>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR CITY OF ANGLETON,
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATED TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 23RD, 2022, AT 6:01.WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, SO I'LL GO AND CALL US TO ORDER [NOISE] AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE WITH US, WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION.
>> [NOISE] WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE.
LORD AGAIN, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY FATHER FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US CONSTANTLY WITHOUT EVEN US EVEN REALIZING FATHER.
JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY, THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU.
BUT TONIGHT, FATHER, WE AS ALWAYS, WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM.
LORD HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE HONORABLE, WITH INTEGRITY, FATHER WITH DECISIONS THAT WOULD PLEASE YOU.
WE PRAY TONIGHT ALSO, FATHER, FOR OUR CITY STAFF AS THEY SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, LORD BLESS THEM, KEEP THEM SAFE.
I PRAY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR EMS FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO ALL THAT THEY DO FOR US AND JUST LORD KEEP THEM SAFE TOO.
NOW HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE PLEASING TO YOU, IN CHRIST'S NAME. AMEN.
>> THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED. [NOISE]
>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY SUBMIT A FORM SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP BY ON THAT ONE.
WE ARE GOING TO BOUNCE JUST FOR A SECOND.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AND COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SO WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS, BUT THAT PERSON'S NOT HERE.
WE'LL RECOGNIZE THEM AT A LATER DATE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO A PROCLAMATION BY
[3. Presentation of a Proclamation by the Mayor.]
THE MAYOR AND THEN WE'LL DO KEEP ANGLETON'S BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH.SO COUNCIL IF YOU'LL ADDRESS UP FRONT, WE'LL HAVE FOLKS WITH PEACH STREET COME ON UP.
>> [APPLAUSE] GOOD TO SEE YOU. [BACKGROUND] YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> OKAY NICE. MAKING THE PRESENTATION OF THE PEACH STREET MARKET.
SO WHAT I HAVE HERE IS A PROCLAMATION THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR SOME TIME NOW.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE AND [INAUDIBLE] TO THAT AND WHAT A GREAT THING THAT YOU ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT I HAVE HERE IS OUR PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
"WHEREAS CITIZENS OF ANGLETON DESIRE LOCALLY GROWN FRESH FRUIT AND UNIQUE GOODS AND WHEREAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER, DISPLAY, AND SELL FOOD, GOODS, AND SERVICES WAS NEEDED AND WHEREAS IT TAKES TREMENDOUS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE A VENUE FOR FARMERS, MERCHANTS, AND SHOPPERS AND WHEREAS THE PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET AND IT'S BOARD WORKS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL FARMERS AND MERCHANTS THAT PROVIDE FOR SHOPPERS, AND WHEREAS THE PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET HAS PROVIDED A VENUE FOR FOODS, GOODS, AND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE CITY OF ANGLETON AND THEIR RESIDENTS NEARLY EVERY SATURDAY MORNING FOR FIVE YEARS, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ANGLETON AND LOCAL COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL FOR THE PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET AND ITS BOARD AND CONGRATULATES THE PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET ON ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, HARD WORK, AND SUCCESS TO ENCOURAGE, GROW, AND PROVIDE FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON.
NOW, THEREFORE, I TAKE SOME CREDIT AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON ALONG WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY, 'PROCLAIM AUGUST THE 23RD, 2022 AS PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET DAY FOR [INAUDIBLE]." [APPLAUSE] I'LL TAKE A PHOTO UP HERE AND IF YOU'RE IN THE EYES GO SATURDAY MORNING AND GO PARTAKE IN THE MARKET.
THANK YOU, GUYS. NOW WE'LL DO A KAV.
[4. Presentation of August Keep Angleton Beautiful Yard of the Month and Business of the Month.]
KAV THE FLOOR IS YOURS.>> OH, YEAH. ANN, WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE OF THE LADS FIRST BECAUSE SHE HAS TO GO TO WORK AT SEVEN.
THIS IS ANN SCOTT AND MOVED TO ANGLETON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO BE BY HER SON.
IF YOU DROP DOWN ON RICHMOND YOU CAN'T MISS HER HOUSE IT'S WONDERFUL AND SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING PRIDE IN YOUR HOME AND IT'S INCREDIBLY GOT A NEW FRAME HERE.
[LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THAT. [LAUGHTER] YOU GOING TO GO UP THERE.
TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH MA'AM. CONGRATULATIONS.
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>> OKAY. BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, DANIEL ROSA AND YOUR YOUNG ONE.
MRS DANIEL ROSA, THEY OWN ELITE NUTRITION ON LOCUST STREET ACROSS THE COURTHOUSE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE, IT WAS MY FIRST TIME IN THERE, IT IS AWESOME AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOUR BUSINESS IN ANGLETON FROM THE HEART OF IT.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, SIR. [NOISE]
>> ALL RIGHT NOW THAT MOVES US RIGHT ALONG INTO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS. [NOISE] NUMBER 1 PRODUCT, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION ON PROPOSAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2023 AD VALOREM TAX RATE.
[NOISE] COUNCIL, WE NEED TO GO INTO A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> MAY WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING?
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
WE'RE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST OR JUST GIVE GENERAL COMMENTS OF THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE, PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND IT'S YOURS FOR THREE MINUTES.
>> SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PHILLIP CONNER OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR.
>> WELCOME. YOU ARE RIGHT INTO THE MIX RIGHT HERE AT THE BUDGET TIME.
[NOISE] ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST? WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> SHAMARA MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
THAT MOTION CARRIES, AND WE'VE CLEARED THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
NOW WE'LL GO ON TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS [NOISE] NUMBER 5,
[CONSENT AGENDA]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE DISASTER DECLARATION SIGNED BY THE MAYOR ON MARCH 17TH, 2020 THROUGH OCTOBER 7TH, 2022, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS INCLUDING A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. [NOISE]>> MR MAYOR, I MOVE WE ADOPT CONSENT AGENDA.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK THIS IS THE SHORTEST CONSENT AGENDA ITEM WE'VE HAD.
[LAUGHTER] HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
>> OKAY. [NOISE] HOW MANY WERE THE AYES? TWO?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME NAY.
>> TWO NAYS. OKAY. SORRY. THREE NAYS AND THAT MOTION DOES NOT PASS BECAUSE THERE'S A TIE.
>> 4-2. [LAUGHTER] I'M SO CONFUSED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. [LAUGHTER]
>> COUNCILMAN STAN [INAUDIBLE].
>> THAT'S RIGHT. I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY TO JOHN. THAT'S OKAY.
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>> MY HEART WANTS TO SAY NO, BUT I SAID YES.
I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE THOUGH WHILE ARE WE DOING THIS.
>> WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END, I HOPE.
THAT MOVES US RIGHT ALONG INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 6,
[6. Discussion and possible action to allow the Fire Department to purchase rugged laptops for trucks.]
DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE RUGGED LAPTOPS FOR THE TRUCK. CHIEF.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M GLAD TO BE NUMBER 1 ON THE LIST.
[LAUGHTER] COME TO YOU TODAY, THESE ARE THE LAPTOPS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN BUDGET SETTING, THE RUGGED LAPTOPS.
IT'S TO PURCHASE SEVEN LAPTOPS.
THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WAS $30,000, THE FUNDS REQUESTED, IT'S GOING TO BE $24,539.28 COMING OUT OF OUR ESD EQUIPMENT FUND.
WHAT THESE LAPTOPS DO FOR IS WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES, WE LOOKED AT THE GTAC AND WE LOOKED AT THE DELL RUGGED LAPTOPS AND SO IT JUST PUTS THE COMPUTERS IN THESE TRUCKS.
IT HELPS WITH REPORT WRITING, THEY MAP OUT CALLS RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT PD USES ON THE CAD SYSTEM.
IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING FOR US JUST ON THE FIRE SIDE.
IT HELPS OUT WITH LOOKING UP PAST CALLS, IS IT A RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS, HAZMAT, PLUME MODELING, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF AND ON SAY REPORT WRITING.
CURRENTLY THEY'RE DOING IT ON PAPER UNTIL THEY GET TO THE DISCUSSION.
>> BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE.
ARE YOU RUNNING A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE THAN THE PD?
>> NO. WE WILL BE ON THE SAME SOFTWARE.
>> THEY WILL WORK WITH THE PD.
>> THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INTERACT IF NEEDED?
>> FOR US TO INTERACT WITH PDS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SHARE.
I'M TALKING WITH MR. DOLL OSTROM.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PERMISSIONS THAT THEY CAN GO IN AND TAKE OFF BECAUSE WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT FIREFIGHTER SEEING PD CALLS AND THINGS THAT BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE AND THEY COULD GO IN AND TAKE CERTAIN PERMISSIONS OFF OF FOR OUR LAPTOPS OR WHATEVER.
>> I WAS JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF COST SAVINGS OF LICENSING.
IF YOU HAVE THE ONE SOFTWARE AND YOU HAVE YOUR ANNUAL USAGE LICENSE FEE, THAT MAYBE WE COULD SOMEHOW HAVE SOME COST SAVINGS THERE.
>> CHIEF, WHAT HAPPENS, I DON'T WANT GET TOO FAR DOWN IN THE WAYS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CERTAIN POLONIUS EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH FIRES, DO YOU BRING IN AN INVESTIGATOR? IS THIS STUFF LOGGED IN THE SAME COMPUTERS OR IS THAT SOMETHING SEPARATE?
>> YES. WE WORKED WITH THE CITY INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT FIRST AND THEN WE'RE BACKED UP WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE THAT DOES THE INVESTIGATIONS.
BUT YES, THEY LOOK AT OUR EMERGENCY REPORTING SOFTWARE AND EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN, THAT'S A DIFFERENT REPORTING SOFTWARE.
>> BUT IT'S A WEB-BASED SOFTWARE SO THESE COMPUTERS GO RIGHT TO THAT SOFTWARE.
INSPECTIONS CAN BE ON THE SAME SOFTWARE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF?
>> THIS IS OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, RIGHT?
>> YOU WILL TAKE POSSESSION BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST?
>> CORRECT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THAT.
AFDA TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE PURCHASE OF SEVEN DELL LATITUDE 5430 RUGGED LAPTOPS, MOBILE DOCKING STATIONS AND MOUNTING BRACKETS AT A TOTAL COST OF $24,539.28.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ITEM NUMBER 7,
[7. Discussion and possible action on a resolution declaring a disaster due to extreme drought conditions; repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions; including a severability clause; and establishing an effective date.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DECLARING A DISASTER DUE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, AND RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MR. LOMAN.>> AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD BACK IN JULY, THE STATE DECLARED MISSOURI COUNTY AS ONE OF THE MYRIAD OF STATES THAT'S UNDER DROUGHT DECLARATION FOR THE STATE, THIS HAS BEEN NOT AS RECORD-SETTING AS 2011/2012, BUT ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF THE STATE IS UNDER SOME DROUGHT CONDITION.
WE'RE UNDER A LEVEL 3 DROUGHT CONDITION, SO TO STICK WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GET FREED UP,
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THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION WAS AIMED MORE AT GETTING STATE RESOURCES QUICKER TO WILDFIRE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ALSO HELP FOR THE AGRICULTURAL ELEMENTS.BUT WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK BECAUSE OF THE SETTLING CLAY AND BREAKING WATER MAINS, WHICH WAS A ROUTINE THING, IN BIG DROUGHT IN 2011/2012.
WE TALKED WITH FOLKS AT ANTIETAM, TALKED WITH FOLKS LOCALLY, AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN CLAIM SOME OF THE DAMAGES AGAINST A DAMAGE SURVEY OUTLINE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A PORTION OF THAT MONEY BACK.
IF NOT, HELP OUT THE STATE REACH THEIR THRESHOLD WITH DAMAGES BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTS THE ENTIRE REGION HERE.
ANGLETON TEXAS LIKE JACKSON TEXAS, WE'VE ALL GOT THAT SAME TYPE OF SOIL ALL THE WAY UP TO RICHMOND, ROSENBERG, AND SOME OF THE LARGER COMMUNITIES TO OUR NORTH.
THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT UNTIL THE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS.
BUT THIS BIT OF RAIN WE'VE GOT, IT'S BEEN RAINING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, BUT OUT OF THE AIRPORT, THEY'VE MEASURED IT AT ABOUT 2-3 INCHES, WHICH NOT ENOUGH TO LIFT US.
THERE WON'T BE A DETERMINATION ON WHAT DROUGHT LEVEL WE'RE AT AFTER THIS RAIN FOR PROBABLY ANOTHER WEEK OR SO.
WE'RE STILL CONSIDERED A LEVEL 3 DROUGHT.
>> HOW MANY WATERLINE BREAKS DID WE GET THE LAST MONTH TO TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF SHIFTING SWOLLEN DIRT? NOT THE ONES THAT OUR CONTRACTORS PUNCHED THROUGH, BUT THE ONES THAT WERE DESIGNATED FOR SOIL AND DIRT.
>> I THINK WE UP TO AROUND 180 AND THAT'S ALSO WE HAVE MAINLAND, WE TURN ON [INAUDIBLE].
>> COMPARATIVE OF A NON DROUGHT YEAR WHAT'S YOUR GUESS THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO IN A SUMMER?
>> MAYBE 30, 40 SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT.
>> THE INTENT OF ACQUIRING A DISASTER DECLARATION IS IF THERE'S FUNDING AT SOME POINT WILL THEY RECOGNIZE THAT AND OFFER THAT UP, THEN WE'VE WOULD HAVE DONE THE DOCUMENTATION AND THEN WE CAN COST IT OUT AND ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
>> WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TRACKING THE COST, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE COST?
>> WE CAN UPDATE YOU. [OVERLAPPING]
>> ALSO THIS I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE JACKSON'S INTERESTED IN DOING THE SAME THING, WHICH WILL BE A BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY IN THE AREA HERE.
>> COUNCIL, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAN?
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20220823-000, DECLARING A LOCAL DISASTER FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, REPEALING, CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS INCLUDING SEPARABILITY CLAUSE AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE DUE TO THE LACK OF RAINFALL WE'VE HAD IN THE CITY.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PROTUS WRIGHT.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUAN HU, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.
WE'VE ONE NO. 5-1, THAT MOTION CARRIES. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
[8. Discussion and possible action on the American Rescue Plan Act, Tranche I Spending Plan.]
ITEM NUMBER 8, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, TRANS ONE SPENDING PLAN.>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU AND COUNCIL TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH WHAT WE REFER TO INTERNALLY AS OUR ARPA ONE SPENDING.
THERE WAS AN ATTACHMENT IN YOUR PACKET THAT GIVES YOU A REPORT ON THAT.
WE'VE DONE QUITE A LOT OF GOOD WORK.
BUT I THINK WE'RE TRACKING JUST FINE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
>> THE LIFT STATION THAT VERY FIRST LINE OUT OF IS THAT THE NUMBER 7 ON VALDEZ? IS THAT WHERE THIS COST IS REFLECTING IN HERE?
>> ALL OF THEM INCLUDING NUMBER 8.
NUMBER 8, IT'S BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE.
>> WHICH ONES WERE THEY, SEVEN AND EIGHT? I JUST WANT TO BE SPECIFIC ON THIS ITEM, THIS LINE ITEM HERE THAT SPENT 854,000.
>> WE CAN'T SAY ALL OF THEM BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING]
>> NUMBER 10, NUMBER 11, NUMBER 35, NUMBER 25.
I'VE SAID EIGHT AND PART OF NUMBER 7.
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK AT NUMBER 8.
WE WAITING ON THE LIGHT COMPANY.
WE GOT TO WAIT TILL THE PARTS COME IN.
>> THEN THAT WILL USE THE REMAINING 169 OR IS THAT GOING TO BE LEFTOVER?
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>> WITH THAT AND A COUPLE OF MORE NEW FENCES, WE DO HAVE LIFTS STATION FIVE COMING UP IN A WEEK OR TWO, SO THAT'LL PROBABLY USE REMINDER, CLOSE TO.
>> JUST REFLECTING BACK ON THAT LARGE REPORT THAT WE GOT FROM MR. PETERSON WHEN WE LISTED ALL THESE LIFTS STATIONS, SO WE STARTED CHECKING SOME BOXES OFF.
>> YES. PROBABLY NEXT COUNCIL MEETING OR SOME WE ARE GOING TO BRING EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHOW YOU PICTURES OF ALL OUR UPGRADES AND BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND ALL THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE.
>> THAT'D BE GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR.
>> ARE YOU REFERENCING THE LIKE THE CIP, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS?
>> YEAH. THAT WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR YOU-ALL ARE PRESENT THAT THEN RESIDENTS CAN KNOW THE WORK IS BEING DONE ON SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THERE'S THE PROOF RIGHT HERE.
>> SOME OF THE PICTURES ARE PRETTY SHOCKING.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT REBAR, CONCRETE IS GONE.
>> I STILL GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT LIFT STATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF PLANTATION BELT AREAS.
THEY REALLY WANT THAT THING FIXED COMPLETELY.
[LAUGHTER] THEY SAID THAT SMELL.
IT MAKES IT HARD TO EVEN RUN JOG BY ON THAT SIDEWALK OR ANYTHING.
>> WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME STUFF THERE, SOME SOLVENT TO DRIP DOWN IN THERE [INAUDIBLE]
>> JEFF, WILL THERE BE ANYTHING LEFT TO DO AT SEVEN AND EIGHT, AFTER THIS MONEY IS SPENT?
>> PROBABLY WILL BE SEVEN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO REBAR THE HABIT JUST LIKE WE DID EIGHT BECAUSE THEY JUST SAYING, DESIGN LIVES.
>> I GOT TO FILL IN THE WET WELLS LIKE CHRIS SAYS, WHEN YOU-ALL SEE THE PICTURES OF THE REBAR AND STUFF, HOW MUCH WE HAD TO DO TO IT.
>> IT'S GOING TO ASK ON THE SIDEWALKS, WE'VE ONLY SPENT 86,000 OF THAT, 200,000.
>> THAT'S THE MILLER PARISH SIDEWALK WHICH IS 187,000.
I'M NOT SURE WE'VE PAID ALL THE MONEY OUT YET. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
>> RIGHT. ALL THOSE INVOICES HAVEN'T COME IN YET.
>> THAT 13,000 NICHE THAT WILL REMAIN, I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIX THAT OVER THERE ON 35 OR THE SIDEWALKS LIKE THIS.
THAT'S ABOUT JEFF SAID IT'S ABOUT 12,000.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
>> MORE FOR INFORMATION. THANK YOU.
IF THAT COMPLETES, NUMBER 8, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 9,
[9. Discussion and possible action regarding the American Rescue Plan Act, Tranche II Spending Plan.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.NUMBER 2, SPENDING PLAN MS. PATTY.
>> I PUT A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT IN YOUR CHAIRS.
THE ONE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO YOUR PACKET WAS NOT CORRECT.
THIS ONE IS. I WANTED TO PUT IT BEFORE YOU AND GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT OR MAKE ANY CHANGES IF YOU'D LIKE.
>> WE HAVE ON THERE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT RENOVATION LAB FOR $400,000.
LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY.
BACK WHEN WE GOT THE CARES FUNDING, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GETTING INTO, BUT WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING, BUY NEW EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS OUTDATED AND DO THE LAB RENOVATIONS.
APPEALING THAT BACK, THERE'S ASBESTOS TILE ON THE FLOOR.
THEY NEED TO BE REMEDIATED OR IT NEEDS TO BE MITIGATED OR ENCAPSULATED OR WHATEVER.
THERE'S NO WINDOWS THAT ARE STORM PROOF.
IT'S NOT ADA, BATHROOMS, LOTS OF ISSUES.
THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY PAINFUL PROCESS.
WE BOUGHT THE LAB EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT PROBABLY WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF WHENEVER THAT WAS THAT WE DID THAT, 2020ISH.
BUT SO FALLING PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES, WE WENT OUT TO GET BIDS.
WE HAD A GUY THAT HAD DONE LOCAL STUFF FOREST, AND THEY JUST SAW THEY'RE ALL COVERED UP FOR WHATEVER.
WE ENDED UP GETTING ONE BID AND I THINK IT'S THE $450,000.
THAT'S, AGAIN, WE THOUGHT WE COULD JUST DO COSMETIC STUFF, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY PEEL BACK WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
WE PUT IT OUT FOR BID, WE GOT ONE BIDDER.
HE'S ANXIOUS TO DO IT AND START IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
PART OF THAT TOO, IS MOVING THE FOLKS OUT OF THAT LAB INTO A TRAILER, JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH THE TACO BUILDING, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATIONS.
WILL STILL HAVE TO USE THE FACILITY BECAUSE YOU GOT TO GO IN AND MESS WITH THE POWER AND PLAY WITH THE DIALS AND ALL THOSE THINGS TO KEEP IT RUNNING.
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BUT WE NEED TO GET AT IT.AGAIN IT'S EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS.
IT'S JUST A UNSATISFACTORY OUT-OF-DATE 1982 BUILDING.
THAT'S WHY THAT MONEY IS THERE.
I JUST REMINDING YOU THAT YOU DID ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THAT.
SO I THINK WE'RE AT ABOUT 80,000 LEFT AS THE ORIGINAL CARES, JUST TAKING CARE OF STUFF OUT THERE.
I NEEDED TO COME BACK TO FUND THE REST SO WE CAN ALL YOUR INTENT.
>> CHAIR THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> GENERALLY, THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN, IT SEEMS LIKE TOO MY OPINION, A REASONABLE EXPENDITURES HERE.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE BG PECK WHERE IT'S THAT.
>> AS PATTY AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT REALLY WHAT WAS LEFTOVER WE HAD PARKED SEVERAL ALYSSA PARK PROJECTS.
BUT THE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED ABOVE, WE'RE PRIORITY.
THIS WAS REALLY YOUR REMAINDER AMOUNT WHICH WE JUST SAID COULD GO TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT BG PARK, INCLUDING PARKING LIGHTING.
WE WENT OUT I THINK I PROBABLY OVER SIX MONTHS AGO FOR SOME SOLAR LIGHTING OPTIONS AT THE PARK.
WE HAVE LIGHTING THAT EXPANDS WAY BEYOND WHAT IS LISTED HERE FOR ACTUAL FIELDS.
WE ALSO HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS ITEM AMOUNT IS REALLY WHAT WAS JUST LEFTOVER AFTER ALL OF THE OTHER PROJECTS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> THE DRAINAGE, WHAT WOULD THAT COST?
>> I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I'M OUT THERE.
I THINK WE HAVE A VERY FUN PARK OUT THERE.
VERY GOOD SOCCER FACILITY FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR CITY OF OUR SIZE.
BUT THERE ARE SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES.
SOME FIELDS BECOME ABSOLUTELY UNPLAYABLE FOR WEEKS AT A TIME BECAUSE THEY SETTLED OR WHATEVER.
I THINK A LITTLE I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EXPENSE, BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LABOR AND DESIGN, WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME REALLY NICE FIELDS THAT WOULD DO A BETTER JOB OF HOLDING WATER.
BECAUSE AS YOU SEE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHEN IT RAINS, IT RAINS.
AFTER A WHILE, EVEN IN A DROUGHT, IT STARTS HOLDING WATER, SO AFTER A WHILE. THE REST [OVERLAPPING]
>> DO YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON THAT?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BECAUSE [BACKGROUND] I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH OUT THERE.
WE'VE WORKED ON THE PLUMBING AND THE BATHROOMS. WE'VE UPGRADED THE BATHROOMS, WE'VE DONE THE FLOOR, SO IT'S A NO SLIP.
THERE'S A NEW WALKWAY TO THE PLAYGROUND.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT MAKE A BETTER EXPERIENCE OUT THERE.
PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE USING THE BATHROOM.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUN OFF TO BUC-EE'S OR WHEREVER ELSE.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO A GOOD PLAYING FIELD WOULD ALSO.
