>> WE'LL [BACKGROUND] GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED OF
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OUR ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL EMERGENCY MEETING DATED TUESDAY,[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
SEPTEMBER THE 14TH, 2021 AT 6:01.WE HAVE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT AND TWO, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, AND NOW THEY'RE EXCUSED.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[NOISE] LET ME READ THIS LITTLE OPENING STATEMENT AND THEN WE'LL JUMP RIGHT ON THEN.
THIS MEETING WILL BE CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY BASIS UNDER THE REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 551.045 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE GROUNDS THAT AN EMERGENCY AND URGENT PUBLIC NECESSITATED THE IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FROM TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS AS SET FORTH IN THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S AUGUST 13TH, 2021 DECLARATION OF DISASTER AND MAYOR PEREZ' AUGUST 13TH, 2021 DECLARATION OF LOCAL DISASTER FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON.
I DO HAVE THE RESOLUTION HERE THAT I SIGNED STATING THAT WE WERE UNDER A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR THE CITY. WE'LL GO AND GET STARTED.
[1. Discussion and possible action on any of Governor Abbott’s latest executive orders, Brazoria County’s emergency declarations and impacts on the City of Angleton, including all orders regarding Tropical Storm Nicholas and the damage and impact from the storm, and how to proceed with city business in the future.]
DISCUSS YOUR POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY OF GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDERS, [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY'S EMERGENCY DECLARATION, AND IMPACTS ON THE CITY OF ANGLETON, INCLUDING ALL ORDERS REGARDING TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS AND THE DAMAGE AND IMPACT FROM THE STORM AND HOW TO PROCEED WITH CITY BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE.[NOISE] FOR THE RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS LISTENING ONLINE, WE THOUGHT TONIGHT WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT AND BETTER SERVED IF WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR STAFF TO BRIEF COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS ON HOW WE'VE HANDLED AND OUR PLANS FOR ADDRESSING WHAT NOW IS ACTUALLY A HURRICANE NICHOLAS AT THE TIME OF THIS, IT WAS ACTUALLY A TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS.
BUT ANYWAY, AND THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DO THAT.
LET STAFF GIVE REPORT TO OUR COUNCIL AND TO YOU GUYS TO ALSO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT STAFF HAS DONE.
I WILL SAY THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY SINCE SUNDAY.
I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH THEM, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS HERE AT CITY HALL AND STAFF IS SHINED.
THEY HAVE STEPPED IT UP AND HAVE SHOWN THAT WE HAVE A GREAT ORGANIZATION UP HERE WHO'S LEADING OUR COMMUNITY IN THROUGH THIS, ANOTHER NATURAL DISASTER THAT JUST KEEPS POPPING UP EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND.
I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME LATE NIGHTS.
WE'VE HAD LITTLE SLEEP SINCE SUNDAY, BUT MAYBE TONIGHT WE'LL GET TO GO TO OUR BEDS TONIGHT, GET A FEW HOURS EXTRA SLEEP, AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING AHEAD TO TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS WHO'LL LAY OUT THE FORMAT FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MEETING TONIGHT.
THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS BASED ON EACH DEPARTMENT'S REPORT. CHRIS, GO AHEAD.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THE GREAT WORK; POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND PUBLIC WORKS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, FINANCE, EVERYONE REALLY STEPPED IN.
A LOT OF GREAT ACTION DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OF CUTTING DOWN TREES AND RESPONDING TO, DURING VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO LEAD OFF WITH GLENN AND THEN EACH OF THE DIRECTORS ARE JUST GOING TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON CURRENT STATUS.
WE'VE GOT SOME PARKS ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS WE'RE WORKING IN.
WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK TO YOU, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF ACTION [INAUDIBLE] AT THE END, BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT AND WE'LL BRING THEM UP DURING THE MEETING.
>> GOOD EVENING. LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE BEEN BASICALLY TRACKING IT SINCE FRIDAY.
THEY WERE TELLING US IT WAS GOING TO BE A TROPICAL STORM, IT'S GOING TO BRING US A GOOD DEAL OF RAIN.
WE WERE RAMPING UP FOR UP TO 15-20 INCHES OF RAIN, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WERE BRIEFING US ON SUNDAY.
AS WE'VE GOTTEN TO MONDAY, IT NEVER REALLY GOT MORE ORGANIZED.
BEEN STUCK WITH THAT RAIN VOLUME OUT.
NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO, WE CLEANED THE DITCHES, WE WORKED WITH THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
WE MADE SURE WE WERE READY TO ACCOMMODATE AND WE DO SHED WATER PRETTY WELL, SO WE WERE NOT REALLY TOO AFRAID OF WHAT NICHOLAS GOING TO BRING US.
THEN ABOUT THE 10:30 BRIEF, MONDAY NIGHT, IT TOOK A TURN AND IT DID GET ORGANIZED, IT GOT STRONGER, BECAME A HURRICANE JUST BEFORE IT CAME ASHORE IN YOUR SERGEANT.
IT BASICALLY WENT RIGHT OVER US AT ANGLETON.
FIRST OFF, THE WIND STARTED KICKING UP AND THE RAIN DID NOT REALLY KICK IN THE WAY THAT THEY HAD SAID.
WE LOST A LOT OF TREES, I THINK, WHAT DID WE DO? ABOUT 20 TREES ALTOGETHER PROBABLY CAME DOWN MOSTLY ON OUR ROADS, MOSTLY ON SOME OF OUR HIGH TENSION WIRES AND OUR POWER WIRES.
TEXAS AND MEXICO HAS BEEN OUT, RESTORING POWER TO ROUGHLY HALF THE CITY, WAS WITHOUT POWER AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY NIGHT,
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GOING INTO TUESDAY MORNING.THAT IS JARRING FOR A LOT OF OUR RESONANCE.
WE LOST [NOISE] SIGNALS, WE LOST A GOOD DEAL OF NAVIGATING THE WET STREETS IN THE DARK AND COMING ACROSS A TREE IN YOUR PATH.
AFTER THE [NOISE] STORM STARTED MOVING OUT, ALREADY WE STARTED PLANNING FOR RECOVERY.
ON MONDAY, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT, WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING THIS STUFF AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO RECOVER.
WE'VE GOT [INAUDIBLE] GETTING OUR WINDSHIELD SURVEY DONE, GETTING OUR PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DONE SO WE CAN START CHRONICLING THESE THINGS AND GET THEM SUBMITTED.
WE DID SIGN, WE DID PUT OUT A DISASTER DECLARATION.
MAYOR SIGNED IT ON MONDAY MORNING, WHICH IS GOOD FOR US.
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED ONE LATER ON MONDAY.
WE ARE ONE OF THE COUNTIES THAT WERE DECLARED.
IF THINGS GO WELL, GO THE WAY TO TRADITIONALLY DO, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME THEMA COMPENSATION.
FINGERS CROSSED, WE HAVE TO WATCH.
THERE'S DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS THAT ENTITIES HAVE TO MEET WITH, MISSOURI COUNTY HAS TO MEET ITS THRESHOLD, WHICH I THINK, $1.2 MILLION.
THEY WILL PROBABLY MEET THAT ALONE IN THE DAMAGES THAT WERE DONE TO THE DUNES DOWN AT SERVER-SIDE IN THE BEACH, BUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE DONE.
THE STATE HAS TO BE, I THINK ABOUT A $39 MILLION THRESHOLD.
BEING THAT THIS DIDN'T CARRY ALL THE WAY INTO HOUSTON LIKE WE NORMALLY SEE WHEN WE GET AFFECTED, CITY HOUSTON GETS AFFECTED AND THINGS BECOME VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT DIDN'T GET ALL THE WAY TO HOUSTON, BUT THEY DID GET SOME IMPACT.
IF WE'RE LUCKY, IF THE STATE CAN MEET THEIR THRESHOLD, THEN WE CAN COMPETE.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE PAPERWORK GOING, THE FORMS BEING FILLED OUT, THE HOURS BEING TRACKED, THE EQUIPMENT BEING TRACKED SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND GET 75 PERCENT BACK FROM THEMA AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT IT TAKES EVERYBODY GETTING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT TEAM WORKING ON MAKING THIS ALL HAPPEN.
WE'VE HAD A FEW INSTANCES WHERE SOME LARGE BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED.
SOME OF OUR LARGER APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WE'VE SEEN SOME DAMAGE IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, BUT NOWHERE NEAR LIKE THE DAMAGE WE SAW TO SOME OF OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, AND DAMAGES THAT WE SAW AT ROADS INTO OUR PARKS AND SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF.
AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, IT'S GETTING ALL THE STUFF DOCUMENTED, GETTING IT ENTERED INTO THE PROPER SYSTEMS THAT TDEM LIKES TO READ.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A GOOD RECOVERY AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND GET OUR DEBRIS RECOVER AND GET OUR DEBRIS TAKING CARE OF AND BY THE END OF THE MONTH, HOPEFULLY, MAKE ANGLETON LOOK LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> JUST CLARIFY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TREES, THAT'S THE TREES THAT WE [NOISE] TOUCHED, THAT WE TOOK CARE OF, NOW WE NEVER KNOW, PROBABLY SOME OF PEOPLE'S YARDS [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE] PERSONAL.
THOSE TREES WENT DOWN, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THE STAFF HAD TO GO OUT AND CHOP UP AND GET OFF THE STREETS BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] THEY WERE BLOCKING OUR ROADWAYS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT WAS JUST 20 TREES IN THE CITY, THERE'S A LOT MORE IN A LOT MORE YARDS.
[OVERLAPPING] I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT 345 MEANING WITH OUR DEBRIS MITIGATION?
>> WELL, WE BROUGHT IN OUR DEBRIS MANAGEMENT EXPERTS AND THEY'VE GOT A GOOD PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE AS QUICKLY AND AS ECONOMICALLY AS WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR RESIDENTS' YARDS PICKED UP AND GET THEIR DEBRIS PICKED UP AND TAKEN CARE OF LEGITIMATELY AND CORRECTLY.
THEY MADE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO COME DOWN AND VISIT US FROM AUSTIN.
WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ASKED CLUED LIKE JACKSON HAVE BEEN THEIR ONLY CLIENTS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK [OVERLAPPING] MISSOURI ALREADY AS WELL.
THEY DIDN'T GET ANY CALLS FROM STAFF IN MATARGODA WHERE THE STORM CAME ACROSS.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM AND WE'VE SET A DEADLINE OF ABOUT THE 26 TO GET FOLKS TO GET THEIR STUFF AT THE CURB SO WE CAN GET IT QUICKLY OFF THE CURB AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
>> WE'LL SEND SOME INSTRUCTION OUT ON THAT WITH, [OVERLAPPING] DON'T PILE IT UP NEXT TO A MAILBOX OR DON'T PILE IT ON A FIRE HYDRANT.
WE'RE GETTING TO THE 26, WHICH IS REALLY TWO WEEKENDS PLUS WEEK AND HALF.
THEN STARTING THE 27TH, IT'LL TAKE THEM 2-3 WEEKS TO COME THROUGH AND PICK THAT UP.
>> BUT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT WASTE CONNECTIONS? DO THEY KNOW NOT TO PICKING HEAVY DEBRIS UP RIGHT NOW? THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
>> WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT WITH THEM.
