Mar 23, 2021 City Council

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I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF ANGLETON, THE TUESDAY MARCH 23RD TO ORDER AT 6:01 P.M.

WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE ARE MISSING OUR BLUSTEROUS MAYOR UNLESS HE'S ONLINE.

AND WE WILL GET STARTED WITH THE DECLARATION OF A QUORUM CALL TO ORDER AND THEN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION.

MR. BOOTH, WILL YOU LEAD US IN INVOCATION [INAUDIBLE].

PLEDGE FIRST.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

[INAUDIBLE] FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.

WE REALLY ENJOYED THE GREENERY THAT'S COMING ABOUT FATHER.

THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTY OF YOUR WORLD WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE TONIGHT.

WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM.

AND FATHER MAY, WE DO EVERYTHING THAT'S PLEASING TO YOU AND GOOD FOR OUR CITY, GOOD FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE.

AND FATHER JUST GIVE US GUIDANCE, HELP US WATCH OVER THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THIS CITY, FOR THE STAFF, FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, FOR THE POLICEMAN , AND FOR THE MS BY EVERYBODY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CITY.

JUST KEEP THEM SAFE AND HELP THEM TO DO THEIR JOB TO THE BEST OF THEIR BEING ABILITY FATHER GIVE US YOUR GRACE. IN CHRIST NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

MOVING ON, CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL.

[CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL]

I HAVE THREE, BUT MR. APLAN I'LL SAVE YOU TILL NUMBER SIX, OK? FIRST, MR. SCHAFFER, OH HE WANTS TO SPEAK ON NUMBER FIVE? [INAUDIBLE]. I WAS ONLINE AT YOUR LAST MEETING AND HEARD A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW SUBDIVISION OR DEVELOPMENT OUT ON COUNTY ROAD 44, AND I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I OWN PROPERTY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. AND IT'S NOT THAT AT ALL.

IT'S THAT I THINK THAT, JOHN, YOU AND TRAVIS MADE SOME REALLY VALID POINTS IN THE DISCUSSION. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBERS.

BUT, TRAVIS, YOU PRESENTED A LOT OF NUMBERS THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND NEW HOMES PLANNED RIGHT NOW.

LET'S GET SOME OF THOSE SOLD BEFORE WE AGREE TO SMALLER LOTS.

I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE RANCHETTES.

IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT SMALL ACREAGE WITH PROPERTIES AND ALL OF THAT.

AND NOW TO FIND OUT 40 OR 45 FOOT LOTS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, KNOWING HOW MANY ARE ALREADY PROMISED. I JUST HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL GIVE THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND JUST SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WHAT'S THE RUSH? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OK, [INAUDIBLE] OK, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

2021-2022 PROPOSED BUDGET SCHEDULE.

COUNCIL. IT'S NOT USUAL THAT WE HAVE 1 ITEM CONSENT AGENDA, SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS.

[2. Conduct a public hearing, discussion and possible action on an Ordinance No. 20210323-002 levying an assessment against properties within the City of Angleton Riverwood Ranch Public Improvement District (PID).]

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

BY STATE LAW, YOU HAVE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE COMMENT ON A PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

OR PID. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT.

AND THEN AFTER YOU GATHER THAT COMMENT AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING EXCUSE ME, YOU CAN ACT TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE OR A RESOLUTION.

IF YOU DON'T ACT TO APPROVE THAT ORDINANCE OR A RESOLUTION, THEN THERE'S NO ASSESSMENT

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SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, GREAT COUNCIL.

SO I MOVE WE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE RIGHT.

THERE HE IS. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING.

I'M ALAN MUELLER WITH MARSH DARCY PARTNERS.

WE'VE BEEN ASSISTING WITH THE CREATION OF THE PID AND THE ASSESSMENT ROLE, SO JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP.

OK. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, COUNCIL MOVE TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING I'LL SECOND THAT.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN, PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW CLOSED COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS.

MAYOR, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO JUMP IN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'M HERE.

WALTER. CAN YOU GO TO THE PODIUM PLEASE.

HOW MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE WE HAD ON THIS ITEM, ARE YOU AWARE? I THINK IF I'M REMEMBERING THE PID PROCESS CORRECTLY, I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD AND THE LAST ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE.

AFTER THIS, IT BECOMES THERE'S YEARLY MAINTENANCE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, BUT THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE WITH ONE CAVEAT, UNLESS YOU WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING. AND THEN I THINK YOU GO BACK THROUGH SOME PARTS OF THIS PROCESS.

HAVE ALL THE PLATS BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS PROPERTY.

YES, THE FINAL PLAN OF PHASE ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND BUT PHASE TWO IS WAS NOT THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED ANY ANY ADDITIONAL PRELIMINARY PLATS FOR THE REST OF THE PROPERTY.

AND WE RECORDED THE FINAL PLAT LAST WEEK, I WANT TO SAY.

BUT THE PID IS FOR ALL THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? NOT EVEN EVEN THE PARTS.

THAT'S NOT EVEN THE PARTS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN.

DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THIS ASSESSMENT ROLE IS ONLY FOR SECTION ONE.

SO AS AS THE LATER SECTIONS ARE PLATED, THERE WILL BE A HEARING LIKE THIS FOR THE ASSESSMENTS, FOR THE LATER SECTIONS.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. SO, WALTER, IF I MAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WALTER YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAY OVER. WE CAN MOVE YOUR CHAIR OVER THERE.

WHAT'S THE CITY'S THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THE RECOMMENDATION OR YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PID? THE NUMBERS ALL ADDED UP AND IT NEEDED TO BE IT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED IN ORDER TO DO THE PID, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY DECIDED IS HAS BEEN DONE.

SO WE'RE BASICALLY COMPLETING THE REST OF THE PROCESS PER STATE LAW ON THE SUBJECT.

COUNCILMAN JOHN, IF I COULD SAY SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY. SO IF I RECALL AS WELL, THIS WAS THE PROCESS THAT WAS LAID OUT TO US TO APPROVE THE RIVERWOOD RANCH PROPERTIES FOR THEM TO WORK IN THEIR BUSINESS PLAN, WHICH WAS KIND OF SOMEWHAT PRESENTED TO US BACK IN THE DAY, THAT THIS PID MUST MEET APPROVAL, BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE, I GUESS, THE VERBAL AGREEMENT THAT WE EITHER SPEND SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, MAYBE A YEAR BACK.

THIS IS THE WAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE THIS SUBDIVISION WAS ALSO IN HAVING THIS PID AS WELL, PART OF THE PROCESS OR PART OF THEIR BUSINESS MODEL AND PART OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED MONTHS AGO, MAYBE IN THE BEFORE OR AFTER THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE SITTING TODAY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PART OF .

I JUST WANT TO REFRESH THAT MEMORY AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST PART OF THE PIECE OF THE PIE THAT MOVES THIS SUBDIVISION TO OPERATION.

THANK YOU. SO THE $25,000 THAT YOU'RE ASSESSING ON EACH LIGHT IN THIS FIRST PHASE, YOU

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I'M NOT WITH THE BUILDER, SO I CAN'T I CAN'T SPECULATE ON THAT SIDE OF IT.

I THINK THERE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE MAYBE THAT WAS GOING TO BE TRYING TO WATCH ONLINE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PATCH IN.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE HOME VALUE SIDE OF THINGS.

THAT WOULD BE MIKE, CAROL.

YES, IS MIKE ON. MICHAEL FOLEY, THERE'S TWO MICHAEL, SO MICHAEL CAROL AND MICHAEL FOLEY.

BUT I THINK FOLEY WAS GOING TO TRY TO BE ON THIS EVENING.

MR. CAROLL WAS GOING.THIS SAYS SECTION THREE OF THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE PAID ANNUALLY AND APPROXIMATELY EQUAL INSTALLMENTS OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD, COMMENCING NO SOONER IN CALENDAR YEAR.

2021 AND NO LATER THAN CALENDAR YEAR 2025.

AND WE'LL BE DELINQUENT IF NOT PAID BY JANUARY 31ST, FOLLOWING EACH CALENDAR YEAR.

WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHEN THAT GOES INTO EFFECT? SO AS THE FOUR YEAR WINDOW. RIGHT. I MEAN THAT'S FOUR YEARS.

YEAH. SO WHEN IT, WHEN TO, WHEN AN ASSESSMENT IS MADE, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A TAX WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AUTOMATICALLY PAID EVERY YEAR.

SO WHEN THE ASSESSMENT IS MADE AND THEN THE LOT GETS SOLD TO A HOME HOMEOWNER, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO ACTUALLY PAY THAT FULL ASSESSMENT UP FRONT AT THAT TIME WHEN THEY CLOSE AND THEN OR THEY CAN CHOOSE TO PAY IT OUT OVER 30 YEAR PERIOD WITH INTEREST.

AND SO THE REASON FOR THAT WINDOW FROM 21 TO 25 IS JUST TO ALLOW THE TIME EXCUSE ME, FOR THE HOMES IN THIS FIRST SECTION TO GET BUILT AND THEN CLOSED.

SO, SO ONCE IT CLOSES IN TO AN ULTIMATE HOMEOWNERS PURCHASE, THAT'S WHEN THE ASSESSMENT BEGINS. BEGINS UPON PURCHASE BY THE BUYER.

YES, SIR. OK, AND THAT FOUR YEAR WINDOW IS JUST THE OPEN POSSIBILITY THAT IT WOULD TAKE FOUR YEARS TO BUILD OUT THE 96 LOT.

YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S CONSERVATIVE, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE A WINDOW IN THERE. AND SO THE IDEA THERE IS THAT DURING THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD, THE DEVELOPER BUILDER, THEY'RE NOT PAYING THE ASSESSMENT, BUT UNTIL IT CLOSES TO ITS ULTIMATE HOMEOWNER. BUT IF IT GOT IF THEY STILL OWNED LOTS AFTER 2025, THEY WOULD THEN START PAYING ASSESSMENT'S. WHY IS BLOCK TWO AND THREE, TWO LOTS EACH? BUT YOU HAVE NINETY TWO ON THE FIRST ONE, THAT WAS ONE OF MY, THAT KIND OF JUMPED OUT AT ME EARLIER. I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU'RE TALKING THE TAX ROLL? YES, I LOOK AT ALL THE ADD ALL THE NUMBER OF LOTS.

RIGHT. THE BLOCK TWO AND THREE JUST HAVE TWO LOTS EACH THAT'S THE CONFIGURATION.

YEAH. THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE SLOTS ARE LAID OUT.

BUT THEY'RE ALL PHASE ONE.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

BUT THESE TWO WILL PROBABLY HAVE LOTS WHAT THREE, FOUR, FIVE, FOUR.

DIFFERENT BLOCKS.

BLOCK TWO, BLOCK THREE.

I SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW THIS, BUT IF YOU IF WE ARE ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH WITH THIS PID, WHAT HAPPENS? IS IT TRANSFERABLE? I MEAN, LIKE, IF SOMEBODY IF THE DEVELOPER, MR. CAROL, DECIDES HE'S NO LONGER GOING TO FINISH THIS PROJECT, SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, FULFILL WHAT'S BEEN BEGUN, WHAT'S BEEN STARTED.

DOES IT CONTINUE ON WITH THE NEXT DEVELOPER? YOU HAVE THE CREATION OF THE PID RUNS WITH THE LAND.

SO JUST AGAIN, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THEY WERE TO SELL SECTION FOUR OR FIVE TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THEN THE PID WOULD STILL BE IN PLACE ON THAT LAND.

THEY WOULD WHEN IT GOT DEVELOPED.

THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO COME TO YOU FOR A PUBLIC HEARING LIKE THIS TO ACTUALLY LEVY THE ASSESSMENT. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY INTENTION OF DOING THAT, BUT THAT'S THE PID RUNS WITH THE LAND. COUNCILMEN FURTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE NEED ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE.

NOW, I NOTICED OUT THERE THE THE LOTS OF THE CONCRETE ROADS ARE ALREADY IN.

AFTER THIS PID WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THE FIRST PART OF CONSTRUCTION? AGAIN, I'M NOT WITH THE BUILDER.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. WE'RE JUST WE HANDLE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THE PID.

I'M SORRY.

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120 20-20.

I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING I DON'T.

HERE IT IS. EXCUSE ME, MOVE TO ADOPT A PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 200210323-002, LEVYING AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF ANGLETON RIVERWOOD RANCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SVOBODA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEY, JOHN, GO AHEAD.

JUST TO CLARIFY ONE, AFTER TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I THINK THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHEN WILL WE SEE HOMES ON THE GROUND? I BELIEVE HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS SHOOTING TO PUT ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, PERHAPS OR MIDDLE APRIL TO THE END OF APRIL TO START PUTTING MODEL HOMES TO START TO PRESELL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

[3. Discussion and possible action on a development agreement between City of Angleton and BAH Angleton Village, LLC.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BAH ANGLETON VILLAGE FOR THE ANGLETON VILLAGE APARTMENTS AND BETWEEN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THE CITY.

SO THE AGREEMENT ENTAILS CAPACITY ACQUISITION FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS PARKLAND DEDICATION PER UNIT AT FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS AT ONE HUNDRED EIGHT UNITS TOTALING FIFTY ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED, AND IN ADDITION TO STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE AND THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT PRICE. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT IS THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PAY FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT.

WHEN YOU SAY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE ROADWAY AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS? SO ACCORDING TO OUR WAS THERE ANY DEVIATION ON THIS AGREEMENT FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE? NO, SIR, IT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD FROM IT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, EVERYTHING'S STRAIGHTFORWARD AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

I MAY ASK, WHERE IS THE [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN? MAYOR, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, PLEASE? CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE LOCATION OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS? YES. SO IT'S IN THE NORTHEAST AREA OF TOWN, NORTH OF HENDERSON ROAD AND TO THE WEST OF EAST MULBERRY. IS THIS CLOSE TO GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH? MAYOR, THIS IS THE ONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, IT WAS BROWNSTONE, BROWNSTONE, OK? THAT'S WHAT CONFUSED ME.

OK, I'M THERE.

THANK YOU. AND THERE ARE OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT AREA.

YES SIR TO THE EAST OF IT AND DOWN THE ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE.

ANGLETON, RANCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SOUTH AND IF I RECALL MAYOR PRO TEM, RIGHT, THIS WAS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, I THINK THAT WOULD BE KIND OF COMPARABLE TO THE HENDERSON ROAD APARTMENTS OVER ON HENDERSON ROAD AND THEN THE ONE BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I DO NOT THINK THERE'S A WAITING LIST FOR THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. I KNOW AS OF TODAY.

COUNCIL.

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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UPDATE ON THE WIND ROSE GREEN SUBDIVISION BY STEVEN TENNIS.

[4. Update on Windrose Green Subdivison by Stephen Tennis]

MY NAME IS STEVEN TENNIS I AM WITH CONCOURSE DEVELOPMENT.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO UPDATE YOU ON THE WIND ROSE GREEN SUBDIVISION.

HERE.

I HAVE PASSED OUT THAT PRESENTATION TO ALL OF COUNCIL, IF WE CAN'T GET IT GOING, WE CAN WALK THROUGH IT REAL BRIEFLY HERE.

OH, HERE WE GO.

SO THIS IS WHEN ROSE GREEN, WE'RE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF FM FIVE, TWENTY THREE AND NORTH OF HENDERSON ROAD AND EAST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE ENTRY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON FM FIVE TWENTY THREE.

THIS WILL BE WHEN ROSE GREEN BOULEVARD.

THIS IS COMING OUT FROM OUR MARKETING AND THIS IS OUR OUR LOGO THAT WE WILL BE USING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

THEY'LL BE IN BROCHURES, SIGNAGE.

WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY TO GET PERMITS FOR SOME MARKETING SIGNAGE.

IT'LL END UP BEING ON SOME OF OUR COLUMNS AND THAT THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASONRY WALLS, THERE WILL BE MASONRY WALLS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THAT FENCE.

FIVE TWENTY THREE AS WE BUILD THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PHASES AND THEN DOWN THE ENTRY TO OUR MAIN LAKE AND AND RECREATIONAL CENTER.

NOW, WHAT HAPPENED? YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT THIS IS THE LAND PLAN.

THIS IS THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR ACRES.

THE PHASE ONE AREA HAS SHOWN THERE IS SECTION ONE THAT WE JUST HAD A PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING AND STARTED CONSTRUCTION ABOUT A WEEK AGO, THE LAKES.

AND I THINK, OOPS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE POINTER, THE POINTER DOESN'T SHOW UP.

SO ARE OUR THREE LAKES HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THE EARTH WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT THAT THAT FILM WENT ON SECTION ONE, SECTION TWO AND SOME OF A FUTURE PHASE HERE.

SO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAKES IS COMPLETE.

WE'RE WRAPPING UP SOME OF THE OUTFALL STRUCTURES.

THERE'S A LARGE OUTFALL STRUCTURE THAT GOES INTO THE RANCHO DETROIT HERE THAT RIGHT NOW HAPPENS TO BE PLUGGED OFF WHILE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO HENDERSON ROAD IS BEING COMPLETED.

SO WE'RE HOLDING BACK THE WATER TO ALLOW THAT CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE HIS WORK.

SO THIS PROJECT HAS A LANDSCAPING PACKAGE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, IT WILL LANDSCAPE THE ENTRANCE AT 523, THE ENTRY BOULEVARD WILL HAVE A REC CENTER, A LARGE LAKE HERE WITH

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ALL OF THAT IS IN OUR PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE AMENITY PACKAGE, AND WE'RE WORKING ON FINAL DESIGN OF THAT AS WE SPEAK.

THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE TRAILS WILL LOOK LIKE AROUND THE MAIN POND.

AND WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE TREND IS, IS A LOT OF TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THAT REC CENTER PARK.

THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ACTIVITY LAWN.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF OTHER LAWNS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE FOR THE KIDS, A SPLASH PAD ALL WITHIN THAT MAIN COMPLEX.

THESE ARE SOME SIGHT PICTURES.

SO THIS IS LOOKING KIND OF FROM THE WEST.

I MEAN, FROM THE EAST.

LOOKING WEST, YOU CAN SEE THE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS THING IS REALLY IT LOVES YOU THAT YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE.

OK, YOU DIDN'T WARN ME ABOUT THE RETURN OF THE AND GET BACK TO IT.

SO HERE'S THE SITE. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF DATE IN THAT THE MAIN LAKE WE CALL POND A I'M AFRAID TO PUSH THIS BUTTON IS COMPLETED AND ACTUALLY STARTING TO FILL UP WITH WATER ALL BY ITSELF. THIS IS POND B AND THEN WE OUTFALL TO HERE, WHICH IS RANCHO DESERT.

DID YOU SEE THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE BACK? YOU SEE HENDERSON ROAD RIGHT THERE.

SO THIS IS A COUPLE OF WEEKS OLD AND WE'VE MADE SOME REALLY GOOD HEADWAY AND WE'VE COMPLETED THE POND.

A WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS LIGHT COLORED DIRT IS WHERE SECTION ONE WILL BE.

AND THAT IS STARTED.

WE HAVE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.

WE'RE ABOUT 35 PERCENT ON THE SEWER AS OF TODAY.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING DUE WEST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS WAS WHERE SECTION ONE WOULD BE.

SO WE'VE SIGNED UP A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD BUILDERS AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO DELIVER THIS AND PLAY SOME CATCH UP.

WE'VE HAD SOME BAD WEATHER, YOU KNOW, AND AND SO WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP.

BUT THESE ARE THE TWO BUILDERS IN SECTION ONE.

WE HOPE TO COME TO THE CITY AND GET EARLY APPROVAL TO RECORD OUR PLAT SO THAT WE CAN GET THESE TWO BUILDERS SIGNED UP.

WE WOULD WE'RE PUSHING TO GET THE MODEL HOME COURT DELIVERED A LITTLE EARLIER SO THAT THEY CAN GET A HEAD START ON THOSE MODELS.

AND THEN WHEN WE'RE READY TO COME OUT OF THE GATES, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR MODELS IN PLACE.

SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT.

AND THAT WAS REALLY MY PRESENTATION ON HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

WE HAD A GREAT A GREAT GROUNDBREAKING PLAN.

IT HAPPENED TO BE THE DAY AFTER THE BIG FREEZE.

SO WE HAD TO CANCEL THAT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT RESCHEDULING THAT IN THE END OF APRIL.

WILL COUNSEL WHEN WHEN THOSE DATES ARE SET.

WE WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OTHER THINGS WORKING.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY PARKS GROUP ON THE FREEDOM PARK.

WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS.

WE'RE READY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY TO START WORKING ON THAT DESIGN.

OUR SECTION ONE DETENTION IS ON SITE HERE, BUT ALL OF OUR FUTURE SECTIONS RELY ON THE DETENTION THAT WILL BE CREATED IN FREEDOM PARK.

AND WE'LL BE A BIG PART OF THAT WORKING WITH THE CITY.

AND WE WILL ULTIMATELY BE THE DEVELOPER THAT CONSTRUCTS THOSE FACILITIES.

THAT DIRT ALSO COMES BACK TO THIS PROJECT TO FILL THE REMAINING PIECES OF LAND THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED. SO WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND STAFF TO REALLY MOVE THAT PROJECT

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WE HAVE SECTION TWO THAT IS DESIGN APPROVED BY BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY READY TO BE STARTED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO START THAT UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE OUR DETENTION IS GOING TO BE.

AND IT REQUIRES THAT OFFSITE DETENTION IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED SECTION THREE, WHICH MAKES THE CONNECTION FROM SECTION TWO DOWN TO HENDERSON ROAD. THAT SECTION, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS SUBMITTED.

