Oct 27, 2026 City Council on 2026-10-27 6:00 PM

THE TEXAS SILVER HERD LEGISLATURE AND THE PRESENTATION OF OUR BIENNIAL LEGISLATIVE REPORT AT, AT, ON THE DAIS FOR EACH OF YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EDWARD ROGERS.

ED, COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, ASSEMBLED STAFF.

MY NAME IS ED ROGERS.

MY WIFE SUSAN AND I LIVE AT 132 VIEWPOINT DRIVE EAST IN BURN.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING REPRESENTING

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UM, I'M REPRESENTING ALSO THE 10,000 CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY WHO, EXCUSE ME, OF KENDALL COUNTY WHO ARE AGE 65 AND OLDER.

THIS IS A COHORT THAT REPRESENTS AS LARGE AND A POPULATION IN THIS COUNTY AS OUR YOUTH POPULATION.

UH, THIS, THIS REPORT IS DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON 61 ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFIED AT OUR 21ST, UH, SESSION OF THE TS - OF TSHL IN MAY ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE IN AUSTIN.

WE DEBATED THESE ISSUES.

WE TURNED DOWN SOME 30 AND CAME UP WITH THESE 61 THAT HAVE NOW BEEN PRESENTED TO ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS IN, IN TEXAS AS WELL AS ALL THE STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY IS THE PLACE WHERE IMPACTS FINANCIALLY FROM NEW LEGISLATION OR NEW APPROPRIATION FIRST HITS, UM, THE CITY THROUGH ITS LOCATION OF MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, UM, REPRESENTED BY THESE RESOLUTIONS FALL UNDER CITY'S JURISDICTION AS WELL.

UH, PERSONALLY, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FIVE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS, TWO RELATED TO QUALITY NURSING HOME ISSUES, ONE RELA- RELATED TO PRODUCED WATER, UH, CONTAMINATING WATER SUPPLIES, ANOTHER RELATED TO BROADBAND, UNIVERSAL BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE STATE, AND FINALLY A ONE THAT RELATES TO MEDICAID FRAUD RECOVERIES IN TEXAS BEING DEDICATED TO RURAL HOSPITAL EXPENSES AND REIMBURSEMENTS.

IN THE REPORT, UH, ON PAGE 19, THERE'S A TWO PAGE, JUST KIND OF A TOPICAL SUMMARY OF EACH OF THE RESOLUTIONS AND, UH, THEY RANGE FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO UTILITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE FOR EVERYBODY, AND I ASK YOU TO AT LEAST REVIEW THESE.

AND IF YOU FEEL, UH, UH, AN INTEREST IN MAKING A PERSONAL COMMENT TO EITHER SENATOR CAMPBELL OR TO REPRESENTATIVE TROXCLAIR, UH, AFTER THE ELECTION IS OVER IN, UH, REFERENCE TO NEXT JANUARY'S SESSION BEGINNING, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU TODAY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO LIVE IN A CITY WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEADING THIS CITY, BOTH IN ELECTED ROLES AND IN THEIR VOLUN - AND IN THEIR EMPLOYEE ROLES WITH THE CITY OF BERNIE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, ED.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS SHELLY MCCOY.

SHELLY? UM, MY APOLOGIES.

I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE, SO I DON'T KNOW THE, THE COURSE OF ACTION, BUT I WAS HOPING TO HEAR ABOUT 5B FIRST ABOUT.

5B.

THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.

SPEAKER, YES.

AND WHEN I, WHEN I, WHEN I OPEN UP THAT PUBLIC HEARING, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND SPEAK THEN.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU.

MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBERS, CAN WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OR ANSWER QUESTIONS ON A CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN MCLUSO.

I'LL ALSO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY THAT CAME IN LATE, IF THEY WANNA COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR THREE MINUTES.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILSON, PLEASE VOTE.

AND CONSENT AGENDA PASSES FOR ZERO, EVERYONE.

NOW WE WILL MOVE ON

[5.A. 2026-435 CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-18; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOERNE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON A PORTION OF UPPER BALCONES ROAD; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR EACH VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING A REPEALER, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

TO AGENDA ITEM 5A.

PRESENTATIONS PUBLIC HEARINGS 2026 4 - OR - 435, CONSIDER FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-18.

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BERNE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON A PORTION OF UPPER BALCONES ROAD, PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR EACH VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.

PRESENTING JEFF CARROLL.

JEFF? EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TO CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT UPPER BALCONES ROAD AND THE SPEED LIMITS, AND THIS TIES BACK TO OUR STRATEGY MAP BY MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, THOSE OF YOU KNOW UPPER BALCONES IS ONE OF OUR OLDER ROADS IN TOWN.

UH, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING ON THE 1917 MAP, IT SHOWS IT AS A GRAVEL ROAD THAT DEAD ENDED A COUPLE MILES OUT OF TOWN.

SO I ALWAYS LIKE LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF OUR OLD MAPS FOR HISTORY.

UM, IT'S A VERY NARROW ROAD.

HIS PICTURE HERE AT THE BOTTOM IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

UH, IT'S TYPICALLY ABOUT 22 TO 24 FEET.

IT HAS A VERY MINIMAL

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SHOULDER.

TYPICALLY, THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT TO THE FENCE LINE OR THE TREE LINE IS ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 10 FEET, WHICH IS VERY NARROW TO MODERN ROADWAY STANDARDS.

AND THIS ROADWAY IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK A COUPLE MONTHS BACK WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR, UH, SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

AND SO IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE HAD 10 CRASHES ON THIS ROADWAY, JUST THE CITY PORTION, UM, WITH TWO OF THOSE BEING SERIOUS CRASHES.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF GENERAL BACKGROUND.

UM, SO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, WE'VE ANNEXED BITS AND PIECES OF UPPER BALCONES INTO THE CITY LIMITS.

AND BACK IN 21, WE ANNEXED A COUPLE GAPS.

SO THE RED LINES YOU SEE THERE TODAY IS THE CITY MAINTAINED ROADWAY.

UM, SO BASICALLY FROM THE I-10 FRONTAGE ROAD TO JUST PAST, UH, NOLL SPRINGS, GATE IS ALL CITY.

AND THEN WAY FURTHER OUT, THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER SMALL PIECE OF CITY.

SO THERE'S A BIG COUNTY GAP AND THEN ANOTHER CITY PIECE WAY OUT THERE.

UM, SO CURRENTLY WE MAINTAIN ABOUT 0.6 MILES.

UH, THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT FOR THE COUNTY PORTION AND THE CITY PORTION IS CURRENTLY 45.

UM, WE DID A TRAFFIC COUNT, UH, LAST MONTH, UM, AND WE PUT FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTERS OUT THERE GOING ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE FURTHEST SECTION OF CITY, ALL THE WAY INTO BY STARBUCKS.

AND BASICALLY AS YOU GET CLOSER TO TOWN, THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC SURPRISE.