>> WE'RE JUST GOING TO WAIT FOR [INAUDIBLE] TO COME DOWN AND DO THIS.
>> WASTE CONNECTIONS IS GOING TO PICK UP DEBRIS ON THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET OVERWHELMED AND IT WOULD TAKE US FOUR MONTHS FOR WASTE CONNECTIONS TO PICK IT UP.
>> IS THAT HOW YOU UNDERSTAND IT TOO?
>> NO, I JUST TALKED TO [INAUDIBLE], HE SAID THAT THEY'RE RETURNING TO NORMAL TOMORROW.
BUT THAT JUST MEANS THE REGULAR BULK AND RECYCLING AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PICK UP DEBRIS, [OVERLAPPING] IT'S JUST PART OF THE NORMAL,
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THAT'S GOING TO GO WITH THE MITIGATION.>> WE'RE DOING THIS ON TOP OF WASTE CONNECTIONS NORMAL PICKUP.
>> YES, THE TRASH AND RECYCLING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT HEAVY TRASH PICKUP ON WEDNESDAYS.
>> ARE YOU TELLING ME THEY DON'T? WASTE CONNECTIONS IS LIKE ABSOLVED FROM PICKING UP HEAVY TRASH ON WEDNESDAY NOW?
>> THEY'LL STILL GET THEIR AMOUNT THAT THEY [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY ALSO GET FOUR CUBIC GUARDS EVERY OTHER WEEK.
>> BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO PUT A DENT IN THE ONE THAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO GET PUT OUT FOR.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO RETURN TO NORMAL TOMORROW, AND THAT'S [OVERLAPPING]
>> NO, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. I WAS DISAPPOINTED IF YOU'RE SAYING THEY PUSHED ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES ONTO THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT.
>> BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH OUT THERE.
>> BUT WHEN DOES [INAUDIBLE] HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO START? ARE WE GOING TO WAIT TILL THE 26TH TO START PICKING UP OR WHAT DO WE DO?
>> WE ASKED THEM TO WAIT TILL THE 27TH.
SO THAT WOULD GIVE US TWO WEEKENDS PLUS A WEEK AND A HALF FOR FOLKS TO PUT STUFF OUT BY THE CURB.
THEY WERE HAPPY WE DIDN'T SAY COME PICK IT UP TOMORROW LIKE USUALLY HAPPENS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK IT GIVES RESIDENTS TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO MY YARD TILL SATURDAY.
>> THAT GIVES ME TWO WEEKENDS TO SQUIRREL AROUND AND TRY AND PUSH IT TOWARD THE CURB.
IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT THOUGHT, LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE HAD THE HANDSHAKE TODAY BUT WE HAVEN'T SUBMITTED IT AND WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE.
>> JOHN, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GIVE A LITTLE TIME TO MOBILIZE ASSETS, GET STAFF, GET TRUCKS.
THEY NEED TO GO TALK TO THE LANDFILL FOLKS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND DISPOSE OF THE WASTE, THE DEBRIS.
BECAUSE I DO ASK QUESTIONS, IS THAT TOO LONG, TOO LATE, TOO SHORT, NOT ENOUGH, TOO MUCH TIME.
BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, SO WE WANT TO DISCUSS THAT IF WE NEED TO SHORTEN IT UP.
MR. CLAYTON IS STILL AROUND THE AREA, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A PHONE CALL TONIGHT AFTER WE ARE DONE AND SAY MAYBE WE HAD A LITTLE CHANGE OF DIRECTION IF WE NEED TO. OR IF NOT [OVERLAPPING]
>> ARE THEY ONLY GOING TO DO ONE PICKUP?
>> ARE THEY ONLY DOING ONE PICKUP OR MULTIPLE?
>> THEY ARE BEGINNING ON THE 27TH.
>> THEY'LL START ON THE 27TH AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE CITY IN WAVES.
BUT HE SAID, "WE WILL GET YOU PICKED UP HOWEVER LONG.
IF IT'S THREE WEEKS, IF IT'S FOUR WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF."
>> WE WILL TELL THEM WHEN WE'RE DONE.
>> WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CREATE EXPECTATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS AND SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT A GOAL IN MIND SO THAT THEY'RE NOT PUTTING STUFF OUT ON THE 28TH, THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT IT OUT BEFORE THEN ASSUMING THEY CAN GET ALL THAT DONE.
>> MY THOUGHT WOULD BE AS SOON AS THEY CAN MOBILIZE AND GET DOWN HERE AND MAYBE WITHIN A WEEK START PICKING UP.
THAT WAY, WE GET IT OFF THE STREETS BECAUSE ANOTHER STORM COULD HIT.
>> OR ANOTHER WINDY EVENT OR ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN WHERE IT GOES INTO THE DITCHES, IT GOES INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT JUST GOT BUSY TODAY AND PUT ALL THEIR STUFF OUT, SO THEY'RE ALREADY THERE AND READY.
IF WE CAN GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY, THEN THAT MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER FOR THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP TO GET THEIR STUFF DONE TOO.
>> I'D BE OKAY WITH A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, AUGUST THE 22ND.
>> WE'LL CERTAINLY GO BACK TO THEM.
THIS IS OUR FIRST CONVERSATION AND THEY'VE GOT JACKSON AND OTHER FOLKS.
>> AGAIN, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALREADY PEOPLE ARE AT THE CURB AND I IMAGINE GIVING THEM THE WEEKEND.
THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS, WHICH IS GOOD ABOUT ANGLETON.
WE HAD A LOT OF NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS.
THERE WERE ALREADY A LOT OF NEIGHBORS WORKING.
THEN THE STAFF, PUBLIC WORKS, THE FIREMEN, THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THESE THINGS AS WELL. I'VE SEEN THEM OUT.
>> YES, WE'LL COME BACK TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE WORK OUT WITH THEM.
>> I'VE ALREADY SEEN IT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S FIRE [INAUDIBLE] TOO.
I KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE ALREADY.
>> WE'LL DO THAT WORK ON GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE.
IT'S THE STANDARD MESSAGE SINCE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT AND DEBRIS PICKERS HAVE TO SORT.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO REMIND THEM.
>> THE GENTLEMAN DID SAY HE'S GOT A GRAPHIC HE CAN GIVE TO US SO WE CAN PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT GRAPHIC TO HELP US WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE, TO LET THE FOLKS KNOW THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, THIS IS WHAT WE'LL TAKE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TAKING THE WHITE STUFF. WHAT DO WE CALL IT, WHITE?
>> IT'S LIKE THE APPLIANCES OR WHATNOT, BUT IT'S MOSTLY CONSTRUCTION, FENCING, AND TREES, BRUSH.
MARK HAS ALREADY BEEN BRIEFED ON WHAT CAMPAIGN WE WANT TO DO ON THAT AS WELL.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT DEBRIS MANAGEMENT? THANK YOU, GUYS.
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>> DO WE HAVE ANY STREETS IMPASSIBLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF FOR WHATEVER REASON?
>> JEFF WILL TALK ABOUT SOME HOUSEKEEPING ON SOME OF THE STREETS.
>> THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL BECAUSE IT GETS TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND REACH THE PLACES THEY NEED TO REACH SO THEY CAN GET POWER RESTORED.
>> THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE THE WALLS HAVE BEEN FALLING.
>> LINDSAY WILL TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> MORE THAN ONE IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
>> I'VE JUST GOT A QUICK REPORT, CHIEF MARK COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO BE AT WORK BUT HE WAS HERE ALL NIGHT ON MONDAY AND INTO THIS MORNING.
LAST NIGHT, THEY RAN ABOUT 47 CALLS UP TO ABOUT MIDNIGHT, THEN ANOTHER DOZEN CALLS AFTER THAT.
SO THEY RAN A LITTLE OVER 60 CALLS.
THEY HAD 13 PEOPLE WORKING LAST NIGHT, SIX COMING IN TODAY, THREE WILL BE COMING IN LATER TO ADD MEN AFTER THEY TOOK A NAP.
THEY HAD TWO STATIONS ON A REGULAR POWER, ANOTHER STATION WAS TOTALLY ON GENERATOR.
I THINK THEY'RE FINALLY BACK TO ALL THREE STATIONS. THEY DID ALL THIS.
THEY CUT DOWN AND HELPED REMOVE A LOT OF TREES. THEY PROTECTED.
WE HAD A LINE GO DOWN OVER HIGHWAY 35 AT THE LOOP, AND IT WAS LIVE, AND BECAUSE OF THE WIND CONDITIONS, THE FOLKS FROM TEXAS AND MEXICO CAN'T COME OUT AND CLIMB THE POLE OR DO ANYTHING.
SO THEY HAD TO STAY OUT THERE WITH EQUIPMENT.
THEY HAD TO STAY THERE WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT STAYED SAFE.
THROUGH ALL THIS, THEY HAD NO INJURIES TO THE FIREMEN, TO THEIR PERSONNEL, NO DAMAGE TO THE STATION TRUCKS OR EQUIPMENT.
THEY HAD A GREAT FUN-FILLED MONDAY NIGHT.
>> THEY'VE KEPT UP ON OTHER ICS FORMS. I STOPPED BY AND VISITED THEM LAST NIGHT AND THEY HAD A TABLE FULL OF OTHER LOGS AND RECORDS AND WE'LL GET THOSE ALL COLLECTED AND PUT IN THE CORRECT INPUT.
>> MY QUESTION, I GUESS THERE WAS NO NEED OR USE FOR THE REC CENTER TO BE?
>> WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT'LL BE COMING UP IN A BIT.
>> I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE JUST [INAUDIBLE].
>> WHO HAS THE STATUS ON THE ELECTRICITY?
>> LINDSAY IS NEXT. [LAUGHTER].
>> ALL RIGHT, JEFFSON. [LAUGHTER]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
JUST LET YOU KNOW, WE STAFFED UP, WE CANCELED ALL PTO, STAFFED UP, FOLKS GOT TO MAN ON THE STREET.
ADMIN WAS OUT MOST OF THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT, HELPING WATCH EVERYTHING GOING ON.
THERE WAS A LOT OF POWER THAT WENT OUT.
NO WAY THAT WE COULD GET OUT, PUT UP STOP SIGNS, THE WIND WAS TOO BIG.
BUT AS SOON AS THE WIND SUBSIDED, WE STARTED TO GO AROUND AND AT SOME POINT, WE HAD TO CALL EVERYBODY IN, CALL THEM INTO THE PD BECAUSE IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO BE OUT.
WHENEVER EVERYTHING STARTED GOING DOWN, WE WENT OUT, MONITORED ALL THE INTERSECTIONS.
INTERSECTIONS THAT WE COULD PUT UP STOP SIGNS, WE DID.
THE STATE DOESN'T ALLOW US TO PUT STOP SIGNS ON THE STATE HIGHWAY ANYMORE.
WE CAN PUT THEM ON OUR CITY STREETS THOUGH.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID ALONG MULBERRY AND GLASGOW.
THAT WAS MOST OF THE DAY TODAY.
THIS MORNING WE CALLED HEAD ALL OUR DETECTIVES COME OUT OF DAYLIGHT TO HELP EVERYBODY GO OUT AND ASSESS ALL THE DAMAGE AND CALL ALL THAT DAMAGE IN.
