[16:16] the screen should be facing
more so that they can see it too see i
[16:19] don't know
[16:27] you sure you don't want it just a little
bit more so you can see it you can see
[16:30] the attachment the attachments will come
up on the screen
[16:42] we've got it on our screen yeah we have
all the downloads on our screens
[16:47] i got caught down there
[16:58] welcome back
[17:16] good job myron
[17:20] you just have to be a little sideways to
look at it
[17:24] but i mean they couldn't even see it
[17:28] once we added
[17:51] okay here we go guys go ahead girl
uh mr mayor counts i want to give you a
[17:57] free out free
a few messages here on some of the
[18:03] things that have been developing as it
relates to the covet 19 issue
[18:06] it does impact us here at the city and a
lot of work has been going on
[18:10] in the last 24 48 72 hours
on this issue this afternoon as you know
[18:16] the president said
no more than 10 people should gather
[18:21] we've taken steps tonight to limit the
number of staff who are participating
[18:26] the meeting is being live streamed so
it's still available to the public
[18:30] and that will continue in fact we're
talking about making every meeting
[18:34] that such as a work session for example
if in fact we have a work session
[18:40] even live streaming that to make it
available those discussions are going on
[18:43] right now
the departmental reports are being
[18:46] submitted in written form
that helped us eliminate many of the
[18:51] people
who are not here tonight we can't tell
[18:55] people not to attend but we're asking
people to use their best judgment
[18:59] we've eliminated the closed session for
tonight i know that saddens you
[19:06] in order to limit the length of the
meeting we've delayed some regular
[19:10] agenda items
so we're trying to shorten to get people
[19:14] out of here as quickly as possible
because we knew there would be no way to
[19:20] keep it to 10 because with the people up
here
[19:23] we are at 9 already with all the staff
and the elected officials so there's no
[19:29] way we can stay with that 10 so we're
trying to keep the meeting as short as
[19:32] possible
[19:34] all of these agenda issues will be
revisited in future meetings we won't
[19:38] ignore them we won't cancel them
we are postponing them at the conclusion
[19:43] of this meeting we'll talk about some of
the things we'll be doing to help with
[19:46] the covid
19 issue so the purpose of this is just
[19:50] let you to let you know what's happening
tonight
[19:52] and also as far as this meeting goes
and we officially haven't begun the
[19:58] meeting but
the city secretary is taking notes as
[20:01] far as these comments go
and then we'll make some comments about
[20:05] what has happened today
at the end of this when the mayor has an
[20:09] announcement also
so that's all i have mr mayor okay well
[20:15] i'm going to call to order the regular
meeting of the city of aransas pass city
[20:19] council
march 16 2020 at 6 pm
[20:23] let's all rise for the invocation and
pledge of allegiance
[20:29] dear father we we thank you my father to
know that you're still in control
[20:34] you still got over everything my father
you know the situation
[20:37] that our country the entire world is
going through my father i pray that your
[20:42] peace be upon us
knowing my father that you've got it all
[20:45] under control give us the assurance my
father that you will protect us and you
[20:49] will be with us lord
thank you for that for your faithfulness
[20:53] and for your love for us my father i
pray that you guide us
[20:56] the city council our city leaders my
father
[21:00] city manager and staff that are having
to
[21:03] take care of our residents my father
make the best decisions for our citizens
[21:08] as we ask in jesus name amen amen
and to the republic for which it stands
[21:19] one nation
under god indivisible with liberty and
[21:23] justice for all
[21:29] okay house bill 2840 approved by the 86
legislature states that governmental
[21:34] bodies shall allow each member of the
public who desires to address the body
[21:37] regarding an item on the agenda
may do so either before or during
[21:41] consideration of the item
citizens who wish to speak on an agenda
[21:45] item will have an opportunity to address
the body before the item is discussed
[21:49] and we're given a three-minute time
limit to make their comments
[21:54] now we're going to go to boarding
commission appointments and it's for the
[21:58] planning and zoning commission
yes the the first sport we have on is
[22:01] the planning and zoning
ms sweat kathleen swett has resigned
[22:05] from the committee
and mr schultz has submitted a board
[22:09] application for consideration of
appointment to this
[22:12] to this commission michael schultz
[22:17] when i make a motion we appoint michael
schultz to the planning and zoning
[22:20] commission
all second all in favor
[22:25] and now we're going to go to the zone
board of adjustments
