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THAT, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE, EVEN
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FOR THOSE OF US ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE INVISIBLE LINE, WHICH, ON THAT NOTE TO COUNCILMAN MORENO IN PARTICULAR, WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE EXPANSION THERE, THE NORTHEAST PLANNING DISTRICT. SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO GET SOME MORE[00:10:01]
OF THESE AREAS OVER HERE. BUT I GUESS WE STOP AT NINE, SEVEN, THREE THERE. BUT APPRECIATE THAT AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS TO DO. SO THANK YOU SIR. SEE YOU NEXT COUNCIL. WE HAVE MR. FELIX PIES. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I AM HERE TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU ON BEHALF OF FATHER HENRY AND MISS JOANNA, TO OUR 150TH YEAR CELEBRATION FIESTA. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO PUT THIS ON. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN A PART OF IT FOR PROBABLY A MAJORITY OF THE 150TH YEARS. BUT IT'S IT'S AN HONOR AND IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE THAT. IT'S IT'S PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT. AND IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR, YOU KNOW, REALLY THIS SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 11, THERE'S PLENTY OF FOOD, DRINKS, GOOD THINGS GOING TO HAPPEN. YES. THAT FOOTBALL GAME WILL BE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. AND SO HOPEFULLY THE RIGHT TEAM WINS SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL STAY AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE EVENING. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD ACTIVITIES GOING ON. WE HAVE THE DANCING HORSES, THE DANCERS THAT ARE COMING. WE EVEN JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL, DIVERSE GROUP COMING IN OUR PARISH. IT'S GROWING. WE DO HAVE A FILIPINO GROUP THAT IS GOING TO PERFORM SOME, SOME KIND OF DANCE THAT THEY DO IN THE PHILIPPINES. SO THAT'S GREAT. WE ARE WORKING ON THE AFRICAN GROUP TO DO THE SAME THING. SO IT'S NOT ONLY JUST THE FIESTA, IT'S BECOMING A BIG PART OF, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ARE NOT ONLY AS SAINT JOSEPH'S BUT AS THE COMMUNITY OF MAINERS. SO WE PERSONALLY INVITE YOU COME AND AND JOIN US. AND YEAH, SEE, WE CAN HAVE SOME FUN. ALRIGHT.YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE FLIER. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. TEST, TEST TEST. THEY'RE WORKING NOW.
HELLO. IT'S WORKING. TEST. OH, OKAY. FELIX. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE IS MR. DION. DIANA. DIANA.
OKAY. SORRY. OKAY. I AGREE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I'M SORRY. IS THAT GOOD? THREE MINUTES. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING. THANKS FOR DOING THAT. SO I SPOKE A WHILE BACK, ABOUT A MONTH AGO ABOUT HAVING A SERVING CENTER HERE IN MANOR, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY PANTRY FOOD PANTRY THAT'S CENTRALIZED. SO IT'S NOT JUST AN ENTITY, AN ENTITY. IT'S CENTRALIZED TOGETHER, CREATING A SYNERGY AND BEING SUPPORTED BY A THRIFT STORE THAT WOULD ALSO BE ON PREMISES. AND I'M MODELING THAT AFTER THE ROUND ROCK SERVING CENTER, WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS VERY THING, SERVING THE ROUND ROCK ISD FOR OVER 23 YEARS, WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO COME AND TOUR WITH ME SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT COULD BE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE THAT IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETIME THIS MONTH. ALSO, WHAT IT WOULD DO WOULD BE CREATE THAT SYNERGY WITH CHURCHES. BUSINESSES WITHIN MANOR CLUBS LIKE THE LIONS CLUB AND DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CLUBS THAT PEOPLE HAVE APPROACHED ME THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING. AND THEN ALSO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITIZENS, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE A THRIFT STORE AND A FOOD PANTRY. IT CREATES A SYNERGY OF VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE SO PEOPLE GET SERVED IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. AS THE THE PRAYER MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THEIR TIME OF NEED AND STRUGGLE, WE WOULD BE HELPING THOSE PEOPLE. AND THE THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO APPROACH YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FIRST RIGHT OF USE OF THIS PROPERTY TO DO SO IN MAYNOR. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW BUILDING FOR YOU GUYS BEING BUILT SOON IN 2027, YOU'LL BE MOVING TO THAT AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE OUR ORGANIZATION. I'M THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF BEST COACHING FOR LIFE SUCCESS. WE WOULD HOPE TO PROVIDE WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS AND TEENS AND TALK ABOUT EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS AND DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT COME UP WHEN YOU LOSE A JOB OR YOU ARE IN A TIME OF NEED. SO BASICALLY, I'M APPROACHING PEOPLE TO HELP WITH FUNDING THIS, OR I'VE BEEN MENTORING WITH THE ROUND ROCK SERVICE CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALL OF THEIR LEADERS THERE ABOUT THE FOOD PANTRY. I GO. I'M TAKING NOTES
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AND I'M, I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. I EVEN HAD A SECOND HAND STORE MYSELF MANY YEARS AGO CALLED JUST FOR KIDS, WHICH WAS ALL ABOUT KIDS, KIDS, CLOTHING, KIDS, FURNITURE. AND I DID THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE. I'VE BEEN A PROJECT MANAGER IN FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES. I HAVE THE SKILL SET TO DO THIS, TO PULL IT TOGETHER, TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS. I'VE WORKED FOR NONPROFITS AND I HAVE ONE NOW. SO UNDER OUR 501 C THREE, WE WOULD START AND THEN IT WOULD BECOME ITS OWN ENTITY WITH ITS OWN BOARD MADE UP OF COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS. WHAT ELSE? I WOULD AGAIN LIKE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MAYBE TAKING THAT TOUR WITH ME? YES, MA'AM.THAT'S YOUR TIME. BUT CAN YOU, BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT, CAN YOU MAKE SURE WE GET YOUR EMAIL CLEAR? YOU HAVE THAT. IT'S IT'S HARD TO READ ON THE FORUM. I WILL DEFINITELY EMAIL AGAIN.
OKAY. I REALLY LIKE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE COME GIVE ME YOUR NAME NUMBER AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MR. TRAVIS TAYLOR. HEY, SIR. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. CHIEF OF POLICE, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER AND GUESTS. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS DO ON BUILDING THIS CITY AND THE DEDICATION IT TAKES TO EXPAND MANOR. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS WONDERFUL, AND I KNOW WE ARE HAVING A MAJOR ISSUE WITH TRAFFIC AND WITH THE 290. I GET ALL THAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE ABOUT THAT. BUT WHAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN NOTICING LATELY IS THAT WE ARE LITERALLY TALKING TOO MUCH AND I DON'T SEE ENOUGH ACTION GETTING DONE. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. OKAY? WE ARE SO COMMITTED TO THE CITY EXPANDING AND ZONING AND NOT DEALING WITH THE ROOT ISSUES. LET'S ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE CONGESTION ON 290 AND 973, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, MOST HEAVIEST CONGESTION AREA IN MANOR. I'M NOT GOING TO LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT THIS IS BS. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON MCDONALD'S SIGNS AND DRIVERS TO SEE, RATHER THAN ON OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHERE TAXPAYER DOLLARS IS EVEN PAYING FOR A PRIVATE BUSINESS SIGN IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHY ARE WE NOT PUTTING MORE MONEY IN THE RESURFACING INTERSECTIONS OR RESETTING LIGHTS FOR MORE TIMING, OR TO PROMOTE RECRUITING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? WHY ARE OUR INTERSECTIONS FALLING TO PIECES AND THERE'S NO EXPANSION BEING COMPLETED? SIX MONTHS AGO, I STOOD BEFORE YOU AND I ADDRESSED MY CONCERNS, SAYING, AND NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED MY HOA ABOUT AN ONGOING ISSUE DOWN MY STREET ON SKIMMER RUN AND RING DRIVE. I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S A BUS STOP THERE AS WELL AT THE FOUR WAY INTERSECTION. WE HAVE TRAFFIC CONTROL. WE HAVE NO TRAFFIC CONTROL EXCEPT FOR A FOUR WAY STOP FOR KIDS GETTING ON AND OFF THE BUS. NO SIGNS, CROSSWALKS, OR ANY INDICATIONS OF POLICE IN THE AREA DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE STOP SIGN OR THE BUSSES. THESE BUSSES ARE CONSTANTLY COMING IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE HAVE. WE EVEN HAD A SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE OF SKIMMER RUN COMING OFF OLD US HIGHWAY 20 THAT SAYS NO TRUCKS OR BIG RIGS ALLOWED EXCEPT FOR LOCAL DELIVERIES. BUT YET EVERY DAY WE HAVE RIGS THAT COME THROUGH HERE, BYPASSING THE LIGHT, TRYING TO BYPASS THE LIGHT AND THE TRAFFIC ON 290. ALL RIGHT, I GOT IT. I WANT TO READ SOMETHING TO YOU. THIS CAME FROM YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I REQUESTED FOR SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION. I'VE REQUESTED FOR TRAFFIC TO BE SLOWED DOWN AND TO GET SPEED BUMPS PUT IN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN REGARDING THE VEHICLES SPEEDS AND THE AREA OF SKIMMER RUN AND RING DRIVE AND THE SURROUNDING STREETS. AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW AND THE ASSESSMENT, WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SPEED AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA. NOW. IT IS NOT A BUSINESS ROUTE. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS DOT AND THE SAFETY OF. I'M SORRY, THE SAFETY. IT LITERALLY SAYS THAT 30 MILES AN HOUR MAX IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THANK YOU SIR. CAN YOU SEND THE REST OF THAT? YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S YOUR TIME. I HAVE MORE ON THAT TOO, BUT I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP IS. I'M SORRY, SIR. THAT'S. THAT'S YOUR THREE MINUTES. THAT WAS THREE MINUTES. YES, SIR.
BUT IF YOU PLEASE, SEND IT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE
[A. Manor Business Spotlight Award ]
GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. FIRST, THE MAN OF[00:20:03]
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AWARD. MISS ASHLAND, MISS CHO. MISS ASHLAND, THANKS. IS THIS WHAT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR Q4 QUARTER FOUR MAYNOR BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT RECIPIENT. THIS IS A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT RESIDENTS FEEL TRULY DESERVES TO BE CELEBRATED BY A LOT OF NOMINATIONS. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON THAT. LEAH'S PLAYLAND WAS NOMINATED BY OUR COMMUNITY FOR PROVIDING A FUN, SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN MAYNOR. RESIDENTS HIGHLIGHTED THE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES THEIR CHILDREN HAVE THERE, THE FRIENDLY STAFF AND THE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THEY OFFER, INCLUDING THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. IT'S CLEAR THAT ALIYAH'S PLAYLAND IS DOING MORE THAN PROVIDING A PLACE FOR KIDS TO HAVE FUN. THEY'RE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE MEMORIES RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS AND HELPING US RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT MAKE MAYNOR SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND DO BUSINESS. AND NOW THE BUSINESS OWNER, CYNTHIA, AND HER TEAM WILL COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE THE QUARTER FOUR MAYNOR BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AWARD.
BY ALL MEANS. OKAY. EVERYONE SAY MAYNOR. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING COUNCIL. WE ALSO WANT TO, SINCE WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL PAPERWORK HERE, HONOR COUNCILWOMAN SONIA WALLACE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT REQUIRED TRAININGS THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND TO. AND THE STATE OF TEXAS TO TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ATTEND AND OBTAIN A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL OFFICE. OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION. AND SO WE WERE ALL AT. WAS IT FORT WORTH, TEXAS? WHEN AND WHEN WE SAY WE WANT TO START WORKING TOWARDS THAT? AND SO KUDOS TO YOU, SONIA, FOR BEING THE NOT ONLY GETTING THE CERTIFICATION, BUT BEING THE FIRST IN MAYNOR TO ACQUIRE THAT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN THERE AND TAKE A LITTLE PHOTO IN HONOR OF YOU. SO IT'S FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, IT'S ABOUT 60 HOURS OF TRAINING AND INFORMATION THAT IS ON THE JOB WORK THAT HELPS YOU GET TO. BECOMING A MORE PROFICIENT COUNCIL PERSON. AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE ALL ATTEND IN THIS PARTICULAR THING. THESE ARE SPECIFIC COURSES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. AND SO KUDOS TO YOU.
AND WE'LL SEE WHO'S GOING TO BE SECOND AND THIRD. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL WANT TO COME DOWN TO.
