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Let's get this show started.

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I'm going to go ahead
and call to order

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this Kerrville city council
workshop for August 25, 2026.

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Do we have anybody
signed up to speak.

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No, sir.

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Thank you ma'am.

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Let's go ahead and start
with item, a Mr. Paxton.

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Good afternoon,
Mayor and council.

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I'm actually going
to let our animal

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control officer, Mr. James
Lee, present this to you guys.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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All right Mr. mayor
council, how are you.

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Good to see you.

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I hope to be brief,
informative, and if I'm lucky,

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I might stumble on
being entertaining.

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All right.

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Shall we.

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All right, so this is a Line, an
update of our animal ordinance,

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which is section 18
of the ordinance.

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Our purpose is to make sure that
all of our animal ordinances

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are in line with the Texas
Health and Safety Code,

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chapter 821, which is the
Texas State animal laws.

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Further expanding
definitions to avoid

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legal ambiguities
or loopholes that we

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may have had in the past.

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Turn it on.

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And to better define
the rules pertaining

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to feral cats and the guidelines
for registered feral cat

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caregivers.

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Here we go.

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Sorry technical
difficulties up here.

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No worries.

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So you used to have
everything done.

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So the cover topics
will be amended

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definitions, ones that we're
just changing a little bit.

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Anything that we've added
additional definitions.

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Ordinance expansions, things
that were ordering ordinance

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that maybe were adding
something to give

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it a little bit more depth.

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Terminology terminology changes
as well as the feral cat

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ordinance updates and the
feral cat colony contract,

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which we'll get to at the end.

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All right.

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So some of the definitions that
we've amended is abandonment.

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We added a fourth
subsection to it

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that covers abandonment of
an animal at a residence

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due to a non occupation.

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So basically someone
moves out of their house

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and leaves the animal behind.

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We now have something to cover
that which we didn't before.

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We have updated the
definition of at large

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to add more details to it,
covering what an animal is

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considered at large.

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By the way, in the Manila
Oaks next to you guys,

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you'll find a copy of all
the animal ordinance updates,

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as well as a copy
of the CAT contract

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for the feral CAT contract.

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Cat we.

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Under the definition
of cat, we've

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added eight new subsections of
defining terminology like you're

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tipping feral cat, just ones
that we didn't have defined

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in there, clearly, but now
they're subsections under cat

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dangerous dog.

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We added subsection 3, which
ties it to the state definition.

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That's pretty simple.

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Requirements for owner
of dangerous dog.

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We did an Amendment to the
insurance policy amount, upping

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it from 100,000 to 500,000.

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Owner we vastly expanded
the definition of owner

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because ours was
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under defined compared
to other cities.

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So we've expanded
that one quite a bit.

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It now covers a larger
definition of what ownership can

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be, since there's a
lot of different ways

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that somebody can own
an animal commercially

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for show emancipated
minors, you name it,

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it's covered in there now.

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Restraint we've
covered that better.

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It better defines the
parameters of what constitutes

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the restraint of an animal.

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And under tethering.

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We've added some verbiage
pertaining to property limits

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because with tethering there's
some distance and length

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things due to state law.

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But if those distance and
lengths allow the animal to go

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past property limits, we've
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that, saying that they can't.

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The tether should not let
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Oh, you jumped and jumped back.

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There we go.

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Additional definitions.

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Animal dealer.

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We didn't have one for that.

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We now have that
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Animal establishment.

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That's for pet stores
things like that.

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We now have that in there.

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Animal exhibition think
circus or some type

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show where you
can have a trained

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animals that's now in there.

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Animal services facility.

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For some reason, we
didn't have that.

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But now we do assistance animal.

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We now have that
clearly defined in there

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and the term pet animal, which
so somebody declares it a pet.

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We now have a definition
of what that means.

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And then the definition for
quarantine, which of course,

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would be tied to a
zoonotic disease or rabies

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containment type thing.

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Ordinance expansions like
that little guy's belly there.

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So we have 1831, which
is nuisances originally.

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We are now making
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We've added a couple
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Adding some new clarifications
under there of different things

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that could be
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Giving us a little
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opportunity on
situations that we didn't

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have in the past if we need it.

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1832 feral cat management.

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We've clarified some
new rules in there that

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will tie to the
feral CAT contract,

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as well as removing
the term community.

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There are now feral
cats, not community cats.

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Legal ambiguity there because
community cats assumes that

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the community owns these cats.

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We do not.

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They're feral.

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1855 requirements for
owner of a dangerous dog.

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We've expanded that
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Again, that goes back to
that insurance policy update.

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18 six I'm sorry, 76
animals left in vehicles.

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We've updated to that.

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We added to the end of it some
definitions of what enforcement

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officers are now that the city
has an animal control officer as

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well as oh, we lost our
screen there as well

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as a bit of definition
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clarifying that if you leave an
animal in a hot car in a parking

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lot and an enforcement officer
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in the case of getting the
animal out to rescue it,

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that it is the responsibility
of the owner to deal

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with the damage, not the city.

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Let me interrupt
real quick on that.

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Sure you see it
too often in town.

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Animals left and dogs left in
the vehicle with the windows

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down or Windows up, and the
car running with the owner

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in a store somewhere.

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Sure at what point.

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I mean, obviously, if there's
an animal in the vehicle

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and it's not running
and there's no AC going.

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That's obviously a
phone call to somebody.

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Yep but also, I think
I'm not a police officer.

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I'm not a lawyer.

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But also I think
that it says I might

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know somebody who was a police
officer at one time, but.

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If you leave your vehicle
running and you're not in it,

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that's not really legal either.

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Correct I'm unclear or
unaware of any law in Texas

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that says that you're
unable to leave your vehicle

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running with you, not in it.

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I'm not aware of any law.

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I was a police
officer for 10 years.

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But out in California, not here.

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But as far as I in Texas,
it's not illegal to do that.

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I know a lot of people do that.

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They leave their cars on with
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That's fine.

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Remote start, I
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at what point does
that become something

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that needs to be a concern of
a citizen or anybody sees it.

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Even if the windows are up
in the car's running right.

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So you don't know if the
AC is actually on or not.

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Sure, we do have
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in that subsection certain
temperature degrees.

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So 75 degrees or
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starts to become a concern.

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Now the animal
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to be distressed right away.

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However, over time at anything
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it will be within a danger zone.

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And so that's why
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I carry a thermal
thermometer in my vehicle.

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So if I get a call saying,
hey, there's a dog over here,

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I can shoot a temperature
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immediately, know what
temperature it is,

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and then I can look at
the condition of the dog

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based on my training
and say, OK, I'm seeing

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signs of health concern or not.

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That will then tell me,
OK, how much time do I have

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to work with this situation.

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Is it a break the window,
get the animal out right away

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for its care.

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Or is it OK.

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Now we can go inside the
store and make an announcement

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and try and get an owner
out here and deal with this.

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So we use those kind of
informed sections of script

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to follow to say, OK, this is
what we're going to do based

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on the amount of time we have
and the temperature and the

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condition of the animal.

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Does that answer your question.

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Yes, sir.

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OK thank you.

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1877 animals and
trucks and trailers.

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So that again talks to
a bit of that as well.

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If we added some stuff
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to clarify those languages.

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And when they can be
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and how they can be in the
backs of trucks or trailers

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or can't be and how
they have to be secured,

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all those types of things.

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1891 covers foul that
section for the chickens we

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allow in the city kind of was.

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It was under-defined as
how to keep the chickens.

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So we've added sections to
the back of that to make sure

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that the chickens are secured.

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They're not just running
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which you will commonly see
in the Doyle district area,

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that those things have to be
kept in the back yard, not

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the front yard.

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So it's not an
eyesore in the front.

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All those types
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to find that those
cages are again

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of adequate size for the
animals so that they're

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not being tortured by it.

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Those types of things
are all now included

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and specified in there.

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To make that a little bit
clearer for chicken owners.

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Rabbits 1891.

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We added just a
little bit of language

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for both rabbits and
ferrets pertaining

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to the conditions or
things that can come

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out of the keeping of those.

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That would make it
some type of nuisance.

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So if I look it up,
I'm going to forget.

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But it was stuff like water,
dust, splashing smells, things

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that could come from
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that if they're not
being maintained well,

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would cause a nuisance and
then allow us to then step in

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and say, OK, you need
to change what you're

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doing here with your animals.

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But it's pretty much the
same for both rabbits

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and ferrets and chicken.

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It was added actually
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So that's our expansions.

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And then terminology changes.

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So again, I kind of
covered that earlier.

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Community cats will now
be feral cats due to

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the legal terminology of that.

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Not a real big deal.

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And then of course, feral
cat will change as well

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and start a community
cat caregiver.

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Feral cat management
ordinance update.

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So we did change
that section a bit.

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It lacked refinement
of measurable markers

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to hold registered
caregivers accountable for

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the needed program standards.

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The whole standard behind
having feral cat colonies

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is to stop the breeding of these
animals, which means we need

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to trap neuter these animals.

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We need to get them vaccinated,
we need to return them,

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but they also need
to be controlled

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so that they're
not in businesses,

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they're not in the parking lots.

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They're not being fed on
someone else's property.

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All those types of
things, those things

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have now been
added to standards.

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And then you can see
down here addition

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of several subsections clearly
defined in the guidelines

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of the colonies.

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Also adds enforcement
measures for us should

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the compliance
continually fail to meet

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the standards that we set.

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They also help us make sure that
the management of this program

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is successful because we
want it to be successful.

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We want to control the
population of the feral cats,

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but also we want to
take care of the cats.

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We don't want to
be mean to them.

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We don't want to have
to euthanize them.

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We want to be able to
take care of those.

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And especially
for our caregivers

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who spend a lot of their
time to help these animals,

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a lot of their money to get
them spayed and neutered.

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But we need to manage it
carefully for the program

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to be successful.

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So that's what these
new ordinances do,

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is put tighter guidelines
on that to make sure

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that we can make
sure it's successful

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and that they're following
those guidelines.

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The feral cat colony contract.

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So currently we had what
we called the Community cat

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registry, which is where anyone
could just sign up and say,

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I'm going to feed
the cats because it

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is against our ordinance
to feed feral cats.

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However, if somebody
signed one of these,

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they could just go to wherever
these cats were living

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and start feeding them.

301
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That held them to no
standards like the ones

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I just talked about.

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They could do it
wherever the cats were,

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or whether it was on
someone else's property.

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Someone's parking lot along the
river, wherever it might be.

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This turns it into a
contract with the city.

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And it specifies all
the rules, regulations,

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and measurable timelines
needed to manage these colonies

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correctly, as well as the
oversight measurements

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that I will have, to have
enforcement measurements

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so that if they are not
following these guidelines,

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if they're not meeting
these deadlines,

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if they're doing things
they shouldn't in places

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they shouldn't, we
now have enforcement

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standard to correct that.

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317
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These are community partners,
of course, Kerrville

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pets alive and the big fix.

319
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They're instrumental in all of
our pet stuff within the city.

320
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They're great
community partners.

321
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I love working with them.

322
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I was able to go over all these
things with them ahead of time

323
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and get their
feedback, and it was

324
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overwhelmingly pretty
positive to get

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their support, which was great.

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They want these programs
to work as well,

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and I think that they understood
pretty clearly that if we don't

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manage it correctly using these
new guidelines that it will

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fail, and then the
city and the state

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would have no you, no option
but to revert to old ways, which

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was just euthanized en masse.

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So they're pretty
happy with that.

333
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Some of them are here tonight.

334
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Thank you guys for being here.

335
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All right.

336
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So next steps city council.

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There we go.

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So we have our if everything
successful tonight we'll have

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our readings in September
their eighth and 22nd where

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you guys can vote on that.

341
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And then we'll pause
here for questions.

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343
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Like I said I'll accidentally
stumble into being entertaining.

344
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It's not on purpose,
I assure you.

345
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Could you tell me your name.

346
00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:14,500
Because I don't know
that I've met you.

347
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I don't think we have.

348
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My name is James Lee,
Officer James Lee.

349
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350
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And When it's time.

351
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I'll have some questions.

352
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Absolutely right
now is the time.

353
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Please OK.

354
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So this is wonderful.

355
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This makes me feel better.

356
00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:29,920
I mean, it helps
me sleep at night.

357
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I love animals.

358
00:15:30,790 --> 00:15:33,410
I have animals, I love the pets.

359
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Pets alive organization.

360
00:15:34,630 --> 00:15:36,830
I think they do wonderful
things in our community.

361
00:15:36,830 --> 00:15:41,050
But I do have a concern since
we have the County who does.

362
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I would say maybe
something totally different

363
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or not at all like this.

364
00:15:44,790 --> 00:15:48,590
And I'm concerned that we're
doing a part of things well,

365
00:15:48,590 --> 00:15:51,470
but the big picture
needs some attention.

366
00:15:51,470 --> 00:15:55,710
Sure I would love your advice as
to what would be my next step.

367
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I plan to take a tour of the
County animal shelter, which

368
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I actually have not had yet, and
just see how things work there.

369
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But I was going to actually
ask someone to chauffeur

370
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me around and just not walk in.

371
00:16:08,390 --> 00:16:12,010
But do you have any comments
about that your relationship

372
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with them, and has it been
a good working relationship

373
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or has it had some challenges.

374
00:16:19,810 --> 00:16:20,830
Absolutely no.

375
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Since day one.

376
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I recognize coming
into this position

377
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that the partnerships with
our community partners

378
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like Kerrville, pets alive,
big fix, as well as the County.

379
00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:31,200
We're going to be absolutely
important because none of us

380
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are equipped
manpowered none of us

381
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have enough to do
this on our own.

382
00:16:36,220 --> 00:16:40,120
We have to work as a
team or this won't work.

383
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I am a state certified
animal control officer.

384
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I can do all the things
that they can do.

385
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However, my duties here have
been focused more on the animal

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ordinance side, which is
actually worked out really

387
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quite well with them,
whereas they're focused

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on the regular side of things.

389
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And so we kind of team up and
we will commonly go to calls

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together to where I can hit
things from the ordinance side,

391
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and they can hit things from
the criminal side if needed.

392
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And we do that a lot.

393
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I actually backed up an animal
control officer for the County

394
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today.

395
00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:07,980
I was actually out
doing code work,

396
00:17:07,980 --> 00:17:09,960
follow up for the code
enforcement department,

397
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and I saw an animal
officer out on a call,

398
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and she was all alone, and she
was out with two individuals.

399
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One of them was holding a knife.

400
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It was just a tree saw
branch, but he wasn't

401
00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:20,380
holding it to be threatening.

402
00:17:20,380 --> 00:17:22,980
He just didn't realize he was
still holding it, but I stopped,

403
00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:26,000
I got out, I backed her up, I
asked him to drop it and he did.

404
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And then we were able
to continue the call

405
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and everything went just fine.

406
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But she was very
grateful for that.

407
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So it's one of those situations
where we're going to partner as

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much as possible
to create the best

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animal situation in the County
that we can for city or County.

410
00:17:41,190 --> 00:17:44,230
I would say our relationships
have been very, very strong.

411
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The Constable who
runs the program

412
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over there, Reagan
Gibbons, lives

413
00:17:47,010 --> 00:17:48,010
right down the street from me.

414
00:17:48,010 --> 00:17:50,990
We're actually friends,
so that helps a lot, too.

415
00:17:50,990 --> 00:17:55,070
My partnership with the police
department has been very good.

