[0:02] I thought that was really cool. Evening, ladies and gentlemen, regular

[0:07] meeting. Universal city, city council called the order for

[0:11] february 18th. It is 6:31 pm call

[0:15] for a quo check. Mayor time fitzpatrick. Here.

[0:20] council member bowman. Here. Council member goldsby. Here. Council

[0:24] member. Put here. Council member rubal. Here. Council member vaughan

[0:30] second. We have a form. Okay,

[0:35] we'll, uh, I've got the invocation tonight.

[0:40] and then from there we'll go with the p of allegiance and then proceed. Please stand

[0:44] please. Heavenly

[0:48] father, as we gather today, we ask for your guidance and wisdom in our discussions.

[0:52] help us listen attentively to one another with open hearts and minds, and make

[0:56] decisions that reflect your will and serve the common good of our citizens.

[1:00] we thank you for bringing us together and for your blessings on our time here.

[1:05] amen. I pledge allegiance

[1:09] to the honor of the united states of america and to the

[1:13] republic for which stands, one nation under god,

[1:18] invis to liberty and justice. For honor,

[1:22] honor, texas. File pledge allegiance to be texas.

[1:27] one state under god on in .

[1:34] be seated. Uh, council has got

[1:38] other duties tonight and can't be here, so call for a motion for approval. Move to

[1:42] approve. Second aye. Call for, uh, vote.

[1:47] council member bowman aye. Council member goldsby aye. Mayor

[1:52] fitzpatrick. Aye. Council member put aye. Council, memberal

[1:56] aye. Motion carried. Uh, first on the agenda

[2:00] is citizens to be heard. Uh, before we move into citizens

[2:04] to be heard, majority of the folks

[2:09] are here for the coronado school

[2:13] district. Is that correct? Anyone that's on the list? Not for the

[2:17] coronado school district. Okay. With that being said, we're gonna go through with the

[2:21] citizens to be heard. Um, I'd like to bring a couple of things to, to light

[2:25] though, as promised, at the last meeting I was gonna discuss with, uh, superintendent,

[2:30] I had a personal meeting with dr. Fields superintendent of, uh,

[2:34] judson, isd, and he is in agreement to have

[2:38] a town hall meeting, yet had, in fact, he was in planning one. I have sent

[2:43] personal invitations to each of the council members, inviting them to the town hall meeting,

[2:47] which is on the 24th at coronado in the dining in the, uh, cafeteria

[2:51] at 6:30 pm I will be there. Uh, I

[2:55] encourage you to go to the regular school board meeting, which is

[3:00] february 20th, thursday night, and at the location of that one

[3:04] is the judson, uh, school board room. The reason why I'm asking

[3:08] you to do this, the is imperative that you get your

[3:12] word heard by the board members of the judson, isd

[3:17] and the count and the, uh, uh, superintendent staff.

[3:21] they're the ones that are gonna be making the decision. We can go in with any type of

[3:25] a, of a comment, negative or positive. It has no sway. We

[3:29] have no sway on the school board. Uh, your vote is the one that put those

[3:33] school board members in there. So with that, we are gonna go ahead and

[3:37] we're gonna call up. And, um, you please, uh, each one try

[3:42] to come forward with, uh, additional information, not just repeating the same thing if

[3:46] at all possible, uh, we are limited your, uh, speech to, uh, three

[3:50] minutes and we're gonna hear it. We've only got, uh, about, uh, six, seven

[3:54] people signed up. So we'll hear everyone that wants to speak

[3:59] and unfortunately we're not gonna be able to discuss it with you. Uh, robert

[4:03] whiting, you come.

[4:07] state your name and address. Yes, sir. My name is robert whiting. I currently

[4:12] reside at 3 2 3 madrid drive in coronado village.

[4:16] I thank you for this opportunity to be heard. We are here tonight to represent the save

[4:20] our neighborhood committee, a group of taxpayers and voters primarily from

[4:24] the coronado village community. We are concerned that allowing the judge and

[4:28] ic to repurpose the coronado village elementary school into

[4:33] a disciplinary alternative education program will impact our resident

[4:37] safety, decrease property values, and prevent attracting new

[4:41] families into the neighborhood. In the february 4th, 2025

[4:45] city council meeting, you gave us confirmation we could petition

[4:49] our neighbors without a permit. To date, we have collected over 200 permits.

[4:55] let me take a moment to add to what you said.

[4:59] we encourage you, mayor, council members, and everybody

[5:03] in this room, uh, to attend not only the town hall scheduled

[5:08] for monday, but also for the justin isd board meeting because

[5:12] again, it's very important we get you the chance to say a word. If we don't,

[5:17] it's our fault and we didn't take the opportunity to do it. Uh, for those,

[5:21] the, uh, the meeting will begin at the town hall at six 30 to seven 30,

[5:26] and we humbly ask for everybody's support tonight. A few of us would

[5:30] like to provide a sort of, like a 30,000 foot view, a big picture,

[5:35] uh, perspective of our concerns with the potential repurposing.

[5:40] specifically, we will address property values, safety and particular concerns

[5:44] expressed by our neighbors and community that we found during this petition process.

[5:49] more detailed information is available on our website, cve,

[5:54] su do w-e-e-b-l y.com.

[5:58] com encourage you to go there. We'll have a lot more detail there.

[6:02] many studies show that the proximity and quality of a school has

[6:07] a significant impact on the desirability of a neighborhood, which in

[6:11] turn affects property value. On december 19th, 2024,

[6:16] six outta seven board members from the judson independent school district voted

[6:21] to closed the coronado village elementary school. The

[6:25] board is now considering repurposing the existing facility,

[6:29] um, and they took away the grassland notre, I'm saying coronado

[6:33] village elementary school. This elementary school had a rating of six.

[6:38] the, uh, j care has a rating of one, which is kind of, we're gonna lose a lot of at

[6:42] traction there. Um, and finally, what I'd like to say,

[6:47] um, many people we've walked around in the last couple weeks since they closed

[6:51] it, they put up for sale signs. And finally, I

[6:55] just wanna share a personal experience that I had. I went over and watched

[6:59] the students leave, uh, j care and I was, uh,

[7:04] really concerned because they leave the campus and they

[7:08] disperse. Uh, there's nobody managing 'em. They go to the

[7:12] qt. May I just cut by a couple more seconds, sir. Proceed. Thank you

[7:16] very much. Um, they proceed and they went into the

[7:20] quick trip there at the convenience store. When I walked in,

[7:24] the manager was taking, telling a lot of 'em to leave because they

[7:28] were loitering. And I asked him, I said, why did you tell them to leave? He said, because they

[7:33] continue to come in there day after day after day. They loiter, they block the

[7:37] aisles, and they also have been caught stealing. So at this

[7:41] point, I'll just hand it over to my other team member and let them talk

[7:45] about, uh, safety for you. Thank you very much for this effort. Thank you mr. Whi.

[7:51] michelle vos.

[7:56] I'm sorry, I said I was just gonna yield my time to robert. No, I don't, I don't need it.

[8:00] okay, no problem. But I'll thank you michelle. Uh, james talley.

[8:11] my name is james sally. I currently reside at one 30 valencia ado

[8:15] village directly across the street from con village elementary school.

[8:19] our purpose tonight is to share safety concerns regarding place, a disciplinary

[8:23] alternative education program, specifically j care in my neighborhood.

[8:27] my wife and I have lived, owned this home, coronado village, lived there since 2005. We

[8:32] have other family members, including children, grandchildren, and friends resigning

[8:36] in the neighborhood. The potential future home of j care is immediately surrounded

[8:40] by over 35 homes and 520 plus homes around the

[8:44] neighborhood. Housing families with young children and senior citizens,

[8:48] no other daep program within the counties or within surrounding san antonio

[8:52] area. And it has a d has a-d-e-a-p

[8:57] in the residential section in that area. Everything is on the outside

[9:01] or mostly placed in a commercial or urban area. So there's nothing

[9:05] that's directly in the center of our neighborhood like it's supposed to, like they want it to be.

[9:12] furthermore, I'm concerned about the safety, um, the type of students that

[9:16] are placed in j care. The chart being this chart is also on the

[9:21] judson independent school district boy, uh, um,

[9:26] what's that? Sorry. But, uh, I'm concerned about the safety and, uh,

[9:31] examining at the type of students in place in jk. The chart being held

[9:35] as a report of the violent criminal incidents in 22 and 23 is from the

[9:39] judge and isd website. It contains a number of disciplinary actions between 22

[9:43] and 23 of students from judge and isd in the middle school, placing them in a converse

[9:48] area and a-d-a-a-p program. Before I cite a couple of statistics,

[9:53] note, this data comes from the public education information management system

[9:57] encompassing all the data requested and received by the texas education agency from

[10:01] all the public schools in texas. Note that they, uh, you can't obviously

[10:06] see that on the small writing, but if you did come up that site, you'd be able to tell.

