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STARTED WITH OUR CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATED TUESDAY,[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
SEPTEMBER THE 13TH, 2022 AT 06:00 PM.WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL US TO ORDER.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION.
OH GOD WE THANK YOU AGAIN THAT YOU ARE OUR GOD, THAT'S YOU ARE OUR SUSTAINER.
YOU GIVE US WISDOM AND WE ASK YOU FOR THAT TONIGHT.
WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US AND DIRECT US.
FATHER, HELP US TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THIS CITY, FOR YOUR PEOPLE, AND WHATEVER WE DO WOULD BE HONORABLE TO YOU AND TO THE CITIZENS.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY TONIGHT.
WE PRAY FOR SITUATIONS THAT ARE AROUND THE WORLD.
WE HAVE FIGHTING, WE SEE PEOPLE DYING, WE SEE PEOPLE HURTING.
FATHER, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU'D INTERVENE.
I WILL ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER OUR CITY STAFF ALL AT WORK HERE AND SERVE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE AND HELP THEM DO THEIR JOB TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG INTO OUR AGENDA.
CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL.
WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS.
[1. Conduct a public hearing and discussion on the proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget.]
AS FIRST OFF IS NUMBER 1, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023 BUDGET.MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE ARE NOW AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST OUR PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THIRD CALL. COUNCIL? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE COULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[2. Conduct a public hearing and discussion on the proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Ad Valorem Tax Rate]
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023 AD VALOREM TAX RATE. COUNCIL? MR. MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD.NO, I HEARD YOU TALK. YOU GOT THERE FIRST.
MAYOR, I MOVE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
NOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023 AD VALOREM TAX RATE.
ONCE AGAIN, IF ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK.
GOING ONCE, TWICE. COME ON, SOMEBODY.
THREE TIMES FOR GOOD. COUNCIL? MAYOR, I MOVE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
EXCUSE ME AND BEAR WITH ME.I GOT A LITTLE BIT TO READ HERE.
ITEM NUMBER 3, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR MITIGATION HAZARD PLANNING WITH HGAC TO COMMENCE ON AUGUST 19TH, 2022, AND END ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2024.
ITEM NUMBER 4, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES, ALSO KNOWN AS PROWAG, AS AN ANGLETON DESIGN STANDARD.
ITEM NUMBER 5, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MAJOR AND SUB FACILITY NAMING SIGNAGE.
NUMBER 6, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A STORM SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT AT 819 EAST WILKINS TO BE AWARDED TO MATULA MATULA ALTERNATE BID.
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NUMBER 7, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CONNECT TWO CONCEPTS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.NUMBER 8, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 12TH, 2022.
ITEM NUMBER 9, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING A RESOLUTION APPOINTING HDR ENGINEERING INC. THE CITY ENGINEER, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NUMBER 10, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES AND ABSENCES ON ALL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES ANNUALLY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NUMBER 11, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ANGLETON HOME RULE CHARTER TO CORRECT AND RENUMBER THE CHARTER PROVISIONS FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS APPROVED IN MAY 7TH, 2022 ELECTION AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
NUMBER 12, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH BWA, BRAZOSPORT WATER AUTHORITY.
NUMBER 13, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ALLOW THE ANGLETON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM THE FILL THE BOOT CAMPAIGN. COUNCIL.
MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE PULL A FEW OF THESE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE.
RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A WANTING TO PULL 4, 5, 6 AND 9.
WOULD YOU THINK WOULD BE THE FORM OF A MOTION, MR. BOOTH? WELL, LET'S SAY THAT.
HOW DO I DO THAT? YOU CAN APPROVE WHAT'S OUT THERE BY PULLING THESE FOUR ITEMS OUT.
OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE CONSENT THAT WE ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH REMOVING ITEMS 4, 5, 6 AND 9 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[4. Discussion and possible action to adopt Public Rights-of-way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) as an Angleton design standard.]
LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 4, THAT'S THE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THAT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES, PROWAG, AS THE ANGLETON DESIGN STANDARD. MS. MEGAN? YES. THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU WILL SEE IS MENTIONED AND WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER IN THE ADA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN.THIS HAS BEEN ADOPTED NATIONALLY.
IT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY TXDOT, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ADOPT THESE GUIDELINES AS WELL AS PART OF OUR ADA STANDARD AS WE START MOVING THROUGH THE ADA SELF VALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN.
MR. BOOTH, YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? WELL, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND I'LL GO FROM THERE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT, WHATEVER YEAR THAT WAS, THERE WAS ESTABLISHED ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS NATIONWIDE AND WE'VE BEEN ADHERING TO THOSE HERE IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON FOR EACH ONE OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
ANYTIME WE HAVE A STREET PROGRAM OR HOPEFULLY ANYTIME WE TOUCH A SIDEWALK OR STREET INTERSECTION, WE ADHERE TO THE ADA STANDARDS.
WHEN A SET OF DRAWINGS OR A SET OF PLANS IS PRESENTED FOR BID, BEFORE THEY GET TO GO TO BID, THEY ARE SENT TO THE TEXAS ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT'S THE NAME BOARD REVIEW.
THEY REVIEW THESE PLANS FOR CONFORMANCE WITH ADA STANDARDS, REVIEWING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DONE CORRECTLY AND SEND THEM BACK FOR REVISIONS OR THEY APPROVE THEM.
THEN AT THE END OF THE JOB, LIKE OVER HERE ON CEDAR STREET, THEY WENT THROUGH THERE AND CHECKED TO SEE IF ALL THAT STUFF WAS CONSTRUCTED PROPERLY AND THEY HAD TO MAKE SOME REVISIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE, BUT ANYHOW, THOSE PROBLEMS HAVE TO BE RECONCILED.
THE ADA HAS ESTABLISHED MINIMUM DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND OUR CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS ADHERE TO THAT TODAY AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME EVER SINCE THE ACT WAS MADE INTO LAW.
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I'M NOT GETTING UPSET ABOUT THIS PROWAG OR WHATEVER YOU SAID.BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ADOPTING IT WHOLE HOG AS A STANDARD TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US USE IT AS A GUIDELINES.
LET OUR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS CONTINUE TO DESIGN ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS THAT ARE OF LAW TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ALL IN THIS GUIDELINE.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE LIKE I'M SURE TXDOT HAS TO DO THIS.
BUT IF THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC REQUIRES IT, THERE ARE BEEPERS AT THE INTERSECTIONS FOR BLIND FOLKS TO GET ACROSS.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER STUFF THAT I'M CONCERNED IF WE SHOULD GO ADOPT THIS, THAT WE MAY FIND OURSELVES BEING REQUIRED TO DO THINGS THAT EXCEED WHAT ANGLETON REALLY NEEDS.
THAT'S MY HESITANCY ABOUT ADOPTING IS WHAT I'VE JUST SAID.
HAS ANYBODY GONE THROUGH THIS AND LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A STANDARD FOR ADA COMPLIANCE AND WHAT THIS INVOLVES? ADA VERSUS THE PROWAG GUIDELINES? AARON ARE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL? AARON URUK IS WITH KIMBERLY HORN.
SHE IS HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS THIS EVENING ABOUT THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN.
>> THANKS. THE ADA STANDARDS THAT YOU REFERENCED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THOSE WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1997 SHORTLY AFTER THE PASSING OF THE ADA, AND THEY HAVE BEEN UPDATED SINCE THEN, AND THOSE ARE THE CURRENT FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
PROAG HAS BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY THE US ACCESS BOARD SINCE ABOUT THAT SAME TIME.
IT IS STILL IN DRAFT GUIDELINE FORMAT, BUT HAS BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, WHERE AS THE ADA STANDARDS RIGHT NOW ARE SPECIFIC TO ON-SITE DEVELOPMENT.
IT REALLY HAS ALLOWANCES FOR THE NATURAL TERRAIN AND OTHER CHALLENGES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE SPECIFICALLY IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, LIKE RIGHT OF WAY CONSTRAINTS, AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, OTHER THINGS THAT MAY MAKE IT A CHALLENGE TO MEET FULL COMPLIANCE.
THERE ARE SOME COMPARISONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE, I CAN ANSWER THEM, BUT IT IS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE FACILITIES AND THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY ARE ABLE TO MEET FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY THAT ARE NOT GOING ON ON-SITE.
AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION DOES ACCEPT COMPLIANCE WITH PROAG.
THEY DO HAVE THAT STATED IN THEIR CODE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE REFERENCES THAT MEGAN HAD MADE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO LOOK OUT WHEN YOU WERE REFERENCING HAVING THOSE PLANS AND SPECS AND GETTING THOSE APPROVED BY TDR.
>> DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> SURE. SO SIDEWALKS, FOR EXAMPLE.
IN THE DIRECTION OF PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL, THE FEDERAL ADA STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT THE RUNNING SLOPE BE NO MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT, BUT PROAG ALLOWS THE SIDEWALK TO MATCH THE GREATER THE ADJACENT ROADWAY.
IF YOU HAD A ROADWAY THAT WAS OVER FIVE PERCENT IN SLOPE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CREATE A RAMP THAT THEN HAS A LANDING AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM WITH HANDRAILS, WHICH IF YOU FOLLOW THE CURRENT FEDERAL STANDARDS, IF YOU DID HAVE A ROADWAY THAT WAS IN EXCESS OF FIVE PERCENT, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WOULD REQUIRE.
A LOT OF IT'S ALLOWING FOR FACILITIES THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT TO BE COMPLIANT.
THERE'S ALSO SOME ALLOWANCES FOR THE CROSS SLOPE AT PEDESTRIAN STREET CROSSINGS TO, AGAIN, GO TO HELP WITH THAT NATURAL TERRAIN AND SO YOU CAN HAVE UP TO A FIVE PERCENT CROSS SLOPE AS OPPOSED TO A TWO PERCENT WHERE YOU HAVE FREE FLOW CONDITIONS, SAY IT IS SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OR A TWO-WAY STOP CONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE THE ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS WHICH WERE THE AUTOMATED OR THEY'RE DIFFERENT THAN JUST BEEPING.
THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ON MUTCD, BUT ONE THING I WOULD NOTE IS THAT TXDOT'S DESIGN STANDARDS, THEY ARE CLOSELY, IF NOT EXACTLY FOLLOWING PROAG AND SOMETIMES THEY'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR STANDARDS AS WELL.
THERE'S A FEW OTHER DIFFERENCES, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES JUST FOR EXAMPLE PURPOSES.
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>> SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, MEGAN, BY LOOKING AT THIS AND ADOPTING THIS IS, ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT GREATLY IMPACTS ANGLETON THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS? I SAW 73 PAGES LOGS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE, LIKE CECIL SAID, WILL THAT PUT US AT A SPOT WHERE WE HAVE TO CORRECT SOMETHING? IS IT GOING TO BE COST-PROHIBITIVE? ALONG THOSE LINES.
>> WELL, JUST GOING BACK TO WHAT AARON SAID, I WOULD SAY WE DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WHATEVER THE ITEM IS, IT IS ASSESSED, BUT I THINK THE EXAMPLE AARON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT SHE PROVIDED IS IT WOULD ACTUALLY BENEFIT US JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NATURAL CURVATURE OF THE TERRAIN.
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, WHEREAS THE ADA IS ACTUALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO DO MORE.
I WOULDN'T HESITATE TO SAY IT WOULD COST US MORE BECAUSE IT MAY BE THE COMPLETE REVERSE OF THAT.
>> IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, IS THIS DOCUMENT IS MORE BENEFICIAL THAN THE OTHER ONE FOR US OR, WHICH WAY SHOULD WE?
>> [OVERLAPPING] I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER.
THIS WILL JUST ALLOW US TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS LIKE TXDOT.
>> IF WE WERE TO ADOPT THIS, WE SOMEHOW CAN BYPASS ADA?
>> NO. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO-
>> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S AN ADDITIONAL STANDARD? BUT HOW WOULD AN ADDITIONAL STANDARD MAKE IT EASIER? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
>> [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE USED AS A GUIDE.
WE'VE ADOPTED A COUPLE OF STANDARDS IN THE PAST THAT WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THEM.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THE FEDERAL ADA STANDARDS WILL STILL APPLIED ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S NO CHANGE IN WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
THIS IS SIMPLY FOR THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY ONLY THAT THERE WOULD BE A CHANGE IN WHAT REQUIREMENTS YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES?
>> WE'RE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
ARE YOU SAYING THE ADOPTION OF THIS WOULD MODIFY WHAT'S REQUIRED BY ADA?
>> THE US ACCESS BOARD DEVELOPS GUIDELINES.
THEY ARE THE SAME BOARD THAT DEVELOPED THE GUIDELINES FOR THE FEDERAL STANDARDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
THOSE GUIDELINES WERE THEN ADOPTED INTO LAW.
IT'S THE SAME GROUP AND THERE WAS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THESE GUIDELINES.
IT'S ADDRESSING SPECIFICALLY THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY ARE DIFFERENT AND THEY COULDN'T BE FULLY ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT FEDERAL ADA STANDARDS AT THE TIME THAT THOSE WERE PUT IN PLACE.
>> SURE. WHO IS THIS? [LAUGHTER]
I'M ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON.
WHEN ADA WAS CREATED BACK IN 1990, IT WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR BUILDINGS.
THE ACCESS BOARD THEN SAID, STREETS ARE DIFFERENT THAN BUILDINGS.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR STREETS.
THE PROAG DOCUMENT WAS, AS AARON JUST SAID, THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY MADE ALLOWANCES FOR REAL LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
THEY DID A SIMILAR THING FOR PARKS, FOR OUTDOOR DEVELOPED AREAS.
BECAUSE IF YOU TRY TO FOLLOW A BUILDING STANDARD FOR A STREET AND SIDEWALK, THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT WOULD BE RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE.
WHAT PROAG DOES IS IT WORKS AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE AIDAG.
IF YOU LIST THE PROAG AS AN ADOPTED STANDARD, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION RECOGNIZES THAT, AS DOES THE ACCESS BOARD, AS ALLOWING YOU TO DO THE THINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO STREETS.
LIKE AARON JUST SAID, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO MAKE YOUR SIDEWALKS INTO RAMPS IF THEY'RE OVER FIVE PERCENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN THE HANDRAILS, AND THE LEVEL ENDING AREAS AND ALL OF THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE FOLLOWING PROAG, AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO FOLLOW THE STREET.
IT JUST RECOGNIZES YOUR REAL LIFE CONDITIONS THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND IT WAS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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>> THANK YOU. BACK WHEN I WAS MORE INVOLVED IN CIVIL DESIGN, IT WAS A BIG PAIN TO MEET THE CRITERIA.
I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE OUTER LOOPS, SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS DOCUMENT.
>> IT'S TRULY A BENEFIT TO YOU TO USE IT.
>> IT'S GOOD THAT TXDOT ADOPTED THIS, BUT TXDOT HAS GOT A LOT DEEPER POCKETS THAN ANGLETON DOES.
MOST OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ADOPT IS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN COURT FIGHTING OVER BATTLES TO SOMEONE HAS SUED THEM OVER SOMETHING.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
>> I'M GLAD TO HEAR TO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TWO DIFFERENT AGENCIES FIGHTING EACH OTHER OVER WHO GETS TO WIN OUT ON REVIEW.
THAT'S A LOT OF FUN WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH CERTAIN ENTITIES, NOT THESE PEOPLE.
>> MY SECOND QUESTION, MEGAN, WOULD BE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT? IS THERE A CRITERIA? THIS IS JUST, WE ARE GOING TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF.
>> RIGHT. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD AND LIKE CHRISTY AND AARON HAVE BOTH ALLUDED TO, IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO US BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THOSE REAL LIFE SITUATIONS IN OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT IT IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN.
>> HAVE YOU HAPPENED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, OUR CITY ENGINEER ABOUT THIS?
>> COUNCIL, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
>> WHAT DID YOU SAY? IT'S STILL A DRAFT FORM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> THIS REQUIREMENT [INAUDIBLE]
>> WHEN YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A DRAFT DOCUMENT.
>> OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. BUT THE DRAFT WAS STILL IN DRAFT FORM.
>> THE ACCESS BOARD IS DONE WITH THEIR WORK, MEANING IT IS FINAL.
THE DRAFT DOCUMENT ONLY MEANS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HASN'T ADOPTED IT YET, AND THAT JUST MEANS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CAN'T SUE YOU FOR NOT USING IT.
BUT IF YOU ADOPT IT LOCALLY, THEN YOU CAN ENFORCE IT.
YOU CAN'T ENFORCE SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T ADOPT, AND SO YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WHAT YOU DO LOCALLY IS WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ENFORCE AND THIS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND US AS CONSULTANTS.
>> LET ME HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION?
>> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR DEPARTMENT [LAUGHTER] OR WHEREVER ELSE.
BUT YOU ALL SAY AS CONSULTANTS, YOU ALL RECOMMEND IT. WHY?
>> CHRISTY, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT?
WE RECOMMEND IT MOSTLY, BECAUSE IT'S WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
A STANDARD WRITTEN FOR BUILDINGS.
YOU'VE GOT TO THINK BACK WHEN THEY WROTE THE ADA, THEY WERE TRYING TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING, AND SO THEY PUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD, BUT THEIR FOCUS WAS BUILDINGS.
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE ADA AND SAY, WELL, NOW WAIT A MINUTE, THERE'S ONLY TWO PICTURES, A CURB RAMPS, AND THAT'S JUST NOT REALISTIC.
WE HAVE WAY MORE CURB RAMPS DESIGNS THAN TWO, AND SO THEY PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE IN 1992 TO REALLY STUDY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE WERE 10 MAIN AREAS THAT THEY REALLY FOCUSED ON, AND THAT INCLUDED YOUR EXISTING SLOPES AND COUNTER SLOPES, IT INCLUDED YOUR CROSSWALKS AND WHAT IF CROSSING A STREET BECAUSE THE STREET HAS A CROWN, WHAT IF THAT GOES OVER FIVE PERCENT, WHAT DO WE DO? AS ADA SAYS THAT IF IT GOES OVER FIVE PERCENT,
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YOU HAVE TO TREAT IT LIKE A RAMP.PROWAG CAME IN AND SAID NO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
IT WAS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU DEAL WITH DAILY FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE RECOMMEND IT.
IT'S PROBABLY ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT I DO EXPERT WITNESSING AN ACCESS RELATED CASES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PART OF THE OPINIONS THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING WHAT CITIES ARE BEING SUED FOR AND THERE'S A LOT OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ISSUES AND IF YOU FOLLOW PROWAG, IT MAKES YOU LESS LIKELY TO GET SUED FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
>> I CAN SEE IT'S A WAIVER TO THE ADA STANDARDS [OVERLAPPING] OR IT'S MAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE WORKABLE.
>> THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING TO [INAUDIBLE].
>> THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT. THAT GIVES US THE WAIVER FOR CEDAR STREET RIGHT NOW.
OTHERWISE, SOMEONE COULD COME IN AND SAY, WELL, YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING ADA STANDARDS PERIOD.
WHERE IF WE HAVE ADOPTION OF THIS, THAT GIVES US THAT SUPPLEMENTAL WAIVER TO SAY, YES, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING ADA, BUT WE'RE FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES AND WE'VE ADOPTED THEM AND THAT GIVES US THAT POSITION.
>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING THAT REQUIRES YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR PLANS FOR REVIEW AND YOUR INSPECTIONS.
IF THEY KNOW THAT YOU FOLLOWED PROWAG, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR VARIANCE PROCESS FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO COMPLY.
THE TDLR, THEY CAN ONLY COMMENT ON THE STATE LAW AND THE FEDERAL LAW.
THEY HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER ADA, BUT THEY'VE ADOPTED OR ACCEPTED PROWAG AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATE LAW AS WELL.
BY USING PROWAG, IT AVOIDS ALL OF THE VARIANTS PROCESSES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND IT GIVES YOU SOME CONFIDENCE THAT YOU'VE COMPLIED WITH BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
>> MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT PROWAG AS AN ANGLETON DESIGN STANDARD.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I LOOKED IT, I DIDN'T COUNT HOW MANY PAGES OF THIS STUFF WAS.
>> BUT I'M NOT READING ALL LIKE FOR YOU OR ANYBODY.
>> I GUESS MY ONLY THING IS, I WISH WE WOULD HAVE LAID THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO HOW IT RELATES TO ANGLETON AND WHAT IT NEEDS.
I MEAN, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BOOTH FOR TAKING IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSING IT.
CHRIS, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THE RELATION TO CEDAR STREET.
BUT I'M STILL UNSURE OF HOW THAT WOULD FIT WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO AND HOW IT AFFECTS IF TXDOT IS DOING THE PROJECT.
TUNNEL CAN AND THAT SIDEWALK PROJECT OR STREET REPAIR THAT WE'RE DOING.
WHAT THAT WILL DO WHEN YOU TIE THE TWO STREETS TOGETHER.
I WISH WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LAYOUT OF HOW THAT APPLIES TO US, BECAUSE WE'VE ADOPTED A LOT OF THINGS UP HERE AND SOMETIMES I DON'T THINK WE REALLY KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO END UP.
I HEAR WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTARY BECAUSE IT DOES ADD A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR TO IT BUT STILL IN THE LONG RUN, WHAT EFFECT THIS HAS ON THE CITY OF ANGLETON GOING FORWARD?
>> I'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
WE'VE REPAIRED SIDEWALKS ON NORTH DOWNING AS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE, AND ALWAYS WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THERE IS REPAIRING THOSE GAPS WHERE THE SIDEWALK WAS BROKEN.
>> I THINK IF WE LOOKED AT THE COMPREHENSIVE SIDEWALK, THERE MIGHT BE A SLOPE ISSUE AND I'M NOT SAYING THERE IS, BUT LET'S JUST SAY THERE'S A SLOPE ISSUE.
WELL, THEN DURING THOSE COUPLE OF PIECES OF THE SIDEWALK WOULDN'T BENEFIT THE CITY, OTHER THAN AESTHETICS.
YOU'D HAVE TO REPLACE THAT WHOLE SIDEWALK AND HAVE IT GRADED TO WHATEVER THE ADA REQUIREMENT IS.
>> YEAH. THE ONE THING THAT I THINK ABOUT IS WHEN WE PUT THE NEW SIDEWALK IN OVER BY KROGER AND WE HAD SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS THAT SAID WE HAD TO DRIVE UP AND UP AND PEOPLE WERE BOTTOMING OUT THEIR CAR FROM THAT INTERSECTION.
WOULD THIS HAVE FIXED THAT PROBLEM? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE.
>> BECAUSE I THINK SOMEBODY WENT BACK LATER AND DID SOMEHOW.
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>> IF THEY WERE UNCIVILIZED DRIVEWAYS OR STOCK CONTROLLED DRIVEWAYS, IT WOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED THE REQUIREMENTS.
THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE ADA STANDARDS RIGHT NOW IS TWO PERCENT CROSS SLOPE AND IT'S ALSO THAT IN PROWAG FOR THOSE DRIVEWAY CROSSINGS, SO IT WOULD NOT HAVE AFFECTED THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION.
>> OUR PLAN WITH THAT BUCKY'S INTERSECTION AT WILKINS IS STILL THE SAME AS WELL, WHERE THE SIDEWALK COMES INTO A SLOPE DRIVEWAY.
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THAT OUT AND MAKE IT FLAT, SO YOU STILL GET THE SAME ISSUE.
>> YEAH. AGAIN, YOU CAN LOOK AT NORTH DOWNING, WE DID UP BY THE EDUCATION BUILDING, ASE HEADQUARTERS.
IF YOU GO FURTHER SOUTH DOWN TOWARDS WILKINS, THERE'S A COUPLE WHERE THE SIDEWALK CROSSES THE DRIVEWAY AND IT'S IN MATCH WITH THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS NOT ADA COMPLIANT.
EVENTUALLY ALL THOSE SIDEWALKS OR GO ACROSS AND LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IT'S LITERALLY A SIX-FOOT OR EIGHT FOOT DRIVEWAY THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE UPSET WITH.
BUT AGAIN, IN ORDER TO MEET THE ADA REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FLATTEN OUT THAT.
>> I WOULD ADD THOUGH THAT THE RUNNING SLOPE, SO IN THE DIRECTION OF PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL CAN MATCH THE GRADED THE ADJACENT ROADWAY.
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT YOUR DESIGN DEPENDING ON WHAT CROSS STREET SLOPE THERE WAS GOING INTO THAT DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FLATTENED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONING AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A HUGE BENEFIT FOR US. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I HAVE ONE COMMENT REAL QUICK.
WELL, WHAT HOLDS VALUE TO ME IS THAT WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO WERE PUTTING MONEY IN FAITH TOWARDS GIVING A SOUND ADVICE.
BUT I MEAN, DOESN'T ALLEVIATE OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST SAYING, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN SLAB DESIGN OF DRIVEWAYS, JUST NOT MY CAREER CHOICE.
SO I HAVE TO PUT SOME FAITH INTO THE PEOPLE THAT WE HIRED TO GIVE US ADVICE. THAT'S ALL.
>> ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, SIR. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ANYMORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, MS. MEGAN. THANK YOU MA'AM IN THE BACK.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON
[5. Discussion and possible action on major and sub facility naming signage.]
MAJOR AND SUB FACILITY NAMING SIGNAGE. MS. MEGAN?>> YES. WE HAD A COUPLE OF MAJOR AND SUB FACILITY NAMINGS THAT WERE APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE WERE ASKED TO COME BACK WITH SOME SIGNAGE OPTION.
IF YOU RECALL CORRECTLY, THESE ARE RELATED TO THE SIGNAGE THAT WOULD BE ADHERED TO OUR FREEDOM OFF-FIELD COMPLEX.
THEN ALSO, THE OTHER SIGN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, ACTUALLY THE ABIGAIL AREAS PARK, THAT WILL BE A STANDARD SIGN THAT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE GATEWAY.
THE REASON THAT I INCLUDED IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING ON THE WEBSITE WHY THEY WERE NAMED AS SUCH AND SO, ONE COMMENT THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE IS IN YOUR PACKET, THE LINK DOES NOT WORK.
BUT IF YOU GO TO THE PARK'S PAGE AND YOU'LL SEE THE TAB THAT SAYS PARKING FACILITY NAMING, WHATEVER THE NOMINATION WAS IS LISTED THERE ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THERE IS SOME SECONDARY SIGNS.
THOSE ARE MUCH SMALLER SIGNS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING GO IN FRONT OF THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE BLEACHERS ARE LOCATED SO THAT IF INDIVIDUALS WANTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHY SUB-FACILITY WAS NAMED WHAT IT WAS, THAT QR CODE TAKES YOU TO THAT WEB PAGE.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR YOU THIS EVENING TO CONSIDER OR PROVIDE COMMENTS.
>> BURIED IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IS A MENTIONED OF KING FIELD.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ONES THAT WERE PROPOSED IN DESIGN, BUT WE'VE GOT KING FIELD OUT THERE WHICH IS REFERRED TO THAT AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT WE'D WANT TO APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZE THAT SO AGAIN, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF KING FIELD.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR US TO VOTE ON TONIGHT.
IS IT THE FOUR SIGNS? [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S JUST THE DESIGN THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
>> BUT YOU'VE GOT A MONUMENT SIGN OUT THERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT KING FIELD.
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WHY IS THE MONUMENT SIGN IN HERE? WHY'S THE DESIGN OF THIS MONUMENT SIGN IN THE PACKET?>> BECAUSE ABIGAIL AREAS PARK WILL BE IN THAT DESIGN SET BECAUSE IT IS THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE PARK AND SO THAT IS WHY THAT MONUMENT IS IN THERE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THAT SIGN WILL LOOK LIKE.
REALLY, THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T WANT TO, AND I GUESS I DID CONFUSE, BUT I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT THAT NAMING OF THE PARK, WHILE IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED AND IT WILL HAVE A DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ON OUR WEB PAGE AND DOES CURRENTLY, I WANTED TO SHOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THESE PURPLE AND WHITE FACILITY, SOME FACILITY SIGNS, IS GOING TO BE THE MONUMENT SIGN AT THE PARK.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BEAT THIS TO DEATH, BUT YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT, FOR TONIGHT, YOU'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR [OVERLAPPING] PUTTING THESE FOUR BASEBALL FIELD SITE?
>> STRICTLY THE FIELDS. CORRECT. YES, SIR.
>> WHAT'S THE MENTION ABOUT KING FIELD FOR?
>> LIKE CHRIS NOTED, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.
WHILE WE CALL IT THAT IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY, HASN'T BEEN FORMERLY NAMED.
STAFF IS JUST RECOMMENDING THAT THAT'D BE A CONSIDERATION AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.
>> SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND PUT IT ON ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM FOR CONSENT TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S KING FIELD, HERE'S THE SIGNAGE, WHATEVER.
WE JUST FOCUS ON THE FOUR. [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT KING FIELD SOMETIME.
KING FIELD HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME, IT'S BEEN USED BY MANY PEOPLE AND IT JUST FELT FALLOW UNTIL COUNCIL MAN RIGHT GOT INVOLVED.
>> COUNCIL MAN RIGHT IS VERY PROUD OF HIS WORK. [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S A GREAT LOOK AND FIELD NOW AND IT'S GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE USING IT NOW.
THAT'S NICE TO SEE. IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> JUST REAL QUICK QUESTION, MEGAN.
SO THIS IS KIND OF GOING TO BE OUR LITTLE TEMPLATE STANDARD FOR WHEN WE'RE DOING FIELDS, SO TO SPEAK, SO THEY'LL ALL LOOK UNIFORM ACROSS THE SEA, THIS BADGE LOOKING FORMAT?
>> CORRECT. IF YOU GUYS RECALL, THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE DID TALK ABOUT THE NAMING, THE REQUEST WAS FOR VARIOUS ITEMS, INCLUDING THE NAME, THE NUMBER, INFORMATION ABOUT WHY WE NAMED IT AS SUCH, AND SO THIS IS THE PROPOSAL THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
>> IT'S NICE LOOK INSIDE. THANK YOU.
>> I HOPE WE DO THE SAME THING AT [OVERLAPPING].
>> BATES PARK TOO, AND BRING THAT FORWARD FOR MAYBE ITS PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE DO A SURVEY AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU ALL AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S THE FIVE FIELDS AND LET'S NAME THEM OR TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND YOU ALL DECIDE AND WE DO THE SAME THING.
>> CHRIS LITERALLY STOLE MY NEXT THOUGHT.
THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST, AND NOT THAT IT MATTERS, BUT I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO DO THE SAME, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE BRINGING UP KING FIELD IN THE SAME PARK AS BATES.
>> I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD FIRST SO THAT WE APPROVED THE CONCEPT AND WE GOT A PLAN AND NOW THAT WHEN WE DO THE NAMING FOR THE OTHER STUFF, WHETHER IT'S THE SOCCER FIELDS OR WHATEVER, YOU'VE GOT TO SET STANDARD ONCE WE AGREE ON IT.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO PUT THE SIGNAGE UP THAT THERE'S A DEDICATION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS WITH THE OPENING OF LITTLE LEAGUE IN THE SPRING AND SOFTBALL IN SPRING IF WE SHOULD DO BATES.
JUST MAKES SURE THAT WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS, IT'S TIMED AND IT HAS THE FANFARE THAT IT DESERVES.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MAJOR AND SUB-FACILITY NAMING SIGNAGE AS PRESENTED TONIGHT.
>> MOTION BY COUNCIL MAN BOOTH, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT.
>> IN DIRECTION STAFF, LET'S WORK ON THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AT BATES AND DO A PUBLIC SURVEY AND SEE WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WE GET AND BRING IT BACK.
DID YOU ALL WANT TO BRING KING FIELD BACK AS A DISCUSSION?
