
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND, UH, I'VE MET MOST OF YOU AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THE WARM FEELINGS THAT I GET FROM EVERYBODY.
WELL, WELCOME TO OUR TEAM, MIKE.
NEXT WE HAVE EMS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS. UH, TONIGHT IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THREE OF OUR NEW EMS EMPLOYEES.
UH, HE'S A FULL-TIME, EMT WITH US.
UH, BRENT WAS BORN IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT MOVED TO ROUND ROCK AS A, UH, AS A KID.
HE CURRENTLY RESIDES NORTH OF US, UP BETWEEN BUTTA AND AUSTIN.
HE ATTENDED THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND OBTAINED HIS EMT CERTIFICATION THERE.
HE'S CURRENTLY ATTENDING PARAMEDIC SCHOOL TO ACHIEVE THAT FEAT AS WELL.
BRENDA'S BEEN IN EMS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
UH, CAME TO US FROM A TOWN, YOU GUYS MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT.
CILO, UH, HE WAS WITH OW FIRE
UM, HE ORIGINALLY FELT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THE PATH THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE, BUT THEN FOUND PASSION IN MEDICINE AND TREATING PATIENTS.
BRENT HAS A WONDERFUL PARTNER, BROOKE, WHO ALSO WORKS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE AS AN EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE AND SHARES BRENT'S PASSION FOR THE FIELD.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING BRENT TO THE CITY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYTHING I CAN DO HERE.
UH, HE'S ALSO A FULL-TIME, EMT WITH US.
HE STARTED WITH THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 26TH.
NOAH SPENT HALF OF HIS LIFE ON THE EAST COAST AND IN THE OTHER HALF OF NEW MEXICO.
SO HE RECENTLY MOVED HERE TO THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND HAS BEEN IN EMS NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
UH, NOAH IS RECENTLY MARRIED AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PLANNING ROOTS HERE IN SOUTH TEXAS.
I WANNA, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST FOR TONIGHT, UH, BROOKE YOUNGBLOOD.
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EMT THAT STARTED ON FEBRUARY 26TH.UH, SHE GREW UP IN A RURAL TOWN NEAR COLLEGE STATION, BUT RECENTLY MOVED TO NEW BRAUNFELS.
UH, BROOKE IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING THE SCHOOL OF EMS TO OBTAIN HER PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION.
SHE CAME TO US WITH ABOUT A YEAR OF EXPERIENCE IN, UH, AT CAREF FLIGHT OUTTA BURTON, TEXAS.
UH, WHEN SHE'S NOT WORKING, SHE ENJOYS RIDING HORSES AND PARTICIPATING IN A RODEO.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY CAREER IN EMS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING.
HE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OVER HERE.
I WAS LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU? OKAY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS. UH, IT'S MY VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TONIGHT, OUR NEWEST, UH, PART-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT MICHAEL LENO, JR.
UH, HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO, ATTENDED ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY AND IS A RECENT, RECENT GRADUATE FROM THERE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGLISH.
UM, HE'S CURRENTLY PURSUING HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND.
UH, WHEN HE IS NOT GOING TO SCHOOL AND NOT WORKING, HE ENJOYS ROCK CLIMBING IN HIS SPARE TIME, WHICH I ALSO UNDERSTAND IS CALLED BOULDERING.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT TERM BEFORE, BUT, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.
HE'S LEARNING HOW TO PLAY THE SAXOPHONE AND HE LOVES WATCHING MOVIES AND LISTENING TO LOTS OF JAZZ, WHICH I GUESS IS WHY YOU WANNA PLAY THE SAXOPHONE.
AND ROCK AND ROLL
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
GLAD TO BE SERVING A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING MORE PEOPLE IN THE VERY FUTURE.
NEXT WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. WILLIAMS. I HAVE THE HONOR TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW EMPLOYEES.
UM, WE FIRST HAVE FRANK ROJAS, WHO IS OUR NEWEST POLICE CADET.
SO HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FROM NEW MEXICO.
SO FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, UM, HE SERVED AS A DEPUTY IN NEW MEXICO, AND RIGHT NOW HE'S STUDYING TO CHALLENGE THE TEXAS STATE EXAM SO HE CAN BECOME A TEXAS POLICE OFFICER.
SO HE ALSO GR UM, ATTENDED NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY AND HE IS CURRENTLY A NEW RESIDENT WITH HIS TWO DOGS IN SAN ANTONIO.
I'M HAPPY TO BE SERVING AND I PLAN TO DO GOOD THINGS HERE.
SO NEXT WE HAVE, UM, RICHARD HERNANDEZ.
RICHARD COMES TO US FROM AFTER GRADUATING IN DECEMBER FROM THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE ACADEMY AS HE GRADUATED VALEDICTORIAN OF THE CLASS.
UM, HE WAS ORIGINALLY BORN IN SAN ANTONIO AND HE SERVED EIGHT YEARS, UM, IN OUR ARMY AS ACTIVE DUTY.
AND HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2019.
HE IS CURRENTLY STILL, UM, IN THE ARMY RESERVE, AND HE IS, WHEN HE'S NOT ACTIVE WITH HIS FOUR KIDS, HE, UM, CAN BE FOUND RESTORING OLD CARS AND LISTENING TO COUNTRY MUSIC.
RICHARD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A LONG AND PROSPEROUS CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER HERE.
THANK YOU'ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND NEXT IS PUBLIC WORKS, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MR. ROSALIO RUIZ.
HE COMES TO US WITH, UH, SOME EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC WORKS ALSO WITH SEVERAL YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL.
UM, ROSALIO IS MARRIED, HAS THREE BOYS, TWO GIRLS, AND SEVEN DOGS.
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SO, UH, PRETTY BIG FAMILY THERE.UM, HE IS A, HIS FIRST JOB WAS A MECHANIC HELPER.
UH, HIS FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS JOB IS WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE WITH PUBLIC WORKS HERE.
UH, HE LIKES TO SPEND HIS HOLIDAYS WITH HIS FAMILY, UH, GETTING TOGETHER AND, AND, AND JUST ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS WITH HIS FAMILY.
UH, HIS FAVORITE HOBBIES, HE WORKS IN THE GARAGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DOES, BUT HE WORKS IN THE GARAGE.
UH, I THINK WE'D ALL LIKE TO JOIN HIM AS IN BORA BORA.
UM, MAYBE, UH, ONE DAY, HUH? I DON'T KNOW.
UH, HIS FAVORITE CLASS IN SCHOOL WAS MATH AND HE LOVES TO RELAX AND GO TO THE BEACH AND WE WELCOME HIM INTO THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
COUNCIL MAYOR, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE ANGEL ALONZO.
HE'S WORKING FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT, HIS, UH, WIFE AND TWO DOGS.
HIS FIRST JOB WAS WITH DISCOUNT TIRE, UH, ANGEL'S.
HOBBIES ARE WORKING ON CARS AND GOING CAMPING.
HIS, UH, FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB IS GETTING TO COME BACK.
HE LEFT US FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND HE CAME BACK.
HE USED TO KNOW, UH, ONE OF THESE DAYS HE WANTS TO TAKE A VACATION TO ALASKA AND SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
NEXT I HAVE, UH, DERRICK JONES.
DERRICK IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO KIDS AND TWO CATS.
HIS FIRST JOB WAS APACHE CHIEF IN THE ARMY.
HIS FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS JOB IS GET BEING HOME EVERY DAY.
DERRICK'S FAVORITE HOLIDAY IS HALLOWEEN BECAUSE HE LIKES TO DECORATE FOR IT.