>> HOW ABOUT WE'LL TAKE THAT AS GUIDANCE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU UPDATES ON THAT AS FAR AS COST AND PROJECTS.
>> WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DROUGHT AND JUST THIS LITTLE BIT OF RAIN TODAY, THEY HAD TO CLOSE THE FIELDS.
JUST THAT LITTLE THING, LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.
>> I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND AND THAT DRAINAGE SHOULD BE PRIORITY NUMBER 1 OUT THERE OR ANYTHING.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY TO GET SOMETHING DONE, BUT IT COULD BE A START SOMEWHERE.
THIS FIX A COUPLE, MAYBE ONE FIELD OR SOMETHING.
>> I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS, 300,000 DO WE HAVE THAT EARMARKED YET FOR ANY SPECIFIC STREETS?
>> WE CAN COME BACK AND BASED OFF ADA PLAN ARE BASED OFF OF WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THAT GENERAL GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL LIKE WE'D LIKE THE CATEGORY AND LIKE WE DO WITH STREETS, COME BACK AND GIVE YOU WHAT WE'D LIKE TO EXECUTE ON.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE EQUITABLE GOING SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, SOME STREETS AND EAST SIDE, CENTRAL, WEST.
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPREADING THAT ACROSS.
>> WELL, ANOTHER THOUGHT TOO IS WE JUST DID MILLER PARISH AND SO DO YOU WANT TO CONNECT IT TO ANOTHER SHEET? DO YOU WANT TO GO SOUTH OFF OF STREET OR WEST THAT MILLER DO ANOTHER?
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>> I'VE PERSONALLY HAD REQUESTS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN ABOUT GETTING SOMETHING DOWN KHYBER.
I'VE HAD REQUESTS FOR PARIS STREET TO THE CHURCH.
THE CHURCH MEMBERS THERE HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SAFE PASSAGE TO THEIR CHURCH ON THAT SIDE.
THERE'S A LADY WHO'S HAD SOME ISSUES WITH NORTH VIEW OUT THAT WAY AND THEN THE SUBDIVISION.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE IT'S AT.
I WANT TO SAY IT'S OVER THERE BY THE HOSPITAL THAT THEY WERE HAVING PROMPTS.
>> WE COME BACK AND JUST HAVE A SPECIFIC DISCUSSION ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND TAKE SOME GUIDANCE.
>> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN THE MEANTIME, YOUR STAFF ARE THERE ROAMING AROUND TOWN, OBSERVE WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS.
JUST TO PUT A SIDEWALK SO TWO PEOPLE A DAY CAN WALK DOWN.
IT IS NOT NEAR THE BANK FOR THE BUCK.
IF YOU'VE GOT A HOLD, TRUE FOR CHILDREN, I'VE GOT TO GO FROM HERE TO THE SCHOOL OR BACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO I CALL IT THE CENTRAL PART OF TOWN, BUT CENTRAL PART OF TOWN IS STILL VERY TRAVELED BY FOOT BETWEEN BASICALLY STRETCHING FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW TO CANAAN.
BASICALLY, I'LL SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE USING VALDEZ SIDEWALKS, THE MILL OR SIDEWALKS, THE DOWNING SIDEWALKS.
ANYTHING THAT'S BASICALLY IN THAT HEART WON'T SAY THE ORIGINAL PART OF HAMILTON, BUT AS IT MOVED A LITTLE BIT NORTH.
I JUST SEE A LOT THERE, A LOT OF USE.
I HAVE AN INTEREST IN COMPLETING A COUPLE OF SIDEWALKS THAT LIKE THE ONE OVER BY SHIP LEAVES THAT JUST ENDS.
I THINK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GET USED IF YOU HAD A SIDEWALK THAT CONTINUED TO SHIP LAYS ON THE SAME SIDE, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET IS DAIRY QUEEN-BUILT ONE.
I GUESS IT WAS. TUKEY'S WASN'T REQUIRED TO BUILD ONE.
BUT AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE ARE IF ANYBODY'S THAT'S THE HEART OF ANGLE TURN AS FAR AS A LOT OF BUSINESS THAT COMES IN AND OUT OF THAT BUPKIS AND CHIP PLACE FOR THAT MATTER. ANYWAY.
>> ALSO, REMEMBER AT SOME POINT, TEXTILE IT'LL START THE 288B PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE THE INTERSECTION OF CANAAN AND TAKE HER UP 288.
WE'VE GOT TO FINISH THE SIDEWALK FROM KROGER OVER THAT INTERSECTION BECAUSE ONCE THEY PUT IT IN, THERE'LL BE THIS BIG GAP.
WE JUST NEED TO THINK OF THOSE.
BUT MY RECOMMENDATION AGAIN IS TO COME BACK IN A WORKSHOP.
THEY'LL GIVE US SOME DIRECTION AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN DO.
>> THANK YOU. MS. PATTY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE?
>> NO, SIR. A STASH BEEN ASKED TO RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE PHASE 2 SPENDING PLAN.
TONIGHT WE WANTED TO OUTLINE THE CATEGORIES AND ESTABLISH THE PRIORITY SPENDING AND THEN AS CHRIS SAID, WE'LL COME BACK WITH MORE DETAIL.
>> THE LAB RENOVATION SPEECH YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, INTENT AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THAT ON.
THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF APPROVAL CATEGORY-WISE AND DOLLAR AMOUNTISH AND WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO AS A STAFF WITH DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL AT FUTURE MEETINGS.
>> I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THIS WILL ALL BE PLUS OR MINUS RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PRETTY HIGH PRIORITY THINGS THROUGH HERE THAT COULD EVEN RISE HIGHER ON ME DEPENDING ON WHEN THINGS START FALLING APART AT THE SEWER PLANT OR WHATEVER SO YES, SIR.
>> I THINK ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN AS PRESENTED UPPER TO WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IT'D BE A PLUS OR MINUS I BELIEVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PRIORITIES MR. BOOTH SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY OF, BUT AS LONG AS IT'S PRIORITIZED.
>> WELL, WE DID PUT IT IN IN PRIORISH ORDER, MEANING WE THOUGHT THE TOP 4 EARLIER THAT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT, YOU DON'T DO SOLAR LIGHTS OR HAD TO FUDGE ON SIDEWALKS A LITTLE BIT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND'S SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.
THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, MS. PATTY.
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>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ITEM NUMBER 10,
[10. Discussion and possible action on a Request for Proposal for Oyster Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Lab Redesign to be awarded to Construction Masters of Houston, Inc.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR AUSTRIA CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT LAB REDESIGN TO BE AWARDED TO CONSTRUCTION MASTERS OF HOUSTON INC. GO AHEAD, MS. MARTHA.>> THANK YOU. TO FOLLOW UP ON CHRIS'S GREAT SUMMARY, WE'VE GOT JUSTIN DAVIS HERE OF CONSTRUCTION MASTERS OF HOUSTON TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE AWARD TO THE OYSTER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT LIBRARY DESIGN TO CONSTRUCTION MASTERS OF HOUSTON, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 4.
THEY COME WITH GREAT REFERENCES AND WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE THEM HELP US MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
HE IS HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK OR THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY SUBMITTED.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE GUESTS? OR, SIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP IF LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING.
>> REMEMBERING BACK WHEN WE STARTED THIS VENTURE, WE DEVELOPED A SET OF PLANS, SO HE'S OPERATING OFF A SET OF PLANS.
THIS IS NOT WE'RE MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG.
WE'VE GOT TO APPROVE SET OF PLANS THAT WE ALL AGREE WHAT WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S DONE, AND SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO EXECUTE ON THAT, GET IT MOVING.
HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA BEFORE? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GOVERNMENTAL, BUT IT COULD BE DIFFERENT THINGS SO JUST HELP ME SEE.
>> YES. SURE. I DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY, SO I GOT PROJECTS IN ANGLETON RIGHT NOW.
IN LAKE JACKSON, AND IN AREAS AROUND HERE, SO YES.
>> AROUND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS OR ANYTHING? HAVE YOU WORKED ON A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BEFORE?
>> YEAH. CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, I'VE BUILT THEIR SOUTHWEST WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
>> OKAY. THE PROPOSAL YOU SUBMITTED IS WITH TODAY'S CURRENT PRICES?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. IT WAS UPDATED SEVERAL WEEKS BACK.
>> DID I SEE A TIMELINE IN HERE ANYWHERE OR WHAT'S THE TIMING OF YOUR PROJECT FROM THE TIME WE SIGNED? WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE DONE?
>> THE ACTUAL WORK IS NOT, BUT MAYBE 60, 75 DAYS WORTH OF WORK.
BUT QUITE A FEW OF THE PRODUCTS WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE IMPACT WINDOWS THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING UP THERE.
I THINK THE WINDOWS THAT YOU HAVE NOW DO LEAK A LITTLE BIT, SO WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET TOO FAR ALONG ON THE RENOVATION UNTIL WE CAN REPLACE THOSE WINDOWS, SO WE'RE NOT DAMAGING NEWLY INSTALLED PRODUCTS.
I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY WANT TO WAIT ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS TO GET STARTED AND LET SOME MATERIAL LEAD TIMES CATCH UP SO WE'RE MINIMIZING THE IMPACT WE HAVE ONSITE.
>> NOW, CHRIS, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'VE GOT TO RELOCATE THE FOLKS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
SPEAK TO THAT. YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT COST OR MARTHA, YOU ALREADY GOT A BUILDING IN MIND?
>> WE DO, AND I'VE DONE A REQUEST FOR QUOTES FOR MODULARS.
IT WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX WEEKS FOR THE BUILD-OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BUILD A TEMPORARY LAB IN ONE OF THE OFFICE SPACES THAT WILL BE BASICALLY LIKE A KITCHEN.
THEN ALSO HAVE A KITCHENETTE FOR THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL, SO THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO EAT.
>> BUT I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BASED ON THE ESTIMATE, LIKE 2-3 MONTHS WORTH OF PUTTING THAT FACILITY ON-SITE AT THE LAB DOWN THERE.
THEY'D BE IN BASICALLY THE PARKING LOT AREA OR THE SIDE OR THE BACK, WHEREVER WE CAN FIT THAT.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE AWARDING OYSTER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT LAB REDESIGNED TO CONSTRUCTION MASTERS OF HOUSTON.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND, ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.
>> [NOISE] WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 11
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AND BASICALLY POSTPONE AND WE'LL CATCH UP WITH THAT NEXT MONTH.ITEM NUMBER 12 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2022,
[12. Discussion and possible action on an ordinance approving the 2022-23 update to the Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Riverwood Public Improvement District.]
'23 UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE RIVERWOOD PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. WHO'S THAT GOING TO BE?>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ANDREA BARNES AND I'M WITH P3 WORKS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED FOR YOU TO ADOPT BY-ORDINANCE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
WE ARE BASICALLY JUST CHECKING THAT BOX OF STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS, THE RIVERWOOD RANCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN LATE 2019.
THE ORIGINAL SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED LAST OCTOBER.
THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THAT WITH THE APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S ITEM, IT DOES LEVY THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WILL BE DUE ON JANUARY 31ST OF 2023.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
>> IF YOU COULD HELP ME OUT, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT FROM NOW ON, RIGHT?
[OVERLAPPING] FOR THE NEXT 29 YEARS BECAUSE IT'S A 30-YEAR PERIOD.
>> MS. ANDREA, THIS IS BASICALLY [OVERLAPPING] JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
DOES ANYTHING CHANGE FROM WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PRIORITIES, ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES?
>> NO, SIR. NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED ON THIS PARTICULAR PERIOD.
THERE ARE SOME UPDATES FROM THE DEVELOPER ON HOMES OR LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND READY TO TURN OVER TO HOME BUILDERS.
BUT IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENTS OR ANYTHING, THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST IS ALL THE SAME.
THE REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATION STILL STANDS.
WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT-SIZING THE BOND ISSUE WITH CHRIS AND CITY STAFF, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE WAYS AWAY YET.
OBVIOUSLY, ITEM 11 FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON HOW THAT OCCURS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. [OVERLAPPING]
>> REAL QUICK, POINT OF FORUM.
