>> CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30.
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>> FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS JUST THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
[1. Approve the minutes from regular called meeting on March 7, 2022.]
THE REGULAR CALL MEETING FROM MARCH 7TH, 2022.THOSE MINUTES ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 7TH CALL MEETING.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE APPROVE?
>> ALL OPPOSE, SAME SIGH? MOTION CARRIES.
NOW WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ON
[2. Update from Code Enforcement Division of Development Services, January 01 – March 31, 2022 (Q1)]
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR JANUARY 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST REPORTING FROM Q1.>> I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR LINDSAY, SHE'S OUT OF TOWN.
>> IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ANYTIME, JUST ASK.
WHAT HE SAID IS FROM JANUARY TO THE END OF MARCH.
OUR BIGGEST THING HAS BEEN SUBSTANDARD BUILDING, HOUSING [BACKGROUND].
WE STARTED THAT BACK, I GUESS FIRST YEAR BASICALLY.
IDENTIFYING, THAT TOOK A WHILE AROUND TOWN.
IT COMES DOWN TO OF COURSE CODE VIOLATIONS BUT IF IT'S 50 PERCENT OF THE MARKET VALUE TO REPAIR THE HOME, THEN THAT'S DEFINITELY DEEMED SUBSTANDARD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG PARTS OF THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THEM AND I THINK ALL OF THEM.
IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WE DEEMED PET DEMOS WERE NOT OCCUPIED. I DON'T REMEMBER.
[BACKGROUND] I THINK THEY WERE ALL UNOCCUPIED.
THE LAST COUNCIL, THEY APPROVED THREE ORDINANCES TO OWN.
YOU SEE, THERE'S 504 FARRER, 320 W. PEACH STREET, 316 ROGERS ORDINANCES, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD [BACKGROUND] WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THOSE.
A LOT MORE TO THAT BUT WE HAVE SOME OTHERS ALONG WITH THOSE.
THOSE ARE THE THREE TOP PICKS, SO WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE INVOLUNTARY DEMOS.
OUT OF ALL OF OUR DEMOS, WE HAVE 27 TOTAL THAT'S BEEN DEMOED IN TOWN [BACKGROUND].
ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE WERE VOLUNTARY.
THEY WERE AT THE OF COURSE OWNER'S EXPENSE.
WE'VE HAD ONE THAT WAS A BIG TWO-STOREY.
NOT TWO-STOREY, TWO-CAR BIG GARAGE ON DWYER STREET, THAT WAS REALLY BAD.
THERE'S PICTURES IN YOUR HANDOUT THERE THAT SHOW THREE-FOUR PICTURES OF IT.
THE HOMEOWNER [BACKGROUND] GAVE CONSENT.
WE WORKED WITH LEGAL ON THAT TO WORK THAT OUT, GET IT SIGNED.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT THE CITY PAID THAT FEE, WHICH A LANE WAS PLACED ON IT.
WE'LL RECOVER THAT AT SOME POINT.
THERE'S 27, 14 IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, AND FIVE, THE ONES THAT ARE INVOLUNTARY OR THERE'S JUST A LOT OF ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH LEGAL AND PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE AND THEN [OVERLAPPING] CLEAR THE COURT TO DO THAT.
SO OF COURSE WE HAVE MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BRANDY, LAURA, WE ACTUALLY HAD SENT MARIA A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO SHE TOOK THE COURSE, SO SHE'S JUST WAITING TO GET HER HOURS TO GO TAKE HER TEST, AND THEN SHE CAN ACTUALLY-
>> DO CODE ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A TICKET BUT SHE CAN DO IT, [BACKGROUND] THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PART OF IT.
I THINK WE HAD ON THERE HOW MANY CITATIONS.
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THE WAY YOU CAN LOOK, THIS IS OFF E-GOV ON PAGE 6.HOW MANY JUNKED/ABANDONED VEHICLES, TALL GRASS, WRITTEN WARNINGS, CITATIONS.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE DEFINITELY HIGHER THAN THAT SINCE THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER.
