you no the insect mr mayor i.t is ready whenever you're ready city council can we return please um dana we have a quorum can we have a motion to to reconvene this the regular city council meeting of july the 5th all those in favor although suppose and the meeting has been reconvened at 1 11 pm and mr mayor we have nine members of the public signed up to speak but first the el paso city council is the local government body the local government body charged with serving all of the citizens of the city and meetings must be focused on the meeting at church the city council meetings are public meetings under the texas open meetings act public comment is an accommodation and not a requirement of city council all persons in attendance are expected to display civility and decorum that is respectful to other persons without the use of insulting profane threatening or abusive language public comment will not be used for personal attacks against the person or group's character or integrity which are not pertinent to city business nor may any member of the public use this forum for political statements or campaigning please note that during the call to the public the city council may not deliberate deliberate or decide any subject that is not on the agenda however council may propose that a topic be posted on a future agenda mayor lisa presiding and council members president chambers is representative molinar representative salcido rodriguez mr rivera was here he's right there oh there you are and you're still here and joining us on teams is representative schwartzbein miss mayor protem can you turn on your camera for us please we do have nine members of the public signed up to speak thank you sir in the first person the first constituent is wally followed by ron cuomo benjamin alva julia cram barbara valencia and katie holt and clayton bohr good afternoon meshech god bless every one of you and may god save america today i have a little happiness to bring to you i got four books for mrs lacera because unto 18 19 i was here and you gave me a scarf a apple and a glass of water as the most human thing that you could have done for the city and this is the four books for you and the next time i come you get one for a set of books because you gave me a cake at my 90th birthday and this lady number five she gave me a lollipop with the chocolate for christmas and this today is my 354 agenda since 2012 and i intended every city monthly for mayo cook and his open meeting and what i want to do is now with my fifth book from the agenda meeting is it to start a free press by the people and i have connection now with austin and you're gonna be the surprise this gonna be global and i'll be able to help a person more when i'm dead then i'm alive and i have the people to help me now and this is my wish that mayors you never ever give up your full fetal right like mr cook had to do it when they got done this uh tear down the city hall and my husband took it so hard he got sick had a heart attack because of the city hall and i'm a widow since 2 12. so mrs lisa please accept it she'll get it for you right there thank you miss scheck [Applause] she just gave it to me god bless you that's gonna go in my little warp right museum mama mishak thank you the next person is ron cuomo and his topic is animal services mr cuomo i don't see him we'll move on oh there he is i saw you earlier good afternoon sir good afternoon i appreciate the chance to talk to you guys today i just want to read something that i because now that i'm not buried in dogs i have time to actually do research the u.s court of appeals for the 8th circuit today agreed to public officials to use social media accounts to further official duties must comply with the first amendment and cannot block people i would appreciate if somebody would let our new director know that he needs to unblock his email address i'm sorry if he's offended by the people that are upset with the way things are going but that's if you're not doing anything you're going to get complaints sir you blocked me on private messages when i was sending copies of complaints screenshots of complaints and i you know those people voted for you i didn't block you on anything i've been on it for like i'll check to see if it's blocked but i have not blocked it i promise i promise you too so and you may not have i mean you may never even seen it i don't know right that's correct that would be correct okay this is a chart a flow chart of how things are supposed to work with the city of el paso at the top it says community and the in in below that it says city council city council reports to the community below that it says city manager reports to the city council now every time i talk to people in the city council i get that they got to get it approved through the city manager are we following policy and procedures or is this just another one of those policies and procedures as guidelines i i'm going to kind of change up my my conversation i saw yesterday your conversation about the abortion and you're going to follow texas law the city of el paso has abandonment clauses that it's against the law the state of texas have abandonment clauses it's against the law and the the city attorney can look this up title vii is for el paso anybody that commits a crime is guilty of this anybody that helps them commit a crime is guilty of culpability in this crime the shelter is telling people to leave dogs where they found them put them back on the streets and they've been doing it for over two years that is against the state law i would appreciate it if you would hold the same thing for state law with the city of el paso because right now you got a memo telling you he was doing this so that now puts you all guilty of allowing this to happen it's animal cruelty it's abandonment we're tired of it it needs to be fixed and now you all have been officially notified that the shelter is doing it i would appreciate it i have given you a solution to the issue we have with the overcrowding and we sit here and still do nothing it's time we change mr palmer your three minutes are up thank you next person is benjamin alva topic is also animal services hello by now everyone knows we have an abundance of loose cats and dogs and let's just say for the moment the reason we have this problem is because of irresponsible pet owners even though my colleagues and i don't agree this is the real reason we have lots of loose cats and dogs but if this is the case why aren't animal control officers out there handing out citations to those irresponsible pet owners now let us also say animal control officers are handing out citations well why is it we keep hearing these irresponsible pet owners are only given a slap on the wrist a 10 fine when they go to court if that's the case everyone is going to start realizing they can get away with letting their dogs out loose letting their dogs keep having litter after litter i'm going to go back to what my colleagues and i know what the real reason is we have this problem animal services was closed to intake for at least one year that i know of at least one year when el paso city residents were were not allowed to take in to take in any stories to animal services do you realize what that does to the population of loose