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[1.CALL TO ORDER]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY.
IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 21ST, 6:30 PM AND MEETING'S CALLED TO ORDER.
UH, SHE IS OUT WITH A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY, HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM AND VACATION.
TONIGHT IS MR. GOLDSBY AND I'LL BE LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE.
LORD, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY YOU'VE GIVEN US, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TOGETHER.
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TODAY.
NOT FOR THE GOOD OF ONE PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.
BE WITH US AS WE GO THROUGHOUT OUR DAYS.
OKAY, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, FLAG.
FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
[4.CITIZENS TO BE HEARD]
STEP IS, UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE PRESIDING OFFICIAL AND SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR AT AND T AND SPECIFICALLY I I CAME TO TALK ABOUT, UH, YOUR SECOND READING FROM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR TEAMS WAS HERE FOR THE FIRST READING AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ITEM REGARDING THE, UM, THE ACTION ITEM.
ITEM AE AS IN EDWARD, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND I THANK YOU FOR, TO YOUR STAFF FOR, FOR ALLOWING US TO, TO WORK ON THIS PROGRESS OF THIS PROPOSED, UH, AMENDMENT.
I, UM, BUT A A TT APPRECIATES THE EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE ORDINANCE AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY.
AND WE, WE CONTINUE WANTING TO DO THAT.
HOWEVER, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS ON SEVERAL PROVISIONS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE OVERLY BURDENSOME, CREATE UNNECESSARY RISK, ITS SLOPE BROUGHT AND EMPLOYMENT WITHIN YOUR CITY.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WE BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE BURIAL DEBT, UH, POTHOLING RELOCATION OBLIGATIONS AND RESIDENT NOTIFICATIONS GO BEYOND COMMON INDUSTRY AND REGULATORY PRACTICES, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 2 83 OF THE CODE.
UM, AS JOSH DID, THESE PROVISIONS COULD INCREASE CONSTRUCTION, UH, MAKE IT MORE COMPLEX, CREATE OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES, AND ULTIMATELY IMPACT THE SPEED AT WHICH BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE DEPLOYED AND INVESTED TO FOR YOUR RESIDENTS HERE IN UNIVERSAL CITY.
UM, AT AND T HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE RECORD AND OUTLINES OUR SPECIFIC, UH, COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDED REVISIONS.
UH, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNTS OF CONSIDER ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
AND I DO HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER, MAYOR FOR THE RECORD, BUT WE DID EMAIL IT TO, TO YOUR OFFICE.
TO Y'ALL'S OFFICE, TO YOUR STAFF.
BUT IF Y'ALL NEED ANY MORE COPIES, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
I AM, UH, I LIVE ON PAT BOOKER HERE.
AND THE REASON THAT I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE MY CAR WAS STOLEN.
AND THE WAY THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT WAS THAT AN OFFICER AND A CORPORAL, THEY POUNDED ON MY DOOR AT LIKE FIVE IN THE MORNING, WHICH I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY DID.
AND THEY DID THAT TO LET ME KNOW THAT MY CAR WAS FOUND IN A DITCH ON PAT BOOKER AND IT WAS NOT IN DRIVABLE CONDITION.
NOW, I WANTED TO GET INFORMATION, SO I REQUESTED THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE JUST SO I COULD SEE HOW MY CAR WAS, YOU KNOW, ON THE, ON FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE LIKE THEY WERE SUGGESTING.
BUT RATHER THAN RELEASING THE FOOTAGE TO ME, WHICH SHOULD BE PRESUMED AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE CITY CHOSE TO FIGHT ME.
THEY EVEN HIRED A LAW FIRM TO TALK ON THE CITY'S BEHALF.
THEY OFFERED, UM, THREE EXCUSES AS TO WHY THEY, THAT THE, THE INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED.
THE FIRST ONE, MANDATORY CONFIDENTIALITY FOR BODY-WORN CAMERAS.
UM, THE LAW SAYS THAT AN AGENCY IS PROHIBITED FROM RELEASING BODY-WORN CAMERAS, CAMERA RECORDINGS, MADE IN A PRIVATE SPACE OR INVOLVING INVESTIGATIONS OF A FINE ONLY MISDEMEANOR.
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LEAD TO AN ARREST.THE PRIVATE SPACE WAS MY HOME AND THE CRIME BEING INVESTIGATED WAS A FELONY CAR THEFT AND NOT A FINE ONLY MISDEMEANOR.
THE SECOND ONE IS THE LACK OF CONSENT.
THE CITY STATES THAT IT HAS NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL DEPICTED IN THE RECORDING.
THAT OTHER INDIVIDUAL WAS MY DAUGHTER.
AND OF COURSE, SHE WOULD'VE SIGNED ANYTHING HAD I KNOWN THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUIRED.
UM, THE THIRD ONE IS PROTECTION OF POLICE METHODS AND TACTICS.
THE LAW SAYS THAT INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS MAY BE WITHHELD IF THEIR RELEASE WOULD INTERFERE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PROSECUTION.
THE CITY ARGUES THAT THE FOOTAGE REVEALS THE INTERIOR OF A PATROL VEHICLE ALONG WITH SPECIAL TACTICS, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES, WHICH WOULD, COULD POSSIBLY HINDER THE OFFICERS IN PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES IF MADE PUBLIC.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT EVERYTHING THEY DO CAN BE PERCEIVED AS LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S NO INVESTIGATION BEING MADE BECAUSE THE POLICE REPORT ITSELF SAYS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING.
ALSO, IT'S UP TO THE CITY TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY REDACTIONS.
NOW, I WAS TOLD THAT, UM, THAT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT TO MAKE REDACTIONS ON BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE, THEREFORE, THEY WERE GONNA WITHHOLD THE ENTIRE THING.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS MISLED WITH THE FACTS AT THE TIME.
UM, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD MAKE A REBUTTAL OTHERWISE I WOULD'VE DONE SO.
NOW, MR. MAYOR AND THE COUNSEL, UM, WHAT I ASK OF YOU IS TO JUST HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND TO REMEMBER WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
AND I ASK THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK INTO THE GATEKEEPERS AND FIND OUT WHY THEY WOULD WORK SO HARD TO WITHHOLD THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION FROM THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT YOU FOLKS SERVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU DO REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT RESPOND TO ANY OF THE COMMENTS DURING CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, BUT APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND THAT IS ALL OF THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
[5.STAFF REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS:]
UH, STAFF REPORTS AND OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS AND CITY MANAGER REPORT.WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON, SORRY, I DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS, UH, TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING.
AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A VERY, VERY BIG RAIN EVENT.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST KIND OF GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT TRANSPIRED IN THE CITY.
UH, THANKFULLY THERE WAS VERY LOW TO MODERATE IMPACT FROM THE CITY OVERALL.
WE HAD A FEW RESIDENTS THAT DID UNFORTUNATELY MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR BACKYARD.
THOSE USUALLY END UP BEING BRICK PAVERS OR RAILROAD TIES THAT HOLD WATER IN OR SHIFT WATER OVER TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.
WE HAD A FEW INCIDENTS OF THOSE AND WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE AS THEY CONTINUE TO COME UP.
UM, I KNOW IF YOU WATCH THE NEWS, UH, UNIVERSAL CITY, AT LEAST PART OF IT WAS EVACUATED.
UH, THE CITY ASSISTED THE COUNTY IN EVACUATING THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVED IN THE COUNTY ON AZTEC WAY, WHICH IS DOWN ON EAST AVIATION ACROSS FROM VETERANS PARK.
UM, SO MUCH THANKS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTING THE COUNTY WITH THAT EVACUATION.
UM, WE DID SPEND A LITTLE ADDITIONAL TIME MONITORING SOME OF OUR NEWER SUBDIVISIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW BIG RAIN SYSTEM'S GONNA WORK IN THERE.
UM, AND WE FOUND OUT THAT IN FACT THEY WERE VERY WELL PROTECTED.
WE UNDERSTAND NOW IN A FLOOD OF THAT NATURE WHERE THE LIMIT IS ON THOSE SUBDIVISIONS.
SO THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO US.
UM, AND, UH, THE STAFF DID GO OUT AND TAKE SOME DRONE FOOTAGE AND PHOTOS AND, UH, CAMERA FOOTAGES OF SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE TYPICALLY HAVE, UH, NOT HAD FLOODING IN THE PAST, JUST TO GET AN IDEA AND A HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD WE HAVE ANOTHER, UM, FLOOD OF THIS NATURE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE, UH, NOTICE THAT, UM, THE EMERGENCY ACCESS ROAD THAT WE HAVE DOWN KITTY HAWK THAT CROSSES OVER TO 1518, THAT IS STILL UNDERWATER.
UM, IT PROBABLY WILL BE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.
SO IN THAT GENERAL AREA, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE.
UH, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ELECTRONICS IN THERE, UH, WHETHER IT BE FOR METER READING FOR, FOR MOVING THE GATE OR FOR CAMERA SYSTEMS. ALL OF THAT WAS EITHER UNDERWATER OR SPLASHED INTO THROUGH WATER.
SO PRETTY SURE ALL OF THAT IS FRIED AND WE'LL BE REPLACING THAT.
BUT TO THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE ITSELF, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STAND AND FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU ALL WERE BATTLING THE RAIN, I WAS IN MINNESOTA BATTLING THE FIRES.
SO IF I WATCHED THE NEWS, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT HALF OF TEXAS DROWNED.