UM, SO WHEN YOU GET UP TO THE STARBUCKS AND COFFIN ROAD AREA, THERE'S ABOUT 3,800 CARS PER DAY.

WHEN YOU GO BACK JUST PAST NOLL SPRINGS, IT DROPS ABOUT 2,100 CARS PER DAY.

SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW THAT TRAFFIC VOLUME INCREASES AS YOU MOVE CLOSER AND CLOSER TO INTERSTATE INTO TOWN.

UM, SO WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL CITIZEN REQUESTS ABOUT SPEED LIMITS OUT THERE.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, AS WE MENTIONED IN ADOPTING THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, REALLY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IF AREAS THAT ARE, THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER AND WHAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO TO HELP LOOK AT REDUCING CRASHES.

UM, STATE LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC ON SPEED LIMIT CHANGES.

WE CAN'T JUST GO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS.

UM, SO THERE'S SPEED STUDIES THAT NEED TO BE DONE AS WELL AS AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS.

SO AS PART OF THAT TRAFFIC COUNTING THAT I MENTIONED, UH, WE DID CHECK THE SPEEDS OUT THERE.

UM, BUT THEN THE EN- ENGINEERING ANALYSIS REALLY GOES INTO JUST THE SAFETY OF THAT ROAD.

IT'S NOT A STANDARD ROADWAY WE WOULD DESIGN TODAY.

UM, THE SHOULDERS ARE VERY NARROW.

THERE'S NOT MUCH, THERE'S NO EDGE OF PAVEMENT.

IT GOES FROM, OR SO THERE'S NO SHOULDER.

YOU BASICALLY GO FROM DRIVE LANE TO GRASS VERY QUICKLY.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY NOT A MODERN ROAD BY ANY MEANS.

UM, SO ENGINEERING-WISE, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT THEN ALSO IT DID MEET THE SPEED REQUIREMENTS THAT AS YOU GOT CLOSER INTO TOWN, THE SPEED LIMIT NATURALLY DID, UH, GO INTO THAT 85 PERCENTILE, WHICH THAT'S THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENT.

UM, SO WHEN WE DO SPEED STUDIES, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL OF IT COULD ACTUALLY BE AN INCREASE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT 85 PERCENTILE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALWAYS WARN CITIZENS WHEN THEY CALL US ABOUT SPEED STUDIES IS THE AVERAGE SPEED COULD BE HIGHER AND IT WOULD POTENTIALLY MEAN WE HAVE TO RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT.

UM, BUT WE DID THE STUDY.

IT ACTUALLY DID SHOW THAT LOWERING.

UM, SO WE PRESENTED THIS TO OUR INTERNAL TRAFFIC AND SAFETY TASK FORCE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT.

THE TASK FORCE AGREED TO GO DOWN TO 35.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON THIS EXHIBIT HERE IS BASICALLY THAT CITY PORTION, UM, JUST DROPPING THAT FROM 45 TO 35.

UM, IF COUNCIL APPROVES THAT, UM, THEN WE'LL GO, WE GOTTA ORDER SOME SIGNS.

WE GOT SOME EXTRA SIGNPOSTS WE GOTTA DO.

SO IT'LL BE A, A BIT OF TIME FOR US TO GO PUT ALL THAT IN.

AND THEN ONCE ALL THE NEW SIGNS ARE IN PLACE, WE'LL NOTIFY BERNIE PD AND THEY CAN START ENFORCEMENT.

UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME OF THE SIGNS ON THAT CORRIDOR.

WE HAVE SOME SIGNS THAT DON'T, ARE KIND OF ATYPICAL, SO WE'LL TRY TO LOOK AT CLEANING UP ALL THE SIGNS ON THAT CORRIDOR AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING MEETS TODAY'S CURRENT STANDARDS AS WE'RE PUTTING A BUNCH OF NEW SIGNS IN ALONG THERE.

THAT'S IT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON LOWERING THAT SPEED LIMIT.

I JUST WANNA SAY THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM THAT I'VE DEALT WITH FOR A WHILE ON A PERSONAL BASIS.

IF YOU PULL OUT OF MORNINGSIDE OR YOU PULL OUT OF NOLL SPRINGS, ESPECIALLY, I KNOW IT DOESN'T, THE CITY ROAD DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, BUT THE TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING DOWN UPPER BALCONES, AS YOU SAID, A NONSTANDARD ROAD AT 60 AND 70 MILES AN HOUR, THEY ONLY SLOW DOWN BECAUSE THEY SEE STARBUCKS.

I MEAN, THEY COME ZOOMING PAST AND WITH THE EXPANSION OF MORNINGSIDE, WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT MORE INDEPENDENT LIVING SENIOR CITIZENS, AND SO THEY'RE DRIVING.

AND THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, RIGHTLY SO THEY DON'T DRIVE AS FAST.

AND SO WE NEED THIS VERY BADLY.

I WISH WE COULD EXTEND A LITTLE FURTHER.

WE CAN BE ABLE TO PUT ANY KIND OF BLINKING LIGHTS ANYWHERE? IS THAT NOT...

I DON'T REMEMBER THE RULES ON THAT.

SO YEAH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK THROUGH THAT FURTHER IN, LATER IN DECEMBER, THE TXDOT, IT'S NOT A TXDOT ROADWAY, BUT TXDOT HAS SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OFF SYSTEM SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND THIS POTENTIALLY PUTTING SOME BLINKING LIGHTS WOULD SCORE WELL IN THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES WE'RE LOOKING TO APPLY LATER IN, IN DECEMBER WHEN THAT, UH, SAFETY PROGRAM IS OPEN FOR SUBMITTALS.

IS THERE ANY PLANS IN THE FUTURE? I KNOW THAT'S ONE THAT WE GRADE ALL OF OUR STREETS

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AND OUR ROADS.

IS THIS ONE IN, IN THAT FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS AT ANY TIME SOON? IT IS.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT WE GRADE.

UH, WE GRADE EVERY STREET IN TOWN.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THE SCORE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT IS ONE AND IT IS ONE IN OUR KIND OF LONG-TERM PLAN.

WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE OLD COUNTY ROADS THAT WE'VE INHERITED, UM, SCHOOL STREET, OLD SAN ANTONIO, UM, SHOOTING CLUB AND UPPER BALCONES SCENIC LOOP.

UM, SO ALL OF THOSE ROADS ARE DEFINITELY ROADWAYS THAT, UM, WOULD BE, THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OVER TIME.

IT'S JUST ALL OF THEM HAVE LOTS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS, UM, AND UTILITY RELOCATIONS, AND THEY'RE ALL VERY COMPLICATED.

BUT THAT'S WHERE TODAY, KIND OF IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, YOU'LL SEE THE DEVELOPERS AS THEY DEVELOP ARE, ARE DOING PORTIONS OF WIDENING AND IT'S, UH, KIND OF PLAYING THE LONG GAME TO GET THOSE ROADS TO GET IMPROVED.

