2. Ceremonial Presentation of the September 2024 Keep Angleton Beautiful Yard of the Month and Business of the Month.

[14. Discussion and possible action on Chapter 17 – Parks and Recreation, Article 3. – Use of Public Parks, Section 17-38. – Permits and reservations and Section 17-75. - Merchandising and advertising.]

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON CHAPTER 17.

PARKS AND RECREATION. ARTICLE THREE USE OF PUBLIC PARKS.

SECTION 17 TO 38 PERMITS AND RESERVATIONS.

AND SECTION 1775 MERCHANDIZING AND ADVERTISING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, WE DID HAVE WELL, WE FREQUENTLY HAVE REQUESTS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TO UTILIZE OUR PARKS FOR A NUMBER OF PURPOSES, INCLUDING FUNDRAISERS, EVENTS, BUSINESS, ETC..

ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, WE DID HAVE A REQUEST FROM MAYOR WRIGHT TO ADD THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA SO THAT WE COULD SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS PARK USAGE RELATED TO ANGLETON ISD PROJECT GRADUATION.

THERE WAS A CORRESPONDENCE THAT INITIATED THIS REQUEST, AND THAT WAS A FACEBOOK POST ON TALK OF ANGLETON. SO YOU HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION ENCLOSED IN YOUR PACKET FOR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.

AND WE ALSO ATTACH ABOUT THREE EMAILS OF DIFFERENT CORRESPONDENCE.

WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH INDIVIDUAL THIS WAS.

AND AGAIN WE HAVE AND RECEIVE SEVERAL REQUESTS ON A ROUTINE BASIS.

SO WE INCLUDED THE THREE MOST RECENT REQUESTS THAT WE HAD BOTH AT OUR PARKS AND OUR RECREATION FACILITY.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YOUR PACKET IT IS INCLUDE SECTION 1738 PERMITS AND RESERVATIONS, AS WELL AS SECTION 1775 REGARDING MERCHANDIZING AND ADVERTISING WITHIN OUR PARKS AND WHAT WE TYPICALLY CONVEY TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ASKING TO UTILIZE PARKS FOR FUNDRAISERS, AND WHAT THAT PROCESS TYPICALLY ENTAILS IS THAT WE FIRST WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUEST IS.

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SO YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET THAT WE HAD A REQUEST FOR A BAKE SALE FUNDRAISER FOR SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY FOR AISD AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL PARKS. WHEN IT'S DONE, WHEN THE REQUEST IS AT ONE OF OUR SPORTS COMPLEXES LIKE BATES PARK, FREEDOM PARK AND BIJOU PARK SOCCER COMPLEX, WE ALWAYS WORK WITH OUR ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE IN AN AGREEMENT, CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO SELL CONCESSIONS, AND SO WE TRY NOT TO CONFLICT WITH ANY CONCESSION SALES THAT ARE ALREADY GOING ON.

SO WE REFER THEM TO THOSE ENTITIES AND PROVIDE THEM THAT CONTACT INFORMATION.

OFTENTIMES, THOSE ENTITIES DO ALLOW THE INDIVIDUALS TO COME OUT ACTUALLY DURING GAME DAYS.

AND SO IT'S A IT'S A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND BENEFITS BOTH PARTIES.

SOMETIMES THEY MAY ASK FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THAT.

WE REALLY DON'T GET INVOLVED IN IN THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT HAS WORKED OUT.

BUT OTHERWISE WE TYPICALLY DO DENY THOSE REQUESTS JUST BECAUSE IN OUR AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR SPECIFICALLY MERCHANDIZING AND ADVERTISING, WE DON'T WANT TO DETRACT FROM THE PUBLIC PARK USAGE.

AGAIN, YOU HAVE NOT ONLY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WANTING TO HOST FUNDRAISERS, BUT YOU HAVE BUSINESSES REQUESTING TO USE OUR PARKS.

AND SO THE THE REQUESTS ARE PRETTY FREQUENT.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY STRICT ABOUT WHAT WE WILL AND WILL NOT ALLOW AND HOW WE WORK WITH THOSE ENTITIES, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THROUGH OUR ASSOCIATIONS.

SO I WILL OPEN IT UP TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW YOU'D LIKE US TO MOVE FORWARD AND HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS.

I FIRST HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET TO CHRISTIE.

SAY YOUR LAST NAME FOR ME.

BEHRENDS MARINS.

IF YOU'LL COME TO THE PODIUM.

AND SINCE YOU ARE THE ONE THAT REALLY DROVE THIS, AND I GOT ABOUT 6 OR 7 FACEBOOK MESSAGES IN, LIKE, AN HOUR.

THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

SO. YES. SO. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS CHRISTIE MARINS.

I AM THE PRESIDENT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW OF ANGLETON PROJECT GRADUATION.

PROJECT GRADUATION IS A 500 AND 1C3 ORGANIZATION.

OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A FUN, SAFE ALTERNATIVE FOR OUR SENIORS TO CELEBRATE GRADUATION WITH THEIR CLASSMATES.

ON GRADUATION NIGHT, DURING THE NIGHT, WE HAVE WHAT WE CAN CALL A LOCK IN FOR THESE SENIORS.

AFTER THEY GRADUATE, THEY GO HOME, THEY HAVE DINNER WITH THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEN THEY COME AND THEY'RE LOCKED IN FOR THE NIGHT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT PARTYING AND DRINKING AND DRIVING, HAVING WRECKS AND ULTIMATELY DYING ON GRADUATION NIGHT.

DURING THIS EVENT, WE HAVE WE HAVE GAMES SET UP.

WE RENT.

