Aug 10, 2021 City Council

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

WE'RE IN A PUBLIC HEARING ANYBODY WANTED TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? GOING ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES.

COUNCIL.

MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION BY TOWNSEND COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

I SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME TO HUSH AND WAIT MY TURN.

I APOLOGIZE AGAIN.

THAT'S OK, THAT MAY ALLEVIATE SOME QUESTIONS.

OK, ALL RIGHT.

OK NOW COUNCIL, WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM POSSIBLY OR DISCUSSION ITEM.

SO BASICALLY THIS BACKS UP TO THE DOLLAR GENERAL THERE AT THE CORNER OF 274 AND THIRTY FIVE [INAUDIBLE].

IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

I THINK THEY THE DRIVEWAYS FROM WHAT WOULD BE HANDCOCK TO ORANGE STREET IN THE FRONT FACING OF THE HOUSE.

YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THAT UP FOR MR. [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE ORIENTATION OF THE LOTS WOULD MOVE FROM HANDCOCK TO ORANGE STREET AND WITH THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, THE LOTS WILL MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING DISTRICT AT THE PROPERTIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, OVER THERE, THE NEIGHBORS TO I GUESS, THE WEST ON ORANGE STREET.

ARE THEY ORIENTED FACING ORANGE STREET AS WELL? I BELIEVE SO, YES.

SO IT'D BE CONSISTENT THERE.

OK, WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

STREET.

WHAT, WHAT THIS PERSON IS DOING IS TAKING SOME LITTLE SKINNY THIRTY THREE AND THIRTY THREE AND A HALF FOOT LOTS THAT DID AT ONE TIME FACE HANCOCK STREET BACK WHEN THE ORIGINAL TOWN SIDE OF ANGLETON WAS PLATTED.

THEY CONFIRMED.

THEY MAY HAVE HAD AN 18 IN FRONT OF IT AT THAT TIME, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT AND THE BASICALLY USELESS UNLESS YOU WANT TO PUT A TRAILER HOUSE ON THERE OR SOMETHING.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THAT'S WHAT.

SOMEBODY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BUYING IF THEY WANT TO BUY IT BEHIND DOLLAR GENERAL, HEY IT MIGHT BE CONVENIENT SO.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSE.

NUMBER EIGHT CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION

[8. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and possible action on an Ordinance No. 20210810- 008 rezoning an approximate 164.50 acres of land in the J. de J. Valderas Survey, Abstract No. 380, Brazoria County, Texas from the Agricultural District (AG) to a Planned Development (PD) District.]

ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20210810-008, REZONING IN APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR

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POINT FIVE ZERO ACRES OF LAND.

AND THE J.DE.

VALDERAS SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 380 BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM AGRICULTURE, ALSO KNOWN AS AG TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS PD DISTRICT.

MR. WALT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THIS IS A LONG STORY SHORT.

THIS PROPERTY WAS THE SUBJECT OF A REZONING REQUEST TO THE SF5 DISTRICT THAT Y'ALL TABLED IN MARCH, AND IT WAS BROUGHT OFF THE TABLE FOR THE JUNE TWENTY SECOND, I BELIEVE, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT WHICH WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SF5 AND APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS ALSO ON THAT AGENDA.

AND THE CONSENSUS AMONG THE COUNCIL WAS THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE THIS COME BACK AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

THE ORDINANCE IN THE BACK UP REFLECTS THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FENCING PLAN, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THAT'S A COLOR DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS WHERE THE FENCE IS GOING TO GO IN THE PROPERTY.

ALSO IN THE ORDINANCE IS THE PROPOSED LOT SIZES.

THE LOT MIX THE LAND PLAN THAT SHOWS THE PHASES, THE DESIGNATION OF THE AREA FOR COMMERCIAL OFFICE SLASH RETAIL USES THAT THAT Y'ALL HAD INDICATED THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE THERE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST THE 5TH AND ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO TWO.

SO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

WE'RE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY LIKING TO SPEAK ON, FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, GOING TWICE.

THREE TIME, OH MR. RAY? WE WANT YOUR ADDRESS, BY THE WAY.

I'M JUST [LAUGHTER] CITY'S FINE.

WE'LL MAIL YOUR POSTCARD.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO REVIEW THIS PROJECT.

OH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SURPRISES OR ANYTHING DIFFERENT OR TO THE STAFF.

WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE HAVE BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN PLACE THERE WAS ONE THING THAT CAME UP.

COUNCILMAN WRIGHT APPROACHED ME EARLIER BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING.

HE SAID IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO RESERVE SECTION FIVE FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T SELL FOR COMMERCIAL, THEN WE'LL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP IT AND THE AGREEMENT SAYS FOR YEARS MISUNDERSTANDING.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND HOW IT OCCURRED.

I AGREE WITH THAT 100 PERCENT.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

JUST TAKE THE WORD FOR AND TAKE PUT FIVE IN, IT'S DONE.

THANK YOU MR. RAY.

AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I'D BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE HEARD HOW GREAT THIS IS.

THANK YOU, MR. RAY.

JUST TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT THERE, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT FROM FOUR TO FIVE IN THE ORDINANCE, IF YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, YOU SHOULD SAY SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION THAT THAT PROVISION IS CHANGED FOR FOUR TO FIVE.

WHILE YOU'RE UP MR. RAY AND JUST HELP ME OUT ON THIS.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

THERE APPEARS TO BE A BARN SOMEWHERE IN PHASE FOUR THAT.

HOW IS THERE A EASEMENT? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU HOW ARE THEY GOING TO ACCESS THAT BARN? BECAUSE I SEE [INAUDIBLE] LITERALLY ALL AROUND LIKE AN ISLAND.

THE LOOKS LIKE YOU GO THROUGH A BACKYARD OF SOMEBODY IN THE CUL-DE-SAC.

WELL, THERE IS RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO RECORDED EASEMENT, OK, BUT I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT BY USE.

SURE.

YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY YOU CAN'T CUT SOMEBODY OFF GET TO THEIR HOUSE.

AND I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.

WHAT WE WILL DO, THERE IS ROOM.

WHAT WE WILL DO IS SURVEY.

WE'LL GET WITH THEM AND SURVEY.

WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS ROAD TO GO? WE'LL SURVEY, WE'LL STAKE IT AND THEN WE'LL GIVE A DEED TO IT.

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AND THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO BUILD THE HOUSES AND GIVE THEM A ROAD.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO END UP SOME LITIGATION BOUT THAT HOUSES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OWN HOME.

BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER SOME BASIC PROPERTY LAW FROM LAW SCHOOL, SO.

YEAH, I, FUNNY, WHEN I DISCUSS THIS WITH AN EARLIER MEETING AND I HADN'T LOOKED AT THE PLAT, BUT WHEN I SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT IT, WHAT GOOD [INAUDIBLE].

BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM.

OK, [INAUDIBLE] HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH SURVEYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. RAY.

WE ARE STILL IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON, FOR OR AGAINST.

SECOND TIME, THIRD TIME COUNCIL.

MR. MAYOR I MOVE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

NOW WE'RE ON THE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION PORTION.

SO I'LL JUST JUMP IN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY, MR. RAY.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY AMENABLE TO OUR DIALOG, IF YOU WILL.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.

SO AND ALL THE DEVELOPERS REALLY HAVE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT.

AND I KNOW I'M PATTING YOU ON THE BACK WHEN YOU'RE HERE PRESENT, BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE COME BEFORE US, HAVE DONE HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, THEY'VE STOOD THEIR GROUND, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE AT LEAST LISTEN TO US.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AMONGST THEIR COMMUNITY OF BUILDERS OR DEVELOPERS, BUT PUBLICLY TO OUR FACE, THEY'RE NOT CALLING US UGLY NAMES.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

I WILL SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE A THOROUGHFARE TYPE ROAD THAT WILL BE A GOOD EAST-WEST CORRIDOR TURN OFF AT SOME POINT TIME IN THE HISTORY OF ANGLETON, PROBABLY NOT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS OUT.

SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE IN THE LOT SIZES, JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, BUT THIS IS A PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

AND SO I WOULD I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CONTINUITY OF THE 60 FOOT LOT THAT'S BASICALLY THROUGHOUT TOWN FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE GOT TO RUN YOUR NUMBERS AND MAKE IT WORK FOR Y'ALL.

SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE FOR ME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

COUNCIL WE'RE IN THE PORTION OF EITHER AN ACTION OR NO ACTION OR STILL DISCUSSION.

YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE TO BE AT LEAST FAIR MR. RAY HE GO TO THE PODIUM FOR A SECOND.

CAN YOU GO TO THE PODIUM FOR A SECOND? BECAUSE I DID GIVE MR. FOLEY A PRETTY HARD TIME ON HIS LOT SIZES.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT I ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTIONS.

YOU'VE YOU KNOW, WE WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO US, YOU WANTED 45S.

WE WE SAID NO.

AND NOW YOU'RE AT 50, 55 AND 60.

AND NOW 40 PERCENT ARE 60.

AND PHASE TWO WAS PHASE TWO OR NO.

[INAUDIBLE] QUESTION THAT SECTION FIVE AND THE LOTS ADJACENT TO SECTION FIVE ALL BE 60S.

SO WE CHANGED THOSE TO 60X PURSUANT TO YOUR REQUEST.

OK, PAGE 62 OF THE BREAKDOWN, OH, IT'S IN THERE.

BUT YES, ROLL UP.

YOU'LL SEE THE CHART.

OK, AND THEN SECTION THREE, PHASE THREE IS ALL 60S.

ALL 60S.

AND IN SECTION FOUR'S? COMBINATION OF 55S AND 60S.

YOU KNOW, SAME THING I ASKED MR. FOLEY.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE CHANGED AND YOU'VE YOU'VE CHANGED QUITE A FEW TIMES BECAUSE UNLIKE BEFORE, THIS PD IS ONE THAT I'M THINKING WE'RE TRYING TO WE HAVE A LOT MORE KNOWLEDGE

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GOING INTO THIS PD THAN WE HAVE IN ANY OF THE OTHER ONES WE'VE DONE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH YOU FOR SO LONG ON THIS.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE QUESTIONS COME UP ON THE PHASES IN THE FUTURE.

WHY NOT ALL 60? WHY NOT ALL 60? YES, SIR.

THE BUILDER DOES NOT PERCEIVE THERE'S A MARKET FOR 60S AT THIS TIME.

ALSO, I LOOK AT IT, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE BUILDERS, THEY LIVE IN THE WORLD OF BUILDING THEM AND SELLING THEM SO THEY KNOW WHAT WHERE THE BUYERS ARE, WHAT THE BUYERS CAN AFFORD AND WHAT THE BUYERS WILL DO.

I MEAN, THE MONSTER I MEAN, THEY BUILT 70,000 HOMES A YEAR.

[INAUDIBLE] SO I RESPECT YOUR POSITION.

THEY SEE AND ALSO SEE THIS AS KIND OF PRIMING THE PUMP.

YEAH, I WHAT I ENVISION IS I ENVISION IF YOU STOPPED ALL 50S AND 55S AND WENT TO 60S, 70S AND 80S AND JUST STOPPED IT, IT WOULD ALL STOP.

THERE'S THERE'S NOT A MARKET FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.

NOW, I BELIEVE THERE IS A MARKET FOR 50S AND I BELIEVE THAT AS TO ANGLETON GROWS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR LIKE THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF 55S AND 60S AND WE WILL HAVE MORE 60S AND THERE WILL BE A MARKET FOR IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST RIGHT NOW, TODAY, THE HOUSE IS 250,000 DOLLARS, THE AVERAGE INCOME FOR A HOUSE.

HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR A HOUSE ON250 IS SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR INCOME.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD CREDIT AND NO DEBT.

I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU'RE DEALING WITH GOOD PEOPLE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I LIKE TO WHICH, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL'S CONCERN ABOUT SMALL LOTS.

I DON'T THINK SMALL LOTS ARE THE ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS WHAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY DRIVE BY, THIS SUBDIVISION.

YOU DO NOT SEE THE 50 FOOT LOTS UNLESS YOU'RE GOING INTO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU EXIT 44, YOU COME UP AUSTIN COLONY BOULEVARD.

WHAT DO YOU SEE? [INAUDIBLE] SEE, LIKE I'VE SAID, A LIGHTED MONUMENT.

THIS PLAN, IT LOOKS NICE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A NICE PREMIUM FENCE.

IT'S GOT PLANTS AND SHRUBS.

YOU GOING TO SEE IT'S GOING TO BE IRRIGATED.

YOU'LL SEE LIGHTS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE SMALL LOTS UNLESS YOU DRIVE INTO THE SUBDIVISION TO SEE SOMEBODY.

I THINK THAT'S FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN.

AND I DO THINK IF YOU DO HAVE NOTHING BUT 45S AND 50S AND NO AMENITIES, YEAH.

YOU'RE OPENING THE DOOR.

SO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK WE WILL SEE MORE HIGHER END VALUE COMING INTO ANGLETON.

BUT TODAY, THE BUILDER DIDN'T PERCEIVE IT'S THERE.

IS IT THERE? I DON'T KNOW.

HOW DO WE CHANGE THE BUILDERS PERCEPTION? OH YOU CAN'T.

YOU CAN'T.

NO COUNCIL CANNOT.

YOU CANNOT, WHAT ALL YOU CAN DO IS STOP.

YOU CAN STOP DEVELOPERS AND YOU CAN STOP BUILDERS BECAUSE THE BUILDER'S PERCEPTION IS BASED ON THE MARKET AND THE BUILDER DEALS WITH THE MARKET EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE PRETTY NICE HOUSES.

I'M NOT PRETTY NICE.

THEY'RE REALLY NICE HOUSES.

MINIMUM HOUSE IS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND.

THAT'S THE MINIMUM.

SO PRETTY NICE HOUSE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE AVERAGE WILL BE? THIS SUBDIVISION? OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

THREE.

THREE FIFTY.

I THINK YOU GETTING READY.

I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE GETTING READY TO SEE ANGLETON GROW AT VERY HEALTHY AND A VERY GOOD PACE OVER THE NEXT IF THE NEXT 10 YEARS ARE LIKE THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE FIRST TIME BUYERS.

THE FIRST SECTION IS GOING TO BE YOUR FIRST TIME BUYERS, GENERALLY YOUNGER KIDS.

THAT DIDN'T INCUR A LOT OF DEBT IN COLLEGE.

SO THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR A LOAN, HAVE A GOOD JOB, HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY, AND THEN THEY'LL BE FIRST TIME MOVES UP IN THE BACKER SECTION.

THAT IT JOHN? KIND OF SORT OF.

I MEAN, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND HAS MENTIONED.

YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HOLDING TO 60S AND PLUS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MR. RAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN VERY FRANK AND HONEST WITH ME AND I'VE TALKED TO

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YOU QUITE A BIT ABOUT THIS.

YOU'VE CHANGED AND CHANGED AND CHANGED THESE PLANS OVER AND OVER FOR US.

THE THE BIG SELLING POINT TO ME HAS IS TWO THINGS.

AND I LAUGHED THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WATCHED THE P&Z WHEN WALTER STOOD UP AND SAID THERE WAS A COUNCILMAN THAT INSISTED ON SECTION FIVE BEING COMMERCIAL.

I WAS LIKE, JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE ME CREDIT WALTER [LAUGHTER] THROW ME UNDER THE BUS IF YOU WANTED TO, BECAUSE I STILL BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY THERE.

IT IS CONTINGENT ON THAT ROAD BEING FINISHED.

BUT FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, HAVING CANNAN [INAUDIBLE] GO ALL THE WAY TO COUNTY ROAD 44 IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

THE FACT THAT WILKINS AND HENDERSON ARE VERY DANGEROUS ROADS AND CARRY A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING WESTBOUND IS NOT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION.

IT NEVER HAS BEEN.

WE ALWAYS SAID WE WERE GOING TO PUSH THIS THROUGH AND BETH YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE SAT ON THE MOBILITY, THE ROAD GROUP, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND WE SAID, OH, WELL, ONE DAY SOME WILL HAVE JUST A DEVELOPER IS GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THAT THROUGH AND HERE WE ARE.

AND THAT'S.

THEY NEED THE COUNTRY.

LOOK OUT THERE BETH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY THIS IS WHY WE HAD TO DO THIS, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT AND I WANT TO SAY WE HAD TO DO THIS WAS WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT CANNAN [INAUDIBLE] FLOWED ACROSS WESTBOUND, NOT STOPPING AND GOING DOWN, THAT IT HAS TO GO ACROSS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT ALREADY HOW EXPENSIVE THIS ROAD IS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU CHANGING YOUR LOT SIZES QUITE A BIT.

NOTHING LESS THAN FIFTY AND THE FIFTIES ARE ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE IN PHASE ONE.

AND THEN IT MOVES UP AND GOES 55, 60.

AND I.

I DO WANT THE FIVE YEARS ON THE COMMERCIAL AREA.

[INAUDIBLE] THERE'S ONLY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FOOT LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION TOTAL.

AND ZERO 45S.

ZERO.

YEAH, WE WHEN I.

WHEN I VISITED WITH THE STAFF A YEAR AGO, THEY WERE REAL CLEAR.

THERE'S NO 45S, BUT WE COULD DO 50S.

SO WE WE ALWAYS APPLIED FOR 50S.

SO PROBABLY NOT PARTICULARLY RELEVANT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US NOT CALL IT [INAUDIBLE] STREET.

I KNOW THAT PROBABLY GOING TO RUFFLE FEATHERS.

I LIKE IT TO BE MADE ONE COMMON NAME.

IT'S CANNAN.

IT'S ALREADY [INAUDIBLE] IN FRONT OF WAL-MART.

IS IT? YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE.

ONE SIDE OF THE STREETS ONE NAME I MEAN, CAN WE NOT JUST HAVE ONE STREET NAME THROUGH TOWN.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS DEEDED WHENEVER IT WAS SOLD.

WELL, WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK.

I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT BECAUSE I JUST ALWAYS STRIKES ME AS ODD.

WE'RE GOING TO A THOROUGHFARE THROUGH TOWN, THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE SPLIT NAMES, BUT OK WHATEVER, NOT GOING TO FIGHT OVER THAT.

JUST ALWAYS BEEN A PET PEEVE OF MINE.

WHEN YOU TURN LEFT ONE, IT'S ONE WAY AND YOU TURN RIGHT IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY.

CANNAN.

AT LEAST FOR US LOCALS.

SOUNDS LIKE THE GUN THAT YOU SHOOT.

YEAH I AGREE WAY IT'S SPELLED VERSUS WAY IT'S PRONOUNCED.

I AGREE.

GOOD POINT.

[INAUDIBLE] THIRD GUY FROM YOUR LEFT ON YOUR LEFT.

ANYWAY, I KNOW THAT'S A SMALL POINT, NOTHING TO GET HUNG UP OVER BUT I WOULD LOVE TO LIKE HAVE.

THERE BEEN OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN HUNG UP OVER IT TRAVIS.

WALTER, WHERE IN THE EXHIBIT IN THE CONTRACT DOES IT SHOW THE FOUR YEARS? I'M TRYING TO FIND IT SO I CAN MAKE MY MOTION WITH THE CHANGE? IT'S GOING TO BE IN EXHIBIT.

I THINK IT'S A.

A? SECTION I WANT TO SAY FIVE OR NUMBER FIVE IN THERE.

IT'S NOT IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF LINES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE, RETAIL AREA.

IT [INAUDIBLE] IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THAT ISN'T EVEN IN THERE.

ROBIN, DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S AT? OK, I DON'T THINK I REMEMBER SEEING IT IN THERE, JOHN, WHEN I SKIMMED IT, THEN I'LL JUST PUT IT IN THE WORDS OF MY MOTION.

AS LONG AS IT GETS INCORPORATED.

MAYOR, I MOVE, WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20210810-008, REZONING APPROXIMATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR POINT FIVE ACRES OF THE LAND IN THE J.DE J VALDERAS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 380 FROM AG DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH THE FOLLOWING UPDATE THAT THE SECTION FIVE OF THE PD.

MR.

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YES, SECTION FIVE IS TO REMAIN COMMERCIAL FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE.

THE FIRST PHASE BEING STARTED.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A UNIFORM START DATE BECAUSE THEY'LL START RUNNING THE CLOCK RIGHT NOW THE FIRST HOUSE OF PHASE ONE.

YOU JUST PICK THE DATE THAT THE FIRST SECTION.

PICK THE DATE OF THE FIRST SECTION IS PLATTED.

WHATEVER PLATTING DATE IS THAT STARTS THE CLOCK.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

THAT'S IN MY MOTION.

I DON'T HEAR WHAT SHE SAID.

I JUST SAY STARTED CONSTRUCTION.

[INAUDIBLE] OK.

I MEAN I'LL DO WHATEVER, I'M JUST YOU, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO WANT A DESIGNATED STARTING DATE.

I SAID THE START OF THE FIRST HOUSE, A PHASE OF SECTION ONE.

BUT IF WE WANT TO SAY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF PHASE ONE, THAT'S ACTUALLY EARLIER.

NOT MY MOTION.

YOUR MOTION [INAUDIBLE].

2027.

EARLIEST DATE, JANUARY 1ST, 2027.

ALL OF TWENTY SIX.

MOTION, YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT, FRANCES? OK.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

THE ONLY THING OTHER THING IS IT'S REALLY CONTINGENT ON THE CITY AT THIS POINT TO GET WITH THE LANDOWNER OFF COUNTY ROAD 44 AND START DISCUSSIONS OF THAT SWAP BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ON THE CLOCK AND THAT WILL NOT DEVELOP COMMERCIAL UNLESS WE GET THAT ROAD ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO COUNTY ROAD 44.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE AT SOME POINT.

THAT ROAD TO CONTINUE THROUGH TO FORTY FOUR.

YES, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS MYSELF HERE, IS THAT EVEN FEASIBLE [INAUDIBLE]? IT IS.

WE NEED THIS LITTLE PIECE RIGHT THERE.

ACTUALLY, IT'S A LITTLE LONGER.

IT HAS [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OK, HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIDE.

WE HAVE ONE ONE NO, THAT MOTION DOES CARRY.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

THANK YOU, MR. RAY.

NUMBER NINE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20210810-009, ADOPTING A

[9. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and possible action on Ordinance No. 20210810- 009 adopting a consolidated schedule of fees reflecting those fees contained in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Angleton, Texas; providing for repeal; providing for penalty; providing for severability; providing for an effective date.]

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF FEES, REFLECTING THOSE FEES CONTAINED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS.

PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MS. LINDSAY.

WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU GUYS LAST MONTH AND WITH COUNCIL'S INSTRUCTION, WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK UNDER A PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT THIS.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT IS A CONSOLIDATED FEE SCHEDULE, COMPREHENSIVE ALL OF THE FEES THAT THE CITY CHARGES BROKEN UP BY CHAPTER IN THE ORDINANCE.

PRESENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE IN PLACE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE.

AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR USERS WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO NAVIGATE AND DRILL DOWN TO FIND THE FEES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

IF THEY WANT TO HAVE CHICKENS OR IF THEY WANT TO GET INTO DEVELOPMENT AND

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KNOW ON THE FRONT SIDE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS AN INVESTMENT.

SO THIS HAS BEEN CREATED TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FEE SCHEDULE IS, HOW THE FEES ARE CHARGED.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE FEES.

AND THIS IS JUST PRETTY MUCH ONE DEPOSITORY OF INFORMATION THAT HELPS COMMUNICATE THAT TO USERS OF THAT INFORMATION.

RANDALL LAW HAS DRAFTED AN ORDINANCE THAT IS THIRTY PLUS PAGES THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE OF ALL CHANGES SO WITH THAT MAYOR? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND JUST TO JUST TO LET COUNCIL KNOW, WE HAVE MS. MEGAN HERE TONIGHT.

I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED YOU AT THE BEGINNING.

SHE'S FILLING IN FOR MS. JUDITH.

AND MS. MEGAN IS THE ONE WHO ALSO WORKED ON THIS INTIMATELY WITH THIS DOCUMENT.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK HER AS WELL.

SO, GUYS, WE NEED TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYBODY WILL.

MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPSE SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE FOR OUR PERMITS.

IT IS PRETTY INCLUSIVE IF YOU DIDN'T THUMB THROUGH OR LOOK THROUGH IT, THINK IT TOUCHED EVERYTHING FROM ALMOST CHANGING YOUR COMMODE OUT AT HOME.

CALLING ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES, NOBODY COMING TO THE PODIUM.

COUNCIL? MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

SO NOW WE'RE ON THE ITEM OF DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION FOR THIS ORDINANCE.

I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20210810-009.

THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE OF FEES.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

GO AHEAD SIR.

I HAD ASKED FOR THIS TO BE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AND ALSO I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING, BUT I SEE THAT WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE ANYTHING ON THIS.

AM I MISSING SOMETHING? BECAUSE I JUST WENT BACK THROUGH I DON'T SEE ANY POST ABOUT THE FEE SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IT AND WE NEVER.

SO WE POSTED ORIGINALLY AS A TOWN HALL.

