2026-09-03 - City Council A Session

Summary

Built from the official City Clerk minutes. No video was found, so there is no transcript or timing.

Regular A Session, 9:00 AM to 10:26 AM; ten present, Kaur absent.
Esperanza Community Land Trust designation pulled from consent; approved 7-3 after a postponement motion failed.
Walsh reported on the previous Friday's storm damage and a budget town hall video (over 1,300 attendees).
Consent items all passed with Kaur absent.
The minutes of August 13 and 18 were approved 8-0; the roll lists Galvan and Whyte as absent for that one vote although they were present for the rest of the meeting [?].
Meeting adjourned at 10:26 AM.

Item 15, pulled from consent by Viagran; Garcia presented. The trust, established in 2022, was awarded $681,400 in Affordable Housing Bond funds in April 2026 contingent on the designation.
Four people for the trust spoke in support; Finger opposed.
Viagran moved to postpone to the first October B Session (state rules, TIRZ use, a possible future 50 percent tax abatement request); Spears seconded. The record of the postponement vote is inconsistent: the minutes say it 'prevailed' but list 3 Aye (Viagran, Spears, Whyte) and 7 No, and the narrative says it failed. A call-the-question motion by Alderete Gavito carried with nine in favor.
Approval on Castillo's motion carried 7-3 (No: Viagran, Spears, Whyte).

Item 10 (Chapter 13 changes under Texas House Bill 2844; state agreement for Metro Health inspections up to $680,000, $3,400,000 with renewals) approved on consent 10-0.

Video imaging vehicle detection contract, estimated $2,805,000 over the term; traffic posts and hardware, $675,000 a year (both Gorzell and Elliott presenting); sale of two small surplus parcels ($12,500 and $4,000); closure of a 2.583-acre W. Chavaneaux Road right-of-way for $210,100; occupational health testing contract, $8,226,014 total; three board appointments (Vanessa Vasquez to the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, Joe Bravo to the Midtown TIRZ board, Melissa Killen reappointed to the Alamo Citizen Advisory Committee).
Points of privilege: Big Brothers Big Sisters 50th anniversary; school recognitions; moment of silence for Gloria Steinem.