cats and dogs one year without being able to take in cats and dogs think about it let's say that within just one week 10 people wanted to take in four puppies each that's 40 dogs but animal services was not accepting any loose cats and dogs these city residents weren't going to hold on to these animals they're going to release them back out on the streets neighborhoods etc the next week the same thing happens and so on and so on those puppies or kittens are going to become adult dogs or cats and make more puppies or kittens i'm hoping you understand why the problem isn't 100 because of irresponsible pet owners it is because animal services closed for at least one year el paso animal services doesn't even have a full-time veterinarian they don't even have an x-ray machine what happened to the 9 million plus dollars el paso animal services received many dogs ran away from their homes during the 4th of july weekend and you are asking us the public to hang on to any loose dogs or cats we found out on the streets we we can't do that we already have enough on our plates as it is my colleagues and i have solutions to these issues but unfortunately we only have we are only allowed three minutes to speak el paso residents are very frustrated your three minutes are up thank you sir next is miss julia and i hope i don't massacre your last name it's okay if you do cram cramping and also the topic is animal services hello thank you the word shelter means a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger and right now animal services isn't living up to that role my name is julia and from 2015 up until a few months ago i had volunteered at animal services i watched it go from a clean safe calm environment with a 50 euthanasia rate to what it is today a packed filthy disease-infested mess unsafe for dogs employees and volunteers dogs come in and are shoved in a barn in small airline or wire crates i've seen them rip out of those crates i've seen them bust into the neighboring crates and maim the other dogs they're stacked on top of one another and sometimes they lose them all together i've seen fights in outside kennels where they house up to five strange dogs and walk away hoping for the best there's little to no supervision out there and those kennels were not built to house five dogs i've watched staff leave a dog that was getting attacked by two kennel mates because of no space and inability to move the dog without getting permission from another staff member the quarantine area that is meant for sick dogs is often filled with nursing moms i've seen them take puppies that tested positive for parvo and placed them in kennels next to puppies that had just tested negative and used lack of space as justification for it i've seen meds microchipping and medical treatments get skipped due to lack of staff i saw a dog get left in the barn for two months when it's only supposed to be there for three days and they use lack of space as an excuse that dog was euthanized for behavior and i asked how well you'd behave if you were stuck in a crate for two months he never even got the chance to be shown to the public a b and c kennels which is what the public sees used to house one dog and now we're desensitized to seeing two in there and those kennels were not built for two dogs animal services is not the humane society and housing dogs inhumanely so they can brag about their euthanasia rate is not acceptable it's inhumane to house dogs for so long in such conditions without proper enrichment and care the word service in animal services is being ignored and they're literally refusing to pick up stray dogs and loose pets using no space as an excuse the overcrowding and foul conditions are a direct reflected reflection of animal services policies they need to stop turning away people that find dogs and need to turn them in stop warehousing dogs long term make the areas for incoming dogs available and inhabitable and pick up the dogs in our streets without making excuses because leaving them out there is making the problem worse really need to find out a way to offer free spain nuner or mandatory spay neuter laws for anyone that fails to contain an intact animal the registration that we have to pay for every year can help manage all this but we need to fix this or it's not going to get better i have video after video of dogs being housed in filth and the excuse is always too full and lack of staff when you have three times the number of dogs you should you should have three times the staff to care for them and we don't but there are things worse than your three minutes are up thank you next member of the public is barbara valencia also topic is animal services actually he's going to be speaking today okay want to say hi to everybody first say hi this is there you go thank you very much for several years up to 2019 animal services would take an average of 25 000 animals a year 75 of these animals taken in were spayed or neutered and adopted out or transferred to other rescues when haz was implemented in 2020 intake dropped to 12 500. so 12 500 animals were left on the streets in the surrounding desert are passed around the city and 75 of those animals are not spayed or neutered how many of these unaltered animals left behind by animal services have bread and head litters i'll tell you lots and lots of them in 2021 animal services took in 15 000 leaving another 10 000 more strays out in our community again 75 of those 10 000 are not spayed or neutered so now you add 10 000 to the other 12 500 from 2020 which many of them are now having their second or third litter as an example so you can wrap your head around the total totality of all of this on average a female dog gives birth to six puppies twice a year and in 2020 if 5 000 of those 12 500 left behind are unaltered breeding females dogs that makes 60 000 puppies in one year the city manager you city council animal services and animal shelter advisory committee knew the consequences of pause you didn't care and you allowed it to happen all of you are responsible for the severe overcrowding at animal services and the massive stray population we now have and you are continuing with portions of this horrendous program the city manager has proven he doesn't care about animal welfare in el paso his track record speaks for itself he is the one to put in place the current director and two previous directors at animal services that have and had no experience or qualifications to even run a shelter and you city council have allowed him to do it you ignored this crisis when it was a snowball and because of that it has now turned into an avalanche the stray population is so out of control the city is now in a catastrophic situation even if half of those sixty thousand a year die from disease starvation or being hit by a vehicle that leaves thirty thousand dogs and puppies the temporary solution involves euthanizing on a massive scale but each one of your city council members should be required to spend one hour to personally watch the murdering of the innocent animals you chose to ignore city council you have caused this you need to fix this now and you need to be held accountable these puppies that are here today and their siblings they are live today in spite of you thanks to our local