[22:29] zoning board of adjustments and mr
michael
[22:32] schultz serves on that board he serves
on that board as a regular voting member
[22:37] and we spoke with him last week and he's
taken on a project
[22:41] that um conflicts with with the meeting
time for this board
[22:46] so he asked if the council would
consider
[22:50] moving him to alternate um and then
what you can do if you decide to move
[22:55] into alternate member you can appoint
one of the alternate members to take the
[22:58] regular voting slot
and what traditionally what has happened
[23:02] is you take the longest serving
member and you move them up to the to
[23:07] the regular voting slot
um and in this case i believe mr dr
[23:11] bailey is
has been the longest serving um board
[23:14] member but you have two alternates which
is carol salinas and
[23:17] and lawrence bailey
[23:25] well i'll make a motion that we move
dr bailey up to the board position
[23:33] and move mr schultz down to an alternate
on the
[23:37] zoning board of adjustments second all
in favor
[23:41] all right all right now we're going to
go to the consent agenda
[23:45] all of the following items on the
consent agenda are considered to be
[23:48] routine by the city council
and will be enacted with one motion
[23:52] there will be no separate discussion of
this item unless the
[23:54] council members are request if the
discussion is desired
[23:58] that item will be removed from the
consent agenda and will be considered
[24:02] separately
i'll make a motion we approve the
[24:06] consent agenda
second i'm all in favor all right and
[24:12] now we're going to go to the city
manager
[24:14] which is consider enacting a proven
change order number one to the contract
[24:20] with
our geo yes argio arduino
[24:25] roofing and construction for the roof
repairs
[24:28] at the city hall police department fire
department and municipal court
[24:32] for the amount not to exceed 32 274
dollars and 10 cents
[24:37] yes uh mr mayor and council this is
one of the issues that we really need to
[24:43] act on tonight
and hint and because of that we did not
[24:46] eliminate it
but the bids for the roof project they
[24:49] were opened uh back in july the lowest
in qualified bidder was argio
[24:54] uh notice the proceed was issued on
january 27th
[24:57] the reason we're here there is so much
time between the bid opening and the
[25:01] notice to proceed that fema
because fema was disputing the extent of
[25:05] the damage to the roof and the need to
replace it
[25:07] this took several months for fema to
agree with city staff and the engineers
[25:12] and it was a lengthy discussion about
the extent of damages caused by
[25:16] hurricane harvey
and the time delay created the uh the
[25:21] 5755.82 cents cost
the original and this is interesting the
[25:25] original architectural plans from 1991
call for rooftop unit curb structural
[25:31] supports
for the ac units the rfp bid was created
[25:38] under the assumption that the original
plans were followed
[25:42] the contractor discovered that the ac
units did not have the structural
[25:46] support as the original design called
for
[25:49] without the structural support it would
not meet the windstorm units
[25:52] it would not be the windstorm
requirements and the units could be
[25:56] blown away during a storm we're now
having to correct the problem from years
[26:01] ago
this will increase the cost of an
[26:04] additional 26518-26
and the contractor will need an
[26:08] additional 38 calendar days to complete
the project
[26:12] fema will inverses 90 percent we carry
10
[26:16] again this is for the most part the
biggest part is correcting the problem
[26:20] from years past make a motion that we
have
[26:25] change order number one for the roof
repairs
[26:29] can we do that yeah but yeah
i'll wait for the next one second all in
[26:36] favor
aye aye aye aye okay we go to consider
[26:41] an act on approving change order number
two
[26:43] to the contract with rgo roofing and
construction for
[26:47] roof repairs at city hall police
department fire department and municipal
[26:51] court for an amount not to exceed
fifteen thousand three hundred and sixty
[26:55] dollars this is more technical
in nature the north side of the roof is
[26:59] requiring decking
to be extended to the second joist this
[27:03] is increasing the amount of deck to be
replaced the reason for
[27:06] this is that it was discovered that the
existing decking splice
[27:09] is past the first joist and is not
attached to a structural
[27:13] member and this has made for a weak
connection which we don't want
[27:18] this repair will increase the cost by uh
an additional fifteen thousand three
[27:22] sixty uh fema will immerse us again
ninety percent on this particular issue
[27:26] staff recommends
uh that the uh change order be approved
[27:30] if you so
agree okay well i got one question
[27:34] whenever we give out a bid like that for
rrsp
[27:38] do the contracts contractors ever come
out to the job site and remove any
