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TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2025 IS NOW IN SESSION.FIRST ON THE AGENDAS, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS WILL LEAD US WITH THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEASURES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
PLEASE RISE, GRACIOUS AND LOVING.
FATHER, WE GATHER HERE TODAY IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IN STEWARDSHIP OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES ENTRUSTED TO US.
WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE DELIBERATE THE MATTERS BEFORE US.
GRANT US WISDOM TO MAKE FAIR AND JUST DECISIONS.
COURAGE TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION.
TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF ALL RESIDENTS.
MAY WE WORK TOGETHER IN UNITY, RESPECTING OUR DIFFERENCES AND STRIVING ALWAYS FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
HELP US TO LISTEN CAREFULLY, SPEAK THOUGHTFULLY, AND LEAD WITH HUMILITY.
MAY THIS MEETING BE CONDUCTED IN A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, PURPOSE AND MUTUAL RESPECT.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND WE ASK FOR YOUR STRENGTH AND CLARITY IN ALL THAT WE DO.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A, A GOOD LITTLE CROWD HERE TODAY AND I HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE, UH, THE ELECTION ON THE ANNEXATION.
UH, THAT PRESENTATION IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, UH, BUT MR. JAMES WILL BE PLACING THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WANT MORE INFORMATION, UH, PLEASE, UH, VISIT OUR WEBSITE IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT.
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OF PROCLAMATIONS.OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS THE HILL COUNTRY NIGHT SKY MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWOOD WILL BE READING THE, UH, THE PROCLAMATION AND IF I CAN HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE, PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE AT THE PODIUM.
EVERY TIME I GET TO READ THIS, I GET EXCITED.
'CAUSE AS A KID I ALWAYS LOVED LOOKING AT STARS AND I STILL DO.
SO HILL COUNTRY NIGHT, SKY MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025.
WHEREAS THE AESTHETIC BEAUTY AND WONDER OF STARFIELD SKIES ARE THE HERITAGE OF ALL HUMANKIND AND LOCALLY TO INHABITANTS OF SHIRTS AND THEREFORE WORTHY OF CELEBRATION.
WHEREAS THE EXPERIENCE OF STANDING BENEATH THE STARFIELD NIGHT SKY INSPIRES FEELINGS OF WONDER AND AWE AND MAY ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND NATURE, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNG.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW STARFIELD SKIES ATTRACTS TOURISTS TO OUR REGION AND THEREFORE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF CHURCH.
WHEREAS PRESERVING THE RICH, HISTORIC HERITAGE AND STARRY NIGHT SKIES OF SHIRTS IS IMPORTANT TO ITS RESIDENTS.
WHEREAS LIGHT POLLUTION, WHICH IS WASTED LIGHT THAT PERFORMS NO FUNCTION OR TASK AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHT THAT GOES WHEREVER IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO, IT'S CREATED BY GLARE, LIGHT, TRESPASS, SKY GLOW, AND OVERLIGHTING.
WHEREAS LIGHT POLLUTION WASTES NATURAL RESOURCES AMOUNTING TO AT LEAST $3.3 BILLION A YEAR AND CONTRIBUTES TO DIMINISHED AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
AND WHEREAS THE HISTORICAL VIEW OF NIGHT SKIES HAS BEEN ERODING IN MANY NEARBY AREAS, AND GENERATIONS ARE GROWING UP WITH LIMITED, IF ANY VIEW OF THE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE.
WHEREAS THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE INTO TEXAS HILL COUNTRY REGION AND THE ACCOMPANY OF LIGHT POLLUTION FROM THE AREA LIGHTING FIXTURES HAVE STEADILY ON THE RISE OR ON THE RISE.
WHEREAS SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF LIGHT POLLUTION INVOLVES MAKING BETTER USE OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING, DIRECT LIGHTING TO DOWN WHERE IT IS NEEDED INSTEAD OF UPWARD INTO THE SKY, PUTTING OUTDOOR LIGHTS ON TIMERS AND USING OUTDOOR LIGHTING ONLY WHEN NECESSARY.
WHEREAS HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITIES ARE INCREASINGLY DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE REGION'S NIGHT SKIES, AS EVIDENCED BY THE FREQUENT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN OUR REGION BY INCREASING NUMBERS OF PLACES IN OUR REGION.
ORDER NUMBER 360 7, ORDER NUMBER 1 99 FOR RE RE REGULATION OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF COLEMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, WITHIN THREE MILES OF CAMP BULLIS, GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK STAR PARTIES.
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ASTRO ASTRONOMICAL, WAIT A MINUTE, YEAH.ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION, NEW BRAUNFELS ASTRONOMY CLUB PARTIES, COMAL COUNTY FRIENDS AND NIGHT SKIES, BRACKEN CAVE PRESERVE, AND THE COLEMA COUNTY DARK SKIES.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2018 DASH 26.
AND WHEREAS THE REGIONAL EFFORTS AND THE PRESERVATIONS ARE CELEBRATIONS OF NIGHT SKIES IS WORTHY OF THE MONTH LONG CELEBRATION NOW.
THEREFORE, ALICE AND HAYWARD, ON BEHALF OF RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHURCH, RECOGNIZED OCTOBER, 2025 HILL COUNTRY NIGHT SKIES MONTH.
AND I URGE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY TO ENJOY THE NIGHT SKIES AND TO PARTICIPATE IN SHIRTS, OUN COUNTY AND HILL COUNTRY REGIONAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS CELEBRATING THE NIGHT SKY AND PROMOTING THE WAYS IN THE COMMUNITIES ARE WORKING TO PRESERVE IT.
ALSO, I ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO LEARN ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION AND WHY IT MATTERS.
NIGHT SKIES FRIENDLY LIGHTING AND LIGHTING REGULATIONS, AND TO IMPLEMENT PRACTICES AND LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL REDUCE LIGHT POLLUTION, THEREFORE, PRESERVING OUR NIGHT SKIES.
POM COUNTY, THE NIGHT SKY, THE WHOLE COUNTRY ALLIANCE, PARTICIPATING IN DARK SKYLINE.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE COMAL COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO EDUCATE AND PROMOTE THE ACTION OF OUR CITIZENS IN COMAL COUNTY FOR THE LONG TERM PROTECTION OF THE NIGHT SKY.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE NIGHT SKY? NOCTURNAL LIFE DEPENDS ON DARKNESS.
UNRESTRICTED, UNREGULATED, AND EXCESSIVE BRIGHT LIGHT CONFUSES BIRDS, INSECTS, AND MAMMALS.
THIS DISRUPTION LEADS TO CAN AFFECT HUNTING, FORAGING, MIGRATION, AND REPRODUCTION.
THESE SAME LIGHTS ALSO AFFECT US AS DRIVERS.
TODAY'S LED LIGHT EMITS BLUE WAVELENGTH LIGHT.
IT CAUSES GLARE THAT WILL REDUCE DRIVER VISIBILITY AND INCREASE THE RISK OF ACCIDENTS.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS LIGHT CAUSES EYE STRAIN AND HEADACHES.
SO HOW DO WE PROTECT THE NIGHT SKY BY USING THE RIGHT LIGHT IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND ONLY WHEN NEEDED.
THE SHIRTS LIBRARY WILL BE SCREENING STARS AT NIGHT, THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND FROM THREE 30 TO FIVE O'CLOCK, YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO ATTEND.
IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, I PUT OUT A STACK OF POSTCARDS.
THESE COME FROM COMAL COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY.
THE QR CODE GIVES YOU A LINK TO OUR ORGANIZATION WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HARD WORK WE'RE DOING TO PROTECT DARK SKIES.
OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS THE PLANNING MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO WILL BE READING THE, UH, PROCLAMATION.
IF I COULD HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES, PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE.
COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, UH, OCTOBER, 2025.
WHEREAS CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND AFFECTS ALL CITIES, TOWNS, SUBURBS, COUNTIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, RURAL AREAS, AND OTHER PLACES.
AND WHEREAS PLANNERS CAN HELP NAVIGATE THIS CHANGE WITH DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS AND EXPERTISE THAT PROVIDES BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE WORK AND LIVE.
AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE ME MEANINGFULLY INVOLVED IN MAKING CHOICES THAT DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRE PUBLIC ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS WHO UNDERSTAND SUPPORT AND DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS TERRITORIES.
AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION ENDORSES NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT HOW PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERY COMMUNITY AND HOW PLANNERS ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED, IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY'S MOST DIFFICULT HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND LAND USE QUESTIONS.
AND WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPATION AND DEDICATION OF APPOINTED PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
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UH, SORRY, WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNERS OF THE CITY OF SHIRTZ AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE BY THESE PROFESSIONALS.NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SHIRTZ DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2025, COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH.
MY NAME IS EMILY DELGADO, PLANNING MANAGER, AND JUST ON BEHALF OF PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECOGNITION.
AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS NATIONAL MANUFACTURING MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION.
IF I CAN HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES, PLEASE JOIN ME.
NATIONAL MANUFACTURING MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025.
WHEREAS MANUFACTURING MONTH IS CELEBRATE IS A CELEBRATION OF MODERN MANUFACTURING THAT AIMS TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS INDUSTRY.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF SHIRTZ IS PROUD TO SUPPORT A DIVERSE RANGE OF OVER 40 MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES THAT CREATE HIGH QUALITY JOBS, INVEST IN LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS A VITAL PART OF OUR LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL ECONOMY DRIVING INNOVATION, PRODUCTIVITY, AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
WHEREAS OCTOBER, 2025 MANUFACTURING MONTH PROVIDES A DEDICATED TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL MANUFACTURERS, SHOWCASE CAREER PATHWAYS IN MODERN MANUFACTURING, AND HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING INITIATIVES.
WHEREAS THE SHAREDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, SUPPORTING INDUSTRY GROWTH, AND PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS THAT STRENGTHEN THE TALENT PIPELINE FOR OUR REGION'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE AND CONTINUE RESILIENCE, INNOVATION, AND IMPACT THE MANUFACTURERS AND SHIRTS, PARTICULARLY AS THEY ADOPT TO EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES.
THEREFORE, MAYOR GUTIERREZ, ALONG WITH THE SHIRTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, HEREBY HEREBY PROCLAIMS OCTOBER, 2025 AS MANUFACTURING MONTH SIGNED MAYOR OF SHIRTZ MAYOR RALPH GUTIERREZ.
I'M THE EDC OBJECTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I PREPARED SOME NOTES TODAY.
I DIDN'T REALLY, UM, WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME IS I HAVE A LIST OF ALL 40 OF THE MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE IN OUR CITY.
UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THESE.
UH, THE VERY, VERY MOST RECENT ONE I'LL JUST POINT OUT IS TWO GRINGOS CHUPACABRA SEASONING SAUCE THAT IS NOW GONNA BE MANUFACTURED DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF, UH, SHIRTS, UH, WITH US, I HAVE CARRIE, ASHLEY, AND AMY, AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE THE BRAINY ORGANIZATION OVER THERE.
AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING US, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THE COPPER SEASONING I'D LIKE, UH, PROCLAMATION IS A, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, VERY DIFFICULT ON THIS ONE, AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE WHY.
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UH, IF I COULD HAVE MS UH, SHANNON SCHULTZ, PLEASE, UH, JOIN ME UP HERE.UH, WE HAD, UH, DEAN, UH, DEAN WAS VERY SPECIAL TO OUR CITY, AND, UH, WE WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO HONOR THE LEGACY THAT HE LEFT BEHIND FOR OUR CITY.
AND MAY I ADD, MAYOR THAT, UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH'S HISTORICAL RESERVATION COMMITTEE FOR JOINING US HERE THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS OUR OLD FRIEND, UH, JIM AND DIANA WEBB FOR GETTING THE BALL ROLLING FOR RECOGNITION.
CITY OF SHIRTS PROCLAMATION HONORING DEAN WARTS, DEDICATION TO PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF SHIRTS.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF SHIRTZ RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING ITS RICH HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS MR. DEAN WETZ HAS BEEN DEDICATED, HAD BEEN A DEDICATED STEWARD OF HISTORY, DEVOTING COUNTLESS HOURS TO RESEARCHING, COLLECTING AND SAFEGUARDING ARTIFACTS THAT TELL THE STORY OF SHIRT'S PAST.
AND WHEREAS MR. WETZ EFFORTS IN PRESERVING PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS, AND HISTORICAL OBJECTS, AND PROVIDED OUR COMMUNITY WITH INVALUABLE RESOURCES THAT CONNECT CITIZENS TO THE LEGACY OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.
AND WHEREAS HE HAS WORKED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTH CITY AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE THESE ARTIFACTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE APPROPRIATELY DISPLAYED, BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH HIS VISION AND TIRELESS DEDICATION, MR. DEAN WORTZ HAS STRENGTHENED OUR COMMUNITIES' APPRECIATION OF ITS HISTORY, INSPIRED FUTURE GENERATIONS TO VALUE THEIR ROOTS, AND ENSURED THAT CHURCH'S STORY WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH HONOR AND PRIDE.
NOW, THEREFORE, RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHURCH ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITIZEN DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND DEAN W FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF SCHWARTZ'S HISTORY AND HERITAGE
UM, MY DAD AND MY MOM LOVED THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND APPRECIATED SO MANY THINGS ABOUT IT, AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU ALL TO RECEIVE THIS APPRECIATION FOR MY FATHER, UM, AND HIS WORK TO HELP RECORD AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF SHIRTS.
NOT ONLY DID HE PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF SHIRTS, BUT HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE SINGERS ON THE CHOIR.
AND I REMEMBER HIM, UH, AT, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER, UH, AND HIS, HIS VOCALS DURING THAT TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY, AND HE IS GREATLY MISSED.
OKAY, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS.
FIRST IS EDC CARRIE'S LOOKING SO FORWARD TO THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS OF, UH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF STAFF AS PROUD TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TO CARRIE, UH, BAKER.
CARRIE HAD SOME, UH, BOARD AND COMMISSION, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH HER COMING FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE YEARS PAST.
UM, SHE CAME TO US AS OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN THE EDC, UH, FROM ACTUALLY WORKING FOR A SMALL BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND MANUFACTURING FACILITY, ACTUALLY.
SO, CARRIE BAKER, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS AND CITY STAFF.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HAPPY AND HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE OUR FOUR NEWEST PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTERS TO THE CITY AMONG THE GROUP OF FOUR WITH ME TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A MARINE, COLLEGIATE ATHLETES AND A HOMEGROWN RECRUIT.
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WITH THE HIRING THESE FOUR FIREFIGHTERS IS BROUGHT OUR STAFFING BACK UP TO OUR ALLOTTED LEVELS AND WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN, UH, THE OPENING OF STATION FOUR IN OUR NEAR FUTURE.
IN PREPARATION FOR TONIGHT, I HAD THESE GENTLEMEN ANSWER A 500 QUESTION SURVEY THAT I HAD SENT TO THEM SO WE COULD ALL KNOW
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A LOT MORE ABOUT 'EM THAN WE REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW.BUT IN INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GONNA BREAK IT DOWN INTO A FEW SENTENCES.
