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I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, REGULAR MEETING.UNIVERSAL CITY, CITY COUNCIL CALLED THE ORDER FOR FEBRUARY 18TH.
IT IS 6:31 PM CALL FOR A QUO CHECK.
COUNCIL MEMBER VAUGHAN SECOND.
OKAY, WE'LL, UH, I'VE GOT THE INVOCATION TONIGHT.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL GO WITH THE P OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN PROCEED.
HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER TODAY, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM IN OUR DISCUSSIONS.
HELP US LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO ONE ANOTHER WITH OPEN HEARTS AND MINDS, AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT REFLECT YOUR WILL AND SERVE THE COMMON GOOD OF OUR CITIZENS.
WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER AND FOR YOUR BLESSINGS ON OUR TIME HERE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE HONOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS TO LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FILE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
[Additional Item]
HAS GOT OTHER DUTIES TONIGHT AND CAN'T BE HERE, SO CALL FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.UH, FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS ARE HERE FOR THE CORONADO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IS THAT CORRECT? ANYONE THAT'S ON THE LIST? NOT FOR THE CORONADO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
[4. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD]
SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH WITH THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING A COUPLE OF THINGS TO, TO LIGHT THOUGH, AS PROMISED, AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS GONNA DISCUSS WITH, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, I HAD A PERSONAL MEETING WITH DR. FIELDS SUPERINTENDENT OF, UH, JUDSON, ISD, AND HE IS IN AGREEMENT TO HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING, YET HAD, IN FACT, HE WAS IN PLANNING ONE.
I HAVE SENT PERSONAL INVITATIONS TO EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, INVITING THEM TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING, WHICH IS ON THE 24TH AT CORONADO IN THE DINING IN THE, UH, CAFETERIA AT 6:30 PM I WILL BE THERE.
UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 20TH, THURSDAY NIGHT, AND AT THE LOCATION OF THAT ONE IS THE JUDSON, UH, SCHOOL BOARD ROOM.
THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THIS, THE IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU GET YOUR WORD HEARD BY THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE JUDSON, ISD AND THE COUNT AND THE, UH, UH, SUPERINTENDENT STAFF.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE MAKING THE DECISION.
WE CAN GO IN WITH ANY TYPE OF A, OF A COMMENT, NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE.
WE HAVE NO SWAY ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
UH, YOUR VOTE IS THE ONE THAT PUT THOSE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN THERE.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GONNA CALL UP.
AND, UM, YOU PLEASE, UH, EACH ONE TRY TO COME FORWARD WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, NOT JUST REPEATING THE SAME THING IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, UH, WE ARE LIMITED YOUR, UH, SPEECH TO, UH, THREE MINUTES AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR IT.
WE'VE ONLY GOT, UH, ABOUT, UH, SIX, SEVEN PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
SO WE'LL HEAR EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU.
I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT 3 2 3 MADRID DRIVE IN CORONADO VILLAGE.
I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THE SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE, A GROUP OF TAXPAYERS AND VOTERS PRIMARILY FROM THE CORONADO VILLAGE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT ALLOWING THE JUDGE AND IC TO REPURPOSE THE CORONADO VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTO A DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM WILL IMPACT OUR RESIDENT SAFETY, DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES, AND PREVENT ATTRACTING NEW FAMILIES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN THE FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU GAVE US CONFIRMATION WE COULD PETITION OUR NEIGHBORS WITHOUT A PERMIT.
TO DATE, WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER 200 PERMITS.
LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO ADD TO WHAT YOU SAID.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, UH, TO ATTEND NOT ONLY THE TOWN HALL SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, BUT ALSO FOR THE JUSTIN ISD BOARD MEETING BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE GET YOU THE CHANCE TO SAY A WORD.IF WE DON'T, IT'S OUR FAULT AND WE DIDN'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
UH, FOR THOSE, THE, UH, THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT THE TOWN HALL AT SIX 30 TO SEVEN 30, AND WE HUMBLY ASK FOR EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT TONIGHT.
A FEW OF US WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A SORT OF, LIKE A 30,000 FOOT VIEW, A BIG PICTURE, UH, PERSPECTIVE OF OUR CONCERNS WITH THE POTENTIAL REPURPOSING.
SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL ADDRESS PROPERTY VALUES, SAFETY AND PARTICULAR CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY THAT WE FOUND DURING THIS PETITION PROCESS.
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, CVE, SU DO W-E-E-B-L Y.COM.
COM ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THERE.
WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE DETAIL THERE.
MANY STUDIES SHOW THAT THE PROXIMITY AND QUALITY OF A SCHOOL HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE DESIRABILITY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS PROPERTY VALUE.
ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2024, SIX OUTTA SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE JUDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTED TO CLOSED THE CORONADO VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE BOARD IS NOW CONSIDERING REPURPOSING THE EXISTING FACILITY, UM, AND THEY TOOK AWAY THE GRASSLAND NOTRE, I'M SAYING CORONADO VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD A RATING OF SIX.
THE, UH, J CARE HAS A RATING OF ONE, WHICH IS KIND OF, WE'RE GONNA LOSE A LOT OF AT TRACTION THERE.
UM, AND FINALLY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, UM, MANY PEOPLE WE'VE WALKED AROUND IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS SINCE THEY CLOSED IT, THEY PUT UP FOR SALE SIGNS.
AND FINALLY, I JUST WANNA SHARE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD.
I WENT OVER AND WATCHED THE STUDENTS LEAVE, UH, J CARE AND I WAS, UH, REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY LEAVE THE CAMPUS AND THEY DISPERSE.
UH, THERE'S NOBODY MANAGING 'EM.
MAY I JUST CUT BY A COUPLE MORE SECONDS, SIR.
UM, THEY PROCEED AND THEY WENT INTO THE QUICK TRIP THERE AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
WHEN I WALKED IN, THE MANAGER WAS TAKING, TELLING A LOT OF 'EM TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY WERE LOITERING.
AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID, WHY DID YOU TELL THEM TO LEAVE? HE SAID, BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO COME IN THERE DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.
THEY LOITER, THEY BLOCK THE AISLES, AND THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT STEALING.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL JUST HAND IT OVER TO MY OTHER TEAM MEMBER AND LET THEM TALK ABOUT, UH, SAFETY FOR YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS EFFORT.
I'M SORRY, I SAID I WAS JUST GONNA YIELD MY TIME TO ROBERT.
I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT ONE 30 VALENCIA ADO VILLAGE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM CON VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
OUR PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO SHARE SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING PLACE, A DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY J CARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED, OWNED THIS HOME, CORONADO VILLAGE, LIVED THERE SINCE 2005.
WE HAVE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND FRIENDS RESIGNING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE POTENTIAL FUTURE HOME OF J CARE IS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDED BY OVER 35 HOMES AND 520 PLUS HOMES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOUSING FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND SENIOR CITIZENS, NO OTHER DAEP PROGRAM WITHIN THE COUNTIES OR WITHIN SURROUNDING SAN ANTONIO AREA.
AND IT HAS A D HAS A-D-E-A-P IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION IN THAT AREA.
EVERYTHING IS ON THE OUTSIDE OR MOSTLY PLACED IN A COMMERCIAL OR URBAN AREA.
SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO, LIKE THEY WANT IT TO BE.
FURTHERMORE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY, UM, THE TYPE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE PLACED IN J CARE.
THE CHART BEING THIS CHART IS ALSO ON THE JUDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOY, UH, UM, WHAT'S THAT? SORRY.
BUT, UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND, UH, EXAMINING AT THE TYPE OF STUDENTS IN PLACE IN JK.
THE CHART BEING HELD AS A REPORT OF THE VIOLENT CRIMINAL INCIDENTS IN 22 AND 23 IS FROM THE JUDGE AND ISD WEBSITE.
IT CONTAINS A NUMBER OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS BETWEEN 22 AND 23 OF STUDENTS FROM JUDGE AND ISD IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLACING THEM IN A CONVERSE AREA AND A-D-A-A-P PROGRAM.
BEFORE I CITE A COUPLE OF STATISTICS, NOTE, THIS DATA COMES FROM THE PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ENCOMPASSING ALL THE DATA REQUESTED AND RECEIVED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
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FROM ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.NOTE THAT THEY, UH, YOU CAN'T OBVIOUSLY SEE THAT ON THE SMALL WRITING, BUT IF YOU DID COME UP THAT SITE, YOU'D BE ABLE TO TELL.
UM, AND SINCE YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO CITE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR STATISTICS FROM THE REPORT OF THE CODE, DIFFERENT CODES POSITION, FOR EXAMPLE, CODE ZERO FOUR POSSESSION SOLD, USED OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA OR OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OVER 380 INCIDENTS.
CODE ZERO SEVEN PUBLIC LEWDNESS OR EXPOSURE BETWEEN 14 AND 54 INCIDENTS.
CODE 11 BROUGHT A FIREARM TO SCHOOL OR UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A HANDGUN CODE ONE EIGHT INDECENCY WITH A CHILD CODE 22 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
CODE 26, TERRORIST THREAT CODE 28, ASSAULT AGAINST SOMEONE OTHER THAN AN EMPLOYEE OF VOLUNTEER.