[27:42] ceiling tiles and look exactly what
they're bidding on to know
[27:45] stuff like this right up right from the
start that
[27:49] is it seems to me like every time we get
a job
[27:53] or we get an rsp that they come and they
start the job
[27:57] and then oh guess what we messed up we
didn't see this
[28:01] it's an oversight come back with a
change order
[28:04] in the future can we really really try
to get the the contractors to come out
[28:08] and actually look at the job to make
sure
[28:11] that we don't get change orders like
this like for instance that one right
[28:16] there if you could have removed the
ceiling tiles you would actually be
[28:19] able to visually look and see if that
was
[28:23] already set versus just getting the
plans
[28:27] or getting this piece of paper and
actually just
[28:31] it's okay we can just do a change order
it don't make no difference
[28:34] to directly answer your question a good
question um
[28:38] there's that pre-bid conference and of
course we walk through everything with
[28:41] the contractors and the pre-bid
and so there is an opportunity to find
[28:47] the things you are talking about
i cannot explain why they did not find
[28:51] it you raised a good point but it was
not found
[28:54] and it has to be addressed okay can we
in the future yes you you are correct
[28:59] appreciate it
[29:04] was this one of those contracts that we
said with no change orders
[29:08] uh yeah but that's beside the point we
need to change
[29:19] yeah you're right so making
contracts with no change orders doesn't
[29:25] matter
[29:28] i don't know if i can't answer that as
far as if this was
[29:32] stated just hopefully in the future
whatever whatever
[29:35] just keep them to a minimum i think that
would make that's the word we're looking
[29:38] for keep them to a minimum
well this is almost 50 000 different i
[29:42] know but but
you know but let me let me point out let
[29:46] me further point out and the chief just
reminded me
[29:49] we had a meeting on these issues with
the contractor
[29:54] staff was there we had like 34 staff
members there
[29:58] quite a few exaggerating a little bit
but quite a few staff members
[30:02] and we grilled them on this why didn't
you do this why didn't you do that
[30:07] and they had their answers but still yet
we're in agreement with you they should
[30:13] have found it
they did not find it so it's not a
[30:16] matter of
them just getting a free ride well
[30:21] as far as discussion and us being aware
of it
[30:25] and us trying to nail them to the wall
on this
[30:29] it was a lengthy meeting on this issue
right here and
[30:32] you are correct you raised the concern
why have change orders
[30:37] we don't want change order they do
happen and sometimes there's an
[30:40] allowance in there for
in this case there is also an allowance
[30:44] for uh
overages but they were
[30:49] under the grill uh by staff members
during this meeting on these change
[30:54] orders
one thing also to mention if we back
[30:59] when the
roof was originally done if whoever was
[31:02] engineering
firm at that particular time or
[31:05] overseeing it
should have caught it so now they're
[31:08] getting the
the brunt of this so going forward that
[31:12] are well that's change order number one
i think
[31:14] i'm just going back to that we can guess
[31:30] absolutely correct
okay after all that i'll make a motion
[31:36] to prove
change order number two not to exceed
[31:40] the fifteen thousand
right fifteen thousand three hundred and
[31:43] sixty dollars
a second all in favor aye aye
[31:49] okay consider an act in approving the
finance of the truck for the
[31:52] harbormaster and designating the city
manager
[31:55] as the authorized signatory
that's right this is for the financing
[32:00] of the truck uh
and um it's something that you have you
[32:04] authorize us to move forward with it
this is the financial part
[32:08] sandra's been working on that and
we would need your okay to move forward
[32:14] with financing any
anything to add to that okay
[32:26] well i make a motion we approve the
financing of the truck for the harbor
[32:29] master in designating the city manager
as the authorized signatory
[32:35] i'll second all in favor aye now we go
to the monthly municipal court report
[32:40] february 2020. and you have it in
writing
[32:43] thank you paper report perfect okay
[32:50] look at this
[32:54] anything else
[32:57] we're going to go to community
enrichment it's considered an act of
[33:01] insurance and requests for
proposals for the 2020 independent
[33:04] celebration fireworks displayed to be
held
[33:07] at community so this is park asking you
all for permission to start the rfp
[33:12] process with
advertising and um posting these and
[33:16] then executing
those and then again when we do receive
[33:20] those we'll bring that
before you again so it's just permission
[33:22] to start the day process
[33:25] okay make a motion that we give you
permission to go out for the
