May 23, 2023 City Council

ALL RIGHT. TIME IS 6:00.

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WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL US TO ORDER.

COUNCILMAN GONGORA. WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE AND COUNCILMAN BOOTH THE INVOCATION.

EVERYONE, PLEASE RISE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WOULD YOU PLEASE BOW WITH ME AND PRAY.

LORD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS TODAY FOR THE DAY YOU'VE GIVEN US? THANK YOU, LORD, THAT WE CAN DEPEND UPON YOU, THAT YOU ARE THERE.

YOU'RE OUR ROCK. WE CAN RELY ON EVERYTHING THROUGH YOU.

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY.

THANK YOU. FOR THOSE WHO SERVE IN EVERY CAPACITY HERE.

FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE NIGHT TONIGHT WE WILL GET TO CELEBRATE.

WITH MAYOR PEREZ AND OTHERS FATHER WHO HAVE COME TO TAKE PART IN THIS.

LORD, WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM TONIGHT.

WE ASK YOU FOR TO HELP US WITH DECISIONS THAT ARE FAR REACHING.

FATHER EVEN FURTHER THAN WE REALIZE.

BUT, LORD, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE IN CHRIST NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

[CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL]

MICHELLE, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY MORE? OKAY, SO I HAVE TWO.

THE FIRST ONE IS DONALD BROWN.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS? YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE ITEM FOR.

YES, SIR. DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THAT ONE? OKAY. AND THEN, DR.

ROGERS, YOU CAN WAIT TILL SIX.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON.

[1. Ceremonial Presentation of outgoing Mayor, Jason Perez.]

CHRIS, DO YOU WANT TO START US OFF OR.

YOU WANT ME TO START? YEP.

OKAY. SO, JASON, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE TIMES YOU AND I HAVE HAD ON COUNCIL.

CAN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? BEEN A LONG ROAD, MAYOR.

WE'VE I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL IN PROBABLY 07 OR 08.

AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO JASON BECAUSE JASON WAS INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING.

I NEVER THOUGHT HE EVER SLEPT.

I STILL DON'T THINK HE SLEEPS.

NICKY, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO TELL US THAT MORE THAN ANYBODY.

HAVE YOU SLEPT LAST NIGHT? I'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT. ALL DAY.

IT'S THE DEDICATION THAT MAYOR PEREZ HAD FOR THIS CITY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK ANYBODY WHO HAS TO FILL HIS SHOES MOVING FORWARD WILL FOREVER HAVE TO STEP UP AND DO THE WORK.

BECAUSE, JASON, YOU SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO FOLLOW.

I'D KEEP GOING, BUT I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? THIS IS A ROAST, I THINK, TOO.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH, I'LL GO. MAYOR PEREZ, YOU'VE KNOWN ME SINCE I WAS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

EIGHT YEARS OLD, MAYBE.

AND. YOU KNOW, YOU WERE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DECIDED TO DO BARKS AND THEN LATER ON COUNCIL AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE CITY THAT INSPIRED ME.

SO THANK YOU. I'LL SAY THANK YOU TO MAYOR PEREZ AS I.

SO ONE THING THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF OR WITNESSED CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THE WAY JASON RAN MEETINGS.

I ALWAYS WAS RESPECTED THE WAY HE ALWAYS KEPT A COOL HEAD.

A SENSE OF CLARITY, HAD A GREAT SENSE OF PAST AS WELL AS FUTURE.

HE WAS A GREAT, ALMOST AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KNOWLEDGE OF PAST EVENTS.

INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WOULD BE HARD TO.

IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO PLACE SO HARD, THAT'S GOING TO BE A GAP OR WILL.

INFORMATION PROVIDED BECAUSE YOU JUST HAD SO MUCH.

HE WAS ALWAYS PROFESSIONAL.

SOMETIMES THINGS GOT HEATED, BUT I NEVER SAW HIM LOSE HIS COOL.

HE ALWAYS COMMANDED HIMSELF WITH GREAT DEMEANOR AND COMPOSURE.

HE SET A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR US AS A MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL TO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, NOT DURING JUST HIS TIME, BUT

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ALL RIGHT, JASON, YOU'VE SET A GREAT EXAMPLE.

YOU'VE LED WITH ENTHUSIASM.

I MEAN. WE CAN REALLY BE WE CAN REALLY LOOK UP TO THAT AND SEE HOW YOU LOVE THE CITY.

YOU DIDN'T PUT ON A FRONT.

THIS WAS HOW YOU ARE.

AND WHETHER IT WAS OUT IN THE PUBLIC, OUT OVERSEAS, OTHER PLACES.

YOU REALLY YOU REPRESENTED ANGLETON WELL.

AND ANGLETON SHOULD BE HAPPY FOR HAVING YOU AND HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SERVE US THE WAY YOU DID.

SO I THANK YOU.

SO TRULY, I THINK THE CITY LOVES YOU.

AND THAT SAYS VOLUMES.

YOU'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A LEADER AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT YOU HAVE DEDICATED TO OUR CITY.

YOU HAVE LEFT A LASTING MARK THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED, AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD MORE TIME WITH YOU HERE.

BUT YOU'RE HERE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, COUNCIL, I'D ASK ALL OF YOU TO COME FORWARD TO THE FRONT.

WE HAVE SOME GIFTS FOR JASON.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE THIS TIME ANYBODY ON STAFF THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO MAYOR PEREZ ONE LAST TIME AT COUNCIL.

I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING, JOHN, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF AND MYSELF.

THE STAFF APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU KNOW, WE SAID SOMETHING AFTER THE STATE OF THE UNION, WHENEVER THAT WAS A MONTH AGO OR SO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS AROUND.

YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING TO STAFF AND THEY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND AND THE SUPPORT.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.

THESE TOKENS ARE NOWHERE NEAR WHAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING FOR ALL THE TIME WE PUT IN.

ALL THE HURRICANES, ALL THE FREEZES, EVERYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOURSELF TO.

FIRST ITEM. IS THIS HEART? I KNOW YOU BLEED PURPLE, SO.

THIS IS. THANK YOU, MAYOR PEREZ.

WE ALSO CAN'T LET YOU LEAVE WITHOUT HAVING YOUR AND THEN.

ALL THE TIMES YOU SACRIFICE JASON WHILE HE WAS ON SOME CITY BUSINESS.

YOU'RE AT HOME. WAKING UP WORRYING.

DOING EVERYTHING OUR MEETINGS LASTING UNTIL 1:00 IN THE MORNING.

WE HAVE SOMETHING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS WELL FOR ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT DOUBTING.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY.

MICROPHONE. WOW.

THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS, COUNCIL.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU GUYS.

SHORT TERM WITH MS. DANIEL AND ME AND JOHN FOR A LONG TIME.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS LAST FEW WEEKS, IT'S BEEN QUITE EMOTIONAL.

NOT REALLY WANTING THIS DAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIME WHERE YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK.

SO YOU COMPLETED THE MISSION AND YOU GO BACK TO NORMAL LIFE.

AND I'VE GOTTEN TO EXPERIENCE THAT OVER THE LAST 4 OR 5 DAYS AS ONE KIND OF BACK TO NORMAL LIFE.

BUT I MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE PLANT THIS WEEK, DROVE TO HOUSTON TODAY, AND WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, JOHN, THE REIGNS ARE YOURS, AND I KNOW YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB AND YOU'VE GOT A GREAT

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I JUST KNOW IT I FEEL IT.

EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE I DID.

AND I KNOW THE CITY IS STILL IN GREAT HANDS.

AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE TO PICK SOMEBODY TONIGHT.

I SAW THE SLATE. Y'ALL GOT TOUGH DECISION TONIGHT.

COULD BE A 10, 11, 12, 1 O'CLOCKER.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE.

I MAY BE IN BED, BUT I KNOW IT'S Y'ALL HAVE A TOUGH DECISION AND Y'ALL WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

CECIL. I'M GOING TO MISS SITTING BESIDE YOU, MAN.

I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS SITTING BESIDE YOU.

YOU GOT JOHN NOW, UNLESS HE REARRANGES THE SITTING.

BUT I'M GOING TO MISS CECIL.

I MEAN, HE WAS JUST LIKE MY OLDER BROTHER SITTING NEXT TO ME, AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM.

MARK, I'VE WATCHED YOU GROW UP, MAN, AND YOU'VE TURNED INTO A GREAT, OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AND YOUR FAMILY OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF YOU.

MISS DANIELS, IN THE SHORT TERM THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU'VE GAINED A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU'VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK, AND YOU BECOME INFORMED.

AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, BE INFORMED ON YOUR DECISIONS, AND I THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

TRAVIS I LOVE TRAVIS.

HE'S LIKE MY LITTLE BROTHER.

HE'S THAT GUY THAT CAN GRILL THAT INDIVIDUAL AND ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.

AND I LIKE TRAVIS FOR THAT.

HE'S THAT OPPOSITE END OF ME KIND OF KIND OF GUY.

BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT BALANCE AND I'M GOING TO MISS TRAVIS, WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM GRILLING THOSE PEOPLE AT THE PODIUM, MAN, SOMEBODY'S GOT TO DO IT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, JOHN, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

WE'VE DONE A LOT TOGETHER.

WE'VE BEEN ON MANY TRIPS, MANY CONVENTIONS.

AND YOU'RE READY.

I KNOW YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU'RE READY.

ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD.

CHRIS, YOU KNOW, HELP HIRE THAT MAN KIND OF WHEN WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CITY MANAGER FOR A FEW MONTHS. I WAS THE CITY MANAGER FOR A FEW MONTHS.

I WAS UP HERE EVERY DAY AT CITY HALL.

AND THEN CHRIS CAME ALONG.

AND NOT ONLY HE'S A PROFESSIONAL, BUT HE ENDED UP BEING A GREAT FRIEND AND HOPEFULLY FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.

WE'LL STILL BE GREAT FRIENDS AND YOU'LL STILL BE AT THE CITY.

YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR CALMNESS, YOUR WARDROBE.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK I'M GETTING SOME OF THAT RUBBING OFF ON ME.

BUT I LOVE YOU LIKE A BROTHER, MAN.

AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY CLOSE.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO WELL.

AND I'M GOING TO MISS HANGING WITH YOU EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

SO THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR EVERYTHING.

THE LADY THAT KEPT ME FROM GETTING IN TROUBLE ALL THE TIME WOULD GIVE ME THAT LOOK.

OR I CAN ASK HER AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

OR I'D CALL HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR TEXT HER.

MISS JUDITH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, NOT ONLY FOR BEING WHAT YOU DID FOR THE CITY, BUT BECOMING A FRIEND.

AND OVER THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS, IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING FRIENDSHIP, YOU AND MR. GRADY. AND I WISH HE WAS HERE TONIGHT, BUT OUR FRIENDSHIP IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE.

AND I APPRECIATE IT.

AND ALWAYS LOOK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR LEGAL EXPERTISE TO KEEP ME OUT OF TROUBLE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, MICHELLE YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WITH ME, BUT IF I NEEDED NOTES WRITTEN, IF I NEED A PROCLAMATION WRITTEN, MICHELLE WAS THERE AND SHE HAD MY BACK AND MY CORRESPONDENCE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS SITTING OVER THERE.

CITY STAFF.

MAN. Y'ALL MADE ME LOOK GOOD.

YOU MADE COUNCIL LOOK GOOD, AND I APPLAUD YOU GUYS.

Y'ALL GET HAMMERED.

Y'ALL GET BEAT UP ALL THE TIME, BUT Y'ALL DO THE WORK.

WE SET THE MISSION, WE SET THE GOAL, AND Y'ALL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND IT'S THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE THAT MAKE THE CITY THE HEART OF BRAZORIA COUNTY.

IT'S THOSE FOLKS SITTING OVER THERE.

AND I THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO AND THE SACRIFICES Y'ALL DO COMING TO MEETINGS AND BEING AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES AS WELL.

BUT Y'ALL ARE THE EXPERTS.

I APPLAUD YOU AND I'M GOING TO MISS YOU GUYS BECAUSE Y'ALL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND I THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT I'VE GAINED FROM YOU GUYS, FROM CHIEF TO MR .

MOORE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MS. MEGAN. AND I LOVE EACH ONE OF YOU AND KEEP DOING WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE MAKING THIS CITY LOOK GREAT.

THANK Y'ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

AND THEN LAST.

MY FAMILY. JOHN SUMMED IT UP.

A LOT OF SACRIFICES WHEN YOU BECOME PUBLIC OFFICE.

YOUR FAMILY CAN BE ATTACKED.

HARSH THINGS SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

MY WIFE TOOK IT IN STRIDE.

MY FAMILY TOOK IT IN STRIDE.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK Y'ALL.

Y'ALL DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THAT.

I DID. AND Y'ALL STOOD BESIDE ME THROUGH PANDEMICS AND DISASTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

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I'M GOING TO BE HOME MORE.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WANT THAT BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH HAVING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS TO COME HERE VERSUS BEING AT HOME.

I MEAN, JOHN KNOWS WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND THE AVERAGE CITIZEN MAY NOT KNOW, BUT IT'S A THANKLESS JOB.

AND THE FAMILY SACRIFICES AND THEY MISS OUT A LOT.

AND I'M GOING TO BE HOME FOR A WHILE AND DO SOME CATCHING UP.

AND I LOVE YOU ALL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE.

AND TO THE RESIDENTS.

I MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS MADE THE RIGHT DECISION OR HAD A DIFFERENT VISION, BUT THANK YOU ALL.

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ANGLETON, ANGLETON IS THE RESIDENTS.

Y'ALL MAKE ALSO THE HEART OF BRAZORIA COUNTY RIGHT HERE.

Y'ALL JUST JUMPED INTO ACTION WHEN ANYTHING IS CALLED FOR BY THE CITY.

THE RESIDENTS ARE JUST AMAZING.

YEAH, THEY BEAT US UP AND THEY SCREAM AT US AND THEY COMPLAIN, BUT MY GOD, I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST RESIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT HERE IN ANGLETON, TEXAS.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE GOOD LORD, BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT I TALKED TO NOT AS OFTEN AS I SHOULD, BUT HE HELPED ME GET TO WHERE I'M AT TODAY WITHOUT HIM.

AND I WOULD JUST BE LITTLE O'L JASON.

AND AND I THINK MY PASTORS ALL THE TIME AND I HAVE SEVERAL PASTORS, BUT I HAVE ONE PASTOR, BUT I HAVE SEVERAL PASTOR FRIENDS.

BUT MY GOD, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KEPT ME STRAIGHT.

AND THEY HELPED ME SEE THAT VISION THAT ONLY HE UPSTAIRS HELPED ME TRY TO FIND AND MAKE ANGLETON WHAT IT IS TODAY.

AND GUYS, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU.

I LOVE YOU AND MAKE ANGLETON PROUD.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

CHRIS.

HEY, DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM.

ALL RIGHT. SO CONTINUE ON TO CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS.

[2. Presentation of National Public Works Week Proclamation.]

JEFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP FOR THIS? HE WOULD. [APPLAUSE] BEFORE I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES.

I KNOW I ANNOY YOU ALL A LOT OF TIMES WITH, HEY, Y'ALL COME OVER HERE AND LOOK AT THIS REAL QUICK.

BUT Y'ALL ARE YOU AND HECTOR AND THE GUY HECTOR COME UP HERE TOO PLEASE.

Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS THERE LOOKING AT IT, FINDING SOLUTIONS.

I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH.

SO FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS.

PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS, THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND THE CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST.

UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS, 2023 MARKS THE 63RD ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND THE CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. BE IT NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.

THE CITY OF ANGLETON DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF MAY 21ST AND 27TH 2023, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK URGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS.

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NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK PROCLAIMED THIS 23RD DAY OF MAY 2023 BY MAYOR JOHN WRIGHT I'VE ANGLETON, TEXAS.

YEAH. I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT ALL MY GUYS, ALL MY WORK.

THEY DO THIS FOR. THE.

AND THEN MAYBE LIKE TO GO TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION OF MAY 2023.

KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL YARD OF THE MONTH AND BUSINESS OF THE MONTH.

IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE DIRTY SOUTH BY CHANCE? OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THEIR NAMES.

YARD OF THE MONTH IS DUKE AND RENEE BLESSING OF COCHRAN STREET.

IF YOU COME OUT HERE, JUST TAKE A RIGHT ON COCHRAN.

SECOND ON THE LEFT. YOU CAN'T MISS IT.

AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD COME.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAD DIRTY SOUTH THAT THEY GOT BUSY.

THEY WERE TRYING TO SIT THERE.

PATTY AND I AND ANDREW MADE SURE THEY GET THEIR STUFF.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SHORT AND SWEET. THAT'S ALL OF IT.

HERE. ALL RIGHT.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE MASS GATHERINGS PERMIT FOR 2023 USA SOFTBALL, 8 U STATE TOURNAMENT AND AUTHORIZATION TO CLOSE BATES PARK TO THE PUBLIC.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD RFP 2023-01 WIMBERLEY STREET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT TO BRANCH CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A REQUEST SUBMITTED BY ELLEN EBY ON BEHALF OF PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO CLOSE THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST PEACH STREET ON THE EVENINGS OF JUNE 9TH AND JUNE 10TH, 2023, FROM 5 TO 10:30 P.M.

FOR THE ANNUAL SINGER SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL.

COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PULL FOUR AND FIVE AND WE HAVE A PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON SIX.

SO WHAT'S YOUR ACTION? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PULL ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND TO PULL ALL THREE ITEMS FROM CONSENT.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN GONGORA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.

[4. Discussion and possible action on a variance to waive fees for the Angleton Girls Softball Association (AGSA) Mass Gatherings permit for the 2023 USA Softball 8U State Tournament and authorization to close Bates Park to the public.]

SO GO AHEAD, MEGAN. YES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO IN THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE DID NEED TO MAKE A REVISION ON THE RECOMMENDED MOTION, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT PERMITTED TO PROVIDE A VARIANCE, BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A WAIVER OF FEES FOR THE PERMIT.

THE ENTITY HAS FILLED OUT A MASS GATHERINGS PERMIT, SO ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL REQUIRED BY THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS ANGLETON GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THAT.

IS TODD PATTERSON AVAILABLE OR.

OH, SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.

YOU'RE USED TO SEEING YOU WITH A CAT.

SO WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE THIS EVENING.

AND SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE EVENT AND THE MASS GATHERINGS APPLICATION, HE CAN ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER AT THIS TIME.

YOU COME ALL THIS WAY. ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? HELLO, I'M TODD PATTERSON, PRESIDENT OF ANGLETON GIRLS SOFTBALL FOR THE LAST 8 OR 9 YEARS.

AND I DO WANT TO START BY THANKING THE CITY FOR HELPING US FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH STATE TOURNAMENTS.

THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING.

THEY KEEP BRINGING THEM HERE BECAUSE THE CITY HELPS US SO MUCH AND HAS DONE EVERYTHING TO KEEP US GROWING AS FAR AS THAT GOES, BECAUSE WE'VE GROWN AS A LEAGUE AROUND BRAZORIA COUNTY AND NOW WE GET MORE TOURNAMENTS THAN LAKE JACKSON OR PEARLAND OR ALVIN BECAUSE THE CITY KEEPS OUR PARK UP SO GOOD.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THAT.

HOW MANY TEAMS WOULD YOU EXPECT IN THIS TOURNAMENT? PROBABLY 40 TO 40 TO 50.

AND FROM WHAT AREAS? ALL OF THE SOUTHERN FROM ALL THE WAY FROM VIDOR, ALL THE WAY OVER TO AUSTIN.

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ARE YOU PLANNING TO HAVE THE SAME TRAFFIC PATTERNS AS YOU HAVE IN THE PAST? YES. BRINGING THEM IN OFF SOUTH WALKER DOWN? YES, THAT'S WORKED GREAT IN THE PAST.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

OKAY. AND YOU'RE STILL THE FIRST YEAR, I GUESS TWO YEARS AGO, YOU LEFT THE PARKING OPEN AND LET THEM WALK FROM THE OLD WEST SIDE ACADEMY.

AND THEN LAST YEAR YOU CLOSED IT OFF.

ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP IT CLOSED OFF? YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT CLOSED OFF BECAUSE IT KEEPS IT KEEPS PEOPLE THAT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

I MEAN, ONE THING ABOUT CLOSING THE PARK IS THEY HAVE THE FRISBEE GOLF IN THERE.

AND THAT KIND OF MESSES WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S PARKED AND CAMPED OUT THERE TO HAVE THE TOURNAMENT IN THE PARK.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL.

SO. OKAY.

AND YOU'RE STILL GOING TO DENY ACCESS OFF OF DICKEY PARK? KEEP THAT CLOSED OFF.

YES, RIGHT WHERE IT GOES INTO THE ACTUAL SOFTBALL PARK.

BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST, THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WAS WHY CAN'T WE COME DOWN THAT ROAD TO GET OFF THE INSTEAD OF COMING DOWN SOUTH LEIGH WALKER AND GETTING THE TRAFFIC BLOCKED UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH, IT WAS JUST EASIER TO FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO AROUND THE PARK AND GET BACK OUT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF WHO'S IN AND OUT OF THE PARK.

IF WE JUST LEFT THAT CLOSED OFF.

YEAH. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? ANY ACTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE WAIVER OF FEES FOR THE ANGLETON GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION MASS GATHERINGS PERMIT FOR THE 2023 USA BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENT AND AUTHORIZED THE CLOSURE OF BATES PARK TO THE PUBLIC.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL.

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

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAKE IT BACK UP TO THE TOP HERE.

[5. Discussion and possible action to award RFP 2023-01 Wimberly Street Water Line Replacement to Branch Construction Group, LLC.]

SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO LEGALLY REVIEW THIS FOR STATE CECIL KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO, BUT A STATE REGULATION ON IT HAS TO BE ENGINEERED AND I'M NOT SURE.

I'M NOT SURE IT'S BEEN ENGINEERED OR ENGINEERED, REVIEWED.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CHECK THAT BOX.

SO WE'RE WE MIGHT WANT TO JUST POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO ANOTHER MEETING.

I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO HDR ON THIS PROJECT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSES OR ANSWERS YET, BUT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THIS OUT CECIL AND WE KNOW, OKAY, SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE MOST EFFICIENT THAT WE JUST WE JUST TABLE IT AND TABLE IT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE THE THING TO DO.

YOU THINK NEXT MEETING IS ENOUGH TIME? OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE OR ANYTHING GOING ON OVER THERE, DO WE? NO. OKAY. WE'LL MAKE SURE.

THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

SECOND. MOTION TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER FIVE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN OR COUNCILMAN.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN BOOTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA WHEN IT'S READY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, AYE. MOTION.

MOTION PASSES.

[6. Discussion and possible action on a request submitted by Ellen Eby on behalf of Peach Street Farmers Market to obtain permission to close the 200 block of East Peach St. on the evenings of June 9th and June 10th, 2023, from 5-10:30 PM for the Annual Singer Songwriters Festival.]

FOR THE ANNUAL SINGER SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ELLEN EBY, UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO LEAVE TOWN.

SHE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SHE DID SEND A REP TONIGHT, JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT THIS WILL FALL IN LINE WITH THEIR SUP.

THEY JUST NEEDED TO RELAX OF THOSE HOURS OF OPERATION FROM THE 5 TO 10:30 TIME PERIOD ON THE STREET CLOSURE AND THE NOISE ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC. OKAY.

DR. ROGERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK? YOU DID FILL OUT THE FORM.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU YOUR ALL.

WELL. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DID THINGS CORRECTLY.

YES, SIR. SO, ANYWAY, THIS IS THE FOURTH ANNUAL SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL THAT'S BEEN PART OF PEACH STREET MARKET.

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BASICALLY, IT'S THE SAME HOURS WE'VE HAD BEFORE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND START EARLY AROUND SIX, AND WE QUIT AT BY 10:30.

SO IT'S NOT A REAL LATE THING.

AND FROM A NOISE POINT OF VIEW, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF MUSIC THAT'S PLAYED AROUND TOWN.

IT'S TYPICALLY ACOUSTIC MUSIC WITHOUT BASES OR DRUMS AND NOT AS LOUD AS A LOT OF THE THINGS ARE.

THESE ARE MOSTLY SONGWRITERS AND THEY LIKE TO TELL ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE WRITTEN.

AND IT'S IT'S A NICE FESTIVAL FOR GUYS MY AGE.

BUT ANYWAY, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

YOU KNOW, PART OF THE THE TEAM THAT'S HELPING PUT IT TOGETHER.

ARE THERE GOING TO BE STORIES ON THE GUITARS? THE ORIGINS OF THE GUITARS.

MAYBE. MAYBE.

MAYBE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST ABOUT THIS? OKAY. WELL, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE.

MARK STREET, PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET TO OBTAIN THE PERMISSION TO CLOSE THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST PEACH STREET ON THE EVENINGS OF JUNE 9TH AND 10TH 2023 FROM TEN EXCUSE ME, 5 P.M.

TO 10:30 P.M.

FOR THEIR ANNUAL SINGER SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH FOR APPROVAL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IT'S GOOD.

IT'S FUN TO GO TO.

IT'S RELAXING, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER WHILE THE BANDS ARE PLAYING.

THEY DON'T APPRECIATE THAT CECIL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD VENUE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.

THANKS. I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO COME ON OUT IF THEY CAN.

AND IT'S FREE OF CHARGE THIS YEAR.

AND SO IT'S NICE.

AND BY THE WAY, WE'VE GOT TWO GRAMMY WINNERS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE SHOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

SO THAT'S A NICE THING.

BUT THANK YOU ALL.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

ROGERS. SO FOR THE ACTION, I HAVE A I'VE ALREADY, WE ALREADY HAVE THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, DR. ROGERS. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS.

[7. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and possible action on Ordinance No. 20230523- 007 rezoning 13.002 acres from the (SF-6.3) Single Family Zoning District to the Planned District (PD), SFA, Single Family Attached base zoning district for property located at 710 W. Mulberry St., west of N. Walker St.]

REZONING 13.002 ACRES FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY 6.3 SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT TO THE PLANNED DISTRICT.

SFA SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 710 WEST MULBERRY STREET WEST OF NORTH WALKER.

OTIS, GIVE US AN OVERVIEW, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS A REZONING TO A PLANNED DISTRICT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

I'LL INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND THEN YOU CAN OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE FOR REZONING 13 ACRES AS NOTED PROPERTY FURTHER KNOWN AS MULBERRY.

MULBERRY FIELDS IN WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS CURRENTLY AN APPROVAL FOR A SUBDIVISION TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE CURRENT DISTRICT AS SF 6.3 FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

THEY ARE REQUESTING TO FURTHER REZONE THE PROPERTY TO THE PLANNED DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED BASE ZONING SFA, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR TOWNHOUSES.

THEY ARE REQUESTING CONSIDERATION.

YOU HAVE SEEN THIS PROPOSAL IN THE PRELIMINARY FASHION IN TERMS OF GIVING INPUT AND DIRECTION TO THE APPLICANT WHO HOPES TO CONVERT THIS PROPERTY TO THE 82 DOORS OF TOWNHOMES.

AND THERE WOULD BE 2 OR 3 BEDROOMS WHICH WOULD BE VALUED BETWEEN 200 TO 220,000 AND SALES RANGE.

INSTEAD OF BEING RENTAL PROPERTY, WE PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT THE FINDINGS IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON WEST MULBERRY.

IT DOES HAVE FRONTAGE ON NORTH WALKER.

AS NOTED, WE ARE BASICALLY TASKED WITH LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS AREA, WHICH PROPOSES THE SITE TO BE MULTIFAMILY.

BUT HOWEVER, THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE SFA ATTACHED HOUSING, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

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AND ALSO THERE ARE SOME UTILITY, AS YOU KNOW, FACILITIES TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY WITH SINGLE FAMILY, OF COURSE, TO THE WEST AND FURTHER NORTH OF THE PROPERTY.

THE APPLICANTS HAVE PROPOSED, AS I STATED, THE 82 DOORS.

AND IF YOU WOULD ROLL THE SLIDES, WE COULD POSSIBLY SHOW THE CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH WILL.

OH, I'M SORRY. AND WE MAY NEED TO ZOOM IN IF WE COULD.

THIS WOULD BE THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WOULD SHOW THE OVERALL LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE 82 TOWNHOMES, AND THEY WOULD COMBINE THEM WITH SINGLE STORY AS WELL AS THE TWO STORY TO ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE SITE WOULD HAVE INCREASED, PAVED RIGHT OF WAYS WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE STREET PARKING FOR VISITORS.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE A FEW SPACES IN THAT CENTER AREA, WHICH WOULD BE A A PARK RECREATIONAL PARK AS WELL AS A DOG PARK FOR THE RESIDENTS.

THE PROPERTY WOULD BE SURROUNDED BY, AS YOU SEE, BUFFERS AS WELL AS FENCING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES.

AND THEN THE PARKING, OF COURSE, TWO CAR GARAGES FOR EACH UNIT WOULD BE PROVIDED.

IN TERMS OF SUBMITTAL OF THE PROJECT.

THEY HAVE DONE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND AS NOTED IN THE EARLIER CONVERSATIONS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ANY LEFT TURN OUT ONTO STATE HIGHWAY 35 AND THEN POSSIBLE INGRESS AND EGRESS WOULD OCCUR ON NORTH LEIGH WALKER.

IN TERMS OF WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE PUBLIC.

THERE WERE THREE PROTESTS.

LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FOR THE PROJECT.

ONE FOCUSED ON SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE CELL TOWER BEING ADJACENT AS WELL AS IN THE PAST WHEN THIS WAS EVALUATED FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION. THE QUESTION OF WETLANDS WERE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THAT HAD BEEN ADDRESSED.

AND THE SUBDIVISION IN TERMS OF SINGLE FAMILY IS APPROVED, IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOCKS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THE FINAL PLATS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL, AND THEY ARE PREPARING FOR CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU AS A POSSIBILITY TO MARKET THE PROPERTY FURTHER.

OKAY. I AM DOING THAT.

IN TERMS OF THE SURROUNDING VICINITY, WE PROVIDED YOU WITH PHOTOGRAPHS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS PROPOSAL AND DID RECOMMEND DENIAL.

321143 AGAINST.

IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL.