UM, BUT THEN TO COME BACK AND THEN FIND OUT THAT EVERYTHING IS IN OUR AREA PERFECTLY NORMAL.
BUT I WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO MICHAEL, WHO HANDLED ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS WHILE I WAS GONE.
AND ALSO TO CHIEF SIEMENS AND PERNA AND, UH, BRANDON FROM PUBLIC WORKS, AND KATHY OF COURSE OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
THEY HAVE DID A VERY GOOD JOB MEETING, REGULARLY COMMUNICATING INFORMATION OUT TO STAFF AND TO MYSELF AND UH, TO THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, KUDOS TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
WE DIDN'T ASK, BUT THEY OFFERED TO BE A SHELTER OF REFUGE FOR ANYBODY WHO WAS FLOODED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
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WE DIDN'T HAVE TO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY FLOODED OUT AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE ANYONE IN.BUT WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY REACH OUT TO US AND OFFER ASSISTANCE IN TIMES OF NEED.
SO THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY.
AND OF COURSE, WHERE I NORMALLY HOLD MY BREATH IS, OH MY GOD, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AT THE GOLF COURSE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'VE BEEN FLOODED OUT THERE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES SINCE 1998 WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
SO THE GOLF COURSE HAD SIX AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN.
UM, THEY HAD SOME HEAVY RUNOFF FROM THE SUBDIVISION SURROUNDING THEM.
UM, ON TUESDAY THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO OPEN UNTIL 10.
AND THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GET THE DEBRIS OFF OF THE CART PASS.
SO ON TUESDAY THEY GOT THE CART PASS, UH, CLEANED UP, AND THEN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND ALL OF WEDNESDAY, THEY HAD SOME MINOR POCKETS OF DEBRIS AND MUD AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THAT CLEANED UP RIGHT AWAY.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO STAY OPEN, UH, REALLY ALMOST TO THE ENTIRE STORM PROCESS.
DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF GOLFERS, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO BE THERE, WE WERE OPEN, UH, ON THE UPSIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GOLF COURSE.
SO ON HOLE TWO AND 12 WHERE WE ADDED IN SOME STORAGE STORM DRAINAGE WITH THE, UH, RECENT CONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT PREVENTED A LOT OF THE WATER FROM GETTING ONTO THE COURSE ITSELF.
UM, WE ADDED SOME DRAIN DITCH CATCH BASINS, UH, IN SOME OF THE AREAS AS WELL.
AND THEY, ALL THE WATER WENT WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO, WHICH WAS A BLESSING.
UM, OUR BUNKERS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MOST TIME REPAIRING AFTER A STORM, UM, THEY BARELY WASHED OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THEM UP SMALLER AND HIGHER.
NORMALLY IT WOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO GET ALL THAT CLEANED UP.
IT TOOK, GOT TWO PEOPLE ABOUT FOUR HOURS TO CLEAN UP ALL OF THE BUNKERS.
UM, THE NEW DRAINAGE CHANNEL, WHICH WE WERE PARTWAY THROUGH IN CONSTRUCTION WHEN WE HAD THE LAST BIG STORM, AND IT CAME AND RIPPED OUT PART OF IT, THE BRIDGE AND THE BUTTER BLOCKS.
UM, IT WAS A LITTLE FURTHER IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS NOW.
AND SO WE HAD HELD UP, WELL, IN FACT, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'LL BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THAT PROJECT.
UH, AND THEN, UM, THE DEBRIS CLEANUP OVERALL ON THE COURSE TOOK ABOUT SIX HOURS TO DO IT WITH, UM, THREE PEOPLE.
SO IT WAS GREAT VERSUS THREE OR FOUR DAYS WITH MORE PEOPLE THAN WE COULD KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH.
SO IT WAS A REAL, REAL GOOD DAY OF THE GOLF COURSE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR RAIN.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE TRANSITION IS GOING WITH THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, UH, BETWEEN, UH, FRONTIER WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY STAFF.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I PICKED THE RIGHT TIME TO GO ON VACATION BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE THAT GOSH DARN STORM, BUT THAT WAS THE DAY THAT WE STARTED THE CART TRANSITION.
SO MICHAEL, TRIAL BY FIRE HERE, UH, STOOD IN WHILE I WAS GONE AND HE MANAGED TO HANDLE ALL THE TRANSITION ISSUES THAT WE HAD THE FIRST WEEK AS WELL.
SO I CAN SAY THAT THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WASTE MANAGEMENT AND FRONTIER AND THE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN VERY GOOD.
UH, SOMETIMES IT HITS EVERY HOUR, BUT EVERYBODY'S JUST JUMPING ON EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, IT IS GOING VERY WELL.
UM, UH, THE RESIDENTS OBVIOUSLY HAVE PAID ATTENTION WITH THEIR POSTCARDS IN THE GATEWAY AND THE MEETINGS THAT WE HELD.
UM, THE MOST COMPLAINT THAT WE HEAR RIGHT NOW IS, UH, I ALWAYS HAD TWO TRASH CANS AND THEY ONLY DELIVERED ME ONE, OR, UM, I'M THE ONLY HOUSE ON THE STREET THAT DIDN'T GET TRASH CANS.
SO A FEW OF THOSE, UM, WHEN THE RAIN, UH, CAME IN, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF CARTS THAT GOT SWEPT AWAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE HILLIER AREAS, BUT KUDOS TO THE RESIDENTS, A LOT OF 'EM WENT OUT AND PICKED 'EM UP AND KIND OF PUT 'EM BACK WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, WHERE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS ALWAYS PITCHED IN AND FOUND CARTS AND GOT 'EM BACK TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE AS WELL.
SO FROM THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, I'M GONNA GIVE THE RESIDENTS AN A MINUS, UM, FOR BEING INFORMED.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTS, GOD BLESS THEM, SO WE PUT THINGS OUT ON FACEBOOK OR PEOPLE POST THINGS ON FACEBOOK AND THERE'S LIKE FOUR OR FIVE RESIDENTS WHO CLEARLY HAVE READ ALL THE MATERIAL, SAW THE VIDEO, ATTENDED THE MEETING, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE RESPONDING BEFORE THE CITY STAFF EVEN HAS A CHANCE TO DO IT.
AND THE INFORMATION THEY'RE PUTTING OUT IS CORRECT.
SO, UM, ON THE DROP OFF SIDE GOING VERY GOOD 'CAUSE RIGHT, UH, FRONTIER'S JUST DROPPING OFF AND MOVING ON WASTE MANAGEMENT, FEW MORE BUMPS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO EMPTY AND THEN ANOTHER CREW COMES BEHIND AND PICK UP.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING HISTORICALLY THAT THE RECYCLE BINS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT ARE NOT ALWAYS GETTING PICKED UP.
AND IT'S BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEIR TRASH DAY AND THEIR RECYCLING DAY ARE ON DIFFERENT DAYS.
AND SO SOMETIMES IT'S A DIFFERENT CREW WORKING ON THAT ITEM.
BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT BY UM, AUGUST 3RD WE CAN GET ALL THE RESIDENTS EVERYTHING THEY NEED.
AND THAT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY SMOOTH, UM, PROCESS.
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ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, I'M GONNA GIVE THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES A C MINUS FOR PAYING ATTENTION.UM, SO THEY GOT LETTERS AND THEY GOT POSTCARDS AT, WELL, UH, A LOT OF 'EM IGNORED THEM.
YOU WOULD SAY, WELL, WHERE DID YOU SEND THEM? WELL, WE SEND THEM TO EVER NAME AND ADDRESS THEY HAVE ON THEIR WATER ACCOUNT.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHO IS THE ONLY PERSON AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS THEIR ACCOUNT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, FRONTIER HAS ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN REPS IN THE CITY GOING FROM BUSINESS TO BUSINESS, HANDING THEM A LETTER AND SAYING, YOUR WASTE MANAGEMENT ENDS.
I NEED TO SET UP YOUR FRONTIER.
AND THEY'RE LIKE GOING, I DON'T WANNA SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS A LOT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT ROLL OFFS AND DUMPSTERS BEING PULLED OUT AND THE BUSINESS IS CALLING AND SAYING, I DON'T HAVE A TRASH CAN.
YEAH, WE KNOW WE WERE ALREADY THERE AND YOU REFUSED SERVICE.
SO THEY'RE QUICKLY GETTING SIGNED UP.
SO THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT BUMPIER IN THE PROCESS.
SO, UH, WE'LL KEEP PUSHING ON THEM AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THEM FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON THAT.
UM, THEN THERE WAS ONE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO MENTION ONLY 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN IN THE EXPRESS NEWS AND A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT.
SO, UH, I REACHED OUT TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, DEPARTMENT, AND THEY, UM, TALKED WITH, UM, THE REGIONAL, UH, VETERINARIAN FOR BEXAR COUNTY ON RABIES CASES.
SO THERE ARE A FEW MORE RABIES CASES THIS SUMMER THAN THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, THANKFULLY THERE ARE NONE IN UC AND NONE IN OUR SURROUNDING AREA.
SO THE RABIES CASES DO HAVE AN UPTICK, BUT THEY'RE PRIMARILY BEING SEEN IN BATS AND FOXES.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DOMESTIC ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED, UH, FOR RABIES AND FOUND TO BE NEGATIVE.
THEY'LL BE COMING OUT PRETTY SOON.
THEY'RE PRONE TO HAVE RABIES AS WELL.
