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>> ALL RIGHT, IT'S SIX O'CLOCK.
[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.WE HAVE A COMPLETE QUORUM WITH US TONIGHT.
IF YOU ALL WILL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND REMAIN STANDING FOR IMPLICATION.
>> LET'S ALL BOW WITH ME, PLEASE.
FATHER, AGAIN WILL COME TO YOU.
THANKFUL FOR YOUR LOVE AND CARE FOR US.
THANK YOU WATCH OVER US DAILY.
FATHER WE ASK YOU TO GIVE US YOUR WISDOM, GIVE US YOUR UNDERSTANDING, HELP US TO MAKE WISE, PRUDENT DECISIONS.
WE JUST CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR CITY STAFF IN EVERY CAPACITY, LORD THAT YOU WILL PROTECT THEM, KEEP THEM SAFE DAILY AS THEY DO THEIR WORK.
FATHER, AGAIN, THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE CAREFULLY AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
I PRAY THESE THROUGH CHRIST, AMEN.
>> GREAT TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT AND THOSE LISTENING ONLINE.
HOPEFULLY YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
THE FIRST THING IS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CONSENT AGENDA FIRST, ITEM NUMBER 2,
[CONSENT AGENDA]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON REQUESTS FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO WAIVE BUILDING PERMIT UTILITY CONNECTION FEES 212 WEST MYRTLE.ITEM NUMBER 3, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20250128-003, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GENERAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE GRANT TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION, TO FUND A CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND AGENDA.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE POSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM NUMBER 4, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING,
[4. Conduct a Public Hearing, discussion, and take possible action on an Ordinance adopting the proposed City of Angleton Comprehensive Fee Schedule, as related to the User Fee Study. (Public Hearing left open from 1/14/25 meeting)]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE PROPOSED CITY OF ANGLETON COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE AS RELATED TO THE USER FEE STUDY.>> GOOD EVENING, MARY COUNCIL.
A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE.
THE STUDY HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR A WHILE.
WE HAVE HAD THIS BEFORE YOU FOR A WHILE WITH ALL OF THE ATTACHED MINUTES, EXHIBITS, WHICH OUTLINED ALL OF THE CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE, MERGING SOME OLD FEES WITH NEW FEES, AS YOU KNOW.
WE ARE REFINING THE DOCUMENT CONTINUOUSLY.
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENTS, YOU'LL SEE THE UPDATES FROM GANDA WHO HAS BEEN TRACKING ALL OF THE CHANGES.
WE'VE ATTACHED AN ORDINANCE NOW FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, ASKING YOU TO HOLD THAT FOR ONE READING AND TO CONSIDER ADOPTION IN YOUR NEXT MEETING.
BY THEN, WE WILL COORDINATE ALL EDITS TO THE CURRENT CODE IN WHICH YOU SEE, WE HAVE THE STRIKE THROUGHS, WHICH WOULD REMOVE ALL FEES FROM THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND REFER TO THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE OF FEES, WHICH IS PRETTY CUSTOMARY.
THE ONLY I THINK ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE WANTED YOUR CONSENT OR DIRECTION ON WOULD BE ON THE UTILITY SIDE.
WE NOTICED THAT THE CONSULTANT DID PUT IN THE RECONNECT AND CONNECT FEE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE IN THE PAST HAD A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
JUST WANT YOUR NOD OF THE HEAD IF YOU WANT THAT TO REMAIN AS IT IS PROPOSED FOR CONNECTION AND RECONNECT.
THAT WOULD BE $30 FOR DISCONNECT AND 25 AFTER RECONNECT.
I KNOW YOU HAD THAT DISCUSSION ONCE BEFORE.
SO IF YOU WANT US TO LEAVE IT AS THIS UNTIL YOUR NEXT MEETING, WE'LL DO THAT, OTHERWISE, WE'LL CHANGE IT TO WHATEVER YOU SUGGEST.
>> WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT?
>> WE ARE STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING.
I WOULD LET IT REMAIN OPEN UNTIL THE FINAL ACTION.
>> BUT DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND CALL IN THE PUBLIC FIRST, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS?
>> WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING SO ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND APPROACH THE PODIUM? ONCE AGAIN, STILL IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
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>> YES, SIR, AND I JUST WANTED TO FINALLY ADD SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS YOU'LL SEE, ESSENTIALLY LAST TIME.
WE ALSO HAD PARKS, WHICH HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR INTERNAL PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID ALL COMPARISONS ON EACH ITEM SO WE HAVE SOME REFINEMENTS THAT ARE BEING ENTERED ON THAT LEVEL.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS AND IN YOUR NEXT MEETING, WE'LL HAVE YOUR FINAL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE OF FEES.
JASON, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT OR WE'LL JUST KEEP IT MOVING.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?
>> NONE. SINCE THE OTHERS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WE RECEIVED SOME INPUT ON CERTAIN PARTICULAR ITEMS AND CLARIFIED, AND I THINK WE'RE FINE ON THAT END.
BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF WE NEED TO PUT OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA POST, AND I COULD SEND SOME EMAILS BACK OUT TO MY LIST, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, AND THEY STILL COULD GIVE INPUT.
>> THAT WAS MY OTHER QUESTION IS HOW WE BEEN ADVERTISING THIS?
CONVERSATION IS CONTINUOUSLY THERE.
WE USUALLY LET OUR RESPECTIVE CUSTOMERS KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS.
>> BUT DO WE HAVE IT POSTED OUT THERE?
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE NEW SCHEDULE POSTED OUT THERE, BUT WE COULD [OVERLAPPING].
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE CAN DO THAT.
>> THEN SHOULD IT BE ON THE HOME PAGE FOR THE CITY WEBSITE?
>> WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT PAGE.
YES, WE CAN DO THAT EVEN TOMORROW.
>> BECAUSE IT IS COMPREHENSIVE, AND IT WILL AFFECT A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITIZENS SO I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT ON PEOPLE READING IT.
>> MICHAEL, BY PUTTING IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
I WANT TO GO TO THE CITY FIND OUT WHAT FEES THEY HAVE, I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO THE WEBSITE.
I'M NOT GOING TO FACEBOOK PAGE OR TALK OF ANGLETON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO FIGURE OUT.
I'M GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE WEBSITE.
>> THEN ONCE IT'S ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY OF THE 11TH, IF YOU WANT A GENERALIZATION PERIOD WHERE WE EDUCATE FOR 30 DAYS OR SO, WE CAN HOST A WORKSHOP.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE AS A FOLLOW UP, WHATEVER IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE WORD OUT, JUST TO HAVE PEOPLE ADJUST TO THE FEES.
WHATEVER THAT PERIOD IS, IT'LL BE ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH.
>> LET'S DO A PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN HERE AND PUT UP ON THE SCREEN AND WHOEVER SHOWS UP, CAN YOU GIVE COMMENT?
>> YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT RIGHT OUT THE ADOPTION AND THEN MAKE IT EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE EARLY AS YOU WOULD SUGGEST.
>> P&ZS LOOKED AT THIS, RIGHT?
>> YES. IT'S BEEN HELD AT P&Z FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS AS WELL.
>> BECAUSE THERE'S ITEMS RELATING TO THE PARKS, HAS THE PARKS BOARD LOOKED AT IT, TOO?
>> JASON, I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP ON THAT IF THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST EVENING.
>> THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE FULL DOCUMENT YET, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SENT UPDATES ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE HAD AT LEAST A COPY OF IT, BUT WE PLAN TO SEND THEM THE ADDITIONAL STUFF NOW THAT WE'VE UPDATED SOME OF THOSE PRICES.
AS OTIS HAD MENTIONED LAST TIME, THERE WAS SOME INCONSISTENCIES, INFORMATION THAT WERE GETTING ON OUR RENTAL FEES, FACILITY FEES.
WE DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ACROSS OUR REGION TO JUST COMPARE WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET IT OUT TO THEM.
DO WE WANT TO DO EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST AND THEN MOVE ON OR DO YOU WANT US TO JUST GO.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST.
WE'VE GOT SOMEONE THAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO THAT'S GOING TO BE HANGING AROUND.
>> THEN WE WILL MOVE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 1 AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.THE COURTS WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED THEREIN, ITEM NUMBER 1, DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION OF REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AROUND MUNICIPAL COURT ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
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WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:10.WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:43.
[OPEN SESSION]
COUNCIL, DO I HAVE ACTION COMING OUT OF ITEM NUMBER 1?>> I MAKE A MOTION FOR A PAY RAISE FOR JUDGE MARK JONES IN THE AMOUNT OF 3.2%.
>> SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM TOWNSEND AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN FOR THE APPROVAL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, JUDGE. REGULAR AGENDA.
[5. Update and discussion on the King Municipal Operation Center (KMOC) Project from Brent Boles.]
ITEM NUMBER 5. UPDATE, DISCUSSION ON THE KING MUNICIPAL OPERATION CENTER, PROJECT FROM RENT BOWLES.>> MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.
LAST TIME I WAS HERE TO GIVE YOU A UPDATE ON THE K MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS AND, I BELIEVE, IT WAS EITHER LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER.
WE HAD JUST COMPLETED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE OF THIS PROJECT.
AGAIN, THREE MAJOR PHASES OF DESIGN, SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, CONSTRUCTED DOCUMENTS MEAN THAT FINAL LEVEL OF COMPLETION WHEN WHOLE PLAN SPECIFICATIONS ARE COMPLETE.
WE HAVE SINCE THEN COMPLETED THAT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
GUTH COLTON, IS JOIN ON THE SPOT. HE HAS GOT OUR FLOUR PLAN.
NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE FLOOR PLAN FROM WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
WE'VE NOT ADDED A SECOND FLOOR OR CUT DOWN OFFICES.
THAT FLOOR PLAN IS PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME, BUT AGAIN, IF MY FRIEND COLTON CAN START SCROLLING THROUGH PAGES.
THE LAST TIME WE SHOWED YOU, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD FOUR OR SIX DRAWINGS OF THE FLOOR PLAN, THE CONCEPTUAL CYCLAN, SOME EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE LATE OCTOBER UNTIL NOW IS DEVELOPING THOSE OTHER CONSULTANTS STRUCTURE, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING ENGINEERING IN THERE.
AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THESE DRAWINGS HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE UPDATED SOME OF THE ENLARGED FLOOR PLANS FOR OUR TOILET AND LOCKER ROOMS, EVERYTHING. WE'LL KEEP GOING.
THERE'S A REFLECTED CEILING PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THE ACP, THE ACOUSTICAL CEILING TILE, THE LAY PICTURES MUCH LIKE THE CEILING THAT'S ABOVE US RIGHT NOW.
IN THE MAJORITY OF THESE AREAS THE SHOP SERVICE BASE AREAS OF THE OPEN BAY AREA TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
KEEP GOING COLTON YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
AGAIN, JUST AGAIN, THESE WERE SOME CONCEPTUAL EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS.
WE STARTED OUT A LITTLE BIT ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN BUDGET.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF BUDGET CONCERNS EARLY ON BECAUSE THERE WAS THE LAG IN GETTING STARTED FROM THE INITIAL BUDGET THAT WE PROPOSED.
WE'VE GOT SOME MORE DIRECTIVE FROM STAFF TO MAY BE TRYING TO IMPROVE THOSE.
AGAIN, SOME INTERIOR STANDARD DETAILS FOR WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS FAR AS ARCHITURAL DRAWINGS, KEEP GOING YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
EVEN SOME OF OUR OVERHEAD DOOR DETAILS.
THESE ARE AGAIN JUST THOSE ROBUST DRAWINGS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL THAT WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE. SO KEEP GOING.
EVEN GOT SOME INTERRELATIONS OF SOME LOCKERS, SOME KITCHEN AND BREAK ROOMS, SO ON AND SO FORTH, EVEN SOME MISCELLANEOUS CABINETRY DETAILS.
SO THAT'S BEEN THE BULK OF OUR WORK THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
WHAT COLTON IS GOING TO NOW IS THOSE INITIAL STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION DRAWINGS.
AGAIN, IT'S A PRE INJURED METAL BUILDING.
IT'S A STEEL STRUCTURE, BUT THAT PRE INJURED METAL BUILDING IS A DELEGATED DESIGN TO A THIRD PARTY PRE INJURED METAL BUILDING MANUFACTURER.
YOU'VE HEARD OF RED DOTS, YOU'VE HEARD OF ALLIANCE STEEL OR WHIRLWIND.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE STRUCTURAL PACKAGE ABOVE GRADE.
BUT OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IS GOING TO BE VERY MUCH RESPONSIBLE FOR ANCHORING THAT PRE INJURED METAL BUILDING SYSTEM DOWN TO THE GROUND AND THE FOOTINGS IN MOTHER EARTH.
THOSE ARE SOME OF HIS INITIAL DETAILS FOR THAT.
THE M SHEETS MECHANICAL, HBC TYPE STUFF.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PRELIMINARY LAYOUT FOR ALL OF OUR DUCT WORK IN THE OFFICE AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE DUCTS AND THESES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AGAIN, AT A DESIGN DEVELOPMENT LEVEL. KEEP GOING, PLEASE.
AGAIN, MORE HVAC, YOU CAN RIFLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MECHANICAL SHEETS INTO THOSE E SHEETS, THE ELECTRICAL.
THAT'S GETTING ME INTO SOME OF OUR ELECTRICAL LOADS.
LIGHT LOCATIONS, POWER LOCATIONS, DATA LOCATIONS.
AGAIN, WE SENT THIS INFORMATION TO STAFF.
NOW IT'S A GREAT TIME. STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS VERY WELL, WORKING WITH THE BUILDING DOCUMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THOSE REPRESENT THE POWER AND DATA OUTLETS ON THE WALL.
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THEY CAN FIGURE OUT THEIR OFFICE FURNITURE EQUIPMENT, WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE, WHERE PRINTERS IS GOING TO BE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE RIGHT SPOT, SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF LOOKING THOSE THINGS OVER.EVEN THE ONE LINE DIAGRAMS ABOUT GETTING THE BUILDING UTILITIES OVER TO THE SITE.
AGAIN, WE'LL SEE THOSE ELECTRICAL SCHEDULES THERE ARE FILLED OUT IN THE ELECTRICAL, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THAT FINAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON.
THERE AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE SOME PRELIMINARY PLUMBING DIAGRAMS, JUST GETTING POTABLE WATER IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING, SANITARY SEWER OUT OF THE BUILDING, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE SUBMITTED THAT PACKAGE TO TL CONSTRUCTION.
REMEMBER. THE CITY HAS ENGAGED TL CONSTRUCTION AS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
THEY'RE GIVING US REAL TIME PRICING INFORMATION TO KEEP US WITHIN BUDGET.
>> THE FIRST BUDGET THAT WE GOT, WE WERE ABOUT 13% OVER AT SCHEMATIC DESIGN, AND WE OFFERED THAT TO COUNCIL AND STAFF AND COUNCIL SAYS, WE GOT TO GET BACK IN LINE.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE DONE.
THAT WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
INITIALLY, WE WERE AT 5.239, WHICH WAS 13% ABOVE THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE, T REPORTS BACK ON THIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT SET THAT WE'RE CLOSER, NOT ALL THE WAY, BUT WE'RE ONLY 9% ABOVE BUDGET.
WE'RE JUST OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, WE STILL THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME ROOM TO WIGGLE IN AND NARROW THAT PRICE DOWN MORE SO.
BUT WE'VE GONE FROM 13% OVER TO 9% OVER, WE STILL BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM AND CLARIFICATION.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THOSE SUB-CONTRACTORS THAT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR TEAL, IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS IN THOSE DRAWINGS TO SET.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND COVER THEIR BASIS, LEADING TO WHAT WE BELIEVE AND HAVE TRACK RECORD OF.
THOSE PRICES ARE A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE.
ONCE IT GETS TO THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WHICH THEY HAVE TO BUY VEHICLE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION MANAGE RISK, THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND SHOP MULTIPLE BIDS.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GETTING THESE ESTIMATES, REALLY ONLY FROM ONE OR TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS.
ONE OR TWO PAINTERS, ONE OR TWO COUNTRY GUYS, ONE OR TWO CIVIL GUYS, ONE OR TWO ELECTRICIANS.
BUT WHEN THEY GO OUT AND WE GET THAT 95% SET COMPLETED THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM RISK, THEY WILL BROADCAST THAT CAST TO THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR WORLD, THEY WILL GET MULTIPLE HARD BIDS.
WE REALLY THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A SHARP AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH STAFF.
WE MET WITH STAFF HERE RECENTLY.
STAFF IS MEETING WITH OTHER STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ANY UNKNOWNS, THINGS THAT MAY HAVE UPDATED OR CHANGED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE GOING FORWARD AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE THIS BUILDING IN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD.
WE'RE REFINING THAT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING TO A SPEED NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PIECE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT THAT BUILDING TO FUNCTION LIKE AND WHAT YOU WANT THAT BUILDING TO LOOK LIKE.
>> WELL, I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE, NOT WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.
>> CORRECT. AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING THAT INPUT FROM STAFF ABOUT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
IT ALSO NEEDS TO GET BACK IN BUDGET, AND WE REALIZE THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CHRIS AND AMY, MARTHA HAVE BEEN DRILLING ON US, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DRILLING ON THE CONTRACTOR.
FROM A SCHEDULE STANDPOINT, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE ANY LAST MINUTES SPEAKING OUT FOREVER PIECE MOMENTS FROM STAFF WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
STARTING FEBRUARY WE WILL MOVE TOWARDS THAT FINAL DESIGN STAGE, THAT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE.
WE BELIEVE THAT PUTS US PRETTY MUCH STILL ON SCHEDULE.
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH THAT GMP SET IN LATE FEBRUARY.
NOW, WE THINK THAT'S MAYBE EARLY MARCH, THAT WE'LL DELIVER THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE SET TO THE CITY FOR FINAL REVIEW, AND THEN ALSO TO TEAL FOR THEIR GMP PRICING.
THAT ROLLS FORWARD INTO THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SCHEDULE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE A FINALIZED DESIGN, FINALIZED SET OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, AND SPECIFICATIONS WITH A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK IN APRIL FOR YOU GUYS TO APPROVE, ACCEPT, MOVE FORWARD AND THEN POTENTIALLY AUTHORIZED TEAL TO TAKE THEIR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER HAT OFF, PUT THEIR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION HAT ON, AND START MOVING DIRT LATE SPRING VERY EARLY SUMMER OF THIS YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WHAT IS YOUR DESIGNED SUSTAINED WIND SPEED?
>> I CAN LOOK IT UP INTO THE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS.
IF YOU WOULD GO TO SHEET S EITHER 1.00.
[INAUDIBLE] CODE ALL IN PLEASE SEE YOURSELVES.
I KNOW IT CERTAINLY WILL BE WITHIN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INTEREST
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ASCC7 MAYBE ONE MORE SHEET UP.PUTTING ONE MORE SHEET UP, PLEASE SEE DESIGN CRITERIA LABELS ZOOM IN ABOUT 147 MILES PER HOUR THREE SECONDS.
>> I'M CURIOUS. OTHER THAN JUST VANITY, WHAT'S THE BREEZEWAY FOR?
WE'VE GOT AN OCCUPIED ACCESSIBLE SPACE, AIR CONDITIONED SPACE.
THEN THE BREEZEWAY POTENTIALLY GET TRUCKS OR CRUISE IN GOT OUT OF THE GLOOM WEATHER, AND THEN TO SEPARATE THE SERVICE BASE OFF TO THE RIGHT.
>> WE TOOK THAT OFF THE TXDOT.
THAT'S THE WAY THEIR BUILDINGS ASSIGN THE FRONT PARTS LIKE A T SHAPE, AND THEN THEY HAVE THAT BREEZEWAY SEPARATING THE BUILDINGS.
IF WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH CARBON DIOXIDE, SMOKE, SOMETHING, IT'S NOT GOING INTO THE OFFICE SPACE.
>> FURTHERMORE, RIGHT NOW, NONE OF THOSE DOORS ON THE SHOP SIDE OR ELECTRIC, THEY'RE MANUAL.
IF CREWS ARE COMING IN, THEY GET A WASH OUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY'LL HAVE A GOOD WIDE SPACE TO GET IN QUICKLY.
IF SOMETHING'S NOT COVERED UP, SOMETHING'S PERISHABLE OR DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THE WEATHER THEY CAN PULL IN THAT SPACE.
AROUND, OPEN UP A DOOR MANUALLY, CHAIN POISE, AND THEN RAIN STOPS GETTING IN THERE.
IT'S PRETTY CHEAP SPACE. IT'S NOT CONDITIONED.
IT ALSO SERVES AS SOME PLACE STAFF CAN GET OUT OF THE WEATHER IF THEY NEED TO GO OUT AND SOAK UP SOME OUTSIDE AIR AND NOT BE IN THE RAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST FIGURED YOU'D WANT TWO MORE BAYS THERE THROW A FIREWALL IN.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT THAT'S A REQUEST FROM STAFF, BUT WE'RE STAYING ON BUDGET.
AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING TO SPEAK OUT FOREVER UNDER PIECE.
BUT THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS IN PLAY. LET ME SAY THAT WAY.
>> WAS THERE COME A TIME WHEN THAT BUILDING IS SLAM PACKED FULL, AND THAT TIME WOULD BE PROBABLY A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG IF THERE WERE ADDITIONAL BAYS.
YOU'RE POURING CONCRETE THERE, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE CONTINUITY BETWEEN THAT CONCRETE AND THE SHOP FLOOR.
>> YES. THAT ARE THE BREEZEWAY, IT COULD BE CLOSED IN IF THAT'S THE ANGLE YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT ALSO, KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS THE NICE THING I SEE HOW WE'RE GETTING THIS PRICING.
AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A BUDGET IF COUNCIL OR THE NEED SUGGEST THAT THAT BUDGET IS EXPANDED, WE HAVE THE VEHICLE TO DO THAT.
IF THERE'S THE APPETITE TO DO THAT.
>> IS THIS BUILDING BEING DESIGNED TO WHERE IT CAN BE ADDED ONTO IN THE FUTURE?
>> BECAUSE THAT'S CLEARLY THE ISSUE WE HAD IN THE PAST.
>> NOW, I WILL SAY THIS. ADDING ONTO IT.
WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THAT FLOOR PLAN, ONE OF THE A SHEETS, A 200, UP TOWARDS THE VERY TOP OF THE SET? ONE OR TWO MORE TO THE TOP TO SHOW THAT.
YOU'LL SEE THERE, THIS IS A PRE-METAL BUILDING SYSTEM.
WE'RE USING A SINGLE SLOPE BECAUSE THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION OF USING SOME STORMWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS, OR ALSO SOME BACKUP WATER SYSTEMS. WE BECOMES A LOT MORE EFFICIENT IF WE HAVE A SINGLE PITCHED ROOF DIRECTING ALL THE STORMWATER IN ONE DIRECTION AS OPPOSED TO A GABLE ROOF SPLITTING IT.
WE CAN HAVE ALL OF OUR WATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS ON ONE SIDE, THE LOWER END OF THAT PITCH IF WE DO THAT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE OFFICE AREAS OF THAT HORIZONTAL L. THEY ARE ALL SINGLE PITCHED WITH THE HIGH EVE TO THE OUTSIDE.
LAST GOES TO THE LEFT, WHICH IS WEST, AND THEN THE SOUTH SO IT CREATES A VALLEY TOWARDS THE INSIDE.
