Oct 21, 2025 City Council

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FIVE IS NOW IN SESSION.

NOW,

[ Call to Order]

THIS IS A DIFFICULT LOSS FOR OUR CITY AND FOR ALL OF US WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ALONGSIDE TIM.

TIM WAS MORE THAN A PUBLIC SERVANT, HIS VOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, A STEADY PRESENCE HERE AT OUR COUNCIL, AND SOMEONE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE PEOPLE OR SHIRTS.

TIM CARED DEEPLY ABOUT DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND THAT DEDICATION SHOWED IN EVERY DECISION AND IN EVERY CONVERSATION.

ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF SHIRTZ, I WANT TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, AND ALL WHO LOVED HIM.

WE WILL HONOR MAYOR PRO TAM BROWN, HIS SERVICE AND THE MEMORY OF THE WORDS THAT HE SHARED WITH US, BUT WE MUST CONTINUE THE WORK THAT HE BELIEVED IN BUILDING A STRONGER, SAFER, AND A BETTER SHIRTS FOR EVERYONE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND FOR THE OPENING PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR GREAT CITY OF SHIRTZ.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS THAT YOU BESTOWED UPON OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR FRIENDS, AND FOR THE SPIRIT, THE SERVICE THAT UNITES US.

LORD, WE ASK YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE LIVES OF THOSE WE REPRESENT.

GRANT US CLARITY, PATIENCE, AND UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE ALL WE DO REFLECTS FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, AND INTEGRITY.

THIS EVENING, WE ALSO PAUSE TO REMEMBER OUR DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, MAYOR PRO TEM TIM BROWN, WHO PASSED AWAY THIS WEEKEND.

WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATION, HIS LEADERSHIP, AND HIS COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY.

PLEASE BRING COMFORT AND PEACE TO HIS FAMILY AND LOVED ONES DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

MAY HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL.

WE PLACE THIS MEETING AND OUR WORK IN YOUR HANDS, TRUSTING IN YOUR GRACE AND DIRECTION.

IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

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

FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.

NORMALLY, I'M UP THERE, BUT I, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON TODAY AND I LIKE TO, UH,

[ Proclamations]

PLEASE COME UP HERE TO THE PODIUM AND JOIN ME TODAY.

I WANNA TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR OWN FROM OUR COMMUNITY, ARTURO AND ERIC.

YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD A HOUSE FIRE JUST DOWN THE BLOCK HERE IN MITCHELL.

THEIR QUICK THINKING AND ENCOURAGE ACTIONS SAVED THE LIVES OF ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS DURING THE RECENT HOUSE FIRE.

WITHOUT HESITATION, THEY RUSHED TOWARDS DANGER TO HELP SOMEONE IN NEED, A TRUE EXAMPLE, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HERO AND A NEIGHBOR.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SHIRTZ, WE THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR BRAVERY, YOUR COMPASSION, AND YOUR DEDICATION TO OTHERS.

YOU MAKE OUR COMMUNITY PROUD.

WE CAN SAY THANK YOU

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WE ALSO HAVE A, A FEW PROCLAMATIONS.

OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS THE NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY, OCTOBER 28, 28, 20 25.

IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE, UH, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS JOIN ME UP HERE AND COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION.

SORRY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WHEREAS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE RESIDENTS BUSINESSES AND VISITORS OF THE CITY OF CHURCHS DEPEND UPON THE SKILL, THE BRAVERY AND SELFLESS DEDICATION OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND WHEREAS THESE HEROES, INCLUDING OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL, FIRE MARSHALS, NINE 11 DISPATCHERS, PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF STANDING READY AT ALL TIMES DAY NIGHT TO FACE PERIL AND PROVIDE AID DURING MOMENTS OF CRISIS.

AND WHEREAS FIRST RESPONDERS ARE THE CRITICAL FIRST LINK IN THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY, OFTEN PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT LIVES, PROPERTY AND THE PUBLIC WELFARE AND SITUATIONS RANGING FROM MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, AND FIRES TO SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AND LARGE SCALE DISASTERS.

AND WHEREAS THE PROFESSIONALISM AND PREPAREDNESS OF THE CITY OF THE CHURCH'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENTS ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY RECEIVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EMERGENCY SERVICE, RESILIENCE, AND COMPASSION WHEN IT IS NEEDED MOST.

AND WHEREAS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY PROVIDES A VITAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS TO PAUSE AND FORMALLY EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND RESPECT FOR THE PERSONAL SACRIFICES MADE BY THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ROUTINELY CONFRONT EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF OUR CITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, RALPH GUTIERREZ, THE MAYOR OF SHIRTZ, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 28TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY, AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS DAY BY EXPRESSING THEIR GRATITUDE AND SUPPORT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE AS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

PICTURE FIRST OR TALK FIRST.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025.

IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES JOIN ME UP HERE AND COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION.

Y'ALL CAN COME CLOSER, NO BITE.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER, 2025.

WHERE IS THE CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? VIOLATES AN INDIVIDUAL'S PRIVACY, DIGNITY, SECURITY, AND HUMANITY DUE TO SYSTEMATICS USE OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SEXUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC CONTROL AND OR ABUSE, INCLUDING THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND ELDERLY.

AND WHEREAS THE PROBLEM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE NOT CONFINED TO ANY GROUP, AND WHEREAS THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS WIDE RANGING,

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WHEREAS WOMEN ARE NOT THE ONLY TARGETS.

