May 20, 2025 City Council

[ Call to Order]

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ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW, UH, 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MAY 20TH, 2025 IS NOW IN SESSION.

FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO WOULD LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

PLEASE RISE, LORD, WE ASK FOR STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND WISDOM FOR EACH ONE OF US TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY.

PLEASE WATCH OVER THIS ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS RESOLUTION OF EXISTING CHALLENGES AND ISSUES.

FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS, WE WORSHIP YOU LORD, AND WE ACCEPT YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

I PLEDGE THIS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[ Proclamations National Public Works Week - May 18-24, 2025 (Councilmember Watson) National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week - May 18-24, 2025 (Councilmember Westbrook)]

AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THE PUBLIC, UH, WORKS.

UH, JOIN US UP HERE, PLEASE.

ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS.

YEAH, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? COME ON IN, GUYS.

YES.

BATTERY.

DOESN'T MATTER.

HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU, HOW EVERYBODY'S HERE? AWESOME.

EVERYBODY'S HERE.

OKAY.

NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEKS PROCLAMATION, MAY 18TH THROUGH 24TH, 2025 PEOPLE PURPOSE, PRESENCE, WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND, AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF SHIRTS TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS THE SHIRTS, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF THREE DIVISIONS, STREETS DRAINAGE AND WATER WASTEWATER.

THERE ARE 46 EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

STREETS DIVISION HAS 12 EMPLOYEES.

DRAINAGE DIVISION HAS EIGHT EMPLOYEES.

WATER DIVISION HAS 20 EMPLOYEES.

SIGN SHOP TRAFFIC CONTROL HAS TWO.

AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT STAFF HAS FOUR EMPLOYEES, WHEREAS EACH DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICING AND MAINTAINING DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.

DRAINAGE IS RE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLOODWAYS, FLOODPLAINS AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS STREETS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CURBS, SIGNAGE, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.

WATER IS RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY'S WATER DISTRIBUTION AND WATER AND WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS. AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS IS A FIRST RESPONDER DEPARTMENT AND IS ON A CALL 24 7.

THE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO A, A WIDE VARIETY OF EMERGENCY CALLS RAGING FROM INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS SUCH AS TRAFFIC, SIGNAL, OUTAGE, AND WATER MAIN BREAKS TO EXTREME

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PUBLIC WORKS ALSO PROVIDES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS PD AND FIRE WHEN NEEDED.

AND WHEREAS SHIRTS, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SERVICE SERVES THE ENTIRE CITY COVERING ROUGHLY 3 32 0.2 SQUARE MILES WITHIN THE CITY.

THE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS APPROXIMATELY 220 ACRES OF DRAINAGE DITCHES, 180 MILES OF ROADWAY, 250 MILES OF WATER, MAINE, AND 137 MILES OF SEWER MAINE.

AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2025 MARKS THE 65TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, WHO HAVE CHOSEN AS THE AS THEME PEOPLE, PURPOSE, PRESENCE.

AND NOW THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED.

MAYOR OF SHIRTS DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

AND HERE JUST CITIZENS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECT, TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

SIGN THE MAYOR OF SHIRTS.

YES, SIR.

CONGRAT, UH, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN MAYOR.

UH, COUNCIL CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND JUST, UH, GET SOME OF OUR FACES UP HERE AS IS IN ALL OF US.

UH, WE ARE A PRETTY GOOD SIZED DEPARTMENT, A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SOME OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES ONES, BUT, UH, WE ARE A, A NUMBER OF FOLKS IN THE CITY, AND SO WE JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHO SOME OF US ARE.

UH, AS HE MENTIONED, WE ARE, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, SO WE'RE OUT THERE ON CALL 24 7 NIGHTS, WEEKENDS.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE FACES, UH, IN THE STREET.

SO DON'T, DON'T BE ALARMED.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP.

UH, WE JUST, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH, COLLABORATE WITH.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, SUPPORT.

GET AROUND.

LET'S TAKE A PHOTO.

YOU KNOW, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR STREETS, OUR PIPES, OUR WATER PIPES, AND YES, THEY DO WORK.

UH, THEY'RE EMERGENCIES SOMETIMES.

I REMEMBER WE STEIN UH, WE HAD A WATER MAIN BREAK AND NOT ONLY DID THE PIPE BREAK, BUT THE WHOLE STREET COLLAPSE TOO, WHEN THESE GUYS WERE ON THERE ALMOST 24 HOURS TRYING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

THANK YOU, LARRY.

THANK YOU.

AND YOUR STAFF.

APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE EMS THE WEEK OF 18 MAY THROUGH THE 24TH, 2025.

AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK WILL BE READING THAT PROCLAMATION.

GOT EVERYBODY, MAN.

WE'RE TRYING.

HOW'D YOU GET MY DRESSED UP? I KNOW IT'S THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR.

LOOK GREAT, MAN.

THIS IS AMONG THE, UH, BEST LOOKING GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW I'VE EVER SEEN UP HERE.

THEY'RE WELL DRESSED FOR SURE.

UM, WELL DRESSED.

SO NATIONALLY, EMS WEEK, UH, MAY 18TH THROUGH 24TH, 2025.

UM, WE CARE FOR EVERYONE.

