13. Discussion and possible action on a fitness passport service agreement with OptumHealth Care Solutions, LLC. and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement upon legal review.

[13. Discussion and possible action on a fitness passport service agreement with OptumHealth Care Solutions, LLC. and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement upon legal review.]

SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH OPTUM HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS, LLC, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT UPON LEGAL REVIEW.

MISS MEGAN.

YES, SO THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE SIMILAR TO SILVER SNEAKERS OR SILVER AND FIT THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER IT AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

WHAT IT IS, IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OPTUM WHO BASICALLY PAYS FOR THEIR MEMBERS MEMBERSHIP AS LONG AS THEY ARE PART OF THE OPTUM HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, IF YOU WILL.

AND SO IT'S WORKED OUT IN OUR BENEFIT.

WE HAVE HAD NEW MEMBERS, TYPICALLY SENIORS, THAT COME AND VISIT OUR FACILITY BECAUSE THEIR INSURANCE PROVIDER PAYS FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP IF THERE IS MINIMALLY AT LEAST ONE VISIT PER MONTH. SO WE ARE HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AGREEMENT SO THAT WE CAN SERVE SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THIS MEDICAL INSURANCE THAT WILL PAY FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO MEGAN, ARE OTHER CITIES DOING THIS LIKE LAKE JACKSON? AND SO I DON'T THERE ARE SOME OTHER MEMBER CITIES THAT DO OPTUM AND RENEW ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS JUST LIKE SILVER AND FIT AND SILVER SNEAKERS AND THOSE THIS MEMBERSHIP SERVICE ALLOWS THEM THE ABILITY TO GO TO EACH OF THOSE AGENCIES IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

SO WE ARE LIKELY GOING TO BE SERVING THE PEOPLE IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA WITH THAT SERVICE.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THERE THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER FACILITIES OFFERING SIMILAR SERVICES.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE. WE APPROVE A FITNESS PASSPORT SERVICE WITH OPTIMUM HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS LLC AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AFTER LEGAL REVIEW.

SECOND.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.

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

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 14 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SERVICE

[14. Discussion and possible action on a service agreement with iWorQ Systems Inc]

AGREEMENT WITH I WORK SYSTEMS INC.

GO AHEAD, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS HECTOR RENTERIA.

I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I MAY HAVE NOT FORMALLY MET YET.

SO STAFF IN PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO SOME SOFTWARE SYSTEMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY HELP US WITH WORK MANAGEMENT, ASSET MANAGEMENT, THAT COULD PERFORM A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.

THIS WILL KIND OF ALLOW US TO EXPEDITE SOME OF OUR WORK, BEGIN TO CAPTURE OTHER THINGS THAT OCCUR AT OUR ASSETS, LIKE THE LIFT STATION REHABS WE'RE HAVING.

FOR INSTANCE, WE COULD RECORD THE PUMPS THAT ARE BEING CHANGED OUT, YOU KNOW, ANY WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF HELP US IN PLANNING SOME MAINTENANCE THINGS LIKE THAT. ANOTHER THING THAT IWORQ WILL OFFER US IS A SORT OF GIS MAPPING SERVICE THAT WOULD HELP US CAPTURE ALL OUR SIGNS AND OTHER ABOVEGROUND ASSETS THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE [INAUDIBLE] FOR IN OUR GIS SYSTEM NOW.

SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT'LL ABOUT FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION ON HOW IT WILL WORK AS

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WELL AS FAR AS A WORK ORDER, WHICH ANOTHER GOOD FEATURE ON THAT IS CITIZENS WILL BE ALLOWED TO TEXT IN CONCERNS WITH THE PICTURE AND IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY TURN THAT INTO A WORK ORDER. SO THAT WAY IT'LL BE RECEIVED BY US SO WE CAN REACT TO IT A LITTLE BIT FASTER VERSUS HAVING TO BE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM.

SOMEONE BEING CALLED OUT, IT COULD POTENTIALLY DIRECTLY GO TO THAT CREW, CREW LEADER AND ACTION CAN BE TAKEN.

IT CAN ALSO HELP US CAPTURE SOME MORE INFORMATION.

FOR INSTANCE, THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE THAT'S COMING UP, THAT CHANGE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE FORCED TO IDENTIFY LEAD AND COPPER LINES AND EVENTUALLY REPLACE THEM ALL.

SO AS AS OUR CREWS ARE OUT WORKING, THEY CAN POTENTIALLY IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE AND CAPTURE THEM IN THAT WORK ORDER.

AND THEN LATER ON, WE CAN DO A QUERY OR SEARCH AND FIND OUT ALL THE LEAD AND COPPER LINES THAT WE'VE DISCOVERED SO FAR AND THEN MOVE INTO REPLACEMENT SO IT COULD HELP US IN THAT AREA AS WELL. WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY FUNDS AT THIS TIME.

IT IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR THAT WE'D BE REQUESTING, AND THAT WOULD BE $46,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR. AND THEN IT'S 27,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.

SO IF NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, WE CAN ROLL INTO THE PRESENTATION.

GO AHEAD, CHRIS. SO THIS REPLACES EGOV.

THIS REPLACES EGOV, WHICH IS FRANKLY HORRIBLE.

IT IS. AND THE THERE'S TWO THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THIS.

ONE IS WHEN YOU SUBMIT WORK ORDERS, THEY CAN BE SORTED BY CATEGORY BY ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES. SECOND OF ALL, IT PROVIDES A NOTIFICATION PROCESS.

SO IF IT'S PUBLIC WORKS, IF IT'S PARKS, IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THEM AND GETS ADDED TO THE LIST. SO UNLIKE THE CURRENT SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND SEARCH FOR THE WORK ORDER IT ALLOWS, THE SECOND IS ONE OF THE FEATURES IT CAN DO IS IT HAS A TEXT FEATURE.

SO YOU CAN TEXT POTHOLE TO FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT AND PUT A PICTURE WITH IT AND THAT GETS SUBMITTED AS A WORK ORDER.

AND SO AGAIN, IT ALLOWS ANOTHER WAY FOR SOMEONE TO QUICKLY SUBMIT A WORK ORDER ON SOMETHING BY GO TO A WEBSITE, FILL OUT THE FIELDS, SUBMIT THE WORK ORDER AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, GUYS LIKE ME THAT DRIVE AROUND AND TEXT IT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

YEAH, MY ONLY QUESTION WAS, IS THE MIGRATION OF THE OLD DATA THAT'S OUT THERE AS FAR AS WHAT'S OUTSTANDING, WILL THAT BE CONVERTED OVER INTO THE NEW STRUCTURE? KEEP A BETTER TRACK OF THAT? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION FOR A TIE THAT WE HAVE ON THE LINE.

I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE, YES.

BUT IF NOT THAT WE'D HAVE TO MANUALLY MIGRATE SOME THINGS.

BUT IT WILL.

IMPLEMENTATION IS ALWAYS A PROCESS AND WE'LL HAVE TO GET THROUGH IT IF WE WANT TO SEE A SEE SOME BETTERMENT IN IT.

SO JOHN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE THE PRESENTATION? WE CAN GO AND GOING TO THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE ALL FINANCIAL COSTS.

I WANT TO WALK THROUGH IT. OKAY.

BEN, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME ON YOUR END? SURE. CAN YOU? MAYBE TO GET A LITTLE.

YEAH, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT LOUDER.

OKAY. AND I'LL TRY TO TALK LOUD.

AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL SETTING ASIDE A FEW MINUTES TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK.

AND I'LL KEEP THIS ABOUT 5 MINUTES BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY SESSION. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT WHO IWORQ SYSTEMS IS.

AND SO WE PROVIDE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS TO OVER 2000 CITIES AND COUNTIES ACROSS THE U.S.

IN TEXAS ALONE, WE SERVICE OVER 175 AGENCIES.

I'VE LISTED SEVERAL HERE, INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, WHICH ISN'T TOO FAR FROM YOU, FROM YOU GUYS.

BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 21 YEARS NOW, PROVIDING WORK MANAGEMENT AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS TO CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.

THAT'S OUR SOLE MARKET FOCUS.

EVERYTHING ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE IS COMPLETELY WEB BASED.

SO THE ADVANTAGE IT GIVES THE GUYS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD DOING THE WORK, ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM TO LOG THEIR WORK RIGHT FROM THE FIELD, RIGHT FROM THE JOB SITE, CREATING THOSE EFFICIENCIES.