416
00:17:55,070 --> 00:17:56,950
Chief Gerald actually
was the chief

417
00:17:56,950 --> 00:17:59,150
in the city I used to
live in at the same time

418
00:17:59,150 --> 00:18:02,370
when I was a police officer
there, but for a different city.

419
00:18:02,370 --> 00:18:05,150
We didn't even realize it until
we moved however many states

420
00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:07,410
away and lived here and met.

421
00:18:07,410 --> 00:18:09,090
So we have a great
relationship now too.

422
00:18:09,090 --> 00:18:13,430
So far all the partnerships have
been extremely, extremely good.

423
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Really good to hear.

424
00:18:14,450 --> 00:18:15,770
Yeah thank you very much.

425
00:18:15,770 --> 00:18:18,270
This is great.

426
00:18:18,270 --> 00:18:24,170
Yes, sir Mr. yes.

427
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428
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So to echo what Dylan
said, I think Kerrville,

429
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pets alive and the big fix do.

430
00:18:35,820 --> 00:18:37,440
Excellent work in our community.

431
00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:42,500
But I think you have bad actors
in the community who are not

432
00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:44,720
necessarily giving
them a bad name,

433
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but are negating the
work that they're doing.

434
00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:56,500
So I just have some questions
on the feeding and the areas

435
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25 yards away from any parking
lot or commercial building.

436
00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,820
Is that whichever is furthest.

437
00:19:03,820 --> 00:19:07,940
Yes the goal is to keep the
animals away from the parking

438
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lot for their own safety.

439
00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:10,780
So don't get run over
by cars, but also

440
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to keep them away from the
businesses and the people.

441
00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:15,480
Obviously, if they're
running food establishments,

442
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let's say we don't want
them there because there's

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a health concern.

444
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And it could be
disruptive to the business

445
00:19:21,540 --> 00:19:24,530
if they're begging or
doing things that animals

446
00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:26,270
do, those types of deals.

447
00:19:26,270 --> 00:19:28,170
So all these rules
again that you're

448
00:19:28,170 --> 00:19:29,450
seeing they're in
the contract, these

449
00:19:29,450 --> 00:19:32,890
are rules to address things that
are currently happening, to stop

450
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them from happening and
give US enforcement options

451
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against groups, as you said,
that are bad actors that aren't

452
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following these guidelines.

453
00:19:39,950 --> 00:19:42,870
But hopefully moving
forward as well.

454
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Any new colonies and
things will they'll

455
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know these rules up front.

456
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The public education
will be there

457
00:19:47,610 --> 00:19:49,830
through me because everything
will have to roll through me.

458
00:19:49,830 --> 00:19:53,190
So I will approve of these
colonies based on those rules.

459
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Is it this far from a business.

460
00:19:54,670 --> 00:19:57,210
Is it on private land that
you own or have permission to.

461
00:19:57,210 --> 00:19:57,710
Is it.

462
00:19:57,710 --> 00:20:00,170
We'll go through all
that before the city

463
00:20:00,170 --> 00:20:02,230
ever agrees to sign
a contract with them,

464
00:20:02,230 --> 00:20:03,470
allowing them to do this.

465
00:20:03,470 --> 00:20:12,210
Is there a fine or not
registering as a colony.

466
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There isn't currently, no.

467
00:20:14,370 --> 00:20:17,770
There's no existing fine other
than they would be violating

468
00:20:17,770 --> 00:20:20,090
the city ordinance
of feeding feral cats

469
00:20:20,090 --> 00:20:21,620
if it's within city limits.

470
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In which case, yes, we could.

471
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Then we have a process that
we go through in the code

472
00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,520
department, which is where
animal control falls right now,

473
00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,020
where there's a
three Warning system.

474
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They're warned once we
check back in a week,

475
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if they're still
doing it, they're

476
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warned again on the third
one is a final Warning.

477
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And then it's a citation.

478
00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:38,820
That citation can be anywhere
from $200 up to way to $2,000,

479
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depending on the judge and
the grievance of how many

480
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times and what they're doing.

481
00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,480
OK, so that would be the
process we would currently

482
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follow to punish somebody
who's just refusing

483
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,840
to go along with the rules.

484
00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,360
I would like to
make a suggestion

485
00:20:54,360 --> 00:21:00,380
on this contract that having
had to deal with this myself.

486
00:21:00,380 --> 00:21:08,460
Yes, anyone can sign this last
page and say yes, I apologize.

487
00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:09,100
That's all right.

488
00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:13,320


489
00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:17,200
Time to pick up my
child from school.

490
00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:24,840
So being that anyone can
say, yes, this property

491
00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,780
has allowed me to
feed these cats.

492
00:21:26,780 --> 00:21:31,600
I think the property owner
should have somewhere on here

493
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:39,080
saying that they're allowing
this person to do so.

494
00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,080
And that's why this will
filter through me now

495
00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,100
as the sole manager
of the program,

496
00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:47,320
when they come to
ask for one of these.

497
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,740
I am the one who will
vet all that with them.

498
00:21:49,740 --> 00:21:51,580
So then you're going to
call the property owner.

499
00:21:51,580 --> 00:21:52,380
Exactly OK.

500
00:21:52,380 --> 00:21:55,500
They will have to provide that
permission via phone call,

501
00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:57,880
or I'll have to go out and look
at it, whatever it might be.

502
00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,400
That will all go through me
to vet all that before they're

503
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,500
allowed to sign this.

504
00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:08,440
And then I think 15
cats is too much.

505
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,380
Yeah having seen it in person.

506
00:22:10,380 --> 00:22:12,760
Sure it's a lot.

507
00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,360
And I know there's
ones in the past.

508
00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:17,590
Some of the ones that are
grandfathered currently

509
00:22:17,590 --> 00:22:19,870
have many, many more than that.

510
00:22:19,870 --> 00:22:22,190
And so that was the
thing is we didn't

511
00:22:22,190 --> 00:22:23,970
really know where
to draw the line,

512
00:22:23,970 --> 00:22:26,050
what we went back and forth.

513
00:22:26,050 --> 00:22:28,370
Do we make it a dozen, do we
make it 15, do we make it this,

514
00:22:28,370 --> 00:22:29,050
do we make it that.

515
00:22:29,050 --> 00:22:31,890
So we came up with that
number arbitrarily.

516
00:22:31,890 --> 00:22:35,710
We thought, what could one
person reasonably manage.

517
00:22:35,710 --> 00:22:38,790
Like how many cats
in an area 15 kind of

518
00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:40,870
seemed like a reasonable
number, like, OK,

519
00:22:40,870 --> 00:22:43,710
that's a reasonable amount of
cats to manage as far as one

520
00:22:43,710 --> 00:22:47,310
person and maybe a backup
because they are allowed to sign

521
00:22:47,310 --> 00:22:49,190
a backup person on here
in case they fall ill

522
00:22:49,190 --> 00:22:51,550
or in the hospital, they
can have a second signatory

523
00:22:51,550 --> 00:22:54,790
here as a backup that we put
on the sheet, the registration

524
00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:56,610
sheet, so that if
something happens to them,

525
00:22:56,610 --> 00:22:59,070
the duties immediately
fall to that next person.

526
00:22:59,070 --> 00:23:01,250
So that's where we
were at with the 15.

527
00:23:01,250 --> 00:23:02,450
But it is arbitrary.

528
00:23:02,450 --> 00:23:03,490
It can be changed.

529
00:23:03,490 --> 00:23:04,570
It's not hard.

530
00:23:04,570 --> 00:23:07,610
It's just what we came up with
that we thought was reasonable.

531
00:23:07,610 --> 00:23:11,430


532
00:23:11,430 --> 00:23:11,990
Thank you.

533
00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:12,490
You're welcome.

534
00:23:12,490 --> 00:23:15,380
And thank you all Kerrville
pets alive and the big

535
00:23:15,380 --> 00:23:16,520
fix for all y'all to.

536
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,660


537
00:23:19,660 --> 00:23:21,860
Go ahead.

538
00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:27,140
Officer Lee on council
member Smith's question.

539
00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:31,500
I know of a colony, Brenda of
the colony I'm talking about off

540
00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:34,220
of rolling green and Birkdale.

541
00:23:34,220 --> 00:23:35,760
It's not on somebody's property.

542
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,440
It's actually in a easement
where camp meeting Creek is.

543
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,840
So it's basically state.

544
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,940
Waterway state.

545
00:23:43,940 --> 00:23:44,860
How would you go.

546
00:23:44,860 --> 00:23:47,660
I mean, it's established the
cats are all clipped and snipped

547
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:49,720
and spayed and taken care of.

548
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:50,760
But how would you go.

549
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,260
Would you have to call the
state to say, hey, there's a cat

550
00:23:54,260 --> 00:23:56,340
colony on state
property, or would

551
00:23:56,340 --> 00:23:59,360
you just go the closest person
that's taking care of them.

552
00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:02,480
Yeah if it's uncontrolled land
like that belongs to the state.

553
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,340
Yeah, we're probably not
going to follow up on it.

554
00:24:05,340 --> 00:24:07,400
Now if it's city property,
we can obviously do that.

555
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:08,120
We're the city.

556
00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:09,500
We can find out
and say OK, do we

557
00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:11,340
want to allow this here or not.

558
00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:12,990
When it's state property.

559
00:24:12,990 --> 00:24:14,250
We're probably not
going to chase it

560
00:24:14,250 --> 00:24:15,710
as long as it's not a problem.

561
00:24:15,710 --> 00:24:18,030
As far as it's not
near a business,

562
00:24:18,030 --> 00:24:19,790
it's not disturbing a
neighborhood nearby.

563
00:24:19,790 --> 00:24:21,530
It's not if it's just
some unrestricted area

564
00:24:21,530 --> 00:24:24,770
and the cats are isolated to
that, that's a part of the goal.

565
00:24:24,770 --> 00:24:26,770
We don't want them in an area
where they're going to disturb

566
00:24:26,770 --> 00:24:28,370
the population in some way.

567
00:24:28,370 --> 00:24:30,290
So if they're happy in
that kind of open space

568
00:24:30,290 --> 00:24:33,330
and it's not hurting anything in
the area in any way ecologically

569
00:24:33,330 --> 00:24:35,230
or anything like
that, then yeah,

570
00:24:35,230 --> 00:24:37,550
we're not going to chase it
now if it becomes a problem.

571
00:24:37,550 --> 00:24:40,550
For some reason, if a red flag
is raised by a certain party,

572
00:24:40,550 --> 00:24:44,010
then we can take those steps
and dig into it, but otherwise

573
00:24:44,010 --> 00:24:44,870
we probably wouldn't.

574
00:24:44,870 --> 00:24:48,450
If it's just open land
like that, they're happy

575
00:24:48,450 --> 00:24:49,670
and everybody's happy with them.

576
00:24:49,670 --> 00:24:50,630
So it's pretty much.

577
00:24:50,630 --> 00:24:52,810
Yeah, yeah.

578
00:24:52,810 --> 00:24:54,170
Anything else.

579
00:24:54,170 --> 00:24:57,150
Anybody who came tonight
would like to speak.

580
00:24:57,150 --> 00:25:00,090
Come on up, please.

581
00:25:00,090 --> 00:25:03,610
State your name and city
for the record, please.

582
00:25:03,610 --> 00:25:04,190
Good evening.

583
00:25:04,190 --> 00:25:05,350
My name is Beth Patterson.

584
00:25:05,350 --> 00:25:09,690
I'm the assistant coordinator
for Kerrville pets alive.

585
00:25:09,690 --> 00:25:11,920
I need your business
cards in my pocket.

586
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,960
I need a lot of them.

587
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:18,120
This orange shirt is my
ticket to wherever I go.

588
00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:18,940
And my.

589
00:25:18,940 --> 00:25:20,500
My partners in crime.

590
00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:21,340
The big fix.

591
00:25:21,340 --> 00:25:23,380
I hand out their business cards.

592
00:25:23,380 --> 00:25:28,680
We work very hard together, and
I constantly have people go,

593
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,640
you have to register a colony.

594
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,400
And this is so new.

595
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,900
And so I need a
reference, I need them.

596
00:25:35,900 --> 00:25:39,080
These are not people that
necessarily get online.

597
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,580
So where are you.

598
00:25:41,580 --> 00:25:44,320
They are Facebook
kind of people.

599
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,160
Do you have information
going out that I can tag.

600
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,573
Yes so AI can give you
plenty of my business cards

601
00:25:50,573 --> 00:25:51,140
to put out there.

602
00:25:51,140 --> 00:25:52,220
We just finally got them.

603
00:25:52,220 --> 00:25:54,540
So we can do that I'll give
you online are old too.

604
00:25:54,540 --> 00:25:56,040
So sure.

605
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:56,980
Also yeah.

606
00:25:56,980 --> 00:26:00,360
So public education is a very
big part of this new program.

607
00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:01,533
I'm working with Martin.

608
00:26:01,533 --> 00:26:02,900
We're trying to get
a lot of things done,

609
00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:03,867
we'll be at bark in the park.

610
00:26:03,867 --> 00:26:06,600
We'll be at the New Kerrville
pets alive grand opening

611
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,280
to answer questions and
just let people know

612
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,150
in general that, hey, the
city has this program now,

613
00:26:11,150 --> 00:26:12,090
we're out there.

614
00:26:12,090 --> 00:26:13,990
We're enforcing the ordinances.

615
00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:15,810
I took two roosters from
a guy the other day,

616
00:26:15,810 --> 00:26:17,150
had roosters in the city.

617
00:26:17,150 --> 00:26:18,290
He said, I've had
them for years.

618
00:26:18,290 --> 00:26:19,490
No one told me they
weren't allowed here.

619
00:26:19,490 --> 00:26:20,570
I says, well, they
weren't allowed here.

620
00:26:20,570 --> 00:26:21,070
He says.

621
00:26:21,070 --> 00:26:23,030
They just never go
to animal control it.

622
00:26:23,030 --> 00:26:24,570
Yeah so I saw them.

623
00:26:24,570 --> 00:26:25,490
Yes so.

624
00:26:25,490 --> 00:26:27,770
So we are here now and we're
enforcing these things.

625
00:26:27,770 --> 00:26:29,983
So a lot of people just need
to learn that we're here

626
00:26:29,983 --> 00:26:31,250
and that we're doing
these things now.

627
00:26:31,250 --> 00:26:33,510
And so that will be a big
public education push.

628
00:26:33,510 --> 00:26:36,870
And we're working with all the
partner agencies to do that.

629
00:26:36,870 --> 00:26:40,630
OK myself and big
fix and capa partners

630
00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:44,030
are in capa in
kick-ass every day.

631
00:26:44,030 --> 00:26:46,830
And so we have
partnerships with I've

632
00:26:46,830 --> 00:26:48,450
been doing this for five years.

633
00:26:48,450 --> 00:26:51,270
We have partnership personal
relationships with every ACO

634
00:26:51,270 --> 00:26:52,710
except for the new guys.

635
00:26:52,710 --> 00:26:55,570
And so I personally will
pick up the phone and say,

636
00:26:55,570 --> 00:26:58,130
Daisy, there's a
dog on so-and-so,

637
00:26:58,130 --> 00:27:00,170
and it hasn't gotten on
the radio or whatever.

638
00:27:00,170 --> 00:27:01,290
I feel good about that.

639
00:27:01,290 --> 00:27:04,110
But in the city, I'm a
County resident, so I'm

640
00:27:04,110 --> 00:27:05,890
anxious to see this progress.