WHEREAS THE 2025 EMS WEEK THEME, WE CARE FOR EVERYONE IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMITMENT OF EMS PROFESSIONALS TO SERVING ALL COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS THIS THEME IS PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL NOW, TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT EVERY DAY WE ARE FACED WITH SO MANY NEW CHALLENGES IN OUR LIVES, AND YET WE STILL RISE ABOVE THEM ALL AND CONTINUE TO RESPOND, SUPPORT

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AND WHEREAS THE SHIRTZ EMS DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF 10, UM, 10 ADMINISTRATIONS, 10 ADMINISTRATION STAFF, THREE OFFICE STAFF, 80 FIELD PERSONNEL, AND 24 VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE READY TO PROVIDE LIFESAVING CARE TO THOSE IN NEED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND WHEREAS IN 2024, THE ERTZ EMS DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO OVER 15,000 SERVICE CALLS IN A 230 SQUARE MILE SERVICE AREA.

AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAMS, WHETHER CAREER VOLUNTEER, ENGAGED IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THEIR LIFESAVING SKILLS, AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS BY DESIGNATING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SHIRTZ DOES HEREBY COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE SAFES AND SHIRTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE FOR THEIR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION, OUTSTANDING DEDICATION, AND PRE-HOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE TO THE CITY OF SHIRTZ AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA MAY 10 THROUGH 24, 20 25 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK WITH THE THEME WE CARE FOR EVERYONE.

ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

MY NAME IS JASON ABBOTT.

I'M THE CHIEF EMS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR AND ALL THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT OVER THE YEAR.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK STEVE AND THE, THE REST OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, UH, BRIAN, SARAH, JIM AND GREG AS WELL FOR ALL THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN ME.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR, OUR STAFF.

WE WORK EXTREMELY HARD, UH, TO BE THE PREMIER EMS SERVICE THAT OUR CITIZENS, UH, DESERVE.

AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE EMS CREW.

NOT ONLY DO THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR, OUR CITY, BUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ City Events and Announcements Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/S. Gonzalez) Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (S. Williams) Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)]

UH, NEXT IS CITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.

MR. JAMES.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, EXCITING NEWS THIS SATURDAY, MAY 24TH, THE PICK ROLL PARK POOL HAS ITS OPENING DAY.

UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, IT'S GONNA BE OPEN, UH, SATURDAY THE 24TH, SUNDAY THE 25TH, MONDAY THE 26TH MEMORIAL DAY.

IT'LL CLOSE THEN TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THEN IT KICKS OFF.

ITS REGULAR SEASON AFTER THAT.

UH, OPEN ALL THE TIME.

UH, ALSO ON MONDAY, MAY 26TH, OBVIOUSLY IS MEMORIAL DAY.

UH, WE'RE HAVING THE CEREMONY FOR THAT 9:00 AM AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA HERE IN SHIRTZ AT FIVE 12 SHIRTZ PARKWAY.

UM, COUPLE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FOLKS.

THE CITY OBVI OFFICES WILL OBVIOUSLY BE CLOSED ON MEMORIAL DAY.

THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST.

THAT'S FOR A STAFF TRAINING DAY, AND THEN THEIR CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY AS WELL.

AND THEN OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS JUNE 3RD HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU MR. JAMES ANNOUNCEMENTS OF RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. THANKS, MAYOR.

WE HAD A FEW PROMOTIONS THIS MONTH OF THIS PAST MONTH, AND ALWAYS PROUD TO SEE OUR FOLKS PRO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN.

DAVID GRAHAM, UH, WAS PROMOTED TO FULL-TIME EMS SUPPLY COORDINATOR AND STEVEN AHMAN AND NOAH ELLIS WERE PROMOTED TO FULL-TIME EMT AND JESSE LEE WAS

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SO WE'RE GLAD TO SEE ALL THOSE FOLKS MOVING UP.

ALSO, LAST MONDAY, WE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE 19 FALLEN TEXAS OFFICERS IN 2024 DURING THE POLICE MEMORIAL AT TICOS.

AND JUST SPECIAL THANKS.

GO OUT TO STEEL HIGH SCHOOL, THE SHIRTS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, AND THE SYLOWS CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

AND THEN ALSO, JUST ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS PAST FEW DAYS, WE AS A CITY, WERE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES SHOPPING CENTERS IN LAS VEGAS.

AND IT WHAT CONSISTED OF A WHIRLWIND OF MEETINGS REPRESENTED BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF MAYOR AND MYSELF.

AND WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS BACK TO BACK TO BACK, WHICH I BELIEVE WERE VERY PRODUCTIVE AND WILL HELP US MOVE DOWN THE ROAD TO RECRUITING THOSE FANTASTIC RESTAURANTS THAT EVERY AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE IN THE CITY.

SO AFTER 27,000 STEPS OR SO, WE THINK WE HAD A GREAT, GREAT MEETING.

SO THANK YOU MR. WILLIAMS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.

HE IS RIGHT.

I AM EXHAUSTED, .

WE DID, UH, PUT IN A FULL DAY YESTERDAY.

UH, BUT, UH, UH, LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE WORTHWHILE WITH THIS TRIP.

UH, REALLY WE SOLIDIFIED A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMITMENTS AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, HAVE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.

UH, AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO THANK OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UH, FOR GETTING ALL THAT, UH, TAKEN CARE OF TOO.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL

[ Hearing of Residents This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. All handouts and/or USB devices must be submitted to the City Secretary no later than noon on the Monday preceding the meeting. Handouts will be provided to each Councilmember prior to the start of the meeting by the City Secretary. All USB devices will be vetted by City IT staff to ensure City property is protected from malware. Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.]

NEXT IS, UH, ON THE AGENDAS, THE HEARING, THE RESIDENTS.

THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.

EACH PERSON IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

AND WE ASK BEFORE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS CHENEY WALKER.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

UM, MY NAME'S CHENEY WALKER.

I'M PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S CHAMBER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AND I'M JUST HERE TO OBSERVE.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIGUEL VASQUEZ.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.

