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[ Call to Order]
IS, UH, 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JUNE 3RD, 2025 IS NOW IN SESSION.FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, 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.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS, THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE GATHER TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE LIVES OF OUR NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
GRANT US WISDOM TO DISCERN WHAT IS RIGHT, COURAGE TO PURSUE WHAT IS JUST, AND HUMILITY TO LISTEN WITH OPEN MINDS AND COMPASSIONATE HEARTS.
MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS BE THOUGHTFUL, OUR ACTIONS FAIR AND OUR INTENTIONS, INTENTIONS ROOTED IN SERVICE.
BLESS OUR CITY WITH PEACE, UNITY, AND PROSPERITY.
WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK EACH DAY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND STRONG.
IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
A FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ITT GAINS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.
[ Proclamations]
HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS.THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, A SE AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONALS MONTH, JUNE, 2020 FIFTH, EXCUSE ME, JUNE, 2025.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION.
IF I CAN HAVE THE AUTOMOTIVE CREW, PLEASE, UH, JOIN ME UP HERE.
YOU CAN COME, COME OVER HERE THIS WAY TOO.
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS MONTH, JUNE, 2025.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF SHIRTZ IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND TO RECOGNIZE THOSE COMMITTED TO THAT MISSION.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE, A SE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN 1972.
AND THE MISSION INCLUDES IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE'S REPAIR AND SERVICE BY TESTING AND CLARIFYING AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONALS.
AND WHEREAS A SE IS DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF JUNE IS NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS MONTH TO RECOGNIZE THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY WHO ARE PROFICIENT, CREDENTIALED, AND COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE.
AND ANNUALLY WITHIN THE MONTH, JUNE 12TH IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS DAY WITH JUNE 11TH THROUGH THE 17TH NAMED NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE PROFESSIONAL WEEK.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SHIRTZ HAS SEVEN EMPLOYEES WITH OVER 75 TOTAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FLEET MANAGEMENT AND MECHANICAL SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS THE FLEET DEPARTMENT SERVICE ALL THE CITY VEHICLES, SORRY, WITH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TO COMPLEX REPAIRS, WHICH COULD INCLUDE TIRE CHANGE AND REBUILDING AND REPLACING ENTIRE AC SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING MECHANICAL ARE REQUIRED TO WORK ON TO KEEP THE CITY MOVING.
WHEREAS 2024, THE FLEET DEPARTMENT HAD 2,502 WORK ORDERS AND ARE DEDICATED TO KEEPING VEHICLES ON THE ROAD SAFELY EVERY DAY WITH A MISSION PROVIDING EFFICIENT, COST EFFECTIVE, AND CUSTOMER DRIVEN FLEET MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
NOW, THEREFORE, RALPH GUTIERREZ MAYOR'S SHIRT SHIRTS, UM, DUE HEREBY I PROCLAIM THE MONTH JUNE, 2025 AS NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS MONTH.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING FLEET TEAM.
UM, AS THE PROCLAMATION STATED, THEY ALL HAVE, UM, COLLECTIVELY PROBABLY OVER 75 IF NOT MORE YEARS OF SERVICE, AND THEY TRULY ENJOY WHAT THEY DO.
UM, AND SO THEY, THEY, UM, THEY MANAGE ABOUT 450 OF OUR ASSETS AND THEY KEEP THEM, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER AND, AND OPERATING SO THAT OUR CO COLLEAGUES CAN
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DO, YOU KNOW, THEIR JOBS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.AND SO REALLY, TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE, THE GENTLEMAN AND CRYSTAL WHO'S STANDING UP HERE.
OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS THE UNITED STATES ARMY 250TH BIRTHDAY PROCLAMATION JUNE 14TH, 2025.
IF I CAN HAVE THOSE MEMBERS THAT SERVED IN THE ARMY, PLEASE STORE ME UP HERE.
SHELDON, MR. JAMESON, COME ON UP HERE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY? PLEASE STORE ME UP HERE, GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY JUNE 14TH, 2025.
WHEREAS ON JUNE 14TH, 17TH 75, THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE CONTINENTAL ARMY MARK MARKING THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHICH HAS SINCE GROWN INTO ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED AND POWERFUL MILITARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD.
WHEREAS 250 YEARS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY HAS DEFENDED OUR NATION WITH HONOR, COURAGE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, PRESERVING THE FREEDOMS AND VALUES UPON WHICH OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED.
WHEREAS GENERATIONS OF SOLDIERS PAST AND PRESENT HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE SACRIFICING TIME WITH FAMILY, PERSONAL SAFETY, AND IN MANY CASES THEIR VERY LIVES TO PROTECT OUR NATION AND SUPPORT PEACE AND STABILITY AROUND THE WORLD.
WHEREAS THE ARMY'S LEGACY INCLUDES NOT ONLY MILITARY VICTORIES, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE, TAKE TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP SHAPING BOTH AMERICAN SOCIETY AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE INVALUABLE ROLE OF THE ARMY, FAMILIES, VETERANS, AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL WHO SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN THE MISSION OF THE ARMY EVERY DAY.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF SHIRTZ PROUDLY HONORS THE ENDURING LEGACY OF CONTINUED SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS IT CELEBRATES 250TH ANNIVERSARY AND REAFFIRMS OUR COMMUNITY'S RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR ALL WHO SERVED.
NOW THEREFORE, MAYOR OF SHIRTS PROCLAIMS JUNE 14TH, 2025 AS UNITED STATES ARMY, 250TH ANNIVERSARY DAY IN SHIRTS AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE HISTORY, DEDICATION, AND SACRIFICE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
COME ON GENTLEMEN, LET'S TAKE A, TAKE A PICTURE.
BEN, YOU'RE RETIRED RRB, SO COME ON.
THAT'S, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBER
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GUERRERO SAID, 250 YEARS AGO, IT ALL STARTED ON APRIL 19TH, 1775 AND THAT'S WHEN THEY HAD THE FIRST SHOT THAT WAS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.AND THE ARMY WAS OUR FIRST SERVICE.
AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE AT NOW, THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD.
AND IT, IT STARTED WITH THE US ARMY.
THANKS AGAIN, GENTLEMEN, FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.
[ Employee Introductions Parks-Samanatha Pinello-Administrative Assistant Police-Destinee Hathaway-Public Safety Communications Office]
RIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS.UM, TODAY I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING OUR NEW ADMINISTRATOR TO THE PARKS OFFICE, WHO WILL BE WORKING OUT OF THE CIVIC CENTER AS WELL AS THE PARKS OFFICE.
SHE IS FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AND SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
SHE MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO THREE YEARS AGO AND IS EXCITED TO TRANSITION INTO A NEW CAREER HERE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND EAGER TO LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF HOW THE CITY OPERATES.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
LIKE I SAID, IT IS, OR LIKE SHE SAID, IT IS A BIG TRANSITION FOR ME, BUT, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WAS A GOOD PLACE FOR ME TO START.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN, BUT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS HERE THAT I'VE HAD TO WORK WITH SO FAR HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AS WELL.
NEXT WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
TODAY I'M HERE INTRODUCING DESTINY HATHAWAY.
SHE STARTED WITH THE CITY ON MAY 5TH AS OUR NEWEST COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SHE IS A LOCAL GROWING UP IN UNIVERSAL CITY, IN THE LOVING HOME.
GRADUATING FROM SAMMY CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL, GO BUFFS.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SHE ATTENDED COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL, THE CITY OF
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL SHE ATTENDED COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL AND IS CERTIFIED IN AESTHETICS.
WHEN SHE STARTED HER NEW CAREER WITH US, HER HUSBAND ALSO SWITCHED FIELDS AND IS WORKING AS AN EMT PURSUING HIS PARAMEDIC LICENSE.
THEY HAVE A SON LINCOLN, WHO IS 12 YEARS OLD AND JUST GRADUATED FROM SIXTH GRADE.
HE KEEPS HIM BUSY WITH BASEBALL AND SOCCER.
SHE ALSO HAS CHICKENS AND LOVES CATS AND DOGS.
SHE LOVES TO BAKE, ENJOYS GARDENING, GETTING HER NAILS DONE, MASSAGES DECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
AND HER FAVORITE COLORS ARE PINK AND GREEN.
HER MOST RECENT HOBBY IS MAKING SOURDOUGH AND HER GUILTY PLEASURE IS LISTENING, LISTENING TO TRUE KIND PODCAST AND DOCUMENTARIES.
I JUST WANNA SAY I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE, UM, JUST GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ONE, UH, PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO START MAKING CHANGES AND, UM, PURSUING THIS CAREER THAT I'VE STARTED.
[5. Presentations City Manager Steve Williams - Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation (CVLGC) - Justin Murray City Manager Steve Williams - 20-Year Tenure Milestone Service Pin Presentation - Schertz Fire Marshal Benjamin Boney]
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY.OUR FIRST ONE IS UH, CI VALLEY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATION.
JUSTIN MURRAY AND OUR CITY MANAGER STEVE WILLIAMS, WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, SO THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL, WE ARE HERE TO HONOR JUSTIN MURRAY.
IT IS SO FANTASTIC THAT THEY WRAPPED IT UP.
SO, SO WE ARE HERE TO HONOR JUSTIN'S SERVICE AND HE DEDICATEDLY SERVED THE CILO VALLEY LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE C-V-L-G-C.
NOT ONLY DID HE SERVE FOR 14 YEARS ON THE C-V-L-G-C BOARD, WE'RE GONNA TURN THIS WAY SO YOUR FAMILY CAN SEE YOU.
NOT ONLY DID HE SERVE ON THE C-V-L-G-C BOARD FOR 14 YEARS, BUT MOST OF THAT TIME HE SPENT IT AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT PROVIDING LEADERSHIP.
SO, AND NOT ONLY IS JUSTIN A LONGTIME CHURCH RESIDENT, HE ALSO HAS EXTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN PROJECT AS A PROJECT MANAGER WORKING IN WATER, WATER RELATED ROLES.
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OFFERED A LOT OF VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE BOARD DURING HIS TIME ON THERE.THIS ALLOWED HIM A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF, OF, UM, OF INSIGHT IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT STAGES IN PARTICULAR OF, OF THE BOARD ITSELF.
AND COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE C-V-L-G-C, ALAN COCKLE HERE, HERE AS WELL AND IS ONE OF OUR ARMY VETERANS.
HE SAID THAT JUSTIN ALWAYS CAME TO THE BOARD MEETINGS WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND CONCERN FOR C-V-L-G-C SUCCESS.
HIS DEDICATION FOR THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE CVL OF THE C-V-L-G-C WAS HIS PRIORITY AND HIS PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE WAS BENEFICIAL AND APPRECIATED.
COCKLE ATTRIBUTES, THE SUCCESS OF THE C-V-L-G-C IN ACQUIRING WATER RIGHTS AND DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE FUTURE WAS IN PART DUE TO THE LEADERSHIP PROVIDED BY JUSTIN.
SO JUSTIN, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE WITH THE SYBIL OF VALLEY LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION FROM JULY, 2011 TO MARCH, 2025.
I WILL NOTE HE DID GROW UP IN LIVE OAK AND HIS PARENTS ARE HERE AND SON AND HIS FATHER WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN LIVE OAK AS WELL.
WELL, MR. MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SHEZ.
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A 20 YEAR TENURE MILESTONE SERVICE PIN PRE PRESENTATION TO THE SHIRTZ FIRE MARSHAL BENJAMIN BONNEY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE LIKE TO DO AND AS YOU KNOW, WE DO 10 YEAR AWARDS HERE AT THE CITY.
WE DO 'EM FOR ONE YEAR, FIVE YEAR, 10 YEAR, 15 YEAR.
AND THEN IF YOU REACH THE 20 YEAR MILESTONE AS BEN HAS, WE BRING YOU UP IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND I GET TO ROAST YOU A LITTLE BIT.
NO, WE GET TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AND IN OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT FIRST, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
20 YEARS IS A LONG TIME, SO I LIKE TO PLAY A LITTLE GAME CALLED WHAT HAPPENED IN JANUARY OF 2005.
SO BACK THEN YOUTUBE WAS CREATED.
THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF GAS WAS A DOLLAR 86.
WAS THE NUMBER ONE BILLBOARD HOT 100? IS THAT, IS THAT YOUR SONG BACK THEN? NO.
AND THE NATIONAL DEBT WAS ONLY NINE 7.9 TRILLION.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY OF SHIRT HIRED BEN BONY.
I GUESS THERE'S ONLY ONE SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME SLIDES THERE OF OVERTIME.
BEN BONY CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE FIRE MARSHAL SINCE JULY OF 2021.
