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OKAY, THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR AUGUST 5TH, 2025 IS NOW IN SESSION.
AND FIRST ON THE AGENDA AS COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO WILL RE, WILL LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO 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 OR ISSUES.
FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD, AS WE AS ACCEPT YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[1. Appointment of Mayor Pro Tem - Discussion, consideration, and/or action regarding the confirmation, appointment, or election of the Mayor Pro Tem. (Mayor/Council) Oath of Office]
ALRIGHT.FIRST ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MAYOR PRO TEMP.
UM, NO, THE MAYOR PRO TEMP, UH, IS SELECTED BY THE, UH, THE COUNCIL HERE.
AND NEXT, UH, NEXT ON THE ROTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER TIM BROWN.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPOINT MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT TIM BROWN AS THE NEW MAYOR PRO TIM.
SECOND HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING FOR SEVEN.
THERE'S, OKAY, IF WE CAN, UH, GO AHEAD AND PUBLISH THE VOTE.
NEXT WE HAVE THE OATH OF OFFICE.
IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN WILL STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.
AND OUR DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY, MS. KEARNEY, WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE OFF TOWN OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS, CITY OF SHIRTS.
AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO HELP ME, GOD SOUGHT OUT ME.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PRO 10 BROWN.
[ Employee Recognition Neighborhood Services: Justin Langford-Code Enforcement Officer Public Works Utilities: Robert Linares-Water/Wastewater Worker 1; Anthony Luna-Water/Wastewater Worker 1]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS.
UH, FIRST IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
MR. WILLIAMS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR US CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
HE COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHERE HE WORKED TWO YEARS AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, ALSO WORKING ON THE SALVAGE YARD AND ZONING TEAMS. HE PATROLLED DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH IS THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF DOWNTOWN.
SO HE COMES TO US WITH LOTS OF EXPERIENCE.
HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY FOR FOUR YEARS AND AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
HE GRADUATED FROM SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE WITH A DEGREE IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN CRIMINOLOGY.
I THROW IN AN EXTRA N IN THERE.
HE WAS BORN IN FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, BUT RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
HE HAS TWO SONS, AGES SIX AND 11, AND HIS HOBBIES ARE WORKING OUT AND ANYTHING SPORTS RELATED, HIS TEAMS, AND I'M NOT, NOT HOLD THIS AGAINST HIM, ARE THE SEAHAWKS AND THE SPURS.
HE ALSO CHEERS ON ANY TEXAS COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM.
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JUSTIN LANGFORD.NEXT WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING TODAY? THIS EVENING? I, FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC.
THIS EVENING, I HAVE THE TWO NEWEST EMPLOYEES WITH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY'RE BOTH, UH, WORKER ONES.
I HAVE ROBERT EZ AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE THAT A LITTLE BETTER THAN I CAN, HONESTLY.
AND ANTHONY LUNA, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE BOTH OF THEM AND THEN I'LL LET THEM COME UP AND TALK.
ROBERT, HE'S FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA, AND HE CAME OUT HERE TO WORK IN THE GREAT CITY OF SHIRTS.
HE LOVES TO PLAY GUITAR, BASKETBALL, AND VOLLEYBALL.
HE'S EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW CAREER.
HE GETS TO LEARN THINGS THAT HE CAN USE OUTSIDE OF WORK.
HIS FAVORITE BOOK IS THE BIBLE.
HE LISTENS TO A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY MUSIC WHEN HE IS NOT WORKING.
HE LIKES TO GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND IF HE COULD, HE WOULD TAKE HIS WIFE TO ITALY.
AND THAT IS ROBERT ANTHONY LUNA HERE ON MY LEFT FROM SEIN, TEXAS.
HE LIKES FISHING, HUNTING, AND CAMPING.
UH, HE LIKES WATCHING COPS AND BARBECUE COOKING SHOWS, LOVES LISTENING TO COUNTRY MUSIC.
AND IF HE COULD, HE WOULD TAKE A TRIP TO JAPAN.
SO IF Y'ALL COULD HELP ME WELCOME THESE TWO.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'LL MEAN THE BEST.
WELL, WELCOME TO OUR TEAM, GENTLEMEN.
[ 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)]
NEXT WE HAVE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.MS. GONZALEZ? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO THERE ARE NO SCHEDULED, UM, CITY EVENTS BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE WILL BE HERE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, MR. WILLIAMS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WE'VE GOT THREE PROMOTIONS THIS MONTH.
WE HAD OSCAR MEDINA WAS PROMOTED FROM SENIOR IT SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR.
DANNY CASTRO WAS PROMOTED FROM POLICE OFFICER TO SERGEANT AND BENJAMIN ECMO OMO, UH, MADE A BIG CAREER MOVE TOO.
HE WAS PROMOTED FROM PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER TO POLICE CADET.
SO CONGRATS TO ALL THREE OF THOSE FOLKS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LIZZIE BERTIA IS NOW THE DIRECTOR, OR SHE WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY FROM SENIOR LIBRARIAN.
SO SHE JUST STARTED IN AUGUST 1ST AND REPLACED MELISSA HORNE, WHO IS OUR LONG-TERM LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK.
HAD A FEW, UM, A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY.
SO LAST WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING UP TO COLLEGE STATION WITH OUR POLICE FOLKS.
THE TEXAS CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION AWARDED THE SHIRTZ POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUR STATEWIDE AWARDS.
ONE IS OUTSTANDING CRIME PREVENTION AGENCY FOR ALL THE SMALL AGENCIES OUTSTANDING MEDIA AWARD.
AND THAT WAS FOR PRINT MEDIA AND THAT WAS FOR OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, OUTSTANDING CORPORATE SLASH BUSINESS AWARD.
AND THAT WAS OUR SHIRTS, S EMERGENCY CLINIC AND OUTSTANDING CRIME PREVENTION MANAGER.
AND THAT WAS OUR OWN CHIEF LOWRY.
SO ALSO, ANNA CRAFT HAS BEEN SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR T-P-T-P-C-A AS THE, UH, THIRD VICE PRESIDENT.
ALSO THE CITY OF SHIRTZ WAS NAMED THE NUMBER ONE SAFEST SUBURB IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA AND THE 87TH IN THE NATION.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE WERE FOLLOWED BY SOME OTHERS IN THE AREA.
BERNIE AT 1 31 NEW BRAUNFELS AT TWO 40, FLORESVILLE AT 2 49 AND SINE AT TWO 90.
SO GREAT JOB TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY EXTENDS TO MORE THAN JUST POLICE AND OTHER THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIBRARY, ET CETERA.
AND ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO EXTEND ITS GRATITUDE FOR SUCH A GIVING COMMUNITY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE 70 PLUS ANIMALS THAT WERE RELATED TO
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AC CRUELTY INVESTIGATION THAT WE HAD TO TAKE INTO ANIMAL SERVICES.AND THE OUTPOURING, HIS SUPPORT HAS BEEN JUST INCREDIBLE.
AND THEN ALSO A REMINDER FROM THE POLICE CHIEF SCHOOL STARTS AT SCUC NEXT THURSDAY OR THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH.
SO PLEASE SLOW DOWN, PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCHOOL ZONES, BE PATIENT AND STAY OFF OF YOUR PHONE.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO READ, UH, JUST A QUICK NOTE.
WE DID HAVE A WATER MAIN BREAK ON LIVE OAK TODAY.
IF YOU, IF YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN TO DRIVE BY AND SEE, IT WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
AND ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SENT A VERY NICE EMAIL JUST SAYING THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN THE QUICK REPAIR OF THE WATER.
MAIN BREAK ON THE EAST LIVE OAK ROAD THIS MORNING.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE WATER AGAIN, ROGER ASTON AND HE LIVES ON LIVE OAK.
BUT I, I WANTED TO READ THAT BECAUSE EVERY DAY IT GOES UNNOTICED TO A LARGE DEGREE, HOW GREAT OF A JOB AND HOW RESPONSIVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS ARE GETTING ON WATERLINE BREAKS, SEWER LAND, UH, SEWER LINE BREAKS, ET CETERA.
THANK YOU FOR THE INDULGING ME.
ALRIGHT, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.
UH, I JUST, UH, HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS OUR CITY MANAGER STATED, UH, WE'RE, IS IT 87TH SAFEST CITY IN THE NATION? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST TEXAS OR THE SURROUNDING AREA IN THE NATION.
AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.
AND ALSO, AS HE STATED, WE ARE DEEPLY MOVED BY THE OUTPOURING, THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF THE RE RECENT SITUATION AT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.
YOUR GENEROSITY, YOUR COMPASSION, AND YOUR SWIFT ACTION HAVE MADE AN INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE TO THE PETS THAT WE RECOVERED.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP WITH US FOR SHOWING WHAT A UNITED AND CARING COMMUNITY TRULY LOOKS LIKE.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT.
FOR THE RECORD, COULD YOU STATE THAT AT 6 0 9 COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK ARRIVED.
[ 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.]
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE THE HEARING OF RESIDENCE.THIS TIME IS SET ASIDE FOR ANYONE WHO WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
EACH PERSON IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
AND WE ASK BEFORE ADDRESSING THE COUNSEL FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED TODAY.
YOU MAY SPEAK AT THE HEARING OF RESIDENCE, OR YOU MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING OR YOU MAY SPEAK AT BOTH.
THE OPTION IS YOURS WITH THAT MAYOR PRO TEMP.
FIRST ONE IS SHEILA FEDERER FEDERER AND I LIVE AT 1 0 8 HENRY FORD DRIVE HERE IN SHEZ.
AND I'M, UM, TALKING ABOUT MY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON ASHLEY ELK DRIVE.
UM, I HAVE A COMMERCIAL LEASE.
IT'S BEEN THE SAME LEASE FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS, UM, THAT I AM TO PAY FOR THE WATER AND THE TRASH, BUT MY TENANTS ARE TO HAUL THEIR TRASH BINS AND RECYCLE BINS TO THE STREET.
NOW WITH THE NEW TRASH COMPANY, UM, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET VERY FAR WITH THEM BECAUSE, UM, YOU'RE TALKING TO A DIFFERENT PERSON EVERY TIME.
THEY GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT MANAGER ON DUTY WHO SAYS, NO, WE DON'T DO RECYCLE FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
SO I DO HAVE A LEASE NOW THAT I'M NOT IN GOOD STANDING FOR, BUT I ALSO HAVE A PHOTO OF A BUSINESS WITH A RECYCLE BIN OUT IN FRONT.
OKAY? THAT WAS FOR TRASH PICKUP ON MONDAY.
AND, AND WITH THE COST OF THE INCREASE WASN'T TERRIBLE FOR A RESIDENCE.
THE ACTUAL, UH, PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING IS 635%.
BUT, UM, AND YOU HAVE TENANTS IN A LEASE, WE WANT 'EM THERE FOR FIVE YEARS, OKAY? THAT'S GUARANTEED INCOME FOR ME, BUT, SO I CAN'T ASK THEM TO PAY MORE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING ON.
BUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO GET A NAME AND A PERSON WITH FRONTIER THAT I CAN TALK WITH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO A DIFFERENT PERSON AND THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING IN
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DOING, AND MOST OF THEM WILL JUST SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON GETTING, UH, RECYCLED FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.IT'S, IT JUST HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
SO I'M ON A WAITING LIST TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT DOES, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH SOMEBODY AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET IT DONE.