UH, MY NAME IS MIGUEL VASQUEZ AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSURES CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.

AND IN THAT CAPACITY, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU AS WELL AS ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS, UH, TO A PRESENTATION CELEBRATING NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH THIS MONTH OF MAY.

AND IT'S HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY.

UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE, UH, CEMETERY ASSOCIATION AND THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

SO A LITTLE HISTORY IN SHIRTS, UH, IN THE 1920S, THIRTIES AND FORTIES, FARM WORKER FAMILIES LIVED ALONG OLD EGINE ROAD, WHICH IS NOW HIGHWAY 78 AND, UH, 1518.

SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS KIND OF AN AREA WHERE THEY LIVED.

AND BASICALLY THAT WAS THE CITY CENTER.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHERE SHIRTZ WAS AT THE TIME.

CITY HALL WAS THERE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE, UH, DOWNTOWN WAS RIGHT ON THE NEXT STREET.

SO THE, THE CLOSEST CATHOLIC CHURCH AT THAT TIME WAS IN SELMA.

AND THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN ANTONIO GAVE THE GO AHEAD TO BUILD A CHURCH IN CHURCHS TO SERVICE THOSE FARM WORKER FAMILIES.

AND THAT CHURCH WAS BUILT ON 78, VERY CLOSE TO 1518, AND IT WAS CALLED THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH.

NOW, A FEW DECADES LATER, THE CHURCH HAD TO MOVE PARTLY BECAUSE 78 EXPANDED AND THE HIGHWAY WAS BASICALLY RIGHT OUT THE FRONT DOOR, .

SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO TO CHURCH, YOU OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND YOU MIGHT BE IN HEAVEN RIGHT AWAY.

SO, UH, SO THEY GAVE THE GO AHEAD FOR THAT.

UH, AND SO THE CHURCH NEEDED TO MOVE.

AND, UH, A QUICK QUESTION FOR EVERYBODY.

WHERE DID THAT CHURCH MOVE? IT WAS IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.

CHANGED NAMES TO CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND IT MOVED RIGHT HERE, .

SO I THINK, UH, MR. DAVIS MIGHT BE SITTING IN THE PULPIT RIGHT NOW.

BUT ANYWAY, SO THIS WAS THE CHURCH AND THEN FROM HERE THEY MOVED OVER THERE.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE GONNA GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HISTORY THIS SATURDAY.

SO EVERYBODY COME OUT, UH, HAVE, UH, HAVE SOME, UH, DRINKS AND, UH, A GOOD TIME AND A GOOD TIME FOR HISTORY BUFFS AS WELL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

NEXT IS DANIEL JAMESON.

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AND AS ALREADY MENTIONED, MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY IS THE MEMORIAL SERVICE.

SHIRTZ IS HOSTING THE MEMORIAL SERVICE.

IT KICKS OFF AT NINE O'CLOCK.

YOU WANT A GOOD SEAT, GET THERE AROUND EIGHT 30.

AND UH, MY NAME IS DAN JAMESON, REPRESENTATIVE THE OF THE VFW POST 71, UH, POST 83 15 FARM ROAD FM 78, 1000.

SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF SHIRT'S, CITY COUNCIL TO SHOW UP.

THIS IS OUR CITY, OUR EVENT, LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SHOW OTHERS CITIES HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AND DONE RIGHT.

OUR B BREAKFAST, AS WE HAD LAST SATURDAY, WE RAISED CLOSE TO $900.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET A GOOD MEAL, THAT'S YOUR FAULT.

WE HAD A GOOD KIT, GOOD COOK.

SO NEXT TIME, THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, COME OUT AND GET YOU A GOOD MEAL.

OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU AND WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY.

THANK YOU.

NEXT IS BETTY TRIVE.

HELLO, I'M BETTY TRIVET.

I'M WITH THE CHAMBER.

I'M HERE FOR THE CORE LEADERSHIP JUST TO OBSERVE.

WELCOME.

AND FINALLY, MR. KEN MCCOYLE.

THANK YOU CHAMBER FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME IN AND MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I AM, UH, KEN MCCORKLE.

I'M A RETIRED DISABLED VET, SERVED IN THE VIETNAM AREA.

I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME, HAD IT BUILT 27 YEARS AGO.

AND JUST RECENTLY I HAD A WATER HEATER GO OUT AND I HAD SOME ISSUES WITH IT.

UH, NUMBER ONE, I WOULD LIKE THE, UH, THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IN THE CITY INSPECTION OFFICE TO CONSIDER GRANDFATHERING THE ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS THAT WATER HEATERS USE IF THEIR HOMES ARE ELECTRIC.

I HAD TO, UH, HAVE THE INSPECTION ON MY WATER HEATER.

AND THEN I ALSO HAD TO PULL A PERMIT FOR ELECTRICAL WORK TO HAVE A ELECTRICAL HOOKUP FOR THE WATER HEATER.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT FOR YEARS WE'VE ALWAYS USED THE PIGTAILS FOR WATER HEATERS.

THE LITTLE THREE-PRONG THING WITH THE EXTRA CORD ON IT, HOOKED UP TO THE WATER HEATER.

WELL, MOST OF THE HOMES THAT ARE IN THIS CITY OF SHIRTS JUST UNTIL RECENTLY, HAVE ALWAYS HAD THAT.

WELL, I HAD TO CHANGE MINE OUT.

AND, UM, FOR A LOT OF YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, I LIVE PAYDAY TO PAYDAY.

I'M A RETIREE.

