[1. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 PM]
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IT'S NOT FEBRUARY. IT'S JULY 28TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M..WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF PRAYER, PLEASE? GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR EVERYONE THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY AND EVERYONE THAT IS VOLUNTEERING ON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND ON COUNCIL.
LORD, JUST GUIDE OUR HEARTS, GUIDE OUR CONVERSATIONS, GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING, THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT THAT BENEFIT THIS COMMUNITY THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, THAT WE MIGHT STILL BE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT LOVES AND CARES FOR ONE ANOTHER. IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.
TEXAS ONE EIGHT. GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU.
YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[2. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST]
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THIS EVENING? NO.I WILL NOTE THAT COUNCILMAN BUNKER IS OUT, SO WE'LL BE SHORT WITH HIM THIS EVENING.
AND THEN SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, 2026-312.
[3. 2026-312 RECOGNITION OF BARBARA RODRIGUEZ FOR RECEIVING LEVEL 3 COURT CLERK CERTIFICATION.]
RECOGNITION OF BARBARA FOR RECEIVING LEVEL THREE COURT CLERK CERTIFICATION.ANDREA IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS AMAZING AWARD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M ALSO A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION, WHERE I HAVE SERVED IN NUMEROUS LEADERSHIP ROLES AND THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE FREEDOM TRAIL REGIONAL DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AN OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT BY ONE OF OUR OWN, BARBARA RODRIGUEZ. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE BARBARA'S ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EARNING THE DESIGNATION OF CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK.
I AM ESPECIALLY PROUD TO SHARE THAT THE CITY OF BOERNE IS NOW HOME TO TWO CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERKS, BARBARA AND MYSELF, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT REFLECTS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
CANDIDATES MUST SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO, AND LEVEL THREE CERTIFICATION, EACH CONSISTING OF 40 HOURS OF SPECIALIZED JUDICIAL EDUCATION AND A COMPREHENSIVE FOUR HOUR EXAMINATION.
IN ADDITION, CANDIDATES MUST COMPLETE A 24 HOUR ASSESSMENT CLINIC, PERFORM 40 HOURS OF COURT OBSERVATIONS, SUBMIT A DETAILED OBSERVATION JOURNAL, AND ALSO COMPLETE A 12 HOUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR SEMINAR.
BARBARA'S COMMITMENT TO COMPLETING THIS DEMANDING PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES HER DEDICATION TO CONTINUOUS LEARNING, PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF BURNIE.
ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT BARBARA RODRIGUEZ WITH HER CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK CERTIFICATE.
BARBARA, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.
THE JUDGE. CONGRATULATIONS, BARBARA. THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS, BARBARA. THAT IS OUTSTANDING TO SAY THAT OUT OF THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OUT OF THE 162 THAT ARE CERTIFIED.
THAT IS A LOT OF TRAINING. I DON'T THINK I WOULD WANT TO DO THAT MUCH TRAINING. SO HATS OFF TO YOU,
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BARBARA, FOR ALL OF THAT. AND ANDREA. SO MOVING ON, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.IF THEY COME IN LATE TO COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM TO SPEAK YOUR MIND. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT. NO SPEAKERS. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION? FROM COUNCILOR MACALUSO MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILSON, PLEASE VOTE. AND CONSENT AGENDA PASSES FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AGENDA ITEM SIX A WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT AGENDA ITEM SIX A
[Items 6.A. & 6.B.]
AND SIX B TOGETHER. AGENDA ITEM 20 A 2026 228 PRESENTATION BY CHIEF APPRAISER NEIL MCNEIL, COUNCIL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND THEN ALSO B2026-229.SARAH. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HERE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS THEIR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT. WE HAVE A FEW IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
MR. JOHN WOOLARD, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK YOU.
THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY. AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD.
MR. WOOLARD, COULD YOU STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED? AND ALSO WE HAVE MR. THOMAS PRICE, WHO IS HERE, WHO WILL BE TAKING HIS PLACE.
COULD YOU STAND? THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION.
GOOD EVENING. SO WHERE I AM HERE ON TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROPOSED 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH HAS AN INCREASE OF 3.8% FROM LAST YEAR.
A FEW OF THE LINE ITEMS THAT HAD THE, A LARGER INCREASE WERE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHIEF APPRAISER, THE COST WHICH INCREASED ABOUT 30%. THAT'S DUE TO THE CONFERENCES, CONFERENCE MEETINGS AND THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCOMMODATIONS AND THE TRAVELS. ANOTHER LINE ITEM THAT INCREASED BY 42% IS THE BONDS AND INSURANCE, WHICH IS OUR COVERAGE ON VEHICLES.
THE BUILDING BUILDING CONTENT AND THE GENERAL LIABILITY.
THE THE GOOD NEWS IS THE LINE ITEM FOR COMPUTERS HAD A 12% DECREASE.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING TO SWITCH VENDORS.
WE CURRENTLY ARE WITH HARRIS GOVERNANCE AND BIS WE ARE LOOKING TO SWITCH TO SOUTHWEST DATA, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND IS ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY NEEDING.
BIS AND HARRIS GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED US A LITTLE BIT.
ON REPORTS AND INFORMATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PULL FROM THEM.
I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS ISSUES ALSO MAYBE WITH, WITH HARRIS GOVERNANCE REPORTING.
BUT $45,000 OF THAT IS FOR THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DESIGN ON THE BUILDING.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT HUGE INCREASE CAME FROM.
SO OUR AIR CONDITIONER, EVERYTHING IN IT IS 15 YEARS OLD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING POSSIBLY TO REPAIR SOME OF THE OUTDATED THAT WE HAVE OUR OFFICES, OUR TAX OFFICE AND OUR FRONT OFFICE DON'T HAVE ANY SECURITY WHATSOEVER.
WE HAVE NO SHIELDS TO PROTECT OUR, OUR OUR FRONT, THERE ARE TWO LADIES THAT SIT UP FRONT, SO THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS THAT I AM LOOKING TO TO ADD IS A LITTLE BIT OF PROTECTION FOR THEM.
THE OTHER 787% INCREASES ON OUR STATE UNEMPLOYMENT THAT IS DUE TO IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS,
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WE HAD NO ONE HAVE HAS EVER FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.AND THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE FILED FOR THE CLAIM.
SO OUR INSURANCE PERCENTAGE, THE CLAIMS PERCENT WENT UP FOR US.
OUR 66.6% LINE ITEM IS IN OUR TRAINING EXPENSES.
WE HAVE SIX APPRAISERS THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS OUR RPA DESIGNATION.
AND LUCKILY WE HAVE AN INSTRUCTOR OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND OUR LAST ITEM LINE ITEM IS OUR UTILITIES.
DUE TO OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING, WE HAD TO REMOVE OUR SEPTIC TANK.
AND SO WE HAD TO COME OUR WE HAD TO GET CITY SERVICES.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS COSTLY. AND THAT'S INCREASING OUR, A LITTLE BIT OF OUR UTILITIES AS FAR AS OUR OPERATIONS, OUR CERTIFIED VALUES. WE CERTIFIED VALUES ON THE 20TH AND WE CERTIFIED VALUES TO THE ENTITIES, I BELIEVE ON THE SAME DAY OR THE, THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.
OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE AN A MEETING TOMORROW TO, TO NOMINATE THE THE, THE BUILDER THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE ARE THREE THAT SUBMITTED THEIR, THEIR BIDS. SO TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A MEETING AT 9:00 TO SEE WHO THE NOMINEES ARE.
THE SELECTION, THE SELECTED BUILDER WILL BE TO START CONTINUE WITH THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR FOR ME? COUNCIL MEMBERS. NO. GOOD JOB ON ALL THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE HAD WERE ALL THE OUTLIERS AND THE PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGES HIGH. AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB JUST KNOCKING DOWN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE AND EXPLAINING THE REASON BEHIND IT. SO REALLY GOOD JOB. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE TOTAL VARIANCE FOR US IS ABOUT WHAT, $4,500, 4200 OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET OVER LAST YEAR.
YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL COME BACK UP FOR SIX B. SO THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN REAL QUICK.
WE DO SHARE THE COST BETWEEN OTHER ENTITIES. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR ALLOCATION IN TERMS OF THE APPRAISAL PERCENTAGE AND THE NUMBER OF PARCELS IS HOW WE SPLIT THOSE TWO BUDGETS OUT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE ACTION.
NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION FROM DOCTOR MACALUSO? MAYOR. I MOVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-R41.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MICKELSON. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
THANK YOU EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. AND JOHN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE BOARD.
AND TOMMY, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
[6.C. 2026-232 PRESENTATION OF UTILITY BUDGET AND UTILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN]
SARAH. SARAH. THIS ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR WHOLE STRATEGY MAP AS MOST OF THE BUDGET PROCESS DOES.WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I WOULD SAY WE'RE ON THE DOWNHILL SLIDE AT THIS POINT.
SO THIS EVENING WE DO HAVE OUR PRESENTATION ON THE UTILITIES BUDGET AND THE CIP FOR THE UTILITIES.
WE'LL BE FILING OUR BUDGET ON AUGUST 7TH AND ON AUGUST 11TH THERE WILL BE A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST.