HOLD ON, I WANT TO SEE WHAT PAGE IT IS.
SHOULDN'T THAT NOT SAY COUNTY OF BRAZORIA?
>> OH, IS THIS COUNTY OF DALLAS? [LAUGHTER]
[BACKGROUND] I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MISS IT.
>> WE CAN SHOVE IT UP ON [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> [OVERLAPPING] THE NUMBER OF LOTS IS NOT CHANGED, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. IT'S 205 FOR IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER 1 AND 351 TOTAL LOTS.
>> WE DID DOUBLE-CHECK THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE, THEY DIDN'T SLIDE ANY MORE LOTS IN THERE.
MR. MAYOR, MAY WE ADOPT ORDINANCE, BLANK.
MAY WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2022-23 SAP UPDATE FOR THE RIVERWOOD PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT? BERGEN?
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13.
[13. Discussion and possible action on an ordinance approving the 2022-23 update to the Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Kiber Reserve Public Improvement District.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2022-23 UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE KIBER RESERVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.MS. BARNES, THE FLOOR IS YOURS AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY MANAGER WHITAKER.
THIS ITEM IS FOR THE KIBER RESERVE BID.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE THAT YOU JUST APPROVED BECAUSE IT IS A CASH-FUNDED BID INSTEAD OF A BONDED BID.
THERE ARE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE BID.
THE DEVELOPER DOES HAVE THE ABILITY ONCE A YEAR TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR HIS DEVELOPMENT COST THAT WERE PRE-APPROVED BY YOU IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT.
BUT HE DOES HAVE TO PROVE UP THAT HE ACTUALLY SPENT THOSE FUNDS.
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HE CAN'T JUST SAY I WANT THE REIMBURSEMENT.I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS BID.
APPROVAL TONIGHT ALSO LEVIES THE ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE DUE JANUARY 31ST OF 2023.
I DID SPEAK WITH OR ACTUALLY JOHN SNYDER FROM OUR FIRM SPOKE WITH MR. SHOT, THE DEVELOPER EARLIER TODAY, AND HE ASKED IF HE FELT LIKE HIS PRESENCE WAS NEEDED HERE TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT JOHN HAD INDICATED TO HIM THAT IT WAS JUST A REGULAR ANNUAL PROCESS THAT WAS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AND SO HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS NECESSARY FOR HIM TO BE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU.
>> MAY I MAKE A MOTION, WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, APPROVING THE 2022-23 SAP UPDATE FOR THE KIBER RESERVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUNGOR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
>> THAT IS FIVE TO ONE, THAT MOTION DOES CARRY.
ITEM NUMBER 14, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON
[14. Discussion and possible action on a thirty-day contract extension request from DL Meacham, Lakeside Park Contractor, due to delays associated with the TDI design revisions.]
A 30-DAY CONTRACT EXTENSION REQUEST FROM D.L.MEACHAM, LAKESIDE PART CONTRACTOR DUE TO DELAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TDI DESIGN REVISION.
MS. MEGAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE D.L.
MEACHAM REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATORS CLARK CONDON HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
D.L. MEACHAM IS REQUESTING 30 DAYS WE ADD IT TO THE LAKESIDE PART CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, DURATION DUE TO DELAYS ASSOCIATED WITH TDI DESIGN REVISIONS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THE TDI REQUIREMENTS RESULTED IN COORDINATION WITH THE INSPECTOR THAT MAY HAVE LED TO IMPACTS ON THE PROJECT TIMELINE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY HAS RECENTLY I WANTED YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE, APPROVED A CHANGE PROPOSAL AS RECENT AS TODAY FOR INSTALLATION OF THE CONCESSION STAND, WHICH INCLUDES ADDING FOUR ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION DAYS TO ALLOW FOR PROCUREMENT AND ALSO FOUR DAYS FOR INSTALLATION.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH CLARK CONDON, AND D.L.
AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO D.L. MEACHAM.
>> AFTERNOON. I'M TANNER SHIP.
>> I'M CARRIE WIKI, I'M TEAM LEAD AND SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER.
>> THE DAYS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ARE ESSENTIALLY THE ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WE HAD TO DO WITH THE TDI INSPECTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS ON THE PAVILION MET THE TDI REQUIREMENTS ON THE PROJECT.
THAT INCLUDED ADDITIONAL SUBMITTAL REVIEWS BY THE TDI INSPECTOR, FREE INSTALLATION MEETINGS, PRE-INSPECTION, AND FABRICATION MEETINGS THAT WE DIDN'T FACTOR IN WHEN WE BID THIS JOB.
THOSE ARE THE 30 DAYS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THAT WE DID NOT REALIZE WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDED UNTIL WE RECEIVED THE REVISED SPECS THAT WE GOT ON 12/8 FOR THE TDI.
>> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A MATTER FOR CLARIFICATION BY TDI.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WINDSTORM INSURANCE, CORRECT?
>> WERE THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS?
>> FOR THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF LEASE SIR, NOT THE ARCHITECTURAL.
>> YES, SIR. THIS SHOWS ELEMENTS FOR THE PAVILLION WERE DESIGNED TO MEET TDI, BUT THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS AS FAR, LIKE THE LOUVERS, THE DOORS, THE DOOR HARDWARE, AND NONE OF THAT MET TDI SPEC AND SO IN SPEAKING WITH THE TDI INSPECTOR, THOSE ITEMS NEEDED TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY HIM BEFORE WE COULD RELEASE THEM.
>> FOR FABRICATION AND THEN HE ALSO HAD TO REVIEW, WHILE HE FABRICATED THEM.
THESE COMPONENTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WERE NOT SPECIFIED AS WINDSTORM WRITING COMPONENTS IN THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS, BUT NOW YOU'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND GET WINDSTORM-RATED ITEMS TO PUT INTO THIS FACILITY?
>> I'M A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED.
EVERYTHING WE DO DOWN HERE HAS GOT WINDSTORM WRITING IN IT.
I'M SURPRISED THAT WASN'T INCLUDED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
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>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> WHAT IS THE EXPECTED FINISH DATE?
>> WITH THOSE 30 DAYS THAT WOULD PUSH US RIGHT TO THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.
>> I DO WANT TO SEEK CLARIFICATION BECAUSE WE JUST APPROVED A CHANGE PROPOSAL WHICH PUTS US AT NOVEMBER 16TH, AND SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE CLARIFICATION IF IT'S STILL THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER?
>> WITH THOSE INITIAL 30 DAYS THAT WOULD PUT US TO THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.
ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS AROUND THE 16TH OF DECEMBER.
>> WELL, I MAINTAIN THAT YOU'RE DUE THE TIME BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE WHEN YOU PREPARED YOUR BID.
NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROJECT, YOU'RE HAVING TO DO THIS, OR ELSE WE CAN'T GET WINDSTORM INSURANCE ON OUR STUFF OUT THERE.
UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO SELF-INSURE, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO, IT HAS TO BE WINDSTORM WRITE IT AS BEING INSPECTED BY THIS TDI, THIS WINDSTORM INSPECTOR TO ENSURE THAT IT'S CONSTRUCTED AND ALL THE MATERIALS ARE WINDSTORM RATED IT THAT THEY'RE INSTALLED PROPERLY.
>> MAYBE JUST FOR A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
WE ONLY GOT TO THIS POINT BECAUSE ONCE THE BUILDING WAS TO A CERTAIN POINT, COMPLETE AND DESIGNED, THAT'S WHEN TDI WOULD HAVE COME OUT TO INSPECT.
BUT DID THAT PHYSICALLY SEE WHAT WAS READY BUILT TO CREATE WHICH WE NEEDED TO FOR WINDSTORM OR, THAT'S WHY I'M CONFUSED IS COULD WE HAVE GOTTEN EARLIER IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE NOT HAD TO GO TO THIS WINDOW?
>> WITH ALL FAIRNESS, THE ONLY TWO SUBMITTED THE FRI FILE PRIOR TO NOTICE TO PROCEED.
THEN WHEN THE ISD DOCUMENTS CAME OUT, THEY WERE NOT REFLECTED FOR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, SO WE HAD ASKED THE QUESTION BACK IN NOVEMBER.
>> WE DID NOT SIGN UP THE INSPECTOR UNTIL ALMOST A MONTH INTO THE PROJECT.
IT WOULD HAVE HELPED IF HE HAD BEEN ON DURING PRE-DESIGN TO REVIEW THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND TO GIVE HIS NOTES ON THOSE ITEMS.
>> BUT WE DID SUBMIT THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ALL ARE COMING FROM
>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST OVERLOOKED AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHERE WE WOULDN'T GET TO THIS POINT.
>> IT WENT OVERLOOKED BY THE CONTRACTOR.
>> IT WOULDN'T INCLUDED IN THE BID DOCUMENTS.
>> AS A FORMER PROJECT ESTIMATOR, I UNDERSTAND. [LAUGHTER]
>> RFIS ARE NOT ALWAYS ANSWERED. I GET IT.
>> WHO CREATED THE BID DOCUMENTS?
>> GOOD EVENING. ELIZABETH GILBERT WITH CLARK CONDON.
WE ARE THE PRIME DESIGNER, YOU HOLD THE CONTRACT WITH US FOR THE DESIGN.
STUDIO READ ARCHITECTS IS OUR SET CONSULTANT.
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU ALL OF THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS WERE ABSOLUTELY DESIGNED FOR WIND STORM.
WE DID FIND WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT THAT THERE WERE SOME FINISHES THE LOUVERS, THE DOOR FRAMES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WERE NOT DESIGNED TO BE TDI.
THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT THAT THE DESIGN TEAM HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR.
THE RFI THAT WAS ISSUED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS THAT DID COME OUT VERY QUICKLY, THE CONTRACTOR IDENTIFIED THAT WAS A GRAY AREA THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
WE ASKED THE QUESTION, DO WE NEED TDI? THE CONFIRMATION WAS YES.
THAT ALL HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.
WHAT WE FOUND WHEN THE INSPECTOR LOOKED AT EVERYTHING IS THAT THERE WERE THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO REVISE.
THE DESIGN TEAM WORKED ON THAT.
FROM THE TIME THE QUESTION WAS FIRST ASKED TO THE TIME WE HAD THOSE REVISED SPECS.
THERE WAS A 30 DAY TIME PERIOD, BUT THAT DOES KEEP IN MIND, WE DO HAVE TIME TO ANSWER RFIS AND WE DO HAVE TIME TO ANSWER SUBMITTALS WITHIN THIS PROCESS, SO THAT IS A NORMAL PART OF THIS PROCESS.
WE FELT AT THE TIME THAT ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON, THAT BECAUSE IT WAS SO EARLY IN THE PROCESS THAT THERE WAS NO DELAY TO ANY OF THESE.
WE HADN'T EVEN DONE SUBMITTALS ON ANYTHING, SO THERE WASN'T ANY NECESSARY ADDITIONAL TIME.
HOWEVER, WHAT THE CONTRACTORS EXPLAINED TO US, IS THE BACK-AND-FORTH WITH THE INSPECTOR THAT WAS BROUGHT ON IS TAKING THEM MORE TIME THAN THEY WOULD HAVE INTENDED IT TO [NOISE].
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MY THOUGHTS ON THIS IS THAT I APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT DLB TEAM IS TRYING TO BUILD THIS.THEY'VE GOT THE INSPECTOR ON BOARD TO LOOK AT THINGS AS THEY'RE GOING IN INSTEAD OF COMING IN AT THE VERY END AND LOOKING AT EVERYTHING.
THAT BACK-AND-FORTH IS CAUSING SOME TIME [NOISE].
I JUST CAN'T SPEAK TO IT IF IT'S 30 DAYS OR NOT.
THAT'S A HARD THING TO QUANTIFY.
THAT WAS MORE THAN YOU ASKED FOR.
>> NO. THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING] YES, I DID THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY LOST DAYS BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION DUE TO WEATHER OR EVENT THAT?
>> WE HAVE NOT SUBMITTED WEATHER DAYS YET.
