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FIVE 30 MEETING BEGINS.ALRIGHT, SO, UH, SINCE WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO ORDER, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, FIRST THING I'M ON, PUSH UP HIGHER.
UM, ONE, CAN YOU HEAR IT NOW BETTER? YES.
STILL WORKING THROUGH A NEW SYSTEM.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes from Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission meeting on February 26, 2024]
JUMP RIGHT INTO, UH, REGULAR AGENDA AND IT'S FIRST THING ON THAT IS DISCUSSION OF APOSTLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE 6 20 24 MEETING.SO I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO REVIEW THOSE THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO.
UH, WE'LL JUST NEED A, A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[2. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful YTD financial statements as of April 19, 2024]
MOVE INTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO AND DISCUSSION ON KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF APRIL 19TH.UH, SO AS I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO AT OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS, UH, ARE AWARE OF OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS AND WHERE THINGS STAND.
UH, SO I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE ITEMS AS WE GO THROUGH.
UH, THE FIRST THING, UH, PAGE YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IS PAGE SIX.
UH, THAT IS OUR REVENUE REPORTS.
UH, SO FIRST ONE IS OUR TRASH BAGS.
WE CONTINUE TO TREND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THERE.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE ALL THE WAY TO YOUR FAR RIGHT IS OUR YEAR TO DATE.
UH, AS FAR AS WHAT WAS BUDGETED, UH, WE PROJECTED 5,500 FOR THE YEAR.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 4,600, WHICH IS ABOUT 83% OF THE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE DOING FANTASTIC THERE.
UH, ONLY, UH, EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE.
SO WE SHOULD SEE ANOTHER YEAR WHERE WE'RE HITTING OUR REVENUE FOR OUR, UH, TRASH BAG SALES.
UM, NEXT ONE GOING DOWN TO THE MISCELLANEOUS I'LL POINT OUT IS OUR KAB DONATIONS.
SO THAT IS THE WATER BILL DONATIONS.
WE HAVE ALREADY HIT, UH, 20,000, SO WE'RE STILL, SAME THING, TRENDING IN A GOOD DIRECTION TO MAKE MORE MONEY OFF OF THAT ONE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR REGULAR, UH, WASTE CONNECTIONS THAT CONTINUES TO COME IN, UH, AS WE SEE FOR OUR REVENUE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS? LOOKS GOOD.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA HIT ON TOO MANY OF THESE.
NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE OUR LAST ONE.
OUR MAJOR EXPENSES COME FROM OUR CLEANUPS.
AS Y'ALL KNOW, UH, WE HAVE OUR ONE COMING UP ON SATURDAY.
SO ONCE WE HIT THIS CLEANUP ON SATURDAY, UH, WHEN I PROVIDE THE NEXT FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU'LL SEE MORE.
YOU'LL SEE MORE EXPENSES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, ONCE WE PAY THOSE INVOICES OFF.
UH, ONE, I CAN SAY FROM THE LAST TIME, I HAD NOT RECEIVED THE ONE FROM KEY PARALLEL AND BEAUTIFUL.
UH, AS FAR AS THE PAINT AND AEROSOLS FROM OUR FALL SWEEP, THAT DID COME IN.
SO IT IS REFLECTIVE IN THIS BUDGET HERE.
UM, I WILL POINT OUT FOR THAT THOUGH AS WELL, BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE THE GRANT.
UH, OUR EXPENSES FOR THE SPRING CLEANUP WILL OFFSET.
SO I SUBMIT THOSE REPORTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
UH, SO BASED ON WHAT IS CHARGED AND THE, WHEN THOSE INVOICES ARE, UH, OFFICIALLY PROCESSED, WE SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO HGAC.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES COME THROUGH, UH, WE WILL ALSO GET AN OFFSET OF THAT TO COVER THAT COST.
SO IT ACTUALLY SAVES US TO, UH, PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO OUR FUND BALANCE.
UM, SAME THING I WILL POINT OUT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BUT THE DUBS AND SUBSCRIPTION ONE, UH, THAT WAS, UH, DUE TO, UH, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH KEY BRAZORIA COUNTY.
