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OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL 16TH, 2024 IS NOW IN SESSION.
FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, WHO WILL LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF THE TEXAS.
FATHER GOD, PLEASE WATCH OVER THIS CITY, THE COUNCIL AND THE ATTENDEES HERE AND TI WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT FOR BETTER DECISIONS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, TO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
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I DO HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, FOR THE HAL BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIP.AS A REMINDER, STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE HAL BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIP ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN UP ON THE SHEET LOCATED IN THE BACK.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE VIEWING IT ONLINE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CONTACT, UH, EMAIL SARAHGONZALEZ@UHSHIRTS.COM.
THAT'S S-G-O-N-Z-A-L-E Z@SHIRTS.COM.
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WELL, LET'S, LET'S GET STARTED.WE HAVE A, UH, COUPLE PROCLAMATIONS.
FIRST OF FIRST ONE IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS APPRECIATION WEEK, APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 24TH, 2024.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THOSE, UH, UM, PLEASE COME UP AND, UH, TO THE PODIUM PLEASE.
NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK, APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH, 2024.
WHEREAS EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME THAT THE REQUIRE POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, IS A CRITICAL TO ALL THE PROTECTION OF THE LIFE AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS IS A DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHOSE TELEPHONE WITH THE CITY OF THE SHIRTS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY C CAN ARE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT FOR THE CITIZENS HAVE THE EMERGENCY SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATORS DEPARTMENT HAS 17 EMPLOYEES, ONE COMMUNICATION MANAGER WITH 17 AND A HALF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, FOUR SHIFT SUPERVISORS, WHEN A COMBINED 53 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND 12 COMMUNICATION OFFICERS WITH A COM COMBINED TOTAL OF 28 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATORS OF THE CITY OF SHIRTZ ANSWER APPROXIMATELY 102,000 CALLS IN 2023 FROM WHICH 77,000 CALLS WERE THE SERVICE OF SHIRTS AND CILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT SHIRTS, EMS, DEPARTMENT AND SHIRTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHEREAS THE SAFETY COMMUNICATORS ARE A SINGLE VITAL LINK TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES BY RADIO, PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY.
AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TE TELECOMMUNICATORS OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS HAVE COMBINED SUBSTANTIALLY TO APPREHENSION OF CRIMINAL CRIMINALS, CRIMINALS, SUSPENSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE EACH DISPATCHER HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING, PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB IN THE PAST YEAR.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED THAT RALPH GUTIERREZ MAYOR CITY OF SHIRTS PROCLAIM NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK 2020, APRIL 14TH, 2020, 24.
I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM KEEP OUR CITY AND
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CITIZENS SAFE.SO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION TONIGHT.
I AM THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER OVER OUR DISPATCH CENTER FOR SHIRTS AND CILO.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR AMAZING DISPATCHERS.
I AM HERE TONIGHT WITH SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD THAT YOU WILL RARELY SEE, BUT ALWAYS HERE THEY HAVE THE GUTS, BUT THEY RARELY SEE THE GLORY.
THEY COME INTO WORK EVERY DAY MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
THEY NEVER KNOW THE OUTCOME AND THEY SHOULD SHOULDER THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
WE ASK A LOT FROM THEM AND THEY CONTINUOUSLY GIVE IT THEIR ALL.
THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES SUSTAIN, CALM, EVEN WHEN THE CALL ON THE OTHER END IS DICTATING CHAOS.
EVEN ON THEIR MOST DIFFICULT DAYS, I HOPE THEY REMEMBER THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK IS IMMEASURABLE.
THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THEIR ROLE IS TRULY INSPIRING.
AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR TEAM.
YOUR WORK DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SELFLESS SERVICE AND FOR BEING THE VOICE OF REASSURANCE IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE MAKING A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY.
DISPATCH IS NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY OF SHEZ, BUT THE CITY OF
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOSE TO, UH, 90,000 RESIDENTS THAT THEY PROVIDE THE DISPATCH SERVICE FOR.
OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS THE, UH, WORK ZONE SAFETY WEEK.
UM, MAYOR PRO TEMP MACALUSO WILL BE READING THAT PROCLAMATION NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK APRIL 15TH.
CAN CAN WE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, PLEASE STEP UP HERE.
NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK APRIL 15TH THROUGH THE 19TH 2024.
WHEREAS NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK IS AN ANNUAL SPRING CAMPAIGN HELD AT THE START OF CONSTRUCTION SEASON TO ENCOURAGE SAFE DRIVING THROUGH STREETS, ROADS, AND HIGHWAY WORK ZONES.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK IS A WAY TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR WORK ZONES AND THOSE WHO WORK IN THEM, AND THE, AND THE MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SLOW TO POST IT SPEEDS, ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING AND BE WATCHFUL FOR ROADWAY WORKERS, THEIR EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN WORK ZONES.
AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WORK ZONE SAFETY INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE IN 2021, THERE WERE 874 FATAL CRASHES IN US WORK ZONES UP FROM SEVEN 80 IN 2020.
AND WHEREAS ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN TWO PERSONS PER DAY WERE KILLED IN WORK ZONES IN 2020.
AND FATALITIES AND WORK ZONE CRASHES INCREASED FROM 8 45 IN 2019 TO 956 IN 2021.
AND WHEREAS A PERCENTAGE OF WORK ZONE FATAL CRASHES FROM ALL FATAL CRASHES INCREASED FROM 1.8% IN 2012 TO 2.2% IN 2023.
AND THE ESTIMATES OF INJURIES FROM WORK ZONE CRASHES INCREASED IN THAT SAME PERIOD FROM 31,000 TO 42,000.
AND WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, THE AMERICAN TRAFFIC SAFETY SERVICES ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS, THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CON CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, AND A WIDE
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VARIETY OF PARTNERS, WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND PARTNER ON WORK ZONE AND ROADWAY SAFETY, CONTINUALLY RAISING AWARENESS OF WORK ZONE SAFETY.AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SHEZ PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON SAFE ROADS AND WORK ZONES, AND THE TXDOT, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE STATE STRIVES TO KEEP EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC SAFE DURING ROAD AND STREET REPAIRS, STREET REPAIRS AND WORK ZONES.
AND WHEREAS GO ORANGE DAY TAKES PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2024, AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE IN WEARING ORANGE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO KEEP OUR ROADS SAFE.
AND WHEREAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2024 TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST IN WORK ZONES.
AND WHEREAS SOLUTIONS TO KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE IN WORK ZONES AND ON OUR ROADWAYS IS OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY, AND THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THAT.
I, PAUL MOUS ON BEHALF OF RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SHIRTZ, DECLARE APRIL 15TH OF 19TH 2024 NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK, WEEK WITH THE THEME WORK ZONES ARE TEMPORARY ACTIONS BEHIND THE WHEEL CAN LAST FOREVER.
UH, I JUST, UH, APPRECIATE TAKING A MOMENT TO, UH, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THE, UH, THE FOLKS OUT THERE.
AND SO THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACES YOU'LL SEE IN THOSE WORK ZONES.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANT EVERYBODY TO GO HOME AT NIGHT, SO JUST PLEASE, UH, BE CAREFUL, UH, GOING THROUGH 'EM.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST CITY FOLKS, SO WE GOT OTHER UTILITY PROVIDERS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY AND CONTRACTORS OUT THERE.
SO, UH, JUST APPRECIATE THE MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE IT.
OUR NEXT, UH, PROCLAMATION IS THE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL WEEK.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION.
IF I CAN HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES PLEASE COME ON UP THE SIDE.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO SIT ON THE ANIMAL ADVISORY BOARD WITH THE FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
AND THEY ARE AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH WORDS AT THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, THE INITIATIVES THAT THEY TAKE TO BUILD THAT AREA, AND JUST THE CARE THAT THEY TAKE WITH RESIDENTS WHEN THEY GET A PHONE CALL OUT, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
SORRY GUYS, I HAVE TO GET A MOTION.
NATIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH 2024.
WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL ASSOCIATION HAS DESIGNATED THE SECOND FULL WEEK IN APRIL AS ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND WHEREAS VARIOUS FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THANK AND COMMAND ALL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND ANIMAL SERVICES STAFF FOR THEIR DEDICATION SERVICE.
THEY PROVIDE TO THE CITIZENS, PUBLIC SAFETY, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, AND LIVESTOCK ACROSS THE NATION.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHURCHS RECOGNIZES AND COMMANDS THE CHURCH'S ANIMAL SERVICES PERSONNEL WHO ANSWER ALL CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE CAPTURING ROAMING POTENTIAL AND DANGEROUS ANIMALS, RESCUE ANIMALS, INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF ANIMAL ABUSE, EDUCATE PET OWNERS ABOUT RESPONSIBLE CARE AND MEDIATE DISPUTES BETWEEN NEIGHBORS REGARDING PETS.
WHEREAS IN 2023, THE CITY OF CHURCHS ANIMAL SERVICES RESPONDED TO 2,124 CALLS OF SERVICE AND HANDLED 1,214 ANIMAL INTAKES.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHURCHS HAS STAFFED, THAT INCLUDES ONE ANIMAL SERVICE MANAGER WITH SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS OF SERVICE, FOUR ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICERS WITH COMBINED 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND FOUR ANIMAL SERVICE TECHNICIANS WITH COMBINED 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
WHEREAS IN 2023, THE CHURCH'S ANIMAL SERVICES HAS DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SAN ANTONIO HUMANE SOCIETY AND OTHER ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATION FOR PLACEMENT OF SCARED OR ILL ANIMALS.
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WHEREAS IN 20 23, 3, THE CHURCH'S ANIMAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES THEIR VISION TO HAVE A SPECIAL UNIT WHERE THEY CAN CARE FOR NEONATAL ANIMALS, BOTH DOMESTIC AND WILD.THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE ROOM IN FULL SERVICE DEDICATED TO THE CARE OF INFANT ANIMALS, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
WHEREAS ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL CONTROL LAWS, PROTECTING THE PUBLIC FROM DISEASE SUCH AS RABIES AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE PROPER CARE OF COMMUNITY'S PETS.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.
I ALLISON HAYWARD WITH THE MAYOR, RALPH GUTIERREZ OF THE CITY OF SHEZ PROCLAIM NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH 2024.
WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN THANKING OUR CITY OF CHURCH ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO ALL CITIZENS AND ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T GO THERE 'CAUSE I'M NOT GOING HOME WITH AN ANIMAL, BUT THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE KIND WORDS AND THE REC, THE RECOGNITION THEY'RE WELL DESERVED.
UM, THE ANIMAL SERVICES TEAM ARE THE MOST PASSIONATE, DEDICATED, AND HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAVE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING AND WORKING BESIDE.
THEY LITERALLY PUT THEIR SWEAT AND TEARS INTO THEIR JOBS EVERY DAY.
THEIR KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING, AND SKILLS HAVE SET THE STANDARD FOR A HIGHER LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM WITHIN THE ANIMAL CONTROL PROFESSION.
THIS PAST YEAR, THE ANIMAL SERVICES TEAM HANDLED 1,131 ANIMALS.
EIGHT PEOPLE CARING FOR CLEANING AND FEEDING OVER 1100 ANIMALS, MANY OF WHICH ARE RIDDLED WITH DISEASE AND MANY ARE SCARED, FRACTIOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO HANDLE.
THEY WORK TIRELESSLY AS A TEAM TO ERADICATE ANIMAL BORNE DISEASES, REHABILITATE, ORPHANED AND ABANDONED ANIMALS, AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THE WELFARE AND THE SAFETY OF OUR HUMAN AND ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY IF IT WERE NOT FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
WE APPRECIATE THE, THE SUPPORT FROM OUR CITIZENS AND THE TEAMWORK FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
I I ALWAYS TELL LIEUTENANT LECO, UM, THAT SO MANY OF OUR VISIONS AND IDEAS AND REQUESTS COULD STOP AT HIM AT, AT OUR CHIEFS.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL OF THE SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FROM OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, UH, BUT FROM OUR CITY MANAGEMENT, OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND OUR SHIRT CITIZENS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THE PETS, UH, THE LOST PETS.
UH, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT WE LOST, UH, ONE OF OUR PETS IN DECEMBER AND WE WENT A COUPLE DAYS LATER AND PICKED UP MR. GEORGE BAILEY FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
AND HE'S BEEN A BLESSING TO ALL OF US.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR WHAT YOU DO.
BY THE WAY, THEY DO HANDLE SNAKES TOO, SO, UH, I WON'T EVEN TOUCH 'EM, BUT, OKAY.
IF I CAN HAVE THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS, UH, PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE.
THE CITY ASSURANCE PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS WEEK, APRIL 21ST THROUGH THE 27TH, 2024, AND ALSO NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY, APRIL 24TH, 2024.
WHEREAS NATIONAL SECRETARIES WEEK WAS ORGANIZED IN 1955 BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE RENAMED TWO PROFESSIONAL SECRETARIES WEEK, AND IN THE YEAR 2000 BECAME THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS WEEK.
WHEREAS THE ADMINISTRATOR'S PROFESSIONAL WEEK 2024 FOCUSES ON HONORING OFFICE PROFESSIONALS WHO MAKE OFFICE
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WORK REFLECTING THE INTEGRAL AND SIGNIFICANT ROLE THAT PROFESSIONALS PLAY IN THE MODERN BUSINESS.WHEREAS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN COORDINATE IN COORDINATING THE OFFICE OPERATIONS OF BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WHEREAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY.