AND EVEN AFTER THE STUDENTS ARE PLACED IN J CARE, THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE SERIOUS MISBEHAVIOR.
WELL EXPELLED TO PLACE D-A-D-A-E-P.
MANY OF THESE STUDENTS SINCE THIS, ALSO KNOWN AS CLASS C FELONS IN TEXAS, TI TITLE V PENAL CODE VIOLATION CRIMES THAT ARE PUNISHABLE BY LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, BUT NO MORE THAN ONE YEAR.
UM, I'M NEXT ON YOUR LIST AND I WOULD LIKE TO DEAL MY TIME SO HE CAN FINISH JUST A FEW MORE
ANYWAY, UM, MANY OF THESE, THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS A CLASS D FELONIES OF TEXAS TITLE V PENAL CODE VIOLATIONS.
CRIMES ARE PUNISHABLE BY LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, BUT NO MORE THAN ONE YEAR OF PRISON.
IF THIS WHAT YOU WANT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF UNIVERSAL CITY, WE DON'T, ESPECIALLY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVE.
AND LET ME POINT OUT THOSE WITH, UH, ALSO, LET ME POINT OUT THOSE WITH SEXUAL AND ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES.
TEXAS LAW AND THE UNIVERSAL CITY ORDINANCE, MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO BE IN THE VEHICLE OR REMAINING IN OR AROUND THE AREA AND DESIGNATED A CHILD SAFETY ZONE MEANS PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL AND SEMI-PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS.
STATE LAW MANDATES THAT DURING THEIR TERM ASSIGNED ASSIGNMENT OF JC STUDENTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING PA OR WITHIN 300 FEET OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY, EXCEPT THAT ON AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT JUSTIN ISD OWNS AND FACILITATES A POOL LOCATED AT 5 0 6 CORONADO BOULEVARD? WELL, WITHIN THE 300 FOOT RESTRICTION NEXT DOOR, THE CORONADO VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIS IS AN EXPLICIT VIOLATION OF STATE LAW AND JUDSON ISD RULES.
I WANNA READ WHAT A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF J CARE REPORTED TO US.
AS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF JUDSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT WANT THOSE STUDENTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
OESA FEW MAY HAVE BEGGED A BAD DECISION.
SOME OF THEM LEARN FOR THEIR MISTAKES, BUT ALL THE STUDENTS ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN KNOCKED, KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOME CAMPUS.
AND NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD STUDENTS.
SOME STUDENTS MAY BE THERE FOR TRUANCY, BUT MOST ARE THERE FOR FIGHTING DRUGS, WEAPONS, THEY AREN'T BUILDING A JAIL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT MOST OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IN JAIL OR AWAITING TRIAL FOR VARIOUS THINGS.
DRUGS, ASSAULT, ASSAULT WITH WEAPONS.
ALSO STATED, WHEN I WAS THERE, MANY WERE INVOLVED IN DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS, OTHER VIOLENT OFFENSES.
SO IN CLOSED NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS TYPE OF SCHOOL STUDENTS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
IT'S MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THESE STUDENTS.
NOT ALL KIDS ARE BEYOND SECOND CHANCE, BUT SOME ARE ON THEIR LAST CHANCE.
NEXT STOP WILL BE JUVENILE JUSTICE ACADEMY, JAIL OR PRISON.
AS BAD AS THIS MAY SOUND, MY NEXT, UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ANOTHER.
YOU'RE COMING UP ON THREE, SIR.
IT WAS GONNA BE DUE WITH THE, UH, RESPONSE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY TIME FOR THAT, I GUESS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, UH, LISTENING TO US.
AND IF YOU'RE ALL INTERESTED IN COMING UP TO THIS SITE, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
ELIZABETH PARKER, ONE 11 MALAGA CIRCLE, UNIVERSAL CITY.
UM, WHEN I SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY THE FOURTH, UM, I SAW THE JUDSON PROPOSAL THAT, UH, MR. WHITING AND MR. TALLEY HAVE, HAVE, UM, EXPLAINED AS DIRECTLY IMPACTING UNIVERSAL CITY VISION 35, UH, PROCESS.
UH, AND TO JUST CONTINUE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, THE J CARE PRINCIPAL SAID THAT, UM, BETWEEN A HUNDRED AND 120 STUDENTS ATTEND DAILY AT THE J CARE PROGRAM.
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TO BE AT CORONADO VILLAGE ELEMENTARY, THE, UH, THE DISTRICT IS PROPOSING AN IMMEDIATE BORDER WITH THIS PROGRAM FOR TROUBLED YOUTH TO THE 30 PLUS HOMES THAT SURROUND THE SCHOOL, INCLUDING THE 10 PLUS HOMES WITH REAR OR SIDE ENTRY GARAGES, WHICH REQUIRE BACKING OUT WITHIN INCHES OF SCHOOL PROPERTY.JUDSON PROPOSES THIS BORDER ALSO TO PARENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS WHO SWIM AT THE JUDSON POOL.
AS, UH, MR. TALLEY SAID, CORONADO VILLAGE HAS NO WIDE BOULEVARDS ON TWO SIDES, JUST A SIDEWALK AND A STREET, AND TWO SIDES HAVE ONLY 18 FOOT WIDE ALLEYS.
IT'S NO MORE APPROPRIATE TO PUT THIS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL AT CORONADO VILLAGE, THEN IT WOULD BE TO PUT IT AT FRANCE ELEMENTARY IN LIVE OAK, BECAUSE THERE'S 30 HOUSES ALSO SURROUNDING FRANCE.
AND IT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE TO PUT IT AT OLYMPIA EITHER, BECAUSE THERE ARE 20 PLUS HOUSES THAT SURROUND THAT SCHOOL.
AND AS, UH, MR. TALLEY, UH, STATED, UM, DURING THE TERM OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE STUDENTS AT J CARE, THEY ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING PAWN OR WITHIN LEGAL LIMITS OF ANY SCHOOL PROPERTY EXCEPT THAT OF THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.
SO, IF J CARE STUDENTS ARE ON ALTERNATIVE PROPERTY THAT IS NOW THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHAT ARE THE LEGAL LIMITS? WHEN THE JUDSON POOL PROPERTY IS RIGHT THERE? UH, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE JUDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TRIED ITS BEST TO PROTECT OTHER STUDENTS FROM THE J CARE, FROM THE J CARE STUDENTS, BUT, UM, FROM BECAUSE OF OUR SUBDIVISION LAYOUT, WHAT PROTECTS A CHILD WHO RESIDES ACROSS AN 18 FOOT ALLEY OR JUST ACROSS THE SIDEWALK IN A STREET FROM THE STUDENTS, A CHILD'S HOUSE IS NOT A CHILD SAFETY ZONE AS DEFINED.
SO I'M ASKING, CAN UNIVERSAL CITY ESTABLISH ANY KIND OF LEGAL LIMITS THAT WOULD PREVENT THE J CARE PROGRAM FROM RELOCATING TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? UH, I FEEL LIKE UC, BECAUSE OF ORDINANCE 6 0 2, HAS TRIED TO PROTECT STUDENTS IN THE, UH, ZONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAFETY ZONE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILD THAT ISN'T IN A SAFETY ZONE? THEY'RE ALSO AT RISK.
I WAS YIELDING MY TIME TO HER.
I AM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AT JUDSON, ISD.
UM, WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE REPURPOSING OF CORONADO VILLAGE.
UM, AS SOME HAVE ALREADY STATED, WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS CONCERNING THE REPURPOSING OF THE SCHOOL.
UM, SEVERAL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT DID A PRESENTATION VYING FOR SPACE AT THE SCHOOL.
DEP WAS ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS ALONG WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHERS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO, UM, THAT WANT TO, UH, BE CONSIDERED FOR CORONADO VILLAGE AS FAR AS THEIR, THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR PROGRAMS COMING TO, TO THE SCHOOL.
UM, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS, WHAT ARE THE COMMUNITY'S IDEAS AS FAR AS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, FROM CORONADO VILLAGE? WHAT SHOULD WE REPURPOSE IT TO? AND SO WE, UM, WE HAVE CREATED A SURVEY THAT WE WILL PUT ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE WILL BE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, SOME, AS I SAID, SOME HAVE COME TO THE MEETING, AND SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, AGREE WITH WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ALREADY PRESENTED, UM, YOU CAN, THAT THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE SURVEY CONCERNING THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S AN, AN OPEN S AN OPEN QUESTION THAT ASKS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS, WHAT ARE YOUR SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT YOU THINK JEFF AND ISD SHOULD DO WITH CORONADO VILLAGE? UM, I DO WANT TO STATE THAT NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT.
UM, AS YOU STATED, UH, MAYOR MAXWELL, THE, THE, THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON THAT TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO, UM, MAKE IT WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT.
UH, AGAIN, I I'VE HEARD ALL OF THE, THE DAP TALK, UM, AND IT SEEMS AS IF PEOPLE THINK THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ALREADY.