AND MOST OF THEIR CONCERNS WERE OVER THE DENSITY ISSUES IN TERMS OF TAPS ON THE UTILITY AND IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY BEING UTILIZED AS PLANNED HERE.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BASED ON CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL AREA OF THIS BEING A TRANSITIONAL AREA BETWEEN WHAT YOU SEE IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH.

BUT HOWEVER, WITH ANY CONCERNS DISCUSSED EARLIER IN TERMS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THE UNITS, I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO BACK. AND CAN YOU ZOOM IN TO THAT ONE, PLEASE? THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA TO SHOW THE TREE MASSING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO FACILITATE ON THE PROPERTY TO TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE BUFFER TO ADDRESS ANY NEIGHBOR CONCERNS? IN TERMS OF THE ORDINANCE, I HAVE PUT IN SOME GENERAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY IF IT WERE ENTERTAINED FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH LEGAL TO WORK THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES ABOUT THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THESE ARCHITECTURAL MOTIFS TO ENSURE THAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CAN BE FACILITATED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND THEN IT WOULD ADDRESS ANY TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE QUESTIONS THAT WOULD ARISE AS WELL.

I'M GOING TO STOP THERE.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THAT.

PARKLAND DEDICATION WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH THE EARLIER CALCULATIONS FOR THE SITE.

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THE DEVELOPER IS HERE.

THEY HAVE DONE SOME INITIAL STUDIES ON THE DRAINAGE TRAFFIC AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND THEY CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IN CASE THOSE WOULD ARISE AS WELL.

THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, THE COUNCIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

AND LET US OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND, THAT MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO GIVE DONALD BROWN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

YOU TURN IN YOUR REQUEST, SO YOU GET TO GO NUMBER ONE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AT THE AT THE PODIUM AND WHETHER YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DONALD BROWN.

I'M A LIFETIME MEMBER OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, A GRADUATE OF ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL.

EXCEPT FOR MY LITTLE STINT IN THE SERVICE.

32 YEARS IN THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I'M BACK WHERE I STARTED.

IN ADDRESSING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT 41 UNITS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND SOMEHOW THEY GOT BY ME.

IN THE YEAR 2020, I WAS AT EVERY MEETING AND I JUST DON'T RECALL THAT EVER COMING UP AS AN ISSUE.

HOWEVER, I'M GLAD THE FACT THAT THE 82 ARE NOW BEING REQUESTED AND ADDRESSED AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, I'D LIKE TO STATE MY OPPOSITION. DO THIS PLAN.

I LIVE ON WALKER STREET, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A PLACE OF EGRESS TO ENTER MY STREET.

AT THIS POINT, WHEN WALKER STREET COMES UP TO HIGHWAY 35, WHICH IS MULBERRY.

SCHOOL BUSSES COME IN ON IN THE MORNING.

THEY CAN'T TURN IN.

IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH.

BUT BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY 1 TO 2 CARS ALWAYS PARKED THERE TO MOVE OUT, THEY BACK UP AND GENERALLY LET THEM IN.

IF THIS BECOMES A NORM FOR EVERYBODY COMING FROM THAT PLACE, SINCE THEY CAN'T TURN LEFT AND GO INTO TOWN, THEY'RE GOING TO START USING THAT.

AND IF THAT THAT ROAD IS NOT WIDENED, SCHOOL BUSSES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REROUTE.

EVERYTHING ELSE HAVE TO BE REROUTED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE POLITE AND LET THEM IN.

AND IF THEY'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC ON 35, IT'S GOING TO BE STUCK.

THE OTHER RED LIGHT IS ABOUT 50FT DOWN THE STREET.

THAT'S RIGHT. THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT TWO LIGHTS THAT CLOSE TOGETHER.

SO I DON'T FORESEE THAT COMING ON TO WALKER IS GOING TO BE A SOLUTION.

NUMBER TWO, TO FIND A WAY TO DIVERT THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO START TURNING NORTH ON WALKER.

GO AROUND THE OTHER TWO BLOCKS WHERE THE BUSSES DO STOP AND PICK UP KIDS.

NOW YOU GOT THEM INTERFERING WITH BUSSES.

BUSSES ARE SITTING THERE. THEY CAN'T MOVE BECAUSE THE BUSSES GOING TO HAVE THEIR LIGHTS ON.

THAT'S GOING TO POSE A PROBLEM.

AND THIS IS A RESIDENT THAT I GREW UP IN SINCE 1963.

AND NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT THESE HOMES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.

PEOPLE KNOW EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET DISENFRANCHISED IN THE FACT THAT WATER GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE.

AND AS ALL THAT SEMEN IS BEING PUT DOWN, THE MORE YOU PUT DOWN, THE LESS THE WATER GOING TO RUN INTO THE GROUND.

THEN THE TAXES ARE GOING UP.

YOU'VE GOT FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED THERE AND ON FIXED INCOMES BARELY CAN MAKE THE TAXES THAT'S BEING INCREASED AT THIS TIME.

AND THEN PUT IN HOMES OF 250, $220,000 AROUND THEM.

IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO TAX THEM TO.

AND BACK TO THIS ROADWAY THAT'S GOING TO LEAD ON TO WALKER.

I CAN FORESEE THAT BEING A GIANT DITCH WHERE WATER IS GOING TO RUN DOWNHILL ON THE WALKER.

I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2004 AND THAT ROAD HAS NEVER BEEN IMPASSABLE, EVEN THROUGH IKE, EVERY OTHER STORM.

I BET YOU IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THAT ROAD IS GOING TO JUST SUCK UP EVERYTHING COMING OUT OF THERE RIGHT ON THE WALKER STREET.

IT'S GOING TO BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THAT EXIT TO HIGHWAY 35 IS GOING TO MAKE IT IMPASSABLE.

YOU'VE GOT 10 TO 20 CARS SITTING THERE WAITING TO GET OUT WITH NO RED LIGHT.

IT JUST DON'T SEEM LIKE IT'S BEEN A GOOD STUDY THERE.

SO TO ADD 82 TO THAT TURMOIL, IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE A MORE SERIOUS DETRIMENT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

I'M AGAINST IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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STATE YOUR NAME. CLINT, DO YOU WANT TO GO UP THERE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MAYOR.

I'M COREY BOYER.

I'M THE DEVELOPER HERE.

AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THIS SUBDIVISION IS ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR 41 HOMES.

AS WE LOOK INTO THE AFFORDABILITY OF HOMES, AS WE'VE SEEN TAXES, INSURANCE, EVERYTHING GO UP, THE COST OF MATERIALS, COST OF LABOR.

YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE DO OUR STUDY, THE WHOLE REASON WHY THAT WE'VE BEEN PROPOSING THIS.

WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE REASONS.

ONE, THE MAYOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO STOP BY AND SEE MY INSPIRATION.

HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS WILL BUILD, THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THERE IN THE PARKS, BRING THEIR KIDS, BRING THEIR DOGS, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH A TRUE COMMUNITY FEEL.

TRULY, IF I WAS TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THIS, I'D BE ABLE TO FIT 100 OR 100 TOWNHOMES ON THERE.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR.

I KNOW THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SUPER DENSITY.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE PLACE THAT'S HIGH QUALITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OF ANGLETON.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'VE ALREADY ANSWERED IT ONCE.

AND I KNOW THAT ENGINEERS ONLY BUILD TO WHATEVER THE THE CURRENT STANDARD IS.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S ATLAS 14.

BUT WE'RE SHOOTING AT THE BEST, AS FAR AS WHAT TODAY'S STANDARD IS.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES IN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE BUILT 50, 60, 70 YEARS AGO.

AND I'M SORRY FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS LITTLE CORNER OF ANGLETON BETTER, MAKE IT A GOOD COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT PUT FORTH A GOOD PRODUCT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO LIVE HERE.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YEAH, WELL, WE'RE IN PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW.

GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE.

AND THEN WHEN WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN CALL YOU BACK UP, AND YOU CAN.

WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

LAST CALL.

ANYONE'S WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

SO I LIVE ON SOUTH WALKER AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TRAVERSE 35 WHERE THIS BACKUP IS GOING TO OCCUR.

AND I'M REALLY WITH THE GENTLEMAN HERE WHERE HE'S SAYING THAT A EGRESS SURVEY IS REALLY NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY CONDUCTED OUT OF OUT OF NORTH WALKER STREET ONTO 35.

YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THAT YOU GUYS SAY THAT YOU'VE GOT A PLAN TO DIVERT TRAFFIC ONE WAY TOWARDS 288, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

AS HE STATED OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET BACK INTO TOWN.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TURN RIGHT AND GO DOWN GO DOWN 288 AND COME BACK AROUND THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT THE FIRST 43.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

MY NAME IS JOE GONZALEZ.

I ALSO LIVE ON THE NORTH WALKER AND.

I THINK ONE OF THE LIKE MR. BROWN WAS SAYING, TRAFFIC THERE IS GOING TO BE VERY CONGESTED, ESPECIALLY EARLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL AND WORK.

SO I'M AGAINST IT AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO ASK AT THIS TIME? I MEAN, I'LL GO. ALL RIGHT, COREY, I GOT SOME QUESTIONS.

SO THE CURRENT APPROVED PLAN OVER THERE IS 41 HOMES, RIGHT?

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AND I MEAN, YES, I CAME UP AND I SAW YOUR PLACE IN MEMORIAL JUST TO SEE HOW IT LOOKED.

AND I THINK I WAS PRETTY HONEST WITH YOU THEN AND SAID, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH DENSITY, RIGHT? I MEAN THE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL IN THAT AREA ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WANTING.

THE 41 HOME SITES AS THEY ARE NOW ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATING TO THE HOMES THAT ARE I MEAN.

MR. BROWN I THINK YOUR YOUR LOTS PROBABLY WHAT, 70, 80 FOOT WIDE.

AND SO IT'S STILL NOT EXACTLY WHERE THE OTHER ONES ARE, BUT IT'S A LOT CLOSER THAN 82 TOWNHOMES.

THE I WAS PRETTY VOCAL WITH YOU THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU CAME TO COUNCIL AND SAID THE TRAFFIC ON 35 IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

THERE IS NO EASY SOLUTION TO PUTTING HOMES ON THAT PROPERTY WITHOUT IMPACTING EITHER NORTH WALKER 35 OR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, EVERYONE SAID THE EXACT SAME THING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS THAT SAID SOMETHING BECAUSE I SAID THE SAME THING OVER A YEAR AGO.

SO WHAT IS THE PRICE POINT OF 41 HOMES OF A HOME ON THE 41 ACRE OR THE 41 HOMES SITE? RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 360 TO 380 RANGE? OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE CONCERNS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN RELATION TO DRAINAGE? SO AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR DRAINAGE ANALYSIS HERE.

WE'VE ALREADY BUILT OUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE STUDIES.

WE'VE HAD OUR ENGINEERS PERFORM WHAT WHAT THE NEW STANDARD IS CALLED ATLAS 14.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNAWARE, IT'S THE, THE LATEST BASICALLY EVALUATION AND IN-DEPTH STUDY SO THAT IT CALCULATES WHERE ALL THE WATER GOES, HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE THERE IN A MAJOR RAIN EVENT, WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO TO DEDICATE IN THIS PARTICULAR SITE ALMOST THREE ACRES OUT OF 13 TO TO A DETENTION POND SO THAT IT WILL COLLECT THE WATER.

WE CANNOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE WATER BEING SHED ONTO NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY THAN THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON TODAY.

SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THAT IS THE STANDARD THAT ATLAS 14 HOLDS OUR DEVELOPMENT TO.

SO WHETHER WE HAVE TOWNHOMES OR REGULAR HOMES, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT.

AND WHILE YEAH, WE MAY BE TARGETING 82 IT MAY COME BACK WHERE FOR US TO MAKE THIS WORK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LESS RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST SIMPLY OUR PROJECTION.

OKAY. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY AN UNFAIR QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ANYWAYS IF THE RAIN EVENT WE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, DO YOU FEEL YOU HAD THE ATTENTION TO KEEP IT? IF YOU HAD PUT THAT THAT WAS IN THERE, RIGHT.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WOULD IT HAVE HELD ALL THAT WATER? SO WE JUST COMPLETED A DEVELOPMENT OF 13 ACRES VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ON 50 FOOT LOTS.

DURING THE LAST RAIN EVENT, IT PERFORMED AS DESIGNED, SO WE DID NOT HAVE ISSUES.

OKAY. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD BE WE WOULD NOT BE CREATING ANY SORT OF HAVOC, CONCERN PROBLEMS FOR ANY OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES.

OKAY.

WELL, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE.

THE REQUEST TO REZONE IT FROM A SINGLE FAMILY.

TO 6.3 TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY.

SECOND THAT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY BY COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THE DENSITY IS I CAN SEE IT COMING.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT OWN A CAR.

IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

I'M SEEING IT HAPPEN.

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WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE TO ADDRESS SOME ISSUES.

BUT YOU.

I'M SEEING SITUATIONS WHERE MAYBE 2 OR 3 WORKERS LIVE IN A HOME.

EACH ONE OF THEM HAS THE FOUR DOOR F-350 PICKUP TRUCK AND THEY ALL STICK OUT IN THE STREET AND THEY CAN'T PARK IT IN THE GARAGE.

IT'S JUST GETTING TO THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT'S THE WAY LIFE IS HAPPENING AROUND HERE RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER.

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING THERE IN THAT DEDICATED GREEN SPACE.

KNOW THE POLICEMEN HAVE TO FORCE THEM INTO IT.

THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN.

SO MY CONCERN HAS BEEN AND I THINK I TOLD YOU THIS THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.

I. RESPECT MR. OTIS AND HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSITIONING AREA THAT THIS.

ENCUMBERS HER.

BUT TO ME, THIS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE HOMES IN THAT AREA.

THIS. I'M STILL THINKING OF JASON'S MAYOR.

SORRY. MAYOR WRIGHT HAS STATED THE THIS AREA IS BIGGER LOTS. I TOLD YOU I WOULD.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO MULTI-FAMILY TOWNHOME STYLE DEVELOPMENTS.

DIRECTED TO YOU JUST DOWN HERE IS PEACH STREET.

SOME OPEN LOTS.

THERE'S SOME AROUND THE COURTHOUSE THAT ALREADY HAVE TOWNHOMES THAT WOULD BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE SURROUNDINGS, FAMILIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY'VE YOU KNOW, WHAT HE'S LIVED WITH HIS ENTIRE LIFE. I THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK THESE PEOPLE WHO'VE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES.

AND I'VE IT'S BEEN MY ARGUMENT AGAINST ALL THESE SMALL DEVELOPMENTS THIS WHOLE TIME IS YOU'RE CHANGING THE FACE OF ANGLETON.

AND SO I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT LOCATION.

I HAVE THE SAME SENTIMENTS.

WHAT LAUNCHED ME TO SEEK A POSITION ON COUNCIL WAS CRAMMING 80 FAMILIES ON 30 ACRES.

AND YOU'RE PROPOSING CRAMMING 80 FAMILIES ON 13 ACRES.

I'D LIKE TO RESPECT THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

THAT'S WHY I'M AGAINST THIS.

I'M GOOD. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. MOVING TO REGULAR AGENDA.

[8. Discussion and possible action on a contract with Central Square for the purchase of a records management system for the Police Department.]

CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I THINK I WAS UP HERE WITH THE SAME STUFF.