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THE. ALL RIGHT. AND NEXT COUNCIL MEMBERS WE HAVE A A SPECIAL PRESENTATION. AND WE WANT TO PAUSE TO TO GIVE THAT SPECIAL PRESENTATION. AND THIS IS TO OUR. IT READS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION PRESENTED TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE SIERRA PARKS AND HEARTFELT RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATION, PUBLIC SERVICE, INTEGRITY AND STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE WHILE SERVING THE CITY OF MAYNOR. YOUR VALUABLE LEADERSHIP AND DISTINGUISHED TENURE AS PRESIDING JUDGE HAVE LEFT A LASTING, POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND. SIGNED DOCTOR, MAYOR HARVEST DOCTOR SAID, COME ON UP SO WE CAN HONOR YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. DID YOU WANT TO. CAN YOU. BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT, CAN YOU GIVE US A FEW WORDS AND LET US KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING? SURE. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SHOCK AND AN HONOR. I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SERVE RIGHT HERE IN MY OWN COMMUNITY. AND SO I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR MAYNARD GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A JUDGE, LAUNCHING ME ONTO MY JUSTICE OF THE COURT, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR PRECINCT ONE, WHERE I'LL BE GETTING JANUARY 1ST. I'M ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, BUT UNCONTESTED. AND SO I'M JUST REALLY HONORED AND BLESSED TO HAVE STARTED WITH YOU ALL. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND THE IMPACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE ON OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I WILL STILL BE IN THE DISTRICT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED WORK JUST IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF THOSE.
[A.Declaring the month of October 2026 as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” ]
NOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS. FIRST, WE HAVE DECLARING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2026 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND IT READS WHEREAS BREAST CANCER REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CANCERS AMONG WOMEN, ACCOUNT FOR ROUGHLY ONE IN EVERY THREE NEW CANCER DIAGNOSES IN WOMEN. AND WHEREAS APPROXIMATELY 1 IN 8 WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL DEVELOP BREAST CANCER OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR LIFETIME, MAKING PROACTIVE EDUCATION, RISK REDUCTION AND REGULAR SCREENINGS ARE CRITICAL FOR EVERYONE. AND WHEREAS, THANKS TO THE EARLY DETECTION THROUGH SCREENINGS AND ADVANCES IN TREATMENT, LONG TERM SURVIVAL RATES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, PROVIDING AWARENESS AND PROACTIVE HEALTH CARE SAVING LIVES. AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING FOR THE CITY OF MESA TO JOIN HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES NATIONWIDE AND RECOGNIZING THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER HEALTH SCREENING, BREAST BREAST HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORTING THOSE CURRENTLY FIGHTING THE DISEASE OR LIVING[00:30:06]
AS SURVIVORS. NOW, THEREFORE, I DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2026 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND THE CITY OF MAYNARD URGE ALL RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND HEALTHCARE PARTNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT EMPHASIZE EARLY DETECTION, PROMOTE SCREENING, AND HONOR BOTH SURVIVORS AND THOSE WHO HAVE LOST. WE'VE LOST LOST TO BREAST CANCER. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HEREUNTO SET MY HAND.CALL THE SEAL OF THE CITY TO BE AFFIXED THIS SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026. DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD. DO WE HAVE ANYONE? NOPE. OKAY. I'LL READ
[B.Declaring the month of October 2026 as “Domestic Violence Awareness Month”]
THEM THEN. THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS DECLARING. OCTOBER 2026 IS ALSO AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. AND IT READS. WHEREAS SINCE 1981, OCTOBER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH TO SHINE A LIGHT ON WIDESPREAD IMPACT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HONORING THE COURAGE, THE COURAGE OF SURVIVORS AND STRENGTHEN OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING PATHWAYS TO SAFETY, HEALING, AND JUSTICE. AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT CONFINED TO ANY ONE GROUP BUT CROSSES ALL COMMUNITIES REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, GENDER OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, WITH MORE THAN 1 IN 3 WOMEN AND 1 IN 4 MEN IN THE UNITED STATES HAVING EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE DURING THEIR LIFETIME.WHEREAS EVERY INDIVIDUAL DESERVES TO LIVE IN SAFE, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS FREE OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL, AND FINANCIAL ABUSE AND AND MINOR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VICTIM SERVICE UNIT CONTINUES TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING THOSE AFFECTED, HAVING PROVIDED OVER 260 DIRECT SUPPORT SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 2025, GUIDING INDIVIDUALS IN UNDERSTANDING THEIR RIGHTS AND CONNECTING THEM TO ESSENTIAL LOCAL RESOURCES. WHEREAS, SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NEED TO THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE. WHEREAS, DURING NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH, THE CITY OF MAYNARD STANDS WITH SURVIVORS, RECOGNIZING THEIR STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE, AND JOINS WITH OTHERS ACROSS TEXAS AND THE NATION TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2026 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN EFFORTS TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUPPORT SURVIVORS, AND RECOGNIZE ITS LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND WITNESS THEREOF. I HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE EXCUSE ME CALLS TO BE AFFIXED. THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MAYNARD ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026. DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR, CITY OF MAYNARD AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR STAFF HERE WANT TO COME UP. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR OVER 250 260 SUPPORT SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO.
WE'RE GETTING OUR STEPS TODAY. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OF COURSE, RECOGNIZING
[C.Recognizing the 150th Anniversary of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the 2026 St. Joseph Fiesta ]
THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE 2026 SAINT JOSEPH FESTIVAL. AND THIS ONE READS PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS BEEN A FAITHFUL PRESENCE IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 150 YEARS, IT'S ALMOST AS OLD AS THE CITY.SERVING GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SPIRITUAL, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY LIFE OF MAYNARD. WHEREAS ESTABLISHING MAYNARD IN 1876, THE SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC
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CHURCH HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO SHARING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, FORMING DISCIPLES, AND PROVIDING A WELCOME PLACE OF WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND SERVICE. WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT ITS 150 YEAR HISTORY, SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS SOUGHT TO LIVE OUT THE CALL OF CHRIST, TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AND CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED THROUGH ACTS OF CHARITY, COMPASSION, OUTREACH AND SERVICE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AND WHEREAS, SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH RECOGNIZES THAT A STRONG COMMUNITY IS BUILT THROUGH PEOPLE WHO SERVE ONE ANOTHER, AND THE PARISH CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL LEADERS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE. AND WHEREAS, IN 2026, SAINT JOSEPH FIESTA PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE ITS HISTORIC 150TH ANNIVERSARY, HONOR THE EXCUSE ME. HONOR THE GENERATIONS WHO HAVE FAITHFULLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE PARISH AND LOOK TOWARD A FUTURE ROOTED IN FAITH, SERVICE, UNITY, AND HOPE. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MAYNARD RECOGNIZES AND APPRECIATES THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF SAINT JAMES, SAINT JOSEPH'S CHURCH, CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS PARISHIONERS TO THE COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATES A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE PARISH'S HISTORY AND ENCOURAGES THE CITIZENS OF MESNA TO JOIN SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF FAITH, FAMILY, SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2026 AT SAINT JOSEPH FIESTA. BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED THAT SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR ITS ENDURING COMMITMENT TO SERVING OTHERS, STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING THOSE IN NEED, AND EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES AT SAINT JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, BEGINS AS NEXT CHAPTER OF FAITHFUL SERVICE. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HEAR TO SET MY HAND.AND CAUSE THE SEAL TO BE AFFIXED TO THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER 26TH DOCTOR CHRISTOPHER HARVEY, MAYOR, CITY OF MAYNARD. CONGRATULATIONS.
SHE'S TOO SHORT FOR Y'ALL IN THE BACK. TODAY. ALL RIGHT. FIVE. FOUR.
ALL RIGHT. REPORTS. WELL, AT YOUR TRANSITION OUT.
THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE YOU WE HAVE A REPORT. ON THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE. THANK YOU. AND I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND HOW WE'VE BEEN WILL LET YOU FINISH. IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND. IF Y'ALL COULD SLIDE ON OUT WITH THE CONVERSATION, PLEASE. IN THE BACK. THANK Y'ALL. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING WE HAVE
[A. Community Collaborative Committee]
THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE MEETING. AND DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE HAVE SOME CITY STAFF. AND WE'RE KIND OF REALLY LISTENING. WE'RE SHARING UPDATES. AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF TALKING TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROBLEMS AND DATA ISSUES AND PROBLEMS AND DATA THAT WE'VE HEARD AROUND CERTAIN THINGS. AND SO THIS HAS PROMPTED US TO INITIATE SOME TASK FORCE THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF DIVE DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AND MANY OF YOU ALL PLAYED A[00:40:01]
PART IN SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S THAT THAT I'M GOING TO REFERENCE AND, AND THEN OR MANY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY PASSING CONCERNS OR IDEAS UP TO THE COMMITTEE. SO THIS IDEA IS, IS THIS REALLY CENTERED AROUND HEALTHIER, MEANER AND, AND WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS IN THE ORANGE ARE THE THREE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON. AND SO IF YOU RECALL, WE HAVE TWO INTERNS, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE I KIND OF KNOCK THROUGH THOSE SLIDES REAL FAST.WE HAVE TWO INTERNS FROM TEXAS STATE THAT ARE MASTER'S LEVEL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING.
