* 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. [00:00:01] THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING [Call to Order] FOR MARCH 19TH, 2024 IS NOW IN SESSION. FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS OUR MAYOR PRO TEMP, UH, PAUL MACALUSO WILL LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES OF, TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. PLEASE RISE. OKAY. THANK YOU LORD FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY. I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR BLESSINGS AND THE GRACE THAT YOU ALLOW US. I ASK YOU THE TO WORK THROUGH US, UH, AND, UH, TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY. AND JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS MORAL STATE UNDER GOD IN AN INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE. ALRIGHT, [Special Announcements] UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. AS A REMINDER, STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE HALL BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIP ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN IN ON THE SHEET LOCATED IN THE BACK. THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, UH, CAN STILL RECEIVE CREDIT BY CONTACTING SARAH GONZALEZ AT 2 1 0 6 1 9 1 0 1 5. AGAIN, THAT'S SARAH GONZALEZ, 2 1 0 6 1 9 1 0 1 5. [Proclamations] WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS IF I CAN. UH, PLEASE HAVE THE 3 1 1 STAFF JOIN ME UP HERE AT THE PODIUM. THIS IS THE CITY ASSURES PROCLAMATION NATIONAL 3 1 1 DAY MARCH 11TH, 2024. WHEREAS THREE ONE ONE CALL CENTER PROVIDES CITIZENS WITH A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT CAN BE REPORTED IN PERSON ELECTRONICALLY OR BY OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. WHEREAS SINCE THE CREATION OF 9 1 1 EMERGENCY SYSTEM, THE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS HAVE SLOWED OPERATIONS RESPONSE TIME TO TRUE EMERGENCIES. WHEREAS IN 1996, BALTIMORE MARYLAND ADOPTED THE FIRST 3 1 1 SYSTEM AS A WAY TO EASE THE PRESSURE ON THE OVERBURDENED 9 1 1 SYSTEM. WHEREAS THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM ALSO INVITES CITIZENS TO BE THE EARS AND THE EYES OF THE CITY, WHILE MORE CLOSELY CONNECTING TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF ITS CITIZENS, WHEREAS THE CITY ASSURES HAS 3, 3, 3, 1, 1 9 CUSTOMERS RELATION REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THEREFORE, I, RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF CHURCH DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 11TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL THREE ONE ONE CALL DAY. APPRECIATE, LADIES, MIKE'S YOURS. COME ON. GOOD EVENING. UM, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING 3 1 1 STAFF, LYDIA, LUPE, AND SHERRY. UM, THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS EVERY DAY AND, UM, PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND THEY ALSO DO A GREAT DEAL TO ASSIST OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH ANSWERING QUESTIONS JUST TO EASE THAT WORKLOAD ON THEM. SO THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND THEY'RE OUR FRIENDLY VOICES OF THE CITY WHENEVER YOU CALL. SO AS THEY, THEY RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS, BUT ALSO THE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN, THEY ALSO GREET THEM AND, AND FIND OUT EXACTLY, UH, WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, WHAT ATTENTION THEY NEED. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND FOR MY OFFICE, I KNOW YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M NOT THERE, THEY ESCORT HIM, UH, TO THE, TO MY OFFICE SO THAT I CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO HIM. UM, AND IT JUST, UH, IT'S VERY GREAT TO SEE A, A SMILING FACE AS SOON AS THEY WALK INTO THOSE OFFICES. AND THESE ARE THE LADIES THAT PROVIDE THAT SMILE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [00:05:30] IF HAVE, IF I CAN HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE, UH, TOBACCO DAY, PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE. THE CITY OF CHURCH PROCLAMATION NATIONAL TAKE DOWN TOBACCO DAY, APRIL 1ST, 2024, WHERE THE GUADALUPE COUNTY COMMUNITY COALITION AND ITS PARTNERS, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, STRIVE TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL TAKE DOWN TO TOBACCO DAY TO BRING AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF TOBACCO. WHEREAS CIGARETTE SMOKING IS A MAJOR SINGLE CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, WHERE SECONDHAND SMOKE IS A THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES, KILLING ABOUT 42,000 AMERICANS EACH YEAR. WHEREAS SECONDHAND SMOKE IS NOW KNOWN IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER, HEART DISEASE, CHRONIC LUNG ELEMENTS SUCH AS BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS. WHEREAS WORKERS IN THE HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE INDUSTRY SUCH AS BARTENDERS WAIT STAFF, ARE LESS PROTECTIVE FROM THE EXPOSURE OF SECONDHAND SMOKE. WHEREAS IN THE AREA, IN OUR AREA, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE FIRST USE OF TOBACCO IS 12 YEARS OF, OF AGE, AND ONE IN 10 HAVE USED TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THE PAST MONTH, WHEREAS QUITTING SMOKING WHERE WHEREAS QUITTING SMOKING LOWERS THE RISK OF SMOKE RELATED DISEASE AND CAN ADD TO YEARS OF YOUR LIFE, EXCUSE ME. WHEREAS THE CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO FREE KIDS AND THE UNITEDHEALTH FOUNDATION CREATE THE TAKE DOWN TOBACCO DAY CAMPAIGN AS A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES AND THE DANGERS OF TOBACCO. NOW, THEREFORE, I RALPH GUTIERREZ MAYOR FOR THE CITY ASSURES DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 1ST, 2024 AS NATIONAL TAKE DOWN TOBACCO DAY. AND I URGE EVERY ONE OF YOU ALSO TO, TO PLEASE JOIN US IN THIS BIG FIGHT BECAUSE CANCER IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST OBJECTIVES TO JUST, UH, ERADICATE THAT DISEASE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE. WE HAVE BIG COUNCIL, PLEASE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL 1ST AS TAKE DOWN TOBACCO DAY. MY NAME IS CATERINA EBERHARD AND I'M THE COALITION COORDINATOR FOR GUADALUPE COUNTY UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG AWARENESS. I GREW UP HERE IN SHIRTS. I GRADUATED FROM CLEMENS AND I AM NOW EXCITED TO LEAD THE WORK OF THE GUADALUPE COUNTY COMMUNITY COALITION TO, TO REDUCE AND PREVENT YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE. ONE OF THE COALITION'S MAIN GOALS IS TOBACCO AND E-CIGARETTE USE, AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE THE INDOOR SMOKE-FREE WORKPLACE POLICIES OF CITIES IN GUADALUPE COUNTY, INCLUDING SHIRTS TO PROTECT ALL WORKERS FROM THE , SORRY, FROM THE HARMFUL CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE OF SECONDHAND SMOKE AND SECONDHAND AEROSOL FROM E-CIGARETTES WHILE AT WORK. AND WE WANTED TO THANK MAYOR GUTIERREZ AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GIBSON AND BROWN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH US TO DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE WE GREATLY APPRECIATE AND WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE NOT YET HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH. AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN THE COMING DAYS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL 1ST AS TAKE DOWN TOBACCO DAY AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS OF SHIRTS. THEN WE HAD SOME OTHER WORDS. I'M SO EXCITED. THIS TAKE DOWN TOBACCO DAY IS SUCH A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE AND WE THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR RECOGNIZING THIS AND HAVING THIS PROCLAMATION. MY NAME IS THERE BE, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SAN ANTONIO OFFICE, BUT I LIVE [00:10:01] IN CHARTS. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS AND I LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH Y'ALL ON COUNCIL TO HELP EXPAND THE POLICY THAT'S ON THE BOOKS TO INCLUDE, UM, THE LAST FEW, UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE ACCEPTING INDOOR SMOKING. UM, MAKING THIS A COMPREHENSIVE SMOKE-FREE CITY JOINING OVER A HUNDRED CITIES IN TEXAS. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SHARKS ON THAT MAP AS WELL. IT'S MY HOME, MY KIDS ARE HERE. AND, UM, THAT AGE OF FIRST TOBACCO USE IS SOMETHING THAT SCARES ME AND SCARES MY NEIGHBORS. AND SO I HOPE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU ON, WORK QUICKLY AND MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS I SAID, UH, AWARENESS IS KEY. UH, CANCER IS NOT A PRETTY WORD AND THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, NEXT, [City Events and Announcements] UH, NEXT ON ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. MS. GONZALEZ? YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD IS GOING TO BE A STAR PARTY AT CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK FROM SEVEN 30 TO 9:00 PM ON SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH AT CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK, THERE WILL BE AN OWL P PROWL FROM EIGHT 30 TO 9:30 PM ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH. UM, THE HYPER COMMITTEE WITH THE CHAMBER WILL BE HOSTING A SHRED DAY AND THIS WILL BE AT THE SHIRTZ CHAMBER OFFICE, WHICH IS AT 1730 SHIRTZ PARKWAY FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON. IT IS FREE, BUT THERE IS A SUGGESTED $5 DONATION. ALSO ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH, THE SHIRTZ S SELMA ALLIANCE CLUB WILL BE HOSTING THEIR EASTER IN THE PARK, WHICH IS A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT, UM, WITH APPEARANCE FROM THE EASTER BUNNY AND AN EGG HUNT. AND THAT WILL BE AT PICK PARK FROM 9:30 AM TO NOON. AND THEN FINALLY ON TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND, WE'LL BE BACK HERE FOR A REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. SO JUST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, MAYOR ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF DANIEL ROMAN. UM, WE'RE GLAD TO SAY THAT HE GRADUATED WITH THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY CLASS NUMBER 2 89 ON MARCH 15TH. SO WE'RE ALL PROUD OF HIM AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THAT. IT'S A VERY PRESTIGIOUS HONOR TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO MAKE IT THROUGH IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR. I HAVE NONE. NEXT IS [Hearing of Residents] THE HEARING THE RESIDENTS. 