>> I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY OFFICIALLY DO SOMETHING WITH KING FIELD.
>> YES, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON ADDRESSING KING FIELD.
>> THERE HAS BEEN THREE OR FOUR UP HERE, TALKED ABOUT THERE NOT BEING A FIELD FOR JUNIOR LEAGUE PLAYERS TO PLAY ON.
>> DIRECTION STAFF IS TO BRING THAT BACK FOR, MAYBE IT'S A AVLC FIRST.
>> DO YOU WANT US TO DISCUSS THE AVLC FIRST?
>> I DON'T THINK IT FALLS WITHIN THEIR [OVERLAPPING].
>> OKAY. WE CAN JUST BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION.
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>> WELL, I GUESS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIELDS, WE CAN ADD PICKLEBALL, MS. ROGERS.
[LAUGHTER] SHE WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT PICKLEBALL.
JUST MADE A LITTLE JOKE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
[6. Discussion and possible action on a Storm Sewer Line Replacement at 819 E. Wilkins, to be awarded to Matula Matula alternate bid.]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON STORM SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT AT 819 EAST WILKENS TO BE AWARDED TO MATULA MATULA ALTERNATE BIT. MR. JEFF?>> YES. WE HAVE A STORM SEWER LINE THAT RUNS FROM WILKINS TO NORTH ROCK ALVIN THROUGH A MAN'S YARD.
I THINK JOHN'S TALKING TO [OVERLAPPING] KNOWS ABOUT THOUGH.
I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE WILKINS DRAINAGE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT WAS PART OF WILKINS DRAINAGE.
>> WE HAVE PROBABLY BEEN IN THERE TWO OR THREE TIMES AND MAKE REPAIRS.
IT'S GOT THE OLD, WELL, NOT THE OLD BUT PLASTIC HDPE PIPE IN THERE AND WE'D WANTED TO RIP THAT OUT AND PUTTING RCP, WHICH IS REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE, CALLED THE LIGHT COMPANY DOES RIGHT BACK IN THERE EVERY ONCE A WHILE TO EASTMAN AND THEY CRUSHING THE PIPES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL SEE THEM IN YOUR PACKET.
[OVERLAPPING] IT'S EGG-SHAPED PLUS IT'S HALF FULL OF DIRT.
I TALKED TO PATTY AND SAID THAT WE HAVE SOME MONEY, NOT LEFT OVER BUT SOME EXTRA MONEY IN LIFT HIM FUND TO TAKE IT OUT OF THERE AND USE IT FOR THIS JOB.
RIGHT NOW I HAVEN'T TEMPORARY RUN AND A GUY KEEPS COMPLAINING ABOUT A YARD OVER THERE.
>> HE WANTS TO GET IT RESOLVED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. JEFF.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BID FROM MATULA MATULA WITH THE PROJECT.
>> CAN I ASK FOR DIRECTION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS?
>> I ALREADY TALKED TO PATTY ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> I'M SORRY, MR. [OVERLAPPING]
>>I AGREE. USE IT AT THE OPERA.
>> WHAT IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST?
>> IT SHOULD BE ON MY LEFT ON ONE.
>> YOU ALL KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING WILL COME FROM.
>> REFERENCE AS ONE IF YOU HAVE IT.
>> JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M TRACKING IT.
>> SO I BELIEVE MR COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND MADE THE MOTION.
>> MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT MADE THE SECOND.
>> YOU ALL DO KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING TO COME FROM.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, THERE IT IS.
IT'S UP, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IT IN THE PUBLIC.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE?
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
>> JEFF, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE FINISH THIS PROJECT THAT IT HAS BEEN SMOOTHED OUT AND WE'RE NOT LEAVING TRASH AND THE DIRT, CONCRETE PIECES, AND SUCH, AND ROCK BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN HIS BIGGEST ISSUE?
>> YES. I TALKED TO MATULA MATULA TODAY AND TOLD HIM THAT THEY GOT THE JOB THAT WE NEED THAT REALLY CLEANED UP REAL NICE.
>> IT'S SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD, WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S PUBLIC RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 9;
[9. Discussion and possible action on approving a resolution appointing HDR Engineering, Inc. the city engineer; providing for repeal; and providing for an effective date.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING A RESOLUTION APPOINTING HDR ENGINEERING, INC. THE CITY ENGINEER PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.>> JEREMY, I'LL TAKE [OVERLAPPING]
>> I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK AT ME ANYWAYS.
SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH HDR ENGINEERING.
CAN'T FIND ANY RECORDS OTHER THAN RFQ.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CITY COUNCIL RECORDS THAT SAY THEY WERE APPOINTED AS A CITY ENGINEER.
UPON ADVICE FROM OUR ATTORNEY, WE SHOULD APPOINT ENGINEERS FOR PERIODS OF 10, 20 OR 30 YEARS, AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THAT LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP, AND SO WE JUST WANT TO CODIFY THAT PROCESS TO SAY, WE'RE REALLY AT THE 10-YEAR MARK, HEY, LET'S PICK OUR ENGINEER, I THINK IT SHOULD BE HDR AS OUR CITY ENGINEER.
AGAIN, THAT QUANTIFIES OR QUALIFY AS A ROLE TO THE CITY AND IT MAKES A BIG DEAL WHEN WE APPLY FOR GRANTS AND THOSE THINGS BASED ON THEIR ROLE.
WE'D JUST LIKE TO PUT THIS PROCESS IN MOTION SO THAT EVERY 10 YEARS,
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WE REVIEW THEIRS OR WHOEVER'S QUALIFICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE AND NOT NECESSARILY FORMALLY, BUT JUST BRING IT UP FOR AN ACTION AND SO WE WANT TO JUST PUT THINGS IN RECORD.>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR. QUESTIONS, SIR?
IN READING THROUGH THE NARRATIVE, AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE TYPO THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR QUALIFICATIONS IN 2012, I THOUGHT THEY MEANT 2022 AND THEN THEY RENDERED, NO, THAT'S THE TRUTH.
I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT THE TIME THEY WERE PROBABLY BROUGHT ON BOARD AS OUR CITY ENGINEER WHO SAID THAT IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT WE ASSIGN HIM AS OUR ENGINEER BY ORDINANCE, COULD WE JUST EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT OR AN AGREEMENT LIKE WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR AUDITOR?
>> YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 2012, BUT THEY'RE RESPONDING TO YOUR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
THEY WERE SELECTED AS AN ON-CALL AS-NEEDED CIVIL ENGINEER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 2012, BUT THE DOCUMENTS WE HAVE REFLECTS THAT THEY WERE SELECTED TO SERVE AS YOUR ON-CALL, ONGOING LONG-TERM CIVIL ENGINEER.
BECAUSE WE'RE OFTEN ANSWERING THE QUESTION, WELL, WHERE WAS THE AUTHORITY? WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY.
I SAID, WELL, LET'S CREATE THE AUTHORITY SO WE KNOW FROM THIS POINT ON WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO BIDS OR WHATEVER, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO REFLECT CITY COUNCIL ACTION.
BECAUSE BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THAT'S WHAT YOU DID UP TO 2012, A RESOLUTION JUST WASN'T SIGNED.
>> WELL, I WASN'T QUESTIONING THAT, I WAS JUST QUESTIONING ENTERING INTO A CITY ORDINANCE.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ORDINANCE. [NOISE]
>> DOES THE RESOLUTION, I'M LOOKING FOR BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT, WILL HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE? IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE A PLAN FOR FUTURE REVIEW PUT ON THE TABLE?
>> THERE'S NO EXPIRATION DATE ON THE RESOLUTION.
>> IT'S UP TO CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHEN YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE RELATIONSHIP.
THAT'S UP TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE WHATEVER DECISION.
>> WE MAY JUST PICK A NUMBER OF WHAT WE THINK A REASONABLE TIME IS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP AND THEN A REVIEW.
>> I WOULD SAY 10 YEARS BASED ON PRECEDENT, ROUGHLY 10 YEARS AGO, MAY 2012.
>> I WOULD SAY 10 YEARS WITH THE IDEA THAT LONG AFTER I'M OFF CITY COUNCIL, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL REVIEW THE CONTRACT OR THE PARTIES UNLESS SOMETHING BECOMES SO DISPLEASING BEFORE THEN.
>> A RESOLUTION ISN'T BINDING AS YOU KNOW.
THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE THE DOCUMENT THAT BINDS THE CITY LEGALLY.
A RESOLUTION CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME.
WE CAN JUST ADOPT A NEW RESOLUTION.
IF SOMETHING COMES UP, WE CAN TELL HIM THANK YOU, WE'LL GO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> BUT I'M PLEASED WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE AND I ASSUME YOU ALL ARE THAT WE WANT TO RENEW THIS RELATIONSHIP FOR A NUMBER OF 10 YEARS.
>> SURE. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20220913-009 APPOINTING HDR ENGINEERING AS THE CITY ENGINEER, PROVIDING FOR A REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> GO AHEAD, JOHN, AMEND YOUR MOTION.
>> I AMEND MY MOTION TO ADD IN THAT WE REVIEW THIS IN 10 YEARS.
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT IT BUT YEAH, WE CAN REVIEW IT EVERY 10 YEARS. WE PUT THAT IN THERE.
>> I'M GOING TO PUT A 10-YEAR CYCLE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] FROM THE FUTURE WANTS TO CHANGE UP THE CALENDAR.
>> CECIL IS GOOD WITH IT. MICHELLE, YOU GOT THAT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
THAT COMPLETES CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MOVING ON TO REGULAR AGENDA NUMBER 14;
[14. Discussion and possible action on an ordinance by the City Council of the City of Angleton, Texas, adopting the 2022-2023 Fiscal Budget of the City of Angleton, Texas for the Fiscal Year beginning on October 1, 2022 and ending on September 30, 2023; and providing a severability clause; providing for repeal and penalty; and providing an effective date. This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by $1,312,773 or 17.33%, and of that amount, $128,744 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS ADOPTING THE 2022-2023 FISCAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,[00:50:02]
2022, AND ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, AND PROVIDING A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $1,312,773, OR 17.33 PERCENT.
OF THAT AMOUNT, $128,744 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE MOTION BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF OUR '22-'23 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT, I'VE BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES.
IT'S BEEN REVIEWED AND WE'VE MADE A FEW CHANGES CORRECTING SOME NUMBERS THAT TYPE OF THING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT OVERALL, THERE HAS BEEN NO BIG CHANGES SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE IT.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. MR. CONNOR, WE APPRECIATE IT.
[NOISE] COUNCIL OF QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK EVERYONE DID ON IT.
>> YES, APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TO DO OVER THE LAST THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, ALL YOU-ALL'S HARD WORK AND WHIPPING THE PENCIL AND TRYING TO GET US IN A POSITION THAT I THINK WE CAN STILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND SUSTAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU'RE MAKING THE RESIDENTS HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY IS GOING IN AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FUNDING AND OUR REVENUE STREAM.
SO TOUGH JOB FOR US UP HERE AND FOR YOU GUYS.
>> YEAH, BUDGETS ARE NEVER EASY.
PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH IT INDIVIDUALLY, CORPORATIONS STRUGGLE WITH IT AT TIMES.
IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO STICK TO.
I THINK THE CITY DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD, EVERY EMPLOYEE, AND CITY STAFF, SO I COMMEND YOU ON THAT.
>> IT WAS ESPECIALLY HARD OR TOUGHER THIS YEAR AS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS FEW YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN THE BUDGET, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.
>> WE'RE ALL UNDER THE EYE RIGHT NOW, THE PUBLIC, SO WE GET IT.
WE UNDERSTAND. WE'RE RESIDENTS AS WELL SO WE UNDERSTAND.
I CAN ASSURE THE RESIDENTS OF ANGLETON THAT THERE'S NO FLUFF, WE SPEND EVERY PENNY WISELY DOWN TO THE LAST LINE ITEM AND IT'S BECAUSE YOU GUYS THAT TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US DAY-TO-DAY. WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> FURTHERMORE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN REQUESTS ARE MADE TO SPEND MONEY THAT'S IN THEIR BUDGET ITEMS, [LAUGHTER] THEY DON'T JUST GET A PASS.
A LOT OF THE EXPENDITURES HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY US EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BUDGETED ITEM.
>> ANY MORE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? IT ISN'T ACTION ITEM SO WE MUST ACT ON THIS ONE LINE ITEM AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
>> THIS IS OUR FULL RECORD VOTE?
>> WHERE I MOVE, WE ADOPT THE 2022/2023 PROPOSED FISCAL BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE TO SIGNIFY EITHER AYE OR NAY. MAYOR PEREZ.
>> CHRISTINE DANIEL, COUNCIL WOMAN.
>> CHAVEZ THOMPSON, COUNCILMAN.
>> THAT IS 4:2 MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON ALONG.
[15. Discussion and possible action on an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Angleton, Texas, levying the Ad Valorem property tax of the City of Angleton, Texas, for the year 2022 on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the city on January 1, 2022, and adopting a tax rate for 2022; prov1ding revenues for payment of current municipal maintenance and operating expenses and for payment of interest and principal on outstanding City of Angleton debt; providing for limited exemptions of certain homesteads; providing for enforcement of collections; providing for a severability clause; providing for repeal and penalty; and providing an effective date.]
ITEM NUMBER 15, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, LOVING THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS FOR THE YEAR 2022 ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATES LIMITS OF THE CITY ON JANUARY 1, 2022 AND ADOPTING A TAX RATE FOR 2022,[00:55:03]
[NOISE] PROVIDING REVENUES FOR PAYMENT OF CURRENT MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING EXPENSES, AND FOR PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL ON OUTSTANDING CITY OF ANGLETON DEBT, PROVIDING FOR LIMITED EXEMPTIONS OF CERTAIN HOMESTEADS.PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF COLLECTIONS, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PENALTY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. GO AHEAD, SIR.
>> EXCUSE ME. THIS ORDINANCE IS TO PAY FOR THE TAX BILL FOR THE GENERAL FUND PORTION, SPECIFICALLY OF THE BUDGET AND THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF THE BUDGET.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THIS ONE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR STAFF, OR JUST GENERAL COMMENTS.
>> MY MEMORY FAILS. WHAT IS THIS? WE'VE DONE THIS WAY EACH TIME.
>> YEAH, WE WILL ADOPT THE BUDGET ON ONE AND THEN WE ADOPT A RATE AND THEN THE OTHER.
>> WE'RE FOLLOWING THE BUDGET SCHEDULE THAT WE PUBLISHED IN THE SPRING.
>> COUNCIL, WHAT DOES YOU-ALL'S PLEASURE? MOVING ON. I GUESS I HAVE A LEGAL QUESTION.
WHAT IF A MOTION DOES NOT COME OUT OF THIS AND THERE IS NO LIKE, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. WHAT HAPPENS?
>> YOU HAVE NO INCOME FOR YOUR BUDGET.
>> I GET THAT. IS THERE A FALLBACK OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT TRIGGERS? JUST QUESTION.
>> I THINK THE QUESTION REALLY IS, DO YOU HAVE MORE TIME AND THE ANSWER IS NO.
>> YOU WON'T HAVE A BUDGET AND YOU CANNOT FUNCTION.
SO IT'S LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY SHUT DOWN MAYBE SIMILAR FUNCTION WITHOUT A WAY TO FUND THE CITY.
WE APPROVED THE ORDINANCE TO LEVY AND THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INTO 2022, 2023 FISCAL BUDGET MUST STATE THE RATE THAT THE NET TAX RATE IS 0.618760 FOR EACH $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND FOR VOTE? I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM, RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR ROLL CALL VOTE.
LET ME GET TO MY SPOT IN THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE A BUDGET AND A TAX RATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, STAFF.
[16. Discussion and possible action on an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Angleton, Texas ratifying the increase of $638,899 in property tax revenues over last year’s operating budget as reflected in the FY 2022-2023 operating budget.]
>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN ORDINANCE TO RATIFY THE INCREASED TAX REVENUE.
IT'S AN EXTRA STEP THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS MADE US DO.
