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[Call to Order]
TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 16TH, 2024 IS NOW IN SESSION.FIRST ON THE AGENDA AS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK WILL LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
DO WHAT? HEAD, SPACE AND TIME.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR THE BLESSINGS BESTOWED UPON OUR GREAT NATION.
AS WE COME TOGETHER IN THIS COUNCIL MEETING, WE LIFT UP PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY.
GRANT WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO THOSE WHO GUIDE US THAT THEY MAY UPHOLD JUSTICE, FOSTER UNITY, AND PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD.
WE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL THOSE WHO SEEK TO LEAD OUR NATION, ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
MAY THEY BE GUIDED BY INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE WELFARE OF ALL AMERICANS.
WE ALSO ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND BLESSINGS UPON THE LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS AND OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
MAY THEY EXEMPLIFY THE QUANTITIES OF TRUE STATESMANSHIP, COURAGE AND ADVERSITY, HUMILITY AND VICTORY, AND A STEADFAST DEDICATION TO THE WELLBEING OF EVERY CITIZEN.
GRANT US LORD, THE WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HONOR YOU AND BENEFIT ALL WHO CALL THIS CITY HOME.
MAY THIS MEETING BE CONDUCTED IN HARMONY AND WITH RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
BLESS OUR DELIBERATIONS AND ACTIONS TODAY, AND AS ALL, AND IN AND ALWAYS IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE, ONE GOD, ONE, AND INDIVISIBLE.
[City Events and Announcements]
EVENTS AND CITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO, UH, THIS COMING THURSDAY, JULY 18TH, UH, AS PART OF PARKS MONTH, WE HAVE A GLOW PARTY THAT'S 8:30 PM TO 10:00 PM THAT'S, ITS WENDY SWAN MEMORIAL PARK, 4 6 0 1 CHERRY TREE DRIVE.
THAT'S SEVEN 30 TO 9:00 PM AT CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK.
12 8 0 5 SCHAEFER ROAD, TUESDAY, JULY 23RD.
THE FOAM PARTY, 7:00 PM TO 8:30 PM THAT'S AT RHINE VALLEY PARK AT 9 9 5 8 MULHOUSE DRIVE, THURSDAY, JULY 25TH.
WE HAVE A COLOR FIGHT, UH, THAT 7:00 PM TO 8:30 PM AT CYPRESS POINT PARK.
WE'RE BACK THERE THE NEXT NIGHT, FRIDAY, JULY 26TH, UH, FOR SORT OF A DOUBLE FEATURE, IF YOU WILL.
AT 7:00 PM THE SHAREDS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE IS DOING A TRIVIA EVENT.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, GENERALLY 8:00 PM TO 10:00 PM UH, IS MOVIES IN THE PARK, AND THAT IS MINIONS THE RISE OF GROUP.
WE'RE DOING POPSICLES, NOT POPSICLES, POPSICLES.
THAT'S 9:00 AM TO 10:30 AM THAT'S AT THE DOG PARK, WHICH NOW YOU GET WHY IT'S POPSICLES.
SO COME GET A POPSICLE FOR YOUR PUP.
SUNDAY, JULY 28TH, WE HAVE THE OWL PROWL.
THAT'S 8:30 PM TO 9:30 PM AT CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK.
TUESDAY, JULY 30TH FOR PARKS MONTH, WE HAVE WATER GAMES.
THAT'S 7:00 PM TO 8:30 PM AT ASHLEY PARK.
UH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND IS THE COUNCIL BUDGET RETREAT.
UH, HERE IN, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD, AS YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW, IS NATIONAL WATERMELON DAY.
WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THAT 12:00 PM TO 2:00 PM AT PICK ROLL PARK.
UH, I WILL TELL FOLKS REGULAR POOL ADMISSION FEES DO APPLY TO THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE BACK WITH CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 6TH, UH, HERE AT 6:00 PM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, I JUST WANT TO PUT A REMINDER OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL SERVICE IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS CALLED THE TOOL SHED, WHERE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN BORROW EQUIPMENT TO DO THEIR LAWN OR MAINTENANCE AROUND THE HOUSE.
THE BUILDING IS JUST RIGHT OVER HERE,
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AND YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO SIGN UP FOR IT AT SHIRTS.COM/TOOL SHED.UH, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY NEAT, UH, SERVICE THAT WE OFFER AND JUST REMIND FOLKS OF THAT.
ALSO, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR, THE SHIRTZ EMS DEPARTMENT AND THE PERSONNEL WHO ARE ASSISTING WITH HURRICANE BURL RECOVERY IN HOUSTON.
WE HAVE EIGHT PERSONNEL THAT WERE DEPLOYED, UH, TO, UH, TO HOUSTON.
AND, UH, WE SINCE SWITCHED OUT WITH OTHERS, BUT THEY'RE, UH, DOING QUITE A BIT TO HELP OUT WITH THAT RECOVERY EFFORT.
ALSO, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE TEEN ACADEMY STARTED THIS WEEK, AND, UH, THEY'VE WENT, THEY'VE GONE OVER THINGS LIKE HOW TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER.
A DISPATCHER TOOK A TOUR OF THE, THE PD EVEN, UH, GOT TO TRY ON THE VEST FOR THE OFFICERS.
AND TODAY, THE SECOND DAY WAS THE, THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE CIVILIAN RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT.
IT'S CRA AND I ACTUALLY ATTENDED IT AS WELL.
AND IT, IT BRINGS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN, IN A SITUATION WITH AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.
ALSO, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A DUCKY PROGRAM.
SO FOR JEEP ENTHUSIASTS, IF YOU FIND ON YOUR, ON YOUR JEEP A LITTLE RUBBER DUCKY, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING THOSE ON CARS TO SURPRISE PEOPLE WITH THAT.
SEND 'EM A PHOTO ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE, UM, AT HASHTAG UH, SHIRTS, SHIRTS, PD.
AND, UM, ALSO, UH, JULY 10TH WA WAS OUR NEW CANINE SHARES BIRTHDAY.
SO, UH, HE HAD A BARK TASTIC SECOND BIRTHDAY.
AND THAT'S ALL OF MY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS AGO WE CELEBRATED OUR NATION'S BIRTHDAY AND THE CELEBRATION LIKE THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT OUR, OUR CITY STAFF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND THE, THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED US, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE WHOLE DAY AND, AND LEADING UP TO THE FESTIVITIES.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COMING OUT HERE, COMING OUT AND CELEBRATING OUR NATION'S BIRTHDAY.
[Hearing of Residents]
IS THE HEARING THE RESIDENTS.THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
EACH PERSON IS LIMITED TO, TO THREE MINUTES.
AND WE ASK BEFORE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU CAN SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING OR AT THE HEARING OF RESIDENCE, OR BOTH.
PLEASE CALL FIRST, UH, SPEAKER.
FIRST I HAVE IS, UH, DANIEL JAMESON.
UH, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE, THE CITY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE AND THE FESTIVITIES WE HAD DOWN AT THE PARK THAT DAY.
EVEN MY LITTLE SERVICE ANIMALS, SHE ENJOYED THE PARADE, UH, UP UNTIL THE FIREWORKS.
THEN IT IS LIKE, NOPE, TIME TO GO.
AND IF YOU MISSED OUR CHILI, COOK OFF.
WE DO HAVE THOSE PLENTY COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE'VE GOT OUR CAR SHOW COMING UP, COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER.
WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND GET INVOLVED, AND ESPECIALLY THE CITY, UH, STAFF AND COUNCIL, PLEASE, YOU GUYS COME OUT AND HELP AND LOOK AT THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE, ARE SOME OF Y'ALL ARE FELLOW VETERANS.
Y'ALL USED TO SEEING THE OLD 1950S SOUPED UP CARS.
THESE ARE SOME REALLY NICE CARS AND TRUCKS FROM BACK IN THAT TIMEFRAME, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SHOW YOUR AGE AND LET YOU TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM.
BUT COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND NOW, AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE TRY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY, WE'D LIKE Y'ALL TO PARTNER WITH US.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, BEFORE I JUST KIND OF GET YOU UP TO DATE ON SOME EVENTS, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE, UH, LINDA KLEPPER AND ASHLEY RICHIE.
UH, ASHLEY RICHIE WITH EDC AND LINDA KLEPPER WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON THEIR GRADUATION FROM OUR LEADERSHIP CORE PROGRAM TODAY AT OUR LUNCHEON.
UM, THEY JUST DID AN AWESOME JOB GOING THROUGH THE COURSE WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS AND JUST VERY PROUD OF THE INTRODUCTIONS THAT THEY DID AND JUST ALL THE INPUT AND HOPEFULLY THEY GLEANED A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE FROM MEETING, UH, THE DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, THE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, THE MILITARY.
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NEXT YEAR'S CLASS.AND FINGERS CROSSED, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE FROM THE CITY WILL BE TAKING PART IN THAT.
BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THEM.
VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UH, WE ARE HAVING OUR QUARTERLY BUSINESS MIXER AND SHIRTS, BANK AND TRUST IS ONE OF THE PARTNERS HELPING PUT IT ON.
IT'LL BE AT BLUEBONNET PALACE AND COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
IT'S ALSO HELPING TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND THAT IS GONNA BE FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:00 PM.
UH, IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THESE BUSINESSES TO HOST AN EVENT, UH, WHERE IT'S BUDGETING THE EVENT OUT OF THREE POCKETS AND ALSO ALLOWING MORE OF A DIVERSE CROWD TO COME AND MIX AND MINGLE.
WE'RE HAVING OUR QUARTERLY EDUCATION CLASS.
UH, IT IS FROM EIGHT TO 11:00 AM AND IT IS ABOUT BRAND LOYALTY, NOT JUST WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE COMING IN, BUT ALSO WHO YOU USE AS A VENDOR.
AND SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN A FEW THINGS ABOUT THAT AND BUILD LOYALTY, UH, PLEASE COME ON OUT.
THAT IS FROM EIGHT TO 11:00 AM SHIRT CIVIC CENTER ON THE 31ST.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HEARD YOU HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THIS DAY, BUT AUGUST 2ND, WE ARE CUTTING THE RIBBON ON ANOTHER MEDICAL FACILITY IN SHIRTS, UH, NORTHEAST ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE.
THEY'RE LOCATED AT 1 7 7 6 VERDE PARKWAY.
THAT IS DOWN SHIRTS, PARKWAY, TAKING A RIDE OFF THE ROAD BETWEEN AMAZON AND THE NEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE.
BUT IT'S AT 4:00 PM SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL FIT IN THE SCHEDULE, BUT VERY EXCITED.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PLAN THIS CUTTING FOR A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
HOPE I GET THE LAST NAME RIGHT.
COUNSEL, I HOPE THE CITY FINDS YOU ALL WELL, MY NAME IS JEFF STEAD.
I'M WITH ROADRUNNER TOWING SERVICE.
UH, WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT.
UM, ROADRUNNER IS HONORED AND THRILLED WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NON-CONSENSUAL TOW CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHERIFFS OF ROADRUNNER TOWING.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, I'VE BEEN OUT HERE SINCE 2001.
UM, WE STARTED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTS IN IN 2002.
UH, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT GOD PUTS YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE AND IT PUT ME IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS, THE SMALL CITY OF SHIRTS BACK THEN, A LITTLE OVER 20,000 PEOPLE.
UM, IT ALLOWED ME TO GROW WITH THE CITY, UM, AND THAT ALLOWED ME TO GROW WITH THE CITY.
UH, GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT AND STUFF THAT'S NEEDED OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS.
UM, WE'VE GOT THESE OVERHEAD, UH, INTERSTATES COMING THROUGH HERE REAL SOON.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, TRYING TO GET IT IN THE BUDGET FOR OUR SECOND ROTATOR.
UH, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, TO CLEAR THE HIGHWAYS JUST A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
UM, THE TEAM WE HAVE IS SECOND TO NONE.
ALL MY GUYS ARE NA NATIONALLY 10 TRAINED, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING REALLY BIG WHEN YOU'RE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH, UH, FIRE AND, AND AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, ALSO, WE WERE HONORED WITH THE AWARD LAST YEAR, UH, MASTERS OF CHAOS.
IT'S FOR QUICK CLEARANCE AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT.
UM, I HOPE ALL OF YOU SEE THE VALUE IN ROADRUNNER TOWING AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THIS EVENING.
[Consent Agenda Items]
AGENDA ITEMS. THESE ARE CONSIDERED SELF, SELF-EXPLANATORY, AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED, THE COUNSEL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 R 76.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S ONE 40.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S 1 41.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 S 1 42.
AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 77.
COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? BE NONE.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? SO MOVE.