WE JUST RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM STAFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THOSE COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO THE AND COUNCIL WITH THAT PLAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE'VE GOT THESE THINGS TEED UP ON THE SHELF, READY TO GO.

AND IT'S ALL GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON GETTING THROUGH AND DESIGNING A REALLY GREAT PARK WITH THE CITY AND FREEDOM PARK.

SO WE'RE READY TO TO TO GET INVOLVED AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THEIR PILOT STREET LIGHT SOLAR STREET LIGHT PROGRAM. WE WENT BY AND SAW DALLAS STREET.

IT'S BRIGHT AND WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON AND WE'RE WE'RE COMMITTED TO PUTTING SOLAR STREETLIGHTS WITHIN THIS PROJECT.

AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT OURSELVES.

SO IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER.

GOOD. YES. SO THE KICK OFF BEFORE THAT DETENTION STUDY IS APRIL 12TH.

THAT'S A JOINT MEETING CALLED BY THE COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THEN, STEVE, GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S FLOWING JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE INTEREST IN CULVERS.

RIGHT THAT WAY.

I ENCOURAGE GUYS TO FREEDOM PARK TRAIL.

WE'VE GOT SOLAR LIGHTS OUT THERE NOW.

OH, GREAT. THINGS LIT UP LIKE A RUNAWAY.

WELL, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY WELL WITH STAFF ON THIS PROJECT.

AND IF THE WEATHER WOULD BE COOPERATIVE, WE'D BE MUCH FURTHER ALONG, YOU KNOW.

HOW DID YOU PICK YOUR BUILDERS I'LL LET MR. JORDAN MACK ADDRESS THAT SINCE HE'S BEEN THE ONE IN NEGOTIATION WITH ALL THE BUILDERS? I'M JORDAN MACK WITH CONCOURSE, AND I WORK WITH STEVE.

A LOT OF GOOD BUILDERS DOWN HERE, BUT WHEN WE START LOOKING AT IT, FAMILIAR WITH EVERYBODY, CASTLEROCK AND WORKING ON A DEAL DOWN HERE, MILBURY FARMS, MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE CITY AND THEY'RE JUST FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND CHAOS FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, TOO. AND SO RATHER THAN JUST BRING SOMEBODY DOWN HERE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SELL AND WOULD SAY IN THIS MARKET, WHICH THEY ARE, THEY'RE THE MOST FAMILIAR, OBVIOUSLY, ANGLIA'S DOING DOING WORK DOWN HERE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE MARKET AND WE ALIGN OUR INTERESTS AND OUR PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON HOME PRICE POINTS, SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE LOOK OF THE HOME, THE FAÇADE OF THE HOME.

THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO OUR DESIGN, OUR BUILDER GUIDELINES, OUR RESTRICTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND JUST SEEING THE MARKET THE SAME WAY.

SO THEN THE ABILITY TO PERFORM, YOU KNOW, SEEING SEEING THE GROWTH PATH AND WHERE WE SEE IN THE MOMENTUM WE'VE HAD AND WE'RE COMPRESSING OUR SCHEDULE JUST BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND FOR THIS MARKET. AND THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT JUST THE GROWTH IN THE AREA.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S IN DEMAND.

AND SO BOTH [INAUDIBLE] CASTLEROCK SEE THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH US AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO PERFORM FINANCIALLY WITH OUR NEEDS AS WELL.

SO YOU JUST A GOOD PARTNERSHIP, GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE GROUPS.

DO THEY HAVE A? DO THEY HAVE A 30 YEAR TRACK RECORD OR ANYTHING AT THAT OR LONGER? YEAH. YOU KNOW, CASSOCKS A PRIVATELY OWNED LOCAL COMPANY AND HALF PUBLIC BUT BOTH VERY LARGE AND ABILITY TO EXECUTE ME.

WE DO BUSINESS WITH THEM IN OTHER PLACES AROUND THE CITY.

SO AROUND GREATER HOUSTON AREA, I SHOULD SAY.

THANK YOU SO. THIS MAY BE FOR MR. TENNIS. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M. SO YOU ALL HAVE LOOKING AT PHASE TWO. YES, SIR.

AND THEN PHASE THREE, AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE HOPING TO MOVE ON PHASE TWO AFTER THE DETENTION. SATISFIED OVER IN, I GUESS, FREEDOM PARK, YES, SIR. OK, SO YOU CAN'T MOVE TO PHASE TWO UNTIL, OK, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ON WE'VE DONE A COMPLETE DRAINAGE STUDY FOR THIS PROJECT AND A PHASING STUDY.

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BUT UNTIL THESE BOXES GO IN ON HENDERSON ROAD AND ONCE THEY DO, IT'S GOING TO RELEASE WATER AT A FASTER RATE.

AND SO ONCE THE DETENTION IS DONE OVER IN FREEDOM PARK, YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE USING SOME OF THAT DETENTION FOR THE UPSTREAM PART OF RANCHO DITCH AND SOME OF THIS DETENTION THAT WE CREATED. SO WE'VE KIND OF BEEN LONE IN SOME DETENTION TO MAKE THIS WHOLE SYSTEM FUNCTION UNTIL FREEDOM PARK GETS COMPLETED.

SO THERE IS MORE DETENTION ON SITE THAN IS NEEDED FOR SECTION ONE.

BUT IN ORDER TO DO SECTION TWO, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL PHASE TWO, WE NEED A PORTION.

ACTUALLY, WE'VE DONE AN ANALYSIS THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO THE CITY.

IT ALLOWS FOR SECTION TWO TO BE DELIVERED WITH JUST AN OUTFALL STRUCTURE AND THE SAND PIT THAT'S ALREADY THERE.

BUT TO DO SECTION THREE, WHICH IS THIS DARKER GRAY SET OF LOCKS, IT WOULD DEFINITELY REQUIRE THAT PHASE OF DETENTION IN FREEDOM PARK.

AND FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THIS PROJECT, DO YOU SEE THIS IS GOING TO ALL MIMIC EACH OTHER.

WE'RE SEEING FORTY FIVE AND FIFTY FOOT LOTS IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE SUBDIVISION RIGHT NOW.

SECTION ONE IS FORTY FIVE AND FIFTY.

SECTION TWO IS A REPLACEMENT PHASE FOR THAT.

AND SECTION THREE THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

THE PRELIMINARY PLAN IS FORTY.

YES, SIR. AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE CODE WORDS YOU SAID REPLACEMENT SECTION.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN? WELL, WE HAVE TWO BUILDERS SIGNED UP FOR ALL OF THESE LOTS AND THEY'VE CONTRACTED FOR SECTION TWO.

SO AS THEY BUILD OUT OF SECTION ONE, WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GAP OUT.

WE WANT TO DELIVER SECTION TWO SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR PROGRAM GOING.

AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DESIGN APPROVED AND ON THE SHELF BECAUSE WE DON'T WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE MARKET IS.

WE THINK THERE'S A PENT UP DEMAND HERE AND WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE BOX REALLY MOVING ON LOCK SALES AND HOMES.

SO LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT A DIFFERENT WAY THEN, SO THE REPLACEMENT SECTION IS GOING TO BE MORE FORTY AND FORTY FIVE AND FIFTY.

SO WHAT'S THE REPLACEMENT? YEAH, THESE THIS SECTION, SECTION TWO IS ALL FORTY FIVE AND FIFTY.

OK, YES, SIR.

AND THEN PHASE THREE IS EVEN SMALLER.

THIS SECTION HERE, SECTION THREE, WHICH YOU HAVE NOT SEEN YET, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS SUBMITTED AND WE JUST RECEIVED FIRST ROUND OF COMMENTS WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS BEFORE THEY GO BEFORE PNC AND THEN COUNCIL.

MY QUESTION IS ON THE REC CENTER, ARE YOU GOING TO BE COMPETING WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON'S REC CENTER? I DON'T THINK SO.

I MEAN, WE THIS IS A COMMUNITY LEVEL FACILITY.

IT'S REALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE.

YOU SAW SOME OF THE PICTURES.

THERE'S NOT A SWIMMING POOL.

THERE'S A SPLASH PAD WHICH CAN BE USED MORE THAN THREE MONTHS A YEAR.

THERE'S OPEN SPACE, THERE'S ACTIVITY LAWNS, AND THEN THERE'S PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

WE FEEL LIKE THAT BUYER HERE IS A YOUNGER FAMILY THAT WANTS THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES.

JUST SO OUR VERNACULAR IS THE SAME.

WHEN YOU SAY REC CENTER, WHAT SORT OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DO YOU SEE BEING DONE IN THIS CENTER? WELL, WE CAN I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRAILS AROUND THE LAKES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ACTIVITY LAWN RIGHT HERE SO WE CAN HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

AND WHAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE NOW OUTDOORS THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY SEE SO MUCH IN THE PAST.

A PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE FOR KIDS.

YEAH. AND A WATER SPLASH PAD.

AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A SHADE STRUCTURE WITH PICNIC TABLES AND AND THAT THAT AND ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES YOU SAW WRAP AROUND THAT SHADE STRUCTURE.

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IT'S IT'S NOT A CLIMATE CONTROLLED BUILDING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I SAID. VERNACULAR.

WE'RE NOT USING THE SAME WHEN I THINK REC CENTER AND HE'S ASKING ABOUT THE ANGLETON REC CENTER. HE'S TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE CONTROLLED RECREATIONAL CENTER.

YOU'RE SAYING REC CENTER. WE HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE.

THAT'S FINE. AND I THINK THE TREND RIGHT AWAY, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE HOA FEES MANAGEABLE. AND WHEN YOU SEE SWIMMING POOLS AND LIFEGUARDS AND AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE, IT JUST REALLY CAUSES THOSE HOA FEES TO REALLY GET OUT OF REACH FOR MANY RESIDENTS THAT DON'T USE THE FACILITIES.

COUNCILORS ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR ANY QUESTIONS? NOW APPROACHING JOHN, RIGHT, I'M GOOD.

OK, GREAT. ANYBODY ELSE.

IT'S JUST AN UPDATE, SO THERE'S NO ACTION.

THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, MR..

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A DECREASE IN THE WASTE

[5. Discussion and possible action on a decrease in the Waste Connections rate, service logs and proposed improvements.]

MR. SCHAEFER, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK FIRST.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS WASTE CONNECTIONS IN GENERAL ATTRACTION TO RECYCLE OUR GOOD, THEY'RE OWN TIME CAN COUNT ON THEM IN OUR AREA.

AND ABOUT NINE THIRTY IN THE MORNING ON TUESDAY EXCUSE ME, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, HEAVY TRASH IS PRETTY ERRATIC.

RECENTLY, I HAD TO CALL THE OFFICE FIVE TIMES I HAD A VERY SMALL PILE AND THEY KEEP DRIVING BY IT. WE HAD PROBLEMS HERE ON TRASH AND RECYCLING ON FEBRUARY 16TH AND 17TH DURING THE THE ICE EVENT.

