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[ Call to Order]
AND BRING THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.CAN I GET EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, PLEASE? WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TODAY'S JULY 7TH, 2026.
IT IS 6:00 PM WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START OUT WITH OUR OPENING PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS, THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE CELEBRATED DURING OUR NATION'S 250TH AND INDEPENDENCE DAY.
AS WE CONCLUDE THIS HISTORIC 4TH OF JULY OBSERVANCE, WE REMEMBER THE COURAGE, SACRIFICE, AND VISION OF THOSE WHO ESTABLISH THIS NATION, AND ALL WHO HAVE WORKED TO PRESERVE THE LIBERTIES THAT WE ENJOY TODAY.
INSPIRE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, WILLING TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER WITH GENEROSITY, KINDNESS, AND HUMILITY.
MAY THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY BE STRONGER THAN OUR DIFFERENCES, AND MAY WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR CITY A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES THRIVE.
BUSINESSES PROSPER, AND EVERY PERSON IS TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
WE ALSO GIVE THANKS FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, VETERANS, PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND VOLUNTEERS WHOSE DEDICATION HELPS KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND STRONG, BLESS THEIR SERVICE, AND PROTECT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, MAY OUR WORDS BE THOUGHTFUL, OUR ACTIONS BE HONORABLE, AND OUR DECISIONS REFLECT A SINCERE DESIRE TO LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
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.
MAYOR PRO, TIM DAVIS, WE HAVE, UH,
[ National Park and Recreation Month-July 2026]
WHAT A PROCLAMATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO.IF I CAN GET, UH, PARKS DIRECTOR LAUREN SHROOM AND RECREATIONS MANAGER, CASSIE PADDOCK TO COME UP FRONT, PLEASE AND, UH, PLEASE BRING YOUR STAFF WITH YOU.
T-SHIRTS UP SOME ON THIS SIDE.
UH, HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT.
UH, PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, UH, JULY, 2026.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
AND WHEREAS IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION HAS IDENTIFIED THE THEME, THE POWER OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND IS CELEBRATING THE MANY WAYS, PARKS AND RECREATION REVEALS THE POWER OF WHAT CONNECTS US.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS WHERE REL RELATIONSHIPS GROW, CULTURES MEET AND COMMUNITIES BOND.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION CELEBRATES THE POWER OF PLAY FROM PLAYGROUNDS TO PROGRAMS TO YOUTH, SPORTS PLAY FUELS, CREATIVITY, JOY, AND LIFELONG LEARNING.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES OFFER ROOM FOR EVERYONE TO GATHER, CELEBRATE, AND HEAL.
AND WHEREAS NATURE RESTORES US AND INSPIRES US, AND PARKS ENSURES EVERYONE CAN ACCESS ITS BENEFITS.
AND WHEREAS WELCOMING PARKS AND PROGRAMS MAKE EVERY PERSON FEEL VALUED.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION, ADVANCED HEALTH, RESILIENCE, AND SHARED COMMUNITY BENEFITS, AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AND DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS TIRELESS TIRELESSLY WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS TOP TIER PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CHURCH RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES AND THE POWER OF CONNECTION
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PLAY, COMMUNITY, NATURE, BELONGING, AND WELLBEING.NOW, THEREFORE, I RALPH RODRIGUEZ, MAYOR OF SHIRTS TO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 1ST THROUGH THE 31ST 2026 NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
I CALL UPON THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH BY GETTING OUT AND ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS AND THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
JUST TO HAVE A COUPLE WORDS I'D LIKE TO SAY, UM, ABOUT THIS TEAM AND THESE VOLUNTEERS UP HERE.
UM, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THE MONTH THEME IS THE POWER OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND SO THE POWER OF CONNECTION IS ONE OF THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THEME.
UM, THIS WEEKEND WE JUST HAD 20,000 OF OUR CLOSEST FAMILY AND FRIENDS OUT AT PICK PARK, UM, FOR OUR 4TH OF JULY JUBILEE, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, AND CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY.
UM, EVERY TUESDAY THIS MONTH WE HAVE OTHER PARKS AND RECREATION EVENTS GOING ON, SO PLEASE COME JOIN US.
UM, THE POWER OF PLAY, UM, THIS GROUP HERE, UM, IS CRITICAL, UM, AND INTEGRAL IN ADMINISTERING OUR YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES.
WE HAVE OVER 4,200, UH, KIDS IN YOUTH SPORTS AND SHIRTS.
WE HAVE OVER 36 PLAYGROUND UNITS ACROSS THE PARK SYSTEM.
WE HAVE OVER 20,000 VISITS TO OUR POOL.
WE HAVE A SENIOR CENTER THAT SERVES OVER 800 MEMBERS AND THEY SERVE OVER 17,000 MEALS A YEAR.
WE HAVE A CIVIC AND COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, GROUP THAT HAS OVER 1100 BOOKINGS A YEAR.
UM, IT'S A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN GATHER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND CELEBRATE LIFE'S, UM, UM, LIFE CELEBRATIONS, AND THEN THE POWER OF NATURE.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS OVER 457 ACRES OF PARKLAND AT OPEN SPACE, 25 MILES OF TRAIL AND HOSTS 26 DIFFERENT NATURE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'VE GOT 4,500 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMS, UM, OVER THE YEAR FROM ART TO ARCHERY TO SALSA DANCING, AND THEN THE POWER OF WELLBEING.
UM, THIS, THIS COMMUNITY HERE WORKS FOR THE POWER OF WELLBEING FOR SHIRTS, UM, AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT ALL THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE TONIGHT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE 'EM REALLY QUICK.
WE'VE GOT MEMBERS OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD HERE, OUR SHIRTZ AREA SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, GUADALUPE COUNTY MASTER NATURALISTS, BUFFALO VALLEY YOUTH ASSOCIATION, SHIRTZ YOUTH SOCCER ALLIANCE, FRIENDS OF CRES AND BEND NATURE PARK, AND THE SHIRTZ FAMILY, YMCA.
UM, THEY SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS, LIKE I SAID, DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY.
IAN
THE LECTER, WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION.
THEY DO A LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARKS ARE, ARE CLEAN AND EVERYTHING WORKS OUT IN THE PARKS.
UH, WE PROBABLY GOT SOME OF THE CLEANEST BATHROOMS, JUST LIKE BUCKY'S DOES.
AND, AND OUR OUR, OUR STAFF DOES A GOOD JOB DOING THAT.
SO, AND THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY GOES OUT AND THEY'RE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES OUT IN OUR, AT OUR PARK.
SO, MOVING ON, WE'RE GONNA MOVE
[ Employee Introductions Engineering:Omar Rodriguez-Engineer EMS: Linda Castleman Donlea-Administrative Assistant; James Clair-Paramedic; Jonathon Lazaro-Paramedic;Maddison Mclalwain-Paramedic; Allen Mendez-Paramedic; Austin Rather-Paramedic GIS: Alison Stehle-GIS Manager; Angelica Gonzales-GIS Specialist; Police Dept: Juliana Garza-Crime Analyst; Police Dispatch: Felicia Campos-Public Safety Communications Manager; Neriah Goodman-Public Safety Communications Officer Utility Billing: Lynell Jackson-Utility Billing Specialist; Tommy Perez-Senior Utility Billing Specialist]
TO EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTIONS.UH, FIRST WE'RE GONNA HAVE ENGINEERING.
WE HAVE OUR CITY ENGINEER, KATHY WOODLEY.
WE WILL BE INTRODUCING NEW STAFF.
I AM SUPER EXCITED THIS EVENING TO BE INTRODUCING OMAR RODRIGUEZ.
HE IS OUR NEWEST ENGINEER, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, UH, IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE FULLY STAFFED, I'M GONNA KNOCK ON WOOD.
UM, BUT HE, UH, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING FULLY STAFFED AS STAFFED WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE OMAR.
UH, HE'S FROM SOMERSET, WHICH IS JUST SORT OF SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO.
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TO THE AREA.HE HAS A BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM UTSA.
UH, HE WORKED FOR SOME PRIVATE FIRMS PRIOR TO COMING TO US, UH, IN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LAND DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF BEING ON THE THE OTHER SIDE.
UH, WHEN HE'S REVIEWING DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROJECTS, UH, HE LIVES WITH HIS WIFE, MAR MARGARITA.
I GOTTA GET MY R ROLES IN THERE.
UM, AND HIS SIX MONTH OLD DAUGHTER, CATALINA, UH, WHO HE SHARED WITH ME, THEY CALL KATHY.
AND THEN I REALIZED, WAIT, THEY STARTED CALLING HER THAT BEFORE WE MET, BUT I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT, BUT IT'S STILL GREAT.
UH, HE ENJOYS WHEN HE IS NOT, UH, TAKING CARE OF HIS SIX MONTH OLD, UH, WHICH IS MOST OF THE TIME WHEN HE IS NOT AT WORK.
UM, DIY, PARTICULARLY HOME REPAIRS AND HITTING THE GYM.
SO WE'RE SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE HIM HERE.
UH, JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE, READY TO GET TO WORK.
WELCOME TO THE CHURCH FAMILY, OMAR, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, SEE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO, UH, WORKING FOR OUR CITY.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, GIS WE HAVE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, JACK BLUEBIRD.
EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALLISON STALEY.
SHE SERVES AS THE CITY'S PRIMARY SPATIAL DEVELOP DATA STEWARD.
LEADING EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE ENTERPRISE GI S SYSTEMS. SO FIRST RESPONDERS, PLANNERS, ENGINEERS, AND OTHER CITY STAFF ALWAYS HAVE THE ACCURATE REALTIME INFORMATION.
SHE ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT, PRODUCT SUPPORT, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, TRAINING TO GIS USERS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
ALLISON WAS BORN IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SPENT MOST OF HER CHILDHOOD IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
SHE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND SERVED AS A GEOSPATIAL ENGINEER FOR NORTHCOM HEADQUARTERS AT FORT SAM HOUSTON.
HER EDUCATION INCLUDES HALLMARK UNIVERSITY AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SCHOOL FOR GIS.
SHE ALSO COMPLETED A THREE MONTH ASSIGNMENT AT THE NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN ST.
LOUIS, WHERE SHE EARNED THE NGA PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION.
ALLISON LIVES IN CONVERSE WITH HER HUSBAND, A TEACHER AND THEIR NEARLY 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
AS A FAMILY, THEY ENJOY GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE, ESPECIALLY GOING OUT TO EAT.
ALLISON LOVES READING, WATCHING TV, ESPECIALLY KOREAN DRAMAS AND FOLLOWING HER FAVORITE YOUTUBE CHANNEL, OUTDOOR BOYS.
INSPIRED BY THEIR, SHE HOPES TO TAKE HER FAMILY CAMPING MORE OFTEN.
SHE DRIVES A JEEP AND ENJOYS TAKING THE DOORS AND TO OFF WHENEVER SHE CAN.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S, UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE THE CITY OF SHIRTZ AND I'M REALLY EXCITED.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANGELICA GONZALEZ.
SHE IS OUR NEW GI S SPECIALIST.
SHE DEVELOPS, MAINTAINS AND UPDATES TO CITY'S GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION BY PROVIDING DATA VISUALIZATION SOLUTIONS IN THE FORM OF DIGITAL MAPS, INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS AND REPORTS THAT SUPPORT OPERATIONAL NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY'S MANY DEPARTMENTS.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GIS MANAGER, ANGELICA WILL ADJUST PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, CREATE INFORMATIONAL WEBPAGES, SCHEDULE AND ROUTE SWEEP, STREET SWEEPING OPERATIONS, TRACKING AND MODELING STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCATIONS AND UTILITIES, THE NAME OF A FEW OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
ANGELICA WAS BORN, RAISED, AND EDUCATED IN SAN ANTONIO.
SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOLOGY FROM THE UT SAN ANTONIO, AND HAS 17 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A GEOLOGICAL GIS TECHNICIAN ROLE IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY WHERE SHE MAPPED NATURAL RESOURCES AND MIDSTREAM PIPELINES.
SHE ALSO HAS FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING AS A GIS ANALYST IN FEMA LONG-TERM RECOVERY CADRE, WHERE SHE COLLABORATED WITH STATE, COUNTY, TRIBAL AND CITY GOVERNMENTS TO QUANTIFY THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTERS IN IMPACTED COMMUNITIES WITH MAPS AND DATA ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS.
HER MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY HAS LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO AREA AS FAR BACK AS THE 18 HUNDREDS.
HER FATHER WAS AN ARMY VIETNAM VETERAN FROM PUERTO RICO.