[10:11] um, and since you do not have that, um, I'd like

[10:15] to cite a couple of reasons for statistics from the report of the code, different

[10:19] codes position, for example, code zero four possession

[10:23] sold, used or under the influence of marijuana or other controlled substances

[10:28] over 380 incidents. Code zero seven

[10:32] public lewdness or exposure between 14 and 54

[10:37] incidents. Code 11 brought a firearm to school or unlawful

[10:41] carrying of a handgun code one eight indecency with a child

[10:45] code 22 criminal mischief. Code 26, terrorist threat code

[10:49] 28, assault against someone other than an employee of volunteer.

[10:54] that was over 400 incidents. And even after the students are

[10:58] placed in j care, they continue to have serious misbehavior. Well expelled to place d-a-d-a-e-p.

[11:04] many of these students since this, also known as class c felons in texas,

[11:08] ti title v penal code violation crimes that are punishable by

[11:12] less than five years, but no more than one year.

[11:18] um, I'm next on your list and I would like to deal my time

[11:22] so he can finish just a few more .

[11:26] anyway, um, many of these, this is also known

[11:31] as a class d felonies of texas title v penal code violations. Crimes are

[11:35] punishable by less than five years, but no more than one year of prison. If this what

[11:39] you want in your neighborhood of universal city, we don't, especially directly across the street

[11:43] from where I live. And let me point out those with, uh, also,

[11:47] let me point out those with sexual and assaultive offenses. Texas law and the universal

[11:51] city ordinance, making it unlawful to be in the vehicle or remaining

[11:56] in or around the area and designated a child safety zone

[12:01] means public or commercial and semi-private swimming pools. State law mandates

[12:06] that during their term assigned assignment of jc students are prohibited from being

[12:10] pa or within 300 feet of any school district property, except that

[12:14] on an alternative school, did you also know that justin isd

[12:18] owns and facilitates a pool located at 5 0 6 coronado

[12:22] boulevard? Well, within the 300 foot restriction next door, the

[12:26] coronado village elementary school, this is an explicit violation

[12:31] of state law and judson isd rules. I

[12:35] wanna read what a former employee of j care reported to us.

[12:40] as a former employee of judson alternative schools, I would definitely not want those

[12:44] students in my neighborhood. Oesa few may have begged a bad decision.

[12:48] some of them learn for their mistakes, but all the students are there because they

[12:52] have been knocked, kicked out of their home campus. And not because they are good

[12:57] students. Some students may be there for truancy, but most are there

[13:01] for fighting drugs, weapons, they aren't building a jail

[13:05] in your neighborhood. But most of these students have been in jail or awaiting trial for various things.

[13:10] drugs, assault, assault with weapons.

[13:14] also stated, when I was there, many were involved in drive-by shootings, other violent offenses.

[13:19] one even killed his stepdad. So in closed neighborhood, this type of school

[13:24] students is not a good idea. Not judging. It's my personal experience

[13:28] with these students. Not all kids are beyond second chance,

[13:33] but some are on their last chance. Next stop will be juvenile

[13:37] justice academy, jail or prison. As bad as this may sound,

[13:43] my next, uh, I'd like to bring up another. You're

[13:47] coming up on three, sir. Oh, okay. It was gonna be

[13:51] due with the, uh, response to the police department, but, uh,

[13:56] I don't have any time for that, I guess. Thank you. I appreciate your time and, uh,

[14:01] listening to us. And if you're all interested in coming up to this site, feel

[14:06] free to do so. Thank you very much. Thank

[14:10] you, sir. Um, ms. Beth parker.

[14:24] elizabeth parker, one 11 malaga circle, universal city.

[14:29] um, when I spoke to the council on february the fourth, um,

[14:33] I saw the judson proposal that, uh, mr. Whiting and mr. Talley have, have, um,

[14:38] explained as directly impacting universal city vision

[14:42] 35, uh, process. Uh, and to just

[14:46] continue, uh, some additional information, um, the j care principal

[14:51] said that, um, between a hundred and 120 students

[14:55] attend daily at the j care program. Um,

[15:00] where that to be at coronado village elementary, the, uh, the

[15:04] district is proposing an immediate border with this program

[15:08] for troubled youth to the 30 plus homes that surround the school,

[15:13] including the 10 plus homes with rear or side entry

[15:17] garages, which require backing out within inches of school

[15:21] property. Judson proposes this border also to parents

[15:25] and their students who swim at the judson pool. As, uh, mr. Talley said,

[15:31] coronado village has no wide boulevards on two sides, just

[15:35] a sidewalk and a street, and two sides have only

[15:39] 18 foot wide alleys. It's no more appropriate to

[15:43] put this alternative school at coronado village, then it

[15:47] would be to put it at france elementary in live oak, because

[15:51] there's 30 houses also surrounding france. And it wouldn't

[15:56] be appropriate to put it at olympia either, because there are 20

[16:00] plus houses that surround that school.

[16:04] and as, uh, mr. Talley, uh, stated, um, during

[16:08] the term of the assignment of the students at j care, they are

[16:13] prohibited from being pawn or within legal limits of any school

[16:17] property except that of the alternative school. So,

[16:21] if j care students are on alternative property

[16:25] that is now the elementary school, what are the legal limits? When

[16:30] the judson pool property is right there? Uh,

[16:34] I feel like, you know, the, the judson school district has tried its best to protect

[16:38] other students from the j care, from the j care students,

[16:43] but, um, from because of our subdivision layout,

[16:48] what protects a child who resides across

[16:52] an 18 foot alley or just across the sidewalk in

[16:57] a street from the students, a

[17:01] child's house is not a child safety zone as defined.

[17:06] so I'm asking, can universal city establish

[17:10] any kind of legal limits that would prevent the j care program

[17:14] from relocating to the elementary school? Uh,

[17:19] I feel like uc, because of ordinance 6 0 2, has tried to

[17:23] protect students in the, uh, zone, you know, in the safety

[17:27] zone. But what about the child that isn't in a safety zone?

[17:31] they're also at risk. Thank you.

[17:35] thank you, ms. Parker. Uh, rosie stein. I was yielding my

[17:40] time to her. Okay. Thank you.

[17:44] and mr. Brooks? Dan brooks. Excuse

[17:48] me. Me. Daniel brooks. Dan's fine.

[17:54] good evening. My name is dan brooks. I am assistant superintendent at judson,

[17:58] isd. Um, wanted to talk a little bit about,

[18:02] uh, the repurposing of coronado village. Um, as some

[18:06] have already stated, we have had meetings concerning the repurposing

[18:11] of the school. Um, several of our departments within

[18:15] our district did a presentation vying for space at

[18:19] the school. Dep was one of those departments along with special education.

[18:24] um, and then we also have some others that we've spoken to, um, that

[18:28] want to, uh, be considered for coronado village as

[18:33] far as their, their departments and their programs coming to, to the school.

[18:37] um, what we want to do is we want to

[18:41] hear from the community as far as what are your ideas, what are

[18:45] the community's ideas as far as what they would like to see,

[18:49] um, from coronado village? What should we repurpose it to?

[18:54] and so we, um, we have created a survey that we will put on

[18:58] our website that we will be asking those questions. Um, some, as I

[19:02] said, some have come to the meeting, and so if you, you know, agree

[19:06] with what the departments that already presented, um, you can, that there's

[19:10] a question on the survey concerning that. And then there's an, an open

[19:14] s an open question that asks, you know, what are your ideas, what are your suggestions as

[19:19] to what you think jeff and isd should do with coronado

[19:23] village? Um, I do want to state that no decision has been made at

[19:27] this point. Um, as you stated, uh, mayor maxwell, the, the, the board

[19:31] will vote on that to decide whether or not to, um,

[19:35] make it whatever we're gonna make it. Uh, again, I I've heard all of the, the dap

[19:40] talk, um, and it seems as if people think the decision has been

[19:44] made already. Um, is that an option on the table? Yes, that

[19:48] is an option on the table. Has that been recommended yet? No, that

[19:52] has not been recommended yet. What we will do is once we have gathered all information,

[19:57] we being superintendent in the cabinet, once we've gathered all of that information,

[20:02] we'll then get together and decide what recommendation we want

[20:06] to bring to the school board, and then the school board will vote on the

[20:11] recommendation that we bring. So I'm encouraging everyone definitely to

[20:15] come to the meeting on the 20th. Um, um, I'm sorry,

[20:19] on the 24th, which is the, uh, the town hall meeting

[20:23] there, we'll discuss and hear from the community as far as what are your ideas,

[20:27] what do you want to see, um, as far as coronado village and what would you

[20:32] like it to be? Um, and then from there, like I said, we will gather information

[20:37] and, uh, we'll give a recommendation to the board. And from there, the board will make a

[20:41] decision. But I do want to say that I, I understand the concern

[20:45] should, you know, the dap be something that that is considered.