HE LIKES, UH, CREATIVE WRITING AND LIKES TO RELAX AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE WELCOME AND ALLOWING ME TO WORK HERE.
ROBERT IS MARRIED, HAS THREE KIDS AND FOUR DOGS.
ROBERT'S FIRST JOB WAS WITH DOMINO'S PIZZA.
SO FAR, HE LIKES THE CITY, LIKES THE SCHEDULE.
HIS FAVORITE HOLIDAY IS VETERAN'S DAY BECAUSE HE IS AN ARMY VET.
AND ONE OF THESE DAYS HE LIKED THE VACATION IN IRELAND.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE TEAM, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TOO.
[City Events and Announcements ]
WILL MOVE ON TO CITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.UH, THE FIRST IS THAT THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH, WE HAVE A NATURE DISCOVERY SERIES, DISCOVER ROCKS, UH, AND THAT'S AT CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK.
AND I CAN ATTEST THAT THERE ARE ROCKS OUT THERE TO BE DISCOVERED.
AND THEN OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS TUESDAY, MARCH 19TH, HERE AT 6:00 PM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
SO WE HAD THE GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE, CLEAN THE CREEK EVENT WAS HELD SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, AND WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 125 VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF THAT CLEANED AREAS AROUND CUTOFF PARK IN 1518.
AND, UH, A PORTION OF THE CRESCENT BEND NATURE AREA, REMOVING ABOUT 12,000 POUNDS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THES OAK CREEK WATERSHED.
UM, OUR EVENT WAS SPONSORED BY REPUBLIC SERVICES AND, UH, CCMA AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
WE ALSO, THE CITY HOSTED A ANNUAL KICK CANCER 5K UH, PEP RALLY ON SATURDAY AND ON THIS, THIS PAST MARCH 2ND.
AND, UM, IT BROUGHT OUT 583 REGISTERED PER PARTICIPANTS, WHICH, UH, CIRCLED AROUND, UM, PICK WORLD PARK A FEW TIMES.
AND MY, I THINK MY, MY LEGS ARE STILL SORE FROM WALKING AROUND THAT THING THREE TIMES.
BUT, UH, SCUC HAD A, A GREAT TURNOUT 347 REGISTRANTS AND THE PASCAL PATRIOTS TEAM BROUGHT OUT THE LARGEST GROUP WITH 131 RUNNERS.
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THE, THE CLEMONS DRUM LINE AND THE CHEER TEAM PUMPED UP THE RACE ENERGY.AND THEN ORANGE THEORY GOT US GOING WITH A LITTLE WARMUP BEFORE.
AND ALL IN ALL, THE $10,000 WAS RAISED FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT, WHICH WILL GO TO UT HEALTH, SAN ANTONIO, MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, UH, TO HELP IN THEIR RESEARCH.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR THE KICK CANCER.
AND THANK YOU FOR, TO THE PARTICIPANTS AND THOSE THAT CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THE EVENT.
WE ARE MAKING STRIFE WITH CANCER.
IT'S, UH, BUT UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THE FUNDS, UH, ARE NEEDED TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
[Hearing of Residents]
THE RESIDENTS.THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY PERSON WHO WISHES, WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
EACH PERSON IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
AND WE ASK BEFORE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, THERE'S TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
YOU CAN SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING OR THE HEARING, THE RESIDENCE, OR YOUR CHOICE.
SO, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP, PLEASE CALL FIRST SPEAKER DANIEL JAMESON.
THE UPDATE ON MY DAD, THE VIEWING IS TOMORROW AND THE EVENING AT COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, STARTING AT FIVE TILL EIGHT WITH THE SERVICES ON THURSDAY, UH, STARTING AT 11, INTERNMENT AT, UH, AROUND ONE ONE O'CLOCK.
WE GOTTA BE AT FORT SAM FOR THE INTERNMENT OUT THERE.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO EITHER ONE OR BOTH.
SO, UH, HAD A CHANCE TO BE WITH DAD THIS AFTERNOON.
TOUGH PILL FOR ME TO SWALLOW STILL.
SO KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR SURE THIS WEEK.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, STEVEN GARZA.
UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN GARZA, 1996 CHURCH PARKWAY.
UM, I'M HERE WITH THE CHAMBERS LEADERSHIP CORPS PROGRAM AND I'M JUST HERE TO OBSERVE.
LAST WE HAVE MAGGIE TITTERING.
A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN MARCH.
UH, WE HAVE OUR CHAMBER LUNCHEON ON THE 19TH AND WE HAVE THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WHO IS COMING TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, AVOIDING SCAMS AND FRAUD.
UH, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE AI THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, WHICH IS A BAD THING.
UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A LOT OF THE SCAMS GOING ON HAVE TO DO WITH AI IMPERSONATING VOICES AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, JASON MEZA, THAT IS ON MARCH 19TH.
ALSO ON THE 21ST, WE ARE OFFICIALLY CUTTING THE RIBBON ON CANDLEWOOD SUITES.
UH, THAT'LL BE AT 10:00 AM AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ON THE 22ND OF MARCH, WE HAVE OUR COFFEE AT THE CHAMBER.
IT'S GONNA BE ONE FRIDAY EARLIER BECAUSE, UH, THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS GOOD FRIDAY.
I'M SURE THE OFFICES WILL HAVE SHORTER HOURS FOR THE CITY.
UM, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO LET ALL THE COMMUNITY KNOW IS WE ARE HAVING OUR SHRED DAY.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THIS.
AND OUR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUP HYPER IS DOING THE SHRED DAY ON MARCH 30TH FROM NINE TO 12.
AND IT IS FREE, BUT WE ALWAYS SUGGEST A DONATION OF $5 'CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS RAISING FUNDS.
AND THIS YEAR THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO BENEFIT THE SCUC EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
SO, UH, RESIDENTS CAN BRING UP TO FIVE BOXES OF SHREDDABLE GOODS.
THEY USUALLY HAVE, UH, TWO SHRED DAYS AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THE ELECTRONIC SHREDDER FOR THE FALL, BUT THAT IS FROM NINE TO 12.
IT'LL BE AT THE CHAMBER OFFICES IN SHIRTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS ON MARCH 30TH.
AND ONE LAST LITTLE NOTE, WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GIBSON FOR COMING OUT FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE PLAQUE FOR CLEMONS GO BUFFS, UH, FOR
IT WAS A GREAT CEREMONY, IT WAS QUICK, BUT JUST REALLY
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APPRECIATED Y'ALL TAKING TIME OUT TO BE A PART OF THAT.AS WELL AS THE SAMUEL CLEMENS HISTORY, UH, CLASS, UH, WHO CAME OUT ALSO TO OUR, UH, MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
BUT ANYWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME.
[Consent Agenda Items]
AND AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 25.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 27.
AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 28.
COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT? AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
WHO WAS THE MOTION BY MOTION? MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 29 APPROVING FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE POSTPONED TO OUR NEXT MEETING, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO
[Public Hearings]
OUR PUBLIC HEARING.ITEM NUMBER SIX, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO FOUR.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO PART THREE OF THE SHIRTS.
CODE OF ORDINANCES, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UDC TO ARTICLE 16 DEFINITIONS.
MR. WILLIAMS, JUST GIMME ONE SECOND HERE.
ORDINANCE 24 S OH FOUR UDC AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 16 SAMUEL HAAS, SENIOR PLANNER.
