8. Discuss and possible action on an ordinance amending the garbage and refuse rate tables in the fee schedule in the consolidated schedule of fees of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Angleton; revising and providing for an increase in the rates to be charged for solid waste collection by the City of Angleton; providing for repeal of conflicting ordinances; providing a severability clause; providing for an open meetings clause; providing a penalty; and providing an effective date.

[8. Discuss and possible action on an ordinance amending the garbage and refuse rate tables in the fee schedule in the consolidated schedule of fees of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Angleton; revising and providing for an increase in the rates to be charged for solid waste collection by the City of Angleton; providing for repeal of conflicting ordinances; providing a severability clause; providing for an open meetings clause; providing a penalty; and providing an effective date.]

I WON'T REREAD IT.

BUT WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE FLOOR ON THAT ONE? MR. CHRIS, GO AHEAD. I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW FINANCE GOT THE DID. AND THIS IS THE SAME DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, WHERE THEY HAVE AN ESCALATOR CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GO UP BASED ON THE CPIU. THEY DID NOTICE US MORE THAN 45 DAYS AGO.

SO THE CONTRACT REQUIRES US TO GO UP THAT 5.32 PERCENT THAT THEY REQUESTED.

SO THIS IS THE ORDINANCE TO COMPLETE THAT TASK.

I JUST WANTED THE REASON WHY I ASKED TO PULL IT OFF WAS JUST FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY FOR THE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS ACTION AND THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS FEBRUARY 8TH OF 2022.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DOES THAT MEAN IT'LL BE REFLECTED IN THE FEBRUARY BILLING THAT'S GOING OUT OR? YES, THE NEXT BILLING, THE FEBRUARY BILLING THAT'S DUE IN MARCH.

OK. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S VERY CLEAR AT HOME ABOUT WHAT'S COMING AT THEM.

OKAY. NOTHING.

IT'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ON OUR SIDE.

IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT THEY'RE STAYING TO THEIR CONTRACT.

SO 5.32 PERCENT INCREASE.

SO, JOHN, WE'LL GET A NOTICE OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON FACEBOOK AND ALL THAT.

PLEASE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT IN THIS.

OK. THANK YOU, CHRIS.

THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS? I'LL SAY NOBODY. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE REALLY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO INCREASE OUR RATES, BUT IT'S JUST ACTION THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE.

SO THEREFORE, I WILL RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GARBAGE AND REFUSE RATE TABLES AS PRESENTED.

HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK WE JUST DID A LITTLE BIT JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

[13. Discussion and possible action on the annual Racial Profiling Report]

MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER 13 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANNUAL RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.

MR. LUPE, CHIEF LUPE VALDEZ.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REPORT ITSELF.

YES. SPECIFICALLY, JUST YOUR GENERAL THOUGHTS.

MY GENERAL THOUGHTS. YES, SIR, ON THE REPORT, YOU REVIEWED THE REPORT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OK. WELL, MY GENERAL THOUGHTS ARE USUALLY A 77 PERCENT CHANCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A WARNING WHEN YOU'RE IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON, [INAUDIBLE] YOU STOP ALL THE TRAFFIC, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

THERE'S ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOEVER GOT STOPPED ON THEIR RACE, THERE'S A DISCREPANCY THERE BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T IT SHOWS THAT I THINK IT'S SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT WHITE.

BUT THE STATE DOESN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HISPANIC OR WHITE.

IF YOU'RE HISPANIC, YOU'RE STILL WHITE IN THE STATE AS FAR AS THAT STAT'S CONCERNED.

WHY DOES IT HAVE HISPANIC AS ITS OWN RIGHT HERE ON THIS? IT DOES IT ALL.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE OFFICER PICKS IN THE PICK LIST.

WHEN YOU WHEN YOU THERE'S A RACIAL PROFILING SECTION, WHENEVER YOU ARE ENTERING THAT, IF THE OFFICER PICKS HISPANIC AND IT SHOWS UP, BUT ON THE DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHEN YOU SWIPE IT IN THE THING IT'S GOING TO SHOW WHITE AND IT JUST.

DEFAULTS. RIGHT.

SO THEY LEAVE IT LIKE THAT. I REMEMBER SEEING THAT.

IF THE OFFICER DOESN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE IT, THEN IT'S GOING TO STAY AT WHITE.

OK. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE? IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT? YES, WE'RE EDUCATING THE OFFICERS TO GO BACK BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH EASIER JUST TO GO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SWIPE A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND JUST TO LEAVE IT AS IT IS IN THE DEFAULT MODE AND TO GO BACK AND HAVE TO PICK THAT HISPANIC CATEGORY.

OTHERWISE YOU'RE I GUESS YOU'RE TAKING THE BELIEF THAT THAT PERSON IS HISPANIC.

RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO OVERRIDE THE.

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YOU HAVE TO OVERRIDE THAT. YES.

WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER? SERGEANT DE LOS SANTOS.

OK. AND THEN ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, WAS RACE KNOWN PRIOR TO STOP IN THE THE TWO PERCENT THAT SAYS YES.

HOW WOULD THEY KNOW? IF IT'S IF IT'S DAYTIME AND THEY CAN SEE INSIDE A VEHICLE.

OK. OK.

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THEM.

DO THEY ANSWER PRIOR DEALINGS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, IF PERHAPS THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE OR DRIVING WHEN THEIR LICENSE SUSPENDED.

ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU SEE THEM AND SO YOU WOULD KNOW OBVIOUSLY WHO THE PERSON.

SO THEREFORE YOU WOULD KNOW THEIR RACE AS WELL.

SO. PAST DEALINGS, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU STOP SOMEBODY TWO DAYS AGO AND THEIR LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, A GOOD CHANCE THAT THEY'RE DRIVING AGAIN.

RIGHT. AND GENERALLY, IF THEY SEE THEM, THEY'LL RUN THEM AGAIN AND SEE IF AND CONFIRM WHETHER IT'S SUSPENDED OR NOT STILL AND GO FROM THERE.

SO, CHIEF, I NOTICE IT WAS NINE THOUSAND THIRTY SEVEN TOTAL STOPS.

COMPARED TO YEARS PAST UP, DOWN, FLAT FROM THE YEAR BACK, TWO YEARS BACK? WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT EVEN, BUT THE RATIO OF WARNINGS TO CITATIONS IS TILTED.

YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK WASN'T IT LAST YEAR YOU WERE LIKE 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF GETTING A TICKET, I THINK.

YES, SIR. THE LAST ONE. OK.

SO EVEN WITH THE INCREASED TRAFFIC IS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOTICING MORE TRAFFIC IN THE CITY.

WE'RE STILL DOING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT TRAFFIC STOPS WITH THE STAFFING, BUT WE DID UP STAFFING, DIDN'T WE? WE DID UP STAFFING, BUT YOU HAVE TO ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE'VE BEEN TRAINING SINCE, YOU NAME ME INTERIM AND THEN I GOT THE JOB.

WE'VE BEEN TRAINING A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS.

WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE SIX ON TWO SHIFTS AND THEN WE GET ANOTHER RESIGNATION SO TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT TRAINING ANYBODY.