[20:49] I do understand the, the concerns and, um, we are looking at

[20:53] all aspects of whatever programs come that we decide on. So

[20:57] just wanna make sure that everyone is, is, is up to date and understand where

[21:02] we are in the process. Okay? Thank you. Thank you, mr. Brooks.

[21:07] um, I want to stress, again, I encourage, I should

[21:11] say, your attendance at the, uh, town hall meeting especially.

[21:15] I will not be able to attend the meeting wednesday or tuesday night, uh,

[21:20] thursday night on the 20th, because I will be out town at a, at, uh, that

[21:24] a texas municipal lead conference. The, um,

[21:29] for anyone who is going to be at the town hall meeting on the council, please let

[21:34] maribel know so that we can make a announcement for possible quorum if

[21:38] necessary. And with that being said,

[21:42] since this be heard, it's closed out.

[21:54] okay, next comes up is, uh, staff reports and discussion items. Uh, city manager

[21:58] report. I have no report. Uh, uh, uh, mr. Mayor,

[22:02] uh, michael's gonna come up and do a brief overview of the

[22:07] fence ordinance since we changed it a year plus ago, just to give you counsel

[22:11] an idea of where we are on that and how that's working out amongst the residents.

[22:15] okay?

[22:28] okay. Thank you, mayor council.

[22:33] so we have put together a presentation to over

[22:38] basically one year of the new ordinance, uh, being in effect.

[22:43] and so, next slide please.

[22:48] so, as you recall, uh, back in 2023 in october,

[22:52] city council updated the, uh, fence ordinance

[22:57] and basically came up with three buckets, uh, three different categories for,

[23:01] uh, permitting. Uh, one is the $85 permit and inspection.

[23:06] second is a $25 permit, which was a reduction. Uh, all permits

[23:10] were $85 for fences at that time. Uh, that category was reduced

[23:14] to 25, uh, dollars for major fence maintenance.

[23:19] and then there's a third category, no permanent fee or inspection required.

[23:23] and that was for minor fences. And so just below that, in

[23:27] the second table, those columns explain what each of those categories means.

[23:32] so then it's been over a year, but we looked at next

[23:36] slide, please. We looked at defense data from november 1st, 2023

[23:40] to october 31st, 2024. And as the table shows

[23:44] with the new breakdown, we issued 112 $25

[23:49] fence permits, which again was major fence repair,

[23:53] uh, totaling $2,800 and then $85 fence permits. There were 25

[23:57] that were issued for a total of 2125.

[24:02] we did about the same that we normally do. On average, we have 135

[24:07] permits. Fence permits issued a year, and during that year, we issued

[24:11] 137 total dollars. Our revenue brought

[24:15] in was $4,925. Uh, just to put

[24:19] it in perspective, uh, that would mean that if we had

[24:23] not adopted the ordinance and we issued the same number of permits, that would've brought in

[24:27] a revenue stream of $11,645. So we

[24:31] brought in $6,720 less than we did the previous year.

[24:36] next slide. So from a code compliance standpoint,

[24:40] for that same year, uh, we issued, well,

[24:44] we had 26 total code compliance cases. And as you see,

[24:49] um, 14 folks did not obtain a permit. Um, so

[24:53] we had to issue them or have them go through the normal process, and they complied.

[24:58] uh, 11, uh, offenses were found to be dilapidated. And

[25:02] so they went through the process to correct those infractions. And then there was one,

[25:06] uh, fence that was installed as a back to back fence. Um, as you

[25:10] see, uh, zero citations were issued. So that means that working

[25:14] with those residents, we were able to, uh, resolve those issues.

[25:19] next slide. From a variance standpoint, uh,

[25:23] we did go back to 2019, uh, for the year that we were really looking

[25:28] at. It's about the same as those previous, um, both

[25:32] of the variance requests were for height issues, and so they were granted,

[25:36] uh, their, uh, variance requests by the board of adjustment.

[25:42] and that is all I have. Any questions from

[25:46] the council? No.

[25:50] what do you mean by back to that? I'm sorry, ma'am. We're not, that's

[25:54] not audience engagement. Sorry.

[25:59] thank you, mr. Mayor. Uh, michael, can, can you tell me the revenue

[26:04] generated by fence permitting for new

[26:08] builds developments in the city?

[26:12] so do you mean new houses developments in the city?

[26:17] uh, no, I cannot because we don't issue a separate permit for those. If it's for a new

[26:21] development, such as crossing for a new single family, um, residence,

[26:26] then that, uh, fence that's gonna be installed if a fence is installed, is

[26:30] part of the building permit for that home. So it's not separate. So that's fine. Within the

[26:34] building permit, that is actually a, a, a checkoff in the building

[26:38] permit, yes. That

[26:42] you can install on fence without a permit? No, they do have a permit

[26:47] for the house, which includes the fence.

[26:51] okay. A separate permit is not issued. When a new house is constructed.

[26:58] a preponderance of the developers or builders will include the fence

[27:02] as part of their sales package to the residence. And so they

[27:07] will have it on that set of plans. It's a flat fee to

[27:11] construct a house. It's the same fee whether they have a fence or not have a fence

[27:15] on that residential plans. So we don't track new build fences.

[27:21] so for the apartment complexes that are going up, uh, the fences are included in

[27:25] those plans as well. So there's no separate permit for a fence

[27:30] and fences for c five properties. What,

[27:34] what regulations associated with fences for c five? If it's a new build, it's part of that package,

[27:38] most likely. If it's not, it's an existing, uh, commercial,

[27:43] uh, building and they wanna install a fence, then they have to get a fence permit.

[27:49] so there is a regulation, however, for c five properties

[27:53] to have fences when adjoining or associated with

[27:57] the other neighborhoods. Is that correct? Yeah, it's in the code as you're well aware.

[28:02] it is in the code, yes. Okay. Thank you.

[28:07] any comments from the council? Yes, sir. What is a back to back fence,

[28:11] ? So a back-to-back fence is when two neighbors right

[28:15] on the property line, essentially, most people install their fence for residential,

[28:19] um, six inches from their lot line or on the lot line.

[28:24] and then the neighbors can't get along and they want to each put up a

[28:28] fence, they install them back to back. And so the reason why the

[28:32] city, um, does not allow those is because generally if you have two

[28:36] wooden back to back fences, it creates a rat run.

[28:40] and so from a maintenance standpoint, you got a bunch of critters living back there and it's hard

[28:44] to, uh, get the grass cut between. So that's

[28:49] the general idea. Any other questions? Yes, ma'am. So

[28:53] in the last year, have things gone smoother? Do we have

[28:57] happier residents than we had when they were paying $85?

[29:02] 'cause it really took a lot to get that done. The council really worked on it.

[29:06] so was it worth it or you feel like

[29:10] well, you put me on the spot. Yeah, try generally, uh, based on the feedback,

[29:14] I I, I really would say that there hasn't

[29:19] been that much, um, pushback. Well, not pushback. There hasn't

[29:23] been that much cheering either, is that people are gonna, there's still a $25

[29:27] permit fee. So 19 april. Yeah. I gotcha.

[29:31] okay. Thank you. Well,

[29:35] no other questions or comments? Uh, with that, uh, council member goldsby always has

[29:39] your back. Sorry, didn't resist that. Didn't resist

[29:44] that. Next come back to, um, public

[29:48] announcements. Uh, our announcements, I should say. Council and, uh, manager announcements.

[29:53] uh, this is the area where anything that on, on the agenda that may be of a community

[29:57] interest is free for free. Action. City manager. Announcement.

[30:01] first, I have no announcements. Thank you. Your announcement? I have a couple of three. The,

[30:06] uh, snow fest was this weekend, uh, we had great success, uh, great weather

[30:10] to go with it. Uh, it started out nice and cold, ended up being nice and warm, and

[30:15] I think just ticket sales were around the 5,000 mark, which was

[30:19] really good. Um, uh, also just fyi, uh, meals

[30:23] on wheels are, uh, in the local area. We have quite a few families

[30:27] that, uh, are supported by meals on wheels, and it's not disadvantaged individuals.