WE DO RENT THE FACILITY AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, AND WE HAVE GAMES SET UP FOR THEM.

WE HAVE FOOD BROUGHT IN AND DONATED.

WE HAVE PRIZES.

ANYWHERE FROM APPLE GIFT CARDS TO APPLE LAPTOPS TO FISHING AND CAMPING EQUIPMENT, TO ANYTHING FOR THEIR DORMS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED FOR THEIR DORMS. BUT WE TRY TO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF PRIZES SO THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THESE KIDS ARE WORKING FOR THESE FUNDRAISERS.

AND THEY'RE EARNING CAT BUCKS, WHICH THEY USE AT PROJECT GRADUATION TO BID ON THESE PRIZES.

SO WE TRY TO HAVE ENOUGH PRIZES THAT MOST EVERYONE WALKS OUT OF THERE WITH SOMETHING.

AND WE DO PROVIDE THEM WITH GIFT BAGS, THOSE THAT RSVP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE.

LAST YEAR WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 250 KIDS THAT CAME.

AND SO WE HAVE 497 SENIORS THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE DID PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT GIFT BAGS THAT HAD GIFT CARDS FOR AMAZON AND, YOU KNOW, FAST FOOD PLACES, BECAUSE WHENEVER THEY GO TO SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO EAT.

TRUST ME, I HAVE MULTIPLE SENIORS OR MULTIPLE GRADUATES, BUT THEY THEY DO GET AWAY FROM HOME AND THEN THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, MCDONALD'S OR CANE'S OR WHATEVER.

SO IN THEIR GIFT BAGS, WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A T SHIRT.

WE PROVIDE THEM WITH GIFT CARDS, JUST WHATEVER WE CAN DONATE TOWARDS THOSE GIFT BAGS FOR THE YEAR.

SO ALL OF THE SENIORS WALK AWAY.

AS LONG AS THEY RSVP, THEY WALK AWAY WITH SOMETHING.

BUT THEN THOSE ONES, THE SENIORS THAT HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY HAVE CAT BUCKS THAT THEY CAN BID ON THESE PRIZES. SO THAT'S THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS TO PROVIDE AS MANY SENIORS WITH PRIZES THAT THEY CAN

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UTILIZE TO GO AND USE FOR, YOU KNOW, COLLEGE OR WHATEVER THEY HAPPEN TO BE DOING.

BUT OUR GOAL LAST YEAR, WE RAISED ABOUT $60,000 THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS DOWN FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

THE YEAR BEFORE, I THINK THEY RAISED AROUND 100,000 THIS YEAR.

OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE $100,000, AND IN DOING SUCH WE HAVE VARIOUS FUNDRAISERS.

WE DO BAKE SALES, WHICH ARE ALL DONATIONS.

I MEAN, ALL OF THE BAKED GOODS ARE DONATED AND ALL OF THE THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND PURCHASE THE BAKED GOODS, THEY'RE ALL PURCHASED WITH DONATIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRICES SET, BUT THE KIDS, THE SENIORS EARN CAT BUCKS BASED ON WHAT THEY DONATE AND THE HOURS THAT THEY'VE WORKED.

WE ALSO HAVE WE DO THE FAIR CONCESSION TICKET SALES, SO YOU'LL SEE US WORKING NONSTOP DURING THE FAIR, SELLING THOSE CONCESSION STAND TICKETS.

SO AND, AND THE PARENTS AND THE SENIORS WORK TOWARDS IT'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CAP BUCKS PER HOUR THAT THEY GET FOR THAT.

SO THIS YEAR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO, WE WANTED TO OPEN UP AND HAVE A CHILI COOK OFF AND CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT WE KIND OF LIKE TO KEEP IT DIFFERENT AND FUN FOR THESE KIDS BECAUSE THEY GET TIRED OF BAKE SALES EVERY WEEK.

BUT IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE NEEDED A LOCATION.

THE SCHOOL DOES NOT ALLOW US TO USE THEIR FACILITIES, THEIR PROPERTY AT ALL, FOR ANYTHING.

SO THAT'S WHEN WE TURN TO THE CITY BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE, WELL, THE NEXT BEST OPTION WOULD BE THE CITY PARK.

IT WAS QUITE IT WAS QUITE A SHOCK THAT I REALIZED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE TURNED DOWN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M TO ME, THE CITY PARK IS THERE FOR ALL TAXPAYERS.

AND THESE ARE ALL TAXPAYERS.

THESE KIDS ARE ALL OVER THE CITY.

I MEAN, THESE ARE 497 SENIORS FROM ANGLETON.

AND ALL OF THESE PARENTS OR MOST OF THESE PARENTS ARE TAXPAYERS.

SO I WAS LIKE, WHY? WHY CAN WE NOT USE THE CITY PARKS? AND THEN WE WERE TOLD THAT FUND RAISERS ARE LIMITED TO CONCESSION STANDS, AND THAT IS FOR SPORTS ONLY.

AND SO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL THINGS THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR WAS FOR A GARAGE SALE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A LIABILITY ISSUE.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN THAT UP TO, YOU KNOW, JUST ANY GARAGE SALE OR WHATEVER.

SO I KIND OF UNDERSTOOD THAT.

BUT WHENEVER WE ASKED FOR THIS CHILI COOKOFF AND THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, I WAS LIKE, NO, WAIT A MINUTE.

THESE SENIORS ALSO A LOT OF THEM PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS IN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO YOU HAVE EVERY SINGLE SPORT REPRESENTED.

AND WITH ALL KINDS OF SENIORS GRADUATING AND USING, YOU KNOW, WE ARE I MEAN MY DAUGHTER SWIMS. SO WE ARE SWIMMERS.

