Oct 21, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM IS PRESENT ]

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P.M. NOW THAT QUORUM IS PRESENT, CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HUMBLE HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY THAT HAS COME BEFORE IT. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR GUIDING EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS CITY, AND TO SPEAK WITH REVERENCE AND RESPECT. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING WHO YOU ARE AND TAKING CARE OF THE CITY AND COVERING THIS CITY EACH AND EVERY DAY. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, Y'ALL MAY BE SEATED. PUBLIC COMMENTS. NON-AGENDA COMMENTS WILL BE.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ]

FIRST WE HAVE MR. ROBERT AND YOU, SIR, WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES. YOU DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD GO FIRST, SIR? I MISS SAN MARINO WAS AHEAD OF ME. YOU. KNOW. MY NAME IS ROBERT BATTLE.

I'M A CANDIDATE FOR PLACE TWO. I CALL MYSELF THE HONORARY MAYOR OF MANOR VILLAGE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE HISTORIC PART OF OUR TOWN THAT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN. WE HAD A KIND OF A CRIME SCENE THAT THE POLICE HAVE IGNORED, JUST LIKE A WEEK AGO. WE HAD THE DEMOLITION OF ONE OF OUR MOST HISTORIC LANDMARKS. THAT'S THE GASOLINE PUMPS DOWN AT MANOR GROCERY. I ASKED THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO SEE A COPY OF THE DEMOLITION PERMIT AND THE DEMOLITION PERMIT. THE ANSWER WAS, WE NEED A CLARIFICATION. WHAT DO YOU NEED A CLARIFICATION OF THAT TOLD ME THERE'S NO DEMOLITION PERMIT.

THAT WAS DONALD TRUMP. SO I CALLED THE POLICE TEAM OUT AND THEY SENT TWO OFFICERS, OFFICER QUARRELS, AND I GUESS HIS PARTNER THERE. AND I SHOWED HIM THE CRIME SCENE. THEY DIDN'T EVEN TAKE A PICTURE. I SHOWED HIM THE TRASH ALL OVER THE CITY SIDEWALK. THEY DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. I SHOWED THEM MISS WALLACE'S AND MISS WEIR'S ILLEGAL ELECTION SIGNS ON CITY PROPERTY. THEY DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. AND SO STUPIDLY, I DIDN'T RECORD THAT CONVERSATIONS. BUT ANYWAY, ABOUT FIVE DAYS LATER, I CALLED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THAT INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER X, Y, Z. AND GUESS WHAT? I'M NOT GOING TO GET AN ANSWER.

I SAID, I WANT AN ANSWER IN WRITING AND THEY SAID, I'M SORRY, YOU DON'T GET A WRITTEN ANSWER. THAT'S POLICE COLLUSION WITH SOMEONE THAT TORE DOWN PART OF OUR HISTORY. AND PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE NOTHING TO PROTECT OUR HISTORY OTHER THAN PUT IN A AN ORDINANCE LIKE IN 2017. YOU FORGOT. WHAT DOES MANOR HISTORIC DISTRICT MEAN? WE DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A JOKE HOW MUCH EMBARRASSMENT YOU HAVE DONE AND TO DESTROY OUR CITY. NOW IN HERE, OKAY, WE TALK ABOUT THE BOOKMOBILE. WHY ON EARTH DOES THE CITY OF MAYNARD TAXES GOING TO SHADOW GLENN FOR BOOKMOBILE? WHY ON EARTH ARE CITY OF MAYNARD CITIZENS PAYING TAXES THAT GO TO MAYNARD ISD TO GO FOR BOOKMOBILE TO PRESIDENTIAL MEADOWS? THOSE ARE NOT IN OUR DISTRICT. YOU WORK FOR THE MAYNARD ISD? DOCTOR HARVEY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE ETJ IS TO THEM AND HOW THE CITY TAXES WORK TO DOCTOR SAMANI? HE DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, REALLY, THEY THINK EVERYBODY THAT GOES THERE IS A SCHOLAR. I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY, NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THIS AGENDA. THERE'S NO NO ATTACHMENTS. THERE'S NO MINUTES DISCUSSION OF CITY COUNCIL REPORTS. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? IF THEY WERE PUT IN HERE AFTER I LOOKED AT THIS, I STAND CORRECTED. THE AGENDA IS NOT

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PARKLAND. THAT'S A LIE AND DECEPTION. WHEN THEY CALL A 15 ACRE WATER RETENTION POND A PARKLAND, THAT'S A LIE AND A WILLFUL HARM. TRIPLE DAMAGES. KIMLEY-HORN IS ONE OF 50 COMPANIES IN MY LAWSUIT, AND I DON'T REALLY LIKE PEOPLE BRAGGING, LIKE THERE'S SOME SORT OF TEXAS BIG SHOT LIKE PETE DWYER WHEN HALF HIS HALF OF HIS ENTITIES ARE FOREIGN INVESTORS. OKAY, WE CAN DO BETTER. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER AFTER NOVEMBER 3RD.