[30:31] there's people primarily that, uh, do not have the opportunity to have a three

[30:36] square meals a day type situation. Uh, I've assisted in volunteering

[30:40] in, uh, providing meals or, or delivering meals

[30:44] a couple of times. Uh, mar next month march is going to be the

[30:48] national meals on wheels month in the san antonio area, including, uh,

[30:53] outlying areas. And they're looking for volunteers that would like

[30:57] to divert. And I'm inviting the council to volunteer to

[31:01] help deliver in, in during the month. Any citizens that

[31:05] would like to also volunteer will be there also. I'm gonna leave this up here. We'll have it posted

[31:10] on our website so that the information is available for everyone.

[31:14] um, with that being said, I'll turn it over. Um, oh,

[31:18] I had the, so I started council member , do you have

[31:22] anything? Oh, yes. Thank you. Um, so regarding the coronado village,

[31:27] I reached out to a couple of the board members. Um, and it was

[31:31] interesting to see that the, uh, the two different,

[31:36] uh, schools of thought on, on

[31:40] what is happening back and forth, the, the play back

[31:44] and forth. But I, I do urge you to go out to the meetings,

[31:49] let them know, regardless of what mr. Brooks has said, um, they

[31:53] need to know your feelings, the information y'all put together and presented tonight.

[31:58] fantastic. That stuff is solid. That's what, that's, that's what we need

[32:02] to, you need to lead with at, at those, at that meeting. Um, both

[32:06] meetings. Um, make sure they, make sure they hear you, because

[32:12] what they also need to understand, and I said it last council meeting,

[32:16] is that judson can't really pass a bond without the support of universal

[32:20] city. So as long as, as long as they understand that, I

[32:24] think that, that, that's a, that's a, that's a heavy

[32:28] stick to, to take with you. So there's my 2 cents. Thank you, sir.

[32:32] very good. Ms. Bowman. Um, yeah, I appreciate

[32:37] everyone who came out. Like I said, last time you guys came out to, I owned a house

[32:41] in coronado. I lived on valencia. I lived right next to that school. I was neighbors with

[32:45] actually a lot of you. So I understand. I, I plan on being at both those meetings.

[32:50] I, my kind of position on it is from a fiscally financially

[32:54] sound thing, I just, I think the school should be closed. I just, like I said, I,

[32:58] I would be more than happy to come out and voice that opinion. I'm always for saving the taxpayers

[33:02] money. And I just feel like that's a real good way to do it. So, um, like I

[33:07] said, I'm gonna try to make both those meetings. I'll try to stand up and speak for you guys if they let

[33:11] me. And that's about it. Yes, councilman

[33:18] fest was amazing. We went in the afternoon. I couldn't believe it, but I wanna thank

[33:22] you all for coming. The presentation was, was great. I love that there wasn't a lot of

[33:26] repetitiveness that went on. So hopefully I'm going to plan on being there,

[33:31] um, to show support and to listen. But thank you all

[33:35] for coming. This is what we're about. .

[33:39] yes. Thank you. I'm gonna just reiterate, fest was awesome and I appreciate

[33:44] all of the efforts that went in from city staff and the volunteers. That event

[33:48] would never happen without everybody throwing in and having a great time. And it was nice to

[33:52] see. It was awesome to come out and walk out and watch everybody be happy. Um,

[33:56] coronado village people. I also live in coronado village, so it is a topic

[34:00] that's near and dear to my heart. I appreciate your passion and I appreciate your thoughtfulness

[34:05] and how much effort you put into the presentation. And as lori said, I appreciate know

[34:09] repeats, you know, you covered different topics. That's a great way to plan

[34:13] that out. Um, I also think we've encouraged you

[34:17] to go to the meetings to talk to the school board, to come to the town, um, town hall.

[34:22] I would also encourage you to either call or potentially email the cabinet because if you

[34:26] heard what dr. Brook, dr. Brooks said is the cabinets kind

[34:30] of talking about this right now. And they're gonna make a recommendation to the school board

[34:34] to vote. And so maybe you can also get in front of them before they make the

[34:38] recommendation or make sure that they understand that you're talking to them as well.

[34:42] um, and then I will not be in attendance, so I won't be there on thursday. 'cause I will also

[34:46] be with, um, mayor maxwell in austin at the texas policy

[34:51] summit. So thank you mr. Val. Yes.

[34:58] the reason why I moved to coronado village was because of the elementary

[35:02] school there, the safety of getting the kids, my kids to and from that school

[35:06] 40 years ago. I'm the proud father of

[35:10] two judson valedictorians.

[35:15] so basically I can, I appreciate the way

[35:20] judson has provided for us in the past.

[35:26] I think the moves are in directions

[35:31] that are counter to residents, and I hope to

[35:36] support our residents at the monday meeting.

[35:40] I will be out of state for the thursday meeting, so I hope to be

[35:44] there. And, um, uh, this pen, uh, will

[35:48] write on a piece of paper that, uh, uh, you circulate tonight.

[35:55] oh, one more, right. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Mr. Mayor.

[36:00] okay. Almost forgot. . Mr. Mayor, fellow

[36:05] council members, I move to change ordinance 5 8 1

[36:10] y 2 0 3, uh, two three.

[36:14] uh, this is the fence ordinance. The reason for the change is fence maintenance

[36:19] and fence repair remain issues within our city, not

[36:23] only for the aesthetics of our neighborhoods, but also for the safety,

[36:27] security, and privacy of our residents. Prior councils

[36:31] have made efforts to streamline our fencing ordinance and express

[36:35] concerns regarding the repair or maintenance that alters the

[36:39] fence, the ground clearance, uh, for stormwater runoff.

[36:45] the suggested change to this ordinance preserves

[36:50] the concerns of former council members and simplifies the

[36:54] definition of allowable fence repair for our residents to be

[36:58] in kind, repair and replacement. The ladder

[37:03] removes arbitrary rules for the number of pickets and posts,

[37:08] reduces the, uh, burden of permit fees for in-kind

[37:12] replacement for residents and encourages fence repair

[37:16] throughout our city. It simplifies the definition

[37:21] of allowable fence repair. Finally,

[37:26] it removes some of the time burden for inspections, uh,

[37:30] uh, for which our city now contracts services,

[37:34] uh, uh, uh, from, uh, develop, uh, from development

[37:39] services. I specifically recommend

[37:43] that the $25 permit fee

[37:48] be deleted. That the concerns

[37:52] for fence construction, uh, uh, with regard to water

[37:57] runoff be placed in the permitting column,

[38:02] that the in kind replacement within the center

[38:06] tier be placed within the permit free,

[38:11] uh, column. I've made specific recommendations

[38:15] for line item changes to this effect. It

[38:20] eliminates the arbitrary designation of

[38:24] 17, of, of 17 pickets and two posts.

[38:29] I offer this for the council's consideration for a second

[38:33] to, uh, discuss and, uh, put on a future agenda,

[38:38] uh, to change, uh, this ordinance. Thank

[38:42] you, mr. Mayor. So our request has been made to, uh, put this on an additional

[38:47] agenda. I discussion with that. So, discussion.

[38:51] we can talk about this just, uh, yes, no, for the agenda. If

[38:55] you wanna object for agenda. Can I say why? I'm gonna say no. I may, you may say

[38:59] yes. Um, arbitrary is a very frustrating word to hear

[39:04] as one of the council members who spent hours

[39:08] more than a few hours talking and listening

[39:13] and negotiating back and forth on how

[39:17] we took six people plus staff,

[39:22] staff, staff, staff and staff to come up with

[39:26] a solution that met everybody's

[39:30] needs. It not only took care of what mr.

[39:34] casada was talking about, about how, you know, look, this is a lot. We, there's

[39:38] a lot of revenue that is lost on that. Well, the city's not in the business of making

[39:43] revenue. We, we try to break even, but we decided,

[39:47] you know what, let's take one for the citizens and we'll find, we'll, we'll,

[39:51] we'll, we'll pull that down. Arbitrary. It's not arbitrary.

[39:56] the 17 pickets is, uh, basically the number of pickets on

[40:00] a, on sections of fence. So

[40:05] all of it is not arbitrary. There's not,

[40:09] I don't know any of it that's arbitrary. I think a lot of it was negotiation

[40:13] and compromise. So, no, I can't

[40:18] get behind, spend another hour on a fence

[40:23] ordinance, mr. Mayor,

[40:27] point of order. I believe once a motion is made

[40:31] and it's been seconded, it's open for discussion. And the discussion

[40:35] at this point would be to consider it for

[40:40] a, a future agenda. That's what we're considering right now. He's just giving, he's giving his, uh, his opinion

[40:44] with his, uh, with his answer. So, uh, we know your yes, and we know

[40:48] that, uh, uh, ms. Bowman's a yes for, for adding it. So I'm just taking

[40:52] the votes. Now, this is not an agenda item, so I'm not making an agenda item.