I'M ON SOCIAL SECURITY, SO I HAD TO PAY FOR A WATER HEATER.

THEN I HAD TO PAY FOR TWO PERMITS, ONE FOR THE WATER HEATER INSPECTION, AND THEN ONE FOR THE ELECTRICAL INSPECTION.

AND THE ELECTRICAL WORK THAT I HAD DONE THAT WAS OVER $600.

NOW, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS MAY HAVE THAT IN YOUR HIP POCKET, BUT GUYS LIKE ME, I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY.

IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE.

SO I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO CONSIDER GRANDFATHERING THAT ELECTRICAL PLUG THAT WE USED TO USE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT IF OUR HOMES HAVE A WATER HEATER TO BE REPLACED.

RIGHT NOW, I'M BEING TOLD IT HAS TO BE CHANGED OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I, I DON'T SEE ANY PRACTICAL REASON TO DO THAT.

SO I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO CONSIDER THAT.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, MOST OF THESE HOMES, IF YOU LIVE IN AN ELECTRICAL HOME, YOU HAVE THE ELECTRICAL PLUGS, YOU DON'T HAVE THE ELECTRICAL QUICK DISCONNECT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S EXPENSIVE TO HAVE THAT DONE.

$600 TO HAVE THAT INSTALLED.

THE LAST THING I LIKE TO BRING UP TO THE COUNCIL IS WHEN YOU, WE DO GET AN INSPECTION, I HAD TO PULL TWO PERMITS AND I THOUGHT I'D GET AN ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR AND I'D GET A PLUMBING INSPECTOR TO MY HOUSE.

WELL, WHEN I CALLED IN FOR THE FINAL, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT'D BE ONE PERSON COMING OUT.

SO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS DONE.

I SAID, YOU'RE GONNA ONLY HAVE ONE INSPECTOR COME OUT.

HE GOES, YES.

WELL THEN WHY DID I HAVE TO PAY 140 BUCKS FOR TWO PERMITS TO EXPECT TO HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE COME OUT AND INSPECT THE WORK? THEY SAID, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THEY DO IT HERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO Y'ALL TO CONSIDER, IF YOU'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE ONE GUY COME OUT AND INSPECT WORK, WE ONLY SHOULD BE CHARGED 70 BUCKS.

PULL PERMITS IF YOU WANT TO, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE CHARGED TWICE FOR ONE PERSON COMING OUT FOR 10 MINUTES FOR $140.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A DOCTOR'S COST WHEN YOU GO SEE A DOCTOR.

AND AGAIN, I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE.

SO I WANT Y'ALL TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

NOW, I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME FOR 27 YEARS.

I'VE LIVED IN SHIRTS NOW THAT WHOLE TIME AS WELL.

AND, UH, I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO CONSIDER THAT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT,

[ Consent Agenda Items The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember.]

ITEMS. THEY'RE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL

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THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SPECIAL DISCUSS DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL.

ITEM NUMBER ONE MINUTES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPOINTMENTS, REAPPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS OF CITY OF ASSURES BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 5 8.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 6 0.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 5 4.

AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 6 1.

COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? YOU'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.

WE HAVE FIVE AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.

MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL

[7. Resolution 25-R-059 - Approval and Presentation of the 2025 Recipient of the Hal Baldwin Scholarship (S.Williams/S.Gonzalez) Presentation to follow approval]

MR. WILLIAMS FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'M STEPPING IN FOR MRS. GONZALEZ TONIGHT.

SHE HAS GOT AN EVENT THAT CONFLICTS WITH THIS.

SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

THIS IS THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE HAL BALDWIN SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2025.

AND STAFF IS, UH, INCLUDED THE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET AND WOULD RECOMMEND, RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL AND A AFTER YOUR HOPEFUL APPROVAL OF THE ITEM.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE, THE HAL BALDWIN REVIEW COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE FAMILY TO COME UP AND WE CAN DO A PRESENTATION FOR MS. DAWKINS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. WILLIAM.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

DO I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 5 9, MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.

WE HAVE FIVE AYES.

NO OBJECTION.

MOTION PASSES.

IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THE FAMILY JOIN US UP HERE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT PRESENTATION.

TAKE A PHONE.

OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NO, THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

I, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT ME, COME BACK TO IT.

WE'RE OUT.

HURRY, , I APOLOGIZE.

NO, NO, THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PHONE CALL , BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST PAUSE FOR A MOMENT HERE THEN.

, NO, WHAT THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE, UH, A LENGTHY ONE.

SO WE WANNA I THINK I'M FINE WITH THAT.

OKAY.

I'M, YEAH.

OH IT IS.

OKAY.

WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND

[8. Workshop on 12th Flying Training Wing Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard Program. (S.Williams/B.James)]

WE HAVE A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION, A WORKSHOP ON THE 12 FLYING TRAINING WING, BIRD AND WILDLIFE, UH, AIRCRAFT STRIKE HAZARD PROGRAM.

MR. JAMES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, AS, UH, WAS INDICATED IN YOUR PACKET, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A FEW MEETINGS WITH THE FOLKS FROM JBSA RANDOLPH, THEIR TEAM AS WELL AS S-C-U-C-I-S-D, UH, ABOUT A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THEIR, WITH THE, THE BIRDS ROOSTING IN THE AREA, CREATING A HAZARD FOR, UH, FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

SO I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THEM TO WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT REALLY THE POINT OF THIS WAS JUST MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE GONNA UNDERTAKE, UH, COMING UP.

SO IF SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY ASKS YOU ABOUT IT, YOU'LL KNOW AND CAN EXPLAIN IT TO THEM.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT TO GET THE WORD OUT TO RESIDENTS.