AND SO MOST OF THE CASES THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE IN AL AND HAYES COUNTY.
SAN ANTONIO HAS THE MOST SKUNKS CASES, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY IN THIS AREA.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS IF YOU SEE AN, A WILDLIFE ANIMAL THAT IS ACTING WHAT WE CALL DRUNK, YOU KNOW, SPATTERING AND SPUTTERING, UM, LET ANIMAL CONTROL KNOW AND THEY CAN SET TRAPS AND TRY TO GET THEM.
UM, JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF WE HAVE A WILDLIFE AND IT TESTS POSITIVE FOR RABIES, IT DOES GET EUTHANIZED, UM, AFTER RABIES TESTING.
IF IT'S A DOMESTIC ANIMAL, THEY DON'T TEST THOSE, THEY ACTUALLY JUST QUARANTINE 'EM FOR 10 DAYS AND TYPICALLY THEY'RE QUARANTINED AT HOME.
SO, UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN ON FACEBOOK, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE PUT OUT A COUPLE OF RABIES POSTINGS LATELY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT SITUATION.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT, MAYOR.
IS YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT MY ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL? I AM DONE.
[6.ANNOUNCEMENTS]
OVER TO, UM, THE COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.I WILL START OFF, UH, UH, I WANTED TO THANK THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR ALL OF THE WORK THEY DID DURING THE, UH, RAINSTORM AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND FINDING, ESPECIALLY FINDING ALL OF THE WASHED, NEWLY WASHED DOWN CARTS.
UM, ONE I REALLY WANT TO, I'M AMAZED AT.
WE WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE, UH, RAIN SYSTEM OR THIS RAINSTORM AND I THINK IN THE ENTIRE AREA THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES, UH, THAT IS A MARKED.
I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING THAT IT WAS ONLY TWO LAST YEAR.
WE HAD SO MANY, THE EARLY WARNINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT WE KNEW WERE THE, WHAT THE WATER LEVELS WERE GOING TO BE HOURS BEFORE THEY HIT.
AND JUST THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS PAST YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN, UH, PHENOMENAL.
UM, I DO WANT TO BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
THERE'S A NEW LAW THAT'S COMING OUT AFFECTING EMISSION CONTROLS.
UH, TEXANS ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED IN BEXAR COUNTY TO HAVE THEIR CARS EMISSION TESTED AT THEIR COST PRIOR TO GETTING A RENEWING THEIR LICENSE.
NOW THIS, UH, MY OPINION IS AN UNFAIR TAX TO OUR CITIZENS IN BEXAR COUNTY.
I HAVE, UH, CONTACTED COUNTY COMMISSIONER, UM, CALVERT.
HE AGREES ALSO, WE WERE ON A CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON WITH EPA WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH THE EPA IN WASHINGTON.
WE'RE GETTING CONGRESSMAN QUAR INVOLVED ALSO, AND HOPEFULLY TO SEE IF WE CAN MITIGATE THAT ADDITIONAL TAX TO A RESIDENCE.
SO THAT IS MORE TO COME ON THAT ONE.
BUT IF NOTHING HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO RENEW YOUR LICENSE AND YOUR, UH, CAR TITLES EVERY YEAR.
AND THAT THERE IS NO SET PRICE FOR THAT.
IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM $25 TO $125 ACCORDING TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT AS IT COMES OUT, WE'LL GET IT TO YOU.
UM, WE'VE GOT A, SOME IMPORTANT AGENDAS COMING UP TONIGHT, SO WE'LL BE BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
I'M GONNA LET, UH, COUNSELS HAVE THEIR TIME.
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UH, MR. GOLDSBY AND WE'LL GO CLOCKWISE ROUND.UM, I DID WANNA SAY KUDOS FOR THE, UH, CART SWITCHOVER BECAUSE EVEN WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING, BUT IT REALLY WASN'T IN MY RADAR UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE.
AND MY WIFE HANDED ME THREE FLYERS THAT REALLY EXPLAINED IT AND EXPLAINED IT REALLY WELL.
NOW ONE THING I'LL NOTICE THAT'S CONFUSING EVERYBODY IS THE LID COLOR CHANGE.
I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AND READ THAT BIG LABEL ON THE TOP OF THEIR RECYCLE BIN.
THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA ASK, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT EVERYBODY DOES.
I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SIDE BECAUSE AS A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OWNER, I GOT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MESSAGE OKAY.
EVER SINCE THAT MESSAGE, I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TELLING ME COMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE INITIAL MESSAGE SAID.
THERE IS SOME CONFUSION THAT WENT OUT TO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, SO YOU NEED TO MOVE THEM UP TO MAYBE A B OR A B PLUS.
WE'LL HAVE THEM CALL YOU SO THAT YOU CAN TELL THEM FIRSTHAND BOTH MESSAGES.
THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO US.
JUST, JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW THIS, I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW AND GET BOTH MESSAGES.
UM, I'M, I'M WITH, UM, CONSTABLE GOOLSBY.
GREAT JOB ON GETTING THE, THE, THE, UM, WASTE CANS DISTRIBUTED OUT.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF EFFORT THAT TAKES.
UM, I WILL LEAD INTO A QUESTION THAT, UM, I DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY, AND I'M SURE YOU HAVEN'T HAD A TIME CHANCE TO GET ANSWER IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I WAS, UH, LOOKING AT, UM, THE BRUSH AND BULK PICKUP, WHICH IN SUNRISE CANYON APPEARS TO BE ON FRIDAY, AND I KNOW I SAW SOMEBODY POST ONE THAT THEIRS IS ON THURSDAY.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON FOUR DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK.
MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT COMES BACK TO WHEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH OUR CONSULTANT WHEN HE CAME IN WAS, THE BIG THING IS WE WANNA GET, WANNA KEEP THE CITY LOOKING CLEAN.
WE DON'T WANT THINGS SITTING OUT MULTIPLE DAYS.
AND ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS PEOPLE IN AREAS WHO ARE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, WHO DO PROJECTS OVER THE WEEKEND, PUT THEIR STUFF OUT ON MONDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT, AND IT SITS THERE ALL WEEK, AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT GETS PICKED UP BECAUSE IF THEY END UP PUTTING OUT TOO MUCH, MAYBE IT DOESN'T GET PICKED UP OR THEY PUT SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE, AND IT SITS OUT THERE EVEN LONGER.
UM, NOW I KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA PUT THEIR BULK OUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE SAME DAY.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SMALL AREAS, BUT WHAT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT IS US RECEIVING PHONE CALLS OR YOU RECEIVING PHONE CALLS, UM, FROM CITIZENS AROUND A PERSON WHO PUT THEIR STUFF OUT THAT DOESN'T GET PICKED UP FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.
UM, AND I KNOW WE HAVE ORDINANCES AROUND THAT.
SO MY ALSO CONCERN IS IF THAT'S, IF THE CITIZEN DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THE STUFF OUT ON SUNDAY, IF THEIR ONLY OPTION IS TO PUT IT ON THE STREET, IS THAT WE DON'T ALSO WANT TO BE HITTING 'EM WITH CODE COMPLIANCE IF THAT'S THEIR ONLY OPTION FOR PICKUP IS FRIDAY.
SO WE HAVE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AND, UM, CODE COMPLIANCE WILL BE MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE MESSAGING THAT THEY SEND OUT FOR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY HAVE ITEMS OUT FOR BULK PICKUP.
THE, THE, THE, THE BIG CHANGE FOR THAT IS GONNA BE ALL THAT STUFF THAT YOU HAVE STORED ON THE SIDE OF YOUR HOUSE,
UM, BUT YEAH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN SEVERAL OF THE AREAS, THE THURSDAY, FRIDAYS, THAT THEIR STUFF COULD BE OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
AND I APOLOGIZE, MAYBE I MISSED THAT IN THE MEETING THAT I, THAT THEY WERE GONNA DISTRIBUTE THOSE BULK PICKUPS ALL WEEK INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE SAID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAT, TO TRY AND AVOID THAT.
WE ASKED THEM TO TRY TO GET IT WHERE IT HAPPENED FOR EVERYBODY ON THE SAME DAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE 6,700 STOPS, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO HIT THE BULK PICKUP.
'CAUSE IT DOES TAKE A LOT LONGER 'CAUSE IT'S HANDPICKED.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN ON THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING UP THAT FOR ME.
I'M ALSO GLAD YOU TOOK THE TIME TO DISCUSS WITH, UM, UM, THE POWERS THAT BE ABOUT THE, THE NEW CHANGE FROM THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTIONS OF VEHICLES.
THAT, THAT'S GONNA COST US MONEY.
I WILL SAY I HOPE THEY CAN LIMIT THAT COST TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, BUT I AM ALSO HAPPY ABOUT THAT IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEIR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS OFF AND TAKE THEIR MUFFLERS OFF AND CREATE A LOT OF NOISE AND A LOT OF, AND A LOT OF BAD SMELLS, IF YOU'VE EVER SMELLED A CAR WITH NO CATALYTIC CONVERTER, IT'S NOT PLEASANT.
UM, THAT THAT WILL IN SOME WAYS BE MITIGATED IF THEIR CAR IS SCANNED PROPERLY BY A PROFESSIONAL AND IDENTIFIES AS AN ISSUE.