I KNOW BRANDY WROTE MORE CITATIONS, SO WE ARE WRITING MORE WARNINGS AND CITATIONS TO BRING WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, TALL GRASS, AND OUR TALL GRASS IS, I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW IS 14 INCHES OR SO.
IT'S PRETTY TALL. [NOISE] IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR, IT'S JUST STARTING, WE REALLY HADN'T HAD ANY RAIN.
ONCE IT STARTS [OVERLAPPING] RAINING, THAT'S OUR BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF TALL GRASS COMPLAINTS.
YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE 2, JUST A BREAKDOWN FROM JANUARY.
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WILL BE THE SLOWEST MONTHS; MOST TIME ITS WINTERTIME.
[BACKGROUND] YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT ON THE NEW RESIDENTIAL IN MARCH WHEN SPRINGTIME STARTS.
HOW MUCH [NOISE] PERMITS IT JUMPED UP FROM THE WINTERTIME.
I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE, APRIL IS A LOT MORE THAN MARCH.
ALL NEW HOMES. WE'VE ADDED A PART-TIME INSPECTOR.
HE'S HELPED US OUT ON CONTRACT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT HE'S ACTUALLY PART-TIME WITH US NOW BECAUSE IT'S JUST HIS SUBDIVISIONS.
[BACKGROUND] SOME DAYS IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SUBSTANDARD HOUSING?
>> HOW THAT WORKS. OF COURSE, IF IT'S UNOCCUPIED, IF WE IDENTIFY THIS ONE AND BE UNOCCUPIED, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE MANY CHANCES FOR THEM TO REPAIR.
WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE IN STREET, FOR SURE.
>> BUT ALL OF THESE WERE UNOCCUPIED.
I'M SURE YOU ALL NOTICED THEM.
>> I WAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN LAST WEEK, DELIVERING SOME STAFF.
[NOISE] IT'S NOT IN DAY, IT LOOKS SO GOOD.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF NEW LITTLE PALMS GOING ON THE WEST SIDE TOO.
>> OF COURSE, THE COUNTY HAS BOUGHT, RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER THERE, IT'S ACTUALLY WEST SEA HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BLUE. THEY BOUGHT.
YOU SEE THOSE GETTING READY TO BE MOVED. THERE'S FOUR OF THEM.
THEY'RE MOVING, I THINK, THEM ALL AT ONCE.
THAT WILL LOOK A LOT NICER ON THAT CORNER. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THE LAST PAGE, PAGE 7, IS JUST A LIST OF SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS.
THE BLUE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE, OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND THEN YELLOW IS IN PROGRESS, AND THE RED ARE NOT COMPLETE OR HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED.
>> THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DEMOLITION.
>> THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DEMOLITION.
>> IT'S ALL, LIKE I SAID, VOLUNTARY.
I JUST TOOK A LITTLE PUSH, THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN TOWN, OUT OF TOWN, OUT OF STATE, SO THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE SOMETIMES, SO JUST TAKES JUST WORK.
NOW, WE'RE TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE INVOLUNTARY.
IT'LL SLOW DOWN, BUT WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
IT JUST TAKES A LOT LONGER THROUGH THE COURT AND EVERYTHING WITH THAT.
HOPEFULLY, SOME OF THE INVOLUNTARY, AT SOME POINT, WILL BECOME VOLUNTARY ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START.
>> OF COURSE, [NOISE] THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, SUMMERTIME IS AROUND THE CORNER.
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THAT'S OUR BUSY TIME.>> EVERYBODY'S DOING SOMETHING OR NOT DOING SOMETHING.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANKFULLY I MADE NOTES, BUT I THINK I COVERED IT.
THE DEMO HAS BEEN THE MAIN PUSH.
WE HAD RECEIVED THE FUNDS FOR IT LAST BUDGET.