[40:57] I'm making it, giving it the opportunity to be a future agenda

[41:01] item based on the council. I'm not making a decision. So

[41:05] now, so I'm assuming you're a yes. Yes. Okay,

[41:09] ms. Bud, I'm a, no. I sat in here and listened to

[41:13] every painful word for many painful hours, and I think there's a lot

[41:17] more important things that we can do on this dais. I believe what

[41:21] we saw today that there really isn't a problem. And

[41:26] we're, we're getting into the weeds really deep

[41:30] , ditto and no. Okay. Consensus

[41:35] that the, uh, of the counsel is a no move.

[41:39] uh, action items. Uh, first item up is the, uh, audit for

[41:43] fy 2024. Thank you. Uh,

[41:47] ms. David presentation. This, uh, she

[41:51] along with janet. We have the consent agenda first. Oh,

[41:55] I apologize. We do, we have the minutes. Thank you, maribel.

[42:02] I made my apologies. Uh, I made a check mark and

[42:08] then I looked at cross side item eight. We need a vote

[42:12] on the consent item. Consent item. Uh, the agenda is strictly

[42:16] one item only if there's any disagreements. Thank you, .

[42:22] move to approve. Second. Uh, any discussion?

[42:26] call for the vote. Mayor per fitzpatrick aye.

[42:30] council member goldsby aye. Council member bowman aye. Council member putt

[42:35] aye. Council member rubal aye. Motion carried. Thank you.

[42:39] now, now item, um, this item

[42:43] on the honor. I'll be required to do a motion to accept the honor

[42:48] and after presentation, and while that presentation is coming up, mayor, maybe

[42:52] just for the audience, I'll remind them that one of the things the city does annually

[42:56] is we bring in an outside agency to go through our financial records to

[43:00] make sure that we are appropriately, uh, placing the funds where they

[43:04] need to be and the expenses and the revenues, and that we

[43:09] have, uh, good accounting practices, uh, not only in the

[43:13] books, but how the division of duties happens among staff, so that there is no,

[43:17] uh, chance for collusion that'll leave. Selena. Thank you. Thank

[43:22] you very much for having us. I'm selena jones. I'm a senior audit manager at a bip. And

[43:26] this is janet pittman. She's the, um, partner in charge of the audit. We audited the financial

[43:30] statements of the city for the year, ended september 30th, 2024, and

[43:34] issued an annual financial report for that period. Um, there's several things in that financial

[43:38] report. There's an independent auditor's report, which is, thank you.

[43:43] can't do two things at once. . Um, okay. Thank you. Um,

[43:47] there's the independent auditor's report. There's management's discussion and analysis.

[43:51] um, there's government wide financial statements, which are converted from the fund financial

[43:55] statements. There's some notes to the financial statements that gives you additional information and clarifies

[44:00] those numbers for you. There's some required supplementary information,

[44:04] such as comparative statements, um, information related to pension and oped,

[44:08] things like that. There's also some other supplementary information and statistics in the

[44:12] back. And then there's a compliance section. A part of our audit also included a compliance, um,

[44:16] some compliance testing. Um, the independent auditor's report is

[44:20] the letter that we issue. It's page one through three. Um, there's a lot of information

[44:24] on that report. The most important thing is our opinion. Um, the audit standards that we

[44:28] followed were gap or generally accepted, um, auditing standards. We also, um,

[44:33] followed government auditing standards and we also followed uniform guidance. And

[44:37] the purpose of our audit was to form an independent opinion on whether the financial statements

[44:41] are presented in accordance with those standards. And our audit opinion is unmodified,

[44:45] meaning, yes, we found that our opinion is that those financial statements

[44:49] are presented in accordance with those standards. Um,

[44:54] the management's discussion and analysis has some really good information for you on kind of how to read

[44:58] the financial statements and kind of the different information that's included there. Um, there's

[45:02] some financial highlights. Um, and again, this is management's analysis and discussion.

[45:06] there's an overview of the financial statements. There's discussion about the government

[45:10] wide, the converted, which includes long-term assets and liabilities. And there's also, um,

[45:14] some analysis of the city fund financial statements. You'll also see some budgetary

[45:19] highlights and then some information about your capital assets and debt, those

[45:23] long-term liabilities and assets that show up on your converted, um, government-wide financials.

[45:27] and then there's information on, if you want more information about the, um, financial statements, you

[45:32] can get that there. I'm gonna briefly go over some financial

[45:36] highlights, and at the end, if you have any questions, let us know. First I'm gonna

[45:40] talk about the government-wide financial statements. The assets of the city exceeded the liabilities

[45:44] or its net position by 101.2 million

[45:48] as of september 30th, 2024. 46.7 million

[45:52] of that is government activities. 54.5 million has been

[45:57] business type activities such as the water storm, storm water, utilities, things

[46:01] like that. In the golf course, your net position during 2024

[46:06] increased by 8.5 million from the prior year. 3.4 million

[46:10] of that was in governmental activities, and 5.1 million of that was

[46:14] in business type activities. Um, the governmental increase was primarily due to an

[46:18] increase in some sales tax. You had additional investment earnings. Um, same thing with

[46:22] business type activities. There were some additional investment earnings and there was also transfer from the

[46:26] governmental activities to the business type activities.

[46:31] on pages 18 and 19. Um, there is information on your governmental funds.

[46:37] our total fund balance was 30.5 million. And again, this is, um,

[46:41] prior to the conversion. So this is just fund level. Your unassigned fund balance was

[46:46] 17.2 million and 17.1 million. Almost all of that is in your general fund.

[46:50] if you do a calculation for operating reserves and you exclude your capital outlay, that

[46:54] equals about 13 months worth of ex operating expenses. Last year,

[46:58] it was, uh, 12 months. Your restricted fund balance in the general fund

[47:03] is 216,000. Capital projects is 10.3 million. Debt

[47:07] service is 765,000. And, um, other special revenue fund is

[47:11] 1.6 million. So you do have some restricted funds in there.

[47:17] some additional information about your fund financial statements regarding revenue. Revenue was,

[47:21] um, 26 million for the year, which was a $4.6 million increase.

[47:26] it was kind of a variety of reasons. Your ad valor tax increased by 730,000,

[47:31] and that's more due to an allocation between debt service and the general fund. Your

[47:35] sales tax increased by 174,000. Your investment earnings increased.

[47:39] general funds revenue was 18.6 million. On paper, it

[47:43] looks like a reduction, but the reason for that is we pulled out some special revenue funds

[47:47] out of the general fund in the current year. We're showing them separately now, so it looks like

[47:52] it's a reduction, but it's not. Truly, there was a 2.2 million of revenue that was now shown as

[47:56] other, um, other, um, special revenue funds.

[48:02] um, some information about your expenditures. Expenditures were 18.3 million

[48:06] for the year, which was a $997,000 increase, primarily due

[48:10] to three areas. The police, um, expenses increased, fire expenses

[48:14] increased, and your capital outlay increased, um, by about

[48:18] 300,000, um, roughly for each of those. We also pulled out some non-departmental

[48:23] stuff out of administration, so it just shows separately. Now,

[48:29] the next set of financial statements are your proprietary funds, which is water sewer.

[48:33] um, you'll also notice that we pulled out water impact fees during the current year so that it's

[48:37] showing separately. So you'll see additional funds under proprietary funds.

[48:42] your water and sewer fund net position was 40.8 million, which was an

[48:46] increase of 1.3 million. Um, 8.4 million of that is unrestricted.

[48:50] 32.4 million is net investments in capital assets. Your water

[48:55] impact fees, which is one of those new funds, this 2.6 million net position sewer

[48:59] impact fees, 542,000, um, net

[49:03] position. And both of those are restricted for that use. Your stormwater fund net

[49:07] position is 8 million, which was an increase of 722,000. 1.2 million

[49:12] is unrestricted. 6.8 million is investment in capital assets.

[49:16] your golf fund 2.5 million net position, which was

[49:20] a slight decrease of 109002.1 million of that is unrestricted

[49:24] and your net investment in capital assets is 383,000.