MEN, YOUNG CHILDREN, ELDERLY ARE ALSO VICTIMS. AND SADLY, EMOTIONAL SCARS ARE OFTEN PERMANENT.

AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAUSES UNITED STATES COMPANIES AT LEAST 3.5 MILLION IN LOSS OF WORK TIME, INCREASED HEALTH COST, HIGHER TURNOVER, AND LOWER PRODUCTIVE FEE.

WHEREAS IT IS BATTERED WOMEN'S THEMSELVES WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT AND EFFORTS TO BRING PEACE AND INEQUALITY TO HOME.

NOW, THEREFORE, RALPH GUTIERREZ MAYOR OF SHIRTS DO HERE PRIOR, PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 25 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH TO CALL OUT ALL CITIZENS, COMMUNITY AGENCIES, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, MEDICAL FACILITIES AND BUSINESSES TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THE EFFORTS TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEREBY STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE.

GOOD EVENING, I WANNA JUST THANK THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.

YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP MEANS SO MUCH, NOT JUST TO OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT TO EVERY FAMILY IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

YOU'VE HEARD THE NUMBERS.

NOW WE TURN TO SOMETHING MORE PERSONAL.

IN GUADALUPE COUNTY LAST YEAR, WE LOST TWO WOMEN'S, TWO WOMEN WHOSE NAMES MUST BE SPOKEN, MARIA TORRES AND LETICIA MORENO.

WE SAY THEIR NAMES TONIGHT, NOT ONLY IN REMEMBRANCE, BUT IN RECOGNITION OF THE LIVES BEHIND THE STATISTICS, MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS.

THEIR ABSENCE IS FELT DEEPLY AND THEIR MEMORY CALLS US TO DO MORE, TO LISTEN MORE CLOSELY, TO ACT MORE BOLDLY, TO HOLD SPACE FOR GRIEF AND FOR CHANGE.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ALTERNATE OUR VID ANNUAL VIGILS BETWEEN SHIRTS AND SLO THIS YEAR.

WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US ON OCTOBER 23RD HERE AT SHIRT CIVIC CENTER, UM, AT 6:00 PM TOGETHER WE WILL HONOR THOSE WE'VE LOST, UPLIFT THOSE WHO ARE STILL HEALING AND RENEW THE SHARED COMMITMENT TO ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS THE TEXAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK, OCTOBER 13TH THROUGH THE 17TH 2025.

IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE THE CHAMBER JOIN US UP HERE AND COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION.

ORIGINALLY, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN BROWN WOULD BE THE ONE TO HAVE READ THIS, AND IT WAS, UH, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE FITTING 'CAUSE HE WAS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE CHAMBER, AND, AND I KNOW HE'LL BE EXTREMELY MISSED.

SO WHEREAS MORE THAN 500 LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND TEXAS DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES AS A VOICE OF BUSINESS IN OUR STATE, AND WHEREAS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WORKS WITH BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, BANKS, AND MERCHANTS TO ADVANCE THE CIVIC ECONOMIC, PROFESSIONAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF OUR CITY.

WHEREAS THE CHAMBER FOUNDED IN 2005 AS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CIVIC AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF SHIRTS FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

AND WHEREAS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REPRESENTED THROUGH THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE IN FOSTERING ENHANCED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, THE CREATION OF JOBS, AND THE PO POSITIVE VISION OF THE FUTURE.

AND WHEREAS THE CHAMBER ENCOURAGES THE GROWTH OF EXISTING SERVICES AND COMMERCIAL FIRMS AND ENCOURAGES NEW BUSINESSES TO LOCATE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ACTING AS A LIAISON WITH THE CITY SCHOOLS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE FOSTER STRONGER, MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITIES BY ADVOCATING PRIORITIES TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, BOOST QUALITY

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WHEREAS THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF SHES AND ENDEAVORS TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF THE VOICE OF THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATE FOR THE FAVORABLE BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND MO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY SUPPORT, AND THEREFORE RALPH GUTIERREZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS, PROCLAIMS THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH THROUGH THE 17TH AS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEEK.

YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? ? NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, IT HAS BEEN OUR PLEASURE, UH, TO BE YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL AS NOW EXTENDING OUT TO, UH, SELMA AND, UH, CILO AND BEYOND.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, MANY MORE YEARS OF, UH, DOING BUSINESS ADVOCACY AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO BRING MORE BUSINESSES IN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS

[ Recognition of the 2025 Emerging Leaders Class (S.Gonzalez/J.Kurz)]

UH, MS. GONZALEZ AND MAYOR, CAN WE HAVE YOU STAY DOWN HERE TOO, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

SARAH GONZALEZ, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

UH, JESSICA KERZ, OUR HR DIRECTOR, COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, SHE'S KINDA MY CO-PROGRAM, UM, I GUESS PARTICIPANT ON THIS.

SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT AND RECOGNIZE OUR, UH, 2025, UH, SHORTS EMERGING LEADERS.

AND, UH, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS DEVELOPED, UM, FOUR YEARS AGO, SO THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR OF IT TO DEVELOP AND INVEST IN OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT IS A NINE MONTH PROGRAM, SO IT IS A COMMITMENT, UM, FOR THE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATE IN IT.

UH, WE HAVE FACILITATED COURSE INSTRUCTIONS COVERING A VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP TOPICS.