>> REAL QUICK, JUST THE PROCESS, SAY WHATEVER PART OF TOWN, THERE'S A HOUSE WITH JUNK CAR, JUNK BOATS, STUFF THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE.
WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE? IS OUR LETTER SENT OR THE STEPS?
>> OUR FIRST STEP, MOST OF THE TIME, IS SOME CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH A VERBAL CONVERSATION, WHICH IS JUST VERBAL.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT FOR NEXT BUDGET.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME TYPE OF SMALL LITTLE CAMERA THAT JUST GOES ON HERE.
AT LEAST WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, BECAUSE MOST TIME WE'RE BY OURSELVES. WE'LL HAVE THAT.
IF WE NEED IT, WE CAN GO BACK TO IT AND SAY, YES, THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID OR I SAID.
A LOT TIMES, IT'S VERBAL WORDS.
THEY DO IT. SOMETIMES, IT DON'T.
IT GOES TO, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM USUALLY 10 DAYS.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, WE GO 10 DAYS.
WE GIVE THEM A WRITTEN WARNING, AND THAT HAS TO COME WITH THE AMOUNT OF DAYS.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL THEM [OVERLAPPING] JUST DO IT NEXT WEEK.
[OVERLAPPING] [NOISE] COST [INAUDIBLE] OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM.
IT'S USUALLY JUST A VERBAL WARNING IS A WARNING, AND THEN A WRITTEN WARNING.
THEN IF IT'S JUST NOTHING DONE, A CITATION.
>> I JUST COULD REMEMBER THE STEPS. THANK YOU.
>> REGULAR LETTER AND CERTIFIED.
WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THAT COMES BACK FROM THE POST OFFICE.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THREE WEEKS TO GET SOMETHING BACK.
BUT SOON AS IT'S BACK, LEGALLY, WE CAN WRITE A CITATION.
WE CAN MAIL IT, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THEM.
WE CAN JUST PUT IT IN THE MAIL AND THEY GIVE IT TO THE COURT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] RAINING OUT THERE.
>> APPRECIATE YOU ALL. BOTH OF YOU. THANKS.
>> [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE]
>> GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO FIND MY SPOT IN THE AGENDA HERE.
>> [NOISE] I DON'T HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF ME ON AN IPAD HERE, BUT I DO BETTER WITH THE ACTUAL PAPER.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH JUST SOME DISCUSSION
[3. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful programs and services updates.]
ON KEEPING ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATES.SO JUST GENERAL UPDATES FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH FROM KEEPING ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL OVER THE LAST PERIOD.
SO AS OF MARCH OF 2022 WE DID SUBMIT OUR KEY TEXAS BEAUTIFUL ANNUAL REPORT, WE MET THE DEADLINE FOR THAT METAL REQUIREMENTS AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR GOLDSTAR RECOGNITION OR GOLD STAR STATUS WITH KEEPING TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.
SO THAT IS COMPLETE AND THAT JUST CARRIES OVER TO GIVE US ACTION ITEMS FOR NEXT YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR'S REPORTING.
SO WE MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF STATUS YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
THE GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS UNFORTUNATELY WE DID SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS, GO THROUGH THAT TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF OUR WORK OVER THE COURSE OF 2021, BUT WE WERE NOT SELECTED FOR THAT SPECIFIC RECOGNITION THIS YEAR,
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SO CURRENTLY WE ARE SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM KEEP TAXES BEAUTIFUL TO SEE IF WE CAN GET FEEDBACK ON OUR APPLICATION, SEE WHERE WE MAY HAVE MISSED COMPARED TO OTHER APPLICANTS.I DON'T RECALL THE TOP APPLICANTS OVER THE ONES THAT WERE RANKED AHEAD OF US BUT I BELIEVE KATIE WAS THE ONE THAT WON OVERALL FOR OUR SIZE CATEGORY. [OVERLAPPING]
I FIGURE THAT WILL BE [OVERLAPPING]
>> OH KATIE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE ACTUAL CITY OF KT IS RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO THE WHOLE AREA OF KT.