AND WE INTRODUCED THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON EACH SERVING A ROLE TO KIND OF HELP BRING SOME OF THIS TOGETHER ON A COUPLE OF THOSE TASK FORCE. BUT I DO WANT TO PAUSE BECAUSE SOME TIME AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO GET MORE THINGS DONE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN HELP, BRINGING IN COMMUNITY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA OF CREATING AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. AND SO FORGIVE ME BECAUSE. THE GUY, STEVE MADELL, WHO IS THE FIELD INSTRUCTOR PERSON FOR TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE. THANK YOU. HE AND I, I MET HIM IN 1995, AND HE HELPED ESTABLISHED A LOT OF THE SKILL SETS THAT I PICKED UP WITH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND MY SOCIAL WORK EXPERIENCE. AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE. WE'VE BECOME CLOSE. WE BECAME FRIENDS. HE'S DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER'S NONPROFIT. MANY OF YOU HEARD OF THE PROGRAMS PALS, PALS. STEPHEN KING DID A LOT OF TRAINING ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, FOR THE POWER PROGRAM AND ALL THAT TRAINING THAT TOOK PLACE. MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, STEVE IS CLOSE TO ME. I'M CLOSE TO STEVE. STEVE IS CLOSE TO MY FAMILY. THAT'S. THAT'S A BROTHER. HE PASSED AWAY THIS PAST WEEK AND HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND HELPING TO GET THIS TOGETHER. FROM PICKING SELENA, PICKING DON, PICKING AARON, WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH THE THINGS ON THEIR END SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS PROGRAM. AND SO I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND JUST SAY HIS NAME AND MENTION THAT THAT WE LOST A GOOD ONE. THAT'S OVER 21 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP, AND THAT'S A GOOD ONE. SO I'M REAL, I'M REAL EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT DO WHAT THEY DO. DESPITE THE AFFLICTION. HIM BEING IN THE HOSPITAL, BATTLING CANCER, FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AND STILL WORKING WITH ME AND THE INTERNS TO TO GET THIS PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK ALL THE TIME THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE GO THROUGH AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ATTACKS OUT THERE. PEOPLE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO. AND SO THEY, INSTEAD OF LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND, THEY ATTACK AND THEY DO HARM. AND HE ENDURED A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE, BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE VISION. AND, AND, AND I'M GLAD THAT EVENTUALLY PEOPLE GAVE HIM HIS FLOWERS BECAUSE THEY SAW THE WORK THAT HE WAS DOING. AND TEXAS STATE IS A SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM. IT'S GREATER FOR THAT BECAUSE THE INTERNS ARE ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME GREAT PEOPLE THAT DID WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE HE CARES ABOUT ALL PEOPLE. HE HE COMMITTED HIS TIME, EVEN ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL HIS LAST BREATH, LAST BREATH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEEDED FOR THIS PROGRAM AT SOME POINT IN TIME. I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND JUST TALK ABOUT HOW TO HONOR THAT AND IF YOU'RE WILLING TO HONOR THAT. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT BEFORE I WENT INTO THIS, BECAUSE WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT THAT STEVE PUT IN ON HIS OWN. AND SO TO, TO THE FAMILY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT A CHANCE TO WATCH, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR GIVING
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US STEVE. I ALWAYS TELL MY DAUGHTER, MY MY MIDDLE CHILD, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT, TO EMOTIONAL, YOU STAND UP AND DO JUMPING JACKS. ALRIGHT, SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE AN EMAIL JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO SKATE THROUGH THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OTHER STUFF WE NEED TO GET TO TONIGHT AND THROW YOU SOME NUMBERS.THERE'S A LOT MORE DATA. THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO CRUNCH BUT YOU CAN SEE IN JUST THE LAST, WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING SOME SPECIFIC TIME AND TASK AND PEOPLE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE CITY AND OUR ACCESS TO STAKEHOLDERS CAN BE BETTER, A ROLE IN SUPPORTING THESE AREAS. AND SO HERE IT GETS SOME MORE DATA THAT WE GOT FROM OUR HEALTH COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN MORENO, WORKING WITH LIKE MEN'S HEALTH CLINIC, CENTRAL HEALTH AND OTHER TRAVIS COUNTY ENTITIES TO ENSURE THAT THIS REPORT CAME OUT. IT'S LINKED ON THEIR WEBSITE. IT'S LINKED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THIS KIND OF. OUR GROWTH. IT TALKS ABOUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE PIECE. AND YOU CAN THE LINKS ARE THERE. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE WONDERING WHE THEN THIS AREA. AND IF YOU OVERLAY THAT WITH EDUCATION, IF YOU OVERLAY THAT WITH LITERACY, IF YOU OVERLAY THAT WITH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, IF YOU OVERLAY THAT WITH COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, IF YOU OVERLAY THAT WITH ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME GAPS. AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THERE'S JUST A FENCE THAT PREVENTS THINGS FROM MOVING PAST A CERTAIN SPACE FROM COMING OUT HERE. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WORK WITH OUR, WITH OUR TEAM INSIGHT AND OUR FOLKS ON THE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY AND TRY TO CREATE THESE TASK FORCE SO THAT WE CAN BE WORKING ON HOW TO BREAK DOWN THAT INVISIBLE WALL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WHATEVER THAT BARRIER MAY BE, SO THAT WE CAN BRING RESOURCES IN HERE. COUNTY 6060 PLUS POPULATION GREW 56% IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. YOU CAN SEE OUR POPULATION FOR OUR SENIORS 65 AND OLDER GREW FROM 3.2% TO 8.3%. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT BREAKDOWN OF HOW BLOOD PRESSURE IS A HUGE THING OUT HERE. AND, AND MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S A COMMITTEE CALLED THE AUSTIN HEALTH CARE COUNCIL, AND IT'S MADE UP OF ALL THE EXECS OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS AND THE PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE FOLKS IN THIS REGION. AND ON THAT COMMITTEE, THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT'S NOT A HEALTH CARE PERSON, AND THAT'S ME. THERE'S ALSO ONE MAYOR ON THAT COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S ME. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THAT AND FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THAT ON THAT COMMITTEE. WHAT IT HAS DONE IS ALLOWED ME TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OUTSIDE OF HEALTH CARE. AND SO THE RESEARCH AND INFORMATION, THE CONTEXT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ON THAT COMMITTEE, IS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THROUGH THESE TASK FORCE. AND SO HERE YOU HAVE THE TASK. HE HAS SOME PARTIES TO INVITE, AND WE'VE ALREADY MADE CONTACT WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS. ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT'S NOT LISTED IS SAINT DAVIS FOUNDATION. WE ALSO HAVE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT WANTED TO BE PARTNERS. AND, AND JUST REALLY DIVING INTO THESE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO RESIDENTS GET CARE TODAY? CHRONIC CONDITIONS? SOME OF THIS IS IN THE REPORTS AND THEN SOME OF THIS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AS A TEAM IN REGARDS TO TRYING TO CREATE THAT MEDICAL DISTRICT WHERE WE BRING THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO THIS AREA SO THAT WE CAN SOLVE THOSE THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROVIDERS GET INTO THOSE
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AREAS. AND THEN WHAT PROGRAMS CAN, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS VERSUS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO LONGITUDINAL. AND SO THAT'S WHAT AARON IS WORKING ON, NOT NOT JUST AARON, BUT INTERN AARON. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S WORKING ON ALONG WITH THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. AND YOU ALL ARE BEING INVITED INTO THAT. AND SO WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE LITERACY THING IN TEXAS AND IN OUR AREA. AND SO AND HERE'S THE THING, WHEN YOU HAVE HIGH POVERTY, WHEN YOU HAVE FOOD DESERTS, WHEN YOU HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH EMPLOYMENT, THEN THERE'S NOT THAT PERSON AT HOME TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING ACCESS TO, TO LITERACY MATERIALS. AND SO IT PUTS A HUGE BURDEN ON THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT'S BEING COVERED IN CLASS. AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT, BECAUSE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, THERE'S LIBRARIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE THAT, THAT EXIST. THERE'S AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THERE'S ALL THESE TYPES OF THINGS THAT SUPPORT LITERACY AND YEAR ROUND PROGRAMING. AND SO, AND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE JOB OF ONE PERSON. THAT'S THE JOB OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PLAY OUR PART IN SURROUNDING NOT ONLY OUR SENIORS, NOT ONLY ADULTS, BUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SOME SOME DATA ABOUT OUR, OUR ADULTS OUT HERE. 60% OF THE COUNTY HOLD BACHELOR'S DEGREES. YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR COMPETITOR, THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THAT SPACE, ABOUT 1 IN 7 ADULTS HAVE NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE 28% OF TEXAS ADULTS SCORE AT OR BELOW THE LEVEL ONE LITERACY.SO IT'S NOT A CITY AND MAYNARD THING. THIS IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
MAINA RESIDENTS WORK AT HIGHER RATES THAN THE COUNTY, BUT EARNED ABOUT AS HALF AS MUCH AS A PERSON. THESE ARE THINGS WE KNEW AS WELL WHEN WE CAME IN, GOING BACK TO 2019, THINKING ABOUT JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMICS, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESKILL AND ELEVATE AND BUILD OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WORKING TO BRING THOSE EMPLOYERS HERE, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE HELPING AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS EDUCATION, LITERACY AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE IS, IS TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THE PROBLEM AND START FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BRING ALL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER IN THE AREA AND OUTSIDE THE AREA TO TRY TO HAVE A MORE MASTER PLAN TO ENSURE THAT OUR ADULTS HAVE ACCESS TO WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION AND, AND JOB TRAINING. MANY OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE CENTRALLY ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. AND IF TRANSPORTATION IS A BARRIER THAT YOU CAN'T UPSKILL TO GET THE HIGHER WAGES. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ENSURE THAT FOR OUR ADULTS, WE'RE PLAYING THAT PART TO BRING WORKFORCE, CAPITAL, WORKFORCE AND WORKFORCE RURAL AREA WORKFORCE DOLLARS TO THE AREA SO THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. AND, AND THAT MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT, THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTER SPACE FOR NONPROFITS AND LOOKING TO SEE HOW WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE A PART OF THOSE THINGS, TALKING TO NEW EMPLOYERS ABOUT CHIPPING IN AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO JUST GOOD CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE AND GO FROM THERE. 35 MINUTE COMMUTE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER, WE, WE, WE, WE, WE'VE BROUGHT THAT UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I'M, I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL GO AND LOOK AT THE, THE ITEMS AND THE DATA THAT'S ALREADY PUT OUT THERE SO THEY CAN SEE AND TRACK THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS AROUND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND TO KNOW WHICH SPECIFIC ROADS ARE OURS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT THERE'S SOME GOOD CONGESTION DATA TO SHOW HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING LOST. AND I THINK I SHARED IT IN THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. IT'S ABOUT IT EQUATES TO ABOUT $28 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE LOSE ON HIGHWAY 290 BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION. AND SO I'M THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A SOLUTION THAT'S GOING FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE SOMETHING THROUGH SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE THAT CONGESTION, BUT THAT CONGESTION THAT BECOMES A DETERRENT FOR PEOPLE GOING TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED. AND THAT'S WHY THAT THAT STATISTIC STATISTIC IS THERE. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE WAGE INFORMATION THAT'S THERE. WORKFORCE AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE LITERACY SKILLS FOR ADULTS. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE SUPPORT, SOCIAL DEGREES GEDS ACCESS HERE AS WELL IN ANY TYPE OF CREDENTIALING THAT CAN TAKE PLACE TO HELP PEOPLE UPSKILL.
IF WE KNOW THAT FAMILIES ARE WORKING 2 OR 3 JOBS OR HAVING HAVE, OR THE KIDS ARE HAVING TO WORK PART TIME AS WELL TO TO MAKE ENDS MEET, THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SARAN WRAP AROUND THE FAMILIES, GIVE THEM THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN FIND A JOB AND HOPEFULLY SHIFT TO ONE JOB, AND THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE MORE TIME BACK FOR FAMILY AND AND QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS IS WHAT OUR PLAN IS. GET THE TASK FORCE UP AND RUNNING THIS MONTH, AND THEN WORK TO GET SOME PLANS OVER DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER, AND THEN DO THE WORK FROM JANUARY
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TO APRIL, COMPILE THE FINDINGS, AND THEN HOPEFULLY BRING BACK SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AND 2027. I KNOW I SPED THROUGH THAT QUESTIONS. OF COURSE WE'D BE USING WOULD BE UTILIZING RIGHT OUR INTERNS ALONG THE WAY TO HELP US WITH THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO REESTABLISH DOWN WITH TEXAS STATE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE IN OUR LAST MEETING, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR THEIR FIELD INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF WAS BUILDING BUILDING PROJECTS WITH THEM SO THAT THEY EMBED IN THEIR EDUCATION, THE PREP AND, AND RELATED SKILLS. SO WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE INTERNSHIP THAT THEY'RE ALREADY PREPPED AND, AND READY, THEY KNOW WHAT THE WORK IS AND THEY'RE TRAINED IN THE WORK THROUGH THEIR COURSEWORK. SO WHEN THEIR FINAL YEAR COMES, THEY KNOW, OKAY, I HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERN AND DO THIS SPECIFIC THING OR DO THIS SPECIFIC THING. AND SO, SO THAT THAT'S THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT'S GOING TO BE STARTING. OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE A MOMENT.[CONSENT AGENDA ]
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SELF-EXPLANATORY BY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER, IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE NUMBER ONE CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL. MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAYOR. COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. WELL, MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WALLACE.IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER TWO
[2.Consideration, discussion, and possible action on the acceptance of the City of Manor, Texas, Single Audit Report for the Year ended September 30, 2025.]
CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ACCEPTANCE OF CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS.SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. THAT'S IN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE MR. SCOTT FROM CLA TO PRESENT THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 2025. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING SIR.
GOOD EVENING. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLIFTONLARSONALLEN CLA TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. AND AS BELEN MENTIONED HERE, I AM PRESENTING THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. YOU MAY WONDER WHAT EXACTLY IS A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT? THAT IS A REPORT ON THE EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS BY THE CITY OF MAYOR. AND ON PAGE ONE OF THIS DOCUMENT THAT I BELIEVE WAS INCLUDED IN THE BOARD PACKET.