[49:30] lastly that the on page 1 29 to 1 32 was our compliance audit, and

[49:34] we issued two letters related to that. We did, um, an independent

[49:38] auditor's report based on government auditing standards, and we found that there were no material weaknesses

[49:43] and internal controls to report. We also, um, issued a letter on uniform

[49:47] guidance complied examination on some federal funding that was spent. We also,

[49:51] uh, found that there were no findings or question cost and that the city complied with all

[49:55] specific requirements to those guidance. And that's

[49:59] everything in the presentation, but we'll obviously answer, um, open

[50:04] it for questions if you have anything. Thank you. Any questions? Yes.

[50:08] um, so councilman v can't be here tonight, but he did post

[50:12] on the message board and I thought it was worth the question to ask since

[50:16] he brought it up. Um, so we had decided at city council

[50:20] that we had approved $550,000 of the venue tax to

[50:24] go to the general fund, but instead it shows only 349. 237

[50:29] went into it. I was just wondering if we could get an answer on absolutely. Um,

[50:34] we, we did look at that today. This is the draft and that was one change that we did make. It's the only change

[50:38] that we made in between the draft that you received and the, um, the draft that the final

[50:42] version that you'll get. Um, that transfer was kind of recorded as a,

[50:46] it was recorded as a transfer back rather than a due to due from. So we made that

[50:50] correction and now the transfer shows the full 550,000 and there's a

[50:54] due to due fund that kind of cancels each other out between the special revenue fund and the general fund.

[50:59] so that's resolved. Okay. And you'll see that on the new, um, financial statements when they come out.

[51:03] can you explain the reasoning why? Yeah. The reason is, is because you changed to pool cash

[51:08] this year, um, which is a little bit different from what you've done in the past. Um, so every, all

[51:12] cash is kind of combined and at the end of the audit we saw that there was a negative balance

[51:16] in cash for that fund and we needed to fix that and we

[51:20] recorded it as a transfer back. Instead, we needed to record it as a due to due from,

[51:24] so that money will show as money due from a special revenue fund to

[51:28] the general fund. And it was probably paid back the, um, october 1st

[51:33] , you know, it was probably already taken care of, but on that specific date, we just needed to record it differently.

[51:38] okay. It, that's it. Yes.

[51:42] yeah. Yes ma'am. Thank you. Uh, actually I spent hours

[51:47] going through, uh, this report more hours than spent on

[51:51] on prior offenses, but in in any,

[51:55] in any case, I really applaud, uh,

[51:59] the, uh, uh, your organization, uh, for putting

[52:03] the text and the definitions, uh, within this report.

[52:08] um, even though government accounting is different

[52:12] than business accounting and different than cash accounting in your checkbook,

[52:17] it almost is understandable. And, and

[52:21] basically, um, the, the frame that I'd like to understand,

[52:26] and here you express however the information frame, if you will,

[52:31] is when, when we look at an audit,

[52:35] my impression, especially from the data that you've

[52:39] provided, uh, is that the standards for auditing

[52:44] allow us to look at this snapshot in time.

[52:49] the snapshot in time is defined by fiscal year, which unfortunately,

[52:55] uh, new council members will find overlaps, council

[52:59] years type thing. They're not congruous. So

[53:03] basically there, there are items and issues in this budget

[53:08] that weren't approved by this council as a group. There,

[53:12] there members of diocese that we're here. The second

[53:16] thing that is important for us

[53:20] to interpret, I think, and this is very much your feedback,

[53:24] is that there's relatively limited

[53:29] value in the snapshot

[53:33] in looking at long-term debt payment

[53:37] that's not declared in existing bonds or other

[53:41] tools, financial tools. So therefore,

[53:47] the, for example, uh, infrastructure debt of

[53:51] the city where a hundred streets

[53:55] need repair is not in any way

[53:59] in this report. So that when we look at, at, at, at

[54:03] $30 million to play with some being

[54:08] restricted funds, uh, type thing, it's, it's really not

[54:12] there necessarily this, this is a snapshot. Correct.

[54:17] the other thing I have difficulty with is understanding how,

[54:22] uh, pensions are derived the

[54:26] impact of pensions on, on, uh, on the yearly

[54:30] audit since they're projected forward. So, right.

[54:34] can you, can you give some insight to me and perhaps other council members

[54:39] on that? So as, as auditors, we're kind of, we're looking back, we're looking at history

[54:43] and back as, as the city council, you're looking forward and you're thinking about things forward,

[54:47] but there is some really valuable information in those financial statements for you. The first is

[54:52] the conversion and you see what those long-term liabilities and assets are. You don't necessarily need

[54:56] to see those when you're looking at your budget to actual and when you're budgeting operating expenses.

[55:00] but it is, you're right, it is valuable and I'm sure everybody is looking at those requirements and

[55:04] there's a notes to the financial statement that gives, um, those requirements

[55:08] by year. It gives you a complete breakdown. There's also the, the statistical section

[55:13] in the back, which gives you patterns and you can kind of see patterns in the past and you

[55:17] can see where, um, the debt has increased or decreased. So there is information

[55:21] that will help inform your decisions moving forward. Um, so I hope that answers your

[55:25] question about that. Um, it is two different things and we're talking about september 30th, 2024

[55:31] and you, you all are moving forward and you've already gone through the budget process. Um, but

[55:35] there is really valuable information, um, if you dig into it as far as pensions

[55:39] and eps. Um, we get those directly every year, um, from

[55:44] the organization and they use actuarial assumptions every year. It

[55:48] changes every year. Investments, the way they invest change every year. And you can

[55:52] look in the back, there's statistical tables for pensions and opep that shows you

[55:56] how those liabilities have increased or decreased. And you can see where those transitions

[56:01] have happened. Those are a little bit harder to predict, um,

[56:05] just because it's such a moving target with those types of things. Um, and

[56:09] we don't really know that until they've completed their actuarial actuarial assumptions

[56:14] and made changes. Sometimes they may change how they look at one little thing and it makes a number

[56:18] drop or increase or anything. So december, do

[56:22] what the report is december prior to the audit. Yes. And there's some timing issues too, because

[56:26] that report is as of december 30th every year. So there was a

[56:30] little bit of a leeway between your year end and their year. So it is a little bit of a complicated,

[56:34] um, calculation. Um, we do it carefully every year. Those, that

[56:38] information comes directly from pension and . Um,

[56:43] so do you have anything else to add? I don't. Okay. No. And the, the, in the last very

[56:47] basic question is essentially the standard used

[56:51] by auditors is actually the way I understand

[56:56] reading about things, uh, on online a little bit worse place

[57:00] to the go, I know essentially is that it is a moving standard.

[57:04] there's improved transparency. I've gone through

[57:08] 20 years of city audits and there's definitely improved transparency

[57:13] as we're, as we move forward. Yeah. And do you see trends in

[57:17] future audits in this, in this direction? Every year they're,

[57:21] they're, um, they're sending us updated guidance every year. We have a new

[57:25] gasb that we have to worry about implement. Yeah.

[57:30] um, is it 1 0 1 vacation for compensated absences?

[57:34] so we kind of have to be looking down the pipeline. This is gonna be affecting our clients in one year, two

[57:38] year, three year, five years. We kind of, so we wanna start talking about those with,

[57:42] uh, the cities to make sure that we're on top of those things and we're not kind of, um, chasing them.

[57:46] we're on top of them or expecting them. We know what changes they're gonna, what they're gonna affect.

[57:51] again, I'm very pleased with this, with this presentation

[57:55] of amp, the report and the data. I'm very pleased with our financial

[57:59] officer. Yes. Who works with you. I wanna definitely commend, um, christine and

[58:03] thank and the team. They, they did a great job. The audit was, um, it, we had a, you

[58:07] know, a really good experience. Very time. Yeah. Everything was, I went really as smoothly as

[58:12] it could. Um, and they do a great job of getting us the information that we need. Thank

[58:16] you. And mrs. Turner's very involved. She looks at all the numbers. . Yes.

[58:21] no comments. Yeah, I know. We moved some money to

[58:25] do better. Was this related to what we talked voted at the last meeting for transparency

[58:30] purposes. Special revenues. Yeah. So so moving some of the money out so

[58:34] it didn't match up exactly. And that's where, where, um,

[58:38] selena and janet put it into non-major to, to show

[58:42] us that we really couldn't be using it within the general fund. That vote made so much more

[58:46] sense once I saw this and saw what you had done. So thank you for kind of teeing that up for

[58:51] us. And there is a whole schedule in the back that gives you every single fund a breakdown so

[58:55] you know exactly what's in there and what's happening. Yeah. Thank you. Used to read all 124.