THERE'S DIFFERENT CHECK-IN SESSIONS THAT THEY GO TO ACROSS THE CITY, UM, WHICH WE HAVE FOUND HAS REALLY HELPED WITH EDUCATE FOLKS THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS DO IN THE CITY.

UM, THERE IS ONE-ON-ONE MENTOR PAIRINGS WITH STAFF, UM, THAT ARE IN THE DE DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, GUEST SPEAKERS FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A SPECIAL PROGRAM, REALLY PROUD OF EVERYBODY WHO COMMITS THE TIME TO IT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, SAYING CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2025, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK THANKS AS I MENTIONED TO THE MENTORS.

UM, AND SO AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM DOES TAKE SEVERAL FOLKS TO DEDICATE THEIR TIME AS WELL, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT.

AND THEN ALSO A SPECIAL THANK YOU.

UM, A COMPONENT THAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR WAS WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE CLASS TO DO A FIELD TRIP FOR THE SHIRTS.

AGAIN, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.

UM, SO TO ANDREW MCBRIDE, GENERAL MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR HIS TIME ON THAT.

UM, AND LEARNING ABOUT HOW OUR WATER SYSTEM WORKS, WHICH IS VERY EDUCATIONAL TO EVERYBODY.

OKAY.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL BRING EVERYBODY UP ONE BY ONE, DO A GROUP PHOTO OR DO A INDIVIDUAL PHOTO, AND THEN A GROUP PHOTO.

SO FIRST UP IS IAN KING, PARKS AND RECREATION PARKS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN TWO.

WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO STAND? THANK YOU.

NEXT, UH, SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.

SHE'S APPARENTLY BACKPACKING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OR SOMEWHERE, BUT HELEN LAFITTE, UM, CID OFFICER FOR POLICE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HELEN.

UH, I DID HAVE AN OFFER FROM JARED FROM PARKS TO, TO STAND IN FOR HER, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS ON THAT TONIGHT, JARED.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, MS. DAISY MARQUEZ.

UM, SHE IS OUR SENIOR PLANNER IN PLANNING.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE DIEGO MARTINEZ, PARKS AND RECREATION, PARKS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, ONE AND ONE.

ONE THING ABOUT DIEGO IS THAT HIS DAD ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE INAUGURAL CLASS, AND HE IS HERE TONIGHT.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST FATHER, SON COMBO WE HAVE HAD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

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AND, UH, SCOTT MOREHOUSE, I DO NOT BELIEVE, I DID NOT SEE HIM TONIGHT.

HE WAS ACTUALLY ACCEPTED INTO A CLASS IN NEW BRAUNFELS, SO HE HAS, UH, COMMITTED HIS TIME TO THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, SERGEANT MOREHOUSE.

UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE SAMUEL RAMIREZ, JR.

AS CID OFFICER IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OH, SORRY.

COME ON DOWN, SAM, YOU'RE NOT DONE YET.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, NEXT IS ALANA SUMNER INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

SHE'S OUR DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

CHRISTINA TEKE INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT, OUR PERMIT TECHNICIAN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

RIGHT.

DARIEN TROTTER.

HE'S A LIEUTENANT IN OUR EMS DEPARTMENT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE ALEXA VANIA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, GIS SPECIALIST.

GREAT JOB, GREAT PRESENTATION.

ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THIS YEAR'S CLASS, AND IF WE CAN HAVE Y'ALL COME AROUND THIS WAY AND WE'LL DO A GROUP PHOTO COME AROUND THIS WAY.

OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

[ Fire Prevention Poster Contest Awards Presentation (G.Rodgers/B.Boney)]

SHOULD I TURN THAT AWAY? YEAH, LET'S TURN THAT AWAY.

SEEMS WEIRD.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING, AND THEN THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR HAVING US OUT TONIGHT.

UM, WE'RE OUT TO PRESENT THE 2025 FIRE PREVENTION POSTER CONTEST FINALISTS.

UH, THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS CHARGING THE FIRE SAFETY, WHICH IS TO HELP EDUCATE EVERYONE ABOUT USING BATTERIES SAFELY AND BUYING LISTED APPLIANCES USING THE CORRECT CHARGERS, AND ALSO RECYCLING THE BATTERIES WHEN THEY'RE OVER.

AND SO, A LITTLE BIT OF DETAILS ABOUT THE CONTEST.

WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED PARTICIPATE IN THE, THE JUDGING,

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WE HAD 232 POSTER ENTRIES THIS YEAR.

AND ON OCTOBER 7TH, WE HAD STAFF HELP US JUDGE THE POSTERS.

WE HAD 658 SUBMITTALS FOR DIFFERENT POSTERS TO HELP US COME UP WITH THE FINALISTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE ROOM.

THE CATEGORIES WERE A CURRENT THEME, ARTISTIC QUALITY, AND THEN OVERALL DESIGN AND, AND PRESENTATION.

UM, WHAT WAS THAT? WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION ITSELF.

CLICKER.

SO STARTING OFF WITH KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIRST GRADE WINNERS ARE, YOU'LL SEE THE OVERALL FINALIST.

AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR THIRD PLACE, WHICH IS GRACE FREEMAN.

IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOU COME ON UP.

THEN OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER IS LUNA ELLIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LUNA.

NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO, OUR FIRST PLACE IS CALEB VI VILLANUEVA.

EVA, YOU CAN GET HIM UP HERE.