UM, IS THAT AN OPTION ON THE TABLE? YES, THAT IS AN OPTION ON THE TABLE.
HAS THAT BEEN RECOMMENDED YET? NO, THAT HAS NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED YET.
WHAT WE WILL DO IS ONCE WE HAVE GATHERED ALL INFORMATION, WE BEING SUPERINTENDENT IN THE CABINET, ONCE WE'VE
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GATHERED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL THEN GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE WHAT RECOMMENDATION WE WANT TO BRING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BRING.SO I'M ENCOURAGING EVERYONE DEFINITELY TO COME TO THE MEETING ON THE 20TH.
UM, UM, I'M SORRY, ON THE 24TH, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE TOWN HALL MEETING THERE, WE'LL DISCUSS AND HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE, UM, AS FAR AS CORONADO VILLAGE AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO BE? UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, LIKE I SAID, WE WILL GATHER INFORMATION AND, UH, WE'LL GIVE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.
AND FROM THERE, THE BOARD WILL MAKE A DECISION.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN SHOULD, YOU KNOW, THE DAP BE SOMETHING THAT THAT IS CONSIDERED.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE, THE CONCERNS AND, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL ASPECTS OF WHATEVER PROGRAMS COME THAT WE DECIDE ON.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS, IS, IS UP TO DATE AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
UM, I WANT TO STRESS, AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE, I SHOULD SAY, YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING ESPECIALLY.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING WEDNESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT ON THE 20TH, BECAUSE I WILL BE OUT TOWN AT A, AT, UH, THAT A TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAD CONFERENCE.
THE, UM, FOR ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE COUNCIL, PLEASE LET MARIBEL KNOW SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A ANNOUNCEMENT FOR POSSIBLE QUORUM IF NECESSARY.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, SINCE THIS BE HEARD, IT'S CLOSED OUT.
[5. STAFF REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS]
COMES UP IS, UH, STAFF REPORTS AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, CITY MANAGER REPORT.UH, UH, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, MICHAEL'S GONNA COME UP AND DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FENCE ORDINANCE SINCE WE CHANGED IT A YEAR PLUS AGO, JUST TO GIVE YOU COUNSEL AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE ON THAT AND HOW THAT'S WORKING OUT AMONGST THE RESIDENTS.
SO WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION TO OVER BASICALLY ONE YEAR OF THE NEW ORDINANCE, UH, BEING IN EFFECT.
SO, AS YOU RECALL, UH, BACK IN 2023 IN OCTOBER, CITY COUNCIL UPDATED THE, UH, FENCE ORDINANCE AND BASICALLY CAME UP WITH THREE BUCKETS, UH, THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR, UH, PERMITTING.
UH, ONE IS THE $85 PERMIT AND INSPECTION.
SECOND IS A $25 PERMIT, WHICH WAS A REDUCTION.
UH, ALL PERMITS WERE $85 FOR FENCES AT THAT TIME.
UH, THAT CATEGORY WAS REDUCED TO 25, UH, DOLLARS FOR MAJOR FENCE MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD CATEGORY, NO PERMANENT FEE OR INSPECTION REQUIRED.
AND THAT WAS FOR MINOR FENCES.
AND SO JUST BELOW THAT, IN THE SECOND TABLE, THOSE COLUMNS EXPLAIN WHAT EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES MEANS.
SO THEN IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR, BUT WE LOOKED AT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE LOOKED AT DEFENSE DATA FROM NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2024.
AND AS THE TABLE SHOWS WITH THE NEW BREAKDOWN, WE ISSUED 112 $25 FENCE PERMITS, WHICH AGAIN WAS MAJOR FENCE REPAIR, UH, TOTALING $2,800 AND THEN $85 FENCE PERMITS.
THERE WERE 25 THAT WERE ISSUED FOR A TOTAL OF 2125.
WE DID ABOUT THE SAME THAT WE NORMALLY DO.
ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE 135 PERMITS.
FENCE PERMITS ISSUED A YEAR, AND DURING THAT YEAR, WE ISSUED 137 TOTAL DOLLARS.
OUR REVENUE BROUGHT IN WAS $4,925.
UH, JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, UH, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IF WE HAD NOT ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE AND WE ISSUED THE SAME NUMBER OF PERMITS, THAT WOULD'VE BROUGHT IN A REVENUE STREAM OF $11,645.
SO WE BROUGHT IN $6,720 LESS THAN WE DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO FROM A CODE COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT, FOR THAT SAME YEAR, UH, WE ISSUED, WELL, WE HAD 26 TOTAL CODE COMPLIANCE CASES.
AND AS YOU SEE, UM, 14 FOLKS DID NOT OBTAIN A PERMIT.
UM, SO WE HAD TO ISSUE THEM OR HAVE THEM GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS, AND THEY COMPLIED.
UH, 11, UH, OFFENSES WERE FOUND TO BE DILAPIDATED.
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AND SO THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO CORRECT THOSE INFRACTIONS.AND THEN THERE WAS ONE, UH, FENCE THAT WAS INSTALLED AS A BACK TO BACK FENCE.
UM, AS YOU SEE, UH, ZERO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WORKING WITH THOSE RESIDENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES.
FROM A VARIANCE STANDPOINT, UH, WE DID GO BACK TO 2019, UH, FOR THE YEAR THAT WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT.
IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS THOSE PREVIOUS, UM, BOTH OF THE VARIANCE REQUESTS WERE FOR HEIGHT ISSUES, AND SO THEY WERE GRANTED, UH, THEIR, UH, VARIANCE REQUESTS BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BACK TO THAT? I'M SORRY, MA'AM.
WE'RE NOT, THAT'S NOT AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT.
UH, MICHAEL, CAN, CAN YOU TELL ME THE REVENUE GENERATED BY FENCE PERMITTING FOR NEW BUILDS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY? SO DO YOU MEAN NEW HOUSES DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY? UH, NO, I CANNOT BECAUSE WE DON'T ISSUE A SEPARATE PERMIT FOR THOSE.
IF IT'S FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS
WITHIN THE BUILDING PERMIT, THAT IS ACTUALLY A, A, A CHECKOFF IN THE BUILDING PERMIT, YES.
THAT YOU CAN INSTALL ON FENCE WITHOUT A PERMIT? NO, THEY DO HAVE A PERMIT FOR THE HOUSE, WHICH INCLUDES THE FENCE.
A SEPARATE PERMIT IS NOT ISSUED.
WHEN A NEW HOUSE IS CONSTRUCTED.
A PREPONDERANCE OF THE DEVELOPERS OR BUILDERS WILL INCLUDE THE FENCE AS PART OF THEIR SALES PACKAGE TO THE RESIDENCE.
AND SO THEY WILL HAVE IT ON THAT SET OF PLANS.
IT'S A FLAT FEE TO CONSTRUCT A HOUSE.
IT'S THE SAME FEE WHETHER THEY HAVE A FENCE OR NOT HAVE A FENCE ON THAT RESIDENTIAL PLANS.
SO WE DON'T TRACK NEW BUILD FENCES.
SO FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE GOING UP, UH, THE FENCES ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE PLANS AS WELL.
SO THERE'S NO SEPARATE PERMIT FOR A FENCE AND FENCES FOR C FIVE PROPERTIES.
WHAT, WHAT REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FENCES FOR C FIVE? IF IT'S A NEW BUILD, IT'S PART OF THAT PACKAGE, MOST LIKELY.
IF IT'S NOT, IT'S AN EXISTING, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, BUILDING AND THEY WANNA INSTALL A FENCE, THEN THEY HAVE TO GET A FENCE PERMIT.
SO THERE IS A REGULATION, HOWEVER, FOR C FIVE PROPERTIES TO HAVE FENCES WHEN ADJOINING OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, IT'S IN THE CODE AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR.
WHAT IS A BACK TO BACK FENCE,
AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS CAN'T GET ALONG AND THEY WANT TO EACH PUT UP A FENCE, THEY INSTALL THEM BACK TO BACK.
AND SO THE REASON WHY THE CITY, UM, DOES NOT ALLOW THOSE IS BECAUSE GENERALLY IF YOU HAVE TWO WOODEN BACK TO BACK FENCES, IT CREATES A RAT RUN.
AND SO FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, YOU GOT A BUNCH OF CRITTERS LIVING BACK THERE AND IT'S HARD TO, UH, GET THE GRASS CUT BETWEEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
SO IN THE LAST YEAR, HAVE THINGS GONE SMOOTHER? DO WE HAVE HAPPIER RESIDENTS THAN WE HAD WHEN THEY WERE PAYING $85? 'CAUSE IT REALLY TOOK A LOT TO GET THAT DONE.
THE COUNCIL REALLY WORKED ON IT.
SO WAS IT WORTH IT OR YOU FEEL LIKE
YEAH, TRY GENERALLY, UH, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK, I I, I REALLY WOULD SAY THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN THAT MUCH, UM, PUSHBACK.
THERE HASN'T BEEN THAT MUCH CHEERING EITHER, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA, THERE'S STILL A $25 PERMIT FEE.