[58:59] you mean you don't read? Absolutely. I have memorized part of it, but I have

[59:03] to give kudos to the council as well. You know, we've always offered for people to come in and go over

[59:08] the audit with christine and I, and, you know, kudos,

[59:12] every council member made an effort this year to ask questions about the

[59:16] audit or to meet with us and or, you know, sought advice elsewhere

[59:20] on the audit. And we greatly appreciate that because it makes our job easier

[59:24] when we know what you're questioning, what you're thinking about. Because

[59:28] sometimes when you ask a question, it forces us to find a

[59:33] non accounting terms to explain it to everybody and it takes us back to basics.

[59:37] so, uh, kudos to all of you for that. So I really appreciate it. And then

[59:41] also maybe an apology. So, you know, since christine and I have gotten here, we have

[59:45] done a lot to change the budget process. I mean, some of you have been here with us

[59:49] the whole time. It's been a lot of change in the budget, which then made

[59:54] a lot of changes in the audit. And then we even made more changes in the audit to

[59:58] try to make it a little more transparent. So, um, our desire, our

[1:00:02] hope, our wish is that at some point we will have absolutely nailed down

[1:00:06] the perfect budget process for you and have an audit

[1:00:10] that looks the same three years in a row.

[1:00:15] ms, you still make money? Oh, I'm sorry, .

[1:00:20] I was, I was just gonna, I wanted the audience to know that we are invited

[1:00:24] to go and sit with them and they explain it until the thickness

[1:00:29] works. They explain it in layman's terms. You know, not all of us

[1:00:34] can look at the numbers and really understand what you're going and when we leave,

[1:00:38] our answers are our questions are answered. So yes, kudos

[1:00:42] to them for being able to explain it to us and make us really understand

[1:00:47] what's going on. That being said, uh, call for call for a

[1:00:51] motion to accept. Motion to accept.

[1:00:55] second, second. Second. And take bernies. I think there's been enough discussion. We'll

[1:00:59] call for the vote. Who is the second? Bernie. Bernie. Okay. Mr.

[1:01:04] rubal. Uh, council member goldbe aye. Council member rubal

[1:01:08] aye. Council member mayor. Aye. Council member

[1:01:13] bowman aye. Council member po aye. Motion carried.

[1:01:17] super jones. Ms. Pitman, thank you for so much and I must tell

[1:01:21] you, we yes, we have improved. I remember when I first got on council in 19, uh,

[1:01:25] the councilman's 2010, it was the most

[1:01:29] laborsome concept of trying to do an, not an audit, but

[1:01:33] trying to do the budget. And it lasted the entire summer. We had elected in may and

[1:01:37] we'd june, july, august, september, every every council

[1:01:42] members and probably an extra one each month was just for the

[1:01:46] budget. And yes, we've improved a lot, but thank you very much.

[1:01:50] thank you. Next item, ordinance

[1:01:55] 6 55 t 2025. This specific

[1:01:59] use permit 4 36 and 38 east

[1:02:03] wright boulevard. Second reading. Yes. As you know, we had a first reading

[1:02:07] on this last time. There was a lot of discussion. Uh, the council asked

[1:02:12] for some modifications, uh, to the sup

[1:02:16] and I think michael's just gonna give you, uh, just some general background information

[1:02:21] on any changes or discussions that he had with the applicant

[1:02:25] since our last meeting. Thank you, mr. Casda. Okay,

[1:02:32] so basically, uh, coming out of the last discussion,

[1:02:36] there were some additional, uh, conditions that you wanted inserted

[1:02:41] into the ordinance. And so the, the one that remained was the unity of title

[1:02:45] agreement, which needs to be approved and recorded. Uh, the three additional

[1:02:50] conditions included a reduction of the accessory

[1:02:54] dwelling unit size to be no larger than 768 square feet.

[1:02:59] the third one, removal of the interior fence between the existing home

[1:03:03] and the, uh, proposed a du and then the fourth one was the

[1:03:07] installation of an additional parking space next to the existing driveway.

[1:03:12] so I did get a call, uh, from the applicant

[1:03:16] after the meeting. He understood all the conditions in the discussion. Um, he

[1:03:21] did have a question and was wondering whether he really needed to install,

[1:03:25] uh, an additional parking space. Uh, for the following reason is that the

[1:03:30] existing home has a two car garage. Um, well first, lemme preface this

[1:03:34] with, uh, our code requires one additional parking space for an accessory

[1:03:38] dwelling unit. So what they have on the property,

[1:03:43] uh, today is a two car garage. They have a very long, wide

[1:03:47] driveway that can accommodate four cars on the driveway. So that's a total

[1:03:51] of six cars. Um, you know, if we

[1:03:55] go by the code, uh, they meet the, not only

[1:04:00] the current requirement, but the proposed, uh, a du requirements

[1:04:04] as well. So he just wanted, um, some clarification,

[1:04:08] the reconsideration of that condition. A photo,

[1:04:14] uh, we do have a photo. Maribel, I put a photo,

[1:04:20] pdf in there, photos.

[1:04:24] hopefully this will show you what. So yeah, there's a good shot of the

[1:04:28] existing. So you'll notice that there isn't a sidewalk on this

[1:04:32] side of the street. So it does allow for those cars to basically go out to

[1:04:36] the curb without blocking the sidewalk. That would be on the other side.

[1:04:41] so that allows for, again, two cars in the garage and four cars on

[1:04:46] the driveway, which is a total of six cars. Now, whether

[1:04:50] or not they use the car, the garage for storage or for cars, ,

[1:04:57] any comments? Yes,

[1:05:01] uh, uh, michael, in, in, in your, uh,

[1:05:06] role as, uh, mediator of conflict often

[1:05:11] where you, where you bring parties together, uh, type thing

[1:05:15] to discuss things, uh, were you able to reach

[1:05:19] out to the numerous residents who presented that opposed

[1:05:23] this, this, uh, uh, approval

[1:05:28] after the last meeting? Yes. Um, no, I did not and I did not hear from

[1:05:32] them. Uh, normally I think I would have heard from someone

[1:05:37] if they strongly disagreed or wanted a status update, but I didn't

[1:05:41] hear from the neighbors, um, the immediate neighbors or any of the neighbors that came to the planning and

[1:05:45] zoning commission.

[1:05:50] any other questions or anything call for motion to approve? Uh,

[1:05:54] no. Okay. Sorry. So let's just make sure we

[1:05:58] know that we're voting on. Is this ordinance amended to remove

[1:06:03] the requirement for a second driveway? So

[1:06:07] the ordinance in your packets includes the additional space for a driveway as

[1:06:11] a requirement. If you're going to reconsider that and remove that

[1:06:15] condition, you need to state the, the motion. State that in

[1:06:19] your motion. Can I comment first? Yes.

[1:06:23] um, I will say I drove by the house a few times and they had moved

[1:06:28] the trailer from the street into the

[1:06:32] driveway. So they did follow up on me kind of trying to be a better neighbor, which I was

[1:06:36] appreciative to see. They had also moved the car that was parked in the backyard out of

[1:06:40] that. That being said, those two things make me feel like they,

[1:06:45] the parking could continue to be an issue because they were using the street and the backyard for parking.

[1:06:50] so it did, does give me pause to make the amendment, but I'm, I also

[1:06:54] recognize that they made an effort and I wanted to make sure that you guys all knew that they had at

[1:06:58] least were trying to follow through in being a better neighbor like we'd asked them to be.

[1:07:03] so are you making a motion with I did not make a motion there. Okay. Just asking. Right? Sure. I

[1:07:07] was just waiting to see what, so you need either a motion to approve as is

[1:07:11] or a motion to amend.

[1:07:16] do you want me to, so I'm voting no, so either

[1:07:20] way. So I, I dunno why everyone's looking at me. I, sorry.

[1:07:24] you do what you have to say. Yeah, that's, that's what I'm just, I'm sticking with my note from

[1:07:28] last time for all the same reasons and yeah, we need to, we gotta get a motion before

[1:07:32] we go to vote. Yeah, I don't know. I was just looking at make a motion that we move to approve

[1:07:36] as written. How's that?

[1:07:42] is there a second? I'll second.

[1:07:46] do we have a second? I approach

[1:07:50] him with a second. Yes. Yes.

[1:07:54] so we're, the idea is as it's written,

[1:07:59] because we are trying to make sure

[1:08:03] that there is enough parking. Correct. I mean, okay.

[1:08:07] and I'm, I personally am open to

[1:08:11] considering taking that they made some efforts. I feel like they're trying to be

[1:08:15] good stewards and make that better. They haven't lived there. I feel like that's

[1:08:20] all there. I also feel like you can park on the street, like street

[1:08:24] parking is allowed by anybody who visits, who lives there. You could have 10 cars

[1:08:28] parked out in the street. You just have to move them. I mean, there's certain rules around how long you can be

[1:08:32] parked in one location, correct? Yes. You have to move it every

[1:08:37] yes. So I mean, there's rules about that.