AND IN OUR NATION, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3.6 MILLION ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS, WHEREAS THE CITY ASSURES ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF OVER 100 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
WHEREAS THE WORK OF PROFESSIONAL TODAY REQUIRE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE AND, AND EXPERTISE IN COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OFFICE TECHNOLOGY, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND OTHER VITAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
WHEREAS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE PROFESSIONALS SERVE AS INFORMATION HUBS, MANAGING THE AND CATALOGING INFORMATION, ORGANIZING THE OFFICE SPACE AND MASTERING OFFICE TECHNOLOGY, WHEREAS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS ARE EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR AND INCLUDING BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT, AND ACADEMIC SETTINGS.
NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED.
I, RALPH GUTIERREZ, MARRIED FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS, PROCLAIMED NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS WEEK APRIL 21ST THROUGH APRIL 27TH, AND ALSO THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVES PROFESSIONAL DAY, APRIL 24TH IN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, DIFFERENT OFFICES WITHIN OUR, OUR CITY, UH, AND, AND THE FUNCTION THAT THEY, THEY PRODUCE, THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT IN EACH ASPECT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL.
UH, THIS IS WHAT GETS OUR CITY ROLLING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND WITH THAT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT OFFICES, I HAVE ONE FOR EACH.
COME OVER HERE AND TAKE OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS A SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, APRIL 28TH THROUGH THE MAY THE FOURTH AND COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION.
COULD I PLEASE HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS PLEASE COME UP HERE.
MAGGIE IS THE PERFECT, UH, REPRESENTATION FOR A SMALL BUSINESS INSUREDS, CITY INSUREDS PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, APRIL 28TH THROUGH MAY 4TH, 2024.
WHEREAS THERE ARE 31 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE US WHICH ROUGHLY MAKE UP AROUND 99% OF ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTRY.
AND WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE AND LIFEBLOOD OF LOCAL ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND SERVE AS JOB CREATORS AND PLACE MAKERS IN OUR DOWNTOWNS.
AND WHEREAS SHOPPING LOCALLY ALLOWS AREA RESIDENTS TO INVEST IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND GROW THE VIBRANCY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, MAKING OUR CITIES A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.
AND WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE US ECONOMY BY GENERATING WEALTH AND CREATING APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION JOBS EVERY YEAR.
AND WHEREAS IN 1963, AFTER THE PROCLAMATION FOR PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, THE FIRST NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK WAS CELEBRATED TO HONOR THE TOP IN ENTREPRENEURS IN EVERY STATE.
AND, AND THE WEEK BECAME AN ANNUAL PRACTICE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENABLE THEM TO LEARN FROM THE SUCCESS STORIES OF THE TOP PERFORMERS.
AND WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE KEY COLLABORATORS IN ADVANCING OUR AGENDA FOR EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED BY OUR CITIES,
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AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT RALPH GUTIERREZ MARY, THE CITY ASSURANCE DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 28TH THROUGH MAY 24TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, AND URGE ALL THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF THIS EVENT AND PARTICIPATE FITTINGLY IN ITS OBSERVANCE SHOP LOCAL.UH, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY TOO, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU ALL SHOPPING LOCAL, THESE BUSINESSES COULD NOT SURVIVE.
AND I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT 99% OF ALL THE CHAMBER MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE COVERING 20 CITIES AND 10 COUNTIES, THEY'RE ALL SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S TRULY INDEED, OUR BUSINESSES ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR, OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU MAGGIE, FOR REPRESENTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION IS THE BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBOOK WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHURCH IS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING THAT OUR GROWTH AND STRENGTH DEPENDS ON THE SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL ROLE.
OUR HOMES, BUILDINGS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAY BOTH IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE.
AND WHEREAS OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE RESILIENCE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DEVOTION OF VIGILANT GUARDIANS, BUILDING SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION OFFICIALS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, TRADESPEOPLE, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, LABORERS, PLUMBERS, AND OTHERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHO WORK YEAR ROUND TO ENSURE THE SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.
AND WHEREAS THESE GUARDIANS ARE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, A NON-PROFIT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER LOCAL, STATE, TERRITORIAL, TRIBAL AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT THE HIGHEST QUALITY CODES TO PROTECT US IN THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY.
AND WHEREAS THOSE, THESE MODERN BUILDING CODES INCLUDE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDS SUCH AS HURRICANES, SNOW STORMS, TORNADOES, WILDLAND FIRES, FLOODS, AND EARTHQUAKES.
AND WHEREAS THE BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, IT'S SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CRITICAL ROLE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, LARGELY UNKNOWN PROTECTORS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR LOCAL CODE OFFICIALS WHO ASSURES US OF SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR PROSPERITY.
AND WHEREAS MISSION POSSIBLE, THE THEME FOR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH 2024 ENCOURAGES ALL TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY ON A PERSONAL, LOCAL, AND GLOBAL SCALE.
AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR IN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE BUILDING SAFETY, RESILIENCE, AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US BY LOCAL AND STATE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTY.
NOW THEREFORE, BID RESOLVED THAT RALPH GUTIERREZ MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY, 2024 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.
THE ICC PUTS ON IN THE MONTH OF MAY EVERY YEAR, THIS CAMPAIGN FOR BILLING SAFETY MONTH.
WE WORK WITH BILLING SAFETY 12 MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR.
BUT WE APPRECIATE THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION THIS MONTH.
WE PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM EVERY YEAR.
THIS MONTH WE HAD A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FROM EVERYBODY IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO PUT ON SOME REELS THAT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ARE GONNA BE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO INVITE EVERYBODY TO GO OUT AND SAY THEIR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT AND, UH, AND, AND SEE THOSE REELS.
THERE'S SOME TIPS FOR ALL OUR, OUR RESIDENTS FOR, FOR BUILDING SAFETY AND, AND, UH, DOING WORK AT HOME AND, AND BEING SAFE WHILE DOING IT.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO LOWE'S ON THE 14TH AND THE 16TH OF MAY.
BETWEEN NINE AND 11 EACH MORNING WE'LL BE AT LOWE'S.
WE'LL HAVE A TABLE UP IN FRONT OF LOWE'S, INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT US, ASK US ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
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WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR ANY PERMITTING QUESTIONS, ANY BUILDING QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER FOR IT.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT AT LOWE'S EIGHT TO FIVE, WE'RE OPEN EVERY DAY.
WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU.
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A, UH, PRESENTATION, A MILESTONE PIN, UM, AND OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS, WILL BE PRESENTING THAT.SO Y'ALL KNOW I LOVE GIVING THESE, UH, THESE 10 YEAR AWARDS.
WE DO IT AT THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND THEN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS AFTER THAT.
AND WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY GET TO 20 YEARS, IT NOT ONLY MEANS THEY'RE OLD, BUT IT MEANS THEY GET TO COME TO COUNCIL AND WE GET TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM IN FRONT OF, UH, THE PUBLIC AND OUR COUNCIL AND THE STAFF AND THE ENTIRE WORLD.
SO I LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WITH THIS WHEN WE GET STARTED DOING THESE.
SO, UM, WHAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY OF 2004? SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS SUPER BOWL 38 WAS WON BY THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AND TOM BRADY WAS THE MVP, BUT ALSO JANET JACKSON HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A WARDROBE MALFUNCTION.
MARK ZUCKERBERG LAUNCHED FACEBOOK FROM HIS HARVARD DORM ROOM AND LORD OF THE RINGS RETURN TO THE KING.
I THREW THAT IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY OF SHIRTZ HIRED CHRIS KING.
SO I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIO TO READ HERE OF CHRIS A LITTLE, UM, THAT, THAT HE FILLS OUT FOR US.
AND CHRIS STARTED AS VOLUNTEER WITH THE SLO FIRE DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST OF 2001.
HE WENT TO EMT SCHOOL AT NIGHT WHEN HE WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN THE FIRE ACADEMY THE SEMESTER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
HE WORKED PART-TIME AS A FIREFIGHTER FOR THE CITY OF S SELMA AND SELMA AND WAS HIRED FULL-TIME BY THE CITY OF SHIRTZ IN FEBRUARY, 2004.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO DRIVER IN 2007 AND THEN AGAIN TO LIEUTENANT IN 2014.
HE'S CURRENTLY STATIONED AT FIRE STATION THREE AND ASSIGNED TO THE HAZMAT TEAM.
SO CHRIS WAS BORN AT COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE IN MISSISSIPPI IN BOTH BECAUSE BOTH OF HIS PARENTS WERE IN THE AIR FORCE AND GRADUATED FROM, IS MAGGIE'S STILL HERE FROM CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL? THERE YOU GO.
UH, HE LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS.
HIS WIFE COLLEEN IS A NURSE AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND IS A GRADUATE OF UT.
SHE PLAYS SOCCER AND AND DANCE AND DOES DANCE.
THEY HAVE TWO DOGS, GUS, WHO'S A GOLDEN RETRIEVER, AND FINDLAY, WHO'S AN AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD.
HE LOVES ARTS, MUSIC, MOVIES, COMEDY, HIKING, BIKING, AND MOST OF ALL SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.
DO YOU HAVE A, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UH, SURE.
UH, JUST THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY FIRST AND FOREMOST.
I MEAN, I'M A LOT TO DEAL WITH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OVER ALL THESE YEARS AND UM, ALSO THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IT'S, UH, AWESOME TO BE RECOGNIZED LIKE THIS.
NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR ALL THE OTHER EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND THEN, SO I WANTED TO SAY 20 YEARS.
UM, RESPONDING TO PEOPLE'S WORST DAY IS DIFFICULT, BUT I'VE GOTTEN TO DO THAT WITH SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN INSPIRING TO SEE, UH, THE COURAGE THAT THEY HAVE DAY IN AND DAY OUT OVER 20 YEARS.
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APPRECIATE YOU.ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHRIS, UH, FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS CITY.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, ONCE, ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR THE HEARING RESIDENCY, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, THERE IS ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE COME UP AND SIGN UP LAST CHANCE, RIGHT? WE'LL MOVE ON THEN.
[City Events and Announcements]
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.UM, THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH, LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE IS GOING TO BE HAVING THEIR SPRING OUTREACH SERVICE DAY.
IT'S FROM 8:00 AM TO ABOUT 4:00 PM UH, THE MEETUP TIME WILL BE OR WILL BE LOCATION AT THE NORTH CENTER, WHICH IS AT 3 5 0 1 MORNING DRIVE.
YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER AHEAD OF TIME IF YOU PLAN TO GO.
AND YOU CAN DO THIS ONLINE AT LWLY SHIRTS.COM.
ALSO ON SATURDAY IS ED ZATION IN THE PARK, AND THAT WILL BE FROM 10 TO 11:00 AM AT CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK ON SUNDAY, APRIL 28TH.
THERE'S A COUPLE EVENTS GOING ON AT CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK, FIRST TO WALK WITH A NATURALIST AT THREE 30.
AND THEN THAT EVENING, AL P PROWL IS GOING ON FROM EIGHT 30 TO NINE 30.
AND FINALLY WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON TUESDAY, MAY 7TH FOR THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
NEXT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
JUST A COUPLE OF PROMOTIONS THIS MONTH WE HAD RASHAD BEAM, UH, WENT FROM PATROL CADET TO POLICE OFFICER AND JESSICA WILL WHEELIS WENT FROM PART-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT TO FULL-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT.
NEXT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF.
UH, WE HAD TWO MAJOR EVENTS THAT OCCURRED, UH, AND SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, FIRST WAS A TEXAS AIRS SHOW, WE HAD OUR EMS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, SUPPORTING THE GREAT, UM, UH, THE GREAT TEXAS AIRS SHOW.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, AND OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS ALSO WAS OUT THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKING THAT A SUCCESS.
AND THIS PAST WEEKEND WE ALSO HAD, MOVING ON MAINE, UH, COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH THIS WITHOUT OUR CITY STAFF.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL, UH, THANKS TO OUR CITY STAFF FOR PROVIDING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
[Hearing of Residents]
RESIDENCE.THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE, ASIDE FOR ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
EACH PERSON IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
AND WE ASK BEFORE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MAYOR PRO TEMP, PLEASE CALL FIRST SPEAKER FIRST.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GUTIERREZ, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF, FELLOW CITIZENS.
MY NAME IS MARK SHORN, 83 20 TRAINER HALE ROAD, WHERE I HAVE LIVED SINCE BEFORE SHIRTZ WAS INCORPORATED.
UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I GOT A CERTIFIED LETTER FROM THE CITY OF CHURCH SAYING THEY WERE ABOUT TO ANNEX ME.
AND, UH, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW IN A LITTLE BACK HISTORY OF THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO THE AREA OR HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW IT ALL CAME DOWN.
IN 2001, I MOVED MY DENTAL PRACTICE TO THE CORNER OF DIM ROCK AND THREE OF OH NINE, WHERE I HAD BUILT A NEW BUILDING.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ACTING CITY MANAGER STEVE SIMONSON, INVITED MY WIFE KATHY AND ME TO HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM AT, UH, CHILI'S.
IN THE FORUM AT THE MEETING, HE TOLD US THAT THE CITY OF SHIRTS HAD ACQUIRED FROM SAN ANTONIO, THE ETJ SOUTH OF RANDOLPH, BORDERED BY 1604 INTERSTATE 10.