SO THEY DO CLASSIFY IN THE SAME POPULATION CATEGORY AS US, WHICH IS INTERESTING.
SO I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT EITHER.
>> OH THE OLD DOWNTOWN KATIE, THE ORIGINAL.
>> WE'RE SOLICITING FEEDBACK TO JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY WITHIN OUR APPLICATION THAT WE COULD DO BETTER OR IF IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THERE WAS BETTER FIT FOR THIS YEAR AND IF HAD THAT NOT BEEN SUBMITTED, THAT WE STILL RANKED WELL.
SO WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND FIND OUT SOME MORE FEEDBACK WITH THAT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] CAN I ASK YOU, ARE WE REACHING OUT TO YOU FOR ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME LOCAL PEOPLE THAT COULD HELP US DO.
>>WHAT WE COULD'VE DONE BETTER WITH OUR APPLICATION.
>> WE ARE REACHING OUT TO OUR CONTACT THAT WE WORK WITH WITH KEEP TAXES BEAUTIFUL, BUT IF THERE'S SOMEONE LOCALLY THAT WORKS THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I'M SURE HAPPY TO REACH OUT.
>> TYPICALLY REACH OUT SAYS SARA NICOLE SHE GIVES US LINE-BY-LINE LIKE EACH QUESTION.
>> HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WE WOULD'VE WISH YOU WOULD PROVIDED ADDITIONAL.
>> WE HAD A SIMILAR FEEDBACK COMING FROM HER LAST YEAR.
>> IT WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL, THIS YEAR'S APPLICATION THAT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHY WE WEREN'T.
>> FROM COMPLETING THE APPLICATION JUST I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS WHAT EFFECT ARE SCORING OR NOT, BUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE RELATED TO HOW WE OFFERED SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING, ESPECIALLY IN EDUCATIONAL AREAS AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND THINGS, WHICH HAD BEEN DOWN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD DONE BECAUSE THE RESPONSES TO COVID BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED US OR NOT, BUT I KNOW WHEN THOSE SECTIONS THEY WERE THE MORE DIFFICULT SECTIONS TO DEMONSTRATE SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY.
SO WE'LL GET VERIFICATION FROM THAT AND JUST SEE IF WHAT AREAS WE CAN IMPROVE UPON OR WHAT AREAS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TO MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE IN FUTURE ONES AS WELL.
I WAS HOPING WE'D BETTER NEWS ON THAT ONE BUT UNFORTUNATELY.
>> DID SHE EVER JUDGE, DID SARAH JUDGE? HERE'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, IS BECAUSE [NOISE] TERI JACKSON AND THEN SHARON, WHO USED TO BE OUR DIRECTOR, BOTH JUDGE AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET A JUDGES POINT OF VIEW TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW SHARON ALWAYS SAID READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY AND THEN SPIT BACK WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR EXACTLY AND THERE WAS JUST A CERTAIN WAY TO WRITE IT AND WHATEVER YOU PROVIDE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT SARAH DOESN'T GOOD I'M JUST SAYING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WIN, AND WE WIN.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, WE DID RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE PURSUED NOT RELATED TO THIS, AND IT WAS THAT WHERE MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE ORDER OF THE QUESTION WAS ANSWERED IN AND WE DIDN'T GET CREDIT FOR THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN OUR RESPONSES, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS HERE.
>> BUT THERE WAS A FEW INCIDENTS ON ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR PROPOSAL BUT IT'S LISTED IS NOT INCLUDED ISN'T THE SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THIS WASN'T ANSWERED FIRST SO THEY MISSED THAT.
I'M NOT SAYING WITH THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
>> YEAH AND THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO APPROACH THE APPLICATION IS GO QUESTION BY QUESTION LINE-BY-LINE AND ANSWER IT IN BASICALLY PROVIDE A PARAGRAPH AND MULTICENTER US RESPONSE TO EACH SPECIFIC QUESTION.
>> I WILL SAY THIS, I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.