IS THAT IT? YEAH. 50S. I HAVE HOW MUCH? 50S. 50S. GOOD GOD, LORD OF MERCY. I WANT TO SAVE MAYNARD DOWNS. THAT'S ONE OF OUR MOST HISTORIC, WONDERFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD. MISS WEIR SAID SHE USED A LOT OF LOVE TO GET THEM TO DESTROY IT, AND THEN PUT MAYNARD DOWNS ON THE SIDE OF A WAREHOUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE ICE WAREHOUSES. I GOT KICKED OUT OF FATHER HENRY, KICKED OUT MY POSTER AND ME THAT SAID EXACTLY 100% TRUTH. HE CALLED IT PROPAGANDA. HE CALLED THE COPS OVER. I SAID, BRING THEM ON, BRING THEM ON. I KNOW MY RIGHTS. AND WHAT DID THEY CITE ME FOR? TRESPASSING ON A RESIDENCE. SO WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 4900 PEOPLE? WERE THEY TRESPASSING? THAT'S UNEQUAL PROTECTION. I SENT A LETTER TO THE POPE. I'M GETTING THAT FATHER KICKED OUT. YOU WATCH. WITHIN SIX MONTHS, HE'S GOING TO BE IN A POOR PART OF ARGENTINA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MR. ZAMARRIPA. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. SIR.

YOU HAVE COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE COUNCIL EXPENDITURE BUDGET. I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS AND I, I I'M HOPING THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE. BUT MAYOR I THINK THEY HAVE YOU BUDGETED FOR $3,500 PER MONTH AND EACH COUNCIL IS $2,500 A MONTH. SO I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND I WENT BACK AND I LOOKED AT SOME, WELL, MOST OF THE SURROUNDING SMALL CITIES, NOT COUNTING AUSTIN, GEORGETOWN, POPULATION OF 107,000. THEY GET THE MAYOR GETS $1,800 PER MONTH. THE MEMBER GETS $1,400 A MONTH. SO I'M THINKING, IS THAT A MISTAKE? I MEAN, YOU HAVE PFLUGERVILLE THAT THEY DON'T. WELL, THEY DON'T EVEN PAY THEIR THEIR ACCOUNTS OR MAYOR BASTROP, THE MAYOR, $400 A MONTH, $250 A MONTH. SAME FOR ELGIN. ALMOST. KYLE IS 70,000 PEOPLE. THEY GET 1300 A MONTH AND THE COUNCIL GETS $1,000 A MONTH. SO I'M. I'M SORT OF WONDERING HOW THIS BUDGET WENT, HOW IT WAS COMPOSED. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED, I, I DID DO AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST AND I WANTED TO GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. IT SAYS THAT IT'S $300,000 FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. AND I GOT A REPLY BACK, BUT IT JUST SAYS IT'S FOR VARIOUS EVENTS SUCH AS HISPANIC HERITAGE, MAYOR'S BALL, SUMMER READING PROGRAM, INTERNSHIP, ETCETERA. BUT THERE WAS NO BREAKDOWN AS TO THE ALLOCATION OF THE $300,000. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE Y'ALL CAME UP WITH OR WHOEVER DID THIS $300,000. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM. AND ALSO JUST THE OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S GOING ON. I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT EACH LINE ITEM IS COMPRISED OF AND WHAT DOLLAR FIGURE IT ACTUALLY PERTAINS TO BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THIS AND, AND WE WOULD WE WOULD LOOK AT THE BUDGET BY LINE ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL DO THINGS HERE, BUT IT

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I AM HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS HOW WE HONOR OUR VETERANS AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW.