[1:08:41] I was impressed by the fact that they had followed through within like two days. They had taken care of all the

[1:08:45] rest of the stuff and they didn't need to do that right away. They didn't even need to do it yet. But I appreciate the fact that

[1:08:49] they had. So, um, yeah, I'm,

[1:08:53] well, I'm open just stands, right? I know. We're, they have availability of eight cars

[1:08:58] to be parked in their driveway and garage and, but the motion

[1:09:02] is stated that there will be the eight plus one additional six, I'm sorry,

[1:09:06] six. That's the a I'm sorry. The, uh, uh, six plus

[1:09:10] an additional for seven plus whatever they can park on the street

[1:09:15] also. So we wanna keep the motion as, as is.

[1:09:22] okay. Call for the vote. I got more questions. Oh, sorry, sorry. Call for the discussion.

[1:09:26] is that, is that, uh, just a widening of the driveway? We're not, we're not installing

[1:09:30] another curb cut. Correct. So it's just a, so basically, uh, a flare

[1:09:34] closer to the garage. Okay. Alright. I like that.

[1:09:39] thank you. Any other discussion? I just

[1:09:43] have to ask, does bearfield better about that option? I'm still frustrated

[1:09:47] with it. I'm still still on the fence. That's why I wish ashton would really sway one way or

[1:09:51] the other. But she's saying mom about it, so I'm just like,

[1:09:56] I mean, my discussion is just the same that we had before. I, I don't, I,

[1:10:01] I don't know. I just, I feel like, I feel like in

[1:10:05] my heart at the end of the day, and this is just my opinion, that these are going to be two

[1:10:09] separate rentals. I feel like it's going to be a rental house and the a du is also going to be a rental.

[1:10:13] I don't know that I necessarily have wholeheartedly

[1:10:18] believe that that's not gonna be two rental houses. I don't think I just,

[1:10:22] I don't think that's fair. I wouldn't want it in my neighborhood. We don't have to allow it. It's city

[1:10:26] council. I understand planning and zoning. They have to allow it 'cause it's based on planning and zoning. But

[1:10:31] when it comes to city council, I vote with my heart. So I'm just on the fence

[1:10:35] that I just don't think, like I said, the other a du you know, they had

[1:10:39] people that came and said, yes, this is gonna be for my mother-in-law. I want this here. And then this

[1:10:43] house is the complete opposite. And they had six, seven people say, I don't want this here.

[1:10:47] and I just, if it was me and it was my neighborhood, I wouldn't want

[1:10:51] someone to have rentals on top of their house being a rental. I mean, that's just,

[1:10:55] we already have, we all sat at the comprehensive plan. 54% of our town or whatever

[1:11:00] is rentals. That's an astronomical amount. And now we're just gonna allow even

[1:11:04] more. I just not gonna do it man. . Appreciate that. Thank you.

[1:11:08] yeah, later on. I like that what you really feel. Yeah. . Sorry.

[1:11:13] no, I was, I was, I was hoping for that. I wanted to hear that's, thank you. Yeah.

[1:11:18] yes. Thank you mr. Mayor. Uh, basically I,

[1:11:23] I must fall on the side of ashton and

[1:11:27] that this project, uh,

[1:11:31] we're faced with defining event, essentially what

[1:11:35] a mother-in-law house is. And basically

[1:11:40] I think what we've we're providing is a

[1:11:44] means for a multi-family

[1:11:48] unit type thing, which is, is just

[1:11:52] significantly different than the neighborhood expects,

[1:11:57] uh, from this. Now basically if there were

[1:12:02] a house for sale in the neighborhood that were reasonable sure

[1:12:06] that they may, uh, the family may jump on the chance to

[1:12:10] have the family close together. And I, I can appreciate that.

[1:12:14] um, but the context is beyond the

[1:12:18] scope, I think of the mother-in-law, uh, dwelling that, uh,

[1:12:22] we're generally all in favor of. And I, I, the family

[1:12:26] is wonderful, but I, I just can't do that for

[1:12:31] the neighborhood. I understand. I make one more comment if that's

[1:12:35] okay. Yes, I do. This is an unusual situation 'cause they are both rentals

[1:12:39] at this point. Um, I really felt like the family's very heartfelt in their

[1:12:43] desire to make the changes and improvements to the house and move in.

[1:12:47] um, he mentioned that the brother, his brother was his brother or brother-in-law. I'm not sure

[1:12:51] which one was gonna be the one that was living in the accessory dwelling building. And I also do

[1:12:56] believe that property owners do have the right to, if they have the space and the ability to make some

[1:13:00] changes or modifications, I think that that is great. I would ideally

[1:13:04] like it to be families and I think we're going to be seeing more and more of that. As,

[1:13:08] you know, we kind of grow and things get tightened with the economy and

[1:13:12] things. I think we are gonna see families consolidating down and living together more

[1:13:17] and we need to be open to that. But what if then they sell that house and somebody comes in? We have

[1:13:21] no control over how that's used going forward and I recognize that. So I

[1:13:25] think we have to be very careful to that reason. I think that keeping

[1:13:29] it to the same as the driveway being put out, build out that

[1:13:33] at least is us making some concessions to making sure that there's enough parking for people.

[1:13:37] I think that's important to do in this case because this one is a little challenging to

[1:13:42] consider. That's all. Mayor. Okay, I off of the vote, I just want to throw this out

[1:13:46] there for just your consideration and, and uh, just so that you're aware,

[1:13:51] we are slowly coming into a multi-national or multi-family,

[1:13:55] uh, age. Mm-hmm . Uh, I have, uh,

[1:13:59] I added, my wife and I added a mother-in-law suite to our house a number of years ago.

[1:14:04] uh, it is adjacent to the room, to the house, to the dwelling,

[1:14:09] but it was not part of, we actually built it on two,

[1:14:13] it has a separate, um, entrance if desire

[1:14:18] and if anything were to happen to my mother-in-law, heaven forbid

[1:14:23] we could rent that room out. That would

[1:14:27] be our free will to do as it was. So I just wanted to know that

[1:14:31] there's certain things that you cannot control and just be aware

[1:14:35] that are, are, we're changing as

[1:14:39] we evolve around. Especially as we have, uh, a lot of our family members

[1:14:44] aging and moving back in with, uh, the younger children and vice versa. So

[1:14:48] there's certain things that we can't change, but there's some things also

[1:14:52] that is illegal. And with that, let's call for the vote.

[1:14:57] council member put aye. Mayor fitzpatrick. Aye. Council

[1:15:01] member fullman. No. Council member wolffe aye.

[1:15:05] council member rubal with regrets? No, the motion carried.

[1:15:12] carried forward. Okay. Um, next item is,

[1:15:16] uh, item b. Your view pay

[1:15:20] number five. Yes. Uh, mayor, as you know with the community

[1:15:24] development block grant, in order to get reimbursement, we have to have approval

[1:15:29] on each pay application by city council. So this one is for the hill do

[1:15:33] project. It's in the amount of $207,950 and

[1:15:37] 43 cents. And we are requesting council, approve it so we can get

[1:15:41] our reimbursement from the county. Move to approve discussion.

[1:15:47] call of the vote. Council member goldman

[1:15:51] aye. Council member goldsby aye. Mayor pro temp

[1:15:55] fitzpatrick. Aye. Council member put aye. Council member rubal

[1:15:59] aye. Motion carrie, move forward. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, item

[1:16:03] 10 is an executive session. Uh, city council universal city

[1:16:07] will meet to, uh, under texas government

[1:16:12] code 5 5 1 0 7 1 consultation with attorneys,

[1:16:16] uh, in relationship to case number 2 0 2 4

[1:16:21] cv 0 6 5 11 camino lavoy,

[1:16:25] llc, uh, texas liability company. And there's a bunch of stuff in there too.

[1:16:30] we're gonna receive information here that we may or may

[1:16:34] not take action on. And at 8 46

[1:16:40] we're gonna send to 7 7 6. My apology,

[1:16:44] seven six. You were panicking me. Goodness gracious.

[1:16:49] 7 46, 8 11,

[1:16:55] reconvene the meeting. It was stressful. I need a break. Yes, you too.

[1:17:00] and we're out of executive council

[1:17:04] session. And with that being said, there's no

[1:17:08] action being taken by the council. And with that being said,

[1:17:12] meeting is adjourned. Awesome. Thank.

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