AND THEN JUST A LITTLE LAST TIDBIT HERE.

WHAT SETS MY WORK APART? NOT ONLY CAN YOU ACCESS IT ANYWHERE, BUT IT IS HIGHLY CONFIGURABLE.

SO DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AND WORKING WITH HECTOR AND HIS CREW, WE WOULD CONFIGURE THE SOFTWARE AROUND WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING TO TRACK FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN WITH THAT, WE DO PROVIDE YOU GUYS UNLIMITED USERS, UNLIMITED ONGOING TRAINING AND UNLIMITED ONGOING SUPPORT AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.

SO THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.

AND THEN LIKE HECTOR MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO, WE DO PROVIDE DATA COLLECTION WITH AN MX7 TRIMBLE CAMERA.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOUCHED ON WITH THE SYSTEM IS THE COMMUNICATION AVENUE THROUGH TEXT MESSAGING.

SO NOT ONLY COULD CITIZENS TEXT IN, BUT THE CITY ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO SEND OUT MASS MESSAGES AS WELL.

SO IF THERE'S PARADES, ROAD CLOSURES, CITY EVENTS, IF THERE'S A WATER MAIN BREAK IN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD, IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO COME IN AND SELECT FROM A MAP AND TO SEND OUT

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A MESSAGE TO ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO OPT IN TO RECEIVE THOSE MESSAGES AS WELL. SO NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE THAT EFFICIENCY, PROVIDE AN AVENUE OF COMMUNICATION FOR YOUR CITIZENS, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT TRANSPARENCY FROM THE CITY TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOUR CITIZENS FOR ANY TYPE OF EVENTS, EVEN BY SENDING OUT SCHEDULED ALERTS.

SO IF YOU HAD SOMETHING COMING UP OVER THE WEEKEND AND YOU WANTED TO SCHEDULE AN ALERT TO GO OUT YOU KNOW SATURDAY MORNING TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY OF MAYBE THE FIREWORKS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND OUT THOSE MASS NOTIFICATIONS. BUT THEN ALSO BY THE TRANSPARENCY, KIND OF GOING BACK TO THAT IS THE ABILITY TO REPORT BACK AGAINST THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

SO WE WOULD WORK WITH HECTOR AND HIS CREW AND ANYBODY THERE THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE SOFTWARE ON CREATING SAVED REPORTS.

SO THOSE REPORTS WOULD BE RUN ON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A WEEKLY, MONTHLY, QUARTERLY BASIS.

AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CLICKING ON THAT REPORT AND ENTERING IN YOUR DATE RANGE AND THEN RUNNING THAT REPORT. AND THAT REPORT CAN BE EXPORTED OUT INTO AN EXCEL DOCUMENT, PDF OR WORD DOCUMENT. SO IF IT HAD HAD TO BE SHARED IN A COUNCIL MEETING THAT CAN BE SHARED DURING YOUR GUYS FORMAL MEETINGS.

AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT DATA CONVERSION, PART OF OUR SETUP, IT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THE EXISTING DATA BRINGING THAT OVER.

SO LAST THING WE WANT IS TO HAVE YOU GUYS LOSE ANY OF YOUR EXISTING MAINTENANCE HISTORY ON YOUR ASSETS OR ANY OF YOUR WORK SCHEDULES ON YOUR ASSETS.

AND SO THOSE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE AS PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION.

BUT I'LL KIND OF WRAP UP THERE AND OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

GREAT, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR FOR THAT SHORT, BRIEF PRESENTATION.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD A SECOND AGO, MY ONLY QUESTION WAS.

NOW, NOW I HAVE A SECOND ONE THAT DID POP UP.

THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE USE THAT TRACKS OUR COMPLAINTS, IF YOU WILL, OR ISSUES, WILL THAT BE ABLE TO BE MIGRATED EASILY INTO Y'ALL SYSTEM SO WE DON'T LOSE THOSE CITIZENS COMPLAINTS OR WILL THOSE HAVE TO BE MANUALLY INPUTTED BY STAFF? SO IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO US IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, LIKE AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET OR ANY CONSUMABLE FILE, THEN WE CAN CONVERT THAT, ABSOLUTELY.

OK, THEN THAT ALSO RAISES A QUESTION.

YOU PROBABLY ANSWERED IT TOO.

YOU SAID THERE'S AN OPTION FOR RESIDENTS TO OPT IN THROUGH TEXTING.

WE ALREADY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES CALLED CODE RED.

DO Y'ALL HAVE AH, HAVE YOU ALL CONVERTED DATA FROM CODE RED DATABASE INTO YOUR CURRENT DATABASE? NOT THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, BUT WE HAVE CONVERTED DATA FROM OVER 100 DIFFERENT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS OUT THERE.

AND TYPICALLY WHAT WE'LL TELL COMMUNITIES IS IF YOU CAN GET INTO AN ELECTRONIC FILE FORMAT THAT YOU CAN SEND TO US, THEN 99% OF THE TIME WE CAN CONVERT THAT DATA.

GREAT, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WE USE THROUGH PHONES AND TEXTS, CALL CODE RED AND HAVE A FAIRLY DECENT DATABASE THAT THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO CREATE. I WOULD HATE FOR THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO REDO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, IF THEY WANT TO OPT INTO THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

JOHN NO, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MINE WAS ON THE CODE RED AND KIND OF HOW THAT WOULD HAVE A SYNERGY TO IT.

I WANT TO GET INTO THE COSTS A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR EACH EGOV RIGHT NOW ANNUALLY? $2,000. 2000.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT JUMP.

AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT THERE'S NO FUNDS IMMEDIATELY NEEDED AT THIS TIME, BUT IT IS SADDLING US WITH AN ADDED COST GOING INTO WHAT COULD BE A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST, I GUESS BANG FOR THE BUCK IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AND IMPLEMENT THIS.

IS THERE THE CAPABILITY OF THE PERSON THAT'S DOING THE WORK TO PROVIDE INPUT BACK TO THE RESIDENT AND SAY, HEY, I'M AT YOUR HOUSE, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE, THIS POTHOLE WILL BE FIXED ON SUCH AND SUCH DATE AT THIS TIME.

DOES IT GIVE YOU THAT ABILITY TO GIVE THAT FEEDBACK, OR IS IT VERY BASIC AND SAYING A TECHNICIAN HAS LOOKED AT YOUR AND IS REVIEWING AND IS CLOSER [INAUDIBLE] WHATEVER DOES GIVE YOU THAT FEEDBACK OPTION.

YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

AND ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU CAN BE AS DETAILED AS YOU WOULD NEED AND WANT OR IT CAN JUST BE AS SIMPLE AS WHEN THE STATUS ON THAT WORK ORDER GETS CHANGED FROM OPEN TO CLOSED OR COMPLETED. THAT CAN SEND AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION TO THE RESIDENT, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THAT HAD BEEN UPDATED.

AND THEN WE DO ALSO PROVIDE AN ONLINE PORTAL WHERE THOSE CITIZENS CAN GO AND SEARCH FOR THEIR REQUESTS. SO IF THEY WANTED TO COME BACK AND CHECK ON A STATUS OR IF THEY WANTED TO COME BACK AND CHECK TO SEE WHERE IT'S AT IN THAT PROCESS, THEY CAN COME THROUGH THAT ONLINE PORTAL, WHICH ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE A LINK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SEARCH THEIR

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REQUESTS EITHER BASED OFF OF A REQUEST NUMBER OR AN ADDRESS THAT WAS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THAT. OKAY, CAN, IS THIS MOBILE FRIENDLY? SO CAN THE CAN OUR PUBLIC WORKS GUYS WORK ORDERS OFF THEIR PHONES? YES. SO BEING A WEB BASED SOFTWARE, YEAH, WHETHER IT'S A SMARTPHONE, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S AN APPLE OR ANDROID OR IF IT WAS A TABLET OR EVEN IF THEY HAD A LAPTOP WITH A, YOU KNOW, A WIFI CARD IN THEIR WORK VEHICLE.

ANY DEVICE.

GOOD. AND THE SUBSCRIPTION I SEE IS UNLIMITED.