IF WE'RE ITS INTERIOR PASSED A BUDGET AND TAX RATE, WE RECEIVED THAT, WE'RE LEVYING MORE TAXES THEY MAKE COLLECTED LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS ONE STEP TO RATIFY THAT INCREASED TAX RATE.
>> AGAIN, JUST ITEM NUMBER 16 DISCUSSION WITH POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON TEXAS AS RATIFYING THE INCREASE OF $638,899 IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES OVER LAST YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET AS REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 DASH 2023 OPERATING BUDGET.
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>> THAT'S A RELIEF BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE [LAUGHTER] THIRD STEP IS IN-CHARGE STAFF COUNCIL.
>> BEFORE WE GO ON, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE REASON I WAS FOR THE TAX RATE.
WE COMMENDED OUR STAFF FOR THEIR BUDGET KEEPING ABILITIES ALL YEAR.
THIS TAX RATE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO GIVE BACK TO THEM, TO GIVE THE COLA'S THAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CITIES.
WE'VE JUST BEEN BEHIND ON THEIR RACES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THAT IS WHY I VOTED THE WAY I DID.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM. SO ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN ACTION ITEM.
COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOURS PLEASURE.
>> MAYOR, WE APPROVE ORDINANCE TO RATIFY THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE RELATED TO NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THIS IS NOT A ROLL-CALL VOTE.
IT IS ROLL-CALL. LET ME GET TO THAT SPOT.
>> THAT IS 5:1 MOTION CARRIES.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE GO TO RESORT CARRIED DAYS WERE SITTING IN THE CAPITAL WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE CALLING OF ALL THE VOTES.
THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE. I'M ANNOUNCING ALL THE INDIVIDUALS.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A BUDGET AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD NOW ONTO
[17. Discussion and possible action on the adoption of phase one of the ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan prepared by Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc.]
ITEM NUMBER 17. WE'RE GOOD.DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON ADOPTION OF THE PHASE 1 OF THE ABA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN PREPARED BY KIMBERLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. MS. MEGAN?
>> YES THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
JUST TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE AARON AND THE PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME UNDER TITLE 2 OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT.
THE CITY OF ANGLETON IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A SELF-EVALUATION OF IT SERVICES, POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND TRANSITION PLAN FOR ITS FACILITIES TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS AND ACCESS AND IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY THAT THIS IS PHASE 1 OF WHAT SHOULD BE A SEVERAL THINGS [NOISE].
SELF EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT.
IN YOUR PACKET, YOU WILL SEE THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK.
AND I WILL REVIEW THAT BRIEFLY WITH YOU ALL.
THIS PAST YEAR, HPLC DID FUN THIS PHASE, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW IN A PLC MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD THAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE CITY ADDRESS SOME OF THE FUTURE PHASES.
SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AARON ROOK WHO HAS A PRESENTATION, WILL REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE TODAY ALONG WITH ACCESS OLOGY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GO OVER THE PHASE 1 OF THE TRANSITION PLAN.
AS MEGAN MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW AND SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I WILL COVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES AND HOW THAT'S TIED INTO THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR PHASE 1 THAT WE DEVELOPED, AND ALSO SET UP THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ADDITIONAL PHASES THAT STILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED.
ALSO JUST TO NOTE, THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THERE LISTED THAT IF YOU ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADA, THERE CAN BE WITHHOLDING OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.
WE KNOW THAT TXDOT IS SERVING MUNICIPALITIES IN TEXAS TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE MET THEIR TITLE II REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT THEY'RE ALSO OUR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS HAPPENING THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THROUGH PROJECT CIVIC ACCESS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL 100 CASES ALREADY OPEN RIGHT NOW.
THEN THERE'S ALSO PRIVATE LAWSUITS.
JUST ON THAT SIDE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY IS MEETING THE ADA REQUIREMENTS.
BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S JUST A GOOD PRACTICE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ANGLETON ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND ACTIVITIES, AND FACILITIES THAT EVERYONE ELSE'S.
AGAIN, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE TITLE II REQUIREMENTS ARE.
THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE.
THE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ADA.
THE EMPLOYEE TO OVERSEE TITLE II COMPLIANCE.
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HERE'S YOUR ADA COORDINATOR, AND THEN TO ADOPT AND PUBLISH A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ADDRESSED AND THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE ELEMENTS.
THEN, AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
BUT THERE IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SELF-EVALUATION AND THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, SO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU EVALUATE CURRENT SERVICES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES, AS WELL AS MODIFY THOSE IF NEEDED.
WE DID REVIEW A SELECT NUMBER OF THESE IN THE FIRST PHASE, NO MODIFICATIONS, WERE DONE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE.
WE DID HAVE PUBLIC OUTREACH, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.
THEN JUST AN ONGOING PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THESE RECORDS ARE BEING KEPT ON FILE FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
THEN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSITION PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE CITY SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES SIDEWALKS AND CURB RAMPS.
THOSE RA PROGRAM UNDER THE ADA.
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE.
THAT'S AN ONGOING OBLIGATION AND DEVELOP THE TRANSITION PLAN.
BASICALLY IDENTIFYING THOSE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND THEN DOCUMENTING THEM IN THE TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH WE'VE DONE FOR THE FACILITIES THAT WERE EVALUATED IN THIS PHASE.
SIMILAR TO THE SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE TRANSITION PLAN TO ALSO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
FINALLY, THE SCHEDULE FOR PROVIDING CURB RAMPS.
THAT WAS PARTIALLY COMPLETED IN THIS PHASE AND WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE ON IN FUTURE PHASES.
IDENTIFYING THOSE PHYSICAL BARRIERS NEED TO BE DOCUMENTED IN THE TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AND DESCRIBING THE METHODS THAT WILL BE USED TO MAKE THOSE FACILITIES ACCESSIBLE.
THE DESIGN STANDARDS, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
THE ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN FOR THE BUILDINGS AND PARKS, AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY PROACTIVE.
THEN TO ACHIEVE TITLE II COMPLIANCE WITHIN A PARTICULAR TIME-FRAME, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND THE BUDGET THAT'S NEEDED, AS WELL AS INDICATING THE OFFICE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.
ALL OF THESE WERE DONE IN SOME FORM DURING PHASE 1 AND THEY'RE DOCUMENTED IN THE TRANSITION PLAN.
IF THEY NEED TO BE TEED UP FOR FUTURE PHASES, WE'VE ALSO NOTED THAT IN THE TRANSITION PLAN AS WELL.
OUR CURRENT PHASE, THIS WAS THE SCOPE FOR PHASE 1, AND EACH OF THESE ITEMS HERE ARE WHAT I JUST WENT OVER.
WE PAIRED UP WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW WERE WITH WHAT THE SCOPE OF SERVICES WERE.
WE COMPLETED THE SELF-EVALUATION WITH THE SELECT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND ACTIVITIES.
WE ALSO EVALUATED SELECT CITY FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE MEETING THE STANDARDS.
AS PART OF THAT, WE ALSO HAD PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE DOCUMENT THAT'S IN THE MEETING PACKET IS THE TRANSITION PLAN DOCUMENT.
THIS IS YOUR MASTER PLAN FOR ACCESSIBILITY.
IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT AND IT'S INTENDED TO BE UPDATED AND USED REGULARLY.
IN THE MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES THAT WERE REVIEWED, THERE WERE SOME TEXT CHANGES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED TO HELP WITH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION REQUESTS AND TO MENTION THE CITY'S NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER CLARIFICATIONS.
THE EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, JOB DESCRIPTIONS WERE WELL-WRITTEN.
OTHER POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEE MANUAL WORK CLEARLY WRITTEN, AND SO WE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING AND THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE REVIEWED THAT NEEDED UPDATING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS AND THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO ADDRESS CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES.
SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION TEAM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PLANNING AND VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME SELECT DESIGN STANDARDS.
THESE WERE ONES FOR THE PARK DEDICATION THAT NEEDED TO BE REVIEWED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEN ALSO THAT THEY WERE REFERENCING THE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES BY REFERENCE.
THERE IS GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ADDED SPECIFICALLY FOR ACCESSIBILITY.
WANTED TO QUICKLY COVER SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT AND FOUND FOR THE REC CENTER AND POOL.
SOME OF THE MOST COMMON ISSUES THAT WE FOUND WERE THAT THERE WAS NO ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO SOME OF THE WORKOUT EQUIPMENT AND THE SLOPES ALONG THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTES WERE IN EXCESS OF WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE.
THERE ARE ALSO PROTRUDING OBJECTS IN THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE OR THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE THAT WOULD BE CREATING HAZARDS FOR SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO TRAVERSE ALONG THERE,
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AND THEN ALSO NON-COMPLIANT BENCHES.>> FOR THE FUTURE, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS, WE MAY HAVE TO EITHER REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S IN THERE TO PROVIDE THAT ACCESS OR YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EXPANDING THAT PART OF THE FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORKOUT EQUIPMENT.
IN PURVEY 2 IS LIKE IF YOU HAVE WEIGHT BENCH AND YOU HAVE TWO OF THEM THAT ARE IDENTICAL, THERE ONLY HAS TO BE ACCESS TO ONE.
THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ADA ACCESS TO BOTH.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT STAIR MASTERS, OR THE TREADMILLS, OR WHATEVER, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT SPACE FOR ALL OF THEM.
WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THAT EQUIVALENT SPACE.
WE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND FIGURE THEM.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AT THE PARKS, THE MOST COMMON ISSUES THERE, WAS NON-COMPLIANT PARKING AND ALSO EXCESSIVE RUNNING AND CROSS SLOPES WITH ALONG THOSE ACCESSIBLE ROUTES WITHIN THE PARKS.
SOMETIMES THERE WERE NO ACCESS TO THE AMENITIES.
THERE'S NO ACCESSIBLE ROUTE LEADING UP TO THAT.
THEN SOME OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WAS NON-COMPLIANT.
THERE'S ALSO SOME PHOTOS THERE OF THE ACCESS FROM THE PARKING AREA TO THE ONE OF THE PARKS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT ELEVATION DIFFERENCE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT A SAMPLING OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY.
THERE WAS A MILE OF SIDEWALK ALONG DOWNING STREET THAT WAS EVALUATED IN DETAIL, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ON THE MAP.
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFIED ALONG DOWNING STREET WERE SINKING, CRACKING, OR PONDING, JUST GENERAL DISRUPTIONS IN THE CONCRETE ITSELF.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME UTILITY AND VEGETATION CONFLICTS [NOISE] WITH OVERGROWTH OF THAT VEGETATION OR JUST SOME SINKING IN THAT CONCRETE AROUND THE UTILITY COVERS.
THERE WAS ALSO SIDEWALK CROSS SLOPES AND ACCESS OF TWO PERCENT, WHICH IS CREATING SOME CHALLENGES AS PEOPLE WALK ALONG THERE OR ROLL ALONG THERE.
SOME OF THE CURB RAMP ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFIED IS THAT THERE ARE NO DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACES.
THOSE RAISED TRUNCATED DOMES AT THE BASE OF THE CURB RAMP WE'RE MISSING.
THERE WERE ALSO EXCESSIVE CURB RAMP TURNING SPACE AS EITHER THE TOP OR THE BOTTOM OF THE CURB RAMP, THE FLAT LEVEL LANDING AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE, HAD EXCESSIVE SLOPES, SO THAT IT WASN'T A FLAT AREA.
THEN ALSO THERE WAS PONDING IN THE CURB RAMPS OR THOSE LANDINGS ARE FLARES, AND SO SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES GOING ON THAT ARE CREATING SURFACE CONDITIONS THAT ARE HAZARDOUS.
WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, WE DID HAVE TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
ONE WAS IN JULY AND ONE WAS IN AUGUST.
SOME OF THE GENERAL DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD IS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE HAD AT THAT TIME.
JUST GENERALLY ASKING HOW IS THE CITY DOING REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY, AS WELL AS WHAT ARE SOME SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS? THERE WAS SOME GREAT DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD.
THOSE ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE TRANSITION PLAN.
THEN WE ALSO WERE PUT OUT A WEB SURVEY TO AGAIN SEEK FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC THAT MAYBE WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS TO SEE HOW AGAIN, THE CITY IS DOING REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY.
WE ALSO HAD A WEB MAP SO SOMEONE COULD CLICK ON.
THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO A GOOGLE MAP AND IDENTIFY LOCATIONS THAT WERE OF CONCERN TO THEM.
ALL OF THESE FINDINGS ARE IN THE TRANSITION PLAN AS WELL, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HELP GUIDE THE CITY DURING IMPLEMENTATION.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT WEB MAP LOOK LIKE.
ALL OF THOSE ICONS THAT YOU SEE WERE ADDED BY CITIZENS WHO PUT THEIR CONCERNS WITHIN THERE.
YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA NOW AS WELL.
>> WE ALSO HAVE THE SOUTH SIDE TO WRITE.
I JUST SAW THE SCREENSHOT TO JUST SHOW THE NORTH.
>> WE HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OR JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GET TO SEE THE ICON.
>> THEN AGAIN, THAT TRANSITION PLAN.
THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, THESE HAVE ALL BEEN INCLUDED IN THE TRANSITION PLAN DOCUMENT.
WE PRIORITIZE THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FACILITIES THAT WE EVALUATED, AND WE DEVELOP PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATES TO HELP WITH THE BUDGETARY PLANNING.
ALSO BASED ON THAT, HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULED PROPOSED THAT WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO COME UP WITH.
THEN LASTLY, HERE, AS FAR AS THE DATA IS CONCERNED, WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A DASHBOARD IN WHICH YOU CAN VIEW AND FILTER THE DATA SO IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND YOU'RE ABLE TO USE IT DURING YOUR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS.
YOU CAN FILTER THIS BY COST AND PRIORITY.
WE'LL MAKE SURE STAFF IS AWARE OF HOW TO USE IT, WITH THE OPTION TO CUSTOMIZE IT AND FUTURE PHASES AS YOU REALIZE WHAT'S NEEDED DURING THOSE BUDGETING EFFORTS.
THIS IS THE FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.
THIS IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE TRANSITION PLAN RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
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IF YOU REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT WORKING OUT FOR YOU AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE TO THIS, AS WELL AS ADJUSTMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL EVALUATIONS.THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A GUIDE AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH BARRIER REMOVAL.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAVE.
SOME BUDGET PUT TOWARDS THE BARRIER REMOVAL.
THAT'S WHY IT'S A REQUIREMENT IN THE TRANSITION PLAN TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENTED.
>> LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET CLARIFICATION A LITTLE BIT.
THE PARKS, THAT'S A FIXED NUMBER BECAUSE THAT'S THE PARKS PIECE, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT, ALL OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE WERE ONLY FOR THE FACILITIES THAT WERE EVALUATED IN THIS PHASE.
THOSE ARE OUR PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATES THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE FOR WHAT EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS ARE GOING TO TAKE TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO ACCESS.
>> I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE RIGHTS AWAY SIDEWALK AND UNCIVILIZED INTERSECTION AND THAT'S THE ONE MILE THAT THEY LOOKED AT.
IN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY MILES OF SIDEWALKS WE HAVE, THEY'RE NOT ALL IN THE SAME CONDITION, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
>>YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE IS CONCERNED.
OBVIOUSLY, ENCOUNTERS STOPPED AS CRITICAL, WAS PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED QUICKER THAN FIVE YEARS.
WE WOULD DO RE-ANALYZE SOME OF THIS STUFF, DECIDE, OKAAY WE GOING TO HIT THESE THINGS IMMEDIATELY.
JUST AS PRIORITIES GET LOWER, WE HAVE LONGER TO DO IT.
>>CORRECT, WE AS PART OF THIS, DEVELOPED A PRIORITIZATION SCHEDULED TO HELP [NOISE] IDENTIFY WHAT SHOULD BE EVALUATED FIRST.
IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON SEVERITY OF NONCOMPLIANCE, PROXIMITY TO PEDESTRIAN EXTRACTORS, IF THERE WERE ANY EXISTING COMPLAINTS IN THOSE AREAS, THOSE THINGS ALL GOT RANKED HIGHER THAN MAYBE A LOWER PRIORITY ISSUE.
IF FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE WAS MISSING SIDEWALK, THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE ADA.
THAT WOULD BE RANKED A LOWER PRIORITY THAN FIXING THE EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.
WE DID HELP THE CITY PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE PRIORITIZATION AS IT RELATES TO THOSE ELEMENTS.
BUT IT IS UP TO THE CITY ON HOW YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROJECTS.
THERE MAY BE OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU CONSIDER DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
THEN MEGAN MENTIONED THIS WAS PHASE ONE.
FOR FUTURE PHASES, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED TO HAVE A COMPLETE TRANSITION PLAN, AND THAT WILL BE EVALUATING THE REMAINING CITY SERVICES, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES TO COMPLETE THAT FULL SELF-EVALUATION, AND THEN MODIFYING THOSE IF ANY DEFICIENCIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED DURING THAT EVALUATION PROCESS.
THEN AS FAR AS THE TRANSITION PLAN IS CONCERNED, EVALUATING THE REMAINING CITY FACILITIES.
YOU CAN SEE UP THERE THE SEVEN BUILDINGS AND 65 MILES OF SIDEWALK CORRIDORS.
WE DID DO AN INVENTORY AND GIS AS PART OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLEAR ON THE NUMBER OF MILES OF SIDEWALK THAT NEEDED TO BE REVIEWED.
THEN UPDATING THE TRANSITION PLAN AGAIN TO INCORPORATE THE FINDINGS OF ANY ADDITIONAL EVALUATIONS.
THEN LASTLY, WITH THAT DASHBOARD, BEING ABLE TO MONITOR AND TRACK YOUR PROGRESS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS DOESN'T JUST GET COMPLETED ONCE AND SET ASIDE.
IT NEEDS TO BE USED ANNUALLY AND LOOKED AT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MASTERPLAN THAT THE CITY HAS.
THEN IF THERE'S ANY NEED FOR STAFF TRAINING TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS OPERATING THOSE PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND ACTIVITIES IN AN ACCESSIBLE MANNER, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT AS NEEDED FOR STAFF.
I THOUGHT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE PRISTINE NOVELISTS WITH ACCESSOLOGY, VIRTUALLY ON THE LINE DOES THIS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. QUESTIONS FROM THE DIAS. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE THAT POPPED UP.
I KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS FOR, THERE'S A TIMELINE.
WHAT IS THE END RESULT? WHAT POINT IS OUR BENCHMARK OR THE GOAL LINE? WHAT TIMELINES AT, FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE IDENTIFIED JUST EVEN IN THE FIRST PHASE, THIS SMALL PIECE, THEN WE STILL HAVE 65 MILES OF SIDEWALK.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THAT YOU THINK? [OVERLAPPING] WHERE DO WE HAVE TO BE?
>> FOR THE EVALUATION PART OF IT, NO MORE THAN THREE YEARS IS RECOMMENDED TO GET EVERYTHING EVALUATED JUST BASED ON THE ORIGINAL DEADLINES THAT WERE SET IN THE LAW, AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS CIVIC ACCESS CASES, IS THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT IF IT'S NOT ALREADY DONE, THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEEDS TO COME IN.
THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT THEY'RE SETTING FOR THE COMPLETION OF EVERYTHING.
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WE RECOMMEND GETTING THE TRANSITION PLAN COMPLETED SO THAT THE CITY CAN SET THEIR OWN TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.THAT TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT A SET NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S GOING TO JUST NEED TO BE REASONABLE FOR THE SIZE OF THE ENTITY AND YOUR OPERATING BUDGET.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS HELP MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE FOUND DURING THIS FIRST PHASE.
THAT'S WHERE THAT FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT IN TIME WAS RECOMMENDED AS A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME FOR WHAT'S KNOWN AT THE STATE.
>> BECAUSE A LOT OF IT'S TIED TO FUNDING, AND AS YOU JUST SOLVE WITH OUR BUDGET, FUNDING IS TIGHT.
WHERE DO YOU GET THE EXTRA TO GET THAT TIMELINE SUCCESSFUL? THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING THESE ISSUES WITHIN THE ADA AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR CITY.
BUT NOW THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THEM, NOW IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECOURSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEFICIENCY, WE'RE NOT FIXING IT OR DRESSING IT RIGHT AWAY.
IT SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO BE A RECOURSE FOR SOMEONE'S GOING TO COME IN, SAY, FIX IT NOW. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? I DON'T KNOW IF I'M READING THE QUESTION CORRECTLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING NOW, AS WE'VE IDENTIFIED ALL THESE DEFICIENCIES, SOMEBODY WILL COME AFTER US AND GO, YOU GOT TO GET THEM FIXED.
THE CITY HAVE REMOVED ALL THESE BARRIERS TO ACCESS SO YOU'RE BETTER OFF KNOWING WHERE YOUR CHALLENGES ARE THAN NOT KNOWING, AND IF SOMEBODY DOES HAVE A COMPLAINT THAT COMES IN IS SIMPLY JUST BECOMES A HIGHER PRIORITY.
IT'S IN YOUR PLAN, IT'S BEING PLANNED OUT, BUT THAT'S WHY THIS IS A FLEXIBLE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND THAT PRIORITIES CAN CHANGE AND AS CONCERNS COME IN IF IT'S BECOMING A CHALLENGE FOR SOMEONE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN LOOK AT, OR IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT MIGHT MAKE SOMETHING A HIGHER PRIORITY.
BUT DEFINITELY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN LOOK AT ON AS NEEDED BASIS.
>> I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE ADA ISSUES EVEN WITH THIS BUILDING, WITH CERTAIN COUNCIL MEETINGS WE'VE HAD SOME RESIDENTS GO, "HEY, YOU'RE NOT ADDRESSING MY NEED.
WE HAVE TO ACT ON IT QUICKLY, TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT NOW THERE'S A SIDEWALK AND THEY SAY I NEED TO GET MY WHEELCHAIR SOMETHING, AND TRUSTEE FOLKS, I'M ALL FOR ADA, I HAVE A SPECIAL NEED SISTER, AND SO I'M ALL FOR IT.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME SLAP US ON THE HAND OR NOW PUT US IN A LAWSUIT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FIXING XYZ.
>> WE ARE, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO IS SUBJECT TO RISK, AND SO IF WE DO SOME INCORRECTLY OR AGAIN, WE DON'T FIX AN ISSUE.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AN ISSUE.
I MEAN, A POTHOLE COULD SHOW UP AND SOMEONE HAS A FLAT TIRE BECAUSE OF IT, OR WE'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE WE'RE [INAUDIBLE] PIECE OF CITY PROPERTY AND ROCK HITS A WINDSHIELD.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE COURSE OF BUSINESS AND LIFE THAT WE ARE AT RISK.
IT BECOMES, HOW MUCH RISK DO YOU WANT TO HAVE? [NOISE] WE CAN'T PICK THE NEXT PLACE THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
LIKE THEY SAID, PICK THE ONES WITH THE MOST OBVIOUS, YOU CAN SAY, HEY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE MOST OBVIOUS PROBLEMS THAT WE CAN SEE, [NOISE] BUT IF I DON'T WALK THAT SIDEWALK, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE SLOPE MAY BE OFF OR IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A BIG DEAL TO ME, BUT IT MAY BE TO SOMEONE ELSE OR I CAN CLEARLY SEE WHERE AROUND THE STORM SEWER BOX THE SIDEWALK HAS FALLEN TO TWO INCHES AND YOU CAN'T GET A WHEELCHAIR OR SOMEONE CAN'T PROPERLY WALK AROUND IT OR IT'S A TRIPPING HAZARD, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
THOSE ARE, TO ME, THE OBVIOUS THINGS.
BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT IS IT, WILKINS AND DOWNING.
WE PUT IN THE NEW ADA RAMPS OUT THERE WHEN WE REPAIR THE SIDEWALK.
WELL, THERE'S STILL A POWER POLE, SO WE'RE NOT DONE.
TECHNICALLY, SOMEONE'S OUT IN THE STREET, IF THEY'RE GOING AROUND AND UP, DOWN DOWNING AND THEN LESS ON WILKINS.
WE'VE MADE THE ATTEMPT TO FIX IT, SO NOW IT'S ACCESSIBLE, BUT WE STILL HAVE AN ISSUE.
WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE TECHNICALLY IN THE STREET, AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF LAYERS OF WORK WE HAVE TO DO.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU.
>> WE CAN'T BE THE ONLY CITY THAT'S FACING THIS.
>> THE LAW HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR 32 YEARS.
THIS HAS BEEN A REQUIREMENT HAVING THE TRANSITION PLAN.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO FILE A COMPLAINT AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN, YOU'RE AT A MUCH HIGHER RISK OF LITIGATION THAN YOU ARE IF YOU HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE YOU'RE NOW ABLE TO SAY, YEAH, WE HAVE THAT ON OUR PLAN, IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE DONE IN 2028, BUT SINCE THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR YOU, WE'LL MOVE THAT THIS YEAR AND WE'LL DO SOMETHING ELSE IN 2028.
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THAT PUT YOU IN A MUCH MORE DEFENDABLE POSITION THAN TO JUST SAY, GOSH, I DIDN'T KNOW WE EVEN HAD A PROBLEM.THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE TRANSITION PLAN.
IT'S MORE OF A PROTECTION MECHANISM.
YOU ARE ALREADY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS STUFF.
THIS DOESN'T PUT YOU IN ANY MORE DANGER IF SOMEBODY COMPLAINS, IT ACTUALLY HELPS BECAUSE YOU'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENTLY.
>> REMEMBER BACK TO THE BUDGET, WE ADDED SOME NEW LINE ITEMS. IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY ADA IN STREETS AND PARKS AND REC.
THAT ALLOWS US WHEN WE FUND THAT, THE ABILITY TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING AT A PLAN.
AGAIN, THE COMMENTS ARE, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT PRIORITY BASED ON WHAT THE THREAT IS OR PERCEIVED RISK IS, AND WE JUST ADJUST TO IT BUT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT'S FUNDED THAT WE CAN GET AFTER SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
>> SHE DID ANSWER QUITE WELL, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> BUT SHE SAID WE ONLY TIP THE ICEBERG OF IDENTIFYING THE THEMES AND WE HIT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS AND WE HIT ONE MILE STREETS.
WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN [OVERLAPPING] FOR EVALUATION FOR ANY OF THE OTHER STORIES.
>> IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT OUR FUNDING, OUR BUDGETING WILL NOW HAVE TO SWITCH OVER.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY WITH NEW SIDEWALKS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO NOT LOOK AT ANYTHING NEW AND ONLY GO BACK AND FIX WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, MOBILITY MAY HAVE TO TAKE A SECOND SEAT TO REDUCING RISK.
>> WE EVALUATED THINGS AND WE PRIORITIZE THINGS BASED ON RISK.
WE DO IT FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE.
WHERE'S YOUR HIGHEST RISK FOR POTENTIAL LITIGATION? NOW, FOR THE FACILITIES AND THE PARKS, WE PRIORITIZE EVERYTHING INTO A 12 POINT PRIORITY SCALE.
A LOT OF COMPANIES JUST DO HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW LEVEL.
THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE HIGHEST? IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT HAS A KNOWN COMPLAINT OR IMMINENT DANGER, THAT'S GOING TO GO TO LEVEL 1.
WHEREAS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST SLIGHTLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE MIGHT BE A LEVEL 9 OR 10 OR IF IT COMPLIED WITH THE PREVIOUS STANDARD AND IT JUST DOESN'T COMPLY WITH CURRENT STANDARD, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT INTO 11.
THAT WAY AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR LIST, YOU'RE ABLE TO GO, OKAY, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE LEVEL 1 PRIORITIES THAT WE NEED TO RESOLVE.
LEVELS 1-4 ARE HIGH PRIORITY, 5-8 ARE MEDIUM PRIORITY, 9-12 ARE LOW-PRIORITY, AND THAT HELPS YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY THE MOST EFFICIENTLY.
THEN IF YOU GET A COMPLAINT, EVEN IF IT'S A LEVEL 9 COMPLAINT, WE MOVE IT UP TO LEVEL 1 BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A COMPLAINT ON IT.
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO KEEP THIS AS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND CONTINUALLY MOVE UP THE THINGS THAT YOUR CITIZENS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT OR THAT WE KNOW ARE AN ISSUE.
>> WE HAD THAT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
WE HAD AN INCIDENT ON WHAT YOU CONSIDER LEVEL 9, LOW-PRIORITY ISSUE AND WE MOVE THAT UP TO NUMBER 1 AND WE REPLACED THE SIDEWALK FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU. ANYMORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE MAY HAVE TO FOCUS ON RISK FOR MAYBE SEVERAL YEARS, BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU CAN GET BACK TO THE PROCESS OF AN ACTIVITY AND EXTENDING INTO AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT BEING ACCESSED OR UTILIZED TO THE SIDEWALK SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY AS WE ALL KNOW OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN SIDEWALKS WEREN'T NECESSARILY A THING, AS OPPOSED TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN TOWN.
>> BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO ALSO LOOK AT THE WAY WE DO THINGS.
WE TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING DRAINAGE.
WE NEED TO WORK OUR WAY TOWARD THAT BECAUSE MOST OF OUR ROADS ARE DESIGNED WITH DRAINAGE ON EITHER SIDE.
THERE'S NO ABILITY TO PUT SOLAR LIGHTS, SIDEWALKS, CURB AND GUTTER, WHATEVER.
AS WE ADDRESS DRAINAGE, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO START SMALL AND PUT THAT DRAINAGE IN, FILL IN THOSE CULVERTS SO THAT WE HAVE THAT ABILITY.
IT'S NOT AS A BIG PROJECT LIKE WE DID ON MILLER PARISH WHERE WE PUT THE DRAINAGE AND THE SIDEWALK AND LET'S WORK THE DRAINAGE PIECE ALSO.
>> JUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
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I WAS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD AND I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN EXACTLY.BUT CHIPPING AWAY TOWARDS DRAINAGE, EXPANDING OUR FUNDING.
SAME THING WITH AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT.
WE'RE JUST GOT ALL THESE PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOT THINGS THAT ARE JUST, TO ME, A CONTINUATION OF THAT SAME CONVERSATION AND WE JUST KEEP WORKING TOWARDS CHECKING OFF A FEW BOXES AT A TIME.
BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA, ESPECIALLY IN OUR OLDER PARTS OF TOWN, OF ADDRESSING THE DRAINAGE ISSUE WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD COME BACK AND ADD.
BUT I WOULD SAY CARBON GUTTER WITH THE OPTION OF ADDING SOLAR LIGHTS AND SIDEWALKS, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF STEPS TO GET THERE.
BUT AGAIN, CHECKING OFF THOSE CHIPPING AWAY. JUST MY OPINION.
>> SEPARATE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH JEFF AND HECTOR TODAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE AND DEVELOPING THAT DRAINAGE PROGRAM.
WE JUST NEED TO START MOVING TO THE NEXT LEVEL WHERE WE PICK FOUR BLOCKS ACROSS ANGLETON.
NOW WE'RE JUST CLEANING THEM OUT, MAKE THE MODE AND THEN SPRAY IT.
BUT LET'S TAKE A COUPLE OF WALKS AT A TIME AND FILL THEM IN WITH THE CULVERTS AND SO THERE'S THAT PREP STEP TO SIDEWALKS AND SOLAR LIGHTS AND WHATEVER.
BUT WE JUST NEED TO GROW THAT PROGRAM SO THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THOSE ARE NOT JUST HAPHAZARD, BUT THAT'S THE NEXT SIDEWALKS OR THAT'S THE NEXT WHATEVER.
THIS YEAR IT'S DIGGING THEM OUT AND PUTTING THE CULVERTS IN OVER THE NEXT FOLLOWING YEARS AND THAT'S WHERE WE PROGRAM THE NEW SIDEWALKS.