IT'S EXPANDABLE VERY EASILY TO THE NORTH WHERE THE FRONT DOORS ARE PAGE TOP LEFT.
THAT'S VERY EASILY EXPANDABLE THAT WAY.
IF WE WANT TO EXPAND OFFICE AREAS TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE EAST, IT WOULD TAKE IN THAT BREEZEWAY, WHICH ISN'T A BIG DEAL.
IT WOULD ALSO TAKE IN THE SURFACE BASE.
FROM THE RIGHT SIDE FAR EAST SIDE OF THAT BUILDING,
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WE CAN ABSOLUTELY EXPAND THAT WALL THERE, MAKE IT AN EXPANDABLE WALL AND EXPAND THAT OFF TO THE EAST TO ADD MORE SURFACE SPACE AND OR POTENTIALLY CONVERT IT INTO AN ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE VERY EASILY AS FAR AS WE HAVE SITE TO WORK WITH.FURTHERMORE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF SPACE OFF TO THE NORTH AS WELL WITH YOU.
EXISTING BUILDING IS RIGHT NOW? THAT THAT'S STILL A GOOD SIZED FOOTPRINT OF SITE THERE THAT CAN SEE.
>> IS GOING TO BE A SINGLE PITCH.
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GABLE ROOF THAT RUNS DOWN THE BACK THAT TIES INTO THAT. IS THAT WHAT SHE SAID?
>> NO, SIR. COULD YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE 300 SHEETS, JUST A FEW SHEETS DOWN.
RIGHT HERE. EVERYTHING IS SINGLE PITCHED.
THE TOP IMAGE THERE IS LOOKING FROM THE EAST.
IF YOU CAN GET THOSE BEARINGS?
>> THEN THE MIDDLE DRAWING THERE, THE NORTH ELEVATION, THOSE ARE THE SERVICE BAYS.
YOU'LL SEE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT IS THAT BREEZEWAY WITH THE OFFICE BUILDING OFF TO THE FAR RIGHT, WHICH IS THE CONTINUATION A BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ON THE NORTH ELEVATION WHICH IS HIDE.
>> HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE'RE GOING TO HIT THESE DATES? THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS BUILDING FOR A LONG TIME.
I KNOW THE STAFF HAS TOO, AND IT'S COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY TO KEEP THOSE MOBILE BUILDINGS RUNNING.
>> WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT. LET'S SAY, GETTING THIS SECOND ITERATION, LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE GET THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN ESTIMATE, IT'S I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S A DARK BOARD, BUT THOSE CONTRACTORS, THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS AT THAT POINT TIME.
WITH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT SET NOW, WE'VE GOT SOME MECHANICAL DRAWINGS, SOME ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS, STRUCTURE DRAWINGS.
WE HAVE FEWER UNKNOWNS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TIGHTEN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S LESS REWORK, QUITE HONESTLY.
I HAD THAT DD NUMBER CAME IN, AND WE WOULD HAVE GONE 9% IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SOLE SEARCH AND MORE CUTS, MORE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE.
WE'RE VERY MUCH TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION NOW, AND FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT IN OUR BUDGET, THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE MORE ADVANCEMENTS MORE ASSUREDLY AND MOVE FORWARD, KNOWING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND REWORK SOME STUFF.
I'M FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT IF THERE'S DELAYS ON THE SCHEDULE I'M GIVING YOU HERE, IT'S BY A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DELAYED HERE TWO MONTHS BEYOND WHAT I'M FORECASTING RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE FROM THE START?
>> SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AGAIN, EVERYTHING'S WEATHER AND HURRICANE DEPENDENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE GET THIS CUT LOSE AND WE START BREAKING AROUND, IT WILL BE AT THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT GOAL IT COULD BRING.
PRAY THAT WE'VE HAD OUR LOCAL HIT LAST YEAR, NOT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW.
LOOSELY SOMEWHERE MAYBE FAST TRACK NINE MONTHS, PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE ANY LONGER THAN 12 MONTHS.
>> COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS?
>> I'LL JUST SAY, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, I'D LIKE TO SEE US GET AN UPDATE ON THIS THING EVERY MONTH GOING FORWARD.
REASONABLE. I THINK WE'RE IN THAT TIME FRAME, WE NEED TO STAY CONSTANT ON THIS.
>> ITEM NUMBER 6, DATE DISCUSSION ON
[6. Update and discussion on the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Transportation Alternative Grant for the 288B sidewalk improvements.]
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE GRANT FOR THE 38B SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. MR. PETERSON.>> GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THIS GRANT APPLICATION.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS TA GRANT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE SIDEWALKS DOWN 28B.
TEXAS HAS ALREADY BEGUN THE DESIGN OF THAT PARTICULAR SECTION.
THEY'VE GOT TO 30% SET OF PLANS.
THE GRANT WAS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 4.273 OR 4,000,004.24 0.3 MILLION.
THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION FOR THAT WILL BE 1.068 MILLION.
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CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE AFA HAD BEEN COMPLETED WITH THE TERMS. THE CITY HAS MADE THE FIRST PAYMENT FOR THE $33,920.TEXAS IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING THE AGREEMENT, WHAT'S CALLED THE FEDERAL PROJECT AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT.
THESE ACRONYMS FOR TEXAS ARE INSANE.
EVERYTHING'S GOT ITS OWN ACRONYM.
WITH THAT, THE CITY HAS ALSO HAD US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO KIND OF GET DONE BEFORE TEXAS HAS.
WE'VE CURRENTLY SUBMITTED THE PLANS TO TEXAS THREE WEEKS AGO.
WE'VE GOT A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH TEXAS FRIDAY TO FORCE THE ISSUE, GO OVER, TELL THEM WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO EXPEDITE THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS DONE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE SIDEWALK PROJECT.
I TALKED TO ANNA RAMIREZ, WHO WAS THE TEXAS COORDINATOR FOR THIS GRANT SELECTION.
SHE SAID THAT THE FPAA IS ACTUALLY TAKES ABOUT THREE TO SIX MONTHS TO EXECUTE SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
WE'RE PROBABLY IN FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS IN RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT THAT'S OUT OF EVERYBODY'S CONTROL.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY FOCUS ON GETTING APPROVAL FOR THE TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THE WORK DONE ON 288 B TO REDIRECT THE WATER LINES TO LOVE THE SYSTEM AND TO ALSO MAKE NEW WATERLINE CONNECTIONS TO THE BUILDINGS.
>> JOHN, BASED ON THE CURRENT TIMELINE, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO START WORK? IF WE'RE ALREADY ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.
>> IF WE CAN GET COMMENTS BACK FROM TEXAS, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY MUCH.
WE'LL ADDRESS THEM, GO BACK THROUGH THEM, GET THEIR APPROVAL.
WE'VE GOT APPROVAL THROUGH OR WE'VE COORDINATED WITH UTILITY COMPANIES.
ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, WE'LL BE READY TO GO TO TAKE IT OUT TO BID.
I'D PROBABLY SAY WE'D PROBABLY BE READY TO BID IN A MONTH MONTH AND A HALF.
PROBABLY TAKE A MONTH TO BID IT, PROBABLY ANOTHER TWO OR THREE WEEKS TO GET UNDER CONTRACT.
WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY SOMETIME IN THE END OF THIS SUMMER, HOPEFULLY. IF POSSIBLE.
>> THE SIDEWALK. I IT'S JUST IT'S TOO TOO MUCH PLAY.
WE JUST CAN'T PUT A NUMBER ON THEM.
>> HOW LONG WOULD YOU EXPECT THE WATER LINES TO TAKE?
>> WE'RE THINKING THAT THE WATER LINE PROJECT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT I THINK WE SAID FOUR MONTHS, SOMETIME THREE MONTHS, JUST TO GET THEM DOWN AND TO RECONNECT THE SERVICE CONNECTIONS.
IT'LL BE A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE RESIDENTS.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WATER LINE LOSS, WE'LL TRY TO IN COMMUNE PEOPLE AS LEAK AS POSSIBLE.
WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME TEMPORARY PATCHES ON THE SIDEWALKS WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO BREAK OUT TO ACTUALLY PUT THE SERVICE LINES IN, SO THERE'LL BE SOME COORDINATION EFFORTS WITH THAT TOO WITH THE RESIDENTS WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA.
>> THESE FUNDS, WE ALREADY MADE ONE PAYMENT. I SAW THAT.
THE REST OF THAT, IS THAT STILL IN THE ORIGINAL DEBT SERVICE? IT'S ALREADY BEEN ISSUED?
>> THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE SET TO GO OUT FOR?
>> IS THIS MILLION STILL NEEDED TO BE SENT TO GO OUT FOR THIS DEBT SERVICE?
>> WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON GOING OUT FOR THE DEBT SERVICE.
THE CONVERSATION WE HAD DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSION IS THAT'S GOING TO EAT UP THE ENTIRE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.
PERIOD. BECAUSE IT'S 1.2 MILLION, JOHN?
>> NO. THE WATER AND SEWER STOP.
>> WATER. YEAH. IT'S TO BE ABOUT 1.2, SOMEWHERE.
>> THE REASON WHY I ASKED HIM THAT QUESTION IS BASED ON HIS COMMENTS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPEND ALL THAT THIS YEAR.
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO ROLL INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
HE'S GOING TO START BY THE TIME YOU BID IT OUT, THE NOTES PROCEED, ALL THAT STUFF.
WE MAY HAVE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS LEFT IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS FOR THIS YEAR.
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>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JOHN.
[7. Discussion and possible action to approve Amendment No. 1 of the Lift Station No. 8 Sanitary Sewer Collection System Rehabilitation Project with HDR, not to exceed the amount of $8,045.]
>> ITEM NUMBER 7, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 OF THE LIFT STATION NUMBER 8, SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM REHABILITATION PROJECT WITH HDR, NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF $8,045.
>> JOHN, CAN I ASK HOW OFTEN DO YOU WANT HIM TO COME BACK AND GIVE UPDATES ON THIS?
WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT IT FROM TXDOT.
>> WELL, I'LL HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM FRIDAY.
THE GRANT PERSON I'LL TALK TO HER AS WELL TO SEE WHAT SHE KNOWS AS FAR AS THAT FPAA, SEE IF SHE HAS ANY OTHER INFORMATION.
SHE'S GOING TO BE THERE. WE'VE GOT ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR THAT MEETING ON FRIDAY.
>> THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH WILL BE GOOD.
>> I KNOW YOU STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH MR. WHITER [PHONETIC], BUT JUST CONTINUE TO ADVISE HIM ON THE STATUS OF TXDOT IS WITH THEIR REVIEW BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CLOCK.
>> YES, SIR. I'M HOPING THAT WITH THEM HAVING ALREADY PUT SOME FUNDS OUT FOR THE 30%, THEY KNOW THAT THAT PROJECT'S COMING.
IT MAY HELP EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TALK TO ON FRIDAY.
>> I'VE ALREADY READ THE AGENDA ITEM FOR LIFT STATION 8,.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE?
>> YES. ESSENTIALLY, THE PROJECT WAS THE GLO FUNDED PROJECT.
WE WENT TO THE GIS, MET WITH STAFF, AND IDENTIFIED A BUNCH OF LINES THAT WE WANTED TO DO.
PART OF OUR ORIGINAL DESIGN, WE WANTED TO GO OUT AND VERIFY THE CONDITIONS OF THE LINE AND THE TYPE OF MATERIALS OF THE LINE.
THE GIS INFORMATION WAS WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE GROUND.
THOSE LINES HAD BEEN REHABILITATED.
SOME OF THE MANHOLES STILL NEED TO BE REHABILITATED, BUT THE LINES HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SOME OF THE MANHOLES IN THERE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE GLO ON RE-DESIGNATING LINES.
WE WANTED TO KEEP IT IN THE SAME AREA BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE FROM ANYWHERE ELSE.
WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN THAT AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXHIBIT THAT I GAVE YOU, IT WILL BE OVER IN RANCHO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLETE EVERYTHING IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS SO WHEN WE'RE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, WE'RE ONLY IN THERE ONE TIME.
WE HAVE A REGULAR UPDATE WITH THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR IN LANGFORD.
IN THAT GRANT MEETING LAST WEEK, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE BRING THIS TO COUNCIL.
JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THE GLO HAS NOT APPROVED FUNDING THIS WORK, THE ACTUAL PIPE BURSTING OF THIS MATERIAL.
IF YOU-ALL WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'D GET THE DESIGN DONE AND BE WAITING, BUT THERE IS A RISK THAT THEY COULD SAY NO.
NOW, THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR HAS ALREADY TOLD ME THAT SHE'S NEVER SEEN THEM SAY NO, BUT I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE NOT LETTING YOU-ALL KNOW THAT THE GLO IS STILL IN THEIR PROCESS OF MAKING THAT CHANGE, AND IT TAKES SOME TIME.
>> WE ARE. WE GO OUT, WE POP ALL THE MANHOLES, WE CREATE A COLLECTION APP, UPLOAD ALL THE DATA, LOAD IT INTO GIS, COLLECT ALL THE DATA, AND THEN WE CHANGE OUR DESIGN.
>> JOHN, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE THE MAP THAT I SEE THAT'S ATTACHED.
ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU'RE GOING INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE NEWER ONES?
>> ARE YOU GOING INTO THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO THIS?
>> WE'RE GOING INTO RANCHO TO DO.
WE'RE ACTUALLY REHABBING THOSE OLD LINES, THEY'RE CLAY.
ACTUALLY, WHEN THEY WERE INSTALLED, BACK IN THE DAY, THEY USED TO INSTALL THE SANITARIUM BACK LINES.
IT'S IN THE BACK YARD, SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
YOU GOT TO COORDINATE WITH THE RESIDENT, AND GO IN THE BACKYARD, MAKE SURE DOGS ARE PUT UP, GO POP A MANHOLE, YOU DO AN ACTUAL FIELD INVESTIGATION OF MANHOLE,
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THE TYPE OF THINGS.>> BUT YOU'RE GOING DOWN VALDERAS.
>> YEAH. ACTUALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE ONES THAT ARE YELLOW AND BLACK ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO REMAIN THE ONES THAT ARE JUST PLAIN YELLOW OR THE ONES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED.
THE ONES IN THE PINK ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED INTO THE PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO DO.
AGAIN, WE'RE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.
WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH THEM OFF TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS BACK INTO SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD OTHER THAN JUST ONE TIME.
>> WHAT WAS THROW ME OFF WERE THE SHOWING OF ALL THE LINES, AND I SAW GREYSTONE, AND I SAW RIVERWOOD RANCH IN HERE, AND I WAS THINKING YOU WERE GOING INTO THOSE AS WELL.
>> THE AGENDA ITEM, KIND OF MISLEADING, THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WAS 215, FUNDS REQUESTED 8,000, BUT IT'S REALLY FUNDS REQUESTED 223,000, SO WE'RE OVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
>> THE 215,040, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT THAT WAS DONE.
THEN THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO THE FIELD WORK AND COLLECTION AND GETTING EVERYTHING LINED UP IS THE 8,000.
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS. IF YOU'RE ALREADY GOING INTO THOSE OTHER SECTIONS, AND NOW YOU JUST WANT TO GO DOWN THE REST, WON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED? AREN'T YOU GOING TO KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ONES, WHAT THE REST OF THAT IS?
>> WE CAN MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION, BUT IF WE GO IN THERE AND THE CONTRACTOR PURCHASED THAT MATERIAL, THEN IT'S JUST PART OF WHAT YOU TYPICALLY DO, IS YOU GO AND JUST DO A SITE VISIT INSTEAD OF JUST LOOKING AT A PIECE OF PAPER.
LUCKILY, WE DID THAT ON ALL THOSE OTHER ONES OR WE WOULD HAVE HAD A REALLY BIG ISSUE ON OUR HANDS IF WE WOULD HAVE JUST MOVED FORWARD.
NOW, WE HAVE POPPED THE ONES, YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL THE PINKS ARE FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE TOUCHING WHERE THE YELLOW AND BLACK ARE.
WE DO KNOW THAT THAT IS CLAY RIGHT THERE GOING UP, SO IT'S A SAFE ASSUMPTION, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING BUILT OVER THE TOP OF IT, LIKE, SHEDS, OR IF SOMEBODY HAS PUT A PATIO OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD IMPEDE CONSTRUCTION, OR A TREE.
ONE OF THOSE PLACES THEY'VE GOT A REALLY BIG TREE TO WHERE THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO A REVERSE SET UP PIPE BURST OR HE'LL DAMAGE THAT TREE.
THERE'S SEVERAL SHEDS THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH.
AGAIN, THE GLO HASN'T APPROVED THIS WORK TO BE INCLUDED JUST YET.
>> FROM TALKING TO ALYSSA, SHE SAID TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
IT'S JUST HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THEM TO MOVE AND THEY'VE HAD IT FOR, CHRIS WHEN DID WE RESUBMIT THAT? PROBABLY A MONTH-AND-A-HALF AGO?
>> DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO WAIT ON THIS?
>> IT WOULDN'T TAKE US LONG TO DO THIS.
I'M JUST FOLLOWING THE DIRECTION.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO HOLD UP THE APPROVAL?
>> WE JUST TABLE IT UNTIL WE KNOW?
>> IN THIS BUDGET, I THINK THAT'S THE PRUDENT THING TO DO, UNTIL WE KNOW.
COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION OFF THE SITE, OR ANY COMMENTS?
>> WELL, I'D SAY WE JUST TABLE THIS PENDING AN UPDATE FROM JOHN AND HDR.
>> A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN [PHONETIC] AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTS TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, JOHN. ITEM NUMBER 8.
[8. Update, discussion and possible action on the Lead Service Line Inventory with KSA and to move forward with phases 2, 3, and 4.]
UPDATE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE LEAD SERVICE LINE INVENTORY WITH KSA, AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASES 2, 3, AND 4.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
WE WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE LEAD SERVICE LINE INVENTORY.
IF YOU RECALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO, EPA DROPPED THIS MANDATE IN OUR LAPS, AND IT UNFUNDED, MANDATED THAT.
THE FIRST PHASE WAS FOR US TO GO THROUGH AND INITIALLY GET AN INVENTORY ON ALL THE SERVICE LINES.
MOST OF IT WAS DONE THROUGH APPRAISAL DISTRICT INFORMATION, BASED ON THE YEARS, HOW HOMES WERE BUILT AND THOSE TYPE OF RECORDS.
THAT'S WHAT INITIALLY WAS USED IN PHASE 1 TO COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS, AND THEN WE HAD TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT THIS WAS COMPLETED AND FOR THEM TO ACCESS TO IT AND FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT THEIR LINES GRADED AS FAR AS WHAT MATERIAL IT WAS.
MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO NOW IS FURTHER REFINE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT PHASES 2, 3, AND 4 ARE GOING TO BE, IS TO FURTHER REFINE THAT TO WHAT WE'VE HAD 91% OF THE LINES IN TOWN ENDED UP BEING UNKNOWN, WHICH IS WE'RE NOT 100% CERTAIN WHAT THEY ARE.
WE'RE JUST BASED ON THE YEAR THAT IT WAS BUILT.
WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IT'S LEAD OR GALVANIZED BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT RESIDENTS COULD HAVE REPLACED LINES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, OR THEY COULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WITH PVC.
IT'S JUST THAT'S WHEN THE LEAD WAS REMOVED FROM ALL PIPING DURING THOSE YEARS.
MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REFINE THAT, AND THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DO THAT IS TO EITHER POTHOLE IN FRONT OF BOTH CITY SIDE AND CUSTOMER SIDE OF THE METER BOXES, POTHOLE AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL IS THERE DOCUMENTED AND UPDATE THE INVENTORY AS WE GO.
NOW, ONCE THAT'S REFINED, WHATEVER PERCENTAGE WE END UP AT, WELL, NOW THOSE HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
WE CAN'T DO PARTIAL REPLACEMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN'T JUST REPLACE THE CITY SIDE.
WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE CUSTOMER SIDE AS WELL.
THAT'S THE BAD NEWS OF WHAT WE HAVE TO END UP DOING, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR ALL THAT.
WE JUST HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR IT AT AN ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE THAT FUNDING THROUGH TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
THEIR STATE REVOLVING FUND IS GOING TO INCLUDE LEAD LINE REMOVAL.
IN 2022, KSA WAS APPROVED TO COMPLETE PHASE 1, WHICH IS NOW COMPLETED.
MOVING FORWARD, THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL IS INCLUDED, THEIR ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK, AND ALSO, THE AMENDMENT, WHICH IS FOR THE COST OF PHASE 2, 03, AND 4.
I HAVE JOSHUA NETARDUS IS HERE FROM KSA, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEAD SERVICE LINE INVENTORY IN GENERAL THAT I, MYSELF, CANNOT ANSWER.
ONCE EVERYTHING'S IDENTIFIED FROM THERE, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO MOVE THROUGH AND BEGIN REMOVING ALL THE LINES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COME UP WITH A TYPE OF PLAN OF HOW MANY WE CAN DO IN A YEAR AND BREAK THAT DOWN AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES.
SORRY, I APOLOGIZE, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
OCTOBER 2024 IS WHEN THE INVENTORY WAS DUE, THAT WAS COMPLETED ON TIME.
NOW WE HAVE 10 YEARS TO COMPLETE ALL THE REMOVAL OF ALL THE LINES, SO THAT PUTS US AT THE END OF 2034.
WE WANTED TO BRING THIS AS SOON AS PHASE 1 GOT COMPLETED JUST SO WE CAN TRY TO MOVE IT TO PHASE 2, 03, AND 4, AND JUST GET THIS CONTINUE ON, SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT UNDER THE GUN WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE 10-YEAR MARK.
THE COST OF THIS GOING TO BE $39,225, BUT AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE COMING OUT OF UTILITY REVENUE, BUT BASED ON CURRENT BUDGET, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S IN THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THE COST TO YOU GUYS, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON IT AND SEE WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FROM THERE OR IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE MAY POSSIBLY HAVE TO TABLE UNTIL THERE IS FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR IT.
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS ON IT.
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>> HAVE YOU BROKEN THIS DOWN INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT PHASES AND WHAT THE COST WOULD BE AT TODAY'S PRICES? IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW BECAUSE WHAT'S THE COST OF SITTING HERE WAITING FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS? THAT COST IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
JUST WANT TO KNOW THE THRESHOLD OF WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
>> THE COST IN THAT GOES WITH THE COST AT TODAY'S RATES.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T CONTROL THE MARKET OR THE ECONOMY.
>> YOU CAN ALWAYS ASSUME TWO, THREE YEARS FROM NOW RATES WILL GO UP.
THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.
THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD ALSO CAUTION YOU ALL WITH MATERIAL PRICES.
EVEN IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY REPLACEMENT PLAN, WHATEVER NUMBER I GIVE YOU SIX MONTHS FROM NOW FOR REPLACING A SURFACE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE METER, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY GOING TO GO UP, MAYBE UP A LITTLE, MAYBE UP A LOT, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS.
>> THIS IS GENERALLY A LOAN THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, SO IT WOULD BE A APPLICATION, I THINK.
>> YES. THERE IS A DEADLINE FOR FISCAL YEAR OF 2026.
I THOUGHT HE SAID APRIL 5TH, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT THERE IS THE FORM THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO BE CONSIDERED.
JUST NOTE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER THRESHOLD REQUIRING THE AVERAGE MEDIAN HOUSE INCOME IN HOME.
IF YOU ARE ABOVE THAT NUMBER, I FORGET WHAT IT IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
IT WAS OVER 100,000. I DO REMEMBER THAT.