WELL, NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, WITH THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDSBY ALWAYS HAS YOUR BACK.
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COME BACK TO, UM, PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, I SHOULD SAY.
COUNCIL AND, UH, MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, THIS IS THE AREA WHERE ANYTHING THAT ON, ON THE AGENDA THAT MAY BE OF A COMMUNITY INTEREST IS FREE FOR FREE.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.FIRST, I HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT? I HAVE A COUPLE OF THREE.
THE, UH, SNOW FEST WAS THIS WEEKEND, UH, WE HAD GREAT SUCCESS, UH, GREAT WEATHER TO GO WITH IT.
UH, IT STARTED OUT NICE AND COLD, ENDED UP BEING NICE AND WARM, AND I THINK JUST TICKET SALES WERE AROUND THE 5,000 MARK, WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD.
UM, UH, ALSO JUST FYI, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS ARE, UH, IN THE LOCAL AREA.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FAMILIES THAT, UH, ARE SUPPORTED BY MEALS ON WHEELS, AND IT'S NOT DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.
THERE'S PEOPLE PRIMARILY THAT, UH, DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY TYPE SITUATION.
UH, I'VE ASSISTED IN VOLUNTEERING IN, UH, PROVIDING MEALS OR, OR DELIVERING MEALS A COUPLE OF TIMES.
UH, MAR NEXT MONTH MARCH IS GOING TO BE THE NATIONAL MEALS ON WHEELS MONTH IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, INCLUDING, UH, OUTLYING AREAS.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO DIVERT.
AND I'M INVITING THE COUNCIL TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP DELIVER IN, IN DURING THE MONTH.
ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ALSO VOLUNTEER WILL BE THERE ALSO.
WE'LL HAVE IT POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER.
UM, OH, I HAD THE, SO I STARTED COUNCIL MEMBER
UM, SO REGARDING THE CORONADO VILLAGE, I REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THE, UH, THE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON, ON WHAT IS HAPPENING BACK AND FORTH, THE, THE PLAY BACK AND FORTH.
BUT I, I DO URGE YOU TO GO OUT TO THE MEETINGS, LET THEM KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT MR. BROOKS HAS SAID, UM, THEY NEED TO KNOW YOUR FEELINGS, THE INFORMATION Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER AND PRESENTED TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO, YOU NEED TO LEAD WITH AT, AT THOSE, AT THAT MEETING.
UM, MAKE SURE THEY, MAKE SURE THEY HEAR YOU, BECAUSE WHAT THEY ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND, AND I SAID IT LAST COUNCIL MEETING, IS THAT JUDSON CAN'T REALLY PASS A BOND WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF UNIVERSAL CITY.
SO AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HEAVY STICK TO, TO TAKE WITH YOU.
UM, YEAH, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT.
LIKE I SAID, LAST TIME YOU GUYS CAME OUT TO, I OWNED A HOUSE IN CORONADO.
I LIVED RIGHT NEXT TO THAT SCHOOL.
I WAS NEIGHBORS WITH ACTUALLY A LOT OF YOU.
I, I PLAN ON BEING AT BOTH THOSE MEETINGS.
I, MY KIND OF POSITION ON IT IS FROM A FISCALLY FINANCIALLY SOUND THING, I JUST, I THINK THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE CLOSED.
I JUST, LIKE I SAID, I, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME OUT AND VOICE THAT OPINION.
I'M ALWAYS FOR SAVING THE TAXPAYERS MONEY.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REAL GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE BOTH THOSE MEETINGS.
I'LL TRY TO STAND UP AND SPEAK FOR YOU GUYS IF THEY LET ME.
YES, COUNCILMAN
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
THE PRESENTATION WAS, WAS GREAT.
I LOVE THAT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF REPETITIVENESS THAT WENT ON.
SO HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO PLAN ON BEING THERE, UM, TO SHOW SUPPORT AND TO LISTEN.
I'M GONNA JUST REITERATE, FEST WAS AWESOME AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT WENT IN FROM CITY STAFF AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
THAT EVENT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN WITHOUT EVERYBODY THROWING IN AND HAVING A GREAT TIME.
IT WAS AWESOME TO COME OUT AND WALK OUT AND WATCH EVERYBODY BE HAPPY.
I ALSO LIVE IN CORONADO VILLAGE, SO IT IS A TOPIC THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND HOW MUCH EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THE PRESENTATION.
AND AS LORI SAID, I APPRECIATE KNOW REPEATS, YOU KNOW, YOU COVERED DIFFERENT TOPICS.
THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO PLAN THAT OUT.
UM, I ALSO THINK WE'VE ENCOURAGED YOU TO GO TO THE MEETINGS TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, TO COME TO THE TOWN, UM, TOWN HALL.
I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO EITHER CALL OR POTENTIALLY EMAIL THE CABINET BECAUSE IF YOU HEARD WHAT DR.
BROOK, DR. BROOKS SAID IS THE CABINETS KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO VOTE.
AND SO MAYBE YOU CAN ALSO GET IN FRONT OF THEM BEFORE THEY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OR MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN I WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE, SO I WON'T BE THERE ON THURSDAY.
'CAUSE I WILL ALSO BE WITH, UM, MAYOR MAXWELL IN AUSTIN AT THE TEXAS POLICY SUMMIT.
THE REASON WHY I MOVED TO CORONADO VILLAGE
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WAS BECAUSE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE, THE SAFETY OF GETTING THE KIDS, MY KIDS TO AND FROM THAT SCHOOL 40 YEARS AGO.I'M THE PROUD FATHER OF TWO JUDSON VALEDICTORIANS.
SO BASICALLY I CAN, I APPRECIATE THE WAY JUDSON HAS PROVIDED FOR US IN THE PAST.
I THINK THE MOVES ARE IN DIRECTIONS THAT ARE COUNTER TO RESIDENTS, AND I HOPE TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS AT THE MONDAY MEETING.
I WILL BE OUT OF STATE FOR THE THURSDAY MEETING, SO I HOPE TO BE THERE.
AND, UM, UH, THIS PEN, UH, WILL WRITE ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT, UH, UH, YOU CIRCULATE TONIGHT.
MR. MAYOR, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MOVE TO CHANGE ORDINANCE 5 8 1 Y 2 0 3, UH, TWO THREE.
UH, THIS IS THE FENCE ORDINANCE.
THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IS FENCE MAINTENANCE AND FENCE REPAIR REMAIN ISSUES WITHIN OUR CITY, NOT ONLY FOR THE AESTHETICS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO FOR THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PRIVACY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
PRIOR COUNCILS HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO STREAMLINE OUR FENCING ORDINANCE AND EXPRESS CONCERNS REGARDING THE REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE THAT ALTERS THE FENCE, THE GROUND CLEARANCE, UH, FOR STORMWATER RUNOFF.
THE SUGGESTED CHANGE TO THIS ORDINANCE PRESERVES THE CONCERNS OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SIMPLIFIES THE DEFINITION OF ALLOWABLE FENCE REPAIR FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE IN KIND, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT.
THE LADDER REMOVES ARBITRARY RULES FOR THE NUMBER OF PICKETS AND POSTS, REDUCES THE, UH, BURDEN OF PERMIT FEES FOR IN-KIND REPLACEMENT FOR RESIDENTS AND ENCOURAGES FENCE REPAIR THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
IT SIMPLIFIES THE DEFINITION OF ALLOWABLE FENCE REPAIR.
FINALLY, IT REMOVES SOME OF THE TIME BURDEN FOR INSPECTIONS, UH, UH, FOR WHICH OUR CITY NOW CONTRACTS SERVICES, UH, UH, UH, FROM, UH, DEVELOP, UH, FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I SPECIFICALLY RECOMMEND THAT THE $25 PERMIT FEE BE DELETED.
THAT THE CONCERNS FOR FENCE CONSTRUCTION, UH, UH, WITH REGARD TO WATER RUNOFF BE PLACED IN THE PERMITTING COLUMN, THAT THE IN KIND REPLACEMENT WITHIN THE CENTER TIER BE PLACED WITHIN THE PERMIT FREE, UH, COLUMN.
I'VE MADE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LINE ITEM CHANGES TO THIS EFFECT.
IT ELIMINATES THE ARBITRARY DESIGNATION OF 17, OF, OF 17 PICKETS AND TWO POSTS.
I OFFER THIS FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION FOR A SECOND TO, UH, DISCUSS AND, UH, PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA, UH, TO CHANGE, UH, THIS ORDINANCE.
SO OUR REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE TO, UH, PUT THIS ON AN ADDITIONAL AGENDA.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS JUST, UH, YES, NO, FOR THE AGENDA.
IF YOU WANNA OBJECT FOR AGENDA.
CAN I SAY WHY? I'M GONNA SAY NO.
UM, ARBITRARY IS A VERY FRUSTRATING WORD TO HEAR AS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SPENT HOURS MORE THAN A FEW HOURS TALKING AND LISTENING AND NEGOTIATING BACK AND FORTH ON HOW WE TOOK SIX PEOPLE PLUS STAFF, STAFF, STAFF, STAFF AND STAFF TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT MET EVERYBODY'S NEEDS.