SO EVERY SHIFT HAS FIVE OF MINIMUM.

ONCE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIX ACTUALLY TWO HAS SIX FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

GOTCHA. AND IS THIS LIKE A SOFTWARE THAT Y'ALL UPLOAD THE INFORMATION TO THE EXTRAPOLATES ALL THIS INFORMATION OR IS HE JUST HE JUST KNOWS WHAT DATA POINTS HE'S GOT TO SELECT AND FILLS IT IN? NO, SIR.

ALL THIS STUFF COMES FROM OUR CAD COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH.

SO THERE IS A PROGRAM HELP ME OUT JASON, IT'S BI SOMETHING OR ANOTHER.

POWER BI. POWER BI THAT THEY TAKE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND IT BRINGS IT OUT.

AND THEN HE MANUALLY LOADS THAT INFORMATION INTO THE STATE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.

OK. AND IT'S A MANDATED JOB TO DO THIS, CORRECT? IT'S A MANDATE WE HAVE.

GOES TO THE STATE LEVEL OR TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL? IT GOES TO THE STATE LEVEL, OK, WE'RE MANDATED BY STATE LAW TO HAVE IT TURNED IN BY MARCH 1ST. OR WE GET PUT ON THE NAUGHTY LIST.

GOTCHA. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON TIME.

YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF VALDEZ? NO, THANK YOU FOR COMPILING THIS INFORMATION, SHARING IT WITH US AND YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. YES, SIR.

THANK Y'ALL. SO IT LOOKS LIKE OUR AGENDA ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.

THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PRESENTED RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2021.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE SAKE OF THE AGENDA, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW AND THEN COME BACK OUT AND COMPLETE THE LAST FOUR ITEMS. THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE MOVING AHEAD. OK, SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER 55 OF CHARTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED THEREIN. NUMBER 14 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTMENT TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND NUMBER 15 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS SECTION 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

I WILL SHOW US GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, LEAVING THE CHAMBERS AT 6:20.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SHOW US BACK AT THE TABLE AT 7:20.

COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? MR. MAYOR, ON ITEM NUMBER 14, I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT RACHEL RITTER TO THE ABLC BOARD.

SECOND. A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 15.

WE HAVE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF THAT THAT ITEM FOR THAT ITEM.

OH, THE RIGHT WORDING. THE RIGHT WORDING.

IT IS THE REMOVAL OF THE LOTS, IT'S IN A DIFFERENT E-MAIL.

YOU JUST SAY, YEAH. MAYOR I MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT THE HIGH BID OF SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FOUR LOTS LOCATED AT ERSKINE AND MAGNOLIA, THE NORTHWEST CORNER FOUR LOTS OF THE CITY OWNS.

I'LL SECOND. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT SORRY, A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY A COUNCILMAN GONGORA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES AND THAT'LL COMPLETE ITEMS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS, WE THANK YOU ALL FOR WAITING PATIENTLY IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THE NEXT FOUR ITEMS. NUMBER 16 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A HOUSING TAX CREDIT

[16. Discussion and possible action on a resolution supporting a housing tax credit application for the Amber Ridge Apartments, LP]

APPLICATION FOR THE AMBER RIDGE APARTMENTS LP.

MR. WALTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

AS YOU JUST READ, THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION FOR THE AMBER RIDGE APARTMENTS.

THIS IS MY MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE. YOU SUPPORTED IT ALL LAST YEAR.

MS. WATSON'S HERE.

IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THANK YOU, SIR. AND AS WALTER SAID, YES, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME IT'S COME TO OUR TABLE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO, MA'AM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP AND GIVE US A FEW MOMENTS.

HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK FOR THE FOURTH TIME.

I THINK WALTER LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M SEEKING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT ONCE AGAIN.

AND YES, JOHN, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO ASK.

WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG? THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS COMING.

I KNEW IT WAS COMING. IT WAS.

AGAIN, WE JUST I NOT WE I JUST CAN'T WIN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE JOB PROXIMITY NUMBERS IN ANGLETON THAT COMPARE OR COMPETE WITH TOMBALL AND HUNTSVILLE.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION, I'M JUST HOPING THAT THE CARDS FALL IN MY FAVOR AND I'M GOING TO TRY IT ONE MORE TIME.

AND THIS ALL BOILS DOWN TO SCORING POINTS.

IT DOES. NOT GETTING TO THE POINT LEVEL THAT YOUR OTHER COMPETITORS ARE GOING UP.

RIGHT. ALL OF OUR OTHER COMPONENTS MATCH UP AND SCORE.

IT'S JUST THE JOB PROXIMITY NUMBERS AND HUNTSVILLE BEATS US TREMENDOUSLY.

BUT I'M STILL I'M DETERMINED TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING IN ANGLETON IF I CAN.

WHAT'S THE PROXIMITY? THEY INCREASED IT TO FOUR MILES.

FOUR MILES FROM THE LOCATION OF YOUR PROPERTY? YES, BUT THAT DID NOT CHANGE THE NUMBERS IN ANGLETON.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR.

I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THAT. YEAH, YEAH.

HUNTSVILLE AND TOMBALL STILL JUST CAPTURE THAT, THAT RADIUS OF JOBS THAT.

IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THEY COULD CHANGE THE RULES NEXT YEAR, AND I MIGHT BE BACK, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NEVER, BUT MAYBE THE CRITERIA WILL CHANGE AND FALL IN OUR FAVOR.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS THERE'S JUST A FEW MOVING PARTS AND IT'LL BE A MATTER OF MAYBE JUST GOOD LUCK AT THIS POINT.

BUT THIS RESOLUTION JUST GIVES ME ANOTHER CHANCE TO COMPETE.

NO CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP, RIGHT? STILL, EVERYONE'S THE SAME.

YES, IT'S ALL THE SAME.

NOTHING CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS.

AND ALL PLANS FOR THE HOUSES ARE STILL THE SAME, ALL THAT.

YES. WE'RE STILL DOING FORTY EIGHT UNITS, EVERYTHING THE TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FOUR SPLIT.

EVERYTHING'S THE SAME. SO WHAT WAS THE RADIUS BEFORE THEY MOVED IT TO FOUR? IT USED TO BE A TWO MILE RADIUS.

THEY GOT. I APOLOGIZE.

I'M SORRY. IT WAS A ONE MILE MY YEARS ARE STARTING TO BLEED TOGETHER.

I BELIEVE IT WAS A ONE MILE.

I THINK IT ONE AND THEN FOUR THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS DELIBERATION OF IT BEING TWO MILES FOR A WHILE. SO I WANT TO SAY IT WENT ONE TO FOUR.

YOU GOT TO SIX, YOU'D PROBABLY GET THERE.

WELL, IF THEY CHANGE.

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OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY NOW.

I'M SURE, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S THE PRISON SYSTEM OF HUNTSVILLE, IT'S THE UNIVERSITY, IT'S THOSE JOBS.

TOMBALL COURSE IS TOMBALL, THEY'RE DENSELY COMPACTED.