WHILE IT IS EXCITING TO SEE A NEW. TO SEE NEW BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS AND DEVELOPMENT COMING TO MAYNOR, WE MUST ENSURE WE HONOR OUR ROOTS AND OUR VETERANS. AS A DESIGNATED PURPLE HEART CITY, WE CARRY A PROFOUND RESPONSIBILITY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION. ALTHOUGH I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED BY DOCTOR HARVEY, OUR MAYOR, DURING OUR ANNUAL VETERANS DAY CEREMONIES, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS A VISIBLE, EVERYDAY REMINDER OF THE SACRIFICES. THEREFORE, I COME TO YOU TO. WITH A PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY OF MAYNARD EXPLORE THE HOMETOWN HEROES BANNER PROGRAM, SUCH AS THE ONE THAT THE CITY OF ELGIN HAS IMPLEMENTED IN THEIR TOWN. THIS.

THIS PROJECT FEATURES CUSTOM STREET POLE BANNERS DISPLAYING A. LOCAL VETERANS PHOTOGRAPH, THEIR NAME AND BRANCH OF SERVICE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ALONG OUR CORRIDORS TO SERVE AS A DAILY TRIBUTE TO THEIR SERVICE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YES. THAT'S YOUR FIRST WARNING. OH, I GOT A WARNING. HEY, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR SECOND WARNING. PARDON ME? THAT'S YOUR SECOND WARNING. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT'S THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOW WE HAVE REPORTS. REPORT. WE HAVE ONE REPORT FOR TODAY. REPORT A

[A. MISD - Summer Library Program 2026 ]

AND DOCTOR DOLAN AS WELL. COME ON UP. I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE READING ON THE GOAL REPORT FROM THE SUMMERS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KENDRA DOYLE. I TALK TO YOU GUYS BEFORE WE DID THE READING PROGRAM. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

I'M ALSO BRINGING WITH ME TODAY, MISS ADELA PERRY. SHE IS OUR K-12 LITERACY COORDINATOR. SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT LAST TIME, BUT TOGETHER, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THIS EVENING REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS. SO I JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP BY SAYING, THIS YEAR, IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE DISTRICT, YOU'LL KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THIS YEAR ABOUT HAVING AN ANNUAL SET OF PRIORITIES THAT HELPS US BE LASER FOCUSED ON IMPROVEMENT. AND SO THE WAY THAT WE'VE ORGANIZED THAT IS THINKING ABOUT INCREASING OUR ATTENDANCE, DECREASING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, INCREASING GROWTH WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR CMR. AND SO THE WAY THIS PROGRAM CONTRIBUTES TO OUR SET OF ANNUAL PRIORITIES IS THAT THIS FALLS REALLY NOT ONLY WITHIN THE MAKING SURE EVERY STUDENT GROWS EVERY YEAR. AN ACCELERATED GROWTH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT IF WE HAVE STRONG FOUNDATIONAL READERS, THAT LEADS TO STRONG WRITERS, STRONG STUDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO MEET THE CMR CRITERIA. AND SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED. AND WE ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FRAMING THIS WITHIN OUR ANNUAL PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MOVE STUDENTS FORWARD WHEN IT COMES TO MEETING OUR DISTRICT GOALS. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS PERRY. THANK. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. AND DOCTOR, MAYOR HARVEY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. DO I ADVANCE THE SLIDES? THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.