HE WAS HIRED IN JANUARY OF 2005, SERVED AS A FIREFIGHTER AND A DRIVER WHILE HE WAS IN THE SUPPRESSION SIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
HE THEN MOVED INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE AND SERVED AS FIRE INSPECTOR, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL AND FIRE MARSHAL.
AND OVERALL THE FIRE MARSHAL'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY SLASH CITIZEN SAFETY BY IN, BY ENSURING NEW CONSTRUCTION AND EXISTING BUILDINGS, MEET CODES, STANDARDS PROVIDING, PROVIDING FIRE PREVENTION, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND INVESTIGATING FIRES.
BEN WAS BORN IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, BUT HE MOVED TO TEXAS SHORTLY THEREAFTER 'CAUSE HIS FATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AND WAS STATIONED AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE.
HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE UNTIL EIGHTH GRADE AND THEN MOVED TO SCUC AND ATTENDED SAMUEL CLEMENS GO BUFFS.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY GO BUFFS.
THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU SAY GO BUFFS.
AND THEN HE, WHILE HE WAS AT CLEMENS, HE PLAYED BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL AND THEN ATTENDED SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED HIS CERTIFICATIONS FOR FIREFIGHTING AND EMS TECHNICIAN.
BASIC, HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO MELISSA FOR, WILL BE 20 YEARS THIS DECEMBER AND THEY HAVE FOUR CRAZY AND RAN RAMBUNCTIOUS BOYS, DAYTON, JACKSON, LIAM,
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AND GRIFFIN.LIFE IS ALWAYS BUSY WITH WORK OR EVENTS FOR THE FAMILY.
UH, SINCE THEY'RE INVOLVED IN MANY SPORTS TEAMS, BAND, CHOIR AND J-R-O-T-C, HE LIKES TO TRAVEL WITH HIS FAMILY MAINLY VIA ROAD TRIPS WITH NO REAL ITINERARY.
JUST DRIVING TO SEE WHERE THEY END UP AFTER PICKING A FINAL DESTINATION.
HE LOVES WATCHING HIS KIDS GROW AND SEEING THEM PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS BAND AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
CONGRATULATIONS ON 20 YEARS, SIR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? WELL, YOU'RE FIRST.
ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING SIR? GO AHEAD SIR.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THE CURRENT ROLE THAT I'M IN.
UH, IT'S FUN AND EXCITING, IT'S CHALLENGING.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT 10 OR MORE YEARS, UH, HOLD FOR ME AND THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.
I'LL ADD JUST ONE A LITTLE BITTY SOMETHING.
BEN'S COMMITMENT IS WHEN YOU ACCOMPLISH 20 YEARS, IT'S A GREAT DEAL.
BUT TO SEE HOW HE'S GROWN IN THE LAST SIX SINCE I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH HIM IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AS WELL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
I WON'T BE HERE, BUT IT'LL BE, IT'LL GO WELL.
ALSO, PART OF THAT COMMITMENT THOUGH IS FAMILY AND ALL OF YOU ALL GROWING UP WITH HIM AND GROWING UP WITH US.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL AND SERIOUSLY, WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO AND WHAT HE MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY IS A GREAT DEAL.
[ 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)]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY, UH, EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.UH, JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, UH, PARKS IS HOSTING MOVIES AND MUSIC IN THE PARK.
UH, THAT'S AN ASHLEY PARK STARTS AT 8:00 PM 5 34 ASHLEY PARK CIRCLE, FEATURED MOVIE A SHREK, BUT ALSO THE SHIRTS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE THERE DOING TRIVIA.
NIGHT TRIVIA EVENT BEFOREHAND.
UH, NEXT DAY SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH, THE SHIRTZ HOMETOWN HARVEST FARMER'S MARKET.
9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT PICK PARK, 7 0 3 OAK STREET.
UH, FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH, THE JUNIOR AND HIGH SCHOOL FIRE ACADEMY GRADUATION AND LUNCH, 12:30 PM CIVIC CENTER GRAND BALLROOM.
MORE MOVIES, UH, MOVIES AND MUSIC IN THE PARK.
UH, THE FEATURED MOVIE THERE IS INSIDE OUT TWO, UH, JUNE 1ST THROUGH 29TH.
THE LIBRARY IS HAVING A SURVEY.
UH, THE LIBRARY WANTS TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
SO THE LIBRARY IS CONDUCTING A SURVEY TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON LIBRARY SERVICES, COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS. THE SURVEY CAN BE ACCESSED ONLINE@SHIRTZLIBRARY.ORG OR YOU CAN STOP BY THE LIBRARY AND PICK UP A SURVEY.
UH, THERE THE FEEDBACK WILL HELP THEM GROW AND IMPROVE SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THEY PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS BACK HERE ON JUNE 17TH AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU MR. JAMES ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.
WE HAD A, A FEW PROMOTIONS THIS MONTH OR THIS PAST MONTH.
MIKE REED WAS PROMOTED FROM EMS TRAINING INSTRUCTOR TO BATTALION CHIEF AND WE ALSO HAD JESSE LEE STEP INTO THE ROLE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UH, FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO BUILDING INSPECTOR LOGAN ALLEN MOVED UP FROM FLEET MECHANIC ONE TO FLEET MECHANIC TWO.
AND LASTLY WE HAD GREG FLOWERS WHO IS PROMOTING FROM POLICE OFFICER TO SERGEANT.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO MOVED UP.
AND ONE THING I REALLY LOVE IS TO SEE OUR FOLKS PROMOTE AND MOVE UP IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.
[ 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 ON THE AGENDA IS A HEARING RESIDENCE.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 NOW.
WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED TODAY.
YOU MAY SPEAK DURING THE HEARING THE RESIDENCE, OR YOU MAY
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CHOOSE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING OR YOU MAY SPEAK AT BOTH.WITH THAT MAYOR PRO TEMP, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. DANIEL JAMESON.
MY NAME IS DANIEL JAMESON, REPRESENTING THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FM 1000.
ADDRESS IS 1000 FM 78 CAME MISSES.
WE GOT AN M 68 1 TANK WITH A HOLLISTER OUT FRONT.
AND AS IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, JUNE 14TH IS ARMY DAY.
YOU'LL SEE THE AMERICAN FLAGS FLYING ON MAIN STREET.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THOSE FLAGS, REMEMBER IT'S THE ARMY'S BIRTHDAY PLUS IT'S FLAG DAY TO HONOR THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY, SO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
AND MY SALUTE IS TO Y'ALL FOR THAT.
ALSO, COMING UP ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH IS OUR BREAKFAST.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT COME OUT TO GET A BREAKFAST, COME ON, YOU'RE MISSING IT.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT A REQUEST FOR SOME GRITS.
SO PLEASE COME OUT EGGS TO ORDER ALL YOU CAN EAT 10 BUCKS.
CITY COUNCIL'S INVITED OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE'VE HAD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE HAD OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'VE HAD OUR EMS COME OUT AND GET A A GOOD BREAKFAST WHILE THEY'RE ON SHIFT.
SO PLEASE COME OUT, HELP SUPPORT THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.
SO YOU ARE WHY WE'RE HERE AND I THANK YOU.
HELLO, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE IN THE RHINE VALLEY COMMUNITY OFF OF, UH, 1518 AND LOWER SINE ROAD.
MY QUESTION TONIGHT IS, IT'S JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND THAT IS, UH, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT THE GROWTH IN THAT AREA.
UH, 15, 18, UH, ALMOST ALL THE WAY OUT TO I 10.
AND EVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME, A LOT OF YOUR MEETINGS ARE, ARE TAKEN UP BY, UH, REZONING REQUESTS, UH, PEOPLE COMING, WANTING TO REZONE, UH, AGRICULTURAL TO SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
MY QUESTION IS, IS HOW THE CITY IS TAKING, HOW THE CITY IS GOING, IS REACTING TO THIS MASSIVE GROWTH OUT IN THAT AREA.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN 1518 GETS BUILT OR WIDENED THE WAY THEY ANTICIPATE.
YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES STACKING UP ALL ALONG THERE, CLEAR TO I 10 PROBABLY, AND EVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO I GUESS FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, HOW ARE WE PREPARING OURSELVES FOR, FOR THAT GROWTH? AND PROBABLY SPECIFICALLY, UH, ONE THING THAT, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN IS THE, UH, FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION.
UH, NOW WE DO HAVE SUBSTATION NUMBER THREE OUT THERE OFF OF LOWER SEINE IN 1518, WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UH, VERY WELCOMED.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF POLICE STATIONS DO SUBSTATIONS IN AREAS OR NOT, BUT, UH, WE WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, SUFFICIENT RESPONSE TIMES TO ANY TYPE OF CRIME OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT, UH, OCCUR OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M ASKING IS HOW ARE WE PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THAT MASSIVE GROWTH ALONG THERE AND ALONG 1518 WITH THE COMMERCIALS AS IT AS IT GETS BUILT UP.
GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
MY NAME'S DANA ELDRIDGE, 2 6 2 8 GALLUP FOX DRIVE CHURCH, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 8.
I GOT THIS THING IN THE MAIL AND IT FELL OPEN TO THE MIDDLE SECTION.
SO IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO.
THE SELECTION FOR FRONTIER AS THE
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WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF SHEZ.I DECIDED TO LOOK IT UP UNDER BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.
THEY'RE RA THEY'RE IN BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACCREDITED, WHICH MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE A RATING.
THEY HAVEN'T MET THE STANDARD BASIC STANDARDS TO BE TO GET RATED ON YELP.
THEY HAVE A 1.4 APPROVAL RATING ON GLASSDOOR.
THEY HAVE A 2.5 RATING BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY.
THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THERE.
THE QR CODE, EVERYTHING IN THERE SEEMS TO BE COLOR CODED EXCEPT FOR YOUR DAY OF PICKUP.
AND THEN YOU GOTTA REDEFINE PRINT TO GET TO, OH, THERE'S MY PICKUP DATE.
I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE WAS COLOR CODED IN HERE.
IT TALKS ABOUT HAZARDOUS WASTE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT PICKED UP.
SO EVERY MONTH WE'RE CHARGING ABOUT $20,000 TO THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS FOR THE 20,000 HOUSES CHARGING ABOUT $20,000 TO SEE IF ANYBODY'S GONNA CALL TO HAVE HAZARDOUS WASTE PICKED UP.
IF ONE PERSON DOES IN THAT MONTH, SOMEBODY'S MADE $20,000 OVER A YEAR, THAT'S ABOUT $250,000.
WHOEVER VETTED THIS COMPANY DIDN'T DO COMPLETE HOMEWORK.
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN ME SOME TIKTOK THINGS, UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T LOOK AT ALL OF THEM, OF THEM DRIVING BY TRASH CANS, OPENING THEM UP AND THEN DRIVING ON.
SO THE, THE VETTING WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY.
SO MY PART OF MY LAST THING IS IF WE WERE NOT, IF WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA CHARGE PEOPLE MORE FOR TRASH PICKUP, WHICH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT FOR SEVEN YEARS WE DIDN'T HAVE AN INCREASE.
I, I WANT YOU TO KNOW 'EM, I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
BUT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN INCREASE AND I DON'T, COST OF THINGS GO UP, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
JUST LIKE GOING TO A RESTAURANT NOW THE PRICES HAVE GONE UP ON THE FOOD PLATES SEEM TO BE SMALLER SERVING, SEEM TO BE SMALLER, GETTING LESS FOR WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.
WE UPPED THE PRICE AND WE'RE GETTING LESS SERVICE.
SOMEBODY DIDN'T DO THEIR HOMEWORK.
SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY DIDN'T REALLY CHECK ON THIS BEFORE IT WAS APPROVED.
[ 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.]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT.AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY.
INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPOINTMENTS, REAPPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS OF THE CITY OF SHORTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 6 2.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 6 6.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 6 4.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 6 5.
AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 6 3.
COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION NUMBER TWO, PLEASE.
ANY OTHERS? COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE AND THREE THROUGH SEVEN? SO MOVE SECOND.
MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP HAYWARD.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
[2. Appointments, Re-appointments, and Resignations - City of Schertz Boards, Commissions and Committees Resignations Schertz Housing Authority - Dana Eldridge (effective May 31, 2025) Parks Advisory-Johnie McDow and Bryan Snow (effective May 31, 2025)]
WAS REMOVED.THAT'S THE APPOINTMENTS, REAPPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS OF THE CITY BOARD'S, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS I PULLED IT WAS IT'S NOT BRIAN SNOW, IT'S BRAD SNOW.