BUT IF ANGLETON DOES HAVE OVER 100,000 IN MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, YOU CANNOT QUALIFY FOR THAT FUND.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANGLETON IS RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, HECTOR?
>> MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ARE TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD ALONG AS FAST AS WE CAN, BEING THAT WE'RE AT SUCH A HIGH NUMBER OF UNKNOWN.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY REFINE THAT BECAUSE WE MAY BE AT AN 85% REPLACEMENT.
WE'RE JUST NOT SURE UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT.
IF WE ARE AT A NUMBER THAT IS THAT HIGH, WELL, THAT MEANS MORE REPLACEMENTS, WHICH MEANS IT'S GOING TO COST MORE MONEY TO REPLACE ALL THE LINES.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE AT LEAST FIGURE THAT PART OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL TOTALLY UNKNOWN.
WE JUST KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE THEM ALL IN 10 YEARS.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE MOVE FORWARD AS SOON AS WE CAN WITH THIS.
>> BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BUDGET FOR IT?
>> I SAID, ORIGINALLY MY THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN UTILITY REVENUE, BUT BEING WHAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY IN THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, IT'S NOT THERE.
>> HECTOR, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS ONE BULLET POINT.
IDENTIFIED THE SERVICE LINES THAT ARE UNKNOWN, 91% OF THE SERVICE LINES ARE UNKNOWN IN THE CITY OF ANGLETON.
I THINK YOU KNOW BY THE DATE OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT WERE PUT IN.
YOU GO BACK TO CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS OF THE SURVIVING CITY WITH 20 SUBDIVISION, YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT SERVICE LINE TYPE WAS PUT IN.
>> THAT'S THE INFORMATION THEY GATHERED OFF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
>> FROM THE CITY OF ANGLETON ARCHIVE, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME OF THIS DATA THAT YOU CAN RESOLVE THIS 91%.
>> WE DID GO THROUGH A LOT OF OUR MAPS AND PLANS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS WE HAD COMPILED IN THE OFFICE, THOSE TYPE OF FILES.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL THOSE AS WELL.
WE WORKED TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN SECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED SINCE.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT WE'VE ARRIVED AT.
>> ONLY 9% WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
>> AGAIN, IT'S JUST BASED OFF DATES.
THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAD TO GO OFF OF WAS DATES AND THE PLANS.
THAT'S ALL WE HAD. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MOVING INTO A PHASE 2 IS WE HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH ON IT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PHYSICALLY CHECKING WHAT IT IS.
>> IF YOU GOT SOME PEOPLE AROUND TOWN WHO USED TO WORK ON THOSE LINES, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
>> AGAIN, WHAT THE BIGGEST PART OF IT IS TOO, IS YOU CAN'T DO PARTIAL REPLACEMENTS.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW ON OUR SIDE.
IT'S THE CUSTOMER SIDE AS WELL.
THAT TRULY IN FACT, IS THE UNKNOWNS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THEIR SIDE.
NOW, YES, I AGREE WITH YOU, MR. BOOTH,
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THERE ARE SOME ON OUR SIDE THAT WE KNOW THAT COPPER LINES AT LEAST.BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESIDENT SIDE IS.
>> IF MY HOUSE IS UNKNOWN, I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS. I KNOW WHERE IT IS.
>> WE HAD A SURVEY THAT WE PUSHED OUT FOR MONTHS TO HAVE RESIDENTS FILL OUT THEIR ON FORM, BASICALLY SAYING, WHAT YEAR THEIR HOME WAS BUILT.
IF THEY'VE EVER HAD ANY PLUMBING OR PIPING REPLACEMENTS IN THE PAST, AND I THINK WE HAD A TOTAL 1,500 RESPONSE, I BELIEVE, TOTAL OF SELF SUBMISSIONS.
THAT WAS ANOTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION WE HAD TO WORK WITH.
>> WELL, COUNCIL, ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT WE'LL GET ACHIEVES.
THANK YOU FOR GOING THAT, YOU GO INTO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS? NOT EACH AND EVERY METER, BUT YOU CAN GO THROUGH THERE PRETTY WELL JUSTIFIED YOURSELF THAT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LADS COMING OFF THE MAIN ARE BLACK POLY, THE LANS GOING INTO THE HOUSE ARE PVC.
>> CORRECT. MR. BOOTH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ACCEPTED IN THAT MANNER.
IF YOU GO DOWN AN ENTIRE STREET THAT WAS BUILT ALL IN THE SAME YEAR, CORRECT, WE POTHOLE A FEW HOUSES HOMES HERE AND THERE, THEN WE CAN ASSUME THAT STREET IS KNOWN.
THAT IS ALLOWED. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHEN WE GET TO THAT PROCESS OF STARTING TO POTHOLE EVERYTHING.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS ON THIS?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG EFFORT.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OBVIOUSLY ALL THE BUSINESSES, AS WELL, SCHOOLS.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE A BIG UNDERTAKING.
>> FAIRLY CERTAIN I HAVE GALVANIZED PIPES.
>> MR. BOOTH, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION?
>> WITH BOARD, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH YOU SUGGESTED PAGES 2, 3, AND 4? METHODICALLY, YOU CAN'T BREAK THE PIPE GOING FORWARD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO STEP BY STEP.
>> COUNCIL, DO I HAVE A SECOND.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTS FOR APPROVAL.
NOT SURE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IT?
>> YES. WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH BUDGET CURRENTLY IN TRYING.
>> COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[9. Update and discussion on the current status, projects and future improvements of the water system.]
UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT STATUS, PROJECTS, AND FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE WATER SYSTEM.>> THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE ITEM, JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE, WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR WATER SYSTEM IS, NEEDED FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE COMPLETED RECENTLY TO HELP IMPROVE OUR WATER SYSTEM.
THAT'S JUST A SCHEMATIC DRAWING OF HOW OUR CURRENT WATER SYSTEM OPERATES COMING FROM OUR SOURCE WATER AND WHAT PUMPS OUT INTO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE FOUR TREATMENT SYSTEMS. WE HAVE THE WATER PLANT ON HENDERSON ROAD, WHICH WE DESIGNATE AS WATER PLANT NUMBER 3, THE PLAN ON NORTH SHENANGO, WHICH WE DESIGNATE AS PLANT NUMBER 2, ON JAMISON BOULEVARD, THAT IS PLANT NUMBER 4, AND ON NORTH DOWNING ROAD, WATER PLANT NUMBER 5 NOW, FREEDOM PARK WELL, WHICH WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT ACTIVE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AFTER THE ARSENIC TREATMENT SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED OR ELSE, THAT WELL WOULD HAVE BEEN RENDERED USELESS AS IT WAS.
THAT WAS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT TO THE SYSTEM.
MOST OF OUR DRINKING WATER DOES COME FROM GRASS PORT WATER AUTHORITIES, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW EACH ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS IS UNIQUE.
ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE PIECES, I'D SAY IS HOW WE TRANSFER WATER FROM ONE PLANT TO THE OTHER.
WE HAVE A BWA CONNECTION AT WATER PLANT NUMBER 3, AND WATER PLANT NUMBER 3 PUMPS WATER OUT INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT IT ALSO PUMPS WATER INTO WATER PLANT NUMBER 2, WHICH WITHOUT THIS CONNECTION, WATER PLANT NUMBER 2 IS RENDERED VIRTUALLY USELESS IN THE SENSE THAT, WELL, ONCE YOU RUN OUT THE MILLION GALLONS THAT ARE STORED THERE, IT'S RENDERED USELESS.
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THERE ARE WATER WELLS THAT CONNECT TO THAT SAME TRANSFER LINE THAT GO TO SHENANGO PLANT.IN THEORY, YOU CAN FLIP A SWITCH AND SWAP OVER FROM BWA WATER PUMPING FROM ONE PLANT TO THE OTHER.
BUT AT WATER PLANT NUMBER 2, IT WAS NEVER APPROVED THROUGH TCQ TO HAVE AMMONIA THERE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON NOW CURRENTLY.
WHICH MEANS YOU CAN'T EFFECTIVELY TREAT THE WATER WITH CHLORINES AS THE REST OF THE SYSTEM.
IT'S AGAIN, PUMPING RAW WATER INTO THAT SYSTEM WOULD JUST INITIATE A BOIL WATER NOTICE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHLORINATE IT PROPERLY.
THE PROPERTY EQUIPMENT ISN'T THERE.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT'S RECOMMENDED IS THAT TRANSFER LINE.
AT WATER PLANT NUMBER 3, THAT'S THE ONE ON HENDERSON ROAD THERE.
IT DOES HAVE A WELL ON SITE THAT ALSO PUMPS IN AND SUFFICES THE 1-2% OF WELL WATER THAT WE SENT INTO THE SYSTEM ALONG WITH BWA.
THAT DEFINITELY HELPS OUT IN PEAK TIMES.
WE UTILIZE IT AS OFTEN AS WE CAN.
THERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PROPER TREATMENT SYSTEM.
THERE WE'RE ABLE TO USE CHLORINE AND AMMONIA TO CREATE CHLORAMINES, WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY TREATMENT.
>> HOLD ON REAL QUICK. THE FIRST ONE ON THE SCREEN. WHICH ONE IS THAT?
>> THAT IS WATER PLANT NUMBER 4.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I GOT DISCONNECTED WHEN IT GOT PUT ON HERE, BUT.
THAT'S THE ONE ON JAMISON BOULEVARD, SIR.
THAT ONE IN ITSELF IS IT HAS A BWA CONNECTION THERE.
THAT PLANT THERE IS RENDERED USELESS.
>> WHAT IS ON THREE THAT CASCADE AERATOR?
>> THAT'S THE CURRENT AERATOR THAT'S THERE, AND THAT'S THE AERATOR THAT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE STORM.
>> I HAVEN'T NEVER SEEN IT. IS IT?
>> IT'S BEHIND THE OLD STEEL STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S HARD TO NOTICE UNLESS YOU LOOK BEHIND IT AT A CERTAIN ANGLE.
THAT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED OR NOT COMPLETELY DESTROYED, BUT THE TOP WAS TORN OFF OF IT DURING THE HURRICANE.
BUT WHAT WE DISCOVERED IS THAT TYPICALLY, THAT TYPE OF TREATMENT SYSTEM IS USED TO GAS OF H_2S, HYDROGEN SULFIDE.
BUT WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS IN THE RAW WELL WATER, THERE'S A VERY MINIMAL HYDROGEN SULFIDE.
WHAT WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION IS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE TCQ APPROVAL TO REMOVE THAT TREATMENT SYSTEM.
FOR NOW, WE CANNOT USE THAT WELL UNTIL WE GET THIS RECTIFIED.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RIGHT NOW, AND JOHN PETERSON, HDR ARE HELPING US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO PROVE TO TCQ THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY, WHICH WE JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE SAMPLING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE WATER TO PROVE THAT THAT'S NOT THERE.
>> I MEAN, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE COST TO REPAIR THAT? BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT NEED IT NOW, BUT LET'S SAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ME IT LATER.
>> LOOKING AT THE STATE OF THAT STRUCTURE.
NOT JUST TO MENTION REPAIR IN THE TOP.
IT'S PROBABLY LESS THAN $50,000 TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS IN PRETTY BAD CONDITION.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND ANYMORE, JUST BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF RUST THAT'S ON THE LEGS OF IT.
I'D SAY IT'D HAVE TO TAKE A FULL REHAB ON THAT.
>> WHICH ONE IS THAT WHERE'S IT LOCATED?
>> WATER PLANT NUMBER 3. IT'S OFF OF HENDERSON ROAD OVER THERE.
>> BACK BEHIND THERE. THAT'S WHY OUR SUGGESTION IS IF WE HAVE NO HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN THE WATER, THAT WE NO LONGER NEED THAT TREATMENT SYSTEM.
>> THAT'S STILL COMING IN FROM BWA THOUGH.
>> NO, THAT WOULD BE WELL NUMBER 11.
WHEN WE PUMP WELL NUMBER 11, IT GOES UP.
THAT'S THE CURRENT PATH OF IT IN THE CURRENT TREATMENT SYSTEM.
>> BWA GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE TANK.
>> BWA WATER GOES TO THE TANK.
ACTUALLY, THEY HAD ONE OF THOSE AT THE SHENANGO STREET PLANT YEARS AGO.
>> RUSTED DOWN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN GROUNDWATER THE CHARACTERISTICS OF IT CHANGE OVER TIME, AND IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEING PUMPED OUT OF THE AQUIFERS AND HOW FAST THEY'RE MOVING ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SOMETIMES IN SOME RARE CASES, BACK FEEDING CHLORINE INTO AQUIFERS, THAT CAN CAUSE HYDROGEN SULFIDE, AS WELL, CHLORIDES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF THOSE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT H_2S WAS ABUNDANT IN THE PAST, BUT NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LISTED IMPROVEMENTS IN HERE IS REMOVING THAT.
>> THAT'S THE NEW TANK THAT WE HAVE.
WE REMOVED THE OLD TANK, INSTALLED THE NEW TANK THERE.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS SOLELY DEPENDENT ON WATER PLANT NUMBER 3 AT THIS MOMENT.
I MEAN, IF HAVE NO TREATING WATER TO SEND OVER THERE,
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THEN IT'S RENDERED USELESS.THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO THAT I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS QUITE YET.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH IT.
BUT WHAT WE DISCOVERED IS SOME OF THE OLD WELLS THAT WE HAVE AROUND TOWN, EVEN THOUGH WITH NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN, AND SPECIFICALLY, THEY'RE RENDERED THAT THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF SERVICE AND HAVE BEEN PLUGGED.
BUT WHAT TURNS OUT IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PLUGGED.
ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE SALVAGEABLE.
ONE OF THEM, IT'S A 50-50 SHOT.
WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY DIVE IN.
WE JUST CAMERAED THEM LAST WEEK.
I KNOW, IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT POSSIBLY DRILLING WELLS TO INCREASE OUR OWN CAPACITY, OUR OWN RESILIENCY.
THESE TWO COULD BE AN OPTION TO DO REHABILITATIONS ON THESE WELLS SINCE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PLUGGED YET.
WE CAN REHABILITATE THEM AND BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE AT A VERY MINIMAL COST COMPARED TO DRILLING A NEW WELL.
>> WHERE IS SIX AND SEVEN LOCATED?
>> THOSE ARE THE ADDRESSES ARE LISTED ON HERE.
01,700 BLOCK OF NORTH VELASCO, THE 1,200 BLOCK OF NORTH VELASCO.
ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY OFF RICHMOND STREET BEHIND THAT SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S THERE.
THE OTHER ONE'S GOING TO BE FURTHER DOWN TO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S STATE BUILDINGS STILL THERE, IT USED TO BE STATE BUILDINGS.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT STILL IS, BUT IT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT.
THEY BOTH RUN ALONG THAT ALLEY RIGHT THERE.
THOSE WELLS WERE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE IN THE PAST FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, IT WAS JUST AT THE TIME CITY ADMINISTRATION JUST DIDN'T WANT TO PAY TO FIX SOME REPAIR THEM.
THEY JUST WANTED TO GO ALL SURFACE WATER.
>> YOU WANT THEM UP THERE CLOSE TO SMITH HOR? > BUT THAT'S ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY IT'S ACTIVE, AND IT'S CURRENTLY IN SERVICE THROUGH TCQ.
>> BUT GET BEHIND MCDONALD'S SOMEWHERE?
>> THAT ONE THAT ONE'S BEEN PLUGGED.
THAT ONE'S GONE. THAT ONE'S NO GOOD.
>> [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] MAYBE SO. CURRENTLY, THE WELLS WE HAVE THAT ARE ACTIVE.
THEY'RE ONLY ACTIVE FOR EMERGENCY USE, WHICH MEANS IF YOU HAVE A DROUGHT TERRITORY YOU HAVE TO TURN THEM ON AND USE THEM, BUT AGAIN, THAT GOES TO PLANT NUMBER 2 WITH NO TREATMENT.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY CAPACITY, BUT IT'S NOT THERE WHERE WE CAN USE IT FOR EVERY DAY USE.
HAVING THAT NEW TRANSFER LINE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE TRANSFER LINE FOR BWA, PUMP BWA WATER TO PLANT NUMBER 2, AND THE OTHER ONE IS GOING TO BE TO TRANSFER ALL THE WELL WATER TO PLANT NUMBER 2, AND THEN YOU HAVE A DUAL PURPOSE SYSTEM THERE IN A SENSE, RUN OUT OF BWA WATER, YOU CAN AT LEAST BUMP SOME WELL WATER.
BUT WE HAVE TO BUILD A TRANSFER LINE FIRST, AND WE HAVE TO BUILD NEW CHEMICAL BUILDING THERE FIRST GET APPROVED TO ACTUALLY USE AMMONIA THERE AT THAT SITE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.
WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE TOPIC OF REHABILITATING THOSE WELLS IT'S AN OPTION.
BUT AGAIN, WITHOUT THOSE OTHER PROJECTS FALLING INTO PLACE, IT'S A MOOT POINT TO REHAB THOSE WELLS.
>> PLANT 5 IS NORTH DOWNING, FREEDOM PARK, THAT WATER WELL.
>> YES. IF EVERYONE RECALLS, THAT WELL WAS DRILLED.
THERE WAS AN ABUNDANCE OF ARSENIC IN IT, AND IT WAS RENDERED USELESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THEN FINALLY GOT BACK TO IT AND LET'S PUT AN ARSENIC TREATMENT SYSTEM IN HERE AND THAT'S BEEN INSTALLED.
THAT'S RUNNING WELL. WE WERE ABLE TO USE IT ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY USING IT A LOT NOW BWA IS DOING SOME MAINTENANCE AT THEIR FACILITY SO THEY SHUT OUR FLOWS DOWN.
WE'RE ACTUALLY UTILIZING IT A LOT RIGHT NOW.
>> BUT WE'RE STILL PAYING FOR THAT WATER.
YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT, NO MATTER WHAT.
>> I STILL GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT.
>> SOME RECENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD SHENANGO TANK, SOUTHSIDE WATER TOWER, FREEDOM PARK ARSENIC TREATMENT SYSTEM.
THOSE ARE SOME GREAT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT HAVE REALLY IMPROVED OUR WATER SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.
AGAIN, TRANSFER LINE, CHEMICAL BUILDING, NEW WATER TOWER, WHICH, OF COURSE, COMES WITH THE WHOLE CAPACITY ISSUE.
WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED MORE CAPACITY OR NOT DETERMINES WHETHER WE NEED A NEW WATER TOWER OR NOT.
ALSO, REHABILITATION OF SOME OF OUR TANKS THE GROUND STORAGE TANK WATER PLANT NUMBER 4, NORTHSIDE WATER TOWER REHABILITATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH A CONTRACT THAT YOU PAY AN ANNUAL FEE, BASICALLY, BUT THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL YOUR REHABILITATION PROJECTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO BUDGET, BUT TO SHOW YOU HOW THE SAVINGS THAT IT WOULD BE OVER PAYING, $1.5 MILLION TO REHABILITATE THESE TANKS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT LESS OF COST, BUT AGAIN, THE COST TO SPREAD OUT OVER PAYMENTS ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
BUT IT'S ANOTHER OPTION TO GET SOME OF THAT WORK DONE THAT BADLY NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE START DAMAGING SOME OF THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF THESE TANKS AND SKATE AT VARIOUS SITES.
WATER PLANT NUMBER 5 DOESN'T HAVE SKATE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
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THAT'S JUST ALL THE PIPING THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE SYSTEM THAT OBVIOUSLY THESE PLANTS PUMP OUT TO.AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SOME SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN ACTUAL WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
I KNOW PREVIOUSLY, UTILITY REVENUE WAS INCREASED.
THAT WAS THE PLAN OF IT WAS TO UTILIZE IT FOR WATERLINE REPLACEMENTS.
BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS IT'S ALL GOING INTO CONTINGENCY, ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE PAYING FOR ALL THESE EMERGENCY REPAIRS BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T KEEP UP.
IF A TRUE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WAS TO HAPPEN, UTILITY REVENUE WOULD HAVE TO BE INCREASED, AND ALSO LET SERVICE LINE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYBODY WANTS ME TO CLARIFY ANYTHING?
WE TALK ABOUT WATER LINE REPLACEMENT.
WHAT YEAR DID WE STOP DOING THIS, ABOUT 100,000 A YEAR?
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO I CAN, PER FACT, HAD BEEN DONE IN THREE YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW QUITE WHEN IT WAS STOPPED.
BUT I DO THINK THAT'S DATA IN THERE AND TELLS YOU THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, PUTTING MONEY ASIDE THAT IS DEDICATED FOR THAT.
>> IT WAS THE CDBG F THAT YOU WOULD GET EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE USED.
WHEN YOU WENT OUT TO CONSTRUCTION, WE GOT A DESIGN AND YOU GOT YOUR MONEY AND WENT TO CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO DO.
>> WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN YEARS BECAUSE SEVERAL YEARS OF IT WAS CONSUMED WITH THE WATER TOWER REPLACEMENT.
>> CDBG RULES HAVE CHANGED SO THAT IT'S REALLY IT'S NOT THE CITY ANYMORE, IT'S SPECIFIC AREA.
UNLESS YOU PLAY IN THAT WATERLINE REPLACEMENT IN A CDB DESIGNATED AREA, YOU CAN'T USE THE FUNDS FOR THAT.
>> THE CITY ITSELF IS NO LONGER A MAJORITY LMI AREA.
>> BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO RE DIRECT A PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD WITH SAN CITY REHABILITATION.
>> SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO GET BACK IN THAT HABIT.
PLEASE BRING THAT BACK UP DURING BUDGET SESSION NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED TO START STAYING ACTIVE ON OUR WATER ON OUR PLACE.
>> IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO BE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE.
>> THEN WHAT TECHNOLOGY DO WE HAVE ON OUR TOWERS? TOWERS AND THE STORAGE TANKS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IS IN YOUR TANKS AT ALL TIMES?
>>ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD READ THE LEVELS IN THESE TANKS?
>> YOU'RE ALERTED ON LEAKS, ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
>> WE JUST HAVE IT IN ALL OUR TANKS, WE MEASURE LEVELS IN ALL THE TANKS, WE MEASURE FLOWS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE PLANT BWA WATER COMING IN, WELL WATER COMING IN, ALL THE WATER BEING PUMPED OUT.
THAT'S WHAT ALL WE KEEP TRACK OF.
>> WATER QUALITY. THAT'S ALL A PHYSICAL THING AT THIS POINT AS AN OPERATOR TAKING SAMPLES.
NOW, THEY DO HAVE GREAT TECHNOLOGY THAT DOES THAT AUTOMATIC INLINE ANALYZERS THAT JUST CONSTANTLY READ.
BUT NO MATTER WHAT DAILY WE STILL HAVE TO COLLECT A SAMPLE BASED ON TCQ GUIDELINES.
SKATE IS WAY, YOU START OUT WITH ONE PHASE, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3.
I MEAN, THERE'S TONS OF THINGS WE CAN ADD TO THAT SKATE TO IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM.
RIGHT NOW, WE JUST HAVE BASICS WHERE IT'S TURNING THINGS ON AND OFF BASED ON LEVELS.
>> WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TEST AGAIN FOR THAT ARSENIC LEVEL AND THAT WE WERE TOLD AT THE BEGINNING WHEN WE PUT THIS MEDIUM IN TO PREVENT THAT THAT MAYBE AS THE WELL GETS USED, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RAT NEED.