OKAY. OKAY. SO WE HAD A CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP. THE CITY. I KNOW ONE OF THE

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YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE OF ENGLISH, BILINGUAL AND SPANISH BOOKS. SO ABOUT A THIRD, A THIRD OF OUR BOOKS WERE SPANISH OR BILINGUAL, AND WE SCOURED OUR WAREHOUSE AND FOUND ABOUT A THOUSAND MORE BOOKS IN THERE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THE SCHOLASTIC BOOKS SO FAST. AND WE WERE WE JUST HAD FORKLIFTS GOING UP AS HIGH AS WE COULD TO THE CEILING IN OUR WAREHOUSE, TRYING TO FIND OLD PALLETS OF BOOKS. AND THEY WERE LIKE OLD DONATIONS OR CURRICULUM THAT WE NO LONGER USE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT AS WELL. HERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES FROM SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT HAD LIBRARY EVENTS. I LOVE THE ONE OF THE THE STUDENT OLDER ELEMENTARY STUDENT READING TO YOUNGER ELEMENTARY OR PRE-K STUDENTS. AND SO THAT, AGAIN, WHAT WE KNOW IS THE NUMBER OF BOOKS THAT WERE ORDERED, THE NUMBER OF BOOKS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED. AND ONE THING THAT I DON'T HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION BEFORE THIS MEETING, IS THE FINAL COUNTS FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ARE. SIGN IN SHEETS WERE TURNED IN TO OUR PAYROLL, AND THE PERSON THAT THEY WERE GIVEN TO IS OUT RIGHT NOW. SO IF IF WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH THOSE COUNTS, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS? I HAVE A QUESTION. HAS THERE BEEN A THOUGHT OF ALSO APPROACHING THE CITY COUNCIL IN AUSTIN, CONSIDERING THAT A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE ARE FROM AUSTIN TO ALSO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON CERTAIN LEARNING EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IN IN THIS PAST PROGRAM, WE DID NOT APPROACH STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SEE IN THAT PHOTO, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS COME AND SUPPORT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. I MIGHT HAVE SAID STUDENT, BUT I MEANT I MEANT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MAYBE FOR THE FUTURE. WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, THOUGH. JUST MINOR.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? IT'S REALLY NOT A QUESTION. IT'S JUST MORE OF A COMMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATED HAVING YOU ALL HERE AT CITY HALL. MY KIDDOS RIDE WITH ME SOMETIMES

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[CONSENT AGENDA ]

ALL THOSE ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDERED SELF-EXPLANATORY. ANY ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO PULL OUT, YOU JUST LET ME KNOW. I'LL READ THE FOUR ITEMS. CONSIDERATION NUMBER ONE. CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL. MINUTES. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF SEPTEMBER 2026. CITY COUNCIL MONTHLY REPORTS. CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF FOURTH QUARTERLY 2026. CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS AND CONSIDERATION. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF SEPTEMBER 2026 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANYTHING OUT? THEN I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION BEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. MOVING ON TO NUMBER FIVE, REGULAR

[5. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on an Ordinance, amending Chapter 3, Building Regulations, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Manor, Texas by amending General Provisions; Building Official; Technical and Construction Codes and Standards; Streets and Sidewalks; providing a severability clause, open meetings, effective date, and related matters. ]

MAYOR. COUNCIL, THIS ITEM WILL BE AN UPDATE TO OUR EXISTING BUILDING CODE REGULATIONS. WE OPERATE UNDER 2015 CURRENTLY, EXCEPT FOR THE ELECTRICAL CODE, WHICH IS ALSO NOTATED IN THE BACKUP THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW STATE CODE THERE. SO 2023. BUT WHAT THIS EFFECTIVELY DOES IS UPDATES US TO THE 2021 CODE CYCLE AND ADDS A FEW ADDITIONAL CODES THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED. THE INTENT BEHIND IT IS TO ONE, BRING US MORE IN LINE WITH CURRENT CODE CYCLES.

THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THOSE WHO COME TO DEVELOP TO OPERATE JUST BECAUSE IT'S A MORE RECENT CYCLE THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR BETTER BUILDING PRACTICES AND SAFER MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT TO BE UTILIZED. IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE POTENTIAL OF INCREASING THE CITY'S ISO RATING, WHICH PERTAINS TO INSURANCE RATES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THIS DOESN'T PARTICULARLY IMPACT OUR PROCESS AT ALL. IF ANYTHING, IT MAY MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER JUST BECAUSE IT'S A MORE FAMILIAR CODE. AND IT'LL ALSO BRING US IN LINE WITH WHAT THE ESD IS OPERATING WITH. SO WE DO HAVE TWO ACTUAL EXPERTS AS WELL. IF THERE ARE MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS COME UP, SAY HI. HELLO, I'M GREG ELLER, I'M THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. HI, I'M BILL CARLSON, I'M THE FIRE CODE OFFICIAL. YEAH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, Y'ALL. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. TEAM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CODE I DO.

YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. I HAVE A BAD HABIT OF IT. I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THE SB 12 CODES ARE THE AMENDED VERSION. DOES THEY COORDINATE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN TRAVIS COUNTY SO THAT IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, UNIFORM AND NOT SPECIFICALLY WAS WRITTEN THAT WAY. SO I GOT A COPY OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S CODE AND MARRIED IT UP WITH THE CODE THAT WE HAVE. SO THIS THIS WAS REALLY AN EASY PROJECT THIS YEAR. IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE ALSO BECAME PERMITTING FIRE CODE STUFF ALONG WITH US. SO WE'RE HAVING DUAL PERMITTING A DUAL JURISDICTION STUFF EVERYWHERE OUTSIDE THE CITY. THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO GO TO EVERY ESD AND GET A COPY OF THEIR CODE AND

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AND THEN WHEN THE CITY ANNEXES SOMETHING, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING. YEAH. NOW, I DID BUILD ONE THING INTO IT AND IT'S BEEN THERE IN THE PREVIOUS CODE AND I KEPT IT IN. THIS CODE IS ADMINISTRATIVE RULES. SINCE PEOPLE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ALLOW US TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AS NECESSARY OVER TIME. IF WE FIND SOMETHING THAT'S BEST PRACTICE FOR THE CITY OF MANER SIMPLY BY PUBLISHING IT ON OUR WEBSITE. AND WE'VE DONE THIS WITH OUR FIRE CODE, WITH OUR FIRE FLOW. THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, GETTING ENOUGH WATER FOR THE BUILDINGS. SO YEARS AGO, WE WENT BACK, LOOKED AT WHAT AUSTIN DID, CAPTURED WHAT THEY DID, AND BY INCORPORATING, INCORPORATING THAT INTO A DOCUMENT WHICH WE POSTED ON SITE, IT BECAME PART OF THE CODE. AND SO WE WENT FROM EVERY BUILDING HAVE TO HAVING TO HAVE A 50% ONLY ALLOWED A 50% REDUCTION IN FIRE FLOW TO THE MAJORITY OF ALL BUILDINGS ARE NOW DOING THE 75% REDUCTION IN FIRE FLOW, WITH ONLY THE ONES THAT REALLY COULD HURT SOMEBODY, LIKE APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR HIGH HAZARD OCCUPANCIES STILL HAVING THE 50% REDUCTION, THOSE AREAS WHERE WE FEEL LIKE IF SOMETHING WAS TO GO WRONG AND WE DON'T HAVE AT LEAST THAT MUCH WATER, THE PUBLIC'S AT RISK, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THE LAST THING I HAD ON THIS IS THE NEW CODE ENCOMPASSES NEW TECHNOLOGY STUFF THAT'S IN OUR CURRENT CODE. STUFF THAT'S BEING BUILT TODAY DOES NOT EXIST IN THE CURRENT CODE, WHICH MEANS IN SOME CASES, PEOPLE HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO WHAT'S CALLED AN ALTERNATE MEANS AND METHODS DOCUMENT ITS PAPERWORK. I DON'T LIKE PAPERWORK. IT DRAGS THINGS OUT. IT ADDS CONFUSION AND WORK FOR ME. FOR THE DEVELOPER, IT SLOWS THE PROJECT DOWN. SO THIS ALLOWS US TO BE MORE SEAMLESS IN WHAT WE DO EVERYTHING AND ALLOWS THE CITY, WHEN THEY ANNEX SOMETHING TO HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT THEY'RE GETTING, THAT IT'S GOING TO MEET THEIR STANDARDS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS HAVE OUR THE BUILDERS AND PEOPLE THAT FREQUENTLY GO HERE, HAVE THEY BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS? BECAUSE BOTH THINK OF JANUARY 2027. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE OWN STANDARDS FOR THIS PROCESS ALSO. SO THE INTENTION BEHIND THE ADOPTION STARTING IN JANUARY OF 27 IS SO THAT WE CAN ADVERTISE THIS CHANGE. SO ANYONE WHO HASN'T SUBMITTED YET OR ISN'T PREPARED TO, CAN MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT TO THAT CODE CYCLE. ANYONE WHO SUBMITS BEFORE THAT DATE WILL BE VESTED UNDER CURRENT CODE, AND THEY WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. YES, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO SWITCH UNLESS OF COURSE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEIR PERMIT IS NO LONGER VALID OR EXPIRES. OTHERWISE THEY CAN CONTINUE AS THEY ARE. ALL THE BUILDERS ARE ALREADY. THEY'RE ALL THEIR PLANS ARE ALREADY UP TO CODE CYCLE, SO THEY'RE NO LONGER USING THAT OLD CYCLE. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THEM AT ALL, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PLANS I SEE ARE FOR THE 2023 CODE ALREADY THAT THEY THAT THEY SUBMIT TO US. SO THIS SHOULDN'T AFFECT THEM. BUT YOU KNOW, WE WILL GIVE THEM NOTICE.