WE DID GET RECYCLING PICKED UP I'M SORRY, TRASH PICKED UP ON THURSDAY AND RECYCLING A WEEK LATER. BUT WE GOT BILLED FOR IT AND THERE WAS NO CREDIT.

I SENT AN INVOICE FINALLY TO THE CITY AND I GOT AN ANSWER FROM THE NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR, MR. HALL, THAT WATER AND TRASH COULDN'T BE, PRICE, COULDN'T BE ADJUSTED.

SO BASICALLY, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING WE DIDN'T GET.

AND WORSE, WE HAD TO PAY TWICE FOR SOMETHING WE DIDN'T GET.

SECONDLY, I NOTICED ON DURING THAT TIME THAT THERE WERE WASTE CONNECTION VEHICLES IN THE EAST PART OF TOWN, BUT NOT IN OUR PART OF TOWN.

SO THE REAL PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THEM IS COMMUNICATIONS.

I'VE CALLED THEIR OFFICE AND I BELIEVE IT'S IN ALVIN.

SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINED TO TALK AND TO SCHEDULE, AND THEY NEVER, NEVER RETURN CALLS AND THEY NEVER, NEVER CALL YOU TO TELL YOU THE SCHEDULING IS COMING.

SO YOU BASICALLY, IF YOU CALL THE CITY, THEY TELL YOU TO CALL ALVIN, WHICH YOU DO, AND YOU GET NO ANSWERS. SO I THINK COMMUNICATIONS REALLY IS THE WORST PROBLEM.

A SMALL CREDIT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE, BUT OF COURSE, TIMES, HOWEVER, MANY THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT DIDN'T GET PICKED UP MAY BE A PROBLEM FOR YOU.

I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OK, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST, MR. HILL? SURE.

WASTE CONNECTIONS IS HERE, BUT I WILL INTRODUCE THE TOPIC.

YOU KNOW, WE WE DISCUSSED THIS ON FEBRUARY 9TH.

WE CAME AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE REQUESTED PRICE INCREASE, THE CPI INCREASE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE LOGS AND WE DECIDED TO FOLLOW UP WITHIN 90 DAYS.

SO WE DID HAVE A MEETING ON MARCH THE 8TH.

MAYOR PRO TEM WAS THERE AND STAFF AND WE WE DISCUSSED ALL THOSE ITEMS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS HEAVY TRASH WAS THE BIG THING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE LOGS WE HAVE RECEIVED, THE LOGS THAT THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACT.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATION.

WE TALKED ABOUT PARTNERSHIP ON ITEMS. AND WE ALSO REQUESTED THAT THEY REDUCE THE THE PRICE INCREASE.

SO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT AFTER THE MEETING WAS THAT THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL LOG AND I

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THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE COMMUNICATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF A REDUCTION IN T HAT PRICE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND THIS IS MR. CHRIS ROBERT. HE'S THE DISTRICT MANAGER.

AND LAUREN SIMONTON, HE'S THE CONTROLLER.

AND THEN JAMIE COSTILLO IS THE ANGLETON MANAGER.

RIGHT, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST START? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

GOOD EVENING. WE'LL START AGAIN.

WE MET ON FEBRUARY THE 9TH AND WE TALKED ABOUT EXACTLY THE COMPLAINTS, OUR COMPLAINT LOG.

WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IS TWICE A MONTH.

WE DO THE FOLLOW UP.

WE RECEIVE OUR CALLS AND ALVIN.

AND SO WE HAVE TO FUNNEL THOSE DOWN TO OUR ANGLETON YARD.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO A FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND IT TO MR. MR. HILL AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT THEY NEED TO FOLLOW UP FROM ANY KIND OF A COMPLAINT LAW.

BUT PROACTIVELY ON THE BRUSH, WE'RE GOING TO WEAKLY SEND A LOG OUT TO SHOW THAT WE'RE PICKING UP THIS MUCH BRUSH, ANYTHING OVER THE FOUR YARD LIMIT.

WE'RE WORKING ON THESE ADDRESSES JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN A DISTRICT MANAGER HERE FOR PROBABLY SINCE JUNE.

I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS ABOUT TWENTY NINE YEARS.

AND WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF COVID THERE'S A GAP IN COMMUNICATION EXACTLY AS ALLUDED TO, AND WE WANT TO BRIDGE THE GAP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PARTNERS.

WE KNOW OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO HAVING THIS CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, HAVING THE PROACTIVE LOCK FOR THE BRUSH, ANYTHING OVER FOUR YARDS, THAT IS THERE IS TWENTY YARDS OUT THERE AND WE'RE DOING FOUR YARDS EVERY TIME WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATION.

SO WHEN THE CITY GETS THE CALL COMES IN, THEY KNOW THERE IS WORK IN PROGRESS AND THAT LAW IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY EVERY WEEK.

ALL RIGHT. ON SECOND OUR COMMUNICATION AND ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I'M SORRY. WELL, SO IN OUR MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT A WAY OF KEEPING THE LOGS TOGETHER AND HAVING ONE SO THE CITIZEN DOESN'T GET CONFUSED AND THINK I HAVE TO CALL THE CITY OR I HAVE TO CALL WASTE CONNECTION. AND WE TALKED ABOUT USING TECHNOLOGY TO BRIDGE THE GAP TO WHERE WE CAN USE ONE PLACE WHERE OUR E-GOV TICKET SYSTEM DID.

DID SOMETHING NOT HAPPEN THERE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING IN THE MEETING.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GIVING THEM ACCESS TO LOG IT OR HAVING US LOG IT TO HAVE ONE MASTER SHEET THAT WE KNOW AT ALL TIMES.

SO WHEN A CITIZEN CALLS AND SAYS, I HAVE A COMPLAINT, YOU CAN TELL THEM REAL QUICK, NO HERE IT IS, OR THE CITIZEN CAN GO AND LOG IT AND THEN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT.

I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN THE MEETING RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT WAS THOSE ARE TWO OPTIONS.

ONE WAS THE E-GOV WE TALKED ABOUT THE E-GOV THERE IN THE AND THAT IS AN OPTION, I TALKED TO IT.

THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

IT'S A POSSIBILITY WASTE CONNECTIONS PROPOSED THE ADDITIONAL LOG THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE TO ME AND TO THE UTILITY BUILDING SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ANSWERS WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CALL. AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT THAT DIRECTION.

IT SEEMED SIMPLER. BUT THE OTHER ONE IS STILL AN OPTION.

IF THAT'S IF WASTE CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, WOULD AGREE TO THAT BECAUSE THE TWICE A MONTH IS TOO LONG.

REMEMBER, THAT WAS DISCUSSED AS WELL.

CITIZENS GOING TO WANT TO KNOW WITHIN A WEEK WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WHAT WITH THE TRASH. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO WAIT TWICE A MONTH.

RIGHT. WE CAN REVISIT THAT FOR AS E- GOV WE NEED TO DO WITH OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT SYSTEM IN PLACE AS WELL.

AND THE BRUSH LOG WAS GOING TO BE WEEKLY.

THAT'S FINE. I LIKE THAT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE WEEKLY. AND WE WILL WORK ON THE TRASH LOG AS WELL.

OK, THE SECOND THE SECOND ITEM WAS WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A FLIER TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, DEVELOP A FLIER TO ADD TO TRASH CARTS.

WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED A FLIER.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS PRESENTED TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ACCEPT, HOW MANY YARDS WE ACCEPT. AND WE CAME UP WITH ACTUALLY PICTURES OF WE SENT PICTURES OUT TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL. THIS IS WHAT FOUR YARDS LOOK LIKE.

WE TALKED ABOUT EVEN HERE AT CITY HALL, PUTTING OUT SOME HAY BALES FOUR YARD HAY BALES TO SHOW THAT THIS IS, WHAT, FOUR YARDS OF BULK LOOK LIKE.

WE'RE GOING TO WRAP IT UP IN PLASTIC AND KIND OF DECORATE IT UP TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT FOUR YARDS LOOKS LIKE AND FOUR YARDS CAN GET LITTLE [INAUDIBLE] YOU'VE GOT AIR IN THE MIDDLE.

SO AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO PUT AN EXAMPLE OUT THERE.

SO WHAT'S VISIBLE TO EVERYBODY.

OK, I WOULD STILL SUGGEST THAT.

I THINK I SAID THIS IN THE MEETING.

YOU'VE GOT TO WALK, YOU'VE GOT A DRIVING BILLBOARD RIGHT THERE RIGHT PAINTED ON THE SIDE OF YOUR TRUCK AND SAYING IS IT LONGER THAN THIS? AND PEOPLE WILL KNOW, OH, THERE GOES THE TRUCK OR THEY'RE SITTING IN A STOPLIGHT NEXT TO

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YES. SO I WOULD FLIERS WORK SOMETIMES, BUT MOST TIMES PEOPLE TAKE A FLIER AND THEY THROW IT IN TRASH OR THEY THEY DON'T CATCH THE MAIL OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU'RE WALKING OR DRIVING.

BILLBOARDS WILL DEFINITELY BE BETTER. AND THIS IS THE FIRST LAYER OF US BEING TRANSPARENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOT GOING TO STOP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE TRANSPARENT WHERE EVERYBODY'S EDUCATED TO IT.

MAN YES, SIR.

SORRY, BUT I LIKE THE FLIER IDEA.

I THINK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD APPROACH THAT IN EARLY SPRING, MARCH, WHATEVER.

WHEN PEOPLE START TO CLEAR THEIR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUALLY, WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO WHERE WE CAN GET THAT BACK IN THE MAIL IS A REMINDER.

HERE WE GO AGAIN. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR.

LET'S GET IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THIS WITH CLOSING DOCUMENTS, BUT IF YOU'RE CLOSING IT SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY TITLE COMPANY, SOMEHOW WE COULD GIVE IT TO TITLE COMPANIES TO PUT IN THEIR CLOSING DOCUMENTS AND OPEN UP NEW HOME OWNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, TAKES COMPLETELY THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS.

ALSO, YOU CAN'T GO DUMPING YOUR ENTIRE YARD OUT OUT THERE AND EXPECT IT PICKED UP AT ONE TIME. I DON'T KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, TRANSPARENCY, BY THE WAY ANOTHER WAY TO PHRASE IT'S COMMUNICATION. SO THE MORE WE REFRESH PEOPLE I KNOW I GOT MY HANDS ON SPEAKING MYSELF INSIDE CABINET.

IT'S TAPED UP ON THE WALL.

WE KNOW WHAT ITEMS CAN BE COLLECTED, CAN'T BE COLLECTED, RECYCLED, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. I JUST THINK IF MORE YOU DO THE STUFF LIKE THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL THROW IT AWAY. BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO IS TO CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE.

NOW, THEY HAVE TO BE RECEPTIVE TO HEAR THOSE THINGS.

BUT ANYWAY, IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT LEVELS.