I DON'T SEE ANY POSTS FOR THE TOWN HALL, THOUGH.

FOR SURE WE DID.

I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT POST WAS MADE.

I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE THAT DISCUSSION INITIALLY YOU HAD STATED YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A TOWN HALL PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AS THIS IS A CHANGE TO AN ORDINANCE.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T POST ON THE CITY'S BEHALF, BUT I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

SO THAT'S MY FAULT.

SOMEWHERE.

I SAW IT AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHERE I SAW ALL THE NUMBERS WITHOUT IT BEING ON FACEBOOK YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THANK YOU BETH, BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD POSTED IT ON THE CITY'S NEWS ON THE WEBSITE WHERE THERE'S THE LINK FOR NEWS.

THAT'S TYPICALLY IF WE'RE GOING HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT.

BUT BEING THAT, WE DON'T HAVE A TOWN HALL AND IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REMOVED BUT I CAN'T CONFIRM THAT.

OK, SO, JOHN, YOU WERE ENVISIONING JUST A SEPARATE STAND ALONE.

NO, ACTUALLY, I WAS UP HERE LAST WEEK AND BOTH FRANCIS AND LINDSAY ASKED ME AND I SAID, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A TOWN HALL OR IF IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE WORD OUT AND PEOPLE KNEW WHAT WAS CHANGING.

AND I MEAN, MOST OF THIS IS ALL JUST AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S TAKING THINGS FROM THAT.

NONE OF THE FEES CHANGE.

IT'S JUST TAKING ALL OF IT AND PUTTING IT INTO ONE ORDINANCE.

BUT THE ONE THING WE HEAR ABOUT ALL THE TIME, AND I THINK WE EVEN SAW IT LAST WEEK, WAS WHY IS THE CITY CHARGING ME A DISCONNECT FEE OF THIS OR A LATE FEE OF THIS? AND SO THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS THERE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THE PRIOR, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, PEOPLE WERE ASKING ABOUT WHY DO I HAVE? AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

WAS THE GARAGE SALE PERMIT AND WHY DO I HAVE THAT? AND SO I MY ENVISIONING OF THIS WAS THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO

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SPEAK UP.

IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, COME AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK ABOUT THE FEE AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

BUT I THINK WHETHER WE DO IT NOW OR LATER, PLEASE GET THAT POSTED SOMEWHERE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT.

AND BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO GET US IS THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE FEES.

SO THIS WILL BE IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S CODIFIED, IF IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN LINK.

AND THEN THERE'S THE DOCUMENT.

THAT'S HOW MOST CITIES DO IT.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THINK BETWEEN LEGAL COUNSEL AND STAFF HAS ENVISIONED KIND OF SHOW IT HOW OTHER CITIES PRESENT IT.

AND THAT'S AGAIN, WITH THE LINK OVER IN ITS OWN ARTICLE OR APPENDIX OR SOMETHING.

AND I'LL ADD TO THAT, WE'VE HAD IT ON THE WEBSITE TWO TIMES NOW WITH OUR AGENDAS.

WE'VE HAD IT POSTED TWO TIMES ON THE BULLETIN BOARD.

AND LIKE BETH SAID EARLIER, I THINK WE DO HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE SOMEWHERE.

SO WE HAVE NOTIFIED RESIDENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE.

[INAUDIBLE] OUR WEBSITE AS A STANDALONE TAB THAT SOMEBODY GO PERMITS, COST BOOM AND THEY'RE THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

NOW THAT IS MY DEPARTMENT.

SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AS LONG AS YOU GUYS ADOPT IT.

LIKE YOU'RE RIGHT.

PEOPLE CALL ME AND SAY, WHAT'S IT COST TO DO A GARAGE SALE? I JUST KNOW IT'S FIVE DOLLARS, RIGHT.

TWO.

IT'S TWO BUT I THOUGHT, GO GET ONE.

I'LL MAKE SURE THEY DO THAT.

BUT YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

JUST EASY ACCESS.

PERFECT.

OK, THANKS, JOHN.

ANYTHING ELSE? MR. MAYOR? YES.

SO THE PURPOSE WAS, JUST LIKE Y'ALL ARTICULATED, WAS REALLY TO CONSOLIDATE, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS, PUBLIC, ANYONE THAT WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, PERUSE WHAT OUR FEES ARE, WE WANT TO DO THAT FIRST SO THAT WE HAD IT ALL IN ONE PLACE AND IT'S EASIER TO VIEW.

AND SO SUBSEQUENT THING WOULD BE DO A WORKSHOP, BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS ON THERE, LIKE A SQUARE DANCE PERMIT THAT'S FROM 1965.

AND AND SO THOSE THINGS NEED TO GO AWAY OR THEY NEED TO GET UPDATED OR WE DECIDE.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT A FUTURE TIME WE DO A WORKSHOP AND THEN INVITE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND SAY, HERE'S ALL THE FEES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

IF YOU WANT TO TELL US GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT WHAT YOU WANT TO PAY, OR WE CAN EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAVE TO PAY IT OR WHATEVER, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THOSE SORT OF SWEEPING CHANGES AND GET RID OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S OUTDATED OR UPDATE THINGS THAT NEED TO GET UPDATED.

OK, SOUNDS GOOD.

OK, ANY MORE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE THERE FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER 10 UPDATE ON TXDOT PROJECTS.

[10. Update on TxDot projects.]

HI THERE, COME ON UP.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.

MY NAME IS MARIA [INAUDIBLE].

I AM THE TXDOT [INAUDIBLE] ENGINEER.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN WITH TXDOT FOR OVER 15 YEARS, WORKING IN OTHER SECTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO MEET OUR PARTNERS.

WE WORK CONTINUOUSLY WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE EACH OTHER.

I KNOW I'VE BEEN HIDDEN BEHIND A CAMERA FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND I'M GLAD TO BE OUT HERE AND SEEING YOU ALL IN PERSON.

BEFORE I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROJECTS, I WANT TO TAKE A SAFETY MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT INDUSTRY.

SINCE NOVEMBER THE YEAR 2000, WE HAVEN'T HAVE A DAY IN TEXAS, IN TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT A DEATH, WITHOUT A FATALITY IN OUR ROADWAYS.

AND WE WANT THAT TO STOP.

WE WANT TO HAVE ONE DAY AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THEN CONTINUE SO ON, IT CAN BE DONE.

BUT IT DEPENDS ON ALL OF US DOING OUR PART.

SO I WANT TO SHARE A SAFETY PRACTICE, IS TXDOT POLICY FOR OUR STATE VEHICLE TO HAVE HEAD LIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME.

SO OTHERS CAN SEE US.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT WHEN IT IS RAINING, IF YOU ARE USING YOUR WIPER BLADES, TURN THE HEAD LIGHTS ON AS WELL SO OTHERS CAN SEE.

SO IF A IT'S UP TO YOU, IF YOU USE IT, BUT IT CAN MAKE CAN MAKE US GET SAFER TO OUR

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HOUSES AND GO AND DO THE THINGS WE LIKE TO DO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO STOP IN AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE, LOSING OUR LIVES OR SOMEONE WE LOVE LOSING THEIR LIVES.

TAKE THIS MOMENT.

SO IF IT'S RAINING, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TURN THEIR HEAD LIGHTS ON SO OTHERS CAN SEE YOU.

WITH THAT.

WHEN I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW TXDOT DIVIDE US.

SO AS YOU KNOW, TXDOT'S A STATE AGENCY THAT WORKED ON PLANNING, DESIGN, BUILDING AND MAINTAINING THE TEXAS ROADWAY SYSTEM, WE ARE DIVIDED IN THE STATE IN TWENTY FIVE DISTRICTS.

WE ARE IN THE HOUSTON DISTRICT, WHICH COVERS SEVERAL COUNTIES INCLUDING MONTGOMERY, [INAUDIBLE], GALVESTON, HARRIS COUNTY AND BRAZORIA COUNTY, WHERE WE ARE.

IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE AREA OFFICES.

EACH COUNTY HAVE THEIR AREA OFFICE.

HARRIS COUNTY, HAVE THREE AREA OFFICES BECAUSE OF THE ROADWAYS AND THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS.

AND WE ARE IN THE BRAZORIA COUNTY.

WE HAVE THE BRAZORIA AREA OFFICE, WHICH WE HAVE DESIGN, MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND OVER THERE I AM THE THE AREA ENGINEER.

I HAVE A GREAT MAINTENANCE SECTION.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD DESIGN TEAM AND WE HAVE A GOOD CONSTRUCTION TEAM THAT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE, INSPECTOR, THAT WE'RE LOSING.

BUT WE'RE GETTING SOME NEW EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE TRAINING THEM.

SO TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE JUST MOVED LAST YEAR.

WE ARE ON FM 523 ON THE EAST SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 288.

18671 FM 523.

AND OUR PHONE NUMBER IS (979)864-8500.

FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.

AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE OUR PHONE NUMBER OR THEY CALL OUR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR DIRECTLY, BUT WE'RE HERE TO SERVE.

WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS AROUND THIS AREA RIGHT NOW.

I'M GOING TO START WITH ONE OF THE CLOSEST ONE.

WE HAVE WHAT IT'S CALLED THE BRAZORIA COUNTY BIKE ROUTE.

YOU SEE ON FM 523 GOING ON 521, 332, 2004 GOING BACK TO 525.

WE ARE ENHANCING THE INTERSECTION SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE BICYCLE, CYCLING IS SOME USE IT AS A COMMUTER.

SO I'M USING IT AS A FORM OF EXERCISE, AS AN ENTERTAINMENT.

SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE ALSO SAFE ACCESS FOR CYCLISTS.

SO THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN, IF NOT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, EARLY NEXT MONTH.

WE'RE WAITING ON SOME SIGNAL INSPECTIONS, BUT YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS ALONG THIS LOOP THAT I MENTIONED AND ALSO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ALVIN THAT WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE CYCLISTS.

WE ARE ALSO DOING THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT TWO TWO POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

WE ALSO STARTED ABOUT LAST WEEK, ONE PROJECT ON STATE HIGHWAY 288.

MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH SOME OF OUR CLOSURE.

I DRIVE THROUGH IT EVERY DAY.

I INSPECT IT EVERY DAY IN THE MORNINGS AND IN THE EVENING, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR PROJECTS SOMETIMES ARE AN INCONVENIENCE, THAT'S PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

HOWEVER, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS PROJECT, WE ARE REHABILITATING, REHABILITATING OUR PAVEMENT.

SO WE ARE [INAUDIBLE] AND OVERLAYING.

AND THE FINAL LAYER IS GOING TO HAVE WHAT WE CALL THESE IS CALLED A BFC, WHICH ALLOW WATER TO DRAIN.

SO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON 288, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SPLASH BACK FROM OTHER VEHICLES.

THE WATER CAN DRAIN EASIER.

AND SO THAT PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO LAST ABOUT EIGHT MONTH.

HOWEVER, THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING SO FAST.

SO I CAN TELL YOU, CROSSING FINGERS, [INAUDIBLE] THAT IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED MUCH EARLIER THAN THAT.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE WORKING EXTENDED HOURS.

SO WE SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS, EVEN THOUGH THEY STARTED LAST WEEK.

ACTUALLY, IF YOU'RE DRIVING 288, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS AFTER YOU PASSED THE 15 MINUTES OF STOPPING TRAFFIC.

THINGS START FLOWING MUCH BETTER.

THAT IS A NINE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT.

ALSO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STATE HIGHWAY 35.

WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM STATE HIGHWAY 288 INTO WEST COLUMBIA, PASSING TO THE SAN BRUNO RIVER.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND PROJECT THAT GOES FROM [INAUDIBLE] TO THE MATAGORDA COUNTY LINE.

WE ARE ALSO REHABILITATING, PAVING.

THAT PROJECT IS ALMOST THE PORTION OF THE [INAUDIBLE] RIVER IS ALMOST COMPLETED.

WE'RE JUST FINISHING SOME METAL BEING [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S A TEN MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.

THE PROJECT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE COUNTY LINE IS IN THE EARLY STAGES.

WE ARE DOING SOME BASE REPAIRS BEFORE WE PUT OUR OVERLAY.

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WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT ON FM 2004.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PROJECTS ON FM 2004, ONE IS FROM BUSINESS 288 TO FM 523, THAT ONE WE ARE JUST OVERLAYING LIKE RESURFACING THE PAVEMENT, BUT THE PORTION FROM 523 ALL THE WAY TO THE GALVESTON COUNTY LINE, WE ARE ADDING SHOULDERS AND WHAT WE CALL A SUPER TWO WHICH WE ARE PASSING LANES.

WE ARE ALSO WIDENING FIVE OF THE BRIDGES.

WE ARE NOT WIDENING THE [INAUDIBLE] BRIDGE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE ITS OWN PROJECT, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THAT BRIDGE.

THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY OF 2026.

HOWEVER, TXDOT AND OTHER PARTNERS IN THE AREA.

WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THAT PROJECT AS CLOSE TO THE PROJECT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE ARE WORKING ALREADY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE OF WHAT WE CAN DO, COMMUNICATING WITH THE COUNTY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A BOAT RAMP IN THE AREA THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED DURING CONSTRUCTION OR THAT MIGHT HAVE TO BE RELOCATED BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT.

BUT THAT'S A BIG PROJECT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FM 2004 IS ALSO BEING WIDENED IN THE GALVESTON COUNTY, SO THAT'S GONNA BE MAJOR ROADWAY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF, WELL, IN THE EASTERN SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND GOING TOWARD GALVESTON.

SO THOSE ARE THE BIGGER PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THIS AREA.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE ALSO WE ALSO HAVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR COUNTY, THE STATE HIGHWAY 36 CORRIDOR IS ANOTHER OF OUR EVACUATION ROUTES AND WE ARE COMPLETELY WIDENING AND RECONSTRUCTING ROADWAY.

THE PROJECT HAS SEVERAL SEGMENTS.

THERE ARE ALREADY TWO SEGMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY.

THERE'S ONE SEGMENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN BRAZORIA COUNTY THAT WE'RE MANAGING FROM THE COUNTY LINE TO JUST NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 35 IN WEST COLUMBIA.

AND WE JUST LET LAST WEEK TWO MORE SEGMENTS OF 36, THE PORTION THAT GOES FROM SOUTH OF BRAZORIA TO NORTH TO SOUTH OF JONES CREEK AND THE PORTION THAT [INAUDIBLE] TO FREEPORT.

THERE'S ANOTHER SEGMENT THAT GOES FROM 35 TO STATE HIGHWAY 332 THAT IS SCHEDULED TO LAND IN JANUARY 2022.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECT COMING FOR THIS AREA.

AGAIN, LIKE YOU'VE BEEN TALKING, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH IN OUR COUNTY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING AND ALSO WE PROVIDE SAFE ACCESS FOR EVACUATION IF IS NEEDED.

IN ADDITION, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING THESE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN TXDOT.

WE END OUR FISCAL YEAR AT THE END OF AUGUST, WE START OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR IN SEPTEMBER AND WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE IN ANGLETON.

ONE IS BUSINESS 288 FROM FM 523 ALL THE WAY TO FM 2004, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MILLING AND OVERLAYING THE ROADWAY.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY IN COMMUNICATION WITH MR. WHITTAKER AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE ADDING ANY.

THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT THE INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS 288 AND CANNAN.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

WE SAVE [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD.

THAT IS LONG OVERDUE.

AND WE WILL BE TYING INTO THAT SIDEWALK THAT IS NEXT TO THAT KROGER SHOPPING DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING SOME OVERLAY ON STATE HIGHWAY 35 FROM BUSINESS 288 TO STATE HIGHWAY 288.

I, STATE HIGHWAY 35 HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, MULBERRY AND ALREADY THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.

I AM NOT AWARE OF IT.

THAT'S GOOD.

BUT BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE SEVERAL OF MY EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN IN THE OFFICE FOR A LONG TIME.

I CAN FIGURE IT OUT AND I CAN CHECK [INAUDIBLE] STREET AS WELL AND FIND OUT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, HOW THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THEY HAVE CHECKED WITH OUR MPO.

SO HOUSTON HAVE A UTP UNIFORM TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE SUBMIT THEY ARE 10 YEAR PLANS AND WE OF COURSE, WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR MPO, THEY ARE THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL AND THEY APPROVE AND WORK TOGETHER TO PLAN ALL THE PROJECT IF IT IS NOT IN THAT LIST IT WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

IT WAS OVER 10 YEARS AGO WHEN I DID THAT.

SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WAS PLANNED AT ONE TIME.

AND HOWEVER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR ADVANCE PLANNING SECTION IN THE HOUSTON D STREET, IF

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THERE'S ANY CHANGE THAT IS COMING, THEY REACH OUT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY HAVE MEETINGS, MEETINGS.

THEY THEY LISTEN TO THE PROS AND CONS.

AND IT'S NOT ONLY TXDOT WHO DECIDE ON HOW TO SPEND THE FUNDING.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE MPO AND AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.

THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS I AM BRINGING BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSER TO US AND I KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED TIME, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION OF ANY OTHER PROJECT, I'LL BE HAPPY.

WE GOT LOTS.

SO WE'VE NOTICED THAT YOU PUT UP SOME NEW STREET SIGNS ON 288.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? PROGRESS ON THAT? SO, YES, WE HAVE BEEN ORDERING SEVERAL SIGNS TO BE REPLACED.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNS THAT WE HAVE ORDER.

ONE, AS SOON AS WE GIVE RECEIVING THEM, WE WILL KEEP INSTALLING THEM.

HOWEVER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE UNTIL SEPTEMBER THAT WE RECEIVE THE NEXT ROUND OF OF SIGNS BECAUSE IT'S THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

OK, MAYBE THIS QUESTION YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT AWARE ANYWAY.

ANY IDEA OF EXPANDING STATE HIGHWAY 35 FROM ANGLETON TO [INAUDIBLE]? SO WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME SUPER TWOS AGAIN.

GOOD.

WHICH ARE PASSING LANES.

BECAUSE I'LL JUST THAT'S A REALLY DEADLY ROAD.

AND ACTUALLY.

SO A LOT OF CROSSOVER HEAD-ONS FROM THAT.

IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

VERY DANGEROUS.

I KNOW WE HAVE.

AREA AND I KNOW IT COSTS MONEY AND TIME AND ALL THAT.

BUT TO BE SURE, NICE TO YOU TO HAVE A DIVIDED MEDIAN OR PROTECTED MEDIAN OR SOMETHING.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ABILITY TO PASS WOULD BE GREAT TOO, IN A CASE OF AN EMERGENCY BEING GOOD ACCESS POINT TO GO OUT OF [INAUDIBLE].

SO WE DO HAVE SOME PRETTY I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE IS THE SCHEDULE, BECAUSE IT IS A SCHEDULE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

I ONLY BROUGHT THE LIST FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT I HAVE A LIST HERE WITH THAT IS VERY SMALL THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIND THAT STATE HIGHWAY 35.

AND [INAUDIBLE].

STATE HIGHWAY 35 FROM FM 2403 TO FM 523 WIDEN SHOULDERS AT ONE EACH LEVEL UP, INSTALL SUPER TWOS WHICH ARE THE PASSING LANE.

AND THAT PROJECT, IT IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2022.

SO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2023.

NICE.

IT IS CURRENTLY IN EARLY DESIGN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OTHER PROJECT? OK, SO CHRIS GETS PROBABLY ANNOYED WITH ME ON A DAILY BASIS OF MY COMPLAINTS OF THE LIGHT TIMING, YOU KNOW, THE THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS THE LIGHTS.

ALMOST EVERY LIGHT IN THIS TOWN IS OWNED BY TXDOT EXCEPT FOR TWO.

SO MOST CITIZENS COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR LOTS AND ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM IS A TXDOT CONTROLLED LIGHT.

THE THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD IS, YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU ON 35, A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS IS BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY.

SOME REASON THAT LIGHT GETS OFF ALL THE TIME AND SOMETIMES IT WILL ONLY BE GREEN FOR LESS THAN 20 SECONDS BECAUSE I TIMED IT ONE DAY.

AND AND THEN THE OTHER COMPLAINT IS CITIZENS WANT TIMED LIGHTS TO THE MIDDLE OF TOWN.

IS THERE A WAY TO GET A PROJECT THAT WOULD SEQUENCE THE LIGHTS TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN FLOW THROUGH WITHOUT IT, BOTH ON THE BUSINESS 288 AND THEN LOOP 274? AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE LIKE DOWN 288, YOU KNOW, A GREEN AND A FLASHING RED ON THE SIDE ROADS SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO YOU KNOW, THEY JUST LOOK BOTH WAYS.

AND KNOW IT'S CLEAR BEFORE THEY MOVE OUT.

SO ACTUALLY, THE TIMING NEAR THE SCHOOL OUT ON 35.

IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME.

I SEND IT TO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER SECTION.

THEY SEND THEIR CONSULTANTS TO LOOK AT IT.

SO I WILL FOLLOW UP.

I THOUGHT THEY HAD ADJUSTED RECENTLY, BUT IF THEY HAVE NOT.

I WILL FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE.

THEY DID RECENTLY.

BUT IT STAYED LIKE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND THEN IT SWITCHED BACK.

AND NOW IT'S FIXED.

THEY WENT OUT RECENTLY AND FIXED IT, I GUESS IN THE LAST MONTH.

AND I KEPT SAYING CHRIS IS.

YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE JOHN.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

THE OTHER THE OTHER AREA, I THINK WHERE WE REALLY USE TXDOT HELP IS THE

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BEAUTIFICATION OF DOWNTOWN AND SOME PROJECTS, ALONG WITH FINDING WAYS TO FUND IT OR HOW TO FIX.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THERE WITH [INAUDIBLE] BURYING THE POWER.

IF THERE'S A WAY TO WORK BETWEEN THE LIGHT COMPANY AND TXDOT TO BURY THE POWER LINES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT.

THERE'S AN AREA, I GUESS, WHAT IS IT, MYRTLE OR CEDAR AND AND TO BE HERE WHERE THE POWER POLE IS RIGHT BY THE TURN LANE AND PEOPLE.

LAKE EAST CORNER.

WHAT'S THE CORNER? CEDAR.

CEDAR AND BUSINESS 288.

THAT POLL'S BEEN TAGGED BY MANY A PEOPLE.

NORTHEAST QUARTER.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY IF WE COULD BURY SOME OF THESE LINES AND GET THESE POLLS OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING AND IT'S JUST IT'S RIGHT OF WAY IS WHAT IT IS.

JUST IT'S AN OLD PART OF TOWN.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, BEAUTIFICATION ALONG, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS AND EVEN JUST FIXING THE STREET SIGNS REGULARLY SO THAT THEY'RE NOT FADED OUT AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THE SIGNS.

AND THEN LIGHTING, OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS A BIG THING ON THE STATE HIGHWAYS.

AND I DO HAVE I'LL BE REMISS IF I DON'T SAY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN ALWAYS COMPLAINS TO ME ABOUT THIS AND SAFE PASSAGES FOR THE HANDICAPPED TO GET ACROSS.

THAT IS A BIG THING FOR US RIGHT NOW.

AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT CANNAN.

SO SO YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL THINGS.

SO ON THE LIGHTING TIMING.

I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO OUR TRAFFIC SECTION OF [INAUDIBLE] TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO DO TO SEQUENCE THEM OR MAYBE CHANGE THE TYPE OF SYSTEM WE HAVE.

AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE AND WHAT WILL BE A TIME LINE.

ON UTILITIES POLE I'M GOING TO GO WITH MY TEAM OF ENGINEERS AND LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE LOCATION AND THE VARIOUS POLLS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

WITH THE PEDESTRIAN RAMPS.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CHRIS AND HIS TEAM AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES ALSO TO ADDRESS THOSE.

WE IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

HOW THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS MAY NOT BE THE OPTIMAL ONE.

SO WE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE PROJECT WE HAVE LETTING IN APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MILLING OR WHICH IS REMOVING ALL THAT ASPHALT THAT MIGHT CREATE A BUMP BEFORE GOING TO A PEDESTRIAN RAMP.

GOOD.

BEFORE WE DO THE ADDITIONAL OVERLAY.

WHAT HAPPENED MANY TIMES IS WE OVERLAY AND THEN WE OVERLAY ANOTHER LAYER AND WE HAVE OVERLAY, SO OUR PLAN IS TO GO BACK AND REMOVE SO WE CAN HAVE THAT BETTER ACCESS TO THE PEDESTRIAN RAMPS.

AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING SECTION TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE IN BUSINESS 288 WITH A COMBINATION OF SIDEWALKS AND [INAUDIBLE].

AND WE'RE ALSO TALKING WITH CHRISTINE.

YEAH, I MEAN, SHE BROUGHT UP AND I JUST WANT TO SAY COUNCILMAN WRIGHT.

THE SECTION OF 35 RIGHT HERE THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF WE COULD HAVE SOME NICE SIDEWALKS TO TAKE IT ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO AT LEAST THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIRTY FIVE.