RIGHT. SO RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

THAT WOULD IT ALLOT? DO WE? BECAUSE IT'S A MULTIFAMILY, IS THERE ANY SORT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR TREES? WE I KNOW THERE'S TREES ON THE PROPERTY.

YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. PROBABLY MOSTLY SCRUB, BUT JUST CURIOUS.

ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTION GETS PASSED, THE TAX CREDIT IS GIVEN AND EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE AND THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS TO PLAT THE PROPERTY, WHICH WILL INVOLVE THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

SO WE'LL GET INTO THAT AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.

THEY'LL ALSO HAVE TO GET A SITE PLAN APPROVED THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SO THERE'S STILL MULTIPLE STEPS TO THE PROCESS EVEN AFTER THIS.

AND WOULD THAT HOLD TRUE OF.

I KNOW IT'S FORTY EIGHT, SO WE'RE NOT QUITE.

IS IT? THIRTY FOR MULTI ENTRANCES? 30.

DOES THAT INCLUDE MULTIFAMILY IS THAT SAME THING OR IS THAT DIFFERENT? NO, THAT'S A THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.

BUT THERE THERE WOULD BE.

I WOULD THINK THAT JUST AS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS THERE WOULD, GIVEN THAT IT'S ON WOODWAY STREET, THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY IS ON WOODWAY STREET, THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TWO ENTRANCES.

I MEAN, ONE COULD BE THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND THE OTHER COULD BE AN EMERGENCY ACCESS FOR FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

[INAUDIBLE] HAVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE ONE ACCESS POINT THAT'S JUST UNDER LOCK AND KEY. SO THEY DO HAVE A SECONDARY ACCESS POINT.

YEAH. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION, AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION OF A REDUCTION IN THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES OF $250.

HAVE A MAYOR A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, GO AHEAD. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ON FOR FOUR YEARS.

IT IS SOME THAT WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY SUPPORTED IN THE PAST, SO I SEE NO REASON WHY TO CONTINUE NOT TO CONTINUE.

I THINK, AS WALTER MENTIONED, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SITE PLAN AND EVERYTHING PENDING SUCCESSFUL SUPPORT.

SO. THAT'S WHY.

I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, YOU'RE TRUE, JOHN, AND THEN IT KIND OF MATCHES IN THAT AREA, THERE'S RIGHT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, THAT WILL BE ABUT TO THEM ON ONE SIDE, IT'S KIND OF IN THAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR OFF THE BEATEN PATH, SO TO SPEAK.

AND IT IS ZONED MULTIFAMILY AND WE'RE FORTY EIGHT UNITS.

SO I BELIEVE THE DENSITY WAS TWENTY FOUR UNITS WE'RE KEEPING IT PRETTY SMALL.

SO I DO APPRECIATE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. WE HOPE THIS ONE'S A CHARM [INAUDIBLE].

I CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE IF IT HAPPENS.

THANKS AGAIN, GUYS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE, HOLLER AT US. THANKS, GUYS.

GOOD LUCK. ITEM NUMBER 17 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT

[17. Discussion and possible action on the American Rescue Plan Act funding]

FUNDING GO AHEAD SIR. I'M A LEAD, SO I WAS ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON SPENDING. SO WE'VE MODIFIED THE CHART TO SHOW WHERE WE EITHER OBLIGATED OR SPENT FUNDS AND THEN ALSO IN MAY-ISH TIME FRAME, WE SHOULD GET PHASE TWO.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A DRAFT SPEND PLAN AND JUST BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD COUNCIL SAY BEFORE, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

WATER, SEWER, SOLAR LIGHTS, SIDEWALKS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO WE HAVE A AGAIN, IT'S PROPOSED.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE FUNDING YET, BUT I FIGURED SINCE WE WERE GIVING AN UPDATE, WE START THAT DISCUSSION AND WHAT WE WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING FORWARD, WHAT WE THOUGHT.

THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO GET APPROVED.

NOTHING HAS TO GET APPROVED.

AGAIN, WE'RE JUST IT'S A REALLY AN UPDATE. AND WHEN WE GET THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, BASED ON SOME CONVERSATION TONIGHT, WE EXPECT TO COME BACK WITH SOME UPDATES OR PROPOSED SPENDING OR WHATEVER [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, CHRIS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

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JUST WISH THERE WAS MORE.

OH, COME ON. THIS IS PRETTY GOOD.

IT IS [INAUDIBLE]. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHANGES ON THE CURRENT SPEND.

SO WE HAD THE WHAT WE CALL THE [INAUDIBLE] STICKY TRAIL.

IT'S REALLY NOT A TRAIL.

IT WAS DETENTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT COST HAS GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY BASED ON IT'S REALLY JUST CULVERT AND DIRT WORK.

CORRECT.

ALSO, YOU NOTICE ON THERE THE [INAUDIBLE] TO KEEP A VAN.

SO REMEMBER, THE ORIGINAL PURVEYING CAME IN AT LIKE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND. THE COST ENDED UP BEING TWO TWENTY EIGHT.

SO UNLESS YOU TELL ME OTHERWISE, INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR FUNDING OUT OF THE RESERVES OR SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCE, I APPLIED ARPA FUNDING BECAUSE IT WAS AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE FULLY PAY FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND SO IF YOU NOTICE WE ADDED OBLIGATED.

SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THINGS, WE CAN SAY THIS IS WHAT IT KIND OF WHAT IT'S GOING FOR.

SO WE KNOW WHAT POTENTIALLY IS REMAINING AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S BEEN THEN IT'LL MOVE TO A EXPENDED CATEGORY ONCE WE ACTUALLY FINISH THE PROJECT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ZERO THINGS OUT AS THINGS ARE OBLIGATED AND EXPENDED.

AND SO THE SECOND CHART IS, AGAIN, REALLY JUST KIND OF WE TOOK SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN.

WE KIND OF JUST MOVED IT OVER TO FUNDING AND PHASE TWO OPEN FOR DISCUSSION GUIDANCE.

AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING YET, SO WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN TRYING TO SPEND IT, BUT JUST REALLY.

AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK ONCE WE GET THE FUNDING AND SAY, IT'S HERE, AND HERE'S WHAT YOU ALL SAID AND PROPOSES A SPEND PLAN.

NO, NO, THAT'S GOOD, AT LEAST GIVES US SOMETHING TO START LOOKING AT FOR THE FIVE MONTHS WHEN WE DO GET FUNDING BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS WILL TAKE QUITE SOME TIME TO GET THEM OFF THE GROUND. AND IT'S NOT UPDATED FULLY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE UNDER NEW SIDEWALKS.

WE PUT THE MILLER PARISH IN THERE SO THAT WE HAVE TO UPDATE THAT ALSO.

THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] I THINK IT WAS A HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND [INAUDIBLE].

I DIDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

YEAH, BUT I'M SAYING SO IT'S A MOVING TARGET AS WE GET PROJECT APPROVAL AND.

I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAW THIS, THEY LOOKED AT, THEY SEE THE SOLAR LIGHTS THAT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ROUGHLY HOW MANY LIGHTS WOULD THAT GET US? SO THEY'RE ROUGHLY FOUR GRAND.