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 TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. I ALSO SEE THAT WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 11. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE HEARING OF RESIDENCE, YOU MAY, YOU MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING OR YOU MAY SPEAK AT BOTH. THE CHOICE IS YOURS, MAYOR PRO TEMP. PLEASE CALL YOUR OUR FIRST SPEAKER. I HAVE TWO ON THE LIST, BUT I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA SPEAK ON DURING THE ORDINANCE ON ITEM NUMBER 11 FOR DANA OR BILL SUMMERS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S IT? THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, LET MOVE ON. [Consent Agenda Items] WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED TO COUNSEL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING. THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL. ITEM NUMBER ONE MINUTES. ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 35. ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, [00:15:01] AND COMMITTEES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 31. AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 32. COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE SO APPROVED. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. WE CAN PUBLISH TO THE VOTE PLEASE. WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON. WE HAVE [Discussion and Action Items] A DISCUSSION ITEM, ITEM NUMBER SIX, RE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 34, EXCEPT THE OTHER REPORT AND THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. MR. JAMES FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. WALTERS. BRIAN CAN COME UP IF YOU JAMES WALTERS. HOW'S THAT? WE DON'T WANT BRIAN. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JAMES WALTERS. I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HERE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ. AND, UH, WITH ME I HAVE PAULA LAU FROM, UH, PATILLO, PATELLO BROWN AND HILL, WHO IS OUR AUDITING FIRM. UH, THEY WANT TO GO OVER THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT AS WELL AS HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE AROUND TO ANSWER 'EM AS WELL. SO START WITH, LET'S JUST START WITH, UM, THIS IS THE . OKAY, THANK YOU JAMES. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AS, AS, UM, JAMES BENT, MY NAME IS, UM, PAULA LAU WITH PATELLA BROWN HILL, AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. UM, WE JUST WANNA START OUT, UH, WITH THE, TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIT A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF, UM, WHAT, UM, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AS AUDITORS AND WHAT THE CITIES ARE AS WELL. UM, THEN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT AND MAYBE, UM, TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS AND, AND NUMBERS WITHIN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WELL. SO, UM, FIRST OFF, UM, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE AUDIT A LITTLE BIT, UM, THE AUDIT PROCESS WENT, UM, VERY WELL THIS YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S HELPED THROUGHOUT, UM, THE CITY'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. EVERYONE'S VERY HELPFUL AND PROVIDED US THE INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE NEEDED. SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, UH, THE STAFF FOR DOING THAT. JAMES AND, UM, JESSICA. THAT'S RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. . UM, APPRECIATE THAT. SHE IS NEW, UM, KIND OF TO US HERE IN THE CITY. I THINK SHE STARTED IN OCTOBER, IS THAT RIGHT? UM, SO, UM, BUT ALSO JUST TO KIND OF, UM, LET YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT THE RESULTS ARE OF THE AUDIT, UM, IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE THERE. AND WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN IS, UH, THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT. UM, BASICALLY WHAT THIS REPORT SAYS IS WE HAVE AUDITED THE, UM, ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AS WELL AS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. THOSE STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT WE PLAN TO FORM THE AUDIT TO OBTAIN A REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT. UM, HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO RENDER AN UNMODIFIED OPINION AND UNMODIFIED OPINION IS THE HIGHEST OPINION THAT CAN BE RENDERED AND KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION, UM, TO MOST INDIVIDUALS AS WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR STAFF AND, UM, COUNSEL FOR RECEIVING THAT. UM, GREAT HONOR AS WELL. SINCE I'M ALREADY IN THIS DOCUMENT, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS, UM, POINT OUT SOME OF THE, UH, FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS HERE WITHIN THE, UM, ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINAL REPORT, FINANCIAL REPORTS. AND WHAT I WANNA DO HERE IS, UM, MAINLY LOOK AT, UM, NET FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND LOOK AT NET POSITION, KIND OF LOOKING AT FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE ENTITY AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO SCROLL DOWN, LOOKING AT, UM, AS YOU, THIS FIRST COLUMN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS, UM, THE GENERAL FUND. UM, LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND, THE MAIN OPERATING FUND OF THE CITY, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF FUND BALANCE THERE. UH, WITH UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR THE ENTITY BEING $12 MILLION AND A TOTAL FUND BALANCE BEING APPROXIMATELY $19 MILLION, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF FUND BALANCE, UM, EXCEPT FOR [00:20:01] THE UNAC SIDE POSITION, UH, UH, PART OF THE FUND BALANCE AND KIND OF WHAT THOSE ARE ALREADY RESTRICTED FOR BY AN OUTSIDE ENTITY OR THE COMMITTED AND ASSIGNED PIECE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, UH, COMMITTED FOR AND SET ASSIGNED FOR A PART PURPOSE BY COUNSEL AS WELL. BUT, UM, IF WE WANNA FOCUS MORE ON THE UNASSIGNED, IT'S WHERE WE LIKE TO COMPARE THE UNASSIGNED PORTION, COMPARE THAT TO WHAT EXPENDITURES WERE FOR THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE, THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR. AND IF YOU COMPARE THOSE TWO, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT, UH, ALMOST FOUR MONTHS OF GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE THERE. AND A GOOD RULE THUMB IS APPROXIMATELY HAVING THREE TO FOUR MONTHS THERE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE, ARE RIGHT ON, RIGHT IN A GOOD PLACE THERE IN REGARDS TO UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, MAJOR FUNDS THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE ARE THE PROPRIETARY FUNDS AND, AND YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE WATER FUND AND THE EMS FUND. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS LOOKING AT NET POSITION, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HERE AS WELL. UM, NET INVESTMENT CAPITAL ASSETS, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE, THE LONG TERM CAPITAL ASSETS, INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS TO KEEP, UM, THIS PARTICULAR UTILITY SYSTEM OPERATING NETTED OUT AGAINST ITS LONG-TERM DEBT. SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $113 MILLION AT LEAST THAT'S THE LARGEST PORTION OF YOUR NET POSITION AND IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO CASH FLOW YOUR FUTURE OPERATIONS. UM, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A RESTRICTED PORTION THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PROJECTS. AND THAT'S THE RESTRICTION PORTION ABOUT 6.6 MILLION. AND LASTLY, LOOKING AT THE UNRESTRICTED PORTION IS ABOUT $38 MILLION. THERE ALL IN POSITIVE, UM, UM, CATEGORIES AND THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT, UM, WE WANNA BE LOOKING FOR AS WELL. THAT'S, UM, A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THE REPORTS. AND THEN I WANTED TO SCROLL BACK TO THE VERY END AND JUST POINT OUT SOME OF THE STATISTICAL SECTION AND LOOKING, AND I THINK THIS IS EVERY TIME I PICK UP ONE OF THESE, UM, ACT FIRST FROM EVEN FROM A DIFFERENT CITY OR EVEN FOR, UM, THE CITY OF OF SHIRTS. I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THE TREND INFORMATION IF I CAN GET TO THAT RIGHT PAGE. LET'S SEE THIS BACK PORTION HERE. IT INCLUDES A LOT OF TREND INFORMATION OVER 10 YEARS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF SCROLLING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR ONE. UH, REVENUES FROM THE VERY, UM, FROM 10 YEARS AGO WERE ALMOST HALF OF WHAT THEY ARE TODAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY COMBINED FOR ALL, INCLUDING ITS, UM, UTILITY SYSTEM, EMS AND ALL OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, IT'S ALMOST DOUBLED FOR 10 YEARS. SO THAT'S JUST, UM, A PORTION OF, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE GROWTH THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE. UM, SEE, YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, TOTAL EXPENDITURES IN 2014 OR ABOUT $35 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES OVER YEAR. WERE, WERE $37 MILLION. AND THIS IS, UH, IN 2017, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET TO TO THE RIGHT PAGE NUMBERS HERE. UH, TOTAL EXPENSES, UM, FOR THE PRIMARY GOVERNMENT, $50 MILLION AND UM, WAS ALMOST WAS $90 MILLION, UM, IN 2023. SO IT'S NOT