ALTHOUGH ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS I ASK EVERY NEW FIREFIGHTER, AND I TRY TO, TO GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE, IS I WANT TO KNOW WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE FIRE SERVICE.
IT'S NEVER AN EASY ANSWER, NEVER AS EASY AS YOU THINK, ALTHOUGH THERE'S ALWAYS AN UNDERLYING WANT TO SERVE.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOAQUIN GARCIA.
JOAQUIN WAS BORN LOCALLY AND GREW UP IN CHURCHS WITH HIS FAMILY TO INCLUDE HIS MOM, DAD, A BROTHER, AND A SISTER.
HE IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF SAMUEL CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL.
JOAQUIN'S ANSWER TO MY QUESTION WAS THE CAMARADERIE BETWEEN THE CREW AND BEING ABLE TO HELP COMMUNITY.
GROWING UP, HE WANTED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER.
TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD FOR HIM AND HIS GO-TO KARAOKE SIGN, UH, SONG IS GONNA BE ICE, ICE BABY
AND THEN JOAQUIN STATED, HIS BEST PIECE OF ADVICE THAT HE RECEIVED WAS, DON'T CHASE PERFECTION.
JOAQUIN, UH, I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND CAN'T WAIT TO SERVE THIS CITY.
NEXT UP IS JOSIAH RODRIGUEZ AND JOSIAH COMES TO US FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, AND PRIOR TO THAT HE SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS.
HE'S FROM SAN ANTONIO AND GRADUATED FROM EARL WARREN HIGH SCHOOL.
JOSIAH REFLECTED ON A FORMER CAPTAIN, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SAN ANTONIO CAPTAIN FROM DISTRICT 12, A CAPTAIN FROM ESD DISTRICT 12.
UH, HE SHOWED UP ONE DAY WITH THE LADDER TRUCK, LET HIM CRAWL ALL OVER IT, AND THAT WAS HIS CATALYST FOR WANTING TO BE A FIREFIGHTER WHEN HE GREW UP.
AFTER HIS TIME IN THE MARINE CORPS, JOSIAH FOUND THE FIRE SERVICE AND IT FILLED THE VOID THAT THE MARINE CORPS LEFT BEHIND.
SO HE GOT TO BE THAT COMRADERY, GOT TO BE WITH OTHERS, GOT TO HAVE THAT SENSE OF SELF SERVICE.
HE ALSO STATED THAT THE TRADITIONS, THE COMRADERY AND RESPECT IS WHAT REALLY DREW HIM IN.
JOSIAH SAID THE WEIRDEST THING HE HAS EVER EATEN IS KANGAROO AND NO, IT DOES NOT TASTE LIKE CHICKEN
JOSIAH RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND I'M EXCITED TO SERVE THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE CARSON DRAIN.
CARSON WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BRENHAM, TEXAS, WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS MOM AND DAD, ALONG WITH AN OLDER BROTHER.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, HE ATTENDED TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY WHERE HE PLAYED BASEBALL AT TLU, HE ACHIEVED HONORS PLAYING BASEBALL ALONG WITH HIS MINOR IN BUSINESS IN BACHELOR IN KINESIOLOGY.
AFTER GRADUATION FROM TLU, HE FOLLOWED HIS GIRLFRIEND TO OKLAHOMA, WHERE HE WENT THROUGH THE FIRE AND EMT ACADEMIES AT OKLAHOMA STATE WHILE HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS FINISHING LAW SCHOOL.
CARSON'S DAD IS THE REASON HE CONTINUED IN THE FIRE SERVICE GROWING UP AROUND A VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF.
HE LIVED THE FIRE LIFE THROUGH HIS DAD.
CARSON SAID IF HE COULD BE ANY FICTIONAL CHARACTER, HE WOULD CHOOSE BATMAN.
AND HIS WORST HAIRCUT EVER WAS A MULLET.
THANK Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE GOT COLBY COOK.
COLBY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SPRING, TEXAS, WHERE HE GRADUATED FROM OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
COLBY STATED HE'S PLAYED BASEBALL HIS WHOLE LIFE.
AND AFTER GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS BASEBALL CAREER AND LATER GRADUATED IN 2023, WHICH FULFILLED ONE OF HIS LIFE GOALS OF PLAYING DIVISION ONE ATHLETICS.
CARSON SAID HE'S CURRENTLY ENGAGED TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, PEYTON, AND SHE IS FINISHING UP NURSING SCHOOL AT TEXAS STATE.
CURRENTLY, CARSON COMES FROM A SERVICE FAMILY WHERE HE HAS A SISTER WHO IS A NURSE AND FATHER WHO IS A CAREER FIREFIGHTER SINCE THE AGE OF 16, HE POINTED TO HIS FATHER'S GUIDANCE IN GROWING UP AROUND A FIRE STATION IN THE FIRE SERVICE LIFE AS HIS CATALYST FOR PURSUING A CAREER IN FIREFIGHTING.
CARSON DREAMED OF BECOMING AN OIL COMPANY CEO WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.
AND IF HE COULD HAVE ANY SUPERPOWER, HE'S GONNA CHOOSE INVISIBILITY, COL
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU GUYS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS AND CITY STAFF.
UM, TONIGHT I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING YOU TO OUR NEWEST LIBRARY ASSISTANT ASHLEY PHIPPS.
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ASHLEY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA.SHE GRADUATED FROM CHICO STATE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY.
SHE MOVED TO VEO THIS SUMMER WITH HER BOYFRIEND TO BE CLOSER TO HIS FAMILY.
THIS IS HER FIRST TIME LIVING IN A NEW TOWN AND SHE'S REALLY EXCITED TO START EXPLORING THE AREA.
SHE ENJOYS READING, CROCHETING VIDEO GAMES AND SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS GOING ON WALKS OR PLAYING DISC GOLF.
SHE HAS EIGHT YEARS OF PRIOR LIBRARY EXPERIENCE AND HER FAVORITE PART OF HER NEW POSITION IS HELPING PATRONS FIND THEIR NEXT FAVORITE BOOK.
I'M EXCITED TO WORK AT THE LIBRARY AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CITY.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE VICTORIA GARZA, WHO IS OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR.
UM, SHE'S BEEN WITH US A LITTLE OVER A MONTH NOW.
UM, AND SHE'LL BE HELPING PUBLIC AFFAIRS WITH, UM, VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TASKS DOING, UM, OUR E-NEWSLETTER, UM, HELPING WITH SHIRTS MAGAZINE AND ALSO HELPING IN THREE ONE ONE.
UM, SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO AND SHE WENT TO ST.
ANTHONY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN SHE WENT ON TO ATTEND, UM, TEXAS TECH, UM, WHERE SHE ATTAINED HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS.
SHE, UM, PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD IN THE SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MARKETING SPECIALIST.
AND OUTSIDE OF WORK, SHE VOLUNTEERS AT THE SAN ANTONIO HUMANE SOCIETY ON THEIR ADOPTION TEAM.
UM, SHE LOVES GOING TO THE GYM AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
WELCOME TO OUR TEAM, VI VICTORIA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO MS. CRYSTAL HAYNES AS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
UH, SHE JOINS THE CITY AFTER RELOCATING FROM THE DFW METROPLEX AND BRINGS A STRONG BACKGROUND IN MUNICIPAL COMMUNICATIONS TO HER NEW ROLE.
SHE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF JUSTIN AND HAS ALSO HELD, UH, COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING POSITIONS WITH THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AND THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM.
SHE'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND, UH, SHE HAS EARNED HER BACHELOR'S OF ARTS AND CONVERGED BROADCAST MEDIA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
STEVE GREEN, MEAN GREEN, WHERE SHE ALSO STUDIED JOURNALISM WITH A CONCENTRATION IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, SHE'S HERE WITH HER HUSBAND WILSON, AND THEY RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR ONE YEAR, UH, WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
THEY ARE PROUD DOG PARENTS TO PHOEBE AND JODY.
ENJOY TRAVELING, TRYING NEW RESTAURANTS AND WATCHING SPORTS, ESPECIALLY CHEERING ON THE MEAN GREEN.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM AND READY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE INTRODUCING ARIANA LA MOTH.
SHE STARTED WITH THE SHIRTZ POLICE DEPARTMENT ON SEPTEMBER 8TH OF THIS YEAR AS OUR NEWEST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.
SHE GREW UP IN LOUISIANA AND GRADUATED FROM TIOGA HIGH SCHOOL IN ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA.
SHE SAYS SHE WAS A HAPPY AND ENERGETIC CHILD AND SHE ENJOYED WATCHING SPORTS, JUST NOT PLAYING THEM.
ARIANA HAS ONE GODDAUGHTER, FOUR NIECES, AND FIVE NEPHEWS.
SHE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND HAS CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER P PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, HER MATERNAL FAMILY, AND SHE ALSO ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER FRIENDS, READING AND TRAVELING.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, CITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO, UH, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS ON HERE SINCE WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK.
UM, THE FIRST THING IS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, UH, WILL BE A MUSIC MOVIES IN THE PARK AT HERITAGE OAKS PARK AT 8:00 PM AND THE MOVIE THAT IS BEING FEATURED IS COCO.
AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON OCTOBER 21ST AT 6:00 PM FOR THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ALRIGHT, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. I JUST WON.
WE DO HAVE A PROMOTION OF OUR OWN DAISY MARQUEZ TO SENIOR PLANNER FROM PLANNER AND WE'RE PROUD OF HER FOR THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.
I JUST WANNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, PASS MY CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PROMOTION.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO[ 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.]
THE HEARING.THE RESIDENCE, UH, THE, THE HEARING, THE 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.
THERE IS A FEW PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED TODAY.
WE GOT FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE.
YOU MAY SPEAK DURING THE HEARING, THE RESIDENCE, OR YOU MAY CHOOSE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU, THE, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR YOU MAY SPEAK AT BOTH THE HEARING, THE RESIDENCE OR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT MAYOR PRO TEMP, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER FIRST TONIGHT.
I LIVE IN 60, 70 COVERS COVE AND I'M PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, LATELY THEY JUST DID A, UM, WHAT THEY CALL THE, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WANNA DO IN, UM, IN THE GOLF COURSE.
AND SO IT GETS ME UPSET WHEN THEY SUBMIT THOSE, UH, SUBMISSIONS AND THEN THEY PULLED IT FROM, UH, DOING THE DEVELOPMENT.
I SUGGEST THAT THEY EITHER GO WITH IT AND GO FORWARD OR GIVE THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEY WANT AND PRETTY MUCH THEY WANT TO KEEP LIKE NOTHING HAPPENING.
AND I NOTICED THAT YOU GUYS CAN PROBABLY REDO IT AGAIN AND SUBMIT IT.
AND THAT CAUSES MORE ANXIETY AND MORE STRESS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY LIKE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
I MEAN, TO ME, I DON'T CARE IF YOU GUYS PUT A NURSING HOME, AN APARTMENT SECTION EIGHT, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GO WITH IT.
BUT YOU COULD HAVE PUT SOMETHING ELSE LIKE SKYSCRAPERS OR, OR SOMETHING EVEN BIGGER MUSEUMS OR EVEN FOR THE CITY THAT THEY COULD USE AS AN ANNEX FOR POLICE AND ANOTHER AND, UH, A MUSEUM OR A PARK.
I KNOW WE GOT, UH, PICKLE PARK, UH, AND EVERYTHING IS NEAR TO THAT PARK.
LIKE, UH, YOU GOT THE MAINTENANCE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN WE DON'T HAVE NONE OF THAT.
SO YOU NEED TO REALLY THINK BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE CITY SHIRTS IS NOT GOING TO INCREASE THEIR SEED LIMITS BECAUSE YOU GOT NEW BRAUNFELS, YOU GOT UNIVERSAL CITY, CONVERSE AND SO FORTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE SURROUNDED SLO IN EVERY, EVERY OTHER CITY.
SO MY, THAT'S MY CONCERN AND THAT'S SOME OF THE 10, UH, RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE.
JOHN CARBONE, 35 41 WOODLAWN FARMS, CHURCHS, TEXAS 7 8 1 5 4.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE MY CANDIDACY FOR CHURCH CITY COUNCIL PLACE TWO.
I WANTED TO, UH, SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS IN CONCERNING MY CANDIDACY.
UM, FIRST CHURCH IS MY HOME, NOT BY BIRTH, BUT BY CHOICE.
I CAME HERE AND I STAYED HERE AND I MAKE IT MY HOME.
AND I'VE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE.
I DON'T DO THAT AS A PAID GIG.
I DO THAT BECAUSE I LOVE THIS TOWN.
I HAD 22 PLUS YEARS OF THE AIR FORCE WHERE I SERVED AS A FIRST SERGEANT.
I'M AN AIR FORCE JUNIOR, ROTC INSTRUCTOR.
AND LIKE I JUST SAID, I SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS A COMMISSIONER AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A COUNCILMAN.
LAST WEEK AT BILOXI THIS WEEK YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO ME AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RUNNING FOR, UH, POSITIONS IN THIS CITY.
YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER TO TALK TO ME AT THIS CIVIC CENTER FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR A LUNCHEON.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK, LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COME UP TO ME AND SAID
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I SUPPORT YOUR CANDIDACY.UM, I REALLY, REALLY THANK, UH, FOR YOU TO COME OUT ON THE 20TH THROUGH THE 31ST, I BELIEVE FOR EARLY VOTING AND THE 4TH OF NOVEMBER FOR ELECTION DAY AND CAST YOUR VOTE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
UM, I WANNA SAY TWO THANK YOUS TO WRAP THIS UP.
ONE TO MY WIFE WHO I KNOW IS PROBABLY READY FOR THIS CANDIDACY TO BE OVER WITH AND ELECTION DAY TO COME AND GO.
AND TO THE MAN UPSTAIRS BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM AND HIS SUPPORT AND HIS GUIDANCE PUSHING ME INTO DOING THINGS THAT SOMETIMES SCARE ME, I WOULD NOT HAVE GROWN, GROWN INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.
UH, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.
UH, MY NAME IS MIGUEL VAZQUEZ AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH CIVIL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO INVITE YOU TO THIS WEEKEND'S FESTIVITIES, UH, WHICH WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY.
UH, WE'RE CALLING IT THE MUERTOS FEST, WHICH IS FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALL SOULS DAY CELEBRATION.
WE CALL IT A CELEBRATION BECAUSE IT IS A TIME TO COMMEMORATE OUR ANCESTORS.
AND SO THIS IS A PERFECT TIME TO DO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY ALTAR WHERE WE CAN, UH, ONCE AGAIN COMMEMORATE, LIKE I SAID, OUR, OUR ANCESTORS.
SO, UH, THIS SATURDAY, UH, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS WILL HAPPEN AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF DEDICATIONS AND ONE OF 'EM WILL BE THE RECOGNITION BY THE CITY OF THE CEMETERY AS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK.
WE THANK THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE FOR DOING THAT AS WELL.
AND AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, UM, BY GETTING THIS PARTICULAR RECOGNITION, UH, WE NOW HAVE THE RECOGNITION BY THE CITY, BY THE COUNTY, AND BY THE STATE.
UM, AND THE OTHER IMPORTANT DEDICATION THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, ON SATURDAY IS DEDICATION OF, UH, SOME INTERPRETIVE PANELS, UH, THAT WE'RE PUTTING AT THE CEMETERY.