AND THEN THE OTHER REASON I PULLED IT IS JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. DANA ELDRIDGE AND MR. JOHNNY MCDOWELL FOR A LONG-TERM SERVICE IN THE CITY.
UM, MR. ELDRIDGE WITH THE SHIRTS HOUSING AUTHORITY I THINK WAS 14 YEARS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WONDERING IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING FOR THAT.
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FOR PARKS AND RECS, UM, MR. JOHNNY MCDOWELL, WE KNOW THAT HE'S DONE A LOT IN THE CITY.HE HAS A COMPLEX NAMED AFTER HIM.
BUT JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE AS LONG AS HE DID FOR THE CITY, I THINK THEY, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM DOING THE SERVICE THAT THEY DID FOR THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY DID, I THINK THEY MADE THE CITY GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR EACH ORGANIZATION AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THEM FOR THAT.
AND THEN CHANGE THE NAME FROM BRIAN TO BRAD.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS IT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND HAVE MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TIM HAYWARD WITH A CORRECTION ON THE SPELLING.
AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
OH, BE COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO, YOU HAD A COMMENT? YES, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO THANK UH, MR. DANA ELDRIDGE FOR HIS SERVICE AND ALSO THANK HIM BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT UH, HE'S THE REASON I'M SITTING UP HERE.
COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, EXCUSE ME, PLEASE UH, PUBLISH THE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
[8. Ordinance 25-S-022- Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone approximately 20 acres of land from Pre-Development District (PRE), Agricultural District (AD), and Single-Family Residential/ Agricultural District (R-A) to Single-Family Residential District (R-2), generally located approximately 4,800 feet east of the intersection of FM 1518 and Lower Seguin Road, known as 12816 Lower Seguin Rd and 12746 Lower Seguin Road, and more specifically known as Bexar County Property Identification Numbers 310027, 310026, and 310028, City of Schertz, Bexar County, Texas. (B.James/L.Wood/D.Marquez)]
NUMBER EIGHT, ORDINANCE NUMBER 25.ASK 0 2 2, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZ APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES OF LAND FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO FAM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R TWO LOCATED 4,800 MILE 4,800 FEET EAST OF INTERSTATE FM 15 AND LAURA SINE ROAD KNOWN AS 1 2 8 1 6 LAURA SINE ROAD AND 1 2 7 4 6 LAURA SINE ROAD AND MORE SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 3 1 0 0 2 7 3 1 0 0 2 6 AND 3 1 2 8.
CITY ASSURES, BEAR COUNTY, TEXAS.
GOOD EVENING COUNSEL MAYOR MR. WILLIAMS ORDINANCE 25 S 22.
A PROPOSAL CHANGE TO R TWO ALONG LOWER SINE APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES.
HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
IT IS TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1518 AND LOWER SEN ROAD.
IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SLASH AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT RA AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AD.
AND IT CURRENTLY CONTAINS SOME RURAL RESIDENCES.
TO THE NORTH IS LOWER SEIN ROAD, WHICH IS OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THEN FARTHER UP NORTH WE HAVE SADDLEBROOK RANCH, PDD TO THE SOUTH WE HAVE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
IT IS SOME SORT OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATION AND A RURAL RESIDENCE.
AND THEN TO THE EAST WE HAVE PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND SOME R TWO AND SOME OF THIS IS STILL UNDEVELOPED IN AGRICULTURE.
AND THEN TO THE WEST WE HAVE THE CARMEL RANCH, PDD THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE SENT OUT 40 PUBLIC NOTICES ON APRIL 21ST.
WE POSTED IT IN THE PAPER AND A NOTICE SIGN WAS PLACED ALONG LOWER SINE AND IT DID GO TO P AND Z FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 7TH.
SO AGAIN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES.
THEY'RE PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE PROPOSING R TWO ZONING.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE HERE.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT MORE MEANT FOR SOME SORT OF AG OPERATION, HALF AN ACRE, UM, RA AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE PROPOSING R TWO WHICH IS 70 BY ONE 20 LOTS AT 8,400 SQUARE FEET.
SO WHEN, WHEN MAKING ZONE CHANGES, STAFF LOOKS TOWARDS UUD C SECTION 2154 D FOR THE CRITERIA OF APPROVAL.
ONE, WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE IMPLEMENTS THE POLICIES OF THE ADOPTED COMP PLAN OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE ADOPTED PLANS.
SO THE COMP PLAN HAS THIS WHOLE AREA DESIGNATED AS COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AGAIN, Y'ALL ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
IT'S A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WE SHOULD CONSIDER THINGS LIKE THE ROADWAY CONFLICTS AMONG LAND USES AND THE UNDUE CONCENTRATION OR DIFFUSION OF POPULATION.
THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TO R TWO IMPLEMENTS THE POLICIES OF THE ADOPTED COMP PLAN BY PROVIDING A DIFFERENT LOSS SIZE TO ADD TO THE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL THAT'S EXISTING ALONG LOWER SINE TWO, WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE PROMOTES THE HEALTH SAFETY IN GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY.
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SO THE PROPOSED R TWO ACTS AS IT TRANSITION TO THE SMALLER RESIDENTIAL LOT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE LARGE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE SURROUNDING IT.THREE, WHETHER THE USE IS PERMITTED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE WILL BE CONSISTENT AND APPROPRIATE WITH EXISTING USES IN THE MEDIA AREA.
SO THERE ARE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, JUST WITHIN HALF A MILE WE HAVE RYAN VALLEY, CARMEL RANCH, SADDLEBROOK, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROPOSED MONTEREY MEADOW SUBDIVISION.
AND KIND OF JUST GIVING YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S EXISTING IN THE AREA, THE RHINE VALLEY PDD UM, CONTAINS ABOUT 80% OF THE LOTS THAT ARE 50 FEET TO 45 FEET WIDE.
AND IT'S 447 RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT WOULD BE LARGER THAN WHAT'S THERE IN RHINE VALLEY.
SADDLEBROOK RANCH ABOUT 80% OF THE LOTS ARE 60 FEET WIDE OR LESS AND IT'S A TOTAL OF 633 RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
AGAIN, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT WOULD BE LARGER THAN 80% OF THE LOTS IN SADDLEBROOK RANCH.
84% OF THOSE LOTS ARE 60 FEET OR 55 FEET WIDE.
SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT WOULD BE LARGER THAN 84% OF THE LOTS IN CARMEL RANCH.
UM, AND THEN TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WE HAVE MONTEREY MEADOWS.
THAT IS STRAIGHT ZONING R TWO AND R SIX.
UM, SO IT WOULD MATCH WITH THE R TWO THAT'S EXISTING THERE IN MONTEREY MEADOWS, BUT WOULD BE LARGER THAN THE R SIX THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THEN JUST IN THE LARGER AREA, TO GIVE YOU MORE CONTEXT ALONG RAILROAD, WE HAVE THE KRUGER MARTIN TRACK THAT ALSO HAS A SPLIT ZONING OF R TWO AND R SIX.
IT MATCHES THE R TWO THAT THEY HAD APPROVED AND IS LARGER THAN THE R SIX THAT THEY HAVE.
SO FOUR, WHETHER OTHER FACTORS ARE DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT.
SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID NOT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE.
UH, BUT S-E-U-C-I-S-D WAS NOTIFIED AND FIRE EMS AND POLICE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE ZONE CHANGE REQUESTS AND NO OBJECTIONS WERE PROVIDED.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25 S 22 DUE TO THE PROPOSED CHANGE, THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AND EXISTING USES ALONG LORI SEIN AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MET ON MAY 7TH, HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL EVENING? PAUL LANDA, MTR ENGINEERS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PRESENTATION PREPARED, BUT I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
ALRIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 25 S 0 2 2 SECOND HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
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.
[9. Ordinance 25-S-023- Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone approximately 62 acres of land from Planned Development District (PDD) and Pre-Development District (PRE) to Single-Family Residential District (R-2), generally located approximately 3,800 feet east of the intersection of FM 1518 and Trainer Hale Road, known as Bexar County Property Identification number 310054, a portion of 310053 and a portion of 310061, City of Schertz, Bexar County, Texas. (B.James/ L.Wood/D.Marquez)]
ITEM NUMBER NINE.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 62 ACRES OF LAND FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PDD AND PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R TWO LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3,800 FEET EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1518 AND TRAINER HILL ROAD, KNOWN AS BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 3 1 0 0 5 4 AND A PORTION OF 3 1 0 0 5 3 AND A PORTION OF 3 1 0 0 6 1 CITY ASSURES OF BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND MS. MARCUS FLOOR IS YOURS.
ORDINANCE 25 S 23, A PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TO R TWO ALONG TRAINER HILL ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 62 ACRES.
HERE'S A SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
IT IS KIND OF NESTLED IN BETWEEN REAR ROAD TRAINER, HILL ROAD AND FM 1518.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
SO IT'S PART OF THAT ORIGINAL STERLING GROVE PDD BUT IT REMAINS UNDEVELOPED UH, TO THE NORTH.
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SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.IT'S UNDEVELOPED AGRICULTURAL AND HAS A RESIDENCE ON IT TO THE SOUTH.
WE HAVE UH, R ONE PRE-DEVELOPMENT AND AD AND AGAIN THAT'S MORE AGRICULTURAL, AGRICULTURAL RURAL RESIDENCES AND UNDEVELOPED TO THE EAST.
WE HAVE PRE-DEVELOPMENT AD AND R TWO AND THEN TO THE WEST WE HAVE THE REST OF THE STERLING GROVE PDD AND THEN PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
SO WE SENT OUT 13 NOTICES ON APRIL 21ST.
WE DID RECEIVE THREE IN FAVOR AND THREE IN OPPOSITION.
WE POSTED A NOTICE IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS.
A SIGN WAS POSTED ALONG TRAINER HILL, TRAINER HILL ROAD AND IT WENT TO PNZ ON MAY 7TH FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO AGAIN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 62 ACRES AND THEY'RE PROPOSING R TWO FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO KIND OF JUST GIVING YOU A BACKGROUND ON THE STERLING GROVE PDD AND HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY.
SO THE STERLING GROVE PDD WAS APPROVED WITH ORDINANCE 22 S 28 IN 2022.
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY 362 ACRES AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN 832 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY ALMOST THREE ZONING DISTRICTS BUILT INTO THAT PDD.
SO 55 BY 110 LOTS, 65 BY 110 LOTS AND HALF ACRE LOTS.
UM, SO 81% OF THOSE LOTS WERE GONNA BE 55 FOOT BY 65 FOOT WIDE LOTS.
BUT THEN WE HAD ORDINANCE 24 S 1 49 COME IN AND IT GOT APPROVED, WHICH IS UH, THE PROPOSED POPPY HILL SUBDIVISION.
AND THAT REMOVED 79 ACRES AS THEY WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP AT A FASTER PACE.
AND THE STERLING GROVE PDD AND THAT'S NOW R ONE, THAT'S A TRAINER HILL ROAD AND IT REMOVED PARTS OF PHASE ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THE ORIGINAL STERLING GROVE PDD.
SO TONIGHT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE 62 ACRES, UM, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING R TWO TO RESOLVE THE ACCESS ISSUES FROM THE ALTERATION OF THE STERLING GROVE PDD.
SO NOW WE'RE LEFT WITH 221 ACRES OF THE ORIGINAL STERLING GROVE PDD.
AND AGAIN JUST SHOWING YOU UM, WHAT THE EXISTING ZONING IS FROM THE PDD AND ESSENTIALLY THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF ACRE LOTS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN PART OF THE STERLING GROVE PD D ARE NOT BEING PROPOSED TO BE 70 BY ONE 20 LOTS AND THAT R TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
SO ONE, UM, WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE IMPLEMENTS THE POLICIES OF THE ADOPTED COMP PLAN AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE ADOPTED PLANS.
SO AGAIN, THIS WHOLE AREA IS DESIGNATED AS COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING LARGER LOTS THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THE STERLING GROVE PARK PDD TWO.
WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE PROMOTES THE HEALTH SAFETY IN GENERAL WELFARE FOR THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, THE PROPOSED R TWO ACTS AS A TRANSITION FROM THE SMALLER LOTS THAT ARE REMAINING IN THE 221 ACRES OF THE STERLING GROVE PDD TO THE SURROUNDING AGRICULTURAL USES.
THREE, WHETHER THE USE IS PERMITTED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE WILL BE CONSISTENT AND APPROPRIATE WITH EXISTING USES IN THE MEDIA AREA.
SO R TWO ARE MINIMUM 8,400 SQUARE FOOT RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND R TWO IS COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LARGER AREA, AGAIN THE STERLING GROVE PDD WILL REMAIN WITH THE SMALLER LOTS WE HAVE R TWO AND THAT KRUGER MARTIN TRACK AND R SIX.