GO AHEAD MR. WILLIAMS. OH, UH, MA'AM IF YOU WOULD SPEAK TO SARAH GONZALEZ RIGHT OVER THERE.
THAT'S WHO I WAS GOING TO DIRECT HER TO.
NEXT UP IS, UH, CHRISTINA DOTA.
I AM HERE TO PRESENT MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
I WANNA THANK MR. BEN GUERRERO FOR THE INVITATION.
HE WAS THE ONE THAT LET ME KNOW, UM, WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO COME HERE AND JUST PRESENT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, YOU HAVE A FOLDER JUST LIKE THIS ONE, HOPEFULLY.
UM, MOST OF YOU CAN HAVE ONE THAT HAVE THE ORGANIZATION, THE INFORMATION OF MY ORGANIZATION.
YOU HAVE A BROCHURE, UM, THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENT THAT WE USE FOR, UM, THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE AND, UM, LIKE A COMPARISON OF WHAT REGULAR, UM, SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCATES, UH, ARE CHARGING RIGHT NOW.
AND IT KINDS OF PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE Y FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, I AM A BOARD CERTIFIED, UH, SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCATE, UH, BY NASA, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER.
AND I'M THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS.
UH, WHEN I DECIDED TO CERTIFY, UM, BEFORE THAT I WAS A TEACHER FOR 16 YEARS AND, UH, I HELD AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, POSITION OF FILE FOR MTSS COORDINATOR FOR FOUR YEARS.
UH, THE STRUGGLE TO FIND FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHTS IS SCHOOLS, UH, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND TRYING TO INSTRUCT THE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS IS VERY ROUGH IN SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO STEP OUT OF SCHOOL AND START PROVIDING THESE, UH, KNOWLEDGE TO THE FAMILIES AND INSTRUCT THE FAMILY EQUIPMENT, EQUIP THEM FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR OWN KIDS.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, MY ORGANIZATION, UM, IS INCOME BASED.
SO WE PROVIDE A SPECIAL EDUCATION, UH, ADVOCACY SERVICES DEPENDING ON THE INCOME OF THE FAMILY.
SO THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE LOW INCOME, THE IT WILL BE AT NO COST, THE SERVICES.
SO WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE SERVICES AT, AT NO COST FOR ALL THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE LOW INCOME.
UH, WE GO, UH, WITH THEM TO THE 5 0 4 IEP MEETINGS OR ARTS.
UH, WE GO OVER THE EVALUATION, EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM.
UH, WE SIT DOWN WITH THE FAMILY AND WHATEVER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE DURING THE PROCESS OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PATH OF THEIR CHILD, UH, WE ANSWER THAT FOR THEM AND WE SUPPORT THEM IN THE PROCESS.
UM, OUR ORGANIZATION IS FAITH-BASED, SO WE ALSO PROVIDE, UM, SPIRITUAL SUPPORT TO THESE FAMILIES IN NEED.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENT, YOU CAN SEE THE CHART THAT WE'RE USING, WHICH IS THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WILL DEPEND ON THE, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DO WITH THE FOOD STAMP AND WEEK, UM, DEPENDING ON THE HOUSEHOLD QUANTITY OF MEMBERS AND THE INCOME OF THE WHOLE FAMILY, IT WILL BE THE DEDUCTION OR THE DISCOUNT THEY WILL COVER FROM THE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE SERVICES.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE THE FOLDER AND HOPEFULLY IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT TO MY ORGANIZATION.
YOU HAVE MY EMAIL AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, STEVE WILLIAMS AND CITY MANAGER AND THE STATE STAFF.
AGAIN, DANIEL JAMESON, REPRESENTING THE VFW VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND IT'S FOOD TIME EVERY THIRD SATURDAY FROM EIGHT TO 11 COSTS $12.
COUNCILMAN BROWN, TELL 'EM HOW IT IS.
YOU CAN'T BEAT IT, COOKED BY YOUR FELLOW VETERANS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
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PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS WHO HAVE SERVED FOR YOUR FREEDOM FOR THAT FLAG THAT YOU SIT IN FRONT OF.WE'VE REPRESENTED THAT FLAG IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FOREIGN LANDS FOR THE VERY FREEDOM THAT WE ALL SERVE, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I RESIDE AT 29 60 RED TIP SHIRTS, TEXAS HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU AS THE RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND SPEAK ABOUT SETTING THE PRELIMINARY 2025 TAX RATE.
I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, GROWING MY FAMILY HERE, HAVE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CITY SERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY AND THE SECURE LIFE THAT WE'VE HAD HERE.
AND I CAN APPRECIATE AND THE FACT OF WHAT THE TAX BURDEN DOES TO THE RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY.
AGAIN, BEING HERE OVER 20 YEARS, I'VE SEEN MY TAX BILL MORE THAN DOUBLE OVER THAT TIME PERIOD IN THE HOME THAT I'M LIVING IN.
AND THAT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO DEAL WITH, BUT THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED HAVE FAR OUTWEIGHED THE COST.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TAX RATES, LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CITIZENS AND WHAT BENEFIT THAT GIVES THEM AND THE RETURN THAT THEY RECEIVE.
SO I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU AS MUCH AS IT IS A DIFFICULT DECISION, INCREASING THE TAX RATE TO 0.5188 IS NECESSARY AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT THE CITIZENS IN THE LONG TERM.
IT'S A HARD DECISION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING DAY TO DAY.
BUT IT IS, IT IS, AGAIN, IT'S SHORTSIGHTED TO SAY, WELL, LET'S TRY TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT NOW FOR THEM, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST THEM MORE IN THE LONG RUN.
IT CAN COST THEM MORE IN THE LONG RUN IN THE SERVICES THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO THEM, THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT IT CAN PROVIDE FOR THEM.
BUT ALSO EVENTUALLY THAT BILL WILL COME AND IT WILL BE AT A HIGHER COST IN THE FUTURE.
SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, YOUR DELIBERATIONS.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT MR. SHERIDAN HAS BEEN GIVEN, UH, SIX MINUTES.
UH, THE INDIVIDUAL BEHIND HIM SIGNED UP ALSO.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM WITH GREATER RANDOLPH AREA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION, KNOWN AS GRSA.
UH, I AM A, UH, RESIDENT OF SHIRTS, 10 24 KIANA PLACE.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO SHARE OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SHIRT SOCCER COMPLEX.
AND NOW GRSA IS READY TO MANAGE AND ENHANCE AND ELEVATE THIS VITAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
GRSA IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PROUDLY SERVED THEIR SHIRTS AND THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
WE PROVIDE YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAMS TO MORE THAN 2000 KIDS ANNUALLY.
WE SUPPORT OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS.
AND BY THE WAY, ALSO DEE, SHE ALSO CONTRACTS OVER 146 KIDS FOR REFEREE OVERSIGHT FOR OUR GAMES.
FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY PROVIDING JOBS, OUR BOARD BRINGS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE IN YOUTH SPORTS, LEADERSHIP GAINS, SCHEDULING, TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT, AND FACILITY OPERATIONS.
WE ARE ALSO FINANCIALLY STRONG WITH $200,000 IN REVENUE.
GRACE HAS NEVER BEEN OBLIGATED TO MAINTAIN THE FIELDS.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT THAT OUT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS CLEAR AND UNDERSTOOD.
WE ARE SEEKING COUNSEL APPROVAL FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE SHIRT SOCCER COMPLEX TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS INCLUDES FIELD SCHEDULING, SAFETY COMPLIANCE, FIELD UPKEEP, TOURNAMENT COORDINATION, AND LONG-TERM PLANNING, ALL AT NO ADDED COST TO THE CITY.
UNLIKE THE OTHER PROPOSAL THAT WILL REQUIRE FUNDING FROM THE CITY BUDGET, OUR PLAN IS FULLY SELF-SUPPORTED THROUGH TOURNAMENTS, SPONSORSHIPS, CAMPS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.
THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT GRACE
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IS NOT BRINGING IN THE REVENUE AND THAT IS INCORRECT.I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN 50 50% OF SISA REVENUE BY CAMPAIGNING FOR TOURNAMENTS TO COME TO THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND GAMES PLAYED ON SSE.
WE PROVIDE A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR GAMES ARE PLAYED HERE IN SHIRTS, RACER CAMPAIGNS AT THE STATE ASSOCIATION AS A CLUB TO BRING TOURNAMENTS TO SHIRT, SOCCER COMPLEX TOURNAMENTS, BRING IN HUNDREDS OF TEAMS AND WITH THEM, THEY BRING VISITORS WHO STAY IN OUR HOTELS, WHO DINE AT OUR RESTAURANTS AND SHOP AT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN SHIRTS.
RATES THAT MAY MAINTAIN THE FIELD INTEGRITY AND MARKETING FOR THE TOURNAMENT ARE OPPORTUNITIES WILL GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR THE CITY.
AND I WANT TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN NICKEL AND DIME CHARGING FOR GAMES AND PRACTICE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT BRING THE REVENUE AWAY.
I DID A, UH, STUDY WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO THE, HOPEFULLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WHEN WE BROUGHT THE LIGHTS ON, SHOWED YOU THAT THE TOURNAMENTS ARE BRINGING THE REVENUE TO THE CITY THROUGH WHAT I JUST MENTIONED, USING THE HOTELS, THE RESTAURANTS, AND, AND SHOPPING IN OUR LOCAL, IN THE BUSINESS HERE IN SHIRTS.
THAT'S WHAT'S BRINGING THE, THE REVENUE IN HELPING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE IN SHIRTS.
WE'RE NOT JUST MANAGING SSE, WE'RE INVESTING IN IT.
WE PLAN TO ENHANCE THE FACILITY WITH AN OUTDOOR SPEAKER SYSTEM, ADDITIONAL SEATING AND SHADE, IMPROVE WALKWAYS FOR FAMILIES, AND EVENTUALLY CONVERT FIELD 12 INTO A STADIUM LIKE FACILITY.
EVERYTHING WE DO PRIORITIZE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY, COMMUNITY ACCESS AND EXCELLENCE.
SIMPLY PUT, WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF IT.
WE MAINTAIN THE FIELD SCHEDULE THOUSANDS OF GAMES, AND BUILD PROGRAMS FROM THE GROUND UP.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, AND DELIVERING A FACILITY THAT EVERY RESIDENT OF SHIRTS CAN BE PROUD OF.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF, UM, OF MY PRESENTATION, OF CONFIDENT FEEL THAT GRACE IS THE BEST PARTNER TO MANAGE THE CHURCH SUCKING COM COMPLEX WITH PASSION, EXPERIENCE, AND COMMITMENT NEEDED TO PRESERVE THOSE FIELDS.
I'M GONNA BRING UP, UH, DORA, WHO'S GOING TO BRING YOU ANOTHER SIDE OF, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE, UH, CISA ALLIANCE.
AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION SINCE I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT, UH, DELMA SANTA CRUZ OVER THERE.
THESE TWO ARE LEADERSHIP IN YOUTH SOCCER IN THE COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL SOUTH TEXAS.
THEY HELP BRING THOSE TOURNAMENTS TO SHIRT SOCCER.