641
00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:07,700
I live off of
upper turtle Creek,

642
00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:09,400
and I want to make
sure this happens.

643
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,640
I'm now connected on
the emergency system.

644
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,940
I have a repeater on
my property and so I'm

645
00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:17,640
connected in that environment.

646
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,280
I want to make sure
that everybody knows.

647
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,340
And if you want to
come at some point

648
00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:23,460
or get Reagan to
come and explain

649
00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:26,980
this from their perspective,
that you're doing this together.

650
00:27:26,980 --> 00:27:28,980
I have a colony that
I am working with that

651
00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:30,460
has been established
and has been there

652
00:27:30,460 --> 00:27:33,060
for over 20 or 30
years, and he definitely

653
00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:34,520
has more than 15 cats.

654
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,460
So I'd like to see that
15 expand to the County

655
00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:40,000
if it's ever possible.

656
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,340
I'll be real curious
to see how far we go.

657
00:27:42,340 --> 00:27:45,780
Yeah, so I am working with
them, and a lot of the things

658
00:27:45,780 --> 00:27:48,820
that we're establishing
here within the city

659
00:27:48,820 --> 00:27:51,440
are having the positive effect
of bleeding over to the County,

660
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,500
even as far as how I
have equipped myself

661
00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:55,140
for this position,
they've kind of

662
00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:57,900
seen the benefits of
defensive equipment and things

663
00:27:57,900 --> 00:27:59,560
like that and
protection like a vest.

664
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,420
I wear a vest when
I'm out in the field

665
00:28:01,420 --> 00:28:03,320
and they've seen that
benefit for their officers,

666
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,050
so they're starting to do that
as far as rules and the county's

667
00:28:07,050 --> 00:28:08,110
ordinances and rules.

668
00:28:08,110 --> 00:28:09,810
Yeah, I think we'll
see some of that

669
00:28:09,810 --> 00:28:12,190
happen as well, where when
we establish certain rules,

670
00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:13,650
they may follow.

671
00:28:13,650 --> 00:28:14,350
They may not.

672
00:28:14,350 --> 00:28:16,190
That's up to the County
commissioners, of course.

673
00:28:16,190 --> 00:28:18,050
And then Reagan, who's
running that program.

674
00:28:18,050 --> 00:28:19,610
But the positive
relationship we've

675
00:28:19,610 --> 00:28:22,910
had so far is kind of leaning
towards let's do this together.

676
00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:23,590
Let's work together.

677
00:28:23,590 --> 00:28:26,530
Let's all get on the same
page, operate the same way.

678
00:28:26,530 --> 00:28:27,970
That way we can
work hand in hand

679
00:28:27,970 --> 00:28:30,970
and there's no hang UPS. I
worked on college campuses

680
00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:35,010
for 13 years, and so I know day
to day to day for everything

681
00:28:35,010 --> 00:28:36,450
that you need,
like grant writing

682
00:28:36,450 --> 00:28:37,430
and all that kind of stuff.

683
00:28:37,430 --> 00:28:39,510
So I'll be excited to
see that information.

684
00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:40,430
Thank you for being here.

685
00:28:40,430 --> 00:28:41,470
We greatly appreciate it.

686
00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:42,350
You're very welcome.

687
00:28:42,350 --> 00:28:45,410


688
00:28:45,410 --> 00:28:46,630
I have one more.

689
00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:47,310
Sure yes.

690
00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:50,450
I'd like to piggyback
on council member

691
00:28:50,450 --> 00:28:53,850
Smith's suggestion about
getting written permission

692
00:28:53,850 --> 00:28:55,030
to be on the property.

693
00:28:55,030 --> 00:29:03,680
I think it's fine to check, but
people's memory and people can

694
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,840
I think having it in writing,
it's absolutely simple enough

695
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,120
to add that to the contract and
just have a second signatory

696
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:11,060
for the property owner.

697
00:29:11,060 --> 00:29:13,340
If it's somebody different,
we can absolutely do that.

698
00:29:13,340 --> 00:29:16,480
No problem.

699
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:17,760
Anybody else.

700
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,600
Anybody else from
either of the groups.

701
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:21,800
All right.

702
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:27,480
It's odd that someone is not
taking a chance to speak to us.

703
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,640
I can get up there and
say what a wonderful job

704
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:34,680
he's doing, but come on up.

705
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,700
Please step to the
mic and say your name.

706
00:29:36,700 --> 00:29:39,560


707
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,180
Thank you for your presentation.

708
00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:41,940
You're very welcome.

709
00:29:41,940 --> 00:29:42,980
I have one small typo.

710
00:29:42,980 --> 00:29:43,740
I'll show you after.

711
00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:44,240
Oh, sure.

712
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,960
Thank you.

713
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:46,460
All right.

714
00:29:46,460 --> 00:29:48,360
Anything else on this item.

715
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,360
Let's move on then to
the next item, which

716
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,120
I don't have in front of me.

717
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:59,900
Item 2B Mr. Mayor and council.

718
00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:02,630
I'm excited to follow that.

719
00:30:02,630 --> 00:30:04,150
I haven't gotten
a chance to spend

720
00:30:04,150 --> 00:30:09,510
too much time with Officer Lee
yet, so that was a pleasant.

721
00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:10,630
That was nice to see.

722
00:30:10,630 --> 00:30:12,830
Well done.

723
00:30:12,830 --> 00:30:15,270
OK, so we're going to talk
a little bit about flood

724
00:30:15,270 --> 00:30:17,250
in a couple of different phases.

725
00:30:17,250 --> 00:30:19,370
So I'll do some overview stuff.

726
00:30:19,370 --> 00:30:21,070
And then Kelly
Hagemeyer from Kerr

727
00:30:21,070 --> 00:30:27,350
together no longer the city of
Kerrville AI is here tonight.

728
00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:29,590
And she's going to talk a
little bit about Kerr Together's

729
00:30:29,590 --> 00:30:31,330
process and what they're doing.

730
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:34,690
And then the following item is
kind of a continuation of that.

731
00:30:34,690 --> 00:30:39,190
And David and Julie will
talk about the debris pickup.

732
00:30:39,190 --> 00:30:44,190
So without further ado.

733
00:30:44,190 --> 00:30:46,850
So immediate response is over.

734
00:30:46,850 --> 00:30:48,730
So it's recovery at this point.

735
00:30:48,730 --> 00:30:52,430
This seems like old hat for
us, and I'm sorry about that.

736
00:30:52,430 --> 00:30:54,290
But we kind of know
where this is headed.

737
00:30:54,290 --> 00:30:56,910


738
00:30:56,910 --> 00:31:00,420
Our city services are
operating as they normally do.

739
00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:01,480
We have some hiccups.

740
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,360
We do have some temporary issues
that we're working through.

741
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:10,020
But I think with the exception
of James Avery campus

742
00:31:10,020 --> 00:31:13,980
out on Harper, everybody's
water and sewer

743
00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:15,620
connections are as they are.

744
00:31:15,620 --> 00:31:19,420
Staff is in the process of
temporarily fixing that water

745
00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:22,180
line extension to James
Avery, so they'll be back up

746
00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:23,140
and running.

747
00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:24,520
They won't notice
the difference.

748
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,060
It's still a temporary
fix on our end.

749
00:31:28,060 --> 00:31:33,020
And so that's the
disruption I think

750
00:31:33,020 --> 00:31:37,020
we see in the utility side.

751
00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:39,200
A lot of work left
in the creeks,

752
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,180
a lot of work left
on the Riverside,

753
00:31:42,180 --> 00:31:47,100
and a lot of future
projects coming our way.

754
00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:50,380
From an infrastructure
standpoint,

755
00:31:50,380 --> 00:31:52,300
state continues to be here.

756
00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:53,980
I think they're operating
a lot of their activity

757
00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:57,570
on last year's flooding.

758
00:31:57,570 --> 00:32:02,930
They have been a guidance
for us during this time.

759
00:32:02,930 --> 00:32:05,610
But the presence is
different this year

760
00:32:05,610 --> 00:32:07,610
than it was last year, right.

761
00:32:07,610 --> 00:32:11,210
You can feel that
you can see it.

762
00:32:11,210 --> 00:32:14,850
Federal assistance.

763
00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:17,330
We're still waiting.

764
00:32:17,330 --> 00:32:21,290
I think the process is.

765
00:32:21,290 --> 00:32:23,290
Compiling all of the
damage assessments

766
00:32:23,290 --> 00:32:25,470
for all the counties that
were affected in Texas,

767
00:32:25,470 --> 00:32:27,450
and putting those all
together as one package

768
00:32:27,450 --> 00:32:30,130
to go to President's desk.

769
00:32:30,130 --> 00:32:32,730
I think that is
what's happening.

770
00:32:32,730 --> 00:32:36,250
And so we're continuing to push.

771
00:32:36,250 --> 00:32:37,750
Mayor was at a
meeting last Friday,

772
00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:43,610
I believe, with reps from
Congressman Roy's office

773
00:32:43,610 --> 00:32:48,450
or Congressman Roy was there,
I believe to keep pushing.

774
00:32:48,450 --> 00:32:50,410
And so I think that's what
we can do at this point

775
00:32:50,410 --> 00:32:52,550
is continue to
advocate for ourselves,

776
00:32:52,550 --> 00:32:54,730
talk to our neighbors, continue
to advocate for themselves

777
00:32:54,730 --> 00:32:56,360
as well.

778
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,020
The state is pushing.

779
00:32:58,020 --> 00:33:01,240
I see we have that conversation.

780
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,500
Not daily, but almost daily.

781
00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:06,400
Where we're at.

782
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,520
You get tired of asking,
but you keep asking.

783
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:13,720
Yes do things like what happened
in Hawaii and the flooding

784
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:18,880
in Indiana and other natural
disasters that are happening

785
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:23,600
now after July 16 affect that.

786
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,780
It's hard to speculate on
it, but I think it does.

787
00:33:26,780 --> 00:33:28,460
I think there's severity levels.

788
00:33:28,460 --> 00:33:30,600
I think when you
have I think when

789
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,360
you have loss of
human life, I think

790
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,660
the responses are different.

791
00:33:35,660 --> 00:33:37,060
I think they are faster.

792
00:33:37,060 --> 00:33:41,500
And then it scales because
when they're looking at it,

793
00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:44,120
if they're seeing this
week there's something

794
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,760
here the next week,
something here

795
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,260
the next week, something here.

796
00:33:47,260 --> 00:33:50,420
And, you get all of those
requests simultaneously.

797
00:33:50,420 --> 00:33:53,710
I'm not sure I'm not sure
the process, the methodology

798
00:33:53,710 --> 00:33:56,750
approved or disapproved.

799
00:33:56,750 --> 00:34:01,430
But you have 50 states
and all the territories,

800
00:34:01,430 --> 00:34:03,570
all asking for federal dollars.

801
00:34:03,570 --> 00:34:05,890
Pocketbooks to be opened up.

802
00:34:05,890 --> 00:34:08,810
So it is a complicated process.

803
00:34:08,810 --> 00:34:12,510
Now, what I do understand
is that while we see this

804
00:34:12,510 --> 00:34:15,489
as a delay in a
federal response,

805
00:34:15,489 --> 00:34:19,510
because last year we had
such an immediate turnaround,

806
00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:23,750
it does take a while to
get those declarations.

807
00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:30,350
So I think two of the
biggest facets of it

808
00:34:30,350 --> 00:34:33,270
are we talk about it all the
time as individual assistance

809
00:34:33,270 --> 00:34:34,409
and public assistance.

810
00:34:34,409 --> 00:34:37,290
So if FEMA opens up those
two tranches of funding,

811
00:34:37,290 --> 00:34:41,590
that opens up different
avenues for both families,

812
00:34:41,590 --> 00:34:44,630
and community members living
in town, as well as for us

813
00:34:44,630 --> 00:34:46,130
and what's available for us.

814
00:34:46,130 --> 00:34:49,590


815
00:34:49,590 --> 00:34:53,510
We do have a significant
philanthropic community.

816
00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:55,810
The dollars that came
through for this flood,

817
00:34:55,810 --> 00:35:03,230
I think a lot of their donation
fatigue is a real thing.

818
00:35:03,230 --> 00:35:10,430
$150 million plus was
donated in last year's flood.

819
00:35:10,430 --> 00:35:14,070
I believe part of that
money is that's going

820
00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:16,270
to this year's flood.

821
00:35:16,270 --> 00:35:20,470
One of the weird kind of not
weird IRS regulation stipulation

822
00:35:20,470 --> 00:35:24,390
is that Community Foundation
has to get approval

823
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:27,790
from those donors to utilize
that money from last year

824
00:35:27,790 --> 00:35:30,630
to this year, which
is another step.

825
00:35:30,630 --> 00:35:33,630
And I think they had
more than 100,000

826
00:35:33,630 --> 00:35:35,470
or more than 100,000 donors.

827
00:35:35,470 --> 00:35:39,270
So a lot of people
to reach out to.

828
00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:41,570
But they've gotten some
money out thus far,

829
00:35:41,570 --> 00:35:43,550
and some of those programs
are operating and getting

830
00:35:43,550 --> 00:35:46,670
assistance out to people.

831
00:35:46,670 --> 00:35:48,390
We're going to keep
working with Kerr

832
00:35:48,390 --> 00:35:50,580
together other as
kind of our official

833
00:35:50,580 --> 00:35:52,160
long term recovery group.

834
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:55,740
And so we meet with
them on a weekly basis,

835
00:35:55,740 --> 00:35:59,200
talk to them all the time
about what's available,

836
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,300
how can we help.

837
00:36:00,300 --> 00:36:02,380
And they reciprocate
and ask me, when are

838
00:36:02,380 --> 00:36:04,260
we going to handle the debris.

839
00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:09,140
And so both of our answers
have been we're working on it.

840
00:36:09,140 --> 00:36:10,740
And so what you'll
see tonight is

841
00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:15,500
that we are implementing
not just working on it

842
00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:18,620
again TMM and DPs are operating.

843
00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:20,580
There will be another barge.

844
00:36:20,580 --> 00:36:23,460
There will be another crane
there putting that stuff

845
00:36:23,460 --> 00:36:26,900
back out there as we speak.

846
00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:29,520
Those things are in place.

847
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,320
And so those
operations continue.

848
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:37,900


849
00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:39,420
Our water and wastewater
again, our systems

850
00:36:39,420 --> 00:36:43,720
are operational, although
not as we want them to be.

851
00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:49,930
The crews that work
worked for David Barrera.

852
00:36:49,930 --> 00:36:50,910
Our magicians.

853
00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:52,710
And they will make
these things work.

854
00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:56,930
And they will duct tape a
thing, the officially duct tape

855
00:36:56,930 --> 00:37:00,130
with a clamp and all approved.

856
00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:04,370
But they can I mean to
say they can work magic.

857
00:37:04,370 --> 00:37:09,770
Repairs on town
Creek are going well

858
00:37:09,770 --> 00:37:13,490
for the water and wastewater.

859
00:37:13,490 --> 00:37:15,970
The repairs on the road is
a significantly different

860
00:37:15,970 --> 00:37:18,410
conversation, although they
have done a lot of work

861
00:37:18,410 --> 00:37:21,870
and the streets crews are here
today sitting right there,

862
00:37:21,870 --> 00:37:25,610
and they are rock
stars, all of them.

863
00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:29,850
There are still some issues
with access and a few crossings.

864
00:37:29,850 --> 00:37:31,850
We know about those.