GOTCHA.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE DO HAVE IN THE LONG-TERM CIP AND WE'VE DONE SOME SCHEMATICS ON WHAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDED OR PLANNED FOR IN THE SHORT TERM.

GOTCHA.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, MOTION FOR COUNCIL MCLUSO.

HERE, I MOVE TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-18, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BERNIE, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON A PORTION OF UPPER BALCONES ROAD, PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR EACH VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING THE REPEALER A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MICHELSON, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 4-0.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

WHAT IS A REPEALER? WHAT IS A REPEALER? A REPEALER.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

WHAT IS IT? I, I BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD REPEAL THE, THE ORDINANCE IF WE NEED TO.

OH, OKAY.

I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ONE.

BUT THE REPEALER, WHAT...

REPEALER.

OH, UH, REPEALING ANY INCONSISTENT OR, UM, CONFLICTING ORDINANCES THAT THE CITY HAS.

YOU'VE NEVER HEARD IT PHRASED THAT WAY.

REPEALER.

ON TO ADDENDUM 5B 2026-247.

MOVING

[5.B. 2026-247 HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 2026-19; AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS, CHAPTER 22, UTILITIES, BY AMENDING AND RESTATING ARTICLE VII, MUNICIPAL STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM; ADOPTING THE MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEMS ACT, CHAPTER 552, SUBCHAPTER C, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; DECLARING THE DRAINAGE OF THE CITY TO BE A PUBLIC UTILITY; ESTABLISHING A SERVICE AREA AND EXEMPTIONS; LEVYING A MONTHLY STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY CHARGE UPON BENEFITTED PROPERTY AND ADOPTING A REVISED SCHEDULE OF CHARGES AS EXHIBIT A; PROVIDING FOR BILLING, PENALTIES, AND REMEDIES FOR NONPAYMENT; PROVIDING FOR APPEALS; PROVIDING A REPEALER, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Establishing Stormwater rates)]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-19, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING A CODE OF ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS.

CHAPTER 22, UTILITIES BY AMENDING AND RESTATING ARTICLE SEVEN, MUNICIPAL STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM ADOPTING THE MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEMS ACT, CHAPTER 552, SUBCHAPTER C, TOKA, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE DECLARING THE DRAINAGE OF THE SEED TO BE A PUBLIC UTILITY.

ESTABLISH THE SERVICE AREA AND EXEMPTIONS LEVYING A MONTHLY STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY CHARGE UPON BENEFIT PROPERTY AND ADOPTING A REVISED SCHEDULE CHARGES AS EXHIBIT A, PROVIDING FOR BILLING PENALTIES AND REMEDIES FOR NONREPAYMENT.

PROVIDING FOR APPEALS, PROVIDING A REPEALER, A SEVER- SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

PRESENTING SARAH BUCKLEY.

SARAH? YES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS HOW THIS ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP.

THIS AGENDA ITEM IS A CONTINUATION OF THE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS A FEW MONTHS AGO, STARTING WITH A, UM, A PRESENTATION ON AUGUST 25TH THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE STORMWATER UTILITY WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE, THE HISTORY OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY, THE RATE STRUCTURE, THE FUTURE OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY AND FUTURE CIP PROJECTS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE STORMWATER UTILITY IN SEPTEMBER 8TH AS PART OF THE OVERALL UTILITY BUDGET AND RATE DISCUSSION.

UM, THERE ARE SOME LEGALLY MANDATED STEPS REQUIRED, SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC NOTICES THAT NEEDED TO BE POSTED IN PREPARING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, SO THAT WE ARE NOW BRINGING FORWARD, UM, POTENTIAL RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE STORMWATER UTILITY TODAY WITH THAT FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN IF WE MOVE FORWARD, A SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD OCCUR ON NOVEMBER 10TH.

MOST OF THE SLIDES IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE PULLED FROM THOSE EARLIER DISCUSSIONS, SPECIFICALLY AUGUST 25TH, JUST AS A REFRESHER OF THOSE EARLIER DISCUSSIONS.

THERE WON'T BE NEW INFORMATION BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THE STORMWATER UTILITY, ITS OVERALL PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN AND PUT INTO PLACE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS OUR MUNICIPAL STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

IT WAS CREATED IN APRIL 2019.

IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY OF 2021, AND THE INITIAL FEE IN THE STORMWATER UTILITY WAS ESTABLISHED JUST AS A MECHANISM TO BEGIN THAT UTILITY, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AT A LATER DATE, STAFF WOULD THEN PERFORM A DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S DRAINAGE NEEDS AND, UM, POTENTIAL FUTURE CIP PROJECTS.

AT THIS TIME, UH, UTILITY CUSTOMERS SEE THIS CURRENTLY AS A LINE ITEM ON THEIR CURRENT UTILITY BILL.

THERE'S ABOUT 7,000 CUSTOMERS OF WHICH ABOUT 6,300 ARE RESIDENTIAL, 700 ARE COMMERCIAL, UM, AND THE STORMWATER UTILITY GENERATES APPROXIMATELY $670,000 ANNUALLY.

THE INITIAL

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FEE STRUCTURE IS BASED ON A CONCEPT, UM, CALLED THE EQUIVALENT RESIDENT UNIT OR ERU.

AT THE TIME THAT THE, UH, INITIAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AND ANALYZED ALL THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PARCELS AND DETERMINED THAT THE TYPICAL BERNIE PARCEL IS ABOUT 4,700 SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH ONE EQUIVALENT RESIDENT UNIT OR ERU EQUALS 4,700 SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.

AND SO THEN A RATE OF $4 PER ONE EQUIVALENT RESIDENT UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED, AND THEN A TIER SYSTEM BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF IMPERVIOUS COVER WAS ADOPTED.

SO THE CURRENT RATE IS $4 PER ONE ERU, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO INCREASE THAT TO $8 PER ERU.

SO HOW DOES THAT COMPARE REGIONALLY TO OUR PARTNERS? UH, WE DID OUR BEST TO COMPARE HOW THIS LOOKS AS COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR PEERS.

AND IT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE, UM, EACH CITY DEFINES THE ERU AS A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LINE, SAN MARCOS, THEIR ERU IS ONLY ABOUT 2,500 SQUARE FEET, AND THAT MONTHLY FEE BASED ON THE ERU IS $15.76.

SO THE BEST MECHANISM THAT WE FOUND TO QUANTIFY THIS APPLES TO APPLES WAS JUST TO TAKE THAT MONTHLY FEE AND DIVIDE IT BY THE ERU TO GET A COST PER SQUARE FOOT, ESSENTIALLY, OF IMPERVIOUS.

AND, UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, THAT'S THE, THE FURTHEST COLUMN.

THE CURRENT BERNIE RATE IS ABOUT NINE ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF A PENNY PER SQUARE FOOT.

UM, INCREASING IT TO $8 PER 4,700 SQUARE FOOT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER TAKES US RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PIERS TO BE ABOUT 17 100THS PER, UM, SQUARE FOOT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.

SO WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES ALL THIS ACCOMPLISH? AS, AS WE MENTIONED, WE ESTABLISHED THE STORMWATER UTILITY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WANTED TO CONDUCT A DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.

THAT OCCURRED IN MARCH OF 2022, AND THERE WERE 16 MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WITH A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF 2022 DOLLARS OF ABOUT $60 MILLION.

UM, THAT IS, UM, A LARGER CIP THAN, OF COURSE, THIS SIZE OF A UTILITY CAN SUPPORT.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THAT WE HAVE STARTED WITH OUR STORMWATER UTILITY.

THE FIRST ONE IS ADLER ROAD CULVERTS.

UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINAL PAPERWORK AT THIS TIME AND PUNCH LIST.

THAT WAS A 5.7 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT WAS NOT, UM, FUNDED ENTIRELY BY STORMWATER UTILITY.

THAT WAS, UM, INCLUDED A COST SHARE WITH THE COUNTY OF $1.5 BILLION, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU MIGHT RECALL A FEDERAL GRANT OF ABOUT 4.5.

SOME OF THAT WENT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT, AND SOME GENERAL FUND CAPITAL WAS ABLE TO COME TOGETHER TO FUND THAT PROJECT.

WE HAVE ALSO STARTED, UM, DESIGN IS 90% COMPLETE ON THE SECOND MAJOR PROJECT, WHICH IS THE MINGER CREEK BRIDGE.

UM, CURRENT ESTIMATE OF CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT $15 MILLION.

WE HAVE SUBMITTED FOR A FEDERAL GRANT, AND WE HOPE TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED.

IT WOULD BE AN 80 / 20 MATCH, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT WE'RE AWARDED, THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD NEED TO BE FUNDED WITH DEBT THAT'S SECURED BY THE ONGOING FEES OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY.

SO THAT'S THE FUNDING PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, WITH THE, THE FEE INCREASE, IS TO FINISH OUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF MINGER CREEK BRIDGE.

WE WILL STOP FOR QUESTIONS, UM, AND THEN WE'LL PAUSE FOR THE - PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE READ THE ORDINANCE.

MAKE A MOTION, YEAH.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? TY? I MEAN, UH, JUST A COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, JOE AND I WORKED ON THIS FOR A WHILE WITH JEFF AND OTHERS.

UM, AND I MEAN, THE 16 WAS ONLY PART OF IT.

I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT AGAIN.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AGAIN.

I MEAN, THERE WAS EVEN MORE PROJECTS WORTH EVEN MORE, UM, AND I THINK WE ALL, YOU KNOW, THINK, UH, THE FLOODS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AROUND TEXAS SHOULD ALL REMIND US JUST HOW SERIOUS THESE THINGS ARE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHY WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

AND I THINK STAFF DID A GREAT JOB COMING UP WITH THE GREAT STRUCTURES TO BE AS FAIR AS WE COULD FOR THE MAJORITY OF HOMEOWNERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE SOUNDS BAD, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST SAY DOUBLE, BUT I STILL THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB BEING FAIR, AND IT GETS US INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, TO DEFINITELY HELP CREATE, GET RID OF THESE ISLANDS AS WE CALL THEM AROUND BERNIE, WHICH IS, I THINK, THE GOAL, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH ADLER CULVERTS AND THEN WITH THE MINGER SPRINGS, UH, BRIDGE.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO...

AGAIN, I KNOW WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT AND, UM, BEFORE, BUT JUST TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN.

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THANK YOU, TYE.

I, I AGREE.

I MEAN, THE THING IS THAT, THAT, UM, THAT $60 MILLION FOR THOSE PROJECTS WE IDENTIFIED IN 2022, THOSE SAME PROJECTS PROBABLY WOULD COST 80 OR $90 MILLION TODAY.

SO, UNFORTUNATELY, EVERY TIME WE IDENTIFY A NEED, WE CAN'T FUND IT RIGHT AWAY, AND SO TIME PASSES BY AND SUDDENLY THE INFLATION, LIKE, JUST LIKE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE GOES UP, IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER TO DO.

BUT, UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS THAT PEOPLE...

WE GOT A LITTLE PUSHBACK.

I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND THAT THE FLOODS THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE REALLY, I, I THINK HOPEFULLY DRIVEN HOME THAT POINT.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, WHY DO I, WHY DOES IT MATTER? MY PROPERTY DOESN'T FLOOD.

I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH MY PROPERTY.

MY NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE ISSUES." BUT EVERYTHING WE DO IN THIS KIND OF ENVIRONMENT AS WE BUILD OUT AFFECTS SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAY TO MITIGATE THAT TO THE, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HUMANLY CAN DO, DO.

SO THE FEE IS IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MCLEWS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

WE WILL OFFICIALLY, UH, GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:25 PM.

UM, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS MATTER FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AT THIS TIME, AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.

UM, SHELLY? I'M SHANE MCCOY FROM 246 EAGLES OAKS.

Y'ALL SAID THE ADDRESS, SO.

UM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, AND I APPRECIATE HEARING WHAT YOU SAID, BUT SINCE I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE PRIOR MEETINGS, I MAY NEED SOME EDUCATION AND CLARIFICATION HERE.

SO, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, THE PROPOSED, PROPOSED INQUIRIES, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, IS THAT EQUITABLE FOR EVERYONE IN, THAT'S AFFECTED? IS IT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OR IS IT BASED ON WHERE CULVERTS EXIST OR, OR STORMWATER DRAINAGE EXISTS? WE, WE CAN'T - WE CAN'T COMMENT.

AFTER - YOU CAN...

ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.

YEP, YEP.

THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, JUST TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, BUT IT WAS MORE, IT'S MORE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND GET CLARIFICATION ON A FEW THINGS THAN IT IS COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY, UM, BECAUSE I READ IN THE PAPER WHAT WAS GOING ON AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, SO I READ UP WHAT Y'ALL'S AGENDA WAS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ALL OF THE PRIOR INFORMATION.

SO, UM, DO I NEED TO WAIT TILL AT THE END OF THE MEETING OR ASK MORE QUESTIONS LATER? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK Y'ALL.

CAN SHE ASK HER QUESTIONS NOW? WE JUST CAN'T ANSWER.

AND SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR QUESTIONS NOW SO WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, AND THEN WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSES, WE CAN BRING BACK UP, OR WE CAN HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS THEM, CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE CAN DO THAT IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN CERTAIN QUESTIONS.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO US, UH, BEFORE, I MEAN, UNLESS WE TABLE IT.

BUT SO I, I WOULD ASK QUESTIONS NOW.

UM, AGAIN, AND THEN WE CAN - YOU CAN SPEAK.

WELL, AND ACCORDING TO WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE TOO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS SET UP A TIME FOR STAFF TO LITERALLY GO THROUGH EVERYTHING - OKAY.

YOU KNOW, WITH SHELLY AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT, UM, TO ANSWER ALL HER QUESTIONS AND WORK ONE-ON-ONE AND EVEN BE ABLE TO PULL UP, YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY AND LOOK AT IT ON, YOU KNOW - I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SHE GETS HEARD AND DOESN'T HERSELF.

WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU PREFER.

SO WE CAN DO EITHER ONE.

EITHER, WHICHEVER WAY, WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANNA GO.

THAT'S FINE.

OKAY OKAY.

SO WE'LL DO THAT.

WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOUR INFORMATION AND WE'LL GET SOMETHING SET UP.

PERFECT.

EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS IS USUALLY WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, SCHOOL, SCHOOL STREET, TRYING TO PUT BRIDGES OVER THOSE, I MEAN, THAT'S 20 MILLION EACH PROBABLY.

ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? NO.

WE WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT...

MY PHONE JUST DIED.

6:28.

6:28 PM.

MOVING BACK INTO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? YEAH.

I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND COMMENT.

UH, BECAUSE WHEN WE, WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE ORDINANCES AND THE, AND THE PLAN, I THINK TO THE, UH, COMMENT THAT WAS MADE, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY THE MOST SALIENT ONE, IT DOES AFFECT EVERYONE IN THE CITY.

NO ONE IS EXEMPT.

NO BUSINESS IS EXEMPT.

NO HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPT.

NO PROPERTY IS EXEMPT.

UM, AND THE CONCEPT GOES BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER IS THAT IT MAY NOT APPEAR THAT YOUR PROPERTY IS A PROBLEM, BUT WE HAVE SERIOUS DRAINAGE PROBLEMS EVEN THOUGH WE'RE OFTEN IN A DROUGHT.

WHEN IT RAINS, WE HAVE PROBLEMS. AND, UM, THE LAST TWO YEARS SHOULD BE A CASE IN POINT FOR ANYONE WHO'S, WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION.

SO I THINK IT'S A VERY EQUITABLE THING.

IS IT PERFECT? NO, NOTHING'S PERFECT.

I MEAN, I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWEAKING THAT COULD BE DONE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT'S WORKED OUT VERY WELL.

AND IF ANYTHING, THE FACT IS, IF, IF NOTHING ELSE COMES OUT OF THIS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEED VERSUS WHAT THE, THE REVENUE COLLECTED IS, IT'S, IT'S MINUSCULE.

I MEAN, THE, THE 600, $700,000 A YEAR DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO TOUCH, UH, EVERY ONE OF THESE BRIDGES.

I THINK THE BRIDGE AT, AT, AT, UH, BENGER CREEK THERE ON, ON, UM, ON HERF IS AN EXAMPLE AT OLD SAN ANTONIO.

I MEAN, THAT'S A $15 MILLION PROJECT FOR ONE BRIDGE TO GET IT UP OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN SO IT DOESN'T GO UNDERWATER WHEN THERE'S A FLOOD.

THAT'S ONE BRIDGE.

AND IT'S NOT A BIG BRIDGE, IT'S A LITTLE BRIDGE OVER A CREEK.

SO, I MEAN,

[00:30:01]

SO TO YOUR POINT, EVERYBODY PAYS.

IT'S A BEGINNING.

IT'S, THIS IS NOT A UTILITY THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS AND, UM, IT WILL GROW INTO, I THINK THE POINT THAT WAS MADE, THERE MAY HAVE TO BE SOME, SOME FINANCE FUNDING TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS THROUGH THE UTILITY JUST AS WE DO WITH OTHER UTILITIES.

AFFECTS EVERYONE, GIVES US THE ABILITY TO, UM, THAT SERVICE BY HAVING THE UTILITY.

UM, THAT'S THE GOAL OF IT.

BUT TO, I THINK TO ANSWER AT LEAST THE ONE QUESTION YOU ASKED, AND I THINK TO CHRISTY'S POINT, STAFF WILL DEFINITELY, COULD GIVE PROBABLY MORE IN-DEPTH ANSWERS THAN ANYONE ON COUNCIL CAN.

BUT YOU'RE ALSO, YOU, I KNOW YOU ARE IN MY DISTRICT.

I SEE ALL THE YMCA AND WALKING ALL THE TIME, SO I'M ALSO MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU ALL OUT AS WELL.

SO, UM, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME AS WELL OR THROW SOMETHING AT MY HOUSE WHEN YOU WALK BY.

UM, I ALSO JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE WAY IT'S TIERED UP, BECAUSE IT DOES AFFECT EVERYONE, EVERYBODY IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE, THOSE BUSINESSES OR THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CAUSING MORE OF THE IMPERVIOUS COVER WHERE THERE IS THAT MORE RUNOFF PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE ACTUAL NORMAL RESIDENT.

AND, AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A, A GOOD WAY OF DOING THAT COMPARED TO IF WE ALL SAID, "HEY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S LOT'S THE SAME SIZE, EVERYBODY PAYS THE SAME FEE," THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY FAIR IF YOU'RE ALL GRASS AND SOMEBODY'S ALL, ALL CONCRETE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I THINK THE STAFF DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TEARING THAT UP AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S, UH, FAIR AND EQ - TREATED FAIR AND EQUITABLY THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT, UH, STORMWATER, UH, FEE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO.

ADDENDUM ITEM 6A2026-261.

CAN I GET A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON? MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-19 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF BURNEY, TEXAS CHAPTER 22 UTILITIES BY AMENDING AND RESTATING ARTICLE SEVEN, MUNICIPAL STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM, ADOPTING THE MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEMS ACT, CHAPTER 552, SUBCHAPTER C, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE DECLARING THE DRAINAGE OF THE CITY TO BE A PUBLIC UTILITY, ESTABLISHING A SERVICE AREA AND EXEMPTIONS LEVYING A MONTHLY STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY CHARGE UPON BENEFITED PROPERTY AND ADOPTING A REVISED SCHEDULE OF CHARGES AS EXHIBIT A, PROVIDING FOR BILLING PENALTIES AND REMEDIES FOR NON-PAYMENT, PROVIDING FOR APPEALS, PROVIDING A REPEAL LETTER, A SE- SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE ESTABLISHING STORMWATER RATES.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES 4-0.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO

[6.A. 2026-261 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R57; A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TAX LEVY ROLL OF THE CITY OF BOERNE, TEXAS FOR THE TAX YEAR 2026. (Fiscal Year 2026-27)]

CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 R57 AND RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TAX LEVY ROLE FOR THE CITY OF BURNEY, TEXAS FOR TAX YEAR 2026.

PRESENTING SARAH BUCKLEY, SARAH.

HELLO AGAIN.

THIS IS HOW THE AGENDA ITEM ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP.

THIS IS OUR BUDGET CALENDAR AND WE MAY REMEMBER THAT ON SEP- SEPTEMBER 8TH WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET AND I PROMISED THERE WAS ONE MORE AGENDA ITEM BEFORE WE WERE DONE, UM, WHICH IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE LEVY ROLE.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? A, UM, THE BUDGET IS BASED ON WHAT'S CALLED A CERTIFIED ROLE, WHICH IS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S BEST ESTIMATE OF OUR VALUE, OUR TAXABLE VALUES, PROPERTY VALUES IN THE CITY.

THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE LEVY ROLL, WHICH IS, UH, THE FINAL ROLLS THAT GO OUT.

YOU ALL MAY HAVE STARTED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILLS.

THE LEVY ROLL IS ESSENTIALLY THE TOTAL OF ALL THOSE PROPERTY TAX BILLS THAT GO OUT.

IT'S SUPPOSEDLY THE FINAL VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY TAX ROLLS.

SO THERE IS A LAW TAX CODE SECTION 26.

09E THAT REQUIRES THE TAX ASSESSOR TO PROVIDE THE LEVY ROLL TO THE CITY AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THAT LEVY ROLL.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TONIGHT.

ADDITIONALLY, FINANCE LOOKS AT THE CERTIFIED ROLLS AND THEY LOOK AT THE LEVY ROLL TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TAX ESTIMATE, UM, BETWEEN THE ROLLS AND THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

IT WAS ABOUT $6,000 AND THAT IS AN ESTIMATE WHICH IS NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO BRING FORWARD FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, THE ONLY ACTION THAT WE'LL NEED TO TAKE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE LEVY ROLL.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER.

6B 2026-424, CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026R58, A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER, ENTER INTO AND MANAGE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH A MULTI-USE, MULTI, MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF A SHARED USE PATH ALONG A PORTION OF FREDERICK CREEK WITH AN I-10 RIGHT OF WAY, UH, A STATE MAINTAINED ROAD REPRESENTING JEFF CARROLL.

I MOVE WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026R57, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TAX LEVY ROLL FOR THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS FOR THE TAX YEAR 2026, FISCAL YEAR 2026-27.

UH, SECOND FOR COUNCIL MACALUSO, PLEASE VOTE.

RESOLUTION PASSES 4-0.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO

[6.B. 2026-424 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R58; A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) THROUGH A MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT (MUA) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF A SHARED USE PATH (SUP) ALONG A PORTION OF FREDERICK CREEK WITHIN IH-10 RIGHT-OF-WAY, A STATE-MAINTAINED ROADWAY.]

[00:35:01]

JEFF, WELCOME BACK.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

SO THIS TIES TO OUR STRATEGY MAP A COUPLE WAYS BY ADVANCING MASTER PLAN, INVESTING HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, SO BACKGROUND, BLUFF VIEW, THE MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS THERE AT I-10 AND FREDERICK CREEK, CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE HERE.

UH, THEY WANTED TO BUILD A, UH, SHARED USE PATH, WHICH IS THE CURRENT TXDOT TERM FOR A EIGHT, 10-FOOT TRAIL, BUT THAT THE STANDARD TXDOT TERM IS SHARED USE PATH.

UM, SO THEY WANTED TO BUILD THIS CONNECTOR FROM THEIR APARTMENTS, UH, TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK SYSTEM THAT, THAT DEAD ENDS ON WEST SAN ANTONIO.

UM, BASICALLY, HOWEVER, TXDOT DOESN'T LET ANY CITIZEN OR PRIVATE DEVELOPER OR ANYONE JUST SHOW UP AND BUILD STUFF IN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY.

BASICALLY, IT HAS TO BE A, UH, A CITY ENTITY OR SOME OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY.

UM, SO THE DEVELOPER THEN, WE, AT THE TIME, UH, WE KIND OF WORKED UP, THEY PROVIDED US A COST ESTIMATE THAT INCLUDED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY ACTUALLY WROTE US A CHECK, UM, FOR THIS SIDEWALK, UH, LAST YEAR.

AND, UH, SO WE HAVE $273,000, UH, IN THE BANK ALREADY THAT WE'RE USING TO DESIGN, UM, THE SIDEWALK TODAY.

UM, ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS IS WE BASICALLY HAVE TO GET TXDOT TO REVIEW THE PLANS, UH, FOR THIS, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA LOOK AT IT UNTIL WE HAVE THIS, UH, MUNIC - MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT IN PLACE, UH, WHICH IS STANDARD.

WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGREEMENTS WITH TXDOT IN THE PAST, SO THIS IS THE, THE NEXT ONE.

UH, AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US, THE CITY, TO GO BUILD THIS SHARED USE PATH IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.

UM, KEY THINGS, THIS IS A PICTURE FROM WEST SAN ANTONIO KIND OF LOOKING BACK, SO BASICALLY IT'LL BE A, A TRAIL THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THAT BRIDGE.

UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH EVERYONE, I MEAN, REALLY, THIS IS US JUST BUILDING OUR SIDEWALK IN THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, SO IT'S STILL GONNA BE THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, THERE'S STILL GONNA BE SOME LEGAL BACK AND FORTH ON MAINTAINING THAT SIDEWALK.

IT'S GONNA BE OURS TO MAINTAIN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THEN TXDOT OR EITHER OF US HAS THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO MAKE THE SIDEWALK GO AWAY, AND IT'LL BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE IT DISAPPEAR.

UM, SO IT'S STUFF STAFF, STAFF CAN DO THAT.

IT'S THE CREWS WOULDN'T BE THAT TOUGH, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, IT'S A BIG AGREEMENT WITH THEM, UH, BUT THERE'S, THESE HAPPEN, MANY OTHER CITIES KINDA HAVE THESE TRAILS THAT GO UNDERNEATH.

UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, HERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE DOWN SOUTH FROM HERE.

UM, SO REALLY TODAY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT MUA AUTHORIZED, AND THEN WE'LL BASICALLY GET THE SHARED USE PATH DESIGN FINISHED.

UM, THEN WE'LL TAKE IT TO TXDOT AND GET THEM TO APPROVE IT.

AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE IT APPROVED, WE'LL SEND IT OUT TO BID.

AND THAT'S, WE'LL COME BACK HERE TO COUNCIL AGAIN TO GET THAT CONTRACTOR APPROVED.

SO YOU'LL SEE THIS AGAIN, UM, PROBABLY EARLY 2027, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET STARTED WITH CONSTRUCTION.

UM, SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROCESS.

DO WE HAVE ANY SIMILAR IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW? THIS WILL BE THE FIRST.

MY QUESTION IS ABOUT SAFETY.

UM, SINCE WE ARE, AS I READ IT, RESPONSIBLE BASICALLY FOR EVERYTHING, TXDOT IS INDEMNIFIED AGAINST ANY PROBLEMS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, ARE WE GONNA LIGHT IT IN ANY WAY AT NIGHT OR WHAT'S THE PLAN? BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT'S A FAIRLY DESERTED SPOT RIGHT THERE.

AND, UH, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ENCOURAGING YOU, BUT I CAN SEE PROBLEMS. NO, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, SOME, SOME LIGHTS AND SOME OTHER AMENITIES IT IS.

UM, IT'S ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOODPLAIN, SO THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO IN THE BOTTOM OF A FLOODPLAIN, UM, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH AS PART OF THE DESIGN.

CAN YOU ATTACH LIGHTING TO THE ROADWAY IN ANY WAY - YES.

SO IT'S ABOVE THE FLOODPLAIN? TXDOT WILL LET YOU DO THAT.

YES, SO WE CAN PUT IT CONNECTED TO THE BRIDGE.

I'M JUST, I'M JUST RAISING A CONCERN UP BEFOREHAND SINCE WE'RE LIABLE.

AGREED.

ANY QUESTIONS COMING FROM COUNCIL? SO THIS IS JUST US GIVING TXDOT PERMISSION TO GIVE US PERMISSION TO DO WHATEVER WE WANT, BUT THEY HAVE ULTIMATE CONTROL.

ABSOLUTELY, YES.

JUST CLARIFYING THAT.

TO 6C2026-444, CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-R59, A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT HVAC CONDENSING UNIT CU2 FOR THE BURNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES THROUGH BOY BIRD CONTRACT NUMBER 720-23, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $56,092.50.

A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUNKER.

I MOVE WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026R50A, THE RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND MANAGE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TXDOT, THROUGH A MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT, MAU, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SHARED USE PATH SUP ALONG A PORTION OF FREDERICK CREEK WITHIN IH-10 RIGHT OF WAY, A STATE MAINTAINED ROADWAY.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON, PLEASE VOTE.

AND RESOLUTION PASSES 4-0.

THANK EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

MOVING ON

[6.C. 2026-444 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-R59; A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT HVAC CONDENSING UNIT (CU-2) FOR THE BOERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES THROUGH BUYBOARD CONTRACT NO. 720-23, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $56,092.50.]

[00:40:01]

PRESENTING LOZETTE.

HI, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR.

UH, WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A NEW CONDENSING UNIT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS HOW IT ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGY MAP.

AND THIS IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE SITUATION WE HAVE WITH THE BERNIE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SHORTLY BACK IN MARCH WHEN THE CONDENSING UNIT WENT DOWN AT THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER, THE ONE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WENT DOWN.

SO, UM, THE PREVIOUS CONDENSING UNIT WAS 18 YEARS OLD, SO IT WAS DEFINITELY TIME.

UM, AND AS A REMINDER, THIS BUILDING IS RAN TWENTY FOUR SEVEN.

UM, AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE THE PURCHASE THEN IN MARCH AS AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE.

AND THEN BECAUSE OF DELAYS ON THE MANUFACTURER, IT TOOK THIS LONG TO INSTALL IT.

IT FINALLY GOT INSTALLED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, UM, WHICH IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF Y'ALL, UM, TO RATIFY THE PURCHASE OF $56,000.92.50.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

I MEAN, YOU GOTTA HAVE AC FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS.

GOTTA HAVE AC.

NOT THAT THEY USED TO RUN INTO HOT BUILDINGS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I, I GUESS NOT.

MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN WILLISON.

MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-R59, A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT HVAC CONDENSING U- UNIT FOR THE BERNIE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES THROUGH BUY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 720-23 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $56,092.50.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MICKELSON, PLEASE VOTE.

[7.A. 2025-665 MONTHLY PROJECTS UPDATE.]

AGENDA ITEM 7A, SEE MANAGED REPORT.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTIE SINCE BEN IS OUT OF TOWN.

BEN CHRISTIE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SO YOU ALL WILL NOTICE, UM, WE DID, UH, SEND THE REPORT OUT TO YOU, YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON AND, UM, THAT, UH, IT DIDN'T LINK.

SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT THOUGH, ALL RIGHT? LET'S SEE HOW GOOD MY MEMORY IS.

UM, SO YOU WILL NOTICE, UH, WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EMAIL THAT, THAT YOU RECEIVED THAT, UM, SYRIA HAS UPDATED THE REPORTS, UH, WITH ALL OF OUR CURRENT, UH, DIRECTOR'S WORK PLAN ITEMS. YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF, OF ITEMS UNDER THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, UH, THAT, UM, ARE PURPLE.

AND THE PURPLE ONES ARE THE NEW PROJECTS.

UM, AND SO YOU, YOU'LL BE, WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE.

AND I KNOW THAT BEN WILL GO INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL, UM, AT THE NEXT REPORT.

AND TY IS SAVING THE DAY.

THANK YOU, TY.

SO JUST A FEW THINGS.

AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SO, YOU KNOW, SERENDIPITY ON THIS.

UM, WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING INTO NEW PROJECTS, REALLY, SO YOU ALL ARE GONNA BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE AS I, AS I GO THROUGH THEM.

UM, LET'S PUT MY GLASSES ON HERE.

SO, UH, THE PLANT AVENUE PARKING LOT.

UM, SO THAT ONE YOU'LL NOTICE IS, UM, IT ACTUALLY HAS OPENED UP, I BELIEVE.

IT'S ALL GOOD.

I CAN, I CAN HANDLE THIS.

SO, UM, IT, UM, SO THE PLANT AVENUE PARKING LOT HAS OPENED UP.

UH, THE PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETED.

UH, WE DID HAVE TO, UM, END THE CONTRACT WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAD CHOSEN, UH, DUE TO SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, ON THE CONTRACTUAL BASIS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM.

AND, UH, SO OUR, UH, STAFF, THOUGH, UM, JEFF AND HIS CREW, UH, WILL WORK TO FINISH THE PROJECT, UH, WHICH REALLY INCLUDES A LOT OF, UH, YOUR PUNCH LIST ITEMS, UM, AND THEN ALSO LANDSCAPING, UH, SIGNAGE.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REAL, THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY GONNA MAKE THAT PARKING LOT UNIQUE.

SO THOSE THINGS WILL BE COMPLETED.

IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE HAD EXPECTED.

UH, NEXT ON MOBILITY IS THE, UM, ADLER STREET CULVERT CONSTRUCTION.

AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING OUR, UH, STORMWATER FEE ITEM.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, CUL- CULVERT IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

JUST DOING A FEW CLEANUPS AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THAT PROJECT IN, UH, COMPLETED.

UH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE.

UM, AND JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY.

THIS MAIN STREET RAMP CONSTRUCTION - UH-HUH.

UH, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE.

I, I MAY, I MAY NOT REMEMBER ALL THE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. IT'S GONNA TAKE A YEAR TO DO THAT.

AND, AND I MAY HAVE, UM, DIRECTOR CARROLL COME UP HERE.

IT'S IN FRONT OF KELANI

[00:45:01]

YOGERT.

WELL, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.

FOR A LON TIME.

FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH, LIKE, OBTAINING PROPERTY AND EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY.

UM - OKAY.

I'LL LET HIM ADDRESS IT.

AND, UH, MAKE IT, UH, MORE USER-FRIENDLY FOR PEOPLE TO USE AND, AND BE ABLE TO FIND THEIR, UH, A SPECIFIC GRAVE, UH, FOR THEIR LOVED ONE, UM, PUT IT ALL ONLINE.