SO YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY USERS AS YOU NEED, CORRECT? YES. YEP. SO WE EVEN WORK WITH MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THEY'RE ADMINISTRATION, WHETHER THAT BE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR JUST CITY ADMINISTRATION WILL WANT ACCESS JUST TO COME IN AND TO BE ABLE TO SEARCH OR RUN A REPORT.

AND SO ANYBODY WITHIN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS CITY STAFF GOES, CAN HAVE ACCESS FOR NO ADDITIONAL COSTS. SO THERE'S NO PER SEAT LICENSE FEES.

IS THIS FEE THAT YOU'RE CHARGING FOR ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION? IS THIS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES THAT YOU'VE OF OUR SIZE? DO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR DIFFERENT SIZES OF CITIES? YEAH. SO OUR OR OUR PRICING IS BASED OFF THE POPULATION.

SO THE CITY OF RICHMOND, WHICH IS A CURRENT CUSTOMER CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, THEY'RE AROUND THE SAME POPULATION SIZE.

AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT MODULES THAT A CITY WOULD NEED BECAUSE WHERE WE ARE OUR FULL PUBLIC WORKS, WE AS WELL AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, WE DO OFFER MODULES FOR PERMITTING AND PLANNING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS FOR EVERYTHING PUBLIC WORKS FOR MANAGING YOUR FLEET, YOUR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, YOUR FACILITIES.

AND SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT APPLICATIONS AND MODULES THAT A MUNICIPALITY WOULD NEED. OKAY.

SO, CHRIS, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW Y'ALL PROBABLY LOOKED AT IT KIND OF THINKING ABOUT WHERE THIS WOULD HAVE FIT IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE I'M PLAYING MY MIND IS GO 100 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW, IT CAN BE USED ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO THAT COST MAY BE SPREAD OUT AMONG WATER, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS, IF WE SO CHOOSE THAT ROUTE. SO. OKAY.

OKAY. PARKS IS AN ABLC FUNDED PARKS.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WHERE'S MEGAN? EASY, JOHN. DON'T COMMIT US TO ANYTHING, ALL RIGHT? I'M ONE VOTE, SIR.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOOL. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN GET WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR A STAFF WHO NOW CAN DO IT FROM THEIR PHONE IN THE FIELD VERSUS COMING TO A COMPUTER OR A DESKTOP SOMEWHERE, THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO GET MESSAGING IMMEDIATELY ONCE SOMETHING'S DONE, IT'S SEAMLESS.

WE DON'T MAKE A PHONE CALL.

I DO LIKE THAT ASPECT OF IT.

SO THERE'S MORE CONVENIENCE TO THE CUSTOMER, TO THE END USER, THE CUSTOMER THAN I DO LIKE IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST ONE VOTE TOO.

I DO AGREE THAT THE EGOV SYSTEM IS ANTIQUATED AND IT DOES NOT WORK VERY WELL AND THE CITIZENS TYPICALLY HAVE ISSUES WITH THEM.

AND I KNOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS NOT AS EFFICIENTLY USING IT AS THEY WOULD LIKE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN HAVE ONE PERSON DEDICATED ALL THE TIME TO IT. THIS WOULD. ARE YOU PLANNING TO EQUIP YOUR GUYS ON THE ON THE GROUND WITH THIS TO ANSWER THESE? THESE THE SYSTEM, BECAUSE IF WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS, WE'RE PUTTING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO IT, THEN I WOULD HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THEIR PROCESS AND UPGRADE.

OUT IN THE FIELD TO REPLACE THEIR CURRENT CITY FILMS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'RE JUST FLIP PHONES. SO WE'RE JUST UPGRADING THEIR PHONES AND NOW THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE GENTLEMAN ONLINE OR FOR STAFF THAT'S HERE. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE BEGIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IWORQ SYSTEM WITH NO FUNDS BEING BUDGETED AT THIS TIME FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

BUT STARTING IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT MONTHS OR THE NEXT YEAR.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

DO I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ONLINE, SIR.

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YEAH. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

HAVE A NICE EVENING. OK, ITEM NUMBER 15, UPDATE ON LOCKS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER

[15. Update on the lots located at the southeast corner of N. Front St. and E. Cedar St. with the Commercial-Office/Retail zoning district.]

OF NORTH FRONT STREET AND EAST CEDAR STREET WITH THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE/RETAIL ZONING DISTRICTS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THIS CORNER LOT, IT'S ACTUALLY FOUR LOTS WITH FIVE SMALL HOUSES CONSTRUCTED OVER DIFFERENT PROPERTY LINES AND WHATNOT.

THE COUNTY RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS PARCEL, AND IT IS IN THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH DOES SUPPORT A PARKING LOT, WHICH IS THE INTENDED USE.

AND WE HAVE MATT HANKS, CITY ENGINEER, HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU, MR. MATT.

APPRECIATE YOU HANGING OUT AND LONGER THAN WE PROBABLY ANTICIPATED.

WELL, IT'S OKAY. I GOT TO VISIT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHILE Y'ALL ARE IN SESSION.

JOHN, YOU DIDN'T CHARGE THEM ANYTHING, DID YOU? YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN JOHN A WHILE.

I KEEP ON LEARNING FROM HIM EVERY TIME I VISIT WITH HIM.

SO IT'S GOOD.

IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S GOOD TO BE AROUND SMARTER PEOPLE.

SO. SO, YEAH, THE COUNTY DID CLOSE ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AT THE END OF MARCH.

IT'S GOT A LITTLE CONTINGENT SALE ON IT, MEANING THAT THE OWNER, THE PREVIOUS OWNER, HAS 90 DAYS TO CLEAN THE TRACT UP AND SOME MONEY THAT WAS HELD IN ESCROW WILL GO TO HIM IF HE DOES CLEAN IT UP.

I NOTICED JUST THIS WEEK HE'S GETTING SOME GETTING THE HOUSES LOADED ON TRAILERS TO MOVE THEM AS LONG AS THEY GET OFF THE TRACT OF LAND.

I'M HAPPY, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT HE IS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE HOMES AND CLEAN THEM UP.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

OUR INTENTION IS TO PUT A PARKING LOT ON IT.

AND OF COURSE, IT'LL IT'S GOING TO BE A SMALLER PARKING LOT THAN THE OTHER ONES WE'VE BUILT RECENTLY. BUT IN THE SAME MANNER, WE'LL PUT SOME LANDSCAPING ON IT.

TALK TO THE COURT MEMBERS.

THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLY RESERVING A PORTION OF IT FOR A MONUMENT THAT IF THE CITY WANTS TO DO SOME TYPE OF MONUMENTATION.

THE COUNTY, WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE.

SO WE SEE THIS KIND OF AS A PARTNERSHIP THAT I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR COURT EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT LOT'S AT LEAST GETTING CLEANED UP AND AT A MINIMUM.

SO ANYWAY, ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL GOT? I'M HERE TO ANSWER.

I GOT A QUESTION. YES.

ONE THING THAT'S DONE WITH THAT LOT'S AN IMPROVEMENT.

YES, SIR. BUT Y'ALL EVER HAVE ANY PARTICULAR INTENTION TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN A PARKING LOT IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON.

WELL, WE'RE DOING A MAJOR COURTHOUSE EXPANSION RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON AND AS WELL AS BUILDING A NEW EOC, BUILDING A NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

SO, YEAH, WE ARE.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S JUST THAT EVERY PIECE OF LAND THAT THE COUNTY PURCHASES IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON GETS TAKEN OFF OUR TAX ROLLS.

SO YOU CAN SEE MY CONCERN.

WELL, I AGREE, BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, I GET IT.

I CAN TELL YOU, THOUGH, PARKING IS NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE HERE ON MONDAYS WHEN JURY CALLS IN, I MEAN, WE'RE OUT OF PARKING SPACE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NEW PARKING THAT COMES WHEN WE OPEN THE ADMIN BUILDING.

THE PARKING LOT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY POURED, BUT IT'S OF COURSE, IN OUR CONSTRUCTION SITE.

SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE ADDRESSING A LEGITIMATE CONCERN.

WELL, IT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD, GO VERTICAL ON A PARKING GARAGE THAN IT IS TO GO HORIZONTAL ON PARKING LOTS.

OKAY. SO AT LAND PRICE IS WHERE THEY'RE AT IN ANGLETON, IF LAND WAS MORE VALUABLE, THEN OF COURSE THE ECONOMY WOULD ACTUALLY DICTATE BUILDING UPWARDS.