AFTER EXTOLLING THE VIRTUES OF THAT PARTICULAR DEAL, HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD HIS EYES SET ON GETTING THE ETJ FROM SAN ANTONIO ON THE EAST SIDE OF 1518 NORTH OF 10, AND WEST OF CILLO CREEK, SOUTH OF CILLO CREEK, WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE.
HE ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THE OTHER AGRICULTURAL PEOPLE THOUGHT WOULD THINK ABOUT BEING IN CHURCH AS ETJ VERSUS SAN ANTONIO.
AND I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT THAT ANYBODY WITH ANY SENSE WOULD RATHER BE ANYWHERE BUT SAN ANTONIO.
SO THAT WAS THE END OF THAT CONVERSATION.
FAST FORWARD AT LEAST HALF A DECADE, I FORGET EXACTLY WHEN I GOT NOTICE FROM A CITY STAFFER THAT THAT DEAL HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
THAT CHURCH WAS GONNA GET THE ETJ AND THEY ASKED ME IF I WOULD DRUM UP SUPPORT FROM MY AREA BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WANTED TO KNOW THAT THE, A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE IN
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THE AREA AT LEAST WANTED TO DO THAT.SO I SENT OUT LETTERS AND TALKED WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS.
AND THE CITY OF CHURCH SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU AGRICULTURALISTS, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE FARMERS AND RANCHERS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY SUBSTANDARD SUBDIVISIONS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU CAN STILL FARM AND RANCH.
SO WE GOT A BIG GROUP HERE, EVERYONE SAID, YAY, IT ALL WENT THROUGH.
THEY ALSO SAID, WE WEREN'T GONNA ANNEX YOU ANYTIME SOON.
WELL, TWO YEARS LATER THEY SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA ANNEX YOU.
SO I WAS A LITTLE ANNOYED BY THAT AND ONLY PARTLY ASSUAGED BY THE, UH, FACT THAT THE CITY OFFERED US A DEFERMENT IN THE FORM OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR 10 YEARS, WHICH OF COURSE, I SIGNED SINCE I HAD NO NEED FOR THE CITY SERVICES AND DID NOT WANT TO BEAR THE EXTRA TAXES PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION OF THAT AGREEMENT, THE CITY OFFERED AN EXTENSION BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE, THE LAND USE.
SO I SIGNED THAT ONE ALSO THAT EXPIRED ON THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR.
UM, NOWHERE IN THE PAST HAVE I ASKED TO BE ANNEXED.
THE ONLY THING I VOLUNTEERED TO DO IS BE IN THE ETJ.
AND AT THIS POINT, SINCE THE LETTER SAID VOLUNTARY, I'M GONNA ASSUME THAT THAT MEANS WITHOUT COERCION OR PERSUASION OR COMPULSION.
AND I'M GONNA SAY BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL THAT I DO NOT WISH TO BE ANNEXED.
I HAVE NOTHING THAT YOU NEED AND YOU HAVE NOTHING THAT I DON'T ALREADY HAVE THAT I NEED.
SO AS I SAID, BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN I SPOKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I DID NOT WISH TO BE ANNEXED.
NEXT I HAVE, UH, REAGAN, I BELIEVE IT'S ROCK.
I LIVE AT 7 9 9 3 TRAINER HILL ROAD, UNIT FOUR.
UH, WE'VE GOT A, A FAMILY UNIT OF, WE'VE GOT FOUR HOUSES ON THE 200 ACRES THAT RELATIVES HAVE BUILT ON THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND, UH, I I REALLY BEG TO DIFFER THAT Y'ALL ARE CALLING IT A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
IT IS NOT AN INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION ENDED IN 2021 BY THE, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, ESPECIALLY IN THE BEXAR COUNTY AREA.
WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF MORE THAN 500,000.
AND WE'RE, UH, SO WE WERE TOLD THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE SIGNED, THAT, WE SIGNED IT UNDER DURESS BECAUSE IT WAS EITHER SIGN IT, UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR BECOME ANNEXED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
THAT IS NOT INVAL INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE LAST PARA, UH, STATEMENT IN THAT ONE PARAGRAPH SAID THAT EVEN IF THE LAWS HAS CHANGED, THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED AND THEY'VE CHANGED IN OUR FAVOR.
AND YOU CAN'T, JUST, AS MARK SAID, YOU CANNOT PROVIDE THE SERVICES WE ALREADY HAVE.
I MEAN, EVERY, EVERYBODY IS RURAL.
WE HAVE SEPTIC TANKS, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU CAN PUT IN A LAY, LAY A LINE TO THE NEW, UH, WOMAN'S HOLLERING SEWER LINE, UH, OVER A QUARTER OF A MILE, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR IT FOR THE SAME PRICE AS WHAT IT COSTS IN THE CITY TO TIE IN AT A STREET LEVEL.
BASICALLY, THE STATE SAYS YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE WASTEWATER, UH, FROM, FROM A STANDPOINT OF WATER.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT POSSIBLY Y'ALL HAVE COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES TO PROVIDE WATER TO US.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHEN IT WILL CHANGE, BUT YOU CAN'T ANNEX BEFORE YOU CAN PROVIDE SERVICES.
AND EVEN IF YOU DO THE UPGRADES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, THAT UH, CLEAR, UM, GREEN VALLEY IS PLANNING.
YOU YOURSELF SAID THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR AREA FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, THE, WHEN IT COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, Y'ALL HAVE SHOWN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE, THE CRIMES AND STUFF HAVE HAVE INCREASED OVER ON THE, ON THE HIGHWAY, UH, AND OTHER AREAS AND Y'ALL CAN'T HANDLE IT.
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NEXT, UH, TODD HOFFMAN.HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I TOO AM TALKING ABOUT ANNEXATION, BUT I'M CON CONCENTRATING JUST A LITTLE MORE ON MY OWN PERSONAL LITTLE PROPERTIES THAT I HAVE, UH, WITH THE NEW NOTICES.
COULD WE PLEASE HAVE YOUR, YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? 5 7 5 1 FM 4 82 IS MY HOUSEHOLD.
MY PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO ANNEX.
I'VE GOT BASICALLY TWO LITTLE SECTIONS.
I'VE GOT AN AERIAL IF YOU WANNA SEE THEM, THAT ARE 26 OR 28 AND TWO AND A HALF ACRES.
SO IT KEEPS ME RIGHT UNDER 30.
I HAVE AN AGRICULTURE AND EXEMPTION, UH, SPECIFICALLY WILDLIFE, WHICH REQUIRES ME TO HARVEST DEER, PES, PREDATOR CONTROL AND THINGS TO KEEP MY WILDLIFE EXEMPTION.
IF Y'ALL WERE TO TAKE ME, AND I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, IT CAN NEVER BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL.
IT CAN NEVER REALLY BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL.
IT'S NOTHING BUT A FLOODPLAIN ON THE SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
IT IS AT THE VERY NORTHERN EAST EDGE OF THE PROPERTY THAT Y'ALL ARE ANNEXING.
I'VE TALKED TO EMILY AND SHE SAID I NEEDED TO GO BEFORE COUNSEL TO FIND OUT WHO CAN I TALK TO BECAUSE AS HE SAID, THERE'S NOTHING Y'ALL CAN BRING ME.
UH, MY HOUSEHOLD IS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO I'M IN THE BROTHELS ETJ ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
MY UNCLES OWNS THE OTHER HALF OF ABOUT 50 ACRES THAT WE WORK TOGETHER WITH ON OUR LIFE, OUR WILDLIFE EXEMPTION.
AND TRYING TO FIND OUT MY MAIN COURSES THAT I CAN STILL HARVEST MY DEER AND SHOOT MY HOGS AND MY PREDATORS AND MAINTAIN MY WILDLIFE EXEMPTION.
WHERE DO I GO? THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
SO CAN Y'ALL GIVE ANYBODY WHERE, WHAT DIRECTION SHOULD I GO TO, TO, EMILY SENT ME TO COUNCIL.
WHERE, WHO, WHO DO I TALK TO? OKAY, THANK YOU SIR.
WE'LL, WE WILL TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN WE FINISH WITH THE HEARING THE RESIDENCE NEXT I HAVE, UH, MARTY FRIESEN ON.
THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE.
UH, MY NAME IS MARTY FRIESEN ON 22 900 OLD NACODOCHES ROAD, NEW BRA, TEXAS, WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN THAT ADDRESS SINCE, WELL, IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THAT, BEFORE I WAS BORN.
BUT ANYWAYS, IT'S NEVER BEEN SHIRTS.
SO WITH THAT, UH, EVERYONE MENTIONED THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
UH, I RECEIVED THAT LETTER AND IT SAID THAT, AND IF THIS WAS TRULY A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
SPEAKING TO YOU, I'LL HAVE TO SAY THAT.
I'M FIFTH GENERATION, UM, BEEN WORKING THE LAND FARMING RANCHING ALONG WITH MY FAMILY FOR OVER, UM, 167 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND IN THIS AREA FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AGRICULTURE, USE CROPS, LIVESTOCK.
UH, THE LETTER I RECEIVED SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY THAT SHOULD BE ANNEXED TO MINE IS, UH, GENERAL BUSINESS.
AND IT'S NOT GENERAL BUSINESS.
AND REALLY I NEED CONFIRMATION OF THAT AS WELL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S INTENDED TO BE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I PLAN ON USING IT AS.
AND, AND, UM, THAT'S HAPPENED FOR WELL OVER 150 YEARS AS WELL.
AND THE NONCONFORMING PART REALLY DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME 'CAUSE I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT.
I LIKE TO FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS AND THE LAW, RIGHT? SO WITH THAT, UM, GENERAL BUSINESS DOESN'T ALLOW, OR ACCORDING TO THE LETTER, THERE'S ACTUALLY DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE LETTER AND YOUR CHART.
BY THE WAY, IT SAYS THAT YOU ALLOW, UH, LIVESTOCK IN YOUR ZONING CHART, BUT IN THE LETTER THAT WE GOT THE EXAMPLE SAID IT DOESN'T ALLOW LIVESTOCK OR AGRICULTURE CROPS.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE.
UM, SO MY MAIN THING ON THAT PART IS WE NEED CONFIRMATION THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DOING WITH LAND.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I READ OUT OF IT, BUT I NEED TO MAKE SURE OF THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'VE DONE.
SERVICES, THERE'S UM, A STATEMENT IN THERE, AND I DON'T REALLY WANNA READ ALL OF IT, BUT IT BASICALLY IS A, SEEMS LIKE A LOOPHOLE OF, UM, NOT PROVIDING SERVICES.
IT STATES CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE, UH, POPULATION DENSITY, UM, THE TOPOGRAPHY AND SO FORTH.
THOSE WILL BE CONSIDERATIONS OF NOT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.
SO, UM, IN THE SERVICE PLAN, IT GIVES ALL THESE SERVICES THAT WHAT WE PROVIDED TO US.
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SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE THESE SERVICES GONNA BE PROVIDED TO US OR BETTER YET, WHAT SERVICES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED TO US BASED ON EXPERIENCE OF TALKING TO MY NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THIS? OKAY.UH, POLICE PROTECTION, UM, SAYS IT'S GONNA PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE GET OR YOU WOULD PROVIDE IN THE CITY.
I HAD A, UH, CAR FLIP OVER IN OUR PROPERTY WE CALL 9 1 1.
ALL I GET IS THIS ARGUMENT OF IS IT CITY OF CHURCH? IS IT THE BROWNFIELDS, IS IT KAMAU COUNTY? YOU KNOW, I WANT SOME ASSURANCE THAT IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ANNEX, ANNEXED, THAT WE WILL TRULY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT SERVICE.
IF WE CALL IT JUST, IT'S KNOWN THAT IT'S CITY OF SHIRTS, RIGHT? AND THERE WAS A GUY FLIPPED OVER AND HIS LIFE WAS ON THE LINE.
AND HERE I'M SITTING HERE HAVING TO CONVINCE SOMEBODY THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE I'M AT.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, CITY OF SHIRTS, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, IT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
NOT REALLY SERVICES PROVIDED, HIGH TAXES DOES NOT APPEAR.
WE'RE GONNA GET THE SERVICES THAT PROVIDED.
OKAY, NEXT I HAVE, UH, MARK FRIESEN HUNT.
UH, NEW BRAUNFELS MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'VE BEEN OUT IN THAT PART OF THE, UH, COUNTY FOREVER.
MY COMMENTS AREN'T ABOUT ANNEXATION.
WE KNEW 14 YEARS AGO, THIS IS COMING.
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND SERVICES.
LET'S START WITH THE AGRICULTURE.
YOU HEARD MARTY CITE THE WORDS FROM YOUR PILE OF LEGALESE.
WE'VE BEEN FARMING THE LAND FOR OVER 160 YEARS AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING THAT.
AND BY THE WAY, DO Y'ALL ANSWER QUESTIONS IN THIS SESSION OR DO, DO I JUST TALK AND YOU LOOK AT ME? NO, WE, YOU CAN JUST TALK.
WE ARE WE'LL PICK, WE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AFTER THE HEARING.
MY SECOND BROTHER AND I OWN LAND ON FREEZING HOL LANE THAT'S BEEN IN THE CITY FOR 14 YEARS.
THIS IS THE SERVICE WE'VE GOTTEN.
YOU'VE ALLOWED, UH, TRUCKING COMPANIES TO UH, INHABIT PART OF THE LAND ON THAT ROAD.