>> WE'RE TESTING THAT ANYTIME WE USE IT, WE HAVE TO TEST IT WEEKLY.
ALL THAT'S GETTING TESTED WEEKLY.
>> NOT OUT OF THE RAW WELL WATER, NOT YET.
BUT WHAT WE DID SEE A CHANGE IN IS THE WAY THE MEDIA WAS REACTING WITH IT, WE FOUND IT INITIALLY, IT WAS HIGHER LEVELS, AND THEN IT ACTUALLY LOWERED THOSE LEVELS.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS DUE TO MAYBE THE MEDIA NEED TO BE SATURATED PROPERLY.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE ON THAT PART, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE DID KNOW IS THE QUALITY GOING OUT HAD A LOT LOWER LEVEL.
WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO INCREASE FLOWS THERE A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAD TO DIAL THEM BACK AT FIRST TO GET UNDER THAT LIMIT WE HAD, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE FLOWS BECAUSE THAT LIMIT STARTED TRENDING DOWN AND HAS BEEN DOWN SINCE.
>> WHEN DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE MEDIA?
>> THE MEDIA WOULD BE EVERY YEAR-AND-A-HALF BASED ON DAILY USE.
>> YEAH. IT SHOULD BE NEXT YEAR, BUT WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN MINIMAL ON USING IT, SO WE'RE STILL GOOD, AND THERE'S PARAMETERS ON THERE'S PARAMETERS ON HOW TO TELL WHEN IT'S TIME TO REMOVE IT.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS FIRST CHANGE OUT WE HAVE
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COVERED BECAUSE IF EVERYONE REMEMBERS IN THE CONTRACT, WE INCLUDED THAT FIRST MEDIA CHANGE OUT.THAT'S ALL 100% GOING TO BE DONE BY THE CONTRACTOR THAT NOT THE PROVIDER OF THE UNIT, NOT THE INSTALLER.
WE'LL COME IN AND CHANGE THAT MEDIA FOR US. WE GET ONE FOR FREE.
>> THERE'S A WAY TO CHECK THE MEDIA TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT OUT?
>> YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL BASED ON IT'S LIKE PRESSURES, LIKE DOWNSTREAM AND UPSTREAM PRESSURES OF A FILTER, YOU START GETTING INCREASED PRESSURES ON ONE SIDE, THAT'S TELLING YOU THAT MEDIA IS GETTING FULL THAT ARSENIC.
THEN YOU BACKWASH. BUT IF THAT BACKWASH DOESN'T DROP THE PRESSURE, THEN THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TO START CHANGING THAT MEDIA.
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THE SIT?
>> COMMENT ON ON THE WATER SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.
>> THERE BEEN BEEN MULTIPLE SITTING HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE I'VE HEARD THAT THERE UNKNOWN THIS, UNKNOWN THAT, UNKNOWN THIS, AND THERE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE HAVE HAD OUR HANDS ON IN THE PAST AND EVEN CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT RECORDS WE'RE KEEPING IN REGARDS TO THAT.
I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT AND REPLACING WATER METERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, ARE WE FILLING OUT ANY DOCUMENTATION AND NOTATING THIS ANYWHERE? BECAUSE THAT'D BE HELPFUL IF WE WERE DOING THAT REGULARLY? WE ALREADY HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION.
>> BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS WORK ORDER SYSTEM, I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THAT STUFF WAS TRACKED.
WE'RE WORKING ON DOING THAT MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE WORKS WORKER SYSTEM.
BUT BEFORE THAT, I CAN'T SPEAK ON WHAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, NONE OF IT WAS, IT WAS JUST DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAD ON WHETHER IT WAS ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AS BUILDS WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
>> THAT'S BEING THAT'S BEING DONE AND ALL YOU'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION THAT'S BEING STORED, TRACKED.
WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT STUFF.
I MEAN, WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE, THEY'RE THEY'RE ACTUALLY FILLING OUT SOME REPORT.
>> WITH THAT WORK ORDER SYSTEM THEY HAVE WELL, WE HAVE TABLETS NOW WORKING OFF PHONES AT FIRST, BUT THEY HAVE THE TABLETS, AND THEY CAN ON THE WORK ORDER, THEY CAN PUT WHAT PARTS THEY USE, HOW MANY HOURS THEY WORKED, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ON THAT JOB.
>> THAT INCLUDES THE ANATOMY OF THOSE.
>> WELL, THAT INCLUDES A NOTES, YOU TYPE IN NOTES ON THERE.
IT WAS THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL, THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL.
>> HECTOR, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IS MAYBE IN COMING UP SOON IS A LINE IT OUT FOR US, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS A SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, MAYBE THE WATER LINES, WHAT ARE THE MOST NEEDED, GIVE US THE TANKS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
GIVE THE COUNCIL A HEADS UP ON HOW WE CAN START PLANNING AND BUDGETING FOR THIS IN THE FUTURE FOLLOWING BUDGETS HOW WE'RE GOING TO EAT THIS ELEPHANT.
THE OTHER THING I HAVE A QUESTION ON IS, THERE'S TWO MAIN LINES IN FROM BWA, JAMISON AND HENDERSON?
>> WE'RE STILL PRIMARILY THE PRIMARY POINT IS HENDERSON?
>> YES. WHAT IF YOU MEAN THE MOST INTACT WATER, YES.
>> MOST OF THE GROWTH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE?
>> DOES THE JAMISON FACILITY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? IT SERVICES JUST THE SOUTH SIDE, OR IS IT JUST SERVICING THAT ONE AREA?
>> IT SERVICES THE SOUTH SIDE.
IT HELPS A GREAT DEAL IN KEEPING THE PRESSURE UP ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
>>BECAUSE THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE ELEVATED?
>> IT'S RUNNING DOWN 220 AND GOING BACK THAT WAY, YES.
NOW, ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS A RESTRICTION VALVE INSTALLED BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE HOSPITAL NEEDED SOME TYPE OF CERTAIN PRESSURE THERE IN THAT SYSTEM, BUT THEN WE FINALLY TIED IT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM AND THAT GREATLY IMPROVED THINGS.
GAVE US SOME MORE CAPACITY TO PUMP OUT INTO THE SYSTEM A.
IT WAS BEING LIMITED BY THAT VALVE, BEING THAT IT WAS JUST SURFACING THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME.
>> THAT'S PLANT NUMBER 4, YES.
>> 400,000 GALLON STORAGE TANK AND OUR OTHER ONES HAVE A MILLION GALLONS?
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THERE THAT THAT SYSTEM COULD BE ENLARGED, AGAIN, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, MOST OF THE GROWTH HAS HAPPENED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? PROBABLY NOT.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT'S WHY I THINK THE SHENANGO IDEA IS GETTING THE WELLS AND ALL THAT PUMP THERE.
THAT'S A CENTRAL LOCATION THAT'S GOING TO PUMP OUT FROM THE CENTER OUT.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPTION. GIVE US MORE WATER.
>> WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE TANK ON HENDERSON?
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>> THE TANK ON HENDERSON AS FAR AS.
>>NEEDING WAS THAT ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS A NEED OF REPAIR?
>>NO. THAT'S THE GROUND STORAGE TANK THERE AT JAMISON, THAT FOUR.
>> NO, I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT FOUR.
>>NO I APOLOGIZE IF I DID SAY IT SAID THAT.
>>THE HENDERSON ROAD DOES NOT I MEAN, IT COULD USE A GOOD PRESSURE WASHING AND GOOD CLEANING AT THIS POINT, BUT IT DOESN'T NEED ANY. THAT'S A CONCRETE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS MORE GUNITE BACK BACK THEN.
THAT'S WHAT THEY USED SOME TYPE OF GUNITE MATERIAL THAT THEY COATED THEM WITH.
BUT THAT ONE'S STRUCTURALLY FINE.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT ONE, BUT IT'S THE 400,000 GALLON TANK THERE ON JAMISON.
IT'S A WELDED STEEL TANK, SO IT'S STARTING TO GET CORRODED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE COATING IS FAILING ON IT.
IF YOU LET THAT GO ON SEVERAL MORE YEARS, IT'S GOING TO START EATING AWAY INTO THE METAL AND THEN THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY START REPLACING SOME PARTS OF THAT TANK VERSUS JUST PRESSURE WASHING IT AND PAINTING IT, PUTTING A GOOD COATING ON IT.
SAME THING AT NORTHSIDE TOWER, BUT THAT ONE WE HAVE SOME MORE TIME ON.
THE MORE IMMEDIATE ONE IS DEFINITELY THAT GROUND STORAGE TANK THERE ON, JAMES.
>> SCRAP THAT 10 IN HENDERSON ROAD, HAVEN'T YOU?
>> NOT YET. NO. WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS IF AND WHEN WE GO TO REMOVE THAT AERATOR TO TRY TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE SAME BILL.
>> ELLIS HAS SOMEBODY SHOT BULLET HEAD IT ONE DAY. I DON'T KNOW.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR TOR ON SIDE? WELL, I'M GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE OF CIVIL DELIBERTY HERE.
A 755, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A QUICK BREAK FOR ABOUT FIVE, 10 MINUTES AND COME BACK AND START HITTING THE REST OF THIS.
WE'LL GO INTO A BREAK AT 7:55 P.M.
>>EVERYBODY'S REFRESH AND STRETCH.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SET OR FROM BREAK AT 8:06 P.M. OUR CLOCK IS WORKING AGAIN.
NOW WE WILL JUMP TO FIRST OFF, I MET THE CITY SECRETARY POINTED OUT TO ME, I MISSED THE ANY CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.
>> ANYBODY WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY FORMS. MICHELLE, DO WE HAVE ANY FORMS?
[10. Annual update and discussion of the Ashland Development by the developer.]
ANNUAL UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF THE ASHLAND DEVELOPMENT BY THE DEVELOPER.>> MAYOR, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARK JACK, I'M VP OF LAND DEVELOPMENT FOR ASHLAND DEVELOPMENT.
I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ASHLAND DEVELOPMENT.
YOU HAVE HANDOUTS HERE YOU CAN LOOK AT, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE SLIDE BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
THIS IS WIDE AS A FOOTBALL FIELD.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A STATEMENT.
WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT'S LIKE YOU'VE ARRIVED AT ASHLAND.
WE HAD TO ACTUALLY SHRINK OUR FRAUD DETENTION POND TO MAKE THIS THING FIT, BUT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE FEATURE.
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THIS VERBATIM.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SUMMARY OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
THE SCHOOLS ARE BOTH ON SCHEDULED OPEN FALL OF 2025.
THE FIRE STATION SITE WAS MOVED TO THE FRONT ON FM 521. YOU CAN SEE IT.
IT'S JUST BELOW THAT BLUE LAKE AT OUR ENTRANCE OF THE BOULEVARD ON 521.
WE'VE SENT THE DEED AND THE SURVEY TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THEM TO EXECUTE.
THAT'S IN YOUR COURT RIGHT NOW.
WE DID GET APPROVAL FROM TXDOT TO DO A FEEDER.
WE WORKED COUNTY ROAD 32 TO THE NORTH.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT SWINGS UP TOWARD THE NORTH TO TIE IT TO 288.
>> NEXT TO THE LEVEE IS A DITCH.
SO IF WE WOULD HAVE PUT THE FEEDER ROAD THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE A $5 BILLION FEED OF BRIDGE.
WHAT WE DID IS WE WARPED IT TO THE NORTH TO AVOID THAT BRIDGE.
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WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS BUILD ABOUT 1,000 FOOT OF PERMANENT FEEDER AND THEN HAVE TEMPORARY ASPHALT EXIT AND ENTRANCE RAMPS ON THE 288.TXDOT HAS APPROVED THIS PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
THAT HAPPENED PROBABLY TWO MONTHS AGO.
THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE WORKING ON THE SCHEMATICS AND WE'RE WORKING ON OUR TIA, AND THEN WE'LL START HEAVY DESIGN ON THE TEMPORARY FEEDER.
I SAY TEMPORARY, JUST THE EXIT ENTRANCE RAMPS WILL BE TEMPORARY.
THIS WILL ALLOW ALL THE RED UP AND DOWN 288 TO BE COMMERCIAL TOWN CENTER, HEB, WHATEVER THE CITY.
THEY DID EXPRESS INTEREST IN THERE BEING A TOWN CENTER.
HEB TOLD US IF THEY HAD A FEEDER CONNECTION AND ROOFTOPS, THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE SITE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT.
THE FIRST LOTS ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERED IN MARCH OF 2025, WHICH IS TWO MONTHS FROM NOW.
WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH BEHIND SCHEDULE.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE CHRISTMAS AND TWO MONTHS WITH THE RAIN.
THE MODEL HOME COURT IN SECTIONS 1 AND 26 WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE HOMEBUILDERS BY THIS SUMMER.
THE HOMEBUILDERS WE HAVE AT THIS POINT ARE SARATOGA, ASHTON WOODS, STARLIGHT, LENNAR, KHOV, AND CASTLEROCK, ALL NATIONAL BUILDERS.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LAND PLAN?
>> DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THE FIRE STATION LOCATION?
>> THE DA REQUIRED US TO GIVE YOU AN ACRE AND A HALF, WE'RE GIVING YOU A TWO-ACRE SITE.
WE NEED THE SCHEDULE AND IF YOU PLAN ON DELIVERING THAT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THE UTILITIES ARE THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'LL BE NO ON-SITE DETENTION, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT DETENTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BLUE AREAS, WE'RE MOVING ABOUT 1.5 MILLION YARDS OF DIRT.
WE'RE RAISING ALL OF THE LOTS, ALL THE DEVELOPABLE AREA.
THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD OUT THERE, WE'RE FIXING ABOUT MASS GRADING.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE TWO SCHOOLS ARE UP THERE.
THE NEW ENTRANCE ROAD HERE AND HERE.
WE HAD OUR FIRST POUR FROM DURWOOD GREENE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ON 521 IS ALSO GOING TO BE DONE BY DURWOOD GREENE.
IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A SIGNAL AND THE ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL, THE SIGNAL OF THAT STREET, AND A SIGNAL DOWN HERE AT THE BOULEVARD.
YOU CAN SEE THE MASS GRADING THAT WE HAVE DONE TO THIS POINT.
BOTTOM LEFT IS THE MODEL COURT.
WE DID OUR SECOND LINE YESTERDAY.
WE'LL BE PAVING THERE HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK IF THE RAIN WILL STOP.
THIS IS OUR COLLECTOR THAT LEADS UP TO THE SCHOOL.
I'LL GO BACK TO THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
THE MODEL HOME COURT, SECTION 1 AND 2 UTILITIES AND THIRD FIELD ARE COMPLETE.
OUR PAVER. I STARTED THE MODEL COURT.
WE'LL GO DIRECTLY TO SECTION 1 AND 2 AFTERWARDS.
SECTION 3-6, WE'RE WORKING ON DIRT FILL.
THOSE ARE THE SECTIONS ACROSS THE POND FROM THE SCHOOL.
DETENTION FOR ALL SIX SECTIONS AND THE MODEL HOME CODE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 450 LOTS.
WE'VE GOT THAT DETENTION ABOUT 50% COMPLETE.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING SIX MONTHS FOR POWER FROM CENTER POINT THAT PRETTY MUCH IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE THREE HURRICANES IN ONE SEASON.
BUT WE JUST GOT OUR OVERHEADS IN.
THE WATER PLANT SHOULD BE FUNCTIONAL WITH LESS THAN 30 DAYS.
ALL OF OUR COLLECTOR ROADS HAVE UTILITIES IN.
THE PAVERS STARTED WORKING THERE, MOBILIZED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE LIST STATION, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, AND THE WASTEWATER PLANT, WHICH IS DOWN THE WAY HERE, HAVE ALL BEEN BID.
WE'RE GETTING THE CONTRACTORS STARTED THERE.
WE BELIEVE THE MODEL HOME COURT WILL BE DELIVERED IN MARCH.
WE WERE AIMING FOR FEBRUARY, BUT THE RAIN HURT US.
SECTION 1 AND 2 LOT DELIVERY WILL BE APRIL OF 2025.
THEN BY THE SUMMER, WE'LL HAVE SECTIONS 3-6 IN THE PENINSULA DELIVERED.
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THAT'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 450 LOTS.WE SUBMITTED THE MASTER SIGNAGE PLAN TO THE CITY.
THE ONE THING THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT HERE IS, IF YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOU CAN'T HARDLY READ THE ASHLAND.
THAT STONE BEHIND THE WORDS ASHLAND IS GOING TO BE LIGHTENED UP SO IT STANDS OUT BETTER.
IT WILL ALSO BE BACK LIT AT NIGHTTIME, TO WHERE IT'LL REALLY POP OUT, AND WE'RE EXCITED AT WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE ON THESE DIFFERENT MONUMENTS AS FAR AS WHERE THE COMMERCIAL RESERVES ARE.
WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE FIT AND A NICE FIELD FOR THE SUBDIVISION.
NOW WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THE CITY ON THE SIGNAGE PLAN.
WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON YOUR WELCOME TO ANGLETON SIDE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL PICK THAT LOCATION YET.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED.
>> ONE QUICK QUESTION. IS YOUR SIGNAGE GOING TO BE ON 521 OR 288 OR BOTH?
>> WELL, THE 288 CONNECTION IS PROBABLY TWO YEARS OUT, SO THIS WILL BE ON 521.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ON 521.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THERE IT IS YOUR MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE HOPE BY THE FALL, WE'LL HAVE 200 HOMES BUILT.
THESE RESIDENTS WILL ALL BE GOING TO THESE SCHOOLS, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUSHING REALLY HARD TO GET THAT DONE.
WE CAN'T START PAPERS UNTIL WE PRESSURE TEST THE WATER LINE.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIRE UP THE WATER PLANT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL.
WE FILLED UP OUR WATER LINES WITH THE WATER HOSE FROM THE IRRIGATION WELL.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT TOOK MANY DAYS.
THAT WAY, WE WERE ABLE TO PRESSURE TEST THE WATER LINES BECAUSE THE PAPERS CAN'T START UNTIL THE WATER LINES ARE INTACT.
OTHERWISE, WHEN THERE'S BREAKS AFTERWARDS, THEY ALWAYS ARGUE ABOUT IT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE CHLORINATING AND RUNNING BACK TEES ON THE WATER SYSTEM WITHIN A MONTH AS SOON AS THE WATER PLANT GETS UP AND RUNNING, AND THEN THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE PERMANENT WATER FACILITIES.
THEY ALREADY HAVE A SEWER CONNECTION.
THEY ALREADY HAVE DRAINAGE, ALL COMING INTO OUR DETENTION PONDS.
WATER WILL BE THE LAST ISSUE THEY NEED.
NOW, THE FACT THAT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS NOT COMPLETE, DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE DON'T EVER FIRE UP OUR PLANTS IN THE BEGINNING UNTIL THERE'S ADEQUATE FLOWS BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T FUNCTION WELL WITH LOW FLOWS.
WE ALWAYS PUMP AND HAUL THE FIRST 3-6 MONTHS ANYHOW.
ESSENTIALLY, WITHIN A MONTH, THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE ALL THREE OF THEIR FACILITIES.
DURWOOD GREENE HAS ALREADY STARTED THE TRAFFIC CONTROL UP AND DOWN 521.
THEY'RE ADDING DECEL LANES, LEFT TURN LANES, AND SIGNALS.
AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE 55-MILE-AN-HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON 521, AND IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS.
BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE MAIN ENTRANCES THAT THEY HAVE TO BE SIGNAL AS FOR TXDOT REQUIREMENTS ANYHOW.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. YES, SIR.
>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FIRE STATION, AND THE DRAINAGE FOR THE FIRE STATION WILL COME INTO YOUR DETENTION?
>> YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO HAVE ONSITE DETENTIONS.
>> MAKING SURE THAT THE DRAINAGE FOR THAT FIRE STATION COMES TO YOUR SYSTEM?
>> YES, SIR. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT THE TIMING IS ON THE FIRE STATION BECAUSE AS OF NOW, WATER SEWER AND DRAINAGE ARE NOT EXTENDED TO THE SITE.
WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT DONE JUST AT THE TIME.
>> I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT BECAUSE IF THE CITY WAS GOING TO HAVE TO DRAIN TO TXDOT, THAT WAS [INAUDIBLE].
>> WELL, TXDOT ACTUALLY ALLOWS 150-FOOT DRAINAGE UP AND DOWN THEIR CORRIDOR.
BUT WE'RE TAKING IT ALL OF DRAINAGE.
I BELIEVE OUR VA STATES THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR DETENTION.
>> SO THE FIRE STATION IS NOT IMMINENT.
IT'S, I GUESS, WORKING IS A BETTER TERM FOR IT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE IT'S BUILT.
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, WE SENT THE LETTER OF THE EASEMENT DOCUMENTATION TO THE FORMER ATTORNEY.
AS SOON AS YOU ALL LOOK IT OVER, WE'LL DEDICATE IT TO ALL TO WORK ON COORDINATING IT ON WHEN YOU NEED UTILITIES.
>> I BELIEVE AT ONE POINT IT WAS AT THIS INTERSECTION, AND YOU ALL REQUESTED MOVING IT TO THIS POINT.
IT TOOK US A WHILE BECAUSE WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE HAD TO GET UTILITIES TO IT BECAUSE THE SECTIONS AROUND THE FIRE STATION ARE NOT BUILT YET.
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BUT WE HAVE A PLAN WHEN WE KNOW WHAT YOUR SCHEDULE IS.>> WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE KNOW.
>> BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.
I HAVE A $12 BILLION OF ENERGY BUDGET.
YOU'LL BE PROUD OF IT. USED TO BE A FARMER'S FIELD, WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANTING THOUSANDS OF TREES OUT THERE.
>> I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVERYONE'S HOPES UP ON AGB THOUGH.
>> ANYONE THAT CAN CONTACT AGB, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> YOU PUT IT ON PAPER, [OVERLAPPING] IT HELPS RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY NEED ROOFTOPS IN THAT CONNECTION, AND BOTH OF THEM ARE COMING.
NOW, THEY WANTED AN OVERPASS OVER 288, BUT IT'S JUST TOO CLOSE TO ANCHOR.
WE MADE SURE THAT THE DEPTH OF THE RED COMMERCIAL UP ON 288 WAS SUFFICIENT FOR THE STORES, ANYWAY, 800 FEET DEPTH.
THEN WE'RE ANXIOUS TO START TALKING TO THE CITY ABOUT A TOWN CENTER.
>> YOU ALREADY HAVE SIGNED COMMITMENTS ON ALL THOSE HOMEBUILDERS?
>> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WORK THAT? IS IT STRAIGHT DIVVIED UP INDIVIDUALLY, OR IS THERE GOING TO BE ONE OF THESE GUYS MORE THAN THE OTHERS?
>> WE'VE ALREADY SPLIT THE LOTS EACH SECTION.
EACH BUILDER KNOWS WHAT HE'S TAKING.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT HIS FIRST TAKE IS.
THE SECOND TAKE IS 120 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST TAKE, AND AFTER THAT IT'S EVERY QUARTER.
EVERY BUILDER KNOWS WHICH SECTION HE'S IN, HOW MANY LOTS HE'S GETTING AT EACH SECTION.
WE HAVE NOT DONE THE LOT SPLITS YET.
WE HAVE ONE BUILDER SPLIT THEM, AND THE OTHER BUILDER PICKS HIS SPLIT, THAT WAY IT'S EQUITABLE.
