* 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. [00:00:07] GOOD [1.CALL TO ORDER] AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME TO THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING OF 2026. IT IS SIX 30. CALLING THE COUNCIL ORDER, AND PLEASE BILL QUORUM. CHECK MAYOR FITZPATRICK. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDSBY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VAUGHN HERE. DO YOU HAVE A FORM? SUPER. ONE SECOND HERE. I SHUFFLED AROUND AND SHUFFLED AROUND. UH, I'LL BE DOING THE INVOCATION TONIGHT AND THEN LEADING THIS IN THE, UH, AND AND IN LEVI TONIGHT. MAKE IT SHORT, SWEET GOD OF WISDOM, JUSTICE. AS PUBLIC SERVANTS. PLEASE GUIDE US WITH INTEGRITY, HUMILITY, AND COURAGE AS WE SERVE THE COMMON GOOD OF OUR CITIZENS. AMEN. AMEN. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AMERICA. AND TWO REPUBLIC REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR, FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS. TEXAS. ONE STATE, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A SEAT AND WE'LL PROCEED ON IN. UH, FIRST [4.CITIZENS TO BE HEARD] COMING UP IS THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AT THIS TIME, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND ANYTHING THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, IT MAY NOT BE THERE. AND, UH, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL PUSHED UP. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE, UH, MR. JEFF GOLLICK. AYE, PLEASE COME RIGHT UP. THANK YOU. I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF IT FITS, SO IF I DON'T, THEN JUST SHUT ME UP AND SEND ME BACK. BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET THE CONTRACT THAT WAS USED FOR THE NATIONAL, UH, MODIFICATIONS. THEY'RE REDOING NATIONAL BOULEVARD OVER DOWN, CLOSER TO THE BASE AND THEY'VE BEEN AT IT FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, AND IT'S PRETTY DUSTY AND IT'S PRETTY MESSED UP. BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT IT IS MY EXPECTATION SHOULD BE. 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST WORKER BEES. SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OR WHAT IT WAS. I CAN ASSIST YOU WITH THAT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THEN THAT'S IT, . SO I'LL JUST, YOU WANT DISCUSS AFTER THE, AFTER THE MEETING OR AT A LATER DATE? YEAH, LATER DATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT UP, UH, MICHAEL MEYER. YES. EVENING PEOPLE, UH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, UH, CONCERNING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND, AND POLICY HERE, HERE AT, AT, AT, UH, CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY. OKAY. HOW IT WORKS HERE IN AMERICA. THE CONSTITUTION IS FIRST. OKAY? POLICY IS SECOND. UH, I WAS, I WAS HERE TWICE, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, FOR TWO FRIVOLOUS TRAFFIC TICKETS, WHICH I, I, I GOT, I THAT WAS, I MEAN, TRUST ME, IT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF. THE, THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD WAS THAT I WAS FILMING, UH, PEOPLE IN THEIR ACTIVE DUTIES, DOING THEIR WORK, STUFF LIKE THAT, ON, ON THE, IN THE OUTSIDE, STUFF LIKE THAT. WHEN THE COURT CLERK CAME WITH ME, WELL, SHE, SHE TRIED TO GET, GET IN MY FACE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN'T RECORD. OKAY? YOU CAN RECORD. YOU CAN'T RECORD IN THE COURTROOM, OKAY? BUT YOU CAN RECORD IN ALL THE PUBLICLY, UH, ACCESSIBLE AREAS. OUTSIDE, INSIDE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, ANYTHING THAT, THAT MY EYES CAN SEE IS COVERED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. UH, ONE THING ALSO IS IN THE COURTROOM, UH, ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I, I PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND ASKED FOR A TRIAL BY JURY WHEN I DID THAT, UH, IN A COURT BY THE CONSTITUTION, YOU, YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD GET A COURT DATE, OKAY? RIGHT AFTER, RIGHT AFTER I SAY THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A COURT DATE. OKAY? I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET THAT. UH, LIKE 6% OF SEVEN OF US SAID NOT GUILTY TRIAL BY JURY, OKAY? AND THEN WE WERE, UH, WENT TO, WENT TO AN ANNEX ROOM, OKAY? FOR, UNTIL, UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE WAS HEARD. WELL, THAT REALLY, THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING HERE IN YOUR CITY BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION STATES, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE, WHEN, WHEN THE, WHEN I SAY NOT GUILTY, TRIAL BY JURY, I SHOULD BE GETTING A, A SWIFT DUE PROCESS, COURT DATE, YOU KNOW, FOURTH WITH AND WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, OKAY? PUTTING, PUTTING EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THAT, THAT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILT, TRIAL BY JURY INTO A ROOM, ALL THAT DOES IT, IT BRINGS IN SPECULATION. IT, IT, IT, UH, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR MIND, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, SO, SO THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY, UH, IN SHORT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HOPING YOU, [00:05:01] YOU GRASP WHERE I'M COMING FROM. THE CONSTITUTION STATES THAT, THAT, THAT, WHENEVER I SAY WHAT I SAY IS, IS THE DUE PROCESS. SO IF I SAY NOT GUILTY, I, I WANT A TRIAL BY JURY, THEN THE COURT CLERK SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE GIVING ME A TRIAL BY JURY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THEN, RIGHT THERE. NOW, ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO, UM, I'M HOPING, DOES EVERYONE SEE WHERE I'M COMING FROM IN THAT? OKAY. SO, AND REGARDLESS, JUST TO REVIEW, UH, PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT A CRIME IN UNIVERSAL CITY. I, I CAN, I CAN RECORD ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. UH, IF IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, STUFF LIKE THAT. NOW IN THE COURTROOM, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. I, I, I GET ALL THAT NOW. NOW, THIRDLY, UH, HATS IN THE PUBLIC, IN THE PUBLIC AREAS. WHAT HAPPENED, OKAY, SO WHAT HAPPENED THERE WA WAS I WAS TOLD TO TAKE OFF MY HAT INSIDE THE PUBLIC AREAS OF, OF THIS BUILDING. WELL, THAT, THAT ALSO CAN'T BE HAPPENING. IT, IT CAN HAPPEN HERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M IN FRONT, IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR, OR, OR A JURY OR WHATEVER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF, OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. ALSO, THIS COMMITTEE IN AUSTIN THAT'S LOOKING INTO ALL OF THIS, UH, AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. UH, SO JUST KEEP IN MIND PEOPLE THAT THE CONSTITUTION SUPERSEDES ANY POLICY HERE IN UNIVERSAL CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, SIR. YEP, THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS CJ LENAHAN. WELL, UM, I HAVE JUST THREE QUICK THINGS. ONE OF 'EM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I'LL DO SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IS THE TRASH SERVICE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING. IT'S NOT WORKING. AND UM, IT SEEMED LIKE UP THROUGH OCTOBER IT WAS WORKING. TRASH CAME, PICKED UP. THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER WITH THE SERVICE. NORMALLY THE TRASH GOT PICKED UP ON OUR STREET AROUND 1130. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WORK AT HOME. AND WHEN THEY WOULD COME OFF THE STREET, THEN THEY WOULD GO RIGHT DOWN THE ALLEY, I WOULD SEE THEM. SO I WAS KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, WELL, THE TRASH STARTED NOT GETTING PICKED UP. AND IT GOT LATER, LATER, FINALLY, I'D WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. FINALLY, AS IT CAME INTO NOVEMBER, I STARTED CALLING THE CITY TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT. AND THAT POOR LITTLE GIRL, BLESS HER HEART, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, MY TRASH ISN'T GETTING PICKED UP, IT'S PAST THE TIME. SHE SAID, WELL, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM TO THE END OF THE DAY. AND I'D SAY, OKAY, THIS IS GONE ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THAT'S MY TRASH PICKUP DAY ON, UM, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. I MEAN, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PICKUP ON THURSDAY, BUT THAT WOULD'VE SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD'VE MADE MONDAY PICKUP EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO CALL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HEALTH RISK. IT SMELLS, IT'S, THERE'S ALL KIND OF REASONS YOUR TRASH NEEDS TO GET PICKED UP. SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I, I CALLED, UM, MONDAY 'CAUSE OUR TRASH DIDN'T GET PICKED UP. THEN I FOUND OUT, THEY SAID, WELL, THE TRASH, THIS, THIS WAS YESTERDAY. SHE SAID, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING TILL YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO CLOSE UP BUSINESS. AND THIS WAS 4 45. OKAY? SO THIS MORNING I CALLED THE TRASH, NOT PICKED UP, SAID, WELL, THEY CALLED IN AND THEY SAID THE TRASH BROKE DOWN THE TRASH TRUCK. AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO CATCH IT TODAY, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN TODAY. AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S FINE. I SAID, UM, BUT ARE WE GONNA GET FIRST SERVICE? SINCE THEY'VE ALREADY MISSED US? THAT WOULD JUST SORT OF LOGICALLY SEEM TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, THEY CAME FINALLY TODAY AT FIVE 20, BUT I CALLED HER THIS MORNING TO SAY THEY DIDN'T PICK UP THE TRASH. SHE EXPLAINED ABOUT THAT. THEN IT GOT TO BE ABOUT 4 45. I CALLED HER AGAIN AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T PICKED UP THE TRASH. ARE THEY COMING TODAY? I MEAN, THE CAN'S OVERFLOWING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, AND UM, SHE SAID THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME. AND MY POINT OF ALL THIS IS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CALL EVERY DAY 'CAUSE YOUR TRASH IS NOT GONNA GET PICKED UP. AND SECONDLY, IT, IT SHOULDN'T BE A THING WHERE YOU, LIKE I SAID, WELL, WHY CAN'T I JUST CALL THEM MYSELF? SHE SAID, NO, BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS WITH UNIVERSAL CITY. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CONSTITUENTS HERE, WE CAN'T CALL THEM AND COMPLAIN. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH US, AND THEN THEY CAN'T SEND IT UNTIL THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T WORKING. AND I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE LITERALLY IT'S, I MEAN, EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN I SEE 'EM GO TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE. I'M [00:10:01] SITTING THERE WORKING FROM HOME AND YOU SEE 'EM GO DOWN THE ALLEY AND IT'S LIKE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS. BUT THE SECOND THING IS CODE COMPLIANCE. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE JUNK CARS, THEY HAVE GRASS THAT DOESN'T GET MOWED. THIS HAS JUST GONE ON AND ON. AND THEN YOU FEEL LIKE, WHEN YOU CALL, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS BEHOOVE YOU BECAUSE THEN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A PROBLEM THAN YOUR NEIGHBORS. AND I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, IT'S NOT A VERY BIG CITY. WE NEED TO RIDE AROUND AND LOOK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN LASTLY IS THE PAINT ON PAT BOOKER ROAD. YOU CANNOT SEE THE LINES, YOU KNOW, I WAS COMING HOME THE OTHER NIGHT FROM SHIRTS CAME UP, 78 COME DOWN PAT BOOKER, AND THIS MAN'S JUST LIKE COMING IN MY LANE AND I'M LIKE, HONKING. I'M OVER TO THE MEDIAN. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, AND WHEN FINALLY PULLED UP THE LIGHT, IT KIND OF SCARED ME. HE ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW BECAUSE I'M HONKING. AND HE SAID, I'M SORRY, MA'AM, I CAN'T SEE THE LINES IN THE ROAD. AND I MEAN, HE WASN'T A OLD GUY. HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. AND THEY'RE JUST, IT, IT'S JUST TIME. WE DO SOME OF THESE THINGS AND TAKE CARE OF IT. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN AROUND THIS PLACE OFF AND ON FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND IT'S JUST, THANK YOU MA'AM. UM, ACTUALLY YOU HIT THREE VERY TOUCHY SITUATIONS, UH, THE GARBAGE THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, AND WE ALSO NEED, UH, UH, ATTENTION TO CODE COMPLIANCE. AND TEX DOT DOES NEED TO COME IN, TAKE CARE OF SOME OF OUR ROADS AND RES STRIPING THOSE THINGS. SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR, YOU BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP. SO WE'LL CLOSE THAT OUT AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE STAFF REPORTS. CITIZEN MANAGER, UH, EXCUSE ME, CITY MANAGER. UH, NO CITY MANAGER OR STAFF REPORT, SIR. WE'LL WAIT TILL WE GET TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. UM, THERE YOU GO. RIGHT IN THAT AREA. WE'LL MOVE THAT IN THERE. WE'LL CLOSE THE SESSION OFF. THEN. UH, CITY MANAGER [6.ANNOUNCEMENTS] ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, I DID WANNA BRING THIS UP AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN ON, UH, UH, A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. IT'S BEEN ON THE NEWS, BUT ON THE CONSTRUCTION ON I 35, THEY ARE VERILY HEAVILY MOVING INTO THE UNIVERSAL CITY AREA, UH, NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND ON I 35 AND THE FRONTAGE ROADS. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF, UH, EXIT CLOSURES AT OLYMPIA PARKWAY, PAT BOOKER, ROAD TOPPER WINE, AND OF COURSE EVAN ROAD AND CORPORATE DRIVE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC MILLING AROUND. I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE PATIENT WITH THAT. UM, RANDY AND HIS STAFF HAVE WORKED VERY, UH, HEAVILY WITH TDOT TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS SHOULD BE, UH, WHEN THEY'RE TRAVERSING THROUGH UNIVERSAL CITY OR AROUND UNIVERSAL CITY. AND TEXDOT HAS ALSO ASSERT ASSURED US THAT THEY WILL HAVE EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS OUT, UH, DURING THAT TIME AS WELL. SO I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, OUR FIRST BIG MAJOR CLOSURE WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING OF THIS WEEK. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC PATTERN, UH, CAN AFFECT THE OLYMPIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND SO THEY ARE GUARANTEED THAT THEY WILL HAVE EVERYTHING BACK OPEN BY SIX, SO THE KIDDOS IN THEIR PARENTS CAN GET IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL. UM, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE OCCURRING FOR US FOR ABOUT THE NEXT 17 MONTHS. SO, UH, MAJOR WORK. SO PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE. I KNOW I SAW THE LOOK ON ALL OF YOUR FACES, , BUT THAT IS JUST FAIR WARNING. UH, IF ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE POST WEEKLY ALL THE CLOSURE INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE. OR YOU CAN SIGN UP AT IEX I 35 NEX AND YOU CAN GET THEM EMAILED TO YOU EVERY FRIDAY, SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. I WILL GO INTO, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS, AND I WILL START OFF TONIGHT. SINCE I DID THE UNIFICATION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. WE DID A VOTE FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THERE WAS SOME FOLKS OUT THERE. UH, THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO SPLIT THE VOTES HALF AND HALF. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE RESULTS. UH, ACTUALLY THREE, THE THREE WENT TO THE TWO TOP, UH, CONTENDERS. AND THE CONTENDER WAS, UH, ONE BY 18 VOTES. AND IT WAS, UH, MS. GONZALEZ, I THINK THAT WAS, UH, MAYBE YOU AND MITCH. SO THAT'S THE RESULTS OF THAT, AND I'LL PASS THAT ALONG. ALSO, UH, OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS, I'VE BEEN, UM, DOING A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF OUR LEADERSHIP AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, UH, PRIMARILY IN THE MWR MORALE WELFARE RECREATIONAL AREA. UH, THIS PAST WEEK, I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE SMALL BUSINESS OPERATIONS, UH, DEALING WITH THE GOLF COURSE, THE BOWLING CENTER, UH, THE DINING FACILITY, THE CLUBS, UH, THE ENTERTAINMENT CAMP, OUTDOOR [00:15:01] RECREATION CENTER AT CANYON LAKE. UH, LONG STORY INTO A REAL CONDENSED AREA IS, UH, WE'RE WORKING TO UNDER THE TRIPLE P, PRIVATE, PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISE, UH, BRINGING SOME OF THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO SOME OF OUR CITIZENS IN UNIVERSAL CITY. UH, THERE ARE SOME REALLY STRONG INITIATIVES HERE, BUT WE'VE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE SECURITY ISSUES FIRST. RIGHT NOW, THAT IS THE HURDLE WE HAVE TO GET OVER SECURITY POLICE. THEY'RE WORKING WITH SECURITY POLICE RIGHT NOW TO WORK THE SECURITY SYSTEM. BUT THERE IS A WAY THAT OUR FAMILIES WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN. MY FIRST EMPHASIS IS REALLY TO GO IN AND UTILIZE THE BOWLING CENTER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE CLOSEST BOWLING CENTER IN THE AREA. IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR US LOCAL SCHOOLS AND FOR THE FAMILIES TO GO IN ON A WEEKEND AND EVENING TIME. UH, THEY'RE VERY OPEN TO THIS. THEY BROUGHT UP THE PLACE OF GOING OUT TO CANYON LAKE AND MAYBE EVEN UTILIZING THEIR OUTDOOR, RECREATIONAL AREA FOR CAMPING AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE IS AVAILABLE. AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THEY HAVE THE, UH, CLUB FACILITIES OUT THERE, WHICH ACTUALLY WAS USED TO BE MY, ONE OF MY BUSINESSES FOR THE AIR FORCE. AND THEY WANT TO WORK IN, UH, CONJUNCTION WITH OUR EVENT CENTER TO RECOMMEND REFERRALS TO THEM WHENEVER THEY'RE OVERBOOKED AND VICE VERSA. SO THESE ARE TYPES OF THINGS THAT BY DISCUSSING AND NETWORKING WITH OUR LOCAL LEADERSHIP LEAVES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO GROW AND PROVIDE LOW QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT VENUES FOR THE FAMILIES IN THE AREA. NOW, CONTRARY TO POVERTY BELIEF, IT'S NOT FREE ON BASE. THEY HAVE TO PAY. AND, UH, THEY HAVE, THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S CALLED MORALE WELFARE RECREATION. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTED BY APPROPRIATED, UH, TAX DOLLARS. THEY HAVE TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING WITHIN THEIR OWN, UH, VENUES. BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I THINK WE'RE STILL MORE TO COME, BUT A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WAS EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING. WITH THAT, I'M GONNA PASS OVER TO MAYOR PROTI AND WE'LL JUST MOVE ON AROUND. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH TONIGHT. NOTHING FROM ME, MAYOR, NOTHING FROM ME. WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME, ? I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS COMING YEAR, WE, WE'VE WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE'VE, WE'VE GROWN A LOT, I THINK, AS A TEAM, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUE. UM, OUR ROLE IS VERY SIMPLE, AND WE ARE HERE TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT HERE TO BE IN THE WEEDS AND PICK THINGS APART. WE'RE HERE TO SERVICE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CITY. AND I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING HARD AND COMING TOGETHER, AND LET'S JUST KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING AND LETS SEE OUR CITY GET BETTER AND BETTER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. RAMAL. UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, SOMETIME IN, IN THE FUTURE, IF IT HAS NOT BEEN CANCELED, UM, I THINK STAFF WAS WORKING ON, UM, UH, A, UM, UH, UCTV, UH, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WOULD BE IN THE GATEWAY THAT WOULD INCLUDE HOW IT'S BEING FUNDED, HOW THE PERSONNEL ARE, ARE, ARE BEING PAID, THE EXPENSES, AND ALSO, UH, THE, UH, FOOTPRINT OF UC, UH, TV, UM, UH, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. UM, ANOTHER THING, MR. MAYOR, IT WOULD BE VERY NICE, I THINK TO, UM, UH, AND, AND I, AND I'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE WITH A DIFFERENT COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP, BUT TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN OUR GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO OUR COUNCIL, UM, UH, FROM THE QUARTERLY REPORT, UH, WE'VE, UH, ESSENTIALLY EXPENDED MOST OF OUR BUDGET, UH, ON COUNCIL. AND I HAVE, I NE I HAVEN'T SEEN A RECENT REPORT OF WHAT THOSE EXPENSES ARE. IT'D BE VERY NICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO SEE HOW THE COUNCIL IS SPENDING AT LEAST THEIR PART OF THE MONEY. AND FINALLY, MR. MEIR, UM, UH, SWIMMING POOLS, ALTHOUGH MOSQUITOES, UM, ARE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SINCE WE'VE HAD SUCH DRY WEATHER, UH, WHENEVER I, UH, REVIEW, UM, SWIMMING POOLS, USING GOOGLE MAPS OR WHATEVER, I FIND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SWIMMING POOLS IN UNIVERSAL CITY, OR EITHER DRY OR, OR AN OFF GREEN COLOR. AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE REGULATIONS IN PLACE FOR PUBLIC PORTALS, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO PERHAPS GET SOME STUFF INPUT ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO, UH, [00:20:01] MAKE PRIVATE POOLS SAFE FOR THE RESIDENTS AROUND, UH, THOSE POOLS THAT ARE NOT BEING MAINTAINED. AND MANY ARE IN OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I ASSUME THAT PERHAPS, UH, THE RESIDENTS MAY BE GETTING OLDER AND DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THINGS OR WHATEVER. UM, BUT IT IS A HEALTH HAZARD. UH, AND I, I'D, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF STAFF MIGHT, AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE, PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT MIGHT BE DONE IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. COLBY. SHORT AND SWEET. DONE WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT [7.CONSENT AGENDA] ON OVER TO, UH, CONSENT AGENDA. UH, ALL ITEMS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE'VE DEVOTED, UH, UNLESS SOMETHING IS PULLED UP. NOW, THERE WAS ONE TAB, UH, AMEND. THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES, AND YOU HAVE THE AMENDMENTS THERE. SO, UH, ANY APPROVAL WOULD BE WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS WITHOUT AMENDMENT. UH, WILL YOU PLEASE PULL ITEM D, MAYOR FOR SEPTEMBER? VOTE ITEM D? YES. OKAY. ITEM D IS, UH, REMOVED FOR THE VOTE, AND SO WE'LL BE REVOLTING. UH, VOTING FOR, UH, MOTION FOR A THROUGH C HEAR MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OFFER FOR THE VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER GOOLSBY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE. MAYOR RESIDENT PATRICK AYE. COUNCIL HUT. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER AUGH AYE. QUESTION, CARRIE? OKAY, APPROVE. ITEM D IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 6 6 2 20 25 10, AUTHORIZING THE EDC FOR A STOREFRONT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND, UH, 21, UH, EXCUSE ME, 1201 PAT BOOKER ROAD. DISCUSSION. MR. WHAT? JUST VOTE. MAYOR. THANK YOU. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY. CALL. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDBE AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE. MAYOR FITZPATRICK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER AL NA. COUNCIL MEMBER LAUREN. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY, I HAVE EIGHT [8.ACTION ITEMS] ACTION ITEMS. UH, FIRST UP IS THE FLINTSTONE LANE. C-D-C-B-G PAID APPLICATION NUMBER ONE, SIR, UH, HAS TO BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER FOR US TO GET REIMBURSED. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND DISCUSSION. CALL FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER AUGH AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LOPPE. GREAT JOB. WOO. AYE, MAYOR AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE. MOTION CARRIED. UH, ITEM B, RESOLUTION 9 7 8 20 26 ILA WITH A LA WITH LIVE OAK OR A TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEM, RENEWING THAT ILA TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A RADIO SYSTEM MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION MR. RUBAL? UH, UH, THANK YOU. MR. UH, I WONDER STAFF COULD PROVIDE INPUT INTO HOW THE, UH, LRC BECAME INVOLVED IN MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICE COMMUNICATION. WHAT I, YOU MEAN THE L-L-L-C-R-A, THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY. RCRA, LOWER COLORADO. YES, SIR. FEDERAL RIVER AUTHORITY IS NOW A MUNICIPAL SUPPLIER OF EMERGENCY RADIO SERVICES. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE, WERE NOT WITHIN THEIR CATCHMENT AREA. CORRECT. THEY AND OTHER PEOPLE DO THAT, BUT THAT'S THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED SOMETIME AGO. OH, OKAY. SO I SEE. SO, NO, I UNDERSTAND. SO THERE, THERE ARE ARE MULTIPLE, UH, POTENTIAL UP THERE, LIPO, UH, UH, ESSENTIALLY INITIATED AND WE, WE WERE PART OF THAT, UH, AT A FAIRLY REASONABLE, UH, RATE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT SERVICE ACTUALLY DOES? THE LCRA ON THE REPEATER TOWERS, UH, THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BETTER TO ANSWER THIS, BUT BASICALLY IT'S NOT ONLY UNIVERSAL CITY, BUT IT'S A GROUP OF CITIES AROUND US THAT PARTNER WITH LCRA. SO, UH, THEY MAINTAIN THE, THE TOWERS, UM, IN EACH CITY AND PLUS PROVIDE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RADIOS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. SO ALL MY PUBLIC WORKS RADIOS GET WORKED THROUGH LCRA. WHAT? I AGREE, IT'S JUST A DIVISION OF LCRA THAT'S NOT THEIR MAIN BUSINESS, OBVIOUSLY. CORRECT. THEY ARE A WATER AUTHORITY FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT LIKE OTHERS, THEY HAVE SPREAD OUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO. WHEN I TRY TO READ THEIR WEBSITE, THEY TALK ABOUT 24 7 SERVICE AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING AND THAT, AND THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. UH, YEAH, IF SOMETHING GOES DOWN, WE GO THROUGH THEM TO COME, COME AND MAINTAIN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RADIOS OR FIX THE TOWER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND, AND THAT'S POLICE YOUR RADIOS? YES. AND FIRE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . MR. WILLIAMS. OH, PLEASE. YES. UM, SORRY. AS A HAMMER RADIO OPERATOR, I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT RADIOS. [00:25:01] IT'S A TRUNKING RADIO SYSTEM THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY AREA. SO IT IS UTILIZED NOT ONLY BY UNIVERSAL CITY LIVE OAK, UM, SHIRTS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO LANO, RIGHT? AND SO IT ALSO ALLOWS CITY FOR MUTUAL AID COMMUNICATION TO ALL BE ON THE SAME RADIO SYSTEM SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER AS OPPOSED TO THE WAY WE USED TO DO IT IN THE OLD DAYS, WHERE WE ALL HAD DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES. UM, IN FACT, THE AREA IN THIS AREA IS ALL DISPATCHED, UM, UNDER A SIMILAR DISPATCH SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND QUICKLY TO MUTUAL AID, UH, FIRES, UH, IN THE AREA, BUT THEN ALSO THE PD AS WELL. KC FIVE CPY, AND KF FIVE FT. L. HUMOROUS COMMENT YOU MADE EARLIER MR. JEFF ABOUT THAT. NOW YOU UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT INFORMATION GOING IN. DON'T THAT AREA? CALL FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY. AYE. MAYOR, PRESIDENT PATRICK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SBY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER AL AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VD SUSTAIN MOTION CARRIED ITEM DELTA. I'M SORRY, CHARLIE ITEM C, RESOLUTION 9 0 9 G 1 20 26. GOLF COURSE. BUDGET AMENDMENT. YEAH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE ARE ONLY BUYING 30 CARTS THIS YEAR. OUR INTENTION, REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, THEY SAID WE NEED TO START ROLLING CARTS SO THAT WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE PURCHASE ALL CARTS AT ONE TIME. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS SMALL INCREMENT 30. UH, ONCE WE CRUNCH THE NUMBERS ON THAT WITH OUR TRADE IN VALUE AND WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR, WE REALIZED THERE WAS ONLY $85,000 SHORT. SO WE'RE REQUESTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT, SO WE JUST PAY CASH FOR THE CARTS RATHER THAN GOING OUT AND GETTING, GETTING A LOAN MOVE. SECOND DISCUSSION? YES, MS. MAYOR, THANK YOU. WHEN ONE SAYS, CRUNCH THE NUMBERS, OKAY, UM, HOW ARE THE GOLF CART EXPENSES INCORPORATED INTO THE NUMBER CRUNCH FOR GOLF COURSE OPERATION? ARE THEY PART OF THE OPERATIONAL COST OR ARE THEY SEPARATE? THEY'RE CAPITAL ITEMS. YEAH. SO THE GOLF CARTS HAVE BEEN BUDGETED UNDER THE CAPITAL ITEMS LIST. SO AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR THEY'LL BE CAPITALIZED BECAUSE THEY ARE CAPITAL ASSETS. SO THEY'RE IN THE BUDGET CURRENTLY FOR $101,000, APPROXIMATELY. I THINK HE'S ASKING WHICH SECTION OF THE BUDGET. OH, I'M SORRY. IT'S, IS IT ON COURSE AND GROUNDS? IT IS A, IT'S UNDER THE CAPITAL ITEMS. CAPITAL ITEMS, YEAH. SO CAPITAL ITEMS. SO WHENEVER, WHENEVER THE RESIDENT LOOKS AT GOLF COURSE OPERATIONAL COST, UH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO CAPITAL ITEMS TO INCLUDE THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR OPERATION, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THEY WOULD SEE IT ON THE SUMMARY PAGE. SO IT'S ALL INCORPORATED INTO THE SUMMARY PAGE. BUT IF YOU WANTED THE DETAILED SECTION, IT'S THE, IT'S THE CAPITAL ITEM SECTION. AND THE LAST QUESTION IS, WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO GET A LOAN FOR THE GOLF CARTS? WE AREN'T GETTING A LOAN. WE'RE NOT, SO IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO NOT GET A LOAN. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAS, THAT WAS UNCLEAR. IN THE PAST, THERE HAVE BEEN LOANS OF FOUR TO 5.5% FOR UP TO, UH, $664,000. YES, SIR. WHICH, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO GET A LOAN. WE BUDGETED THE 101,000 AND THEN WE FIGURED WITH THAT, AND THEN THE TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE, IT ONLY WORKED OUT TO BE ABOUT $90,000. SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE, THE FUND BALANCE, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE, SO WE CAN USE REVENUE THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR FUND BALANCE. AND IN THE PAST WE GOT LARGE SUMS YES. WHERE WE WERE PURCHASING BETWEEN 300 AND $400,000 WORTH OF CARTS. THIS TIME WE'RE NOT, WE'RE ONLY GETTING A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF CARTS SO WE CAN GET ON OUR SYSTEM WHERE ALL THE CARTS WILL BE BOUGHT AT THE SAME TIME. MM-HMM . AND, AND I GUESS BRINGS UP ONE FINAL QUESTION, I PROMISE IT'S THE FINAL QUESTION. AND, AND THAT IS, WITH GOLF CART PURCHASES, WHETHER THEY'RE CAPITAL OR NOT CAPITAL, UH, INVOLVED IN COST, HOW MUCH OF COST PER ROUND OF, UH, PER ROUND OF GOLF GOES TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF, UH, RE REPLACEMENT OF GOLF CARTS? SO, SO IN 2020? WELL, UH, LET ME LEAVE IT AT THAT QUESTION. SO ESSENTIALLY, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE GOLFER PAYS THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO, UH, FUTURE GOLF COURT CARD EXPENSES? IT DOESN'T GO TOWARD FUTURE GOLF CARTS, BUT IT DOES COVER [00:30:01] THE COST OF THE CART WHILE THEY'RE USING IT. SO THEY'RE IN THE FEE, LET'S SAY THE FEE IS $50. I THINK IT'S 51 RIGHT NOW. SO PART OF THAT $51 INCLUDES THE FEE FOR THE USE OF THE CART. IT'S NOT SEPARATE, IT'S ALL WRAPPED TOGETHER. SO AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ANY REVENUE, ANY REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES WOULD BE ROLLED INTO THE FUND. BALANCE IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. SO THEN IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH REMAINING FUND BALANCE TO PAY FOR FUTURE PURCHASES AND NOT HAVE TO FINANCE THE, THE GOLF CARDS. BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC AMOUNT IS NOT SET ASIDE. RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CALL FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER BOND. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SBY AYE. MAYOR PER TEMP, PATRICK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE. MOTION CARRIED, APPROVED, UH, AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR OLYMPIA HILLS GOLF COURSE RENOVATIONS. UH, THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD NATHAN CHRIS HERE A WHILE BACK, AND HE GAVE YOU, UH, UPDATE ON THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE RENOVATIONS OUT AT, UH, OLYMPIA HILLS. THOSE RENOVATIONS WOULD INCLUDE STAMP BUNKERS, INSTALLATION OF NEW GOLF IRRIGATION, SPRINKLER HEADS, UH, CONTROLLERS, LEVELING, UH, ALL SODDING AT THE TEES, UH, SELECT A PRUNING AND THINNING OF TREES AND UNDERBRUSH AND REPLACEMENT OF SOME CONCRETE CART PASS. SO, UH, WE SENT THAT OUT TO BID. WE HAD, UH, NINE, UH, FIRMS COME TO THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION BID. UM, SEVERAL OF THEM TOLD US THIS PROJECT IS TOO SMALL FOR THEIR COMPANY, SO THEY PASSED. SO WE ENDED UP GETTING, UH, FOUR CONTRACTORS WHO, UH, SUBMITTED BIDS. I THINK YOU HAVE A A COPY OF THAT. AND SO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER IS, UH, VERDE SPORTS CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,371,548 AND 74 CENTS. AND THAT DOES ALSO INCLUDE WHAT I JUST SAID, PLUS THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE BULLET POINTS. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE AWARD THE CONTRACT AND ALLOW ME TO SIGN IT TO VERDE SPORTS CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AMOUNT. AND THEN ON THE SECOND PAGE, UH, MS. GREEN AND I, UH, WENT THROUGH AND ITEMIZED FOR YOU WHERE ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES WOULD COME FROM, HE MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OF SHELBY? UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE BREAKDOWN AND I WANTED TO DETERMINE IS VERDE COMING FROM A MUCH FURTHER DISTANCE THAN SOME OF THESE OTHER LOCATIONS? BECAUSE THEIR MOBILIZATION, OVERHEAD LODGING IS ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT, UH, LEVELED, UM, VENDOR. NOW, I KNOW THEIR, THEIR, UM, CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE LOWER, BUT THEY'RE, HOW TO GET 'EM HERE IS A LOT HIGHER. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERY COMPANY IS LOCATED WITHOUT GOING BACK AND LOOK AT, AT THEIR INDIVIDUAL BID THAT SAID THEIR PRICE. BUT I DO KNOW, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF THESE OTHERS THAT WERE HERE, UM, THEY ONLY HAD ONE PERSON IN THE AREA AND SO THEY WERE GOING TO BE BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUTTA STATE. SO IT COULD BE THAT THEY'RE CLOSER OR MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T GIVE AS MUCH PER DIEM TO THEIR CONTRACTORS, BUT THEIR BID PRICES, THEIR BID PRICE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL HAVE TO LIVE UP TO. I JUST, OH, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE ONLY, THE ONLY OTHER CONCERN I HAD IS LIKE THEIR PRICE IS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER FOR THE ACTUAL WORK THAN EVERYBODY ELSE'S. SO THAT, THAT JUST CAUGHT MY EYE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD ANY CONCERNS ON THAT STANDPOINT. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PICKING WITH 'CAUSE THEY'RE LOWEST BIDDER, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THEIR, THEIR MOBILIZATION OVERHEAD AND LODGING IS HIGH, BUT COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE, THEY'RE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER AND ALL THE, YEAH, SO THE GOLF ARCHITECT OBVIOUSLY KNOWS ALL OF THESE FIRMS, WHERE THEY'RE FROM AND WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND I APOLOGIZE, HE COULDN'T BE HERE. HIS DAD IS HAVING SURGERY, UH, TODAY. UM, AND SO HE HAS VETTED ALL OF THEIR PRICING. OKAY. AND HE'S WORKED WITH ALL OF THESE COMPANIES AND THEY ALL WERE REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED WITH THE NATIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION AS GOLF CONTRACTORS. SO HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THAT. DOES HE HAVE ANY LIABILITY ON THAT DECISION? NO, HE HAD NO ISSUE WITH THEIR BID WHATSOEVER. WELL, NO, I MEANT WITH HIM MAKING THAT DECISION AS, AS IF THERE IS AN ISSUE. I GUESS THAT JUST IS BETWEEN US AND THE ACTUAL CONTRACTOR. WELL, HE'LL BE OUR PROJECT MANAGER, SO, UM, OKAY. HE'LL BE ON SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK OFF AND ON. OKAY, THANK YOU. WHAT IS A BBB LINER? A BD? I'M B-B-A-G-B REPLACE BBB WITH CAP FLOW. I DID ANSWER THAT. THANK YOU. JEREMY ASK A GROUNDSKEEPER. SO BBB STANDS FOR BETTER BILLY BUNKER. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. SO, AND THAT'S ACTUAL BUNKER LINER [00:35:01] AND, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUNKER LINERS OUT THERE, BUT BETTER BILLY BUNKER IS BASICALLY YOU CONSTRUCT YOUR BUNKER, PUT YOUR DRAINAGE IN, AND THEN, AND THEN YOU HAND LAY IN ABOUT A HALF INCH TO A THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF PEA GRAVEL ON THE SURFACE. AND THEN THEY COME IN AFTERWARDS AND SPRAY A POLYMER ON THAT. IT MAKES IT KIND OF LIKE CON POROUS CONCRETE AND THAT PREVENTS ROCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING UP FROM THE SOIL AND KEEPS YOUR DRAINAGE FROM BEING CONTAMINATED. AND THEN CAPILLARY FLOW IS ACTUALLY A REALLY POROUS CONCRETE AND, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY MIXED THE CEMENT PLANT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PUMPED IN JUST LIKE YOU WOULD LAY A SLAB, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S REALLY POROUS AND WATER CAN DRAIN THROUGH IT. BUT, UH, WE CHOSE BETTER BILLY BUNKER AS OUR PREFERRED LINER, UM, DUE TO EASE OF, EASE OF EASE OF IN INSTALLATION, UH, CLEANER INSTALLATION AS WELL. AND THEN PLUS WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND THE AREA CONCRETE IS KIND OF TOUGH TO COME AROUND HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA AT THE MOMENT. YEAH, I JUST, I JUST NOTICED THAT LIKE THEIR PRICE OF THE, OF THE, OF TWO, OF THE OTHER THREE, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE A QUARTER OF THE PRICE, SO I WAS JUST, I WAS QUESTIONING IT. UM, BUT THEN YOU GET TO THE VERY LAST ONE AND IT'S, THEY'RE ONLY HALF AS CHEAP, UM, FOR THAT AND, BUT THEY, THEY DID THAT KIND OF CONSISTENTLY THROUGH AS FAR AS JUST A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER IN SOME AREAS AND NOT CHEAPER IN OTHERS. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A BBB WAS. SURE. I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO EVEN ATTACK THAT QUESTION, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE? YES, YES. AGAIN, I'M VERY UNEASY ABOUT, ABOUT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD SUCH A, A FIGHT OVER $200,000 THAT COULDN'T BE MOVED FROM THE, FROM THE GOLF COURSE TO THE GENERAL FUND. IT WAS, UM, BROUGHT UP THREE TIMES IN THE LAST BUDGET SECTION AND THE LAST BUDGET SESSION, UH, TYPE THING. AND IT RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES. UM, A LONG STORY SHORT, UH, UH, FROM THIS DAAS, UH, UH, I READ FROM THE HISTORY OF UNIVERSAL CITY WITH THE ASSURANCE OF THE MAYOR AND OTHERS, 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 RESIDENCE APPROVED BUILDING THE GOLF COURSE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, THAT YEAR BY A 17 0 6 2 8 TO 39 VOTE, UH, MARGIN. THAT'S FROM, UH, MR. HOFFMAN'S, UH, HISTORY. AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET AWAY FROM THIS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EFFECTIVELY $2 MILLION NOW WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL THAT IS COMING FROM UNEARNED INCOME BY THE GOLF COURSE. THAT'S THE POINT THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE WITH THE GOLF CARTS. AND, UH, UH, BASICALLY IT'S COMING FROM THE VENUE TAX EXCESS AMOUNT AND THE VENUE TAX. SO, UM, UH, IT'S AN ENTERPRISE OPERATION. THE DEFINITION OF AN ENTERPRISE OPERATION IS MINIMALLY, IT HAS TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING BY THE PEOPLE THAT IT SERVES. AND I KNOW THERE'S DIVISION IN, IN COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO WHETHER IT'S AN AMENITY OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK, I THINK I WILL STAY WITH THE CONSENSUS OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE THE GOLF COURSE, OF WHICH 90% OF THE GOLF COURSE PARTICIPANTS ARE NOT FROM UNIVERSAL CITY. UH, ESSENTIALLY I WILL GO WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND, AND SAY THAT THIS IS, UM, A LONG, UH, A, A, A PROLONGATION OF, UH, DEBT PROCESS FOR THE GOLF COURSE AFTER WE'VE PAID FOR IT. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. I'D JUST SAY IT'S A BOON FOR THE CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY THAT 90% OF THE PLAYERS ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSAL CITY. IT WAS KIND OF THE IDEA BEHIND THE GOLF COURSES TO GET PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY TO COME INTO UNIVERSAL CITY, GET TO KNOW UNIVERSAL CITY, SPEND THEIR MONEY IN UNIVERSAL CITY, FALL IN WITH UNIVERSAL CITY, COME BACK TO UNIVERSAL CITY, MAYBE MOVE IN THE UNIVERSAL CITY, BUT THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE PART OF THAT 90%. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, YES MA'AM. WELL, AND I DO RECALL THAT WHEN THEY DID THE, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE GOLF COURSE PRODUCES $8 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUE TO OUR CITY. SO I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT. YES. UH, SHORT AND SWEET. JUST TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE, UM, IN MY MIND, WE RAISED TAXES THIS YEAR SO THAT WE COULD KEEP MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT. [00:40:01] SO TO ME, THERE'S A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN RAISING TAXES ON PEOPLE FOR TEE BOXES AND BINDERS AT THE GOLF COURSE. I'M NOT SUPER COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. AND UNTIL THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR PROPERTY TAX STRUCTURE AND OUR SALES TAX STRUCTURE, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THIS KIND OF MONEY INTO THE GOLF COURSE. UH, I THINK IT'S A NICE TO HAVE, NOT A NEED TO HAVE. UH, WE'RE SETTING RECORDS OF THE GOLF COURSE IN TERMS OF ROUNDS PLAY AND REVENUE COMING IN, SO IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A HINDRANCE. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SPENDING THE MILLION DOLLARS FROM RESERVES ON WHATEVER PROJECTS THEY THINK ARE ARE HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT NOT TOUCHING THE VENUE TAX. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT AMENABLE TO THE REST OF COUNCIL, SO JUST EXPLAINING WHY MY VOTE TONIGHT IS A NO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO PROBLEM. I'LL END IT UP RIGHT HERE IS THE, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT VENUE TAX IS IT'S RETAIL PROPERTY TAX. IT'S NOT RETAIL PROPERTY, IT IS RETAIL SALES TAX THAT IS EARNED. AND IT'S USED FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND PART OF THE GOLF COURSE. SO IT'S NOT, NONE OF NO PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO SUPPORT TO THE GOLF COURSE. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. YES, MA'AM. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR, BOTH ON JUST THE ASSESSMENT OF THE GOLF COURSE IN GENERAL AND THEN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, TO ME IT REALLY SOLIDIFIED, UM, THE, MY THOUGHT OF WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS, THIS VENUE. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT AN ASSET TO US BECAUSE IT IS BRINGING IN MONEY, IT IS BRINGING IN PEOPLE, AND IT IS SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS DESIGNED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDSBY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE. MAYOR PER PLEASE. PATRICK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUT. AYE. COUNCILOR RUPA? NO. COUNCIL MEMBER VO NO. MOTION CARRIED. UH, ITEM F, EXCUSE ME. ITEM E PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WORKSHOP. I'D LIKE TO, UH, I'D LIKE, MAY I ASK JUST KINDA LEAD IN BEFORE YOU DO THAT ONE. THIS IS, UH, COMING UP WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS COVERS A 10 YEAR PERIOD. IT'S, UH, UNIVERSAL CITY PLAN 35. UM, THERE ARE A 10 YEAR PROGRAM, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MOVING PARTS OVER 10 YEARS. THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE COUNCIL CAN TACKLE THAT, BUT WE'VE GOTTA START SOMEWHERE. I AM SUGGESTING I'VE, I REQUESTED THAT WE DO A, UH, COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP WITH THE ORGANIZERS, WITH, UH, UH, FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER TO HELP US IDENTIFY THE FIVE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO START WITH AS A COUNCIL AND TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR AND START MOVING FORWARD. AS WE MOVE INTO IT, WE WILL FIND OTHER AVENUES AND STUFF, BUT WE NEED TO FIND, TAKE THE ENTIRE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW TO START BUILDING THOSE FIRST PATHWAYS MOVING FORWARD. MS. UH, CITY MANAGER, IF YOU WOULD, TAKE IT FROM THERE, SO THAT COUNSEL CAN, UH, PROVIDE SOME INPUT ON WHAT THEY CALL THEIR DECISION EXHIBITS. SO ON PAGE NINE OF NINE, EXCUSE ME, IS IT NINE OF NINE? I APOLOGIZE. STARTING ON PAGE THREE OF NINE, UH, THERE ARE OPTIONS, A, B, C, AND D. AND THE COUNSEL, UH, IS BEING REQUESTED TO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROPOSAL TO SELECT TWO THOSE OPTIONS THAT CAN BE WORKED INTO THE WORKSHOP WITH A CONSULTANT. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOTE TO, TO PASS THE PROPOSAL AND TO SET TO, AND TO DETERMINE YOUR, UH, OPTIONS. YOUR TWO, UM, ELECTIVE, WHAT DID HE CALL 'EM? SO THOSE ARE, UM, ALSO ON PAGE EIGHT OF NINE. YEAH, IT'S ALSO ON PAGE EIGHT OF NINE. IT'S CONDENSED IF YOU WANNA GO THERE. ANY COMMENTS ON THE, UH, ONES OR DO YOU WANT TO, UM, ADDRESS IT WITH THE CONSULTANT DURING THE WORKSHOP TO IDENTIFY SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC? RIGHT, SO THEY'RE RECOMMENDING OPTION A IS THE VALUE PER ACRE, AND THIS IS A MAP V VISUALIZATION OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX YIELD PER ACRE, CONTRASTING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AGAINST MIXED USE, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL. AND THEN IT HAS THE OPTIONS. WHY YOU MIGHT CHOOSE THAT ONE. ONE IS A TRANSPORTATION GAP HUNTER, THAT IS A HIGH CONTRAST NETWORK ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTING CRITICAL GAPS IN THE STREET, SIDEWALK AND BICYCLE SYSTEM. IT OVERLAYS THESE GAPS AGAINST HIGH TRAFFIC DESTINATIONS LIKE SCHOOLS, COMMERCIAL NOS, AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC BRAKE POINTS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION GRID. THE, UH, OPTION C IS A CORRIDOR FRICTION, WHICH IS A REDEVELOPMENT TOOL, A PARCEL LEVEL ANALYSIS OF [00:45:01] PAT BOOKER ROAD, UH, COATING LOTS BY RESIDENTIAL READINESS. IS IT VACANT, UNDERUTILIZED, OR STABLE? AND THEN THE LAST ONE, OPTION D, IS THE, UH, MI THEY CALL IT THE MISSING MIDDLE. AND THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY HOUSING, WHICH IS THE HEAT MAP, IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS, IT ZONES WHERE TOWN HOMES OR COTTAGES CAN FIT WITHOUT DISRUPTING ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS. IF THAT BEING SAID, I MAY MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT UNDER THE FIVE, UH, SELECTION, I THINK TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT 'CAUSE NO MATTER WHICH WAY WE GO, WE DO NEED TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THIS WOULD BE A PRIME TIME TO ACTUALLY START THAT. AND OTHER INVESTORS COMING INTO OUR CITY MAY SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY INVESTING IN OUR BUSINESSES AND MAY BE MORE T TO, UH, INVEST IN JUST A SUGGESTION AS ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'D RECOMMEND OPTION C. OKAY. IS THAT A MOTION? I THINK OPTION. UM, I THINK OPTION C WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AGREED. MOVE TO APPROVE FOR OPTION A AND OPTION C? UH, I THINK HE SAID OPTION B AND, OH, DID HE SAY B? I'M SORRY. OPTION B. SORRY. B AND C. B AND C. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND MR. MAYOR? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? FIRST? I'VE GOT A FIRST. A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL DISCUSS. UH, YES. UH, UM, WHERE DID THE STATEMENT OF WORK ORIGINATE? YOU HAVE TO SPEAK, YOU SAID, WHERE DID THE STATE, WHERE DID THE STATEMENT OF WORK ORIGINATE FOR WHAT THE STATEMENT OF WORK BEFORE COUNSEL WITH THESE OPTIONS? WE WILL DETERMINE THAT AT THE WORKSHOP. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THERE'S A DOCUMENT HERE, SIR. THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS, IT'S LISTED AS A STATEMENT OF WORK, AND I'M ASKING THE SECOND. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE STATEMENT OF WORK, AND IT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS BUILT BY HR GREEN IN ORDER TO GET COUNSEL TO GUIDE COUNSEL TO NARROW DOWN ALL THE ITEMS WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO FIRST. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. SO, SO BASICALLY WE HAVE NOT AS A COUNCIL EVEN DEFINED OUR PRIORITIES SO THAT AN OUTSIDE AGENCY IS GIVING US A STATEMENT OF WORK. I, I ASK THAT WE GET TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL IN AN INFOR IN A FORMAL WORKSHOP, BUT AS A COUNCIL, UH, TO DISCUSS OUR CITY'S PRIORITIES BEFORE WE LOOK AT THESE OPTIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY AN OUTSIDE AGENCY. IT'S NOT A STATEMENT OF WORK BY UNIVERSAL CITY. FOR UNIVERSAL CITY. IT'S A STATEMENT OF OPTIONS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PERHAPS GOT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, MAY I INTER, MAY I INTERJECT A QUESTION? I, LET ME JUST FINISH THIS MR. MAYOR, AND THEN, THEN YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE MIDDLING OF THE, THE MIDDLING OF THE, UH, HOUSING MARKET, WE HAVE A SPLENDIDLY DIVERSE HOUSING MARKET OKAY. WITHIN UNIVERSAL CITY WITH A PLETHORA OF, OF LOWER INCOME TO MEDIUM TO HIGH INCOME HOUSING. BUT YET THAT WASN'T IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, NOR WA NOR WAS TENANCY IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. NOR WAS ESSENTIALLY THE FACT THAT WHEN THE EC PRESENTS A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THEY HAVE NEVER PRESENTED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A CITY. JUST THAT WHILE IT'S PART OF THE AVIATION DISTRICT, BUT NOT LOOKING AT EACH OF THE ITEMS. SO MY POINT IS, UH, WE'RE BEING DRIVEN BY OUTSIDERS AND LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE JUST SHEEP AND, AND I, I'M, I'M BEING VERY SERIOUS, WE GO TO THEM TO BRAND UNIVERSAL CITY AND ASK FOR THE DATA THAT SUPPORTED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HAVE YET TO GET THOSE DATA. WELL, YES YOU DID. AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA INTERFERE HERE. UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ALL THE ATTENDEES IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED BY THE INPUT OF THE CITIZENS. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR THE PAST YEAR. UH, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS, WHICH MR. AL HAS BEEN IN ATTENDANCE OF ASKED SAME QUESTIONS AND BEEN GIVEN THE, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION AT THE MEETINGS WITH THE ECONOMIC PROPOSED [00:50:01] ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE DIFFERENT AREAS. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AS I PRESENT THIS SESSION WITH WHERE THE COUNCIL GETS TOGETHER, IDENTIFIES THE TWO MAJOR AREAS TO LEAD US INTO THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE. AND THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE GO. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN YEAR 12 OF THIS PROGRAM. BUT, UH, OR THE YEAR EIGHT OF THIS PROGRAM, I SHOULD SAY, SINCE IT'S A 10 YEAR PROGRAM. SO LET'S TABLE THAT PORTION OF IT RIGHT NOW AND DISCUSS THE ACTUAL BENEFIT OF ATTENDING THE COUNCIL MEETING OR THE WORKSHOP AND WORKING OUT A PLAN SO THAT THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. IS THAT, THAT A POINT, A SLIGHT POINT OF ORDER? AND THAT IS, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED THE RAW DATA THAT WENT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT A REQUEST WAS MADE AND IT HASN'T BEEN DELIVERED AS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. NOTED 35 PEOPLE RESPONDING ON, ON THE, ON THE BULLETIN BOARD HERE WERE, UH, COUNCILMAN GOLDBE VOTED TWICE, NO , UH, ARE ARE NOT STATISTICALLY VALID. WELL NOTED. YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOTED. THANK, THANK YOU, UH, MR. GOLDBE. UM, JUST, AND, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL HAS TO SAY, BUT MY, FROM MY VIEWPOINT IS, IS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED THIS OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM TO COME IN WHO CREATES COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. I I DO MASTER PLANS A LOT AND I'LL DO FLOOR PLANS A LOT, BUT I DON'T DO A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE CITIES. SO I APPRECIATE THAT THEY'VE, I IN, IN THIS, WHAT THEY GAVE US. THEY'VE IDENTIFIED, WE FEEL LIKE THESE ARE THE BEST, THE BIGGEST IMPACT SEGMENTS FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SO I, I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER RUBAL LOOKING FOR A LOT MORE OF THE MINUTIA. I LIKE THAT THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN THAT INITIATIVE AND SAID THIS IS WHAT WE FEEL IS, IS BEST FOR Y'ALL. SO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US THESE FOUR OPTIONS TO CHOOSE, BUT I, I KIND OF FEEL SO, I'M SORRY. THERE MAY BE SOME MIS CONFUSION. SO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS GO THROUGH THOSE INITIATIVES WITH YOU AND YOU ARE GOING TO PICK YOUR FIRST FIVE PRIORITY PROJECTS, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GONNA WHITTLE 'EM ALL DOWN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING FIRST. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL DATA, WHICH IS GOING TO BE YOUR OPTIONS B AND C. SO THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU PRIORITIZE YOUR STRATEGIC, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND NOT ONLY ARE YOU GONNA PRIORITIZE 'EM, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DETERMINE WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH A POLICY AND THE ACTION PLAN FOR IT AS WELL. SO THAT SHOULD GET YOU FOR THE, THROUGH THE FIRST TWO OR THREE YEARS, DEPENDING ON HOW BIG YOUR PRIORITIES ARE. AND THEN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE LOOK AT PAT BOOKER ROAD AND WHICHEVER ONE OTHER ONE WAS THE TRANSPORTATION GAP. SO THEY JUST ADDED ON TO WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING US TO GIVE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO YOU BASED ON THE DATA THAT CAME OUT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. AND WE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE, UH, FUNDING FOR FUTURE FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS ALSO AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WHEN WE HAVE THESE EVENTS, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL WE'LL HAVE THAT, YES. SIT DOWN AND, AND BERNIE WILL THROW ROCKS AT ME AND THROW ROCKS AT HIM. AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT THEY BE SPONGES THIS TIME. OH, OKAY. GOOD CALL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. VI JUST THINK I'M SO CONFUSED ABOUT WHY WE THINK WE NEED A CONSULTANT FOR THIS. I FEEL LIKE STAFF COULD COME UP WITH A LIST OF INITIATIVES AND THEN WE COULD HAVE A VOTE ON PRIORITIZING THOSE. SO I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHY WE NEED TO INVOLVE THEM. I LOOK AT THEIR PROPOSAL AND IT'S LIKE A LOT OF WORDS FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY SIMPLE. WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU PICK THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AND I JUST THINK WE'RE GONNA GET SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT'S GONNA BE NOT DIRECT. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING THEM FOR ANOTHER POLICY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALSO NOT GOING TO BE DIRECT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY FEAR. THAT'S ALL HERE. WELL, THANK YOU. UM, WITH ANY GREAT IMPROVEMENT, SOMETIMES IT COMES AT A COST AND SOMETIMES WE DO IT AND INVEST IN OURSELVES IN ORDER TO SET THE, SET THE BASE AND FOUNDATION SO THAT WE CAN, OUR CITY CAN GROW. GOT A LOT OF THIS, UH, THIS OPERATION 1930 IN, UH, 2035, UH, 10 YEARS FROM NOW. WE'RE DOING IT FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND THOSE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S THE MOTION AND CHOOSING OPTION A AND C, B AND C, B, B AND C, B AND C. B AND C. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE RECOMMENDED PACKAGE WHICH INCLUDES OPTIONS, B AS IN BOY, AND C AS IN CAT. OKAY. [00:55:01] THANK YOU. AND MY FIRST WAS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY, SECOND COUNCILOR SBY. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE. COUNCILOR SBY. AYE. MAYOR FITZPATRICK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ABOVE AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VO NO. MOTION CARRIED. I'LL MOVE FORWARD. AND WE WILL ALSO, UH, PICK A DATE FOR THE, UH, YES. WE'LL, UH, TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME OPTIONAL DATES WHEN WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN GET OUT WITH EACH OF YOU TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS WITH YOUR SCHEDULES. OKAY. ITEM, UH, F ORDINANCE 5 93 DELTA 2026. IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, YEAH. SORRY. YES SIR. , LET'S DISCUSS. YEAH, WHAT I KNOW. OKAY. , AS SOON AS YOU TELL ME. STATE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO, AND I KNOW ANOTHER, UH, BOARD, DO I GET TO PICK THE BOARD MEMBERS? SO WE'LL GO THROUGH LIKE WE DO WITH ANY OTHER BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND HAVE APPLICATIONS. UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE STATE HAS SOME SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS THAT THEY EXPECT THESE PERSONS TO HAVE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME DEEP DIGGING AND MAKE SURE WE GET QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. BUT YES, THEY WILL BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, THANK YOU MS. RAMAL. UH, JUST FOR THE EDUCATION OF COUNCIL, WOULD YOU DEFINE THE IMPACT FEES AND THE SPECTRUM THROUGH WHICH IMPACT FEES ARE APPLIED AND WHETHER THEY CAN BE CHALLENGED BY WAIVER? SO THE IMPACT FEES ARE FOR WATER WASTEWATER ONLY, WATER AND WASTEWATER, SEWER, WATER AND SEWER, WATER AND WASTEWATER. THOSE ARE THE ONLY IMPACT FEES THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY. OKAY. AND THIS MEANS, AND AND WHAT EXACTLY PHYSICALLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHEN, WHEN A NEW CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS AND THEY CONNECT TO OUR POTABLE WATER SYSTEM OR TO OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OR WASTEWATER SYSTEM, THEY PAY A ONETIME CONNECTION FEE. THAT IS CALLED AN IMPACT FEE. AND THAT IS BASICALLY THEM COVERING THEIR COSTS OF THE IMPACT OF THE SYSTEM COVERING THE COST OF THE IMPACT ON THE SYSTEM? YES SIR. THAT'S A ONETIME FEE. ONE TIME FEE. IT DOESN'T PROTECT US FROM WATER UTILIZATION BY THE ENTITY. IT'S A ONETIME FEE. IT'S A ONETIME FEE. YOU WOULD GO TO PUBLIC WORKS OR IT'S IN A'S IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. AND THEN THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE RECEIVE CAN BE USED FOR WHEN WE DO ADDED CAPACITY PROJECTS. SO IF WE UPSIZE IT EIGHT INCH LINE TO A 12 INCH LINE, WE USE THE IMPACT FEES FOR THAT. SO IF WE LOSE THE IMPACT FEE, THERE'S A DETRIMENT ON POTENTIALLY IMPROVING OUR CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE. YES, SIR. YOU GOT COMMENTS? CALL THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER AUGH AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER AYE. MAYOR PER FITZPATRICK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RUAL AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE. MOTION CARRIED AND RESOLUTION NINE 30 A 2026 MOBILE FOOD PARK AGREEMENT AT 8 19 80 UNIVERSAL CITY BOULEVARD. DO YOU JUST WANT IT? YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE EASIER. . WE HAVE A LOT OF, YEAH, LOT OF PDFS. P PULL UP. WE'RE NOT GONNA, OKAY, JUST BEAR WITH ME A MOMENT. I'M GONNA BLOW UP A COUPLE OF EXHIBITS. SO AS I DO THAT, UH, JUST A RECAP. UH, THIS CAME BEFORE YOU IN SOME CAPACITY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UH, VIA AN EDC RESOLUTION THAT CITY COUNCIL RATIFIED. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A PROPOSED FOOD TRUCK PARK LOCATED AT 1980. CAN YOU JUST CLICK ALL THOSE OPEN , ALL OF THEM? YEAH, SURE. SO, UM, WE'RE DISCUSSING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROPOSED FOOD TRUCK PARK, MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK AT 1980 UNIVERSAL CITY BOULEVARD, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND THE MOD WASH DOWN THE STREET IN BETWEEN THE MOD WASH [01:00:01] AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT IS BETTER KNOWN AS IRONWOOD. IT IS NOW CALLED THE PEAKS. EVERY ONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS YOU WANNA OPEN? YEAH, IF YOU COULD. OKAY. JUST IN CASE YOURSELF. SO, AS PART OF THE, UH, PREVIOUS UH, DISCUSSION, IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A VIABLE SITE FOR THE PROPOSED FOOD TRUCK PARK, THERE ARE SOME NECESSARY OR NEEDED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO THE EDC HAS AGREED TO FUND THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE, UM, WIDENING THE SIDEWALK, EXPANDING THE SIDEWALK TO MAKE A CONNECTION FROM THE APARTMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION AT PAT BOOKER AND UC BOULEVARD, UH, PROVIDE CURBING GUTTER AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE OFF, UH, IN THE STRIP CENTER, THE, UM, CURB CUT OR THE DRIVE AISLE THAT IS, UH, CLOSEST TO THE INTERSECTION BECAUSE IF THAT WERE TO COME IN TODAY, IT WOULD NOT BE APPROVED. IT'S TOO CLOSE, IT'S DANGEROUS. UH, THERE'S ALSO THE BEND THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. UM, SO WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC AT THIS LOCATION FROM BOTH, BOTH VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT IT'S AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. SO THE EDC DID APPROVE AND THE CITY COUNCIL RATIFIED THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. SO TO CONCENTRATE SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, CONTRACT OR THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE, UH, FOOD PARK PROVIDER. AND SO, UH, THIS IS SIMILAR. IT'S STRUCTURED THE SAME WAY AS THE EXISTING FOOD TRUCK THAT IS LOCATED DOWN THE AVIATION DISTRICT. UH, SAME AGREEMENT. WE JUST KIND OF SWAPPED NAMES. WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE EXHIBITS PARTICULAR TO THIS SITE AND THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH WHAT THE, UH, FOOD TRUCK PARK, UH, WILL LOOK LIKE AS OF NOW. AND SO ACTUALLY LOOK, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FIRST, IF I CAN FIND IT. THERE WE GO. SO THIS IS WHAT BECAME BEFORE YOU BEFORE AND WE'LL BLOW IT UP A LITTLE. I'LL JUST DO A QUICK RECAP FOR THOSE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE. SO THIS RIGHT HERE WHERE THE CURSOR IS, THIS IS PACA ROAD. OVER HERE IS UNIVERSAL CITY BOULEVARD. THIS IS THE MOD WASH STRIP CENTER. AND SO THIS IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER HERE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS VACANT PARCEL IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO. NOW THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE WIDENING OF THIS SIDEWALK, ACTUALLY EXTENDING THE CONNECTION FROM HERE ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSECTION AND MAKING IT A SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK, UH, WHICH IS MORE BENEFICIAL THAN THE EXISTING FOUR FOOT THROUGHOUT TOWN. AND WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OFF THIS DRIVE AISLE RIGHT HERE AND THEN MAKE A 25 FOOT, THERE'S AN EXISTING, UM, DRIVE AISLE OR CURB CUT AT THIS LOCATION, BUT WE'RE GONNA WIDEN THAT TO 25 FEET. AND, AND THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE DRIVE AISLE OR CURB CUT FOR THE FOOD TRUCK ITSELF. UM, AND THOSE ARE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED AS WELL AS INSTALLATION OF A FIRE HYDRANT. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE ACTUAL SITE PLAN FOR THE FOOD TRUCK PARK. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS UNIVERSAL CITY BOULEVARD. DOWN HERE WILL BE THE APARTMENTS UP HERE IS THE STRIP CENTER. SO THIS IS THE DRIVE AISLE THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE FOOD TRUCK PARK. DIRECTIONALLY IT'LL BE, UH, ONE WAY. SO YOU'LL SWING TO THE RIGHT CURB, CURB AROUND, AND YOU HAVE ACCESS, UH, BACK OUT. SO IT'S BASICALLY A LOOP. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE 18 PARKING SPACES. THIS DOES MEET THE CODE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR FOOD TRUCK PARKS FOR OUR ZONING CODE. AND SO YOU'LL HAVE SIX FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE CLOSER TO THE STRIP CENTER. AND, UH, THERE WILL BE A, THE CUSTOMER OR SEATING AREA LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE. THEY WILL PROVIDE A RESTROOM OVER HERE, AND OVER HERE WILL BE A DUMPSTER BIKE RACKS. UH, THERE WILL BE SOME PLANTERS AND THERE WILL BE SOME, UH, BUFFERS, UH, TO PROTECT THE, UH, PATRONS AS WELL. A WOODEN FENCE WILL BE INSTALLED, UH, AROUND THE ENTIRE SITE AND THEY'RE GONNA KEEP AS MANY TREES AS THEY CAN. UM, AND SO I HAD A SUGGESTION OF ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, WE, THE PREVIOUS PLAN ACTUALLY HAD THE FOOD TRUCKS ON THIS SIDE. UM, BUT THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT, UH, THE GENERATORS MAKING NOISE AND POTENTIALLY IMPACTING THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO WE DID REACH OUT TO, UH, THE APPLICANTS AND THEIR ARCHITECT, UH, DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF FLIPPING IT ESSENTIALLY AND ACCOMMODATING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT WE REQUIRE PER OUR CODE. UH, SO JUST TO BE SPECIFIC, UH, SIX PAD, THE FOOD TRUCKS, UH, 18 PARKING SPACES, AND THIS INCLUDES TWO HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SPACES, AN OUTDOOR EATING AREA IN THE CENTER WITH 10 TABLES, UH, THREE BICYCLE RACKS, A TRASH ENCLOSURE, OUTDOOR RESTROOMS, AND A MONUMENT SIGN [01:05:01] THAT WILL BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY IN THIS LOCATION. UH, WE'LL GET MORE SPECIFIC ONCE WE HAVE, UH, THE FINAL PLANS, UH, FINAL ENGINEERING PLANS COMPLETED. THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU, YOU, MS. BOND. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND WHAT WE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY? LIKE WHAT ARE WE APPROVING NOW THAT'S DIFFERENT? SURE. SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FOOD TRUCK PROVIDER. SO THE PREVIOUS, UM, APPROVAL THAT YOU PROVIDED WAS JUST RATIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE EDC WILL COVER. OKAY. SO IT WAS SEPARATED SUPER CLEAR, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. SO PREVIOUSLY IT WAS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCESS THE SITE. THIS IS THE PRIVATE AGREEMENT, AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY TO PUT IN A FIRE HYDRANT AND TO DO THE CURB AND PUT IN A SIDEWALK THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK THERE. SO IT WAS THINGS THAT MADE SENSE FOR THAT PROPERTY. IT'S KIND OF BEEN LACKING. RIGHT. I REMEMBER THAT. I JUST, SO THIS IS, THIS IS BASICALLY JUST REAUTHORIZING THE SAME THING? MM-HMM. NO, NO, NO. SO THAT HADN'T, THAT WAS THINK I'M SORRY, THAT WAS THINKING THAT THE FOOD TRUCK PARK WOULD COME IN, BUT NOW WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA SIGN AN AGREEMENT SAYING IT CAN COME IN CORRECT. FOR THE SAME THING WE APPROVED. BUT NOW THIS IS THE OFFICIAL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, NOT EXACTLY. SO, OKAY. AGAIN, THE, THE PUBLIC SIDE, UM, WAS THE EDC, UH, AGREED TO PROVIDE FUNDS IN ORDER TO PUT THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN. AND WE REALLY COULDN'T ALLOW THE PRIVATE PROPERTY TO DEVELOP AS A FOOD TRUCK PARK UNLESS WE IMPROVE THE PUBLIC SIDE. SO EDC IS GONNA MAKE THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. AND NOW THIS IS FOR THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. IN ORDER FOR THEM, IT GIVES THEM PERMISSION, UH, TO, UM, BASICALLY OPERATE THE FOOD TRUCK PARK. SO YOU'RE JUST APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FOOD TRUCK PARK PROVIDER. OKAY. I THINK I UNDERSTAND IS THAT, THANK YOU ERIC. THAT CLEAR , I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY WOULD THEY NEED PERMISSION? UH, BECAUSE OUR CODE REQUIRES IT. BECAUSE WHAT WE DID WAS WHEN WE INITIATED, UH, THE, UH, FOOD TRUCK REQUIREMENTS IN MUNICIPAL CODE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE, UH, CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT THEY MET. ONE, WE JUST DIDN'T WANNA ALLOW FOLKS TO, UH, PUT UP TWO FOOD TRUCKS ANYWHERE IN TOWN. AND SO WE HAD SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT A FOOD TRUCK PARK WOULD BE. THAT MEANS AT LEAST THREE FOOD, UH, FOOD TRUCKS. UH, THEY HAD TO PROVIDE BICYCLE, UM, BICYCLE RACKS. THEY HAD TO PROVIDE, UM, RESTROOMS, RESTROOMS, TRASH ENCLOSURE, AND ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT, UH, WE WANTED TO ENSURE JUST SO PEOPLE CAN'T JUST POP THESE UP ANYWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AREA. OKAY, I GOT IT. I, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 9 38 20 26 ON A SECOND. CAN YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION? UH, YES. YES, SIR. MR. , UH, UH, THANK YOU, MICHAEL. UM, WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR, UH, GENERATORS AND ALL, CANNOT TWO 20 BE PROVIDED, WHICH I THINK IS THE STANDARD VOLTAGE FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO OPERATE? UH, DOES THAT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M COMING FROM? I DIDN'T HEAR PART OF YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. NEED TO, WHY ARE GENERATORS, WHY WOULD GENERATORS BE REQUIRED IN THAT AREA? COULD NOT TO 20 VOLTAGE BE PROVIDED FOR THE VENDORS? AND THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS THAT IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE IN THAT INDUSTRY TO HAVE GENERATORS FOR EACH FOOD TRUCK. AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THEY'RE MOBILE. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE STATIONARY SUSTAINED. THEY MIGHT COME HERE FOR A WHILE, THEN THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE AND MAYBE BE ON A ROADSIDE IN AUSTIN. SO ALL FOOD TRUCKS OPERATE OFF OF A GENERATOR. I, I, I DO, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A, A POTENTIALLY A MO IT IS USUALLY A MOBILE OPERATION, BUT WITHIN A SIM CITY LIMITS, IF I HAVE SIX GENERATORS GOING ON WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF ONE ANOTHER, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE FOOD TRUCKS LIKE, UH, RANDY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT, UH, UH, UH, TYPE THING, JUST REQUIRE A TWO 20, UH, UH, VOLTAGE, UH, UH, TYPE THING TO OPERATE. AND, UH, IT'S SO THAT, THAT IS THE TECHNICAL QUESTION. THEN FINALLY, I, I GO TO THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, AND I'M, I'M ASKING IF, IF AN ANALYSIS OF ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATE OF POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION, COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE FISCAL ANALYSIS, UH, WAS DONE FOR THIS PROJECT AS PER A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? YES. SO YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION AND YOU RATIFIED THE, UM, EDC APPROVAL FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. AND I'LL PROVIDE THE SAME ANSWER. IT WAS NOT COMPLETED, DIDN'T DO AN ECONOMIC OR A FISCAL ANALYSIS FOR THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY. OKAY. AND SO I GUESS I WOULD, FROM A GENERAL, A LARGE PERSPECTIVE, MR. RUBAL, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU [01:10:01] ACTUALLY ASK THAT QUESTION ABOUT EVERY PROJECT. UM, WE HAVE TO, IF WE SPENT, IF WE TRY TO DO AN ECONOMIC OR A FISCAL IMPACT STUDY FOR A PROJECT THAT CAME THROUGH TOWN, IT WOULD BE QUITE EXPENSIVE. AND, UM, THERE IS, UM, IT MAY BE NECESSARY IN CERTAIN CASES. UH, FOR MUCH LARGER DEVELOPMENTS AS WE HAVE DONE FOR THOSE LARGE PUDS OR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS OR FOR SMALL SITES, UH, WE DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S NECESSARY. THE QUESTION IS THE VALUE ADDED TO THE TAX BASE AND IT'S AN ELEMENT WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT SHOULD BE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, BECAUSE I DRAW WITH CRAYONS INSTEAD OF PENCILS LIKE MR. GOOLSBY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE HASH SECTION ON THAT DRAWING? SURE. THAT IS THE PEDESTRIAN. UH, YEAH. SO THOSE TO THE RIGHT, THOSE TWO, IS THAT, OH, IS THAT GONNA BE A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ESSENTIALLY? YES. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. UM, I'D ALSO, UH, I DO, I AM IN QUESTION 'CAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT, UM, BROUGHT UP THE CONCERN ABOUT HAVING THE GENERATORS ON THE, UM, APARTMENT SIDE. AND SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT THAT TIME WAS PUT IN TO REDESIGN THIS, TO SWAP IT TO THE OTHER SIDE. I'M SURE THERE WAS A COST INVOLVED IN THAT. UM, THIS IS THE DESIGN THERE. WE WE'RE NOT GONNA EXPECT ANY KIND OF CHANGE. THIS IS WHAT, HOW IT WILL LOOK WHEN IT GOES IN. YES, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THE APPLICANT'S CAN, UM, VERIFY THAT, UH, THIS IS THE LATEST AND GREATEST AS OF THIS MORNING. AND SO WE DON'T, UH, EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THIS SITE PLAN. IS THERE ANY KIND OF GUIDELINE IF WILL THERE BE A FINAL DESIGN THAT'S SIGNED OFF BY THE CITY? OKAY. SO IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, IT WOULD RETURN BACK TO US OR IF THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, YES, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BRING IT BACK TO YOU. OKAY. I I'M NOT EXPECTING IT. I'M JUST THINKING, THINKING ALOUD. UM, THIS IS GREAT. I, I'M, I'M, I LIKE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S BASICALLY AN EMPTY LOT RIGHT NOW. UM, I EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF, UM, FOOT TRAFFIC TO THIS. I MEAN, THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM MY HOUSE AND I SEE NO PROBLEM WALKING TO, TO PATRONIZE THIS, UM, THIS, UM, THIS PARK. THIS IS GREAT. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO THIS O TM. YEAH, I WAS JUST, I LOVE A FOOD TRUCK PARK AND I LOVE THE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF MY HOUSE. I HAVE TO SAY MY, MY REAL CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC THAT ALREADY IS PROBLEMATIC ON UNIVERSAL CITY BOULEVARD. IT ALREADY, I ALREADY HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN I'M TRYING TO TURN OUT AND GO LEFT OUTTA MY NEIGHBORHOOD TOWARDS CITY HALL BECAUSE IT BACKS UP AND THEY BLOCK THAT ACCESS AND THEN, SO I, I DO SEE IT AS BEING POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC THERE AND DANGEROUS WITH PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET. SO I STRUGGLE WITH THAT ASPECT OF IT. MR. GOLDSBY, THANKS. IF THEY PUT UP, UH, DECIDE TO PUT UP SOME SORT OF, UH, SUNSHADES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT DOESN'T NEED TO COME BACK TO US. UH, NO. AND I THINK THEY CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YOU GUYS PLANNED ON HAVING GETTING COVERS THE EATING AREA OVER THE EATING AREAS. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE NICE. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. CALL FOR THE VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER VAUGHAN AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOLDSBY AYE. MAYOR PROTESTS. PATRICK? NO. COUNCIL MEMBER PUTT AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER AL NO. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE. MOTION CARRIED. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS 7:44 PM MEETING ADJOURNED. 7 44. * 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.