UH, VIOLATING THE FEDERAL, UH, UH, NAVI, WATERWAYS RIGHTS.
WATER, SEWER, TRASH, NONE OF THE SERVICES.
OKAY? THAT'S THE BACKDROP FOR MY QUESTIONS.
YOU'VE GIVEN US THIS BIG STACK OF LEGAL EASE.
I SPENT MY LIFE DOING ENGINEERING WORK AND NOW I'M A PECAN FARMER.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN TWO YEARS.
SERVICES, EXCUSE ME, SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE POINT OF ANNEXATION AND THEN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
AND THEY ALL HAVE THESE KEY WORDS.
UH, THE LAND USE, TOPOGRAPHY, LAND USE, AND POPULATION DENSITY AS THOSE FOUND IN NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS AT THE SAME OR SIMILAR LEVEL OF SERVICE.
YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING? WE GOT ZERO SERVICE ON FREEZING LINE LANE.
THESE PROPERTIES YOU'RE GONNA ANNEX NOW ARE WRITE ADJACENT TO 'EM.
YOUR LAWYERS WILL TELL YOU NOTHING IS NEEDED, JUST NOT JUSTIFIED.
AND THE QUESTION I'LL ASK IS, DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE NOT GONNA PROVIDE ANY MORE SERVICES THAN WE'VE HAD ON FREEZING HON LANE, THAT'S A YES OR A NO.
WHEN WE CONSIDER THIS LACK OF SERVICE AND YOUR STAFF'S ACTIONS TO DENY MY BROTHER AND I FULL USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE THERE WITHIN THE CITY, WE CONCLUDE THAT WE'RE GONNA START PAYING HIGH TAXES AND NOT GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT.
WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT ON THE PROPERTY.
Y'ALL'S TAXES ARE RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE BEST AND WE'RE GETTING ZERO SERVICES.
THAT'S NOT MUCH FUN WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR CHECKS IN DECEMBER.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IS, WILL YOU PROPORTION OUR TAXES TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE YOU PROVIDE? ZERO SERVICE TIMES, A HUNDRED PERCENT WOULD BE ZERO CITY TAXES.
AND THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I'D LIKE TO ANSWER.
CAN YOU PROPORTION THE TAXES AND I'M OUT OF TIME.
OKAY, NEXT I HAVE, UH, CHARLENE FAY, MEETING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS CHARLENE FA AND I LIVE AT 6 0 2 8 FM 42 NEW BROWNVILLE, TEXAS IN COMAL COUNTY.
I LIKE MANY OF THOSE OTHERS THAT YOU HAVE HEARD RECEIVED ANNEXATION PACKAGES.
COULD YOU SPEAK MORE INTO THE MIC SO WE CAN HEAR YOU? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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WE OWN ABOUT A HUNDRED LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED ACRES IN OUN COUNTY PROPERTY ID 79 0 0 4 79 0 0 6 AND 79 0 0 9.UH, WE RECEIVED THOSE PACKAGES.
AND IN REGARDS TO THAT, I BELIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND THE EXTENSIONS THERE TOO ABOUT THESE PROPERTIES HAVE EXPIRED.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THOSE CONTRACTS ARE ENFORCEABLE.
AND AS THE OWNER OF PROPERTIES ID 79 0 0 4 79 0 0 6 79 0 0 9, I DO NOT CONSENT TO THE ANNEXATION, VOLUNTARY OR OTHERWISE.
NOW, IF BY CHANCE YOU DO FORCE ANNEXATION UPON US, UH, WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTION ISSUES TO RESOLVE.
UM, OUR LAND AND AG AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR OVER 134 YEARS.
UH, ONE HOUSE IN ID 79 0 0 9 WAS BUILT IN 1927 AND THE OTHER IN 1948.
THE HOUSE BARNS AND LANDS ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT TO OUR FAMILY AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS AND THE UP CAPE OF THESE STRUCTURES.
ON ANOTHER NOTE, PLEASE KNOW THAT DRY AL CREEK RUNS DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR PROPERTY, AS DOES THE EL CAMINO NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.
BOTH OF THESE WOULD IMPACT, I THINK, THE APPROPRIATE ZONING OF OUR LAND.
SO, UH, IF THE ANNEXATION IS FORCED, UH, WE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ZONING AND NONCONFORMITY USES AND I HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS THE ZONING CONCERNS.
UH, BEFORE THIS NEXT SCHEDULED MAY 8TH.
HEARING THE TIMEFRAME SEEMS VERY, VERY SHORT AND I THINK TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ABOUT ZONING THAT THE TIMEFRAME SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.
AND MY LAST NOTE, UM, JUST OUR LAND IS SITUATED.
UM, WE HAVE ONE NEIGHBOR AND OUR NEIGHBOR AND OUR LAND IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY COMPANIES THAT OWN AGGREGATE OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE DEAN WORD ON ONE SIDE AND BEHIND US AND WE HAVE CAPITAL, CAPITAL, CAPITAL AGGREGATES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THOSE COMPANIES LANDS THAT SURROUND US ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ANNEXATION PROCESS.
AND IT JUST, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN REACH IN THERE AND GRAB US AND NOT THEM.
UH, TIMOTHY, FAYE, HER SISTER.
HAVE I I HAVE A SIGNED YES, GO AHEAD.
DID I GO AHEAD AND READ THAT? YES.
DO YOU WANT THE COPY? UH, DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA COPY? YES I DO.
YES, I WILL HOLD ON TO THAT OR TAKE THAT HERE.
IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN JUST SAY PROXY FORCE.
I LIVE AT 6 0 2 8 FM 4 82 IN NEW BROWNFIELD, TEXAS.
I HAVE A PROXY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY SISTER SANDRA RAY, REEH.
HER ADDRESS IS 5 8 8 7 FM 42 NEW BROWNFIELD, TEXAS.
AND SHE BECAME ILL TODAY AND IS RUNNING FEVER, BUT SHE ALSO RECEIVED THE ANNEXATION PACKAGES AND IN THAT REGARD, SHE WANTS TO GO ON RECORD, UM, ABOUT HER PROPERTY IDS, WHICH ARE 79 0 0 1 78 9 4 5 78 9 4 6 75 4 87 8 2 4 7.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 122 ACRES.
AND SHE SAYS BOTH MY INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS ON THESE PROPERTIES WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTS HAVE EXPIRED AS THE OWNER OF THE ABOVE PROPERTIES.
SHE WANTS TO GO ON RECORD THAT SHE DOES NOT CONSENT TO VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
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OKAY, TIMOTHY FAYE, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.I LIVE AT 6 0 2 8 FM 4 82 NEW BROWN FALLS, TEXAS.
UH, DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD FROM WHAT MY WIFE HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE PROPERTIES AS SHE MENTIONED.
PROPERTY ID 7 9 0 0 4 7 9 0 0 6 AND 7 9 0 0 9.
AGAIN, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL AGREEMENT AND EXTENSIONS ARE VALID.
THEY HAVE EXPIRED AND WE DO NOT CONSENT TO ANNEXATION AT THIS TIME.
UH, AS FAR AS THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED CURRENTLY, SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT WE'RE SURROUNDED BY THESE AGGREGATE FACILITIES.
THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY HAS JUST TAKEN OVER THE AREA.
UH, THERE'S NO REGULATIONS ON THEM.
THESE ARE INDEPENDENT TRUCKERS AND I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A LIVING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE WAY TO LIVE.
BUT, UH, THEY SPEED THROUGH THERE.
I CAN'T EVEN CROSS THE ROAD TO BRING MY HAY ACROSS FOR THE COWS.
UH, THERE'S TIMES WE CAN'T EVEN GET OUR MAIL.
THE SERVICES YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE, THERE'LL BE A FIGHT BETWEEN IS IT A STATE HIGHWAY, IS THERE A CITY? THERE'LL BE ALL THESE THINGS.
AGAIN, REITERATING, ARE THE SERVICES GONNA BE PROVIDED IF WE'RE FORCED AT SOME POINT TO ACTUALLY BECOME PART OF THE CITY? I DON'T THINK THEY'RE BEING DONE NOW BY JUST ABOUT ANYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE.
I THINK WE SEE THE COUNTY PULL PEOPLE OVER ONCE IN A WHILE.
MAYBE A HIGHWAY PATROL MIGHT COME THROUGH, BUT IT'S PRETTY SORRY,
AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN THIS CITY, IF YOU'RE GONNA ANNEX US AND THE ZONING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THESE PACKAGES ARE JUST UNACCEPTABLE AT THIS TIME.
WE DON'T GIVE OUR CONSENT TO VOLUNTARY, WE DON'T CONSIDER IT VOLUNTARY AT THIS POINT.
AND I JUST WANNA GO ON RECORD TONIGHT.
YOUR CITY POLICE ARE CERTIFIED TO DO, UH, LARGE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, RONALD, I BELIEVE IT'S SHOT.
I LIVE AT 1300 ENGLE ROAD IN BRAUNFELS, TEXAS.
I'M IN GUADALUPE COUNTY AND I CAME HERE IN 2010.
EITHER SIGN AN AGREEMENT FOR 10 YEARS AND NOT PAY TAXES OR IMMEDIATELY START PAYING TAXES.
I I STILL DON'T WANT TO BE ANNEXED.
UH, I REALLY DON'T WANNA BE IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
UH, CITY OF SHIRTS LETS THESE DEVELOPERS DO ANYTHING THEY WANT.
THE DEVELOPER THAT'S BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW HAS RUINED THREE ACRES OF MY LAND.
THAT THREE ACRES NOW IS A SWAMP AND IT, IT PREVENTS ME TO GETTING TO THE OTHER FIVE ACRES THAT I USED TO FARM.
SO, NO, I DO NOT VOLUNTARILY GO FOR ANNEXATION.
MAGGIE TITTERING, 1730 SHIRTZ PARKWAY.
JUST A FEW QUICK CHAMBER UPDATES FOR YOU.
UH, HAD A GREAT LUNCHEON TODAY.
OUR NONPROFIT LUNCHEON HAD 192, UH, BUSINESSES AND REPRESENTATIVES SHOW UP AND, UH, 22 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE AREA.
AND THEY JUST MADE A LOT OF GREAT CONNECTIONS.
WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL THAT, UH, UH, WE HAD SUCH A GOOD SHOWING ALSO AT THIS LUNCHEON.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO OFFICIALLY, UH, THANK THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.
OUR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS HYPER GROUP HELD A SHRED DAY AT THE KRAMER HOUSE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DONATE $1,200 THAT THEY RAISED FROM A FREE SHRED DAY, UH, TO THE S-C-U-C-I-S-D EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
UH, RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WERE ALLOWED TO BRING UP TO FIVE BOXES AND IT WAS, IT WAS PROMOTED AS FREE, BUT SUGGESTED
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A $5 DONATION TO, UH, GIVE TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.AND SO FROM THE FREE SHRED DRIVE, LIKE I SAID, THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS PRETTY AWESOME.
UM, ALSO ON MAY 3RD, IF YOU COULD PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
WE HAVE A NEW COFFEE SHOP COMING IN, UH, 10:00 AM WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING FOR NORTHERN DELIGHTS COFFEE.
AND THAT IS IN THE PLACE THAT THE OLD, UH, CONEY ISLAND HOT WIENERS PLACE USED TO BE.
VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT, THAT PLACE.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD, UH, REAL ESTATE PLACE FOR A SMALL BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY A COFFEE SHOP THAT HAS A LITTLE, UH, OUTDOOR PATIO AREA.
SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN US, MAY 3RD, 10:00 AM UH, THAT IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA OFFICIALLY CUT THE RIBBON AND OPEN THEM.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, NEXT MONTH'S LUNCHEON, TDOT WILL BE COMING UP TO UPDATE US ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY STRUGGLING THROUGH AND DRIVING THROUGH ON IH 35 AS WELL AS THE AREAS BEYOND THAT, JUST SO THAT WE KNOW HOW OUR BUSINESSES ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED.
AND, UH, ALSO HOPEFULLY, FINGERS CROSSED, WE'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THE PROGRESSION OF 1103, THE SHIRTS PORTION, ALSO GOING TOWARDS THE CILO PORTION AND SEEING WHEN THAT'S GONNA GET STARTED.
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A CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS THESE ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY AND INFORMATION PACKETS WERE PROVIDED TO COUNSEL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S 11.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S 15.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S 16.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S 14.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 44.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 46.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 45.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 47.
AND ITEM NUMBER 10, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 48.
COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10.
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION
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ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 11, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 41 AUTHORIZING A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 507 ACRES KNOWN AS AL COUNTY PROPERTY.IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 7 5 4 4 9 7 5 4 6 3 7 9 0 1 2, 7, 5, 4, 6, 2, 7, 8, 9, 2, 3, 3, 7, 4, 1, 4, 8, 7, 9, 0 1, 8, 7, 9, 0, 1, 7, 7, 5, 4, 6, 8, 3, 7, 4, 1, 4, 6, 3, 7, 4, 1, 4, 5, 3, 7, 4, 1, 4, 4, 3, 7, 4, 1, 4, 7, 7, 8, 2, 1, 8, 7, 8, 9, 5, 7, 7, 8, 9, 6, 0, 7, 8, 9, 7, 6, 7, 9, 0 0 1, 7, 8, 9, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 4, 6, 7, 5, 4, 8 0 7 8 2 4 7 7 9 0 0 9 7 9 0 0 6 7 9 0 0 4.