NOW, OUR SECOND AND THIRD GRADE FINALISTS, YOU CAN SEE I'M UP ON THE BOARD AND GOING IN.

OUR THIRD PLACE IS ELIA MITCHELL.

OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER IS GRIFFIN BONY.

AND NOW, NOW OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER IS AUTRY HUDDLESTON.

MOVING ON TO OUR FOURTH GRADE WINNERS.

OUR THIRD PLACE IS JORDAN SCOTT.

I DO BELIEVE THAT WAS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYBODY.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER, WHICH IS GONNA BE EDEN CARLISLE.

HOPEFULLY I GOT THAT NAME RIGHT.

OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER IS PATIENCE, LILY.

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MARY.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SO MANY ENTRIES, UH, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

I HAD TO GO THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT TIMES THAT THEY SAID, MARY, YOU GOTTA HAVE A SELECTION.

AND, UH, I FINALLY DID.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED OVER 200 ENTRIES, AND AS YOU SAW TODAY, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, UH, FIRE SAFETY AND, AND WE RECOGNIZE OUR HEROES TODAY.

UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, THEY WENT IN THERE AND RESCUED SOMEONE, UH, AND WE'RE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE HAVE THIS WEEK TO CELEBRATE FIRE SAFETY AND MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF THE DANGERS IN, IN IN FIRE.

OKAY.

WITH THAT, THE WINNER IS, YOU GOTTA READ IT FOR ME.

I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES.

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ALIA MITCHELL, WE WANNA ASK ALL, ALL THE FINALISTS TO COME ON UP.

IF WE COULD GET ALL THE FINALISTS TO COME ON UP SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PHOTO OF TODAY, THIS YEAR'S EVENT.

THANK, I KNOW TOMORROW'S A SCHOOL NIGHT, SO WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS SO THAT, UH, WE CAN CONGRATULATE THE, UH, THE WINNERS TODAY.

THANK

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OKAY.

WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR, UH, AGENDA.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA

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

UH, MR. JAMES, MS. GONZALEZ, MR. JAMES PAYING ATTENTION.

I APOLOGIZE THERE.

UM, ALRIGHT.

SO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST IS THE SHIRTZ HOMETOWN HARVEST FARMER'S MARKET.

THAT'S 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT PICK PARK, 7 0 3 OAK STREET.

UM, A REMINDER THAT CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED FOR VETERAN'S DAY ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH AND TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH.

UH, VETERANS DAY CEREMONY, THAT'S GONNA BE AT 9:00 AM AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA, HERE IN SHIRTZ.

UH, FIVE 12 SHIRTZ PARKWAY.

UH, ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AND FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14TH, WE CONTINUE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S NATURE DISCOVERY SERIES.

UH, THAT'S AT, UH, CRESCENT BEND, UH, NATURE PARK.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UH, NOVEMBER 18TH AT, UH, 6:00 PM OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING, RATHER, IS, UH, NOVEMBER 18TH, 6:00 PM UH, HEARING COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, JUST A REMINDER WITH REGARD TO, UH, VOTING COMING UP THE LAST DAY, UH, TO, TO APPLY FOR A MAIL-IN BALLOT, AND THAT'S RECEIVED NOT POSTMARK IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH.

THE LAST DATE OF EARLY VOTE IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST.

ELECTION DAY, OBVIOUSLY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY CHECK THE, UH, WEBSITE FOR THE NEAREST EARLY VOTING OR VOTING LOCATIONS.

AND THEN CANVASSING FOR ELECTION IS NOVEMBER 17TH AT 6:00 PM HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

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ALRIGHT, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BRITTANY RODRIGUEZ.

SHE WAS PROMOTED FROM UTILITY BILLING SPECIALIST TO EMS BILLING SPECIALIST.

AND ALSO, YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY TOOL SHED WHERE WE LOAN OUT TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT TO FOLKS TO USE ON THEIR PROPERTIES.

WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO TWO FOLKS, RICHARD WOLD AND JAKE DER.

UH, RICHARD RECENTLY PERFORMED MAINTENANCE ON OUR LAWNMOWERS, CLEANING THE CARBURETORS AND ENGINES.

AND SO, UH, ALSO, JAKE RECENTLY VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME TO SHARPEN ALL OF OUR HAND TOOLS, INCLUDING PIX AXES, LOPPERS, HEAD SHEARS, AND HOSTS, MANY OF WHICH HAD BECOME, BECOME VERY DULL OVER THE YEARS OF USE.

AND THANKS TO THEIR EFFORTS, THE TOOLS ARE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION AND READY TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS MORE EFFECTIVELY.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR HELP.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. ALL RIGHT.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE MAYOR.

I HAVE NONE.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON.

[ 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.]

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.

WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY, AND I THINK WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPEAKER.

SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, WE ONLY HAVE ONE.

UH, MAGGIE TITTERING CHECK.

OH, IT IS.

OKAY.

I JUST, UH, JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WHOA, JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UH, WE DO HAVE OUR LAST EPIC EDUCATION CLASS COMING UP ON THE 29TH OF OCTOBER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER TO ATTEND, YOU JUST HAVE TO REGISTER ONLINE AND IT'S BRAINS AND BRANDS.