SO THESE ARE PANELS THAT ARE, UM, SET ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE CEMETERY.
WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE LIKE A CEMETERY STROLL AND EACH OF THE PANELS WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE CEMETERY AS WELL AS THE SLO VALLEY.
UH, WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE PARTICIPATING AS WELL FROM, UH, WILDER INTERMEDIATE.
SO THEY'RE GOING, GOING TO BE SHOWING THEIR ART.
UH, THEY'LL HAVE AN ART SHOW IN SALE.
UH, WE WILL HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL ARTIST THERE AS WELL.
UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE.
I GUESS THEY'RE GONNA SHOW OFF THEIR, THEIR UNITS TO THE KIDS.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE, LITTLE HALLOWEEN PARTY AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME MUSIC AND WE HAVE A SHRIMP BOIL.
SO
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET ANY RAIN, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I AM RUNNING FOR MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
UH, MY DECISION IN DOING SO IS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATIONS TRANSPARENCY BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE RESIDENTS.
I BELIEVE THAT OUR CITIZENS, UH, DESERVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE, HONESTY, LEADERSHIP WITH ROOTED INTEGRITY IF ELECTED AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS, UH, PLAN NOT ONLY FOR OUR CITIZENS, UH, HERE FROM OUR CITY GOVERNMENT MORE FREQUENTLY, BUT THAT THEY ARE TRULY HEARD IN WHAT THE THINGS THAT THEY'D LIKE IN THE CITY.
I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND THAT ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL CONTINUE TO DO.
AND I AM NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE.
I AM JUST SIMPLY HERE TO HELP MOVE CHURCH FORWARD, UH, WITH, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS.
UM, I MOVED TO R OH, SORRY, ED PICKETT, 9 8 5 8 MULHOUSE R UH, RHINE VALLEY SUBDIVISION.
I MOVED TO, UH, RHINE VALLEY IN 2017 BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
HOWEVER, AS OF LATE, THERE'S BEEN CONSTANT POWER ISSUES.
OUR SUBDIVISION IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR HAS BEEN THE WORST.
IT'S BEEN GOING OUT ABOUT ONCE
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A WEEK, UH, SOMETIMES EVEN MORE THAN THAT.SOMETIMES IT BROWNS OUT FOR A SECOND OR TWO OTHER TIMES AS MUCH AS AN HOUR OR MORE.
RAIN, SHINE, WIND, NO WIND IN THE MORNING DURING THE DAY AT NIGHT ON PEAK, OFF PEAK WITH THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY OF OUR CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND GFIS.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO RESET OUR CIRCUIT BREAKERS ON THERE.
UH, PEOPLE HAVE LOST REFRIGERATORS FULL OF FOOD.
CPS DOESN'T REIMBURSE FOR THAT.
UH, WHEN TALKING TO CPS, THEY SAY NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS. BUT THEN WHEN I TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS, THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS AND THEY CPS IS ADDRESSING NOTHING.
UM, OUR AREA HAS BEEN EXPLODING WITH NEW SUBDIVISIONS.
SADDLEBROOK 634 HOMES, CARMEL RANCH, 127 HOMES WITH PLANS FOR MORE.
I CAN'T FIND OUT HOW MANY CROSS FINEING ROUGHLY HALF BUILT 1600 HOMES.
UH, RHINE VALLEY'S ADDING ITSELF AT ABOUT ANOTHER 65 HOMES.
AVIATOR APARTMENTS, ABOUT 300 UNITS.
OKAY, MY ROUGH GUESS IS ABOUT 1500 NEW HOMES IN THE NEXT COMING YEARS.
MY CONCERN IS IF WE CAN'T KEEP THE POWER ON NOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA KEEP THE POWER ON WITH ALL THESE NEW UNITS? ALTHOUGH CPS APPLIES THE POWER, I FEEL AS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, ENSURE THAT THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
I FEEL THAT THE CITY IS FAILING IN THIS PLACE.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S NOT THERE IF WE'RE HAVING ALL THESE POWER OUTAGES.
THAT'S FURTHER PROOF OF LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
I WILL CITE THE CITY HAS HAD MORE THAN TWO YEARS TRUCKING RAW SEWAGE FROM HALLEY'S COVE DOWN TO ROY CORBERT, WHICH THE PEOPLE THERE HAVE REALLY LOVED THE SMELL OF THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE CITY SHOULD STOP EXPANDING, WE NEED TO EXPAND.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE CITY NEEDS TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB, UH, PACING GROWTH SO THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE KEEPS UP WITH GROWTH.
GROWING TOO FAST IS JUST AS BAD AS NOT GROWING AT ALL.
IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURES IN PLACE FOR ITS RESIDENTS NEEDS.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND GROWTH.
MY NAME IS BARBARA PALOMO AND I PROVIDED THIS, UH, DOCUMENT HERE TO YOU GUYS.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU RECEIVED IT OR NOT.
UM, I LIVE AT 700 MAPLE DRIVE AND THIS HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
I AM HERE JUST TO, UM, SPEAK IN IN FAVOR, UH, SPEAK FOR THE CITIZENS THAT I KIND OF GOT VOLUNTOLD TO COME UP HERE AND DO A PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR CHURCH PARKWAY TRAIL TRAIL SYSTEM.
UM, AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MARION.
I BOUGHT MY HOUSE HERE IN 2006.
AND I USE CHURCH, CHURCH PARKWAY FREQUENTLY.
I'M A MEMBER OF SEVERAL MEETUP GROUPS, RUN GROUPS.
UH, THERE'S LOTS OF GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITIES, CITIZENS, UH, STUDENTS THAT USE THAT CHURCH PARKWAY TRAIL.
I MEAN, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE WEEKLY THAT USE THE TRAIL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY USE DAILY, BUT ALMOST, UH, ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE UTILIZING THAT TRAIL.
UM, SO I WANTED TO VOICE SOME CONCERNS AND ALSO SOME, UH, EFFORTS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO MAKE FOR THE TRAIL IMPROVEMENT AS FAR AS VOLUNTEERING.
AND, UH, THIS DOCUMENT HERE JUST KINDA GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE PRESENTED TO ME THAT I WROTE DOWN IN THEIR, THEY, THEIR KIDS, THEIR PARENTS, UM, STUDENTS, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, RETIREES.
UM, SO I OUTLINED ALL THE QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, JUST AN OVERVIEW IS THAT WE'VE NOTICED IS THAT THE TRAIL IS NOT BEING MAINTAINED.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE, WHAT THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE IS FOR THE TRAIL, HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE TRAIL, UM, WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME MONEY SET ASIDE FOR IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG SHORTZ PARKWAY.
SO, UM, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR THE TRAIL OR THE SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO, UM, SHORTZ PARKWAY.
UH, ALSO THERE'S UM, UH, I MEANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, THIS MONTH IS ALL ALSO NATIONAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TDOT IS, UM, KIND OF ADVERTISING.
UH, I, I JUST RECOGNIZED THIS MYSELF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
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BUT IT'S, UH, THE MONTH OF OCTOBER FOR THIS YEAR.UM, AND I ALSO LOOKED UP AND SHARED THE DOCUMENT, UH, FOR THE 2024 DECEMBER PARKS RECREATION, OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
SO THIS MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIES PARKS, UM, TRAILS, UH, UH, HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS, ANY KIND OF, I GUESS LIKE MULTIMODAL MODAL AVENUE THAT PEDESTRIANS USE IN OUR CITY.
AND SHIRTS, PARKWAY WAS NOT REALLY SPOKEN OF, BUT IT WAS IDENTIFIED ON TWO PAGES.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS DOCUMENT HAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, BUT IT ALSO LACKS, UM, THE PRIORITIZATION OF MAINTENANCE FOR OUR TRAILS, UH, AND SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA.
AND I FEEL THAT I DON'T, THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT FEEL THAT SCHWARZ PARKWAY IS GETTING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR THE MAINTENANCE, UM, ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS BEING THAT THAT TRAIL IS IDENTIFIED ON A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF DOCUMENTS FOR, UH, TRAIL SYSTEMS WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, IT IS IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY AND IT PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO BUSINESSES OR WORK AND WHATNOT.
AND, UM, BUT THIS DOCUMENT BASICALLY OUTLINES A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO MAKE.
UH, AGAIN, I, I PROVIDED COPIES HERE WITH YOUR ASSISTANT.
I'M A RESIDENT OF RYAN VALLEY SUBDIVISION.
I'M GONNA BE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT ED PICKETT JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT ON THE, THE, UH, THE ELECTRICITY OUTAGES.
UM, MR. WILLIAMS AND MR. JAMES, I'VE NEVER, I I KNOW YOU THROUGH EMAIL.
I APPRECIATE THE HELP THAT Y'ALL HAVE WORKED WITH KEEPING CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS DOING SHORTCUTS THROUGH THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
LONG STORY SHORT, JUNE, WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE.
I HAD JUST FLOWN OUT TO FLORIDA AND THE POWER WENT OUT, CAME BACK ON WITHIN 60 SECONDS.
LITTLE DID I KNOW EVERY ONE OF MY CIRCUIT BREAKERS BROKE OR, OR TRIPPED.
DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL SUNDAY, UNTIL ED WENT NEXT DOOR, WENT IN MY HOUSE, LOST AN ENTIRE FREEZER OF FOOD.
THEY BASICALLY SAID, SORRY, WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT.
ALTHOUGH SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE AUGUST OF 2016, I'M ONE OF THE OGS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S A GRID, ELECTRICAL GRID PROBLEM IN RHINE VALLEY BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE 27 OUTAGES FOR SEVEN MONTHS, 27 OUTAGES.
HAS YOUR POWER GONE OFF 27 TIMES SINCE JANUARY? OURS HAS, IT TRIPS EVERY ONE OF MY BREAKERS FOR EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.
NEVER ONCE HAD ANY BREAKERS TRIPPED.
AND THEY, AND THEY ARE TRIPPING NOW.
AND THE LAST SIX MONTHS HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.
CPS IS LYING TO THE RESIDENTS OF SHIRTS OR RHINE VALLEY BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING NOBODY ELSE IS COMPLAINING.
AND I CALL 'EM A LIAR TO THEIR FACE.
SO I'M HERE TO ASK YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL TO CONTACT CPS AND MAKE THEM DO SOMETHING TO INVESTIGATE WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THAT SUBDIVISION BECAUSE I CAN REPLACE FOOD, BUT I DON'T LIKE LEAVING TONIGHT AND WONDERING, COMING BACK THE NEXT DAY.
IF THE POWER'S OFF AND IT DOES, IT COMES BACK ON.
BUT ALL THE BREAKERS ARE TRIPPED.
YOU'VE GOT TO RESET EVERY SINGLE WINDOW AND 27 TIMES.
JULY 14TH WHEN THEY RESPONDED.
WE'VE HAD MORE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
SO, LIKE I SAID, AS A CITY COUNCIL, WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE OR WHOEVER CAN GET CPS OFF THEIR ASS TO DO SOMETHING TO INVESTIGATE WITHOUT US HAVING TO PAY ONE, TWO, $3,000 TO PUT A VOLTAGE CONTROLLER ON OUR HOUSE TO SEE, TO, TO TAKE THEM TO COURT TO PROVE THAT WE'RE RIGHT.
UM, BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE THE NEXT SPEAKER, MR. WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, RESPOND TO THEIR CONCERNS JUST
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FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN YOUR SITUATION AND THAT ARE, HAVE THAT ISSUE? WE ARE COLLECTING NAMES AND WE DO, WE HAVE COLLECTED ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO WORK WITH CPS TO GET A RESOLUTION AND TO GET A RESPONSE, A RESPONSE, AND THEN A, HOPEFULLY A RESOLUTION SOON.AND I'LL TELL YOU PERSONALLY, I, I LIVE IN A SUBDIVISION NOT FAR FROM YOU AND I A SIMILAR ISSUE AS WELL, SO, OKAY.
[ 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.]
MOVE ON.CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY AND INFORMATION PACKETS ARE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPOINTMENTS, REAPPOINTMENTS AND RE RESIGNATIONS OF THE CITY.
UH, SHIRTS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 21.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 37.
RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 23.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 42.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 41.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 43.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 44.
ITEM NUMBER 10, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 33.
ITEM NUMBER 11, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 34.
AND ITEM NUMBER 12, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 47.
COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? MAYOR, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, REMOVE NUMBER NINE, RESOLUTION 25 DASH R DASH 1 44.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER NINE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHERS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT AND 10 THROUGH 12? SO MOVE SECOND.
HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE IF WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN, UH, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE OUR, UM, APPOINTMENT, THE, FOR EDC, MR. JOHN FBU, THE THIRD IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND I'D JUST LIKE FOR HIM TO STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON OUR BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR TEAM, SIR.
[9. Resolution 25-R-144 – Resolution authorizing a Personal Services Agreement with Charmain Sanchez, dba Terreno Services. (B.James/L.Busch/N.Ferris)]
NINE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 44 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAIRMAN CHARMAINE SANCHEZ, A BA FERNO SERVICES.UH, WE'LL TAG TEAM ON THIS ONE.
UH, I THOUGHT LARRY AND JESSICA WERE GONNA STAND UP HERE WITH ME.
APPARENTLY THEY'RE GONNA SIT BEHIND ME AND JUST WAIT AND SEE.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK.
YOU SENT A LIST OF SEVEN, UH, QUESTIONS OUT, UH, EARLIER TODAY.
THE CITY MANAGER FORWARDED THAT, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE, UH, SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.
UH, BUT JUST AS A BIT OF BACKGROUND, THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT WE'VE HAD WITH CHARMAINE SANCHEZ, UH, FOR OVER 10 YEARS, SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IN FACT.
UH, AND WHAT SHE DOES REALLY IS HELP MANAGE, UH, THE CONTRACTS WE HAVE FOR COMPANIES TO LOCATE, UH, CELLULAR EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ON OUR WATER TOWERS.
UM, SHE BRINGS A, A WEALTH OF EXPERTISE TO THAT.
IT'S AN AREA THAT THE CITY STAFF DOESN'T REALLY HAVE BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE.
UM, AND, AND THE CONTRACT IS UP AGAIN FOR RENEWAL.
AND, AND WE PROCEEDED THIS WAY.
AND SO WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE PROCEEDED THE WAY WE DID.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE 27% OF GROSS, UH, HISTORICALLY REPRESENTED IN TERMS OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS? UM, AND CAN I GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE RANGES OF THE 20% PERCENT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS? SO TO BE CLEAR, THE PAST CONTRACT, IT WAS 30% STAFF NEGOTIATED DOWN TO 27% THIS YEAR.
BUT THOSE DOLLAR FIGURES GENERALLY THAT WE PAY THEM IS, UH, BETWEEN 60 AND $84,000.
UH, THE NUMBERS, UH, THE 60,000 WAS SORT OF A LIGHT YEAR.
UM, BUT GENERALLY THE, THE AMOUNTS THAT, UM, WE HAVE HAVE PAID UNDER THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE NEW NEGOTIATED FEE.
BUT WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY PAID, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, 2025 WAS 98,000 735, 24 WAS 67, 249 23 WAS 96 0 4, AND THEN 22 WAS 93.