IT NOT ONLY TOOK CARE OF WHAT MR. CASADA WAS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, LOOK, THIS IS A LOT.
WE, THERE'S A LOT OF REVENUE THAT IS LOST ON THAT.
WELL, THE CITY'S NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING REVENUE.
WE, WE TRY TO BREAK EVEN, BUT WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S TAKE ONE FOR THE CITIZENS AND WE'LL FIND, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL PULL THAT DOWN.
THE 17 PICKETS IS, UH, BASICALLY THE NUMBER OF PICKETS ON A, ON
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SECTIONS OF FENCE.SO ALL OF IT IS NOT ARBITRARY.
THERE'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF IT THAT'S ARBITRARY.
I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS NEGOTIATION AND COMPROMISE.
SO, NO, I CAN'T GET BEHIND, SPEND ANOTHER HOUR ON A FENCE ORDINANCE, MR. MAYOR, POINT OF ORDER.
I BELIEVE ONCE A MOTION IS MADE AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED, IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
AND THE DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO CONSIDER IT FOR A, A FUTURE AGENDA.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW.
HE'S JUST GIVING, HE'S GIVING HIS, UH, HIS OPINION WITH HIS, UH, WITH HIS ANSWER.
SO, UH, WE KNOW YOUR YES, AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, UH, MS. BOWMAN'S A YES FOR, FOR ADDING IT.
NOW, THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, SO I'M NOT MAKING AN AGENDA ITEM.
I'M MAKING IT, GIVING IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM BASED ON THE COUNCIL.
SO NOW, SO I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE A YES.
I SAT IN HERE AND LISTENED TO EVERY PAINFUL WORD FOR MANY PAINFUL HOURS, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ON THIS DAIS.
I BELIEVE WHAT WE SAW TODAY THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T A PROBLEM.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS REALLY DEEP
CONSENSUS THAT THE, UH, OF THE COUNSEL IS A NO MOVE.
UH, ACTION ITEMS. UH, FIRST ITEM UP IS THE, UH, AUDIT FOR FY 2024.
THIS, UH, SHE ALONG WITH JANET.
WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FIRST.
UH, I MADE A CHECK MARK AND THEN I LOOKED AT CROSS SIDE
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ITEM EIGHT.WE NEED A VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEM.
UH, THE AGENDA IS STRICTLY ONE ITEM ONLY IF THERE'S ANY DISAGREEMENTS.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
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NOW ITEM, UM, THIS ITEM ON THE HONOR.I'LL BE REQUIRED TO DO A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE HONOR AND AFTER PRESENTATION, AND WHILE THAT PRESENTATION IS COMING UP, MAYOR, MAYBE JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE, I'LL REMIND THEM THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY DOES ANNUALLY IS WE BRING IN AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO GO THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE APPROPRIATELY, UH, PLACING THE FUNDS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND THE EXPENSES AND THE REVENUES, AND THAT WE HAVE, UH, GOOD ACCOUNTING PRACTICES, UH, NOT ONLY IN THE BOOKS, BUT HOW THE DIVISION OF DUTIES HAPPENS AMONG STAFF, SO THAT THERE IS NO, UH, CHANCE FOR COLLUSION THAT'LL LEAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
I'M A SENIOR AUDIT MANAGER AT A BIP.
SHE'S THE, UM, PARTNER IN CHARGE OF THE AUDIT.
WE AUDITED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY FOR THE YEAR, ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, AND ISSUED AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THAT PERIOD.
UM, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS IN THAT FINANCIAL REPORT.
THERE'S AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT, WHICH IS, THANK YOU.
UM, THERE'S THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.
THERE'S MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS.
UM, THERE'S GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH ARE CONVERTED FROM THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THERE'S SOME NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT GIVES YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CLARIFIES THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
THERE'S SOME REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, SUCH AS COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS, UM, INFORMATION RELATED TO PENSION AND OPED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AND STATISTICS IN THE BACK.
AND THEN THERE'S A COMPLIANCE SECTION.
A PART OF OUR AUDIT ALSO INCLUDED A COMPLIANCE, UM, SOME COMPLIANCE TESTING.
UM, THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT IS THE LETTER THAT WE ISSUE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT REPORT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS OUR OPINION.
UM, THE AUDIT STANDARDS THAT WE FOLLOWED WERE GAP OR GENERALLY ACCEPTED, UM, AUDITING STANDARDS.
WE ALSO, UM, FOLLOWED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND WE ALSO FOLLOWED UNIFORM GUIDANCE.
AND THE PURPOSE OF OUR AUDIT WAS TO FORM AN INDEPENDENT OPINION ON WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
AND OUR AUDIT OPINION IS UNMODIFIED, MEANING, YES, WE FOUND THAT OUR OPINION IS THAT THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
UM, THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS HAS SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU ON KIND OF HOW TO READ THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND KIND OF THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED
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THERE.UM, THERE'S SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS MANAGEMENT'S ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION.
THERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT WIDE, THE CONVERTED, WHICH INCLUDES LONG-TERM ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
AND THERE'S ALSO, UM, SOME ANALYSIS OF THE CITY FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE SOME BUDGETARY HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS AND DEBT, THOSE LONG-TERM LIABILITIES AND ASSETS THAT SHOW UP ON YOUR CONVERTED, UM, GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIALS.
AND THEN THERE'S INFORMATION ON, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE, UM, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, YOU CAN GET THAT THERE.
I'M GONNA BRIEFLY GO OVER SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, AND AT THE END, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET US KNOW.
FIRST I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE ASSETS OF THE CITY EXCEEDED THE LIABILITIES OR ITS NET POSITION BY 101.2 MILLION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
46.7 MILLION OF THAT IS GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES.
54.5 MILLION HAS BEEN BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE WATER STORM, STORM WATER, UTILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN THE GOLF COURSE, YOUR NET POSITION DURING 2024 INCREASED BY 8.5 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
3.4 MILLION OF THAT WAS IN GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, AND 5.1 MILLION OF THAT WAS IN BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES.
UM, THE GOVERNMENTAL INCREASE WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN SOME SALES TAX.
YOU HAD ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
UM, SAME THING WITH BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES.
THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND THERE WAS ALSO TRANSFER FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES TO THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES.
UM, THERE IS INFORMATION ON YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE WAS 30.5 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, PRIOR TO THE CONVERSION.
YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS 17.2 MILLION AND 17.1 MILLION.
ALMOST ALL OF THAT IS IN YOUR GENERAL FUND.
IF YOU DO A CALCULATION FOR OPERATING RESERVES AND YOU EXCLUDE YOUR CAPITAL OUTLAY, THAT EQUALS ABOUT 13 MONTHS WORTH OF EX OPERATING EXPENSES.
LAST YEAR, IT WAS, UH, 12 MONTHS.
YOUR RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND IS 216,000.
CAPITAL PROJECTS IS 10.3 MILLION.
AND, UM, OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS 1.6 MILLION.
SO YOU DO HAVE SOME RESTRICTED FUNDS IN THERE.
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REGARDING REVENUE.
REVENUE WAS, UM, 26 MILLION FOR THE YEAR, WHICH WAS A $4.6 MILLION INCREASE.
IT WAS KIND OF A VARIETY OF REASONS.
YOUR AD VALOR TAX INCREASED BY 730,000, AND THAT'S MORE DUE TO AN ALLOCATION BETWEEN DEBT SERVICE AND THE GENERAL FUND.
YOUR SALES TAX INCREASED BY 174,000.
YOUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS INCREASED.
GENERAL FUNDS REVENUE WAS 18.6 MILLION.
ON PAPER, IT LOOKS LIKE A REDUCTION, BUT THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE PULLED OUT SOME SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
WE'RE SHOWING THEM SEPARATELY NOW, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A REDUCTION, BUT IT'S NOT.
TRULY, THERE WAS A 2.2 MILLION OF REVENUE THAT WAS NOW SHOWN AS OTHER, UM, OTHER, UM, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
UM, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR EXPENDITURES.
EXPENDITURES WERE 18.3 MILLION FOR THE YEAR, WHICH WAS A $997,000 INCREASE, PRIMARILY DUE TO THREE AREAS.
THE POLICE, UM, EXPENSES INCREASED, FIRE EXPENSES INCREASED, AND YOUR CAPITAL OUTLAY INCREASED, UM, BY ABOUT 300,000, UM, ROUGHLY FOR EACH OF THOSE.
WE ALSO PULLED OUT SOME NON-DEPARTMENTAL STUFF OUT OF ADMINISTRATION, SO IT JUST SHOWS SEPARATELY.
NOW, THE NEXT SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE YOUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS, WHICH IS WATER SEWER.
UM, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT WE PULLED OUT WATER IMPACT FEES DURING THE CURRENT YEAR SO THAT IT'S SHOWING SEPARATELY.
SO YOU'LL SEE ADDITIONAL FUNDS UNDER PROPRIETARY FUNDS.
YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUND NET POSITION WAS 40.8 MILLION, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 1.3 MILLION.