SO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS A LENGTHY DOCUMENT THAT REGULATES OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
AND AT THE BACK OF THIS DOCUMENT IS ARTICLE 16, AND IT IS A 25 PAGE ARTICLE THAT HAS ALL A BUNCH OF DEFINITIONS AND TERMS AND THINGS THAT WE USE THROUGHOUT THE UDC, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE CITY.
SO STAFF STRIVES TO MAKE THE UDC CONSISTENT WITH ITSELF AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE CITY.
AND WHAT WE'VE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY, AS WE'RE UPDATING THE UDC AND THEN HOW, HOW HAS BEEN UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT THERE'S THESE LITTLE TINY INCONSISTENCIES HERE AND THERE.
AND SO BASICALLY THIS IS THIS, UH, UDC AMENDMENT IS LOOKING TO CORRECT SOME OF THOSE AND, AND JUST, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND REALLY THE CRUX OF THIS COMES FROM, RELATES TO ARTICLE FIVE.
AND IN ARTICLE FIVE WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED THE PERMITTED USE TABLE.
AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE EXCERPT FROM IT.
AND THIS IS A SHOWING, BASICALLY SOMEBODY CALLS UP AND THEY SAY, HEY, I HAVE THIS PROPERTY.
I WANNA DO THIS WITH THIS PROPERTY.
CAN I DO IT? AND WE GO AND WE LOOK AT, SEE WHAT ZONING DISTRICT THEY'RE IN, AND WE SEE WHETHER OR NOT SAY I WANT TO OPEN A BED AND BREAKFAST IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
WELL THAT IS, YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE WERE TERMS IN THIS PERMITTED USE TABLE THAT HAD NO DEFINITION IN ARTICLE 16, AND THAT OPENS US UP TO SOME ISSUES, WHICH I'LL KIND OF TOUCH ON LATER.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ADDING ON WAS IN THE PERMITTED USE TABLE, BUT NOT IN ARTICLE 16.
SO WE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT SOME DEFINITIONS IN THERE.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE ALL THESE ARE ADDITIONS TO ARTICLE 16.
AND THESE ARE NOT, UH, HOW DO I SAY IT? WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS.
WE ACTUALLY PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS AND WE EVEN CONSULT OUR LEGAL TEAM AND TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AND WE MAKE IT SPECIFIC TO SHIRTS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO THESE ARE ALSO SOME ADDITIONS YOU'LL SEE HERE.
AND, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING AT THE MEETING.
HOW TO REQUEST TO CHANGE THE PET STORE DEFINITION.
I CAN KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT LATER IF YOU'D LIKE.
THERE WAS ALSO THINGS IN ARTICLE 16 THAT ARE NO LONGER USED IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, THINGS THAT, UH, WERE PROBABLY TAKEN OUT AT SOME POINT.
SOMEBODY JUST FORGOT THAT THEY WERE IN THE BACK THERE.
SO WE LOOKED THROUGH THAT AND WE REMOVED, UH, THESE SEVEN ITEMS HERE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A REVISION.
SO WE DIDN'T REMOVE IT, WE DIDN'T ADD IT, BUT WE KIND OF CHANGED THE WAY IT
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WAS A LITTLE BIT AND IT WAS ALLY AND SO ALLY, INITIALLY ALLY, UH, PERTAINED TO GARDEN HOMES AND WE JUST KIND OF MADE IT SIMPLER AND KIND OF MADE IT MORE BROAD AND SO IT COULD PERTAIN TO ANYTHING HERE.SO WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE UDC, WE, WE LOOK AT SECTION 2147 D, WHICH IS THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.
SO, UH, NUMBER ONE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY, GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND SAFE, ORDERLY, EFFICIENT, AND HEALTHFUL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE FEEL STAFF FEELS THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IS MORE EFFICIENT WHEN THE UDC UH, IS, UH, MORE CONSISTENT WITH ITSELF AND ALSO OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE CITY.
UM, AND NOT PROPERLY DEFINING USES OF THE PERMANENT USE TABLE ACTUALLY OPENS UP THE DOOR FOR INTERPRETATION AND WE DON'T WANT THAT IN THE CITY.
WE WANT, WE WANT US TO STEER THE SHIP, NOT DEVELOPERS.
UH, NUMBER TWO, THE AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE TEXAS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER POLICIES AND THE UDC.
AND THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO CREATE THAT CONSISTENCY.
UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN THE UDC AND THE CITY AND STAFF LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIC PLANS OPERATIONAL VALUES SECTION, WHICH KIND OF, UM, IS UH, A GUIDING POLICY DOCUMENT IN THE CITY.
AND YOU KNOW, STAFF WANTS TO BE PROACTIVE IN INITIATING CHANGES LIKE THIS.
THEY WANT TO, WE WANT TO CONTINUOUSLY BE IMPROVING AND EVOLVING AND ANTICIPATING AND FORECASTING THE NEEDS BEFORE THE CUSTOMER IDENTIFIES THEM.
SO THAT IS WHAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS UDC AMENDMENT IS.
AND NUMBER FOUR, UH, OTHER CRITERIA WHICH CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING DEEMS RELEVANT.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO TODAY.
SO THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD PROVIDE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN ARTICLE FIVE AND ARTICLE 16, AS WELL AS OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE CITY.
THEY WOULD ALSO HELP CLARIFY THE UDC AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO USE.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THESE AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED AND DISCUSSED AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING MET PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MET ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024.
MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH CONDITION THAT THE PET STORE DEFINITION BE MODIFIED, UH, WITH THE SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDAS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
SO YOU SAID YOU HAD A LOT OF INPUT INTO IT.
YOU HAD THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, YOU HAD BASICALLY WHAT I'M GETTING AROUND TO, IT'S ALL OF YOUR DEFINITIONS WERE CONSISTENT, ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS WASTE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO FOUR.
A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SIX YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO FIVE.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 26 POINT 11 ACRES OF LAND FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE DISTRICT R DASH A TO GENERAL BUSINESS GBEA PORTION OF 1 1 2 0 9 EAST FM 1518, LOCATED 600 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LISA MEADOWS AND FM 1518.
CITY OF ASSURES BEAR COUNTY, TEXAS, ALSO KNOWN AS BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 3 0 8 3 6 3.
SO FIVE ZONE CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RA TO GENERAL BUSINESS GB SAMUEL HAAS, SENIOR PLANNER.
SO JUST TO GET OUR BEARINGS HERE, UH, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS OUTLINED IN GREEN HERE TO THE NORTH IS FM 1518.
WE HAVE RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE OVER HERE TO THE EAST OR THE SOUTH.
AND TO THE WEST IS, UH, A, UH, IS ADDITIONALLY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND THEN TO THE EAST AS WELL.
HERE IS THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION MAP.
UM, ON JANUARY 22ND, 2024, FIVE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO RESPONSES.
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SIGN WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND IN FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024, A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WITH PUBLISHED IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS FROM THE APPLICANT'S LETTER OF ATTEMPT.THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE IS FOR A, UH, MULTI-SPORT COMPLEX, WHAT WE DEFINE AS COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INDOOR.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, UH, YOU NEED TO HAVE A GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO PERMIT THAT BY, RIGHT? SO THAT IS THE WHY THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE.
UH, SO AGAIN, UH, UDC HAS SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL AND THIS IS, UH, FOR ZONE CHANGES AND THIS IS LOCATED IN 2154 D.
AND NUMBER ONE IS WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICIES OF THE GENERAL, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP HAS THIS, UH, PROPERTY DESIGNATED AS AIR INSTALLATION COMPATIBLE, AND IT'S A PRETTY VAGUE, UH, LAND USE DESIGNATION AND DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH IN TERMS OF WHAT'S ALLOWED.