IT'LL GET US ABOUT 80 LIGHTS.

OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S A LOT.

I MEAN, SO JUST AN UPDATE ON SOLAR LIGHTS A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE INVESTIGATED COLONY DRIVE BASED ON REQUESTS.

SO THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, THOSE WERE THE THREE LIGHTS THAT ARE ON THERE, ONE OF THE SOUTH, ONE ON THE NORTH AND ONE AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC ARE HOA INSTALLED LIGHTS, THERE WAS A LITTLE CITY INVOLVEMENT AT SOME POINT, BUT THE LIGHTS WERE PURCHASED BY THE HOA. SO WE'RE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE HOA IS STILL INTACT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AN A HOA RESPONSIBILITY.

WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOLAR LIGHTS MAY BE TOUGH AT THAT LOCATION BASED ON THE TREES AND POTENTIAL LOCATION.

IF YOU IF YOU WANTED TO REPLACE SOME ONE FOR ONE IN THE SAME LOCATIONS, SO AN ANOTHER OPTION WE'RE ASKING [INAUDIBLE] IF THEY WOULD INSTALL POLES OR NOT.

SO WE CAN EXPLORE ALL THE OPTIONS [INAUDIBLE] LIGHTING THAT STREET.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. OK.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I START ASKING A BUNCH? GO AHEAD, JOHN. GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE AN OPPORTUNITY.

OK, SO THE 2.4 MILLION IS BROKEN IN HALF, RIGHT? SO WE HAD THE FIRST 2.4 MILLION GRANT AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND ONE THAT SHOULD BE COMING. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE 2.4 MILLION IN THE BANK OF THE FIRST PART THAT WE'VE ALREADY OBLIGATED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE THOUSAND AGAINST.

AND SPENT. WE REALLY RIGHT. BUT YOU HAVE TO ADD SPENT AND OBLIGATED TO GET THE TOTAL.

CORRECT. I'LL BE IN SPENT, BUT THAT'S STILL, THERE STILL SOME THAT ARE CHEAPER, RIGHT?

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SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST ONE, THE LIFT STATIONS ARE A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ESTIMATED. WE'VE OBLIGATED FOUR HUNDRED FORTY THREE THOUSAND, WE'VE SPENT TWO HUNDRED AND TWO, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND ROUNDING NUMBERS HERE, WHICH GIVES US THE THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX THOUSAND SAVINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SPREADSHEET. WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE LEFT OVER THAT WE CAN STILL PUT INTO OTHER PROJECTS? THAT'S AT 1.12.

NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE SOME OF THIS STUFF HASN'T BEEN SPENT YET.

SO LIKE NUMBER THREE, THE ANGLETON OPERATIONS COMPLEX, WE HAVE THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND BUDGETED.

WE'VE NOT OBLIGATED ANYTHING.

WE'VE NOT SPENT ANYTHING, BUT WE STILL PLAN TO SPEND THAT MONEY.

RIGHT. SO I WANT TO KNOW FROM THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED AND WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO FALL, HOW MUCH EXTRA MONEY DO WE HAVE? BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG QUESTION MARK TO ME.

SO I'LL USE THAT. THAT'S ALL A.

I'LL LET CHRIS ANSWER. YES.

[INAUDIBLE] THE AOC. SO NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOND AND SO DEPENDING ON WHAT WE BOND OUT, MIGHT DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE SPEND IN THE AOC.

NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOND TAKES A COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR US TO GET AND, YOU KNOW, GETS APPROVED. SO MAYBE WE WANT TO DO DEMO OR WE NEED TO MOVE TRAILERS OR SOME OTHER EXPENSES WE WANT. WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT FOR DESIGN BUILD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE THING IS CALLED, WHAT'S THAT THING CALLED? CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

YEAH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK.

AND SO MAYBE WE WANT TO SPEND SOME FEES TOWARD THAT WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO GET OUR BOND MONEY. SO WE'RE NOT. SO WE'RE GETTING THINGS ROLLING.

AND SO THAT NUMBER MAY NOT BE THREE THIRTY SEVEN THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND.

MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT.

AND THEN WE COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, WE ONLY SPENT TWO FORTY OR TWO HUNDRED AND WE CAN REALLOCATE WHATEVER THE BALANCE IS.

WELL, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE OBLIGATED NUMBER IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET FOR, LIKE THE LIFT STATIONS.

A MILLION DOLLARS BUDGET FOR LIFT STATIONS, BUT WE'RE ONLY OBLIGATING FOUR HUNDRED FORTY THREE THOUSAND OF THAT? WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT YET.

I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T.

[INAUDIBLE] SHOULD BE LESS WHAT'S SPENT TO MAKE IT WHOLE.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE AN ACCURATE, REAL TIME DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAS BEEN OBLIGATED ON CURRENT PROJECTS.

THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE A REMAINING AMOUNT COLUMN, SO WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE THAT TO SPEND ON THAT PROJECT.

RIGHT. THE WAY I READ IT, THOUGH, IS MAYBE I'M NOT.

MAYBE WE NEED TO REDO THIS. WE'RE TRYING TO BE LIKE, HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BANK.

HERE'S WHAT OUR PLANS ARE.

PLUS MINUS WHAT OUR PLANS ARE OR MINUS WHAT WE SPENT EQUALS OUR.

AGAIN, I SEE THAT 1.12-ISH AS YOU KNOW, Y'ALL LOOKING AT US SAYING, OK, SO WHAT ELSE ARE WE WHAT ELSE ARE WE FIXING? AND IT'S LIKE, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH LIFT STATION EIGHT.

WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOME MORE THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE DONE YET.

RIGHT. WE HAVEN'T PLANNED AND COME UP WITH COST.

BECAUSE TO GET TO THE SECOND ONE, I REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AS OF WHAT TRULY SAVINGS DO WE HAVE, WHAT'S LEFT OVER? SO.

DON'T THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF SAVINGS.

MONEY BALANCE THAT WELL, I CONSIDER IT SAVINGS.

IF WE BUDGETED IN X AMOUNT AND WE CAME IN LOWER AND THAT'S A SAVINGS TO US THAT WE CAN REINVEST SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I GUARANTEE YOU WE'LL SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS IN LIFT STATIONS, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SEWER LINES, YOU KNOW.

I MEAN.

I HOPE SO. JEFF CAN TELL YOU THEY'VE YEAH.

IT'S IN THE WORKS. IT'S IN THE WORKS.

IF WE'RE TALKING SAVINGS OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SAY GO BACK AND TRY TO SEE HOW MUCH MORE IN THE LIFT STATIONS AND THE SUPERVISING YOU CAN DO.

LET ME SPECULATE A MINUTE ON THE LIFT STATIONS.

TO DATE YOU PROBABLY GOT FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF STUFF PLANNED TO BE PRESENTED TO A CONTRACTOR.

AND OF THAT TWO HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS BEEN SPENT.

