Treasurer
Report on Accounts
Savings $5
Check $2641
Park $2500
Park
It’s My Park Day will be Nov 1st.
30 volunteers, we receive a $250 grant and tools.
Contact Team
Toyota Update
The Toyota reps made a novel argument about how they did not need to get a Conditional Use Permit and asked the contact team to let the city know that we agreed with that. In conversations with the contact team we felt that the CUP was preferred over other options, additionally the Council Members office and the Development Services staff told us they don’t agree with the novel argument and they would not remove the CUP requirement. Ryan and any interested members will have a meeting with them in a week to share updates, but not decisions on action will be made until next formal contact team meeting.
Updates from NA President Sandra
Update with Coffee with cops, they reported that the Toyota has speeding complaints
Gas station on Mullen and Anderson laundromat may be were a prostitution are set up.
Website updates are live, easier to navigate and prettier
Working on fall newsletter
Are people interested in Halloween decoration and treats map? Sandra will start putting something together.
Setting up live streaming. Testing it at this meetings
Also setting up new emails
CM Vela Updates
- City approved budget 10-1 and is calling a tax rate election.
- 2019 Texas ledge passed property tax cap of 3.5% which necessitates eventually a tre would be necessary.
- Large chunk will go to homeless support and housing
- Public safety.
- Parks
- Collecting trash, cleaning bathrooms more/just as frequently
- EMS
- More swimming pools than any other city in Texas
- Question about Homestead Exemption
- Increased to $100,000 exemption, just to school districts so not impactisng city budget
- Inflation has been 4% per year, does not work with 3.5% tax cap.
- Oct. presentation on TRE.
- Hotel taxes don’t impact property taxes and property taxes are not being used on convention.
- Impact of Robin hood, we are not able to really control
- School district is overwhelmed with financial issues
- City is considering increasing taxes to pay for AISD so they can cut property taxes.
- CM Alter is also working on this.
Burrell Traffic Calming
- 70% of all respondents of Survey were supportive
- Within the Zipcode still majority supportive
- Proposal to do 2 way bike ride on just one side of the road
- Slowing traffic down
- The CM drove down burrell on the way to the meeting and observed there was a lot of street parking available right now
- Want to do it before they restripe the road.
- Chito’s office supports it
- Great linker
- Goes to school, park
- Connects to redline parkway initiative
- Don’t want to take big chunk of backyards for redline, that would be very expensive
- Great linker
- Laura
- Wants to regather with community
- Look for Date the week of 29th
- Dale drive to two way
- Speed humps are coming back
- Solution for cars driving in