* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] WE GOT QUIET ALL OF A SUDDEN. . GOOD EVENING, [1. CALL TO ORDER] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS TUESDAY, MAY 6TH, AND I'M CALLING THE REGULAR COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER, UH, QUORUM. CALL FOR A QUORUM. EXCUSE ME. CALL FOR A QUORUM CHECK. MAYOR TEMP FITZPATRICK. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDMAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GFE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VAUGHN. HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UH, I HAVE THE INVOCATION TONIGHT AND THEN I'LL LEAD US IN THE, UH, PLEDGE. PLEASE RISE. DEAR HEAVEN, YOU FATHER, IT IS A GREAT DAY TO PRAISE NOT ONLY YOU BUT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HONOR YOU, LORD, FOR OUR SUCCESSES AND GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND OUR FAILURES IN YOUR GUIDANCE, WE STRIVE TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE. AMEN. AMEN. OUR PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SIN. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. WELL, WELCOME TO THE FIRST MEETING OF MAY. WE'VE HAD THE, UH, MAY SHOWERS, AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MAY FLOWERS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MORE LIKE MAY MUD, UH, IN A LOT OF OUR PARTS. FIRST UP [4. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD] IS, UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. THIS IS, UH, FOR CITIZENS TO COME UP AND ITEM MENTION ITEMS THAT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA. IT IS NOT A, AN AGENDA IN ORDER TO BASH INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, FIRST UP IS MR. MARK DUNLAP. HI, MARK DUNLOP. I LIVE AT 13,743. CORINTH WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WON THE ELECTION OVER THE WEEKEND, PENDING CERTIFICATION AND ALL THE PAPERWORK AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. UH, IT WAS A HARD FOUGHT RACE ON EVERYBODY'S PART, BUT AN ADMONITION FOR THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE. NOW IT'S TIME TO PUT THE ADVERSARIAL STUFF AWAY, PUT THE US VERSUS THEM TO BED AND WORK TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY. THANKS. THANK YOU, SIR. AND MS. KIM ALHART. KIM IGO HART 7 36 GARDEN MEADOW DRIVE. QUOTE. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE NO CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION, RESPONSE TO LIBERATION OR ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THIS TOPIC AT THIS TIME. END QUOTE, MAYOR MAXWELL, YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO SLAM THE GAVEL ON MS. BUCK. YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO INTERRUPT HER, AND YOU ARE WRONG TO SAY THAT A COMPLAINT FILED ELSEWHERE CANNOT BE HEARD BY COUNSEL. FURTHERMORE, WITH A YEAR AS MAYOR, YOU STILL LACK THE KNOWHOW TO EFFECTIVELY CONDUCT A COUNCIL MEETING. THE IRS COMPLAINT WAS FOR A NONPROFIT VIOLATING IRS RULES APPROPRIATELY FILED WITH THE IRS USE OF CITY FACILITIES TO ENDORSE A POLITICAL CANDIDATE, VIOLATES CITY RULES A COMPLAINT. PROPERLY HEARD BY CITY COUNCIL. HAD YOU LISTENED, RATHER THAN TALKED OVER HER, YOU WOULD'VE HEARD MS. BUCK EXPLAIN HOW MS. TURNER HAD EMPHATICALLY TOLD CANDIDATES STEVEN BUCK, HE COULD NOT CAMPAIGN ON CITY PROPERTY. WHY THEN THE DIFFERENCE? FURTHERMORE, IN YOUR, YOU, YOU'RE NOW, YOU'RE BASHING THE CITY MAN, CITY COUNCIL. FURTHERMORE, IN YOUR ATTEMPTS TO DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH MS. BUCK, YOU VIOLATED THE RULES FOR CITY PER PERSON. YOUR IT IS HER PERSON. YOUR FEET HAS BEEN CUT. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT OR CAUSE TO INTERRUPT HER. WELL, WAS NOT ON FIRE. SHE COMPLAIN. MS. YOU MAXWELL, CHOOSE WHICH MESSAGES YOU WANT TO HEAR AND WHICH [00:05:01] YOU SHOULD NOT BE SIGNALING SUPPORT OF SOME SPEAKERS WITH YOUR COMMENTS NOR MR. SCHNEIDER. SECOND, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU DISPENSE WITHOUT EXTRA COMMENTS. SIMPLY MOVE ON. SAY YOUR COMMENT TO BE DAMN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. START THE RECORDING AGAIN, PLEASE. UH, NOW THAT THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTION THAT'S FINISHED, WE'LL MOVE OVER [5. STAFF REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS] TO, UH, CITIZEN, UH, TO STAFF REPORTS, UH, AND START WITH THE CITY MANAGER REPORT. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, BUT IT WILL BE ON THE FUTURE AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY. SO I THOUGHT I SHOULD GIVE YOU A HEAD UP, HEADS UP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT FOR THE SURE'S EMS. UH, WE MET WITH THEM THE OTHER DAY. WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE TWO YEARS INTO OUR FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO, UH, INCREASE THEIR PRICING BY 5% YEAR OVER YEAR. UH, AT THAT MEETING, THEY ADVISED US THAT NEXT YEAR THEY ARE INCREASING OUR EMS COSTS BY 35% AND FOR THE TWO YEARS AFTER THAT. SO COLLECTIVELY THAT IS 49%. UH, I HAVE ADVISED THEM THAT THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. UH, IT IS A BREACH OF CONTRACT. UM, AND I TOLD THEM THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR CITY COUNCIL, I WANT THEM TO DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION FOR YOU AT AN UPCOMING MEETING. AND THAT, UH, I WOULD EXPECT MY COUNCIL WILL EXPECT TO SEE SOME OPTIONS FROM THEM AND SOME EXPLANATION WITHIN THEIR BUDGET. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON THAT BECAUSE I WILL BE SENDING OUT TO YOU AHEAD OF THAT ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING. UH, SOME INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDED US ALONG WITH OUR CONTRACT AND THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A BIG DECISION TO MAKE. I MEAN, THERE'S NO, UH, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IT'S STILL THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN, BUT A 35% INCREASE FOR THIS CITY AND FOR ALL OTHER CITIES IS A VERY BIG JUMP IN THAT CONTRACT. AND I JUST WANTED TO FOREWARN YOU THAT IT IS COMING AND THAT I WILL BE SENDING SOME INFORMATION OUT TO YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, STAFF REPORT. YES, UH, SAL'S GOING TO COME UP AND, UH, GIVE A REPORT, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE GOLF ROUNDS. UH, UH, UH, WHAT DO WE CALL THAT? RACK RATE AND AVERAGE RATE. AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT. THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS. HOW DOES ALL OF THIS GET CALCULATED? AND SO I ASKED SAL, UH, TO COME TODAY AND EXPLAIN ALL OF THAT TO US BECAUSE FOR MOST OF US, THAT'S A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. SO SAL, I PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER FOR YOU. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY, AND THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME UP HERE. UH, I'LL JUST GO OVER THIS, UH, BRIEFLY AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. UH, BUT I DO WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AFTER THE RENOVATIONS OF THE GREEN THAT WE HAD, THE GREENS THAT WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER. UH, SO THIS, SO I'M TURN THAT HERE. OKAY. SO, UH, THE POSITIVE TRENDS SINCE THE RENOVATIONS, UH, NEW PASS PANEL AND GREENS REOPENED IN SEPTEMBER TO IMPROVE PACE OF PLAY. THE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE TEE TIME INTERVALS WERE ADJUSTED FROM EIGHT MINUTES TO 10 MINUTES. OUR AVERAGE REALIZED GREEN FEE REVENUE PER ROUND, WHICH IS A-A-R-G-R-P-R TOOK ME FOREVER TO FIGURE THAT OUT. UH, IT BACK IN 2024, IT WAS AT 34 60 AND AGAIN, WE SPENT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MONTHS ON TEMPORARY GREEN. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. UH, CURRENTLY FOR 2025, WE'RE AT 51 79. SO THIS IS A SHOWS PROOF THAT WITH THE BETTER CONDITIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE, WE CAN, UH, GET GOLFERS OUT THERE AND PAYING IN THE PREMIUM FOR THE GOLF COURSE. UH, THIS REFLECTS A 49% INCREASE IN AVERAGE GREEN FEES WHILE OFFERING FEWER TEE TIMES A DAY DEMONSTRATING INCREASED VALUE ROUNDS PLAYED AND THE CUSTOMERS RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO THE IMPROVEMENTS CONDITIONS AND THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UH, THE REVENUE PERFORMANCE IN 2025 ARE GREEN FEE REVENUES. UH, THIS IS AT THROUGH THE END OF APRIL. WE'RE AT $1.2 MILLION. UH, WE BUDGETED FOR THE YEAR 1.7, UH, ONE POINT $770 MILLION, 1,770,000, EXCUSE ME. UH, SO WE'RE PROJECTED, UH, YEAR END REVENUE TO BE HOPEFULLY OVER $2 MILLION. SO, UH, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE ON PACE TO EXCEED BUDGET REVENUES. UH, THE REVENUE GROWTH HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY THE INCREASED DEMAND FOLLOWING COURSE CONDITIONS AND HIGHER GREEN FEE, UH, ROUNDS [00:10:01] AND OLYMPIA HILLS. THE A-R-G-R-P-R IS CURRENTLY AT 65.9 OF THEIR PEAK RACK RATE, UH, GREEN FEE, WHICH IS 78 52 IN THE, UH, NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION REPORT. THEY HAD FOUND THAT SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC GOLF COURSES, UM, OPERATE WITH THE ACTUAL REALIZE AVERAGE OF ABOUT 65% OF THAT HIGHEST GREEN FEE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT NUMBER. UH, THE REASON THAT THE AVERAGE GREEN FEES ARE ALWAYS LOWER THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE HIGHEST POSTED GREEN FEE ARE RACK RATE IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INDUSTRY STANDARD DISCOUNTS, UH, MILITARY YOUTH RATE, UM, RESIDENCE RATES AND SO ON. AND ALSO TO DYNAMIC PRICING, UH, WEEKEND TEE TIMES VERSUS WEEKDAY TEE TIMES, PRIME VERSUS TWILIGHT, ET CETERA. THE DYNAMIC PRICING MODEL IS A NA, A NATURAL REFLECTION OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND CREATED BY PERCEIVED VALUE ACROSS THE TEE TIMES, FOR EXAMPLE, MORNING TEE TIMES ARE PERCEIVED TO BE MORE VALUABLE THAN AFTERNOON TEE TIMES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TIMES AND THAT'S WHY OUR RATES FLUCTUATE. AND THEN OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS, UH, THE RENOVATING OF THE GREENS AND RECONSTRUCTION, UH, AND THE RESTRUCTURE OF OUR TEE TIMES PRODUCING A STRONG FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RESULTS. UH, THE AR GRPR HAS INCREASED FROM 36 34 60 TO $51 REFLECTS ENHANCED PERCEIVED VALUE. UM, OLYMPIA HILLS IS OUTPERFORMING PROJECTIONS AND REINFORCING ITS ROLE IN A VALUABLE PUBLIC ASSET AND REINFORCING ITS ROLE AS A VALUABLE PUBLIC ASSET. AND CONTINUE FOCUS ON PLAYABILITY SERVICE AT PACE WILL HELP SUSTAIN THIS MOMENTUM. AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT. QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTION. UM, I GUESS THE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES WE HAVE NO CLUE. BUT, UM, THE, THEY HAD AN EXAMPLE REPORT IN THERE, KINDA LIKE A MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY THAT MAYBE MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU COULD KIND OF THROW IN OUR AGENDA PACKET IN THE FUTURE. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT OR, YEAH, WE'RE SET UP TO HAVE THAT IN THEIR, UH, IN YOUR PACKET. IT WON'T BE A MONTHLY, IT'LL BE QUARTERLY. UH, BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE THE TIME FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO GET THEIR FINANCES DONE. THERE'S TAKE A LITTLE LONGER 'CAUSE WE'RE DOING REVENUES AND EXPENSES. UH, BUT WE WILL HAVE, UH, ALL OF THAT IN YOUR QUARTERLY PACKET. I THINK IT'LL COME ON THE SECOND AGENDA IN JUNE IS WHEN YOU'LL SEE THAT FIRST FULL REPORT FOR THAT. OKAY. I, I DON'T THINK THE SPENDING IS, THAT IS CRUCIAL. 'CAUSE WE KIND HAVE THE BUDGET CONTROLLING THAT. SO THE, WHAT WHAT'S HARD FOR US, OR FOR ME, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF IS THE, THE REVENUE. LIKE HOW ARE WE DOING ON GREEN FEES AND ARE WE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE PLAYING TO MEET OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS OR NOT? SO THAT'S THE PIECE THAT I'M KIND OF MISSING ON AN ONGOING BASIS THAT I SO YOU'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT ROUNDS PER SE? WELL, ROUNDS IN THE AVERAGE PER PRIOR, AVERAGE PER ROUND WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION. YES. SO I KNOW YOU AND I HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT ROUNDS TODAY. IF YOU WANNA JUST GO AHEAD AND BRIEF THEM REAL QUICK ON THAT AS PART OF YOUR REPORT TODAY. THE, AS IN THE ROUNDS OF GOLF. SO RIGHT NOW, BASED ON LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS, WE DID HAVE TO DROP OUR GREEN FEES. SO WE DID HAVE A LOT OF PLAY COME OUT BECAUSE OF THE $25 GREEN FEE. SO, BUT WITH THE NEW GREENS, WE DECIDED TO LOOK AT THE COURSE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. UH, SO EVERY GOLF COURSE HAS A RECIPE, EITHER 50 GOLFERS AT A HUNDRED DOLLARS OR A HUNDRED PLAYERS AT $50, WHAT BASE, WHAT BEST FITS US. AND SO WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THAT. SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT QUALITY VERSUS QUANTITY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WE'RE DOWN ON OUR ROUNDS OF GOLF, BUT WHAT WE DID WAS, IN THIS REPORT, WE DROPPED OUR INTERVAL INTERVALS FROM 10 MINUTES. WE, WE WENT TO 10 MINUTE INTERVALS. SO WE STARTED AT NINE O'CLOCK, 9 10, 9 20 VERSUS EIGHT MINUTE INTERVALS. SO WE'LL LOSE SOME TEE TIMES, BASICALLY A TEE TIME, AN HOUR. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR GOLF CARTS ARE, ARE IN BETTER SHAPE. THE COURSES IN BETTER SHAPE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE GREEN FEES A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO EVEN THOUGH OUR ROUNDS SEEM DOWN, WE'RE STILL MAKING A LOT MORE MONEY AND IT'S, IT'S THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR RIGHT NOW. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE INCREASE IN THE FEES BECAUSE EVEN THE, UH, CONSULTANT INDICATED THAT THEY WERE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER, UH, WHAT WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE COURSE. UH, THE CONSULTANT ALSO, UH, STATED THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THIS COURSE TO HAVE FIVE TO 6,000 ADDITIONAL ROUNDS PER YEAR. THAT'S REALISTIC. UH, IT, IT, IT CAN BE REALISTIC, BUT AGAIN, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST MODEL FOR US IS. AND [00:15:01] IF I KEEP CHASING GOLFERS VERSUS TRYING TO PRODUCE QUALITY, THEN IN THE LONG RUN IT'S GONNA HURT US. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOLF COURSE THAT'S BEAT UP FROM WEAR AND TEAR. WE'RE GOING TO USE A LOT OF LABOR COSTS. 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES THERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PORT IS TOO HOT OR TOO COLD. IT'S RIGHT IN THAT MIDDLE. WHAT, WHAT WORKS FOR US? YES, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE TO GO OUT AND GET THAT MANY ROUNDS OF GOLF, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GO AT THE MOMENT. SO, SO JUST ONE, ONE MORE QUESTION. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN, UH, AT THE OLYMPIA HILLS? OVER 20 YEARS. OVER 20 YEARS. YES SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SAL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. S COME INTO ANNOUNCEMENT. UH, WITH RESPECTS TO ITEMS NOT LISTED ELSEWHERE IN THE AGENDA, MEMBERS MAY REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, UM, EMPLOYEE AWARDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I'LL LEAVE IT OFF TONIGHT. I'D LIKE THE BAD NEWS IS THAT, UM, UH, WE LOST, UH, NEVILLE, DICK NEVILLE THIS PAST WEEK. AND ALSO WE LOST A FORMER MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMAN. UM, UH, WAS, UH, JAMES CARROLL. HE WAS, UH, MAYOR OF 94 96 TIMEFRAME. THAT WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE MY TIME HERE. AND HIS, UH, SERVICES AS A PRIVATE SERVICE NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE MAY 12TH. MAY 12TH. AND, UH, FOR, UM, MR. NEVILLE, HIS SERVICES ARE LISTED, UH, LOCALLY AS ONE TOMORROW NIGHT AT PORT LOING, AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING IN PADRE PO PADRE CATHOLIC CHURCH PIER AT THE CHURCH. SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS LISTED FOR THOSE THAT MAY WANT TO ATTEND. UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, MS. CINDY COHEN UP. UH, SHE'S WITH, UH, MERGE WORKS. SHE'S GOT A FEW WORDS THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY, HEY, HERE OR THERE, A YEAR CALL. IT'S CLOSE. THIS ONE'S CLOSED. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. UH, MY NAME IS CINDY COHEN. UH, THIS IS MY HUSBAND SCOTT KLINGLER SITTING NEXT TO ME. UM, WE OWN A BUSINESS IN THE CITY. OUR, THE NAME IS MERGE WORKS. WE, Y'ALL MAY HAVE SEEN OUR BUILDING. WE'RE OVER HERE JUST OFF OF UNIVERSAL CITY BOULEVARD, BACK BEHIND THE WALMART, KIND OF CATTY CORNER FROM THE WALMART. UM, WE MANUFACTURE OFFICE FURNITURE, MOSTLY OFFICE FURNITURE COMPONENTS LIKE ACOUSTIC PROP MATERIALS AND DUST DIVIDERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WE MOVED TO THIS FACILITY ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. MY HUSBAND AND I ACTUALLY BOUGHT THE BUILDING WITH THE HELP OF COUNCIL, WHICH I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT, AND THE EDC, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE. UM, THE BUILDING IS 102,000 SQUARE FEET. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A SINGLE TENANT BUILDING THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY A DOOR COMPANY THAT MADE INTERIOR DOORS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHEN WE, WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I FOUND THE BUILDING AND IDENTIFIED IT AS A POTENTIAL TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING WAS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. IT WAS FILTHY DIRTY. IT HAD, YOU KNOW, FIVE INCHES OF SAW DUST ON ANY SURFACE THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SAW DUST BUILT UP ON. AND BECAUSE IT WAS A SINGLE TENANT BUILDING, IT REALLY WASN'T GONNA BE SUITABLE FOR OUR USE BECAUSE WE ONLY NEEDED A PORTION OF THE BUILDING. UM, SO OUR PLAN WAS TO SPLIT THE BUILDING INTO WHAT WE CALL MULTI-TENANT AND PUT OUR BUSINESS IN ONE END OF THE BUILDING AND THEN LEASE OUT THE OTHER. UM, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, IT WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION. WE HAD TO COMPLETELY RENOVATE THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. WE TORE IT OUT COMPLETELY AND PUT IN A NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD ALLOW BOTH OUR BUSINESS AND WHOEVER WE LEASED THE BUILDING TWO, TO DO WHAT THEY CALL STACKING HIGHER, WHICH IN THE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS MEANS THEY CAN PUT MORE GOODS IN THE SPACE, WHICH MEANS HIGHER TAX REVENUE FOR ALL. BUT TO DO THAT, WE HAD TO UPGRADE THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. UM, WE ALSO HAD TO SPLIT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, WHICH WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF FUN DEALING WITH CPS TO TRY TO TAKE THAT BUILDING INTO MULTI-TONE APP. AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF OTHER CAPITAL AND SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAD TO DO. UM, WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS THAT WHILE WE WERE DOING OUR INITIAL DUE DILIGENCE, THE PRICES KEPT ESCALATING AND ESCALATING AND ESCALATING AS WE GOT FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO THE, INTO THE SITUATION. SO WHAT I DID WAS I CAME TO THE CITY AND I MET SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE AND MET WITH EACH OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SAT DOWN WITH THEM AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH THE BUILDING. UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA DO IT RIGHT. WE [00:20:01] DON'T WANNA GET ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE CITY. AND THE, THE CITY WAS GRACIOUS AND GRATEFUL AND, UM, WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF REALLY HOW HARD EVERYBODY WORKED TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, GET IN AND MAKE THIS DEAL. UM, PART OF WHAT MADE THIS DEAL SUCCESSFUL WAS WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO THE EDC AND ASK FOR SOME ASSISTANCE AND, EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS BACK IN, UM, EARLY 2022. AND WE CAME TO THE EDC AND WE SAID, THIS IS NOT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE FOR US AS AN INVESTMENT, BUT WE REALLY WANNA BUY THE BUILDING. AND THE EDC WAS GREAT, YOU KNOW, BEAR THIS AT THAT POINT, PART OF THE EDC AND, UM, SUPER HELPFUL TO US. SO IN ANY EVENT, WE MOVED IN, WE HAVE 39,000 SQUARE FEET ON THE END CLOSEST TO UNIVERSAL CITY BOULEVARD, AND THEN WE PUT ANOTHER TENANT IN THE OTHER END OF THE BUILDING. SO THE BUILDING IS A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPIED. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLUGGING ALONG. THINGS ARE GREAT. IT'S, IT'S A FABULOUS BUILDING. WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE AND BE PART OF THE CITY. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, OTHER THAN I REALLY WANTED TO THANK, YOU KNOW, RANDY AND MICHAEL AND JACQUELINE, WHO'S NOT HERE. KIM, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME, UM, IT WAS CHIEF PERNA AND I KNOW HE'S NOT THE CHIEF ANYMORE, BUT EVERYBODY WAS REALLY GREAT. EVERYBODY WAS SUPER HELPFUL TO ME. SO US THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE KUDOS. YEAH. BUT MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, THE EDC GETS THE WORD ALSO. YES, PLEASE. YEAH. SO THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, THERE IS A, YOU HAVE A LIST, UH, FOR AIR FORCE BASE. THEY WANT TO DO A PARADE NEXT WEEK. UH, THEY, WE'VE GOT A, UH, A FLOAT THAT WE CAN PUT IN IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND. UH, JUST FILL OUT THAT AND BRING IT IN, THEN WE'LL, UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT. UH, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT BEING MAYOR IS I LIKE TO GIVE THINGS AWAY OCCASIONALLY. AND IF I GET, UH, UH, PARKS PARTNERS, ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARKS PARTNERS FROM, UH, HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS, UH, THE, UH, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND THE POLICE CITIZENS ACADEMY, COME FORWARD, PLEASE. ACTUALLY, IF YOU'D STEP DOWN HERE PLEASE. AND YOU GOT THAT. IF SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE CUTS, WAIT, THAT, DON'T, DON'T THROW IT. . I'M AWARE. . IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE. I GET TO READ THIS. OH, I'M SORRY. MAYOR WILLIAMS. I'M ONE UPPING YOU ON THIS ONE STATE OF TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WHEREAS THE UNIVERSAL CITY VOLUNTEER CORPS IS BEING PRESENTED WITH A 2025 COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD AT THE 41ST ANNUAL GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEER AWARDS RECEPTION AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION DURING THE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH IN APRIL. AND WHEREAS ADMINISTERED BY ONE STAR FOUNDATION, THE GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEER AWARDS HIGHLIGHT THE POWER OF SERVICE TO TRANSFORM WIVES AND COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS THE UNIVERSAL CITY VOLUNTEER CORPS IS A COALITION OF FOUR DEDICATED GROUPS, PARKS PARTNERS, UNIVERSAL CITY CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. NOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE IAAA COMES FROM FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSAL CITY, LI PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HOMELESS FOR THE HOMELESS PETS. TOGETHER, THEY'VE RAISED HUNDREDS OF, OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR LOCAL CHARITIES IN THE UNIVERSAL CITY. A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY WITH A POPULATION OF 20,000. AND WHEREAS PARKS PARTNERS HAS RAISED SIX FIGURES IN NINE YEARS THROUGH HIS PUMPKIN PATCH EVENT, WHICH BENEFITS 27 CHARITIES. AND WHEREAS THE COLLABORATE, COLLABORATING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ON COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, UNIVERSAL CITY CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ASSIST WITH SUCH INITIATIVES AS BLUE SANTA AND THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. AND WHEREAS FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY RAISE FUNDS TO BOLSTER ESSENTIAL LIBRARY RESOURCES, IMPROVING ACCESS AND SERVICES FOR ALL ER, ALL RESIDENTS, AND WHEREAS COMMITTED TO THE WELLBEING OF COMPANION ANIMALS IN NEED AND UNI TO UNI, UNI, EXCUSE ME, UNITING THEM WITH LOVING FAMILIES. HOME FOR THE HOMELESS PETS HAS PROVIDED NEARLY $500,000 TO THE CITY ANIMAL SHELTER. AND WHEREAS BEYOND FUNDRAISING, THE GROUP WORK IN OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, HELP ANIMALS HONOR MILITARY FAMILIES, AND HEIGHTENED CIVIC PRIDE. AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSAL CITY VOLUNTEER CORPS HAVE DEMONSTRATED A LASTING COMMITMENT [00:25:01] TO MAKING THEIR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL, AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE RICHLY DESERVING OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATURE HEREBY CONGRATULATE THE UNIVERSAL CITY VOLUNTEER CORPS ON RECEIVING THE 2025 COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD FOR THE GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEER AWARD PROGRAM, AND EXTEND TO ITS MEMBERS SINCERE BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND THEIR IMPORTANT ENDEAVORS. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THAT THE OFFICIAL A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION IS PREPARED FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS THE EXPRESSION OF HIGH REGARD AND ESTEEM BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE. SIGNED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, DUSTIN BURROWS, JOHN LUHAN, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, DISTRICT ONE 18, AND CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY CLERK STEVEN BROWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH. YOU'RE JUST A SMALL, SMALL SAMPLING OF THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS. GOOD JOB UNIVERSAL CITY HAS, IT MAKES UNIVERSAL CITY THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS. THAT MAKES ME, FORMER MAYOR WILLIAMS, EXTREMELY PROUD TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND HERE'S THE OFFICIAL RESOLUTION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTIONS OF IT. LET'S TURN IT OVER TO, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND SINCE I SAID THE PRAYER SIDE, I USUALLY START, I'LL START CLOCKWISE. MAYOR, MAYOR. UM, IT WAS ALL SORTS OF THINGS, BUT, UH, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN GETTING OUT AND TALKING TO SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND, AND, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FUN TO GET OUTSIDE OF YOUR ECHO CHAMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YES, MS. GO AHEAD. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. [6. ANNOUNCEMENTS] SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE. UM, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER FITZPATRICK MENTIONED LOWERING TAXES, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE AMAZING THIS YEAR TO SEE A LOWER TAX RATE. UM, I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A CHANGE. I WANTED TO BE A VOICE FOR PEOPLE WHO FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T BEING HEARD. I PUT MY HEART INTO IT, AND I SAW THIS AS A WAY OF GIVING BACK AND VOLUNTEERING. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR ME AND SUPPORTED ME. HOWEVER, IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY HARD. THIS CITY IS A CLIQUE, AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS CLIQUE, I FIND ARE VERY CRUEL. THEY BELIEVE THEIR WAY IS THE ONLY WAY THEY ATTACK ANYONE WHO'S DIFFERENT. THE MAKE UP LIES, SPREAD RUMORS, AND TREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT, HORRIBLY. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE HEARD. THEY BULLY TO GET THEIR WAY AND SAY, I'M A JERK BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN LESS SPENDING AND TRANSPARENCY FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE I HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, AND EXPRESS MYSELF IN A DIFFERENT YOUNGER, MORE NON-TRADITIONAL WAY. I'VE SEEN THIS DISRESPECT NOT ONLY TOWARDS MYSELF, BUT OTHERS ON COUNCIL, BE IT AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OR OUT IN THE PUBLIC. AND IT'S NOT OKAY. THESE ACTIONS ARE PETTY AND MEAN. THEY MAKE PEOPLE WHO WANNA VOLUNTEER OR DO GOOD FOR THE CITY FEEL SO AWFUL THAT IT MAKES 'EM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNWANTED. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR THIS POSITION AND FEEL THIS MUCH UNNECESSARY? HATE LIFE IS SHORT. THERE'S SO MANY OTHER WAYS TO GIVE BACK THAN DEAL WITH THIS TYPE OF ABUSE. FIRST CORINTHIANS SAYS, BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD CHARACTER. THIS VOLUNTEER POSITION ISN'T WORTH LOSING MYSELF. IF I CONTINUE TO DO THIS, IT WILL CORRUPT MY CHARACTER. AND I REFUSE TO ADD ANY MORE UNKINDNESS TO THIS CITY. I HOPE ONE DAY I LIVE IN A UC THAT OPENS ITS ARMS TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THEY'RE REPRESENTED. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. SO I RESIGN EFFECTIVELY. NOW, RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. UM, MS. BUD TOP ACT. PAUL. YEAH. UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, READING THE PROCLAMATION. WE WERE TREATED BEAUTIFULLY IN AUSTIN. IT WAS, WE WERE WITH, UH, CO ABOUT 150 OTHER PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE STATE THAT DID GREAT WORK. AND WE WERE REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT. UH, THE FIRST LADY WAS VERY GENEROUS TO US, AND WHEN WE WALKED UP, SHE SAID, OH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE CITY'S HERE. SO WE HAD GREAT REPRESENTATION AND WE WERE VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE THERE. UM, I, WE, UNFORTUNATELY TODAY WE HAD, UH, A LITTLE INCIDENT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAD A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS IN CRISIS, AND I CALLED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SENT THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UNIT OUT. AND I WAS THERE TO SEE THEM WORK WITH HER, AND SHE'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF. AND I WAS VERY PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW IT WAS ALL HANDLED. AND KUDOS TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH, UM, OFFICERS THAT CAME OUT. 'CAUSE SHE WAS IN GREAT NEED. UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL PEOPLE [00:30:01] AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A CONCISE AND AGREEABLE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR COMING FORWARD. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEAM. UM, I WILL SECOND THAT. THE AUSTIN EXPERIENCE WAS VERY UNIQUE AND VERY SPECIAL. AND, UM, THE FIRST LADY REALLY DID A FABULOUS JOB OF MAKING US ALL FEEL APPRECIATED FOR WHAT WE DID TO, TO HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND I REALLY WANNA EXTEND THAT TO EVERY VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, IT DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED AND IT, IT WAS APPRECIATED NOT ONLY AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT ALL OF US HERE AS WELL. I MEAN, WE RECOGNIZE VOLUNTEERS. WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY SPECIAL? UM, TO THAT END, UH, THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST WAS THE SATURDAY. AND I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS, UM, REALLY TAKING IT BACK TO FEELING LIKE A REAL COMMUNITY EVENT. THE KIDS WERE OUT THERE, THEY WERE PLAYING WITH SIDEWALK CHALK. THEY WERE DOING FOURSQUARE. THE FIRE GUYS WERE PLAYING WITH THE KIDS. PEOPLE CAME AND THEY STAYED. AND IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD'S NOT THAT GREAT, BUT IT IS JUST A LOT . IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT. . UM, SO I JUST, AS THOSE EVENTS COME UP, THEY'RE TWO TIMES A YEAR. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ON YOUR TO-DO LIST, TO REALLY MAKE IT A POINT TO COME OUT. UM, THEY ARE SUPER ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. UM, AND IT WAS JUST SPECIAL TO BE A PART OF. SO THAT'S ALL. THAT SAUSAGE WAS GOOD. THE SAUSAGE WAS GOOD. , I ENJOYED MR. RUBAL. UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, LATER, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, UH, WITH REGRET ACKNOWLEDGED LEAVING OF COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BOWMAN. UM, I THINK SHE WAS A VERY GOOD ADVOCATE FOR, UH, THE RESIDENCE OF UNIVERSAL CITY PLEA. THOSE THAT TEND NOT TO BE HEARD, AND I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. UH, THE SECOND COMMENT, UH, TODAY HAS TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING, UM, A LITTLE BIT LATER. IT HAS TO DEAL WITH, UH, TRANSPARENCY, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO COUNCIL EXPENSES. UH, THIS IS THE FIR VERY FIRST YEAR THAT COUNCIL'S GOTTEN ITS OWN BUDGET. AND TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST TO YOU OUT THERE AND HONOR CO HONOR COUNCIL, WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE LINE ITEMS WERE WITHIN THAT BUDGET. NOW, THAT SAID, UH, UH, ESSENTIALLY I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNSEL, UH, TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME. UH, SO THIS IS AN OFFICIAL MOTION, UH, UH, TO PUT ALL COUNCIL EXPENSES ON THE CITY WEBSITE, UM, AT, UH, WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AFTER THEY OCCUR. UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, SOMETHING THAT CAME UP OUT OF THE LAST THREE, I GUESS, UH, SOMETHING THAT CAME UP OUT OF THE, UH, LAST COUNCIL MEETING HAD TO DO WITH THE HOTEL TAX USE OF SOFTWARE CALLED PLACER IA THAT DOES TOURIST TRACKING AND GUIDANCE. UH, IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND $26,000 PURCHASED IN 2023, BUT COUNCILS NEVER HEARD A REPORT ON THAT SOFT ON WHAT THAT SOFTWARE YIELDS. NOR HAS COUNCIL BEEN PROVIDED SOME GUIDANCE AS TO THE RULES FOR TRACKING PEOPLE. AND, UM, UH, WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THAT WITH REGARD TO THE FLOCK SYSTEM. UM, I, I THINK THAT WHENEVER WE'RE TRACKING PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR CITY, PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY GO IN THE CITY AND OUTSIDE THE CITY, WE KIND OF OWE THEM THE RESPECT, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT'S BEING DONE IN SOME WAY. NOW, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT MAY NOT BE PART OF THE CURRENT, UH, UH, UH, SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, UH, TYPE THING, UH, WHERE OUR DATA IS SOLD, UH, UH, TYPE THING. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME GUIDELINES FOR ITS USE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, KNOW WHAT THAT SOFTWARE HAS REVEALED WITH REGARD TO A CITY NEXT TENANCY. TENANCY IS A WORD USED, UH, IN THE AUDIT. WE ARE VERY GOOD TO ACKNOWLEDGE ESSENTIALLY THE OPENING OF NEW FACILITIES, UH, UH, WITHIN OUR CITY. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT HAVE A HANDLE ON HOW MANY VACANCIES, WHAT, UH, THERE ARE WITHIN OUR CITY. AND I'M, I'M GOING TO ASK COUNSEL TO SUPPORT A MOTION TO ASK, UH, MR. CASADA, UH, TO GIVE US A RUNDOWN ON WHAT PROPERTIES ARE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THAT, WHEN OCCUPIED TRANSLATES INTO TAXABLE INCOME FOR OUR CITY. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO GET A HANDLE ON THAT. NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE BUILDING, BUT WHAT WE HAVE. THAT'S VACANT NUMBER. UH, THE NEXT ONE, UH, AND, AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST ONE, MR. MAYOR, UM, [00:35:01] UH, HAS TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING THAT CAME UP ON, ON THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT IS TO SOMEWHAT MY SURPRISE, CITIZENS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES. UM, I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED IN REQUESTING BETTER REPORTING OF CRIME STATISTICS, UH, TO COUNSEL. WE'RE GIVEN ACCIDENT REPORT STATISTICS, BUT NOT CRIME STATISTICS AS REPORTED AS REPORTED TO THE FBI AND HIGHER AGENCIES AND SO FORTH. AND ALSO, THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER LOCALIZATION OF WHERE THIS CRIME'S OCCURRING. SO COUNCIL CAN MONITOR, IF WE'RE MAKING, DOING APPROPRIATE THINGS TO HELP AMELIORATE THOSE PROBLEMS. I THEREFORE ASK THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT, UH, A MOTION TO, UH, HAVE THE, UH, UH, CHIEF OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE GIVE US AN OVERVIEW BEFORE BUDGET TIME OF THE ACTUAL CRIME STATISTICS WITHIN UNIVERSAL CITY AND THE CRIME TRENDS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO. AND FINALLY, MR. MR. MAYOR, UH, UH, UH, I, I KNOW I SAID THAT WAS THE LAST, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, AND THAT IS THE CONCEPT OF CORRUPTION. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I'M NOT REFERRING TO, UH, CORRUPTION AS WILL BE PRESENTED IN, IN, UH, UH, RULES, RULES FOR COUNSEL. BUT RATHER I'M REFERRING TO CORRUPTION OF IDEAS AND IDEALS. I THINK IF COUNCIL IS TOLERANT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND, AND ACCOMPLISH GREAT GOALS IN OUR CITY. BUT WE HAVE GREAT CHALLENGES TOO. WE HAVE, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY A, A COMP, A, A COMPROMISED FU, PERHAPS THAT'S THE WRONG WORD, BUT A COMPROMISE, UH, FUTURE SOURCES OF WATER IN OUR CITY. UH, WE WERE ANTICIPATING THAT WE COULD MANAGE IT SIX MONTHS AGO, BUT THEN WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, UH, ESSENTIALLY WITH THE HELP OF RANDY, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THINGS, UH, FOR A MORE QUESTIONABLE FUTURE. AND THAT HAS GREAT IMPACT, AS DOES OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ON WHERE WE GO, UH, IN DEVELOPING OUR CITY. SO, I, I, I, I BEG, UH, COUNSEL'S, UH, TOLERANCE IN ADDRESSING THESE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AS THEY COME UP. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. YOU MADE SOME GOOD POINTS IN THERE. UH, MR. BEL, I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, THAT BEING SAID, [7. CONSENT AGENDA] I'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, ALL MATTERS LISTED DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE FOR CITY COUNCIL. UH, AS STATED, IF, UH, THE MINUTES FOR APRIL 23RD HAVE BEEN AMENDED. SO I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION. I DON'T THINK MAYOR GOT TO SPEAK. NO, I DID. I DID. YEAH. OH, IT WAS SO MEMORABLE. YEAH, IT WAS . HELLO, . MOVE TO APPROVE. GO. HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT CALL FOR THE VOTE? MAYOR PATRICK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDSBY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VAUGHN AYE. MOTION CARRIED. CARRIED FORWARD. [8. ACTION ITEMS] UM, ACTION ITEMS NUMBER A. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR CITY CLERK HAS BEEN DEPUTY CITY CLERK FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND SHE HAS WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO GET CERTIFIED AND SHE IS FULLY CERTIFIED. AND A MOTION NEED A MOTION TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT OF MARIBEL GARCIA AS CITY CLERK OBJECT. SECOND. I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY DISCUSSION IS THERE? NOPE. NOPE. FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER VAUGHN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDSBY AYE. MAYOR PER FITZPATRICK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VAL, I. HIGHLY EXPRESSIVE. AYE. MOTION TAKE A BOW. ITEM B HILLVIEW PAY APPLICATION NUMBER SEVEN. UH, THIS IS YOUR, UH, SEVENTH AND FINAL PAY APPLICATION FOR HILLVIEW. IF YOU APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, UH, WE'LL GET THAT SUBMITTED AND CLOSE OUT THAT PROJECT. AND MOVE OVER TO FLINTSTONE . OKAY. CALL FOR MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER VAUGHN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDSBY AYE. MAYOR FOR TEMP. PATRICK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL AYE. MOTION CARRIED. APPROVED ITEM C CONTRACT FOR OLYMPIA HILLS MASTER PLAN AND RENOVATION DESIGN SERVICE? [00:40:02] YES. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HOPE YOU WERE ALL ABLE TO READ THE, UH, AMENDMENT THAT I MADE TO THIS. UH, MR. NATHAN GRACE, THE, A ARCHITECT, AFTER SPEAKING WITH SAL AND HIS STAFF AND WITH MASON STAFF, UH, THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE DON'T NEED A FULL MASTER PLAN. WHAT WE REALLY JUST NEED IS A NARROWER SCOPE OF SERVICES TO CARRY OUT THE RENOVATIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION. SO THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS, UH, TO NARROW THAT, BUT TO GET A DETAILED, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE AND A PHASING TIMELINE THAT COUNSEL CAN CONSIDER. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE 36,000 DOWN TO THE 18,500 OFFER. OFFER A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, SECOND DISCUSSION, MR. AL? UM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I, I GUESS I CIRCLE AROUND TO POINT. UM, AND THIS IS A, A QUOTE FROM, UM, MR. HOFFMAN'S HISTORY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MAYOR AND OTHERS THAT THE GOLF COURSE WAS THE LAST BEST CHANCE FOR THE CITY TO MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH A BONAFIDE VEHICLE TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR YEARS. THE RESIDENTS APPROVED BUILDING THE GOLF COURSE CONVENTION CENTER THAT YEAR BY A REVERSAL OF THEIR EARLIER REJECTION VOTE OF A VOTE OF 1700, MORE OR LESS, UH, UH, TO 839. WE ARE FACING ESSENTIALLY A COST OF APPROXIMATELY 400, 400, UH, $4.5 MILLION IN NEXT FEW YEARS FOR RENOVATION, FOR RENOVATION OF THE GOLF COURSE. WE HAVE EXPENDED GREATER THAN $11,000, $11 MILLION MORE THAN THE $11 MILLION EXPENDED THROUGH THE VENUE TAX, UH, FOR PAYING THE GOLF COURSE DEBT OFF. NOW, THE CORRUPTION THAT I BELIEVE HAS OCCURRED IS THAT PRIOR TO 2005, WE HAD COUNCILS THAT FIRED CONTRACTORS THAT DID NOT PERFORM. BUT YET WITHIN THE 20 YEARS, WE'VE ALLOWED ESSENTIALLY A CREEP OF, OF, UH, EXPENDITURES THAT ARE COMING NOT FROM THE GOLFERS, BUT RATHER FROM THE POCKETS OF THE UNIVERSAL CITY PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING SALES TAX. AND I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THE VENUE TAX GO TO A VOTE BY THE VOTERS, AS IS THEIR RIGHT TO CONSIDER THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS AMOUNT OF COMMITMENT OF THEIR SALES TAX MONEY. SO, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UH, UH, FOR, UH, ALLOWING THE TIME, UH, UH, FOR THAT COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A, IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION, JUST A BACK AND FORTH, JUST A QUESTION? YES, YOU MAY. UM, ARE YOU, I ASSUME YOU'RE ASKING ME OR ASKING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL. 