BUT I'VE GOT PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT PLAY BASEBALL.

I GOT PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT PLAY FOOTBALL.

I'VE GOT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.

SO THEN I WAS LIKE, WELL, NOW WAIT, NOW HOW IS THAT FAIR? AND SO THEN I WAS LIKE, WELL, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW US TO USE THE CITY PARKS, WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO LAKE JACKSON AND DANBURY, BOTH OF WHICH OFFERED US AND HAVE WELCOMED US WITH OPEN ARMS. BUT THEN I GO BACK TO BUT NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR SUPPORT GROUP.

OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT IS GOING TO HAVE TO TRAVEL TO A DIFFERENT CITY.

YES. DANBURY IS NOT VERY FAR FROM ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN OPTION.

BUT THEY'RE STILL OUR COMMUNITY IS HAVING TO TRANSFER, GO TO A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY OR A DIFFERENT CITY TO UTILIZE THEIR PARKS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS JUST DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.

THESE KIDS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS PARKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ASKED FOR BATES PARK.

WE ASKED FOR FREEDOM PARK.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AVAILABLE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU KNOW, THE THE PROBLEM IS.

BUT THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY THIS RULE THAT Y'ALL HAVE THAT IS FOR ALL FUNDRAISERS.

NONE OF THEM ARE TO BE ACCEPTED EXCEPT FOR THESE SPORTS.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO COME AND THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO ME AND LISTEN TO, YOU KNOW,

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MY PART OF IT.

AND YES, I DID POST ON FACEBOOK, TALK ABOUT ANGLETON, AND I GOT A LOT OF RESPONSES.

SO AND THEN MR. BRIGHT DID REACH OUT TO ME AND WAS LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH ME AND AND AT LEAST OPENING UP A LINE OF COMMUNICATION.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES.

AT THE BEGINNING, THE VERY, THE VERY FIRST THINGS YOU SAID WAS THAT YOU TALKED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY TOLD YOU NO, SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO USE THEIR FACILITIES. OKAY.

IN FACT, FOR PROGRAMS, WE HAVE TO RENT THE FACILITIES FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH.

DID YOU EVER APPROACH THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE? I HAVE APPROACHED THE PRINCIPAL.

OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW. SO YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD? I DID NOT GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

YEAH. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WE MIGHT AS WE DISCUSS, BUT THANK YOU.

SO I REALIZE WHILE WE HAD.

I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE OF A GROWING PAIN OF THE CITY.

I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN SITTING ON COUNCIL WHERE WE'VE HAD A REQUEST FROM A NOT FOR PROFIT LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SOMEBODY FROM THE SCHOOL TO WANT TO USE THE PARKS IN THIS MANNER.

AT LEAST I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEVERAL FOLKS THAT HAVE APPROACHED US WITH NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT ARE WANTING TO BE A FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITE.

SO WHEN WE HAVE REQUESTS LIKE THAT, WHAT WE ASK THEM TO DO, BECAUSE USUALLY THESE ARE PREPACKAGED MEALS ALREADY THAT THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO SELL, LIKE A BARBECUE PLATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE RECOMMEND, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE AND TRY TO DEFRAY ANY CONFLICT WITH, AGAIN, THE PARK USER ENJOYMENT, WE SAY TRY TO DO ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE THE PARK AS A DRIVE THROUGH PICKUP.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I THINK IT WAS DURING COVID, THE ANGLETON ROTARY CLUB, INSTEAD OF HAVING THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.

SO THEY SOLD ALL THEIR TICKETS IN ADVANCE AND THE PARK WAS USED STRICTLY FOR A PICKUP SITE.

I REMEMBER THAT AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT TOO, WAS IF IF THEY WERE TO USE IT IN THAT MANNER.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. I, I THINK IF IT.

OUR PARKS ARE HUGE AND LET'S BE HONEST, BATES PARK WHERE THE SOFTBALL AREA IS, THAT'S ONE SECTION OF THAT PARK.

YOU HAVE THAT WHOLE OTHER SIDE OF BATES PARK THAT COULD BE UTILIZED.

SAME THING FOR FREEDOM PARK.

I THINK WHEN WE MAKE THESE CONTRACTS WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS, IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WE'RE LIMITING OURSELVES TO JUST THE ENTIRE CARTE BLANCHE, THE WHOLE PARK. FREEDOM IS BIG ENOUGH TO, ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT MOST LITTLE LEAGUE IS PLAYED ON THE FIELDS OVER THERE.

NOBODY'S OVER ON THE LEFT SIDE OVER THERE.

PRETTY MUCH JUST THE PLAYGROUND.

AND IN THAT AREA.

I THINK WE HAVE A WAY OF WORKING AROUND THIS.

I ALSO THINK THAT WHEN OUR, OUR SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS ARE WANTING TO USE THE PARKS, THAT'S TRYING TO PROMOTE THE KIDS TO GO TO THE PARKS, AND TO ME, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT FOR US IS TRYING TO GET CIVIC INVOLVEMENT IN OUR PARKS.

I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, THE NEW NOT FOR PROFIT THAT JUST GOT THEIR TAX EXEMPTION FORM LAST WEEK THAT WANTS TO JUST GO AND MAKE MONEY OFF THE PARK.

THAT'S I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS INTENDED FOR, BUT FOR YOUTH AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION IN THOSE CASES.

SURE. AND IF COUNCIL WANTS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION, WE ARE, I THINK I NOTED IN THE AGENDA SUMMARY THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON REVISING THE USE OF PUBLIC PARKS ORDINANCE.

IT'S PRETTY OLD.