>> IF I COULD ALSO OFFER THE GIS SHAPE FILE OR GSRS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NOW FOR THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF EVALUATIONS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TOOL TO BE ABLE TO OVERLAY THOSE WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE, LIKE YOUR DRAINAGE AND OTHER SIDEWALK PROJECTS SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU'RE CAPTURING ALL ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT SCOPE OF WORK.
AT THE SAME TIME AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO COME BACK AFTER THE FACT AND FIX SOMETHING THAT WAS AN ACCESSIBILITY CONCERN THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE BEEN FIXED AT THE SAME TIME.
>> YEAH. FROM PLANNING AHEAD, THAT'S EASIER.
PERSONALLY I THINK MAN, IF I'D ONLY DONE THIS FIRST, TAKEN THIS STEP.
>> TRULY THE GREAT HINDSIGHT 2020.
>> WE'RE LOOKING TO VALIDATE THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND NUMEROUS PLACES AROUND TOWN WHERE WE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES.
THE CITY CAN JUST DO SO MUCH BECAUSE THERE'S A POWER POLE THERE THAT IMPEDES ANYONE'S MOVEMENT.
THERE'S THIS OR THAT AND THE OTHER THAT THE CITY DOESN'T OWN.
BUT IT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CITY.
BASICALLY BY SUFFERANCE, THEY HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO PUT IT.
DOES THIS ADA STEP GIVE THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE MUSCLE TO GET THESE THINGS MOVED OUT OF THE WAY SO WE CAN COMPLY?
>> YEAH. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PROAG IS SO IMPORTANT.
IF THERE ARE EXISTING CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE IN THE FIELD THAT YOU CAN'T WORK AROUND AND IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO MAKE SOMETHING FULLY ACCESSIBLE YOU NEED TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE.
IF THEY'RE TIMBER POLES FOR OVERHEAD POWER LINES GOING DOWN AND IT'S TIRE SIDEWALK CORRIDOR, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO BUILDINGS THAT CANNOT BE MOVED.
THOSE ARE STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT ARE JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO ADDRESS TO MEET FULL COMPLIANCE.
IT'S LOOKING AT, HOW CAN YOU ACHIEVE ACCESSIBILITY PERHAPS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET? IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY AS YOU'RE WORKING WITH UTILITY COMPANIES, THAT'S HELPING YOU MEET COMPLIANCE WITH PROAG AS YOU DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM AS PART OF THE PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU CAN IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO MAKE THOSE FACILITIES ACCESSIBLE.
>> WELL, MY EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE UTILITY COMPANIES IS WHEN YOU APPROACH THEM ABOUT IT THEY SHRUG THEIR SHOULDERS IN THAT CASE YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
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I WAS HOPING THAT WITH THE LAW A LITTLE BIT MORE TOOTH AND WHAT THE CITY HAS GOT TO DO TO HAVE THE FACILITIES MODIFY THEIR LOCATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.CHRIS JUST MENTIONED THE INTERSECTION OF WILKINS AND DOWNING.
THERE MUST BE A POWER POLE THERE, I GUESS THE NORTHWEST CORNER.
THE POWER POLE HAS GOT TO BE THERE BECAUSE THE POWER LINES CROSS RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT'S DEFINITELY DURING THE DESIGN OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN THIS PLAN.
THERE'S NO DESIGN AS PART OF THIS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TO SAY WHAT IS THERE THAT CAN BE DONE POTENTIALLY TO MAKE THIS SITUATION BETTER EVEN IF IT'S NOT FULLY COMPLIANT.
I DON'T KNOW CHRISTY IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON TO THE LEGAL SIDE OF THINGS WITH THAT?
>> NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF IT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN.
IF AT ANY POINT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR EVEN A LOCAL ATTORNEY ASKS, WE'VE GOT THIS PLAN IN PLACE AND THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO TAKE THE CASE.
IF YOU'VE GOT A PLAN IN PLACE BECAUSE IT'S HARDER FOR THEM TO WIN AND IF THEY DON'T, WHEN THEY DON'T GET PAID, SO BIG SECRET ATTORNEYS LIKE TO GET PAID.
HAVING A PLAN IS GOING TO BE YOUR HIGHEST AND BEST PROTECTION.
THEN USING PROLOGUE AS AARON SAID, IS CONSIDERED A HUGE BENEFIT TO YOU.
BUT ALSO IT ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES VERY SPECIFICALLY WHERE A DAG JUST SIMPLY DOESN'T.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AS A REALLY GOOD PROTECTION TOOL FOR YOU.
AARON ALSO JUST MENTIONED THAT ADA DOESN'T EXPECT PERFECTION.
ADA SAYS THAT YOU PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE.
WHAT'S FEASIBLE AT ONE INTERSECTION IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S FEASIBLE AT ANOTHER INTERSECTION, DEPENDING ON UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WHAT THEN HAS TO HAPPEN IS TDLR, YOUR INSPECTOR, WHOEVER INSPECTS FOR YOUR FACILITIES, CAN THEN TAKE THAT THROUGH THE TDLR PROCESS SO THAT YOU GET THAT APPROVAL FOR REALLY BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE AND THOSE PROCESSES KNOWING YOUR PROJECT FILE AND THAT'S WHAT OFFERS YOU THE MOST PROTECTION. DOES THAT HELP?
>> I MOVE WE ADOPT PHASE ONE OF THE ADA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN PREPARED BY KIMBERLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES. [NOISE]
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT SECOND.
>> NO, I THINK A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO IT.
A LOT OF TOWN HALLS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN.
I LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR ACTIONS TO THE CITY.
FUNDING IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE HARDEST PART OF ALL THIS.
I THINK, PRIORITIZING IT AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO TACKLE IT AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
>> WE'RE PROGRAMMING RPA FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE TO DO THAT.
>> THAT MONEY WILL GO A LONG WAYS.
SOUNDS WE IDENTIFY WHERE WE FIX FIRST, BUILDINGS, SIDEWALKS, PARKS, ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE DONE SO FOR BALANCING ACT.
>> WELL, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BUDGET, BUT WHEN WE THINK OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STUFF AND WE'RE GO FOR A BOND FOR STREETS OR WE GO FOR A BOND LIKE WE DID FOR THE TACO BUILDING THAT WE SAY, HEY, LET'S CARVE A PORTION OF EACH OF THOSE BONDS TO PROTECT.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE I CALL FOR THE VOTE? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 18, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO TEMPORARILY ALLOW ONE-WAY TRAFFIC IN
[18. Discussion and possible action to temporarily allow one way traffic in and out of the Heritage Court subdivision on Halloween night from 6:00 P.M to 9:00 P.M.]
AND OUT OF THE HERITAGE COURT SET A VISION ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM.WHO'S THAT GOING TO BE? I DID SEE THE NAME ON OUR AGENDA. GO AHEAD, SIR.
> MY NAME IS BILL. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HERITAGE COURT PROPERTIES OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE ONE-DRIVE WAY IN ONEDRIVE WAY OUT
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AND A BIG GIANT CIRCLE WITH A CROSS STREET IN THE MIDDLE.I WAS TALKING TO OFFICER VAN DER DRIFT A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT HIRING TWO OFFICERS TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY ON HALLOWEEN, TRICK OR TREAT BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD JUST A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
ALMOST ALL THE HOUSES WERE DONE LAST YEAR, BUT THEY ARE ALL NOW COMPLETE AND SOLD, SO I EXPECT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC THAN THERE WAS LAST YEAR.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU HAVE A CAR PARKED ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE OUT TRICK OR TREATING AND YOU HAVE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC TRYING TO PASS IN-BETWEEN THERE, THERE'S BARELY ENOUGH ROOM TO GET A CAR AND THEY'RE MUCH LESS TO SEE A CHILD SHOOT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT WOULD JUST BE SAFER IF WE COULD ORGANIZE IT WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A ONE-WAY DIRECTION THAT WHICH WOULD LEAVE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR FEET ON EACH SIDE WHEN PEOPLE PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE REQUEST THAT I SUBMITTED.
>> WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR.
WE'VE HAD OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS DO THE SAME THING THAT YOU'RE DOING TONIGHT, SO WE APPLAUD YOU FOR WANTING TO DO, SAFETY IS A BIG CONCERN AND ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND WE APPRECIATE YOU-ALL GETTING INVOLVED. WE REALLY DO.
>> MR. BURTON, HAVE YOU DISCUSSED WITH OTHER NEIGHBORS AND THE SUBDIVISION? I KNOW THIS IS YOUR.
>> WE VOTED ON IT AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH IN AUGUST.
WE HAVE AN OPEN MEETING EVERY MONTH ANY OF THE RESIDENTS CAN ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH A NUMBER OF THE RESIDENTS. IT'S A SMALL COMMUNITY.
THERE'S ONLY 72 HOMES IN THERE, SO YOU PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY DO [LAUGHTER] AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
BUT YES, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.
WE VOTED ON IT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT APPLICATION AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
>> JUST WHAT WILL YOU ALL DO TO EDUCATE OR NOTIFY YOUR PEOPLE WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS A WORK OBLIGATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEY'RE ALL OF A SUDDEN FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT.
>> THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO HIRE TWO POLICE OFFICERS TO HELP COORDINATE TRAFFIC ON THAT NIGHT BETWEEN 6:00 AND 9:00.
>> I THINK ALEXANDER COURT WHEN YOU DRIVE IN, THEY HAVE A SIGN RIGHT THERE THAT SAYS ONE-WAY TRAFFIC AND THEY PUT IT UP EVERY HALLOWEEN JUST SUGGESTION, BUT I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU BEING PROACTIVE ON THIS AND COME INTO COUNCIL ON IT.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THIS REQUEST TO MAKE HERITAGE COURSE, SO DIVISION ONE WAY FROM 6:00-9:00 PM ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>>ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIDE.
MOTION CARRIES. GOOD LUCK ON HALLOWEEN.
>> THANK YOU FOR WAITING PATIENTLY.
>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG EITHER NUMBER 19,
[19. Discussion and possible action on a recommendation to increase the voluntary Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission donation on residential utility bills.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THE VOLUNTARY KEEP ANGLES AND BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION DONATION ON RESIDENTIAL UTILITY BILLS.>> YEAH. AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THE CURRENT UTILITY BILL GIVES PRESIDENT'S THAT OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTARILY DONATE TO THREE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
ONE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ONE AMBULANCE SERVICE, AND THIRD ONE IS KEEP ANGLES AND BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST THAT THAT VOLUNTEER DONATION BE INCREASED FROM ITS CURRENT $0.50 TO A DOLLAR, SO THAT DONATION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE AT $0.50 FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW AND IN ORDER FOR KEEP ANGLES AND BEAUTIFUL TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THEIR CURRENT PROGRAMS, WHETHER THAT'D BE FALL AND SPRING CLEAN UP.
THE TEXT DOT TRAFFIC CONTROL ART WRAPS THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO A FEW NEW INITIATIVES AS WELL, SO WE HAVE ADOPTED ROADWAY PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO BE KICKING OFF HERE SOON AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A WATERWAY CLEAN UP IN THE SPRING, SO ADDING ONTO THOSE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE DID HIRE A OUTDOOR AND NATURAL RESOURCE SPECIALIST FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] CENTER RECREATION DIVISION AND SO WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE, THERE WERE JUST NEEDS SOME INCREASED FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS, SO WE BROUGHT THAT TO KEEP ISLANDS AND BEAUTIFUL AND THEY APPROVE THAT.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU GUYS TO APPROVE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, MR. JASON. I APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR [INAUDIBLE]
>> SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO A DOLLAR AND THEY WANT TO STAY AT $0.50, SO THEY HAVE THAT OPTION OR THEY JUST HAVE TO DECLINE IT ALL TOGETHER?
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT WOULD BE A DECLINE IT ALTOGETHER.
IT JUST GIVES THEM THE OPTION TO ONE AT THIS TIME.
>> BUT THEY CAN CHOOSE TO MAKE A DONATION, SO [NOISE] INSTEAD OF THE $0.50, THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DONATE THE $6 OR WHATEVER. BUT THAT RANGE.
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>> I KNOW IT'S $0.50, BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST SOME PRINCIPLE MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW.
>>I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE HAS BEEN MIXED REVIEWS FROM THE EMS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCREASES IN DONATIONS AND PART OF IT, I'LL CALL IT A MARKETING THING.
IF YOU DON T KNOW IT'S OUT THERE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT PROVIDES, SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT TO SAY THIS IS WHAT YOUR VOLUNTARY DONATION HELPS FUND AND SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT.
PART OF IT'S I THINK AGAIN, THE STICKER SHOCK OF THEIR DONATION WENT UP, SO LIKE YOU SAID, I WANT TO STAY AT $0.50.
>> I KNOW WITH THE WATER RATES GOING UP AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING REALLY CLOSELY AT THEIR WATER BILLS COMING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE EVERY ACTION THEY CAN.
>> WELL, LIKE YOU SAID IT'S VOLUNTARY.
>> IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ITS OKAY.
>> THEN WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IT IF IN SIX MONTHS WE SEE EXTREME DECREASE IN DONATIONS.
>> NO, I'LL SUPPORT WHATEVER KB WANTS TO DO ON THIS.
>> I'D BE MORE INTERESTED IN A LITTLE FEEDBACK.
I'M FOLLOWING COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL'S IDEA.
IF THERE IS ANYBODY PUSHED UPWARD DONATION BECAUSE OF THE AND THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE MAKING DONATIONS.
DID WE LOSE PEOPLE? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IF WE'RE 95 PERCENT, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY OKAY IF WE'RE STARTING SEEING IT DRIFT DOWNWARD.
>> AS LONG AS WE RETAIN 50 PERCENT WE ARE GOOD.
>> I WILL POINT OUT AS WELL AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA PACKET, WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE OVER THE PAST THREE OR TWO YEARS.
WE CURRENTLY BASED ON CURRENT NUMBERS, WE WILL SEE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF DECREASE, OBVIOUSLY GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATIONS.
BUT IF WE DO HIT 50 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING, WE STILL WILL BE IN THE EXACT SAME SHAPE WE ARE TODAY.
>> MAYOR, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
I DON'T WANT IT. WE CAN OVERLOAD PEOPLE.
GOING WITH PIGGYBACK WHAT CHRIS WAS SAYING, I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER WERE TO ITEMIZE THINGS THAT WERE TACKLED WITH THIS BUDGET OR THIS DONATION.
MAYBE IT WOULD EDUCATE, MAYBE INFORM, MAYBE HAVE PEOPLE HAVE LESS QUESTIONS AND THEN THEREFORE MORE LIKELY TO DONATE. I DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO PUT IT IN EVERY WATER BILL AND START RISING COSTS AND EATING INTO YOUR BUDGET.
BUT EVEN IF IT WAS ANNUALLY, JUST HERE, NEW YEAR.
IF IT'S A NEW FISCAL YEAR, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL NOVEMBER OR WHATEVER.
BUT JUST TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IS MONEY GOES FOR, JUST A REMINDER.
YOU HAVE YOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS, BUT THEN WITHIN THAT GROUP THERE'S BULLET POINTS OF TWO OR THREE ITEMS STICKS.
>> GREAT SUGGESTION. THE THING THAT COMES TO MIND THAT WE ALREADY PUT IN FOR THE FALL SWEEP AND THE SPRING CLEANUP.
WE COULD ADD TO THAT JUST A BULLET POINT THAT ACCENTUATES TO LET THEM KNOW THIS IS WHAT A VOLUNTEER DONATION COULD GO TO SUPPORT AS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS [OVERLAPPING].
>> IF YOU'RE ALREADY SENDING IT, SUBMITTING IT [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE CAN JUST ADD THAT BLURRED THAT LETS THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES SUPPORT IT.
IT MIGHT GET THOSE PEOPLE ENCOURAGED THAT MAY NOT HAVE CONTRIBUTED OR DECIDED NOT TO.
THEY SEE THAT PROGRAM AS IT CORRELATES WITH TWO THAT'S IN THE SAME PAMPHLET. GOOD SUGGESTION.
>> ANYMORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL FOR THE VOTE? WE HAVE A MOTION.
>> NO, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY IT. [OVERLAPPING].
>> A MOVE WE APPROVE A $0.50 INCREASE IN THE VOLUNTARY DONATION FOR KEEPING UP SOME BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION ON RESIDENTIAL UTILITY BILLS TO A TOTAL OF A DOLLAR.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE?
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
[20. Discussion and possible action on awarding the contract to purchase two mobile generators to service the City’s lift stations to Generators of Houston.]
>> THANK YOU, SIR. MOVING RIGHT ALONG ON TO ITEM NUMBER 20, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO PURCHASE TWO MOBILE GENERATORS TO SERVICE THE CITY'S LIFT STATIONS TO GENERATORS OF HOUSTON.
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>> I'D LIKE YOU TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT GLENN IS NOT LAST TONIGHT.
>> I WAS JUST TO SAY THAT, WE WANT TO SAY WAVELENGTH.
>> HE HASN'T BEEN LAST A COUPLE OF TIMES RIGHT NOW.
>> HE'S MOVING UP ON THE TOTEM POLE.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN FEEDING THEM THE AGENDA MAKER SOME CAKE OR SOMETHING? IS THAT WHAT THIS IS?
>> GOOD EVENING. AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKET, WE HAD A SOLICITATION FOR BIDS LAST MONTH.
WE GOT AND I THINK IT WAS SEVEN DIFFERENT BIDS FOR FOLKS UNDER SPECIFIC TRY TO MOUNT A GENERATOR THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR THAT WE'LL BE PAYING OUT OF OUR BOND INITIATIVE.
THEY WILL SERVICE OUR LIFT STATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE BACKUP GENERATORS.
IT HELPS US STAY MORE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LATEST STATE REGULATIONS TO KEEP OUR WATER SYSTEM RUNNING.
WE RAN THIS THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY ENGINEER THAT THIS WAS THE SPEC.
WE GOT SEVERAL THAT RECOMMENDED SOME OTHERS, BUT THIS COMPANY GENERATOR OF HOUSTON CAME IN WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER BID THAN MANY OF THE OTHERS THAT PARTICIPATED.
THE CONTRACT THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH JUDITH LATE LAST WEEK AND THEY HAD SOME PARAGRAPHS THAT WERE AMBIGUOUS.
WITH YOUR CLEAR THAT UP AND GIVE US SOME MORE INFORMATION.
INSTEAD, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY REMOVED PARAGRAPH ON THE ESCALATION FEES WHICH DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO US AND WAS VERY VAGUE AND WASN'T GOING TO BENEFIT US ALL AND SOME CANCELLATION FEES.
THEY'VE CLEANED THIS UP. WE'VE GOT A MUCH BETTER READING CONTRACT RIGHT NOW WITH CURRENT DATES ON IT.
I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS DATED AUGUST 15TH AND WAS SET TO EXPIRE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
>> HELP ME WITH THE FUNDING AGAIN, WHERE WAS THE FUNDING COMING FROM?
>> THIS IS COMING FROM THE BOND THAT WILL BE AUGMENTING BUILDING OUR OPERATION CENTER.
>> I DON'T KNOW I FIND IT FISHY THAT THE BUDGET AMOUNT IS THE SAME AS FUNDS REQUESTED, THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
>> THANKS FOR MEETING ME THOUGH.
>> THESE WON'T BE ANCHORED AT THE SIDE OF THE LIFT STATION, AS WE NEED WE WILL DEPLOY THEM.
>> THEY'RE ON TRAILERS WE CAN KEEP THEM STORED IN CLIMATE CONTROLLED OR WHATEVER THEY CAN BE MAINTAINED AND THEN THEY'RE BROUGHT TO WHEREVER WE NEED THEM.
>> THIS IS HUGE OUR RESILIENCY OF BEING ABLE TO STAY FUNCTIONAL, WE LOSE POWER.
>> I THINK LOOKING INTO THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO POWER THE WATER TANKS, THE ABOVE GROUND STORAGE. THAT'S ENOUGH POWER.
>> IN THE EVENT OF A VERY WIDE OUTAGE IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU-ALL COULD TRAILER THAT THING AND MOVE FROM LIFT TO LIFT IF WE NEED TO MOVE THE STUFF AT VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CITY.
>> THAT'S PERMANENTLY ON THE TRAILER.
IT CAN BE MOVED, IT'S GOT THE FUEL, IT'S GOT SO HOOKUPS, EVERYTHING IS PERMANENTLY MOUNTED TO THAT TRAILER.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU-ALL SO MUCH.
I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE HUGE FOR US AND RESILIENCY AND SO I'M EXCITED.
>> I DON'T WANT TO DIG TOO FAR DOWN IN THE WEEDS, BUT DO THESE DIESEL ENGINES HAVE BLOCK HEATERS ON THEM OR DO YOU KNOW THAT?
>> I BELIEVE I DO THAT WAS PART OF THIS QUESTION.
>> I THINK THE CITY OF HOUSTON GOT IN A BIND THEY COULDN'T CRANK UP THEIR DIESEL GENERATORS BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO COLD.
>> THAT GIVES US THE BENDY THAT WE CAN BRING THESE INSIDE.
>> WE ONLY GET THAT ISSUE ABOUT ONCE EVERY 30 YEARS, BUT [LAUGHTER] IT'S STILL FRESH IN OUR MINDS.
>> I BELIEVE IT DOES HAVE BLOCK HEATERS, THEY DIDN'T PRINT THE ENTIRE SPEC.
>> BUT I BELIEVE THERE WAS A THREE-PAGE SPEC THAT WENT OUT.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. GLENN OR FOR STAFF? IT IS AN ACTION ITEM. AVAILABILITY.
>> THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE IT TO US OUR DEMO, WE'RE LOOKING AT 3-6 MONTHS.
>> FASTER, IT'S PART OF THE BACKLOG.
>> IT'S WAITING ON A CHIP [LAUGHTER].
>> I THINK THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION.
>> GLENN'S MORE OF A REALIST THAN AN OPTIMIST.
[LAUGHTER] NEED MORE OF THOSE.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE AWARD TO GENERATORS OF HOUSTON IN THE AMOUNT OF $185, 546.42.
>> TO INCLUDE THE BLOCK HEATER THOUGH [LAUGHTER].
>> TO INCLUDE THE BLOCK HEATER.
>> HOW MUCH OF MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[01:55:02]
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIDE.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GLENN.
[21. Discussion and possible action on an ordinance amending the utility rates in the City of Angleton Fee Schedule in Chapter 2 Administration Article X Section 2-266 Fee Schedule the Angleton, Texas Code of Ordinances; providing for an increase in the rates to be charged for utility services by the City of Angleton; providing for repeal; providing for severability; providing for a penalty; and providing an effective date.]
ITEM NUMBER 21 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UTILITY RATES IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON.FEE SCHEDULE IN CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE X OR 10, SECTION 2-266 FEE SCHEDULE, THE ANGLETON TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR UTILITY SERVICES BY THE CITY OF ANGLETON PROVIDING FOR REPAIR, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU NOW, IS THE WATER AND SEWER RATE INCREASE THAT WE BUILT INTO THE BUDGET TO FUND OUR OPERATIONS AND FOR NEXT YEAR.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THIS RATE INCREASE WILL DO IS IT WILL PAY THE ADDITIONAL COST THAT BWA IS CHARGING US FOR OUR WATER WE PURCHASED FROM THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE PROVED EARLIER WAS THE CONTRACT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE BOUGHT FROM THEM BY 500,000 GALLONS PER DAY AND THESE RATES HELP PAY FOR THAT.
THERE'S LOTS OF WATER AND SEWERS YOU NEED TO BE DEALT WITH AND WE GOT TO THESE RATE HELP FUND THOSE AS WELL.
>> CHRIS, I SAW YOU LEAN FORWARD?
>> YES. JEFF, WHAT'S THE NUMBER FOR WATER LINE BREAKS SINCE JUNE.
>> ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE.
>> ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE WATER LINE BREAKS SINCE JUNE WHEN WE STARTED TRACKING THE MASSIVE ISSUES.
FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW IT'S NOT A HIGH PRIORITY BUT THE LINE THAT GOES OUT TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGER WATER USERS COMPARED NOT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OVERALL USAGE, SO THAT'S HAD EIGHT OR NINE BREAKS IN IT AND IT'S UNDERSIZED.
BUT THERE'S VARIOUS STREETS THAT HAVE HAD MULTIPLE BREAKS ON THEM AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO FIX THOSE LINES AND THIS WILL PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THOSE RESIDENTIAL LINES ACROSS THE CITY WHERE WE'VE EITHER HAVE ONE BREAK OR MULTIPLE BREAKS AND WE WON'T GET THEM ALL.
BUT IT'S STARTS SWINGING AT THEM.
>> OF THAT 179, I KNOW YOU SENT SOME CORRESPONDENCE OUT AS A COST.
WHERE ARE WE AT AS FAR AS COST RIGHT NOW THAT JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
>> GLENN WHAT'S THE NUMBER OR JEFF?
>> ALREADY AND THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT CURRENT BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF OUR WATER USAGE IS BECAUSE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FAILING, BECAUSE WE'RE USING MORE THAN LAKE JACKSON AND THEY HAVE 8,000-10,000 MORE PEOPLE THAN WE DO.
>> YES. FOR EXAMPLE, JUST A REMINDER WHY WE'RE FIXING THE CHENANGO GROUND STORAGE TANK.
IT WAS LEAKING A MILLION GALLONS A YEAR.
>> IN WATER LOSS. WHEN WE FIX THAT HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR, THAT WATER LOSS WILL GO DOWN.
SAME THING WHEN WE HAVE ALL THESE LEAKS, SOMETIMES THEY TAKE A WHILE FOR THEM TO HIT THE SURFACE WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM.
WE'RE LOSING LOTS OF WATER AND WE PROBABLY STILL ARE LOSING WATER THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER TOO DEEP, OR HAVEN'T SURFACED, OR SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT WILL HELP OUR WATER LOSS ISSUES AND BRING OUR CONSUMPTION DOWN SUM.
>> LAKE JACKSON IS LIKE 60-40 [INAUDIBLE].
>> ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT HECTOR BROUGHT UP IS WE BUY THE WATER FROM BWA.
WE USE IT AND THEN WE PAY MONEY TO TREAT IT, AND THEN WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE CREEK.
[NOISE] ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR LOW-COST MAY BE $150,000.
WE CAN RE-PIPE THAT TREATED WATER BACK INTO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WE'RE NOT BUYING BWA TREATED WATER, WE'RE TAKING OUR OWN TREATED WATER AND PUTTING IT BACK AS A SUBSTITUTE.
I THINK THAT'S A COST-EFFECTIVE PLAN THAT'S GOING TO PAY FOR
[02:00:03]
ITSELF PRETTY QUICKLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE SPEND ON WATER USE.>> NEED TO PRESERVE EVERY DROP WE CAN PRESERVE.
>> THIS IS $17 PER MONTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THIS RATE BY.
IS THIS JUST TO COVER BWA OR DOES IT GET US WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH A LOT OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT?
>> YEAH. IT'S THE THREE THINGS.
IT'S 12 PERCENT INCREASE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO US THIS YEAR, PLUS IT'S THE START OF THE RATE INCREASE THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR.
IT BRINGS IN ABOUT $800,000 IN REVENUE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT A 150, AT GETTING THE RESIDENTIAL WATER LINES, ALL THOSE THINGS REALLY HELPS.
>> CAN YOU GIVE ME THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN?
>> THE ONES YOU JUST REPEATED ABOUT THE 0.5 MGD.
>> YEAH. IN THIS RATE INCREASES IS THREE CATEGORIES, 0.5 MGD, THE 12 PERCENT BWA WATER RATE INCREASE, AND THEN THE RATE STUDY WHICH STARTED THE SHENANGO GROUNDWATER STORAGE TANK LAST YEAR.
NOW IT'S FUNDING THE ABILITY TO DO ALL THESE WATERLINE REPAIRS FOR THE CITY.
>> [NOISE] EXCUSE ME FOR [INAUDIBLE] MY THROAT.
WE WERE GOING TO GET THAT 12 PERCENT INCREASE IN BWA, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND OPTED TO UP OUR INTAKE FROM BWA BY HALF A MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
>> WE WERE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO RESERVE OUR WATER FOR THE FUTURE.
>> EVEN THOUGH OUR IMMEDIATE NEED IS NOT NECESSARILY THERE.
>> PRIOR TO THAT, WHEN THEY FIRST TALKED ABOUT INCREASING OUR FLOW RATE, I SAID IN ORDER TO DO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER HUGE LINE UP TO ANGLETON.
TO GET A DROP MORE, IT WAS GOING TO COST US UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT MONEY.
THEN THEY RE-ANALYZED EVERYTHING AND SO WE CAN GIVE YOU ANOTHER HALF A MILLION GALLONS.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND LAKE JACKSON COUNTY.
WE WERE AT 1.8, WE'RE NOW AT 2.3.
WE WERE THE BIGGEST PURCHASER FROM BWA OF THE GROUP. YES, SIR.
>> NO. WELL, THERE'S ROSENBERG.
THE OTHER THOUGH, THEY'RE SEVEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> THE REASON I'M ASKING IS I'VE ALREADY HAD PEOPLE WHO'D ASKED ME AND I'M TRYING TO COMMIT IT TO MEMORY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR.
>> I'M HAPPY TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL THAT WILL DEFINE WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE.
>> I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ONE IF YOU SEND ONE.
>> WE'LL GET YOU ONE THIS WEEK.
>> WHY DON'T WE JUST START GIVEN OUT YOUR EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER.
>> WE USED TO HAVE A TABLE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT HAS ANY BEARING ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE IN ANGLETON, BUT LOT OF RESIDENTS WILL ALWAYS QUESTION OUR RATES COMPARED TO THE AREA CITIES.
>> WE USED TO PUBLISH A RATE TABLE THAT HAD US WITH THE OTHERS IN OUR PACK AND I DON'T SEE IT HERE.
CAN SOMEBODY SEND THAT OUT IN AN EMAIL?
>> WITH THESE CHANGES AND WHAT IT DOES, AND WHAT YOU KNOW THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES GETTING THE BWA INCREASE.
>> WHAT I'VE READ IN THE PAPER OF BRENTWOOD, LAKE JACKSON, [INAUDIBLE], CLUTTON, THEY'VE ALL HAD A WATER RATE INCREASE BECAUSE OF BWA.
>> WELL, WE WERE NOT ONLY JUST ACCEPTING THE 0.5 MGD WHICH WAS A STRATEGICAL DECISION, WHETHER IT WAS A CORRECT ONE I GUESS [INAUDIBLE] CAN BE ARGUED.
BUT THEN THE BWA IS DOING THEIR RATE ADJUSTMENT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING WITH OUR OWN RATE INCREASES, AND WE WERE WORKING IN SYMPHONY TOGETHER.
TIMINGWISE, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER THAT WE'RE DOING THIS SAME YEAR THAT BWA IS DOING THEIRS.
WE DIDN'T KNOW BWA WAS GOING TO BE COMING TO US.
[02:05:03]
WE HAD THOSE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE.BUT BY THE WAY, HERE IT IS WHEN WE'VE ALREADY MADE THIS, AGAIN, THE DECISION TO GO AHEAD AND INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH A RATE INCREASE IN OUR OWN STRUCTURES, IF YOU WILL.
>> YEAH BECAUSE WE STARTED THOSE OTHER DISCUSSIONS LAST YEAR.
>> I'M JUST SAYING IT WAS JUST LIKE, "WOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE." WHEN WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL HAD THE SAME FEELING, I KNOW I DID, IT WAS LIKE, "MAN, THIS IS GOING TO HURT IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HIT IT ALMOST AT SAME TIME."
>> LIKE IT'S A TRIPLE WHAMMY. COUNCIL?
>> COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
IT IS AN ACTION ITEM OR IT'S JUST PLEASURE.