AND THAT'S NOT QUITE WHAT WHAT GOVERNS HERE.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YES, SIR. WHAT'S YOUR TIME FRAME OF DOING THIS? ARE YOU LOOKING AT TURNING THIS INTO A PARKING LOT IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS OR.

WELL, I'M WORKING AT TRYING TO GET A PROPOSAL FROM AN ENGINEER TO HELP US COME UP WITH THE LAYOUT AND GET THAT WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH YOUR CITY STAFF.

I WOULDN'T SAY IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS BECAUSE THE OWNERS GOT 90 DAYS TO CLEAR IT OFF FROM MARCH 30TH, I BELIEVE.

BUT SOON AFTER THAT, WE'RE HOPING TO START INTO CONSTRUCTION.

THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING IS WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COUNTY AND REALLY FOR THE CITY AS WELL? JUST LEAVE IT GREEN SPACE NOW AND NOT DO ANYTHING TO IT AND SEE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN WITH A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUT A LITTLE RESTAURANT IN OR FAST FOOD RIGHT THERE AT THAT CORNER, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A PRIME LOT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE

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PROXIMITY TO THE COURTHOUSE AND EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW, I THINK NO ONE WANTED TO BUY IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WAS ON IT. BUT A CLEANED UP LOCATION MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VALUABLE.

SO IF. PROSPECTIVE.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IF THE COUNTY WOULD LEAVE IT AS GREEN SPACE AND SEE IF SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO COME PAY US WHAT WE PAID FOR IT.

OR YEAH, I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO APPRECIATE TOO ONCE YOU'VE CLEANED UP.

BUT YES, THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHT AS WELL.

I'M WITH COUNCILMAN GONGORA ON THE PARKING LOTS, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.

YES, SIR. AND I DO KNOW IT'S MUCH CHEAPER FOR YOU TO GO HORIZONTAL ACROSS THAN TO GO VERTICAL. AND I'LL PASS THE SENTIMENTS ALONG TO OUR COURT.

AS FAR AS LEAVING IT AS GREEN SPACE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE AN APPETITE FOR THAT.

YEAH, BECAUSE ONCE IT'S A PARKING LOT, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO TRY TO GET SOMEBODY IN TO DO THAT UNLESS IT'S REALLY NEEDED FOR THE FOR THE COUNTY.

IF THE COUNTY REALLY NEEDS IT FOR PARKING.

I MEAN, IT'S YOUR PROPERTY.

YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO, I GUESS.

BUT IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF STRANGE THAT LITTLE BITTY PARKING LOTS KIND OF CAN BE TUCKED AWAY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE, SO.

YEAH. WELL, OUR HEAD SCRATCHER.

YEAH AND THIS WAS HAPPENING EVEN BEFORE THIS BECAME EVEN AN OPTION FOR US.

BUT OUR EOC, THE FRONT OF THAT EOC BUILDING IS ACTUALLY THE CORNER THERE NEXT TO THE PARKING LOT. SO IT MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

BUT OUR EOC DOESN'T NEED THIS MUCH PARKING.

THIS WILL BE BASICALLY OVERFLOW FOR OUR WEST ANNEX, WHICH IS WHERE I OFFICE.

SO I COULD SEE PEOPLE PARKING THERE AND WALKING OVER TO THE WEST ANNEX.

THAT'S TRUE MATT, NOBODY'S GOING TO GO TO DOWNTOWN ANGLETON AND PARK HERE.

NO, IN FACT, IT'LL SERVE YOUR EOC PRIMARILY.

YEAH. THE EOC IN THE WEST ANNEX IS WHERE I SEE THAT.

I CAN SAY FOR A FACT THAT MONDAY MORNINGS ARE NOW WITH THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION LOSING THE FORMER.

EAST SIDE PARKING LOT.

FOR A WHILE WILL BE THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWNTOWN ON MONDAY MORNING.

IF THERE'S A BIG JURIES THAT ARE BEING PULLED LIKE A COUPLE OF MURDERS BEING TRIED ON THEM ON A MONDAY.

YOU CAN EXPECT EXTRA SUMMONS TO BE SENT OUT AND EVERY PARKING SPOT, EVERY PARKING SPOT IN DOWNTOWN IS EXHAUSTED.

I HAVE FOUND MYSELF PARKING BLOCKS OVER.

IN LAW OFFICES 2 TO 3 BLOCKS OVER FROM DOWNTOWN.

SO IT IS NECESSARY FOR AT LEAST A SINGULAR DAY.

OF THE WEEK. AND THEN MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THE EOC BUILDING.

WHEN DO YOU EXPECT A COMPLETION ON THAT? SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HOPING TO MOVE INTO THAT NEXT FALL.

RIGHT NOW, THE SCHEDULE SAYS AUGUST, IT'LL BE COMPLETE.

I WOULD SUSPECT IT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, BEFORE WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING IN.

THIS 22 OR 23, 22.

WELL, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE NO ACTIVITY IN THE GULF THIS YEAR AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR, TOO.

I THINK EVERYBODY LIVES IN ANGLETON.

ARE YOU PLANNING TO HOUSE OFFICES IN THE EOC THAT WILL BE USED EVERY DAY? YEAH, OUR OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS MANAGER AND HIS STAFF WILL BE IN THERE EVERY DAY.

YES, SIR. SO THAT AREA IS GOING TO GET SOME USE.

IT WILL. FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS GOING TO BE IN THERE AS WELL.

FIRE MARSHAL'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THE WEST ANNEX OUT OF SOME OF THE SPACE THAT GETS VETS MOVING OVER TO THE ADMIN BUILDING.

WELL, LIKE THE GUY SAID, I'M ALL FOR.

HOW WOULD WE BEAUTIFY THAT CORNER.

IT'S GETTING BEAUTIFIED, WHETHER IT'S CONCRETE AND SOME TREES AND SOME SHRUBS OR BUILDING. YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHT WAS WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS COMMERCIAL.

AND I THINK I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MATT.

THAT'D BE A GREAT PIECE FOR SOMETHING ON THE CORNER.

SO THE COMMERCIAL, BUT WE GET IT.

Y'ALL BEAT US TO THE PUNCH TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.

SOMEBODY ELSE GOT BEAT.

Y'ALL BEAT SOMEBODY ELSE TO THE PUNCH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO KNOW OUR WISHES.

WE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF CONCRETE.

WE DON'T SEE SOMETHING THAT COULD GENERATE SOME REVENUE.

BUT I GET IT.

I UNDERSTAND. I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD THAT.

WE'RE TORN. BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE A SOME SORT OF EATERY OR SOME SORT OF SOMETHING THERE, BUT.

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WELL, I KNOW I'D LOVE TO HAVE AN EATERY WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO MY OFFICE, SO I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS AN CIVIL ENGINEER, WHEN MY COURT SAYS PUT SOME CONCRETE DOWN, I GET EXCITED SO I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

WE'RE ALL WEIRD LIKE THAT, AREN'T WE, MAN? YEAH, IT'S WEIRD.

BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING HEARING US.

I APPRECIATE THE GUYS.

ONE LAST THOUGHT FOR MYSELF.

I KNOW, HE SAYS HERE LANDSCAPING, MATCHING OTHER COUNTY PARKING LOTS.

SO I MEAN, I KNOW YOU ALL WANT TO BE A GOOD PARTNERS AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE I KNOW IT SPEAKS WELL FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL BECAUSE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A CAMPUS STYLE LAYOUT THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.

I MEAN, IN WHO KNOWS WHAT ANOTHER 30 TO 40 YEARS WILL BE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THAT PHILLIPS BUILDING MAY BECOME PART OF A COUNTY FACILITY BY THE END OR THEY SET LAND.

AND SO SO I DON'T KNOW.

BUT BUT YEAH.

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO BEAUTIFY THAT CORNER, TOUCH IT UP, MAKE CLEAN IT UP, PUT SOME TREES, SHRUBBERY, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO.

MAKE IT LOOK INVITING.

BUT I THINK IT'S BOTH OF US, THOUGH, IT'S THAT'S MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.

YEAH. I THINK IT'S OUR GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LOOKS LOOKS NICE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NOT JUST THE ENTRY INTO THE ANGLETON, BUT THE ENTRY INTO OUR COURTHOUSE COMPLEX.