DO HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL, PLEASE, UH, CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
[Discussion and Action Items]
NUMBER SEVEN, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 81 APPROVING AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CHARLENE E AND TIMOTHY, A FREY AND SANDRA REED AT L FOR APPROXIMATELY 223 ACRES OF LAND IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ANNEXATION, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION STATUS AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH MR. JAMES.[00:15:01]
CITY MANAGER.UH, SO THE ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OR, OR A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE, UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
ESSENTIALLY DELAYED ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS, UM, FOR TWO SMALL TRACKS.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE ARE TWO OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO OWN APPROXIMATELY 223 ACRES IN TOTAL BETWEEN THEM.
UM, THERE ARE, AGAIN, REQUESTING THAT WE NOT ANNEX THE ACTUAL ONE AND A HALF ACRE, UH, PIECE AROUND THE HOMESTEAD SITE AS PART OF THE A AGREE.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR A 45 YEAR PERIOD.
AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT THOUGH, THEN THEY WOULD AGREE TO THE ANNEXATION OF THE, THE REST OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S GENERALLY TO BE USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO AGAIN, UH, QUICKLY FOR FOLKS, GENERALLY, THIS IS THE LOCATION ON THE RAY PROPERTY.
UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE WHAT IN GREEN IS, IS APPROXIMATELY 1.31 TO ONE AND A HALF ACRES REALLY.
AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, ON THE NEXT PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE, THE PHI PROPERTY, UM, IT'S AGAIN A ONE AND A HALF ACRE PIECE THAT WE WOULD NOT ANNEX OUT OF A FOUR ACRE PIECE.
UM, SO WHAT WE WOULD DO THOUGH IS IF THIS ITEM'S APPROVED TONIGHT, THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE ANNEXATIONS WOULD OCCUR EXCEPT THE REMAINDER OF THIS PIECE ON THE FIVE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK, RUN THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN, JUST HAVING TO GET A SURVEY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE WASN'T A WAY TO KEEP IT ON TONIGHT.
UM, SO AGAIN, STAFF IS, IS STILL WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THEIR ATTORNEY, MAKING A FEW TWEAKS TO THE AGREEMENTS, PULLING THE ATTACHMENTS.
UM, BUT GENERALLY IT'S IN THE FORM, UH, AS PRESENTED WITH YOU.
AGAIN, AS I SAID, NEED TO SORT OUT THE ACRE AND SOME OF THE THINGS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKING OF THE LANGUAGE.
UH, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THIS EFFORT.
UH, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
MAKE A, UH, RE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 24 R 81.
SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
CONSIDER A REQUEST TO FOR VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION APPRO FOR VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 68 ACRES KNOWN AS COLEMAN COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 9 0 0 6.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE ANNEXATION.
EMILY CAN COME UP WITH THE, WITH THE PRESENTATION ON IT AND I CAN SEE IF I CAN FIND, YEAH, I GOT IT.
SO AGAIN, IT'S ANNEXING THIS PROPERTY.
UH, COUNSEL, UH, FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY THAT IT'S OWNED BY THE PREVIOUS, THE ONE THAT WE JUST APPROVED.
SO THI THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE PHI TRACKS.
SO AGAIN, WE WILL ANNEX TWO OF THE PHI PIECES.
I BELIEVE IT'S SIX OF THE RAY TRACKS OF LAND.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE LEAVING OUT ONE OF THE PHI TRACKS, BUT WE'RE ANNEXING REST TONIGHT.
I THINK FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, THE, THE ITEM THAT YOU JUST APPROVED IS THE DEVELOP THE DEFERRED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.
THESE ARE THE ACTUAL ANNEXATIONS THEMSELVES? YES, SIR.
ANY FINAL READING OF THE ANNEXATIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 24, A 52ND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.
CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEER ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 107 ACRES KNOWN AS COMAL PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 9 0 0 1 COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS.
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SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION FORCE.SO THIS IS, UH, THE ANNEXATION THAT WE'RE DOING OF ONE OF THE RAY TRACKS OF LAND.
COUNCIL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN HERE, MAKE A, UH, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 24 A 44.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 10, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 A 46.
CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 3.1 ACRES KNOWN AS AL COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 8 9 4 6 AL COUNTY, TEXAS.
SO THIS IS THE ANNEXATION OF ONE OF THE RAY PIECES.
YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE KIND OF TOP LEFT HAND CORNER THERE, THAT'S THE PIECE THAT THE DELAYED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT APPLIED TO.
SO WE'RE ANNEXING THE REMAINDER OR THIS OTHER TRACT AROUND IT.
I DON'T THINK, UH, WE DIDN'T POP UP ON THE SCREEN.
COUNSEL, DO YOU NEED THE NO VIDEO? NO.
IS IT BEHIND IT? IT'S UP BEHIND US.
UH, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
WELL, THERE WAS A, NO, NEVERMIND.
I SECOND THE SECOND'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 11, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 8 47.
CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 8.4 ACRES KNOWN AS COMAL COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 5 4 8 0 COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND AGAIN, MAYOR, THIS IS THE ANNEXATION OF ONE OF THE RAY TRACKS.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 24 A 47 SECOND.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD MADE A MOTION.
UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON CO COUNCIL.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 12, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 A 48.
CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES KNOWN AS ELL COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 8 2 4 7 KMEL COUNTY, TEXAS.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, RAY TRACT, APPROXIMATELY 3.87 ACRES JUST NEXT TO THE ONE YOU JUST ANNEXED.
COUNSEL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 24 DASH A DASH 48.
SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NONE OF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 13, ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 A 49.
CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 29 ACRES KNOWN AS AL COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 9 0 0 9 COLE MEL COUNTY, TEXAS.
ONE OF THE FIVE TRACKS OF LAND COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 24 A 49.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14.
ORDERING THE NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
CITY ASSURES JOIN GENERAL ELECTION FOR CONAL COUNTY, BEXAR COUNTY AND GU LUPE COUNTY AND MAKING A PROVISION FOR THE CONDUCT
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FOR THE, TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF CONAL COUNTY AND THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR BEAR, BEAR AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES TO CONDUCT THIS ELECTION AND AUTHORIZE THESE ELECTIONS TO BE HELD AS JOINT ELECTIONS.UM, BEFORE YOU I BRING RESOLUTION 24 R 60, ORDERING THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 5TH.
UM, THE GEN, THE CITY OF SHIRTS WILL HOLD A JOINT ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5TH FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PLACE SIX AND PLACE SEVEN FOR A THREE YEAR TERM AND MAKING PROVISIONS TO CONDUCT THAT ELECTION AND AUTHORIZING ELECTION TO BE HELD AS A JOINT ELECTION.
COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 24 R 62ND SECOND MOTIONS BE MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NONE, UH, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR 15, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 61.
ORDERING THE NO NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, CITY ASSURED SPECIAL ELECTION FOR WITH COLE COUNTY, BEXAR COUNTY, AND GUADALUPE COUNTY, AND MAKING THE PROVISION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF COMAL COUNTY AND THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS FOR BEARER AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES TO CONDUCT THESE ELECTIONS.
UH, FOR NUMBER 15, RESOLUTION 24 R 61.
UH, I'M BRINGING FORWARD THE RESOLUTION TO ORDER A NOVEMBER 5TH CITY ASSURE SPECIAL ELECTION TO CONSIDER HOME RULE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION WITH AL COUNTY, BEXAR COUNTY AND GUADALUPE COUNTY.
THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MET EARLIER THIS YEAR AND RECOMMENDED 15 PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO HAVE THE RESIDENTS VOTE ON THESE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 24 DASH R DASH 61.
MOTIONS BEEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS RESO RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 80 APPROVING DISASTER PAY POLICY.
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 17.
ITEM NUMBER 17, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 75, AUTHORIZING A WATER CCN TRANSFER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SELMA AND THE CITY ASSURES TO AMEND THE CC AND BOUNDARIES AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH FLOOR JURORS.
UH, MR. WILLIAMS, UH, THIS IS, UH, A WATER CC AND TRANSFER AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY OF SELMA AND THE, UH, CITY OF SHIRTS.
UH, SO THIS IS THE AREA IN QUESTION.
THIS IS THE, UH, UM, JUST DREW A BLANK, I'M SORRY.
SO IT'S ON THE, IT'S ALONG TEJAS WAY.
UH, SO THIS AREA WAS, UH, RECENTLY, UH, RELEASED FROM THE ETJ OF SAN ANTONIO AND, UH, AND PULLED INTO THE CITY OF CHURCHS.
SO THIS IS THE CITY OF SHE'S PROPERTY.
UH, IT USED TO BE CITY OF SELMA, CCN FOR WATER.
AND, UH, THE CITY OF SHARKS IS, UH, UH, THEY REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPER, UH, FOR THE, UH, SUBDIVISION TO, UM, FOR THE CITY OF CHURCHS TO PICK IT UP.
SO WE'D LIKE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, AGAIN, THIS NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION AMENDMENT TO THE CC N BOUNDARIES FOR THE CITY OF SELMA AND THE CITY OF SHES, UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR.
IT'S A TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UH, THE DEVELOPER OF THE CITY OF SELMA AND THE CITY OF SHERIFFS.
UH, SO STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, ALLOW THE, UH, CITY MANAGER ENTER TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
VICKY, UH, RE OR MOTION TO APPROVE
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RESOLUTION 24 R 75.SECOND MOTIONS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE CAN PLEASE, UH, CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 18, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 79, AUTHORIZING THE REV REVISED BYLAWS OF THE INSURED'S PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION, AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH MR. HAAS.
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL MR. WILLIAMS RESOLUTION 24 R 79.
SO THERE'S THREE CHANGES IN THESE IN THIS RESOLUTION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BYLAWS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THE CURRENT BYLAWS HAVE COMMISSIONER'S APPOINTMENT EXPIRING ON MAY 31ST.
UM, ORDINANCE 22 M 20 CHANGE THE EXPIRATION DATE FOR THE TERMS OF THE APPOINTED PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS FROM MAY 31ST TO JUNE 30TH.
UM, WE HAVE MADE THAT PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE BYLAWS IN SECTION TWO.
YOU'LL SEE A SUBSECTION D THERE.
THE TERM SHALL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH.
THE SECOND CHANGE THAT WE MADE IS, UH, IN RELATION TO ORDINANCE 23 S 29, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2023, WHICH GRANTED ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AUTHORITY TO STAFF IN RELATION TO SUBDIVISION PLATS.
THESE WERE UDC AMENDMENTS THAT WERE BASED OFF OF HOUSE BILL 36 99, WHICH STATE LAW GAVE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL TO SUBDIVISION PLATS.
SO WE, UH, ADOPTED THAT IN OUR UDC ORDINANCE.
SO THIS WAS, THIS, UH, LED TO LESS ITEMS BEING ON PLANNING AND ZONING AGENDAS.
SO WE REDUCED THE MEETINGS TO ONCE A MONTH, WHICH WAS, UH, REFLECTED IN SECTION THREE OF THE BYLAWS, AND YOU'LL SEE THERE IN SUBSECTION A THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND FINALLY, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY REQUESTED A LITTLE BIT CLEARER LANGUAGE IN REGARDING ABSTENTION VOTES AND HOW THEY'RE COUNTED.
UM, IN PRACTICE, THE ABSTENTION VOTE IS COUNTED AS A NO AND NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED.
UH, SO STAFF ACTUALLY ALIGN PLANNING AND ZONING BYLAWS LANGUAGE WITH ARTICLE NINE, SECTION NINE 17 OF CITY COUNCIL'S RULE OF CONDUCT AND PROCEDURE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT LITTLE QUOTE DOWN HERE IS, UH, ACTUALLY FROM THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL RULES OF CONDUCT AND PROCEDURE.
AND WHAT WE DID ON SECTION 17 IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING BYLAWS IS WE ESSENTIALLY MADE THAT VERBATIM TO ALIGN WITH CITY COUNCIL.
THE PROPOSED REVISIONS WILL HELP ALIGN THE CITY'S PRACTICE AND POLICIES AND STAFF IS RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 24 R 79.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, RESOLUTION 24 R 79.
SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 71, APPROVE A SERVICE CONTRACT FOR NON-CONSENSUAL TOWING SERVICES BETWEEN ROADRUNNER TOWING AND THE CITY OF SHIRTS TO PROVIDE RECORD SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
AND MR. WILLIAMS. I'M JIM LAR, YOUR POLICE CHIEF THIS EVENING.
UH, THIS SEEK APPROVAL FOR RESOLUTION 24 R 71, AS THE MAYOR SAID, TO APPROVE SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR A NON-CONSENSUAL TOW SERVICE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OUR CURRENT CONTRACT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR SINCE 2012.
WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS, BUT DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE OUR CONTRACTS ARE MEETING OUR NEEDS AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.
AND I TAKE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FACT IN THE YEAR 2023, WE HAD OVER 1000 NON-CONSENSUAL TOWS THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MOST FREQUENT NUMBER ON THAT IS OUR LIGHT TOWS AND WHAT WE CALL, UH, A TYPICAL PASSENGER VEHICLE.