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AND SO THOSE AMOUNTS ARE DOWN A BIT RANGING FROM THAT 60,000 TO ROUGHLY 84,000 IF YOU CALCULATED THE 27%.UH, BUT THAT GIVES YOU AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE.
AND JUST, UH, TO GET TO A FURTHER QUESTION YOU HAVE ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
SO AGAIN, WE BROUGHT IN LAST YEAR, $329,117 THE YEAR BEFORE, $224, 224,163, AND THEN A BIT.
SO IT GENERALLY HAS RANGED BETWEEN 224,000 UP TO 3 29.
THE OTHER TWO YEARS WERE OVER 300,000 A GIVEN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE.
AND, AND SO WITH THE CITY'S PERCENTAGE OF THAT, GENERALLY 1 56 TO 2 30, 200 $30,000 IS WHAT WE BRING IN.
SO TWO 15 A COUPLE YEARS, JUST ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ON WHAT THE CONTRACT IS WORTH.
UM, THE, THE AMOUNT HASN'T VARIED IN THE PAST.
EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S BEEN A 30%.
AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR PURCHASING FOLKS.
IN LIGHT OF A NUMBER OF KIND OF CHANGING CONDITIONS, WE, WE NEGOTIATED THAT DOWN TO 27%.
UH, GOING FORWARD, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, CAN STAFF PROVIDE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF COMPARING THAT PERCENTAGE RATE TO A FIXED RATE MODEL? AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCE WOULD A FIXED RATE BE BETTER? TO ANSWER THAT, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND GENERALLY HOW OUR CONTRACTS WORTH WITH THESE COMPANIES THAT LOCATE ON OUR TOWERS.
IT'S NOT SORT OF JUST A FLAT RATE FEE OF THIS IS WHAT YOU PAY AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY THAT SAME AMOUNT YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND THAT GOES TO WHY WE HAVE, UH, THE CONTRACT WHERE SHE GETS A PERCENTAGE.
SO WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEY WANT TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE EQUIPMENT ON THE TOWERS, UH, WE RECALCULATE THAT AND THEIR RATE IS BASED ON THAT.
UM, AND SO THAT REALLY IS WHY WE DO THAT IN PART IS BECAUSE WE THINK IT INCENSE HER TO SPEND MORE TIME ON OUR PROJECTS TO GET THE BEST DEAL FOR THE CITY.
SHE GETS THE BEST DEAL FOR THE CITY.
SHE GETS MORE MONEY AS OPPOSED TO FRANKLY, WHAT YOU CAN GET WITH A FLAT RATE THAT WE FOUND IT.
IT CAN BE SIMPLY HOW LITTLE WORK DO THEY HAVE TO DO? AND THEY'RE STILL GONNA GET THE SAME AMOUNT.
SO WHETHER THEY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME OR A LITTLE TIME, IF IT'S A FLAT RATE, THAT TENDS TO BE THE CASE.
THE WAY OUR CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT IS STRUCTURED, THE MORE WORK SHE DOES TO TRY TO HUSTLE UP THE CONTRACTS, GET AS MUCH AS SHE CAN FOR THE CITY, REALLY EVALUATE CLOSELY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF THE EQUIPMENT, IT INCENSES HER TO DO THAT ON OUR BEHALF, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE USED THIS PERCENTAGE RATE SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL.
I WILL SAY THAT PART OF THIS TOO, AND I'M GONNA KINDA JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF WHY WE WANT THIS SERVICE, WHY THIS SERVICE IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY STAFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT SOME OTHER WAY? AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM QUITE A WHILE AND THEY HAVE REALLY PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIF SPECIFIC AREA.
SOMETHING THAT FRANKLY CITY STAFF JUST DOESN'T HAVE.
IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE WELL VERSED IN.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MOVING BLIND THROUGH THE DARK.
UM, AND WITH THAT, THE CONTRACTOR, FRANKLY, HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IT.
AND THAT INCLUDES MANAGING THE VE VERIFICATION AND THE VETTING OF THE TENANTS AND THEIR CONTRACTORS, RIGHT? THESE ARE OUR WILDER TOWERS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHO'S GOING OUT THERE.
SO SHE HANDLES THAT FOR US AS WELL.
WE GET A LOT OF COMMUNICATION FROM HER WITH THAT INFORMATION WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE, HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE, AND SHE GOES OUT TO THE SITE AFTERWARDS AND MAKE SURE THEY CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES AND DO ALL OF THAT A AS WELL.
UM, AND IT'S A, IT'S A FAIRLY UNIQUE SERVICE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY ALIGN WITH ANY DEPARTMENT.
YOU COULD SAY, WELL, THE WATER TOWERS ARE PUBLIC WORKS WELL, CELL TOWER AND ELECTRONICS ARE KIND OF IT.
MAYBE IT'S, MAYBE IT'S THEM, RIGHT? SO IT'S AGAIN, AN AREA THAT NOBODY IN THE CITY HAS SORT OF FITS NEATLY WITHIN THEIR RANGE, WHICH IS WHY WE IN PART DO IT THE WAY WE DO.
UM, NEXT QUESTION WAS THE CONTRACT AND TYPE OF STRUCTURE.
SO WHY WAS IT STRUCTURED AS A PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AS OPPOSED TO COMPETITIVELY GOING OUT TO BID WITH A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT? AND, AND AS I'D SAID, PART OF THAT WAS DUE TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THEM IN THE PAST, RIGHT? AND PART OF THAT IS WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT TO BID, RIGHT, WHETHER IT'S A A LOW COST OR IN THIS CASE IT'D PROBABLY BE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, WE'RE LEFT TO TRY TO EVALUATE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THAT FIRM.
AND, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU INTERVIEW SOMEBODY FOR A JOB OR YOU MEET YOUR IN-LAWS FOR THE FIRST TIME OR YOUR FUTURE IN-LAWS FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU'RE KIND OF, THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT'S GONNA GET, RIGHT? THAT'S ON YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE.
IF YOU ASK MY FATHER-IN-LAW, HE WOULD PROBABLY SAY, YEAH, 35 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, THAT'S KIND OF THE BEST.
AND IT'S NEVER QUITE LIVED UP TO THAT FROM THERE PROBABLY AS IT WERE.
AND SO PART OF IT IS OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT INTERVIEW
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PROCESS AND REALLY SIFT THROUGH THAT AND FRANKLY, WE'RE REAL HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE.NOW PURCHASING DID GO OUT AND CALL OTHER CITIES AND SAY, HEY, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS? WHO ARE YOU USING WITH THIS? AND FRANKLY, WE DIDN'T REALLY FIND ANYBODY THAT HAD FOUND A REALLY GREAT SOLUTION.
WE IN FACT TALKED TO ONE CITY, I WON'T NAME WHO SAID, EH, WOULDN'T GO WITH THE PEOPLE WE'RE USING.
WE'VE NOT BEEN REALLY HAPPY WITH IT.
AND SO I THINK PART OF IT, TO BE REALLY HONEST WITH YOU, IS WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE SERVICE THAT WE'VE GOT.
WHEN WE CHECKED OUT WITH OTHER FOLKS THAT DIDN'T GIVE US A FEELING THAT WE WERE MISSING OUT SOMETHING.
NOW I'LL BE BLUNT, WE'RE WE'RE PAYING FOR IT IN THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? IT'S A, IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE PERCENTAGE, BUT WE THINK IN LIGHT OF THE POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT WE COULD HAVE, THIS IS PROBABLY AN AREA THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE AN A, UH, AN AFTERTHOUGHT AND, AND IS WORTH THAT GOING FORWARD.
UM, AND SO FRANKLY IT'S BASED ON THAT PERFORMANCE THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO GO OUT FOR THAT PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACT, TO DO COMPETITIVE, TO DO COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR IT.
THERE'S NO OBLIGATION TO DO THAT COMPETITIVELY TO PROCURE THESE SERVICES.
AND AGAIN, THEY'VE DEMONSTRATED THE CONCE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
I CAN APPRECIATE IF COUNSEL SAYS WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH THAT.
WE WANNA LOOK OUT JUST, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHY STAFF DID WHAT WE DID TO KEEP MOVING ON.
WHAT EVALUATION CRITERIA WOULD DETERMINE THE VENDOR OR THE INDIVIDUAL BEST SUITED? AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER CITIES TO SEE HOW THEY WERE DOING IT.
IF YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS IN THE PAST, I KNOW MR. WILLIAMS DID THIS IN PRIOR CITIES, IN A PRIOR CITY I WORKED FOR, IT WAS BASICALLY A FLAT RATE FEE THAT WE DID IN HOUSE AND WE JUST KIND OF TOOK WHAT WE TOOK, HOW BUSY WERE WE WORKING ON OTHER STUFF.
AND THAT KIND OF DICTATED THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE PUT INTO THIS THING WHEN IT CAME THROUGH.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT.
AND I WILL SAY WHAT EVALUATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT IS, UM, THE OTHER IS HOW IS PERFORMANCE MEASURED TO ENSURE THE SEIZURE RECEIVING THE VALUE? AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST, IT'S REALLY A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT, RIGHT? WHAT WE HEAR FROM STAFF WHO WORKS WITH HER IS WE GET A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF UPDATE.
SHE STAYS ON TOP WITH THINGS, UH, FRANKLY GIVES US VERY COMPLETE INFORMATION, UH, LETS US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LARGER MARKET.
SHE STAYS, FOLLOWS UP ON THE AGREEMENTS WE HAVE FOR PAYMENT.
WE JUST FRANKLY FEEL LIKE COMPARED TO OTHER SERVICES WE GET FROM DIFFERENT VENDORS, SHE REALLY DOES A GOOD JOB KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO REACH OUT AND PROD FOR STUFF.
SHE, SHE SENDS EMAILS IN ADVANCE, LET US KNOW ISSUES GOES ON, STASIS TO RESPOND.
WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE AT PERFORMANCE RETRO ARE NOT MET.
WELL, IT'S A 30 DAY WRITTEN NOTICE, WE CAN TERMINATE THE CONTRACT SO IF THINGS EVER FALL OFF, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE CONTRACT AND LOOK FOR SOME OTHER WAY TO DO IT, UH, GOING FORWARD.
AND, AND SO THAT PROVIDES THAT SURETY.
AND, AND THEN THE OTHER IS, UM, HAS STAFF EVALUATE WHETHER ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXISTS GIVEN THIS, AND AGAIN, AS JESSICA HAD NOTED, AND SO SOME OF THIS, I'M, I'M READING FROM STAFF AND SHE'LL LIKELY JUMP UP HERE WHEN I BUTCHER THIS OR SHE'S NOT GONNA LET ME TALK.
IN TERMS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UM, THE CITY REQUIRES, AND ACTUALLY, I MEAN ALL CONTRACTORS WHO, WHO CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, UM, FOR SOME A SERVICE THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SUCH CONTRACTS IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AS PART OF THE EXECUTION PROCESS.
UM, A TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION FORM 1295, WHICH IS, UM, CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES OR A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE.
SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE CONTRACT EXECUTION PROCESS.
SO WE'LL BE WELL AWARE AND AT THAT TIME IF THERE WERE ANY CONFLICTS, THEY WOULD BE DISCLOSED.
AND THEN ALSO I CAN SPEAK TO, I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS THE STUDY CURRENTLY HAS.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT WE HISTORICALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL SERVICES.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT MEETS THE DEFINITION AS DEFINED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2 52.
AND SO THAT IS A SERVICES BEING PROVIDED BY AN INDIVIDUAL.
UM, IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD THEM, UH, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY OTHERS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND, BUT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST FOR SERVICES SUCH AS, UM, WHEN WE HAD AN OUTGOING FIRE MARSHAL AND WE NEEDED TO COVER THE SERVICES UNTIL A REPLACEMENT WAS SEATED.
UM, IN THAT POSITION, THE OUTGOING FIRE MARSHAL, WE HAD A PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THEM FOR, FOR THEM TO CONTINUE DOING PLAN REVIEW AND FOR, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUATION OF SERVICES.
LIKE AGAIN, UNTIL WE COULD REPLACE THE, THE POSITION.
SO WE'VE USED IT IN THAT TYPE OF WAY IN THE PAST, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
COUNCILMAN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NO, THAT WAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DO APPRECIATE THE, AND I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE PATIENCE FOR THE LAST MINUTE.
I MEANT TO SEND IT LAST WEEK AND THEN I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND WROTE OFF SOME QUESTIONS.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I CAN RECALL SEEING A
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PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT.I JUST WANTED SOME MORE INFORMATION ON IT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.
AGAIN, IT'S ALL INFORMATION WE SORT OF KNEW, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WRANGLING EVERYBODY TO GO.
HEY, LET'S GET IT ALL ON PAPER SO WE CAN PLAN.
WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 44, MAKE A MOTION.
SECOND HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION
[13. Resolution 25-R-146 - Authorizing the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of permanent and temporary water line easements necessary for the construction and maintenance of a water supply main between Eckhardt and Schwab Roads (B.James/K.Woodlee)]
ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 13, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 46 AUTHORIZING THE POWER OF INTIMATE DOMAIN FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY WATER LINE EASEMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A WATER SUPPLY MAIN BETWEEN ECKARD AND SCHWAB ROADS.UM, I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION PREPARED FOR THIS.
WE DID WANNA PUT IT ON DISCUSSION AND ACTION THOUGH.
UH, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF TRANSPARENCY, UM, ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE INVOKING EMINENT DOMAIN, THERE TEND TO BE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THIS IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE, UM, SUBMITTED AN INITIAL OFFER FOR THESE EASEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER BACK IN JUNE, UH, AND WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THAT PROPERTY OWNER THAT THE PROPERTY WAS UNDER CONTRACT TO A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER.
UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE DEVELOPER.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE ARE CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTIONS THAT PROHIBIT THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO, UH, ACCEPT THE OFFER AT THE TIME.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE WAITED, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND REALLY, FRANKLY, NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UM, AUTHORIZED BY COUNSEL, UH, LAST FALL WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THE ACKERMAN SUBDIVISION.
UM, THEY NEED TO, THEY HAVE AGREED TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE WATERLINE, BUT PART OF THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY WITH THAT AGREEMENT IS TO ACQUIRE THE EASEMENT IN A TIMELY FASHION.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, AUTHORIZATION TO, UH, USE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN IF NECESSARY.
THE FINAL OFFER WAS SENT, UH, LAST WEEK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND SO IF THEY REFUSE TO, UH, ACCEPT THE OFFER OR NEGOTIATE, UH, FURTHER, THEN WE WOULD, UM, GET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, UM, FILE A CASE FOR EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 46? MOTION TO APPROVES.
MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MAYOR PROM BROWN, IF I'M CORRECT.
AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO AYE.
COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14, A RESOLUTION 25 R 1 38 NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR THE LUPE COUNTY APPRAISAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO BE APPOINTED FOR THE 2025 TERM.
THERE WAS NO, UH, CANDIDATES SUBMITTED BY OUR COUNCIL.
UH, ONCE THE LIST IS PROVIDED, WE WILL CAST OUR VOTES BASED ON THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY OTHER, UH, ENTITIES.