THIS SHOWS THE EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL FEDERAL AWARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 WAS 1.796 MILLION. COMING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY THAT WAS PASSED THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS TETUM, AND THE PROGRAM WAS THE COVID 19 CORONAVIRUS. STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS. YEAH, AND MOVING FORWARD, HERE ON PAGE THREE, WE HAVE OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, COMPLIANCE, AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. AND WHEN I WAS PRESENTING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, I MENTIONED OR GAVE A PRELUDE TO A FINDING THAT WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN HERE, AND THAT IS IDENTIFIED AT THE BOTTOM OF
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THIS PAGE AS ITEM 2025 .001, THAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE A MATERIAL WEAKNESS. AS I DISCUSSED EARLIER, I WILL GO OVER MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT FINDING HERE SHORTLY. ON PAGE FIVE, WE HAVE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM.AND THE CITY OF MAYNARD HAD THE ONE MAJOR PROGRAM THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE. AND. ON PAGE SIX, UNDER OTHER MATTERS, THERE WAS ONE FINDING RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS ITEM 2025-002, WHICH I WILL DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL HERE SHORTLY. IF WE GO TO PAGE TEN, THIS IS THE FIRST FINDING THE 2025-001. MATERIAL AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND THE CONDITION. THE THIRD BOLD ITEM THERE STATES THAT NUMEROUS AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS, INCLUDING RESTATEMENTS TO BEGINNING FUND BALANCES, NET POSITION, WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE AUDIT. I KNOW I SPENT SOME TIME WITH MAYOR CITY COUNCIL REGARDING SOME OF THOSE PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE CONVEYED AND ACCEPTED CAPITAL ASSETS FROM THE PITS TO THE CITY OF MAYNARD, AND ALSO THE CREATION OF A FIDUCIARY FUND RELATED TO PIT ASSETS BEING HELD IN FIDUCIARY POSITION BY THE CITY OF MAYNARD, BREAKING TO ITS OWN SEPARATE FIDUCIARY FUND, WERE TWO OF THE LARGER ITEMS RELATED TO THE. PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENTS, OR RESTATEMENTS. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT ANOTHER ITEM IN THERE IN THE CONDITION. ADDITIONALLY, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR ACCOUNTANT CAN POST JOURNAL ENTRIES WITHOUT APPROVAL. I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE. JOURNAL ENTRIES CAN BE PREPARED AND POSTED WITHOUT APPROVAL FOR SOME OF THOSE ENTRIES, AND SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. CITY COUNCIL MAYOR TO IMPROVE THE SEGREGATION OF DUTIES AND TO GET PROPER APPROVALS FOR ITEMS LIKE JOURNAL ENTRIES. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS MAYBE INCREASE STAFFING WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY. JUST FROM AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT COULD BE CONSIDERED UNDERSTAFFED, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS REQUIRED IN THAT DEPARTMENT. SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, NOT TO BE INTENDED TO ACT IN THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT, JUST INDEPENDENT OBSERVATION TO CONSIDER FOR THE CITY. AND ON PAGE 11 IS THE FINDING 2025-002 PROCUREMENT, SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT. AND NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE. THE CONDITION FOR ONE PROCUREMENT. QUALIFICATION REFERENCE CHECKS WERE PERFORMED FOR A CONTRACTOR. HOWEVER, A SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT CHECK WAS NOT CHECKED WITH SAM.GOV.
SAM BEING THE SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT, JUST TO ENSURE THAT A POTENTIAL CONTRACTOR OR VENDOR WASN'T INCLUDED ON THAT SUSPENDED OR BARRED LIST, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO A FEDERAL AWARDS. AND THAT FINDING COULD BE. CORRECTED OR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN JUST BY ADDITIONAL TRAINING PROVIDED TO
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PERSONS IN CHARGE OF A APPROVING CONTRACTORS OR VENDORS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY RELATE TO FEDERAL AWARDS. SO SOMETHING FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER THERE AS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TRAINING SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT. AND THOSE ARE THE TWO FINDINGS RELATED TO THE. CITY OF MAYNARD, TEXAS. SINGLE AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 25. BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT OR WOULD LIKE ME TO ELABORATE MORE ON WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO AT THIS POINT. QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID KNOW IN REGARDS TO STAFFING WAS WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND ACTUALLY TOOK ACTION IN REGARDS TO ENSURING THAT THERE'S A BUDGET THAT CAN SUPPORT THE NEED THERE. AS A COUNCIL STAFF, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN WELL AWARE, THANKS TO CITY MANAGER AND AS BEEN LAYING ON JUST THE TRANSITION FROM THE PAST TO TO THE CURRENT AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO THEY'VE KEPT US UP TO SPEED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SO YEAH. THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. AND AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. AND THAT WOULD CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? NO JUST COMMENT.YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, RIGHT? IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GAP IN IN INTERNAL CONTROLS, RIGHT? MORE TRAINING, WHATEVER THAT WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, ON THE CITY SIDE TO PROVIDE THOSE TRAININGS AND ALSO ASSIST, YOU KNOW, OUR FINANCE TEAM WITH WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED. SO THAT WAY ALL OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY ISN'T FALLING ON ONTO ONE PERSON. SO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE CAN DO TO EXPLORE THAT, I SAY, LET'S DO IT. RIGHT. YEAH.
OTHER QUESTIONS. I HAD ONE QUESTION IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. DID YOU RECOMMEND A SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR OKAY. SPECIFIC TRAINING AS IT RELATES TO SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT? YES, THAT IS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION. THAT'S. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND I BELIEVE. I COULD. AND THAT IS ON PAGE 12. THE RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE FINDING 2025-002.
WE RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING VENDOR COMPLIANCE CHECKS. WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE CITY ESTABLISH INTERNAL CONTROLS TO MONITOR THAT VENDOR COMPLIANCE CHECKS ARE BEING COMPLETED ACCURATELY AND TIMELY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ALL. RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. MAYOR. COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND ACCEPT. THE CITY OF MANOR, TEXAS SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. WELL. MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILWOMAN AMESCUA. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMEMBER METZGER. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED.
[3.Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Texas Traffic Safety Program Comprehensive STEP (Selective Traffic Enforcement Program) grant agreement. ]
MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE RESOLUTION, CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 TEXAS TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM. COMPREHENSIVE STEP SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. GRANT AGREEMENT. YES, SIR. TOM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.[01:10:02]
SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE APPROVAL FOR OUR 2020 26 TO 2027 STEP GRANT. SO STEP IS OUR SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S OUR COMPREHENSIVE YEAR LONG GRANT WHERE WE ARE OFFER. OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE WORKING OVERTIME TO. I HOW CAN I SAY THIS? CONDUCT TRAFFIC STOPS IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS AND AREAS WHERE THERE IS HIGH COLLISION RATES, WHERE WE HAVE HOTSPOTS WITHIN THIS GRANT? IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. SO WE WOULD GET REIMBURSED THE ENTIRE WHATEVER MONEY WE USE, WE WOULD GET REIMBURSED BACK TO IT, BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS. WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WHAT TARGETED AREAS ARE CORRIDORS? AND THEY WILL BE THE FOCUS. YEAH. SO WE HAVE TWO ZONES. THE FIRST ONE IS LINEAR ZONE. IT STARTS FROM NORTH NINE, SEVEN, THREE RIGHT AT THE CITY LIMITS SOUTH TO TWO, 9290 AND NINE, SEVEN THREE, AND THEN BACK EAST TO 290, I THINK AT BULKER LANE. AND THEN THE ZONE, THE OTHER ZONE, ZONE TWO. IT STARTS AT JOYCE TURNER EAST ALL THE WAY TO 292973973 AT 2929973. SOUTH TO OLD HIGHWAY 20. OLD HIGHWAY 20 WEST BACK ALL THE WAY TO JOYCE TURNER AND THEN BACK UP JOYCE. TURN NORTH. SO IT'S WITHIN THAT THAT BIG SQUARE CIRCLE, CIRCLE AREA WHERE OFFICERS CAN ENFORCE TRAFFIC. SO ALL OF 290 BASICALLY, AND MOSTLY ALL NINE, SEVEN THREE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTH NINE, SEVEN THREE. WELL SOUTH OF PARSONS. YES, MA'AM. SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2019, HOW MANY. CITATIONS AND CRASHES OR. REGISTRATION IMPACTS AND. DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR IT. BUT WE DO PRODUCE THE OUR MONTHLY, LONG OR MONTHLY REPORTS FOR IT. MAYOR, COUNCIL CHIEF PHIPPS, MAYOR, POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOMETHING ELSE ON ON TOP OF THIS IS THAT THERE IS A EDUCATIONAL PIECE THAT THEY HAVE US PUSH OUT. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE DO THAT HELP US QUALIFY FOR THIS GRANT FUNDING. SO THE GOAL OF IT IS NOT NECESSARILY TICKETS, IT'S THE EDUCATION. AND THEN ENFORCEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT CAN LOOK LIKE CITATION, CITATION, TICKET OR A WARNING. AND WE TRY TO GET COMPLIANCE OF OUR TRAFFIC LAWS WITH, WITH WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO, TO ENSURE THAT THE DRIVERS UNDERSTAND THAT WE TAKE THAT OR ENFORCEMENT HERE SERIOUSLY. I'M ACTUALLY GLAD THAT THIS CAME UP BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH RECENT, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND WHATNOT. AND WITH OUR CONTINUED WORK WORKING WITH TEX DOT CAMERA, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE SET IN MOTION. BUT I THINK ONE THING FOR ME THAT STANDS OUT, RIGHT IS THAT RECKLESS DRIVING, RIGHT? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ON THE CITY BESIDES LIKE THIS GRANT, THIS INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE DOING LIKE OUR OWN, LIKE MAINER AGAINST RECKLESS DRIVING SORT OF CAMPAIGN, RIGHT? THAT WE CAN REALLY PUSH TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT, THE, THE BAD SIDE OF RECKLESS DRIVING. I DO THINK THAT CAMPAIGNS WORK, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON A LOCAL LEVEL. I, I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY IS WE CAN TELL WHEN A, A CITATION DOES GET BEFORE THE COURT SYSTEM, WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR COURT SYSTEMS UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CITY WANTS ENFORCEMENT. AND THEY WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE LEFT OFF WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS WE CAN DO, BUT THERE. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THE CONDITIONS OF OUR ROADS.
THEY'RE JUST. THE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS HAVE NOT BEEN, YOU KNOW, KEPT UP TO THE RAPID GROWTH.
AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON ROADWAYS THAT AREN'T WELL LIT, THAT ARE THAT HAVE LIGHTING CYCLE ISSUES, THAT HAVE CONSTANT FIXES AND CONSTRUCTION ON THEM. AND SO WE CAN EXPLORE OPTIONS OF WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO. BUT ENFORCEMENT IS THE MAIN THING FOR US, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TASKED WITH. AND, AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO GET THE OFFICERS OUT THERE,
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OUR TRAFFIC UNIT OUT THERE, WE HAVE OUR NEW MOTOR UNIT ON, ON BOARD. AND, AND SO GETTING THOSE OUT THERE, ENFORCING THE TRAFFIC LAWS. AND LIKE I SAID, ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY MEAN A CITATION. AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THE ENFORCEMENT, WHAT WE WANT IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW FOR SAFE ROADWAYS, FOR SURE. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I THINK ALSO, YOU GUYS MOVING INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, NEW LOCATION IS GOING TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE, RIGHT, TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED, YOU KNOW, FOR SURE. OUR VACANCIES WILL HOPEFULLY GROW SHORTER IN TIME WHEN A PROSPECTIVE APPLICANT WALKS INTO A BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDING, AS OPPOSED TO A TRAILER HOUSE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.OTHER QUESTIONS. I JUST HAD A COMMENT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. I KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT OF WORK. I, I DO APPRECIATE IT. I, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND FILLING OUT PAPERWORK THAT, YOU KNOW, IS ALWAYS A JOY TO DO CHECKING BOXES AND MAKING SURE ALL YOUR I'S ARE DOTTED AND T'S ARE CROSSED. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, BECAUSE THESE TYPES OF THINGS ARE THE THINGS THAT KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS AND WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE NEED. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS THIS PROGRAM DOES. IT ALLOWS US TO PUT EXTRA OFFICERS ON THE STREET THAT ARE DOING NOTHING BUT ADDRESSING TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT GENERALLY CANNOT BE CALLED OFF TO HANDLE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL, OR ANOTHER SITUATION THAT WOULD NORMALLY PULL AN OFFICER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO A TRAFFIC UNIT OR A TRAFFIC DETAIL TO HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF CALLS. SO WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. ANY OTHERS? WELL, SO I CONCLUDE THEN WITH TWO THINGS.
ONE. EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OVEREMPHASIS ON, YOU KNOW, THE REACTIONARY PIECE. AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE STEP PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE REACTION, IT'S ABOUT THE EDUCATION. AND SOMETIMES WE CAN GET SO FOCUSED ON THE PROBLEM THAT WE, WE FORGET TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ROOT ISSUE. AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST EDUCATION. SOME PEOPLE JUST AREN'T AREN'T AWARE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILL SETS FOR DRIVING OR THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU KNOW, HOW TO BETTER PREPARE A PLAN, THEIR ROUTES AND DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. SO EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION I THINK ARE PRIMARY. TWO, I WOULD SAY A GOOD WAY TO MAYBE EXPLORE HOW TO BETTER EDUCATE MIGHT BE TO MAYBE TAKE THAT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND YEAH, AND MAYBE BRAINSTORM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE COME UP WITH A LITTLE TEAM OR SOMETHING, BRAINSTORM, COME BRING UP SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN HELP IN THOSE SPACES. MISS CHARLES, MYSELF AND ASHLYN TYLER, WE GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO THE CENTRAL TEXAS LEARNING FESTIVAL PLANNING THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND SO MARCH IS A GOOD TIME TO MAYBE HAVE A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OR SAFETY CLASS OR HOW TO HOW TO MAKE THESE TURNS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. YEAH. SO DON'T DRIVE ON THE SHOULDER, DON'T DRIVE. YEAH. SO, SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, THROW THOSE THINGS OUT THERE IN THE COMMITTEES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HOST THAT THOSE CLASSES THERE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. SO AGAIN, KUDOS TO YOU ALL THE TEAM SAID EVERYTHING. Y'ALL BEEN DOING THIS FOR A MINUTE AND DEFINITELY PUBLICIZE IT, PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE LIKE YOU NORMALLY DO. SO FOLKS KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT GET MISINFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE GOT GOING ON. AND SO DEFINITELY TELL THE TRUTH AND SHARE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-21, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 TEXAS TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM. COMPREHENSIVE STEP SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT, AND DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL FOR ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE GRANT.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN. WE'RE. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. THANK
[4.Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding a Bus Safety Partnership between the City of Manor and Manor Independent School District (Manor ISD).]
YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A BUS SAFETY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF MAYNOR AND THE MAIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, MAYNOR ISD. YES, SIR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHIEFS, MAYNOR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS EARLY[01:20:03]
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP WITH MAYNOR ISD. THEY ARE LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH A COMPANY CALLED BUS SAFETY. ESSENTIALLY, IT IS PRETTY COMMONLY USED AROUND TEXAS. IT IS THE CAMERAS THAT ACTUALLY GO ON THE BUSSES STOP SIGNS. SO WHEN THE STOP SIGN COMES OUT, IF ANYBODY VIOLATES THE LAW, IT SNAPS A PICTURE OR A SMALL RECORDING OF THE VIOLATION, AND IT IS SENT TO US TO REVIEW TO SEE IF THE VIOLATION ACTUALLY DID OCCUR. AND THEN ACTION IS TAKEN FROM THAT PHOTO OR VIDEO THAT WE RECEIVE. I'M FAIRLY NEW TO UNDERSTANDING THIS PROGRAM.AGAIN, IT IS WIDELY USED, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS PROGRAM HERE IN MAYNOR. BUT AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT USES IT. MANY OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND US USE IT, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD JUST BE THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR SCHOOL BUSSES GO OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, AND WE WOULD NEED TO EXPLORE A LOT OF THINGS WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM AND OUR COURTS OUTSIDE OUR MUNICIPAL COURT ON WHAT THOSE FILINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT I IF I WERE TO GUESS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE NO DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, IF AN OFFICER WERE TO STOP SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, ON PALMER OUTSIDE THE CITY, WE WE FILE THOSE CITATIONS THROUGH OUR OUR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT ONE COURT. BUT A LOT OF THINGS TO FIGURE OUT. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE EARLY DISCUSSION ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MAYNOR ISD. QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS. YES, SORRY. I HAVE LIKE THREE OF THEM. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WILL THE CITATIONS WHEN THEY'RE ISSUED, I, I IT MAY BE IN THERE AND I MAY HAVE JUST MISSED IT. ARE THEY GOING TO BE CIVIL OR CRIMINAL? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND THE COURT SYSTEMS. SOME CITIES DO. ISSUE THESE CITATIONS AS NONCRIMINAL OR NON-TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. THERE THERE ARE DIFFERENT CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT. IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T APPEAR FOR THAT, THE THE CONSEQUENCES ARE DIFFERENT THAN IF WE ISSUE IT AS A AS A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT OR HOW WE WOULD PROCEED, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE UP TO SOMEBODY WITH A LAW DEGREE OR A JUDGE AND NOT ME. I DON'T KNOW. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A TIMELINE FOR LIKE PROGRESS REPORTS ON THAT, LIKE PORPHYRINS OR PORPHYRIN PRECURSORS. YEAH, YEAH. I NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM AND BEING THAT WE WOULD PARTNERSHIP WITH JUST THE ENFORCEMENT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WHAT INFORMATION WE WOULD RECEIVE BACK FROM THE EITHER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE COMPANY. WE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLORE WHAT, WHAT REPORTING MECHANISMS WOULD COME BACK TO US. WE COULD LOOK AT THINGS THAT WOULD GO THROUGH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT. WE COULD PROBABLY COLLECT DATA FROM THAT, BUT NOT EVERY VIOLATION IS NECESSARILY GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT. SOME COULD BE FORWARDED TO A JP OFFICE OR. AND THEN THE LAST ONE. SO. OKAY, SO. THE CITATIONS LIKE SAY THEY DID THAT REDUCED SIZE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THAT. IF THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THIS DOESN'T END UP COVERING THE OPERATION EXPENSES THAT COME WITH THIS, IT'S WHERE WILL IT COST? FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING CITY OR. SO THE COST ON THE CITY WOULD BE THE TIME OF THE OFFICERS TO REVIEW ANY VIOLATIONS THAT ARE TURNED INTO US, AND THEN COMPLETE ANY NECESSARY PAPERWORK TO TO MAKE THE CITATION OR, OR, OR THE COURSE OF ACTION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THEN AS WELL AS COURT STAFF'S TIME TO DEAL WITH THE PROCEEDINGS AND THE FILINGS, REVENUE FROM THESE CITATIONS THAT, AGAIN, THERE'S A PROCESS BEHIND THAT IS OF, YOU KNOW, IF THE THE DEFENDANT IS FOUND GUILTY, IF A FINE IS ASSESSED BY THE JUDGE, AND THEN SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT QUESTION. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE'RE DOING ENFORCEMENT, WE WE DON'T CONSIDER THE COST OF IT. WE CONSIDER THE IMPACT AND THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. AND AS
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WE HEARD EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE PASSING SCHOOL BUSSES. GENERALLY, WE HEAR FROM MAYNOR ISD. IF THERE'S A ROUTE IN THE IN THE CITY LIMITS WHERE THERE IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM, THE BUS DRIVERS GENERALLY TELL SOMEBODY. AND THEN THAT FILTERS OVER TO US. IT'S NOT AS FREQUENT AS YOU WOULD MIGHT THINK. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE ISSUES ARE ARE HEAVIER IN THE COUNTY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TICKETS WOULD ACTUALLY FILTER THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURT FROM THE ACTION DONE BY OUR, OUR OFFICERS FROM A VIOLATION TURNED INTO US. IT COULD BE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE VIOLATIONS COME OFF OF HIBBS LANE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S OUT IN THE COUNTY. THOSE TICKETS, THOSE CITATIONS, IF THEY WERE TO REMAIN CRIMINAL, WOULD BE FILTERED THROUGH THE JP ONE COURT. SO WE WOULD HAVE NO REVENUE. WE WOULD HAVE EXPENSE ON THE TIME AND EFFORTS OF THE OFFICER, BUT THERE WOULD BE NO REVENUE INTO THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL, I THINK THE QUESTION, LIKE I SHARED WITH CHIEF EARLIER, IS THAT IF WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR TO REALLY GET A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THEY'RE SEEING BEFORE THIS, THIS SYSTEM IS DEPLOYED THROUGH ALL THEIR BUSSES. WE WOULD KIND OF GET A GOOD SENSE. SO THAT WAY WE CAN MANAGE LOAD CASE LOAD FOR US. BECAUSE IF THEY SAY, HEY, LAST SCHOOL YEAR, I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND OR TWO HANDS HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE HAD THIS EITHER IN THE MORNING OR AFTERNOON, WHICH COULD TRIGGER US TO BE ABLE TO SAY A SPECIFIC ROUTE WE CAN HAVE. MAYBE THE SHERIFF'S CONSTABLES, MAYBE IN THE AREA WHERE IT'S BEEN PRETTY PREVALENT BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR SCOPE, AND THAT GIVES US A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL AND TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR SAID, HEY, ANYTHING IN THE CITY WE CAN HONE IN ON, BUT ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, MAYBE JUST HAVE THAT DATA TO SHARE WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO, TO HELP US. OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I GUESS RIGHT. IF, IF ANY FINAL PROGRAM THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DECIDED WILL ULTIMATELY COME BACK TO US, RIGHT? FOR APPROVAL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, THIS IS FAIRLY NEW TO ME AND WE'RE STILL IN EARLY STAGES OF CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT YES, THIS WOULD HAVE TO REQUIRE, I BELIEVE, A, EITHER A RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU GUYS. SO YES. AWESOME. GOOD TO KNOW. YEAH. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WORTH ENTERTAINING, RIGHT? WORTH EXPLORING, I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HURT IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BENEFIT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, AND THAT COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THERE. SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. OTHER QUESTIONS. HOW DID THIS INITIATE? I GOT A CALL FROM THE SCHOOL WHEN THEY WERE THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND HE MENTIONED AUSTIN ISD. AND THAT'S WHEN I REACHED OUT AND ASKED, CHIEF, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US? AND, AND I REALIZED TALKING TO THE SCHOOL, A LOT OF IT IS OUTSIDE THE CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF SHOULDERS EVEN OUT IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE A LOT OF SHOULDERS. BUT EVIDENTLY IT'S HAPPENING. AND SOME OF THE VIDEOS THAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM OTHER AREAS WHERE KIDS GET OFF THE BUS AND PEOPLE ARE GOING AROUND AND IT'S VERY SCARY FOR, FOR, FOR PARENTS WHO THINK THEIR KIDS SHOULD GET SAFE, GET OFF THE BUS. SO IF ANYTHING, WE CAN DO TO PROVIDE THAT SAFETY MEASURE AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE WILL BE ENFORCEMENT. AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S JUST HELPFUL TOOL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF WORK WITH THE SCHOOL AND THEN IDENTIFY THOSE HOT SPOTS FOR US TO, TO BE PROACTIVE. DO THEY HAVE ANY QUANTIFIABLE DATA IN REGARDS TO LIKE? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, EARLIER WAS A, WELL, WE'VE HAD A GUEST THAT THAT HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SPECIFIC AREA.AND SO I JUST WANTED TO DO SOME QUANTIFIABLE DATA THAT KIND OF SHOWS KIND OF WHERE THOSE HOT SPOTS ARE AND KIND OF WHAT THAT INTERSECTION LOOKS LIKE COMPARED TO THE REST. IF NOT, THEN I'M HOPING THAT WHATEVER KIND OF MATERIAL IS FROM THIS, THAT THERE IS A WAY TO CAPTURE DATA SO THAT WE KNOW THAT LIKE, HEY, BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK THAT'S COMING FROM WHATEVER THE SYSTEM IS THAT WE CAN SAY, OKAY, HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE HOT AREAS. AND, AND THEN YOU ALL CAN THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THEN COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY, HEY, WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO THIS HERE. WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO THIS OVER THERE, OR WE NEED TO CALL THE COUNTY BECAUSE HERE'S, HERE'S THE DATA, HERE'S THE ANNUAL DATA ON THE QUARTERLY DATA, WHATEVER IT GIVES YOU ALL. SO MAYBE SO THEY DO HAVE THE QUANTITATIVE DATA. IF THEY CAN SHARE THAT. IF THEY DON'T, THEN LIKE, I GUESS IN THAT CONVERSATION, SEE IF THEY CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES THAT SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, RIGHT, THAT MAY THAT WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM CAN, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE CITY, RIGHT? THEY HAVEN'T PROVIDED US ANY DATA, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT HOW
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WE WOULD COLLECT THE DATA AND HOW WE WOULD RESPOND IS WITH CALLS EITHER FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, MY KIDS ARE GETTING ON AND OFF THE BUS AND WHILE THEY ARE, THESE PEOPLE ARE PASSING OR A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE THE SCHOOL BUS, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY CALL US DIRECTLY.THEY WILL TELL SOMEBODY AT THE BUS BARN WHO THEN COMMUNICATES IT AND IT GETS BACK TO US THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS CERTAIN BUS ROUTE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS HAVING THESE ISSUES. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WHERE WE CAPTURE THE DATA OUTSIDE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK WITHOUT THIS SYSTEM, IT MAY BE HARD FOR THEM TO. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I GET THAT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY, IF THEY DID HAVE IT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE IF THEY DO, THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE IT. OKAY. YEAH. BUT YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE GET OUR STUFF FROM THE CALLS AND SO FORTH. SO, BUT HOPEFULLY WHATEVER THIS THING IS, HOPEFULLY THAT IT CAN KIND OF QUANTIFY THAT AND, YOU KNOW, CONNECT TO A CERTAIN ROUTE WHICH CONNECTS TO A CERTAIN STOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK ANOTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT THESE CAMERAS ARE GOING TO BE EQUIPPED ON THE BUS, IT MAY DETER PEOPLE FROM DRIVING AROUND THEM AS WELL.