I KNOW THERE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIRTY FIVE HEADING TOWARDS 288, BUT IF WE HAVE ONE NICE EIGHT FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE AN AMBITIOUS.

BUT THERE'S OUR THERE'S A PARK THERE, BATES [INAUDIBLE], THERE'S A SOFTBALL COMPLEX, THERE'S A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES, IT'S BASICALLY NONRESIDENTIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIRTY FIVE AND THEN THERE'S THE SCHOOL THERE ON, WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY.

IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF SOMEBODY, IF Y'ALL WOULD.

AND I THINK IT SHOWS RIGHT OF WAY AND.

AND.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M WRONG IF YOU'RE TELLING US WE CAN DO IT, THEN MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO EXPLORE.

BUT I BELIEVE IT'S YOUR, YOUR CONTROL AND LIKE TO HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN EIGHTH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TWO FEET OFF THE ROAD AND AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK THERE OR SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF USE FOR THAT.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WOULD SEND THEIR KIDS THAT WAY AND

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GET TO THE PARK THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL A SMALL ENOUGH CITY THAT YOU CAN WALK RIDE BIKES TO PARKS.

YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT SOLELY LIMITED TO TO THE VEHICLES, TO TRAFFIC.

SO WITHIN TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.

WE CAN ALSO PARTNER WITH THE CITY.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAM GOALS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND LOOK FOR WHAT ALTERNATIVE ARE.

NOT ALL CALLS ARE OFFERED EVERY YEAR, BUT WE CAN LOOK TO SEE WHAT OUR [INAUDIBLE] IS OUT THERE AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE AND SHOW THAT THAT FACILITY IS GOING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONNECTIVITY, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, TO THE PARKS, TO THE ELEMENTARY THAT ACCUMULATE ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY.

I MEAN, I KNOW.

ON A FACILITY LIKE THAT.

I APPRECIATE I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

I PERSONALLY HAVE WALKED IN OR JOGGED TO THAT PARK IN THE STREET BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SIDEWALK TO BE [INAUDIBLE].

SO SO LAST YEAR WE APPLIED FOR THE TXDOT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATE GRANT, WHICH IS THE PROJECT HERE DOWN 288 BUSINESS.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOLS GRANT, WHICH IS A HUNDRED PERCENT GRANT.

WE LOOKED AT HENDERSON ROAD, BUT THAT WE NEED TO DO THE DRAINAGE, WE NEED TO DO ALL THAT STUFF BEFORE THAT.

SO WHEN ANOTHER CALL COMES AROUND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CERTAINLY COME WITH OPTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, PLACES WE CAN DO THAT AND APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS.

I JUST I'M FAMILIAR WITH PASSING THROUGH WEST COLUMBIA AND THEY'VE THERE ARE THIRTY FIVE THROUGH THERE.

THEY HAVE A NICE SIDEWALK THAT RUNS BASICALLY THROUGH THE HEART OF THEIR BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THROUGH THEIR TOWN AND SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT ALONG THIRTY FIVE ON ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

I THINK WOULD ADD A LOT OF VALUE.

I MEAN, SAFETY, IT WAS JUST ANYWAY.

I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.

AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, THAT'S FINE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE Y'ALLS DOMAIN.

SO AS FAR AS PROPERTY.

YES, IT IS OUR RIGHT OF WAY.

AND WE CAN WORK IN COLLABORATION AND WE CAN ALSO SEE WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE ON OUR OWN TO ADD THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES.

MARIA, MY WIFE WON'T LET ME BACK IN THE HOUSE IF SHE FINDS OUT THAT YOU WERE HERE.

AND I DIDN'T ASK YOU THIS, BUT THERE ARE A FEW INTERSECTIONS IN TOWN THAT WOULD REALLY, I THINK, WOULD WARRANT HAVING A FLASHING YELLOW PROTECTIVE BEING A CAUTION LEFT TURN.

I SEE THESE IN A LOT OF OTHER AREAS.

THERE ARE SOME INTERSECTIONS WHERE YOU'RE TURNING LEFT OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND YOU SIT THERE AND WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT FOR A GREEN LIGHT WHEN YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND TURN WITH THE FLASHING YELLOW, YELLOW, YELLOW ARROW.

I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME FOR THAT, BUT THERE'S ALONG 274 LOOP 274.

THERE'S A AT CEDAR STREET, MAYBE AT WILKINS.

THAT GETS KIND OF COMPLICATED RIGHT THERE.

AND MAYBE AT PLUM IS IT PLUM WHERE YOU [INAUDIBLE].

THERE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF INTERSECTIONS THERE THAT COULD JUST YOU COULD REALLY GET AN APPLAUSE FROM MY WIFE AND ME IF YOU'RE DO THAT.

LOTS OF RESIDENTS.

SO AGAIN, SINCE I'M GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO OUR TRAFFIC SECTIONS TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO SEQUENCE THE LIGHTING, THEY ALSO PERFORM STUDIES TO DETERMINE IF THE SIGNAL IS ADEQUATE OR WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE.

SO I'LL BE ASKING THEM TO PERFORM A STUDY TO SEE IF IT WARRANTS TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE FLASHING YELLOW.

AT CEDAR AT WILKINSON AND AT PLUM.

SO SEE, I LOOK 274.

YES, MA'AM.

I'VE GOT ONE MORE INTERSECTION.

GO AHEAD.

AND THIS IS FAMILY, FRIENDS THAT WORK AT THE HOSPITAL, SO HOSPITAL DRIVE AND THIRTY FIVE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IF THE SENSORS HAVE WE MADE IT BACK TO JUST THE DESIGNATED TIME, BUT THE SENSORS AREN'T WORKING.

SO WHEN THERE'S TRAFFIC BACKED UP, IT'S JUST TIMED.

THERE'S NOT SENSING THAT THERE'S A CAR WAITING.

AND FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, IT HAS TO DO WITH OVERLAYS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO READ IT

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ANYMORE.

SO WHEN WE DO OVERLAYS, WE ALSO DEPENDING THEY'RE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM THAT DETECT VEHICLES.

WE HAVE LOOPS THAT IF YOU SEE WE HAVE LIKE A RECTANGLE ON THE PAVEMENT.

WE'VE BEEN SWITCHING IN MANY PLACES.

IF THE CABINETS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RADARS, WHICH IS LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE CAMERA IT'S NOT A CAMERA, IT'S A DETECTION SYSTEM.

AND THERE'S OTHER TYPE OF OF [INAUDIBLE], THEY USE IT ALSO ANOTHER TYPE OF RADAR.

BUT TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE AN OVERLAY PROJECT, WE ADD LOOPS.

IF THERE'S A LOOP, WE HAVE AN ITEM TO REPLACE THEM.

SO I CANNOT TELL YOU, I, I HOPE THAT WE ARE REPLACING EVERY TIME.

BUT IF YOU BRING IT UP, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY HAPPENING IS BROKEN, MIGHT NOT BE WORKING.

IT MIGHT BE TIME TO CONSIDER ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.

I CAN LOOK INTO IT AND SEE.

AND WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE AREA, WE CAN SEE WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.

HOSPITAL DRIVE AND STATE HIGHWAY 35.

I NEED TO ADD TO THE WISH LIST.

LET'S KEEP ADDING AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS EVERY INTERSECTION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AND WHAT WE WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK THE WAY.

BUT I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND MAYBE PRIORITIZE THEM.

MAYBE I MIGHT COME BACK TO YOU IF WE CANNOT DO THEM ONE.

NO, IT'S A SMALL ONE, TOO LIKE LIKE HE JUST SAID TODAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE DEVELOPMENTS, I WAS IT WAS BUCHTA AND 35 HEADING SOUTHBOUND TO GO LEFT TO GON TO BUCHTA AND I SAT THROUGH LIKE SIX CYCLES.

I DIDN'T WANT TO RUN THE RED LIGHT, SO I JUST GOT INTO THE GREEN, WENT DOWN, WENT TO THE TRAILER PARK, TURNED AROUND AND CAME BACK TO BUCHTA AND MADE A LEGAL RIGHT AND TURN ON RED.

SO BUT ANYWAY, THAT THAT TURN SIGNAL SOUTHBOUND ON TO BUCHTA ROAD, LIKE IT'S CALLED COUNTY ROAD 428.

IT DID NOT CYCLE, IT PAST ME UP EVERY SINGLE TIME.

IT NEVER TURNED TO A GREEN ARROW.

SO IT'S THE SOUTHBOUND TURN LANE ONTO COUNTY ROAD 428.

IT JUST HAPPENED.

AND I DID NOTICE TODAY I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SENSOR.

IT'S THE LITTLE RADAR ON THE ARM OF THE POST.

AND YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

THE TIMING IS RELATIVELY EASY FOR US TO MAINTAIN.

WE HAVE AT THESE THREE, IT'S BEEN MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR, TWO YEARS THAT THERE'S A NEW PERSON HANDLING THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THE TIMING, AND THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE.

SO I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO, I THINK IF IT ISN'T RELATED TO TIMING, I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE HOPE THAN MAYBE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS.

WELL, THAT'S ALL WE CAN ASK YOU TO ASSESS AND SEE IF THERE'S A SOLUTION.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT I HEAR ABOUT IS THE LIGHTS AND GETTING THEM TO FUNCTION THE WAY WE SEE IN OTHER AREAS AND SEEING THAT.

AND THE OTHER, I WANT TO TELL YOU, MARIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THIS HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, THE TXDOT REPS AND THE CITY BACK ON THE SAME PAGE.

YOU KNOW, AFTER THE MEDIANS FIASCO, IT KIND OF WENT SEPARATE WAYS.

BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN EXPLORING AND TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS WITH THE EAST SIDE ON THE 35 SIDE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN WHERE THE CITY AND TXDOT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH SOME MORE PIPING UNDERNEATH THAT ROAD.

AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN, IF THERE'S SOME FUTURE PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING ON DRAINAGE PROJECTS RIGHT THROUGH HERE, WHERE WE CAN PIPE THE WATER OUT FROM THE MIDDLE OF TOWN OUT SOUTH OF US.

AND THEN I GUESS IT GOES WITH THE OLD THE OLD ADAGE IS, JUST AS WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO SIDEWALKS IN CERTAIN AREAS AND GET TXDOT APPROVAL, WHATEVER HELP YOU CAN GIVE US THERE TO GET THESE THINGS EXPEDITED, BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR PROJECTS KIND OF LANGUISH AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REMOVING A LOT FASTER.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE.

I APPRECIATE THIS FEEDBACK.

I'M GETTING TO KNOW THE COUNTY I LIVE IN MORE AND I'M GETTING TO KNOW ANGLETON A LITTLE BIT MORE AND LEARNING WHAT ARE THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE.

WE WOULD REALLY HELP US, I KNOW MY TEAM TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE.

ALSO, TXDOT.

TXDOT INITIATED, LAST MONTH, A CALL FOR NEED.

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THEY ARE MEETING FIRST WITH THE AREA OFFICES AND LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT CORRIDORS AND LOCATIONS THAT MIGHT NEED IMPROVEMENT.

AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START REACHING OUT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW SO WE CAN START PREPARING FUTURE PROJECTS.

I UNDERSTAND THEY WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND I ACTUALLY ASKED OUR DEPARTMENT TO INVITE ME AS WELL, BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO SAY.

AND WE HAVE OUR BUDGET AND WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE PLANNED, SOME OF THEM FIVE YEARS AHEAD OF TIME, SOME OF THEM TEN YEARS AHEAD OF TIME.

BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMMODATE A SMALLER PROJECT IN BETWEEN.

AND IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, WE'LL TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE POINTS THAT CAN FIT THE BUDGET OR A MAIN ISSUE, IF NOT, WE CAN SCHEDULE THEM, BUT IT WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY, MAYBE FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW.

APPRECIATE SEEING YOUR FACE.

THAT CONCLUDES NUMBER 10.

MOVING ON TO NUMBER 11, PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE

[11. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the Windmill Ridge project. (Part 1 of 2)]

WINDMILL RIDGE PROJECT MS. LINDSAY? THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I WAS TEXTING EARLIER WITH THE PROJECT OWNER.

HE IS NOT GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

SO I HOPE I DO HIM WELL BY PRESENTING THIS AND ARTICULATING EXACTLY WHAT HIS NEEDS ARE AND HIS PROJECT'S GOALS AND WHAT HIS ENVISIONED.

HE DID SAY THAT HE HAD TO TAKE A FAMILY MEMBER TO THE HOSPITAL.

SO WE DO HOPE THAT ALL IS WELL WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

SO WHAT WE HAVE.

DO YOU WANT TO JUST TABLE FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR DOES HE WANT US TO PROCEED? SO I WOULD RECOMMEND TABLING IT.

I'D RATHER HAVE HIM IN FOR QUESTIONING.

I DID ASK IF HE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH ME PRESENTING, AND THE REASON THAT IT IS TIME SENSITIVE IS BECAUSE HE HAS A SALE PENDING ON THE PROPERTY.

IT IS A VERY LARGE PURCHASE.

SO I DID OBTAIN HIS PERMISSION TO PRESENT ON HIS BEHALF.

IF YOU GUYS ARE OK WITH THAT.

WELL, WE MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.

HERE'S THE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

HERE'S THE LIST WITHOUT VISITING WITH HIM.

SO YOU HAVE COMPETING INTERESTS.

IT'S TIME SENSITIVE VERSUS HIS ABILITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

IF IT'S THAT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HAVE IT TIME WITHOUT BECAUSE THE TIME SENSITIVITY COME ON TO PERCEIVE IT, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS MAY HURT YOU.

UNDERSTOOD.

CAN YOU, LIKE, TEXT HIM AND SEE IF WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS ONE? WE WANT TO GIVE HIM A FEW MINUTES JUST TO LET HIM KNOW OUR POSITION.

OK, THAT'S FINE.

YES, SIR.

YEAH, THANKS.

AND ASK HIM IF TWO WEEKS IS, I MEAN, WE PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM.

THIS IS JUST FOR PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL GET HIS HIS FEEDBACK ON THAT AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

OK, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO NUMBER 12 PRESENTATION,

[12. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the Broadband Study.]

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON BROADBAND STUDY.

WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WALTER? JASON? OUR BROADBAND STUDY.

OH, IT'S MARTHA.

I DIDN'T SEE YOU COMING UP.

ALL I'M HERE TO DO IS TO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS TO INTRODUCE BRIAN BAKER.

YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE BROADBAND INITIATIVE AND KICKED IT OFF THAT WE HIRED HIS COMPANY COMP CONTROL, INC.

TO COME IN AND DO A BROADBAND STUDY.

HE HAS COMPLETED THAT STUDY AND HE'S HERE TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS TO YOU TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR HAVING ME BACK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE AND INTRODUCED THIS PROJECT, IT WAS JANUARY.

SO LAST YEAR WHEN WE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT AND STARTED PUTTING OUR FEET ON THE PAVEMENT.

SO WE HAD BEHIND US A FACEBOOK SURVEY.

THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDBACK COMING IN PREVIOUS TO THAT, BUT WE TOOK A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AS TO WHAT THE PERCEPTION WAS OF AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF BROADBAND SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE GREATER ANGLETON AREA.

THAT KICKED OUR PROJECT OFF PRETTY WELL.

WE FOUND FROM THE SURVEYS THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH WHERE IT'S NEEDED.

SO WE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THE SPRING AND EVEN PARTS OF THE SUMMER DRIVING ROUTES WORKING WITH EXISTING SERVICE PROVIDERS, WORKING WITH EXISTING COMPANIES THAT WERE CONSUMERS HERE AND PUT TOGETHER SOME SLIDES AND THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR REPORT.

I THINK WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PAGES HERE, BUT I THOUGHT I'D JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE ARE WHAT WE FOUND.

ON THE USER SIDE, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A RATHER LARGE RESIDENTIAL USER BASE THAT'S DISPERSED.

WE HAD DISCOVERED THERE WAS A GOOD HALF A DOZEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

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SO WE SPENT SOME TIME WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND WORKING WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WERE LINING UP TO HAVE BROADBAND SERVICE IN THERE.

WE ALSO FOUND A NUMBER OF SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WEREN'T REALLY AVAILABLE OR WERE THEY WEREN'T YOU KNOW, THEIR APPEARANCE WASN'T KNOWN.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE PROJECT, WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, AN INCUMBENT CABLE PROVIDER AND A TELEPHONE PROVIDER IN TOWN AND MAYBE A COMPETITIVE PROVIDER.

AND WE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH ABOUT 13 DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS THROUGH OUR WORK.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM.

JASON'S GOT A MAP UP HERE OF SOME OF THE FIBER ROUTES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS.

WE COMPILED A DATABASE OF OF WHO THESE GUYS ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE MAKING THEIR INVESTMENTS AND WHERE THEY'RE DELIVERING SERVICE TO.

AND I THINK WHAT I BROUGHT TODAY WAS MORE SO A SUMMARY OF WHAT OUR FINDINGS HAD IDENTIFIED ON THE USER SIDE.

AND THEN ON THE SERVICE PROVIDER SIDE.

THERE'S SOME STUFF TO WORK WITH THERE.

WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LARGE USERS IN TOWN, LARGE USERS BEING A GIGABIT LEVEL AND ABOVE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A LARGE BASE OF SMALL AND MIDSIZE BUSINESSES AND THEN A DISPERSED USER BASE.

SO FROM A RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE, SO WE IDENTIFIED FIBER PROVIDERS.

THIS MAP THAT JASON HAS UP HERE NOW IS WHERE ALL THE WIRELESS STRUCTURES ARE.

AND WHAT WE SEE IN OTHER MARKETS AROUND THE COUNTRY IS WHERE THE FIBER PROVIDERS CAN'T DELIVER SERVICE TO YOU READILY.

THE WIRELESS ISPS CAN.

SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THOSE GUYS OUT THERE AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN INTERCHANGEABLE.

SO THE WIRELESS ISPS RELY ON THE FIBER PROVIDERS.

AND ONE OF THE FIBER PROVIDERS THAT WE FOUND IS NEW TO TOWN.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NEWER SERVICE PROVIDER HERE THAT'S DELIVERING GIGABIT SERVICE BETWEEN SOME OF THE COUNTY LOCATIONS AS WELL AS THE LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS.

AND I THINK WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT THEM AS A COUPLE OF THE CITY STRUCTURES, TOO, AS WELL.

SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE PROVIDER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE [INAUDIBLE] NOW, WHICH IS A SECOND FIBER PROVIDER IN TOWN THAT DELIVERS GIGABIT LEVEL SERVICE OVER FIBER OPTICS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO FLIP TO THE LAST PAGE WITH THE TIME FRAME WE HAVE.

WE CAME UP WITH A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT NOT ONLY PUTS SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND CONNECTS A FEW OF THESE DOTS HERE AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WE FOUND, BUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH SPEED AND NOT HAVING THE RIGHT SERVICES IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY CLOSE WITH CHRIS TO GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION ON A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO TO AND CAN CALL FOR INTERNET.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A COUPLE OF IDEAS TO GET SOME A BROADBAND COMMITTEE TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS, MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER [INAUDIBLE] THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HERE IN TOWN TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SAYS, HEY, IF THERE'S AN OUTAGE IN TOWN, WHO ARE MY CHOICES OR IF I HAVE A NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR IF MY BUSINESS CAN'T GET THE INTERNET, WHERE DO THEY GO TO AND HOW CAN THEY GET AN ANALYSIS ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE THERE? SO WE USUALLY SEE SOME KIND OF A TECH COMMITTEE OR A COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY SERVICE.

SO ONE OF OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATIONS WAS LET'S GET SOME OF THESE HEADS TOGETHER OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE OUT THERE SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE SELLING IS PERCEIVED APPROPRIATELY BY THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BASIS OF WHAT CAN BE BOUGHT.

AND THEN I THREW IN A COUPLE OTHER MORE AGGRESSIVE PIECES IN HERE, TOO, BECAUSE WITH BOTH [INAUDIBLE], WE'RE BEING COMPETITIVE PROVIDERS IN TOWN HERE.

THERE'S SOME CONNECTIONS MISSING IN BETWEEN THEIR NETWORKS AND ALSO IN BETWEEN THEM AND THE WIRELESS ISPS.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY AND EVEN LOOKED AT A FEW OF THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES HERE, IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING FIBER IN NOW, GET FIBER IN THE GROUND.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE GUYS GETTING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THEIR TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE STICKING OUT THERE AND JUST BUILDING AND HOPING THEY'LL COME? WE LOOKED AT IT FROM WHERE THE USERS AT BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, WHERE ARE THESE FIBER PROVIDERS AND WHERE ARE THE WIRELESS ISPS? AND IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE KEY CONNECTION AREAS WHERE WE MIGHT NEED FOUR OR FIVE THOUSAND FEET OF FIBER TO CONNECT THE KEY WATER TOWER, A NEW WATER TOWER, A KEY CELL STRUCTURE BACK TO A BACKBONE THAT THEN GOES TO HOUSTON OR [INAUDIBLE].

AND SO WHEN WE SAID, HEY, LET'S GET THIS IN FOR.

AND HERE, LET'S CREATE THE COMMUNICATION CHAIN, BUT ALSO WE'RE BEGINNING TO SURFACE A LITTLE AREA THAT THEY MAY NEED INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE [INAUDIBLE] BUILT THAT ON THOSE YET BECAUSE, LIGHT WAVE IS JUST BUILDING OUT RIGHT NOW.

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COMCAST IS JUST BUILDING IN FROM THE SOUTH.

AT&T IS JUST PLANNING FIBER TO A FEW OF THESE NEW SUBDIVISIONS.

AND AS THAT TRANSPIRES OVER THE NEXT YEAR HERE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONNECT AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD OR CREATE A CONNECTION DISTRICT DOWNTOWN HERE WHERE A LOT OF THE CITY WILL LIGHT UP A PARK OR A MULTIUSE BUILDING OR A TECH HUB OR A CAFE, THINGS THAT CAN PUT BANDWIDTH IN PEOPLE'S HANDS IF THEY CAN'T GET IT AT HOME.

SO EVERYTHING FROM TALKING ABOUT IT, PUTTING THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AND POSSIBLY OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, BRINGING BACK MAPS WITH LINES THAT HAVE DOLLAR SIGNS BY THEM IS WHAT OUR FINAL, I'D SAY, PLAN.

BUT A PLAN IS GOING TO END HERE TODAY.

BUT THIS IS A CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT AS LOST AS IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE A YEAR AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS.

ACTUALLY, 13 COMPANIES HERE THAT PROVIDE BROADBAND.

WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK IDEAS IN ADDITION TO JUST PUTTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT THERE SO THE CONSUMERS CAN GET A HOLD OF IT AND PUTTING THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER THAT SAYS, HEY, HERE'S HOW WE GET A GIGABIT TO THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT.

HERE'S HOW WE CAN GET CONNECTIVITY TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GOT BYPASSED FOR THE FIBER TO THE HOME THAT THE INCOMING TELEPHONE COMPANY OR THE CABLE COMPANY.

SO I'VE GOT IT TOGETHER.

I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A Q&A.

IT'S OUT THERE.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

I DON'T HAVE A SPREADSHEET REQUEST WITH AN HOUR MODEL TODAY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE WORK WE'VE DONE JUST THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS ARE , I GUESS, LIGHTWEIGHT, CONNECTING A FEW OF THESE SITES UP.

AND THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH MARTHA TRYING TO IDENTIFY MAYBE A TECH CAFE OR A CO WORKING SPACE OR SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN THAT CAN PLANT SOME REAL BANDWIDTH THAT WE CAN BUILD FROM THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE LOOKS LIKE.

TWENTY FIVE OR FIFTY MEG UP AND DOWN WHERE A LOT OF THEM ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO EVEN HAVE ANYTHING, INCLUDING DSL AT HOME RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S A FEW BULLET POINTS IN THERE.

WE'RE WORKING ON THINGS THAT ARE JUST AS SIMPLE AS COMMUNICATION, BUT ALSO AS TANGIBLE AND AS ADDRESSABLE AS IF MAYBE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OUR BUILDINGS IN HERE THAT WE COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON TO PUT THE PIECES PARTS TOGETHER SO THE BIG GUYS CAN COME IN AND DO GIGABIT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A BUSINESS PARK OR TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

SO AND I'VE INCLUDED A LOT OF MAPS IN HERE.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

SO IF THEY JUST COME OUT AND SAY, HEY, WHERE'S THE INTERNET IN TOWN.

AT LEAST WE KNOW NOW WHERE THE FIBER IS.

WE KNOW WHERE THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE.

WE KNOW WHERE AT&T IS PICKING UP AND WE KNOW WHERE COMCAST IS PICKING UP AT.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHERE SOME OF THE GAPS ARE SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AS THEY NEED SERVICE.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, IN MY OPINION, AT LEAST, HELPED US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY AND GIVES US A GOOD TOOL TO ALLOW THOSE PROVIDERS MAYBE WHERE THEY NEED TO BEEF UP, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, OR FOR FUTURE BEEFING UP.