SO WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT, UH, WE HAVE TWO FACILITATORS AND THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, TALK ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIORAL ATTITUDES THAT IF YOU LEARN THESE ATTITUDES, IT CAN NOT ONLY INFLUENCE HOW YOU MANAGE YOUR STAFF, BUT ALSO HOW YOU MARKET YOUR BRAND.

SO, UH, THAT IS FROM EIGHT TO 11:00 AM AT THE SHIRT CIVIC CENTER, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE CHAMBER, UH, DOT INFO TO REGISTER FOR THAT.

ALSO, OCTOBER 31ST IS OUR LAST COFFEE WITH THE CHAMBER.

IT WILL BE AT THE SHIRTS OFFICES AT 7:30 AM UH, IT IS COME AS YOU ARE, COME IN, GET SOME FREE COFFEE AND TREATS, AND WE DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA STAY THERE FROM SEVEN 30 TILL NINE.

JUST COME SOMETIME IN THAT TIME PERIOD AND MEET SOME OF THE GREAT SHIRTS, BUSINESSES, AND CHAMBER MEMBERS THAT COME BY.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR LIVING WELL HEALTH AND HOME SHOW.

THAT IS JANUARY 31ST.

UH, WE ARE ALREADY ACCEPTING BOOTH REGISTRATIONS AND YOU CAN GET THAT APPLICATION ONLINE AT THE CHAMBER INFO, OR YOU CAN REACH OUT TO LAUREN AT OUR CHAMBER OFFICES.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO SELL OUT A BOOTH SPACE.

AGAIN, UH, WE WANNA THANK THE CITY OF SHIRTZ FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP.

WITH THAT, WE'LL HAVE, UH, THE SHIRTS, EMS OUT THERE, GIVING OUT FREE FLU SHOTS, AND THERE'S GONNA BE FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS.

IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT SHOW.

AND IT IS FREE ADMISSION TO THE PUBLIC FREE PARKING.

THERE'S NO CHARGE.

JUST COME ON OUT FROM 10 TO 1:00 PM AND THAT IS JANUARY 31ST.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAGGIE.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.

CONSENT AND

[ 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.]

THESE ITEMS REQUIRE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS RE REQUESTED BY COUNSEL.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS MINUTES.

AND ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 28.

COUNSEL, DO ANY OF THESE NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE ACTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO? MOTION SECOND, HAVE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE CAN PUBLISH THE VOTE, PLEASE.

WE HAVE FIVE AYES, NO OBJECTIONS.

MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[3. Resolution 25-R-148 - Authorizing a contract amendment with Marksmen General Contractors setting the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for construction of Fire Station #4 (S.Williams/G.Rodgers)]

DISCUSSION ITEM, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 R 1 48, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MARKS MAN'S GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SETTING THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PR PRICE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR, CHIEF FLOOR IS YOURS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, MR. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, UH, FOR HAVING US UP THIS EVENING.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME GETTING HERE.

SO I'M, I'M VERY HAPPY TO PRESENT, UH,

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UM, I'M GONNA HAVE A QUICK LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR YOU THAT RYAN ROSEBORO FROM A G CM IS GONNA GIVE TO YOU TO HELP EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS AND TALK THROUGH THEM.

UH, BUT BEFORE I DO SO, I WANT TO THANK HIM PERSONALLY FOR ALL THE WORK AND COMMITMENT THAT HE DID TO GET THIS TO THIS POINT TODAY.

HE PICKED UP THE PROJECT IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE WE SWITCHED A FEW GEARS AND HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET TO THIS POINT.

SO THANK YOU RYAN, FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM.

IT'S NOT UP THERE AND SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO.

WELL, THAT WAS QUICK.

HOW'D YOU JOIN IT? JUST KIDDING.

THERE WE GO.

SHE SHOULD BE ON THE, THIS IS RYAN.

OKAY.

YES.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

UH, RYAN ROSEBOROUGH, UH, REPRESENTING A GC PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UH, CHIEF DIDN'T TELL ME I WAS GONNA HAVE TO FOLLOW THE KIDS' POSTER CONTEST.

THAT'S A PRETTY, UH, PRETTY TOUGH ONE TO FOLLOW, BUT, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST HERE.

UM, AND BEFORE WE START, WE DID WANT TO SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO, UH, THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF, OF, UH, MR. BROWN AND ALL THOSE, UH, WHO WERE TOUCHED BY EVERYTHING HE DID FOR THE CITY.

SO OUR CONDOLENCES WITH HIS, WITH HIS FAMILY.

ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A VERY, VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

SO WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT IS TO TALK ABOUT THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, GMP, FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR.

UH, WE'LL HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION HERE AND I'M GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

WANTED TO START OFF GIVING YOU JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF, OF THE FLOOR PLAN AND JUST KIND OF THE HIGH, UH, THE HIGH POINTS OF THIS FACILITY.

UH, IT INCLUDES FOUR DOUBLE STACK BAYS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OVERSIZED.

UM, SO, UH, YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THERE.

THERE'S SEVEN DORMITORIES AND JUST A HAIR UNDER 16,000 SQUARE FEET.

WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, THERE IS A SITE PLAN.

UH, YOU CAN SEE WIER STEIN THERE IS ON THE, THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

UH, SO WE'VE GOT A, A DEDICATED ENTRANCE FOR PUBLIC, UH, FOR STAFF AND FOR YOUR VEHICLES.