SINCE 6:00 PM YESTERDAY TILL NOON TODAY, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 205 CALLS, 125 CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR PD, 51 FOR THE FIRE, AND 29 FOR EMS. THAT'S NOT COUNTING ALL THE PHONE CALLS THAT THE LADIES GOT AT THE PD.
THOSE LADIES DID A TREMENDOUS JOB LAST NIGHT AND INTO TODAY IN HELPING OUR CITIZENS, IN HELPING EVERYBODY GET AROUND.
PRETTY MUCH WE HAVE I THINK MAYBE THREE INTERSECTIONS NOW WITH STOP SIGNS AT THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE POWER.
ONE'S RIGHT HERE, I THINK THE OTHER TWO ARE DOWN SOUTH AT PHILIPS AND 220.
MOST EVERYTHING ELSE IS BACKUP AND RUNNING.
WE HAVE SOME DAMAGE AT THE PD TO THE BACK FENCE.
>> THE NEW ONE, AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE WOODEN FENCE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE BEFORE THE NEW ONE THAT PUT UP.
>> HOW'S THE WAS NEW THE CONTROL CENTER?
WE WERE ON GENERATOR POWER TO ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY.
LAST NIGHT WHEN THE GENERATOR CAME ON, JASON HAD TO GO OUT AND AND SHOW US HOW TO FLIP A BREAKER TO GET IT TURNED ON.
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BUT THEY WORK WONDERFULLY THAT WE HAD BACKUP POWER, BATTERY BACKUP POWER NEVER WENT DOWN, SO WE WERE STILL GOOD UNTIL ADJACENT FLIP THE SWITCHES IT'S OUT ONLY GENERATOR.YES, THE SPREAD SERVER WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT MADE THE GIRLS JOB A LOT EASIER.
>> YOU HAVE POWER BACK AT THE FACILITY NOW.
>> YOU HAVE POWER BACK AT THE PD NOW?
>> AS AT FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY, YES SIR, WE GOT POWER BACK.
WE'RE NOT ON GENERATOR ANY MORE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTED FATALITIES OR ANY ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE STORM?
YEAH. I THINK THE ONLY CRASH WE HAD WAS IN A WAL-MART PARKING LOT,18 WHEELER HIT A POLL, BUT THERE WAS NO INJURIES AND IT WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
18 WHEELER WASN'T AVERAGE THAT BAD BOWL WAS.
>> I DON'T KNOW. I SHOULD'VE ASKED GLENN, DID WE HAVE ANY HOUSE FIRES OR ANYTHING?
>> NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY HOUSE FIRES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLED IN BECAUSE THEIR TRANSFORMERS WERE BLOWN UP AND THE LOW-POWER LINES WERE HIT BY THE TREES AND THEY SAW THE SPARKS.
OUR DEPARTMENT DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, THEY WERE RUNNING AND RUNNING AND RUNNING BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CALLING IN POWER LINES ALL THAT.
[INAUDIBLE] YES. EVERYTHING THAT HAD A SPARK, FIRE DEPARTMENT WENT TO IT.
>> ANY MORE CONTROL. EVERYTHING OKAY OVER THERE?
>> WE'RE GOOD AT [INAUDIBLE] CONTROL.
THE FENCE THAT'S ALONG THE SIDE WHERE THE OLD BUILDING USED TO BE THEY ARE NOW FALLEN.
BUT THE BUILDING IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO STAND.
>> THANK YOU ALL. LOOK BEFORE YOU AND YOU'RE MEN AND WOMEN.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
WE STARTED LAST WEEK CLEANING DITCHES.
WE DID IT IN CLEANING AND DRAIN BOX.
WE FOUND A LOT OF DRAINS COVERED UP.
IT'S A GOOD THING WE DID GO OUT AND LOOKED AROUND TOWN.
I WENT AND FOUND A FEW AREAS AND MEGAN [INAUDIBLE] CAME OUT AND HELPED US.
SUNDAY THEY HELPED US BEEN HELPING US, SO ALL DAY TODAY.
BUT I THINK WE'VE DONE GOOD ON OUR DRAINAGE.
I THINK WE ENDED UP ABOUT SIX INCHES.
>> SIX, SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN AND WE HAD SOME MINOR STRAIGHT FLOODING NOT MUCH IT CALLS A DEBRIS AND FROM THE BOXES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I THINK OVERALL, WE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON OUR DRAINAGE.
POWER, WE DID LOSE POWER AT THE WATER PLANTS OUR NEW GENERATOR WATER PLANT 3, WE'RE GOOD.
GUYS WENT OUT AND FIRED IT UP, GOT THE PLANT RUNNING ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.
IT RAN ALL NIGHT TO PROBABLY ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
WE'VE GOT POWER BACK OVER THERE.
IT WENT DOWN, WENT STRAIGHT TO GENERATOR, SWITCHED OVER LIKE IT SHOULD, IT WORKED OUT GOOD TOO.
I HAD 101 [INAUDIBLE] BUT WE'LL ADDRESS THAT IN THE FAR AS THAT.
THE ONES WE LOST POWER ON SOME OF THOSE SMALLER LIST STATIONS THERE'S AIN'T MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT UNTIL WE GET THE POWER BACK.
I THINK I HAVE TO LEAVE STATION RIGHT NOW WITH NO POWER.
BUT I'VE TALKED TO CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] THEY OWN BIG CIRCUITS.
I TRY AND GET THESE BIG CIRCUITS ON ABOUT HOUR AGO THEY HAD ABOUT 3,500 PEOPLE STILL OUT.
I THINK IT'S MORE THAN WE STARTED ABOUT 11,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
DOWN TO SOUTH END THEY HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEM WAS RUNNING DOWN THE PROBLEMS. BUT IT'S COMING OUT ON EVERY HOUR GETTING MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWHILE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSES THAT MAYBE YOU SINGLED TRANSFORMER [INAUDIBLE] IT'S GOING TAKE A WHILE, COUPLE OF DAYS ON THAT BEFORE GET POWER BACK ON SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.
>> IS THERE A PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS CAN SEE WHAT ESTIMATED TIME OTHER THAN CALLING TEXTS IN MEXICO AND ANOTHER OUT WORKING? BUT SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS ARE REALLY EAGER TO FIND OUT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET POWER BACK AND IT'S POCKETS.
>> LIKE THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET HAS POWER, PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET HAVE POWER BUT THEY DON'T HAVE.
I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THEY'RE PROBABLY ON THEIR OWN TRANSFORMER.
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT FOR THEM TO GET TO THEM. THEY'RE WORKING.
IF THERE'S 50 OFF OVER HERE, THEY DON'T GO GET THAT 50 FIRST.
GET THEM ALL THEM ALL THEN THEY'LL WORK DOWN TO SMALLER [INAUDIBLE]
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>> ALL THE LIFT STATIONS ARE THEY ON AUTOMATIC TRANSFERS WHEN THEY'RE ON THOSE GENERATORS, ARE YOU HAVING TO MANUALLY GO OUT AND SWITCH THEM OVER?
>> NOW, MOST OF OUR LIFT STATIONS ARE ON AUTOMATIC TRANSFERS.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE PROBABLY 10 OF THEM.
ALL OUR MAIN STATIONS HAVE GENERATORS.
THE OTHER ONES WAY OUT, WE DON'T HAVE GENERATORS ON THEM.
WE DO HAVE A PORTABLE GENERATOR WE CAN TAKE OUT.
I THINK WE GOING TO AND TRY TO GET ONE MORE PORTABLE SO WE CAN DO THE QUICK CONNECT HOOK UP IF WE NEED TO JUST PUMP IT DOWN FOR A WHILE.
HAD A COUPLE OF SEWERS FILLS ABOUT WHERE REPORT THAT [INAUDIBLE] BUT ALTOGETHER, I THINK WE'VE DONE PRETTY GOOD.
STREETS DOWN TREES. LIKE I SAID, WE CLEARED THEM FAST FOR GOOD LATE LAST NIGHT, THE WIND GOT TOO HIGH.
WE'D MADE EVERYBODY GO IN AND THEY COME BACK OUT ABOUT 4:30 THIS MORNING AND STARTED OVER AGAIN.
WE CLEARED ALL THE ROADS ARE ALL CLEAR.
NOW WE GOT TO GO BACK AND CLEAN THEM.
GET ALL THE LEAVES, THE LITTLE TWIGS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE WEEKS TO GET ALL THIS.
>> WELL, WE PROBABLY WANT TO USE A STREET SWEEPER.
WE'LL PROBABLY USE A BOBCAT, THE BIG BROOM ON THE FRONT OR BOBCAT JUST TO PUSH IT, THEN PICK IT UP AND PUT IT IN.
I DON'T WANT [INAUDIBLE] NEW STREET SWEEPER UP WITH TREE LAMPS AND ALL THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> BURN IT UP. WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT THE REST OF THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEK, GETTING EVERYTHING CLEARED OUT AND A LOT OF STREET SIGNS DOWN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I NEVER SEEN THIS MANY DOWN BEFORE.
BUT ALSO WE WENT TO THE BIGGER SIGN SO THAT'S MORE TO CATCH THE WIND, BLOW THEM DOWN AND ALL THAT.
BUT TOMORROW WE'LL BE HAVING A CREW GOING BACK AND RESETTING SIGNS.
IF I CAN FIND THE BAGS OF CEMENT TO SET THEM BACK IN AND CHANGE THE POLES.
THE RESIDENTS HELPED US OUT A LOT.
I DROVE AROUND THE DAY AND THE NEIGHBORS WAS OUT, LIKE YOU SAID, HELPING NEIGHBORS AND CLEANING STREETS AND RAKING LEAVES, PUTTING THEM ON THE PROPERTY.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP FROM THE RESIDENTS.
IT HELPED OUT A LOT. SEWER PLAN. IT WENT DOWN.
THE GUYS, THEY'D BEEN OUT THERE 24 HOURS WORKING 24 HOURS.
THEY HAD TO MAINLY TURN THAT GENERATOR ON.
THAT'S THE WAY WE HAVE THAT IN SETUP.
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] CLEAN THE BAR SCREENS A LOT BECAUSE YOU HAD 10 MILLION GALLONS WORTH OF WATER THAN THEY PROCESSED, AND SO EVERY HOUR THEY'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE SCRAPING STUFF.
>> I HOPE IN JANUARY WHEN WE GET TO A NEW BAR SCREEN, GET STARTED ON THAT.
THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTED STREETS THAT WERE UNDERWATER? ANY STREETS FLOOD? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY HOUSES FLOOD FOR SURE.
>> THERE WERE NO HOUSES THAT FLOODED THAT WERE REPORTED TO US.
WE HAD CROSSING THAT WAS UNDERWATER MOST OF THE WAY DOWN TO THE SUBDIVISION.
ANGLETON BOULEVARD WAS UNDERWATER AND THE END OF BASTROP HAD WATER ON IT.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE DITCHES AND EVERYTHING PRETTY WELL MAINTAINED.
>> SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME.
>> THEM STORM DRAINS ON LASSO, THEY GO THROUGH TO SUBWAYS AND [INAUDIBLE] ROAD.
ONCE THE DITCH ON HENDERSON ROAD FILLS, IT BACKS UP INTO LASSO.