BUT WE DID ALERT MEGAN AND TEAM THAT FROM NOW ON WE WILL BE TRACKING THOSE AND WE'LL SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY.
WE WILL PROVIDE ALL THE BACKEND INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, INCLUDING OUR SCHEDULE AND WHAT WE HAD PLANNED THAT DAY, AND WHY WE COULDN'T DO IT.
>> ARE YOU STILL DOWN A RAFTER? THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING ON THAT.
>> WE HAVE ONE TRUST THAT WAS DAMAGED DURING TRANSPORT, SO THEY HAD TO ORDER NEW MATERIAL AND IT SHOULD BE HERE NEXT WEEK.
BUT THAT HAS NOT PREVENTED US FROM PROCEEDING WITH THE REST OF THE ROOF AND WE'RE STILL ABLE TO KEEP TRACK WITH OUR SCHEDULE.
>> IT'S FUNNY, JOHN, YOU BRINGING THE WEATHER DAYS AND HERE WE'VE HAD A DROUGHT, SO IT'S LIKE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THE WEATHERS.
>> BUT DID WE SEND PEOPLE HOME BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HOT? [LAUGHTER] WE'RE JUST WANTING TO SEE A COMPLETED PARK AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE KNOW THINGS HAPPEN AND WE KNOW THINGS GET OFF TRACK A LITTLE BIT, BUT THANK YOU-ALL FOR BEING HERE TO TRY TO CLARIFY-
>> -AND LET US ASK YOU THE QUESTION. GO AHEAD, SIR.
>> YOU STATED YOU ALL HAVE YET TO DOCUMENT.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WEATHER DAYS TO DOCUMENT AT THIS TIME.
>> OR DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE JUST NOT DOCUMENTING?
>> WE'VE DOCUMENTED THEM WE JUST HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THEM.
>> WE'VE FELT LIKE THEY WERE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS AND WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER DELAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRILL PIERS.
THOSE DAYS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT CHANGE ORDER THAT WAS APPROVED A WHILE BACK.
>> IS IT CUSTOMARY TO DOCUMENT AND SUPPLY?
>> WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER AVERAGE FOR THE COUNTY, THE ANNUAL ALMANAC AND THEN ANYTHING OVER THAT, WE WOULD REQUEST WE HAVE NOT REACHED THAT REQUIREMENT IN HARRIS COUNTY COULD WE GET SEVEN TO NINE DAYS FOR RAIN.
ANYTHING OVER THAT WE WOULD THEN DOCUMENT AND THEN SUBMIT A DELAY.
WE HAVE NOT EXCEEDED ANY DAYS OVER THE LOCAL AVERAGE FOR THAT COUNTY.
>> THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT ONCE YOU ALL HAVE REACH THE THRESHOLD, YOU THEN START SUBMITTING IT.
>> FOR THAT MONTH WITH EACH APPLICATION.
>> WELL, THE REQUEST FORMS STILL SHOWS 12-2 SO THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
IF IT'S MIDDLE OF DECEMBER NOW.
>> WELL, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN 12-2 PRIOR TO TODAY'S APPROVAL OF THAT CHANGE PROPOSAL WITHOUT THE CLARIFICATION MEGAN NEED.
>> YOU CAN TELL ME WE DON'T HAVE IT, BUT WHERE ARE WE AT ON THE COST FOR THIS PROJECT? ARE WE OVER, ARE WE DUE TO THE PIERS EXCLUDING ANY OF THE-
JUST RECENTLY WE APPROVED THREE CHANGE PROPOSALS.
ONE, WE MOVE JUNCTION BOXES DUE TO ADA COMPLIANCE IF WE HAD EVENTS AND FOOD TRUCKS OUT THERE WE DON'T WANT.
ELECTRICAL CABLES GOING OVER OUR NEWLY PAVED ADA ACCESS TO THE FACILITY.
WE DID APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER FOR THAT.
WE APPROVED A CHANGE ORDER FOR INSULATION AROUND THE CONCESSION STAND.
BECAUSE OF THE MONTHS THAT WE WILL LIKELY BE HAVING AND HOLDING EVENTS, WE APPROVED A CHANGE ORDER, OF COURSE, FOR THE PIERS.
WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE WE JUST DID RECENTLY? YES. HAND DRYER CIRCUITS CONDUIT, AND ADDITIONAL ELECTRICAL THAT WASN'T ANTICIPATED WAS ALSO TODAY.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, MOST OF THOSE ARE FAIRLY MINIMAL WHEN THEY ARE, WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF PARKLAND DEDICATION.
THE LARGER SUMS LIKE THE PIERS AND OUR MATERIALS TESTING WITH [INAUDIBLE] WAS TAKEN OUT OF AVLC APPROVED THAT.
>> THANK YOU, MEGAN. ALL RIGHT.
>> YOUR REQUEST IS FOR A TIME EXTENSION ONLY, NO FINANCIAL CHANGES?
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>> WE CAN SEE THE FINISH LINE, IT'S ALMOST THERE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. GO AHEAD, MS. MEGAN.
>> I DO APOLOGIES. ONE THING TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON TO JUST SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND, IS THAT IF THERE MAY BE WEATHER DAYS SUBMITTED, IF YOU GUYS COULD PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THOSE COULD BE ABSORBED WITHIN THE EXTENSION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING, IF THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE.
WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING A DELAY FOR THIS IN ADDITION TO SUBSEQUENT SUBMITTALS FOR WEATHER DELAYS.
>> THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THAT BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT IF WE DO 30 DAYS AND REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY WEATHER DAYS, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY JANUARY?
>> I WOULD SAY UNLESS WE HAD A CATASTROPHIC EVENT LIKE A HURRICANE WHERE WE WOULD TRULY SHUT DOWN, I DO NOT IMAGINE US REQUESTING ANY ADDITIONAL WEATHER DAYS OUTSIDE OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OVER THE CHALLENGE.
>> LIKE I SAID WE'VE TRACKED THAT SINCE NOVEMBER.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE GRANT THE 30 DAY EXTENSION FOR I GUESS DO MEACHAM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF LAKESIDE PARK.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM RIGHT SECOND.
BY COUNCILMAN GUNGOR FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS.
>> CLARIFICATION, WAS IT 34, WAS THERE ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS OR SOMETHING?
>> WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO PREVENT YOU FROM HAVING TO COME BACK FOR ANOTHER CREEPING UP ON IT FOR ANOTHER TWO.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US MORE TIME [LAUGHTER].
>> HONESTLY, IT'S SOMETHING SMALL LIKE A FEW DAYS I THINK IT SHOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE RATHER THAN HAVING TO SPEND YOUR TIME COMING BACK UP HERE TO THE COUNCIL.
>> WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT [INAUDIBLE]
>> THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE 30 DAYS IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WHERE IT WAS ONE OR TWO DAYS I WOULDN'T SWEAT IT.
>> WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN WE'RE THINKING WE'RE FINISHING SO THAT THERE'S NO LIKE WELL, I THOUGHT WE'RE FINISHING THERE AND WHAT'S ALL THOSE THINGS.
AGAIN, WE UPDATED YOU AND WE MADE DECISIONS ON THE PIER ISSUE AND THOSE THINGS, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, I WISH WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE PIER SHOE BECAUSE I THINK WE'D BEEN ALMOST COMPLETE.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGH.
THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE'VE READ ALONG ITEM NUMBER 15,
[15. Discussion and Possible action on new sanitary sewer services for the County's Emergency Operation Center (EOC).]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON NEW SANITARY SEWER SERVICES FOR THE COUNTIES EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, ALSO KNOWN AS EOC.MR. PETERSON, I'M ASSUMING IT'S YOU. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE WALKING UP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. AS YOU ALL KNOW, MISSOURI COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A LARGE EXPANSION OF THE COURTHOUSE AND ALSO TO ITS EOC, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FOR MISSOURI COUNTY.
THE EOC WILL BE OVER THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LIVE OAK, JUST ADJACENT FROM THE ANNEX WHERE THE ANNEX CURRENTLY IS.
DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE COUNTY COMES IN AND WE MEET WITH THE CITY, WILL MEET WITH THEM ON THE PROCESS OF IT.
DURING ONE OF THE MEETINGS, THE COUNTY HAD REQUESTED THAT HAMILTON LOOK AT POTENTIALLY UPDATING OR REPLACING, OR REHABILITATING THE EXISTING SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT'S OVER THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THIS LINE IS A VERY FLAT LINE.
IT'S A CONCRETE LINE, IT'S AN OLDER LINE.
IT'S APPROACHING ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY HOWEVER IT IS AND IT'S A FUNCTIONAL LINE.
THEY GO AND CHECK THAT MANHOLE TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL FLOWING AT THE TIME THROUGHOUT SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.
WE'VE CHECKED MAINTENANCE RECORDS.
THE CITY HAS WENT OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY CLEAN THAT LINE ONE TIME THIS YEAR SO FAR.
THE COUNTIES REQUESTED THAT THAT OCCUR OVER THERE.
SO THE CITY HAS ASKED ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO POTENTIALLY IF SOMETHING WAS THERE AND GET A BALLPARK FIGURE TO WHERE WE CAN START TALKING TO EVERYBODY.
WE LOOKED AT THE ELEVATIONS AND JUST THERE'S NO DEPTH IN THAT SANITARY SEWER LINE.
AS PART OF THE COURTHOUSE REHABILITATION PROJECT, WE'RE RUNNING A NEW SEWER LINE OVER TO WHERE IT'LL CONNECT ON THE EAST SIDE, WE'RE HAVING TO OVERSIZE IT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SLOPES WORKOUT,
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TO CARRY THE TCQ REQUIRED VELOCITIES OF THE WATER.THE NEXT OPTION WAS IS TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO IF WE DID A SMALL FORCE MAIN OVER THERE.
WE LOOKED AT DOING A SMALL LIST STATION AND A FORCE MAIN AND THERE'S TWO OPTIONS THAT WE PROVIDED.
ONE WAS FOR JUST PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE EOC BY ITSELF.
THAT IS OPTION 1 AND THAT PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THE PRELIMINARY LAYOUT, PRELIMINARY COST.
THE OTHER OPTION IS OPTION 2 WHICH WOULD BE THE REDIRECTION OF THE SANITARY SEWER ON THE WEST SIDE, EVERYTHING BACK TO THAT LIST STATION.
THEN FORCING IT BACK OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT OPTION 1 IS, BUT YOU'RE COLLECTING EVERYTHING OVER THERE.
ALL BUILDINGS, ALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE GET COLLECTED INTO THAT.
AS I STATED BEFORE, THE CITY DOES MAINTAIN THAT LINE, BUT THE COUNTY'S CONCERN IS DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS, THEY'LL BE HOUSING 20-PLUS PEOPLE OVER THERE IN THE EOC TRYING TO GET OUT INFORMATION TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN MISSOURI COUNTY.
SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN TO WHERE THE LINE NEEDS TO BE JETTED OUT OR NOT HAVE FUNCTIONAL SERVICES.
AT THAT TIME, THE CITY STAFF WILL HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS IN THE CITY DURING EMERGENCY TIME WHICH EVERYBODY RUN AROUND WITH THEIR HAIR ON FIRE.
BUT THAT'S THE COUNTY'S CONCERN AND THAT'S WHY THEY APPROACHED THE CITY ON THAT.
BUT AS I SAID, THE CITY MONITORS IT AND CURRENTLY MAINTAINS IT AND THIS YEAR SO FAR, THEY JET THAT LINE OUT ONE TIME.
BASICALLY WHAT THE STAFF IS WANTING TO DO IS GET DIRECTION.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO FURTHER OR IS THIS SOMETHING THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNTY AND SEE IF THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE OR FUND OR HOW WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR THING?
>> JOHN'S COMMENTS WHERE IT'S FUNCTIONAL, WE HAVE TO CLEAN IT OUT OCCASIONALLY.
LIKE WE DO A LOT OF OTHER SEWER LINES AND MANHOLES AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNTY IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND FUND THE PROJECT THEY THINK IS GOING TO BENEFIT THEM.