rescues thank you local rescues but our local rescuers are beyond the breaking point because of you the city manager and animal services continuing to ignore the problem only makes it worse you did this now you fix it thank you thank you next person is kaylee holt also animal services is the topic good afternoon hello let me just pull up my note here okay my name is katie holt i'm one of the directors of a local rescue here called huckleberry hound dog rescue i know you guys won't talk back which i find ridiculous as every city that i've been in they do talk back and they do discuss with the people who are talking um first i want to know how an over city power paid manager has so much power here what does he have over this town to where he's ignoring the big problems you know he doesn't re he's not considering his residence now we don't need a new arena we need more animal shelters we need to take those funds delegate them somewhere else the money that animal services receives every year is not used properly we have so many strays in fact i'm the one that found their mother starving on the road had it not been for me those puppies would be dead i take in so many different cases every year and we have watched this house program take over and over and it gets us nowhere what this town really needs is to find a passionate person to run animal services and get new shelters the hass pros program has to go if you want the truth about it you can look it up there is the truth about the house program not a 90 second little video um you know we say the old saying is babies having babies when we see our children having babies well these puppies are having babies last year i rescued from an abuse neglect case her name was nisa she was turned away after she had been adopted out from my rescue and turned away at animal services door when she was found they told the finder to put her back out on the road had they taken those few little seconds it takes to scan a dog for a microchip she would have not taken up any shelter space because within 15 minutes myself or the fellow director would have been there she was on a property where a gentleman used to put wires around the collars and chain the dogs up and every time those dogs pulled those wires dug into their necks how would you like to wear a collar with a chain on it and then have metal digging into your necks animal services these people have not been qualified they have no idea what they're doing and some of the staff there needs to go besides the director we need somebody who is going to stand up and be responsible yes i'm infuriated and i'm very upset with how the city council has responded the city manager shouldn't be running things you guys are supposed to be standing up and speaking for these animals let alone the rescues we've been pushed out the rescues have been pushed out by animal services and that has program you guys need to fix it and you need to stand up for what's right thank you next person is colette boy good afternoon lisa and city council members my name is colette bauer i'm here today after about a four years absence from speaking at city hall regarding animal rights issues and i wish i could be standing here today talking about all the good things that have happened over the last four years yet we are sadly we are struggling more now than ever before before i begin i have a simple question who has been to animal services who has been who has walked those halls and i know you have because i saw you there yes sir oh okay and it's a it's a i'm amazed that the city manager happened to be is absent right now where'd he go where'd he go amazing this is very important yet he is not here i find it if you haven't been to animal services how can you make decisions about what is happening at animal services how wow go there and you'll know what we're talking about yeah maybe okay so but i have some ideas the candle workers and animal services make about twelve dollars an hour they need a raise they can't keep people for twelve dollars an hour they're constantly training new people that make it one or two weeks and then they leave because it's really hard work and if you go there you would see that our city manager when he was hired in 2018 he made 330 000 a year his current salary is 404 dollars a year wow i guarantee those those workers getting twelve dollars an hour work a lot harder than he does okay so i know he's not here to hear that but let's let's pass that along real quick so you guys need to budget the money to you got the money let's improve the facility in kennel a when it rains the the roof leaks the air conditioner it right now is currently not working um the laundry room is too small there's two washers and one dryer and yet there's hundreds of blankets that need to be washed every day there's dirty blankets stacked out that side that door because they can't get them all done if you walk down that hall the stench is try it go see the barn the barn is not the proper intake building for animals being taken off the street it was never meant for animals why do you think it was called the barn it was meant for livestock not animals yet they stack them like we like we've talked about it's too hot it's too cold it's dirty it's disgusting it's not the proper place for intake of animals that are found off the street you guys need to hire some people animal services that can effectively follow up on abuse and neglect cases there's nothing you guys need to hire people that check craigslist every single day go out to their homes and get those puppies and find those people because they're continuing to sell dogs on craigslist there's a lot more i can say i'm out of time thank you thank you the next person is elena perez and i'd like to remind the members of the public please no personal attacks elena perez also tap topic is animal services she's not here next is the topic is pay protection program no i don't i didn't see him he's virtual but i don't see his number mister mr saucedo are you on the phone start six to one mute your microphone if you're there that's it mayor that's that's all public comment that we have and i would like to point out that representative hernandez joined us at 1 34 p.m thank you and um i thank y'all for for being here and ron reddi i'll see y'all in two weeks thank you and i don't mean here i know you we're having a meeting in my office [Laughter] yeah we're gonna we'll have a meeting in my office within the next two weeks thank you alton alternate mayor pro-tem would you like to proceed with the revisions yes thank you members all members listed and all matters listed under the consent agenda including those on the addition to the agenda will be considered by city council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless separate discussion is requested by members by council members prior to the vote members of the audience may ask questions regarding items on the consent agenda when the vote has been taken if an item has not been called out for separate discussion the item has been approved council may however reconsider any item at any time during the meeting thank you good afternoon i moved to approve the consent agenda with the following revisions page three item two requests to excuse absent city council members