THAT'S WHY YOU ALWAYS SEE THAT WATER BACKING UP.
IT DON'T GET IN NO HOUSES, IT JUST BACKS UP IN THE STREET.
>> GOOD TAP AND ALL THAT. I THINK ALL THAT DONE GOOD OVER THERE, JUST [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT YOUR GUYS WERE OUT THERE CLEANING THOSE CURBS AND GUTTERS ON SUNDAY AND ON SATURDAY, I SAW THEM OUT.
THEY PUT IN A LOT OF EXTRA TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ALL CLEAN.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN KEEP IT THAT WAY.
THAT REALLY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE SO THAT WATER CAN GET DOWN INTO THOSE DRAINS.
>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, [NOISE] WE WERE ALSO PREPPING A LITTLE BIT FOR ITEMS, THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE STARTING OUT WITH.
THEN THIS ROLLED ALONG AND I WAS IN CONTACT WITH CHRIS AND JEFF TO START EARLY.
DON'T WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE AND THEY DID IT.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY THEY WERE OUT.
SO IT WORKED LIKE YOU SAID, TRUE TESTAMENT THAT IF WE DO A LITTLE PREVENTION, IT GOES A LONG WAY.
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THEN REGARDS TO THE LIGHT, JOHN, WE WERE ALWAYS DIRECTED TO GO BACK TO THE TEXAS-NEW MEXICO OUTAGE MAP.THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOT THE MOST CURRENT NUMBER.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE SAYING LIKE AROUND 4,000 CUSTOMERS.
NOW THAT SINGLE RESIDENT, THAT'S NOT YOUR POPULATION.
I BELIEVE THAT ENCOMPASSES THE BAILEY'S PRAIRIES, THE BROAD ANGLETON, BUT WE CAN SEE THEY KNOCKED IT DOWN QUITE A BIT FROM THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT WAS READING 11,000.
>> JASON, CAN YOU SHARE THAT ON THE SCREEN?
>> THE RESIDENTS CAN GO TO, I THINK IT'S TNMP.ORG OR MAYBE IT'S DOT COM. I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> DOT COM. IF YOU GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE AN OUTAGE MAP.
THEN YOU'D HAVE TO FILTER IT BY EITHER ZIP OR BY CITY.
WE WERE MONITORING THAT HERE IN THE EOC ALL DAY.
>> I HAD GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TODAY.
THEY WAS CALLING ME TO LET ME KNOW WHAT AREA WAS COMING ONLINE ALL DAY LONG.
>> I THINK THEY'RE POSTING THAT BY FRIDAY AT SEEN.
THEY SHOULD HAVE EVERYONE DONE.
>> IT'S ALL HARD TASK AT CITY HALL IN OUR EOC.
ONE PERSON POINT OF CONTACT, THAT WOULD BE JEFF, AND THEN HE WOULD GIVE US UPDATES AND LET US KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND KEEPING CONTACT WITH TNMP.
LITTLE BIT BETTER OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS THAN MAYBE SOME OF THIS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT WORKED WELL HAVING JEFF BE THAT GO-TO GUY FOR TNMP.
>> I WAS TOLD THE AMBULANCE BARN WAS OUT.
>> THAT THE AMBULANCE BARN WAS WITHOUT POWER.
>> THEY WERE OUT. YES. THEY DO HAVE A BACKUP GENERATOR, BUT WE JUST NEED TO FACILITATE THAT LIST AGAIN, LIKE WE TOLD THEM, THE HOSPITAL, THE NURSING HOMES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ON THAT LIST OF PRIORITY TO GET ONLINE.
>> BUT EVEN THE NURSING HOMES AND THE HOSPITAL WENT DOWN FOR POWER AND WERE ALL OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JASON, FOR SHOWING US THAT MAP.
TELL YOUR CREW THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF MAKING SURE THAT [NOISE] FIRE, AND THEN THE PUBLIC WORKS.
THAT'S THE THREE MAIN THINGS THAT MOST CITIZENS ARE LOOKING FOR WHENEVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AND YOU WE'RE ALL THERE, SO THANK YOU.
>> YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE RECREATION CENTER ELECTRICITY IS ON.
WE WILL OPEN UP FOR COMFORT STATION BEGINNING TOMORROW AT 09:00 AM.
WE WILL CARRY THAT ON THROUGH SUNDAY.
SO OUR HOURS OF OPERATION STRICTLY FOR COOLING, CHARGING, AND SHOWERS WILL BE FROM 09:00 AM TO 06:00 PM.
IT WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL SUNDAY.
WE'LL OPEN UP FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS MONDAY MORNING.
WE'VE ALREADY MADE CONTACT WITH SOME OF OUR NORMAL PATRONS AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS.
WE DID SUFFER SEVERAL LEAKS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
WE ARE TRYING TO ASSESS DURING THIS TIME.
ALSO, WE HAVE DONE COMPLETED CLEANUP TODAY WHILE DOCUMENTING ALL OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE DID HAVE.
COLLEEN HAS HELPED US OUT BY GOING OVER THERE AND ASSESSING DAMAGE FOR INSURANCE REASONS AND ALSO SOLIDIFYING A CONTRACTOR FOR DEHUMIDIFIER SPECIFICALLY IN THE AEROBICS ROOM, BUT WE HAVE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FACILITY THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE ADDRESSED, INCLUDING THE LOCKER ROOM, SOME AREAS, AND OUR WEIGHT ROOM, GYM.
WE DO HAVE WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
>> REMEMBER, WE'VE GOT A NEW ROOF, JUST GOT INSTALLED.
IT'S NOT A ROOF DEFECT, IT'S THE WIND [OVERLAPPING] DAMAGE.
>> SOME DRAINED THAT GOT BLOCKED BECAUSE OF [OVERLAPPING]
LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT CAUSED THAT.
>> NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID ASSESS WAS AFTER EXTERIOR ASSESSMENT AND INTERIOR ASSESSMENT, WE DID GO ON THE ROOFTOP AND MOST OF OUR STORM DRAINS WERE CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS.
AFTER WE REMOVED SOME OF THAT DEBRIS, WE HAVE FLAT ROOF, SO IT WAS HOLDING WATER, IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE, BUT THAT WAS ABLE TO ALLOW WATER TO START FLOWING.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE ISSUE.
>> WAS THERE ANY DAMAGE TO THE ROOF ITSELF OR THE MEMBRANE OR [OVERLAPPING].
>> FROM WHAT WE COULD TELL, NO.
WE'VE DOCUMENTED SOME [OVERLAPPING]
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDED REPLACES OR MAKE AN INSURANCE CLAIM.
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>> WE WILL CONTACT INSURANCE AND WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT AND ASSESS.
WE'LL ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY SEE ANY DAMAGE.
FROM MY VIEW, WE DIDN'T SEE ANY DAMAGE TO THE ROOF ITSELF, OUR ROOFTOP HVAC UNITS, OR LIGHTNING RODS, EVERYTHING WAS IN PLACE.
SO WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE WEATHERED THAT PRETTY WELL.
IT WAS JUST REALLY HOLDING A LOT OF WATER BECAUSE THERE WAS DEBRIS BLOCKING THE STORM DRAINS.
>> IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD EXAMINE IN THE FUTURE THEN?
>> YEAH. ONE THING THAT WE HAVE ASSESSED IS WE DO HAVE SOME CREPE MYRTLES SPECIFICALLY AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
WE DO FEEL THAT SOME OF THE DEBRIS BECAUSE THEY EXCEED THE ROOFLINE, THAT PROBABLY WAS WHERE SOME OF THAT CAME FROM.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, WITH THE HIGH WINDS, THAT DEBRIS COULD HAVE COME FROM ANYWHERE.
IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE AS SOON AS WE CAN GET INTO THE FACILITY SAFELY, WE'RE JUST GOING UP THERE KNOWING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A POTENTIAL ISSUE.
>> WHAT I'M ASKING, IS THERE PROTOCOL TO CLEAR THOSE POTENTIAL FILTERS?
>> THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DOMES ON THEM, THEY'RE LIKE GRATES, JUST LIKE WHAT A POOL GRATE WOULD BE.
IT IS MEANT TO PREVENT A LOT OF DEBRIS FROM COMING, BUT WE JUST HAD CAKED ON LEAVES.
SOME OF THEM, YOU COULD SEE THAT IT WAS DRAINING, IT WAS JUST DRAINING SLOWLY BECAUSE SHE JUST HAD LEAVES KICKED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THAT GRATE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND PROVIDING ANOTHER GRATE WOULD HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY.
I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND ADDRESS NOW KNOWING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CAUSING POTENTIAL WATER DAMAGE.
WE DID AFTER WE HEARD FROM NEEDS FROM THE 211 LIST, WHICH I'M SURE ANGELA WILL DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL.
WE DID HAVE RECSTAFF DELIVER SOME CARE PACKAGES TO ABOUT THREE FOLKS.
WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ASKED TO HELP WITH THE SENIOR HOUSING ADDITION ON DEBORAH ROAD FOR ADDITIONAL CARE PACKAGES WHICH WE'LL BE DELIVERING TOMORROW, AND THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 10.
THERE MAY BE MORE, BUT WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH MUNICIPAL COURT AND ANGELA'S TEAM REGARDING ANY OF THOSE NEEDS.
PARK STAFF ARE ASSISTING OR DO ASSIST WITH TREE DEBRIS IN THE STREETS AND WITHIN PARKS.
BATES & DICKEY PARK WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE, JUST TREES UPROOTED COMPLETELY, LIMBS OFF JUST BROKEN DOWN BLOCKING WALKWAYS.
WE DIDN'T SEE ANY DAMAGE TO THE PLAYGROUND INSTALLATION THAT'S GOING ON CURRENTLY, BUT IT IS UNDERWATER BECAUSE IT IS A RECESS UNIT, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT DRIES.
IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO KEEP THAT CLOSED UNTIL WE CAN GET A MAJORITY OF THE DEBRIS PICKED UP.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF TREES IN GENERAL, WE'LL HAVE JUST LIKE JEFF MENTIONED, THE LITTLE LEAVES AND STICKS AND THINGS ALL THROUGHOUT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET THAT UNDER CONTROL.
SOME OF THE SMALLER ITEMS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MULCH AS WE MOW, BUT SOME OF THE MAJOR TREES, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THOSE REMOVED.
ALL OF OUR OTHER PARKS WHILE WE HAVE SOME DOWN TREES AND LIMBS, PARK STAFF HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB GETTING LIMBS OUT TO CORNERS AND HAULED OFF.
WE FEEL THAT ALL OF OUR OTHER PARKS CAN REMAIN OPEN WHILE WE STILL HAVE SOME TREES THAT ARE DOWN LIKE AT MASTERSON MAINLY.
WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE WITHIN THE WEEK.
WE ALSO CHECKED INFRASTRUCTURE AT SOME OF OUR PARKS.
THE SHADE STRUCTURES OF FREEDOM WERE GREAT.
THEY DID WELL THROUGHOUT THE STORM.
THE CONCESSION STANDS WERE FINE AS WELL.
FOOTBALL FIELD LIGHTS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT WE DID HAVE A FEW GOALS AT BG SOCCER COMPLEX THAT ARE DAMAGED THAT WE HAVE NOTED AND SENT TO COLEEN AS WELL.