WE HAD 949 TOWS, A MEDIUM ALL, UH, TOW EIGHT TOWS, AND THEN THE HEAVY, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR 18 WHEELERS.
WE'VE SEEN A TRENDING SINCE, UH, THE LAST THREE YEARS.
WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH OUR, UH, CONSTRUCTION THAT IS GOING ON AND OUR GROWTH POTENTIAL HERE IN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ, BUT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING OUR NEEDS.
SO WE ALSO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, AND WE SENT OUT AN RFP TO ENSURE THAT OUR CONTRACT, NON-CONSENSUAL CONTRACT SERVICE COULD MEET MULTIPLE AND SIMULTANEOUS SERVICES AND HAD MINIMUM EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE CAPABLE OF GETTING OUR OFFICERS AND OUR CITIZENS OFF THE STREET AS QUICK AS WE CAN AND OPEN OUR ROADWAYS.
WE HAD THREE RESPONDENTS, AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS DECISION
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THROUGH THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, DID THE EVALUATION.THERE WAS A SINGLE, UH, WINNER AND WE RECOMMEND THAT, UH, ROADRUNNER TOWING BE AWARDED THIS, UH, CONTRACT SERVICES.
AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, IN THE, UH, IN OUR PACKET, IT SAYS THAT THIS IS NOT AN EXPENDITURE CONTRACT, IT'S REVENUE GENERATING SERVICE CONTRACT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF NON-CONSENSUAL TOWS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
SO IF I MAY, IF THE YEAR BEFORE WE, UH, TOOK IN APPROXIMATELY $12,000 AND YEAR TO DATE THIS YEAR, WE'VE TAKEN IN ABOUT 82, NOT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
ON THE, ON THE SCORE SHEET THAT WAS HANDED OUT TO US RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, UM, THERE'S A CA THERE'S A CRITERIA OF FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION THAT RANGES FROM 2,700 TO 3,200.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION FACTOR? I'M LIKE, LOOK.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS NOT LIKE A SET FEE TYPE OF CONTRACT, RIGHT? SO WE PUT OUT FOR A WHOLE DIFFERENT LIST OF RATES DEPENDING ON, AS YOU MENTIONED, LIGHT TOE, MEDIUM TOW, HEAVY TOW, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF OPTIONS.
AND SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEND OUT TO COUNSEL, UM, I HAVE A MORE DETAILED, UM, ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIALS WHEN WE COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES.
THOSE NUMBERS COME FROM THIS ANALYSIS.
UM, BUT IT'S A REPRESENTATION OF THE LOWEST PRICE TO SECOND LOWEST PRICE AND THE THIRD LOWEST PRICED.
I, I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY LOWEST PRICE BECAUSE IT'S A NO EXPENDITURE CONTRACT.
BUT THERE'S STILL AN EXPENSE TO THE CITIZEN WHO'S GONNA BE HAVING THEIR, THEIR VEHICLE TOWED.
AND SO WE USED THAT, UM, FOR, FOR THE PRICE.
SO WHERE WE SEE, WITHOUT MENTIONING NAMES, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO THAT, BUT WHERE WE SEE $2,700, THAT'S THE AVERAGE OR TYPICAL FEE THAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE TO SOMEBODY THAT GETS THEIR CAR TOWED.
NO, THAT THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE THERE DO NOT CORRESPOND TO WHAT A CITIZEN WOULD BE PAYING TO HAVE THEIR CAR TOWED.
UM, OF COURSE IT'S BASED ON MILEAGE RATES AND THEN LIGHT MEDIUM OR HEAVY TOW.
UM, THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON, UM, MEDIUM, WHICH IS THE MOST, UM, MOST COMMON.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I'M, I HAVE ALL OF ALL THE NUMBERS HERE THAT I CAN SEND OUT TO YOU FOR CLARIFICATION.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL RATES FOR THE TYPE OF TOWS AND SERVICE PROVIDED TIMES AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF TOES OR A HISTORICAL AVERAGE OF TOES? YES, IT IS.
TO, TO CALCULATE A TOTAL THAT WOULD BE CHARGED TO THE RESIDENT OR PERSON WHO HAS THEIR CARD TO THOSE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON, AGAIN, YES.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF MILES TOWED AND THE RATE OF THE TOW.
SO IT'S A WAY FOR YOU TO EVALUATE SIDE BY SIDE THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
AND IF WE WERE TO APPLY IT IN REAL LIFE, HOW THEY WOULD COMPARE IT? I MEAN, EXACTLY.
I MEAN, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT, I I CAN STOP.
I, MY, MY, MY POINT IS, MY POINT IS THIS, IN OUR PACKET IT SAYS THAT THIS WAS A REVENUE GENERATOR.
THAT THERE'S NOT AN EXPENDITURE FOR THE CITY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ON THE SHEET THAT WE GOT TONIGHT, THAT WASN'T IN OUR PACKET WHERE IT SAYS FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION, YOU'VE GOT ENTRIES FROM 2,700 TO 3,200 AND THE HIGHEST SCORE IS WITH THE LOWEST NUMBER.
SO THAT DOESN'T SORT OF MATCH UP WITH WHAT'S IN OUR PACKET THAT TALKS ABOUT IT'S A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE CITY.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SEEING A DISCONNECT ON THIS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE LOWER NUMBER IS THE BETTER NUMBER.
BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POTENTIAL REVENUE GENERATOR BY THE CITY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON? I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 24 R 71 SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WA BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
I SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NONE OF YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE, WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 20, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 R 78.
AUTHORIZING CITY SUPPORT FOR STATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A DEDICATED FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THE DISABLED VETERANS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION DURING THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, I AM LINDA KLE, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.
UM, I AM BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION, UM, ASKING FOR SUPPORT, UH, FOR, UM, STATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ESTABLISH FUNDING
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AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THE DVHS EXEMPTION.UM, THIS WAS CREATED SOME YEARS AGO, UM, AND IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS, UH, WE ARE, UH, DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE EXEMPTION.
UM, IT IS NOT THAT, UH, WE DO NOT SUPPORT IT 'CAUSE OF COURSE WE DO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS AND WE DO SUPPORT THIS EXEMPTION.
UM, HOWEVER WE FEEL THERE SHOULD BE FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, GREATER FUNDING 'CAUSE THERE IS A LEVEL OF FUNDING.
IT'S VERY LIMITED AT THE MOMENT.
UM, FOR CITIES, UM, LIKE OURS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED, 19% OF OUR HOMESTEAD RESIDENCES, UM, HAVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT DVHS EXEMPTION.
AND, UM, IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UH, WE WILL EXEMPT APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION.
UM, IN 2023, THERE WAS LEGISLATION BROUGHT ABOUT, UM, AND IT, UM, IT WENT PAST THE HOUSE, DIDN'T QUITE PASS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UM, BUT IT WOULD'VE CREATED A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THIS THAT IS GREATER THAN THE BENEFIT THAT EXISTS TODAY.
UM, AND SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION SPECIFIC TO THIS ISSUE.
UM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, UM, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TASKED WITH.
AND SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK, UM, PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR WITH A FULL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UM, BUT THIS ONE IS IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE THIS, UM, TO A TML POLICY SUMMIT THAT'S HAPPENING NEXT MONTH.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE RESOLUTION 24 R 78.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANNA SAY BENNETT ALREADY KNOWS IT'S COMING 'CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT, SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME MILEAGE ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 21, INTERVIEW COMMITTEE, PROCESS AND PROCEDURES, DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION OF THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES.
MS. EDMONDSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
UM, I WAS JUST UP HERE TO INTRODUCE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, FOR DISCUSSION AND A AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION ABOUT THE DISCUSSING THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.
UH, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE, UH, I BELIEVE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED WOULD BE DEFINING THE COMPOSITION OF THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THEN ALSO CREATE A PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENTS.
REAPPOINTMENTS OF APPLICANTS FOR ALL CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES.
I DID ATTACH A DRAFT COPY OF WHAT, UH, CHAIR HAYWARD PRESENTED AND THAT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING TO HELP LEAD YOUR DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWOOD, ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO THE FLOOR? UH, NO.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO GET DONE FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON, THERE IS, UH, THERE'S NOT REALLY A MOTION TO APPROVE ANYTHING HERE IN THIS SITUATION.
IT'S JUST RECOMMENDATIONS, I BELIEVE.
AM I CORRECT? NO RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE, THE PROCEDURES? I DON'T SEE ANY.
SO I THINK IN LINE WITH, UH, NO OTHER COMMENTS, UH, THIS COUNCIL, UH, JUST HAS GIVEN THE THUMBS UP TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
SO, MAYOR, I THINK IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE ACTION ON THIS ITEM OF APPROVING THE CHANGES.
DO WE, COUNCIL DO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGES MADE? SO MOVED.
SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
[Public Hearings]
HEARING SCHEDULED TODAY.ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 AND 1 24 CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE CITY INSURED'S CODE OF ORDINANCES AND CERTAIN OTHER ORDINANCES BY AMENDING AND ESTABLISHING FEES FOR CERTAIN LICENSES, PERMITS, AND OTHER SERVICES.
THIS IS OUR FIRST READING, MR. WALTERS FLOOR.
I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HERE FOR
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THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.I'M GONNA BRING UP MY SUMMARY SHEET ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE, UH, FEE SCHEDULE FOR THIS YEAR.
SO EVERY YEAR THE CITY BRINGS TO COUNCIL, UH, CHANGES OF FEES, USUALLY ONCE A YEAR, AND WE DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
UM, AND SO FOR THIS YEAR WE HAVE, UH, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT FEE CHANGES, BUT THEY COVER A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS THE CHANGES TO THE LIBRARY OVERDUE FINES.
UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PROPOSE TO ELIMINATE THOSE FINES.
WHAT THE LIBRARY AND LIBRARIES AROUND TEXAS, AROUND THE, THE NATION OF FOUND IS FINES ACTUALLY PREVENT FOLKS FROM COMING BACK TO THE LIBRARY AND UTILIZING THE SERVICES, WHICH IS WHAT THE CITY WANTS.
UM, SO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AN ACCIDENT OR ON PURPOSE, THEY ACCUMULATE FINES AND THEN THAT BECOMES A, A DRIVER FOR THEM TO KIND OF STAY AWAY.
AND WE'RE NOT TALKING LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNTS HERE, SOMETHING LIKE 10, 20, $40.
UM, BUT WHILE THIS WOULD BE A LOSS OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY, WE BELIEVE IT'LL INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE LIBRARY AND PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND LIBRARIES HAVEN'T NOTICED A BIG DECLINE AS OUR QUALITY OR DAMAGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO THE LIBRARY.
UH, THE ONLY THING WE DO HAVE IS IF THERE ARE DAMAGES, UM, OR COMPLETE LOSSES ON SOME ITEMS. WE'RE STILL KIND OF KEEP SOME OF THOSE, BUT AS FAR AS, HEY, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THE, THE ACTUAL OVERDUE FINES.
THE OTHER THING IT HELPS, AND I APOLOGIZE, ONM BACKTRACK.
THE OTHER THING, REDUCING OR LIMITING THE FINES HELP WITH IS ACTUALLY ENCOURAGES THOSE FOLKS TO ACTUALLY BRING THE ITEM BACK.
AND THEN WE'RE NOT DOING, UH, UH, NOT ONLY THEN WILL WE HAVE TO OUT THE ITEMS WE HAVE TO REPURCHASE IT, UM, THE OVERDUE FINES, A LOT OF TIMES WE'D OUT THAT MONEY AS WELL.
SO, UH, THIS ENCOURAGES FOLKS TO BRING BACK THE ITEMS, UH, SAVES US MONEY AS FAR AS PURCHASING AND REPLACING THOSE ITEMS, AS WELL AS GETTING FOLKS BACK INTO THE LIBRARY AND UTILIZING THE SERVICES.
UM, JUST LIKE AS I MENTIONED HERE.
SO NOW OVER, IF AN ITEM IS LOST AND PAID FOR, OVERDUE FINES AGAINST THE THING ARE, ARE, ARE WAIVED.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY WANT, WE WANT THE ITEM BACK AND WE WANT THE PEOPLE BACK.
AND THE FINES END UP PROHIBITING THAT, UH, UH, UNDER THE PARKS.
SO THE, UH, WITHOUT FACILITIES, UH, WE NO LONGER HAVE THOSE PAVILION KIND OF OPTIONS.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THOSE FROM THE FEE SCHEDULE.
AND WE'RE ALSO IN, WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE, UM, UH, THE RATES, UH, FOR THE, UM, LAR OR FOR THE RESIDENT AND THE NON-RESIDENT FOR THE LARGE PAVILION, UH, TO MATCH, UH, LOCAL, UM, TO MATCH OR GET CLOSER TO THE MATCHING RATES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE AREA UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS, WE'RE GONNA REARRANGE, UH, THOSE INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL THESE DIFFERENT BRACKETS, UH, WITH THE DIFFERENT FEES AS YOU SEE OVER HERE ON THE LEFT, UH, CHANGE IT JUST TO TWO BRACKETS.