SO I, I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK FOR OUR COURT, BUT I THINK OUR COURT WANTS US TO DO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS RELATIVELY PLEASANT AND NICE AND SOMETHING THAT'S INVITING.

AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.

AND IF IT'S MORE THAN WHAT WE EVEN DID ON THE OTHER PARKING LOTS AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING, I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

AND IF THERE'S LIKE I SAID, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MONUMENT THERE THAT THE CITY WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US ON, I THINK WE'RE UP FOR THAT, TOO.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I WAS THINKING OF THAT.

JUST LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FOCAL POINT ONCE THEY COME UP FOR 44 INTO YOUR COMPLEX IN OUR CITY.

AND I'M SURE Y'ALL WANT TO JUST LIKE US TO STAND OUT.

AND HERE'S BRAZORIA COUNTY IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON.

I GET IT. SO AND YOU KNOW, AND IN 44 IS IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE.

AND I THINK I THINK HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TIPP CALL FOR PROJECTS, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT 44 FOR THE LAST TIME.

I'D LIKE TO FOR US TO PARTNER ON THAT AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T SCORE WELL THE LAST TIME. I THINK WE CAN MAKE A BIG PUSH AND MAYBE NOW WE HOPE THAT THING SCORE WELL AND US DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO 44 BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE THE MAJOR GATEWAY INTO THE ANGLETON.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SITTING AROUND AND WAITING FOR US AND COMING UP AND GIVING US THE UPDATE. OKAY.

LIKE I SAID, I GOT TO VISIT WITH FRIENDS HERE.

SO THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

RIGHT. SO THANK YOU, MATT.

THANKS, GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO LISTEN TO JOHN [INAUDIBLE] THERE YOU GO.

YEAH, ALL JOHN'S FAULT.

ITEM NUMBER 16.

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PROPOSAL FROM HDR ENGINEERING INC FOR THE ENGINEERING

[16. Discussion and possible action on a proposal from HDR Engineering, Inc. for the Engineering Quiet Zone Reaffirmation Project.]

QUIET ZONE REAFFIRMATION PROJECT.

MR. PETERSON.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, THE CITY COMPLETED THE REHABILITATION ARE GOING BACK AND PUTTING IN WHAT WAS DIRECTED TO BY THE FRA ON THE QUIET ZONE.

WHAT WAS NEEDED. AGAIN, THE CITY STAFF ARE KEPT UP ALL THE TIME.

THERE WAS JUST SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED THAT CAME OUT.

SO THREE WEEKS AGO WE WENT AND MET WITH THE FRA.

THE FRA CAME AND INSPECTED IT AND FOUND IT TO BE BACK INTO GOOD SHAPE, GOOD WORKING ORDER. HOWEVER, HE DID REQUEST THAT WE DO A REAFFIRMATION ON THIS ON ALL THE QUIET ZONE AREAS WHICH INCLUDE CATALOGING THE EXISTING SAFETY MEASURES, DOING TRAFFIC COUNTS AT ALL THE CROSSINGS AND THE PARALLEL STREETS, DOING THE CALCULATIONS AND SEEING IF IT STILL CAN BE A QUIET ZONE.

WHEN THE QUIET ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CROSSING AS THE CITY GROWS TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES MAY HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED OR IT MAY NOT BE A QUIET ZONE, BUT SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN AN OVERPASS PUT IN ON THE LOOP, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO HELP THE QUIET ZONE ACCOUNTS, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE THE LOOP ACROSS THERE, WHICH WILL CUT THE CROSSINGS AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP US OUT A LOT.

SO THIS PROPOSAL THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO DO JUST THAT.

WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM AND GET THEM TO NOT CANCEL THE QUIET ZONE THAT THEY JUST ASKING FOR REAFFIRMATION.

AT ONE TIME THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY CANCELING THE QUIET ZONE, WHICH WOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO REESTABLISH IT.

SO THIS IS ABOUT A THREE MONTH PROCESS.

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SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO I'VE GOT A PROPOSAL IN TO DO THE REAFFIRMATION, DO THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, DO ALL THE CALCULATIONS, COORDINATE WITH FRA AND TO BRING IT TO FRUITION FOR A COST OF 25,000.

SO THE FIRST ANSWER IS IT'S NOT BUDGETED.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WHERE DOES THE 25,000 COME FROM? WELL, I MEAN, WE CAN CUT FROM THE BUDGET, WE CAN CUT A ROAD PROGRAM OR WE CAN CUT PARKS AND REC OR WE CAN CUT SOMETHING ELSE TO PAY FOR IT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

QUESTION WOULD BE FUND BALANCE.

WOULD WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE? WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS IN FUND BALANCE.

I THINK WE'RE THE LAST I HEARD OF WE WERE ABOUT 25 DAYS OF RESERVE MONEY.

YEAH. WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY MONEY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WE CAN APPLY THAT FUNDING BASED ON THE RULES.

WHAT ABOUT BUDGETED MONEY FOR ROADS THAT ARE COMING IN UNDER BUDGET.

WELL, IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S BOND MONEY, SO IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO DO.

I'M NOT SURE IT APPLIES.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. I DON'T THINK IT DOES.

YEAH, IT DOESN'T.

I THINK THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS GOING TO BE PULLED FROM FUND BALANCE.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS, MR. PETERSON. IF WE DO THIS AND WE GO 25,000 TO GET THIS REAFFIRMATION, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT IT'S GOING TO PASS? WE SPEND THIS MONEY AND IT DOESN'T PASS.

THEN THAT'S A BAD THING, RIGHT? LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW CONFIDENT I AM UNTIL I DO THE NUMBERS.

I MEAN, WE GOT TO DO THE TRAFFIC COUNTS.

THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE.

AND UNTIL YOU DO A TRAFFIC COUNT, THE PREVIOUS TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT WERE USED WERE FROM FOUR YEARS AGO.

SO IT STILL WAS IN COMPLIANCE FOUR YEARS AGO.

SO WITH THE NEW OVERPASS, I THINK WITH WE'RE NOT SEEING ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT HIT RIGHT NOW, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD PROBABILITY THAT IT'S STILL PASS.

SO CAN YOU DO THE TRAFFIC COUNCIL ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.

YEAH. YEAH.

VERSUS MONDAY, TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY, RIGHT? YEAH. WHAT AREAS ARE YOU GOING TO SERVE? ARE YOU GOING FROM BUCHTA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 28B? YES. DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT IF YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT WON'T PASS, YOU COULD EXCLUDE THEM? WHAT WOULD BE THE? I GUESS MY REAL QUESTION IS ORANGE.

OKAY. COMMENT ABOUT THAT IS ON THESE CROSSINGS, THERE'S ONLY THREE SAFETY ZONES ACTUALLY OUT OF THE SIX THAT ARE CALCULATED.

THE OTHER ONES, THE OTHER ONES LIKE ORANGE.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DISTANCES BETWEEN SOME OF THE DRIVEWAYS, SOME OF THE OTHER ROADS COMING IN TO WHERE THEY CAN'T IMPLEMENT THE SAFETY MEASURES, THE 60 FEET FROM THE CROSSING ARMS. YOU CAN'T DO IT. SO THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE REALLY IN IT IS, BUCHTA, 288 B AND ANDERSON.

SOUTH ANDERSON, YEAH.

ANDERSON. ANDERSON, THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE THAT ARE ACTUALLY CALCULATED ON IT.

WE DO THE OTHER COUNTS JUST TO MAKE SURE.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE STILL MEET EVERYTHING AND WE STILL DO THAT.

ORANGE IS NOT IN THAT CALCULATION.

SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE NOT ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY IS JUST THE POPULATION AND THE CROSSINGS. THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CARS CROSSING BECAUSE IT WAS DISCUSSED WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED IS THERE MAY BE A TIME IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE POPULATION CROSSINGS GET AS SUCH THAT IT'S NO LONGER VALID.

RIGHT. BUT YOU GOT TO THE OVERPASS NOW.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AS MANY CROSSINGS AS WHAT YOU USED TO HAVE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S USING THE OVERPASS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON THE TRAIN.

SURE. IS THERE AN APPEAL PROCESS? THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS TO GO THROUGH THIS AND SET THIS UP AND HOPEFULLY GET THIS THING THROUGH IS WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO WHERE WE COULD DO THE AFFIRMATION INSTEAD OF HAVING TO START FROM GROUND ZERO, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THE WAY IT WAS.