865
00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:34,570
Arcadia loop
bridge, big one town

866
00:37:34,570 --> 00:37:36,270
Creek has some crossing issues.

867
00:37:36,270 --> 00:37:40,250
Obviously there's major
damage throughout that.

868
00:37:40,250 --> 00:37:43,330
We have a large
transmission line,

869
00:37:43,330 --> 00:37:45,680
a few that cross at
the water treatment

870
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,080
plant that are transmit water
from the treatment plant

871
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,880
into town.

872
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:57,920
Those were, oh, I don't five
to 10 feet below the bed

873
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,360
of the river when
they were built.

874
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,800
And that water has been
scoured a little bit

875
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,240
and they are no
longer that deep.

876
00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:14,360
And so it came to light when
the barge went over the river,

877
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,860
as they were pulling some
of their material back out,

878
00:38:16,860 --> 00:38:20,400
scoured one of the lines,
which happens then.

879
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:20,900
That was fine.

880
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:25,960
We were able to fix it, but it
highlighted this larger project

881
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:30,200
that will be a future public,
probably a future FEMA project

882
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,840
is what we are
planning for, but we

883
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,040
don't want to have
that line so close

884
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:38,180
to the surface of the water,
not to the surface of the water,

885
00:38:38,180 --> 00:38:41,880
but to the bed.

886
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:45,790
And so I think those are a
couple of our biggest projects

887
00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:47,290
that we're looking
at, obviously,

888
00:38:47,290 --> 00:38:49,710
are the bridge,
that transmission

889
00:38:49,710 --> 00:38:53,470
line, town Creek, river trail.

890
00:38:53,470 --> 00:38:54,630
Big components.

891
00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:55,450
Talk about those.

892
00:38:55,450 --> 00:38:59,350


893
00:38:59,350 --> 00:39:02,630
Knapp and Cypress are
returning to public use.

894
00:39:02,630 --> 00:39:04,330
The river trail
does remain closed,

895
00:39:04,330 --> 00:39:07,990
although we've had a huge
volunteer outpouring from folks

896
00:39:07,990 --> 00:39:11,110
with heavy equipment who came
out and did a lot of work

897
00:39:11,110 --> 00:39:13,590
over the last few weeks.

898
00:39:13,590 --> 00:39:15,410
And I know Jay will get
mad when I say this,

899
00:39:15,410 --> 00:39:16,490
but the river trail is closed.

900
00:39:16,490 --> 00:39:17,890
But we see people
out there walking,

901
00:39:17,890 --> 00:39:20,830
so if you're amongst
those who are trespassing,

902
00:39:20,830 --> 00:39:24,310
let's say there has
been a lot of work

903
00:39:24,310 --> 00:39:27,950
and I think you'll be able to
see the work that has been done.

904
00:39:27,950 --> 00:39:32,550
There's a significant amount
of movement in that river rock.

905
00:39:32,550 --> 00:39:35,150
Every time you drive
over the bridge

906
00:39:35,150 --> 00:39:36,930
and you look down
at Louise Hays park,

907
00:39:36,930 --> 00:39:39,610
you'll see a lot of
that right there.

908
00:39:39,610 --> 00:39:43,380
And that's all up
and down the river.

909
00:39:43,380 --> 00:39:46,260
So in that we have
areas that we still

910
00:39:46,260 --> 00:39:49,460
need to fix, a lot of
cavitations, a lot of areas

911
00:39:49,460 --> 00:39:51,680
where the drop offs are
as high as this desk,

912
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,540
sometimes as high
as the dais there.

913
00:39:54,540 --> 00:39:56,540
And so we can't open
that up until we

914
00:39:56,540 --> 00:40:01,140
mitigate that because it's just
too much it's too dangerous.

915
00:40:01,140 --> 00:40:03,320
We don't want somebody to go
out there and trip and fall.

916
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:07,260


917
00:40:07,260 --> 00:40:09,000
Again, the volunteers
this time around,

918
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,080
I think that's going to be a
big delta for us this year,

919
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,980
is that we don't have
the disaster declaration.

920
00:40:14,980 --> 00:40:18,220
We still have to get
all this stuff done.

921
00:40:18,220 --> 00:40:21,620
Our teams are working hard at
getting the things that we can

922
00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:26,260
do done, but the
volunteers are seeing a gap

923
00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:28,020
and they're filling that gap.

924
00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:30,860
So with heavy equipment,
with just volunteers

925
00:40:30,860 --> 00:40:36,180
coming to pick up trash, I know
Lisa and Saladin and a bunch

926
00:40:36,180 --> 00:40:39,380
of her friends have been
out cleaning up town

927
00:40:39,380 --> 00:40:41,890
Creek just every
couple of days they're

928
00:40:41,890 --> 00:40:43,490
out there picking stuff out.

929
00:40:43,490 --> 00:40:46,950
And so lots of groups are
out there helping us out.

930
00:40:46,950 --> 00:40:51,210


931
00:40:51,210 --> 00:40:54,030
One of the things that
we are looking at now is.

932
00:40:54,030 --> 00:40:56,810


933
00:40:56,810 --> 00:40:58,650
How do we rebuild.

934
00:40:58,650 --> 00:40:59,670
Where do we rebuild.

935
00:40:59,670 --> 00:41:00,870
What is a place like town.

936
00:41:00,870 --> 00:41:02,730
Creek is a perfect example.

937
00:41:02,730 --> 00:41:04,770
I spoke to you all at
that budget hearing

938
00:41:04,770 --> 00:41:09,950
and said $57 million to
fix the thing, that area,

939
00:41:09,950 --> 00:41:11,150
and I'm sorry I said it.

940
00:41:11,150 --> 00:41:12,270
I didn't want to say it.

941
00:41:12,270 --> 00:41:16,130
It's a horribly large number
and it's not a realistic number.

942
00:41:16,130 --> 00:41:18,290
That's a number that
we provide to FEMA

943
00:41:18,290 --> 00:41:22,190
to say to bring it back to
those preexisting conditions.

944
00:41:22,190 --> 00:41:23,610
This is what that looks like.

945
00:41:23,610 --> 00:41:25,550
And that's just
never what we'll do.

946
00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:29,210
But we have to
supply that to FEMA.

947
00:41:29,210 --> 00:41:32,890
But we're looking at this from
a functionality standpoint.

948
00:41:32,890 --> 00:41:34,150
Who needs access.

949
00:41:34,150 --> 00:41:36,050
Where do they need access.

950
00:41:36,050 --> 00:41:39,960
And how can we most
efficiently make that happen.

951
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,160
And the town Creek that
I think we all knew

952
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:46,080
is always going to be different.

953
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,400
More to follow on that.

954
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:52,140
In that endeavor we will
work towards grants,

955
00:41:52,140 --> 00:41:53,920
philanthropic
funding where we can

956
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,800
and then keep kind of pushing
that volunteer effort because I

957
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:01,840
think we're going to have to
do a lot of this ourselves

958
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:02,920
to get it done.

959
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:08,000
So the next phase is David
will talk about debris

960
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,600
removal here in a little bit.

961
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:11,720
We're going to keep
working on FEMA

962
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:14,380
and tdem documentation for
anything that we're going to do.

963
00:42:14,380 --> 00:42:16,560
We're going to do all
of our work compliant

964
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,380
with those regulations.

965
00:42:18,380 --> 00:42:21,000
So that way, if
and when the time

966
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,800
comes for us to get reimbursed,
we have done it in accordance

967
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,560
with their rules so we can
get the maximum reimbursement

968
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,200
for it.

969
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:29,700
Keep advocating for that.

970
00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:33,800


971
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,370
Priorities for what
we can fix is next.

972
00:42:36,370 --> 00:42:39,850
Because I think we have
somewhere between 65 million

973
00:42:39,850 --> 00:42:42,170
and $100 million
worth of damage,

974
00:42:42,170 --> 00:42:43,750
and there's not going
to be enough funding

975
00:42:43,750 --> 00:42:44,490
to cover all that.

976
00:42:44,490 --> 00:42:46,030
So what are the priorities.

977
00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:51,550
So we will get that list to
you and triage that and then

978
00:42:51,550 --> 00:42:55,630
start working on those permanent
fixes for all of our projects.

979
00:42:55,630 --> 00:42:58,910
So that's the big
picture for me.

980
00:42:58,910 --> 00:43:01,470
Kelly has a lot more
detail about what curr

981
00:43:01,470 --> 00:43:03,150
together has been
doing, so she's

982
00:43:03,150 --> 00:43:05,830
going to step up and take over.

983
00:43:05,830 --> 00:43:07,750
I'll answer any questions you
have now, or if y'all want

984
00:43:07,750 --> 00:43:09,410
to wait until she's finished.

985
00:43:09,410 --> 00:43:13,190
Questions for Mr. Horn's.

986
00:43:13,190 --> 00:43:19,190
OK thank you MS Hagemeyer.

987
00:43:19,190 --> 00:43:20,050
Good afternoon.

988
00:43:20,050 --> 00:43:22,750
Council thank you
for having me here.

989
00:43:22,750 --> 00:43:24,290
My name is Kelly Hagemeyer.

990
00:43:24,290 --> 00:43:27,330
I am the program manager
for curr together.

991
00:43:27,330 --> 00:43:31,910
And this is our
one month recovery

992
00:43:31,910 --> 00:43:36,820
report for the 26th July 2026.

993
00:43:36,820 --> 00:43:41,180
Severe weather event.

994
00:43:41,180 --> 00:43:48,100
So, assessing the istat data,
we have 966 residents that were

995
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,660
verified as being affected.

996
00:43:50,660 --> 00:43:56,340
223 of those were major
or destroyed, the majority

997
00:43:56,340 --> 00:44:01,460
of that damage being in
the Kerrville city limits

998
00:44:01,460 --> 00:44:06,100
with 190 homes, severe
sustaining, major

999
00:44:06,100 --> 00:44:09,360
or destroyed, major
damage or destroyed.

1000
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:15,220
And so I also put up
the 2025 comparisons.

1001
00:44:15,220 --> 00:44:18,800
So while there
were less affected,

1002
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,760
obviously the proportion of
major and damage was longer.

1003
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,740
However, as I mentioned, this
damage was more centralized

1004
00:44:25,740 --> 00:44:27,380
than the Kerrville city limits.

1005
00:44:27,380 --> 00:44:31,700
We also put up there
the number of businesses

1006
00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:32,950
that were affected.

1007
00:44:32,950 --> 00:44:34,790
That was something from 2025.

1008
00:44:34,790 --> 00:44:38,630
We were well aware that
we needed to keep in mind,

1009
00:44:38,630 --> 00:44:40,490
even though that there
weren't a lot of resources

1010
00:44:40,490 --> 00:44:42,210
and it wasn't
something that Tedham

1011
00:44:42,210 --> 00:44:44,210
necessarily kept track of.

1012
00:44:44,210 --> 00:44:48,010
But we felt that was really
important for our community.

1013
00:44:48,010 --> 00:44:52,330
And then this year, we had a
much larger number of businesses

1014
00:44:52,330 --> 00:44:57,650
that were affected and
especially majorly destroyed

1015
00:44:57,650 --> 00:45:02,650
and damaged, with 20 of
those businesses being

1016
00:45:02,650 --> 00:45:06,930
destroyed within the
Kerrville city limits.

1017
00:45:06,930 --> 00:45:11,050
So then from the Tedham
verified, then we

1018
00:45:11,050 --> 00:45:14,090
have the other list of people
who have been coming in

1019
00:45:14,090 --> 00:45:18,770
since then, or maybe didn't
make it to the I-stat or got

1020
00:45:18,770 --> 00:45:21,010
lost somewhere in the system.

1021
00:45:21,010 --> 00:45:25,510
Just as council member Harris
and I were talking about,

1022
00:45:25,510 --> 00:45:27,610
lots of people are
still coming in just

1023
00:45:27,610 --> 00:45:31,220
now submitting their damages.

1024
00:45:31,220 --> 00:45:34,240
And so this is an assessment
that occurred together

1025
00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:37,560
has as we collect
various lists that

1026
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,480
are coming from
other organizations

1027
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,080
throughout the County.

1028
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,600
We're trying to
cross-reference, see

1029
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,440
if we've doubled up anywhere.

1030
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,700
So that 1,200 number
might go down.

1031
00:45:49,700 --> 00:45:55,080
But given that Tatum had
verified almost 1,000 people

1032
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:59,040
were thinking that
a near 1,200 is

1033
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:02,660
much more accurate of how many
people were actually affected.

1034
00:46:02,660 --> 00:46:09,240


1035
00:46:09,240 --> 00:46:12,760
So as we go through with the
residents of what their needs

1036
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:14,880
are right now, there
are still residents

1037
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:15,980
that need muck and gut.

1038
00:46:15,980 --> 00:46:18,300
And so as we're hearing
about those people,

1039
00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:20,520
we are putting them
on a list and trying

1040
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:22,000
to get them with a vote.

1041
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:26,260
As Mr. mentioned, we have
not quite as many resources,

1042
00:46:26,260 --> 00:46:28,060
which also means volunteers.

1043
00:46:28,060 --> 00:46:32,430
So a lot of those video ads,
those volunteer organizations

1044
00:46:32,430 --> 00:46:34,030
active in disaster.

1045
00:46:34,030 --> 00:46:36,090
They have already left.

1046
00:46:36,090 --> 00:46:41,290
Many of them are still
monitoring what needs.

1047
00:46:41,290 --> 00:46:45,230
There still are, but it's
a little less organized

1048
00:46:45,230 --> 00:46:47,210
or consistent at this time.

1049
00:46:47,210 --> 00:46:48,670
And we're kind of
having to reach out

1050
00:46:48,670 --> 00:46:51,390
and we're having to meet
some sort of threshold

1051
00:46:51,390 --> 00:46:54,750
in their mind to be able
to collect whether it's

1052
00:46:54,750 --> 00:46:58,030
50, hundreds, 200
volunteers for the weekend

1053
00:46:58,030 --> 00:46:59,870
throughout the
whole state to come

1054
00:46:59,870 --> 00:47:01,910
and finding a place
for them to stay

1055
00:47:01,910 --> 00:47:03,550
and all of those
things for them to come

1056
00:47:03,550 --> 00:47:05,910
in to continue to
do those response

1057
00:47:05,910 --> 00:47:08,270
efforts, debris removal.

1058
00:47:08,270 --> 00:47:12,390
My staff is very grateful
that the city and the County

1059
00:47:12,390 --> 00:47:14,530
have a mitigation
plan right now,

1060
00:47:14,530 --> 00:47:17,110
that it was one of
the main questions

1061
00:47:17,110 --> 00:47:20,310
that we were receiving
is when how are

1062
00:47:20,310 --> 00:47:22,770
we getting rid of this
stuff off of our property.

1063
00:47:22,770 --> 00:47:25,950
So we're grateful to
David and his crew

1064
00:47:25,950 --> 00:47:30,180
for working very quickly
to come up with a solution.

1065
00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:31,480
Financial assistance.

1066
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,900
Light on the Hill is
currently distributing

1067
00:47:33,900 --> 00:47:36,060
emergency financial assistance.

1068
00:47:36,060 --> 00:47:40,540
So a lot of people losing their
house or not being able to be

1069
00:47:40,540 --> 00:47:42,700
in their house, trying
to live in a house

1070
00:47:42,700 --> 00:47:44,260
that they probably shouldn't.

1071
00:47:44,260 --> 00:47:45,400
Maybe they lost work.