IF YOU HAVE ONE TO 10 EMPLOYEES OR 11 OR MORE EMPLOYEES, UH, THOSE WOULD BE THE RATES OVERALL.
IT WOULD INCREASE THE RATES FOR SOME OF THE, THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY.
BUT OUR RATES ARE STILL A LOT LESS THAN WHAT YOU'D SEE IN LARGER CITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO.
UH, THE MOBILE VENDORS, UH, INCREASING THAT ONE FROM A HUNDRED TO TWO 50, VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE INCREASE.
WE ARE STILL, UM, LOWER THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBOR CITIES.
UM, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER MAYBE THAN THE STATE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IN THE CITY IS IF YOU GET A PERMIT TO OPERATE A MOBILE VENDOR FROM ANOTHER ENTITY, WE WILL ACCEPT THAT FOR A SMALL REGISTRATION FEE OF ABOUT $25.
SO YOU JUST COME IN, SHOW US THAT YOU HAVE A PERMIT, PAY A $25, AND THEN WE ARE NOT MAKING YOU GET A PERMIT FROM US AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST GETTING A LOT OF FOLKS KIND OF COME IN LIKE, OH, THIS IS RIGHT, AND THEN GET A PERMIT HERE AND THEN TAKE THAT ELSEWHERE.
AND OTHER FOLKS IN, UH, CITIES WILL ACCEPT THAT.
SO, UH, THIS IS KINDA GIVES US MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING.
UH, WE'RE ALSO REMOVING THE SANITATION INSPECTION FEE FOR OUTSIDE THE CITY.
UH, THIS WAS A FEE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE, UM, KINDA A LACK OF SANITARIAN SERVICES IN THE AREA MANY YEARS AGO.
UM, SO WE THOUGHT WE COULD, WE HAD EXTRA TIME WHAT OUR SANITARIAN COULD GO OUT TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T USED THAT FEE OR DONE THAT SERVICE THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE TIME.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA REMOVE THAT AND NO LONGER OFFER THAT AS A, AS AN OPTION UNDER THE EMS RATES.
UH, THE ACTUAL AID RATES HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED IN ABOUT A DECADE FOR, FOR MANY OF THE FEES OR EVEN LONGER.
UH, THESE ARE THE ACTUAL WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE IN THE AMBULANCE.
WE HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE MILEAGE RATES OVER THE YEARS AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL AMOUNT
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OF AID WE HAD NOT CHANGED.UH, SO THESE ARE DUE FOR AN INCREASE.
UH, THE INCREASE ARE, UM, AREN'T DRASTIC AS FAR AS DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND THEY ARE REALLY LOW.
AND YOU CAN COMPARE HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE WE'VE, WE ACTUALLY CHANGED THEM.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS AS GOING FORWARD 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA INCREASE SO MUCH.
PLUS AS FAR AS, UH, MEDICARE AND OTHER INSURANCE IS CONCERNED, UM, THEY'LL ONLY COVER SO MUCH AS WELL.
SO THIS WILL INCREASE, UH, WE EXPECT ABOUT $1.2 MILLION IN THE EMS FUND COMING UP.
UH, EMT CLASS RATES GOING FROM 1200 TO 1300.
WE'RE STILL SEEING A, A WHOLE LOT OF DEMAND FOR THAT CLASS AND THOSE CLASSES STILL FILL UP REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, THE PER CAPITA CHARGES, THAT'S KIND OF JUST A REFLECTION WHAT'S IN THE CONTRACTS WITH THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT WE PROVIDE EMS SERVICES FOR, UM, OUR NEIGHBORING CITY CILO, UH, SELMA, UM, AND THEN THE UNINCORPORATED GUA COUNTY AREAS.
SO IF THEY HAVE A CONTRACT, THIS RATE'S ALREADY IN THERE.
UM, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SHOW IT ON THE FEE SCHEDULE AS WELL TO BE TRANSPARENT UNDER THE ENGINEERING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ADD SOMETHING THAT WAS MISSED IN THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
UH, WE WANNA INCLUDE THE FEE ON THE SCHEDULE FOR, UH, LIFT STATION, UM, PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS.
SO THESE ITEMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, WE DO PERFORM THESE SERVICES AND WE WANT 'EM TO BE REFLECTED ON THE FEE SCHEDULE.
UM, UH, THE WASTEWATER LIFT STATION HELPS TRANSPORT THAT WASTE GENERALLY UPHILL AND AWAY FROM US.
AND WE WANT THAT TO BE BUILT IN A WAY THAT'S DESIGNED PROPERLY AND INSPECTED PROPERLY, SO WE KNOW IT'S GONNA LAST BEFORE WE ACCEPT IT.
UM, OTHER AREAS, IF YOU LOOK IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA LATER IN THE FEE SCHEDULE, THESE FEES ARE COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER ONES OF SIMILAR TYPE AS WELL.
UM, UNDER THE, THE DRAINAGE, UH, THEY'RE GONNA UPDATE HOW THE DRAINAGE, UM, UM, REVIEW GOES.
SO FOR THE DRAINAGE PERMIT, THE FLOODPLAIN PERMIT FOR A NEW RESIDENTIAL OR NEW COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE, UM, FOR CHANGING THAT TO BE ONLY NEW.
SO BEFORE THAT WAS EVERYTHING, THEY WOULD JUST GET THIS PERMIT.
UM, THERE'S REALLY MORE OF A FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW FEE.
SO IF IT'S NOT A NEW CONSTRUCTION, IT'LL FALL UNDER THE REVIEW GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO ANY OF THESE CEMENT DESIGNS OR UP, UH, PLANS FOR CHANGING AND MAKING THEM, UH, RECONSTRUCTION OR MOVING DIRT BASICALLY IN THE AREAS, UM, IT WOULDN'T INSTEAD FALLING UNDER A DRAINAGE PERMIT.
IT WILL FALL UNDER A FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.
UH, UNDER THE UTILITY BILLING, UH, CHANGING A COUPLE OF THE VERBIAGE BUT EFFECT'S THE SAME.
UH, REALLY WHAT WE HAD TO DO WAS NOW WE HAVE A COMMUNITY IN, OR A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ THAT SHIRTZ DOES NOT ACTUALLY PROVIDE WATER FOR, BUT WE'RE STILL PROVIDING GARBAGE AND SEWER.
UM, SO G-V-S-U-D ACTUALLY PROVIDES WATER FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
UM, BUT ALL OF OUR DEPOSITS WERE BASED ON PROVIDING WATER, GARBAGE AND SEWER.
UM, SO FOR THOSE FOLKS IN THE AREA, WE DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO CONTINUALLY CHARGE A HIGHER DEPOSIT WHEN THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL SERVICES WITH US.
UH, SO WITH THAT, WE PLAN TO SET A DEPOSIT OF $75, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR EVERYTHING BUT WATER.
SO INSTEAD OF THE 125, IT WOULD BE 75 AND DEPOSITS ARE, UH, REFUNDABLE AND RETURN WITH, UM, UM, GOOD PAYMENT HISTORY OR THE OTHER AREA THAT'S MORE OF A LARGE IMPACT.
UH, FEE TO THE FEE SCHEDULE WOULD BE THE SEWER RATES AND HOW THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE BASE FEE WITH CUSTOMERS GET CHARGED EACH MONTH.
AND THEN THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THE, UH, PER THOUSAND GALLONS FEE.
THE LINE MAINTENANCE WHERE THE CITY GETS, AND THEN THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO THE PROVIDER SUCH AS CCMA WHO ACTUALLY TREATS THE, THE WASTEWATER.
UH, THOSE COMBINED IS THIS ONE.
SO YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE 5 15 92 IS A BASE AND THEN 5 24 PER THOUSAND GALLONS FOR UP TO THE FIRST 12,000 GALLONS.
UH, THIS IS A 3% INCREASE LISTED HERE.
AND THEN, UH, THE BUSINESS AS WELL.
SLIGHTLY HIGHER STARTING AMOUNTS FOR THE BASE.
SAME GENERAL AMOUNT FOR PER THOUSAND GALLONS.
THAT'S ALSO A 3% INCREASE AS WELL AS FOR THE YMCA, UH, FOR THE WATER SERVICES, UH, FOLLOWING THE FIVE YEAR RATE PLAN THAT WE HAD, UH, DONE LAST YEAR.
SO IT'D BE ANOTHER 2% INCREASE ON THE WATER RATES.
UM, THIS IS THE BASE FEE BASED ON THE METER SIZE, AND THEN THIS IS THE PER THOUSAND GALLONS.
SO MAJORITY OF CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS HAVE A BASE FEE OF 26 89.
SO THERE NO MATTER HOW MUCH WATER IS USED IN THE MONTH, THAT'S THE, UH, STARTING AMOUNT.
SO IF THEY USE ZERO, THEY'LL STILL GET THE 26 89.
AND THEN FOR EVERY 1000 GALLONS AFTER THAT, THEY GET CHARGED 3 32 FOR THE FIRST 6,000.
FOR THE NEXT 6,000, IT'S THREE, UH, 3 71 AND SO ON.
THIS IS FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED RATE PLAN OF, UH, 2% INCREASE,
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SAME AS THE FIRE HYDRANT METER.UM, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE DO HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING OFFERS BULK WATER SALES AT THEIR FACILITY.
UM, THIS WAS NOT ON THE FEE SCHEDULE PREVIOUSLY, SO WE'RE GONNA ADD IT.
WE'RE GETTING A MUCH HIGHER DEMAND NOWADAYS FOR BULK WATER SALES.
UM, BEFORE WE HAD JUST A COUPLE PEOPLE COMING UP, UM, OVER AT OUR COMMERCIAL PLACE FILLING UP SOME WATER.
UM, NOW WE'RE HAVING A COUPLE COMPANIES COME OUT AND BRING BIG TANKER TRUCKS AND FILL UP MULTIPLE TIMES.
UM, SO THIS IS A, A STARTING TO GET US ON THE FEE SCHEDULE.
AND THEN, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH USAGE GOES ON, WE'LL LOOK IT UP INCREASING OR, OR ADJUSTING THE FEE THIS NEXT YEAR.
THOSE LITTLE WHOLESALE DIS UH, AND THE UPDATING THE WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION WATER RATES AS WELL.
AND THEN THOSE ARE THE, THE FEE SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR THIS YEAR, UM, AGAINST, WITH A LARGER DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE WATER AND SEWER.
LOOKING AT AN AVERAGE RESIDENT, MAYBE 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE, MAYBE, UH, PLUS SOME SPRINKLER USAGE AND THEN 5,000 GALLONS OF SEWER, UM, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF AN AVERAGE FAMILY.
THE EFFECT PER MONTH WOULD BE ABOUT $2 AND 44 CENTS INCREASE ON THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THE FISCAL IMPACT OR HOW SOME OF THE FEES WORK? UM, I CAN HELP ANSWER OR WE HAVE ALSO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE THAT CAN, THAT CAN PROVIDE MORE INSIGHT.
THIS IS, UH, THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA, IS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO'D LIKE TO, UH, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, SAY A FEW WORDS REGARDING THIS, UH, THIS SUBJECT GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, IF, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SPREADSHEET YOU HAD THERE.
AND IF WE GO DOWN TO EMS AND YOU'RE GOING FROM THE $17 TO 1752, IS THAT, UH, IS THAT THE RATE THAT WE WERE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR CITIES THAT USE OUR SERVICES? YES, SIR.
SO BASED ON POPULATION, THAT'S THE RATE WE MULTIPLY THEIR POPULATION AGAINST TO DETERMINE THEIR ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE BULK WATER WHERE IT SAYS $90, UH, IS THAT PER VISIT? I'M SORRY, THAT WOULD BE A DEPOSIT.
I'LL GET THIS FIXED ON THE LAST ONE.
IT DID NOT MATCH UP VERY WELL.
YEAH, SO THAT WAS IN HIS DEPOSIT.
AND THEN THOSE ARE THE RATES PER A THOUSAND OR THE BASE FEE AND THEN THE RATE PER A THOUSAND.
I'LL MAKE SURE WE MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
YEAH, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 24 M1 24 SECOND HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU CAN PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
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23, STREET PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP.RIGHT, THESE ARE JUST INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. MAYOR, WHILE GETTING SET UP, I, I MIGHT MAKE A COMMENT AS YOU'RE, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, STREET MAINTENANCE IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY.
WAS ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED AS NUMBER TWO IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR AND WE WERE MAKING CONCERTED EFFORT TO REALLY ATTACK AND, AND DO THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN.