IT BASICALLY JUST TELLS STAFF TO ANALYZE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY COME IN.
AND SO WE SENT A LETTER TO, UH, JBSA AND THEY CAME BACK STATING THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE REZONE AS LONG AS THE DEVELOPER MAINTAINS A 20 TO 30 FOOT CLEAR ZONE.
SO IN THAT SENSE, WE STAFF FEELS THAT, UH, THIS IS COMP, THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN.
UH, NUMBER TWO, WHETHER PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY, GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND SAFE, ORDERLY, EFFICIENT OF HEALTHFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.
SO STAFF LOOKED AT THIS PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE THROUGH THE LENS OF WHAT IS GOING ON AT 1518 AND HOW THE 1518 IS, UM, BE, IS BEING WIDENED BY TXDOT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S GONNA HAVE 120 FOOT RIGHT OF AWAY.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL IN THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN THE FUTURE.
SO STAFF SAW STAFF FELT THAT, UH, THE ZONE CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE TO GENERAL BUSINESS, UH, WAS A MORE ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY.
SO NUMBER TWO, WE FELT THAT IT MET THAT REQUIREMENT.
WHETHER THE USE IS PERMITTED IN THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE, UH, IS APPROPRIATE AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE IMMEDIATE AREA TO BE RECLASSIFIED.
AND SO WHILE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IS OUR ZONE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WIDER AREA, YOU'LL SEE GENERAL BUSINESS ALONG 1518 HERE.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE GENERAL BUSINESS DOWN HERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCHAFER AND 1518, ALONG WITH SOME NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, STAFF FEELS THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT 1518 IS HEADED IN.
SO IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT, UM, AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES TO CHANGE THIS PROPERTY TO, UM, GENERAL BUSINESS.
NUMBER FOUR, WHETHER THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS IN ACCORD WITH ANY EXISTING OR PROPOSED PLANS PROVIDING PUBLIC SCHOOL STREETS, WATER SUPPLIES, SANITARY SEWERS, AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES AREA TO THE BEST OF STAFF KNOWLEDGE, THE ZONE CHANGE WILL HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON PUBLIC SERVICES, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, FIRE, POLICE, SANITATION SERVICES, AND, UH, THE WIDENING OF 1518 SHOULD ACCOMMODATE ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT IS GENERATED FROM THIS PROJECT, WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN ENVIRONMENTAL OR, AND OR ECONOMICAL CHANGES WHICH WARRANT THE REQUESTED CHANGE.
AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FM 1518 AND WE FELT THAT IT, UH, WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR COMMERCIAL USES IN THE AREA.
SO IT DOES WARRANT A ZONE CHANGE AND, UH, THAT THIS PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE, UH, MET THIS REQUIREMENT.
WHETHER THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL ZONING, STAFF FOUND NO ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL ZONING AND WHETHER THE APPLICANT'S, SO WHETHER ALL THE APPLICANT'S BACK TAXES ARE OWED TO C HAS BEEN PAID FULL AND THIS DOES NOT IMPACT CONSIDERATION FOR THE FIRST READING OF CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN NUMBER EIGHT, UH, BASICALLY THE DISCRETION OF PLANNING AND ZONING CITY COUNCIL DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT WHAT WE'RE HERE AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO DO.
SO THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH FOR THE UDC.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN AND STAFF FEELS IT IS COMPATIBLE TO SURROUNDING LAND USES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CORRIDOR.
UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REZONING TO GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MET ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024, MADE A A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH A SEVEN ZERO VOTE.
IF, UH, THE APPLICANT LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS, UH, MIKE'S AVAILABLE MAYOR, UH, CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, WE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH, UM, BRIAN JAMES AND, UH, ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE BEST USE
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OF THE PROPERTY AND WHAT WAS REALLY GONNA FEED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.UM, OUR DAUGHTER'S PLAYING COMPETITIVE VOLLEYBALL.
UM, SO WHEN IT, WHEN IT ADDRESSES MULTI-SPORT, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS STARTED.
UH, RIGHT NOW THE, UH, COMPETITIVE TEAM PRACTICES ON COMMERCIAL OVER BY OSA.
NO AIR CONDITIONING COURT'S TOO SMALL FOR A FULL SIZE GAME AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BASICALLY OUTTA SPACE.
UM, SO THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR, FOR THE GIRLS IN PLACE.
UM, WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER, UM, REQUIREMENT THAT OBVIOUSLY WE TALK ABOUT LATER, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS AND COMPETITIVE KIDS, THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT AT GROWTH AND, AND PROPERTIES LIKE OURS WHERE IT'S REALLY LIMITED ON WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO, UM, BASED ON THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 1518 GROWTH AND THE THOROUGHFARES.
AND IF THEY SHOW UP FOR THEIR WORKOUTS AND THEY'RE IN AND THEY'RE OUT AND THEY'RE GONE, UM, A LOT LESS TRAFFIC THEN KIND OF WHAT WE SEE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
JUST TRYING TO GET OUTTA MY DRIVEWAY.
EVERYBODY'S GIVEN US THE APPROPRIATE, UM, INPUT ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE NEED TO GO NEXT, BUT REALLY IT WAS WHAT'S THE BEST VALUE ADDED TO THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND FOR THIS INITIAL STEP, THIS WAS IT.
VOLLEYBALL'S GOT AN IMMEDIATE NEED.
UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE REALLY KIND OF OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS AT THAT ONE SPACE JUST BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY OF THE SPACE TO SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, NATIONAL TOURNAMENT'S COMING UP THIS YEAR LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE GIRLS ACTUALLY SEND A TEAM, UM, IN OUR AGE GROUP.
SO IT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING YEAR.
AND I, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR ANYBODY OR, UH, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL OPEN UP TO, UH, TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN WE'LL HAVE COUNSEL ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS ON THE AGENDAS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
COUNCIL FOR FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I REALIZE YOU SAID JUST GENERAL, UH, UH, VOLLEYBALL AND WHATNOT.
ABOUT HOW LARGE OF A FACILITY ARE YOU LOOKING AT, UH, GETTING IN THERE? 2, 3, 4, 5 QUARTS OR I'M JUST KIND OF TRYING TO, IN MY MIND, GET SIZE AND PARKING AND WHATNOT.
EXCUSE ME, MR. DELATORRE, COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE MIC AND, UH, SO THAT WAY IT CAN BE PICKED UP ON THE, ON THE VIDEO.
SO IT SITS, UM, IT SITS ROUGHLY 300, 400 FEET, UM, FROM 1518 ITSELF.
AND THEN OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOR BESIDES THE BASE, UM, IS, IS FURTHER BACK ABOUT ANOTHER 600 FEET.
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE RIGHT THERE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ENCROACHMENTS OR, UH, INCONVENIENCE TO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT MORE SO I'M JUST KIND OF IN MY MIND ABOUT HOW BIG OF A FACILITY IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE BASE OFF OF 1518.
JUST A, IF THE PLAT GOES THROUGH, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOTS IN THE PLAT, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE THAT ONE THAT'S OFF OF, UH, 1604 THERE IN UH, UH, UNIVERSAL CITY, IT GETS A LOT OF USE.
AND HUNDREDS OF CARS ARE PARKED OUT THERE ON WEEKENDS AND, AND INADEQUATE PARKING.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M JUST KIND OF IN MY MIND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT.
THE, THE TEMPLATE THAT WE STARTED WITH AND STASHA'S HERE HELPING OUT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW OUR FAMILIES, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, THE CREEK AND FLOODS.