THEN ON THE NEXT SECTION, WE REVERSE THAT TO WHERE THE OTHER BUILDER WILL MAKE THE SPLITS, AND THE FIRST BUILDER WILL PICK HIS SPLIT.
WE'VE ALREADY DESIGNATED WHO'S GOING TO BE ON WHAT MODEL LOTS.
I'M TELLING THE BUILDERS TO GET READY.
IF IT STOPS RAINING, WE CAN STILL MAKE END OF FEBRUARY.
>> REFRESH MY MEMORY. DID WE DICTATE THE TYPE OF HOUSE THE FACADE? I KNOW IT WAS DISCUSSED, BUT DID WE MAKE THAT FINAL BREAKFRONT.
>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT.
OF COURSE, THE BUILD IS PUSHED BACK, BUT WE HAVE 100% MASONRY ON THE FRONT.
WE HAVE ABOVE-AVERAGE MASONRY REQUIREMENTS.
AT ONE POINT WHEN WE WERE FINALIZING THE DA, CHRIS WENT ON VACATION, AND I WAS SO THANKFUL BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TALKED TO HIM, HE ASKED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, FIRE STATION, ELEVATED WATER TANK.
WE FINALLY GOT THROUGH ALL THOSE AGREEMENTS, AND WE DO HAVE AN UPGRADED FACADE ON THE HOMES.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR ARCHITECTURAL.
ALL OF OUR COMMERCIAL IS GOING TO HAVE THE SAME ARCHITECTURAL FACADE AS THE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE LIKE THE WAY THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO LOOK.
IF YOU GO TO FIRST COLONY AND SUGAR LAND, EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
WE ANTICIPATE 8, 900 MILLION, ALMOST $1 BILLION OF AV THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE ONCE THEY ANNEX THE PROJECT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR TAX RATE IS, BUT YOU CAN DO THE MATH ON THAT.
>> JUST LAST QUESTION, 521, YOU TALKED ABOUT THREE SIGNALS BEING PUT IN AND ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE LANES?
>> ON ALL THREE INTERSECTIONS, WE HAVE DECEL AND LEFT TURN LANES.
WE'LL BE DRAMATICALLY WIDENING THE FOOTPRINT.
>> IS ONE OF THE THREE SIGNALS THE CORNER OF ANCHOR IN 521?
>> NO. THAT'S QUITE A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
>> IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
>> THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN TALKING WITH ANCHORS AT COUNTY ROAD AND THEN THE 521'S TXDOT.
THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN TALKING BOTH TO THE COUNTY AND THE TXDOT ABOUT MAKING THAT A 90-DEGREE INTERSECTION.
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THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT LAND IS SOME UNUSUAL GRANT, SO THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM, BUT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE RUNNING A LOT OF BUSES THROUGH THERE UNTIL WE MAKE OUR 288 CONNECTION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION.>> I AM TOO. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING UP AND DOWN THAT LITTLE INTERSECTION.
COUNCIL, ANYTHING ELSE ON [INAUDIBLE]? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IT LOOKS NICE.
[11. Annual update and discussion of the Riverwood Ranch Subdivision Development by the developer.]
ANNUAL UPDATE DISCUSSION OF THE RIVERWOOD RANCH SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT BY THE DEVELOPER.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ON THE RIVERWOOD RANCH PROJECT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I LEFT A HARD COPY FOR EACH OF YOU.
I'LL TRY TO GIVE DIRECTION ON THE SLIDES AND JUST A FEW OF THEM.
THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. THERE WE GO.
THIS IS A DRONE IMAGE THAT WAS TAKEN LAST SPRING.
YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT OF THE PROJECT WAS OUR PHASE 1 AND 2.
PHASE 1, INCLUDED THIS DETENTION POND AND APPROXIMATELY 100 LOTS.
WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH SECTION 2 OF ANOTHER APPROXIMATELY 100 LOTS.
[INAUDIBLE] 205 LOTS IN PHASE 1 AND 2, THAT COMPRISED TO BE RIVERWOOD RANCH NUMBER 1.
THAT HAD LENNAR AND ANGLIA THROUGH THE BUILD OUT OF THAT.
YOU CAN SEE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE WERE PRETTY WELL-BUILT OUT HERE.
THERE WAS JUST A FEW LITTLE HOLES TO PLUG, AND DURING THAT TIME, WE HAD STARTED ON CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE 2, WHICH ENDED UP BEING TWO SECTIONS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, WHICH WERE RIVERWOOD RANCH, SECTION 3 AND 4.
YOU CAN SEE THAT SECOND DETENTION AND AMENITY POND THERE.
THIS WAS PRIOR TO THE STREETS BEING INSTALLED.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR OVERALL PLAN.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO READ ALL LOT COUNTS AND THINGS, BUT GENERALLY, THIS WAS PHASE 1 AND 2, AND THEN OUR PHASE 3, SECTIONS 3 AND 4, WHICH ENDED UP BEING RENAMED RIVERWOOD RANCH NORTH SECTION 1 AND 2.
THOSE LOTS WERE COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF LAST SUMMER, AND WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY BUILDING HOMES IN THERE STARTING FROM THE FALL.
I'LL GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF OUR HOME BUILDING ACTIVITY, FOLLOWING DELIVERY OF THE LOTS AND PERMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
ALL OF THOSE REALLY ARE WITHIN THE NEW SECTION.
THERE ARE FOUR HOMES OUT OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, TWO OF THEM BEING MODEL HOMES.
IN SECTION 3 AND 4, WE HAVE DR HORTON AND LENNAR, AND THEY'VE OPENED THEIR MODELS.
APPROXIMATELY 190 HOMES SOLD IN THE PROJECT SO FAR.
WE HAD 21 INVENTORY HOMES AVAILABLE THROUGH DR HORTON AND LENNAR CURRENTLY BEING ADVERTISED AND ABOUT ANOTHER 1,520 THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE AS THEY GET CLOSER TO COMPLETION.
APPROXIMATELY 115 VACANT LOTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUTURE LOTS.
THESE WILL BE OUR FINAL SECTIONS.
THE TOTAL HOMES, ONCE WE'RE ALL BUILT OUT, 349 TOTAL LOTS.
A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE SECTIONS.
THE LOT SIZES WE'RE ACTUALLY 45S, 50S, AND 60S, PREDOMINANTLY, 45S IN THE FIRST SECTION.
OUR LAST SECTIONS ARE 50S AND 60S.
YOU CAN SEE OUR BUILDERS, LENNAR AND ANGLIA, WHICH WAS SOLD TO CENTURY,
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AND CENTURY'S BUILDING OUT THERE A FEW REMAINING LOTS WITHIN THAT SECTION.LENNAR AND DR HORTON, LIKE I SAID, ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THE NEW SECTIONS.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING PROBABLY ABOUT 10 SALES PER MONTH, SO ABOUT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO BUILD OUT.
THE WS&D AND PAVING INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
DRY UTILITIES ARE IN PLACE, POWER, GAS, AND TELECOM.
THE FINAL LANDSCAPE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPING INSTALLED ALREADY, BUT THEY'RE RE-MOBILIZING AND COMPLETING THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND HOME-BUILDING IS UNDERWAY.
A QUICK RECAP ON THE PIDS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
ALL INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE AND DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
WE DID ADD PLAYGROUND AND SOCCER FIELDS WITHIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1.
RIVERWOOD RANCH NORTH, PID NUMBER 1.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S ALL BEEN COMPLETED AND DEDICATED.
IT'S UNDER THE ONE-YEAR MAINTENANCE PERIOD CURRENTLY.
THIS IS AN IMAGE RENDERING OF OUR SECOND DETENTION AND AMENITY LAKE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT LANDSCAPING, PLANTINGS, THE SIDEWALK IS INSTALLED AROUND THE LAKE.
WE HAVE OUR FOUNTAIN GOING ON VERY SOON, WAITING ON TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, TO ENERGIZE OUR METER, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT INSTALLED.
ALSO, THE ENTRY MONUMENTATION AND LANDSCAPING, MOST OF THAT IS IN PLACE AS WELL, AND THAT'S ALONG BUCHTA ROAD UP THERE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME IMAGES OF THE [INAUDIBLE] MONUMENTATION THAT WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED AND RECENT PHOTOS OF THE HOME.
ALSO, HERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE PLAYGROUND RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED OVER IN SECTION 1, AND PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND ENJOYING IT, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT INSTALLED.
AS WELL AS THE SOCCER GOALS THAT WERE INSTALLED, THOSE HAVE BEEN WELL-RECEIVED BY THE RESIDENTS.
THAT'S WITHIN THAT DETENTION AREA AS WELL, SO IT'S A DUAL PURPOSE.
THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL HOME-BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS HERE.
THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME.
>> I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, THE NEW SECTION IS A LOT BETTER THAN THE FIRST SECTION, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE FROM THE FIRST SECTION.
>> I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE FIRST SECTION.
>> BECAUSE THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE, GO BACK, WHERE YOU HAD THE CONCRETE PILLAR, THAT IS BEING USED AS THE ANCHOR FOR THE FENCING, GOING EAST ON HOSPITAL, IT IS SO MUCH NICER WHEN WE GET TO THIS INTERSECTION AND WE HAVE THE BRICK COLUMNS DOWN HOLDING THE FENCE UP, GOING AROUND.
THEN THE FIRST SECTION, IT'S JUST ALL WOODS ALREADY DISCOLORED.
IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY PROFESSIONAL AT ALL.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF FENCES UP ON THE SIDE AND IT'S UGLY, BUT YOU HAVE DONE A MUCH BETTER JOB ON THE SECOND SECTION.
I DROVE THROUGH THERE LAST WEEKEND OR THE WEEKEND BEFORE, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT YOU ALL HAD DONE.
I WISH THERE WAS A WAY YOU COULD GO BACK AND FIX THE FENCING ON THE FIRST SECTION AND THE LIGHTING.
>> I THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
ONE THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS THE STAINING OF THAT FENCE.
WE ALSO ADDED SOME LANDSCAPING IN THAT CORNER, BUT YES, IT IS A VERY LONG, STRAIGHT STRAIGHTAWAY, AND THEY'RE NOT ALIGNED TO BREAK UP.
THE HURRICANE DID DO SOME DAMAGE TO US.
WE HIRED A LOCAL FENCE COMPANY TO FIX IT, AND THEY DID THE BEST JOB THAT THEY POSSIBLY COULD.
I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB, BUT IT WAS HARD TO GET BACK PERFECTLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAD SUCH A LONG STRETCH.
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NOW, MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL COLUMNS COULD BE ADDED.>> THAT RIGHT HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED, THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
I THINK YOU-ALL WILL BE HAPPY WITH IT.
I THINK WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE HOA TO ALSO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT THE RESIDENTS WANT, SO WE'RE SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM THEM.
OBVIOUSLY, THE PLAYGROUND WAS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT THAT THEY WANTED.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME TRAIL LIGHTING THAT WILL BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND ALSO USEFUL.
THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE WE WANT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO LOOK ITS BEST AS WELL, SO I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
>> THE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT FENCING RIGHT ALONG HOSPITAL IS IT MAKES THAT AREA VERY DARK.
YOU USED TO HAVE LEAP-THROUGH LIGHT COMING ACROSS THAT FIELD, AND YOU COULD SEE.
NOW IT'S JUST A DARK STRAIGHTAWAY THROUGH THERE, SO ANY LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN MAKE WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
YOUR INTERSECTION ALONG DOWNING IS VERY DARK.
THAT ENTRANCE COMING IN THERE IS SUPER DARK.
>> THERE'S NO OVERHEAD STREET LIGHT RIGHT THERE.
IT'S DOWN WAYS OR IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
>> I THINK IT'S FURTHER DOWN THE [INAUDIBLE] THERE, YES, SIR.
>> I'VE ALWAYS WORRIED, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE SIDEWALK COMES IN RIGHT THERE, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO SEE THAT PERSON, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT.
>> IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN THE CITY INCREASING THE LIGHTING ALONG HOSPITAL OR DOWNING WITHIN ITS RIGHT OF WAY?
NOTHING PLANNED, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IF YOU COME TO US WITH A PROPOSAL, WE CAN DEFINITELY LISTEN.
>> WELL, I'LL MENTION THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOA AND THE SAME FENCE THAT JOHN WAS REFERENCING.
IS THERE A UNIFORM FENCE STANDARD THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ON DOWNING?
>> A UNIFORM STANDARD TOWARDS WHAT?
>> DOES THAT HAVE TO BE AT A CERTAIN HEIGHT?
>> THE REASON TO ASK IS YOU'RE GOING TO WALK AWAY AT SOME POINT AND THOSE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS WORKED OUT A LONG TIME AGO, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE INCLUDED SOME MORE PERMANENT FIXED FENCING, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, WHICH IS HENDERSON AND DOWNING IT.
EVENTUALLY, BECAUSE OF NATURAL WEATHER AND WHERE WE ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO WEAR AND TEAR AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LEFT WITH AFTER THAT.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GENERATING AND INCREASING RESERVES FOR ALL PERIMETER FENCING.
THE HOA IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING ALL PERMANENT FENCING, SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL HOME OWNER FIXING ITS FENCE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS.
IT WAS A MAJOR EXPENSE WITH THE HURRICANE DAMAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THE HOA, THAT'S ONE OF ITS PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS.
>> THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION.
[12. Annual update and discussion of the Windrose Green Subdivision Development by the developer.]
ANNUAL UPDATE DISCUSSION OF THE WINDROSE GREEN SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOP.>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS IS JEFF COLBY WITH EMBER GROUP, DEVELOPERS FOR THE WINDROSE GREEN SUBDIVISION THERE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, JOE VEVINSKI [PHONETIC].
WE RECENTLY TAGGED HIM ON AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING. AS JEFF MENTIONED, MY NAME IS JOE, NEW TEAM MEMBER WITH EMBER.
I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH OUR WINDROSE GREEN COMMUNITY. LET ME FIGURE THIS OUT.
[INAUDIBLE] THIS IS JUST THE LAND PLAN OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT UP THERE NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL THE LOTS THAT ARE SHADED IN GRAY,
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SECTIONS 1, 2, AND 3, THOSE ARE LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED.HOMES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE LOTS.
THAT HAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 340 LOTS.
ALL THE LOTS IN COLOR, THOSE ARE FUTURE SECTIONS TO COME, SO SECTIONS 4 AND 5, WHICH TOTAL 132 LOTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
WE ANTICIPATE THOSE WILL BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER, AND WE'LL SEE CONSTRUCTION FROM HOME-BUILDERS ON THOSE LOTS.
THE REMAINING THREE SECTIONS, SECTIONS 6, 7, AND 8, THOSE WILL BE DEVELOPED.
CONSTRUCTION WILL START LATER THIS YEAR, AND ALL THOSE LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
IN TOTAL FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE 648 LOTS.
THEN TO LOOK AT ACTUAL HOME SALES HERE, YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR, WE HAD A PRETTY MASSIVE JUMP IN HOME SALES.
WE HAD 33 SALES IN 2022, 44 IN '23, AND WE JUMPED 144 SALES LAST YEAR, BRINGING US A TOTAL OF 221 HOMES SOLD IN THE COMMUNITY SO FAR.
LAST YEAR, THE REASON FOR THAT JUMP, ONE, IS JUST MOMENTUM IN THE COMMUNITY, A COUPLE OF YEARS ESTABLISHED, YOU NORMALLY SEE HOME SALE JUMP.
THEN THE OTHER BIG REASON WE BROUGHT IN A THIRD HOME-BUILDER, SO THAT THOSE FACTORS COMBINED IS WHY WE SAW SUCH A BIG INCREASE.
>> THE OTHER TWO BUILDERS ARE K. HOV AND CASTLEROCK.
>> YOU HAD MORE INVENTORY IN '24, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. SECTION 3 WAS PRODUCT LINE.
AS FOR PRICES, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS.
WE HAD 40-FOOT BLOCKS, 45S AND 50S.
I'VE SEEN THE FIGURES OF THE PRODUCT, THE HIGHER THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE.
BUT OVERALL FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE JUST OVER 300,000 FOR OUR AVERAGE SALES PRICE.
AS FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE, SINCE WE DO HAVE A RANGE OF PRODUCT, A PRETTY BIG RANGE OF HOME SIZES.
BUT THAT AVERAGE HOME SIZE IS RIGHT AROUND 2,100 SQUARE FEET.
THEN WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF DRONE SHOTS.
THIS REALLY SHOWS OUR FIRST SECTION, WHICH IS UP ALONG THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE ALMOST FULLY BUILT OUT IN THAT FIRST SECTION.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SECTIONS 4 AND 5 IS WHAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THEN THE BACKGROUND THERE IS SECTION 2.
THIS SHOWS SECTION 2, A LITTLE OVER HALFWAY BUILT OUT, SO WE HAVE A BIT OF WAYS TO GO BUT PROGRESSING WELL HERE.
THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF CLOSER SHOTS OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
NO CONCRETE HAS BEEN POURED YET, BUT THEY'VE STARTED PAVING STREETS, PUTTING ON SUBGRADE LINE, SO THAT IS UNDERWAY FOR BOTH SECTIONS 4 AND 5.
SAME AREA, JUST FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
ANOTHER FEATURE THAT WAS BROUGHT ONLINE LAST YEAR IS THAT SIDEWALK, YOU CAN SEE.
THAT RUNS FROM THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMMUNITY ALL THE WAY TO ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT WAS COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF THIS LAST YEAR.
THAT IS OPEN AND NOW FULLY ACCESSIBLE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
HERE'S LOOKING SOUTH SIDE, THAT SECOND POINT OF ACCESS DOWN TO HENDERSON ROAD.
SIMILAR TO SECTION 2, BUT OVER HALFWAY BUILT OUT, SO WE STILL HAVE SOME LOTS TO GO THROUGH.
THEN ALSO, ANOTHER FEATURE THAT'S BROUGHT ONLINE IS THAT PARK YOU SEE ON THAT FRONT LEFT FOREGROUND.
THAT WAS COMPLETED IN THE FALL LAST YEAR AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH WITH Y'ALL, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> IS THERE ANY LIGHTING ALONG THAT SIDE WALL? ARE THOSE JUST POWER POLES THAT I SAW?
>> MARCO, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
>> NO, SIR. THERE'S NO LIGHTING CURRENTLY ON THAT WALL.
>> A QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS THAT SPLIT YOU WERE DISCUSSING ON LENNAR VERSUS K. HOV AND CASTLEROCK.
ARE THEY STILL BUILDING HOMES IN THE NEW SECTIONS OR IS THIS MOSTLY LENNAR IN THE NEW SECTIONS?
>> IN THE NEW SECTIONS, LENNAR AND CASTLEROCK ARE ON THE 45S AND 50S.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER HOME BUILDER COMING IN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE COVENTRY.
THEY WILL ALSO BE ON THE 45S AND 50S.
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IT'S A FOURTH BUILDER, BUT REALLY, K. HOV WILL SELL OUT PRETTY SOON SO IT WILL BE DE FACTO STILL THREE BUILDERS IN THERE.IT'S JUST A SWITCH FROM K. HOV TO COVENTRY COMING IN ON THOSE 45S AND 50S.
>> THERE'S NOTHING LESS THAN 45S ON THESE LAST SECTIONS, RIGHT?
>> WE HAD A TOTAL OF 122 40-FOOT LOTS.
ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, SO THERE ARE NO MORE 40S COMING, EVERYTHING LEFT TO BE DEVELOPED ARE 45S AND 50S.
>> YOU HAD A SLIDE OVER THERE EARLIER ABOUT THE AVERAGE OF THE SQUARE FEET AND THE MAX.
THOSE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT THAT YOU MENTIONED, THOSE ARE K. HOV'S, AREN'T THEY? THOSE ARE THE SECTION 1?
>> I DON'T KNOW OFF HAND, BUT I COULD TELL YOU FOR SURE THAT'S IT'S ON A 50-FOOT WIDE JUST BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH TO GET THAT BIG A HOUSE ON A 50.
DO YOU KNOW, JEB, OFFHAND, IF THAT'S K. HOV?
>> I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. THE HIGHEST PRICE POINT THAT WAS SOLD WAS IN THE UPPER 500S.
>> WHAT WAS THAT, K. HOV? I BELIEVE IT WAS.
>> IT COULD BE. I DON'T RECALL.
>> BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THEIR HOUSES COMPARISON.
NO MORE AMENITIES TO THIS SUBDIVISION, RIGHT? WHAT'S BEEN BUILT IS BUILT, AND THAT'S IT.
>> WE STILL HAVE THE TRUE MITIGATION, TRUE-UP AT THE END, SO THERE WILL BE QUITE A FEW MORE TREES THAT WE PROPOSE TO PLANT IN ORDER TO MEET THAT TRUE-UP BUT WE'VE SUBMITTED THAT TO CITY STAFF FOR SOME PERMISSIONAL FEEDBACK BEFORE WE GO TO PNZ. NO MORE PARKS OR ANYTHING.
>> THEN DID YOU BUY THE PROPERTY OUTSIDE THE SUBDIVISION OR DID Y'ALL NOT? BECAUSE THERE WAS TALK AT ONE TIME OF DEVELOPING FURTHER AND WHEN Y'ALL WERE HERE LAST TIME I ASKED AND YOU SAID, NO MORE PLANS, BUT DO YOU STILL OWN THE PROPERTY THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND HIGHWAY 35?
>> THE SAME PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING IS WHAT WE'RE WITH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> STAYING WITH. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A PLAN IN THE FUTURE AT SOME POINT, NOW YOU'RE SAYING NO, BUT YOU STILL OWN THE LAND.
I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, I FEEL I GAVE YOU ALL A REALLY HARD TIME, BUT IT'S A REALLY NICE SUBDIVISION, I GET A LOT OF GOOD COMPLIMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS ABOUT IT SO YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
THE SIDEWALK IS DEFINITELY A GREAT JOB ON PROVIDING A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL FOR KIDS, AND GETTING THEM OFF BY 23.
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE IN THE MORNINGS.
>> I ACTUALLY HAD A RESIDENT COME AND TELL ME THAT SHE'S VERY THANKFUL THAT HER SON IS ABLE TO USE THAT SIDEWALK TO GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, SO IT'S NICE.
THEY MOVED HERE FROM MANVILLE, I RECALL THE AREA.
THEY SAID THAT THIS IS WHY THEY BOUGHT THEIRS, THE LOCATION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE DRAINAGE IS WORKING VERY WELL SO FAR AS WELL, WHICH WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN AND SO FAR YOU'VE HELD UP YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
>> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT CECIL BROUGHT UP.
IS THERE ANY IDEAS OF PERHAPS ADDING SOME LIGHTING? I'VE HAD TO DROP MY DAUGHTER OFF EARLY IN THE MORNINGS, SPORTING EVENTS AND IT TAKES YOU AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, SO I'VE SEEN KIDS WALKING DOWN YOUR SIDEWALK.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT SCHOOL STARTS IN ANGLETON, YOU DON'T PROBABLY REALIZE, IT'S I THINK 7:05.
JUST FOR MORNINGS, IT'S THE DARK FOR MOST OF THE TIME AND OF COURSE IN THE EVENINGS, IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN ANY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, IT'S PROBABLY DARK BY THE TIME YOU'RE GOING HOME.
THAT WOULD BE SOME CONSIDERATION.
I KNOW IT'S BUDGETS OR WHAT THEY ARE BUT IF YOU SOMEHOW FIND ANY ROOM IN YOUR BUDGET, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE UNDER THE SOLAR STREET LIGHTS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY?