>> WHY WOULD WE BE? I SAW ON HERE IT SAYS STAFF RECOMMENDS OPTION 2, WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE, WHY?
>> THAT WAY, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO OPTION 2, YOU STILL USING THAT OLD LINE, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE MAINTAINING THAT OLD LINE.
THE OPTION 1 IS JUST PUTTING A GRINDER PUMP STATION OUTSIDE OF THE EOC AND DOING ONLY THE EOC.
IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE EXHIBITS THAT I PROVIDED, THERE'S SEVERAL BUILDINGS, THERE'S AN A THROUGH F, OR ACTUALLY, EVEN MORE, A THROUGH J BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING SERVICED BY THAT SANITARY SEWER LINE.
WE WOULD JUST REDIRECT EVERYTHING INTO THE LIFT STATION, WITH A LITTLE SMALL GRINDER PUMP.
THE FORCE MAIN WILL BE ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FLOW THAT'S BEING PRODUCED OVER THERE.
IT'S JUST THE COST IS COLLECTING THE SEWER COMING OUT OF THE ANNEX BUILDING AND THE GRAVITY LINE AND TAKING IT BACK TO THE LIFT STATION.
>> JUST THE CONCRETE IS GOING TO BE THE SAME.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN AND CUT IT.
THAT'S WHY WE WOULD RECOMMEND TWO, IS IF SOMEBODY SPENDS THE MONEY IT WOULD BE WHO THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEM OFF THAT OLD LINE AND.
YOU HAVE BUILDINGS B, C, D, AND E, AND F ON NORTH OF CEDAR.
ARE THEY FLOWING DOWN TO SOUTH OF CEDAR TO THAT SAME LINE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
>> [INAUDIBLE] THE CRAWL CEDAR STREET INTO THIS STUFF.
>> IT COMES DOWN WHERE THAT GREEN LINE IS.
THE EXISTING LINE COMES DOWN AND CROSSES RIGHT THERE WHERE THAT GREEN LINE IS, EVERYTHING COMES TO THE SOUTH AND CROSSES RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S A MANHOLE RIGHT THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE SOMEWHERE BURIED OVER THERE ALL BY THE COURTHOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT MANHOLE.
>> JOHN ASKED IF THERE WERE STRUCTURES NORTH OF CEDAR STREET WHICH DRAINED INTO THIS SYSTEM AND I SAID NO THEY DON'T.
>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIST OF BUILDINGS, [OVERLAPPING]
>> OKAY. SO JOHNSON HAD LYNDON.
>> JOHNSON HAD. IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT RIGHT HERE, JOHN.
>> YEAH, I HAVE THIS. I'M JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
>> YEAH, NORTH OF CEDAR, IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO A.
>> IT DOES GO ALL THE WAY UP TO A.
>> YEAH. IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO A.
THAT IS THE GRAVITY LINES THAT COME THAT WAY.
THAT'S SHIPLEY'S DO-NUTS. ALL THAT.
EVERYTHING ON THAT WEST SIDE OF 288 B COMES DOWN THERE AND CROSSES.
A VERY SMALL LINE THAT GOES [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU DIDN'T SHOW THE LINE ITSELF COMING DOWN.
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>> YOU JUST SHOWED THIS ONE AREA BECAUSE MY THOUGHT WAS ALL YOU'RE SHOWING ME IS WHAT IS BEING SERVICED BY THE COUNTY FOR THE MOST PART EXCEPT FOR THE FLOWER SHOP AND OTHER THINGS.
>> WITH THE LETTERS? THOSE ARE BEING SERVICED BY THAT LINE.
>> I JUST DIDN'T SHOW THE EXISTING,
>> BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT AND IDENTIFIED WHAT'S COMING DOWN THERE, CAME UP WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT AVERAGE DAILY FLOW IS BEING PRODUCED BY THE RETURN OF THE SANITARY SEWER.
THEN THAT'S HOW WE SIZE THE LIST STATION IN THE FORCE MAIN.
>> JOHN, LOOKING AT YOUR ESTIMATE, REALIZING IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE.
BUT WORKING IN THE COUNTY PARKING LOT AND THE LIFT STATION IS $450,000 WORTH OF WORK.
YOUR ESTIMATED COSTS FOR DOING THE YOU GOT TO RIP OUT THE PAVEMENT, PUT IT BACK IT'S $225,000 IN A $250,000 LIFT STATION THAT COMES UP TO $475,000.
IF THIS IS DONE, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER PIPE BURSTING THE CONCRETE LINE THAT RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST ACROSS THE COUNTY PROPERTY.
THEN YOU PUT IT IF IT NEEDS A GRINDER STATION AT THE EOC, SO BE IT.
IF YOU COULD TAKE THE GRINDER STATION, ENFORCE MADE IT INTO THIS OUTBURST LINE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE MAJORITY OF THE VELOCITY THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED TO FLUSH THE LINE OUT.
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO PARKING LOT EXCEPT TO OPEN UP WHERE THAT MANHOLE TERM WHERE THE LINE TURNS FROM RUNNING SOUTH AND THEN RUNNING EAST.
YOU CAN DO MOST OF YOUR WORK PULL A LINE THROUGH THAT HOLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TEAR UP THE WHOLE PARKING LOT.
YOU JUST POP BURST ACROSS 288.
THERE'S NO STEEL CASING ACROSS THERE.
THERE'S NO HOWEVER WHICH FORCE MAIN YOU'VE GOT THE FORCE MAIN WILL JUST GO INTO THE MOST UPSTREAM MANHOLE.
THEY'RE JUST NORTH OF THE COUNTY PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND THE EOC AND LET EVERYBODY ELSE COME ON DOWN LIKE THEY DO NOW.
JOHNSON HARDLY SHIP LEAVES AND THOSE PEOPLE UP IN THERE.
JUST FROM A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT, YOU GO OUT THERE AND TEAR UP THIS PARKING LOT, THEN ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE OVER THERE.
THIS MIGHT BE THE COUNTY'S PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW.
BUT YOU GET OUT THERE AND START TEARING UP THIS PARKING LOT AND ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT GET OVER THERE EVERYDAY PARKING, ROUTINELY GOING INTO THE TAX OFFICE, INTO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
THEY UNDERGO GET MOVED OVER AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WRITING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND POSTING STUFF ON TALK OF ANGLETON YOU KNOW SO-
>> LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS AN ESTIMATE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE LOOKING AT IS PROBABLY DOING BORING UNDERNEATH THE PARKING LOT WHEN WE REALLY GOT DOWN TO IT, TRYING TO GET THAT LINE TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO OPEN UP.
THE PIPE BURSTING WE DID GIVE THAT AN OPTION.
IT'S JUST THE VELOCITIES BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE FLOW FROM THE EOC, THERE'S NOT MUCH FLOW DAILY FROM IT, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS WHERE THE LINE IS THAT FLAT.
THAT WAS WHY WE WENT WITH THIS, BUT IT IS A GOOD OPTION.
IT DRAINS NOW LIKE CHRIS AND [INAUDIBLE].
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN HANDED DOWN HERE IS AS ENGINEERS IN THIS COEF COAST COUNTRY, THE OPTIMUM GRADES THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT AS A MINIMUM ON LINES YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
>> VERY DIFFICULT. WE HAD TO USE OUR ENGINEERING EXPERTISE TO CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THESE RULES THAT THEY PUT IN FORCE FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE 50 MILES NORTH OF US AND ON INTO THE STATE.
>> YEAH, THE PIPE BURST IS AN OPTION. THAT IS A GOOD OPTION.
>> I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WELL, I'M THINKING MORE ALONG THE FINANCE.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE TALKING WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT THIS.
>> MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU WHILE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL.
FOR US TO GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO SPEND MONEY AND I'M SURE IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
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WELL, IF IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU THEN LET'S TALK AND MAKE AN INVESTMENT IF IT'S THAT IMPORTANT TO THEM.BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT THEN WHAT'S WORKED WILL CONTINUE TO WORK.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING ANY CHANGES QUITE HONESTLY.
WHY SPEND ANY MONEY IF IT'S NOT BROKE? WE'RE FIXING A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT BROKE. WE HAVE GREATER NEEDS.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR ARGUMENT ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE HOUSING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OVER THERE IN THE EOC.
WELL TYPICALLY ABOUT THAT TIME EVERYBODY HAS SCATTERED.
NOBODY'S OVER TO THE TAX OFFICE, NOBODY'S DOING BUSINESS OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL HUNKERED DOWN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A STORM OR FLOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY REALLY MOBILIZE TO GET IN THAT EOC IS WHEN WE'RE HAVING SOMETHING LIKE A HARVEY OR A 2016 FLOOD OR SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL WHEN THEY OCCUPY THIS EOC.
>> I'M GOING BACK TO CECILY'S POINT EARLIER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BANK FOR OUR BUCK SO YOU WANT US TO SPEND $450.000 FOR THREE TO MAYBE FIVE DAYS ANNUALLY? THAT SEEMS REALLY EXTREME.
ONE, EVEN A SECOND HURRICANE THEY'RE ONLY LIKELY DEALING WITH A COUPLE OF DAYS.
UNLESS IT'S JUST GOD, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IT JUST SEEMS A LOT OF MONEY TO HELP THEM OUT FOR A PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS FUNCTIONAL.
WE'VE HAD TO CLEAN IT OUT BUT THAT'S APPARENTLY BEEN MODUS OPERANDI FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND HASN'T STOPPED US FROM WORKING YET.
FOR THE COUNTY, $450,000 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
FOR THE CITY, THAT'S A SIZABLE INVESTMENT.
>> I AGREE, I WOULD PREFER TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
>> I WANT US TO TALK TO THEM, AND THEY HAVE TO BE REALISTIC OF WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE ON THAT COMMISSION.
>> WE'LL TALK TO THEM AND WE'LL GO BACK AND SAY SHE'S NOT INTERESTED IN FINDING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT STRATEGIC BENEFIT FOR THE CITY.
>> FOR ME WE HAVE TOO MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED MORE OF OUR FUNDING AND ATTENTION THAN SOMETHING THAT'S [OVERLAPPING] OKAY.
>> THAT'S ACTUALLY FAILING OR ABOUT TO FAIL.
IT MAKES A GOOD POINT ON THE WEEKENDS, THIS IS LARGELY UNUSED PROPERTY.
THESE ARE COUNTY FACILITIES THAT ARE GOING UNUSED.
IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT USING IT.
>> I HEAR YOUR COMMENT ABOUT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT IN DOWNTOWN ANGLETON, JUST ABOUT EVERY LINE ACROSS THIS BUSINESS 288 GOES OVER CHENANGO STREET OR ARCOLA AND FLOWS SOUTH AND THEY WERE ALL EITHER CONCRETE LINES OR CLAY LINES.
>> THIS ISN'T THE ONLY LINE IN TOWN THAT'S AGING.
>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT TO BID OF THE COURTHOUSE PROJECT PROBABLY NEXT WEEK OR ADVERTISE IT NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PIPE BURSTING IN ON THAT TO WHERE MAYBE IF THE COUNTY DOES, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THE CITY IS GOING TO SAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT, DON'T DO IT.
OR WHERE MAYBE THE COUNTY IT LOOKS AT AND SAYS," HEY, SINCE WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT ANYWAYS, MAYBE WE WANT TO PUT SOME OF THAT PIPE BURSTING ADDED ON AS AN AMENDMENT AND PIPE BURSTS THAT LINE LIKE CECIL WAS SAYING, OR WILL IT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BENEFICIAL WHEN PUTTING IN THE GRINDER PUMP OVER THERE FOR THEM?" I DON'T KNOW, BUT I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DIRECTING STAFF TO DO.
>> MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOT TO BE, THAT'S GOT TO BE.
>> ARE WE WILLING TO COMMIT FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
>> DO WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO COMMIT?
>> I THINK THAT MAKES THE ANSWER.
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>> WE WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS TRYING TO SET UP WE'RE GOING TO [NOISE] WHAT KIND OF FUNDS WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE CITIZENS TO SHELL OUT AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE $600,000.