UM, 8.4 MILLION OF THAT IS UNRESTRICTED.
32.4 MILLION IS NET INVESTMENTS IN CAPITAL ASSETS.
YOUR WATER IMPACT FEES, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE NEW FUNDS, THIS 2.6 MILLION NET POSITION SEWER IMPACT FEES, 542,000, UM, NET POSITION.
AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE RESTRICTED FOR THAT USE.
YOUR STORMWATER FUND NET POSITION IS 8 MILLION, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 722,000.
6.8 MILLION IS INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS.
YOUR GOLF FUND 2.5 MILLION NET POSITION, WHICH WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE OF 109002.1 MILLION OF THAT IS UNRESTRICTED AND YOUR NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS IS 383,000.
LASTLY THAT THE ON PAGE 1 29 TO 1 32 WAS OUR COMPLIANCE AUDIT, AND WE ISSUED TWO LETTERS RELATED TO THAT.
WE DID, UM, AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT BASED ON GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, AND WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AND INTERNAL CONTROLS TO REPORT.
WE ALSO, UM, ISSUED A LETTER ON UNIFORM GUIDANCE COMPLIED EXAMINATION ON SOME FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS SPENT.
WE ALSO, UH, FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR QUESTION COST AND THAT THE CITY COMPLIED WITH ALL SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO THOSE GUIDANCE.
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PRESENTATION, BUT WE'LL OBVIOUSLY ANSWER, UM, OPEN IT FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING.UM, SO COUNCILMAN V CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE DID POST ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH THE QUESTION TO ASK SINCE HE BROUGHT IT UP.
UM, SO WE HAD DECIDED AT CITY COUNCIL THAT WE HAD APPROVED $550,000 OF THE VENUE TAX TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT INSTEAD IT SHOWS ONLY 349.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD GET AN ANSWER ON ABSOLUTELY.
UM, WE, WE DID LOOK AT THAT TODAY.
THIS IS THE DRAFT AND THAT WAS ONE CHANGE THAT WE DID MAKE.
IT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE MADE IN BETWEEN THE DRAFT THAT YOU RECEIVED AND THE, UM, THE DRAFT THAT THE FINAL VERSION THAT YOU'LL GET.
UM, THAT TRANSFER WAS KIND OF RECORDED AS A, IT WAS RECORDED AS A TRANSFER BACK RATHER THAN A DUE TO DUE FROM.
SO WE MADE THAT CORRECTION AND NOW THE TRANSFER SHOWS THE FULL 550,000 AND THERE'S A DUE TO DUE FUND THAT KIND OF CANCELS EACH OTHER OUT BETWEEN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE NEW, UM, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHEN THEY COME OUT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE REASONING WHY? YEAH.
THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE YOU CHANGED TO POOL CASH THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, SO EVERY, ALL CASH IS KIND OF COMBINED AND AT THE END OF THE AUDIT WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A NEGATIVE BALANCE IN CASH FOR THAT FUND AND WE NEEDED TO FIX THAT AND WE RECORDED IT AS A TRANSFER BACK.
INSTEAD, WE NEEDED TO RECORD IT AS A DUE TO DUE FROM, SO THAT MONEY WILL SHOW AS MONEY DUE FROM A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND IT WAS PROBABLY PAID BACK THE, UM, OCTOBER 1ST
UH, ACTUALLY I SPENT HOURS
UM, EVEN THOUGH GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING IS DIFFERENT THAN BUSINESS ACCOUNTING AND DIFFERENT THAN CASH ACCOUNTING IN YOUR CHECKBOOK, IT ALMOST IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
THE SNAPSHOT IN TIME IS DEFINED BY FISCAL YEAR, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, UH, NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL FIND OVERLAPS, COUNCIL YEARS TYPE THING.
SO BASICALLY THERE, THERE ARE ITEMS AND ISSUES IN THIS BUDGET THAT WEREN'T APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL AS A GROUP.
THERE, THERE MEMBERS OF DIOCESE THAT WE'RE HERE.
THE SECOND THING THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO INTERPRET, I THINK, AND THIS IS VERY MUCH YOUR FEEDBACK, IS THAT THERE'S RELATIVELY LIMITED VALUE IN THE SNAPSHOT IN LOOKING AT LONG-TERM DEBT PAYMENT THAT'S NOT DECLARED IN EXISTING BONDS OR OTHER TOOLS, FINANCIAL TOOLS.
SO THEREFORE, THE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT OF THE CITY WHERE A HUNDRED STREETS NEED REPAIR IS NOT IN ANY WAY IN THIS REPORT.
SO THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT, AT, AT $30 MILLION TO PLAY WITH SOME BEING RESTRICTED FUNDS, UH, TYPE THING, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT THERE NECESSARILY THIS, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT.
THE OTHER THING I HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH IS UNDERSTANDING HOW, UH, PENSIONS ARE DERIVED THE IMPACT OF PENSIONS ON, ON, UH, ON THE YEARLY AUDIT SINCE THEY'RE PROJECTED FORWARD.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU GIVE SOME INSIGHT TO ME AND PERHAPS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT? SO AS, AS AUDITORS, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE LOOKING BACK, WE'RE LOOKING AT HISTORY AND BACK AS, AS THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS FORWARD, BUT THERE IS SOME REALLY VALUABLE INFORMATION IN THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YOU.
THE FIRST IS THE CONVERSION AND YOU SEE WHAT THOSE LONG-TERM LIABILITIES AND ASSETS ARE.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO SEE THOSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET TO ACTUAL AND WHEN YOU'RE BUDGETING OPERATING EXPENSES.
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RIGHT, IT IS VALUABLE AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND THERE'S A NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT GIVES, UM, THOSE REQUIREMENTS BY YEAR.IT GIVES YOU A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN.
THERE'S ALSO THE, THE STATISTICAL SECTION IN THE BACK, WHICH GIVES YOU PATTERNS AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE PATTERNS IN THE PAST AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE, UM, THE DEBT HAS INCREASED OR DECREASED.
SO THERE IS INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP INFORM YOUR DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 AND YOU, YOU ALL ARE MOVING FORWARD AND YOU'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, BUT THERE IS REALLY VALUABLE INFORMATION, UM, IF YOU DIG INTO IT AS FAR AS PENSIONS AND EPS.
UM, WE GET THOSE DIRECTLY EVERY YEAR, UM, FROM THE ORGANIZATION AND THEY USE ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS EVERY YEAR.
INVESTMENTS, THE WAY THEY INVEST CHANGE EVERY YEAR.
AND YOU CAN LOOK IN THE BACK, THERE'S STATISTICAL TABLES FOR PENSIONS AND OPEP THAT SHOWS YOU HOW THOSE LIABILITIES HAVE INCREASED OR DECREASED.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE TRANSITIONS HAVE HAPPENED.
THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO PREDICT, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A MOVING TARGET WITH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT UNTIL THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR ACTUARIAL ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS AND MADE CHANGES.
SOMETIMES THEY MAY CHANGE HOW THEY LOOK AT ONE LITTLE THING AND IT MAKES A NUMBER DROP OR INCREASE OR ANYTHING.
SO DECEMBER, DO WHAT THE REPORT IS DECEMBER PRIOR TO THE AUDIT.
AND THERE'S SOME TIMING ISSUES TOO, BECAUSE THAT REPORT IS AS OF DECEMBER 30TH EVERY YEAR.
SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LEEWAY BETWEEN YOUR YEAR END AND THEIR YEAR.
SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPLICATED, UM, CALCULATION.
UM, WE DO IT CAREFULLY EVERY YEAR.
THOSE, THAT INFORMATION COMES DIRECTLY FROM PENSION AND
UM, SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? I DON'T.
AND THE, THE, IN THE LAST VERY BASIC QUESTION IS ESSENTIALLY THE STANDARD USED BY AUDITORS IS ACTUALLY THE WAY I UNDERSTAND READING ABOUT THINGS, UH, ON ONLINE A LITTLE BIT WORSE PLACE TO THE GO, I KNOW ESSENTIALLY IS THAT IT IS A MOVING STANDARD.
THERE'S IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY.
I'VE GONE THROUGH 20 YEARS OF CITY AUDITS AND THERE'S DEFINITELY IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY AS WE'RE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND DO YOU SEE TRENDS IN FUTURE AUDITS IN THIS, IN THIS DIRECTION? EVERY YEAR THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE SENDING US UPDATED GUIDANCE EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE A NEW GASB THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IMPLEMENT.
UM, IS IT 1 0 1 VACATION FOR COMPENSATED ABSENCES? SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO BE LOOKING DOWN THE PIPELINE.
THIS IS GONNA BE AFFECTING OUR CLIENTS IN ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, THREE YEAR, FIVE YEARS.
WE KIND OF, SO WE WANNA START TALKING ABOUT THOSE WITH, UH, THE CITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THOSE THINGS AND WE'RE NOT KIND OF, UM, CHASING THEM.
WE'RE ON TOP OF THEM OR EXPECTING THEM.