THAT THAT WAS US THAT USED TO BE MY FRONT YARD.
AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY MOVED TO, SHE'S, UM, STASHA'S DAD, STAN, AND, AND, UH, MY DAD HAD THEIR BUSINESS RIGHT WHERE, UM, EIGHT 16 ON MAIN STREET.
SO WE KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT AS FAR AS THE VOLLEYBALL AREA OVER ON 1604, UM, WE'VE SEEN IT, WE'VE LIVED IT AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THEIR MISTAKES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, HAVING THE FACILITY KIND OF, KIND OF SEEMED LIKE IT'S MORE DEDICATED TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU'RE KIND OF SIMILAR CURRENTLY WITH.
IS THAT ACCURATE? IS IT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE OPEN TO COMMUNITY TEAMS TO RENT OUT? ARE YOU PLANNING ON HAVING TOURNAMENTS ON THE WEEKEND?
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IS THERE GONNA BE SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST THE ORGANIZATION HAVING PRACTICE THERE AND, AND DEFINITELY, UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE FOUR COURT COMPLEX, IF YOU WILL, AND, AND THE TEMPLATE THAT WE USE IS IN SEIN, SO THEY BASICALLY BUILT A TWO STORY COMPLEX, ONE 20 BY 180, AND IT'S GOT KIND OF AN OVERLOOK, UM, TO WHERE, UM, SPECTATORS COULD WATCH THE ACTIVITIES.SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WENT WITH, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, THERE'S MORE ROOM FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES.
WE JUST REALLY HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T DRILLED DOWN ON THAT JUST YET.
THIS WAS KIND OF THE IMMEDIATE NEED.
AND THEN SECOND STEP WE'D PROBABLY BE STARTING WITH, WITH THE STAFF AND BRIAN TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT ABOUT DOING THIS NOW? AND KIND OF GOING FROM THERE.
SO THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE, MORE UTILITY FOR THE PROPERTY.
IT'S JUST THIS ONE SEEMED RELATIVELY QUICK AND EASY JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT THE GIRLS ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DECIDING HERE IS A LITTLE MORE BROAD THAN LIKE A SPECIFIC PROJECT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE, BASICALLY THE DECISION WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IS, IS GENERAL BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT OKAY.
AND ALL THE USES THAT COME ALONG WITH IT IN THIS AREA.
SO JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY OF THAT.
ANY OTHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN? YEAH.
THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ORDINANCE 24 SO FIVE SECOND HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT COUNCIL VOTE PLEASE.
UH, I MEAN, GOOD LUCK ON THAT, UH, VENUE.
UH, FOUR, FOUR COURTS, UH, FOUR VOLLEYBALL COURTS THAT WILL MAKE OF AN IMPACT HERE IN OUR CITY.
THE, UM, MY WIFE SAID IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE COACHES HERE KNEW THE GUY AT SINE WHO BUILT IT FROM THE GROUND UP AND HE SAID, THIS IS WHAT I DID, THIS IS WHAT I DO DIFFERENT.
AND HE BASICALLY, HE DIDN'T GIMME THE PLANS, BUT HE BASICALLY GAVE ME THE BREAKOUT AND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE HE SAID, THE, THE REAL QUESTION IS, HAS ANYBODY DONE IT WHERE IT DIDN'T WORK OUT QUITE THE WAY WE'D LIKE IT OR WHERE IT COULD BE BETTER? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE RISK IN OUR CITY, INVESTING IN OUR CITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT FACILITY.
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EIGHT.WE HAVE SHIRTS, PD T CODE 2023.
RACHEL, RACHEL PROFILING REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS AND CITY STAFF.
I'M JIM LAR, YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE.
THIS EVENING WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE 2023 RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORT, WHICH IS REQUIRED STATUTORILY TO BE FILED WITH T COLE.
WE HAVE FILED THAT REPORT AND I'D LIKE TO REPORT BACK ON SOME OF OUR FINDINGS FROM THAT REPORT.
WE'RE TALK, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DEFINING RACIAL PROFILING, A NATIONAL DIALOGUE, HOW WE GOT HERE, STATE OF TEXAS LEGISLATION POLICY AND TRAINING, AND THEN THE DATA COLLECTION AND THE REPORTING.
AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH REVIEW OF ACTUALLY SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.
RACIAL PROFILING AND CRIMINAL PROFILING.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE TWO AND ONE IS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL AND ONE IS LEGAL.
THAT IS WHERE YOU'RE USING SOMEBODY'S RACE, GENDER, NATIONALITY TO MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP.
RACIAL PROFILING IS WHERE YOU HAVE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION FROM A WITNESS THAT SAYS SPECIFICALLY THAT THERE'S A WHITE PERSON, HISPANIC, BLACK, THAT'S INVOLVED IN A CRIME, AND YOU'RE USING THAT AS A WITNESS TO LOCATE A CRIME, UH, A CRIMINAL, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT AND THAT IS COMPLETELY LEGAL.
SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE RACIAL PROFILING AND CRIMINAL FI PROFILING, UNDERSTANDING RACIAL PROFILING.
UH, I THINK THE CATALYST THAT BEGAN IN THIS IS BACK IN THE 1990S, UH, WE ELEVATED THE ISSUE OF RACIAL PROFILING THAT DOJ CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION BEGAN, UH, TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF RACIAL PROFILING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, UH, BASED OFF OF AN EXCESSIVE FORCE ISSUE BACK IN THE, UH, THE 1990S WITH LAPD, STARTING WITH RODNEY KING AS A RESULT OF THIS MISCONDUCT, THE DOJ
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DID BEGINNING, UM, THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH LED TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS COMING INTO A DECREE.AND I THINK WHERE YOU SEE DEPARTMENTS BECOMING MANAGED WITH A DECREE FROM THE GOVERNMENT IS THE FACT THAT THEY'VE LOST THEIR TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY IN THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC THAT THEY SERVE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CHURCH IS ANY FORM OR FASHION OF ANY OF THOSE, UH, CATEGORIES.
DOJ COPS OFFICE ALSO DEVELOPED A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS ON ASSESSING RACIAL PROFILING DATA AND OFFERED COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE RACIAL PROFILING.
THE STRATEGIES INCLUDED DIVERSE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION.
I BEGAN IN JUNE OF 2022, AND SINCE THAT DATE, WE HAVE HIRED 29 NEW EMPLOYEES AT THE DEPARTMENT.
17 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN MALE, 12 HAVE BEEN FEMALES, TWO OF THOSE HAVE BEEN, UH, BLACKS 12 HAVE BEEN WHITE AND 15 HAVE BEEN HISPANIC.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH OUR EDUCATION AND DIVERSITY TO PROMOTE AND HIRE, AND WE STILL HAVE MULTIPLE VACANCIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL.
AND AS YOU SAW WITH OUR INTRODUCTIONS EARLIER, I THINK WE'RE GETTING QUALITY CANDIDATES TO BUILD UPON THE, THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WE ALREADY HAVE AS A DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, UH, WE TALK ABOUT TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY MINORITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES.
AND THIS CAN BE ALSO FROM OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS OR OUR SUMMER CAMPS THAT WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY BASED POLICING, WORKING WITH OUR FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPERVISION.
TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON.
COLLECTING AND ANALYZED TRAFFIC STOP DATA.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC STOP DATA FOR RACIAL PROFILING, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO THAT I, I MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S A RACIAL PROFILING TRAFFIC STOP.
