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230309 -- City Council -- Agenda Questions Council questions and staff responses for items on March 9, 2023 City Council Meeting 7.4- Shared rescue vehicle Sponsor: Chief Billy Couch Question: What is the estimated cost of this vehicle? Is CS share already on CSPD budget? Response: The current quote on the vehicle is $320,695.00. This cost will be shared by four local entities at a cost of $80,173.75. Our portion is not currently in the PD budget and will be allocated through a future budget amendment. 7.6- Change order for Northeast Trunkline Sponsor: Jennifer Cain Question: Is this a decision point or are both options still in consideration? Response: All options are still under consideration. This item is for the survey work for the “back lot” route, which will help gather information needed to determine feasibility and assist with developing more detailed cost estimates. 8.3- Middle Housing Zoning District Sponsor: Alyssa Halle-Schramm Question: Who is on this working group and how were they selected? Could individuals opt in or was it invitation only? Response: The working group was established by staff through an invitation only process to ensure a balanced mix of perspectives, industries, and geographic interests within the group. It was comprised of three members of the development community, three neighborhood representatives, and one Texas A&M University representative. The development community members were Rob Crowley (local builder), Veronica Morgan (local engineer), and Chad Hovde (local realtor and current president of the board of realtors). The neighborhood representatives were Nan Krouse (Eastgate neighborhood), Fred Dupriest (Southside neighborhood), and Tina Evans (South Knoll neighborhood). The Texas A&M University representative was Shannon Van Zandt, Executive Associate Dean of the College of Architecture, and longtime urban planning professor. The working group met six times over a four month period to analyze potential areas appropriate for Middle Housing and to provide the recommendations that staff will present for the Council’s consideration. 8.4- Annual traffic contact report Sponsor: Chief Billy Couch Question: Looking through the police data for item 8.4 and there is a rather large discrepancy between the number of traffic stops and searches conducted between white and Blacks. If my numbers are correct, for all traffic stops, only around 2% whites are searched, while it is 10% for the Black population. Is there any particular reason for this? Response: The reasons for search are based on consent, probable cause, incident to arrest, contraband, etc. In 2022, the police department made a total of 20,140 traffic stops. Of those traffic stops, we conducted a search 727 times. Of the 727 searches, 342 were on black motorist while 227 were on white motorist. Of the 342 black motorists searched, 256 were searched based on probable cause, 33 were searched incident to arrest, 14 were based on contraband present, and 2 were part of a vehicle inventory, for a total of 305 of the 342 that were searched. The causal factors of these searches were less discretionary on the officer’s part and more based on the circumstances of the traffic stop. The final search category would be the consent searches. Regarding the consent searches, black motorist was searched 37 times while white motorist were searched 53 times. Consent is requested when an officer has reached a level of reasonable suspicion that the circumstances could involve criminal activity. Also noted in the report is that the police department did not receive any racial profiling complaints in 2022. 9.2- ILA with Bryan Fire Department Sponsor: Chief Richard Mann Questions and Responses: 1. The city of Bryan proposal actually offers nothing, correct? • Based on the financial adjustment as they presented on 3/2/23, they would not have any financial responsibility to College Station for 2022 • It is a safe assumption that based on their proposal, they would never owe any money. 2. Their offer is only a guarantee of us receiving $240/hr. on our Bryan runs, whereas currently we already exceed that figure in payment per run? • The explanation provided on 3/2/23 to Council indicated their methodology would be to guarantee CSFD a base collection average of $240 / transport after 180 days. Using 2022 data, their proposal would have the following impact: • 313 transports x $240 = $75,120 • If CSFD collects less than $75,120 after 180 days of billing, COB would make up the difference. • We have already collected $178,005 for 2022 transports in COB, so they would owe us nothing. 3. If the City of Bryan slide presentation was correct, we received $180,000 for approximately 400 runs into Bryan, correct? • Based on our last report from Emergicon used for the 2/9/23 Council presentation for 2022 EMS transports within the City of Bryan, we have billed $517,306 and collected $178,005 4. Had our true-up proposal been accepted, what is the estimated average amount per Bryan run they would’ve been paying? • The City of College station proposal made on 11/18/21 had a true-up provision of a flat fee of $550 / call for the difference in transports between the two departments. • Using 2022 data, the difference of 279 transports at a flat rate of $550 / call would have resulted in the City of Bryan owing $153,450 to College Station • If $153,450 were added to the $178,005 collected through billing, it would total $331,455. 5. Are the fees we charge for ambulance services for Delta and Echo calls based on cost of service, or do we build in a profit margin on those fees? Response: All billed services are based on our cost-of-service fee schedule.