representative and well we already did page six item 14 we already did that one uh page 13 item 28 postponed two weeks per community and human development and those are the only two revisions that we have is there a second so we have a motion made by i lost my there motion made by rep by alternate mayor pro tem blizzard seconded by representative rivera approve the consent agenda as revised the voting session is open representative short spine can you hear us can hear you i hope yes thank you representative salcido and the consent agenda has been approved as revised unanimously with representative manelo is excused next item on the agenda is item number 15 and that is presentation and discussion on the capital improvement third quarter update for active programmed and completed capital projects good afternoon mayor and council i'm jerry demiro i'm in the capital improvement department i t can you bring up this item please i t can you bring up item 15 please i.t we're on item number 15. nit there is a video that will need to be played on on this as well i was instructed to allow you guys to play it rather than try to play it from the slideshow so again i'm jerry demiro this is the third quarter update for our capital program next slide please so table of contents is what we'll be discussing the covet impacts that we've had on staffing external escalation and material supplies cost impacts recent project developments year-to-date results and accomplishments and highlights next slide so we've shown this to you a couple of times before but covet continues to wreak havoc on the construction market prices are trending anywhere from 25 to 40 percent above what they were last year and there seems to be no end in sight so we're seeing it in terms of the cost of our projects we're seeing it in terms of trying to obtain qualified staff to do our work and not only that but our consultants are also suffering from the same thing next slide please so strategic plan alignment the capital improvement department primarily is here for enhancing el paso's quality of life through recreational cultural and educational environments and to enhance and sustain el paso's infrastructure network next slide we're continually working on uh improvements in from the standpoint of cid's internal controls we have uh trainings three times a month actually every friday morning and we have external dependencies on stakeholders utilities user departments etc and we strive to have continuous communication and deliver high quality next slide please these are our third quarter project developments from march 22 to may 22. next slide and i should mention that there's i'm going to touch on very high level there's detailed slides in the packet that if you want you can see that some of the specifics associated with that but i'm not going to go through all that so in august of 2021 we had a total number of projects at 230 23 18 we're in design it's 18 room pre-designed 67 we're in design 73 we're in bidding 65 in construction as of may we have only 11 in pre-design we have 71 in design we have 54 in bidding and 67 in construction with the total number of projects 203 next slide results next slide please so these are our results for requisitions and conferences um requisitions and encumbrances requisitions in 2018 totaled 111 million dollars encumbrances in 2019 which is funding that is obligated to a specific project was 244 million in fy 20 it was 115 million fy 21 it was 90 million and for fy 22 year-to-date it's 159 million next slide please these are our expenditures um in fy 18 we expended 80 million dollars 1938 39 million 20 137 million 21 111 million and year-to-date 70 million with a total of 539 million spent over that time period next slide please in terms of impacts for the for our spending from september 21 to may 22 we we spend approximately 70.6 million approximately 35 million of that is spent on labor as one million dollars of construction project costs involves roughly 500 000 in labor next slide our spending impact one-time impact for projects the total first to date 113 million employment impact 3499 for fy22 next slide please capital projects since uh 2018 or 2012 have generated 41 323 jobs actually that's from september 11. we've worked with over 216 contractors and subcontractors next slide please and here is our accomplishments next slide please we've 47 projects have been completed in fy 22 to date our nip projects continue to be in progress we have experienced delays and supplies for those projects but we are wrapping them up park equipment we have a number in process and fire station renovations are ongoing and we have major construction going on for the east side regional command center the mexican american cultural center the children's museum and fire station 36. next slide please these are completed projects with the highlighted projects will be completed within the third quarter 57 streets have been reconstructed geared to date and 57 from march of 2016 so next slide please 468 streets have been resurfaced since 2013. you see the distribution of the street resurfacing next slide please [Music] this park was nothing it was only dirt they did a lot the city makes very good parks the kids right now they have the best [Music] prior to this we had no control we didn't know who came in who didn't come in and now that we're here in this office we can get the drivers out on time to go pick up our passengers on time [Music] the city has done a lot and they keep on doing the best they can and i appreciate it like a lot of people next slide please so this is our active project summary we have 11 in pre-design 71 in design 54 in bidding 67 in construction next slide please and that's the high level overview of our capital improvement program for the third quarter does anybody have any questions no sir thank you bear mayor pro tem yeah sure go ahead sir sorry text you i don't know if it got there um one of the the projects that i think is scheduled is the canterbury uh trail uh system i know that there is a large amount of damage in the culvert in the middle of this uh street on canterbury is there any is there any update about when that when that project is going to commence the uh bids just came in and were evaluated and we should be starting a construction this fall my only concern is is that um on this culvert it currently is exposed ripped apart it suffered a lot of damage on the same storm that brought about four inches of of rain uh in central last summer so just concerned about about the timeline on that and the uh the if there was another storm god forbid in that area we share that concern but we didn't need to take the time to do the design properly so that it could could withstand those type of storm events in the future where we expedited uh procurement and are now trying to make sure we get everything in place for council to approve the award that's right thank you the other question i had relating and this is probably more i know that we had an update relating to the paved trails and the you're muted sir you're muted sir we can't hear you i was a self-mute on there so um just had a question relating towards the paved trail program i know that recently there was a presentation and we had to cut back significantly