AND THEN WE HAVE R ONE TO THE SOUTH WITH UH, POPPY HILLS.
SO FOUR, WHETHER OTHER FACTORS ARE DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT.
THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID NOT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE.
S-C-U-C-I-S-D WAS NOTIFIED AND FIRE EMS AND POLICE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND DID NOT PROVIDE OBJECTIONS.
SO DUE TO THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED R TWO WITH THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND THE COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD LANGUAGE DESIGNATION OF THE COMP PLAN, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25 S 23 AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MAY MET ON MAY 7TH, HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ITEM AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS THE PRESENTATION.
ASHLEY FAIRMONT WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT.
UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, AND DAISY DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING BUT JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
UM, SO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, SOME OF YOU WERE ON COUNCIL, WE REZONED THIS FOR THE STERLING GROVE PDD.
UH, THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN, INCLUDING AT THAT TIME.
UH, THE CITY WAS WORKING OUT SOME ISSUES REGARDING WHO WOULD SERVE THIS SITE IN TERMS OF SEWER SERVICE.
UM, AND IT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE TO BRING SEWER SERVICE AT THE TIME TO THIS PROPERTY.
SO IT IS NOW SERVED BY THE CITY OF SHIRTS, UM, FOR SEWER.
AND A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME WAS THE LOTS THAT WERE REMAINING ON THIS PORTION OF THE PDD WOULD BE SEPTIC.
UH, SO BY REZONING TODAY WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE LOTS BE SERVED BY SEWER INSTEAD OF SEPTIC.
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THERE'S LIKE DAISY MENTIONED, 62 ACRES LEFT.WE'RE ASKING FOR THE R TWO, WHICH WE THINK IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING.
UM, AND THEN THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PDD THAT WAS APPROVED.
IT, IT WILL BE ONE DEVELOPER THAT DEVELOPS THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE PDD.
SO THE PIECE THAT WE'RE NOT REZONING DOESN'T NEED TO BE REZONED.
UH, AND THEN THIS 62 ACRES WILL ALL BE ONE COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL.
AND THE PROPOSED LAND PLAN, IT WILL GO THROUGH PRELIMINARY PLAT MASTER PLAN, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED WOULD BE THE LOTS THAT WE'RE REZONING FOR TONIGHT FOR THE R TWO.
AS DAISY ALSO MENTIONED, UM, WHEN THE 80 ACRES OR SO WAS TAKEN OUT OF THAT ORIGINAL PDD, IT, IT CHANGED THE ROAD LAYOUT AND ACCESS TO THIS REMAINING, UH, 62 ACRES.
AND SO BY REMOVING IT, WE ALSO ARE FIXING THAT PROBLEM, UM, AND WOULD'VE NEEDED REZONING EITHER WAY.
BUT WE THINK THAT R TWO IS THE BEST OPTION FOR THOSE REMAINING LOTS.
UH, SO AGAIN, IT'S THAT AREA OUTLINED IN RED AND THOSE WOULD BE, UH, THE REMAINING LARGER LOTS OF THE STERLING GROVE SUBDIVISION.
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 6 51.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSELOR IN REFERENCE TO, TO THIS SUBJECT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BEING NO DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? EXCUSE ME, TURN THE PAGE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 S 0 2 3? I HAVE A QUESTION.
OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
SO THE REZONING IS NOT GOING TO INCLUDE THE, THE SEWER LINE, CORRECT? OR IS THAT STILL ON THE TABLE FOR THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA IMPACT? SO THE, WITH NOW THAT THE WHOLE SITE IS SERVED BY THE CITY OF SHEZ FOR SEWER, UM, THE WHOLE STERLING GROVE PROJECT WOULD BE SERVED BY SHEZ SEWER AND NOT SEPTIC, BUT FOR THE OTHER RESIDENTS.
IS THAT GOING TO INCLUDE OH, THE REMAINING PORTION? YES.
SO I, I THINK MAYBE COUNCILWOMAN, UM, AT THE TIME THE INITIAL ZONING CAME FORWARD, G-V-S-U-D HAD THE CCN TO PROVIDE SEWER SERVICE IN THIS AREA.
UM, AND, AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE.
SUBSEQUENTLY SHIRTS AND G-V-S-G-D REACHED AGREEMENT FOR SHIRTS TO PROVIDE.
SO THE WHOLE AREA HERE WITH THE LARGER LOT, WE ASSUME EVERYTHING WILL BE SEWERED AND, AND NONE OF IT'LL BE ON SEPTIC.
AND THAT'LL BE DONE BY SHIRTS.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 S 0 2 3.
SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY MAYOR PROTON HAYWARD.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
[10. Ordinance 25-S-021- Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone approximately 4.15 acres of land from General Business District (GB) to General Business District-2 (GB-2), generally located approximately 900 feet east of the intersection of FM 1518 and Maske Road, known as 46 Maske Road and 44 Maske Road, Lots 3 and 4, Block 1 of the Maske Road Business Park Subdivision, more specifically known as Guadalupe County Property Identification Numbers 199116, and 199117, City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas. (B.James/L.Wood/W.Willingham)]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.15 ACRES OF LAND FROM GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT GB TO GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT DASH TWO GB TWO LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1518 AND MASKEY ROAD KNOWN AS 46 MASSEY ROAD AND 44 MASSEY ROAD LOTS, THREE FOUR AND BLOCK ONE OF MASSEY ROAD ROAD BUSINESS PARK SUBDIVISION AND MORE SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS GUADALUPE COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 1 9 9 1 1 6 AND 1 9 9 1 1 7.
CITY ASSURED GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS MS. MARCUS FOR IS YOURS.
ORDINANCE 25 S 21 PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TO GB TWO ON MASKEY ROAD, DAISY MARQUEZ PLANNER.
SO HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINE IN YELLOW.
IT IS TO THE EAST OF THE CORNER OF MASSEY ROAD AND EAST FM 1518.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED GB AND IT IS UNDEVELOPED TO THE NORTH IS OUR MASSEY ROAD, WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL COLLECTOR.
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WE HAVE PROPERTY ZONED GB TWO OR GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT THAT IS, UH, OFFICE WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION.AND THEN TO THE EAST WE HAVE SOME MORE GB THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED.
SO WE SENT OUT 11 NOTICES ON APRIL 25TH AND WE HAVE ONLY RECEIVED ONE.
WE DID PUBLISH A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IN THE PAPER ON MAY 14TH AND A SIGN WAS PLACED ALONG MASKY BY THE APPLICANT.
AND THEN GBSA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND FIRMLY AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.
AND AGAIN, JUST SHOWING YOU THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY GB, THEY'RE PROPOSING GB TWO.
AND WHY DID WE NOTIFY GBSA AND WHY DID WE NEED THAT AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION? THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE A PZ TWO, SO THE ACCIDENT POTENTIAL ZONE TWO.
AND PER OUR UDC, WE NEED AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FROM JVSA BEFORE WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE ZONE CHANGE.
SO AGAIN, JUST SHOWING YOU UM, SOME AERIALS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW IT'S UNDEVELOPED, IT'S BY THE SOCCER FIELDS.
UM, THE WIDTH IN DEPTH DIMENSIONS FOR THE LOTS REMAIN THE SAME.
UH, THE SETBACKS REMAIN THE SAME AS WELL.
THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE THE SAME AND THEN PREVIOUS COVERAGE REMAINS THE SAME AS WELL.
IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN ALLOWED USES.
SO ONE, WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE IMPLEMENTS THE POLICIES OF THE ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE ADOPTED PLANS.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, DESIGNATES THIS AREA'S INDUSTRIAL HUB.
SO IT SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTING USES.
AND THE INTENT OF GB TWO IS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS TO SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS FITS WITH THE INDUSTRIAL HUB LAND USE DESIGNATION.
SO TWO WHERE THE POST ZONE CHANGE PROMOTES THE HEALTH SAFETY IN GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY.
UM, SO THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE APZ TWO AND JBS JBSA DID FIRMLY AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMEND THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, A SNIPPET OF THAT LETTER FROM THEM AND THEY DID RECOMMEND SOME FAR RECOMMENDATIONS AS PART OF THAT LETTER AS WELL.
AND THEN THREE, WHETHER THE USE IS PERMITTED BY THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE WILL BE CONSISTENT AND APPROPRIATE WITH EXISTING USES IN THE MEDIA AREA.
SO AGAIN, THIS WHOLE AREA IS SURROUNDED BY GB GB TWO, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, ALONG THAT NORTHERN 1518.
IT'S MORE, UM, LIKE INDUSTRIAL, YOU SEE WAREHOUSING FOUR, WHETHER OTHER FACTORS ARE DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT.
SO ALL UDC REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET FOR THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE.
INSUREDS FIRE EMS AND POLICE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE ZONE CHANGE AND DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OBJECTIONS.
SO DUE TO THE CORRECT CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THE AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM JBSA STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF 25 S 21 AND THE PNZ MET ON MAY 7TH AND UNI UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25 S 21 TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
SO IF YOU CAN GO BACK A SLIDE.
THE COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT.
INDOOR EXAMPLES OF THAT COMMERCIAL AND AMUSEMENT.
ONLY REASON I ASK IS, SO IT'S ACROSS FROM A SOCCER PARK, RIGHT? SO YOU BRING IN THESE KIDS, YOU BRING IN FAMILIES.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS, THE NEIGHBORING AREA SHOULD ALL BE CONSISTENT WITH TRYING TO, THEY SHOULD ALL SEGUE INTO ONE ANOTHER AND FEED OFF OF ONE ANOTHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS SORT OF COMPLIMENTARY TO HAVING A FIRE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? TO HAVING A SOCCER PARK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT VERSUS INDOOR AMUSEMENT.
SO WHEN YOU SAY INDOOR AMUSEMENT, WHAT ARE WE, CAN YOU GIMME AN EXAMPLE? MAYBE A OH, SO ARE YOU ASKING APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN AMUSEMENT OR JUST INDUSTRIAL? NO, JUST GIMME AN EXAMPLE.
HE'S, HE'S WELCOME TO DO WHATEVER IN GB TWO.
RIGHT? SO JUST, I'M HOPING HE HAS THE SAME THOUGHT AS I DO.
BUT FOR AMUSE, FOR AMUSEMENT INDOOR, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? CAN WE, SO AMUSEMENT INDOOR TYPICALLY IS SOME SORT OF LIKE, UM, YOU SEE THINGS LIKE PRIVATE BASEBALL TRAINING WHERE THEY KIND OF DO IT INSIDE OF A WAREHOUSE AWAY FROM THE ELEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE, ARE YOU AT LIBERTY TO SAY WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL'S PLANS ARE FOR THIS GD TWO? OH, THE IN, UH, PER THE LETTER OF INTENT, THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME SORT OF
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UM, LIKE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT.WHAT WERE THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM JBSA? UM, THEY JUST WANTED TO SEE IF, UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WERE THEY PROPOSING SO THEY COULD GIVE THE RECOMMENDED FAR.
SO IT'S, UH, TWO FOR WAREHOUSING AND THEN POINT 28 FOR RETAIL IF THEY WANTED TO DO RETAIL IN THE AREA.
'CAUSE YEAH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE APPROVING IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING SPECIFIC, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE ARE, WHAT ARE THEY CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHAT, RIGHT.
AND SO TO BE, TO BE CLEAR, MAYBE DAISY RIGHT?
SO YEAH, YOU, YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
I MEAN, AGAIN, ACTUALLY THE GB TWO USES THE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION TEND TO HAVE A LOWER OCCUPANCY YEP.
SO IT'S IN FACT MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE JBS A'S MISSION.
AGAIN, THOSE, THOSE ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES ARE REALLY MORE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU WOULD WANT AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE ANY 250 FOOT TOWERS AND YEAH, YOU'VE STILL GOT THE HEIGHT LIMIT ISSUES ASSOCIATED.
BUT, BUT YET USES, AND AGAIN, I THINK IT, STACY SAID TYPICALLY WANTS TO WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION TYPE STUFF.
OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 25 S IS 0 2 1.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION.
CALLING FOR AN ELECTION TO ANNEX PROPERTY WITHIN FIVE MILES OF JOINT BASE.
UM, SO THERE WAS REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, UH, TO HAVE, HAVE A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION ON A PROVISION IN STATE LAW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, LAST YEAR, IN FACT, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024.
UH, WE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM.
UH, DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET DIRECT FEEDBACK.