SO NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ONE.
THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 39, NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR THE
AGAIN, THERE WAS NO CANDIDATE SUBMITTED BY A COUNCIL, SO OUR VOTES WILL BE CAST BASED ON THE LIST THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THAT ONE.
[16. Ordinance 25-M-045 - Conduct a public hearing to consider adjusting the Drainage Fee (B.James/J. Walters)]
TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 M 0 4 5.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADJUSTING THE DRAINAGE FEES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HERE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
UH, TONIGHT BEFORE YOU HAVE THE ITEM DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES, UM,
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UPDATING THE DRAINAGE FEE AND AS PROPOSED, UH, BY WILL DAN CONSULTANTS WHO ALSO HANDLE OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES, AS WELL AS THE WATER AND SEWER RATES FOR S-S-L-G-C.SO WE DID REACH OUT TO, UH, DAN, WHO WORKS WITH WILL DAN, UH, TO LOOK AT OUR DRAINAGE FEE, LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREAS, LOOK AT OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS AND WHAT OUR CIP STATES.
UM, AS FAR AS OUR, UM, AMOUNT OF PROJECTS, WE, WE BELIEVE IS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY OF CHURCH TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF SAFETY DURING FLOOD EVENTS AND TO COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDED FEE, UH, SCHEDULE, UH, OVER FIVE YEARS, AS WELL AS WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE SHORT TERM.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME BACKGROUND STORM RANGE FEES, HOW HE CALCULATED THE MYTHOLOGY AND THE REC, AND THE RECOMMENDATION HE PROVIDED FOR US.
SO THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FEES.
SO URBANIZATION AND, AND DEVELOPMENT HAS, UH, HAS SIGN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HOW WATER MOVES AFTER STORM EVENTS.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UM, ROADWAYS AND CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, HOUSES, ALL THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL RUNOFF THAT WOULDN'T BE THERE, UH, IF IT WAS THE NATURAL LAND AND ABLE TO ABSORB MORE WATER, UH, STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND INTO THE AQUIFERS.
BUT BECAUSE WE PUT A LOT OF CONCRETE, PROVIDES ADDITIONAL RUNOFF TO, UM, UH, COLLECT IN CERTAIN AREAS, UH, AT A HIGHER RATE THAN AND THAN IT WOULD OTHERWISE, UH, POTENTIALLY CREATING, UM, HARMFUL EVENTS, UH, FOR BOTH LIFE AND PROPERTY FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, SO, UH, ONE WAY THAT, UH, CITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES, UM, HELP FUND, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP, UH, MITIGATE THE, THE WRIST, UH, PROPOSED BY THESE, UH, STORMWATER EVENTS WITH, WITH A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES, UH, IS TO FORM, UM, STORM WATER UTILITIES OR, UH, STORMWATER UNITS.
IS THERE, UM, UH, SPECIFIC, LIKE OUR DRAINAGE FEE HERE THAT ALL THE FUNDS RAISED GO SPECIFICALLY TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT ROADWAYS AND AS WELL AS, OR OUR CURRENT DRAINAGES, AS WELL AS EXPAND THEM IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A, A, A SAFE, UM, COMMUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO IF YOU LOOK OVER THE UNITED STATES, 146, UM, ENTITIES OF THAT NATURE ARE IN TEXAS.
UH, SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, UM, UH, 229 IN THE, IN THE, THE NORTH MIDWEST, UH, 156 OVER IN WASHINGTON, UH, 214 OVER IN, UM, UH, FLORIDA, WHICH HAS A LOT OF RAIN EVENTS THAT ARE VERY DAMAGING.
UM, SO YOU KINDA SEE HOW, HOW IT, UH, SHAPES OUT AROUND THE NATION.
UH, SO CURRENTLY THE CITY OF CHURCH CHARGES $5 AND 20 CENTS PER MONTH PER LUE LIVING UNIT EQUIVALENT.
BASICALLY, UH, WE AVERAGED OUT THE, UH, HOW MUCH IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, HOW MUCH RUNOFF IS GENERATED BY A A CERTAIN SIZE RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
UM, AND SO ALL OUR, NO MATTER HOW BIG YOUR HOUSES ARE, ALL THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE CHARGE FIVE 20 FOR RESIDENT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, UH, THEY'RE BASED ON HOW MUCH, UM, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THEY HAVE COMPARED TO A HOUSE.
SO IF THEY HAVE FIVE TIMES, NOT A CONCRETE AS A HOUSE DOES, THEY GET CHARGED A RATE FIVE TIMES THAT OF OUR AVERAGE HOUSE.
UM, WE FOUND THAT THE CURRENT FEE IS NO LONGER COLLECTING ENOUGH REVENUE TO FUND, UH, IDENTIFIED OPERATING COSTS.
AND WE HAVE $42 MILLION IN SORT OF OUR CIP PLAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, UM, IMPROVE OUR DRAINAGE RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, AND THE CITY HAS A GOAL OF TRYING TO MAKE THE FUND SELF-SUFFICIENT.
SO THE FEE PAYS FOR DRAINAGE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WITHOUT TAKING IN PROPERTY TAXES OR OTHER TYPE OF REVENUE.
AND SO, UH, WITH ALL THOSE FACTORS, WE DECIDE, HEY, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A NEW PLAN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, WILL DAN CONSULTANTS.
UM, NOW IN THE, UH, AVERAGE RATES ACROSS THE, UH, STATE, UH, WE CAN SEE SHIRTS IN THE RED IS FIVE 20.
WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE STATE AVERAGE OF FIVE 15.
UM, BRIAN HAS 5 85 OR TWO 80, WHEREAS SAN MARCO HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE AT ABOUT JUST UNDER $14.
UH, AND I CAN SAY, YEAH, WE'RE AT THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT THE QUESTION COMES IN, IS SHIRTS AN AVERAGE, UM, AS FAR AS OUR DRAINAGE WAYS AND AMOUNT OF, UH, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE WE HAVE, AS WELL AS OUR CREEK BEDS, HOW, HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO FLOOD COMPARED TO THE OTHER PEOPLE? SO WHILE THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION, WE DO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND JUST HOW MANY, UM, RISK AREAS WE HAVE INSURANCE COMPARED TO BRIAN, WHO MAY NOT HAVE A BIG, UH, DRAINAGE RISK OR FLOODING RISK, UM, RELATED TO THEIR DRAINAGE PATHWAYS.
UM, SO WHAT IT CAME OUT, WE JUST LOOKED AT THE STUDY METHODOLOGY.
SO WE LOOKED AT AND PREVIOUS SERVICE AREA, HEY, HOW MUCH DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE? UH, AND WE HAVE A LOT IN, UM, IN, IN THIS CATEGORY.
RESIDENTIAL IS 116, UH, MILLION.
AND THEN, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL, OOPS, SORRY, THAT WAS COMING UP, UM, AT 64 FOR A TOTAL OF 180,000 WITH MOST OF IT COMING IN, IN THIS CATEGORY OF THAT, UH, 200,000, 500,000 RANGE.
SO WE ALSO FORECAST RANGE ACCOUNTS.
SO THE MORE PEOPLE, MORE ACCOUNTS WE HAVE, THE MORE AMOUNT OF, UH, FOLKS BE PAYING INTO THE FUND.
UH, SO WE GREW BY RESIDENTIAL, NON-RESIDENTIAL USING THE SAME GROWTH METHODOLOGY
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WE HAD FOR OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES.IT'S ABOUT 1.7% A YEAR, ABOUT 308 NEW ACCOUNTS PER YEAR, UH, SORT OF THROUGH 300 RESIDENTIAL, WHICH KIND OF TRACKS OUR, UM, DUE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS AND THEN EIGHT NON-RESIDENTIAL.
UH, WE LOOKED AT, UH, I PROVIDED HIM AN EARLY, UH, LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, A TOTAL OPERATING COSTS WITH PROJECTIONS ON HOW THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW, UM, THREE TO 5% YEAR ON OPERATING PERSONNEL.
MOST OF IT'S PERSONNEL AS FAR AS THE OPERATING SIDE IS, IS CONCERNED.
UH, WE HAVE INSURANCE EVERY YEAR AS LONG AS A MERIT AND, UH, OTHER SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.
SO, UH, THAT KIND OF FOLLOWS IN, UH, WITH WHAT WE HAD DONE THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AS FAR AS THE 42 MILLION, UH, THESE ARE A LIST OF PROJECTS WE FOUND IN THE CIP, UM, UH, WITH THE RATES THAT WE, WE HAD LOOKED AT.
UH, SO THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY FOUND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE'RE ABLE TO, TO, TO COME UP WITH THEM.
SO THESE, I, UH, LOOKING AT DAN WOULD BE PRIMARILY, UH, DEBT FUNDING, UH, POSSIBLY STARTING IN 2028, UH, 10 MILLION, 10 MILLION, 12 MILLION, 10 MILLION, UM, LOOKING AT A 20 YEAR TERM WITH ABOUT A 4% INTEREST RATE.
SO THAT'S HOW HE LOOKED INTO, UM, THE OPERATION AS WELL AS OUR, OUR CIP.
SO WE TOOK BOTH OF THOSE TOGETHER.
UH, DAN CAME BACK WITH THIS AND SAY, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE WE'RE ABOUT $2.7 MILLION NOW IN 2026 BY 2035, UH, WITH THE DEBT SERVICE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE AT $6.7 MILLION, UM, OVERALL EXPENDITURES.
AND SO THAT'S HOW HE KIND OF ACCUMULATED FOR, UH, OPERATION GROWTH, CAL GROWTH, AND THEN WHAT, WHAT OUR FEE NEED TO BE OR TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING WE WOULD LIKE TO SET OUT TO DO.
SO WITH THE RATE PLAN, HE CAME BACK WITH A COUPLE OF RATE PLANS.
UH, WE DO
UM, UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT, WELL, WE ARE ONLY RECOMMENDING THE FIRST YEAR THIS PLAN.
UM, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO COUNCIL'S NOT ADOPTING ALL FIVE YEARS AND ALL THE ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH IS ONE THAT'S KIND OF SET IN STONE.
IT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGETS THAT'VE PRESENTED.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND UPDATE THE PLAN GOING FORWARD TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADJUST THE RATES.
DO WE REALLY NEED THE FULL AMOUNT RECOMMENDED IN THE, IN THE PLAN, OR ARE WE ABLE TO TO ADJUST AND DO A LITTLE BIT LOWER? SO WHAT WAS PROPOSED WAS MOVING FROM RESIDENTIAL, UH, THE LUE FROM FIVE 20 TO $8, UH, FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN UPDATING AGAIN FOR 11 AND 12, AND THEN 15 IN 2028, UM, BEING ONE OF THE, UM, JUST BEING OUT SAN MARCUS, UH, BY A DOLLAR.
NOW AGAIN, STAFF IS, UH, UM, ONLY RECOMMENDING THE FIRST YEAR.
UM, AND PART OF WHAT COMES WITH THAT IS, UM, SOME NEW STAFF, STORMWATER MANAGERS, IT WAS PROVEN IN THE BUDGET AS WELL AS OF, UH, DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.
SO THAT'S COMING BACK AND LOOKING AT AND TAKING STOCK OF ALL OF OUR DRAINAGE OF WHAT BEST WAY TO UTILIZE OUR DOLLARS AND MAKING SURE A, UH, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT AREAS.
UH, AND B IS THERE ANY, ARE WE THINKING THERE'S SOMETHING'S A PRIORITY? MAYBE SOMETHING'S NOT A PRIORITY? UM, AS WELL AS WE CAN LOOK AT VARIOUS, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM FEMA JUST WHERE WE GOT A, A LARGE AMOUNT, UH, OF FUNDING FROM THE LAST BIG FLOOD EVENT FROM THE SHIRTS, UM, BUT BASICALLY PUT IN DETS CREEK AND, UM, IS HELPING TO MITIGATE SOME OTHER DRAINAGE ISSUES CURRENTLY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO AND KIND OF HELP IN THE OUT YEARS TO IT TO ADJUST THAT DOWN.
AND WE TAKING TAKE STOCK OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE AND HOW SOON DO WE HAVE TO GET THERE.
THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR THAT GOES INTO IT.
OH, WE THOUGHT EVERY, HEY, OVER THIS 10 YEAR WINDOW, WE THOUGHT, HEY, THESE PROJECTS NEED TO BE DONE.
ONCE WE GET THAT MASTER PLAN IN, WE CAN SAY, HEY, DO WE NEED TO GET THESE DONE SOONER OR LATER? OR SOME CAN BE PUSHED OFF A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND THAT'LL AFFECT THE RATE AS WELL.
UM, DAN ALSO RECOMMENDED OR CAME UP WITH A SECOND SCENARIO, WHICH A LITTLE BIT LOWER FEES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, BUT THAT, UH, BUT A HIGHER, LIKE A GRADIENT SCALE, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST BEING A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO AS FAR AS, HEY, EVERYONE'S GETTING GONNA BUILD FOR THE SAME SIZE, UM, THIS IS MORE OF LIKE, HEY, THE BIGGER YOU BUILD, THE HIGHER IMPACT YOU'LL HAVE AND THE HIGHER, UM, RATE THAT WOULD BE CHARGED.
UH, WHILE THIS IS IN THE STUDY AND THE RECOMMENDATION PROVIDED BY DAN JACKSON, UH, STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING THE SCENARIO TONIGHT.
UH, UM, WE'LL KEEP IT AS IS WHERE EVERYONE IS PAYING THE SAME LUE.
SO BASICALLY ON AVERAGE, UH, FOR EVERY, THE SAME AMOUNT OF CONCRETE AND ROAD WORK YOU PUT IN, THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL PAY NO MATTER, UM, IF YOU CRASH A THRESHOLD, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR RATE JUMPS.
SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT TURN.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FROM DAN JACKSON.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE BUDGET RETREATS.
UH, THE $8 WOULD FUND THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UH, CREW TO HELP MAINTAIN OUR ADDITIONAL, OUR CURRENT ROADWAY OR CURRENT DRAINAGE WAYS, UM, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE AND MAKE SURE THE FLOW WORKS, MAKE SURE OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES TO, UH, WORK AS IT SHOULD, AS WELL AS MAKING SMALL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE OPERATING TILE BUDGET.
UM, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT ADDRESSING ANY OF THE LONG-TERM CAPITAL NEEDS.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA LOOK AT.
WE WANNA GET TO THE GRAND, UH,
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MASTER PLAN, UPDATED, UH, TO BEFORE COUNCIL AND A PROJECT IDENTIFIED AND APPROVED, AND LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF THAT STUDY BEFORE WE RAISE IT.ANY OTHER ONES OR CONSIDER ANY OF THE OTHER FUTURE, UH, FEE CHANGES THAT WERE IN THE STUDY.
UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL OR WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA AS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AND THE TIME IS SEVEN 20.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? YES, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIC.
UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
BOB JAMESON, 45 0 4 BRUSH CREEK DRIVE SHIRTS.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ABOUT A THREE OR FOUR YEAR DROUGHT.
SIR, IF, IF YOU CAN PLEASE ADDRESS IT, COUNSEL.