YEAH. AND SO WE'RE GOING SECTION BY SECTION IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND BE CHANGED.

WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ARE THE RULES THAT WE GO TO WHEN WE'RE ASKED A SLEW OF QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS.

SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST GOING BASED OFF OF WHAT WE HAD.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE IN THE SPECIFIC ORDINANCE I DID INCLUDE ANOTHER ONE.

ONE OF THE REQUESTS WAS TO USE BATES PAVILION SPECIFICALLY.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE PROHIBITED THAT.

AND SO AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THAT WAS DENIED, BECAUSE IT WAS SPECIFIC USE OF A PAVILION, WHICH OUR ORDINANCE PROHIBITS US FROM DOING.

SO, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE INTEND TO CHANGE ANYWAYS, IN THE USE OF PUBLIC PARKS, BECAUSE WE WANT THAT TO BE A RENTABLE FACILITY.

I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN WE MADE THE DECISION TO NOT RENT OUT PART OF BATES PARK PAVILION, AND MAYBE THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE USE AT THE TIME IT

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WAS. IT HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE REC CENTER COMING ONLINE, AND THE CONCERN WAS, OKAY IF YOU RENT IT OUT THE THE GYM AREA OVER THERE THAT YOU WOULD PROHIBIT IF YOU RENTED SOMETHING OVER HERE WAS RENTED THAT THERE'D BE NO PLACE FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE BASKETBALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO AT THE TIME, THAT WAS THAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THE DECISION THERE, THAT NO ONE WOULD RENT THAT BIG PAVILION.

RIGHT? PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO USE IT.

I'M NOT AGAINST YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE THAT USAGE ANYMORE AT THE REC CENTER AS WE DID WHEN WE FIRST OPENED.

RIGHT. THEY WERE TRYING TO RENT IT.

WE HAD ACTUALLY A LIMIT OF ONCE A MONTH, I BELIEVE IT MIGHT STILL BE.

THEY'RE LIMITING THE REC CENTER GYM RENTAL FOR ONCE A MONTH.

SO THAT'S HOW THAT CAME ABOUT.

BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEMS IF WE WANT TO RENT OUT THE PAVILION, AS LONG AS WE'RE WE'RE NOT DOING IT EVERY WEEKEND AND PREVENTING.

WELL, AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT, BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS.

AGAIN, WHEN WE WERE THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

WE WERE THINKING, WHICH ONE? YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHICH WHICH ITEM THIS WAS IN REGARDS TO, BECAUSE EVEN THAT SAME WEEK WE HAD RECEIVED SO MANY REQUESTS.

AND SO JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WE WE WOULD RECOMMEND AS A DEPARTMENT THAT THERE BE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDRAISERS WHERE WE CAN VERIFY THE 500 AND 1C3 OR LOCAL NONPROFITS, WHATEVER YOU ALL DESIGNATE.

WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BEING DEFINED, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE AGAIN, WE HAVE NUMEROUS WE HAVE COMPANIES, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS CLAIMING THAT IT'S A BENEFIT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A NONPROFIT STAFF.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TRY TO ADDRESS.

AND AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE WHERE ALL OF THESE AMENITIES ARE UTILIZED TO WHERE OUR CITIZENRY AND OUR TAXPAYERS CAN NO LONGER USE THE AMENITIES.

SO WE JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF OF WHATEVER IS DECIDED.

BUT WE WE ARE TOTALLY IN FAVOR.

AND WE DO HAVE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT NOTES SPECIFICALLY MERCHANDIZING AND ADVERTISING THAT THE EXCEPTION IN ITEM A EXCEPTION IS HERE MADE AS TO ANY REGULATION OF THE DIRECTOR.

SO I HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND ABILITY.

WE JUST HAVE REFRAINED FROM DOING THAT BECAUSE WE WOULD BE OPENING A WHOLE CAN OF WORMS. SO WITHOUT GUIDANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL ON EXPLICITLY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO, WE HAVE NOT OPENED THAT DOOR.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

SUPERINTENDENT MADE POLICY TONIGHT.

NO, BUT THIS IS JUST ME SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT TAXPAYER FOR THE PAST.

FILL IN THE BLANK. IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT I'M EXCLUDED FROM WALKING ON A 75 YEAR OLD TRACK OVER HERE.

LET'S PUT IT THAT. THAT'S SEC.

THE FIRST HOSPITAL HERE IN TOWN.

AND I DON'T GET TO GO WALK THAT TRACK.

OR ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNS OR THE CITY OWNS? IT JUST REALLY DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT THAT I PAID FOR IT, BUT I CAN'T GET TO USE IT BECAUSE OF A RULE.

WELL, I'M OPEN TO.

I'M OPEN TO WORKING WITH FOLKS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY YOUTH PEOPLE.

I'VE HAD FOUR KIDS GRADUATE FROM ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY ALL WENT TO PROJECT GRADUATION.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, MAN.

WELL, FOR ME, I'M.

I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT THE ONE PROVIDING A SOLUTION TO THIS AND THAT IT'S BEING PUT ON THE CITY TO DO SO.

THEY SHOULD THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES STEPPING UP TO PROVIDE THE SOLUTION.

I DON'T CARE WHAT THE RULES ARE, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE HAVING TO TIPTOE AROUND ORDINANCE AND AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE SET IN PLACE FOR PRETTY GOOD REASON.

SO YEAH. GO AHEAD.

WHAT IS YOUR TIME IN OFFICE FOR REVISING THOSE RULES? SO WE JUST INITIATED WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING.

GOSH, JASON, WAS THAT LAST WEEK? WEEK BEFORE. SO WE MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS, BUT WE ARE GOING LINE BY LINE.