>> DO WE NEED BRAND NEW ONES THAT Y'ALL REFURNISHED? [LAUGHTER]
>> DO WE NEED THE BRAND NEW ONES AT THE SOCCER?
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I BELIEVE IT WAS SOME OF THE OLDER GOALS THAT SUFFERED DAMAGE LIKELY BECAUSE OF JUST THE AGE THAT THEY WERE, BUT WE'LL NOTE THAT IN OUR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE STAFF GOING BACK TO THE RECREATION CENTER THIS EVENING TO RECEIVE THE CONTRACTORS FOR THE DEHUMIDIFIERS.
THEY WILL BE THERE TO HELP THEM SET UP AND GET THOSE UP AND RUNNING FOR THE FACILITY. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COOLING SHELTER?
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>> YES. THE COOLING SHELTER WILL BE OPEN BEGINNING TOMORROW AT 9:00, SO 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM IS WHEN WE'LL BE OPEN.
WE'LL HAVE STAFF ON-SITE FOR COOLING SHELTER.
THAT'S REALLY MEANT TO RECEIVE FOLKS THAT ARE SO LACKING ELECTRICITY AND NEED TO COME AND TAKE A SHOWER, NEED TO CHARGE THEIR PHONE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE NOT OPENING THE GYM UP FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
THIS IS STRICTLY IF THERE IS A NEED FOR SHELTER.
WE'RE NOT SHELTERING OVERNIGHT, NOT TO MISCOMMUNICATE THAT, AND THIS IS STRICTLY IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO REST, WE'VE GOT TABLES SET UP FOR CHARGING STATIONS.
WE HAVE COTS SET UP IF SOMEONE JUST NEEDS TO REST IN A SAFE, COOL PLACE, AND THEN WE HAVE SHOWERS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS THAT NEED THAT AS WELL, BUT WE WILL NOT BE OPERATING NORMAL OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH ACTIONS.
THEY ARE AWARE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE FACILITY AND ANY OF THE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED DURING THOSE TIMES, BUT NORMAL OPERATIONS FOR SENIOR PROGRAMMING AND CONGREGATE MEALS WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL MONDAY.
>> I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. THAT INCLUDES SUNDAY AT 9:00?
>> NORMAL OPERATING HOURS ISN'T?
>> NOT OPENING ON SUNDAY NIGHT?
>> BUT WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> WE PUT IN THE ATS SWITCH [INAUDIBLE] FROM THE COAL ISSUE WE HAD.
WE DID PULL THE TRIGGER ON THE GENERATOR TO COME FOR A WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUT THE GENERATOR UP, SEE IF IT WORKS, SWITCH WORKS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE MOVE ONE STEP FORWARD OF HAVING THAT CAPABILITY AND KNOWING IT WORKS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
>> MEGAN, ANY CHANCE ON THAT OPENING UP LATE [INAUDIBLE] FOR PEOPLE TO HELP YOU GET THE TREES RESULT?
>> ONE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT AS [NOISE] WE ARE CUTTING AND PREPARING FOR HAULING OFF THAT WE CONSIDER ALLOWING FOLKS TO PICK UP DEBRIS SINCE THEY ARE PECAN TREES AND COULD BE USEFUL FOR PEOPLE OVER THE WINTER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF HASN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY CONSIDER.
I THINK AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS ASSISTING, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO STAFF WITH ACTUAL WORK OF ADDRESSING DOWN TREES.
WE DON'T WANT TO DURING THE TIME THAT WE HAVE THE CLOSURE, OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONSIDER AND DISCUSS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
>> HOW MANY PECAN TREES WOULD BE THOSE?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT TO MY RECOLLECTION WITHIN BATES ITSELF, WE HAD TWO COMPLETELY UPROOTED TREES, WHICH WAS NOT THE PECAN ORCHARD THAT I'M AWARE OF.
THE PECAN ORCHARD'S IN BATES PARK, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL LIMBS THAT ARE DOWN.
BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY IF THAT BECOMES AN OPTION WHERE IT IS SOMETHING RESIDENTS COULD HAUL OFF AFTER WE'VE CUT DOWN TO A SCALABLE SIZE FOR HAUL OFF, STAFF WILL DISCUSS THAT FOR CONSIDERATION, AND WE WOULD ALSO PUBLICIZE THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU. WE MOVED FROM SUNDAY.
LIKE GLENN SAID, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT WE WERE PUSHING THE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THE WEATHER UPDATES, INFORMING THE COMMUNITY.
WE FOUND OUT THAT WHAT AISD WAS GOING TO DO, WHAT UTMB WAS GOING TO DO, WHAT TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER WAS GOING DO.
WE WERE SHARING THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
WE KNEW ABOUT POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES.
LIKE WE DID DURING THE WINTER STORM, WE UPDATED WITH THE BRIEF FORMAT, WHICH TOTED UP CITY FACILITIES, TRASH, POWER, REPORTING DAMAGES, A CALL CENTER, THE MEETING NOTICE ABOUT TONIGHT AND CODE RED.
WE TALKED ABOUT SAFETY AND STAYING OFF THE ROADS.
THEN, WE MOVED INTO CLOSURES AND REMEDIATION.
NOW WE'RE SENDING OUT STUFF ABOUT REGISTERED CONTRACTORS LIST,
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DEBRIS MANAGEMENT, THE CONVERSATION THAT MEGAN JUST TALKED ABOUT [NOISE] AND ANY ACTION THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THIS MEETING.THAT WAS OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN AND HOW WE WORKED THROUGH THE STORM AND WE'LL CONTINUE AS THINGS TREND AND WE SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED OR THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE TELLING OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT.
>> FROM MY OBSERVATION, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS EFFECTIVE.
I WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALL THE TIME, BUT WHAT I OBSERVED SEEMED TO BE PUT OUT THERE AND A LOT OF RESPONSES AND FEEDBACK.
THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY'RE COMING TO LOOK FOR US FOR ANSWERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE ONCE YOU ALL STARTED DOING MORE AND MORE OF THIS, NOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING MORE AND MORE FOR IT.
>> I DO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS WE GET ISN'T NECESSARILY IN OUR WHEELHOUSE, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY AS A TEAM ARE TRYING TO GET THOSE ANSWERS AND PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT.
JUST LIKE AISD, TEXAS-NEW MEXICO, SPARKLIGHT SOMETIMES, THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US, BUT IT'S OF COMMUNITY CONCERN.
IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FROM A GOOD CREDIBLE SOURCE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY SINCE YOU'RE OUR COMMUNICATIONS PERSON THAT I THINK WE ARE LEADING THE AREA CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO FULL TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT EVEN INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS ARE LOOKING TOWARDS US, TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT, AND GETTING QUESTIONS ANSWERED WHETHER THEY LIVE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OR NOT.
I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE JUST LIKE WE'RE SITTING HERE TONIGHT AND HAVING THIS MEETING, AND IT'S LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER IT HIT.
I THINK THE CITIZENS APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND HELPING.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I DO WANT TO SAY YOU GUYS MAY NOT KNOW, BUT WE HAVE A GROUP TEXT BETWEEN MYSELF, CHRIS, GLENN, AND MARTHA AND I WAS ALL NIGHT.
I WAS AT THE PLANT WORKING IN I WAS SHOOTING MESSAGES AT 1,2,3,4 IN THE MORNING AND THEY'RE REPLYING AND WE WERE BOUNCING ALL THOSE IDEAS OFF OUR HEAD, TRYING TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD.
THANK YOU ALL. YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE TO, BUT YOU ALL I DID.
CHRIS, THANK YOU BECAUSE CHRIS AND I HAVE WERE BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH AND GLENN, 3:30 IN THE MORNING, 4:00 IN THE MORNING, WE'RE ALL TEXTING EACH OTHER.
THAT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT OF YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
>> IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A COHERENT REPLY.
>> [LAUGHTER] I THOUGHT IT WAS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THANKS, MARTHA.
>> WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY MEETING TONIGHT, AND THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING IS YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE UNDER EMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THAT'S WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND SCHEDULED THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE HURRICANE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE MOVING EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA TO NEXT TUESDAY.
I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO RESCHEDULED THAT.
WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PUSH THOSE ITEMS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
WE REVIEWED THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS TODAY.
THOSE ARE UP FOR RENEWAL NEXT YEAR, SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH GLEN ON EITHER EXTENDING THOSE CONTRACTS OR DOING AN RFP FOR THOSE ITEMS. WE'RE JUST ADJUSTING SOME OF THE MEETING SCHEDULES FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
NEXT WEEK WAS CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION TO RESCHEDULE THOSE ITEMS. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
I SIGNED THE DECLARATION EARLIER.
THIS EVENING, WE'LL HAVE TO DO A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE DECLARATION, CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT THIS IS?
>> WHEN I SAW THAT, I JUST SAW RESOLUTION AND MY MIND WENT CRAZY.
SLEEP DEPRIVATION, I'LL BLAME IT ON THAT.
WE'LL DO THAT LATER ON IN THE MEETING.
WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, TOO, THE ROLES ON HOW WE CAN GET TODAY DONE.
THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO JUDITH AND YOU ALL ARE WORKING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF FOR US.
>> YES, AND THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN HIS DISASTER DECLARATION AND I BELIEVE I SENT THAT TO YOU IN YOUR EMAIL EARLIER TODAY ALONG WITH THE DECLARATION THAT THE MAYOR SIGNED.
THEN TONIGHT, OF COURSE, THE MAYOR SAID WE'LL BE EXTENDING THAT DISASTER DECLARATION.
IT'S GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS ONCE HE SIGNS IT AND THE CONTINUANCE WILL BE GOOD FOR 30 DAYS.
>> THE PURPOSE REALLY WAS NOT TO MAKE ANY GREAT DECISIONS, BUT JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATED MOVING PIECES ABOUT
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[INAUDIBLE] STICKY BEING CLOSED OR THE REC CENTER AND DEBRIS, AND ALL THOSE THAT WE THINK WERE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO DISCUSS.JUST PUT OUT IN AN EMAIL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT IS AND HAVE US EXPLAIN WHY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEADING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH.
>> I THINK FRANCIS SAID THIS WAS OUR FIRST EMERGENCY MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD TO SPIN UP IN SUCH A SHORT NOTICE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING WHAT MY STAFF AND I DID AS FAR AS THE STEAR 211 INDIVIDUALS CONCERN.
WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT.
THERE ARE 78 INDIVIDUALS ON OUR LIST AND WE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ALL OF THEM TODAY.
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK, MY STAFF AND I, THROUGH THAT ENTIRE LIST.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A FEW POINTS ABOUT WHAT OUR RESULTS WERE.
THERE WERE THREE THAT WE HAD TO REMOVE FROM THE LIST, [NOISE] TWO BEING MOVED, ONE WAS DECEASED.
ACTUALLY, WE STARTED CALLING, I THINK ABOUT LAST MONTH OR SO, AND THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS DECEASED, ACTUALLY, WE SPOKE TO HER THEN, SO THIS JUST RECENTLY HAPPENED.
WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH GLEN TO UPDATE ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
MOST OF THEM, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH.
MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS HAD POWER.
THERE WERE SOME THAT DID NOT HAVE POWER.
THE PEOPLE THAT HAD POWER, THEY DID INDICATE THAT THEY WERE DOING WELL.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY NEED ANYTHING, BUT THEY DID APPRECIATE US FOR MAKING CONTACT.
THE PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER, THEY WERE ALSO DOING GOOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE EXCEPTIONS HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
WE CALLED SOME NUMBERS, UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM, SOME OF THE LINES IT WAS THE FIRST BUSY RING AND WE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE, OF COURSE, CONTACT WITH THOSE.
BUT THEN MOST OF THEM, WE WERE ABLE TO LEAVE VOICE MESSAGES.
WE DID EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY WE WERE CALLING AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAD MADE AVAILABLE HERE AT THE CITY FOR THEM, AND ALSO ENCOURAGED THEM TO CALL US BACK WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
WE DID HAVE A FEW CALLBACKS TO LET US KNOW HOW THEY WERE DOING AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION.
THE SPECIFICS THAT WE HAD AS FAR AS THE WATER, MEGAN INDICATED THAT EARLIER THAT WE COORDINATE THAT WITH HER AND HER STAFF, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO OUT TO MAKE THOSE THREE DELIVERIES WITH THOSE CARE PACKAGES.
THEN WE HAD ONE LADY AT THE APARTMENTS AT 1300 [INAUDIBLE] SHE SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE RUNNING WATER, BUT THEN I LATER FOUND OUT WHAT THEIR SITUATION WAS.
THE LAST TWO THAT I HAVE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ACTUALLY ON OXYGEN.
WE HAD ONE, MOTHER, A FEMALE, SHE WAS ON OXYGEN.
SHE HAD THREE PORTABLES THAT SHE SAID THAT WOULD KEEP HER GOING FOR A LITTLE TIME.
HER DAUGHTER WAS WITH HER AND OUR EMS HAD ALREADY PREVIOUSLY GONE OUT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM AND GET THEM SET UP AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SUSTAIN WITH THOSE THREE PORTABLES.
THEN WE HAD ONE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS BEDRIDDEN, AND ALSO OUR EMS HAD ALREADY BEEN OUT.
LUCILLE HAD ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE AND SHE DID TELL THEM THAT SHE WOULD CHECK ON THEM PERIODICALLY, COME BACK AND CHECK ON THEM BECAUSE THE WIFE HERSELF WAS ELDERLY AND THE HUSBAND WAS BEDRIDDEN.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN UPDATED ON THE LIST AS FAR AS WHAT KIND OF CONTACT WE MADE, WHAT WE FOUND OUT.
EVERYTHING ELSE, LIKE I SAID, WAS COORDINATED WITH GLEN AND WE'RE COORDINATING WITH MEGAN AND HER STAFF TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF DELIVERIES.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE.
>> ANGELA, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT 211 IS?
>> IT'S A QUESTION, SOMEBODY DIDN'T KNOW.
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>> GLEN, IS THE PRO AT IT, SO I'VE INHERITED IT, BUT [LAUGHTER] IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING THAT I.
>> WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO THEY GET SIGNED UP FOR IT?
>> THEY CAN CALL THEMSELVES IN ON OBVIOUSLY 211, AND IT'S CALLED STEAR, IT STANDS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REQUEST OR THE R STANDS FOR SOMETHING.
[LAUGHTER] IT WOULD START TO PRIMARILY TO CAPTURE THE INFORMATION ON FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE TROUBLE EVACUATING IF WE WERE TO HAVE A MAJOR STORM HERE.
IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE VERY FRUITFUL BECAUSE WE CAN REACH OUT TO FOLKS WHO ARE VULNERABLE WHEN WE HAVE ANY SITUATION INCLUDING NOT EVACUATING.
LIKE, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM DURING THE FREEZE, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AFTER THIS.
IF THERE HAD BEEN ANYTHING, FLOODS, WILDFIRES, THAT WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY, HEY, I CAN'T HELP MYSELF, WE CAN REACH OUT MORE PROACTIVE AND GET TO THEM. GREAT. THANK YOU.
>> THEY JUST DIAL 211 ON THEIR PHONE AND THEY GET ROUTED A FORM INTAKE SYSTEM. THAT'S HOW THEY GET IT.
THEN IT'S ROUTED TO OUR CITY BASED ON ZIP CODE, AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE GET IT FROM THE COUNTY.
>> JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS, IF YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE WHO LIVES IN ANGLETON, AND YOU THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A LITTLE ASSISTANCE WHETHER, LIKE GLEN SAID, FOR EVACUATION, AFTER, HEAVEN FORBID, ANOTHER FREEZE, REGISTER YOUR LOVED ONE.
YOU COULD DO IT TOGETHER AND GET THEM REGISTERED AND THEN THEY COULD BE JUST AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR YOUR LOVED ONE THAT LIVES IN THE CITY.
>> YES, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SPECIFY EVEN IF THEY HAVE ANIMALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WHATEVER THEIR NEEDS ARE, WE'RE HERE TO SOLVE THEM.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEEN. [NOISE]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THERE WERE NO EMPLOYEE INJURIES DURING ALL OF THIS EVENT.
WE DO HAVE SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE HOWEVER.
THE PARK SHOP FENCING IS DAMAGED OVER BY ANIMAL CONTROL.
AS CHIEF VALDEZ POINTED OUT, THE POLICE PARKING LOT FENCE THAT SURROUNDS THEIR PARKING AREA IS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.
THEY CAN'T SLIDE THE GATE, SO THEY'RE HAVING TO USE THEIR CARS TO THE SALLY PORT RIGHT NOW.
THEY ALSO HAVE SOME DAMAGE TO THE WOODEN AREA IN THE BACK OF THEIR LOT.
CITY HALL HAS A CEILING LEAK OUT THE FRONT LOBBY, WATER WAS RUNNING DOWN THE WALL THIS MORNING.
WE ALSO HAVE A LEAK IN THE FRONT LADIES ROOM.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS DAMAGE TO THE BACK FENCE.
THERE'S ALSO A BROKEN WINDOW AND A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
I WENT OUT TO THE REC CENTER TWICE TODAY AND FOUND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE CENTER.
THERE'S LEAKS IN MOST OF THE ROOMS. ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THE SLIDING FOLDING DOOR THAT SEPARATES THE ROOM, THAT HAS A LOT OF WATER DAMAGE, IT'S BUBBLING UP.
THERE WAS BUBBLING UP ON SOME OF THE FLOOR.
WATER HAS BLOWN IN FROM BLOWING RAIN THROUGH SOME OF THE WINDOWS IN THE WAIT ROOM, AND THE POOL AREA HAD SOME WATER COMING IN.
LUCKILY, THAT'S SALVAGEABLE. THE STAFF OFFICE, WELCOME CENTERS, OUR LOCKER ROOMS, CHEMICAL STORAGE ROOM, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN EXTERIOR LEAKS AT THE WEIGHT ROOM, THE GYM, AQUATIC AREA.
THERE WAS DEBRIS, AS MEGAN SAID, CAUSING LACK OF DRAINAGE.
THERE'S NOW SOME SOFT SPOTS ON THAT ROOF AROUND THAT AREA.
EXTERIOR WINDOW FRAMES ARE DAMAGED ON A COUPLE OF PANES, LARGER PANES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPENSIVE.
DAMAGE TO PAINT ON EXTERIOR WALL SURFACES, EXTERIOR LIGHTINGS, AQUATIC UMBRELLAS, AND SOME GENERAL LANDSCAPING.
I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TML.
THEY ACTUALLY SENT ME A NOTICE OUT BEFORE THE STORM SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE ON STANDBY TO ACCEPT SOME CLAIMS. SOME OF THIS WILL GO THROUGH TML.
I'VE ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CLYDE NEIL SO HE CAN FALL WITH OUR WINDSTORM POLICY SPECIFICALLY ON THE REC CENTER.
THIS IS A NAMED STORMS, SO THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT POLICY.
WE DO HAVE A VERY LARGE DEDUCTIBLE, BUT WE MAY MEET IT BASED ON THIS [LAUGHTER].
I AM WAITING HERE FOR AN ADJUSTER.
I'VE ALSO CONTACTED BLACKMAN MORIN.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THEIR WAY OUT NOW TO THE REC CENTER WITH A LARGE INDUSTRIAL DEHUMIDIFIER TO TRY TO DRY OUT THAT ROOM WITH THE FOLDING WALL.
MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE DON'T, WITH LACK OF AIR CONDITIONING THAT'S BEEN IN THE BUILDING, IT'LL START GETTING SOME MILDEW AND SMELLING, THE REC CENTER.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THE VERY LARGE DEDUCTIBLE, IS THAT [INAUDIBLE] ELIGIBLE?
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BUT IT'S A NICE SIX FIGURES THAT WE COULD TRY TO GET BACK.
>> IS REC CENTER IN A CONDITION TO RESUME? WE WERE TALKING ON MONDAY, I KNOW MEGAN MENTIONED MONDAY AND I'M JUST CURIOUS AND LISTEN TO YOU DETAIL THAT DAMAGES MAKES ME WONDER IF IT'S.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT PONDING IN THE ROOMS. WHAT WE HAVE IS A LOT OF LEAKS THROUGH THE ROOF.
I KNOW THAT CAME IN THROUGH WHERE THOSE FRONT EXERCISE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE THAT RUN ALONG THE VERY FRONT WINDOW, THERE IN THE FRONT CORNER, WE HAD WIND BLOWING.
THERE'S A LOT OF DRYWALL DAMAGE.
WE HAD A BLOWING IN THE BACK WHICH WE HAD REPAIRED.
BUT THOSE WINDOWS, THE SEALS, THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THOSE KIND OF WINDOWS.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION ONLY BECAUSE THE SECOND TIME I MADE THE VISIT OUT THERE, ONCE WE GOT LIGHTS, ONE OF THE LARGE CEILING TILES FELL IN OVER THE COT THAT WE HAD SET UP.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THE KIDS LIKE TO THROW THE BASKETBALLS UP ON THE CEILING AND KNOCK THE TILES.
WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT WAS DAMPED BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH DAMPNESS IN THAT AREA OR THAT TILE HAD BEEN WET.
WE'RE NOT SURE. THE OTHER AREAS OVER THOSE COTS, THEY LOOK FINE.
IT'S MOSTLY THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING REALLY.
IN TIME, I KNOW THINGS TAKE TIME, WOULD IT BE WORTH EXPLORING LIKE STORM DOORS ON THE EXTERIOR, ESPECIALLY ON THAT MOSTLY GLASS EXERCISE AREA.
THAT MEANS FOR PROTECTION FROM BOTH WIND AND DEBRIS? I DON'T KNOW, [INAUDIBLE]. I MEAN [OVERLAPPING].
>> I WOULD ASK SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT CONSTRUCTION THAN I DO.
>> BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE EVERYTHING IS, A LOT OF IT IS ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
NOW, WE DID HAVE SOME WATER COME IN WHERE WE HAVE THE BUILT-IN PROJECTOR IN THE CEILING.
JERRY GONZALEZ, SAID SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME WATER COMING FROM THAT PROJECTOR AREA.