AND IT'S TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE, BECAUSE LIKE WE'VE SAID, THIS DESK, WE HAD NEW NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN OPTION.

AND SO THANK YOU, JASON AND MARTHA AND STAFF AND YOUR COMPANY FOR FIGURING OUT WHERE WE'RE AT.

I HAD NO CLUE WHEN I READ THE REPORT A COUPLE DAYS AGO, 13 PROVIDERS IN THE AREA? I HAD NO CLUE THEY EXISTED.

YOU KNOW, I DO LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT HAVING STAFF HAVE A LIST.

SO WHEN THAT PERSON DOES COME TO TOWN, WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? AND THEN I WAS ALSO THINKING, HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT WITH THESE DEVELOPERS, WHO GETS IT, WHO DOESN'T GET IT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE OTHER OTHER PIECE, TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE AND WE WANT MAKE SURE THEY HAVE YOU BY TWO HUNDRED THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME AND YOU DON'T HAVE INTERNET.

YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THING, THE INCUMBENTS WENT TO THEM DIRECTLY AND SECURED COMMITMENTS, [INAUDIBLE] COMMITMENTS.

SO THEY'RE ON OUR RADAR SCREEN.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SERVED BY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE INCUMBENT CARRIERS INITIALLY.

BUT KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING SOME HOMETOWN TEAMS. SURE.

IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.

THEY WERE A LITTLE PROTECTIVE ON, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THE INCUMBENT PHONE COMPANY WAS COMING IN AND BUILDING OUT THE SUBDIVISION BECAUSE THERE'S INVESTMENT THERE.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T SUPPORT A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT, OR AT LEAST IF WE GOT TO RUN PAST THEM, THEY WON'T KEEP US OUT OF THERE RIGHT-OF-WAYS.

GOTCHA.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO A COUPLE THINGS.

SO WE WE'VE TAKEN THE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO COMCAST AND THE OTHER PROVIDERS TO SAY, HERE'S ALL DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN.

AND SO HERE'S THE POINT OF CONTACT AND.

REALLY PUSH THEM TOWARD THE DEVELOPERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST OPTIONS AND ALL THE OPTIONS, AND THEN YOU LIST NUMBER THREE ABOUT DOWNTOWN.

SO WE HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK WITH PLTE.

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AND JASON'S WORKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ENJOY A CUP OF COFFEE AT WIKI WIKI'S AND DISCUSS HOW WE CAN DO SOME DOWNTOWN WI FI.

YEAH, THERE'S SOME HGAC GRANTS OUT THERE FOR BROADBAND FUNDING.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT, FIGURE OUT THE SCOPE, WORK WITH THE CHAMBER, FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INVOLVE BUSINESSES.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF A IF A BUSINESS SUPPORTS THE WI-FI, YOU KNOW, THEY GET PROVIDED THE WI-FI PAID FOR THROUGH THE GRANT AND AS PART OF THE BACKBONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE AREA AND MAP IT OUT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING TO THE COUNTY, AND THEY DON'T CURRENTLY PROVIDE ANY WI-FI FOR ANY OF THE VISITORS OVER AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

AND SO WE'VE GOT THE COUNTY IT COMING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ALSO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A TALL BUILDING AND THEY'RE BUILDING ANOTHER TALL BUILDING.

AND SO THERE'S ALL GREAT PLACES TO PUT HARDWARE THAT WOULD SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS DOWNTOWN.

WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SO WHAT DO YOU SEE THE VISION GOING FORWARD FROM HERE? DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US TONIGHT? WHAT DO YOU SEE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS? I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR OVER A YEAR, RIGHT? SO, I GUESS WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT STEP WITH THESE INITIATIVES, THESE ONE THROUGH FIVE? YEAH.

SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, NUMBER THREE, WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT.

AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH A PLAN AND OR A POTENTIAL PLAN.

AND THERE'S CARES FUNDING.

THERE'S AMERICA'S RECOVERY PLAN FUNDING.

THERE'S GRANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT THERE THROUGH HGAC.

AND SO WE'LL COME BACK WITH ALL THOSE OPTIONS OF HOW WE COULD DO THAT.

I GUESS, FROM WHEN WE STARTED THIS A YEAR AGO, THIS DISCUSSION AND CREATING THE PLAN.

AND WE DID THE SURVEY AND ALL THAT.

AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO COMMENT, TOO.

BUT WITH COMCAST AND AND THOSE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, BEING VERY PROACTIVE IN THEIR YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HITTING WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES AND DIGGING UP PEOPLE'S YARDS AND ALL THAT.

I MEAN, BUT THERE'S ACTION.

AND SO I THINK YOU HAD A NUMBER, JASON, ABOUT HOW MANY? YEAH, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT AND ACTUALLY THE REP IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM TONIGHT, BUT SHE DID LET ME KNOW THAT THERE'S ABOUT TWO THOUSAND HOMES THAT THEY'RE TARGETING FOR THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL 4000 HOMES NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S THEIR TARGET IN THEIR BUILD OUT IN THE AREA.

SO THEY'RE WORKING HARD.

THEY'RE WORKING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PROVIDER RIGHT THERE.

ONE OF THE WELL, THE BIGGIES IF YOU WILL, THAT ARE.

I GUESS, MY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT TO FURTHER THIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING A VERY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ALL THE PROVIDERS ARE TAKING A VERY PROACTIVE APPROACH AND REALLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CAPTURE THE MARKET, BOTH THE CURRENT AND THE FUTURE ONE.

AND I THINK WHEN WE STARTED THIS, OUR VISION WAS, DON'T QUOTE ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT DO WE CREATE OUR OWN TO GIVE THE VALUE THAT THESE CUSTOMERS NEED OF OUR OR I THINK BECAUSE OF OUR EFFORTS IN PUTTING IT ON THE RADAR, THEY HAVE STEPPED UP AND NOTICED THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO BE THE NEW GET A NEW CUSTOMER IF WE HAVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOUND AND RELIABLE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S, I THINK IT'S RUFFLED SOME BUSHES SOMEWHERE.

AND PEOPLE ARE BEEFING UP AND THEY'RE COMING TO TOWN TO OFFER BUSINESS.

AND WE'LL FIX THINGS FOR THE FUTURE, LIKE WHEN WE DO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MANDATE THAT THE DEVELOPERS PUT IN FIBER.

THAT'S THE LESSON LEARNED FROM ONE OF THE EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE FOUND OUT.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK WE CAN DO AT OUR LEVEL.

I'M NOT AT THIS POINT A BIG FAN OF DOING AN ISP, YOU KNOW, RUN BY THE CITY.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR CORE SKILL.

THAT'S NOT OUR FUNCTION.

I THINK WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE PROVIDE PUBLIC WI-FI.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING FIBER TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT HELPS PUT A BRANCH OUT THERE.

I THINK PUTTING WI-FI AT ALL OUR PARKS AND MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, GOOD, RELIABLE WI-FI.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HELP THAT.

AND AGAIN, IF WE IDENTIFY A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR WE IDENTIFY APARTMENTS OR WE IDENTIFY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GETTING SERVICE, THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT SPECIALIZED SERVICE TO THOSE AREAS AND TRY TO CREATE THAT PARTNERSHIP.

I DID WALK RIVERWOOD THE OTHER DAY AND THEY HAVE 18 TEE BOXES IN THE GROUND.

SO THAT'S HOW THEY MUST HAVE TAG TO BE THEIR PROVIDER OF INTERNET SERVICE.

PROBABLY ABOUT RIVERWOOD.

WHAT WAS THE BUSINESS? AT&T, YEAH.

[INAUDIBLE], DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? YEAH.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS BAD AS COVID WAS, I THINK IT BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT OUR

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NEED FOR BANDWIDTH.

PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME.

AND I THINK THE SERVICE PROVIDERS REALIZED THAT AND THEY REALIZED THAT ANGLETON WAS UNDERSERVED.

AND SO I THINK OUR CONVERSATIONS PLUS THAT JUST HELPED PROPEL THE THE NEED OR HIGHLIGHT THE NEED SO THAT THEY COULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND HANDLE AND PROVIDE SERVICE TO OUR AREA.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS TO REALIZE THE SCOPE OF THESE PROJECTS.

IT'S HUGE.

OH, YEAH.

TRYING TO WIRE AN ENTIRE CITY AND WE ALL WANT IT YESTERDAY, BUT IT'S A YEAR TO YEAR, POSSIBLY A THREE YEAR PROJECT.

BUT IT'S HAPPENING AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE GROUNDWORK AND WE'LL GET THERE.

BUT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE.

WE'RE EXPERIENCING THE GROWING PAINS OF SOME OF THE HICCUPS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS HERE WITHIN SOME RESIDENTS, WHICH RIGHTFULLY SO.

THEY'D LIKE TO COME RIGHT TO GET UPSET IF THEIR PROPERTY GETS DAMAGED IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.

I THINK THIS STUDY THAT WE'VE DONE HAS HELPED HIGHLIGHT THAT.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER OPTIONS CURRENTLY.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE SLOWER SPEEDS, BUT MAYBE MORE RELIABLE.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

T-MOBILE STEPPED UP AND MADE US ONE OF THE FIRST SITES FOR HOME BROADBAND, WIRELESS HOME BROADBAND.

SO I KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SAW OUR POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED T-MOBILE.

SO IT'S I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, LIKE I SAID, MAYBE PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST, SOMETHING WE CAN PUT IN OUR VISITOR CENTER, GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

THESE ARE SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE LANDLOCKED INTO TWO CURRENTLY AND MORE COMING OR IMPROVING THEIR NETWORKS.

BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER OPTIONS.

AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO CHIMED IN ON FACEBOOK TO AT LEAST KIND OF DISPEL SOME RUMORS ON HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY AND AND WHATNOT AND I APPRECIATE YOU, JOHN STEPPING IN.

I REMEMBER BRINGING THIS ON JUST A WING AND A PRAYER.

WHAT WAS IT, APRIL, APRIL OF LAST YEAR? AND IT WAS OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ON IT.

AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY I THINK IT WAS REALLY A CITYWIDE EFFORT BETWEEN ALL THE CITIZENS, US TALKING ABOUT IT, BRINGING IT BACK, AND THEN GOING FORWARD WITH THIS INITIATIVE TO REALLY MAKE EVERYONE COME AND SAY THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON HERE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

I WILL TELL YOU, I AM ONE OF THE EARLY ADOPTERS OF THE T-MOBILE AND MIXED REVIEWS, SO FAR.

I'M WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOUR OPINION OF THIS WITH THE FIBER GOING IN THE GROUND.

THE, AND I HAVE I HAVE AT&T AND I HAVE T-MOBILE.

I'M RUNNING BOTH AT MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW JUST TO SEE.

AND ONE THING I'M NOTICING IS THE DSL AT&T LINES, IT'S SLOW BUT STEADY.

AND THEN I'M SEEING THE T-MOBILE, WHICH IS FAST, BUT IT'S VERY BLOTCHY, SOMETIMES SIGNAL GOES OFF FOR A SECOND, COMES BACK AND JUST ENOUGH TO DISCONNECT YOU FROM YOUR VPN OR SOMETHING.

SO IS FIBER THE HOLY GRAIL THERE? ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.

IT'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF SERVICE, EVEN [INAUDIBLE] OR ETHERNET.

A LOT OF THE SUBDIVISIONS WE DO ARE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTS OR STREET LIKE CAT FIBER, CAT SIX CABLE.

THE WIRELESS ISP IS MICRO DISH, YOU GET OUT OF THE STEP ABOVE THAT RESIDENTIAL GRADE INTERNET, THE ISPS WILL START PUTTING SOME QUALITY OF SERVICE ON THOSE.

SO THE AT&T FIBER PRODUCTS, THE COMCAST PRODUCTS, THE LIGHT WAVE, YOU KNOW, THE NEW GUYS IN TOWN, SPARK LIGHT.

WE HAVE CONNECTIONS FROM SPARK LIGHT HERE.

THEY'LL ACTUALLY MONITOR AND MANAGE THOSE SERVICES FOR YOU.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I MEAN, I THINK SECOND QUARTER, AT&T FINALLY SAID WE HAVE BEEN MORE FIBER BASED REVENUE THAN THEY HAD DSL REVENUE.

SO YOU CAN EVEN SEE ON THE BIG GUYS WHERE ALL THE FOCUS AND REVENUE SHIFTING, BUT ALSO THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT COMES WITH IT.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE IS THE FIRST GENERATION OF RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND SERVICE.

IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED BY THE SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION BEING A FIBER TO THE HOME.

THAT'S NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENT IDEAS, ALL OF OUR FARMS. SO I FEEL YOUR PAIN.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS THAT I'M JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE TOWER FOR T-MOBILE AND I STILL SEE FLUCTUATIONS, BUT I MEAN, IT'S FASTER.

AND THEY'RE A CATCH ALL.

SO T-MOBILE AND VERIZON AND THE OTHER BIG GUYS ROLLING OUT THAT 5G AND THEY'RE EVEN DOING SOME POINT TO POINT WIRELESS.

THE MAJOR MARKETS LIKE THE WIRELESS ISPS DO.

BUT IN THE YOU KNOW, THE 4G AND THE 5G ARENA, IT'S PUBLIC SPACE.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF QUALITY OF CONTROL THAT THEY COME INTO.

EVENTUALLY IF WE GET FIBER THROUGH THERE OR COAXIAL OR ETHERNET OR MICROWAVE.

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I MEAN, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE END GOAL THERE.

OK, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING LEFT FROM COUNCIL TO STAFF TO OUR CONSULTANT HERE? ONCE AGAIN, HEY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE, THIS WAS GREAT INFORMATION.

IT'S A LOT.

I APOLOGIZE FOR JUST THROWING THE SPAGHETTI ON THE WALL.

NO.

BUT THERE'S FIVE GOOD THINGS THERE.

FIRST COUPLE ARE SOFT AND THEN AS YOU GET FURTHER INTO IT, THE MORE TANGIBLE THERE'S EVEN SOME STUFF IN THERE.

IF YOU GUYS GET A DATA CENTER THAT SHOWS UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN FOR IT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT OUT THERE, JUST SAYING WE'RE READY TO GO AND YOU GOT THE RIGHT MIX OF STUFF FALLING IN PLACE.

A BIG CALL CENTER OR SOMETHING, THEY'RE READY TO GO.

THEY LOOK FOR OFF THE BEATEN PATH STUFF.

SO IT'S NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE HURRICANE ZONE OR NUCLEAR ZONE.

AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY OF THEM POP UP AROUND THE MAJOR METROS.

AWESOME, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? OK, THANKS.

SO THAT TAKES US TO NUMBER 13.

YOU WANT TO TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, GUYS? REAL QUICK? QUICK TAKE A QUICK [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE TABLE AT TEN TILL.

WE'RE BACK AT THE TABLE.

SHOWS AT 8:52 BACK IN SESSION.

SO WE ARE GOING TO JUMP BACK UP TO NUMBER 11 IN THE PRESENTATION, DISCUSS YOUR

[11. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the Windmill Ridge project. (Part 2 of 2)]

POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE WINDMILL RIDGE PROJECT.

SO MS. LINDSEY DID SPEAK WITH THE GENTLEMAN AND SAID FOR HER TO PRESS ON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO, YES, I DID CALL MR. DAVID GALLO AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION.

HE ASKED ME TO COVER CERTAIN CRITERIA CONCERNING HIS PROJECT.

HIS PROJECT IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF LOVE'S TRUCK STOP AT 523 AND 288.

IT IS A TRIANGULAR SHAPED PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKETS.

AND WHAT HE'S PROPOSING TO DO HERE WITH THIS APPROXIMATE 90 ACRES IS A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK, WHICH WOULD BE PLATTED AS ONE LOT.

THE REASON FOR THIS IS IT'S RATHER SIMPLE, ACTUALLY.

HE'S HE'S DOING A RENTAL COMMUNITY, SO LESSEES WOULD RENT THE SPACES.

THESE SPACES ARE PROPOSED TO BE 60 FOOT IN WIDTH, AND HE'S PROPOSING GREEN SPACE AND OTHER AMENITIES, SUCH AS A SWIMMING POOL AND AN OFFICE.

ALSO OF NOTE, HE'S PROPOSING TO ENCUMBER A CERTAIN UNDETERMINED PERCENTAGE DEDICATED TO AGES 55 AND OLDER.

THAT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN I PRESENTED TO THE SENIOR COMMISSION LAST WEEK, I HAD NO NEW DEDICATED SENIOR DEVELOPMENTS ON WHICH TO REPORT.

SO I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

BUT WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED BECAUSE HE'S ASKING TO VOLUNTARILY ANNEX SO THAT HE CAN RECEIVE CITY UTILITIES AT HIS EXPENSE.

HOWEVER, STAFF, WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HIS CITY, IS NOT, HIS STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY CONSTITUTES CONTIGUITY WITH THE CITY'S LIMITS.

SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE A CONVERSATION WE WOULD HAVE LATER WITH LEGAL AND MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT WAY.

HOWEVER, THE BASIS FOR HIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT WAS TO FEEL OUT COUNCIL'S SENTIMENTS ON HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT EXTENDING UTILITIES AND ANNEXING THAT PROPERTY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF COVER A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT HE MENTIONED.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONE HUNDRED NINETY NINE UNITS MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.

HE HAS DONE SOME CALCULATIONS ON HIS OWN AND STATED THAT HE PROJECTS THIS WOULD ADD APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO THE TAX BASE.

CURRENTLY, AS MR. GALLO STATED, THE CURRENT COLLECTION IS LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR ON THIS 90 ACRES.

WELL, I'D NEED TO SEE SOME PROJECTIONS IN WRITING TO CONFIRM ANY OF THAT.

THIS IS AGAIN RELAYED FROM THE DEVELOPER.

HE'S ALSO PROPOSING BOAT AND RV STORAGE ON THIS PROPERTY.

AND WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS TO PLANNING AND ZONING LAST WEEK, I DID NOT SENSE THAT THERE WAS ANY NEGATIVE FEELING ABOUT IT.

OF COURSE, THEY COULDN'T REALLY COMMENT OR OFFER OPINIONS BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, JUST AS THIS IS NOT FOR ACTION.

BUT IN EXPLAINING WHAT THE OVERALL GOAL IS, MR. GALLO HAS ALSO STATED THAT HE IS PROPOSING GATEWAY MONUMENTS.

THEY LOOK LIKE WINDMILLS TO KIND OF COMPLIMENT THE NATURE OF THE AREA.

HE WANTS A HOMETOWN FEEL.

AND SO I GUESS IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU GUYS.

SO YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT EXACTLY MR. GALLO IS PROPOSING AND WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO HIM IF THAT'S A PROJECT THAT

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COUNCIL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING MATERIALIZE BY WAY OF ANNEXATION AND PROVISION OF UTILITY SERVICES.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SO JUST KIND OF READING IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, IT SAID IT WAS EITHER A MANUFACTURED HOME OR A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUBDIVISION AND A PARK? SO THAT WOULD BE THE PLATTING DIFFERENCE.

SO THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK IS GOING TO BE PLATTED AS ONE LOT, WHEREAS THE SUBDIVISION WOULD BE SUBDIVIDED.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THIS IS A RENTAL COMMUNITY, IT WOULD NOT BE SUBDIVIDED INTO INDIVIDUAL LOTS BECAUSE THESE SPACES WOULD BE RENTED AND THE LESSEE WOULD PUT THEIR OWN MANUFACTURED HOME.

SOMETHING I NEGLECTED TO MENTION WAS THE AGE OF THE HOME THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME IN.

MR. GALLO IS PROPOSING NOTHING OLDER THAN 10 YEARS.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE OF AESTHETICS AND MAINTENANCE.

AND MY LAST QUESTION DID I'M SURE STAFF TOLD HIM THE EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED WITH THE LAST EVENT AND WHAT WAS HIS RESPONSE TO THAT OR EITHER? WELL, HE DID APPRECIATE STAFF'S CANDOR.

I THINK ONE OF THE MOST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES HERE IS THAT HE IS REQUESTING ANNEXATION.

WE ALSO WORKED WITH HIM ON THE PROPOSED SPACE SIZE.

SO 60 FOOT.

SO HE INCREASED THE SIZE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THERE'S LESS SPACES NOW.

SO I THINK HE'S BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE GIVEN BASED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN ANGLETON.

SO WE GAVE HIM THE FEED, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK AND THE RESULTS OF THE LAST DEVELOPMENT, THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR KIND OF ROAD 220.

WE TALKED ABOUT.

YOU KNOW ONE OF THE, I THINK ONE OF THE FAILURES OF IT WAS WHAT HE WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO PUT IN WRITING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARTICULATED THAT TO HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AN ISSUE.

AND AGAIN, AS LINDSEY SAID, YOU KNOW, HIS LOT SIZE, I THOUGHT IT WAS 40 FOOT, ORIGINALLY.

AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, STRONG COUNCIL FEELING IS 40 FOOT IS NOT GOING TO FLY.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN HE CHANGED AND SAID, HEY, WILL THIS WORK? AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE THINK YOU'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT CAN'T GUARANTEE ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH THE COUNCIL WANTS.

BUT HE DID COME BACK WITH A SECONDARY PROPOSAL, I GUESS I'M ASSUMING WITH THIS AND 60 SQUARE FEET.

[INAUDIBLE] ADDING THE COMMERCIAL, BOAT, AND RV STORAGE.

THAT'S ONE WAY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE 60S WORK.

I MET WITH THE GENTLEMAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

I THINK I ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS.

THE CONCRETE STREETS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

TO CITY STANDARDS.

AND THAT DEFINITELY WAS GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT.

AND THEN, I DID ASK HIM ABOUT THIS, IS HE WHERE HE'D HAVE TO PAY A CAP FEE AND HE SAYS HE WAS.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS? NO, SIR, NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BECAUSE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DETERMINED THROUGH A CAPACITY ACQUISITION FEES STUDY.

WELL I THINK WE ALREADY HAD THE STUDY DONE OVER THERE.

WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER OF UNITS, 199 LOTS BASED OFF THOSE ESUS AND WHAT APPROXIMATELY THAT COST WOULD BE? YEAH, THE IMPACT FEE.

SORRY, NOT CAP FEE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? AND I'M GOING TO LET JAVI SPEAK TO THAT ONE.

I APOLOGIZE.

SURE, YEAH.

THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY IT'S JUST OUTSIDE THE IMPACT ZONE FOR THE THREE DAY INDUSTRIAL PARK AREA.

NOT TECHNICALLY.

IT'S, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PIECE, WELL BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF IT.

AND YOU CAN POTENTIALLY MOVE IT AS LONG AS THOSE FACILITIES ARE USED WITHIN THAT [INAUDIBLE] WHICH THEY WOULD.

AND IN THIS AREA, JUST TO KNOW AS WELL, SO IT'S OUTSIDE THE LEVY, WHICH WILL PLAY A FURTHER ROLE OF YES, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEVEE.

AND HE'S AWARE OF THAT? I'M SURE HE IS.

HE IS I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.

HIS COMMENT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT, WAS THAT'S WHY THIS IS A BETTER PLACE TO PUT IT, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE THE FRONTAGE ALONG 288 AND THE PARK WILL BE BEHIND THE RIDGE AND WILL BE NESTLED AND HIDDEN AWAY BACK THERE, IS WHAT

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HE'S SAYING.

NOT SHOWING FOR OR AGAINST, JUST COMMENTING ON WHAT WAS SAID.

AND THIS GENTLEMAN ALSO HAS ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT IS, HAVE YOU, ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH THAT ONE THAT'S NORTH OF TOWN? OFF OF 50.

WHICH IS IT? IT'S THE ROAD THAT GOES TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

OFF 45, AND HE'S DOING ANOTHER MOBILE HOME UP THERE, BUT IT'S ACREAGE MOBILE HOME.

IS THAT ONE, TOO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR UTILITIES OR? I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.

SO WHAT'S THE FEEDBACK WE'RE LOOKING FOR? THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE.

DO YOU THINK YOU WANT TO MOVE ON WITH THIS OR LOT SIZES TOO SMALL OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME OTHER AMENITIES THAT YOU THINK THEY SHOULD ADD? SO, YES, PRIOR TO MR. GALLO CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY, HE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE WILLING TO PLAY BALL .

IF YOU IF YOU LIKE THE PROJECT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGE? IS THIS A PROJECT THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO EXTEND CITY UTILITIES TO? HE DOES UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE LIMITED WATER CAPACITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN VETTED IN THE TWO MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH MR. GALLO.

SO WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE TONIGHT IS GETTING FEEDBACK, HEARING YOUR INPUT.

WELL, HE MET THE 60 FOOT LOT SIZE, BUT I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN TO HIM, TOO, THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK, BASICALLY, AND WE JUST HAD A, WE JUST GOT THROUGH WITH ANOTHER CONTENTIOUS ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE STOMACH WAS NOT TO ME, IT WASN'T THERE FOR ANOTHER MOBILE HOME PARK.

THE NEW COMMENT YOU MADE TONIGHT ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF ELDERLY THAT WOULD BE IN HERE, I HADN'T DISCUSSED THAT WITH HIM, SO I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

I WAS NOT AWARE, I'M SORRY.