UH, AND PAYING IN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR ACCIDENTS, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR RECYCLING CENTER.
ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE WITH EXPENSES? ALRIGHT, BRING US IN
[3. Discussion and possible action on location of 2024 TxDOT traffic controller cabinet box wraps]
TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.UH, SO THIS ONE DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION ON LOCATION OF 2024.
TEXT TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CABINET, UH, BOX WRAPS.
UH, SO AS Y'ALL REMEMBER FROM OUR LAST MEETING, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT REPLACING THREE OF THE DAMAGED ONES, WHICH, UH, CAN REPORT HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY REPLACED AND ARE, UH, COMPLETE.
UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, UH, MOTION WAS TO RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH TWO NEW ONES.
UH, SO WHAT I DID WAS WENT THROUGH, UH, PER OUR DISCUSSION LAST TIME WAS LOOK AT THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.
SO THINGS THAT WOULD BE HIGH VISIBILITY.
UH, THREE MAIN LOCATIONS I LOOKED AT WAS, UH,
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LOOP 2 74, UH, B 2 88 AND HIGHWAY 35.UH, SO GOING WITHIN ANGLETON, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THIS CHART HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF IT.
UM, IT'LL SHOW, UH, WHAT WE HAVE COMPLETED THUS FAR AND THEN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SELECT THOSE TWO NEW LOCATIONS.
UM, SO JUST LOOKING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE, UH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT COLUMNS HERE.
UM, THE LOCATION SAYS THE SPECIFIC LOCATION INTERSECTION FOR UH, THE ONES THAT EITHER ARE COMPLETED OR THE BLANK ONES ARE THE ONES WE HAVEN'T DONE YET.
UM, AND THEN THE STATUS IS, GIVES YOU THAT UPDATE THERE.
SO JUST LOOKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, DISCUSSION ON WHAT Y'ALL THINK WOULD BE THE NEXT LOCATIONS.
AND YOU WANT US TO, TO VOTE ON THE SIXTH THAT YOU'VE PICKED OUT RIGHT HERE OR, SO THIS IS WIDE OPEN.
SO THE ONES THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT SHOW COMPLETE, UH, THOSE ARE ALREADY DONE.
SO ALL THE ONES THAT ARE COMPLETE AND YOU'LL SEE IS COUPLE THAT SAY 2024 IN THERE.
2024 MEANS THOSE ONES WERE ORIGINALLY COMPLETED IN 2021 AND THEN WE HAD TO REPLACE THOSE DUE TO DAMAGE.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE UPDATED TO BE, JUST TO DICTATE THAT THEY'RE NEW.
UH, ANY ONES THAT DON'T HAVE A STATUS CURRENTLY NEXT TO THEM ARE ONES THAT ARE, HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED YET.
SO OUT OF THOSE ONES IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A, A WRAP SOUTH OF TOWN.
I THINK 2 88 BEING CEMETERY ROAD.
THAT'S, THAT'S A BUSY INTERSECTION IF POSSIBLE.
BUSY INTERSECTION, HUH? THAT IS A BUSY INTERSECTION.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S NECESSARILY A WRONG ANSWER TO IT, BUT I WOULD AGREE.
UH, TRYING TO BE EQUITABLE OF LIKE WHERE THEY ARE.
UH, WHETHER THEY BE 2 74 OR UH, UH, B 2 88.
UM, AND NOW, LIKE PER THE DIRECTION WE HAD LAST TIME IS LOOKING TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE FEEDBACK AND THE POSITIVE RESULTS WE'VE SEEN FROM IT IS TRYING TO BRANCH THAT OUT AND JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, BUT SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN WOULD BE A GREAT ONE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S NECESSARILY A WRONG ANSWER.
IT'S JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ASKED IS, WHAT DO WE HAVE LEFT OF THAT IS AVAILABLE AND LIKE, HOW MANY ARE THERE? UH, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS GOING BASED ON, ON THAT.
WHAT IS HIGH VISIBILITY? THAT WOULD BE WITHIN TONE? WELL, 2 74 AND HENDERSON.
THAT'S A BIG THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME IN.
WHAT ABOUT 35 AND ANDERSON? THAT'S AN OPTION.