>> THEREFORE, I'M NOT PICKING Y'ALL BECAUSE I KNOW.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT PUTS US IN BETTER, AT LEAST FROM DOING IT THIS TIME PUTS US IN BETTER TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO COLLECT FOR THE YEAR.
JUST SO FOR ME DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, COLLECTING ALL THAT INFORMATION AT ONE TIME WAS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, IT WASN'T SO MUCH THAT WE HAD.
IT WAS JUST GETTING IT ALL IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME.
>> IT'S A LOT TO GATHER FOR ONE APPLICATION FOR.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WE'VE DONE THAT FOR SURE. COMING UP ON FRIDAY.
SO THE ARBOR DAY BUTTERFLY [NOISE] [LAUGHTER] HAD AN UNUSUAL BEEPING AND ALWAYS WEREN'T USED TO.
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COMING ON FRIDAY WE HAVE OUR ARBOR DAY BUTTERFLIES SEEDBALL ENTRY GIVEAWAY.SO THAT IS PLAN TO TAKE PLACE THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER BEGINNING AT 08:00 AM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON WEDNESDAY BEGINNING AT 10:00 AM.
SO TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE BUTTERFLY SEEDBALLS AS PART OF OUR SENIOR PROGRAMMING.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO COME OUT AND MAKE SEEDBALLS WITH US IN THE SENIORS AND THINGS FOR GIVEAWAY ON FRIDAY AS PART OF THE EVENT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND JOIN, BUT WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE AND THEN WE SHOULD BE TAKING FREE DELIVERY FOR THE TREES TO BE GIVEN AWAY ON THURSDAY, AND AGAIN, TREES FOR HOUSTON IS PROVIDING THOSE TREES FOR THE GIVEAWAY.
SO THEY CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD PARTNER AND CONTINUE TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TREES, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TREAT PLANNING AND THINGS WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON TIN AT A HIGH LEVEL.
>> SO WE KNOW THAT THE SPECIES OF TREES OR IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR TO WHAT WE THINK OF IT.
>> IT'S SIMILAR, WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE SPECIES BUT VARIETIES OF BALD CYPRESS, SYCAMORE, MOST OF THE VERY SIMILAR, ALMOST IDENTICAL WHAT WE GAVE AWAY AT THE SPRING CLEANUP.
>> MINES ARE LEAFING BY THE WAY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE TREE.
>> YEAH. IT SHOULD BE SIMILAR QUANTITY SIMILARLY OR SIMILAR SPECIES, OF COURSE I CAN ALWAYS ADJUST A LITTLE BIT BASED ON SUPPLY AND SOC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD IN THE SPRING CLEANUP.
SO ANNUAL SPRING CLEANUP RESULTS I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE PARTICIPATING IN THERE BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OFFICIAL TALLIES FROM WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR SO WE HOSTED THAT ON APRIL SECOND AND ANGLETON AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WE WERE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF £14,420 OF SOLID WASTE AND THAT WAS FROM REPORT FROM WASTE CONNECTIONS, £10,380 OF ELECTRONICS.
WE DID OVER 230 INDIVIDUAL TIRES FOR RECYCLING AND I'M STILL WAITING ON THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF WEIGHT OF PAPER SHREDDED BUT I KNOW WE DID WELL OVER AT LEAST 55 BOXES AND SEVERAL CARBIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WAITING FOR THE ACTUAL WEIGHT REPORT OF WHAT WE DID FOR THAT TO HAVE A TOTAL POUNDAGE TOTAL FOR OUR ENTIRE EVENT.
BUT OVERALL, WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 500 TREES IN OUR OFFICIAL THROUGHPUT OF VEHICLES WAS 279.
SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ALL OUT THERE AS FAR AS THE OFFICIAL RESULTS COMING IN AND IT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE WAITING ON TO GET A TOTAL POUNDAGE OF WHAT WE COLLECTED IS DETERMINING HOW MUCH WE COLLECTED FROM THE PAPER SHREDDING AND AT THE MINIMUM, WE CAN DO A LOW-END ESTIMATE KNOWING THAT WE PROBABLY DID AT LEAST 75 FILE BOX IS PROBABLY QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THAT.