on a lot of um what was promised to the voters as part of the 2012 quality life bond but i'm curious about what sort of strategies we're looking at for alternative sources of funding looking at grant grant opportunities whether from federal state funds relating towards completing those paid trials that were promised to the voters i think as i mentioned to all of you in individual briefings that the projects will be shovel ready and so they're more likely to be able to be awarded grants should they become available what what are what are we currently doing in terms of of researching of these grant opportunities that's being handled by our grants folks who are watching the federal grants very closely thank you thank you representatives hi jerry thank you for the update um question about the lighting on hunter mccombs um it says it's it says it's um in design or pre-design excuse me uh could you could you elaborate on when construction may start uh construction's probably a year away we will bring those contracts the engineering contracts for hunter treywood mccombs as well as wrestler and engimeer at the next council meeting for approval and for example hunter doesn't have a median so if would that the lighting go on to would we propose a meeting or would it go on existing sidewalks i believe it would go on existing sidewalks i'm not familiar with that detail the project but i can look back and let you know for sure well it's in pre-design now just know that i i do want to see closely the design work um on hunter at least that's the only one that i can tell that's in my district um but yeah i would love to see the progress of that um the other question fire um the title 20 zoning code update it says to be determined is there is there a dollar amount tied to the title 20 changes i'd have to let mr hoffman speak to that and i don't think i think he's left the meeting so i will find out okay so the 20 is this 2020 a capital plan i just i'm trying to understand what the scope of that project is um anytime there's any changes to the code um i'd like to to follow that closely especially given the fact that zoning is is a huge issue for our community um so if we can get more details on what the status is of that on all of the proposed reprogramming for any bond renovations can you confirm that you've worked with bond council on any potential changes any concerns about voter approved the uh voter approved for renovations was strictly renovations and they're they're not being necessarily reprogrammed they're programmed for later parts of the funding program and any changes that we have for example if we said we're not going to renovate stations two three four five and six that we would bring that to council for approval right i'm just i'm just so concerned about the ongoing cost drivers added to this i'm just i'm just very concerned that we're not going to be able to fulfill the the request the the mandate really from voters and so i know you give us updates on that but i really do believe that this council needs to have a larger discussion about like what are our next steps we committed to the voters that this was going to cost and what we're going to do is it a matter of coming back with the co package as a matter of just going back to the voters i don't know what how to go about that conversation but just know that i'm getting i'm getting very concerned that all of these changes and cost drivers are taken away from the overall project intent and request and so we need to we need to have a serious conversation council as to what we're going to do what we're going to do with that those bond dollars um is it something that we hold off is this something that we wait and we we we ride the um you know just until it settles the the economy and the large inflation rates so just know that i'm i'm having those hesitations and in the near future we need to to strategize on that and then the other thing is streets and the cost for repaving streets i do again if it's a simple resurfacing i'm going to urge our administration management that we need to look at low bid type of procurements that are being issued out for streets resurfacing streets for reconstruction projects i agree you need to have quality those type of higher best quality type of procurements but for resurfacing that is the standard that the state has as well um it should be low bid so that we can get a bigger bang for a buck um so those those resurfacing contracts are unique price contracts they they are essentially low bid contracts okay and we are also because of the level of sophistication on some streets is not as high for contractors we've gone with some streets that we go a little bit instead just to make sure that we we can get the work done okay i understand anyway thank you for the update um look forward to further conversations about the design work for the lighting okay thank you thank you no other questions thank you thank you no action on this item next may or may i be recognized pardon me may i be recognized yes make a request alternate mayor pro tem would you support um bringing forward item 23 i have two constituents who are here waiting they've been waiting all day i forgot to make that proposal in the revisions um could we bring that item to them we're going to do that yes go ahead and do that second no no we can go ahead and do that thank you 23 23 to the forefront and motion made by representatives seconded by representative hernandez all those in favor yes all those opposed and this is an ordinance changing the zoning of lot 27 block 6 styles garden 7249 dale road city of el paso el paso county texas from 8 to apartment to c1 commercial and imposing conditions the property is 7249 dale road we do have three members of the public signed up to speak on this item would you like to take the public comment now first the first person is rodolfo rodriguez mr rodriguez i don't see him no okay we have elvia villagran and followed by scott winton he's here one check so much just to make sure mr rodriguez are you on the are you in the on the phone star six to unmute yourself oh there you are i didn't see you earlier there can you hear me yes we can hear you are you there you are i yes we can hear you okay you wanna go ahead and address counsel we can hear you yes sorry about that go ahead good afternoon city council representatives mayor oscar lisa uh thank you for this opportunity sorry i have an echo here thank you all for this opportunity to be able to speak on this application for property rezoning i have called in to voice my opinion for approval of the rezoning for this property there are provisions set for this property for non-automotive use and mechanic or tire repair shop as for mr scott winton the applicant thank you for all your meetings and keeping us informed i really hope changing this property from apartment to commercial design will result in a business needed for this neighborhood and thank you cassandra hernandez for helping us out the neighborhood with your advice and concerns and for your representation on your issue this is all this is all i really had i'm for i want to see something business other than an apartment or mechanic mechanic thank you thank you thank you thank you sir next is elvia villagrad miss villagra good afternoon