1
00:00:01,740 --> 00:00:31,600
Good evening, everyone. It is now 6.30, it is July 14th, and it's time to start the regular city council meeting. If you can all please stand with me, as we do the pledge of allegiance, we have Gibson Hilton here to do it with us. Will you please join me for the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God.

2
00:00:32,300 --> 00:00:38,460
indivisible with liberty and justice for all honor the Texas flag I pledge allegiance

3
00:00:38,460 --> 00:00:47,480
to the Texas one state under God one indivisible. All right thank you Gibson I

4
00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:50,580
just

5
00:00:50,580 --> 00:00:55,400
sure I got the picture okay awesome well you got it right there in a different spot so

6
00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,380
thank you we appreciate you you say say there was a lot of authority and pride so

7
00:00:59,380 --> 00:01:00,120
Thank you.

8
00:01:04,020 --> 00:01:04,680
All right.

9
00:01:05,260 --> 00:01:10,800
Chapman Dale Burke was supposed to be here for the invocation, but he is not here, so we

10
00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,240
will have Councilman Lowe do the invocation for us, please.

11
00:01:17,790 --> 00:01:18,450
Right, yes, please.

12
00:01:19,070 --> 00:01:25,510
Heavenly Father, we come for you with gratitude, for the opportunity to serve our community.

13
00:01:26,370 --> 00:01:29,510
We ask your wisdom as we consider decisions we make tonight.

14
00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:32,930
Help us listen with open minds and speak with kindness.

15
00:01:49,210 --> 00:01:58,230
We pray with our first responders, city staff, volunteers, local businesses, and every family who calls Bastrop home.

16
00:01:59,170 --> 00:02:02,910
May everything we do tonight bring glory and honor to all of us.

17
00:02:02,910 --> 00:02:06,250
your name. In your son Jesus name we pray amen.

18
00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,880
Thank you Councilman Lowe. All right got a good size

19
00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:22,540
housing here tonight. Welcome welcome. All right. We'll go through the our reports. We'll do the

20
00:02:22,540 --> 00:02:28,920
mayor's reports been a few weeks since we've had a council meeting and so in that time I've been

21
00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:35,840
pretty busy but I won't hit you with everything but yeah it's almost something on the daily which I

22
00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:45,920
I love it's good, but I just want to give congratulations to those students, adult students

23
00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:52,400
who graduated from the community action and corporation of Central Texas, adult education

24
00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:59,960
graduation program, CED program for adults or any also had ESL students in there as well.

25
00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:06,620
It was pretty nice to hear their stories, how they were able to overcome the hurdles.

26
00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:13,840
And some, you know, it took them 15 years, 20 years, from teenage years to finally get

27
00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,460
their GED, but it was a lifelong accomplishment for some.

28
00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:23,400
There was even one mother who came up to me in tears because she was able to resonate with

29
00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:28,100
my story because about being an underdog and overcoming and going the distance.

30
00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:30,700
and her son went through a lot to get there,

31
00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,540
so it was pretty nice to see that and it's good

32
00:03:33,540 --> 00:03:34,840
to see people don't give up.

33
00:03:37,580 --> 00:03:42,500
Also, let's see, we had the Bachelot County emergency food drive

34
00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:45,060
that has gone on for a little while.

35
00:03:45,380 --> 00:03:47,000
I was able to attend it that same day.

36
00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:50,500
I think we have someone here to speak on their behalf,

37
00:03:51,140 --> 00:03:52,660
and so I won't spoil all of it,

38
00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,680
but last I had saw it together,

39
00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:01,180
the community raised almost 3,000 pounds of food for the county of

40
00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:04,380
Bathrop photo pantry. So that was that was fantastic. And it was

41
00:04:04,380 --> 00:04:07,840
great to be a part of that. I want to give a little shout out,

42
00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,280
you know, I'm all about the kids. I want to give a shout out to our

43
00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,580
youth baseball team, the eight you team for BYSO.

44
00:04:18,140 --> 00:04:18,920
Can't remember the

45
00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:23,460
full acronym. But anyway, they're they're traveling this year,

46
00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:29,260
They made the Little League World Series and so if the community can get behind them and support those young guys

47
00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:33,300
They got a real good team real good camaraderie. They played together for a while

48
00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:37,240
I don't know they're just eight, but they stand a real good chance to go pretty far

49
00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:44,720
Then we also had the 12-view softball team. They finished fourth in the Little League World Series. They didn't get to progress

50
00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:45,840
but

51
00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,080
It's a lot of young young ladies on that team that did a fantastic job

52
00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:56,740
So I got to spend some time with those kids and wish them well and and really just see what they had going on

53
00:04:58,940 --> 00:05:05,840
Then the week of 4th of July was a super busy week. I'm sure we all have something that we did that week

54
00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:07,440
I know

55
00:05:08,060 --> 00:05:14,280
Councilman Lowe and Councilman remember Meyer they joined me to celebrate Michael Thomas

56
00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:20,260
he turned 98 and the man looks young, he looks like he's like 65 but he's a

57
00:05:20,860 --> 00:05:25,340
World War II veteran, Karina War veteran went to the senior center to

58
00:05:25,340 --> 00:05:30,040
celebrate his birthday with him. It was a real good event. Great group of folks.

59
00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,440
I got to get over there and get to NASA with him on a Tuesday night so maybe

60
00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:39,420
we don't have a council meeting, I'll be able to get over there with them and then

61
00:05:39,420 --> 00:05:43,500
as you know, we all celebrated the 4th of July here in Bastrop with Fame on the

62
00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:48,040
Friday and the big bang celebration at the park.

63
00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,420
So it was just a fantastic, fun time in the community for me.

64
00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,920
Being out amongst everyone, enjoying the people, the vibes,

65
00:05:56,060 --> 00:05:58,380
the camaraderie, and watching our community go grow.

66
00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,800
So I won't take up any more time, and I'll pass it on

67
00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,060
to Councilmember Faustler.

68
00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:05,780
Thank you, Mayor.

69
00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:07,080
I'll do a report.

70
00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:08,620
I'll look ahead, report, and announcement

71
00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:11,440
of what's coming up for this Thursday

72
00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:29,460
Today for Hunters Crossing Residents, if you live in Hunters Crossing or have business in Hunters Crossing, come to the Convention Center on Thursday, this Thursday at 6.30 p.m., it's a joint meeting between the Hunters Crossing Public Improvement District, the local government corporation, and the Hunters Crossing Home Owners Association Board.

73
00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:37,440
It's regarding the maintenance and possible transfer of ownership of some of the common areas, one of those being the parcel that the pool is on.

74
00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,780
So I expect to see some live wheeling and dealing in the moment of the Convention Center.

75
00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:46,520
So if you have any interests, this is really going to be a special night because all the

76
00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,760
interested parties are finally ready to resolve all these lingering details.

77
00:06:50,780 --> 00:06:54,800
So I expect an action-packed meeting on Thursday at the Convention Center.

78
00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:02,680
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there will be a memorial and exhibit at the Bridges Emporium

79
00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:09,200
for a beautiful Bastrop County artist that we lost in a tragic car accident a few days ago.

80
00:07:09,740 --> 00:07:16,460
Yvonne Winter is her name and all proceeds from the exhibit will go to her family, her very

81
00:07:16,460 --> 00:07:23,200
shocked family. She was a bright light and an incredible artist and is very miss. Yvonne Winter is her

82
00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:23,480
name.

83
00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:31,260
Coming up this weekend, also Friday is the Corvette invasion. It starts Friday night

84
00:07:31,260 --> 00:07:37,760
and the the light show starts at 9 p.m. from 9 to 9.30. It's called Lights

85
00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:42,700
Camera Corvettes at the convention center parking lot and then the car show

86
00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:48,620
starts the next day at 9 a.m. with the awards at 1 p.m. Saturday night is the

87
00:07:48,620 --> 00:07:53,940
Casa fundraiser. It's a sock hop and it's at the Smithville Recreation Center

88
00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:59,560
on Saturday night. The artichets available still. Also Saturday night it's the

89
00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:06,960
The film Allie's last stand-up comedy, it's 8 p.m., Scott Hardy is headlining, he's hilarious,

90
00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:12,580
he's very funny, it will sell out soon, there are a few tickets left and they are on

91
00:08:12,580 --> 00:08:13,800
the film Allie website.

92
00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:20,100
And then next Wednesday, if y'all have y'all heard about data centers, there's a data center

93
00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:27,640
town hall being hosted at the Hampton Inn, next Wednesday at 6.30 p.m., it's hosted by

94
00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:35,140
the Bastrop County GOP, the Bastrop County Democratic Party, the Forward Party and the League of Independent Voters.

95
00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:42,900
So all those parties are hosting this town hall and also Texas Agricultural Commission said Miller will be speaking at the beginning.

96
00:08:43,180 --> 00:08:48,520
So space is limited, it's a big room, but please, if you're interested, please come on the early side because you don't,

97
00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:51,720
if you want to be in the room, then you don't want to miss it.

98
00:08:51,720 --> 00:09:01,600
And then next Thursday is the volunteer and resource fair at the Bastrop Convention Center for all of our boards and commissions and also our community resources.

99
00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:07,600
So that's the convention center next Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m., last one y'all.

100
00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:16,740
Next Saturday, which is July 25th from 3 to 7 in downtown Bastrop is our Christmas in July.

101
00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:22,360
It's a lemonade crawl and it's free, but please register on the Discover Bastrop website.

102
00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:23,260
Thanks, y'all.

103
00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,140
I know it's a lot, but there's a lot of cool stuff going on, even in this heat.

104
00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:26,820
Thank you.

105
00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:29,360
All right.

106
00:09:29,460 --> 00:09:30,720
Thank you, Council Member Fossler.

107
00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:32,860
Council Member Puckett.

108
00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:33,500
Let me guess.

109
00:09:34,980 --> 00:09:39,060
Actually, I think I did hear something that she didn't include.

110
00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:44,800
There was a list, but I could have missed it.

111
00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,340
I thought she had everyone covered.

112
00:09:48,340 --> 00:09:56,520
So the two blocks in Main Street, I believe we closed on Saturday night after the Corvette

113
00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,000
invasion.

114
00:09:57,740 --> 00:10:00,380
That's the bad news if you want to call it.

115
00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,700
The good news is all the winners from the Corvette invasion will be parked out in front

116
00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:05,560
of the businesses there.

117
00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,440
So that'll be a cool way to see the cream of the crop.

118
00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:11,600
So does anybody know the times on that?

119
00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,340
I was looking it up, but I didn't see it.

120
00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:14,180
30 to nine.

121
00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:15,440
Thank you, McKayla.

122
00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,440
6.30 to nine is when the main street will be closed.

123
00:10:19,740 --> 00:10:21,260
How'd you make your voice sound like a microphone?

124
00:10:23,460 --> 00:10:24,940
Oh, okay, there you go.

125
00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:28,220
All right, thank you, Council Member Monke.

126
00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,460
Council Mayor Pro Tem Kirkland.

127
00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:32,960
So, McKayla, I got another question for you.

128
00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:35,380
Who was responsible for the alternate layout

129
00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:36,740
at the Farm Street Opera?

130
00:10:39,660 --> 00:10:42,460
Carly Davenport, well, Carly Davenport,

131
00:10:42,780 --> 00:10:44,040
wherever you are, thank you.

132
00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,980
that was fabulous. The first Thursday of the month, I was the master of ceremonies at the

133
00:10:48,980 --> 00:10:55,180
Farm Street Opera. One of my favorite activities I get to do here on council and the entire

134
00:10:55,180 --> 00:10:59,740
room layout was different. They had moved the dance floor up close to the band and it made the

135
00:10:59,740 --> 00:11:06,080
entire activity much more interactive. You know, up on the stage, I loved seeing it all and then

136
00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:10,840
the audience as well got to kind of interact with the dancing as it took place. Instead of the dancing

137
00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,860
being in the far back of the room in almost an unlit corner.

138
00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:19,100
So I think that that just added a tremendous amount of life

139
00:11:19,740 --> 00:11:23,020
and audience participation and the two music guests.

140
00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,620
We're just absolutely fabulous.

141
00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,780
So, great job to the team on that one.

142
00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,720
And then, yes, Corvette Invasion, Friday night,

143
00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,640
the lights thing that Council President Foster mentioned.

144
00:11:34,020 --> 00:11:35,980
9 a.m. on Saturday at the Convention Center.

145
00:11:36,620 --> 00:11:39,320
All day long we'll have Corvettes.

146
00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:50,340
It's like 370 Corvettes, it'll be the biggest show of Corvette invasion we've had here in Bastrop, and it is the largest Corvette show in the state of Texas.

147
00:11:50,840 --> 00:12:02,420
And I have a classic 1963 Corvette, and I will be there in the, it's called the C2 class, it's the second body style of Corvettes, and so you can stop by and say hi to me as well.

148
00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:03,540
Thank you.

149
00:12:03,540 --> 00:12:05,360
Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem Kirkman.

150
00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:07,600
Just real quick before I get to you, Councilmember Meyer.

151
00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:11,580
You just maybe think of something when you brought up staff.

152
00:12:12,220 --> 00:12:14,360
I just want to give a huge shout out to Warren Turner.

153
00:12:14,820 --> 00:12:18,100
He works with the Water and Waste Water Department here in Bastrop.

154
00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,320
KXN was here doing a report on the newspaper.

155
00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:28,200
I'm out on the hospital and he saw that they were broken down and

156
00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,960
he decided to do a good deed and pull over and give them a jump.

157
00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,920
so that they could be on their merry way.

158
00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,040
It allowed them to be able to break the story.

159
00:12:37,740 --> 00:12:39,400
And so I just want to say,

160
00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:44,040
Warren Turner, thank you for being a good steward

161
00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,980
of the community and being a helpful person

162
00:12:45,980 --> 00:12:47,740
and showing what Bastrop's all about.

163
00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:49,380
Art, council member Meyer.

164
00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:50,520
Thank you, Mayor.

165
00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:54,980
Among the four that you like, activities that I attended,

166
00:12:54,980 --> 00:12:57,700
one was so special, it was the spirit

167
00:12:57,700 --> 00:12:59,880
of the Declaration of Independence Concert

168
00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,060
at the Performing Art Center, performed by the

169
00:13:03,060 --> 00:13:05,500
Bastrop County Historical Commission.

170
00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,580
And it was just amazing.

171
00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,160
The music and the program were so heartwarming.

172
00:13:11,340 --> 00:13:16,560
It really got you in the spirit for our 250th birthday.

173
00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:17,900
So that was amazing.

174
00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,620
Also, following that was our famed days.

175
00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:25,320
And it was the night before the Big Bang was a fame.

176
00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:26,900
It was on Spring Street.

177
00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:33,760
And I just want to give a huge shout out to discover Bass Drop for the famed days, Friday

178
00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,080
Art Music Entertainment, F-A-M-E. That's what that stands for.

179
00:13:37,580 --> 00:13:43,100
And there was such a fun cakewalk, and there was a hot dog eating competition, and just

180
00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:44,240
a lot of fun things.

181
00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:49,560
To get you in the mood for the next morning, which is one of my favorite events of the whole

182
00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:54,640
year, it was the Pet and Pals for 8, where all the animals of every kind that you could

183
00:13:54,640 --> 00:14:00,420
imagine, chickens, rabbits, dogs, you name it. We're all decorated for the fourth and

184
00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:06,560
their owners all decorated. So that is one of my most favorite times in this whole city

185
00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:13,040
is the Pettenpels Parade. So it was amazing. And after that, there were so many great things

186
00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:17,680
going around town that everybody else is hit on. I just want you to be aware of something

187
00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:24,620
happening this coming Saturday. Downtown at our museum on Main Street is music in the

188
00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:30,720
museum from 12 to 1 and they have amazing musicians there, a bluegrass, every kind of music

189
00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,700
that you could want to hear and it's all relaxed and it's so fun.

190
00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:38,660
So please try to make the museum this weekend and I'm going to throw a little teaser out

191
00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:45,980
because almost my favorite thing of this whole year and the whole town is coming up the

192
00:14:45,980 --> 00:14:50,620
end of July and the 1st of August is called the Bastrop Homecoming Radio.

193
00:14:50,620 --> 00:14:52,940
So more on that at the next council meeting.

194
00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,040
All right, thank you councilmember Meyer. Councilmember Lowe.

195
00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,980
Yeah. I wrote a song called What's La-

196
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,400
For us. And look like I'm singing that refrain.

197
00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,640
No, I just want to talk about the spring fest.

198
00:15:11,940 --> 00:15:18,340
We went down to spring fest and that was a good time. I got to take my dog lucky. He

199
00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:24,680
was getting acclimated. He did all right, but it was a great event. It was well attended.

200
00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:33,100
it, and it was really a good time. So I want to thank them for that. Also, too, lastly,

201
00:15:34,420 --> 00:15:39,180
our community thrives because of the people who help step up in shape its future. If you

202
00:15:39,180 --> 00:15:42,680
want to make a direct impact on policies, growth, environment, culture, and

203
00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:47,240
bash drop, I strongly encourage you to look at joining a Board of Commission that's coming

204
00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:53,240
up. Whether you're past your parks planning or historic preservation, there's a place for

205
00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:58,220
you at the table. So check out the current openings on the website and see how you can get involved

206
00:15:58,220 --> 00:16:05,140
today. Thank you. Thank you Council Member Loeb. Spring Festival was fun. I knew the secret

207
00:16:05,140 --> 00:16:14,100
identity of Spider-Man 2. All right. Thank you guys. Now we're on to our City Manager's report.

208
00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,200
You guys are tired of talking about it. Imagine how tired we are of doing it.

209
00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,860
All right,

210
00:16:27,980 --> 00:16:32,120
so I want to start off with acknowledging the 4th of July issue.

211
00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:40,180
We had some medical two folks had medical issues down in the park that required medical attention

212
00:16:40,180 --> 00:16:45,340
and then we had communication issues and so yes there was a delay in the fireworks.

213
00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,120
Yes there was a delay in the fireworks.

214
00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,400
Folks left the park believing that we were done and we were not done.

215
00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:58,560
Obviously, it's important to get folks to safety and get them the medical attention they need.

216
00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,580
And so for those of you that are upset, I'm sorry we saved two lives.

217
00:17:03,340 --> 00:17:07,080
For those of you who understand, we promise to be better next year.

218
00:17:08,020 --> 00:17:12,020
And we'll make it up, we have a surprise coming for homecoming, but I won't let that out of the back.

219
00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:22,160
And I do want to acknowledge our misstep, staff's misstep, my misstep in not creating a bigger 250th anniversary

220
00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:27,500
acknowledgement of this country's birthday. We should have done better, we will be better

221
00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:33,180
and we have addressed the issues and hopefully we don't ever have this type of misstep

222
00:17:33,180 --> 00:17:35,460
again to miss such an important issue.

223
00:17:37,220 --> 00:17:42,420
City Council retreat coming up July 30th and 31st in Fredericksburg, we're going to meet

224
00:17:42,420 --> 00:17:48,020
with their city officials and we will be meeting in a city facility. It's a day and a half

225
00:17:48,020 --> 00:17:50,500
event, you'll be back in time for the rodeo, I promise.

226
00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:55,440
I also want to address over the

227
00:17:55,440 --> 00:18:00,820
first part of June and leading into the 4th of July events. There was a lot of chatter

228
00:18:00,820 --> 00:18:06,260
on social media about what we allow and what political organizations do and don't.

229
00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,800
And number one, I'm happy to see that our three parties, our independence and our Democrats

230
00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:17,340
and Republicans could come together finally on something they all dislike. And that would

231
00:18:17,340 --> 00:18:23,820
have been the City of Astra. So yay, let's acknowledge that it's possible to come together

232
00:18:23,820 --> 00:18:31,740
when you have a, you know, a joint dislike for other government agency. But in our, and

233
00:18:31,740 --> 00:18:37,460
in their defense, the city was enforcing, staff was enforcing what we believed was an

234
00:18:37,460 --> 00:18:42,680
adopted policy. And as we dug deep, right, it's not an adopted policy. It is going to come

235
00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:48,160
to the council, and I remind everybody that free access for everybody, that means the

236
00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:53,080
wick of people gets a sit right next to the Catholics, so we will work through that

237
00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:58,000
to ensure that everybody has equal access, and that it remains enjoyable to everybody

238
00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:04,200
who wants to participate that they don't have to be, you know, sidelined as they're trying

239
00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,140
to travel through the event.

240
00:19:07,860 --> 00:19:13,180
We are discussing, we have some folks from our HLC group here, we are discussing a historic

241
00:19:13,180 --> 00:19:18,300
overlay on how we further begin to protect historic bashtrop.

242
00:19:18,780 --> 00:19:21,680
We've made great strides, there is a lot of work to do.

243
00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:27,420
The outside world continues to think bashtrop is really cool, but in thinking that we're

244
00:19:27,420 --> 00:19:29,000
really cool, they want to change us.

245
00:19:30,580 --> 00:19:34,280
And so, you know, we, as a city, are going to make a determination.

246
00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:42,620
Are we historic Bastrop or are we not and so you have an item before you later on these folks. I don't believe we're going to wait to the end of the agenda.

247
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:47,300
So we may either move it up mayor or let them speak is citizen comments.

248
00:19:49,140 --> 00:19:57,480
You all missed a sit with sale that happens tomorrow at 630 at the roadhouse and interestingly you missed it but you all show up. So there you go.

249
00:19:57,820 --> 00:20:03,800
And that's also a chance to just sit with me and let me have it or describe what we need.

250
00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:06,800
and it is never a shortage of conversation.

251
00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:08,040
I'll just say that.

252
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,960
We do have get involved in Bastrop,

253
00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,100
which is Council Member Loa alluded to.

254
00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,680
We are looking for folks on our boards and commissions.

255
00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:18,740
We have a lot of folks who are beyond their term,

256
00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:20,780
and we've allowed them to stay on

257
00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:23,320
because we don't have another person to fill the spot.

258
00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,700
So I'm hopeful that we have a slew of applications

259
00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:26,700
and we get going.

260
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,880
And I'm gonna turn it over to the mayor

261
00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,760
who has a presentation or a discussion with Jack of Hearts.

262
00:20:35,540 --> 00:20:36,900
All right, thank you, Sylvia.

263
00:20:37,380 --> 00:20:42,780
All right, so just want to do a small brief introduction

264
00:20:42,780 --> 00:20:43,700
and then we'll have them.

265
00:20:44,380 --> 00:20:45,740
Come back to me after you're done.

266
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:47,000
Okay.

267
00:20:47,740 --> 00:20:47,960
All right.

268
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,300
There's two guys I met, Lilwago.

269
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,240
They started up with an organization, Jack of Hearts.

270
00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:06,080
and they basically raise scholarship funds for students to help them further their careers and the workforce or education.

271
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,240
To hear their story of how they got started is pretty cool.

272
00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:22,580
And, you know, from what I've gathered, from what I learned, being around these guys really, really care about the community and the younger generation.

273
00:21:22,580 --> 00:21:32,260
and so Jack he wanted to speak on Jack of Hearts and yeah I'll just leave it at that

274
00:21:32,260 --> 00:21:37,980
Sylvia did you want to say something before he comes this week okay okay all right so Jack yeah

275
00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:43,520
I'll let you do all the introduction Justin face

276
00:21:50,950 --> 00:21:53,390
you face them yeah you fake you can face us

277
00:21:53,390 --> 00:22:09,830
Thank you. Yeah, and so if if y'all can do us a favor so the people on the radio TV video land will know who you are if you can just introduce yourselves and tell us who you with and then and and go for it.

278
00:22:10,050 --> 00:22:19,270
So council and mayor, we appreciate the time to come in and speak with y'all. More of the informative, not a complainant.

279
00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:24,110
We do like to, I'm Jack Prentice with Jack of Hearts.

280
00:22:24,750 --> 00:22:26,270
Justin Love with Jack of Hearts.

281
00:22:26,750 --> 00:22:29,170
Jack, can y'all hit the microphone for me, please just,

282
00:22:29,750 --> 00:22:31,810
because like we will hear it, we don't hear who,

283
00:22:31,910 --> 00:22:33,730
we can't hear on, you know what I mean, so.

284
00:22:33,950 --> 00:22:35,190
Justin Love with Jack of Hearts.

285
00:22:36,930 --> 00:22:40,610
I'm Clayton Tishler, just a supporter and local resident.

286
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,060
So just a little back story, little history with Jack of Hearts.

287
00:22:46,260 --> 00:22:47,820
We're five and a half years old.

288
00:22:48,460 --> 00:22:53,940
just in and I had a vision and a goal and decided that we would start an

289
00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:59,160
organization that would be nonprofit to support and give away scholarships to

290
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:04,780
young men and women leaving Bastrop County High School and would

291
00:23:04,780 --> 00:23:10,800
pursue trades. We're five years old this year being our sixth year we've been

292
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:17,760
blessed through the community and a lot of local businesses to be great

293
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:24,700
that we've been able to give away almost 100 scholarships in five years in our county.

294
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:36,460
I believe for a program that's five years old, we're halfway through our sixth year

295
00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:43,600
and to be able and blessed to give away 100 scholarships basically. We're about a few just two away from

296
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:50,660
that. In five years is a small feat. When you look at around that, our programs that are here in

297
00:23:50,660 --> 00:23:57,420
Bastrop County and the other things in other organizations and what they do. In this

298
00:23:57,420 --> 00:24:05,690
five years though, we have learned a lot, I can tell you that. Doing business in Bastrop

299
00:24:05,690 --> 00:24:14,190
has been amazing. At different times it has not been easy. It's amazing to do business,

300
00:24:14,190 --> 00:24:17,710
but it's not always been easy because of financial reasons.

301
00:24:18,650 --> 00:24:26,310
The biggest part of Jack of Hearts is supported through local businesses and opportunities

302
00:24:26,310 --> 00:24:32,390
that Justin and I have created over these years to do fundraisers.

303
00:24:33,810 --> 00:24:40,450
And in doing that, you know, it puts a small tax on a large problem in a small community.

304
00:24:41,550 --> 00:24:48,090
We are just one group and then you add the little league, you add the high school, you

305
00:24:48,090 --> 00:24:56,450
add other organizations that's probably not the right word but we tax our community with

306
00:24:56,450 --> 00:24:59,630
everyone else to help support our program.

307
00:25:00,670 --> 00:25:06,830
And when you start doing that, it doesn't take long and all of your smaller businesses in

308
00:25:06,830 --> 00:25:12,030
backdrop. That money goes pretty quick. Their budgets are spread pretty thin.

309
00:25:13,270 --> 00:25:15,530
And in that process of doing business here in

310
00:25:15,530 --> 00:25:20,950
backdrop, we use the Bastrop Convention Center. We have since this year

311
00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:27,130
moved up on the hill there to Mayfest Park and we have future goal to use and

312
00:25:27,130 --> 00:25:33,730
utilize the rodeo arena. Our two events a year is our banquet coming up July

313
00:25:33,730 --> 00:25:40,290
25th that we can after the invasion of the Corvettes. So we want to get on that list.

314
00:25:40,790 --> 00:25:48,930
We want to be mentioned on that one too. We have for five years from day one used the

315
00:25:48,930 --> 00:25:55,150
Bestrop Convention Center. It's a great place. We've been blessed to put five, eight hundred

316
00:25:55,150 --> 00:26:01,530
people there every year in July of the 25th. And that's the same night that we give away

317
00:26:01,530 --> 00:26:08,570
our scholarships. That's just one event. Then we have another one in October that is Red

318
00:26:08,570 --> 00:26:13,950
Nex and Rockers. It's a barbecue cook-off battle of the bands. Now that we've moved

319
00:26:13,950 --> 00:26:20,750
up here on the hill in Mayfest Park, we have intentions of growing. And with growing,

320
00:26:20,990 --> 00:26:26,970
we know that that's going to cost more money in the future. That cook-off is typically

321
00:26:26,970 --> 00:26:36,130
two days and we are our goal by 2028 is to make it a three-day music festival with a barbecue cookoff.

322
00:26:36,990 --> 00:26:44,270
That's our second event. We do not give away scholarships. That is just to help to support the scholarships that we give away in July.

323
00:26:45,450 --> 00:26:54,210
Then, at Thanksgiving, we've been blessed to help an organization that is no longer going to be there.

324
00:26:54,210 --> 00:27:00,810
just in an eye, Jack of Hearts, our crew, we're taking over that event. This year we

325
00:27:00,810 --> 00:27:06,910
were blessed to feed 350 families that Thanksgiving. Not on that, but we were

326
00:27:06,910 --> 00:27:11,370
blessed to have the mayor there. You know, out of his day, he'd come and

327
00:27:11,370 --> 00:27:16,990
spend some time with us and fix plates and run them out to cars and things like

328
00:27:16,990 --> 00:27:23,890
that. So it's nice to see the community giving back to us and to be a part of what

329
00:27:23,890 --> 00:27:30,010
what we're doing and to be recognized at those times, not for who we are but for what

330
00:27:30,010 --> 00:27:35,470
we're doing. Because we're going to do that with the City Council or without. We're

331
00:27:35,470 --> 00:27:40,750
going to do that with the community helping us or not. We're going to be there to help

332
00:27:40,750 --> 00:27:45,810
do what we like to do and what feels great for us and to help others that need it at a

333
00:27:45,810 --> 00:27:46,410
great time.

334
00:27:49,210 --> 00:27:54,730
I'm not complaining, but I will say that to do these events and for us to grow

335
00:27:54,730 --> 00:28:01,150
as a non-profit and we are a true non-profit. We do not show up every day for

336
00:28:01,150 --> 00:28:05,670
Jack of Hearts just in and I have full-time jobs. Jack of Hearts is a second

337
00:28:05,670 --> 00:28:11,270
full-time job that does not pay a nickel to us. So when we're out there

338
00:28:11,270 --> 00:28:19,430
getting after it and hitting up our community to help support us financially it

339
00:28:19,430 --> 00:28:23,930
puts a strain on a lot of things. To use the Bastrop Convention Center in the

340
00:28:23,930 --> 00:28:30,230
last five years, it's went from $3,200 to $3,900 this year, I just opened the invoice

341
00:28:30,770 --> 00:28:37,990
two nights ago, and I laid that down and said, okay, it's time to talk about it a little

342
00:28:37,990 --> 00:28:47,950
bit. And in that process we've learned we have security that would gladly donate their

343
00:28:47,950 --> 00:28:53,810
time. They're not city, they're not city officials or city officers. This is

344
00:28:53,810 --> 00:29:00,510
a consumables department. I would like for it to be a consideration. And I'm not

345
00:29:00,510 --> 00:29:05,410
sure that this is even the correct place. But just as a, as I said, we're not

346
00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:13,050
here complaining. We're just here to, to help show what we do in the places

347
00:29:13,050 --> 00:29:14,390
that we could use some help.