AND, UM, WHAT I'VE ASKED STAFF TO DO IS COME AND REPORT TO THE COUNCIL PROGRESS.
THEY'VE DEVELOPED A REALLY NICE DASHBOARD, COUPLE OF DASHBOARDS TO TRACK THAT PROGRESS AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WELL AS FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, TO, TO SEE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION AND TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH THAT INFORMATION PRETTY EASILY.
SO JOHN'S GONNA DO A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, ON THE PROGRAM ITSELF, THE SPAM PROGRAM ITSELF, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THE DASHBOARDS.
I DON'T HAVE A PUNT TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE A QUANDARY FOR YOU.
WHY ARE THERE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS IN HAWAII?
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WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT, BRIEFLY ABOUT PAVEMENT DISTRESSES.WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, THIS, THIS IS THINGS LIKE PATCHES, RUTTING, UH, CRACKING, WE CALL ALLIGATOR CRACKING.
THAT AS IT GETS MORE SEVERE, IT BECOMES A POTHOLE.
AND YOU CAN HAVE, UH, STREETS THAT AS THEY GET MORE POOR CONDITIONER, THEY DETERIORATE, HAVE PATCHES ON TOP OF PATCHES AND A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FAILURES OR DISTRESSES IN THE STREET.
ALL THAT GOES INTO CREATE A NUMERICAL SCORE BETWEEN A ZERO AND A HUNDRED CALLED A PCI OR PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURVE, THIS IS A TYPICAL DETERIORATION CURVE FOR STREETS.
NOTHING CAN BE PERFECT FOR VERY LONG.
SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP, BUT THEN YOU HAVE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE PCI SCORE DOESN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT CURVE NOSE IS OVER.
AND THEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, YOU LOSE A LOT OF YOUR PCI SCORE.
SO WHAT PAVEMENT PRESERVATION DOES IS YOU WANT TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT, A PERIODIC INVESTMENT AT THAT TIPPING POINT.
WHERE THAT CURVE STARTS TO STEEPEN IS IF YOU MAKE AN INVESTMENT THERE, IT COSTS MUCH LESS PER SQUARE FOOT THAN IF YOU LET THE STREET DETERIORATE COMPLETELY TO FAILURE AND THEN HAVE TO COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCT IT.
SO THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS OVER TIME.
IF YOU DO THAT PERIODIC INVESTMENT, YOU CAN MAINTAIN YOUR STREET IN A BETTER CONDITION, BUT IT ALSO SAGING MONEY OVER THE LONG TERM VERSUS LETTING IT GO TO COMPLETE FAILURE AND HAVING TO RECONSTRUCT IT.
SO WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAVEMENT PRESERVATION? WE DO SURFACE TREATMENTS.
SURFACE TREATMENTS INCLUDE SLURRY, STEEL AND MICRO PAVING, WHICH ARE SIMILAR APPLICATIONS.
IT'S A SAND OIL MIXTURE THAT'S SQUEEGEE ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE STREET.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THE THICKNESS IN THE SIDE OF THE AGGREGATE.
IT'S IT'S DESIGNED TO HOLD UP TO HIGHER VOLUME STREETS AND HIGHER VOLUME STREETS CAN DO A MILL AND OVERLAY.
IT'S A MORE EXPENSIVE OPERATION.
THAT'S WHERE WE GRIND OFF PART OF THE SURFACE AND WE PUT A NEW LAYER OF PAVEMENT ON TOP.
ANOTHER SURFACE TREATMENT IS CHIP SEAL.
THOSE WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE ON A LOWER VOLUME ROADWAY, NOT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE HOMES FRONTING ON THE STREETS, WHERE YOU A CONVENTIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU USE YOUR STREETS FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY.
AND THEN BEYOND JUST THE PRESERVATION, WE GET, NOT QUITE RECONSTRUCTION, BUT IN BETWEEN WHAT WE CALL REHABILITATION, WHERE BASICALLY WE'RE REMOVING THE ENTIRE LAYER OF PAVEMENT OFF THE STREET, CEMENT STABILIZING, OR LINE STABILIZING THE MATERIAL THAT'S UNDERNEATH AND PUTTING NEW PAVEMENT ON TOP.
SO HOW DO WE SELECT WHAT TREATMENT WE'RE GONNA USE ON A GIVEN STREET? WELL, A SURFACE SEAL, THE SLURRY SEAL, OR A CHIP SEAL, THOSE ARE MORE FOR YOUR LOWER VOLUME.
ROADWAYS, LOCAL STREETS, ROADWAYS WITH FEWER TURNING MOVEMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TURNING MOVEMENTS THAT PUT STRESS ON JUST THAT THIN LAYER AND IT, YOU DON'T GET THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OUT OF IT, YOU WOULD WANT MILL AND OVERLAY AND MICRO PAVING KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND.
YOU USE THOSE ON A HIGHER VOLUME ROADWAY WHERE YOU HAVE MORE TURNING MOVEMENTS LIKE COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS, WHERE IF YOU JUST DID A SLURRY SEAL OR A CHIP SEAL, YOU WOULDN'T GET THE SERVICE LIFE OUT OF IT THAT YOU WANT.
AND THERE ARE OTHER STRATEGIES OUT THERE, REHABILITATION RECONSTRUCTION, DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THE PAVEMENT AND WHAT YOUR TRAFFIC LOADING IS.
SO WHEN WE HIT A STREET THAT DOESN'T FIT ONE OF THOSE RESURFACING ELEMENTS, WE DO GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION ON IT TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE REPAIR STRATEGY FROM THAT POINT.
CAN WE JUST DO REHABILITATION OR DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING MORE EXTENSIVE? AND HOW DO WE SELECT OUR PROJECTS? THE FIRST THING WE, WE SELECT THEM IS BASED ON THAT PCI SCORE.
AND THE REASON WHY WE USE THAT SCORE IS IT'S OBJECTIVE.
IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR PERSONAL FEELINGS OR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE STREET OUT OF THE EQUATION.
AND WE ALSO LOOK FOR CLUSTERS OF STREETS THAT HAVE SIMILAR PCI STORES, SO THAT ARE CLOSE TO THAT TIPPING POINT.
SO WE GET SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
IF YOU DO ONE STREET HERE, ANOTHER STREET OVER THERE, CONTRACTOR HAS TO MOVE AROUND A LOT TO DO ALL THE WORK.
YOUR PRICES ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE HIGHER.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO TRY TO COMPLETE A FULL NEIGHBORHOOD ALL AT ONCE.
WE DON'T WANT TO COME INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD ONE YEAR, THEN COME BACK A YEAR OR TWO LATER AND DO SOME MORE STREETS AND RATHER GO IN, TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEM AT ONCE AND MOVE ON TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT THEN WE ALSO NEED TO BE COGNIZANT
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OF OTHER EFFORTS LIKE UTILITY REPLACEMENTS.WE DON'T WANT TO RESURFACE THE STREET AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER HAVE PUBLIC WORK, SAY WE NEED TO REPLACE THE WATER MAINS.
NOW WE'RE GONNA DIG IT UP TO REPLACE THE WATER MAIN.
SO WE COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS WITH THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS WILL DELAY THINGS, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT SITUATION.
WE ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC IS GOOD ABOUT NOTIFYING US OF STREETS THAT ARE IN POOR CONDITIONS.
SO WE DO FACTOR THAT INTO OUR SELECTION PROCESS.
AND THE FINAL ITEM IS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR TO DO THIS WORK, SO SOMETIMES WE SHOOT FOR THE STARS, BUT IF OUR BID PRICES COME UP HIGH OR SOME STREETS HAVE MORE PREP WORK, WE NEED THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE HAVE TO PLUMP SOME TO A, A SUBSEQUENT YEAR IN ORDER TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET.
SO THIS IS THE 2024 LIST WITH THE CAVEAT, WE'RE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GONNA BE HEADING TO BID ON THE RESURFACING COMPONENT HERE LATER THIS MONTH.
AND WE MAY HAVE TO TWEAK THIS LIST BASED ON OUR BID PRICES SO WE CAN STAY WITHIN BUDGET.
AND ALL THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR CIP DASHBOARD.
SO BEAR WITH ME JUST A QUICK SECOND.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES UP, YOU CAN ZOOM IN, YOU CAN CLICK ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
IF WE CLICK ON THIS ROADWAY HERE, IT POPS UP INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.
THIS IS PART OF OUR 2024 SPAM RESURFACING PROJECT.
SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS ARE ON THERE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SELECT FROM THIS SIDE OVER HERE, AND IT ZOOMS OUT AND HIGHLIGHTS ALL OF THOSE STREETS THAT ARE IN THAT PROJECT.
I APOLOGIZE, I'LL DO THAT AGAIN.
SO ALL OF THESE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ARE IN THE PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE WORK UP IN NORTH CLIFF.
WE HAVE THE MICROSURFACING ON CHURCH PARKWAY FROM WOODLAND OAKS TO 35 CHURCH FOREST AND THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND YOU CAN DRAG THE MAP AROUND.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THE WORK.
ALSO IN OUR, OUR LIST IS BUFFALO VALLEY SOUTH.
THIS IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT.
THESE STREETS HAVE TO BE REHABILITATED, BUT WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE HAVING TO REPLACE THE WATER AND SEWER LINES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A LARGER PROJECT WHERE ALL THIS STUFF'S GONNA HAPPEN ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THE GOAL IS THIS PROJECT IS ALSO IN DESIGN.
SO WE CAN GO OUT TO BID RIGHT BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR CHANGES.
SO RIGHT AT WHEN WE GET INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT.
THEY'LL REPLACE THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND THEN WE'LL REHAB THE STREETS.
UH, EGINE ROAD IS, IS ONE THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON.
AND, UH, LOOKOUT ROAD RECONSTRUCTION IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ALSO IN DESIGN THAT WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING THE DESIGN DONE.
AND ONCE IT'S DONE, WE'LL GO OUT TO BID ON THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE MAINTENANCE PART OF THE PROGRAM.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, LARRY BUSH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UH, THIS IS OUR STREETS MAINTENANCE DASHBOARD.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S FAIRLY SIMILAR.
GOOD FOLKS AT OUR GIS DEPARTMENT GENERAL SERVICES HELPED US OUT.
UH, SO THIS IS A BRAND NEW DASHBOARD THAT, UH, WAS DEVELOPED, UH, OVER, UH, A FEW MONTHS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, IT, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST MEANT TO CAPTURE KIND OF WORK WE'VE DONE.
SO YOU SAW A LOT OF FUTURE PROJECTS ON THERE.
OF COURSE, WE'RE, UH, MAINTENANCE ALREADY REACTIVE.
SO WE, UH, UH, THIS IS CAPTURING WORK WE'VE DONE.
UH, IT'S KIND OF BROKE UP INTO THE FOUR CATEGORIES.
YOU SEE THE, UH, POTHOLES, WHICH IS A BIG THING.
YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT.
UH, ESPECIALLY IT'S BEEN A RAINY YEAR.
AND SO POTHOLES OPEN UP EVERYWHERE.
THE SAME POTHOLES OPEN UP, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF TIMES.
SO THAT'S A, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, BIGGER THINGS FOLKS CALL IN, UH, STREETS ISSUES.
THAT'S KIND OF JUST LARGER STREETS ISSUES.
SO IF WE NEED TO DO A LEVEL UP ASPHALT WORK, UH, AROUND MANHOLES OR JUST THE LARGER STREET REPAIR THAT KIND OF FITS IN THAT CATEGORY, SIDEWALK ISSUE IS ANOTHER BIG ONE.
UH, IT KIND OF CAPTURES A LITTLE MORE CONCRETE WORK, BUT BY AND LARGE, SIDEWALK ISSUES ARE WHAT FOLKS SEE, RIGHT? THE SIDEWALK'S BROKE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME.
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UH, A TRIP AND HAZARDS.SO THAT'S WHAT FOLKS CALL IN FOR.
A LITTLE BIT OF CURVE BAR CONCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN OTHER ISSUES ARE JUST KIND OF OTHER, UH, AGAIN, OTHER THINGS, UH, THAT POP UP.
SO, UM, TREES BLOCKING SIGNS, UH, HANDRAILS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO ROADS, STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WE DO MAKE.
UH, SO AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, THE POTHOLE.
UH, WE STARTED, UM, CAPTURING DATA IN THE VERY END OF APRIL THIS YEAR.
AND SO THIS IS ONLY A LITTLE OVER, UH, ABOUT THREE MONTHS WORTH OF DATA, ONE QUARTER'S WORTH OF DATA.
UH, AND THEN WE, UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T SET IN PLACE MOVE FORWARD AND WE CAN START TRACKING.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, PRESENT BETTER GOING FORWARD IS STUFF WE DO, AGAIN, ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THIS DASHBOARD TO PRESENT IT.
SO, UM, THIS, UH, DASHBOARD'S, UH, SET THE DATE.