THAT WAY WE CAN HEAR THE QUESTION ALSO.
AND HE'LL, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ABOUT A THREE, FOUR YEAR DROUGHT.
I UNDERSTAND WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WHY ARE WE INCREASING RATES IF THERE'S NO RAIN? WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND SOLVE IT GOES DOWN, BUT WE JUST REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MUCH.
NUMBER TWO, THE CITIZENS OF SHIRTS ARE NOT THE PURVEYORS OF CONCRETE AND MCCADA.
THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSED STORMWATER RUNOFF.
THEREFORE, WHY AREN'T THE DEVELOPERS PAYING FOR IT INSTEAD OF IT BEING PUSHED OFF ON THE CITIZENS? AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS MATTER.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, RIGHT? THIS TIME IS 7 22.
COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE, UH, 12, I BELIEVE.
UM, THE ESTIMATES ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THOSE ARE, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU CALCULATE THOSE? 'CAUSE THAT'S THE PAY THE UNFUNDED, UH, AMOUNTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S ESTIMATES THAT OUR ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH BASED ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COST OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE NOT DONE THE DESIGN, WE'VE NOT SEEN EVERYTHING INVOLVED.
UH, BUT BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE, WHAT THEY SEE OTHER CITIES PAYING, WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA PAY FOR THIS, THEY CAME UP WITH THESE ESTIMATES.
SO THEY'RE GETTING ESTIMATES FROM OTHER AREAS AS WELL, IS TRYING.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING AT THE COST OF THINGS GENERALLY, RIGHT? BOTH, EITHER PUBLIC PROJECTS OR PRIVATE PROJECTS, UM, TO COME UP WITH THESE ESTIMATES.
AND AGAIN, I WILL SAY THIS, WHILE THEY SEEM LARGE NUMBERS, THOSE WHO'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WHILE IT'S RARE THAT WE COME BACK AND SAY, OH, THIS PROJECT'S A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN WE THOUGHT.
IT TENDS TO IN FACT BE THE OPPOSITE COST OF GOING UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO? YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON, UH, SLIDE SEVEN.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST, JUST ABOVE STATE AVERAGE.
OKAY? YOU'RE, UM, PROPOSING FOR US TO GO TO EIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE.
AND THEN THE LONG TERM FORECAST WOULD PUT US, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST OUT OF THESE LIST OF CITIES ABOVE ANY OF THEM.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THEM ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE ON THAT.
UM, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN MOST ALL THESE OTHER CITIES? AND WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE COMPARISONS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA? SURE.
SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S REALLY TWO THINGS.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ARGUE WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE GREATER COST.
ONE IS OUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
WE HAVE MORE DRAINAGE THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES DO, RIGHT? EVERY, EVERY CITY'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE, THE OTHER, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY MORE ACCURATE, IS WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE ARE THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDING? AND, AND IT, THIS IS ONE THAT I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU, AS, AS WE'VE GONE AND TALKED TO OTHER FOLKS, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SAN MARCOS, THERE HASN'T BEEN A COMMUNITY THAT'S REALLY EMBRACED IT AND REALLY SAID, HEY, THESE ARE ALL THE ISSUES WE HAVE, THESE ARE THE ISSUES WE SEE WITH FLOODING.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IT, FRANKLY, I THINK IN A LOT OF CASES, UM, IT IS AN ISSUE THAT'S PUSHED TO THE SIDE.
AND AGAIN, I I CAN APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE UNTIL IT'S A PROBLEM.
WE PUT IT TO THE BACK OF OUR MIND.
AND, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE HIS CERTAIN COMMENT OF, HEY, WE'RE REALLY DRY, WE'RE NOT GETTING RAINED.
WHY ARE WE DEALING WITH THIS? BUT IF YOU JUST REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE IN OCTOBER, SO SEPTEMBER, AUGUST,
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JULY, JUNE, FOUR MONTHS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE FLOODING, AND YOU'LL REMEMBER MY PRESENTATION IN JUNE, WE HAD 35 THAT WAS UNDERWATER.WE HAVE AREAS THAT REGULARLY FLOOD IF COUNT.
THE, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, IT'S WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE EXPECT FROM OUR RESIDENTS? SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE CERTAINLY, YOU GET CALLS FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, HEY, WHY AREN'T THESE PROBLEMS TAKEN CARE OF? WHY AREN'T THESE THINGS MANAGED AT A HIGHER LEVEL? RIGHT? SO AGAIN, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, I'VE BEEN OUT BEHIND THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON CABANA BY LOWE'S BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING THEY GET WHEN IT COMES DOWN THAT CONCRETE CHANNEL AND THE WALL STOPS AND IT HOPS OVER AND FLOODS THEM OUT.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THIS RECENTLY, UH, CALLS FROM A GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES ON DEETS ROAD WHO SAYS, HEY, THIS CITY OWNED PROPERTY, IT'S FLOODING BACK THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO AGAIN, IF YOU GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT, IT'S, IT'S A MESS.
YOU SORT OF WONDER WHERE THAT WATER GOES AND IT WASHES ACROSS THE INTERSECTION.
SO IT'S THOSE KIND OF CALLS THAT WE GET.
YOU MAY REMEMBER WE HAD A WOMAN, MS. PURSER, WHO STOOD UP AND SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE EROSION AND THE FLOODING ISSUE DOWN OFF GLEAMING SPRINGS.
A A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO, CAME BACK A COUPLE OF TIMES, WE'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM COUNCIL PEOPLE RIGHTLY SO, SAYING, HEY, THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT WE'RE NOT MOWING, WE'VE NOT GRADING THIS FINELY ENOUGH IN AREAS ACROSS THE WAY OVER BEHIND MARYLAND.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE OTHER RECENTLY WE HAD WAS OVER BEHIND GETTYSBURG, RIGHT? WE HAD THIS DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
AND SO, SO I WOULD ARGUE LIKELY THE SITUATION IS, IT'S SOME OF THE ISSUES PARTICULAR TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE RELATIVE TO THE SYLO CREEK.
BUT REALLY I THINK WHAT IT'S ABOUT IS THAT THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT COMMUNITIES AREN'T DEALING WITH TILL IT REALLY BECOMES A PROBLEM.
AND IT'S AN AREA THAT WE FOUND THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO, TO STEP INTO.
AND, AND SO AGAIN, TO BE CLEAR, UM, WE ARE SIMPLY RECOMMENDING GO UP ON THE FEE THIS FIRST TIME AND LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
I APPRECIATE HOW AGGRESSIVE THE SCHEDULE IS.
I APPRECIATE HOW QUICKLY THIS GETS US TO THOSE LIST OF ITEMS. YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HONEST, IT, IT MAY BE TOO FAST.
AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE AND WORK WITH COUNCIL ON.
BUT WE THINK THIS FIRST PHASE DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR US.
IT INCREASES THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE SO THAT WE CAN BETTER GET OUT AND MAINTAIN SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE EXPERTISE FOR.
IT ALSO GETS THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS SOMEONE DEDICATED TO THAT POSITION.
SO AGAIN, TO BE BLUNT, TRYING TO GO AFTER GRANTS AND PARTICIPATING REGIONALLY ISN'T A LITTLE BIT OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT WILL REFINE WHO'S FREE THAT DAY GOING FORWARD WITH IT.
THAT THAT'S THE ANSWER I WOULD GIVE YOU WITH IT.
MR. WILLIAMS WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UH, I, EVERYTHING THAT BRIAN JUST SAID IS, IS, IS SPOT ON.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT SOME COMMUNITIES TEND TO ABSORB THIS COST IN THE REST OF THEIR GENERAL FUND, SO IT JUST GETS SPREAD AMONG THE ENTIRE GENERAL FUND.
SO YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE THE IMPACT TO WHERE IT REALLY BELONGS.
WE'RE TAKING MORE OF THE POSITION THAT A LOT OF THESE MAINTENA, ALL THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT YOU JUST ADD AT JUST DESCRIBED, WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR THOSE WITH A FEE RATHER THAN JUST ABSORBING IT THROUGH THE STREETS DEPARTMENT OR SOME OF THAT.
AND ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND THERE, AGAIN, AS WE TALK EVERY YEAR WITH BUDGET, RIGHT? IF WE LOOK AT SORT OF WHAT OUR TAX BASE IS AND, AND THE EXEMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR FOLKS, THIS FRANKLY SPREADS IT TO, TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, MAYOR TIM BROWN.
WELL, AS, UH, BROWN WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, FLOODPLAIN, UH, IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
UH, IF YOU EVER LOOK AT A FEMA MAP, UH, LOOK AT THE PANELS DOWN THERE AND YOU, YOU'LL FIND THAT SHIRTS REALLY DOES HAVE A LOT MORE THAN OTHER PLACES, JUST THE WAY THE CONTOURS AND GEOGRAPHY RUNS.
AND IT ISN'T JUST BECAUSE OF CLOW CREEK, BUT BY ANY MEANS IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I I, I LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF THOSE NUMBERS AND I'M GOING, THIS IS CRAZY, BUT I THINK THE, THE WHOLE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT, UH, UH, EMPHASIS ON FLOOD MITIGATION AND FLOOD CONTROL AND THINGS ALONG THAT LINE AFTER LAST SUMMER.
UH, SUMMER'S A HORRIBLE EVENTS THERE.
WHEN PEOPLE DIE, THINGS HAPPEN.
UH, AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT SHAPE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT STAYING AHEAD OF THE GAME WITHIN OUR BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.
I MEAN, AFTER, UH, UH, 98 AND 2002, UH, ESPECIALLY ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THE DEETS CREEK AND, UH, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, HUGE, HUGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY, BUT STILL A LOT OF AREAS ARE AREN'T THERE.
AND YES, WE DO HAVE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THAT, THAT AREN'T GONNA BE, UM, AFFECTED BY RAIN AND DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S THE, UH, EXCEPTION NOT THE RULE FOR MOST SHIRTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE TO TAKE, UH, UH, CONSCIOUS ACTION TO GET TO IT.
I JUST WANNA TRY TO KEEP THE, THE COST DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUALS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,
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YOU KNOW, AND, AND EVEN ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WHEN I SEE THINGS GOING TO 3000 A MONTH, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.YEAH, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU MAY RECALL WHEN DAN JACKSON PRESENTED, THERE WERE TWO METHODOLOGIES, RIGHT? I I REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION APPROPRIATE.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT OUT LOUD, YOU KNOW, IT'S AGREE WITH YOU.
AND, AND THEN THE OTHER, KEEP IN MIND THE CITY'S GROWING, RIGHT? WE HAVE ALL THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
YOU HAVE THIS LIST IN YOUR PACKET OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT ADDS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN GOING FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, THE DEVELOPER PUTS IT IN ON THE FRONT END GENERALLY, AND THEN THE CITY HAS TO MAINTAIN IT, UH, AND KEEP IT GOING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DEVELOPER'S ONLY GONNA WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON.
EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT IS GOING TO BE LEFT TO EITHER THE NEXT DEVELOPER OR TO ITS NATURAL STATE, HOWEVER THAT WORKS.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU BROUGHT UP AN INTERESTING POINT.
YOU KNOW, THE 4TH OF JULY WAS, UH, DEVASTATING AND I REMEMBER, UH, GOING OUT ON, YOU KNOW, AND TOURING OUR CITY AND THERE WAS PLACES WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE DRAINAGE.
AND WE, AND WITHIN 48 HOURS OUR STAFF PICKED IT UP, YOU KNOW, BUT BASED ON THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE WERE CONSTANTLY DOING, IT BASICALLY MITIGATED THE ISSUES THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW? SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY UNTIL IT REALLY HAPPENS.
I I, I THINK THAT'S THE CASE, RIGHT? WE GET LUCKY SOMETIMES AND WE FORGET ABOUT IT.
BUT THEN AGAIN, IT'S MUCH LIKE THE CREEKS, RIGHT? AS, AS THEY SILT UP AND IT'S SLOW.
YOU DON'T NOTICE FROM DAY TO DAY.
YOU DON'T NOTICE FROM WEEK TO WEEK.
YOU DON'T NOTICE FROM MONTH TO MONTH.
YOU DON'T NOTICE FROM YOUR YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO OUT AND LOOK AND WE SAY, YEAH, WE NEED TO PULL OUT A COUPLE OF FEET AND THE VOLUME THAT TAKES, THAT'S THE KINDA STUFF WE TALK ABOUT.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THE OTHER THING IS, AS MUCH AS THE FEE IS GOING UP, I KNOW THAT WE'RE LIKE IN BETWEEN, WE'RE IN TWO DIFFERENT FLOOD AREAS.
AND SO WHERE WE SIT IN THOSE AREAS AND THE DIFFERENT GUADALUPE AND BEAR, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY ASSISTANCE FOR THEM ANYTIME SOON.
I THINK JUST BASED ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS WITH BEING LITTLE SLITHERS.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS WHAT HELPS GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE SO THAT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH SOME ISSUES LATER WHEN IT RAINS.
I, I WOULD SAY I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN DAVIS PUSHING ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL, RIGHT? AND, AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS THAT POSITION THAT'S DEDICATED TO THIS ISSUE AND FOCUSED ON IT.
NOT WE GOT A MEETING COME UP NEXT WEEK WHO'S NOT GOING TO S-S-L-G-C, WHO'S NOT GOT A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW MEETING WHO'S NOT GOT THIS.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED BECAUSE AGAIN, IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR STUFF WE HAVE TO TACKLE, WE REALLY DO NEED TO STEP IN FULLY TO THIS FLOODPLAIN ISSUE AND THE BIG ISSUE THAT WE'VE GOT WITH THE SIP CREEK.
SHORN SPEAK TO IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, RIGHT? IT'S THE SAME SORT OF ISSUE.
COUNSEL ANY OF THE COMMENTS? SEEING, UH, SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 25 M 0 4 5.
HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP BROWN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
[17. Ordinance 25-A-039 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for voluntary annexation of approximately 4.7 acres, Bexar County Property Identification Numbers 310108 and 1061511, Bexar County, Texas (B.James/L.Wood/D.Marquez)]
NUMBER 17.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 4.7 ACRES.
BEXAR COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS 3 1 0 1 0 8 AND 1 0 6 1 5 1 1.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR MR. WILLIAMS ORDINANCE 25 A 39, A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 4.7 ACRES.
DAISY MARQUEZ SENIOR PLANNER, HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN GREEN.
THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION RESOLUTION 25 R ONE 12 WAS APPROVED ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025 TO START THIS ANNEXATION PROCESS.
A ZONING APPLICATION TO PUBLIC USE DISTRICT IS ACCOMPANIED WITH THIS ANNEXATION APPLICATION.
EMPEROR L GC 43 0 5 7 STAFF BINDS THAT SURROUNDING ANY AREA BUT NOT INCLUDING SUCH AREA WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS DUE.
THIS ANNEXATION IS IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25 A 30.
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THE AGENDAS A, A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE TIME IS 7 35.IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 25 A 0 3 9.
SECOND WE HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEMP BROWN.