348
00:29:16,890 --> 00:29:22,150
Officers donate their time for our events. In our future of using

349
00:29:22,150 --> 00:29:26,970
city facilities I understand that we're going to need more security for different events.

350
00:29:27,790 --> 00:29:32,090
And when you look at the tax dollars and the dollars that we are bringing to town,

351
00:29:32,410 --> 00:29:37,750
and then you look at the opportunities that we have to get some help back for a donation,

352
00:29:38,730 --> 00:29:42,310
Well, that's not acceptable right this minute.

353
00:29:43,070 --> 00:29:47,990
So I'm hoping in the future that we as a nonprofit and other nonprofits,

354
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:52,590
because it's not just us in this town that is faced with this.

355
00:29:53,150 --> 00:29:55,230
A lot of us are as a nonprofit.

356
00:29:55,970 --> 00:29:59,670
I know others that I have set and visited with.

357
00:30:00,500 --> 00:30:30,420
They are facing the same issues that we are. We're a small community. We're growing tremendously. Our businesses support as much as they can. So when we can get a break, we need one. If the council's department can help do our security, and they donate their time, these are things that we would like to be considered in the future that would help us tremendously. Lastly, before I turn it over to Justin, I appreciate

358
00:30:30,420 --> 00:30:37,060
been in this town. Been here nine years and in nine years I've been doing this

359
00:30:37,060 --> 00:30:40,580
kind of work for five years to give back to basketball.

360
00:30:42,860 --> 00:30:44,540
It is a blessing to

361
00:30:44,540 --> 00:30:51,380
give back to our community. The people here are so acceptance. They accept what

362
00:30:51,380 --> 00:30:58,360
we're there to pour. We do our best to help anywhere we can as we can. To give

363
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:05,260
Give away 20 scholarships a year at our banquet and to see those families and to be a part

364
00:31:05,260 --> 00:31:10,440
of what they are and who they are and how we can interact with them and change young

365
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:11,120
men and women.

366
00:31:11,740 --> 00:31:16,280
Keep them here at home and help support them to put back into our community.

367
00:31:16,860 --> 00:31:17,520
That's a blessing.

368
00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:20,200
Little by little we're growing.

369
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:27,380
We have no intentions of going anywhere, but we don't want to be forced out of town because

370
00:31:27,380 --> 00:31:30,240
we can't afford to do business here as a non-profit either.

371
00:31:31,420 --> 00:31:37,700
Now, in the future, as we grow and y'all are able to grow in opportunities,

372
00:31:38,180 --> 00:31:43,540
please consider as a non-profit that we're doing our best.

373
00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:50,120
The key word to that is no profit because every dollar we take in in this town,

374
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,900
we put back into this town through small business and families.

375
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:56,320
Thank you all for your time.

376
00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:58,880
I'm going to let Judge didn't have a turn here to talk.

377
00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:05,140
And then Mr. Titler is going to speak on our behalf just from a little bit of knowledge

378
00:32:05,140 --> 00:32:08,880
of what he knows of Jack Hart's and his experiences with us.

379
00:32:10,260 --> 00:32:11,040
Thank you, Jack.

380
00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:16,900
Ladies and gentlemen, Council members, thank you.

381
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:24,860
I moved here this summer of 88, I was 14, I've been here ever since, I haven't left.

382
00:32:25,660 --> 00:32:30,320
some of you I know very well Mr. Low we know we go way back.

383
00:32:32,790 --> 00:32:36,030
This is my home and what

384
00:32:36,030 --> 00:32:43,350
Jack and I have done the past five and a half years is pretty groundbreaking for a

385
00:32:43,350 --> 00:32:50,310
lot of and simplest terms. Jack and I have known each other since he moved here we

386
00:32:50,770 --> 00:32:54,450
threw darts together and a dart league at the American Legion right up on the hill

387
00:32:55,810 --> 00:33:01,470
slowly but surely we began to develop a friendship and through that we had

388
00:33:01,470 --> 00:33:05,630
talked about well what do you like to do or how would you like to give back to

389
00:33:05,630 --> 00:33:09,730
this community because we talked about it for years and I said man I'd really

390
00:33:09,730 --> 00:33:13,830
like to do this at the same time he's been doing it for 20 some years in East

391
00:33:13,830 --> 00:33:21,210
Texas so we sort of do some ideas together and one night after darts were

392
00:33:21,210 --> 00:33:27,810
sitting there in the the back hall and he said, do you have any money? I said, no sir,

393
00:33:27,890 --> 00:33:35,150
I don't have any on me. I said, do you? He said, no. I said, wait a minute. You got a quarter

394
00:33:35,730 --> 00:33:42,490
because I pulled out a quarter out of my pocket. And he said, actually, I do. So we do him on the

395
00:33:42,490 --> 00:33:49,230
table and at that very moment, 50 cents later, jack of hearts was born. And that's how we started.

396
00:33:50,730 --> 00:33:53,550
And we're not slowing down and we don't want to slow down.

397
00:33:54,870 --> 00:34:00,510
We just want to keep doing the best that we know that we can and we want to keep giving

398
00:34:00,510 --> 00:34:06,350
back to our community and to these young men and women that a lot of their teachers and

399
00:34:06,350 --> 00:34:09,170
their counselors, they may not look at them the same way that we do.

400
00:34:09,710 --> 00:34:12,130
They may see them as different.

401
00:34:12,730 --> 00:34:14,410
We see them as hard working.

402
00:34:15,810 --> 00:34:18,910
You know, they may see them as a problem child.

403
00:34:19,670 --> 00:34:24,110
We might see them as a mechanic or a welder,

404
00:34:24,490 --> 00:34:28,310
truck driver, electrician, plumber.

405
00:34:29,550 --> 00:34:31,330
Everything that makes this country go around

406
00:34:31,330 --> 00:34:32,650
is because of these kids.

407
00:34:33,790 --> 00:34:36,690
And some of these kids are wrenching on cars

408
00:34:36,690 --> 00:34:39,810
or working with their uncles or their grandfather's

409
00:34:39,810 --> 00:34:42,830
who own a plumbing company or own a mechanic shop

410
00:34:42,830 --> 00:34:48,910
or they are a truck driver and they just want to do the same things some of these kids may not

411
00:34:48,910 --> 00:34:54,050
be the best academically but their hearts are in the right place and they know what they want to

412
00:34:54,050 --> 00:35:01,490
do for a future and that goes back to like what Jack and I have always talked about we just want to

413
00:35:01,490 --> 00:35:07,560
leave this place you know we just want to leave this this world a better place than the way that

414
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:12,160
We've done the way that we found it, and that's what we're striving to do with these kids.

415
00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:19,860
So again, thank you all for your time, and I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Tishler, and he's going to conclude.

416
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:20,380
Thank you.

417
00:35:20,940 --> 00:35:21,740
Thank you, Justin.

418
00:35:26,220 --> 00:35:30,360
Mayor, council members, thank you for giving us the opportunity to speak today.

419
00:35:30,980 --> 00:35:32,420
My name is Clayton Tishler.

420
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:39,960
I lived in Riverside Grove here in Bastrop for the last 12 years, and I was honored when Jack and

421
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,180
Justin asked me to come speak on their behalf.

422
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,320
I am not a member of the organization.

423
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:49,180
I am just a supporter that has been supporting it for several years.

424
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,800
And I wanted to go over that experience with y'all.

425
00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:58,800
My very first interaction with Jacob Hart was in 2023 when my son Billy received one of

426
00:35:58,800 --> 00:35:59,440
their scholarships.

427
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:01,560
And I'll never forget that day.

428
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:06,840
They didn't just award him the financial help that also made him feel seen.

429
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:08,720
They made him feel valued.

430
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:13,920
They showed him that Bastrop believes in its young tradesmen, and the future they represent.

431
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:19,920
That scholarship gave him confidence and direction, and it showed me what kind of organization

432
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,240
that Jacob Hartz is.

433
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,860
But now the real one came in with my second experience with him.

434
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:27,840
It was just as powerful.

435
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:33,540
A local sheriff officer was injured in the line of duty, and the community came together

436
00:36:33,540 --> 00:36:34,500
to support him.

437
00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:37,320
Jack of Hearts didn't did not hesitate.

438
00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:43,380
They stepped in with major support, time, resources, fundraising, whatever was needed.

439
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,740
They didn't ask whether it fit their mission, they didn't ask what was in it for them.

440
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:52,040
They simply saw a member of our community hurting and said, we're here.

441
00:36:53,060 --> 00:36:57,620
So that moment told me everything I needed to know that Jack of Hearts isn't just about

442
00:36:57,620 --> 00:37:02,380
tradesmen, they're about Bastrop, they're about people, they're about stepping up when

443
00:37:02,380 --> 00:37:03,480
someone needs help.

444
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:08,840
Since then, I've seen them at fundraiser after fundraiser for families facing medical

445
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:14,640
crosses for people who have lost loved ones for community members who simply need a hand.

446
00:37:15,140 --> 00:37:20,060
I've watched them donate their time, their labor, their money, I've seen them quietly

447
00:37:20,060 --> 00:37:24,720
show up without being asked and stay long after others have gone home.

448
00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:30,540
And then everything's given, their host meal for those in need, they make sure people who

449
00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:37,140
might not otherwise have a warm plate or a warm place to be to have food. That's not

450
00:37:37,140 --> 00:37:41,540
just charity, that's community, that's compassion, and that's the heart of

451
00:37:41,540 --> 00:37:47,100
backdrop. Organizations like Jack of Hearts are the backbone of this city. They

452
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:51,880
feel gaps that government alone cannot feel. They lift people up in ways that

453
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:56,340
don't always make headlines and absolutely change lives. And they're not alone.

454
00:37:56,340 --> 00:38:00,360
Bastrop has many nonprofits that do incredible work every day.

455
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:06,440
That is why I'm here today, not to talk about any specific issues, but to ask that we

456
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:12,900
continue to support and whenever possible reduce the burdens placed on the nonprofits that

457
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:15,440
give so much of themselves to this community.

458
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:20,320
When we make it easier for the nonprofits to operate, they can give more back.

459
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:24,540
When we reduce unnecessary costs, their impact grows.

460
00:38:24,540 --> 00:38:31,180
When we recognize and honor donated time, donated services, and donated resources, we

461
00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:34,500
strengthen the very organizations that strengthen Bastrop.

462
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:41,140
Every dollar a nonprofit doesn't have to spend on administrative or procedural requirements

463
00:38:41,140 --> 00:38:46,860
is a dollar that goes directly back into helping the families, supporting youth, feeding

464
00:38:46,860 --> 00:38:49,300
the hungry, and lifting up people in crisis.

465
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,120
It's a dollar that goes back into Bastrop.

466
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:57,540
jack of hearts have shown up for this community again and again. My family is

467
00:38:57,540 --> 00:39:01,460
living proof of this of the difference they make many families in this city

468
00:39:01,460 --> 00:39:06,860
can say the same. I'm asking that we as a city continue to show up for them and

469
00:39:06,860 --> 00:39:11,100
for all the nonprofits who make Bastrop a better, kinder, stronger,

470
00:39:11,300 --> 00:39:16,080
place to live. Thank you for your time and thank you for your commitment to the

471
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:21,600
people of Bastrop. All right. Thank you Clayton. Council, do we have any

472
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,800
Any questions or anything for these gentlemen?

473
00:39:26,650 --> 00:39:28,510
All right, Sylvia, you said you had something?

474
00:39:29,390 --> 00:39:30,650
Not related to this.

475
00:39:30,690 --> 00:39:31,730
Okay, all right.

476
00:39:32,110 --> 00:39:33,470
Thank you guys, we appreciate it.

477
00:39:33,610 --> 00:39:33,850
Thank you.

478
00:39:34,310 --> 00:39:36,930
Well, to the mayor and council related to this item,

479
00:39:37,110 --> 00:39:39,670
I just want to clarify a few things.

480
00:39:39,670 --> 00:39:41,690
One, they're a non-profit, so they'd qualify

481
00:39:41,690 --> 00:39:43,870
for a 15% discount on the rate.

482
00:39:44,530 --> 00:39:48,470
And two, we use a system called Badge Hire for police

483
00:39:48,470 --> 00:39:50,890
and patrol at events.

484
00:39:50,890 --> 00:39:57,150
I think we've communicated that their share of volunteer can go through that system and put a cost of

485
00:39:57,150 --> 00:40:08,370
zero and that can still happen in that manner. There's just a process to make sure there is coverage at those type of events where, especially where alcohol is served.

486
00:40:12,390 --> 00:40:18,990
Thank you. We appreciate that. That is the first time that we've heard of a 15% discount.

487
00:40:20,690 --> 00:40:29,210
We've been using the Chamber or the Convention Center now for five years and this being our sixth year.

488
00:40:29,490 --> 00:40:38,350
Wow, I'm very fine with staff whether or not the price you were quoted was actually with or without the 15% but I'll get with you guys in a minute.

489
00:40:38,430 --> 00:40:42,370
The staff member that you need to talk to is back at the table, she'll come find you here just a second.

490
00:40:42,710 --> 00:40:47,990
Thank you very much for letting us know that and I appreciate your time, thank you.

491
00:40:47,990 --> 00:40:48,690
Thank you

492
00:40:50,770 --> 00:40:54,170
so I'll go quickly over button wood from Wilson

493
00:40:54,170 --> 00:40:58,650
I know button wood is a topic of conversation for a couple of folks on the internet

494
00:40:58,650 --> 00:41:06,670
So I wanted to give you guys we installed 750 feet of new water main oh that's that's not 750 inches a 750 feet

495
00:41:06,670 --> 00:41:11,530
New water main and replace five water services. We also made five sewer point repairs

496
00:41:12,350 --> 00:41:14,610
Also on the water waste water side

497
00:41:14,610 --> 00:41:20,110
And we are going to be doing smoke testing on the July 20th, the week of July 20th, which

498
00:41:20,110 --> 00:41:20,730
is next week.

499
00:41:21,210 --> 00:41:25,050
So if you see smoke coming out of some of your sewer connections in the front yard,

500
00:41:25,050 --> 00:41:26,150
please don't freak out.

501
00:41:26,290 --> 00:41:27,170
We're doing that on purpose.

502
00:41:27,570 --> 00:41:32,670
The purpose of that is to identify areas where there are leaks and infiltration.

503
00:41:34,270 --> 00:41:35,470
The Boa Water Notice.

504
00:41:35,570 --> 00:41:38,590
You got that as soon as I got it this morning has been lifted.

505
00:41:39,070 --> 00:41:43,310
And I just want to remind everybody that a Boa Water Notice is standard when we lose pressure

506
00:41:43,310 --> 00:41:49,430
that quickly. No contaminants in the water. And then, you know, addressing Mayfest Park,

507
00:41:49,730 --> 00:41:54,110
we do have preparations underway for homecoming. The covers are scheduled to be installed this

508
00:41:54,110 --> 00:41:59,370
coming Monday. The crews were laying the foundation this week with installation next week for

509
00:41:59,370 --> 00:42:05,470
the bleachers. And so I'm hoping the rain lets up enough that we can get that done. We will be

510
00:42:05,470 --> 00:42:10,530
putting together a small group of volunteers for this weekend and next weekend to get small stuff

511
00:42:10,530 --> 00:42:15,230
done the painting of the pipes and things like we did last year so that's what I have

512
00:42:17,950 --> 00:42:19,950
all right thank

513
00:42:19,950 --> 00:42:29,830
you so you appreciate it all right on to agenda item 4d proclamation for park and recreation month

514
00:42:34,450 --> 00:42:39,670
so as you know best draft has some really nice parks we have an awesome park and

515
00:42:39,670 --> 00:42:46,970
team and program and it's only going to get better for sure so as

516
00:42:50,010 --> 00:42:51,650
parks and recreation as an integral

517
00:42:51,650 --> 00:42:55,010
part of the communities throughout this country including the city of

518
00:42:55,010 --> 00:42:59,010
Bastrop and whereas parks and recreation promotes health and wellness

519
00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:03,310
improving the physical and mental health of people who live near parks and

520
00:43:03,310 --> 00:43:07,690
whereas parks and recreation promotes high-spin nature which positively impacts

521
00:43:07,690 --> 00:43:12,590
mental health by increasing cognitive performance and well-being and alleviating

522
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:18,650
illnesses such as depression attention deficit disorders and Alzheimer's and

523
00:43:18,650 --> 00:43:22,790
And whereas parks and recreation encourage physical activities by providing space for

524
00:43:22,790 --> 00:43:27,810
popular sports, hiking trails, swimming pools, and many other activities designed to promote

525
00:43:27,810 --> 00:43:29,390
active lifestyles.

526
00:43:29,730 --> 00:43:34,250
And whereas parks and recreation is the leading provider of healthy meals, nutrition services

527
00:43:34,250 --> 00:43:35,210
and education.

528
00:43:35,690 --> 00:43:40,410
And whereas parks and recreation program and education activities such as out of school

529
00:43:40,410 --> 00:43:46,010
time program, youth sports and environmental education are critical to children to childhood

530
00:43:46,010 --> 00:43:46,650
development.

531
00:43:46,650 --> 00:44:00,270
And whereas Parks and Recreation increases the community's economic prosperity through increased poverty values, expansion of local tax base, increased tourism, the attraction and retention of businesses and crime reduction.

532
00:44:00,990 --> 00:44:07,490
And whereas Parks and Recreation is fundamental to the environmental well-being of our community.

533
00:44:07,490 --> 00:44:17,110
And whereas Parks and Recreation is essential and adaptable infrastructure infrastructure that makes our communities resilient in the face of natural disasters and climate change.

534
00:44:17,450 --> 00:44:29,270
And whereas our parks and natural recreation areas ensure the ecological beauty of our community and provided place for children and adults to connect with nature and recreate outdoors and recreate outdoors.

535
00:44:30,330 --> 00:44:47,530
And now therefore, I, Ishmael Harris, Mayor of the City of Basharov, do hereby proclaim the month of July 20, 2026 at Park and Recreation Month and witness whereup I have here on to set my hand and cause the official seal of the City of Basharov to be affixed on this 14th day of July 20, 2026.

536
00:44:51,090 --> 00:44:57,550
Do we have someone here to accept this? Right there? Yeah, there they are. I didn't see y'all back there.

537
00:45:03,020 --> 00:45:04,960
I'll come up here and introduce yourselves.

538
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:31,800
Good evening, mayor and council. My name is Jason Alfaro, Parks and Recreation Director for the city. Hello. I'm Jesslene Olivatus, and I'm the Parks and Recreation Manager for the City of Bastrop. All right. We're going to take a picture with you guys. So, photo out.

539
00:45:51,630 --> 00:45:53,190
You guys should have held up your shirts.

540
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:27,140
All right.

541
00:46:27,140 --> 00:46:27,180
Okay.

542
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:33,180
Like you said, we have someone here that wants to speak on the next proclamation.

543
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:33,740
Yes.

544
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:34,180
Correct.

545
00:46:35,340 --> 00:46:35,620
All right.

546
00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:39,660
Hot car awareness month.

547
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:41,680
High car awareness month.

548
00:46:42,540 --> 00:46:43,440
Make your way up.

549
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:44,720
You can come up here.

550
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:46,740
Hello.

551
00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:48,100
You don't have to be shy.

552
00:46:48,660 --> 00:46:51,520
If you can just introduce yourself and tell us who you with.

553
00:46:51,740 --> 00:46:53,620
Can you speak after the proclamation or before?

554
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,360
You can speak before and then we'll do the proclamation.

555
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:00,860
Good evening, Mayor Harris and councilmembers.

556
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:02,600
My name is Siley Raja.

557
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:07,720
I'm a rising senior, a youth advocate in the founder of Project SafeRide, a national

558
00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:13,160
initiative dedicated to preventing pediatric, vehicular heatstroke and pet heatstroke tragedies.

559
00:47:13,620 --> 00:47:18,840
I also serve on the Texas heatstroke task force working alongside advocates across the state

560
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:20,440
on this exact issue.

561
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:26,660
Thank you, Mayor Harris, for this proclamation and for recognizing hot car when it's month here in Vastrop.

562
00:47:27,180 --> 00:47:30,880
This cause hits close to home for the community in a very literal way.

563
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:36,940
Vastrop isn't just a place people live. It's a getaway, and the big part of that is the outdoors.

564
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:44,240
Families come from Austin, from Houston, from all over Central Texas to spend a day at Vastrop State Park,

565
00:47:44,820 --> 00:47:46,760
walking the trails through the lost pines,

566
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:50,860
swimming in Lake Mina or paddling on the Colorado River.

567
00:47:51,500 --> 00:47:56,200
That means long days outside, gravel and asphalt parking lots with little shade,

568
00:47:56,780 --> 00:48:01,780
and cars sitting untouched for hours while everyone's off on the trail or down at the water.

569
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,260
Added events like the Bastrop Homecoming and Rodeo,

570
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:09,080
the farmer's markets on Main Street were a Saturday at Lake Bastrop,

571
00:48:09,500 --> 00:48:14,120
and you get cars parked full of coolers, kids, and sometimes the family dog,

572
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,920
Parked in direct sun for an entire afternoon.

573
00:48:17,220 --> 00:48:18,960
That's not a hypothetical for us.

574
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:20,960
That's a Saturday in Bastrop in July.

575
00:48:21,940 --> 00:48:25,240
That's exactly why this awareness matters right here in the city.

576
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,260
We're not talking about an abstract public health issue.

577
00:48:28,820 --> 00:48:30,780
We're talking about trailhead parking lots,

578
00:48:31,060 --> 00:48:33,180
our riverbanks, our neighbors, and visitors.

579
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,100
Each stroke does not discriminate.

580
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:40,020
It doesn't care if you're a lifelong Bastrop resident

581
00:48:40,020 --> 00:48:43,280
or someone visiting for the first time to hike the lost pines.

582
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:47,300
It doesn't care if it's a child, a grandparent, or a family pet.

583
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:52,580
What it does care about is time and heat, and here in Central Texas, during the summer

584
00:48:52,580 --> 00:48:54,260
months, we have plenty of both.

585
00:48:55,060 --> 00:48:57,940
So today isn't just about a proclamation on paper.

586
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,060
It's a reminder to all of us.

587
00:49:00,500 --> 00:49:05,300
Look before you lock, check the back seat, never leave a child or pet in a parked car for

588
00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:08,360
any moment of time, and watch out for one another this summer.

589
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:15,440
especially in high traffic outdoor spots like our state parks and riverfront where a quick trip to the water can turn into hours.

590
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:20,300
Thank you again to the mayor and council for standing behind this cause and thank you all for being here today.

591
00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:23,120
Thank you for your name again.

592
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:24,220
Siley Raja.

593
00:49:26,220 --> 00:49:26,700
Siley.

594
00:49:27,020 --> 00:49:27,480
Siley.

595
00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:28,200
Okay.

596
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:29,440
Siley.

597
00:49:29,740 --> 00:49:30,440
Thank you Siley.

598
00:49:30,620 --> 00:49:31,860
That was wonderfully written.

599
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:32,760
All right.

600
00:49:33,420 --> 00:49:40,580
So and we all know it does get hot. It doesn't matter like it starts getting hot in the spring time and it doesn't stop till

601
00:49:41,860 --> 00:49:42,400
November

602
00:49:45,340 --> 00:49:53,020
All right, so whereas pediatric vehicular heat stroke is one of the leading causes of non-crash related fatalities and

603
00:49:53,020 --> 00:50:01,340
Vehicles for children under 15 with more than a thousand lives lost since 1998 and whereas the child's body temperature rises

604
00:50:01,340 --> 00:50:06,860
three to five times faster than those and death can occur when their core temperature

605
00:50:06,860 --> 00:50:11,180
reaches a hundred and seven degrees. It's their show that can be reached within minutes.

606
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:17,020
Whereas on a typical 70 degree day, the interior of a vehicle can reach a hundred and fifteen

607
00:50:17,020 --> 00:50:21,920
degrees in just 30 minutes and parking in the shade or cracking windows does not provide

608
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:29,560
the safe environment for a child or a pet. Whereas research shows that these tragedies can

609
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:35,720
happen to a caregiver, regardless of education or personality, often triggered by a change of routine

610
00:50:35,720 --> 00:50:44,040
sleep deprivation or high stress. And whereas check project safe ride, founded by youth advocate,

611
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:53,440
Sally, Sally, Raja serves as a virtual community initiative to empower families with technology and

612
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:57,420
reminders to eliminate these 100% preventable deaths.

613
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:02,920
Now therefore, I, Ishmael Harris, Mayor of the City of Bashshop, Texas, and the Bashshop

614
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:07,600
City Council do hereby proclaim July 14th as high-car awareness day.

615
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:11,980
And when this were of, I have here on to set my hand and cause the official seal of the

616
00:51:11,980 --> 00:51:17,100
City of Bashshop Texas to be affixed on this 14-day of July of 2026.

617
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:21,460
Thank you again for bringing this initiative and fighting for this.

618
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:27,320
So thank you thank you would you like to take a picture with oh yeah we're

619
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:30,660
gonna we're gonna sign it we're gonna come up here you open it up we'll take a

620
00:51:30,660 --> 00:51:31,660
picture with you.

621
00:51:57,180 --> 00:51:57,660
Thank

622
00:52:01,820 --> 00:52:06,600
you

623
00:52:17,580 --> 00:52:28,200
yes all right on to agenda item 5A discussion

624
00:52:29,020 --> 00:52:34,360
Workstops, work sessions and briefings, discussion, local option, election in the city of

625
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:35,400
Vastra.

626
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:43,260
Good evening, Mayor and Council.

627
00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:44,940
Let me grab a quick.

628
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:57,840
So I wanted to take some time this evening to discuss an item that's going to be brought

629
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:02,380
to Council at the next Council meeting and that's the local optional election.

630
00:53:03,260 --> 00:53:08,620
The last local optional issue was in 2005, so as you can imagine, we have a lot of new voters

631
00:53:08,620 --> 00:53:14,860
members and some that are unfamiliar with local optional action and so I wanted to discuss

632
00:53:14,860 --> 00:53:15,680
that with you tonight.

633
00:53:17,780 --> 00:53:21,440
Equally as important in front of citizens so that they know what

634
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:26,480
we need them to go to the polls for. I have Miss Adina Lewis from the county who is going

635
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:29,100
to help me answer any questions if I'm unable to.

636
00:53:30,460 --> 00:53:37,740
So what is a local optional action? And that is where the citizens are able to have their

637
00:53:37,740 --> 00:53:43,760
Their voice heard on alcohol regulation in the city, whereas the state generally makes

638
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:44,480
that decision.

639
00:53:46,620 --> 00:53:52,860
We have alcohol licenses from top to bottom in the city of Astrop, and that's why it's

640
00:53:52,860 --> 00:53:53,420
so important.

641
00:53:54,900 --> 00:54:01,700
So some of the details about the local option election is, the state before we had our

642
00:54:01,700 --> 00:54:03,820
last local option election in 2005.

643
00:54:03,820 --> 00:54:14,120
So since then the city has annexed land and those annex lands they retain their status as they were derived before we annexed them they remained dropped.

644
00:54:15,140 --> 00:54:23,160
So what we want to do is join in this countywide issue and try to get some uniformity across the county.

645
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:27,760
The city of Smithville is also going to participate as well as the city of Elgin.

646
00:54:29,100 --> 00:54:35,560
So at the moment the county attorney is going to draft some uniform which is important

647
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:39,980
anytime we have a county wide initiative like this we want to make sure all residents

648
00:54:39,980 --> 00:54:44,460
are voting on the same thing and we all accomplish, each city can accomplish what they've set

649
00:54:44,460 --> 00:54:44,980
out to do.

650
00:54:46,220 --> 00:54:51,320
Another important detail is the results of that election become effective the day that we can

651
00:54:51,320 --> 00:54:56,680
Davis, which is tentative for, I believe it's November 10th.

652
00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:02,460
So another thing that's very important, the City of Basraub, I want to say you need

653
00:55:02,460 --> 00:55:10,740
because City of Basraub's unique to me, we have a city ordinance that requires if you

654
00:55:10,740 --> 00:55:16,840
have a mixed beverage permit that you also have a food and beverage permit, so that would

655
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:22,920
not be affected. What also would not be affected is you have to maintain 60% of your sales

656
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:28,200
from food rather than alcohol so you don't cross that line of not being a restaurant

657
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:38,100
anymore. It will be a very simple four or against on the ballot for all beverages including

658
00:55:38,100 --> 00:55:45,640
misbewerages or against the legalization. So and it can basically be looked at as an update

659
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:46,820
to our corporate boundaries.

660
00:55:47,860 --> 00:55:51,320
So what's most important is we're not taking anything away

661
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:53,960
from our businesses, but trying to give them more opportunity.

662
00:55:56,740 --> 00:55:59,280
So this is a map of the city of Bastrop.

663
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:03,320
The yellow portion with the law is through it

664
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:07,240
is what was involved in the 2005 local optional election.

665
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:11,180
And as you can see, the portions that are not shaded in,

666
00:56:11,660 --> 00:56:14,820
that is they were not included in an annex later.

667
00:56:14,820 --> 00:56:23,120
So it's very evident that we have some gaps where your neighbor could have one set of rules and you have a different set of rules

668
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:27,200
And so we want that that fairness to be across the board. We don't want

669
00:56:28,220 --> 00:56:30,200
We want everyone to have the same opportunity

670
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:36,380
So right now the voting schedule as it shows up here will start

671
00:56:36,380 --> 00:56:42,520
Towards the middle of end of October and run to the end of October with the lush may be in November 3rd

672
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,940
There are some pretty expansive voting hours.

673
00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:51,260
The location within the city of Bastrop would be the Bastrop courthouse annex voting.

674
00:56:51,860 --> 00:56:57,400
As you can see, there's also some other voting centers from Ethyl and Elkin, Cedar Creek, too.

675
00:56:59,000 --> 00:56:59,520
Okay,

676
00:57:01,570 --> 00:57:06,510
and that's it, any questions I can answer for you, or have Miss Lewis come up in answer?

677
00:57:06,510 --> 00:57:07,090
I

678
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:12,420
don't know who was first, Councilmember Pope.

679
00:57:16,990 --> 00:57:26,470
Yeah, this is a topic that I've had to learn a lot about over the past 12, 13 years, and

680
00:57:28,810 --> 00:57:43,050
Texas liquor laws are extremely archaic, and they're the threshold that you have to

681
00:57:43,050 --> 00:57:46,930
to attain in terms of signatures normally.

682
00:57:47,950 --> 00:57:49,370
Let me back up a little bit.

683
00:57:49,550 --> 00:57:53,130
We're given a huge opportunity here, and

684
00:57:53,130 --> 00:58:00,490
it was representative Verdes brought this before the State Legislature and

685
00:58:00,490 --> 00:58:03,370
got a carve out for Bastrop County one time.