SO IT HAS JANUARY, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST TYPE IN, UM, KIND OF THE END OF OUR WORK LAST MONTH.
AND SO IT, IT CHANGES THE, OH, SORRY.
UH, SO TOWARDS THE END OF LAST MONTH, AGAIN, THAT WAS THE FIRST CAPTURE PERIOD.
UH, GOING FORWARD, WE'LL KIND OF START IN JULY, MOVE FORWARD, KIND OF DO IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
I CAN SEE THE NUMBERS CHANGED JUST A LITTLE BIT.
A LOT OF THAT DATA WAS OF COURSE, COLLECTED IN THAT PAST, UH, TIME SEGMENT.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT VERY FAR INTO JULY.
SO 323 PA POTHOLES, 38 MAJOR STREETS, MAINTENANCE ISSUES, 24 SIDEWALKS, AND THEN 14 OF THE OTHER ONES, UH, CAN ZOOM IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS DASHBOARD IS CREATED, IT'S, IT'S COLLECTED, THE INFORMATION'S COLLECTED ON THE APP, AND, UM, AND THEN IT GETS POPULATED INTO THIS DASHBOARD.
AND SO IF YOU SEE THIS, UM, KIND OF PURPLE COLOR, THAT'S THE STREET'S MAINTENANCE ONE.
SO THIS WAS A LEVEL UP, KIND OF THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AROUND A, UH, SEWER MANHOLE.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF A BIGGER PATCH.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S ALONG WITH SECTION ROAD IN FRONT OF A COUPLE RESIDENCES.
WE CAN ZOOM IN JUST SOME, IT'S A SECTION OF SIDEWALK THAT WAS, UH, REDONE.
SO THAT'LL FIT INTO THE SIDEWALK ISSUES CATEGORY.
UM, JUST ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE IS THE BULK OF IT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S ALL THE POTHOLE WORK THAT'S DONE AROUND THE CITY.
UH, IT'S TARGETED KIND OF IN, YOU KNOW, IN OLDER AREAS.
UM, UH, ROADWAYS THAT WERE ESPECIALLY DOWN SOUTH AND THE COUNTY BUILT ROADWAYS THAT WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING.
WE HAVEN'T DONE MAJOR WORK IN UP THERE.
OLD STEIN OR STEIN ROAD, JUST OFF OF SHS PARKWAY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WOULD BE THE, THE BULK OF THE DATA GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN OTHER ISSUES AGAIN THAT JUST KIND OF DAPPLED AROUND TOWN, UH, JUST TO CAPTURE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT KEEP OUR, OUR CREWS BUSY.
UH, SO AGAIN, JUST SOME, UH, JUST TO GO THROUGH THE CATEGORIES AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE, UH, SOME MORE PICTURES TO IT.
SO POTHOLES, OF COURSE, THAT, THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT FOLKS CALL IN ABOUT.
UH, UP TO THIS DATE, WE, UH, GENERALLY DO, UH, JUST WHAT WE CALL POTHOLE PATCHING.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, IT'S A UPM.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A COLD MIX MATERIAL WITH, UH, UM, UH, AN OIL A BINDER.
AND WE, WE PUT IT IN THE ROAD AND WE, WE PACK IT IN THERE AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY IT JUST DOESN'T LAST THAT LONG.
SO IT'S A QUICK REPAIR TO GET THAT, THAT MAJOR POTHOLE.
SO, CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES, IT KEEPS THE ROAD IN PLACE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE GET A LOT OF RAIN LIKE WE HAVE THIS YEAR, OR A LOT OF HEAVY VEHICLE TRAFFIC WITH TURNING MOVEMENTS.
IT DRAGS THAT STUFF OUT OF THE POTHOLE, RIGHT? SO, SO, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, WE HAVE THIS OTHER CATEGORY BE POTHOLE REPAIR.
UH, AND THAT WILL BE, UH, REPAIRING IT CORRECTLY.
SO CUTTING OUT, UH, MAKING SQUARE EDGES, UH, DIGGING OUT THE LOOSE MATERIAL AND THE ROLL AND PUTTING HOT MIX IN.
SO THAT'S THAT ASPHALT PATCH TRUCK THAT WE HAD IN THE, THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
UH, OF COURSE IT TAKES QUITE A BIT LONGER, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THESE AREAS QUITE OFTEN.
UH, STILL WAITING ON THAT, UH, UH, THAT TRUCK, IT'S A, IT'S A DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE HITTING, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOR FINAL QC IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
SO, HOPEFULLY WE'RE SEEING THAT ON THE STREET, UH, BEFORE, UH, AUGUST.
UH, AGAIN, SOME, JUST SOME OTHER, UH, EXAMPLES OF CONCRETE WORKS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME SIDEWALK WORK IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER THAT WAS ON WOODLAND OAKS,
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UH, UH, FARTHER DOWN, THAT'S, UH, IN FRONT OF THE PARK.AND THEN JUST, UH, HANDRAIL STREETS WORK, UH, THAT WAS DONE.
UH, AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, LARGER REPAIR AREAS, UH, THAT WE HAVE AS YOU CAN JUST SEE IT BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURE.
UH, ALSO, UH, WITH THE PROGRAM, UH, WE'VE, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON RAMPING UP OUR CRACK SEAL PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGENT STREETS, THIS PART OF THAT PREVENTED CURB THAT JOHN WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, GOING IN THERE AND CRACK CEILING AREAS BEFORE THEY, UH, THEY OPEN UP THE WEATHER, UM, UH, INCIDENT INCREASE, IT GETS IN THAT BASE LAYER AND THE ROAD KIND OF FALLS APART.
SO, UH, TO YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE DONE ABOUT 8.4 MILES OF ROADWAY.
UH, AND THIS, WELL, THIS WAS IN THE CAPTURE PERIOD, A LITTLE BIT DONE TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT WE WILL, UH, CAPTURE ON OUR NEXT, UM, PRESENTATION.
UH, SO THESE, UH, JUST SOME OF THE AREAS OF, UH, MAJOR STREET REPAIRS OF, UH, FOLKS THAT CALL IN.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE HOUSE ZONES, AGAIN, LARGELY, UH, THOSE ARE LARGELY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UH, WE DO SOME OTHER LEVEL UP.
WE'VE DONE SOME LEVEL OF WORK ON, UH, BELL NORTH AND COMMERCIAL AREAS TOO, BUT WANTED TO SHOW THAT, UH, RESIDENTIAL LIST GETS, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT, UH, THAT CALL IN REVENUE, RIGHT? AND JUST, UH, JUST SOME DATA FOR YOU.
SO, UH, THIS YEAR TO, WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT OUT 286 TONS OF ASPHALTS.
UH, WE PUT 54 TONS OF UPM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S PATCH MATERIAL.
UH, AND SO JUST, UH, PUT IN THE HOLE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE RAINY PERIOD, SOMETIMES WE'RE REVISITING THOSE SAME HOLES ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? SO 54 TONS OF THAT.
UH, AND THEN CORRECT SEAL OF THOSE 8.4, UH, MILES, THAT'S 648 BOXES.
SO IT'S A LOT OF MATERIAL DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I GUESS.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
THAT'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND IT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED.
UH, ONE OF THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS DEALS WITH SIDEWALKS.
WE'VE GOT A CATEGORY IN THERE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT SIDEWALK REPAIRS, AND YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT PICTURES IN THERE, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY IS WE PUT IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THE STANDARD IS WE'VE PUT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, BUT WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OLD SHIRTS, UH, IN THE CENTER PART OF THE CITY THAT WE'VE GOT STREETS AND ROADS WITH SIDEWALKS ON, ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND SOME STREETS WITH NO SIDEWALKS AT ALL.
UH, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN CAPTURE THAT SAME ISSUE ON THESE DASHBOARDS, UH, INDICATING WHERE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FILLING IN THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS LIKE WE HAD ON THE SPAM ONE.
UH, SO THAT COUNCIL GOING FORWARD CAN CONSIDER THAT AS WE LOOK AT OUR, UH, BUDGET PROCESS TO, UH, TO I, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE SIDEWALK ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID DO THE ONE GRANT, I GUESS IT WAS WITH THE WALKING TO SCHOOL.
UH, SO THERE ARE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, UH, IN VARIOUS VENUES TO, TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS. UH, SOME OF THEM MAY BE ADDRESSED WITH A STREET RECONSTRUCTION, UM, WHERE THE STREET'S GETTING REDONE, AND WE MAY PUT SIDEWALKS IN AT THAT TIME AS PART OF THAT, THAT, THAT ROADWAY PROGRAM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE STREET'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, IT'S ALREADY HAD A, UH, A, A SLURRY SEAL OR A OR SOMETHING ELSE.
AND YET THERE ARE STILL NO SIDEWALKS FOR THE RESIDENTS TO WALK ON, UH, IN, IN THAT CENTER PART OF THE TOWN IS THERE.
SO, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE PUT IN FOR SOME GRANTS.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IS KIND OF CAPTURING THOSE AREAS, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, A AVIATION HEIGHTS AREA IN THE NORTH CLIFF AREA.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF SIDEWALK GAPS, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AREAS, BUT ALSO ANOTHER PORTIONS OF TOWN THAT WERE, UH, DEVELOPED KIND OF BEFORE THE RECENT, UH, CODE REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
UH, THAT'S, UM, SO THE, THE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE SET ASIDE, WE CONCENTRATE ON, UH, ROADWAY REPAIRS, I'M SORRY, SIDEWALK REPAIRS WITH THAT.
UH, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT, UH, WE PUT IN FOR A GRANT LAST YEAR.
I THINK, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET, I THINK WE'RE GONNA PUT IT IN FOR IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE EXTENT.
SO CAN, WHAT WE CAN DO IS COME BACK TO YOU PROBABLY NEXT QUARTER, WE'LL HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE WE'VE GOT GAPS IN SIDEWALKS AND ROADS THAT UNDER TODAY'S STANDARDS WOULD HAVE THEM, AND THEN GIVE YOU A LIST OF HOW MANY LINEAR MILES THAT IS.
SO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, ALL RIGHT, IT'S X NUMBER OF MILES OR Y NUMBER.
TO ME, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GONNA GET FIXED TODAY
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OR TOMORROW, UM, BUT IF YOU DON'T TAKE ACTION YEP.AT LEAST WORK ON IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND WE'RE, WE'LL JUST STAY WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE CAN HAVE THAT NEXT QUARTER.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, WHAT IS THE CURRENT, UH, CPI THAT, UH, WE'RE USING PPCI, UH, PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX? WHAT IS THE CURRENT FROM ABOUT 65 AND AND HIGHER ARE CANDIDATES FOR, UM, RESURFACING OR REHABILITATION? WELL, WHAT'S THE DATE? UH, THE, THE, THE ACTUAL, THE DATA? YES.
WHEN THAT WAS CAPTURED, THE PCI DATA THAT WE'RE USING WAS JULY, 2022 WHEN WE DID THE CITYWIDE DRIVING OR AS A, AS A SEMI-AUTOMATED COLLECTION WHERE WE COLLECTED, UH, DISTRESS INFORMATION ON A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR STREETS IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, YES, GOING FORWARD, I'M WONDERING, IS IT SOMETHING WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT AS FAR AS BECOMING MEMBERS OF NLC? BECAUSE I'VE, IN OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, THERE WERE DIFFERENT, UM, ENTITIES OR CITIES WHO WERE MEMBERS OF NLC AND THEY GOT INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY GRANTS AND THEY ACTUALLY HELPED THEM GO THROUGH TO GET THE MONEY, TO GET THE GRANTS FOR SIDEWALKS, ROADS, AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK INTO TO SEE IF IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR OUR CITY.
'CAUSE I KNOW, UH, IT'S NOT A LOT, BUT IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING.
'CAUSE I THINK, UM, NEW BRAUNFELS GOT LIKE $180,000 TO DO SOMETHING AND OTHER CITIES ARE GETTING GRANTS FROM THEM, AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE THAT WORKS THROUGH THE WHOLE THING TO TRY TO GET YOU THAT FUNDING.
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON OUR STREETS.
OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR WILL TELL YOU THAT I'M ABOUT READY TO GRAB 'EM BY THE ANKLE, START SHAKING TO FIND HOW MUCH CHANGE I CAN GET SO WE CAN DO MORE SL SEAL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNSEL? NO.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 24 PUBLIC WORKS DESIGN GUIDE WORKSHOP IS WOOLEY.
STICK WITH ME WHILE I DON'T GET IT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, KATHY WOODLEY, CITY ENGINEER.
I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR PROPOSED PUBLIC WORKS DESIGN GUIDE UPDATE.
AND UNLIKE THESE GUYS, I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND MONEY FIXING ROADS.
SO PART OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HERE IS INCREASING SOME OF OUR STANDARDS FOR, FOR ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ROADS IS, IS ONE OF THEM.