AND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A DEDICATED EXIT COMING OUTTA THE FACILITY SO THAT IT LIMITS OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MISHAPS OR, OR TRAFFIC ISSUES EXITING THE FACILITY.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME RENDERINGS SO YOU CAN VISUALIZE WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE GONNA BE GETTING.

THIS IS OF COURSE A VIEW FROM THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

UH, FROM THE, FROM WIEDER STEIN, FROM THE SIDE OF WIEDER STEIN.

THERE'S A SQUARED OFF SHOT FROM WIEDER STEIN.

YOU SEE, UM, VERY COMPLIMENTARY FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS.

A LOT OF MASONRY.

UH, A LOT OF THE THING, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH QUALITY FINISHES THAT, THAT GO ALONG WITH THE UDC HERE AT THE CITY OF SHIRTS.

THIS IS A, A VIEW FROM THE BACK CORNER OF THE BUILDING.

BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE IS, UH, IS THE, THE PORCH OFF OF THE LIVING QUARTERS.

THAT'S WHERE YOUR GRILL IS GONNA BE.

KIND OF YOUR LITTLE, YOUR PICNIC TABLES, YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE, UH, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR STAFF THAT'S AT THAT STATION.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE BACK OF THE BAYS, UM, WHERE THE TRUCKS WILL BE PULLING IN.

AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, KIND OF AERIAL SHOTS SO YOU CAN GET IT ALL KIND OF IN ONE PICTURE THERE.

BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, UH, IN MY OPINION.

AND THEN FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

NOW MOVING INTERIOR, UM, THIS IS YOUR, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE TRAINING ROOM, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, UH, CENTER SHOT OF THE KITCHEN, THE DAY ROOM THERE, THERE, OR THE, ACTUALLY THE KITCHEN ITSELF, UH, THE DAY ROOM IS CONNECTED TO IT.

SO IT'S ALL OPEN CONCEPT, KITCHEN DAY ROOM, ALL, ALL KIND OF CONNECTED THERE.

AND THERE IS YOUR ACTUAL DAY ROOM ITSELF, AND OF COURSE A SHOT OF THE BAYS AND YOUR FITNESS ROOM.

SO, SO WHAT DOES ALL THAT, UH, COME UP TO? UM, WHAT I WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT TO EVERYONE, I, I, I WANTED TO GIVE, FIRST OF ALL A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

UH, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.

WHEN THIS FIRST ESTIMATE CAME OUT, YOU WERE AT $13 MILLION, UH, AS WE PROGRESSED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE GMP THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS AT 9.7 MILLION.

NORMALLY THAT HAPPENS BY REDUCING SQUARE FOOTAGE AND CUTTING QUALITY.

UH, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF REALLY CLOSELY.

UM, EMILY DELGADO, DAISY MARQUEZ, WHO I THINK IS STILL HERE OR WAS HERE, UM, SHOUT OUT TO HER, UM, JOHN NOACK AND, UH, JESSICA KERZ, AND OF COURSE CHIEF ROGERS AND CHIEF PERRY, EVERYBODY WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO SHAVE OFF THESE DOLLARS AND GET THIS THING WITHIN BUDGET.

AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GLADLY PRESENT A GMP FOR APPROVAL TO

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SO WITH THAT, GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO I MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25 R 1 48.

SECOND, A MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO.

AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

I THINK THE ONE THING I, I DIDN'T SEE, BUT I'M SURE IT'S IN THERE.

I THINK Y'ALL WON AN AWARD FOR THE LAST STATION OUT THERE, UM, OFF OF LAURA SINE ROAD.

DOES IT HAVE THE HOT, WARM AND COLD ZONE? LIKE WHEN YOU'RE GOING FROM THE, UH, TO THE BAY, INTO THE HOUSE, INTO THE, UH, YES SIR.

IT DOES.

RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS IN REFERENCE TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS IS THE ROOM.

IF YOU CAME BACK FROM AN INCIDENT AND YOUR BUNKER GEAR GOES IN, 'CAUSE IT'S ALL DIRTY, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE ROOM FOR THAT.

AND THERE'S A WASHER AND DRYER FOR SPECIFIC THINGS RELATED TO THAT, JUST IN THAT ROOM.

AND THAT SHOULD NOT GO, GO ANYWHERE.

YOU CAN'T SEE THE CURSOR ON THE, SORRY, JUST BY, YOU CAN'T SEE THE CURSOR ON THE SCREEN.

OH, OKAY.

EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN SEE IT THERE.

CAN I POINT HERE? YES.

DOES THAT, DOES THAT WORK? YEAH.

WHERE IS THE THING AT? IS THAT RED BY THERE? OKAY, SO, WELL, YOU CAN'T SEE IT ANYWAY.

YOU GOTTA TURN YOUR HEAD AROUND.

ON THE BOTTOM LEFT YOU'LL SEE A BUNKER GEAR ROOM AND ABOVE IT.

SO AN EXTRACTOR AND WASHER DRYER, JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN MOST FIRE STATIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S TWO DEDICATED BATHROOMS THAT YOU COME IN FROM THE BAY.

YOU GO IN AND YOU CAN TAKE OFF ALL OF YOUR DIRTY CLOTHES ONE AT A TIME, TAKE THEM OFF, PUT 'EM IN THE WASHER AND DRYER RIGHT THERE, AND THEN GO INTO A CLEAN BATHROOM WITH CLOTHES THAT YOU HAVE STORED IN THAT FACILITY WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A SHOWER AND THEN YOU ARE TO GO INTO THE BUILDING.