686
00:58:04,550 --> 00:58:11,190
So it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a local option election for

687
00:58:11,190 --> 00:58:12,370
the city, the size of Basra.

688
00:58:15,370 --> 00:58:20,010
So, and that money doesn't go to the county government.

689
00:58:20,250 --> 00:58:21,470
It doesn't go to the state government.

690
00:58:21,750 --> 00:58:22,770
It doesn't go to the people.

691
00:58:23,330 --> 00:58:27,610
It goes to consultants who go around and bother people

692
00:58:27,610 --> 00:58:29,090
and get signatures from them.

693
00:58:31,550 --> 00:58:33,690
And, you know, I don't know where they're from.

694
00:58:34,230 --> 00:58:35,930
Dallas, Austin, Chicago, I don't know.

695
00:58:38,030 --> 00:58:41,710
It doesn't matter because it doesn't go to anybody in Bastrop County.

696
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:48,210
The only thing Bastrop County residents get from that is a bunch of phone calls and knocks

697
00:58:48,210 --> 00:58:56,450
on the door and it's an extremely laborious and expensive process to get it done because

698
00:58:56,450 --> 00:59:15,210
And so the fact that we have an opportunity just by calling this vote at City Council and to fix this thing for the whole county, because right now the problem is, and it'll always be a problem as long as our county is growing.

699
00:59:16,030 --> 00:59:18,690
And who sees that change in the near future?

700
00:59:20,770 --> 00:59:30,710
As we annex, as precinct lines move, everything, anything that involves a division of a political

701
00:59:30,710 --> 00:59:38,850
line, of movement of a political line, will cause areas to be orphaned in a way that,

702
00:59:39,390 --> 00:59:45,530
for example, all these purple areas that you see on this map, and thank you for making

703
00:59:45,530 --> 00:59:46,310
that by the way Michael.

704
00:59:49,170 --> 00:59:55,310
These are areas that can't be fixed except through a process

705
00:59:55,310 --> 00:59:59,910
like this. We can't bring them up to where we are because it would cause

706
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:28,160
So much money for these small number of properties to get fixed. And then by the time you got it done, there'd be new areas annex that would have to be done again. So it's really a huge opportunity for us to countywide to go through and say everybody in the county has the same rules. And if you want to make your rules different in the city, you can do that.

707
01:00:28,940 --> 01:00:36,060
But just don't put TABC in the driver's seat to fix it, over to enforce it.

708
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:43,300
You can enforce it ourselves, and then if we don't like the way the rule is, we can change it.

709
01:00:43,820 --> 01:00:51,080
But right now, if we put a rule in here with TABC, like saying, for example,

710
01:00:51,260 --> 01:00:54,460
that we have, like we have in the city, which I'm perfectly happy with,

711
01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:58,360
that you can't have just a straight mixed beverage permit,

712
01:00:58,360 --> 01:00:59,780
you also have to serve food.

713
01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:04,700
If we ever decided that wasn't a good idea

714
01:01:04,700 --> 01:01:05,960
because there's a great opportunity

715
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:09,840
for a great economic development to come in,

716
01:01:09,900 --> 01:01:12,860
but they need to have a mixed beverage permit without food,

717
01:01:13,460 --> 01:01:14,640
we can't do it.

718
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,420
I mean, we can, but it's tremendously expensive

719
01:01:17,420 --> 01:01:18,640
and time consuming.

720
01:01:21,380 --> 01:01:26,200
And this makes it so that if we want to,

721
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:32,840
But we want to make a law. We can make it. We just have to enforce it. We can't rely on TABC to enforce it.

722
01:01:33,300 --> 01:01:37,380
I'm fine with that, because really, it's our police that enforce most of that stuff anyway.

723
01:01:38,860 --> 01:01:50,820
And so, let's let Bastrop be the one that decides what our rules are instead of TABC because it's really, really difficult to get anything done through TABC.

724
01:01:51,320 --> 01:01:52,220
Yes, he is.

725
01:01:55,290 --> 01:01:56,710
Thank you, Council Member Bucket.

726
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:01,280
Council Member Faustler.

727
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:03,940
Thanks for that, Kevin.

728
01:02:04,360 --> 01:02:05,620
I know you're intimately involved.

729
01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:12,440
My question for you, Michael, does this cure this for future annexations or will future annexations still be orphaned?

730
01:02:12,760 --> 01:02:15,340
A future annexation will still be orphaned.

731
01:02:15,420 --> 01:02:16,740
It just kind of fixes it for right.

732
01:02:18,740 --> 01:02:22,200
If it passes in the county as well, we're assuming everything passes.

733
01:02:22,700 --> 01:02:22,780
Right.

734
01:02:22,780 --> 01:02:27,760
But if it passes everywhere, then the whole county would have the same rules.

735
01:02:28,020 --> 01:02:28,980
Okay, gotcha.

736
01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:29,480
Thanks.

737
01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:29,960
Yes.

738
01:02:30,680 --> 01:02:33,640
But we would maintain the food and beverage and all those.

739
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:38,160
Thank you, Gaster.

740
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:38,960
We're a foster mayor.

741
01:02:39,060 --> 01:02:39,720
Brought to you by Kirkland.

742
01:02:45,010 --> 01:02:48,050
What question are we asking on the election, for instance?

743
01:02:48,470 --> 01:02:48,550
What?

744
01:02:48,970 --> 01:02:53,750
So we're asking for citizens to vote, either for or against the sale of all alcoholic

745
01:02:53,750 --> 01:02:55,550
beverages, including mixed drinks.

746
01:02:55,750 --> 01:02:55,930
Got it.

747
01:02:56,070 --> 01:02:56,250
Okay.

748
01:02:56,250 --> 01:02:59,870
Okay, and then what is the cost of the city of Bastrop for this election?

749
01:03:00,750 --> 01:03:10,910
So the current estimate I have, and I will be honest, we do have the line share of the cost, is $36,649 and some change.

750
01:03:11,710 --> 01:03:16,670
And what is the county going to be paying for their part of the election?

751
01:03:17,430 --> 01:03:20,550
I'll have to have Miss Adina Lewis come up to speak on that.

752
01:03:31,860 --> 01:03:35,240
Hello Adina, can you just please introduce yourself?

753
01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:39,780
Edina Lewis, I'm the Director of Tourism and Economic Development for Bastrop County.

754
01:03:40,500 --> 01:03:41,500
And I want to thank Kevin.

755
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:43,860
Kevin has worked really hard on this.

756
01:03:44,100 --> 01:03:49,080
We've been working on this project, I don't know, Kevin, 15 years trying to get this done.

757
01:03:49,660 --> 01:03:54,000
If we hadn't gotten the carve out, and I will get to your question, if we hadn't gotten the

758
01:03:54,000 --> 01:04:01,680
carve out, we would have had to have had 10,241 signatures in order to do what we can accomplish.

759
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:06,580
We've tried to get those in the past, and it's an impossible number.

760
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:10,000
So that's why we went to the legislature when we got this fix.

761
01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:18,180
And so you have the ability to call an election without having a petition brought to you.

762
01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:23,460
The reason the cost is shared just like our normal elections would be.

763
01:04:24,140 --> 01:04:31,220
So it's per rated based on, of course the state sets the days and times.

764
01:04:31,220 --> 01:04:43,160
So that's set by the state, but our election would be handled from a cost standpoint just like it is in any other election.

765
01:04:43,640 --> 01:04:52,240
So that's why it's prorated and the county certainly has their share, it's not on there, but it would be run just a normal election would be.

766
01:04:52,560 --> 01:04:53,840
Can you get that number for me?

767
01:04:54,560 --> 01:05:02,060
Yes. Again. Okay. I don't really know what the total cost of an election is. And this

768
01:05:02,060 --> 01:05:08,860
is an estimate. So we think this is on the high side. I got this from the elections

769
01:05:08,860 --> 01:05:14,560
office. Yeah. No, I mean, if, for instance, it was a price per voter and the county's number

770
01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:19,720
was 70,000, or, you know, some number dramatically higher than what the city of Bathstop is paying,

771
01:05:19,720 --> 01:05:25,080
Then everything sort of makes sense even though it sounds expensive and it is what it is if the county was paying

772
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:27,560
$12 and we were paying

773
01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:33,820
36,000 I would be going to the commissioner's court and asking them the pay for it. So that's why I want to know

774
01:05:33,820 --> 01:05:39,400
Absolutely. It's just exactly the way we normally run the elections. Yeah

775
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:48,120
The mayor for Tim Kirkland Michael can share our piece is proportionately larger than Elvin and Smithville, right and that's based upon the number of

776
01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:58,740
right? Yeah, rich voters, yeah. And that allocation is is similar through anything that we do countywide. So this isn't we're not being gouged for this one.

777
01:06:00,820 --> 01:06:17,900
And if someone says that the county number is $50,000, then the data supports what you just said and I'm fine. But if the data doesn't support that belief for that I would share with you right now, then I have a problem with it. So that's why I want to know.

778
01:06:17,900 --> 01:06:32,260
What you're wanting is the cost of the total election, and there's a lot of other entities besides the cities that have things on the ballot as well, so they take a portion of the total cost.

779
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:34,840
Thank you, anything else?

780
01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:38,420
Council Member Fossler.

781
01:06:39,580 --> 01:06:43,320
I do have another question, it's not for Adina, but thank you for coming and speaking.

782
01:06:44,140 --> 01:06:50,840
Is there, for the special election, I guess it's not a special election, is there anything

783
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:56,540
else we can add on the ballot, is there anything else that would normally cost to have an election

784
01:06:56,540 --> 01:07:00,740
that we could, you know what I mean, like charter, like is there anything else we could put

785
01:07:00,740 --> 01:07:03,100
on that or is it totally separate kind of election?

786
01:07:03,100 --> 01:07:08,680
I think for a charter election, there is a charter committee that has to be formed, et cetera.

787
01:07:08,900 --> 01:07:14,040
I mean, you could scramble to try to do it, but because the deadline's like August, is it August?

788
01:07:14,120 --> 01:07:14,280
Is it August?

789
01:07:14,620 --> 01:07:15,460
For putting it on the November?

790
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:16,060
Okay.

791
01:07:16,060 --> 01:07:18,420
You have about three weeks to get it.

792
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:19,280
Okay.

793
01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:19,540
Yeah.

794
01:07:19,900 --> 01:07:20,320
Just curious.

795
01:07:20,540 --> 01:07:20,680
Thanks.

796
01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:22,420
We're ambitious.

797
01:07:22,700 --> 01:07:23,200
We're not crazy.

798
01:07:25,080 --> 01:07:27,280
All right.

799
01:07:27,380 --> 01:07:28,480
Thank you, Council Member Foster.

800
01:07:29,620 --> 01:07:31,640
Council, do we have any other discussion for Michael?

801
01:07:32,540 --> 01:07:32,980
All right.

802
01:07:33,080 --> 01:07:33,340
Thank you.

803
01:07:33,340 --> 01:07:34,600
appreciate the presentation.

804
01:07:40,250 --> 01:07:43,390
Now we're on to we don't have any staff or board reports now we're

805
01:07:43,390 --> 01:07:47,890
on the citizen comments as we move through the citizen comments I know it's a few of y'all they

806
01:07:47,890 --> 01:07:52,770
would like to speak on agenda item nine I would you like to wait for that agenda item or would you

807
01:07:52,770 --> 01:08:00,150
like to do it as citizen comments I bet you want to do it as citizen comments all right so we will

808
01:08:00,150 --> 01:08:07,470
get to y'all just give me one brief second so we have several people who emailed in and then we

809
01:08:07,470 --> 01:08:12,990
We have some who have handwritten and so I go over the ones who are emailed in real quick.

810
01:08:15,810 --> 01:08:20,190
Mariana Krueger, she wishes to speak.

811
01:08:20,730 --> 01:08:21,070
Are you here?

812
01:08:22,190 --> 01:08:22,270
No?

813
01:08:23,990 --> 01:08:24,350
Okay.

814
01:08:28,460 --> 01:08:34,700
She's a non-resident, she's out of Austin, but she just wanted to speak on caution regarding

815
01:08:34,700 --> 01:08:36,000
the water quality and the supply.

816
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:40,700
Threats coming from Austin upstream in his plan dog heads development.

817
01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:49,300
Next we have Judith Hoover, she does not wish to speak.

818
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:55,360
It's pertaining to agenda item 9i, historic structure and site protection.

819
01:08:56,260 --> 01:08:58,680
She would like to record her support for this.

820
01:08:59,420 --> 01:09:06,300
Thomas Hoover, he does not wish to speak, but it's on agenda 9i, historic preservation protections.

821
01:09:06,300 --> 01:09:15,540
questions. Please record your support. We have Gina O'Brien. She is not wish to speak.

822
01:09:19,250 --> 01:09:26,360
She opposes the intent to connect NISIS-9, Blakey, Berluson, Cross and Plaza Chaffee through

823
01:09:26,360 --> 01:09:31,600
Riverside Grove at Jessica Place or anywhere through Riverside Grove. So she opposes that happening.

824
01:09:33,160 --> 01:09:39,930
all right now first as always we

825
01:09:43,320 --> 01:09:44,000
have read award

826
01:09:52,580 --> 01:09:56,360
I don't think they can hear you

827
01:09:56,360 --> 01:10:00,900
from back there you've got to send it a microphone man thank you okay the

828
01:10:00,900 --> 01:10:06,360
first thing I want to do is give a great big thanks to our park and recreation now

829
01:10:06,360 --> 01:10:12,120
I left before all the excitement took place I left at seven o'clock but before

830
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:17,900
Before then everything was absolutely perfect and they did a great big job.

831
01:10:18,500 --> 01:10:24,560
And I said, I thought they ought to have a little raise in salary, they did so good.

832
01:10:25,980 --> 01:10:33,940
But then the next thing that I want to think about, or think, is our police department.

833
01:10:33,940 --> 01:10:41,500
They were out there in those air-conditioned dark suits in that hundred degree

834
01:10:41,500 --> 01:10:48,860
temperature, walking on up and down, making sure that everybody was safe, going

835
01:10:48,860 --> 01:10:53,980
this way, going that way, making sure old ladies like me were on the right path,

836
01:10:54,420 --> 01:11:00,100
and they did a great big job. We don't have one here today, but let's give her a

837
01:11:00,100 --> 01:11:01,240
And

838
01:11:05,200 --> 01:11:10,860
the next thing I think that you should consider is about our data centers and kind

839
01:11:10,860 --> 01:11:21,820
of take a leaf out of Taylor, Hato, San Marcus and the Hill County on what they are doing

840
01:11:21,820 --> 01:11:27,700
on kind of putting a little hold on our data centers.

841
01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:29,980
And this can be done.

842
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:53,200
and we need to think about that. I did investigate it and our money for our data center here is coming from Amsterdam. There's a lot of money coming in from the Netherlands and another place, I don't know if it's a little town there or if it's a group, it's A-R-O-L, I think if I remember correctly.

843
01:11:53,200 --> 01:12:00,600
but we need to think about that. Also about our town hall meeting, I'm sorry,

844
01:12:00,800 --> 01:12:05,300
Senator Miller is not going to be here, but there will be somebody to take

845
01:12:05,300 --> 01:12:12,540
his place. And everybody should be there. And let's get together and see what

846
01:12:12,540 --> 01:12:19,040
we can do as a group. We're not, we're Texans. Let's forget about our politics.

847
01:12:53,320 --> 01:13:05,540
I just wanted to come up and just pay a gratitude to the city staff for our collaboration on the summer of food and fun drive.

848
01:13:06,200 --> 01:13:09,340
On behalf of Bastrop County emergency food, be in support of our city manager.

849
01:13:09,340 --> 01:13:15,340
center, our staff, our board of directors, and our volunteers, I would like to extend a heartfelt

850
01:13:16,180 --> 01:13:21,660
thank you and gratitude for your continued support of our mission to nourish and serve

851
01:13:21,660 --> 01:13:27,880
our neighbors in need. For the past four years the City of Bastrop has led a summer food drive

852
01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:34,800
that has made a meaningful impact on food insecurity across our community. Through your collective

853
01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:42,900
of efforts, a remarkable 11,045 pounds of food have been donated, providing the equivalent

854
01:13:42,900 --> 01:13:49,980
of 21,759 meals for families, seniors, veterans, and children facing hunger.

855
01:13:50,300 --> 01:13:56,740
This year the campaign said an ambitious goal to collect 3,000 pounds of food, and thanks

856
01:13:56,740 --> 01:14:02,060
to the dedication and the generosity of the city leadership, staff, and residents, you came

857
01:14:02,060 --> 01:14:07,080
incredibly close by collecting 2,824 pounds of food.

858
01:14:07,440 --> 01:14:10,560
Congratulations on this outstanding achievement and

859
01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:12,320
the hard work that made it possible.

860
01:14:12,860 --> 01:14:15,900
We're also especially grateful for the many ways the

861
01:14:15,900 --> 01:14:19,740
City of Bastrop championed this effort, including hosting a

862
01:14:19,740 --> 01:14:23,100
collections day at the Bastrop Convention Center,

863
01:14:23,740 --> 01:14:26,740
making the touch the truck experience available,

864
01:14:26,740 --> 01:14:32,940
inspiring friendly participation among cities, staff, teams.

865
01:14:33,890 --> 01:14:39,320
These efforts not only helped to collect food, but it also raised the awareness of the

866
01:14:39,320 --> 01:14:44,420
challenges many of our neighbors face every day, and especially during the summer months.

867
01:14:44,980 --> 01:14:51,880
Your participation demonstrates what's possible when community comes together with compassion,

868
01:14:52,160 --> 01:14:54,380
purpose, and shared commitment to helping others.

869
01:14:54,380 --> 01:14:59,960
Thank you for standing with us in our mission and helping us to ensure no neighbor goes home.

870
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:04,240
Hunger, hungry during the summer. So thank you all so much. Thank y'all.

871
01:15:09,050 --> 01:15:13,330
All right. Up next, we have share along.

872
01:15:19,100 --> 01:15:39,100
Please introduce yourself and your address and your average. I'm share along. I've lived at 1501 Church Street, Bastrop, Texas for many decades. I live in historic home. I've kept it historic. It's on the original 2.75 acres. It has been a struggle. I want to keep Bastrop historic.

873
01:15:39,100 --> 01:15:49,200
work. I'm in support of 9-1. What I'd like to really talk about is we are talking about

874
01:15:49,200 --> 01:15:56,200
our history. Our stark neighborhoods are being threatened. Once they are gone, they're

875
01:15:56,200 --> 01:16:03,140
gone. We cannot get them back. We really have no protection from our state historical

876
01:16:03,140 --> 01:16:06,520
society, we have to protect our history.

877
01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:12,140
We need to raise the penalties and consequences for any threat or

878
01:16:12,140 --> 01:16:16,640
damage to our historic structures, landmarks, or historic sites.

879
01:16:18,480 --> 01:16:26,660
So I am in support in the issue of the 9-1 in raising the penalty and consequences.

880
01:16:28,950 --> 01:16:29,610
Thank you.

881
01:16:29,610 --> 01:16:36,210
All right, up next, we have Tommy Claiborne.

882
01:16:41,630 --> 01:16:45,750
Tommy Claiborne. I was born here a long time ago.

883
01:16:47,250 --> 01:16:55,370
So long. But one side of my family has been in Bastrop, Bastrop County for seven generations.

884
01:16:56,210 --> 01:17:00,690
The other side of my family has been in Bastrop, Bastrop County for eight generations.

885
01:17:03,510 --> 01:17:10,630
one of the house that I was born in was probably one of the top of the first five structures

886
01:17:10,630 --> 01:17:16,570
in Bastrop that was built. My brother still lives in that house. I've had properties, different

887
01:17:16,570 --> 01:17:27,670
properties that had historical backing. I had 1202, the 1206 Church Street which is a very

888
01:17:27,670 --> 01:17:34,250
historical street in Bastrop and after I sold that property one long after I

889
01:17:34,250 --> 01:17:39,250
sold it that that house burnt down and that's an historical that was a sound

890
01:17:39,250 --> 01:17:45,490
K. Higgins house. It was it was just something that was really really precious but

891
01:17:45,490 --> 01:17:49,390
it's gone like Sheryl said once it's gone it's gone.

892
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:55,820
Another thing is like whenever

893
01:17:55,820 --> 01:18:00,100
Whenever I come up here, I don't come up here and speak very often, but I always go to

894
01:18:00,100 --> 01:18:05,260
the plaque behind it, which is the preservation of the past and progress for the future.

895
01:18:06,100 --> 01:18:11,180
So if we don't do something right now to take care of the past, it's not going to be

896
01:18:11,180 --> 01:18:12,020
in here and more.

897
01:18:12,780 --> 01:18:17,660
One example I have of that is take our historic golf course.

898
01:18:19,300 --> 01:18:25,380
Now it's a long history and with the golf course and how it came about and how it was

899
01:18:25,380 --> 01:18:31,660
maintained and everything. I don't believe that the City Council at that time did all they

900
01:18:31,660 --> 01:18:38,980
could do to preserve that. There was a lot of controversy just nobody had any inclination.

901
01:18:39,820 --> 01:18:45,260
Now what I'm going to just request is something that's going to be real easy for you all because

902
01:18:45,260 --> 01:18:51,640
I saw how you all reacted at the very first start of this meeting when you talked,

903
01:18:51,640 --> 01:19:00,460
brought on down the line about what happened in Bastrop and all the activities and things like that and the excitement and

904
01:19:01,140 --> 01:19:06,140
the positivity in your voices carried through. I know that you're really good at

905
01:19:07,340 --> 01:19:16,000
identifying what's going on in Bastrop and how it wants to keep on. So the only thing that I'm requesting is when things like this comes up

906
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:22,680
keep a very open-minded, be open-minded and check into everything that's happening to it.

907
01:19:23,500 --> 01:19:29,020
And like I said, that's an easy thing to do and it helps our city because tourists come

908
01:19:29,020 --> 01:19:33,060
into our town through the historical factors as much as anything.

909
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:34,060
So thank you.

910
01:19:34,320 --> 01:19:35,020
Sure, thank you.

911
01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:41,620
Next we have Blake Kaiser.

912
01:19:44,290 --> 01:19:47,630
Good afternoon and Blake Kaiser, I'm on the Historic Landmark Commission.

913
01:19:47,630 --> 01:19:52,950
And recently we have found out that the national and state offer no protection.

914
01:19:53,650 --> 01:19:59,790
It's all the weight is on the local and we find out a local doesn't have any.

915
01:20:00,190 --> 01:20:07,750
We need for nine I to really consider something like I don't know $100 per $1,000 a value as a fine.

916
01:20:08,210 --> 01:20:13,370
Right now it's a doubling of the demo fee and I don't know what that is 500 bucks maybe.

917
01:20:13,950 --> 01:20:16,050
So that doesn't scare anybody off.

918
01:20:16,050 --> 01:20:18,970
We need to make it where we're protecting our structures.

919
01:20:19,950 --> 01:20:26,530
And I think the only way is a monetary fine, and I'm sure we can come up with something.

920
01:20:27,070 --> 01:20:30,290
Because we're losing right and left and before you know what we won't have any.

921
01:20:32,170 --> 01:20:34,170
That's all, thank you.

922
01:20:34,170 --> 01:20:35,970
All right, thank you sir, I appreciate it.

923
01:20:36,810 --> 01:20:39,030
All right, we have any more citizen comments?

924
01:20:39,610 --> 01:20:40,070
No sir.

925
01:20:40,370 --> 01:20:43,150
All right, sounds good.

926
01:20:43,150 --> 01:20:51,050
There, before we get started on the consent agenda, can we move up one item from individual consideration?

927
01:20:51,350 --> 01:20:53,230
Mr. Peterson's been here for a little bit.

928
01:20:53,310 --> 01:20:54,930
Yeah, yeah, now that's what I was about to do.

929
01:20:55,870 --> 01:21:03,630
So before we go over consent agenda item, I would like to go to individual consideration,

930
01:21:05,050 --> 01:21:08,250
agenda item 9G.

931
01:21:08,250 --> 01:21:21,170
Consider an act on a resolution, 2026-107, ratifying $2,660 away fees for funeral services

932
01:21:21,470 --> 01:21:24,370
for Willie Wook Hodg, Peterson.

933
01:21:25,490 --> 01:21:27,190
Thank you, Mayor and Council.

934
01:21:27,450 --> 01:21:30,490
This is actually ratification that has already occurred.

935
01:21:31,550 --> 01:21:35,210
It was time sensitive and it was over the holiday weekend.

936
01:21:36,390 --> 01:21:41,610
Ms. Willie Ruth was the wife of Mr. Bill Peterson, who served this council for six years.

937
01:21:41,830 --> 01:21:46,370
So I thought it was important to not just honor Mr. Peterson's service, but her legacy.

938
01:21:47,890 --> 01:21:48,330
Absolutely.

939
01:21:50,130 --> 01:21:52,410
Council, do we have any discussion on this?

940
01:21:53,110 --> 01:21:53,950
Motion to approve.

941
01:21:54,470 --> 01:21:54,670
Second.

942
01:21:54,990 --> 01:21:56,130
We have a motion of a second.

943
01:21:56,290 --> 01:21:56,810
All in favor?

944
01:21:57,310 --> 01:21:57,530
Aye.

945
01:21:57,870 --> 01:21:58,330
All opposed?

946
01:21:59,450 --> 01:22:01,650
All right, let us show to the passes, unanimous.

947
01:22:01,650 --> 01:22:07,750
And and Bill just know that you're in our continued prayers. You're in our heart

948
01:22:09,650 --> 01:22:12,350
Miss Willie Ruth. She was a fantastic individual.

949
01:22:14,570 --> 01:22:17,450
She never called me by my name even though I know she knew my name.

950
01:22:18,430 --> 01:22:20,870
Y'all just I know for real y'all she just

951
01:22:22,090 --> 01:22:27,230
C.P.'s grandson. That's what she will call me. Every time, every single time.

952
01:22:27,230 --> 01:22:37,770
So, but that just, you know, she worked at the bus bar on my grandfather back in the 80s and like she was always greeted me with a smile as a kid throughout childhood as a doe.

953
01:22:37,970 --> 01:22:40,830
Just an absolute living spirit.

954
01:22:41,390 --> 01:22:43,270
And I know she will be missed by many.

955
01:22:43,530 --> 01:22:45,430
She was cherished by a lot and loved by a lot.

956
01:22:45,970 --> 01:22:51,210
And so, Bill, our thoughts, our heart, our prayers will continue to be with you.

957
01:22:54,180 --> 01:22:54,580
All right.

958
01:22:55,460 --> 01:22:57,420
on to consent agenda item.

959
01:23:01,570 --> 01:23:04,610
All matters listed on the consent agenda are considered to be

960
01:23:04,610 --> 01:23:09,690
routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There would not be a separate

961
01:23:09,690 --> 01:23:15,310
discussion on these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the

962
01:23:15,310 --> 01:23:20,990
consent agenda and will be considered separately. All right, Councilmember Meyer.

963
01:23:20,990 --> 01:23:23,910
Yes, I'd like to remove 8B, please.

964
01:23:24,710 --> 01:23:25,070
Okay.

965
01:23:25,690 --> 01:23:27,270
Do we have any others?

966
01:23:28,110 --> 01:23:28,850
Councilmember Lowe?

967
01:23:29,510 --> 01:23:31,990
Yes, I'd like to pull 8F, please.

968
01:23:35,400 --> 01:23:35,600
All right.

969
01:23:35,720 --> 01:23:37,860
Councilmembers, do we have any other items?

970
01:23:38,380 --> 01:23:38,480
No.

971
01:23:39,060 --> 01:23:39,300
All right.

972
01:23:40,620 --> 01:23:41,220
8B.

973
01:23:41,500 --> 01:23:45,940
Consider an act on resolution number R-2026-100,

974
01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:48,660
approving participation in the limited future.

975
01:23:49,340 --> 01:23:50,720
Local match and matters related.

976
01:23:50,720 --> 01:24:05,940
There are two for the capital area, real transportation system, carts, mobility hub, proposal at the Bastrop Public Library, and climate pollution reduction grant, CPRG activities as exhibited in exhibit A.

977
01:24:07,580 --> 01:24:08,640
Viviana, hello.

978
01:24:09,120 --> 01:24:11,460
Good evening, Mayor, Council, Viviana Andres.

979
01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:18,800
This is the city manager here to talk to you or answer any questions that you may have about this item.

980
01:24:18,800 --> 01:24:20,680
Thank you so much, Viviana.

981
01:24:21,480 --> 01:24:31,780
I do have some questions and I have some concerns regarding e-bikes and prime concern is

982
01:24:31,780 --> 01:24:41,000
safety, considering how many increased accidents we're having, even deaths from e-bikes concerned

983
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:45,220
about regulations, who, what, when, where, why.

984
01:24:45,220 --> 01:24:53,180
Okay, so who we know what and when where and why so those questions would be

985
01:24:55,320 --> 01:24:59,220
Who are we serving in this what is our target audience?

986
01:25:02,180 --> 01:25:10,600
Why because where are we going you know, we're going from the post office to the museum or you know those kind of things

987
01:25:11,360 --> 01:25:20,880
Also, we do have ordinance, I know it's a 2021-06 that does have regulations on the e-bikes,

988
01:25:21,280 --> 01:25:23,180
which they can't ride on the sidewalks.

989
01:25:23,480 --> 01:25:27,740
I'm concerned about, because I'm down at the parks a lot all the time.

990
01:25:28,920 --> 01:25:35,740
I see people on walkers on the trails, especially fishermen, super concerned about e-bikes being

991
01:25:35,740 --> 01:25:44,220
in any of our parks. Pedestrians being affected by the e-bot. Mainly safety is what I'm saying.

992
01:25:46,740 --> 01:25:53,500
Location, where are they going? Where are they going to travel to? Also, when they travel from

993
01:25:53,500 --> 01:25:59,400
point A to the dock, next place might be the museum. What are they doing with those bikes? Because

994
01:25:59,400 --> 01:26:02,120
is when I go to Austin or any cities that have this,

995
01:26:02,360 --> 01:26:04,420
it's like litter all over the place

996
01:26:04,420 --> 01:26:07,800
and I sure don't want that for our city.

997
01:26:09,960 --> 01:26:12,700
I think the age restrictions we have in our ordinance,

998
01:26:12,700 --> 01:26:13,500
so that's good.

999
01:26:14,920 --> 01:26:18,740
And I realize, but mainly just the questions I've asked

1000
01:26:18,740 --> 01:26:21,160
about that if you could just let me know

1001
01:26:21,160 --> 01:26:23,300
what those answers are or concerned

1002
01:26:23,300 --> 01:26:25,020
or anything else would be great, thank you.