SO, UM, THERE IS A FINE LINE IN THERE BETWEEN US BEING CHARGED A LOT OF MONEY AND ALSO PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO, UM, MAINTAINING CARS THE WAY THAT THEY, UM, WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUNLAP? YEP.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, WANT TO ECHO, UH, MS. TURNER'S COMMENTS, KUDOS FOR THE TEAM MANAGING THROUGH THE FLOOD EVENT.
UH, A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF LONG NIGHTS ON THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL REALLY APPRECIATE
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THAT.SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS JUST A THANK YOU TO THE PRIOR COUNCILS.
OVER THE LAST 3, 4, 5 YEARS, THE FOCUS AND EMPHASIS WE'VE PUT ONTO TAKING CARE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND, AND UPGRADING IT WHERE WE'VE GOT A MORE LASTING, UH, CAPABILITY OUT THERE HAS REALLY GONE A LONG WAY TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT AND TO KEEP THAT AS A MARQUEE, UH, ACTIVITY FOR THE CITY AND FOR FOLKS IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
SO THE, THE RESULT OUT OF THIS FLOOD IS A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT PRIOR COUNCILS HAVE DONE TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP THIS GOING.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, OBVIOUSLY THIS WEEK WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AND MICHAEL TO SHINE.
I THINK BOTH THE BRAIN RESPONSE AND THE MARK, UH, THE TRASH SWITCHOVER WAS EXECUTED VERY WELL.
UM, AND I WANTED TO JUST DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD TWO BIG KIND OF OPENINGS THIS WEEK WHERE WE HAD A, UH, OPENING FOR A RAINBOW BRIDGE, WHICH IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO HANG THEIR COLLARS OF THEIR PETS.
AND IT KIND OF MIRRORS THE RAINBOW, UM, POEM THAT GIVES YOU SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU SOME COMFORT WHEN YOUR ANIMAL DIES, THAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE TO WALK WITH YOU WHEN YOU COME UP.
SO THAT OPEN, THAT'S AT RED HORSE PARK, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL ONCE WE GET COLLARS HUNG UP THERE, IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A RAINBOW BRIDGE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID, WHICH IS LONG AWAITED, WAS WE KICKED OFF OUR SENIOR ACTIVITY PROGRAM, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA BE GREAT.
I BELIEVE IT'S FOR 55 AND OLDER.
I'M, I MIGHT BE 55 AND OLDER, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE ACTIVITIES I BELIEVE A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH AT THE DICK NEVILLE CLUBHOUSE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GET OUT, MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE, TRY DIFFERENT THINGS, THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY OFFER.
I'M PROUD THAT WE OPENED THAT.
AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD THEIR FIRST OUTING THIS MORNING.
[7.CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THIS ITEM ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION, UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO PULL ONE OFF.
[9.EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]
THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO, UM, CLOSE FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 0 1 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS TO SEEK ADVICE AND DISCUSS PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION FOR PROPERTIES AT LEMONWOOD BROKEN SPUR AND KITTY HAWK ROAD.UH, AND, UM, ITEM B ALSO IS PURSUANT TO TEXAS CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072, REGARDING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE AND VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.
IF DELIBERATION IS OPEN IN OPEN SESSION, WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE CORPORATION IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A THIRD PARTY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL SALE, PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1425 UNIVERSAL CITY BOULEVARD.
IT IS 6 58 AND MEETING IS, UM, SUSPENDED FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE IN THE BACK.
WE MAY BE THERE A FEW MINUTES AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK AFTERWARDS.
HE IS THE H HOUSE TEXAS DISTRICT ONE 19 OR 19, I'M SORRY.
AND HE'S PAYING A VISIT WITH US TODAY AND APPRECIATE THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO THE ACTION BEING TAKEN, I BELIEVE I'LL GET IT.
UM, SO I WAS TRYING TO GET THE AGENDA, LOOKING FOR A MOTION.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE BROKEN SPUR, WE'LL AUTHORIZE LEGAL COUNSEL AND STAFF TO PROCEED WITH LITIGATION FOR 1 3 4 LEMONWOOD.
WE WILL ALSO AUTHORIZE PREP FOR IMMINENT DOMAIN WITH CONDITION TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL BEFORE FILING
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FOR 2 7 1 KITTY HAWK.DO WE NEED TO DO THE LAST ONE AS A SECOND ONE? YES, PLEASE.
OH, THOSE, THOSE THREE FOR RIGHT NOW.
OH, I HEARD MAYOR PRO TEM FIRST.
UM, SECOND MOTION FOR AS DISCUSSED MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF LAND AND RELATED PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS THEREOF.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN ANY AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS FOR 1 4 2 5 UC BOULEVARD.
[8.ACTION ITEMS]
NOW WE'RE READY FOR THE ACTION.I, UH, ADDITIONAL ACTION ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE A MICRO TRANSIT ON DEMAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
UH, THE MOTION ON THIS RIGHT HERE WILL BE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH FURTHER REVIEW AND ANALYSIS.
AND, UH, MICHAEL, I THINK YOU HAVE, UH, OPENING PROGRAM FOR US.
SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION? YES.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLEAR.
I MISS, AND JUST REALLY QUICK FOR EVERYONE, UH, THE FIRST MOTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY GAVE ENCOMPASSED OUR ACTION ITEM F, WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION, UH, FOR EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORIZATION, CORRECT? Y YES, YOU'RE ASKING YES.
THAT DID THAT, THAT INCLUDED THE M DOMAIN? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
ANYONE, BUELLER? SORRY, THAT WAS ME.
COUNCIL, UH, AS WE MENTIONED, THIS IS, THIS PRESENTATION REVOLVES AROUND MICRO TRANSIT ON DEMAND, UH, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR UNIVERSAL CITY.
UH, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CONCEPT OF, UH, ON DEMAND MICRO TRANSIT.
SO TO START OFF, UM, AS YOU KNOW, BACK IN NOVEMBER, UH, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED OUR NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UC, VISION 35.
AND WITHIN THAT DOCUMENT, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL GOALS AND POLICIES.
UH, ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS, SUBSECTIONS IS THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY SECTION.
AND WITHIN THAT, UH, THERE ARE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF GOALS AND POLICIES THAT BASICALLY CALL FOR US TO, UH, REVIEW, ANALYZE, AND ESTABLISH A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, INTERNAL MOBILITY CHOICES.
AND SO AN INTERNAL MOBILITY CHOICE IS MICROT TRANSIT ON DEMAND.
AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE, BUT FIRST I WANTED TO IDENTIFY OR SPELL OUT SOME OF THOSE GOALS AND POLICIES THAT PERTAIN TO THIS, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, GOAL TM DASH THREE, UH, STATES, REGIONAL AND INTERLOCAL TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIPS ARE STRONG AND SUPPORT LONG-TERM AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY MOBILITY.
UH, THE POLICY THAT FALLS WITHIN THAT GOAL, UH, TM DASH 3.4 STATES TO COORDINATE WITH VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT OR OTHER MICRO TRANSIT PROVIDERS AND EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSIT SERVICE EXPANSION OR ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY WITHIN UNIVERSAL CITY.
AN ADDITIONAL GOAL IS TM DASH SEVEN, WHICH STATES THAT RESIDENTS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO DRIVE OR ARE WITHOUT ACCESS TO A PERSONAL VEHICLE, HAVE EXPANDED TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THOSE FOLKS, UH, AS CAR FREE.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT GOAL TM DASH NINE, WHICH STATES THAT SAFE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE CITY AND QUALITY MOBILITY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO AGING RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WITHOUT OR WITH DISABILITIES.
SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WHAT IS MICRO TRANSIT? UH, IT'S ON DEMAND, IT'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AND I'LL GO INTO THIS A LITTLE MORE, BUT REALLY THINK ABOUT A HYBRID BETWEEN A, UH, BUS THAT IS A FIXED LOCATION FOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF AND UBER.
AND SO THIS FALLS IN BETWEEN AND WE'LL, WE'LL DESCRIBE HOW THAT IS,
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UH, IN THE COMING SLIDES.BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANNA POINT OUT TO START OUT IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SERVICE WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE TO AN INVISIBLE POPULATION WITHIN UNIVERSAL CITY.
AND SO THESE NUMBERS OR THESE STATS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING YOU ARE COMING FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU.
AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE 2024 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, FIVE YEAR ESTIMATES.
SO THE INVISIBLE COMMUNITY OR DEMOGRAPHIC INCLUDES, UM, THOSE FOLKS IN UNIVERSAL CITY THAT ARE 55 AND OLDER, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 28% OF THE POPULATION, DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, ABOUT 18% OF THE POPULATION.
VETERANS ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 15% COLLEGE STUDENTS, ABOUT 27%.
AND THEN I'LL SKIP THE NEXT SLIDE OR THE NEXT BULLET, UH, COMMUTE BY CARPOOL WALK, OR THOSE WHO TAKE A TAXI OR UBER ACCOUNT FOR 10%, WHICH WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO ME.
UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN POVERTY.
SO, UH, THIS WAS A BIT STRIKING, UH, THE, THE PERCENTAGE THAT ARE LIVING IN POVERTY WITHIN UNIVERSAL CITY.
SO OVERALL, IT'S ABOUT 9% OF THE POPULATION.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE WHO ARE OVER 65, IT'S 10%.
SO AGAIN, THIS TYPE OF SERVICE WILL, WE BELIEVE IMPACT IN A BENEFICIAL WAY, THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE CONSIDERED, UH, INVISIBLE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, IT FILLS THE GAP BETWEEN A BUS AND, UH, UBER OR YOUR RIDE HAILING, AND THAT'S, THAT'S UBER OR LYFT.