>> BETTER LUCK THAN WE'RE HAVING. BECAUSE THEY'RE USING THE OLD VENDOR, RIGHT?
>> YES. [OVERLAPPING] IT'S A LONG STORY. GO AHEAD.
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>> THE SOLAR STREET LIGHTS IN WINDROSE WORK DIRECTLY WITH POWER STACK AND WITH GREEN FROG SYSTEMS SO ON OUR COLLECTOR ROADS, WE HAVE THE POWER STACK POLES, WHICH ARE THE RECTANGULAR ONES THAT HAVE SOLAR PANELS ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
THE GREEN FROG SYSTEMS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE INTERNAL TO THOSE SECTIONS.
IT WORKS STRAIGHT TO THE VENDORS FOR SUPPORT AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR PREVIOUS POLES AND FOR PURCHASING NEW POLES AS WELL.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WITH HOA, I'M DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE PLAN, BUT I'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH HANDLING MAINTENANCE ON OUR FRONT HERE.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE YOU A CALL.
>> HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT SOLAR STREETLIGHTS SO HE'S YOUR GUY.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND.
>> NOW, 13, WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE?
[14. Discussion and possible action to consider the Angleton Estuary LLC Petition for Release of an Area from a Municipality's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), being a tract containing 107.483 acres of land located in John W. Cloud League, A-169 & the J.DE J. Valderas Survey, A-380, Brazoria County, Texas out of a 338.705 acre tract recorded in C.C.F. No. 2004075629, O.R.B.C.T. Pursuant to the provisions of Subchapter D, Chapter 42 of the Texas Local Government Code. ]
>> NUMBER 14, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ANGLETON ESTUARY LLC PETITION FOR RELEASE OF AN AREA FROM MUNICIPALITIES EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BEING A TRACT CONTAINING 107.483 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN JOHN W. CLOUD LEAGUE, A-169 AND THE JDE J. VALDERAS SURVEY, A-380 BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, OUT OF A 338.705 ACRE TRACT RECORDED IN CCF NUMBER 2004075629 ORBCT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SUBCHAPTER D, CHAPTER 42 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
YOU REALLY MADE ME READ ALL OF THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> WE APOLOGIZE, MAYOR, AND I'LL TRY TO SIMPLIFY IT AS BEST POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE, THIS IS OUR SECOND REQUEST UNDER SENATE BILL 2038, DEALING WITH THE ETJ REMOVAL PROCESS.
WE HAVE THIS PETITION THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY BY THE MULLER GROUP, MRS. SPENCER IS HERE TODAY.
BUT HOWEVER, AS YOU RECALL, IN OUR FIRST REQUEST OF REMOVAL, WE ENJOINED THE LAWSUIT OF GRAND PRAIRIE, DEALING WITH THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THAT BILL.
WE'RE ALSO AT LIBERTY OF THE RESULTS OF WHAT MIGHT OCCUR IN THE FUTURE ON THAT, AND WE'RE OF COURSE, AWAITING THE NEW LEGISLATION.
DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE, I THINK IT'S ALREADY IN COMMITTEE DISCUSSION, AND WE THINK THAT SOME TWEAKING TO THAT BILL MAY OCCUR, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING.
DEFINITELY, PLANNERS ALL OVER THE STATE WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD AFFECT THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING OF THE CITY.
I WANTED TO JUST GO OVER QUICKLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, WHICH WE'VE COPIED THIS QUARTER OFF OF THAT DOCUMENT, WHICH RECOMMENDS ALONG THE QUARTER, IT BEING ONE OF OUR ENTRYWAYS AND ALSO ONE OF OUR NODAL FOCUS AREAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO COMMERCIALIZE IN MOST INSTANCES.
YOU WOULD HAVE THE SPINE THERE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT WOULD BE INTERSTATE 288, AND THEN 288B WOULD BE THE MINOR TO THE RIGHT.
THIS SITE DOES FEED OFF OF THAT.
IT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STUDY IN WHICH WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US ON THAT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
WE FOCUSED ON THAT ON THE STAFF'S REQUEST AS WELL.
JUST TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, IT'S NOT OUR FAVORITE IDEA OF REMOVING LAND THAT CLOSE TO OUR BOUNDARY.
IF YOU WOULD MOVE FURTHER, I THINK THEIR ATTACHMENT REVIEW, THAT ALMOST LAST BRACKET, IT'S AN AERIAL VIEW AND THAT WOULD COVER THE SUBJECT AREA OF REMOVAL.
IF YOU WOULD ADVANCE THOSE SLIDES, PLEASE, AND THE PAGES 223 IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 362 OR SO ACRES AS SUBJECT TO THIS.
THAT, YES. TO THE FAR LEFT WOULD BE 288B.
THERE. THEN THE FIRST YELLOW WOULD BE THE 107 TOTAL.
THERE ARE FOUR PARTS TO THIS IN TERMS OF THE PIECES DESCRIBED IN YOUR LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PETITION, THOSE TOTALING 362 ACRES.
THAT'S BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY, GRADY, WOULD MOST LIKELY LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS.
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THIS PETITION CAME TO US.WE ARE ON A 45-DAY CLOCK IN WHICH WE HAVE TO ACT ON THIS PETITION OF REMOVAL BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PROPOSAL OF THE USE OF THE LAND, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED BUT HOWEVER, MRS. SPENCER IS HERE TO ADDRESS YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THE PETITION AND THEN I'LL NOW DEFER TO GRADY IF HE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING AS WELL.
>> CAN I JUST HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION REAL QUICK? WHICH AREA ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? BOTH OF THOSE AREAS?
THE AREA TO THE RIGHT FEEDS OFF OF WINDSONG, WHICH FEEDS OFF OF 288B.
>> DO Y'ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT?
>> IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD RIGHT NOW.
WINDSONG IS IN THE COUNTY OF PRIVATE ROAD.
>> NO. BUT THAT LAND, THE LITTLE SLIVER THAT YOU SEE FEEDS OFF THERE, IT'S LIKE A CURVATURE IN WINDSONG, THEY OWN THAT LAND SO IT'S UNDER THE OWNERSHIP LISTED.
AGAIN, THE LITTLE SLIVER LEADING DOWN TO 523 IS SUBJECT TO THE PETITION AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF ACCESS FRONTAGE, I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THEY HAVE SUPPLIED THE FIELD NOTES THERE BUT I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY ON WINDSONG, BUT MOST OF IT IOOKS LIKE PROPERTY TO ME. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I KNOW SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS ON THERE AND THEY WERE ABOUT TO FLIP THEIR LIDS.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE LEFT SIDE? THEY'RE BOTH GOING TOGETHER, RIGHT?
>> THEY DON'T TIE CONTIGUOUSLY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> RIGHT, BUT THEY'RE BOTH BEING PETITIONED?
>> THEY'RE OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER.
>> THE SAME OWNER DOING A PETITION FOR BOTH PROPERTIES TO BE OUT.
>> THEY'RE A TOTAL OF FOUR SMALL TRACKS.
THERE'S A SMALL TRIANGLE WHICH YOU CAN BARELY SEE IN THE CENTER.
I DON'T KNOW THE NATURE OF IT, BUT IT'S UNDER THAT SAME OWNERSHIP.
>> THAT IS ALSO IN YOUR FIELD NOTES AS WELL.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION ON THE DESCRIPTION BUT THAT'S WHERE WE STAND TODAY WITH THE PETITION.
>> THE CITY IS AN ACTUAL PARTY TO THE LAWSUIT.
WE CALL IT THE SHORTHAND FOR THE GRAND PRAIRIE LAWSUIT, WHICH IS THE LAWSUIT THAT SEVERAL CITIES HAVE JOINED TOGETHER IN CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS SENATE BILL OR THIS BILL THAT ALLOWS A UNILATERAL WITHDRAWAL OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S BEFORE A JUDGE IN TRAVIS COUNTY WHERE YOU HAVE TO FILE THESE THINGS WHEN YOU CHALLENGE AN ORDINANCE.
THE JUDGE HAS NOT MADE A DECISION YET.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.
SHE'S HAD AT LEAST TWO MAJOR HEARINGS.
IF WE WERE JUST MONITORING THE CASE, I WOULDN'T BE GIVING YOU THE SAME ADVICE, BUT Y'ALL ARE A PARTY IN THE CASE.
SINCE YOU ARE A PARTY IN THE CASE CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS, I WOULDN'T GRANT THE PETITION.
MY ADVICE TO YOU IS NOT TO GRANT THE PETITION UNTIL THE CONSTITUTIONALITY IS RESOLVED OR THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES A SOLUTION.
I MAY HAVE TO STAND BEFORE A BRAZORIA COUNTY JUDGE AND TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT AND NO GUARANTEES, BUT WE ARE LEGITIMATELY CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS, PAYING GOOD MONEY FOR IT.
NOT US, THE LAWYERS UP THERE ARE HANDLING IT FOR ALL THE CITIES AND I'D WAIT.
>> THANK YOU, GRADY. I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING TO THAT POINT.
I'VE GOT ABOUT NOT JUST THIS PIECE OF ANY OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY WITHIN OUR CITY.
WHEN WE START GIVING UP ETJ, WE START GIVING UP THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY EXPANSION OR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, ANY FUTURE TAX REVENUE THAT WE COULD GET BY DOING THIS BECAUSE THE DOCTOR GOING TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR REANNEXATION INTO THE CITY.
IT GOES THAT WAY. WE GET HIM BEING, WE CAN'T GO ANY FARTHER THAT WAY UP THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE UP THAT WAY TO ANNEX IT.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR SIDE AND I'M ON YOUR SIDE, BUT I ALSO CAN COMPREHEND AND UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPERS SIDE.
>> THEY DON'T WANT REGULATION BUT I JUST DON'T GET CITY SERVICES THERE.
THE QUESTION IS, CAN YOU BRING CITY SERVICES THERE IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY AND IT'S THE WHOLE POLICY DEBATE.
WE HAVE ONE CITY WHERE ONE GUY IN THE ETJ IN A SUBDIVISION IS PETITIONED TO GET THAT ONE LOT OUT OF THE ETJ, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A WATER SERVICE CONTRACT.
>> CITY WATER BRAIN ALREADY RUNS ALONG THE HIGHWAY
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JUST TO THE WEST SIDE OF THAT AT 107 ACRES, AND THERE'S PROBABLY SANITARY SEWER OUT THERE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.SANITARY SEWER THAT SERVES BOTH BENCHMARK AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUT THERE.
>> TYPICALLY, IT'S CHEAPER TO HOOK ONTO A CITY SYSTEM AND CREATE A MUD AND DO THAT, BUT I DON'T DO THEIR FINANCES AND THEY HAVEN'T ASKED ME ABOUT.
>> NOW TO ADDRESS THIS, WE HAVE TO GO BACK PROBABLY FIVE YEARS OR SO, CLOSE TO SIX.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION HERE IN CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WINSON.
AS I REMEMBER, WE STATED EMPHATICALLY THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS A ROADWAY OR RIDE WAY.
I UNDERSTAND THEY OWN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGST ABOUT TURNING THAT INTO A PUBLIC RIDE AWAY.
ONE MORE POINT. THE ITEM TONIGHT ADDRESSES 107.483 ACRES SPECIFICALLY, DOES NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THAT EAST PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT'S IN A PICTURE, BUT WHAT'S PRESENTED TO US HERE TONIGHT IS THE PROPERTY THAT'S JUST NORTH OF BENCHMARK, EAST OF LITTLE MEYERS.
>> WE WERE AWARE OF THAT, BUT IT MENTIONS THE PETITION AND THE PETITION HAS ALL FOUR BUT HERE I'M ARGUING THE LANDOWNERS SIDE HAS ALL FOUR DESCRIPTION IN THERE AND OPEN MEETINGS IS YOU GIVE JOE THE PLUMBER NOTICE OF THE ITEM, AND WE GAVE THEM A TOPICAL NOTICE OF THE ITEM.
WE'LL DO BETTER NEXT TIME, BUT I PUT FOUR ABBREVIATED DESCRIPTION.
>> I SAW THE MIXINS BOUND DESCRIPTION OF THE EAST PROPERTY THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED IN THE ITEM.
>> COUNCIL, WE'LL NEED AN ACTION.
I THINK OUR CITY ATTORNEY SUMS UP VERY WELL.
>> MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOOTH, SECONDED BY MAYOR TOWNSEND, TO DENY THE REQUEST.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.
[15. Update and discussion on business signs damaged from Hurricane Beryl.]
DATE DISCUSSION ON BUSINESS SIGNS, DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE GIRL.>> EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UPDATE ON THE SIGNS THAT WE BROUGHT A WHILE BACK, MAINLY FROM THE HURRICANE.
THE LIST YOU HAD THERE IS SOME NEW ONES ON THERE THAT REALLY THEY WERE REPLACED, NOT REALLY DAMAGED FROM THE HURRICANE OR ALL, BUT WE LISTED THOSE ON THERE WHEN THEY PERMITTED AND CHANGED OUT THEIR SIGNAGE.
I THINK WE MADE A PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS ON IT.
THERE'S A FEW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT COULD LEAD TO JUST NO MOVEMENT ON, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. WE'VE HAD REAL GOOD.
WE TOOK THE TIME AND GAVE THEM TIME.
QUITE A FEW WE HAD THIS TIME AFTER THE HURRICANE, MORE OF THE BIGGER, MORE CORPORATE PLACES, HAD A LOT OF ISSUES THIS TIME, ACCORDING TO THEM DEALING WITH THEIR INSURANCE.
WE WORKED WITH THAT. THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
I THINK WE'RE JUST DOWN MAINLY TO A FEW SMALLER PLACES THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PUSH A LITTLE MORE.
BUT PRETTY MUCH WE'VE HAD ALL THE COMPLIANCE ON IT.
WE'RE PRETTY GOOD ON THAT, JUST A FEW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW WITH A LITTLE MORE PUSH.
>> CITIZEN REACHED OUT TO ME KYLE ABOUT TWO OF THE SIGNS AND SAID THE LIGHTS ARE BLINDING ALONG THE ROADWAY.
ARE ALL THESE SIGNS AND COMPLIANCE LIGHTING WISE?
>> DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS.
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WHAT'S THAT THE LIQUOR STORE?>> THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I PUTTING THE FINGER ON WHAT IT IS.
>> I THINK THAT'S THE ONE WHERE HE SAID IT'S COMING OUT 35.
>> IT'S BLINDING THE WAY THAT THE LIGHT IS.
>> IS THAT STATE IN FRONT OF ATV.
WE HAD A CALL ON THOSE LED LIGHTS STARTED LIKE THIS GOING.
>> HE SAID IT WAS A SIGNAGE LIGHT AND SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP IN THIS.
>> WE DO HAVE THAT IN ORDINANCE AS FAR AS BLINDING AND THE FLASHING, HOW FAST MESSAGE WE'LL CHECK THE LONG.
THEY'RE PRETTY WELL. I THINK THE FEW WE'RE WORKING ON COULD LEASE TO CITATIONS, BUT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO GO THERE. WORK WITH THEM.
>> THEY'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER?
>> APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON IT.
I THINK IT DEFINITELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN CLEANING UP THE CITY A LITTLE BIT.
>> THE FEW THAT ARE LEFT JUST A E-MAIL UPDATE OR WHAT WOULD BE THAT WAY.
>> JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THE ONES THAT WE STILL DOING, THAT'S FINE.
>> YOUR CITATION, IS THAT AN ANNUAL OR MONTHLY OR IF WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE?
>> BASICALLY A ONE TIME TO GET IT REMOVED, FIXED, TYPE OF THING.
I MEAN, BUT WE WILL TRY EVERYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GO THAT ROUTE, WITH THE BUSINESS, BUT WE'LL DO A E-MAIL UPDATE ON THE FEW WE'RE STILL WORKING ON.
>> HOW DOES OUR CITATION PROCESS WORK? IF WE CITE THEM AND THEN THEY STILL REMOVE IT WITHIN 30 DAYS, DO THEY HAVE TO PAY FINE OR.
>> NO. I THINK I MEAN, WE'VE HAD.
>> NOT REALLY SIGNAGE, BUT BASICALLY CITATIONS ON OTHER THINGS THAT IT MADE THEM MOVE.
THEY TOOK CARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT I THINK THE COURT WORKS WITH THEM.
I MEAN, JUST DEPENDING ON WHEN IT WAS OR SEE WE TRY TO WORK IT OUT INSTEAD OF COSTING MORE MONEY, BUT JUST TO GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE.
I THINK IT'S BEEN LONG ENOUGH, SO IT'S TIME TO AFTER THE HURRICANE, BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL GIVE AN E-MAIL UPDATE ON A FEW THAT WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
[16. Annual update and discussion on the racial profiling report.]
ANNUAL UPDATE DISCUSSION ON THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT. CHIEF.>> YES, SIR. THIS IS THE REQUIREMENT BY BY THE STATE UNDER SANDRA BLAND ACT TO PRESENT THIS TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO MARCH 1ST, AND ALSO TO THE STATE OF TEXAS BASED ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND SUBMITTED TO TECO, AND THIS IS OUR REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT IT TO YOU.
WE CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY, DEL CARMEN CONSULTING, WHO DR. ALEX DEL CARMAN AND ONE OF THE AUTHORS HELPED WITH THE WRITING OF SANDRA BLAND ACT.
ORDERLY, WE SEND HIM A REPORT, SANDRA BLAND.
THEIR CARBON ANALYZES ALL THE DATA AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW AND SUBMITS THAT REPORT TO US TO WHICH WE SUBMIT TO YOU.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD IN THE REPORT.
WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE LAWS AND ALL THE RULES OF THE SANDRA BLAND ACT.
WE GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS IN THEIR ON OWN RULES AND THOSE. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> CHANGES TO YOUR PROCESSES OR PROCEDURES FROM ANY OF THE RESULTS OF THE AUDITS OR.
>> NO, SIR. NONE HAVE BEEN EITHER REQUIRED OR REQUESTED.
AS LONG AS WE KEEP STATUS QUO, WE WERE ABIDED BY ALL THE LAWS?
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THAT'S A STEP TO A TRAFFIC STOP THAN A TRAFFIC STOP.>> ISN'T IT REALLY IT'S ON THE OFFICER TO CHECK THE RIGHT BLOCKS, MEANING TO FILL OUT THE REPORT.
IF THEY DON'T FILL EVERYTHING OUT, THAT'S WHERE WE GET GIG FOR REPORTS.
>> CORRECT. IF YOU SEE ON THE REPORT, THERE'S 10 STATE TEN US HIGHWAYS THAT ARE IN THERE AND YOU DON'T HAVE A US HIGHWAY.
LIKE THE QUARTERLY REPORTS, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE RIGHT.
THOSE ARE CORRECT. BUT YOU'RE CORRECT.
EVERYTHING THE OFFICER PUTS IN AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IF YOU'VE WRITTEN WITH THE OFFICERS, YOU CAN TELL THAT IT TAKES A WHILE AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP TO SIT THERE AND ENTER ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO THE SYSTEM.
WITH THE NEW SYSTEMS YOU-ALL PROVIDED US WITH THE NEW UPGRADES, MOST OF THAT STUFF GOES IN THE AUTOMATIC RIGHT NOW.
>> DO YOU NEED US TO APPROVE THE PROFILING REPORT? .. JUST BE ACCEPTED AS AS PRESENTED. YES, SIR.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL TO APPROVE THOSE ACCEPT THE REPORT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE QUESTION.
>> DOES ARRESTING OR THE OFFICER THAT MAKES THE STOP, DO THEY ASK THEM IF THEY'RE ALASKAN NATIVE OR SAMOAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU SWAP YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE WHO'LL COME BACK, SAYS CECIL BOOTH IS LATINO OR HISPANIC.
YOUR NAME MAY BE BOOTH, BUT YOU MAY IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC.
>> YES, SIR IT USUALLY COMES BACK ON A DRIVER LICENSE.
WE DON'T ASK ANYBODY THEIR ETHNICITY, OR RACIAL STATUS.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGN ABOUT BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. MOTION MOVES THANK YOU, CHIEF.
>> ITEM NUMBER 17, UPDATE DISCUSSION ON CITY HALL ANNEX.
[17. Update and discussion on the City Hall Annex.]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILS. I'M PRESENTING AN UPDATED RFP BID EVALUATION SHEET AND SOME ANNEX UPDATES.
TODAY, WE ALSO RECEIVED AN ANNEX RFP PACKAGE BACK FROM OUR LEGAL. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE RFP WAS REVISED TO FOCUS ON THE LOWEST BID PRICING.
WE HAVE STREAMLINED THE SCOPE OF WORK BY REMOVING TASK ALREADY COMPLETED BY FACILITIES. DO YOU WANT TO GET A SLIDE? THE LAYOUT 1, THERE WE GO.
COMPLETELY, WE PATCHED WALLS PAINTED PRIME TEXTURE INSTALLED, HAD CARP INSTALLED.
WE DID THE CO-BASE OURSELVES. WE DID ALL THAT.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH MOON AND READY MINUS SOME LIGHTS ALONG WITH THE HALLWAY.
>> I WAS LOOKING DOWN, JOHN. WHAT THERE IS ALMOST DONE?
>> IT DEPARTMENT. PATCH TOLLS, PRIME WALLS, TEXTURE PAINTED, HAD CARPET INSTALLED COBASE.
ITS ARE WORKING ON BIROCKET STUFF THEY'RE ABOUT TWO MONTHS OUT?
>> FROM HAVING CONNECTIVITY TO THE ANNEX.
NEXT ONE OVER TO THE RFP BID EVALUATION PACKET.
THE FIRST PAGE, JUST THE BIDDER, THE RFP NUMBER AND THE TOTAL FOR THAT PAGE.
THERE'S SOME ROLES OF A COMMITTEE MEMBER, THE DATE, NAME, AND DEPARTMENT OF THE PERSON DOING THE GRADING, AND PURCHASING PRICES, THERE'S SOME SUB CATEGORIES, MATERIAL SUPPLIES, TOTAL BID PRICE, COST BREAKDOWN AND COST EFFECTIVENESS.
IF THAT CATEGORY HAS NONE OF THOSE, IT'S A ZERO.
IF AS ONE OF THEM, WHATEVER NUMBER ONE IS, IT'S A ONE.
IF IT HAS SOME OF ONE AND TWO, MAKE IT A NUMBER TWO.
IF ALL THINGS IN THREE, IT WOULD BE A THREE, AND ALL THREE AND SOME OF FIVE, IT'S A FOUR, AND OF COURSE, THE VERY THING IN CATEGORY 5.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE EVALUATE ON LOCAL HIRING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LOCAL WORKFORCE UTILIZE AND COMMUNITY OF IMPACT.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, PERSONAL AND TEAM QUALIFICATIONS, REFERENCES.
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NEXT CATEGORY OF FINANCIAL I'LL TALK ABOUT THE BONDS AND THING TO COVER.STABILITY, ALL THE INSURANCES THAT WILL BE COVERED IN THAT ONE.
NEXT CATEGORY OF SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND COMPLIANCE.
TINE PROJECT SCHEDULE TIMELINE, PROJECT GUIDELINE, KEY MILESTONES, DEADLINES ARE CLEARLY DEFINED.
HOW WILL PROGRESS BE TRACK TO ENSURE ADHERENCE TO TIMELINE.
AFTER DEFINED CHECKPOINTS OF PROGRESS REVIEWED.