AND SO I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO SORT OF COME BACK WITH IT.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 43 0 1 1 7 THAT ALLOWS ESSENTIALLY IF YOU ARE FOR AREAS WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF CERTAIN MILITARY BASES, UH, THAT ESSENTIALLY THAT FIVE MILE AREA CITIES CAN, UH, CALL FOR AN ELECTION TO ALLOW THE FOLKS IN THE ETJ WITHIN THAT FIVE MILE DISTANCE TO EITHER ELECT TO BE ANNEXED OR TO HAVE THE CITY, UH, BE GRANTED CERTAIN ZONING AUTHORITY CONSISTENT WITH THE MOST RECENT, UH, JOINT LAND USE STUDY, UH, FOR THAT, FOR THAT PATIENT.
SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, IT, THE, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND SO IT APPLIES TO RANDOLPH, APPLIES TO THE AREA AND SHIRTS.
UM, AGAIN, THE PROVISION, UH, AS I SAID, ALLOWS THAT A MUNICIPALITY MAY ANNEX FULL OR LIMITED PURPOSES, UH, UNDER THE ANNEXATION PROVISION APPLICABLE THIS CHAPTER FOR AREAS, UH, WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE BOUNDARY OF MILITARY BASE IN WHICH ACTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED.
ANNEXATION PROPOSITION SHALL BE STATED TO ALLOW THE VOID VOTERS OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED OR, UH, TO CHOOSE BETWEEN EITHER ANNEXATION OR PROVIDING THE MUNICIPALITY WITH THE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE REGULATING USE WITHIN THE AREA IN MANNER CONSISTENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROVISIONS THERE.
UM, THIS IS THE MAP SHOWING THE AREAS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF JBSA.
UM, AGAIN, THE AREAS WE HAVE THAT ARE IN THE ETJ ARE REALLY DOWN SOUTH.
AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE DID A SERIES OF ANNEXATIONS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD BE LIMITED.
UH, BUT THERE ARE A FAIR NUMBER OF PROPERTIES, UH, THAT WE COULD IN FACT, UH, ANNEX.
SO THERE ARE A FEW WHERE WE'VE GOT THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS.
THOSE ALLOW US TO ANNEX UPON DEVELOPMENT AT A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD.
MOST OF THOSE ARE FAIRLY SMALL.
AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE RUMP TRACK, THE WOMAN HOLLERING CREEK TRACK, UH, BUT THEN WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT WE DID WITH THE ANNEXATIONS.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO.
SO I CAN ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THAT, UH, LAST, UM, WORK SESSION.
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BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WOULD LET US DO IS, UH, HOLD THAT ELECTION, ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO VOTE, UH, TO SEE WHICH WAY THAT THEY WANT TO GO.AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SEEKING DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.
UM, IF YOU WANT US TO PROCEED WITH THIS ELECTION, I THINK THE CONCERN EXPRESSED IS THAT WITHOUT ANY OF THESE REGULATIONS, UH, RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE COULD DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THERE'S NO ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO REGULATE THAT.
SO THE THINGS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ON THE LAST ITEM, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE CONTROLS IN THE AREA.
AND, AND SO THIS WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, GIVE THOSE FOLKS THE CHOICE TO DECIDE WHICH THEY WOULD, THEY, WHICH WAY THEY WANT TO GO WITH IT.
SO I'LL QUIT TALKING NOW, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT REALLY WHAT STAFF IS SEEKING, UH, BASED ON COUNCILMAN DAVIS' REQUEST IS IF YOU WANT US TO, WHEN WE BRING FORWARD, UH, THE ORDINANCE CALLING FOR THE ELECTION TO INCLUDE THIS ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, YOU QUICKLY GO BACK TO THOSE, UH, UH, ONES THAT ARE, YOU HAVE THE RESTRICT THE ONES THAT WERE AFFECTED AND NOT AFFECTED.
YEAH, THESE PROPERTIES WOULD NOT BE PART OF ANY ACTION.
SO THE ONES WITH THE YELLOW, UM, ARE, ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE THE DELAYED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, THEY WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
SO YOU MAY REMEMBER, UH, THE PINCH WARRANT.
BUT ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS GET AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH IS YEAH.
AFFECTED BY YEAH, THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE VERY FEW.
THE LARGEST IS THE, IS THE PORTION OF THE WOMAN HOLLERING CREEK TRACT RIGHT HERE.
THAT SUBSEQUENTLY WE DID THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT ON.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PIECE WE HAVE.
THE NEXT BIGGEST IS THE RUMP TRACT RIGHT HERE.
AND THEY AGAIN, HAVE THE RESTRICTION AS TO WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT WE JUST HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OTHER PARCELS.
THIS ONE HAS A DELAYED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT THAT EXPIRES IN 2026.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNUSUAL ONE, BUT THE OTHER PARCELS WOULD ALL COME IN OTHER THAN AGAIN, THE, THE, THE, UH, COUPLE OF, UH, HOMESTEADS REALLY.
SO ALL THOSE OWNERS WOULD GET TO VOTE ALL THOSE, ALL THE OWNERS WHO ARE NOT COVERED UNDER A DELAYED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.
LEMME SEE IF I'VE GOT A CLEANER MAP.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A CLEANER MAP.
SO IF YOU'RE UNDER THE DELAYED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, I'VE ALREADY COVERED YOU UNDER THE DELAYED ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.
IT'S REALLY EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD BE COVERED.
AND AGAIN, SO THIS, THIS TRACT RIGHT UP UP HERE, UM, THE REMAINDER OF THIS PARCEL DOWN HERE, THE PARCEL HERE, THE PARCEL HERE, AND THEN, UH, THIS AREA UP IN HERE.
AND THEN I THINK WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT RIGHT UP, UH, AT, UH, 78 AND, UH, 15, 18, A FEW HUNDRED, A FEW HUNDRED OWNERS.
YEAH, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S A, AGAIN, THIS IS THE MOST POPULATED AREA RIGHT IN HERE.
BUT THERE, THERE ARE A FEW FAIRLY SIZABLE AREAS THROUGHOUT COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
YEAH, I, I RE I REQUESTED THIS BECAUSE AFTER GOING THROUGH OUR LAST ROUND OF CLEANING UP THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, IT, TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ALL THESE POCKETS OF NO MAN'S LAND IN SOUTH SHIRTS THAT POTENTIALLY CAN GIVE US ADMINISTRATIVE HEADACHES GOING FORWARD.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY ARE NOT, THEY'RE IN OUR ETJ, THEY ARE NOT ANNEXED BY THE CITY.
WE DO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHETHER THAT BE BY, BY FIRE DEPARTMENT OR MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO RUN INTO THE PROBLEM AS, AS THE CITY GROWS AND DEVELOPS.
UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I FALL BACK ON THIS FROM BEFORE I GO ON COUNCIL, I REMEMBER COMING HERE AND THERE WAS A RESIDENT FROM SOUTH CHURCH THAT TALKED ABOUT THIS WILL NEVER DEVELOP.
THIS HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS AND IT WILL NEVER DEVELOP AND IT'LL STAY THIS WAY FOREVER.
AND THEN I GOT ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND HE WAS IN THERE LIKE TWO YEARS LATER SAYING, WHY IS THE CITY HOLDING ME BACK FROM DEVELOPING MY PROPERTY? I WANNA DEVELOP IT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S ZONED AND YOU WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, I CAN'T DEVELOP IT.
UM, WE, WE, WE DO NEED SOME ADMINISTRATIVE CLARITY, UH, FOR THE REST OF THIS AREA, SOUTH SHIRTS.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, IT, IT DOESN'T GIVE US A REAL CLEAR PATH, BUT I THINK THIS IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY IT COMES DOWN TO THESE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT GRAY AREA, AND IT GIVES 'EM A CHOICE.
EITHER AGREE TO ANNEXATION OR AT LEAST ALLOW THE CITY TO HAVE THE ZONING AUTHORITY.
AND ALTHOUGH IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JL, IT DOES GIVE US SOME MORE CLARITY AND
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MORE FLEXIBILITY AND PREVENTS US FROM HAVING SOMEONE OUT OF THE BLUE ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW JUST COMING TO COUNCIL OR JUST COMING, YOU KNOW, NOTIFYING THE CITY.OH BY THE WAY, WE'RE GOING THROUGH BEXAR COUNTY AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DEVELOP THIS THING THAT IS 100% INCOMPATIBLE WITH ANYTHING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
SO TO ME, I, I THINK IT'S A NO-BRAINER TO CALL FOR THE ELECTION AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY CLEAR THIS UP.
MAYOR PROTIME HAYWARD, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND THAT'S, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA ARE LEANING? LIKE HAVE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION WITH THEM OR ARE WE JUST CALLING THE ELECTION? NO, OUT OF THE, YEAH, WE'RE JUST CALLING THE ELECTION OUT OF THE BLUE.
NOW AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL WE WON'T, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT IF A RESIDENT GOES AND VOTES MM-HMM
THEY'RE GONNA VOTE FOR WHAT THEY PERCEIVE TO BE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS.
SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THEY'RE GONNA VOTE.
I'D RATHER GRANT YOU THAT LAND USE CONTROL THAN ANNEXING IT.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK PER COUNCILMAN DAVIS, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING INCOMPATIBLE WITH JBSA.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT, OH, WE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ANNEX YOU.
AND, AND SO I THINK WE WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT.
WE'RE GONNA FIELD A LOT OF CALLS.
IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROVISION AND, AND WHATNOT.
BUT AGAIN, WHAT THIS DOES DO IS GIVE US SOME CONTROL OVER THIS AREA THAT, UM, THAT, THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP IN A WAY THAT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH JBSA AND RANDOLPH.
ONE OTHER REAL QUICK QUESTION.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP OF, UH, OF PARCELS.
IT ISN'T EACH PARCEL INDIVIDUALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO, HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? UH, I, I DON'T KNOW AS COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, BROWN ASKED RARELY WHERE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE CONCENTRATION OF RESIDENTS ARE OFF WOMAN HOLLERING ROAD, AND THEN IT'S THIS AREA UP IN HERE.
SO WE HAVE A FAIR NUMBER, I, I HATE TO HAZARD A GUESS, BUT THIS IS, IS FAIRLY HEAVILY POPULATED WHERE SOME OF THE OTHER PARCELS, UM, YOU KNOW, DOWN IN THIS AREA, MAYBE THEY'RE JUST A FEW HOMES.
UM, BUT, BUT REALLY IT'S THIS AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF HOUSES AND THEN YOU GOT A BUNCH OF HOUSES UP AND THROUGH HERE.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE ON THE ELECTION, IT'S GONNA HAVE ONE OR THE OTHER ON THAT BOX.
YOU EITHER REZONE OR ANNEX, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO READ? AND ESSENTIALLY THE STATE HAS PARTICULAR LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD WORK THROUGH, BUT YEAH, ESSENTIALLY IT YOU PICK ONE OR THE OTHER.
ONE OR THE OTHER AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO IT COULD BE A TIE
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, YOU HAVE, YEAH, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS IF, IF THERE, THEIR CHOICE IS EITHER TO ALLOW AN ORDINANCE GIVING THE CITY AUTHORITY TO CONTROL ZONING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JL LS OR ANNEXATION.
IS THE ANNEXATION PART AN IMMEDIATE ANNEXATION OR IT COULD IT BE WORDED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A LOCKED IN DELAYED ANNEXATION? SO, SO I WOULD, AS IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING IN DAN
I THINK FROM STAFF'S VISION, WE'RE GONNA GO THE POINT OF DOING THIS ELECTION AND THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS SAY, YEP, GO AHEAD AND ANNEX US IN LIGHT OF WHERE THE LEGISLATURE'S GOING.
STAFF WOULD SAY, WE'RE GONNA PROCEED DIRECTLY TO ANNEXATION, DO IT GETTING DONE.
OTHERWISE IN TWO YEARS, SOMETHING MAY CHANGE AND IT DEFEATS THE WHOLE THING.
THANK YOU MAYOR
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE'S.
YES, I THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS.
SO WHAT YOU WOULD GET IS, AGAIN, IN JULY, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BRINGS FORWARD, UH, THE ORDINANCE CALLING FOR THE ELECTION.
THIS WILL GIVE TIME FOR THEM TO PREPARE THAT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HAVE THAT READY AS PART OF THAT.
HEY, I THINK WE GOT DIRECTION.
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GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.DAISY MARQUEZ PLANNER, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, ALSO KNOWN AS UNPAVED SURFACES.
SO WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, 2023.
AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT UNIMPROVED PARKING SERVICES.