UH, AND TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, WE'RE BRIEFING YOU ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE DO PLAN TO TAKE THIS OUT AND HAVE SOME STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A, A SORT OF A SNEAK PEEK OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED AT THIS POINT.
AND WE'LL COME BACK AFTER WE GET INPUT.
UH, WE'LL GO TO P AND Z FIRST AND THEN, UH, COME BACK AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ORDINANCE CHANGE TO ADOPT, UH, THE UPDATE.
SO TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DESIGN GUIDE IS, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL SEE REFERENCED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND IN THE UDC CALLED THE PUBLIC WORKS SPECIFICATIONS MANUAL.
AND THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T ONE SINGLE DOCUMENT IT'S MADE UP OF, OF A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS.
ONE BEING THE PUBLIC WORKS DESIGN GUIDE, WHICH ESTABLISHES STANDARD PRINCIPLES, CRITERIA AND PRACTICES, UH, FOR THE DESIGN OF INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ALSO TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE PUBLIC WELFARE.
WE ALSO HAVE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, AND THOSE ARE THE REALLY, UM, TECHNICAL, THEY ARE NAMED THAT FOR A REASON.
UM, DETAILS OF SPECIFIC MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND OUR STANDARD CONSTRUCTION DETAILS, WHICH ARE GENERALLY A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT, UH, SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST UPDATE THAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE, UH, 2016.
UM, UNTIL RECENTLY WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE THE MANUAL ADMINISTRATIVELY, BUT WITH THE NEW STATE LAWS THAT HAVE PASSED, WE, UM, DO NEED TO HAVE DESIGN STANDARDS BLESSED AND ADOPTED, UH, BY CITY COUNCIL.
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UM, THE BIGGEST PARTS OF THE UPDATE INCLUDE CLEANUP OF TYPOS AND INCONSISTENCIES, UH, WITHIN THE DESIGN GUIDE ITSELF, AND ALSO BETWEEN DOCUMENT, BETWEEN THE DESIGN GUIDE, CODE OF ORDINANCES, UH, THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.WE CLARIFIED SOME VAGUE GUIDANCE.
WE SOMETIMES RUN INTO ISSUES WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SEEMS PER PERFECTLY CLEAR TO US, BUT THEN A DESIGN ENGINEER COMES IN AND EXPLAINS WHY IT'S NOT CLEAR OR THEY, THEY READ IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO WE TRIED TO CLEAN UP A LOT OF THAT, UH, AND WE ESTABLISH INCREASED STANDARDS FOR HIGHER QUALITY, MORE SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, IN SECTION ONE OF THE DESIGN GUIDE IT, WE CLARIFIED THE APPLICABILITY OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, GENERALLY TO PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT ALSO APPLIES TO PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT IN SOME CASES WHERE THERE CONNECTIONS TO THAT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN SECTION TWO, WE UPDATED, UH, THE REQUIRED SUBMISSION OF PLANS TO BE DIGITAL.
UH, WE MIRRORED A REQUIREMENT IN THE CITY CODE REQUIRING ENGINEERED PLANS FOR RETAINING WALLS, AND WE ADDED THE REQUIREMENT OF PROFILES FOR, UH, WATER MAINS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN WHAT WAS REQUIRED BEFORE.
SOME OF THIS IS EXTREMELY DRY, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I DON'T HAVE PICTURES, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SUPER FUN.
UH, SO, UM, JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DRIVE, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF.
UH, AND AS WE GO THROUGH HERE, I DID, UM, USE THE BLUE COLORED TEXT TO IDENTIFY THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT, UM, WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME CONSTERNATION WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, GENERALLY, BECAUSE WITH INCREASED STANDARDS, IT GENERALLY COSTS MORE TO, TO BUILD CERTAIN THINGS.
AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THEM IN ANTICIPATION.
HOPEFULLY NOT, HOPEFULLY THE DEVELOPERS WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD A GOOD PRODUCT ALSO.
BUT THESE MIGHT BE THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK ON.
SO FOR PAVEMENT DESIGN, WE INCREASE THE PAVEMENT DESIGN PARAMETERS RELATED TO LOADING AND STRUCTURAL NUMBERS.
WE'RE GETTING MORE TRAFFIC AND HEAVIER VEHICLES.
UH, SO WE REALLY NEED TO, TO INCREASE THE, UM, THE LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
WE ALSO DID REMOVE THE PREFERENCE AGAINST THE USE OF LYME FOR SUBGRADE STABILIZATION.
UH, THAT WAS, UM, NOT ALLOWED BY POLICY AND BY THE DESIGN GUIDE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT WE REESTABLISHED IT AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
UH, AS FAR AS STREETS LAYOUT, WE REVISED THE SPECIFICATIONS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
UH, NOMENCLATURE IN PARTICULAR, UH, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF AN EXAMPLE.
SO PREVIOUSLY WE MAYBE HAD A, A SECONDARY ARTERIAL, A MAJOR ARTERIAL, MINOR ARTERIAL, UH, PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.
SO WE CLEANED IT UP SO THAT, UH, WE'RE USING THE SAME NOMENCLATURE TO MEAN THE DIFFERENT STREET SECTIONS.
IN ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS, WE INCREASED THE MINIMUM ALLOWABLE PAVEMENT SLOPES.
THIS IS KIND OF A BIG ONE, AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, IT'S RELATED TO DRAINAGE AND CONSTRUCTABILITY.
WHAT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF OUR STREETS HERE IN SHIRTS IS THEY'RE USED AS STORMWATER CONVEYANCE INSTEAD OF THE, WHERE WE'RE VERY, VERY FLAT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR A CHANNELIZATION LIKE SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES DO.
AND SO WE USE OUR STREETS TO CARRY RUNOFF.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT SET TO A, AN ADEQUATE SLOPE, THE WATER SITS IN THE STREETS.
IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONSTRUCT A STREET TO THE SLOPES THAT WE ALLOW.
NOW A MINIMUM SLOPE BEING HALF A PERCENT, WHICH, UH, TO THE, THE AVERAGE PERSON SEEMS FLAT.
AND TRYING TO CONSTRUCT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER IS NOT GONNA SIT IN THE STREET, THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA CONTINUE TO FLOW IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO DO.
SO WE END UP ALL OVER TOWN AFTER IT RAINS, YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL BIRD BATHS AND PONDING THAT WATER SITS THERE.
IT GETS INTO THESE CRACKS THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE LAST, UH, POWERPOINT, AND IT SEEPS INTO THE BASE.
IT STARTS, THE STREETS START TO DETERIORATE MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN THEY SHOULD.
SO WE ARE INCREASING THAT, UH, MINIMUM ALLOWABLE PAVEMENT SLOPE TO 1%.
THAT'S STILL AN EXTREMELY FLAT SLOPE, BUT IT IS MORE CONSTRUCTABLE AND IT WILL CAUSE, UH, THE ROADS TO DRAIN BETTER.
UH, WE'RE ADDING THE LIMITATION OF RESPONSIBILITY OF ROADWAY, DEDICATION AND PAVEMENT BASED ON THE LIMITATION OF THE CURRENT STATE STATUTE.
UH, WE ADDED A REFERENCE TO THE MULTI-USE PATH.
IT WAS JUST THE, THE SIX OR FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS.
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WE INCREASED THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE FOR SIDEWALKS IN ALLEYS AND REMOVED PROVISIONS RELATED TO OVERHEAD UTILITIES IN ALLEYS.IT'S, IT WAS JUST KIND OF AN ANTIQUATED, UH, SECTION THAT WE DON'T NEED.
WE DID REMOVE REFERENCE TO GEOGRID FOR USE AS A MITIGATION TECHNIQUE FOR SOILS WITH HIGH PLASTICITY OR SWELLING SOILS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THAT.
AND THAT WAS, UM, MENTIONED IN ONE SECTION.
SO WE REMOVED THAT WE ARE INCREASING OUR REQUIRED TESTING FREQUENCY FOR ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S ANOTHER KIND OF BIG ONE.
YES, IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, BUT WITHOUT THAT, WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MISSING THE PROPER COMPACTION THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE ROADS TO BE CONSTRUCTED PROPERLY.
UH, WE MADE UPDATES TO OUR STORM DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS IN THE GENERAL SECTION.
WE CLARIFIED DESIGN FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS.
THE DESIGN FREQUENCY IS, UH, THE EASIEST ONE TO SAY IS THE A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT.
THAT IS A STORM THAT HAS A 1% CHANCE OF OCCURRING IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
AND SO A 25 YEAR STORM HAS A, UH, HELP ME OUT WITH MY MATH HERE.
WHAT PERCENT? 4% CHANCE? 4% CHANCE OF HAPPENING IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
UM, IN ANY CASE, THE LOWER THE YEAR, SO THE TWO YEAR STORM, FOR EXAMPLE, IS MUCH MORE FREQUENT.
YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE TWO YEAR STORMS EVERY TWO, EVERY TWO YEARS, UH, THEORETICALLY, BUT, UM, UH, PROBABLY MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR LATELY.
AND WE ALL KNOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMING IN ANY CASE.
UM, WE REQUIRE CERTAIN FREQUENCY DESIGN CAPACITIES, UH, IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND WE CLARIFIED WHEN, WHEN IT'S REQUIRED FOR SOMETHING TO BE DESIGNED FOR THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, WHICH IS A BIGGER EVENT, AND WHEN IT'S REQUIRED FOR IT TO BE DESIGNED MAYBE ONLY TO THE 25 YEAR.
WE ADDED AN EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT FOR STORMWATER DISCHARGE TO MIMIC EXISTING OR PRE-DEVELOPMENT.
PRE-DEVELOPED FLOW CHARACTERISTICS SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ADVERSE IMPACT TO DOWNSTREAM PROPERTY.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE SPECIFIC RULE THAT FLOW RATE DISCHARGED AFTER, AFTER DEVELOPMENT HAS TO BE CONTROLLED SO THAT THE FLOW RATE IS NO MORE THAN IT WAS BEFORE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO JUST SAY THAT THAT FLOW RATE HAS TO REMAIN A CERTAIN, UH, RATE ALSO THE WAY IT DISCHARGES.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF PROPERTY DISCHARGES AS SHEET FLOW ACROSS PROPERTY LINES.
AND WHEN A DEVELOPMENT IS DONE, THEY BUILD A DETENTION POND, IT COMES OUT OF THAT POND AT A POINT.
SO YOU'VE GOT LOTS MORE WATER AT ONE POINT INSTEAD OF SPREAD OUT THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TO REQUIRE THAT CONDITION THAT IT WAS BEFORE DEVELOPMENT TO BE MIMICKED MORE.
THIS WILL JUST GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, BE MORE, UH, ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT THAN WE ARE ABLE TO TODAY.
UM, WE ALSO WERE WORKING TOWARD OUR REQUIREMENTS TO MEET MS FOUR REQUIREMENTS, UH, BY ADDING STRONGER ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROVISION FOR POST-CONSTRUCTION WATER QUALITY BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT A CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO FUTURE RETROFIT OF A FACILITY TO MEET FUTURE WA WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.
WE DID MORE WITH STORM DRAINAGE.
WE, UH, ADDED A STATEMENT DISALLOWING THE USE OF A PARTICULAR COMPUTING METHOD FOR THE STORMWATER RUNOFF.
WE REDUCED THE SIZE OF A DRAINAGE AREA THAT'S CONSIDERED SMALL FROM 200 ACRES TO 50 ACRES AND DISALLOWED THE USE OF THE RATIONAL METHOD FOR PEAK FLOW CALCULATION IF THE TIME OF CONCENTRATION IS GREATER THAN 20 MINUTES.
SO I'M GETTING KIND OF TECHNICAL HERE, BUT, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT ALL OF IT IS.
UH, WE REMOVED REFERENCE TO CITY MAINTAINED HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC MODELS.
WE DO NOT IN FACT MAINTAIN THOSE.
UH, AND WE SPECIFIED A MINIMUM TOTAL TIME OF CONCENTRATION AS FIVE MINUTES.
WE REDUCED THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE ALLOWABLE FOR TIME OF SHEET FLOW AND TIME OF CONCENTRATION CALCULATIONS FROM 300 FEET TO A HUNDRED FEET.
SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE, UM, STRATEGIES THAT WE FIND USED SOMETIMES TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME REQUIRED FOR DETENTION.
UM, AND, UH, TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN THE RUNOFF CALCULATIONS.
UH, SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND WE'RE FINALLY DOING IT
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IS ADOPTING THE NOAA ATLAS 14 PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY DATA FOR STORMWATER RUNOFF CALCULATIONS.THAT IS SOME DATA THAT, UH, NOAA CAME OUT WITH A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND THEY'RE INCREASED IN INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY, UM, RAINFALL VALUES THAT, UM, WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE THE STORMWATER FACILITIES DESIGNED SOMEWHAT CLOSER TO ACTUAL STORM EVENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY.