I DID ASK THEM TO GO BACK AND TEST EVERY TV, EVERY PIECE OF GYM EQUIPMENT, THE PROJECTOR.
BUT THE OTHER PART IS THE GYM FLOOR THAT'S BUBBLING.
WE'RE NOT SURE IF THAT'S COMING IN FROM THE FOUNDATION WHERE THE WATER WAS SETTING.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT.
UNTIL I GET THE ADJUSTER OUT THERE, I WON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW OUR CLAIM TO BE.
>> YOU CAN SWITCH AND MAKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE DID THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT CITYWIDE THIS AFTERNOON OR CONTRIBUTED TO IT, I SHOULD SAY.
OUR APPROACH WAS TO SPLIT UP INTO TEAMS. ONE TEAM TOOK THE NORTH PART, THE OTHER TEAM TOOK THE SOUTH PART WHERE WE CONVERGED IN THE MIDDLE.
MAJORITY OF WHAT WE SAW DAMAGE WISE WAS DOWNED TREES, DOWNED FENCES.
SOME OF THESE DAMAGED TREES WERE ON POWER LINES, AND WE ACTUALLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF WHICH FOLLOWED US IN THEIR VEHICLES AND STOPPED US AND WANTED TO TALK TO US ABOUT DAMAGE.
WE DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS CARDS, TALKED ABOUT 211.
IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY GREAT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY REALLY CAME OUT IN NUMBERS TO HELP NEIGHBORS AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I WANT TO JUST RUN THROUGH REAL QUICK WITH JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT WE TOOK.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A DOWNED TREE IN SOMEONE'S FRONT YARD.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY OBSTRUCTING THEIR ACCESS TO THEIR GARAGE.
JASON, THANKS FOR GETTING THESE PICTURES UP. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WILL SAY THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS SEEMED TO BE HIT IN PARTICULARLY HARD.
A LOT OF THE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS RIPPED THE SKIRTING RIGHT OFF OF MANY OF THESE HOMES.
HERE WE HAVE A ROOF THAT WAS RIPPED OFF.
THIS IS THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TO THE SOUTH OF TOWN, OFF THE SHANKS ROAD.
THIS IS THEIR REC CENTER AND THAT'S THE FENCE THAT GOES AROUND, I BELIEVE THEIR POOL.
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YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THERE.AGAIN, TREES ON FENCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. A LOT OF THAT.
THERE'S THE DUMPSTER FENCING AT THE CHURCH, OFF THE SHANKS ROAD, SOME MORE FENCES.
HERE YOU SEE NEIGHBORS COMING OUT AND HELPING EACH OTHER TO REMOVE LIMBS OFF OF VEHICLES.
WE SAW QUITE A BIT OF THAT TOO.
HERE YOU CAN SEE, THIS USED TO BE A COVERED PATIO ON THIS HOME.
IT EXTENDED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE MOBILE HOME AND IT'S COMPLETELY GONE.
IF I HAD TO GUESS, I WOULD SAY, IT WAS A 30 INCH CALIBER.
THIS TREE WAS ON THIS PARLOR, CAMPER, AND THE GARAGE AND A PORTION OF THE HOME'S ROOF.
THAT'S FROM A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
HERE'S THE FENCE AT THE ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER, AS YOU CAN TELL. IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.
I BELIEVE AS COLLEEN MENTIONED, THAT WILL BE GOING INTO THE CLAIM.
YOU CAN SEE STRAIGHT INTO THE OTHER PERSON'S BACKYARD BECAUSE BOTH THOSE FENCES ARE GONE.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY NOT AGED FENCES AT ALL.
WE HAVE A DOWNED TREE ON A DUMPSTER TRUCK.
THE BRICKS FELL OFF OF THIS UNIT OVER HERE WHERE THE ANGLETON ISD BUS BUILDING USED TO BE.
YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE OF THESE TOO WITH BRICKS.
I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW ALL OF THE PICTURES, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THE FOLDER THAT'S ON THE DESKTOP OPENED THAT SHOWS THE CAMBRIDGE APARTMENTS? ONE OF THE OTHER [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE APARTMENTS?
>> YES. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME AGED APARTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THREE I'LL MENTION ARE THE ALBION APARTMENTS, WHICH RECENTLY GOT SOME SPOTLIGHT FOR HAVING FACIAL FALL OFF THE BUILDING. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE? ANGLETON MANOR AND CAMBRIDGE.
THESE BUILDINGS SUSTAINED PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
ANGLETON MANOR PLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AFFECTED WAS NOT CRITICAL.
ALBION RESIDENTS WERE PLACED, HOWEVER, CAMBRIDGE REMAINS UNRESOLVED.
GLEN USED HIS RESOURCES TO CONTACT RED CROSS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS PLACED.
THERE IS A PRETTY LARGE BUILDING AND THE ENTIRE BRICKS COLLAPSED OFF OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE WALL, NEAREST KROGER.
WITH THAT WAS ALSO A DOWNED POWER LINE THAT WAS LIVE.
A PRETTY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THERE'S STILL BRICKS THAT COULD COLLAPSE AND WILL COLLAPSE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN AND HOW FAR OUT THE DEBRIS WILL GO WHENEVER IT COLLAPSES.
WE DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, EXPLAIN THAT WE NEED TO SEE THE PERIMETER FENCING EXTENDED SO THAT IT ENCOMPASSES A BROADER AREA AND REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF RISK TO ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA.
BUT YES, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT PLACEMENT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO ALTERNATE COMPATIBLE HOMES IS GOING TO BE PRETTY CRITICAL BECAUSE WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW IS ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD, NOT FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
IT'S EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AND THE ELECTRICITY AND THOSE THINGS.
>> LINDSAY, BEFORE YOU GO TOO FAR, I WANT TO SLOW DOWN AND GO BACK.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF POWER GOING INTO THE CAMBRIDGE THAT WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND?
>> HAS IT BEEN RESOLVED? OR IS IT STILL A SAFETY ISSUE?
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE CALL WAS MADE TO TMP TO GO SECURE THAT POWER.
>> WE COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT THOUGH.
>> THEN YOU SAID THAT A BIG WALL HAS FALLEN ON THAT SIDE, ON THE SIDE CLOSEST TO KROGER?
>> YES. WE HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT [INAUDIBLE].
>> WE CANT HELP PAINT THE PICTURE [OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHY EXTENDING THE PERIMETER FENCING WOULD SOLVE THAT.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY JUST CAUTION TAPE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUBBLE AT THE BOTTOM.
>> IT HAS A FALLING BRICK THAT CAN COME OUT.
SO YOU WANT TO EXPAND THAT [INAUDIBLE]
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>> I THOUGHT SHE MEANT THE PERIMETER OF [INAUDIBLE] I DONT KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO HELP ANYTHING.
>> THIS IS WHAT SPECIFICALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALLY OBVIOUS RIGHT NOW, BUT THESE BRICKS ARE ACTUALLY A WAY AND THEIR HIGHEST OF WHAT REMAINS AND THAT WILL FALL.
THE FAULT LINE IS SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE.
IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO COME DOWN.
>> THE BOXES ARE RIGHT THERE TOO.
THAT'S ALL THE ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL BOXES.
>> THE ELECTRICAL FEED THAT ALL CAME OFF.
>> ALL OF THESE VEHICLES SUSTAINED DAMAGE.
THE LINES CAME DOWN FROM HERE.
THERE'S A TRANSFORMER UP HERE ON THIS POWER POLE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT AREA DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE SECURED.
WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND ARE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THIRD PARTY RESOURCES TO GET THE RESIDENTS OF THAT BUILDING INTO ALTERNATE HOUSING.
>> THEY HAVE NO AVAILABLE ROOMS OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO THEY GET RELOCATED TO THE FACILITY.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK AND SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER IF NEED BE, MOVING THEM TO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHETHER IT'S THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHIN WHEREVER WE CAN GET ON.
YOU CAN SEE THAT TOP PIECE, IT'S PEELED AWAY.
>> SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE HAD ASKED THEM TO DO IS EXTEND THE CAUTION TAPE OUT THAT BUSH IN THE LOWER-LEFT CORNER TO COME AROUND THAT AND BLOCK OFF THE SIDEWALK THERE AND CREATE AN ALTERNATE WALKING PATH SO THAT THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS.
>> WHAT REMEDIES ARE THERE FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, I SAY REMEDIES MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROHIBIT THOSE UNITS FROM BEING USED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY FINDING LOCATIONS FOR THESE PEOPLE.
>> WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH.
I WOULD SAY TOMORROW CITY FACILITIES ARE CLOSED AND WE AS STAFF WILL BE GOING OUT INTO THE FIELD AGAIN AND FOLLOWING UP.
>> I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MECHANISM WITHIN OUR.
>> ONE OF THE FUTURE INITIATIVES IS PUT TOGETHER, WE CALL IT RENTAL POLICY.
SO LENS IS WORKING ON THAT WITH STAFF, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US THE ABILITY TO GO AND INSPECT RENTAL UNITS.
WE HAVE 25 PERCENT OF OUR BUILDINGS OR OUR RENTAL, EITHER APARTMENTS OR HOUSES THAT PEOPLE ARE RENTING AND LEASING OUT.
AS JASON'S ARTICULATED SOME WE'RE FIRST RESPONDERS OF ALMOST LITERALLY FALLEN THROUGH FLOORS OR WHATEVER.
IT'S LIKE SUBSTANDARD BUILDING.
HOW DO WE HELP RESIDENTS MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING INTO QUALITY HOUSING? WE'RE WORKING ON POLICY ON THAT.
>> FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE DONE A MAJORITY OF THE LEG WORK TO CREATE THAT POLICY.
IT IS UNDER ILLEGALS REVIEW RIGHT NOW AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING THAT TO YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
IT WILL LIKELY REQUIRE A TOWN HALL BECAUSE IT'S AN ADDITION TO THE FEE SCHEDULE.
IT'S DONE IN SUCH A WAY THOUGH THAT IT ENDS UP BEING PRETTY MUCH A WASH.
IT'S NOT TO CREATE A NEW REVENUE STREAM.
THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T HAPPEN AND THAT WE'RE ENSURING HEALTH SAFETY, WELFARE OF CITIZENS, AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S AVAILABLE QUALITY HOUSING IN ANGLETON.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT.
>> NOT LIKELY, BUT NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT AND WE'VE SEEN THAT ON THREE DIFFERENT APARTMENT PROPERTIES, WE KNOW TO LOOK FOR THAT.
>> THERE SEEMS TO BE A NEED FOR SOME REDRESS [NOISE] THERE NEED TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS TEETH.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CITY.
IF WE ALLOW SHODDY CONSTRUCTION AND PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THERE.
>> I GET THAT. I'M SURE THERE'S GOT TO BE A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE OR SCOTT, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T REMEDY AND COME BACK, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE NOT.
>> THESE APARTMENTS WERE ALWAYS VERY WELL MAINTAINED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 90S, 2000S.
THIS WAS THE SAME PEOPLE THAT OWN THE SUMMER HOUSE AND [INAUDIBLE] ON THIS ONE BEFORE THEY SOLD IT.
IT WAS ALWAYS WELL MAINTAINED.
IT'S JUST OVER THE YEARS, FIVE, SIX YEARS, I GUESS YOU'VE SEEN.