A RACIAL PROFILING TRAFFIC STOP THAT WE COLLECT DATA ON IS ONE THAT IS INITIATED BY AN OFFICER.
SO LET ME, IF I WILL EX EXPLAIN THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN DETAIL.
SO IF AN OFFICER IS DISPATCHED TO A SUSPICIOUS PERSON CALL WHERE THERE'S A RED CAR, WHITE CONVERTIBLE DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SLOWLY GOING UP, LOOKING THROUGH WINDOWS OF CARS AND TRYING THE DOOR HANDLES, AND AN OFFICER GETS THERE AND FINDS A VEHICLE MEETING THAT DESCRIPTION AND STOPS IT, THAT IS A DISPATCHED CALL.
ALTHOUGH WE COLLECT THE DATA FOR OUR OWN INTERNAL PURPOSES, THAT IS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW TO KEEP THAT.
IT'S NOT REPORTABLE UNDER THE RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORT.
HOWEVER, WHILE EN ROUTE TO THAT SAME CALL, THEY OBSERVE A WHITE VW RUN A TRAFFIC LIGHT RED LIGHT, THEY MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP THAT IS A SELF-INITIATED TRAFFIC STOP.
THEY'LL TAKE THEIR SELF OFF THE ORIGINAL CALL MARK OUT ON THAT TRAFFIC STOP, AND THEN WHEN THEY CLEAR THAT TRAFFIC STOP, THEY HAVE TO DO ALL THE STOP DATA REQUIREMENTS.
AND THAT IS A SELF-INITIATED TRAFFIC STOP.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DISPATCH AND SELF-INITIATED AND SELF-INITIATED AS CALLS THAT WE COLLECT AND REPORT ON FOR RACIAL PROFILING TRAFFIC STOPS.
WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE RACIAL PROFILING AND INCREASE OFFICER SAFETY.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOOLS THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT IS OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND OUR DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS.
AND THANKFULLY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE AXON PROGRAM, WITH THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND THOSE SHOULD BE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
I THINK THAT IS NOT ONLY FOR OFFICER SAFETY, BUT IT ALSO HELPS US WITH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE ARE ABLE TO USE A LOT OF THAT TO SHOW WHAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING OR NOT DOING TEXAS STATE LEGISLATION.
JUST AGAIN, GOING OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY.
IN 2001, SENATE BILL 10 74 REQUIRED TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO COLLECT, TO ANALYZE AND REPORT MOTOR VEHICLE RELATED CONTACT DATA.
AGAIN, THAT'S SELF-INITIATED, NOT DISPATCHED.
IN 2009, HOUSE BILL 33 89 MODIFIED THE LAW AMENDING DEFINITIONS WITHIN THE LAW.
IN 2017, WE HAD HOUSE BILL 35 0 1 THAT CHANGED RACIAL DESIGNATION AND SENATE BILL 1849, THE SANDRA BLAND LAW EXPANDED DATA COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS.
I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT YOU, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A DEPARTMENT POLICY AND BY LAW OFFICERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK A DRIVER FOR THEIR RACE.
THEY'RE MAKING THEIR DECISION BASED OFF THEIR EDUCATION AND THE BEST THEY CAN.
SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE, IF I STOP, THIS IS WHERE YOU MAY GET INTO SOME TROUBLE AND SOME DISCRETION.
THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WE USE OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS TO REVIEW THAT, TO ENSURE WE'RE COLLECTING DATA.
IF I STOP A WHITE FEMALE WITH RED HAIR AND HER LAST NAME IS HERNANDEZ, SHE VERY WELL MAY HAVE MARRIED AN HISPANIC MALE, AND THAT'S HER LAST NAME NOW.
SO THEY MAY PUT WHITE FEMALE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DECLARE YOUR RACE THAT YOU WANT ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AND THE DRIVER'S LICENSE SAYS LIMITED, UH, RACIAL INFORMATION.
THEY DON'T HAVE ALL OF WHAT WE COLLECT FOR THE, THE FIVE CATEGORIES THAT WE COLLECT IN RACIAL PROFILE.
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EXAMPLE WHERE IT GETS YOU IN TROUBLE.IF I STOP A HISPANIC MALE, LAST NAME RODRIGUEZ, HE SPEAKS SPANISH AND VERY LITTLE ENGLISH.
AND I CLEAR THAT AS A WHITE MALE, WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE'RE SKEWING OUR DATA.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN OUR MONTHLY AUDITS ALSO IS TO MAKE SURE OUR DATA INTEGRITY IS MAINTAINED.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE MONTHLY AUDITS TO HELP US DO THAT.
AND THESE, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE PROCESSES WE DO BY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE THAT THE DATA THAT WE DO COLLECT IS VERIFIED EMBEDDED CHURCH, UH, PD POLICY AND TRAINING.
AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING AND PROTECTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE.
POLICE OFFICERS ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN RACIAL PROFILING AND ANY POLICE CONTACT SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY AHEAD OF THIS AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S MANDATED BY LAW FOR THE TRAFFIC STOPS, BUT WE ALSO SHOULD ALSO SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SEIZURES AND FORFEITURE.
ARE WE SHOWING A DISPARITY WHEN WE START HAVING THESE INCIDENTS OCCUR? AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RACIAL, UH, DIVERSITY IS NOT AN ASPECT OF WHY WE MAKE A DECISION TO HAVE A SEIZURE OR FORFEITURE.
POLICE OFFICERS ATTEND MANDATED T COLE TRAINING THAT INCLUDES RACIAL PROFILING AND CULTURE OF DIVERSITY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE ARE CURRENTLY CARRYING 64 T COLE COMMISSIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE 53 OF THOSE, UH, COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY CARRYING AN INTERMEDIATE OR HIGHER CERTIFICATE WITH TO.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO GET TO THAT LEVEL.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE 30 OF THOSE OFFICERS THAT MAINTAIN A MASTER'S PEACE OFFICER'S LICENSE THROUGH T COLE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE AS A PEACE OFFICER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER DISPOSITION CODE FOR ALL TRAFFIC STOPS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO KNOW THE, THE STREET, THE REASON FOR THE CONTACT.
DID YOU KNOW THE RACE OF THE PERSON BEFORE? DID YOU DO A SEARCH ANY CONTRABAND FOUND? AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT CONTRABAND AND SEARCHES HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
ALSO, SHIFT SUPERVISORS ARE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT MONTHLY AUDIT REVIEWS OF THE OFFICER'S DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER AND BODY-WORN CAMERA.
ALSO, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE AND WE MEET THAT REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS THAT WE WILL INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF RACIAL PROFILING AND THE CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2023.
WE DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE COMPLAINT FOR RACIAL PROFILING.
IF WE DO GET A RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINT THAT IS NOT WORKED BY AN IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND WE HAVE A FORMAL INVESTIGATION UNTIL WE HAVE A FINDING ON THAT COMPLAINT.
SO WE GET INTO SOME NUMBERS HERE.
I IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, I KNOW THE SLIDE LOOKS BUSY, BUT AGAIN, AS I WAS TALKING ABOUT, POLICE OFFICERS MADE 3,864 TRAFFIC STOPS LAST YEAR.
AGAIN, THAT IS RACIAL PROFILING TRAFFIC STOPS.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE GONNA BE MINIMAL AT UH, BEYOND THAT, BUT IN 2022 WE HAD 5,965.
YOU SEE THE NUMBERS 2020 6,845, 2019 9,485.
THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WHY ARE OUR TRAFFIC STOPS GOING DOWN? I BELIEVE PART OF IT IS TO DO WITH COVID.
SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DEFUND POLICE MOVEMENT OFFICERS ARE GETTING BACK INTO THE STAGE.
I BELIEVE ALSO THAT A LOT OF IT WAS DUE TO OUR STAFFING FOR LAST YEAR.
WE ARE MOVING STRIDES AHEAD WITH OUR HIRING OF PERSONNEL.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN PREDICTING THAT OUR TRAFFIC STOPS WILL INCREASE NEXT YEAR.
WILL THEY GET TO THE LEVEL OF, UH, 2019? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT OUR TRAFFIC STOPS STILL WILL INCREASE.
THE TRAFFIC STOP IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE TOOL FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE FELONY ARRESTS, DRUGS, GUNS KNOWN OFFENDERS, GET 'EM OFF THE STREET AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS ON ALL TRAFFIC STOPS, WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE CATEGORIES FOR OUR, UM, RACE, WE'VE BROKEN UP THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS.
THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS WERE THE PERCENTAGES.
AS YOU SEE 'EM, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STOPS WAS MADE WITH WHITES AT 49.46%.
AND THEN THE NEXT UH, DIVERSITY GROUP WOULD BE HISPANIC AT 29%.
THE NEXT BLOCK TO THE RIGHT HAS TO DO WITH CITATIONS.
SO THERE WERE FOUR CITATIONS ISSUED FROM SOMEBODY THAT WAS ALASKA, NATIVE AMERICAN OR INDIAN.
SO THAT WAS A 25% RATIO OF THOSE THAT WERE STOPPED THAT ACTUALLY GOT A TICKET AND THEN BROKE IT DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE RACES THROUGH THAT.
SO OUR ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HAD, UH, 35% BLACKS AT 29%, WHITES AT 30%
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HISPANIC WAS AT 35%.THERE ARE NO GLARING DISPARITIES IN THERE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENCES.
AND THEN WE ALSO MAY HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES WITH MINUTIAE IN THERE.
OUR RACIAL PROFILING REPORT ALSO CHANGES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT USE OF FORCE RESULTING IN AN INJURY NOT ONLY TO A SUSPECT, BUT TO AN OFFICER.
SO I I, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT IN 2023, OUT OF THE 3,864 TRAFFIC STOPS, WE ONLY HAD ONE USE OF FORCE WHERE THERE WAS AN INJURY AND THAT WAS TO THE SUSPECT AND IT WAS A WHITE FEMALE.
WE HAD NO OTHER INJURIES TO THE OFFICER OR OUR SUSPECTS THAT WERE STOPPED.
SO THE GOLD STANDARD FOR REALLY DETERMINING, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS YOU MAKE IN A RACE OR THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS.
WHAT WE CALL, WHAT I'M GONNA DEMONSTRATE HERE OR HOPE TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOU IS WHAT WE CALL HIT RATES AND ENFORCEMENT RATES.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS WHEN WE START SEARCHING, WHEN WE STOP A CAR, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'LL FIND OUT IS THAT 98% OF THE CARS WE STOP.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO WAS DRIVING THE CAR.
WE DON'T KNOW THE RACE OF THAT PERSON THAT STOPPED THE CAR.
SO IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN WHAT'S THE OTHER DETERMINING FACTORS? SO WHAT OUR LEGAL SCHOLARS ARE TELLING US, AND THIS HAS BEEN THE STANDARD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, THEY CALL IT A HIT RATIO ENFORCEMENT.
SO IF YOU FIND SOMEBODY AND YOU STOP 'EM AND YOU FIND CONTRABAND AND CONTRABAND CAN BE INTO SIX CATEGORIES, DRUGS, CURRENCY, WEAPONS, ALCOHOL, STOLEN PROPERTY OR OTHER, AND OTHER, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
BOLT CUTTERS NORMALLY BOLT CUTTERS ARE NOT ILLEGAL, BUT IF I STOP SOMEBODY AT TWO IN THE MORNING AND I CATCH 'EM CUTTING A LOCK ON THE UH, FENCE AND TRYING TO BREAK INTO A BUSINESS, THOSE BOLT CUTTERS BECOME A CRIMINAL TOOL.
SO THAT IS OTHER CONTRABAND AT THAT TIME.
SO ONCE YOU FIND CONTRABAND, THEN THE NEXT DECISION IS THEN YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE OFFICER KNOWS ONE IS THAT IT WAS CONTRABAND AND THAT YOU HAVE AN OFFENSE.
AND THEN IF THEY WERE ARRESTED AFTER THAT, SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS WE HAD 159 TRAFFIC STOPS WHERE A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED IN THOSE 159 SEARCHES.
115 OF THOSE WE FOUND CONTRABAND.
AND THEN THAT'S YOUR HIT RATIO RIGHT THERE.
AND WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE IN A SECOND.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU AS COUNSEL, WHAT THE NUMBER ONE CONTRABAND ITEM IS THAT WE'RE FINDING ON THE STREETS IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
SO WHEN I TAKE DRUGS AND GUNS, WE COME UP WITH 83% OF OUR CONTRABAND FOUND ON THE STREET COMPRISES OF DRUGS AND GUNS.
AND THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS 80% OF THAT IS DRUGS.
OUR NEXT BIGGEST CATEGORY WILL BE ALCOHOL AT 17%.
SO IF YOU SEE THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE HIT RATES HERE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS WHERE WE START TALKING ABOUT, NOW WE HAVE CONTRABAND, WE KNOW IT'S AGAINST THE LAW AND THE DECISION NOW IS DO WE MAKE THE ARREST? THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT MAY INFLUENCE THIS.
DOES THE DA, BECAUSE WE FOUND MARIJUANA, DOES THE DA DA HAS ASKED US NOT TO FILE THOSE CHARGES.
WE STILL SEIZE IT BECAUSE IT'S A USABLE, PERSONABLE AMOUNT AND WE CAN MAYBE FILE THAT AT LARGE IF WE WANT TO, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THOSE CHARGES BECAUSE OF OVER OVERCROWDING IN THE JAILS.
SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE DA ON THAT, BUT WE STILL SEIZE THAT.
SO WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, AND I'LL USE THE FIRST ONE, IS A MINUTIA AND THAT'S GONNA SKEW THE NUMBERS TO A POINT.
THERE WAS ONE ALASKA, NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN THAT WE FOUND THAT WE CONDUCTED A SEARCH ON, AND WE ACTUALLY FOUND CONTRABAND THAT PERSON WAS ARRESTED.
SO WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT HIT RATIO.
AGAIN, THE MINUTIA IS GONNA TAKE THAT OFF WHERE IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE IT OFF.
WE GO DOWN TO, WE LOOK AT BLACK, THERE WERE 23 CONTRABAND SEARCHES AND OF THAT ONLY FOUR WERE ARRESTED.
WHITES, THERE WERE 60 CONTRABAND ITEMS FOUND EIGHT WERE ARRESTED, THAT'S 13% HISPANIC.
THERE WERE 30 AND ONLY SIX WERE ARRESTED.
SO THE HIIT RATIOS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE ALSO.
IS THAT THE ALL PANACEA FOR SAYING THAT YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF RACIAL PROFILING? NO, IT'S NOT.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SUPERVISORS OUT ON THE STREET.
WE'RE AUDITING OUR DVRS AND OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS, AND WE'RE BUILDING A CULTURE THAT IS NOT ACCEPTED.
AND WE PUT POLICIES AND POLICIES IN PLACE AND WE INVESTIGATE THOSE COMPLAINTS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE ALLEGATIONS OF RACIAL, UH, DISCRIMINATION AND WE TAKE ACTION, QUICK ACTION AGAINST THOSE WHO DO THAT.