YOU CAN PUT THE CONTENT. WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING IT ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.

I THINK YOU CAN PUT IT ON TALK OF ANGLETON.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOME ADVERTISING WITH TALK OF ANGLETON AS WELL AS FAR AS NEEDING DRIVERS. SO WE WILL START PUTTING CONTENT ON THERE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.

EVERYBODY LOOKS AT SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT PLATFORMS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE COMMUNICATION FILTERED OUT. WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE ON TALK OF ANGLETON.

SAID WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE ON TALK OF ANGLETON, WE'RE GETTING ON THERE WE ACTUALLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME DRIVERS FOR OUR FACILITIES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE HERE LOCALLY.

YEAH. AND IS NOT RUN BY THE CITY, YOU KNOW.

SO LITTLE ASTERISKS THERE. OK, SORRY, BUT IT'S ALL GOOD. WE DO NOT MODERATE PARTNERSHIP WITH CURBS AND STREET.

WE TALKED ABOUT CHECKING ON MUNSON PLACE CURB STREET.

IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS FAR AS, WHAT OUR TRUCKS DO TO THE CITY STREETS. AND WE TALKED WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT MUNSON STREET.

WE'RE GOING MAKE SURE WE EDUCATE EXACTLY HOW FAR TO BRING IN SOME OF THESE CARTS OUT.

SOMETIME THE CARTS ARE BROUGHT RIGHT ON THE CURB.

SO WE ACTUALLY GET ON CLOSE TO THE CURB ON SOME OF THESE STREETS.

OUR DRIVERS ARE GOING TO GET OUT AND START TRYING TO WORK THESE OUT AGAIN.

IS SAME EDUCATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR WHAT TO PUT IN FOR AS THE BULK.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GOOD PLACEMENT SO WE CAN STAY OUT PEOPLE CURBS OFF THE STREET.

WE HAVE NO NO BUSINESS ON PEOPLE CURBS.

AGAIN, US TRYING TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO GRAB IT, DUMP IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO EDUCATE AND PUT THE SAME CONTENT OUT.

AND AGAIN, EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE.

AS FAR AS TURNING, WE TOLD OUR DRIVERS, ANY TIME YOU GOT TO MAKE A HARD TURN, IT'S KIND OF HARD ON ASPHALT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME.

THE PIVOT RADIUS ON SOME OF THESE TRUCKS ARE SO, SO STRONG.

IT'S HARD NOT TO MAKE THOSE INTENTIONS.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY WE SEE THAT WE BROKE SOME TYPE OF ASPHALT, WE'LL COMMUNICATE TO THE CITY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST MAKING NORMAL MANEUVERS.

NOTHING OUT OF THE WAY. JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE COMMUNICATION ON THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? LOTS, BUT I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT SO THE CURB BREAK THAT, YOU KNOW, AND FULL TRANSPARENCY IS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE THE CITY JUST PUT A NEW CURB RIGHT THERE AND IT'S ALREADY BROKEN. AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME COMPLAINTS IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN, BUT I SEE THAT ONE EVERY DAY SO ITS THE ONE I BROUGHT UP.

AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE CURB AND GUTTER ON THAT STREET.

SO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT WHERE TO PUT THE TRASH CAN? IT'S A IT'S A NARROW ROAD WITH DITCHES.

YOU CAN'T PUT IT RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE DITCH BECAUSE THE WIND WILL BLOW IT OVER INTO THE DITCH. SO WE HAVE TO PULL THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS GOING TO RUN INTO THEM.

I MENTIONED THIS TO WASTE CONCESSIONS FROM THE VERY START.

I THOUGHT THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES IN ANGLETON THAT CAN'T HANDLE THIS, THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. AND I WAS ASSURED MULTIPLE TIMES BY WASTE CONCESSIONS THAT, YES, WE CAN DO THIS MANUAL OR AUTO PICK UP WITH , YOU KNOW, NON CURB AND GUTTER STREETS.

AND IT SEEMS THAT IT'S CONTINUING TO BE A PROBLEM.

AND I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CURB AND GUTTER TOO THAT THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH

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SO THAT CAME, YOU KNOW, FROM SOME CITIZENS OVER OFF OF NOREDA, I THINK WAS ONE OF THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A NARROW ROAD.

RIGHT. AND IT JUST SEEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENT THAT CAN BE DONE THERE.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO TALK TO OUR DRIVING FORCE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE MINDFUL.

SO WHEN WE GET IN THESE TIGHT AREAS AND FAR, AS YOU SAY BEFORE SLAMMING DOWN ALL ALL THESE TRUCKS, THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AS THEY HIT A BUTTON DUMP IN THE CAR, AND IT KIND OF LETS IT DOWN SIT AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM SLAMMING DOWN.

WE WILL GIVE IT UP MAINTENANCE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING OUT THERE AS WELL. RIGHT.

AND THEN THE LAST PART WAS LET LAUREN KIND OF SPEAK ABOUT C.P.I.

GOOD EVENING. I'M LAUREN SIMONTON.

I'M THE CONTROLLER FOR WASTE CONNECTIONS OF ANGLETON.

AFTER REFLECTING IN OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS HERE AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS THAT COVID-19 HAS FACED EVERYONE WITH, WE HAVE AGREED TO GO AHEAD AND LOWER THE PREVIOUSLY IMPLEMENTED THREE POINT FIVE PERCENT CPI TO TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT.

THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE GOING FORWARD.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON YOUR APRIL SERVICE BILL.

SO IT WON'T BE ON THIS ONE, BUT IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE ON THE NEXT ONE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO THE CPI AND HOW THAT WAS CALCULATED OFF THE TRASH CPI DID CAN YOU GIVE THE COUNCIL SOME INFORMATION ON THAT? SO THE MAIN DRIVER ON THAT IS THE STEEL PRICES THAT ARE STEEL PRICES ARE GOING UP? YES, IT'S A PRETTY DRAMATIC PRICE INCREASE.

I MEAN, WE'LL GET AN INVOICE OR A QUOTE ON, YOU KNOW, A STEEL PRICED ITEM.

AND THEY SAY IT'S ONLY VALID FOR THAT WEEK BECAUSE THE NEXT WEEK IT'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE. AND THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER ON IT.

JUST THE STEEL PRICING IS REALLY DRIVING THAT AND HOW TO STEEL AFFECT WASTE CONNECTIONS? SO ALL OF OUR CONTAINERS, THEY HAVE STEEL ITEMS ON THEM.

YOU KNOW, OUR TRUCKS, EVERYTHING.

STEEL IS THE MAIN COMPONENT IN THE BUSINESS.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO CAUSE OUR OUR COST AS A WHOLE AND THE WHOLE NATION TO GO UP.

YEAH, I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.

OUR COMPANY STEEL PRICES AND HOPING IT LETS UP SOON.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

OH, YES. CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC TIMES WE'RE IN.

SO YES, WE'RE HOPING EVERYONE WELL WISHES DURING THESE HARD TIMES.

BIT OF INFORMATION. BACK TO YOUR PLACEMENT OF THE TRASH CANS.

YES, SIR. I LIVE ON NON CURB AND GUTTER STREET.

I PUT MY TRASH CAN AT THE EDGE OF THE GRASS AND THE ASPHALT.

IT'S OUT OF EVERYBODY'S WAY THAT PASSES THROUGH THERE.

THE DRIVERS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB, PICKING THEM UP, SETTING THEM DOWN.

HE CAN'T HELP IT. IF IT'S TOP HEAVY IT FALLS OVER, IT'S OK.

NO PROBLEM. IT'S YOUR TRASH CONTAINER, RIGHT? YOU GO HOME IN THE AFTERNOON, PICK IT UP, TAKE IT BACK TO THE BACK TO THE HOUSE.

YA'LL DO A GREAT JOB AND DON'T LIVE ON A CURB AND GUTTEREDSTREET.

THE MY NEIGHBORS AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME DO AND APPARENTLY THEY DO A GREAT JOB FOR THEM TOO. SO IT'S INDIVIDUAL SITUATION, IT APPEARS TO ME.

SO YOU GOT TO DODGE CARS, YOU GOT TO DODGE WHATEVER JUST TO TRY TO GET TO THEM.

AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. AGAIN, JUST KIND OF.

AND OUR OUR MAIN GOAL IS JUST TO BRIDGE THE GAP, IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVEN HERE SINCE I'VE STARTED MY POSITION.

WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING.

I THINK EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND PERCEPTIONS KICK IN.

AND THAT'S OUR BIGGEST THING, IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MORE VISIBLE ABOUT WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REITERATE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR MEETING, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE COMMUNICATION. YES.

AND I MENTIONED HOW SOME OF THE DRIVERS WOULDN'T STOP TO HEAR A CITIZEN COMPLAINT.

YOU KNOW, JUST YOUR REFLECTION OF OUR YOU'RE AN ARM OF OUR CITY BASICALLY AS OUR SERVICE PROVIDER OF OUR TRASH.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THE SAME EXPECTATIONS AS WE WOULD HOLD ON OURSELVES FOR Y'ALL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE REALLY MAKING MAKING AN EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE ANY ISSUE INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT SITTING THERE.

BECAUSE THE LONGER SOMETHING SITS THERE, THE WORSE IS GOING TO BE LATER.

SO THAT'S REALLY MY BIG POINT TO WASTE COMMUNICATIONS IS BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATIVE. AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THIS LAW RESOLVED SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FOR

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CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ACCEPT THE PRICE DECREASE TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT AS PART OF THE MOTION, AND IF WE WANT TO MENTION THAT ABOUT THE LOGS IN THERE, THAT'S FINE TOO.

MAYBE YOU COULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A CAMPAIGN WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH VARIOUS FASHIONS TO INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS.

IF WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE THIS TRASH PICK UP MAP AND SCHEDULE ON OUR WEBSITE.

I SURE HOPE THAT WE WOULD GET ON THAT ASAP AND GET IT ON THERE.

OK, AND WE YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU SIGN UP FOR A NEW ACCOUNT, I MEAN, I GOT STILL HAVE MY THINGS THAT ARE ALL FOLDED BECAUSE I SHOVED THEM MY POCKETS, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE TRAVIS DID IT ON THE BACK OF THE DOOR.

SOMETIMES I GO BACK OUT THERE AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THAT IS. I MAKE A MOTION, WE APPROVE THE DECREASE THAT WE WORK ON CONTINUING A COMMUNICATION PLAN.

WITH WASTE CONNECTIONS.

AND THAT WE WORK ON FINALIZING A WAY TO KEEP A LOG SO THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO HELP COMMUNICATE AND SEE ANY POSSIBLE BREAKDOWNS, I GUESS, AND WHAT WE'RE.

HAVING PROBLEMS. I SECOND, THAT I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA, TO APPROVE THE RATE DECREASE BY ONE PERCENT FROM THREE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT. AND THE OTHER PORTIONS OF COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING MARTIN, NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION. MAYOR, YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON ANYTHING? NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON UTILITY CABINETS AND

[6. Discussion and possible action on utility cabinets in residential front yards.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE'LL GO AHEAD, IF I MAY APPROACH THE DYAS WITH A DOCUMENT.