BUT WE CAN GET THE ESTIMATED WEIGHT OF THAT AND COME UP WITH A ROUND ESTIMATE AND BE CONSERVATIVE WITH IT, BUT THAT WAS THE ACTUAL WEIGHT THERE.
>> SO VERY GOOD COLLECTION RATE, AND SO JUST BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE, IT'S ALWAYS SURPRISING PEOPLE HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY COLLECT THROUGH THOSE EVENTS, AND SO BETWEEN THE FALSE SWEEP AND THE SPRING CLEANUP, WE SHOULD BE AT OVER A £100,000 OF WASTE PROCESSED FOR TWO EVENTS.
>> CORRESPONDING TO THE ANNUAL SPRING CLEANUP, WE ALSO DID THE CIGARETTE BUTTON TOBACCO PRODUCTS WENT UP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BARRIER ACCOUNTS.
SO ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND SO THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WE CORRESPONDED WITH THE SPRING CLEANUP TO HELP CLEAN UP THE BATES PARK BUT ALSO PROVIDE DATA FOR TOBACCO PREVALENCE USE IN OUR PARKS AND DO A STUDY BY COLLECTING THE CIGARETTE BUTTS AND SEEING THE VOLUME OF THOSE COLLECTED IN THAT ONE DAY EVENT.
SO DURING THAT TIME, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE OUT THERE, WE HAD VOLUNTEERS FROM LIFE FOURSQUARE CHURCH, VOLUNTEERS FROM TDECU AND THE STAFF FROM BACODA OUT THERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT AN ESTIMATED 1,750 CIGARETTE BUTTS, WHICH IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE THEY HIDE, AND SO WE WERE REALLY AFRAID WITH THAT EVENT THAT WE'D GET OUT THERE AND OUR PARK WAS TO CLEAN TO FIND STUFF, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY START LOOKING IN-BETWEEN BLADES OF GRASS AND ALONG THE EDGES OF SIDEWALKS AND ALONG THE EDGE OF CONCRETE PAVILION THEY BLEND IN BUT THEY'RE THERE.
SO MEGHAN AND HER DAUGHTER ALSO HELPED OUT AND PICKED UP THAT, SO IT WAS REALLY SURPRISING AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BRAGGING RIGHTS OR NOT, BUT IT WAS THE MOST THAT THEY HAD COLLECTED ON A SINGLE DAY EVENT AT A PARK SO FAR.
SO WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB CLEANING UP BUT IT ALSO IT DEMONSTRATES THAT WE HAVE HIGH TOBACCO USE AT THE PARKS AND SO THAT'LL HELP SUPPORT OUR PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TOBACCO AND DRUG-FREE PARKS ORDINANCE AND WE'VE SET THE FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS WITH THAT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
LASTLY, GREEN GARDEN SERIES, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THAT.
THE AGRILIFE EXTENSION OFFICE OF BRAZORIA COUNTY AND THE BRAZORIA COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO PUT THAT ON.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE TRANSITION FROM WHEN STEVE [INAUDIBLE] WAS DOING IT, TO PASSING IT ON TO DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERS.
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THESE FIRST COUPLE FOR THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD TO PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT MORE, I WOULDN'T SAY COMPLETELY LAST MINUTE, BUT CLOSER TO GETTING IT SCHEDULED ENGAGED, THEY'RE GOING BUT WE DO HAVE OUR SCHEDULING NOW.THEY'VE DETERMINED THE TOPICS AND VOLUNTEER SPEAKERS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED THE NEXT TWO.
THOSE ARE ALREADY IT THROUGH ZOOM AND FACEBOOK LIVE AND ON OUR CALENDAR.
WE'LL BE ADDING THE DETAILS AS WE GET THEM AS WELL.