uh mayor city council and city manager i'm here representing people who are against the zoning from an a2 to a c1 at 72 49 dale road i presented 16 people against in planning a meeting and i do have a petition here of 28 people against it we oppose this due to uncertain what the owner will bring as a business or mixture of permitted uses we opposed this due to safety issues in other words like having bringing in a business that would pollute this great neighborhood we have citizens living nearby in the area and these properties had two houses on it before it was thrown down due to the extension of hawkins okay the sofa that you see in this picture has been removed but there is more accumulations now of tires on the property also the property has had semi trucks parking there that go over the cement if you could see in the picture too where it's the markings of the tire we just had another part another truck just recently parked there we have three commercial properties that are closed in the area just accumulating trash or tires a bar a restaurant bar right a north loop and hawkins we also have a plumbing place that's been closed down please consider leaving the property as a net a2 and foreign to being any need on one of repairs tires places bars we have all of these on north loop already we do have uh like i said residentials around the property here thank you for your attention to this matter and i would like to go ahead and turn in this petition too thank you mr next is mr scott winton hello mayor city council members good afternoon sir thank you for letting me be here my name's scott winton i'm representing the owner as a planning consultant the owner asked me to help him through this mainly because he just wasn't quite sure about how the process was when we started this we asked for a c4 zoning had numerous meetings with various members of the neighborhood association downgraded our request to a c-1 we have also agreed to a number of conditions one of them including a site plan submittal so i think that will should satisfy the opposition's concern about not sure what's going to happen there we've also agreed to a limiting a number of uses so that no automobile related uses to help protect the neighborhood which we agreed with also no neighborhood bars no no nightclubs things like that which again we agreed to and also limit no vehicular access to dale street which we also agreed to so i feel like that we've have done a very effective job dealing with the concerns of the neighborhood and just ask your support on this if you have any questions i'm available thank you sir representative yeah hold on we still have um anymore that's that's it sir thank you representing london followed by representatives i just wanted to i'll say some comments in a minute but i wanted to check in with the staff was there anything else that you wanted to add on this rezoning request uh thank you ma'am roll over step by inspection so the only thing uh would be to read in the recently added conditions into the record and those conditions are that a nightclub bar and cocktail lounge be prohibited on the property and the second recently added condition is the prohibition of vehicular access to and from dale road shall be prohibited that is honor okay so i'm going to make a motion to approved with the revised conditions as is and and so just i wanted to just explain really briefly sure um so initially there was a request to consider um and this and i believe the city plan commission uh denied the initial request um which was to have like a storage of facilities commercial vehicle vehicles and you know in that area very close in proximity to the railroad it just um we did members of the community just did not feel comfortable with having additional idling trucks or or just a very high use industrial purpose for that lot it's a very narrow lot i'm currently as as one of the members of styles garden and neighborhood association mrs viagra thank you for being here the current state of it is just this vacant lot it's not being used there's there are no efforts to put apartments there um i i believe it would be too narrow of a of a lot to have to have apartments maybe you can have one or two but it is along a major or tier state roadway really it's north loop and so you do see other nightclubs in the area and so i know you know having a density of too many nightclubs isn't the best use for that space which is why the the um owners were really um you know cooperative and we appreciate mr winton's support on that he's hosted the members of the community at his office i've met with them one-on-one and so i really appreciate that coordination with the the property owner and with the public this is also my neighborhood in full disclosure so you know what i want for this neighborhood is what's best but also to ensure that we are promoting more responsible development there's several letters of support in your backup as well so i'm comfortable with the proposal today i think that the conditions are really going to protect community members um but you know if it's if i feel comfortable with it in my neighborhood as well so i expect that um the property owner will stay true to the request we're not prohibiting sales of alcohol you know if there's a there's a request for like a restaurant and things of that nature we welcome it we want to see more retail we want to see more you know restaurants and entertainment so i'm i'm comfortable with that but so i would ask council to support that but mr rivera if you you have any other questions yes thank you for sending on this website thank you man thank you uh do we know what kind of business is going to go there um i'm not aware but mr winton i know they had a whole lot of ideas the property owner may have some ideas i'm sorry no we don't have any specific users right now but this zoning is basically to facilitate the opportunity to open up more options for what can go there versus the limited uses that the apartment uses allows okay and and mr uh this question is from mr garcia is this going to be the regular buffers uh around that the business itself yes sir mr duvetta this does include a landscape buff for a budding any existing residential okay thank you thank you thank you molinar thank you very much mayor um adam clerk you have that petition correct and how many names are on that there's 28 names okay and uh i assume this petition is against the proposed is that correct ma'am okay opposing the okay thank you man 28 names thank you thank you mayor pro tem yes um i think after after hearing about the concerns and understanding the the conditions put on here i think it strikes an appropriate balance and i will go and i will be supporting the direction of the residing city representative and supporting this item here today thank you representative saga yes thank you um i believe there was a neighborhood association that is in support of this item is that correct um mr garcia i believe it's the course is it didn't the mission valley civic association aren't they in support of it i have it here hold on just i'm looking at the public it's um quarter 20. it's the go ahead it's a quarter 20. correct that is correct uh the applicant did reach out to them early on uh did reach out to quarter 20 as