THANK YOU. LINDSAY.

JASON OH, JOHN DID READ [INAUDIBLE] SIGN UP.

HE DID. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

I WAS GOING TO LET LINDSAY TALK, I THINK.

OK. WE'LL GET TO HIM.

SO TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF SOME OF THE RECENT FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OUR DEVELOPERS, IS A CONSISTENT COMPLAINT ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF UTILITY CABINETS IN FRONT YARDS.

IT'S BECOMING A MORE COMMONPLACE UTILIZATION BY TEXAS, NEW MEXICO POWER, AS WELL AS AT&T COMMUNICATIONS AND COMCAST.

SO CONSEQUENTLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF THESE UTILITY CABINETS IN PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THESE SMALLER LOTS, IT'S SPACE CONSUMING.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER YARD EQUIPMENT AROUND THESE THESE CABINETS.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS PREPARED JUST A FEW SLIDES FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE KIND OF THE ESTHETIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YARDS THAT DO HAVE THEM AND YARDS THAT DON'T.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SOLICIT YOUR GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO PROCEED, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

IT'S NOT IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKET, BUT IT WILL BE ADDED.

IT'S LEGISLATION FILED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE, THE SUIT.

AND MAYOR, SINCE YOU'RE ON THE LINE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS OUT LOUD TO YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY HAS IN FRONT OF THEM.

THIS IS HB NUMBER FOUR THREE THREE SIX PLACEMENT OF ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMERS ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES UNLESS PERMITTED BY A MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED, A TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION UTILITY.

AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION THREE ONE DECIMAL ZERO ZERO TWO, MAY NOT REQUIRE

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SO WITH THAT AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU, I JUST LIKE YOU TO KIND OF GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS AND GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION ON ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO PROCEED.[VIDEO] WELL, TOO BAD STEVE'S NOT HERE.

I COULD USE A LITTLE TUTORIAL ON THE REMOTE, SO I BASICALLY LAID OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

OF COURSE, THERE'S TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY.

SO ON ON THIS SIDE, WE'RE RECEIVING COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT BEING UNSIGHTLY, IT BEING DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AROUND.

THEY LEAN, THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO LEAN VERY QUICKLY.

AND THE RESPONSIVENESS FROM THE UTILITY COMPANIES IS NOT AT A LEVEL WHERE IT SHOULD BE TO KEEP THEM MAINTAINED UPRIGHT.

AGAIN, I'VE COVERED THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE UTILITY CABINETS INCLUDE AT&T, TNMP, COMCAST, THEY LEAN. FOR FOR THE SAKE OF BREVITY, I DESIGNATED THESE AS AGUS OR ABOVE GROUND UNITS.

SO JUST HOW BIG ARE THEY? THESE BOXES RIGHT HERE ARE MEASURED 31 BY 33 INCHES.

SO THAT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PLATFORM IT SITS ON.

SO THERE YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SIDEWALK.

THE AGU BETWEEN THE YARDS TAKES UP QUITE A BIT OF SPACE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CLUSTER EFFECT RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHERE THE THE CITY WATER IS RIGHT THERE.

SO YOU HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF THESE DIFFERENT UTILITIES THAT ARE IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY. AGAIN, HERE YOU HAVE IT, WHERE THEY'RE CLUSTERED TOGETHER AND IT'S THEY'RE NOT UNIFORMLY PLACED, SO THEY DO PRESENT SOMEWHAT OF AN EYESORE.

AGAIN, THEY LEAN IN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY LEAN HERE IN THE PICTURE, ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OF THEM IN DIFFERENT YARDS, HOW THEY LEAN.

SOME PEOPLE GET A LITTLE CREATIVE AND DO THESE DECORATIVE ITEMS, DEPENDING ON ON WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RULES AND DEEDS ARE.

I MEAN, THAT MAY BE ACCEPTABLE.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB THERE, BUT SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T HIDE.

YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT.

THE HOMEOWNER HAS TRIED TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE SOME SHRUBS AROUND THE BOX, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T GET PAST NOTICING THIS LEANING MASSIVE BOX BETWEEN THE HOMES.

SO CITY'S ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN IS OPENING THE DIALOG WITH TEXAS NEW MEXICO POWER.

WE MET WITH THEM ON DECEMBER 9TH REMOTELY AGAIN ON MARCH 3RD, AND WE FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND UTILITY COMPANIES TO COME TO SOME TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT. SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING AN AGREEMENT.

THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM TEXAS, NEW MEXICO IS THEY HAVE THEIR REASONS FOR HAVING UTILITIES IN THE FRONT YARD, THEIR REASONS BEING THAT THEY'RE EASIER TO ACCESS.

RESTORATION TIMES ARE SHORTER AND IT'S SAFER FOR THEIR STAFF.

SO, LIKE I SAID, TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ALLEGE THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SELL THESE DEVELOPED LOTS FOR THEIR POTENTIAL PRICE POINT BECAUSE OF THE APPEARANCE OF THESE OVERBEARING STRUCTURES IN THESE YARDS.

SO WE DID INVITE REPRESENTATIVES TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S FILED A POTENTIAL LEGISLATION.

AND HERE'S THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT FROM TEXAS, NEW MEXICO.

THEY'VE ALSO SAID THAT THEY WILL ONLY BE PLACING UTILITY CABINETS IN FRONT YARDS.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT ON BLUEBONNET CIRCLE, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE.

BUT THIS ALSO KIND OF JUST DISCLOSES THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITIES. AND THAT'S THAT'S A PRETTY SIZABLE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MISS.

SO WE HAVE TNMPS IN RED, THE CABLE COMPANY THAT'S COMCAST IN THE YELLOW AND THEN THE CITY'S WATER IN BLUE.

SO THIS IS ROSEWOOD DEVELOPMENT WHILE IT'S BUILT OUT.

NOW YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINES BY THE BY THE ROADWAY.

THAT'S THE WATER LINES.

AND THAT'S ALSO IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THESE UTILITY CABINETS.

JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THIS IS FROM THE CITY'S GIS SYSTEM.

THE RED LINES YOU SEE ARE OUR SEWER.

SO THERE IS UTILITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.

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AND THESE ARE BRAND NEW HOMES.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST STARTED PULLING THEIR BUILDING PERMITS TO CONSTRUCT THESE HOMES AND THEY'RE VERY NICE. BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE THESE CABINETS IN THE YARD.

THEN AGAIN, THERE'S THEIR UTILITY MAP.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEY HAVE THE SEWER ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THEY HAVE THE WATER AGAIN.

THE SOUTH SIDE WAS WHAT I SHOWED IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE.

SO BLUEBONNET CIRCLE, THIS IS A PELLETIERE DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU NOTICE THERE'S NO UTILITY CABINETS IN THE FRONT YARD.

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT BUILT OUT, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL DO IT.

IF YOU LOOK IN THE UPPER RIGHT PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT THAT TRANSFORMER IS PLACED VERY FAR BACK INTO THE CORNER, AS FAR AWAY FROM FROM THE PROPOSED HOME AS FEASIBLY POSSIBLE. SO THERE IS A STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE APPEARANCE OF THOSE THAT HAVE THE UTILITY CABINETS AND THOSE THAT DON'T.

SO I'VE ALSO PULLED SOMETHING FROM OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ABOUT ABOVE GROUND UTILITIES, ALL UTILITIES SHALL BE LOCATED UNDERGROUND IN A UTILITY EASEMENT OR WITHIN A RIGHT OF WAY. SO THAT CONCERNS THE EASEMENT.

SO. KEEPING THESE THESE FACTS IN MIND THAT WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER FOR YOU, I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, I'VE GIVEN YOU THE FRONT LOAD AND I'D JUST LIKE TO GET YOUR DIRECTION ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY PROCEED.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YES, SIR. IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIVE, WELL PRESENTED.

MR. APLIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING. REG APLIN WITH GREYSTONE DEVELOPMENT CAME LAST MONTH, KIND OF BRIEF ON THIS, BUT IT'S MY FIRST DEVELOPMENT.

ANGLETON VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THE MARKET IS GOING TO BE GOOD.

I'M CONVINCED I WOULD BE DOING THIS.

WE'RE DOING A LITTLE LARGER LOTS.

BUT THE TRANSFORMERS ARE STILL WE'VE ACTUALLY NEVER DONE A LOT SMALLER THAN 70, EXCEPT A ZERO LOT LINE DEVELOPMENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I BROUGHT THE PLANE IN AND TEXAS TO MEXICO CITY, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE CHARGING US FOR THE UNDERGROUND OR TRANSFORMERS.

WE WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY NO WAY.

WE WERE JUST STONEWALLED WITH THEM.

THEY SAID, NO, THAT'S OUR RULE AND THAT'S IT.

SO IT TOOK MANY MEETINGS TO ACTUALLY GET THEM TO EVEN LISTEN.

AND THAT LAST ONE, I WAS REAL SURPRISED BECAUSE WITH WITH CODY AND THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY IN TOWN, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE LIKE, OK, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY. AND WE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAD NO DEFENSE, THEIR DEFENSE WAS WE CAN GET TO IT QUICKER. IT'S EASIER FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND IT'S SAFER FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

OK, THAT'S GOOD FOR TEXAS IN MEXICO.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RESIDENTS? SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, AS THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON SPOKE IN THAT LAST ONE OR THAT ENGINEER WAS READY, YOU DIDN'T GET A QUESTION.

THEY WOULD HAVE BIG PROBLEMS WITH IT AND SHOULD.

BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE PUTTING HIGH ELECTRIC HIGH VOLTAGE POWER RIGHT IN THE WATER AND SEWER TRENCH. OH, MY GOSH.

I MEAN, THAT'S A THAT'S A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR THE NEW HOMES BECAUSE WE'RE DIGGING IN THAT TRENCH ALL THE TIME WITH CENTERPOINT AND MOST UTILITY COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH VOLTAGE AND THE CABLE AND THE PHONE WHO DO HAVE THE UGLY BOXES.

THEY'RE ALL THE BIG TRANSFORMERS OR UGLY.

COMCAST IS UGLY.

AND EVEN WHEN THEY DO THE PEDESTALS THE ROUND ONES THEY'RE LEANING IN THREE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, IT'S JUST LIKE, OH, MY GOSH.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BEING IN FRONT, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS JUST CAME UP MORE AND MORE IS WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S THE THE SAFETY OF A CAR, YOU KNOW, A TEENAGER GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN HE RUNS OFF THE ROAD WHILE HE'S IN HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER.

THAT'S THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

AND THEN APPEARANCE, YOU CAN'T YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING IN WITH MASSIVE LOTS.

ALL OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE NICE HOMES.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEM AS PRETTY AS WE CAN.