HOWEVER, THIS TIME I COME BEARING $125,000, POSSIBLY FROM A GRANT.

SO THAT GRANT.

WE'RE ABOVE THE RED LINE ON IT.

WE'RE NOT GUARANTEED IT, BUT SAME THING.

WE NEED TO WE NEED TO UPDATE THE SYSTEM AND IF WE PUT IT IN OUR BUDGET.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE BUDGET. WE PUT IT IN OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

HOWEVER, IF WE GET THIS GRANT, IT'S GOING TO BE PRIOR TO THE BUDGET.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR FINANCING, AND THERE'S ONE IN THERE FROM CENTRAL SQUARE ITSELF.

WE ALSO HAVE GOVERNMENT CAPITAL WHO GIVES US A THREE YEAR AND A FIVE YEAR REPAYMENT PLAN.

AND THE FIRST PAYMENT IS NOT DUE TILL A YEAR AFTER SIGNING.

OKAY. I REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION.

YES. WHAT'S UP? I THINK IT CAME UP IN THE LAST BUDGET, TOO.

YES, IT DID. YES, IT DID.

IT HAS FOR SURE.

THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE, AND MAYBE IT'S YOU CAN TELL ME IT'S I'M MAKING THIS CONCERN UP AND THAT'S GREAT.

I HOPE SO. WHAT WOULD BE THE LONGEVITY OF THIS SYSTEM? SO WE INVEST IN IT.

HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO EXPECT TO KEEP THIS NEWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM? WOULD YOU WOULD YOU EXPECT BEFORE IT BECOMES OUTDATED ITSELF? I WOULD SAY AT LEAST AS LONG AS WE'VE HAD THIS SYSTEM SINCE 2006.

ABOUT 15, 16, 17 YEARS? YES, SIR. OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE A WISE INVESTMENT, THAT'S ALL.

I DON'T WANT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GO BECOME OBSOLETE AS SOON AS WE ACQUIRE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND A NEW RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS WELL OVER $1 MILLION.

WHY ARE WE APPROVING THIS NOW IF THE GRANT IS NOT AWARDED?

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AND I WANT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WHENEVER WE GET IT.

WE GET WE GOT WE GET PRELIMINARY FROM THE STATE.

WE'RE ABOVE THE RED LINE ON FUNDING.

SO IT'S NOT GUARANTEED, BUT.

RIGHT. I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT.

I MEAN, I CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION, BUT WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT SUBJECT TO AWARD OF THE GRANT CONDITIONAL.

YES. THE OTHER THING IS UM ON THAT LOAN THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT INTEREST.

YES, SIR, I HAVE IT HERE.

I TRIED TO UPLOAD IT INTO THE SYSTEM.

HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD PUT IT INTO, PHIL CONNER PUT IT IN.

OKAY. BECAUSE IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, IT DIDN'T SAY HOW MUCH INTEREST WOULD BE CHARGED ..

ON A THREE YEAR PLAN, IT'S 7.15%.

ON THE FIVE YEAR IT'S THE SAME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY FUNDING SOURCES INSIDE YOUR BUDGET FROM SPECIAL FUNDS.

COURT TECHNOLOGY, DRUG CONFISCATION.

NOTHING ANYWHERE.

WE HAVE SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED OTHER WAYS TO USE THOSE.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CORE TECHNOLOGY.

MICHELLE CAN GIVE US ALL HER MONEY OR NOT.

OKAY. CHIEF DID I READ CORRECTLY? THERE'S A 170.

I MEAN, WHAT IS IT? $117,800 A YEAR MAINTENANCE FEE IS THAT IT'S RIGHT AT 120, 130,000. MAINTENANCE? YES, SIR. SO WE BUDGET THAT NOW FOR THE SYSTEM WE HAVE.

OKAY. SO THAT'S IT WOULD JUST ESSENTIALLY REPLACE THE CURRENT BUDGETED PRICE? YES, SIR. OKAY.

IT'S THE SAME SYSTEM. JUST AN UPGRADE.

OKAY. I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER 118-$120,000 ONTO EVERYTHING.

NO, SIR. WHAT? WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? I MEAN, BESIDES CENTRAL SQUARE.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE LOOKING IF WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING OUT AND DOING THIS, THE LONG TERM BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO GO WITH SOMEBODY ELSE WHO HAS A LOWER MAINTENANCE FEE, ARE THEY ALL STANDARD? IS THAT HOW DO THEY ARRIVE AT THAT NUMBER? THEY'RE NOT ALL STANDARDS, BUT THEY'RE ALL COMPARABLE.

AND IF THE ALTERNATIVES ARE TO GET ANOTHER RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RIGHT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE WAY ABOVE A MILLION, THE COUNTY IS PROPOSING TO GO TO A MOTOROLA SYSTEM WITH RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND I THINK THERE'S IS SEVERAL MILLION AND WE COULD ATTACH ON TO THAT.

THAT'S GOING TO COST AS WELL, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE LAST MEETING I WAS AT IS THAT IT WOULD COST PER USER.

PER CITY. SO IF WE COULD, WE COULD DO A CONSORTIUM.

HOWEVER, PEARLAND, LAST I HEARD, IS NOT GOING TO GET ON THERE.

SO THE BIGGER USERS WOULD BE US, ALVIN.

IF ALVIN GOT ON IT, SO WE'D BEAR BIG BRUNT OF THE COST.

BUT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT WAY MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THIS IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SYSTEM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND NOT BUYING A NEW SYSTEM.

YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THE LEARNING CURVE FOR OPERATING THIS IS GOING TO BE MUCH, MUCH QUICKER THEN.

IT'S A 12 MONTH GO LIVE.

OKAY.

SO THE LOAN WON'T BE WON'T START UNTIL.

UM, OR THE FIRST PAYMENT'S NOT DUE UNTIL ONE YEAR AFTER THE LOAN'S APPROVED.

THE LOAN'S NOT APPROVED UNTIL WE GET THE GRANT.

DO WE HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NEXT BUDGET? I MEAN, YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT AND.

YOU KNOW, IS IT THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS? WHAT'S IT BEING FINANCED? AND THAT'S YOUR THAT'S YOUR IMPACT.

TO THE BOMB THINKING TIMING.

FOR THE FIRST PAYMENTS NOT GOING TO BE UNTIL THE, WHAT, 2425 BUDGET? NO, IT'LL BE IN THE NEXT..

IT'LL BE MID TO END OF THIS BUDGET COMING UP.

BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE, WHAT, FOUR MONTHS LEFT? YEAH, BUT IT'S A 12 MONTH IMPLEMENTATION.

YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE LOAN, LET'S SAY IN TWO MONTHS.

WE'LL FIND OUT NEXT MONTH. THE GRANT.

GET THE LOAN IN WHATEVER.

THEN 12 MONTHS FROM THAT IS NEXT SUMMER.

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THAT'S ALL I LIVE HERE. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU. I MEAN, IT'S INTEREST RATES ARE RIDICULOUS THESE DAYS.

WELL, HERE'S MY QUESTION.

DID ANYBODY ASK THE CENTRAL SQUARE PEOPLE IF WE'RE UPGRADING, CAN WE GET A REBATE ON THE MAINTENANCE? THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST YEAR SINCE WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN IMPLEMENTATION? WHERE'S JASON? HE'S BACK THERE.

I DIDN'T ASK ON A REBATE.

WE'D HAVE TO PAY THAT MAINTENANCE FEE ANYWAY.

YEAH, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'LL WORK WITH YOU IF YOU'RE DOING AN UPGRADE OF THEIR SYSTEM THAT THEY WILL.

THEY'LL REBATE. THERE WAS A 5% INCREASE AND I TALKED HIM DOWN FROM THAT 5% AND IT WAS GOING TO BE 130 THIS YEAR.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING AFTER THE UPGRADE, THEY GAVE US A DISCOUNT BACK TO 97,000 INSTEAD OF 130.

WE DON'T TELL CHRIS WHITTAKER.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I WILL ADD TO STICKING WITH CENTRAL SQUARE AND DOING AN UPGRADE AS OPPOSED TO SWITCHING VENDORS COMPLETELY.

PROBABLY THE BIGGEST KEY TO IT IS THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE DATA MIGRATION FOR US, WHICH MOST LIKELY WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF WE SWITCHED VENDORS AND THEN WE'D BE STUCK MAINTAINING TWO SYSTEMS AND HAVING MULTIPLE MAINTENANCE FEES JUST TO HAVE RECORDS RETENTION FOR THAT DATA.

SO JUST SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER.

I JUST KNOW THESE GUYS USUALLY WILL.

THEY LIKE TO MAKE A DEAL.

SO. DIDN'T HURT TO ASK A QUESTION.

SO, CHIEF, JUST SO, TO BE TRANSPARENT IF WE WERE TO SAY MAKE THIS INVESTMENT. YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THIS IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? ABSOLUTELY. IT IS ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THAT WHEN WE'RE COMING INTO BUDGET SEASON, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY AGREED TO INVEST IN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR YOUR BUDGET.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

I KNOW THAT DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM REQUESTING MORE, BUT YOU AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO INVEST IN TO MAKE INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS WITH THE CITIZENS MONEY BY APPLYING FOR THAT GRANT.

WE APPLIED FOR THE WHOLE THING, BUT THEY ONLY THE CAP WAS 125.

I APPRECIATE IT. BUT AND I'M SURE I KNOW YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE THE WAY IT WORKS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH DIRECTORS FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY. AND WE WANT TO TRY TO BE FAIR AND.

UH, ADDRESS AS MANY ISSUES AS WE CAN AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY.

MAYBE NOT ALREADY, BUT AT LEAST SOME OF YOUR NEEDS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

YES, SIR. 335 IS ALREADY LOADED FOR THE NEXT BUDGET.

JUST FYI.

CHIEF, I MAY BE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, BUT DOES THIS HELP ASSIST YOU? FIRE AND EMS WITH CAD INTEGRATING CAD ALTOGETHER INSTEAD OF HAVING IT ALL IN THREE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. YES, SIR. THAT IS THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON A PRELIMINARY BUDGET STUFF.

YES, IT WILL HELP EVERYBODY.

OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU.

I'VE ASKED THEM FOR MONEY TOO.

CAN YOU GIVE JUST REAL QUICK.

WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN? HOW IS THIS GOING TO HELP THEM? IT'S GOING TO HELP ON REPORTING ON DISPATCH TIME.

WHEN YOU GET A CALL FOR A FIRE, EMS OR POLICE.

IT WILL HELP YOU WHEN YOU COME UP AND YOU ASK FOR RECORDS.

THAT INFORMATION WILL BE THERE.

THERE'S JUST A WHOLE PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION OR DIFFERENT ADVANTAGES TO THAT.

IT WILL HELP WITH OUR JAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

IT WILL HELP WITH OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH.

SO. IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR THE CITIZENS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. JASON WANTS TO ADD I'LL ALSO ADD TO THAT AND SAY THAT I SAT THROUGH THE DEMO OF THE SOFTWARE.

IT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

SO IT WILL DECREASE TRAINING TIME FOR DISPATCHERS TO WHICH TRAINING TIME CAN BE VERY COSTLY FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THEN YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A TRAINER THAT'S THERE AND THEN THAT EMPLOYEE.

SO YOU'RE USUALLY PAYING TWO SALARIES FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME DURING A TRAINING PERIOD.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S SO SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE, I THINK THAT TIME COULD EVEN BE CUT DOWN WITHOUT HAVING THAT LEARNING CURVE OF NEW SOFTWARE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR, I PUT FORTH THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE AGREEMENT WITH CENTRAL SQUARE.

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SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GONGORA.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL FOR APPROVAL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NOW, THE ITEM I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE HERE FOR NUMBER NINE, PRESENTATIONS BY CANDIDATES WHO COMPLETED AN APPLICATION TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED

[9. Presentations by candidates who completed an application to fill the unexpired term of Council Member, Position 3.]

SO UP THERE ON THE SCREEN IS THE NINE PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED AND HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS.

I'M GOING TO GO AND I GUESS I'M GOING TO GO IN ORDER OF HOW THAT'S LISTED THERE.

MR. MAYOR. YES, GO AHEAD.

SO I PROPOSE THAT EACH OF THE CANDIDATES GET UP AND TALK FOR TWO MINUTES ON THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK THEM AT THAT TIME.

HOWEVER YOU DEEM IT.

HAVE THE COUNCIL AND YOURSELF ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND THAT THAT GETS REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AND THEN THE TIME YOU'RE DONE THROUGH THAT, I RECOMMEND WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

YOU ALL DISCUSS THAT, MAYBE PICK A TOP THREE AND THEN MAYBE CONTINUE THE INTERVIEWS.

GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

SO FOR THE NINE APPLICANTS AS CHRIS WHITTAKER MENTIONED.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD TAKE A SHORT BREAK? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE SITTING.

. YEAH.. LET'S I FEEL LIKE WE'LL BE SITTING THROUGH THIS.

WE'LL GO INTO A TEN MINUTE BREAK STARTING AT 7:12, AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT 7:22.

ALL RIGHT. IT IS 7:23.

I GAVE AN EXTRA MINUTE THERE.

WE WILL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE AND I GUESS WE WILL START FROM THE TOP WITH MINDY BIRCH.

YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TALK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WERE ASKED ON THE FORM.

AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE NEXT PERSON UNTIL WE REACH ALL NINE.

SO, MISS BIRCH, YOU'RE FIRST.

DID YOU WANT US TO TIME OR ANYTHING OR.

I THINK WE SHOULD. OKAY.

MICHELLE, CAN YOU TIME AND JUST KIND OF GIVE ME A TWO MINUTE THAT YOU'RE AT YOUR TWO MINUTES.

HERE'S SOME OF THE SHEPHERD'S CROOK.

AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WRIGHT AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MINDY BIRCH.

I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING ME TO SHARE INFORMATION AS TO WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL.

WITH LIVING IN ANGLETON MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE OTHER OTHERS PROUD OF THIS CITY ALSO.

I HAVE A HEART TO SERVE AND HELP OTHERS.

MY PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND GIVES ME A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH WOULD BE AN ASSET TO OUR CITY.

I LOVE ANGLETON SMALL TOWN FEEL BUT SEE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT, WHETHER IT BE FOR OUR CITIZENS OR CITY EMPLOYEES.

I AM FOR GROWTH THAT IS REASONABLE TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAVE SEEN THE PROGRESSION OF OUR CITY MOVING FORWARD.

WITH THE HELP OF THE CURRENT AND PAST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT GOING FORWARD.

I WANT TO SHARE FOUR PRIMARY ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME AS A CITIZEN.

OUR FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUNDING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH THE GROWTH OF ADDED DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE CITY AND THE ADDED STRUCTURES AROUND THE COURTHOUSE.

THESE ADDITIONS ARE CREATING ADDITIONAL SEWER AND DRAINAGE ISSUES.

SAFETY WITHIN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.

CONTINUE ADDING ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS.

BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY, WHICH INCLUDES ROAD MAINTENANCE, ENFORCING CODE VIOLATIONS AND IMPROVING BUSINESSES, FACADES.

THE APPEARANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR CITY PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN PEOPLE WANTING TO LIVE AND DO BUSINESS HERE.

REASONABLE GROWTH OF BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY IN ORDER FOR LARGER BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN ANGLETON.