THIS LAST SHEET IS JUST TAKE ALL YOUR TOTALS FROM PREVIOUS SHEETS, YOU ADD ALL.
ON LAST ONE, YOU GET EXTRA FIVE POINTS FOR A HUB CERTIFIED? YES OR NO. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? AS YOU ALL KNOW, CONCERNS ARISE SEPTEMBER 2020 COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING BID PRICE DIFFERENCES.
JAMIE AND I CONDUCTED INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH EACH CONTRACTOR TO ENSURE A LIMIT OF THE SCOPE OF WORK REQUIREMENTS.
ALL THE CONTRACTORS HAVE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT SCOPE.
WITH UPDATED RFP SCOPE OF WORK AND EVALUATION FORMS, WE WILL INITIATE THE BIDDING PROCESS WITH A MANDATORY CONTRACT MEETING IN FEBRUARY 25TH, FOLLOWED BY A BID AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION PRESENTATION MARCH 11TH.
>> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO IDENTIFY WHO IS ON THE COMMITTEE? THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
>> WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE RELEVANT TO THE PROJECT, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PUT YOU ON VACATION. WHAT WAS THE OTHER ASSOCIATION? ANYBODY WOULD SO WE USE COUNT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO USE AT LEAST MINIMUM OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS PER EVALUATION.
ALSO WE POSSIBLY REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, SEE WHO'S GOT BUILDER OR CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUNDS TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO REMODELING THIS BUILDING.
>> THE KEY ABLETON BEAUTIFUL COMMIT. ANYBODY ON THERE.
>> THE OTHER COMMITTEE I TOLD YOU SENT ME THE INFORMATION.
BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO GET PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND IN CONSTRUCTION TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS EVALUATION.
>> WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT GOING FORWARD FOR ANY PROJECT NOT JUST THIS ONE.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING.
>>WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING A CLEAR CONCISE PROCESS GOING FORWARD. THIS SOUNDS BAD.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A HIGH LOW TAKEN OUT TO AN AVERAGE? BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE RANDOMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
IS THERE A PROCESS BY WHICH THE LOWEST GRADER AND THE HIGHEST GRADER GETS THROWN OUT AND AVERAGE THE REST?
>>WELL, THE WAY THE OUR KEY IS WRITTEN IS THE LOWEST BID IS BASICALLY WHO WILL BE PRESENTED.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THAT TO WHO YOU CHOOSE PICK, BUT ACCORDING TO THE RP, IT IS THE LOWEST THE LOWEST WILL BE AWARDED THE CONTRACT.
>> BUT YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT IF YOU FIND PROBLEMS WITH THE LOWEST BASED ON REFERENCES OR AGAIN, SCORING.
>> THAT''LL BE THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION TEAM IS TO MAKE SURE EVERY DECK IN A ROW ACROSS EYES ARE DOTTED FROM EACH SUBMISSION, TO MAKE SURE IT'S ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU.
>> WHAT IF YOU GET A LOW SCORE OR WHAT, YOU GO TO THE SECOND BETTER? IF THE FIRST IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE LOW?
>> IF IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, THEN YES.
IF IT'S DEEMED AS NOT HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION.
>> BUT YOU'RE NOT EVALUATING THOSE ALL AT THE SAME TIME?
>> YOU'RE NOT EVALUATING THOSE ALL AT THE SAME TIME, SAME TEAM?
>> YES. THE EVALUATION TEAM WILL BE EVALUATING EVERYTHING.
MAKE SURE ALL THE PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS THAT FOR IN RFP ARE IN THE PACKET THAT THEY SUBMIT.
IF IT'S NOT SUBMITTED, THEN THEY GET REJECTED.
>> I'M TRYING TO FORCE YOU TO DO ONE THING OR THE OTHER,
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BUT IF YOU CONSIDERED AS THE COMMITTEE TO CORPORATELY GRADE THESE PEOPLE RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS ON THE COMMITTEE GRADING THEM INDIVIDUALLY.>> [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME GREAT DISPARITY ON THE COMMITTEE REGARDING THE S THE SAME BIDDER.
WHAT DID YOU SEE DIFFERENT THAT I SAW? I MEAN, I'M JUST PUTTING MYSELF IN PLACE.
>> WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT SEE POLICY ON THAT BOOK.
>> WE RECENTLY LOOKED AT ONE OF THE RFPS THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT WITH THE DEBRIS MONITORING COMPANY IS MOVING TO A BIS E AND SCORING ON A SCORE OF 1-5, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL SCORE HAS A BIS THAT EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS TO LOOK AT AND IT MEETS BEFORE IT WILL BE THAT SCORE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO AWARD A ONE, THIS IS WHAT IT HAS TO BE TO BE THAT ONE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO AWARD A FIVE, THIS IS WHAT IT HAS TO BE.
JUST LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO COLLEGE AND YOU HAVE A BIS QUE FOR GRADING, IT'S THE SAME SYSTEM.
WE CAN MOVE TO THAT SYSTEM FOR THIS RFP IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
THAT WAY, THERE'S NO DISCREPANCY, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE SCORING EQUALLY, AND COST THE SAME, AND IT LEAVES NO ROOM FOR I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME DISCREPANCY, BUT YOU HAVE A GUIDANCE FOR EACH NUMERICAL GRADE THAT YOU ARE GIVING THAT BIT.
>>THAT'S THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE.
>> WE HAVE THAT PLANNED OUT, AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH THIS, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE.
WE ALREADY HAVE IT WRITTEN, WHERE WE CAN DO SCORE 1-5, AND IT HAS AEROBICS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE.
>> THERE NEEDS TO BE AS LITTLE INTERPRETATION NECESSARY AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATION NECESSARY AND THIS AS POSSIBLE.
IT REALLY JUST NEEDS TO BE A HARD FACTUAL BASED THAT WAS WHAT I'D SAID LAST TIME.
THE BOX IS CHECKED OR IT ISN'T.
>> THAT'S FINE. I WILL GET THAT RUBIX OUT AND GET IT FIXED.
LIKE I SAID, WE ALREADY HAD ONE FOR THE DEBRIS MONITORING.
THAT'S HOW I HAVE WRITTEN MY NEXT TWO RFPS THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE SEEING, AND WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH THIS ONE AND HAVE IT TAKEN CARE OF.
>>WELL, THEY DONE IT, ELIMINATES THE GRILLING THAT YOU'RE GETTING.
WHEN YOU COME BACK TO THE CITY PRO.
WE HERE'S A PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND IT'S MORE EQUITABLE THAN SOMETIMES IT'S JUST SUBJECTIVE.
I'VE HAD TO GRADE CONTRACTORS BEFORE.
YOU WANT TO BE FAIR, BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW.
>> DO YOU GIVE THEM A ZERO BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S NOT FAIR.
THEY GIVE A FIVE, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IT.
>> ONE THING TO REMEMBER WITH THIS RFP, IT IS WRITTEN AS THE LOWEST BID.
THEY CAN SCORE 100 AND THEY CAN HAVE THE HIGHEST COST, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT BECAUSE YOU'VE WRITTEN IT AS THE LOWEST BID, AND THE LOWEST BID CAN SCORE ONLY A 50.
THE RP IS WRITTEN AS THE LOWEST BID BECAUSE THEY ARE THE LOWEST BID.
PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SCORE, IF THEY'RE THE LOWEST BID.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS CAN OVERRULE THAT OBVIOUSLY, BUT JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT EVEN THE SCORE COULD BE LOW, BUT THEY'RE THE LOWEST BID AND THEY'LL GET THAT BID.
>> BUT THAT'S THE PRESENTATION TO COUNSEL TO GIVE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE LOW DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WON THE BID.
>> REFERENCE CHECKS AND THOSE THINGS.
>> YOU'RE SITTING IN A BUILDING THAT WAS DETERMINED BY LOIS BID.
>> I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING WITH THIS, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A LOT WITH THIS RFP, AND I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS RUBIX FIX THIS SCORING SHEET SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PRO.
>>I THINK WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'VE GOT TO.
>>I WANT TO CON TURN FOR THE RFP.
>> IF IT'S SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GO WITH, CORRECT?
IF WE DON'T WANT THE LOWEST BIDDER?
>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT THIS WEEK.
WE'LL FIX THE RUBIX AND HAVE A PLAN AND PUT IT OUT THERE.
>> THE RP IS READY TO GO AND WE WANT TO CHANGE THE LOWEST BIDDER RESPONSIBLE REPORTING.
>> IS COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE WITH APPROVING THE RFP MOVE FOR AS LONG AS THE RUBIX IS CORRECTED, OR DO YOU WANT TO TABLE IT?
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTS TO ACCEPT THE RFP PROCESS WITH THE CHANGE OF THE RUBIX AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
>> I HAVEN'T CALLED FOR THE VOTE YET. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE?
>> AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. NOW YOU GOT
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[18. Discussion and possible action on Lakeside Park wildscape proposal.]
>> ITEM NUMBER 18, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON LAKESIDE PARK WILD SCAPE PROPOSAL.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.
AS WE ALL ARE AWARE, WE OPENED LAKESIDE PARK IN 2023.
IT WAS A GREAT PART TO ADD TO OUR RV GREAT PARK SYSTEM, BRING UNIQUE ELEMENTS INTO WHAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A NATURAL RECREATION AREA AND NATURAL HABITATS.
AS YOU SHOULD BE ALSO AWARE, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PART OF THAT DID NOT GET PUT INTO PLACE BECAUSE OF FUNDING.
WE HAD THINGS LIKE WILD FLOWER PLANTING AREAS, BUTTERFLY GARDENS, AND SOME OF THE REMOVAL OF SOME OF THE SPECIES THAT WERE IN THERE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE GAINED A BOARD MEMBER FOR OUR PARKS BOARD THAT IS VERY INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM AND ACTUALLY INSPIRED US TO START TO DEVELOP A PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO HELP SUPPORT AND DO SOME VOLUNTEER STUFF.
DAVID HEINIE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING OUT AT LAKESIDE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS HE WAS DOING AFTER ONE OF THE STORMS THAT CAME THROUGH, A LOT OF OUR TREES WERE LEANING.
HE WENT OUT THERE PERSONALLY AND STARTED TO PUT THOSE RIGHT BACK UP, AND HELPS PARK STAFF WITH THAT.
HE'S ALSO SUPPORTED SOME OF OUR TREE PLANTINGS OUT THERE.
WHILE HE WAS OUT THERE, HE IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS THAT HE BROUGHT TO THE STAFF AS A RECOMMENDATION TO RETURN IT TO HIS MAI NATIVE STATE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU.
CURRENTLY IN OUR PROCEDURES, WE DO HAVE VARYING LEVELS AS FAR AS WHAT WE CONSIDER.
LEVEL 1 IS A HIGH MAINTENANCE AREA THAT WE CONTAIN THAT WE WOULD PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON AND MOTE CONSISTENTLY.
YOUR TYPICAL PARKS YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE.
YOU'LL SEE THE AREAS IN YELLOW THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANT TO RETURN THOSE TO A NATIVE STATE.
THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN OUR LEVEL 6 AREA OF COVERAGE, SO THAT WOULD GO TO A NATURAL AREA.
WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS AS A PILOT TO START TO GET TO THIS LEVEL OF JUST RETURNING TO THEIR NATURAL STATE TO INCREASE THE BEAUTIFICATIONS THERE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TIME TO GET THERE.
WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT REMOVING SOME OF THE VARIOUS SPECIES TO MAKE IT THAT MORE OF A NATIVE AREA, TO GET MORE WILD LIFE OUT THERE TO PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDE THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WERE HOPING TO GET.
TALKING ABOUT SOME OF IT, LOOKING AT AREA 1.
THAT INCLUDES THE BERMAN THAT'S ALONG ROAD 44, WOULD CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF MORE OF A BARRIER ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PARK THERE.
THAT ONE IS A MARSHY AREA AS IT IS, SO CONTINUE TO ALLOW THAT TO GROW IN.
THEN YOU'LL SEE THE OTHER ONES THAT SUBSEQUENT GO AROUND THERE.
BUT THE IDEA IS TO RETURN THEM TO THAT NATIVE STATES, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT NATURAL HABITAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WOULD HELP REDUCE COSTS FOR US, TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR MOWING SCHEDULE AND SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE TO REALLOCATE SOME OF OUR PARK STAFF TO OTHER AREAS.
I WANT TO GIVE DAVID A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS WHERE HIS VISION WAS FORWARDS AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO THIS EVENING.
AS JASON HAS SAID, DURING THE MASTER PLANNING OF LAKESIDE PARK, THERE WERE SOME AREAS DESIGNATED THAT WERE GOING TO BE NATURAL AREAS.
IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL PARK, BUT WE'D LIKE TO ADD SOME NATURAL HABITAT BACK INTO THERE.
WE'VE FOCUSED ON SEVEN AREAS THERE, THREE OF THEM ARE BY THE LAKE.
ALL OF THEM ARE AREA 1 RIGHT HERE IS FOCUSED AROUND THESE BIG CLUMPS OF TREES RIGHT HERE.
THIS WILL ALSO HELP SCREEN FROM TRAFFIC COMING IN HERE.
BEING OBNOXIOUS WHILE YOU'RE IN THE PARK, THAT STUFF, AND ALSO HELPS SCREEN SOME OF THESE HOMES BACK HERE FROM VIEW OF THE PARK.
THIS AREA OVER HERE FOUR AND FIVE ARE PRETTY MUCH ACROSS A DITCH.
THEY GET ALMOST NO PUBLIC USE AT ALL OVER THERE.
THEY WOULD BE ANCHORED BY A BIG CLUMP OF TREES HERE AND A GREAT BIG LIVE OAK TREE RIGHT HERE.
SAFE AREA SEVEN IS ABOUT THE SAME GETS VERY LITTLE PUBLIC ACCESS OVER THERE, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF BIG LIVE OAK TREES THAT WOULD MAKE A NATURAL AREA TO LET GO WILD.
WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED THREE AREAS ALONG THE LAKE.
IN THIS WHOLE PARK, THE LAKE IS JUST ABOUT THE ONLY ECOSYSTEM THAT'S INTACT IN ANY FORM AT ALL.
BY LETTING SOME OF THESE AREAS GROW OUT RIGHT HERE, IT WOULD NOT ONLY ALLOW SOME EMERGENT VEGETATION TO GROW IN THERE, BUT IT DID COVER FOR WATER FOWL AND OTHER WILDLIFE, WADING BIRDS, THAT STUFF.
IT WOULDN'T IMPACT THE FISHING OR THE KAYAKING, FISHERMEN STILL WALK THE BANK HERE.
BUT AS THEY WERE WALKING THE BANK HERE RATHER THAN FLUSHING ALL THE WILDLIFE, ALL THE BIRDS OUT, IT WOULD GIVE THEM A PLACE TO TAKE SOME COVER ALONG HERE.
NONE OF THIS WOULD IMPACT THE RECREATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PARK.
I WOULDN'T IMPACT THE HIKING TRAIL AROUND THERE, I WOULDN'T IMPACT THE PAVILION HERE, THE PLAYGROUND THERE,
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THE GREEN SPACE THERE, THE PICNIC AREAS RIGHT THERE, WOULD ALL BE UTILIZED JUST LIKE THEY WERE BEFORE.BASICALLY, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS JUST STOP MOWING IN THESE AREAS INITIALLY AND SEE WHAT COMES UP.
THEN WE WOULD DO SOME PLANTING AND SOME SEEDING OF NATIVE SHRUBS AND TREES IN THOSE AREAS.
THE OTHER ASPECT REVERT LIKE JASON SAID, REVERT BACK TO THIS LEVEL SIX MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE THAT THE CITY HAS.
THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS IS, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PICK UP SOME NEW EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES, SO THERE'LL BE SOME HERBICIDE APPLICATION AND SOME MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF IN THOSE AREAS.
WE WOULD PLANT PLANTS IN THERE.
INITIALLY, IN INTEREST OF HERE, IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE OVERGROWN AT FIRST, BUT THAT'S THE GROWING PAINS OF REVERTING BACK TO A NATURAL HABITAT.
TO COUNTERACT THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP SOME SIGNAGE THAT WE CAN PUT IN THOSE AREAS THAT TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHERE OUR LONG-TERM GOALS ARE HERE.
HOPEFULLY, AT SOME POINT, WE'LL HAVE SOME ESTABLISHED OF NATIVE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING WILDSCAPE AREAS AROUND LAKESIDE PARK HERE FOR ALL DIFFERENT WILDLIFE IN THERE.
ALSO, LIKE JASON SAID, NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE HELPING OUT WILD LIFE IT'S GOING TO DECREASE THE MOWING IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THIS AREA HERE IN HERE THAT GETS MOWED ON ALMOST A WEEKLY BASIS.
IT'S GOING TO CUT DOWN ON COSTS, CUT DOWN ON WEAR AND TEAR ON EQUIPMENT, THAT STUFF.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE.
>> I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON AREA 3.
THAT WAS THE FINANCIAL THAT IS SET OUT FOR FISHING IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.
>>I THINK THAT'S A WILDFLOWER AREA NOW, ISN'T IT?
>> BUT IT WAS DESIGNED FOR FISHING BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE FISHING HERE.
ARE YOU TAKING THAT AREA AWAY?
>> IT WOULD IT WOULDN'T BE CLOSE TO FISHING.
WE JUST WOULDN'T BE MAINTAINED.
IF FISHERMEN WANT TO WALK ALONG THE BANK THERE.
I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THERE.
>> AREA 4, IS THAT A RETENTION AREA?
>> THE LOW SPOT THROUGH HERE IS A RETENTION AREA, BUT THIS IS A HIGH SPOT.
THERE'S A LIVE OAK AND A PECAN TREE AND A WATER OAK IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
IT WOULDN'T IMPACT THE RETENTION AREA HERE, IT ALSO WOULDN'T IMPACT THE DRAINAGE DITCH RIGHT THERE WHERE THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT PUMPS WATER OUT AND FLOATS RIGHT ALONG THERE, SO IT WOULDN'T.
>> ARE WE DOING THIS IN STAGES OR ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME?
>> I THINK THE PROPOSAL WAS TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
>> JASON, DO WE HAVE IT IN OUR BUDGET TO DO THAT?
>> LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED, RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD REALLY JUST STOP THE MOWING TO SEE WHAT THE LANDSCAPE TURNS INTO.
SOME OF IT WE'RE UNSURE OF WHAT THE NATURAL STUFF IS THERE, SO WE WOULD REALLY BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT PLANT SPECIES ARE THERE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND WHAT CAN STAY.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK WILD FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT WE HAVE WAYS TO WORK WITH KB, WORK WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DONE DONATIONS IN THE PAST.
WE CAN WORK WITH TREES FOR HOUSTON TO DO VERY SPECIFIC TREE REQUEST.
WE HAVE WAYS TO NAVIGATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT IN THE IMMEDIATE, IT'S GOING TO BE CEASE MOWING THERE TO SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY PRESENT TO MAKE THAT GAME PLAN TO DETERMINE WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE TO TAKE PLACE THERE.
THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PARKS BOARD AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THOSE.
BUT WE HAD THAT SAME DISCUSSION THAT IT CAN BE BROUGHT UP TOO, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO DO AS A PHASE APPROACH THAT, THAT CAN BE TALKED ABOUT.
WE'RE JUST BRINGING ALL OF IT HERE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND SEE HOW COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT IT.
>> YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO FENCE OFF THERE IS.
LET THEM START GROWING DEPENDING ON YOUR BUDGET.
>> WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY FENCE. IT'S GOING TO BE A NATURAL FENCE OF SOME TALL GRASS OR OTHER INVASIVE STUFF THAT MIGHT NOT BE GRASS.
ANOTHER BUNCH OF TREES PLANTED. YOU JUST.
>> THE WILL BECOME PART OF THE WILD SCAPE. HOW ARE THEY DOING?
>> DOING PRETTY GOOD. I'LL GO OUT THERE AND STRAIGHTEN THEM UP AT THE END OF WINTER. THEM.
>> WELL, I DIDN'T MEAN STRAIGHTEN THEM UP, BUT THEY'RE STILL SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE.
>> WELL IT'S HARD TO TELL IF THEY MADE IT.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL MONITOR AS SOON AS THE IN THE SPRING.
>> SOME OF IT NOT GROWING SEASON, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE.
>> TWO THINGS FOR ME. AREA 1, I GET THE EAST SIDE VEGETATION GROWTH AND IF YOU WANT ON THIS SIDE HERE.
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MY KIDS ALWAYS GET EXCITED WHEN THEY SEE THE PARK COMING DOWN.IF YOU COULD CUT THAT OFF TO WHERE MAYBE LET THAT REAL WHILE LET THAT REAL WILE, BUT GIVE GIVE A VIEW OF THE PARK COMING SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A PARK CAMP AREA,.
>> RIGHT IN HERE OPEN, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> CREATE IT LIKE THE BERM, EXTEND THE BERMISH OUT ALL THE WAY AND THEN MAKE IT MORE OF WHERE THOSE TREES ARE.
>> PEOPLE CAN SEE. THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE HAD RESIDENTS ALREADY COMPLAIN TO ME WHEN YOU ALL DIDN'T MOVE VERY WELL THE FIRST TIME, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AREA 6 AND 7.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU MOW JUST FIVE FOOT OFF THE TRACK.
YOU GOT TO GIVE SOME SPACE SO BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE AFRAID TO WALK THROUGH THERE BECAUSE IT HAD GROWN UP SO MUCH.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE GIVING GOOD PATHWAYS TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE SOMEONE'S GOING TO JUMP OUT OF IT.
>> THAT IS THAT I WOULD BE A SURPRISE.
>> WHAT I HAD TO FOR EVERY SIX IS WAY DOWN THE SLOPE.
IT DOESN'T REFLECT THAT IN THE SCREEN.
>> JOHN, TO YOUR POINT, ONE OF THE ONES I WILL POINT OUT IS BETWEEN AREA 1 AND AREA 2.
THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS DISCUSSED BEFORE AS WELL.
THAT IS WHERE CURRENT WILD FLOW LOCATION IS ON BOTH SIDES.
WE DID HAVE THAT SAME DISCUSSION IS THERE.
ONCE THEY START TO DIE OFF IT, IT WAS RIGHT UP NEXT TO.
TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, THAT IT'S YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A LITTLE OF A BARRIER VERSUS TALL WILDFLOWERS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU AND WHEN THEY START TO DROOP, THAT THEY ALL CAME TO THE PATH.
>> WELL, I HOPE YOU DON'T FIND MCCARTNEY ROWS OUT THERE.
SORRY DON'T FIND TALLOW, BUT I CAN HELP YOU GET RID OF.
>> PLEASE BECOME AN EXPERT AND GET RID OF THAT CRAP.
>> WELL, I'LL CALL ON YOU WHEN I GET OUT THERE.
>> I THINK IF THAT'S UNDER THE TREES.
>> THERE'S SOME MCCARTNEY ROWS IN THE TREES AND JUST SCATTERED OUT THROUGH THE GRASS.
THEN THERE'S SOME TALLOWS UNDER THOSE TREES. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION IN YOUR PACKET.
BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THE CHANGES WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED AS WELL.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LAKESIDE PARK WILD SCAPE PLAN WITH INPUT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FROM COUNSEL.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY THAT IS AREA 1 TO ENSURE THERE'S STILL VISIBILITY IN AREA 6.
WELL, ALL AREAS TO ENSURE THERE'S APPROPRIATE PATH OVER.
>> I THINK JUST NEAR PATHWAYS, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN JUST A FOUR FOG STRIP.