SO WE'LL START OUT FIRST BY TALKING ABOUT HOW THE UTILITIES BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE UTILITIES ARE BUSINESSLIKE FUNDS. THEY'RE NOT GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. THEY THE WHOLE BUDGETING PROCESS IS SEPARATE FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE.
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AND THE UTILITIES ARE NOT FUNDED BY TAXES. THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY USER BASED FEES.SO HOW THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT.
TYPICALLY FOR A UTILITY, WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL RUN A RATE STUDY EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS.
THAT RATE STUDY IS GOING TO PRODUCE ABOUT 5 TO 7 YEARS WORTH OF PROJECTED BUDGETS.
SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A GUIDEPOST TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WE LOOK AT THOSE RATE STUDY RESULTS AND WE REFRESH IT ANNUALLY.
WE'LL REFRESH THE BUDGET AT THAT TIME. BUT AS LONG AS WE KEEP OUR BUDGETS IN LINE WITH THE RATE STUDIES, WE KNOW THAT THE RATES THAT WE SET WILL SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR CIP.
WE DO HAVE AN AMBITIOUS PLAN IN A LOT OF A LOT OF NEEDS FOR OUR UTILITIES.
SO I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND GO THROUGH THE PURPOSE OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
SO WE'LL SHOW SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT. ADDITIONAL CIP GUIDELINES LIKE I MENTIONED.
YOU'LL JUST BE APPROVING THE NEXT YEAR'S UPCOMING BUDGET COLUMN.
THE THE PROJECT LIST IS TYPICALLY FOR PROJECTS OVER $100,000 THAT SPAN MULTIPLE YEARS.
SO ANNUALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AND WE REFRESH THAT THAT CIP, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT.
DO WE HAVE THE STAFF CAPACITY FOR WHAT WE PLANNED? ARE THERE ANY POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN LOOK TO IN TIMING OR PRIORITIZING THESE PROJECTS? IS THERE GOING TO BE BUDGET CAPACITY? HAVE THERE BEEN CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY OR INFLATIONARY PRESSURES ON OUR PROJECT COSTS? AND WE ALL KNOW THERE HAS BEEN OR HAVE THERE BEEN ANY NEW REGULATORY MANDATES THAT HAVE POPPED UP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF? SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND WE ALSO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.
SO IN ADDITION TO CASH AT THE END OF EACH YEAR, COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER THAT IF UTILITY FUNDS HAVE SURPLUSES OR IF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS HAVE SURPLUSES, WE SWEEP THOSE INTO THE CAPITAL FUNDS.
WE HAVE IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND IMPACT FEES THAT WE USE.
SO LET'S START WITH GAS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE MOST RECENTLY DID THE RATE STUDY.
SO I THINK IT'LL BE MORE TOP OF MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS ONE.
WE JUST FINISHED THE RATE STUDY HERE IN 2026.
WE ADOPTED THE RESULTS IN JUNE. THE RATES, THE NEW RATES WILL BE EFFECTIVE WITH AUGUST 1ST.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY FURTHER RATE CHANGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, BECAUSE WE JUST ADOPTED A CHANGE.
AND AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET FOR THE GAS UTILITY, WE ARE PLANNING ON KEEPING OUR HEDGES IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS, THE PRICE STEADY. SO LOOKING AT THE GAS UTILITY, LOTS OF NUMBERS.
BUT WHAT THE CIP SHOWS YOU THAT FIRST COLUMN SHOWS YOU OUR PROGRESS HISTORICALLY ON THIS, ON THESE PROJECTS WHERE WE ARE FISCAL YEAR 2026 COLUMN IS WHERE WE INTEND TO BE BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR.
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ANY QUESTIONS ON GAS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY.HERE IS THE FUNDING PLAN FOR 2027. SO OF THE ALMOST $6 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WE PLAN ON USING ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $900,000 IN CAPITAL RESERVES, AND WE DO PLAN ON COMING FORWARD LATER IN THE YEAR TO ISSUE $5 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT FOR GAS ON THE GAS STATION. NUMBER THREE. SO UNLIKE THE GOVERNMENT, THE DEBT ISSUANCES FOR UTILITIES ARE NOT TIED TO THE TAX RATE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE OUR GOVERNMENTAL DEBT BEING PROPOSED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BUDGET.
IT'S BECAUSE OUR INS TAX RATE SUPPORTS THAT DEBT.
ON THE UTILITY SIDE, YOU CAN ISSUE DEBT ANY TIME YOU WANT.
FOR THESE UTILITIES, THE LAST RATE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2025.
THE RESULTS OF THAT RATE STUDY WERE GRADUAL INCREASES OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
SO 2027 WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE AN INCREASE OF 7%.
THIS IS DEFINITELY A LOT OF NUMBERS. SO AGAIN, THE HISTORIC SPEND SHOWS YOU OUR HISTORIC PROGRESS SO FAR ON THIS AMBITIOUS CIP 2026 COLUMN IS WHERE WE INTEND TO BE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE MAKING QUITE GOOD PROGRESS ON ON THESE PROJECTS.
2027 IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE BUDGET, AND 2028 THROUGH 2031 ARE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE ON DECK TO GET ADDED. ADDITIONALLY, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT DIRECTOR BRINKMAN AND TEAM BROUGHT FORWARD A RECENT GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE CARBON FILTERS OF ABOUT $2 MILLION.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THESE PROJECTS AS WELL. WE LOOK FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT GRANT.
THE FUNDING PLAN FOR 2027 OF THE ABOUT 17 MILLION THAT WE HAVE PLANNED, WE'RE PRIMARILY FUNDING IT THROUGH IMPACT FEES, SOME DEVELOPER FUNDS AND A LITTLE BIT OF DEBT, ABOUT $7 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ELECTRIC? YEAH.
ONE QUESTION ON THE ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION.
I SAW THE 46 MILLION. THAT'S THE WASTEWATER. I SAW THE $46 MILLION.
WHERE ARE WE FACTORING IN POTABLE REUSE FACILITY? SOMEWHERE ALONG THIS POTABLE REUSE DIRECTOR. WHERE IS THAT GOING TO BE? I MEAN, BECAUSE THIS IS A FUTURE THAT'S BEYOND 2031.
IS THERE AN ESTIMATE ON I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP, BUT JUST WONDER WHERE IT IS.
NO, THAT'S THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY ESTIMATED. WHEN I GOT HERE, THE SCOPE THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT WAS THREE DIFFERENT SIZES OF WASTEWATER PLANTS TO TRY TO GET US THROUGH MAYBE A MINIMAL UPGRADE.
BUT AS I LOOKED AT IT, THAT INITIAL UPGRADE OF 2.2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY AND THEN JUMPING UP TO A 2.9, WE WOULD PERPETUALLY BE IN CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE TO ME IF YOU'RE JUST CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO AS THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE SCOPE ON THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DEFINED SO FAR.
AND WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE MORE CAPABILITIES OF THAT PLANT.
AND WILL IT ALSO FIT ON THAT SAME LOT SIZE? SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT A VARIETY OF THINGS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, AS I TAKE A FRESH SET OF LOOK AT WHAT THE PLAN HAS BEEN I'M ALSO QUESTIONING WHETHER WE BUILD A PLANT THAT HAS A CERTAIN CAPACITY, IF SOME OF THAT HAS A LOT OF I AND I COMING INTO IT BECAUSE I REALLY AM WORRIED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BUILD A PLANT SUCH THAT WE'RE TREATING STORMWATER AS WELL.
SO YOU TRY TO REDUCE ALL OF THAT INFLOW AND INFILTRATION AND TRY TO BUILD THE RIGHT SIZE PLANT.
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SO SUFFICE TO SAY I AM CHALLENGING OUR ENGINEERS WITH HDR TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT SIZING, BUT THEN ALSO TO LOOK AT SOME CAPABILITIES IN ADDITION TO THAT WASTEWATER PLANT THAT BRINGS SOME CONSIDERATION TO DIRECT POTABLE.RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH RECLAIMED JUST FOR SIMPLE RECLAIM PURPOSES.
WELL, THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU HAVE THIS EXPANSION FOR BEYOND 2031.
WHAT IS THE LIFE OF THE ESSER PLANT? I MEAN, ARE WE STILL ARE WE LOOKING AT FIVE YEARS? I MEAN, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO COMMENCE SOME ENGINEERING WORK WITH REGARD TO THE DESIGN OF THE WASTEWATER PLANT IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS. LOOKING AT THOSE DOLLAR VALUES IS WHY SARAH IS ASKING US TO.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT DEFINED. SO. COUNCIL MEMBER MACALUSO ALSO SHARE AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
DIRECTOR BRINKMAN YOU CAN CHIME IN. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING A RECYCLED REUSE PLAN MASTER PLAN TO TALK ABOUT WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE? HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND HE'S HE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW.
JUST GIVE US A ROADMAP TO FACTOR THAT IN. BACK TO THE ESSER PLAN.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO STILL CONTINUE TO USE THAT PLANT.