1003
01:26:25,260 --> 01:26:26,600
Yes, ma'am, not a problem.

1004
01:26:27,040 --> 01:26:28,780
So just to give you a high level view

1005
01:26:28,780 --> 01:26:29,920
and I won't take too long.

1006
01:26:30,400 --> 01:26:33,200
This is very much a concept that we kind of fleshed out.

1007
01:26:33,380 --> 01:26:36,360
So today, no plans have actually been designed or anything

1008
01:26:36,360 --> 01:26:36,760
like that.

1009
01:26:36,840 --> 01:26:38,260
This has been in partnership with carts.

1010
01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:41,420
And it's a concept of a mobility hub at the library.

1011
01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:45,960
The hub includes a proposal of a carts shelter along

1012
01:26:45,960 --> 01:26:47,380
with some flat work improvements.

1013
01:26:48,340 --> 01:26:50,500
And then also an e-bike station.

1014
01:26:50,740 --> 01:26:53,060
Currently, the e-bike station at the library

1015
01:26:53,060 --> 01:26:54,520
is slated for five bikes.

1016
01:26:54,720 --> 01:26:55,480
It's five slots.

1017
01:26:55,480 --> 01:27:05,460
Now that the bike station won't be filled with exactly five bikes, we'd probably have just about three and then leave two available.

1018
01:27:06,300 --> 01:27:16,140
The bikes themselves, they're pretty interesting, they're not dockless, they're required to be docked in order to be charged.

1019
01:27:16,780 --> 01:27:20,180
And the docking mechanism is also the lock around it.

1020
01:27:20,180 --> 01:27:33,720
Now, you did ask where, that's a great question, and honestly, you do have the right to be concerned because I will admit that the way that other communities have rolled out e-bikes, I don't, I think that it was too much too soon, right?

1021
01:27:33,940 --> 01:27:48,900
So, this is a very micro scale operation, it's very constrained, it's a total of 15 bikes or a possibility of 15 bikes, but we probably won't have exactly 15 on the street because once again you want to leave a couple of the charging stations empty

1022
01:27:48,900 --> 01:27:50,480
so that if someone pulls up they can charge.

1023
01:27:51,120 --> 01:27:56,000
So they're slated to be at the carts location, so that's the first set, and

1024
01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:59,120
that's where the first ten are going, is at the carts on their private property.

1025
01:27:59,580 --> 01:28:03,600
They've already received a grant for some expansion at their current location.

1026
01:28:04,200 --> 01:28:06,480
And then the second location would be here at the library.

1027
01:28:07,020 --> 01:28:10,520
Now of course you're correct, we do have an ordinance in place in Chapter 12,

1028
01:28:10,520 --> 01:28:14,360
and the e-bikes would have to conform with any aspect of that ordinance,

1029
01:28:14,360 --> 01:28:17,580
which essentially states that they are prohibited from being on sidewalks.

1030
01:28:17,580 --> 01:28:19,420
They're restricted to being on streets.

1031
01:28:19,680 --> 01:28:24,520
They're not allowed to park on the streets unless there's a specifically designated place.

1032
01:28:25,200 --> 01:28:29,140
On the street, there is some provisions for parking on the sidewalks, but

1033
01:28:29,140 --> 01:28:33,200
then you have very specific criteria for clearance, even if they park on the sidewalks.

1034
01:28:33,480 --> 01:28:39,080
They have to have a minimum of within, they can't be within eight feet of building

1035
01:28:39,080 --> 01:28:43,000
entrances, driveways, curb ramps, commercial loading zones, and

1036
01:28:43,000 --> 01:28:47,000
they have to leave at least four feet clear on the sidewalk if they were to be hooked

1037
01:28:47,000 --> 01:28:51,920
to like some of the, we have some kind of bike racks downtown, they look like the old iron bridge

1038
01:28:51,920 --> 01:28:57,920
and they're like various colors. Now, this is a pilot program in nature. The bikes are slated

1039
01:28:57,920 --> 01:29:03,460
to go no more than 20 miles an hour. They're slated to have a charge that lasts 30 to 40 miles.

1040
01:29:04,220 --> 01:29:08,720
It's an opportunity but it's not a must and my most important concern is that it reflects the

1041
01:29:08,720 --> 01:29:13,800
values of the community and it's appropriate for the community. So we are, I'm completely open to

1042
01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:17,900
your feedback tonight and whatever you find permissible or not permissible.

1043
01:29:18,160 --> 01:29:22,960
I also have Dana here from Cards if you would like to hear from her, she can answer some

1044
01:29:22,960 --> 01:29:23,280
of that.

1045
01:29:23,420 --> 01:29:27,320
Now this is as I said before, very conceptual on nature.

1046
01:29:27,900 --> 01:29:32,380
So some of the finer details such as like a recovery program that we need to be organized

1047
01:29:32,380 --> 01:29:36,900
between the city of Cards hasn't been fleshed out or anything like that because we're still

1048
01:29:36,900 --> 01:29:39,880
very much walking through the feasibility of this process.

1049
01:29:40,600 --> 01:29:49,860
So, we would have to get into maintenance and operations because that's something to be considered because if we were to do something like this, there has to be a maintenance component with the bikes.

1050
01:29:50,320 --> 01:29:57,120
Cards themselves has done a lot of the lead work. They want to talk to Mike's bikes, Jason with Mike's bikes down at Fisherman's Park.

1051
01:29:57,400 --> 01:29:59,980
And he's open to the idea of some maintenance on the-

1052
01:30:00,600 --> 01:30:29,340
And then again, as I mentioned previously, it's the recovery program. These are GPS located, and there is an app that serves them. It's, and so the app is very specific. It would be mostly managed by carts and it's metromobility. And so it allows you to locate where the bikes are at so that we aren't having them littered on the streets. The idea is that they are supposed to be docked and charged. And so the other idea is too, if someone was to leave a bike somewhere in the community,

1053
01:30:29,340 --> 01:30:35,180
because you have to be 18 years or older in order to rent a bike, you can't be younger than 18.

1054
01:30:36,000 --> 01:30:43,460
You have to put in your name and you also, you sign a liability waiver essentially stating that if any accident or

1055
01:30:43,460 --> 01:30:49,540
anything detrimental happens while you're on the bike, you assume full responsibility, aka, we're held harmless.

1056
01:30:49,860 --> 01:30:55,940
So that's important to the city, because we don't want to be responsible for someone having been in an accident.

1057
01:30:57,480 --> 01:31:16,860
So there's that aspect, I do think and I would want to pursue with carts if this even was to be something that you guys would be in support of putting limitation or like a blocker if you will on the app so that they're restricted from renting and they're only allowed to rent during certain hours of operation.

1058
01:31:16,860 --> 01:31:21,180
I'm not interested in someone running a bike at 8 p.m. at night, quite honestly.

1059
01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:26,800
I would like it to be during business hours because that is a safety hazard, in my opinion.

1060
01:31:27,120 --> 01:31:32,400
So having some restrictions on the ability to rent when they can access the mobile app.

1061
01:31:33,060 --> 01:31:39,520
And then also the trails that you're concerned of use that rightly so, that is prohibited.

1062
01:31:39,860 --> 01:31:44,220
So they are actually not allowed to bike on trails and they will be ticketed if they're

1063
01:31:44,220 --> 01:31:45,260
found biking on trails.

1064
01:31:45,780 --> 01:31:52,820
With that, if it's okay, I would like to hand it over to Miss Dana Platt to just say a few words and then, of course, I'll be back for whatever questions you have.

1065
01:31:56,400 --> 01:32:05,100
Good evening, Mayor and Council. My name is Dana Platt and the Communications Director for Cards and we're really excited at this project.

1066
01:32:06,100 --> 01:32:09,980
We're not trying to recreate Austin's bike share system here in Bastrop.

1067
01:32:10,700 --> 01:32:16,500
We selected a Bastrop-sized solution that provides technology and security that we need.

1068
01:32:16,500 --> 01:32:20,560
It also keeps the system scalable, and it can grow with demand.

1069
01:32:20,960 --> 01:32:24,680
So it's literally five bikes at a docking station.

1070
01:32:25,580 --> 01:32:31,140
And we're hoping that that provides, with people traveling to and from the cart station,

1071
01:32:31,160 --> 01:32:33,260
it provides like a last mile for people.

1072
01:32:33,500 --> 01:32:37,660
So if people get to the cart station and they want to come and visit downtown Bastrop,

1073
01:32:37,660 --> 01:32:39,720
they're not having to walk in the heat, walk around.

1074
01:32:39,900 --> 01:32:44,040
They can get on a bike, zip over to downtown, and then zip back, get on a bus,

1075
01:32:44,040 --> 01:32:46,360
and get back into Austin, or where they're traveling from.

1076
01:32:47,120 --> 01:32:52,700
We also think having a spot at the library and coordinating with the library, we think

1077
01:32:52,700 --> 01:32:56,860
this is something that would be great for tourism and for people around town to be able

1078
01:32:56,860 --> 01:32:58,540
to have those bikes to be able to ride around.

1079
01:33:00,080 --> 01:33:02,940
Do you guys have any questions for me or concerns?

1080
01:33:03,140 --> 01:33:05,560
I'm happy to answer anything you guys may have.

1081
01:33:07,020 --> 01:33:09,680
All right, we're approaching Kirkland.

1082
01:33:12,920 --> 01:33:15,580
I think this is a really exciting opportunity for Vastrop.

1083
01:33:15,580 --> 01:33:20,940
I think that a lot of people think that innovation only happens in bigger major cities

1084
01:33:20,940 --> 01:33:27,280
and we were able to get some grant funding for this to provide the service and the cost

1085
01:33:27,280 --> 01:33:31,360
to the city is going to be less than 1,000 a year for software.

1086
01:33:31,960 --> 01:33:37,240
And that software is going to report where the bikes are traveling, all of that information

1087
01:33:37,240 --> 01:33:38,360
where they're going to and from.

1088
01:33:38,440 --> 01:33:42,560
It's going to help with the GPS system with locating them and things like that.

1089
01:33:42,560 --> 01:33:48,180
There is a fine too, so basically if you don't return that bike back to the docking system,

1090
01:33:48,520 --> 01:33:53,300
you can get up to a $200 fine or if it's lost or stolen, it's a $2000 fine.

1091
01:33:53,900 --> 01:33:58,860
So all of this helps deter people from just leaving bikes randomly on the streets.

1092
01:33:59,520 --> 01:34:03,560
And it's also not like a free docking scooter system where they're just going to pile up on the street

1093
01:34:03,560 --> 01:34:08,300
corners or anything like that. They have to actually go back to the docking station to get the bike

1094
01:34:08,300 --> 01:34:10,440
charged and to get their money back.

1095
01:34:11,800 --> 01:34:18,100
So does courts have experience with these five pod bike setups in other places?

1096
01:34:18,440 --> 01:34:20,440
So this is like new and groundbreaking for us.

1097
01:34:20,680 --> 01:34:24,420
So we haven't been in the e-bike system.

1098
01:34:24,420 --> 01:34:26,460
This will be our first, this will be a pilot.

1099
01:34:26,940 --> 01:34:31,300
So initially we're trying to pilot here, see how it goes, see how the city responds to it.

1100
01:34:32,180 --> 01:34:34,100
So we've never done this before.

1101
01:34:34,100 --> 01:34:41,080
Okay, so then I mean my next question it was going to be in the ballpark of who was using these in other communities and

1102
01:34:41,080 --> 01:34:47,660
You know under what conditions would people be using them and you you mentioned using the carts bus from the and then from the carts

1103
01:34:47,660 --> 01:34:52,060
Location come into downtown and then back to carts locations. I guess I can see that

1104
01:34:53,320 --> 01:34:57,880
Is there a cost to use the bike when someone wants to use it? Yeah, they'll be a charge

1105
01:34:57,880 --> 01:35:01,600
We're not sure what the fee is going to be it'll be something something similar to our fees now

1106
01:35:01,600 --> 01:35:06,920
which are really inexpensive, writing a ban will be $2.1 way, so it'll be something inexpensive.

1107
01:35:08,720 --> 01:35:15,680
And just as a personal note, I did travel out of the country this summer and we were in Rome and

1108
01:35:15,680 --> 01:35:22,700
they had the Lyme e-bikes around and it was much easier to take those than to take a cab or public

1109
01:35:22,700 --> 01:35:31,580
transportation. It was much quicker. My route would be nine minutes instead of like 30. So they were

1110
01:35:31,580 --> 01:35:35,680
These are like you get them from the docking station and then they have a little lock

1111
01:35:35,680 --> 01:35:38,240
So if you want to run over to the store to you know

1112
01:35:38,240 --> 01:35:44,040
Shopping that you can lock up your bike at a you know a bike lock and then you can go about your business

1113
01:35:44,040 --> 01:35:49,860
So they're a little bit different than the Lyme's and I think they're a better fit for a smaller community

1114
01:35:51,740 --> 01:35:55,160
Madam police chief the key question for you.

1115
01:36:02,090 --> 01:36:04,350
Do we require helmets for these?

1116
01:36:05,170 --> 01:36:09,310
So state law requires helmets for a certain age, I believe it's under 17.

1117
01:36:10,210 --> 01:36:15,010
The city of Bastrop off the top of my head, I haven't looked at it in a long time.

1118
01:36:15,450 --> 01:36:19,310
I don't believe they require them for anybody except under the age of 15.

1119
01:36:19,890 --> 01:36:20,710
Okay, okay.

1120
01:36:23,590 --> 01:36:25,810
Now that depends on the class of the byte too.

1121
01:36:26,570 --> 01:36:32,230
So e-bikes are regulated by different classes, one, two, and three depending on how fast they go, things of that nature.

1122
01:36:32,230 --> 01:36:40,270
Yeah, and these are 20 to 30 which should be a class one so they don't require insurance for any kind of treated like regular bicycles for the most part, okay?

1123
01:36:40,570 --> 01:36:42,290
I think they talk about it 20.

1124
01:36:42,790 --> 01:36:46,830
Okay, but that's just like what motorcycles you wouldn't have to help me.

1125
01:36:46,830 --> 01:36:49,930
We will in our campaign would highly suggest that.

1126
01:36:50,050 --> 01:36:51,810
Yeah, recommendation, right?

1127
01:36:52,370 --> 01:36:52,550
Okay.

1128
01:36:55,970 --> 01:36:58,710
I think I would paint myself as horrified.

1129
01:36:58,710 --> 01:37:06,730
If I saw people writing these on sidewalks in the park, or even up and down all of some highway on the sidewalk.

1130
01:37:11,210 --> 01:37:16,270
And it's going to be some unintended consequence of this, and it's going to end up costing money for enforcement.

1131
01:37:16,770 --> 01:37:20,530
I believe, and again, I haven't looked at it.

1132
01:37:20,630 --> 01:37:22,670
I'm not familiar with this project.

1133
01:37:22,670 --> 01:37:30,810
I believe that we do not allow the motorized bikes in the parks to begin with from that city ordinance.

1134
01:37:31,110 --> 01:37:33,390
I'll go back and reread it and follow up with you on it.

1135
01:37:33,910 --> 01:37:45,510
And then as far as Old Austin Highway, they're treated like regular bicycles so they can write them in the roadway as long as they're legally writing them in the correct direction and to a breast and all that.

1136
01:37:45,510 --> 01:37:51,330
Yeah, last Sunday there was an e-bike going faster than I was on old Austin highway because

1137
01:37:51,330 --> 01:37:52,790
I was following the speed limit.

1138
01:37:52,930 --> 01:37:56,910
It's like those 30 miles an hour I already know who you're talking about, he's happy about

1139
01:37:56,910 --> 01:37:57,370
that bike.

1140
01:37:57,590 --> 01:37:58,290
Okay, got it.

1141
01:37:58,350 --> 01:37:59,910
He got it for real good deal too.

1142
01:38:00,650 --> 01:38:07,250
And the other thing on these e-bikes is they are regulated as far as power and again off

1143
01:38:07,250 --> 01:38:09,830
the top of my head I believe it's either 740 or 750.

1144
01:38:11,110 --> 01:38:15,490
I don't believe these class ones reach that limit but it's something I can look into.

1145
01:38:15,490 --> 01:38:16,530
to. Okay.

1146
01:38:18,850 --> 01:38:23,070
Okay. I'll give floor maybe think of some more things. All right. Thank you,

1147
01:38:23,170 --> 01:38:27,770
Mayor Proxham Kirkland, customer replicate. One thing I would also like to add is that

1148
01:38:27,770 --> 01:38:33,450
this, I mean, the beauty, if you all decide that you would like to try a pilot program,

1149
01:38:33,450 --> 01:38:39,210
if you don't want to, I'm okay. I think of the day. But the infrastructure, it's nominal

1150
01:38:39,210 --> 01:38:43,890
and the idea is that it's easy to remove if it's not something that works for Bastrop as

1151
01:38:43,890 --> 01:38:45,570
well, if we were to decide to try it out.

1152
01:38:45,830 --> 01:38:45,830
So

1153
01:38:49,260 --> 01:38:54,120
yeah, my question, I guess kind of revolves around how it

1154
01:38:54,120 --> 01:38:59,480
works. It seems odd that it would be a for rent kind of a

1155
01:38:59,480 --> 01:39:04,440
thing, but then you couldn't leave it somewhere. I get you

1156
01:39:04,440 --> 01:39:09,380
would have to take it back to where you got it from. And it seems

1157
01:39:09,380 --> 01:39:14,780
like, generally, the purpose would be to go somewhere. So

1158
01:39:17,320 --> 01:39:19,860
So you can rent it and it has, that's a good question.

1159
01:39:20,280 --> 01:39:23,260
So you can rent it and it does have a charge of 30 to 40 miles,

1160
01:39:23,260 --> 01:39:24,700
which is about two to four hours.

1161
01:39:24,900 --> 01:39:26,800
So you have a window where you can rent it,

1162
01:39:27,160 --> 01:39:28,660
go somewhere, find a bike rack,

1163
01:39:28,960 --> 01:39:31,660
lock it up, go shopping or something like that,

1164
01:39:32,000 --> 01:39:34,920
come back to it, and then go put it back at the docking station.

1165
01:39:35,060 --> 01:39:36,340
That's the idea behind that.

1166
01:39:36,440 --> 01:39:37,980
Yeah, I could see them like, you know,

1167
01:39:38,100 --> 01:39:41,180
going to HEB and turning around and coming back.

1168
01:39:42,760 --> 01:39:45,500
But thinking of like, okay, if you came in on a cart

1169
01:39:45,500 --> 01:39:51,940
bus to town and you were trying to get, you know, the last mile home, you know, talking

1170
01:39:51,940 --> 01:39:57,620
about first mile, last mile, then I don't know that this would be a solution for that.

1171
01:39:57,880 --> 01:39:58,320
Right.

1172
01:39:58,620 --> 01:40:02,460
Because you want to leave it at the last mile, otherwise, you just have to.

1173
01:40:04,100 --> 01:40:04,540
Yeah.

1174
01:40:05,020 --> 01:40:05,280
Okay.

1175
01:40:07,710 --> 01:40:07,990
Okay.

1176
01:40:08,590 --> 01:40:09,030
Correct.

1177
01:40:09,250 --> 01:40:13,750
I don't think that you would terminate your last mile at your end point destination with

1178
01:40:13,750 --> 01:40:17,710
to buy it, because early ago you then cancel out the returning to the docking station.

1179
01:40:17,890 --> 01:40:17,990
Right.

1180
01:40:18,370 --> 01:40:19,610
Practice, I agree.

1181
01:40:19,990 --> 01:40:20,070
Okay.

1182
01:40:22,060 --> 01:40:23,740
Council member Meyer, you have something else?

1183
01:40:24,160 --> 01:40:24,740
Yes, I do.

1184
01:40:25,080 --> 01:40:30,860
So, I'm kind of going with Kevin because nobody, if I'm going to go to HEB, I'm going to take

1185
01:40:30,860 --> 01:40:31,480
CARTS bus.

1186
01:40:32,120 --> 01:40:36,060
And I'll tell you that a lot of people right outside on spring street take the CARTS bus to

1187
01:40:36,060 --> 01:40:36,600
go to HEB.

1188
01:40:37,100 --> 01:40:43,440
So, I'm sure I'm not going to write an e-bike, but I'm really kind of curious, like Dana

1189
01:40:43,440 --> 01:41:00,260
You said go around town, but we have really two active blocks downtown and Councilmember Pluckett is going to back me up on this about even with the bikes, which I would think it would have to be a requirement that those bikes have to go in the bike stand.

1190
01:41:01,040 --> 01:41:12,060
They cannot go anywhere else, but even with the bike stands we have areas on Main Street and our Main Street right now is working on decluttering.

1191
01:41:13,320 --> 01:41:18,980
this I don't I would hope that we would not want to add to that problem of more

1192
01:41:18,980 --> 01:41:23,060
clutter on the two blocks that we have and if again if I'm going to go to the

1193
01:41:23,060 --> 01:41:28,160
library and I'm gonna go to the museum I don't understand taking an e-bite for

1194
01:41:28,160 --> 01:41:35,020
two blocks so I'm just trying to be practical on where we go in you know that's a

1195
01:41:35,020 --> 01:41:39,280
good question so the way that we kind of visualize it is let's say that someone

1196
01:41:39,280 --> 01:41:44,480
comes to town for a festival or a fair. And then they find out about the e-bikes. They go

1197
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:49,200
in it, drive around town, look at some of the historic homes. Look, just kind of, I mean,

1198
01:41:49,280 --> 01:41:53,720
I see it more of being just kind of a downtown, our way to explore downtown without having to

1199
01:41:53,720 --> 01:41:58,220
be in your car and drive. You can look at some of the beautiful historic homes. You obviously

1200
01:41:58,220 --> 01:42:03,760
can't go on the trails or so get a ticket. Things of that nature. But, you know, once again,

1201
01:42:03,760 --> 01:42:07,880
And this is, it's an idea, it's a concept, looking for y'all's feedback.

1202
01:42:08,540 --> 01:42:12,380
If we feel like we're not ready yet, that's okay, too, you know.

1203
01:42:13,060 --> 01:42:14,780
But it is, it's a unique idea.

1204
01:42:15,980 --> 01:42:21,820
So on that note, too, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just had a couple of other, uh, who could,

1205
01:42:22,040 --> 01:42:25,880
so say that nobody everybody's going to follow the law because they don't, right?

1206
01:42:26,900 --> 01:42:32,180
And they don't talk, take them back to the documents, how much does it cost to collect

1207
01:42:32,180 --> 01:42:32,720
those bags?

1208
01:42:32,720 --> 01:42:35,040
Like who's paying for that when I just-

1209
01:42:35,040 --> 01:42:47,020
So that's a good question and that's a question that honestly I post to Dana and that we would have to negotiate would be that's the future negotiation that we haven't gotten into, which is the finer details of what we would call the recovery program, right?

1210
01:42:47,160 --> 01:42:50,380
Because you're right, a human agent has to eventually go over her.

1211
01:42:50,520 --> 01:42:58,520
I don't know if that's me like getting out and going getting, I got a truck, I will do what I got to do, but we haven't quite ironed out that detail.

1212
01:42:58,520 --> 01:43:03,060
but that is something, no, that's a serious question and that's someone, right, and, yeah.

1213
01:43:04,140 --> 01:43:10,880
And one thing that I think is kind of easy to, and it would be much easier for our police

1214
01:43:10,880 --> 01:43:17,340
to have guidelines on, if cars are allowed, e-bikes are allowed. If cars aren't allowed, e-bikes aren't

1215
01:43:17,340 --> 01:43:24,920
allowed. Because that just seems to make sense to me. And that way it prevents them from the safety aspect,

1216
01:43:24,920 --> 01:43:34,780
would be much higher, higher safety, and I'm still not sold on it because of the congestion

1217
01:43:34,780 --> 01:43:35,260
downtown.

1218
01:43:35,780 --> 01:43:42,700
I just think we just really can't, it's a great opportunity, I get the grants, I get

1219
01:43:42,700 --> 01:43:49,620
it's only that amount, I just don't want to add two problems they're already having and

1220
01:43:49,620 --> 01:43:53,220
make that worse by thinking, you know, this.

1221
01:43:53,220 --> 01:43:59,420
And I get it, you know, in Rome, yeah, that's cool, but in Bastard, like, Rome's a little bigger.

1222
01:44:00,120 --> 01:44:07,860
So, we have a lot more going on there. I know it's been done in places. I don't want to make

1223
01:44:07,860 --> 01:44:12,940
the mistake of doing something that we're going to regret that's going to cause more problems.

1224
01:44:14,180 --> 01:44:18,740
So, those are my concerns. Absolutely, absolutely. May I approach him, Kirkland?

1225
01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:23,760
Talking about recovery, how much do they weigh?

1226
01:44:25,160 --> 01:44:31,900
That's actually a good question that I'm not quite clear on but I do have the specs so I can I can figure that out

1227
01:44:31,900 --> 01:44:36,600
I'm guessing it's gonna be heavy enough to where you can't just toss it in the back of a pickup truck was one person

1228
01:44:36,600 --> 01:44:39,560
I probably have like a little dolly like a little roll-out thing

1229
01:44:39,560 --> 01:44:40,580
Yeah, roll-out

1230
01:44:40,580 --> 01:44:44,820
You know just one thought is were we to move forward with this?

1231
01:44:45,760 --> 01:44:53,660
I think it'd be appropriate to put kind of a sign at the locations both at carts and if we were to do it at the library

1232
01:44:54,140 --> 01:44:59,020
that talks about that it's forbidden to ride within the park trails and you know

1233
01:44:59,020 --> 01:44:59,640
things like that.

1234
01:45:00,080 --> 01:45:29,340
You know, forbidden to write on sidewalks, per city ordinance, that kind of stuff, because I don't know that anyone would know that or even assume, you know, that they probably, you know, I can assume that they'd want to come downtown and then park their bike out in front of an establishment, which will lose to the clutter, right? But just thinking they could park and then kind of just stroll and, you know, we definitely don't want that. And maybe it would be, I mean,

1235
01:45:29,340 --> 01:45:35,220
And if this was to be something that we're interested in, I mean, if we want to encourage good behavior,

1236
01:45:35,480 --> 01:45:40,940
some of that might look like removing opportunities for bad behavior, aka.

1237
01:45:41,540 --> 01:45:44,220
I know that we have those bike racks down on Main Street.

1238
01:45:44,340 --> 01:45:53,620
Maybe we relocate those to an appropriated actual parking lot that has, I don't know, a space or something so that we're not encouraging.

1239
01:45:53,620 --> 01:45:58,400
I mean, because to me, you know, people are going to just follow the path of least resistance, right?

1240
01:45:58,560 --> 01:46:04,680
Which is, I'm on any bike. I see a bike rack. Of course, I'm going to park there, you know, I'm going to think so maybe

1241
01:46:04,680 --> 01:46:11,560
eliminating, like I said, some of those options so that it's not attractive to park right on Main Street or on our streets that we really want

1242
01:46:12,080 --> 01:46:18,820
pedestrian traffic to feel safe. We want people to feel safe when they're eating out on the eateries that are on the sidewalk.

1243
01:46:18,820 --> 01:46:24,340
things of that nature, I would not want someone having someone zoomed by on a bike.

1244
01:46:24,900 --> 01:46:26,920
I have a small child, so I feel like what are you doing?

1245
01:46:27,400 --> 01:46:33,640
I want to say one thing, the app you can also, there's geofencing on the app, so there

1246
01:46:33,640 --> 01:46:41,020
are places that you can put around town that if you don't want the bikes to access, you can

1247
01:46:41,020 --> 01:46:46,880
also on the bike pods, you can put like times of operation and things like that, and I would

1248
01:46:46,880 --> 01:46:50,700
Let us assume that there would be a huge educational campaign, hopefully partnered with

1249
01:46:50,700 --> 01:46:53,800
the city that we could, you know, introduce to the community.

1250
01:46:54,300 --> 01:46:57,660
Put it on our website, you guys as a website, there would have to be a policy like all this

1251
01:46:57,660 --> 01:46:57,840
stuff.

1252
01:46:57,920 --> 01:46:59,060
We're still trying to figure it out.

1253
01:46:59,460 --> 01:47:03,020
And you guys are like one of the communities that are on the forefront of like transportation

1254
01:47:03,020 --> 01:47:04,560
and the 10 counties that I serve.

1255
01:47:04,920 --> 01:47:06,340
We have the most transportation here.

1256
01:47:06,500 --> 01:47:08,380
We have our micro transit, we have commuter routes.

1257
01:47:09,760 --> 01:47:12,500
We have a lot of different things that we don't have in other communities.

1258
01:47:12,500 --> 01:47:16,780
So we always like to think of you guys as a test but and so that's why I

1259
01:47:17,500 --> 01:47:23,480
Here's the the Geo zone. Yeah, if you pass it you're gonna wish you would have got to help me. Yeah, yeah

1260
01:47:23,480 --> 01:47:27,980
No, but actually your share brought that up so

1261
01:47:28,740 --> 01:47:34,600
Please chief, please chief. Yes, so I wanted to remind you guys all right. Thank you councilmember Faustner

1262
01:47:36,000 --> 01:47:39,780
Thank you and thank you for saying that that we are on the forefront of transportation

1263
01:47:39,780 --> 01:47:44,860
I didn't realize that because as a bike rider like I go it doesn't seem like it's super bike friendly

1264
01:47:44,860 --> 01:47:48,620
So I would like us to stay on the forefront of transportation. I support this

1265
01:47:50,040 --> 01:47:53,320
Totally tell me about the pilot. So it's a pilot program

1266
01:47:53,320 --> 01:47:58,440
Like does that mean like we're building in like in a year we'll look at the data and then

1267
01:47:59,360 --> 01:48:02,420
We'll decide at that time to carry on like every year

1268
01:48:02,420 --> 01:48:08,760
That's how it's kind of programmed to be yeah, it's limited in nature right and it's limited as long as it works for the community and that's gonna be through an

1269
01:48:08,760 --> 01:48:14,960
assessment. So, I mean, if this happens, right, someone, probably me, will have to be

1270
01:48:14,960 --> 01:48:19,260
tracking number of incidents, right? Number of times a bike was called. So that we start

1271
01:48:19,260 --> 01:48:24,280
to have data points of, is this actually working out, or is it, you know, truly a nuisance

1272
01:48:24,280 --> 01:48:29,020
to the community, and then if so, present that data to the courts. And I don't think that

1273
01:48:29,020 --> 01:48:35,640
they would have a problem understanding that we tried it. It didn't work on to the next,

1274
01:48:35,640 --> 01:48:37,380
you know, innovation.

1275
01:48:37,740 --> 01:48:37,840
Yeah.