OUR CITY HAS TO APPEAL TO THEM AND SHOW ESTABLISHED POPULATION GROWTH.

LASTLY, I WAS ASKED IF I WOULD RUN FOR REELECTION AT THE END OF THIS TERM IF I WAS APPOINTED.

YES, I WOULD.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT'S ON MY HEART.

I'M A REGULAR CITIZEN WILLING TO VOLUNTEER MY TIME.

TO HELP ANGLETON TO BE THE BEST COMMUNITY IT CAN BE.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE WANT TO.

I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND GOING DOWN THE LINE AND ASKING A QUESTION.

IF SOMEONE ALREADY ASKED IT, THEN GO TO YOUR DEFAULT QUESTION.

GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL START ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL. WHAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME TO OUR TOWN AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH WOULD BE.

WELL, WITH ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, WE ARE GOING TO NEED OTHER BUSINESSES TO COME HERE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THAT GROWTH.

UM. I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HAVE, YOU KNOW.

RESIDENCES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FILLED YET.

AND I THINK IT'S LIKE WHAT'S SHARING WITH MY HUSBAND? I CALL IT A DOMINO EFFECT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

BUT THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY PLAYS A PART WITH GETTING RESIDENCES OR NEW RESIDENTS TO COME HERE, WHICH FILLS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH BRINGS THE BUSINESSES.

BUT YOU NEED ALL OF THAT TO PLAY A ROLE TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, SERVING ON COUNCIL.

I THINK WE'VE ALL HAVE OUR NICHE AREA THAT WE KIND OF FOCUS ON.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIKE TO COVER EVERY BASE, BUT WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN KIND OF FOCUS.

NOT ON PURPOSE, BUT IT'S KIND OF OUR PASSION.

SO I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PASSION FOR WHILE SERVING HERE? FOR EXAMPLE, FOR ME, IT'S KIND OF PARKS.

WE USE MAYBE MORE RESIDENTS, MR. BOOTH. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT, GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

OKAY. WITH MY PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND, I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE COUNTY SINCE 1999 WITH PURCHASING.

I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2003.

AND SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I THINK THAT I COULD BRING COST SAVINGS, THINGS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE CITY, HELP MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH TO GET THE BEST PRICE USING COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS, ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING.

SO THAT'S LIKE MY SPECIALTY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MS..

BURCH I SORT OF HAVE TO TAG ON TO WHAT COUNCILMAN DANIELS SAID.

DO YOU SUPPORT THE CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY? WHY OR WHY NOT? OKAY. I DO SUPPORT GROWTH.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE THAT YOU SHARED EARLIER WAS ABOUT ALL THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS GOING IN WITH THE PARKING ISSUES.

MY SON LIVES IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN AND THERE'S CONSTANTLY PEOPLE FILLING THEIR DRIVEWAY, PARKING ALL IN THE ROADS CLOSE TO THE STOP SIGNS, WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH THE ROADWAY SOMETIMES.

THERE'S ALSO IF AN AMBULANCE OR A FIRE TRUCK NEEDS TO GET THROUGH, IT'S LIMITING THOSE SPACES.

SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.

THANK YOU. I'LL GO LAST.

COUNCILMAN. TOWNSEND. BIG PICTURE.

COUNCILMAN GONGORA ASKED YOU ABOUT YOUR PASSION, AND I THINK YOU KIND OF ANSWERED IT WITH SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH YOUR SKILL LEVEL.

MY QUESTION IS, IF THERE WAS ONE ISSUE THAT YOU NEEDED TO ADDRESS IN THE CITY, WHATEVER IT IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL, WHATEVER THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO YOU THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS WHILE YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL.

IT'S HARD TO NARROW IT DOWN TO ONE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE GOING ON WITH THE DRAINAGE.

I SAW THAT Y'ALL HAD A PLAN COMING FOR THAT.

THE PART OF THE FUNDING, I BELIEVE IT SAID ON THE BUDGET PAPERWORK.

BUT THE PART THAT REALLY I THINK IS MY PASSION IN THAT SENSE WOULD BE THE BEAUTIFICATION OF ANGLETON AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE TRIES AS BEST AS THEY CAN TO MEET THE ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE.

I DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY AND I WANT TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF IT LIKE, OH, WOW, I DO WANT TO LIVE HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR BUSINESSES AND ALSO THE RESIDENCES.

BUT I ALSO SEE WHERE OTHERS YOU DRIVE BY AND PART OF THEIR SIGNAGE IS EVEN MISSING.

AND THAT'S LIKE ON OUR MAIN STREETS.

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THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS AROUND TAX POLICY.

COUNCILWOMAN GONGORA SAYS EVERY ONE OF US HAS OUR STRONG SUIT.

I GUESS MINE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FISCAL SIDE WHEN IT COMES TO NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

HOW FAMILIAR ARE YOU WITH THE TAX PROCESS IN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY? AND WOULD YOU SUPPORT ANYTHING ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE? I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

I DO SEE INFORMATION GOING AROUND ABOUT THE RESIDENCES AND THEIR TAXES THAT ARE THEIR PROPERTY TAX.

I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS TRIED VERY HARD IN THE STATE TO NOT INCREASE THOSE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY.

SOMETIMES IT HAS TO BE INCREASED BECAUSE HOW I SHARED EARLIER ABOUT A DOMINO EFFECT, IT PLAYS A PART IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS, EVEN MYSELF, WE DON'T SEE EVERY DETAIL OF WHY SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.

BUT MAYBE LIKE GETTING INVOLVED, THEY WOULDN'T BE SO UPSET ABOUT IT AND UNDER CERTAIN THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SHARE ABOUT THAT.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S OUT. YOU'RE OUT OF THE HOT SEAT NOW.

GOOD JOB. I'M GOING TO APPLAUD YOU FOR GOING FIRST.

YES. YES. WAY TO GO FIRST.

EVERYBODY BEHIND YOU IS ALREADY HEARD OUR QUESTIONS.

THEY CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU.

YES, THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER.

WELL, THAT'S ALL. I'M JUST.

OKAY. YOU'RE WRITING, TOO.

SO. OKAY. SO I RECOMMEND AGAIN FOR CONTINUITY THAT YOU ALL ASK THE SAME QUESTION.

WE WILL ASK EACH OF THE CANDIDATES.

OKAY, MR. DICKIE. GARY, DICKIE IS NUMBER TWO.

SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

START THE CLOCK NOW.

I'LL COUNT MYSELF TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME BE HERE.

WHY ARE MY INSURANCE ON CITY COUNCIL? I WAS KIND OF TALKED INTO IT, BUT I WON'T TELL YOU WHO TALKED ME INTO IT.

BUT NOW I BELIEVE IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE BUT YOU DON'T DO IT, THEN YOU'RE DOING A DISSERVICE NOT ONLY TO YOURSELF, BUT ALL THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM YOUR SKILLS AND TALENTS. I JOINED THE ARMY BACK IN 1990 AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT, RETIRED IN 2018 AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL.

SO I'VE GOT A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT WILLING TO COME IN AND CONTINUE TO SERVE.

AND IN THIS CASE, FOR THE CITY, THE PRIMARY ISSUES FACING ANGLETON.

I'VE ALWAYS WATCHED THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AT HOME ON FACEBOOK.

I STARTED ATTENDING THE MEETINGS LAST TWO IN PERSON.

WHAT I'VE SEEN IS A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ON LOT SIZES, ROADS, DEVELOPMENTS, DRAINAGE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THE TRAIN HOSTAGE SITUATION FIXED, OF COURSE, BASICALLY WE ALL HAVE THAT DESIRE TO MAKE ANGLETON BETTER AND WE'RE ALL WORKING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND WE JUST CONTROL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL, YOU KNOW, COUNTY AND STATE.

I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNTY.

AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. EVERYBODY'S HURTING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES UP THERE HIGHER THAN US.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THINGS.

WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? YOU KNOW, SUCH AS LIKE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

BUT I'M PRETTY AGAIN, FROM THE MILITARY BACKGROUND.

I BELIEVE IN CHAIN OF COMMAND.

I BELIEVE MAYORS, THE ONE WHO SETS THE VISION FOR EVERYTHING.

AND THEN IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

MAKE THAT A REALITY.

SAYS IF SELECTED, DO YOU SEEK TO RUN FOR REELECTION THIS YEAR? MY ANSWER RIGHT NOW IS YES.

ASK ME THAT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE'LL SEE IF I HAVE THE SAME ANSWER.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M A MEMBER OF THE ANGLETON MASONIC LODGE HERE.

REMEMBER THE ANGLETON AMERICAN LEGION HERE AS WELL.

WHAT MY CIVILIAN JOB IS, I'M A GS 15 AND I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO DISQUALIFY ME, BUT I WORK FOR THE IRS.

BUT I'M IN THE IT DEPARTMENT IN CONTRACTS AND ACQUISITIONS.

SO SUBJECT QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SAME QUESTION.

WE'VE HAD THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, AND I'D LIKE YOUR DEFINITION ON RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

I BELIEVE THAT DEVELOPMENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK AROUND ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT'S HAPPENING THERE AS WELL.

BUT YOU HAVE TO FIND THAT BALANCE.

YOU CAN'T GROW A LOT, BRING IN A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPERS THEY WANT TO DO.

THEY JUST WANT TO COME UP THERE AND BUY LAND AND BUILD HOUSES.

BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE THAT THAT LOOK AT WHAT IS OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT GROWTH COME IN AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE COME IN ARE NOW WORKING HERE IN ANGLETON THAT OVERLOADS

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AND IT'S SAME THING. IT'S LIKE WE TALK ABOUT LIKE THE DRAINAGE COMMITTEE THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HAVE THEM COME IN HERE AND THEN DESTROY THE LEVEE SYSTEM THAT THEY'VE WORKED SO HARD TO MAINTAIN.

SO BRINGING EVERYTHING, BRINGING ALL THESE HOUSES AND ALL THESE PEOPLE IN HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP TO ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND MAINTAIN ALL OF THEM.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO SAME QUESTION.

WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING WE ALL COVER ALL SUBJECTS, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE SUBJECT THAT WE PAY ATTENTION MORE, A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO.

WHAT WOULD YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE FOR YOU? I THINK THE CALL IT GENERAL CATEGORIES, BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A REAL GOOD PROGRAM OF KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL AND SO FORTH.

AND BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STRUCTURES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, I DRIVE BY THEM ALL THE TIME AND I GO, I WONDER WHO OWNS THAT AND WHY AREN'T THEY DOING SOMETHING TO KEEP IT UP AND MAINTAINED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT STRUCTURE COULD BE USED FOR BASED ON ITS LOCATION AND TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT IT IS.

SO AND YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF TIES IN ALSO WITH I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN WHEN I USED TO LIVE UP IN KILLEEN, WHERE YOU'VE GOT A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS OVER HERE OR EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO BUY THOSE HOUSES.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE THE HOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING NOW, NOBODY WANTS TO BUY THOSE AND THEN THEY END UP GETTING SOLD IN THAT AREA, STARTS TO GET RUN DOWN.

SO MY MY FOCUS OR CONCERN, I THINK WOULD BE MORE OF, YOU KNOW, KEEP KEEP ALL OF IT BEAUTIFUL, NOT LET ONE PARTICULAR AREA GO GET RUN DOWN OR OR DILAPIDATED.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BRICK COLONEL DICKEY, FOR THE 4 OR 5 YEARS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY LIVED HERE IN TOWN, YOU'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IT.

DO YOU SUPPORT CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY? WHY OR WHY NOT? I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE CITY IS THE BIG THE BIG QUESTION BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'VE GOT OUR CITY LIMITS AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT A LOT OF STUFF NOW.

SO NOW IT'S LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CRAM MORE, YOU KNOW, TO TO SAY IT POLITICALLY CORRECT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO STUFF TOO MUCH 10 POUNDS OF STUFF IN A 5 POUND BAG.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT IS AS WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ALREADY TONIGHT, IF IT IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN, IT'S GOT TO BE ANALYZED AND LOOKED AT AND SAY TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

PREFERABLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF AREA AROUND THE COUNTY THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE USED TO TO DO THAT DEVELOPMENT.

BUT DEVELOPMENT INSIDE THE CITY IS AGAIN, KIND OF LIKE FOR FROM THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IS IF IT CAN BE DONE AND DONE WISELY, THEN YES, I'D BE ALL I'D BE ALL FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR. OH, SO.

I'M NOT TRYING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DAN IS HER QUESTION WAS ABOUT A PASSION OR EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY COUNCILMAN GONGORA, I APOLOGIZE.

AND MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU HAD TO FOCUS ON A SINGLE ISSUE, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR SINGLE ISSUE YOU WISH TO ADDRESS IF YOU WERE ON CITY COUNCIL? UM, I'M STILL COMING UP WITH THE, I'M GUESSING THE SAME ANSWER LOOKING AT.

THAT'S FINE. I'M JUST THE, I GUESS TO PUT IT A PHRASE IT ANOTHER WAY, THOUGH, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE THE BEAUTIFICATION THROUGH THE REALIZATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES. YOU KNOW, LOOK, FIGURING OUT THE AREAS IN ANGLETON THAT SEEM TO BE NOT WELL UTILIZED AND THEN TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN ENGAGE WITH WHOEVER THE OWNER IS OF THAT PROPERTY AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? EITHER RECYCLE IT IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

SO. OKAY.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO TAX POLICY, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR WOULD YOU GO HIGHER THAN THAT OR MAINTAIN JUST THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE? I'D SAY THAT'S GOING TO ALSO BE DEPENDENT UPON A SNAPSHOT IN TIME AS WELL.

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WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, GAS PRICES AND GROCERY PRICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW.

SO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SAY IF IF WE ARE GOING TO SAY INCREASE REVENUE, WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? WELL, IT'S COMING FROM THE CITY.

WELL, THE PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT PROJECTS, THINGS THAT WE WANT TO GET DONE FOR THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE REVENUE.

SO I JUST THINK I HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE SMART ABOUT IT AND SAY, OKAY, LET'S DO IT, BUT LET'S NOT DO IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HURT THE PEOPLE.

THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY HURTING.

BUT LOOK AT SOMETHING IN THE IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE ECONOMY IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY APPROACH IT.

BUT NO, I WOULD I WOULD AGREE WITH THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT A MORE NEW REVENUE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU.

I DO APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

NUMBER THREE, MISS GORDON.

MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR HERE IN PERSON BEFORE YOU.

I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN ANGLETON FOR 44 YEARS.

I WAS ALSO ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE MAKE ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL AND WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH REALLY THE THEME ON WHETHER THAT HEART SHOULD SAY ANGLETON, WHERE THE HEART IS OR THE HEART OF ANGLETON.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, THAT HAS BEEN SETTLED.

THE QUESTION OF WHY I WOULD WANT TO RUN FOR COUNCIL IS BECAUSE WITHIN THE LAST 40 YEARS I'VE WITNESSED THE TRANSFORMATION OF WHAT WAS CONSIDERED BY SOME PEOPLE TO BE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY AND IT'S RESOLVED OR EVOLVED INTO A VIBRANT, DIVERSE CITY.

AND WHEN I SAY DIVERSE, SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE ALL THEIR LIVES. THEIR HOMES WERE LEFT TO THEM BY SOMEONE ELSE.