WELL I LIKE THE CEMETERY ROAD IDEA.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING SOUTH OF TOWN, WHETHER IT BE 2 88 AND TWO 20 OR CEMETERY AND 2 88.
AND THEN WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT HENDERSON ROAD OR 35 AND HENDERSON? HENDERSON 35 AND HENDERSON.
JUST 'CAUSE IT'S A GATEWAY INTO THE TOWN, YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE THE 35 ONES.
SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T TACKLED THAT PART.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN LIKE THIS IS GONNA HELP SHAPE US INTO, AS THE PROGRAM GROWS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT FOR NEXT YEAR AT THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND DETERMINE HOW THEY, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO A COUPLE MORE, UH, NEXT YEAR, UH, BASED ON FUNDING.
SO RIGHT NOW THINGS HAVE BEEN TRENDING IN A GOOD DIRECTION AS FAR AS THE COST THAT WE SEE FOR INSTALLING THEM.
UM, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.
I'M LIKE, PEOPLE COMPLIMENT 'EM ALL THE TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW I'M HEARING THE 2 88 CEMETERY.
WELL WHAT ABOUT Y'ALL'S INPUT? WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS? WORKS FOR ME.
SOUTH OF TOWN DEFINITELY NEEDS OKAY.
JUST NEED A MOTION TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, ADD NEW, TWO NEW, UM, WRAP BOXES.
ONE AT, UH, BUSINESS 2 88 AND CEMETERY ROAD AND THE OTHER AT, UM, 2 74 AND HENDERSON ROAD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO, UH, FOR A VOTE.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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ALRIGHT.UH, STAFF WILL GET WORKING ON THAT.
UH, WE HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OUR, UH, UH, PROCESS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I WILL GIVE AN UPDATE, UH, A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
WE DID RECEIVE A LITTLE GUIDANCE FROM, UH, OUR LEGAL TEAM THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE TO GO OUT TO AN OFFICIAL RFP.
WE WOULD FILE THE SAME KIND OF PROCESS BUT WOULD ACTUALLY JUST BE ABLE TO MARKET IT.
UH, VERSUS GOING THROUGH THE OFFICIAL RFP PROCESS.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED THAT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO START THAT SO WE CAN GET THAT IN, INTO THIS BUDGET YEAR IS OUR GOAL AS TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT.
AND SO I'LL, I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED AS WE START TO PROMOTE THAT OUT SO WE CAN PUSH OUT ALL THE OUTLETS AND GET AS MANY SUBMISSIONS BACK AS WE CAN.
[4. Discussion and possible action on tree up-lighting on Loop 274]
UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.UH, SO THIS ONE IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON TREE UPLIGHTING ON LOOP 2 74.
UM, SO SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, UH, THIS PROJECT, UM, CAME TO US MANY YEARS AGO AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, LIGHTING ON SOME OF THE TREES THAT ARE ON 2 74.
UH, OVER THE YEARS, UH, THOSE HAVE STARTED TO DETERIORATE.
UM, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE REPAIRS COME AS A RESULT OF THAT.
UH, YOU'LL SEE HERE REFERENCED, UH, BACK IN 2021 ALONE, THEY HAD TO REDO ELECTRICAL AND REDO SOME OF THAT LIGHTING AND IT COST THIS, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ROUGHLY $17,000 TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.
UH, SO THAT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE, UH, LIGHTS THEMSELVES AND THE FIXTURES GO OUT.
SO WE'RE UH, ANTICIPATING THAT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ANOTHER $3,000 IN REPAIRS, UH, THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, NOT INCLUDING POTENTIAL MANPOWER THAT GOES INTO PLAY.
UH, THEY HAVE ESTIMATED THAT WE HAVE, UM, SPENT ALMOST SIX 60 HOURS OF MAN MANPOWER THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF OF THOSE THINGS OF JUST DETERMINING, UH, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM, SEE HOW WE CAN FIX THEM, WORK ON ELECTRICAL AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO WE JUST WANNA BRING FORWARD BOARD BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF KEB IF, UH, UH, I'M NOT, UH, WELL VERSED ON THE FULL HISTORY OF IT, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF ONE OF THE GCA GRANTS.