YOU'RE STILL DEVELOPING PLANS FOR SOME MORE LIFT STATIONS, WHICH IS GOING TO INCREASE THIS FOUR HUNDRED FORTY THREE THOUSAND TO EVENTUALLY A MILLION.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THAT'S THE ANSWER TO WHERE YOUR SAVINGS ARE THERE, THERE'S NO SAVINGS. IT'S JUST HASN'T BEEN TOTALLY OBLIGATED YET.

AND I GOT THAT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE SPREADSHEET WAS NOT CLEAR IN THAT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD THERE'S STILL MORE TO SPEND.

REDO THE SPREADSHEET AND COME BACK NEXT TIME.

YES, THAT'S MY FAULT FOR NOT BEING.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR SPREADSHEETS.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE BE TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE THAT IT SHOULD CHANGE AS TIME GOES ALONG.

SO WILL SOLAR LIGHTS PROJECT.

YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH MONEY [INAUDIBLE] OBLIGATED.

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WELL, KEEP IN MIND, TOO, THAT FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING GRANT ONE OUT OF THE TWO GRANTS WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2024 TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY.

SO WE ARE TRACKING IT FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE SEPARATELY FROM GRANT TWO.

SURE. AND AGAIN, GRANT DOESN'T NEED TO BE APPROVED.

WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SOCIALIZE THIS WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE MAY TIME FRAME.

YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE PERCOLATING THOSE IDEAS TO SAY, WE AGREE OR LET'S CHANGE AND SHIFT IF WE DISCOVER MORE SEWER LIFT STATION ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE.

MAYBE WE OR MAYBE IT'S MORE SOLAR LIGHTS OR SIDEWALKS OR SOMETHING ELSE.

I WANTED TO GO AFTER THE SIDEWALKS AND DISCUSS THAT WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND BUDGETED SO THAT THE STUFF THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE ON DOWNING NONE OF THAT CAME OUT OF THIS NUMBER ? CORRECT. SO THIS IS.

THAT CAME OUT OF JUST REGULAR BUDGET.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND SAME WITH THE CEDAR.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT GRANT.

YEAH, THAT WAS A GRANT. SO REMEMBER LAST COUNCIL MEETING, Y'ALL APPROVED MILLER PARISH, THAT'S ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND OUT OF NEW SIDEWALKS ARP ONE.

SO THERE'LL BE A THIRTEEN THOUSAND BALANCE REMAINING IN NEW SIDEWALKS THAT AGAIN, WE CAN, BASED ON GUIDANCE, APPLY OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW PLENTY OF PLACES.

YOU CAN JUST FIX SOME BROKEN SIDEWALKS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

OK, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IF YOU HAVE SOME MORE SPECIFIC REACH OUT TO STAFF AND CALL PATTY OR CALL CHRIS AND GIVE YOU A MORE DETAILED.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US ON THIS, CHRIS? OKAY. ALRIGHTY NUMBER 18 DISCUSSION.

[18. Discussion and possible action on Charter Review Commission amendments.]

THANK YOU, MS. PATTY. NUMBER 18 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AMENDMENTS.

SO I THINK CHRIS HAS SOMETHING FIRST.

GO AHEAD, CHRIS. SO I THINK WE HAVE 81 DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD GO TO BALLOT. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK DONE.

I THINK Y'ALL GAVE SOME GREAT FEEDBACK TO THE CHARTER COMMISSION.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT AREN'T RESOLVED MAY NOT GET RESOLVED OR WHATEVER.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS IF THERE'S, LET'S JUST SAY, FIVE THINGS THAT WE DON'T AGREE TO OR DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS OR DON'T THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE TAKE THOSE OFF THE TABLE AND PUSH EVERYTHING ELSE FORWARD TO AN ELECTION.

SO WE VALIDATE THE WORK OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

AND SO, AGAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT OR WE DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS YOU KNOW TERM OR TERM LIMITS OR TERMS OR ROLES OF DIFFERENT THINGS OR WHATEVER, LET'S JUST AGREE TO MAYBE TAKE THEM OFF THE TABLE AND PUSH EVERYTHING ELSE FORWARD TO A SPECIAL ELECTION. HOW WOULD IT BE WRITTEN IN THE ELECTION? IS IT IS IT GOING TO BE JUST ONE OK, SO RIGHT NOW I COUNTED AND I AND I THINK THERE ARE EIGHTY ONE.

THAT'S THE RECORD. SO THE CITIZENS WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON 81 DIFFERENT ITEMS? I'M SORRY IT'S 86. SO UNLESS TO THE WAY IT IS, IS EACH ITEM THAT YOU ARE AMENDING HAS TO HAVE ITS OWN BALLOT QUESTION.

DO YOU AGREE, DO YOU NOT, YOU KNOW? NOW HAVING SAID THAT, I DIDN'T DO AN ANALYSIS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY THAT COULD BE GROUPED TOGETHER.

GENERALLY, THE LAW IS YOU CAN'T, BUT IF IT'S REALLY ONE TOPIC, THEN YOU CAN DO LIKE MORE THAN ONE, BUT IT'S IRREGULAR TO DO IT THAT WAY.

IT'S ALWAYS NOBODY'S GOING TO DO THAT.

ITEM ON EACH ONE. THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE, BUT MANY PEOPLE WILL JUST HAVE FATIGUE CAST BALLOT. WOULD TAKE A WHILE TO VOTE.

SO, JOHN, THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE IF ONCE YOU GUYS DECIDE WHAT TO DO IS WE'LL START THE EDUCATION PROCESS.

WHERE WE'LL HAVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND DO A SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT'S COMING ON THE BALLOT SO THAT THEY'RE PREPARED FOR IT.

IT DOESN'T HELP, THERE'S STILL NOT GOING TO WANT US THERE.

WHAT ABOUT LIKE LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFICALLY SEEMS TO BE THE CHARTER COMMITTEE SEEMED TO GEARED TOWARDS REMOVING SUPERFLUOUS OR SUPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY CONTRADICT EITHER STATUTORY OR CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS?

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COULD THAT NOT BE JUST BLOCKED INTO SOME SORT OF ONE VOTE LIKE.

NO. REMOVE ALL LANGUAGE THAT'S? OK. SO WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS IN HERE IS GIVING THE CITY THE ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES THAT ARE NOT SUBSTANTIVE.

THEY'RE NOT CONTENT CHANGES.

SO IN TERMS OF DELETING AND RENUMBERING AND ALL THAT, THAT THAT'S ONE I WOULD THINK YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT'S A LOT. BUT I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

YOU HAVEN'T. YOU'VE GOT 1965 PROVISIONS.

SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT AN INEXCUSABLE CHANGE.

I MEAN. WELL, NO, NOT THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] I MEAN, IT'S.

TO ME, SEEMS THAT AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THIS BIG DECISION.

WE'VE HAD A CHARTER TO WORK REALLY HARD ON IT.

THEY'VE COMMUNICATED. WE'VE HAD A WORKSHOP.

I FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES, MAYBE EXCLUDING THE TERM LIMITS, ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A HOT TOPIC ITEM, BUT THE REST OF IT, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE IN LETTING PUSHING FORWARD A VOTE ON.