UM, SO LIKE THE OTHER, THOSE MODES OF TRANS, UH, TRANSIT, UM, RIDES ARE GENERALLY SHARED, UH, ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL TYPES OF RIDERS.
SO ANYBODY CAN USE THESE STUDENTS, UH, ELDERLY FOLKS, UH, WHO ARE GOING TO WORK OR JUST WANNA SHOP, UM, DEDICATED, UH, FLEET OF BRANDED VEHICLES.
AND WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO FTA, UH, COMPLIANT DRIVERS, UH, SO THAT'S THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION, UH, COMPLIANT DRIVERS.
AND, UH, WHAT THIS WOULD DO, IT WOULD BE LOWER SUBSIDIZED FARES FOR THOSE WHO ARE USING THE SERVICE.
SO UNLIKE THOSE OTHER, UH, MODES, UM, THIS IS BASED ON RIDER DEMAND, SO IT'S NOT FIXED ROUTES.
OKAY? AND SO IT'S SIMILAR TO UBER, UH, WHERE YOU WOULD BOOK VIA YOUR PHONE APP, OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY PICK UP THE PHONE OR USE YOUR PHONE TO CALL AND HAVE SOMEONE COME PICK YOU UP.
SO THERE'S TWO OPTIONS AND THAT WE CAN DISCUSS.
AND THOSE ARE, THEY CAN HAVE THEM PICK YOU UP AT YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, THAT MIGHT COST A LITTLE MORE, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT IF, IF WE WANT.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF, UH, THIS TYPE OF SERVICE IS REALLY A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY.
SO THERE'S A DESIGNATED CORNER OR AN INTERSECTION EITHER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU LIVE, UM, AND THEN AT THE, THE DROP OFF ROUTE, UH, WHICH MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, THE MALL OR A STRIP CENTER, UH, THAT CORNER, THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, SO WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, IS THE FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS IS THE BIGGEST HURDLE, UH, FOR FOLKS WHO WANNA USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUT CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S GETTING THE FIRST MILE OR THE LAST MILE.
AND SO WITH A TRADITIONAL BUS, UH, SERVICE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THOSE FIXED STOPS.
AND THE BEST EXAMPLE WE HAVE IS THE ONE THAT IS IN CONVERSE FOR VIA METROPOLITAN.
UM, IT'S JUST TOO FAR FOR SOME FOLKS TO WALK TO, RIGHT? OR RIDE THEIR BIKE OR WHATEVER.
AND SO THAT FIRST MILE, THAT LAST MILE, THAT IS THE, THE KILLER WHEN IT COMES TO THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT.
SO THIS SOLVES THAT ISSUE BECAUSE IT CAN COME TO YOUR HOUSE, OR IT CAN COME TO A NEARBY LOCATION IN ORDER TO PICK YOU UP.
AND IT ALSO, UNLIKE A BUS SERVICE, WHICH THE, UH, THE USE OR THE, THE NUMBER OF STOPS AND DROP OFF POINTS DECLINES, UH, AFTER RUSH HOUR, UH, THIS DOES, UH, PROVIDE THAT SERVICE ON DEMAND DURING OFF PEAK HOURS.
SO AGAIN, IT REDUCES RELIANCE ON PERSONAL VEHICLES AND INFREQUENT OR UNAVAILABLE BUS SERVICE.
UH, SO THE B BENEFITS INCLUDE, UH, A SHORT WAIT TIME.
SO TYPICALLY, JUST LIKE WITH UBER, IT'S 10 TO 20 MINUTES.
UH, ONCE YOU, UH, PLACE THAT CALL OR, UH, INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR, OR ASSIGN THAT, UM, THAT REQUEST ON YOUR APP, UM, ACCESS TO JOBS, SCHOOLS, GROCERY STORES, RETAIL, HEALTHCARE, AND THE CONVERSE BUS STOP.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS GONNA HELP, UH, THAT INVISIBLE POPULATION, BUT ALSO FOLKS WHO MAYBE DON'T WANT TO USE THEIR CAR.
AND IT'LL HELP THEM GET TO RETAIL, UH, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
IT'LL HELP THEM GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, TO WALMART OR HEB AND ALSO HEALTHCARE.
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THING.UM, AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO USE THE, THE METROPOLITAN BUS SERVICE, IT'LL HELP THEM GET TO THAT STOP IN CONVERSE.
UH, THE TYPICAL COST, AGAIN, THIS IS SUBSIDIZED, IS BETWEEN $1 AND $3, ALTHOUGH IF THE CITY DECIDES IT COULD BE FREE, AND AGAIN, IT PROVIDES THAT NEEDED INDEPENDENCE FOR THOSE FOLKS.
UM, WHO ARE CAR FREE RESIDENTS, THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST SLIDE.
SO WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS? SO, UH, WE'LL GET INTO THE, THE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH.
UM, SO OVERALL FOR THE FIRST YEAR, 12 MONTH PERIOD WOULD BE ABOUT $539,000 AFTER THAT, UM, ABOUT $452,000 PER YEAR.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE COMPANY VIA THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, AND THEY BASICALLY DO EVERYTHING.
UH, THEY PROVIDE A TURNKEY SERVICE FOR THE CITY.
SO WHO IS VIA TRANSPORTATION? SO WE NEED TO MAKE A DISTINCTION.
THIS IS NOT THE VIA METROPOLITAN SERVICE, UH, THE CONVERSE BUS STOP.
UH, THIS IS A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES THIS SERVICE, AND WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THEY PROVIDED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AS YOU CAN SEE, 800 PARTNERS, 40 COUNTRIES, 165 MILLION, UH, RIDES SERVED.
AND SO 175 PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICES WORLDWIDE.
UM, THERE'S SOME STATS FOR YOU, 5,000 DRIVERS GLOBALLY.
SO SPECIFICALLY IN TEXAS, UH, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY OR MORE, UM, COMPARABLE TO UNIVERSAL CITY TO SOME EXTENT, UH, SUGAR LAND, HIGHLAND PARK, ADDISON.
BUT NEXT SLIDE IS NEW BRAUNFELS.
AND SO, UH, WE DID DO A VISIT OUT IN, UH, NEW BRAUNFELS.
UH, WE DID TALK WITH, UH, THEIR, THE FOLKS WHO ARE RUNNING IT FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT AND ALSO VIA, UH, GOT A PRESENTATION, A Q AND A WITH THEM.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY RAMPED UP, UH, THE SERVICE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WERE AND THEN HOW THEY EXCEEDED THOSE EXPECTATIONS.
UM, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THESE VEHICLES THAT WE WOULD HAVE ASSIGNED TO OUR CITY ARE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
UM, AGAIN, THE DRIVERS ARE ALL HIRED AND VETTED BY VIA THE COMPANY.
AND THEY'RE FDA COMPLIANT DRIVERS.
UM, MULTIPLE BOOKING OPTIONS, AS WE MENTIONED, YOU CAN CALL OR USE YOUR APP ON YOUR PHONE.
UH, VIA DOES PROVIDE THE CITY IF WE WERE TO GO WITH THEM WITH A LOT OF DATA, RIGHT? SO THIS DATA INITIALLY, AS WE RAMP THIS UP, WOULD HELP INFORM, UM, WHETHER WE NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, UM, IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
UH, IT WILL HELP US IDENTIFY PATTERNS OF, UH, RIDERSHIP.
AND SO WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING, WHICH BUSINESSES, UH, WHICH BUSINESS LOCATIONS ARE THEY, UH, USING OR WANTING TO GET TO THE MOST? UH, WILL JUST PROVIDE US WITH THAT REAL TIME, UH, DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO, AGAIN, I MENTIONED NEW BRAUNFELS.
AND, UM, NEW BRAUNFELS STARTED THIS ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS A YEAR, JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
AND SO THEY HAD, THEY ALREADY HAD A TRANSIT SERVICE IN A PORTION OF THEIR CITY, UH, THAT WENT AWAY.
AND SO THEY WERE NEEDING TO REPLACE THAT.
AND SO THEY WENT WITH VIA, UH, THE COMPANY AND THEY PROVIDED THE SERVICE TO THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TOWN.
AND SO I GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE INVISIBLE SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ASSUMPTION FOR MOST FOLKS IS THAT, HEY, EVERYONE IS LIKE US.
WHERE WE DRIVE AROUND, WE'RE MOBILE, UH, WE DO WHAT WE WANT.
WE CAN GET TO THE STORE, WE CAN GET TO THE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT ISSUE.
WELL, WHAT THEY DISCOVERED IS THAT THERE IS THAT INVISIBLE POPULATION THAT IS CAR FREE, OR THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT AS EASY FOR THEM TO USE OR DRIVE A VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE A LICENSE AND A CAR.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED IN NEW BRAUNFELS, THIS REALLY EXCEEDED THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND IT HAS REALLY BENEFITED, UH, A GOOD PORTION OF THE RESIDENTS IN NEW BRAUNFELS.
SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT AND MAYBE ANTICIPATE SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A HYBRID BETWEEN, UH, THE BUS SERVICE AND UBER TYPE, UH, RIDE SHARE.
UM, IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH VIA, UH, THE COMPANY, UH, BASED ON THEIR ESTIMATES,
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WE WOULD HAVE A FLEET OF TWO VANS.AND AGAIN, THESE ARE WHEEL OR HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE, UH, VEHICLES AND ONE SPARE VAN.