AND WHEN WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MUCHLY NEEDED.

WHERE DO THOSE PEOPLE FIT IN? I THINK THAT SHOULD I BE APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL? MY STRENGTH, I THINK, IS COMMUNICATION.

MAYBE I JUST HAVE ONE OF THOSE FACES WHERE PEOPLE JUST COME UP TO ME IN THE GROCERY STORE AND THEY WANT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT STUFF.

PERSONALLY, I LIVE OFF OF BUCHTEL ROAD AND I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING UP NEAR MY AREA.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALSO HAVE OR A TAX BASE THAT IS NOT OVERLY BURDENSOME.

AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BE AS VIBRANT AS IT IS.

AND THOSE WOULD BE MY FOCUS.

TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WELL, MISS GORDON, WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS NOW.

QUESTION TIME. DON'T START WITH TRAVIS.

NO, WE START WITH COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL HERE WITH ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD COMING IN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

RESPONSIBLE GROWTH REALLY DEPENDS ON YOUR CITIZENS.

YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE CITIZENS TO KNOW WHAT DO WE EXPECT? WHAT ONE PERSON'S EXPECTATION MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE ELSE'S, AND HOW DO WE PUT THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER? YOU KNOW, IF IT'S BUSINESS, MORE GROWTH IS RELATED TO BUSINESS OR BETTER GROCERY STORES OR NOT HAVING TO STAND IN LINE IN A GROCERY STORE WITH FIVE ITEMS BECAUSE THERE'S NO SELF CHECK.

OF COURSE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WENT OFF OF WHAT YOUR ORIGINAL BECAUSE SOMETIMES I JUST KIND OF GET WOUND UP ON THE IDEA I'M A

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SO I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MISS GORDON, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR YOUR PASSION? SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS ON AS YOUR TIME AS A COUNCIL PERSON? MY PASSION IS FOR PEOPLE.

AND BECAUSE OF THIS AREA, I PERCEIVE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDY PEOPLE.

HOW DO WE GET THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED TO BE HERE TO COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS? I WOULD BE YOUR MEDIATOR MEDIUM TO GO OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I DO.

BUT IN ORDER TO SAY THAT, HEY, WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS, YOU REALLY HAVE TO MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T READ THE NEWSPAPER.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTY.

SO WHOEVER IS ON THE COUNCIL, IT'S PART OF THEIR JOB TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE CITIZENS OF ANGLETON TO DETERMINE FROM THEM WHAT DO THEY THINK THEY NEED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MISS GORDON. WHEN YOU'RE 44 YEARS OF LIVING HERE.

YES CECIL. YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH OF SLOW GROWTH AND NOW WE'RE SEEING SOME RAPID RESIDENTIAL GROWTH.

AS I'VE ASKED THE OTHER TWO, DO YOU SUPPORT CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? AND WHY OR WHY NOT? I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESPONSIBLE.

AREAS CAN BECOME OVERSATURATED WITH DEVELOPMENT.

ECONOMICS ALL PLAYS INTO A FACTOR.

DO WE FORGET ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE ON THE WEST END WHO REALLY CAN BARELY AFFORD THE HOUSES THAT THEY HAVE? OR, YOU KNOW, DO WE JUST THROW THEM OUT AND FORGET ABOUT THEM? BUT IN ORDER TO BE A CITY THAT IS GOING TO LAST FOREVER, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO ENVISION WHAT THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE LEAVE BEHIND.

SO AND WHEN I SAY LEAVE BEHIND, I MEAN WHEN I'M NOT HERE ANYMORE.

SO WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GENERATIONAL? YOU KNOW, THEIR FAMILIES LIVE HERE, THEIR CHILDREN LIVE HERE.

THEY ALL WENT TO THE ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT WILL THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR THEM? SO AS FAR AS THE RESIDENTIAL ASPECT, I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE IN TUNE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. WHAT DOES YOUR COMMUNITY NEED AND YOU DON'T HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DETERMINING WHAT THEY NEED? IF YOU DON'T TALK TO THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. TRAVIS.

OH, OKAY. SORRY. STILL TAKING NOTES HERE.

ALL RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE. SO, YES, MY QUESTION IS.

I KNOW MARK'S IS PASSION.

MINE IS IF YOU COULD ADDRESS ONE THING OR SINGLE ISSUE TO ADDRESS WHILE YOU'RE ON CITY COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD THAT BE FOR YOU? MY SINGLE ISSUE AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL, I'M REALLY A PROPONENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE COMPATIBLE OR IN COMPETITION OR MEET THE DEMANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ANGLETON, BUT THEY LEAVE ANGLETON TO SHOP IN LAKE JACKSON BECAUSE THE STORES ARE BETTER THERE, OR THAT'S THE PERCEIVED NOTION THAT THE STORES ARE BETTER THERE. SO THAT WOULD BE MY ISSUE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

MS. GORDON THE ON TAX POLICY, DO YOU SUPPORT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO GOING HIGHER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE? I WOULD BE WILLING TO GO HIGHER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PLAY INTO WHAT MAKES THE TAX BASE.

UH, IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR IT TO BE HIGHER?

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YOU WANT THE SAME THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE.

AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU GOT TO PAY TAXES.

SO THAT THAT WOULD BE MY OPINION, IS THAT THE TAX BASE SHOULD NOT JUST BE SET AT ONE RATE.

IN ORDER FOR YOUR CITY TO GROW, IT HAS TO HAVE THE FLUCTUATION OR THE ABILITY TO FLUCTUATE AND TO BE IN STEP WITH THE TIMES BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE ALL THESE SERVICES YOU WANT TO PROVIDE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MR. ANDREW HESTON.

LET ME START MY TIMER HERE SO I DON'T GO OVER.

HEY, GOOD EVENING.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME. COUNCIL.

I'M ANDREW HESTON.

I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT BECAUSE I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU REMEMBER MY STUMP SPEECHES FROM LAST YEAR.

SO FIRST OF ALL, WHY DO I WANT TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL? IT'S BECAUSE I'M A I'M A LOCAL GOVERNMENT NERD, RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT I DO ALL DAY LONG FOR THE COUNTY.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE THE DA'S OFFICE IN THE CIVIL DIVISION, AND I'M FASCINATED BY THE WORKINGS OF GOVERNMENT. I ENJOY IT.

AND I HAVE A SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY HERE, RIGHT HERE WORKING FROM THE COURTHOUSE THERE.

SO I HAVE A FAIRLY DECENT IDEA OF THE INS AND OUTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE MECHANICS.

AND WHILE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, I FEEL LIKE I'D BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE IF I'VE GOT THE SKILL SET, I SHOULD AT LEAST TRY AND SERVE.

AS FOR THE ISSUES FACING ANGLETON, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN TOUCHED ON BY THE FOLKS THAT PRECEDED ME AND THEY'LL PROBABLY BE TOUCHED ON BY THE FOLKS COMING AFTER ME.

OUR BIG ISSUES ARE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S CRUMBLING PER SE.

I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT ONE OF THE BETTER SETUPS IN SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY HERE, AND IT'S PRETTY WELL KEPT UP, BUT IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO KEEP IT UP. AND AS WITH DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EXPANDING THAT WHILE NOT COMPROMISING SERVICES TO EXISTING RESIDENTS.

AND THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO.

AND I THINK I'VE GOT SOME EXPERIENCE THAT CAN HELP ME DO IT.

AND AS FOR WHETHER OR NOT I WOULD RUN FOR REELECTION.

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S HARD TO GET A LOT ACCOMPLISHED IN LESS THAN A TERM.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS LONG AS THE VOTERS WOULD HAVE ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHTY. SAME QUESTION.

WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH? SO. I THINK IT'S GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT RESIDENTIAL ON ONE HAND, AND I THINK A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT RESPONSIBLE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE WERE NEIGHBORS, RIGHT? COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL IT WAS A EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT MAINTAINED WALKABILITY.

IT HAD DECENT STORM SEWERS, DECENT DRAINAGE.

IT DIDN'T. THIS IS THE ROSEWOOD DEVELOPMENT.

SORRY, FOLKS.

THIS WAS AN ADDITIONAL SECTION OF ROSEWOOD.

NOW, WERE THOSE LOTS HUGE? NO, BY NO MEANS.

THEY THEY'RE PRETTY SMALL, BUT THEY ARE.

IT'S DECENT DEVELOPMENT THAT CONNECTS TO THE REST OF THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO ONE OF THESE BIG MEGA DEVELOPMENTS LIKE, OH, SAY ASHLAND OVER THERE, RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING TO COME IN, RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN.

BIG DEVELOPMENT.

LOTS OF QUESTIONS AS TO HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER.

RIGHT. SO I THINK.

THAT'S THE IDEA. THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE INTEGRATED INTO OUR EXISTING CITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT DOESN'T COMPROMISE SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS ON THE ON THE BUSINESS SIDE.

WE NEED GROWTH OF INDUSTRY THAT'S NOT JUST RETAIL HERE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT JUST A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO CREATE GOOD JOBS HERE IN ANGLETON AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT THOSE BUSINESSES BY SHOWING THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE.

AND I REALLY THINK WE DO.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? AND I THINK CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OUR SIDEWALKS, WHICH ARE SLOWLY MOVING OUT, REALLY HELP MAKE EVERYTHING SAFER BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WALK OR BIKE IN THE CITY.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HEY, ANDREW. HEY. SO SAME QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR YOUR PASSION OR AREA OF THAT? YOU WOULD PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS ON THAT REGARDS TO COUNCIL BUSINESS? WELL, LIKE I SAID, I'M A LOCAL GOVERNMENT NERD, RIGHT? SO I THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN ANY PARTICULAR END IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STEP THAT WE TAKE IS BEST CALCULATED TO ACCOMPLISH OUR AIMS. SO RATHER THAN JUST SAYING INFRASTRUCTURE OR PA PARKS, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN LIKE THE NUTS AND BOLTS.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT STUFF THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH, BUT IF I HAD TO NAME ONE PASSION, THEY WOULD BE THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MR. HAIRSTON, YOU'VE YOU MOVED INTO A RELATIVELY NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE AT ROSEWOOD.

AND AND SO DO YOU SUPPORT THE CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? YES. OR WHY OR WHY NOT? I THINK IT'S SOMETHING ULTIMATELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T STOP.

RIGHT. SOME GROWTH IS INEVITABLE, OTHERWISE IT'LL JUST END UP ACCRETING AROUND US IN THE COUNTY, IN PLACES WE CAN'T CONTROL. RIGHT.

AND THEN WE'LL BE LEFT BEHIND.

PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO GO TO LAKE JACKSON FOR TO DO THEIR SHOPPING, AND THEN WE WILL GET STUCK AS A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK GROWTH IS INEVITABLE.

IT MUST BE RESPONSIBLY MANAGED TO DO THE THINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT, WHICH ARE INTEGRATED IN OUR COMMUNITY, INTEGRATE THESE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST SEEING THIS AS A PLACE TO REST THEIR HEAD.

RIGHT. AND ALSO TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE FOR OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THESE DEVELOPERS COME IN THAT WE MAKE SURE TO GET THE BEST VALUE FOR THE THE CITY AS WE GO IN AND WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S TRAFFIC AND IT ISN'T COMPROMISED, WE AREN'T CREATING THESE SNARLS LIKE WE'RE AFRAID THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF.

THOSE TOWNHOMES WENT IN AND THAT WE DON'T CREATE THESE.

WE DON'T. EVERYONE'S WORRIED ABOUT FLOODING, RIGHT? WE'RE INSIDE THE LEVEE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RAIN EVENTS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WORRIES ME.

AND I'M ACTUALLY REALLY HAPPY WITH THE STORM SEWERS IN MY NEW DEVELOPMENT.

RELATIVELY NEW DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE WATER BACKING UP.

TOO BAD ON THOSE ROADS.

AND THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE WANT TO SEE FROM THE DEVELOPERS.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YES, SIR. ANDREW SO IF THERE WAS ONE SINGLE ISSUE YOU COULD ADDRESS WHILE YOUR TIME ON CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REALISTIC, YOU KNOW, BUT.

IF YOU COULD DRESS IT, WHAT WOULD IT BE? OH, SEWER PLANT.

I LOVE ME SOME SEPTIC AND ANGLETON HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.

IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AROUND HERE, THEY'VE GOT FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY'VE GOT PLACES LIKE BRAZORIA WHERE THEY DUMP RAW SEWAGE INTO THE SAN BERNARD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE US.

I WANT THIS TO BE CONTINUE TO BE A KIND OF A BEACON FOR WHAT CAN BE DONE WHEN YOU INVEST IN YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO NEXT QUESTION.

TAX POLICY.

YOU ARE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT NERD, SO YOU ARE VERY WELL VERSED IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE APPRAISALS.

WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO INCREASES? I THINK THAT YOU CAN'T TIE YOURSELF TO A NO NEW REVENUE RATE YEAR AFTER YEAR UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO TIE YOURSELF TO UNLIMITED GROWTH.

RIGHT. SO THAT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT A NO NEW REVENUE RATE WITHOUT ANY ROOM FOR INFLATION, IT WOULD NECESSARILY BE THE A POLICY I WOULD APPRECIATE.

A ALSO I THINK THAT KIND OF LOCKS YOU IN WHERE YOU CAN'T DO THINGS LIKE MESS AROUND WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS SO THAT YOU COULD KIND OF TARGET THE TAX CUTS TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT MOST.

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THAT'S NOT A HOUSE.

THAT'S NOT EVEN A SHED.

BUT YOU JUST TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, I THINK YOU NEED TO RETAIN FLEXIBILITY.

AND SO I CAN'T PLEDGE A NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

NO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. HYMAN MORENO.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JAIME MORENO.

LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE, I HAVE BEEN A 42.5 OF MY 44 YEARS ON EARTH.

I'VE LIVED IN ANGLETON WHERE I'VE RAISED MY KIDS.

IT'S WHERE I GOT MARRIED AND IT'S HOME FOR ME.

SO WHY AM I INTERESTED IN IN BEING ON CITY COUNCIL? FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE PARKS BOARD.

SOMEHOW GOT INTO THE CHAIR OF THAT RECENTLY.

DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT IT WAS.

I WAS HAPPY TO STEP UP FOR IT.

I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.

I WAS CO-CHAIR OF THAT LAST YEAR WHERE WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE CITY CHARTER.

AND JUST HONESTLY, WE'VE REMOVED A LOT OF VERBIAGE THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU GUYS FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

MORE RECENTLY, I'VE BEEN PART OF I GOT A POSITION ON ABLC.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT IF I'M GOING TO BE HERE AND THIS IS MY HOME, I NEED TO GIVE BACK AS MUCH AS I CAN.

IT'S BEEN MORE RECENT THAT I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING MY TIME THROUGH THE CITY, BUT BEFORE THAT, AS AN EDUCATOR AT ANGLETON AND BEING AN EDUCATOR FOR THE 14 PLUS YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING IT, I'VE BEEN KIND OF GIVING BACK TO MY COMMUNITY BY GIVING, INVESTING AND MENTORING INDIVIDUALS THAT I FELT LIKE NEEDED THE MENTORING THAT LIVED HERE.