YOU'RE. I ANTICIPATE IT TAKING MINIMALLY SIX MONTHS, IF NOT LONGER.

I MEAN, JUDITH HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON WE HAD SOME PROPOSED CHANGES AND ORGANIZATION AND FORMATTING STRUCTURE THAT WE PRESENTED WHEN WE OPENED LAKESIDE PARK.

WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND SO REALLY, WE HOPE TO BRING ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS TASK FORCE, WHICH INCLUDES MYSELF, STUART CROUCH, JASON O'MARA JESSICA NORRIS AND DAVID HYNEK, WHO BOTH SERVE ON THE PARKS BOARD SO THAT THEY CAN, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, SAY THESE ARE THE REVISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE.

ARE YOU ON BOARD? OKAY.

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LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SECTION.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT METHODICALLY AND QUICKLY.

BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

MY FIRST QUESTION IS.

THERE WAS ALSO AN EMAIL IN HERE ABOUT THE SPANISH NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY.

RIGHT. SO AGAIN, WHEN WE WERE FIRST ALERTED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE PUT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, WE WERE GOING THROUGH RECENT EMAILS THAT WE HAVE WE HAD ADDRESSED, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

OKAY. SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE ON THAT AS WELL? SO AGAIN, WE GAVE THE SAME GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WE GAVE ALL INQUIRIES AS IT RELATES TO BATES, FREEDOM AND GPC.

WE ENCOURAGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO COLLABORATE WITH.

WE DO NOT TURN THEM DOWN.

WE WE GIVE THEM CONTACT INFORMATION TO COLLABORATE WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS, THE ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE IN AGREEMENT.

AND SO WHAT THEY DO AT THAT POINT, WE DON'T KNOW UNLESS THEY COME BACK TO US AND SAY, HEY, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SOLUTIONS? AND THEN WE START TALKING ABOUT A DRIVE THROUGH DONATION, ETC..

SO TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR CERTAIN.

OKAY. I'M NOT SURE I WOULD FULLY UNDERSTAND, BUT ARE YOU THE ONE WHO'S MAKING THIS DECISION REGARDING WHAT IS AUTHORIZED AND WHAT IS NOT? YES. OKAY.

I BET YOU WANT US TO GIVE YOU GUIDANCE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? RIGHT? I HAVE FOLLOWED FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS TO COLLABORATE WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO DO THINGS LIKE FUNDRAISERS. OR I'VE PROVIDED ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS FOR FOOD FUNDRAISERS LIKE DRIVE THRUS, RATHER THAN ACTUALLY SELLING ON THE PROPERTY WITHIN A PUBLIC PARK AND ADVERTISING SUCH.

SO MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, I WOULD JUST BE SPECIFICALLY CONVEYED.

I KNOW MISS RUTH IS PROBABLY RIGHT.

WE DON'T PROBABLY WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO POLICY, BUT I'M NOT ONE TO NOT THROW OUT A SUGGESTION.

SO. I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY.

I'M TRYING TO THINK MY REASON WHY WE HAVE THESE RULES IN PLACE.

OKAY. WHY? THERE'S REGULATION.

I MEAN, HOPEFULLY WHEN WE WE DRAFTED THESE, IT WASN'T JUST LIKE, HEY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

LET'S DO THAT. I HOPE THERE'S ACTUALLY A PURPOSE DRIVEN BEHIND IT.

AND SO TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S DRIVEN BEHIND IT I DON'T KNOW, OTHER THAN PERHAPS LIMITED SPACE, USE OF COMPETITION FOR REVENUE SOURCES FROM THE THREE POTENTIAL LEAGUES COMPETING AGAINST WHATEVER.

BUT I'VE BEEN TO THE SOFTBALL AGSA AND AT THEIR STATE TOURNAMENTS. IN THEIR LOCAL TOURNAMENTS.

THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF VENDORS OUT THERE.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

SO IS THAT JUST THERE WITH THEIR PERMISSION, OR DO THEY THOSE VENDORS COME THROUGH YOU TOO? CORRECT. OKAY.

SO THAT'S ARRANGED BY THE ASSOCIATION.

OKAY. AND THEN WHAT IS.

SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE THEN IN MY MIND ABOUT THE WHAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN THEM PERMITTING SAY AGSA OR I KNOW SOCCER SAME THING THEY'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, SNOW CONE TRUCKS OUT THERE.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, A SNOW CONE TRUCK DOING IT AND PROJECT GRAD DOING IT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO AND I'M GOING TO.

ONE'S A NONPROFIT, ONE'S A FOR PROFIT.

WE ACTUALLY WANT WE WANT FOR PROFITS OUT THERE VERSUS NON-PROFITS.

TURN TO JUDITH. WE RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS BENEFITING FROM, FROM CITY FACILITIES AND BUT WE'RE APPARENTLY OKAY WITH IT.

SO BUT BUT SOME OF YOUR FACILITIES ARE, ARE IS DICTATED BY YOUR CONTRACTS WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS.

AND THOSE HAVE BEEN IN PLACE LONG BEFORE YOU OR I.

I'M JUST SAYING THIS JUST SEEMS WEIRD.

IT'S LIKE SOME SORT OF BARRIER TO ENTRY, SOME SORT OF PREVENTION OF COMPETITION.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD BE IN, IN THE I.

THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING BACK AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S THERE.

WELL AND SO ORDINANCE FROM 1965 RIGHT.

OKAY. SO I WOULD SAY THAT YOU MAYBE ONLY HAVE ONE PARK THEN.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU ONLY HAD ONE PARK, YOU PRETTY MUCH DID COULDN'T RENT IT OUT IN 1965.