I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT EITHER UNTIL HE PRESENTED IT TO PLANNING AND ZONING.

IT IS IN OUR PACKET.

IT'S ON PAGE 108.

SO I DID ASK HIM IF HE COULD DO AT LEAST 25 PERCENT BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M HOPING HE COMES BACK WITH SOMETHING PRETTY CONGRUENT WITH THE CITY'S REQUEST.

IT'S NOT A TYPO, THAT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS, AND IT'S BLANK.

THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE A LOT OF COMMENTS.

IT WAS BASICALLY HIS PRESENTATION AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

THAT'S HOW I RECALL IT.

NO, THEY DID NOT PROVIDE VERY MUCH FEEDBACK, THEY PROVIDED NO FEEDBACK, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT WASN'T AN ACTION ITEM, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A TYPO.

THERE'S NO COMMENTS THERE.

SO WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MUCH DISCUSSION I MEAN WHAT YOU RECALL, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OR JUST HE PRESENTED THAT WAS IT? HE PRESENTED AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT, HOWEVER.

I WILL SAY PLANNING AND ZONING IS PRETTY FORTHRIGHT WITH US.

THEY DON'T HOLD BACK.

SO IF THEY HAVE AN OPINION ON SOMETHING, THEY USUALLY LET US KNOW.

AND I JUST DIDN'T GET THEIR OPINION ON IT.

SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

SO MY PERSONAL FEEDBACK IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD WHEN THE FIRST PROJECT WAS PRESENTED TO US.

I MEAN, THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT.

I BALANCE THE IDEA OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH RAISING STANDARDS, SO WE ARE A DICHOTOMY HERE.

ARE WE GOING TO? AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE POORLY DESIGNED, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE IT LOOKS LIKE SOME FORETHOUGHT AND SPACE.

AND HE'S WORKING WITH US.

SO, I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

I APPRECIATE.

IS THE LOCATION I MEAN, THE LOCATION LOOKS LIKE.

I DON'T MIND IT FOR A TRAILER PARK, DO WE WANT TO EXTEND SERVICES ALL THE WAY OUT HERE OR DO WE WANT TO MAKE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PATROLLING

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THIS AREA, WHICH HOPEFULLY IS NOT BECOME AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT THERE.

IT'S DEFINITELY EXTENDS YOUR COVERAGE AREA.

I THINK WE ALREADY GO TO THE LOVE'S BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT FOR A LOVE'S, IT'S OURS.

SO, YEAH, WE'RE ALREADY TO GO THERE, WE ALREADY PATROL.

YEAH, BUT THAT'S AN ACCIDENT, YOU'RE CALLED OUT TO AN EMERGENCY SPEAKERS] THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO SEND AN OFFICER OUT THERE, AT LEAST, PERIODICALLY AND PROBABLY CLOSE PATROL I KNOW WHICH I TALKED TO THE CHIEF HERE.

AND EMS AND FIRE READY, THAT'S THEIR ETJ, SO THEY WON'T EVEN RESPOND.

SHOULD ANYTHING EVEN BE THERE, THEY WON'T REALLY RESPOND TO THAT.

SORRY, IT'S JUST, I'M TRYING TO CREATE A COLUMN, TWO COLUMNS, IF YOU WOULD.

AND SO.

I GUESS I JUST DON'T HAVE THE STOMACH FOR A MANUFACTURING HOME SUBDIVISION.

NOTHING PERSONAL.

IN FACT, I THINK THIS IS.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN WRITING.

I APPRECIATE IT.

MAYOR? YES? GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.

THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY COMMENT REALLY FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

THE PRIMARY REASON THAT THIS IS HERE IS BECAUSE DURING OUR SECOND MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER, THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY WOULD EVEN BE WILLING TO EXTEND SERVICES TO THIS PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S REALLY FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IS EVERYTHING KIND OF FLOWS FROM THAT.

IF THERE'S NO WILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF THE COUNCIL TO EXTEND SERVICES TO THIS PROPERTY, THEN THERE'S NO REASON TO ANNEX IT.

IF HE'S GOING TO DEVELOP IT, THEN BASICALLY, HE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.

BUT THERE'S NO OTHER REGULATION THAT THE CITY HAS IN THE ETJ THAT WOULD CONTROL HOW THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED.

SO THE PRIMARY QUESTION THAT THE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME GUIDANCE ON IS, IS THE CITY WILLING TO EXTEND WATER AND SEWER SERVICE TO THIS PROPERTY? BECAUSE IF IT IS, THEN THE NEXT STEP ARE REALLY THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROCESS WOULD THEN BE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY AND HOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, JEFF, WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW? WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO SERVICE 190, 200 HOMES? UPSIZE A LINE? IS THERE A LOOP OUT THERE? NO, WE HAVE A 12 INCH WATER LINE RUNNING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE END OF LOVE'S PROPERTY.

AND A MANHOLE, LIFT STATION, EVERYTHING'S BEEN PUT IN THERE OFF OF 341, I THINK.

SO IT'S ALL STANDARD TO THAT AREA.

SOME OF THAT WAS CROSS ROAD WAS IN THE IMPACT AREA.

SO IT'S THERE TO FEED THAT.

QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH DOES IT, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST FOR THE CITY TO RUN TO HIS PROPERTY LINE OR IS HE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT? HE'S ON THE HOOK, RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK HE SAID HE WOULD PAY FOR ALL THE UTILITIES LISTED.

AND I SEE HOW WE'RE PUMPED UP.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING OR ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO GET READY IN CASE THERE WAS A QUESTION? GO AHEAD, SIR.

YES? ONE THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION, TOO, IS SO THE LAND USE ASSUMPTION FOR THAT AREA WAS INDUSTRIAL.

THIS WOULD, YOU KNOW, DENSIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR FREE RSU DEMANDS AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT AS WELL.

OH, YEAH.

AND THEN HOW MUCH OF IT WHAT TO EAT UP OF THAT CAPACITY? I MEAN, I HAD TO LOOK INTO IT JUST TO SEE ON THE I THINK IT WAS 199 UNITS VERSUS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE OR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CONNECTION POINTS OR FOR SINKS, RESTROOMS. THERE'S A MOBILE HOME MANUFACTURED HOME ESU EQUAL A REGULAR SLAB? I BELIEVE IT'S DEFINITELY MORE DENSIFIED AND THEN A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.

SO IT WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE SEU MINIMUM.

SO GOOD.

I GUESS THE YOU KNOW, IS THIS THE LAND USE WE WANT? IS THIS WHAT WE WANT IN THIS AREA? WHERE WE HAVE A CAR DEALERSHIP ON ONE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, LOVE'S TRUCK STOP, KUBOTA IN THOSE AREAS RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THAT ONE.

WHAT IS IT? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER.

DO YOU REMEMBER? .

I GUESS REALLY CANNOT EVEN BE ANNEXED.

THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION, RIGHT? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE WHIP FOR THE?

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DOES IT TOUCH, ANY OF THAT PROPERTY TOUCH ANNEXED CURRENT CITY PROPER? CITY LIMITS? NO, IT DOES NOT.

SO HE MAY HAVE TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO ACHIEVE THE CONTIGUITY.

I KNOW HE DOES HAVE A RIGHT-OF-WAY AT THE STREET, WHICH, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN.

WE'RE NOT CERTAIN IF THAT COULD COUNT TOWARD ACHIEVING CONTIGUITY.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE HOMEWORK.

LIKE HE NEEDS TO DO SOME HOMEWORK AND GO TO THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT WHO MAINTAINS THAT LEVEE AND SEE WHAT THEY REQUIRE TO CROSS THE LEVEE.

I KNOW IT'S, THERE ARE CERTAIN LEVEES THAT I CAN FREEPORT AREA WHERE YOU'RE LIKE BUNCHES OF FEET BELOW IT.

AND BECAUSE THAT'S THE LEVEE THAT MAY EVEN REQUIRE FEMA.

THIS IS A RIVER FLOOD LEVY THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES DOWN THERE AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT GUIDELINES.

BECAUSE I THINK IN LOOKING AT THIS, IN OUR DEVELOPMENT MEETING, WE HAD SAID THEY MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE TO BORE BENEATH THE LEVEE.

NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT THEY WOULD TAKE ON IT, BUT IT MAY BE ON THE DEVELOPER TO DO THAT DUE DILIGENCE.

THAT'LL BE A QUESTION WE POSED TO THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

HONESTLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND MUCH DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE THE LEVEE.

IT'S JUST TOO COSTLY.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A RULE, YOU KNOW, NOT A HARD, FAST RULE, BUT OUR RULE PRETTY MUCH THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IS NOT TO GET INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE LEVEE, BUT.

I THINK THEY SHOULD STAY WITH THE RULE.

THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST.

I MEAN, THE ONLY THING THAT I SEE THAT'S ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST ONE IS DENSITY IS A WHOLE LOT LESS.

IT'S LIKE THREE QUARTERS THE SIZE OR QUARTER OF THE SIZE OF THE LAST ONE.

THAT'S ONE THING.

I SEE THAT AND LIKE TRAVIS SAID, IS THE PART ABOUT AFFORDABILITY THAT AT THE TOP THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR 55 ON UP, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A 55 AND UP SENIOR COMPLEX IN THE AREA, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T QUITE SEEN THAT MATERIALIZE JUST YET.

AND OUR POPULATION IS AGING.

THEY'RE GROWING BY [INAUDIBLE]THEY PULLED IT BACK A YEAR AND A HALF.

PEOPLE ARE LIVING AS LONG NOW AS IT WAS BEFORE BEFORE COVID.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER SEE US START ON THE RIGHT FOOT SHOULD THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL.

WE WENT THROUGH THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF ONE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, CONNECTIVITY TO THE CITY.

IF IT'S NOT THERE, IT'S NOT THERE.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

I THINK THERE'S REALLY TWO CENTRAL, THE TWO CENTRAL QUESTIONS ARE CONNECTIVITY FOR ANNEXATION.

AND LIKE CECIL BROUGHT UP, CAN YOU GET THE CITY SERVICES THROUGH THE LEVY? AND THOSE HAVE TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE YOU CAN SAY IS FEASIBLE.

AND I STILL THINK THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT WOULD BE CAPACITY FOR WATER.

THAT'S THE SOURCE WHERE WE WANT TO UTILIZE WHAT WE HAVE AND EACH TIME WE ADD IT, WE'RE LOSING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE.

WE'RE GOING TO USE IT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OR ADDITIONAL WATER.

SO RIGHT NOW AND JOHN TALKED ABOUT A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING RESIDENTIAL.

WELL, I MEAN, SOME POINT WE HOPE TO HAVE THE BARNES GROUP BRING US SOME INDUSTRIAL.

AND SO AT WHAT COST? SO WE COULD HAVE INDUSTRIAL OR WE CAN HAVE THESE HOMES? YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, ALL I'M GETTING AT IS I'M TRYING TO PRESENT THINGS AND THERE'S ALWAYS A COULD BE POSITIVE, COULD BE NEGATIVE, DEPENDING ON HOW WHAT SIDE YOU'RE STANDING ON.

BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S A VALUATING AGAINST EACH SIDE.

SO NOT NOT TO DEBATE YOU, BECAUSE.

THAT'S OKAY, I'M NOT TRYING TO DEBATE.

SO I'M NOT TRYING TO COME IN HERE AND I KNOW MY PLACE.

BUT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ASSETS OF HAVING A COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAN BRING INDUSTRIAL TO IS THAT YOU HAVE HOUSING AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT HOUSING FOR THE RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR.

I AGREE.

I MEAN, THAT WAS KIND OF MY POINT EARLIER ABOUT TRYING TO MAYBE PRESERVE SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES TO WHERE.

I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE'RE I JUST [INAUDIBLE].

I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY FEELINGS AND I'LL STAY SILENT.

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I DON'T SEE THE AD VALOREM TAX GENERATOR OUT THERE, THOUGH.

IF IT'S A RENTAL SITE.

THE VALUE OF THE HOME AND THE PLACE.

YEAH, YOU DON'T TAX A MOBILE HOME, UNLESS IT'S AFFIXED TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

YOU GO, IF YOU GO AND RENT A SLOT SOMEPLACE, THERE'S NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY TAX ON THAT HOME THAT'S ON THAT SLOT.

IF YOU GO AND BUY A HOME, THAT'S YOUR HOMESTEAD, THEN IT'S TAXED.

SO THE ONLY VALUE IS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY, LIKE ROADS OR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE .

THE TAX OFF THE RV RENTAL, LIKE THE SALES TAX? [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.

HOW DID, DO YOU KNOW HOW HE CAME UP WITH THIS POTENTIAL THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR? NO, SIR, WE DID NOT COVER THAT IN OUR CONVERSATION OUT THERE.

BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS, HOW DOES THE APARTMENT COMPLEX GET TAXED? I MEAN, IT'S, THEY RENT IT, THEY DON'T OWN.

ABOUT THE VALUE.

WELL, THAT'S BASED OFF OF THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, THE REAL PROPERTY.

WHICH IT'S PART OF? IT'S CONNECTED TO THE? I'M JUST TRYING TO TRYING TO PUT THE TWO TOGETHER TO TRY TO GO WITH THE CORRELATION THAT DOESN'T THE TRAILER GO ON THE PROPERTY ADD TO THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY? AT THAT POINT.

AS IT CONTINUES TO PUT MORE VALUE ON THEIR PROPERTY? NO, NOT ACCORDING TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

NO, SIR, I DON'T MEAN TO CALL ANYBODY OUT, BUT I LOOKED ON THE VARIED MOBILE HOME PARK.

THE VALUE OF THIS TAX DON'T, IT'S NOT INCLUDES NO MOBILE HOME.

IT'S A CERTAIN NUMBER, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THOSE HOMES OUT THERE.

I WAS WONDERING HOW TO GET TAX, HOW TO GET TAX MONEY GENERATED OFF OF A MOBILE HOME RENTAL PARK.

I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING NO, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT THERE'S NOT PEOPLE JUMPING ON THE TABLE FOR.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE ANY ANSWER YOU GET ONE.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN FEASIBLE TO BE DONE.

AND TWO, YOU KNOW, IS THIS REALLY LAND USE IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO ME? IS THIS REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO PUT THIS? I THINK IT'S.

THERE'S, IT'S OUTSIDE THE LEVEE.

I MEAN, THAT IS A MAJOR SHIFT AND CHANGE FOR THIS COUNCIL AND FOR THE CITY.

IT IS ANNEXED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LEVEE.

WE'VE ALWAYS SHIED AWAY FROM IT.

WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE PAST, ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, AND WE ALWAYS SAID WE'RE NOT GOING PAST THE LEVEE AND THIS WILL BE A SHIFT.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY INPUT? DOES THAT GIVE YOU SOME? I'M SURE HE CAN WATCH THE VIDEOTAPE AS WELL.

AND I TOLD MR. GALLO THAT THE VIDEO WOULD BE POSTED TONIGHT, SO.

HE CAN GO CLICK ON INDEX NUMBER 11 AT SOME POINT AND GO STRAIGHT TO IT.

YES, SIR.

AWESOME.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL MOVE ON.

NUMBER 13, PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE GATEWAY MASTER

[13. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the Gateway Master Plan presented by Clark Condon. ]

PLAN PRESENTED BY [INAUDIBLE] YES, JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'VE COME, I WILL BE BRIEF AND JASON IS PREPARED TO BE BRIEF AS WELL.

HE HAS SCALED DOWN HIS PRESENTATION WHILE YOU HAVE THE FULL PACKAGE BEFORE YOU AND HE WOULD BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE DID START THIS PROJECT SOME TIME AGO.

ONCE WE ADOPTED THE CORPORATE ID PACKAGE, WE MOVED INTO OUR GATEWAY MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLARK FOUND AND DEVELOPED SEVERAL SIGN FAMILIES AND PRESENTED DESIGNS TO KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION ON APRIL 26TH, 2021 FOR INPUT.

ON MAY 11TH, STAFF PRESENTED THE SAME PRESENTATION AND COMMENTS FROM KAB TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADDITIONAL INPUT.

STAFF ALSO HELD A TOWN HALL MEETING ON MAY 24TH, 2021 FOR PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK REVOLVED AROUND THE GATEWAY MASTER PLAN AND SIGNAGE FAMILY CONCEPTS AND CAR.

CONDON MADE REVISIONS TO THE GATEWAY MASTER PLAN AND SHARED THOSE WITH CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 9, 2021, WITH NO ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.

ON JULY 26TH, 2021, [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTED THE FINAL GATEWAY MASTER PLAN WITH TWO FONT COLOR OPTIONS.

KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION APPROVED THE FINAL GATEWAY PLAN WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.

BLACK LETTERING ON SIGN TYPES A, B AND E, PURPLE BACKLIGHTING AND FULL SANDSTONE STRUCTURE.

LIGHT APPLICATIONS TO BE DETERMINED FOR SIGN TYPE B AFTER S.H.

288 EXPANSION AND PURPLE LETTERING FOR SIGNS D AND F.

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CLARK CONDON HAS COMPLETED THE FINAL GATEWAY MASTERPIECE AND IS ENCLOSED FOR REVIEW AND ADOPTION.

AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE THE FINAL GATEWAY MASTER PLAN.

AT THIS TIME.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JASON MILLER WITH CLARK CONDON.

I THINK WE'RE JUST KIND OF CLEARING UP SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, JASON.

HEY, JASON, WE DO NOT HAVE AUDIO ON YOU YET.

SO IF YOU'LL HANG TIGHT, WE'RE TRYING TO CORRECT IT ON OUR END.

TRY NOW FOR US.

ARE YOU THERE, JASON? THERE WE GO.

YAY, WE CAN HEAR YOU, SIR.

BACK OK, TO FOLLOW UP, MEGHAN.

THANK YOU, MEGAN, FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR HAVING ME BACK.

WHAT YOU SHOULD SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE COVER OF THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH YOU HAVE THE FULL COPY IN YOUR BOOK, LIKE MEGAN MENTIONED.

THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES OF THIS PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO SHOW SOME IMAGERY TO KIND OF HELP SUPPORT ALL THE BACKGROUND THAT MEGAN TALKED ABOUT WITH STARTING BACK IN APRIL WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS AGAIN.

BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE IMAGERY OF SOME OF THE VERSIONS THAT WE'VE LOOKED THROUGH THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THROUGH ALL THE KEV MEETINGS, THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM EVERYBODY.

SO THE BOTTOM SHOWS A COUPLE OF THOSE VERSIONS AND THEN SOME OF THE FINAL VERSIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THIS IS ONE WHERE WE LANDED BEFORE WE HAD THAT FINAL MEETING IN JULY, WHICH WILL GO THROUGH AND SHOW YOU THE FINAL VERSION WITH THE UPDATED GRAPHICS THAT MEGHAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.

BUT SINCE APRIL, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL MEETINGS LIKE MEGHAN TALKED ABOUT AND GOT FEEDBACK FROM AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE COULD.

WE LOOKED AT, I THINK IT WAS OVER LIKE 15 DIFFERENT VERSIONS AND CONCEPTS RELATIVE TO THIS.

SO TO GET TO THIS FINAL CONCEPT.

SO HOPEFULLY, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT AFTER WE'RE DONE HERE.

WHERE WE STARTED, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THIS, IS LOOKING AT THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE SIGNAGE FAMILY.

AND WE ALWAYS GO BACK TO LOOKING AT HOW DO WE TIE IT TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAD SOME DEEMING IMAGERY TO USE SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURE FROM THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE HISTORY FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND USE THAT AS A BASIS FOR WHAT WERE THE CONTEXT FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE MATERIALITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THROUGHOUT THE SIGNAGE FAMILY THAT COULD BE TIED TO THAT THEME.

SO SOME OF THE MATERIALS LIKE THE STONE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU SEE ON HERE ARE SOME OF THE STONE IS ALREADY BEING USED IN SOME OF THE PARKS LIKE LAKESIDE.

LOOKING AT METALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CAN BE USED THAT ARE WEATHER RESISTANT, THAT KIND OF TIES IT NOT JUST TO THE HISTORY, BUT ALSO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO IN THE FUTURE.

UTILIZING THE COLOR SCHEME AS WELL AS WE CAN FROM THE BRAND THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE LIGHTING ASSOCIATED WITH THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO EVEN IN THE EVENING OR AT NIGHT, THE BRAND AND THE IDENTITY AND THE MARKERS SHOW UP AND THEN REVAMPING A LITTLE BIT ON THE VINYL AND THE BAND PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE SIGNAGE, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS SOME OF THE LARGER MONUMENTS OR SOME OF THE LARGER SIGNS MAY HAVE SOME LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

SO WE HAVE INCLUDED A LANDSCAPE FAMILY THAT WE COULD USE TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE SIGNAGE THAT REALLY GO WITH IT.

THE TOP ROW HERE SHOWS SOME OF THE SMALLER ORNAMENTAL TREES THAT CAN BE USED ASSOCIATED WITH IT TO PROVIDE SOME ORNAMENTAL COLOR, SEASONAL TEXTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN LARGER TREES ON THE BOTTOM, WHICH WE USED FOR BACKDROPS, STREET TREES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THE IDENTITY AND THE SIGNAGE.

SHRUBS AND GROUND COVER AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES.

AGAIN, THIS IS ALL ABOUT PROVIDING IDENTITY AND POP AND VISUAL VISUAL APPEAL.

SO PROVIDING THINGS THAT HAVE COLOR, THINGS THAT TIED TO THE THE THE THE BRAND AND THE THEMES OF USING THINGS THAT HAVE THE PURPLES AND THE WHITES.

AND THEN THE ORNAMENTAL GRASSES IS KIND OF REALLY TIE EVERYTHING TO THE COASTAL, THE COASTAL AREA THAT WE'RE IN IN THIS REGION.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE FINAL ACCEPTED SIGNAGE FAMILY FROM KAB.

AND IF I WALK FROM LEFT TO RIGHT HERE, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS A 20 FOOT HIGH GATEWAY MONUMENTATION.

THIS WOULD BE AT YOUR MAJOR GATEWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS THAT BASE OF STONE, THE STRUCTURE MADE OUT OF METAL TO KEEP IN

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THE HEART CONCEPT AS PART OF THIS.

AND THEN THE WORDS THAT ARE BACKLIT AND THEN THE BACK PIECE OF STONE, LIKE MEGAN MENTIONED, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE ELEVATION AND SIDE ELEVATION OF THAT.

THE LETTER C HERE IS AN UPGRADED VERSION OF YOUR BANNER PROGRAM.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE MAPS WE'RE GOING TO SHARE HERE IN A SECOND WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS COULD START AS A PART OF THIS.

SO PART OF THIS FAMILY.

LETTER D IS YOUR MAJOR VEHICULAR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.

SO THIS WOULD BE YOUR MAJOR GATEWAY POINTS AS WELL OR MAJOR POINTS OF DECISION MAKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CARS TO GET THEM TO WHERE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.

LETTER E IS OUR MONUMENTATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR DESTINATIONS OR THINGS LIKE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, LIKE CITY HALL, FOR EXAMPLE, OR PARKS YOU'LL SEE ON A MAP WE'RE SHOWING WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE CAN POTENTIALLY START THE LOCATIONS FOR THAT.

AND F IS OUR PEDESTRIAN SIGNAGE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IT FOLLOWS THE SAME FAMILY, MOST LIKELY THIS WHOLE FAMILY FOR THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAGE WOULD MOSTLY START IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY FOLLOW SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU'VE HEARD AND SEEN IN YOUR [INAUDIBLE] CENTER STUDY.

AS AN ALTERNATIVE.

THIS ONE THAT'S LABELED B ON THE FAR RIGHT.

IT'S AT A DIFFERENT SCALE.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A 40 FOOT TALL MONUMENT.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MEGAN MENTIONED BEFORE IS WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF OF THAT ENTRY GATEWAY SIGNAGE, BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU PUT THESE IN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DO THEM OUT ON THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY OR ADJACENT TO A HIGHWAY, THERE MAY BE A NEED TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO SET THAT OFF THE HIGHWAY SOME AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM FARTHER AWAY.

SO HAVING A TALLER HEIGHT IS IS REALLY NEEDED.

NOW, THE ISSUE WITH THAT WITH THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY IS THEY ONLY ALLOW 20 FOOT HIGH MONUMENTS WITH NAMES ON THEM.

SO YOU HAS TO BE MORE OF A SCULPTURAL ITEM, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

SO THAT'S THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE THEY WOULD FALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS A STARTING POINT.

AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT SOME IMAGERY THAT SHOWS IT IN THE REALITY OF WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE ALL THIS LOOK LIKE IN THE REAL WORLD.

SO THIS FIRST ONE HAS A LOT OF DOTS ON IT, BUT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT YOUR MAJOR GATEWAYS.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE AT 288 AND THE HIGHWAY 35 BYPASS YOUR COLLECTOR ROADS.