WE KNOW WHAT CHANGES THEY'RE GONNA, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA AFFECT.
AGAIN, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THIS, WITH THIS PRESENTATION OF AMP, THE REPORT AND THE DATA.
I'M VERY PLEASED WITH OUR FINANCIAL OFFICER.
I WANNA DEFINITELY COMMEND, UM, CHRISTINE AND THANK AND THE TEAM.
THE AUDIT WAS, UM, IT, WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
EVERYTHING WAS, I WENT REALLY AS SMOOTHLY AS IT COULD.
UM, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF GETTING US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.
AND MRS. TURNER'S VERY INVOLVED.
WE MOVED SOME MONEY TO DO BETTER.
WAS THIS RELATED TO WHAT WE TALKED VOTED AT THE LAST MEETING FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.
SO SO MOVING SOME OF THE MONEY OUT SO IT DIDN'T MATCH UP EXACTLY.
AND THAT'S WHERE, WHERE, UM, SELENA AND JANET PUT IT INTO NON-MAJOR TO, TO SHOW US THAT WE REALLY COULDN'T BE USING IT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT VOTE MADE SO MUCH MORE SENSE ONCE I SAW THIS AND SAW WHAT YOU HAD DONE.
SO THANK YOU FOR KIND OF TEEING THAT UP FOR US.
AND THERE IS A WHOLE SCHEDULE IN THE BACK THAT GIVES YOU EVERY SINGLE FUND A BREAKDOWN SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THERE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU MEAN YOU DON'T READ? ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE MEMORIZED PART OF IT, BUT I HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS OFFERED FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND GO OVER THE AUDIT WITH CHRISTINE AND I, AND, YOU KNOW, KUDOS, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER MADE AN EFFORT THIS YEAR TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AUDIT OR TO MEET WITH US AND OR, YOU KNOW, SOUGHT ADVICE ELSEWHERE ON THE AUDIT.
AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER WHEN WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE QUESTIONING, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION, IT FORCES US TO FIND A NON ACCOUNTING TERMS TO EXPLAIN IT TO EVERYBODY AND IT TAKES US BACK TO BASICS.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THAT.
AND THEN ALSO MAYBE AN APOLOGY.
SO, YOU KNOW, SINCE CHRISTINE AND I HAVE GOTTEN HERE, WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO CHANGE THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I MEAN, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE WITH US THE WHOLE TIME.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE BUDGET, WHICH THEN MADE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE AUDIT.
AND THEN WE EVEN MADE MORE CHANGES IN THE AUDIT TO TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENT.
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OUR DESIRE, OUR HOPE, OUR WISH IS THAT AT SOME POINT WE WILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NAILED DOWN THE PERFECT BUDGET PROCESS FOR YOU AND HAVE AN AUDIT THAT LOOKS THE SAME THREE YEARS IN A ROW.MS, YOU STILL MAKE MONEY? OH, I'M SORRY,
I WAS, I WAS JUST GONNA, I WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE INVITED TO GO AND SIT WITH THEM AND THEY EXPLAIN IT UNTIL THE THICKNESS WORKS.
THEY EXPLAIN IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF US CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING AND WHEN WE LEAVE, OUR ANSWERS ARE OUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.
SO YES, KUDOS TO THEM FOR BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO US AND MAKE US REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT BEING SAID, UH, CALL FOR CALL FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH DISCUSSION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDBE AYE.
MS. PITMAN, THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH AND I MUST TELL YOU, WE YES, WE HAVE IMPROVED.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL IN 19, UH, THE COUNCILMAN'S 2010, IT WAS THE MOST LABORSOME CONCEPT OF TRYING TO DO AN, NOT AN AUDIT, BUT TRYING TO DO THE BUDGET.
AND IT LASTED THE ENTIRE SUMMER.
WE HAD ELECTED IN MAY AND WE'D JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, EVERY EVERY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PROBABLY AN EXTRA ONE EACH MONTH WAS JUST FOR THE BUDGET.
AND YES, WE'VE IMPROVED A LOT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT ITEM, ORDINANCE 6 55 T 2025.
THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 4 36 AND 38 EAST WRIGHT BOULEVARD.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FIRST READING ON THIS LAST TIME.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
UH, THE COUNCIL ASKED FOR SOME MODIFICATIONS, UH, TO THE SUP AND I THINK MICHAEL'S JUST GONNA GIVE YOU, UH, JUST SOME GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ANY CHANGES OR DISCUSSIONS THAT HE HAD WITH THE APPLICANT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
OKAY, SO BASICALLY, UH, COMING OUT OF THE LAST DISCUSSION, THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, CONDITIONS THAT YOU WANTED INSERTED INTO THE ORDINANCE.
AND SO THE, THE ONE THAT REMAINED WAS THE UNITY OF TITLE AGREEMENT, WHICH NEEDS TO BE APPROVED AND RECORDED.
UH, THE THREE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS INCLUDED A REDUCTION OF THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SIZE TO BE NO LARGER THAN 768 SQUARE FEET.
THE THIRD ONE, REMOVAL OF THE INTERIOR FENCE BETWEEN THE EXISTING HOME AND THE, UH, PROPOSED A DU AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE WAS THE INSTALLATION OF AN ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE NEXT TO THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
SO I DID GET A CALL, UH, FROM THE APPLICANT AFTER THE MEETING.
HE UNDERSTOOD ALL THE CONDITIONS IN THE DISCUSSION.
UM, HE DID HAVE A QUESTION AND WAS WONDERING WHETHER HE REALLY NEEDED TO INSTALL, UH, AN ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE.
UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON IS THAT THE EXISTING HOME HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE.
UM, WELL FIRST, LEMME PREFACE THIS WITH, UH, OUR CODE REQUIRES ONE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
SO WHAT THEY HAVE ON THE PROPERTY, UH, TODAY IS A TWO CAR GARAGE.
THEY HAVE A VERY LONG, WIDE DRIVEWAY THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE FOUR CARS ON THE DRIVEWAY.
SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF SIX CARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO BY THE CODE, UH, THEY MEET THE, NOT ONLY THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT, BUT THE PROPOSED, UH, A DU REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
SO HE JUST WANTED, UM, SOME CLARIFICATION, THE RECONSIDERATION OF THAT CONDITION.
A PHOTO, UH, WE DO HAVE A PHOTO.
MARIBEL, I PUT A PHOTO, PDF IN THERE, PHOTOS.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SHOW YOU WHAT.
SO YEAH, THERE'S A GOOD SHOT OF THE EXISTING.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ISN'T A SIDEWALK ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO IT DOES ALLOW FOR THOSE CARS TO BASICALLY GO OUT TO THE CURB WITHOUT BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK.
THAT WOULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THAT ALLOWS FOR, AGAIN, TWO CARS IN THE GARAGE AND FOUR CARS ON THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF SIX CARS.
NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THEY USE THE CAR, THE GARAGE FOR STORAGE OR FOR CARS,
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YES, UH, UH, MICHAEL, IN, IN, IN YOUR, UH, ROLE AS, UH, MEDIATOR OF CONFLICT OFTEN WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU BRING PARTIES TOGETHER, UH, TYPE THING TO DISCUSS THINGS, UH, WERE YOU ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE NUMEROUS RESIDENTS WHO PRESENTED THAT OPPOSED THIS, THIS, UH, UH, APPROVAL AFTER THE LAST MEETING? YES.UM, NO, I DID NOT AND I DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM.
UH, NORMALLY I THINK I WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM SOMEONE IF THEY STRONGLY DISAGREED OR WANTED A STATUS UPDATE, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS, UM, THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS OR ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT CAME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING CALL FOR MOTION TO APPROVE? UH, NO.
SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
IS THIS ORDINANCE AMENDED TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A SECOND DRIVEWAY? SO THE ORDINANCE IN YOUR PACKETS INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR A DRIVEWAY AS A REQUIREMENT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO RECONSIDER THAT AND REMOVE THAT CONDITION, YOU NEED TO STATE THE, THE MOTION.
UM, I WILL SAY I DROVE BY THE HOUSE A FEW TIMES AND THEY HAD MOVED THE TRAILER FROM THE STREET INTO THE DRIVEWAY.
SO THEY DID FOLLOW UP ON ME KIND OF TRYING TO BE A BETTER NEIGHBOR, WHICH I WAS APPRECIATIVE TO SEE.
THEY HAD ALSO MOVED THE CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN THE BACKYARD OUT OF THAT.
THAT BEING SAID, THOSE TWO THINGS MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THEY, THE PARKING COULD CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY WERE USING THE STREET AND THE BACKYARD FOR PARKING.
SO IT DID, DOES GIVE ME PAUSE TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT, BUT I'M, I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY MADE AN EFFORT AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ALL KNEW THAT THEY HAD AT LEAST WERE TRYING TO FOLLOW THROUGH IN BEING A BETTER NEIGHBOR LIKE WE'D ASKED THEM TO BE.
SO ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION WITH I DID NOT MAKE A MOTION THERE.
I WAS JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT, SO YOU NEED EITHER A MOTION TO APPROVE AS IS OR A MOTION TO AMEND.