WELL, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THE AREA THAT THE GENTLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IS, IS AN INTERSECTION WHERE PEOPLE BYPASS 290. THEY COME OFF OF 290, COME DOWN OLD HIGHWAY 20, AND THEN THEY CUT IN FRONT OF THE PARK AND THEN THEY CUT THROUGH THAT AREA. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN MINOR RESIDENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO COME THROUGH THERE AND BYPASS TRAFFIC. AND SO, SO YEAH, I THINK FOR OUR FOLKS, I THINK THAT ESPECIALLY IN THAT COMMUNITY, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE THAT RESPECT THE STOP, RIGHT. BUT IT COULD VERY WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE DESCRIPTION THAT WAS GIVEN ON HOW THOSE TERMS HAVE BEEN MADE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE THAT ARE DRIVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S A TON OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH THOSE, THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT WAS STATED. THAT'S THAT'S A HEAVY OFFER TO 90 BYPASS AREA. THEY GET OFF 290 OLD KIMBROUGH AND THEY COME ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THEY CUT THROUGH THAT, THAT AREA. AND IT DOES MAKE IT THERE. THEY'RE SPEEDING DOWN 20.
THEY'RE SPEEDING. THEY'RE MAKING THAT CRAZY SPEED FAST TURN ON SKIMMERS SKIMMER. AND THEN THERE THEN THEY SEE THE BUS LIGHTS COMING AND THEY'RE CAN I BEAT IT? AND LOOK, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE WHEN I DO MY SOMETIMES MY 435 30 JOGS, I'M THERE AND THEY'RE MAKING THAT TURN. YEAH. AND TRYING TO BEAT THE BUS. YEAH. SO SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
BUT AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE JUST THAT IT MIGHT BE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH QUICKER. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW. AND I THINK THEY WILL COMPLY, ESPECIALLY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THOSE OTHER FOLKS? AND I THINK FOR THOSE OTHER FOLKS THAT ENFORCEMENT WILL BE WHAT WHAT MAKES THEM ALL SHOOTS? YEAH, I'M ABOUT TO FACE COURT TIME OR WHATEVER FINES, YOU KNOW, FOR DOING THAT. I THINK THAT THAT'LL HELP. THEY WON'T THEY WON'T BE GETTING AWAY ANYMORE FOR SURE. WITH THOSE CAMERAS, MAYBE WE CAN CATCH SOME OF THEM TRUCKS GOING THROUGH WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE GOING THROUGH. IF THEY PASS A SCHOOL BUS WHILE THE STOP SIGNS OUT. YEAH, THESE CAMERAS ARE FIXED TO THE BUS. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR OUR HIGHWAY CONDITION, I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO FIND ANY ROUTE TO NOT SIT, YOU KNOW, SIT STILL. AND AS SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVED IN OLD TOWN MAINE FOR THEIR WHOLE LIFE, I'M TELLING YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, IT IS A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW, BUT IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO CUT THROUGH BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT AT THE LIGHTS, UNFORTUNATELY. CAN WE, AS YOU KNOW, A CITY HAVE MORE ENFORCEMENT? DEFINITELY. YOU KNOW, IF WE IF THIS PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS, DEFINITELY. BUT LIKE WITH MAYOR HARVEY WAS SAYING A LOT OF IT TOO, IS PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE IN TOWN, PEOPLE WHO ARE CUTTING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO MAYBE LIVE IN ELGIN OR LIVE IN OUR ETJ AND THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT IN THE TRAFFIC. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S TOUGH. IT SUCKS. BUT THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION. YEAH, OVER 62,000 PEOPLE EVERY EVERY DAY, 62,000 PEOPLE TRAVEL TO 90 AND THEY'RE GETTING ON AND OFF ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO, TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION. AND SO, AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE INTERNALIZE THINGS THAT'S NOT US AS A COMMUNITY. WE START POINTING FINGERS AT US. AND WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THE MORE REGIONAL ISSUE AND 62,000 PEOPLE, THAT'S COMING DOWN THE STRETCH OF HIGHWAY THAT THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE TO THE CITY, IT BELONGS TO TECH STOCK.
RIGHT. AND SO, AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO HELP US NOW AND STEPPING IN THOSE THINGS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S REAL. AND WHAT'S REAL IS WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT COME THROUGH, AND A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO COMPLY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY BE MORE THAT IF THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO BREAK A LAW REAL FAST, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. AND,
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AND SO HOPEFULLY THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATION, WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT. RIGHT? IF SO, WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU ARE WE TOLD YOU, YEAH, YOU'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT. SO BUT KUDOS AGAIN TO YOU ALL BECAUSE I KNOW BOTH OF Y'ALL MEET REGULARLY WITH, YOU KNOW, KEY LEADERS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE COUNTY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING CONNECTED AND, AND BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. YEAH. AND I SAY, MAYOR, JUST TO, JUST TO JUST KIND OF JUST SAY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD. WE START A NEW FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1ST. BUT THE GOAL FOR US IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WE DO HAS INTENTIONAL OUTCOMES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND WE KNOW TRANSPORTATION IS ONE, BUT ALSO THE SAFETY PIECE AND OUR KIDS.SO ANYBODY THAT'S GOT KIDS THAT HAVE TO RIDE BUSSES OR BIKES IN OR AROUND THE CITY, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING TO KEEP KEEP THEM SAFE. SO ANY PROGRAM THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN WORK ON AND WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH DPS OR EVEN WITH TEXDOT, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE BRING IT BACK TO TO YOU TO GET SUPPORT FOR US TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOMETHING TO, TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL. DO YOU HAVE DIRECTION? YES. SO I THINK WHAT IF YOU ALL AGREE? MY NEXT STEP IS WE'LL TAKE IT TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS AFTER WE DISCUSS MORE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AND THE COMPANY TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH CITY LEGAL AND MUNICIPAL COURT AT SOME POINT TO BRING IN WHAT WHAT IT WHAT VIOLATIONS WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST BRING IT HERE AND SEE IF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION WE WANTED TO GO. OKAY. AND HOW FAST ARE THEY TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, MR. MOORE. DO YOU KNOW HOW FAST, HOW FAST ARE THEY TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS? WE NEED TO CHECK WITH THE SCHOOL. I THINK THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THEIR AGREEMENT EXECUTED. SO THEY MAY HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE GET OUR STEPS DONE. SO THAT WAY, THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE WON'T JUST SIT IN LIMBO. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE STEPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TO HAVE ORDINANCE, AND IT COULD BE HOPEFULLY FIRST OF THE YEAR. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING SOONER, BUT IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL. THEY'RE AND THEY'RE THEY'RE CONTRACTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE COMPLIANCE FOR US TO APPROVE. OKAY. AND THE DATA, I'M SORRY, I SAW AND MAKE SURE THEY FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THAT DATA. YEAH. SO WE HAVE THAT. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ITEM
[5.Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Property Use Agreement between TBBA LLC and the City of Manor. ]
NUMBER FIVE CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PROPERTY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TB, A LLC AND THE CITY OF MAYNOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPERTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN TB B LLC, WHICH IS THE BIG BOUNCE AMERICA WHO WAS HERE LAST YEAR IN APRIL, AND THEY WILL BE COMING BACK AGAIN IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR. AND THIS IS JUST THE PROPERTY AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, JUST A NAME CHANGE AND THE DATE CHANGE FOR THAT PROPERTY AGREEMENT. AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THAT DOCUMENT. AND THEN ONCE WE CAN GET THAT SIGNED, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PROCESSED OVER TO THEM AS WELL. I DON'T REMEMBER, DID WE SAY DID THEY SAY HOW MUCH HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAD LAST YEAR? I AM WAITING TO GET THAT ANSWERED FROM THEM. THEY KNOW IT'S BEEN SENT TO THEM. THEY ARE WANTING TO DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH US FOR THIS YEAR, SO IT COULD BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL.ONCE WE HAVE AN IDEA FROM THEM. ASHLEY AND I HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH THEM RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN DO IT BECAUSE IT IS LAST MINUTE FOR THIS YEAR. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY COME BACK FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL NEXT YEAR TO DO A PARTNERSHIP. OKAY, THIS IS ALL THE WAY UP TO THANKSGIVING. THIS IS THERE IS NO I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD THERE. LOWDEN'S NOVEMBER 16TH. THE ACTUAL EVENT DATE IS IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND. AND THEN THEIR LOAD OUT DATE IS THAT NOVEMBER 24TH. OKAY. QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS. I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY CHOSE US AND NOT AUSTIN. YES, THEY ARE VERY EXCITED TO COME BACK AGAIN. YEAH, I GUESS FOR ME, I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT WAS THEIR TURNOUT FOR THE LAST TIME. SO WHENEVER YOU HAVE THAT, YES. IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN THEY CAME LAST TIME, IT WAS KIND OF RAINY, A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. SO THEY MAY HAVE HAD A BETTER
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TURNOUT IF IT HAD NOT HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK THEY HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT. MY I KNOW MY GRANDCHILD WENT, YEAH, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE BECAUSE THAT, THAT IT HAPPENED REAL FAST, KIND OF LIKE RIGHT NOW. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE COME BACK AROUND AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO A LITTLE BIT, HOW TO HAVE A CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT SOONER SO THAT THE MARKETING AND INFORMATION CAN GET OUT AND MORE OF THE RESIDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT OR SURROUNDING AREAS BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE REGION. YES, I KNOW THEY'RE DOING MARKETING VIA LIKE THE, THEIR LOCAL NEWS, OUR LOCAL NEWS HERE, I'VE SEEN SOME GO THROUGH, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR US TO ALSO MARKET. SO THAT'S WHY ASHLYN AND I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM AS WELL. OKAY. IS THAT WHERE THE PARTNERSHIP COMES IN? PARTLY, YES. POTENTIALLY. WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THIS YEAR RIGHT NOW, BUT MORE TO COME FOR LIKE AT LEAST NEXT YEAR'S PARTNERSHIP, IF NOT THIS YEAR'S FOR THAT ANSWER IN ATTENDANCE. I SHOULD HAVE THAT TO YOU BY THE END OF THE WEEK. OKAY. AND ALSO PLEASE MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT SAY BIG BOUNCE AUSTIN, BECAUSE LAST YEAR IT DID SAY BIG BOUNCE AUSTIN. AND IT HAD OUR ADDRESS ON THERE, BUT IT HAD BIG BOUNCE. AUSTIN. MAKE SURE THEY PUT MAYNOR. I WILL LET THEM KNOW. AS OF RIGHT NOW ALL OF IT'S SAYING BIG BOUNCE AMERICA. OKAY, SO AND THEN THE ADDRESS IS STILL THE EAST MANOR DEVELOPMENT ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MAYOR. COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A PROPERTY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TBBA LLC AND THE CITY OF MANOR. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WARING. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? OR NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. FIRST OF THE FIRST[6.Consideration, discussion, and possible action on the First Amendment to the Manor Downs Commerce Center Development Agreement.]