AND THESE TWO LADIES ARE CHAMP, ARE CAMPAIGNING, CHAMPIONING FOR THOSE GAMES TO COME, THOSE TOURNAMENTS TO COME HERE, WHICH BRING THOUSANDS OF GAMES.
JOEL BOYLE, 2,500 KLEIN CIRCLE, SHIRTZ, TEXAS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'VE BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT OF SHIRTS SINCE 1987.
I SERVED THE SHIRTZ YOUTH SOCCER ALLIANCE AND TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE SHIRTZ SOCCER COMPLEX AND THE ALLIANCE COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE YOUTH SOCCER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
LET ME START BY SHARING A LITTLE ABOUT THE ALLIANCE AND HOW IT WORKS.
SHIRTZ YOUTH SOCCER ALLIANCE IS IN A PARTNERSHIP OF FOUR ORGANIZATIONS.
CHURCH PARK BOARD, WHICH HAS THREE MEMBERS AND THREE VOTES.
THE LIONS CLUB, TWO MEMBERS AND TWO VOTES.
YMCA ALSO HAS TWO MEMBERS AND TWO VOTES, AND FINALLY, GRAYA WITH TWO MEMBERS AND TWO VOTES WITH LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF TOTAL VOTE.
GRAYA DOES NOT CONTROL THE ALLIANCE.
ALL OF OUR DECISIONS ARE MADE COLLABORATIVELY WITH A FOCUS ON MIND AND BEST SERVES THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ALSO, DURING THE BUDGET HEARING, A COMMENT WAS MADE THAT GRACE HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN THE FIELDS.
GRACE HAS NEVER BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE FIELDS.
WITH THIS GRACE'S RESPONSIBILITY, THE CITY HAS ALWAYS COORDINATED AND APPROVED AUTHORITY OF ALL MAINTENANCE ACTIONS.
I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE RECENT CONCERNS REGARDING THE CONDITIONS OF THE FIELDS AND PROVIDE SOME CONTENT.
AFTER THE INSTALLATIONS OF THE NEW FIELD LIGHTS, WE FACED SOME UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES.
MORE THAN 120 IRRIGATION LINES AND SPRINKLER HEADS WERE DAMAGED.
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THE FIELDS HAD NO WATER, NO SEATING, NO ACCESS, WHICH LEFT THE TURF IN POOR CONDITION.EARLY MARCH, STAFF BEGAN REPAIRS COMPLETING MORE THAN 120 IRRIGATION FIX FIXES JUST AS THE GROWING SEASON BEGAN.
AND TODAY CONTINUE FIXING THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
EVEN WITH THESE CHALLENGES, OUR SPRING SEASON KICKED OFF ON MARCH 15TH.
SINCE THEN, THE FIELDS HAVE SUPPORTED EIGHT WEEKS OF LEAGUE PLAY STATE CUP MATCHES AND FOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENTS IN APRIL AND MAY.
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, ALL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ACTIVITIES ARE COORDINATED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY.
WHILE SOMETIMES CAUSE TIMELY DELAYS, THEN WE WOULD HOPE OUR TOP PRIORITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO KEEP THE FIELD SAFE AND PLAYABLE FOR THE KIDS.
I WANT TO CLOSE BY EMPHASIZING WHY WE DO THIS.
THE ALLIANCE AND GRACE IN PARTICULAR EXIST TO SERVE THE YOUTH OF SOCCER, OF SHIRTS.
THESE FIELDS ARE MORE THAN JUST GRASS AND GOLDS.
THEY ARE WHERE THE CHILDREN TE LEARN, TEAMWORK, RESILIENCE, AND A SENSE OF PRIDE.
WE MAINTAIN COMMITTED TO WORK HARD FOR THE CITY AND ALL ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUE IMPROVING THE FIELDS.
ENSURING YOUTH SOCCER SHIRTS REMAINS A SOURCE OF OPPORTUNITY, JOY, GROWTH IN EVERY CHILD WHO STEPS ON THE FIELD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS MARIA D***S AND UM, I AM THE GUADALUPE COUNTY MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR FOR GUIDA GARDEN PARK.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE IT OUT TO THE PARK, IT'S BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU DIDN'T GO OUT THERE IN THE SPRING, YOU MISSED OUT ON THE BLUE BONNETS AND THE POPPIES THAT WE HAD OUT.
UM, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS TO KEEP THE PARK BEAUTIFUL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO HAND WATER MOST OF THE BEDS.
THERE'S ONLY TWO BEDS THAT, UM, THANKS TO THE UM, PARKS DEPARTMENT.
BUT THE OTHER BEDS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 26, WE HAVE TO HAND WATER AND IT TAKES THE COMMITMENT OF VOLUNTEERS.
UM, I TOOK OVER THE POSITION IN JANUARY AND SINCE THEN, UM, I REACHED OUT TO THE CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL HONOR SOCIETY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COME OUT DURING THE SPRING.
AND WE HAD ABOUT 87, UM, VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME OUT ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS TO HELP, UM, BEAUTIFY THE PARK.
UM, I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT YOU ARE INVITED TO COME TAKE PICTURES TO ENJOY THE NATURE TO ALSO VOLUNTEER BECAUSE THE PARK WOULD NOT BE GOING IF IT WASN'T FOR VOLUNTEERS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, YOU CAN, UM, CONTACT ME.
UM, I AM THE POC ON THE CITY OF SHIRTS, PARKS WEBSITE.
IT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO MY EMAIL, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING.
BUT I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IF YOU DO KNOW OF ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO VOLUNTEER OR NEEDS HOURS TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS DUE TO SCHOOL BEING OUT FOR ONE.
AND, UM, AS YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THE, UM, THE PARK IS A, UM, COALITION BETWEEN THE CITY AND ALSO THE MASTER GARDENER ORGANIZATION THAT'S BASED OUT OF SEINE, THE GUADALUPE COUNTY MASTER GARDENER.
SO WE MAINTAIN THE BEDS AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS OUT THERE.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE ALSO INTRODUCED 25 NEW TEXAS SUPERSTAR PLANTS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, WE, WE ARE A COMMUNITY TO, WE TALK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT COME BY THERE TO ENJOY THE PARK.
UM, AND I'LL PROBABLY BE THERE VOLUNTEERING.
I I'M USUALLY OUT THERE EVERY DAY, BUT TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS ARE OUR VOLUNTEER DAYS.
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM EIGHT TO 11 USUALLY.
AND THEN SATURDAYS FROM EIGHT TO 11 AS WELL.
MY NAME'S DANA ELDRIDGE, 2 6 2 8 GALLUP FOX DRIVE, SHIRTZ, TEXAS BELMONT PARK SUBDIVISION.
UH, LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL GOT UP HERE AND GLOWINGLY PRAISED ABOUT THE, UH, FRONTIER TRASH PICKUP.
I WENT WALKING AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DO THAT QUITE OFTEN, BUT LAST TRASH PICKUP, UH, ABOUT THE THIRD OF THE HOU APARTMENTS OR HOUSES HAD BEEN PICKED UP AND I COUNTED OVER 20 TRASH CANS THAT WERE RESTING ON THEIR LID
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AND AT AN ANGLE WITH THE LID DOWN ON THE GROUND.THEY'RE NOT GONNA LAST LONG DOING THAT, AND PROBABLY ANOTHER SIX OR SEVEN WERE LAYING ON THEIR SIDES.
UM, WE'VE GOT SPOTS IN A ROAD WHERE THE, MAYBE IT'S FROM THE TRUCK GOING UP THE HILL AND ALL THE FLUIDS THAT ARE IN IT, RUNNING TO THE BACK, LEAVING SPOTS ON THE ROAD, WHICH THEN THE FLIES LIKE, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
LAST TIME I PUT MY TRASH OUT, I WAS PLEASANTLY UNPLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY WHAT WAS IN MY TRASH CAN FOR NINE OR FOR 29 YEARS, 19 YEARS IN BELMONT PARK.
BUT FOR, BUT FOR 29 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN SHIRTS, NEVER ONCE IN ALL MY TRASH COLLECTIONS AND PUTTING MY TRASH OUT FOR THE PEOPLE TO PICK UP.
HAVE I ENCOUNTERED MAGGOTS IN MY TRASH? WE'VE GOT A NEW COMPANY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I GOT MAGGOTS IN MY TRASH.
IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING.
SO WITH ALL THE GLOWING WORDS ABOUT FRONTIER, WE SPENT $40,000 AS A CITY TO FIND SOMEBODY TO GIVE US, HELP US WRITE THE CONTRACT OR GET THE CONTRACT DONE WITH THE COMPANY.
WE HAD A COMPANY THAT FOR SEVEN YEARS, DIDN'T RAISE THEIR PRICES, BUT WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM AN EVEN AN INCLINATION TO SAY, MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD GO.
WE UPPED PRICES, BUT WE LOWERED THE SERVICE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA UP PRICES, YOU OUGHT TO KEEP THE SERVICE THE SAME.
IF YOU START CONSIDERING PAY RAISES FOR ANYBODY OR THE ONE TO 4% THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFULLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, HELP GET THIS CONTRACT FOR FRONTIER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UH, MY NAME IS BARBARA AND I LIVE AT, UH, 700 MAPLE DRIVE.
IT'S JUST, UH, IN VERDE STATES, UH, SUBDIVISION.
IT'S JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHURCH PARKWAY.
AND I'M HERE, UH, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND SOME NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE IN MY, UM, SUBDIVISION VAL VERDE ONE AND TWO.
AND I PROVIDED THIS DOCUMENT WITH, UM, NINE COPIES, UM, FOR YOU TO BE DISTRIBUTED.
ROBERT, I KNOW YOU CAME IN LATE, YOU CAN HAVE MY, SO THESE TWO ITEMS HERE THAT I OUTLINED, UM, THE FIRST PAGE IS A POWER POLE THAT WAS LEFT.
UM, IT WAS TALLER THAN THIS AT ONE POINT.
IT KEEPS BREAKING OFF AND I GUESS PEOPLE KEEP THROWING PIECES OF THAT POWER POLE IN THE TRASH.
BUT I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS, CODE COMPLIANCE, EMAILS TO THE CITY MANAGER, PHONE CALLS TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, ASKING TO HAVE THESE, UM, UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND THE OLD POWER POLE REMOVED.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST AN EYESORE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK I'M GOING ON JUST OVER A YEAR.
AND ALL I GET IS WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
SO THIS IS ONE THING I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP ON THE SECOND PAGE, IF YOU TURN THE PAGE, PAGE TWO IS ANOTHER, UM, CONCERN HERE.
AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN, IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TAKE THIS STREET.
OFTEN THAT RED ROOF, THERE IS A BED AND BREAKFAST, WHICH WE HAVE PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE NO PARKING SIGN IS MISSING FROM THAT STREET.
SO, AND THERE'S ALSO NO LIGHTING.
SO WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE AT NIGHT, IT'S HARD TO SEE THREE OR FOUR CARS PARKED THERE WHEN THEY RENT THIS, THIS PLACE AGAIN, I'VE SENT EMAILS, CODE COMPLIANCE CALLED THE POLICE, AND UH, YOU JUST, YOU JUST, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING THERE AND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS AT NIGHT.
SO, UM, I'M SORRY, THE, THE FIRST PAGE I'M GOING ON ALMOST TWO YEARS.