SO YOU ARE NOT, NO ONE IS TO GO FROM THE GREEN THROUGH THE YELLOW TO THE RED.

YOU ONLY GO THAT WAY GOING INTO THAT FACILITY.

YOU CAN USE THOSE RESTROOMS REGULARLY DURING THE DAY.

BUT THAT ROOM THAT, THAT HAS A WASHER AND DRYER AND STUFF IS FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND TAKE ALL THEIR CLOTHES THAT ARE CONTAMINATED AND WASH THEM THERE IF THEY DID WORK OUT AND THINGS OF THAT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER LAUNDRY ROOM THAT IS DESIGNED JUST FOR REGULAR EVERYDAY USE LIKE YOU AND I DO.

AND THE, UM, ALL OF THE DORMS HAVE MINI SPLITS.

SO EVERY FIREFIGHTER CAN CONTROL THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT MORE OR LESS.

THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN MINI SPLITS AND THEY CAN CONTROL THEIR OWN TEMPERATURE.

SO RATHER THAN THE SYSTEM THAT IS SET UP WHERE YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE.

AND IF THAT FAILED, EVERYONE LOST AIR CONDITIONING.

NOW WE'RE SET UP THAT IF ONE OF THE MINI SPLITS FAILED, ONLY ONE PERSON WOULD HAVE TO MOVE AND MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION.

GOOD DEAL.

AND THEN ABOUT THE EOC, IT'S, WHAT IS THAT SET UP FOR? HOW MANY PEOPLE? THAT'S GONNA BE OUR EOC OR, WELL, WE'RE IN PROCESS, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON A, ON, ON A MUCH LARGER SPACE ON A, ON A BIGGER SCALE AND WHAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

BUT THIS IS AN OPERATION CENTER FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO WORK IN, HAVE A BREAKOUT ROOM TO DISCUSS THINGS AND SET UP DIFFERENT PORTIONS FOR COMMAND OPERATIONS PLANS, ET CETERA, AS WELL AS USE THE WATCH ROOM.

UH, AS PART OF THAT TOO, TO DO PIO, ALSO THE PIO, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPACE SET UP IN THE BREAKOUT ROOM IF WE HAD TO DO THAT.

THE PLAN THERE IS TO SET UP, UH, WHAT DO, IT WAS LIKE A, A SYSTEM WHERE YOU COULD STILL, YOU COULD HAVE A PODCAST OR YOU COULD MAKE A PRESENTATION OH.

IN ANY FORM OR FASHION THAT YOU NEEDED TO DO.

GOOD DEAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT CHIEF.

YOU BET.

AND RYAN.

OKAY.

AND DAISY, YOU DO ALSO JUST YOU, THERE'S ALSO AIRLOCKS BETWEEN THE LIVING QUARTERS AND THE BAY.

SO PART OF THAT HOT COLD, JUST YES SIR.

JUST I GUESS SO, UH, COUNCILMAN DAVIS AND MYSELF UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HOT, WARM, COLD ZONE.

BUT IF YOU WANT A EXPLANATION THAT THERE'S A HIGH RATE OF CANCER IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

SO IF YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF SHERIFF JUST BRIEFLY, I CAN.

AND SAY THAT THE TWO THINGS THAT GET FIREFIGHTERS MORE THAN ANYTHING ARE CANCER AND HEART ATTACKS.

UM, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH HEART ATTACKS.

WE DO OUR ANNUAL PHYSICALS, WE'VE IMPROVED IN THAT GREATLY.

BUT CANCER IS AN AREA THAT WE, WE STILL HAVE TO GET BETTER.

AND THERE'S TWO WAYS TO DO THAT.

IT'S ADAPTIVE IN OUR PERSONAL PRACTICES AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT.

AND SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY GOES INTO THE DESIGN OF WHAT WE DO HERE AND EVEN UP TO OUR HVA SYSTEM AND HOW WE MOVE AIR.

AND SO WE'RE DESIGNING TO KEEP ALL THOSE PARTICLES AND THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE ALL OF US PROBLEMS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND OFF OF OUR MEMBERS SO THEY CAN, THE GOAL IS NOT TO GET THROUGH YOUR JOB, IT'S TO LIVE A LONG, PROSPEROUS LIFE AFTER YOUR JOB.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, UH, MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

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I STEP OFFER HERE WE HAVE FIVE AYES.

NO OBJECTION.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE,

[4. Ordinance 25-S-041 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan – Future Land Use Map from Complete Neighborhood and Regional Corridor to Industrial Hub on approximately 96-acres of land, known as 10661 IH 10 E, more specifically known as Bexar County Property Identification Number 619206, City of Schertz, Bexar County, Texas (B.James/L.Wood/D.Marquez)]

UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 S 0 41.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.

FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD AND REGIONAL CORRIDOR TO INDUSTRIAL HUB ON APPROXIMATELY 96 ACRES OF LAND KNOWN AS 1 0 6 6 1 IH 10 EAST, MORE SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS BEAR COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 6 1 9 2 0 6 CITY ASSURE BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS.

MS. MARQUEZ FLOOR IS YOURS.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MAYOR MR. WILLIAMS ORDINANCE 25 S 41, A PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 96 ACRES.

DAISY MARQUEZ SENIOR PLANNER.

SO HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW.