AND AS HE EVEN MENTIONED, HOW IS OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE BELOW THE GROUND WORKING EFFECTIVELY? IS THERE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO TO KIND OF KEEP THIS ALL AT PLAY? SO WE SHOWED THAT $46 MILLION NUMBER BEYOND 2031, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL GOT TO GET THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE GOT TO GET ANSWERS TO.
SO AND ESSENTIALLY, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AT LEAST THAT'S ON A LIST TO BE CONSIDERED.
AND WE'RE ON OUR. AND WE'RE PEAKING GREATER THAN 90%, WHICH THEN TRIGGERS SOME REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS TO BE IN A PLANNING ENGINEERING PHASE AND THEN IN A CONSTRUCTION PHASE JUST FOR THE WASTEWATER PORTION OF IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIRECTOR.
OKAY. MOVING ON TO ELECTRIC. THE ELECTRIC UTILITY HAD ITS LAST RATE STUDY IN 2025.
THE RESULTS OF THAT RATE STUDY WERE THAT NO CHANGES TO RATES WERE BEING PROPOSED.
AND SO THERE'S NO PROPOSED RATE UPDATES FOR THE 2027 BUDGET.
ADDITIONALLY, AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, WE FACTORED IN THAT WE DO INTEND TO HAVE ANOTHER SWAP IN PLACE TO KEEP THE PRICE VOLATILITY OF OUR ELECTRIC IN LINE FROM OUR CONGESTION RISK.
SO LASTLY, STORMWATER. WE DID RECENTLY CONDUCT A RATE ANALYSIS FOR THE STORMWATER UTILITY.
THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY IS ITS ABILITY TO DO CIP.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO. THE CONCLUSION OF THE ANALYSIS, ONCE WE FACTORED IN ALL THE CIP THAT WE WANTED TO COMPLETE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS TO INCREASE THE EQUIVALENT RESIDENT UNIT FROM $4 TO $8.
IF APPROVED, THAT ORDINANCE WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET ALONG WITH THE WATER, SEWER AND RECLAIMED, AND THOSE RATE INCREASES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST.
EXCUSE ME. ACTUALLY, WE RAN INTO SOME SOFTWARE ISSUES.
AND THEN ONCE WE GOT THAT FIGURED OUT, WE RAN INTO COVID.
SO REALLY, IT WAS JANUARY 2021 BEFORE WE ACTUALLY STARTED CHARGING THE FEES.
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SO OBVIOUSLY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WE HAVE PROJECTS WE HAVE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THAT $4 FEE.HOW WE CAME UP WITH AND WHAT IS AN EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND HISTORY.
WHEN WE DID OUR STUDY BACK IN 2019, WE ACTUALLY TOOK AERIAL PHOTOS AND WE ANALYZED EVERY SINGLE PARCEL IN TOWN, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL. AND WE ESTABLISHED THAT IN THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, 4700FT² IS THE STANDARD AVERAGE EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR THE CITY OF BOERNE. EVERY CITY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
CITY OF BOERNE IS ERU VALUE IS HIGHER THAN MANY OF OUR OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME BIGGER LOTS AND SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN.
SO THAT ACTUALLY IS A AVERAGE FOR EVERY SINGLE HOUSE IN CITY LIMITS AT THAT TIME.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE WATCH AND EVENTUALLY OVER TIME, IT'LL BE SOMETHING WE'LL RECALCULATE ALL THE PARCELS IN TOWN AGAIN TO KIND OF REFRESH WHAT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AMOUNT IS. SO AS I MENTIONED, THAT DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN WAS UPDATED IN 22.
SO OBVIOUSLY ADLER ROAD, AS YOU KNOW, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THAT WAS A $4.9 MILLION PROJECT. WHICH OF THAT 4.9, WE DID GET 1.5 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY.
BUT THOSE PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE DONE PRETTY SOON.
PROJECT FIVE IN THE MASTER PLAN WAS THE CREEK BRIDGE.
AND SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'RE WRAPPING UP. WE'RE IN THE 90% DESIGN PHASE NOW. AND SO PROBABLY IN THE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL START LOOKING AT SERIOUSLY AT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND MOVING FORWARD INTO TRYING TO GET THAT SCHEDULED FOR DESIGN.
AND I THINK I'LL SHOW HERE LATER IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS.
AGAIN, $60.5 MILLION AND THAT'S IN $2,022. SO HERE WE ARE IN 2026.
SO THAT'S $60.5 MILLION IS PROBABLY $7,080 MILLION IN ACTUALITY, IMPERVIOUS COVER.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, BUT OBVIOUSLY FROM THIS PICTURE HERE, YOUR PATIO, YOUR ROOF, YOUR DRIVEWAY, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT GRASS ON YOUR PROPERTY COUNTS IN THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER CALCULATIONS.
WE AS A CITY DO NOT COUNT THE SIDEWALK AT THE FRONT OF YOUR PROPERTY.
SO THAT DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST RESIDENTS. AGAIN, IN LOOKING OVER ALL OF THOSE PARCELS, WE ESTABLISHED A TIERED SYSTEM BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER. SO IT'S NOT BASED ON HOW BIG YOUR PROPERTY IS.
OR YOU COULD HAVE A LARGER PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETELY COVERED IN IMPERVIOUS COVER.
SO TIER FOUR IS ONLY 51 PARCELS AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN THAT ERU EQUIVALENT. SO THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL FEE ESTABLISHED THAT TIER TWO IS THE 1ERU.
AND THEN THE OTHER FEES ARE ALL BASED ON. SO YOU CAN SEE TIER ONE IS A HALF OF AN ERA.
SO HERE'S A TYPICAL UTILITY BILL. AND SO THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON YOUR BILL.
AND SO THEIR STORMWATER FEE IS $4 ON THE LIST.
AND AGAIN AT THE TIME THE SLIDE WAS MADE, WE HAD 6774 CUSTOMERS, OF WHICH 611, 101 12 RESIDENTIAL 662 COMMERCIAL. AND SO THE THING WITH COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, THEY ACTUALLY JUST PAY A STRAIGHT URRU EQUIVALENT.
SO A SMALLER COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MIGHT BE 5 TO 10 ERAS.
WE HAVE SOME CAR DEALERS OR OTHER LARGE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT MIGHT BE A NUMBER MUCH HIGHER.
ER YOU COUNT. SO THEY PAY THE ACTUAL URRU. THEY'RE NOT IN A TIERED SYSTEM ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.
AND WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, SARAH.
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WE LOOKED AND REFRESHED THIS SCHEDULE OF COMPARING US TO OUR REGIONAL PEERS THAT HAVE STORMWATER UTILITIES.NOT ALL STORMWATER UTILITIES HAVE A RESIDENTIAL BILLING METHOD BASED ON E R YOU.
THERE'S SOME AT THE BOTTOM THAT ARE BY DIFFERENT DIFFERENT BILLING METHODS LIKE LIVING EQUIVALENT UNIT, IMPERVIOUS AREA TIERS, AND FLAT PLUS TIERED CHARGE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE ALL BASED ON DIFFERENT SQUARE FOOTAGES.
SO THE BEST WAY THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT TO COMPARE OURSELVES WOULD BE TO DO THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ERU, WHICH IS THE COLUMN TO THE RIGHT. SO UNDER UNDER THE THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, BECAUSE OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE IS SO HIGH.
YOU'LL SEE THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR PEERS THAT ALSO ARE BY AN EQUIVALENT RESIDENT UNIT METHOD AT 0.09 OF A CENT PER SQUARE FOOT. IF WE INCREASE IT TO $8 PER ER YOU, WE WOULD BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PEER CIBOLO, NEW BRAUNFELS AND SEGUIN, I BELIEVE. NO, I'M ON THE WRONG.
NO, IT'S JUST CIBOLO NEW BRAUNFELS AT 0.17 OF A CENT, AT THE TOP IS AUSTIN SEVEN.
SEVEN POINTS OF A PENNY. AND THEN THE OTHER THREE, YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NORMAL MONTHLY FEE AND SEE THAT THAT'S GENERALLY THE RANGE FOR RESIDENTIAL. SO OVERALL THE $8 EQUIVALENT IS PRETTY IN LINE WITH OUR REGIONAL PEERS.
SO WHAT IS WHAT IS THIS INCREASE ACTUALLY BY THE CITY IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
THIS IS OUR STORMWATER UTILITY CIP. YOU CAN SEE, AS DIRECTOR CAROL MENTIONED, WE ARE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE ADLER ROAD CULVERTS PROJECT, AND WE HAD KICKED OFF THE DESIGN FOR THE MEAGER CREEK BRIDGE PREVIOUSLY.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO FINISH THAT ADLER ROAD CULVERTS PROJECT THIS YEAR.
THE $8 ER, YOU WOULD SUPPORT A DEBT ISSUANCE THAT WOULD THEN FUND THAT MEAGER CREEK BRIDGE PROJECT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO FUND WITH THAT INCREASE.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED MONTHLY COST PER TIER IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN.
WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PER YEAR AT THIS TIME.
SO NEXT STEPS. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR FURTHER INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE US TO BRING FORWARD FOR YOU WOULD BE A IT WOULD BE A FIRST READING ON AUGUST 11TH AS WELL AS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH FOR THE FINAL ORDINANCE READING ALONG WITH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN NICHOLSON.
FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, DOES THE OWNER PAY A FEE? AND DOES EACH RESIDENT ALSO PAY A FEE? I BELIEVE IT'S JUST THE APARTMENT OWNER, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WHEN THE ERAS WERE FIRST DETERMINED WAS THAT DATA WAS FROM 2019.
IT WAS AN AERIAL PHOTO FROM 2018 THAT WAS USED TO ANALYZE FOR THE APRIL 2019 AND REEVALUATING THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, NINE YEARS LATER, EIGHT YEARS LATER, WOULD THE DATA BASICALLY TELL US THE SAME OUTCOME WITH MORE DETAIL, OR WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT? IT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, LIKE ON YEAR TEN.
SO WE'RE GETTING THERE. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ANALYZE, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS KIND OF BANDIT PATIOS OR OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT MIGHT NOT GET ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR SYSTEM. AND SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO KIND OF REFRESHING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CHARGING EVERYONE'S FAIR SHARE.
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY IS ALL I WANTED TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THE STORMWATER COMMITTEE, MY RECOLLECTION AND I, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WAS THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, THE $60 MILLION THAT WERE ACTUALLY LIKE 100 PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE COST, I DON'T KNOW, A QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS.
AND WE WHITTLED IT DOWN TO THAT. YEAH. IF WE TRY TO BACKWARDS FIT A TARGET NUMBER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE A. SO I'M JUST SAYING. SO THAT NUMBER NOW IS PROBABLY LIKE YOU SAID, 70, 80 MILLION. BUT THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY DOUBT, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME PREACH ABOUT THIS, ABOUT STORMWATER ISSUES LAST JULY AND THIS JULY.
I SHOULD ERASE THAT DOUBT. WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.
AND SO I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY WAY TO GET AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THIS COMMUNITY REVOLVES AROUND WATER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, POTABLE REUSE, STORMWATER.
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SO I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE JUST HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DIDN'T GET UPGRADED, NOT BECAUSE OF ANYBODY'S FAULT, BUT WE'VE GROWN SO RAPIDLY THAT THESE ISSUES NOW BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT.SO WHEN ALL THOSE ISLANDS OCCUR AND ALL THE WATERS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE CROSSINGS ARE BLOCKED, IT'S A PROBLEM SUCH AS THE BRIDGE AT MANGO CREEK IN HER.
CORRECT. ABSOLUTELY. TO YOUR POINT, JOE, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.
I THINK FOR THE BANDIT PATIOS, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T GET THEM TO A DIFFERENT TIER, MOST LIKELY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BIGGER PROJECTS, CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD PROBABLY SEE. SO I THINK EVEN WITH THE NEW DATA, IT'S PROBABLY THOSE PROJECTS ARE SO SMALL THAT IT'S UNLIKELY.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S WHY I WAS GETTING AT. BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING A LINE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM OF A UTILITY BILL AND DOUBLING IT FROM 4 TO $8, YOU KNOW, ON DATA THAT'S EIGHT YEARS OLD, NINE YEARS OLD.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE ACCURATE, RIGHT? SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO IT.
CORRECT. OKAY. I DON'T DISCOUNT THE NEED FOR SAFETY AND IMPROVEMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL THAT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL RELEVANT. BUT THAT'S ALL. APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JEFF? FOR SARAH? CAN I ASK MAYOR, CAN I JUST INTERJECT? WE'VE HAD 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE STORMWATER FEE.
AND I THINK, AS JEFF MENTIONED, IT WAS IT'S INTRODUCED THE FEE.
AND THEN OVER TIME, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, RATCHET IT UP AS PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
ARE YOU GUY? WHAT IS YOUR WOULD LIKE SOME DIRECTION OR FEELING ABOUT WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS AS WE GET FORWARD TO BRING IT FORWARD TO YOU? I THINK IT'S A NECESSITY. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD 200 YEAR FLOOD EVENTS AND TWO YEARS.
AND I KNOW THAT'S MORE 100 YEAR FLOOD EVENT JUST MEANS THERE'S A 1% CHANCE OF.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN 100 YEARS, BUT STILL, TO JOE'S POINT, IT'S EITHER A DROUGHT OR A FLOOD.
THE WHOLE REASON WE CREATED THIS IS TO HELP FUND THESE THINGS.
AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THE STATE'S ONLY GOING TO TAKE MORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AWAY FROM US.
SO THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO FUND THESE THINGS.
SO YOU KNOW WE GOT TO DO IT. YEAH, I AGREE.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 6D2026-276.
[6.D. 2026-276 RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-04; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TX, AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHAPTER 1, SECTION 1-12.B. - PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SECTION 1-12.D. - HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, SECTION 1-12.E. - DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2-1.H.- APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATES, SECTION 2-1.L - VARIANCES, SECTION 2-1.M - APPEALS, SECTION 2-10.E. - SIGN VARIANCES, CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3-6.D - NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, SECTION 3-9.B.2. - CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES IN AN OVERLAY DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, SECTION 3-12.G. - SIGNAGE, SECTION 3-13.D. - DIMENSIONS, SECTION 3-14.H. - SIGNAGE, SECTION 3-16.J - SIGNAGE, SECTION 3-17.G. - SIGNAGE, CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9-5. - SIGN ILLUMINATION, SECTION 9-7.C. - FREE STANDING SIGNS, AND APPENDIX A. DEFINITIONS - DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE.]
PARAGRAPH RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-04, AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, AMENDED AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CHAPTER ONE, SECTION 1-12.B. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SECTION 1-12.DE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
SECTION 1-12.E DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE. CHAPTER TWO.
SECTION 2-1H. APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE SECTION 2-1.
L VARIANCES. SECTION 2-1. M APPEALS SECTION TWO DASH TEN.
E VARIANCES. CHAPTER THREE. SECTION THREE DASH 60 NONRESIDENTIAL USES SECTION 3-9.
B TWO CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES AND AN OVERLAY DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SECTION 3-12G SIGNAGE. SECTION 3-13D DIMENSION SECTIONS 3-148 SIGNAGE.
SECTION 3-16J. SIGNAGE SECTION 3-617G SIGNS. CHAPTER NINE.
COMMITTEE. PRESENTING. NATHAN CRANE NATHAN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. HEY, I'M HOPING MY PRESENTATION IS SHORTER THAN YOUR INTRODUCTION THERE.
YOU AND ME BOTH HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FOLLOWING STRATEGY MAP IN TRYING TO PROVIDE QUALITY CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES ACROSS EVERY POINT OF CONTACT AND STREAMLINING AND HAVING AN EFFICIENT PROCESSES JUST FOR BACKGROUND DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN 2021. SINCE THAT DATE, THEY'VE HAD 22 MEETINGS WITH A TOTAL OF 24 ITEMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS WE HAVE ON THAT COMMITTEE, WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SERVE BERTIE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE BETTER, BE BETTER IN A MORE ACTIVE ROLE.
WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
IN 2025, WE HAD SENATE BILL 1883. WHAT THIS DID IS ELIMINATED THE POSSIBILITY OF PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION OF BEING SERVING ALSO AS OUR IMPACT BOARD. SO WE HAD TO CREATE A NEW BOARD, GIVES US MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SERVE.
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AND ON THE FROM DRC. FINALLY, WE HAVE. COUNCIL.RESOLUTION 2026 R 30. THAT CHANGED THE APPOINTMENT FROM, OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VICE CHAIR FROM ELECTION BY THE PNC TO APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR.
YOU'LL NOTICE OUR PROCESS TONIGHT WERE BEFORE YOU FOR FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DID MEET WITH HISTORIC LANDMARK LANDMARK COMMISSION.
THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ALONG ALONG WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I WILL NOTE, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT LISTED HERE, WE DID MEET WITH OUR DRC REPS PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD.
IN GENERAL, THIS REQUEST INVOLVES THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE, AS MENTIONED, ASSIGNS ALL SIGN RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION. FOR EXAMPLE, READER BOARDS IS ONE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY WILL HAVE AND ASSIGNS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CREATIVE ART ALTERNATIVES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES IS FOR.
IF A SITE COMES IN THAT DOESN'T MEET SPECIFICALLY EVERYTHING IN THE UDC, BUT THEY CAN PROVE OR SHOW A BETTER PROJECT OVERALL, IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CREATIVE ALTERNATIVE.
WE THINK PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WOULD BE A GOOD BOARD TO HEAR THESE REQUESTS.
SINCE MY TIME HERE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE, SO THERE ARE VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
AND FINALLY GRANTS THE MAYOR THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT THE PNC AND VICE CHAIRMAN.
WITH THAT, IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE AMENDMENT. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES, SIR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW I'VE READ THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WE ARE NOT CHANGING IN ANY WAY. THE SIGN ORDINANCES, REQUIREMENTS, DEFINITIONS.
NO, SIR. NOT AT ALL. IT'S NOT BEING TOUCHED. THIS IS JUST REASSIGNING THE COMMITTEES.
YES, SIR. LOOK AT THEM. YES, SIR. SECONDLY, THE APPEAL PROCESS.