WHY WOULD WE WANT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN, GET ANOTHER, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK. WOULD WE REQUIRE ANOTHER CHARTER TO COME BACK AND I DON'T KNOW.

SO MY SO WHATEVER THE TIME FRAME IS THAT GETS APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED, WE'D HAVE TO WAIT TILL THAT TIME WHEN WE COME BACK AND MAKE CHANGES OR RESUBMIT SOME OF THE ITEMS. AND IT'S STILL GOING TO BE EIGHTY ONE ITEMS, NO MATTER WHAT.

RIGHT. I MEAN, UNLESS, YEAH, I MEAN, AND A LOT OF IT AGAIN WHICH I LIKE IS A STREAMLINED CHARTER. IT SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT, IT SHOULD BE EASY TO GRASP IF IT DOES REFERENCE OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.

WELL, THEN LET THAT BE THE CASE.

SOMEBODY WILL HAVE TO DO THE RESEARCH OR HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO GET IT DONE OR WHATEVER.

BUT IT'S I LIKE WHAT THE CHARTER'S DONE, THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE, AND I'M PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LETTING THE PEOPLE VOTE ON IT.

I MEAN, EVEN IF THERE'S EIGHTY ONE AND ONLY 90 PEOPLE WANT TO DIG THEIR TEETH IN IT, BUT.

I THINK WITH THE EDUCATION PROCESS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING.

WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE PUT FORTH.

I AGREE WE NEED TO BITE THE BULLET AND GO AHEAD AND GET THIS DONE.

I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION TO JUDITH IS EACH STRIKE THROUGH IS GOING TO BE A SEPARATE VOTE? SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU THINK, OH, AND WHEN YOU SAY AMENDED, YOU MEAN THE DELETIONS ALSO? RIGHT. YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF NO VOTES.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO JUST GO THROUGH HERE AND GO, I DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR ALL THIS STUFF, BUT IF WE CAN EDUCATE THE POPULACE TO GO VOTE ON THESE RED ITEMS. RIGHT. GOING INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT, LET'S READ THE RED WORDS, YOU KNOW? AND BE SURE AND VOTE ON THOSE.

WELL, AND THEN TOO, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, IT'S HOW THE HOW DOES IT READ LIKE IF YOU'RE I S IT READ TO OMIT OR TO DELETE THE FOLLOWING VERBIAGE? I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE OK WITH THAT IF IT IF IT READS TO.

KEEPING IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S GOT TO BE GOT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT YES MEANS.

. SO THAT IS EXACTLY THE POINT OF THE

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SO SOMEBODY CAN DISAGREE.

YOU CAN HAVE SURE, SURE. OF COURSE, BUT THAT'S.

OF COURSE, A PERSONAL PERSON GETS TO VOTE WHATEVER THEY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS AMERICANS . THEY COULD LIKE THE SPECIAL POLICE [INAUDIBLE] WHATEVER.

DOUBLE SECRET POLICE.

NO. WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF WILL BE TAKING THOSE PHONE CALLS WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT ITEM NUMBER FIFTY THREE IS.

WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THAT. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE BIG ON THE CITY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

CUZ YOU NEED MORE RESPONSIBILITIES, RIGHT? [INAUDIBLE] I HATE TO BRING THIS UP, BUT WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON HERE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THOSE.

REALLY IT'S AROUND THE TERMS OF THE COUNCIL AND THEN POWER OF THE CITY MANAGER TO HIRE AND FIRE. AND DID WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT IN HERE THAT WE DID.

DID WE MAKE THAT UPDATE? WE DIDN'T. I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING ANY ACTION, ANY DECISION ACTION OR NO ACTION ITEMS OUT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO DISCUSS CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

THAT WAS THE THE CITY MANAGER WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO HIRE AND FIRE, BUT WITH CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNCIL DIDN'T MEAN THAT WE COULD OVERRULE OR ANYTHING.

IT JUST MEANT THAT IT WOULD COME.

HE WOULD INFORM US DID THEY VOTE ON IT? WE DID NOT.

I DON'T THINK WE TOOK ACTION TO VOTE ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A WORKSHOP AND WE ALL KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T MADE THE CHANGE YET.

SO WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT CHANGE.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE VOTE ON THAT YET.

AND THEN WE STILL HAVE IT CURRENTLY TWO THREE YEAR TERMS FOR COUNCIL.

AND SO, I MEAN, I GUESS THOSE NEED TO BE DECIDED ON BY THIS COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER.

OR DECIDE NOT TO DO ANYTHING AND WE CAN PULL THEM.

THAT'S CORRECT, ABSOLUTELY.

AND SAY INSTEAD OF EIGHTY SIX NOW IT'S EIGHTY FOUR THINGS THAT WE SO HAVE TO DECIDE. SURE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AS A COUNCIL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US HERE.

ON THE ELECTIONS I WOULD RECOMMEND PULLING IT.

I THINK WE'VE GOT EIGHTY FOUR OTHER ISSUES TO TAKE UP.

THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO ADDRESS AT THE NEXT TIME WE PROPOSE A CHARTER CHANGE.

AND IT GETS THE CREDIT OR THE ATTENTION IT NEEDS, THIS WOULD BE EVERYTHING WOULD GET LOST BEHIND THAT ONE ISSUE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND BY DISCUSSING IT NOW, MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING AND PAYING ATTENTION THAT HAVE, OK, THIS IS A ISSUE THAT'S BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, IT PROBABLY I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IT WILL COME BACK JUST IF YOU'RE LISTENING.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND PROBABLY THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.

OBVIOUSLY WON'T BE THIS YEAR, BUT.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE CITY MANAGER, I LIKE THE LANGUAGE THAT IT WAS PROVIDED.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE CITY MANAGER HAVING RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO RUN THE DAY TO DAY BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

I DO THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIRECTORS OR WHATEVER WE CALL THEM, I THINK WE GIVE THEM MULTIPLE NAMES, DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS.

TO ME, THOSE ARE SYNONYMOUS TERMS. AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO TERMINATE SUCH A PERSON, THEN THE CITY MANAGER SHALL MEANS MUST. WHAT DO WE USE THE WORD CONSULT CITY COUNCIL? BUT THE ULTIMATE DECISION RELIES STILL LIES WITHIN THE HANDS OF THE MANAGER AND THE MANAGER HAS TO MAKE CITY MANAGER HAS TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITH THE REALIZATION THAT IF HE MAKES A DECISION OR SHE MAKES A DECISION AGAINST CITY COUNCIL'S WISHES, THAT COULD ALSO ALSO LEAD TO THEIR TERMINATION TOO.

SO THAT'S ENOUGH, I THINK, TO PUT THE WHILE LEAVING POWER IN THE HAND OF THE CITY MANAGER AT THE SAME TIME.

IT DOES LEAVE THE CITIZENS A CHANCE TO REDRESS THAT ISSUE BY VOTING ON CITY COUNCIL.

WHO CAN THEN ADDRESS THE CITY MANAGER.

THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT. SO FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SECTION 4

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.01 SO THAT EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT THE SAME THING [INAUDIBLE].