AND I'VE I'VE SEEN SOME AMAZING KIDS COME OUT OF MY CLASSROOM AND BECOME AMAZING ADULTS HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO ISSUES THAT I COULD SEE WITH ANGLETON, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE SAID IT.

I'LL ADD A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SPIN TO IT.

SO THERE'S THREE BIG ONES THAT I THINK ARE AN ISSUE.

NUMBER ONE IS CONNECTABILITY.

THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ROADS THAT DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS DONE THE WAY IT WAS, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SLOWLY BEING ADDRESSED, BUT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT MORE.

I WOULD ADD DIGITALLY.

CONNECTABILITY. THERE ARE PARTS OF ANGLETON THAT HAVE REALLY BAD SERVICE IN THE SENSE OF WI-FI.

WE TEACH CHILDREN THAT ARE A MODERN AGE.

THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT ABILITY AND MOST PEOPLE DO A LOT OF WORK.

ON THE INTERNET. AND SO, LIKE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TO COME UP WITH SOME PLANS THAT MAYBE WE CAN INTRODUCE SOME SOME TYPE OF CONNECTIVITY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE.

INFRASTRUCTURE, OF COURSE, IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GROW, WHICH I DO BELIEVE IS INEVITABLE, INEVITABLE THAT WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND WE MAINTAIN IT AND WE UPGRADE WHAT WE NEED TO UPGRADE. I'LL GET TO MY NEXT POINT WHENEVER YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS IN A MINUTE.

BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IF I GET THIS POSITION, I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND TO RUN AS LONG AS I CAN.

I'M ALLOWED TO. THAT'S SOLOMON.

DANIEL. ALL RIGHTY.

WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH? I THINK THAT RESPONSIBLE GROWTH TO ME NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE SOME OF THESE.

I'LL GIVE YOU WHERE I'M AT.

SO I LIVE CURRENTLY IN THE GREYSTONE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE IN MY OPINION, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS FANTASTIC.

THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD DRAINAGE.

THERE'S CONNECTED REALLY GOOD TO THE SIDEWALKS THERE ON WILDERS.

I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW, WE NEED TO DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.

GROWTH FOR THE SAKE OF GROWTH.

I DON'T THINK IS NEEDED.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT HERE IN ANGLETON, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SEWAGE IS GOOD, OUR DRAINAGE IS GOOD, THE WATER SYSTEM CAN WORK. OUR GRID IS GREAT SO THAT WE CAN ADD THESE PEOPLE AND IT NOT BE A DETERRENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE THEIR ENTIRETY OF THEIR LIFE.

SO GROWTH, AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, THE WAY IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PATH.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO JUST ADD SUBDIVISIONS FOR THE SAKE OF ADDING SUBDIVISIONS.

I THINK THEY NEED TO BE PLANNED CORRECTLY.

I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE THEIR ENTIRE LIFE BEFORE.

WE JUST THROW IN A SUBDIVISION IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SO WHAT AREA OF COUNCIL BUSINESS DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS ON THAN THE OTHERS? SO, MARK, LIKE YOU, I'M ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW FOR PARKS.

I LOVE OUR PARKS SYSTEM, AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.

I'M VERY VOCAL ON THAT.

I THINK THAT THERE'S THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT WE COULD 100% UPGRADE.

WE CAN MAKE THEM BETTER.

SO FOR ME, PARKS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONE.

AND HONESTLY, THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT WOULD BE THE CONNECTIVITY PART.

WE LOVE WALKING ME AND MY WIFE.

OUR KIDS USE THESE SIDEWALKS, BUT THERE ARE PLACES IN ANGLETON THAT YOU CANNOT GO THROUGH WITHOUT BEING ON THE ROAD.

AND SOME OF THESE ROADS ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO TO BIKE OR CYCLE ON WITHOUT HAVING THE CONCERN OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE ON THE ROADS.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH, GO AHEAD, MR. MARINO, YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT YOU FEEL LIKE GROWTH IS INEVITABLE FOR THE CITY.

DO YOU DO YOU SUPPORT CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? AND IF YOU DO, WHY OR WHY NOT? YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I THINK GROWTH FOR THE SAKE OF GROWTH, I DON'T NECESSARILY I'M NOT A FAN OF THAT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW, IT NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLY DONE.

THERE ARE AREAS OF OF THE OF THE CITY LIMITS THAT YOU PROBABLY COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE.

TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT IT.

ADDING 82 TOWNHOMES IN THAT AREA WOULD NOT BE SMART.

SO THAT WOULD BE A WAY WHERE I WOULD SAY, I DON'T THINK THAT GROWTH IS SMART AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED THAT GROWTH.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU IF WE DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY AND WE WE ARE ABLE TO NOT INTERRUPT WHAT WE HAVE, MAKE SURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT, THEN I THINK THAT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I WOULD BE A FAN OF SO LONG AGAIN, AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND AGAIN, KIND OF MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU HAD ONE SINGLE THING YOU WISH TO ADDRESS WHILE YOU WERE ON CITY COUNCIL, IT COULD BE VERY REAL OR IT COULD BE A PIE IN THE SKY.

BUT WHATEVER IT IS, WHAT WOULD THAT BE FOR YOU? TRAVIS THERE'S SO MANY TO GO TO ONE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I WILL TELL YOU, I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU THE BIG ONE AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, THE FACT THAT HENDERSON DOES NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK BOGGLES MY MIND.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THAT AREA, THERE ARE KIDS THAT NEED TO USE HENDERSON THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, THERE'S NO NOTHING, THERE'S NO SHOULDER, THERE'S NOTHING ON THAT ROAD. IT IS MASSIVELY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE KIDS THAT ARE GETTING OUT AND GOING THAT WAY.

AND FOR SOME, THAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO TRAVEL TO THEIR HOME.

WHY WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS ON HENDERSON AND JOHN LOOKED AT ME THE RIGHT WAY.

IT INFURIATES ME THAT THAT THAT IS THE CASE.

AND THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN ANGLETON THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.

WHY DOES MASTERSON NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS TO IT? IN ORDER FOR ANYBODY TO GET IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET TO MASTERSON PARK, YOU HAVE TO WALK ON THE ROAD AND THROUGH PARKING LOTS.

WHY THAT? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

AND WE HAVE TO FIX THAT IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO FROM ONE SIDE OF TOWN TO THE OTHER, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT ON SIDEWALKS.

IF WE WANT TO CONNECT ALL OF OUR PARKS WITH THE FURTHER PARK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR ABBY'S PARK, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A SAFE WAY.

AND WE CANNOT BOGGLES MY MIND.

THANK YOU. I COULD HAVE WRITTEN THAT DOWN.

I KNOW. I KNEW YOU HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

TAX POLICY.

WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR SOMETHING ELSE? SO IN MY MINUTES OF EXPERTISE, WHEN I GOOGLED IT WHEN YOU FIRST ASKED THIS QUESTION, SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE NEW, NEW NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, IF I'M CORRECT, IS THAT IT LOOKS AT PREVIOUS YEARS AND BASICALLY BASES IT OFF OF YEAR TO YEAR AND THAT THE PUBLIC HAS THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT IT WITH YOU GUYS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE NEEDS TO BE A RAISE OR NOT. IS THAT BASICALLY HOW IT WORKS? VOTER APPROVAL RATE WOULD BE WHERE THE CITIZENS COME BACK AND TELL YOU, YES.

SO HERE IS MY MY, MY THING.

I THINK THAT IF WE ARE RAISING TAXES FOR THE SAKE OF RAISING TAXES, SIMILAR TO GROWTH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY FOR IT SO LONG AS WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND GROW APPROPRIATELY. RIGHT.

IF THE NO NEW REVENUE HINDERS US FROM GROWTH AND HINDERS US FROM DOING THINGS WITHIN THE THE POWER OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE, THEN I WOULD SAY THERE MIGHT BE A NECESSITY FOR IT.

NOW, I AM DIFFERENT THAN MOST PEOPLE IN THAT I DON'T CARE IF MY TAXES ARE RAISED SO LONG AS WE ARE USING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

RIGHT. IF WE ARE DEVELOPING SIDEWALKS, I WILL PAY YOU AN EXTRA.

IF WE'RE DEVELOPING A NEW PARK, THAT'S FINE.

BUT IF WE'RE RAISING TAXES FOR THE SAKE OF RAISING TAXES SO THAT THERE'S JUST REVENUE, LIKE WHY WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW ANY ANY SORT OF IDEA THAT WE'RE HAVING TO IT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE TAXPAYERS AND SAY, HEY, COMMUNITY, THIS IS WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE YOUR TAX BY THIS MUCH BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO SPECIFICALLY TO THIS THING.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF THE NO NEW REVENUE.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT.

BUT AGAIN, IF THERE IS SOMETHING IF IT HINDERS US FROM FROM RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, THEN I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE OUR TAXES AND BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY COULD SEE IT SO THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MISTER TERRY ROBERTS.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TERRY ROBERTS.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO APPLY TONIGHT.

AND I AGREE.

I COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS, TOO, BUT WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CITY COUNCIL? BASICALLY JUST GETTING INVOLVED.

AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE GONE TO A PART TIME JOB.

SO I'VE ACTUALLY GOT HOURS TO ACTUALLY DONATE SOME TIME BACK TO COMMUNITY BEFORE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN REAL BUSY, NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO

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I DO LIKE THE PROGRESS.

ANGLETON HAS MADE AND FEEL LIKE MY BACKGROUND WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN THE PRIMARY ISSUES FACING THE CITY OF ANGLETON ANGLETON HAS MANY ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING THAT MAY HAVE DONE.

UH, AN AMAZING JOB AND ADDRESSING THEM AND SETTING PRIORITIES.

I'M ENCOURAGED THEY HAVE A MASTER PLAN COMMITTED TO ADA COMPLIANCE AND MAKING IT EASY FOR BIKES AND PEOPLE TO GET AROUND THE CITY.

I WOULD SAY THE TWO MAIN ISSUES WOULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROWTH.

THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO REPAIR, UPGRADE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH WATER, SEWER, SIDEWALK ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND INSTALLING SOLAR LIGHTS WHERE FEASIBLE.

THE GROWTH HAS BEEN GOOD, BUT ALSO NEEDS TO BE DONE IN MODERATION TO SUPPLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

STAYING AHEAD OF ANY SHORTCOMINGS.

APPRECIATE THE FORETHOUGHT FROM PREVIOUS MEMBERS THAT WAS PUT IN TO INSTALL THE LEVEE AROUND ANGLETON AND ALSO TO BUILD THE SEWER PLANT FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

WE ALSO NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE MUD MUDS AND PITS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY BENEFIT THE CITY ALSO IN THE LONG RUN.

WE NEED TO BALANCE OUR TAX BASE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT ANGLETON IS STILL AFFORDABLE, TO KEEP PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES WILLING TO MOVE OR RELOCATE HERE. AND WE NEED TO BE WORKING WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT NOW TO START ADDING SOME MORE LANES TO THE HIGHWAY, SINCE THE GROWTH WILL ADD MORE TRAFFIC TO THE HIGHWAY.

AND THEN, YES, I WOULD RUN AGAIN IF I WAS APPOINTED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SAME QUESTION FOR EVERYONE.

WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH? RESPONSIBLE GROWTH? I WOULD THINK YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE THAT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THAT GROWTH.

AND SO IF WE'RE ADDING ON, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD THE MUDSS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE WE GO THROUGH THESE SUBDIVISIONS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY FAULT ON THOSE? ARE WE PICKING THAT UP ON THE CITY OR ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? AND SO I KNOW THIS NEW SEWER PLANT, I THINK WAS $5 MILLION TO PUT THAT IN.

WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE MONEY FROM THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS? ARE WE GOING TO GET ENOUGH TAX BASE OFF OF THAT TO TO SUPPORT A NEW SEWER PLANT? THANK YOU. LET'S GO, MR. ROBERTS. SO WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PASSION OR THE AREA OF BUSINESS OF COUNCIL BUSINESS THAT YOU MIGHT PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION TOWARDS? WELL, I'VE BEEN ON THE PARKS BOARD.

I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PARKS THAT WE'VE DONE.

THE LAKESIDE PARK IS BEAUTIFUL.

I THINK GREAT EFFORT FROM THAT SIDE, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT MY MAIN FOCUS WOULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF THINGS TO WORK ON.

BUT YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND THE CITY, SEE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY, BUT I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. ROBERTS, YOU'VE LIVED HERE ALL YOUR LIFE, I GUESS AS AS MOST OF US, SEVERAL OF US HERE IN THIS ROOM, HAVE YOU SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH? YOU'VE SEEN IT. WE'VE SEEN STYMIED GROWTH IN THE YEARS PAST WHERE NOTHING WAS HAPPENING.

AND NOW YOU'RE SEEING WE'RE SEEING SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN IN THE CITY.

BUT DO YOU SUPPORT CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? WHY OR WHY NOT? I DO SUPPORT CONTINUED GROWTH.

I LIKE YOU SAID, I'VE SEEN ANGLETON STAGNANT BEFORE.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE GROWING, BUT I WANT TO LIMIT THAT GROWTH.

I THINK IF WE GROW TOO FAST, WE LOSE THAT SMALL TOWN APPEAL THAT I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THAT PHASE.

IT'S NICE TO GET THOSE BIG BUSINESSES IN, BUT BUT THERE'S OTHER CONCERNS THERE ALSO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEAR.

SO AGAIN, MY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAD TO FOCUS ON A SINGLE ISSUE AND I AGREE WITH MR. MARINO, I MEAN, THERE'S CERTAINLY YOU COULD PROBABLY THROW A DART AT MANY OF THEM, BUT I'M ASKING FOR A SINGLE ONE, WHETHER IT'S REALISTIC OR, AGAIN, PIE IN THE SKY. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ISSUE TO ADDRESS? I DO AGREE WITH TOMMY SOMEWHAT ON THE SIDEWALKS BECAUSE IT'S JUST LIKE WE WE DID A VARIANCE ON A HOUSE, BRAND NEW HOUSE ON THE LOT.

AND SO I KNOW OUR SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE A REQUIREMENT TO TO MEET SIDEWALKS INSTALLATIONS NOW ARE ARE NEW SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE GOING IN.

BUT FOR A SINGLE HOUSE GOING IN THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT TO PUT A SIDEWALK IN.

AND SO HE'S SAYING.

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BUT LOOK AT THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS OVER THERE.

AND SO EVERYBODY HAS TO WALK IN THE STREETS.

IT IS AN ISSUE.

BUT I DO I DO LIKE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ADA, ADDITIONS TO THE SIDEWALKS.

THAT'S THAT'S BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT TO.

ARE YOU OKAY ON TAX POLICY? NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO ANYTHING ABOVE THAT? SO DEFINE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, BECAUSE WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH IS THE APPRAISALS ON THE HOUSES ARE GOING UP.

SO IF WE KEEP THE SAME TAX RATE, YOU'RE PAYING MORE? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO ARE WE.

ARE WE SAYING WE'RE KEEPING THE RATE SAME OR ARE WE? NO, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE DOESN'T DOES NOT ADD ADDITIONAL REVENUE YEAR OVER YEAR EXCEPT FOR THE NEW REVENUE THAT'S BEING FROM THE NEW GROWTH THAT'S COMING IN. SO YOU WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE FROM THE GROWTH.

BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, NO NEW REVENUE RATE DROPS THE TAX RATE DOWN.