AND IF TEXAS, NEW MEXICO FORCES EVERY ANGLETON RESIDENT FOR YEARS OLD TO BE FRONT TRANSFORMERS, WE CAN'T MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD.

WE SHOWED PICTURES.

I SHOWED THAT AT THE ZOOM MEETING, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN A CUL DE SAC IN A SUBDIVISION I DID 25 YEARS AGO.

SO I DIDN'T GO PICK A REAL RECENT ONE.

I'VE GOT THEM GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL OVER. WE PUT NO TRANSFORMERS IN FRONT.

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WE HAD ONE SUBDIVISION AND WE HAD A LAKE IN NORTHWOOD AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH AND IT JUST MADE SENSE. WE HAD 100 FOOT LOTS.

MATTER OF FACT, I INCREASED MY LOT BECAUSE THEY THEY CONVINCED ME WE HAD TO PUT THOSE IN FRONT. SO I ENDED UP WITH PROBABLY TEN OR TWELVE FRONT TRANSFORMERS AROUND THE LAKE AND IT'S NOT DESIRABLE.

WE DID THE SAME THING. WE PLANTED SHRUBS AROUND THEM.

BUT AS SOON AS YOU PLANT, THEN THEY'RE GRIPING THAT YOU'RE TOO CLOSE TO THEM ACCESSING IT. SO IN THE BACK MAKES TOTAL SENSE FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS.

AND THEN THE VALUE PROBLEM, I WAS HOPING ONE OF OUR LOCAL REALTORS WOULD MAKE IT TODAY.

HE'S STUCK. BUT YOU KNOW, THE VALUE FROM AN APPRAISAL STANDPOINT AND BUILDERS, WE TOSSED AROUND AND GOT A SURVEY AND IT'S AS MUCH AS 12 TO 15000 A LOT.

AND IT'S JUST DEVALUED BECAUSE I GOT TO DEAL WITH THAT RIGHT IN AN EVEN WORSE IN RESALE BECAUSE THAT THAT CUSTOMER THAT BUYS THAT, THEY CAN'T MOVE THAT.

SO IT'S IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

I UNDERSTAND WHY TEXAS NEW MEXICO IS DEMANDING IT AND WANTS IT.

IT'S MUCH BETTER FOR THEM.

THEIR MAINTENANCE LONG TERM IS MUCH BETTER, BUT FOR THEIR SAFETY IN THAT LITTLE BIT OF SPEED IN THE ONCE IN HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES FROM POWER GOES OUT AND THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOUR TRANSFORMER. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IT'S NOT COMMONLY YOURS IS THAT IT'S UNFAIR, I THINK TO ANGLETON. AND SO I WAS REAL HAPPY WITH LINDSAY FOR TAKING CHARGE.

AND CHRIS AND CODY GOT INVOLVED AND HE WAS EXTREMELY STRONG.

HE EVEN COMMENTED TODAY.

I SPOKE WITH HIM. HE SAID HE'S HE'S CONTACTED TEXAS TO MEXICO AND TOLD THEM THAT HE WILL NOT PULL THE BILL UNTIL ANGLETON'S.

HE WAS VERY CLEAR IN THAT ZOOM MEETING THAT TEXAS, MEXICO AND THE CITY OF ANGLETON SHOULD WORK THIS OUT. HE SHOULDN'T GET INVOLVED FROM THE STATE LEVEL, BUT HE'S SAYING HE'S GOING TO KEEP THE BILL UNTIL THEY DO.

AND THEN HE JUST CAME BACK RECENTLY AND SAID.

HE HE'S HOPEFUL THAT BETWEEN THE CITY AND TEXAS MEXICO, IT CAN BE WORKED OUT, I THINK WITH THE ORDINANCE, THEY THEY'VE ADMITTED NOW THAT ALVIN HAS AN ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISIONS IN ALVIN THE TRANSFORMERS ARE IN BACK.

OK, SO THAT'S AS EASY AS ANGLETON'S AND PUT THEM IN BACK.

OR ANGLETON'S SAYING, YEAH, WE'RE IN THE BETWEEN CODY AND AND HIS VERBIAGE.

YOU KNOW, IF IT AT ONE POINT IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS EITHER THE LANDOWNER OR THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY, OK, YOU CAN BE IN FRONT AND NOT JUST TEXAS AND MEXICO.

SO I THINK THAT'S A SIMPLE WAY TO DO IT.

IF YOU GUYS AGREE, THEN IT'S AN ORDINANCE AND THEN WE MOVE ON.

BUT THINK ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF HOUSES THAT ARE PROBABLY COMING.

ANGLETON OR NOT. PROBABLY ARE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN VALUE IN THE LOOKS OF THESE NEW SUBDIVISIONS, MINUS CRITICAL. MR. APLIN WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN CENTER POINT DO OR JACKSON ELECTRIC DO OTHER ENTITIES BESIDES TEXAS TO MEXICO ALWAYS IN BACK? WE YEAH, WE PRESENT THEM THE EASEMENTS OF THE UTILITY EASEMENTS. AND WE JUST AS A STANDARD, PUT OUR HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND PHONE IN THE BACK.

THAT'S THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL DEAL WITH THAT.

AND THEN IN FRONT YOUR WATER, YOUR SEWER SO YOUR CITY STUFF, YOU DON'T WANT TO MIX THOSE IN ONE AND THEN UNSIGHTLY AND THE SAFETY JUST BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER.

AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IN OUR SUBDIVISION.

IT'S ACTUALLY CHEAPER FOR THEM TO PUT IT IN THE BACK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE BIG, LONG CUL DE SACS. MY GOSH, IF I GOT TO HAVE TRANSFORMERS DOWN THIS CUL DE SAC EACH, THAT'S LIKE 20 OR 25 HOMES, IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK TERRIBLE.

SO THERE'S JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FROM THEIR STANDPOINT.

YEAH, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE'S NO.

ANOTHER QUESTION, ARE YOU PROPOSING GROUND, GROUND TRANSFORMERS IN THE REAR? OK, IN THE REAR YARD [INAUDIBLE] YOU'LL HAVE AND THEY'RE UNSIGHTLY TOO.

YOU KNOW, BUT WE COVER THEM UP AND THEY'RE NOT THE TRANSFORMERS IN AND THEN THEY PLACE THEM [INAUDIBLE] IT'S NOT VERY COMMON THAT COMCAST PUTS THE BIG ONES IN.

BUT WHEN THEY DO, THEY HAVE TO BE THERE TO SO THE COMMENT FROM TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, WE TALKED ABOUT FRONT VERSUS BACK AND THEY SAID,

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SO YOU REALLY KIND OF 15 FEET FOR AN ALLEY.

SO WAIT MAYBE I MISHEARD YOU SAID IN THE CITY OF ALVIN, WAS IT TEXAS NEW MEXICO POWER.

PUT IT IN THE BACK.

BUT THEY TELL US JUST TO POUNCE IN BASICALLY THEY'RE TELLING US NO.

I MEAN, BASICALLY, YES.

MIC] WELL, AND TO MR. APLIN'S POINT, ALLEYWAYS REALLY ARE NOT PRACTICAL.

THEY'RE NOT PRACTICAL BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.

AND FOR THEM TO EXPECT THEM TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THEIR PLANS AND THEIR PLAN, REVIEW AND REDO THEIR ENTIRE PROJECT TIMELINE, THAT JUST THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND THAT'S NOT A SOLUTION. BUT NOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU SOME OF THE TOOLS AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PROCEED.

WELL, SO THIS IS A COMMENT LIKE IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THE CITY OF ALVIN HAS IT IN THEIR ORDINANCE, IF YOU TELL ME IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, THEY DON'T PUT THEM IN THE I MEAN, EVEN IF THERE'S ORDINANCE OR NOT, IT'S JUST DONE THAT WAY.

CENTERPOINT DIFFERENT.

YEAH, DIFFERENT IN [INAUDIBLE].

BUT THAT PUTS AN ANGLETON SEVERE COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE.

SO WE WANT TO BRING IN DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL.

WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT TO COMMERCIAL.

BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. BUT.

UM. I THINK WHY AREN'T WE? WE'VE GOT TO GET COMPETITIVE.

I MEAN, WHY WOULD WE PUT OURSELVES AT A DISADVANTAGE? IT'S A TAX BASE WE'RE LOSING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR HOME PROPERTY VALUES GO DOWN 15.

I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT LOST.

AND I DON'T EVEN SEE IT AS COMPETITIVE IT'S JUST A BAD IDEA.

AND I DON'T UNSIGHTLY.

I'M OBVIOUSLY LOSS OF WORDS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT MY IPOD, MY EARBUDS ARE FIXED TO GO OUT OF BATTERY.

SO I'LL JUST MAKE MY COMMENTS REAL SHORT AND SWEET.

I APPRECIATE STAFF GOING TO THE TABLE AND GIVING US A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TONIGHT.

MY STANCE IS I WANT TO DO RIGHT FOR THE CUSTOMER.

RIGHT NOW. OUR CUSTOMER IS THE DEVELOPER AND WE ARE NOW THE CUSTOMER OF TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, WHICH I FIND THEM NOT BEING TRYING TO HELP US FIND A SOLUTION.

SO MY STANCE IS TRY TO GET THEM IN THE BACKYARD.

THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPER WANTS.

LIKE SOMEBODY JUST SAID, I THINK COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND TO BE COMPETITIVE.

WE MAY LOSE SOMEBODY TO A NEIGHBORING CITY TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE.

I WANT TO SEE US HOPEFULLY GO TO THE REAR.

I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES SPEAKING AT TNMP OR FIRST CHOICE POWER, AND THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH STERN, FIRM AND NO BENDING OF THAT RULE.

EVEN WHEN I ASKED, IS THERE SOMEBODY HIGHER UP I CAN SPEAK TO UP TO GO TO BAT FOR THE CITY? THE GENTLEMAN TOLD ME NO.

I'M IT, I MAKE THE DECISION.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE WANTING TO BE DEVELOPER FRIENDLY.

THIS IS THE WAY WE CAN REPRESENT THE DEVELOPER WHO IS OUR CUSTOMER.

AS IF YOU GO TO WAL-MART, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU TALK TO THE MANAGER, YOU GET A HOPEFULLY A HARMONIOUS RESOLUTION.

AND I HOPE TONIGHT WE CAN DO THAT AND GET A RESOLUTION FOR OUR DEVELOPER WHO IS OUR CUSTOMER AND TO MAKE US COMPETITIVE.

AND I'M WITH YOU, MR. TOWNSEND. HOW CAN THEY DO ONE CITY ONE WAY AND THEN ANOTHER CITY TOTALLY OPPOSITE? SO MY POSITION IS I SUPPORT EITHER IT'S AN ORDINANCE OR SOME RESOLUTION THAT SAYS IT GOES IN THE BACKYARD OR GIVES THE DEVELOPER THE OPTION IF THEY WANT IT IN THE FRONT YOU PUT IN THE FRONT, BUT THE DEVELOPER WANTS IN THE REAR, ALLOW THEM TO PLACE IT IN THE REAR.