1276
01:48:38,240 --> 01:48:38,480
Okay.

1277
01:48:39,040 --> 01:48:39,160
Cool.

1278
01:48:39,320 --> 01:48:44,700
I mean, I, 11 years ago, I hauled my bicycle here and rode around looking town several times.

1279
01:48:44,700 --> 01:48:50,020
That's how I explored downtown and decided where I wanted to live because it's such a nice

1280
01:48:50,020 --> 01:48:50,320
pace.

1281
01:48:51,500 --> 01:48:55,180
It's different than walking and it's different than driving and it is still my preferred

1282
01:48:55,180 --> 01:48:57,340
method whenever I can get away with it.

1283
01:48:57,380 --> 01:49:03,500
So I think it's awesome for exploring a town at a nice, for me, safe pace that like works

1284
01:49:03,500 --> 01:49:03,680
well.

1285
01:49:03,680 --> 01:49:05,060
But I would love to have the data.

1286
01:49:05,240 --> 01:49:11,820
I would love to go forward with this and then look at the data for a year and a year from now and see how it works, but I'm up for it.

1287
01:49:14,040 --> 01:49:18,080
I don't know which one of y'all hit the clicker first, so he's going to council member Meyer.

1288
01:49:18,800 --> 01:49:19,040
Thanks.

1289
01:49:19,480 --> 01:49:27,640
So if we decide to move forward with this, I would definitely want to stipulate.

1290
01:49:27,800 --> 01:49:34,640
I hope we want to stipulate some things for sure where the bikes have to be racked.

1291
01:49:35,440 --> 01:49:43,740
This me and the thing about the cars only were cars cars go and you already see the trails so that's taken care of and we know we can't.

1292
01:49:43,880 --> 01:49:53,380
Can't be the sidewalks and you'll work out because if the cost would be prohibitive to collect the bikes then that would kind of defeat the whole thing to me.

1293
01:49:53,740 --> 01:50:04,180
I just want us to be if we go forward I want us to be as careful and have as many stipulations of safety and and also concern for what we are as a city.

1294
01:50:04,180 --> 01:50:10,200
You know, and who we are as a city, and that would, yeah, just let's just don't approve

1295
01:50:10,860 --> 01:50:14,360
without having those concerns in there. That would be my thing.

1296
01:50:14,780 --> 01:50:21,560
I remember my my my concern having come from cities who have all of the scooters and all of the

1297
01:50:22,320 --> 01:50:27,200
extra and who have RTAs and have all lots

1298
01:50:28,760 --> 01:50:34,160
My preference would be and carts contract with the subcontractor who does the pickup and

1299
01:50:34,180 --> 01:50:40,740
who does all of that. That is not an onus that should be on city staff, because my experience has

1300
01:50:40,740 --> 01:50:46,260
shown there will be a question as to whether was it picked up? Was it picked up? Was it picked up

1301
01:50:46,260 --> 01:50:50,840
by the city? Did it grow legs and walk away? Did the city staff retake it? Did they give it to their

1302
01:50:50,840 --> 01:50:54,300
friend? Did they let their friend write it? Did they charge it at the right charging station?

1303
01:50:54,940 --> 01:50:59,480
Did it end up in the bay? Did it end up in the river? Did it end up? You might have put a geofence,

1304
01:50:59,580 --> 01:51:03,380
but we forgot to include the water. Well, we didn't think they were going to go in the water. Well,

1305
01:51:03,380 --> 01:51:08,280
You never really know with people, and I am speaking of experience.

1306
01:51:08,640 --> 01:51:15,160
I am, that's been me, when the company didn't come pick them up, guess who had to come pick them up.

1307
01:51:15,500 --> 01:51:19,640
My staff had to get in the trucks, the public work trucks, and go pick them up.

1308
01:51:19,820 --> 01:51:20,420
Go hold them down.

1309
01:51:21,000 --> 01:51:27,000
And so my preference really is, if carts wants us to be the guinea pig, which I'm all for,

1310
01:51:27,740 --> 01:51:32,400
I would say we start with a smaller number, and they have a contract that they manage.

1311
01:51:32,400 --> 01:51:40,260
And we are not liable for any of the crazy, and there has to be some penalty associated

1312
01:51:40,940 --> 01:51:43,560
to carts and or the contractor if they don't pick it up.

1313
01:51:43,740 --> 01:51:44,640
Like, what is that?

1314
01:51:44,740 --> 01:51:48,280
Do we get to bill back, what we need to pick up, et cetera?

1315
01:51:48,880 --> 01:51:52,520
And, you know, I'm happy, I always tell you guys, I'm happy to be on the cutting edge.

1316
01:51:52,740 --> 01:51:56,500
I don't ever want to be on the bleeding edge because that bleeding edge turns out

1317
01:51:56,500 --> 01:51:58,260
to be a bill the taxpayers have to pay.

1318
01:52:00,960 --> 01:52:04,440
That being said, thank you so much for that, because I sure don't want you going around

1319
01:52:04,440 --> 01:52:05,820
picking these box up there.

1320
01:52:06,280 --> 01:52:07,640
So that's totally my question.

1321
01:52:09,500 --> 01:52:14,940
So I think that totally makes sense on the recovery, and I'm all about bicycles, but I'm

1322
01:52:14,940 --> 01:52:17,480
about the bicycles that are powered by these legs, you know.

1323
01:52:18,340 --> 01:52:24,360
So I'm all about exercise and activity, which this is kind of a way not to do that.

1324
01:52:24,360 --> 01:52:31,480
So, it's certainly not because I'm against bicycles is just the concerns that I've said, so I appreciate addressing all that.

1325
01:52:31,800 --> 01:52:32,740
Yes, ma'am.

1326
01:52:32,780 --> 01:52:33,380
I'm going to approach it.

1327
01:52:33,660 --> 01:52:34,040
Go ahead.

1328
01:52:34,440 --> 01:52:40,660
One thing I would like to add is, at this point in the process, this is more of just a resolution of support of the overall project.

1329
01:52:40,900 --> 01:52:45,860
There's these finer details that we're talking about would have to be clearly drafted and brought back for your approval.

1330
01:52:46,400 --> 01:52:46,940
Okay, great.

1331
01:52:47,520 --> 01:52:52,360
So, another idea, especially in regards to safety, if someone is breaking the rules,

1332
01:52:53,840 --> 01:52:57,300
and they called the police department and there's some discussion on.

1333
01:52:57,440 --> 01:53:01,420
I saw this guy is going down the street and he was riding on the sidewalk and he almost hit this little girl.

1334
01:53:02,480 --> 01:53:08,460
You know what would be amazingly helpful is in effect license plates but not actually on the back of the bikes.

1335
01:53:08,960 --> 01:53:17,300
You could just do a single sticker you can use from a votes in a settlement at Home Depot and those in there.

1336
01:53:17,300 --> 01:53:19,820
the stickers that go on the sides of votes are about that big.

1337
01:53:20,580 --> 01:53:22,380
And so, you know, since there's so few of them,

1338
01:53:22,440 --> 01:53:25,020
it literally A, B, C, D, E, F, you know,

1339
01:53:25,120 --> 01:53:29,580
and so then it's like, I saw Bike G do this

1340
01:53:30,180 --> 01:53:31,940
and hit that little girl over there

1341
01:53:31,940 --> 01:53:35,360
and that would give us the opportunity for enforcement.

1342
01:53:35,940 --> 01:53:37,660
And who was riding the Bike G

1343
01:53:37,660 --> 01:53:39,000
and one time did it really happen

1344
01:53:39,000 --> 01:53:40,540
and do we have the correct information?

1345
01:53:40,820 --> 01:53:43,200
Well, I agree, at least someone has it checked out.

1346
01:53:43,200 --> 01:53:44,660
And it's before, was it 10 minutes after.

1347
01:53:44,660 --> 01:53:47,320
We had a horrible accident in Sense Valley.

1348
01:53:47,560 --> 01:53:48,980
We didn't allow bikes on our trails.

1349
01:53:49,640 --> 01:53:53,160
And a bike collided with a runner, a horrible accident.

1350
01:53:53,360 --> 01:53:54,200
We didn't allow them on the trails.

1351
01:53:54,620 --> 01:53:56,340
There was a lot of, well, what time was it?

1352
01:53:57,080 --> 01:53:58,580
People use these trails all the time.

1353
01:53:58,740 --> 01:54:00,860
We know we're not supposed to have bikes on them and so.

1354
01:54:01,460 --> 01:54:01,640
Yeah.

1355
01:54:02,900 --> 01:54:06,680
But anyway, just the idea of being able to identify them

1356
01:54:06,680 --> 01:54:09,320
quickly and easily with that foreign sticker,

1357
01:54:10,060 --> 01:54:12,620
with a single letter on it for the quantity we'll have

1358
01:54:12,620 --> 01:54:20,060
would help with this initial stage of, you know, are people using them safely and being able to identify them?

1359
01:54:20,600 --> 01:54:21,840
Yes, understood, correct.

1360
01:54:22,900 --> 01:54:30,880
I was just going to say with the app, like, you have to put in your information, and so you'll have the person's information of who's writing by G or whatever.

1361
01:54:31,340 --> 01:54:37,820
And then I was just going to ask you guys, do you already, like, enforce, like, single citizens who have their own electric bikes?

1362
01:54:38,040 --> 01:54:41,360
How do they, how do they write their, just with the ordinance?

1363
01:54:41,360 --> 01:54:54,180
Okay. Yeah. Ornette's 202 106 and it addresses scooters and bikes. Okay. And I'm not sure how many we have around a community. There are some that I've seen just very few of them.

1364
01:54:56,080 --> 01:55:08,360
And like one of them has been parked on the sidewalk out in front of an establishment before. And I've had somebody reach out to me about it. And you know, like, hey, this is impeding, but I'm not sure how many we have in the community per se.

1365
01:55:09,020 --> 01:55:14,000
I think most people still like to, like I do do a few of the community back rides and

1366
01:55:14,000 --> 01:55:19,400
most people are out there pushing and peddling, you know, and not e-bikeing it, so.

1367
01:55:19,720 --> 01:55:21,740
Well some of the e-bikes I mean you still do have to leave.

1368
01:55:21,740 --> 01:55:22,940
Yeah, yeah I know that.

1369
01:55:23,060 --> 01:55:23,600
You feel a little kick.

1370
01:55:23,920 --> 01:55:29,720
Right, one guy that John saw, he shows up, but like while he's patiently waiting he zips

1371
01:55:29,720 --> 01:55:32,080
back and forward to show everyone how fast his bike goes.

1372
01:55:33,380 --> 01:55:33,780
Yeah.

1373
01:55:33,780 --> 01:55:40,180
Yeah, and then so yeah, I just did have a clarify question like when you say less bike so less than 15

1374
01:55:40,180 --> 01:55:44,020
You would want a way smaller. I'd like us to start with five

1375
01:55:44,020 --> 01:55:45,420
Yeah, I'm the manageable

1376
01:55:46,200 --> 01:55:51,840
What what are you what are you thinking five to ten? I feel like that's not enough

1377
01:55:52,380 --> 01:55:58,480
To like start a program like I feel like it's not enough options if you have five bikes and people take them and then there's

1378
01:55:58,480 --> 01:55:59,760
not available, you know?

1379
01:56:00,100 --> 01:56:00,280
Right.

1380
01:56:01,060 --> 01:56:03,840
So when we have this discussion,

1381
01:56:04,060 --> 01:56:05,420
it's also an opportunity,

1382
01:56:05,780 --> 01:56:07,660
there's other charging stations there,

1383
01:56:07,740 --> 01:56:09,740
also, not just for these rentals.

1384
01:56:10,340 --> 01:56:12,420
And so it's also an opportunity for folks

1385
01:56:12,420 --> 01:56:16,140
who own e-bikes here to charge and take advantage

1386
01:56:16,140 --> 01:56:17,260
and get there.

1387
01:56:17,260 --> 01:56:20,180
So I think it creates an entire sort of community.

1388
01:56:21,120 --> 01:56:22,440
I mean, if you guys want to go to 10,

1389
01:56:22,640 --> 01:56:23,860
I'm okay going to 10,

1390
01:56:24,060 --> 01:56:26,480
so long as the onus is on you guys to collect

1391
01:56:26,480 --> 01:56:27,220
and all that.

1392
01:56:27,220 --> 01:56:30,980
And I don't think we need to go more than 10, right?

1393
01:56:31,420 --> 01:56:36,200
Because there are five bikes to a station to a pod, so.

1394
01:56:36,940 --> 01:56:37,020
Okay.

1395
01:56:37,880 --> 01:56:41,080
So I think five and five would be a good start.

1396
01:56:41,240 --> 01:56:42,860
I know you just want to do a pilot program.

1397
01:56:45,640 --> 01:56:49,420
But we're now, my ears not to every street.

1398
01:56:50,360 --> 01:56:54,600
But we're not, I'm not hearing the demand of the cry for

1399
01:56:54,600 --> 01:56:57,040
or the e-bikes per se.

1400
01:56:57,700 --> 01:57:02,300
I think you'll have people who are supportive of it,

1401
01:57:02,320 --> 01:57:03,140
people who aren't.

1402
01:57:03,740 --> 01:57:05,600
Just my thoughts, more people are going

1403
01:57:05,600 --> 01:57:09,160
to be like, hey, having the same concerns,

1404
01:57:10,420 --> 01:57:12,140
whether or not to be ridden that,

1405
01:57:12,580 --> 01:57:14,020
whether or not to be parked at.

1406
01:57:15,160 --> 01:57:20,560
I think it is a good idea to allow people to zoom through town

1407
01:57:20,560 --> 01:57:21,740
as if through town without having

1408
01:57:21,740 --> 01:57:29,720
the pedal to look at the historic homes, but just thwarting 15, 20 of them out there

1409
01:57:30,960 --> 01:57:38,480
is kind of a whole lot. If the program is meant to succeed, it will succeed, and after

1410
01:57:38,480 --> 01:57:47,480
a year of the trial program, then it can grow. But I believe that given the opportunity

1411
01:57:47,480 --> 01:57:51,800
to really see what it looks like with a small number is better for the community.

1412
01:57:52,260 --> 01:57:56,400
If it's good, it's not going anywhere unless you're going to lose your grant fund

1413
01:57:56,400 --> 01:58:01,120
and because you don't have enough out there outside of that, I think you know,

1414
01:58:01,320 --> 01:58:04,740
for our community, what we're trying to see, 10 is a good number.

1415
01:58:06,380 --> 01:58:10,240
Okay, I'll bring that back. We just have an opportunity to bring it, you know, now,

1416
01:58:10,340 --> 01:58:15,040
which is great. Right, but. And I think that the like the e-cabs, when they were here,

1417
01:58:15,040 --> 01:58:21,800
They piloted those. Those are really successful, too. I think that the town is like ready for something like that, you know, I think they're I mean

1418
01:58:21,800 --> 01:58:29,880
I'm sure maybe but again with something like this. This is something worth very trying. We don't want to flood the streets with e-bikes and they

1419
01:58:29,880 --> 01:58:38,660
not be successful. Absolutely. And this is the way like metronomability these bikes are way scalable. They're really smaller and not like a big

1420
01:58:38,660 --> 01:58:45,020
system like Capitol Metro has with the lift bikes. And that's why we kind of went with this option. So it's a little bit

1421
01:58:45,020 --> 01:58:48,180
smaller, if it's successful, then it's easier to add on to.

1422
01:58:48,640 --> 01:58:50,260
So, I agree.

1423
01:58:50,460 --> 01:58:50,920
Start small.

1424
01:58:51,760 --> 01:58:52,280
All right.

1425
01:58:52,500 --> 01:58:52,800
Thank you.

1426
01:58:52,960 --> 01:58:53,260
Thank you.

1427
01:58:53,920 --> 01:58:54,280
All right.

1428
01:58:56,880 --> 01:58:57,840
Oh, okay.

1429
01:58:58,200 --> 01:59:05,020
So, you talked about the pilot program last year, and if we find within three months that

1430
01:59:05,020 --> 01:59:09,960
this is absolutely not working for our town, can we go ahead and terminate then, or do

1431
01:59:09,960 --> 01:59:10,940
we have to go the full year?

1432
01:59:11,500 --> 01:59:12,620
I would be comfortable.

1433
01:59:12,980 --> 01:59:13,820
Dan, I'm going to let you know.

1434
01:59:13,820 --> 01:59:15,320
I would be comfortable terminating then,

1435
01:59:15,420 --> 01:59:17,340
because I don't want to persist in it.

1436
01:59:17,580 --> 01:59:19,280
Truly, it has to work for the community,

1437
01:59:19,720 --> 01:59:21,820
and that's just where I stay in.

1438
01:59:22,840 --> 01:59:28,560
And Vivian, I appreciate your being heading this,

1439
01:59:29,100 --> 01:59:31,780
because I know you have a huge concern for the community.

1440
01:59:32,320 --> 01:59:35,380
And I know that your priority

1441
01:59:35,860 --> 01:59:37,440
is what works for our community.

1442
01:59:37,660 --> 01:59:39,660
So I appreciate you doing this too.

1443
01:59:39,960 --> 01:59:40,180
Thanks.

1444
01:59:40,180 --> 01:59:43,680
Yes. Thank you. All right. Council.

1445
01:59:45,300 --> 01:59:52,440
So I'll make a motion. First, I'll start by motioning to approve this item but also

1446
01:59:52,440 --> 01:59:59,780
to give staff direction to include sign at the pod at both locations.

1447
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:16,220
Specifying what areas are off limits, that we have simple license, you know, plate type things, stickers on both sides for identification of the bike when someone's writing it, that cards would be responsible for retrieval of the bikes and that they be too offence to properly to keep them out of the parks.

1448
02:00:18,290 --> 02:00:18,770
Second.

1449
02:00:19,770 --> 02:00:20,710
You have a motion.

1450
02:00:20,870 --> 02:00:21,470
Do we have a second?

1451
02:00:21,970 --> 02:00:22,730
Yeah, I did a second.

1452
02:00:23,230 --> 02:00:23,650
I'd like to.

1453
02:00:24,450 --> 02:00:24,930
Okay.

1454
02:00:24,990 --> 02:00:25,450
Councilor.

1455
02:00:25,630 --> 02:00:25,890
Go ahead.

1456
02:00:25,990 --> 02:00:28,150
Could I ask for an amendment for your motion?

1457
02:00:28,950 --> 02:00:34,930
So, and I appreciate those inclusions, Mayor Hortim, that we also include that they must be,

1458
02:00:36,350 --> 02:00:43,570
as we said, either the docking stations, which would be amazing if they would bring it back,

1459
02:00:43,570 --> 02:00:48,930
But only the bike racks they can't be left in you know downtown. We don't have any parking

1460
02:00:49,970 --> 02:00:56,690
Please don't put them in a parking only the bike racks. No, where else in the bike racks and only allowed to go where cars can go

1461
02:00:56,690 --> 02:00:58,810
Okay, yes

1462
02:01:04,920 --> 02:01:10,560
Okay, we have a motion. We have a motion of a second all in favor. All right, all opposed

1463
02:01:10,560 --> 02:01:14,620
All right, consent agenda 8B passes unanimous.

1464
02:01:15,160 --> 02:01:17,520
All right, consent agenda 8F.

1465
02:01:18,100 --> 02:01:24,600
Consider and act on the resolution number R-2026-86 to award $30,000 hotel

1466
02:01:24,600 --> 02:01:25,780
oxenancy tax.

1467
02:01:26,480 --> 02:01:30,620
Instead of grant to high Regency lost pines, resorting spots to secure the Nike.

1468
02:01:31,580 --> 02:01:36,520
FY 29 North American Coaches Conference in September, 2028.

1469
02:01:36,520 --> 02:01:39,470
I don't know, Michaela.

1470
02:01:39,930 --> 02:01:40,330
Hello.

1471
02:01:41,550 --> 02:01:44,330
Do you mean a wait for what I got pulled for?

1472
02:01:44,650 --> 02:01:44,930
Yes.

1473
02:01:45,270 --> 02:01:45,370
Okay.

1474
02:01:45,730 --> 02:01:47,650
And I talked with Michaela about this earlier.

1475
02:01:47,790 --> 02:01:50,610
The staff report, the fiscal impact section,

1476
02:01:50,850 --> 02:01:55,390
and every whereas section in the grandest capital, 30,000, right.

1477
02:01:55,990 --> 02:01:59,870
But the resolution title clause says authorizing the use of hotel occupancy tax funds

1478
02:01:59,870 --> 02:02:01,730
in the amount of not to see $50,000.

1479
02:02:02,010 --> 02:02:03,910
It's $20,000 discrepancy.

1480
02:02:03,910 --> 02:02:07,790
so I just want to make sure that we're not exposed to a larger obligation and

1481
02:02:07,790 --> 02:02:13,710
necessary. Yes, yes. The correct amount is 30,000 so there wasn't air in the, what

1482
02:02:13,710 --> 02:02:18,050
was that called again? Resolution. The top clause. Yeah, the title clause.

1483
02:02:18,150 --> 02:02:22,850
The title clause. There we go. Learning new terms. So yes, that did say 50,000.

1484
02:02:22,930 --> 02:02:27,590
The correct number is 30,000 so everywhere else in the staff report and the rest

1485
02:02:27,590 --> 02:02:31,870
of the resolution reflects 30,000, not 50,000.

1486
02:02:32,130 --> 02:02:36,230
Yes, so I just wanted to clarify that,

1487
02:02:36,310 --> 02:02:37,330
make sure that was on the record.

1488
02:02:39,150 --> 02:02:39,670
All right.

1489
02:02:41,720 --> 02:02:42,420
Motion to approve.

1490
02:02:42,520 --> 02:02:47,520
Move to approve with the change in the 50,000

1491
02:02:47,520 --> 02:02:48,980
or 30,000 in the title clause.

1492
02:02:50,680 --> 02:02:51,160
Second.

1493
02:02:52,120 --> 02:02:52,380
All right.

1494
02:02:52,620 --> 02:02:55,060
Mayor Pro Temme Kirkland, you have something to say.

1495
02:02:55,400 --> 02:02:57,920
Yeah, I just want to point out the risk and tickets.

1496
02:02:57,920 --> 02:03:04,420
It's pretty simple, but 2,081 room nights at $329 a night is $600,000,000.

1497
02:03:05,040 --> 02:03:09,300
And the hot funds that we will collect on that is roughly $48,000.

1498
02:03:10,240 --> 02:03:18,320
And so they're asking us to grant them in this case $30,000 of that $48,000.

1499
02:03:18,880 --> 02:03:24,340
It's actually very unusual for us to get hot fund requests that have a positive ROI.

1500
02:03:24,340 --> 02:03:31,800
Even something like Corbin invasion might be a 1 to 10, meaning we give them 25,000 and we receive 2500.

1501
02:03:32,840 --> 02:03:43,280
And so, anyway, this kind of ask is extremely defensible because it actually has a positive ROI even though we would be granting them funds.

1502
02:03:43,620 --> 02:03:47,460
I just wanted to point that out because it's compelling.

1503
02:03:47,460 --> 02:03:52,080
I also wanted to note, if I can, Mayor Parton could come brought up to me.

1504
02:03:52,880 --> 02:03:59,900
Previously, I've brought these forward to you guys and something that is very important in the hot world is that we follow a two-part test, if you will.

1505
02:04:00,280 --> 02:04:09,100
So the first part of when we kind of gauge these hot applications is one that they're directly impacting the hotel convention industry.

1506
02:04:09,420 --> 02:04:17,400
So this is obviously doing that, but then it also falls under the second part and that being category three, which is direct promotion or

1507
02:04:17,400 --> 02:04:22,780
solicitation to bring group bookings into town. So this this is following under that category three as well

1508
02:04:24,960 --> 02:04:29,700
Thank you. All right, so we have a motion a second all in favor. Hi all opposed

1509
02:04:30,420 --> 02:04:33,620
All right, the senator a F passes

1510
02:04:34,780 --> 02:04:35,220
unanimous

1511
02:04:35,220 --> 02:04:38,200
Council, do we have any other consentogens that we'd like to pull?

1512
02:04:40,020 --> 02:04:40,900
All right

1513
02:04:41,680 --> 02:04:46,080
We've to approve the balance of the constant and we have a ordinance. Yeah, we're in sorry. Yes, sir

1514
02:04:51,460 --> 02:05:19,200
8E, consider an act to approve the first reading of ordinance number 2026-25, but the City Council of Bass, City of Bass Drop, Texas approving the fiscal year 2027 and the first planned update, including provisions related to assessments for the Valverde public improvement district approving a fiscal year 2026-2027 assessment role for the district, and to move to include on the July 28, 2026 City Council

1515
02:05:19,760 --> 02:05:21,520
consent agenda for the second reading.

1516
02:05:25,500 --> 02:05:28,160
So we just had to read it, we're not calling you up.

1517
02:05:28,760 --> 02:05:32,960
It's a, you're good, I just have to read it because it is an ordinance.

1518
02:05:33,140 --> 02:05:38,620
Now, if you want to come up here and brag about it, then you come on up here, but we're good.

1519
02:05:39,060 --> 02:05:41,560
Council, move to approve the balance of the consent agenda.

1520
02:05:42,560 --> 02:05:44,800
All right, we have a motion in the second, all in favor?

1521
02:05:45,100 --> 02:05:45,460
All right.

1522
02:05:45,980 --> 02:05:46,640
All opposed?

1523
02:05:47,460 --> 02:05:49,920
All right, that ordinance passes unanimous.

1524
02:05:49,920 --> 02:05:58,060
All right. Council, the remainder agenda items,

1525
02:05:58,720 --> 02:06:07,140
consent agenda, A-A, H-C-A-D, A-G-A-H.

1526
02:06:09,980 --> 02:06:12,280
My motion was for the rest of the consent agenda.

1527
02:06:12,700 --> 02:06:14,620
I just want to just make sure we're good.

1528
02:06:14,780 --> 02:06:15,840
We have a motion as a second.

1529
02:06:16,620 --> 02:06:17,680
All right, all in favor?

1530
02:06:18,240 --> 02:06:18,400
Aye.

1531
02:06:18,840 --> 02:06:19,320
All opposed.

1532
02:06:20,580 --> 02:06:22,180
All right, the rest of the consent agenda

1533
02:06:22,180 --> 02:06:23,780
passed unanimous.

1534
02:06:24,320 --> 02:06:37,900
All right, on to agenda item 9-9-A. Consider an act on the resolution number 2026-111-0 in support of Chief Monica and her various accomplishments in contribution to the Bastrop Police Department, Madam City Manager.

1535
02:06:38,760 --> 02:06:39,780
Thank you, Mayor.

1536
02:06:40,140 --> 02:06:45,900
This is a staff member who rarely likes to be in the limelight, rarely.

1537
02:06:45,900 --> 02:06:52,260
So put her in the limelight right now and she's giving me looks to the kill and I'll hear about it tomorrow at the staff meeting.

1538
02:06:52,460 --> 02:07:05,700
I just want you guys to know that chief Sephanik was one of my very first promotions when I got here and it was very clear that she was quite capable, not only capable, but actually enjoyed the job.

1539
02:07:06,480 --> 02:07:12,660
Policing is often a very thankless job even in as supportive of the city as

1540
02:07:12,660 --> 02:07:19,260
Bastrop is. Our officers are there day in day in and day out in the heat in the

1541
02:07:19,260 --> 02:07:23,820
cold very much like our other first responders except these folks they kind of

1542
02:07:23,820 --> 02:07:28,520
take it in the shin quite a bit. They've got to deal with not only our local law

1543
02:07:28,520 --> 02:07:32,880
enforcement they've got to deal with transporting criminals etc and I don't

1544
02:07:32,880 --> 02:07:37,980
think they get thanked enough. There are very few female police chiefs in the country.

1545
02:07:38,540 --> 02:07:43,600
The number is growing, but obviously I am glad that our police chief is a female and

1546
02:07:43,600 --> 02:07:49,780
she leads a wonderful team. So some of their highlights, she's had seven promotions

1547
02:07:49,780 --> 02:07:57,760
since January 2025. That means growing a good team from within. They've put in 12,578 training

1548
02:07:57,760 --> 02:08:04,900
hours since January of 2025 for their sworn personnel. 172 training hours since January

1549
02:08:04,900 --> 02:08:12,920
2025 for her civilians. Five new certification increases since November of 2025. There's been

1550
02:08:12,920 --> 02:08:24,480
a 77% increase in traffic stops in 2025 from 2024. A 271.4% increase in grand jury indictments

1551
02:08:24,480 --> 02:08:31,000
from 23 to 25 year-over-year. That's a testament to the work the detectives do, that's a testament

1552
02:08:31,000 --> 02:08:36,180
to the work the staff does to be able to get the district attorney a good case to get the

1553
02:08:36,180 --> 02:08:42,080
grand jury to indict. And her turnover rate, it was very high when I got here. If you recall,

1554
02:08:42,440 --> 02:08:47,920
we did some house cleaning. There was a lot of they and them conversation in the upper leadership.

1555
02:08:47,920 --> 02:08:53,540
She has turned that, turned over rate from 12% to 3%.

1556
02:08:54,150 --> 02:08:58,780
And so for that, and her countless hours of dedication, I want to recognize

1557
02:08:58,780 --> 02:09:03,300
Chief Stefani for her endless contributions to the Bastrop community.

1558
02:09:17,470 --> 02:09:20,450
Okay, just real quick, before you say anything.

1559
02:09:23,710 --> 02:09:26,010
So she's not a woman of many words.

1560
02:09:26,010 --> 02:09:33,370
Oh, I know. This, this I know. So, um, I don't recall when you started on the

1561
02:09:33,370 --> 02:09:40,570
department here in Bastrop, but, uh, like 2020, right after COVID, it kind of kicked

1562
02:09:40,570 --> 02:09:46,110
off us. And when I first had the opportunity to have some engagement with you, had been

1563
02:09:46,110 --> 02:09:53,310
invited to a community meetings between, um, different people in the city and the police

1564
02:09:53,310 --> 02:10:01,430
department. Do you remember those? Yes, I do. Back when they was here. I actually got to do a whole

1565
02:10:01,430 --> 02:10:11,010
police simulator where I was trying to save hostages and learn how to not shoot people are engaged.