well as mission valley civic association and they are in favor of this item correct no no opposition no concerns okay thank you i will be supporting this thank you thank you for that we have a motion we do have a motion made by representative hernandez no second yet seconded by representative rivera and this is to approve as amended with the recently added conditions as stated by mr garcia the polling is open representative short spine all right representative salcido she'll be back in a few minutes and the item has been approved with representative molinar voline and representative sancido not present is there a motion to approve the introductions the first public hear the first reading of ordinances and that would be item 16 through 18 motion chip proof motion made by representative rivera seconded by representative rodriguez to approve the introduction of ordinances 16-18 the polling is open the voting session is open representative shortspine thank you and the item has been approved the introductions have been approved unanimously next item is item number six eight nineteen let me get to this second there's a motion this is a discussion in action on the award of change order number seven for solicitation 2021 0 8 11. fire station 10 fs10 renovation of a belief construction for a total estimated award of seven seventy one zero seventeen point fifty nine cents motion made yeah there's a motion a second representative um deciding who made the motion representative rodriguez made the motion lisa yes sir mr ramirez what kind of renovations are we talking about here we do have a brief presentation thank you sir thank you i.t can you pull up the item for number 19 please thank you next slide please so this fire station is located in 1801 montana in district 8. we are doing this contract via a job order contract and that's the reason it's being brought to council is the contract or council stipulates that they are to approve any job order contract task order above 500 000 it's being funded by the public safety bond and the renovation primarily is to renovate the aging fire station to enhance worker health and safety next slide please it's just an aerial shot of where it is located next slide these are some of the existing conditions you see the building is old there are things that are stored here and there the pavement out outside is cracking next slide so there'll be a 680 square foot addition and renovation with the amenities below there'll be a new addition for a gym and sleeping quarters there'll be heating and cooling upgrades electrical upgrades and roof repairs with partial demolition to accomplish the new edition next slide and this is task order seven of the job order contract we expect it to start this fall and be completed in may of 2023. thank you thank you thank you for that with a motion in a second we do have a motion in a second made by representative risargas seconded by representative rodriguez to approve item 19 the voting session is open representative short spine can you turn on your camera please all right thank you sir here comes numbers and the item has been approved with representative santi salsido not present next item on the agenda is item 20 and this is a discussion in action on the award of solicitation 2022-0398 schuster avenue reconstruction to jordan foster construction llc for an estimated total of amount of 6 million seven eighteen point fifty cents motion to approve second motion made by representative lisa seconded by representative rodriguez approve there is no public comment and the voting session is open representative schwartzbind we representative representative hernandez thank you and the item has been approved unanimously with representatives subsidon at present next item is item number 21 and this is discussion and action on the awards solicit of solicitation 2022-0589 donovan traffic signals for z-text construction incorporated for an estimated total amount of 1 million 423 491.70 motion to approve second motion made by representative lisa seconded by representative rodriguez to approve the polling is open representative short spine yes thank you and the item has been approved with representative salcido not present next item on the agenda is item 22. that was item okay discussion in action on the award of solicitation number 2022-0618 vehicle off-site fueling re-bid to ailon brands incorporated for an initial term of three years for a total estimated award of two million five hundred and ninety five thousand motion made by representative molinar seconded by representative lisa rodriguez thank you the polling is open representative schwartzman i thank you the item has been approved with representative salcido not present item 23 we heard already so we're going over to item 24. item 24 is an ordinance authorizing the city manager to sign a purchase and sale agreement special warranty deed and any other documents necessary to convey to franklin mountain communities llc approximately 1.73 acres of land and this is for section 20 block 81 township one in position and portion of section 19 block 80 township one texas and pacific railway company surveys motion made by i'm messing with you i pushed the button yes the motion blur somebody's messing with me okay so let's stop the motion and then let me representative molinar made the motion to approve who seconded representative hernandez rodriguez i'm sorry and it's open for voting representative short spine yes and the item has been approved with representative salcido not present for the vote item 25 it's discussion and action on a resolution that the city manager be authorized to sign a chapter 380 economic development program agreement buy-in between city of el paso and paradame family partnership lp in support of the rehabilitation of a hundred-year-old mixed-use building located in downtown el paso who to approve i believe there's a presentation is that why but now i can go provide it if you'd like is it quick what day you're out there yay motion made by representative lisa seconded by representative rodriguez and the pauline is open representative short spine yep thank you sir and the item has been approved unanimously with representative salcido not present for the vote item 26 it is discussion and action on a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign an inaudible agreement buying between the city of el paso and the el paso independent school district district to provide access to the city's overdrive digital resource collection through episd's single sign-on platform motion made by representative lisa seconded by representative molinar to approve the voting session is open representative short spine yep there's no public comment and the uh the item has been approved unanimously with representative salcido not present next item is item seven i mean item 27 and this is discussion and action that the city manager or designee be authorized to sign an advanced funding agreement buying between the city of el paso and the state of texas acting by and through the texas department of transportation for traffic management center upgrade phase two project motion made by representative rivera seconded by representative molinar the voting session is open representative short spine can you hear me representative