>> IF WE'VE HAD THREE OF THESE TYPE OF SIMILAR..
>> ALL I'M SAYING IS YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN THAT.
>> THE BRICK WAS ALWAYS RIGHT UP AND YOU WOULD WALK BY IT AT NIGHT AND DON'T SEE IT.
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>> NOW BEYOND IN MANNER, PROBABLY ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE.
BUT I COULD SEE ON THE [INAUDIBLE] THE ONE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, THE BRICK TILES WERE RUSTED OFF.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT THE WIND HELPED IT.
>> YEAH. I MEAN, AGAIN, IT'S HURRICANE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS.
>> THERE LOOK LIKE THERE'S TERMITE DAMAGE ON THE [INAUDIBLE] ONCE YOU CAN SEE IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL WORK TO DO.
THIS ONE, I REALLY DON'T KNOW UNLESS IT'S JUST THE WIND.
>> AGAIN, IT'S A HURRICANE, SO OBVIOUSLY YOU WILL EXPECT SOME DAMAGE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S A CATEGORY 1 BARELY THAT I MEAN, WE COULD EASILY GET IT TO THREE.
WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? THAT'S ALL.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRING BEFORE WE PERMIT A REPAIR PROJECT LIKE THIS IS WE NEED ENGINEERED PLANS.
WE NEED SOMETHING WITH AN ENGINEER'S STAMP ON IT THAT HAS BEEN [INAUDIBLE] SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUY INTO BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, WE CAN'T ISSUE THE PERMIT.
BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF DOWN FENCES, ONE OF THE REQUESTS I WOULD HAVE FOR COUNCIL IS THE WAIVER OF FENCE PERMIT FEES BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY OF THEM.
WE'LL DO THE WORK DEPARTMENT BUT IF WE COULD WAVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE CITIZENS.
>> THEN WE GET A MOTION TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. JASON CRUISE.
>> FORGET ABOUT HIM. [LAUGHTER].
>> HE'S SEATED OVER THERE. ALREADY CALLED HELP FOR FORGETTING ABOUT SOMEONE TODAY.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE HAD A FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL IT EVENT.
WE DID HAVE THE ONE INSTANCE THAT THE PD THAT ACTUALLY PROVED TO BE A UNSCHEDULED TEST OF OUR SYSTEM AND WE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS.
IT WAS ACTUALLY, TO ME, IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK AND SEE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY RUNNING ON BATTERIES AND IT'S THERE WHEN YOU NEED IT.
THAT WAS EXCITING AND PANICKY ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
[LAUGHTER] BUT WE DID FIND THE BYPASS SWITCH THAT WAS NOT SENDING POWER TO THE RELAY SWITCH, FLIP THAT POWER CAME UP TO THE BUILDING.
THAT WAS OUR EVENT. FOR THE EVENT.
I WORKED WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO KEEP THE AUTO TENDER UP TODAY AND LET OUR CITIZENS NOW WHEN THEY'RE CALLING IN TO HIT OFF SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE THEY GET TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE CALL CENTER.
YES. THANK YOU. I DID MY BEST TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THAT AND WORK WITH MARTHA AND THE TEAM TO GET THAT UPDATED REGULARLY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
ALL OTHER CITY SYSTEMS, STAYED ONLINE.
THE ONLY PLACES WHERE WE WEREN'T ONLINE WAS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE A GENERATOR.
THEN THOSE BUILDINGS ARE AOC BUILDING CAME UP NOT LONG, I THINK AROUND 10: 30 THIS MORNING.
PEOPLE, EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO GET BACK IN THERE AND CONTINUE WORKING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU JASON. QUESTIONS FOR JASON?
>> FOR INTERNET AND CELL-SERVICE, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FOR THE CITY?
>> INTERNET AND CELL SERVICE, WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH NOW TO HAVE TWO INTERNET PROVIDERS AT&T AND THEN ALSO COMCAST XFINITY.
BOTH OF THOSE SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT THE STORM.
CELL PHONE PROVIDERS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH VERIZON OR WITH HORIZON.
IN THE PAST TWO RECENT EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, VERIZON HAS BEEN THE MOST RELIABLE FOR CELL-SERVICE.
>> COUNCILMAN SVOBODA, ARE YOU STILL HAVE TWO BARS OR YOU NEED FOUR? [LAUGHTER] EXCELLENT JOB. ONE THING THAT I THINK IS YOU MENTIONED IT WAS
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ALL THE BACKUP POWER THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN THE CITY BETWEEN ALL THE BACKUP GENERATORS FOR ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS, LIST STATIONS, POLICE, REC CENTER, NOW.IT'D BE INTERESTING TO GET A INVENTORY OF HOW MANY GENERATORS WE HAVE POPPED OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS MAYOR THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN TO WHERE THE CITY CONTINUES TO RUN, EVEN WHEN WE DO LOSE POWER.
THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT HAD WE'RE [NOISE] MAKING SURE WE'RE SWITCHING THEM OUT SO THAT WE DON'T EVER HAVE FAILURE IN THE FUTURE.
>> THAT'S REALLY THE SUCCESS WITH THE CITY, IS ALL THE INVESTMENT AND THE GENERATORS AND BACKUP POWER.
>> YES, IT'S BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING.
WE STARTED BACK, I THINK WHEN STALT WAS HERE, LITTLE BY LITTLE ADDING GENERATORS HERE AND THERE AND GETTING REDUNDANT SYSTEMS ONLINE AND IT PAID OFF THIS TIME.
>> YEAH, DID THE TESLA GO UP? DID IT START RUNNING?
>> IT IS ONLINE WHETHER THEY HAD TO PULL FROM AND WE'RE NOT SURE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] QUESTION. CHRIS HILL.
>> YOU ALREADY WENT. [LAUGHTER]
>> OH, THAT'S COMING. [LAUGHTER]
>> WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, IT TURNED INTO A HURRICANE.
I WAS LIKE, WOW, MY VERY FIRST HURRICANE AND THEN THAT QUICKLY CHANGED WITH THE WIND AND THE RAIN AND THE POWER WENT OUT AND LACK OF SLEEP AND THEN THE RECOVERY PROCESS AND WE HAD SPENT SOME MONEY, SO IT DIDN'T REALLY.
[LAUGHTER] IT WASN'T A LOT OF FUN IN THE END.
>> ON THE WASTE CONNECTIONS, ANYTHING THAT THEY MISSED TODAY THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP FRIDAY, SO THEY SHOULD BE CAUGHT UP BACK TO NORMAL ON FRIDAY.
>> WE ASK US NOT TO DO TRASH TODAY?
>> SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TRASH CANS OUT BLOWN AROUND ADDING TO DEBRIS.
>> I GET IT. BUT RECYCLING AND TOMORROW THEY'RE FULL-ON TOMORROW.
>> YEAH, THEY'RE FULL-ON NORMAL TOMORROW.
>> WHICH WILL INCLUDE SOME DEBRIS, FOUR CUBIC FEET.
>> THE NORMAL BRUSHING AND WHAT THEY NORMALLY PICK UP THEY WOULD.
>> OKAY. THEN UB SET UP A CALL CENTER.
MOST OF THOSE WERE THE POWER OUTAGES AT THEIR APARTMENTS.
THERE WERE A FEW ON DRAINAGE THAT WAS PASSED ON TO JAZZ GROUP. THEY TOOK CARE OF.
>> JOHN, I'M SURE HE HAS BEEN TESTIFYING EVERY PENNY BETWEEN HIM, GLEN, AND CHRIS.
HOPEFULLY, THEY'LL FIND AS MANY PENNIES THEY CAN FIND FOR US.
>> I HAD ASKED THE ONLY THING IS MOTION TO WAIVE PERMIT FEES FOR FENCING IF YOU SO CHOOSE, WOULD SHOW GOODWILL AND PROGRESS.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE PERMIT FEES FOR FENCING.
>> I'LL SECOND IT BUT I'LL ALSO WANT TO ASK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WILL HELP THE CITIZENS RECOVER FASTER BESIDES JUST THE FENCING? THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T MAKE THE MOTION IMMEDIATELY, I WANTED TO SEE IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? WE HAD A LOT OF CODE [INAUDIBLE].
>> [OVERLAPPING] THE ONLY THING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT INTERNALLY AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN ASKED TWICE AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A WEEK OR SO, A LOT OF GRANDFATHERED CARPORTS ARE DOWN AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO PUT THEM BACK AND WITH OUR ORDINANCE, MOST NEIGHBORHOODS CAN'T WITH THE SETBACK.
I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO COME UP A LOT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT FOR SURE.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A HOME REPAIR, ROOF REPAIR AND THEY NEED PERMITS FOR THAT, ARE WE GOING TO WAIVE THAT?
>> [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ROOFS, WE DIDN'T SEE, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S SOME.
>> YOU CAN SPECIFY ANYTHING YOU WANT, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE PUT IT IN WITHIN A TIME FRAME SO WE DON'T GET A [OVERLAPPING]
>> THESE ARE PEOPLE IMPACTED WITH THE STORM [INAUDIBLE]
>> OUR SUGGESTION WOULD BE 60 DAYS.
NORMALLY WE'D SAY 30 BUT BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH DAMAGE AND IT MAY BE HARD TO SECURE A CONTRACTOR [OVERLAPPING].
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>> EXACTLY. WE THINK THAT 60 DAYS IS A FAIR TIME FRAME TO ALLOW A FEE WAIVER.
>> DO YOU WANT TO MAYBE MENTION ANYTHING ELSE OR YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE FENCES.
>> I DO REMEMBER DURING THE HAILSTORM, WE DID DO A WAIVER FOR ROOFS WHEN THAT DID OCCUR AS WELL.
>> I'LL DO FENCES AND ROOFS REPAIR [OVERLAPPING] 60 DAYS.
THE CARPORTS I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS AT A LATER TIME.
>> [LAUGHTER] OH JUNE, THANK YOU.
>> YEAH. ON THE CARPORTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
>> I THINK WE'RE ALL NODDING OUR HEADS.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CHARLESON.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
>> THEN WE DO HAVE THE ONE EXTRA ITEM, I THINK IT'S JUST MORE OF A HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE ON THE RESOLUTION PRESENTED TONIGHT AS WELL FOR RATIFICATION OF THE DECLARATION.
>> MR MAYOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20210914-001.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
THAT MOTION CARRIES. COUNCIL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO ADJOURNMENT?
>> YES. I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN THIS ROOM WHO HAVE PRESENTED TODAY.
IT'S HARD WORK AND I KNOW YOU ALSO ARE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR FOR THE MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH YOU AND BESIDE YOU OUT THERE AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK.
I SOMETIMES FEEL GUILTY SITTING UP HERE LISTENING TO YOU ALL TALK ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS AND HARD WORKOUT PUT FORWARD AND WE JUST SIT HERE, AND NOD AND SMILE.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND I'M SURE MANY CITIZENS WILL TOO.
I KNOW YOUR WORK IS JUST BEGAN AND I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR IT. THANK YOU.
>> I WILL WRAP UP WITH THE PART THAT PROBABLY ALL WANTING US TO DO SO THEY CAN GO HOME AND SLEEP IS ADJOURNMENT, 7:30. THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.