I DON'T SEE IT, I DON'T WANT TO ACT LIKE THINK WE'RE DISLIKING THEM OR SOMETHING.
BUT IT'S JUST WE COULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A YEAR AGO.
MAYBE THEY'D HAVE PICKED A DIFFERENT PLACE [LAUGHTER].
>> I THINK WE JUST HAD A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY.
THOSE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW CLOSE ENOUGH KNOW THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET NOW WAS GENERAL NOT SPECIFIC.
WE'RE STILL DOING A LOT OF, PULLING A COUPLE OF NOTCHES DOWN ON OUR BELT, EVEN THINGS OUT.
EVEN WITH, WHICH WILL BE AN EFFECTIVE TAX HIKE.
THERE'S MANY REASONS FOR THAT.
I WANT US TO HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I BELIEVE THERE'S GOOD PEOPLE ON THAT COURT.
HOWEVER, JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR MONEY FOR THE CITIZENS OF ANGLETON.
>> IS IT JOHN OR CHRIS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS?
>> WE'VE HAD ALL KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AROUND THE COURTHOUSE AND THE EOC FACILITIES.
>> GOT YOU. JUST IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, WERE THEY HINTING AT A PARTNERSHIP OR WERE THEY MORE HINTING THAT, WELL, THIS IS A CITY'S LINE?
>> THEY WERE SAYING IS, THE CITY'S LINE.
WE'RE ALL LIKE YOU ALL SAID, WE HAD CONCERNS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF AND BRAND-NEW FACILITY.
AGAIN, WE'RE BEING A PARTNER AND HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WE MOVE THINGS FORWARD IN ANGLETON AND WE SAID WE'D TAKE A LOOK AT AND PRESENT SOME OPTIONS BUT WE DIDN'T COMMIT TO ANY WE'D FUND ANYTHING.
WE SAID THIS IS A COUNCIL'S DECISION SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
>> I'M ON THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS COUNSEL RIGHT OUT FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT IS RIGHT NOW IS TIGHT AND WE'RE WORKING ON OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF EXTRA SITTING AROUND TO FUND OVER HALF MILLION OR THREE-QUARTER MILLION PROJECT.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT BUT A SMALL DEMOGRAPHIC WHICH IS MOSTLY BUSINESS, NOT THE MASSES OF A AREA OF TOWN.
YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND JUST LET THEM KNOW, "HEY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY SAID THAT MAYBE WE COULD DO IT TODAY." IF THEY REALLY THINK IT'S A HUGE CONCERN, THEN THEY CAN TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF FINANCIALLY.
IT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE GUYS AND GIRLS BECAUSE WE GOT OTHER PRIORITIES LIKE SOME OF THE COUNSELORS HAVE SAID, THAT NEED OUR FINANCIAL ATTENTION AND NOT THIS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT RIGHT NOW.
>> REMEMBER, WE GET TWO CENTS IN SALES TAX, SO ONE CENT WE GET, HALF CENT GOES TO ABLC, AND WHERE DOES THE OTHER HALF CENT GO?
>> THE COUNTY. CITY OF ANGLETON IS FUNDING COUNTY BUSINESS AND THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT.
>> JOHN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AS USUAL, SIR, AND OPTIONS.
[LAUGHTER] YOU CAN GO BACK AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT TRANSPIRED TONIGHT, THE SENTIMENT OF THE COUNCIL.
LIKE CECIL SAID, AND I THINK TRAVIS SAID, WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS JUST RIGHT NOW FINANCIALLY, WE CAN'T.
THIS JUST CAN'T BE TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT THE BANK, SO TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16,
[16. Discussion and possible action on installing sidewalks on Robinhood Lane, Street Bond Project Package #1.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON INSTALLING SIDEWALKS ON ROBIN HOOD LANE STREET BOND PROJECT PACKAGE ONE.IS THAT CHRIS OR IS THAT JOHN? OKAY, JOHN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT. PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL HAD TALKED ABOUT IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, IS POTENTIALLY ADDING A CHANGE BORDER FOR SIDEWALKS DOWN ROBIN HOOD.
ROBIN HOOD WAS ONE OF THE STREETS THAT WERE SELECTED BY THE STREET COMMITTEE AND WAS ELECTED TO BE FUNDED.
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DURING THE CONVERSATIONS AND DURING THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ALL DIFFERENT UTILITIES AND SIDEWALKS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THESE AREAS.THIS PARTICULAR STREET, ROBIN HOOD, IT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TO HAVE A SIDEWALK PUT IN AT THE TIME DURING THE STREET COMMITTEE.
WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET.
ROBIN HOOD IS ACTUALLY PART OF RIDGE CREST STREET PACKAGE ONE, WHICH IS RIDGE CREST.
THE CONTRACTOR IS MOVING ALONG REALLY WELL ON THAT PROJECT, ACTUALLY EXCEEDING SCHEDULES ON GETTING THAT PROJECT DONE RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE FIXING THE MOVE OVER ON TO ROBIN HOOD.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO WAS BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IF YOU ALL WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SIDEWALKS ON ROBIN HOOD, WHAT WOULD THAT COST ME ROUGHLY AND HOW COULD WE LAY THAT IN? WHAT I ATTACHED TO THE MAPS ARE ACTUALLY JUST LITTLE SKETCHES OF WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY OR POTENTIALLY RUN THE SIDEWALKS TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THE TREES, NOT IMPACTING ON THE TREES.
THAT AREA IS REALLY PRETTY DOWN THERE IN THAT PART OF THE TOWN AND PEOPLE, AS ANYWHERE, THEY LIKE THEIR TREES.
BASICALLY, WE LOOKED AT THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH SIDE.
JUST TO BRING IT BULLET DOWN TO THE NUTS OF THIS THING IS, THE SOUTH SIDE HAS A LITTLE MORE ISSUES THAN THE NORTH SIDE.
THE NORTH SIDE YOU CAN GET IT THROUGH.
IT'S ABOUT BASICALLY THE SAME COST ON EACH ONE OF WHEREVER WE GO TO, BUT THERE'S LESS IMPACT TO TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THERE'S ALSO LESS IMPACTS OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH MAILBOXES BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PUSHED UP TO THE CURB LINE TO GET AROUND SOME OF THESE TREES.
HOWEVER, TO PUT THEM THROUGH WHERE THESE TREES ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PERFECTLY LEGAL FOR THE CITY TO DO IT, BUT IN AN AREA THAT'S NEVER HAD SIDEWALKS BEFORE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A SIDEWALK AND IT'S WAY BACK UP INTO THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL, POTENTIALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY LOST A LOT OF THE YARD.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF IS THE POTENTIAL AESTHETICS ASPECT OF IT.
WE WOULD HAVE TO DESIGN THIS AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GET AN URBAN FORESTER BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME TREES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED AND WE NEED TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS.
TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE TREES AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP THE COMMUNITY, THE AESTHETICS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? IS LOOKING AT THESE COSTS AND AT THESE SIDEWALKS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND DOING A DESIGN.
LIKE I SAID, THE COST IS ABOUT, SAY, 120,000 NO MATTER WHAT SIDE IT'S ON.
>> MINE IS NO. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN DOWN THAT STREET, NON JARGON ALL THE TIME, A LOT OF THOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN CONVERTED.
THEIR GARAGES NO LONGER EXIST, THEY'RE NOW LIVING QUARTERS.
ALMOST EVERY HOUSE HAS THE VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SOME ARE JUST STILL SINGLE DRIVEWAYS.
SO I DON'T SEE ROBIN HOOD AS A CUT-THROUGH STREET TO GET TO DOWNING ON FOOT, BECAUSE ALL THOSE STREETS RUN PARALLEL, THEY COULD JUST ALL EASILY BE, AND IF YOU WANT TO CUT OVER ON FOOT.
I THINK THAT EXPENSE CAN BE UTILIZED ELSEWHERE.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF CUTTING DOWN OLD TREES, WITHOUT TALKING TO YOUR HOMEOWNERS.
I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SAY.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAN'T TELL US, NO, I GUESS.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I REALLY LIKE HERE.
>> AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SKETCHES, TRAPS. THESE AREN'T THE DESIGN.
>> I KNOW. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE WHEN [INAUDIBLE] POSTED THE E-MAIL AND SEND IT OUT, WHAT WOULD THIS BE PROPOSAL? I'M GENERALLY FOR SIDEWALKS, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE A MUCH OLDER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR THESE HOMES WERE BUILT, BUT I'M GUESSING 50S, 60S.
>> MY DAD TOLD ME THEY USED TO GET IN A PICKUP TRUCK WITH HIS GRANDFATHER AND RIDE
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DOWN THERE AND LOOK AT HAMILTON BECAUSE ANGLE TWO IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT BIG THING IN MISSOURI ACCOUNT.>> I BELIEVE FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN ON RICHMOND STREET, AS THAT STREET IS POURED, SOME OF THESE HOUSES ARE VERY NICE, BUT THEY'LL TAKE MORE PRIDE BECAUSE THE CITY IS INVESTING IN THEIR COMMUNITY, SO TO SPEAK, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'LL BE A GOOD THING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I DON'T SEE SIDEWALKS AS A POSITIVE.
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE UP YARD SPACE, LIKE YOU SAID.
IN THE WAY THERE'S ALREADY FAIRLY NARROW, LIKE I SAID, DRIVEWAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE START PEOPLE PARKING ON THE SIDEWALKS. IT'S HAPPENED.
PEOPLE PARK IN THE YARDS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ANYWAY, BECAUSE IT'S SO SMALL.
THEN WHAT DO YOU GET FOR THAT? YOU'VE POURED A BUNCH OF CONCRETE THAT ARE MORE THAN 1.5 TO AN AUTOMOBILE SITTING ON TOP OF.
I DON'T KNOW. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE GOOD USE OF OUR MONEY EITHER.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, TRAVIS. ANYONE ELSE?
>> ONE PERSON'S BEAUTIFUL TREE IS ONE PERSON'S VISION OF CHINESE TALLOW TREE ME AS A RAG.
CHINESE TALLOW TREES ARE NOT NATIVE TO TEXAS.
THEY ARE A NOXIOUS TREE THAT WAS BROUGHT IN HERE FOR SOME REASON AND ALL, WENT SOUTH.
BUT YOU ASK THE PERSON WHAT THE CHINESE TALLOW TREE IN HER FRONT YARD, MODELS WILL BE ONE, GIANT SEQUOIAS FROM WEST COAST, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TREE ARBORIST OR SOMETHING.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE CONTRACTOR ABOUT HIM HOLDING HIS PRICES PER SQUARE YARD TO ADD THIS TO THE CURRENT CONTRACT?
>> I HAVE NOT BECAUSE I WAS NOT SURE.
>> OKAY. I'M GOING TO SUSPECT THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO SAY THIS WASN'T PART OF MY ORIGINAL BID.
I DIDN'T PLAN TO SPEND THIS MONEY ON THESE SIDEWALKS.
BY THE WAY, COST OF CONCRETE HAVE GONE UP ON ME EVERY THREE MONTHS, IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPENSIVE VENTURE.
NOW, IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY LOOK AT EACH STREET THAT WE REHAB AND MAKE A COMMITMENT EARLY ON.
DO WE WANT SIDEWALKS ON THIS STREET OR NOT? ON THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES THAT WE DO, WE'VE BEEN DOING SIDEWALKS FOR A LONG TIME.
JUST PART OF TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER IT'S VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION OR FOOT TRANSPORTATION.
BUT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, LET'S CONSIDER IT, IN THE EARLY ON AND DESIGN PHASE.
I DON T KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
IT'S GOING TO BE THAT BAD, ADVANTAGEOUS TO DO THIS HERE.
>> I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF AN ACTIVITY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THERE IS TINSLEY, DOWNING AND THEN YOU HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE, CANAAN.
THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT WILKINS?