DECEMBER, 2023 WILL BE THE FIRST TIME I MADE CONTACT WITH THE CITY.
AND THEN THE SECOND PAGE, THE SECOND CONCERN, I'M GOING ON ALMOST A YEAR.
SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO GET THESE TWO ITEMS ADDRESSED AND, UM, JUST ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.
I APPRECIATE IT IF I COULD GET CONTACTED FOR A FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
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EVERYONE.SO I'M MICHELLE MEHAN FROM THE GUADALUPE COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THERE AND JUST WANTED TO COME AND SHARE SOME UPDATES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR US THIS YEAR.
UM, THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE SIGNED SEVEN DIFFERENT MOUS WITH MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND WE HAVE SIGNED ON TO THOSE PROTOCOLS TO ENHANCE, UM, THE RESPONSE AND SERVICES TO OUR MILITARY AFFILIATED KIDDOS THAT COME TO OUR CENTER.
AND THAT'S REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, WE ARE MEETING THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO BEING MILITARY AFFILIATE 'CAUSE THEY COULD BE, UM, TRANSFERRED.
AND SO REALLY CONTINUING THEIR SERVICE AS THEY MOVE.
UM, AND SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH IC THE OTHER WEEK.
UM, AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND, UM, JUST ENHANCING OUR SERVICES WITH OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.
SO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION COMING UP ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH AT 1130 AT OUR SINE OFFICE.
SO IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, THEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST COME AND BE A NICE HUMAN, UM, WITH OUR KIDDOS WHEN THEY'RE THERE FOR INTERVIEWS.
UM, REACH OUT TO OUR CENTER, EITHER CALL OR EMAIL US.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A FUNDRAISER COMING UP, UM, NEXT MONTH.
IT'S CALLED LET, LET'S MAKE THEIR FUTURE BRIGHT BASH.
UM, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS EVENT.
UM, IT'S ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH AT 6:00 PM AT THE SHORT CENTER.
TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE AUGUST 27TH AND THEY'RE, UM, $50.
AND THIS EVENT, ALL OF THE PROCEEDS RAISED GO TO SUPPORT OUR, UM, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AT THE CENTER.
SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT.
WE WILL SEE YOU AT OUR FUTURE THINGS AND GET READY FOR PINWHEELS IN APRIL.
OKAY, THAT'LL BE ALL FOR TONIGHT SIR.
[ 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.]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED TO COUNSEL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL VERSUS ITEM NUMBER TWO MINUTES.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER ABSENCE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPOINTMENTS, REAPPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS OF CITY OF SHIRTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 9 6.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 9 7.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 9 8.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 9 9.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 9 4.
AND ITEM NUMBER 10, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 8 6.
COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION BEING NO COMMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH 10? SO MOVE SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP BROWN.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
[11. Resolution 25-R-102 - Resolution accepting the state defined tax rates and setting the preliminary 2025 tax rate. (S.Gonzalez/J.Walters)]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 11, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 1 2 RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING THE STATE DEFINED TAX RATES AND SETTING THE PRELIMINARY 2025 TAX RATE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE CITY OF, I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HERE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE REVIEWING, UH, THE CITY OF SHE'S TAX RATES AND HOW THEY WERE CALCULATED OUT USING THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, GUIDELINES AS WELL AS ASKING COUNSEL TO SET A PRELIMINARY MAXIMUM TAX RATE, ACCEPTING THE TAX RULES AND WE'LL BE SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE 2025 PROPERTY VALUES CAME IN AS SEEN ON THE SCREEN.
SO LAST YEAR IN 2024, WE HAD A TAXABLE VALUE HERE IN SHORT OF $5.5 BILLION.
THOSE SAME PROPERTIES THIS YEAR ACTUALLY DECREASED TO ABOUT $5.4 BILLION.
OVERALL CHANGE OF A DECREASE OF $83 MILLION.
HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ANNEXATIONS, WHICH ADDED $254 MILLION TO THE TAX ROLL OVERALL CHANGE OF 171 MILLION WITH A
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TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE FOR THIS YEAR IN 2025 TO $5.6 BILLION.BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD AN INCREASES IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ANNEXATION.
HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN QUITE A LONG TIME, WE ACTUALLY HAD A, UH, DECREASE IN RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD VALUE.
SO GUADALUPE COUNTY, UH, WHERE MOST OF OUR RESIDENCES, UH, RESIDE, SHOWED $192 MILLION DECREASE IN VALUE.
UM, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE, UH, GUADALUPE CHIEF APPRAISER AND HE MENTIONED THAT GUADALUPE COUNTY AS A WHOLE IS DOWN ABOUT 6%, UH, FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEADS WHERE, UH, SHIRTS, SLO AND EVEN SEIN ALL SAW DECREASES OF SIX, SEVEN AND 8%.
WE ALSO SAW AN INCREASE IN THE SALE OF VETERAN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF ABOUT 8.6%.
HOWEVER, WE, WHILE THIS IS A GOOD AS FAR AS, UH, IT HAS GROWN THE LEAST AMOUNT IT HAS IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, UH, WE ALSO SAW SOME DVHS RETROACTIVE ADJUSTMENTS.
SO SOME OF THESE EXEMPTIONS WERE AWARDED AND MADE RETROACTIVE, WHICH, UH, ISSUED REFUNDS, UM, FOR TAXES PAID BY THOSE INDIVIDUALS, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF ABOUT $675,000 FOR THE GENERAL FUND IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND AFFECTING NEXT YEAR'S, UH, UH, ROLE.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE DISABLED VETERAN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
SO NOW IN 2025, THE TOTAL VALUE EXEMPT HAS NOW CROSSED $1 BILLION FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
IF SHIRTS, UH, HAD TAXED THE THAT AMOUNT, UH, THE CURRENT TAX RATE, IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS ADDING $5.7 MILLION, UH, OF REVENUE TO THE CITY THAT COULD GO TOWARDS, UH, PROGRAMS AND STREETS AND WOULD BE A TAXABLE, UH, TAX RATE OF ABOUT 0.4091 INSTEAD OF 0.49.
SO ALMOST 9 CENT DECREASE ON THE TAX RATE IF WE DIDN'T GO WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR 20 25, 20 3% OF HOMESTEADS HAVE A-D-V-H-S EXEMPTION AND 55% OF HOMESTEADS HAVE SOME SORT OF DV EXEMPTION.
NOW, SHIRTZ IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE EX, UH, THE EXEMPTION GRANTED BY THE STATE.
AND WHEN IT WAS PUT IN PLACE, THE STATE HAD SET UP A FUNDING AMOUNT KNOWING THAT, UH, RETIREES, UM, SALE VETERANS WOULD LIKE TO RETIRE AND SETTLE IN, IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS AROUND MILITARY INSTITUTIONS AS THEY DO.
AND THAT COULD DIS APPROPRIATELY AFFECT CERTAIN IN, UH, INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND COUNTIES.
SO THEY SET UP AN AID PROGRAM TO OUR, TO RECOUP SOME OF THE FUNDING LOST.
UM, HOWEVER, THE PROGRAM, UH, HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY FUNDED SINCE THEN AND OTHER CITIES HAVE WITH HIGH DVHS EXCEPTION HAS AF OFTEN, UM, GONE FOR HIGHER TAX RATES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE REVENUE LOST.
IN 2025, THE PROGRAM HAD THREE NEW ENTITIES AWARDED.
UM, AND IN, IN 2016 THERE WERE FOUR ENTITIES.
THEY REQUESTED $3.2 MILLION AND THE STATE BUDGETED $2.5 MILLION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT.
SO THEY STILL DIDN'T EVEN FULLY FUND IT.
IN ONE OF THE FIRST YEARS IT WAS AVAILABLE IN 2025, WE'RE NOW UP TO 12 ENTITIES ASKING FOR AID FROM THE STATE REQUESTING UPWARDS OF $54 MILLION.
AND THE STATE BUDGET HAS ONLY GROWN TO $9.5 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, THE CITY OF CHURCH IS NOT, UH, DOES BELIEVE THIS.
THE PROGRAM IS A VERY GOOD PROGRAM FOR THE VETERANS AND WE HAVE BEEN PETITIONING THE STATE TO INCREASE THE FUNDING TO MATCH WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY PROMISED BACK WHEN THE, UH, THE PROGRAM WAS FIRST PUT IN PLACE.
AS FAR AS, UH, THE, THE SEVEN C CITIES THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVED DVHS AID ARE LISTED HERE, UNIVERSAL CITY FAIR OAKS RANCH, COPPER COVE SHIRTS, TEMPLE KILLEEN, AND EL PASO.
UM, AN ORDER OF TAXABLE VALUE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TAX RATES BY EACH OF THEM SHIRTS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AS FAR AS TAXABLE VALUE FROM THOSE, UM, AFFECTED AND ELIGIBLE FOR AID.
HOWEVER, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT WE ARE THE SECOND LOWEST TAX RATE IN THE GROUP WITH ONLY BEING, UM, HAVING A LOWER OF FAIR OAKS BRANCH OF 0.28.
BUT WE ARE JUST BEHIND UNIVERS UNIVERS CITY AT 0.5144 WITH EVERYONE ELSE AT 60 CENTS OR HIGHER.
BUT WE TALK ABOUT THE DVHS 'CAUSE IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON, UH, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THE CITY CAN GENERATE WITHOUT PUTTING TOO MUCH BURDEN ON THE, UH, REST OF THE CITIZENS WITHOUT PROPER FUNDING FROM THE STATE, WHICH IS WHICH WHAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO ASK FOR.
SO WE TAKE ALL THOSE, WE TAKE THE EXEMPTIONS, WE TAKE THE PROPERTY VALUES, AND THE STATE HAS THIS CALCULATE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TAX RATES.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
SO THIS RATE, WHICH WILL GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY THAT IT DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON THOSE PROPERTIES THAT EXISTED IN BOTH YEARS.
WHAT THAT MEANS WAS LAST YEAR, 2024 TAX YEAR, WE HAVE SO MUCH PROPERTY VALUES THAT GENERATE SO MUCH TAX REVENUE, THOSE SAME PROPERTY VALUES AS WE SAW DECREASE.
SO THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE WILL INCREASE.
SO THE CITY RECEIVES THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT
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OF PROPERTY TAXES FROM THOSE PROPERTIES.THEY ALSO HAVE US CALCULATE A VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
SO THIS IS A RATE CALCULATED BY, UH, THE STATE THAT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GO, ABOVE WHICH COUNCIL CAN, IT WOULD TRIGGER AN AUTOMATIC ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
HOWEVER, IF COUNCIL APPROVES ANYTHING UNDER THAT RATE, IT WOULD NOT TRIGGER AN ELECTION.
ALSO SHOW THE CURRENT RATE AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
UM, ON THE NEXT SCREEN, UH, AND TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT CAN BE SET BEFORE THE FINAL RATE IS ADOPTED, YOU CAN ADOPT A RATE LOWER THAN THE, UH, PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADOPT A RATE HIGHER THAN IT WITHOUT TRIGGERING, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ADDITIONAL NOTICES IN THE PAPERS.
SO THE CURRENT RATE IS 0.4900.
THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.5064.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 0.5350.
SO THE BUDGET THAT WAS, UH, REVIEWED WITH COUNSEL WAS BALANCED AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AT 0.5064.