SO ROLE OF TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
I SP SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT, UH, THE IMPORTANCE
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OF CRIME REDUCTION, TRAFFIC SAFETY, YOU KNOW, AND FOR EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT WHERE WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND POLICING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, RELATIONAL POLICING IN NEIGHBORHOODS.WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING AND OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, UH, SUMMER CAMP, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIVERSITY, WITH OUR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE NEED REAL TIME ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
IF OUR NUMBER ONE ACCIDENT LOCATION IS, AND IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE AND SAFETY ISSUE, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE COMPLAINING, PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING.
WE NEED A SYSTEM THAT CAN TAKE THOSE COMPLAINTS IN AND WE GET IT BACK OUT TO THE OFFICERS SO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY NEED TO GO RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.
WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO DEPLOY THEM AT THE TIME SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THOSE CONCERNS FROM OUR CITIZENS OR IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OURSELF.
SO THAT IS THE 2023 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FROM THE CHURCH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU CHIEF.
THAT'S, UH, WELL THOSE NUMBERS WERE VERY INTERESTING.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
BUT CHIEF, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO, UH, UH, SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT, COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? UH, NO, NO, NO QUESTIONS.
BUT ON THE VERY LAST SLIDE, UM, YEAH, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
SO 12 YEARS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I CAN TRY TO TELL YOU AT FIRST THAT FIRST BULLET POINT UP ON OUR EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EQUITY AND POLICING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
UM, I'VE HAD SOME OF THE VERY MAN, SOME VERY BRIGHT PEOPLE TRY TO EXPLAIN EQUITY AND TRY TO JUSTIFY SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THOSE ARE VERY, THOSE ARE TRIGGER WORDS TO ME AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UM, TRYING TO DEFINE EQUITY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, AT LEAST THE WAY I'VE HEARD IT IS, IS FOCUSING ON OUTCOME AND, UM, SORT OF USING THE WORD EQUAL IS SORT OF FOCUSING ON OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE USING IT THERE, I'M JUST SORT OF SAYING THOSE, THOSE ARE WORDS THAT, ANYWAY.
AND THEN SOCIAL JUSTICE THAT HAS A, DEPENDING ON WHICH SEGMENT OF SOCIETY YOU IN, THAT AS A BE VERY POSITIVE OR VERY, VERY NEGATIVE SOCIAL JUSTICE.
'CAUSE IT'S, UH, EVEN IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO, HOW TO SAY, USE THOSE WORDS CORRECTLY.
AND SO, UH, IT IS JUST A, JUST A COMMENT.
IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN THAT IS, I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY CAN EVER, IF YOU ASK 20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHAT EQUITY MEANS, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET 22 DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
AND I CAN EXPAND ON THAT IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO.
THAT'LL, THAT MIGHT NO, THANK YOU THOUGH.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT.
I THINK IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, TRAFFIC STOPS, YOU, YOU INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN, BUT THAT'S JUST THE, THOSE ARE JUST THE TRAFFIC STOPS.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING LESS WORK BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF CALLS HAS PROBABLY INCREASED.
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC STOPS HERE, BUT NOT THE NUMBER OF CALLS.
AM I CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE A DIFFERENT DATA SET THAN FROM TRAFFIC STOPS.
AND WE PUBLISH, UH, OUR MONTHLY STATS FOR THE NEIGHBORS CRIMES, FOR PROPERTY CRIMES, VEHICLE THEFTS, THAT'S ALL IN THERE FOR A MONTHLY REPORT.
SEE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR, UH, TO CLARIFY THAT POINT, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THE IN DECREASE COULD BE BECAUSE OUR CITIZENS ARE OBEYING THE LAW.
WELL, THAT ABSOLUTELY CAN BE ONE OF THE, UH, THE REASONS THAT YOU DON'T, AND AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR SELF COMPLIANCE AND IF YOU'RE HAVING SELF COMPLIANCE, WHY DO YOU WANNA STOP SOMEBODY? EXACTLY.
UH, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, UH, LET'S SEE, NEXT ONE PLEASE.
ON, ON THIS ONE HERE, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC STOPS THAT YOU HAD WITH SEARCHES, WE HAVE 159, BUT IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE 19 THAT ACTUALLY WERE ARE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THESE WERE ACTUALLY, UM, 19 THAT WERE ARRESTS? YES, SIR.
SO EVEN AFTER WE FOUND CONTRABAND, UH, ON 115 OF THOSE SEARCHES, ONLY 19 WERE ACTUALLY ARRESTED FROM THAT.
AGAIN, OUR NUMBER ONE CONTRABAND WAS DRUGS, WAS DRUGS THAT'S LOW LEVEL MARIJUANA.
AND DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT, THE
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THEN THE DECISION WILL BE MADE WHETHER OR NOT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL TAKE ACTION THERE.UH, IF I'M, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHEN WE FIND AN ILLEGAL CONTRABAND, NARCOTICS, MARIJUANA IS THAT YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE AWAY FROM IT.
NOW, UH, I THINK OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE NUMBERS HAVE DECREASED, THE NUMBER OF CALLS HAVE INCREASED.
AND, AND THESE NUMBERS REALLY SHOW THAT, UH, WE ARE NOT TARGETING ANYONE IN PARTICULAR.
WE ARE MAKING APPROPRIATE STOPS BASED ON THE SITUATION THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ENCOUNTER.
AND I CALL THAT HIGH QUALITY TRAFFIC STOPS.
WE CAN ALWAYS GO OUT AND FIND, THE TYPICAL TERM WOULD BE A FISHING HOLE.
I CAN FIND A STOP SIGN, BUT IS THAT REALLY ADDRESSING MY CRIME? IF IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NOT EXPERIENCING ANY CRIME OR BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLES, I NEED YOU OUT WHERE WE'RE EXPERIENCING THE CRIME BECAUSE THAT TRAFFIC STOP HAS A CORRELATION TO ADDRESSING CRIME IN THAT AREA.
NO, I THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF.
AND, AND ALL THE, UH, THE STAFF.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.OUR CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE PERSONAL MATTERS TO CONDUCT ANNUAL EVALUATION OF OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. THE TIME IS NOW SEVEN 17.
WE WILL RECONVENE AFTER OUR DISCUSSION AND WE WILL, UH, RECONVENE AFTERWARDS.
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THE TIME IS NOW 8 25.WE RECONVENE AFTER OUR, UH, REGULAR, WE RECONVENE INTO A REGULAR SESSION AFTER OUR DISCUSSION REGARDING OUR CLOSED SESSION.
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7 25, ENDED AT 8 21.UM, THERE IS, I, WE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO ITEM NUMBER 10 TO TAKE ACTION BASED ON OUR CLOSED SESSION.
UH, IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, OUR CITY MANAGER'S EVALUATION.
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REQUEST AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.COUNSEL ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM STAFF COUNSEL, ANY POSSIBLE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, UM, AIR PRO TEMP MACALUSO.
NO SIR, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, NOTHING TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON, I ATTENDED THE SAMUEL CLEMONS UNVEILING OF HISTORICAL PLAQUE, ALSO ATTENDED THE TML TRAPS OF UNWAVERING, THAT'S ALL.
I ATTENDED THE, UH, KICK CANCER 5K.
UH, ALSO I ATTENDED THE ELECTED OFFICIAL STATE OF THE DISTRICT FOR CHURCH SBO, UNIVERSAL CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF, UH, TO ATTEND LATE THOUGH THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE.