Feb 10, 2026 City Council

[1. Call to order; Pledge of Allegiance; Establishment of Quorum]

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REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELCOME, EVERYBODY. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. A FULL HOUSE IN HERE. AND HAPPY FEBRUARY. WE'RE ALREADY IN FEBRUARY. WOW. THAT'S CRAZY. ALL RIGHT. WE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM? NO, SIR. NO, WE HAVE NOBODY

[CONSENT AGENDA]

WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA HIGH QUIROS A ORTEGA. AVILA. AMES HIGH AND MOTION CARRIES

[6. Presentation]

THIS IS A PRESENTATION. THIS IS ON RECOGNITION OF THE HORIZON CITY ATHLETICS WRESTLERS FOR QUALIFYING FOR THE TEXAS YOUTH FOLKSTYLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. YES, MA'AM. SO TONIGHT, EVERYONE, WE HAVE RECOGNITION FOR SOME YOUNG STUDENT ATHLETES, SOME HORIZON CITY ATHLETES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING A FABULOUS JOB HERE IN HORIZON. AND ALDERMAN GARCIA BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZED THESE STUDENTS FOR THE AMAZING JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING. ALDERMAN. AWESOME. GOOD. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M GLAD TO SEE WE HAVE A PACKED HOUSE TONIGHT. SO TONIGHT WE RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF YOUNG ATHLETES WHOSE HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION HAVE LED THEM TO AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT REPRESENTING HORIZON CITY ATHLETICS, A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. EACH OF THESE STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR THE TEXAS YOUTH FOLKSTYLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER COMPETING AT THE EDGE OF TEXAS NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. THEIR SUCCESS REFLECTS THE VALUES WE STRIVE TO INSTILL IN OUR YOUTH PERSEVERANCE, DISCIPLINE, AND A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE THROUGH THEIR TRAINING AND COMPETITION. THESE STUDENT ATHLETES LEARN HOW TO SET GOALS, PUSH THROUGH ADVERSITY, AND HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE. THESE LESSONS EXTEND BEYOND ATHLETICS AND INTO THE CLASSROOM, THE WORKPLACE, AND THEIR FUTURE ROLES AS LEADERS AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. TO THE STUDENTS BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT, KNOW THAT THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF. THE WORK YOU ARE PUTTING IN NOW IS BUILDING HABITS AND CHARACTER THAT WILL SERVE YOU LONG AFTER THE COMPETITION SEASON ENDS. NOW, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENT ATHLETES AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT. THANK YOU.

ALDERMAN. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND COACHES WHO SUPPORT THESE STUDENT ATHLETES. YOUR TIME, COMMITMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENT MAKE ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIKE THIS POSSIBLE. ATHLETICS. TEACH LESSONS THAT GO FAR BEYOND COMPETITION, INCLUDING DISCIPLINE, RESILIENCE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THESE EXPERIENCES HELP SHAPE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO CONFIDENT, CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. HORIZON CITY ATHLETICS IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN ORGANIZED ATHLETICS. THIS YEAR MARKS THE ORGANIZATION'S FIRST EXPANSION INTO WRESTLING, AND THROUGH THAT EFFORT, SEVERAL STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AT AT THE TEXAS YOUTH FOLKSTYLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO THE STUDENTS BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT, WE HAVE WE HAVE FIVE STUDENTS THAT ARE TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE OF THEM HERE. THE OTHER ONES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT YET. BUT IF I COULD HAVE IRA COSIO, A NINTH GRADE HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, WON FIRST PLACE IN OPEN DIVISION FIVE. SO, IRA COSIO, ARE YOU HERE? STAND UP BUDDY, STAND UP BUDDY. I WOULD

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DONNIE OGDEN, FIFTH GRADE. MISSION RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIRD PLACE, OPEN DIVISION THREE AND ANDREA CABRERA, SIXTH GRADE. HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL, FIRST PLACE, GIRLS DIVISION THREE. SO AGAIN, IF WE CAN GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. SO HANG ON, BUDDY. YEAH, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE WE WANT TO HAND OUT TO YOU. AND IF I COULD HAVE COUNSEL OVER HERE AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT HIM WITH THIS AND GET A PICTURE WITH, WITH THIS ATHLETE, BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE FAMOUS PRETTY SOON. AND I NEED A PICTURE WITH YOU, BUDDY. SO COME ON OVER HERE. SO PUT HIM ON. OH, YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME. LOOK AT THIS. YOU GOT RIGHT HERE, BUDDY. YOU BROUGHT THE BLING CENTER OF ATTENTION. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS AWESOME.

OKAY. ALL. RIGHT, THAT'S IT. THERE'S NO MORE. CHECK YOUR POCKETS. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON A FANTASTIC JOB. AND IN ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND WINNING THE COMPETITION AND REPRESENTING HORIZON CITY. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS, BUDDY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. NOW, MY FRIEND OVER HERE SO THEY CAN GET A PICTURE OF YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, BUDDY. NOW YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, HANG ON REAL QUICK. SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO LEAVE. IF YOU HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS HERE. SO. THANK YOU. LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN THE OLYMPICS. THERE

[21. Discussion and Action]

THIS IS ON AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 3007411 OPERATION STONE GARDEN GRANT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH EL PASO COUNTY. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ, HORIZON PD. I'M THE PATROL LIEUTENANT.

THIS EVENING, WE'RE ASKING YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN THE OPERATION STONE GARDEN FY 25 GRANT. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL. AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE A MORE EDUCATED DECISION. I APOLOGIZE. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, SO WHAT IS OPERATION STONE GARDEN? OPERATION STONE GARDEN IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANT THAT IS OBTAINED THROUGH THE EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE FUNDS ARE THEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE LOCAL PARTICIPATING AGENCIES. THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THEY WE HAVE A MEETING WITH ALL OF THE SURROUNDING AGENCIES, AND THE EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF LETS US KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IS ON THE TABLE. THEN EVERYBODY STARTS MAKING THE REQUESTS ON WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT AND DEPENDING ON THE REQUEST BEING REASONABLE, THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT EACH AGENCY OBTAINS. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS ALSO TO ENHANCE INTERAGENCY BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS. SUPPORTING OPERATION STONE GARDEN, REDUCE BORDER RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY TO DECREASE THE SUPPLY OF DRUGS SMUGGLED INTO THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY FROM MEXICO. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT WE PUT MORE OFFICERS ON THE GROUND AND WE CONDUCT MORE

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THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO THIS 93,000 IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO PUT MORE QUOTE UNQUOTE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. IT'S JUST TO ADDRESS OVERTIME. IS THAT CORRECT? NO NO NO THAT IS FOR THE OFFICERS. SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS EVERY MONTH BASED ON THE BUDGET. SO SO I HAVE TO STRETCH THAT MONEY OUT AND I HAVE TO GIVE ALL THE OFFICERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IT. SO EACH MONTH I PUT OUT A LIST OF 4 TO 5 SLOTS EVERY DAY. WELL, EXCEPT FOR SUNDAY. THE OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED TO SIGN UP ON THEIR DAYS OFF OR AFTER WORK, AND THAT GIVES US MORE OFFICERS AND MORE COVERAGE. AND THE THE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ASSISTING US IN FUNDING THAT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. I'M HOPING I'M THE LAST QUESTIONS, BUT IS THIS MONEY STRATEGICALLY USED, LIKE ON SPECIFIC EVENTS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LARGER CROWDS? OR IS IT JUST DURING THE WEEK? DURING THE MONTH? WHENEVER? YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A LOT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. THERE'S A LOT OF DO'S AND DON'TS. SO IT HAS TO BE SPECIFICALLY SPENT ON LOOKING FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS, FOR GUNS, MONEY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ANY STASH HOUSES. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

SIR. IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, YOU GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. MR. QUIROZ.

ORTEGA. ORTEGA, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

[22. Discussion and Action]

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AND ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION, THESE TRUCKS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED FOR THE GRANT, AFTER THEY GET TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VALUE BELOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VALUE, WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT 4 TO 5 YEARS, WE GET TO PUT THEM INTO THE FLEET, SO THEY WILL NOW BE USED BY THE PATROL OFFICERS AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE SELECT THESE THESE PICKUPS, WE SELECT THEM FOR DURABILITY AND FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO LAST US SO WE CAN PUT THEM OUT IN THE FLEET SO THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE TO PURCHASE ANY OTHER VEHICLES OUT OF YOUR BUDGET. SIR, THE AMOUNT REQUESTED FOR FY 2027 IS GOING TO BE 249,000. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE GREEDY, SO I LET THEM KEEP THE THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE ARE REQUESTING ANOTHER FORD F-150 4X4 WITH FULLY EQUIPPED AS WELL, WHICH WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PLACE IN THE FLEET. THE REST WILL BE UTILIZED FOR PERSONAL OVERTIME AND FUEL. NO MATCHING FUNDS AND IT'S FULLY REIMBURSABLE. SO THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY WILL NOT SUFFER ANY BURDENS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. SINCE THIS ONE'S A STATE GRANT, DOES IT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL OR DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS VERSUS THE STONE GARDEN GRANT? IT DOES NOT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS DIRECTLY. SO ON THE FEDERALLY FUNDED ONES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE MONEY AROUND PER SE, WHEN WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY, THEY ASK YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO USE IT FOR? YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR THAT. SO IF YOU COME UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT OVER, WHICH IS VERY RARE FOR US, YOU CAN POSSIBLY SAY, HEY, CAN I MOVE THIS? CAN I GO BUY A, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER MOBILE DATA COMPUTER FOR, FOR THE UNIT, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CHAIN. IT GOES UP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AS FAR AS FOR THE LONE STAR, ONE THAT IS STATE FUNDED, WE HAVE A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER THAT ONE. IF WE NEED TO MOVE FUNDS AROUND, WE ASK FOR AN ADJUSTMENT, THE MAYOR APPROVES IT, AND THEN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR APPROVES IT. AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. SO WE HAVE MORE, MORE LEEWAY AS FAR AS THE FUND TRANSFER, AS FAR AS ANYTHING ELSE, THE RULES, REGULATIONS AND WHAT IS EXPECTED IS THE SAME. AND TYPICALLY, HOW LONG DOES THAT APPROVAL PROCESS TAKE THE FOR THE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE STATE FUNDED. YES. NORMALLY A COUPLE OF DAYS OKAY. IT'S IT'S FAIRLY QUICK. AND WE HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE WE FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, THE THERE'S REPORTS THAT YOU NEED TO TO SEND IN. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND IN THE REPORTS ON TIME. AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS FOR THE FEDERALLY FUNDED, YOU KNOW, OUR CONTACTS OUT THERE, THEY THEY HAVE US PRETTY MUCH AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST BECAUSE THEY THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A KEEP EMAILING US AND CALLING US AND TEXTING US AND REMINDING US WHERE YOUR REPORTS, WHERE EVERYTHING GETS TURNED IN BEFORE THE DUE DATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO FUND US, AND WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY BETTER. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'M GOING TO APPROVE THOSE. A COMMENT ALSO REIMBURSES US FOR FRINGE BENEFITS, INCLUDING PAYROLL TAXES AND RETIREMENT. SO YES MY APOLOGIES OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S OUR HEAD OF OUR FINANCE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. HE JUST BEAT YOU. SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. OKAY.

THE LADY. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA. AIMS. GAUDIO. AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND A HAPPY VALENTINE'S TO EVERYBODY. AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GET OUT OF HERE SOON. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I'LL EXPECT MY CANDIES THERE ON THE DESK. MY CHOCOLATES. GIANT TEDDY BEAR TO YOU. WE'RE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER.

[7. Presentation]

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I INITIALLY I ONLY MEANT TO BE A COP FOR FIVE YEARS. THAT WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CARTELS WAS LIKE A GROWING PROBLEM THING. AND JUST LITTLE BY LITTLE, THIS PLACE REALLY BECAME MY HOME. AND AS I LOOK AROUND HERE TODAY, I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK EVERYBODY HERE BECAUSE YOU GUYS MADE ME POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. I, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. WE WE MET YEARS AND YEARS AGO, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE MAKING SURE THAT THAT COMMUNITY WAS FIRST. YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE AND PREPARING FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUTS. I. YOU WERE ON THE PHONE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING IN HORIZON CITY WAS ABLE TO JUST ADVANCE AND GET BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF HORIZON CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OF THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THE GREATER HORIZON CITY, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T JUST STOP HERE AT OUR MUNICIPAL LINES. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE GREATER COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR DOING THAT. SO APPRECIATE YOU. SO LET'S GET THIS PICTURE. 20 YEARS. 20 YEARS. YOU START WHEN YOU WERE 12 OR. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 1231 MORE.

123. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE TRIED TO PRESENT THAT THAT RECOGNITION IN DECEMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. WE TRIED TO DO IT IN JANUARY WAS NOT AVAILABLE. SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE GOT WE GOT YOU HERE. THANK YOU AGAIN OKAY. ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT DISCUSSION

[8. Discussion and Action]

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MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE ONE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, NORTH KANSAS STREET SAFETY LIGHTING. SOUTH DARRINGTON SAFETY LIGHTING AT RODMAN SHARED USE PATH WITH THE FIRST OF OUR CLOSEOUTS. WE ARE AT MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE ONE. THIS IS OUR 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. OUR ARCHITECT OF RECORD IS ARCHITECTURE GENERAL CONTRACTORS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. WE ARE 95% COMPLETE. WE TENTATIVELY ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATED MONDAY, JANUARY THE 12TH, 2026. BUT WE MAY REQUIRE SOME REVISIONS DUE TO CONSIDERATION OF PENDING CHANGE ORDER ITEMS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS LATER ON TODAY. OUR FURNITURE MOVE IN IS SCHEDULED. WE HAVE INITIATED THAT WITH OUR DISTRIBUTOR SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED. WE HAVE INITIATED THE CLOSEOUT PROJECTS FOR THIS TO INCLUDE MITIGATION OF OUR PUNCH LIST, PENDING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ITEMS. WE HAVE CHANGE ORDERS FOR IT, SYSTEM UPGRADES, RADIO TOWER RELOCATION CREDITS 911 SYSTEM UPGRADES, DEMOLITION OF A RADIO TOWER, CONCRETE PAD AND INTERNET STREAMING SERVICES BY OUR CONSULTANT GRANICUS SWEIGERT. JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES. ONE OF THE LAST THINGS TO BE INSTALLED AT MUNICIPAL FACILITIES WAS OUR LANDSCAPING. HERE YOU SEE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. THE TIMESTAMP IS FEBRUARY THE 9TH. JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THE SOD WAS INSTALLED. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S DORMANT AND YELLOW, BUT IT'S LOOKING PRETTY HEALTHY. INTERIOR CLEANUP IS COMPLETE.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THAT OUR MONITORS HAVE BEEN HUNG IN THE NEW CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE RIGHT. YOU SEE, OUR HALLWAYS HAVE BEEN CLEANED. MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF INTERIOR.

ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE FITNESS ROOM. AND WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH OUR MOVE IN VENDOR SHALL BE DISTRIBUTORS. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE CLOSEOUT PHASE, NASAL SAFETY LIGHTING PROJECT. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WAS THE INSTALLATION OF 38 NEW LED STREET LAMP POSTS EXTENDING FROM HORIZON TO EASTLAKE BOULEVARD. WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING OFF OUR ADVANCED FUNDING OBLIGATION OF $192,122.19. THIS PROJECT IS 100% COMPLETE AND YOU SEE THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE AREAS ALONG THAT SUBJECT AREA. THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IS SOUTH DARRINGTON ROAD. SAFETY LIGHTING. THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED 31 NEW LED STREET LAMP POSTS EXTENDING FROM ALBERTON TO CLARET CUP ON SOUTH DARRINGTON. AND OUR FINAL AFE OBLIGATION IS WAS PAID IN THE AMOUNT OF $204,586.72 TO TECH STOCK. RODMAN SHARED USE PATH. THIS PROJECT IS 98% COMPLETE. THE LAST ITEMS TO BE INSTALLED WERE THE LIGHT BOLLARDS. YOU SEE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE ON THE LEFT HAND AND THE PATH ON THE RIGHT. WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WALKTHROUGH SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW AT 10 A.M. THE PROJECT AS OF TWO DAYS AGO WAS IN THE FINAL STRIPING

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THAT PROJECT, AS OF TODAY IS APPROXIMATELY 54% COMPLETE. THE EIGHT WEEK CLOSURE IS IN PROGRESS, BUT WE MAY EXTEND THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS. PASS A COMPLETION DATE OF MARCH THE 9TH, 2026. AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE RAN INTO SOME ISSUES WITH THE UTILITY RELOCATION WITH REGARDS TO OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS GAS SERVICE. CONCRETE CAPS ARE ALMOST COMPLETE FOR REMOVAL. WE DID REQUIRE SOME REPAIRS TO TWO PONDS THAT WERE PART OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT. THE NORTH AND SOUTH DRAINAGE PONDS. SO WE HAD THESE UTILITY CONFLICTS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT. SUBSURFACE UTILITY PIPING IS COLOR CODED. ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE WATER LINE THAT WAS TYING INTO THE EXISTING LINE VERY CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY LINE.

SO WE TIED INTO IT AND MOVED IT ABOUT 20FT HORIZONTALLY TO PUT IT INTO OUR RIGHT OF WAY. ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'VE GOT IT NOW, BECAUSE HERE IT SHOWS THAT PIPE THAT WAS CUT, THAT WAS THE OLD WATER LINE THAT'S ABANDONED IN PLACE. SO WE REPLACED IT WITH THIS BLUE LINE AND WE'VE GOT IT IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY NOW. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CONFLICTS THAT CAUSED A DELAY WAS SUBSURFACE NATURAL GAS LINES. GAS LINES ARE COLOR CODED YELLOW. AND HERE YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE WHERE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAD TO WORK VERY CLOSELY NOT TO BUMP INTO THAT LINE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE REPAIRS TO THE BONDS. WE HAVE TWO PONDS NORTH AND SOUTH. THE NORTH POND. BOTH OF THESE PONDS WERE SERIOUSLY ERODED DURING SOME RECENT RAINSTORMS. THIS IS THE NORTH SIDE POND WHERE YOU SEE THE EROSION. AT THE END OF THIS OUTLET STRUCTURE. WE'LL HAVE TO REPAIR THAT. AND THE SOUTH POND. THIS IS THE ONE THAT EXISTS BEHIND THE WALMART ON MARKET STREET. THIS WAS ALREADY EXISTED EXISTING, BUT IT BECAME PART OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE RECEIVING WATER FROM NORTH DARRINGTON, BOTH SUBSURFACE AND UTILITY. THIS OUTLET WAS CONNECTED TO A NEW INLET ON SOUTH DARRINGTON, AND THE NEW FLOW FROM STORMWATER ERODED THAT OUTLET STRUCTURE. WE HAVE FIVE PROJECTS IN THE PLANNING PHASE. FIRST IS DAILY LAKE AND TRANSIT PLAZA. WE HAVE MULTIPLE FUNDING STREAMS FOR THIS ONE, INCLUDING A CMAC, A PROPOSED GRANT, THE COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY GRANT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE AT TEXAS A&M COLLEGE STATION. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER FUNDING STREAM STREAM FOR HUD HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAVE A GRANT MANAGER, GO FLOW CONSULTING SERVICES WORKING ON THAT WITH US. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY TO TRY TO GET INTO THEIR PROGRAM FOR EV CHARGING STATION INFRASTRUCTURE. THE OTHER PROJECT IN PLANNING PHASE IS HOWARD LOWE PEDESTRIAN MALL, FOLLOWED BY CIRCULATORS FOR SOCORRO, UTEP AND HORIZON CITY. SOCORRO PROGRAM FOR 2027. UTEP TENTATIVELY PROGRAM FOR 2028, AND HORIZON CITY TENTATIVELY PROGRAM FOR 2029. DILLY DELAY AND TRANSIT PLAZA THIS IS OUR 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. THAT PROJECT WAS CURRENTLY PUT INTO THE 60% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE. WE'VE GOT AN HUD GRANT FOR $1.7 MILLION. WE HAVE TO AUGMENT THAT SCOPE FOR SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE REQUIRE FOR PONDING AREAS, APPROXIMATELY 6/10 OF AN ACRE FOR THAT ONE.

WE ARE ALSO DESIGNING CROSS RIVER AND A NEW DRAINAGE POND FOR THAT WATERSHED. WE HOPE TO COMPLETE ALL ENVIRONMENTAL WORK SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR FOR FEDERAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS. WE DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY COST CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES FOR THE ROADWAYS, AND DELAYS COMING IN AT APPROXIMATELY $1,999,031.11. CROSS RIVER IS COMING IN AT ABOUT HALF THAT, OR A QUARTER OF THAT, $514,625.36. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SUBSURFACE UTILITIES, SUBSURFACE UTILITIES COSTS FOR THOSE THREE ROADWAYS WOULD BE

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AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM HERE. AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SOME BUILT IN COUNTERS AT STANDING HEIGHT, WITH ADA ACCEPTABLE ACCESSIBLE SECTIONS SO THAT PATRONS CAN COME IN AND HOOK UP THEIR COMPUTER AND HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE A PUBLIC RESTROOM HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VANDAL RESISTANT TYPE RESTROOM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE ALSO INCLUDED BIKE RACKS, AND WE'RE TALKING WITH EL PASO ELECTRIC ABOUT THOSE EV CHARGING STATIONS. WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE OF THIS NEW FACILITY AT APPROXIMATELY $4.2 MILLION. HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN PATH. THIS IS A 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. ESTIMATED COST IS SLIGHTLY OVER $3 MILLION. WE ANTICIPATE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS TO COVER THE CITY'S MATCH. A TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDIT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED BY THAT ARE TYPICALLY APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT IS IN LIEU OF THE CITY PROVIDING FUNDING RIGHT AWAY. HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN PATH. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT SOMETIME LATER THIS MONTH, AND THEN WE'LL DEVELOP A PLAN FOR EXECUTION. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I HAVE ONE. CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER 17? I THINK IT'S THE ONE WITH THE PONDING. YES, SIR.

EROSION. GRAY THERE. YES, SIR. YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS THE THAT WAS CAUSED BY STORMWATER.

YES, SIR. THE NORTH POND EROSION WAS CAUSED BY A SIGNIFICANT RAINSTORM EARLY OR LATE LAST OCTOBER. OKAY. AND THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS GOING TO BE TO REFILL IT WITH EARTH.

WE'VE BEEN WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY TEXDOT. WE WILL FILL IT WITH EARTH. WE ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER INSTALLATION OF ROCK RIPRAP TO CONTROL THAT ENERGY COMING OUT FROM THE WATER AND TO STABILIZE THE SOILS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND KEEP REPAIRING IT. IF THERE'S IF THAT WATER KEEPS COMING OUT THERE AND ERODING. THAT'S CORRECT. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDES. THIS CONDITION IS VERY TYPICAL OF PRETTY MUCH ANY POND THAT YOU SEE IN THE AREA. BUT THE ONES THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THE DISCHARGE FROM THE OUTLET STRUCTURES. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS STRUCTURE AND THIS STRUCTURE, THE EROSION IS PRETTY COMMON. SO THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A RIPRAP APRON FOR CONTROL OF THAT SCOUR VELOCITY FROM STORM WATER. AND JUST SO THAT WE'RE TALKING THE SAME LANGUAGE, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE CONCRETE LOOK LIKE PEGS THAT COME OUT FROM THE CONCRETE TO SLOW DOWN.

WE'LL INCLUDE THOSE ALSO. YES, SIR. FOR ENERGY DISSIPATION. YES. YEAH. OUR PURPOSE HERE IS JUST TO SLOW DOWN THE VELOCITY OF THE WATER, BECAUSE IT'S COMING IN REALLY QUICK AND JUST ERODING EVERYTHING, SCOURING EVERYTHING. SO WE DO HAVE THAT AS A, AS A CONTINGENCY TO SLOW DOWN THAT WATER FORCE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SIR. WHEN THEY REFER TO RIPRAP, RIPRAP IS NOT JUST DIRT OR SOIL BEING PUT BACK IN. IT'S A MIX. SO THERE'S A CONCRETE AGGREGATE. IT'S AN AGGREGATE THAT THEY MIX IN WITH IT. SO THAT WAY THAT'S THE RIPRAP. SO THAT WAY IT HOLDS.

IT'S IT HAS A MORE, I GUESS STABLE SETTING. SO THAT WAY IT DOESN'T ERODE SO EASILY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. YES SIR. MR. SANCHEZ WILL THIS WILL REQUIRE THE CITY TO CONTRACT ADDITIONAL GEOTECH SERVICES. YES, SIR. WE DID HAVE SOME THIRD PARTY GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATOR. THAT WAS KXXK SOILS INVESTIGATION. AND THEY PROVIDED SOME SOLUTIONS FOR US. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS NOW. WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS COST EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE AND PUT IN A SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR US. THANK YOU. WORK

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AWESOME. OKAY. YES, SIR. MR. SANCHEZ, LAST WE HAD SPOKE OR HAD GOTTEN AN UPDATE FROM THIS DOCTOR. YES, SIR. THE PROJECT WE HAVE GOING ON OVER AT. HOWARD LOW, I BELIEVE WE WERE.

WE HAD REQUESTED FOR KIOSKS FOR A BIKE STATION. AND IF YOU COULD GO INTO THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE EV STATIONS RIGHT HERE. YOU HAD MENTIONED WE'RE GETTING EV CHARGING STATIONS. IS IT FOR VEHICLES OR FOR BICYCLES? ACTUALLY FOR BOTH. OKAY. THE EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY HAS A PROGRAM TO PAY FOR THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS LEVEL TWO CHARGERS. THERE'S LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO, LEVEL THREE CHARGERS. LEVEL ONE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU PLUG INTO A WALL. LEVEL TWO IS HIGHER VOLTAGE, 240V, APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 50 AMPS.

AND THEN THE LEVEL THREE ARE THE SUPER FAST CHARGERS. SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET LEVEL TWO INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLED. AND THE IDEA IS FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND PARK THEIR VEHICLES AND KEEP THEM CHARGED FOR A FEW HOURS UNTIL THEY COME BACK AND SAY, YEAH, OKAY, EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT IS NOT THE REPAIR KIOSK. IT IS NOT 100% SET THAT WE ARE GETTING THOSE THAT WELL, THAT EV INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE. THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT THAT EL PASO ELECTRIC CAME OUT WITH. THEY SENT US THAT NOTICE THREE WEEKS AGO. YES, SIR. YEAH, THREE WEEKS AGO. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE BARELY IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE OF WHAT EXACTLY THIS PROGRAM CONSISTS OF. SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS, THIS BUILDING ITSELF, BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE 60% DESIGN FOR THE BUILDING. SO IT'S NOT 100% MORE UPDATE. EXACTLY. SO WE'RE TRYING WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY MORE DESIGN. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WE'RE STILL IN THE FACT FINDING PART OF THAT. IN ADDITION TO THE BIKE RACKS, YOU HAD MENTIONED SOME MAINTENANCE. AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE GOT SOME STATIONS THAT WILL BE TIED TO SOME METAL POSTS, AND THEY'LL INCLUDE BASIC THINGS LIKE A SCREWDRIVER, A LITTLE BIT OF HAMMER, SOME SOME TUBE REPAIR ITEMS AS WELL. AND THEY'LL BE FIXED TO THE POST.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MR. SIMON, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY GRANT? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DO REQUIREMENTS LOOK LIKE AND HOW MUCH WOULD THAT GRANT POSSIBLY BE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR. WE DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON THE GRANT YET, BUT HORIZON CITY DOES HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE IN COLLEGE STATION, AND WE'RE WORKING TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR YOU. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT THE VERY PRELIMINARY STAGE. WE DO HAVE A DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THAT FIRST APPLICATION BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, FEBRUARY THE 27TH. AND WE ARE AND WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO TO MAKE THAT DEADLINE. OKAY. LET'S SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. JUST ONE MORE THING. IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON THIS FLOOR PLAN RIGHT HERE. RESTROOM 101. YOU'D MENTIONED IT'D BE A VANDAL RESISTANT RESTROOM. YOU KNOW. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I MEAN, IS IT BUILT DIFFERENTLY? IS IT BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ENCLOSED WITHIN THE BUILDING? IT'S BUILT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT DIFFERENT THAN THESE OTHER RESTROOMS FOR STAFF. AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST, A LITTLE BIT MORE STURDY. WE HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT WILL BE WALL MOUNTED. AND THE REASON WE WALL MOUNT THOSE IS TO MAKE CLEANING A LITTLE BIT EASIER SO THAT WE CAN GET A MOP UNDERNEATH IT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MIRRORS, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A FULL GLASS MIRROR. WE'LL HAVE A POLISHED SURFACE, A REFLECTIVE SURFACE FOR THAT SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET BROKEN EASILY. WE WON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS IN THERE. WE'LL HAVE A BABY CHANGING STATION, FOLD DOWN. THE FLOORING WILL BE PROBABLY POLISHED CONCRETE INSTEAD OF TILE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CLEAN. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. OKAY, THERE ARE SOME VANDAL RESISTANT RESTROOMS, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM. I SHOWED YOU A PHOTOGRAPH. I DON'T KNOW IF I REMEMBER. IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST MONTH I SEEN A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HOLDING AREAS IN OUR NEW FACILITY. THAT'S ABOUT THE EXTREME VERSION OF A VANDAL RESISTANT. WE DON'T WANT TO GO THAT FAR, BUT WE WILL HAVE A VANDAL RESISTANT TYPE. I GUESS A CLOSE. A CLOSER EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE RESTROOMS THAT WE HAVE AT GORKY PARK. YEAH, THEY WOULD BE SIMILAR TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND AND

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COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA A QUIROS HIGH. ORTEGA HIGH. AVILA HIGH. AMES HIGH. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. STAFF HAS REQUESTED POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM NUMBER NINE UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. I'LL MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM NINE.

SECOND. EXCUSE MY SECOND KILOS. GOT IT. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROS. ORTEGA. AVILA, A AMES GAUDIO? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID RUIZ, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR AN ALCOHOL SALES PROHIBITION EXEMPTION WITHIN LESS THAN 300FT DISTANCE TO A CHILD DAYCARE. THE BUSINESS IT IS LOCATED WELL THE AXIS OF THE BUSINESS. IT IS FROM HORIZON BOULEVARD. ON THE LEFT. WE HAVE THE ZONING MAP. ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE THE AREA OUTLINING IN BLUE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WHERE THE BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE LOCATED.

SUBSECTION B, B POINT SEVEN OF SECTION 602.8. IT ALLOWS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO GRANT AN EXCEPTION TO THE PROVISION OF THE SALES OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES WITHIN 300FT OF A CHURCH SCHOOL, IN THIS CASE COMMERCIAL DAYCARE CENTER. IN A PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT IS AN EXAMPLE. IT CAN BE FROM A TO F. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE 300FT BUFFER MAP. IN THIS CASE, OUTLINE IN LIGHT BLUE WILL BE WHERE THE BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE LOCATED. TO THE. THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS WHERE THE CHILD DAYCARE IS. IN THIS CASE IT IS MEASURED PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE.

SO IT IS WITHIN THOSE 300FT. SO STAFF RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CHILD DAYCARE OWNER STATING THAT THEY HAD NO OPPOSITION TO THE ALCOHOL EXEMPTION REQUEST. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ALCOHOL SALES ADJACENT TO THE DAYCARE. BASED ON THE NO OBJECTION LETTER SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY WILLOW TREE CHILDCARE AND LEARNING CENTER. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. COULD YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, MR. RUIZ? COULD YOU CLARIFY? SO, YOU KNOW, I SAW THE LETTER. THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO THIS, WHICH IS GREAT, IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING TO VOTE ON THIS EXCEPTION. IS IT BECAUSE ALCOHOL SALES ARE LOOKING TO BE 51%? YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE WINGSTOP SELLS ALCOHOL, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THIS ESTABLISHMENT. COULD YOU KIND OF GIVE US THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS SEPARATELY. SO IT IS BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE 300FT. SO SO THIS HAPPENS WHEN IT'S A 300FT FROM A CHURCH, SCHOOL OR COMMERCIAL DAYCARE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ALSO FROM A PUBLIC HOSPITAL. SO WHENEVER THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELLING ALCOHOL 300FT WITHIN ANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS DUE TO THE SUBSECTION B-7, SECTION 602.8. OKAY. SO IT HAS TO GO THROUGH ON A ON A PER BUSINESS. IT HAS TO BE TAKEN ON A PER BUSINESS. OKAY. WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? I'M SORRY. CASE BY CASE ANY OTHER BUSINESS YOU REFERENCE IS NOT WITHIN 300FT OF THE DAYCARE, CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT. THE ONE THAT YOU JUST REFERENCED BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THAT SAME PLAZA, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S WHERE DO THEY SELL ALCOHOL? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. OKAY. I WASN'T I WASN'T SURE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A DIFFERENT RULE WITH, YOU KNOW WITH COMMERCIAL. RIGHT. IF

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RIGHT. AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE STRICTER WITH DAYCARES. THE OTHER USES TYPICALLY WOULD BE MEASURED LIKE FROM DAUGHTERBOARD OKAY. IN THIS CASE IT'S THEY ABUT EACH OTHER.

SO THAT'S WHY OKAY OKAY. DOOR TO DOOR. IT WOULD MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY THEY HAVE THAT DISTANCE. BUT SINCE IT'S PROBABLY PROPERTY LINE THEY. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO I BELIEVE THE DAYCARE IT IS IN THIS CORNER. AND THE BUSINESS IT IS PLANNED TO BE IT'S PROPOSED TO BE IN THIS IN THIS AREA. YES, SIR. YES SIR. YEAH. IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYTHING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTION? YOU HAD A QUESTION, SIR? ACTUALLY, MY QUESTION WAS KIND OF OFF OF MR. HE. HE. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. I JUST WANT EDUCATION ON THE, ON THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED ON THE PACKET. IT SAYS THE SALE OF ALCOHOL IS INCIDENTAL TO THE RESTAURANT USE. IS IT A RESTAURANT OR IS IT A LIQUOR STORE? LIQUOR STORE? IT IS A LIQUOR. SO THERE'S NO RESTAURANT INVOLVED. IT IS A LIQUOR STORE. OKAY, OKAY. WITH THE APPLICANT. LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? NO, NO. OKAY. EVERYTHING IS FINE. I THINK MOST OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION, I'M HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THIS IS MOSTLY IS NOT A CONSUMPTION. IT'S GOING TO BE ONLY RETAIL WHICH IS A PACKAGE STORE ONLY. YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. WHO'S MY SECOND AVENUE? GOT IT.

PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA I AVILA, I AIMS, I MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SIR.

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THE LOCATION IT IS NORTH OF EASTLAKE BOULEVARD AND EAST OF PASEO DEL ESTE. ON THE LEFT WE HAVE THE AREA OF WHERE THE SUBDIVISION IS PROPOSED TO BE. ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE THE ZONING MAP. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LOCATION MAP OF PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. SO ON THE LEFT WE HAVE PHASE ONE. ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE PHASE TWO. THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT IT IS GOING TO BE THE IT IS GOING TO BE PHASE ONE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE SUBDIVISION. SO OUTLINED IN YELLOW. IT WILL BE THE THE BOUNDARY OF THE SUBDIVISION.

LIGHT BLUE WOULD BE THE RIGHT OF WAYS. GREEN WOULD BE PARK AND THE DARKER BLUE WOULD BE THE PONDING AREA. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NORTH PORTION OF PHASE ONE. AGAIN OUTLINED IN YELLOW WOULD BE THE THE OUTLINE OF THE SUBDIVISION GREEN. WE HAVE PARKS, LIGHT BLUE WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE DARK BLUE WOULD BE THE PONDING AREA. NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE THE THE PART FOR PHASE TWO. AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT BLUE THE RIGHT OF WAYS AND OUTLINE THE OUTLINE IN YELLOW WOULD BE THE THE OUTLINE OF THE SUBDIVISION. THE THERE ARE MODIFICATION REQUESTS WE DO ON PHASE ONE. SO FROM THE STANDARD 52FT RESIDENTIAL SUB COLLECTOR TO A MODIFICATION OF A 54FT, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IT'LL BE MAINLY ON THE PARKWAY SIDEWALK.

WE ALSO HAVE MODIFICATION REQUEST ON THE 68FT RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR. ON THE BOTTOM WE HAVE THE MODIFICATION. SO THE DIFFERENCES IT WILL BE ON THE ON THE MEDIAN. AGAIN PARKWAYS

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SECTION 4.2 PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENTS PLANNING RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAT ON PRELIMINARY BASIS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM ESD ONE FIRE CHIEF, CHRIS MENENDEZ.

HE IS HERE TODAY. CHIEF, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL CHRIS MENENDEZ, FIRE CHIEF FOR ESD ONE HORIZON FIRE. IN REVIEWING THE INITIAL AGENDA, I DID SEE THERE WAS SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING THE CUL DE SAC A 29 FOOT WIDTH AND THEN ALSO A 24 FOOT WIDTH ON THE PLANS. NOW LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, LOOKING AT THE PLANS TODAY, THEY'RE BOTH ILLUSTRATE A 29 FOOT WIDTH. AND SO AND THAT'S OKAY. THE DISCREPANCY OR THE NOTIFICATION I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS CLEAR AND AWARE OF IS THAT WHEN WE SHORTEN THE WIDTH OF A CUL DE SAC, LET'S SAY FROM 32 TO STANDARD WIDTH OF A CUL DE SAC BETWEEN 20 AND 26, THE FIRE CODE NOW MAKES IT STANDARDIZED TO WHERE YOU MUST PUT A FIRE LANE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CURVE.

NOW, TO GET AHEAD OF THIS AND PREVENT ANY FUTURE DISCUSSION WITH WITH THE POTENTIAL HOMEBUILDERS OR HOME BUYERS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT A HOME WITH A FIRE LANE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE IS GOING TO LIMIT PARKING, SO ANYTHING LESS THAN 26FT WILL REQUIRE FIRE LANES ON BOTH SIDES. IN THIS CASE, HERE IN THE PAST, WE HAVE APPROVED WIDTHS OF 29FT WITH ONLY ONE FIRE LANE, AND THAT FIRE LANE IS NORMALLY ON THE ISLAND, WHERE USUALLY THE TREES OR THE CENTER PARKING IS GOING TO BE AT. SO 26FT AND 1IN TO 29FT WOULD ALLOW FOR ONLY, I'M SORRY, 26FT AND ONE INCH TO 32 WOULD ALLOW FOR ONLY ONE FIRE LANE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, ANYTHING GREATER THAN 32 WOULD ALLOW FOR NO FAR LANES WHATSOEVER. SO NOW, LOOKING AT THE PLANS TODAY, THE 29 FOOT IS IS MEETS THE STANDARD. THERE IS A FIRE LANE THAT IS ILLUSTRATED ON THE STANDARD ISLAND. SO WE'RE OKAY THERE. MY CONCERN WAS THAT 24 WAS A 24 FOOT, NOT ILLUSTRATING BOTH FIRE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CURVE. OKAY, SO FOR FUTURE REFERENCE IN REGARDS TO WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, SO YOU ARE AWARE OF THE WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE IS AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO FILINGS IMPOSED. THERE'S TIMES WHEN ONLY ONE IS NEEDED, AND THEN THERE'S TIME WHEN YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE ANY OF THEM. AND OF COURSE, I KNOW THE CONSTITUENTS, THE HOME BUILDERS, THE HOME BUYERS WOULD OBVIOUSLY WANT NO FIRE LANE IN THEIR PROPERTY. SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO TRY AND MAINTAIN THAT STANDARD WIDTH OF 32FT. NOW, IF THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO MINIMIZE THAT, THEN BY ALL MEANS THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. BUT THEN OTHER REQUIREMENTS COME INTO PLAY. IN THIS CASE HERE AT LEAST ONE CURVE MUST BE PAINTED IN THE LANE. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING THE CODE. ALSO WITH THAT, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE ACTUAL PLANS AS OF YET. WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS, WE'VE ASKED FOR THE PLANS TO BE PRESENTED, AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THOSE AS OF TODAY. SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE KIND OF GOING ON WHAT WE SEE ON THE AGENDAS. AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT COUNTY AGENDAS, CITY AGENDAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE SITUATIONS DON'T GET PAST US WITHOUT BEING ADDRESSED. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. DO WE HAVE? YES, SIR.

I'M SORRY. I BELIEVE THE SAME ISSUE I ADDRESSED WHEN I COMPARED THE CUL DE SACS TO THE

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DONE. APPROVED. WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE WE HAVE NO ISSUES OKAY. YES, SIR. SO I THINK THE MAIN THING COULD WE HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? I'M SORRY. MIKE FRANKEL, FIRE MARSHAL. YES.

NUMBER ONE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. SO ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES ON THIS ONE, THAT IS A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH THE CUL DE SAC HAVING THE CENTER ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE. MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE CUL DE SAC, IN WHICH CASE, WE WOULDN'T EVEN ASK FOR A FIRE LANE. BUT THE VERY WIDTH OF THE BUILDING, I MEAN THE ACCESS FOR THE FIRE UNITS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND GO TURN AROUND IN THOSE AREAS IN CASE OF A FIRE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS. NOW, TO ANSWER WHAT WAS THE QUESTION BEFORE. I'M SORRY I GOT SIDETRACKED HERE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE PERMITS. THE PERMITS. CORRECT. WE STILL HAVE YET TO. THEY HAVE FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE UNITS AND WE'RE STILL PENDING ON THE NUMBER FOUR. SO OUR CONCERN WAS THAT WE HADN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING YET AND IT WAS GETTING APPROVED.

AND WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. SO THIS IS WHY WE SHOW UP? OKAY. SO THE QUESTION WAS, YOU SAW THE 24 FOOT AND IT WAS GETTING APPROVED BY COUNCIL PRIOR TO YOU ALL GETTING THE APPROVAL ON THE 20, SEEING THE ACTUAL 29 FOOT. BUT NOW THAT WE SEE THAT WHAT THEY HAVE IT DISPLAYED NOW OKAY. WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. APPRECIATE IT. AND QUIT CONFUSING ME. IT'S EASY. I'M I'M EASILY CONFUSED. OKAY, GUYS. OKAY. SO THE I GUESS NOW THE QUESTION IS IS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM CEA, WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL I GUESS THROUGH THE THROUGH THE ESD ONE AND THE FIRE MARSHAL. SURE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO YOUR NAME, SIR, FOR THE RECORD, WITH CE GROUP. SO WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO, WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND NOT JUST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY PROJECTS.

WE TYPICALLY GET THE PLAT. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE DESIGN PLANS FOR THAT. SO WHEN WE SUBMIT TO THE ESD, THE FIRE MARSHALL'S DEPARTMENT, WE SUBMIT A COMPLETE SET OF PLANS, WHICH WILL HAVE THE PLAT, WHICH WILL HAVE THE DESIGN OF OF OF WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING, THE CUL DE SACS, THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, THE FIRE HYDRANTS. AND TYPICALLY THAT GOES THROUGH THAT PERMITTING REVIEW THAT CAPTAIN FRANCO JUST MENTIONED. WE SUBMIT THE PLANS TO THEM. AND AS WE'RE GETTING COMMENTS AND REVIEWS FROM ALL THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FROM THE TOWN OF HORIZON, CITY, TOWN ENGINEER, HR, MUD, WE ALSO GET THE REVIEW COMMENTS AS WELL FROM FROM ESD, AND WE'LL COORDINATE ALL THOSE COMMENTS. THEN WE COME IN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE FINAL SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT PLAN SAID MAKE THOSE REVISIONS ACCORDINGLY. AND IF AND IF NEEDED, WE'LL MAKE REVISIONS TO THE FINAL PLAN AS WELL. SO THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT BASIS. BUT WE DO GO THROUGH THAT THAT COORDINATION EFFORT WITH THEM.

AS WE MENTIONED, WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO ONE, TWO AND THREE TO THEIR DEPARTMENT. WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING MAYBE ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET AN ENTIRE SET THAT GETS SUBMITTED TO THE ESD ONE FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND START INITIATING THAT REVIEW PROCESS WITH THEM. OKAY, FANTASTIC. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM

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OKAY. SO THEN I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS TO EITHER THE CHIEF OR THE CAPTAIN IF THEY CAN COME UP WITH. GOOD SIR, HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. WE DO HAVE THESE TYPE OF CUL DE SACS IN THE COUNTY, IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD. YES, SIR. AND THEY DO HAVE THE FIRE LANE DESIGNATION, SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THAT ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE. AND THEN WE GIVE THEM THE, THE OPTION OF, OF HAVING TO PAINT THEM OR DESIGNATE A WIDER WIDTH. SO THEY ONLY HAVE TO DESIGNATE THEM IN THE MIDDLE. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE GONE WITH THIS CONCEPT AS WELL. BUT AS FAR AS BEING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST, RIGHT? BUT IN THE COUNTY WE DO HAVE A WITH AN ISLAND. YES. AND THEY ARE PAINTED WITH FIRE LANE.

SEE, THE THING IS, WHENEVER WE GO GET OUR WE GET THE PLANS, WE DON'T EVER HAVE A CHANCE TO GO AND REVIEW OR SEE BECAUSE IT NEVER A PER SE A FINAL TO GO AND CHECK UNLESS THERE'S AN INCIDENT OR IF WE GET A WHENEVER WE FIND OUT WHEN IT'S DONE OR IF WE PASS BY THE AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE THOSE CUL DE SACS, WE CAN VERIFY THEN. BUT THAT'S NOT A PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE AS OF YET FOR FOR RESIDENTIAL. I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE GETTING DONE, BECAUSE THE TIME TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT IS NOT WHEN WE NEED TO CORRECT CARS OUT OF THE WAY IN CASE OF A CASE OF A FIRE. AND I AGREE, SIR. AND I WAS TALKING WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, MR. SERRANO, AS WELL. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING AND IN A LATER MEETING TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES, ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE PAINTED, AND THAT WE DO HAVE VEHICLES PARKED ON THOSE FIRE LANES, UNDER WHOSE JURISDICTION DOES IT FALL INTO TO GET THOSE VEHICLES AND HAVE THEM REMOVED? IF IT'S OUR JURISDICTION, WE CAN WE CAN DO THE ENFORCEMENT, THE FIRE MARSHAL OR OR WE CAN CONTACT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS WELL. OKAY. AND NOW IF IT'S IN THE CITY, THEN I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE THE OR US. YES. HORIZON PD OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR. OH I'M SORRY CAPTAIN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT'S THE MONETARY FINE? ARE WE THE SAME FOR PARKING ON A FIRE LANE AS IT IS FOR THE COUNTY CITY OF HORIZON AND EL PASO? IS IT THE SAME? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MONETARY FINE IS FOR THAT. MOST OF THE TIME WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL PUT A NOTIFICATION ON THEM, GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. BUT AS FAR AS DOING THE FINING, WE HAVE YET TO DO ANY KIND OF FINE. SO I'M NOT I DON'T I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THAT WOULD BE OKAY. AT THIS POINT. I DO APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO THE ACTS AS PRESENTED RIGHT HERE WOULD REQUIRE BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH AND THE ISLAND, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE FIRE LANE WITHIN THE INNER PERIMETER. AND SO THESE CHECK OUT WITH THE BOTH. AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THESE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PARKINGS WITHIN THAT ISLAND FOR VEHICLES TO PARK. I THINK THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND IT WAS NOT TO HAVE A STACKING EFFECT CORRECT WITHIN THE CUL DE SAC, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE BEHIND THAT ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. I'M GOING TO WAIT TILL THEY SIT DOWN AND ASK IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SINCE THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE? WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE GOT A SECOND.

ORTEGA. OH IT WAS ALDER. ALDERMAN QUIROS AND SECOND AVILA. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROS. ORTEGA. AVILA. AIMS. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

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ARTERIAL. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS TESTING THAT WERE PROVIDED BY TERRACON INCLUDED SOILS AND CONCRETE TESTS BEYOND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, AND THE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURAL DESIGN SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY JARAMILLO, THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF A ROOF JOIST AND ROOF DECK TO SUPPORT ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW 901 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TEN. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM TEN. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. GUIDO, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA AIMS. AYE.

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MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M JESSE SANCHEZ WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS REQUESTED. WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL POWER AND DATA DROPS REQUIRED FOR THE NEW IT SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, BUILDING IT SYSTEMS HIRED A THIRD PARTY REVIEWER TO REVIEW THE FINISHED PRODUCT. THE ADDITIONAL POWER AND DATA DROPS WERE REQUESTED BY THE THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER TO ENSURE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, SCALABILITY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW IT SYSTEM. WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL POWER AND DATA DROPS, THE EXISTING POWER SYSTEM MAY NOT BE FULL, MAY NOT FULLY SUPPORT THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE IT SYSTEM REGARDING PERFORMANCE, DATA HANDLING, INTEGRATION, RELIABILITY, AND UPGRADES. CIP RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVES ITEM NUMBER 11 TO DAN TEX, GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND THE AMOUNT OF $18,260.90 AND AN ADDITIONAL 30 CALENDAR DAYS ADDED TO THE CONTRACT. COMPLETION TIME FOR THE ADDITIONAL POWER AND DATA DROPS FOR THE NEW IT SYSTEM. THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. SO DOES THIS ADDED TIME AFFECT WHEN DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE BUILDING? NO, SIR. MOVE IN, MOVE IN IS IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. SO THE INSTALLATION, IT WON'T DELAY ANY OF THAT. THE INSTALLATION WILL DELAY. DELAY THE IT SYSTEMS BECAUSE THIS ADDITIONAL COST WILL INCLUDE MORE DATA OUTLETS IN OUR OFFICE AREAS. AND SO I NOTICE THIS ITEM, AS WELL AS A FEW OF THE NEXT ITEMS ARE CHANGE ORDER ADDITIONAL CHANGE ORDERS. YES, SIR. SO DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER FOR HOW MUCH CONTINGENCY FUNDING REMAINS FOR THE PROJECT AFTER AFTER THIS CHANGE ORDER? I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH CONTINGENCY WAS PROGRAMED INTO THIS PROJECT, BUT CHANGE ORDERS 14 THROUGH 17. TOTAL $58,416.82 OF A PROJECT THAT WAS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $9.4 MILLION. OKAY. TO THE MAYOR. YES, SIR. SO $15 MILLION WAS PROGRAMED FOR THIS, BUT IT CAME UNDER BID TYPE NINE. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S AT APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES. YES, SIR. WE'RE WE'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND $9.4

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SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE. YEAH. BUT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. ANY REMAINING FUNDS WILL GO BACK INTO THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION PROGRAM, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS AT THAT TIME. OKAY, COOL. MR. SANCHEZ, I KNOW THIS. THE PLANNING OF THE PROJECT WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME HERE, BUT DO WE KNOW WHY THE POWER AND DATA NEEDS WEREN'T FULLY IDENTIFIED WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THE PROJECT TOGETHER? I ASSUME THAT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT PLANS WERE REVIEWED, BUT NOT COMPLETELY. WHEN THE PROJECT WAS APPROXIMATELY 75% COMPLETE. THAT'S WHEN THE THIRD PARTY REVIEW WAS REQUESTED, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF IT SERVICES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ADEQUATE. IT DROPS AND ELECTRICAL OUTLETS. I THINK THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT IS, IS WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A BUILDING, YOU CAN'T THINK OF EVERYTHING. AND SOMETIMES THINGS OCCUR THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY CONSIDER, AND MOST OFTEN IT'S WATER POWER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU THINK YOU'VE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE ROOM AND IDENTIFIED WHERE ALL THE OUTLETS SHOULD BE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE PUT THEIR STUFF IN AND YOU REALIZE YOU NEED MORE. I THINK THAT'S JUST PART OF DOING BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. YES, MA'AM. WHEN A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GETS APPROXIMATELY 75% COMPLETE, WE CONSIDER THAT THE RED ZONE WHERE WE GO INTO THE START GOING INTO THE CLOSEOUT PHASE AND FINAL REVIEWS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR NEEDS. SO THAT'S REALLY WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. JUST ONE MORE COMMENT. I APPRECIATE, AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AS FAR AS IT BEING IMPOSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE EVERYTHING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR A PROJECT, I UNDERSTAND THAT. YES, SIR. I'M JUST WONDERING, KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT ALDERMAN GARCIA SAID, IF AT THE NEXT UPDATE, MAYBE WE CAN GET AN ACTUAL NUMBER OF CONTINGENCY MONIES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL BEING GOOD STEWARDS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS? YES, SIR. I WILL ENSURE THAT FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY FUNDING PROGRAMED INTO IT ALREADY. RIGHT. AND JUST THE ACTUAL INFORMATION, SPECIFICALLY THE NUMBERS FOR THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY. YES, SIR. YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NOTHING. IS THERE A MOTION A MOTION TO APPROVE, A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND AND A SECOND SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROS. ORTEGA.

AVILA AIMS. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 12. DISCUSSION AND ACTION. THIS IS

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CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 15 HAS NO IMPACT ON THE CONTRACT COMPLETION TIME. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M JESSE SANCHEZ. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. THIS ITEM NUMBER 12 WAS REQUESTED BY POLICE SERVICES TO ALLOW FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING RADIO TOWER BY OTHERS. THE DEMOLITION OF THE TOWER IS IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE HAVING SOME DELAYS WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING TOWER AND THAT DELAY IS THAT DELAY TIME IS UNKNOWN AS OF RIGHT NOW, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TERMINATE OR END THE CONTRACT WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AS A SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITHOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THIS TOWER, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE TOWER WILL BE MOVED. IT COULD BE MOVED A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. BUT WE WANT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO MOVE ON BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T GIVE THEM AN ACTUAL TIME FOR WHEN WE WANT THAT TOWER DEMOLISHED. THE DEMOLITION OF THE TOWER. IS IS A CREDIT. IT WAS IT CAME TO US

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YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THE EXISTING TOWER IS ON THIS PROPERTY, CORRECT? YES, SIR. IT ACTUALLY IS RIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS BUILDING. SO WITH IF WE DO HAVE A BUYER FOR THIS PROPERTY, WOULD THAT BE AN ISSUE IF IN CASE IT WAS WE DON'T OWN THIS PROPERTY. CORRECT. NO, NO, NO IS WHAT I'M SAYING WHEN THE THE BECAUSE I SAW A FOR SALE SIGN ON THIS PROPERTY. THE PERSON OWNING THIS PROPERTY AND OF COURSE WOULD THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND HAVING FOR US TO HAVE TO REMOVE IT AT A LATER DATE, OR HAS THAT EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED? SO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH SO WHO IS THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY. AND THEY'RE NOT SELLING THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE LEASING THIS PROPERTY OUT. SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THEM WHAT THE OUR MOVE OUT IS. SO WE ARE SCHEDULED TO TO ONCE WE MOVE OVER TO THE NEW BUILDING THEN THIS THIS BUILDING WOULD BE VACANT AT THAT TIME. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING IN PLACE RIGHT NOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF THAT, OF THAT TOWER ITSELF. I THINK WE SPOKE TO CHIEF. THE LAST WE HEARD FROM. OH, I FORGOT THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS GOING TO INITIALLY DO THAT, THAT DEMO FOR US BACK THEN. WE HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO THEM TO ASK THEM FOR ANY, ANY. I'M JUST SAYING FOR IF WE LEAVE IT IN PLACE FOR NOW, THE OF COURSE THE 5000 SOUND GREAT AS A AS A PROFIT IN THIS CASE. YOU AND I ARE GOING TO COME ON THE WEEKEND AND COME TAKE IT DOWN SO WELL, AGAIN, I JUST HATE FOR YOU TO COME BACK TO THE CITY OF HORIZON AND CHARGE US DOUBLE TO REMOVE IT. YEAH, I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT. ON WHETHER. BUT FOR NOW, THE PLAN IS TO LEAVE IN PLACE. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO OFTENTIMES DETAILS LIKE THAT ARE IN THE REAL ESTATE AGREEMENT. YES YES YES YES SIR. AGAIN YOU'RE SELLING YOUR HOUSE. YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR YOUR SHED BEHIND. IT'S STUFF THAT CAN BE PICKED UP AND MOVED. AND IN THIS CASE IF THEY AGREE TO KEEP EXISTING, I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR IT WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL COST. YES, SIR.

LEAVING THAT TOWER WOULD WOULD HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. CORRECT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. IS THERE A QUESTION? YEAH, I THINK I'M UNDERSTOOD, MR. SANCHEZ, TO SAY THERE IS GOING TO BE DEMOLITION. IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TRY THIS $5,000 TO DO DEMOLITION, RIGHT? THE DEMOLITION, THE COST OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. RIGHT? YEAH. IT WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED AS A SCOPE OF THE WORK. RIGHT. IN THIS CASE, THE DEMOLITION WILL NOT BE PERFORMED BY OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR, DENTEX. YEAH. NO, THIS IS FOR THE RADIO TOWER. ANTENNA. RIGHT. SO JUST THE ANTENNA. THE EXISTING ANTENNA.

I ASSUME YOU HAVE TO CONTRACT SOMEONE AT A LATER DATE TO TO TAKE IT IF IT'S REQUIRED. SHE THINKS IT'S COMING DOWN. SO OUR NEW ANTENNA MIGHT HAVE A CLARIFICATION HERE. YES, MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING DOWN THE RADIO TOWER.

IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISPOSE OF IT. THEY WILL HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN AND WE'LL BECOME RESPONSIBLE TO TO DISPOSE OF THE RADIO TOWER. OKAY, BUT DO WE DO. BUT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR THAT. WE SPOKE TO DENTEX. OOPS. YEAH. SO THERE'S THIS CREDIT THAT THEY'RE GIVING US FOR NOT DEMOING THE RADIO TOWER, BECAUSE THE LAST EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO THEM, I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE HAD TO TAKE IT DOWN, HOWEVER WE WOULD DISPOSE OF IT, WHICH WAS WHEN I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH MY EMAILS. BUT THIS WAS JUST NOT LONG AGO. OKAY, SO THERE MAY BE A DISCONNECT HERE. THEN. ON IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION. MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO TABLE THIS RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR THIS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE FIRST I HEARD OF OF A AGREEMENT WITH DENTEX TO GO AHEAD AND AND TAKE THAT DOWN. ALSO, I HAVEN'T THE DISCUSSION I HAD WITH WAS THE CREDIT THAT WE HAD. THAT WAS

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SO WE'LL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT IF THEY STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION. SO IT SEEMS MORE LIKE JUST A CLEANING UP OF THE CONTRACT SO THAT THEY CAN FINISH UP AND THEN WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THE ANTENNA. YES, SIR, AT A LATER DATE. THAT'S CORRECT. WE'RE TIGHTENING UP OUR LOOSE ENDS. RIGHT. COULD YOU CLARIFY? SO IS THE FIVE GRAND CREDITED GOING TO BE CREDITED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR DISPOSAL OF IT? IS AM I GETTING THAT CORRECT. THAT'S FOR THE DEMOLITION. THE DISASSEMBLY OF THE EXISTING TOWER. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. AT LEAST NOT NOW. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO. SO IS THE CREDIT TO DISASSEMBLE OR TO DISPOSE OF IT DISASSEMBLY OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE TABLE THIS ITEM? I DON'T KNOW IF. WE I WOULD TABLE IT. YEAH I WOULD, I WOULD TABLE IT. GIVE ME THE THINGS AT THE VERY END. YEAH. LIKE YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S LIKE WE OWE THEM. THEY OWE US AT THE. AS YOU CLOSE OUT THE CONTRACT, IT'S GOING TO ALL KIND OF SORT OUT. AND IF IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER VENDOR THAT'S COMING IN TO PUT IN THE COMMUNICATION TOWER, BUT YOU'RE NOT READY FOR THIS ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO STILL BE USING EXISTING FOR A WHILE. YEAH. SO IT'S JUST DELAYING WHAT THE INEVITABLE. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW I DON'T I DIDN'T REVIEW ANY OF THAT. YEAH I DON'T I THINK WE NEED TO TABLE THIS SO I CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FROM FOR EVERYBODY. YES. YOU STILL HAVE TIME. YOU STILL HAVE A LEASE ON THAT. RIGHT. FOR A WHILE. YES. SO THERE'S TIME. IT'S NOT THAT URGENT TO TO KICK IT OUT. YEAH. I MEAN YOU CAN WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER. THE MAIN THING THAT WE LOOKED AT HERE IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL TIME TO THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THAT COULD COST ME. YES. SO WE COULD WAIT ON IT SO WE DON'T INCREASE ANY MORE TIME ON IT AND THEN INCUR THOSE CHARGES. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S THE PLAN. YES. IT DOESN'T AFFECT INCURRING MORE CHARGES IF WE LEAVE IT, IF WE TABLE THE ITEM RIGHT NOW AND WE ADDRESS IT NEXT MONTH ALSO BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S STILL TIME ON THE LIST. OKAY. TO TO TO TO READ OUT. OKAY. AND THEN I THINK THE TIME THE NEW THE NEW COMPANY THAT'S PUTTING THE NEW ONE. OR SOMEBODY ELSE. WELL SO WE DO HAVE THE NON PERFORATIONS ON THE, ON THE ROOFTOP. SO OUR RADIO EQUIPMENT WOULD GO UP THERE FOR THE MEANTIME THAT WE GET THE RADIO TOWER IN PLACE. SO THEY GOT THEY GOT A WORKAROUND A TEMPORARY WORKAROUND. SO THERE'S NO RUSH TO TRY TO GET THAT. YEAH THAT'S FINE. AND YOU'RE NOT CLOSING THE CONTRACT OUT WITH TEXT RIGHT. IN THE NEXT MONTH. LIKE YOU'RE NOT DONE PAYING OFF. NO. SO YOU STILL HAVE TIME. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ADD MORE TIME TO TO THAT. YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO DO THAT OKAY.

MY RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND TABLE THIS. SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND GET OUR EVERYTHING IN LINE. OKAY. SO WOULD THERE BE A I WOULD MOTION NUMBER 12 TO BE TABLED FOR NEXT MONTH. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA QUIROZ ORTEGA. AVILA. HAYNES. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13. THIS IS DISCUSSION ACTION. THIS IS ON

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WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL POWER AND DATA DROPS, THE EXISTING POWER SYSTEM MAY NOT FULLY SUPPORT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW EMERGENCY 911 SYSTEM. SCIP RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL

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THE OTHER ONE IS ASKING FOR 30 CALENDAR DAYS FOR A TOTAL OF 55. BUT IF BOTH ARE APPROVED, THEY'LL START WORKING ON THEM AT THE SAME TIME AND PROBABLY FINISHING SOMEWHERE AROUND 25 TO 30 DAYS FOR BOTH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO THEIR LIMIT WOULD BE 30 DAYS IF THEY'RE ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED? YES. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I MEAN UNLESS YOU KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANGE ORDERS ARE DONE AT THE SAME TIME, DAYS WOULD OVERLAP, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YES. THE WORK WOULD OVERLAP. SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH A LITTLE BIT FASTER. AND SO ASSUMING ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS ARE APPROVED TONIGHT, DO YOU HAVE A GUESSTIMATE FOR WHEN ALL OF THESE WOULD BE COMPLETED? RIGHT NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR A TOTAL OF 70 CALENDAR DAYS IF EVERYTHING IS APPROVED. BUT I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THEM COULD BE FINISHED IN APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 DAYS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE. THIS IS THE LAST ONE WAS 30. THIS ONE IS 25 DAYS. SO WE ARE WE ARE ALLOWING 30 DAYS TOTAL, NOT 75 DAYS TOTAL. BECAUSE YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY NEED YOU TO DO ONE CHANGE ORDER AND LISTED ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND THEN YOU SEE THE TIME. BECAUSE TECHNICALLY IF YOU DO EACH ONE OF THESE CHANGE ORDERS, THEY'RE STACKING AND ALL THAT THAT DOES I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO WANT TO GET IN AND OUT OF IT. HE WANTS TO GET OUT OF HERE TO CLOSE THE CONTRACT AND DO THE THING. BUT IF WE HAVE, WHY THEY ASK FOR THE DAYS IS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LAY DOWN JUST FOR THEM. SO NOW WE'VE GIVEN THEM.

GOVERNMENT. BUT BUT 2570 TOTAL. AND THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S ALWAYS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO MOVE IN AND OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY INCREASE THEIR PROFIT MARGIN THAT WAY. YES. THEY'LL GET OUT. AND BUT WHAT YOUR, YOUR NET EFFECT OF THAT IS WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DELAYS REALLY ANY SUBSTANTIAL ANY DELAYS WE HAVE WITH BECAUSE OF THE UTILITIES AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. SO WE'RE NOT CHARGING THEM DELAY DAMAGES AT THIS POINT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T DO DAN TAKES IS DONE WELL TO STAY ON SCHEDULE SO FAR. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, SO YOU USE THE WORD STACKED EARLIER AND WE WASTED. WE HAVE HAD THESE. WE COULD HAVE HAD THESE CHANGE ORDERS EARLIER, BUT WE'VE BEEN ASKING THEM FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR OVER AND OVER FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEY SUBMITTED THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. SO WE HAD TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND I'M SORRY. WHO'S MIKE QUIROZ? QUIROZ. AND MY SECOND, JOSE ORTEGA. GOT IT. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA.

AVILA. AINES. AYE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 14. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM. THIS

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COMPLETION TIME FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A SEVEN BY SEVEN FOOT CONCRETE PAD FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. PHASE ONE PROJECT SOLICITATION NUMBER 20 3-101. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I AM JESSE SANCHEZ, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF A SEVEN FOOT BY SEVEN FOOT CONCRETE PAD THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING RADIO TOWER. THE. THE PROPOSED RADIO TOWER IS MUCH BIGGER. IT'S ABOUT 120FT. THE EXISTING TOWER IS APPROXIMATELY 50FT OR SO. IT IS MUCH SMALLER, MUCH LESS ENVIRONMENTAL. LOADING. SO THIS PAD THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED

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THEY EMIT AND ACCEPT RADIATION SIMILAR TO WHAT WOULD COME OUT OF A HOUSE MICROWAVE. SO WE IT'S HARMFUL. WE WANT TO KEEP AWAY FROM IT. AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO PUT THEM HIGH. OKAY. SO BIGGER PAD IS NEEDED FOR THAT A BIGGER PAD. YES SIR. THE EXISTING SEVEN BY SEVEN FOOT PAD WILL NOT SUPPORT THE INCREASED LOAD FROM THIS LARGER TOWER. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND AND A SECOND CARLOS QUEIROZ. GOT IT. I GOT YOU, BUDDY. SHE KEEPS LOOKING UP.

CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ. HI, ORTEGA. HI. AVILA AIMS. HI. MOTION CARRIES.

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CHAPTER 14 ZONING EXHIBIT A ZONING ORDINANCE TO REVISE THE AND AMEND THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER TEN SIGN REGULATIONS. SECTION 1016 EXEMPTIONS AND TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR CIVIC USE. SIGNS ON CITY RIGHT OF WAY, PROPER NOTICE AND EFFECTIVE DATE, THE PENALTY BEING AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 810 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 0102 OF THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, TEXAS, CREATING A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $2,000. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A SECOND READING ON A PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER TEN SIGN REGULATIONS. SECTION 1016 EXEMPTIONS TO CIVIC USE SIGNAGE. THIS ONE I BROUGHT BACK OR I BROUGHT I DIDN'T WRITE BACK, BUT I BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL ON THE LAST CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. AS FAR AS THE THE FIRST READING. SO THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR THAT. SO IT CARRIES AN ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING. SO ALL RIGHT. SO. SO AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT IS TO CLARIFY AND CONSOLIDATE THE PROVISIONS RELATED TO CIVIC USE SIGNAGE TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN MUNICIPAL SIGN PRACTICES AND ZONING CODE, AND TO EXEMPT SPECIFIC CIVIL, CIVIC AND MUNICIPAL SIGNS FROM STANDARD SIGN REGULATIONS WHILE MAINTAINING SAFETY STANDARDS.

WE MENTIONED ALSO THAT THIS IS ALSO TO SUPPORT THE THE TRANSIT PLAZA AREA AND ANY POSSIBILITY OF LIKE A NEW CITY HALL, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE HOPEFULLY SHARING WITH OTHER ENTITIES, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. SO THEY HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. I CAN GO INTO THE SPECIFICS ON WHY THEY NEED IT. SO THE CURRENT REGULATION DOES ALLOW CERTAIN NON-ADVERTISING SIGNS, INCLUDING TRAFFIC LEGAL NOTICES, ROAD CROSSINGS, EMERGENCY AND TEMPORARY SIGNS. HOWEVER, THE ISSUE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IS THAT CURRENTLY IT DOESN'T REALLY SPECIFY CITY COUNCIL OR DESIGNEE, OR I SHOULD SAY THE APPROVAL IS REQUIRED BY CITY COUNCIL AS ACNE AND THEN ALSO CIVIC AND MUNICIPAL SIGNAGE. EXEMPTIONS ARE LIMITED IN SCOPE AND CLARITY, AND IT ALSO DOES NOT CLEARLY ADDRESS SIGNAGE ON CITY OWNED PROPERTIES OR OTHER CIVIC USES. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CORPORATION PROPERTY, OR CITY RIGHT OF WAY, SO IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THOSE. AND THIS THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DO THAT. SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AGAIN WOULD ESTABLISH CIVIC USES SIGNS AS AN EXEMPT CATEGORY. AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO EXPAND EXEMPTION TO INCLUDE SIGNAGE ON CITY OF HORIZON PROPERTY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPERTY, OTHER CIVIC USE PROPERTY AND ON CITY RIGHT OF WAY CURRENTLY ON CITY RIGHT OF WAY AS FAR AS SIGNAGE IS VERY VAGUE AS FAR AS EXEMPTIONS. THIS IS THE THE IN RED IS THE ACTUAL CURRENT REGULATION, AND THEN IN BLACK IS THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT THAT GOES INTO MORE DETAIL AND SPECIFIES THE SPECIFICS ON WHAT WOULD QUALIFY AS SUCH, AS FAR AS PUBLIC BENEFIT AND RATIONALE, IT IMPROVES EFFICIENCY FOR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS. IT ALLOWS TIMELY INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND WAYFINDING SIGNS, ELIMINATES UNNECESSARY REGULATORY BARRIERS FOR CIVIC SIGNAGE, AND SUPPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY AND

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AGAIN, WE'RE PREPARING FOR THOSE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE TOD AREA AND THEN ALSO GOVERNMENT USES THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GOVERNMENT USES HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY ON SIGNAGE, SPECIFICALLY ON RIGHT OF WAY AND WAYFINDING SIGNS. THERE'S CURRENTLY NOTHING ON WAYFINDING SIGNS IN THE CODE, AND THIS WOULD APPLY TO ALL SIGN REGULATIONS TO INCLUDE THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE TOD AREA, WHICH WOULD BE THE THE TRANSIT THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL A WHILE BACK. THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND BEING THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? BEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE THAT WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM,

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ITEM NUMBER 17. THIS IS THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION PORTION OF THIS SAME ITEM AS PREVIOUSLY READ INTO THE RECORD. YOU WANT TO GIVE THAT PRESENTATION AGAIN. SO JUST TO SAY THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC, WE DID NOTIFY IT IN THE NEWSPAPER TO TO AS FAR AS ALL AMENDMENTS, WE DO NOTIFY THEM AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU SIR.

SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. APPRECIATE YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MR. RUBIO, THE NEWSPAPER THAT WOULD BE THE COURIER OR WHICH PAPER ARE WE? EL PASO TIMES OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY ORTEGA MR. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROS. ORTEGA. AVILA. AIMS. HI. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ON TO

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THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? NO. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE DO HAVE A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA HIGH. HIGH, HIGH. I'M SORRY. THEY PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT ORDER. ORTEGA HIGH. AVILA HIGH. AIMS HIGH. GUARDIA HIGH. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, ON TO ITEM NUMBER. ITEM 20. YES. ITEM NUMBER 20. THIS

[20. Discussion and Action]

WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO SING TO YOU HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT. SO. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 20,

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THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE ISSUED TO ALL SWORN PERSONNEL, AND MONTHLY INSPECTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROCEDURES WILL BE IN PLACE, WHICH IS ALSO REQUIRED BY THE GRANTS. SO WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE GRANT, SUBMISSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE FUNDS. IF WE ARE AWARDED THOSE FUNDS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

LIGHT. LEVEL THREE OR LEVEL FOUR. THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEVEL THREE. SIR. YES, SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. YOU MIGHT HAVE WENT OVER THIS. I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT ARE THERE ANY REPORTING OR COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME BEYOND NORMAL OPERATIONS FOR THIS GRANT IF WE RECEIVE IT? NO, SIR.

OKAY. THE ONLY REPORTING WILL BE THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY FITTED TO EACH OFFICER AND THAT WE MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY OF THOSE VESTS, THAT THEY'RE BEING USED ACCORDINGLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHICH WE ALREADY DO IN OUR MONTHLY INSPECTIONS OF OUR EQUIPMENT BY THE SUPERVISORS.

EXCELLENT. YES, SIR. SO YOU JUST BROUGHT UP RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S PROPERLY FITTED. SO I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE MORE LIKE CUSTOM FITTED FOR EACH OFFICER. THEY'RE NOT CUSTOM FITTED.

THEY'RE ALL TEN BY 12 PLATES. WHAT'S ADJUSTABLE. THE GRANT REQUIRES TO BE ADJUSTABLE TO THE BODY TYPE OF THE OFFICER. SO THEY'RE NOT CUSTOM SIZE FIT, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ADJUSTABLE THROUGH THE ACTUAL VEST. THE ACTUAL CARRIER WHICH WILL THAT WILL MEET THE GRANT REQUIREMENT. OKAY. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. I BELIEVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, ONCE YOU REQUEST TO HAVE BODY ARMOR, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT AT ALL TIMES. IS THIS OUTFITTING EVERYONE OR IS IT JUST PER REQUEST? WHOEVER'S REQUESTING IT? NO. SO WE ARE SUBMITTING TO EQUIP ALL OF OUR PEACE OFFICERS, AND AGAIN, THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO BE WEARING IT WHILE ON DUTY, CORRECT? YES. I'M NOT REALLY SURE ON THAT, SIR. TO BE HONEST. I'M NOT SURE I DIDN'T SEE THAT REQUIREMENT THERE, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL TO HAVE IT FROM THE CHIEF TO TO ALL THE PATROL OFFICERS. AND THAT IS BECAUSE AT ANY TIME, ANYTHING AN INCIDENT CAN HAPPEN AND WE'RE ALL READY TO DEPLOY. SO WE WANT TO HAVE THEM READILY AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY. AND FOR THAT SAME REASON, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR. AND AGAIN, IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING IT, THOUGH YOU REQUESTED IT, IT WOULD KIND OF DEFEAT THE PROBLEM. YES, SIR. THE THE PURPOSE OF ACTUALLY PURCHASING IT FOR SOMEONE WHO DID NOT

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YES, SIR. I DO APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC SERVICE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALDERWOMAN ORTEGA AND A SECOND AVILA. THANK YOU. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA AIMS. HI. MOTION

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ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS FOR OUR 2027 FISCAL YEAR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM OPERATION OR GRANT OR OUR TEAM. WE ESTABLISHED THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM EARLIER THIS YEAR. I JUST WELL WE APPLIED FOR IT IN 2024. IT WAS IT WAS APPROVED IN 2025. AND SO WE KICKED IT OFF IN MARCH. THE 2025 GRANT WENT FROM MARCH THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRESENTLY IN THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE SAME GRANT. SO IN THIS PRESENT INSTANCE, WE'RE STILL CONTINUING OUR OFFICER AND OUR CLINICIAN, THEIR COMMUNICATION DEVICES. AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. FOR THE THIRD YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS. WE WANT TO ADD SOME THINGS TO THIS SAME SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS CRISIS INTERVENTION GRANT. SO THIS WILL BE THE THIRD INSTANCE OF THE GRANT. THIS IS THE SAME GRANT WHICH PAID FOR THE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE FALCON, THE VEHICLE. IT HAS A FALCON AND THE SCORPION ON IT. SO WE HAVE THOSE VEHICLES TO RAISE AWARENESS. AND THOSE VEHICLES ARE SPECIFICALLY OUTFITTED WITH A QR CODE THAT TAKES YOU TO OUR WEBSITE, AND IT HAS INFORMATION ON HOW TO REACH OUT TO THE TO THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM. SO THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM, THEY RESPOND TO INDIVIDUALS HAVING CRISES IN MOMENTS, YOU KNOW, OF THEIR LIVES AND THEY CONNECT WITH PEOPLE. AND AFTER ESTABLISHING THAT THE SCENE IS SAFE, THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND AND GET TO THE WISE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR MEDICATION, THAT THEY CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES WHEN THEY DON'T, AND THAT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE'S A PROBLEM IN TRANSPORTING THE PERSON THAT THEY FACILITATE, SOMETIMES THROUGH TELEHEALTH DEVICES, GETTING THAT PERSON FACE TO FACE WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST. OUR PROGRAM IS VERY SPECIAL. AGAIN, JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE THIS IS THE FIRST TEAM I'M CURRENTLY THE OFFICER IS THE SAME. THE CLINICIAN HAS SINCE LEFT HIS ORGANIZATION AND WE HAVE JEANETTE NOW. SO OUR UNIT ROLLS OUT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS. THEY FOLLOW UP TO RUNAWAY INCIDENTS. WE GET REPORTS FROM TEXAS FAMILY WELLNESS OR SAFETY, MOSTLY KNOWN AS CPS. AND SO THEY'LL LET US KNOW WHEN THERE'S FAMILY DYSFUNCTION. AND YEARS BEFORE WE WOULD GET THESE REPORTS. AND SOMETIMES THE, YOU KNOW, EITHER PARENT IS KIND OF PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSING THE KID. BEFORE THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS EXISTED, WE KIND OF HAD TO GO BY THE PENAL CODE. AND A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, MENTAL ABUSE IS NOT REALLY IN THERE. SO IT WAS REALLY HARD TO TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON, ON THOSE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, NOW HAVING THIS TEAM RESPOND TO THOSE REPORTS, WHEN THE KIDS TELL THE TEACHERS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE TREATED AT HOME AND OTHER TYPES OF COMMUNICATION WERE, YOU KNOW,

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WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION OF 33% IN RUNAWAY INCIDENTS. NOW YOU MIGHT THINK RUNAWAYS NO BIG DEAL. IT'S JUST KIDS BEING YOU KNOW STUBBORN OR WHATEVER. BUT IT'S IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE RUNAWAYS, THEY TURN TO GANGS. A LOT OF THE TIMES THESE RUNAWAYS, THEY TURN TO SKETCHY DUDES THAT, YOU KNOW, ABUSE THEM. SO A 33% DECREASE IS EXCELLENT. FOR ONCE, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE HAD NO REPEAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS IN 2025. AND A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO BECAUSE WHEN WHEN THERE'S FAMILY, DOMESTIC OR, YOU KNOW, DISTURBANCES, EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T HIT EACH OTHER AND NOBODY HAS TO GO TO JAIL, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST VERBAL OR THERE'S ALWAYS AN UNDERLYING REASON FOR, YOU KNOW, THESE DOMESTIC DISPUTES. AND OUR TEAMS ARE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO, TO THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO, TO GIVE PEOPLE EITHER SKILLS TO DE-ESCALATE OR GET THEM RESOURCES TO, TO THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. IN 2024. THERE WAS 47 REPORTED CRISIS INCIDENTS, INCIDENTS OF CRISES. THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY LIKE SELF-HARM CRISES THAT WERE THAT WERE DEALT WITH IN 2024. IN 2025, WE DEALT WITH 43, WHICH RESULTED IN EMERGENCY DETENTION AND 57, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO TO FIND A WORKAROUND. SO AND IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FOR FOR MAINTENANCE. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOUR YOUR VEHICLE'S ENGINE. YOU DON'T WANT TO LIKE NOT TAKE CARE OF IT UNTIL IT BLOWS UP.

YOU WANT TO KEEP IT RUNNING SMOOTHLY. SO WHAT'S NEXT IN THIS PROGRAM IS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A COMMUNITY AWARENESS. AND WITH A GROWING POPULATION AND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S ALWAYS GROWING AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS FROM IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD THAT BECOME AN ISSUE AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THE POPULATION IS ALWAYS GOING UP.

THIS IS THIS IS ACTUALLY THE VEHICLE. AND YOU'LL SEE THE THE QR CODE. FOR 2027. THIS NEXT UPCOMING APPLICATION WILL BE REQUESTING ONE MORE OFFICER AND ONE MORE CLINICIAN IN ADDITION TO OUR PRESENT TEAM BODY CAMERA, BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEMS FOR THE NEW TEAM, AND LAPTOPS AND TELEPHONY FOR EACH ONE. WE WE WANT TO HAVE A NEW CAR FOR THEM WITH GRAPHICS AND A COMMUNICATION PACKAGE, LAPTOP, RADIOS, THINGS LIKE THAT OF COURSE, COVER THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE ELECTRONICS. AND WE ALSO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND EMPOWER THE TEAMS WITH THEIR OWN MEANS OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH LIKE A SOUND PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM OR ANY A, A BACKDROP SPECIFIC TO THE PROGRAM. THE TOTAL OF THIS PROPOSED GRANT IS $280,000. OOPS, SORRY. SO AGAIN, AS AS WE'VE MENTIONED ALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THESE GRANTS, THIS IS OUR WISH LIST. HOPEFULLY THEY OKAY IT. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS WE GET AN AWARD OF THE 280,000 SOME DOLLARS, AND THEN WE BUY EVERYTHING WE NEED. WE REPORT EVERYTHING WE NEED AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED FULLY. THERE'S NO MATCH. HOWEVER, THE STATE CAN TURN AROUND AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YES TO THE TEAM, NO TO THE CAR. NO NEW TEAM, NO NEW CAR. YOU'RE GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, JUST THEY WERE THE ONES YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND SO

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SO WHAT I WANT TO WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND CLARIFY IS THAT THIS IS NOT A91. ONE THING I MADE THE COMPARISON TO. TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE LET'S SAY YOU'RE FEELING LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS FEELING LIKE HURTING THEMSELVES. THIS CAR DRIVING AROUND HAS A 988 CRISIS LINE ON THERE. SO THAT 98, THAT 988 IS SPECIFIC TO MENTAL HEALTH. RIGHT. CRISIS LINE AGAIN I'M SORRY. AND THEN THE QR CODE CONNECTS THEM TO OUR WEBSITE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE CARD DOES BY HAVING THOSE GRAPHICS ON THERE. ASIDE FROM THAT, WE HAVE OUR CLINICIAN AND OUR OFFICER ATTEND PRESENTATIONS AND AND EDUCATE AND GIVE, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES. HOWEVER, THAT'S WHY IN THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, I WANT TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE OUTREACH. WELL, AGAIN, THE RIGHT THING TO DO WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY WANT TO HURT THEMSELVES AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE PERSON, YOU'RE GOING TO DIAL 911. THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IF IT'S TIED TO THE 911 OTHER THAN 911 IF IT WAS USED FOR EDUCATION, WHICH YOU DID ANSWER RIGHT. AS FAR AS THE RESOURCES DO WE USE? UB AND I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN

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AND LIEUTENANT, IS THIS CLINICIAN. WHAT? I'M SORRY. OH I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO, NO. GO AHEAD. LIEUTENANT VALDEZ. SO THIS IS A STATE A STATE GRANT, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND SO DOES THE STATE APPROVE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR DO THEY APPROVE AN AMOUNT TO THEM? FROM THERE, WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE TAKE OFF. IT'S KIND OF BOTH. OKAY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR FIRST GRANT, WE REQUESTED ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF STUFF. AND THEN THEY SAID I'LL SEE YOUR QUARTER MILLION AND I'LL GIVE YOU LIKE 170. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO FROM THERE, I OKAY, WE HAD TO PULL THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, WHICH WERE OF COURSE, WE WANTED TO HAVE THE PERSON AND THE AND THE CLINICIAN ALSO THE OFFICER AND THE CLINICIAN, THE CAR. AND WE HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FROM WHEN WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, THE STATE STILL HAS TO APPROVE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TWO CARDS, RIGHT. THE SCORPION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THIS ONE. AND THE FALCONS. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE WHITE CAR THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO TO COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE HAD THE CARD WHICH WE BOUGHT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS GRANT. SO THAT'S WHEN I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT. WE COULD PROMOTE THE PROGRAM WITH TWO CARS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE. SO THAT'S WHEN I MADE MY MY ADJUSTMENTS, REQUESTED PERMISSION, AND THEN THE PERSON FROM US AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. AND SO WHEN WE CAME TO THE CHIEF, WHICH WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF HIS IDEA. SO WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S DO IT. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE ONE FOR ONE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'LL HAVE ONE FOR ANOTHER. AND IT GAVE ME A THIRD ONE. I'LL PUT A LITTLE STORM ON IT FOR FOR IDEA ON THERE. AND THEN. SO THE CURRENT GRANT, IT FUNDS US TO THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

RIGHT. SO THIS CURRENT GRANT THAT WE HAVE IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THIS.

THIS ONE IS JUST FOR THE CLINICIAN AND THE AND THE OFFICER'S SALARY AND AS WELL AS THEIR COMMUNICATION EXPENSES. AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE THIS YEAR BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE JUST WANTED TO KEEP THE TEAM. SO WE WANTED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, GO BIG AND THEN KEEP WHAT WE HAD.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING BIG AGAIN. AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL APPROVE THIS. AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP WHAT WE HAVE AT THAT POINT. SO LIEUTENANT VALDEZ AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE GRANT APPLICATIONS, YOU TYPICALLY WANT TO AIM HIGHER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU ASSUME THE STATE'S GOING TO COME IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER. WELL, IT'S KIND OF BOTH RIGHT.

SO YOU WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERDO IT BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GET NODE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS HAS TO BE LOOKED THROUGH BY A BUNCH OF EYES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE A CASE FOR EVERYTHING WE'RE ASKING FOR, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS OUR POPULATION. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SUCCESS AGAIN WITH THE AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT AND WE WANT TO DO MORE. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO WE'D LIKE TO DO MORE. AND SO WITH THAT MORE THAT'S OUR JUSTIFICATION FOR WANTING TO GO AFTER MORE. AND ALSO HERE YOU HAVE THE GOAL WITH THIS GRANT IS TO GET ADDITIONAL OFFICER ADDITIONAL CLINICIAN. SO LET'S SAY WE GET THESE GRANTS. AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR PAST 2027 WE NO LONGER ARE GETTING THOSE GRANTS. ARE THOSE EXPENDITURES ABSORBED INTO OR WOULD THEY BE ABSORBED INTO THE NEXT FISCAL BUDGET. WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY YEAR. RIGHT. BECAUSE AND THAT'S KIND OF THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2027. SO FOR SOME REASON IT'S NOT APPROVED. THEN WE HAVE

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NO, THE QUESTION WAS ALREADY ASKED. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I BELIEVE WE DID HAVE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, AND WE HAVE A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. HI. AVILA. AMES. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM

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RIGHT. SO THIS THIS GRANT IS IS FIRST TIME AVAILABLE TO US. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT.

THIS IS OUR THIS IS OUR FOR OUR FOUR TIER APPROACH OR FOUR PILLAR APPROACH TO TO OFFICER WELLNESS. AS YOU KNOW I'LL JUST KIND OF AS YOU GUYS CAN IMAGINE. AND YOU'VE SEEN US AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AT CAR CRASHES, AT INCIDENTS. SO BEING EXPOSED TO ALL THIS TRAGEDY AND

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THE SAME THING WITH THE WITH THE NUTRITION NUTRITION COACHING WHICH PLAYS INTO YOUR WELLNESS, YOUR SLEEP QUALITY. YOUR COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND AND TRYING TO BUILD AN APPROACH TO LONG TERM WELLNESS. THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE PERSONALIZED FITNESS PROGRAMS. AND YOU CAN YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO EMPOWER THE OFFICER TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE RESOURCES. THE MOVEMENT BASED STRESS REDUCTION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OF DECOMPRESSING THE STRESS, WHICH WILL IN TURN POSITIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF REST. AND OF COURSE, A MORE WELL RESTED OFFICER IS ONE WHO IS LESS LIKELY TO GET INJURED ON THE JOB AND IS LESS LIKELY TO ABUSE SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW GETS THEM ON THAT BAD DAY. AGAIN, THE LAST OF OUR FOUR PILLARS IS GOING TO BE THE PEER TO PEER SUPPORT. WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO ARE WILLING TO DO IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY WHO ARE TRAINED TO DO IT. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE, GET THAT EDUCATION TO THEM. AND AGAIN, WORKING INTERNALLY TO REDUCE THE STIGMA WITHIN THE OFFICERS TO IMPROVE THEIR RESILIENCE, THEIR UTILIZATION OF THESE TYPE OF SERVICES. AND OF COURSE, ONE THING THAT WOULD IMPROVE IS THE RETENTION, LIKE RIGHT AWAY THE MORALE AND THEN THE STRESS REDUCED LIKE SICK

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YOU KNOW, JUST THE IDEA OF AN OFFICER DOING SOMETHING OTHER THAN, LIKE, GOING HOME AND LIKE CHECKING OUT MENTALLY OR, YOU KNOW, BOOZING IT UP OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, LIKE THESE STEREOTYPES ARE STEREOTYPES BECAUSE THERE'S A REALNESS TO IT. SO IT'S LIKE A BRAND NEW FRONTIER. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT $300,000 TO GET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BUY-IN WE'RE GOING TO GET. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET OUR OFFICERS TO, TO EXTEND THE HAND, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR HELP BECAUSE THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, OFFICERS JUST I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE JUST TOO FULL OF PRIDE AND AND THAT'S OUR DOWNFALL. BUT I HOPE AND THE WAY WE CALCULATED THIS WAS WITH THE INTENTION OF HAVING, LIKE A SIX MONTH, FOR EXAMPLE, PROGRAM. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A NUTRITIONIST FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS AND MAYBE YOU WORK LIKE WITH A NUTRITIONIST EVERY OTHER MONTH, CALCULATING THAT MAYBE UP TO A HALF OF OUR DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL WITHIN THE PROGRAM BE ABLE TO MOVE MONEY AROUND TO, TO, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY EVERYBODY GOES FOR NUTRITIONIST, BUT NOBODY DOES A PHYSICAL TRAINER BECAUSE, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WITH A NEW BUILDING, WE HAVE LIKE A, A GYM. SO LIKE A LOT OF US ARE ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED TO LIKE, BE ABLE TO JUST GET OFF OF WORK AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE HOME AND CHANGE AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GO TO ANOTHER FACILITY TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO IT'S A WHOLE NEW FRONTIER. SO LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO OVERSHOOT IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET DENIED BASED ON LIKE THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH MONEY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT REALISTIC AND HOPEFULLY THE STATE WILL WILL SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND AGAIN, THIS WHOLE THIS WHOLE THING IS, IS IT'S A NEW FRONTIER. LIEUTENANT, DOES THE DEPARTMENT HAVE ANY MANDATORY PROTOCOLS TO REFER AN OFFICER? IF WE START NOTICING A RED FLAG THAT MIGHT TELL US WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL, AN OFFICER THAT IS BURNING OUT OR IS UNDER STRESS, WHETHER IT BE AT WORK OR AT HOME. SO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES. IT'S NOT MANDATORY, BUT IT'S AN OPTION THAT THAT THAT OUR CHIEF HAS TO MAKE IT MANDATORY. SO WHEN THE OFFICER. PRESENTLY WHAT WE WANT TO THE CITY HAS PUT STEPS INTO PLACE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE LIKE EAP. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO LIKE PRESENTLY IS, IS ENCOURAGE THEM, RIGHT. LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST DO THE MAINTENANCE. ONE ISSUE THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH EAP, FOR EXAMPLE, IN I'LL SHARE FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DEALT WITH LIKE A REALLY BAD SCENE. AND SO THIS PERSON SAID, WELL, YOU SHOULD JUST STOP BEING A COP THEN. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY, SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE SERVICES FROM FROM A PERSON WHO IS IS SPECIALIZING IN FIRST RESPONDERS. SO IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF LIKE, GO SEE EAP. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, REASONS, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR SUGGESTING IT. RIGHT. WE'VE HAD BUT THERE'S NO MECHANISM WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TWO COMPLAINTS FOR BEING MEAN. AND SO BOOM, AUTOMATICALLY LIKE SO THERE'S NO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. THE CHIEF RETAINS THAT RIGHT. AND HAS USED IT SOMETIME OR AT TIMES. BUT THERE'S NO AUTOMATIC TRIGGER

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LIEUTENANT VALDEZ, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR INITIATIVE ON THIS. YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICERS DO IS TAXING. AND THE FACT THAT YOU GO OUT AND YOU LOOK FOR THESE GRANTS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OFFICERS, THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TAKE THE CREDIT, ALL OF IT. YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT. HE'S YOU KNOW, HE'S THE GUY WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO SIDES OF MY HAIR, LIKE, THIS ONE'S MARCO AND THIS ONE'S VARGAS. RIGHT. SO MY WHITE HAIRS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HE'S GOT A BIG VISION AND AND SO I BELIEVE IN HIS VISION, SO I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO BE PART OF IT. AND SO IT'S BEEN EXCITING. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. WHO'S MY SECOND MAYOR? OKAY. GOT IT.

PLEASE. BOTH. ORTEGA. HI. HI, ORTEGA. HI. HI. HI, CLAUDIA. HI. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM

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OKAY, SO AGAIN, MLS, HPD, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS IS ALSO A NEW GRANT. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN THIS. AND AS A SMALL COMMUNITY, I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE IT'S JUST WHAT WE NEED FOR THAT EXTRA PUSH TO TO HAVING A BETTER COMMUNITY. SO. THE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY IS IN YOUTH OUTREACH, EDUCATION, DATA DRIVEN CRIME ANALYSIS, HOTSPOT IDENTIFICATION, OTHERS, OF COURSE, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A SMALL IT'S A SMALL TOWN. YOU COULD SAY THAT THE WALMART SHOPPING CENTER IS KIND OF OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, COMES FROM THAT LITTLE CORNER, RIGHT? THIS LITTLE CORNER RIGHT HERE.

HOWEVER, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT WE STUDY THE DATA AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TO IDENTIFY WHERE STUFF IS COMING FROM SO THAT WE CAN AGAIN, START TRYING TO DO THAT, THAT MAINTENANCE BEFOREHAND IN ORDER TO, TO PREVENT IT. RIGHT. SO IT'S FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF YOU HAVE THE CRASHES STARTING AT ONE INTERSECTION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE WE STUDY WHEN AND WHAT TIMES AND WHAT DAYS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OFFICER, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CHILL AND MAYBE HAVE MORE PATIENCE WHEN THEY SEE A UNIT DURING COMMUTE TIME. AND, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT'LL DECREASE THE CRISIS AND THEREFORE THE INJURIES AND THEREFORE THE, THE TAX ON THE SYSTEM. RIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. WE ALSO WANT TO OF COURSE, HERE AT HPD, ONE THING THAT WE DO IS LIKE WE LIKE WE SPECIALIZE IN LIKE MULTIMEDIA AND CONTENT CREATION. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO COPY FROM US. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO TO TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME. SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO DO IS. I'M LIKE, I HOPE NO OTHER

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INTERACTING, WHETHER IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LIKE FUNNY SKITS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE MEDIA TO SHOW HOW APPROACHABLE OUR OFFICERS ARE, WHICH IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE NEWS TODAY AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF ANYONE WITH A BADGE. AND SO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO SHOW HOW, HOW INTELLIGENT, APPROACHABLE AND CONSTITUTIONALLY SENSITIVE OFFICERS ARE. RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO USE THIS DURING OUR MOVIES PROGRAM, OUR CAMPAIGNS IN THE SUMMER, PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION EVENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST LIKE A SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF SOME TYPE TO BE DETERMINED LATER. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LIKE THESE CONCERT GRADE SPEAKERS AND, AND LASER PROJECTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT ON THESE. THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO START I KNOW WE HAVE OUR OWN WEBSITE FOR THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN OUR WEBSITE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH IN THE QR CODE OF THE CITY CAR, YOU SCAN THAT CODE AND IT TAKES YOU TO OUR WEBSITE, TO A SPECIFIC PAGE THAT LANDS ON THE PAGE. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO HAVE LIKE A SEPARATE WEBSITE THAT'S JUST FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY. SO IN THIS SPECIFIC WEBSITE YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME MATERIALS THAT KIND OF IT KIND OF WORKS WITH THE BOOK IN CONJUNCTION. IT'LL BE LIKE VERY KID FRIENDLY. AND SO IT'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, GANG AWARENESS AND EARLY SIGNS FOR PARENTS. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO TIE INTO OUR CITY OPERATIONS HERE. AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE FOR THE PARENTS, LIKE AN INTERACTIVE CRIME MAPPING DASHBOARD. AND OF COURSE YOU WANT TO HAVE OUR, OUR LIBRARY OF MEDIA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO CREATE AGAIN IS LAW ENFORCEMENT. PEOPLE WON'T BE WATCHING. SO WE WANT TO IDENTIFY, OF COURSE, ANY CRIME HOTSPOTS MONITOR GANG RELATED TRENDS. SO NOT NECESSARILY LIKE WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE THE GRAFFITI IS AT. WE CAN DO THIS WITH ARCGIS. AND OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENFORCEMENT IS TARGETED AND NOT JUST SPRAY AND SPRAY, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING PATTERNS, WE'RE IDENTIFYING TRENDS. AND OF COURSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS AS WELL. I'M LOOKING FOR A DATA ANALYSIS. WO TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE AGENCY SUPPORTING THEIR SALARY, THEIR FRINGE. AND WHAT THEY WILL DO IS. DO THE ANALYSIS OF THE CRIME DATA FOR THE AGENCY AND

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BUT WE WANT TO WE WANT TO RESTART THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN COUNT IN ON ON GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE AGENCY, LET'S SAY TUESDAYS AT 9:00. OF COURSE, WE NEED A. A POWERFUL COMPUTER TO HANDLE THAT. AND OF COURSE, AS PART OF THIS PARTICULAR OUTREACH, I'M GOING TO TRY TO OUTFIT MORE OF OUR VEHICLES WITH NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY LIKE BRANDING AND GRAPHICS PACKAGE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS BRANDING AND GRAPHICS ON THE VEHICLES AND THAT THE VEHICLES HELP PEOPLE CONNECT TO THIS PROGRAM. SO AGAIN, REDUCING GANG RECRUITMENT AMONGST YOUTH, WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR DATA DRIVEN POLICING STRATEGIES AND JUST REALLY BUILD THIS TRUST BETWEEN OUR HKPD COMMUNITY AND OUR OUR OFFICERS. HERE'S A RECAP OF THE THINGS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH AND THE ESTIMATED GRANT TOTAL FOR THIS ONE IS APPROXIMATELY $131,000. DROP IN THE BUCKET. I CAN AFFORD IT. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS SIDE, LIEUTENANT VALDEZ, IN REGARDS TO HAVING A FULL TIME DATA ANALYST, HAVE YOU GUYS SORT OF LOOKED AT WHAT'S THE MARKET RATE PAY? WILL THIS GRANT BE ABLE TO COVER THAT? IN ADDITION TO THE EQUIPMENT UPGRADES YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET? YES. SO THE THE MARKET WE CALL IT THE MARKET RATE FOR A DATA ANALYST PLUS FRINGE IS IN HERE. THE COST OF THE COLORING BOOKS AND THE OTHER STUFF IS NOT TOO EXPENSIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT VALDEZ. OF COURSE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT POSITION. BE FUNDED. IF THE GRANT DOES NOT GET RENEWED FROM YEAR TO YEAR AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND OUT IF IT DOESN'T, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT IN ADVANCE.

RIGHT. SO AT THAT POINT, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITY GOVERNMENT, YOU GUYS CAN SEE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE HAD. THIS IS THE IMPACT IT'S HAD. AND YOU KNOW, IF THE STATE'S NOT PAYING FOR IT, IS IT WORTH IT TO US OR NOT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE HAD A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? AYE. ORTEGA. AVILA. AMES I

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GOT IT. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. ORTEGA. AVILA. AMES. A MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM

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BUT NOW THE PRICE FOR EXPLORERS IS ABOUT $90 A KID AND ON A YEARLY BASIS. AND THEN IT'S

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RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW. IT'S IT'S A PLACE FOR THEM TO MAKE LIFELONG FRIENDS, TOO. IT'S KIND OF LIKE I WENT THROUGH THE FBI ACADEMY. AND SO THIS IS LIKE THE KID VERSION OF THAT.

SO AGAIN, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN HAVING THEM AND GIVING THE PERMISSION TO TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT. IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR BY OUR LEGAL. SO DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. BEFORE LET ME ASK A QUESTION FIRST BEFORE WE START THE PROGRAM ITSELF. THE WHAT DOES THAT REQUIRE FROM THE CITY? IS THAT A YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE EXPLORERS I THINK AT ONE TIME, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY WERE ASKING FOR A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT. ARE THERE IS THERE LONG TERM COMMITMENTS IN THAT CASE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. ON THE I READ THE THING OKAY. AND I DON'T BELIEVE SO. IT GOES YEAR TO YEAR. SO THEN EVERY YEAR 25 BUCKS FOR THE POST AND 20 BUCKS PER KID. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY SIR, I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS. THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR. I THINK THIS HAS COME BEFORE OUR COUNCIL, BEFORE THIS PROGRAM. IS THIS THE ONE THAT ALSO OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS? THERE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THERE ARE GRANTS THAT THEY OFFER FOR FOR THE POST AND THE KIDS. OKAY. NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. YES. LIEUTENANT VALDEZ, WHAT LEVEL OF STAFF TIME IS REQUIRED TO SUPERVISE AND MANAGE CADETS UNDER THE AGREEMENT? SO WHAT WE DO IS WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE LIKE MEETINGS. THERE'S NO MANDATE AS FAR AS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MEETINGS PER WEEK OR, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE LIKE REGULAR MEETINGS. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TEACH THEM LAW ENFORCEMENT STUFF. AND SO THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IS WE NEED TWO, TWO OFFICERS TO DO THE MENTORING MINIMUM. A LOT OF THE TIMES WE'LL HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE LIKE LIKE THEY'RE LIKE, HECK YEAH, I LOVE THIS. LIKE THIS IS MY JAM. LIKE, YOU KNOW, TEACHING LIKE I LOVE TRAFFIC, RIGHT? SO THEY'LL THEY'LL BE LIKE, I WANT I WANT TO TEACH IT.

LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS DO TRAFFIC I. RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER OFFICERS THAT ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I LOVE RUNNING. LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE READY TO RUN THEM. AND SO IT JUST DEPENDS. RIGHT. SO A LOT OF THESE OFFICERS, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO. BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S OUR OFFICER WHO'S IN CHARGE OF COMMUNITY, WHICH IS CAROLYN MORALES. AND THEN SO FOR RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT PLAN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OUR MOTORCYCLE GUYS COME IN AND THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING IN THE EVENING HOURS, THEY'LL BE HERE TO MENTOR DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS OF THEIR SHIFT DURING THE

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WE CAN SO WE WE INSURE THROUGH TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. SO THEY SEE THIS KIND OF THING ALL THE TIME. OH I SEE SO WE'LL JUST TELL THEM THAT WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM AND. AND THEN OVERALL HOW DO YOU ALL EVALUATE THE THAT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WHAT ARE YOUR METRICS FOR THAT. WELL WE HAVEN'T DONE LIKE A LIKE A TRUE DATA ANALYSIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW LIFE IS MALLEABLE. SO WE REALLY CAN'T BASE THE SUCCESS OF A CHILD BASED ON THEIR LIKE ATTENDANCE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE LIKE HERE ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY DON'T LEARN ANYTHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST LIKE THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE THE KIDS AND THEY KNOW THAT IT KEEPS THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. SO I'D RATHER HAVE THIS KID HERE NOT LEARNING A THING ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUST BEING LIKE, YEAH, LET'S GO CLEAN, LIKE COOL. TO ME, THAT'S A SUCCESS, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE'S ALSO KIDS THAT ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM LIKE DON'T LIVE LIKE CLOSE BY, THAT THEY'LL COME EVERY OTHER WEEK. BUT THEY'RE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT YOU'RE TEACHING THEM. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THEN OF COURSE, AT SOME POINT ALL KIDS GET TO THAT 1617 AGE AND THEN THEY'RE GONE FOR LIKE HALF A YEAR BECAUSE THEY GO TO DRIVER'S ED. SO THE SUCCESS I THINK REALLY COMES IN. AND THE KIDS THAT COME BACK TO LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS AND. AND JUST GENERALLY NEVER SEEING THEM IN THE HOLDING CELLS. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST METRICS FOR ME PERSONALLY, HAVING WORKED AS PROGRAM OVER THE LAST, PROBABLY LIKE 18 OUT OF MY 20 YEARS IS, IS WHEN I DON'T SEE THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DEAL WITH THEM LIKE, MAN, THAT'S GOOD.

AND A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE I SAID, THESE KIDS WILL, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY STAY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OR NOT. YOU KNOW, IT'S THE LEADERSHIP THAT THEY'RE LEARNING. IT'S THE COMMUNITY, THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE. AND A LOT OF THEM, LIKE WE EVEN HAVE LIKE, LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY TOURISTS, BUT WE'LL HAVE LIKE THE KIDS THAT NEED THE HOURS FOR LIKE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OR JUNIOR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, AND THEY NEED THEM BECAUSE OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM, OR THEY NEED THEM BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, I JUST WANT TO DO MY COMMUNITY SERVICE HERE. LIKE, COOL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT VALDEZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SORRY. NO QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND AVILA OKAY. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? ORTEGA. QUIROZ. ORTEGA. AVILA. AIMS. HI.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. LIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 20 MORE YEARS. SO. THAT'S OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM. BUT I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. VALENTINE'S DAY IS COMING UP.

MAKE SURE YOU BUY YOUR HONEYS SOME CHOCOLATE AND FLOWERS. WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY IN THE HOUSE TODAY, SO IF EVERYBODY COULD WISH ALDERMAN ORTEGA A BIRTHDAY FOR SAYING THAT. YAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! SO MAD 21 NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD. THERE YOU GO, THERE YOU GO. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. TOMORROW IS MY ANNIVERSARY. SO HAPPY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO DIANE. 28 YEARS OF PUTTING UP WITH ME. SO WITH THAT LADY, STRONG LADY, 28 YEARS OF PUTTING UP WITH THIS GUY. WITH THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

AND WE ARE ADJOU

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.