[33:29] rfp for fireworks
well second all in favor aye aye
[33:35] consider an act on requests from
ransom's past project graduation for the
[33:40] use of the aquatic center on may 29 2020
a monetary donation of five thousand
[33:45] dollars
table 11 for 2019. we're asking to delay
[33:50] this
if if the council agrees with that okay
[33:54] if that's okay with you
perfect okay then we're going to go to
[33:59] monthly community
community enrichment report february
[34:02] 2020.
and it's submitted in writing uh and the
[34:06] reason let me just add the reason that
sarah's here i'm going to call on her
[34:11] later when i make some comments on the
uh covid 19 issue as it relates to the
[34:17] civic center very relevant to that whole
issue of the kovitz center so that's the
[34:21] reason she's here
so but i didn't want to the others are
[34:25] in
written report so i wanted to be
[34:27] consistent
[34:31] excuse me
okay now we go to development services
[34:39] consider enacting approving a lease
agreement with the ransom's past little
[34:43] league
[34:46] yes uh we're asking that that be delayed
okay okay that's all right then we're
[34:52] going to consider
an act on awarding the request for bits
[34:55] for the wastewater treatment plant
clarifier to
[35:03] civil construction in the amount of 162
075
[35:08] yes this we would like to move forward
with if you agree
[35:12] um and um let me pull that up
uh you can the vids were opened uh
[35:20] february 27th two bids were received low
bidder on the project including the
[35:24] alternate bid was uh saguaro
civil construction total of 162 75 this
[35:30] whole
this whole thing is very important to
[35:32] our process bid tabulation
sheet and with all bids is attached you
[35:36] have a copy of that
staff recommends awarding the project to
[35:39] the low bidder and that is
sawara civil construction this project
[35:43] is part of the scp program and you're
familiar with the scp program we have
[35:47] with tceq and funding is already
allocated for it
[35:51] but we couldn't wait on this we have to
bring that to you
[35:56] yeah well i make a um a motion
that we approve the wastewater treatment
[36:03] plant clarifier
to sequera civil construction in the
[36:06] amount of 162
075 dollars second all in favor
[36:12] aye aye considering approving the
2019-2020
[36:17] road projects we're going to bring that
back to you in fact all the rest of the
[36:20] items under nine we're asking
uh that that be delayed for a future
[36:25] meeting if the council agrees
okay i'm good with that let's go to the
[36:31] finance
monthly financial report february 2020
[36:36] um no
to be consistent uh it's you have the
[36:43] written report
if you have any questions feel free to
[36:45] ask of course uh but
uh once again that's uh something that's
[36:50] submitted to you in writing and it's
pretty clear
[36:52] i think so that's that's a suggestion
from staff anyway
[36:58] okay now we're going to go to public
safety which is monthly public safety
[37:06] yeah uh same thing to be consistent uh
the chief
[37:09] uh said uh he really wants to do it uh
i had to pull him back
[37:18] being as conscientious as he is but to
be consistent uh we're asking the same
[37:24] thing
okay monthly fire department report
[37:27] february two thousand same thing
written report it's incredible writing
[37:32] okay okay no announcements okay now
we're going to go to the city council or
[37:36] staff
announcements yes
[37:43] there have been changes that i've made
notes of here i want to
[37:47] begin this is all related to covid19
you about to say something mayor he i
[37:53] thought the mayor had a statement to it
oh that thank you yeah do you have a
[37:55] statement
thank you this one first yes please okay
[37:58] before the meeting today
i signed a declaration of disaster due
[38:01] to the public health
emergency the kobet 19. we are taking
[38:06] every precaution necessary to ensure the
health and safety of our citizens
[38:10] and by signing this declaration it
expedites the use of resources to
[38:14] enhance
preparedness and respond in our
[38:17] community
okay and i'm going to follow up on that
[38:20] thank you mayor
uh under staff announcement we have
[38:25] a work session scheduled for march 23rd
we'll see we'll see what you want to do
[38:29] we'll see what's happening
we just don't know it's happening so
[38:32] fast
and the chief and i were talking about
[38:35] it earlier i mean it's changing by the
hour so we'll see what happens as we get
[38:39] closer to the 23rd
under city highlights the first two
[38:42] items are what do i know what i want to
talk about we started
[38:46] to this uh the issue of city highlights
what's happening want to bring it up to
[38:50] you in the future
not in this meeting unfortunately
[38:53] because some other things we need to say
some of the things are happening around
[38:56] the community but the first two items
are related to what we're talking about
[39:00] tonight with covet 19.