1072
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:47,060
They lost their car.

1073
00:47:47,060 --> 00:47:50,940
I saw a report today
that 95 households

1074
00:47:50,940 --> 00:47:56,600
have said that their car
was affected in some way.

1075
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,380
Probably lost completely.

1076
00:47:58,380 --> 00:48:00,820
And some of those that
was just households.

1077
00:48:00,820 --> 00:48:04,180
So some of those
they lost both cars.

1078
00:48:04,180 --> 00:48:07,140
And then temporary
housing is something else.

1079
00:48:07,140 --> 00:48:09,420
These people who probably
shouldn't be living

1080
00:48:09,420 --> 00:48:11,980
in their home trying
to better understand

1081
00:48:11,980 --> 00:48:14,940
what those solutions are
with such little funding

1082
00:48:14,940 --> 00:48:18,420
available at this time.

1083
00:48:18,420 --> 00:48:20,460
Kelly, can I ask a question
on that last slide.

1084
00:48:20,460 --> 00:48:20,960
Oh, yes.

1085
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,420
Of course.

1086
00:48:23,420 --> 00:48:25,620
Financial assistance
light on the Hill.

1087
00:48:25,620 --> 00:48:30,180
So if they come to y'all
and say, hey, we need this.

1088
00:48:30,180 --> 00:48:31,800
Are they going to
light on the Hill.

1089
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,560
Is that going through, y'all.

1090
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:36,060
And light on the Hill or is
that a totally different.

1091
00:48:36,060 --> 00:48:38,020
So right now.

1092
00:48:38,020 --> 00:48:41,860
So yes, if someone comes and
they have not light on the Hill

1093
00:48:41,860 --> 00:48:45,220
is getting their lists
through rebuild Kerr.

1094
00:48:45,220 --> 00:48:47,920
So if someone comes
to us and says,

1095
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,080
I haven't received financial
assistance and I was affected,

1096
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,000
we can get them into the system.

1097
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:55,120
We do have a disaster.

1098
00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:57,100
Case manager threw
light on the Hill

1099
00:48:57,100 --> 00:49:02,260
that is at 98
Coronato 9 to four.

1100
00:49:02,260 --> 00:49:04,340
We have someone there
and they can double check

1101
00:49:04,340 --> 00:49:05,520
if they are in the system.

1102
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:08,060
We just haven't gotten they
haven't just gotten to them yet.

1103
00:49:08,060 --> 00:49:09,540
They are.

1104
00:49:09,540 --> 00:49:12,140
Beth Palmer, there she is.

1105
00:49:12,140 --> 00:49:17,300
Her goal is to write checks
to 200 households every week.

1106
00:49:17,300 --> 00:49:20,900
So that is 200 people, 200
households that they're needing

1107
00:49:20,900 --> 00:49:26,010
to talk to every week to
comb through to verify,

1108
00:49:26,010 --> 00:49:29,250
because they have their own
checks and balances too.

1109
00:49:29,250 --> 00:49:33,270
But they have done an amazing
job to get through that.

1110
00:49:33,270 --> 00:49:35,290
And so her goal was to
get all of that money

1111
00:49:35,290 --> 00:49:37,530
out within six weeks.

1112
00:49:37,530 --> 00:49:38,370
Yes, ma'am.

1113
00:49:38,370 --> 00:49:41,490
Some of the first people
that came in that first week,

1114
00:49:41,490 --> 00:49:43,850
I know we were up and
running as far as input

1115
00:49:43,850 --> 00:49:46,410
and taking their case.

1116
00:49:46,410 --> 00:49:48,090
So are they being
called now that there

1117
00:49:48,090 --> 00:49:49,190
is this light on the Hill.

1118
00:49:49,190 --> 00:49:51,110
Financial assistance.

1119
00:49:51,110 --> 00:49:56,370
Yes we're going back
through our list and data

1120
00:49:56,370 --> 00:49:58,490
sharing and giving
them and double

1121
00:49:58,490 --> 00:50:01,770
checking with the
disaster case managers

1122
00:50:01,770 --> 00:50:05,130
to make sure that as people come
in or if we think that maybe

1123
00:50:05,130 --> 00:50:06,410
someone got lost
through the cracks

1124
00:50:06,410 --> 00:50:09,530
to make sure that they
are in their system,

1125
00:50:09,530 --> 00:50:11,150
could have been one
of the intakes I did.

1126
00:50:11,150 --> 00:50:13,350
So you might want to
double check those.

1127
00:50:13,350 --> 00:50:16,770
We will double check.

1128
00:50:16,770 --> 00:50:19,090
Not my skill set.

1129
00:50:19,090 --> 00:50:20,190
You did a wonderful job.

1130
00:50:20,190 --> 00:50:21,360
Thank you for coming.

1131
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:22,260
You're so welcome.

1132
00:50:22,260 --> 00:50:25,120
You're so welcome.

1133
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:31,200
So one of the acronym soups
that we got to learn very early

1134
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:33,440
on last year was voadores.

1135
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:37,400
So those volunteer organizations
active in disasters and occur

1136
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,860
together is a collaboration
of local, regional,

1137
00:50:39,860 --> 00:50:41,140
and national partners.

1138
00:50:41,140 --> 00:50:42,960
And these ads are part of that.

1139
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:46,340
These four are the ones that
we worked most closely with.

1140
00:50:46,340 --> 00:50:48,780
They weren't the only
ones who were in town.

1141
00:50:48,780 --> 00:50:50,040
They were just the
most consistent

1142
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:51,640
with checking in with us.

1143
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:55,360
And they also gave me closeout
packets, which always makes

1144
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:58,160
it easier to collect data.

1145
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,980
And so Samaritan's Purse,
all hands and hearts,

1146
00:51:00,980 --> 00:51:02,980
Texans on mission
and Team Rubicon.

1147
00:51:02,980 --> 00:51:04,800
And so we're very
grateful for them.

1148
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:07,920
We stay in constant
contact with them.

1149
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:12,600
Because they're wanting to
come back into the community

1150
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:15,240
whenever they find
funding or whenever

1151
00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:19,530
we have a large enough
work order for them.

1152
00:51:19,530 --> 00:51:23,590


1153
00:51:23,590 --> 00:51:25,630
This weekend, actually,
the Latter day Saints

1154
00:51:25,630 --> 00:51:29,110
are coming into town, and so
I'm coordinating with them with

1155
00:51:29,110 --> 00:51:31,330
that church group right now.

1156
00:51:31,330 --> 00:51:35,830


1157
00:51:35,830 --> 00:51:38,910
Global empowerment mission
has been a wonderful partner

1158
00:51:38,910 --> 00:51:41,110
to curd together.

1159
00:51:41,110 --> 00:51:45,270
They are able to help us not
only just with individuals

1160
00:51:45,270 --> 00:51:47,470
but also businesses.

1161
00:51:47,470 --> 00:51:49,770
And they also manage
the warehouse,

1162
00:51:49,770 --> 00:51:56,190
which was very important from
last year Mr. horns can tell you

1163
00:51:56,190 --> 00:51:58,190
plenty of nightmare
stories about the warehouse

1164
00:51:58,190 --> 00:52:00,030
from last year.

1165
00:52:00,030 --> 00:52:03,050
And so this year it was
much more organized.

1166
00:52:03,050 --> 00:52:05,430
We had everyone in place.

1167
00:52:05,430 --> 00:52:07,970
And in the weeks
following the disaster,

1168
00:52:07,970 --> 00:52:12,150
gem was able to distribute and
deliver supplies to residents

1169
00:52:12,150 --> 00:52:17,140
and other voids and curd
together is very excited we are

1170
00:52:17,140 --> 00:52:21,120
working towards our 501(c)3,
our non-profit status,

1171
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:24,440
and so we are just waiting on
our IRS determination letter.

1172
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:29,500
And so right now
gem is curd together

1173
00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:35,440
financial fiscal sponsor as
we mature as a nonprofit.

1174
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:40,340


1175
00:52:40,340 --> 00:52:42,380
As I said from last
year, we really

1176
00:52:42,380 --> 00:52:45,260
learned how important it was.

1177
00:52:45,260 --> 00:52:47,420
Kurt together and
Kurt EDC were well

1178
00:52:47,420 --> 00:52:50,300
aware of the economic
damages from disasters

1179
00:52:50,300 --> 00:52:53,060
and the high number of
businesses that don't survive.

1180
00:52:53,060 --> 00:52:55,920
And so that became a
really high priority.

1181
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,860
And one of our great
partners during this time

1182
00:52:58,860 --> 00:53:00,040
has been lift fund.

1183
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:01,080
So lift fund.

1184
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:06,800
From the 2025 fund, flood was
able to distribute nearly $20

1185
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:08,760
million in grants and loans.

1186
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:12,480
And then whenever the
26 flood occurred,

1187
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:15,610
they shifted some
additional loan money

1188
00:53:15,610 --> 00:53:18,110
that they had that they had
just started distributing,

1189
00:53:18,110 --> 00:53:19,470
and they shifted that to grants.

1190
00:53:19,470 --> 00:53:22,590
And those were $10,000
grants at the time.

1191
00:53:22,590 --> 00:53:25,130
And then we were
blessed by the Community

1192
00:53:25,130 --> 00:53:31,230
Foundation, who granted another
5 million to be towards grants.

1193
00:53:31,230 --> 00:53:37,010
And so those grants are
a maximum of 50,000 that.

1194
00:53:37,010 --> 00:53:40,110
That application closed,
I believe either Thursday.

1195
00:53:40,110 --> 00:53:41,550
It closed last week.

1196
00:53:41,550 --> 00:53:44,070
And so there were
103 applicants.

1197
00:53:44,070 --> 00:53:46,770
And so that money
should be distributed

1198
00:53:46,770 --> 00:53:48,190
as soon as next week.

1199
00:53:48,190 --> 00:53:53,130


1200
00:53:53,130 --> 00:53:56,150
So the remaining critical
needs at this point.

1201
00:53:56,150 --> 00:53:58,810
So we continue to
connect with the various

1202
00:53:58,810 --> 00:54:01,750
with various funding
sources to secure votes,

1203
00:54:01,750 --> 00:54:04,250
secure vote activity.

1204
00:54:04,250 --> 00:54:08,290
Light on the Hill
is still funding

1205
00:54:08,290 --> 00:54:13,780
emergency financial
assistance public assistance.

1206
00:54:13,780 --> 00:54:17,000
So we are still working
with the city and County

1207
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,460
on what infrastructure
needs they have,

1208
00:54:19,460 --> 00:54:21,800
as Mr. Horn has laid out.

1209
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:22,980
Temporary housing.

1210
00:54:22,980 --> 00:54:25,840
We are collaborating
with emergency

1211
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:30,400
housing funds and other
temporary housing solutions.

1212
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,180
We're getting creative.

1213
00:54:32,180 --> 00:54:33,980
We're looking into some RVs.

1214
00:54:33,980 --> 00:54:37,360
I had a conversation
with Drew just

1215
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:39,640
clarifying where
RVs could and could

1216
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:42,400
not be within the city limits.

1217
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:47,160
And so we're also working
with the Parks Department

1218
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:48,620
to see what that
would look like.

1219
00:54:48,620 --> 00:54:52,280
If we need someone to be
in an RV for a longer stay,

1220
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:55,120
and if that would be
possible at Ksp and what

1221
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:58,360
those funding
requirements would be.

1222
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:01,320
Some more creative
underlining concerns.

1223
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:05,500
Agriculture there is not many
resources for agriculture.

1224
00:55:05,500 --> 00:55:08,680
We kind of knew this last
year from the disaster

1225
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:13,010
between Agrilife and the Texas
Department of agriculture.

1226
00:55:13,010 --> 00:55:17,990
Those are your only two
sources, and it is not quick

1227
00:55:17,990 --> 00:55:20,390
and it's a little cumbersome.

1228
00:55:20,390 --> 00:55:23,990
So we're still working
through a lot of fences down

1229
00:55:23,990 --> 00:55:26,430
and stuff like that.

1230
00:55:26,430 --> 00:55:28,550
Mold remediation.

1231
00:55:28,550 --> 00:55:31,230
We're working to collaborate
with some workshops

1232
00:55:31,230 --> 00:55:32,730
with some of the voids.

1233
00:55:32,730 --> 00:55:38,070
The free options I have are
not quick and the now options

1234
00:55:38,070 --> 00:55:39,330
are expensive.

1235
00:55:39,330 --> 00:55:42,150
So y'all know how that works.

1236
00:55:42,150 --> 00:55:43,210
Private roads.

1237
00:55:43,210 --> 00:55:45,150
We are still assessing
private roads

1238
00:55:45,150 --> 00:55:48,010
and trying to understand
what that looks like.

1239
00:55:48,010 --> 00:55:51,670
Between finding the
equipment, a license

1240
00:55:51,670 --> 00:55:54,210
operator material and fuel.

1241
00:55:54,210 --> 00:55:57,170
Putting all those four
together takes some time.

1242
00:55:57,170 --> 00:55:59,830


1243
00:55:59,830 --> 00:56:02,430
And then the key things
that occur together needs

1244
00:56:02,430 --> 00:56:06,310
to try to officially
transition into recovery

1245
00:56:06,310 --> 00:56:09,140
is connecting with
all the individuals

1246
00:56:09,140 --> 00:56:11,820
and understanding their needs.

1247
00:56:11,820 --> 00:56:15,180
Continuing our collaboration
with city, city and County

1248
00:56:15,180 --> 00:56:18,820
staff on infrastructure.

1249
00:56:18,820 --> 00:56:21,440
Continuing to
engage with our ads.

1250
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:24,920
And lastly, FEMA
individual assistance.

1251
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:29,900
So I think as city council
and the County commissioners

1252
00:56:29,900 --> 00:56:32,900
and our Governmental
Affairs and everyone

1253
00:56:32,900 --> 00:56:38,140
for collaborating with our state
and federal representatives

1254
00:56:38,140 --> 00:56:41,240
and really pushing
for this declaration.

1255
00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:43,980


1256
00:56:43,980 --> 00:56:47,420
And with that, any questions.

1257
00:56:47,420 --> 00:56:48,320
I'll just.

1258
00:56:48,320 --> 00:56:50,160
Sorry you're fine.

1259
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,640
I just want to thank you,
Kelly, because I had.

1260
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:55,220


1261
00:56:55,220 --> 00:56:57,680
I'm just going to claim I
can't see what's going on.

1262
00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:00,300


1263
00:57:00,300 --> 00:57:01,760
You were nice enough
to let me come in,

1264
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:03,300
because what happens
is on the street when

1265
00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:07,210
you go visit these neighborhoods
again, they have more questions.

1266
00:57:07,210 --> 00:57:10,530
Different questions
and misinformation.

1267
00:57:10,530 --> 00:57:15,090
So I'm really anytime I think
y'all needed to go visit with

1268
00:57:15,090 --> 00:57:18,250
Kelly or someone I try to make
it convenient for you because I

1269
00:57:18,250 --> 00:57:21,690
know you're extremely busy, but
it really helped me that day

1270
00:57:21,690 --> 00:57:24,010
to get even some of this
information you're giving us

1271
00:57:24,010 --> 00:57:29,010
now, so that we can relay that
to the public and start to give

1272
00:57:29,010 --> 00:57:30,910
them some hope and
some confidence that,

1273
00:57:30,910 --> 00:57:34,190
yes, you're on the radar, that
we're working on this debris.