BUT WE HAVE, UH, TALKING ABOUT LATER TONIGHT IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 0.5350, WHICH IS THE ITEM ON THE RESOLUTION.
AND, UH, ONE PENNY IS EQUAL TO ABOUT $573,000 OF REVENUE OR ABOUT $33 AND 18 CENTS PER YEAR ON THE AVERAGE HOME.
WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE INDIVIDUAL TAX RATES, THE M AND O WOULD GO FROM 0.3 3, 2 6 TO 0.3383.
THE M AND O SIDE OF THE RATE IS FOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR PD FIRE, UH, STREETS.
THEN WE HAVE THE INS OR INTEREST IN SINKING.
THIS RATE GOES ONLY TO PAY THE CITY'S DEBT.
IT GOES FROM 0.1574 TO 0.1681.
OVERALL GOING FROM FOUR NINE TO 0.5064.
HERE ARE THE IMPACTS OF THE TAX RATES ON THE, ON THE TAX BILLS.
SO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, UM, IS, UH, TAX BILL ESTIMATED AT $1,680.
AND THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS THE RATE THAT THE CITY WILL GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY ON PROPERTY TAXES THAT RECEIVED A TAX BILL LAST YEAR.
SO IF YOU GO WITH THAT ONE, THERE SHOULD BE NO INCREASE IN THE OVERALL TAX BILLS THAT GET SENT OUT.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AT 0.5350 WOULD RAISE THE AVERAGE TAX BILL TO $1,746 OR A 94, ABOUT $95 ANNUAL INCREASE AND WOULD BE A 5.6% INCREASE ON THE TAX RATE.
THE PROPOSED RATE IS AT THE 50 64 IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WOULD BE 1,680 AND WOULD NOT BE A TAX BILL INCREASE.
AND THE CURRENT RATE OF 0.49 WOULD ACTUALLY LOWER THE AVERAGE TAX BILL TO $1,625 OR $26 AND BE A 54 42 ANNUAL DECREASE IN THE TAX BILLS OR NEGATIVE ONE POINT OR 3.2%.
UH, JUST FOR UM, CLARIFICATION, THE 94 9 1, THE HIGHEST RATE THAT COULD GO BEFORE COUNCIL WITHOUT RIGGING ELECTION, UM, ACTUALLY TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT JUST UNDER $8 PER MONTH ON THE, UH, THE AVERAGE MONTH.
IF YOU SAY FOR MONTH OR HAVE AN ESCROW, THE TAX BILLS ARE BASED ON THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE OF HOMES FOR 2025 THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE THREE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AT $331,834.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY, ALL THE TAX BILLS YOU SEE HERE AND THE BILL INCREASES ARE BASED ON AN ANNUAL AMOUNT.
SO I USED TO HAVE A SLIDE, UH, SHOWING THE OVERALL BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, TAXING ENTITIES.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A BILL OF ABOUT $4,500 IS YOUR OVERALL TAX BILL.
THE SHIRTS PORTION IS ONLY 1600 $1,700 OF THAT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATES HISTORICALLY, THE M AND O FOR THE GHOST OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, OUR GENERAL FUND, THIS IS HISTORIC OF, UM, HOW HIGH IT'S BEEN SINCE 2019 TO 2025, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW ON THE INS SIDE WHERE WE'RE AT 2019 VERSUS WHERE WE WOULD BE AT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND THE COMBINED RATE UNDER THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, UM, FROM 2019 TO 2025.
SO WHAT DOES THAT, UH, TAX RATE GIVE US AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE? THE TOTAL BUDGET WAS PROPOSED AT 53 MILLION 731 933, SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE FINAL AMENDED BUDGET FOR 24 25.
AFTER CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, PERSONNEL, UH, WOULD INCREASE, UM, BY A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE YEAR END PROJECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR.
OUR OPERATING, SO OUR NON-PERSONNEL NON-CAPITAL, UH, WOULD INCREASE JUST SLIGHTLY TO 14, UH, 14 MILLION, 600,000 FROM 14 FOUR FROM THE YEAR END PROJECTIONS AND THE CAPITAL OUTLAY.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE'RE FUNDING SOME OF OUR EXPANDED PROGRAMS IS ACTUALLY DECREASING, UH, SOME CAPITAL OUTLAYS AND REPLACING, UH, REPLACEMENT FOR EQUIPMENT OUT A
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YEAR.WE HAVE CONSULTED ALL OF OUR, UH, FLEET SPECIALISTS AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET BY WITHOUT SOME ADDITIONAL CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FOR THIS YEAR.
WHAT THAT GOES TO GET US, UH, WITH THE CURRENT NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, UH, AND WITH THE CHANGES IN THE BUDGET THAT I WAS JUST SHOWED ABOUT $2.8 MILLION OF FUNDING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, INCLUDING ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY.
THE SPECIAL ELECTION COSTS UTILITY RATE INCREASES THAT THE CITY GETS FROM OTHER UTILITIES, UH, GOT GAS AND ELECTRIC, UH, POSTAGE INCREASE FOR THE MAGAZINE.
CREDIT CARD SERVICES INCREASE.
UH, THE EMS CONTRACT CHANGES, SCBA REPLACEMENTS, THOSE ARE THE FIREFIGHTER BREATHING TANK AND EQUIPMENT THAT YOU SEE WHEN THEY GO INTO A BURNING BUILDING.
STAFFING THE FIREFIGHTERS, REMAINING FIREFIGHTERS FOR STATION FOUR, THE MERIT AND STEP PROGRAM, WHICH IS A COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES THAT MOVE US WITHIN A RANGE.
CYBERSECURITY UPGRADES A PA SYSTEM FOR THE LIBRARY, NEW SECURITY CAMERAS AND LICENSES, FIRE HOSE EQUIPMENT, SOCCER, COMPLEX OPERATIONS, SENIOR CENTER OPERATIONS, POLICE RADIO RENEWALS, THAT'S REPLACING THE POLICE RADIOS, REPLACING NETWORK SWITCHES, SOFTWARE FOR POLICE VEHICLE COMPUTERS, UPGRADING THE MICROSOFT AND ADOBE LICENSES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE A TWO PROGRAM.
ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE, THE RATE PROPOSED WOULD ALLOW FOR THESE UPCOMING DEBT ISSUANCES, 6 MILLION IN 26, 27, 14 0.8, AND 27 28, 6 MILLION IN 28 29, AND 40 MILLION IN 30 31.
THIS IS WHAT OUR DEBT PAYMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE OVER TIME.
WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD BUILD UP THE RESERVES A LITTLE BIT IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND THEN WE START ISSUING SOME ADDITIONAL DEBT.
WE WOULD USE THAT DEBT SERVICE TO HELP MAINTAIN A STEADY TAX RATE.
THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE COUNCIL TONIGHT IN THE PACKET IS TO ESTABLISH THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE 53 50 AS A POTENTIAL MAXIMUM TO BE ADOPTED.
A LOWER RATE MAY BE ADOPTED, AS I MENTIONED AT THE NEXT MEETING.
HOWEVER, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SET A RATE HIGHER THAN WHATEVER RATE YOU SET TONIGHT.
SO THE FINAL RATE IS, IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 19TH, 2025 AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE HIGHER RATE BECAUSE IT GIVES COUNCIL FLEXIBILITY TO PICK DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS IF COUNCIL, UH, SO DESIRES AT THE WORKSHOP.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT TAX RATE OPTIONS.
ONE BEING DOING THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AS PRESENTED, UM, OR ADDING ONE TIME FUNDING FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALK FUNDS, UM, OR MOVING THE RATE UP TO 5 1 1 8, ADDING REOCCURRING STREETS AND SIDEWALK FUNDS.
SO INSTEAD OF DOING IT ONE YEAR, PUTTING IN REOCCURRING OR KEEPING THAT RATE AND ADDING A 1% COLA A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE MERIT, THE COLA WILL RAISE ALL OF THE, UM, PAY TABLES UP BY 1% AND THAT WOULD BE THE NEW STARTING AMOUNT, UH, FOR NEW HIRES AS WELL AS, UM, INCREASE ALL THE RANGE BY THAT SAME 1%.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE INCREASING 1%, INCREASING OTHER PERCENT, IT'LL BE A ONE TIME BUMP IN THE OVERALL, UH, PAY TABLES AND THEN MAKING THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ONE TIME.
OR WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DOING 5 1 9 0 ADDING RECURRING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND THE 1% COLA.
SO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, I APOLOGIZE, THE $315,000, UM, WAS FOR STREETS TRAFFIC AND SAFETY PROGRAMS AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR, UM, SIDEWALK SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
THE 5 1 1 8 1 PER ONE POINT WOULD BE A 1.1% INCREASE BE RECURRING.
OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS, THE 5 1 1 8 WOULD BE 1.1% INCREASE FOR A REOCCURRING COLA AND THEN AGAIN FOR ONE TIME OF THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
AND THE 5 1 90 WOULD BE A 2.5% EFFECTIVE INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE WITH 317,000 FOR THE COLA 350, 15,000 FOR THE STREETS, AND 100,000 FOR THE SIDEWALKS.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THE FOUR OPTIONS THAT, UM, COUNCIL HAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DURING THE RETREAT.
AND THEN AGAIN, STAFF IS, UM, STILL PROPOSING OR RECOMMENDING COUNCIL SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE IF THE VOTER APPROVED RATE, IF THERE IS MORE DISCUSSION OR OTHER THINGS WANNA BE ADDED, THAT GIVES FLEXIBILITY TO COUNCIL TO DO SO AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, BUT COUNCIL MAY SET A RATE LOWER THAN IT TONIGHT.
UM, JUST IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S WISHES, THEY DON'T WANNA CONSIDER ANYTHING HIGHER.
WE CAN JUST MAKE A MOTION SETTING THE PLENARY MAXIMUM TAX RATE AND WE WILL, UH, UPDATE THE RESOLUTION AND POST THAT RATE IN THE ORDINANCES OR THE IN THE NOTICES.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. JAMES.
IF YOU CAN JUST BACK UP ONE SLIDE.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO SET IT AT 53 50
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BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH DEBATE AS TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE AT 50 64, 51, 18, 51 90.SO, AND ONCE AGAIN, IF WE, WHEN WE SET THIS RATE, WE CANNOT GO HIGHER THAN THE RATE THAT WE SET TODAY AND THAT'S WHY THIS, UH, 53 50 WAS PROPOSED.
WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO, I AGREE IT'S THE, UM, WITH SETTING IT RIGHT NOW AT THE 0.5350.
OKAY, I AM ON FOR THE INCREASING TO 0.5350, BUT I DO WANNA SIT THERE AND TOUCH WITH THE SOCCER.
UM, IS THERE MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DELAY IT FOR A YEAR AND AT LEAST THE MODEL OR WE'LL SAY THIS ITEM IS FOR THE TAX RATE DISCUSSION AND THAT PARTICULAR ITEM IS, IS NOT AFFECTING THE TAX RATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN OR MAYOR PRO 10 BROWN.
UH, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE, UH, DV UH, SLIDE THERE? IT SHOWS THAT HOW MUCH WE'RE NOT GETTING IN THE CITY, AND I JUST WANNA KIND OF MAKE A STATEMENT HERE TO OUR CITIZENS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING ANY DISCUSSION ON INCREASING TAX RATES IF THE STATE WOULD BE REIMBURSING US.