SO IF THEY WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY'LL KNOW THAT.

BUT REAL QUICKLY, UH, I'LL MENTION A FEW OF THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE HERE FROM THE SAFETY TEAM.

UH, WE HAVE LIEUTENANT COLONEL AARON QUICKSANDS, UH, CAPTAIN KYLE FS FAR, UH, EMMY CHAN, USDA WILDLIFE REP.

DOESN'T GET A, DOESN'T GET A CALL SIGN NAME I GUESS ON THAT.

NOT YET WITH IT.

NOT YET.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, ATTENDEES WE HAVE, UH, KURT ROBINSON COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.

CAPTAIN KYLE, OR NO, LEMME BACK UP.

CAPTAIN MATTHEW TORTURE CHAMBERS WITH COMMUNITY

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AND THEN SEAN ELL WARRELL WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM TO RUN THROUGH THE PRESENTATION REAL QUICK.

AGAIN, THE POINT OF THIS IS JUST TO HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE EFFORTS THEY'RE GONNA UNDERTAKE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE BASH EFFORTS.

SO IF WHOEVER, WHOEVER WANTS TO GET UP, UH, MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL, UH, CITY STAFF ON BEHALF OF COLONEL LEE AND THE MEN AND WOMEN, MEN AND WOMEN OF A 12TH LINE TRAINING WING, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US HERE TO SPEAK, UH, TODAY TO TELL OUR STORY.

UM, KIND OF, UH, DITTO WITH, UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO BRIAN JAMES FOR, UM, HIS COLLABORATION AND HIS CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH US, UH, THERE AT THE WING.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR SAFETY CHIEF AND, UH, USDA.

OKAY, SO EMMY CHAN, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, I'LL LET HER GO INTO DETAIL, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING, UH, UH, WHAT BRIAN SAID SO THAT, UH, WE CAN COLLABORATE AND, AND TAKE CARE OF SOME BUSINESS OUTSIDE FENCE LINE.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

SO WE'LL BE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, BUT, UM, IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO, PART OF MY JOB AS THE, UH, KIND OF ACTING THAT'S FANCY HERE.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

SO WE'LL JUST, UH, PAGE DOWN AND THAT'LL MOVE IT THROUGH.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, UH, PART OF MY JOB AS THE BIOLOGIST IS TO, UM, KIND OF LOOK AT THE DATA WE HAVE FROM BIRD STRIKES AND KIND OF SEE WHAT SPECIES WE NEED TO FOCUS MANAGEMENT ON TO REDUCE, UH, STRIKE RISK AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO, UH, THIS IS SOME DATA THAT, UM, MY AIRPORT PROGRAM IS ABLE TO PULL.

SO IT KIND OF LOOKS AT STRIKE DATA FROM JANUARY OF 2020 TO MARCH OF 25 AT RANDOLPH.

AND WE CALCULATE KIND OF THE OVERALL KNOWN AVIAN RISK.

AND WE USE THE FREQUENCY OF STRIKES PER SPECIES, AS WELL AS A SPECIES RELATIVE HAZARD SCORE, WHICH IS BASED ON THEIR BODY MASS AND THEIR HISTORIC STRIKE DATA, AS WELL AS THE TYPE OF AIRPLANES THAT WE'RE FLYING.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, FOR BOTH OF OUR AIRPLANES THAT WE USE, TURKEY VULTURES AND BLACK VULTURES ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST, UH, PERCENTAGE RISK, WHICH MEANS, SO IF WE SAY LIKE, OH, THERE'S A HIGH BIRD STRIKE RISK TODAY, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS MADE UP OF VULTURES IN THE AREA.

SO I'M GONNA CALL UP OUR SAFETY OFFICERS TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE VULTURE STRIKES.

FARTY, AGAIN, I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR BASH AT JBSA RANDOLPH SPECIFICALLY.

UH, SO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

THE LARGER BIRDS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA CAUSE THE PRIMARY AMOUNTS OF DAMAGE, AND THAT CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM RELATIVELY SUPERFICIAL SKIN DAMAGE THINKING, SHEET METAL, UH, TYPE APPLICATIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH PUNCHING THROUGH THE SHEET METAL, AND THEN GETTING INTO THE ELECTRONICS AND DOING FURTHER TYPES OF DAMAGE.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE IMPACTS OF THOSE STRIKES CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A JET BEING OFF THE LINE, NOT FLYING TRAINING MISSIONS FOR A DAY OR TWO TO ALL THE WAY OUT TO MONTHS, UH, OF BEING DOWN.

AND REALLY WHAT THAT'S COSTING US, UH, IS TRAINING LINES.

AND IT'S PREVENTING US FROM GETTING OUR MISSION DONE TO THE EXTENT OF WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT.

SO THAT BEING SAID, SPECIFICALLY MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, USE INITIATIVES, UH, WITHIN THE JBSA RANDOLPH, UM, AIRFIELD AND BASE STRUCTURE ITSELF, UH, TO TRY AND MITIGATE THE PRESENCE, UH, OF THESE BIRDS AS WELL AS SPECIFIC, UM, FLYING RULES, UH, AND OPERATIONS WITH THE WAY THAT WE ARE, UH, USING THE PATTERN IN THE AIRSPACE AROUND THE AIRFIELD, UH, TO PREVENT THESE BIRD STRIKES, UH, FROM BEING A FACTOR TO US BOTH IN THE SAFETY REGARD, THINKING IN FLIGHT, UM, ISSUES, EMERGENCIES, TYPES OF THINGS, UH, AS WELL AS IMPACTS, UM, TO OUR FOLLOW ON, UH, TRAINING MISSIONS.