i want to talk with you about some of
[39:05] the things that happened today
as as you know the president the
[39:10] governor
san patricio county and aransas county
[39:13] too
i understand today and now the city of
[39:17] aransas pass as you just heard from the
mayor
[39:20] have all approved an emergency
declaration
[39:24] and in a meeting with um there was a
meeting today
[39:29] at the this level the aransas pass level
with department heads
[39:33] emergency personnel the chamber
the chamber was theirs also and ems were
[39:41] there also
i want to point that out to uh to remind
[39:45] you that we're taking this seriously
until we hear otherwise
[39:49] until we hear that there's nothing to
worry about
[39:52] right now when the president says no
more than 10
[39:56] and we think it's time to to at least
look at it seriously
[40:01] there's some things we're doing and you
need to be aware of some of the things
[40:04] that we are doing
city offices the way we are planning at
[40:08] this point
uh we'll operate in normal hours here's
[40:12] some options
the pain instead of coming into the
[40:15] office in other words
instead of every citizen coming into
[40:19] many citizens coming to the office to
pay
[40:22] and that creates that creates large
crowds in the lobby many times
[40:26] um the idea was uh presented it's a good
idea
[40:31] that the three dollar fee for payment
over the phone
[40:34] that's been waived uh evaluate we're
again i think in 30 days is that correct
[40:39] 30 days
online payments are available and
[40:44] water department drive up box available
those are other options
[40:48] for payment mail also is an option
that's in the water department
[40:53] under the municipal court three dollar
fee over the phone
[40:56] we are waiving that we ran across some
issues but i think that's being
[40:59] addressed
and there's something else i want to
[41:02] talk about related to the courts in just
a minute
[41:04] um and also mail is a possibility for
municipal court
[41:08] under building departments three dollar
fee for payment over the phone that's
[41:12] been waived
uh mail is also an option for payment
[41:16] and you can submit paperwork online at
to naomi
[41:20] at a at a email address there
the library i didn't realize how
[41:26] active and how much of an incubator
the the computers were over at the
[41:33] library
incubator for disease so the library is
[41:37] going to remain open at least at this
point but we're
[41:40] shutting down usage of the of the
computers
[41:44] but they can check out books etc etc
just not use
[41:47] the computers now it's possible they
could be cleaning off
[41:52] after every usage but what if we miss
and uh that's a problem
[41:56] um i have a question gary absolutely
how's that gonna affect the
[42:00] census that we're telling people they
can go to the library that
[42:03] that's what we talked about that today
uh
[42:06] and uh that's something that i don't
have an answer for you on we don't uh
[42:10] we we're gonna have to take that into
consideration and see how that can be
[42:13] addressed as of this moment i don't have
an answer for you but that was discussed
[42:17] today
um there was no decision
[42:22] and lynn headed up a meeting
did a very good job there was no
[42:28] decision
on how how to limit the group limit the
[42:32] number of groups
this morning before the president made
[42:34] his announcement this afternoon we were
looking at
[42:37] would it be 50 people would it be like
uh corpus christi 500 people where
[42:41] there's
where they're saying 500 there 50 people
[42:45] would you see
what cdc is saying and we kind of
[42:49] concluded that we'd leave it open or
follow cdc
[42:52] um as far as numbers go
i really it's tough to to to come up
[43:00] with a real number until we get a
better handle on what's happening out
[43:03] there i don't know if you have anything
you want to say on that
[43:05] lynn just i'm talking to both
of our two big they're not putting the
[43:12] number on anything at this time
i think the general consensus is
[43:18] we only want to pull that trigger when
we have confirmed cases
[43:22] in our area still at this time we have
no
[43:36] okay thank you an interesting issue is a
lot of people are scheduled for court
[43:42] don't have an answer on this and talk