1274
00:57:34,190 --> 00:57:37,870
We're working on all of
these things as best we can,

1275
00:57:37,870 --> 00:57:39,170
as fast as we can.

1276
00:57:39,170 --> 00:57:41,310
And the money coming in helped.

1277
00:57:41,310 --> 00:57:45,850
I mean, getting those numbers
to was a boost in the confidence

1278
00:57:45,850 --> 00:57:47,810
that we're going to
get through this.

1279
00:57:47,810 --> 00:57:49,350
So thank you very much.

1280
00:57:49,350 --> 00:57:52,290
Thank you crystal.

1281
00:57:52,290 --> 00:57:56,450
No, thank you for all your
very thorough updates.

1282
00:57:56,450 --> 00:57:57,530
No you're welcome.

1283
00:57:57,530 --> 00:57:58,930
Work that you're doing.

1284
00:57:58,930 --> 00:58:02,130
Thanks yeah I agree.

1285
00:58:02,130 --> 00:58:03,510
Thanks very much.

1286
00:58:03,510 --> 00:58:08,140
It's still amazing that Kirk
is doing such a great job,

1287
00:58:08,140 --> 00:58:11,220
and it's a little
comforting in a way.

1288
00:58:11,220 --> 00:58:15,660
We've got another disaster, but
we're up and running already,

1289
00:58:15,660 --> 00:58:20,000
so appreciate all the hard
work and the coordination

1290
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:21,620
that you're getting
accomplished.

1291
00:58:21,620 --> 00:58:23,400
Thank you.

1292
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:25,500
Yeah I hate to be this guy.

1293
00:58:25,500 --> 00:58:26,480
No that's OK.

1294
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:30,120
Can you go back a couple
of slides to the left.

1295
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:31,360
Which one.

1296
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:33,500
Talking about the lift fund
and the amount of money.

1297
00:58:33,500 --> 00:58:39,640
And keep going right there.

1298
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:41,180
So I understand the grants.

1299
00:58:41,180 --> 00:58:43,600
Grants don't get paid back.

1300
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:46,380
Let's talk about this center
section here that says loans.

1301
00:58:46,380 --> 00:58:51,200
$11,883,539 in loans.

1302
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:56,480
I have been asked numerous times
by people in the community,

1303
00:58:56,480 --> 00:58:58,580
was that their money
from the get go.

1304
00:58:58,580 --> 00:58:59,580
Did they have that.

1305
00:58:59,580 --> 00:59:01,280
Is that what they're
loaning, or did they

1306
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:06,410
get that from other places and
they're making loans off of it.

1307
00:59:06,410 --> 00:59:08,190
And are they charging interest.

1308
00:59:08,190 --> 00:59:11,510
Are they basically
getting $12 million

1309
00:59:11,510 --> 00:59:15,470
in New business
because of a disaster.

1310
00:59:15,470 --> 00:59:17,930
I am not bashing the fund.

1311
00:59:17,930 --> 00:59:20,190
I am so glad they're here.

1312
00:59:20,190 --> 00:59:22,630
They stood up and
talked about the grants,

1313
00:59:22,630 --> 00:59:27,630
but this came up last year
in the very beginning when

1314
00:59:27,630 --> 00:59:30,410
the foundation was giving out
grants and people were saying,

1315
00:59:30,410 --> 00:59:33,190
oh, it's loans, it's loans,
and they got to pay it back.

1316
00:59:33,190 --> 00:59:35,370
That is not the case
with the foundation.

1317
00:59:35,370 --> 00:59:37,330
But right here, it
says loans and Kelly,

1318
00:59:37,330 --> 00:59:39,010
I'm not trying to bash anything.

1319
00:59:39,010 --> 00:59:41,550
I'm just people
ask I need to ask

1320
00:59:41,550 --> 00:59:43,670
a question for the
citizens of Kerrville

1321
00:59:43,670 --> 00:59:46,790
about why it says loans.

1322
00:59:46,790 --> 00:59:49,710
Yeah and how is the money.

1323
00:59:49,710 --> 00:59:52,030
Are they loaning only to
Kerr County and comfort

1324
00:59:52,030 --> 00:59:53,750
to make sure it stays here.

1325
00:59:53,750 --> 00:59:56,190
And when that money comes
back in, it gets paid off.

1326
00:59:56,190 --> 00:59:59,070
Are they loaning that money
back out to people of Kerr,

1327
00:59:59,070 --> 01:00:01,050
Kerrville and comfort area.

1328
01:00:01,050 --> 01:00:05,240
So I can probably answer some of
your questions, not all of them.

1329
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:09,380
And I can definitely get you
more information from the lift

1330
01:00:09,380 --> 01:00:11,460
fund to answer those
questions, because those

1331
01:00:11,460 --> 01:00:13,940
really are valid
questions because we

1332
01:00:13,940 --> 01:00:16,780
have worked through that also.

1333
01:00:16,780 --> 01:00:20,540
And so the majority
of their loans

1334
01:00:20,540 --> 01:00:23,780
have been in Kerr
County and comfort

1335
01:00:23,780 --> 01:00:25,960
just at this time because
we've been working with them.

1336
01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:30,480
But they are a national company
who does help during disasters.

1337
01:00:30,480 --> 01:00:36,440
Lift fund also can be
utilized not in disaster.

1338
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:39,420
So actually Curry
DC has is looking

1339
01:00:39,420 --> 01:00:43,260
at also partnering with them to
help businesses to understand

1340
01:00:43,260 --> 01:00:47,260
business plans and just
becoming more financially secure

1341
01:00:47,260 --> 01:00:50,940
and thinking about different
ways to set up your business

1342
01:00:50,940 --> 01:00:55,020
and just being ready and
better prepared financially.

1343
01:00:55,020 --> 01:00:58,060
The majority of those
loans, I believe,

1344
01:00:58,060 --> 01:01:00,250
were actually the interest.

1345
01:01:00,250 --> 01:01:03,010
There were 0 interest
loans, so the money

1346
01:01:03,010 --> 01:01:07,810
that was donated to the fund
was to buy down that interest so

1347
01:01:07,810 --> 01:01:09,990
that whenever people
were paying back,

1348
01:01:09,990 --> 01:01:15,490
it was just the principal,
not the interest.

1349
01:01:15,490 --> 01:01:18,430
I did not do well
in finance class,

1350
01:01:18,430 --> 01:01:23,490
but that is how I understand
it in the best layman's term.

1351
01:01:23,490 --> 01:01:26,710
It's just one of those
questions that's being asked,

1352
01:01:26,710 --> 01:01:32,510
and it's a sore subject that
the perception, I guess,

1353
01:01:32,510 --> 01:01:37,250
is they have a disaster and
there's a company that comes in

1354
01:01:37,250 --> 01:01:39,290
to help on one side,
but then they're

1355
01:01:39,290 --> 01:01:41,630
loaning on the other
side to be paid back.

1356
01:01:41,630 --> 01:01:43,330
So yes.

1357
01:01:43,330 --> 01:01:45,850
And we had the
same conversations

1358
01:01:45,850 --> 01:01:47,430
with some of the banks too.

1359
01:01:47,430 --> 01:01:53,170
And so there were many that were
encouraged to talk to your bank

1360
01:01:53,170 --> 01:01:56,810
first, see what type of loan
options and what percentage

1361
01:01:56,810 --> 01:01:59,550
they can give you and even lift.

1362
01:01:59,550 --> 01:02:01,230
One was very honest about that.

1363
01:02:01,230 --> 01:02:02,750
Talk to your bank first.

1364
01:02:02,750 --> 01:02:05,770
See what if they can
maybe work with you.

1365
01:02:05,770 --> 01:02:10,370
But some companies did find that
the loan option just because

1366
01:02:10,370 --> 01:02:13,250
of that 0% interest, because
that funding that was given

1367
01:02:13,250 --> 01:02:17,090
was specifically to buy down
the interest of the loans just

1368
01:02:17,090 --> 01:02:18,190
work better for them.

1369
01:02:18,190 --> 01:02:21,970
But I'll work with Adrian
and I'll get some more

1370
01:02:21,970 --> 01:02:25,370
definite answers for you.

1371
01:02:25,370 --> 01:02:27,930
Any other comments or questions.

1372
01:02:27,930 --> 01:02:28,710
Thank you ma'am.

1373
01:02:28,710 --> 01:02:29,350
Thank you.

1374
01:02:29,350 --> 01:02:32,050


1375
01:02:32,050 --> 01:02:34,030
To see MS Behrens.

1376
01:02:34,030 --> 01:02:42,850
All right.

1377
01:02:42,850 --> 01:02:43,730
Good afternoon, Mayor.

1378
01:02:43,730 --> 01:02:47,030
Council I'll keep it
kind of brief on this,

1379
01:02:47,030 --> 01:02:50,470
but we'll do a quick rundown on
our curbside collection update.

1380
01:02:50,470 --> 01:02:55,170
As we've been talking
about earlier from day one,

1381
01:02:55,170 --> 01:02:57,280
we start looking at
flood debris management.

1382
01:02:57,280 --> 01:02:58,640
So we start looking
at how we can

1383
01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:01,420
develop systems for public
input through surveys,

1384
01:03:01,420 --> 01:03:03,360
emails, phone calls.

1385
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:06,033
I want to recognize Stephanie
Daley and Angela North, who's

1386
01:03:06,033 --> 01:03:07,600
on the other side of the
wall, who they've been

1387
01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:09,640
the frontline folks
of taking hundreds

1388
01:03:09,640 --> 01:03:12,900
of calls and guiding people in
the right direction for that.

1389
01:03:12,900 --> 01:03:16,400
So that's critical in any
kind of management process.

1390
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:18,380
Also evaluate our
existing resources.

1391
01:03:18,380 --> 01:03:20,720
What do we have in place.

1392
01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:22,420
We do have a solid
waste program.

1393
01:03:22,420 --> 01:03:24,280
We're able to utilize that.

1394
01:03:24,280 --> 01:03:27,200
Volunteers were here already
on the ground coordinating that

1395
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:29,840
with Kelly and
her team out there

1396
01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:33,000
offering guidance on placement
of items at the curb.

1397
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:34,620
Doesn't matter if we're
going to pick it up,

1398
01:03:34,620 --> 01:03:35,900
a third party is
going to pick it up.

1399
01:03:35,900 --> 01:03:38,247
There's guidelines on putting
stuff out at the curb,

1400
01:03:38,247 --> 01:03:40,180
and those were the initial
questions that we were getting.

1401
01:03:40,180 --> 01:03:42,960
So we got to have that
information available.

1402
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:46,000
Also evaluate the options
for expanded collections

1403
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:47,640
when that becomes available.

1404
01:03:47,640 --> 01:03:50,580
And then last but not
least is secure funding.

1405
01:03:50,580 --> 01:03:52,160
How do we manage the cost.

1406
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:55,510
So we've already looking
at those on the back end.

1407
01:03:55,510 --> 01:03:59,670
And then so our initial
debris management initiatives,

1408
01:03:59,670 --> 01:04:03,670
we issued over 750
vouchers since July 16.

1409
01:04:03,670 --> 01:04:08,470
We typically issue about
150 to 200 vouchers a month.

1410
01:04:08,470 --> 01:04:09,890
So we've issued 750.

1411
01:04:09,890 --> 01:04:13,330
And those all go through
Stephanie and Angela.

1412
01:04:13,330 --> 01:04:16,590
So they've been pretty busy
with just that aspect of it.

1413
01:04:16,590 --> 01:04:18,910
We were able to
obtain 14 dumpsters

1414
01:04:18,910 --> 01:04:22,070
that I was able to place
in high volume areas.

1415
01:04:22,070 --> 01:04:26,550
Those were donated and provided
quick response on deliveries.

1416
01:04:26,550 --> 01:04:29,210
That made it challenging because
everybody wanted a dumpster,

1417
01:04:29,210 --> 01:04:30,910
but I had to make sure
I place a dumpster

1418
01:04:30,910 --> 01:04:33,710
where I can have several
homes or properties utilize

1419
01:04:33,710 --> 01:04:35,270
that dumpster.

1420
01:04:35,270 --> 01:04:36,590
We coordinated
with curr together

1421
01:04:36,590 --> 01:04:38,130
for assistance with volunteers.

1422
01:04:38,130 --> 01:04:40,390
I can place dumpsters
at the curb.

1423
01:04:40,390 --> 01:04:41,650
Who's going to load them up.

1424
01:04:41,650 --> 01:04:43,390
And I didn't want the
people that just went

1425
01:04:43,390 --> 01:04:46,530
through, what with the flood, to
have to load their own stuff up.

1426
01:04:46,530 --> 01:04:49,870
So we've had many volunteers
as Kelly mentioned

1427
01:04:49,870 --> 01:04:52,700
in her slide, Team Rubicon.

1428
01:04:52,700 --> 01:04:54,380
All hands and hearts.

1429
01:04:54,380 --> 01:04:56,780
We had Texans on a mission.

1430
01:04:56,780 --> 01:04:59,640
We also had private companies
assisting with equipment.

1431
01:04:59,640 --> 01:05:01,180
Have folks from
creative solutions

1432
01:05:01,180 --> 01:05:04,540
that helped load up three
or four dumpsters already.

1433
01:05:04,540 --> 01:05:06,660
I talked to them when
I was out surveying

1434
01:05:06,660 --> 01:05:08,320
and I said, do you
mind helping me out.

1435
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:09,720
And they said, yes,
I'll help you out.

1436
01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:12,940
So they were able to get some
equipment out there and load

1437
01:05:12,940 --> 01:05:15,220
up those dumpsters for us.

1438
01:05:15,220 --> 01:05:19,800
We were able to remove 420yd
which is a little over 30 tons,

1439
01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:21,700
is what we did with
that initial program

1440
01:05:21,700 --> 01:05:24,020
with the roll-off dumpsters.

1441
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:25,700
Also, our city
crew removed debris

1442
01:05:25,700 --> 01:05:27,740
from 18 right of way sites.

1443
01:05:27,740 --> 01:05:30,780
We did that kind of a
little pilot program

1444
01:05:30,780 --> 01:05:33,080
ahead of what we just
started yesterday, right.

1445
01:05:33,080 --> 01:05:36,900
So this is all it's been done
before our official Citywide

1446
01:05:36,900 --> 01:05:39,560
curbside collection, all that.

1447
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:42,140
It's running parallel with
us obtaining the data.

1448
01:05:42,140 --> 01:05:44,000
Well, I'm obtaining
data, the surveys,

1449
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:45,460
verifying all that stuff.

1450
01:05:45,460 --> 01:05:47,320
We're out doing this
right initially.

1451
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:51,490
So we have been putting
some work out there.

1452
01:05:51,490 --> 01:05:54,350
So implementing the
curbside collection program,

1453
01:05:54,350 --> 01:05:56,270
we communicated with
Cheatham for guidance.

1454
01:05:56,270 --> 01:05:59,650
Julie and I met with them
looking at third party

1455
01:05:59,650 --> 01:06:01,110
operations and timelines.

1456
01:06:01,110 --> 01:06:04,070
What does that look like to get
a third party to come in here.

1457
01:06:04,070 --> 01:06:06,290
There's a lot of boxes
that need to be checked.

1458
01:06:06,290 --> 01:06:09,470
It's a lengthy process in order
to follow FEMA guidelines.

1459
01:06:09,470 --> 01:06:12,730
So we also looked at our
operational transition

1460
01:06:12,730 --> 01:06:15,650
from emergency operations
in public works.