EVERYBODY GETS TO ENJOY THAT.

PLUS THERE'S THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, SENIOR EXEMPTION, AND THERE'S OTHER PIECES TO IT AS WELL.

RIGHT. AND SO I'M NOT AGAINST THE NO NEW RATE, BUT IF IT'S NEEDED, YES, I'M GOING FOR THAT.

AND SO WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CITY.

IF WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS, ISSUES, WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT BUDGET AND AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MR.. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TANNER SARTIN. APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING ME, AND I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS, THE CITIZENS AND STAFF, FOR NOT INTRODUCING MYSELF WHEN I SPOKE EARLIER.

KIND OF BROKE THAT UP.

BUT I'LL READ OFF MY SCRIPT.

YOU KNOW, ANY OPEN POLITICAL POSITION COULD BE FILLED BY SOMEONE WHO COULD BE FILLED BY SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY AND ITS PEOPLE AT THE FOCUS OF THEIR AGENDA.

MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE ISSUES WE'RE SEEING AT A STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL ARE A RESULT OF THE BELIEF THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL LOOK AFTER OUR INTERESTS FOR US.

THERE ARE FOUR GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY LIVING IN ANGLETON AND MY WIFE'S FAMILY DATES BACK TO TEXAS BEGINNINGS.

I'D LIKE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY ANGLETON AS I DID.

I BELIEVE MY INTENT WOULD BE BEST CATEGORIZED AS PRESERVATION AS FAR AS PRIMARY ISSUES AS THE COUNTY SEAT AND THE HUB FOR MANY COMMUNITY SERVICES, ANGLETON WILL WILL ALWAYS BE A TARGET FOR LOW INCOME AND GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH I'M NOT A PROPONENT OF OR INTERESTED IN ENCOURAGING.

HISTORICAL DATA HAS SHOWN.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT REDUCED PROPERTY VALUES AND AN INCREASE IN IN CRIME GENERALLY FOLLOW THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.

AN ORGANIC GROWTH IS ALSO A TREND WE SHOULD DISCOURAGE.

BASED ON WHAT I HAD JUST SPOKEN OF.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I'M FOR NATURAL GROWTH.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTIES.

AT SOME POINT THEY'RE GOING TO END UP SELLING THEIR ACREAGE THAT MAY BE IN TOWN OR CLOSE BY.

THE FREE MARKET CAPITALIST INSIDE OF ME SAYS THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING AND THAT DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO PURSUE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE STRUCTURE THOSE IN A WAY THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT CITIZENS ARE GOING TO APPLAUD AND THAT GOES WITH WITH LOT LINES AND AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, TRAFFIC CONCERNS LIKE WE ADDRESSED THIS EVENING. IF SELECTED, DO I PLAN TO RUN FOR REELECTION? I ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHTY.

SAME QUESTION. WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH? WELL, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE GROWTH DEPENDS ON KIND OF WHERE YOU'RE AT.

BUT FOR ANGLETON, I, I BELIEVE THAT DEVELOPING EMPTY LOTS AND AND DEVELOPMENT AND AND REGULATING THE WAY THAT NEW COMMUNITIES ARE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE CITY IS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

IT APPEARS THAT AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS HISTORICALLY DONE A FAIRLY DECENT JOB OF THIS WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I STAND.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, TANNER.

WHAT WOULD BE THE AREA OF COUNCIL BUSINESS THAT YOU MIGHT PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS TOWARDS? SO ONE AGAIN, I'M KIND OF I'M KIND OF PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ABOUT THE GROWTH AND THE WAY THAT THAT OCCURS, MAINLY AS IT RELATES TO THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT I'M ALSO ONE WHO DRIVES THROUGH TOWN AND SEES THESE OLD STORES.

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SO, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THOSE STORES AND I THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT THOSE PLACES SIT VACANT.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE ARE REVITALIZATION PROJECTS THAT CAN BE LOOKED INTO AND POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY ENCOURAGEMENT IN CERTAIN WAYS OF OF HAVING PEOPLE ENTER THOSE THOSE VACANT BUILDINGS AS OPPOSED TO TO TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.

EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU.

OKAY. I FEEL LIKE I ASK I ASK CHRIS'S QUESTION, BUT WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.

BUT. DO YOU SUPPORT? DO YOU SUPPORT CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? SEE, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH NOT CONFUSING SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

I SUPPORT GROWTH AND I SUPPORT IT THROUGH THE REGULATION OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.

BUT I DO NOT ENCOURAGE GROWTH.

AS I SAID EARLIER, GROWTH IS AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO COME HERE BECAUSE WE'RE THE CENTRAL HUB FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

SO WE DON'T NEED TO ENCOURAGE ANY ANY NEW GROWTH BECAUSE IT'S AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO BE KNOCKING AT OUR DOOR.

AND MY QUESTION IS AGAIN.

IF YOU HAD A SINGLE ISSUE TO ADDRESS WHILE YOU WERE HERE, OUR TIME ON CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER IT BE REAL OR SOME SORT OF.

YOU KNOW, 30 YEAR PLAN ON PIE IN THE SKY TYPE OF PLAN.

WHAT WOULD THAT BE? YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU SAID THE 30 YEAR PLAN.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT THAT WE FACE ARE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MORE OF A.

MORE OF A LONG, A LONG ENDURANCE RUN THAN THEY ARE GOING TO BE A QUICK SPRINT.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE TIME AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE MONEY.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALREADY COMPLAINING ABOUT INCREASED TAXES AND ALL OF THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN WHERE WE CAN, BUT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE.

FOCUSED ON ON HOW WE'RE DOING THAT AND AND WHERE THE NECESSITIES ARE.

YOU KNOW, THE IMMEDIATE NEED OF OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY AND THAT SIDEWALKS DRAINAGE AND THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WHILE THERE ARE THINGS I'D LOVE TO IMPROVE EVERYWHERE, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT A REALISTIC EXPECTATION.

OKAY. QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS AROUND TAX POLICY.

WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR GO ABOVE IT? I WOULD SUPPORT A NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. SARTON. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, BLAINE SMITH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HAS SPOKE.

I MEAN, IT'S DAUNTING TO GET UP HERE AND DO IT.

YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SPEAKING ISN'T MY STRONG SUIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LEARNING.

MOST OF YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS BLAINE SMITH.

I'VE BEEN BORN AND RAISED HERE, RAISED MY CHILD HERE.

I CURRENTLY SERVE ON TWO BOARDS FOR THE CITY.

BASICALLY WHY I WOULD WANT TO RUN IS TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

ALL OF US HAVE LIVED HERE.

MOST OF US HAVE LIVED HERE OUR ENTIRE LIVES.

RIGHT? SO THERE'S A SENSE OF COMMUNITY EVEN IN THIS ROOM.

THERE'S A SENSE OF COMMUNITY HERE.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SET AN EXAMPLE FOR PEOPLE BEYOND, YOU KNOW, PAST ME, PAST, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY AND WHOEVER SERVES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SET FORTH AN EXAMPLE AND CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR IN THIS RAPID GROWTH.

I'VE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, 28, 29 YEARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP, THAT WASN'T A WHOLE LOT.

AND NOW YOU LOOK AROUND AND THERE'S HOUSES POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.

SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BE THE VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AS FAR AS THE.

PRIMARY ISSUES THE CITY FACED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COULD USE SOME IMPROVEMENT IF MORE HOUSES AND MORE PEOPLE BRING IN EVEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO KROGER, YOU GO TO OUR H-E-B, YOU'RE WAITING A WHILE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GROCERY SHOP HERE.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO DOWN TO LAKE JACKSON AND GROCERY SHOP DOWN THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SHAME.

AND THEN ALSO LIKE THE REVITALIZATION, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO DO BEAUTIFICATION OF ANGLETON TO BRING PEOPLE IN THAT WANT TO LIVE HERE.

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BUT, YOU KNOW, HAD A KID DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY TO RAISE A CHILD IS AND IT IS I MEAN, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS PRETTY MUCH RAISED THEIR CHILD IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND IT'S A IT'S AN ABSOLUTE BLESSING TO DO THAT.

IF I AM APPOINTED, I DO SEEK TO REELECTION NEXT YEAR.

SO. NOW I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY.

PLEASE DEFINE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

OKAY. RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

WORKS IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS.

ONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL HOUSES AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

YOU KNOW, GROCERY STORES, GAS STATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AMENITIES FOR THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO USE IN THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO IT GOES INTO, YOU KNOW, LIKE JAIME WAS SAYING, THE ACCESSIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR OF, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS LIKE RICHMOND STREET.

RICHMOND STREET WAS HORRIBLE BEFORE.

NOW IT'S IT'S GREAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ACCESSIBLE.

THERE'S SIDEWALKS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, STREETLIGHTS FOR PEOPLE TO USE.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I FEEL LIKE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

MEAN, WE MEET AGAIN.

WE MEET AGAIN. WE LEFT ON GOOD TERMS. FORTUNATELY. THANK YOU FOR.

FOR APPLYING AGAIN.

BUT YEAH. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE AREA OF FOCUS THAT YOU MIGHT PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT INTO? I WOULD SAY MORE TOWARDS THE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH SIDE.

I FEEL LIKE WE DO SORT OF HAVE A GRASP ON THAT, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO GO BACK TO THE ECONOMIC PORTION OF IT LIKE AMENITIES, GROCERY STORES, RESTAURANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

NOW I DO. I LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT RECENTLY JUST MOVED HERE.

I WOULD SAY 90% OF OUR SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, NOT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.

SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS ARE LOCALLY OWNED.

THAT'S AWESOME.

THAT'S IT'S A GREAT THING.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY KEY OF IT IS AMENITIES.

ECONOMIC COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

YOU'VE SEEN WITHIN THE PAST 4 OR 5 YEARS A PRETTY BIG, PRETTY BIG GROWTH SPURT IN TOWN.

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

WE SUPPORT THE CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY.

WHY OR WHY NOT? I DO SUPPORT IT.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO COME EITHER WAY BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE AT DEMOGRAPHICALLY.

YOU DRIVE UP TO 88 NOW AND I MEAN, IT IS BLOWING UP AND I WOULD SAY PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS IT'S PROBABLY HERE.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S GOING TO COME EITHER WAY, BUT IT'S JUST IN HOW WE MANAGE IT.

OKAY. MY QUESTION AGAIN IS.

SO I MAKE A NOTE HERE.

SINGLE ISSUE.

YOU ADDRESS ONE SINGLE ISSUE WHILE YOUR TIME ON CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER IT BE SOMETHING IMMEDIATE OR PIE IN THE SKY.

YEAH, BIG ISSUE.

I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES, BUT I MEAN, AS FAR AS WHAT I WOULD SEEK TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUT MY PASSION TOWARDS, LIKE I SAID, MARK THE ECONOMIC SIDE OF IT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, EVEN TRYING TO BRING OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES IN.

AND THAT COULD EVEN GO BACK TO LIKE WHAT TANNER WAS SAYING, HOW WE'VE GOT THESE EMPTY BUILDINGS OUT ON THE EAST END OF TOWN WHERE THEY USED TO BE GROCERY STORES AND BUSINESSES, AND NOW THEY SIT VACANT, YOU KNOW, SO REVITALIZATION OF SOME OF THAT STUFF.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES, WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR ANYTHING ABOVE THAT? I WOULD SUPPORT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

YES. OKAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BRANDON TURNER. ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK.

AND SO MY NAME IS BRANDON TURNER.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ANGLETON FOR 34 YEARS.

BORN OR NOT BORN, BUT RAISED IN ANGLETON, GRADUATED ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M RAISING MY KIDS HERE, SO I WANT I WANT THEM TO RAISE THEIR KIDS HERE AND HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO AS A REASON WHY I'M RUNNING, POSSIBLY BEING THE VOICE OF A COMMUNITY.

THE MAIN ISSUES LIKE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT GROWTH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE BUSINESSES

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GREAT. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

SO RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

I BELIEVE THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S COMING WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, IT'S COMING.

BUT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO GO ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH GROWTH AS WELL.

SO THAT WOULD BE.

RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO WITH DEALING WITH COUNCIL BUSINESS, WHAT AREA DO YOU THINK THAT YOU WOULD PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS ON? MY FOCUS WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO GET WHAT THEY NEED TO PREPARE FOR THIS GROWTH. AND LIKE I SAID, WITH GROWTH, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE SEWER PLANTS AND WATER LINES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SIDEWALKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. LOOK IN HERE WHERE YOU LIVE.

YOU GOT A NEW SUBDIVISION JUST TO THE SOUTH OF YOU.

THERE. RIGHT BEHIND ME.

RIGHT BEHIND YOU. NEW, NEW RESIDENTIAL GROWTH.

SO DO YOU SUPPORT THE CONTINUED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? I SUPPORT IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD WE SHOULD GO.

WE SHOULD. IT SHOULD WE SHOULD DO IT RESPONSIBLY.

WE NEED WE NEED MORE INFRASTRUCTURE, BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE NEED TO IMPROVE WHAT WE GOT UPDATED.

I MEAN, IT'S OUTDATED.

WE ALL KNOW THAT. SO, YES, I DO.

I DO SUPPORT IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. BUT WE NEED TO DO IT RESPONSIBLY.

SORRY. I THINK YOU'RE NEXT.

OKAY. WAKE UP.

THE MY QUESTION IS AGAIN, SINGLE ISSUE.

WHILE YOU WERE ON CITY COUNCIL, YOU GET TO ADDRESS IT AGAIN.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY OR SOMETHING PIE IN THE SKIES.

I KEEP. SO WITH US GROWING, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE FAMILIES.

AND AS I GO AROUND TOWN, THERE'S NOT REALLY A LOT FOR FAMILIES TO DO AROUND HERE.

LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE TO GO TO LAKE JACKSON, PERRY LAND AND OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT.

YEAH, WE GOT MULLIGANS OVER THERE.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE A MOVIE THEATER.

WE USED TO HAVE A DRIVE IN LONG, LONG TIME AGO.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING FOR FAMILIES TO DO.

I MEAN, YEAH, YOU CAN GO TO THE PARK THAT.

BUT I THINK WE NEED SOME MORE ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES.

OKAY. WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES, WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GO ABOVE IT? SO LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE COVERED.

YES. IF IT IF IT IF IT COULD HELP THE CITY.

YES. BUT IF IF NOT, THEN I'D BE AGAINST IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE CANDIDATES AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR APPLYING.

AND IT TAKES A LOT TO STAND UP AT THAT PODIUM AND START TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THAT.

UM, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO IS WE'LL PROBABLY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SO THE COUNCIL WILL ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

TO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER POSITION THREE.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK THERE DELIBERATE AND THEN WE WILL BE LETTING ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.

SO HANG TIGHT.

WE'LL PROBABLY CALL SOME PEOPLE BACK TO ASK SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL ENTER AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:36.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE COMING BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 935.

[OPEN SESSION]

[02:25:01]

SO IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU WANT TO RUN, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO.

COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT MR. TERRY ROBERTS FOR THE UNFULFILLED POSITION THREE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL TO APPOINT TERRY ROBERTS TO THE OPEN POSITION.

THREE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

SO, MR. ROBERTS, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THEN THAT IS THE END OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION OR REGULAR SESSION.

SO WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED AT 9:37.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.