DO YOU WANT ME TO, SO I'M VOTING NO, SO
SO I, I DUNNO WHY EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT ME.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST, I'M STICKING WITH MY NOTE FROM LAST TIME FOR ALL THE SAME REASONS AND YEAH, WE NEED TO, WE GOTTA GET A MOTION BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN.
HOW'S THAT? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I APPROACH HIM WITH A SECOND.
SO WE'RE, THE IDEA IS AS IT'S WRITTEN, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH PARKING.
AND I'M, I PERSONALLY AM OPEN TO CONSIDERING TAKING THAT THEY MADE SOME EFFORTS.
I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND MAKE THAT BETTER.
I ALSO FEEL LIKE YOU CAN PARK ON THE STREET, LIKE STREET PARKING IS ALLOWED BY ANYBODY WHO VISITS, WHO LIVES THERE.
YOU COULD HAVE 10 CARS PARKED OUT IN THE STREET.
I MEAN, THERE'S CERTAIN RULES AROUND HOW LONG YOU CAN BE PARKED IN ONE LOCATION, CORRECT? YES.
YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT EVERY YES.
SO I MEAN, THERE'S RULES ABOUT THAT.
I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE FACT THAT THEY HAD FOLLOWED THROUGH WITHIN LIKE TWO DAYS.
THEY HAD TAKEN CARE OF ALL THE REST OF THE STUFF AND THEY DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT RIGHT AWAY.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO DO IT YET.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY HAD.
SO, UM, YEAH, I'M, WELL, I'M OPEN JUST STANDS, RIGHT? I KNOW.
WE'RE, THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY OF EIGHT CARS TO BE PARKED IN THEIR DRIVEWAY AND GARAGE AND, BUT THE MOTION IS STATED THAT THERE WILL BE THE EIGHT PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL SIX, I'M SORRY, SIX.
THE, UH, UH, SIX PLUS AN ADDITIONAL FOR SEVEN PLUS WHATEVER THEY CAN PARK ON THE STREET ALSO.
SO WE WANNA KEEP THE MOTION AS, AS IS.
IS THAT, IS THAT, UH, JUST A WIDENING OF THE DRIVEWAY? WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT INSTALLING ANOTHER CURB CUT.
SO IT'S JUST A, SO BASICALLY, UH, A FLARE CLOSER TO THE GARAGE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE TO ASK, DOES BEARFIELD BETTER ABOUT THAT OPTION? I'M STILL FRUSTRATED WITH IT.
THAT'S WHY I WISH ASHTON WOULD REALLY SWAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BUT SHE'S SAYING MOM ABOUT IT, SO I'M JUST LIKE, I MEAN, MY DISCUSSION IS JUST THE SAME THAT WE HAD BEFORE.
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I DON'T KNOW.I JUST, I FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE IN MY HEART AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE TWO SEPARATE RENTALS.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A RENTAL HOUSE AND THE A DU IS ALSO GOING TO BE A RENTAL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I NECESSARILY HAVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE TWO RENTAL HOUSES.
I DON'T THINK I JUST, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.
I WOULDN'T WANT IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I UNDERSTAND PLANNING AND ZONING.
THEY HAVE TO ALLOW IT 'CAUSE IT'S BASED ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL, I VOTE WITH MY HEART.
SO I'M JUST ON THE FENCE THAT I JUST DON'T THINK, LIKE I SAID, THE OTHER A DU YOU KNOW, THEY HAD PEOPLE THAT CAME AND SAID, YES, THIS IS GONNA BE FOR MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
AND THEN THIS HOUSE IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
AND THEY HAD SIX, SEVEN PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T WANT THIS HERE.
AND I JUST, IF IT WAS ME AND IT WAS MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE TO HAVE RENTALS ON TOP OF THEIR HOUSE BEING A RENTAL.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, WE ALREADY HAVE, WE ALL SAT AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
54% OF OUR TOWN OR WHATEVER IS RENTALS.
THAT'S AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT.
AND NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA ALLOW EVEN MORE.
I LIKE THAT WHAT YOU REALLY FEEL.
NO, I WAS, I WAS, I WAS HOPING FOR THAT.
I WANTED TO HEAR THAT'S, THANK YOU.
UH, BASICALLY I, I MUST FALL ON THE SIDE OF ASHTON AND THAT THIS PROJECT, UH, WE'RE FACED WITH DEFINING EVENT, ESSENTIALLY WHAT A MOTHER-IN-LAW HOUSE IS.
AND BASICALLY I THINK WHAT WE'VE WE'RE PROVIDING IS A MEANS FOR A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT TYPE THING, WHICH IS, IS JUST SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXPECTS, UH, FROM THIS.
NOW BASICALLY IF THERE WERE A HOUSE FOR SALE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE REASONABLE SURE THAT THEY MAY, UH, THE FAMILY MAY JUMP ON THE CHANCE TO HAVE THE FAMILY CLOSE TOGETHER.
UM, BUT THE CONTEXT IS BEYOND THE SCOPE, I THINK OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW, UH, DWELLING THAT, UH, WE'RE GENERALLY ALL IN FAVOR OF.
AND I, I, THE FAMILY IS WONDERFUL, BUT I, I JUST CAN'T DO THAT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT IF THAT'S OKAY.
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION 'CAUSE THEY ARE BOTH RENTALS AT THIS POINT.
UM, I REALLY FELT LIKE THE FAMILY'S VERY HEARTFELT IN THEIR DESIRE TO MAKE THE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HOUSE AND MOVE IN.
UM, HE MENTIONED THAT THE BROTHER, HIS BROTHER WAS HIS BROTHER OR BROTHER-IN-LAW.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE WAS GONNA BE THE ONE THAT WAS LIVING IN THE ACCESSORY DWELLING BUILDING.
AND I ALSO DO BELIEVE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO, IF THEY HAVE THE SPACE AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE SOME CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS, I THINK THAT THAT IS GREAT.
I WOULD IDEALLY LIKE IT TO BE FAMILIES AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THAT.
AS, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF GROW AND THINGS GET TIGHTENED WITH THE ECONOMY AND THINGS.
I THINK WE ARE GONNA SEE FAMILIES CONSOLIDATING DOWN AND LIVING TOGETHER MORE AND WE NEED TO BE OPEN TO THAT.
BUT WHAT IF THEN THEY SELL THAT HOUSE AND SOMEBODY COMES IN? WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER HOW THAT'S USED GOING FORWARD AND I RECOGNIZE THAT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO THAT REASON.
I THINK THAT KEEPING IT TO THE SAME AS THE DRIVEWAY BEING PUT OUT, BUILD OUT THAT AT LEAST IS US MAKING SOME CONCESSIONS TO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING FOR PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO DO IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THIS ONE IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO CONSIDER.
OKAY, I OFF OF THE VOTE, I JUST WANT TO THROW THIS OUT THERE FOR JUST YOUR CONSIDERATION AND, AND UH, JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE, WE ARE SLOWLY COMING INTO A MULTI-NATIONAL OR MULTI-FAMILY, UH, AGE.
UH, I HAVE, UH, I ADDED, MY WIFE AND I ADDED A MOTHER-IN-LAW SUITE TO OUR HOUSE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
UH, IT IS ADJACENT TO THE ROOM, TO THE HOUSE, TO THE DWELLING, BUT IT WAS NOT PART OF, WE ACTUALLY BUILT IT ON TWO, IT HAS A SEPARATE, UM, ENTRANCE IF DESIRE AND IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, HEAVEN FORBID WE COULD RENT THAT ROOM OUT.
THAT WOULD BE OUR FREE WILL TO DO AS IT WAS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL AND JUST BE AWARE THAT ARE, ARE, WE'RE CHANGING AS WE EVOLVE AROUND.
ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AGING AND MOVING BACK IN WITH, UH, THE YOUNGER CHILDREN AND VICE VERSA.
SO THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN'T CHANGE, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS ALSO THAT IS ILLEGAL.
AND WITH THAT, LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE.
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AYE.COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL WITH REGRETS? NO, THE MOTION CARRIED.
UH, MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, IN ORDER TO GET REIMBURSEMENT, WE HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL ON EACH PAY APPLICATION BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS ONE IS FOR THE HILL DO PROJECT.
IT'S IN THE AMOUNT OF $207,950 AND 43 CENTS.
AND WE ARE REQUESTING COUNCIL, APPROVE IT SO WE CAN GET OUR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE COUNTY.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ITEM 10
[10. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]
IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.UH, CITY COUNCIL UNIVERSAL CITY WILL MEET TO, UH, UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS, UH, IN RELATIONSHIP TO CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 CV 0 6 5 11 CAMINO LAVOY, LLC, UH, TEXAS LIABILITY COMPANY.
AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF IN THERE TOO.
WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE INFORMATION HERE THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT TAKE ACTION ON.
AND AT 8 46 WE'RE GONNA SEND TO 7 7 6.
7 46, 8 11, RECONVENE THE MEETING.
AND WE'RE OUT OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S NO ACTION BEING TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, MEETING IS ADJOURNED.