WHAT, UH, WHAT THEY PROMISED EVEN A PART OF WHAT THEY PROMISED US.
UH, AND AGAIN, OUR, OUR OFFSET, OUR, OUR TAXES FOREGONE, UH, IS $5.7 MILLION.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF EVERYBODY WOULD WRITE THEIR CONGRESSMAN AND THEIR SENATOR IN THE STATE AS SENATOR CAMPBELL AND CONGRESSMAN REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL SCHOOLCRAFT TO HELP US, UH, UH, GET THAT MONEY ALLOCATED FROM THE STATE IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND IN AS A RECURRING BASIS.
UH, AND WHAT DID WE GET LAST YEAR? UH, THE CURRENT YEAR, WE GOT ABOUT $690,000, UM, AFTER REQUESTING, UM, 3.2 MILLION.
YEAH, IF, IF YOU ALL HEARD THAT WE GOT 690,000 OUT, 3.2 MILLION, THAT'S A HUGE OFFSET THAT THE, THAT THE CITY IS, UH, UH, TAKING IN AND, AND, UH, ABSORBING.
YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, NOBODY WANTS TO, UH, NOBODY'S ARGUING AGAINST THE DBA HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
IT'S JUST THAT WHEN, WHEN THE, UH, CITIZENS VOTED FOR THAT BACK IN 2013, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, THE STATE HAD MADE THE, UH, UH, THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY WOULD BE OFFSETTING THE, THE LOSSES TO THE CITIES THAT WERE, UH, HARDEST HIT THOSE BEING, UH, ADJACENT TO LARGE MILITARY RES UH, INSTALLATIONS.
UM, ONE THING IF I CAN TO ADDRESS KIND OF COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON'S COMMENT ABOUT THE SOCCER.
UM, SO AS JAMES MENTIONED TONIGHT IS SETTING JUST THE TAX RATE, UM, ON THE 19TH WHEN WE COME BACK TO ADOPT THE BUDGET.
UM, LAUREN IS ALSO GONNA BE BE, UH, BRINGING A RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE THE ALLIANCE.
AND SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ON THE SOCCER ON THAT NIGHT AS WELL.
BUT CURRENTLY THE, UM, THE OPERATION OF THE SOCCER COMPLEX IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET AS IS.
UM, AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST A DISCUSSION OF THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE, THE FIELD.
SO, BUT TONIGHT, UM, FOR THE TAX RATE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ASKING COUNCILS TO SET.
NOW, BEFORE, UH, LET'S LEAVE THIS SLIDE UP.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT, UH, THE DISABLED VETERAN PROGRAM IS A NOBLE PROGRAM.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DEBATE THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE, ARE SAYING IS THAT IF, IF WE HAVE RECEIVED THE ASSISTANCE THAT THE STATE PROMISED, OUR RATE WILL BE AT 40 CENTS, 40.91, AND THIS COUNCIL AND ALSO THE TML PRESIDENT WENT UP TO AUSTIN TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FUNDING, WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
WE ARE TRYING, UH, BUT IT TAKES, TAKES QUITE A FEW OF THE STATE REPS TO PICK THIS BILL UP AND, AND, AND PROCESS IT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT ALSO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IF WE CANNOT PROVIDE THE SERVICES, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT DISABLED AND WE ARE CUTTING BACK ON POLICE OFFICERS, THESE DISABLED VETS ARE ALSO IMPACTED
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BY WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE.SO EVEN IF YOU'RE A DISABLED VET AND YOU ARE 100% DISABLED, PLEASE HELP US ADVOCATE, HELP US ADVOCATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATE FUNDS THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO GROW.
LAST YEAR IT WAS LE IT WAS CLOSE TO $5 MILLION.
NOW WE'RE AT $5.7 MILLION AND PROBABLY NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE OVER 6 MILLION.
AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON OUR CITY, IT, IT REALLY DOES.
UH, I MEAN WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE TO CUT, LOOK AT THE INCREASES, WE, UH, PAY INCREASES WE HAVE TO FOREGO BECAUSE WE CANNOT PUT THE BURDEN ON THE CURRENT CITIZENS TO INCREASE THIS TAX RATE AS HIGH AS WE CAN.
SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, IT'LL BE UP FOR DISCUSSION, I'M SURE IN, IN TWO YEARS, UP AT THE, UH, CAPITAL IN LESS THAN, IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS.
UH, BUT THAT IS THE TIME WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ADVOCATE, TO MAKE SURE THE STATE FUNDS THE PROGRAM THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED.
LIKE I SAID, IT IS A NOBLE PROGRAM.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, I ALSO JUST WANT TO ADD ON TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.
IF YOU LIVE IN AL COUNTY, REACH OUT TO CARRIE ISAAC AND IF YOU LIVE IN THE BEAR COUNTY PART AND YOU VOTE FOR, UH, JOHN LUJAN, REACH OUT TO THEM.
AND IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO REACH OUT.
START REACHING OUT NOW TO THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THE IMPACT ON OUR CITY.
AND WE TEND TO GET SOMETHING BACK.
OUR CITY TO THE SIDE OF A CIVIL LEVEL GETS NOTHING BACK AND THEY GET AFFECTED BY THIS.
AND SO THE, THE ONE THING THAT THE STATE DID DO WAS INCREASE IT SO THAT FIVE OTHER COUNTIES COULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE NOT FUNDING IT ADEQUATELY.
THEY ALWAYS TEND TO TELL YOU TO COME BACK TO US BECAUSE YOUR PROPERTY TAX IS TOO HIGH.
THEY FORGET TO TELL YOU THAT THEY SEND DOWN UNFUNDED OR UNDERFUNDED MANDATES THAT THEN THE CITY HAS TO COME IN AND MAKE THE DECISION TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CHERISH DOING ON THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THE STATE ISN'T DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WITH ALL THE MONEY THAT SURPLUS MONEY THEY HAD AND THEY COULD HAVE ALLOCATED.
I WILL TELL YOU WE DID, NOT ONLY DID I DO IT, WE HAD LOTS OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE EVEN HAD THE NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IMPACTS SO MANY CITIES.
SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS DIFFICULT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO START TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITHOUT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
AND AGAIN, REACH OUT TO YOUR STATE REPS NOW.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT IN SESSION.
UM, SO THE SPECIAL SESSION, IT'S QUIET.
IT'S GONE QUIET BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THE STATE TO NOT FOCUS ON SOMETHING.
SO CALL 'EM, EMAIL 'EM, LET 'EM KNOW THAT YOU JUST WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION.
I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWOOD.
UM, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR ON THESE STATE REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY.
WE HAVE THIS OUR CITY RIGHT HERE, ASKEY ROAD NEEDS MAINTENANCE.
OLD STEIN ROAD NEEDS TO BE WIDENED.
MAIN STREET NEEDS SOME MAINTENANCE.
WE, WE NEED THAT MONEY AND WE NEED TO KNOCK ON THAT DOOR OF THESE STATE REPRESENTATIVES IF WE ALL HAVE TO DO IT.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST GONNA BE DOING THE SAME CYCLE OVER AND OVER.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT PRODUCING BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS NOT ONLY SERVICING THE CITY OF SHIRTS, BUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
EMS, THEY'RE SERVICING MORE CITIES THAN THAN JUST SHIRTS AND THREE DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
THEY'RE PROVIDING THE SAFETY THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
THEY'RE THE, WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE SAFE SUBURB IN THE SAN ANTONIO SURROUNDING AREAS.
SO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE, ARE PRODUCING OUR STREETS.
WE NEED A KNOCK ON THE DOOR ON THESE STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
ANOTHER THING, I DON'T WANT THE SURROUNDING CITIES PAYING THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS MORE THAN OURS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TOP NOTCH NOW AS, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE STATED THAT THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT A HIGHER TAX RATE.
AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF, UH, SETTING THE PRELIMINARY RATE, UH, AT, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER? 53.
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53 50.DO I HAVE MOTION? UH, MOTION TO SET THE RATE AT 53 50? I HAVE MOTION.
I HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO.
AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WAT UH, WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE MAX WE CAN GO, WE CANNOT INCREASE IT, BUT WE CAN LOWER IT BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION APRIL 19TH.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO ATTEND THAT, THAT MEETING ALSO.
[12. Resolution 25-R-101 – Ordering the November 4, 2025, City of Schertz Special Election with Bexar County and making provision for the conduct of the election; authorizing contracts with the Election Administrator of Bexar County to conduct this Special Election and setting the 1st Public Hearing date for September 2, 2025 and the 2nd Public Hearing date for September 16, 2025. (Mayor/S.Edmondson) ]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ONE.ORDERING THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 CITY ASSURES SPECIAL ELECTION WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS WITH THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR OF BEAR COUNTY TO CONDUCT THIS SPECIAL ELECTION AND SETTING THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025.
AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025.
UM, MS. EDMONDSON, THANK YOU MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.
TONIGHT I BRING FORWARD RESOLUTION 25 R 1 0 1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF SHEZ, TEXAS, CALLING AND ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF A SPECIFIC AREA PURSUANT TO SECTION 43.0117 OF OUR TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER SUCH AREA IS SITUATED WITH THE CITY OF SHIRT'S, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, AND WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE JOINT BASE, SAN ANTONIO RANDOLPH BOUNDARY SHOULD BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OR WHETHER THE CITY SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH THE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE LAND USE IN THE AREA IN THE MANNER RECOMMENDED BY THE MOST RECENT JOINT LAND USE STUDY PROVIDING FOR CONDUCT AND NOTICE OF ELECTION DES DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 AS THE DATE OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION, PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF THE BALLOT, DESIGNATING THE POLLING PLACES, PROVIDING A METHOD OF VOTING, PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO SUCH ELECTION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I DID WANNA NOTE SECTION 20 OF THE RES, UH, THE RESOLUTION, ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF, WHICH ARE IN CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENT WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS RESOLUTION, INCLUDING RESOLUTION 25 R 0 83, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON JULY 15TH, 2025, ARE HEREBY REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT.
AND THE, AND THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE AND REMAIN CONTROL AS THE MATTERS ORDERED HEREIN.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 0 1 0 1 0 1? I'M SORRY.
YEAH, I JUST, SINCE THIS RESOLUTION IS ONLY VOTED ON BY CERTAIN PEOPLE, WHAT MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE AFFECTED PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OR, AND AWARE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS, UH, OPTION? I MEAN, GENERALLY THERE'S A BALLOT OUT THERE THAT'S GOT EVERYTHING FOR OUR DISTRICT, OUR PRECINCT, OUR CITY ON IT.
BUT NOW THIS IS ONE, THIS IS ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY IS ADDRESSED TO CERTAIN PEOPLE.
IT'S A VERY SMALL HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.
SO HOW DO THEY ALL NEED TO BE, UH, ASSERTED? THEY ALL NEED TO BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL WITHIN SEVEN DAYS FROM TODAY.
WHAT'S THIS? WE'LL SEND 'EM A CERTIFIED LETTER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MOTION WAS MADE BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS.