AS, AS, AS, UH, AS MENTIONED, WE HAD SOME RIGHT AWAY AND OTHER THING ISSUES.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAD, WE PUT IT OUT TO BID, UM, AND WE HAD OUR, ACTUALLY A CONTRACTOR THAT WE'VE DONE WORK WITH BEFORE AND HAS DONE GREAT WORK FOR US BEFORE, AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.

UM, BUT THEN THE, THE SUMMER FLOODS HIT AND THEY BASICALLY GOT BEHIND SCHEDULE AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE PROJECT STARTED.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY PUT IT OUT TO BID AGAIN.

UM, AND THE SECOND TIME WE PUT IT OUT TO BID, WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET A SINGLE PERSON BIDDING ON THE PROJECT.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WAITING.

WE DON'T WANNA START NOW.

UM, WE DON'T WANNA BID IT AGAIN.

WE WANNA WAIT THROUGH NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, BUT WE'LL BASICALLY COME JANUARY AND THE SPRING, WE'LL START IT OUT TO BID AGAIN, BUT WE JUST, WE DON'T WANNA BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, THROUGH, UH, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

JUST CURIOUS.

AND SO THESE NEXT FEW YEAR, YOU, WE DON'T HAVE REALLY HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THESE PAGES, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE THE N - THE NEW PROJECTS.

AND SO, UM, SOME ANIMAL CONTROL ITEMS, THE OLD NUMBER NINE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, CITY POOL FACILITIES AND THEN CITY LAKE FACILITIES.

SO YOU'LL, WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, UM, AS THE YEAR M - YEAR MOVES FORWARD.

UH, SAME THING WITH DEVELOPMENT.

UH, OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE, UH, UDC UPDATES AND, UH, THAT WE'LL SEE THOSE, A LOT OF THOSE THE SECOND UPDATE IN, IN 2027.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, JUST DOING A BASIC UPDATE TO OUR, UH, BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS.

SAME THING WITH FINANCIAL.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE ITEMS THAT, THAT, UM, ARE RECURRING, SUCH AS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, BUT THEN THAT'S ALSO US COMPLETING, AS YOU SAW, SEE THE, UM, STORMWATER FEES OR CASH HANDLING POLICY AND SEVERAL OTHER PROCESSES.

PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE UPDATES ON FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO.

AND THEN, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, AN EXPLORER POST, WHICH IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT, UH, BEN CAN DETAIL FOR YOU LATER ON, UM, IN ADDITIONAL REPORTS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO, UM, SPECIFICS ON THE URBAN DESIGN FEATURE SUBCOMMITTEE.

SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, ONE OF THE THREE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS YEAR.

AND THIS ONE, UH, FOCUSES ON OUR URBAN DESIGN MASTER PLAN, UH, LOOKING AT OUR DIFFERENT GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES, UH, INCORPORATING DESIGN FEATURES INTO THOSE AREAS.

AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS MET FOUR TIMES, AND, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, MONTAGNO IS PLANNING ON DOING A, AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

SO HE'LL HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFIC DETAILED INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL.

OKAY, SO THIS ONE, WE DON'T HAVE UPDATES, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF ITEMS ON THIS ONE THAT WE WILL, WE, WE WILL BE UPDATING YOU ON IN UPCOMING MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THE LAST TWO, THE EMPLOY - UH, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.

SO WE JUST COMPLETED THIS RECENTLY, AND WE HAVE SHARED THE RESULTS, UH, WITH OUR, UH, NOT ONLY OUR DIRECTOR'S TEAM, BUT ALSO, UH, CITY STAFF.

AND WE'VE ASKED THAT EACH DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH THEIR TEAM, GOES OVER THEIR RESULTS, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUSING ON, UH, THE SUPERVISOR-EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION, AND THEN JUST, LIKE, THE FEEDBACK.

WE FOUND THAT THIS IS SO VALUABLE BECAUSE EVERY TWO YEARS WHEN WE DO THIS REPORT, WE DO THIS SURVEY, UM, IT REALLY TELLS A STORY.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WANTING.

YOU WANTING TO SEE WHAT RE - WHAT STORY YOUR RESULTS ARE, ARE PROVIDING.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE A FEW OF THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN LOOK AND THAT WE, WE SEE THAT WE NEED TO...

WE'VE MADE A LOT OF, UH, INROADS ON THE DIRECTOR LEVEL, THE HIGHER LEVEL, AND NOW WE WANNA, UM, MOVE THAT DOWN AND DO SOME MORE SPECIFIC TRAINING WITH OUR SUPERVISOR LEVEL.

WE THINK THAT COULD REALLY BE VALUABLE TO DEPARTMENTS IN THE ONE-ON-ONE COMMUNICATION THEY HAVE WITH THEIR TEAMS. AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG FOCUS FOR US THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, UH, FOR PARKS, AND, UH, JUST AN UPDATE ON THOSE.

SO THE REC TECHNOLOGIES, AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE ON THE WEBSITE, SO IF YOU WANNA GO IN AND RESERVE A FIELD OR RESERVE A FACILITY, UM, YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR USE.

UM, WE WILL BE, AND WE'RE, UH, REALLY EXCITED ALSO ABOUT, UH, BEING ABLE TO USE THAT WITH A NEW VOLKS PARK AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH, UH, RENTING THE FACILITIES, OUR PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT USING THAT.

IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

AND THEN, UH, ALSO THE SIMIFY, UH, YOU ALL MIGHT REMEMBER, MAYBE IT WAS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET THAT, UM, THAT WE PURCHASED THE, UH, SOFTWARE OR, OR, OR THE SUBSCRIPTION, UH, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAP OUT OUR CEMETERY

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IT'S ELECTRONIC.

AND I KNOW THAT, UM, MY, UH, DIRECTOR ROWDY AND HIS TEAM HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH DIRECTOR JIMENEZ AND, AND HER GROUP.

AND, UH, SO THE IT PORTION, OUR BACK, KIND OF OUR BACKGROUND, UH, PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.

AND, UH, SO THEN, UH, DIRECTOR JIMENEZ AND HER GROUP WILL BEGIN ADDING THE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, TO, SO THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FOLKS WHO WANNA GO OUT, VISIT THE CEMETERY, AND MAKE IT VERY, VERY MUCH E - UH, VERY, A LOT EASIER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PA - IN THE PAST TO FIND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GRAVESTONE, THE HEADSTONE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK THAT MAY BE IT.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA NUMBER EIGHT, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL SAW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT? NO.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? NO? ALL RIGHT.

[8. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL – No discussion or action may take place.]

UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MACLUCER.

ANY COMMENTS THIS EVENING? NO.

NO? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, BE SAFE ON HALLOWEEN OUT THERE.

BE A LOT OF KIDS OUT TRICK OR TREATING, SO TAKE YOUR EASY, AS THEY SAY.

UM, AND THEN GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE SPORTS TEAMS OUT THERE.