WE SHOULD BE STAGED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO OF THE GREEN GARDEN SERIES OF LECTURES.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START ADVERTISING THE TOPICS AND THE SPECIFIC OCCURRENCE OF THOSE WELL IN ADVANCE SO WE'RE NO SHORT WITH OUR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION.
BUT EVEN WITH THE SHORT NOTICE OF THE LAST COUPLE, WE'VE STILL BEEN ABLE TO ACCUMULATE A FEW 100 VIEWS PER VIDEO.
THEN SEVERAL PEOPLE TUNING IN DURING THE ACTUAL LIVE BROADCASTS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD LIMITED ADVERTISING ON THOSE, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET TOPICS AND SPEAKERS IN ORDER, STILL RELATIVELY WELL PARTICIPATING.
NOW THAT WE HAVE A GOOD SCHEDULE IN PLACE, AND SPEAKERS, AND THINGS LINED UP, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUSH THAT OUT AS A ONGOING SCHEDULE.
PUSH THAT THROUGH FACEBOOK EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND GET HIGHER LEVEL PARTICIPATION FOR THE LIVE FEEDS AND THINGS.
WHERE ANY YOU FIND THAT CALENDAR OF EVENTS? THEY'LL BE POSTED AS AN EVENT ON FACEBOOK.
IF YOU'VE GOT TO KEEPING ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL FACEBOOK PAGE, SO THE NEXT TWO ARE ON THERE.
THEY HAVE THE TITLES, AND THEY HAVE THE LINKS TO THE ZOOM THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE.
THE IMAGERY AND THE DETAILS OF THOSE WILL BE ADDED AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE FOR THE NEXT TWO.
THEN THEY'RE WORKING ON ADVERTISING MATERIALS RIGHT NOW FOR THE REMAINDER THAT THEY HAVE SCHEDULED.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE UPLOADED ONCE WE HAVE THAT DONE, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE CORRESPONDING LIVE FEEDS AND THINGS SETUP AS WELL.
THAT'LL BE ON FACEBOOK, KEEPING ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL FACEBOOK, UNDER THE EVENTS SECTION.
BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO PUT THE CORRESPONDING INFORMATION ON THE KEEPING ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL WEB-PAGE THAT JUST HAS THE DETAILS ABOUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE CLASSES.
OUR NEXT TWO TOPICS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SO FAR THIS YEAR.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH BUTTERFLY GARDENING, TREE PRUNING, AND LANDSCAPE WATER CONSERVATION, AND WE WILL BE MOVING TO DO RAINWATER HARVESTING AND A BUTTERFLY AND HUMMINGBIRDS POLLINATORS OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
MAY WE'RE LOOKING AT RAINWATER HARVESTING, JUNE, WE'RE LOOKING AT BUTTERFLIES AND HUMMINGBIRDS AS THE TOPICS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE REMAINING TOPICS WE'LL START TO ADVERTISE AS WELL.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON GETTING THAT ALTOGETHER.
AS MENTIONED IN PRIOR MEETINGS.
STEVEN BARKER HOFF LIKE HANDLED THAT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, DID THE PRESENTATIONS, DID ALL OF IT KIND OF THING.
WE HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE HELPING THAT WITH US.
THERE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS MATERIALS OR HAVING THEM LOOK FOR SPEAKERS AND THINGS.
WE'VE HAD A RESET WITH THAT BUT AFTER THOSE FIRST FEW MONTHS, I THINK WE'VE GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE SEVERAL MONTHS OF CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THE GAME NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? IF NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM.
[4. Discussion and possible action on the addition of a third citywide cleanup event supported by grant funding provided through the H-GAC Solid Waste Grant.]
THIS IS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ADDITION OF A THIRD CITYWIDE CLEAN UP EVENTS SUPPORTED BY GRANT FUNDING PROVIDED THROUGH HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, SOLID WASTE GRANT.THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE CARRIED OVER FROM THE LAST MEETING JUST TO PROVIDE SOME MORE TIME FOR SOME DECISION-MAKING DISCUSSION.