THEY SHOWED YOU WHAT OUR CURRENT STANDARDS WERE, WHAT THE OPEN VIOLATIONS WERE, AND WHAT SOME OF THE CLOSED CASES WERE FOR THAT.
SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO DISCUSS THAT ONCE AGAIN.
UM, SO OUR CURRENT STANDARDS, UM, FOR UNPAVED SERVICES ARE FOR PAVING.
UM, WE LOOK TO UDC SECTION TWENTY ONE TEN TWO.
UH, WE REQUIRE ALL DRIVEWAYS AND REQUIRED OFF STREET PARKING SPACES TO BE PAVED CONCRETE OR ASPHALT SURFACES.
AND THIS INCLUDES ALL DRIVED DRIVE APPROACHES.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO OUTDOOR DISPLAY AND OUTDOOR STORAGE, WE REQUIRE THAT ALL AREAS INTENDED FOR OUTDOOR DISPLAY BE PAVED.
SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO NEW DEVELOPMENT? SO NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE CITY OF SHIRTS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THIS CAN INCLUDE PLATTING SITE PLAN.
AND WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, THE UDC REQUIRES THAT ALL PARKING DRIVE AISLES AND STOR STORAGE AREAS BE PAVED CONCRETE OR ASPHALT SURFACES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE IMAGES OF DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN SHIRTS, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHERE, UH, THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS ARE FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THEY MEET ALL THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
IT KIND OF SETS A TONE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND FOR THE AREA AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT OF SHARKS.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES MAKE THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO MEET THE COMMUNITY AESTHETIC AND THE UDC STANDARDS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WITH ILLEGAL EXPANSION? SO THESE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF ACTIVE VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SHIRTZ WHERE ILLEGAL EXPANSIONS HAVE HAPPENED AND PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING GRAVEL OR BASE MATERIAL FOR PARKING AND AND STORAGE AREAS.
AND THEY DO NOT HAVE PERMITS AND ARE IN CURRENT VIOLATION OF THIS UDC.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY JUST HAVE STORAGE AND MATERIALS OUT IN THE OPEN.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, THE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM THAT SHOWS PEOPLE PARKING ON GRASS AREAS AND GRAVEL.
SO HERE'S SOME MORE EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN ILLEGAL EXPANSIONS WITHOUT PERMITS.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL WITHIN THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND THERE ARE ACTIVE CODE VIOLATIONS.
SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT A POLICY QUESTION FOR CITY COUNCIL.
DO WE CONTINUE TO REQUIRE PAVE CONCRETE OR ASPHALT PARKING AND STORAGE AREAS? OR WHICH DIRECTION DO YOU WANT TO GO? SO SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER THE AESTHETIC STANDARD OF THE CITY.
UH, THE CURRENT STANDARD REQUIRES BUSINESSES TO BE PAVED, CONCRETE OR ASPHALT AS SEEN, UM, IN ONE OF OUR BUSINESSES ON FM 3 0 0 9 HERE, UH, TO THE LEFT.
AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHANGES ITS UDC REQUIREMENT AND ALLOWS UNPAVED PARKING SERVICES, THEN IT COULD LOOK LIKE THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT.
BUSINESSES CAN THEN BE PARKING ON UNPAVED SERVICES SUCH AS GRASS, GRAVEL, DIRT, OR MUD, DEPENDING ON THE DECISION OF CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHAT DOES CITY COUNCIL WANT? THE AESTHETIC OF SHIRTS TO BE? A PREMIER COMMUNITY THAT REQUIRES PAVEMENT OR A COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO HAVE STORAGE AND BE PARKING ON GRASS AND GRAVEL.
SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER IS DUST, DIRT, DEBRIS, UH, PARKING AND STORAGE ON UNPAID SURFACES CAN LEAVE TO DUST.
LEAVING THE BUSINESSES AND POLLUTING THE AIR QUALITY.
WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL, UH, THIS LOOSE MATERIAL GOING ON TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
AND IF OUR AIR QUALITY AS A CITY DEGRADES ENOUGH, TCEQ WILL ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE THE CITY IN ORDER CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY AND THE CITY WILL HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THOSE CHANGES.
SO WE CAN COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
ALSO, UH, THIS LOOSE MATERIAL OF DIRT, GRAVEL, AND MUD CAN ENTER CITY STREETS AND IT CAN DAMAGE OUR CITY OF SHIRTS INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO AGAIN, IT COULD ENTER OUR STORM DRAINS, UM, BUT ALSO IT CAN GO ONTO SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CLEANING EFFORTS FROM THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT MORE STREET SWEEPING, UM, HIRE MORE MANPOWER FOR THAT.
BUT ALSO UNPAVED PARKING AND STORAGE AREAS CAN IMPACT EMERGENCY SERVICES IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT COMPLETE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
SO AGAIN, UH, DIRT, GRAVEL AND MUD.
IT'S NOT REALLY A MATERIAL LIKE CONCRETE AND PAVEMENT.
SO OVER TIME, WITH PEOPLE TRAVELING ON THESE ROADS, WHETHER IT'S 18 WHEELERS OR WHETHER IT'S REGULAR MOTOR VEHICLES AND WITH RAIN, WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF POTHOLES, WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF DEPRESSIONS.
AND USUALLY PEOPLE DON'T MAINTAIN THESE UNTIL IT GETS TO A REALLY BAD SITUATION.
SO THEN THEY JUST DUMP MORE GRAVEL ON TOP OF IT TO REMEDY IT.
UM, AND THIS CAN IMPACT EMS AND
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RESPONSE TIMES.SO A CITY COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH THE DIRT, DUST AND DEBRIS AFFECTING ADJACENT PROPERTIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER IS THE STORM WATER QUALITY CONCERNS.
SO AGAIN, UH, THIS DEBRIS LEAVES SITES IN ONTO CITY STREETS IN ADJOINING AREAS, WHICH AFFECTS OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AND THIS CITY.
SO AGAIN, THE CITY WILL HAVE TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH STREET SWEEPING.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY PULLS A FEDERAL PERMIT.
AND THIS IS CALLED OUR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM PERMIT, WHICH IS OUR MS FOUR PERMIT FOR SHORT.
AND ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AS A CITY AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT IS DOING WORK AROUND US TO MONITOR OUR BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ARE OUR BMPS TO MAKE SURE OUR STORM WATER RUNOFF AND OUR STRAIGHT WATER QUALITY IS MAINTAINED AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.
AND IF WE ALLOW EVERYONE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF UNPAID SURFACE AND OUR WATER QUALITY AND OUR WATER RUNOFF QUALITY, UM, DEGRADES TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, THE CITY COULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR MS FOUR PERMIT AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO ACT ON THIS AND IT WOULD CAUSE A FINANCIAL IMPACT BASED, UM, BASED ON PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNERS HAVING UNPAID PARKING AND STORAGE AREAS.
BUT WE WOULD BE THE ONES FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REMEDYING THAT.
SO AS CITY COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH STORM WATER QUALITY, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT AMENDMENTS, WE ALSO, UH, LOOK AT OUR TARGET CITIES AND NEIGHBORING AREAS.
UM, SO AGAIN, THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR POPULATIONS, SIMILAR GROWTH RATES, AND JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE NEXT TO US IN GENERAL.
UM, EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH REQUIRES PAVED PARKING AREAS.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO STORAGE, IT'S UNCLEAR FOR SEINEN.
SELMA DOESN'T REALLY, BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS A YES.
AND THEN SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF THE REQUIREMENT CHANGES, HOW DO THE BUSINESSES THAT MADE THIS FINANCIAL INVESTMENT TO GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO PAVE AND PUT ASPHALT ON THEIR DRIVABLE SURFACES AND ON THEIR STORAGE AREAS, UH, REACT WHEN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS CAN USE GRAVEL AND OTHER MATERIAL WITH THIS DEGRADE THEIR INVESTMENT THAT THEY MADE INTO OUR CITY WITH THIS DEGRADE THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN.
WELL, THE DIRT, DUST AND DEBRIS FROM THE ADJACENT UNPAVED PARKING DETERIORATE, THEIR PAVED PARKING AND INVESTMENT.
AND DOES IT LOWER THE CHARACTER OF THAT AREA THAT THEY CHOSE TO DEVELOP IN? BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW DOES THE OVERALL CHARACTER AND AESTHETIC OF SHIRTS CHANGE WHEN WE START ALLOWING PEOPLE TO USE UNPAVED SURFACES? AND DOES THE AIR QUALITY AND STORM WATER QUALITY OF SHIRTS DEGRADE? SO OUR UDC AS IT STANDS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR UNIMPROVED SURFACES, FOR DRIVABLE AREAS OR FOR STORAGE AREAS.
STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION ON HOW CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF UNIMPROVED SURFACES AND IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE CURRENT UDC REGULATIONS FOR PARKING AND STORAGE AREAS.
COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN, YOU DON'T LEAVE US A WHOLE LOT OF ROOM FOR DISCUSSION ON THOSE QUESTIONS.
IF YOU, YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT THINK SO.
YEAH, BUT THE ONLY THING I COULD, I COULD SAY IS THAT, UH, UH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE RANDOM ONES WHERE THERE'S A VEHICLE PARKED HERE AND VEHICLE PARKED THERE, BUT SOMEBODY FOR EXAMPLE, ROADRUNNER THAT'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME, UH, SOME TYPE OF A TRANSITION FORM.
I'M NOT SAYING GRANDFATHER 'EM, I'M JUST SAYING SOME TYPE OF A TRANSITION FOR 'EM AND YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S UP TO THEM AND THEIR BUSINESS PLANS.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
AGAIN, LIKE A LOT OF THINGS WE DO, IT'S NOT AS THOUGH WE WERE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION GO OUT TOMORROW AND AND THROW THE BOOK AT 'EM.
BUT I THINK SINCE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS A WHILE BACK, WE GOT BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS, ORDINANCE CHANGES, ANNEXATION ONE TO COME BACK AGAIN.
AND, AND I THINK THE WAY STAFF WOULD TYPICALLY APPROACH THIS IS GET CLEAR DIRECTION.
IF THE DIRECTION IS, YEAH, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE, WE CAN'T HAVE FOLKS JUST WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR 'EM OR INCONVENIENT FOR 'EM, START TO VIOLATE THE CODE, COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN, WORK WITH FOLKS, BUT LET 'EM KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH YOU.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
IT'S IT, YOU KNOW, I I'D SAY IT'S A SIX TO 12 MONTH PERIOD WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH FOLKS ON.
UM, BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM STAFF HAS ON THIS, AND DAISY ALLUDED TO IT, IS THIS IS ONE THAT WHAT YOU FIND IS THE BUSINESS COMES IN AND THEN THEY START TO GROW.
THINGS START TO CHANGE FOR 'EM, AND, AND THEN THEY CREEP.
BUT THEN YOU LOOK UP AND GO, WHERE DID, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? AND THEN IT BECOMES A BIGGER PROBLEM.
AND SO AGAIN, PART OF IT IS THE CODE ALLOWS FOR EVEN TODAY IS THIS PROVISION FOR SOME TEMPORARY THINGS TO LET 'EM KIND OF COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A MECHANISM IN THE CODE TO DEAL WITH BUSINESSES THAT RUN INTO A PROBLEM TO, TO NOT HAVE 'EM TOO CONSTRAINED, BUT THEY GOTTA HAVE A PLAN TO GET IT CORRECTED, MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT STAFF'S POSITION IS ON THIS ONE.
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UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE LOOK UP AND WE HAVE THE BUSINESSES SAYING, WELL I RAN OUTTA SPACE.WELL YOU RAN OUTTA SPACE THREE YEARS AGO.
HOW MANY MORE YEARS TILL YOU BRINGING INTO COMPLIANCE? AND AT THAT POINT SOMEBODY ELSE BUYS A BUSINESS 'CAUSE THEY WERE DOING IT, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS, WHY CAN'T I KEEP DOING THIS? THE CHALLENGE WE FACE ON THIS ONE.
YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, MY OPINION IS THAT WE DO NEED TO ENFORCE AND THAT, UH, GIVING, UH, A BUSINESS A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND WHAT THAT ANSWER IS, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THEM.
UM, BUT OVERALL IT DOES AFFECT THE CHARACTER AND, AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE CITY.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
KEPT UP WITH, I THINK, RIGHT? I THINK FROM STAFF, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE DOWN SHEZ PARKWAY THE OTHER SIDE OF 35, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT AMAZON THAT'S MADE THAT BIG INVESTMENT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOME WITH THE REGULATION THEY HAVE AND YOU CAN SEE THE ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS DUSTY OR DIRTY.
WHEN IT RAINS, IT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR US.