SO REALLY I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

IT'S JUST BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR SO LONG, NO ONE'S EVER.

WELL, I MEAN, SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE EITHER FOLLOW A SIMILAR POLICY AS, AS IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW PRIVATE VENDORS TO DO IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T LET NON-PROFITS BUT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT COMPETITION.

I MEAN, I KNOW, AND A FEE.

I MEAN, THOSE ARE LIMITED, RIGHT? THERE'S GOT TO BE WAYS WE CAN GET AROUND THAT.

AND I MEAN, NO OFFENSE TO AGSA OR THE ANGLETON SOCCER.

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I MEAN, THOSE ARE CITY PROPERTIES.

THOSE ARE CITY. THEY DON'T.

MAYOR. THOSE ARE CITY PROPERTIES.

SO IT SEEMS WEIRD THAT AGSA WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL, YOU KNOW, PROJECT GRAD.

NO, I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST SEEMS WEIRD.

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST A LACK OF CONSISTENCY THERE.

AND SO.

YEAH, I JUST I'M WITH CECIL.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M NOT.

I MEAN, I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE.

ALSO, IS THERE SOMETHING I'M MISSING THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I THOUGHT I WASN'T GOING TO GET TOO MUCH.

ALL I CAN SPEAK TO IS THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS WE HAVE.

I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY ALSO ADDITIONAL LIABILITY.

THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH EACH OF THESE REQUESTS.

BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ZUMBA CLASSES OCCUR, SOFTBALL LESSONS OCCUR AT THE AT THE PARKS FOR PROFIT.

I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL AND DO RUN BUSINESSES OUT OF PUBLIC PARKS IF YOU WILL AUTHORIZE THEM TO.

AND SO IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT FOR THE COMMUNITY? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT THE PARKS TO SERVE FOR THE COMMUNITY? THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

AND SO IF YOU DON'T, THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS IN ITS, IN ITS BOUNDARIES.

AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME WE CAN PROVIDE.

AGAIN, CECIL IS PROBABLY RIGHT.

WE DON'T PROBABLY NEED TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME GUIDELINES ON THAT.

THERE CAN BE CLEARLY THINGS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE DIFFERENCE OF INDIVIDUAL LESSON VERSUS A TOURNAMENT.

I MEAN, ONE PERSON UTILIZING A WHOLE PARK VERSUS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, IT I JUST SEEMS SOMETIMES YOU CAN.

WE CAN. I THINK THERE'S SOME LINES WE CAN DRAW, RIGHT? WE CAN OVERTHINK THIS IF WE REALLY WANT TO.

OR WE CAN JUST KIND OF SIMPLIFY IT A LITTLE BIT.

I MEAN, GIVING GUIDANCE TO MEGAN TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, MY OPINION IS IT'S IT'S YOUR DISCRETION RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY PUBLIC POLICY HERE OTHER THAN SAYING IF IF A NOT FOR PROFIT INSIDE THE SCHOOL FOR THE YOUTH RIGHT NOW WANTS TO COME AND USE THE THE FIELDS OR THE PARK AND IT'S NOT IN NOT GOING AGAINST THE CURRENT RENTAL.

SO THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO GO USE A BASEBALL FIELD WHILE THE BASEBALL FIELD IS BEING PLAYED ON OR THE SOFTBALL FIELD.

BUT IF THEY WANT TO USE THE PARK RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON OVER THERE, LET THEM.

THAT'S MY OPINION RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET THIS POLICY SET.

BUT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOUTH IN THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I CAN'T HELP AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU UP HERE.

I WANT ANSWERS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.

ON WHY THEY CAN'T USE THE SCHOOL FACILITIES, BUT I CAN ONLY CONTROL AND WE CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL OR THE CITY PROPERTIES.

SO WE CAN ONLY MAKE POLICY ON THAT.

SO TO ME, I MEAN, IT'S A CITIZEN WANTING TO USE THE PARK FOR A NOT FOR PROFIT, FOR YOUTH TO BENEFIT.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WE CAN GET INTO THE WHOLE SEMANTICS LATER OF FOR PROFIT AND HOW THAT ALL WORKS AND SHAKES OUT.

BUT TO ME RIGHT NOW IT'S AND AND IF YOU THINK THERE ARE SOME.

BUT I AGREE WITH JOHN, I THE ONLY THING I'LL CAUTION, AND I'M PROBABLY TALKING ON BOTH SIDES OF MY MOUTH IS, IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK THERE IS SOME PRECAUTIONS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED, WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF LIABILITY COVERAGE, I HAVE NO IDEA, DEPENDING ON HOW EXTREME THIS EVENT IS.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT YOU LOCKING IN THE CITY INTO A FUTURE LAWSUIT.

I SHOULD SAY LOCKING WALKING POTENTIALLY INTO A FUTURE LAWSUIT.

BUT BUT I'M SURE THOSE THINGS CAN BE TALKED ABOUT AND RESOLVED, AND I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT.

SO. I MEAN, SO, TODD, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK REAL QUICK? YES. PLEASE. MAKE IT REAL QUICK FOR US, PLEASE.

TODD PATTERSON, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ANGLETON SOFTBALL, AND WE WERE NEVER WE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS UNTIL IT GOT ON FACEBOOK.

AND OF COURSE, WE GET BASHED ON FACEBOOK A LOT, SO JOIN THE CLUB.

HERE'S THE THING IS, IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROACHED WITH THIS, WE WOULD HAVE SAID YOU CAN FUNDRAISE AT OUR TOURNAMENTS.