>> NOT TO INCREASE THE [LAUGHTER] GREAT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAVE ANY CHOICE COMING FROM BWA PLUS THE STATE OF OUR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT CHRIS MENTIONED ABOUT FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO SAVING THAT WATER COMING BACK AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT GETTING US OFF THE COMPLETELY BEING 90 PERCENT RELIANT ON BWA AND START GIVING OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE INDEPENDENT ON OUR WATER.
>> WHERE ARE WE ON OUR WELL AND FREEDOM?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE NOVEMBER MIGHT BE THE START OF THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE AND SHOULD BE FINISHED UP BY SPRING OF 2023.
>> WHAT WOULD THAT LEAD THEN TO JEFF?
>>A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN COUNTING TO HER CONNECTION COUNT.
[INAUDIBLE] MORRIS ALREADY HANDLED TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH [INAUDIBLE].
>> RIGHT, BUT TO DIVERSIFY FROM A 90 PERCENT RELIANT ON BWA ONCE THAT WELL COMES ON, HOW MUCH DOES THAT CHANGE THE COMPLEXION THERE?
>> AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT OTHER WELLS AND WELL OPPORTUNITIES, BUT BASED ON THE WATER TABLE AND WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED WITH THIS WELL, IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD SOLUTION, MAYBE MORE COST-PROHIBITIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT CAN BE MORE RELIANT ON OURSELVES.
>>MAY I MOVE WE APPROVAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 20220913-021 APPROVING THE AMENDED UTILITY RATES OR ADOPTING THE AMENDED UTILITY RATES.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE SAME SIGN, THAT MOTION CARRIES.
>> I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK.
>> I LOOKED IN THE BACK, I SAID I SEE WHY.
[22. Discussion on the Belize Sister City updated agenda.]
DISCUSSION ON BELIZE, SISTER CITY UPDATE AGENDA.UNFORTUNATELY COLLEEN COULDN'T BE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, SO I'LL TOSS IT TO MR. CHRIS.
>> I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE AS WE SAID WE WOULD ON THE UPCOMING BELIZE VISIT TO ANGLETON.
RIGHT NOW, WE JUST HAD A CONFERENCE CALL YESTERDAY.
>> WE'RE ON THE SAME DAY. THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO VISIT ANGLETON.
THEY'RE COMING HERE 16 THROUGH 20TH, OCTOBER.
THEY'LL FLY IN ON A SUNDAY, BE A CASUAL DAY.
THEN MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE A FULL SLATE OF EVENTS INCLUDING A MOU SIGNING WITH THE CITY AND THE HISPANIC CHAMBER.
THEY HAVE LIKE FIVE TENETS, EDUCATION, INDUSTRY, TOURISM, MEDICAL, AND SO WE BUILT THE SCHEDULE AROUND THAT.
WE'RE TAKING THEM AROUND AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
ALL THE EVENTS AND ALL THE MEALS THAT I CAN RECALL ARE SPONSORED BY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND HOSTED BY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
[02:10:04]
FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST DAY WE'RE GOING TO GO VISIT ANGLETON ISD, CTE PROGRAM AND THEIR FOLKS, THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO COOK AND VISIT WITH THE FOLKS FROM BELIZE.WE'LL GO TO THE PORT. WE'LL HAVE A LUNCH DOWN THERE AND A TOUR BY HONORABLE CECIL BOOTH AND THE CAST DOWN THERE, WE'RE GOING TO BROWSE SUPPORT COLLEGE.
WE'RE GOING TO THE FAIR AND WE'LL HAVE AN INFORMAL SOCIAL WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS, VETERANS PARK, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN MOU SIGNING AT [INAUDIBLE] SOUTH.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALL SPONSORED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SO AS YOU ALL GAVE GUIDANCE TO THE STAFF.
REALLY THE ONLY COST BESIDES OUR STAFF TIME IS THE BUS, WHICH WE OWN, MEANING FUEL AND UP MAINTENANCE AND A BUS DRIVER.
WE'RE USING HOTEL TAX FOR THEM STAYING IN OUR HOTEL, IN ANGLETON.
THEY'RE PAYING FOR THEIR OWN FLIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS COVERED AND SO I THINK I'VE SENT OUT THE TANNERY A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT REALLY HASN'T CHANGED.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM YESTERDAY, THEY ARE ECSTATIC ABOUT THE VISIT AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
GET ANY FEEDBACK. AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR TIME FOR THE MOU SIGNING AND WHATEVER OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU WANT TO ATTEND.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SO YOUR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>>ONE COMMENT. WE DON'T HAVE THE BIGGEST ONES HERE IN TOWN, BUT MAY WANT TO TAKE THEM BY BUPKIS.
>> I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHEN JOHN WRITES IS GOING TO BE THERE GETTING HIS [LAUGHTER].
>> USUALLY BETWEEN 9:30 IN THE MORNING AND 10:30 IN THE MORNING.
>> I'M PUTTING THAT DOWN ON MY VISIT WITH JOHN WRITES AT BUPKIS.
>> IT COULD BE EITHER ONE OF THEM OR ANY OF THE THREE.
>> NO. I'M MORE INTERESTED IN HOW THE FAIR PORTION WITH THE AGRICULTURE AND HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD.
THEN I BELIEVE THE THE PORT WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON DOWN THERE.
>> WHAT ABOUT OUR RAIL STATION? ANY WAY WE COULD HIGHLIGHT OUR TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES.
>> WE DON'T HONK HORNS THROUGH THE TOWN.
>> WHAT I MEAN, JUST BEING HONEST, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN OF.
>> WE PROVIDE THIS TERETE WITH THEM AND AGAIN, ASK THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES, IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE? WHAT I DIDN'T MENTION IS ON THAT FIRST DAY AFTER THE BREAKFAST SOCIAL WITH THEM, SO MEET AND GREET WITH A BUNCH OF LOCAL BUSINESSES.
BUT WE'LL GO OVER THE REC CENTER AND SEE THE SENIOR PROGRAMS WHICH THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, YOUTH PROGRAMS, TAKE A TOUR OF THE PARKS.
THEY ALSO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN OUR GROWTH AND HOW WE'RE MANAGING IT AND SO WE'LL DRIVE THEM THROUGH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
>> HOPEFULLY THEY GET TO MEET WITH MIKEY.
[LAUGHTER] HE'S ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE I KNOW THAT ACTUALLY IS CONSTANTLY DOWN THERE.
>> I SPECIFICALLY INVITED HIM TO THE BREAKFAST ON THE FIRST MONDAY WHETHER WE SEE HIM OR NOT?
>> GOOD LUCK. HE'S PROBABLY IN BELIZE.
>> HE MIGHT BE THERE. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SPEAK TO DR. SOLIS WITH THE COLLEGE, MR. EDWARDS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND MS. BETH FROM THE HOSPITAL.
EVERYBODY IS REALLY EXCITED TO MEET THEM AND THAT WE'VE OFFERED THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, THEIR GREAT ORGANIZATIONS AND TO SHOWCASE THEM AS PART OF OUR CITY.
THEY'RE ALL EXCITED. I'M REALLY EXCITED.
MY BIGGEST THING IS THE CULINARY KIDS DOING THE COOKING FOR THEIR MEALS.
I WANT TO SEE THOSE KIDS DO A WONDERFUL JOB.
IT'S BEEN EVIDENT AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PORTION OF IT, IT'S GOING DOWN THERE.
THEN OF COURSE, THE RED DEVILS ARE GOING TO COOK FOR THEM AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME GOOD TEXAS BARBECUE.
JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY WANTED TO PARTNER WITH US AND SHARE IDEAS, EXCHANGE WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHAT WE KNOW.
THEY MAY KNOW A LOT MORE THAN US. WHO KNOWS? BUT WE CAN EACH TAKE SOMETHING FROM EACH OTHER CITIES AND MAYBE APPLY IT HERE.
THEY CAN APPLY IT OVER THERE AS WELL.
I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY HAS DONE, THE STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB TRYING TO COORDINATE THIS.
INTERNATIONALLY IT'S GOING TO PUT ANGLETON ON THE MAP.
I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO BE A SISTER CITY OF BELIZE. I'M EXCITED.
[02:15:05]
>> LET ME TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PARTNERSHIP.
WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH BELIZE ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT WE BOTH AGREED TO AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS USING ZOOM OR TEAMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
NEXT TOPIC, MAYBE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR MAYBE TOURISM OR MAYBE EDUCATION.
WE'LL PROVIDE THAT ENGAGEMENT AT AGREED QUARTERLY TIME FRAME WHERE WE'RE ALL GET ON A MEETING AND WHO'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT? THEY LOVE THAT CONCEPT THAT IT'S NOT JUST POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE AND SHAKING HANDS.
IT'S REAL MEAT AND POTATOES ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND IDEAS SHARING.
THAT'S THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE THIS PARTNERSHIP.
EVENTUALLY, THEY'D LIKE FOR DELEGATION FROM US TO COME VISIT THEM SOME TIME TO BE NAMED IN THE FUTURE.
BUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT ONGOING ENGAGEMENTS SO THAT WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP AND WE'RE NOT JUST FIGURING OUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE EACH OTHER ONCE A YEAR OR SOMETHING.
>> THEY WANT TO ZOOM IN ON OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND I'D LOVE TO DO THE SAME THING.
WE'LL ZOOM IN ON THEIRS AND AT LEAST PARTICIPATE FOR A MOMENT AND OVERSEE WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY COULD DO THE SAME WITH US.
I THINK THAT'S EXCITING THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM A FEW HOURS AWAY AND ACROSS THE OCEAN OR ACROSS OF THE GULF PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS.
>> IN THIS EXCHANGE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BRING SOMEONE FROM ROTARY AND ATTEND OUR ROTARY MEETING AND TALK ABOUT BELIZE IN ROTARY.
THEY'RE ALSO BRINGING BRIEFING SO WHEN THEY COME AND TALK TO THE PORT, THEY WILL TALK ABOUT BELIZE.
IT'S NOT JUST US TALKING TO THEM, BUT IT'S A BACK-AND-FORTH RELATIONSHIP AND DIALOGUE.
I'LL SAY WE'RE MAKING THEM WORK WHEN THEY COME, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING OUT TO MSR HOUSTON, THE TRACK AND WE'LL GO DOWN TO SURFSIDE BEACH.
WE WANT THEM TO ENJOY ANGLETON AND SEE ALL THE STUFF IN HERE.
>> ON THAT TON OF LIST. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
I WISH COLLEEN COULD HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT KUDOS TO HER TOO AS WELL.
OF COURSE, EVERYBODY, MARTHA AND THE STAFF.
IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING TO WATCH THIS PROCESS.
ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE ITEM NUMBER 22? MOVING ON. I'M SMILING.
[23. Discussion and possible action on approving an Engagement letter with Belt, Harris and Pechacek, LLP, to complete the Financial Audit and Single Audit for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.]
ITEM NUMBER 23, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH BELT HARRIS AND PECHACEK, LLP, I DON'T HOW TO SAY THAT, TO COMPLETE THE FINANCIAL AUDIT AND SINGLE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022. MR. CONNOR.>> THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU NOW IS THE LETTER THAT AUTHORIZES OUR AUDITORS TO START WORKING ON OUR AUDIT.
NORMALLY, THIS IS DONE A LOT EARLIER IN THE YEAR LIKE IN THE SCREEN.
THAT BECAUSE OF TURNOVER AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, HAS NEVER GOT DONE.
THEY HADN'T EVEN STARTED ON OUR AUDIT YET.
THEY WERE UNABLE WHEN WE TRIED TO GET OUR AUDIT STARTED.
THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL I GET THIS LETTER SIGNED.
>> I THINK WE'RE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS OF EXTENSION ON THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.
MY EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD OF AUDITORS AND AUDITS, YOU NORMALLY DO A FIVE-YEAR-ISH AND THEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR AUDITOR.
MY PHILOSOPHY IS YOU GET SOMEONE LOOKING AT YOUR STAFF.
IF THEY GET COMFORTABLE WITH YOU SOMETIMES THEY MAY OVERLOOK STUFF.
EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S GOOD TO POTENTIALLY SWITCH IT UP SO THAT YOU GET A FRESH SET OF EYES AND THEY MAY COME AND NOTICE SOMETHING THAT IT'S BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR A LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL CONTINUE THE AUDIT FOR THIS YEAR.
I WOULD RECOMMEND NEXT YEAR WE GO OUT FOR RFQ AND MAYBE WE STAY WITH THEM, MAYBE WE RP, BUT MAYBE JUST TAKE A LITTLE COMPARISON WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
>> YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT.
I WILL SAY IN MY WORLD IF YOU HAVE THE AUDITORS THAT YOU LIKE AND YOU HAVE A HISTORY WITH THEM, SOMETIMES YOU STAY WITH THOSE GUYS BECAUSE THE FAMILIARITY AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A COST SAVINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH YOUR CHART OF ACCOUNTS, WITH HOW YOU OPERATE.
IT MAKES THINGS A LOT CHEAPER FOR THEM TO NOT HAVE TO REWORK THE WHEEL BASICALLY.
NOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE PRICE TAG AND TO ME, THAT'S A REASON TO GO BACK OUT.
YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO STAY WITH FAMILIARITY, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE TAXPAYER.
[02:20:04]
IT SEEMS TO BE CLIMBING.>> YEAH, IT WENT UP 10,000 THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH. TO ME, THAT WOULD BE THE CATALYST FOR GOING OUT FOR A REVIEW.
SOMETIMES AN AUDITOR CAN GET COMFORTABLE IN THAT CASE.
BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT I THINK THEY'VE HAD FINDINGS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS WELL.
I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE MAKING FINDINGS EACH YEAR. WHEREVER THAT'S WORTH.
>> REPORTER'S WORTH, I TAKE HIS WORTH.
I LIKE TO SHOP LOCAL MYSELF FOR A LOT OF THINGS MORE THAN JUST AUDITORS, VEHICLES, GROCERIES.
SOMEONE'S INVESTED IN YOUR CITY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM REALLY BE INVESTED IN THE CITY AND THE LOCAL AREA.
>> WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM SINCE I GOT ON COUNCIL IN 2007.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. I AGREE.
KEEP IT LOCAL AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IT IS AN ACTION ITEM.
>> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH BELT HARRIS PECHACEK, AND CPA FIRM TO COMPLETE OUR FINANCIAL AUDIT AND SINGLE AUDIT.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
NOW I WILL SAY THE REASON WHY I DON'T HOW TO SAY THAT, AND YOU PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY THIS, MY SISTER WHEN SHE WAS IN COLLEGE, DID HER INTERNSHIP AT PECHACEK, THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF COLLEGE STATION AND SO THEY ARE AGGIES.
THEY WERE FROM THAT SIDE OF THE WORLD.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S HOW I KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I USED TO GO PICK HER UP AND DROP HER OFF IN HER SUMMERS WHEN SHE DID HER INTERNSHIP, AND THAT'S HOW I KNOW THAT NAMED PECHACEK.
>> YOU SAYING IT'S WRONG SIDE OF THE WORLD?
>> I SAID INSIDE THE WORLD, YEAH, COLLEGE STATION.
[LAUGHTER] THAT BRINGS US TO THE PART OF THE AGENDA A LOT OF FOLKS LIKE.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WE'RE ALMOST NEAR THE END, BUT WE DO HAVE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION [NOISE] PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED THEREIN.
NUMBER 24, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS PURSUANT 2551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
I WILL SHOW US GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:22.
[OPEN SESSION]
>> WE'LL SHOW US SITTING BACK AT THE TABLE AT 9:11.
THAT'S RIGHT, 9:11. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION?
>> YES. I MOVE TO APPOINT BLAINE SMITH TO POSITION 3 AND MICHELLE TOWNSEND IN A POSITION 5 ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THEN ALSO APPOINT SHERYL MACBETH TO PARKS BOARD.
>> DO OUR MOTION HAVE A SECOND?
>> MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
THAT MOTION CARRIES, AND I WILL SHOW US ADJOURNING AT 9:12.
THANK YOU. [NOISE]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.