'CAUSE BECAUSE HE BRINGS UP A LOT OF POINTS AND I, I WOULD, IT'S EASIER THAN SAYING I YIELD THE FLOOR AND I YIELD THE FLOOR. IF WE JUST HAVE A BACK AND FORTH. IF HE'S WI, IF HE'S, IF, IF HE'S, I'M FINE. YOU FINE WITH ME. I, I OPEN IT UP FOR ANYBODY ELSE, HAS ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, UH, LEGAL, DO WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT? HAVING AN OPEN DISCUSSION? YOU ARE CERTAINLY ABLE TO DO THAT. YEAH. IT'S YOUR MEETING HERE. SO IT, IT, IT'S OPEN FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION. WHAT OF YOUR DELIBERATION, SIR, OR THE COUNSEL? I'M, UH, I AM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING A DESIGNER TO GIVE US A MASTER OR A MODIFIED MASTER PLAN, TALK ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, CURRENT ISSUES ARE ON HOW TO MOVE IT FORWARD. DO YOU, UM, I COULDN'T TELL FROM YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS OR NOT. I, THAT WAS, UH, UH, THANK YOU. UH, THE, THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT FOLLOWS A PRESENTATION, UH, AND AN ACCEPTANCE BY COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE GOLF COURSE. I WOULD PREFER THAT THE ISSUES TONIGHT BE DEFERRED UNTIL WE GET THAT REPORT AND, UH, UH, UH, IN NEW FISCAL YEAR AND, AND TO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. SO PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AS IT SHOULD NORMALLY COME UP, RATHER THAN MIDTERM, UH, AS IT IS, AGAIN, [00:45:01] BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE NEED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, STATEMENT. AND ALSO THE FACT THAT IT SHOULD BE REALIZED THAT WHAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE CONSULTANT WAS AN ASSESSMENT OF AN 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE, NOT A BUSINESS PLAN FOR PROFITABILITY OF THE GOLF COURSE. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT ONE REQUIRES TAX PAY OR SUPPORT INDEFINITELY. THE OTHER IS, IS, UH, A NON REQUIREMENT FOR TAXPAYERS SUPPORT TO ALLOW THAT TAX MONEY TO GO TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER NEEDS IN THE CITY. SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS THAT WE WOULD WAIT TO APPROVE THIS UNTIL AFTER THAT ECONOMIC REPORT IS GENERATED? YES. AND DO WE KNOW HOW LONG IT IS UNTIL THAT IS GENERATED? WELL, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT NOW, SO I WOULD IMAGINE IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE MONTHS THEY MIGHT HAVE IT DONE. . THE TIMING IS JUST HORRIBLE. IT'S ALL, IT'S NOT ALL FALLING OUT GREAT FOR ME. UM, OKAY. THANK BUT IF YOU DON'T GET THIS ESTIMATE DONE NOW, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DECIDE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOME OF IT, ALL OF IT, OR NONE OF IT? THAT'S TRUE. YES. OPEN. IT'S THERE ON THE SALAD. IS THIS GONNA BE VALUABLE IF TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW? I MEAN, IF WE DON'T DO THE IMPROVEMENTS NOW, IS IT STILL GONNA GIVE YOU THE ROADMAP THAT YOU NEED FOR YES SIR. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS LATER? IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED PERCENT IF YOU WAIT TWO OR THREE YEARS. OH, NO, , I THOUGHT YOU MEANT IF WE NO, HE SAID IF YOU WAITED AND DID THIS OR TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW, I MEAN, IF YOU GOT IT NOW, BUT IF WE DECIDED TO FOR DELAY SOME OF THE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENTS, WOULD THIS REPORT STILL BE USEFUL FOR YOU IN A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW TO DO THIS? YES. YES, IT WOULD BE USEFUL, BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LONGER YOU WAIT, YOU HAVE THE ESCALATION OF COST, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAD THE CONSULTANT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BACK DOWN, I'LL CALL IT THAT, BUT SCALE DOWN, UH, THE SCOPE OF HIS PROJECT IS WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVEN WITH COUNCIL, THERE MIGHT NOT BE A WHEREWITHAL OR A DESIRE TO DO ALL OF IT AT ONE TIME. SO IN ORDER FOR HIM TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO PHASE IT IN OR TO PHASE IT OUT, OR TO DO SOME NOW OR TO DO SOME LATER, HE HAS TO DO ALL THIS PRELIMINARY STUFF BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT A FRONT NINE AND YOU'VE GOT A BACK NINE AND THEY DON'T ALL NEED THE SAME THING. SO I WOULD HOPE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, HE SHOULD BREAK THAT, BE ABLE TO BREAK THAT UP AND TELL COUNSEL, HERE'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE. IF YOU DO IT ALL AT ONCE, HERE'S WHAT IT'LL BE. IF YOU DO IT OVER TWO OR THREE YEARS, HERE'S WHAT IT'LL BE IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, DO IT AT ALL. IT'S, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OPEN DISCUSSION. OKAY. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE FOR YEARS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE VENUE TAX FOR YEARS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS IT, DOES IT STILL BE NEEDED? WE'VE SPENT THE MONEY ON THIS ASSESSMENT. UM, AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S, IT GIVES US INFORMATION TO ALLOW US TO DECIDE, BECAUSE COUNCIL DECIDES HOW THE VENUE TAX IS APPLIED EACH YEAR. THAT'S OUR CHOICE. SO WE COULD DO IT TO ALL LINEAR PARKS AND GIVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO THE GOLF COURSE AS IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE BOND HAS BEEN PAID OFF. I REALLY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO MAKE INFORMED, EDUCATED DECISIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE REPRESENT. OH, THAT'S BACK TO YOU. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BACK. I'M JUST, I'M JUST, STU , I WAS JUST, YOU JUST MAKING NOTHING STATEMENT. YEAH, I WAS, YEAH. I THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR ENTERTAINING ME THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS THERE? GREAT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THE FORMAT ALSO. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT. DID WE GET A SECOND? YES, WE DID GET A SECOND. WAS IT ME? IT WAS ME, YES. . IT WASN'T JUST ME , IT WAS JUST, OKAY. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. ACTUAL DISCUSSION ON THAT. THEN WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOOLSBY. AYE. MAYOR PROTECT PATRICK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER BOND. AYE. MOTION CARRIED, APPROVED. UH, ITEM D, DELTA AWARD. SAFE STREETS FOR ALL CONTRACT. MAYOR. COUNSEL, UH, TONIGHT I BRING BEFORE YOU A, UM, IT WAS A RFQ THAT WE WENT OUT FOR, UH, FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS. UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE [00:50:01] WERE AWARDED $160,000 GRANT WITH A MATCH OF 40,000, UH, AS A FEDERAL GRANT. AND, UM, THIS WILL BE, UM, TONIGHT IS FOR YOU FOR THEM TO PERFORM THAT WORK FOR US TO DO THAT WORK. WE HAD TWO CONSULTANTS THAT PROVIDED US THOSE STATEMENTS, UM, IN EVALUATING STAFF. EVALUATED EACH ONE OF THEM. AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO YOU TONIGHT, UH, WITH KIMLEY HORN AS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SAFE, SAFE STREETS FOR ALL. IT'S SS FOUR A GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER, UH, TO SIGN, UH, THE CONSULTING SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THESE SERVICES THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BEGIN THE GRANT WORK PROCESS. OKAY. BEFORE WE DISCUSS THAT CALL FOR A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE I GOT THAT. AND, UH, DISCUSS MR. RAMBO. I, I'LL, I'D JUST LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION JUST FOR MY OWN SANITY, JUST TO SAY NOT TO EXCEED 200,000 TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED 200. YEAH, I CAN ONLY ASK REIMBURSEMENT FOR 160. SO THE 40,000 IS OURS, RIGHT? I JUST DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BILL US TWO 50 OR GET STUCK WITH ANOTHER 50,000 ON TOP IF THEY GO NUTS ON THE OR ANYTHING. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? OH, HE'S ASKING IF THEY CAN GO OVER THEIR CONTRACT AMOUNT. YEAH. SO THAT, UH, NO. NOT PART OF THE GRANT PROCESS, NO. OKAY. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STICK TO MY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO SAY NOT TO EXCEED 200,000. YEAH, YOU FINE WITH THAT? I CAN ROLL THAT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? I SECOND YOU SECOND THE AMENDMENT. SHE'S ASKING. I CAN SECOND THE AMENDMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I FIRST DID THE THING, THEN WE HAD A THIRD AND FOUR . OKAY. I ANY DISCUSSION THEN? OTHER DISCUSSION? YES. READING, UH, UH, RANDY, UH, READING THE, UH, CONTRACTOR'S, UH, BRIEF, THERE WERE MANY ELEMENTS IN THERE THAT ARE, WOULD BE, UH, WONDERFUL, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THEY INCLUDED, UH, IDENTIFYING, UM, STREET NEEDS, UH, IN, IN, IN THEIR CONTEXT YEP. THING. AND, UH, SO, UH, IT HAD A LOT, A LOT OF ELEMENTS IN THERE. UM, WILL THEY BE WORKING WITH YOU? UH, WILL THEY BE WORKING WITH, UH, ESSENTIALLY A POLICE DEPARTMENT? UM, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A KICKOFF, IF YOU WILL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY THING THAT WON'T BE CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WILL IT HAVE ESSENTIALLY NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATION, IF NOT A VOICE, UH, UH, AT, AT THE MEETINGS? BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM ATHENA, WE'VE HEARD FROM, UH, UH, COUNCIL, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN GOLDSBY. WE'VE HEARD FROM, UH, TRUDY LANE, UH, EAST AND WEST, UH, AVIATION TYPE THING. UH, UH, WILL THERE BE, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS GRANT, SOMETHING THAT FOCUSES ON WHERE THE CITIZENS ALSO SEE PROBLEMS WITH STREET SAFETY AT THIS TIME? WELL, WHEN THEY STARTED DEVELOPING IT, WE'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT AT THIS TIME, OKAY, IT'S, THEY'LL BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH HAND WITH STAFF. THEY'LL BE SENDING THEIR TEAMS OUT TO DO EVALUATIONS OF AADA, A SIDEWALK, LOGS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND BRINGING A LOT OF THAT DATA IN. SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE'LL PROBABLY BE OKAY. THEY'LL, THEY'LL GET WITH US ON THAT. AND I WAS RECENTLY PROVIDED A LINK TO THE TEXT WEBSITE FOR, UH, TRAFFIC INGESTION AND UNIVERSAL CITY BY, UH, MS. TURNER. AND WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT, UM, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT REFLECTED DATA FROM 2020. AND, UM, THERE WAS A COMMENT BY KIM THAT ESSENTIALLY THAT TRAFFIC SURVEY IS NOT GONNA BE UPDATED. NOW, UH, THE TEXTILE TRAFFIC SURVEY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY DON'T WANNA INCLUDE ABAS, I DON'T THINK ANOMALIES. THAT'S WORKING ANOMALIES, ABAS ANOMALIES. I'M SORRY. SO, SO BASICALLY, WHAT DATA ARE THEY GOING TO GET WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION? SO I WANT YOU TO GO TO THEIR, THE INSERT, WHAT WE INSERTED IN THERE. WAS THERE PAGE NUMBER? YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE OF A CU HORN IS PAGE FOUR AND FIVE. SO YOU'LL SEE THEIR PROJECT STRUCTURE AND WORK PLAN AND, UH, SO THE PROS THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN TASK STRUCTURE, AND IT LISTS EXACTLY ALL THE WAY TO DELIVERABLES. WOULD PROVIDE A HIGH RESOLUTION PDF OF THE DATA PRODUCTS. SO THEY GOT LIKE 10 ITEMS THERE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I WANNA ADD IN ALSO, UH, YES, THE TECH.WEBSITE [00:55:01] IS VERY INFORMATIVE. UM, BUT TXDOT, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ALSO FACED SOME FUNDING ISSUES WHILE THEY USED TO DO TRAFFIC, UH, STUDIES ANNUALLY. THEY ONLY DO 'EM ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS NOW WHEN THERE'S NOT AN ANOMALY BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE EXPENSE FOR THEM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL ACTUALLY DO ONE FOR US IN 2025 WITH THE, UH, TRAFFIC ANOMALY THAT'S OCCURRING ON 35, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THE CLOSURES FOR THIS WEEKEND, GEE, DON'T LEAVE THE CITY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. UM, THEY MAY WAIT AND DO IT IN 26 OR 27 OR WHENEVER THEY LET THOSE PARTICULAR CONTRACTS. SO YEAH, THE, THE WEB, THE WEBSITE THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO IDENTIFY TRAFFIC ON PED BOOKERS, UH, 20,000 VEHICLES PER DAY. AND IF YOU JUST STAND ON PED BOOKER, YOU GO, I BET IT'S A BIT HIGHER. YOU KNOW, SO, AND TO ANSWER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT, UH, CITIZEN INPUT, YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT TASK NUMBER THREE ON PAGE FIVE, IT WILL HAVE THE STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM PART OF THAT PLAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, FOR CLARIFICATION IS, ARE SIDEWALKS IN SCOPE AT ALL IN THIS? NOT AT THIS TIME. THERE'S ANOTHER GRANT THAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IT'S THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, OR IT IS OUR A DA, UH, PART OF THE A DA PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING. OKAY. THAT'S MANDATED. SO IN THAT ONE THERE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL SIDEWALKS, EVERYTHING ACCESSIBILITY. AND SO THAT IS A GRANT. ONCE WE PUT THAT TOGETHER, WE'LL BE APPLYING ALL THE CAPITAL NEEDS FOR ANOTHER GRANT THAT HOPEFULLY FUNDS ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN PUTTING SIDEWALKS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT MEANS ADDRESSING THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE HAVE HAVE THAT WE HAVE. YES. AND ARE THE AADA A COMPATIBLE, AND THEN MAKING SURE ANY DEVELOPMENTS MEET THOSE CRITERIA. THE FUTURE. OKAY. ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS? I DO KNOW THAT I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT CERTAIN STREETS POTENTIALLY NEEDING SIDEWALKS JUST BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC THAT HAS INCREASED ON THOSE STREETS. ARE WE AT ALL GOING TO PUT THAT IN KIND OF A LONG-TERM PLAN? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT IN ANY PLAN. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW OF THOSE STREETS YET , SO WE'D HAVE TO, WE'D NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND INVESTIGATE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, BYRD IS GETTING SO MUCH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC FROM 1604 KIND OF CUTTING THROUGH AND YES, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS, WHICH MAKES IT PROBLEMATIC FOR KIDDOS. YEAH, THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT. UH, JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE DEALING THEN WE GOTTA GET INVOLVED WITH CPS AND MAY INQUIRE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION FOR SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE POLES, RIGHT? YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN HAVE THIS BE YOUR RIGHT OF WAY TO SET A POLE, BUT IF THEY GOT IT SET IN THE MIDDLE, THEN WE'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW, CPS WANTS US TO PAY FOR EVERY POLE THAT WE TOUCH AND MOVE SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A COST OF STANDING, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. SURE. THAT'S WHERE OUR PROBLEMS ARE RIGHT NOW. AND I'LL REMIND, UH, ALL OF YOU, AND I KNOW NOT ALL OF YOU WERE AT ATTENDANCE, BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR ITEMS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT ADDRESSES THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO YES, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSING HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC AREAS, UH, THAT MAY BE IN NEED OF SIDEWALKS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE TO THE AVIATION DISTRICT OR TO AND FROM A REUNION PROJECT OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE. SO YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A PLAN FOR THAT. OKAY. ANY, YES, I KNOW THAT FINGER THAT FINGER. THAT FINGER. OKAY. UM, SO, SO AGAIN, BASICALLY THIS IS ANOTHER PLAN FOR A PLAN, OKAY? AND, AND THE MONEY FOR, FOR CROSSWALKS, UH, BETWEEN THE PARKS ON RED HORSE PARK AND UC BOULEVARD AND A SIDEWALK ON S OAK TRAIL OR NORTH IS, YOU KNOW, IS NOT GOING TO BE FUNDED. THIS IS THE PLAN FOR THE PLAN. THIS IS A PLAN TO ADDRESS WHAT WE HAVE EXISTING IN OUR, IN, IN OUR FACILITIES RIGHT NOW. NOT ANY ADDITIONAL ADDING NEW STUFF. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MEET, WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THE SAFETY NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW, ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS AND ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, A-D-A-D-A ACCESSIBILITY. OH, THAT'S, I WAS HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE MORE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING SQUARED AWAY. THOSE AREAS THAT ESSENTIALLY HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED BY SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE THROUGH TAXPAYER FUNDED MEANS TO DO THAT? YES. OKAY. SO AGAIN, THIS A DA COMPLIANT PROGRAM WILL ONLY LOOK AT THE EXISTING STUFF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE GET, GET THE FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR RIGHT. TO INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT WE NEED TO FIX. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE PUT IN THOSE, UH, CAPITAL ITEMS THAT WE WANT [01:00:01] FIXED BECAUSE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THEM TO GO GET ADDITIONAL FEDERAL DOLLARS TO FUND THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. SO IN ESSENCE, THIS IS REALLY NOT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM THAT MR. GOLDSBY WILL STOP RUNNING OUT IN THE STREET AND SHAKING HIS FIST AT THE NO, IT IT IS. HE'S LAUGHING . AND IF YOU READ THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE SCOPE. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THE CHEVRONS I HAVE ON KITTYHAWK. WE HAVE CHEVRONS ON KITTYHAWK THAT SHOW THE WHERE YOUR, THE CURVE IS, WHERE THE DI ARROWS, WELL THAT'S GONNA BE REFLECTIVE. UH, IT CHANGES IT FROM, UH, REFLECTIVE EVEN FLASHING. SO IT'S IDENTIFYING SAFETY ITEMS LIKE THAT. SO, OKAY. THANK YOU. VOTE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDSBY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUT AYE MAYOR PER TEMP FITZPATRICK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VAL AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER V AYE. MOTION CARRIED, APPROVED. UH, ITEM E CITY CODE OF CONDUCT COMPLAINT PROCESS AND PROCEDURES. UM, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR HERE, BACK UP SOME TIME AGO, I REQUESTED THAT WE, WELL, LET ME GOTTA START FROM THE BEGINNING. A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD A COMPLAINT AND WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS AGAINST ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ALLEGATION. AND NO, IT WAS NOT LAURIE PUTT FOR EVERYBODY THINKING. SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN THE, BUT ANYWAY, WE FOUND THAT WE REALLY DID NOT HAVE A PROCESS THAT WAS VALID THAT WOULD TAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH FOR THE MAYOR TO ACTUALLY DO HIS OR HER WORK. SO I REQUESTED A REVIEW, GOT WITH, UH, OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENTS AND THEY HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING ON SOME CODE OF CODE OF CONDUCT IN LIKE CITIES. SO EACH OF YOU HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF, UH, PROPOSAL AND WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UH, TYPOS IN THERE WE NEED TO CLARIFY, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT PERTAINS TO THE UNIVERSAL CITY AND NOT TO CHURCH OR SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE, WE KIND OF PICK AND CHOOSE FROM WITH, UH, LIKE ITEMS. WHAT I'M GONNA RECOMMEND AND SUGGEST I RECOMMEND TO YOU IS THAT WE ACTUALLY JUST APPROVE THE CHANGES AND INCORPORATE THEM IN OUR PRESENT CODE OF CONDUCT. AND IF YOU HAVE NO OBJECTIONS OR IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS, ADD, MAKE IT TIGHTER, THAT'S FINE TOO. BUT IT GIVES A PROCEDURE NOW THAT IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS COMING THROUGH AGAINST A COUNCIL MEMBER, INCLUDING MYSELF, UH, A PATHWAY AND TIMELINES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AND ACTUALLY MEET ALL THE AREAS AND ALL THE CRITERIA AND KEEP IT COMPLIANT AND KEEP IT, UH, TRANSPARENT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD ACTUALLY ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. I SECOND? NO, SECOND. SECOND. OH, SORRY, . NOW DO YOU HAVE DISCUSSION? UH, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF TWEAK AND I KNOW IT'S NOT VERY HELPFUL TO DO IT AT THIS MEETING, LIKE TO HAVE KIND OF BACK AND FORTH. SO LET'S CHANGE LINE FOUR. SO I'M WONDERING CAN WE DO IT HOW WE DID IT LAST TIME? HAVE PEOPLE PROVIDE EDITS TO STAFF AND THEN MAYBE THEY CAN BRING IT BACK OR CAN TRY TO INCORPORATE THOSE EDITS AND BRING IT BACK AT FUTURE MEETING TO BE APPROVED. THAT'S GOOD. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, DO YOU MIND IF WE TABLED THE, UH, OUR NO, WE SENT RESCIND THE MOTION. SURE. AND WE'LL PUT IT ON FOR, CAN I ASK POINT OF CLARIFICATION? SO WHAT YOU'RE MOTIONING IS TO INCORPORATE IT, BUT WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO IS TO STAFF TO GET IT READY, SEND IT OUT TO YOU, GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN ALL YOUR COMMENTS BACK. PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR DIS CONSIDERATION UNDER A RESO, A RESOLUTION TO REVISE YOUR EXISTING PROCEDURES TO INCORPORATE THAT IN ANY COMMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY. AND YES. ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE YOU DID THAT. SO ON THE EXAMPLE, I'LL THROW OUT THE EXAMPLE, BUT THE ONE THAT YOU SENT US THAT WE ADOPTED A FEW YEARS AGO, IT REFERENCES IN EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT THIS EXAMPLE EXHIBIT A I THINK IS, BUT I DON'T I DIDN'T SEE THE ORIGINAL EXHIBIT A AND I WAS CURIOUS IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ADDED OR IF THERE REALLY WAS AN EXHIBIT A. SO EXHIBIT A WOULD'VE BEEN THE ENTIRE CODE. LET ME LOOK. GIMME ONE SECOND, PHIL. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, I GUESS TODAY. I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF YOU COULD HELP. MAYBE WHEN YOU SEND THAT EMAIL OUT, YOU CAN CLARIFY WHETHER THERE WAS ONE OR WASN'T ONE OR, OKAY. SO IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE WHEN WE SEPARATE, SOMETIMES THE POLICY ITSELF, UH, GOES UNDER A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. SO CODE OF CONDUCT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS FROM THAT POINT ON. IS YOUR EXHIBIT A? [01:05:01] SO WHAT? THE REST OF THIS IS EXHIBIT A. IT'S JUST INCORPORATED INTO THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, BUT YES, THAT IS THE CURRENT POLICY. THAT IS THE EXHIBIT A. SO THEN WHEN WE'RE PROVIDING YOU EDITS, ARE WE, ARE WE EDITING THE EXHIBIT A TO ATTACH TO THIS OR WOULD THIS BE INCORPORATED INTO GONNA BE ONE DOCUMENT? I THINK THINK WHAT YOU'RE UH, DOING IS THE SAMPLE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY NATALIE. THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO AGAIN ATTACH TO THE NEXT ONE? YES. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MAKING MYSELF CLEAR. SO GO TO OUR EXISTING ONE, WHICH HAS THE RESOLUTION NUMBER AT THE TOP WHEN, WHEN YOU GET TO, UH, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS. EVERYTHING FROM SECTION ONE ALL THE WAY TO, UM, 25. YEAH. NUMBER, UH, 25 IS ACTUALLY YOUR ATTACHMENT A. OKAY. HERE IT'S JUST ALL INCORPORATED IN ONE DOCUMENT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING US FEEDBACK ON ONCE WE GET IT CLEANED UP AND SENT OUT TO YOU IS THE, THE NEW ONE THAT SHE HAS, WHICH HAS NO RESOLUTION AT THE TOP. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S GOOD. SO WE SEND IT AND GO BACK FOR NEXT TIME. UH, AT THIS TIME WE ARE GETTING READY AT 7 37 PURSUANT TO TEXAS CODE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 1 5 5 1 0.072, REGARDING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE AND VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. IF DELIBERATION AND OPEN SESSION WOULD HAVE DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION CORPORATION NEGOTIATION WITH A THIRD PARTY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL SALE, PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE 16 EAST LINDBERGH. SO AT [9. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS] THIS TIME, I'M CLOSING THE MEETING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL READ ADJOURN IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. UH, WELL HOPEFULLY, 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE YOU, YOU'RE ALWAYS SO ROWDY WHEN WE GET BACK IN. IT IS 8 0 3 RECONVENING THE MEETING AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 8 0 DASH 2 0 2 5. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY, LOCATED AT ONE 16 EAST LINDBERGH BOULEVARD. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. MAYOR I, PATRICK AYE. COUNCILOR RUPE AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDBE AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER WON. NO. MOTION CARRIES APPROVED AND AT 8 0 4 MEETING ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.