DOES ANY OF THAT EVER COME TO THE COUNCIL OR ONCE IT GOES TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION, IT'S DONE.
THERE IS THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS BUILT IN HLC.
LIKE IF A P Z DECISION THAT COMES TO COUNCIL JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT UP A GIGANTIC SIGN THAT THEY GET A VARIANCE, THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY NO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT.
SO IF IT'S APPROVED, IT WOULDN'T COME TO US. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
YES. IF IT WAS APPROVED IT WOULDN'T. YEAH. YEAH.
SO AS LONG AS THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE PROPERLY EDUCATED ON THE UDC.
CORRECT. NATHAN, COULD YOU GIVE THE COUNCIL THE PLANS FOR THE OTHER UDC MODIFICATIONS WHEN THEY MIGHT EXPECT THOSE TO COME FORWARD? SO AS WE DISCUSSED IN MARCH, WE HAVE TWO PHASES.
WE ALSO THREW IN DATA CENTERS AND A COUPLE OTHERS.
DARK SKY WILL ALSO BE IN THERE. WE MOVE THAT FORWARD UP, I SHOULD SAY.
WE ARE GOING TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 7TH.
I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT DATE, SIXTH OR SEVENTH TO DO A WORK SESSION WITH THEM, TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE AMENDMENT, SHOW THEM THE RED LINE VERSIONS AND SO FORTH.
WE'LL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THEM IN SEPTEMBER ON THE 14TH.
AND THEN IN OCTOBER, WE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING AND RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATION.
PHASE TWO WILL HAPPEN LATER THIS FALL WITH THE IDEA IT COMES TO COUNCIL JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW. CBD SHOPS. CBD SHOPS, TATTOO.
THAT'S ALL IN PHASE ONE. YES. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST A COMMENT. I THINK KNOWING SPENDING SOME TIME ON HLC AND THEIR PURVIEW OVER SIGNAGE JUST ON THE HISTORICAL MILE, I THINK THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON ON SIGNS, AND I THINK THEY'LL DO A GREAT JOB.
COUNCILMAN MACALUSO I THINK THEY'LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT. THANK YOU.
I HOPE THEY DO. WE'LL BE WATCHING. WELL IT'S MADE IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO. NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
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ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL ADJOURN OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOVE TO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AT 650.WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM ON 60, PLEASE COME FORWARD. NO TAKERS TO COME SPEAK FOR OUR PUBLIC.
AND CAN I GET A MOTION FROM COUNCILOR MACALUSO ON AGENDA ITEM SIX D? I CAN READ THIS ABBREVIATED VERSION, RIGHT. YOU GET.
YEAH. YOU GET THE SHORT VERSION. MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-04, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHAPTER ONE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE. CHAPTER TWO PROCEDURES. CHAPTER THREE ZONING. CHAPTER NINE SIGNAGE AND APPENDIX A DEFINITIONS.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILSON. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU NATHAN. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 6E2026-219.
[6.E. 2026-219 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R42; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R15 THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED REIMBURSEMENT TO BUC-EE'S LTD. FOR THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN EXTENSION, AND AUTHORIZING REIMBURSEMENT TO BUC-EE'S LTD. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000.]
CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 42. A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 15.THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED REIMBURSEMENT TO BUCKY'S LIMITED FOR THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN EXTENSION AND AUTHORIZING REIMBURSEMENT TO BUCKY'S LCD, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 800 800 000. ANDREW. ANDREW.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HOPEFULLY A LITTLE SHORTER AGENDA ITEM FOR YOU TO READ.
THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS FOR THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN EXTENSION.
AND THE SUBSEQUENT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PROJECT COSTS.
THIS IS HOW IT ALIGNS WITH OUR CITY STRATEGY MAP.
THE SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN IS A MAIN THAT WILL BE EXTENDED FROM SOUTH MAIN STREET TO.
TO THE NORTHWESTERN PROPERTY CORNER OF THE BUCKY'S PROPERTY, SHOWN IN PURPLE.
BUCKY'S. PER THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO BID THE PROJECT MEETING PUBLIC BIDDING RULES AND THAT'S TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 252, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE. THEY DID THIS FIRST IN DECEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR, AND AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO A BIDDER WHO SUBSEQUENTLY WITHDREW THEIR BID. NO LONGER WAS WILLING TO HONOR THEIR PRICING RIGHT BEFORE THEY EXECUTED CONTRACTS WITH THEM.
THE REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. WOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND THE PROJECT IS ACCEPTED BY THE CITY, MEANING THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED IT MEETS OUR STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION.
SO FOLLOWING THAT ACCEPTANCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S WHEN THE REIMBURSEMENT WOULD WOULD BEGIN.
WHICH IS GOOD. SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE KNOW WHY THE OTHER ONES WITHDREW? THE OTHER COMPANY JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE WERE GETTING READY TO EXECUTE, THEY THEY HAD SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PRICING THAT THEY HAD PROPOSED IN THE BID.
AND SO, SO THEY, THEY SCREWED US OVER BY DOING THAT.
BUT MY QUESTION IS ON THIS ON THIS NEXT BID, WE'VE GOT THE LOW BID AGAIN.
AND THE HIGH BID IS ALMOST DOUBLE THAT. BUT OUR BUDGET WAS DOUBLE THE HIGH BID.
SO I'M JUST ASKING ARE WE OKAY WITH THESE PEOPLE.
THIS LOW BID HAS BID PRICING. THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH THE OTHER BIDDERS PRICING.
SO THIS BIDDER HAD TO MEET A LOT MORE STRINGENT QUALIFICATIONS THIS TIME AROUND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ANDREW.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 7A7B CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
BEN. IT SAYS NO ACTION. WELL MAYOR SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION, A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MACALUSO.
MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026-R42 RESOLUTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R 15.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILSON, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
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THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO SEVEN A WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON SOMETHING ELSE.[7.A. 2026-318 FLOOD RESPONSE UPDATE.]
NO. WE'RE GOOD. MAYOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS UNDER MY REPORT.IT'S BEEN QUITE THE LAST TWO WEEKS SINCE WE LAST MET.
AND. AND SO I JUST WANT TO IN RECOGNITION OF MY TEAM, GREAT TEAM.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT COMMITTED TEAM OF 300 EMPLOYEES, 320.
IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL. AND SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW HOW PROUD I AM OF THEM. I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW KIND OF SOME BEHIND THE SCENES ASPECTS, GET THEM SOME CLOSE SOME FOOTAGE. AND WE GOT A LITTLE VIDEO I WANT TO SHOW YOU. AND THEN THEN WE'LL GO INTO MY MONTHLY REPORT.
AND THEN MONDAY I GUESS ABOUT SIX INCHES THERE.
WE WE GOT A CALL. CHIEF PEREZ AND CHIEF CASAREZ CALL FROM T AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT SAID, HEY, WE REALLY THINK BERNIE MIGHT BE IN A SPOT, COULD GO TO BANDERA, COULD GO TO BULVERDE, COULD GO TO KERRVILLE. BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG DOWNFALL IN THAT AREA.
AND SO WE WERE PREPARED TO BE UP ALL NIGHT WATCHING.
I WAS, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T THERE THAT NIGHT WITH YOU AT COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO ANOTHER OBLIGATION, BUT I WAS UP ALL NIGHT LISTENING TO THE INTEL FROM THE CHIEFS FROM THE EOC BECAUSE WE HAD THAT ACTIVATED. SO WE WERE READY TO MOVE.
AND OF COURSE, WE JUST HAD RAIN AND RAIN AND RAIN.
AND WE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO KNOW, OKAY, WHAT STREETS OR WHAT BRIDGES ARE THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WERE CLOSED AND THIS AND THAT. BUT THEN THERE WAS THE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF US THAT CAME UP THROUGH NORTH SAN ANTONIO AND THEN HIT THE RIM.
AND THEN IT WAS COMING UP OUR WAY. SO WE'RE MANAGING WATCHING THAT ON TOP OF THE RAIN.
AND ONCE THE TORNADO KIND OF DISSIPATED AND TO OUR EAST AND DIDN'T QUITE GET US OTHER THAN ONE MAJOR KIND OF SEMI MAJOR OUTAGE OVER AT THE RINGER SPRINGS AREA. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL HECK STARTED TO BREAK LOOSE RIGHT AFTER 9:00.
AND IN FACT, I WAS ON MY WAY INTO A MEETING ABOUT 940.
BARELY GOT THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION AT THE LONGHORN WHEN I COULD TELL.
AND SOME OF YOU WERE CALLING ME, HEY, WE GOT TO GET THIS CLOSED. WE WE WERE MONITORING.
WE HAD STAFF THERE WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO CLOSE IT.
AND WE WERE DOING IT JUST ABOUT THE TIME AS I WENT THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION, AND I REALIZED I'M NOT GETTING BACK HOME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, THAT INTERSECTION CLOSES.
YOU'RE STUCK. I WAS ON MY WAY TO A MEETING TO CITY HALL GET.