1566
02:10:11,410 --> 02:10:19,930
But anyhow, at that time, the conversation was, what can they do to improve the relationships

1567
02:10:20,670 --> 02:10:27,490
with people in the city and you know and I'm truly grateful that you're still

1568
02:10:27,490 --> 02:10:31,990
around still doing that well I guess when I remember you being a part of the

1569
02:10:31,990 --> 02:10:37,570
initiative do you remember what I said to you way back then probably not so like

1570
02:10:37,570 --> 02:10:42,130
I would seriously you're around town and what I said to you that day what we really

1571
02:10:42,130 --> 02:10:48,030
helped is if you smiled more because you look you look so serious and

1572
02:10:48,030 --> 02:10:55,490
intimidating back then and you smile a whole heck of a lot more now but I truly

1573
02:10:55,490 --> 02:11:01,450
I'm thankful for everything you do everything you do for the department from

1574
02:11:01,450 --> 02:11:07,110
my experiences and conversations are just being around your officers they

1575
02:11:07,110 --> 02:11:12,370
all truly enjoy you being here they enjoy being up under your leadership you

1576
02:11:12,370 --> 02:11:17,970
have been a tremendous asset to the department to our city and help make a lot

1577
02:11:17,970 --> 02:11:23,530
a lot of changes. When things have been presented to you, you work effortlessly and tirelessly

1578
02:11:23,530 --> 02:11:29,270
to make things right to get us the answers that we need. I know you truly care. I know

1579
02:11:29,270 --> 02:11:34,930
you're not a lady of many words, but you know, you don't have to be at times when it's

1580
02:11:34,930 --> 02:11:39,930
signed so bright and what you really care about. And so it's been a pleasure knowing you over

1581
02:11:39,930 --> 02:11:44,450
these years and getting to know you a little better and I really truly appreciate your leadership.

1582
02:11:52,670 --> 02:12:01,670
I just want to say rarely, rarely, rarely do we ever get told 100% of the people that

1583
02:12:01,670 --> 02:12:08,490
I've talked to that have ever mentioned you 100% have said how exceptionally you are

1584
02:12:08,490 --> 02:12:09,370
at your job.

1585
02:12:09,850 --> 02:12:14,430
And I'm talking about from our district attorney down to the people in this town that usually

1586
02:12:14,430 --> 02:12:24,030
They are not telling me the best things about anything in this town, but come you and then our chief of police, you are the exception and you are exceptional.

1587
02:12:24,250 --> 02:12:32,030
And I just want to say thank you so much, we are lucky to have you and we look forward to many, many more years of you serving our great community.

1588
02:12:32,230 --> 02:12:32,750
Thank you.

1589
02:12:33,030 --> 02:12:33,490
Thank you, ma'am.

1590
02:12:36,960 --> 02:12:39,180
All right. Council, do we have anything else?

1591
02:12:40,240 --> 02:12:41,180
We should let her talk.

1592
02:12:42,780 --> 02:12:49,960
very few words. Well, I do want to say that I really do appreciate our department appreciates

1593
02:12:49,960 --> 02:12:54,700
the support of council and our city manager and the rest of the staff and the community,

1594
02:12:54,980 --> 02:13:02,120
most importantly the community for our department. And although I do appreciate the recognition,

1595
02:13:02,520 --> 02:13:07,940
it all ultimately comes back to the people that work within the department and they also

1596
02:13:07,940 --> 02:13:10,820
So put forth all of their effort in everything that they do.

1597
02:13:11,500 --> 02:13:16,960
Now there's always room for improvement and we all know that, but only when we fail

1598
02:13:16,960 --> 02:13:20,460
can we also move forward and learn from that experience.

1599
02:13:21,280 --> 02:13:26,320
And so I do appreciate everything and especially the staff, some perfect else.

1600
02:13:28,320 --> 02:13:29,160
motion

1601
02:13:40,970 --> 02:13:52,130
to approve. Second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? All right. That momentous appreciation

1602
02:13:52,130 --> 02:14:00,510
is unanimously approved through council. All right. 9B. Consider an act on to approve

1603
02:14:00,510 --> 02:14:08,010
ordinance number 2026-24, providing funds for paying contractual operations, encourage

1604
02:14:08,010 --> 02:14:12,870
or to be incurred for one construction improvement, designing, acquiring,

1605
02:14:13,050 --> 02:14:18,230
including acquiring land, easements, and right away, and equipping the city's water and wastewater system.

1606
02:14:18,650 --> 02:14:24,810
Including water, wastewater plan number three, and two, payment of professional services

1607
02:14:24,810 --> 02:14:29,790
in connection therewith, including legal, engineering, architectural, and fiscal fees,

1608
02:14:29,990 --> 02:14:32,530
and the cost of issuing the certificates.

1609
02:14:32,530 --> 02:14:33,850
It's Judy.

1610
02:14:34,350 --> 02:14:35,990
Good evening, everyone.

1611
02:14:36,570 --> 02:14:38,170
Hope everyone's doing well today.

1612
02:14:38,350 --> 02:14:38,790
Yes, ma'am.

1613
02:14:39,610 --> 02:14:43,550
We had a bond sale and I just wanted to remind everyone

1614
02:14:43,550 --> 02:14:44,990
you just mentioned it.

1615
02:14:45,630 --> 02:14:50,330
The purpose of the bond is to plan an early development

1616
02:14:50,330 --> 02:14:55,810
of a new wastewater treatment plant to serve the ETJ area

1617
02:14:56,490 --> 02:14:59,770
and also to put in place a new water technology

1618
02:14:59,770 --> 02:14:59,970
Do this.

1619
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:29,840
Create a revenue stream generating affluent and potable water for sale to industry. And so in attendance today, we have our bond council, Bart Fowler, and our financial advisor, Dan Wigg Miller, and they're going to speak on the sale. And it went great. Thank you, Judy. Mayor council, as Judy said, the sale went off this morning. And the result

1620
02:15:29,840 --> 02:15:36,760
are before you, these COs were rated AA minus stable outlook by standard and pours.

1621
02:15:37,340 --> 02:15:44,020
I think one thing to note, the bids all came in as it's shown just before 11 a.m. this morning.

1622
02:15:44,540 --> 02:15:59,580
Of the five bidders, they had the option to bid with or without insurance, which would make them a AA rating by virtue of insurance, but in this case, two bidders chose not to do that, and that would be at their own cost.

1623
02:15:59,580 --> 02:16:08,500
one of those being the Baker Group which met a lower interest rate to the city of 4.434%.

1624
02:16:09,300 --> 02:16:15,120
You may recall when you sold some debt at the end of last year, the Baker Group was

1625
02:16:15,120 --> 02:16:17,380
the buyer of that debt as well.

1626
02:16:18,000 --> 02:16:24,160
And part of what makes their bid so strong this time like last time is their clients are

1627
02:16:24,160 --> 02:16:31,340
for local banks and regional banks that really support the city, see the quality of obligation

1628
02:16:31,340 --> 02:16:37,440
that you're putting forth. And so again, it results in a stronger bid and that's who

1629
02:16:37,440 --> 02:16:44,220
we recommend to accept the bid from today. Bart Fowler is here to answering questions

1630
02:16:44,220 --> 02:16:51,120
you have on the ordinance itself, but otherwise the recommendation is to accept the banker group

1631
02:16:51,120 --> 02:16:54,120
within the ordinance if you choose to move forward.

1632
02:16:55,120 --> 02:16:58,520
Mayor and Council, I want to let you know that partner is first national bank.

1633
02:17:00,610 --> 02:17:02,570
So we talk about keeping things local.

1634
02:17:03,290 --> 02:17:05,390
We talk about putting your money where your mouth is.

1635
02:17:05,570 --> 02:17:07,770
We talk about how you can support the city.

1636
02:17:09,290 --> 02:17:10,490
That's the prime example.

1637
02:17:15,670 --> 02:17:15,910
Council.

1638
02:17:18,740 --> 02:17:19,300
We should approve.

1639
02:17:20,180 --> 02:17:20,620
Thank you.

1640
02:17:21,280 --> 02:17:22,140
The motion is second.

1641
02:17:22,320 --> 02:17:24,140
I'll wait a minute.

1642
02:17:24,300 --> 02:17:25,180
We have some comments.

1643
02:17:25,180 --> 02:17:28,080
discussion, discussion, Councilmember Foster?

1644
02:17:28,960 --> 02:17:32,800
Just had a one-question about the, can I ask a question now, even though we're in discussion?

1645
02:17:33,280 --> 02:17:33,800
Yes, okay.

1646
02:17:34,000 --> 02:17:34,120
Yes.

1647
02:17:34,820 --> 02:17:40,320
If they did not choose to have the certificates in short, so they are assuming all the risk

1648
02:17:40,320 --> 02:17:44,120
or what does that mean for, I don't mean the lower rate for us, what does it mean for them

1649
02:17:44,120 --> 02:17:44,660
and for?

1650
02:17:44,960 --> 02:17:52,960
That means they are not choosing to elect a third-party insurance company that would be in the

1651
02:17:52,960 --> 02:17:57,340
an event of default or non-payment that they would be a layer in between.

1652
02:17:57,860 --> 02:18:02,300
So they're relying 100 percent on their trust and confidence in the city to make

1653
02:18:02,300 --> 02:18:02,820
your payments.

1654
02:18:02,980 --> 02:18:03,000
Okay.

1655
02:18:03,160 --> 02:18:04,100
How often does that happen?

1656
02:18:04,780 --> 02:18:09,760
You know, when there's an opportunity to bid because the insurance companies get pretty

1657
02:18:09,760 --> 02:18:13,200
aggressive and don't charge a lot for that insurance.

1658
02:18:13,640 --> 02:18:19,460
So I think in this case, you had three that chose to bid with it because it was nominal

1659
02:18:19,460 --> 02:18:25,000
in their mind, but the Baker Group sought as an opportunity to give that benefit back to

1660
02:18:25,000 --> 02:18:25,420
you all.

1661
02:18:25,540 --> 02:18:30,100
So it's not super common to see some choose not to bid.

1662
02:18:30,340 --> 02:18:31,760
I think it's because of the local bank.

1663
02:18:32,400 --> 02:18:32,460
Okay.

1664
02:18:32,600 --> 02:18:34,300
Yeah, it seems significant enough to ask about.

1665
02:18:34,400 --> 02:18:34,720
Thank you.

1666
02:18:35,160 --> 02:18:35,240
Okay.

1667
02:18:38,040 --> 02:18:39,280
Mayor Prozano-Carcliffe.

1668
02:18:39,940 --> 02:18:44,200
A question, I guess for all the legal people in the room.

1669
02:18:46,860 --> 02:18:49,640
The ordinance, yes, probably the ordinance.

1670
02:18:49,640 --> 02:18:54,780
it has an underlying for aggregate principle amount in section one and the

1671
02:18:54,780 --> 02:18:59,280
recitals, so there's no actual number there. Do we need to state a number in

1672
02:18:59,280 --> 02:19:03,800
order for this to be legitimate? So with the bids coming in this morning they

1673
02:19:03,800 --> 02:19:09,300
were posted out of 11 million dollars. They bid within with a premium that they

1674
02:19:09,300 --> 02:19:14,020
were paying in addition to that. So the par amount of bonds were adjusted down this

1675
02:19:14,020 --> 02:19:18,820
this morning, the $10 million, $885, which will be the number that goes in there.

1676
02:19:19,740 --> 02:19:24,780
And the proceeds will still be the $11 million that you need to fund.

1677
02:19:25,360 --> 02:19:34,300
Okay, but my question is, do we need to make a, in our motion, do we need to put that number in, or is it okay without that?

1678
02:19:34,560 --> 02:19:38,300
Sure, for the record on barfell on the call, Parkerson Horton, it's a pleasure to see you all again.

1679
02:19:38,840 --> 02:19:43,640
That document has been updated, probably not in time to get it in your agenda packet, but we do have that number included now.

1680
02:19:44,200 --> 02:19:50,360
Typically, in these situations with numbers coming this morning, we don't get the document prepared but not always inserted in your agenda packet.

1681
02:19:50,920 --> 02:19:53,780
I think the appropriate motion would be to accept as presented.

1682
02:19:54,220 --> 02:19:57,260
When Daniel over the numbers is either subscribed, that's part, they could be part of your motion.

1683
02:19:57,700 --> 02:20:04,520
So if you say as presented, that will include everything and the ordinance itself, which has already been done, but it'll button it up, I think, for your motion in action tonight.

1684
02:20:04,840 --> 02:20:08,260
Okay, and then should we specify the Baker group in the motion?

1685
02:20:08,260 --> 02:20:10,440
It's in there as well, it's also in the ordinance already.

1686
02:20:13,000 --> 02:20:15,180
I believe it's in the die as well.

1687
02:20:15,200 --> 02:20:18,700
Madam Senator, yeah, we have this right here.

1688
02:20:19,820 --> 02:20:20,840
It's a little bit lengthy.

1689
02:20:20,840 --> 02:20:22,740
We don't have that, no, it's different.

1690
02:20:24,080 --> 02:20:26,340
Well then it's not here, no, we don't have it.

1691
02:20:26,720 --> 02:20:35,640
But so then just to be clear on the motion, can we make it so that it is approved as presented?

1692
02:20:36,920 --> 02:20:44,300
as an amendment. Yes. Well, who made the motion?

1693
02:20:46,840 --> 02:20:48,020
Yes, you made the motion.

1694
02:20:48,220 --> 02:20:57,320
Sure. Yeah, positive, positive. You want us to hit the rewind on you? Okay, cool.

1695
02:21:02,860 --> 02:21:07,140
second came from councilmember Lou. Mayor, mayor, uh,

1696
02:21:07,340 --> 02:21:10,300
councilmember Mara made the motion. She did. Oh, yeah.

1697
02:21:10,300 --> 02:21:15,100
We were all wrong. We were all wrong. We wanted to say, man,

1698
02:21:15,200 --> 02:21:18,320
we need answer replay. All right. I will accept that. Yes.

1699
02:21:18,620 --> 02:21:21,660
Okay. Sounds good. Mayor Bolton of Kirkland, you have

1700
02:21:21,660 --> 02:21:25,500
anything else you'd like to still know? That's it. Okay. All right.

1701
02:21:25,700 --> 02:21:29,180
We have a motion that we have a second. All in favor? All

1702
02:21:29,180 --> 02:21:35,120
All opposed all right thank you wait a minute wait a minute

1703
02:21:35,120 --> 02:21:37,540
All right,

1704
02:21:40,160 --> 02:21:45,380
let's see here agenda item 9c. Consider an act to approve. Thank you gentlemen

1705
02:21:47,580 --> 02:21:54,020
Consider an act to approve the first reading of ordinance number 2026-2 City Council of City of Bathshop Texas

1706
02:21:54,020 --> 02:21:56,920
I'm ending the operating a capital budget for the fiscal year

1707
02:21:56,920 --> 02:22:19,340
here, 2026, in accordance with the existence, statutory requirements, appropriating the various amounts here and is attached as exhibit A, repealing all prior ordinances and actions in conflict here with establishing an effective date and move to include in the July 28, 2026 City Council of Consent Agenda for a second reading.

1708
02:22:23,110 --> 02:22:24,380
Yes, ma'am.

1709
02:22:24,380 --> 02:22:25,560
Judy Hendrousy.

1710
02:22:26,480 --> 02:22:28,160
We're ready for you again.

1711
02:22:28,580 --> 02:22:29,260
Thank you so much.

1712
02:22:30,180 --> 02:22:35,040
So this is a little house key budget item that we need to get the budget on our financial.

1713
02:22:36,080 --> 02:22:40,440
And it was for the purchase of 804 Water Street for 525K.

1714
02:22:41,540 --> 02:22:45,440
And I did a little budget adjustment timeline.

1715
02:22:46,920 --> 02:22:50,580
February 9th, BEDC authorized the purchase.

1716
02:22:50,580 --> 02:22:58,580
February 10th, it was the first reading here at council. March 24th, second reading, and then we purchased on May 6th.

1717
02:23:02,260 --> 02:23:03,300
I stand by for questions.

1718
02:23:04,020 --> 02:23:04,500
Council?

1719
02:23:07,000 --> 02:23:09,020
All right. Anyone like to make a motion?

1720
02:23:09,360 --> 02:23:10,000
Motion to approve.

1721
02:23:10,280 --> 02:23:10,500
Second.

1722
02:23:10,900 --> 02:23:12,580
We have a motion and a second. All in favor?

1723
02:23:12,940 --> 02:23:13,140
Aye.

1724
02:23:13,500 --> 02:23:15,800
All opposed. All right, passes United.

1725
02:23:15,900 --> 02:23:16,640
Thank you.

1726
02:23:17,360 --> 02:23:21,960
Julie, appreciate it. All right, agenda 9-D, conducted public hearing.

1727
02:23:21,960 --> 02:23:39,240
to consider an act on the first reading of ordinance number 2026-20 to amend the chapter 10 of the code of ordinances subdivision is shown and exhibits A-C-A-3-C and move to include in the July 28, 2026 City Council

1728
02:23:39,240 --> 02:23:40,920
also a consent agenda for the second reading.

1729
02:23:41,920 --> 02:23:42,660
Doc Cowie.

1730
02:23:43,040 --> 02:23:44,260
Mayor council thank you.

1731
02:23:44,420 --> 02:23:46,300
One I want to be sure that Brittany and

1732
02:23:46,300 --> 02:23:49,300
Fettel Staff a lot of no co actually gets around doing that.

1733
02:23:49,460 --> 02:23:52,160
They're not able to make the night but they did all the heavy lifting on this

1734
02:23:52,160 --> 02:23:54,000
specifically Brittany putting all this together.

1735
02:23:55,520 --> 02:23:58,940
Michael is part of this, as this is part of the BDC code updates.

1736
02:23:59,220 --> 02:24:02,780
We promised as we knew things come in, questions come in, new applicants come in.

1737
02:24:03,420 --> 02:24:06,660
We'll go back and tweak the code as needed based on requests of the public,

1738
02:24:06,660 --> 02:24:13,980
various, etc. The purpose of these amendments is to address different areas. It's men chapter 10,

1739
02:24:14,160 --> 02:24:19,120
subdivision regulations to address planning and subdivision administration issues of

1740
02:24:19,120 --> 02:24:24,420
identified during our code implementation. It provides clear procedures to reduce unnecessary

1741
02:24:24,420 --> 02:24:30,080
planning barriers for existing developed properties. Supports reinvestment in established areas

1742
02:24:30,080 --> 02:24:34,760
were recognized by BASTROPS older development patterns. It also adds a commercial infield

1743
02:24:34,760 --> 02:24:40,360
planning exemption in the process for existing tracking one lot flats. It also clarifies

1744
02:24:40,360 --> 02:24:44,840
subdivision waiver procedures and distinguished them from zoning variances.

1745
02:24:47,820 --> 02:24:48,800
Exhibit A, this

1746
02:24:48,800 --> 02:24:51,980
is what we're talking about commercial infield planning and these are basically what we

1747
02:24:51,980 --> 02:24:56,560
have as typical older city has. There's not the big areas around the boundaries of these

1748
02:24:56,560 --> 02:25:02,360
internal lots. It creates a planning exemption for existing developed commercial tracks where

1749
02:25:02,360 --> 02:25:04,480
For note new lot lines are being created.

1750
02:25:04,900 --> 02:25:08,540
No boundary changes, streets, or public infrastructure upgrades are required.

1751
02:25:09,300 --> 02:25:15,460
It supports limited commercial reinvestment, again working with EDC in redevelopment, without

1752
02:25:15,460 --> 02:25:20,640
requiring a full planning process, whether there is no subdivision or infrastructure impact.

1753
02:25:21,540 --> 02:25:25,540
Removes unnecessary procedures, barriers for small scale commercial improvements.

1754
02:25:26,280 --> 02:25:30,480
It maintains planning requirements for projects involving new lots,

1755
02:25:30,480 --> 02:25:33,540
boundary changes, public improvements, infrastructure upgrades.

1756
02:25:34,880 --> 02:25:40,120
So that's on A. B is working with existing track one lot

1757
02:25:40,120 --> 02:25:45,440
plants. At the process for plating, again these are existing unplated lots, normally we

1758
02:25:45,440 --> 02:25:49,380
call those tracks. Even if they do not be current minimum lot size or

1759
02:25:49,380 --> 02:25:52,840
wet standards, if you remember we came back and had a one third acre requirements, these

1760
02:25:52,840 --> 02:25:57,420
are kind of existing infill lots that were never officially platted. It again

1761
02:25:57,420 --> 02:25:59,680
and recognizes our old development patterns

1762
02:25:59,680 --> 02:26:01,540
where hopefully these lots kind of blend

1763
02:26:01,540 --> 02:26:02,860
with existing lots of neighborhood

1764
02:26:03,500 --> 02:26:06,280
where many tracks were created before curves,

1765
02:26:06,460 --> 02:26:07,840
such as version and zoning requirements.

1766
02:26:08,780 --> 02:26:13,180
It allows existing tracks to be brought into platy status

1767
02:26:13,180 --> 02:26:16,500
without changing boundaries or further dividing the property.

1768
02:26:17,240 --> 02:26:19,240
It helps avoid unnecessary variances

1769
02:26:19,240 --> 02:26:21,800
while allowing reasonable use of existing properties.

1770
02:26:23,500 --> 02:26:26,040
That was on B and then this is exhibit C,

1771
02:26:26,880 --> 02:26:33,760
subdivision waivers, renamed subdivision waivers to better match subdivision

1772
02:26:33,760 --> 02:26:38,680
regulations. It clarifies that subdivision waivers are reviewed by City Council,

1773
02:26:39,500 --> 02:26:43,000
while zoning variants are reviewed by the ZBAs, the zoning board of

1774
02:26:43,000 --> 02:26:48,140
adjustment, requires requested associated waiver requests to serve as a

1775
02:26:48,140 --> 02:26:52,720
plat to be included in the same public notice as a plat, so somebody's

1776
02:26:52,720 --> 02:26:58,760
requesting a plait, we need that also advertised a waiver request, and it also ensures

1777
02:26:58,760 --> 02:27:02,800
that surrounding property owners in the public are informed of both the plait and requested

1778
02:27:02,800 --> 02:27:03,240
waivers.

1779
02:27:03,460 --> 02:27:07,720
So there's some now the normal, the public's also aware of that applicants request.

1780
02:27:09,360 --> 02:27:12,940
So that's kind of, again, a quick overview of that, pretty straightforward.

1781
02:27:13,200 --> 02:27:17,900
Again, it's cleaning up language, trying to work with existing field lots and get them back

1782
02:27:17,900 --> 02:27:18,560
in the system.

1783
02:27:19,900 --> 02:27:20,800
Any questions?

1784
02:27:27,790 --> 02:27:35,070
I do have one question, I did not catch when I was reading, yes, this one right here,

1785
02:27:35,190 --> 02:27:43,090
the second bullet, subdivision waivers go to council, zoning variances, go straight

1786
02:27:43,090 --> 02:27:47,870
to ZBA now, and zoning variances meaning not zone change requests.

1787
02:27:48,090 --> 02:27:51,750
No, so would be example, we've again ZBA is again, thank you all for your support.

1788
02:27:51,990 --> 02:27:53,790
We're still trying to get full members attached on earlier.

1789
02:27:53,790 --> 02:27:57,430
We've had a couple of them lot coverage, setbacks, et cetera.

1790
02:27:57,770 --> 02:28:01,270
So they're hearing specific to the facts over the requirements.

1791
02:28:01,510 --> 02:28:06,210
Again, such as lot coverage, setbacks, driveways, those missing the risk cases.

1792
02:28:06,250 --> 02:28:09,270
The only changes will still come to us after the end.

1793
02:28:09,350 --> 02:28:11,390
I assist the variance to the ordinance.

1794
02:28:11,630 --> 02:28:12,670
Thanks, I just wanted to understand.

1795
02:28:13,090 --> 02:28:18,770
And a subdivision waiver to you guys because the subdivision is part of the plating process

1796
02:28:18,770 --> 02:28:22,270
and the platt is ministerial if it's automatically approved

1797
02:28:22,270 --> 02:28:27,370
a normally a minor change to a plat. It is just that. It's an agreement that it's

1798
02:28:27,370 --> 02:28:29,890
a ministerial process and it's going to get approved.

1799
02:28:33,910 --> 02:28:38,990
All right. Council, do we have any more statements? Questions, comments? All right, do we have

1800
02:28:38,990 --> 02:28:43,810
a motion? Motion to approve? Oh, thank you. Oh, sorry. Thank you. Thank you because it

1801
02:28:43,810 --> 02:28:49,750
is. So, as now, now, I'm with 658. I'm going to open up the floor for a public hearing.

1802
02:28:49,930 --> 02:28:54,570
Do we have anyone that would like to speak? All right. Now we're going to close the public

1803
02:28:54,570 --> 02:28:58,810
Okay, Councilor, do we have any further discussion before we make the motion?

1804
02:28:59,770 --> 02:28:59,910
All right.

1805
02:29:00,370 --> 02:29:02,610
We have a motion and we have a second.

1806
02:29:06,430 --> 02:29:06,710
Second?

1807
02:29:07,430 --> 02:29:07,790
All right.

1808
02:29:08,990 --> 02:29:09,930
All in favor.

1809
02:29:10,370 --> 02:29:10,850
Aye.

1810
02:29:11,070 --> 02:29:11,530
All opposed.

1811
02:29:14,750 --> 02:29:14,910
No.

1812
02:29:15,430 --> 02:29:15,850
All right.

1813
02:29:15,970 --> 02:29:16,370
Thank y'all.

1814
02:29:17,450 --> 02:29:18,390
Sorry about that.

1815
02:29:19,550 --> 02:29:19,930
All right.

1816
02:29:20,990 --> 02:29:23,690
Agenda item 9E.

1817
02:29:23,850 --> 02:29:24,950
Conduct the public hearing.

1818
02:29:25,510 --> 02:29:28,690
Just consider and act on the first reading of ordinance number 2026.

1819
02:29:28,690 --> 02:29:33,550
2-6-2-3 to the City of Council to manage up to 14 of the codeable.

1820
02:29:34,470 --> 02:29:37,450
The Bachelor of Development code is shown in Exhibits A-H.

1821
02:29:38,790 --> 02:29:44,230
And moves include in July 28, 2026 City Council Consent Agenda for the Second Reading.

1822
02:29:45,270 --> 02:29:45,810
Dr. Cali.

1823
02:29:45,970 --> 02:29:47,350
Again, Mayor Council, thank you.

1824
02:29:47,470 --> 02:29:54,070
Same as the previous times, this is on going clean up by staff of stuff we see as we go forward through implementing the new BDC.

1825
02:29:56,430 --> 02:29:59,890
was, again, the original document was adopted in April.

1826
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:29,100
14, 2026, so I think it's a pretty good turnaround. You'll see on a regular basis every couple months. We see stuff we never bring before. P and Z and you kind of cleaning things up because the code is new staff and anticipated a need for periodic amendments to clarify language, correct issues and improve administration. And again, I'm on stress is all doing staff level, no third party, so no additional calls there. Staff is tracking variants, administrative relief requests, identifier recurring issues.

1827
02:30:29,100 --> 02:30:32,480
and recommend targeted code amendments when appropriate.

1828
02:30:32,980 --> 02:30:38,120
Proposed amendments respond to specific application inquiries, including residential driveways,

1829
02:30:38,880 --> 02:30:44,460
accessory dwelling units, sign regulations, permitted uses, notice requirements, and

1830
02:30:44,460 --> 02:30:45,640
procedural clarification.

1831
02:30:46,660 --> 02:30:51,040
Infield provisions are proposed to allow limited administrative flexibility for

1832
02:30:51,040 --> 02:30:55,580
dimensional standards, helping new development remain compatible with established

1833
02:30:55,580 --> 02:31:00,800
neighborhood patterns and again the key words on the previous situation was these infill lots we're

1834
02:31:00,800 --> 02:31:03,960
trying to work with on residential and commercial aspects.

1835
02:31:08,670 --> 02:31:10,610
So here's some examples for second time we

1836
02:31:10,610 --> 02:31:16,850
had made two applications back on the question wall ago of to proceed maximum and perv discovery and

1837
02:31:16,850 --> 02:31:24,970
mixed use of table denied by ZBA request for second driveway on a residential lot on a similar

1838
02:31:24,970 --> 02:31:30,050
of circuit driveway. Again, there's requirements that have to be met showing the justification

1839
02:31:30,050 --> 02:31:34,290
of the variance. In this case, on the driveway, it was an issue with the issue with line

1840
02:31:34,290 --> 02:31:40,150
of sight, et cetera. Of June, we had a request to exceed maximum size for an ADU in the

1841
02:31:40,150 --> 02:31:45,510
real zone district on 120 acre property. That's going to be at the July 16th upcoming meeting

1842
02:31:45,510 --> 02:31:52,190
this Thursday. And the request for a menu board to be electronic for fast food through, specifically

1843
02:31:52,190 --> 02:31:53,670
the new McDonald's

1844
02:31:55,750 --> 02:32:01,510
and then Amendment 1, Exhibit A, is pretty straightforward what we

1845
02:32:01,510 --> 02:32:01,770
did.

1846
02:32:01,910 --> 02:32:06,470
If you all remember part of our zoning, we really clarified this area's parks and open

1847
02:32:06,470 --> 02:32:07,890
space district intent.

1848
02:32:08,430 --> 02:32:13,210
It's clarifying that that specific zoning category is this city owned property.

1849
02:32:13,850 --> 02:32:18,490
It's not private parks within a subdivision, privately owned by a developer or the H.I.

1850
02:32:18,490 --> 02:32:23,910
So this is really just clarifying this parks and open space is this city owned property.

1851
02:32:27,410 --> 02:32:32,950
And it also has kind of going fast over looks and stuff is also identifying for future parkland dedication.

1852
02:32:33,990 --> 02:32:42,110
This is contextual infield development of kind of gives us the flexibility to look at the end of gold as a work with these existing internal lots.

1853
02:32:42,690 --> 02:32:47,450
To allow certain dimensional standards such as setbacks, lot size, lot width,

1854
02:32:47,450 --> 02:32:51,730
front-end bill lines height to matching existing neighborhood plans.

1855
02:32:52,690 --> 02:32:56,710
Exception is to a minimum of 20% adjustment to the code requirements,

1856
02:32:57,190 --> 02:33:01,910
and must be supported by comparable neighbor nearby development patterns.

1857
02:33:02,590 --> 02:33:09,010
Does not apply to impervious cover because that affects drainage, density, flood playing, drainage, fire execs,

1858
02:33:09,570 --> 02:33:16,390
building codes, easements, park lead, dedication, other improvements, again more life safety, drainage concerns.

1859
02:33:17,290 --> 02:33:21,910
Requests that exceed the criteria or create adverse impacts would also require a ZBA review

1860
02:33:21,910 --> 02:33:23,130
through the appeal of various trials.

1861
02:33:24,870 --> 02:33:29,270
So basically going back on this, what it does, if you have an infield lot, it allows

1862
02:33:29,270 --> 02:33:33,470
us to kind of work with the side setbacks, front setbacks based on the neighboring property.

1863
02:33:36,540 --> 02:33:41,640
C is just clarifying these different, we had school and nursery child care, we clarified

1864
02:33:42,220 --> 02:33:44,880
these for commercial schools, nursery child care.