UM, IN THAT CASE, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

NEXT, AGAIN, I'M, UH, LIEUTENANT COLONEL SANDS AND MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US OVER.

UM, WHEN I WENT TO, UH, TALK TO THE WING COMMANDER WHEN I FIRST TOOK OVER SAFETY LAST YEAR, I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND ABOUT 19 OF THOSE MINUTES WERE SPENT TALKING ABOUT BIRDS.

UM, THE STRIKE RISK, UH, FOR OUR OPERATIONS, THE BIRD STRIKE RISK BY FAR, WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH VALUE MISHAPS, BIRD STRIKES ARE BY, BY AND LARGE THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE, UH, IT CAN COST ANYWHERE FROM 20 UP THROUGH OVER $600,000 WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY PUNCH HOLES IN, IN, UH, IN AIRCRAFT.

AND OF COURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE OVERLYING UH, POPULATED AREAS SOMETIMES.

AND SO MITIGATING THOSE TYPES, THE LARGE BIRDS THAT, UH, MS. CHAN JUST TALKED ABOUT, UM, IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO US.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US OUT HERE AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED COOPERATION, UH, GOING FORWARD BETWEEN, UH, THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND RANDOLPH, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M BACK.

UM, , SO KIND OF GOING OVER SOME OF THE KNOWN THREATS IS THAT THESE VULTURES KIND OF DO BEHAVIORS THAT WE CALL TOWERING, OR KIND OF ALMOST LIKE A BIRD TORNADO WHEN THEY'RE WAKING UP IN THE MORNINGS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FOOD AND WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO CATCH THERMALS TO MOVE THEM WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO.

AND THEY'RE PRETTY DIFFICULT TO DISPERSE IN FLIGHT.

AND WE WERE KIND OF MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BY, UH, CONDUCTING LIKE DISPERSAL AND LETHAL TAKE AT THE BECK LANDFILL, WHICH IS THAT, UM, KIND OF SQUARE IN THAT RED BOX ON THE, UH, BOTTOM PHOTO.

AND WE WERE DISPERSING THESE BIRDS AND WE WERE SEEING THEM ALL FLYING NORTH, AND WE WERE THINKING, WELL, THEY'RE NOT SLEEPING HERE, SO LET'S FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK THEM TO THE SMALLER RED BOX, WHICH IS IN SHIRTS, RIGHT, UH, TO THE WEST OF SHIRTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE WERE ABLE TO SEE, UH, THERE WAS SOMETIMES AS MANY AS LIKE MORE THAN 50 VULTURES IN A SINGLE TREE, UH, SLEEPING THERE, UH, OVER PEOPLE'S HOUSES IN THE BACKYARDS AND ALSO CONGREGATING ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WE'VE, UH, HEARD IS AN ISSUE FOR THEM AS WELL.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A KNOWN THREAT THAT WE ARE FLYING WITH, AND WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO DISPERSE THIS THREAT.

SO SOME KIND OF TOOLS OF THE TRADE THAT WE'D BE USING WOULD BE, UH, JUST CAN I GONNA GO OVER A COUPLE OF THESE.

WE HAVE PYROTECHNICS THAT WE USE ON THE AIRFIELD ALL THE TIME.

THEY'RE KIND OF FIREWORKS THAT DON'T HAVE A VISUAL EFFECT, SO THEY MAKE LOUD NOISES.

THEY'RE REALLY EFFECTIVE AT MOVING BIRDS, UH, FROM A PARTICULAR AREA.

WE ALSO CAN USE, UH, PAINTBALL GUNS WITH BIODEGRADABLE, NON-TOXIC CLEAR PAINTBALLS.

SO THEY WON'T BE DAMAGING PROPERTY OR STAINING ANYTHING.

BUT WE CURRENTLY USE THAT IN, UH, OUR OWN BASE HOUSING, AND THEY'RE VERY EFFECTIVE FOR MOVING BIRDS.

WE HAVE LASERS, UH, WHICH CAN VARY INEFFECTIVENESS, BUT IT'S, UH, LESS DISRUPTIVE AS WELL AS VULTURE EFFIGIES, WHICH ARE FAKE VULTURES THAT WE CAN, OR SOMETIMES REAL TAX ONES.

YOU CAN HANG THEM FROM A TREE, A ROOF, OR A ROOST, AND THAT KIND OF SENDS MESSAGES TO THE VULTURES THAT, AND IT MAKES THEM NOT WANT TO STAY THERE.

AND THEN LASTLY, CLAPBOARDS, THEY'RE JUST WOODEN TWO BY FOURS THAT YOU CLAP TO MAKE NOISE.

AND WE KIND OF, THIS IS KIND OF, UH, SHOWN IN THE ORDER OF PREFERENCE IN THE TECHNIQUES WE CAN USE.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CHANGE TECHNIQUES OR DO TRY DIFFERENT THINGS BASED ON WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE, UH, KIND OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

'CAUSE WE WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THEIR, UH, TIME AND I GUESS ATTENTION AND DON'T WANNA DISRUPT THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO THE LOGISTICS, THE MAIN GOAL IS TO MOVE THAT VULTURE ROOS, THAT'S BY SHORTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUT OF OUR T 38 PATTERN AREA.

UH, IDEALLY IN A LOCATION AWAY FROM HOUSING AREAS AND ALL OF OUR LOW FLYING PATTERN AREAS.

AND THIS TIMEFRAME, THIS CAN BE, IT'S HARD TO PUT A TIME ON HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE.