YOU SEE THERE'S AN A AND A D, SO YOU HAVE YOUR GATEWAY IDENTITIES AND THEN YOUR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.

AT SOME OF THESE OTHER LOCATIONS LIKE WHERE VALASCO COMES INTO DOWNTOWN OR 288 COMES INTO 35.

THOSE COULD BE ALSO LOOKED AT LOCATIONS WHERE YOU USE THE OTHER IDENTITY MARKER, WHICH IS THE LARGER ONE THAT'S JUST REINFORCING THE BRAND AS IT COMES IN TO THE PROJECT.

THESE RED DOTS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS DIAGRAM ARE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT FIRST INITIAL INSTALLATION OF THE BANNER PROGRAM.

SO IT'S A LONG VALASCO, 35 AND THEN THE MAIN STREET THROUGH DOWNTOWN.

THE THINGS THAT ARE LABELED G ON HERE.

SO GOING BACK TO THE CONCEPT OF ALL OF THE EXISTING STAINLESS STEEL HEARTS, WE LABEL LOCATIONS THAT ARE POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR RELOCATING THOSE HEARTS AS PART OF SCULPTURAL IDENTITY FOR THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

YOU COULD DO THEM IN A SINGLE PARK AS A SCULPTURE GARDEN.

YOU COULD DO THEM AS AN IDENTITY PIECE THROUGHOUT ALL DIFFERENT PARKS.

BUT THESE ARE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS WHERE WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL AS WE LOCATED ONE DOWNTOWN THAT YOU CAN USE AS WELL.

OFF TO THE SIDE WE HAVE THE F LOCATED BECAUSE MOST OF THIS PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION AND SIGNAGE.

IS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN TO START WITH IN YOUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, YOU MAY HAVE SOME OF THAT SIGNAGE AT SOME OF YOUR PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR WHERE YOU HAVE THE TOWN CENTER PIECE OF IT.

THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE COULD HAVE LOCATIONS FOR THE DESTINATION SIGNAGE, SO THE LETTER E ON THAT ORIGINAL DIAGRAM.

THIS ONE IS JUST SHOWING CITY FACILITIES.

SO THIS WAS THE STARTING POINT WITH THE LIST THAT WE WORKED WITH STAFF ON TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FIRST LOCATIONS FOR LOCATING THE SIGNAGE RELATIVE TO CITY FACILITIES.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, ALL THOSE THE SAME SIGNAGE TYPE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY LOCATING THE SIGNS FOR ALL THE PARKS IN THE CITY.

SO THE NEXT FEW IMAGES I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT SOME POTENTIAL TYPICAL OF HOW YOU WOULD INSTALL THESE.

SO THIS WOULD BE SAY ONE OF YOUR COLLECTOR ENTRIES INTO THE INTO THE CITY.

THIS [INAUDIBLE] AND NORTH [INAUDIBLE], FOR EXAMPLE, SO YOU CAN USE THAT CORNER CLIP IN THE RIGHT OF WAY TO LOCATE ONE OF OUR 20 FOOT IDENTITY MARKERS WITH THE WORDS ON IT AND EVERYTHING AND HAVE THE SUPPORTING LANDSCAPE.

SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU KIND OF THE MINIMAL LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIGNAGE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW YOU CAN REINFORCE THAT BRAND AS YOU COME INTO THE CITY.

SO THIS IS ON YOUR MORE COLLECTOR ROADS AND THEN THIS NEXT ONE STARTS TO TALK ABOUT A HIGHWAY SCALE.

SO IF YOU'RE COMING DOWN TO 88 AND YOU'RE COMING INTO THE CITY, WE'RE SHOWING FOUR ONE ON EACH CORNER OF THIS OF THOSE SAME 20 FOOT HIGH MONUMENTS.

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BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE NOTICE ON THIS ONE, THEY'RE UP CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY AND THEN THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A STAND ALONE SIGN OUT IN THE GRASS.

AND THESE NEXT IMAGES START TO SHOW YOU IN MORE DETAIL WHAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE IF YOU INSTALLED THEM, SAY, OUT ON THE HIGHWAY.

SO THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING AT A TYPICAL HIGHWAY INTERSECTION, HIGHWAY OVERPASS, AND YOU HAVE THE FOUR MONUMENTS, MONUMENTS ON EACH CORNER AND THE SUPPORTING LANDSCAPE ON THE SLOPE, A SLOPE, EMBANKMENTS.

THIS IS WHAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE FROM THE INTERSECTION OR THE FEEDER ROAD LEVEL.

AS YOU'RE GOING UNDERNEATH THE OVERPASS, YOU STILL HAVE THE FOUR MONUMENTS.

YOU CAN SEE THEM AND THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE LANDSCAPE.

IF YOU'RE ON 288 GOING NORTH OR SOUTH, YOU WOULD HAVE THE MONUMENT STICKING UP ABOVE THE BARRIER WALL.

SO YOU GET YOU GET THE FULL LOOK OF THE THE IDEA OF THE HEART, AS WELL AS THE SIGNAGE AND THE VERBIAGE AND THEN THE SUPPORTING LANDSCAPE BEHIND IT.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE THE BACKDROP OF TREES.

GIVES YOU ON THE FAR PORTION HERE, GIVES YOU THE THE BACKDROP FOR THE SIGNAGE ITSELF.

A CLOSE UP VERSION OF THAT, HOW THAT COULD LOOK AS IT'S MOUNTED ON THE SLOPE AND THEN THE VERSIONS OF THE BACKGROUND.

AND THEN THE BIG THING, THE REASON WHY WE MADE THE BIG SWITCH TO LOOKING AT THE ALL THE ALL THE GRAPHICS ON THESE TO BE BLACK, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE BRAND, THE BLACK IS EXCUSE ME, IS THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES YOU HAVE WHEN YOU'RE USING A PURPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAINTED METAL IN THE ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS IS IT TENDS TO FADE QUICKER AND WE WOULD WANT TO MINIMIZE THE FADING AND THINGS LIKE YOUR MAJOR MONUMENTATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO WHAT WE WHAT WE WORKED OUT IS WAY TO ACCENT THIS AS AN EVENING.

YOU WOULD USE A PURPLE LIGHT TO ACCEPT THE WORD SO BACK LIGHT THE WORD ANGLETON WITH A PURPLE LIGHT OR UP LIKE THE STONE WITH A PURPLE ACCENTS.

SO WE'RE USING THE LIGHT AS OUR PURPLE ACCENT AND LETTING THE WORD STANDALONE.

AND THEN HERE'S ANOTHER DIFFERENT VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE AS AN EVENING VERSION HAS BEEN LIT UP.

SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT OPTION B, WHICH IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE 20 FOOT OPTION, IS IF WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS FURTHER OUT AWAY FROM THE HIGHWAY.

AND THESE ARE YOUR THESE WOULD BE YOUR LARGE SCULPTURAL IDENTITY PIECES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS COULD COME IN WHEN YOU HAD AN INTERSECTION THAT GETS REDONE BY TXDOT LIKE TXDOT WAS IN THERE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT MULTIPLE PROJECTS.

WELL ONE DAY THEY MAY EXPAND 288, MAKE IT VERTICAL WALLS SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'VE DONE NORTH OF YOU.

WELL, THIS COULD BE AN OPTION FOR THAT, WHERE YOU COULD PUT THOSE OUT TOWARDS THE FEEDER ROAD AND STILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT WITH LANDSCAPE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM BOTH THE FEEDER AND FROM THE THE THE THE MAIN LANES.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE THESE ARE SCULPTURAL ITEMS WHERE IT'S JUST THE HEART.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE WORD ON IT BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE BY TXDOT WORKING IN THERE RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, IT STILL TELLS THE SAME STORY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SIGNAGE FAMILY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AS IF YOU WERE ON THE FEED ON THE HIGHWAY, YOU WOULD SEE THE HEART JUST ABOVE THE THE THE BARE WALLS.

AND THEN FROM THE FEEDER ROADS, YOU WOULD SEE IT AS WAY THE SAME WAY AND THEY WOULD ALL BE LIT UP THE SAME WAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

AND YOU SEE THIS TYPICALLY YOU IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THROUGH SUGARLAND, THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR KIND OF THING.

YOU SEE THAT THING STICKING UP JUST ABOVE THE BARRIER IS A VERY SIMILAR LOOK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON THE FREEWAY FOR THAT VERSION.

FOR THE DESTINATION SIGNAGE, WHERE WE TOOK A LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, USING CITY HALL AS AN EXAMPLE, THIS SHOWS ENHANCING THAT WHOLE FRONTAGE OF THE CITY HALL ALONG WITH THE NEW SIGNAGE.

THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE CAN LAY THAT OUT.

AND THEN THE NEXT VERSION SHOWS IF WE TOOK THAT SAME STREETSCAPE OFF THE STREET VIEW RIGHT NOW, IT STARTED TO POPULATE THAT WITH OUR CITY HALL SIGNAGE AND THE LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

ENHANCED BANNERS THROUGHOUT THIS DOWNTOWN AREA EVEN GOING DOWN TO UPGRADE STREET SIGNS THROUGHOUT AND THEN EVEN IN YOUR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE, HOW THAT COULD FIT INTO THE LANDSCAPE OF THE STREET.

AND THE LAST IMAGE WE HAVE IS ANOTHER VERSION OF THAT.

IT'S JUST LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT VIEW.

BUT YOU CAN START TO SEE HOW THE POPULATION OF OF THE THE BRANDING AND THE SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE STREETSCAPE STARTS TO LIVEN UP THE THE STREETSCAPE ITSELF AND THEN THE ENHANCEMENT OF ADDING, PLANTING OR WIDER SIDEWALKS, WHICH YOU GUYS MENTIONED EARLIER, TALKING WITH TXDOT ABOUT THAT WILL ALL JUST ENHANCE THE WHOLE REPETITION OF

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THEME AND BRAND AND CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, HOPEFULLY I GOT THAT DONE QUICK ENOUGH FOR YOU, BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

JASON MS. MEGAN, STAFF COUNCIL QUESTIONS ? WELL, I DON'T WANT TO BOGGED DOWN AGAIN, BUT I JUST SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S ON MY MIND, THE SIGNAGE, THE ANGLETON SEEMS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FONT THAT WE'VE USED TO REBRAND THE CITY.

BUT THE A IS STILL A BLOCK A AND NOT THE SCRIPT A.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BECAUSE WE USE THE [INAUDIBLE], ALL THE REST OF THE FONT SEEMS TO BE THAT MORE BLOCK STYLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THAT FONT, BUT THEN IN OUR WHEN WE DID THE BRANDING, WE ADDED THAT KIND OF A SCRIPT A.

I JUST FEEL LIKE WE WOULD THAT WOULD BE REPEATED.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL THE THING I HAD AND THAT'S REALLY NOT TERRIBLY IMPORTANT.

BUT, ANYWAY, JUST [INAUDIBLE].

I DO LIKE THE POP, IF YOU WILL, OR THE EYE PRESENCE.

AND I'VE NOTICED SOME OF THIS MONUMENTATION GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES.

I KNOW WHEN I'VE GONE TO DALLAS, MIDLOTHIAN, I'M GOING UP THAT HIGHWAY.

ALL THOSE CITIES ARE STARTING TO DO ALONG THIS TO REALLY CURB APPEAL THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I DO LIKE I LIKE PURPLE, I LIKE THE BACKLIGHTING, LIKE THE BANNERIN, KUDOS TO THE GROUP.

AND OUR DESIGN TEAMS THAT WORKED WITH YOU GUYS.

I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY COOL.

I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A HEFTY PRICE TAG.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TACKLE THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S EVEN YOU KNOW, IS THIS A CADILLAC BUDGET AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, FORD FESTIVA RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FIGURE ALL THAT OUT, BUT.

I WILL SAY THAT AND I HAVE TALKED TO SOME FOLKS AND VENDORS TO GET A JUST PRICE QUOTE ON WHAT THEY THINK SOME OF THE BASED ON THE SIGN FAMILY THAT IS ON THIS CURRENT SLIDE.

AND I THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THE PRICING DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND SO OR AT LEAST THAT IS OUR HOPE.

AND SO IF IF WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT COMING.

AND I LIKE THE IDEA BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON 288.

I SAW THE TRAFFIC COUNT FROM SOMETHING I GOT FROM MARK THE OTHER DAY.

GUYS MAYBE EVEN SEND IT TO THE GUYS.

THAT TRAFFIC ON 288 EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT'S A WEEKDAY WEEKEND, IS PHENOMENAL.

AND THEY CAPTURE JUST A HANDFUL OF THOSE PEOPLE TO BUY GAS, EAT AT A RESTAURANT, FORGET SOME OF THEY NEEDED TO GET BEFORE THEY GET TO THE BEACH.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW.

I MEAN, THAT MAY GET THE NEW RESIDENT WHO JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN THE AREA JUST THE CURB APPEAL.

I GUESS, YOU KNOW, LETS PEOPLE SAY, OH, LET'S PULL IN THERE, JUST JUST THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

ONE COMMENT ON THE PRICING EXERCISE.

SO WHAT WE DID FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES FOR THIS SO THAT YOU GUYS COULD BUDGET PROPERLY IS THAT WE LOOKED AT THESE AND HAD VENDORS LOOK AT THEM AS A SINGLE PURCHASE AND INSTALL.

SO LIKE IT'S ONLY BUYING ONE AND DOING IT.

SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU BUY ONE OR TWO ONE, IT'S A LARGER COST BECAUSE IF YOU ADD THAT UP, IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY ECONOMY OF SCALE.

SO IF YOU HAD ALL THE BANNERS, IF YOU DID ONE HUNDRED BANNERS, OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT PRICE IS GOING TO COME DOWN.

SO THINK OF IT THAT WAY.

IT'S A MAJOR THING FOR BUDGETING WHAT'S IN THAT PACKET, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A FUTURE, YOU KNOW, PHASING THING.

SURE.

BUT THE KEY IS, LIKE MEGAN SAID, IF YOU DO A FEW OF THESE, YOUR PRICING IS GOING TO COME DOWN BASED ON ECONOMY OF SCALE.

SO IS THERE A POINT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? YES.

SO [INAUDIBLE] AT OUR LAST MEETING, THEY'RE THE GROUP, OBVIOUSLY, THAT HAS BUDGETED FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT IS A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT FOR THE CITY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2019 THAT INITIATED WITH THE BRANDING AND WHICH LED US TO THE CORPORATE ID PACKAGE AND NOW THIS GATEWAY SIGN.

SO MASTER PLAN, RATHER.

AND SO AT THEIR LAST MEETING, THEY HAVE RESOLVED, IF YOU WILL, THAT THIS IS THEY ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH, WITH THE PUBLIC INPUT FROM TOWN HALL MEETINGS, STATE INITIATING OR REQUESTING STAKEHOLDERS TO COME, RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL AT A MEETING.

AND THEN ALSO OUR MOST RECENT PLAN, SENDING IT FOR FEEDBACK AND COMMENT.

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THEY HAD SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES ON THAT LAST PRESENTATION IN MEETING WE HAVE WITH THEM.

AND THIS WAS THE FINAL THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR YOU ALL FOR TONIGHT.

SO TONIGHT, LIKE I MENTIONED, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE GATEWAY MASTER PLAN THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN STARTING WITH ITEMS LIKE THE BANNER PROGRAM OR EVEN ONE PROJECT THAT MARTHA AND I ARE WORKING ON IS THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND TRYING TO FIND DOLLARS FOR SIGNAGE OUT OF THAT FACILITY, STARTING JUST ONE ONE FACILITY OR WHATEVER WE CAN MANAGE AS THE BUDGET ALLOWS US TO, BUT WE WANT TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH WHATEVER GATEWAY MASTER PLAN OR SIGNAGE FAMILY WE ADOPT.

WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND FUNDS ON TEMPORARY SIGNS OR PUT UP SIGNS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH OUR BRAND AND ALSO WHATEVER PLAN WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN.

SO THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME.

WHAT'S THAT? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE PRESENTATION AS IT IS AND THE THE DESIGN AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND THAT I THOUGHT WE'D ASK FOR THE OTHER A, NOT THE BLOCK LETTERING.

BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT IS THAT WE SAY YES AND IT MOVES US FORWARD INTO SPENDING MORE MONEY ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT TO ME I WOULD BE SIGNING UP FOR.

I WOULD BE SAYING THAT WE'RE SIGNING UP, THAT THIS WOULD BE THE WAY WE WOULD GO IN THE FUTURE.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD BE GOING FULL STEAM INTO THE.

NO.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING.

WE THIS IS JUST LIKE WE HAVE FOR OUR MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR PARKS.

AS MONEY ARISES, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

THIS IS PROVIDING YOU A TOOL FOR WHEN THOSE FUNDS ARISE.

FOR INSTANCE, LAKESIDE PARK, WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT JUST PLUGGED IN FOR OUR OUR SIGNAGE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SIGNAGE NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SIGNAGE TODAY, WE HAVE INCONSISTENT SIGNAGE AT OUR PARKS AND.

THAT TO ME IS NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON.

THERE.

I LIKE THE THE PURPLE STREET SIGNS.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY START MOVING FORWARD WITH.

I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE COULD PROBABLY PLUG AWAY FROM HERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE US SADDLE OURSELVES WITH.

OK, WELL NOW WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS IN SIGNAGE AND WE START TACKLING SIGNS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE JUST ADOPTED.

TO ME, IT'S KIND OF A ROADMAP TO GO FORWARD.

AND AS WE LAKESIDE, WE REPLACE THAT SIGNAGE OR WE REPLACE A STREET SIGN, WE REPLACE AND GO WITH THE NEW SIGNAGE.

AND BUT I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO SIGN UP FOR.

OK, WELL, NOW WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TACKLE, YOU KNOW, TWO MILLION DOLLARS OF HIGHWAY SIGNAGE AND AND GO FORWARD FROM THERE.

AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

I DON'T WANT TO MISCONSTRUE CONSTRUE THE OBJECTION.

IT IS JUST TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY DOES ARISE, WE CAN.

WE'RE ADOPTING A PLAN.

NOT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, NOT A STRATEGIC PLAN.

NOT.

WE'RE NOT WE HAVE NOT THIS IS NOT IN THE CIP.

THIS IS.

WE'RE ADOPTING IT, NOT IMPLEMENTING IT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES A WELL, I GUESS TO GO BACK ON THAT WE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING IT AS FUNDS ARISE.

SO IF WE REDEVELOP THE MUNICIPAL POOL OR VETERAN'S PARK, WE DON'T HAVE SIGNAGE OUT THERE.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO INSTITUTE AND HAVE CONSISTENCY WITH THE BRAND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH THE BRANDING PIECE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T GONE HOG WILD AND AND CONVERTED EVERYTHING OVER TO THE THE NEW LOGO.

WE'RE AS WE GET NEW VEHICLES, THOSE GET CONVERTED.

AS THINGS HAPPEN, WE GET BUSINESS CARDS THEN, YOU KNOW, BUT SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING SLOWLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE THE WATER BILL I GOT THE OTHER DAY.

MY HOUSE HAS THE OLD LOGO ON IT.

AND SO ONCE WE USE ALL THOSE ENVELOPES AND REORDER, THEY'LL HAVE THE NEW LOGO ON IT.

SO JUST DISCUSSION.

I'M OK WITH THE PLAN.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO INTEGRATE THE PLAN AS THE MONEY AND OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, MAKING A MOTION TO SEEK TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

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I CAN'T PRIORITIZE THAT.

AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, MARTHA AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OTHER VENDORS FOR.

OH, THAT'S FINE.

I'M JUST SAYING, IF IT'S BETWEEN TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR SIGN AND TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR A WATER PLAN, I'M GOING TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE WATER PLAN.

AUTHORITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

I MEAN, THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE PRESENTED TO YOU WHEN IT GETS TO THAT PRICE POINT ANYWAY, SO.

I'M JUST BUT IF IT'S JUST THIS IS THE PLAN AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S ADOPTED AND YOU'RE GOING TO SLOWLY IMPLEMENT IT AS OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF.

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND THE BIG THE BIG TICKET ITEMS UP THERE IS A CONCERN THAT'S THAT'S WELL, WHERE I AM.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD MENTIONED TO KAB ALSO WAS THE LIKELIHOOD OF US ACTUALLY WORKING BACKWARDS.

SO MEANING WE HAVE SOME OF THE ANTIQUE STREET LIGHTS ALREADY.

LET'S ASSESS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO UPDATE BANNERS.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE ON GRADUALLY? OR LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE STREET SIGNS, HOW HOW EFFICIENTLY COULD WE DO THAT AND INSTITUTING THINGS LIKE THE SIGNAGE AT LAKESIDE PARK AND SO THAT THIS AGAIN, TOO, IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, LIKE I MENTIONED, THAT IS KAB RELATED.

SO IT COULD BE AS FUNDS ARISE FOR KAB, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEIR FUND RESERVE BUILDS UP, CAN THEY INSTITUTE SOME OF THESE SIGN PROJECTS? ABSOLUTELY.

ANOTHER OPTION IS, YOU KNOW, GRANTS THAT WE GET THROUGH TXDOT.

SO THOSE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE COULD CONSIDER AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST STRAIGHT UP THE LIGHTING AT THESE MONUMENTS.

THIS IS ALL VERY PRETTY.

WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE SOLAR POWERED? WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY DESIGNED THE SIGNS SO.

[INAUDIBLE] GOING TO SOLAR POWERED LIGHTS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN A POWER LINE OUT THERE.

AND SO I KNOW THAT, JASON, MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THERE WAS LED LIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD BE POWERED.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY ONES THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE POWER WOULD BE THE LARGE IDENTITY MARKERS AND ONLY SOME OF THE DESTINATION SIGNS THAT WOULD REQUIRE, LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF CITY HALL REQUIRES THE LIGHTING OR NOT, BUT MOST OF THE SIGNS DON'T HAVE LIGHTING OTHER THAN THE IDENTITY MARKERS, AND IT WOULD BE POWERED, NOT SOLAR.

AND ITEMS TO THINK ABOUT ARE THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND STUFF.

THEY DON'T STAY BEAUTIFUL UNLESS YOU DEDICATE SEVERAL PEOPLE TO IT, WHICH MEANS HIRING A BUNCH MORE FOLKS TO COME TEND TO ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU DO [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE 288 FREEWAY AT 35, BUT IT'S GONE.

I'M NOT I'M NOT A FAN OF PAMPAS GRASS, THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT WAS UP THERE, BUT SOMEBODY SOMEBODY SPENDING MONEY TO PUT PAMPAS GRASS UP THERE AND THEN SOMEBODY SPENT MONEY TO KILL IT AND GET RID OF IT.

GO AHEAD, COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TOO.

SEND YOU A POSTCARD.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT I'M THINKING IS IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS CREATE A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY WHEN AND IF THE FUNDS AND THE OPPORTUNITY ARISE.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING THAT? AND I THINK THAT AS A CITIZEN, I THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

NO, I MEAN, ANGLETON COULD USE SOME EDIFICATION.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL PUTTING THOUGHT AND IDEAS TOWARDS IT.

I REALLY DO.

YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS.

I'M SURE THERE'S ACTUALLY A PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT WHEN YOU IF YOU AS YOU TAKE CARE OF THINGS AND IT JUST KIND OF HAS A WAY TO BRIGHTEN THINGS UP IN THE WAY YOU PERCEIVE YOUR CITY AND HOW, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

BUT, I KEEP SAYING I'M COOL WITH THE PLAN.

YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

AND I JUST LIKE I SAID, JUST THE BIG TICKET ITEMS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE.

WHEN I SAY GO WITH IT, I MEAN, GO WITH THE PLAN, UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW.

WE HAVE LIMITED DOLLARS AND.

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RIGHT, IT'S JUST IT'S ALL I'M GETTING AT.

AND I THINK I THINK I'M MAKING MYSELF CLEAR AND PROBABLY REPEATING MYSELF TOO MUCH.

NEXT TIME.

SO SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS AN ACTION ITEM ON THE PLAN.

I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN SOME DIRECTION ON FUNDING.

JUST GOT TO TRY TO NOW HAVE A PLAN AND THEN HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION FOR FUNDING FOR FUTURE, COUNCIL.

WHAT IS Y'ALLS PLEASURE? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE GATEWAY MASTER PLAN PRESENTED BY CLARK CONDON.

THE YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE THAT MOTION.

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, WITH YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T SADDLING US TO START DOING MORE PROJECTS.

AND RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST AS FUNDS ARE PERMITTED, PREFERABLY FROM KAB THAN WE MOVE FORWARD.

I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF START MOVING WITH THE PURPLE SIGNS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE.

OR EVEN THE PURPLE BANNERS.

I MEAN, YOU JUST GET THE BANNERS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THE STRUCTURES IN PLACE.

IT'S A MATTER OF JUST REPLACING A BANNER.

AND I GUESS WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE SCRIPT AT THIS POINT.

I'M JUST ONE PERSON.

SO IF EVERYBODY ELSE WAS ON BOARD WITH THE BLOCK A, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATCH OUR BRANDING.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO ROCK THAT BOAT.