ANGLETON DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

THEY SUBMITTED A NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT.

THEY SAW IT AS A NOTICE OF INTENT.

BUT SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT IN BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND THAT'S THEY DIDN'T CATCH IT OR SOMETHING UNTIL THIS NEW GUY CAME IN AND STARTED REALLY GOING THOROUGHLY THROUGH ALL THE RECORDS.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE CAN DO THE AFFIRMATION INSTEAD OF RESTARTING

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EVERYTHING.

THE FIELD AND THEY SAID THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND THAT THEY'LL PUSH IT THROUGH AS FAST AS THEY CAN.

SO BUT I'M STILL SAYING COORDINATION WITH THE RAILROAD, THREE MONTHS.

OKAY. IS THERE A CHANCE TO USE TXDOT NUMBERS AT BUSINESS 288 OR DO YOU HAVE TO RECREATE THAT GROUP OF NUMBERS? WE COULD USE THEIR NUMBERS AT 288.

WE WERE GOING TO BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE THEM AT THE OTHER TWO COUNTERS.

IT WASN'T MUCH MORE TO DO IT THERE, JUST SO WE CAN SAY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET THE NUMBER COUNTS EVERY THREE YEARS, I BELIEVE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR NUMBERS.

AND IF WE GET AN ACTUAL COUNT, WE CAN WE CAN USE THAT THERE.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE HGR'S PROPOSAL FOR 25,000 TO PERFORM THE QUIET ZONE REAFFIRMATION AND REESTABLISH THE CITYWIDE QUIET ZONE AND PULL THAT MONEY FROM FUND BALANCE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HOPEFULLY, THIS GOES AS WELL AS IT CAN AND WE CAN GET THIS BACK IN IN WORKING ORDER.

THE CITIZENS REALLY WANT THIS.

YES. STAFF, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK ON THIS.

TRYING TO EXPEDITE. THANK YOU.

WELL, WE MISS YOU. MISS 100% OF THE SHOTS YOU DON'T TAKE.

YOU GOT TO TAKE YOUR SHOT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY MORE 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.

THANK YOU, MR. PETERSON. THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER 17 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON WATER CONNECTION COUNT.

[17. Discussion and possible action on the water connection count.]

ALL RIGHT. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE WATER COUNTS ROUGHLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

AND CHRIS WANTED TO BRING EVERYBODY BACK UP AND DISCUSS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND TALK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF EVERYTHING.

CURRENTLY, THE CITY OF ANGLETON, I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL THE THE INFORMATION IN THE SPREADSHEET, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND BEEN WORKING ON ITEMS SUCH AS THE WATER WELL, SUCH AS TREATMENT PLANT, REHABILITATION OF LIST STATIONS. WE'VE DONE A STUDY ON THAT, EVERYTHING TO A NORTH SIDE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. WE DID THE MODELING OF IT.

WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL LOCATIONS, IDENTIFIED WHICH IS THE BEST LOCATION, GIVES THE BEST EFFECT ON THE CITY.

WE'VE STARTED COORDINATING WITH THE LANDOWNERS ON THAT, TRYING TO KEEP THAT GOING.

SO ROUGHLY WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON JUST THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED RIGHT NOW COMES UP TO ABOUT $308 MILLION TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

AND THAT'S ALSO INCLUDING THE REHABILITATION OF ALL THE WATER AND SEWER THAT'S EXISTING RIGHT NOW. SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE NEXT TEN, 15, 20, 30 YEARS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO START A PROGRAM ON THIS.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DID IS WE COORDINATED WITH CITY STAFF, WE TALKED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND CAME UP WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS, STILL REMAINS RIGHT ABOUT 8800 CONNECTIONS . STAFF HAS BEEN VERY, AND THE CITY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE ON GETTING THESE ITEMS DONE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WE HAD THIS UP STAFF HAS CHANGED ALL THE PUMPS OUT AT THE HENDERSON WATER PLANT INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FROM 800 TO 1000 GPMS STAFF HAS ALSO WORKED WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS.

THEY HAVE BROUGHT THE SOUTH SIDE EST ON LINE, WHICH BRINGS US MORE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WITH THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.

AND I BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE FIXING TO OPEN UP WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS A PACKAGE FOR THE TREATMENT PLANT OR THE WATER PLANT AT FREEDOM PARK HERE THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.

SO, I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE AGGRESSIVELY BEEN WORKING ON YOUR WATER SYSTEM AND GETTING THE CAPACITY THAT WE PROJECTED THAT ONCE YOU BRING ALL THESE THINGS ONLINE SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO, YOU HAVE LIVED UP TO IT.

YOU HAVE DONE IT. IT'S COMING IN NOW.

SO WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THAT STUFF ONLINE, PLUS THE THE EXISTING STUFF THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, NOW REMEMBER THE SHENANGO WATER PLANT THAT WE'RE FIXING TO PUT OUT TO BID HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS? THAT IS GOING TO BE AN EXCHANGE OF 1 TO 1.

YOU HAVE A MILLION GALLON GROUND TANK.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT DOWN A MILLION GALLON GROUND TANK BACK IN IT.

SO THERE'S NO NET EFFECTIVENESS INCREASE IN THIS.

SO LOOKING AT THE AVAILABLE CONNECTION COUNTS THAT YOU HAVE, LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING IN, ROUGHLY, THE CITY HAS APPROXIMATELY THOUSAND 1500, RIGHT UNDER 1500 AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS, EQUIVALENT SERVICE

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UNIT CONNECTIONS AVAILABLE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING IN RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, ONCE ONE FREEDOM PARK GETS PUT ON LINE, THE LIMITING NUMBER FOR THAT, AGAIN, IS GOING TO BE THE ELEVATED STORAGE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT UP ON THE NORTH SIDE PROBABLY NEED TO PUT A NEW A NEW ELEVATED STORAGE TANK HERE IN THE FUTURE.

SO I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH STAFF AND WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW POTENTIALLY BRINGING IN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVER FIVE YEARS SINCE YOUR UTILITY MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN DONE.

WE UTILIZE THE MODELS WEEKLY.

IT HELPS US IDENTIFY WHAT IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE DONE WHEN THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME IN. WE'RE USING THAT INFORMATION TO LEVERAGE THE CITY'S RESOURCES WITH THE DEVELOPERS, MAKING THEM BECOME PARTNERS TO IMPROVE THESE IDENTIFIED LINES, INTERSECTIONS THEY'LL PUT IN A CERTAIN SIZE LINE IN THE CITY WILL PAY FOR THE UPSIZE, WHICH SAVES YOU $0.20.

YOU'RE PAYING $0.20 ON THE DOLLAR BECAUSE JUST THE UPSIZE OF THE MATERIAL TO PUT IN IS RELATIVELY CHEAP.

A LOT OF A LOT OF WATER LINES HAVE BEEN PUT IN THAT WAY.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN A PROPOSAL FOR YOUR WATER AND YOUR SEWER UPGRADE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT UPGRADED IN OVER FIVE YEARS.

WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE KNOW WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT'S COMING IN, IN A BETTER LOCATION.

AND WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT STUDY ON THE NORTH SIDE AND IDENTIFY ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING DRIVEN BY BASICALLY DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.

COMING UP WITH A COST TO WHERE THE NEXT PHASE, IF THE CITY ELECTS TO DO IT AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IS POTENTIALLY DOING A CITYWIDE IMPACT, WHICH MOST CITIES THAT ARE DEVELOPING AS FAST AS THE CITY OF ANGLETON IS UTILIZES TO HELP PAY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DRIVEN BY BY DEVELOPMENT.

ALL RIGHT, JOHN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

QUESTIONS. COMMENTS FOR JOHN.

$308 MILLION.

I WAS WORKING TODAY AND WE WERE USING KOREAN ONE.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S 256,000 USD.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS 308 MILLION KOREAN WON, RIGHT? RIGHT. BECAUSE I CAN TELL IT THAT THAT'S 257,000.

RIGHT. WOW.

A LITTLE BIT TO DIGEST.

YOU DON'T THINK WE CAN PAY IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET? NOT EVEN 1%.

JUST AS A CURIOSITY, I MEAN.