SO IF THAT'S GENERALLY THE CONSENSUS THEN IS WE NEED TO STICK WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
AGAIN, AS WE HEAR FEEDBACK, WE CAN POSSIBLY LOOK AT MAKING SOME TWEAKS, BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS DEVELOP A GAME PLAN.
WE CAN KEEP COUNSEL INFORMED HOW WE'RE DOING.
UH, AND, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH FOLKS.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT, BUT WHERE YOU'LL GET CALLS IS WE'RE GONNA COME TO SOMEBODY AND SAY, YOU HAVE TO START DOWN THIS EFFORT.
RIGHT? AND IF YOU BASICALLY JUST SAY, I'M NOT GONNA START DOWN THIS EFFORT, I'M NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING, THEN WE'LL JUST START ENFORCING.
BUT OTHERWISE WE'LL WORK WITH FOLKS TO HELP 'EM THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, MAKE SURE WE HANDHOLD THEM THROUGH, RIGHT? UM, BUT THEN GIVE 'EM THE TIME THEY NEED AND, AND KIND OF FOCUS THAT WAY GOING FORWARD.
SO IF THAT'S A CONSENSUS, WE'LL BE OUT THERE.
WE'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UP TO DATE.
APPRECIATE, WELL, COUNCILMAN GUIRO, I I ALSO AGREE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE THEM ENFORCED BECAUSE THE, THE MINUTE ONE ONE GETS OUTTA LINE AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE AND THEN ANOTHER ONE AND THEN IT JUST GETS OUTTA CONTROL.
SO, UM, YOU DID BOX US IN WITH THE QUESTIONS.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN BROWN ON THAT ONE.
UM, DO WE CARE ABOUT AIR QUALITY? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH ONE.
UH, I WILL PUSH BACK ON ONE OTHER ONE, WHICH WAS IN TERMS OF THE, WHAT WAS IT? MS FOUR? YEP.
SO WATER RUNOFF FROM A ASPHALT PARKING LOT VERSUS WATER RUNOFF FROM A, FROM A FIELD THAT MAY NOT BE USED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YEAH.
WATER RUNOFF FROM A ASPHALT, UH, PARKING LOT IS PRETTY GRAVEL.
SO YEAH, YOU, YOU CAN CERTAINLY GET, AGAIN, LET ME BE CLEAR, WHERE YOU HAVE PAVED SURFACES, CONCRETE OR ASPHALT, AND YOU HAVE VEHICLES PARKING ON THAT, RIGHT? YOU GET THE LITTLE BITS OF RUBBER FROM TREAD, YOU KNOW, YOU GET OIL THAT DRIPS OUTTA CARS.
THAT'S AN ISSUE WE HAVE NOW THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
YOU GET THAT SAME STUFF GENERALLY AT TIMES, MAYBE TO A LESSER DEGREE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT UNPAVED SURFACE.
BUT WHAT YOU DO GET IS YOU GET THAT DIRT AND THE ROCK GOING INTO THE SYSTEM SO YOU GET A PROBLEM BOTH WAY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH BOTH.
IT'S ONE IS A MORE COMMON PROBLEM, THE PAVED SURFACES AND THE THINGS FROM VEHICLES.
BUT WHEN YOU GET THESE AREAS THAT, UM, ARE GRAVEL OR CLICHE THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THESE ACTIVITY ON, THAT ALL WASHES DOWN ALONG WITH THE STUFF THAT'S SEEPED INTO THAT TOP LAYER.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO, OH, I THOUGHT YOU HAD ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS.
SO THE, SO OH, SO THERE'S NO POSSIBILITY OF A GRANDFATHERING OR NONCONFORMING USE.
SO WE, WE WILL HAVE USES OUT THERE THAT ARE GRANDFATHERED WHO PRIOR TO US HAVING A CODE PRIOR TO THEM BEING ANNEXED, WERE DOING THAT AND CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT THE WAY THEY WERE DOING.
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CASES WE ARE DEALING WITH, RIGHT? OUR FOLKS THAT THEY STARTED ONE WAY AND YOU CAN GO BACK TO GOOGLE EARTH AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEN WITH THE CODE IN PLACE AS IT IS, THEY JUST STARTED TO GO, WELL, THEY'RE PARKING THERE AND THEN A YEAR LATER THEY'RE PARKING MORE.
SO YEAH, SOME FOLKS ARE GONNA BE GRANDFATHERED, THEY CAN KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THAT'S CERTAINLY FINE ON OURS, A PRECISION.
BUT THE PROBLEM WE ARE RUNNING INTO IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS, THEY GO IN, THEY START A BUSINESS, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUSINESS DOES WELL, THAT'S GREAT, BUT THEN THEY OUTGROW THEIR SPACE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO REINVEST IN THE BUSINESS AT THAT POINT.
THEY WANT TO JUST CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN A WAY THAT'S NOT COMPLIANT.
SO ANYBODY WHO'S GRANDFATHERED OR VESTED, THEY, THEY CAN KEEP DOING
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WHAT THEY'RE DOING.WHAT WE COULD DO, AND I WANNA BE REAL CLEAR, YOU COULD SAY, I WANNA LET EVERYBODY, AS OF YOU KNOW, JULY 1ST, 2025, WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, WE'RE GONNA GRANDFATHER THEM.
THE PROBLEM YOU'RE GONNA HAVE WITH THAT IS YOU'RE GONNA GET FOLKS WALKING IN ON JULY 2ND GOING, WAIT A MINUTE, WHY WAS HE ALLOWED TO DO IT? I WANT TO DO IT.
AND THEN AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE WHAT IT'S GONNA BE, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA LOOK UP, SAY IN JANUARY OF 2026 AND DRIVE BY AND NOW SOME GUY WHO WASN'T GRANDFATHERED THAT JULY 1ST, HE HAS STARTED DOING IT AND THEN WE'RE BACK TO THE SAME THING AND HE'S GONNA MAKE THE SAME ARGUMENT.
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST MOVE THE GRANDFATHER DATE AND LET EVERYBODY WHO IS DOING IT AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026 BE GRANDFATHERED AND YOU'RE GONNA BE IN THIS NEVER ENDING CYCLE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS IF, IF YOU'RE GONNA GRANDFATHER THE FOLKS WHO'VE DONE THIS THING THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE, FRANKLY FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, JUST LET EVERYBODY DO IT GOING FORWARD.
AND I MEAN THAT SINCERELY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
I THINK WE'RE BEING FAIRLY GENEROUS THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU TIME, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH YOU.
UM, BUT JUST 'CAUSE YOU DID SOMETHING YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA REWARD YOU.
RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, OH, WE ALL DID AS KIDS, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
MY MOM OR DAD WASN'T GONNA LET ME BENEFIT THAT I WAS GIVING BACK, TAKEN BACK, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, GROUNDED FOR A MONTH KIND OF A THING.
THANK YOU MAYOR TIM HAYWARD, I GOING SAY WE PROBABLY, WE NEED TO ENFORCE IT AS MUCH AS I KNOW WE WILL GET PUSHBACK AND WE'LL GET PHONE CALLS, BUT TO ME, THE MINUTE YOU HAVE A BUSINESS AND THEN IT GROWS AND SO NOW YOU'RE PARKING ON THE GRASS AND YOU'RE PARKING AND LIKE THE STORAGE PLACE WITH THE CONEX BOXES I LIVE OUT THERE.
THEY'VE JUST, LIKE, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, YOU COULD BARELY TELL THEY WERE THERE.
NOW IT'S LIKE RIGHT THERE IN YOUR FACE.
AND SO THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYTHING INTO THE BUSINESS, THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND EXPANDING.
AND I THINK AT SOME POINT IF WE DON'T GET A HANDLE ON IT, WE LOSE CONTROL.
AND IF WE ARE WANTING TO BE A PREMIER CITY, WE NEED TO SAY, AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, THIS IS THE ENFORCEMENT.
IF IT CAUSES YOU GRIEF, WE ARE GIVING YOU TIME TO, TO FIX IT.
BUT IF IT'S CAUSING YOU GRIEF, WE UNDERSTAND YOU MAY HAVE TO RELOCATE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
NOT, I MEAN, 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE WON'T EVER GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
AND I, AND I THINK THIS IS, WHEN WE SAY THIS AND, AND Y'ALL BEEN ON COUNCIL, YOU GET THIS, WHEN WE GO OUT AND DO THIS, YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN VIOLATION WHO ARE FRUSTRATED, WE'RE ENFORCING AND IT'LL FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY PEOPLE YOU'RE HEARING FROM.
RIGHT? THE FLIP SIDE IS, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS OR YOU GO A DIFFERENT WAY, WELL IT WON'T BE AS IMMEDIATE.
TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW, YOU'LL START GETTING CALLS FROM ALL THESE RESIDENTS GOING, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO SHIRTS? WHAT IS THIS STUFF? RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT BECOMES DIFFICULT BECAUSE YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE FOLKS WE'RE ENFORCING ON ALL THE FOLKS WHO LIKE THE STANDARD WE HAVE SET, THEY DON'T CALL YOU AND TELL YOU A GREAT JOB, BUT IF YOU WENT THE OTHER WAY OVER TIME, YOU WOULD ALL START HEARING FROM THEM.
I THINK, I MEAN, AND I RECALL THIS STARTED WHEN, UM, DR.
OLA WAS ON COUNCIL AND WE WERE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND THEN WE WERE GONNA DO A COMMITTEE AND LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER MATERIALS THAT COULD BE USED THAT WOULD SATISFY IT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER MATERIALS OUT THERE THAT WOULD SATISFY.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE HE'S BEEN ON COUNCIL.
SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND DEAL WITH IT AND WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE, THE PHONE CALLS AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT'S SAYING GO FORTH AND, AND ENFORCE.
SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY.
AND CERTAINLY STAFF WILL TRY TO DEAL WITH THOSE BEFORE THEY GET TO YOU.
MR. WILLIAMS, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UH, YES.
SO IF, IF I'M HEARING CORRECTLY, THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME, WE WILL WORK WITHIN THAT ORDINANCE.
AND IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND THROW IT OUT THERE THAT WE WILL REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITHIN 12 MONTHS.
IN FACT, I, I JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, I'VE SEEN A PROLIFERATION AND I, I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
I DRIVE AROUND ALL THE TIME, PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY.
AND LOOK AT THE CITY, I'VE SEEN IT PROLIFERATE IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, ESPECIALLY ALONG 1518 SOUTH AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WERE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY.
IT ONCE 15, 80 18 IS FINISHED AND SOME OTHER ROADS ARE FINISHED, IT'S REALLY GOING TO STAND OUT WHEN YOU SEE THE DEVELOPMENT COME ONLINE DOWN THERE AND WE START REQUIRING THOSE NEW BUSINESSES TO COMPLY.
SO A YEAR, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND WE WILL REQUIRE THAT COMPLIANCE WITHIN A YEAR.
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COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.YEAH, I MEAN I, TO ME IT'S A NO BRAINER.
WE, WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE AND IT'S JUST LIKE YOU SAID, FOLKS THAT ARE JUST EITHER COGNIZANT OF THE ORDINANCE AND DON'T CARE, OR THEY'RE NOT, AND THEY'VE JUST EXPANDED AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
BUT I MEAN, THE ORDINANCE IS THE ORDINANCE AND, AND THAT'S, TO ME, IT'S, IT'S THE STANDARD WE WANT.
MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU GO OVER THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH ENFORCEMENT NOW? SO LET'S SAY FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A A, A BUSINESS THAT IS PARKING ON UNPAVED SURFACES, AND WE GO OUT THERE AND WE GIVE THEM A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THEM, GIVE 'EM 12 MONTHS.
UM, WHAT ARE THE CITY'S ACTIONS? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO OVER THE 12 MONTHS? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN WE HIT THE 12 MONTH MARK? WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE END UP FIXING THIS? RIGHT? SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PREPARE MATERIALS, A PACKET OF INFORMATION.
WE, WE WANNA KNOW WHO A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE, SO WE'LL TAILOR IT SPECIFICALLY TO THEIR SITUATION, RIGHT? AND WE'LL GO OUT, TELL 'EM THAT THEY'RE IN VIOLATION, SHOW 'EM WHAT THE CODE IS, AND THEN LAY OUT FOR THEM, HERE ARE THE STEPS FOR YOU TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
HERE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT YOU, YOU HAVE AND FOR FOLKS WHO OWN THE PROPERTY AND IT'S PART OF THEIR SITE, WE'LL WALK THEM, HERE'S THE SITE PLAN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO EXPAND YOUR AREA AND HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN TERMS OF SUBMITTING A SITE PLAN AND PULLING PERMITS TO DO THAT.