QUITE THERE TO BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, DOUBLING, BUT IT, IT'S GETTING PRETTY CLOSE FOR SURE. BUT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, THIS PARTICULAR SCHEDULE OR TABLE, TABLE TWO, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 2023, LOOKING AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDING, UM, ALL THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UM, UTILITY SYSTEM, GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS WELL. LOOKING AT ALL, ALL THOSE THINGS COMBINED, IT'S ALMOST DOUBLE OVER THE 10 YEARS. SO ALSO YOU DO HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, UM, ISSUED WHAT WE REFER TO AS A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT. UM, A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, ENGAGE AND, AND LOOK AT [00:25:01] WHENEVER AN ENTITY DOES EXPEND MORE THAN $750,000 OF FEDERAL AWARDS. AND THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR, UH, THE CITY SPENDS ABOUT $1.3 MILLION OF FEDERAL AWARDS, UM, WHENEVER. UM, SO WHAT DOES SINGLE AUDIT DOES MEAN IS WHENEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, AND HE DOES SPEND THIS MONEY, HE KICKS OFF ANOTHER AUDIT. AND BECAUSE IT'S A COMPLIANCE AUDIT THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WITH WHETHER THOSE FEDERAL, UH, PROGRAMS WERE SPENT IN THE PROPER WAY AND, AND, AND ALSO IN ORDER WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGENCIES AS WELL. UM, HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE NOT FIND ANY FINDINGS HERE WITH REGARDS TO INTERNAL CONTROLS OR COMPLIANCE FOR SPENDING OF THOSE FUNDS AS WELL. IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE DID HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS YEAR ARE, UM, THE ARPA FUNDS. YOU CAN SEE APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THAT'S JUST A, A BRIEF SUMMARY OF, OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTS AND INFORMATION AS WELL. THE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS IN QUESTION COSTS KIND OF SUMMARIZES EVERYTHING HERE IN THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT. TALKS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IT WAS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, FEDERAL AWARDS OR COMPLIANCE FOR SINGLE AUDIT, NO, UM, FINDINGS THERE AS WELL. AND, UM, IT LETS YOU KNOW WHAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAD TO LOOK AT TOO. BUT, BUT IF YOU, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. UM, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND CITY STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB. I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. COUNSEL. UH, FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. I SEE NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 34? SO MOVED. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALRIGHT, IF PUBLISHED THE VOTE, PLEASE. WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS. NO OBJECTION. MOTION PASSES. FINANCIAL REPORT HAS BEEN APPROVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO FOUR APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO PART THREE OF THE INSURED'S CODE OF ORDINANCE, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UDC, ARTICLE 16 DEFINITIONS. COUNSEL, THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY READ. IS THERE A REQUEST FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO FOUR. SO MOVED. SO MOVED. CAN, OH, THAT WAS QUICK. OKAY. WHO MADE THAT, WHO MADE THE MOTION? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH IT REAL QUICK. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON. OKAY, ANY COMMENTS? NONE IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE IF WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE. WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, OR, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO FIVE. APPROVE A REQUEST TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 26.11 ACRES OF LAND FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SLASH AGRICULTURE DISTRICT DASH R DASH A TO GENERAL BUSINESS GBA PORTION OF 112 0 9 EAST FM 1518, LOCATED 600 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LISA MEADOWS AND FM 1518 CITY ASSURES BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, ALSO KNOWN AS BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 3 0 8 3 6 3. THIS IS OUR FINAL READING COUNSEL. THIS WAS READ, UH, PREVIOUSLY READ. IS THERE A REQUEST FOR THE PRESENTATION? NO. OKAY. UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO? SO MOVED. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS? IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE. WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS, NO OBJECTION. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 H ZERO THREE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. CHAPTER 34, HEALTH, ARTICLE ONE GENERAL AND ARTICLE TWO OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. [00:30:01] FINAL READING. OKAY, MS. CANTU, RIGHT. OKAY. FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND MR. WILLIAMS MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 34. AMANDA TU OH WAIT, NO, SORRY. I MAY SAVE YOU SOME TIME OR MAY NOT. SORRY, . SO WE DON'T, TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS BACK FOR SECOND READING. WE DON'T, UM, AND SO WE WEREN'T SURE IF YOU NEEDED THE PRESERVATION OR NOT. NO, NO, NO. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, BUT YEAH, WE ALSO, I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THIS ONE. I, SO IT CAME A FEW MEETINGS AGO. THAT'S WHY DIDN'T CATCH IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. VERY COUNSEL, DO WE REQUIRE THE WHOLE PRESENTATION AGAIN? NO. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24? AGE ZERO THREE. SO MOVED. DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE, UH, MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL, ANY, UH, COMMENTS? IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALRIGHT, IF WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE. WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS. NO OBJECTION. MOTION PASSES. I CAN CATCH IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 36. AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT FOR FREEZE AND NICHOLS INCORPORATED TO UPDATE THE CITY'S PARKS MASTER PLAN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MR. JAMES? THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE COMP PLAN ITEM OF NEXT ON THE AGENDA AND, AND BARRING SOME MAJOR CHANGE IN DIRECTION WHERE WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO THE WHOLE THING. UH, WE THINK WE KNOW THE AMOUNT. WE'LL SPIN ON THAT NOW THAT WE KNOW THE LAND USES WITH APPROVAL OF THE COMP PLANNER, WHEN WE DO SHORTLY, UH, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO REALLY GET INTO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. UM, WE HAD ESTIMATED KIND OF HOW MUCH WE NEEDED. WE PROBABLY NEED ABOUT $20,000 MORE. SO THIS ITEM UPS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT BY 25,000. 25,000 ABOVE THE INITIAL 300,000 APPROVAL. YES. SO THAT LETS US DO THE SURVEY AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH TO FINISH OUT THE PARKS MASTER PLAN ELEMENT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE COMP PLAN AND THEN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN ON TOP OF IT. YOU GET BOTH THOSE FOR ABOUT 3 25, WHICH GIVEN WHAT THESE THINGS ARE COSTING FOLKS THESE DAYS IS, IS PRETTY GOOD WE THINK. WELL, AGAIN, THAT WAS, YES, WE HAD FREE LABOR ON THAT ONE. WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION THEN. RIGHT. OKAY. COUNCIL FLOORS UP FOR DISCUSSION. I GUESS WE'RE GETTING A BARGAIN. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 36. SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTIONS BEING MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON. COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, PUBLISH THE VOTE. WE HAVE, UH, SIX YAYS ONE THAT'S ABSTAINED. AND I BELIEVE BECAUSE HE IS ON THE PARKS BOARD, RIGHT? OH, BECAUSE I WROTE THE CURRENT MASTER OR PARKS MASTER PLAN. THERE WE GO BY MYSELF LAST TIME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE [Public Hearings] ON. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NUMBER 11, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO SIX. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY ASSURES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS IS OUR FIRST READING. MR. HAAS FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. WILLIAMS. SO ORDINANCE 24 S OH SIX IS THE CULMINATION OF A YEARS LONG EFFORT TO UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN. UM, PLANNING WAS THE LEAD ON THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE CONSULTED AND WORKED WITH MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN OUR CITY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PUBLIC WORKS, ENGINEERING, CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, EVEN THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS TRULY A, A TEAM EFFORT. AND, UM, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA HAND THIS OFF TO, UM, THE FREESON NICHOLS TEAM WHO ARE, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF, IT'S A HEFTY DOCUMENT, [00:35:01] SO WE'RE GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH KIND OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT. SO, SO, GOOD EVENING TO YOU, MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS SHAD CUOMO. I'M PRINCIPAL AND VICE PRESIDENT AT FREEZING NICHOLS. ALSO SERVED AS THE PROJECT MANAGE MANAGER FOR, UH, THIS PROJECT. SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A OVERVIEW OF, OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH. UH, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE COMPONENTS OF THE DOCUMENT AND THEN WE WILL GIVE YOU A REVIEW OF THE UPDATED FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. AND THEN WE WILL, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO ALL THESE SMILING