IS THERE A PRIORITY ORDER IN THIS? IS THERE. IS THERE A CHECKLIST? I MEAN, WE HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS ESTABLISHING A I MEAN, I DO LIKE HAVING A LOOKING AT A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BUDGET SO MUCH, NOT EVEN JUST THE BUDGET, BUT HAVING THESE I HAVEN'T COUNTED THE ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THREE ROWS OF EIGHT OR SO.

SO 25 OR SO ITEMS. KNOWING THAT WE DO NEED TO WORK WHEN SOMEHOW POSSIBLE TO CHECK OFF ITEMS ON THIS LIST.

I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS IN THE BUDGET THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED LIKE ROADS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT UM AT LEAST THIS GIVES US AN IDEA OF SOME WHAT'S OUT THERE? WHAT NEEDS TO BE? WHAT WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THESE AREAS.

I FEEL LIKE ALL THAT IS.

I MEAN, EVEN SAY LIFT STATION 8 WHICH IS $45,000, YOU KNOW, NEARLY 46.

FOR A CITY THE SIZE OF ANGLETON PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF A BUDGET ITEM. SO EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.

BUT IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, PICK OFF A LIFT STATION EIGHT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

I DON'T KNOW. I JUST LIKE THE IDEA THAT AT LEAST GIVES US.

A LIST TO GO FROM.

AND WE COULD DO A STUDY THAT WOULD TELL US WHAT LIFT STATIONS WE COULD ELIMINATE SHOULD WE DECIDE TO REDESIGN THE FLOW, OR IF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE TO DO THE NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UP NORTH.

WE COULD DO A STUDY WHICH WOULD AGAIN, YOU WOULD REROUTE SOME OF THE STUFF UP NORTH TO GO

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TO THAT NEW. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE LIFT STATIONS WERE PUT IN PIECEMEAL.

SO ARE THERE ONES WE CAN GET RID OF? PROBABLY. SO THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

WE'LL SAY LOOKING AT IT THERE'S FIVE ITEMS THAT ARE PROBABLY YOUR BIGGEST ONES THAT I IN TWO OF THOSE WE'RE CHIPPING AWAY AT ALL THE TIME.

THE 59 MILLION ON THE WASTEWATER SEWER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, THE 57 MILLION IN WATER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

WE'RE GOING TO IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS TO GET THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CHIP AWAY AT IT AS WE GO. LEAVING YOU WITH THE $65 MILLION WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE NORTH SIDE.

THE $47 MILLION OYSTER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS.

THE 30 MILLION HENDERSON ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT.

SO THOSE ARE YOUR BIG TICKET ITEMS. AND. TO ME, IT'S GOING TO BE IF YOU'RE PRIORITIZING TO ME AND ALL THOSE I'D SAY HENDERSON ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE I'D SAY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING WATER REPLACEMENT AND SEWER REPLACEMENTS.

THAT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE TIME.

AND ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN FOR THE NORTH, I REALLY THINK SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO STEP IN AND HELP PAY FOR THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN TO TOWN.

I MEAN, 30 MILLION FOR HENDERSON IS THE ONE.

I AGREE WITH YOU, HENDERSON ROAD IS FAST I MEAN, IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY AND THE GROWTH OF THE FUTURE AND THE MOBILITY.

IT'S EVERYBODY YOU EVER TALK TO IS JUST I HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT HENDERSON ROAD AND BOTH INTERSECTIONS AT VALDEZ AS WELL AS DOWNING.

IT'S JUST IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT.

AND AS THE CITY GROWS, IT GROWS THAT WAY.

AND THEN WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS THE CONNECTION FROM 35 ALL THE WAY UP TO 288.

IT'S JUST TOO IMPORTANT.

THAT NORTH SIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT I AGREE WITH YOU ON.

WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, SO WE DON'T NEED TO.

BUT IF SOMEBODY'S COMING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND GROUND OR STAND OUR GROUND AS A CITY COUNCIL AND JUST BOW OUR CHEST AND SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HELP PAY FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS HAS TO BE DONE.

SO. YEAH THAT'S 69% OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER THOSE FIVE.

IF I WERE TO PUT WHAT OUGHT TO LOOK AT FIRST, IT'S GOING TO BE A PORTION OF THAT OF THE EXISTING OYSTER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE LIFT STATIONS THERE.

THOSE LIFT STATIONS ARE THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT OUGHT TO BE ON THE CITY'S COUNT ON YOUR PRIORITY IS THE LIFT STATIONS AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AT THE OYSTER CREEK ONE.

AT THE OYSTER CREEK THAT GOES THROUGH THERE.

WELL, THAT'S FINE.

BUT WHAT IS THAT? YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 46, RIGHT? WE'VE ACTUALLY THE STUDY ACTUALLY IDENTIFIES WHAT THAT IS.

I BELIEVE WE HAD THAT STUDY THAT CAME IN.

I CAN BREAK THAT OUT. YEAH.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S I'M JUST $9 MILLION.

IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE SIX, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

FIVE, $6 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW.

LIKE, IF YOU'RE TELLING US FROM YOUR EXPERT OPINION, THESE ARE THE THERE THESE THESE THINGS HAVE TO GO. I'M ALL EARS.

I'M NOT SAYING I WOULD IGNORE THAT FOR HENDERSON ROAD I COULD PUT THAT'S BUT THAT'S A.

THAT'S ONLY A PORTION OF THE 40 NEARLY 47 MILLION THAT'S AND STAFF RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE WORKING WITH PATTY AND MYSELF, ARE WORKING WITH GOING AFTER TIP FUNDING FOR HENDERSON ROAD, WHICH IS A TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED COUNCIL SUPPORT TO TALK TO EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE HIGHLY SELECTABLE FOR THAT HIGHLY SELECTABLE.

WHO DO WE ADDRESS? WHEN YOU SAID YOU NEED COUNCIL SUPPORT.

SO WHAT DO YOU WANT US? AH HOUSTON AREA? GALVESTON COUNCIL, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TALK TO PEOPLE UP THERE.

COUNTY KEEP THE COUNTY INFORMED.

WE WILL DO THAT. YEAH.

WE'LL, GAGE, CODY AND WE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HELP.

I MEAN, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN HELP, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO JUST WE'LL GET EVERYBODY PUMPED UP WITH KNOWLEDGE TO WHERE ANYBODY YOU SEE ANYBODY, YOU CAN JUST GO UP AND TALK TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, WHAT'S GOING ON AND JUST GET THE WORD OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE AND THAT'S COMING UP.

MATTER OF FACT, PATTY AND MYSELF WERE LOOKING AT TO HAVE A A MEETING WITH SOME PEOPLE ABOUT THE TIP FUNDING PROCESS COMING UP PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.

BUT I COULD PUT TOGETHER A KIND OF A LIST OF PRIORITIES.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE HENDERSON ROAD IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF YOUR MAJOR MOBILITY.

THE ONLY REASON WHY I SAY THE TREATMENT PLAN IS IS AHEAD OF THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S CONFINED

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SPACE ENTRY. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS BECOMING VERY COMPROMISED AND IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT.

AND, JEFF, YOU COULD. I MEAN, AM I SAYING ANYTHING OUT? NO. LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU.

DON'T GET OVERWHELMED.

IT'S JUST $308 MILLION.

BUT IT'S LIKE THE ELEPHANT YOU GOT HOW YOU EAT ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE BITE AT A TIME.

BUT LET'S BE SURE AND SEPARATE OUT THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF THIS STUFF.

WE HAVE WATER ISSUES, WE'VE GOT SANITARY SEWER ISSUES, WE'VE GOT DRAINAGE AND WE'VE GOT ROADS. SO, YEAH, IT'S ALL FOR THE CITY.

YES. I'M ON BOARD TOTALLY WITH SETTING UP PRIORITIES SO WE KNOW WE AND WE CAN TELL THE CITIZENRY. THIS IS A CRITICAL PATH.

WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS.

IF IT DOESN'T IF IT FAILS, THEN WE'RE IN A BIGGER BIND IN WHAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW, I THINK.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT FOR OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE.

BUT. I MEAN, THIS LIST IS GOING TO LAST PAST US.

WAIT. SO FOR FOR THERE TO BE A PRIORITY LIST FOR THE INCOMING COUNCILS, I AGREE.

TO HAVE A GAME PLAN TO FOLLOW.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GO AFTER BIG CAPITAL PLANS AS WELL AS.