AND I GET ON BLANCO, AND I CAN'T GET PAST NO NAME CREEK BY THE OLD CITY HALL THAT WAS NOW BLOCKED AND CARS WERE TURNING AROUND AND I WAS TRAPPED. MUCH LIKE A LOT OF OUR OUR STAFF, ALL OF A SUDDEN ISLANDS GOT CREATED ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WE HAD STAFF ALL OVER STILL DOING THEIR WORK, CLOSING THE STREETS, TRYING TO BLOCK TRAFFIC, HAVING THEM TURN AROUND TRYING TO PROTECT THE ANIMALS AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
I, I WAS STUCK, COMMANDEERED A CHURCH THAT HAPPENED TO BE OPEN.
THERE WERE SEVERAL YOUTH THAT WERE COMING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. THEY CAME IN THAT PARKING LOT.
THERE'S SOME CONTRACTORS. WE JUST WERE THERE.
WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE CHRISTY HERE AT CITY HALL.
DANNY WAS AT THE EOC WITH THE CHIEFS MANAGING THAT, AND THEN THE DIRECTORS WERE OUT AND ABOUT HELPING WHERE THEY COULD WITH THEIR TEAMS AND AND IT WORKED OUT REALLY, REALLY WELL WITH THE COMMUNICATION.
WE HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY OF BURNIE AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT HOME AND KIDS AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SO IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS INVOLVED IF YOU GO NEXT AS YOU GUYS KNOW, GOING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, WE HAD THE OC OPEN AND IT WAS ON STANDBY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION, WHICH WE DID.
WE WE ALSO WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE TATUM BECAUSE OF HOW THEY POSITION THEMSELVES.
AND I THINK NEW MEXICO, MAYBE THEY HAD SOME RESOURCES IN.
SO WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH TATUM GOING INTO THIS EVENT.
OF COURSE, WE HAD TO USE OUR SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAMS. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THERE WAS MOMENTS THERE WHERE WE WERE ALL HOLDING OUR BREATH.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IT WAS ABOUT THREE DAYS OF THIS RAIN EVENT AND FLOOD EVENT WHERE I FELT LIKE I WAS WHITE KNUCKLING THE STEERING WHEEL, AND I WASN'T EVEN OUT THERE ON THE SCENE LIKE THESE GUYS WERE.
AND SO AGAIN, I FEEL VERY BLESSED AND FORTUNATE THAT THINGS DIDN'T TURN CATASTROPHIC.
THEY VERY WELL COULD HAVE WITH THE, WITH THE LAKES AND THE DAMS THAT WE HAVE UPSTREAM OF US.
BUT WE'RE MONITORING THAT. WE'RE READY TO PIVOT WHERE WE COULD.
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EFFORT INTO EVEN THE DAY OF, AND UPDATING OUR DATABASE OF THE ROBO CALLS THAT GOT SENT OUT.PEOPLE GOT A TON OF TEXT MESSAGES AND A LOT OF PHONE CALLS.
WE HAD A TON OF INTERACTION ON OUR MCBURNIE NEWS PAGE, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, ALL THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THAT WE HAD THERE WAS JUST GOOD CONCENTRATED EFFORT IN THAT REGARD. AND SO THAT WAS AWESOME.
AND OF COURSE, POST THE EVENT, WE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO CLEANUP AND THEY JUMPED ON THAT SO QUICK.
AND AND THEN ALSO JUST VOLUNTEER EFFORTS TO SOME OF MY, SOME OF OUR TEAM WENT AND ACTUALLY WORKED WITH CHURCH GROUPS AND NONPROFIT GROUPS LAST WEEK UP IN COMFORT. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME STRUCTURES, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
SOME LIGHT DAMAGE HERE, BUT NOT AS BAD AS NORTH KENDALL COUNTY AND KERR COUNTY.
AGAIN, WE HAD GREAT COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OUR STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY WERE REACHING OUT TO BOTH MAYOR AND I CHECKING IN ON US.
I GUESS THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR EARLIER.
THERE WAS NO SERIOUS DAMAGE OR INJURY. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF A GREAT COMMITMENT OF HIGHLY ENGAGED WORKFORCE THAT LOVES BERNIE, LOVES THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE CALLING AND AND JUST COMMITTED TO DOING GREAT WORK.
IF YOU'LL ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE DIRECTOR SHADRACH PUT TOGETHER A REALLY NEAT VIDEO OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN THE MOMENT OF WHAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH. SO WE'LL PUSH PLAY. BUT WE HAD HEARD ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 30IN OF RAIN WITHIN OUR AREA.
WE GOT ON. THE RAIN HAD JUST STARTED. IT WAS PRETTY LIGHT.
MANY OF US WERE OUT IN THE FIELD ALREADY AND NOTICING THAT THE RAIN WASN'T STOPPING.
I CHECKED WITH OUR OFFICERS. THEY WERE ALREADY STARTING TO SHUT DOWN THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS, WHICH IS OUR NORMAL ONES, BUT THEY WERE COMING IN LEFT AND RIGHT, GRABBING BARRICADES, GOING WHERE PEOPLE NEEDED THEM.
THREE OF OUR STAFF STAYED IN ASSISTED STREETS WITH CLOSING DOWN STREETS FOR THE PUBLIC.
TAKE ALL THAT IN. THIS IS WHEN WE MADE THE PLAN TO DO THE DECLARATION, AND THEN ALSO STARTED ASKING FOR EXTERNAL ASSETS, SINCE WE WERE ALREADY PAST OUR CAPABILITIES INTERNALLY.
AND SO WE HAD ALL OFFICERS COME IN, WE HAD EXTRA DISPATCHERS COME IN.
IN FACT, AT OUR ADLER ROAD LOW WATER CROSSING PROJECT, ONE OF OUR INSPECTORS WAS ON SITE AND A CAR DROVE INTO IT, AND IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT IT STALLED OUT, AND HE RUSHED OUT TO HELP THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CAR.
SO IT WAS A MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THEM OUT SAFELY.
AT THAT POINT, LIFE BECOMES THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
SO YEAH, IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE AND IT CAME FAIRLY QUICK.
WE PROBABLY NEED TO CLOSE BLANCO ROAD IN FRONT OF MARY'S, BUT THAT MADE A TREMENDOUS HELP WITH THE DECISION MAKING IN THE EOC BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND. BUT I THINK THE KEY WAS THE MESSAGE GOING OUT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA THE TEXT ALERTS THAT WE WERE SENDING OUT PEOPLE LIKE IT'S FLOODING.
GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN. SO YEAH, IT'S VERY SURPRISING ON HOW VIOLENT THE WATER CAN BE FROM TREES, ESTABLISHED TREES BEING THROWN DOWN, UPROOTED AND THROWN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO THERE'S BEEN FLOOD DEBRIS BASICALLY EVERYWHERE FROM BURNING CITY.
I THINK ALL THAT, JUST EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER.
THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN NOT ONLY THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, BETWEEN DISPATCH, POLICE, FIRE, EMS, EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, BUT EVEN JUST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND IT ALMOST GOT TO OUR OFFICES. THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE AWARE OF IT THAT ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF THE FLOOD. SO I THINK PEOPLE WERE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DOING. AREAS THAT YOU THINK ARE SAFE CAN BECOME UNSAFE.
TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN. YOU'LL ADVANCE. PLEASE.
BUT WE HAD HEARD ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 30IN. YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
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ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY TEAM. I WANT TO SALUTE THEM.I'M PROUD OF THEM. I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE FIVE VALUES DOWN THERE, THAT DAY OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE VALUES WAS EXHIBITED COLLABORATION, NOT JUST AMONGST OUR DEPARTMENTS, BUT WITH THE, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHERS, TATUM INTEGRITY FOR THEIR JOB, FOR THE SERVICE, THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED THE WAY WE HANDLED IT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT COMMITMENT BY 320 EMPLOYEES TO OUR CORE VALUES, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM. I'VE ALREADY SHARED THAT WITH THEM.
BUT I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT A GREAT FORCE THEY HAVE HERE AT THE CITY OF BOERNE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN. LADIES. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? RESPONSE ONE QUICK COMMENT. COUNCILMAN BATEMAN AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR, I THINK THE NEXT DAY OR THE DAY AFTER.
I REMEMBER EXACTLY WITH THE DIRECTOR, CAROL AND YOURSELF, BEN.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THROUGH MASSIVE FLOODING ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IN HIS LIFE IN MY FAMILY'S LIFE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WAS SO IMPRESSED. FIRST OF ALL, WE WERE LUCKY TO BE HONEST, BUT ALSO SO IMPRESSED THAT THE CITY STAFF IS SO IT'S AMAZING BOTH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEADERSHIP STAFF AND OUR ENTIRE WORKFORCE.
I MEAN, WE ARE VERY BLESSED, AND I THINK A LOT OF CITIZENS TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
I MEAN, THE CITY THAT RUNS THIS EFFICIENTLY DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN.
IT DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN. IT HAPPENS INTENTIONALLY.
VERY GOOD. YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T HELP BUT ALSO NOTICE, ASIDE FROM THE CITY STAFF DOING AN AMAZING JOB CLEANING UP JUST THE COMMUNITY OF BERNIE, GETTING OUT IN THEIR FRONT YARD IN FRONT OF THEIR NEIGHBOR'S YARD, MAYBE A BLOCKED STREET, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WEREN'T IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES, JUST THE COMMUNITY GETTING OUT AND DOING THEIR EXTRA PART AND CLEANING UP HELPS MAKE THINGS GO A LOT FASTER TOO. SO I THINK COLLECTIVELY, EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB.