[13. Ordinance 25-S-030- Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone approximately 4.64 acres of land from General Business District (GB) to General Business District-2 (GB-2), more specifically known as Guadalupe County Property Identification Numbers 199114 and 199115, also known as 36 Maske Road and 40 Maske Road, Lots 1 and 2, Block 1 of the Maske Road Business Park Subdivision, City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas. (B.James/L.Wood/W.Willingham)]
HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY.ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 AS TO 0 3 0.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.64
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ACRES OF LAND FROM GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO GENERAL DI BUSINESS DISTRICT DASH TWO, MORE SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS GUADALUPE COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 1 9 9 1 4 AND 1 9 9 1 1 5.ALSO KNOWN AS 36 MASSEY ROAD AND 40 MASSEY ROAD LOTS ONE AND TWO BLOCK ONE OF MASSEY ROAD BUSINESS PARK SUBDIVISION CITY OF ASSURES GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS.
MR. WILLINGHAM FLOOR IS YOURS.
GOOD EVENING COUNSEL MAYOR MR. WILLIAMS ORDINANCE 25 S 0 3 0.
A PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TO GB TWO ON MASSEY ROAD.
WILLIAM WILLINGHAM PLANNER FOR YOUR ORIENTATION.
THIS IS A SUBJECT PROPERTY'S AERIAL VIEW.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ZONED AS GB AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER PROPERTY ADJACENT TO IT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED AS GB TWO.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AT THIS TIME AS ARE THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES WITH SOME OFFICE WAREHOUSE USES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY.
IT IS ALSO LOCATED ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF MASSEY ROAD AND FM 1518 NOTIFICATION 10.
PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT OUT ON JUNE 18TH, 2025.
WE HAVE ONLY RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE WHICH WAS IN FAVOR OF THE ZONE REQUEST.
A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL.
A NOTIFICATION SIGN WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY BY THE APPLICANT AND JBSA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE REQUEST AND AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
SO BACKGROUND OF THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THIS IS THE CURRENT AND PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE.
YOU CAN SEE ONCE AGAIN THAT THE PROPERTY IS GB CHANGING TO GB TWO.
BACKGROUND OF THE SITE AND CONTEXT.
SO THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ACCIDENT POTENTIAL ZONE TWO OR A PZ TWO.
UH, THE INTENTION OF THE APZ IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S COMPATIBLE LAND USES BETWEEN JBSA AND THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT'S DEVELOPING OUT THERE IS NOT JEOPARDIZING THE MIS MISSION OF JBSA.
AND SO WITH THAT, JBSA HAS AN APPROVAL REQUIREMENT THAT'S SET OUT IN SECTION 2159 OF THE UDC, WHICH REQUIRES JBSA TO RESPOND TO US WITH AN AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST.
SO YOU CAN SEE A PORTION OF THAT LETTER, JUST SCREENSHOT THERE.
JBSA AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONE, CHANGE THE SITE IN CONTEXT.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST.
THAT IS AN AERIAL VIEW IN THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE SITE UNDEVELOPED AT THIS TIME.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE AERIAL VIEW ONCE AGAIN THAT UH, GB TWO IS KIND OF EXPANDING TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION.
THAT'S THAT OFFICE WAREHOUSE USE ZONING DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.
SO BETWEEN GB AND GB TWO, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE SAME DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT IS CHANGING IS WITHIN THE PERMITTED USE SECTION, WHICH IS JUST EXPANDING SOME OF THOSE USES AS GBS.
JUST, UH, NOT AS INTENSE AS GB TWO.
SO THE REQUEST IS FOR THAT OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND THAT IS WHAT IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE GB TWO DISTRICT UDC SECTION 21 5 4 D CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.
WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE IMPLEMENTS THE POLICIES OF THE ADOPTED COMP PLAN OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PLANS.
SO THE COMP PLAN IS A GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE LONG RANGE VISION OF THE CITY AND IT IS ESTABLISHING INDUSTRIAL HUB AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTING GENERAL BUSINESS.
TWO IS INTENDED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS TO SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH INDUSTRIAL HUB TWO.
WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITY AS PART OF PROMOTING HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, THE CITY SHOULD ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES, UTILIZING STANDARDS AND TRANSITIONAL USES TO ALLEVIATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS LOCATION IS WITHIN THE A PZ TWO, WHICH REQUIRES JBSA TO APPROVE THAT OR RECOMMEND APPROVAL, WHICH JBSA HAS PROVIDED THAT LETTER AND AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.
THREE, WHETHER THE USE IS PERMITTED BY THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE WILL BE CONSISTENT AND APPROPRIATE WITH EXISTING USES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
SO AS WE CAN SEE THERE IN THE ZONING EXHIBIT, ONCE AGAIN, WHAT'S EXISTING OUT THERE IS CURRENTLY GB OR GB TWO.
SO THEY'RE JUST TRANSITIONING TO ANOTHER GB TWO DISTRICT.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AS ARE MANY OF THE PROPERTIES OUT THERE, BUT KIND OF LENDING THEMSELVES TO THAT OFFICE WAREHOUSE, FLEX SPACE.
AND FOUR, WHETHER OTHER FACTORS ARE DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT.
ALL UDC REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET FOR THE PROPOSING ZONE CHANGE AND THE SHIRTS.
FIRE EMS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE REQUEST AND HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANY OBJECTIONS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION DUE TO THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THE AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE FROM JBSA STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25 S 0 3 0 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MET ON JULY 2ND, 2025 AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED REZONE WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE TO CITY COUNCIL
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AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE.WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? NO.
THE, OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, THE TIME IS SEVEN 20.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? IF YOU, IF YOU DO, UH, PLEASE.
STEP UP AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AT 7 21.
UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PACKET.
I DON'T SEE THE LETTER FROM JBSA RANDOLPH.
I SEE THE RECOMMENDATION YOU PUT IN HERE.
WHY DON'T WE GET THE ACTUAL LETTER SOME, UH, AS PART OF THE PACKAGE IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THERE, WE CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE IN THE FUTURE.
I DO HAVE A COPY HERE IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 0 3 0.
HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
[14. August 2025 Quarterly Streets Update]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14.THE AUGUST 20, 25 QUARTERLY STREETS UPDATES, MR. NOVAK.
SO CAN I OFFER ONE COMMENT REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE GET STARTED? SO A YEAR OR SO AGO, I HAD ASKED ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STREETS SINCE IT IS STREET MAINTENANCE IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND SO IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'M SORRY, NUMBER TWO PRIORITY ON THE LIST THAT YOU SEE.
SO THIS IS TO UPDATE YOU AND KIND OF SHOW PROGRESS.
AND SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE UP THERE DOING THIS EACH QUARTER.
SO SIR, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL.
UH, THIS IS THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE'LL GET STARTED.
UH, THIS IS, UH, JUST A SCREENSHOT OF THE DASHBOARD, UH, SORTED FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE OF, SEE THE TOTALS HERE.
AGAIN, POTHOLE CATEGORY IS ALWAYS THE, THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF STREET ISSUES.
UH, THOSE ARE, ARE GENERALLY LARGER THAN THE SQUARE BY SQUARE OR THE SQUARE YARD BY SQUARE YARD, UH, AREA, YARD BY YARD.
UH, SIDEWALK ISSUES, UH, THAT'S GENERAL.
UH, CONCRETE ISSUES TAKEN CARE OF.
THOSE ARE INSTANCES, NOT NECESSARILY QUANTITY, SO MIGHT BE BIGGER OR SMALLER.
JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW MANY, UH, UH, PROJECTS WE WORK ON.
AND THEN 67 OTHER ISSUES, THAT'S A NUMBER OF THINGS.
COULD BE, UH, CRACK CEILING, IT COULD BE, UH, NEW SIGN PLACEMENT, UH, SIGNED REPLACEMENT.
UH, OTHER ISSUES LIKE THAT JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUANTITY OF OTHER ITEMS WE TAKE CARE OF.
UH, ALSO, UH, JUST UPDATE ON THE SIDEWALK.
INVENTORY DASHBOARD IS ANOTHER THING WE GOT ON THE WEBSITE IN THE LAST YEAR.
UH, IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE, UH, SIDEWALK SECTIONS AND THE, AND THE BIGGEST REASON, UH, THE QUESTION HAD COME UP ABOUT THE MISSING SIDEWALK SECTIONS.
SO IT'S, SEE THERE'S ABOUT 125,000 FEET SO FAR OF, UH, MISSING SIDEWALK SECTIONS IN, UH, IN THE CITY SO FAR.
WE HAVEN'T QUITE, UH, WENT THROUGH ALL THE DEVELOPED, UH, ROADWAYS YET AND UNDEVELOPED ROADWAYS.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
UH, THE STREET TO DRAINAGE MAIN PAGE UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO GET DOWN IN THE QUARTERLY UPDATE, UH, CRACK CEILING.
SO, UH, THIS, THIS QUARTER WE COMPLETED 4.35 MILES.
UH, AND THEN YOU KIND OF SEE THE AREAS, UH, THAT WERE WORKED ON AS WELL.
UH, JUST, UH, KIND OF MENTIONED THAT OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN PRETTY RAINY, SO IT KIND OF IMPACTS, UH, STREET WORKS AS WELL.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIMES ON, UH, ON SMALLER ISSUES LIKE POTHOLES AND THAT.
AND SO OUR GOAL FOR THE YEAR IS, IS PRETTY STEEP, BUT THIS IS THE 4.35.
WE'LL SEE SOME TOTALS HERE IN JUST A MINUTE FOR THE YEAR.
UH, STREET ISSUES, UH, 21 INSTANCES OF THOSE AND POTHOLES 343, UH, YOU CAN
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KIND OF SEE THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCT WE USE IN DISEN, UH, DIFFERENT CASES.UPM AGAIN IS KIND OF OUR PATCH MATERIAL.
THAT ONE WE'VE ALWAYS USED GETS, UH, LAID IN, UH, A HOLE AND JUST, UH, AS COLD AND THEN GETS ROLLED IN.
AND THEN, UH, THE BIG PUSH WE'VE DONE IS TRY TO GET A MORE PERMANENT FIX.
SO USING HOT MIX, UH, WITH THE TRUCK, UH, LETTUCE GET IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS QUARTER WE USE ALMOST, ALMOST A HUNDRED TONS OF ASPHALT.
UH, HOT MIX ASPHALT, UH, DID QUITE A BIT OF STRIPING ALSO, UH, THAT SHOULD BE 0.91, APOLOGIZE.
BUT, UH, OVER, UH, IN A FEW AREAS.
AND THIS IS A BIG TIME YEAR FOR STRIPING FOR US ONCE WE KIND OF GET INTO THE HOT, UH, SUMMER MONTHS.
UH, THIS IS, UH, JUST SHOW YOU THE DASHBOARD FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SO THIS IS SORTED THROUGH FROM OCTOBER ONE THROUGH, UH, THE END OF THAT THIRD QUARTER REPORTING PERIOD OF JUNE 30TH.
UH, SO OVER 1200 POTHOLES, UH, 59, UH, LARGER STREET ISSUES ADDRESSED.
AND THEN 42 SIDEWALKS AND OTHER ISSUES.
UH, IT'S WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE, THE THREE QUARTERS.
SO THIS IS A THREE QUARTER, AGAIN, SORTED.