ALTHOUGH ANGELICA DID NOT GROW UP SPEAKING SPANISH, HER LATE HUSBAND TAUGHT HER SPANISH DAILY AND SHE'S NOW FLUENT IN CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH TRAVEL IS ANGELICA'S FAVORITE HOBBY AND RESEARCH ON HER VACATION DESTINATIONS IS HER FAVORITE THING TO DO.
SHE FIRMLY BELIEVES IN THE SAYINGS.
JOEY OPPORTUNITY, UM, I ALREADY MET THE IT AND
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GIS TEAM AND EVERYBODY'S REALLY, UH, FUN TO WORK WITH AND I ENJOYED HERE SO, SO FAR.AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
ALLISON AND ANGELICA, WELCOME TO THE CHURCH FAMILY.
NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE POLICE LIEUTENANT DALLAS HOPPER WILL BE INTRODUCING NEW STAFF.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND MR. WILLIAMS. UH, THE FIRST OF THREE I'LL INTRODUCE IS GONNA BE NIAH GOODMAN.
SHE'S OUR NEWEST COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, UH, NIAH GOODMAN.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AT THE AS A COMMUNICATION OFFICER AND, UH, ON JULY 15TH, 2026, SHE WAS RAISED IN AN ARMY FAMILY.
UH, SHE WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN GERMANY AND HAS LIVED IN HAWAII AS WELL AS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SHE ATTENDED OR SHE ATTENDED SAN CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL BUS BEFORE ENTERING OR EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.
SHE'S CURRENTLY PURSUING AN ONLINE DEGREE IN CRIMINOLOGY WITH A MINOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY THROUGH THE THROUGH TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY OUTSIDE OF WORK.
NH IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING TWINS IN DECEMBER.
SHE ALSO ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY, INCLUDING HER TWO NEPHEWS WITH ANOTHER NEPHEW.
EXPECTED TO JOIN THE FAMILY SOON AND HER FREE TIME.
NH ENJOYS STUDYING, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, PLAYING THE GUITAR, LISTENING TO THE MUSIC, GOING FOR WALKS, AND WHEN TIME ALLOWS, WATCHING MOVIES AND TELEVISION SHOWS.
I THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'VE LIVED HERE IN SHORTZ FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, SO IT FEELS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE HAVE FELICIA CAMPO.
SHE'S GONNA BE OUR NEWEST, UH, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
UH, SHE BEGAN WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTZ ON UH, JUNE 15TH, 2026 AS WELL.
UH, FELICIA HOLDS A MASTER OF TELE TELECOMMUNICATOR LICENSE AND BRINGS MORE THAN A DECADE OF PUBLIC SAFETY EXPERIENCE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE TO THE CITY OF SHIRTZ.
SHE FOR GRANTED HER CAREER WITH THE CITY OF LIVE OAK POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2014 AS A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.
WHILE AT LIVE OAKS, SHE PROMOTED TO A SHIFT SUPERVISOR BEFORE ADVANCING TO THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, A POSITION THAT SHE HELD PRIOR TO JOIN THE SHIRTZ POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BORN AND RAISED IN RHODE ISLAND, FELICIA, OR RELOCATED TO TEXAS IN 2006.
SHE INTENDED COLLEGE AFTER MOVING TO TEXAS, EARNING A CERTIFICATION IN FORENSIC SCIENCE AND A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE OUTSIDE OF WORK.
FELICIA IS A PROUD MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS WHO ARE BOTH ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS.
HER OLDEST DAUGHTER PLAYS VARSITY SOCCER FOR HER HIGH SCHOOL AND COMPETES YEAR ROUND WITH A CLUB SOCCER TEAM.
HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER PARTICIPATES IN COMPETITIVE GYMNASTICS AND TRAVELS THROUGHOUT TEXAS TO COM.
UH, COMPETE WITH HER TEAM WHEN SHE HAS FREE TIME.
FELICIA ENJOYS SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS, WORKING ON PROJECTS, READING TRUE CRIME BOOKS, AND LISTENING TO PODCASTS, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NOW SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
ALRIGHT, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE JULIANA GARZA.
SHE'S OUR NEW CRIME ANALYST WITH THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
SHE TOO, UH, STARTED ON JUNE 15TH, 2026 AS A DEPARTMENT'S CRIME ANALYST.
JULIANA IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION.
IN THIS ROLE, SHE SUPPORTS COMMAND STAFF, INVESTIGATORS AND PATROL OFFICERS BY ANALYZING CRIME DATA TO IDENTIFY CRIME HOTSPOTS, PATTERNS, AND EMERGING TRENDS, HELPING TO GUIDE DATA-DRIVEN POLICING STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONAL DECISIONS.
JULIANA IS FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND GRADUATED FROM JUDSON ISD.
SHE CONTINUED HER EDUCATION AT THE UNI OR UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD, WHERE SHE INTERNED AS A CRIME ANALYST WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITH A MINOR IN CYBER SECURITY SYSTEMS OUTSIDE OF WORK.
JULIANA ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY, WATCHING TELEVISION AND TEACHING HERSELF NEW HOBBIES.
SHE VALUES LIFELONG LEARNING AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP NEW SKILLS AND INTERESTS.
THIS IS MY FIRST CAREER AND I'M EXCITED TO START IN SHIRTS.
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THANK Y'ALL.NEXT UP WE HAVE YOU UTILITY BILLING.
WE HAVE SENIOR UTILITY BILLING SPECIALIST TOMMY PEREZ.
UM, WELL, MY NAME IS TOMMY, BUT I'M NOT BEING INTRODUCED.
I'M DOING THE INTRODUCTION, SO THERE WAS A LITTLE MIXED UP THERE.
UH, SHE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE.
UH, SHE WILL BE ASSISTING OUR OTHER FOUR SPECIALISTS WITH NEW SERVICE ACTIVATIONS, DISCONNECTIONS, UH, RECEIVING PAYMENTS, PROCESSING ADJUSTMENTS, AND JUST GENERAL ACCOUNT INQUIRIES.
UH, SHE WAS BORN IN GERMANY, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO SAY THAT NAME WRONG,
UM, SHE MOVED TO THE STATES AT THE AGE OF THREE TO COLORADO SPRINGS, WHERE, UH, SHE STAYED FOR SOME TIME.
UM, SHE THEN HAD LIVED IN LOUISIANA IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES, UH, WITH THE BIRTH OF HER SON, UH, BUT OF COURSE HAD TO MOVE BACK TO COLORADO SPRINGS, WHERE UH, SHE WORKED WITH COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES AND HAD OVER 29 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THERE.
SHE THEN RETIRED AND ENDED UP MOVING TO TEXAS IN JANUARY OF 25 AND WAS ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER SON AND HIS FAMILY.
SHE DOES HAVE TWO GRANDSONS THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO WATCH AND SPEND TIME WITH BEFORE MAKING THE MOVE TO SHIRTS.
SHE IS A RESIDENT AND HAS BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE JUNE OF 2025.
UH, SHE IS A BIG FOOTBALL FAN.
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF THE DEBORAH BROTHELS, BUT DUE TO HER PARTNER, MR. EWING, HE, SHE IS NOW A FAN OF THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.
UH, SHE DOES LOVE TO TRAVEL AND COOK, SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY FRIENDS AND WATCHING HER GRANDSONS GROW.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, WORKING WITH A GREAT TEAM SUPERVISORS AND MY LIFE INSURANCES.
LANELLE, WELCOME TO THE CHURCH FAMILY.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A COWBOY FAN OUTTA YOU YET
[ Presentation of the TAMIO Awards:Presented to the Public Affairs Department at the 2026 Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers Conference (K.Haynes)]
PRESENTATIONS.WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF THE TAMO AWARDS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AT THE 2026 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS CONFERENCE.
WE HAVE, UH, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, CRYSTAL HAYNES, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, DEVIN CHRISTENSEN, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST.
TATUM HEARN, COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR VICTORIA GARZA.
HI MAYOR COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.
UM, LIKE YOU SAID, I DO HAVE DEVIN VICTORIA'S ACTUALLY OUT TAKING A PHOTO RIGHT NOW OF HER NEW EMPLOYEES.
TATUM, UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY.
BUT, UM, WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE AWARDS THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE 2026 T AWARDS.
SO, TAMI O IS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY OUR, UM, INDUSTRY'S STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION.
SO THIS YEAR, UM, FROM JULY 3RD TO JULY 5TH, WE WERE AT THE CONFERENCE LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE NEW THINGS FOR 2026 AND JUST STAYING UP TO DATE ON OUR KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL THINGS LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS.
AND IT WAS HELD IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
WHEN IT CAME TO THE AWARD CEREMONY, THERE WAS ACTUALLY OVER 700 ENTRIES AND WE CAME HOME WITH THREE AWARDS.
SO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE WE CAME HOME WITH THREE.
SO THE FIRST ONE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS FOR, UM, BEST REPORT.
SO WE GOT THIS FOR THE FY 2324 PR.
SO THIS, WE WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND AS YOU KNOW, THE ER COMPLIMENTS THE ER AND THE BUDGET BOOK.
THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE, UM, VERY TECHNICAL AND A LITTLE BIT HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
SO THE PR MAKES C FINANCES MUCH MORE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.
AND WE PROUDLY SEND THIS WITH OUR MAGAZINE SHIRTS MAGAZINE.
SO EVERY RESIDENT GETS THIS DOCUMENT, UM, RIGHT DIRECTLY TO THEIR DOORSTEP.
SO WE WON SECOND PLACE FOR THIS.
THE SECOND AWARD THAT WE GOT WAS ALSO A SECOND PLACE AWARD FOR A NEW PUBLICATION, UH, THAT DEVIN ACTUALLY WORKED REALLY HARD ON WAS WE'RE REALLY PROUD ON PROUD OF HER FOR THAT, SHE REDESIGNED OUR RESIDENT GUIDE.
SO WHEN A NEW RESIDENT COMES INTO SHIRTS, WE WELCOME THIS, WE WELCOME THEM WITH THIS HOME SUITE SHIRTS RESIDENT GUIDE.
SO THIS HAS EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO GET STARTED TO BE RESIDENT AND SHIRTS.
SO IT HAS, UM, KNOWLEDGE ON CITY SERVICES, UTILITY BILLING, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, PREVIOUSLY THE DOCUMENT WAS VERY TEXT
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HEAVY AND, UM, DEVIN REED DESIGNED IT TO BE VERY VISUALLY ENGAGING AND TURNED IT INTO THE HOME SUITE SHIRTS RESIDENT GUIDE.SO WE WON SECOND PLACE FOR THIS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS WAS VERY EXCITING.
WE GOT BEST SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FOR OUR SHIRTS, TRAFFIC JAMS. SO THIS WAS A REALLY, REALLY FUN POST THAT WE GOT TO DO.
UH, THE TEAM ACTUALLY GOT TO DO, I WASN'T HERE PART OF THE TEAM YET, BUT IT WAS LAST SUMMER.
THEY, UM, TURNED SOME ROUTINE TRAFFIC UPDATES THAT PEOPLE AREN'T TYPICALLY EXCITED ABOUT FROM TXDOT.
TRAFFIC ON 35 IS NO FUN, RIGHT? SO THEY REALLY TURNED IT ON ITS HEAD AND GOT EVERYONE MUCH MORE ENGAGED IN A TYPICAL TRAFFIC POST BY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO OUR SHIRTS, TRAFFIC JAMS PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY.
SO IT WAS LOADED UP WITH TONS OF, UM, FUN TRAFFIC JAMS TO LISTEN TO WHILE YOU'RE STUCK IN 35 TRAFFIC.
UH, THIS DID THE PURPOSE THERE WAS OVER A THOUSAND LINK CLICKS, 95,000 VIEWS, OVER 600 INTERACTIONS.
WE GOT NEW FOLLOWERS FROM IT, UM, AND IT WAS RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE STATE.
SO WE WERE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT ONE.
THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT HOME THREE AWARDS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND WE WANTED TO SHOW THEM OFF TO Y'ALL AND SHOW Y'ALL WHAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET A PICTURE, MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME DOWN FOR A PHOTO WITH US.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, GO AHEAD.
ALRIGHT, WELL CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK Y'ALL FOR, UM, DOING A GREAT JOB AND PUTTING SHIRTS ON THE MAP IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THERE.
[ 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.Rodriguez)]
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING CITY EVENTS.UH, SO A COUPLE THINGS, AND IT TIES IN NICELY WITH, UM, THE SHIRTS.
I MEAN THE PARKS AND REC MONTH.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES GOING ON.
YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK OUT SHIRTS.COM, UM, OR THE, THE FUN GUIDE TO SEE THE FULLEST OF EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS AND REC MONTH ON SATURDAY, JULY 11TH WILL BE THE, UH, SECOND FLOAT AND FLICK.
IT'LL BE ZOOTOPIA TWO AT 7:00 PM AT PICK PARK POOL TUESDAY, JULY 14TH WILL BE AT THE NERF WAR AT 7:00 PM THAT'LL BE AT HERITAGE OAKS PARK, SATURDAY, JULY 18TH WILL BE STAR PARTY AT CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK.
AND TUESDAY, JULY 21ST, THEY'LL BE HAVING THEIR COLOR FIGHT AT 7:00 PM AT ASHLEY PARK.
UM, THE NEXT THING ON HERE IS THAT THE CITY OF SHIRTS WILL BE HOLDING A GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PLACE THREE, PLACE FOUR AND PLACE FIVE FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.
NOVEMBER 26 TO NOVEMBER 29, UH, APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE STATE SECRETARY'S OFFICE FROM 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM STARTING MONDAY, JULY 20TH THROUGH AUGUST 17TH.
AND AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, REACH OUT TO THE STATE SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST THING ON HERE WILL BE THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, JULY 21ST AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER, STEVE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, ACTUALLY SOME REALLY GOOD ONES HERE.
KUDOS TO REUBEN, LAURA AND THE, HE IS A SANITARIAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS BECOME OUR NEWEST STATE LICENSED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND MOVED INTO PLANNING IN THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN NOAC, OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
HE'S SLATED TO BE APPOINTED TO THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, OR AMPO, THEIR TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND KATHY WOODLEY IS THE BACK, WILL BE THE BACKUP FOR THAT POSITION.
WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL PROMOTIONS THIS MONTH, MONTH, WHICH IS REALLY A GREAT INDICATION OF FOLKS MOVING UP WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
LOVE TO SEE THAT ANTHONY LUNA WAS PROMOTED FROM WATER WASTEWATER OPERATOR TRAINEE TO OPERATOR ONE.
MARK SHADOW WAS PROMOTED FROM WASTEWATER, UH, WATER WASTEWATER OPERATOR TRAINEE ALSO TO OPERATOR ONE.
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AND CHRISTINA TEKE WAS PROMOTED FROM PERMIT TECH TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT JACOB EMERSON WAS PROMOTED FROM FIRE FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALIST TO DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL LUIS GONZALEZ PROMOTED FROM ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICER TO POLICE CADET RICHARD DAVIS PROMOTED FROM PARAMEDIC TO COMMUNITY HEALTH COORDINATOR.AND DIEGO MARTINEZ PROMOTED FROM PARK MAINTENANCE TECH ONE TO TECH TWO.
AND CATHERINE SHIELD PROMOTED FROM RECREATION SPECIALISTS TO PURCHASING SPECIALISTS.
I RECEIVED A LETTER THAT READS, DEAR MR. WILLIAMS, EACH YEAR, THE ALAMO CHAPTER OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION SELECTS ONE OUTSTANDING MEMBER TO REPRESENT OUR CHAPTER AS A NOMINEE FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS TEXAS DEPUTY MUNICIPAL CLERK OF THE YEAR AWARD.
IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND ENTHUSIASM THAT THE ALAMO CHAPTER NOMINATES CHERIE CORNY OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS FOR THIS DISTINGUISHED HONOR.
AND SO AS A, AS A FINALIST, SHERE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE, THE TMCA ADVANCED INSTITUTE IN AWARDS EVENT, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELD IN OCTOBER IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS AS A, AS A NOMINEE, EVEN IF SHE DOESN'T WIN.
BUT, UH, SHE'LL BE THERE AND BE RECOGNIZED.
AND SO THAT THE ADVANCED INSTITUTE IS TMCS PERFU, THEIR PREMIER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT FOR MUNICIPAL CLERKS ACROSS THE STATES.
SO IT'S QUITE AN HONOR AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SHERI.
UM, THE ONLY, UH, PEOPLE THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS OUR ENTIRE STAFF, UH, OVER THE 50TH, UH, JUBILEE, UH, CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD ON THE FOURTH.
WE HAD SUCH A HUGE TURNOUT ON FRIDAY.
WE HAD ANOTHER LARGE, EVEN BIGGER TURNOUT ON SATURDAY.
AND OUR STAFF WORKED WAY BEFORE THAT EVENT EVEN BEGAN TRYING, TRYING TO PREPARE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS WENT SMOOTHLY, WHICH THEY DID.
AND, UH, SO BIG HAND, UH, BIG SHOUT OUT, GOES TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE RIGHT ALONG WITH, UM, THE CHURCH POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHURCH FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHURCH, EMS, EVERYBODY REALLY PITCHED IN, CONTRIBUTED REALLY HARD.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR ISSUES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT.
UH, AND WE HAD A LARGE SHOWING.
I EVEN WAS SURPRISED THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT TURNED OUT TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY WITH US, UH, EVEN POLICE, UH, VERY WELL AND PICKED UP AFTER THEMSELVES SO THEY DIDN'T LEAVE THE PARK, YOU KNOW, AND WITH A LOT OF TRASH JUST LAYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO, UH, BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR ENTIRE STAFF, UH, FOR SUCH A GREAT HOSTING, SUCH A GREAT EVENT TO INCLUDE MAGGIE, UH, TURRINGTON AND JAMES.
THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, ANNOUNCING ALL THE ENTRIES FOR THE PARADE.
[ 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.]
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE 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, UH, REGISTERED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
PRESENTATION SHOULD BE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
ALL REMARKS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL AS A BODY AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER THEREOF, ANY PERSON MAKING PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT 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 MONDAY PROCEEDING.
THE MEETING HANDOUTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING BY THE CITY SECRETARY.
OUR USB DEVICES WILL BE VETTED BY THE CITY IT STAFF TO ENSURE CITY PROPERTY IS PROTECTED FROM MALWARE.
FIRST UP, UH, FORGIVE ME IF I BUTCHER YOUR NAME.
I'M NOT TRYING TO, UH, BUT WE HAVE, UH, CLAIRE LAYTON, WHEN YOU COME UP, IF, UH, YOU'LL JUST, UH,
I LIVE AT 1 2 2 3 1 LAS MEADOWS DRIVE.
MY HUSBAND AND I OWN THE FIELD THAT ABUTS THE NORTHERN END OF CRESCENT BEND NATURE PARK.
WHEN THES CREEK FLOODING DESTROYED LAKEWOOD ACRES, FEMA TOOK OVER THE 190 ACRES.
THEN FEMA TRANSFERRED THE LAND TO BEARER COUNTY.
AND JOEL TANNER STARTED TO WORK WITH COMMISSIONER TOMMY ATKISSON TO TURN THE SUSCEPTIBLE, UH,
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ACREAGE INTO A NATURE PARK.LARGELY BECAUSE OF JOEL'S EFFORT.
BRENDAN GIBBON WROTE IN THE SAN ANTONIO REPORT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE NETWORK OF MUNICIPAL PARKS, BORDERING THE SLO CREEK, CRESCENT BEND IS THE BIGGEST AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL.
TODAY, IT REMAINS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF LAUREN SCHRUM, JARED MONTENEY, AND THEIR DEDICATED STAFF.
AS A RETIRED TEACHER, JOEL WILL BE VERY PROUD OF ALL THE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES THAT THE PARK OFFICE, BUT PARKS, THE PARK REALLY NEEDS AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION PAVILION.
NOTHING FANCY, JUST A ROOF AND SOME BENCHES SO THE CLASSES CAN BE HELD WITH THE STUDENTS SITTING DOWN.
I KNOW YOUR CITY HAS FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND THE PAVILION IS STILL INCLUDED IN THE FUTURE PLANS OF THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
BUT WHEN JOEL DIED, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP GAVE THE CITY MONEY TOWARDS BUILDING A PAVILION.
IN HIS MEMORY, I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO ASSURE THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY DOES BUILD THE TANNER EDUCATION PAVILION.
NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT THE PARK'S, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO SO, SO THAT ITS WIDOW WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A TANGIBLE LEGACY OF HER HUSBAND'S INCREDIBLE WORK IN ESTABLISHING THE PARK.
UH, I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN SAYING, THE 4TH OF JULY JUBILEE, THE CELEBRATION.
UM, THE STAFF WORKED SO HARD AND THEY MADE IT SEEM SO EFFORTLESS.
ANYTIME YOU RAN INTO ANYBODY, THEY WERE VERY HAPPY.
HAPPY TO HELP, HAPPY TO GIVE DIRECTION, HAPPY TO, I MEAN, IT JUST, IT REALLY WAS, IT WAS REALLY A GREAT CELEBRATION.
SO, YES, MANY KUDOS TO THE STAFF.
UH, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ON THE 21ST, THAT IS OUR MONTHLY LUNCHEON, BUT IT'S SPECIAL.
IT'S LEADERSHIP CORE GRADUATION, AND WE HAVE THREE SHIRT STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING.
IT IS ACTUALLY OUR LARGEST CLASS OF 13 STUDENTS, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND IT'LL BE CRYSTAL AND DEVON, WHO WE JUST SAW HERE.
AND, UH, KELLY CALLIS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE PART OF THE 13TH.
SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL ARE MAKING PLANS TO ATTEND THAT.
AND WE HAVE A KEYNOTE BY, UH, J TWO LEADERSHIP, JAY JOHNSON ON THE 24TH.
WE HAVE ANOTHER RIBBON CUTTING IN THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
UH, THAT IS GONNA BE COLISEUM TRADING CARDS AND COLLECTIBLES.
THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO TEXAS TEA CAFE, WHICH WE DID THEIR RIBBON CUTTING ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO.
GREAT LITTLE PLACE FOR FAMILY TO GO BY IF THEIR KIDS ARE INTO THOSE GAMES.
AND THE CARDS, NOT JUST SPORTS CARDS.
AND ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT, UH, MYSELF AND MICHAEL CARPENTER, MY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LIAISON FOR THE CHAMBER, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THAT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS TICKLING YOUR EARS, UH, THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP POSSIBLY IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION NEXT YEAR, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT YOU WANT US TO ADDRESS, TO GO SPEAK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES, TO PUT TOGETHER IN THIS.
'CAUSE WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS AGENDA TOGETHER, UM, BY THE, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, ACTUALLY.
'CAUSE IT KICKS OFF IN JANUARY AND WE NEED TO GET A HEAD START IN, UM, SHAKING SOME TREES.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING, PLEASE SHOOT AN EMAIL MY WAY AND WE CAN SET SOME TIME ASIDE TO TALK.
AND THEN LET ME SWITCH HATS REALLY FAST AND PUT ON MY SHIRT'S, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE HAT.
AND JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, IN AUGUST, WE HAVE HISTORICAL SIGNS, A DESIGNATION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS TO COME, UH, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
IT'LL BE ON A CITY COUNCIL DAY EARLIER IN THE DAY SO THAT Y'ALL CAN JOIN US.
THE, UH, PRESERVATION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THE DESIGN, TO GET THE NAME, TO GET THE DESIGNATION OF THIS.
AND THIS'LL BE THE FIRST, I BELIEVE, OF TWO NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN 18 MONTH CALENDAR BECAUSE WE JUST DID CALENDARS THIS YEAR AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS.
BUT THE, THE COMMITTEE, UM, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK AND COUNCILMAN RERA CAN TESTIFY 'CAUSE THEY COME EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING, UH, IT'S MOVING ALONG.
OUR GROUP HAS GROWN AND THEY'RE JUST VERY, VERY EAGER IN ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND SHIRTS.
NEXT WE HAVE GREG SEABOLD AND CAIN FLANAGAN, SHERIFF FLANAGAN EVENING, MR. MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL.
I LIVE AT 3 8 4 1 GREEN RIDGE IN CHURCH TEXAS.
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UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT WE, THAT OCCURRED AND I LEFT MY PHONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, ON MAY 27TH, WHEN THE DAY AFTER WE HAD THAT 10 INCHES OF RAIN IN FOUR HOURS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSION OF WATER FROM THE NEXT COMMUNITY UP.
THERE'S A BIG LONG PROCESS THAT I WON'T BORE YOU WITH AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT IT CAUSED A COLLAPSE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN OUR STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE PAYING THE $87,000 JUST TO DIG THAT OUT AND THAT PART OUT AND REPAIR IT.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT TEXAS WATER CODE SECTION 11.086 SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT IF YOU DIVERT WATER THROUGH OUR SYSTEM, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, THE LAST TIME THAT I WASN'T IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOBODY REALLY BROUGHT IT UP, BUT IT COST US $250,000, 204 HOMES HAD TO PAY $1,050 A PIECE.