I MEAN, ONE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IS NEAR THE METHODIST FACILITY.
THAT SERVICE ROAD, I-10 SERVICE ROAD WAS BLOCKED.
IN FACT, THEY HAD TO RESCUE A LADY. I THINK, JEFF, YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THAT OR SOMEBODY HAD A.
DANNY SAID THEY HAD TO SEND OUT SOMEBODY TO GET HER OUT OF THE CAR.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ADDRESS WITH TXDOT GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE WHATEVER DRAINAGE SYSTEM WAS PUT THERE BY THE CREEK DID NOT SUFFICIENTLY WORK BECAUSE IT BLOCKED OFF THE ENTIRE I-10 SERVICE ROAD THERE.
SO VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO INTO OUR MONTHLY MY MONTHLY PROJECT REPORT.
[7.B. 2025-662 MONTHLY PROJECTS UPDATE.]
I SENT THIS OUT YESTERDAY. THERE'S QUITE A FEW PROJECTS TO HIGHLIGHT COMPLETION.BUT AS WE GET INTO IT, I GOT ONE ACTUAL CONVERSATION TO HAVE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
WE JUST WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE STORMWATER PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE JUST SAW IT HERE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THAT PROJECT. IT WAS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING WORKED ON. SO I WANT DIRECTOR CARROLL TO KIND OF TALK PUBLICLY ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS TO GET THAT PROJECT TAKEN CARE OF, BUT ALSO WITH SCHOOL STARTING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
IT DID HAVE WATER FLOWING CURB HIGH FROM THE STREET, BUT THE ACTUAL CURRY CREEK ITSELF MAY NOT.
WE DON'T BELIEVE ACTUALLY OVERTOPPED. SO IT PERFORMED VERY WELL, JUST AS IT SHOULD.
NO NAME CREEK, WE JUST HAD SOME VERY UNFORTUNATE TIMING.
AND JUST THE TIMING OF THAT JULY 15TH EVENT DIDN'T WORK OUT WELL FOR US.
SO HERE'S A PICTURE. AS MENTIONED, THERE'S A CAR THAT THAT STALLED IN THERE.
BUT DURING THE, DURING THAT RAIN EVENT, WE HAD TEMPORARY SIDEWALK WAS DAMAGED WHICH WE HAD OPEN TEMPORARY SIDEWALK FOR THIS WHOLE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, ALLOWING SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ALSO ALL SUMMER LONG.
SO THAT TEMPORARY SIDEWALK WAS DAMAGED AND IT WAS GOING TO REQUIRE A FULL REPLACEMENT.
THE TRAVEL LANE ITSELF WAS A TEMPORARY LANE. SO IT WAS BUILT TO ALLOW CARS TO DRIVE AROUND.
SO THAT WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED AND REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED. AND ACTUALLY A PORTION OF THE CULVERT ITSELF HAD WATER UNDERMINE THE CULVERT ITSELF AND IS GOING TO REQUIRE IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME CONCRETE TO GET INJECTED UP UNDERNEATH THE CULVERT ITSELF TO, TO RELIEVE AND FIX THAT.
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WE, THIS IS THE TEMPORARY SIDEWALK. YOU CAN JUST SEE IT'S OBLITERATED.OUR TEMPORARY ROAD HAS HUGE PAVEMENTS AND OTHER ISSUES WITH IT AS WELL.
JUST VERY UNFORTUNATE TIMING WITH THE PROJECT AND AGAIN, THESE, THESE TEMPORARY LOCATIONS JUST FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO GO AND GET US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE ON THE 14TH, THE DAY BEFORE THE FLOOD, IT WAS GOING TO TAKE THEM A FULL CLOSURE AND 3 TO 4 WEEKS OF JUST TO GET US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.
AND PART OF THAT REPAIRS WAS TEARING OUT THESE THINGS AND PUTTING THESE TEMPORARY THINGS BACK THAT REALLY WE WERE ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM HAVING TO TEAR THOSE OUT AGAIN TO PUT THE PERMANENT THINGS IN. SO AS WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE SCHEDULING AND THE CYCLE OF THE WHOLE PROJECT, DOES IT, DOES IT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO TEAR STUFF OUT, TO PUT IT IN, TO TEAR IT OUT RIGHT, RIGHT AWAY AND WITHIN ANOTHER 3 OR 4 WEEKS? SO WE REALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES TXDOT SO LONG ON ALL OF OUR ANY OTHER ROADWAY PROJECT.
BUT BECAUSE THE PROJECT WAS DAMAGED IN SUCH A WAY AND BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP CLOSED, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT IF WE DID KEEP IT CLOSED FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER? WOULD WE ABLE TO WHAT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO? AND WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THE PROJECT.
THE ANSWER CAME BACK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THE PROJECT.
AND INSTEAD OF THE PROJECT BEING FINISHED IN OCTOBER, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE SOME TEMPORARY SINGLE LANE CLOSURES CONTINUING ON THERE.
THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE SOME MINOR WORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO OVER THERE.
BUT THEN ON THE NO NAME SIDE WE'LL BASICALLY HAVE THE SIDEWALK, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE SIDEWALK IN PLACE THAT WILL ALLOW ALL THE SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT ARE ON THE KIND OF WESTERN EDGE THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS AND GET THROUGH THERE.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BERNIE ISD STAFF AND CITY STAFF OVER.
WE'VE HAD MEETINGS OVER AT CURRINGTON AND MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS.
JUST THIS MORNING, BERNIE PD AND THE SROS HAD A MEETING TO KIND OF PLAN OUT HOW THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND SOME TEMPORARY PD OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE TO HELP FOR THOSE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS. WE HAVE TWO MESSAGE BOARDS OUT TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT A THIRD MESSAGE BOARD OUT TOMORROW TO KIND OF HELP COMMUNICATE AND AS WELL MY BERNIE NEWS IS ALREADY POSTED AN ARTICLE TODAY, THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT CITYWIDE CLOSURES. AND WE DOUBLE CHECKED AND MADE SURE THAT ONLINE MAPPING, GOOGLE, WAZE, ALL OF THEM ARE SHOWING THIS AS A CLOSURE.
SO ANYONE THAT'S USING GPS TO GET THROUGH, IT'LL ROUTE THEM AROUND SO IT WON'T BE AN ISSUE.
AND WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE THINGS TO DO OUT THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE PICTURES THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS DEMOING OUT THAT OTHER STUFF AND GETTING THE UPSTREAM SIDE READY TO DO THAT.
THAT INJECTION THAT NEEDS TO GO UNDERNEATH THE CULVERT TO HELP STABILIZE IT.
SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT, LET ME KNOW.
I WILL COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, IT'S A TRAFFIC MESS.
ANYWAYS, FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT'S ALREADY A CHALLENGE.
SO WHILE THIS ADDS A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT, IT IS KIND OF JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO IT OVERLAPS THE SCHOOL YEAR. I THINK WITH A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH OUR PD AND THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS ON THE TRAFFIC FLOW, WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS. MAYBE EVEN THE BURNIE HIGH SCHOOL COULD LEARN A FEW LASTING LESSONS ON TRAFFIC FLOW THAT WILL STICK, BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM RIGHT THERE ON THAT EXIT. GETTING LEFT, TAKING A LEFT OUT OF THAT THAT AREA.
THERE YOU GO. STACK THEM UP. LEMONADE STAND. ENTREPRENEUR OVER HERE.
WELL, THAT'S BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S.
IS THAT NO NAME? THIS IS NO NAME. NO NAME TODAY.
I MEAN, IT'S IMPRESSIVE. YEAH. COMPARED TO WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE 16TH TODAY.
I MEAN THAT'S PRETTY THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
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AND YEAH I MEAN YOU JUST GOT TO CLOSE IT AND GET IT DONE.IT'S IT'S PAINFUL. BUT OTHERWISE THE PAIN WILL LAST.
TALKED TO SEVERAL PARENTS AT A DINNER ON FRIDAY THAT HAVE KIDS AT CARRINGTON.
AND THEY ALL SAID, JUST GET IT DONE. THEY'D RATHER JUST HAVE IT DONE THEN.
SO I THINK EVERYONE CONCURS WITH THAT MINDSET.
AND I'VE BEEN HAVING SOME DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PRINCIPAL AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S FULLY INFORMED OF EVERYTHING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AS WE LEAD UP TO MAKE SURE ALL THE EVERYTHING'S COMMUNICATED AS BEST WE CAN BEFORE SCHOOL.
THANKS, JEFF. APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE DASHBOARD.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONLY PROJECT I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE MOBILITY.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER PROJECT? DO WE REALLY THINK THE PLAN AVENUE PARKING LOT IS GOING TO BE DONE NEXT MONTH? JEFF. PLAN AVENUE PARKING LOT. DO YOU HAVE DO YOU THINK IT WILL ACTUALLY BE DONE NEXT MONTH? FOR. SORRY, THE THE CONTRACTOR HAS TOLD US THEY'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON CURBS, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM MOBILIZE TO WORK WITH THAT CONCRETE CREW AT THIS TIME. ONCE CURBS GET IN, THEN THEY CAN QUICKLY CORRECT.