AND ALL THOSE THINGS GO WITH IT.
SO WE WILL TRY TO HANDHOLD THE FOLKS THROUGH THIS TO SHOW THEM EXACTLY PARTICULAR TO THEIR SITUATION, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN GOING FORWARD AND ASSIST THEM IN MAKING THAT PROGRESS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CLOCK TICKING.
NOW, SOME FOLKS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE ONE THAT'S PARKING ON AN AREA THAT THEY DON'T OWN.
AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THEY'VE SAID IS, WELL, I DON'T OWN THAT, SO I'M NOT GONNA MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN IT.
AND THE ANSWER IS, WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN IT, BUY IT OR YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND AN OFFSITE, SAY, PLACE TO, TO STORE THESE VEHICLES, RIGHT? UM, AND SO WE'LL TAILOR IT SPECIFIC TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TIME.
IT, I, I THINK WHERE WE TYPICALLY WANNA WORK WITH FOLKS IS THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
SO WE GO OUT AND WE TALK TO 'EM, GIVE 'EM THE PACKET OF INFORMATION THEY CALL A WEEK LATER, ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, COME BACK, THEY CALL AND GO, WHO ARE THE FOLKS THAT KIND OF DO THIS STUFF? AND WE CAN'T RECOMMEND, BUT WE'LL SAY, HERE ARE THE FIRMS THAT COME IN WITH THIS STUFF FOR PEOPLE AND THEY START CONTACTING.
WE GET ONE OF THOSE FOLKS, FOLKS CALLING A MONTH LATER SAYING, HEY, I GOT CALLED BY THIS PERSON.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THEY NEED TO DO? WE'LL WALK THEM THROUGH THE DEAL AND HOLD THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD, TOWARD GETTING THERE AND GETTING COMPLIANCE.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, I THINK WHAT COUNCIL EXPECTS IS IF THE GUY'S MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND SHOWING GOOD FAITH WORK WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, WITH THAT TIMEFRAME.
MY, MY CONCERN IS, OKAY, I'M ALL FOR THE CITY BEING A GOOD PARTNER AND WORKING THROUGH THIS AND I'M OKAY WITH 12 MONTHS.
I'M OKAY WITH EVEN IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A PLAN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH COVID WHERE YOU COULDN'T GET MATERIALS.
I GET ALL THAT, BUT OKAY, SO IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THOUGH THAT IS JUST SAYING I'M NOT GONNA DO IT, THEN WHAT IS THE CITY'S RECOURSE? SO, SO THE CITY WILL THEN WORK WITH THE CITY PROSECUTOR AS WE OFTEN DO ON THESE THINGS AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION, RIGHT? AND THAT TENDS TO BE WHAT WE DO, RIGHT? YOU'VE HEARD THIS THING WITH BANDIT SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE FOLKS THAT SAYS, OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW.
GET IN COMPLIANCE, THE GUY WHO SAYS, NOPE, I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING.
HERE'S YOUR NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
AND SO WE'LL WORK IT THAT WAY.
CAN WE, IF, IF WE HAVE ANY, MY, MY ONLY REQUEST GOING FORWARD IS IF WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT IS UNABLE TO COMPLY AFTER ANYTHING THAT WE DO OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD AND WE END UP GOING THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM, CAN WE GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT, ON HOW THAT'S WORKING? WE CERTAINLY CAN.
AND AGAIN, ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, AND I'LL JUST SORT OF SAY THIS, IS THE COURT PROCESS DOESN'T MOVE QUICKLY.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S SORT OF BY DESIGN AND AT TIMES WE HAVE LIMITED ABILITY TO, TO TO SORT OF GET IT.
OFTEN, I WOULD SAY THIS, IN MY EXPERIENCE OVER THE COURSE OF MY CAREER, THE, THE FOLKS WHO DO NOT WANT TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S ORDINANCE, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO GO AT 'EM AND GO AT 'EM AND GO AT 'EM AND KIND OF GET YOU, YOU'VE JUST GOTTA KEEP AT IT WITH IT.
AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE PROSECUTOR ON THAT, UH, TO AVAIL OURSELVES.
BUT IT IS NOT GONNA BE A QUICK PROCESS EVEN IN THOSE CASES.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, AN EXAMPLE IS THE FREEWAY MANOR CASE.
IT'S, IT'S SLOW, BUT WE'VE BEEN CHIPPING AWAY AT IT AND WE'VE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS.
THANK YOU MAYOR PROTIME HAYWARD, KIND OF ALONG THE LINES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
HOW LONG DO YOU GO AT 'EM TO DECIDE? IS THERE ANY PROCESS BEYOND THAT IF THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING? ONCE THE COURTS, SURE.
IT BECOMES A JUDGMENT CALL THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE PROSECUTOR AND WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, RIGHT? BECAUSE OFTEN WITH
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THESE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE IN VIOLATION OF THEN GO, FINE HERE, I'M JUST GONNA PAY, I'LL WALK IN AND I'LL PAY A FEE AND I'LL KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING.SO WE HAVE TO THEN LOOK AT OTHER AVENUES WE HAVE AS OPPOSED TO THE STANDARD, RIGHT? MOST FOLKS, YOU GET THEIR ATTENTION ON THE FIRST ONE, THEY COME INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT AS REBECCA KNOWS, NOT EVERYBODY DOES.
AND WE GOTTA KEEP, KEEP GOING AT 'EM AND LOOK AT HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT AND WHAT WE DO AND, AND DEAL WITH THAT GOING FORWARD.
YEAH, MAYOR, BUT I WILL SAY THE PROSECUTOR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL I THINK, UH, THAT WE HAVE WITH ENT.
NAVARRO DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AND HAS REALLY BEEN HELPFUL TO STAFF.
SO I THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS.
MAYBE THROW ONE MORE THING OUT THERE, BRIAN, WHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF REQUIRING IF, IF 12 MONTHS IS TOO LONG TO WAIT AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WHAT ABOUT REQUIRING AFTER SIX MONTHS THAT THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN SUBMITTED OR, OR SOME SORT OF MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE GOAL RATHER THAN WAITING THE FULL 12 AND THEN THEY DON'T COMPLY? YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE PROSECUTOR AND TO MAKE, WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT AND FAIR WITH EVERYBODY, BUT CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT.
JUST DON'T WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T CREATE PROBLEMS FOR OURSELVES, BUT MM-HMM
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON SOME OF THAT, HAVING TO GO BACK AND BACK AT PEOPLE.
SO COMPLIANCE IS ALWAYS THE GOAL.
SOMETIMES ENFORCEMENT DOES TAKE TIME AND REPETITIVE CONSISTENCY REMINDERS.
UM, FIRST OFF, WE LIKE TO START WITH EDUCATION.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT SOME PEOPLE DO AND THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE WHICH ROUTE WE'RE GONNA GO.
SO YES, COMPLIANCE IS ALWAYS THE GOAL AND CHIPPING AWAY AT IT LITTLE BY LITTLE WE'LL GET THERE.
I THINK WE DO HAVE A CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE GONNA ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE 12 MONTHS.
WE HAVE TO GET SIGNED NOTIFICATION FROM EACH ONE THAT THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED.
OTHERWISE WE'RE, WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE 10 MONTHS LATER WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY RECEIVED.
NOTIFICATION WE, WE CAN SEND THINGS BY CERTIFIED MAIL, WE CAN DROP IT OFF AGAIN, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO IS JUST DOING THEIR BUSINESS WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT IT.
AGAIN FOR THE GUY WHO'S GONNA, I'M GONNA AVOID 'EM DUCKING AROUND THE CORNER WHEN YOU COME, YOU KNOW, TO SOME DEGREE THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST DUCKING US.
BUT WE'LL FOLLOW THE LEGAL STEPS WE HAVE TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'VE PROVIDED ADEQUATE NOTICE TO PEOPLE.
BUT GENERALLY IT'S GOING UP AND KNOCKING AND CHATTING AND IT IS, AND WE DOCUMENT OUR CASES.
ANY CONTACT THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH MAIL, EMAIL, SOME PEOPLE STOP IN THE LOBBY, WE HAVE FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS.
SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO CATCH THE OWNER OR THE AGENT ON PROPERTY AND WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION THERE.
WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL DOCUMENT THOSE CASES.
SO EVERY CASE THAT WE HAVE WILL BE DOCUMENTED ALL THE WAY, WHICH BUILDS A STRONGER CASE FOR US WHEN WE DO, IF WE HAVE TO GO TO COURT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. NOVAK BACK THERE.
GIVE A JUDGE WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT FOR ASPHALT OR HOW IS THAT THE PRICE JUST SO I CAN DEAL WITH? UH, ASPHALT IS TYPICALLY PAID FOR BY THE TON.
THE GOING PRICE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $120 PER TON OF ASPHALT.
AND SO IF YOU ASSUME ABOUT 147 POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT, DEPENDING ON HOW THICK YOU PUT DOWN IN THE AREA, YOU CAN KIND OF CALCULATE HOW MUCH IT IT COSTS ON, ON THAT.
THIS IS USUALLY, YOU PUT A LITTLE BIT OF BASE UNDERNEATH IT AND THAT'S USUALLY PAID OUT EITHER BY THE TON OR CUBIC YARD, MOST OFTEN CUBIC YARD FOR HOW MUCH YOU PUT IN AND COMPACT IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? OH, THANK YOU.
HE WAS BACK THERE SO I WASN'T GONNA LET HIM JUST SIT BACK THERE AND SMILE.
[ Closed Session]
ITEM NUMBER 13, WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WE WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENTAL CODE 5 51 0.072 TO DELIBERATE ON THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.
WE WILL RECONVENE AFTER OUR CLOSED SESSION.
[ Reconvene into Regular Session]
OKAY, THE TIME IS 8 0 1.WE RECONVENE AFTER OUR REGULAR SESSION AND DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING OUR CLOSED SESSION REGARDING ITEM 13.
THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON ITEM 14, SO WE'LL MOVE ON.
[15. Monthly Update - Major Projects in Progress/CIP (B.James/K.Woodlee)]
ITEM 15 IS A MONTHLY UPDATE.MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS, CPI, THESE WERE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT WERE PROVIDED COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AT OUR WEBSITE.
[ Requests and Announcements Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers for updates or information from Staff Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items or presentations be placed on a future City Council agenda City and Community Events attended and to be attended (Council) ]
COUNSEL, UH, ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM STAFF[01:45:03]
COUNSEL? ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? UM, I'M WONDERING LIKE WE DID WITH UM, C-V-L-G-C CHAIR, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR, UH, JOHNNY MCDOWELL AND DANIEL ELDRIDGE FOR SERVING OF 14 YEARS AS WELL AND GETTING THEM A PLAQUEUM, WE WILL, WE'LL GET TOGETHER ON THAT ONE.
DID YOU WANT THAT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? IS THAT WHAT THE REQUEST IS? I'M JUST, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON, I MEAN WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT I GUESS TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO AND THEN PUT IT IN AS A PRESENTATION.
WE WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU ON THAT ONE THEN.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER ITEMS? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM HAYWARD.
UH, YES, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE SIGMA GAMMA ROW SWIM DAY 1922 WATER SAFETY CLINIC PROGRAM AND READ A PROCLAMATION.
IT ALSO GAVE ME A CHANCE TO RECONNECT WITH THE SORORITY 'CAUSE I AM A RAH.
IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION GETTING STARTED.
I DID THE NLC PRESIDENTIAL AND EXECUTIVE FLY IN AND GOT TO DO A WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING AND I AM PLANNING ON SENDING OUT THE INFORMATION THAT I GOT IN THE BRIEFING TO EVERYONE AS A TML PRESIDENT.
SO YOU SHOULD GET THAT IN AN EMAIL.
AS SOON AS I FINISH SUMMARIZING, I DID THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT RETIREMENT FOR SERGEANT ALITO AND OFFICER SCHMIDT DID THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR HOM DESIGNS AND THEN THE POLICE PROMOTION FOR SERGEANT C***S AND SERGEANT FLOWERS, AND THAT'S ALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON ATTENDED THE POLICE RETIREMENT CEREMONY AND THAT WAS ALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO? UH, YES.
GOT TO ATTEND THE, UH, SHIRTZ EMS BANQUET AND THE, UH, MEMORIAL, UH, THAT WE HAD ON MEMORIAL DAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO? YES, I ATTENDED THE, UH, EMS AND ALSO THE, UH, UH, RETIREMENT CEREMONY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK? NOT AT THIS MOMENT, MAYOR.
JUST THE, UH, MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.