WERE ALL SENIORS, ALMOST ALL OF US, 12% OF US WORK, THE REST OF US CAN'T OR DON'T.
SO I'M, I I'M HERE TO, TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THIS OCCURRED.
AND I'M ASKING FOR THE CITY TO DO THEIR PART, TO STAND UP AND SAY, YEAH, WE DIVERTED 42 ACRES OF WATER THAT WAS NOT BUILT ON WHEN YOU DIVERTED IT INTO OUR SYSTEM.
IF IT'S OUR SYSTEM AND IT'S PRIVATE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR FREE.
OR IF YOU DIVER IT ACCORDING TO THE LAW, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN IT.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO BE AWARE OF THIS AND TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO STEP UP AND HELP CURE THIS CHALLENGE.
AND THAT, UH, ANN'S HEARING OF RESIDENCE.
[ 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.]
TO, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA.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'RE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA UP ON THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER AT THIS TIME, DO WE, DO I HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTING TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HAVING NONE.
OH, UM, COUNCILMAN SHERIDAN? YES.
I WANTED TO, UH, REMOVE RESOLUTION 26 R OH SEVEN FIVE.
UH, THAT'S AN, THAT'S ON DISCUSSION.
ACTION ITEMS. CONSENT AGENDAS, ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
SO WE'RE GONNA REMOVE ITEM TWO, RESOLUTION 26 DASH R DASH 0 8 2 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A WATER CCN TRANSFER AGREEMENT AND WATER CCN TRANSFER FROM GREEN VALLEY SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO THE CITY OF SHEZ TO AMEND WATER CCN BOUNDARIES AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
REMOVING ITEM TWO FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
CAN THEY GET APPROVAL TO APPROVE ITEMS 1, 3, 4, AND FIVE? SO MOVE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST THEIR VOTES? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED? ALRIGHT.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WATSON MADE THE MOTION AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN.
[2. Resolution 26-R-082 - Approving and authorizing a Water CCN Transfer Agreement and Water CCN Transfer from Green Valley Special Utility District to the City of Schertz to amend Water CCN boundaries and other matters in connection therewith. (B.James/K.Woodlee)]
UP FOR DISCUSSION WILL BE ITEM TWO, RESOLUTION 26 DASH R DASH 0 8 2.I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND, UH, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE, THE REASONING AND PURPOSE OF THIS, THIS TRANSFER.
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SO THERE'S A SMALL AREA OF PROPERTY THAT, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP TO DEVELOP FOR COMMERCIAL USE.UH, IT'S ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS, AND IT IS OUTSIDE OUR CCN FOR WATER.
HOWEVER, WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS OF TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE ADEQUATE WATER SERVICE, UM, AS FAR AS PRESSURES AND FLOW CAPACITY, THEY FOUND THAT GREEN VALLEY DOES NOT HAVE, UH, APPROPRIATE CAPACITY TO SERVE THAT SMALL AREA.
AND GREEN VALLEY ACTUALLY SUGGESTED TO THE DEVELOPERS THAT THEY APPROACH THE CITY OF SHIRTS TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND IF WE WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE THEM.
SO, UH, WE DID RUN SOME FIRE FLOW TESTS AND DETERMINE THAT WE DO IN FACT HAVE THE CAPACITY.
WE HAVE WATER LINE DIRECTLY, UH, ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE ARE VERY CAREFUL WE ARE, UH, TO, UM, MAINTAIN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH GREEN VALLEY UNLESS THEY COME TO US AND REQUEST THAT, THAT WE POSSIBLY SERVE.
WE'RE NOT GOING OUT AND TRYING TO TAKE OVER AREAS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HOLD THE CCN FOR.
BUT THIS IS LITERALLY, UM, THEY COULDN'T SERVE IT WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.
SO, UM, SO THEY PROPOSED AN AGREEMENT TO MAKE THE TRANSFER HAPPEN.
AND THERE POTENTIAL, UH, COSTS TO BE ASSOCIATED FOR US IN THE FUTURE IN, I DON'T ASSUME, I WOULD SAY IT'S A, A MINOR COST TO SERVE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY, BUT WE'LL ACTUALLY GET REVENUE FROM SERVING THAT PROPERTY.
SO THEY'LL BE PAYING IMPACT FEES AND, AND THE WATER RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WHEN THEY USE THE WATER.
AND I ASSUME THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND DIG AND, AND PUT ANOTHER PIPELINE TO GET, SO THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, CONSTRUCTED.
THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
THE, THE DEVELOPER WILL ACTUALLY JUST MAKE THE, UM, NECESSARY TAPS TO THE LINE WHEN THEY'RE READY TO TIE ON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HAVING NONE.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 26 R ZERO EIGHT TO APPROVING AUTHORIZED WATER CCN TRANSFER AGREEMENT AND WATER CCN TRANSFER FROM GREEN VALLEY TO THE CITY OF SHES SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN.
AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST THE VOTES PLEASE? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED? OKAY.
[6. Resolution 26-R-075- Ordering the November 3, 2026, City of Schertz Joint General Election with Comal County, Bexar County and Guadalupe County and making a provision for the conduct of the election; authorizing contracts with the County Clerk of Comal County and the Election Administrators of Bexar and Guadalupe Counties to conduct this election and authorizing these elections to be held as Joint Elections (Mayor/S.Edmondson)]
AND ACTION ITEMS. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX, RESOLUTION 26 R DASH 0 75.ORDERING THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026 CITY OF CHURCH JOINT GENERAL ELECTION WITH KAMAL COUNTY, BEXAR COUNTY, AND GUADALUPE COUNTY, AND MAKING A PROVISION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION, AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF KAMAL COUNTY AND ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS TO BEXAR COUNTY, COUNTY AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES TO CONDUCT THIS ELECTION AND AUTHORIZE THESE ELECTIONS TO BE HELD AS JOINT ELECTIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS.
TONIGHT I BRING FORWARD RESOLUTION 26 R DASH 0 7 5 TO ORDER THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026, GENERAL ELECTION COUNCIL.
PLACE THREE, PLACE FOUR, AND PLACE FIVE WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
THE TERM FOR EACH OF THESE PLACES WILL BE NOVEMBER 26 THROUGH NOVEMBER 20, 29.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU APPROVE RESOLUTION 26 DASH R 0 7 5 TO ORDER THAT ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026, GENERAL ELECTION.
OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? A CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 26 R 0 7 5 SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION, UH, MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TIMM DAVIS.
CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST THEIR VOTES PLEASE? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED HAVING SEVEN YAYS, NO NAYS.
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MOVING ON TO ITEM[7. Ordinance 26-M-029 - Amending Council Rules of Conduct and Procedure: Appointment Process for City Council Liaison Positions (Mayor/S.Edmondson/S.Courney)]
SEVEN, ORDINANCE 26 DASH M DASH 0 29 AMENDING COUNCIL RULES AND CONDUCT AND PROCEDURES APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON POSITIONS.SO THE AMENDMENT FOR THE COUNCIL RULES OF CONDUCT AND PROCEDURE UNDER ORDINANCE 26 M 29 IS A FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE WORKSHOP THAT WE HELD ON JUNE THE 16TH AND, UH, TO INCORPORATE INTO THE RULES OF CONDUCT AND PROCEDURE, UM, HOW LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS ARE DONE BY COUNSEL.
SO FROM THAT, UM, THERE WAS ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN SECTIONS A AND B.
UH, A BEING THE APPOINTED CITY COUNCIL LIAISON MUST BE A COUNCIL MEMBER AND MUST MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF SECTION 4.02 OF THE CITY CHARTER.
IN ADDITION TO BE APPOINTED AS THE CITY COUNCIL, A COUNCIL MEMBER MUST BE AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING.
THE DISCREPANCY LIES WITH THE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS, UM, IN SECTION B WHERE IT REFERS TO NEWLY ELECTED OR APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO COUNCIL NEEDS TO LET ME KNOW IF THEY WANT, UM, SECTION A TO ALSO INCLUDE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WHICH CAN OCCUR ON OCCASION, UM, AS APPOINTED, AS OPPOSED TO JUST BEING APPOINTED.
SO SECTION B IS LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS SHALL BE REVIEWED BY ANNA IN DECEMBER OF EACH EVEN NUMBERED YEAR BEGINNING IN 2026.
THE REVIEW SHOULD OCCUR FOLLOWING THE REGULAR ELECTION CYCLE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REASSESSMENT OF ALL ASSIGNMENTS WHILE MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF SERVICE.
NEWLY ELECTED OR APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL TEMPORARILY ASSUME THE ASSIGNMENTS OF THEIR PREDECESSORS UNTIL THE NEXT SCHEDULED REVIEW.
AND THEN, UH, ON ITEM C, COUNCIL, SENIORITY SHALL SERVE AS THE STARTING POINT FOR ASSIGNING BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE LIAISON POSITIONS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEWER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES OF INTEREST.
THE MOST SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL BEGIN THE SELECTION PROCESS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL MAKE TWO ASSIGNMENTS SELECTION AT, AT A TIME IN ORDER OF SENIORITY BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER.
THIS PROCESS SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL ALL ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN FILLED.
COUNCIL SHALL SEEK TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF ASSIGNMENTS WHERE APPROPRIATE WHILE PROVIDING PERIODIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR ROTATION SO THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY GAIN EXPERIENCE SERVING ON DIFFERENT BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES OVER TIME.
ASSIGNMENT CHANGES BETWEEN BIENNIAL REVIEWS MAY BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL WHEN MUTUALLY AGREED UPON, OR WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS WORKLOAD SCHEDULING CONFLICTS OR PERSONAL COMMITMENTS WARRANT A REASSIGNMENT AND APPOINTED CITY COUNCIL LIAISON MAY BE REMOVED FROM AN ASSIGNMENT AT ANY TIME BY A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL LIAISON WILL ATTEND MEETINGS FOR OBSERVATION AND COMMUNICATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND WILL PROVIDE UPDATES AND INFORMATION FROM THEIR ASSIGNED BOARD COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE AS NEEDED OR REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL LIAISONS ARE NOT EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, OR COMMITTEES TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED.
THEIR ROLE IS TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR ASSIGNED BOARD COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE NOT TO DIRECT OR INFLUENCE ITS ACTIONS.
CITY COUNCIL LIAISON SHALL EXERCISE CAUTION IN EXPRESSING PERSONAL OR POLITICAL OPINIONS DURING MEETINGS IF THEIR ASSIGNED BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE, ANY COMMENTS MADE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S INDIVIDUAL OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE REPRESENTED AS THE POSITION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL ACTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT BOARD COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, NOT INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND, SUSPEND, OR REPLACE THIS PROCEDURE AT ANY TIME BY AMENDMENT TO ITS RULES OF PROCEDURES AND APPROVE VIA ORDINANCE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ON THIS ITEM? UH, ONLY THING I KNOW THAT THERE'S A SECTION ON THERE THAT, UH, FOR TRANSPARENCY I'D LIKE IT TO KIND OF READ MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A SECTION IN THERE THAT JUST, UM, KIND OF PUTS THE MAYOR WITH THE COUNCIL.
AND SO IF, IF WE CAN, LIKE, IF WE CAN KIND LIKE CLEARLY STATE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL INSTEAD OF JUST COMBINING THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL ON SECTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS 4.02.
UM, AND THEN, UH, IF WE CAN, UH, MAKE IT TO WHERE LIKE, UH, THE MAYOR HAS
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A SELECTION FOLLOWED BY THE COUNCIL, UH, MOST SENIOR MEMBER GOING AND GOING FORWARD.SELECTION OF, OF WHAT? WELL, AS WE GO IN NOVEMBER, WHEN WE GO TO SELECT, UH, WHAT, UH, COMMITTEES YOU WANNA SERVE ON YES, SIR.
UH, THAT IT WOULD START OUT WITH THE MAYOR AND THEN GO TO THE MOST SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER AFTER THAT GOING FORWARD, GOING UP.
I MEAN, I CAN DO WHATEVER COUNCIL IS WANTS ME TO DO.
I JUST NEED THAT DIRECTION TO COME FROM COUNCIL SO I CAN WRITE THAT IN SO LONG AS EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT.
I I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED, UM, THAT THE MAYOR WOULD CHOOSE FIRST.
AND, AND SENIORITY DO SENIOR COUNCIL.
SO I WILL ADD THAT TO, UM, SECTION C THAT THE MAYOR WILL, WILL CHOOSE FIRST AND THEN FOLLOWED BY MOST SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY OTHER CHANGES? YEAH, MAYOR PRO DAVIS.
WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE LIAISONS TO BOARDS AND WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERSHIPS.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THE MAYOR'S GONNA GO FIRST AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN AND WE'RE PICKING TWO AT A TIME, ARE WE GONNA GO DO THE BOARDS FIRST AND THEN THE LIAISONS? OR ARE WE JUST GONNA THROW THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE BIG HAPPY PILE? BECAUSE AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE THE WORKLOAD IS DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER VERSUS YOU'RE A LIAISON TO ONE OF THE BOARDS.
AND I THINK, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE, MORE WORK THAT THAT'S DONE AT BEING A BOARD MEMBER VERSUS BEING A LIAISON.
SO WE CAN CHOOSE THE BOARD FIRST AND THEN, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE LIAISON.
I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR SELECTION, YOU MAKE ONE SELECTION ON THE BOARD SIDE AND YOUR NEXT SELECTION ON THE LIAISON SIDE.
SO THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT TAKING UP ALL THE, UH, MAIN LINE ITEMS. LIKE IF YOU'RE SELECTING, YOU'RE NOT SELECTING TWO BOARD POSITIONS AND SKIPPING THE LIAISON POSITIONS, I FEEL LIKE THOSE SHOULD BE SPREAD OUT EVENLY.
AND SO THEREFORE WHEN YOU GO TO CHOOSE, YOU CHOOSE ONE BOARD AND THEN ONE LIAISON.
UH, WE CAN DO THE BOARDS FIRST AND THEN, UH, DO THE OTHER AFTERWARDS THAT WE CAN BE EVENLY ACROSS THE BOARD IF EVERYBODY AGREES.
SO THEN, SO THAT I UNDERSTAND WHEN I WRITE THIS IN HERE, Y'ALL WANNA DO THIS TWICE, ONCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN FOLLOWED WITH BOARD LIAISONS? YES.
ARE YOU STILL WANTING TO DO TWO SELECTIONS AT A TIME OR JUST ONE SELECTION AT A TIME? WELL, IF WE DO BOARDS FIRST AND THEN I THINK IT SHOULD BE A SINGLE SELECTION AT A TIME.
UH, BUT IF WE DO, IF WE JUST DO BOARD AND LIAISON POSITIONS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE CHOOSING ONE AND ONE AS AS YOU'RE GOING, GOING ACROSS.
SO THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO COME BACK AND DO AND LIKE DO THE BOARD AND THEN COME BACK AND DO THE LIAISON.
UH, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST DO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA PICK TWO AS YOU, AS YOU GO ACROSS, BUT YOU'RE GONNA PICK ONE BOARD POSITION AND ONE LIAISON POSITION EITHER WAY.
AS LONG AS IT'S, UH, AS LONG AS IT'S FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD.
I MEAN, WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY OR WE CAN DO IT LIKE COUNCILMAN DAVIS STATED.
DO THE BOARDS FIRST, LIAISON SECOND OR LIKE THE MAYOR STATED ONE OF EACH ACROSS THE BOARD.
ANY THOUGHTS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? I, ONE, ONE POTENTIAL COMPLICATION MIGHT BE, SAY THE S-S-L-G-C BOARD, THAT APPOINTMENT IS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S MORE SENIOR THAN THE PERSON WHO ALREADY SITTING ON IT TO BUMP THEM OFF.
SINCE THEY HADN'T FINISHED THEIR TERM YET ON THE BOARD.
IN THIS CASE, UH, WE HAVE UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK THAT IS ON UNTIL 2028, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THE, YEAH, SO I GUESS BY DEFAULT I WOULD ONLY BE PICKING A LIAISON DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF, UM, OF SELECTIONS.
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WOULD NOT BE UP, UH, FOR SOMEBODY TO, TO GRAB, SO CORRECT.HOW MANY TOTAL BOARD POSITIONS? I THINK IF YOU DID ONE ROUND, IT'S ONLY LIKE 6, 7, 8.
HOW MANY? I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER.
I THINK YOU EXHAUST THE BOARD.
YEAH, BY THE TIME YOU GET DOWN TOO
SO THEN I WILL GO BACK AND I WILL REWRITE THIS AND THEN BRING IT BACK AGAIN FOR COUNCIL TO VOTE ON MM-HMM
OR DO WE WANNA, UH, OR CAN WE PASS THIS WITH THOSE CHANGES SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO BRING IT BACK? OR DO YOU WE WANT HER TO MAKE THE CHANGES AND THEN BRING 'EM BACK? I CAN DO IT HOWEVER YOU WANT.
I MEAN, SO LONG AS WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION, YOU'RE VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY CLEAR WITH THE LANGUAGE.
'CAUSE ONCE I PUT IT IN THERE, THEN IT'S A DONE DEAL.
I MEAN, YOU CAN GO BACK AND AMEND IT OF COURSE, BUT IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO Y ALL HOW YOU WANNA DO IT.
HOW DOES COUNSEL WISH TO PROCEED? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WAIT UNTIL, UH, THE VERBIAGE IS CORRECT AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OKAY.
I WILL, UH, I WILL MAKE THE EDITS AND THEN SEND IT TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
SO, UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT SOMETHING THE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SARAH DUCH PULLED UP.
IT'S, IT'S THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, BUT SOME OF THESE THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN ON.
SO DOES THAT COUNT, LIKE FOR MAIN STREET IT SAYS MAYOR PLUS THAT'S THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY.
BUT I'VE DONE, UM, AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW AFTER THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD FOR THE WORKSHOP AND THERE IS NO MANDATORY, UM, POSITIONS FOR THE MAYOR.
AND UH, AND SO RIGHT NOW, UH, THE WAY THINGS STAND WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEETS BEING PLACED SIX, UH, YOU WOULD AUTOMATICALLY INHERIT CURRENTLY THE, YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE INTERVIEW, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, AND ALSO THE IN INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MAIN STREET COMMITTEE.
AND YOU'RE LIAISON TO BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS AN ALTERNATE AND SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE GO TO ADOPT THIS, THAT WOULD ALSO BE A TIME THAT IF YOU WANTED TO RELINQUISH THOSE TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAD MORE TIME TO OVERSEE ANY OF THOSE UH, COMMITTEES, UH, AT THAT TIME, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO RELINQUISH THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN, YOU RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE MAIN STREET COMMITTEE AND YOU SERVE AS AN ALTERNATE ON THE SHEIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION AND LAY LIAISON, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, NO, NO DISCUSSION, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN ON ITEM SEVEN OR EIGHT.
UH, SO WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO,
[9. Ordinance 26-S-015 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Future Land Use Map from Local Corridor to Industrial Hub on approximately 2.1 acres of land, known as 6615 FM 482, specifically known as Comal County Property Identification Numbers 428461 and 78974, City of Schertz, Comal County, Texas (B.James/L.Wood/D.Marquez)]
UH, ITEM NINE, UH, WHICH IS ORDINANCE 26 DASH S DASH 0 1 5.CONDUCT, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, UH, FUTURE, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM LOCAL CORRIDOR TO INDUSTRIAL HUB, APPROXIMATELY 2.1 ACRES OF LAND KNOWN AS 6 6 1 5 FM 4 82, SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS KAMAL COUNTY PROPERTY.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS 4 2 8 4 6 1 AND 7 8 9 7 4.
CITY OF CHURCH, KAMAL COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND WITH US WE HAVE DAISY MARQUEZ.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL, MR. WILLIAMS ORDINANCE 26 S ZERO 15, A PROPOSED COMP PLAN AMENDMENT ON 2.1 ACRES OF LAND DAISY MARQUEZ SENIOR PLANNER.
HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
IT'S LOCATED, UM, ALONG FM 42, KIND OF IN THE NORTHERN SHIRTS AREA.
IT'S CURRENTLY UNLA AND IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ZONE CHANGE APPLICATION, ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE 26 S ZERO 16.
AND KIND OF JUST GIVING YOU A LAY OF THE LAND.
THIS IS ALSO OWNED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN THIS IS, UM, AN AGRICULTURE SLASH LIKE RESIDENCES.
UM, THIS IS LAND THAT IS STILL PLOWED AND AGAIN, SOME RURAL RESIDENCES IN THE AREA.
AND ADJACENT, WE STILL HAVE SOME RURAL RESIDENCES AS WELL.
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SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED AS LOCAL CORRIDOR.UM, IT'S THIS PINKISH SONY COLOR AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UH, THE BLUE IS PUBLIC USE DISTRICT.
AGAIN, THAT'S FOR THE SCHOOL THAT'S EXISTING THERE.
AND THEN KIND OF SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACK WE HAVE, UM, A REGIONAL CORRIDOR.
SO WE SENT OUT SOME PUBLIC NOTICES ON MAY 21ST.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN OPPOSITION AND A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER ON JUNE 17TH.
A NOTIFICATION SIGN WAS PLACED BY THE APPLICANT ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THIS DID GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JUNE 3RD, 2026.
AND JUST SHOWING YOU THE OPPOSITION MAP, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, THAT ONE OPPOSITION, BUT THAT'S AT 18.1%.
SO IT DOESN'T TRIGGER ANYTHING.
AND AGAIN, JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING, IT'S WITHIN A SEA OF LOCAL CORRIDOR TO THE SOUTH.
WE HAVE THAT REGIONAL CORRIDOR AND THEY'RE PROPOSING INDUSTRIAL HUB IN THIS SPOT.
SO KIND OF JUST SHOWING YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY EXISTING.
SO LOCAL CORRIDOR IS MEANT TO BE MORE OF, UM, ENTERTAINMENT, SMALLER RETAIL CENTERS.
SO THINK OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THAT CORNER OF I 35 AND FM 3 9 9, WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR WALMART RESTAURANT, RETAIL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHICH IS INDUSTRIAL HUBS.
SO THINK OF MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSING.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF LARGE TRUCKS COMING THROUGH.
SO WHEN WE LOOK FOR THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL FOR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENTS, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE COMP PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE A RATIONAL, REASONABLE BASIS FOR MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS ISN'T JUST TWO TO THREE YEARS, BUT THIS IS MORE 10, 20 YEARS.
THIS IS WHY WE COME BACK AND WE LOOK AT IT SO OFTEN.
IF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MISTAKES WERE MADE, WE GO BACK AND WE CHANGE THOSE MISTAKES.
AND THE U2 C GOES IN HAND, HAND IN HAND WITH THAT TO IMPLEMENT THOSE POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMP PLAN.
UM, THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL HUB AND THIS SUBJECT AREA DOESN'T IMPLEMENT THOSE POLICIES AND STRATEGIES OF, OF THE COMP PLAN JUST BECAUSE THIS SUBJECT AREA ALONG FM 42 IS ACTUALLY WITHIN FOCUS AREA FIVE, WHICH WE'LL GET MORE INTO OF THE COMP PLAN THAT HAD A SPECIFIC VISION DUE TO THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED OF INDUSTRIAL HUB IS NOT COMPATIBLE OR APPROPRIATE WITH THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATIONS AND DOESN'T PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS NOT CONSISTENT AGAIN WITH THE COMP PLAN.
AGAIN, THE INTENT OF THE COMP PLAN AND HAVING THIS AS THEIR GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR ZONE CHANGES AND AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS THE MINIMIZATION OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN LAND USES.
AND RIGHT NOW THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING INDUSTRIAL USES WITHIN RURAL RESIDENCES AND IN PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL, BUT ALSO THE MARKET SNAPSHOT OF THIS AREA, UM, AS WE'LL GO FURTHER INTO IT IS INCORPORATING RETAIL WITH PLACEMAKING AND DESTINATION TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANCE.
AGAIN, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CHARACTER THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO CREATE A PLACE.
SO AGAIN, PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL HUB, UM, NOT ONLY WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT WITHIN THIS AREA OF LOCAL CORRIDOR, BUT IT PERMITS LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES IN ZONING BY RIGHT.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHY THE, THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT HAD TO BE ACCOMPANIED WITH THIS ZONE CHANGE BECAUSE THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, LAND USE DESIGNATION DOESN'T SUPPORT IT.
UM, IF YOU LOOK WITHIN THE PROXIMITY OF THE AREA, AGAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS STILL BEING PLAS AGRICULTURE.
WE HAVE SOME RURAL RESIDENCES.
WE HAVE THE JOHN JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE AS STARS ON THE SLIDE ARE ACTUALLY RESIDENCES AND THE RESIDENTS, UM, TO THE LEFT ARE TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN 2024 GOT REZONED TO UM, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, AGRICULTURAL, BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE OWNER OF THE LAND, SO HE CAN SPLIT IT.