YOU CAN KIND OF, KIND OF SEE OUR GOAL WAS, UH, OUR, OUR GOAL IS ACTUALLY TO WORK OURSELVES OUT OF DOING POTHOLES, RIGHT? SO AS WE DO MORE PERMANENT REPAIRS, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO RETURN TO THOSE AREAS.
THAT'S WHY WE GOT THE HOT MIX ASPHALT TRUCK.
WE CAN KEEP IT HOT, WE CAN APPLY IT HOT INTO MORE PERMANENT FIX.
UH, AND SO THAT NUMBER'S GOING DOWN AND MY HOPE IS THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO GO DOWN.
UH, SO, SO WE HAD TO DO A LOT STILL USING UPM JUST 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO REACT AFTER RAIN EVENTS, UH, OR, OR MAJOR POTHOLES IN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE, UH, IT'S JUST THE, THE ROADWAY IS DETERIORATING FAST ENOUGH.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FILL THE POTHOLES UNTIL WE CAN GET A LARGER PERMITT FIX.
UH, SO IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR WE DID SOME, UH, LARGER STREETS MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
UH, THE SECOND QUARTER WE WERE, UH, WE WERE CONCENTRATING ON POTHOLES AND SOME OTHER ISSUES.
AND AGAIN, THIS QUARTER WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME LARGER, UH, STREET ISSUES.
SO LARGER ASPHALT PATCHES THAT AS WELL.
AND A BIG CONCENTRATION ON CRACK CEILING AND SIGNAGE AND OTHER THINGS.
UH, WITH THE WET WEATHER, WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND, AND DO SOME OF THE, UH, OTHER THINGS.
UH, AGAIN, JUST THE TOTALS FOR THE YEAR.
THAT'S OVER, UH, 1200 POTHOLES.
UH, WE HAVE USED 51 TONS OF THE UPM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT ALMOST 400 TONS OF ASPHALT.
AND THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME, UH, MAJOR, UH, PROJECTS CURRENTLY.
SO, UH, COME BACK TO YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT, THAT NUMBER WILL PROBABLY JUMP UP QUITE A BIT.
UH, STREET SWIPING, UH, STRIPING 7.76 MILES.
AND THEN CRACK SEAL WE'RE, UH, JUST OVER 10 MILES FOR YEAR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, WHY DOESN'T THE SUN TRUST UMBRELLAS? BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS SO SHADY.
OKAY, HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR ACTIVE STREET PROJECTS.
OUR 2024 SPAM RESURFACING PROJECT.
THAT'S THE SLURRY SEAL WORK THAT'S FULLY COMPLETE.
OUR REHABILITATION PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
ANDREWS UP IN THE NORTH CLIFF AREA, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF MAPLE DRIVE AND STREETS IN THE SILVERWOOD AREA.
THESE ARE STREETS, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE SILVERWOOD AREA.
THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN A RESURFACING PROJECT, BUT WHEN WE WENT OUT AND STARTED DOING THE FIELD WORK, WE DISCOVERED THEY DETERIORATED BEYOND JUST RESURFACING.
SO THAT'S WHY, WHY THEY'RE IN THIS OTHER PROJECT.
WE'VE GOT MORE RESURFACING WE'RE GONNA DO.
THIS IS A SLURRY SEAL AND, UH, THAT PROJECT IS IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET IT OUT TO BID HERE, HOPEFULLY SOON.
THE PLANS ARE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING DONE ON BOTH THIS ONE AND THE KRAMER FARM REHABILITATION PROJECT.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY NOT SEE CONSTRUCTION START TILL CLOSE TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND IT'LL CARRY OVER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT THE AREAS WE'RE FOCUSING ON ARE WOODBRIDGE, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF, OF SHEZ PARKWAY, UH, THE VILLAGE AND RIO VISTA.
AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA GO AS FAR AS WE CAN WITH THE AVAILABLE BUDGET WE HAVE FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE JONAS WOODS SUBDIVISION.
SO THE INTENT IS, IS TO FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET ALL THE PREP WORK DONE,
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ALL THE BASE REPAIRS, THE CRACK SEAL, ASPHALT LEVEL UPS, ALL THAT.AND WE'LL SLURRY SEAL WHAT WE CAN UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF FUNDING.
THE STREETS THAT AREN'T FULLY COMPLETED THIS YEAR WILL BE PUT IN THE NEXT, UH, RESURFACING PROJECT SO WE CAN COMPLETE THAT SUBDIVISION, UH, KRAMER FARM SO WE COULD FIT WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION IN ONE PROJECT, SO WE'RE DOING A WESTERN PORTION OF IT THAT'S LESS THAN HALF OF THE SUBDIVISION AND THAT'S ON THE SAME TRACK.
WE EXPECT TO GET THOSE OUT TO BID AND GET THE, THE WORK STARTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE WOULD LOOK TO DO THE OTHER OR THE REMAINING PART OF KRAMER FARM WITH AN UPCOMING REHABILITATION PROJECT.
IT'S CURRENTLY SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
I WANT TO JINX MYSELF OR THEY'RE ANTICIPATING GETTING THIS PROJECT FINISHED TOWARDS THE END OF, OF, UH, DECEMBER.
ON THE GRAPHIC THERE ON THE RIGHT, THE AREA THAT IS SHADED IN KIND OF THE PURPLE COLOR THAT REPRESENTS THE AREA WHERE WE HAVE FULLY COMPLETED THE NEW WATER MAIN AND SEWER MAIN INSTALLATION.
AND AS OF THE END OF TODAY, THE CONTRACTORS REPORTING THAT.
ALSO IN THAT PROJECT AREA, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT PROJECT AREA ARE CONNECTED TO AND RECEIVING SERVICE FROM THE NEW PIPES.
NOW THAT, THAT THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORK IS DONE THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, EARLY SEPTEMBER, ANOTHER CREW WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL START DOING THE STREET REHABILITATION ON, ON THAT SECTION OF, OF THE SUBDIVISION.
SO AS THEY COMPLETE THE UTILITY WORK, THEY'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH THE STREET WORK.
AND AN ORANGE, UH, COLORED AREA REPRESENTS AN AREA.
BOTH WATER MAIN AND SEWER MAIN HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
THE GREEN AREA, THE SEWER MAIN HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
THE WATER MAIN'S CLOSING IN ON IT.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF WORKING RIGHT NOW.
SHIRTS, FOREST, WHICH IS IN SOUTHERN SHIRTS THAT REPRESENTED BY THE OTHER PICTURE.
THIS IS A COMBINED PROJECT WHERE WE'RE DOING STREET WORK AND WATERLINE REPLACEMENT.
UH, BAIG FROM, UM, SINE ROAD TO GREAT TOWN IS ALSO IN DESIGN.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE REVIEWING THE PLANS ON BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY DONE A INITIAL REVIEW ON THE BAIG PROJECT AND PROVIDED COMMENTS TO OUR CONSULTANT.
SO THAT ONE, WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET OUT TO BID FAIRLY SOON AS WELL.
LAURA SEIN ROAD PLANS ARE AT 95%.
WE'VE APPLIED FOR THE FEDERAL DCIP GRANT TURN OUR APPLICATION IN ON JULY 3RD.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE EXPECTED THE END OF THIS MONTH.
IF WE MAKE THAT SHORT LIST AND WE GO THROUGH A SECONDARY PROCESS IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE EXPECT TO FIND OUT WHETHER WE'RE FUNDED OR NOT.
THE MAIN STREET PROJECT, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME UTILITY CONFLICTS.
I KNOW I SOUND KIND OF LIKE A BROKEN RECORD WITH SOME OF THESE UPDATES ON ON THAT PROJECT.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF STUFF TO HAVE TO WORK AROUND IN THAT CORRIDOR AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL OF THAT PINNED DOWN SO WE CAN FINALIZE OUR WATER AND SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT PLANS.
WE ALSO HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH TECH STOCK AS PART OF THAT WORK.
THE UTILITY REPLACEMENT EXTENDS INTO THEIR SECTION AND WE EXPECT TO START THIS FALL, THE FULL COURT PRESS ON PUBLIC OUTREACH AND USE WITH ACQUISITION FOR THAT PROJECT LOOKOUT ROAD.
WE'RE ACQUIRING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
WE NEED TO DO THE WHINING AT THE SHEZ PARKWAY DOOR LANE INTERSECTIONS.
AND THERE'S A SECTION OF SEWER MAIN THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE DIAMETER A LITTLE BIT BEYOND WHAT OUR INITIAL SIZE WAS TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ADEQUATE CAPACITY.
AND THAT'S REQUIRING TO US TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH CCMA AND SELMA 'CAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO EXTEND INTO THEIR JURISDICTION TO MAKE A TIE POINT.
SO THE WORK NORTH CLIFF COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES A PROJECT THAT SOME MAY SAY ABOUT TIME.
THIS IS ANOTHER COMBINED PROJECT LIKE THE BUFFALO VALLEY SOUTH PROJECT WHERE WE STARTED THE DESIGN.
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED ON THAT ONE.
BUT IT INVOLVES REPLACING THE WATER AND SEWER LINES AND REHABBING THE STREETS.
LAST PROJECT, JUST TO KIND OF REMIND YOU OF, IS THE FM 3 0 9 FM 78 OVERPASS PROJECT.
DON'T HAVE REALLY ANYTHING NEW TO REPORT SINCE THE LAST, UM, UPDATE ON THIS ONE.
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO REFINE THE SCHEMATIC AND WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.
THEY'RE, THEY DON'T HAVE 'EM SCHEDULED YET, BUT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH, UH, MEETINGS ON THAT PROJECT.
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THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR AMPLE FUNDING FOR IT.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO MY BEST TO ANSWER 'EM.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
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ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 15, WHICH IS A MONTHLY UPDATE TO MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS.AND ITEM NUMBER 16, UPDATE ON THE SHIRTS HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM AND THE RELAUNCH OF IT.
THESE ARE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AT OUR WEBSITE.
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COUNSEL, ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES OR INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM STAFF? ANY? NONE.COUNSEL, ANY POSSIBLE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? ALRIGHT.
ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JUST THE, UH, GREAT, UH, BUDGET, UH, RETREAT ON FRIDAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, JUST THE BUDGET RETREAT AND THAT SALT TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO, UH, NOTHING TONIGHT.
I, AT, I ATTENDED THE, UH, ANNUAL NEY HEIGHTS JAZZ FESTIVAL THAT WENT WELL.
ATTENDED THE FIRST HALF OF THE, UH, SEMI-FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER GAME AT THE SHARED SOCCER COMPLEX.
UH, VISITED THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, HERE AT THE YMCA WITH WITH THE SENIORS.
ATTENDED THE OPENING CEREMONIES FOR THE ANNUAL GUAM LIBERATION AND THE BUDGET MEETING.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK? YES, MAYOR.
I ATTENDED THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BREAKFAST AND THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY SHORT SLO EMERGENCY CLINIC CELEBRATION AND THE BUDGET RETREAT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD? UH, YES, I ATTENDED, UM, MUNICIPAL HORS RETIREMENT CEREMONY.
I DID, UM, THE MC, THE NEWLY ELECTED ORIENTATION, UH, FOR TML IN SAN ANTONIO.
I ATTENDED THE T-M-L-I-R-P BOARD MEETING IN SAN ANTONIO.
I DID THE, UH, COUNCIL BUDGET RETREAT AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE MAYOR JANISHA GREER OF KIRBY.