I MEAN, THAT'S A SUGGESTION RIGHT THERE.

FUND RAISING, OUR TOURNAMENTS, WE DO IT.

THE PRESIDENT OF ANGLETON OR OF USA SOFTBALL IN THIS AREA IS HERE BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALL KINDS OF STUFF. EVERY TOURNAMENT IS A FUND RAISER FOR SOMETHING, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE VENDORS COME IN THAT ARE THAT MAKE MONEY, BUT WE GET A PORTION OF THAT TO GO TO SOFTBALL OR WHATEVER WE EARMARK THAT FOR, LIKE THE NEW FENCES, DIRT, THE CHALK, THE GAS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE EXPENSES.

AND THAT'S HOW WE SUBSIDIZE OUR EXPENSES.

BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND FUNDRAISE, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.

OKAY. AND WE WELCOME THAT BECAUSE LIKE IT IS IT'S THE KIDS ISN'T IT'S ANGLETON.

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AND THAT'S ANGLETON PART.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT WITH THE PAVILION.

RIGHT. WE HAVE EVERYTHING INSIDE THE FENCES.

Y'ALL HAVE EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE FENCES.

SO I JUST DIDN'T.

I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP OUR NAME BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING BASHED, AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE? WE DIDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING. WHAT ARE WE DOING? YEAH. NO PROBLEM. WE'LL GIVE YOU A WAY OUT WE COME FUNDRAISING ALL OUR TOURNAMENTS.

I DIDN'T MENTION SOMEONE.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S TYPICALLY OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO COLLABORATE AND WORK WITH.

AND I ALSO HEARD CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.

SO MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY, SINCE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR STRATEGIC OR WAS AN OUTCOME OF THE STRATEGIC WORKSHOP.

WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WOULD MENTION, YOU TALK ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION IN US AS THE DEPARTMENT AND MYSELF AS THE DIRECTOR, DESIGNATING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE TREAT IT LIKE ANY OTHER RENTAL.

SO MY FIRST QUESTION, IS THERE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS OR IS THERE NOT AS IT RELATES TO YOUTH 500 AND 1C3 AND LOCAL IS AISD.

I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE JUST LIKE AJSA ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE OR EVEN ANGLETON SOCCER CLUB, THEY HAVE A MONETARY BUY IN FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING AS A NONPROFIT AND OUR PUBLIC PARK.

SO WE HAVE TO WE DON'T HAVE TO.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE SOME OWNERSHIP IN IN WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THE PARKS AS IT RELATES TO A RENTAL FEE, A WAIVER.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CLEANED UP AFTER THE EVENT ITSELF.

I THINK A DEPOSIT IS NICE.

YEAH. BECAUSE, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'RE TEXTING I MEAN IT'S OUR RESOURCES POTENTIALLY IF EVERYTHING'S LEFT, YOUR YOUR CREW SHOWS UP OR HECTOR'S CREW SHOWS UP ON MONDAY OR SOMEBODY SHOWS UP ON MONDAY AND HAS TO PICK UP THE MESS.

RIGHT. BUT I, I'D SAY WRITE YOUR POLICY THE WAY YOU'RE DOING IT.

OKAY. DON'T DON'T SLOW THAT PART OF IT DOWN.

SURE. I WOULDN'T WANT TO MUDDY THIS UP RIGHT NOW.

I THINK GETTING A DEPOSIT IS IS ADEQUATE, JUST SO WE CAN KEEP THAT.

BUT IF THEY'RE WANTING TO USE THE PARK AND IT'S A NOT FOR PROFIT LIKE THAT I WOULD SAY NO FEE AT THE MOMENT OTHER THAN THE DEPOSIT.

AND THAT'S MY OPINION.

CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK, REAL QUICK, LIKE LAKE JACKSON, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE PODIUM.

BOTH DO THE PODIUM.

YEAH. I'M SORRY YOU GOT TO BE ON.

SO WE LET THE CONSTRUCTION GUYS OFF THE HOOK.

LAKE JACKSON AND DANBURY BOTH DO HAVE DEPOSITS, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

WE ARE AT 501 C3.

WE DO HAVE LIABILITY.

WE HAVE $2 MILLION LIABILITY POLICY.

SO THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR REQUIREMENTS, REQUIREMENTS OR WHATEVER TO HELP PREVENT ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS. BUT WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE A POLICY.

WE DO HAVE A 503 C3.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FROM US, WE CAN SUPPLY THAT.

SURE. SO. I MEAN.

DO WE NEED AN OFFICIAL ACTION FOR THIS OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NONPROFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL.

SCHOOLS. SCHOOLS WITH AC, ACS AND ANGLETON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOR USE OF PUBLIC PARKS.

FOR FUNDRAISING.

WITH THE DEPOSIT. WITH DEPOSITS.

DO YOU WANT THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT? SEE, THAT'S WHERE IT GETS CATCHY.

BECAUSE WHAT IF THE SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY IS IN THERE WRITING THE POLICY NOW? SO WE'RE JUST THIS IS A STOPGAP AT THE MOMENT.

I THINK THE DEPOSIT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW.

OKAY. OKAY. COUNCIL.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL.

A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTS FOR GIVING DIRECTION TO THE PARKS DIRECTOR TO MAKE CHOICES ON SCHOOLS, NOT FOR PROFITS.

ORGANIZATIONS USING PUBLIC PARKS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I JUST THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT ON HERE FAST.

AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.

AND I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO CORRECT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL HELP US.

ANYBODY ELSE CALL FOR THE VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THANKS TO THE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION FOR SHOWING UP.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO JUMP BACK NOW TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:15 P.M..