AND APPROXIMATELY 387 ACRES KNOWN AS GUADALUPE COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 6 3 9 9 2 6 1 6 1 4 6 8 3 7, 8, 6, 8, 3, 7, 7, 6.
8, 2, 6, 8, 3, 8, 1, 6, 8, 3, 8, 0, 6, 8, 3, 7, 4, 6, 1, 6, 1.
5, 6, 8, 3, 8, 4, 6, 8, 3, 8, 5, 6, 8 3 8 3 6 1 5, 1 1.
THIS IS FOR RESOLUTION 24 R 41 FOR A PETITION OF ANNEXATION
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FOR COMAL COUNTY AND GUADALUPE COUNTY, EMILY DELGADO, PLANNING MANAGER.SO SOME BACKGROUND, UM, ANNEXATION OF LAND INTO THE CITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS MAY BE VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.
THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OR THE LGC PROVIDES REQUIREMENTS AND OUTLINES THE PROCESS BASED ON THE ANNEXATION TYPE.
THE PROPOSED ANNEXATIONS ARE VOLUNTARY BASED ON THE DELAYED ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ENTERED INTO IN 2010 AND 2011 AND THE EXTENSIONS THAT WERE OFFERED IN 2020 AND 2021.
IN 2010 AND 2011, THE CITY OF SHIRTS ENTERED INTO DELAYED ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS BASED ON THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 43.0351 AND TWO 12.172 IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THE CONTINUATION OF THE EX EXTRATERRITORIAL STATUS OF THE LAND FOR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE ENFORCEMENT OF ALL REGULATIONS AND PLANNING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY THAT DID NOT INTERFERE WITH THE USE OF THE LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT OR S TIMBERLAND PER THESE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE SIGNED AND EXECUTED, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN SECTION FIVE OF THOSE AGREEMENTS.
ANNEXATION AT THE END OF THE TERM STIPULATED THAT 10 YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT, THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
NOW IF YOU THINK BACK TO 2020 AND 2021, WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF COVID AND THAT NATIONWIDE AND STATEWIDE DECLARATION.
SO CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO ENTER INTO AND OFFER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXTENSIONS, UM, BOTH BECAUSE OF COVID AND 'CAUSE WE WERE IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE STARTING PROCESS OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN UPDATE THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY APPROVED.
AND BY, UM, OFFERING THOSE EXTENSIONS, IT WOULD ALLOW WHEN THE ANNEXATIONS WERE TO HAPPEN, THE NEW COMP PLAN WOULD BE ADOPTED AND WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT FOR THE ZONING WHEN THE ANNEX, UM, WHEN THE PROPERTIES WERE BEING ANNEXED.
THESE EXTENSIONS WOULD PROVIDE THE SAME RIGHTS AS PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, BUT WOULD DELAY THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTIES TO A LATER DATE.
SPECIFICALLY, THE EXTENSIONS WOULD BE IN EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 2024, AT WHICH TIME THE CITY OF SHIRTS WOULD BEGIN ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS AND CONCLUDE THEM NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO AT THIS TIME, THAT FIRST DATE IDENTIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT JANUARY 1ST HAS PASSED AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 24 S OH SIX, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED AND CAN BE UTILIZED FOR ZONING CASES MOVING FORWARD.
SO PER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, EXTENSION CITY STAFF HAS STARTED THE ANNEXATION ZONING PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE EXTENSIONS.
RESOLUTION 24 R 41 IS THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL STEP IN THE ANNEXATION PROCESS FOR THESE PARCELS.
SPECIFICALLY 24 R 41 WOULD ACCEPT A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 25 PROPERTIES, APPROXIMATELY 529 ACRES WITHIN COMAL COUNTY, AND 14 PROPERTIES, APPROXIMATELY 477 ACRES WITHIN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE, WITHIN THE ANNEXATION AREA.
UM, WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS, A LETTER WAS MAILED TO EACH PROPERTY OWNER PROVIDING A TENTATIVE CALENDAR FOR THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO THE CALENDAR STAFF INCLUDED, UH, HISTORY ON THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, THE EXTENSIONS, WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING FOR THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, OUR CODE SECTION FOR ARTICLE SEVEN, THE NON-CONFORMING USE SECTION WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND AGAIN, THE ZONING, UM, BASED OFF OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATION FROM THE NEW COMP PLAN UPON CITY COUNCIL, ACCEPTING RESOLUTION 24 R 41, UH, WHICH IS THE PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION IF APPROVED TONIGHT, THE ANNEXATION PROCESS AND THE ZONING COULD ACTUALLY BEGIN.
UH, SO JUST FOR CLARITY, TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION 24 R 41 DOES NOT ANNEX THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES, BUT JUST ALLOWS FOR THE PROCESS TO CONTINUE FORWARD.
AN ORDINANCE FOR ANNEXATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES MUST BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4TH, UH, THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WAS WHAT WAS PROVIDED IN THAT TENTATIVE CALENDAR TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND THE ACCOMPANYING ZONING APPLICATION IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THE MAY 8TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON THE ZONING.
SO HERE ARE THOSE PROPERTIES IN COLE MAL COUNTY, JUST TO KIND OF GET YOUR BEARINGS HERE AS 35, UM, SCHWAB ROAD.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT PROPERTIES OUTLINED HERE IN GREEN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED WITHIN MONT COUNTY.
AND THEN HERE ARE THOSE PROPERTIES IN GUADALUPE COUNTY THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 24 R 41 TO ACCEPT A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
UM, THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, EXCUSE ME, WITHIN THE RESOLUTION AND IDENTIFIED ON THE, UM, AGENDA AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, UH, QUESTION ON THE, UH, THIS IS THE PROCESS.
OKAY, SO THIS, UH, THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS.
IT IS NOT, UH, ANNEXATION IF WE PASS THIS TONIGHT AND THE DECISION IS TO NOT ZONE ANYTHING FOR A WHILE.
DOES THAT ARE, DO WE HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION, DAN?
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SO THESE PROPERTIES WILL BE ZONED UPON ANNEXATION.SO WHAT THEY'RE ZONED, OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ULTIMATELY ANNEXED WILL BE DECIDED AT A FUTURE DATE.
UH, IT'LL GO THROUGH A PARALLEL PROCESS IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SO THAT WHEN THEY COME FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY WILL BE ANNEXED AND THEN ZONED CONSECUTIVELY ON THAT AGENDA.
I, I, I THINK MY QUESTION IS, IF WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT, DO WE HAVE TO, UH, ANNEX WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? S SO YES, WE DO.
UH, THE, THE RESOLUTION STARTS THE PROCESS WITH REGARD TO IT'S GONNA SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE.
I THINK YOU HAVE THOSE IN YOUR AGENDA, RIGHT? I, I SAW THOSE RIGHT.
WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN THE ULTIMATE TIME COMES TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE, THOUGH, UH, THAT'S WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL.
WHETHER THAT PROPERTY IS ANNEXED OR ALL THAT PROPERTY IS ANNEXED AT THE TIME IT COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
BUT IF YOU KEEP THESE PROPERTIES WITHIN HERE, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT THE, THE LAST, UH, COMMUNICATION WAS, WAS THAT THIS WOULD BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER.
EMILY, MAYBE YOU CAN, I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERN IS, IS THE ZONING AND THE ABILITY TO USE YOUR LAND AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE USING IT.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN UNDER THE PROCESS OF ANNEXATION HOW THE USE DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE? BECAUSE IT'S ZONED ONLY, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO, UM, THE PROPOSED ZONING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE LETTERS THAT WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, IT WAS BASED OFF OF THE CORRESPONDING COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATION.
SO BASED OFF OF WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED BY COUNSEL, RIGHT? THERE'S A ZONING DISTRICT THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THAT.
THAT ZONING DISTRICT IS WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PROPOSING TO ZONE THE PROPERTY, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R TWO, AND IT'S CURRENTLY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL, THAT AGRICULTURAL USE FROM THE PERMITTED USE TABLE IS NOT PERMITTED.
HOWEVER, SINCE THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING THAT PROPERTY FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING UPON ANNEXATION.
AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AS AGRICULTURAL LAND.
THEY WOULD JUST HAVE THE LIMITATIONS WITHIN UDC ARTICLE SEVEN, THE NON-CONFORMING USE SECTION, WHICH MEANS THAT IT WOULD ONLY CHANGE IF THEY CHANGE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IF THEY CONTINUE TO USE IT FOR AGRICULTURAL, THE ZONING DESIGNATION DOESN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR AG.
IT'S WHEN THEY WANNA CHANGE THE USE FROM AGRICULTURAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
THEN THE ZONING, THE, THE NEW PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT'S ESTABLISHED WITH THE ANNEXATION.
SO WOULD YOU SAY IN THE CASE OF THE OMO COUNTY PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED NEAR THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES, IF THEIR PROPERTY IS ZONED GB TWO OR THE PROPERTY NEXT TO 'EM IS, I MEAN, GB THEN IT'S LIKELY THAT IF SOMEBODY SELLS THAT LAND AND SOMEBODY ELSE BUYS IT, IT'S GONNA CONFORM TO THOSE USES, WHICH ARE A LOT LESS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
IT'S A LIGHTER COMMERCIAL USE THAN SAY WHAT'S AROUND THEM.
NOW YOU CAN'T BUILD A ROCK QUARRY YES.
SO IT'LL PROTECT THE PROPERTY OWNER NEXT TO HIM FROM A HEAVY USE, POTENTIALLY, YES.
SO IT, I, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE MAP RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHICH PROPERTY IS PROPOSED TO BE ZONED, YOU KNOW, X THAT'S NOT ON THIS MAP, BUT YES, ZONING IS IN PLACE TO HELP PROTECT THE PROPERTY, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
AND AGAIN, RIGHT, THE PROPOSED ZONING IS BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, UM, WHAT WAS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN.
SO REALLY THE, THE CURRENT LANDOWNERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, IF THEY BECOME ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF SHIRTS, CAN CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR LAND UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT IF THEY DO OR THEY'RE, UH, HEIRS DECIDE TO, TO SELL THE LAND, THE LAND WILL BE USED FOR THAT.
FUTURE ZONING WILL FALL IN WITH THAT FUTURE ZONE ZONING AT THE TIME.
SO THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO CURRENT USES OR DESIRES, WHATEVER.
UH, 'CAUSE I, I, I WAS GETTING THIS FEELING THAT THEY WERE TOLD THAT NO, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE.
SO WHATEVER USE IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING CAN CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, EVEN IF THEY, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE PROPERTY TO THEIR SIBLING OR THEIR CHILD.
AS LONG AS THAT LAND USE CONTINUES AND DOESN'T CEASE, IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE AG, IT CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE LIVESTOCK THAT LAND USE CAN CONTINUE EVEN WITH ANNEXATION AND ZONING
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COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.SO THEN WITH THE ZONING MAP, I GUESS I'M PIGGYBACKING OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, THEY CAN TO KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY SELL THE PROPERTY, THEN THAT MEANS IT GOES TO THE PROPOSED ZONING FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
SO IF THE PROPERTIES ARE ANNEXED, THE ZONING, AS DAN STATED, THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING WOULD HAPPEN AT THE SAME MEETING.
SO THE ZONING WILL BE IN PLACE REGARDLESS OF THEM KEEPING, KEEPING THE AG USE GOING.
THE PROPERTY WILL BE GENERAL BUSINESS, OR IT'LL BE SINGLE FAMILY R TWO, THAT'LL BE THE ZONING, BUT THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT AG USE.
SO EVEN IF THEY SELL THE PROPERTY, IF THE NEXT PERSON THAT BUYS IT WANTS TO CONTINUE DOING IT AS AG, THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN.
IT'S JUST IF THAT NEXT PERSON WANTS TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, BECAUSE TYPICALLY AND IN THE STATEMENT OF WHEN IT'S ANNEXED, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SERVICE.
IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING SERVICE IMMEDIATELY UPON ANNEXATION, HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK? OR IS IT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA STAY IN THE SAME AG AGRICULTURAL ZONING CURRENT USE THAT THEY'RE USING? I I, I'LL TAKE A CRACK AT THAT ONE.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN HAYWARD, IN TERMS OF SERVICE PROVIDED, SOME SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY UPON ANNEXATION.
OTHERS MIGHT CORRESPOND TO DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF MAYBE SEWER SERVICE OR WATER SERVICE.
THOSE THINGS ARE DRIVEN BY DEVELOPMENT.
THERE, THERE IS A PROVISION OF THAT SERVICE CURRENTLY, AND, AND I WILL CLARIFY, IT'S THE CCN HOLDER THAT WILL PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
SO IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS, IT'S NOT THE CITY'S CCN, SOME OF 'EM ARE IN NEW BRAUNFELS UTILITIES, SOME OF 'EM ARE IN, UH, GREEN VALLEY, SUD.
SO IT, IT, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THAT PROVIDER TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO START EXTENDING SERVICE RIGHT AWAY, OR, YOU KNOW, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA, RIGHT AWAY.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY CAN KEEP USING THEIR LAND THE WAY THEIR LAND IS.
'CAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANNEXING.
AND THEN IF THEY CAN'T DO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, THAT'S WHERE I HAVE THE ISSUE.