I JUST WAS TELLING YOU MY OPINION.

AND JASON, MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT A BIT.

BUT I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE EXACT LOGO, IF YOU WILL.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE LOGO VERTICAL.

YOU'RE BRINGING OUT THE HEART.

IT IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE THE GROUP KIND OF FOREWARNED WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE CORPORATE ID PACKAGES THAT WHEN YOU INSTITUTE OR YOU PUT IT ON A SIGNAGE FAMILY, IT COULD CHANGE SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE.

IT'S LEGIBLE AS YOU'RE DRIVING BY.

AND SO.

THAT'S ALL I MEAN, I GUESS MAYBE THERE'S A DISCONNECT IN MY MIND.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THE BRANDING.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTERNATION OVER THAT ISSUE.

I REALLY LIKE THAT WHAT WE ENDED UP RESOLVED.

I MEAN, WHEN I SEE IT ON THE CITY VEHICLES, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC WORKS OR WHATEVER ELSE IS ROLLING AROUND TOWN, I THINK IT LOOKS SHARP PERSONALLY.

UNDERSTATED, BUT CLASSY.

AND I JUST THOUGHT, IT SEEMS TO APPEAR THE SAME OR SIMILAR FONT.

THAT'S THE N G L E T O N.

SO I THINK THE DOG AGREES.

YOU COULD EASILY PUT THIS.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK YOU COULD EASILY PUT THE SCRIPT A ON THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT SIDE, IF YOU MOVE ANGLETON TO THE RIGHT.

THE ISSUE GUYS IS, IS SO THAT'S THAT EVERYTHING FONT WISE IS THE BRANDING FONT.

THE ISSUE COMES IN IS WHEN YOU START USING SOME OF THOSE LETTERS LIKE THAT, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WORK IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRAFFIC WORLD LIKE THIS.

SO IF YOU START ADDING THAT IN, I DON'T THINK IT WORKS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU START DOING THINGS LIKE VERTICAL, LIKE WE'RE SHOWING ON THIS PLAN.

SO WE WE WE LOOKED AT AND TALKED ABOUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS STUFF.

SO, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK VERY WELL.

THAT SCRIPT A DOESN'T REALLY WORK VERY WELL IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHIC WORLD LIKE THIS .

ONE.

JUST AN IDEA JUST DAWNED ON ME.

DO WE WORRY ABOUT THAT SAND COLOR, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON ESPECIALLY IF YOU PUT IT NEAR THE THE THE PASSING 288, THERE'S A LOT OF SMOG AND SMOKE AND WHATEVER ELSE COMES OUT OF VEHICLES PLUS.

AND JUST SAYING IT'S WHITE AND YOU'D HAVE TO CLEAN IT.

DOES THAT IS THAT EASY TO CLEAN? IS THAT OR DOES IT START TO BECOME A DULL GRAY OR A GREENISH HUE OR TAKE ON ALGAE OR? IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN.

I MEAN, JUST LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER SIGNS THAT WE CONSIDERED, LIKE JASON MENTIONED, WE HAD ABOUT 15 SIGN FAMILIES OR SO THAT WE WHITTLED DOWN AND ALL CAME WITH SOME SORT OF MAINTENANCE.

SO I WILL SAY THAT WE DISCUSSED POWER WASHING.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LIKELY HAVE TO DO.

I'M JUST IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW JASON THEM ARE THE PROFESSIONALS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT GOES BACK TO WHAT CECIL SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE MAINTENANCE

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THAT, YOU KNOW, WE END UP TAKING ON.

AUSTIN, WHO HAS TO PERIODICALLY BE POWER WASHED OR PRESSURE WASHED OR WHATEVER.

AND I WILL SAY, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE LARGE MONUMENTATION I DON'T FORESEE THAT HAPPENING FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THOSE IN PARTICULAR.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE CURRENTLY MAINTAIN OUR PARK SIGNAGE.

I CAN SPEAK TO OUR PARK SIGNAGE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO AND IS IN OUR WORKLOAD CURRENTLY.

YEAH, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE PLAN THAT THE TWO LARGE IDENTITY MARKERS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE STONE, THE REST OF THEM ARE METAL, METAL PANELS.

ON THE STONE THOUGH WHEN WE DO SELECT THE ACTUAL MATERIAL, THINGS COME INTO PLAY THAT HELP, HELP WITH MAINTENANCE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE THE FINISH ON THE STONE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WILL MAKE IT EASY TO CLEAN THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO INSPECT MATERIAL, ACTUAL MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCREASED MAINTENANCE.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE TRY TO BE BULLETPROOF AND EASILY MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT AND CLEAN EVERY DAY.

OK, ANY MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CALL FOR THE VOTE? THEN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

MOVING ON, NUMBER 14, UPDATE ON SOLAR STREET LIGHT PROJECT UPDATE.

[14. Update on the solar street light project.]

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD NEWS.

I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SHARE WITH YOU THAT OUR SOLAR LIGHT INITIATIVE IS WELL UNDERWAY.

WE'VE GOT THREE STREETS COMPLETED AND WE'RE READY TO FINISH ANOTHER ONE, THE HOUSTON STREET IS NEXT.

AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST SET OF LIGHTS FROM THE ORIGINAL ORDER.

BUT THAT'S OK.

WE HAVE A PLAN.

STAFF'S WORKED HARD.

COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THAT WE LIGHT BAYOU STREET AND [INAUDIBLE] WAY STREET.

WE ARE READY TO PROCEED WITH BAYOU STREET WITH FUNDS ALREADY IDENTIFIED OUT OF THE CARES ACT BUDGET OF EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE'RE GOING TO ORDER TWENTY FIVE AND MAY USE THREE OF THEM AT THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO VETERAN'S PARK.

AND WE'VE BEEN IN SOME CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT.

SO HAS ANYONE, HAD ANYONE.

HAVE YOU ALL HAD ANYONE.

SORRY, I'M JUST TIRED.

WHY? WE DO.

WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW CALLS.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LETTER.

FRANCIS HAS PUT A FORM TOGETHER THAT I'M GOING TO COLLECT.

IF WE GET THOSE KINDS OF INQUIRIES, WE'LL NEED TO GET STREET SIGNATURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT ALSO WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ABOUT ADDITIONAL STREETS GOING FORWARD.

WITH LIVE OAK.

WE IS NOW IN OUR IN OUR SIGHTS FOR FIFTEEN LIGHTS.

THEY DO HAVE SOME STREET LIGHTS OVER THERE, BUT THERE ARE LIGHTING GAPS IN THIS IS A CRIME PREVENTION MEASURE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH SERGEANT VANDERGRIFF IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US KNOW WHAT THE MOST SENSITIVE AREAS ARE.

SO THAT'S.

SO FIRST, IT'S BASTROP STREET, I ASSUME NOT BAYOU STREET, BASTROP BEHIND I WAS A LITTLE THROWN BY THAT.

I WAS THROWN MYSELF, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU WHERE THAT STREET WAS.

I [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN I WAS ALSO TOLD SOUTH SIDE DRIVE IS NOT COMPLETE IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD BY.

I'M BEING TOLD IT IS COMPLETE.

IT'S DONE.

SO IT GOES ALL THE WAY? AND THEY'RE ALL INSTALLED AND ALL WORKING? FOR THE ONE FOR THE TREE.

AND, YOU KNOW, MY THING IS I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE HIT QUITE A FEW STREETS OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, ON THE NORTH SIDE.

WE NEED TO BE VERY ADEQUATE OF MAKING SURE THAT THE WEST AND THE SOUTH ARE GETTING THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE JUST SOUTH SIDE DRIVE.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE ALONG EITHER DWYER OR GOING ALONG.

I MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS [INAUDIBLE].

BUT BEING THAT WHERE IT'S LOCATED, I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY THAT WOULD BE TO PUT

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THOSE DOWN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE, EITHER ADDRESSING [INAUDIBLE] CEMETERY OR SHANKS OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD JUST FOR PASSAGE.

AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I GET COMMENTS ALL THE TIME.

I WANT MY STREET NEXT.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

YOU CAN'T GO WRONG, EVERYONE.

YOU KNOW, THE OLD SIDE OF TOWN WITH THE RICHMOND CHEVY CHASE AND ALL THAT I THINK ARE WARRANTED SOUTH HAMPTON IN WIMBERLEY.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO COME AS WE FIX THOSE ROADS OVER THERE AND GO THROUGH.

WHAT ABOUT WALKER STREET? NORTH? OK.

WELL, I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE DRIVEN DOWN RICHMOND STREET, IT LOOKS AWESOME.

WELL, [INAUDIBLE].

JUST AS A GENERAL KIND OF KIND OF REPEATING MYSELF, BUT WHEN IT'S ALONG WITH JOHN'S TALKED ABOUT THAT, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE STREETS AND IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO GET LIGHTING ON THOSE STREETS, IT REALLY REVITALIZES THE STREETS.

AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OLDER PARTS OF TOWN, THERE'S CHANCES TO MAKE NICE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE NICE LIVING AREAS FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS, NOT JUST THE PAST 50 YEARS.

I THINK WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS I'VE GOTTEN I'VE MADE NOTE OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CITIZEN INQUIRIES.

IT'S MAYBE SOMETIME IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, PUT A REAL PLAN TOGETHER FOR FUTURE LOCATIONS AND THEN PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL AND COMMENT.

IF THAT WOULD BE OK.

YES, IT WOULD BE.

CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? SO THE STREET LIGHT IN YOUR POCKET IS ALSO BEING USED BY [INAUDIBLE] GREEN.

WE GOT THEM INTERESTED IN SOLAR LIGHTS.

IT'S THE BETTER OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT LIGHTS AT FREEDOM PARK.

WE'VE GOT THE ONES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING ON THE STREETS.

WE'VE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

IT'S GOT A 15 YEAR WARRANTY.

THE OTHER PART IS THE SOLAR PANELS ARE ON THE SIDE AND ALL THAT.

SO IT'S LESS PROTRUDING AT THE TOP.

WE'VE LOOKED AT THE PROJECTION AND SO IT'S THE BEST.

IT'S THE BEST.

AND IT COMES OUT THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME COST WHEN YOU ADD THE LOWER COST OF THE CONCRETE BASE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY DOING NOW.

AND SO, AGAIN, IS WAY FORWARD TO STANDARDIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THAT'S THE LIGHT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

AND IT'S VERY CLEAN AND PROFESSIONAL AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT CEMETERY WOULD BE REALLY GOOD.

I THINK THEY'RE INTERESTING, TOO, BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT YOU CAN PUT A CAMERA ON, YOU KNOW, A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA IF YOU WANT TO PUT ONE ON A ON A LIGHT POLE IN A IN AN AREA THEY'RE WATCHING FOR CRIME.

YOU CAN PUT A LIGHT ON BOTH SIDES OF IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AT THE ENTRANCE OF [INAUDIBLE] GREEN IS IT'LL BE A POLE WITH TWO SIDES.

SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE BLUETOOTH.

YOU CAN OPERATE THEM FROM A PHONE, A DESIGNATED PHONE.

AND SO THEY'RE EASIER TO MAINTAIN, EASIER TO INSTALL.

JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD SOLUTION.

THE ONES ON DALLAS HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN YES, SIX OR SEVEN.

AND HOW ARE THEY DOING? NO COMPLAINTS.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING.

THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW, IS THAT SOME OF THESE NEWER THESE OTHER STREETS THAT ARE ON MY MIND, I'VE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR, ARE VERY THEY HAVE A LOT OF CANOPY TO THEM AND JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

WELL, WE'RE WORKING WITH [INAUDIBLE] TO ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE PLACEMENT, AND HE'S CREATING MAPS FOR US.

HE'S ALSO IDENTIFIES WHERE UTILITY LINES ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WHEN THE GUYS AT PUBLIC WORKS GO OUT TO INSTALL THEM, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO PLACE THEM.

THEY ALSO KNOW THAT IF THERE IS A BIG TREE OR SOMETHING IN THERE, THEY CAN ADJUST IT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE TRY TO BE AS CAREFUL ABOUT THAT AS WE CAN TO MAKE BEST USE OF THE LIGHTS AND NOT, YOU KNOW, AND NOT WASTE ONE UNDERNEATH THE LIGHT.

YEAH, BE CONSISTENT WITH IT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR EIGHT THOUSAND FOR THE TWENTY FIVE

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RIGHT? WELL, THE TWENTY FIVE IS GOING TO COST EIGHTY THOUSAND, BUT THE EIGHTY THOUSAND HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

AND THAT'S FINE.

WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, WHAT? THIRTY TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS? YEAH.

AND A LITTLE BIT EXTRA FOR SOME WORK AT THE BASE.

AND THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S GREAT.

ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO THE MONUMENTAL SIGNS OF WERE PRICE OUT OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER 6000, WHICH IS.

THE PRICE IS WHAT IT IS.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT PRICE DOWN, BUT IN COMPARISON.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

SO, JOHN, WE'LL BE BACK FOR AMERICA'S RECOVERY PLAN WHEN WE GET THAT FUNDING, AS YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS THAT CAN SUPPORT THE CITY.

AND SO WE'LL COME BACK AND REQUEST MORE FUNDING TO CONTINUE ON SPEAKERS].

YEAH, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK THEY NEED TO STAY.

Y'ALL NEED TO WORK HAND IN HAND BECAUSE I MADE A COMMENT A FEW WEEKS AGO.

WHEN YOU TURN THE LIGHTS ON THE ROAD [INAUDIBLE].

I'M GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN.

DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE THE MOTION? THIS WAS JUST FOR UPDATE.

YEAH, THIS IS NO ACT.

NO ACTION.

80 THOUSANDS ALREADY.

ALREADY DONE, JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT ON IT.

WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE'VE SELECTED A LIGHT, TALK ABOUT PROGRESS.

THE ONLY THING I ALSO ASK REAL QUICK IS THAT WE'RE AS AS WE KEEP GOING THROUGH THESE.

THE REASON WHY WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IS WE'RE NOT HOLDING UP MONTHS UPON MONTHS WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO COME THROUGH AND FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY, YES, WE'VE STUDIED IT AND WE NEED TO DO THIS.

WE'VE BEEN TAKING STREETS, TAKING ACTION AND DOING THEM.

JUST LET'S KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING SO WE'RE NOT GETTING STUCK WAITING FOR A LIST AND A MOMENT.

YOU KNOW, THAT SLOWS DOWN JUST AS WE FIND STREETS, PD CAN TESTIFY TO IT AS WELL AND JUST START HITTING THEM.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG NUMBER 15 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH

[15. Discussion and possible action on an Interlocal Agreement with Brazoria County to assist in the construction, improvement, maintenance, and/or repair of streets and alleys within the corporate limits of the City. ]

BRAZORIA COUNTY TO ASSIST IN THE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OR REPAIR OF STREETS AND ALLEYS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY.

JEFF? COUNCIL, BRING THIS TO YOU, IN FRONT OF THE Y'ALL EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS OUR OVER LAY LIST.

AND WITH THE INTER LOCAL WITH THE BRAZORIA COUNTY FOR TWO MILES OF OVERLAYS.

THIS LIST HERE, THAT'S IN YOUR PACKAGES.

MOST OF THIS IS FROM LAST YEAR'S LIST THAT WE TOOK OUT AND WE HAD TO ROLL OVER CAUSE WE HAD LIKE THREE MILES.

AND COUNTY SAID, NO, YOU'VE GOT TO CUT IT BACK DOWN TO TWO POINT MILES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

SOME OF THESE ARE ROADS THAT WE GOT COMPLAINTS ON SOME BAD SHAPE.

I GOT TO BREAK IT DOWN TO TWO MILES.

BUT I THINK WE'LL TAKE WESTERN AVENUE OUT OF THERE BECAUSE WESTERN AVENUE, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THAT IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH.

SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER WAY TO FUND THAT STREET.

SO I ASKED HDR TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU OVERLAY THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

YOU GET SOFT SHOULDERS, IT'S TOO NARROW.

AND SO IN A YEAR OR TWO, YOU'LL BE BACK TO WHAT WE JUST OVERLAID IT AND.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT FOR THAT.

MOSTLY WE CAN GET THIS INTER LOCAL THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT IN FRONT OF COUNTY AND GET IT IN SO THEY CAN TAKE IT FROM THEIR [INAUDIBLE].

WE CAN WORK WITH THE LIST IF Y'ALL GOT A PLACE OR SOMETHING, Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

Y'ALL MAYBE GOT SOME COMPLAINTS ON.

WE MIGHT TAKE SOME GO LOOK AND SEE WHAT PUT IT INTO THIS LIST.

SOMETHING SMALL OR.

YOU SEE, I GOT VINE AND CLOVER ON THERE, I'M GETTING A LOT OF.

I SEE GROVE.

YEAH, GROVE SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE.

I SAW VINE, BUT I THOUGHT WE JUST DID VINE IN THE PAST WHEN WE DID SOUTH SIDE DRIVE, WE DID AN OVERLAY OVER THERE.

WAS IT PARK? NO, WE DIDN'T DO [INAUDIBLE] WE DID THE DITCHES ON VINE.

WE DID THE DITCHES ON VINE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I LEFT.

WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S THE STREET BY THE SCHOOL.

PARK LANE.

I LEFT THAT OUT BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D TURN TO CONCRETE STREETS, SOMETHING WOULD BE BEEN A FEATURE SINCE IT'S ABOUT A SCHOOL.

SO I LEFT.

THAT'S ONLY STREET IN THAT AREA I LEFT OUT.

ONE STREET.

I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT HERE BUT [INAUDIBLE]?

[03:55:04]

YES, IT'S ON THIS YEAR'S LIST.

I THOUGHT IT WAS I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S WHAT'S CONFUSING.

THAT'S WHAT IS YOU'RE YOU'RE SUBMITTING THE LIST TO US THAT WE REALLY SUBMITTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

I TALKED TO THEM THIS MORNING.

STARTED YET.

THEY WILL BE STARTING IN THREE WEEKS.

THAT BE [INAUDIBLE] WHAT WAS ALL ON THERE.

OK, SO THIS BECAUSE I REMEMBER A PREVIOUS MEETING WE SPOKE ABOUT, I KNOW THINGS ARE NOT BEYOND YOUR CONTROL ARE THINGS ARE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL.

BUT WE DISCUSSED AUGUST BE A JUMPING OFF POINT.

AND I'M NOT CALLING I KNOW WE'RE BEHOLDEN TO THE COUNTY ON THIS.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION ALSO FOR BUDGET, IF WE WANT TO MAKE INVESTMENT OF OUR OWN.

BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT SUBJECT FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

BUT ANYWAY, I GET THAT.

I'M JUST I JUST WANTED TO THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION IN MY MIND OK, THANK YOU.

RIGHT NOW, THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] THEY HAVE TWO HOPPERS.

ONE OF THEM'S SOMEHOW EVERYTHING GOT HARD IN IT.

SO THEY'RE IN THERE CHIPPING IT BY HAND, THE OTHER.

HOPPER IS DEDICATED TO TXDOT AND THEY GONNA 35 SO THERE AIN'T NO WAY.

SO THEY SAY ABOUT THREE WEEKS OUT THEN IT'LL START, I AM LOOKING AT SOME OTHER CONTRACTORS GETTING SOME PRICES ON FOOTAGE.

MAYBE WE CAN LOOK IN THAT DIRECTION LATER ON.

I'M LOOKING AT DOING SOCCER FIELD AND ROAD OUT THERE.

THE EXIT.

SO WE'LL HAVE A BID BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

YEAH, BID BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

THESE ARE FROM OTHER CONTRACTORS, NOT THE COUNTY.

BUT THAT'S FINE.

BUT I STILL WANT TO CLARIFY THOUGH, THIS LIST RIGHT HERE IS FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE ONE THAT WE APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

STILL HASN'T BEEN DONE.

HAS NOT BEEN DONE.

THAT WON'T BE STARTED FOR THREE WEEKS.

IT'S TWO HUNDRED, IT'S ABOUT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND, RIGHT? A YEAR AND THEN THIS WAS THE SAME FOR THE ONE THAT'S THIS YEAR WAS THE SAME WAS THAT WE SUBMITTED THE PRIOR YEAR.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

THAT SOME OF THE STREETS ARE YES.

AND THE PRIOR YEAR BEFORE THAT.

I DON'T THINK [INAUDIBLE].

WE HAD A LIST AND THE NEXT YEAR.

THEY DIDN'T DO IT.

SO WE THOUGHT WE COULD DOUBLE IT UP AND DO FOUR MILES.

AND THEY SAID NO.

SO WE HAD TO CHOP IT DOWN IN HALF.

SO AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE.

AND THAT PART OF THAT TO BE DONE THIS YEAR.

AND THIS IS THE REST OF IT WITH A FEW MORE STREETS ADDED.

WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND.

YEAH, WE'RE A YEAR BEHIND.

CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT GIFFORD LANE, PLEASE? YES.

I THINK, GIFFORD, THAT EDGE OF THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE WORKED, THANK THAT THING WAS OVERLAID AND IT STILL WENT DOWN SO THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE GO IN THERE AND DIG IT OUT.

AND BUT YES, I'LL LOOK AT IT UP.

YOU CAN BE RECEPTIVE TO MODIFYING THIS LIST BY A COUPLE OF STREETS.

IF YOU SAY TAKE THAT ONE OUT AND PUT THIS ONE IN.

YEAH I CAN DO THAT RIGHT.

[INAUDIBLE] I HAD TWO POINT TWO POINT TWO MILES AND THEY DENIED IT.

SO THEY SAID, NO, IT'S GOING TO BE TWO OR LESS.

AND THAT'S THE WAY THEY DO ALL THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY OVERLAYS FOR US.

IT JUST AIN'T ANGLETON.

HDR'S GONNA LOOK AT WESTERN AVENUE.

YEAH, YEAH.

WHICH WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF.

A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO WORK WITH.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING CURB, BUT LIKE ASPHALT.

YEAH, MAYBE LAY DOWN CURBS OR SOMETHING THERE TO BUILD THE SHOULDERS UP.

THE SHOULDERS UP WHAT PRECINCT ARE WE IN? WHO DOES THAT FOR US? TWO.

IS THAT RYAN.

AND SOMETIMES ONE COMES UP HERE TO HELP.

YOU JUST GOT PROBABLY TO STAY ON THEM THIS NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS AND GET AN UPDATE AND KEEP PUSHING.

I MEAN, I GET IT THINGS HAPPEN.

BUT LIKE JOHN JUST SAID, WE'VE MISSED A COUPLE OF YEARS THROUGHOUT THE SPAN OF THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS WHERE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO GET OUR ROADS TAKEN CARE OF.

THE QUESTION OUR CONTRIBUTION IS TWO HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN WE PAY THE COUNTY THAT AND THEN THEY COME IN AND DO ALL THE WORK OR WHAT? WE JUST PAY FOR THE ASPHALT.

ONLY THING WE PAY FOR, WE SEND A PO TO THE PLANT AND WHAT THEY NEED, THEY GIVE ME A PRICE OUT.

HOW MUCH STREETS GOING TO BE.

[04:00:01]

OKAY.

SO THIS IS 220 OF THIS IS BUDGETED FOR JUST ASPHALT.

WE GO IN AND FIX IT OR THEY NEED TO LOAD A ROCK.

WE WILL TAKE IT OUT OF THERE.

IF WE NEED TO BE BUILD THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT OR SO.

BUT THIS THIS IS THE GLUE MILLING.

WHATEVER WE LAY ON TOP, WE TAKE OFF.

WE DON'T KEEP ADDING ON TOP NO MORE.

SO THIS IS THE MILLING MACHINE.

IT'S LIKE SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MILLED OFF ASHPALT? WE GET IT.

OR THE COUNTY, GETS IT.

DON'T MATTER WHICH ONE, BUT WE TRY TO GET MOST WE CAN.

WE CAN USE IT.

SOMETIMES THEY LIKE TO HAVE BECAUSE THEY DOING THE WORK, BUT.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT OUT OF CURIOSITY? THE MILLED OFF ASPHALT.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? WE PUT IT IN TEMPORARY.

IF WE TEAR OUT THE DRIVEWAY, WE PUT IT IN OUR TEMPORARY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT WILL PACK DOWN PRETTY GOOD.

SO WE USE IT LIKE THAT AND THEN HOLES, WE DON'T PUT IN POTHOLES ON THE STREET.

IF ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD OR SOMETHING, JUST FOR TEMPORARY.

I JUST CURIOUS, THANK YOU.

I HATE TO ALSO MENTIONED THE SOUTH WALKER GOING AROUND.

IT'S GETTING KIND OF BAD.

BECAUSE THAT'S STILL CITY, RIGHT? YES, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SIGN.

YEAH, [INAUDIBLE].

THAT ROAD IS FALLING APART ON THE OUTSIDE.

YOU NOTICE ON THIS LIST SOME OF THE MOST OF THIS AROUND THE COURTHOUSE, WE'RE PROBABLY IN PRECONSTRUCTION MEET AND WE'LL TALK WITH THE COUNTY AND TRY TO DO A TRUCK ROUTE WHERE THEY WON'T BE COMING DOWN OUR STREETS.