AMENDMENT AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FIRST EXCUSE ME. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MANOR DOWNS COMMERCIAL. EXCUSE ME. COMMERCE CENTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. YES, SIR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS CORRECTS THE AMOUNT OF LAND CONVEYED TO THE CITY WITH THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS COMPLETED WITH THE MAYNARD DOWNS GROUP. IT'S JUST A CORRECTION OF THE NUMBER TO 8.73 ACRES TO ACCURATELY CONVEY WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING. ADDITIONALLY, WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS SECURES TEN WATER EASE OF SERVICE FOR US WHENEVER WE ARE READY TO GO OUT THERE. THEY'RE JUST SETTING THAT ASIDE. SO WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO, WE'LL HAVE SOME CAPACITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR TOILETS, MAYBE CONCESSION STAND, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'LL BE OUT THERE. BUT THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THAT FOR US. AND LASTLY, THIS SOLIDIFIES OUR ABILITY TO ADD A MURAL TO ONE OF THE SIDES OF THEIR BUILDING DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE LAND CONVEYED TO US. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE SECURED IN WRITING SO THAT WHEN THE TIME CAME, ONCE WHATEVER CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE, WE CAN HAVE THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL HOMAGE TO THE ORIGINAL RACETRACK. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. A QUICK QUESTION. ONE, PRIOR TO ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY WAS DO WE KNOW IF THE HISTORY OF MAYNARD DOWNS, WAS IT NEVER ANNEXED IN THE CITY, OR WAS IT ALWAYS IN THE ETJ? IT WASN'T IN OUR ETJ, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT WAS. I'M TALKING ABOUT BEFORE THE LITTLE STATE THING THAT TOOK PLACE A LONG TIME AGO THAT I WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP, BUT IT WAS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT WAS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ETJ SO I JUST WANTED TO RESTATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS SOME MISINFORMATION THAT WENT OUT THERE ABOUT THE PROJECT WHERE, WHERE IT WAS. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THIS WAS IN THE ETJ OF AUSTIN. AND SO THE PROJECT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF OUR INTERFERENCE, NOT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. IT WAS TRAVIS COUNTY, CITY OF AUSTIN, ETJ. SO WE HAD NO SAY ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE BUILT THERE. HOWEVER, WE WENT TO THEM AND SAID TO THEM, THIS AREA IS HISTORIC AND IMPORTANT TO US. AND SO THEY CHOSE TO ANNEX IN AND DONATE LAND TO US SO THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING ON LAND TO HONOR MAYNARD DOWNS.AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THIS SPACE. AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION OUT THERE ABOUT HOW THIS GOT TO BE BE THE CASE AND HOW AND THAT WE GAVE THINGS AWAY. WE ACTUALLY ASKED SOMEONE TO CONSIDER GIVING US SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN HONOR THE HISTORY OF
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MAYNARD DOWNS, BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT ANNEXED IN THE CITY, IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE'S PROJECT, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEONE ELSE FOR THAT. AND SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THAT HARD WORK AND SORRY THAT YOU SOMETIMES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT INCORRECT SCRUTINY FOR THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HONORING OUR TOWN'S HISTORY WITH MAYNARD DOWNS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE CONVEYED LAND TO HONOR THE HISTORY AND HELP CELEBRATE AND DO SOMETHING FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN THAT SPACE. YES, SIR. AND THEN MY LAST. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU CAN LEAVE.GO AHEAD. I'M JUST. THOSE ARE TOTAL LIES. YOU CAN LEAVE. YOU CAN LEAVE. I'M READY TO LEAVE.
HE HE HAS TO GO. HE HAS TO GO. DON'T PUT MAYNARD DOWNS ON A ON AN ICE WAREHOUSE AND CALL THAT HONORING YOUR HISTORY. PLEASE STOP TALKING, SIR, AND EXIT QUIETLY.
I OWN THE NAME MAKER DOWNS. YOU DON'T GET TO PUT IT ON. SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS ALSO. WHAT WAS THE. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? YES, IT WAS JUST THE. THE NUMBER ON IN THE AGREEMENT DIDN'T MATCH WHAT WAS IN THE.
THE SURVEY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER. WE ARE. THE AMOUNT FOR THE. OF PARKLAND IS LESS THAN WHAT WAS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PREVIOUSLY. THIS ITEM ACTUALLY HAS COME TO YOU UNDER THE PLANS. THERE'S THE. THE PLANS ALSO SHOWED THAT IT HAD BEEN REDUCED.
SO NOW THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS MATCHING WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED, WHICH THE COUNCIL. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. MAYOR, APPRECIATE YOU FOR STATING WHAT YOU DID AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT'S YOU'VE SAID IT UP HERE SEVERAL TIMES AND AND IT'S THE FACT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS COUNCIL'S INTERVENTION, THAT PART OF OUR HISTORY WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE. SO AGAIN, TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID, I APPRECIATE TO STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING INTO THIS. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MAYNARD DOWNS COMMERCE CENTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WELL, MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAYNOR. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY
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COUNCILMAN WARING. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR?[7.Consideration, discussion, and possible action on ratifying the Master Services Agreement between Library Systems & Services, LLC and the City of Manor, Texas.]
OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU. NUMBER SEVEN. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION.POSSIBLE ACTION ON RATIFYING A MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND SERVICES, LLC AND THE CITY OF MAYNOR. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR. COUNCIL, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE RATIFICATION OF AN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH LIBRARY SERVICES AND SYSTEMS, AND THEY'VE BEEN TASKED WITH MR. JONES AND I HAVE WORKED WITH THEM TO TO GET US THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNING PART OF IT. AND IN ORDER TO GO FORWARD, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WE COULD PRESENT TO YOU THE PLAN OR THE LIBRARY OPTIONS RIGHT NOW. THEY PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS OF EXPERTISE. THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WITH COLLECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY, EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING A LIBRARY. SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER A PLAN FOR US TO BRING THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. SO AS WE START TALKING FUTURE OPERATIONS AND ALL THAT. WE WOULD HAVE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND AS WE GET CLOSE TO BUDGETING AND FINANCING THAT LIBRARY OPERATIONS, WE DON'T HAVE A REAL GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND IF WE LOOK AT DUNCANVILLE AND RED OAKS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY MANAGE HUNTSVILLE, WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE TAKE A ROAD TRIP AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND JUST MAKE SURE THE ONE MODEL THAT THEY SAID IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS IN HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA FOR THE SIZE AND BASICALLY SAYING THE SIZE LIBRARY WE ARE GETTING IS FOR A GOOD BUILD OUT. AND SO AS WE LOOK TO BUILD OUT OUR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT BETTER BRING EVERYTHING BASED ON RESEARCH, COMMUNITY INPUT, ALL THE THINGS THAT'S NEEDED TO MANAGE A LIBRARY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS SIZE AND TO GROW TO THE LARGER SIZE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR US TO MAKE. AND THEY DO PROVIDE ANNUAL REPORTS. SO ANYTHING THAT IS NEEDED FROM THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE AGREEMENT WOULD BE REPORTED AND BASICALLY ADJUSTED FOR US TO MAKE THOSE PROPER ADJUSTMENTS FOR SERVICE NEEDS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND ANYTIME YOU HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT GROW INTO THIS SPACE, EVEN IF IT'S RECREATION CENTER, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS IN GRAND PRAIRIE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND I WENT TO THAT BIG RECREATION CENTER, AND THEN IT WAS MANAGED BY A MANAGEMENT SERVICES GROUP. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN CITIES GO INTO THIS SPACE WHERE THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE STAFFING, THEY HIRE THESE MANAGEMENT SERVICE GROUPS TO MANAGE THOSE SERVICES. AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH LIBRARIANS, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A PROFESSIONAL STAFFE ABLE TO GET WHAT WE NEED AND BE EFFICIENT WITH NOT HAVING A LOT OF OVERHEAD, A LOT OF STAFF. WE'RE JUST PAYING FOR THOSE SERVICES TO MANAGE THOSE OPERATIONS AND ADD THOSE PROGRAMS TO HELP US PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
ALL RIGHT. BEFORE I TAKE QUESTIONS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP SO THAT THERE CAN BE DISCUSSION ON THAT, YOU KNOW, AND HEARING, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AND KIND OF HELPING TO OUTLINE, OUTLINE WHAT CHARLES, YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR VISION IS FOR THIS. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. I THINK IF YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR IT ONLINE, IT'S CALLED LIBRARIAN. IN HEMPSTEAD, FLORIDA. THAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY PROGRAM THAT THERE WERE THAT THEY WERE REFERENCED IN REGARDS TO THE DESIGN OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE CITY OF MINOR, CYBRARIUM.ORG. I JUST LOOKED AT IT. RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY EASY TO FIND. SO QUESTIONS. WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO HELP WITH THIS? I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.
YEAH. AND I THINK WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM THEM, I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM COME IN AND PRESENT THAT PART. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, REAL GOOD HEAD START OF WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT'S I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE. AND AGAIN, FARMERS BRANCH, YOU GOT SOME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE REALLY RELIED ON THEM. HUNTSVILLE. SO I THINK THAT GIVES AN INDICATION THAT YOU CAN GET THE BEST OF THE BEST TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAKESHIFT. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT'S NEEDED IN THAT SPACE. AND DEFINITELY IT JUST BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THERE, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR HAVING A LIBRARY OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? ALL THAT STUFF IS GOING TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY WHEN IT GETS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO I'M SORRY, IS THAT THAT WAS YOUR FINAL QUESTION. OKAY. ON NUMBER ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, IF THEY COULD BRING US UP. A FEW
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OPTIONS IN THAT TIMELINE, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE US IS THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THEM TO BRING US A PLAN OF NEXT STEPS. LEADING UP TO THAT. BUT IF THEY CAN BRING SOME OPTIONS SO THAT COUNCIL CAN HAVE THE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? IF WE IF THEY DO THIS PART AND THEN WHAT'S NECESSARY FROM TODAY'S DATE, RIGHT TO TO DO THAT THEIR PART AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO CITY STAFF, WHETHER IT BE NOW OR WHETHER IT BE LATER AND JUST KIND OF WHEN THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE. SO GIVE US THE OPTION OF THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GO FROM THIS TO CITY STAFF. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO, TO GO FROM THIS PLANNING PROCESS TO A MANAGEMENT TEAM TO CITY STAFF. AND JUST KIND OF THAT THOSE YEARS, THOSE TIMES, THE RATIONALE RESEARCH BEHIND IT AND CALLS US SO THAT WE CAN ONE SO WE CAN HAVE IT, WHICH MEANS IT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN MAKE THAT VOTE WITH ALL, WITH ALL THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE NOT EXPERTS IN IT. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. AND SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR DESIRES AND RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, YOU RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME, COME GET A JOB WITH THE CITY, WORKING AT THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE LIBRARIANS THAT, THAT FINISH THEIR TIME AND, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE SITTING AROUND WANTING TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN WAITING FOR IT. SO WE HAVE THAT DESIRE. WE HEAR THOSE RESIDENTS SAYING, HEY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS. AND SO FROM A STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND FINANCIAL ASPECT, AND WHEN THEY'RE DOING NUMBER SEVEN, IF THEY CAN BRING THOSE ASPECTS TO US, THEY, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING FROM THIS, IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, FROM TONIGHT TO THIS POINT, TO THIS POINT, TO THAT POINT, WHETHER IT BE A TWO YEAR PHASE IN TO LIBRARY STAFF, AND WE START IN 28 WITH OUR OWN LIBRARY STAFF OR WOULD BE, HEY, THIS GOES TO AFFIRM AND THEN AFFIRM DOES IT FOR THIS MANY YEARS. AND THEN WE THIS GOES FOR THIS MANY YEARS WITH STAFF AND THIS IS HOW AND THEN HOW WE'RE GOING TO PHASE IN CITY STAFF. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT WAY WE'RE NOT JUST DOING A PIECE NOW AND THEN WAITING FOR TIME AND THEN DOING A PIECE LATER. BUT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE FULL GAMUT OF WHAT OUR CHOICE IS GOING TO BE.AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE FORECASTING AND APPROVING THE BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT WHICHEVER OPTION THAT WE DO. YEAH, I AGREE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WOULD BE STRUCTURED, HOW WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, DO THAT AND WHERE WE WOULD PHASE IN OR OUT. BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, IS SOMETHING THAT I'M ALSO HEARING A LOT, RIGHT, IS PEOPLE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS LIBRARY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO'VE RETIRED AND WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WORK THERE AND, YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE EVEN HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS, RIGHT? WHO KNOWS? BUT YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY CURIOUS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT ALL IS GOING TO WORK. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT TO GET INFORMATION ON WHEN PROGRAMS DIE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE WANT NOW, BUT MAYBE THEY WON'T WANT IN TWO YEARS. SO JUST WHAT THEIR BEST PRACTICES ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON KEEPING THINGS FRESH AND, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING FOR OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO WHAT, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THOSE, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES? OR HOW LONG SHOULD WE EXPECT A PROGRAM TO LAST? ALL THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE PROGRAMS. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING AND WANTING THOSE THINGS, BUT AS WE KNOW, LIKE OUR ATTENTION SPAN JUST GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER. AND SO JUST THOSE KIND OF BEST PRACTICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT? AND THEN ALSO JUST, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T BUILT IT YET, BUT I KNOW THERE'S ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WARRANTY ALWAYS IS GREAT UNTIL YOU JUST PASS THAT DATE AND THEN THINGS START BREAKING UP WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE OWN. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO JUST PROJECTING INTO THE FUTURE FOR WHEN THE WARRANTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT START, YOU KNOW, EXPIRING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT OUR FIVE YEAR, TEN YEAR PLANS ARE ON, ON THOSE TYPES OF REPAIRS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE HAPPENING SO WE CAN PLAN AND BUDGET FOR THOSE ACCORDINGLY. SO SEVEN CAN JUST BE AUGMENTED WITH THE SUMMARY OF THAT LANGUAGE.