OKAY COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SIX YAYS, NO OBJECTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[18. Ordinance 25-S-040 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to zone approximately 4.7 acres of land to Public Use District (PUB), known as 8890 E Fm 1518 N, more specifically known as Bexar County Property Identification Numbers 310108 and 1061511, Bexar County, Texas (B.James/L.Wood/D.Marquez)]
18.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO RESOLVE APPROXIMATELY 4.7 ACRES OF LAND TO PUBLIC PUBLIC USE DISTRICT PUB KNOWN AS 8 8 9 0 EAST FM 1518 NORTH, MORE SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 3 1 0 1 0 8 AND 1 0 6 1 5 1 1.
MS. MARCUS, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNSEL MAYOR MR. WILLIAMS ORDINANCE 25 S 40 PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TO PUBLIC USE DISTRICT ON 4.7 ACRES.
DAISY MARQUEZ, SENIOR PLANNER, HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED ONCE AGAIN, BUT ON YELLOW HERE YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE LARGER VIEW IT IS 4.7 ACRES.
IT'S LOCATED ALONG 1518 AND IT IS JUST SOUTH OF THE 1518 APARTMENTS AND IT'S CURRENT.
UM, RESOLUTION 25 R 12 WAS APPROVED ON AUGUST 19TH AND AS YOU JUST APPROVED THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE 25 S 39, UM, TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY IN CITY OF SHIRTS ETJ AND THEN FURTHER UP NORTH IS THE PDD FOR THE SHIRTS 1518 APARTMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, JUST A NOTE ON THAT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS ACTUALLY A PIPELINE EASEMENT, SO IT'S UNDEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH.
WE HAVE PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A RESIDENCE AND IT'S RURAL.
AND THEN TO THE WEST WE HAVE 1518 RIGHT AWAY.
AND UM, THE CROSS FIND DEVELOPMENT, WE SENT OUT 15 PUBLIC NOTICES ON AUGUST 21ST.
AN SIGN WAS PLACED BY THE APPLICANT.
UM, WE DID PUT OUT A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER ON SEPTEMBER 24TH AND IT DID GO TO PNZ FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD.
SO LOOKING TOWARDS THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL FOR ZONE CHANGES, ONE, WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE IMPLEMENTS THE POLICIES OF ADOPTED COMP PLAN OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE ADOPTED PLANS.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DOES HAVE THIS AREA DESIGNATED AS LOCAL CORRIDOR.
THAT'S MORE MEANT FOR LOCALLY ORIENTED COMMERCIAL RETAIL, SMALL SCALE EXCUSE, UM, BUT AGAIN, WHEN LOOKING AT ZONE CHANGES, THINKING OF UH, ZONE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE IN SCALE AND INTENSITY WITH THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, PUBLIC USE DISTRICT IS MEANT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
SO THINK SCHOOLS, PLACES OF WORSHIP POST OFFICES, UM, THE PROPOSED PUBLIC USE DISTRICT DOES MEET THAT INTENT OF THE LOCAL CORRIDOR LAND USE DESIGNATION.
TWO, WHETHER THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, THE COMPLEX STIPULATES THAT PUBLIC USES ARE APPROPRIATE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN ALL LAND USE DESIGNATION DESIGNATIONS OR LAND USE CATEGORIES.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE UM, TO THE LEFT A LIST.
UM, AND AGAIN THIS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE, BUT THIS IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE USES ALLOWED WITHIN PUBLIC USE DISTRICTS.
SO AGAIN, IT'S GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES, MUNICIPAL OFFICES, POST OFFICES, SCHOOLS AND ENGINEERING DID REVIEW THE TIA DETERMINATION FORM AND THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE PEAK VEHICLE TRIPS ON SUNDAY WHEN NORMAL TRAFFIC IS LIGHT.
SO NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE TRANSPORTATION BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE.
UM, AND THEN THE PERMIT USES WITHIN PUB AND THE SITE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS ARE THERE IN PLACE TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE ZONE CHANGE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THREE, WHETHER THE USE IS PERMITTED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE WILL BE CONSISTENT AND APPROPRIATE WITH THE EXISTING USES IN THE MEDIA AREA.
AGAIN, UM, THESE ARE THE USES NECESSARY IN A COMMUNITY TO CREATE THAT BASIC NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT.
AND FOUR, WHETHER OTHER FACTORS ARE DEEMED RELEVANT IN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT.
SO STAFF HAS ENSURE THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE MEETS THE UDC REQUIREMENTS AND FIRE EMS AND POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE SPECIFIC ZONE CHANGE.
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AND DUE TO THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TO PUBLIC USE DISTRICT BEING COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE EXISTING USES IN THE MEDIA AREA, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 25 S 40 AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ITEM ON SEPTEMBER 3RD.AND THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THE UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PROPOSED PLACE OF WORSHIP FROM THE ARC DS HERE PRESENT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM AND THE ARCHITECT AS WELL.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, THE TIME IS 7 41.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL FLOOR'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 S 0 4 0? SO MAKE THE MOTION.
HEY, WHERE IS DAVIS? OKAY, DAVIS.
OKAY, DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALISO COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE PLEASE.
WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.
[19. Ordinance 25-S-043 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone approximately 24 acres of land from Pre-Development District (PRE) and General Business District (GB) to Apartment / Multi-family Residential District (R-4), known as Guadalupe County Property Identification Numbers 63835, 72500, and 72501, City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas and Comal County Property Identification Number 81292, 121896, and a portion of Comal County Property Identification Number 75381, City of Schertz, Comal County, Texas. (B.James/L.Wood/E.Delgado) WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANT - Public Hearing will be held / No Action will be taken by City Council]
ON TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 27 ACRES OF LAND FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TWO APARTMENT MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT KNOWN AS GUADALUPE COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 6 3 8 3 5 7 2 5 0 0 AND 7 2 5 0 1 CITY, THE INSUREDS, GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND COLE COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 8 1 2 9 2 1 2 1 8 9 6 AND A PORTION OF COMAL PROPERTY.
COMAL COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 5 3 8 1 CITY ASSURE COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS.
ALL RIGHT, MS. DELGADO, UM, I SEE THE APPLICANT WITHDREW HIS APPLICATION.
I DON'T THINK, UH, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SEVERAL CHANGES OR NO SUBMISSION.
MY PRESENTATION IS VERY BRIEF, JUST KIND OF EXPLAINING WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO GIVE THAT, BUT ALSO HAPPY TO SIT DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
NO, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN, OKAY, WHAT HAPPENED, WHY HE WITHDREW, MAYBE THAT WOULD, UH, HELP THE COUNCIL HERE.
IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT, BUT I'LL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON ON WHY IT'S STILL ON THE AGENDA.
SO THIS IS THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN GREEN THAT IT WAS PROPOSED, UM, TO BE REZONED TO APARTMENT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R FOUR.
SO HERE YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT MAP AGAIN, IT'S CURRENTLY GENERAL BUSINESS AND PRE-DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE PROPOSED R FOUR FOR THE 24 ACRES.
SO JUST A QUICK KIND OF REFRESHER FOR THE AUDIENCE IN CASE SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
R FOUR IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE DENSER APARTMENT AND MULTI-FAMILY STYLE DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 24 ACRES, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CONSTRUCT A MAXIMUM OF 840 UNITS BASED ON R FOUR AND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ALLOWING A MAXIMUM OF 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO WE DID SEND 75 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES ON AUGUST 16TH.
AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, PRIOR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, WE'D RECEIVED 14 IN OPPOSITION AND WE DID PUBLISH, UM, TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING, EXCUSE ME, TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE SEPTEMBER 24TH SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
NOTIFICATION SIGNS WERE PLACED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT AS WELL.
AND JUST A NOTE TO THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING QUITE A BIT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THOSE SIGNS WILL BE REMOVED TOMORROW AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, AGAIN, AFTER WE HAD SENT THE WRITTEN NOTICE, IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PNZ AGENDA AND WE DID THE NEWSPAPER NOTICE THE APPLICANT FORMALLY WITHDREW THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM PLZC 2 25 67 AND THIS ASSOCIATED CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE 25 S 0 43.
SO AT THE OCTOBER 1ST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SENTENCED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID HOLD THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN TOOK NO
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ACTION ON THE ITEM.UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT FOR THAT SAME REASON.
IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED, BUT NO ACTION BY CITY COUNCIL WILL BE TAKEN AS A NOTE.
UM, AT THIS TIME THERE HAS NOT BEEN, UM, A FORMAL RESUBMITTAL OR A NEW SUBMITTAL.
AND IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, WE WOULD LIKE THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT NEW CASE NUMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED, NEW PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WILL BE MAILED OUT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE SIGNS WILL BE REPLACED ON THE PROPERTY.
BASICALLY THE ENTIRE PROCESS WILL RESTART.
SO EVEN IF YOU SUBMITTED A NOTICE, UH, RESPONSE FOR THIS CASE, A NEW ONE WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THAT NEW CASE NUMBER.
WE JUST KIND OF WANNA GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THIS ITEM, IT'S 7 46.
THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDAS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT? THE MIC IS OPEN GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, RIGHT? THE TIME IS STILL 7 46.
COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? SEE NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 20, ORDINANCE
[20. Ordinance 25-S-044 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone approximately 81 acres of land from Pre-Development District (PRE), General Business District (GB) and Single-Family Residential District (R-6) to Middle Density Residential District (R-5), generally located 1,900 feet south of the intersection of IH 35 and Country Club Blvd, also known as Guadalupe County Property Identification Numbers 63833, 63836, 63838, 34548, 34577, 34755 City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas and Comal County Property Identification Number 377261, and a portion of Comal County Property Identification Number 75381, City of Schertz, Comal County, Texas. (B.James/L.Wood/E.Delgado) WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANT- Public Hearing will be held / No Action will be taken by City Council]
NUMBER 25 S 0 4 4.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 81 ACRES OF LAND FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PRE TO, UH, GENERAL BI AND GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT GB AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R SIX TWO, MIDDLE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R FIVE, LOCATED 1,900 FEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF IH 35 AND COUNTRY CLUB BOULEVARD, ALSO KNOWN AS GUADALUPE COUNTY.
PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 6 3 8 3 3 6 3 8 3 6 6 3 8 3 8 3, 4, 5, 4, 8, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7 3 4 7 5 5 CITY ASSURES, GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ELL COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 3 7 7 2 6 1 AND A PORTION OF THE ELL PRO COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 7 5 3 8 1.
THE CITY SHIRTS, COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS, MS. DELGADO FLOOR IS YOURS.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE AN EVEN MORE ABBREVIATED VERSION.
I DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH THE SAME SPIEL, BUT THIS IS FOR ORDINANCE 25 S 0 4 4, SAME THING.
THE APPLICANT DID WITHDRAW THIS PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE, BUT HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN GREEN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, IH 35 TO THE NORTH I COUNTRY CLUB COLUMBIA AND IT IS ON BOTH SIDES.
SO THE PROPERTY HERE AND THIS WHOLE SECTION HERE, IT IS CURRENTLY GENERAL BUSINESS PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R SIX.
AND THEY WERE PROPOSING TO REASON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY TO MIDDLE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R FIVE, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR NEWER ZONING DISTRICTS.
NOT AS MANY, UM, RESIDENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE R FIVE.
SO JUST TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IT'S INTENDED TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENTS THAT OFFER A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES.
IT'S A SUITABLE TRANSITION BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL AND OR DENSER MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THE INTENT OF THE MIDDLE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WAS FOR SMALLER FIELD TRACT DEVELOPMENTS TO OFFER A VARIETY OF THOSE HOUSING TYPES.
THE UDC STATES THAT UM, IF A TRACT IS OVER ONE ACRE, IT'S ALLOWED TO HAVE 12 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 81 ACRES, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CONSTRUCT A MAXIMUM OF 972 UNITS.
292 PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT ON THIS ZONE CHANGE ON AUGUST 16TH.
AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, PRIOR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN FAVOR AND 88 IN OPPOSITION.
AND AGAIN, THIS, UM, CASE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS ON SEPTEMBER 24TH AS WELL.
AT THE SAME TIME AS THE APPLICANT WITHDREW THE PREVIOUS CASE, THEY ALSO WITHDREW THIS ITEM AS WELL.
AND THEN AGAIN, SINCE THAT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS ALREADY PUBLISHED, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. DELGADO.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS SUBJECT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 3 4 0 1 COLUMBIA DRIVE IN SLO.
AND UM, I REPRESENT A LOT OF THE CITY, I MEAN THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT STAY AS A GRAIN, UH, A GREEN SPACE IF POSSIBLE.
UM, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING COME IN AND INCREASE THE IMPERVIOUS UH, CEMENT THAT WE, THAT WILL CAUSE A DR A
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A DRAIN PROBLEM.UM, WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A DRAIN PROBLEM.
MY TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS WERE FLOODED OUT IN THIS LAST, IN JULY.
YOU JUST VOTED IN AN INCREASE.
SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE ISSUE OUT THERE TOO.
OKAY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, RIGHT? TIME IS SEVEN 50.
UH, COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO COMMENTS, NO QUESTIONS.
[21. Workshop on a potential amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with LCRA for communication towers (S.Williams/B.James)]
NUMBER 21, A WORKSHOP ON A POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH LCRA FOR COMMUNICATION TOWERS.UM, SO THE ITEM WE HAVE BEFORE US TONIGHT IS, UM, LCRA.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A COUPLE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LCRA IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE APPRECIATE THEM SITTING THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEETING FOR US.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THE ISSUE IS TO SET THE STAGE FOR IT, THEY NEED TO BUILD A COMMUNICATION TOWER ON THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, TYPICALLY WITH THE CITY'S ORDINANCES, WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT, UM, A A NON-PROFIT PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDING, A COMMUNICATION TOWER.
WE'RE THINKING A PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT COMMUNICATION COMPANY OR CELL TOWER COMPANY, UH, WANTING TO DO THAT.
AND OUR ORDINANCES ARE DESIGNED AS SUCH.
WHEN THE REQUEST CAME IN, THE PROBLEM WE HAD IS OUR CODE DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW THEM TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
AND AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THERE, THEY WERE CREATED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN 1934.
THEY PROVIDE POWER, THEY PROVIDE WATER SERVICE, UH, MUCH LIKE, UH, CPS YOU HEARD ABOUT BEFORE, OR S-S-L-G-C, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY NEED, WHICH AGAIN, IS OFTEN UNIQUE TO THEIR MISSION AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WITH IT.
AND SO I'LL GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT.
SO AGAIN, YOU, YOU MAY RECALL THAT, UM, THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF SUBSTATIONS.
UH, THIS IS THE SUBSTATION IN QUESTION.
YOU'VE GOT I 35 HERE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, UH, WETSTEIN, OLD STEIN THAT RUNS THROUGH HERE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE WAYS OFF OF THAT BACK IN THIS LOCATION.
AND THEN AGAIN, THEY HAVE THAT POWER LINE THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND IT CONTINUES DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF SHS PARKWAY, THAT FACILITY.
UM, AND THEY REALLY NEED TO CONSTRUCT 190 FOOT TALL LATTICE, UH, STYLE TOWER.
AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF IT, THEY CAN'T DO THE MONOPOLE BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY THEY'VE GOT.