AND THEY'RE PROBABLY EVEN HIGHER TODAY THAN THEY WERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN NOAH CAME OUT WITH THIS DATA.
BUT AT LEAST THIS WILL GET US A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
UH, WE INCREASED THE DESIGN LOADING OF CROSSINGS, CULVERTS, AND BRIDGES.
WE INCREASED FREEBOARD DEPTH REQUIRED FOR CHANNELS BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 FEET DEEP.
WE DECREASED ALLOWABLE EARTH AND CHANNEL SIDE SLOPES FROM THREE TO ONE TO FOUR TO ONE.
WE DECREASE THE SIDE SLOPE ALLOWANCE FOR RAILING.
WE DECREASE THE MINIMUM BOTTOM WIDTH OF EARTH AND CHANNEL WHERE, UH, WE REQUIRE A CONCRETE TRICKLE CHANNEL FROM 12 FEET TO EIGHT FEET.
UM, THESE ARE ALL ADDING ADDITIONAL, UH, CONSERVATIVE CAPACITIES TO CHANNELS AS WELL AS MAKING THEM MORE MAINTAINABLE.
PARTICULARLY THE SIDE SLOPE IS, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WILL BE A BIT OF A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BECAUSE IF YOU'RE USING A SLIDE SLOPE THAT IS FLATTER THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED, IT WILL TAKE UP MORE REAL ESTATE.
THERE ARE WAYS TO GO ABOUT IT SO THAT YOU ARE USING LESS REAL ESTATE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN CONCRETE A CHANNEL OR, UM, CONSTRUCTED IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT THE THREE TO ONE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN.
UH, AND, AND WE ALSO SEE EROSION, UH, OCCURRING WHEN IT'S THAT STEEP OF A SLOPE.
UH, WE ALSO ADDED THE REQUIREMENT OF ACCESS MANHOLES THAT ALL STORM SEWER JUNCTIONS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS TY TYPICALLY PROVIDED BY A DESIGN ENGINEER, BUT OCCASIONALLY NOT.
AND, UM, SO BY HAVING IT HERE, UH, IN THE REQUIREMENTS WE'RE ABLE TO TELL A DEVELOPER, YOU MUST DO THIS.
UH, WE ADDED THE CONTROL OF THE TWO YEAR FREQUENCY EVENT TO DETENTION FACILITY DESIGN.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE TWO YEAR EVENT IS THE MOST FREQUENT.
IF THAT IS NOT CONTROLLED, THEN WITH THE MORE FREQUENT STORMS, THERE'S REALLY NO, UM, CONTROL OF THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF THAT COMES WITH THE, UH, INCREASE IMPERVIOUS COVER OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE REMOVED REFERENCE TO REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST, UM, ISN'T CURRENTLY DONE, ISN'T REALLY CONSIDERED IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT.
WE ADDED ADDITIONAL CRITERIA THAT HAS TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF A DETENTION FACILITY WITH A PERMANENT WET POOL.
UM, THOSE ARE, ARE GENERALLY NOT RECOMMENDED.
UM, IF THEY'RE PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED DESIGN CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED, THEY'RE GENERALLY NOT NECESSARILY PROBLEMATIC, BUT MAINTAINING THOSE IS, IS, UH, DIFFICULT.
AND SINCE THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE FACILITIES GENERAL FALL GENERALLY FALLS TO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, UM, IT'S, IT'S SETTING UP FOR SOME PROBLEMS. SO WE WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ABILITY TO REFUSE ALLOWING THOSE, UH, UNLESS MORE STRINGENT CRITERIA IS MET.
WE ADDED A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE SPACE FOR THE TRANSITION OF FLOW FROM A DRAINAGE OUTFALL TO PRE-DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS PRIOR TO LEAVING THE PROPERTY.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S GETTING TO THE SHEET FLOW VERSUS A A POINT DISCHARGE FROM A DEVELOPMENT, UH, SANITARY SEWER MINIMUM STANDARDS.
UH, WE ADDED THE REQUIREMENT OF A PROPERTY LINE CLEANOUT ON LATERALS.
UH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN REQUIRING BY POLICY AND, UM, IT GENERALLY WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO GET COMPLIANCE ON THAT.
BUT IT HAS, IT'S NOW BEING ADDED TO THE GUIDE.
WE ADDED THE REQUIREMENT FOR SAMPLING PORT ON NON-RESIDENTIAL LATERALS UPDATED THE REQUIREMENT FOR FLOWABLE FILL TO ENCAPSULATE MANHOLES.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS ONLY REQUIRED FOR MANHOLES UNDER PAVEMENT.
NOW IT'S REQUIRED FOR ALL MANHOLES.
AND WE CLARIFIED A WAITING PERIOD PRIOR TO TESTING, UH, AFTER FINAL BACKFILL OR PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION.
OCCASIONALLY, IF COMPACTION IS NOT DONE PROPERLY, THERE'LL BE SOME, UH, DEFLECTION OF THE MAIN OR, UH, SHIFTING OF A MAIN.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO THE TESTING.
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ALL OF THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE WATER REQUIREMENTS.WE REDUCE THE DISTANCE REQUIRED BETWEEN FIRE HYDRANT AND STRUCTURE FROM 500 TO 400 OR IS REQUIRED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL.
WE ADDED A SECTION RELATED TO PRIVATE FIRE LINES, LIMITING THE LENGTH OF A SINGLE CONNECTION TO A PUBLIC MEAN TO A THOUSAND FEET, AND CITING REFERENCES FOR DESIGN CRITERIA AND CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS.
WE ADDED THE PROHIBITION OF DOMESTIC CONNECTION TO DEAD END MAINS AND CLARIFIED LOOPING REQUIREMENTS.
WE CLARIFIED THE REQUIREMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CROSS CONNECTING SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION MAINS, INCLUDING THOSE ON THE WATER MASTER PLANS AND WHERE DISTANCE TO NEAREST MAINS EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM.
AND WE ADDED A PROHIBITION OF COMBINED DOMESTIC AND FIRE SERVICE LINES FOR PRIVATE FACILITIES.
WE ADDED A DEFAULT REQUIREMENT FOR ENCASEMENT OF PIPE BENEATH COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAYS.
UH, WITH A PROVISION FOR EXCEPTION BASED ON CERTAIN CONSIDERATION.
WE ADDED REQUIREMENT FOR ENCASEMENT OF MAIN'S CROSSING EXISTING OR FUTURE THOROUGHFARE ROADWAYS.
WE ADDED THE STORAGE CONNECTION TO THE FIRE HYDRANT SPECIFICATION.
UH, WE ADDED A REQUIREMENT AND STANDARDS FOR REPLACEMENT OF ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPE WHEN NEW CONNECTION IS BEING MADE OR WHERE COVER IS DECREASED OVER AN EXISTING AC MAINE.
THAT MATERIAL IS, UH, IN THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN THERE, WE STILL HAVE, UH, AC MAINE.
IT'S, UH, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CUT INTO.
UH, AND SO GENERALLY THE CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO REMOVE AN ENTIRE SECTION OF IT INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO JUST MAKE A TAP.
UH, SO WE'VE SPELLED THAT OUT IN THE SECTION FOR INSPECTIONS, TESTING AND CHARGES.
WE INCREASE THE TESTING FREQUENCY FOR STREET SUBGRADE AND BASE.
WE UPDATED INFRASTRUCTURE ACCEPTANCE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, TO DIGITAL FORMATS.
AND WE BROUGHT THINGS INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE UDC BY CITING A TWO YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN, UH, GETTING THE TWO YEAR WARRANTY FOR, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE IT WAS CHANGED IN THE, UH, UDC, UH, BUT NOW WE'RE UPDATING THE DESIGN GUIDE TO BE AN ALLIANCE WITH THAT.
SO, LIKE I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, OUR NEXT STEPS IS TO HOLD SOME STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
UH, THEN WE WILL GO INCORPORATE ANY CHANGES THAT COME OUT OF THAT, UH, THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND TAKE THIS BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THEN COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR ADOPTING IT AS REFERENCED BY THE UDC AND CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SO I THINK NOW THAT'S, THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION NOW, RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY STANDARDS FOR IMPERVIOUS COVER? WOULD THAT, WOULDN'T THAT FALL UNDER THESE SAME CATEGORIES? IT'S IN UDC MM-HMM.
AND SO IT WOULD BE A PLANNING.
SO IF, IF COUNCIL WANTED US TO SORT OF LOOK AT THAT IN COMBINATION WITH THIS, WE, WE COULD.
UM, AND, AND SO JUST FOR, FOR OTHER FOLKS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE HISTORY IS WE CURRENTLY IN THE UDC ESTABLISH MAXIMUM LIMITS ON IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE PER ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE SORT OF DEFINE WHAT COUNTS AS IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE OFTEN RUN INTO IS THE POOL ISSUE WITH RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
UM, THE ISSUE THERE IS, IS WHERE THERE'S A CORRELATION IS WHATEVER WE SET THAT AT, WHEN A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE THERE WILL BE WITHIN THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN THE STREETS, IN ANY OPEN SPACE ON THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND DESIGN ACCORDINGLY.
AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S A SLIGHTLY SEPARATE DEAL, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, UM, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WITH THIS AND KIND OF RUN IT CONCURRENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTION? UM, THESE NEW DESIGN GUIDES, UM, WHAT CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE AFFECTED IF THESE THINGS ARE IMPLEMENTED? I, I JUST DON'T WANNA PUT IN THESE HI FIRE HYDRANTS THAT ARE REQUIRED EVERY 400 FEET WHEN THE DESIGN HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
SAY FOR INSTANCE, UH, CARMEL OR SADDLE BOOK, AT WHAT PHASE DO YOU THINK THESE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED? SO THIS WOULD BE AFTER, UH, WE WOULDN'T REQUIRE ANYTHING TO COMPLY WITH THIS.
IF THEY HAVE MADE ANY APPLICATION, SO IN THEIR MASTER PLAN OR PRELIMINARY PLAT, IF THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT
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PROCESS, THEY WOULD BE, UM, HELD TO TODAY'S DESIGN GUIDE.BUT IF THEY'VE, IF THEY'VE SUB, IF THEY SUBMIT THOSE AFTER THIS IS ADOPTED, THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND WE PROBABLY WOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WINDOW OF A FEW MONTHS.
'CAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS SOMEBODY WHO'S GETTING READY TO SUBMIT THEIR STUFF THE NEXT WEEK.
UH, SO WE WOULD LIKELY DO THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MS. WOODLEY.
[Requests and Announcements]
ON.COUNCIL, ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM STAFF? I SEE NONE.
UH, COUNSEL ANY POSSIBLE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A, LIKE I SAID, A DISCUSSION ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND, AND JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO COME TO COUNCIL FIRST OR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ISSUE IS GENERALLY THE INCLUSION OF WALKWAYS, PAVERS, POOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT COME UP WITH SOMETHING MORE REASONABLE FOR RESIDENTS? YOU WANT US TO RUN THAT THROUGH AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU WITH IT? THAT'D BE FINE.
AND THEN, UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, A, A PRESENTATION OR DISCUSSION FROM THE STAFF ON, UM, POTENTIAL GOING FORWARD FOR THE PROPERTIES AROUND RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, UH, WITH THE OPTION OF EITHER ANNEXATION OR IMPLEMENTING A, A, A ZONING OVERLAY, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT TEXAS STATE LAWS, UM, TO GIVE US SOME OPTIONS TO GO FORWARD.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? NONE.
ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THEY ENJOYED THE, YOU KNOW, THE JUBILEE THAT WE HAD AND THE SPECIAL THANKS TO THE STAFF THAT A LOT OF 'EM PUT IN A VERY LONG DAY THAT DAY TO TRY TO HAVE A, AN EVENT THEY RAN SMOOTHLY.
AND I THINK A LOT OF 'EM DID A GREAT JOB.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS? NOTHING TONIGHT, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD? UH, YES.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK THE, UH, STAFF FOR THE, UM, UM, FOR THE JULY JUBILEE.
I THINK IT, IT WAS AN AWESOME JUST TO SEE THAT THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE ENJOYING THE PARADE AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE, IN THE PARADE.
I THINK IT WAS AN AWESOME THING.
AND THEN I ATTENDED THE, UH, UH, NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP LUNCHEON.
YEAH, I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT MY WIFE, UH, PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AFTER A FIVE YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER.
UH, SHE REALLY FOUGHT HARD, UH, PROUD OF HER, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS HARD.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT CHURCH'S FUNERAL HOME ON MONDAY THE 29TH AT 4:00 PM FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION AT BLUE BOTTOM PALACE.
UH, ANY OTHER DETAILS WILL BE COMING OUT, BUT, UH, EVERYBODY'S WELCOME.