THAT'S MY TWO CENTS, GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU. CAN I JUST I HATE TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT [INAUDIBLE] ASK YOU A QUESTION.

SURE. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WERE YOU WERE REFERENCED IN THE PICTURES, SO I JUST WANT TO ASK, HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO GET THEM TO PUT IT IN THE BACK? I WAS REFERENCE WHEN IN THE PICTURES.

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IS THAT HE STARTED. OK, SO IS YOUR QUESTION MY OPINION ON THE FRONT? HOW DID IT HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO GET THEM IN THE BACK YARD? WELL, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TIMELINE.

AND IN DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS, HERITAGE OAKS, IT THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW POLICY.

WE HAD NO PROBLEM.

IT WAS THAT WAS THEIR THEIR MISSION.

THEY PUT IT IN THE BACK.

SOME THINGS CAN BE IN THE IN THE FRONT.

BUT IN HERITAGE OAKS, EVERYTHING IS IN THE BACK.

AND THAT SAME WAY IN HERITAGE PARK WHEN I DEVELOPED IT.

EVERYTHING IS IN THE REAR SECTION SEVEN AT HERITAGE OAKS THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY.

WE WERE GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE THE OTHER SECTIONS WERE ALL IN THE REAR AND WE HAD TWO CONNECTIONS. THEY HAD TO DO SOME BEGGING AND PLEADING, BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD AND SAID, OK, ROSEWOOD, WHEN I DID THAT SUBDIVISION, THEIR NEW POLICY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A FIRST FULL SUBDIVISION, HAD TO BE IN THE FRONT.

AND IN ROSEWOOD, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.

I DID WHAT REG IS DOING AND AND YELLED AND SCREAMED AND PLEADED.

BUT DEALING WITH THE UTILITY COMPANY IS KIND OF LIKE DONE WITH TECH START OR RAILROAD.

YOU KNOW, THEY THEY HAVE THEIR WAY.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUCCESS.

SO WE PUT THEM IN THE FRONT.

NEW-WAVE IS IN FRONT, AT&T IN THE FRONT, AND THEN YOU OCCASIONALLY HAVE SOME OTHER PEDESTAL WHERE THEY HAVE A JUNCTION BOX.

SO IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE.

SOME OF THOSE PICTURES YOU SAW, THE WHITE FANS, SOME OF THE OTHERS WERE FROM EITHER SECTION ONE OR SECTION TWO.

BUT SO YOU'RE ON BOARD AND SAYING YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT.

OH, YEAH, IT'S UNSIGHTLY.

I AGREE WITH REG. IT'S NOT NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

IT'S JUST IT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PARTICULARLY IN THE LARGER LOTS LIKE GRACETOWN, HERITAGE OAKS, THE MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES VERSUS THE ENTRY LEVEL HOMES.

THEY EXPECT MORE AS WELL.

BUT IT SHOULD BE IT'D BE NICE IF IT COULD BE CITYWIDE.

SOMEBODY'S BUYING AN OFF GIFFORD ROAD OR ROSEWOOD SHOULD HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, A NICE SIGHTLY FRONT YARD AS ANYBODY ELSE.

AND I SUPPORT THAT.

YEAH, I HAD A LONG DISCUSSION WITH THEM BACK IN DECEMBER.

AND IT'S A TOUGH ROAD, BUT IT CTHE CITY MAY CAN HELP TAKE THE LEAD ON IT.

IS THIS IS THIS LIKE A IS THIS JUST A WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THIS HEARING? WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSION.

JUST A DISCUSSION. SO IS THE DISCUSSION PRESENTATION, OK, THIS IS OPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CROWD OR PUBLIC.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

WE CAN CALL THEM. SO, I MEAN, I INVITED CHRIS.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE, IF IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FORMAL.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

SO IF ANYBODY ELSE, I GUESS.

I JUST SAW EVERY PICTURE YOU PUT UP THERE WAS THAT ALL IN ANGLETON PICTURE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE. YES, SIR.

I TOOK ALL OF THOSE PICTURES.

I DROVE AROUND, TOOK PICTURES AND LABELED THEM AND.

YEAH, ALL IN ANGLETON.

OK. YOU KNOW, SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO GIVE THEM DIRECTION ON WRITING AND CREATING AN ORDINANCE FOR US, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM, I FULLY SUPPORT AN ORDINANCE IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THIS STUFF IN THE BACK. THEY'VE BEEN IN THE BACK YARDS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

A LOT OF IT'S BEEN OVERHEAD.

UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT GROUND MOUNTED TRANSFORMERS BACK THERE, GOT A HOUSE IN COLLEGE STATION WITH A GROUND MOUNTED TRANSFORMING THE BACKYARD.

OK, THE SUBDIVISION IS NOT UNSIGHTLY.

AND THAT GROUND MOUNTED, TRANSFORMER IS NOT THAT BAD.

AND A LITTLE FOAM PEDESTAL STICKS UP ABOUT THIS HIGH, YOU KNOW, BUT IT SERVES MY HOUSE AND ANOTHER HOUSE AND MAYBE ANOTHER HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW. AND WHEN WHEN YOU COMPARE AND WE'LL, I'D LIKE YOU TO SPIN THE VIDEOS THAT WE TEND. IT'S DRAMATIC FROM THE DAY ONE, FIVE YEARS LATER, YOU KNOW, A WELL-KEPT SUBDIVISION DOESN'T HAVE TRANSFORMED IN FRONT TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER, EVERYBODY'S KEEPING THEIR YARD. RIGHT.

BUT THAT UTILITY IS JUST GETTING WORSE AND WORSE EVERY YEAR.

AND I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS CASH IN HAND WAS GOING TO GO TO ROSEWOOD.

UNTIL HE DROVE UP AND SAW THE TRANSFORMERS AND HE WENT ANOTHER BLOCK OVER AND BOUGHT A LARGER HOUSE BUT DIDN'T HAVE THEM IN THE FRONT YARD.

HE SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT IN MY YARD.

SO, I MEAN, THE REALITY IS, IS.

MUCH TO MY. DISAGREEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A LOT OF FORTY FIVE FOOT LOTS AND FRONT FRONT, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN IN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT LINDSAY DOCUMENTED THAT I MEAN.

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ONE'S GOING THE NEXT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW.

YEAH. IT'S TOUGH TOO YARD CARE IS NOT EASY.

I MEAN.AND, YOU KNOW, GOT THE ONLY COMPANY BENEFIT AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN TO IT.

AND THAT'S AND I DON'T SUPPORT ALLEYWAYS BECAUSE IN 15 YEARS THE CITY TAKES RESPONSIBILITY OF AN ALLEYWAY THAT'S BROKEN AND IT BECOMES MORE MAINTENANCE FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN.

WELL, WE CAN'T DO IS DEVELOPERS WHO CAN'T DO ALLEYWAYS BECAUSE IT TAKES IT TO A SPACE WHERE EVERYBODY IS STRUGGLING NOW WITH THE 70 FOOT LOFT OR 60 OR EVEN SOME ANGLETON TO EVEN GET THE 40 TO 45 OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE.

THERE'S A NEED FOR THOSE BUT DON'T PUT TRANSFORMERS IN FRONT, THEN YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE MOBILE HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY THE BIGGER LOT YOU KIND OF GET AWAY WITH.

YOU DON'T WANT TO. BUT I THINK THE CITY'S PRIME NOW THE TIME, BECAUSE I'M GLAD IT CAME UP, BECAUSE IF THIS FIRST GROUP OF DEVELOPMENTS WERE FORCED, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE AN ONGOING THING. AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE A GROUND MOUNTED TRANSFORMER WITH UNDERGROUND POWER IS WAY MORE ADVANTAGEOUS THAN BEING MOUNTED ON A POLE WITH TRANSFORMERS UP AS SQUIRRELS GET IN TO BLOW THEM UP OR BIRD.

YOU KNOW, TREES, FALL OVER LIMBS.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A DIFFERENT CRITTER THAN WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.

WE'RE GOING FOR UNDERGROUND. UTILITIES WITH GROUND MOUNTED TRANSFORMERS.

IT'S A NO BRAINER. I LIVE IN AN ORDER.

NEIGHBORHOOD I'D PAY TO HAVE MY TRANSFORMER IN IT'S IN MY BACKYARD, BUT IT'S ALL LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

YEAH. I MEAN, I CAN NEVER AFFORD THAT.

WELL, NOW NOW THAT WE'RE DOING UNDERGROUND.

BUT DON'T LET'S KEEP HIM IN BACK.

YEAH. AND THEN COME BACK I'M JUST SAYING, IF I HAD TO PUT IN THAT SAFETY PART IS THE ONE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE IT. BUT THERE'S THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE ORDINANCE THE CITY OF ANGLETON.

IT'S BENEFICIAL IN EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN FOR YOU GUYS AND THE PERSON BUYING.

RIGHT. I THINK THE TAKEAWAY IS COUNSEL'S SPEAKING PRETTY LOUDLY THAT WE WANT AN ORDINANCE. OK, COUNSEL, I UNDERSTAND AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME DO MY JOB, MAKING PEOPLE PROUD OF WHERE THEY LIVE.

OH, THANK YOU. GET YOUR HANDS ON THE ALVIN ORDINANCE TOO JUST SO WE HAVE IT FOR REFERENCE SHE PROBABLY HAS IT IN HER POCKET.

WE'LL SEND IT [LAUGHTER].

AND CODY'S GOING TO APPRECIATIVE, BE APPRECIATIVE.

AND WE'LL WE'LL STAY WITH LINDSAY TO MAKE SURE ANY INFORMATION SHE NEEDS.

LAY OUT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE WE'LL HELP.

BUT SPEED IS ANOTHER THING SHE KNOWS BECAUSE WE'RE READY FOR HIM TO RUN NOW.

BUT WE WILL WAIT THAT TIME IF IT TAKES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OH. BUT.

SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

MY COMPUTER DOESN'T WANT TO COOPERATE.

AND I CAN SAY SOMETHING, ABSOLUTELY, GO AHEAD.

I CAN'T GET THIS TO WORK ANYWAY, SO SO IT MADE ME VERY PROUD.

I HEARD ONE OF YOU SAY IN YOUR LAST MEETING THAT I WAS LISTENING TO ONLINE THAT IT'S TIME FOR US TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS YOU, JOHN.

DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF YOU WAS SAYING IT ALL.

ALL OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR YEARS.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE MOST OF MY LIFE AND FOR YEARS IT WAS ALWAYS COME ON, COME ON, WELCOME. WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER YOU GIVE US.

AND WE'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE.

GUYS, WE DON'T WANT TO BE THERE ANYMORE.

SO PROUD OF THAT.

THANK YOU. I AGREE. ALL RIGHT, NOW I GOT MY COMPUTER RUNNING, RIGHT? WE WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF

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