1865
02:33:45,760 --> 02:34:00,320
And restricted or licensed child care at home, there's these certain categories that the state require things like six, 12 or six less children that there are permitted as a neighborhood child, so just basically identifying commercial from residential daycares.

1866
02:34:03,170 --> 02:34:06,810
Driveway, this is the one that again we had a case on, I have had several discussions.

1867
02:34:07,410 --> 02:34:14,590
It updates the driveway standards to create a concrete drive approach for new connections to public right away consistent with our design manual.

1868
02:34:14,590 --> 02:34:18,830
So that's the portion from the street up to the property line, but

1869
02:34:18,830 --> 02:34:22,090
again, once you get up on the property, it allows alternative driveway

1870
02:34:22,090 --> 02:34:26,630
surfaces on private property, including asphalt, pavers, permit,

1871
02:34:26,810 --> 02:34:31,710
pavers, stabilized gravel, crushed on, decomposed, granted, or other all-approved

1872
02:34:31,710 --> 02:34:32,510
weather surfaces.

1873
02:34:33,190 --> 02:34:36,390
It provides more flexibility for home owners of park vehicles,

1874
02:34:36,390 --> 02:34:40,070
remaining tiny standards for dust, erosion, and material tracking.

1875
02:34:40,070 --> 02:34:48,850
It allows up to residential driveway access points when frontage and space and

1876
02:34:48,850 --> 02:34:54,250
requirements are met and base that's a lot 70-footer water, includes similar

1877
02:34:54,250 --> 02:34:58,910
circuit driveways, or circuit driveways on larger lots, maintains a maximum

1878
02:34:58,910 --> 02:35:05,050
combined with 36 feet and add current clearances far from the B3 coastal.

1879
02:35:05,350 --> 02:35:08,230
Again, basically these lots that are 70-footer water that want to do two

1880
02:35:08,230 --> 02:35:11,710
driveways where it's two different points of access or create a circular

1881
02:35:11,710 --> 02:35:16,550
driveway. Under the current code we adopted don't allow one approach on it.

1882
02:35:16,810 --> 02:35:20,430
That gives this option again that was one of the previous variances that came

1883
02:35:20,430 --> 02:35:20,670
up.

1884
02:35:24,800 --> 02:35:28,840
ADU this is kind of always a fun one to do because you look at different

1885
02:35:28,840 --> 02:35:32,660
things. We had square footage we had these different categories what we're

1886
02:35:32,660 --> 02:35:36,540
proposing here removes the maximum square footage because you have some

1887
02:35:36,540 --> 02:35:42,840
me variable of a quarter acre lot to a hundred acre lot, removes the maximum square footage

1888
02:35:42,840 --> 02:35:49,000
for accessory dwelling units and instead limits 80 units, 60 percent of the dwelling primary

1889
02:35:49,000 --> 02:35:53,500
dwelling size. So we're going to look at the footprint of the primary structure, total

1890
02:35:53,500 --> 02:36:00,320
footprint, and your ADU cannot exceed 60 percent of that. It provides more flexibility for larger

1891
02:36:00,320 --> 02:36:06,280
lots and larger primary homes while keeping the ADU accessory to the main structure.

1892
02:36:06,500 --> 02:36:10,800
Again, that's the key and ADU should be an accessory to the primary structure and smaller

1893
02:36:10,800 --> 02:36:14,780
in size, and that's what we're proposing just to flat 60%.

1894
02:36:14,780 --> 02:36:20,260
Response to various requests while existing CAP created an unnecessary limitation on large

1895
02:36:20,260 --> 02:36:21,480
rural residential lot.

1896
02:36:22,660 --> 02:36:26,320
These ADUs still have to meet all the other requirements consisting of parking and per

1897
02:36:26,320 --> 02:36:29,520
this cover, setback, utilities, and all other

1898
02:36:29,520 --> 02:36:31,680
apical development standards, building codes,

1899
02:36:31,900 --> 02:36:32,700
fire codes, etc.

1900
02:36:35,900 --> 02:36:38,620
Menu board signs, menu board signs,

1901
02:36:39,000 --> 02:36:41,580
as a novel sign type for drive through establishments.

1902
02:36:41,660 --> 02:36:43,320
All these new, as we're familiar with all these new

1903
02:36:43,320 --> 02:36:46,060
restaurants, and so changing things out. It's an

1904
02:36:46,060 --> 02:36:47,920
electronic type of sign, but it's really not a

1905
02:36:47,920 --> 02:36:50,240
menu board, I mean a sign, you really can't

1906
02:36:50,240 --> 02:36:53,160
sit from the street. Established as standards for

1907
02:36:53,160 --> 02:36:56,020
the size, number, location of menu board signs,

1908
02:36:56,020 --> 02:37:00,540
allows electronic menu board that they meet again we want to meet our dark sky

1909
02:37:02,440 --> 02:37:06,180
illumination not or intended directly toward the public right away again the

1910
02:37:06,180 --> 02:37:10,820
intent is just for a drive-through for a menu provides clarity for applicants and

1911
02:37:10,820 --> 02:37:14,900
staff while maintaining limits on lighting bills of building and signing impacts and

1912
02:37:18,370 --> 02:37:23,030
this one is going to clarify in variance procedures removes the requirements for

1913
02:37:23,030 --> 02:37:27,950
ZBA being to be held within 45 days of applicant's submittal allows variance

1914
02:37:27,950 --> 02:37:32,890
As per hearings will be scheduled after applications are completed and

1915
02:37:33,270 --> 02:37:34,730
notice requirements are met.

1916
02:37:35,350 --> 02:37:40,030
Providing staff time to review applicants requesting missing information and

1917
02:37:40,030 --> 02:37:42,170
prepares items for ZBA consideration.

1918
02:37:43,290 --> 02:37:47,590
Maintaining a regular monthly ZBA meetings while complete applications

1919
02:37:47,590 --> 02:37:49,890
generally scheduled within four to five weeks.

1920
02:37:50,810 --> 02:37:53,730
Continues mail notice to surrounding prop donors and

1921
02:37:53,730 --> 02:37:57,590
posted signs on the property, but removes the newspaper notice requirement.

1922
02:38:02,280 --> 02:38:05,020
And this is amendment 8, exhibit 8.

1923
02:38:07,940 --> 02:38:12,720
Update zoning notice requirements aligned with the recent Texas local government amendments.

1924
02:38:13,000 --> 02:38:17,240
It clarifies their timing for newspaper notice and

1925
02:38:17,240 --> 02:38:18,800
milled those before public hearings.

1926
02:38:19,900 --> 02:38:27,900
The staffers at development plan approaches approvals require expire after one year if no building permit has been applied for.

1927
02:38:28,760 --> 02:38:33,240
Allow staff to closely inactive, to close inactive development,

1928
02:38:33,640 --> 02:38:36,960
plan application after six months with no applicant activity.

1929
02:38:37,600 --> 02:38:41,920
Help us to ensure delayed or inactive projects are reviewed for

1930
02:38:41,920 --> 02:38:45,280
concurrent conditions, adopt as standards and

1931
02:38:45,280 --> 02:38:47,420
applicable code updates.

1932
02:38:49,120 --> 02:38:50,260
And let me go back.

1933
02:38:50,440 --> 02:38:52,200
So on this one, I apologize real quick.

1934
02:38:52,240 --> 02:38:54,240
Last minute I put in front of your diocese or night.

1935
02:38:54,520 --> 02:38:56,160
We wanted to clarify some language.

1936
02:38:56,160 --> 02:39:02,800
If you look at page 3, and I try to tab them for you for sake of time, you'll see on page 3,

1937
02:39:02,900 --> 02:39:07,480
there was some mis-clarification and the ordinance said one thing and the exhibits are

1938
02:39:07,480 --> 02:39:14,400
nothing. You see the top of page 3 in red. Exhibit age provides that site development plans

1939
02:39:14,400 --> 02:39:20,400
in review, and there's the category review and issuance. Exhibit age also provides that site

1940
02:39:20,400 --> 02:39:27,440
Right development plans and review such applications require expires if no activity consisting of

1941
02:39:27,440 --> 02:39:33,300
additional information being submitted to address the review commitments is received within

1942
02:39:33,300 --> 02:39:34,120
a one-year period.

1943
02:39:34,660 --> 02:39:38,600
So the goal is not to close this case out because there are not taking any activity but we

1944
02:39:38,600 --> 02:39:41,960
have something like two or three years old they submit stuff and they were followed through.

1945
02:39:42,080 --> 02:39:48,400
So we keep them up and clarify activity if we come up with a review and there's a comment

1946
02:39:48,400 --> 02:39:54,460
address drainage address fire activity would see that applicant addressing that.

1947
02:39:56,470 --> 02:39:58,950
Does not e-mails back and forth were working on it?

1948
02:39:58,990 --> 02:40:00,230
We need to see some true action.

1949
02:40:00,410 --> 02:40:03,110
We give you responses, respond to our responses.

1950
02:40:03,110 --> 02:40:06,330
Again, on drainage setbacks, so that clarifies that.

1951
02:40:06,890 --> 02:40:08,330
You flip farther back.

1952
02:40:08,470 --> 02:40:13,090
You see in the body the document towards about four pages from the back.

1953
02:40:13,370 --> 02:40:19,130
We mirrored that language, so language matches in ordinance and matches in the exhibit.

1954
02:40:19,130 --> 02:40:28,790
And then the very last page we added for a top left are under the box for review recommended.

1955
02:40:29,170 --> 02:40:32,170
So I was part of the grammar that was caused that we tried to tweak for everybody.

1956
02:40:34,350 --> 02:40:35,130
Any questions?

1957
02:40:35,610 --> 02:40:36,550
Council member Puckett.

1958
02:40:37,370 --> 02:40:38,510
Yeah, just real quick on.

1959
02:40:38,550 --> 02:40:39,370
I'm Emma one.

1960
02:40:40,630 --> 02:40:41,690
I think it was a very top one.

1961
02:40:41,790 --> 02:40:44,430
I didn't notice when I was reading it the first time.

1962
02:40:44,850 --> 02:40:45,050
Okay.

1963
02:40:45,050 --> 02:41:13,870
Okay, you're talking about, let's see, explain, I guess the one we're specifying that City owned land rather than parks, you know, dedicated that we're like be specific to subdivision, I'm just, I don't want to disincentivize somebody else taking care of public, of a public benefit, if they're so inclined.

1964
02:41:13,870 --> 02:41:32,690
So we have this existing zoning district of parks and open space zoning that we're clarifying the definition of it, so I guess I hear your question is the goal of this category is that those areas are city of Bastrop on our lands dedicated to the city.

1965
02:41:32,690 --> 02:41:35,570
that means it really identifies we own that property.

1966
02:41:36,170 --> 02:41:38,410
So a neighborhood park with an existing plan

1967
02:41:38,410 --> 02:41:42,990
development district or when would it be our one district,

1968
02:41:43,030 --> 02:41:44,810
that would just be part of that overall zoning,

1969
02:41:44,990 --> 02:41:46,190
but it's owned by the HOA.

1970
02:41:47,050 --> 02:41:50,310
Right, I just want to make sure they still get credit for it.

1971
02:41:50,310 --> 02:41:52,110
So they do, they'll still get credit.

1972
02:41:52,310 --> 02:41:55,570
The intent is we had a category called Civic Space.

1973
02:41:56,410 --> 02:41:59,170
And so it was a Civic Space, for example,

1974
02:41:59,310 --> 02:42:01,110
it was a park that's in an HOA,

1975
02:42:01,110 --> 02:42:07,850
Is it really civic space? Is everybody have access to it? Yes, they still get credit for Parkland education. Yes, all of that

1976
02:42:07,850 --> 02:42:14,310
This is really this category belongs to us. Yeah, okay. That's fine. I just want to make sure we weren't yet

1977
02:42:14,310 --> 02:42:15,850
No, we are not disincentivizing

1978
02:42:15,850 --> 02:42:17,550
No, thank you. And

1979
02:42:20,910 --> 02:42:21,510
I'll leave to approve

1980
02:42:21,510 --> 02:42:25,950
We have a couple more kind of say we we gotta have public hearing

1981
02:42:27,690 --> 02:42:29,150
Ah, we got you back

1982
02:42:34,730 --> 02:42:35,690
Councilmember Foster

1983
02:42:38,230 --> 02:42:42,370
I don't have any questions. I just want to thank you. Thank you

1984
02:42:42,970 --> 02:42:48,070
To Brittany and Chrissy and Koi and yourself. Thank you. This is exactly what we wanted

1985
02:42:48,070 --> 02:42:51,470
We wanted to see amendments as soon as they were enough data

1986
02:42:51,470 --> 02:42:56,750
And so I just want to thank you for being so responsive to all the applicants going through the process

1987
02:42:56,750 --> 02:43:03,230
And then also for anticipating future difficulties and handling those right now. Thank you like this document is alive

1988
02:43:03,230 --> 02:43:07,550
this code is alive. Thank you. It's exactly what we needed. Appreciate y'all.

1989
02:43:09,830 --> 02:43:15,390
Mayor Pro Temme Carcola? Yes, so the driveway requirements, this

1990
02:43:15,390 --> 02:43:20,770
amendment came about because we had a resident on in North Bastrop who stopped

1991
02:43:20,770 --> 02:43:26,070
in front of my house and said that he had gotten a code enforcement letter because

1992
02:43:26,070 --> 02:43:32,250
he had sort of, I don't know, built. Maybe it was pavers or maybe it was just, you know,

1993
02:43:32,250 --> 02:43:35,870
crush granite or something and he was basically pulling up on his driveway and then pulling

1994
02:43:35,870 --> 02:43:41,750
off to the right side and so I started asking questions and so I guess I'm curious

1995
02:43:42,410 --> 02:43:49,650
like how this fixes it not yeah I'm curious how this fixes it a and then also be what

1996
02:43:49,650 --> 02:43:54,950
are we doing with like you know north hill street which doesn't have concrete entrances

1997
02:43:54,950 --> 02:44:02,150
to any of the houses because it just goes directly from asphalt to dirt and so I guess

1998
02:44:02,150 --> 02:44:06,850
Yes, part of my question is, is this only for new development, and if it's only okay?

1999
02:44:07,370 --> 02:44:13,130
No, it's for, and you're right, Mayor Perotem, Kirkland, you brought up the issue with the driveway.

2000
02:44:13,510 --> 02:44:19,550
I recall that one, Judy Hoover had the issue with the circular drive, so we're addressing that one.

2001
02:44:19,610 --> 02:44:25,590
So long as there's not a visual obstruction, a lot of these things are to address what exists.

2002
02:44:25,930 --> 02:44:29,610
And as infill is coming in, it can match the built environment.

2003
02:44:29,610 --> 02:44:35,970
Well, and then I get how, you know, infill, you know, maybe you want to require concrete to the in the

2004
02:44:35,970 --> 02:44:57,350
Priteaway area up to the beginning of their house and then or not their house, but their private property and then they can put whatever they want that's allowed here and I see how we've expanded the list of services to things besides concrete. I totally get that, but you know, is this going to make houses that have been on hill street for decades, you know, illegal because they have dirt

2005
02:44:58,030 --> 02:44:59,350
driveway, coming off of a...

2006
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:12,080
City street with no curb and gutter. I mean, no, those those should have always been existing non conforming. Okay, they should never have created a code enforcement issue and we we had some of that conversation already. Okay.

2007
02:45:13,820 --> 02:45:21,560
Now, it does prevent somebody who's building on hill street on a lot that's never been built on from leaving dirt.

2008
02:45:22,620 --> 02:45:24,940
And I don't have a problem with that.

2009
02:45:25,560 --> 02:45:33,500
I'm just trying to see how this change fixed the issue with the gentleman who pulls up

2010
02:45:33,500 --> 02:45:39,460
and off to the right of his driveway onto another surface if, you know, it's not supposed

2011
02:45:39,460 --> 02:45:44,540
to apply to people that are already in a home, why does this change fix it?

2012
02:45:44,720 --> 02:45:49,260
And if this change is supposed to fix it, you know, why does it not also do things for people

2013
02:45:49,260 --> 02:45:49,720
on Hill Street?

2014
02:45:49,860 --> 02:45:50,900
That's kind of the nature of.

2015
02:45:50,900 --> 02:45:54,420
So first of all, the person that you're referring to

2016
02:45:54,420 --> 02:45:57,060
should never have had a code enforcement issue ever,

2017
02:45:58,000 --> 02:45:59,820
because he's existing on conforming.

2018
02:46:00,040 --> 02:46:01,080
And in the rest of the world,

2019
02:46:01,700 --> 02:46:03,160
Doc and I say this all the time.

2020
02:46:04,020 --> 02:46:07,000
In the rest, I'm sorry, I have to laugh quietly about that,

2021
02:46:07,660 --> 02:46:09,800
because this is an alternate reality sometimes.

2022
02:46:10,100 --> 02:46:12,040
In the rest of the world, flat work

2023
02:46:12,040 --> 02:46:13,400
doesn't require a permit.

2024
02:46:14,380 --> 02:46:18,080
And so long as you're within the confines of your lot

2025
02:46:18,080 --> 02:46:23,000
not, and not causing extensive drainage issues to somebody else, you're fine.

2026
02:46:23,480 --> 02:46:27,400
And you can park along that gentleman, if I recall, was parked along his fence

2027
02:46:27,400 --> 02:46:29,040
and at an angle, and that's how it worked.

2028
02:46:29,420 --> 02:46:30,040
Totally fine.

2029
02:46:30,440 --> 02:46:34,220
But what it did raise for us is, you know what, there are other people like these folks

2030
02:46:34,220 --> 02:46:38,740
back here on Pine who use an alternate drivelly method because it's so narrow,

2031
02:46:38,920 --> 02:46:40,280
and they're just those concrete pads.

2032
02:46:40,540 --> 02:46:42,380
You know what, that's probably better for drainage.

2033
02:46:42,400 --> 02:46:43,860
We should probably allow that to.

2034
02:46:43,860 --> 02:46:47,920
And let's not penalize folks for trying to, number one, be better.

2035
02:46:48,160 --> 02:46:49,860
Number two, match the built environment.

2036
02:46:50,380 --> 02:46:54,020
And number three, doing things we hadn't even thought about doing.

2037
02:46:54,180 --> 02:46:54,340
Mm-hm.

2038
02:46:55,220 --> 02:47:01,420
Yeah, no, I mean, I think a third of us up here probably don't have concrete drives, including myself.

2039
02:47:01,740 --> 02:47:05,780
So I mean, I get why that's useful for people that are building new ones.

2040
02:47:06,100 --> 02:47:07,720
But anyway, thank you.

2041
02:47:13,180 --> 02:47:20,620
We're going to open the floor for a public hearing, do we have anyone that would wish to speak?

2042
02:47:21,820 --> 02:47:23,820
Nope, we're going to close the public hearing.

2043
02:47:24,460 --> 02:47:27,080
All right, council, do we have any further discussion?

2044
02:47:28,100 --> 02:47:28,760
Motion to approve.

2045
02:47:29,140 --> 02:47:29,680
We have a motion.

2046
02:47:29,860 --> 02:47:30,560
Do we have a second?

2047
02:47:31,360 --> 02:47:32,620
We have a motion and a second.

2048
02:47:33,000 --> 02:47:34,680
Council member Meyer came with the second.

2049
02:47:35,180 --> 02:47:35,360
All

2050
02:47:40,260 --> 02:47:40,340
right.

2051
02:47:40,540 --> 02:47:41,080
All in favor?

2052
02:47:41,080 --> 02:47:41,760
All right.

2053
02:47:41,760 --> 02:47:42,560
All opposed?

2054
02:47:43,420 --> 02:47:44,140
All right.

2055
02:47:44,760 --> 02:47:46,560
Now we want to do a good fun stuff.

2056
02:47:47,080 --> 02:47:57,000
Agenda item 9 F. Consider an act on a resolution number R-20026-106 to conduct a feasibility

2057
02:47:57,000 --> 02:48:02,240
study with the YMCA of Greater Austin to be performed by Triangle II Inc.

2058
02:48:02,560 --> 02:48:08,040
And just so you all know, we're always working on stuff, y'all, just like y'all have to be

2059
02:48:08,040 --> 02:48:14,980
Your patient with us, when the time is right, we'll present things, but we hear y'all, we see y'all, we have things that we're concerned about.

2060
02:48:15,140 --> 02:48:17,500
This is one of those items, Madam City Manager.

2061
02:48:18,380 --> 02:48:22,520
Exactly right, you guys have tasked me to go figure out how to make a rec center happen.

2062
02:48:22,940 --> 02:48:27,580
And I'm resurrected conversations with the why they're very interested.

2063
02:48:27,900 --> 02:48:31,180
Part of that conversation is, who went and where?

2064
02:48:32,460 --> 02:48:37,400
And this is step one to a longer goal of hopefully having a functional

2065
02:48:37,400 --> 02:48:40,820
Recreation Center that is partly managed by the why.

2066
02:48:41,340 --> 02:48:49,040
We all know those things are our tremendous asset needs, not just the need because the community wants it, but

2067
02:48:50,040 --> 02:48:57,620
they fill a need of a wider area, not just the city but folks in the county because there isn't a larger space like that.

2068
02:48:58,160 --> 02:49:03,340
But with that comes the requirement for operational costs and again, the who, what, when, where, and why.

2069
02:49:03,340 --> 02:49:06,860
And that's what this study aims to identify.

2070
02:49:08,580 --> 02:49:12,400
Yeah, I think it's great that we're having another look.

2071
02:49:13,240 --> 02:49:19,420
A lot of people don't know the real deal, the real spill behind the YMCA and YNOM

2072
02:49:19,420 --> 02:49:24,500
lawyers here. Some people claim they know and put videos out there like they know

2073
02:49:24,500 --> 02:49:29,880
they're talking about but they weren't here and didn't know. And so it's just good

2074
02:49:29,880 --> 02:49:34,520
to have this opportunity to be able to revisit and start rebuilding the relationship. Hopefully

2075
02:49:34,520 --> 02:49:40,480
we can get somewhere hopefully it shows that it's something that will work for our community.

2076
02:49:40,980 --> 02:49:42,900
So council, do we have any discussion?

2077
02:49:46,580 --> 02:49:49,000
All right. Motion to approve. Second.

2078
02:49:49,340 --> 02:49:57,340
We have a motion and a second. All in favor. All opposed. All right. Motion passes unanimous

2079
02:49:57,340 --> 02:50:01,180
our general passage unanimous, onto the item 9-H.

2080
02:50:01,500 --> 02:50:07,640
Consider an act on a resolution number R-2006-109

2081
02:50:07,640 --> 02:50:10,840
in the amount of sending $4,000 to conduct a phase two

2082
02:50:11,180 --> 02:50:13,260
on the hospital feasibility study.

2083
02:50:14,640 --> 02:50:15,300
Thank you, Mayor.

2084
02:50:16,020 --> 02:50:18,040
Again, we conducted phase one

2085
02:50:18,040 --> 02:50:19,960
of the hospital feasibility study

2086
02:50:19,960 --> 02:50:22,840
and we have our consultant with our TG available

2087
02:50:22,840 --> 02:50:24,820
for any questions.

2088
02:50:24,820 --> 02:50:28,080
This essentially hones in on the service area.

2089
02:50:28,320 --> 02:50:33,360
We had a really large service area that identified at least a 500 bed deficiency.

2090
02:50:34,040 --> 02:50:37,300
If you recall from the prior graphs, we also had a large swing.

2091
02:50:37,300 --> 02:50:44,660
We had a lot of geriatric, and then we had a lot of new incoming pediatric needs and the gamut spread.

2092
02:50:45,880 --> 02:50:50,120
And phase two of the feasibility study, number one, helps us hone in on that.

2093
02:50:50,120 --> 02:50:54,940
And number two, also begins to have the conversations with the providers.

2094
02:50:55,380 --> 02:51:01,180
We've already reached out to Ascension Seton, have already reached out to the top four providers, I'll remind you.

2095
02:51:02,380 --> 02:51:10,520
Baylor Scott and White, same David's, the Methodist Hospital and Ascension Seton with Ascension Seton ranking at the lowest.

2096
02:51:11,140 --> 02:51:16,780
We do have a conversation with three of the four, have not been able to schedule with the Methodist.

2097
02:51:16,780 --> 02:51:22,900
But this item also engages RTG with some of those conversations.

2098
02:51:23,240 --> 02:51:29,680
And those are conversations well above what yours truly and your staff can do.

2099
02:51:29,920 --> 02:51:32,320
Hospitals have CCN boundaries also, who knew?

2100
02:51:32,960 --> 02:51:35,580
So there's some intricacies that need to be involved.

2101
02:51:36,240 --> 02:51:41,640
There is some dollar amount in here, it's about $20,000 that we programmed for public input.

2102
02:51:42,640 --> 02:51:47,820
I don't know how much public input is going to be required, and quite frankly, I won't

2103
02:51:47,820 --> 02:51:50,620
know that until we have conversations with the hospital.

2104
02:51:51,260 --> 02:51:55,400
Many of you have expressed the concern about the hospital is going to do, what the

2105
02:51:55,400 --> 02:51:58,100
hospital is going to do, why are you bringing in public input?

2106
02:51:58,720 --> 02:52:03,060
And the reality of that is we hone into some of those specialties that may be a conversation

2107
02:52:03,060 --> 02:52:06,740
we need to have, especially if there's a tie among the hospitals.

2108
02:52:07,520 --> 02:52:09,660
But we do have a RTG on the line.

2109
02:52:09,660 --> 02:52:17,300
She is available. Her name is Leanne Odom. Any questions that you have of me or her, please feel free to shoot.

2110
02:52:17,740 --> 02:52:18,380
Hello, Leanne.

2111
02:52:21,810 --> 02:52:23,790
Oh, she can't hear me. Mayor Pro, Jim Kirkland.

2112
02:52:24,770 --> 02:52:26,850
Leanne. There's a little bit of an answer.

2113
02:52:27,370 --> 02:52:33,490
Oh, there you go. I was just saying hello. Mayor Pro, Jim Kirkland has something he would like to say.

2114
02:52:34,350 --> 02:52:35,010
Good evening.

2115
02:52:37,500 --> 02:52:42,980
So I'm trying to find the right word. So I was one of the individuals that said a hospital is going to do what a hospital is going to do.

2116
02:52:43,900 --> 02:52:49,340
And I'm also enthusiastically in support of doing things that we can to attract the hospital.

2117
02:52:49,480 --> 02:52:52,640
So I just want to be very clear about that.

2118
02:52:53,240 --> 02:53:00,020
I also look at an item like $74,000 and say, hey, do we need to spend this and

2119
02:53:00,020 --> 02:53:01,200
is this the right thing to do?

2120
02:53:03,660 --> 02:53:12,900
And so I guess, so I knew that you had discussed having conversations with various

2121
02:53:12,900 --> 02:53:16,940
hospital groups, and I think what I was planning to say before you said some of the things

2122
02:53:16,940 --> 02:53:21,860
that you said was, you know, maybe we should hold off and ask them what type of a study

2123
02:53:21,860 --> 02:53:22,920
they may need.

2124
02:53:23,060 --> 02:53:27,440
Because for instance, if we would go and spend $40,000 on a study that none of them need,

2125
02:53:27,560 --> 02:53:34,080
like they all know what their business is today, and know what kind of services they would

2126
02:53:34,080 --> 02:53:34,640
need to provide.

2127
02:53:34,860 --> 02:53:37,400
I mean, you know, this is their business, their experts at it.

2128
02:53:37,400 --> 02:53:43,220
But I'm just wondering if there's another way to go about this, where we, like for

2129
02:53:43,220 --> 02:53:46,920
instance, you know, if we didn't approve this study tonight, you know, what hospital

2130
02:53:46,920 --> 02:53:48,940
opportunity are we likely to lose?

2131
02:53:49,100 --> 02:53:50,420
So I don't even know if we would know that.

2132
02:53:50,940 --> 02:53:57,400
And maybe, alternatively, two of the four hospitals would come back and say, no, that particular

2133
02:53:57,400 --> 02:54:01,380
study you're planning on doing, we don't need help with that, but we could use help with

2134
02:54:01,380 --> 02:54:06,620
this other thing over here, which we didn't spend money on yet and is going to cost us

2135
02:54:06,620 --> 02:54:13,480
new money. And so I guess I almost wish that we could talk to them about is there any

2136
02:54:13,480 --> 02:54:17,900
information that would be helpful in them making a decision and then using that input to

2137
02:54:17,900 --> 02:54:19,080
go for a phase two?

2138
02:54:19,460 --> 02:54:24,060
Sure. Leanne has a she's got a very good and I'll just give you the short spiel. They may

2139
02:54:24,060 --> 02:54:29,880
want to provide a service that we don't feel is necessary. They may want to provide a service

2140
02:54:29,880 --> 02:54:35,760
that for whatever reason is duplicative in a very nearby area because of their ability to

2141
02:54:35,760 --> 02:54:39,460
moved doctors. And I'm just looking at the Baylor Scott and White model and quite frankly,

2142
02:54:39,600 --> 02:54:44,520
the St. David's model, where there are cohorts of doctors that move along at each of the hospitals.

2143
02:54:45,620 --> 02:54:48,900
And, Leanne, will you chime in to some of that?

2144
02:54:49,980 --> 02:54:57,460
Yes, certainly, Sylvia. And the context here is that as we did the inquiry, we ensured

2145
02:54:57,460 --> 02:55:03,380
the fine things and in further dialogue, you know, kind of pointed out that there were

2146
02:55:04,940 --> 02:55:11,100
unknowns there's that community input part and then you know the topic of paid hospitals

2147
02:55:11,600 --> 02:55:17,920
are going to have a particular point of view under the table. And that point you fear

2148
02:55:17,920 --> 02:55:24,660
to where we are from, as they'll be at head to what degree we'll be looking to be

2149
02:55:24,660 --> 02:55:31,560
servicet from what they're already offering nearby today, how much of the

2150
02:55:31,560 --> 02:55:37,880
services we'll need to know, though, but the strategy will be, again, expanding

2151
02:55:37,880 --> 02:55:43,940
their own services for the competitive move for them. And as we bring more

2152
02:55:43,940 --> 02:55:48,980
For all the different scenarios, that's when the discussion that you're reading, I'd

2153
02:55:48,980 --> 02:55:55,480
feel used to hear you prepare to talk with students, workings, various health care entities.

2154
02:55:56,760 --> 02:56:02,060
And as to how we're working with this mutual work, it's to assert a supportive and advise

2155
02:56:02,060 --> 02:56:03,440
people at space.

2156
02:56:06,500 --> 02:56:10,240
I said the council, I forward to do an email just now and has some talking points.