JUST NOT LETTING THINGS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU TOTALLY YOU START FOCUS ON SOMEONE ELSE THAT YOU TOTALLY THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL'S NEXT CITY MANAGER COMES IN AND THEN, OH, GOODNESS, WE FORGOT WE'VE NEGLECTED THIS. AND THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THOSE.

HEY, THIS THIS CAME OUT BEFORE WE ANTICIPATED.

IT'S BECOME VERY CRITICAL NOW I'VE GOT TO MOVE IT.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO.

YEAH. I REALLY DO LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING A NEW WATER TOWER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

WE'RE LOOKING AT. 750, PROBABLY AT A MINIMUM OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF COUNTS THAT GET YOU UP TO JUST AT THAT BUT AND THEN WE JUST TAKES AN ACCOUNT WE HAVE PURCHASED A HALF MILLION GALLONS A DAY MORE FROM BWA.

THIS THESE NUMBERS. NO, THAT'S NOT IN THIS NUMBER.

SO THIS NUMBER IS GOING TO GO UP.

WELL, IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S THE EAST THAT'S KEEPING THE NUMBER DOWN.

BUT THE EAST UP, WE'VE GOT HALF MILLION.

SO THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO UP.

CORRECT. SO JUST WE NEED TO PUT WE NEED TO PUT THESE INCREMENTAL STEPS IN THERE TO LET US ADVISE US. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO THIS.

HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE. WE'VE ALREADY PUT THE BOOSTER PUMPS IN, WHICH HAS HELPED OUR WHICH HAS HELPED OUR NUMBERS CONSIDERABLY.

THE COUNCIL, HAD I HAD I THINK HAD WE KNOWN WHERE WE ARE TODAY, PROBABLY FOUR YEARS AGO OR SO, WE MAY HAVE APPROACHED WINDSONG.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT OUT THERE? WIND ROSE GREEN DIFFERENTLY.

I'M GOING TO STAND ON MY HIND LEGS HERE AND SAY WE DON'T GIVE ANYBODY WATER OR SEWER IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING OR CANNOT COME INTO THE CITY.

IT'S. AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET A BIG ENOUGH FEE FOR YOUR WATER AND SEWER TREATMENT FROM AN ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS TO MAKE IT WORTH.

I MEAN, YOU GET SO MUCH MORE WHEN THE PEOPLE LIVE IN TOWN.

RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, IN AN ADJOINING MUD.

SO THERE'S BACK TO IT.

DIDN'T WANT TO, AS JOHN SAID, OR ONE OR TWO CAME FROM DOWN HIS WAY TO DO SOMETHING FOR A NORTH SIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME HELP FROM OUT THAT WAY AS HOW THAT COMES.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU START TELLING DEVELOPERS YOU CAN DEVELOP.

BUT I NEED I NEED $5 MILLION JUST TO PUT IN MY POCKET FOR A SEWER PLANT.

HE MIGHT GO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I GET DOWN THE ROAD THAT.

ABOUT 100? YEAH.

IT WOULD GET YOU. GET YOU UP QUITE A BIT.

I'LL GET THE ACTUAL NUMBER.

I THINK IT'S TOO I THINK IT'S 200 GALLONS PER CONNECTION OR 100 OR SO IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF Y'ALL FOR A WHILE.

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AND THE PRICE OF THAT 1.4 IS A GOOD PRICE.

WE'RE DOING ONE FOR ANOTHER CLIENT RIGHT NOW.

SO I GOT THAT.

I GOT THAT THAT NUMBER FOR A MILLION GALLON IN THERE THAT WE JUST RECEIVED FROM FROM WATER TOWER BUILDER.

YOU KNOW, AT THE PODIUM, MR. POPE, YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE PRICE OF JUST THE TOWER, NOT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OLD ONE, BUT JUST THE TOWER ROUND FIGURES.

YEAH. THAT WAS BEFORE ALL THIS? YEAH. NO, THAT WAS THEN FOR INFLATION.

PRE-COVID, NO SURPLUS SUPPLIES.

YEAH TO ME, IT'S JUST.

IT'S JUST A NUMBER TO THINK ABOUT.

FOUR PLUS PROBABLY.

YEAH. I THINK THAT TO.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FROM CHRIS TONIGHT OFF OF THIS ITEM WAS INFORMATION AND IT WOULD IT BE GOOD TO GET BACK TOGETHER IN A.

IN ANY WORKS IN A WORK SESSION WORKSHOP TO ONCE YOU HAVE A PRIORITY LIST.

WE CAN SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN TO EACH OTHER WHY EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHY YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS STATION.

NUMBER EIGHT 1725, SEWER PLANT, NEW STATION.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE TEND TO FORGET THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT.

ESPECIALLY THE PROGRAMS WE REALLY NEED TO GET GOING ON A ON AN ANNUAL PROGRAM FOR LIKE SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO START SAVING YOU MONEY AT THE END OF IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TREATING WATER THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TREATED.

SO THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT HELPS YOUR SYSTEM OUT.

THAT ALSO HELPS DROP THE BOTTOM LINE OF YOUR TREATMENT AND YOUR TREATMENT PLAN AND YOUR PERMITTING. REMIND ME, ARE THERE ANY BOOSTER PLANT ENHANCEMENT BOOSTER PUMP ENHANCEMENTS PROPOSED AT THE SHENANGO STATION? NO, SIR. THIS IS THE SHENANGO STATION IS JUST THE REPLACEMENT, JUST THE TANK.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE SETTING IT UP TO WHERE IF IN THE FUTURE THE CITY WANTS TO COME BACK.

WE HAVE AN AREA ALREADY IDENTIFIED WHERE A NEW BOOSTER PUMP BUILDING WOULD BE SET AND YOU CAN MAKE THE TIE INS TO.

SO WE ARE SET WE ARE PLANNING IT FOR FUTURE BECAUSE THAT THAT PLANT, THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS NOT NOT IN THE GREATEST.

THE CITY'S BEEN VERY GOOD.

I MEAN, ACTUALLY, LIKE LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIST STATION NUMBER EIGHT.

WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE STATION EIGHT RIGHT NOW.

IS THAT ONE OFF? THERE IS.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AND WE'RE ACTIVELY REPLACING THE OLD TRUSS PIPE.

SO WE'RE DOING PART OF A REBUILD YOUR YOUR SANITARY SEWER PROGRAM AND WE'RE ALSO DOING REHABILITATION TO THE LIFT STATION.

SO STAFF HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE USING THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE DONE ON THESE STUDIES TO START WORK ON THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE.

BUT THAT WAS JUST AN UPDATE. CHRIS WANTED ME TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU ALL AGAIN.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT IT, SO THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU. KEEP KEEP THAT ELEPHANT OUT THERE IN FRONT OF US.

WE JUST WANT ONE BITE AT A TIME.

NOW, THE NEXT STEP IS, HOW DO YOU FUND IT? WE GOT TO START COMING UP WITH SOME FUNDING PLANS.

I THINK WE GOT TO REALLY START THE MORE WE PUSH THIS OFF, THEN THE FURTHER WE GET BEHIND.

SO WE CAN START LOOKING AT THAT.

I KNOW CHRIS IS TALKING TO HIS PEERS ABOUT HOW OTHER CITIES ARE TRYING TO DO IT AS WELL.

SO WE PROBABLY MAYBE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP JUST ON INFRASTRUCTURE CAP AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. GUYS, LIKE YOU SAID, WE NEED A PLAN FOR A FUTURE.

THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

HOW DO WE GET THERE? BECAUSE WE CAN'T BEAT THE DEAD HORSE.

WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK. I THINK EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A REAL IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION, PROS AND CONS OF IMPACT FEES ON THIS AREA, YOU KNOW? AND ALSO DISCUSS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MUD PUTTING IN A PACKAGE PLANT VERSUS HAVING A CENTRALIZED PLANT.

THAT DISCUSSION NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE HEAD'S GOING LIKE THIS AND I SEE HEADS GOING LIKE THIS. WE'VE GOT TO PUT THOSE HEADS TOGETHER AND COME TO THE GAME PLAN.

GOT TO GET THERE.

GOT TO START TALKING. SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT.

OH, MY GOSH. IT'S 905.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR JOHN OR STAFF? I WILL ADJOURN US 9:05.

THANKS, GUYS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Apr 12, 2022 City Council

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