UH, THE, UH, ANNUAL COST ESTIMATE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WOULD BE ABOUT $450,000.
UH, THE, THE TIMES THAT THE SERVICE WOULD BE AVAILABLE, UH, WE ANTICIPATED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND THEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, UH, FROM 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS FOR THIS TO RAMP UP IF WE PULLED THE TRIGGER ON IT.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 400 TO 600, UH, RIDES PER WEEK.
WHEN IT GETS FULLY, UH, RAMPED UP AGAIN, THERE MIGHT BE A BENEFIT WITH THE EMPLOYERS IN TOWN.
UH, THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME, AS I MENTIONED, UH, FOR THE CUSTOMER IS ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES.
UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE BEGIN THIS, UH, FULLY SUBSIDIZED.
UM, TIPPING IS NOT ALLOWED AND UH, IT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THE APP AND IT'S NOT EXPECTED BY THE DRIVERS.
UH, THE DRIVERS ARE PAID, UH, BY THE HOUR, UH, VIA FULLY LICENSED AND INSURES EVERYTHING.
UH, BUT THE RIDER CANNOT MAKE CHANGE.
AND TO HELP THE CITY AND EDC UH, PAY FOR, UH, THE COST PER YEAR, THERE ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
AND SO WE THINK THAT WOULD, UH, PUT A SIGNIFICANT DENT IN THE ANNUAL COST TO THE CITY AND EDC.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, SOME OF THE OTHER BENEFITS OF THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY BENEFITS NOT ONLY TO THE CITIZENS, BENEFITS TO ALL THE BUSINESSES.
UH, I'M, UH, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FIRM BELIEVER THAT IF WE INVEST IN OUR CITIZENS AND OUR BUSINESSES, IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT OTHER INVESTORS INTO THE CITY.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO REAL DETAIL, BUT IT'S GOING TO INCREASE CUSTOMER ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR, TO ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES.
IT'S GONNA SUPPORT EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
UH, BY BUSINESSES CAN GIVE THE BUY THE APPS AND GUARANTEE RIDES TO THEIR, THEIR EMPLOYEES COMING IN.
IT CAN BOOST LOCAL SHOPPING, REDUCE PARKING NEEDS.
AND WE ALL KNOW MOST OF OUR BUSINESSES AROUND HERE AND PARKING IS AT A PREMIUM.
UM, AND EXTEND OPERATING HOURS.
I KNOW WE WERE TALKING AT DOING A FIVE O'CLOCK, UH, I'M KIND OF RECOMMENDING AT NINE O'CLOCK WOULD BE A CUTOFF TIME ON SOME BUSY NIGHTS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE NIGHT, UH, LIFE AT NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT.
UH, IT CAN SUPPORT TOURISM AS WE GROW.
AND OUR AVIATION DISTRICT PROGRAM GROWS AND OUR REUNION PROJECT OVER ON THE EIGHTH, ON 1604, UH, GROWS AND MERGES INTO THE CENTRAL LOCATION AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT.
IT'S GONNA IMPROVE ACCESS AND, AND EXCUSE ME, IMPROVE, IMPROVE THE ACCESS TO THE ENTERTAINMENT AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UH, IT'S GONNA IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND SERVICES BECAUSE WE WANT TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE MAJOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT MAY BE OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSAL CITY AREA, BUT WE DO OWE THEM THAT PORTION OF IT, UH, CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS.
THE BUSINESSES CAN COME IN AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY.
AND WHENEVER THE OTHER CITIES SURROUNDING US ARE SISTER CITIES, UH, WHEN THEY REALIZE THAT WE'VE GOT THIS, THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND FUTURE DATE TO COME IN WITH A MEMORANDUM, INNER CITY MEMORANDUM TO POSSIBLY PIGGYBACK OFF OF THIS PROGRAM.
UM, IT HAD, IT HAS A POTENTIAL TO HAVE A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR CITY.
IT IS GOING TO INCREASE, I REALLY BELIEVE IT'LL INCREASE OUR RETAIL, UH, SALES.
AND THIS WOULD BE FUNDED JUST RIGHT AGAIN BACK BY THE RETAIL TAX DOLLARS.
NO PROPERTY TAXES BEING INCLUDED IN THIS WHATSOEVER.
THIS, IN MY OPINION, IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR A UNIVERSAL CITY.
IT, WE'RE GONNA GROW INTO IT, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT AND BY LIVING DOCUMENT MEANING THAT WE CAN EXPAND IT, OUR REDUCE IT AS AS WE NEED.
AND I THINK GREAT WORK, MICHAEL, THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH.
AND WITH THAT ONE, I'LL, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS IT.
SO WE'VE GOT EITHER PICKUP ZONES OR THEY CAN PICK UP FROM YOUR ADDRESS.
WHERE ARE THE DROP OFF LIMITATIONS? IT'S THE SAME AS THE PICKUP LIMITATIONS.
SO YOU CAN PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT THE ADDRESS IF WE CHOOSE TO GO THERE, RIGHT? SORRY, I GUESS LET ME, I'M SORRY.
UM, DESTINATION NOT, NOT RETURN.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE AT THE DESTINATION.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA INCLUDE THE TWO HOSPITALS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
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WE WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW FAR WE'RE WILLING TO LET SOMEBODY GO.ARE WE GONNA TAKE 'EM OUT TO STONE OAK? PROBABLY NOT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE 'EM TO DOWNTOWN.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOMEBODY CLOSE WITHIN THIS AREA THAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY WOULD GO TO.
PERHAPS THE, UM, AND NOT TO MIX UP OUR COMPANY NAMES HERE, BUT THE, THE VIA STATION? YES.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT RENT BOULEVARD OR ARE YOU YOU TALKING ABOUT THE STOP IN THE CONVERSE? STOP THE CONVERSE STOP.
SO NOT THE MAJOR ONE THAT'S DOWN 35.
NO, IT WOULD BE THE CLOSEST STOP, WHICH WOULD BE IN CONVERSE.
OTHERWISE YOU WOULD'VE A HARD TIME WITH SHORT WAIT TIMES.
PART OF THE ANALYTICS THAT THEY DO IS, UH, ONCE PEOPLE START CALLING IN OR PUTTING IN AN APP ABOUT WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, THEY'LL START TRACKING THAT INFORMATION.
AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING REQUESTED OFTEN THAT WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GO TO, THEN WE CAN DECIDE TO EXPAND IT TO THAT LOCATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ALREADY ASSUME THAT MAYBE PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANNA RIDE TO THE FORUM.
HOW MUCH OF THE FORUM IS IN UNIVERSAL CITY? LIKE WHAT AN ACRE?
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASSUME THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING PEOPLE INTO THE FORUM.
WHAT ABOUT CITY OF SHIRTS? LIKE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY TOO FAR.
THE YMCA THAT'S OVER THERE IF THEY WANNA DO.
SO AS PART OF THE PROCESS IF WE MO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD IS WE WOULD ANALYZE, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, BRAINSTORM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD START OUR, WE WOULD BUILD OUR, OUR, OUR GUARDRAILS AND THEN DETERMINE FROM THERE ON, RIGHT? YES.
AND REMEMBER THAT PART OF THE, THE SPEED AND THE LOW COST IS STAYING WITH A CONTINUAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
AND OF COURSE WE KNOW GOING 35 NORTH, WHETHER IT'S ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD OR ON THE MAIN LANES ITSELF, IS A MAJOR DETERRENT TO FLOWING TRAFFIC.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
AND THEN JUST REVERIFY FOR ME, CLARIFY THE, THE, WHERE WE'RE FUNDING THIS FROM, SO THE E-D-C-E-D-C.
AND POSSIBLE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NOT TO BE A DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ON THIS THING AT ALL.
'CAUSE I LOVE THE IDEA AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF HELPING OUT OUR, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WHEN YOU CRUNCH THE NUMBERS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $17 A RIDE.
WHAT'S IT, WHAT'S IT, WHAT'S THE COST OF AN UBER? OH, MUCH MONEY THAN THAT.
SO 10 DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
I CAN TELL YOU AIRPORT, AN AIRPORT RIDES ABOUT 60 BUCKS AIRPORT EARLY IN THE MORNING, IT'S, UH, $50, NOT INCLUDING TIP.
YEAH, I'M GOING DOWNTOWN ON FRIDAY TO A FILM FESTIVAL.
UH, PROBABLY DURING RUSH HOUR, I'M GONNA GUESS $36, NOT INCLUDING TIP.
THAT'S ONE WAY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I COULD SAY THE, THE, THE COMPARISON ON UBER IS KIND OF MIXING APPLES AND ORANGES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY LIMITED, UH, SERVICE AREA FOR THIS PROPOSAL AND EXAMPLES FOR UBER OF, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY LONG-TERM DRIVES.
I'VE NEVER TAKEN AN UBER INSIDE THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, MR. DUNLOP, AS WE MENTIONED, UH, I THINK 10% IN MY FIRST SLIDE OF FOLKS ARE USING IT TO GET TO WORK, WHICH IS INTERESTING USING UBER, RIGHT? AND SO, OR A TAXI.
UM, SO THAT'S 10% OF THE POPULATION THAT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THIS AND IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE FOR THEM STUDENTS GOING TO SCHOOL ALSO.
WHAT'S THAT? THEY HAD QUITE A FEW STUDENTS GOING TO SCHOOL ALSO THAT USE IT FOR, RIGHT.