THIS MEETING, WE WILL PICK UP WHERE WE ARE FROM THERE AND THEN LOOK FOR SOME ACTION WITH THAT.
BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2021, STAFF APPLIED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL SOLID WASTE GRANT STAFF REQUESTS AT $27,000 IN FUNDING TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE ANNUAL SPRING CLEANUP AND FALL SWEEP EVENTS THAT FALL WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEARS OF 2022 AND 2023.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST WAS TO MAKE EXISTING BUDGET MADE AVAILABLE [NOISE] DURING A THIRD CITYWIDE CLEANUP EVENT.
AS OF MARCH 1ST, 2022, THE STAFF WERE NOTIFIED A FINAL APPROVAL OF THE AWARD OF THE GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF ANGLETON AND KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL DURING THE KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL ENDS UP.
DURING THE KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL MEETING OF MARCH 7TH, STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS DISCUSSED POSSIBLE WAYS FOR ADDITION OF A THIRD CLEANUP EVENT TO BE ADDED DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
DURING DISCUSSION, COMMISSION MEMBERS SHOWED INTEREST IN AN EVENT THAT ENGAGED NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ADOPT AREAS AROUND TOWN TO COORDINATE A ONE-DAY CLEANUP EVENT.
JUST REFERENCING THE IDEA OF BRINGING BACK AN ADOPTED SPOT TYPE EVENT TO GET COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENGAGED.
THAT WAS THE NOTES FROM DISCUSSION LAST TIME.
THEN ALSO TO INDICATE THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL NEED FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL FOR ANGLETON RESIDENTS AND POSSIBLY SOME OTHER UNIQUE WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES
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THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES THAT ARE OFFERED THROUGH OUR SPRING CLEANUP AND FALL SWEEP.THE OTHER THING WE DISCUSSED IS THIS TYPING PLACE IN SEPTEMBER AFTER-SCHOOL WAS BACK IN SESSION TO ALLOW TIME BETWEEN FOR PARTICIPATION, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
STAFF IS JUST LOOKING FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING OF A THIRD CITYWIDE CLEANUP EVENT THAT ENGAGES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BASICALLY CLEAN UP DESIGNATED AREAS OF ANGLETON WHILE ALSO WORKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL WASTE DISPOSAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITY AND AREA RESIDENTS FOR SERVICES THAT ARE NOT TRADITIONALLY OFFERED AS PART OF OUR SPRING CLEANUP AND OUR FALL SWEEP.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AND SAY WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, AND THEN JUST APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE ITEMS AS THE PLANNING ITEMS FOR AN ADDITIONAL CLEANUP FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.
IT HAS A LOT OF WORDS [LAUGHTER] DID IT? WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION.
YES. JUST AS A RECAP AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER BEING AN IDEAL MONTH TO ALLOW FOR PLANNING, BUT ALSO TO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE EXISTING EVENTS, AND ALSO OPTIMAL PARTICIPATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING BACK TO ENGAGING SPECIFIC COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK AT AREAS ACROSS ANGLETON.
THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A ONE-DAY EVENT BEING PREFERABLE TO A SERIES OF EVENTS.
THEN WE TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WERE NEEDED, SO SUCH AS THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF A MORE SUCCINCT BULLET LIST OF WHAT'S ALL IN THAT DESCRIPTION THERE.
WELL I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND MOVE FORWARD IN PLANNING A COMMUNITY-WIDE CLEANUP EVENT THAT ENGAGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN VARIOUS AREAS SURROUNDING ANGLETON.
IS THAT AN OFFICIAL SECOND? THIS IS THE SECOND.
ANY OPPOSE? OOH SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIES, AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR AGENDA, SO FAIRLY SHORT COMPARED TO THE LAST TWO.
THANK YOU. HENDERSON ROAD LOOKS GREAT, CITY AND COUNTY.
LOOKS GOOD. YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION WITH [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.