SO IT CAN BE TWO, UM, RESIDENCES, BUT HE STILL LIVES THERE AT THE MOMENT.
SO THIS IS A MORE RECENT ZONE CHANGE, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE COMP PLAN ARE TO MINIMIZE CONFLICT BETWEEN LAND USES AND ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING INDUSTRIAL USES IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING IN PROXIMITY TO A HIGH SCHOOL AND IN PROXIMITY TO RURAL RESIDENCES, ISN'T REALLY MINIMIZING THAT CONFLICT.
INSTEAD IT'S INCREASING THAT CONFLICT.
AND AGAIN, JUST SHOWING YOU THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW, AGAIN, THIS IS THAT AREA OF THE PINK LOCAL CORRIDOR.
THE CLOSEST EXISTING INDUSTRIAL HUB IS APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES TO THE WEST IN THIS MORE PURPLE AREA WHERE YOU SEE MORE OF A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, WHERE YOU SEE TRICON PARKWAY, WHERE YOU SEE MAC BED, WHERE YOU SEE AMAZON.
AND AGAIN, THE RAILROAD TRACKS KIND OF ACT AS THAT DIVINING LINE BETWEEN, UM, OUR LOCAL CORRIDOR AND OUR REGIONAL CORRIDOR.
AND THE INTENT OF THE AREA IS TO UTILIZE THESE MAJOR TRANSPORTATION COURT ORDERS.
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THINK FM 3 0 9 SHIRTZ PARKWAY, WHERE WE'RE KIND OF CREATING THAT RETAIL COMMERCIAL DESTINATION TO SERVE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO ATTRACT VISITORS AND UTILIZING THOSE EXISTING BUILDINGS TO EMPHASIZE THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.AND KIND OF GOING DEEPER INTO THE FOCUS AREA FIVE THAT THIS WAS A PART OF.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT SECTION OF 42 THAT THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE SOME, UH, OLDER STRUCTURES LIKE THIS CHURCH IN THE LOWER, UH, LEFT HAND CORNER.
BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO EMPHASIZE USING THOSE OLDER BUILDINGS TO CREATE A PLACE IN SHIRTS.
SO AGAIN, IT'S CHARACTERIZED BY THE SCHOOL, SO JOHN PAUL II AND THEN HISTORICAL ASSETS THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED, INCORPORATED INTO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT COME STRAIGHT FROM THE COMP PLAN ARE ATTRACTING RESTAURANTS, ENTERTAINMENT RETAILER SUPPORT ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT ALSO PROVIDING DESTINATIONS FOR VISITORS AND CREATING ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL DESTINATIONS.
UM, THE GRASSY AREA IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND THEN HERE IS, UM, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT AND PART OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLDER BUILDINGS INSUREDS WHERE, UM, A RESIDENT LET US KNOW THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY, THIS ACTUALLY USED TO BE A BLACKSMITH SHOP, SO SOME INTERESTING HISTORY FROM SHIRTS.
SO AGAIN, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT DOES NOT ADDRESS CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT DOESN'T IMPLEMENT THE COMP PLAN.
UM, LAND USE POLICIES BETTER AND IT DOESN'T ADDRESS ANY ERRORS IN THE MAP OR DEFICIENCIES IN THE PLAN.
AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT HAS MET ALL ITS UDC REQUIREMENTS AND IT DID GO TO FIRE EMS AND PD, UM, FOR REVIEW.
THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OBJECTIONS.
AND ON THE JUNE 3RD, 2026 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE RESIDENTS DID HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITH THE INDUSTRIAL HUB COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, UH, FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION, AND AGAIN, THE ZONE, THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN RELATION TO THE ZONE CHANGE THAT'S ALSO BEING REQUESTED TONIGHT.
AND AGAIN, UH, THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT TO INDUSTRIAL HUB AT THE SUBJECT LOCATION IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES OF THE COMP PLAN.
IT IS NOT CORRECT ANY MAPPING ERRORS OR DEFICIENCIES IN THE ADOPTED COMP PLAN.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF ORDINANCE 26 S 15 AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 3RD AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE SEVEN ZERO VOTE.
AND THEN THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AND IF THEY'RE HERE, THEY CAN COME UP.
UH, I'M PLANNING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY ON 66 15 FM 4 82.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A, UH, ZONING CHANGE, UH, UH, APPLICATION TO THE CITY.
UH, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I COME FROM A MILITARY BACKGROUND AND, UH, I OWN A VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS, UH, WHICH WE USE.
UH, I, WE DO, WE HAVE A TRUCKING BUSINESS AND WE HAUL A LOT OF ASPHALT AND, UH, AGGRAVATE MATERIAL.
AND WE HAVE SERVED THE CITY OF SHIRTS AND NEW BROWN FALLS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DRIVEN ON, UH, 35, YOU KNOW, WE DID LIKE SOME OTHER, THE PAVING, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
UH, WE PAID ALL THE ASPHALT AND I'M PLANNING TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY FROM MR. GORDON WARD.
AND WE, I HAVE SUBMITTED, I WANT TO CHANGE THE LAND PLAN USED FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AND AS I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT PROPERTY AND IN THAT AREA, THE NATURE AND THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA DOESN'T SUPPORT THE PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS PROPOSED.
UH, THERE'S A HIGH TRAFFIC OF TRUCKS BECAUSE THERE'S TWO MAJOR QUARRIES WITHIN LIKE A MILE AND A HALF RADIUS OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S ANDERSON, COLUMBIA ON OSH AND COYOTE, AND FURTHER DOWN YOU HAVE HEIDELBERG MATERIAL.
THEN YOU ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, ASPHALT PLANTS.
THERE'S THREE ASPHALT PLANTS, LIKE WITHIN HALF A MILE RADIUS.
UH, YOU HAVE HANSON, WHICH IS OWNED BY LONE STAR PAVING, AND YOU HAVE ALSO GARDEN RIDGE, UH, WHICH IS ALSO OWNED BY LONE STAR PAVING.
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UH, ASPHALT PLANT.SO, UH, THE NATURE OF THAT AREA, YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION YARDS.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC OR TRUCKS PASSING THROUGH, UH, FM 4 82 AND NAKED DOSHAS HAULING ASPHALT OR LIKE, UH, AGGREGATE MATERIALS.
THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE TRAIN TRACKS RIGHT BEHIND THE, THE PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE THE AMAZON PLANT RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WITHIN THE RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO HAVE LIKE A RESIDENTIAL OR LIKE A RETAIL LIKE, UH, CENTER IN THAT AREA WITH THAT HIGH TRAFFIC.
YOU KNOW, UH, THE REASON I HAVE REACHED OUT AND I HAVE INTENDED TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY IS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THAT, UH, AREA.
SO I CAN, I WANT TO HAVE, LIKE, I WANT TO TURN THAT PROPERTY INTO A EQUIPMENT YARD WHERE I CAN PARK MY EQUIPMENT, FENCE IT OFF, AND UH, HAVE AN OFFICE THERE AND, UH, PUT A PRIVACY FENCE AND SECURE MY EQUIPMENT.
I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF SABOTAGE AND, UH, PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST BREAKING, STEALING PARTS OF MY TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, UH, AND I JUST WANT TO PURCHASE LIKE A PROPERTY WHERE I CAN SECURE IT AND PUT SOME CAMERAS.
UH, AND I WANNA BASICALLY BRING UP THE TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY ASSURES SUPPORT OF VETERAN COMMUNITY, PROVIDE MORE JOBS, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S MY PURPOSE OF WANTING TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO ALLOW THIS, UH, APPLICATION TO GO THROUGH AND SO WE CAN HELP THE CITY ASSURES AND, UH, SERVE THE CITY ASSURES.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, DAISY UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
DAISY, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW MANY RESIDENTS PUBLIC HEARING, HANG ON.
YOU GOTTA DO IT IN PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE YOU DONE? UH, ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR, OH, I ALSO HAVE ONE MORE THING.
I, WE DID LIKE A HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND THERE'S THREE NEIGHBORS THAT SIGNED IN THE FAVOR OF THE, OF THE PLAN LAND PLAN WE HAVE PROPOSED AND THE LAND PLAN WE HAVE PROPOSED IS, UH, GENERAL BUSINESS, UH, NOT AN INDUSTRIAL HUB, YOU KNOW, UH, AND WE HAVE THE LETTER, UH, ON THE SLIDE.
HAVE MULTIPLE N NEIGHBORS SIGN IN FAVOR OF WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC HEARING AT SEVEN 18, WE HAVE ANYBODY WISHING TO COME UP TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, UH, ORDINANCE 26 DASH S DASH ZERO 15? YES, SIR.
MY NAME IS SALVADOR FLORES WITH BENDI SHUN ENGINEERING.
WE'RE ASSISTING ALREADY WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE OBSERVE, WE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ZONING CASE AND, AND LAND USE IS WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE CITY TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE BEST LOCATED THERE, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT THIS IS WHAT WE FEEL THAT MAY GO THERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, CATTY CORNER, HAVING AMAZON, MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL, IT'S KINDA INTERESTING HOW THE MAPS THAT WERE SHOWN SHOWN EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT, NOT TO THE RIGHT, TO THE NORTH.
IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE MAPS TO THE NORTH, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF INDUSTRIAL AND UH, AND BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ZONING.
BUT THE OTHER THING TOO IS THE RAILROAD TRACKS IS A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE, UH, THE RAILROAD GOES TO THERE, IT'S ACTIVE, YOU KNOW, PULLS THAT HORN EVERY SINGLE TIME.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A PLACE FOR RESIDENTIAL.
YOU DON'T WANT KIDS PLAYING IN THE BACK.
YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF RETAIL THAT COULD GO IN THERE WITH THAT FREQUENCY OF, OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF VIBRATION, A LOT OF NOISE, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYBODY THAT WOULD PUT A SHOPPING CENTER IN THERE WITH THAT SORT OF TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK THIS IS A, A A, A LAND USE THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA, HE WANT TO, HE WANTS TO BE A COMMERCIAL RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CHURCH.
I THINK HE'S SACRIFICED A LOT IN HIS LIFE.
HE SHOULD GET TO KNOW HIS STORY AND HE JUST WANTS TO BE A RESIDENT HERE OF CITY OF CHURCHS AND WANTS TO, UH, HELP THE COMMUNITY AND JUST REALLY WANTS TO IMPROVE, UH, THE PROPERTY OUT THERE AND DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AND BRING HIS BUSINESS TO THE CITY OF CHURCH.
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ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM OR MYSELF? WE'RE HERE.ANY OTHER RESIDENTS WISHING TO COME OUT AND SPEAK, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING RESIDENCE SEVEN 20 AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMAN GUERRERO, UH, UM, DAISY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE LIVING SURROUNDING THAT AREA? SO LET ME SHOW YOU THE MAP AGAIN.
UM, TO THE WEST WE HAVE MR. SAUNDERS WHO LIVES ON THIS PROPERTY AGAIN, TO THE NORTH WE HAVE AGRICULTURE.
AND THEN ABOVE THIS IS OWNED BY THE FRIES HOS.
AND THEN OVER HERE TO THE EAST, WE HAVE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS RESIDENTIAL, UM, IN THE COUNTY AND ARE USED AS A RESIDENCE AS WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
AND NOTHING MORE TO THE LEFT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL? NO, THAT'S OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, SIR.
SO THE RED LINE IS THE CITY LIMITS FOR THAT.
THE THREE PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE SLATED TO BE RESIDENTIAL WITH THE, UH, YELLOW STARS THERE, ARE THOSE THE ONES THAT HAVE SIGNS STATING THAT THEY'RE OKAY TO, UH, THEY'RE OKAY WITH THE BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO GO IN OUT OF THE FIVE SIGN PICKS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BY COUNCIL? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHERIDAN? YES, UH, DAISY.
UM, THE ONE RESIDENT THAT OPPOSE, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE REASONING? UM, MR. FRIESEN HAN IT WAS DUE TO THE INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL HUB.
UM, COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATION.
SO THAT ALLOWS THINGS LIKE, UM, SO THINK LIKE YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY HEAVY USES THAT YOU USUALLY DON'T SEE.
SO NOT EVEN, UM, A LITTLE PAST 35, BUT THINK BEYOND CITY LIMITS.
USUALLY THINGS WE DON'T SEE, THINGS THAT EMIT SMOKE IN ORDER, UM, THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, THINGS THAT ARE MORE VISIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE USE THAT YOU SEE MAYBE IN THE AIR IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE APPLICANT WAS SEEING A CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE M TWO ZONING AND IT WOULD REQUIRE AN SEP.