WE, 20% OF THE POPULATION IS ATTENDING UNIVERSITY, SO THAT MIGHT HELP 'EM GET TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SO WHAT ARE OUR THOUGHTS SO FAR ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRACK EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS, UH, AND THE PAYBACKS THAT THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT? RIGHT? SO THE ANALYTICS THAT VIA THE COMPANY PROVIDES WILL INFORM THAT.
SO THAT'LL ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
IT'LL, UH, IDENTIFY THE TRENDS AND HELP US DETERMINE WHETHER WE NEED TO, UM, RECONFIGURE, UH, THE, THE AREA THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SERVICES TO OR WHETHER WE NEED TO, UM, INCREASE THE PRICE, LOWER THE PRICE.
IT'LL JUST, ALL THAT DATA, UH, WILL BE PROVIDED BY, UH, VIA AND WE COULD ALSO, UH, TRACK RETAIL DOLLAR INCREASES, TAX DOLLAR INCREASES AS WE GO ALONG TOO.
UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE COST OF
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A GOOD GOES UP, THE SALES TAX GOES UP TOO.WE KNOW YEAR OVER YEAR OUR SALES TAX INCREASES ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 6%.
SOMETIMES THAT'S DUE TO NEW GROWTH OR A NEW BUSINESS OPENING.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST DUE TO THE INCREASE OF THE GOODS.
I THINK THAT RETAIL ONE WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO TRACK UNLESS, BUT IT MIGHT HELP US UNLESS WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS DO IT FOR US.
BUT IT MIGHT ALSO HELP US IDENTIFY WHICH SHOPPING CENTERS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO.
THAT'S THE MORE IMPORTANT THING IS WHERE ARE THEY DOING THEIR SHOPPING? YEAH.
I I THINK IT, THE REASON I ASK THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN TRACK AND POINT TO ACTUAL BENEFITS AS OPPOSED TO, AND DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG, THE FEEL GOOD BENEFITS MM-HMM
THAT COME WITH THIS, RIGHT? YEAH.
WHAT, WHAT YOU DESCRIBED EARLIER, MICHAEL WAS A ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET OVER FIVE YEARS.
CORRECT? I MEAN WE, WE, WE OWE THE CITIZEN THE DUE DILIGENCE AGAINST THAT AS WE, AS WE GO.
WE'RE TRYING TO FRAME THIS AS A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS THE INVISIBLE, UH, SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AND A BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, I THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING VIA METRO COME IN, WHAT THAT WAS GONNA COST THE CITY, IT WAS GONNA COST THROUGH A WHAT HALF OF OUR SALES TAX? SO IT'S ONE HALF OF 1%.
SO IT'S UH, QUARTER VERSUS QUARTER CITY.
LET ME GIVE THE HISTOR HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON IT.
UM, MANY YEARS AGO WE DID NOT HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
IN FACT, 27 YEARS AGO WE DID NOT HAVE ONE BECAUSE OUR ONE HALF OF 1% SALES TAX WAS GOING FOR THE VIA METROPOLITAN BUS LINE, WHICH WHEN IT CAME INTO THE CITY WENT ONLY UP AND DOWN PAT BOOKER ROAD AND ONLY MADE THREE STOPS.
SO ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT THREE RIDERS ON IT.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL THEN MADE THE DECISION TO DO AWAY WITH BUS TRANSPORTATION AND TO USE THAT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES TAX, WHICH IS NOW WHY WE HAVE THE EDC MM-HMM
SO IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE EDC AND WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THE VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT BUS LINE, IT WOULD STILL BE ONE HALF OF 1%, WHICH FOR THEM TODAY WOULD BE ABOUT $2.1 MILLION PER YEAR AND ONLY HAVE MAYBE TWO STOPS IF WE'RE LUCKY.
SO EVERYBODY IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WOULD STILL NOT BE MAKING THE FIRST OR THE LAST MILE.
SO THIS IS COSTING US QUARTER, HALF A MILLION.
QUARTER OF THIS QUARTER, YEAH.
AND WE'RE GETTING A MUCH LARGER COVERAGE AREA AND MUCH MORE FLEXIBILITY.
NOW VIA WOULD TAKE YOU OUT COMPLETELY OUTTA THE CITY, BUT IF WE'RE, IF THIS GETS YOU TO A VIA BUS STOP SO THAT YOU CAN THEN USE THE SYSTEM AFTER THAT.
AND WE STILL SPEND LESS, BUT CORRECT.
HOW FAR AWAY, AWAY FROM GRANT MONEY ON THIS, HOW FAR ARE WE AWAY FROM HAVING GRANT MONEY ON THIS? RIGHT.
WE MET WITH VIA IN NEW BRAUNFELS WHEN THEY GAVE US A DEMONSTRATION, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER, BUT THEY SAID AT THAT TIME THERE WAS, UH, AN APPLICATION THAT WAS DUE, UH, I THINK IT WAS BY THE END OF JULY.
SO WE COULD HAVE ALREADY APPLIED FOR SOME ASSISTANCE.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO APPLY FOR A GRANT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE THE SLIDE AGAIN FOR THE COST REAL QUICK? I'M SORRY.
SO, AND THIS IS NOT TO EXCEED A COST FOR A 12 MONTH TERM.
WHAT IS OUR COMMITMENT AGAIN TO THIS? SO IT'S ONE YEAR.
SO NOT A LONG TERM COMMITMENT.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE FIRST YEAR STARTUP.
SO THE STARTUP COSTS ALSO INCLUDE THEM PURCHASING AND GETTING THE VEHICLES READY FOR US AND THE DRIVERS AND THE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND MORE THAN LIKELY THE DRIVERS WILL BE FROM UNIVERSAL CITY.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S AT NO COST TO THE RIDER AT THAT RATE.
THE RIDER, THE RIDER GETS TO USE IT FOR FREE AT THAT.
WELL, THAT'S THE COUNCIL AN EDC DECISION.
DO YOU WANNA CHARGE A NOMINAL FEE TO USE IT, OR DO YOU WANT EVERYBODY THAT'S A UNIVERSAL CITY RESIDENT OR WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF UNIVERSAL CITY TO USE IT FOR FREE? WELL, THAT'S A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION BECAUSE, SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IF THAT AMOUNT COVERS IS IF WE WERE NOT CHARGING FOR THE RIDE.
THE REASON I SAY IT'S A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION IS I DON'T WANT THE HOOKING HOOKING, UM, WHAT'S THE, I'M LOOKING THING BAIT AND HOOK.
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BECAUSE JUST LIKE YOU SIGN UP FOR SOME ONLINE SERVICE AND IT'S $6 A MONTH, AND THEN THREE MONTHS LATER IT'S $12 A MONTH.I, I, I DON'T WANT TO, I WANNA BE REALISTIC ABOUT SOME TYPE OF FEE THAT'S NOMINAL AS OPPOSED TO JUST COMING IN FREE, GETTING EVERYBODY HOOKED AND LIKE, OH, HEY, WE NEED TO START CHARGING $6 A RIDE NOW.
SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT NEW BRAUNFELS DID IS THAT THEY, UH, PUT OUT FLYERS AND THEIRS IS CALLED RIDE THE RIO, A CLEVER LITTLE NAME.
AND SO, UH, THEY ALLOWED EVERYBODY TO RIDE THE RIO FOR FREE FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS, AND THEY GOT PEOPLE HOOKED ON IT, AND THEY, THE PEOPLE KNEW, HEY, AFTER THE SIX WEEK, UH, THE APP, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR CREDIT CARD IN THE APP OR ON FILE OR PAY CASH.
AND THEN I THINK THAT THEIR FEE WAS, I THINK IT'S $2, $2, $2.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S FINE IF WE DO IT, IF WE DO IT UPFRONT, YEAH, YOU HAVE TO DO IT UPFRONT, OTHERWISE YOU ARE, IT'S RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT TO PEOPLE.
SO VIA THE COMPANY
UH, BUT YOU NEED TO MARKET OR INFORM FOLKS THAT, LOOK, THIS IS A TRIAL PERIOD WHERE IT'S GONNA BE FOR FREE.
IF THE CITY C DECIDES TO PROVIDE OR CHARGE THAT NOMINAL FEE IN THE FUTURE, UM, THE, THE PRICE WON'T CHANGE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE CHARGE OR NOT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE OTHER PART I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE.
IF, IF WE, THERE IS A, A NOMINAL FEE THAT IS CHARGED FOR THE USE OF THE SERVICE, THAT IS JUST TO OFFSET THAT $538,000.
OKAY? YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET THE FULL 538,000.
NO, I DON'T WANNA MAKE, I, I, THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION.
IT'S MORE OF TRYING TO LINE IT UP WITH, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO OFFER IT FOR FREE, THAT IT'S A, HEY, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY, WE'RE DOING IT FOR FREE FOR WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN THEY'RE VERY AWARE THAT IT'S LONG TERM, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FREE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NOMINAL RATE TO USE.
RIGHT? CASE IN POINT, THE CITY OF HOUSTON WHO USED TO CHARGE UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, THEY CHARGED THEIR RESIDENTS $0 FOR PICKING UP ALL OF THEIR TRASH.
THEY IMPLEMENTED A $5 TRASH FEE, AND YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT THEY KILLED HALF THE CITY BY IMPLEMENTING A $5 TRASH FEE.