>> AS SOMEBODY THAT WALKS A DOG AROUND THAT TRAIL ALMOST EVERY NIGHT, THERE NEEDS TO BE ENOUGH ROOM TO LET YOUR DOG GET OFF.
TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT GETTING INTO TALL GRASS. I AGREE.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE POST, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
>> NUMBER 19. DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION TRANSFERS TO THE JOURNAL FUND FOR PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAYS, RECREATION DIVISION, AND ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER DIVISION.
>> YEAH. WE'LL DO 20,21 AND 19.
>> I'M NUMBER 20. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON
[20. Discussion and possible action on a hiring freeze and suspension of overtime and comp time for Angleton Recreation Center, Recreation, and Parks and Right of Way Divisions.]
THE HIRING FREEZE AND SUSPENSION OF OVERTIME AND COMP TIME FOR ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, RECREATION AND PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY DIVISIONS.>> THIS ONE IS IN REGARD TO THE HIRING FREEZE THAT TOOK PLACE, AS YOU'LL ARE AWARE, CITY OF ANGLETON, ONE HIRING FREEZE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE BY THE CITY MANAGER.
AS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER AND RECREATION DIVISION, WE HOUSE A NUMBER OF PART TIME STAFF, AND WE OPERATE UNDER OPERATIONAL HOURS.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY MANAGER WAS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE STAFF FOR THOSE.
HE THEN REQUESTED THAT WE WENT TO ABLC TO PUT IN THAT RECOMMENDATION.
WE HAD OUR ABLC DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT.
FROM THAT DISCUSSION, WE TALKED ABOUT NUMEROUS THINGS AS FAR AS OUR STAFF GOES IN OPERATION OF THE FACILITY.
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S CURRENTLY PUT FORTH IS TO LIFT THE HIRING FREEZE FOR LIFEGUARDS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HIRE FOR LIFEGUARDS SO
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WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON OPERATIONS AND CLOSING THE POOL.I WANTED TO BRING THE DISCUSSION BEFORE ALL TO OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE AMENABLE FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE POOL.
>> TRAVIS AND I WENT THROUGH THIS LAST NIGHT, SO COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, DISCUSSIONS ON THIS?
>> I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
Y'ALL WENT TO FIVE LIFE GUARDS? IS THAT WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS NOW?
>> YEAH. WE HAVE INCREASED TO FIVE LIFEGUARDS, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR DISCUSSION ONES FOR THE NEXT ONE.
WE'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE COVERAGE FOR RISK AND SAFETY REASONS BECAUSE OF BLIND SPOTS AND RESPONSE TIME.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO FIVE GUARDS.
>> IS THAT A STATE REQUIREMENT OR IS THAT?
>> THAT IS BASED ON CONTENT EXPERTS OF EVALUATING WHAT OUR POOL LOOKS LIKE AND THE BLIND SPOTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR VISIBILITY.
ADDITION TO THAT IS THERE ARE VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SLIDE.
THE SLIDE ACTUALLY REQUIRES A SLIDE ATTENDANT TO BE AT THE TOP WHEN IT'S IN OPERATION AND THAT A GUARD IS SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE GUARDS IS THERE.
SOME OF THEM YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH.
BASED ON THE SET OF OUR POOL, WITH THAT OUR PLATE FEATURE IS LARGE AND BULKY, SO YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH IT VERY WELL.
EVEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHEN THE NEW PLATE FEATURE COMES IN, WE MAY BE ABLE TO REDUCE DOWN BECAUSE OF VISIBILITY, BUT AT THE CURRENT STATE, THE CAUSES A LOT OF BLIND SPOTS.
TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE FULL CAPACITY OF THE POOL, WE INCREASED IT TO THAT.
>> I THOUGHT THE POOL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR THAT NEW PLAY FEATURE AND THE SINGER.
WE HAVE NOT THE INSTALLATION AS PART OF THE GRANT.
>> THAT'S WHEN ALL THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, THOUGH.
YOU DON'T WANT TO REALLY SHUT IT DOWN AT DO TIME.
>> WHAT WAS THE GRANT? WHEN WHEN WILL THAT HAPPEN?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FULL TIME TABLE FOR THAT.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE CONTRACT.
OUR ORIGINAL HOPE WAS TO TRY TO GET IT DONE THIS SPRING.
WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME RESPONSE FROM TBW BUT REALISTICALLY WE WERE PROBABLY IN THE FALL.
>> THAT EQUIPMENT IS JUST GOING TO SIT OUT IN THE FIELD BEHIND FOR TOUGH FALL.
>> THE DISCUSSION ITEM IS ON SUSPENSION OF OVERTIME AND COMP TIME FOR THE ANGLETON AND REC CENTER AND RECREATIONAL PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAYS.
I THINK WE WENT INTO THIS IN DEPTH LAST NIGHT AS WELL ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING OVERTIME OVER THERE, HOW MANY ARE OVER, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PART TIME OVER THERE.
YOU SAID THERE WAS ONE EMPLOYEE WHO THE.
>> AQUATIC MANAGER IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO RECOMMEND THAT OPEN UP FOR POTENTIAL OVERTIME IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
BUT BASED ON ABLC RECOMMENDATION, THE ONLY THING THAT WAS APPROVED WAS LIFTING THE HIRING FREEZE FOR LIFEGUARDS.
THAT'S THEIR CURRENT RECOMMENDATION IS THAT TO LIFT THE HIRING FREEZE FOR LIFEGUARDS AND EVERYTHING WILL STAY THE SAME.
WE ARE GOING BACK TO ABLC IN FEBRUARY WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SOME OPERATIONAL THINGS.
AT THAT TIME, A NEW RECOMMENDATION MAY COME BACK TO COUNSEL, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS ONE, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM ABLC WHO WAS TO LIFT THE HIRING FREEZE FOR LIFE GUARDS.
BUT COUNSEL ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
>> HOW MANY LOCK GUARDS ARE CURRENTLY STAFFED?
>> AS OF THIS MORNING WHEN WE LOST ANOTHER ONE, 14.
>> LIFEGUARDS IS A UNIQUE QUESTION.
WE RUN OFF OUR OPERATIONAL HOURS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT IS BASED ON HOURS OF OPERATION, FULLY STAFF THE COOL.
IF YOU LOOK AT FIVE GUARDS TO GUARD FROM 5:30 A.M.-11:30 A.M. TAKE A BREAK AND THEN COME BACK 4:30-7: 30.
THEN YOU HAVE THE WEEKENDS, THAT'S 5:30 OR 8:30-5:30, 1:30 - 5:30.
REALISTIC NUMBER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS 25-30, BUT THEY'RE PART TIME STAFF, AND THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO WORK UP TO 1000 HOURS A YEAR, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 18:19 HOURS.
IT'S ALL BASED ON AVAILABILITY.
WE'RE AT THE HELM OF WE HAVE LIFEGUARDS THAT ONLY WORK A WEEKEND, AND SO THEY DON'T WORK 18 HOURS.
THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ISN'T WHAT WE GO BY.
IT'S ONLY ALL WE GO FOR IS WHAT TO FULFILL OPERATIONS.
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WE STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET FOR OPERATIONS, AND WE CAN HAVE 50 EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S STILL AT THE COST OF OPERATIONS.WE DON'T GO OVER WHAT THAT BUDGET.
>> THAT'S PROBABLY AS YOU SHOULD.
YOU'RE JUST LOOKING TO FILL A SPOT AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH PERSON IS GOING TO BE IN THAT SPOT?
>> YOU COULD HAVE 15 THAT FILL THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THEY WORK OR WHATEVER MAKES THE WHEREVER THEY LIMIT OUT ON THEIR 900, 800 HOURS OR WHATEVER THEY END UP WORKING?
>> IT IS WHOEVER CAN FILL IN THAT SPOT.
IT CAN BE ONE EMPLOYEE, IT CAN BE 30 EMPLOYEES, AND IT STILL MEANS FIVE HOURS FOR THAT SPOT.
>> WE WERE IN RECRUITING EFFORTS, AND WE WERE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ADDITIONAL 3-4 PRIOR TO HIRING FREEZE? SO WE HAD TO PUT A STOP TO THAT, AND WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK INTO THE RHYTHM TO GET TO THAT.
HONESTLY, ONE OF CONCERN FOR MINE IS SPRING BREAK IS COMING UP AND SPRING BREAK, WE OPEN UP THE POOL ALL DAY.
RIGHT NOW, THE POOL IS CURRENTLY CLOSED 11:30-4:30.
DURING SPRING BREAK, IT IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAXIMIZE REVENUE.
WE GO ALL DAY AND IT'S GOING TO PUT A STRAIN ON STAFF IF WE CAN'T GET MORE.
>> HISTORICALLY, HOW MANY LOCK GUARDS HAVE WE HAD ON STAFF AT ONE TIME BECAUSE YOU SAID FIVE, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN OPERATING ON?
>> IT VARIES BASED ON THEY TRY IN THE PAST, IT WAS MORE BASED ON LIKE USAGE, BUT OUR POOL IS ONE BODY OF WATER, SO YOU CAN UNFORTUNATELY, WE WISH THERE WERE WALLS BECAUSE IF IT WAS, YOU COULD CLOSE AN AREA, AND SO LIKE OUR MORNINGS, IT'S TWO.
THE HARD PART THAT COMES WITH THAT, THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE POOL, AND IT'S TWO.
WEEKENDS WERE 4-5, BUT THE STANDARD WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS FIVE BECAUSE THAT COVERS ALL AREAS OF THE POOL TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE VISIBILITY.
>> ABLC APPROVED LAST NIGHT FOR THEM TO GO FORWARD AND HIRE THEIR LIFE GUARDS THAT THEY NEED TO RUN THE WHICH IS KEEPING TO THE WORD THE ABLC GAVE THEM IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT DOES GET FUNDED FROM THE ABLC SALES TAX.
BUT WE DID KEEP THE REST OF EVERYTHING ELSE IN PLACE.
>> WELL, YOU'VE GOT A BUDGET THAT YOU'VE SET UP FOR TO DO THIS.
YOU JUST NEED THE APPROVAL TO PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ABLC TO REMOVE THE HIRING FREEZE FOR LIFEGUARDS.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION FROM ABLC.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM?
>> LET'S NOT JUST OPEN A PLUG GATE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO START SCREAMING IN HERE.
WELL, YOU DID IT FOR THEM WHEN THEY WERE STILL BROKE. WE NEED MONEY.
>> WELL, I'LL COME OUT AND SAY THIS, THAT IT'S ONE A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THE POOL, WHICH IS THE ONE REASON WE DID IT IN THE SECOND REASON IS BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A REVENUE GENERATING CENTER FOR THE CITY.
>> DESPERATE REVENUE GENERATION AT THE ANGLETON RESPIRATION CENTER BECAUSE MONEY.
TO ECHO COUNCILMAN SARTIN'S POINT, THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION.
IT WAS JUST A NEED OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUST DON'T WANT TO BE WRAPPED UP IN SOME LAWSUIT BECAUSE WE FAILED TO ACT.
>> I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> NO. I SHARE YOUR SAME CONCERNS. DON'T GET ME WRONG.
>> FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 20? HEARING NONE, CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
WE'VE ALREADY READ 19, SO GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO IT.
>> TWENTY-ONE? TWENTY-ONE. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON
[21. Discussion and possible action on Angleton Recreation Center and Recreation Division decision packages for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.]
ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER AND RECREATION DIVISION DECISION PACKAGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025.>> SO YES, JOHN ALLUDE TO THIS A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE PAST.
SO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD WAS DECISION PACKAGES PUT IN PLACE THAT WENT THROUGH THE FIRST READING THAT WERE ADDED IN BY ABLC APPROVAL AT THE SEPTEMBER 21 MEETING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THOSE WERE PRESENTED BY FINANCE AT THAT TIME, THE FINAL READING FOR THE BUDGET AND DECISION PACKAGES.
IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATELY COMMUNICATED,
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THAT CHANGE HAD BEEN MADE.THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY ABLC WERE NOT ACTUALLY TAKEN EFFECT FOR OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR FIRST PART, THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD WAS THE TRANSFERS WERE CHANGED, THE INDIFFERENCE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THESE DECISION PACKAGES.
ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE LIFEGUARDS.
THE LIFE GUARD DECISION PACKAGE WAS APPROVED TO INCREASE OPERATIONS TO THAT FIVE LIFEGUARDS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR FULL ROUND FULL YEAR OPERATION.
BUT THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE DECISION PACKAGE.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FUND THEM WITHOUT ENSURING THAT WE GET THIS PART UPDATED.
THIS LINE ITEM BREAKS DOWN THOSE DECISION PACKAGES.
AGAIN, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO ABLC LAST NIGHT FOR DISCUSSION.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ONE IS VERY DETAILED ON HOW THAT GOES.
I'LL TRY TO BREAK THIS DOWN THE BEST I CAN.
BUT YOU'LL SEE FOR THE RECREATION DIVISION, SO THAT IS FUND 50.
WE HAD PUT IN FOR AN INCREASE IN OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE TRIPS, WHICH CONSISTENTLY SELL OUTS, HAVE A WAITING LIST, AND THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE TO HAVE MORE TRIPS AND MORE OF AN OFFERING.
THERE WAS A REVENUE SIDE THAT CAME WITH THAT ABOUT 4,900.
THEN THERE WAS AN EXPENSE SIDE THAT WAS ABOUT 8,600.
EXPENSES WOULD HAVE INCREASED ABOUT ABOUT $3,700 IS WHAT THAT INCREASE WOULD HAVE BEEN.
ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, WHICH WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED WAS WE ADJUSTED OUR REVENUE FOR MEMBERSHIPS AFTER GOING THROUGH A FULL CYCLE YEAR, WE PRESENT OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETS IN THE SPRING.
IT DOESN'T GIVE US A FULL YEAR TO EVALUATE WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE FELT COMFORTABLE TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE FOR THE ANGLETON REC CENTER FOR OUR MEMBERSHIPS.
WE WANTED TO REFLECT THAT HERE.
SWIM LESSONS WAS ALSO DONE AS A CONTRACT IS NOW DONE IN HOUSE.
SO WHATEVER IS BROUGHT IN FOR THAT PROGRAM COVERS THE COST OF THAT PROGRAM.
THAT WAS A $20,000 REVENUE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED EXPENSEWISE.
THE BREAKDOWN YOU SEE THERE FOR THAT TOTAL 177,000.
IT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED THE STEP PLAN, AQUATIC ASSISTANT WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS, AND THE LIFEGUARDS.
THEN ADDITIONAL TO THAT WAS FICA TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE INCREASES IN STAFFING AND THEN A PAIR ON.
WITH SAYING ALL THAT, THOUGH, ABLC'S RECOMMENDATION LAST NIGHT WAS TO STRIKE THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE PUTTING ON THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION FOR ABLC'S APPROVAL IS THEY APPROVED THE RECREATION INCREASE FOR THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES.
THEN THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, THEY APPROVED THE REVENUES THAT WOULD COME IN.
AND AS FAR AS EXPENSES, IT WAS APPROVAL OF THE STEP PLAN.
THAT STEP PLAN IS A 25 CENT INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN THE FACILITY FOR A FULL YEAR.
IT'S JUST A SELECT FEW EMPLOYEES THAT THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT FOR.
THEY APPROVED WSI, WHICH IS THE WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS THAT CORRELATES WITH THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS.
THEN THE LIFE GUARDING ONE, THEY APPROVED A $80,000 TO INCLUDE THE COST OF FUKA AS WELL.
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S ON THE TABLE IS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE RECREATION DIVISION AND THE ARC OF AN INCREASE OF 91,000 FOR EXPENSES.
SO NOT THE 177,000 IT'S 91,881.
>> THE REASON FOR THAT ALSO IS BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY BEEN DOWN A QUARTER.
THREE MONTHS HAVE ALREADY GONE BY, AND HE DIDN'T FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
BY THE TIME HE RAMPS UP FOR THE BUSY SEASON, SPRING BREAK AND SUMMER, HE'S GOING TO BE WELL UNDER THAT 141,000 SO WE CUT IT TO 80,000.
SUSIE FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
>> THAT'S WHY WE MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
>> I WILL ALSO MENTION WITH THIS ONE.
WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO ABLC AND PROVIDED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADD IN FOR THOSE DECISION PACKAGES, IT FIT WITHIN ABLC'S OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE IMPACTED THEIR FUND BALANCE OR ANYTHING.
WE WERE ABLE TO ADJUST OPERATIONAL COSTS TO FIT WITHIN THE ALREADY DETERMINED, I BELIEVE IS 2.3 MILLION.
DOLLARS, WE WERE ABLE TO FIT ALL THAT STEEL WITHIN AND JUST ADJUSTING SOME OF OUR FUND BALANCE TRANSFERS.
BUT IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANYBODY'S FUND BALANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> SO IT GENERALLY IMPACTS THE GENERAL FUND.
>> YEAH. IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND.
IT WAS ALL AVAILABLE TO BE APPROVED AND WAS APPROVED BECAUSE THE FUNDING WAS THERE.
BUT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS,
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IT ALSO CHANGES THAT FUND BALANCE TO WHERE IT LEAVES MONEY IN ABLC FOR.>> FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THIS ONE?
>> SO YOU'LL HAVE THE REC DIVISION WAS THE $8,600 TOTAL AND EXPENSES AND REVENUES WAS 90 4,900.
THEN THE REVENUES INCREASE WOULD BE ABOUT IT WOULD BE A 50,294.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE EXPENDITURES OUTLINED BY ALBC BETTER LIVING CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF WHATEVER YOU JUST SAY.
>> MOTION BY THE COUNCILMAN SARTIN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM ABLC.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
NOW YOU GET TO SEE THE GOOD PART OF [OVERLAPPING] SO WE'VE ALREADY READ 19. GO AHEAD.
[19. Discussion and possible action on Angleton Better Living Corporation transfers to the General Fund for Parks and Right of Ways, Recreation Division, and Angleton Recreation Center Division.]
>> THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME.
AS JOHN MENTIONED, THIS IS SOME OF THE GOOD THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM IT.
SO THIS IS THE FINAL PIECE OF ALL THAT.
NOW THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE LIFE GUARDING SIDE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE DECISION PACKAGES THAT NEEDED TO BE ADD IN TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT FUND BALANCES, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY THERE AS FAR AS WHAT ABLC APPROVED COMPARED TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN OUR BUDGET.
GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THAT, AND MAKING THOSE CORRECTIONS AND EVERYTHING FROM HERE, WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR FY 24 YEAR END, ABLC HAD A FUND BALANCE OF $688,000.
THEY HAVE THAT SITTING IN THEIR FUND BALANCE.
DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS THIS YEAR.
CAVEAT THAT COMES TO THAT, THERE IS SOME RESERVE FUNDS FROM THAT ONE.
THERE'S $150,000 THAT IS RESERVED FOR THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT MATCH FOR THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
BUT ADDITION TO THAT, THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER ALSO MAINTAINS A FUND BALANCE.
BASED ON PREVIOUS YEARS, AND FROM THIS YEAR, THEY HAD A $615,000 FUND BALANCE IN THEIR FUND BALANCE, 274,000 THAT WAS RESERVED FOR THE TPW GRANT AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO PART OF OUR MATCH.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THAT GRANT OPPORTUNITY IS TWO FOLD FOR US.
IT IS A GRANT FOR ANGLETON AREAS PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $750,000, WHICH IS THE MATCHING PORTIONS FROM THE BONDS, THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS THAT ABLC TOOK OUT FOR THAT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO INCREASE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THERE.
THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
WE ARE CONTRIBUTING 881,000, AND THEY ARE GIVING US 881,000.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL SOME OVERAGES, THAT WAS THE PLAY FEATURES YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, WAS PAID FOR OUT OF THE PREVIOUS BUDGET, SO IT DIDN'T PLAY IN BUT INSTALLATION IS DIFFERENT.
BUT ALL IN ALL, WE HAVE FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE THAT WERE BROUGHT TO ABLC TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS THAT WE INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE OR INCREASE THE TRANSFER FROM ABLC, THAT IS CURRENTLY AT 28%.
FOR PARKS PERSONNEL, THAT'S ABOUT $409,000, INCREASING THAT THIS YEAR TO 50%.
THAT INCREASES AND INFUSES ANOTHER $327,000 INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO I JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS.
ABLC'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT 50% TRANSFER.
THEY AGREE THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO DO THIS.
THAT THE DETERMINATION WAS FOR THIS YEAR, AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS WOULD BE A ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME DOWN, PAY BACK, MAYBE, BUT THIS YEAR THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO BRING IN THAT 327,000.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TRANSFER THOSE FUNDS.
>> I'M GOING TO BACK UP FOR A SECOND ON THAT.
>> ADDITION TO THAT, SORRY, I FAILED TO MENTION.
PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR HERE IS TO APPROVE THE BALANCING THE FUND TRANSFERS FOR THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
SO IN THE LAST ITEM WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, WE HAVE TO UPDATE FUND TRANSFERS FOR THAT.
>> THAT HAS TO BE SUBTRACTED OF TOTAL.
>> THAT HAS TO UPDATE THAT ONE,
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AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE A MOTION TO DO THAT AND [OVERLAPPING].>> I MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE THE DELTA FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED IN WHAT WAS THAT?
>> TWENTY-ONE AND TRANSFER THAT TO THE FUND BALANCE.
>> MIGHT ON A SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL.
>> WHAT IS THAT AMOUNT AGAIN THAT WAS TRANSFERRED?
>> IN TOTAL, ORIGINAL TRANSFER WAS 409, SO THEY'LL INCREASE TO 737,009.
IT IS A TOTAL INCREASE FROM THE ORIGINAL 28%.
WE'LL ADD AN ADDITIONAL 327 THAN 972 WHAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE TRANSFERRED.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS?
BUT THERE MONEY ON THIS? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE'RE I'M JUST TRYING TO GET UNDER THE 10 O'CLOCK. I'M SORRY.
[LAUGHTER] JUST MAKE MY REAL QUICK POINT.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BALANCE THAT BACK.
DON'T COUNT ON THIS MONEY BEING HERE NEXT YEAR FOR US TO DRAW DOWN ON.
>> ABLC NEEDS TO REPLENISH THEIR-
>> THEIR FUNDS, TOO. FUND BALANCE. THAT'S IT.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 10 O'CLOCK, AND 45 SECONDS, WE WILL ADJOURN.
>> COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING?
[COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]
>> JUST LIKE TALK TO [LAUGHTER].
>> RIGHT, MISS. YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. TRAVIS?
>> NO. I THINK WE ALREADY ADDRESSED ASKING FOR CONTINUOUS UPDATES ON SOME OF THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN TONIGHT.
I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT. IT'S MY P.
>> THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK STAFF. KEEP GOING.
>> OH, I DO. [LAUGHTER] IF YOU LIKE.
>> REAL QUICK. THERE MAY BE SOME DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE TOOK PLACE ABOUT THE OPEN COURT.
WHAT IS AN OPEN COURT AND THE ISSUES THAT THAT'S PRESENTED FROM DEALING WITH KPS PROFILES.
SO THAT MAY NEED TO BE A POWERED OUT FOR ALL OF US TO BE INVOLVED IN, GET A SOLUTION.
>> THAT'S GOOD. GOOD ONE. ANYBODY ELSE? NOW WE WILL ADJOURN AT 10:02 SEVEN SECONDS.
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