IT CAN BE MULTIPLE MONTHS, SOMETIMES POTENTIALLY A MULTI-YEAR, UH, COLLABORATION WITH Y'ALL.

AND DISPERSAL WORK ITSELF IS CONDUCTED AROUND SUNSET, LASTING ABOUT ONE TO TWO HOURS, AND PROPOSED, UH, FREQUENCY WOULD BE BETWEEN ONE TO THREE EVENINGS A WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

AND THIS MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE SEASONALLY.

AND WITH NEED, CURRENTLY IT IS JUST ME DOING ALL THESE DISPERSALS.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USUALLY HAVE A SECOND WILDLIFE SERVICES REP, UH, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE SHORT STAFFED AT THE MOMENT, BUT SINCE THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE, IT'LL BE SOMETHING I'M TRYING TO GET OUT AND DO AS MUCH AS I CAN.

AND WE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEEING A SMALL DECREASE IN THE NUMBERS.

WE'RE NOT SURE IF THAT'S DUE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA OR OTHER FACTORS.

MAYBE IT'S JUST THE SEASON.

SO RIGHT NOW WE MAY NOT BE CONDUCTING AS MUCH WORK, BUT IT MAY NEED TO RAMP UP OR RAMP DOWN BASED ON, UH, KIND OF THE NEED THAT IS ABOUT IT FOR ME.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE ABILITY JUST TO KIND OF MAKE OUR CASE.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK Y'ALL FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.

UH, WITH THAT, UH, COUNCIL, UH, FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.

SO I KNOW WITH THE, GO BACK TO THE SLIDE FOR THE DISPERSAL.

I KNOW SOMETIMES IN SAN ANTONIO WE HAVE THE, UH, BIRD BANGERS, AND EVERY NOW AND THEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN.

IS THAT GONNA BE AN ISSUE ABOUT HOW LOUD THEY ARE? SO CAN I, IF I, IF

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I THINK PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO, COUNCILMAN, AGAIN, THE, THE BENEFIT I WOULD SAY IN SHIRTS AND NOT, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO I THINK APPLIES AS WELL, IS CERTAINLY WE HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE OF FOLKS HERE WHO WERE IN THE MILITARY, WHO WERE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, WHO ARE RETIRED MILITARY.

UH, WE DON'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FLIGHTS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT GOES ON.

SO I THINK SHORTS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET AS MANY COMPLAINTS BECAUSE FOLKS KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

IT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT, AND THEY HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE BASE AND, AND CERTAINLY A CONCERN FOR THE FLIGHT OPERATIONS THERE.

SO WHILE WE MAY GET SOME, I THINK STAFF TENDS TO THINK THAT WITH THAT EXPLANATION SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHY IT'S GOING ON.

MOST FOLKS WILL SAY, WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO ALL GOOD.

SO AGAIN, THE KEY FOR US IS TO PARTNER WITH THEM, PARTNER WITH S-C-U-C-I-S-D, GET THE WORD OUT, BECAUSE WE THINK WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THEY GO, WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE.

THAT'S, THAT'S A FAIR ENOUGH THING.

IF WE CAN CERTAINLY LIVE WITH THE, THE NOISE OF THE FLIGHTS, UH, DURING THE DAY, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE IN THE EVENING, NOT AS BIG A DEAL.

UM, ARE THERE ANY, LIKE, HOW DO I SAY, PREDATORS LIKE VULTURES? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY FEAR? UM, NOT ANY CREDIT VULTURES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

OKAY.

COUNCILMAN GUERRERO.

UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SECOND SLIDE RIGHT THERE? AND IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT BOTH SIDES, IT'S THE BLUE GRAY, WHAT IS THAT? UH, NATCH CATCHER? YES.

ON THE, ON, ON THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE, WE HAVE, THEY'RE SECOND TO THE BLACK VULTURE.

AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THEY'RE LIKE, ALMOST, WHAT, EIGHTH OR NINTH? WHAT IS THE DIFF WHY, WHY IS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIGH ON ONE BUT NOT THE OTHER? IS IT THE, THE, THE PLANES, I MEAN, WHAT, UH, IT'S THE TYPE OF PLANES.

SO OUR T SIXES ARE FLYING OUT OF THE WEST SIDE, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE THE PLANE THAT HAS THE PROPELLER, SO THEY'RE A LOT SLOWER MOVING.

AND, UH, SO WHEN THEY'RE DOING PATTERN WORK, IT'S, UH, EASIER FOR BIRDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.

VERSUS OUR T 30 EIGHTS ARE THAT FASTER JET.

UH, AND THAT'S OFF OF OUR EAST RUNWAY, SO THAT'S, THEY'RE FLYING MORE THROUGH THE AREAS THAT HAVE CONCENTRATED VULTURES, AND IT'S HARDER FOR BIRDS TO MOVE OUTTA THE WAY OF THOSE PLANES.

SO THEY TEND TO STRIKE MORE VULTURES THAN THE T SIXES.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS THIS, IS THIS HAPPENING EVERY TIME THE PLANES GO, LIKE ON A DAILY BASIS? UH, WE'RE NOT STRIKING BIRDS ON THE DAILY, KNOCK ON WOOD .

UM, SOMETIMES WE ARE, BUT THEY'RE USUALLY, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NON-DAMAGING.

BUT IN THE SUMMERTIME, I WILL SOMETIMES GET CALLS, UH, ALMOST EVERY DAY SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE VULTURES ON THE EAST SIDE, CAN YOU DISPERSE THEM? OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AS LONG AS THOSE VULTURES ARE ROOSTING IN SHIRTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VULTURES IN THE AIR EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO IT'S PERIODICALLY, YES.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

YEAH.