AND I DON'T SEE ANY ANY OF THE BUILDERS HAVE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES WITH THIS ADOPTION.

OKAY. AND I EXERCISE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT. THERE ARE SOME THINGS I LOOK AT AND GO, IT'S JUST DUMB NOT TO, NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THIS, WITH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD. SO IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE ALREADY USING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SPOKEN TO IN THE OLD CODE, BUT IS SPOKEN TO IN THE NEW CODE. OKAY, LET'S THAT'S BEEN VETTED. IF YOU'LL USE THE ENTIRE CHAPTER AND EVERYTHING THAT RELATES TO IT, WE CAN LET YOU DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S STILL ENSURES PUBLIC SAFETY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE. AND SO FAR IT'S WORKING FAIRLY WELL. MY LAST QUESTION IS WILL THIS GIVE A BETTER ISO RATING. SO PEOPLE'S INSURANCE WILL BE AND SO ON. ISO WE ALREADY HAVE ALMOST THE BEST RATING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, SO WE ARE AN ISO TWO, WHAT'S CALLED A TWO TWO Y WITHIN THE CITY. THE ONLY THING BETTER IS A ONE. CEDAR PARK HAS A ONE. AUSTIN HAS A ONE. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE AROUND HERE HAS ONE. WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST RATINGS WE CAN HAVE. THERE'S A CHALLENGE WITH THAT THOUGH IN. YOU KNOW, FOR US TO GET A ONE IS YOU'RE WE'RE GROWING SO FAST.

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I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. A NEW FIRE TRUCK TODAY COST $1.4 MILLION. OH, YEAH. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE GOING RATE. AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT A CADILLAC. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE MID-RANGE FIRE TRUCK IS 1.4 OTHER QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. AGAIN. I THINK FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I REMEMBER WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON UPDATE UPDATING A LOT OF OUR CODE, AND WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND WORKED WITH SD 12 ON SOME CODE, UPDATING SOME CODE WHILE BACK. SO THIS IS KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF, OF PAST CODE THAT WE NEED TO BE UP TO SPEED ON. SO AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE, THE WATER FLOW PIECE. I THINK SOME OF WHAT YOU ALL SAID TONIGHT ARE PROBABLY SOME GOOD SOUNDBITES AND EXCERPTS THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUT THERE ON OUR PAGE. SO THAT'S ONE. SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING. TWO, THEY UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE PROCESSES. AND THEN ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING NOW AS TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE THE FLOW OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. WELL, ANYTIME A MEMBER OF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU SOMEBODY WHO WORKS WITH CODE, IT IS CONVOLUTED AND DIFFICULT, AND I WORK WITH IT. SO IF ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL EVER HAS QUESTIONS OR THEY'RE POSED QUESTIONS BY A CONSTITUENT AND YOU JUST, YOU NEED YOU REALLY WANT TO JUST SIT DOWN AND TALK IT THROUGH.

YEAH. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS CONTACT US. WE'LL MAKE TIME FOR YOU. YEAH. AND I, LIKE I SAID, JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK WE'VE DONE TO UPDATE OUR CODE FROM, YOU KNOW, JUST REGULAR BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODES. AND SO THERE'S, I THINK SOMETIMES IN ABSENCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S ASSUMPTIONS THAT THINGS AREN'T AS THEY SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THEY THINK WE'RE A SMALL TOWN AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT COME UP SOMETIMES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF WORK THERE. BUT SOME PEOPLE WOULD RATHER, YOU KNOW, ATTACK VERSUS ASK SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS. SO BECAUSE YOU HAD SOME GOOD INFORMATION THERE, JUST KIND OF MAYBE CONNECT WITH ASHMAN BECAUSE SHE, SHE DOES SOME GOOD FOLLOW UPS ON THESE MEETINGS. AND THAT MIGHT BE SOME GOOD STUFF TO PUT OUT THERE. SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, WE HAVE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US AND WE HAVE, I THINK A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MAYOR, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 837 AMENDING CHAPTER THREE BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MANER, TEXAS, BY AMENDING GENERAL PROVISIONS, BUILDING OFFICIAL TECHNICAL AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND STANDARDS, PROVIDING A SURVIVABILITY CLAUSE, OPEN MEETINGS, EFFECTIVE DATE AND RELATED MATTERS. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALLACE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WHERE? ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. SO SO WE'RE GOOD. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO. MOST OF Y'ALL VISIT. THANK YOU. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

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