SO THAT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THE GBT DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE EVEN PROPOSING TODAY.
AND FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN WAS IT'S UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ESSENTIALLY IN PROXIMITY TO WHAT'S THERE IN THE COMP PLAN, THEY'RE TAKING A SPECIFIC SPOT AND PULLING IT OUT AND PROPOSING INDUSTRIAL HUB WHEN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY FOCUS AREA FIVE AS SHOWN ON THE COMP PLAN, WE SEE IT IN THE FUTURE AS BEING SOME SORT OF RETAIL, EVEN THOUGH WE, IT MIGHT NOT BE NEXT YEAR, IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THIS IS A 10 TO 20 YEAR PLAN WHERE THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE LOOKING INTO THIS AREA, THEY SEE THE CHARACTER AND THEY SEE THE VALUE OF THESE OLDER BUILDINGS AND THEY WANNA REUSE THEM.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT WANNA REUSE THESE OLDER BUILDINGS AND MEET THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN TO CREATE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN SHIRTS.
NOW THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, THAT WAS DEVELOPED BACK IN WHEN? 2024 SIR? IT WAS ADOPTED.
APRIL, 2024 WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE'VE KIND OF ANALYZED AND REVIEWED, YOU KNOW WHAT WE LOOK FOR THE BIG PICTURE FOR THE CITY OF SHIRTS MM-HMM
SO WE KIND OF GOT THAT IDEA THERE.
YES, WE HAD FIVE SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY BIG DISCUSSION.
WE HAD, UM, JOINT MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL AND P AND Z AT THAT TIME.
WE HAD A VERY LARGE, UM, ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH CITIZENS, UM, WITH IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE AREA WITH BUSINESSES.
WE EVEN HAD A WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, UM, CLICK ON A SPECIFIC SPOT IN THE AREA OF SHIRTS AND SAY, I WANT THIS HERE, I'M LOOKING FOR THIS HERE, OR I WANT MORE EATING PLACES IN HERE.
UM, SO WE GOTTA HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT WAS, UM, A VERY LONG PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO ESSENTIALLY IMPLEMENT THIS, MAKE CHANGES.
AND WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ESSENTIALLY CREATE THIS VISION FOR THE CITY.
AND THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, USE PLAN IS, UH, REVIEWED EVERY, EVERY 10 TO 20 YEARS.
AND OKAY, LET'S SAY, UM, THERE'S A MISTAKE OR UM, MAYBE SOMETHING D DOESN'T LOOK SO APPROPRIATE WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC AREA THAT WE THEN STAFF MIGHT COME BACK OR P AND Z ARE COUNCILMAN SAY, HMM, MAYBE THAT DOESN'T LOOK SO APPROPRIATE IN THE AREA AND WE CAN HAVE REEVALUATED IT THEN
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IF WE CAN, IF WE SEE THAT ESSENTIALLY IT'S NOT IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES IN THE BEST WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE, BUT INSTEAD IS, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THINGS DOWN IN THAT AREA.BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A 20 YEAR PLAN OF WHAT WE THINK OF THE CITY IN 20 YEARS.
SO THE VENDOR, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, PUTTING SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURE THERE.
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE THEY? I AM NOT AWARE, SIR.
WE DO NOT HAVE A SITE PLAN FOR THAT AREA.
FROM THE LETTER OF INTENT, WE JUST HAVE SPEC WAREHOUSING.
UM, FROM THE LETTER INTENT, WE, THIS IS THE FIRST WE'RE HEARING OF A CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM THEIR PROPOSAL, FROM THEIR PRESENTATION THAT THEY INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
IT APPEARS TO BE AN OUTDOOR STORAGE YARD, OUTDOOR STORAGE IN A SMALL OFFICE BUILDING.
NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH ASPHALT.
AND CAN I ASK A QUESTION JUST TO CLARIFY.
SO, SO IT'S KIND OF BEING USED AS OUTDOOR STORAGE NOW, BUT IF IT SELLS, IT'S NO LONGER GRANDFATHERED UNDER OR AS A NON-CONFORMING USE.
SO IT'S, UM, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN USED FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE, RIGHT? YEAH,
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE COMING WITH THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONE CHANGE.
SO THEY CAN GO HAND IN HAND BECAUSE, UM, OUTDOOR STORAGE REQUIRES, UH, PRIMARY USE.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BUILD SOME SORT OF WAREHOUSE OR OFFICE TO GO WITH THE STORAGE YARD THAT MEETS ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THAT BEING KEY, IT WOULD NEED TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
INCLUDING ALL THE LANDSCAPING REQUIRED YES.
AND PAVING AND THINGS LIKE THAT NATURE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD, IT'S AN OUTDOOR STORAGE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUERRERO, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? UH, YES.
NOW I, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT, UM, THE, THE RED ZONE THERE, IT'S OUT OF THE AREA, BUT ARE THOSE TO THE LEFT? ARE, ARE THOSE RESIDENTS OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE? UM, OUTSIDE OF THE LINE SIR? YES.
UM, I WOULD NOT BE TOO FAMILIAR.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A RESIDENCE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, BUT BEYOND THAT, THAT'S UM, GARDEN RIDGE I BELIEVE AND GETS INTO OTHER CITY LIMITS.
SO I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BY COUNCIL, HAVING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE 26 S DASH ZERO 15? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM DAVIS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 26 S DASH ZERO 15.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, CAN I GET EVERYONE TO CAST THE VOTES? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, HAVING FOUR YAYS, THREE NAYS.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE
[10. Ordinance 26-S-016 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone approximately 2.1 acres of land from Pre-Development District (PRE) to General Business District-II (GB-2), known as 6615 FM 482, specifically known as Comal County Property Identification Numbers 428461 and 78974, City of Schertz, Comal County, Texas (B.James/L.Wood/D.Marquez)]
26 DASH S DASH 0 1 6.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 2.1 ACRES OF LAND FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PRE TO GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TWO GB TWO KNOWN AS 6 615 FM 4 82, SPECIFICALLY KNOWN AS KAMAL COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS 4 2 8 4 6 1 AND 7 8 9 7 4.
CITY OF CHURCH, COMAL COUNTY, TEXAS, WE HAVE DAJA MARQUEZ.
ORDINANCE 26 S 0 1 6 ZONE CHANGE FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO GB TWO ON 2.1 ACRES.
AND THEN HERE'S THAT SAME SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
AGAIN, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
UM, KIND OF AS A BACKGROUND, PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS MET AS A PLACEHOLDER ESPECIALLY FOR PROPERTIES THAT CAME IN, UM, AFTER ANNEXATION.
UM, AS PEOPLE WANTED TO DEVELOP THE LAND, THEN THEY CAN COME IN AND REQUEST SOME SORT OF ZONING THAT FIT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
TO THE NORTH IS FM 42 TO THE SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE EAST IS PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AGAIN SOME OLDER RESIDENCE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
AND THEN TO THE WEST, UM, WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT FROM 2024.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT WE HAVE JP TWO.
UM, THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, AGAIN, WE SEND OUT SEVEN PUBLIC NOTICES.
WE DID RECEIVE TWO, UM, A NEUTRAL AND THEN A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER ON JUNE 17TH AND A NOTIFICATION SIGN WAS PLACED OUT THERE BY THE APPLICANT.
AND THIS WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JUNE 3RD, 2026.
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WE DID NOT RECEIVE OPPOSITIONS FOR THIS.SO AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE 2.1 ACRES FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO GB TWO AND THEY'RE PROPOSING OFFICE WAREHOUSE WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE.
AND AGAIN, HERE ARE SOME OF THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED UM, IN COMPARISON FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO GB TWO.
SO AGAIN, A CAR WASH, AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, INDOOR AUTO REPAIRS AND SERVICE, MAJOR OFFICE WAREHOUSE, DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND MINI WAREHOUSE PUBLIC STORAGE.
AND AGAIN, PRE-DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS JUST A PLACEHOLDER SO IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, WHEREAS GB TWO DOES.
AND LOOKING AT ZONE CHANGES, WE LOOK TOWARDS THE CRITERION 2154 D.
SO THE COMP PLAN PREVIOUSLY HAD IT AS LOCAL CORRIDOR AS A FEATURE ALLIANCE DESIGNATION, BUT WITH THE APPROVED INDUSTRIAL HUB, UM, LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES ALONG MAJOR ROADWAYS AND IT DOES SUPPORT THE GB TWO IN ITS PERMITTED USES.
UM, THE GB TWO WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE PREVIOUS LOCAL CORRIDOR LAND USE DESIGNATION, BUT IT IS WITH THE INDUSTRIAL HUB THAT WAS JUST APPROVED.
UM, ENGINEERING DID PROVIDE A MEMO ON THE TIA SUMMARY THAT THE PROPOSED ON CHANGE WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC BUT THE IMPACT IS MINOR AND CAN BE MITIGATED AND THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL AND THIS TRAFFIC IMPACT WOULD NOT IMPACT, UH, HEALTH SAFETY OR WELFARE OF THE CITY.
AGAIN, THE SURE STRATEGIC PLAN LIST GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO EFFECTIVELY PLAN AND MANAGE LAND USE.
UM, WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED WAS, IS MISSING TRANSITIONAL BUFFERS FROM THAT RESIDENTIAL USES TO, UM, NOW INDUSTRIAL USES AND UM, THAT PROPOSED GB TWO DID NOT PROMOTE THAT EFFECTIVE LAND USE MANAGEMENT, WHICH DOES IMPACT THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, WITHIN THE GENERAL AREA WE HAVE A RESIDENTIAL USE TO THE WEST AND THEN WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE EAST AND THEN WE HAVE THAT HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN PROXIMITY.
SO IT'S NOT CONSISTENT OR APPROPRIATE WITH THE EXISTING USES IN THE AREA.
UM, GB TWO IS INDICTED FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
SO THINGS AGAIN LIKE GENERAL MANUFACTURING, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK CELLS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND MIXED USE OF STORAGE.
AND AGAIN, THE RAILROAD TRACKS WERE ACTUALLY ACTING AS A PHYSICAL BARRIER AND TRANSITIONAL AREA TO THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USES TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SO THE ZONE CHANGE DOES MEET THE UDC REQUIREMENTS AND THE ZONE CHANGE WAS SENT TO FIRE POLICE AND EMS FOR REVIEW AND NO OBJECTIONS WERE PROVIDED.
AND AGAIN, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON JUNE 3RD THERE WERE CONCERNS WITH INDUSTRIAL USES AND TRUCK TRAFFIC.
SO WITH THE APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO INDUSTRIAL HUB STAFF IS ACTUALLY CHANGING THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
SINCE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT AND SINCE UM, CITY COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH INDUSTRIAL HUB IN THIS SUBJECT AREA, THEN OUR RECOMMENDATION IS GONNA CHANGE TO APPROVAL SINCE THAT IS OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM ON JUNE 3RD AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE SEVEN SEVEN OH VOTE.
AND THEN THE APPLICATION HAS A PRESENTATION FOR THIS AS WELL LEFT.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY PRESENTATION BY THE DEVELOPER OR THE REQUESTER.
SO, UH, THIS TIME I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 33.
ANYBODY WISHING TO COME UP TO SPEAK ON ORDINANCE 26 DASH S DASH 0 1 6 GOING ONCE, TWICE, HAVING NOBODY.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 33.
CAN ANY DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL ON ITEM 10? THERE ARE NO DISCUSSIONS.
YOU DO GO AHEAD IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION? I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION.
JUST TO CLARIFY, AND I THINK STEVE TOUCHED ON IT, BUT WITH THEM PUTTING IN THE ZONING CHANGE, THEY CAN'T JUST UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AS IT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO IMPROVE IT TO WHAT IS WITHIN OUR CODE, CORRECT SIR? IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE PLOTTED AND GO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS AND BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS.
AND THAT, I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE MORE THING IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
SO UNDER GB TWO, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE SHOWING US A PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS A YARD, COULD HE SELL THAT PROPERTY TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND SOMEBODY ELSE COULD PUT IN ANY OF THOSE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED UNDER GB TWO? 'CAUSE IT'LL CARRY THE ZONING WITH IT.
SO JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE SHOWING US A PICTURE OF A YARD? IT COULD BE, UH, IF YOU WANNA SHOW THAT LIST AGAIN, IT COULD BE ANYTHING THAT'S ALLOWABLE UNDER GB TWO.
JUST SO THE COUNCIL'S AWARE, CORRECT.