2157
02:56:10,240 --> 02:56:12,840
Good information about the study itself.

2158
02:56:21,250 --> 02:56:21,970
Thank you, Leanne.

2159
02:56:21,970 --> 02:56:24,250
Mary Pro. Tim Kirkman, you have anything else?

2160
02:56:24,630 --> 02:56:25,370
You still lit up.

2161
02:56:25,770 --> 02:56:26,110
Yeah, I know.

2162
02:56:26,590 --> 02:56:26,910
I mean,

2163
02:56:30,090 --> 02:56:32,770
I don't know that my question is answered.

2164
02:56:33,610 --> 02:56:38,070
That it really does sort of, you know, like for instance,

2165
02:56:40,050 --> 02:56:44,030
if we did not do, if we didn't pay for this today,

2166
02:56:45,850 --> 02:56:47,410
which hotel or hotel?

2167
02:56:47,970 --> 02:56:50,890
Which hospital opportunity would not be available to us?

2168
02:56:50,890 --> 02:56:53,350
And I don't know that we even know the answer to that, which

2169
02:56:53,350 --> 02:56:59,490
Which then causes me to be hesitant to spend the money without, I don't know, maybe having

2170
02:56:59,490 --> 02:57:01,750
those conversations with the hospitals, sort of.

2171
02:57:01,850 --> 02:57:05,710
So, and I'm not comfortable entering the conversation with those hospitals.

2172
02:57:05,890 --> 02:57:08,130
No, and that's fair, yeah, without information.

2173
02:57:08,470 --> 02:57:14,130
And so, I will, you know, one of the questions that was posed to me by the developer group,

2174
02:57:14,350 --> 02:57:18,790
the developer, by the way, has set on some of those boards and said, which hospital is going

2175
02:57:18,790 --> 02:57:19,710
to go vertical sooner?

2176
02:57:19,710 --> 02:57:23,930
or there's a lot of hospitals who claim a market share to lock up that market share,

2177
02:57:23,950 --> 02:57:27,230
but you may not get a vertical hospital until six years from now.

2178
02:57:27,630 --> 02:57:28,970
Oh, wow, didn't know that.

2179
02:57:29,050 --> 02:57:32,990
I thought everybody was interested once to build right away because Bastrop is the place.

2180
02:57:33,750 --> 02:57:38,230
And then there is a question of, ooh, there may be some services that are already locked

2181
02:57:38,230 --> 02:57:40,730
because of CCN, so to speak, boundaries.

2182
02:57:40,990 --> 02:57:42,350
Oh, didn't know that either.

2183
02:57:42,930 --> 02:57:45,010
And so there are some nuances to this.

2184
02:57:45,390 --> 02:57:49,050
And I'm totally comfortable and I think they are also, if you guys say,

2185
02:57:49,050 --> 02:57:54,070
Well, we're not going to open up the public comments until you get through those negotiations.

2186
02:57:54,370 --> 02:58:00,270
Because there is going to be some public input on what are those services the hospital is offering to serve?

2187
02:58:00,410 --> 02:58:05,330
And do they match what our own independent study has said we are needing here?

2188
02:58:06,110 --> 02:58:12,490
And, you know, there's a base bid for $40,000 and additional $14,000 to assist in discussion

2189
02:58:12,490 --> 02:58:17,830
negotiation with potential partners and then the possibility of an additional $20,000.

2190
02:58:17,830 --> 02:58:20,090
Okay, I mean, could we do it in a different order?

2191
02:58:20,410 --> 02:58:34,370
So we do a 14K to assist in the discussion, and then, you know, decide on what we would need to study for the 40K so that we know that we're studying something that the hospitals would be able to use?

2192
02:58:34,370 --> 02:58:40,090
Well, I think A and B, I think the 54,000 is absolutely necessary from my part

2193
02:58:40,090 --> 02:58:45,890
an independent study of what is our market, what is that service area that we think

2194
02:58:45,890 --> 02:58:49,730
needs to be best served with Bashtrop being the best place it can serve.

2195
02:58:50,330 --> 02:58:56,130
So, if anything, I'd be comfortable with the 54 instead of the 74, with the other

2196
02:58:56,130 --> 02:58:58,290
20 being at a later time.

2197
02:58:58,290 --> 02:59:03,410
Yeah, and if we, I mean, once the story starts coming together and people are making specific

2198
02:59:03,410 --> 02:59:07,910
asks, and we know that we're getting closer to something, and they make a request to do something,

2199
02:59:08,090 --> 02:59:12,230
yeah, I'm all on board with that too. I'm just trying to make sure that we're, you know,

2200
02:59:12,590 --> 02:59:19,790
understand. Yeah. And the item quite, I'll tell you, it has a life of its own right now,

2201
02:59:19,930 --> 02:59:24,770
because we have an annexation item that's coming to you very soon, probably at the next meeting.

2202
02:59:24,770 --> 02:59:32,170
And then we have the Plan Development District creation coming to the PNZ in the August

2203
02:59:32,170 --> 02:59:32,730
time frame.

2204
02:59:33,210 --> 02:59:37,670
And in August too, you guys will be looking at the pit and the turf, so it's a snowball

2205
02:59:37,670 --> 02:59:44,790
effect that I'd like to have in line before we even get much further and pick a dance partner.

2206
02:59:51,910 --> 02:59:59,810
Yeah, no. I agree with you, Mayor Pro Temp. We definitely don't want to...

2207
03:00:01,470 --> 03:00:17,490
Just spending money uselessly and not having any results with it. I know there are a lot of demands from the citizens. You see, the article is out like there's a lot of people that want it, but we definitely need to make sure we have the right things in motion.

2208
03:00:20,310 --> 03:00:29,810
I just, I know for one thing though, I am looking forward to the day to where we can truly have someone say that they're born and raised in Bastrop again.

2209
03:00:31,190 --> 03:00:39,370
I hadn't happened in a long time, so maybe we could say, but a first time in 35 years, somebody's born and raised in Bastrop, all right, so.

2210
03:00:40,090 --> 03:00:43,190
All right. Well, Councillor, do we have any other discussion?

2211
03:00:47,130 --> 03:00:51,590
So motion to approve item 9H with a change in the dollar amount to $54,000.

2212
03:00:52,170 --> 03:00:53,050
Not to exceed.

2213
03:00:53,350 --> 03:00:55,070
Not to exceed $54,000.

2214
03:00:55,510 --> 03:00:55,990
Second.

2215
03:00:56,470 --> 03:00:58,530
All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor?

2216
03:00:59,010 --> 03:00:59,270
All right.

2217
03:00:59,270 --> 03:01:03,390
All right. All opposed. All right. Thank you, Leigh Ann.

2218
03:01:04,530 --> 03:01:05,650
Thank you very much.

2219
03:01:07,920 --> 03:01:19,060
All right. On to agenda nine. Hi. Mary, you have some public comment. Yes. Okay. But yeah, we can move on tonight.

2220
03:01:19,500 --> 03:01:27,450
All right. This is the folks that spoke of public comments. They're members of the historic landmark commission.

2221
03:01:27,450 --> 03:01:42,770
This item is an item that we actually discussed with legal for a little bit as we began trying to tackle how do we help stop some of the oh, well, it was falling in on itself, you know, demolition.

2222
03:01:43,590 --> 03:01:53,730
I will tell you what I told the HLC the city has been derelict in its duty from enforcing the neglect portion.

2223
03:01:53,730 --> 03:01:59,970
The city gives landowners historic marker landowners who have applied, we give a certain

2224
03:01:59,970 --> 03:02:00,690
dollar amount.

2225
03:02:01,230 --> 03:02:08,650
We've not been inspecting that for those property owners to keep up the property.

2226
03:02:08,910 --> 03:02:14,070
So we have, we have a lot of blame in this whole thing.

2227
03:02:14,410 --> 03:02:21,130
And so the item in front of you is really addressing what's in the local government code and

2228
03:02:21,130 --> 03:02:27,550
and codifying in our code of ordinances, which is 315-006, liability for adversely affecting

2229
03:02:27,550 --> 03:02:33,990
historic structure property. Sorry for the small font. This section applies to those

2230
03:02:33,990 --> 03:02:40,430
who don't go through our approved primary process. If you come in and you go to the HLC and

2231
03:02:40,430 --> 03:02:45,330
you go through the process and you have the six month cooling off period and anyway folks

2232
03:02:45,330 --> 03:02:49,730
go through the demolition and it's approved, this doesn't apply to you if you go through

2233
03:02:49,730 --> 03:02:55,830
the process. It only applies to folks who decided to demolish without a permit, demolish

2234
03:02:55,830 --> 03:03:00,630
in the, you know, at night and say, well, I had to do it because it was a public health

2235
03:03:00,630 --> 03:03:06,510
and safety item. It also allows the Texas Historic Commission to file a civil action.

2236
03:03:07,070 --> 03:03:11,630
It does not allow for double action. I can't do a city civil action and a Texas Historic

2237
03:03:11,630 --> 03:03:18,070
Civil Action. And there are some prerequisites we need to meet. They go hand in hand with

2238
03:03:18,070 --> 03:03:23,630
creating the historic district overlay, these properties need to be registered down at the county courthouse.

2239
03:03:23,930 --> 03:03:27,130
We've got to have a process in place that identifies them.

2240
03:03:27,670 --> 03:03:31,350
We have a loosely based process, but it needs to get more formalized.

2241
03:03:33,700 --> 03:03:43,520
And so instead of accepting monetary damages, this is the bigger piece, which is why you heard the historic landmark commission say double the demolition fee is not enough, right?

2242
03:03:43,700 --> 03:03:47,380
They'll pay 500 bucks and be okay, and that's a one time fee.

2243
03:03:47,380 --> 03:03:53,880
This says, the city may permit the liable person to construct using as many of the original materials as possible,

2244
03:03:54,360 --> 03:04:03,340
a structure or property that is a reasonable fix, similarly, of the demolished historic structure or property or to restore use in as many of the original materials as possible.

2245
03:04:04,460 --> 03:04:10,700
And pay the cost of attorney fees, architects, and appraisers fees and other costs related to the enforcement of this action.

2246
03:04:11,520 --> 03:04:13,520
So it's got some bite, right?

2247
03:04:13,520 --> 03:04:21,020
Okay, the next item is it allows us to recover damage under the section and any damages that

2248
03:04:21,020 --> 03:04:23,460
we recover have to be put in a historic trust.

2249
03:04:23,960 --> 03:04:28,080
We can't just go and do that and spend the money in the general fund.

2250
03:04:28,200 --> 03:04:32,200
There's a protection of who and what those fees can be used for.

2251
03:04:35,060 --> 03:04:36,560
So happy to answer any questions.

2252
03:04:39,030 --> 03:04:44,310
This is a tool that's been in the local government code, we have not codified it in our code.

2253
03:04:49,290 --> 03:04:58,110
All right, we have four citizens and citizens who have signed up to comment, three of them do not wish to speak and what them does.

2254
03:04:58,490 --> 03:05:09,490
So, Ron Barkley, he does not wish to speak, but he shows support for a general item 9A.

2255
03:05:13,290 --> 03:05:13,630
Aye.

2256
03:05:13,630 --> 03:05:15,770
I don't know where they came from, thank you.

2257
03:05:16,330 --> 03:05:21,850
Sandra Barclay, she does not wish to speak, but she shows support for agenda item 9-9-I.

2258
03:05:22,850 --> 03:05:29,070
Robert Sanders, she does not wish to speak, but she shows support of agenda item 9-I.

2259
03:05:29,690 --> 03:05:34,550
And we have here to speak with us tonight, Gary Moss, on agenda item 9-I.

2260
03:05:37,050 --> 03:05:38,170
Yes, sir, come on up.

2261
03:05:42,160 --> 03:05:43,200
No public hearing.

2262
03:05:43,240 --> 03:05:44,160
No, it's not a public hearing.

2263
03:05:44,600 --> 03:05:45,300
All right, here we go.

2264
03:05:46,260 --> 03:05:51,700
Last but not the least, I'm opposed to this, and I won't tell you why.

2265
03:05:52,320 --> 03:05:57,040
It's an ad hoc kind of knee jerk reaction to some of the things that's been happening.

2266
03:05:57,320 --> 03:06:00,780
The B3 code created all kinds of problems for us as we all know.

2267
03:06:01,420 --> 03:06:02,980
This is an extension of that.

2268
03:06:05,860 --> 03:06:09,300
The Historic Landmark Commission, I believe it's broken.

2269
03:06:09,720 --> 03:06:16,300
I don't think they can do the job they need to do with the tools they have as she's pointed out.

2270
03:06:16,300 --> 03:06:26,640
But this city needs to be more inclusive on the terms of the interaction with the builders and developers and things like that.

2271
03:06:27,140 --> 03:06:30,740
A lot of people don't realize that's who you need to be working with.

2272
03:06:32,780 --> 03:06:39,200
Demonizing these people, coming to town and buying these restore combs, that's no good at all.

2273
03:06:39,200 --> 03:06:42,520
I don't think. And that's a lot of what this is just going to do.

2274
03:06:43,760 --> 03:06:48,820
It's just jumping ahead, putting the car before the horse in the situation

2275
03:06:48,820 --> 03:06:53,200
where we need to be really concentrating on developing the system

2276
03:06:53,200 --> 03:06:57,740
and the mechanism to be able to help maintain those homes.

2277
03:06:58,620 --> 03:07:02,360
You can look and see how many homes are just falling down around here.

2278
03:07:03,080 --> 03:07:04,580
And we've let it happen.

2279
03:07:05,100 --> 03:07:14,000
You know, and we need to stop that and we need to actually stop demonizing people coming in and buy them to look behind the shell station up there.

2280
03:07:14,040 --> 03:07:14,820
That looks real nice.

2281
03:07:15,020 --> 03:07:30,120
Did just nothing there, you know, if that guy's such a hard time, he's maybe not going to develop it at all, but I think we really need to the real problem is that, you know, this is the national

2282
03:07:30,120 --> 03:07:35,160
register in the state register and then the city register. They can't do anything. It's

2283
03:07:35,160 --> 03:07:44,280
on the city. It's on us to develop some kind of program or some kind of things that we

2284
03:07:44,280 --> 03:07:51,520
can use that rather than using a certificate of appropriateness for what these people can

2285
03:07:51,520 --> 03:07:58,740
and cannot do, you know, to build a house, you know, my house is, my little house, I built

2286
03:07:58,740 --> 03:08:06,600
that for $183 a square foot, rebuilt it, then right next door I built, $163 a square foot,

2287
03:08:06,780 --> 03:08:10,900
it cost more to rebuild the older homes and things like that, and we need to be concerned

2288
03:08:10,900 --> 03:08:16,980
about that, and we need to come up with a way to support that, rather than these people that

2289
03:08:16,980 --> 03:08:31,560
come to these meetings, you know, like the people come earlier and talk about this saying before they even see what's on the agenda here, makes no sense to me, he can bring 50 people, everybody's going to say don't tear it on the house, don't tear it on the house, the house may not be worthy.

2290
03:08:31,960 --> 03:08:45,340
We need to come up with something, the city needs to come up with a way of determined is that worthy or not worthy, rather than having people on the historic landmark commission, try to figure that out because they're not qualified to do it.

2291
03:08:45,340 --> 03:08:49,480
I'm not qualified to do it without having the ability to go in and inspect.

2292
03:08:49,760 --> 03:08:52,120
We have inspectors, we inspect new construction.

2293
03:08:53,020 --> 03:08:55,560
We need to do the same thing like that.

2294
03:08:55,960 --> 03:08:56,560
Thank you.

2295
03:08:56,620 --> 03:08:57,160
Thank you, Gary.

2296
03:08:58,820 --> 03:08:59,820
Council member Romare.

2297
03:09:00,500 --> 03:09:00,860
Thank you.

2298
03:09:00,980 --> 03:09:02,260
So Sylvia, let's clarify.

2299
03:09:02,760 --> 03:09:07,400
We're not saying that HLC is going in and inspecting houses, right?

2300
03:09:07,680 --> 03:09:08,880
That's not what's going to happen.

2301
03:09:09,480 --> 03:09:14,340
This is a tool to prevent what we're scared of.

2302
03:09:15,340 --> 03:09:20,940
And I will say, once Bastrop is historical because of what we have,

2303
03:09:21,360 --> 03:09:24,460
if we lose our identity, if we don't have enough protection,

2304
03:09:24,720 --> 03:09:29,840
which this does, this helps with, we're not going to have what we have.

2305
03:09:30,220 --> 03:09:31,820
We're not going to have historical Bastrop.

2306
03:09:32,260 --> 03:09:33,700
Sure, you can rebuild something.

2307
03:09:34,460 --> 03:09:37,140
But it's not the same as the original, it's just not.

2308
03:09:38,400 --> 03:09:40,720
So my point is, let's do all of it.

2309
03:09:41,500 --> 03:09:43,860
What you said, Sylvia, we need to go in.

2310
03:09:43,860 --> 03:09:48,860
and do way better than what we have about the shape of the houses.

2311
03:09:49,220 --> 03:09:51,120
So let's do that. Let's be proactive that way.

2312
03:09:51,420 --> 03:09:56,040
Let's put language like this, this says here for the consequences.

2313
03:09:56,660 --> 03:10:01,200
Let's do all of it. It's not one R. It's like we got to get together and do all of this

2314
03:10:01,200 --> 03:10:05,680
because to protect and preserve what makes us BASTRAW,

2315
03:10:05,980 --> 03:10:08,880
we're going to need all the tools and the toolbox to use.

2316
03:10:10,100 --> 03:10:22,560
And I will say I'm sensitive to board member Moss, the thing about a historic home and what's necessary is from a building code perspective.

2317
03:10:23,420 --> 03:10:31,600
You know, docking his crew are going to go in with what I'm going to say is a sledgehammer and these houses require a scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

2318
03:10:31,600 --> 03:10:42,240
And so when Dock and his crew, and we may have to revisit this, when Dock and his crew go in and go more than 51% is gone, that's an okay to demo.

2319
03:10:42,840 --> 03:10:56,220
Maybe that needs to be 70% or 75%, we've got to come up with the criteria, but there are several beautiful homes in this town, one of them in particular has daylight and plants growing through it.

2320
03:10:56,220 --> 03:11:03,160
And, you know, I can't provide a dollars because we can't gift dollars.

2321
03:11:03,880 --> 03:11:09,240
But, you know, one of the things we've been talking about is if these property owners are willing to put those houses in a trust.

2322
03:11:10,040 --> 03:11:14,880
And when they pass, there are, and, you know, how do we work through legal with that?

2323
03:11:14,980 --> 03:11:21,920
And then also a historic preservation trust, all of the, and you're right, it's not just one tool, it's all of them.

2324
03:11:21,920 --> 03:11:26,600
But a lot of these houses are on one acre lots.

2325
03:11:27,280 --> 03:11:33,380
And so even our third of an acre requirement still, it doesn't seem to be big enough.

2326
03:11:34,700 --> 03:11:35,680
So we

2327
03:11:37,790 --> 03:11:47,510
have a case where someone has attempted or demolished a house that was historic registered house.

2328
03:11:48,990 --> 03:11:57,410
You have one that was very close, that is what Mr. Moss is referring to the knee jerk reaction to the House on Church Street.

2329
03:11:58,390 --> 03:12:03,050
But was he trying to get a demolition permit, or was he going to try to take it down with that one?

2330
03:12:03,330 --> 03:12:11,350
He took down a structure on the site without a permit, and he had to pay a double permit fee, and he I think just paid that yesterday.

2331
03:12:11,350 --> 03:12:17,030
And so the fear was, okay, if he took that building down without asking, what else is he going

2332
03:12:17,030 --> 03:12:17,570
to take down?

2333
03:12:18,130 --> 03:12:22,890
It kind of falls into like where we were at with the trees in the Pearl River.

2334
03:12:22,950 --> 03:12:27,110
There is a little structure at the back of that house on church, and if you're driving

2335
03:12:27,110 --> 03:12:30,670
by and you look at it, it looks like it's in, you know, it just looks like it's a shed.

2336
03:12:30,830 --> 03:12:35,730
It doesn't look like it is a, you know, 1800 military academy house.

2337
03:12:39,560 --> 03:12:49,380
Okay. Yeah, I guess the thing then that I'm hearing is that this has not yet been a broad problem.

2338
03:12:49,640 --> 03:12:54,180
Like, as in, for instance, the house behind the shell station, it was not a historic

2339
03:12:54,180 --> 03:12:55,320
that registered structure.

2340
03:12:55,760 --> 03:13:02,500
I got a demolition permit, he faced quite a bit of public opposition when he did, but it was

2341
03:13:02,500 --> 03:13:06,200
what it was, the house came down, and this would not stop that.

2342
03:13:06,200 --> 03:13:14,160
That would not stop that no and this is really for folks who just don't want to follow the rules, you know, is it cheaper to pay a $500 fine?

2343
03:13:15,220 --> 03:13:16,260
After the fact.

2344
03:13:17,000 --> 03:13:17,780
Yeah, got it.

2345
03:13:17,900 --> 03:13:18,420
Okay, thank you.

2346
03:13:18,560 --> 03:13:21,600
I was just trying to get clarity on that.

2347
03:13:23,160 --> 03:13:24,140
All right, thank you mayor.

2348
03:13:24,260 --> 03:13:24,600
Approach him.

2349
03:13:24,900 --> 03:13:26,800
Councillor, do we have any other discussion?

2350
03:13:27,960 --> 03:13:28,840
Councilmember Fossler.

2351
03:13:30,200 --> 03:13:30,640
Thanks.

2352
03:13:30,960 --> 03:13:31,840
I'm reading.

2353
03:13:32,080 --> 03:13:35,040
I've read through it a few times, but I want to make sure I understand.

2354
03:13:35,040 --> 03:13:43,820
And this is one of the remedies available to us is to ask the, not ask, permit the liable

2355
03:13:43,820 --> 03:13:47,980
person to construct as many of the original materials as just one of the remedies possible?

2356
03:13:48,480 --> 03:13:48,720
Yes.

2357
03:13:49,120 --> 03:13:52,240
And so it's like, it's going to be up to the council.

2358
03:13:52,540 --> 03:13:58,660
I mean, I can imagine a situation where all the windows were sold or, you know, you can

2359
03:13:58,660 --> 03:14:00,580
ask them to use as much as possible.

2360
03:14:00,580 --> 03:14:07,900
and that's really going to be a negotiated term between, at some point, staff, the council, and the applicant.

2361
03:14:08,660 --> 03:14:13,380
Okay. And then where is the civil suit part in the?

2362
03:14:13,720 --> 03:14:17,500
The civil suit is, it was a historical marker and the city does nothing.

2363
03:14:17,800 --> 03:14:24,300
The Texas Historical Commission can come in and take, take the civil suit action, in which case the city would set back.

2364
03:14:26,980 --> 03:14:32,160
Okay. And they would do, they would collect the money put it in their own history.

2365
03:14:32,160 --> 03:14:32,960
They would do the money.

2366
03:14:33,160 --> 03:14:37,600
Okay, so we would choose money or the verbs of rebuilding.

2367
03:14:38,380 --> 03:14:42,080
Yes, and the money we would choose would be to build a replica.

2368
03:14:43,040 --> 03:14:46,400
Sorry, we take their money and we build with original equipment.

2369
03:14:46,400 --> 03:14:47,220
Or require them.

2370
03:14:47,400 --> 03:14:48,180
Or require them.

2371
03:14:48,620 --> 03:14:48,800
Okay.

2372
03:14:49,340 --> 03:14:51,240
So there are options on how to proceed.

2373
03:14:51,240 --> 03:14:53,260
It doesn't just automatically push into that.

2374
03:14:53,620 --> 03:14:53,740
Yep.

2375
03:14:54,300 --> 03:14:54,540
Okay.

2376
03:14:57,920 --> 03:14:58,080
Okay.

2377
03:14:58,260 --> 03:14:58,640
Thanks.

2378
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:29,560
Every one of these houses is unique. The churchhouse, for example, again, driving by, I went, oh, that's a, that's an on-house. It has the Greek influence. But really, when you go into the house, it also has a, because I walked in the house, trust me, I walked in the house. It has a bunch of additions to it. And so, you know, to Gary's point and to Doc's point, it's very hard to go into

2379
03:15:29,560 --> 03:15:36,120
determine okay what's actually historical and how do we save it and so this

2380
03:15:36,120 --> 03:15:39,380
again really is just to prevent people from going oh that doesn't look like a

2381
03:15:39,380 --> 03:15:44,700
historic house okay so what take it down especially if it has a marker and only

2382
03:15:44,700 --> 03:15:51,910
if it has a marker customer reminder thank you and to that point also your

2383
03:15:51,910 --> 03:15:56,210
portemic really good point that was brought up at one of our HLC meetings

2384
03:15:57,930 --> 03:16:07,530
and let's just take the church tree house, for an example, can go in and buy and say,

2385
03:16:07,670 --> 03:16:13,310
hey, no, that's going to cost way too much for me to rehab this.

2386
03:16:14,070 --> 03:16:18,030
I want to tear it down and I want to sub to buy this into three different lots of

2387
03:16:18,030 --> 03:16:22,450
new structures in. However, when you have somebody like Judy Hoover that walked

2388
03:16:22,450 --> 03:16:28,610
in the house, a whole different set of eyes on preservation said, no, no, it's not, no,

2389
03:16:29,150 --> 03:16:33,350
maybe for your pocketbook it's too much, you know what I'm saying, but it is doable.

2390
03:16:33,870 --> 03:16:43,790
So the point is we don't want to encourage people to not go the full mile, right,

2391
03:16:52,430 --> 03:16:52,430
to

2392
03:16:52,430 --> 03:16:57,550
money. Well, ask a lot of people that live in a lot of historical homes. It's like a

2393
03:16:57,550 --> 03:17:06,090
never-ending thing, anyway. But it's sometimes you can't put a dollar on the value of the

2394
03:17:06,090 --> 03:17:12,670
historical significance in the character. So my point was what one person sees sometimes

2395
03:17:12,670 --> 03:17:16,050
is a whole nother story to someone that has historical preservation in mind.

2396
03:17:16,870 --> 03:17:20,850
Yeah, and the comment that I would say to that is like zoning board of adjustment, we say

2397
03:17:20,850 --> 03:17:22,990
It can't be a self-imposed hardship.

2398
03:17:24,170 --> 03:17:26,670
You bought that knowing the condition that it was in.

2399
03:17:27,570 --> 03:17:29,210
And so you bought it with that intent

2400
03:17:29,210 --> 03:17:32,610
of going through, hopefully, the process to demolition.

2401
03:17:33,290 --> 03:17:38,010
But this town has an affinity and is defined by its history.

2402
03:17:38,630 --> 03:17:44,970
So one of the things that I contemplated in this discussion

2403
03:17:44,970 --> 03:17:51,850
is if it takes a million dollars to rehab a house

2404
03:17:51,850 --> 03:17:56,850
because its roof is caved in and it's been raining inside that house for the last 30 years.

2405
03:17:59,370 --> 03:18:06,190
And that house might only be worth $600,000 if it was in brand new condition right now.

2406
03:18:07,110 --> 03:18:12,770
And so if it's going to cost you a million dollars to bring the house to a state where it's worth $600,000,

2407
03:18:14,950 --> 03:18:21,550
then yeah and you paid $300,000 for us and now you've got to put $1,3 million to make it worth

2408
03:18:21,550 --> 03:18:31,350
600,000, right? So what that's going to do if it's enforced vigorously with no exceptions

2409
03:18:31,350 --> 03:18:36,510
ever granted by City Council in the current process, is a house that's in that bad of

2410
03:18:36,510 --> 03:18:40,050
a shape is just going to stay in that bad of a shape and continue to get worse over time.

2411
03:18:40,750 --> 03:18:47,570
We certainly do have the things in our existing ordinances that would allow someone,

2412
03:18:50,150 --> 03:18:51,530
I don't

2413
03:18:51,530 --> 03:18:53,810
you can go to them and give them code enforcement things

2414
03:18:53,810 --> 03:18:56,770
and say you got this much time to bring it up to code

2415
03:18:56,770 --> 03:18:59,030
and make it livable and so on.

2416
03:18:59,210 --> 03:19:02,610
But even that creates hardships upon individuals

2417
03:19:02,610 --> 03:19:05,050
that have had the home for decades.

2418
03:19:05,830 --> 03:19:13,430
And it's just, it's this circle of the solution for each house

2419
03:19:13,430 --> 03:19:14,170
might be unique.

2420
03:19:15,030 --> 03:19:18,450
Well, and this item is not a solution for that.

2421
03:19:18,450 --> 03:19:21,910
Yeah, I recognize that it was in response.

2422
03:19:22,110 --> 03:19:33,090
I'm also kind of doing the background work on here, like, what is the process if someone legitimately had a historic home that needed to be demolished?

2423
03:19:33,750 --> 03:19:36,070
What does that process look like? How long does it take?

2424
03:19:36,350 --> 03:19:37,950
What do they have to go through?

2425
03:19:37,950 --> 03:19:52,350
and now I've also fully recognized that the discussion on the agenda tonight is about how do you treat someone who has willfully started demolition on something without asking for permission?

2426
03:19:52,950 --> 03:20:02,850
That's absolutely punishment grounds. I grant that freely. But I'm also kind of participating in the broader conversation about, yeah,

2427
03:20:05,340 --> 03:20:06,520
so thank you.

2428
03:20:06,520 --> 03:20:07,440
all

2429
03:20:10,260 --> 03:20:17,940
right council go further discussion motion to approve motion do we have second

2430
03:20:17,940 --> 03:20:27,810
second all in favor all opposed all right that concludes that we're going to go

2431
03:20:27,810 --> 03:20:32,210
in the second session of a council we might need a little bit of extension of our time move to extend

2432
03:20:32,210 --> 03:20:40,590
10 30 all right we have a motion second and a second all in favor all opposed all right

2433
03:20:40,590 --> 03:20:45,670
The City Council shall convene into a closed executive session,

2434
03:20:45,990 --> 03:20:50,010
presuming to just want to give some cushion.

2435
03:20:50,550 --> 03:21:00,750
Pursuant to Texas local government code section 551.087 to deliberate regarding economic development with Pearl River, the developer Sandero.

2436
03:21:01,070 --> 03:21:04,890
It is now 9.51 and we're breaking into executive session.

2437
03:21:04,890 --> 03:21:05,690
is

2438
03:21:09,820 --> 03:21:25,920
now 10.30. We're back from executive session nothing except for the city manager continuing negotiations motion to adjourn you have a motion we have a second all in favor all opposed all right thank you

2439
03:21:25,920 --> 03:21:35,460
bachelor. We appreciate y'all for sticking around for this late meeting tonight. Have a great blessed night. We love y'all and we'll see y'all over the weekend for Corvette invasion.