SECTION C 4.01 SECTION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. YES. YES.

WE'RE MAKING A GOOD CLEAN RECORD.

BUT SO DO WE? IF THAT'S THE INTEREST OF THE COUNCIL DO THEY NEED TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECORD THAT? SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IF THERE ARE ONES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXCLUDE FROM BEING ON THE BALLOT, THEN WE'LL NEED THAT VOTE, AND THEN, AS CHRIS SAID, IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF YOU KNOW THE SECTIONS THAT YOU'RE NOT READY TO PUT ON A BALLOT YET TO JUST VOTE ON THOSE AND THEN HAVE A VOTE THAT EVERYTHING REMAINING WILL GO ON THE BALLOT MIGHT BE EASIER.

IF YOU WANTED TO PULL THE TERM LIMITS, YOU COULD SAY.

THIS ITEM, PLUS THIS ITEM, PLUS THIS ITEM WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ON THE BALLOT AND SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION AND SEE IF IT PASSES.

I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND THAT, YOU KNOW, REMOVING THE TERM LIMITS COULD BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A DIVISIVE ISSUE, IT NEEDS TO STAND ON ITS OWN MERITS ON ITS OWN.

BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THE CITY MANAGER ITEM IS THE SAME THING.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED ISSUES TO ME ON THIS THAT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ITS OWN BALLOT LANGUAGE AS WELL.

SO I THINK IT'S RIGHT TO PULL BOTH OF THOSE FROM THIS AND.

THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE.

IT WAS THE ONE THAT CAME UP FROM A CITIZEN THAT TALKED TO ME.

WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT I HAVE A QUESTION.

IF YOU HAVE A VIEW OF A MEETING AND THERE'S AN EVEN NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS BOARD FOR SIX. AND VOTE COMES UP AND THERE'S A TIE.

WHAT'S THE RESULT? IT DOESN'T PASS. SO IF UNDER WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES YOU MEAN UNDER THE NEW SPEAKERS] AT ANY TIME YOU VOTE ON ANYTHING, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF MEASURE IT IS.

BUT IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE A TIE, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO VOTE.

I MEAN THERE ARE SOME MEASURES PURSUANT TO YOUR CHARTER THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A DIFFERENT TYPE SUPERMAJORITY.

AND YOU NEED A MAJORITY.

YEAH, BUT THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT, THOUGH, ON A REVOTE OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THAT HAPPEN IN COUNCIL BEFORE.

I'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.

I WOULD JUST TRY TO GET A CLARIFICATION WHAT YOU BRING IN, POSSIBLY BRING IT BACK THE NEXT TIME REVOTE ON SOMETHING TO OR DISCUSS IT AGAIN.

CORRECT. OK. IN THE PREVIOUS CITY I WAS IN, IF YOU IF AN ITEM DIDN'T PASS OR SAME SITUATION, THERE WAS A TIE, THEN IT WAS LIKE A SIX MONTH RULE.

OK.

COULD COME BACK. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT RULE EXPLICITLY LAID OUT.

WE DO NOT. AND THAT PREVENTS SOMEONE FROM OR WELL, PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO JAM THROUGH AN ISSUE. CAREFUL CONSIDERATION ABOUT WHAT YOU PUT ON THE AGENDA.

OK. I DID HAVE A QUESTION, TOO, ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSITION PROCESS, THE PROPOSED TRANSITION PROCESS.

DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY EXTEND THE MAYOR'S CURRENT TERM ONE MORE YEAR? AS WRITTEN? YES.

OK. I WOULD JUST SAY I WAS LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC COMMENT THAT SAYS THAT BECAUSE.

THERE IS NO SPECIFIC COMMENT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH YEAR.

AND IF YOU LOOK UNDER, I THINK IT'S 2024 THAT WE DETERMINED THAT THE MAYOR WILL BE ELECTED IN 2024.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE MAYOR, HIS TERM IS GOING TO FINISH IN 2023.

SO IF IT WOULD JUST IMPLY THAT IT'S EXTENDED TO 2024? OK. IN JOHN'S EARLIER COMMENTS, IF Y'ALL HAVE HESITATION AND LIKE YOU SAID, LET'S PASS A MAJORITY IN THE NEXT CHARTER REVIEW, COME BACK AND YOU KNOW, NOW WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS THAT EITHER MAYBE DON'T PASS, BUT WE NEED TO READDRESS OR THINGS THAT AGAIN, WE WANT MORE TIME TO DISCUSS AND HAVE A CONSENSUS PUT FORWARD. AND JUST A REMINDER YOU CAN ONLY AMEND EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO IF YOU DO IT THIS YEAR, YOU CAN'T DO IT AGAIN UNTIL 2024.

RIGHT.

DID WE CHANGE THAT? THAT'S PER CONSTITUTION.

OKAY. I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT ISN'T.

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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE GETTING CITY MAY ONLY AMEND ITS CHARTER EVERY TWO YEARS, AND YOU DID HAVE A SMALL AMENDMENT IN 2018. THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT HELP ME.

I'M TRYING TO SCROLLING THROUGH THIS.

WHERE IS THE LANGUAGE ABOUT TERM LIMITS? 3.01.

THANK YOU. SO MY POSITION.

YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF CIRCLING BACK HERE, BUT MY POSITION IS THAT WE I MAKE A WELL, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE 301 FROM ANY BALLOT.

AND THAT'S NOTHING AGAINST MR. MAYOR, I KNOW THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY GIVE YOU ANOTHER YEAR OF YOUR TERM.

BUT I JUST WORRY THAT THE EIGHTY.

IT'S TO ME, IT'S YOU DO ONE OR THE OTHER.

NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, YOU EITHER ONLY TAKE UP THESE TWO ISSUES AND NEGLECT THE OTHER EIGHTY FOUR ISSUES OR YOU TAKE UP THOSE EIGHTY FOUR ISSUES AND NEGLECT THE TWO.

AND I JUST THE WAY THERE'S SO MUCH DISCUSSION ON THOSE TWO ISSUES.

I THINK IF WE'RE MOSTLY IN AGREEMENT ON THE OTHER EIGHTY FOUR THAN IT IS BEST FOR US OR WISEST FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE EIGHTY FOUR THAN IT IS TO HAVE A CONTESTED RACE OR ISSUE OVER THE TWO.

THAT'S JUST MY ISSUE. THAT'S MY BELIEF.

THAT'S ASKING A QUESTION MAYBE IN A DIFFERENT TERM PRAISE OR.

WHAT WOULD IT HURT TO POSTPONE THOSE TWO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T THINK IT. WOULD HURT ANYTHING TO POSTPONE THE TERM LIMITS WOULD DO ANYTHING TO POSTPONE THE WAY THE CITY MANAGER HANDLES THIS DEPARTMENT IS IT'S GOING OK NOW.

WE CAN. I AGREE.

I MEAN, LET'S JUST GET MORE INPUT FROM 80 SOME ODD, IT'S A LOT OF STUFF.

IT'S A LOT, A LOT TO VOTE ON AND.