SO YOU ARE CORRECT IF YOU'RE GONNA SET THE EXPECTATION OF FREE AND THEN CHARGE, IT HAS TO BE SET WELL IN ADVANCE.
AND, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WE'RE ASKING FOR A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, FURTHER REVIEW ANALYSIS FOR THE, UH, EDC MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
I CALL FOR A MO UH, CALL FOR THE, UH, VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE.
MAYOR PRO TEM FITZPATRICK AYE.
NOW THAT THE VOTE IS OVER, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN, I'VE SOCIALIZED THIS WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND A LOT OF CITIZENS AROUND, AND EVEN THOUGH THE BUSINESSES ARE REALLY KEEN ON THIS AND THEY FEEL THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO IT, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO WORK OUT, BUT, UH, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'LL GIVE OUR, ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TRANSPORTATION TO OUR BUSINESSES AND WE INVESTING IN THE CITY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UM, I AM, UH, B YOU SEE, EXCUSE ME, UH, THE E-D-C-F-Y 2027 BUDGET AND ANNUAL WORK PLAN.
UH, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE EDC WORK PLAN AND, UH, FY 2027 BUDGET.
UH, SO THE WORK PLAN, UM, THE WORK PLAN REAL QUICK, IT OUTLINES THE ACTIVITIES, TASKS, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE EDC BOARD DURING THE UP UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT, UH, THE EDC DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS.
ONE IS THEY HELP BUSINESS PROMOTION, AND THEY DO THAT THROUGH RIBBON CUTTINGS, UH, CHAMBER EVENT PARTNERSHIPS, UH, GATEWAY AND UCTV INTERVIEWS WITH BUSINESSES AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
THEY ALSO WITHIN, UH, THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR AS WE'LL GET INTO IN A FEW SLIDES.
UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN INITIATIVES THAT WERE CALLED OUT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UC, VISION 35, AND THOSE INCLUDE A FORMAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT PROGRAM,
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THE PAT BOOKER ROAD MASTER PLAN, TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, UH, SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AS WELL AS WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, THE MICRO TRANSIT ON-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THE ROADWAY NETWORK, UH, THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY ASSIST AND HELP THE BUSINESSES IN TOWN, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY THE DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE ON PAT BOOKER ROAD, THAT SHOULD BE COMING TO FRUITION IN 2027.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THE EDC DOES SUPPORT A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING THE PUMPKIN PATCH, UH, TREE LIGHTING AND SNOW FEST TO NAME A FEW.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ACTUAL BUDGET.
SO TOTAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES BALANCE OUT, AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION.
AND THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE REVENUES AND SALES TAX, REVENUE, INTEREST INCOME BONDS, UH, OTHER INCOME INCLUDES, UH, RENT, UH, THAT THE EDC GETS FROM THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY OWN AND LEASE OUT, UH, EVENT REVENUE AND SPONSORSHIP, UM, BOND MONEY FROM THE 2024 SALES TAX BOND AND THE USE OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, DON'T LET CHRISTINE KNOW I'M SAYING THIS, BUT THE CARRY OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO THE EXPENDITURES, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND IT'S, UH, SLIGHTLY LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE OF THE DETAILS.
SO, UH, THE 2020, UH, BOND AS WELL AS THE 20 20 24 BOND.
AND SO THE 2020 BOND, JUST A REMINDER, UH, THAT WAS FOR PROPERTY PURCHASES, PAT BOOKER ROAD DESIGN, UH, KITTY HAWK REDESIGN, AND THE BOWIE STREET PARKING LOT, WHICH IS ALREADY INSTALLED AND OPERATIONAL.
UH, THE 2024 BONDS COVERED, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO KITTY HAWK OR THE ROUNDABOUT AREA IN FRONT OF WALMART, AS WELL AS SOME MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE REUNION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE, UH, THE BIG TICKET ITEMS. SO COSTAR AND LOOPNET, THE A DC PAYS FOR THAT.
AND THAT PROVIDES, UM, US WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES DATA, UH, AS WELL AS THE LISTINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE A DC WEBSITE.
PLACER AI IS AN EXCELLENT MARKETING TOOL THAT WE USE, UH, TO, UM, IDENTIFY, UH, FOOT TRAFFIC ESSENTIALLY, OR VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE A MAXIMUM OF, UH, 6% OF, UM, PHONE, UH, THEY KEY PHONES.
AND SO THEY KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, HOW LONG THEY'RE STAYING AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
IT'S A LITTLE SCARY, BUT IT'S, UH, EXCELLENT INFORMATION.
UH, AGAIN, MAXIMUM, I BELIEVE IS BY LAW 6% OF PHONES THAT THEY CAN TRACK.
UH, CITI BOT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE TAKEN PART AND THEY RECEIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WE KNOW THAT AS JET IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, AND THIS IS AN AI SUPPORTED TOOL THAT BASICALLY ALLOWS FOLKS TO TEXT OR PUNCH IN A QUESTION, AND THEN WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO CITY STAFF TO GET AN ANSWER.
IT'S, UM, IT CRAWLS THROUGH ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AND PROVIDES THEM WITH AN ANSWER.
UH, NEXT WE MOVE TO PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO, UM, THIS FUNDS THE RIBBON CUTTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT FOR NEW BUSINESSES IN TOWN.
UH, THE DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND SO THEY HAVE COME BACK, UH, ANNUALLY TO THE EDC REQUESTING SPONSORSHIP IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.
AND THEN AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE UC 35, UH, VISION 35 COMP PLAN DOES CALL FOR A FORMAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT PROGRAM.
SO WE'VE, UH, PUT ASIDE $50,000 IN THE EDC BUDGET, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE, AGAIN, THIS TAKES CARE OF, UH, NOT ONLY THE PROPERTIES THAT THE EDC DOES OWN, BUT ALSO PAP BOOKER ROAD, KITTY HAWK.
AND SO WE DO, UH, FARM THAT OUT TO HRTG LANDSCAPES TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO US CONSULTANT SERVICES, UH, AGAIN, THIS REALLY DOES, UH, THIS CATEGORY, UH, PROVIDES, UH, THE NECESSARY DOLLARS, UH, TO SUPPORT THOSE UC.
VISION 35 INITIATIVES, INCLUDING, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE MASTER PLAN FOR PAP ROAD, THE SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, UM, AND THEN ALSO THE VIA MICRO TRANSIT, UH, ON DEMAND SERVICE, UH, ENGINEERING SERVICES.
THIS, UH, WENT SLIGHTLY DOWN ABOUT $220,000 THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK THE BIG TICKET ITEM HERE, AGAIN, IS THE RIGHT TURN LANE ON PAT BOOKER ROAD.
SO THE EDC IS FUNDING TWO COMPONENTS OF THAT PROJECT.
THAT IS THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION,
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UH, BUSINESS AND FACADE IMPROVEMENTS.SO THE STOREFRONT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HEAVILY USED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE APPLICATIONS, UH, FOR THAT SERVICE.
AND SO, UM, WE DID DESIGNATE ABOUT $1.2 MILLION, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF SOME LARGE TICKET ITEMS THAT WERE GRANTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
UH, THAT, UH, THEY HAVE NOT REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT YET, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
AND THEN HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, UH, THAT NUMBER, UH, KATHY, THANK YOU.
SHE'S DONE A DILIGENT JOB, UM, ON TRYING TO KEEP THOSE COSTS DOWN.
AND SO SHE DID REPLACE A LOT OF THE HOLIDAY, UH, DECORATIONS THAT WE HAD.
AND SO THAT COST HAS COME DOWN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, BY, BY ABOUT $10,000.
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE ALL LOVE.
UM, EDC DOES HELP FUND A LOT OF THOSE PROJECT OR THOSE, UH, EVENTS, INCLUDING, AS I MENTIONED, THE PUMPKIN PATCH, TREE LIGHTING, AND, UH, SNOW FEST.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ITEM C, UH, APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT TO THE UNIVERSAL CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, DO YOU, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE, UH, REC THOSE THAT I RECOMMENDED? CALL FOR A MOTION CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE, MOVE FOR APPROVAL TO HAVE A SECOND.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. CROW FOR ALL OF HIS TIME ON THE BOARD.
UM, I SAW THAT HE IS NOT COMING BACK, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE IN RECORD ON PA BLACK AND WHITE OR ON THE, WHATEVER THIS IS THAT WELL DONE, DICK.
THANK YOU, MR. YOU ACTUALLY, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER.
I WAS, AFTER THE VOTE, I WAS GONNA ACTUALLY MENTION THAT WE HAVE, UH, MR. MR. CROW HAD ACTUALLY, UH, STEPPED DOWN, UH, THIS YEAR AFTER ABOUT 25 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE EDC.
UH, THAT'LL BE NOTED AT, AT A LATER TIME ALSO.
BUT YES, BY ALL MEANS, CALL FOR THE VOTE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY AYE.
IMD, UH, APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT TO THE, UH, EXCUSE ME.
TO, UM, UNIVERSAL CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW NEW, UH, UH, APPOINTMENTS THIS YEAR AND, UH, SOME RETURNING, UH, CALL FOR A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
I LIKE SEEING NEW FACES ON THERE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE INVOLVED.
ITEM E ORDINANCE NUMBER 5 3 6 A 2026.
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER THREE DASH 8 28.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT, UTILITY STANDARDS, AND RELOCATION REQUIREMENTS.
CALL FOR A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UH, UH, PATIENCE TONIGHT.
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MEETING ADJOURNED.