IT IS LOCATED ALONG IH 10 ACCESS ROAD AND IT IS IN BETWEEN NORTH GRAY TOWN ROAD AND SCENIC LAKE DRIVE.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EXISTING ZONING IN THE AREA IS VERY MUCH GB ALONG IH 10, BUT THEN WE HAVE M1 IN THE BACK.

UM, THE LARGE AREA IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER IS WHERE WE HAVE THAT CORE FIVE DEVELOPMENT GOING UP.

THIS IS NOT AN UPDATED, UM, AERIAL IMAGE.

IF NOT, YOU WOULD SEE ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE UP THERE NOW.

SO HERE ARE THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATIONS THAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE HA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS DESIGNATED FOR THE AREA.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE ALONG, UM, I 10, WE HAVE REGIONAL CORRIDOR, COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE BACK.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THAT INDUSTRIAL HUB LAND USE DESIGNATION WHERE ALL OF OUR CORE FIVE IS KIND OF BREAKING UP BY SCENIC LAKE DRIVE.

AND THEN, UM, OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY REGIONAL CORRIDOR AND COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE JUST SEND OUT FOUR PUBLIC NOTICES ON JULY 24TH.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES.

A SIGN WAS PLACED BY THE APPLICANT AND WE DID, UM, POST IN THE NEWSPAPER ON OCTOBER 1ST.

AND AGAIN, HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

IT IS APPROXIMATELY 96 ACRES.

YOU CAN SEE THAT AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF HAS THAT SPLIT ZONING.

UM, AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY THAT PDD, THE M1 AND GB.

AND THEN JUST LOOKING TOWARDS THE CRITERIA FOR, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT.

SO UDC SECTION 21 4 16 WHEN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT PROMOTES A HEALTH, SAFETY OR GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY.

SO THE COMP PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT IS MEANT TO CHANGE, TO REMAIN RELEVANT WITH THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY AS PATTERNS CHANGE.

UM, THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL HUB WAS MEANT TO BE AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER ALONG IH 10 WITHIN PROXIMITY TO LOOP 1604.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CORE FIVE, UM, THAT HAS THAT EXISTING INDUSTRIAL HUB TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT LOCATION AND WHAT THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL HUB IS MEANT TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THAT DESIRE TO CREATE THAT EMPLOYMENT CENTER.

THE STRATEGIC PLAN ALSO CALLS OUT TO PROMOTE A THRIVING ECONOMY BY SUPPORTING BUSINESS RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT.

AND THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT IMPLEMENTS THE COMP PLAN AND STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND POLICIES.

THUS, IT PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND OTHER POLICIES OF THE COMP PLAN.

SO AGAIN, OUR COMP PLAN IS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DIVERSITY BY ATTRACTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES.

AN INDUSTRIAL HUB IS SUPPOSED TO BE THINGS LIKE WAREHOUSES PROCESSING DISTRIBUTION.

SO THINK OF OUR AMAZON CENTER THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 35.

UM, IT'S ALREADY NEAR PRE-EXISTING INDUSTRIAL HUB AND AGAIN, IT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THAT LOCATION ON IH 10 AND 1604.

SO THREE AND AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, MASTER DURVA PLAN OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE MAPS CONTAINED IN THE COMP PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICIES OF THE COMP PLAN AND APPLY TO THE MAP BEING AMENDED.

SO AGAIN, THE COMP PLAN IS MEANT TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY.

AND WE DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS SUBJECT AREA IS WITHIN FOCUS AREA TWO, WHICH IS MEANT UM, FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TO SERVE THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND TAP INTO THE BUSINESS POTENTIAL ALONG THE HIGHWAY FOUR.

ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENT ADDRESSES THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME THE PLAN MAP OR TEXT WAS CONSIDERED.

IMPLEMENTS THE PLAN POLICIES BETTER THAN THE CURRENT PLAN MAP OR TEXT OR CORRECTS A MAPPING ERROR OR ADDRESSES A DEFICIENCY IN THE PLAN.

SO AGAIN, THERE IS EXISTING INDUSTRIAL HUB

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UM, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE THAT WAS TAKEN UP BY THAT CORE FIVE.

IT HAS THAT LOCATION ALONG 1604 AND IH 10.

AND THAT PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL HUB UM, COMING UP TONIGHT REFLECTS THE DEVELOPMENT CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND IT'S MERELY AN EXTENSION OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.

AND FIVE OTHER FACTORS WHICH ARE DEEMED RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS AMENDMENT.

IT MEETS ALL THE U-D-C-U-D-C REQUIREMENTS AND THIS PROPOSED COMP PLAN AMENDMENT WAS SENT TO THE FIRE EMS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS FOR REVIEW.

AND THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OBJECTIONS FOR THE PROPOSED COMP PLAN AMENDMENT.

SO DUE TO THE UNIQUE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN PROXIMITY OF 1604 LOOP AND IH 10, THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL ZONING IN THE SUBJECT AREA, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF 25 S FOUR ONE.

AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM ON AUGUST 6TH.

AND THEN IT WAS MOTION TO CONTINUANCE ON SEPTEMBER 3RD.

AND AT THE SEPTEMBER 3RD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH A FOUR ONE VOTE WITH COMMISSIONER HUGHES VOTING NAME AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.

THANK YOU, DAISY.

GOOD EVENING.

ASHLEY FAIRMAN KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN.

UM, NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

I I'LL GIVE A, A BRIEF PRESENTATION.