>> I DON'T SEE IN MY EYES, WE USE THE SIDEWALKS TO GET FOOT TRAFFIC OFF OF THE STREET BECAUSE THERE'S TRAFFIC, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
LIKE TRAVIS SAID, HE WAS USING WALK-THROUGH TRAFFIC, BUT UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO A HOUSE ON THE STREET OR YOU LIVE ON THE STREET, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PASS-THROUGH.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE MAINLY USE THOSE MAIN THOROUGHFARES LIKE I LISTED BEFORE, TINSLEY, DOWNING, VALDEZ TO ACCESS THE STREETS.
I AGREE WITH MR. TOWNSEND ON I DON'T SEE THE UTILIZATION BEING THAT HIGH.
YOU KNOW ME, I'M ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND BYPASS.
>> THANK YOU, CAESAR. THANK YOU, MARK. ANYBODY ELSE?
>> I ALSO AGREE WITH THE AMOUNT OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND NEED FOR THIS, AND I AM NOT A FAN OF REDUCING SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY.
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I'M LOOKING AT THE STREET MAP AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SINGLE LIKE THEY ONLY HAVE ROOM FOR ONE CAR DEEP BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSION OF THE GARAGE.IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU PUT THE SIDEWALK THEN THEIR CAR AT THE END, IT WILL BE BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE IT'S JUST THEY DON'T HAVE THE ROOM.
DON'T THINK THAT WILL MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY ON THAT STREET.
>> I'LL PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE.
I CAN GO EITHER WAY ON THIS ROAD, HONESTLY.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT.
COUNCILMAN BOOTH EVEN MAKES A GOOD POINT AND I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT ONE IS WE'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THAT WHEN WE FIX THE STREETS, CERTAIN THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT UP FRONT.
ARE WE GOING TO FIX THIS WITH NEW WATER LINES, SEWER LINES, STREETLIGHTS, SIDEWALKS, WHAT IS IN THE PACKAGE? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO STEAL FROM ONE ROW TO GIVE TO ANOTHER.
IF WE'VE INVESTED ON THE ROAD, WE SHOULD BE HOLDING OURSELVES TO THE SAME STANDARD WE'RE HOLDING THESE DEVELOPERS TO.
WE MAKE EVERY DEVELOPER PUT A SIDEWALK IN NOW, WHETHER THEY NEED IT OR NOT, WHY WOULD WE BE ANY DIFFERENT? NOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE FACTORS IN IT WHERE IF IT'S GOING INTO SOMEBODY'S CARPORT OR IT'S TAKING UP THEIR YARD, I GET IT.
BUT I THINK THAT'S THE DECISION THAT WE AS THE COUNCIL SHOULD REALLY LEAN ON THESE PEOPLE ON ROBIN HOOD LANE AND SAY, DO YOU WANT A SIDEWALK OR NOT? IF MAJORITY OF THEM ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, I THINK I JUST WENT UP AND DOWN THE ROAD ON GOOGLE MAPS.
THERE'S MAYBE THREE TREES THAT ARE OAK OR PECAN.
THE REST WERE ALL TALLOWS RIGHT THERE ALONG THAT STRAIGHT LINE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
I ALSO LOOKED AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOU DON'T HAVE A SIDEWALK ON TINSLEY AND YOU DO HAVE ONE ON DOWNING.
YES. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG CUT-THROUGH PER SE.
>> YOU DO HAVE A SIDEWALK ON TINSLEY.
>> ON TINSLEY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ON THE WEST?
>> ON THE EAST SIDE. THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE I WAS THE OTHER END.
THIS GOES RIGHT INTO A CROSS-WALK FOR THE MOST PART RIGHT THERE AT WILDCAT DRIVE.
JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S A CROSSWALK RIGHT THERE.
IT'S THE NEAREST STREET TO THE CROSSWALK GOING ACROSS THE WALCOT DRIVE.
DOES ANYONE UTILIZE WALCOT DRIVE AS MUCH AS THEY USED TO? NO, BUT JUST WHERE WE HAVE CROSSWALKS, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
I FEEL IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, WE SHOULD DO IT ALL THE WAY AND NOT HALFWAY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT GOT US WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
WE PUT STREETS IN YEARS AGO AND SAID, WE'LL JUST SKIP THE SIDEWALK AND WE'LL COME BACK LATER.
WE NEVER HAD THE MONEY TO GO BACK LATER AND DO IT.
I FEEL IF I'M GOING TO FIX THE STREET, I WANT TO DO IT ALL THE WAY AND GET IT DONE. THAT'S MY OPINION.
MAYBE WE SHOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE STREET WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT IT.
>> I THINK THOUGH IN THIS PLAN ROAD, THERE WOULD BE ROBIN HOOD, AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT?
>> THAT WOULD BE TWO AND THEN WHAT'S THE FIRST STREET WHEN YOU COME?
>> NOTTINGHAM. BUT THAT'S NOT BEING DONE AT ALL.
>> NOTTINGHAM GETS NO SIDEWALK BUT ROBIN HOOD, CHEVY CHASE, AND THE REST DO.
>> NOTTINGHAM DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONNECTIVITY.
ACROSS FROM NOTTINGHAM IS THE OLD SCHOOL.
I'M SAYING THAT ROBIN HOOD IS THE CLOSEST ONE TO THE CROSSWALK THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE PAINTED ON THE ROAD. THAT WOULD TAKE YOU TO 35.
>> AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I JUST DON'T SEE IT.
BUT IF YOU ALL WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON IT, IT'S YOUR CALL.
I TRULY BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE CARS PARKED ON THE SIDEWALKS THAN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE USING THEM.
IT INTERRUPTS THE WHOLE PURPOSE IF SOMEBODY'S CAR IS PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK OR EVEN IN THEIR DRIVEWAY THAT BLOCKS THE SIDEWALK.
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IF THEY HAVE TO SWING BACK OUT IN THE TRAFFIC.I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
YOU'RE NOT GOING NECESSARILY TO SCHOOL, I GUESS, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON IF YOU'RE HEADED EAST OR WEST.
>> I WAS LEANING LIKE JOHN, I COULD GO EITHER WAY.
MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN PULL THE RESIDENTS, SEE WHAT THEIR SENTIMENT IS AS FAR AS A SIDEWALK.
BUT THEN ALSO LIKE JOHN SAYS, SOME CONSISTENCY BECAUSE WE'RE FACING TO BE UP AGAINST TWO OTHER STREETS IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
ARE WE GOING TO RUN INTO THE SAME ISSUE? ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING TO THEM? HOW DO WE CHOOSE ONE OVER THE OTHER? IT'S LIKE IF WE DO ONE WAY AND NOT DO ANOTHER WAY, AND THEN DO IT TO A DIFFERENT STREET, TOTALLY OPPOSITE.
THAT'S WHERE I WAS TORN IS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE GOT THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO POP UP.
SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, DIFFERENT STREETS. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY'RE THE SAME WIDTH LOTS, SAME DEPTH LOTS, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE IDENTICAL.
BUT ALSO SEE WHAT MR. TRAVIS SAYS, COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND, WE'RE GOING TO CHOP UP AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP SOME OF THEIR FRONTAGE.
SOME OF THEIR FRONT YARD OR PARKING ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE NOW THAT MAY GIVE THEM AN AVENUE TO PARK MORE ON THE STREET THAN ANYTHING.
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON THAT SIDEWALK, AND NOW THEY'RE COVERING IT UP.
THEY DO THAT IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN.
BECAUSE THE DRIVEWAYS ARE SO NARROW, IT'S A SINGLE-CAR DRIVEWAY.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE TWO OR THREE CARS THESE DAYS.
I COULD GO EITHER WHICH WAY MYSELF.
I'M NOT GIVING THE POLITICAL STATEMENT, BUT WE GOT TO TRY TO DO SOME CONSISTENCY.
MY FIRST THING WOULD BE IS LEAN ON THE RESIDENTS, LEAN ON THEM AND GO, WHAT WOULD YOU ALL PREFER TO SEE?
>> YEAH. BUT RICHMOND [OVERLAPPING] ALREADY HAD A PART OF THE SIDEWALK.
>> THE RICHMOND IS ALSO A CUT-THROUGH THOUGH.
[OVERLAPPING] RICHMOND IS HEAVILY USED AS A CUT-THROUGH.
IF YOU LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, RICHMOND IS A CUT-THROUGH TO THE RESTAURANTS WHICH INCLUDES A FOOT PEDESTRIAN TO WHAT NOW IS I GUESS WAS ORIGINALLY SCHLOTZSKY'S OR ONE OF THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS OR ANYTHING ON 28 B SO [OVERLAPPING] PEDESTRIAN IS TO WHATABURGER, BASICALLY.
>> PEOPLE USE IT TO JUST THAT.
YEAH, BUT ROBIN HOOD CONNECTS TINSEY AND DOWNING.
THERE'S NO RESTAURANTS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY EARLIER.
THERE'S NOT A REAL DESTINATION UNLESS THAT SCHOOL GETS OPENED BACK UP UNTIL, OR IF IT EVER DOES, IT'S NOT A DESTINATION.
IT WOULD JUST BE A SIDEWALK WHICH GENERALLY FOR SIDEWALKS.
THIS WAS ALSO AGAIN, I'M GOING BACK BUT, WHEN IT WAS BUILT AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE '50S, IT WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED WITH THE IDEA THAT THERE WOULD BE A SIDEWALK RUNNING THROUGH THAT YARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE SETBACKS ARE THERE.
>> WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT MAY LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? [OVERLAPPING]
>> [INAUDIBLE] I LIVE ON SOUTH HAMPTON.
>> [OVERLAPPING] CAN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE, SIR?
>> COULD YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE? JUST SO WE GET IT ON RECORD AND THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE ONLINE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> SOUTH HAMPTON IS VERY SIMILAR TO ROBIN HOOD.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN ANGLETON.
I THINK IT'S AN INSANITY [INAUDIBLE] FOR ANY OF THOSE STREETS, AND I AGREE WITH TRENT.
I DON'T THINK YOU-ALL ARE SEEING THAT IF YOU HAVE A SIDEWALK AND YOU PARK YOUR CAR IN FRONT OF A SIDEWALK, CITIZENS THAT ARE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN THAT EVENT.
THE NEXT THING YOU DO, YOU'LL MAKE A LAW, AN ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN'T PARK OUR CARS IN FRONT OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO NOW WE'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO PARK ONE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON ROBIN HOOD, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ON EVERLANE, WIMBERLEY, SOUTH HAMPTON.
IT'S ALREADY ON THE RICH CRISP, BUT THAT'S A SCHOOL.
NOTTINGHAM, ROBIN HOOD, CHEVY CHASE, SAN FELIPE.
THEY WERE BUILT [OVERLAPPING] AT THE SAME TIME.
[BACKGROUND] THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING.
>> THANKS, MR. HEWITT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE CAN COUNT ON YOU FOR THE STRAIGHT ANSWER.
>> IT WAS POINTED TO A REQUEST BY ME.
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[LAUGHTER]>> YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS, WE GOT A [OVERLAPPING]
>> JUST AS A GENERAL COMMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BETTER PRICE FOR YOUR PROJECTS WHEN YOU HAVE BIDDING COMPETITIVENESS.
WHEN IT'S IN THE ORIGINAL BID, YOU COME BACK WITH A CHANGE ORDER ASKING FOR THIS AFTERWARDS, IT'S ALWAYS MORE EXPENSIVE.
I THINK THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE A LEGITIMATE REASON FOR JACKING THE PRICE UP ON IT.
>> ARE WE GOOD FOR STAFF? STAFF, WE'RE GOOD?
>> OKAY, SIR. ALL RIGHT, THAT COMPLETES OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS AND THAT WILL MOVE US INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
CITY COUNCIL CONVENING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED THERE IN NUMBER 17, CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY REGARDING YOUR SETTLEMENT OFFER WITH CONSTELLATION ENERGY PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.I WILL SHOW US GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:47.
[OPEN SESSION]
WE ARE BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE MANY THINGS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION?
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE SETTLEMENT OFFER WITH CONSTELLATION ENERGY AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, RIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
THAT MOTION CARRIES AND BRINGS IT TO THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE WE ADJOURN AT 8:16.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.