YEAH. THEY FINISHED THE WALLS AND THE FENCING, WHICH TOOK THEM A WHILE TO DO THAT.
THE ELECTRIC SERVICES, THEY'RE READY, BUT REALLY THE CURBING.
OKAY, COOL. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT MOBILITY.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE DID FIELDS SIX SIX AND SEVEN, SIX SEVEN.
WE GOT THOSE DONE. NEW TURF, NEW REHAB, THE HOME PLATE AND THE MOUNTAINS.
AND NOW WE GOT FIVE AND EIGHT. SO THAT QUAD TWO, THOSE FOUR FIELDS ARE ALL BEING REFRESHED.
AND SO KUDOS TO PARKS FOR DOING THAT. DOING THAT IN HOUSE.
NEXT ON DEVELOPMENT, YOU KIND OF GOT A UDC UPDATE.
WE DID THE FIRST PHASE OR NOT THE FIRST PHASE, BUT THE INITIAL THING HERE.
NEXT GAS RATE UPDATES COMPLETE. WE DID THAT THE LAST MEETING.
IN FACT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT WE DID IT BACK IN LATE JUNE.
BUT WE ALSO JUST TALKED ABOUT IT IN TONIGHT'S CIP PRESENTATION EARLIER.
NEXT, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, THE TRANSITION TO THE AXON POLICE CAMERAS.
WE IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE VIDEO. WE HAD THIS PROJECT WE BUDGETED FOR.
AND IT JUST AWESOME THAT WE GOT IT DONE WHEN WE DID BECAUSE IT ALLOWED US IN THE EOC TO BE ABLE TO THROW UP OFFICERS DASH CAMS AND BODY CAMS UP ON THE EOC VIDEO, WHICH ALLOWED THOSE WORKING THE EOC TO HAVE GREATER VISIBILITY OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO WE COULD COMMUNICATE BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER CAMERAS AROUND THAT WEREN'T REALLY WORKING.
SO THANKS TO MIKE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR GETTING THAT DONE.
NEXT. COMMUNICATIONS WORKED WITH CUSTOMER CARE ON AN UPDATED WELCOME PACKET AS NEW RESIDENTS COME IN AND SIGN UP FOR THEIR THEIR ACCOUNTS, YOU'LL GET A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM MAYOR RICHIE AND JUST A LOT OF OTHER FACTS, FAQS, AND THINGS THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEING A RESIDENT HERE.
SO THANKS FOR THAT WORK. YOU WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARK SURVEY LAST TIME, SO THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH ME YOUR FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, POST REVIEW AFTER THAT PRESENTATION, FEEL FREE TO SEND THAT MY WAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THIS OTHER CATEGORY? I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE STILL BEING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEIR MEETINGS AND BEING WORKED ON. IF YOU'LL GO NEXT, I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.
AS FAR AS WHAT ALL I HAD TO PRESENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT? NO. WE DO WE ARE WORKING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CURRINGTON, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE MEETING WITH AS, AS CITY DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY ON ALL THINGS AS IT RELATES TO GETTING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS READY AND SCHOOL ZONES,
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THE TIMERS WORKING, GETTING IT SIDEWALKS CLEARED AND CLEANED.AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BEN. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL – No discussion or action may take place.]
COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL THIS EVENING? YEAH, JUST A COUPLE.ONE FOR THE FLOOD EVENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COMMISSIONER MOODY FROM BEXAR COUNTY.
HE REACHED OUT. YOU KNOW, I WAS GONE IN UTAH WHILE ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT HE REACHED OUT, TEXTED, SAID, ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN BEXAR COUNTY, LET ME KNOW.
LET BEN KNOW. YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WORKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
OBVIOUSLY, THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID.
I MEAN, SO MANY COMPLIMENTS WHEN I GOT BACK FROM COMMUNICATIONS, OBVIOUSLY FIRST RESPONDERS THE VIDEO OF COWELL AND LEEPER DOING THAT RESCUE WAS UNBELIEVABLE. PRETTY PRETTY AMAZING. SO THAT WAS WILD TO WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO OF.
BUT COOL THAT WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING FIRST RESPONDER CREW THAT COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO KUDOS TO YOUR STAFF CHIEF. AND THEN HAD MY MPO MEETING YESTERDAY.
AND JENNIFER MCCALL IS THE, HER BACKUP FOR THAT.
BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TRANSITION DID HAPPEN FOR THE KENDALL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE.
SO SARAH, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE ASKING FOR SOME SORT OF MONEY FROM LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH WE WOULD GET THINGS FROM, WHETHER IT WAS YOU KNOW MOBILITY PLANNING SUPPORT OR GRANT SUPPORT.
THAT ONLY GOES SO FAR. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO JUST Y'ALL KNOW. ALL RIGHT. JOE. ANOTHER THE JOURNEY CONTINUES FOR THE BURNIE LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM.
SO THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ROUND COMING IN. I THINK IT'S AUGUST 6TH, SOMETHING FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST.
SO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. BUT JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT AND TYING IT INTO OUR PARK SURVEY.
AND THE BASEBALL COMMUNITY IS PRETTY STRONG IN BERNIE.
JUST LOOKING AT THE TWO PLAYERS WERE DRAFTED FROM BERNIE HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
NOT THEY WEREN'T GRADUATES OF BERNIE HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, BUT THEY WERE GRADUATES OF BERNIE HIGH SCHOOL DRAFTED FROM THEIR COLLEGES THIS YEAR INTO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH.
AND FOR BERNIE HIGH SCHOOL SIZE, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD, FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DRAFTED INTO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FROM 2019 TO 2023.
SO FIVE PLAYERS HAVE GONE ON TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, GET A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CONTRACT.
SO PRETTY COOL. HATS OFF TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM.
KEEP KEEP IT UP AND GOOD LUCK TO THE TEAM. ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, JUST ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND APPRECIATION TO THE CITY AND THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY.
HOW YOU HANDLED THE OUR FLOOD RESPONSE. THAT WAS IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE.
THERE'S STILL SOME NEEDS UP THERE. THEY GOT HIT REALLY BAD.
AND IF YOU IF YOU CAN SPARE SOME TIME ON A, ON A WEEKEND, YOU FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND I CAN GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH SOME PEOPLE YOU, YOU CAN GO WORK ALONGSIDE WITH. ALL RIGHT. GREAT.
YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO EVERYTHING THESE GUYS SAID. I MEAN, FROM LAST THAT WEDNESDAY ON BEING OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE THE FLOODS WE CAN SAY IT 100 TIMES UP HERE. HOW PROUD WE ARE. WHAT A GREAT JOB.
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WHAT OUR DIRECTORS, WHAT EVERY GROUP DID FOR THE WORKS FOR THE CITY.
I MEAN, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU ALL DID EVERYTHING AND YOU DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB AT IT.
THE COMMUNITY THAT I'VE, THAT HAS REACHED OUT TO ME HAS BEEN SO GRATEFUL AND SO THANKFUL.
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AND JUST KUDOS TO, TO THIS ENTIRE, EVERY DEPARTMENT, THE CITY MANAGER STAFF THE WHOLE TEAM.BERNIE. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD CRUSH A CITY.
AND A COUNCIL AND A MAYOR AND WHOLE NINE YARDS.
AND YOU GUYS EXCELLED IN A TIME OF CRISIS TO, TO THE POINT WHERE OUR COMMUNITY WAS SAFE.
EVERYONE WAS SECURE, EVERYONE IS APPRECIATIVE.
SO I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING IT. I, I LOVE THIS TOWN, I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THIS, THIS STAFF, THIS ORGANIZATION IS TOP NOTCH BY FAR. KUDOS TO YOU GUYS.
AND NEXT TIME I HAVE MY ICE CREAM TRAILER OUT, COME GET AN ICE CREAM CONE ON ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? CAN I JUST ADD TO THAT? THAT'S FUNNY YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I WAS AT CHURCH LAST WEEK.
SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS SPEAKS TO ME, VERY NICE PERSON THAT ALWAYS HAS SOME CRITIQUES ABOUT THE CITY.
I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'RE HIGHLY CRITICAL, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS CRITIQUING. THEY SAID OUT OF THE BLUE, I GOTTA TELL YOU, THE RESPONSE FROM THE CITY, THIS IS IMPRESSIVE THINGS.
THINGS ARE BEING RUN RIGHT OVER THERE. I MEAN, HE JUST I'M LIKE, OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR FOR ALL WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
[9. EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE:]
SPENCER RANCHER. SPENCER'S RANCH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM 9B2026-320.SECTION 551.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY DELIBERATION AND PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY A 10166 SURVEY 174 NORTH FLORES 21.171 ACRES HEFFNER ADDITION LOT 9.110.2697 ACRES AND WINNERS EDITION, LOT 8.375 ACRES. WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:26 P.M..
[10. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.]
REGULAR OPEN SESSION CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 8:20 P.M..THANK YOU EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.