UM, SO BECAUSE THAT CAME FROM UH, K'S PARTICIPATION, UH, WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD TO SEEK CLARIFICATION AND DIRECTION ON WHERE YOU SEE THIS GOING.
UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, AND OFFER THAT UP UPLOADING ON THOSE TREES? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER, UH, SUPPORTING FUNDING FOR? UM, IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY AND DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER ELIMINATION? SO JUST WANTED TO OPEN UP WHERE EXACTLY ARE THEY LOCATED BY THE HEART? BY THE HEART? YEAH.
SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND AGAIN, SOME OF 'EM YOU MAY NOT REALIZE BECAUSE THERE ARE BULBS THAT ARE OUT.
OR THE FIXTURES ARE BROKEN AND HAVE GOTTEN WATER DAMAGE IN THEM, SO THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE THIS YEAR LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 15 OF THOSE LIGHTS.
UH, SO THERE IS TWO LIGHTS PER TREE.
UH, AND SO THERE'S ABOUT, UH, 60 FIXTURES TOTAL.
UM, AND WE HAVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT OPERATING THAT NEED A FULL FIXTURE.
SO JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO Y'ALL FOR DISCUSSION ON WHAT YOU THINK THE FUTURE OF THESE LOOK LIKE.
SO IS SOME OF THE DAMAGE BEING CAUSED BECAUSE OF WHEN THEY GET GO THROUGH THERE THEY MOW AND SOMETIMES THINGS HIT 'EM AND YOU KNOW, HONESTLY IT COULD BE WEAR TEAR ON THE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S UNDERGROUND, UM, THERE'S NOT, YOU CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
UM, SOME OF 'EM, WE KNOW SEALS HAVE GONE BAD, SO SOME OF IT'S JUST WEAR AND TEAR OVER THE YEARS.
UM, BUT JUST 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, OR PART OF IT'S THE COST JUST CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
AND BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT THE IMPACT THAT PUTS ON, UH, THE CITY'S BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PARKS COMES FROM, IS FROM THE CITY'S BUDGET.
UM, WE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BOARD PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE, WHERE THEY SEE IT GOING.
THAT IF WE NEEDED TO GO TO COUNCIL WE WOULD HAVE THE BOARD SUPPORT ON DIRECTION.
SO I WAS ON THE BOARD WHEN WE PUT THOSE LIGHTS IN.
UM, WE KIND OF KNEW THAT IT MIGHT CAUGHT A CAUSE A PROBLEM LATER ON.
YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT WE LIKED WAS THE LIGHTING EFFECT, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I'M OKAY IF WE STOP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE CAN STILL UPLIGHT WITHOUT DOING THE UNDERGROUND LIGHTING? IS IT ANOTHER OPTION THAT MIGHT BE MORE POSSIBLE? ANOTHER OPTION? YEAH.
LIKE SOLAR LIGHTS AND HAVING, I MEAN, AND WE SOMETHING WE COULD PUT IN OUR BUDGET BUT I, WE KIND OF HAD A HINT THAT THIS MIGHT GET COSTLY IN THE FUTURE TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW.
BUT THE EFFECT WAS LOOKED REALLY NICE.
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IT WAS PAID FOR WITH THE GCCA MONEY AND YOU KNOW, OH IT WAS MM-HMMAND AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT WAS, WELL WE COULD PUT IN OTHER LIGHTS TOO 'CAUSE WE COULD, YOU COULD DO DIFFERENT COLORS BUT IT, THE EFFECTS THE COLORS WERE HARD TO SEE ON THE TREE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT WITH THE, THE WHITE.
BUT UM, SO HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THAT? I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE 10 OR NINE YEARS AGO.
SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURPRISED.
AND I MEAN IT'S, YEAH, IT IS WEAR AND TEAR.
UM, IT'S TRIED TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT UH, HOW LONG THEY WILL LAST LONG TERM.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAID BRINGING THIS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
UH, THE REAL BIG HIT WAS THE ONE IN 2021.
UH, THAT WAS A LARGE OR VERY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.
UM, THAT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK 10 YEARS AGO, SO UH, THAT WAS ONLY THREE YEARS AGO THOSE WERE PLACED.
SO EVERY SEVEN YEARS WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL FOR THAT.
BUT MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION WE CAN EXPLORE THAT WOULD BE MORE FEASIBLE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
NO, WE JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO UPLIGHT TREES, YOU KNOW? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
HOW ARE THEY AFFORDING IT? YOU KNOW, ARE THEY SMALLER COMMUN POSSIBILITY OF LOOKING AT SOLAR? SOME MAY BE DOING SOME SORT OF SOLAR.
'CAUSE WE'RE MOVING THAT DIRECTION AND A LOT OF THE LIGHTING, THAT'S A CHUNK OF CHANGE MOSTLY IN THIS DAY AND TIME.
SO MAIN THING I'M HEARING IS YES, WE PREFER IT STILL.
SO WE, OH WE, WE LOVE THE CONCEPT BUT WE DON'T WANNA, SO WHAT WE CAN DO FROM THERE IS UH, I CAN GO BACK, WORK WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATIVES AND THEN PRESENT TO THE BOARD ON WHAT THE COST THAT WOULD BE WITH THAT.
AND THEN DETERMINE THAT, THEN ALLOW THE BOARD TO DETERMINE FURTHER DIRECTION FROM THERE.
AND I KNOW ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS WAS MOWING AROUND THEM, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PUTTING GROUND COVER AROUND THERE SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO MOW.
DID WE TALK ABOUT THAT? I'M NOT SURE.
WAS THAT 10 YEARS? THAT WAS THAT WAS BEFORE ALL OF, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME, SO I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK THE ONLY GROUND COVER, ACTUALLY WE REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION FROM MARTHA, UH, JUST LAST WEEK.
BUT WE HAD SOME VEGETATION AND MASONRY WORK AROUND THE DOWNTOWN HEART ITSELF.
SO THERE WOULD BE LANDSCAPING AROUND.
UH, THAT ELEVATED BENCH OR WHATEVER IS DEVELOPED THERE, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY DOWN THE ENTIRE STRETCH OKAY.
OF THE, UH, WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE UP LIGHTING.
UM, SO, BUT I AND JASON MAY HAVE ALREADY ALLUDED TO IT OR TALKED ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT WE COULD LOOK AT PEDESTAL LIGHTING WITH A CONCRETE BASE THAT PROTECTS FROM THE WEED EATERS OR MOWERS.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, IT STILL HAS THE UPLIGHTING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA BE A, A VISUAL.
IT MAY PROVIDE VISUAL CLUTTER IF YOU WILL.
WITH THE CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, AT, AT EVERY TREE.
SO WE COULD, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
AND THE GATEWAY MASTER PLAN, THEY ALSO HAD, UM, ANTIQUE LIGHTING THAT IS ACTUALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN ALONG THE STREETS.
SO HAVING AN ALTERNATIVE TO HAVE A LIGHTING CONCEPT, BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT TREE UP LIGHTING, IT IS ACTUAL PEDESTAL LIGHTING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO CONSIDER.
SO DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THE LIGHTING? NO, THIS ONE, THIS ONE IS JUST DISCUSSION.
UH, AND DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S NECESSARILY A WHOLE LOT OF ACTION TO IT IS TO COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND WE, WE CAN HAVE STAFF COME UP WITH UH, SOME ALTERNATIVES.
LIKE I SAID, I HEAR THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO EXPLORE CONTINUALLY.
I THINK REPAIRING WHAT WE HAVE IS TOO COSTLY.
SO WE WANNA LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATIVES.
WE LOOK, GET ALTERNATIVES AND SEE IF THAT'S FEASIBLE.
DO WE NEED TO TABLE DISCUSSION? SURE.
SO WE CAN TABLE THE DISCUSSION.
WE'LL JUST MOTION RIGHT TABLE.
JUST NEED A MOTION TO TABLE IT NOW I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION ON THE LIGHTING ALONG THE 2 74 FOR THE TREES.
GREAT, TRACY, THAT'S IT'S ON YOU TO ADJOURN.