AFTER WE OVERLAY THAT, WE HAVE SET ON MY DESIGNATED STREET THAT HAD TO BRING THEIR TRUCKS IN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TEAR UP OUR NEW STREET.

SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT TALKING TO THE COUNTY ON THAT TOO.

GOOD TO SEE BEECHNUT AND CHESTNUT ON THERE.

I WAS JUST FIXING TO SAY THAT.

OVER THERE BEFORE WE DO.

WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING WITH THE COUNTY IMMA SUGGEST THAT AND JAVIER GET IN ON THIS TOO POSSIBLY.

BUT THE COUNTY DOES SOME FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION SINCE THEY'VE DONE A BUNCH IN THE CITY OF FREEPORT.

THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE SECTION STREET RIGHT NOW WHERE IS AS A PART OF THEIR RECLAMATION, THEY'RE ADDING PORTLAND CEMENT TO STABILIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, COME BACK OVER THAT AFTER [INAUDIBLE] TO COME IN AND ASPHALT IT.

SO THAT'S A PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AS AN ALTERNATIVE WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH WESTERN AVENUE.

[INAUDIBLE] A BIG ROAD [INAUDIBLE]TO MY JOB AS WE GOT THERE WHEN WE DONE THE WEST BRONCO, WE TOOK AN INCH AND A HALF OFF WHERE THERE WAS NO BASE UNDER IT.

HERE WE GO.

WE STARTED SINKING TRUCKS.

SO WE COUNTY GOT TO GO THROUGH AND POT HOLE AND MAKE SURE WHAT WE CAN DO.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL THAT ASPHALT GETS MIXED RIGHT IN WITH THAT DIRT.

SIX INCH.

WHAT WAS OUR SOLUTION ON BRONCHO BEND DID WE EVER GO BACK AND FIX IT? WE WENT IN AND FIX THE SOFT SPOTS ON IT AND DUG IT OUT ABOUT 10 INCHES AND PUT A ROCK IN IT.

SO WE PATCHED THE BRAND NEW ROAD.

NO, THIS WAS BEFORE THEY OVERLAID IT.

NO NO.

BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE SAW THE CRACKING RIGHT AFTER IT WAS POURED AND DRIVING IT WAS ALREADY CRACKING AGAIN.

THEM TREES OVER THERE SUCK UP ALL THE WATER AND I MEAN THE ROAD MOVE THERE.

I KNOW THERE'S NEW WAYS IN THAT, JOHN, TO GO IN AND LAY MEMBRANES DOWN NOW.

AND WE LOOKED AT THAT ONE TIME AND THEY NEVER DID DO IT.

BUT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS, THESE STREETS ARE GOING TO BE AROUND WHERE TREES ARE SUCKING ALL THE WATER OUT.

GUESS MY LAST QUESTION, I'LL LEAVE IT ALONE AFTER THIS.

IF THEY'RE ABOUT TO DO THE OVERLAYS FOR THE ONES THAT WE APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE'RE SAYING THAT GROVE AND VINE AND THOSE GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO GET FIXED UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S TOO LONG TO WAIT.

WE DON'T KNOW IF SEPTEMBER THIS HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR FOR THEM.

USUALLY THEY COME IN AROUND APRIL OR MAY.

I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THEM YET.

SO, I MEAN, I HAVE TO GO WITH THEIR SCHEDULE.

IS THERE A WAY TO PATCH SOME OF THE I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE FIXED.

BUT NO, I WAS SAYING I'M SORRY, YOU HAVE A POTHOLE OR YOUR ROADS REALLY IN BAD CONDITION.

YOU HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE OF MORE, YOU KNOW, SIX, SEVEN MONTHS.

IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAN BE DONE?

[04:05:01]

IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME NEW PATCH MIX.

WE'VE DONE A FEW POTHOLES IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE BARN THERE.

AND IT HAS NOT CAME OUT YET AND IT'S BEEN IN THERE EIGHT MONTHS.

EASY IF WE CAN JUST BUY [INAUDIBLE], GO OUT, THROW IN OLD, TAMP IT DOWN A GOOD RAIN, COME BACK, IT'S COMING OUT.

AND A RESIDENT TOLD ME THAT THEY PUT HOT MIX ON THEIR STREET ONE TIME AND THEY GOT FINED FROM THE CITY AND TOLD TO TAKE IT OUT.

IS THAT TRUE? NEVER.

[INAUDIBLE], YOU KNOW, THAT ROAD NEEDS WORK.

BUT IF WE CAN SWITCH OUT ONE OF THOSE STREET AT GROVE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE HAVING TRUCKS RUN OVER IT BEFORE IT'S LAID, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE OR IF IT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.

YEAH, WE'LL LOOK AT THE TIMELINE AND HOW THEY SET UP THEIR CONSTRUCTION ZONE, DURING THEIR PRECONSTRUCTION, ALL THAT AND SEE.

WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT, I THINK THEY MIGHT BE STARTING IN JANUARY.

MAYBE SO, YES.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE INTER LOCAL.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE TALKED ABOUT PULLING WESTERN OUT TO GET DOWN TO THE TWO MILE PIECE.

AND SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION.

AGAIN, LOOKING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

YOU KNOW AS WELL SAYING THE SOONER WE GET IT APPROVED, THE SOONER WE GET IT IN, THE SOONER WE START ASKING FOR IT, GET IT ON THE LIST.

WAS THERE ANOTHER STREET WE WANTED TO PUT IN THERE IF WE TAKE WESTERN AVENUE OUT? BARELY.

BARELY.

YEAH, OK.

YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST PULLING.

MR. MAYOR I MOVE WE APPROVE THE LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE STREET OVERLAY PROGRAM WITH THE COUNTY, REMOVING WESTERN AVENUE AND ALL OTHER STREETS LISTED APPROVED.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES, NUMBER 16.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON TO PURSUE MITIGATION GRANT FUNDING FOR

[16. Discussion and possible action on to pursue mitigation grant funding for warning sirens or withdraw. ]

A WARNING SIREN OR WITHDRAW.

MR. GLENN.

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS ON THIS.

GOOD EVENING.

IN 2018, WE HAD APPLIED FOR A POST HARVEY MITIGATION GRANT TO PUT IN SOME NICE WARNING SIRENS TO REPLACE THE ONES THAT HAD WORN OUT WERE FALLING APART AROUND THE CITY AT THE TIME AS A MITIGATION GRANT.

IT WAS 75/25 WE HAD TO PAY OUR TWENTY FIVE PERCENT.

IT WAS REJECTED.

BUT THEN LAST SUMMER WE GOT NOTIFIED BY GLO AND LATER[INAUDIBLE] THAT WE COULD RE-COMPETE FOR IT.

SO WE PUT IN SOME MORE PAPERWORK AND WE UPDATED THE COST AMOUNT BECAUSE HAD IT BEEN TWO YEARS.

SO AT THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT THOSE AGAIN ANOTHER SEVENTY FIVE, TWENTY FIVE PERCENT SPLIT.

OUR COST BASED ON THE NEW ESTIMATE WOULD HAVE BEEN THIRTY SIX THOUSAND AND EIGHTY TWO DOLLARS OR SIXTY TWO DOLLARS AND EIGHTY TWO CENTS.

SINCE THEN WE'VE DONE THE PAPERWORK, WE'VE DONE THE RUN, WE'VE GOT A GRANT ADMINISTRATOR, WE'RE RUNNING WITH IT.

AND WE FOUND OUT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AT THE END OF JULY THAT IT'S A FIXED AMOUNT.

IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE.

SO THE FEDERAL SHARE IS EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND AND ELEVEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS.

AND WE WOULD PAY THE REST BECAUSE THE PRICE HAS GONE UP.

THAT BRINGS US UP TO ALMOST DOUBLE SIXTY THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS AND THREE CENTS BASED ON THE ESTIMATE WE GOT LAST FALL.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMPANY THAT WORKED WITH US TO GET THAT ESTIMATE, TO GET A NEW ESTIMATE BASED ON ALL THE NEW CHANGES AND INFLATION, AND THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER.

SO OUR COST IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ALMOST FIFTY PERCENT.

SO WE'RE AT THE IMPASSE.

DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD THIS AND TAKE THIS AND BE ON THE HOOK FOR MAYBE SIXTY EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS? OR WE CAN WITHDRAW AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPROGRAM THAT EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ELSEWHERE.

WE FLOATED IT TO THEM.

THEY DIDN'T SAY YES.

THEY DIDN'T SAY NO.

WE COULD PURSUE THIS ON ANOTHER MITIGATION POSSIBILITY.

THAT'S COMING UP.

PROBABLY POST LAURA THE POST FREEZE OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE ANY TIME THERE'S A DISASTER IN THE COUNTRY, THERE'S MITIGATION MONEY THAT FALLS OUT FROM IT AND WE CAN COMPETE FOR THAT.

[04:10:01]

SO ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT AS A GREAT IDEA AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT CONCEPT FOR A SIREN SYSTEM THAT CAN BE REMOTELY ACTIVATED AT DISPATCH AND WE'LL COVER THE CITY VERY WELL.

THAT'S ALSO EXPANDABLE.

WE CAN GROW IT AS FUNDS COMES ALONG.

HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO PUT CITY MONEY IN AND.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE MONEY FROM IF WE PURSUE IT? YEAH, IF YOU PURSUE IT? THAT.

BE A CHRIST QUESTION, YEAH, BALANCE OR COMING FROM THE CARES ACT FUNDING OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, AMERICAN RECOVERY.

FIRTH THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS I LIKE [INAUDIBLE].

I MEAN I DO LIKE IT BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE A WARNING SYSTEM AND IF IT'S PROVED THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OF COURSE, IF CELL PHONE AND INTERNET GOES DOWN, NEXT THING BEST THING IS TO USE A SIREN OR GET THE PD TO GO THROUGH.

AND THAT WOULD WORK.

I MEAN, YOU COULD STILL GO REMOTELY PUSH A BUTTON AND MAKE IT WORK.

OF COURSE IT'S STILL ELECTRICALS.

AND THERE'S WILL HAVE GENERATORS BUT SO IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE IN THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN TODAY IS JUST WHERE WE FIND THE FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT AS A RESPONDER BECAUSE THAT'S MY BACKGROUND AROUND THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

WORST CASE SCENARIO, SOMETHING FALL OFF THE TRACK AND LET THOSE RESIDENTS KNOW, CAN YOU DO SMALL PIECES AND ADD ON? I MEAN, COULD WE GET UNDERNEATH THAT GRANT AMOUNT AND THEN MAKE IT MORE SPEAKERS] AND DO LESS LESS SIRENS.

WE COULD DO TWO SIRENS, MAYBE ONE AT THE DOWNTOWN AND ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE SO THAT WE CAN DO WARNINGS BECAUSE, YEAH, THAT IS A VERY LIKELY SPOT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THROUGH EVERY CITY IN THE [INAUDIBLE] VIA RAIL, AND YOUR SAFEGUARDS ARE AS GOOD UNTIL SOMETHING INSANE HAPPENS WITH A TRACK.

BUT THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE IS WE WILL USE IT FOR WEATHER THEN NOW YOU'RE NEGLECTING THE NORTH SIDE.

IF YOU DIDN'T PUT IT OVER THERE, IF THERE'S A WEATHER EVENT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO LOOK BUT YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE TOO SO.

THAT'S JUST THE RESPONDER IN ME THAT LOOKS OUT FOR THAT HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION.

BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.

WE COULD CUT IT BACK AND THAT WILL CUT BACK THE CITY'S PERCENTAGE.

AND I WILL HAVE A BETTER NUMBER.

WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR HE COULDN'T GET AN ESTIMATE OUT OF HIS SIREN, SUB VENDOR FOR A WEEK BECAUSE THEY WERE ON VACATION.

GOTCHA.

ARE THEY EUROPEAN.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

ARE THESE SIRENS BEING ARE REPLACING ONES THAT HAVE WORN OUT.

CORRECT, WE HAD HAD THE ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR YEARS.

IT FAILED JUST AFTER, I THINK, HARVEY, WE HAD ONE THAT'S STILL WORKING AT FIRE STATION ONE AND WE STILL HEAR IT EVERY NOON AND THEN STATION THREE HAD ONE AS WELL.

BUT THEY TOOK IT DOWN, KNOW.

SO IT'S THE MOUNTING EVERYTHING IS THERE TO BE MOUNTED, YOU KNOW, TAKES STRUCTURE UP.

AND A BRAND NEW SIREN THAT'LL BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

IT HAS A WIDER RANGE.

IT WILL COVER A GREATER AREA, PLUS WE CAN CONTROL IT REMOTELY.

SO THAT'S THE THING.

I MEAN, SEVERAL OF US COULD HAVE IT ON AN APP, ON A SMARTPHONE, JUST LIKE WITH THE STREET LIGHTS.

WE COULD SET IT OFF OR IT COULD BE USED AT DISPATCH WHERE THE CALLS ARE GOING TO COME IN.

SO WE CAN SPEND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE LUNCH BILL? [LAUGHTER] WELL, THE THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS OUR COST.

SIXTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE MORE BECAUSE THAT ESTIMATE, I'M SURE, MATERIALS HAS GONE SKY HIGH SINCE THE FREEZE.

THAT SIXTY THREE WAS FOR THREE DIFFERENT UNITS.

IT WAS FOR THREE SEPARATE UNITS AND THE LINKAGE, THE SOFTWARE, THE CONNECTIVITY.

YOU CAN PROBABLY EXPECT ABOUT EACH TO BE TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND 20 TO 25 THOUSAND.

BUT WE COULD WHEN I TALK TO HIM AGAIN, WHEN HE'S GOT A NUMBER WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN TALK IT DOWN TO TWO AND SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUDGET.

AND WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME TO WORK WITH [INAUDIBLE] ON.

THAT MEANS, JUST CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU ONLY HAVE THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SPEND.

HOW LONG IS THIS GRANT AVAILABLE FOR.

I THINK IT'S LIKE THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS IF 36,000 CAN GET US TO OR IF IT STAYS WITHIN THAT BALLPARK, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY KNEW THAT WE'RE GOING INTO IT FOR THREE WITH NOW THE REDUCTION

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IN THEIR PART BY THE INCREASE OF OUR PART, IT MAY BE GOING DOWN TO TWO.

COULD THAT GET US IN THE BALLPARK TO START SOMEWHERE? GOT TO START SOMEWHERE.

AND THEN MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE BUDGET FOR THE OTHER ONE.

WE CAN CONTINUE PUTTING IN FOR MITIGATION GRANTS TO ADD TO IT.

THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS, GUYS.

WE COULD PROBABLY AT LEAST NEED TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT'S BROKEN.

ALL, PRETTY MUCH ALL BUT ONE ARE GONE.

WE JUST HAVE THE ONE DOWNTOWN CECIL AND THAT'S THE ONE ON FIRE STATION.

IF YOU CAN GET TWO IS THE NORTH SIDE, AND THE SOUTH SIDE.

WE GOTTA DO THAT.

THAT'S A CONCEPT TOO.

I JUST WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND THE TRACKS.

THAT'S JUST WHAT I WORRY ABOUT, THE TRACKS.

I LIVE BY THE TRACKS.

I CAN HEAR THAT SIREN EVERY DAY AT NOON.

WELL WOULD YOU HEAR IT AT CEMETERY.

NO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING TWO ADDITIONAL ONES ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE .

TRUE.

TO GET US THERE.

SIDE.

IT SERVES THE TRACK AREA AND THE SOUTH SIDE.

IT'LL COVER THE WHOLE SOUTH SIDE.

SO IT'S A GOOD SPOT AND IT'S IN CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

SO WE HAVE GOOD SECURITY WITH IT.

WE'VE GOT POWER GOING TO IT.

IT'S A GOOD FIT.

NOW THE ONE THAT'S AT STATION ONE IS ANCIENT AND IT WON'T BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE REMOTING SYSTEM.

SO IT WILL STILL GO OFF AT NOON AND IT'LL STILL HAVE TO BE MANUALLY ACTIVATED.

BUT IT'S THERE.

BUT IF I RECALL, JUST BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE OLD SYSTEM, WE WOULD PROGRAM IT AND ALLOW THE [INAUDIBLE] TO KNOW IF YOU HEARD LIKE A CERTAIN PATTERN.

THAT'S THE WARNING FOR A WEATHER OR A WARNING FOR THIS DOWNTOWN STATION.

IT'S JUST A WIND UP.

IT'S JUST THE OLD WIND UP.

YOU WOULD JUST PUBLIC DEFENSE TYPE SIREN.

BUT BASICALLY, I THINK IT WAS TO NOTIFY A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS SPEAKERS] WE USED IT BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE WE HAD PAGERS.

WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT STILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE THAT WORKS.

IT'S A LUNCH PAIL.

YEAH A LUNCH PAIL.

YEAH, 12 NOON LUNCH PAIL.

CELEBRATE EVERY NOON.

SO DO YOU NEED A MOTION FROM US.

YES, SIR.

WELL, YEAH, IT IS AN ACTION.

LET'S IF YOU'D LIKE TO PURSUE ON A SMALLER SCALE.

AND THEN WE CAN MEET THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT.

MR. MAYOR I MOVE WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE MITIGATION GRANT FUNDING FOR WARNING SIRENS IN THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SIXTY TWO DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE ON OUR BEHALF TO GET THERE I THINK THAT'S I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT DO I HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND IT.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES.

NUMBER 17 DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY OF GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S LATEST EXECUTIVE

[17. Discussion and possible action on any of Governor Abbott’s latest executive orders, Brazoria County’s emergency declarations and impact on the City of Angleton and how to proceed with city business in the future. ]

ORDERS, BRAZORIA COUNTY'S EMERGENCY DECLARATION, IMPACT ON THE CITY OF ANGLETON AND HOW TO PROCEED WITH CITY BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL US.

[LAUGHTER] AS YOU HEARD ON THE NEWS.

TIME TO SHINE.

AS YOU HEARD ON THE NEWS THE NUMBERS ARE RISING INCREDIBLY.

AND OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE AND OUR TRAUMA SERVICE AREA WAS FLUCTUATING IN THE 20S.

IT WENT UP TO TWENTY FOUR POINT ONE FIVE TODAY.

AND THE TSA'S AROUND US ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION.

YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN SEEING, WE'RE HEARING AT HOSPITALS HAVING TO TURN AWAY PATIENTS OR SENDING FOLKS TO OTHER FACILITIES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM.

HOSPITALS ARE LOADED.

WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING THE COUNTY'S BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT 185 A DAY.

THEY HAD THAT BIG DROP ON MONDAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T COUNT THE WEEKENDS ANYMORE.

THAT AVERAGES OUT TO 185, THEY HAD ANOTHER 185 DAY TODAY, WE HAD NINE IN THE CITY TODAY, BUT WE HAD 63 OVER THE WEEKEND PLUS I THINK ONE DEATH.

SO IT'S NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF LETTING UP.

THAT I THINK JUST BEFORE WE MET LAST MONTH, THE GOVERNOR PUT OUT EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 38, WHICH BASICALLY TOOK A LOT OF MITIGATION POSSIBILITIES OFF THE TABLE.

THERE WAS NO AUTOMATIC STEPS FOR WHEN YOUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE WENT OVER 15 PERCENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE LIVING UNDER LAST FALL, LAST WINTER.

THERE ARE NO MASK MANDATES.

SO WHAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER IS WE'VE GOT SOME COVID PROCEDURES FOR THE COUNTY, INTERNAL PROCEDURES I'M GOING TO HAND OUT TO Y'ALL.

MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US SO.

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BUZZ WORD IS ENCOURAGING, STRONGLY ENCOURAGING STAFF TO WEAR MASKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE HAVING MEETINGS INTERNALLY.

WE'RE ENCOURAGING REMOTE MEETINGS, PHONE MEETINGS, ZOOM MEETINGS.

WE STILL HAVE ALL THOSE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US.

SO WE WANT TO USE THOSE.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT WAS DEFERRED FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID THAT A LOT OF FOLKS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRE AND A BUNCH OF OTHER DISCIPLINES HAVE GOT TO GET THAT TRAINING AND TO STAY PROFICIENT, TO STAY CERTIFIED.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO IMPACT, BUT WE'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO RUN IT PAST DEPARTMENT HEADS OR RUN IT PAST THEIR DIRECTORS TO BEFORE THEY HEAD OUT ON THESE SO THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD IDEA.

WE'VE HAD AS MANY AS ABOUT NINE WITH COVID IN STAFF, BUT WE'VE GOT IT IS DOWN TO ABOUT FOUR NOW AS THE RECOVERY HAS COME ALONG.

BUT THIS IS LOOKING LIKE THE SAME TYPES, LIKE WE'VE HAD THE LAST TWO SPIKES AND THEY USUALLY LAST ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.

WE'RE ABOUT TWO WEEKS INTO THIS ONE.

IT MAY GO UP BEFORE IT STARTS GOING DOWN.

AND I TAKE IT, BECAUSE YOU SAID IT, YOU'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE HOSPITAL TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING IF THEY NEED ANY NEEDS FROM US, BECAUSE THAT WOULD COME THROUGH US TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY.

AND THEN I GUESS TALKING TO LUCILLE IN THE E.M.S., MAKING SURE THEY'RE GOOD STAFF WISE AND WHAT NOT YEAH HAVING SPOKE WITH THEM, THAT THEY'RE GOING WITH PPE.

OF COURSE, THEY'RE MORE VULNERABLE.

THE TIP OF THE SPEAR, I THINK WE'RE GOING WITH PPE ON OUT ON THE STREETS INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC.

IS IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING CAREFUL WITH OUR STAFF SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STAY MAINTAINED.

BUT, YEAH, IT'S GOING TO GET YOU THERE.

FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED ARE BEING INFECTED.

I KNOW SOME PERSONALLY.

IN THE PAST ARE GETTING IT AGAIN.

SO THIS IS BECOMING QUITE THE FRUSTRATION.

I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOTTEN IN FOR A SECOND TIME AND IT WAS WORSE THIS TIME THAN LAST TIME SO [LAUGHTER].

SO IF YOU SAW THE NUMBERS, THE HOSPITAL, I THINK THEY POSTED UTMB, I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR THEM WHAT I SAW.

THEY DID POST SOMETHING WITH THEIR NUMBERS.

BUT OUT OF THOSE NUMBERS OF HOSPITALIZED COVID PATIENTS, 97 PERCENT WERE NON VACCINATED.

THAT'S WHAT UTMB PUT OUT FOR THE FOR SISTER HOSPITALS IN THEIR SYSTEM, WHICH ANGLETON'S INCLUDED.

AND WE'RE SEEING THAT NUMBER TROTTED OUT NATIONALLY.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY A VERY GOOD STATISTIC.

WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO IT.

WE'RE GETTING HIT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS.

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

THE KILLER IS EVERYBODY'S ASKING ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT.

SO WE WERE ON SOME PHONE CALLS ON LISTEN FOLKS, EVERYBODY THAT GETS A COVID TEST, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, OH, IT'S THE DELTA VARIANT OR YOU GOT THE LAMBDA VARIANT.

IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT THEY TEST AT CDC OR THEY TEST AT A HIGHER LEVEL TO SEE IF THEY'RE IT'S JUST NOT COST EFFECTIVE TO SEE WHO'S GOT WHAT.

YEAH, JUST YOU HAVE IT AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

AND I'M GLAD YOU ALL ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS AS EMPLOYEES AND STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, BE MINDFUL OF IT.

AND RECENTLY, I THINK TODAY THE GOVERNOR DID ASK HOSPITALS TO VOLUNTARILY DELAY OR CUT NON NON-ESSENTIAL PROCEDURES.

AWESOME.

ANYMORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE COVID ACTION OF THE BUSINESS.

OK, I DID FORGET ONE PERSON THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE DURING STAFF, AND I APOLOGIZE.

THE AUDIENCE HAS LEFT, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT IT'S A RECOGNITION APPRECIATION AND IT'S FOR COLLEEN.

AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU ALL KNOW, COLLEEN HELPED SET US UP WITH OUR SISTER CITIES, WITH LUFKIN AND NAVASOTA, AND THAT TOOK SOME LEGWORK IN GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

SO, COLLEEN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET RECOGNIZED FOR THOSE EFFORTS, FOR GETTING US OUR SISTER CITIES FOR IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

SO IF YOU'LL COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH US, A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM 17, CHRIS OR ANYBODY ELSE? WE'RE GOOD, OK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

YOU'RE NOT THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST.

THIS GO AROUND.

NUMBER 17.

OH, WE DID THAT ONE.

NUMBER 18 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CHANGES TO THE 2021 2022

[18. Discussion and possible action to approve Changes to the 2021-2022 Proposed Budget, Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Rate, and the Capital Improvement Plan. ]

PROPOSED BUDGET, PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX RATE AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

CHRIS, 2.0.

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[LAUGHTER] AT LEAST IT'S NOT TWELVE O'CLOCK YET.

TEN FOUR.

NOT YET.