AND I WOULD THINK THAT OF THE 80 SOME ODD THINGS.

IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO ME THERE'S MUCH CONTROVERSY IN THAT.

IF YOU WANT TO CALL ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK SO, BUT IT SOUNDS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD, YOU JUST DELETING ALL THIS UNNECESSARY LANGUAGE.

SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO SIT DOWN AND READ IT THIS TIME.

I THINK AGAIN, I GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER, THE STREAMLINING OF THE CHARTER IS IN MEAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, A HEALTHY THING, A GOOD THING FOR THE LONG TERM OF THE CITY.

AND THAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION.

AND THAT WAS, YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE BRING OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THEY'VE SPOKEN.

WE'VE REVIEWED IT. AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH CONTROVERSIAL STUFF IN THE OTHER THAN THE TWO ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AND THE OTHER TWO ISSUES I DON'T THINK ARE CONTROVERSIAL AS MUCH AS I THINK WE MAY NEED MORE INPUT FROM THE CITY OR MAYBE A WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING ON ON WHAT THEY REALLY WANT US TO CONSIDER ON THOSE, ESPECIALLY THE TERM LIMITS.

YEAH, THAT'S JUST IT'S A HOT BUTTON ISSUE.

WHEN WE COULD, I THINK WE COULD GET THESE OTHER THINGS THROUGH MOST OF THEM THROUGH WITH VERY LITTLE CONTROVERSY.

YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANT THEM GETTING LOST IN THE MIX AND SOMEBODY GETS HALFWAY THROUGH AND YOU'RE LIKE, I'M JUST GOING TO VOTE NO AND EVERYTHING.

AND YOU KNOW.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT COULD HAPPEN. HOWEVER, IT COMES BACK TO THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.

BUT OF COURSE, AND IF WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS BELIEVE THESE ARE GOOD THINGS AND WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE GET TO EXPLAIN WHY IT'S BEING DONE AND IF BEING GOOD CIVIL SERVANTS, IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE HAVE TO BE OPEN TO ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS AND TAKING THE TIME TO TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO JUDITH AND REACH OUT TO CHRIS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ANSWERING THEIR MAKE GIVING THE CORRECT ANSWER. BUT EVEN IF THEY FAIL, I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST SO WHAT YOU KNOW AT THE NEXT CHARTER REVIEW. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO BRING BACK.

IT DIDN'T PASS PLUS THESE OTHER TWO ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONDUCT A TOWN HALL TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED AND DELIBERATE BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF.

AND I ECHO CECIL'S POINT BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ON THE CITY MANAGER WAS STUFF WAS MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO WAS OTHER THAN CHRIS IN THAT SEAT.

BUT TO ECHO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I FEEL LIKE THINGS HAVE GONE WELL.

WE'VE I THINK THE PROCESS HAS WORKED AS FAR AS ELECTIONS.

I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD COUNCIL WHO'S A DIVERSE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT ROLES WITHIN THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW.

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I'D LIKE TO THINK THE CITIZENS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF PICKING THEIR COUNCIL, AND IF THEY DISAGREE, THEN THAT'S WHAT ELECTIONS FOR MAY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEAL WITH THOSE RESULTS. I SEEM TO HEAR THAT EIGHTY FOUR OUT OF THE EIGHTY SIX REALLY HAVE NO ISSUES, AND MAYBE THAT'S A MOTION THAT SOMEONE CAN [INAUDIBLE].

DO THE MATH. THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE.

SO AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT THAT YOU DECIDE THINGS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE ELECTION, THE AMENDMENTS HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT THERE'S A LAW THAT SAYS ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT AFFECT YOUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH I DON'T WE DIDN'T REALLY DO THAT AS WE WENT THROUGH BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING.

BUT IF THERE'S ANY IMPACT ON YOUR FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THE BALLOT TOO.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT DOES SO.

I NEVER SAW ANYTHING IN THERE ON THAT.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE PROCEED ON 84 OF THE SELECTED ITEMS THAT THE CHARTER COMMISSION HAS GIVEN TO US TO CONSIDER MOVE FOR A VOTE ON THOSE WITH THE PULLING ITEMS, I GUESS, 3.01, WHICH DEALS WITH THE TERM LIMITS OF COUNCIL AND 4.01, WHICH DEALS WITH THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS, I GUESS, OF THE CITY MANAGER.

AND CAN YOU ADD 10.12 TO THAT, WHICH IS THE TRANSITION LANGUAGE, SHOULD YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR TERM LIMITS PLEASE. AND TO INCLUDE THE TRANSITION LANGUAGE THAT WOULD CORRESPONDINGLY GO WITH 3.01 SINCE WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

EXCLUDE OR INCLUDE.

YOU'RE. INCLUDING IT IN MY MOTION TO EXCLUDE, I GUESS.

YES. SORRY.

AND THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE I WOULD ASK IS, SAY, EIGHTY FOUR, APPROXIMATELY IN CASE I COUNTED WRONG. OK. OH, ALL EXCEPT THOSE TWO.

AND IF THAT'S EIGHTY FOUR OR EIGHTY THREE OR EIGHTY FIVE OR SO YOU'RE EXCLUDING THOSE THREE SECTIONS.

CORRECT. FROM AMENDMENT.

FROM AMENDMENT AND CALLING THE REST TO, I GUESS, A CITY VOTE.

SECOND.

A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 19 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION

[19. Discussion and possible action on an ordinance ordering a Special Election to be held on May 7, 2022, for the purpose of considering amendments to the city charter of the City of Angleton, Texas; making provisions for the conduct of the election and providing for other related matters relating to the election; providing a severance clause and providing effective date]

TO BE HELD ON MAY 7TH 2022 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS RELATING TO THE ELECTION.

PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE.

FRANCES OR JUDITH OR CHRIS ANYTHING? WELL, IT'S SELF-EVIDENT IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS TO THE PEOPLE, YOU NEED TO PASS THIS. NOW I WILL SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE AMENDED BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID. SO FOR THE PUBLIC OUT THERE, WHAT'S IN THE PACKET WILL BE AMENDED TO REFLECT WHAT CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED.

GOT IT. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20220208-00 WITH THE THREE ITEMS BEING AMENDED TO THIS ORDINANCE AFTER THE VOTE ON NUMBER, GIVE ME A SECOND, 18 FOR APPROVAL.

A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

[INAUDIBLE] IT'S CALLED A SPECIAL BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEING HELD ON MAY, THE REGULAR SESSION, THIS IS SOME ADDED STUFF WE GOT TO.

RIGHT. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL CANDIDATE ELECTION, SO YOU WILL SEE ORDINANCES THAT WILL HAVE BOTH TOGETHER.

BUT WE WEREN'T THERE YET BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS GOING TO GO TO THE BALLOT.

SO THEREFORE WE HAD WE ALREADY HAD OUR ORDINANCE ON YOUR REGULAR ELECTION FOR YOUR CANDIDATES. THIS IS A SPECIAL ELECTION JUST FOR YOUR CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

AND IT'S ALL AT THE SAME TIME, OK.

ALL RIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.