with a judge
[43:45] just before this meeting actually a lot
of people i mean the numbers she was
[43:50] talking about
they're huge uh and it's going to be
[43:53] difficult to change that
don't have an answer on that right now
[43:57] but
she was talking about one possibility
[44:00] dividing it up into
different sections different court
[44:04] sessions
that's a possibility but it's being
[44:07] looked at i don't know how to address
that at this point but it's something
[44:10] that is being looked at
there are some large there are some
[44:13] large numbers uh coming down as far as
the court docket goes
[44:17] so uh that's something that's being
we're gonna have a addressed to do with
[44:22] the um the roundup or
where we're over with the roundup
[44:27] partially around the
problem um
[44:33] i think we can address a lot of that
with just social space
[44:36] okay brothers have our top rows here we
can spread chairs we can put some
[44:42] gaps in the line at the window to get
checked okay
[44:45] thank you very much thank you very much
um
[44:49] uh the uh city council meetings being
live streamed
[44:52] um uh we're working on essential
personnel if it gets to that we're not
[44:56] there but if against that
i just want to make you aware so you're
[45:00] you're aware
that we're working on these things what
[45:03] if we get to the point of
saying only essential personnel should
[45:07] be at city home
that's something we're working on who
[45:10] are those essential personnel
i can't answer that at this point but
[45:14] we're working on that we're looking at
that
[45:16] working from home would be part of that
and who is equipped to do that we've
[45:22] involved i.t
into that discussion at this morning's
[45:25] meeting that's an ongoing discussion
and hopefully we don't reach that stage
[45:29] but this is a way to let you know we're
trying to get ready for it
[45:34] um
[45:37] that's personnel issues are are not
being implemented right now just want to
[45:41] point out
but we're studying them and we'll see
[45:45] what
what where that takes us and what
[45:49] happens in the
milieu and the environment that's out
[45:52] there and what's going to be required of
us we just don't know at this point
[45:57] meetings have been held all day on this
issue not here
[46:01] only here in every city in this state
every city in these united states
[46:06] they're going to the
same thing that we're going through
[46:08] right now some cities are doing
real drastic things like uh the
[46:15] mayor and uh mayor pro tim can't be in
the same room at the same time in case
[46:20] something happens
uh so you're they're they're taking
[46:23] those kinds of steps
we want to go for this meeting tonight
[46:29] so you're aware of all these issues
uh but um and some cities are looking at
[46:35] that
and the news is just filled and i've had
[46:39] people
who are in the news business some people
[46:42] i know just
keep me updated on what's happening out
[46:45] there as far as the
minute by minute hour by minute
[46:48] hour-by-hour changes that are occurring
out there
[46:51] so want to make you aware of all that
and make you aware that we're working
[46:54] aggressively on it so
are there any legal issues roxanne that
[47:00] i'm overlooking that you need to
make us aware of just some basic ones
[47:04] for
the city council to be aware of anything
[47:07] more specific i'd be more than happy to
go into executive
[47:10] session for a discussion on that however
generally speaking the mayor and the
[47:13] mayor pro tem
and the city council are very important
[47:16] to our community
when it comes into states of emergency
[47:21] the mayor has full authority on his own
to declare a local disaster
[47:26] that declaration is good for seven days
an extension of that disaster would
[47:32] require the governing body
so we would have to have a majority of
[47:36] the governing body here
or quorum of the of the body here to be
[47:40] able to vote on that extension
with that said i really ask each of you
[47:45] to please
invoke social distancing and
[47:51] remember that you should not only
recognize yourself as an individual with
[47:55] family but obviously your
responsibilities to the entire community
[47:58] as
as it comes to passing ordinances