1461
01:06:15,650 --> 01:06:17,650
Now that things are stabilized,
what are our resources

1462
01:06:17,650 --> 01:06:18,230
look like.

1463
01:06:18,230 --> 01:06:20,490
What can we do now
to pivot from that

1464
01:06:20,490 --> 01:06:23,290
and assist with this
collection program

1465
01:06:23,290 --> 01:06:25,750
with these gentlemen here in
streets and figured out, OK,

1466
01:06:25,750 --> 01:06:27,810
are we going to be
able to handle this.

1467
01:06:27,810 --> 01:06:30,370
And keep in mind, we had already
been surveying the whole city

1468
01:06:30,370 --> 01:06:31,270
on what's out there.

1469
01:06:31,270 --> 01:06:34,250
So we had a good idea of what's
out there and it was manageable.

1470
01:06:34,250 --> 01:06:36,610
We felt that we can
handle that on our own.

1471
01:06:36,610 --> 01:06:38,570
So we established a
systematic process

1472
01:06:38,570 --> 01:06:41,210
to identify, document,
verify and map

1473
01:06:41,210 --> 01:06:43,010
out areas throughout town.

1474
01:06:43,010 --> 01:06:44,530
That survey right
there on the right hand

1475
01:06:44,530 --> 01:06:46,970
side that was available online.

1476
01:06:46,970 --> 01:06:51,700
I want to thank Josh
and giz coordinated.

1477
01:06:51,700 --> 01:06:54,680
Help out with that and get that
online so folks can submit stuff

1478
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:56,200
because that's
important for us to be

1479
01:06:56,200 --> 01:06:59,840
able to gauge what's out there.

1480
01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:01,260
So the community feedback.

1481
01:07:01,260 --> 01:07:05,640
So we did obtain several
surveys over 100.

1482
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:07,020
We got that data.

1483
01:07:07,020 --> 01:07:08,520
And then we created
our work orders

1484
01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:10,780
to identify certain
areas throughout town,

1485
01:07:10,780 --> 01:07:11,780
as you can see right there.

1486
01:07:11,780 --> 01:07:14,960
So you'll see looking for
clusters high volume areas.

1487
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:19,360
Any safety concerns allowed us
and our staff and Daniel, Chris

1488
01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:20,920
and other folks were
out taking pictures

1489
01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:24,940
and verifying loads and coming
up with this kind of a heat map,

1490
01:07:24,940 --> 01:07:26,360
if you will.

1491
01:07:26,360 --> 01:07:29,240
And also, we were looking at
removing any duplicates or piles

1492
01:07:29,240 --> 01:07:32,100
that were no longer at the
curb and then at the end,

1493
01:07:32,100 --> 01:07:34,520
results create efficient routes.

1494
01:07:34,520 --> 01:07:41,640
So this is all important as
we start our curbside program.

1495
01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:45,540
And then we followed up with our
strategic city crew collection.

1496
01:07:45,540 --> 01:07:48,310
We decided for us
to handle this.

1497
01:07:48,310 --> 01:07:51,550
We evaluated the
equipment, resources.

1498
01:07:51,550 --> 01:07:52,890
Spoke to these
guys here and said,

1499
01:07:52,890 --> 01:07:54,970
let's get a specialized team
to focus on this mission.

1500
01:07:54,970 --> 01:07:56,510
That way it's a core
group, and that's

1501
01:07:56,510 --> 01:07:59,270
what they're going to be doing
for the next couple of weeks.

1502
01:07:59,270 --> 01:08:01,610
We also had equipment
available from Parks and rec.

1503
01:08:01,610 --> 01:08:02,290
Jay still here.

1504
01:08:02,290 --> 01:08:03,610
Thanks for letting
us borrow that.

1505
01:08:03,610 --> 01:08:06,350
That grappler unit work
together, helping each other out

1506
01:08:06,350 --> 01:08:07,610
through various departments.

1507
01:08:07,610 --> 01:08:09,830
So that was very beneficial.

1508
01:08:09,830 --> 01:08:12,990
We do have an additional
unit coming in.

1509
01:08:12,990 --> 01:08:13,530
It's here.

1510
01:08:13,530 --> 01:08:14,210
It's here today.

1511
01:08:14,210 --> 01:08:15,310
So it's here.

1512
01:08:15,310 --> 01:08:18,270
So we're able to
duplicate our efforts

1513
01:08:18,270 --> 01:08:21,229
and hopefully move things
a little bit quicker.

1514
01:08:21,229 --> 01:08:23,270
Also again develop
the collection

1515
01:08:23,270 --> 01:08:26,830
routes based on the submissions
that we've received.

1516
01:08:26,830 --> 01:08:29,170
We also are conducting
daily recaps.

1517
01:08:29,170 --> 01:08:31,330
I know yesterday we
kicked off our collection,

1518
01:08:31,330 --> 01:08:33,750
we were able to pick up 7 loads.

1519
01:08:33,750 --> 01:08:37,470
About 2 and 1/2 tons is
what we collected yesterday.

1520
01:08:37,470 --> 01:08:42,370
I know it doesn't sound
6.9 at the end of today,

1521
01:08:42,370 --> 01:08:44,260
so we're making progress.

1522
01:08:44,260 --> 01:08:47,340
So we'll continue to
have those daily recaps

1523
01:08:47,340 --> 01:08:49,640
to make sure that things are
running efficiently out there.

1524
01:08:49,640 --> 01:08:51,533
We're running into
any concerns, anything

1525
01:08:51,533 --> 01:08:52,800
out there that we
need to be aware of.

1526
01:08:52,800 --> 01:08:55,399
So we can alter our operations.

1527
01:08:55,399 --> 01:08:57,240
But so far things
are going great.

1528
01:08:57,240 --> 01:09:01,899
And you'll see on the right
side just a quick snapshot

1529
01:09:01,899 --> 01:09:04,620
of the data that we're
collecting so that we

1530
01:09:04,620 --> 01:09:08,020
can operate efficiently.

1531
01:09:08,020 --> 01:09:11,380
So the initial sweep
began yesterday began

1532
01:09:11,380 --> 01:09:13,460
on the West West Side of town.

1533
01:09:13,460 --> 01:09:15,500
We'll be heading East.

1534
01:09:15,500 --> 01:09:19,540
As we mentioned, press releases
and different messages as we're

1535
01:09:19,540 --> 01:09:21,880
collecting flood related debris.

1536
01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:23,580
We want to emphasize
that to everybody

1537
01:09:23,580 --> 01:09:26,380
that it's flood related debris.

1538
01:09:26,380 --> 01:09:30,020
Household items, construction
debris, things like that.

1539
01:09:30,020 --> 01:09:35,300
Now we're not collecting brush
or household hazardous items.

1540
01:09:35,300 --> 01:09:38,979
Brush is going to be conducted
at a different phase.

1541
01:09:38,979 --> 01:09:41,760
So I'll touch on what
Republic is doing.

1542
01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:42,450
Costume Republic.

1543
01:09:42,450 --> 01:09:44,010
That's our solid waste program.

1544
01:09:44,010 --> 01:09:45,990
That's utilizing one
of our resources.

1545
01:09:45,990 --> 01:09:49,410
So as our crews are moving
from West to East picking up

1546
01:09:49,410 --> 01:09:53,689
this debris, Republic will
start their brush collection

1547
01:09:53,689 --> 01:09:55,650
second week in September.

1548
01:09:55,650 --> 01:09:59,110
And then once then we'll
follow back after them.

1549
01:09:59,110 --> 01:10:02,090
They're going to pick up what's
allowed per our contract.

1550
01:10:02,090 --> 01:10:05,630
So that's helping us get some of
this debris picked up by them.

1551
01:10:05,630 --> 01:10:07,990
And then we'll follow along
pick up any remaining.

1552
01:10:07,990 --> 01:10:11,730
So that's how this phase is
going to work for this brush.

1553
01:10:11,730 --> 01:10:14,350
And again we'll stay on
Route during this phase.

1554
01:10:14,350 --> 01:10:17,410
And staff will be
confirming cleared streets.

1555
01:10:17,410 --> 01:10:17,910
That way.

1556
01:10:17,910 --> 01:10:20,510
We don't have any folks that
say, our stuff was out there,

1557
01:10:20,510 --> 01:10:24,830
so we'll have initial
route inspections.

1558
01:10:24,830 --> 01:10:26,150
Then they collect the stuff.

1559
01:10:26,150 --> 01:10:27,770
I'm sorry, I have a question.

1560
01:10:27,770 --> 01:10:29,710
Sorry the green things.

1561
01:10:29,710 --> 01:10:33,770
Are there different
actual shapes to.

1562
01:10:33,770 --> 01:10:35,310
Yeah they vary.

1563
01:10:35,310 --> 01:10:37,930
Some of them are they
dumpsters or those

1564
01:10:37,930 --> 01:10:38,870
are all the work orders.

1565
01:10:38,870 --> 01:10:41,080
Those are all the OK locations.

1566
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:41,580
Got it.

1567
01:10:41,580 --> 01:10:43,720
So people submitted
their surveys,

1568
01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:47,580
and then we transfer them over
to our software that we use.

1569
01:10:47,580 --> 01:10:49,720
And that's how we're
able to map out.

1570
01:10:49,720 --> 01:10:50,300
Thank you.

1571
01:10:50,300 --> 01:10:54,080


1572
01:10:54,080 --> 01:10:58,240
And so the next steps finalize
the plan for vegetative debris.

1573
01:10:58,240 --> 01:11:01,760
I submitted an application
today to the Texas Commission

1574
01:11:01,760 --> 01:11:06,380
on Environmental Quality
for the processing site.

1575
01:11:06,380 --> 01:11:09,140
So we're also going to utilize
our solid waste program,

1576
01:11:09,140 --> 01:11:10,960
as I mentioned earlier.

1577
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:13,180
And then we'll
develop those routes.

1578
01:11:13,180 --> 01:11:14,380
There's going to
be new submissions.

1579
01:11:14,380 --> 01:11:15,520
They're going to be coming in.

1580
01:11:15,520 --> 01:11:17,040
So we're going to review
them and verify them

1581
01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:18,680
just like we did in the past.

1582
01:11:18,680 --> 01:11:21,600
And then important thing here
is for us to continue tracking

1583
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:23,640
all operations and expenses.

1584
01:11:23,640 --> 01:11:27,940
Our work order software is
it's actually coming in handy.

1585
01:11:27,940 --> 01:11:29,640
It's helping out
with our routes.

1586
01:11:29,640 --> 01:11:32,500
We're having pictures document
as much stuff as we can,

1587
01:11:32,500 --> 01:11:34,320
attach invoices.

1588
01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:37,240
I talked to Angel
during our meeting

1589
01:11:37,240 --> 01:11:39,330
and he was impressed with
what we already have.

1590
01:11:39,330 --> 01:11:40,370
He's like, oh, you guys are.

1591
01:11:40,370 --> 01:11:43,270
Yeah you have a good
system already in place.

1592
01:11:43,270 --> 01:11:47,270
So also continued public
education and update.

1593
01:11:47,270 --> 01:11:49,430
Update the public accordingly
with what we've done

1594
01:11:49,430 --> 01:11:51,570
and what we're going to
be doing in the future.

1595
01:11:51,570 --> 01:11:54,270
So we've done quite a
bit, but there's still

1596
01:11:54,270 --> 01:11:55,990
a lot of work ahead of us.

1597
01:11:55,990 --> 01:11:59,250
But without our systems
in place, the volunteers,

1598
01:11:59,250 --> 01:12:01,650
dedicated staff having
a good system here,

1599
01:12:01,650 --> 01:12:03,450
I think that makes
things possible.

1600
01:12:03,450 --> 01:12:07,550
So very proud of everybody
who's helped out to this point

1601
01:12:07,550 --> 01:12:12,350
and at this time, take any
questions you may have.

1602
01:12:12,350 --> 01:12:17,510
Well, I thought first questions,
comments I do not thank

1603
01:12:17,510 --> 01:12:20,070
you for all your team is doing.

1604
01:12:20,070 --> 01:12:21,070
I'm seeing it.

1605
01:12:21,070 --> 01:12:21,570
Thank you.

1606
01:12:21,570 --> 01:12:25,030
Very impressed with
what you've all

1607
01:12:25,030 --> 01:12:26,810
got coordinated and organized.

1608
01:12:26,810 --> 01:12:29,750
And so thanks for
doing the good work.

1609
01:12:29,750 --> 01:12:30,430
You're welcome.

1610
01:12:30,430 --> 01:12:32,250
Thank you David.

1611
01:12:32,250 --> 01:12:34,330
First thank you Brandon.

1612
01:12:34,330 --> 01:12:36,640
Thank you Chris everybody.

1613
01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:39,500
Gentlemen, thank you all for.

1614
01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:41,380
The question's been asked.

1615
01:12:41,380 --> 01:12:44,060
Michael and I discussed it.

1616
01:12:44,060 --> 01:12:51,360
I know the answer, but it's
just what took so long.

1617
01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:52,440
Who's paying for this.

1618
01:12:52,440 --> 01:12:54,080
I know the answer to
what took so long.

1619
01:12:54,080 --> 01:12:54,800
Don't answer that.

1620
01:12:54,800 --> 01:12:56,180
I'm not asking.

1621
01:12:56,180 --> 01:12:59,200
But this is something the
city is doing right now.

1622
01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:03,540
Because I'm just saying
it for the public to hear.

1623
01:13:03,540 --> 01:13:05,900
But we don't have FEMA.

1624
01:13:05,900 --> 01:13:06,840
FEMA is not here.

1625
01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:07,760
They're not doing anything.

1626
01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:10,340
They even when they do
sign the declarations

1627
01:13:10,340 --> 01:13:11,760
and we are still
working on that.

1628
01:13:11,760 --> 01:13:15,180
And I know the
mayor is pushing us.

1629
01:13:15,180 --> 01:13:19,820
That's 75% And Julie, if I'm
stealing some of your thunder

1630
01:13:19,820 --> 01:13:23,180
here, but the city
is still going

1631
01:13:23,180 --> 01:13:25,540
to be responsible
for 25% of whatever

1632
01:13:25,540 --> 01:13:31,520
the total bill is from town
Creek Road to turtle Creek.

1633
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:32,820
With the infrastructural
problems that

1634
01:13:32,820 --> 01:13:35,410
we had to debris cleanup.

1635
01:13:35,410 --> 01:13:37,470
The question was asked,
why did it take so long.

1636
01:13:37,470 --> 01:13:40,490
Well we are.

1637
01:13:40,490 --> 01:13:47,170
One month and 9 days
from our last disaster.

1638
01:13:47,170 --> 01:13:49,490
It doesn't just
happen overnight.

1639
01:13:49,490 --> 01:13:50,770
Your crew.

1640
01:13:50,770 --> 01:13:56,250
All crews are out doing
what they need to do.

1641
01:13:56,250 --> 01:14:01,010
Chris, I know you were mucking
turtle Creek when the pipe broke

1642
01:14:01,010 --> 01:14:03,690
and everything that had
to be brought in to fix

1643
01:14:03,690 --> 01:14:05,450
the sewer line that popped.

1644
01:14:05,450 --> 01:14:08,770
So what took so long
is we're trying to get

1645
01:14:08,770 --> 01:14:11,830
our citizens utilities fixed.

1646
01:14:11,830 --> 01:14:12,790
And correct me if I'm wrong.