I, I THINK THAT POINT HAS BEEN CLARIFIED THAT THEY CAN USE THE LAND, EVEN IF THEY, UH, UH, THEY GIVE IT TO THEIR SIBLINGS OR THEY SELL IT.
THE LAND USE CAN REMAIN THE SAME.
IT'S WHETHER OR NOT IT IS DEVELOPED, IT'S GOTTA BE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE ZONING.
UH, MAYOR, CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? YES.
AS FAR AS TAXATION, 'CAUSE THAT WAS JUST, UH, BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES.
IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE AN AG TIMBER WILDLIFE EXEMPTION ON FILE WITH YOUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO CARRY THAT, THAT DOES NOT CHANGE WITH THE ANNEXATION.
IT WILL ONLY CHANGE IF YOU CHANGE THE USE OF THAT PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE CHANGING.
SO IF YOUR, IF YOUR VALUE RIGHT NOW IS 1,000,050 4,910, AND IT'S ACTUAL TAXABLE VALUES, $3,770, YOU'RE GONNA PAY THE CITY'S TAX RATE ON THAT $3,700 A YEAR.
SO IT, IT'LL BE A FEW DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO YOU'LL, YOU WILL NOT IN INCUR A GIGANTIC TAX RATE INCREASE WITH THE ANNEXATION FROM THE CITY.
IT'LL JUST ADD THE CITIES TO THAT REDUCED AMOUNT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
MAYOR PRO MACALUSO, UH, JUST, JUST ANOTHER CLARIFICATION.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU DID STATE THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING.
IS THERE ANY PENALTY PENALTY TO THEM AS NON-CONFORMING OTHER THAN A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO, TO ADHERE TO THE CURRENT ZONING THAT WE END UP DECIDING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? SO I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW PENALTY, UM, BUT THERE'S A, AN ENTIRE ARTICLE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, EXPANSIONS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO EXPAND, IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REBUILD.
SO THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT ARTICLE.
SO, SO IF THEY WANTED TO EXPAND THEIR HOUSE, WHAT WOULD, UH, WHAT, WHAT ISSUE WOULD THEY POSSIBLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IF THEY'RE CONSIDERED NONCONFORMING? SO I WOULD SAY WE WOULD LOOK AT IT.
YEAH, THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE ON A HOUSE? NO, BECAUSE THEY USE IT TO AG USE IS WHAT IT IS.
AND, AND A HOUSE IS ALLOWED IN AG USE.
SO THAT'S NOT AN EXPANSION OF A NON-CONFORMING USE IF IT'S LIVING QUARTERS.
IT'S JUST LIKE, IF, IF, IF THEY ADD THREE COWS TO THE HERD, I DON'T THINK THAT UNDER OUR INTERPRETATION, THAT WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF THE NON-CONFORMING USE
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OR, OR DAN, IF YOU ADDED A BARN OR SOMETHING THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT USE, IT WOULD NOT BE NON-CONFORMING.IT'S IT, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN THAT USE.
I, I, THAT'S GONNA BE UP TO, UH, I GUESS ULTIMATELY A STAFF INTERPRETATION, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT WITH THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF ZONING.
I GUESS I JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT IN THEIR SHOES.
IF, I MEAN, ARE THEY TO, TO HAVE TO GUESS? WELL, WHAT IS GONNA CAUSE AN ISSUE FOR ME IF I WANT TO DO SOME KIND OF CHANGES? UH, I'M STILL WANT TO KEEP IT AGRICULTURE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON MY LOT.
I MEAN, IS IT STRICTLY JUST A CHANGE IN USAGE OF THE LAND THAT WOULD CAUSE AN ISSUE WITH THE NON-CONFORMING? DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU HAVE CHAPTER, WHATEVER THE CHAPTER IS WITH NON-CONFORMING USE THAT YOU CAN RUN THROUGH? SO THIS IS ARTICLE SEVEN, THE NON-CONFORMING USES LOTS AND STRUCTURES.
SO THIS SECTION HERE INDICATES THE NON-CONFORMING STATUS.
I MEAN, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT ME TO READ? I I THINK IT'S NUMBER THREE.
MAYBE YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT READ THE WHOLE THING? NO, NO, NO, NO.
NUMBER THREE I, YES, SO, SO 21 7.
SO A SAYS, ACCEPT US PROVIDE IN SECTION 21 7 9 BELOW ANY USE PLOTTED WATER STRUCTURE THAT DOES NOT CONFORM WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THIS UDC ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF OR ANY AMENDMENT HERE TOO SHALL BE DEEMED A NON-CONFORMING USE PLATTED LOT OR STRUCTURE PROVIDED THAT SUCH USE PLATTED LOT OR STRUCTURE, AND I'M READING THREE HERE, SORRY, WAS IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME OF THE ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY WAS ILLEGAL USE OF THE LAND AT SUCH TIME AND HAS BEEN IN REGULAR CONTINUOUS USE SINCE SUCH TIME.
SO BASICALLY UPON ANNEXATION, THE USE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT THEN IS WHAT'S DEEMED NON-CONFORMING AND WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THIS.
BUT GOING TO WHAT DAN INDICATED, IF IT'S PART OF THE AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS, IF IT'S PART OF THEIR LIVESTOCK BUSINESS, WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CONSIDER THAT AN EXPANSION.
IF THEY'RE GROWING THEIR HERD, IF THEY NEED TO DIG A STOCK TANK OR THEY NEED TO REPAIR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR CATTLE PINS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE AN EXPANSION OF THEIR NON-CONFORMING USE.
IT'S PART OF THAT BUSINESS, THE AGRICULTURAL OPERATION THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE THERE.
AND I WOULD ADD THAT THERE'S ALSO PROTECTIONS, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THIS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY GERMANE TO OUR CONVERSATION, BUT THERE'S PROTECTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL USES IN THE ACTUAL AGRICULTURAL CODE AS WELL.
AND THAT STATE, THAT STATE LAW IS GOING TO LIMIT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH LOCAL ZONING REGULATIONS TO LIMIT AGRICULTURAL USES.
AND THEY EXPANDED THAT IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER? I'M SORRY, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 41.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 24 R 41 BASED ON THE DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD ABOUT NOT CHANGING USES.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU'VE BEEN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN, IF WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 42, AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION.
ACCEPTING A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 2,200 ACRES KNOWN AS BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 3 1 0 0 6 4.
1 1, 4, 1, 7, 3, 0, 3, 3, 9, 7, 7, 2, 3, 3, 9, 7, 7, 3, 3, 3.
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NINE, THREE.7, 9 0 AGAIN, THAT NUMBER IS THREE THREE.
SO THIS IS FOR RESOLUTION 24 R 42.
A PETITION OF ANNEXATION FOR BEAR COUNTY, EMILY DELGADO, PLANNING MANAGER.
COULD YOU SPEAK UP PLEASE? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
A PETITION OF ANNEXATION BEAR COUNTY, EMILY DELGADO, PLANNING MANAGER.
SO THIS IS ALL BASICALLY THE SAME INFORMATION AS, AS THE AL AND GUADALUPE COUNTY ANNEXATION PETITIONS.
THE PROPERTIES IN BEXAR COUNTY WERE ALSO OFFERED, UM, DELAYED ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN 2010 AND 2011.
AND THEN EXTENSIONS OFFERED IN 2020 AND 2021 DEEMING THESE AS VOLUNTARY ANNEXATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ORIGINAL AGREEMENTS WERE A PERIOD WERE FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT.
AND THEN IN 20 20, 20 21, WE OFFERED THOSE EXTENSIONS, UM, DUE TO COVID AND TRYING TO COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT.
THESE EXTENSIONS PROVIDED THE SAME RIGHTS AS PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED, AND THOSE EXTENSIONS WOULD BE IN EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 2024, AT WHICH TIME THE CITY ASSURES WOULD BEGIN ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS AND CONCLUDING THEM NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
SO AT THIS TIME, THAT FIRST DATE, THE JANUARY 1ST HAS PASSED, AND THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 24 S OH SIX, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THE ASSOCIATED ZONING, UM, FOR THESE PROPERTIES TO BE ANNEXED.
AND AGAIN, 24 R 42 IS JUST THAT INITIAL FIRST STEP.
IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY ANNEX THE PROPERTIES.
IT'S JUST THE INITIAL STEP FOR THE ANNEXATION PROCESS.
AND IT'S FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 75 PROPERTIES, APPROXIMATELY 2,200
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ACRES WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY.SO JUST LIKE THE OMA AND GUADALUPE COUNTY PROPERTIES, WE SENT LETTERS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN BEXAR COUNTY PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE PROPOSED ZONING FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR PROPERTIES.
UM, THIS, THE BEAR COUNTY PROPERTIES WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME TIMELINE CALENDAR AS THE COMA AND GUADALUPE.
SO THESE TWO ANNEXATIONS, THE COMA GUADALUPE GROUP, AND THEN THE BEX COUNTY GROUP WILL FOLLOW THE SAME MEETING SCHEDULE WITH THE, UM, FIRST ANNEXATION HEARING ON JUNE 4TH AT THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED ZONING TO BE SCHEDULED FOR THE MAY 8TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
SO THIS IS ALL OF THE PROPERTIES PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION IN BEAR COUNTY, AND I KNOW THE MAP'S SMALL JUST BASED OFF OF THE CONFIGURATION OF SHIRTS.
SO WE HAVE THAT BROKEN DOWN INTO THIS GROUP HERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE 1518 SCHAFFER ROAD LOWER S THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN GREEN ARE THE ONES PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN HERE IS THAT LOWER GROUP.
SO TRAINER HALE 1518 I 10 AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF 24 R 42, ACCEPTING A PETITION FOR VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION OF THE APPROXIMATELY 2,200 ACRES WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY.
COUNSEL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
THINK MOST OF, UH, OUR, OUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED ON THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION.
UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.
COULD WE GET AN EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ONE OF, THEY HAD TWO CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN SPEAK TO HOW SAFE IT'LL BE IF WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS TO COVER THEIR AREA, HOW QUICKLY THEY COULD RESPOND.
AND THE SECOND, UH, I THINK CONCERN THEY HAD WAS TAXES.
DO YOU OR DOES SOMEBODY HAPPEN TO HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF TAXES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IF THEY'RE ANNEXED OR, I JUST RANDOMLY PULLED UP ONE OF THE PROPERTIES AND IT'S IN COAL MALL COUNTY.
I, I MEAN, I COULD PULL ANOTHER ONE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT THE MARKET VALUE IS 1,000,050 4,000 AFTER THE AG EXEMPTION IS APPLIED, THE TAXABLE VALUE IS $3,770.
SO IT'D BE A, AN IMPACT OF $18 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES.
SO, SO THAT'S, AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA VARY BASED ON THE PROPERTY AND THE LEVEL OF EXEMPTION.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM EXCESSIVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS LIKE HOW MUCH, HOW MANY, HOW MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT DO WE HAVE PATROL IN THAT AREA? HOW OFTEN? CURRENTLY THE CITY, THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY.
SO CITY POLICE WOULD NOT RESPOND OR PATROL THAT AREA.
UM, THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR ANNEXATION PLAN.
SERVICE PLAN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO WE, WE WOULD OUTLINE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP AN ANNEXATION SERVICE PLAN, AND THAT WOULD BE OUTLINED IN THE PLAN.
BUT WE DO PATROL SOMEWHERE ON HALLEY'S CODE.
THIS I 10 HALLEY'S COVE'S IN THE CITY.
BUT YOU DO HAVE PATROL OUT THERE FOR HALLEY'S COVE? YES.
WHICH IS RIGHT, WHICH IS NEIGHBORING RIGHT NEXT TO THE, SOME OF THE AREA, UH, THE, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN THERE'S NO CONCERN THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND IN A, YOU KNOW, IN A TIMELY MANNER IF YOU HAD A CON, IF YOU HAD AN EMERGENCY.
I, I MEAN, WE ALREADY RESPOND TO THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF NO, YOU DON'T RESPOND TO THE GREEN AREA, BUT WE DO RESPOND TO HOLLY'S COVE, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THERE.
SO IN TERMS OF SERVICES PROVIDED, WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE EMS IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS AS WELL AS FIRE SERVICE.
WE HAVE A, A, A A, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
UM, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WOULD HAVE WOULD, IS GENERALLY DRIVEN BY THE DEMAND.
IF IT, IF ONE OF THOSE AREAS WERE TO REDEVELOP AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WOULD MORE LIKELY THAN NOT INCREASE THE, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, SIR, IT DOES.
YEAH, JUST A, A LITTLE BIT OF A STATEMENT, I GUESS, UH, FOR THE FOLKS OUT THERE.
I THINK HE, FROM OUR PREVIOUS QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CURRENT USES REMAIN YOUR CURRENT USES AS YOUR WISHES, YOU KNOW, AND, AND NOT IMPEDE ON, YOU KNOW, ON, ON, ON ANY OF THAT.
UH, THIS DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR US.
ONE, IT ALLOWS YOU TO CONTINUE, UH, YOUR USES, BUT IF YOU DO SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE,
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DECIDE TO SELL, CHANGE, USE, HOWEVER THAT WORKS, WHETHER IT'S YOU, YOUR FUTURE FAMILY, WHATEVER, AT LEAST THE CITY HAS, UH, SOME WAY TO CONTROL THAT GROWTH OUT THERE INTO WHATEVER THE ZONING THAT, UH, UH, P AND Z RECOMMENDS AND WE EVENTUALLY ADOPT.UH, AS FAR AS THE SERVICES, I THINK, UH, MR. WILLIAMS MADE THAT VERY CLEAR AS ALL OF THIS WILL BE COVERED WITH A, UH, UH, DEVELOP OR ANNEXATION SERVICES, UH, PLAN.
UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S KIND OF WEIRD ANYWAY, BUT A LOT OF, UH, HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE POLICIES WILL PROBABLY GO DOWN BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF, UH, SERVICE COVERAGES OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR SURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE IN DIFFERENT, UH, IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
BUT, UH, I, I WANT Y'ALL TO BE REASSURED THAT I DON'T EVER WANT TO CHANGE ANYBODY'S USE OF THEIR LAND.
I FULLY RESPECT THE USE OF YOUR LAND FOR WHAT YOU USE IT FOR.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU, YOUR SONS, YOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS, YOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN DECIDE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY, YOU KNOW? UH, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOME WAY TO PLAN USAGE SO THAT, SAY SOMEBODY WANTED TO SELL A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED ACRES, AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ANNEXED, A DEVELOPER COULD POTENTIALLY COME IN THERE AND PUT SOMETHING IN AND NOT HAVE TO MEET CITY, CITY CODE, UH, CITY ZONING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THAT, WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT NON-CONFORMING THAT WOULD NOT, NOT JUST NON-CONFORMING, BUT JUST NON, UH, ACCEPTABLE FOR THE AREA.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS I'M NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYBODY.
I WANT TO KIND OF PROTECT THE FUTURE, IF YOU WILL, AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.
NO, I, I, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN HAS A VALID POINT THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS, UH, NOT ONLY TO PROTECT THE CITY, BUT ALSO TO PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBOR.
UH, IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANNA PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S NONCONFORMING, YOUR NEIGHBOR IS, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, AND HE MIGHT NOT APPROVE OF IT, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO IT, IT, IT OFFERS BOTH THINGS.
IT PROTECTS THE NEIGHBOR FROM MAKING SURE THAT WHAT'S NEXT, NEXT TO YOU ISN'T, IS NOT, IS CONFORMING WITH WHAT OUR PLANS ARE WITH THE CITY.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT IT, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ZONING ISSUE, UH, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT A LITTLE, YOU DON'T WANNA PLANT RIGHT NEXT TO IT WHILE YOU HAVE FARMLAND THAT YOU'RE FARMING.
UH, SO, UH, IT SERVES BOTH PURPOSES.
IT PROTECTS, UH, PROTECTS YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND IT ALSO PROTECTS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WHAT'S WHAT'S PLACED IN THAT IS CONFORMING TO WHAT OUR FUTURE VISION IS OF THIS CITY.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 42 I MOTION? WE ACCEPT RESOLUTION 24 R 42.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE, UH, RECESS.
WE RECONVENE INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION AFTER OUR SMALL RECESS.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 13, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 A 10 APPROVE ORDINANCE ON A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY SEVEN ACRES, A PORTION OF BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 3 3 9 2 8 6, ALSO KNOWN AS 82 15 TRAINER HILL ROAD CITY ASSURES BEAR COUNTY, TEXAS.
FINAL READING COUNSEL, UH, DOES THIS, UH, REQUIRE A SECOND PRESENTATION NOW? OH, OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OKAY, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SIX YAYS, NO OBJECTION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OR ITEM NUMBER 14.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ZERO NINE.
APPROVE A REQUEST TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY
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APPROXIMATELY 7.7 ACRES OF LAND, A PORTION OF BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 3 3 9 2 8 6 2.SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R ONE, ALSO KNOWN AS 82 15 TRAINER HILL ROAD CITY ASSURES BEX COUNTY, TEXAS.
FINAL READING COUNSEL, DOES THIS REQUIRE A SECOND PRESENTATION NOW? NO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MARK A MOTION.
HEY, WE HAVE MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PROTE MSO AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNSEL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15.
AUTHORIZE A PRO RATTA AGREEMENT CALL SHARING AGREEMENT AND ROAD IMPACT FEE CREDIT AGREEMENT FOR THE SADDLEBROOK DEVELOPMENT.
ALL RIGHT, MS. WOODLEY FLOOR IS YOURS.
UM, I WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW I'M PENSIONING FOR BRIAN THIS EVENING ON THIS ITEM.
SO I MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE FIGURES ON, ON THE, NO, I NOT, MAY NOT.
I WILL NOT HAVE THE FIGURES ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I'VE GOT THINGS HERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET ANSWERS FOR YOU.
SO THIS, UM, RESOLUTION, UH, COVERS FOUR AGREEMENTS.
THE FIRST THREE PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN BEEN ON CONSENT AGENDA.
THEY'RE FAIRLY STANDARD, UM, AGREEMENTS WITH SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENTS.
THERE'S A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.
UH, AND THOSE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT THE CITY NEEDS THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO, UM, GET SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE, HAVE THE DEVELOPER, UM, CONSTRUCT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR SUBDIVISION.
AND WE WILL REIMBURSE FOR THOSE, UM, THOSE SMALL ITEMS. SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT IS ABOUT.
THERE'S A ROADWAY CAPITAL RECOVERY OFFSET AGREEMENT.
SO THE DEVELOPER IS CONSTRUCTING A PORTION OF COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 3 0 0 9 EXTENSION.
IT'S ACTUALLY REDBUD, UH, CANYON, I BELIEVE, IN THE, UM, SADDLEBROOK SUBDIVISION.
SO SINCE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING THAT, AND THAT IS, UH, ON OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THEY GET CREDIT TOWARD THEIR ROADWAY IMPACT FEE, UH, PAYMENTS THAT WOULD BE MADE WHEN, UM, THE HOMES ARE BUILT.
UH, THE LAST FAIRLY STANDARD AGREEMENT IS A PRO RATA AGREEMENT, AND THAT IS FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR THE EXCESS CAPACITY THAT THEY'RE BUILDING IN THE LIFT STATION IN FORCE MAIN.
SO THAT THOSE, UM, AMOUNTS, WE HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER WHICH DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN WILL BE ABLE TO USE, UH, THOSE EDS OR THE CAPACITY IN THE LIFT STATION.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THOSE THREE AGREEMENTS, WHICH ARE, LIKE I SAID, FAIRLY STANDARD, UM, THE DEVELOPER HAS ALSO ASKED TO BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO A SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS AN AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO, UH, RECORD THEIR PLOT AND SELL PROPERTIES ON THAT PLOT.
PRIOR TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEING COMPLETED AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, WE WOULD GET REQUESTS LIKE THIS FROM, FROM DEVELOPERS, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN WITH, UH, I SHOULDN'T SAY IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, BUT IT HAPPENS THAT A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVIDED WILL, UM, DO A PRELIMINARY PLAT, A FINAL PLAT.
THEY WILL PUT UP SECURITY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THEN RECORD THE FINAL PLAT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SELL THE LOTS.
THEY CAN SELL THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS, MAYBE, UH, A HOME, SOMEONE COMES IN, BUYS THE LOT, WANTS TO PUT THEIR HOME ON THAT LOT.
WE AREN'T ABLE TO GIVE THEM C OF O BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IT REALLY CREATES PROBLEMS FOR, UH, NEW CITIZENS MOVING INTO THE, THE CITY AND, AND ALSO CREATES A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY, UM, TO TRY AND KEEP AFTER THAT DEVELOPER TO GET THAT INFRASTRUCTURE DONE.
SO IT'S A, A REALLY BIG PROBLEM FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.
NOW, FOR COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISIONS, ON OCCASION, A DEVELOPER WILL WANT TO FILE A PLAT.
THEY'LL BASICALLY JUST WANNA FLIP SOME PROPERTY.
AND SO THEY MAY PUT UP SOME SECURITY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, SELL THE PROPERTY.
THE BUYER OF THE PROPERTY THINKS THEY'RE GETTING A PROPERTY THAT HAS, HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO SUBMIT FOR A BUILDING PERMIT AND, AND BUILD SOMETHING.
AND PERHAPS THE INFRASTRUCTURE WASN'T ACTUALLY FINISHED.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE THERE'S A PROBLEM.
THE LAST CASE IS FOR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS WHERE THEY DO A COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION AND THEY HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THEY HAVE TO BUILD AND THEY'RE READY TO BUILD THEIR BUSINESS, BUT IN ORDER TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT, THEY HAVE TO FILE THEIR
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PLAT.SO WHAT WE WILL ALLOW IN THE CASE, IF THEY'RE SERIOUS, IF THEY HAVE, THEY'VE GONE TO THE EXPENSE, THEY HAVE AN ARCHITECT, THEY HAVE AN ENGINEER, THEY HAVE THEIR PLANS FOR THEIR BUILDING TO CONSTRUCT, THEY HAVE THEIR PLANS FOR THEIR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN THAT CASE, WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO POST SECURITY SO THAT THEY CAN PUT ALL THIS UNDER ONE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND BUILD ALL OF IT AT ONE TIME.
SO, UH, IF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T COMPLETED AT THE TIME, THEY NEED A CO, IT'S, IT'S ALL WITHIN THEIR OWN CONTROL.
IT'S NOT, UH, SEEN AS THE CITY HOLDING THEM UP, SO TO SPEAK.
SO WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF ONE OR TWO OF YOU, UH, ON COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.
AND WE SAID, OKAY, SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE POLICY THAT WE WANT TO GO WITH HERE? DO WE WANT TO GENERALLY ALLOW THE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS WHERE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER HAS TO BUILD PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE? IF THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, THEY HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME, YES, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND STAFF CAN WORK WITH THEM TO DO THIS AGREEMENT AND MOVE FORWARD.
DO WE WANT TO MAKE A POLICY WHERE THAT'S ALLOWABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, KNOWING THE RISKS AND THE POTENTIAL OUTFALL FROM THAT? AND BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING TO PROTECT CITIZENS COUNCIL AT THAT TIME DID GIVE GUIDANCE TO STAFF THAT IF SOMEONE, IF A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVIDED WERE TO MAKE THAT REQUEST, IT WOULDN'T BE YES STAFF.
GO AHEAD, WORK THE AGREEMENT AND, UM, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
WE WOULD NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL AND, AND MAKE THAT REQUEST EXPLICITLY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE RISKS OF DOING THAT.
SO IN THIS CASE, THE SADDLEBROOK DEVELOPER HAS REQUESTED A SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE IN THIS, IN THIS INSTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER LOTS FROM A LAND BANK TO A DIFFERENT DIVISION OF THEIR CORPORATION, WHICH IS THE BUILDER, UM, THEY HAVE AGREED TO INCLUDE IN THAT AGREEMENT A RESTRICTION THAT ALLOWS THAT SALE OF THOSE LOTS ONLY A SINGLE TIME AND ONLY TO THE BUILDER.
SO THEY WOULDN'T THEN BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND SELL IT TO SOMEONE WHO, UH, A FAMILY WHO WANTS TO BUILD A HOUSE.
IT WOULD STILL JUST SIT THERE WITH THE BUILDER UNTIL THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S DONE ACCEPTED, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, THEY WOULD ALLOW, BE ABLE TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, PULL BUILDING PERMITS AND, AND BUILD HOMES ON IT.
UM, SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO GO FORWARD AND DO THIS AGREEMENT WITH THEM, THE AGREEMENT WOULDN'T COME BACK TO YOU.
WE WOULD DO IT JUST AS WE WOULD DO ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT.
WE NORMALLY DO THOSE ADMINISTRATIVELY, UM, BUT YOU WOULD NEED TO CONSCIOUSLY, UH, ADJUST THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION TO EXPLICITLY INCLUDE THAT SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT AUTHORIZATION.
SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER, WESTBROOK, WHAT'S THE WORST EXAMPLE OF THE, UM, OF WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED? EVERYTHING YOU JUST, IS IT LIKE, IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING LIKE, WAS IT OFF OF MANOR? WHERE, WHERE WAS THAT MAIN OH, FREEWAY MANOR.
IS THAT THE WORST EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A, A VERY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
WE CREATE A PAPER SUBDIVISION WHERE THESE LOTS EXIST, THEY COULD BE SOLD TO ANYONE.
UM, AND THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
AND SO THE PERSON WHO PURCHASES IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PULL A PERMIT TO BUILD A HOME WITHOUT BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WORST EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T COMPLETED PRIOR TO RECORDATION OF THE PLAT.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A RISK IN THIS CASE.
THAT'S THE, THE EXTREME OF, BUT THE CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS EXACTLY CORRECT.
SO THE CHECKS AND BALANCE AGAINST FREEWAY MANNER IS THAT IT'S BEING SOLD TO ANOTHER, TO A DEVELOPER, RIGHT? THAT'S THE CHECK ON THIS WHOLE SITUATION OR NO, A BUILDER.
BUT IT, IT'S NOT, IT, IT COULD ONLY BE SOLD TO THE BUILDER FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, JUST ONCE.
THEY CANNOT, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN SELL A HUNDRED LOTS TO THE BUILDER, BUT HE CAN'T SELL IT TO A HUNDRED DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
HE'S GOTTA BUILD THE HOUSES AND THEN HE SELLS THE HOUSES.
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DOES IT REQUIRE A BOND? YES.SO IT YES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD ALSO BE BONDED.