FACES, UH, HELP TO WORK IN COLLABORATION ON THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN ALONG WITH, UH, CITY STAFF. UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, I'M A PLANNER, SO OF CO COURSE I'M A ENDORSED PLANNING. UM, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PLAN. IT HELPS TO, UH, GIVE YOU A BLUEPRINT. IT ESTABLISHES, UH, THAT, THAT VISION AND IT GIVES YOU DIRECTION. UM, YOU ARE A CITY THAT IS APPROACHING BUILD OUT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT WE DID IN THE CONFERENCE PLAN IS FOCUSED ON SOME AREAS TO, UH, HELP TO CREATE THAT VISION AND GIVE DIRECTION. UM, IT, IT DOES REFLECT THE COMMUNITY'S VISION. UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE MET WITH VARIOUS, UH, PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOME FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL. UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IT'S A TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING, UM, YOU ALL SEE, AND AS WELL AS PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, VARIOUS THINGS THAT COME BEFORE YOU. AND SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THERE TO HELP AID AND GUIDE YOU AS YOU MAKE THOSE, THOSE LAND USE DECISIONS AND OTHER DECISIONS THAT, UM, ULTIMATELY AFFECTS YOUR COMMUNITY. UM, IT'S NOT A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT, SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT'S APPROVED. UH, IT, IT CAN BE AMENDED AND, AND CHANGED OVER TIME. UM, IT'S NOT A ZONING ORDINANCE. UM, IN FACT YOU HAVE YOUR ZONING, UH, MAP. BUT YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT'S THE FUTURE LAND USE, UH, PLAN THAT HELPS TO GUIDE, UM, YOUR, YOUR ORDINANCE AND THINGS THAT MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE. UM, AND ALSO AS A PLANNER, WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE IT SITTING ON THE SHELF. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, AS COUNSEL TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AS A, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AS A DECISION MAKING TOOL. UH, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT OF THE SCOPE, UM, SINCE THIS WAS A CONFERENCE OF PLAN UPDATE, UM, WE LOOKED AT FOUR KEY AREAS IN YOUR CITY. UM, MAINLY THOSE AREAS THAT STILL HAVE SOME DEVELOPABLE LAND. UM, AND SO WE LOOKED AT THOSE. WE UPDATED YOUR, YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND OTHER EXISTING CONDITIONS, CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THE CITY. UM, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT WE FOCUSED ON WAS TO GIVE A, A REFRESH AND UPDATE THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE DOCUMENT. SO WE STARTED LAST MARCH. UH, WE WENT ON A TOUR, UH, WITH CITY STAFF AROUND THE CITY, LOOKED AT DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE WORKED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING WHO SERVED AS THE, THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE MET WITH THEM FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, EVENT, UM, DURING OCTOBER. UH, WE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS ONLINE. AND, UH, WE, AND, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, UH, FIVE, UH, STAKEHOLDER FOCUS GROUPS, THOSE FOCUS GROUPS. UM, WE MET WITH DEVELOPERS, WE MET WITH THE BASE, UM, AND WE MET WITH SOME OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY, THE, THE HOAS ALSO AS WELL, UM, TO RECEIVE THEIR INPUT. UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE ENGAGEMENT, UM, I MENTIONED THESE, UH, AFTER BRINGING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND THAT INPUT TOGETHER, UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE TO THE RIGHT WERE THE THEMES THAT KIND OF BUBBLE TO THE TOP, IF YOU WILL. SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, MORE RETAIL, RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS, UH, RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, UH, DIVERSE HOUSING, UH, OPTIONS, AND THEN, UM, FLOOD CONTROL. SO WITH THAT, UH, KAITLYN IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT COMPONENTS. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THIS WORK. UM, AS SAMUEL MENTIONED, THIS IS A HEFTY DOCUMENT, SO YOU'VE HAD IT, I THINK FOR A COUPLE WEEKS NOW, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK IT OVER. UM, BUT I DID WANNA JUST GO THROUGH QUICKLY AND REVIEW THE CONTENT OF WHAT WE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN AND JUST HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAD PICKED UP ON. SO THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE UPDATE IS THE SNAPSHOT. SO THIS IS THAT QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION THAT SHAD MENTIONED WHERE WE UPDATE GRAPHICS, WE LOOK AT YOUR GROWTH PROJECTIONS. AND SO IN THIS CASE, YOU CAN SEE THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR SHIRT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT GETTING UP INTO THE SIX FIGURES SOMETIME BETWEEN THE YEAR 2060 AND 2070. UM, THIS [00:40:01] PLAN LOOKS OUT TO PROBABLY ABOUT THE YEAR 2050, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT MEANT TO SIT ON A SHELF. THIS ISN'T A, YOU ADOPT IT TODAY AND THIS IS YOUR PLAN FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS. IT'S MEANT TO BE UPDATED, UM, CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE VERY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. WE ALL KNOW THAT. SO IT IS REALLY MEANT TO BE A LIVING, WORKING DOCUMENT THAT SETS THAT VISION, SETS THAT, UM, KIND OF ALIGNMENT THAT EVERYONE'S WORKING TOWARDS, KIND OF A SIMILAR FUTURE. UM, SO IN THE SNAPSHOT WE LOOK AT THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS. WE ALSO LOOK AT PHYSICAL FEATURES, UM, BARRIERS, ASSETS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE LOOK AT A MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMICS, UM, AND THEN WE IDENTIFY STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THOSE STAKEHOLDER CONVERSATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMES IN. AND THAT THIS IS TRULY A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS AS WE BEGIN THE PROJECT. UM, AGAIN, THINGS ARE CHANGING SO QUICKLY. THESE SNAPSHOT CHAPTERS ARE PRETTY MUCH, UM, THEY'RE, THEY CHANGE ALMOST AS AS SOON AS WE FINISH WRITING THE CHAPTER. SO, SO TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT IS. IT, IT TRULY WAS THE SNAPSHOT IN TIME WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT. THE PLAN THEN MOVES INTO A SET OF POLICY STATEMENTS RELATED TO A SERIES OF TOPICS AROUND, UM, DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, GREEN SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS, COLLABORATION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY. AND SO WHAT THESE ARE MEANT TO DO IS, IN A PLAN LIKE THIS, WE CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR EVERY SINGLE POTENTIAL QUESTION THAT YOU WILL EVER GET ASKED AS LEADERS IN THIS CITY, RIGHT? AND SO THESE POLICY STATEMENTS, NOT ONLY ARE THEY SOMETHING WE REFER BACK TO CONTINUOUSLY AS WE'RE CREATING RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ALIGNED, UM, WITH WHERE WE SAID WE WANTED TO GO FROM THE BEGINNING. BUT THIS IS ALSO A TOOL THAT YOU GUYS CAN USE. UM, BOTH THE CITY STAFF, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY LEADERSHIP CAN USE IT IN THAT SAME WAY AS WELL. THAT WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH A QUESTION THAT YOU DON'T KNOW A CLEAR ANSWER TO, YOU CAN LOOK AT THESE POLICY STATEMENTS AND SAY, ARE THE DECISIONS IN FRONT OF US LEADING US TOWARDS MEETING THE GOALS THAT ARE SET WITH THESE POLICY STATEMENTS? OR ARE WE GETTING FURTHER AWAY FROM THEM WITH THE DECISIONS IN FRONT OF US SO THEY CAN REALLY BE THAT DECISION MAKING TOOL, UM, BOTH FOR US WHEN WE'RE CREATING THE DOCUMENT, BUT ONGOING AS WELL. UM, THEY, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT WE HAD FOUR FOCUS AREAS. UM, YOU'LL SEE FIVE ON THIS MAP. WE ENDED UP BREAKING OUT. THREE AND FIVE WERE TOGETHER AT ONE POINT. THEY WERE CONSIDERED, UM, THREE A AND THREE B, BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT IN CONTEXT. SO WE ENDED UP SPLITTING THEM OUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SO WE ENDED UP WITH THESE FIVE FOCUS AREAS AND THEY WERE REALLY IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY PRIOR TO US, UM, STARTING THE PROJECT AS THE AREAS THAT STILL HAD SOME AREA THAT COULD CONTAIN ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR AS WE MIGHT CALL IT IN PLANNING, SUSCEPTIBLE TO CHANGE. UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE AREA ONE AS KIND OF THAT SOUTHEAST SHIRTS THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN YOUR ETJ, BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME PART OF THE CITY, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO WE WANTED TO START TO START TO PLAN FOR THOSE AREAS. UM, AREA TWO IS SOUTH OF THE AIR FORCE BASE. UM, AREA THREE IS CURRENTLY MAINLY UNDEVELOPED, UM, BUT IT HAS A QUARRY, UH, WORKING QUARRY IN IT RIGHT NOW. AREA FOUR IS OBVIOUSLY THAT AREA NORTH OF I 35, YOUR CORRIDOR. AND THEN AREA FIVE AGAIN IS ANOTHER PIECE OF CURRENTLY ETJ, BUT IS EXPECTED TO COME INTO THE CITY, UM, SOON. AND SO EACH OF THESE AREAS WE LOOKED AT, UM, WE LOOKED AT EXISTING CONDITION TO PROPOSED LAND USE CHARACTER AND KIND OF JUST INTENT FOR WHAT THAT AREA COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN SOME SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE AREAS AS WELL. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE INPUT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THIS LAND USE PIECE. UM, AND SO NUMBER ONE, WHEN ASKED THE QUESTION OF WHAT WILL SHIRTS BE KNOWN FOR, NUMBER ONE WAS 62% WAS SAFE, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO SAFETY, YOU'LL, YOU START TO HEAR THESE RECURRING THEMES, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE, UM, REALLY START PICKING UP ON WHEN WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. WHEN ASKED ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND, AND MOBILITY, UM, WE HAD A SERIES OF CHOICES TO RANK AND COMPLETE STREETS THAT ACCOMMODATE BASICALLY ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION CARS, BUT ALSO PEDESTRIANS, ALSO BICYCLES, UM, COULD, COULD ACCOMMODATE TRANSIT IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD SHIRTS, UM, GET A TRANSIT SYSTEM. SECOND WOULD BE CONNECTED SIDEWALKS. AND THEN THIRD WAS OFF STREET TRAILS, UM, BOTH FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS. UH, YOU HEARD SHAD MENTION THAT ONE OF THE THEMES WE HEARD WAS MORE ENTERTAINMENT, RETAIL AND DINING. AND SO WHEN WE ASKED PEOPLE TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE, WE, THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HEARD WAS SIT DOWN, [00:45:01] FULL SERVICE, DINING, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY HEALTHIER GROCERY OPTIONS. AND THEN 80, ALMOST 80% OF RESIDENTS THAT TOOK THE SURVEY SAID THAT THE BEST WAY THAT THEY WANNA SEE PEOPLE PROSPER IN SHIRTS IS THROUGH SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS. SO A COUPLE OF TOPICS OF INTEREST THAT WE INCLUDED IN HERE JUST AS KIND OF BEST PRACTICES OR, UM, HIGH LEVEL GUIDANCE. UM, ONE OF THEM INCLUDES COMPLETE COMMUNITIES. AND SO THE IDEA BEHIND COMPLETE COMMUNITIES IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE SHIRTS TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES. UM, THEY CAN CERTAINLY IF THEY WANT TO, BUT IT'S A CHOICE. THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING THEY NEED WITHIN THE CITY IN WHICH THEY RESIDE. UM, SO THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE GROCERIES, SCHOOLS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, UM, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE LAND USE MAP THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED IN A MOMENT THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE LAND USE CATEGORIES OF MAIN STREET COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MIXED USE CENTERS, THOSE ARE THE MOST LIKELY PLACES WHERE YOU CAN START SEEING THIS IDEA OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COME TO FRUITION WITH INSUREDS. THE SECOND TOPIC OF INTEREST THAT WE INCLUDED WAS INNOVATIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS NOT A DRAINAGE PLAN, BUT WE DID PUT A SECTION IN THE PLAN ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND WAYS TO JUST START THINKING ABOUT VOLUME MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PEAK, PEAK FLOW REDUCTION THAT COULD BE APPLIED, UM, WITH DIFFERENT METHODS, BUT ALL ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING ONLINE, MAKING SURE THESE THINGS ARE BEING THOUGHT ABOUT AND INCORPORATED INTO FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. SO THE FUTURE LAND USES, UM, SAMUEL'S GONNA COME BACK UP IN A MINUTE AND REALLY DIG INTO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH YOU GUYS. SO I WON'T DWELL ON IT A LOT HERE. UM, BUT AGAIN, WE HAD THOSE FIVE FOCUS AREAS, WHICH IS WHERE WE STARTED WITH REALLY APPLYING LAND USES TO, UM, THOSE FIVE FOCUS AREAS. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT PROCESS IS THAT WE REALIZED THAT YOUR LAND USE CATEGORIES WERE QUITE RESTRICTIVE AND THEY WERE QUITE COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED. SO WE SIMPLIFIED THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES, BUT IN DOING THAT, WE BASICALLY HAD TO EXPAND APPLYING THOSE ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANNA HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF LAND USE CATEGORIES WITHIN TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. SO WITHIN THE FOCUS AREAS AND THEN THE REST OF THE CITY. UM, SO WE DID A CONVERSION OF EXISTING LAND USES AND WHAT IS THE, WHAT WAS THE MOST APPLICABLE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY THAT WE HAD CREATED, AND WE APPLIED THAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. SO, UM, THIS PROCESS STARTED WITH JUST UPDATING THOSE FIVE FOCUS AREAS AND WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP, UM, UPDATING YOUR ENTIRE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS WELL. UM, BUT WE DIDN'T CHANGE A LOT. WE JUST TRIED TO APPLY, UH, KIND OF A ONE-TO-ONE TRANSLATION BETWEEN WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE AND THE PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION. SO, UM, TRANSPORTATION WASN'T A LARGE PART OF THIS, BUT WE DID MAKE SURE AND GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR, UH, FUTURE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. AND BASED ON THE ADDITION OF THESE NEW FOCUS AREAS WITH ADDITIONAL LAND USES, WERE THERE GOING TO BE NECESSARY UPGRADES, UM, TO YOUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THROUGHOUT THE CITY? GENERALLY OUR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT THAT YOUR, YOUR PLANNED ROADS, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT'S ON THE WHAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY, BUT AT LEAST WHAT IS IN YOUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN TODAY WILL BE GENERALLY ADEQUATE FOR MOST OF THE GROWTH THAT'S PLANNED. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT NEED TO PROBABLY BE LOOKED AT IN FOCUS AREAS ONE AND FIVE, SO THAT'S THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF SHIRTS. AND THEN THAT AREA ALONG THE I 35 CORRIDOR THAT COULD PROBABLY USE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, CONNECTOR COLLECTOR STREETS UP IN THOSE AREAS ONCE THEY START TO BUILD OUT THE FISCAL IMPACTS OF THE GROWTH AS IDENTIFIED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THAT WAS TAKEN A LOOK AT BY CATALYST, OUR SUB-CONSULTANT. AND SO THEIR CALCULATIONS CAME OUT TO, UM, 2.1 BILLION OF NET NEW FISCAL BENEFITS FOR THE CITY. AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A 30 YEAR PLAN HORIZON, NOT THREE YEARS. DON'T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT $2 BILLION IN THREE YEARS. UM, BUT THAT'S $2 BILLION OVER 30 YEARS. UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE PLAN THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION, ALL THE, UH, MATRICES ARE THERE ABOUT HOW THEY GOT TO THAT NUMBER. UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG TAKEAWAY THERE IS THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, NET NEW FISCAL BENEFITS THAT COULD COME TO THE CITY, UM, AS A RESULT OF ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO THEN THE CHAPTER CONCLUDES, OR THE THE PLAN UPDATE CONCLUDES WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER. SO THIS IS THE PART SHA MENTIONED EARLIER, [00:50:01] WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE PLANTS SIT ON A SHELF. WE ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE THEM IMPLEMENTED, RIGHT? UM, AND SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL VISIONARY DOCUMENT, WE CREATE AN AN ACTION ITEM MATRIX WITH A BUNCH OF SUGGESTED THINGS THAT THE CITY SHOULD UNDERTAKE OR OTHER PARTNERS SHOULD UNDERTAKE IN ORDER TO REALIZE, UM, THE VISION AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS PLAN. SO IT ALSO INCLUDES BEST PRACTICES AROUND USING THE DOCUMENT, UPDATING THE DOCUMENT, KEEPING IT CURRENT, KEEPING IT, UM, KIND OF TOP OF MIND FOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE ACTION MATRIX. I DID WANNA DIG IN SPECIFICALLY A LITTLE BIT INTO HOW DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE MIGHT USE THIS PLAN, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU GUYS AS CITY COUNCIL, UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS IS INTENDED TO BE USED IN, UM, HELPING KIND OF SHEPHERD THAT TO HAPPEN. SO CITY STAFF IS INTENDED TO USE THIS DOCUMENT AS THEIR ALIGNING KIND OF VISION DOCUMENT ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. UM, THEY CAN USE THIS AS A CHECK ON THEIR EVERYDAY DECISION MAKING. UH, SPECIFICALLY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL USE IT IN REVIEWING OF THEIR ZONING CASES. PUBLIC WORKS CAN USE IT IN UNDERSTANDING WHERE FUTURE FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, UH, MIGHT BE COMING IN THE FUTURE. AND THIS CAN ALSO BE JUSTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF CITY PROJECTS AND BUDGETING, CIP PLANS, THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKE WHICH, WHICH PROJECTS WOULD GET YOU CLOSER TO THE THINGS WE'RE SAYING WE WANT IN THIS PLAN, UM, MORE QUICKLY. SO THAT'S A WAY TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND IT'S ALSO, AS SHAD MENTIONED EARLIER, CAN PROVIDE THAT BASIS FOR UPDATING CITY CODES AND ORDINANCES. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT IN AND OF ITSELF, BUT IT CAN BE A BASIS ON WHICH TO UPDATE THOSE. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL USE IT VERY SIMILAR WAYS OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THEY'LL USE IT, THEY'LL REFER TO IT WHEN REVIEWING ZONING CASES, PROVIDING JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL AS COUNSEL. UM, AND JUST UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CAN BALANCE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS WITH THE VALUES AND INTERESTS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS COMING BEFORE THEM WITH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. YOU GUYS AS THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT USE IT, UM, KIND OF ON A BIGGER PLATFORM. SO UNDERSTANDING WHETHER THE CITY IS ACHIEVING OR FALLING SHORT OF ITS GOALS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, ALIGNING PUBLIC GOALS ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS. ALSO, OF COURSE WHEN YOU'RE DISCUSSING ZONING CASES, UM, AND ALIGNING WITH SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONAL ENTITIES, THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY, REALLY BIG ONE. UM, YOU HAVE THIS PLAN NOW THAT YOU CAN SAY YOU CAN GO TO AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THIS PLAN, HOW ARE WE MATCHING UP? AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE'VE DONE RECENTLY. THEY'RE ALSO UPDATING THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, SAMUEL WILL TALK TO THEM AND WE SAID, ARE WE ALIGNING? YOU KNOW, WE'RE BOTH DOING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, ARE WE ALIGNING TOGETHER WITH WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR ON EITHER SIDES OF OUR CITY BOUNDARIES, UM, TO MAKE KIND OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES? AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALSO USE IT AS A BASIC FOR A BASIS FOR YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AS WELL. THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THIS CAN BE A REALLY, UM, GOOD TOOL FOR DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY COME TO YOU. THEY CAN, THEY HAVE THIS TOOL THAT THEY CAN REFER TO AND SEE WHAT THE CITY SAYS IT DOES OR MAYBE DOES NOT WANT. SO THE IDEA IS THAT THEY CAN COME WITH TO YOU WITH BETTER PROPOSALS FROM THE OUTSET BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR CITY. AND THEN FINALLY, THE RESIDENTS. IT'S AN ENGAGEMENT TOOL TO GET PEOPLE, UM, INTERESTED AND EXCITED ABOUT CITY PLANNING, UM, HELP SHAPE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS. AND IT'S A WAY TO KEEP THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE SO RESIDENTS CAN POINT TO THIS AND SAY, HAVE YOU DONE THE THINGS CITY THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO FOR US AS PART OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO SAMUEL FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE. THANK YOU, CAITLIN. SO IN LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND HOW TO CATEGORIZE THESE PLACES IN THE CITY, WE REALLY KIND OF LOOKED AT IT FROM A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. AND NUMBER ONE, OUR CURRENT LAND USE PLAN HAS 19 CATEGORIES. UM, AND IT GETS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND R AND D MANUFACTURED HOUSING, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S ESSENTIALLY, IT'S, IT'S VERY EASY FOR STAFF OR APPLICANTS FOR RESIDENTS TO CONFLATE OUR ZONING DISTRICT AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CATEGORIES. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. SO WE ALSO, WE DON'T WANT THE COMP PLAN TO TELL US WHAT TO DO. WE WANT US TO INFORM, HELP IT INFORM OUR DECISIONS, RIGHT? SO WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE, A LITTLE MORE, GIVE OUR STAFF AND OUR DECISION MAKERS TOOLS TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE SHRUNK THE LAND USE CATEGORIES DOWN TO NINE. AND I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE AND SORT OF HOW WE APPLIED THEM TO THE CITY. AND, UH, THESE WERE THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WENT BACK AND FORTH ON QUITE A LOT. WE WENT, WE [00:55:01] WERE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT HOW WE WORDED THESE THINGS. SO FIRST IS MAIN STREET, AND I'M JUST GONNA READ THESE OFF TO YOU ONE BY ONE, UNIQUE TO THE HISTORIC MAIN STREET CORRIDOR. LAND USE INCLUDES COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT SPACE. STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED TO CREATE A DYNAMIC URBAN CORE WITH PUBLIC SPACES THAT PROMOTES A PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THE MAIN STREET CATEGORY CAN BE UTILIZED AS A CONCEPT TO EXPAND BEYOND THE MAIN, THE HISTORIC MAIN STREET CORRIDOR AND APPLIED TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY, BUT APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONAL USES FOR ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AND UTILIZED. AND WHAT ARE THE, THE THINKING HERE WAS, IS THAT MAIN STREET AS A CONCEPT COULD EXPAND TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. WE DIDN'T WANNA RESTRICT TO JUST MAIN STREET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FM 78 1 DAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PARTS OF SHIRTS, PARKWAY, WHO KNOWS. BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'VE ONLY APPLIED IT TO THE MAIN STREET AREA, BUT WE GAVE OURSELVES FLEXIBILITY TO, IF WE WANTED TO AMEND THE COMP PLAN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE AND APPLY IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN SHIRTS, WHO KNOWS? SO, RURAL LIVING, SPARSE DEVELOPMENT, NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES CHARACTERIZE RURAL LIVING AREAS. THESE AREAS PRIORITIZE THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE, ISOLATED COUNTRY RESIDENCE AND SUPPORT FOR FARMING AND RANCHING AND THE CONSERVATION OF ECOLOGICAL HABITATS. THIS LAND USE TYPE EMPHASIZES COMPATIBILITY WITH JBSA AND RESIDENTIAL IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN CERTAIN AREAS. EVALUATING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF SPARSE PRESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE. COMMERCIAL COMPLEMENT USAGE SHALL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH JBSA. AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HAMMER HOME HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROTECTING THE MISSION OF RANDOLPH, RIGHT? AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL OF RURAL LIVING IS IN ONE AREA AROUND THE A PZ. AND THIS IS, THIS IS INTENTIONAL. WE WANTED TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT JBSA IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO SORT OF CONSULT WITH HERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE BASE COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THIS CHARACTERIZES A LOT OF OUR, ALMOST MOST OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GENERAL AREAS CHARACTERIZED BY A MIXTURE OF HOUSING OPTIONS WITH SUPPORTING LAND USES SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, THESE AREAS SHOULD PROMOTE CONNECTIVITY AND FOSTER MORE BIKEABLE AND WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WHEN CONSIDERING APPROPRIATENESS OF HOUSING DENSITY OR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, FACTORS SUCH AS ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION, CONFLICTS AMONG LAND USES AND BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS THE UNDUE CONCENTRATION OR DIFFUSION OF POPULATION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. SO THIS IS A BROAD CATEGORY AND WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO USE YOUR JUDGMENT, WE WANT STAFF TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT WHENEVER CONSIDERING DIFFERENT HOUSING, WHETHER COMMERCIAL'S APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO SAY DO THIS, DO THAT IN THE COMP PLAN. WE WANT TO SAY CONSIDER THESE THINGS WHEN MAKING THESE DECISIONS. LOCAL CORRIDOR, THIS LAND USE TYPE DESCRIBES LOCALLY ORIENTED COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT AREAS, TYPICALLY SITUATED ALONG MEDIUM TO HIGH VOLUME COLLECTIVE ROADS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AT THEIR PERIMETER. LOCAL CORRIDORS CONTAIN CONVENTIONAL RETAIL CENTERS, SMALL SCALE MIXED USE, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE OF A SCALE AND INTENSITY COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, THIS CATEGORY, WE WERE LOOKING AT FM 3 0 0 9 AND WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR FM 1518 IS GOING, PARTS OF SHIRTZ PARKWAY FM 78, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS, UM, BUT THEY ARE STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC GENERATORS FOR THE CITY AND THERE ARE STILL RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE. AND THERE'S, THERE'S SUB RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE RIGHT UP AGAINST 3 0 0 9 AND THAT'S OKAY. IT'S AS LONG AS IT'S COMPATIBLE AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S AROUND IT. THE REGIONAL CORRIDOR, UH, IT DESCRIBES COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT, UH, AREAS ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT SERVE POPULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE BROADER REGION. REGIONAL CORRIDORS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY BIG BOX, BIG BOX STORE DEVELOPMENT, TYPICAL REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTERS, SUPERMARKETS, MOVIE THEATERS, DEPARTMENT STORES AND OFFICE BUILDINGS. LARGE MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES MAY ALSO BE APPROPRIATE. CURRENT REGIONAL CORRIDORS ARE PRIMARILY AUTO ORIENTED, ALTHOUGH FUTURE OF DEVELOPS SHOULD ENCOURAGE A MIXTURE OF, OF USES PEDESTRIAN SCALE DESIGN AND GREEN SPACE. ADDITIONALLY, LIMITED INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTIC USES AS CURRENTLY PRESENT IN THE AREA WILL BE ACCOMMODATED TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ALL KNOW THAT I 35 IS DEVELOPING INTO A MAJOR CORRIDOR, NOT JUST REGIONALLY, BUT NATIONALLY. YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST PORT IN THE COUNTRY IS LAREDO RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS CORRIDOR IS POISED TO BENEFIT A LOT FROM THAT. AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH THE COMP PLAN WAS THAT WE WERE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL A LITTLE BIT AS THIS REGION WAS GROWING SO FAST, WE HAD TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY AS WHERE WE'RE HEADED, BUT WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THAT AS WELL. AND SO THAT [01:00:01] IS REALLY THE, THE EMPHASIS ON REGIONAL CORRIDOR. IT'S ALL ALONG THE FRONT EDGE OF I 35 AS WELL AS I 10. MIXED USE CENTER MIXED USE INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING TYPES, LOCALLY SERVING COMMERCIAL AND RECREATION USES WITH MULTIMODAL ACCESSIBILITY. IT INTEGRATES RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE OR ENTERTAINMENT SPACES NEARBY, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK AND ENJOY LEISURE ACTIVITIES WITHOUT EXTENSIVE TRAVEL. THIS LANE CATEGORY OCCURS AT HIGHER DENSITIES THAN LOCAL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT. MIXED USE CENTERS TYPICALLY OCCUR ALONG OR AT INTERSECTIONS OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS WITH INTERNAL STREETS THAT ARE COMPLETE AND WALKABLE. NOW, THIS CATEGORY, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT OUR PREVIOUS COMP PLAN AND OUR PREVIOUS COMP PLAN HAD A LOT OF MIXED USE STUFF IN THERE AND WE WANTED TO PRESERVE SOME OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, IT WASN'T QUITE AS EXTENSIVE IN THIS ONE AS IT WAS IN THE LAST ONE, BUT WE STILL WANTED TO PRESERVE SOME OF THAT AND THERE'S POTENTIAL, WE SAT DOWN WITH THE COGNITIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH, UM, UH, WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AS WELL AND WE LOOKED AT AREAS SPECIFICALLY RIGHT HERE AROUND THE RAILROAD TRACKS. UH, BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS PLAN ACTUALLY HAD, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR IF THERE WAS EVER A ENHANCED RAIL DISTRICT THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT WAS GONNA COME UP THE I 35 CORRIDOR, RIGHT? WE WANT SHIRTS TO HAVE A STOP, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT. SO WE LEFT IT IN THIS SECTION OF THE CITY, WHICH IS, UM, EAST OF 2252, AND WE, WE BASICALLY MOVED THAT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS MAYBE AT ONE POINT IN TIME WE WANNA BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE IF THAT WERE TO EVER HAPPEN, IF THAT WERE TO EVER OCCUR. BUT WE ALSO INCLUDED IT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TOO, DOWN HERE, DOWN SOUTH, ALONG 1518. AND THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF TWO MAJOR, UH, THOROUGHFARES HERE AND THEN ALSO UP HERE JUST SOUTH OF 35. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT THERE IS ACTUALLY, WE'RE GETTING SOME MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT THERE CURRENTLY. SO WE HAVE STUFF IN THE WORKS RIGHT THERE. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T DOING SOMETHING THAT WASN'T, UH, INCOMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY GOING ON. SO, INDUSTRIAL HUB, THIS ONE'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY CATEGORY INCLUDES ALL LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING MANUFACTURING, WAREHOUSES, PROCESSING, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, YOU KNOW, OPTIMIZING TRANSPORTATION, SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS. INDUSTRIAL HUBS ARE TYPICALLY LOCATED NEAR MAJOR ROADS, HIGHWAYS, RAILWAYS, INDUSTRIAL HUBS ARE OFTEN BUFFERED FROM SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT BY TRANSITIONAL USES SUCH AS FLEX BUILDINGS OR RD THAT MITIGATE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO LOWER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS IS ALL, MOST OF THIS INDUSTRIAL HUB IS RIGHT HERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SHIRTS WHAT'S BASICALLY OCCURRING THERE RIGHT NOW. ALSO, SOME OF IT DOWN HERE, DOWN SOUTH WHERE THERE'S A MAJOR, UH, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT IS 100% NON-RESIDENTIAL. SO FINALLY, UH, OUR SECOND TO LAST YEAR PUBLIC USE IS BASICALLY DESCRIBES ALL OUR SPACES THAT WERE, UH, FOR CIVIC PURPOSES, PARKS, OPEN SPACE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES SHOULD BE DISPERSED AT THE CITY TO ENSURE RESIDENT SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELFARE. BASICALLY THE, UH, A CATCHALL TERM THAT KIND OF COMBINED, UH, TWO OF OUR PREVIOUS, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CATE, UH, CATEGORIES, UH, WE SORT OF JUST COMBINED ALL OF IT INTO PUBLIC USE. AND FINALLY, THIS ONE WAS, UH, A TRICKY ONE, BUT, UH, THIS ONE'S CALLED DEVELOPMENT DEFERMENT AND DE DEVELOPMENT. DEFERMENT IS A LAND USE CATEGORY THAT INCLUDES LARGE TRACKS THAT CURRENTLY HOUSE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES, BUT HAVE LONG-TERM POTENTIAL TO REDEVELOP. THESE SITES SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED FOR APPLICABLE LAND USES IN FUTURE LAND USE MAP UPDATES AT WHICH TIME THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE APPROPRIATE. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS, THE, THE LARGE AREA TO THE NORTH THERE IS ALL GREEN FOR DEVELOPMENT DEFERMENT. AND IN OUR FOCUS GROUPS, WE INVITED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE INVITED PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND BASICALLY WHAT WE HEARD IN THIS AREA IS THAT THE, THE QUARRY OPERATION, THE MATERIALS OPERATION THAT'S GOING ON UP THERE IS EXPANDING AND IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE UP THERE ARE SELLING THEIR LAND TO THE QUARRY. SO WE, AND A LOT OF THIS IS, UH, ETJ AS WELL AND IT'S NOT UNDER ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S KIND OF IN THIS LIMBO, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THE QUARRY MIGHT BE GONE, THE LIFESPAN FOR QUARRIES COULD BE DECADES. SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE. SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS DOING IS WE ARE DEFERRING WHAT WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS UNTIL A FUTURE DATE. AGAIN, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WE CAN AMEND THE PLAN AND WE CAN GO IN AND START SIGNING LAND USE CATEGORIES UNTIL THAT TIME WE'RE GONNA DEFER IT TO ANOTHER DAY. SO THIS KIND OF A ZOOMED IN ON SOME OF THESE AREAS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, WHAT I JUST MENTIONED, THE NORTHERN SHIRTS DEFERMENT, A LOT OF THAT I 35 CORRIDOR IS REGIONAL CORRIDOR, UM, MIXED USE CENTERS, INDUSTRIAL COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS [01:05:01] WITH WHAT'S GOING ON FURTHER SOUTH. UM, I REACHED OUT TO SLO AND WE COORDINATED WITH THEM TO SEE, 'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AS WELL, AND THEY'RE REALLY EMPHASIZING COMMERCIAL ALONG FM 1103. SO WE ADDED LOCAL CORRIDOR IN THERE TO, TO SORT OF CAPITALIZE AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPOUND SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS OF THAT IF YOU GO DOWN FURTHER SOUTH HERE AND THE, A LOT OF THE CENTRAL SHIRTS IS BUILT OUT ALREADY. SO AS CAITLYN MENTIONED, WE HAD TO TAKE THE NEW CATEGORIES INTO, ASSIGN 'EM TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE. UH, A LOT OF 3 0 0 9 IS LOCAL CORRIDOR PARTS OF, UH, SHIRTZ PARKWAY FM 78. THERE, YOU SEE MAIN STREET THERE AS WELL. AND THEN GOING DOWN F UH, FM 1518, YOU'LL SEE LOCAL CORRIDOR IS, UH, GOING SOUTH. AND A LOT OF THAT IS INFORMED BY THE FACT THAT IT IS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL ON OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. UH, TDOT'S WIDENING IT RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT OUR PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE GOT FROM THIS PART OF THE CITY WAS WE WANT SERVICES. WE WANT THINGS DOWN HERE. WE DON'T WANNA GO ALL THE WAY UP TO NORTH SHIRTS TO DO THINGS. AND SO THAT IS WHAT REALLY INFORMED US IN MAKING OUR DECISIONS DOWN HERE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, REGIONAL CORRIDOR EXTENDS ALONG THE I 10 FRONTAGE. A LOT OF THAT RURAL LIVING IS DOWN HERE, SOUTH OF RANDOLPH, AND THEN COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERIZES MOST OF THE REST OF SOUTH SHIRTS. SO OUR NEXT STEPS HERE, UH, WE HAVE TONIGHT'S MEETING, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THESE. UM, WE CAN DO SOME TWEAKING WITH TO THE FINAL DOCUMENT IF NECESSARY. AND THEN, UH, IT'LL BE A SECOND COUNCIL MEETING FOR ADOPTION. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, MR. HAAS. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? PLEASE, UH, STEP UP TO THE MIC AND PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE, AND YOU ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. I'M DANA SUMMERS, MY HUSBAND BILL AND I HAVE OWNED OUR HOME AT 10 16 ANTLER DRIVE FOR 42 YEARS. WE HAVE LOVED LIVING IN SHIRTS. I WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 30 YEARS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I LOVE THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT CAME THROUGH MY CLASSROOM DOOR. UM, WE'VE HAD A BEAUTIFUL QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN THIS CITY. MY HUSBAND SERVED ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE FOR COMMISSION FOR 10 YEARS, FROM 1990 TO 2000. I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOU ALL AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THE LIFE THAT WE DO HERE. UM, I AM GOING TO TAKE ISSUE WITH, UH, THE PRESENTERS SAYING THAT THEY SOUGHT OUT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. UM, WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS BEEN TRYING TO ACCESS THIS, UH, PROPOSED LAND USED MAP SINCE NOVEMBER. SHE WAS PROVIDED IT BY MR. HOFF SIX DAYS AGO, AND WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED HERE THIS EVENING, THIS AFTERNOON. SO I WANTED TO COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, WE LIVE IN DEER HAVEN AND ON THIS MAP, THE TWO STREETS THAT COMPRISE DEER HAVEN AND, AND REACH OUT TO 3009 ARE INDICATED THAT THERE ARE LOTS THERE. AND MR. HOST TOLD OUR NEIGHBOR THAT IT WAS FOR A COMMERCIAL ZONE FROM THE COATING HERE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PINK COLORS. I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT HE IS ACTUALLY CALLING IT A LOCAL CORRIDOR, PERHAPS, OR A MULTI-USE LISTING. I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW IT'S BEEN CLASSIFIED. UM, THOSE TWO LOTS THAT ARE DOWN THERE, CERTAINLY THE ONE THAT IS NOT BUILT ON AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, WAS IT'S ORIGINALLY, UH, FOR SINGLE RESIDENTIAL USE. AND IT HAS BEEN, UH, A A LOT OF CONTENTION , IF I COULD SAY THAT BECAUSE, UM, TWO TIMES NOW, JANUARY 10TH, 2018, WE CAME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE COMMISSION, EXCUSE ME, UH, REGARDING THAT LOT ON FAWN DRIVE AND 3009. AND THERE WAS A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM THE SINGLE RESIDENTIAL THAT IT IS TO, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES US. SO WE HAD MET AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THAT DAY, UH, IT TOOK A LOT TO GET EVERYBODY ORGANIZED AND TO HEAR FROM EACH OTHER. BUT WE MET AND TALKED AND WE CAME [01:10:01] IN FORCE HERE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT REASONS AND CONCERNS OF TAKING THAT PARTICULAR LOT AND USING IT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. UH, THE LOT WAS THEN SOLD, OH, EXCUSE ME, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. DID I TAKE MY WHOLE THREE MINUTES? YOU DID, DID WELL. LET ME JUST QUICKLY SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD SI UH, SERVICES WAS DENIED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COUNCIL. AGAIN, THEY APPLIED, UM, IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR OF TWO 2023. THE ZONING WAS REQUESTED AGAIN TO BE CHANGED TO, TO, UM, GENERAL BUSINESS AND THE POINTS AND REASONS. WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. TXDOT WILL NOT ALLOW A CURB CUT, CUT THROUGH THERE. ALL TRAFFIC GOING INTO THAT COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE ROUTED THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN THAT THEY FOUND IN THE COMMUNITY OF SAFETY CERTAINLY APPLIES TO THAT DRAINAGE IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR THAT LOT. WE HAD NEIGHBORS THAT BROUGHT PICTURES, IF YOU WANT TO REFERENCE THAT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. WE HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT ALMOST GO UNDERWATER. THE CITY HAS DONE EXTENSIVE ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE DOWN THERE. THEY DID A BIG PROJECT AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF TREES ON THOSE LOTS BIG TREES. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADJUST THE COUNCIL, PLEASE STEP UP. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS WILLIAM SUMMERS AND MY BLESSED WIFE WAS JUST BEFORE YOU ALL WITH RESPECT TO THIS, UH, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. UH, I AM HERE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. I WORK FOR LANGLEY AND AK, UH, WHICH IS A LAW FIRM IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M ONE OF THE LEAD LITIGATORS THERE. UH, WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO BRING YOU TO YOUR ATTENTION. THE FACT THAT EACH ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN DEER HAVEN HAS GOT A DEED RESTRICTION FILED OF RECORD WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF GUADALUPE COUNTY, RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE LOTS TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ONLY. UM, NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE GONE BY DEER HAVEN. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE DRIVEN UP THROUGH DEER HAVEN. WE HAVE COUNTRY LANES. THESE ARE STREETS THAT ARE ABOUT A CAR WIDTH AND A HALF BETWEEN THE TWO CARS DRIVING BY BESIDE EACH OTHER. UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO GO THROUGH SOME FORM OF AN EMINENT DONATE DOMAIN PROCEEDING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS. ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT WE KNOW IN DEER HAVEN WILL CONTEST THOSE INTIMATE IMMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS. NOW, AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, IN WHICH THE, UH, APPLICATION BY THE NEW OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WANTED TO GO TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL AS OPPOSED TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, MR. JAMES GOT UP AND TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ORDINANCE CHANGING THE LAND USE OF THE, UH, ORDINANCES THAT RESTRICT THE Y LAND USE AS OPPOSED TO A DEED RESTRICTION. I THINK MR. JAMES WILL PROBABLY AGREE WITH ME NOW THAT A DEED RESTRICTION TRUMPS ANY ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DO WITH RESPECT TO THAT THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT FORWARD THE APPLICATION FOR THAT DROPPED IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. UH, THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND I WANTED TO COME BEFORE Y'ALL TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTOOD. THERE IS A DEED RESTRICTION THAT WAS RECORDED BACK IN 1980 WHEN MR. BECK TRANSFERRED THE LAND TO HIS SON. MR. BECK WAS A GERMAN FARMER WHO SUBDIVIDED HIS OWN LOT, GOT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE HIS SUBDIVISION BACK IN THE SIXTIES. AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE LOTS HAS GOT A RESTRICTION ON IT THAT IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES ONLY. IT GOES INTO SOME HISTORICAL ASPECTS ABOUT WHETHER YOU CAN HAVE AN OUTDOOR PRIVY ON THE PROPERTY OR NOT. YOU CAN'T. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT, UH, ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED. WE WERE NEVER CONTACTED BY NICHOLSON FREEZE WITH RESPECT TO ANYTHING. NOBODY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE KNOW OF WAS EVER CONTACTED BY THEM WITH RESPECT TO ALL THESE CONDITIONS. I'M GONNA URGE THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO SUSPEND THIS, TO ALLOW CONVERSATIONS GO ON BETWEEN NICHOLS AND FREEZE WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIQUE SITUATION WE HAVE WITH DEER HAVEN. IT'S RIGHT ON 3 0 0 9. IT'S A DANGEROUS STREET. UH, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE WIDENED AT SOME POINT IN TIME, AND I UNDERSTAND, AND I DON'T KNOW NOW IF TXDOT STILL CONTROLS 3 0 0 9 OR NOT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES OVER THE LAST 40 [01:15:01] YEARS IN DEALING WITH THE STATE THROUGH TDOT WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC ON THAT. THANK VERY MUCH. UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALRIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. UM, I'M NOT SURE IT REALLY WARRANTS DELAYING ANY ACTION, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE COMP PLAN BECAUSE AS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UH, THAT SECTION OF 3 0 0 9 IS, IS PROPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED AS LOCAL CORRIDOR CORRECT. WHICH IN THE DEFINITION OF THE COMP PLAN SAYS THAT ACCEPTABLE USES ARE CONVENTIONAL RETAIL, SMALL SCALE MIXED USE, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL USES. AND THE SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT THE RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP IS NOT A COMP PLAN ISSUE, IT'S A SPECIFIC ZONING ISSUE. SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR PARCEL OF LAND THAT HAS A DEED RESTRICTION, THEN THAT WAS WHAT THAT WOULD WILL BE, WHAT WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING A ZONING ISSUE. MM-HMM. , UH, AND THAT MAY TRUMP ANY OTHER APPLICABLE USE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AS PART OF A COMP PLAN? CORRECT? CORRECT. RIGHT. I WOULD ADD THAT I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD USES THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE FOR, YOU KNOW, EACH PROPERTY VARY GREATLY, RIGHT? SO IF THERE'S PARTICULAR CHALLENGES AND INCOMPATIBILITY WITH, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY WITH IN RESPECT TO DEER HAVEN, THAT COMMUNITY, THEN YOU KNOW, IT IS UP TO THE DECISION MAKER TO SAY, NO, THAT'S THIS IS, THIS PROPOSAL'S NOT GOING TO WORK OR IT WILL WORK. SO, OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN. UH, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DAVIS. IT'S EXACTLY MY FEELINGS ON THERE. UH, LIKE I SAID, IN RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE OF A SCALE INTENSITY COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THAT, UH, DEER HAVEN IS, WAS, HAS NO SPACE, THEREFORE COMMERCIAL, UH, UH, UH, ENTITY, UH, EVEN EVEN AN END CAP OF, OF ANY SORTS. UH, I LIVE IN THE AREA, I DRIVE BY IT THREE TIMES A DAY SOMETIMES. SO I JUST CAN'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT THEN AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A ZONING ISSUE. THIS IS A COMP PLAN ISSUE. AND THE COMP PLAN SPECIFICALLY GIVES US BROAD, BROAD AND GENERAL GUIDANCE AND NOT SPECIFIC ZONING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? THE NONE. IS THERE A, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO SIX. NO MOVE. SECOND, HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN COUNCIL, ANY OF THE COMMENTS? I SEE NONE. IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE. WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. HAAS. ALRIGHT, WE'LL [Information available in City Council Packets] MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12 IS OUR MONTHLY UPDATE, MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS AND OUR CPI AND ITEM NUMBER 13 IS OUR ENERGY EFFICIENT AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PACKETS WERE PROVIDED THE COUNSELING AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING@OURWEBSITESHIRTS.COM. SO WE'LL MOVE ON. COUNSEL, [Requests and Announcements] ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM STAFF? NONE. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY POSSIBLE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? I SEE NONE. ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP MACALUSO? UH, NO SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS? NOTHING TONIGHT, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON ATTENDED THE NORTHEAST PARTNERSHIP LUNCHEON AND THAT WAS ALL FOR THIS WEEK. COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON, I ATTENDED THE TML MID-YEAR CONFERENCE AND THE CHAMBER LUNCHEON COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, I ATTENDED THE TML MID-YEAR CONFERENCE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD? UH, YEAH, I, I ATTENDED A LOT. I WON'T TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF, I SEND INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT I LEARNED AT EACH ONE OF THEM. I DID THE TML SMALL CITIES PROBLEM SOLVING ON THE, UH, A GRIP GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE. AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. UH, CITY CONFERENCE, TML, MID-YEAR CONFERENCE AND THE CHAMBER LUNCHEON. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, UH, NORTHEAST PARTNERSHIP. ALWAYS A GOOD TIME. OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING ELSE. OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW SEVEN 20. [01:20:01] 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.