MR. WILLIAMS ESSENTIALLY APPROVING THE ZONING IS APPROVING ALL PERMITTED USES ALLOWED WITHIN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST SOME, SOME THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THAT GB TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
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DOESN'T MATTER, UM, WHAT THEY'RE STATING THE LAND, THEIR PROPOSED LAND USE IS GONNA BE TODAY.THEY CAN ALWAYS SELL IT OR SOMEONE ELSE CAN COME IN AND DEVELOP THE SITE WITH ANYTHING THAT'S PERMITTED UNDER GB TWO BY RIGHT.
OR COME IN AND REQUEST AN SCP FOR SOMETHING THAT, UM, ALLOWS AN SUP WITHIN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
I THINK THERE WAS CONFUSION WITH THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION IF THEY WERE DOING AN ASPHALT BATCH PRINT RELATED USE.
SO AGAIN, WITH THE COMP PLAN CHANGING, IF THEY CAME BACK IN, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT'S NOT ALLOWED IN GB TWO IT'S HEAVY MANUFACTURING, BUT IF THEY CAME BACK IN FOR A REZONE FOR HEAVY MANUFACTURING, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT NOW WITH THE COMP PLAN.
SO IF THEY WOULD WANT TO DO A BATCH PLANT, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKELY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT REZONE BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE, WITH THE PLAN.
BUT THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK IN FOR THAT AND RUN IT.
AND AS THEY GO TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY AND THEY UH, DO A PARKING LOT, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, UH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CAPTURE ALL THE WA WATER RUNOFF FROM THAT PROPERTY? CORRECT.
SO ALL OF THE DRAINAGE STUDIES AND EVERYTHING WITH THAT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS? YES SIR.
WE'LL SEE PRELIMINARY STUDIES DURING PLANNING AND THEN, UM, DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS WE'LL GET A MORE REFINED STUDY.
AND THEN DURING BUILDING PERMITS IS WHERE WE REALLY LOCK EVERYTHING DOWN TO A TEAM.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? SO JUST, I'M SORRY AND I DON'T MEAN TO BELABOR THIS.
IF THEY WANTED TO COME AND BUILD LIKE A MAJOR AUTO REPAIR FOR SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS, THEY COULD DO THAT CORRECT SIR? THEY WOULD BE COMMITTED, ABLE TO DO IT BY RIGHT.
AND THEY WOULD BE DO THAT BY, RIGHT? YES, CORRECT SIR.
ALRIGHT, HAVING ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED SECOND.
I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM DAVIS.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO CAST THEIR VOTES? CAN I GET THE VOTES PUBLISHED PLEASE? HAVING SEVEN YAYS, NO NAYS.
[11. Discussion on Council Coins (Mayor Rodriguez)]
UH, ITEM 11, WHICH IS OUR WORKSHOP.SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNCIL, UH, COMING UP WITH SOME NEW COUNCIL COINS, CHALLENGE COINS.
UH, WE, WE DID HAVE SOME AND WE ARE OUT.
UH, THOSE CHALLENGE COINS, UH, DO REPRESENT THE CITY AND REPRESENT A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK THAT, UH, A LOT OF, UH, OUR RESIDENTS, UH, DO THAT WE PRESENT THEM WITH THOSE CHALLENGE COINS AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR ATHLETES, UH, THAT COMPETE, UH, IN YOUTH SPORTS.
SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE TIME SINCE WE'RE OUT OF THOSE COINS TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THE CHALLENGE COINS, MAKE THE CURRENT CHALLENGE COIN OR MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO IT.
I WOULD RECOMMEND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHALLENGE COIN TO REALLY REPRESENT THE CITY SEAL AND ALSO, UM, KIND OF SIGNIFY WHAT THE CITY OF CHURCH IS ABOUT.
UH, AND SEE WE CAN, UH, MAKE THE COIN A LOT MORE PRESENTABLE.
UH, AND I'M WILLING TO TAKE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL.
MR. MAYOR, HAVE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SEEN A COUNCIL CHALLENGE COIN? UM, I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE.
I DON'T THINK COUNCIL MEMBER DES HAS THAT
THAT'S THE CURRENT COUNCIL CHALLENGE COURT.
LEMME GET PASS THIS ONE DOWN THIS WAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCILMAN GUERRE HAS EVER SEEN ONE.
UM, MR. MAYOR, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE MILITARY WORLD, UH, I'M WELL FAMILIAR WITH CHALLENGE COINS AND, AND I DO LIKE THE OPTION OF HAVING THEM.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING THEM DONE AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND HAVING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE THEIR COIN.
UM, I PERSONALLY WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST THAT, UH, BECAUSE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT CHALLENGE COINS, I MEAN THEY JUST DON'T FALL OUT OF A TREE.
YOU'VE GOTTA FIND A COMPANY TO MAKE 'EM.
THERE'S TYPICALLY ARTWORK FEES, THERE'S DYE FEEDS.
UM, AND TO USE CITY TAX DOLLARS TO GET A PERSONALIZED COIN FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T THINK IS AN EFFICIENT USE OF OUR RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY
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CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT ONCE YOU DESIGN A COIN, UH, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU'RE GONNA BE ON COUNCIL.WE'VE HAD PEOPLE JUST DEPART SUDDENLY FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
WE HAVE ELECTIONS COMING UP, SO IT'LL ORDER A HUNDRED COINS FOR, AND, AND WHEN YOU TYPICALLY ORDER THESE THINGS, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE DYE FEE AND THE ARTWORK FEE, BUT YOU, YOU TYPICALLY HAVE TO ORDER 'EM IN LIKE GROUPS OF A HUNDRED.
SO TO ORDER A HUNDRED COINS WHERE YOU MIGHT NOT BE IN THE COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I THINK WOULD BE WASTEFUL.
UM, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A COUNCIL CHALLENGE COIN.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A BAD IDEA FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO HAVE A COIN FOR THE MAYOR.
UM, I, I DO AGREE THAT I THINK THE ARTWORK COULD USE SOME IMPROVEMENT ON WHAT WE HAD FOR OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL COIN.
I I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT UPDATED.
UH, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD OFFER THAT, UH, WE COME UP WITH A GENERIC SHIRT, CITY COUNCIL COIN THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, AND NOT A PERSONALIZED INDIVIDUAL ONE.
AND AGAIN, I, I WOULD OFFER THAT THAT MAYBE EVEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SHOULD HAVE A COIN FROM THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SHIRTS.
BUT AGAIN, I WOULD CAUTION AGAINST GOING WITH THE PERSONALIZATION WITH THE NAME ON IT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA TURN OVER.
AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO, AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE HAVE A COUNCIL COIN, IT KINDA SHOWS THE UNIFIED FRONT UNIFIED EFFORT AS WELL.
SO ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS I AGREE WITH THAT, UH, WE DON'T NEED TO PAY MORE MONEY FOR, FOR COINS.
SO, UH, A GENERIC ONE WOULD BE, WOULD BE, UH, IDEAL.
I TO AGREE, AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN DAVIS ON THAT.
UH, IF Y'ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DESIGN THE CITY COUNCIL COINS, UH, AND AS WELL AS AM MAYORS COIN FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE.
IF Y'ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
I'M GONNA, OPPOSED TO THAT ONE MAYOR.
NO, NO OFFENSE, BUT YOU HAVE YOUR COIN DESIGN, YOUR COIN.
THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD DESIGN THEIR OWN, OWN OWN COIN.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN DESIGNING THE, UH, COUNCIL COIN WE HAVE? SARAH DIETZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? I WAS NOT GONNA OFFER THAT SERVICE.
UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I THINK THE UNIFIED COIN IS A GREAT IDEA AND I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THAT ONE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE THE ONE TO DO THAT
I CAN, I CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.
I WILL PRESENT SOME, I HAVE DONE SOME OTHER OPTIONS, INDIVIDUAL ONES THAT I HAVE SENT OUT AND I DID PUT THAT IN THE EMAIL SO I CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND PRESENT IT TO EVERYBODY AND GET EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK ON IT.
EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT? WE CAN MOVE ON THAT.
I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN SOME OF HER PROTOTYPES AND THEY'RE REALLY NICE, SO I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
WELL, HAVING SAID THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WORK ON THE CITY COUNCIL COIN, THE MARRIAGE COIN FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND OUR WORKSHOP AT 7 43.
UM, WITH, WITH, UH, THE ONLY ACTION TAKEN IS TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, DESIGN, UH, CITY COUNCIL COINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON AND AM MAYOR WILL DESIGN AMERI COIN, UH, ITEM 12 AND 13.
UH, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION THAT OCCUR ON THOSE ITEMS. UH, MOVING ON
[ 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) ]
TO REQUEST AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.REQUEST BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR UPDATES OR INFORMATION FROM STAFF.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY UPDATES OR INFORMATION THAT WE WANT FROM STAFF HAVING NONE, UH, REQUEST BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ITEMS OR PRESENTATIONS? OH WAIT, UH, SARAH DID UH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? NO.
UH, REQUEST BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ITEMS OR PRESENTATIONS BE PLACED ON ANY FUTURE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS.
IS THERE ANY ITEMS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS ON ANY FUTURE AGENDAS? STILL LOOKING FOR THE, UH, IMPACT FEE.
SO IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE IMPACT FEES ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN, UH, CITY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS ATTENDED OR TO BE ATTENDED BY COUNCIL? WE'LL START WITH MAYOR PRO TIM DAVIS.
UH, JUST KUDOS TO THE CITY STAFF, UH, AND EVERYBODY FOR THE JUBILEE.
ATTENDED THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT HAD THE HELP.
AND THEN OUR COMMITTEE IN GATHERING A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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SAME HERE.I JUST, UH, I THINK MOST ANYONE I SPOKE TO ENJOYED, ENJOYED THEMSELVES QUITE A BIT.
I KNOW OUR FRIENDS THAT CAME FROM OUT OF TOWN LOVED IT AND THEY THOUGHT THEY DID GREAT.
THEY ACTUALLY ASKED US TO, UH, THANK THE STAFF FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST REALLY IMPRESSED BY HOW WELL EVERYTHING RAN.
UM, IT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A, A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AND HOPEFULLY, UH, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT GOT TO ATTEND WILL WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, ALWAYS HAVE THAT ONE TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, YES, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY.
THE FESTIVITIES FOR THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH WERE EXCEPTIONAL.
UH, IN ADDITION, I DID ATTEND THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE TEXAS TEA CAFE.
SO I WILL REITERATE A GREAT JOB BY THE WHOLE STAFF, BUT I ALSO TOOK IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF GET TO MEET SOME OF THE STAFF I WOULDN'T NORMALLY MEET.
AND SO APRIL AND STEPHANIE FROM THE LIBRARY, I HAD, HAD NEVER MET THEM BEFORE.
SO, UH, HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
I HAD A RODOLFO, UH, TOMMY AND I THINK CAR.
THEY WERE SELLING SHIRTS, UM, FROM UTILITIES.
UH, THEY WERE NOTICEABLE IN ATHENA AND, UH, SAMANTHA FROM A CIVIC CENTER.
UH, I HAD NEVER MET THEM BEFORE.
AND SO WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERISM AND HOW THEY WERE HELPING OUT.
AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY.
BUT I DID MEET A FEW PEOPLE, UM, THAT I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.
I WANT TO ECHO EVERYBODY'S SENTIMENTS.
THE JUBILEE WAS JUST SPECTACULAR.
UM, I TOOK SOME OF MY FAMILY, YOUNG AND OLD.
WE ALL JUST HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TIME AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO WERE INVOLVED 'CAUSE IT WAS EXCELLENTLY, EXCELLENTLY EXECUTED
KUDOS TO THEM FIRST RESPONDERS.
I KNOW I SAW THE EMS AT WORK A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR AGAIN, UH, KUDOS TO, TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS FOR, UH, KEEPING US SAFE OUT THERE.
UH, IN WITH THAT, UH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, PLANNING ZONING COMMITTEE, THE C-V-L-G-C AND THE CHURCH'S HISTORICAL, UH, PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
AND I TOO ATTENDED THE C-V-L-G-C UH, MEETING.
AND, AND AGAIN, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID HERE TONIGHT AS FAR AS OUR STAFF GOES, MAKING SURE THAT THE JUBILEE, UH, WENT OFF WITH WITHOUT A HITCH.
I MEAN, IT A WONDERFUL JOB BY THE ENTIRE STAFF.
UH, NOT ONLY DID THEY WERE, WERE THEY OUT THERE WORKING, BUT THEY WERE HAVING FUN DOING IT, WHICH MADE IT EVEN MORE ENJOYABLE.
SO, UH, HAVING, HAVING, UH, DONE THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ADJOIN ADJOURN THIS REGULAR MEETING AT 7 48.