SO WE WILL, THE, THE DEVELOPER PUTS UP A BOND FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IF THE DEVELOPER NOT AT ALL SUGGESTING THAT THIS DEVELOPER WOULD DO THIS JUST FOR, FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES, IF THE DEVELOPER TURNED AROUND AND LEFT TOWN, THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO CALL THE BOND, USE THAT MONEY AND COMPLETE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHO THE LAND BANK IS OUR LAND BANK OR THE DEVELOPER'S? LAND BANK? IT'S THE DEVELOPERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON WITH THIS DEVELOPER THAT IS ASKING FOR THIS, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY ONLY HAVE ONE BUILDER THAT THEY'RE SELLING IT TO? SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY CAN ONLY SELL IT TO A BUILDER, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN ONLY SELL IT TO ONE BUILDER.
SO THE PLAN IS THAT THEY'RE SELLING IT TO THEMSELVES.
THERE ARE TWO DIVISIONS OF THE SAME OVERARCHING CORPORATION, BUT THAT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
IS THAT IMPOSSIBLE? IT'S, WELL, I MEAN, WE, WE SEE IT IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE HAVE THREE BUILDERS IN ONE SUBDIVISION.
CORRECT? UH, THEY, THEY BUY A NUMBER OF LOTS AND HOUSES SO THAT THEY CAN, SO THEY CAN BUILD THOSE TYPE OF HOUSES AND THEY HAVE THAT DEDICATED PORTION OF LAND FOR THEM TO BUILD, BUT THEY CANNOT RESELL IT.
I THINK THE INTENTION IS TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL BUYER BEING LEFT HOLDING THE BAG LIKE IN A FREEWAY MANNER TYPE SCENARIO.
IF IT'S IN A BUILDER'S HAND, IT'S MORE LIKELY GONNA GET FINISHED.
YEAH, I THINK YOU GUYS PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED IT.
IT'S PRETTY COMMON NOWADAYS FOR A LARGE DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE BUILDER.
IT ADDS VARIETY TO THE, UH, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT ADDS DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND, AND IT ENSURES THE SUCCESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE LONG RUN,
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE TALKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE GOES INTO THE SAME BEFORE YOU EVER, UH, DO ANYTHING.
SO, UH, I'M, I, I SEE THE VALUE IN THIS.
ANOTHER ANOTHER POINT I BELIEVE IS THAT, UM, SO THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE, THE DEVELOPER IS ASHTON, SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTIAL, LLC.
SO IN THIS ONE CASE, THE BUILDER IS ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPER, WHICH IS NOT THAT COMMON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ORDINANCE LAW RESOLUTION LETTER NUMBER 24 R 40.
I HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO SPECIFICALLY RIGHT, IF, IF YOU WANT TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT, YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD THAT TO THE MOTION.
AUTHORIZE AUTHORIZE, UM, THE PRO RATTA AGREEMENT FOR THE, IS THAT THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT, ROAD REC IMPACT FEE CREDIT AGREEMENT WITH SADDLEBROOK WILL THAT WORK? AND THE SUBDIVISION AND THE SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT.
WE SECOND, DO I NEED TO SAY THAT AGAIN? OKAY.
MOTION HAS BEEN RESTATED AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE CAN, UH, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 29, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MARKSMAN GENERAL CONTRACTORS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES RELATED TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
I'M JOHN PERRY, BATTALION CHIEF.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, CHIEF ROGERS WHO CANNOT BE WITH US TONIGHT ON BEREAVEMENT.
UH, AND WE ARE HERE FOR, UH, 24 R 29.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE RELATED TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR OUR FIRE STATION FOUR.
THE GOAL OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK SERVICES WITH MARKSMAN CONSTRUCTION.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE BENEFIT FOR THIS IS, UH, THE BENEFIT OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK IS THAT THIS IS GONNA REDUCE THE CITY'S OVERALL POTENTIAL RISKS
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BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE PROJECT.THIS PROVIDES A PREDICTABLE BUDGET AND HELPS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY RECEIVES A QUALITY FIRE STATION IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPERIOR SERVICE AND RESPONSE TIMES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THE VISITORS OF OUR CITY.
IN ADDITION, THIS WILL ALSO HELP THE CITY, UH, MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, GET CLOSER TO OUR ISO RATING IN OUR NEXT EVALUATION.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS IS WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH ICAHN ARCHITECTS FOR THE DESIGN OF FIRE STATION FOUR, AND THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE INITIAL DESIGN EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE AT THE, UH, PROJECT AT STAGE OF THE PROJECT WHERE, UH, THE EXPECTED COST OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT NEEDS TO BE DETERMINED BY A QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION MANAGER BEFORE THE PROJECT CAN, UH, DESIGN CAN PROCEED ANY FURTHER ALONG PER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2260 9.254, THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY SHALL SELECT OFFER THAT SUBMITS THE PROPOSAL THAT OFFERS THE BEST VALUE FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY BASED ON THE PUBLISHED SELECTION CRITERIA AND ON ITS RANKING EVALUATION.
THE DECISION FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WAS BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS BY USING THE TWO STEP SELECTION PROCESS FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
THE FIRST STEP WAS A RETURN OF FOUR RESPONSES TO THE RFQ ON JANUARY 4TH, 2024.
FROM HERE THE RESPONSES WERE EVALUATED AND RANKED BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
WE MOVED ON TO STEP TWO OF THE PROCESS AND THAT INVOLVED THE INVOLVED THE TOP THREE FIRMS SUBMITTING A COST PROPOSAL ALONG WITH IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
AND THAT WAS ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2024 USING LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
2260 9.254 IS THE BASIS FOR DECISION BEST VALUE AND RANKING EVALUATION.
MARKSMAN GENERAL CONTRACTORS WAS IDENTIFIED AS THAT TOP FIRM.
FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS WILL BE AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF $1,257,000 AND THE APPROVAL FOR THESE SERVICES COMES FROM WITHIN THE BOND APPROVED FOR FIRE STATION FOUR.
AND WITH ME TONIGHT, I DO HAVE DEREK BIRD WITH A GCM THAT CAN, UH, ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE ACTUAL PROCESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DESIGN OR ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN I ALSO HAVE JESSICA KURTZ, UH, FROM PURCHASING OR ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, THAT SHE CAN HELP OUT WITH.
ALRIGHT, UH, COUNSEL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK? YES, SIR.
UH, IT MAY BE BETTER FOR, I DON'T KNOW, I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION.
UM, WHO WAS ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND WHAT SEPARATED? NUMBER ONE FROM NUMBER TWO AND THREE IN TERMS OF VALUE? IT IS IN YOUR NOTES.
WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING IT GOES.
I I DO HAVE SOME OF THE ANSWERS, UH, BUT IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU THE BEST ANSWER AND THE QUICKEST AMOUNT OF TIME, I WILL REFER TO JESSICA ON THIS.
SIR, WE MIGHT BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
UM, AND SO THE, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF CITY STAFF, UM, THAT INCLUDED FOLKS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOLKS FROM ENGINEERING, THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE, THE PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE.
AND SO THAT IS DEREK BIRD MENTIONED A GCM.
WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH THEM FOR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, MYSELF, I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN, IN THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
SO THERE, THERE WAS ABOUT SEVEN OF US ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR, YOUR SECOND PART.
AND SO YOU ASKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT SET ONE APART FROM TWO.
SO I WILL TELL YOU, UM, AS HE MENTIONED IN THE, IN THE SECOND STEP OF THE PROCESS, WE INVITED THE TOP RANKED THE TOP THREE RANKED FIRMS FOR ONSITE INTERVIEWS.
UM, AT THAT TIME WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THEIR TEAMS, THEIR, THEIR PROJECT PLANNING TEAMS, THEIR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAMS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH FIRE STATIONS.
WE REACHED OUT TO REFERENCES, UM, FOR, FOR ALL THREE, ULTIMATELY WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO.
UM, BUT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO, I'LL TELL YOU, THERE WAS VERY SMALL DIFFERENCE IN PRICE.
UM, MARKSMAN DID COME IN A LITTLE BIT, UM, LESS WHAT SEPARATED ONE AND TWO FROM THREE.
UM, THE THIRD RANKED FIRM AFTER THE INTERVIEWS WAS A, A MUCH SMALLER FIRM WITH LIMITED OR MORE LIMITED RESOURCES.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY A DISCUSSION FOR US.
ALSO, THEIR EXPERIENCE IN, IN FIREHOUSE DESIGN, UM, WASN'T EXACTLY THE PRODUCT THAT WE WERE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR IN OUR SHIRTS.
SO ULTIMATELY WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, ONE AND TWO, UM, WERE, WERE VERY WELL QUALIFIED AND, AND VERY COMPETITIVE.
ARE THEY LOCAL? HOW LOCAL ARE THEY ULTIMATE? I'M SORRY.
LIKE THEY'RE LOCAL OR REGIONAL.
SO, SO YES, WE, WE HAVE, JARED WANTS TO COME UP.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM MARKSMAN HERE.
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OUT SAN ANTONIO.SO YOU'VE DONE OTHER STATIONS BEFORE? YES.
SO, SO YES, I MEAN IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, ONE AND TWO.
SO I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UM, ONE AND TWO WAS, WAS BURN CONSTRUCTION WHO ACTUALLY BUILT FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE FOR US.
SO WE WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
UM, THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE, UM, EXPERIENCE BUILDING FIRE STATIONS AS WELL AS MARKSMAN.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING TWO, BUT MAYBE SAN MARCUS SOME, SOME AREA, UM, SOME FIRE STATIONS AROUND.
WE ACTUALLY VISITED SOME FIRE STATIONS THAT THEY HAVE BUILT.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, DID, DID DUE DILIGENCE IS TALKING WITH REFERENCES FOLKS WHO HAVE USED THEM.
IT'S, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE PROCESS, I'M JUST LIKE TO GET INTERESTED.
I'M JUST INTERESTED IN THE WHOLE PROCESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO, UH, IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AND UH, NUMBER THREE WAS AN AWARD-WINNING STATION.
AND UH, SO I APPRECIATE THE PROCESS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 24 R 29.
SECOND HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
YOU CAN PLEASE PUBLISH THE VOTE.
[Closed Session]
HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT OF CODE DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, CLOSED MEETING THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BODY IS NOW REQUIRED TO CONDUCT AN OPEN MEETING TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY, OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
OR NUMBER TWO, TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT.
WE WILL RECONVENE AFTER OUR CLOSED SESSION.
[Reconvene into Regular Session]
THE TIME IS NOW 8 33.WE RECONVENE INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION AFTER OUR DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 17, PROJECT E 86.
OUR START TIME WAS EIGHT 20 AND OUR END TIME WAS 8 28.
AND THE CHAIR WILL MAKE A MOTION.
THE RESOLUTION IS A RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 43.
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHES TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AN EXPENDITURE AS REFLECTED IN A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND XCM GROUP INCORPORATED AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 43.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND TO CHAIR.
AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS.
[Information available in City Council Packets]
MONTHLY.UPDATED ON MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS AND THE CIP.
UH, THESE ARE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AT OUR WEBSITE.
[Requests and Announcements]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.COUNSEL, ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM STAFF? NONE.
COUNSEL, ANY POSSIBLE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON.
ALRIGHT, ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MAYOR PRO TET MACALUSO, UH, HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING OUT TO MOVE IT ON MAIN ON SUNDAY.
IT WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST ONE TO ATTEND IN SHIRTS AND HAD A GOOD TIME AND I THINK IT'S A, UM, UH, A GREAT, UM, EVENT THAT WE CAN EVEN CONSIDER EXPANDING OFF OF AT SOME POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ECHO, UH, COUNCILMAN AL'S COMMENTS, UH, MOVING ON MAINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON CYCLED MY HEART OUT ON MOVING ON MAINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON, I ATTENDED MOVING ON MAINE.
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LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND ALSO THE CHAMBER LUNCHEON TODAY, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC SEEING ALL THE NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST.I DID MOVE IN ON MAINE, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR MOVING ON MAINE WAS THAT TIM BROWN GAVE ME SOME HISTORY, ME AND A COUNCILWOMAN WATCHING SOME OF THE HISTORY BACK, UH, BEHIND IT, SHIRTS FEST AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SORT OF SEE IF WE COULD GET, UM, A REPORT TO SOME EXTENT ABOUT SORT OF THE PAST EVENTS THAT LED UP TO MOVING ON MAIN, UM, AND SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND WERE NOT ACCEPTED.
UH, YES, I ATTENDED THE NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP LUNCHEON WHERE WE HAD, UH, SENATOR CAMPBELL COME IN AND TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, LEGISLATION THAT, UM, WAS PASSED AND WHAT MAY BE COMING UP MOVING ON MAINE.
I GOT THERE A LITTLE LATER AFTER EVERYBODY.
I GOT THERE AT THREE O'CLOCK AND I PLANNED TO WALK, BUT JARED OFFERED ME A RIDE AND SO I TOOK THE RIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN AND BACK.
UH, DID, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FOR TRAVELING.
TOMS THAT IS A PARTNER COMPANY WITH, UH, KONA ICE AND IT WAS SIMPLY FANTASTIC.
AND THEN THE CHAMBER LUNCH TODAY AND IT WAS AMAZING SEEING ALL THE NONPROFITS.
THAT'S ALL COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
NORTHEAST PARTNERSHIP, UH, ON UH, LAST THURSDAY AND OF COURSE MOVING ON.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 8 36.