[48:02] receiving public funding receiving
emergency grants
[48:06] that kind of thing that comes down so
this past
[48:09] legislative session it used to be that
we had to post
[48:12] an emergency meeting for the city
council with a two-hour notice now it's
[48:16] a one-hour notice
so i'm going to ask that our council
[48:19] members remain nearby
for those emergency meetings you'll have
[48:23] one hour notice to hopefully get back to
us and
[48:25] be present for a vote as we
talk about how we're not in extreme
[48:31] emergent measures one of the reasons why
we have declared the state of local
[48:37] disaster due to a public health is for
any federal funding to come down so as
[48:43] we incur
any issues in our municipality involving
[48:46] loss of revenue or loss of
funding them somehow we at least have
[48:51] the emergency disaster declared for
those to be reimbursed
[48:54] hopefully in the future so we certainly
must
[48:59] use common sense i am also going to ask
as you always do one of the great things
[49:05] about being the city attorney is i call
any of you and you immediately answer i
[49:09] call my husband and he never answers but
i can call you and you'll answer which
[49:13] is awesome
so please make sure that you answer or
[49:17] immediately get back to any phone calls
from your city administration which it
[49:20] close
of course includes the city manager the
[49:23] city secretary
the city attorney and your police chief
[49:28] if we're contacting you obviously we're
contacting you for important reasons
[49:32] and we ask that you you keep that in
mind
[49:36] with that said in the future
if we need to declare any emergent
[49:41] ordinances and we need the governing
body to do that
[49:44] i have been trained as a city attorney
who's been through several disasters of
[49:48] her own as a city attorney
to prepare any ordinance and resolutions
[49:51] that may be necessary
so i am a part of your team thank you
[49:55] for giving me that privilege
and i'm on standby while i may be in san
[49:59] antonio or another city i'm available 24
7.
[50:02] thank you thank you one final point
we're trying to be as factual
[50:06] as possible non-emotional and we don't
want to
[50:10] generate a feeling that a fear or
anything of that sort but
[50:14] it's important to understand the facts
that are out there and that we are
[50:19] working with
and that that you understand what your
[50:22] staff is doing
on this to protect the community
[50:26] thank you thank you thank you
okay now we're going to go to citizen
[50:32] comments
citizen comments are intended for the
[50:35] matter that are not scheduled on the
agenda
[50:37] please limit your comments for three
minutes and state your name and address
[50:40] for the record
be advised that the texas open meeting
[50:43] act prohibits the city council from
responding and discussing your comments
[50:47] the law authorizes the following make a
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[50:50] of factual information recite existing
policy
[50:54] advice that this subject may be placed
on the agenda for a subsequent meeting
[51:03] i have a suggestion but i'm going to
keep it myself to
[51:26] and then they're giving us new uh
regulations on what we should be doing
[51:30] so like
i'm just getting up to date on it as
[51:32] well uh they told us to like
cut off breakfast and stuff too that's
[51:35] got to come to a minimal
we just heard about the band or about
[51:40] the recommendation
for 15 days at home and
[51:44] you know 10 people so that
recommendation even the hotels are
[51:47] taking consideration as well too
so i know that they won't be looking at
[51:51] locally they're going to be looking at a
broader
[51:54] spectrum to do it across the nation so
i'm not really sure what's going to
[51:57] happen
i've even heard in some cases on the
[52:00] east coast they've turned some hotels
into
[52:02] testing zones and facilities and stuff
so i don't know where it's going to go
[52:05] right now um but i do know that they've
done some official releases
[52:10] uh with the influence of cdc and um
who as well so just wanted you guys to
[52:16] know
that's what's happening on our site
[52:18] thank you thank
[52:31] well you make a motion we adjourn this
meeting i'll second
[52:35] all in favor