1647
01:14:12,790 --> 01:14:15,170
Please and I've
been wrong before,

1648
01:14:15,170 --> 01:14:17,490
but that's what
number one, we got

1649
01:14:17,490 --> 01:14:20,710
to take care of our citizens,
get water back to them.

1650
01:14:20,710 --> 01:14:24,130
Thank goodness kpub was on top
of it and got everything fixed.

1651
01:14:24,130 --> 01:14:26,130
But sewer.

1652
01:14:26,130 --> 01:14:27,610
That's what's taking so long.

1653
01:14:27,610 --> 01:14:31,370
Second thing is I'm going to
quote council member McKinney.

1654
01:14:31,370 --> 01:14:35,120
We don't have the money,
but we're doing it.

1655
01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:41,160
So please, just bear with
us, bear with your staff,

1656
01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:45,100
and just know that we're
trying everything that we can.

1657
01:14:45,100 --> 01:14:47,120
And I don't mean not to look
on this side of the road

1658
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:49,240
either, but.

1659
01:14:49,240 --> 01:14:51,960
But from Michael
and Kim and Dalton

1660
01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:54,700
all the way down from
everybody upstairs.

1661
01:14:54,700 --> 01:14:55,440
Thank y'all.

1662
01:14:55,440 --> 01:14:57,100
Because it's not an easy task.

1663
01:14:57,100 --> 01:14:59,040
It's not an easy thing to do.

1664
01:14:59,040 --> 01:15:01,400
And then when you're out there
trying to do your absolute best

1665
01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:04,460
and help the citizens and you
have people making comments,

1666
01:15:04,460 --> 01:15:05,920
it's just right.

1667
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:06,680
Thank you.

1668
01:15:06,680 --> 01:15:07,300
You're welcome.

1669
01:15:07,300 --> 01:15:09,760
And I'll just make a
quick point on that

1670
01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:13,760
is yes, our initial
operations were to tend

1671
01:15:13,760 --> 01:15:16,520
to critical infrastructure.

1672
01:15:16,520 --> 01:15:18,340
Across the board
in public works.

1673
01:15:18,340 --> 01:15:20,560
I mean we're hit pretty hard.

1674
01:15:20,560 --> 01:15:23,900
So folks are always going
to start putting debris out.

1675
01:15:23,900 --> 01:15:26,040
Initially last
year the state was

1676
01:15:26,040 --> 01:15:28,320
handling this debris cleanup.

1677
01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:31,460
And they jumped on it right
away through their process.

1678
01:15:31,460 --> 01:15:35,080
Even back then, we still
had our system in place

1679
01:15:35,080 --> 01:15:38,760
where we told the state we have
our addresses ready last year.

1680
01:15:38,760 --> 01:15:41,020
So this year, it's on us.

1681
01:15:41,020 --> 01:15:44,640
We had looked at either a third
party or if we can do it either

1682
01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:46,440
way, you have to do things
the right way so you

1683
01:15:46,440 --> 01:15:48,880
can seek proper reimbursement.

1684
01:15:48,880 --> 01:15:51,140
So now we're able to
pivot towards that.

1685
01:15:51,140 --> 01:15:54,040
And you don't want to
initially have a debris cleanup

1686
01:15:54,040 --> 01:15:58,260
right away because you're going
to run in circles all day long.

1687
01:15:58,260 --> 01:16:00,460
So I think now it's a
systematic approach.

1688
01:16:00,460 --> 01:16:03,840
We're sweeping the city
and folks are understanding

1689
01:16:03,840 --> 01:16:06,240
that we've talked to
several people that are

1690
01:16:06,240 --> 01:16:07,420
they're very thankful for us.

1691
01:16:07,420 --> 01:16:10,480
They understand we've been
busy doing other stuff.

1692
01:16:10,480 --> 01:16:13,480
And so yeah, they're
cooperating and they're

1693
01:16:13,480 --> 01:16:16,340
understanding real quick.

1694
01:16:16,340 --> 01:16:18,140
I know I mentioned
Stephanie and Angela,

1695
01:16:18,140 --> 01:16:21,080
but also Brandon Kelly, Isaac
Rodriguez and Joel miners

1696
01:16:21,080 --> 01:16:21,620
with street.

1697
01:16:21,620 --> 01:16:23,440
So they've been just want
to recognize them as well

1698
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:25,120
for their efforts and
being able to pivot

1699
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:27,780
from all the other street
stuff we've been doing.

1700
01:16:27,780 --> 01:16:31,750
This is mainly a
solid waste task.

1701
01:16:31,750 --> 01:16:34,150
But we don't have a true
solid waste division.

1702
01:16:34,150 --> 01:16:37,450
But these guys from streets have
been able to pivot, into that.

1703
01:16:37,450 --> 01:16:41,030
So outside of this we're still
tending to regular operations

1704
01:16:41,030 --> 01:16:41,690
that we have to.

1705
01:16:41,690 --> 01:16:44,870
So I just wanted to
recognize them as well.

1706
01:16:44,870 --> 01:16:46,450
I guess one last thing.

1707
01:16:46,450 --> 01:16:49,030
I'm sorry.

1708
01:16:49,030 --> 01:16:51,450
Vouchers I know what they are.

1709
01:16:51,450 --> 01:16:53,150
We know what they're for.

1710
01:16:53,150 --> 01:16:54,530
But there's been
a lot of comments.

1711
01:16:54,530 --> 01:16:57,510
And it's not the
city of Kerrville

1712
01:16:57,510 --> 01:17:00,190
that runs the landfill.

1713
01:17:00,190 --> 01:17:02,150
That's where public
waste services.

1714
01:17:02,150 --> 01:17:07,110
And if they say you can't bring
drywall in on the vouchers,

1715
01:17:07,110 --> 01:17:11,670
we've got to respect
what their rules are.

1716
01:17:11,670 --> 01:17:17,870
But is there any talk of
leniency on that from Republic

1717
01:17:17,870 --> 01:17:21,630
for people that have
vouchers or have debris that

1718
01:17:21,630 --> 01:17:25,870
needs because it happened
again I mean, the mayor, we

1719
01:17:25,870 --> 01:17:29,900
all kind of walked around and
saw neighborhoods that had three

1720
01:17:29,900 --> 01:17:32,820
foot of drywall that had to
be cut out of the house with,

1721
01:17:32,820 --> 01:17:34,980
wet insulation.

1722
01:17:34,980 --> 01:17:38,620
And they don't take contracting
debris on the vouchers,

1723
01:17:38,620 --> 01:17:39,120
is there.

1724
01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:42,000
So that is per our contract.

1725
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:44,560
And that's something that
we'll be looking at, I guess,

1726
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:47,220
when we do an after
action review.

1727
01:17:47,220 --> 01:17:52,060
But Republic has been very
helpful in other aspects.

1728
01:17:52,060 --> 01:17:55,780
The voucher system, Republic's
not set up to have that in place

1729
01:17:55,780 --> 01:17:58,060
during a disaster recovery.

1730
01:17:58,060 --> 01:18:01,940
It will eat into
their numbers right.

1731
01:18:01,940 --> 01:18:03,580
The bottom line.

1732
01:18:03,580 --> 01:18:09,020
This voucher system is meant
for just regular, stuff

1733
01:18:09,020 --> 01:18:11,100
that you can bring
from the house.

1734
01:18:11,100 --> 01:18:14,240
There's other reasons why they
don't allow construction debris.

1735
01:18:14,240 --> 01:18:16,580
Initially people abuse it.

1736
01:18:16,580 --> 01:18:19,360
There's been contractors that
have been doing commercial work,

1737
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:22,120
and they use a voucher
from their home,

1738
01:18:22,120 --> 01:18:25,730
and they charge a
customer to dispose it,

1739
01:18:25,730 --> 01:18:27,450
and then they come
and get their voucher

1740
01:18:27,450 --> 01:18:28,730
and they take
construction debris

1741
01:18:28,730 --> 01:18:29,750
and they don't pay for it.

1742
01:18:29,750 --> 01:18:33,130
So there's a lot of those
instances that happen.

1743
01:18:33,130 --> 01:18:35,270
And I'm not saying just here
just in general from there,

1744
01:18:35,270 --> 01:18:36,270
there are corporate companies.

1745
01:18:36,270 --> 01:18:39,110
So they have their
rules to stand by.

1746
01:18:39,110 --> 01:18:43,250
But I was able to work with
Republic on some of the piles

1747
01:18:43,250 --> 01:18:44,550
that go out there
and say, OK, look,

1748
01:18:44,550 --> 01:18:46,330
they have construction debris.

1749
01:18:46,330 --> 01:18:48,370
They also have household items.

1750
01:18:48,370 --> 01:18:49,630
Can I use their voucher.

1751
01:18:49,630 --> 01:18:51,490
Leave the construction debris.

1752
01:18:51,490 --> 01:18:52,950
I'll take the other items.

1753
01:18:52,950 --> 01:18:55,150
That's the initial phase
that I talked about earlier.

1754
01:18:55,150 --> 01:18:56,230
And they work with me on that.

1755
01:18:56,230 --> 01:18:59,290
Say, yes, I'll let your guys
because I'm setting my eyes on I

1756
01:18:59,290 --> 01:19:02,390
said, I'm verifying I took
pictures, I have documentation,

1757
01:19:02,390 --> 01:19:04,130
I have all the work orders.

1758
01:19:04,130 --> 01:19:08,370
Those were the initial, I think,
18 sites that we picked up.

1759
01:19:08,370 --> 01:19:09,550
I was able to utilize that.

1760
01:19:09,550 --> 01:19:11,930
So Republic they
have been helping out

1761
01:19:11,930 --> 01:19:14,410
and then the remaining stuff
is what we're picking up now

1762
01:19:14,410 --> 01:19:17,890
as part of our curbside program.

1763
01:19:17,890 --> 01:19:18,890
Thank you so much.

1764
01:19:18,890 --> 01:19:19,390
Yes, sir.

1765
01:19:19,390 --> 01:19:20,210
You're welcome.

1766
01:19:20,210 --> 01:19:20,990
Any other questions.

1767
01:19:20,990 --> 01:19:21,930
I want to echo.

1768
01:19:21,930 --> 01:19:23,000
Thank you.

1769
01:19:23,000 --> 01:19:23,740
All of you.

1770
01:19:23,740 --> 01:19:26,600
Thank you for all
you've done, we'll

1771
01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:27,980
get to Julie in just a SEC.

1772
01:19:27,980 --> 01:19:32,120
But one thing that hasn't been
mentioned today that should be

1773
01:19:32,120 --> 01:19:36,600
is the crews that cleared
the way for the cemetery

1774
01:19:36,600 --> 01:19:39,240
on town Creek Road.

1775
01:19:39,240 --> 01:19:42,360
I know of two families
that had to wait

1776
01:19:42,360 --> 01:19:44,600
to bury their loved
ones because there was

1777
01:19:44,600 --> 01:19:46,880
no access to those cemeteries.

1778
01:19:46,880 --> 01:19:49,620
So thank you for helping
those families get closure.

1779
01:19:49,620 --> 01:19:52,940
It meant a lot to them and
they are really grateful.

1780
01:19:52,940 --> 01:19:54,200
So thank you very much.

1781
01:19:54,200 --> 01:20:03,440
Yeah and for I'll get you and
for the picking up the stuff

1782
01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:05,320
and having a plan.

1783
01:20:05,320 --> 01:20:08,700
Not waiting for outside help.

1784
01:20:08,700 --> 01:20:09,860
Thank you for doing that too.

1785
01:20:09,860 --> 01:20:11,240
I really appreciate it.

1786
01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:12,040
Yes, ma'am.

1787
01:20:12,040 --> 01:20:14,820
OK sorry I wasn't
pushing you, Brandon.

1788
01:20:14,820 --> 01:20:17,080
I remember you met
me at 5:30 last

1789
01:20:17,080 --> 01:20:19,000
year in the morning
to block a street

1790
01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:20,500
for the Water Street festival.

1791
01:20:20,500 --> 01:20:22,210
So that's the first
time I met you.

1792
01:20:22,210 --> 01:20:25,650
And I remember thinking
you were jolly at 5:30.

1793
01:20:25,650 --> 01:20:29,030
I was just very
thankful for your help.

1794
01:20:29,030 --> 01:20:30,650
And of course, I need
you again this year.

1795
01:20:30,650 --> 01:20:33,990
But thank you for what you're
doing above and beyond your Call

1796
01:20:33,990 --> 01:20:35,510
of Duty.

1797
01:20:35,510 --> 01:20:39,030
The question I had was
some of the folks I met

1798
01:20:39,030 --> 01:20:41,170
might not still be
back in their home.

1799
01:20:41,170 --> 01:20:44,130
And if you were to go to their
address, you wouldn't find them.

1800
01:20:44,130 --> 01:20:47,070
So if they don't have
access to a computer

1801
01:20:47,070 --> 01:20:49,370
or what should I tell people.

1802
01:20:49,370 --> 01:20:51,870
Should they go to her
together for debris

1803
01:20:51,870 --> 01:20:56,350
for to be put on the map or just
for an understanding of what

1804
01:20:56,350 --> 01:20:57,930
they will get to put out.

1805
01:20:57,930 --> 01:21:01,710
And I know what it is, but
how can they find that.

1806
01:21:01,710 --> 01:21:04,010
So Kelly and I had that
conversation earlier,

1807
01:21:04,010 --> 01:21:07,230
and I think we want
to continue that as a

1808
01:21:07,230 --> 01:21:08,850
go to communication route.

1809
01:21:08,850 --> 01:21:14,790
But folks can call our
office here 830257 8,000.

1810
01:21:14,790 --> 01:21:17,190
And then just ask to speak
to somebody in public works

1811
01:21:17,190 --> 01:21:20,640
and 9 times out of 10
10 times out of 10.

1812
01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:22,540
Stephanie will take
that call, and then

1813
01:21:22,540 --> 01:21:24,540
she'll be able to
direct them or even

1814
01:21:24,540 --> 01:21:26,120
take create a new work order.

1815
01:21:26,120 --> 01:21:28,500
And so yeah, we'll
handle it that way.

1816
01:21:28,500 --> 01:21:30,240
Yeah Kelly or through us.

1817
01:21:30,240 --> 01:21:31,900
So either way is fine.

1818
01:21:31,900 --> 01:21:32,880
Thank you very much.

1819
01:21:32,880 --> 01:21:33,580
You're welcome.

1820
01:21:33,580 --> 01:21:35,140
Thank you.

1821
01:21:35,140 --> 01:21:35,640
All right.

1822
01:21:35,640 --> 01:21:36,380
Thank you.

1823
01:21:36,380 --> 01:21:38,620
Julie, are you up.

1824
01:21:38,620 --> 01:21:39,280
I have nothing.

1825
01:21:39,280 --> 01:21:42,780
Unless you have questions,
you're listed on the agenda.

1826
01:21:42,780 --> 01:21:44,280
Wow I didn't know
you could do that.

1827
01:21:44,280 --> 01:21:45,660
That's great.

1828
01:21:45,660 --> 01:21:46,900
I'm saving my voice.

1829
01:21:46,900 --> 01:21:49,180
All right.

1830
01:21:49,180 --> 01:21:49,680
All right.

1831
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:54,220
If there's no further
questions or comments,

1832
01:21:54,220 --> 01:21:56,120
there's no need to go
to executive session.

1833
01:21:56,120 --> 01:22:00,090
I'm going to go ahead and
close the workshop at 521.

1834
01:22:00,090 --> 01:22:18,000