THEY NEED TO DO THE LATTICE STYLE WITH THE GUY WIRES.
THEY OWN THE 5.28, 5.26 ACRES OF LAND THERE AT 5 0 7 5 SI VALLEY DRIVE.
THE SITE ZONED R ONE RESIDES RESIDENCE, BUT IT'S USED AS A UTILITY SUBSTATION.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, TO GIVE YOU A FEEL, THIS IS THE STYLE TOWER THEY'RE GONNA BUILD OR WANT TO BUILD.
IT'S 190 FEET TALL AND THIS IS THE LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN FIT IT ON THEIR UTILITY SUBSTATION PROPERTY, RIGHT? IT'S A UTILITY SUBSTATION.
THEY GOT A BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON THERE.
UH, NOW I WILL SAY THIS, THAT WHEN STAFF TALK TO THEM, WE SUGGESTED, HEY, IS THERE A WAY YOU COULD LOCATE THIS ON ONE OF THE ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK? EITHER OURS, ONE IN SELMA, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY LOOKED AROUND AT THOSE SITES, AGAIN, WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THEM, AND SAID, REALLY, BECAUSE OF OUR NEEDS, THOSE DON'T WORK FOR US.
UM, WE, WE'VE CHECKED THEM, THERE'S JUST NOT A WAY WITH OUR NEEDS IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE ADJACENT CUL-DE-SAC HERE, WEEPING WAY SPRING WILLOW, AND THAT'S IN THE CITY OF CILLO, UH, THIS IS WHAT THOSE FOLKS LOOK AT FROM STREET VIEW, RIGHT BEHIND YOU CAN SEE THE UTILITY SUBSTATION RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT TRANSMISSION LINE AND THE TOWERS RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
UM, AGAIN, THE THE ISSUE THAT I SAID IS OUR CODE REALLY DOESN'T DEAL WITH THIS, RIGHT? WE ASSUME A DIFFERENT TYPE OF USER, DIFFERENT TYPE OF USE.
SO THE MAXIMUM, UH, HEIGHT OF A CELL TOWER, WHICH MUST BE A MONOPOLE IN SHIRTS, IS 120 FEET.
EVEN IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AGAIN, THE THE PROBLEM STAFF HAD IN TALKING WITH THEM, RIGHT? IS WE DON'T WANNA BE DOING A BUNCH OF PDDS TO JUST TWEAK OUR STANDARDS FOR ONE PERSON ANOTHER AND OPEN THE DOOR.
THERE IS AN OPTION TO GO TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT THEORETICALLY, BUT STAFF DOESN'T FRANKLY THINK THAT'S A REAL GREAT OPTION BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF IT, BECAUSE IT'S LCRA, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT THEY DO.
WE, WE THINK WE KIND OF CREATE A PROBLEM THERE.
UM, AND IN TALKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, ONE WAY WE COULD DO IT IS THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO ONE OF OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AND WE HAVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.
IRONICALLY, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT
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WITH LCRA ONE OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.WE RELY ON THEM TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY IN A CATASTROPHE IN OUR TYPICAL SITUATION.
SO THEY ARE A PARTNER WITH US IN THAT EFFORT.
AND, AND SO WHILE, AGAIN, I WANNA BE CLEAR, NOBODY WANTS A LARGE TOWER BEHIND THEM, RIGHT? IT'S JUST ONE OF THESE USES.
NOBODY'S GONNA SAY, OH, WE'D REALLY LIKE IT BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
RIGHT? IT'S THE SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT WE RELY ON.
AGAIN, IRONICALLY, YOU HEARD RESIDENTS TALK TONIGHT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, BUT ABOUT CPS AND KEEPING UP AND PROVIDING POWER, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE GOT COMPLAINTS FROM FOLKS AS CCPS HAS COME IN AND EXTENDED THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, HAS PUT IN STEP UP TRANSFORMERS, RIGHT? THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOT IDEAL WHEN IT, WE GOT NOTICES ABOUT THE USE OF SOME UTILITY EASEMENT.
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER IN THE PAST THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT UH, LINES IN THERE.
FOLKS WEREN'T THRILLED ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THEY WANT.
BUT YET, WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM REASONABLY ENOUGH, JUST AS I WOULD, AS THE CITY MANAGER WOULD, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT POWER, WE COUNT ON IT BECOMES A PROBLEM FOR US.
WE JUST DON'T KIND OF WANT IT BEHIND US.
AND AGAIN, IT GETS TO THE POINT, IT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE.
UM, THEY CAN CERTAINLY, UH, MR. ANDERSON, ERIC ANDERSON CAN CERTAINLY COME UP AND TALK ABOUT IF YOU'D LIKE, WHAT EXACTLY THEY USE THIS TOWER FOR, WHY THEY NEED IT, THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AS I WORKED WITH THE STAFF ON IT.
BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO IS INSTEAD OF JUST COMING WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE ILA, WE WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT STAFF'S DIRECTION, THAT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE USE, BECAUSE NOBODY EVER LIKES THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PUBLIC NONPROFIT UTILITY THAT PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
WE THINK, FRANKLY, THIS IS JUST THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED WITH IT, WITH THAT ILA ON THE AGENDA AS OPPOSED TO SENDING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND, AND HAVING THEM SORT OF TRY TO DIG INTO THOSE SORT OF FACTORS THAT THEY TYPICALLY DON'T DEAL WITH, UH, WE THINK IS A BAD IDEA.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, AGAIN, MR. ANDERSON IS HERE AND CAN CERTAINLY CHIME IN TO ANSWER SOME OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, UH, GOING FORWARD.
BUT AS I SAID, STEPH TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE ALTERNATIVES? WHY CAN'T YOU DO THIS? WHY CAN'T YOU DO THAT? AND AND THEY SAID, YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO THAT EASIER, LESS EXPENSIVE FOR US TOO.
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR THEIR NEEDS.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, UH, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, IT'S A 200 FOOT TOWER.
IS THAT GONNA BE ANY PROBLEMATIC IN ANY WAY WITH, UH, RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE AND FLYING OPERATIONS IN THAT? NO, THEY'VE GOTTA STILL GO THROUGH RANDOLPH AND IN WITH THAT AS WE UNDERSTAND THEY'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH IT.
AND, AND CERTAINLY WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT, THAT PROCESS.
UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS WHERE ARE YOU, WHERE ARE YOU LOCATING IT? WAS IT THIS TRANSFORMER STATION? WAS IT THE OTHER TRANSFORMER STATION, UH, CLOSER TO DIETS CREEK? UH, SO THAT'S STANDARD SORT OF STUFF.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE.
IT'S JUST FRANKLY AN UNPOPULAR THING.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, WE, WE THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR IT.
ANY THE COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO? YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, JUST FOR COMPARISON, HOW TALL ARE THOSE, UH, ELECTRIC TOWERS THAT ARE THERE? THEY GAVE ME THAT THEY'RE NOT NEAR THAT TALL.
DO YOU RECALL HOW TALL THOSE ARE? I THINK THE 1 21, YEAH.
SO THIS WILL BE TALLER, TALLER.
THIS'LL BE, IT'LL BE SUBSTANTIALLY TALLER.
I MEAN, IDEALLY I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE BETTER SUITED IN A INDUSTRIAL AREA THAN A RESIDENTIAL AREA MYSELF, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S AESTHETICALLY NOT VERY PLEASING TO SEE A 200 FOOT TOWER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
AND COUNCILMAN, I I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK THEY WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH YOU IF THIS WERE AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, THAT'S A BETTER PLACE FOR IT.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK THEY HAVE A NEED, AS THEY'VE EXPLAINED TO ME, FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COVERAGE, CERTAIN LOCATION.
AND PART OF IT IS, AGAIN, IT'S AN EXISTING FACILITY.
SO WHETHER YOU GO OUT AND ACQUIRE A NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE AREA AND THEN PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING GOING, HEY, THERE WAS NOTHING HERE BEFORE.
OR YOU LOCATED IN A FACILITY WHERE FRANKLY YOU'RE BEHIND A SUBSTATION AND YOU'RE BEHIND A TRANSMISSION.
MAINE, WE, WE, IT'S AS GOOD AS I THINK CAN BE.
BUT YEAH, I I THINK THEY WOULD AGREE IT'S NOT IDEAL.
AND, AND IF THEY COULD GO A DIFFERENT LOCATION AWAY FROM PEOPLE ON TRANSMISSION THAN THEY PROBABLY WOULD, THIS IS JUST WHERE THEY NEED IT TO GET THEIR COVERAGE, I'M AFRAID.
COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK? YES.
UH, SO THEY EXPLAINED THE NEED TO YOU.
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CAN I UNDERSTAND THE NEED? YEAH, I THINK YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU USE IT FOR AND HOW YOU NEED IT.UH, MAYOR GUTIERREZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. WILLIAMS, UH, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
SO THE INTENDED USE FOR THE TOWER IS FOR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE HAVE FIBER COMING INTO OUR ELECTRIC SUBSTATION THAT WE USE FOR, UH, MONITORING ALL THE GRID AND THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LCRA AND THEN, UM, THE TOWERS TO EXTEND WIRELESS COVERAGE FOR THE REGION.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INTENDED USES FOR WIRELESS COVERAGE, ONE IS FOR GRID MODERNIZATION.
SO TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO GRID ASSETS IN THE AREA, WHETHER THAT'S CPSS ASSETS OR OUR ASSETS OR, UH, CITY OF SHES WATER WASTEWATER.
UH, S-S-L-G-C, ANYONE IS WELCOME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE OPERATE A PRIVATE WIRELESS NETWORK THAT SERVES CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THESE AGENCIES ARE WELCOME TO JOIN ON.
I THINK THE, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A PRIVATE, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY A PRIVATE WIRELESS NETWORK THAT NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES OUR REGIONAL CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
DO WE ALREADY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT OR? SO WE, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UM, AS I SAID, WE HAVE THE CURRENT ILA WHERE THEY PROVIDE SERVICES.
SO IN THAT SENSE, BIO AND LCA ARE AS PARTNER.
I THINK ONCE THIS GETS UP AND RUNNING, WE'RE GONNA RETAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEEDS AND SEE IF WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, YES, IT WILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS IS POINT TO POINT MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION FROM THE LIVE OAK WATER TOWER TO THIS TOWER.
YEAH, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE PITTING EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA, UH, ASK ABOUT AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, IT IS A PUBLIC UTILITY.
IT IS, ALTHOUGH IT'S A PRIVATE NETWORK, IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITY USE AND, UH, SO IT IS A, A PUBLIC ENHANCEMENT SAFETY ENHANCEMENT, SO, OKAY.
I MAY ADD COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IN REGARDS TO THE AESTHETICS, IS THERE AN OPTION TO UPGRADE IT TO LIKE THE TREES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR HOW MUCH OF THE COST? OR IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS CELL TOWER AT ALL? YEAH, I, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE ONES THAT ARE DISGUISED OR MM-HMM
LOOK LIKE, UM, TREES OR OTHER STRUCTURES.
UM, GIVEN THE HEIGHT AND THE STRENGTH THAT WE NEED TO, TO WITHSTAND, UH, WIND AND HURRICANE FORCE, UH, THOSE KIND OF CONDITIONS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A LATTICE STRUCTURE.
THREE LEGS, UH, STRENGTHEN ALL THE WAY UP.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER G**O, YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
UH, I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THAT.
THE STABILITY BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT AND WHAT IF WE GET A STORM, GET SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BLOW THAT AWAY, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT IS GONNA BE STABLE AT THE BOTTOM ON THE BASE? YES, WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEET THOSE, UH, STRICT STANDARDS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO WORK WHEN NOTHING ELSE DOES.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
UH, BRIAN, I THINK YOU'RE GOING ON THE RIGHT PATH OF GETTING THIS DONE.
I WAS AT A, A FORUM AND THEY TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT COMPANIES PROVIDING PUB, UH, FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES TO BE ABLE TO USE IT BECAUSE OF REGULAR CELL PHONE COVERAGE FROM CERTAIN CARRIERS.
AND THEY GOTTA BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WHEN IT'S AN EMERGENCY.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF COMING FROM AND I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH AND DOING THE ILA.
SO JUST BE CLEAR THE ILA AND WE'RE GONNA SCRAMBLE TONIGHT, TRY TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE OF THE ODD MEETING SCHEDULED IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER REALLY ALLOWS THEM TO DO THIS BY RIGHT.
IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS THEY CAN BUILD THIS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS KNOWING WHAT WE DO WELL, KNOWING WE CAN REGULATE WELL AND THEN STAYING OUT OF OUR PARTNER'S BUSINESS, UM, TO LET THEM DO WITHIN FORWARD ON IT.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE TALLEST CHRISTMAS TREE INSURANCES,
THANK YOU SIR FOR PROVIDING THE SERVICES, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU MR. WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT THEN.
[ Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR]
22 IS MONTHLY UPDATES AND NOW PRO MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS.UH, THE CIP ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A CHECK REPORT FOR AUGUST, 2025.
AND ITEM NUMBER 24 IS THE QUARTERLY UPDATE ON CITY COUNCIL APPROVING ZONING AND SPECIFIC USE
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PERMIT ORDINANCES IN RELATION TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STATUS.THESE WERE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT WERE TO PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AT OUR WEBSITE.
WITH THAT COUNCIL, ANY, UH, UPDATES OR INFORMATION YOU'RE REQUESTING FROM STAFF COUNCIL? IS THERE ANY, UH, ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? SEE NONE.
[ 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)]
BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.MAYOR PRO 10 BROWN, NOTHING TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, UH, JUST ATTENDED THE, UH, TS MEETING EARLIER THIS EVENING.
COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, UM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO, UH, THE TOURS MEETING FROM EARLIER TODAY AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO THE, UH, DUNCAN PUMPKIN DUMP AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT KRAMER KRAMER FARM.
UH, NAMED AT THE PARK AND THE RIBBON CUTTING AT THE AVIATION DEPARTMENTS.
OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT RIBBON CUTTING FOR JOHN SAND HOME HEALTH AND CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
MEETING FOR THE SHORT CIVIL UNIVERSAL CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ALRIGHT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.
I ATTENDED THE AIT UM, MEETING, WHICH IS THE ASSOCIATION RURAL CITIES IN TEXAS.
ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT A RURAL CITY, IT'S ABOUT 50,000 AND POPULATION THEY DEAL WITH.
THEY DID HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
UH, I DID DUNKING FOR PUMPKINS THIS TIME.
I DID IT WITH MY GRANDKIDS AND IT WAS FANTASTIC TO BE ON THE OTHER END WITH THE POOL AND GETTING OUT THE PUMPKIN, THE FIRE PREVENTION POSTER JUDGING NEP LUNCHEON RIBBON CUTTING FOR ALTOFF SFAR FOR NEW YORK LIFE PARTNER BRANDON HILLS.
A RIBBON CUTTING FOR JOHN SAND HOME HEALTH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT RIBBON CUTTING FOR 1518.
AND JUST AS A HEADS UP AND I'LL SEND OUT A REMINDER, I WILL NOT BE AT THE OCTOBER 21ST MEETING.
I WILL BE REPRESENTING TEXAS AT THE SOUTHERN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IN VIRGINIA BEACH.