CERTAINLY LOOKING. JUST TO TO ENSURE THAT THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS ARE BEING DONE ARE ADDED
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IN BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS OPERATING BUDGET AND, AND, AND TO OPERATE THE, IT SAYS WILL ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE STAFFING PLANS, THAT KIND THAT IN THEORY COVERS IT. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS, IS BEYOND JUST THE STAFFING PLAN, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FORECASTING FOR, YOU KNOW, FROM NOW TO 28 AND BEYOND, ESPECIALLY IF THE OPTION DOESN'T INCLUDE HIRING BY EVERYONE BY 28. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.VERONICA RIVERA, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED BY THE CITY MANAGER. SO ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE COME BACK? BY ALL MEANS, LET THE CITY MANAGER KNOW BECAUSE THIS IS THE ACTION ITEM IS FOR RATIFICATION. YES. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M I'M LISTENING, BUT I'M NOT TAKING NOTES BECAUSE THAT'S MR. MOORE WILL WILL WORK ON THAT AND THEN HE'LL BRING US IN AS NEEDED. YEAH. I JUST LOOKED YOUR WAY, BUT I, I KNOW I'M TALKING TO YOU. I'M TALKING TO HIM. I'M JUST I'M LOOKING AT EVERYBODY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW THAT. CAN YOU LOOK AT ME LIKE, WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME? YEAH, YEAH. SO WE CAN JUST BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT'S A RATIFICATION.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST BRING THOSE THINGS BACK BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, ALL THIS COVERS THE PLANNING PIECE, RIGHT? AND SO, AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THEY JUST CAN MAKE SURE TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN IN THAT ITEM SEVEN RIGHT? THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS, WHETHER WE HAVE TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE FOR THAT, OR THEY JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO SEE THOSE FORECASTS AND THE MAINTENANCE PROJECTIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO KNOW NOW WHAT WE NEED TO BE ADJUSTING THE BUDGET FOR, FOR, FOR ANY OPTION. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO OTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RATIFY THE MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND SERVICES. L, C AND THE CITY OF MANOR, TEXAS. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. NUMBER EIGHT. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION
[8.Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding the Texas Municipal League (TML) Region 10 Director election. ]
REGARDING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. REGION TEN DIRECTOR ELECTION. THOSE OF YOU, ALL OF YOU OUT THERE, WE'RE OUT THERE. AND SO WE THERE WAS TWO CANDIDATES THAT CAME FORWARD FROM. WE GOT UP THERE. THANKS. THE EXISTING. JIMMY FRANK. YEAH. AND THEN NICOLE, I'M FROM LEANDER. AND SO I THINK THEY GOT SOME COMMUNICATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR, FOR YOUR DECISION. AND SO. WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION OR I CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ONE OR THE OTHER CANDIDATE. AND THEN IF THE MOTION PASSES, IT PASSES. IF IT DOESN'T THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ONE, WE KEEP MOTIONING UNTIL WE GET SOMETHING TO PASS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? MAYOR? COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CHOOSE. NICOLE THOMPSON, MAYOR OF LEANDER. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT RECOMMENDS NICOLE THOMPSON, MAYOR LEANDER, 40 ML REGION TEN CANDIDATE TO SERVE AS TML REGION TEN DIRECTOR. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN AMESCUA. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR?[9.Consideration, discussion, and possible action regarding Operation Turkey 2026.]
OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER NINE. THIS ONE'S ME AGAIN.CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING OPERATION TURKEY. ACTUALLY, I'M I'M GOING TO USE IT AS COMMUNICATION FIRST AND THEN IF NECESSARY, COME BACK WITH A REQUEST. AND AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WELL, A LOT OF YOU ALL PROBABLY ALL OF Y'ALL, WE'VE WE STARTED IN MY FAMILY STARTED VOLUNTEERING OPERATION TURKEY OVER A DECADE AGO IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, PF CHANG AND THEN IN. WE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE AFTER DURING THE COVID TIME PERIOD, BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE DECIDED TO TRY TO DO IT HERE IN MAINE. AND SO AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU ALL VOLUNTEERING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN FEEDING, ESPECIALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN FEEDING OVER A THOUSAND FAMILIES. WE'VE BEEN SERVING A THOUSAND MEALS
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ON THANKSGIVING DAY. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ROCKING WITH US. AND WE, WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND WE GO SERVE OTHER PEOPLE. AND THEN WE GO TO OUR OWN FAMILIES AND, AND SO WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, BECAUSE MY JOB USUALLY IS BEFORE ALL THAT HAPPENS, MAKING PHONE CALLS AND STUFF. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S POINTED OUT. YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. SOME OF YOU ALL STARTED AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE WE'RE DOING PHONE CALLS. WE'RE CONFIRMING THAT PEOPLE WILL BE HOME. WE'RE MAKING SURE THE ROOTS AND, AND SHOUT OUT TO, TO ALL NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. SHOUT OUT TO YOU, CHRISTY LEE AND EVERYONE THAT MAKES THOSE PHONE CALLS AHEAD OF TIME. WE GET BOXES DONATED.WE HAVE CITY STAFF THAT VOLUNTEER AND COME OUT AND AND SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN AWESOME THING. AND YEAH, WE JUST VOLUNTEER AND TAKE CARE OF MINOR PEOPLE AND GET FOODS TO, TO THE, TO OUR SENIORS. WE GIVE FOOD TO OUR. YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE THING. THERE WE GO. I MUST HAVE HIT THAT. WE GET FOOD TO OUR SENIORS AND WE GET FOOD TO EVEN THE WOMEN'S SHELTER. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY HAVE MEALS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME STUFF OUT THERE TO THEM. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT OPERATION TURKEY, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION, THAT WAS BACK IN THE DAY, THERE WAS THIS GUY THAT HAD WAY TOO MUCH ENERGY FOR EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HIS NAME WAS RICHARD DUDE, FUN GUY. HE WAS THE ONE THAT GOT THIS THING STARTED. AND HE, I MEAN, HE WOULD GET EVERYONE INVOLVED AND FIRED UP. AND I, WE HAVE PICTURES WITH MY FAMILY HAS A PICTURE WITH RICHARD. AND SO HE MOVED ON, STARTED ANOTHER NONPROFIT, HAND IT OVER TO BRIAN TOLBERT. BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT QUICK HISTORY THERE AND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU BECOME AN OFFICIAL SITE. IT JUST MEANS ONE, WE'RE WE'RE ON THE NATIONAL WEBSITE. OPERATION TURKEY IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT. IT ALSO MEANS WE ATTEND, WE'RE PART OF MEETINGS. AND NOW WE START WORKING TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. AND SO FOR A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUR MEAL COUNTS AND THEN GIVING THAT TO THE FOLKS IN AUSTIN AND THEN THE FOLKS IN AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY CUT OFF SOME OF THEIR MEALS SO THAT WE COULD DO THAT OUT HERE. NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE OUR OWN COUNT. WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR SITE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY TEAM MEMBERS OR WHOMEVER CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE SITE TO SIGN UP, TO BE A VOLUNTEER, TO SIGN UP TO BE A DRIVER AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND WE'VE BEEN ASSIGNED THE THE GREATER MENA AREA, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY PROPER, MAYNARD PROPER, BUT ALSO THE A LITTLE BIT A LOT 77 TO 4. AND SO WHICH IS, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL. AGAIN, THERE'S SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT HOW MANY MALES THEY'VE BEEN SERVING SINCE 2020. 2100 VOLUNTEERS.
THE PEOPLE THAT RUN IT, VOLUNTEERS, WE RUN VOLUNTEERS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR LOCATION. I TOOK OUT THE LOCATION. Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THE LOCATION IS. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SHOW UP ON THE DAY OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE RUN IT, BUT IT'S LOCATED HERE IN THE CITY AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO. WE COOK, WE, WE PLAYED IT, WE DELIVER, WE DECORATE EVERY SINGLE, EVERY SINGLE. YEAH, WE DECORATE EVERY SINGLE THING. WE BOX EVERYTHING.
AND WE, WE ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE MEAL GETS TO THE, TO THE DOOR OF, OF FOLKS IN OUR CITY.
AND SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, RIGHT, THE PHASING RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE CONTINUING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND SOME OF THE ROUTE, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE ROUTES FOR US. THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THE VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND, AND ALL THE SPONSORSHIP. AND LATER ON, SHOULD WE SHOULD THE TEAM THAT VOLUNTEERS WANT TO MOVE TO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HOST THE PIT IN THE COOKING HERE. IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE AS LONG, ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE BORN AND RAISED HERE, HAVE YOU BEEN HERE AT LEAST A DECADE OR TWO? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TON OF PITMASTERS THAT KNOW HOW TO THROW DOWN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONVENE THOSE RESIDENTS, THOSE THAT THAT HAVE BEEN COOKING FOR YEARS, THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT, DO ALL OF IT HERE, GET THE TURKEYS INSTEAD OF TURKEYS THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED, GO INTO AUSTIN AND WE HAVE THEM COOK, COOK DOWN THERE. AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS AWESOME TAILGATE ON, ON, ON THE WEDNESDAY, ON THAT WEDNESDAY, I THINK IT STARTS TUESDAY AND GOES UNTIL WEDNESDAY. AND THEY'RE COOKING LIKE IT'S LIKE 50 PITS AND THEY'RE JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME AND BUILDING COMMUNITY. AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO, YOU KNOW, PLAN TOWARDS HOSTING THAT HERE AND GETTING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED, DOING THE COOKING, PREPARING THE MEALS, GETTING THE STUFF READY TO SHIFT INTO THE LOCATION SO THAT WE CAN DO THE SHREDDING AND DOING THE SIDES AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND JUST REALLY MAKING IT OUR OWN. NOW THAT THAT WE'RE OFFICIAL, THEY HELP WITH THE FUNDRAISING, BUT THEY
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DO WOULD ASK FOR US IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, US BEING THE VOLUNTEERS, NOT THE CITY. AND BUT ASKING FOR US TO HELP WITH ADVENTURE. I THINK IN TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS WITH HELPING TO FUNDRAISE $4,000. AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IF YOU'RE ASKING HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO DO THAT? IT'S FOUR GRAND. THAT'S THE LOCAL SITE CONTRIBUTION. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY THEY'RE, THEY COVERED THE, THE MYTH. SO IF WE GET 3000, THEY COVER THE THOUSAND. BUT. WHAT'S DOING NOW? THE VOLUNTEER SIGN UP IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OCTOBER. AND THEN WE WILL DO OUR THE TURKEY TAILGATE IS THAT WEDNESDAY 8 TO 8 THIS YEAR. AND THEN THANKSGIVING IS 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. THOSE DATES AND TIMES MAY SHIFT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU ALL AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE, WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL THING. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM THERE. AND THEN IF YOU NEED IT FOR ANY OF THE INFORMATION, YOU'LL SEE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OPERATION TURKEY DINNER. AND WE JUST GOT ACCESS TO IT. SO WE'LL START BOOSTING THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WE HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS MADE IN TEXAS. AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING, Y'ALL KNOW THE STATIONS THAT WE HAVE.WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KIND OF STEP IN AND RUN THOSE STATIONS AND THEN GO FROM THERE. GOOD. THAT IS AWESOME. I MEAN, WHEN YOU SHARED THAT TO US THE OTHER DAY, THAT LIKE BROUGHT A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BECAUSE IT'S BECOME A TRADITION OF MINE EVERY YEAR TO DO THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I TELL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, DON'T TELL ME TO DO ANYTHING THANKSGIVING MORNING BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE IT. YOU KNOW, I'M DOING SOMETHING. SO THIS IS AWESOME. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT COMMUNITY, RIGHT. AND GIVE BACK, I MEAN, AND COLLECT DATA, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY BIG WITH THAT, COLLECTING THE DATA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTUALLY SERVING AND, AND, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED. SO THIS IS, YEAH, THIS IS GREAT, I LOVE IT. I CAN TELL YOU, MY GRANDSON LOVES TO VOLUNTEER THERE. YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'S JUST THE INFORMATION ITEM. LIKE I SAID, IF THERE'S, WE'LL LOOK AND SEE WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE AND IT MAKES IT REALLY GOOD. WE HAD A, WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP MEETINGS EVERY TUESDAY. SO WE MAY COME AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DELIVERY BOXES. AND SO BUT I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW FROM THAT SPACE. BUT. ALL RIGHT. CITY
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COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 5