UH, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AROUND HERE.

I REALIZE THIS, THIS HERE IS FOCUSED ON THE, UH, IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING, BUT DIDN'T WE ALSO HAVE SOME BIG PROBLEMS WITH THE SINE AUXILIARY FIELD, UH, AND THE, UH, UH, LANDFILLS AND WHATNOT AS WELL.

IS THAT STILL AN ISSUE OUT THERE? UH, YES.

WE, WE STILL DO.

WE HAVE A, UH, RADAR APP, THE LANDFILL CURRENTLY THAT DOES PROVIDE DATA, UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.

WE MAY ALSO, UH, EITHER ADD OR MOVE A RADAR TO, AS THAT WAS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION BASED OFF OF VERY, UH, DAMAGING BIRD STRIKE THAT COSTS OVER $600,000.

UM, LIKE, AND TO YEAH, ANSWER THAT OTHER QUESTION, WE PROBABLY AVERAGE TRY TO ESTIMATE, UH, JUST, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR-ISH BIRD STRIKES A WEEK.

UH, RIGHT NOW, JUST DURING THE, UH, HIGHER SEASON AND LAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE BIRD STRIKES ON THE T 38 SIDE, THE FAST MOVERS THAT HAVE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, JUST NOT JUST KIND OF A FOLLOW ON AND, AND, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, THIS IS NOT IN JEST BY ANY MEANS, BUT, UH, YOU SAID YOU'RE A ONE PERSON SHOP RIGHT NOW.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU CAN ENLIST FA UH, ASSISTANCE WITH JUNIOR ROTC OR YOUR SCOUTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR, UH, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE? AND, AND, AND I DON'T MEAN THAT TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN JEST BY ANY MEANS.

UM, KURT WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT'LL YEAH, I'LL TALK

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YES, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

JUST, UH, UH, KIND OF DO A RECAP AND SUMMARIZE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE, ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIR AIRFIELDS IN THE, IN, IN THE ENTERPRISE, WE DO OVER 200,000 OPS A YEAR, AND WE DO STRUGGLE WITH, UH, BASH BIRD AND WILDLIFE.

UM, OUR TEAM DOES AN AMAZING JOB, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND WE, UH, ENLISTED USDA REP EMBEDDED IN, IN THE WING TO HELP US WITH THAT.

SO SHE'S OUT THERE.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, OUR AVIATORS, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UM, BECAUSE, UH, WE ALL KNOW THIS AREA IS GROWING GREAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S AWESOME AND IS MAKING US, UM, UH, ECONOMICALLY VIABLE AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY, BUT IT DOES INCREASE THE RISK, THE DENSER POPULATION.

AND, UH, IT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, THE WAY THEY FLY THESE JETS AND THE NUMBER OF BIRD STRIKES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING CATASTROPHIC.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH INSIDE THE FENCE LINE.

WE JUST WANT TO START THE CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN COME OUTSIDE THE FENCE, FENCE LINE, SOCIALIZE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE HAVE CASUAL LIEUTENANTS AND WE HAVE FOLKS, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT IT, WE DIDN'T WANT THE CITIES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO SEEM LIKE OCCUPIED TERRITORY, US OUT THERE AND THE CITIZENS ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP TO INITIATE THE CONVERSATIONS.

AND, UH, BEFORE SOMEBODY ASKS A QUESTION, UH, I KNOW THE THOUGHT IS, WELL, IF THE BIRDS MOVE, IT'S JUST GONNA MOVE TO A NEIGHBORING CITY.

THIS WILL BE, THIS WILL SET AS A TEMPLATE OR A MODEL TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

SO, AND, AND JUST TO CHIME IN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM A CITY STAFF PERSPECTIVE, OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEALS WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH WILDLIFE.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEALS WITH THE HEALTH SANITARY ISSUE.

SO THERE'S AGAIN, AN ALIGNMENT THERE THAT WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IN THAT REGARD.

AND THEN AGAIN, TALKING TO, UH, JD MOSLEY WITH S-C-U-C-I-S-E, OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN ISSUE FOR THEM FOR THEIR FACILITY MAINTENANCE.

AND SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP AND PART AND ASSIST, WE CERTAINLY WILL BECAUSE OF THAT ALIGNMENT OF INTEREST AS WELL.

RIGHT.

AND TO SPECIFICALLY ASK YOUR ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DO HAVE MEN AND WOMEN AND CASUAL LIEUTENANTS, AND WE, WE CAN PULL BODIES WHILE THEY'RE IN, IN, IN BETWEEN TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'RE ALSO WOULD BE OPEN AND WELCOME TO HAVING ADDITIONAL HELP IN ANY TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP THAT'LL HELP US SOLVE THIS ISSUE.

COULD COULD YOU BRING UP THAT, UH, THE SLIDE WITH THE, UH, THE TOOLS TO THEY'RE GONNA USE TO MITIGATE? THERE WE GO.

SO BASICALLY, UH, WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT, UH, IF THEY SEE YOU OUT THERE WITH ONE OF THESE GUNS YES.

THAT, THAT, UH, YOU'RE PART OF YEAH.

IT'S PART OF DOING SOMETHING.

YEAH.

UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S A MESSAGE WE WANNA GET HERE, IS THAT, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE TRYING TO MITIGATE THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE HAVING WITH THE, WITH THE BIRD STRIKES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LOUD BANGS THAT ARE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE HEARING, UH, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WHAT THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT, UH, BECAUSE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MIGHT BE GETTING SOME PHONE CALLS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, SEEING YOU OUT THERE WITH A GUN.