[01:15:04]

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED THEREIN.

THREE DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. PRESIDING MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, AND DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 501.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

CITY ATTORNEY. WE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 716 ZERO SECONDS.

MR. MAYOR, IN THERE.

EVERYBODY'S BACK.

WE'RE ON. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 910 AND 40S AND COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION?

[OPEN SESSION]

YES. I MOVE THAT AS IT RELATES TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THAT WE HAS TO HAVE THAT ITEM RETURNED TO A FUTURE SESSION SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE LOAN MEETING, I THINK IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND.

A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS TO BRING ITEM NUMBER FOUR BACK ON THE FIRST MEETING OF NOVEMBER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR ALL YOUR INPUTS.

BACK TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.

[12. Discussion and possible action on the election of Mayor Pro-Tem.]

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM.

MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP TRAVIS TOWNSEND AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DANIELS.

SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS TO CONTINUE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS TOWNSEND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

TRAVIS, THANK YOU FOR SERVING.

APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYTHING ELSE? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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

ITEM NUMBER 13.

[13. Discussion and possible action to elect a director and approve the ballot for the Texas Municipal League Region 14 Director Election.]

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ELECT A DIRECTOR AND APPROVE THE BALLOT FOR THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE REGION 14 DIRECTOR ELECTION.

I MOVED TO NOMINATE MR. JOE ZIMMERMAN AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PML.

OKAY. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL TO NOMINATE JOE ZIMMERMAN FROM SUGARLAND AS OUR DIRECTOR.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS CALL FOR THE VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED 1415.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20240924015.

[15. Discussion and possible action to approve Resolution No. 20240924-015 authorizing the execution of an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) with the Texas Department of Transportation for a Transportation Alternative Set-Aside (TASA) Project.]

AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE PROJECT.

HELLO, JOHN. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL. THE CITY HAS BEEN SELECTED BY TXDOT FOR GRANT.

8020 SHARE FOR THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS ALONG 288 B.

AS PART OF THAT WE HAVE TO GET INTO A ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT OR WHAT THEY'LL REFER TO AS AN AFE, WHERE IT WILL SET THE LIMITS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TXDOT ON THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.

THE FIRST RESOLUTION CAME IN AND HAD THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE OVERRUNS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND I WORKED WITH THEM.

AND IT CHANGED NOW TO A TEXT THAT IS 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE OVERRUNS.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON.

WE'RE GLAD WE GOT THAT DONE.

SO AS PART OF THE AFA, THERE HAS TO BE THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE CITY STATING THAT THEY GIVE, THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN ENTERING INTO THE AFA, AND THEY GIVE THE POWER TO THE CITY MAYOR TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH IT.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT IS.

THIS IS A STANDARD TEMPLATE THAT THEY HAVE.

JUDITH LOOKED OVER IT. THERE'S NO FATAL FLAWS IN IT.

THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE FOR ALL THEIR THEIR CLIENTS.

WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM.

SO WITH THAT IF THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR GRANT FOR THE DOWNTOWN SIDEWALKS,

[01:20:07]

DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS ON 288 B I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY APPROVE THE RESOLUTION GIVING THE AUTHORITY TO THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO THE AFA. BUT BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION, WE JUST NEED TO POINT OUT THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT IS NOT NUMBERED, THAT'S ATTACHED TO JOHN'S AGENDA ITEM IS THE CORRECT ONE.

SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS MEETING AT SOME POINT, THAT THE CORRECT RESOLUTION WILL BE NUMBERED AFTER AFTER YOU APPROVE, OR WE CAN PUT THAT NUMBER ON THE OTHER ONE ON THIS ONE, CAN'T WE? IT'S NOT THE 0924015.

WE CAN USE THE SAME NUMBER, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR THEY'RE JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TEXT THAT ONE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WORDING.

SO THE ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE NUMBER ON TOP IS THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT THE MAYOR WILL BE SIGNING.

AND THE DIFFERENCE IS INSTEAD OF SAYING THE CITY COUNCIL OF ANGLETON, IT'S THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANGLETON.

SO AND THEY MADE THAT CHANGE.

THEY WANTED TO CHANGE.

THEY MADE THAT CHANGE AFTER I SUBMITTED THE AGENDA.

OKAY, GOOD. COUNCIL DO I HAVE ACTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

FOR THE ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TECH STOCK FOR THE TESLA PROJECT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

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

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. TOM. I'M GLAD TO FINALLY SEE THIS ONE COME UP.

ITEM NUMBER 16. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20240924.

[16. Discussion and possible action to approve Ordinance No. 20240924-016 regarding the possible determination of a substandard building located at 504 Farrer Street within the City of Angleton, Texas, and approval to hold the public hearing on October 8, 2024.]

DASH 016 REGARDING THE POSSIBLE DETERMINATION OF A SUBSTANDARD BUILDING LOCATED AT 504 FERRER STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, AND APPROVAL TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2024.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY FOR 504 FAIR STREET.

IT'S A SITUATION IN WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO EXPEDITE THROUGH THE PROPER SYSTEM AND CHANNELS, AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING.

THE OWNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED APPROPRIATELY.

AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS AGREED TO IT.

PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOT BEEN RESPONSIVE.

WE SENT SEVERAL NOTICES BY CERTIFIED MAIL.

REGULAR MAIL.

AS BEST POSSIBLE, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO ALSO NOTIFY ANY LIEN HOLDERS.

AND AFTER YOU TAKE THIS ACTION, HAVE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL WORK THROUGH THE COURT ORDER PROCESS AND FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES IN WHICH WE HAVE ENFORCED.