short spine thank you sir and the item has been approved unanimously with representatives subsidy on that present for the vote item 28 was postponed for two weeks with the revisions going on to item 29 it is the discussion in action to adopt the 2022-2023 annual action plan including attached budgets for projects to be funded under the community development block grant cdbg home investment partnership and housing opportunities for persons with aids and emergency solutions grant programs motion made by representative lisa seconded by representative rodriguez to approve the voting session is open representative shortsmith we're on item 29 thank you there's no public comment and the item has been approved unanimously with representative salcido not present for the vote item 30 is discussion and action on the resolution authorizing the city manager to sign all contracts contract amendments and related documents between the city of el paso and the state of texas to receive a projected 474 257 in 2022-2023 homeless housing and services program funds from the texas department of housing and community affairs motion made by representative rivera seconded by representative rodriguez to approve and there is no public comment the voting session is open representative short spine thank you representative molinar thank you sir and the item has been approved unanimously with representative salcido not present for the vote is there a motion to retire into executive sessions motion made by representative rivera seconded by representative rodriguez to retire into executive session all those in favor thank you this there you go the city council of the city of el paso may retire into executive session pursuant to section 3.5 a of the el paso city charter in the texas government code chapter 551 sub chapter d to discuss any of the following executive session item number one senegal albert vs city of el paso usdc cost number 39.19 cb00107 kc matter number 19-2 1026-103-74 under subsection 551 551 under section 551.071 executive session item number two application for approval of advanced metering system development plan plan ams surcharge and non-standard metering service fees public utility commission of texas docket number 520.40 matter number 21-1008-168 under section 551.071 petition of a for el paso electric company for authority to revise its fixed fuel factor public utility commission of texas docket number 53723 matter number 22-1008-197 under section 551.071 executive session item number four texas gas service company a division of one gas oak one gas incorporated application to increase gas utility rate matter number 22-1008-198 section 551.071 consultation with attorney ex-5 economic incentives for an infield development located in west el paso matter number 22-1007-2920 510.087 is the section which is deliberation regarding economic development negotiations and last item ex-6 economic development opportunity at the el paso international bridges matter number 22-1010-1122 under subs under section 551.087 deliberation regarding economic development negotiations the el paso city council will retire into executive session at 2 27 p.m you you thank you sorry trying okay you just see executive thank you motion executive item number one i believe there's no action uh executive item two no action executive item three no action well they only sent me four should be six and three action items four nine oh excuse me you're right executive i opened the wrong one executive item motion three motion made and carried that the city attorney be authorized to attend mediation and negotiate a settlement agreement for the case entitled tobar daniel versus the city of el paso cause number 2019dcv1249 [Music] in addition the city attorney is authorized to sign all necessary documents to effectuate any such settlement under matter number 19-1005-1751 adopted this 22nd day of oh that's the run okay let me open this one hi joseph floyd is for the record there should be motions on three of those items including okay i open one yes item one should be i guess i got the wrong one okay i have the right one now sorry all right we'll start over start over okay executive item number one july 5 2022 that's why it was way off uh motion made and carried that the city attorney's office in consultation with the city manager be authorized certain authority to negotiate a senate settlement of senegal versus the city of el paso at all cause number three semicolon 19 dash cb dash 00107 dash k c in its entirety approved this day of july seventh twenty twenty two second motion made by representative lisarga seconded by representative rivera joseph flores for the record excuse me today is july 6th correct thanks thank correct the you and the the voting session is open representative short spine you're noted sir thank you and the item has been approved with representative succeed on that present executive session item number two no action executive session item number three motion made and carried that the city attorney is authorized to retain outside counsel and any other necessary consultants ins calls in consultation with the city manager to file an intervention in the petition of el paso electric company for authority to revise its fixed fuel factor filed on june 15 2022 under the public utility commission docket number 53723 approved this 6th day of july 2022. second motion made by representative lisaga seconded by representative rivera voting session is open representative short spine hi and the item has been approved with representative salcido not present item number four texas gas service company yes thank you motion made and carried that the city attorney is authorized to retain outside counsel and any other necessary consultants in consultation with the city manager to file an intervention in the texas gas service company a division one gas incorporate statement of intent to change gas utility rates within the incorporated areas of the border borger skelly town service area and west texas area submitted on june 30 2022 further resolved that the city council finds after review of the statement of intent to change gas utility rates one that pursuant to texas utility codes 104.107 the proposed rate increase is hereby suspended for 90 days after the date the scheduled the schedule would otherwise be effective number two that the city attorney is authorized to file a petition to intervene in railroad commission of texas case number zero zero zero zero nine eight nine six statement of intent of texas gas service company a division of one gas incorporate to change gas utility rates within the unincorporated areas of the west texas service area the north texas service area and the berger scally town service area approved the sixth day of july 2022. second motion made by representative luzad seconded by representative rivera to approve and the voting session is open representative schwartzman all right thank you thank you sir and the item has been approved again with representative sidon not present executive session item number five no action and number six no action motion to adjourn motion made by representative rivera seconded by representative molinar to adjourn the july 6 wednesday 2022 city council meeting at 4 20 p.m thank you for you all's patience